新人教必修一 Unit2 W Reading.pptVIP

British English the ground floor the first floor the second floor the third floor English speaking countries Find the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para1 Para2 Para3 Pare4 Find out the characteristics of each time according to the time axis. What is the main idea(中心大意） of the passage? The passage tells us about the ________of English and gives some ____ for its use all over the world. * Jack is a British boy. He went to America for a trip in this summer vacation. The first day he went to a restaurant and looked around for a toilet. When he asked the waitress, she told him it is on the second floor. Jack went up two floors but only find empty rooms . Where is the toilet ? Situation discussion the first floor the second floor the third floor the forth floor American English 1. With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language? 2. Which country do you think has the most English learners? 3. Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you are right. Pre-reading Which countries in the world are English speaking countries? The United Kingdom U.S.A. Canada Australia New Zealand Ireland official 官方的 voyage 航行,航海 native 本国的, 本地的 present 现在的、出席的 gradually 逐渐地 vocabulary 词汇、词汇量 New words actually 事实上 latter 后者的 identity 身份 fluent 流利的 Singapore 新加坡 Malaysia 马来西亚 frequently 频繁地 True (T) or false (F). 1. Chinese English has become one of the world Englishes. 2. Between about AD 450 and 1150, English was less like German, and more like French. 3. It is The American Dictionary of the English Language that gives American English spelling its own identity. 4. English is spoken