English Around the World

1. Unit 2 English Around the World

2. English Around the World

3. Pre-reading: • What language has the largest number of speakers? • What language is the most widely spoken and used? • What is your native language? • If you are learning English, in what situation do you use the language? Chinese English Chinese

4. I. Fast-reading: Try to find out the topic sentences of each paragraph. Para 1: English is a language spoken all around the world. Para 2: The number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million. Para 3: In only fifty years, English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world.

5. II.Read the text again, try to answer the following questions: • How many countries are there where the majority of the people speak English? • How is English used in Hongkong? • What language should we use on Internet so that we can communicate with people around the world? There are more than 42 countries where most of the people speak English. In Hongkong, many people speak English as a first or a second language. English.

6. III. Read it carefully, try to fill in the form. more than 375 million The United Kingdom,America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand. Speak English at any time and everywhere. more than 375 million Speak their own language at home,but the language of the government, schools, newspapers and TV is English. India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the Philippines more than 750 million Most people learn English for five or six years at high school, children in the world learn English at school China, and so on.

7. IV.Complete the Following summary. English is a ________ ______all around the world. For more than 375million people in countries such as _______ and _______, English is their ______ ______. Another 375 million people _____ ______ as a second language. However, most people learn English at school as a ______ _______. The English language __also ____ by most international organizations as their working language, as well as in inter-national _____ and _______. Most foreigners visiting China are either__________ or ______. If they cannot ______ Chinese, they use ______ to communicate with Chinese people. In global culture, for example the Internet or popular music, English is widely used. In the future we will bespeaking Chinese with our_______, but we will be _______ English with people around the world for our work. language spoken Australia mother tongue Canada learn English foreign language is used trade tourism businessmen tourists speak English people using

8. English is a language spoken all around the world. 1.过去分词作定语, 表示被动: 单独的过去分词作定语放在所修饰的名词之前, 过去分词短语作定语放在所修饰的名词之后. Eg a broken bike a lost book E—mails sent by the company arrived just now. The questions asked by him are difficult to answer

9. 2.a number of ＋N.（pl.） 许多,大量. 作主语时, 谓语用复数. the number of ＋N.（pl.）…的数量. 作主语时, 谓语用单数 Eg A number ofpeople have read this novel. The number ofpeople here is 50.

10. 3. communicate with sb.: talk with sb. The two friends hadn’tcommunicated with each other for years 4. exchange v. & n. exchange seats with sb. a number of /many exchanges exchange …for… You can exchange a horse for a cow. 5. a knowledge of… Eg He has a wide knowledge of history. book knowledge, Knowledge is power.

11. 6. with＋N./Pron＋adj/不定式/分词/介词短语 Eg I had to stay home with so much homework to do. The thief stood there still with his hands tied behind. With winter coming on,it’s time to buy warm clothes. An old man was lying there, with his eyes open. Bill went to the playground, with a ball under his arms

12. Phrases: the/a majority of in total one’s mother tongue the number of a number of such as develope into communicate with through the Internet have a good knowledge of of one’s own except for as well as international organization international trade international tourism