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Unit 2 We all own English. Module 7 English for you and me

英语在我们的生活中已经变得 无处不在。据统计，全世界 60% 的 广播节目是用英语进行的， 75 ％ 的电视节目是英语，互联网上多 达 80% 的信息都是英文，绝大部分 国际会议以英语为第一通用语言， 英语还是联合国的正式工作语言 之一。 —— 《中国教育报》

Work in pairs Look at the photos and say: where they are what languages you can see China English, Chinese

India English

Korea Korean, English

Look at the map of the world Can you point out some English speaking countries?

America Canada UK India Australia

In China, people have been making waves of learning English.

1.Why English become so popular today? 2. As China is growing rapidly, do you think Chinese will become an international language in the future? Why? Work in groups

Do you want to learn more about the development of English and the future of Chinese and English? Let’s read the passage and finish the following tasks.

Listen and answer the questions: 1.How many people in the world use English? About 400 million people in the world use English. 2. How did English become an international language? In the 1800s, English became the language of world trade, and in the 1900s, the US spread English to the world through newspapers, television and films. Task 1 Listening

3. When do you think Chinese will become an international language? I think Chinese will become an international language by the middle of the twenty-first century. 4. Who owns English? Everyone who speaks it owns English. Listen and answer the questions: Listening Task 1

Reading Task 2 Match the ideas with the paragraphs. a) Chinese may be the next world language in the future. b) English is the most important international language today. c) English spread through trade and the media. d) We all own English. e) English has borrowed many words from other languages

Task 3 popular around the world Why? Will it last? Who owns English? Writing 1 Not less than 80 words

Task 3 Writing 2 Complete the passage with proper words. English, which is an international language, is now used by nearly ___________ world’s population. In some countries, English is the most important foreign language. Children have to learn it at school because _____ they grow up, they will need a common language to _________________ foreigners.______________ English became so popular _____ it became the language of world trade first and then the US _______ it to the world. a quarter of when communicate withThe reason why Is that spread

English has _________ many words _____ other languages. ____ China continues to grow, many people think that Chinese will become _____________ English in the future. However, it is sure that English is now owned by all of us ____ speaks it. borrowed from As as common as who

Words: boss secretary quarter industry zero Indian type Phrases: a quarter of, all over the world, as common as, even though Patterns: 1 、 It is also important to… 2 、 The reason why... is that... Task 4

Practise 根据汉语意思和提示，翻译句子 。 1. 一年中的这个时候去野餐很有趣。 (It is + adj + to do) _________________________________ 2 、他考试不及格的原因是他没有努力学习。 (the reason why... is that...) ____________________________________ It is interesting to go on a picnic at this time of year. The reason why he failed the exam was that he didn’t work hard.

1. Retell the passage to your partner. 2. Write a composition called: The future of Chinese