文档介绍：Period 1&2 Warming up and Reading I
Unit 2 English around the world
Do you like learning English? Why?
Warming up – I ( 1m )
you name some countries in which English is spoken?
Warming up – II ( 9m)
Read the passage in warming up, and answer the following questions?
English Around the World
the USA
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
the United Kingdom
Ireland
you know how many people use English as their native language, second language, or foreign language?
2. Are the English in those countries the same?
number of speakers
example countries
working situation
the native language
the foreign language
the second language
375 million
750 million
375 million
USA,Canada,Australia,south Africa, Ireland, New Zealand
China and many other countries
India, Pakistan,Nigeria,Philippines.
government,schools, newspapers,TV
Pre-reading – I (3m)
Watch the video, then tell the difference between the English the man speaks and the English the woman speaks.
(One is in British English, the other one is in American English.)
British English
American English
&
Pre-reading – II ( 5m ) Do you know the differences between American English and British English?
British English
American English
spelling
pronunciation
words
colour,
color,
favourite,
favorite,
theatre,
theater,
centre,
center,
travelled,
traveled,
metre
meter
ask
dance
wheel
not
box
post,
mail,
film,
movie,
shop,
store,
I think,
I guess,
British English
American English
words
lift (电梯)
elevator
petrol (汽油)
gas
flat (公寓)
apartment
autumn
fall
underground(地铁)
subway
university(大学)
college
rubbish(垃圾)
garbage
dustbin(垃圾箱)
trash can
holiday
vacation
fortnight(两星期)
two weeks