Unit 2 English around the worldPeriod 1&2: 幻灯片9-26页Unit 2 English Around the Worldthe USACanadaNew ZealandAustraliaSouth Africathe United KingdomIreland 1.Can you name some countries in which English is spoken?number of speakersexample countriesworking situationthe native languagethe foreign languagethe second language375 million750 million375 millionUSA, Canada, Australia,South Africa, Ireland, New ZealandChina and many other countriesIndia, Pakistan,Nigeria,Philippines.government,schools, newspapers,TVBritish EnglishAmerican English&DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH?British EnglishAmerican Englishspellingpronunciationwordscolour,color,favourite,favorite,theatre,theater,centre,center,travelled,traveled,metremeteraskdancewheelnotboxpost,mail,film,movie,shop,store,I think,I guess,British EnglishAmerican Englishwordslift (电梯电梯)elevatorpetrol (汽油汽油)gasflat (公寓公寓)apartmentautumnfallunderground(地铁地铁)subwayuniversity(大学大学)collegerubbish(垃圾垃圾)garbagedustbin(垃圾箱垃圾箱)trash canholidayvacationfortnight(两星期两星期） two weeksREADING I ( 3M )FAST READING:1. Read the text and try to find the main idea of each paragraph. (Work in pairs)Paragraph 1: describes the extension of English in the world.Paragraph 2: tells us native speakers can understand each other but not everything.Paragraph 3: tells the development of English as native language.Paragraph 4:tells us English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries.Lets guess the words with bold face1.make voyages to conquer other places2. Because of3. native English speaker4.come up 5. apartment6. actually 7.AD27. be based on 8. at present 9. gradually 10.vocabulary11.make use of12.spelling13.the latter14. identity15.fluent English16.Such as Make a timeline of the development of English1.During the 5th century AD:2.Between about AD800 and 1150;3.By the end of 1600s:4. 1620:5.From the 18th century:6. By the 19th century:1.Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?Discussion2. Why do you think more people in the world now want to learn Chinese?