2013外研版选修8Module4“Which English”课件Ⅰ.pptVIP

* Section Ⅰ　Introduction Reading and Vocabulary－Warming Up 预习多维感知 Section Ⅰ 预习多维感知 ?Step One：Ask and discussion1．How many countries speak English as an official language in the world?_______________________________________ More than 60 countries. 2．Do they speak the same English？Why or Why not?_______________________________________ ?Step Two：Fast reading1．Scan the text and do some true or false questions.(1)English is spoken as an official language in about 50 countries in the world.(　　)(2)You can usually tell which part of the English-speaking world someone comes from by their accent.(　　) (3)The Australian accent today has traces of both Irish and cockney speech patterns.(　　)(4)The main differences between Australian English and other varieties of English lie in pronunciation and intonation patterns.(　　) (5)English spoken in Jamaica is often no apostrophes or no link verb or article.(　　)(6)Sentences in Singlish often end with the word lah.(　　) 答案：(1)F　(2)T　(3)T　(4)F　(5)T　(6)T 2．Choose the best answer according to the text.(1)This passage is mainly about ________.A．British English in AustraliaB．American English in JamaicaC．English in SingaporeD．Varieties of English (2)There are ________varieties of English as there are speakers of it.A．as many　　　　　　　B．5C．60 D．100 (3)What did the author think the woman wanted to do when he heard Emma Chissit?A．To have a look at it.B．To ask him a question.C．To buy the book.D．To sign her name on the book. (4)It is impossible to tell which English is correct because ________.A．most people don’t agree that there is a right or wrong way to speak EnglishB．the development of English has produced many different EnglishesC．a perfect English model hasn’t been set upD．people only pay attention to how they can communicate (5)In spite of being an international language，English has many varieties because ________.A．English is spoken as an official language in more than 60 countriesB．people like speaking EnglishC．E