03 级外语本科四班郭欣欣

English Around the World

• Your composition is good except for a few spelling mistakes.

• The carpet is good except for its price.• The bus is empty except for a driver.• The room is empty except for a chair.

1. except, except for, except that(1) except 除去，指在整体中除去行为未发生者(2) except for 除了有…之外，指在一个整体中除去其中某些不和谐因素。此时，前后的两个名词性质不同。(3) except that/when… 除去，后接句子

Language points in integrating skill

………………………….except that there are a few ……..

e.g. I go to school by bike except when it rains.

2. more or less 或多或少

e.g. Our living condition has more or less improved.

3. have …difficulty in doing sth. have…difficulty with sth.

他发音有些困难。

He has some difficulty in pronouncing words.

with pronunciation.

4. stay =keep =remain + adj.

e.g. The windows stayed open all night long.closed

Languages

we use

First dialect

luoshan dialect

fluent Everyday life Xinyangdialect

fluentSecond dialect

First language

Foreign language

Chinese fluent At school

English OK In class

How ?

When( one situation)?

Everyday life

Second foreign language

French Just few words seldom

Countries speak English as their mother tongue

Britain(UK)

America (USA)

Canada

Australia New Zealand South Africa

find out the main ideas of each paragraph .

Paragraph 1

More than 750 million people speak English as native or second language.

Paragraph 2

More than 750 million people learn English as a foreign language.

Paragraph 3It is becoming more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.

English is a language spoken all over the world.

Skimming:

Number ofspeakers

Examplecountries Situations

The native language

The second language

The foreign language

>375 million

USA UK Australia south Africa Canada Ireland

>750million

>375millionIndia Pakistan NigeriaThe Philippines

China Japan France

in people’s everyday life

government school newspapers TV

in schools

Official lan

guage

(equal)

Post- Reading

1.Why is it becoming more and more important to have a good knowledge of English?

Because English is spoken and used all around the world. With so many people communicating in English, it is becoming more and more important to have a knowledge of English.

When we sing English songs.

When we watch films in English.

2.Living in China you can use English every day in different situations. Give two examples.

3.Complete the Following summary.

English is a ________ ______all around the world. For more than 375million people in countries such as _______ and _______, English is their ______ ______. Another 375 million people _____ ______ as a second language. However, most people learn English at school as a ______ _______. The English language __also ____ by most international organizations as their working language, as well as in inter-national _____ and _______. Most foreigners visiting China are either__________ or ______. If they cannot ______ Chinese, they use ______ to communicate with Chinese people. In global culture, for example the Internet or popular music, English is widely used. In the future we will be speaking Chinese with our_______, but we will be _______ English with people around the world for our work.

language spokenAustralia

Canada mother tongue

Learn English foreign is used

trade tourism

businessmen tourists

speak English

speakingfamily

language

The language points :

1. the majority of 后接可数名词或集体名词。Eg . 大多数的男孩对足球感兴趣。

The majority of boys are interested in football

大多数的医生认为抽烟对健康有害。The majority of doctors believe smoking is harmful to health.

Eg .When the headmaster spoke out his plan ,the _______of the students in our class _______for it .

A.majority ; were B. most ; were

C.most ; did D. majority ; was

2. a number of 许多，后接复数名词或代词，谓语动词用复数形式。

the number of 表示……的数量后接复数名词或代词，谓语动词用单数形式。

Eg .A number of students took part in the sports meeting .

许多学生参加了运动会。

The number of students on the ground was more than 200.

在操场上的学生人数有 200 多人。

The number of the students in our school ___about 2000 and the majority of them ________ hard working .

A. are ; are B.is ; are

C. are; is D.is ; is

3. total:★n.[c] 总数 England scored a total of 436 runs. That will cost you 15yuan in total. ( 总共 )★adj. 总计的 , 完全的 total losses 总损失 a total surprise 令人完全吃惊的

事★v. 常与 to, up to 连用 The students totaled 3000. It totals (up) to three dollars.★ 同义词 :whole, entire adj. 全部的

4.knowledge n. [u] 知识；学识We must broaden and enrich our knowledge.

我们必须扩展和丰富我们的知识。He has a wide/good knowledge of history.

他具有丰富的历史知识。

absorb knowledge acquire knowledge

吸取知识 获得知识background knowledge 背景知识common knowledge 常识

1 English is a language spoken all around the world.

2.There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English.

3.In China students learn English at school as a foreign language, except for those in HK, where many people speak English as a first or a second language.

all over the world/ the whole world/ through out the worldwhich is

in which

5. In only fifty years, English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world.

    

6. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese.

7. With so many people communicating in English every day…

be widely used 被广泛使用

With 的复合结构1. Don’t sleep with the windows open. with +n.+adj.2.He sat there with a smile on his face. with +n. +prep.3.The room was dark with the lights off with+n.+adv.4.The streets are quiet with no buses running. with +n.+ doing( 主动）5.A man came in with his hands tied back. with +n.+done( 被动）6.I can’t go there with so much work to do. with +n.+to do( 将来）

As we all know, English is widely used in many fields,While Chinese is spoken by the largest speakers. Do you think Chinese will become an international language all over the world in the near future?

Discussion:

Homework

1.Retell the passage according to the summary. (recite)

2.Finish doing Exx on SB and WB in Unit2