Unit 2 Language points for reading
1.at the end of… 在…的尽头，在…末尾 2.nearly all of them 几乎他们全部都… 3.make voyages to… 航海 4.because of... 因为… 5.than ever before 比以往任何时候都… 6.native language first language 母语 mother tongue 7.even if/even though 即使 8.the same kind of… 相同种类的… e up 走近，上来，提出 municate with 和…交流
(2) almost可用在一些含否定意义的词前面，如none，nobody， nothing，never，no one等，表示“几乎或简直(没有)”，而 nearly不能。 He has almost nothing to do today. There is almost none left.
（3）只用nearly的场合。 a.被 very, not, pretty等修饰时。 b.和具体数字连用时（nearly常用）。 Nearly 100 students attended the meeting. I am very nearly ready.
nearly or almost
1．他们中间几乎没有一个人有小汽车。 _______ Almost none of them has a car． 2．他们吃晚饭几乎总是喝咖啡。 They almost __________ ／nearly always have coffee for supper． 3．这远远不像你所想的那么容易。 nearly so easy as you think． It is not _______ 4．几乎没有人出席会议。 _______ Almost nobody attended the meeting． 5．我以前几乎从未看见过她。 I have _______ almost never seen her before．
Great Britain
Australia
Canada
India
Ireland
New Zealand
South Africa
The U.S.A.
Singapore
English speaking countries
U.K.
U.S.A.
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
English was spoken in India as well as in Africa and Asia. It became the language for _______________ government and education in India. The English language was settled. Two big changes: •Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary __________. The American Dictionary of the •Noah Webster wrote ______________________________ and gave a English Language separate identity to ____________ American English spelling
who learn English as their first foreign language China
must have the largest number as it has the largest population.
3. Guess according to the title.
2.because & because of 因为你的关心，我发现生活充满了希望。 1）Because you are concerned about me, I find that life is full of hope. 2）Because of your concern, I find that life is full of hope. 因为雨下得很大，那个男孩穿过树林回家了。 1）Because it rained heavily, the boy went back home through the woods. 2）Because of the heavy rain, the boy went back home through the woods.
1. Nearly all of them lived in England.
nearly 与 almost 用法明辨：
(1)在肯定句中,两者可通用 He is almost/ nearly 80 years old. She fell and almost /nearly broke her neck. I almost/ nearly always go to bed at eleven.
Suggested answer:
1. America, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Philippines, India…… 2. For those that speak English as their first language the USA or India must have the largest number of native speakers as they have the largest populations. For those
11.at first 首先，起初 12.be different from… 和…不同 13.be based on… 以…为基础 14.more than 多于，超过 15.at present 目前，现在 16.be able to… 能… 17.make use of… 利用… 18.a number of… 许多，大量 19.the number of… …的数量 actually 事实上，实际上 20.in fact
Ireland
Reading
Do all the English speakers only speak one kind of English?
Five kinds of English in the world
Canadian English British English American English Australian English Indian English
The road to modern English
AD 450-1150 AD 800-1150 In the 1600s
German The English was spoken in England. It was based more on ____ _____than
the English we speak at present.
British English & American English the ground floor the first floor
the first floor the second floor
the third floor
the second floor the third floor
the forth floor
In 1620
In the 18th century 1765-1947 By the 19th century
.
Now
English is spoken in _________, __________, __________, India Singapore Malaysia __________ China ______________and so on. South Africa
The road to modern English
The road
Modern English
the development of English language
What kind of English before Modern Englishn ideas
Para. 1: More and more people speak English. Para. 2: The first sentence in paragraph Two. Para. 3: The second sentence in paragraph Three. Para. 4: The number of the English speaking people is increasing .
Unit2 ENGLISH
AROUND THE WORLD (Period 1) Let’s discover more about English!
Statue of Liberty
Big Ben
warming up pre-reading
Small survey
• Guess the national flags of different countries, and find out the languages spoken in these countries.
pronunciation
dance; not; neither; either;
autumn, post, petrol, film, shop, I think fall, mail, gas, movie, store, I guess
vocabulary
Pre-reading
Questions: 1. With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language. 2. Which country do you think has the most English learners? 3. Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you are right.