人教新课标英语必修1 课件 Unit2 U2 Reading 1.pptVIP

1. With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language? 2. Which country do you think has the most English learners? 3. Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you are right.;official 官方的 voyage 航行,航海 native 本国的, 本地的 present 现在的、出席的 gradually 逐渐地 vocabulary 词汇、词汇量;actually 事实上 latter 后者的 identity 身份 fluent 流利的 Singapore 新加坡 Malaysia 马来西亚 frequently 频繁地 ;1.English has/had the most speakers___. A. now B. when the British ruled many parts of the world C. in the time of Shakespeare D. in the 12th century;2.Which of the following statement is true? A. Languages always stay the same B. Languages change only after wars C. Languages no longer change D. Languages change when cultures change;3. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_____? A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian;4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken around ______? A. 1400’s B. 1150’s C. 450’s D. 1600’s;5. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia B. China C. India D. Britain;Scanning; In the 1600’s;The main idea of each paragraph.;Para 3; Read the passage again and answer the following questions. Why was English spoken in many other countries in the 17th century? Why does China have the largest number of the English speakers? Do native English speakers have difficulty in understanding each other? Does their English have differences? If so, can you show examples?;Read Para.4 and find out why India takes English as second language.; Samuel Johnson Born: Sep