Unit 2 English around the world
Period 1 Warming up and listening
Period 1 Warming up and listening
Period 2 Reading I
Period 3 Learning about language
Period 4 Reading II
Period 5 Listening
Period 6 Speaking and writing
Do you like learning English? Why?
Warming up – I ( 1m )
New words
bathroom
towel
closet
Warming up
Please listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions:
1. What is it that Joe can’t find in the bathroom?

2.Why can’t he find it?
In A.E, “bathroom” means a place where there is
a toilet and sometimes a bath or shower.
In B.E, “bathroom” means a place where there is
a bath or shower and sometimes also a toilet.
Joe wants to go to the toilet, but Nancy thinks he
wants to take a shower.
Listening
Listen carefully to the tape. Write down five of house rules.
The landlady asked Mr. Brown:

______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
to put his umbrella in the umbrella stand.
to take off his shoes.
to put his coat in the closet.
to lock the door if he comes home after midnight.
to be quiet after nine o’clock in the evening.
Listening Practice
请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。
1.What does the man think of the cake?
A. Delicious. B. Not very good. C. Bad.
2.Who is in hospital?
A. Tom's sister. B. Tom. C. Betty.
3.What caused the man’s headache?
A. Too little sleep B. The hat.
C. The sun.
Answer:
ABC
4.When will the two speakers get to Beijing?
At 8: 30. B. At 8: 50. C. At 9: 00.
5.Why didn't the woman come on time for the meeting?
A. She got up late. B. The bus was late.
C. She forgot the time.
Answers:
BA
Speaking---Dialogue 1
Listen to Dialogue 1 and then complete the following sentences:
Emily asked Karen ___________________________
The teacher asked Karen and Emily
___________________________________________
Karen told the teacher that Emily had asked her______________________________________
how to pronounce “kilometer”.
if there was anything that wasn’t clear to them.
how to pronounce “kilometer”.
Task: Practice the dialogue with your
partner and act them out
Complete the following sentences
Ms Smith told Harry _____________________________ ____________________________________________
Harry asked Ms Smith ____________________________________________
He also asked her_______________________________
Ms Smith told Harry not __________________________
_______________________________________________
to take those two pizzas to Mr.
Thompson at No.12 on Broad Street.
if she could spell that name.
if she could repeat the address
to forget to buy her some
ketchup on his way back
Oral Practice
Task: Work in groups to make up a similar dialogue for three students, using the following expressions:
Can you spell that, please?
Could you repeat that, please?
What do you mean by…?
Could you speak a bit slowly, please?
I beg your pardon?
What does…mean?
Sample dialogues
A: what’s you’re telephone number, please?
B: …
A: Could you repeat that, please?
B: Sure, …
A: Sorry, I can listen to it unclearly. Can you speak more slowly please?
B: No problem, …
A: Got it, Thanks a lot.
B: Not at all.
Spelling
1. He is leading an i_______ life.
2. This is his n________ town.
3. The doctor asked me to show my t________.
4. Beijing is an i________ city. Foreign t_______ is important to it.
5. People c_______ with each other by means of words.
Answer
Keys:
1. independent
2. native
3. tongue
4. international; trade 5. communicate
Period 2 Reading I
Unit 2 English around the world
1.Can you name some countries in which English is spoken?
Warming up ( 9m)
Read the passage in warming up, and answer the following questions?
English Around the World
the USA
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
the United Kingdom
Ireland
3.Do you know how many people use English as their native language, second language, or foreign language?
2. Are the English in those countries the same?
375 million
750 million
375 million
USA. Canada Australia, south Africa, Ireland, New Zealand
China and many other countries
India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Philippines.
government schools, newspaper TV
British English
American English
&
Pre-reading – II ( 5m )Do you know the differences between American English and British English?

British English
American English
spelling
pronunciation
words
colour ,
color,
favourite,
favorite,
theatre,
theater,
centre,
center,
travelled,
traveled,
metre
meter
ask
dance
wheel
not
box
post,
mail,
film,
movie,
shop,
store,
I think,
I guess,
British English
American English
words
lift (电梯)
elevator
petrol (汽油)
gas
flat (公寓)
apartment
autumn
fall
underground(地铁)
subway
university(大学)
college
rubbish(垃圾)
garbage
dustbin(垃圾箱)
trash can
holiday
vacation
fortnight(两星期）
two weeks
Reading – I ( 3m )Fast reading:
Read the text and find out the answers to the questions of Ex. 1 on page 10.
Reading – II ( 10m ) Pair work:
1. Read the text and try to find the main idea of each paragraph. (Work in pairs)
2. Check the answers.
Ask some students to tell their answers. After giving the answers, they should also tell how they find the answers, then give the suggested answer.
Paragraph 1: describes the extension of English in the world.
Paragraph 2: tells us native speakers can understand each other but not everything.
Paragraph 3: tells the development of English as native language.
Paragraph 4: tells us English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries.
Reading – III ( 5m )Group work:What can you learn from this passage?(discuss in group of three, then ask the students to show their ideas.)
The aim of this step is to help the students realize the importance of English.
Post-reading ( 5m )
1. Do you think it matters what kind of English you learn, why?
2. Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?
3. Will Chinese English become one of the World English?
(Students give their own answers.)
Assignment
1. Try to remember the English meaning of the new words in Reading I.
2. Prepare for the next class.
3. Finish the exercises on WB.
Period3 Learning about language
Unit 2 English around the world
Revision ( 3m )Match: (Review the new words)
1.come up

2.culture

3.actually

4.present
evidence of intellectual development of (arts, science etc.) in human society.
reach, close to
being in the place in question, existing now.
In actual fact, really
E. for exampleF. govern , have authority (over).G. who somebody is;  what something is H. way of using something; .
5.rule
6.usage

7.identity

8.such as
Checking answer – I (1m)Answers to Ex.1 on Page 11:
1 B
2 G
3 C
4 F
5 A
6 E
7 D
8 H
Database
Database
Database
It is not easy for a Chinese person to speak English as ______ as a ________ English speaker . One reason is that English has a large ________.It also has different usage in different English speaking countries . If you use “flat” instead of “________”.People in American will know you have learned British English .If you use the word “______” instead of “lift” in Britain , people will know you have studied American English
Checking answer – II (2m)Answers to Ex.2 on Page11:
fluently
native
vocabulary
apartment
elevator
Checking answer – III (2m) Answers to Ex. 3 on page 11:
come up
present
Because of
such as
make use of

Learning useful structure – I ( 2m )Say the following sentences to three students:
S1: Open the window.
S2: Pass on the book to your classmate.
S3: Will you please close the door.
Then ask:
What is the difference among the sentences I spoke just now?
Help the students understand what is a command or a request.
Learning useful structure – II ( 2m )Make clear the difference between commands and requests and finish the following exercises:
Go and collect the wood right now.
Could you go and get the shopping bags, please?
Shut the door at once.
Go and get my coat.
Would you please get that book for me?
(C)
(R)
(C)
(C)
(R)
Learning useful structure – III ( 2m )Find the rules：Ask the students to finish the following exercises, and try to find the rules.
“Make sure the door is open.” the teacher said to me.
The teacher told me to make sure the door is open.
“Don’t play games in the classroom.” the monitor said to us.
The monitor told us not to play games in the classroom.
“Will you please not smoke here?” she added.
She asked me not to smoke here.
Learning useful structure – IV (10 m )Rules and practice of direct and indirect speech
当直接引语为祈使句时，转换为间接引语要用一个带动词不定式的简单句表示：
祈使句
直引：主语+动词+“祈使句”
间引：主语+动词+to +动词原形
Ex．
The teacher said to me, “Come in .”
—The teacher told me to go in 。
John said to me , “Please shut the window。”
—John asked me to shut the window。
The teacher said to me, “ Don’t be late again.”
---- The teacher advised me not to be late again.
特别提醒
1.祈使句变为间接引语，主要使用动词不定式。
2.谓语动词要做一定变化。

表示命令，用tell，order，command等。
表示请求，用ask，beg，request等。
表示忠告，用 advise。
Open the window.
Direct speech
Indirect speech
Miss Hu told ** to
open the window.
Will you please
open the window?
Miss Hu asked ** to
open the window.
told
to
asked
to
Don’t open
the window.
Miss Hu told ** not
to open the window.
not
“Write a letter to your parents.”

“Don’t play games in the classroom.”
“Can you pass on the book to Tom?”
“Will you please not smoke here?”
The teacher told me to write a letter ….
The teacher ordered me not t