Unit 2 Period 2 Reading Can you name some countries in which English is a native language? English Around the World the USA Canada New Zealand Australia South Africa the United Kingdom Ireland A B C D E F G lThis unit seeks to give us a better understanding of how English developed and how it is spoken in the world. CanadianAustralian English British World EnglishWorld English American Indian Br E 得了吧 出现，出版,开花 进来 过来，顺便来访 4. over time随着时间的推移 5. Actually = in fact = as a matter of fact 实际上，事实上 6. communicate with与交流 7. be different from与不同 8. English spoken today过去分词作后置定语,表被动 eg. a boy一个叫XXB的男孩 a book一本鲁迅写的书 9.more than与其说不如说 10. base on 以为基础 be based on 以为基础 eg .The movie is based on a novel. 被动 named XXB written by LX 11. at present =at the moment (1) present (adj.) 现在的,目前的, 可作前置定语 the present situation 出席的,在场的, 可作后置定语 the people present be present at 出席. (2) present (n.) 礼物 = gift (3) present (v.) 赠送，把交给 present sth. to sb.= present sb. with sth. 把赠给某人 12. enrich V. 使富裕，充实 enlarge enable ensure encourage 扩大 使能够 保证 鼓励 13. Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 莎士比亚能够使用比以前更为广泛的词汇量。 make (good) use of （好好）利用 eg. We should make good use of every minute. Every minute should be made good use of. Good use should be made of every minute. 我们应该好好利用每一分钟。 拓展： make full use of make the best use of make the most use of 充分利用 Samuel Johnson Born: September 18, 1709 One of the English languages most profound influences. Two important persons 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. 【辨析】late，later, latter, lately 1) late 是形容词， 如： You are late again! 2）later adj. 更迟的，更后的 是late的比较级， adv. 稍后，随后 常与on连用。 eg. Ill tell you later. 3) latter 指“ (两者中的) 后者”，常与the连用，固定搭配“the former，the latter”。 如： Here are Tom and David; the latter is my brother. 4) Lately 是副词，意为“近来，最近recently”。 如： Have you been to Beijing lately? 迟到的，晚的 你又迟到了。 我以后再告诉你。 这是汤姆和戴维;后者是我的兄弟。 你最近去过北京吗? 【经典例题】 Did he go there by bike or on foot? The _ seems unlikely. A. latter B. late C. later D. lately Answer following questions. (Para.5) India was ruled by Britain from 1765 to 1947. And during that time English became the language for government and education. Why does English become a second language in India? 15. for example 例如 列举一个 (逗号隔开，位置灵活） such as 例如 列举多项（不用逗号，不能列举完） that is 即 ，就是 列举完，逗号隔开 Many famous singers, _ Wang Fei and SHE, have acted in films. A such B for example C that is D such as 【经典例题】 用that is，such as，for example填空 (1)He knows three languages，_， Chinese，French and English. (2)What would you do if you met a wild animala lion，_? (3)The farmer grows various kinds of crops， _wheat，corn，cotton and rice. (4)Matter may be invisible；air，_，is this kind of the matter. that is for example such as for example 16. a number of + n 复 大量的（做主谓复） the number of + n 复 的数量（做主谓单） eg. A number students are waiting outside. 许多学生正在外面等。 The number of students in our class is 50. 我们班学生的数量是50. 注意： number后的名词都是 可数名词复数 【经典例题】 A number of people_ been invited to the party, but the exact number _ still unknown. A. has; is B. have; are C. has; are D. have; is 1.Which of the following statement is true? A. Languages always stay the same B. Languages change only after wars C. Languages no longer change D. Languages change when cultures change Post reading 2. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_? A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian 3. Shakespeares English was spoken around _? A. 1400s B. 1150s C. 450s D. 1600s 4. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia B. China C. India D. Britain German By the 1600s Australian 1620 in the 18th century By the 19th century DanishFrench Fill in the blanks.(Para3-4) 用适当的介词填空。 1. Youd better make full use _ your time. 2. You will find the hospital _ the end of the road. 3. The church is close _ the school. 4. We have friends all _ the world. 5. As everybody knows, China has the largest number _ people. 6. _ the 1980s, he went to America. of at to over of In Ex.2: It is not easy for Chinese person to speak English as as a English speaker. One reason is that English has a large . It also has different usage in differen English speaking countries. If you use “flat” instead of “ ”, people in American will know you have learned British English. If you use the word “ ” instead of “lift” in Britain, people will know you have studied American English. fluently native vocabulary apartment elevator come up At present Because of such as make use of 【经典例题】 We have _ book you are looking for. A such no