【公开课】必修一Unit2 Using language

1、Unit 2English around the worldUsing languageT e x a s Listening 1 Look at the picture and predict the content.Hey, yall, this here is Buford. I come from a big oil town in Texas. Now, yall need to understand that we aint really a state, but a whole nother country. Now let me tell ya a story bout whe

2、n I was just a pup. One hot summers day I was swimmin with my cousins Little Lester and Big Billy Bob. We was jumpin in the water and feelin good. 2 Listen Then along comes this catfish bout the size of a house. Well, alright, maybe a little smaller than that. Little Lester starts to thinkin its goi

3、n to eat him sure nough. Man, you shoulda seen him! He got outta the water fast as lightning and climbed up a tree. Big Billy Bob and I just laughed and laughed. To this day, Lester wont go near that place. 3 Listen and put these sentences in the right sequence. _ Lester climbed a tree. _ Buford, Bi

4、lly Bob and Lester went swimming._ Lester thought the catfish would eat him. _ Buford and Billy Bob laughed. _ Lester saw a catfish. _ Now Lester is too afraid to visit the place. 1234564 Answer the following questions 1)What does Buford think of Texas? How do you know? He believes its almost a diff

5、erent country from the USA. The listening text tells us.2) How large was the catfish? The boys thought that the catfish was almost the size of a house.3) Why did Lester get out of the water so quickly? He thought the catfish would eat him.4) Why did Buford and Big Billy Bob laugh? They laughed becau

6、se Lester believed the catfish would hurt him.2 Work in pairs. Pardon? I beg your pardon? I dont understand. How do you spell that? Could you say that again please? Could you speak more slowly please? Sorry, I cant follow you! Could you repeat that please? Warm-hearted Passerby孔孔子子像像图图信信楼楼办办公公楼楼 操场操

7、场 体育馆体育馆超超市市 食堂食堂 Street1Street 2Unit 2 句子背诵句子背诵1. So why has English changed over time?那么那么, 英语在一段时间里为什么会起变化呢英语在一段时间里为什么会起变化呢?2. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English.这是因为在早期的电台节目里这是因为在早期的电台节目里, 人们期望新闻人们期望新闻播音员所说的英语是最好的英语。播音

8、员所说的英语是最好的英语。3. Actually, it was based more on German than present day English.3.实际上实际上, 当时的英语更多是以德语为基础的当时的英语更多是以德语为基础的,而不是现代英语。而不是现代英语。4. Geography also plays a part in making dialects. 4.地理位置对方言的产生也有影响。地理位置对方言的产生也有影响。At first, only people in _ spoke English. Later, people from England _ to other p

9、arts, so English began to be spoken in _ _ _. Today, _ people speak English as their _, second or foreign language. _ English speakers _understand each other but _ _. Retell the text.England movedmany other countriesmorefirstNativecannot everythingAll languages change when _ communicate with one ano

10、ther. So there are British English, American English, Australian English and so on. They all have their own _. English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in _ _ _. Maybe one day Chinese English will become one of the world English.culturesidentitymany other countries Unit 1 句子背诵1. I wond

11、er if its because I havent been able to be outdoors for so long that Ive grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. (强调句)1.我不知道这是不是因为我长久无法出门的缘故, 我变得对一切与大自然有关的事物都无比狂热。2. It was the first time in a year and a half thatI had seen the night face to face. (从句时态用完成时) 这是我一年半以来第一次目睹夜晚。3.我记得非常清楚, 曾有一

12、段时间, 湛蓝的天空、鸟儿的歌唱、月光和鲜花, 从未使我心醉神迷过。 I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. _ we held a concert once a month at university.A. There was a time when B. We had a time thatC. There was a time that D. We

13、 had a time when练习练习4. I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven one evening in order to have a good look at the moon for once by myself.4.有一天晚上, 我熬到11点半故意不睡觉, 为的是独自好好看一次月亮。RetellingI lived in _ in the _ during _. My family were _, so we had to _ for a year and a half in order _ by the German

14、 Nazis. During that time I wasnt able to go _ for so long that I had _ about everything to _ nature. Once, I decided to look at the moon _ by myself. AmsterdamNetherlandsWorld War IIhide awayJewishnot to be caughtoutdoorsgrown so crazydo withat midnightBut I didnt _ open the window to see the night _ because I was afraid of being discovered by the Nazis. I felt ve