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Unit 2
Exploring English
Starting out
Prediction: What will be included in the unit based on the title?
Exploring English
理解英语语言现象
阐释交际问题
探索英语学习方法
Starting out(感知)
Understanding ideas(语言现象-理解)
Using Language(构词法-记忆、应用)
Listening & speaking(理解)
Developing ideas(猜词策略---分析能力)
Presenting ideas & reflection(评价-创造)
Writing(看图编故事—创造能力)
3
New Words
The Use of English
1
Which language has the largest number of native speakers?
Look and say
Because China has the largest population in the world.
Chinese 1,390 million
Which language has the largest number of learners?
English
1,500 million
Among these 1,500 million English learners, do you know how many learners are there in China?
What conclusion can you draw from Chart 3?
50 million
200 million
300 million
The number of English Learners in China is increasing greatly.
English has become the global language nowadays,but how did it come into being?
Let’s watch a video clip to look into the history of ENGLISH.
1. Watch a video and answer questions:
1. Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language?
2. Where do a third of English words come from? What examples are given in the video?
Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their
first language?
The UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
1. Watch a video and answer questions:
Where do a third of English words come from? What examples are given in the video?
More than a third of English words come from French, for example, “fruit”, “table”, “crocodile” and “invasion”.
Watch a video and answer questions:
hus -- _____
scip -- ____
cu -- ______
cild -- ____
knifr -- _____
ægg -- ____
kaka -- ____
e.g.:
2. Watch the video again and complete notes:
invade v. [ɪnˈveɪd]
invasion n. [ɪnˈveɪʒn]
the Angles[ˈæŋɡlz]盎格鲁人
the Saxons [ˈsæksnz]撒克逊人(早期居住在今德国西北部,后其中一部分于5、6世纪定居在不列颠)
the Jutes 朱特人;
Anglo-Saxon [ˌæŋɡləʊ ˈsæksn]盎格鲁—撒克逊人(英国血统的人)
the Celts [kɛlts]凯尔特人(在罗马人之前定居不列颠的西欧人)
Celtic [ˈkeltɪk]凯尔特人的;