2013外研版选修9Module4“Languages of the World”课件2.pptVIP

* Module 4 Languages of the world Language points 1．Chinese Mandarin，or putonghua，to give it its real name，is spoken by the vast majority of the population of China． 绝大多数的中国人都讲官方标准语言，或者确切地说，讲普通话。 2．It is estimated that more than 375 million people speak English as a first language, with possibly another 375 million speaking it as a second language． 据估计，超过3.75亿人把英语作为第一语言，而大约另外3.75亿人把它作为第二语言。 3．Apart from the UK and the USA，there are native English speakers in a great number of countries of the world，including Australia，South Africa，Canada，New Zealand and many islands in the Caribbean Sea． 除了英国和美国以外。全世界还有很多国家把英浯作为母语，包括澳大利亚、南非、加拿大、新西兰以及加勒比海的很多岛国。 apart from 除了……之外： There was nobody on the ship apart from the captain．除了船长，整艘船再没有任何人。 4．It is predicted that the population of India could one day overtake the population of China，but the importance of English in India would prevent Hindustani from becoming the most spoken language of the world． 据预测，将来印度的人口将超过中国，但英语在印度的重要性使得印度斯坦语无法成为世界上讲得最多的语言。 5．Furthermore，because Arabic is the language of the Koran，millions of Muslims in other countries speak it as well． 而且，由于《古兰经》是用阿拉伯语写的，其他国家数以百万计的穆斯林也讲阿拉伯语。 6．For instance，about 100，000 Bengali speakers live and work in the Middle East． 例如，人约10万讲盂加拉语的人生活和工作在中东。 for instance=for example 7．About 900 years ago，Portuguese was only spoken in Portugal，which was then under the control of its neighbouring country，Spain． 大约900年前，只有葡萄牙境内的人讲葡葡牙语，那时葡萄牙在邻国西班牙的统治之下。 8．Indonesian is actually one of many dialects of Malay，but they’re all more or less based on the same root language． 印度尼西亚语实际上是马来语的众多方言之一，但这些方言几乎都起源于同一种语言。 more or less 几乎，差不多，或多或少地： We’re more or less finished. What about your group? 我们差不多完工了．你们小组呢? 9· In addition to being spoken in France，it is spoken in many other countries，including Belgium，Switzerland，Canada，the African nations of Rwanda and Cameroon，and some islands in the Caribbean Sea． 除法国外，还有其他很多国家讲法语，包括比利时、瑞士、加拿人、非洲国家卢旺达和喀麦隆，以及加勒比海的几个岛屿。 10．Languages are becoming exti