Unit 2 English around the world Warming up,With economy globalization, English has become the best bridge to serve the purpose of people all over the world communicating with one another.,An international talk/meeting,In what situations is English used?,Doing international trade,At school,Listening to radio, watching TV,Singing English songs.,Seeing English movies,Countries speak English as their native language:,Britain,America,Canada,Australia,New Zealand,Ireland,South Africa,the USA,Canada,New Zealand,Australia,the United Kingdom,Ireland,How many people use English as their native language, second language, or foreign language?,the whites,the blacks,the yellows,the browns,375 million,750 million,375 million,USA, UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand,China and many other countries,India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Philippines,Do you think the English spoken all around the world are all the same?,English,Canadian,Australian,English,British,World English,American,Indian,Caribbean,What are the two main groups of English?,British English and American English,Do you know the differences between American English and British English?,Br. E & Am.E,When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.,What? Do you mean this autumn?,A: Do you want to come to my apartment? A: Wow, the bar is a nice place. We can go.,B: Your flat? I dont think so. Can we go to the pub? B: Great. I want a tin of Coke and some sweets.,American? British?,A: Well, I want a can of beer and some candies. A: Ok. We can go and see a soccer game tomorrow. A: Ok. Lets go to the elevator together.,B: Hey, I like football match very much. B: Oh, time to go home, lets go to the lift.,Wow, I want some sweets. What about you, Bush?,Well, I want some _.,candy,Well, lets go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.,Great. I like _ very much.,football match,Time to go home. Lets go to the elevator together.,Oh no, the _ must be full of people this time.,lift,The differences between Br. E & Am. E.,vocabulary,spelling,pronunciation,autumn fall typhoon tornado I think I guess,colour color centre center traveller traveler,dance da:ns dance dæns not nt not na:t,Am E neighborhood labor color honorable humor favorite theater kilometer,Br E neighbourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite theatre kilometre,center flat colour lift gray honor petrol underground pictures eraser,grey centre apartment elevator honour color rubber gas movies subway,Match the words that have the same meaning.,1. Do you know that there is more than one kind of English in the world? 你知道世界上不止有一種英語嗎？ more than one +名詞單數(shù)，后面的 謂語動詞用單數(shù)。如: More than one student wants to go to swim.,Explanation,more than 還可以與名詞、形容詞、 副詞、動詞、動名詞連用, 意為 “不只是, 非常”。如: Both of them are much more than schoolmates. They are close friends. 他們倆遠(yuǎn)不只是同學(xué), 他們是知心朋友。 more than 的反義短語是less than, 意為 “少于”。 no more than 僅僅 not more than 不超過,We advertised for pupils last autumn, and got _ 60. (98. 上海) A. more than B. more of C. as much as D. so many as,高考鏈接,A,2. In some important ways they are very different from one another. 在某些重要方面, 它們彼此有些差異。 1) inway (s)/bymeans 在方面 We should solve this problem in a different way. =We should solve this problem by a different way.,都表示“相互, 彼此”, 在句中作動詞 或介詞的賓語, 但不能作主語。 表示兩個人或事物之間的相互關(guān)系用 each other: 表示三個或三個以上的人或事物之間 的相互關(guān)系時, 用each other或one another都可以。,2) one another/each other區(qū)別,Tom and Mary looked at each other. We send card to one another/each other every year. 我們每年都相互寄卡片。,Exercises,1. _ English is more or less the same in Both Britain and America. A. Speaking B. Writing C. Speak D. Written 2. How did the differences come_? A. at B. to C. in D. about 3. The English _ in America changed sometimes. A. speaks B. spoken C. is spoken D. is speaking,D,D,B,3. Chinese is our _ language. The sentence means Chinese is our _ tongue. A. native; mother B. mother; native C. native; native D. mother; mother 4. His composition is excellent, _ some spelling mistakes. A. except B. except for C. besides D. but 5. Sound travels in the same way as light _. A. does B. do C. travel D. travelled,A,B,A,Homework Reread the passage and list the reasons why English is spoken in many countries. Review the words and expressions in the passage and try to use it in the sentences with context.,