人教修订版 高中一年级 ( 上 ) Unit 2

河北 马安庆 Warming up & Speaking

1.How many countries and regions are there in the world? About 200. Let’s have a quiz.

2. How many languages are there in the world? Perhaps more than five thousand, I remember. It was thought that there were more than three thousand before. But it is found in recent years that there are more than five thousand languages in the world. Only thirteen languages are used by above 55 million people.

3. How many languages are used as the working languages of the United Nations? Five: Chinese, French, Russian, English and Spanish.

Warming up A bathroom or a toilet?

toilet bath / bathtub towel tap basin handle A bathroom or a toilet? mirror

1. What is Joe’s nationality? How about Nancy? Joe is an American, while Nancy is British. 2. What is it that Nancy thinks Joe wants? Nancy thinks Joe wants to have a bath. Discussion

3. What is their misunderstanding about ? In American English, the word “bathroom” means a place where there is a toilet and sometimes a bath or shower. In British English, the word “bathroom” means a place where there is a bath or shower and sometimes also a toilet. Joe wants to go to the toilet, but Nancy thinks he wants to take a bath.

Joe is looking for a toilet. 4. What is it that Joe is looking for?

3) Karen told the teacher that Emily had asked her __________________________. 1. 1) Emily asked Karen ____________________________. how to pronounce “kilometer” 2) The teacher asked Karen and Emily ________________________________ _______. if there was anything that wasn’t clear to them how to pronounce “kilometer” Speaking

3) He also asked her _________________________. 4) Ms. Smith told Harry not _______________________________ ____________. 2. 1) Ms. Smith told Harry __ __________________________________ _________________________. 2) Harry asked Ms. Smith ______________________. if she could spell that name if she could repeat the address to take those two pizzas to Mr.Thompson on Broad Street, Number12 to forget to buy her some ketchup on his way back

requests A asked B (not) to do... A asked B whether or (if)... orders A told B (not) to do... A told B whether (if)... Requests or Orders

Br.E Am.E taxi petrol car park secondary school university autumn Do you know these words? cab gasoline parking lot high school college fall

Br.E Am.E holiday flat ground floor lift film shop movie store vacation apartment first floor elevator

Can you spell that, please? Could you repeat that, please? What do you mean by...? Could you speak a bit slowly, please? Useful expressions

Can you say that in a different way? Sorry, I didn’t follow you. I beg your pardon? How do you say... in English? How do you pronounce...? What does... mean?

Sample dialogues Situation 1: Taking a message A is visiting B, but B is not in, C takes a message for B. A: Is B at home? C: Sorry, she isn’t in. She went out just now.

A: Oh, could you do me a favor to take a message to her? I am her workmate. C: I’d be glad to. A: Could you please tell her we have decided to go out for an autumn outing. Please ask her whether she’d like to join us. My phone is

C: Could you repeat that, please? A: It’s C: Ok. I have taken it down. I’ll tell her about it when she comes back.

Tom: Hello! This is Tom speaking. Lucy: Is Mary in? Tom: She is not in. Can I take a message for you ? Situation 2: Answering the telephone Lucy is trying to call Mary, but Mary is not in.Tom takes a message.

Lucy: It’s very kind of you. Henry Potter Ⅲ is going to be put on in the cinema at 3:00 pm this afternoon. I have got two tickets. If she wants to, please tell her to send an to me at noon. The address is lucy _ pretty

Tom: Could you speak a bit slowly, please? Lucy: Have you got it? Tom: OK. Bye.

T: This afternoon we’ll do some cleaning in our classroom at 4:00 pm. Could you please tell the students about it? M: Certainly, I’d be glad to. Situation 3: The teacher tells the monitor about the task this afternoon. And the monitor tells it to the rest of the students.

T: Please tell the students to bring some cloth. M: Sorry, I didn’t quite follow you. What shall we do with it? T: Oh, we’ll mainly clean the glass and sweep the floor. M: OK, I will tell the class about it.

1. Create and practice your own dialogues. Include other language difficulties such as pronunciation, spelling, grammar, uncertainty, misunderstanding and inability to express what they mean or want to say. 2. Finish Exercise 1 on Page 91 in the TALKING part. Homework