unit 2 nglish around the world.pptVIP

Unit 2 English around the world; This story, which is based on Little Red Riding Hood, has been adapted newly. Because of the big bad wolf’s not defeating [d?`fi?t](战胜) the little red riding hood, he came up with an idea that he commanded his son ,Grey Grey Wolf, to eat the little red riding hood. However, the little red riding hood recognized Grey Grey Wolf’s trick. She made good use of her intelligence and wisdom to defeat [d?`fi?t]（战胜） Grey Grey Wolf.; We can see from this story that the former is greedy [`gri?d?]（贪婪的）and hateful, the latter is smart and brave. the little red riding hood plays a part of an intelligent?[?n`tel?d?(?)nt]（聪明的） and brave girl in the story. ;Look at these two people, and can you guess where they are from?;Guess which of the following words is British English and which is American English.;More than one student has failed the exam. 不止一个 Many a student likes the performance by the girl. 许多，大量;Pre-reading Questions: With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language. Which country do you think has the most English learners? Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you are right.;Suggested answer: 1. America, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Philippines, India 2. For those that speak English as their first language the USA or India must have the largest number of native speakers as they have the largest populations. For those who learn English as their first foreign language China must have the largest number as it has the largest population.; 3. Guess according to the title. ;英语发展历史 英语起源与发展 英语真正的历史应该从公元5世纪时入侵英国的三个日耳曼部落说起. 这几个部落分别是：盎格鲁人， 撒克逊人和朱特人，他们从今天的德国北部和丹麦出发，然后横渡北海。那时候英国的本地居民都说凯尔特语。但由于入侵者的逼迫，他们都被赶到了西部和北部-主要是现在的威尔士，苏格兰和爱尔兰。盎格鲁人来自Englaland他们的语言称为Englisc（古英语）-这两个词就是现在England和English的前身。;入侵英国的这几个日耳曼部落，其语言基本相近，这些语言的融合形成了我们现在称的古语言。古英语的发音与书写与现在的英语并不一样。因此以英语为母语的人对于阅读古英语也有很大的