Unit 2English around the world Warming up(优秀)

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Unit 2 English around the worldWarming up

Discuss these questions

How many languages do you speak? Which is your native language? If we speak more than one language, in which situations do we use the language?

1. Putonghua

普通话

Mandarin Chinese 2. taizhou dialect 方言 3. English

4. Japanese5. …

In what situations is English used?

An international talk/meeting

Doing international trade

At school Listening to radio, watching TV…

Singing English songs.

Seeing English movies

As we all know English is very

important nowadays. So we shouldstudy hard. How much do you know about the English language? Let’s do a quiz.

What is the full name of the UK? The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Which country’s national flag?

The U.K.

The U.S.A.

Who wrote the American dictionary of the English language? Noah Webster Born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758. He learned 26 languages to research the origins of his own country's tongue. He published the dictionary in 1828.

“To be or not to be, this is a question” is a quotation from Hamlet which is wrote by William Shakespeare . William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) was a famous English writer, whose best-known works contain Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, the merchant of Venice, King Lear, etc.

How many kinds of English do you know? American English; British English Canadian English; Australian English Indian English; ……… Singapore English

American? British? A: Do you want to come to my apartment? B: Your flat? I don’t think so. Can we go to the pub?

A: Wow, the bar is a nice place. We can go. B: Great. I want a tin of Coke and some sweets.

A: Well, I want a can of beer and some candies. B: Hey, I like football match very much. A: Ok. We can go and see a soccer game tomorrow. B: Oh, time to go home, let’s go to the lift. A: Ok. Let’s go to the elevator together.

What are the two main groups of English? B.E and A.E