Unit3EnglishAroundtheWorldTopic1Englishiswidelyspokenthroughouttheworld.SectionCWhenandwheredoyouuseEnglish?WeuseEnglishwhenwe…communicate,foreign['f?r?n]adj.

國外的

onbusinessBrainstormWeuseEnglishwhenwe

goonbusiness.

communicatewithforeignstudents.WeuseEnglishwhenwe…internationalmatchesTVprogramsWeuseEnglishwhenwe…goabroadTheleadersfromdifferentcountriesspeakEnglshatInternationalconferencebecauseitisthe

base[be?s]

languageforInternationalcommunication.n.根據，根基Internationalconference

['k?nf(?)r(?)ns]IsEnglishspokenbythelargestnumberofpeopleintheworld?NOChineseisspokenbythelargestnumberofpeopleintheworld.the

U.S.A.CanadaNewZealandAustraliatheUnitedKingdomIreland

ThenativespeakersofEnglish-speakingcountriesspeakEnglishastheir

mothertongue

[t??].

therootofEnglishEuropeancountries[?j??r??p??n][ru?t]English-speakingcountries1cRead1aagainandfillintheblanks.__________________________________________Itisusedasanativelanguage,suchasin__________and____________.Itisusedasthe_________language.Itisusedasaforeignlanguage,suchasinsomeEuropeancountries,________and_________.Itisusedasthe_______languageforinternationalbusiness,theworld’sairlineandthe___________.

UnderlinethetopicsentenceofthepassageEnglandUnitedStatessecondChinaJapanbaseInternetOfalltheselanguages,Englishisthemostwidelyused.CarefulReadingLanguagepoints:1.FromitsrootinEngland,thelanguagewasspreadaroundtheworldby

EnglishtradersandEnglishgovernments

(innewlands).翻譯：源于英國的語言被英國商人和新開發的殖民地政府傳播到世界各地。2.ThepopulationoftheUnitedStatesis309million,makingitthecountrywiththelargestnumberof

nativeEnglishspeakers.making現在分詞做伴隨狀語翻譯：美國有三億九百萬人口，是以英語為母語人數最多的國家。3.Thereareevenmore

people,likesomeinEuropeaswellas

inChinaandJapan,whostudyEnglishasaforeignlanguage,WhostudyEnglishasaforeignlanguage定語從句，修飾名詞people,譯為“把英語當做第二語言學習的人。e.g.aswellas:……和……也在句中連接并列成分，當連接兩個并列主語時，謂語動詞和aswellas前保持一致。(1)GuoMoruoisafamouswriteraswellasagreatpoet.(2)MotheraswellasIgoestothesupermarketeverySaturday.

(3)Theteacheraswellasthestudents__________(invite)

tovisitthenewmuseum.isinvited4.ItisclearthattheEnglishlanguageisbecomingmoreimportant.顯而易見，英語變得更重要了。

Itis+adj.thate.g.____iscommonthattheteenagers________________________withtheirparents.(1)青少年和他們父母親交流有困難很普遍。havetrouble(2)我們有可能在年前搬進新房子。_____________________wemovetothenewhousebeforetheSpringFmunicatingItispossiblethatIt2Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsoftheverbs.Englishisthemostwidelyusedinternationallanguagenowadays.It_________(speak)asthemothertongueinsuchcountriesastheUnitedKingdom,theUnitedStates,Canada,AustraliaandNewZealand.Inmanyothercountries,people________(speak)Englishastheirsecondlanguage.Thereareabout750millionEnglishspeakersintheworld.English_________(use)inmanydifferentfieldsoflife,suchasbusiness,tourismandtechnology.Businesspeople_______(use)Englishatinternationalconferences,andtourists________(speak)Englishwhentheygoabroad.ManyEnglishsigns________________(see)inpublicplaces.AwideknowledgeofEnglishhelpsusfollowEnglishtelevisionprogramsand_________(enjoy)interestingfilms.TheEnglishlanguage________(play)animportantpartinourlives.isspokenspeakisusedusespeakareseen/canbeseenenjoyplaysn.旅游者；游客3aWorkingroupsandfindtheanswerstothequestionsontheInternet.Thensharetheinformationwithyourgroupmembers.WhereisChinesemainlyspoken?HowmanypeoplespeakChineseastheirsecondlanguage?Wherearetheyfrom?HowmanypeoplearelearningChineseasaforeignlanguage?WhyaretheylearningChinese?3bWriteapassagebasedonthestudyin3a.Youmaystartlikethis:NowadaysChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularallovertheworld.It’smainlyspokenin…Onepossibleversion:

NowadaysChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularallovertheworld.It’smainlyspokeninChina,andhasthelargestnumberofspeakersintheworld.ChineseisalsotheofficiallanguageinChinaandSingaporeanditislearnedbymoreandmorepeopleasaforeignlanguage.Bytheyearof2010,over100millionpeoplelearnedChineseastheirforeignlanguage.PeoplelearnChineseforvariousreasons.SomelearnitfortheybelieveintherapiddevelopmentofChina.SomelearnitbecausetheylovetheChinesecultureandotherslearnitjustbecausetheylikethelanguageitself.WiththedevelopmentofChina,thenumberofChineselearnerswillbelargerandlarger.Shewillvisitsomeinterestingplaces_____________

(和）famousmuseums.2.Englishisspokenasthe____________________(母

語）inmostofthe___________________(歐洲國家）.3.___________________________(豐富的電腦知識）canhelpustolearnmoreinformation.4.TheChineseCharacters____________________(起重要作用）intheworldhistory.aswellasplayanimportantpartinAwideknowledgeofcomputerEuropeancountriesmothertongueExercises1.TheOlympicGames_________everyfouryears.A.areheld B.wereheldC.areholding D.willhold2.TodayChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopular.It________inmanyschoolsaroundtheworld.A.teaches B.isteachingC.hastaught D.istaught3.—Peoplefindithardtogetacrosstheriver.

—Ithinkatleasttwobridges__________

overit.A.need B.areneedingC.willneed D.areneededChoosethebestanswer.ADDExercisesSummaryWelearn:Wecan:Somewords:root,trader,native,speaker,foreignbase,European,kingdom,tourism,conference,tourist

2.Somephrases:mothertongue,aswellas,awideknowledgeof,playanimportantpartin

3.Somesentences:Recentsurveysshowthat…Itisadj.that…

1.KnowmoreaboutthewideuseofEnglishandunderstandtheimportanceoflearningEnglish.2.UsePassivevoicebetter.3.SearchtheInternetforsomeinformationtowriteacomposition.

Assignment:Read1a.Remembertheusefulexpressionsandkeysentenceswhichwelearntoday.FinishSectionCinyourworkbook.PreviewSectionD.2.Recentsurveysshowthatover500millionpeoplespeakEnglishastheirmothertongue.最近的調查顯示，有超過5億的人把英語作為母語。

Languagepoints:1.Therearemorethan3000languagesarespokenintheworld.世界上有3000多種語言在流通。

over“超過,多于”

+數詞e.g:morethantenmen十多人more…than…比……更……,more后面跟n./多音節adj./adv.E.g:Ihave__________________________Heis___________________thanJim.(careful)morefriendsthanyou.morecarefulshowsb.sth./showsthtosb.出示某物給某人showv.showsb.thewayto告訴某人去……的路n.表演fashionshow/talkshow/flowershow2.Recentsurveysshowthatover500millionpeoplespeakEnglishastheirmothertongue.最近的調查顯示，有超過5億的人把英語作為母語。

Languagepoints:1.Therearemorethan3000languagesarespokenintheworld.世界上有3000多種語言在流通。

over“超過,多