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4 oceans: 7 continents: the Pacific Ocean the Atlantic Ocean Asia Africa North America South America Antarctic Europe Oceania the Pacific Ocean the Atlantic Ocean the Indian Ocean the Arctic Ocean

Questions 1. How many countries and regions are there in the world? 2. How many languages are there in the world? 3. How many languages are used as the working languages of the United Nations? 4. What language has the largest number of speakers? 5. What language is the most wildly spoken and used?

Your languages Fluent? /Good?/ just a few words? Mother tongue Second language: native Third language: foreign Fourth language: foreign

English Around the World

Questions 1.How many countries are there where the greater number of the people speak English? 2. How is English used in Hongkong ? 3. What language should we use on Internet so that we can communicate with people around the world? More than 42 countries. Many people speak English as a first or a second language English

Listening and answer 1.In which countries do we find most native speakers of English? Give the names of three countries. The United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand. 2. How is English used in countries such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Philippines? In those countries, people perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family, but the language of the government, schools, newspapers and TV is English.

Roles of English Number of speakers Example countries Working situation The native language The second language Foreign language American Canada Australia Any time in his own country 375million Government School newspaper India Pakistan Nigeria 375million China … 750million at school

Word search majority mother tongue in total equal P1 *most of, a great number of *native language *in all *the same majority mother tongue in total equal

Phrases All around the world 2. More than 3. The majority of 4. In total 5. One’s mother tongue 6. An equal number of

1. More than 不只，不仅仅， 不同于+ n. Peace is much more than the absence of war. 和平不仅仅意味着没有战争。 We must consider more than the success in study. 非常， 十分，不仅仅 + adj. He is more than selfish。 I’m more than happy to hear that.

2. Equal Two Li is equal to a kilometre. Two plus two equals four. Be equal to sth/doing sth 能胜任；能应付…； The old man is not equal to his situation. 那个老人胜任不了他的职位。 他胜任的了这份工作。 He is equal to the work/doing the work.

The number of : …的数量谓语v用单数。 a number of ：a lot of 谓语v用复数。 大熊猫的数量在增加。 The number of giant pandas is growing. 许多学生已经看过这本书了。 A number of students have read this book.

Except -- not including 除去，除掉，指在整体中除去行为未发生者。 except for 指在一个整体中除去其中某个或某些因素 （前后两个名词性质不同;不跟从句） 1. Everyone went to the library, except Jerry. 2. Your essay is good except for the spelling. 3. I like your apartment except for the decoration. 4. She knew nothing about his journey except that he was likely to be away for three months. 5. He goes to work every day except when it rains.

Listening and understanding para 3 Word search P3 *business between foreign countries *business of tourists *around the world trade tourism global

Phrases 7. Develop into 8. On the radio 9. Communicate with 10. Through the Internet 11. Have a good knowledge of

Discussion 1. How many ways that English is used are mentioned in the third paragraph? 2.Why is it becoming more and more important to have a good knowledge of English? 3. Living in China you can use English every day in different situations. Give two examples. 4. In your opinion, which language will become more important and why?( English, Chinese, Japanese…)

1. How many ways that English is used are mentioned in the third paragraph? 2.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.

3. Living in China you can use English every day in different situations. Give two examples. Listening to and singing pop songs, playing computer games, reading web pages, watching foreign films, VCD or DVD and TV programs, talking to travelers coming to China, using the Internet, reading advertisements.

4. In your opinion, which language will become more important and why 4. In your opinion, which language will become more important and why?( English, Chinese, Japanese…)

True or False 1. In Philippines, you can have something to read even though you don’t know English. 2. All the people in Hong Kong treat English as a second language. 3. Businessmen and tourists can come China without being able to speak Chinese. 4. The most popular role for English is as second language. 5. It will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English. F F T F T

Make sentences 1. All around the world. 2. The majority of 3. In total 4. One’s mother tongue 5. The number of 6. A number of 7. Such as 8. Develop into 9. Without doing 10.Communicate with 11. Through the Internet 12. Have a good knowledge of

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 spoken Australia Canada mother tongue Learn English foreign language is used trade tourism businessmen tourists speak English people using