Unit1I‘mproudofwhatI’velearned.Whichlanguagedoyouthinkisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld?EnglishWhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?ChinaDoyoulikelearningEnglish?Whyorwhynot？Let’stalkSmallQuiz•Let’sdoasmallquiztotellthenationalflagsofdifferentcountries,andfindoutthelanguagesspokeninthesecountries.GreatBritainNewZealandAustraliaCanadaIndiaIrelandSouthAfricaTheU.S.A.SingaporeEnglishAroundtheWorldtheUSACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomIrelandSingaporeIndiaCanadianAustralianEnglishBritishWorldEnglishWorldEnglishAmericanIndianCaribbeanAretheEnglishinthosecountriesthesame?BritishEnglishAmericanEnglish&DoyouknowthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?BrE&Am.EWhenyouheartwonativespeakersofEnglish,theymaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.BrEAmEThedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.vocabularyvocabularyspellingspellingpronunciationpronunciationautumnfallautumnfallfilmmoviefilmmovieundergroundsubwayundergroundsubwaycolourcolorcolourcolorcentrecentercentrecentertravellertravelertravellertravelerdance[da:ns]dance[ddance[da:ns]dance[dæns]æns]not[not]not[na:t]not[not]not[na:t]DoyouknowtheAmericanwayofsayingthefollowingwordsliftelevatorflatapartmentrubbererasermummompetrolgastoiletbathroomautumnfallfilmmoviepen-friendpen-palfootballsoccersweetcandychemist’sdrugstorerubbishtrashtrouserspantsholidayvacationthefirstfloorgroundfloorthesecondfloorfirstfloorundergroundsubwaylorrytruckBrEAmEAmEBrEDoyouknowhowAmericansspellthefollowingwordstheater,centertheatre,centrecolor,honor,laborcolour,honour,labourtravelertravellerfulfillfulfilprogramprogrammetiretyrerealize,apologizerealise,apologisesmelled,spelledsmelt,speltBrEAmEChineseBrEAmEliftelevatorpetrolgas,gasolineflatapartmentautumnfallundergroundsubwayuniversitycollegerubbishgarbagedustbintrashcanholidayvacationfortnighttwoweeks电梯汽油公寓秋天地铁大学垃圾垃圾箱假期两周•Let’sgettoknowhowEnglishdevelopedandhowitisspokenintheworld.Duringthe5thcenturyAD,Englishwas_____more____German.However,Englishhaschanged______timebecauseculturesmeetandcommunicate______eachother.BetweenaboutAD800and1150,EnglishwasinfluencedbyDanishandFrench.Thesenewsettlers_____Englishandespeciallyitsvocabulary.Sobythe1600’sShakespearewasableto____________awidervocabularythaneverbefore.In1620,someBritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica.Laterinthe18thcentury,BritishcolonizedAustralia.from1765to1947EnglishwasspokeninIndia.Finallybythe19thcenturyEnglishwas______.NowmoreandmorepeoplebegintolearnEnglish,includingChinese.basedonoverwithenrichedmakeuseofsettledMaybeChineseEnglishwill_________itsownidentity(身份)inthefuture.Only______willtell.developtimeScanningDuringthe5thcenturyADBetweenaboutAD800and1150Bythe1600sFromthe18thcentury:1765-1947:TheroadtomodernEnglishEnglishwasbasemoreonGerman.EnglishwasinfluencedbyDanishandFrench.Britishcolonized(使..成为殖民地)Australia.Shakespeareusedawidervocabularythaneverbefore.By19thcentury:EnglishwasspokeninIndia.Englishwassettled.Act.2ListeningAct.3,4,5ReadingCheckwhomightthinkthefollowing.BettyLinglingEnglishcornersareforpeoplewithalowlevelofEnglish.Englishisasimplelanguage.ChinesemaybemorepopularthanEnglishinthefuture.Englishisspokenallovertheworld.√√√√BettyLinglingTospeakalanguage,youneedtoworkhard.YouhavetobebrighttospeakEnglish.Englishismyfavouritelessonasschool.It’sgoodtopractiseeveniftheotherpersonisbetterthanyouareinEnglish.√√√√arewidelyusedintheworld./Iambestat…yougointheworld.youhavedonereallywell.Completethesentencesinyourownwords.1.Englishisthelanguagewhich________.2.YoucanspeakEnglishwherever_____.3.Youhavetomakeaneffortevenif_____.4.It’sgoodtomeetotherspeakersofEnglish,although_______________.5.AttheEnglishcorneryoumaymeetsomepeoplewhose______________.6.Inafewyears’time,theremaybemorepeoplewho____________.theirEnglishlevelisfairlylow.countriesareUKortheUSA.speakChinese.Homework
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