仁爱版英语九上 Unit 3 Topic 1 Section C.pptVIP

* Unit 3 English Around the World Topic 1 English is widely spoken throughout the world. Section C When and where do you use English? We use English when we… travel in foreign countries go on business We use English when we… read English books see films We use English when we… watch international matches watch TV programs Is English spoken by the largest number of people in the world? NO Chinese is spoken by the largest number of people in the world. the U.S.A. Canada New Zealand Australia the United Kingdom Ireland English-speaking countries the root of English English is widely used throughout the world. European countries Read 1a and complete the following tasks. Find out what the red numbers refer to. Just find the numbers and read the information around them. 3 000 500 million 309 million 300 million more than 3 000 language spoken in the world more than 500 million people speak English as their mother tongue the population of the United States about 300 million people speak English as their second language 1c Read 1a again and fill in the blanks. _____________________ _____________________ It is used as a native language, such as in __________ and ____________. It is used as the _________ language. It is used as a foreign language, such as in some European countries, ________ and _________ . It is used as the _______ language for international business, the world’s airline and the ___________ . Underline the topic sentence of the passage England United States second China Japan base Internet Of all these languages, English is the most widely used. 1a. Read and understand. Retell the passage according to the numbers and key words we fill in above. 2. Recent surveys show that over 500 million people speak English as their mother tongue. 最近的调查显示，有超过5亿的人把英语作为母语。 Language points: 1. There are more than 3000 languages are spoken in the world.世界上有3000多种语言在流通。 over “超过,多于” +数词 e.g: more than ten men 十多人 more … than …