Pray For Peace

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Unit 2
English around the World
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Questions

• What foreign languages can you use to say ???
• In what situations do you speak English?

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At School
On the air (on TV, radio)
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During an international talk/ meeting
During the traveling
During the trade
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Figures

• More than half of the newspapers and magazines in
  the world are printed in English.
• 80 of the computer information in the world is
  stored in English.
• 3/4 of the letters in the world are written in
  English.
• 3/5 of the worlds radios are using English to
  broadcast.

English is an international language.
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China Today

• Are we native speakers?
• Is English our official language?

WTO
More and more Chinese learn to speak English. We
have learned English for more than 3 years.
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Can you name some
English Spoken Countries
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the U.K
Canada
America
Singapore
Ireland
India
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
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U.K.
U.S.A
Ireland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Singapore
India
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World Englishes
Do you think the Englishes spoken in these
countries are all the same?

• American English
• British English
• Australian English
• Canadian English
• Indian English

• African English
• New Zealand English
• Singapore English

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Do you know the differences between American
English and British English?
American English
V.S.
British English
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Do you want to come to my flat?
How far is your apart-ment? It is beautiful.
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Great. I like football match very much.
Hey, lets go and see a soccer game. It is very
exciting.
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Time to go home. Lets go to the elevator
together.
Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.
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Br.E or Am.E?
lift elevator dance d?ns dance
dæns colour color in a team on a team
vocabulary
pronunciation
spelling
collocation
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Quiz

1. centre
2. often
3. flat
4. neither
5. in the street
6. lorry
7. travelled
8. store

center often apartment neither on the
street truck traveled shop
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Br. English
Am. English
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Quiz
Am. English
Br. English

1. timetable
2. rubber
3. autumn
4. petrol
5. toilet
6. sweets
7. football

schedule eraser fall gas bathroom candy soccer
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Do you think the Englishes spoken in these
countries are the same?
VS
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What can we learn?
Situation An American is visiting England.
Now he has just checked in a hotel. And his room
number is 705. Here is the dialogue between him
and a servant in the hotel.
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I mean, Id like to take the lift to Room 705 on
the 6th floor. We say the 7th floor instead of
6th floor in the US.
Excuse me, could I take the elevator to the 7th
floor?
Pardon? Why not the 6th floor? Your room number
is 705. And youd take what?
Oh, sorry. Come this way, Ill show you the
lift.
England
America
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A house
In America
In England
The 7th floor
The 6th floor
The 1st floor
The 2nd floor
The 1st floor
The ground floor
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Listening
Listen to the tape and find out the words that
have the same meaning.
pictures autumn lorry
underground sweet
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Listening
Listen to the tape and find out the words that
have the same meaning.
movies
pictures autumn lorry
underground sweet
fall
truck
subway
candy
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Listen again, try to fill in the blanks.
It was _____. Amy, Betty and Carl met together.
They wanted to go to the ________. There would be
a film thats been playing all ___. It was called
____________. It would start soon. So Betty asked
them to _____________.But finally they decided to
go by _______. It was just as fast. And they
hoped the theatre has _____ _____ _______.
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Listen again, try to fill in the blanks.
It was _____. Amy, Betty and Carl met together.
They wanted to go to the ________. There would be
a film thats been playing all ___. It was called
____________. It would start soon. So Betty asked
them to _____________.But finally they decided to
go by _______. It was just as fast. And they
hoped the theatre has _____ _____ _______.
rainy
pictures
fall
Rush Hour 3
take her truck
subway
some
good
sweets
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To show your difficulty in communication

• Pardon? I beg your pardon?
• I dont understand.
• Could you say that again, please?
• Could you repeat that, please?
• Can you speak more slowly, please?
• Sorry, I cant follow you.
• How do you spell it, please?