UnitEnglisharoundtheworldUsinglanguagePPT学习教案

1、会计学1UnitEnglisharoundtheworldUsinglanguage?How many dialects are there in China ?第1页/共25页dialects family in China 北方方言北方方言吴语吴语闽南语闽南语客家话客家话湘语湘语赣语赣语粤语粤语Chinese第2页/共25页English dialects in different countriesBritainCanadaAustraliaIndiaNew ZealandWarming upDo you think there are some dialects in English?

2、第3页/共25页Skim the passage for main idea of each paragraph.第4页/共25页Paragraph 1.Believe it or not,there is no such thing as standard English.Paragraph 2.American English has many dialects.Paragraph 3.Geography also plays a part in making dialects.第5页/共25页dialect is it?3.Why are there so many dialect in

3、 American English?第6页/共25页第7页/共25页第8页/共25页第9页/共25页Read the passage again and try to find out important or difficult sentences.第10页/共25页1.Believe it or not,there is no such thing as standard English.2.Geography also plays a part in making dialects.3.Although many Americans move a lot,they still recog

4、nize and understand each others dialects.back第11页/共25页Listening第12页/共25页Before you listen, look at the picture below and read the exercises. In doing so, you can get some idea about the listening and predict the content. Discuss your ideas with your partner.1第13页/共25页Imagine that you are in Houston,

5、 Texas, a city in the American South. This is an example of the local dialect. Listen and read through the text and take note of the accent and intonation.Listen again and put these sentences in the right sequence._Lester climbed a tree._Buford, Billy Bob and Lester went swimming._Lester thought the

6、 catfish would eat him._Buford and Billy Bob laughed._Lester saw a catfish._Now Lester is too afraid to visit the place.12345623第14页/共25页Answer the following questions after listening.1. What does Buford think of Texas? How do you know?2. How large was the catfish?3. How did Lester get out of the wa

7、ter so quickly?4. Why did Buford and Big Billy Bob laugh?He believes its almost a different country from the USA. The listening text tells us.The boys thought that the catfish was almost the size of house.He thought the catfish would eat him.They laughed because Lester believed the catfish would hur

8、t him.4第15页/共25页Speaking and Writing第16页/共25页Reading and speakingRead the dialogue and circle the words that mean the same.AMY: Excuse me, maam. Could you please tell me where the nearest subway is?LADY: Er the underground? Well, go round the corner on your left-hand side, on and cross two streets.

9、Itll be on your right-hand side.1第17页/共25页AMY: Thanks so much.FRIENDS: What did she say, Amy?AMY: She told us to go around the corner on the left and keep going straight for two blocks. The subway will be on our right.第18页/共25页Amy (American)Lady (British)subwayleftkeep going straighttwo blocksrightu

10、ndergroundleft-hand sidego straight ontwo streetsright-hand side第19页/共25页Work in pairs. Choose one of the situations and make a dialogue. Use the following expressions to help you. Pay attention to the intonation you use while talking.2Pardon?I beg your pardon?I dont understand.How do you spell that

11、?Could you say that again please?Could you speak more slowly please?Sorry, I cant follow you!Could you repeat that please?第20页/共25页 You and your friend are American. You have arrived in a strange city in England to watch a football match. You need to find a cab/taxi to take you to the football groun

12、d. You and your friend are British. You are visiting America. Your car needs some more petrol but you cannot find a petrol station. Ask directions to the nearest one.第21页/共25页Sample dialogue for situation 2:S1: Excuse me sir. Could you tell me where the nearest petrol station is?S2: You mean gas sta

13、tion/ Yes of course. Its straight ahead till you reach the traffic lights. Then turn left and cross one street. Then youll see it on your left.S1: Whats that again? I dont understand. How many blocks is that?第22页/共25页S2: Blocks? There are no blocks! You just go along this road till you reach the traffic lights.S1: I see for one block? Can you speak more slowly please? I want to write this down.S2: See those traffic lights? Go straight ahead until you reach them and