1、Unit2 English aronund the worldNiagara fallsMaple leaveskangarooSydney Opera HousesledgeBig Benthe White HouseLearning aims:Learn to find the topic sentence in a paragraph(段落).Learn to sum up (歸納)the main idea.3. Learn to find the detailed information.4. Learn to analyze(分析) difficult sentences.Answ

2、er the following questions to see how much you know about English.Warming-upHow many languages can you speak? 2. Which language has the largest number of speakers?3. Which language is the most widely used?4. How many countries speak English as their native language? What are they?Britain (the United

3、 Kingdom) British English (BE)America (the united states) American English (AE)Canada Canadian EnglishAustralia Australian EnglishNew Zealand New Zealand EnglishSouth Africa English5. Can you name some countries that use English as their official language?Warming upSince there are many kinds of Engl

4、ish, they must be different. What are the differences?American English British Englishways of differencescentercentrefavoritefavouritecolorcoloursoccerfootballsubway undergroundapartmentflatliftelevatorgaspetroleither i:either aispellingpronunciationvocabularyreadingLook at the title of the passage.

5、 Whats the meaning of “the road to modern English”?The history of the English development.The development of English.reading for the main ideasreading for the main ideasWhats the main idea for each paragraph(段落)?Paragraph 1:Paragraph 2:Paragraph 3-4:Paragraph 5:Brief introduction to the development

6、of English/The spread of the English language in the world Native speaker can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of EnglishEnglish changes over time./ the development of English English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in Africa and Asia.readingTips for rea

7、ding:The topic sentence can usually be found at the _ of a paragraph.2. If we cannot find a topic sentence, we should try to _the main idea.beginningsum upreading for detailsreadingreadingreading for detailsRead paragraph 3 and 4 to fill in the form:AD450-1150English was based on _English was more l

8、ike French.At the end of the 16th centuryHow many people speak English? _Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary.Later in the 18th centuryEnglish began to be spoken in_ _American English got its own identity.German AD800-1150About 5-7 millionby the 1600sby the 19thcenturyAustralia reading for lan

9、guageLets see who can understand the following points correctly.Useful expressions: 在16世紀末_ 許多其他國家_ 比以往任何時候_ 即使 _ 隨時間而變 _ 與 交流 _ 今天所講的英語_ 以為基礎 _ 目前_ 不那么像德語 _ 擴大詞匯量_ 到十七世紀為止 _ 十八世紀晚期_ 講英語的人_ 的數量 _ 大量的_Post-readingat the end of the 16th centurymany other countriesthan ever beforeeven if/ even thoughch

10、ange over timecommunicate withthe English spoken todaybe based onat presentless like Germanenrich ones vocabularyby the 1600s/ by the 1600slate in the 18th centurypeople speaking Englishthe number ofa number ofWhy do you think we should learn English?Post-readingWe learn English to communicate with

11、foreigners to trade with foreigners（與外國人做買賣） to learn more about the international world to read English books Conclusion: to know more about the outside world, develop our country and improve ourselvesPost-readingWhy do you think people all over the world want to learn English?Possible answer:The r

12、easons why people all over the world want to learn English:With economy globalization, English has become the best bridge to serve the purpose of people all over the world communicating with one another.However, like all major languages in the world, English is always changing. In order to adjust to

13、 native speakers from different parts of the world, it is a must for people all over the world to learn English, whether in English speaking countries or in non-English speaking countries.Also, people from different parts of the world speak English with various accent and dialects, and people have t

14、o learn about the difference between different kinds of English in order to avoid misunderstanding while communicating.(All persuasive reasons can be accepted.)What are the foreigners doing?2. Why do you think the foreigners are learning Chinese?Post-reading China is growing more powerful. The economy in China is growing. China is more