Post on 01-Apr-2015
Unit Two
(Period One)
You and me
You and meFrom one worldWe are familyTravel dreamA thousand milesMeeting in BeijingCome together Put your hand in mineYou and meFrom one worldWe are family
Sarah Brightman
<You and me> is the theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
It was sung by Liuhuan and Sarah Brightman. Liuhuan sang it in _______ and Sarah sang it in ____.
ChineseEnglish
You and me
<You and me> was sung for the first time on the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Question:Why do you think this <you and me> is sung in both Chinese and English?The Olympic Games was held in China and Chinese is very wonderful.
In order to make Chinese more popular and spread the Chinese culture.English is not only an international language but also an official language in many countries, so it is easy for many people to understand the song.
Questions
1. Which language do you think is the most widely used language in the world?
2. How many languages are used as the working language of the UN?
3. Do you know the meaning of
“Englishes”?
Question:Do all the people in these English -speaking countries speak the same kind of English?
No.They speak quite different Englishes. In some ways Englishes are different from one another.
Can they understand each other?
British English
American English
&
Do you know the differences between American English and British English?
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
American president Obama
American English
British English
Shall we go to the pub to celebrate our agreement?
Wow, bar is a nice place.
Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Obama?
Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candy.
Great. I like football match very much.
After that, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.
Time to go. Let’s go to the elevator together.
Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.
Chinese BrE AmE酒吧
一听饮料饼干糖果足球比赛电梯
___________ difference___________ difference
pub bartin can
biscuitssweets
cookiescandysoccer
gamelift
footballmatch
elevator
VocabularyVocabulary
Chinese BrE AmE秋天公寓汽油地铁假期
Fill in the table below.
apartment
petrolunderground
vacation
autumn
flat
fall
gas, gasoline
subway
holiday
Am Efavorite
tire
color
theater
cheque
program
traveler
Br Efavourite
tyre
colour
theatre
check
programme
traveller
__________ differencespelling
ddaancenceclclaassssffaaststhhalalffppaathth
[kl[kla:a:s] [kls] [klææs]s] [f[fa:a:st] [fst] [fææst]st]
[h[ha:a:f] [hf] [hææf]f] [p[pa:a:θθ] [p] [pææθθ]]
BrE AmE
[d[da:a:ns]ns] [d[dææns]ns]
______________ difference______________ differencepronunciatipronunciationon
Questions about English:
What countries speak English as their official language besides the United Kingdom and the USA?
Can you call the names of the English – speaking countries or regions on the map?
the USA
Canada
New Zealand
AustraliaSouth Africa
the United Kingdom
Ireland India
Caribbean Islands
S1: I live in _____ Asia. My country is _________ of years old and now has more than a billion people. Unlike many other countries, our people speak a lot of _________. So we use English, which we got from British ______ hundreds of years ago. Of course, we have our own way of ______ English.
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
Souththousands
languages
rulersusing
India
India
S2: Well, I live on a huge green ______ in
western Europe. Hundreds of years
____ my people spoke a very_______
language from English. Then the
British rulers came. Now the old
language is spoken in only a few
_______ in the western part of my
country.
island
ago
villages
Ireland
different
Ireland
S3: My country is very _____. In fact, it’s
really a______. It is in southeast Asia
and is very ____. People come from all
over Asia to do ________ here. Today
you can hear our kind of English
spoken ___________ in the city and on
many _____ that come here.
small
rich
business
ships
everywhere
Singapore
city
Singapore
Why should you learn English?
I learn English in order to/so as to…
English Around the World
Why should I learn
English?
to do business with
foreigners
to communicate with foreigners
to have a good job
in the futureto read
English
booksto know more about English-speaking countries.
to enjoy some English music and movies
I learn English in order to pass the exam.
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:
Homewrok 1. Preview the words and expressions in the text 2.Preview the text and read the text by heart
Br E & Am.E
When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.
the prime minister of the UK.
the president
of the USA.