Period 4 Reading and writing Unit 2 English around the world? ?Warming up I ( 3m ) How many dialects are there in China ?dialects family in China 北方方言北方方言吴语吴语闽南语闽南语客家话客家话湘语湘语赣语赣语粤语粤语Chinesedialects in Guangdong province粤粤粤粤方方方方言言言言客方言客方言客方言客方言闽方言闽方言闽方言闽方言代表地区代表地区代表地区代表地区梅州梅州梅州梅州地区地区地区地区广州代表广州代表广州代表广州代表代表地区代表地区代表地区代表地区潮汕地区潮汕地区潮汕地区潮汕地区Warming up II ( 2m )Do you think there are some dialects in English?English English dialects in dialects in different different countriescountriesBritainBritainThe U.S.AThe U.S.ACanadaCanadaAustraliaAustraliaIndiaIndiaNew ZealandNew ZealandReading I (1m )Fast reading: Read the text on page 13 for 1 minute and answer the following question. Is there standard English?Reading II ( 5m )Detailed Reading Read the text for 3 minutes and answer the following question.1.How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text?2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect? And what kind of dialect is it?3.Why are there so many dialect in American English?1.How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text? mid-western, southern, African American, Spanish2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect? Because when Americans moved from one place to anther, they took their dialects with them.3.Why are there so many dialect in American English? Thats because people come from all over the world. And geography plays a part in making dialects.writingWhy should we learn English?P15Answer:Why do you learn English?1). English is one of the official(官方的官方的) languages of the world.8). To be a translator(翻译家翻译家).2). To communicate with foreigners who speak English.3). To travel around the world.4). To do business with western countries.5). To see English films or listen to English songs.6). To listen to English radio broadcast(广播广播).7). To get a good job in the future.Assignment1.Review all the new words and expressions.2. Prepare for the next class.