河北省涿鹿县涿鹿中学高一上学期英语课件：必修一 Unit 2English around the w

Small Quiz
Let’s do a small quiz to distinguish the national flags of different countries, and find out the languages spoken in these countries.
Great Britain
British English American English
the ground floor the first floor the second floor the third floor
the first floor the second floor the third floor the forth floor
Do all the English speakers only speak one kind of English?
Five kinds of English in the world Canadian English British English American English Australian English Indian English
Unit 2
Words preview
elevator petrol
g =(美) gasline n. 汽油; 煤气; 毒气
Let’s discover more about English!
Fun Time
Are you a native speaker of Cantonese? If not, where is your native place? Use your native language to say “Hello” to your classmates.
apartment subway elevator eraser mom gas
lift petrol rubber mum flat underground
Main differences
spelling
Br.E
colour metre travelled
Am.E
color meter traveled
center flat color lift gray honor
grey centre apartment elevator honour colour
Situation discussion
Jack is a British boy. He went to America for a trip in this summer vacation. The first day he went to a restaurant and looked around for a toilet. When he asked the waitress, she told him it is on the second floor. Jack went up two floors but only find empty rooms . Where is the toilet ?
Can you understand the difference kinds of English these people are using?
Let’s go to the pictures!
OK. But how shall we go to the movies?
Match the words that have the same meaning.
The United Kingdom U.S.A.
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Ireland
Do you know that there is more than one kind of English? In some important ways they are every different from one another. They are called world Englishes.
pronunciation dance; can’t; neither; either;
Main differences
Br.E
Am.E
autumn, post, fall, mail, vocabulary petrol, film, gas, movie,
shop, I think store, I guess
3. BRITISH BOY: What a lovely autumn day! AMERICAN LADY: Yes, it’s a nice fall day, isn’t it?
1. Oral work: Why do so many people speak English?
2. Preview the reading
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
India
Ireland
South Africa
The U.S.A.
Singapore
Which countries in the world are English speaking countries?
English speaking countries
Imitation Time
1. LITTLE GIRL: Hi, I’d like some sweets, please. STORE OWNER: No problem. All the candy we sell is sweet. LITTLE GIRL: I see, so you sell sweet sweets.
2. BRITISH BOY: Let’s take the lorry for a trip into the countryside. AMERICAN GIRL: Of course, I expect you to take me! BRITISH BOY: Oh, I’m sorry, Lori, I mean my truck.