UnitTwo:

EnglishAroundtheWorld

(PeriodFour)

WritingI’msorry…

小張在公交車上不小心踏了老外的腳，心想咱不能給中國人丟臉，于是卯足了勁說了句英文：“I’msorry.”

老外一想：在人家國土上咱不能不禮貌。于是忙點頭道：“I’msorrytoo.”

小張一聽急了：以為我不會數數？咬牙道：“I’msorrythree.”

老外大惑不解：“Whatareyousorryfor？”

小張心想好啊~~~連FOUR也出來了，老子和你拼了~~~~~~:

“I’msorryfive!!!!”

Therearemorethan42countrieswherethemajorityofthepeoplespeakEnglish.Morethan1.5billionpeoplecanspeakEnglishintheworld.Over70%internationaltradeismadebyEnglish.About60%oftheworld’sradiobroadcastuseEnglish.Memorychallenge1.HowmanycountriesaretherewherethemajorityofthepeoplespeakEnglish?2.HowmanypeoplecanspeakEnglishintheworld?3.HowmanyinternationaltradeismadebyEnglish?4.Howmanytheworld’sradiobroadcastuseEnglish?AnswerthefollowingquestionsEnglishisthelanguagemostwidely_______and____intheworld.ItbecomesmoreandmoreimportanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish.spokenusedSummaryIlearnEnglishtosingEnglishsongs.WhydoyoulearnEnglish?DiscussionABrainstormingMapWhydoyoulearnEnglish?TouseforbusinessTouseinschoolTotalktonativespeakersToreadEnglishbooksTowritetoe-palsTolistentoEnglishmusicandmovies

I’mlearningEnglishnow.GuessingWhydoesYaoMinglearnEnglish?Cometotheblackboardandwritedownyourideas,tryingtousecompletesentences,suchas:

IfIlearnEnglishwell,IcanbringintheadvancedforeigntechnologytoChina.SoChinawillbecomemuchstronger.IdecidetolearnEnglishwell,inthiscaseIcanreadmanyEnglishnovels,soIcantranslatethemintoChinese,thenmoreandmoreChinesecanstudyEnglish.Writeashortessay:DoweneedtolearnEnglish?structureYourpointofview

reasonsandsupportingideas

conclusion

DoweneedtolearnEnglish?

IstronglythinkwenotonlyneedlearnEnglishbutalsolearnitwell…Whyshouldwelearnit…HowcanlearningEnglishhelpChinainthefuture?…So…DoweneedtolearnEnglish?English

has

become

an

international

language.

Many

countries

in

the

worlduseEnglish.SoIstronglythinkweshouldnotonlyneedlearnEnglishbutalsolearnitwell.SamplewritingSamplewritingFirst,

we

have

to

learn

English

well

to

talk

with

foreigners.As

we

know,

many

foreign

tourists

visit

China

everyyear.IftheycannotspeakChinese,theyuseEnglishtocommunicatewithChinesepeople.DoweneedtolearnEnglish?Second,

IliketostudyEnglishtouseforbusiness.ChinahasjoinedWTO.MoreandmoreforeignbusinessmenwillinvestinChinainthenearfuture.

Inaword,Englishisofgreatimportance.

SamplewritingDoweneedtolearnEnglish?

Homework:Writing

MyExperienceofLearningEnglishPara1.MyproblemsinlearningEnglish.