U2reading—浙江省温州人文高级中学人教版高中英语必修二课件(共24张PPT)

Task 1: skimming
1. What’s the main idea of the passage ? The history and development(发展) of English.
Task 2: scanning
Find out the key sentence of each paragraph
The differences between British English and American English.
vocabulary spelling
BrE autumn typhoon I think
colour centre traveller
AmE fall tornado I guess
Br E neighbourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite theatre kilometre
Match the words that have the
same meaning. petrol flat color lift rubber honor pictures underground
Main ideas of each paragraph : Para 1 More and more people speak English.
Para 2 Native English speakers can understand
each other but not everything.
Para 3 English is changing over time.
color center traveler
pronunciation dance [da:ns] dance[dæns] not [not] not [na:t]
Chinese
电梯 汽油 公寓 秋天 地铁 大学 垃圾 垃圾箱 假期 两周
BrE lift petrol
flat autumn undergroun d university rubbish dustbin holiday
√ 5. English is one of the official languages
used in India. T F
√ 6. This reading describes the development
of the English language. T F
Two important persons
Learn in western university
Diplomacy( 外交)
From these we can see ….
It’s more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.
The Road to Modern English
eraser gas apartment elevator honour colour movies subway
Why do people all over the world want to learn பைடு நூலகம்nglish?
Tourism
Internet website
Trade
Entertainment (娱乐)
World English
Caribbean
American
British
English
Canadian
Australian
Indian
Br E & Am.E
When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.
the USA
South Africa E
D
Australia
New Zealand C
Canada
This unit seeks to give us a better understanding of how English developed and how it is spoken in the world.
Unit2
ENGLISH
AROUND THE WORLD
Can you name some countries in which English is a native language?
English Around the World
A
B
the United Kingdom
Ireland
F G
Para 4 Para 5
The two big changes happened in English spelling.
English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries.
Scanning
√ 1. English had the most speakers in the 17th century. T F
√ 2. English developed when new settlers and
rulers came to Britain.
TF
√ 3. Languages frequently change. T F
√ 4. The language of the government is
always the language of the country. T F
AmE elevator gas, gasoline apartment fall subway
college garbage trash can vacation
Am E neighborhood labor color honorable humor favorite theater kilometer
Samuel Johnson Born: September 18, 1709 One of the English language’s most profound influences.
Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758 Died: May 28, 1843 When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently.