1、Debating: (Debate in groups)DebateStatements (1m)Free talk (3m)Summary (1m)British EnglishAmerican Englishthe original variety Most native speakers of EnglishShakespeare and other great writersInternational businessBritish English VS American English The BBC and many international newspapersMost Eng

2、lish language filmsPure pronunciation and intonation natural pronunciation and intonation World EnglishNeither American nor BritishEnglish doesnt belong to one groupof peopleAccent is not important if peopleunderstand each otherWe need to communicate with non-native speakers as well as nativespeaker

3、sWhich English do you think is the best variety to learn?How to learn English?Speak without fear.Use your resources.Surround yourself with English.Listen to native speakers as much as Possible. Watch English films and television.Listen to English music.Study as often as possible.Do exercises and tak

4、e tests.Record yourself.Listen to English programmes.How to write an expository writingSome of the Ss think British EnglishSome of the Ss believe that American EnglishAs far as we are concerned, The Origin of Chinese What is Chinese? Varieties of Chinese Read the paragraph in Part 3. Decide which is

5、 the best title? key words and phrases支持支持n _ 屬于屬于 _ 稱稱 為為 _ in favor ofbelong torefer toasGuess the meaning of these sentences1. At the meeting，he presented his ideas.2.According to the present situation, wed better give up the plan.3. The people present agreed his idea.4. I received many presents

6、on my birthday.提出提出目前的目前的在場的在場的禮物禮物Try to find information aboutChinese and prepare a report to introduce the following three aspects of Chinese. The writing system Varieties of Chinese1. The language today寫作的參考資料漢語的書寫體系 漢語的書寫系統目前有繁體和簡體兩種。前者用于臺灣、港澳和北美的華人圈中，后者用于中國大陸和新加坡以及東南亞的華人社區。通常說來，兩種漢字書寫系統雖然有差異，但

7、并不影響溝通。漢字有5萬多，但大多數人只認識其中大概2萬多。我們目前多使用普通話，普通話被認為是一種更加正式的語言，使用于莊重的場合，是政府工作用語和學校教學用語。漢語的種類主要有八大語系。這些是有地域性的，稱為方言，彼此在發音方面的差異非常大。還有一種劃分方法是分為兩大類：文言文和白話文。五四運動之前所使用的書面語叫做“文言”，是一種以孔子時代所使用的以“雅言”為基礎的書面語。五四運動之后所推動的書面漢語通常被稱為“白話”，即以北方話為基礎的現代書面語。在現代漢語的書面語中，文言已經很少使用了。 漢語的今天1958年入學兒童學習漢語拼音，目的在于幫助每個人學會使用普通話，學會漢字。50年代時

8、期，中華人民共和國政府為普及教育，提出了簡化字。作為文化的載體，未來漢字的發展，可能是任何人也難以預料的。 The Writing System 漢字有5萬多，但大多數人只認識其中大概2萬多。我們目前多使用普通話，普通話被認為是一種更加正式的語言，是政府工作用語和學校教學用語the medium of instruction 。About 5000 characters/most people know about 2000/elements of meaning and information about pronunciation most widely used system of wr

9、iting Write three more paragraphs about the Chinese language.2. Varieties of Chinese主要有八大語系。這些是有地域性的regional稱為方言dialects ，彼此在發音方面的差異非常大。還有一種劃分方法classification是分為兩大類：文言文和白話文。文言是一種以“雅言” ancient literary為基礎的書面語。8 main varieties/called dialects/ Wenyan and Baihua/Putonghua-simplified Chinese3. The langu

10、age TodayPinyin, a writing system since 1958/ help to use Putonghua/ learn the Chinese characters1. The Writing SystemThere are about 50,000 characters in Written Chinese, however, most people only know about 20,000 of these. Most of these characters have elements of meaning and information about pr

11、onunciation. The most widely used system of writing is Putonghua, which became the medium of instruction in all school in 1956, and almost all Publications made are using it. 2. Varieties of ChineseThere are 8 main varieties of Chinese. These are regional, and are often called dialects, although the

12、y are very different from each other in pronunciation. There is also another classification, however, which gives two varieties: Wenyan and Baihua. Wenyan, an ancient literary closely similar to the language spoken in Beijing, has been developed since the late of 1950s. Its development has had the aim of simplifying Chinese. 3. The language Pinyin is a 58-symbol writing system which has been used since 1958. It has th