Unit2_Using_language教材课程.pptVIP

2 How large was the catfish? 3 Why did Lester get out of the water so quickly? He thought the catfish would eat him. The boys thought that the catfish was almost the size of a house. * Unit 2 English around the world Using language 高一人教新课标版必修一 Reading Standard English and dialects ? How many dialects are there in China? dialects family in China 北方方言 吴语 闽南语 客家话 湘语 赣语 粤语 Chinese English dialects in different countries Britain the U.S.A Canada Australia India New Zealand Read the text quickly and answer the question. Is there standard English? Step 1 Step 2 Read the text carefully and answer the following question. 1. How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text? American English has many dialects, especially the midwestern, southern, African American, Spanish dialects. 2.Why do people from neighbouring towns in U.S. speak a little differently? Because when Americans moved from one place to anther, they took their dialects with them. 3.Why are there so many dialect in American English? That’s because people have come from all over the world. And geography plays a part in making dialects. 1.standard n.adj.标准，规格；标准的，规格的 come up to the standard meet standards set a standard standard of living by international standards Language points from the standards on a standard a car of standard size a standard composer 2. Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English . 在应用such，so（如此）时应特别注意，如果作定语的词是no ，all，most，some，any，another，many，much，a few，few，little，a little，several，one等词语的时候，应用such，such应放置于这些词之后； 若为其他形容词，such 则应该放置于这些词之前。如果修饰名词的形容词是many，much，few，little时，不能用such，而要用so，且so 要置于这些词之前。 3. expect Vt.(理所当然)期望，预料，认为，预期 usage: expect sb to do sth expect +that-clause expect sth expect to do sth I expect so. 我想是这样。 I expect not. I don’t expect so. 我想不是这样。 expect wait for expect 主要指心理状态（a state of mind），含有期盼的意味。 wait for 则指另一种行动（a sort of activity），特别指什么都不干而专门等待。 4. specially especia