高中英语 13 Speaking Writing Cultural corner课件 外研必修5

1、2021/8/11 星期三1外研版 高二年级 (必修5) Module 1 2021/8/11 星期三2Speaking & Writing &Cultural corner2021/8/11 星期三3British EnglishAmerican EnglishWorld EnglishSpeaking and writing Read the notes in part 1 and work in groups to decide which is the best variety of English to learn.The Great Debate-Which English?202

2、1/8/11 星期三4 British English (add more information) The “original” variety of the language The language of Shakespeare and other great writers The BBC and many international newspapers use it2021/8/11 星期三5American English Most native speakers of English use an American variety. The variety most used

3、in international business Most English language films are American.2021/8/11 星期三6World English neither American nor British English doesnt belong to one group of people. Accent is not important if people understand each other. We need to communicate with non- native speakers as well as native speake

4、rs.2021/8/11 星期三7Divide the class into 3 groups and debate.Group A: British English is the best variety to learn.Group B: American English is the best variety to learn.Group C: World English is the best variety to learn.2021/8/11 星期三8 The Origin of Chinese What is Chinese? Varieties of Chinese Read

5、the paragraph in Part 3. Decide which is the best title? And Why?2021/8/11 星期三9Collect information about the 3 topics and write more paragraphs.1. The Writing System About 50,000 characters/ most people know about 20,000/ elements of meaning and information about pronunciation/2021/8/11 星期三102. Vari

6、eties of Chinese 8 main varieties/ called dialects/ Wen yan and Baihua/ Putonghua-simplified Chinese3. The Language Today Pinyin, a writing system since 1958/ help to use Putonghua2021/8/11 星期三11Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758Place: Hartford, ConnecticutDied: May 28, 1848Place: New Haven, Connec

7、ticutDo you know this man?Cultural corner2021/8/11 星期三12Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man, shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic. He was the author of the first American Dictionary.2021/8/11 星期三13Fast-readingRead quickly and check the answers with deskmates.1. What does the first paragraph

8、 talk about? 2. What does it say about the spelling of English?British English is so complicated.The spelling of words does not always represent the sound.2021/8/11 星期三143. Whats the relation between the spelling and the sound in English?4. Does English spelling always represent its sound?The spelli

9、ng of words does not always represent the sound.No, it doesnt.2021/8/11 星期三15Read again and answer the following questions.1. What reasons did Webster have for writing an American dictionary? He wanted to simplify the spelling of English and make it look different from British English. 2021/8/11 星期三

10、162. What was his first work? The Elementary Spelling Book, which suggested simplifying the spelling of English words was extremely popular.2021/8/11 星期三171. For Americans things are a little bit easier, thanks to the work of Noah Webster, 对美国人来说, 事情稍微好办些, 这多亏了一位叫诺亚 韦伯的人, Language points2021/8/11 星期

11、三18thanks to 由于, 因为;幸亏,多亏 常位于句首, 表感谢或讽刺意味。 Thanks to your help, we finished the work head of time. 多亏你的帮助, 我们提前完成了任务。 Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been put off. 多亏这倒霉的天气, 比赛推迟了。 2021/8/11 星期三192. due to sth./sb. 某人某事物引起的; 由于某人某事物 The teams success was largely due to her efforts. 该队的成功在很大

12、程度上是由于她的努力。 They arrived late due to the storm. 他们由于风暴而来迟。 2021/8/11 星期三203. owing to: 由于;因为 Owing to the rain, the meeting has to be put off. 会议因雨而推迟了。 I couldnt attend the meeting owing to illness. 我因病不能出席会议。 2021/8/11 星期三21because of 用在句首或句子后面，表示原因Because of the heavy rain, the sports meet has be

13、en put off. I came late because of the heavy rain. 2021/8/11 星期三224. 短语比较：comparewith把和进行比较compareto 把比作compared to/ with 与相比(固定搭配,常作状语)2021/8/11 星期三231. Life is often _ voyage.2. _ the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.3. He began to _ himself with the workers in his pared toCompared to / withcompare2021/8/11 星期三245. 单词比较：adopt/adaptadopt采取; 采纳; 吸收 过继, 收养 (as)adapt使适应, 使适合 (to) 改编, 改写 (for)2021/8/11 星期三251. After much deliberation, the pres