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Unit 3 English Around the World Topic 1 English is widely spoken throughout the world. Section C Learning aims 一、掌握以下单词:root, trader, native, speaker, foreign等。 二、通过阅读了解英语的发展历程和普及情况。 三、能够根据不同的阅读目的运用阅读策略获取信息,如猜测段落大意、 略读、寻读等,培养“读”的语言能力。 Q1: Is English important in our lives? the official language English is spoken as the main language in America. Q2: Is English spoken by the largest number of people in the world? No. It's China. Q3: Where can we use English? Study pass the exam do one's homework Q3: Where can we use English? Sing songs listen to music watch movies Q3: Where can we use English? communicate with others improve ourselves 1b Read 1a and complete the following tasks. [Task 1] Find the topic sentence of each paragraph. 1b Find out what the red numbers refer to. 500,000,000 309,000,000 300,000,000 People speak English as their mother tongue. the population of the United States People speak English as their second language. Just find the numbers and read the information around them. 1c Read 1a again and fill in the blanks. 1. a native language, such as in _ and _. 2. the _ language. 3. a foreign language, such as in some European countries, _ and _ . 4. the _ language for international business, the world’s airline and the _ . English is used as England the United States second China Japan base Internet 1a Listen, look and say. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the verbs. 2 English is the most widely used international language nowadays. It _ (speak) as the mother tongue in such countries as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In many other countries, people _ (speak ) English as their second language. There are about 750 million English speakers in the world. English _(use) in many different fields of life, such as business, tourism and technology. is spoken speak is used Complete the passage with the correct forms of the verbs. 2 Business people _ (use) English at international conferences, and tourists _ (speak) English when they go abroad. Many English signs _(see) in public places. A wide knowledge of English helps us follow English television programs and _ (enjoy) interesting films. The English language _(play) an important part in our lives. use speak are seen enjoy plays 3a Work in groups and find the answers to the questions on the Internet. Then share the information with your group members. Where is Chinese mainly spoken? How many people speak Chinese as their second language? Where are they from? How many people are learning Chinese as a foreign language? Why are they learning Chinese? 3b Write a passage based on the study in 3a. You may start like this: Nowadays, Chinese is becoming more and more popular all over the world. It’s mainly spoken in… One possible version: Nowadays Chinese is becoming more and more popular all over the world. It’s mainly spoken in China, and has the largest number of speakers in the world. Chinese is also the official language in China and Singapore and it is learned by more and more people as a foreign language. By the year of 2010, over 100 million people learned Chinese as their foreign language. People learn Chinese for various reasons. Some learn it because they believe in the rapid development of China. Some learn it because they love the Chinese culture and others learn it just because they like the language itself. With the development of China, the number of Chinese learners will be larger and larger. Exercises 1. The Olympic Games _every four years. A. are held B. were held C. are holding D. will be hold 2. Today Chinese is becoming more and more popular. It _ in many schools around the world. A. teaches B. is teaching C. has taught D. is taught 3. — People find it hard to get across the river. — I think at least two bridges _ over it. A. need B. are needing C. will need D. are needed A D D We learn: We can: Summary 1.Some words: root, trader, native, speaker, foreign, base, European, kingdom, tourism, conference, tourist 2. Some phrases: mother tongue, as well as, a wide knowledge of, play an important part 3. Some sentences: Recent surveys show that… It is adj. that… 1. Know more about the wide use of English and understand the importance of learning English. 2. Use the passive voice better. 3. Search the Internet for some information to write a composition. Thank you ! Lavf60.4.100 $There are more than three thousand languages spoken in the world of all these languages. English is the most widely used. Recent survey show that more than five hundred million people speak english as their mother tongue from its roots in england. The language was spread around the world by english traders and english governments in new lands. One of these new lands became the united states of america. The population of the united states is three hundred nine million, making IT the country with the largest number of native english speakers. About three hundred million people speak english as their second language. There are even more people like summing europe, as well as in china and japan who study english as a foreign language. English has become the base language for international business, for the world's airlines, and even for the internet. Whatever language people speak, they need to know some english. If they work in these fields, IT is clear that the english language is becoming more important.