1、Unit 2English around the worldWarming upWith economy globalization, English has become the best bridge to serve the purposeof people all over the world communicating with one another.An international talk/meetingIn what situations is English used?Doing international tradeAt schoolListening to radio,

2、watching TVSinging English songs.Seeing English moviesCountries speak English as their native language:BritainAmericaCanadaAustraliaNew ZealandIrelandSouth Africathe USACanadaNew ZealandAustraliathe United KingdomIreland How many people use English as their native language, second language, or forei

3、gn language?the whitesthe blacksthe yellowsthe brownsnumber of speakersexample countriesthe native languagethe foreign languagethe second language375 million750 million375 millionUSA, UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New ZealandChina and many other countriesIndia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Phi

4、lippinesDo you think the English spoken all around the world are all the same?CanadianAustralianEnglishBritishWorld EnglishAmericanIndianCaribbeanWhat are the two main groups of English?British English and American EnglishDo you know the differencesDo you know the differences between between America

5、n EnglishAmerican English and and BritishBritish EnglishEnglish? ?Br. E & Am.E When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.Do you have any plan this fall?What? Do you mean this autumn?A: Do you want to come to my apartment?A: Wow, the bar is a

6、nice place. We can go.B: Your flat? I dont think so. Can we go to the pub?B: Great. I want a tin of Coke and some sweets. American? British? A: Well, I want a can of beer and some candies.A: Ok. We can go and see a soccer game tomorrow.A: Ok. Lets go to the elevator together.B: Hey, I like football

7、match very much.B: Oh, time to go home, lets go to the lift.Wow, I want some sweets. What about you, Bush?Well, I want some _. candyWell, lets go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.Great. I like _very much.football matchTime to go home. Lets go to the elevator together.Oh no, the_must be ful

8、l of people this time. liftBr. EAm. EThe differences between Br. E & Am. E.vocabularyspellingpronunciationautumnfalltyphoon tornadoI thinkI guesscolourcolorcentrecentertravellertravelerdance da:ns dance dnsnot nt not na:tAm Eneighborhoodlaborcolorhonorablehumorfavoritetheaterkilometer Br E neigh

9、bourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite theatre kilometre ChineseBr. EAm. E電梯電梯liftelevator汽油汽油petrolgas, gasoline秋天秋天autumnfall地鐵地鐵undergroundsubway大學大學universitycollege垃圾垃圾rubbishgarbage垃圾箱垃圾箱dustbintrash can假期假期holidayvacation兩周兩周fortnighttwo weeksChineseB. EA. E公寓公寓flatapartment酒吧酒吧pu

10、bbar罐頭罐頭tincan糖果糖果sweetscandy橡皮橡皮eraserrubber比賽比賽matchgame足球足球footballsoccer電影電影filmmovie出租車出租車taxicabcenterflat colourliftgrayhonorpetrolundergroundpictureserasergreycentreapartmentelevatorhonourcolorrubber gasmoviessubwayMatch the words that have the same meaning. Homework1. Reread the passage and l