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Module 7 English for you and me
Unit 2 We all own English.
1. To learn about how English has become an international
language.
2. To comment on the future of English and Chinese.
3. To learn the key vocabulary: boss, secretary, quarter,
industry, zero, Indian, type, a quarter of, together with,
even though.
4. To write something about the future of Chinese.
Learning Objectives
Warming up
Which language do you think is the most widely used language
in the world?
Which country do you think has the most English learners?
Do you like learning English?
Why or why not?
Let’s have a discussion.
English.
China.
Warming up
Do you think that people in the world speak the same type of English?
[taɪp]
种;类;类型
Canadian
Australian
English
British
American
Indian
Chinese
[ˈɪndiən] 印度的
The boss and the secretary are talking in English.
[bɒs] 老板;上司
[ˈsekrətri] 秘书
boss
secretary
Let’s learn more new words.
quarter
[ˈkwɔːtə]
四分之一
industry
[ˈɪndəstri]
制造业;工业
zero
[ˈzɪərəʊ]
(数字)零
1
Work in pairs. Talk about the photos on the right and on the next page. Say:
•where they are •what languages you can see
b
c
a
China
Chinese, English
Korea
Korean, English
India
English
English has now become an international language. How did this happen? What will be the future of English? Now read the passage and try to find answers to these questions.
2
1. How many people in the world use English?
2. How did English become an international language?
3. When do you think Chinese will become an
international language?
4. Who owns English?
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. How many people in the world use English?
2. How did English become an international language?
3. When do you think Chinese will become an international language?
4. Who owns English?
About 400 million people.
In the nineteenth century, English became the language of world trade. And in the twentieth century, the US spread English to the world through newspapers, television and