Unit 2 Using language and reading in workbook

China is a very big country where different dialects are spoken. Can you list some of them? Warming up

? ? How many dialects are there in China ?

dialects family in China 北方方言 吴语 闽南语 客家话 湘语 赣语 粤语 Chinese

dialects in Guangdong province dialects in Guangdong province 客家方言 闽方言 代表地区 梅州 代表地区 梅州 代表地区 广州 代表地区 广州 代表地区 潮汕地区 代表地区 潮汕地区 粤方言

Is there anybody who can speak a dialect from other place? Pre-reading

Do you think there are some dialects in English?

English dialects in different countries Britain The U.S.A Canada Australia India New Zealand

Reading – I (1m ) Fast reading: Read the text on page 13 for 1 minute and answer the following questions. Is there standard English?

2.What is a dialect? When people use words and expressions different from “standard English”, it is called a dialect. It’s believed to be the English spoken on TV and the radio. 1.What’s standard English?

3.Why are there so many dialects in the US? Because people have come from all over the world. Geography also plays a part in making dialects.

4.Can you tell an interesting or funny story that shows great difference between dialects in Chinese/English?

Example: keys or kiss One friend of mine was giving an English lesson to a class of adults who had recently come to live in the United States. After placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table he asked various members of the class to give him the ruler, the book, the pen

and so on. The class went very smoothly, and the students seemed interested and serious about the work that they were engaged in until my friend turned to an Italian and said, “Give me the keys.”The man looked surprised and somewhat at a loss( 有点手足无措 ). Seeing this, my friend thought that

the student hadn’t heard him clearly, so he repeated, “Give me the keys.” The Italian shrugged( 耸肩 ) his shoulders. Then, he threw his arms around the teacher’s neck and kissed him on both cheeks.

1.What’s standard English? 什么是标准英语 ? standard (n.) 标准, 规格 (adj.) 标准的 meet standard 符合标准 standard of living 生活水平 on a standard 根据某一标准 Language points

The mountains are not high____ world standard. A. by B. at C. to D. on

2. Believe it or not, there’s no such a thing as standard English. 信不信由你, 世界上没有所谓的标准 英语。 believe it or not “ 信不信由你 ” Believe it or not, all the people present have agreed to the plan.

3. However, even on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak. 然而, 甚至在电视上或收音机里都会 听到人们在说话时的差异。 the way 后面接定语从句时, 关系代词 用 that/in which 或不用关系代词。 I did it in the way that/in which you taught me.

I don’t like___ you speak to her. A. the way B. the way in that C. the way which D. the way of which

4. Although many America move a lot, they still recognize each other’s dialects. 虽然许多美国人经常搬家, 但他们 仍然能够辨认彼此的方言。 recognize “ 辨认, 认出 ” recognize sth./sb. as sth./sb. “ 把 … 认作 …” Drugs were not recognized as a problem then.

The Oxford English Dictionary Reading task on P51

Do you know who is the writer of The Oxford English Dictionary? James Murray, Samuel Johnson, and Noah Webster.

Samuel Johnson ( ) Noah Webster

James A.H.Murray

2.How long did it take all the editors to finish the OED? Forty-nine years. Dictionaries were invented to encourage everybody to spell the same. 1.Why were dictionaries invented?

Note on James Murray’s life Country Education Job Scotland No formal education,taught himself while working Worked in a bank, then in Oxford.

Note on James Murray’s life Most important task compiling the first edition of the OED Its difficulties: 1 worded in a shed in his garden and behind his house 2 very cold as it was one metre underground

Note on James Murray’s life Most important task 3 no heating; he had to wear a coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm 4 no electric light; he worked at night with candles

Note on James Murray’s life Most important task Qualities needed: 1 commitment 2 perseverance 3 accuracy

Who worked on the dictionary Date of completion Other information At first just James Murray; later his two Daughters; finished by others editors after his death 1928 First edition took forty- four years to compile

1.Review the words and language points we have learnt in this unit. 2.Translation Homework