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Games ★ English dominates international websites and provides nearly all of the new computer terminology.
★ Tourism and trade from Western Europe and North America has contributed to the spread of English.
★ Satellite TV, radio programs like Joy FM, CDs and, of course, Hollywood films all broadcast English into China. Also, a number of Chinese films include English subtitles.
II. Reading
1. Skimming
Read quickly to get the main idea of the text.
Let the students find out key sentence of each paragraph or ask them to summarize the main point for each paragraph in their own words.
| Paragraph 1: The spread of the English language in the world
Paragraph 2: Native speaker can understand each other but they may not be able to understand everything.
Paragraph 3: All languages change when cultures communicate with one another.
Paragraph 4: English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in |
| Possible answer: I don’t think so. Here are the reasons: ★ Native speakers from different parts of the world have no difficulty in understanding each other despite the fact that they speak a bit differently. ★ It is necessary for us to learn the narrow difference between different kinds of English if we hope to communicate fluently with native speakers of English from all over the world. ★ Different kinds of English have the same language core. If you have got a good command of one kind, you will almost have no difficulty understanding another kind of English. (Any persuasive and supporting reason the students give can be accepted.) |
| Possible answer: The reasons why people all over the world want to learn English: ★ With economy globalization, English has become the best bridge to serve the purpose of people all over the world communicating with one another. ★ However, like all major languages in the world, English is always changing. In order to adjust to native speakers from different parts of the world, it is a must for people all over the world to learn English, whether in English speaking countries or in non-English speaking countries. ★ Also, people from different parts of the world speak English with various accent and dialects, and people have to learn about the difference between different kinds of English in order to avoid misunderstanding while communicating. (All persuasive reasons can be accepted.) |
| Language Chunks from Unit 2 English around the world be different from, pay a role(part) in, because of, either …or…, in/on a team, the number of/a number of, than ever before, even if, comp up to, over time, communicate with, be based on, make use of, have one’s own identity, such as, Only time can tell, native speaker, as well as, solve a problem, believe it or not, no such a…, all over the world, at the top(bottom) of, pen friends, to this day, sum up, Pardon?, beg your pardon, go abroad, be used for, more of a …, encourage sb. to do sth., work on, feel like sth., from time to time, English-speaking countries, from one…to another, do business, on the air, would like sb. to do, make notes, fight against, keep…a secret, even though, save time(money), a form of… |
| Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
| simple present He said, “I go to school every day.” |
simple past He said (that) he went to school every day. |
| simple past He said, “I went to school every day.” |
past perfect He said (that) he had gone to school every day. |
| present perfect He said, “I have gone to school every day.” |
past perfect He said (that) he had gone to school every day. |
| present progressive He said, “I am going to school every day.” |
past progressive He said (that) he was going to school every day. |
| past progressive He said, “I was going to school every day.” |
perfect progressive He said (that) he had been going to school every day, |
| future (will) He said, “I will go to school every day.” |
would + verb name He said (that) he would go to school every day. |
| future (going to) He said, “I am going to school every day.” |
present progressive He said (that) he is going to school every day. |
| past progressive He said (that) he was going to school every day | |
| Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
| auxiliary + verb name He said, “Do you go to school every day?” He said, “Where do you go to school?” |
simple past He asked me if I went to school every day.* He asked me where I went to school. |
| imperative He said, “Go to school every day.” |
infinitive He said to go to school every day. |
| Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
| simple present + simple present He says, “I go to school every day.” |
simple present + simple present He says (that) he goes to school every day. |
| present perfect + simple present He has said, “I go to school every day.” |
present perfect + simple present He has said (that) he goes to school every day. |
| past progressive + simple past He was saying, “I went to school every day.” |
past progressive + simple past He was saying (that) he went to school every day. |
| past progressive + past perfect He was saying (that) he had gone to school every day. |
| Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
| can He said, “I can go to school every day.” |
could He said (that) he could go to school every day. |
| may He said, “I may go to school every day.” |
might He said (that) he might go to school every day. |
| might He said, “I might go to school every day.” |
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| must He said, “I must go to school every day.” |
had to He said (that) he had to go to school every day. |
| have to He said, “I have to go to school every day.” |
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| should He said, “I should go to school every day.” |
should He said (that) he should go to school every day. |
| ought to He said, “I ought to go to school every day.” |
ought to He said (that) he ought to go to school every day. |
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