Unit 2 English Around the World
I Teaching aims
1.Knowledge aim
2.Master the words and phrases and get a view of the road to modern English.
3.Ability aim
4.Train students’ reading skill.
5.Emotion aim
6.Let students know more about English and inspire students to study English hard. IITeaching important points
The understanding and comprehension of the passage.
III Teaching difficult point
How to get to master the useful words and expressions.
How to improve students’ ability to read an article.
IV Teaching Procedures
V Teaching Time
Seven Periods.
Period 1 Warming up and Reading
Step1. Warming up
1. Lead in: Show Ss a map of the world, and ask them the following questions:
1) How many languages are there in the world?
2) How many English-speaking counties are there in the world?
3) How are you ever heard some differences between American English and British
English?
Step2. Reading
(1)Skimming
Read the passage quickly and find out the answers of the questions in comprehension.
(2)Scanning
(3)Listen to the tape and tell the meaning of each paragraph.
1. Para1: Brief introduction of the change in English.
2. Para.2: An example of different kinds of English.
3. Para3: The development of English.
Para4: English spoken in some other countries.
(4)Post reading
Step3. Discussion
Some people say that Chinese is a much more elegant language, so it is more important for us to master it and it is not so necessary to master foreign language. Do you agree with this opinion and why?
Period 2 Language points
Language points：
1. Do you know that there is more than one kind of English in the world?
你知道世界上英语的种类并不止一种吗？
more than one +名词单数，后面的谓语动词用单数
例如：More than one student wants to go to swim.
2.In some important ways they are very different form one another.在某些重要的方面，它们彼此有些差异。
(1)in…way(s)/by…means 在……方面
We should solve this problem in a different way.
=We should solve this problem by a different way.
(2)one another/each other 彼此，相互之间
We should communicate with one another/each other.
我们应该相互交流。
We send card to one another/each other every year.
我们每年都相互寄卡片。
3.They include Canadian, British, American and India English.
include 包含、包括
The price includes dinner, beds and breakfast.
including(prep) included(adj)
The bill came to $450,including tax.
The bill came to $450, tax included.
contain 包含，容纳
contain指某物容纳在比其更大的东西之内
The basket contains a variety of fruits.
这篮子装有各种水果。
include指包括作为整体的一个部分或要素
The tour includes a visit to Paris这旅程包括游览巴黎。
4. English plays an important role as a first or second language.
plays a/an … role/part 扮演……的作用、角色
Monitor plays an important role in managing a class.
班长在班级管理中起着重要的作用。
5. Nearly all of them live in England.
他们几乎全部都住在英格兰。
almost与nearly
①两者都可以修饰all, every, always等词，都可以用于否定句中。
②在very, pretty, not后用nearly, 不用almost。
例如：I’m not near ly ready.
③在any, no, none, never前用almost, 不用nearly。
例如：I almost never see her.
练一练：用nearly或almost填空
(1). He said ______ nothing interesting.
(2).______ 1000 people were here.
(3).There is not ________enough boo for the whole class.
解析(1)与nothing连用，所以填almost
(2).与具体数字连用，用nearly
(3).被not修饰时，用nearly
6. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. 把英语作为母语的人相互之间可以交流，
即使他们说的不是同一种英语。
even if /even though即使，引导让步状语从句
Even though/if he had got a good job, he still wants to look for a better one.
即使他找到了一份好的工作，他还想找更好的。
7.Would you please come up to my flat for a visit?
来我的公寓坐坐怎么样？
come up 上来，走近，被提出，发芽
