Module4Introduction课件-高中英语外研版选修八.pptx

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1、To learn something about English used in different countriesCan you name the countries which speak English?the UKthe USAAustraliaNew ZealandJamaicaSingapore1.Match the photos with the countries and say what they have in common.Australia Britain Jamaica SingaporeAustraliaSydney harbor with the bridge

2、 and the Opera HouseJamaicaa fruit seller with a stall of exotic fruitSingaporeWith the Lion symbol of SingaporeBritainthe Big Ben-the symbol of LondonAustralia Britain Jamaica Singapore They are all English-speaking countries.What have they in common?Do you think their English sounds the same as ea

3、ch other?Why?Enjoy a video.2.Work in pairs.Choose the correct meanings.1)See you this arvo.2)CU2NITE.3)Wherefore art thou?4)Where you go yesterday?5)Mi a-go lef today.(a)See you tonight.(b)Where are you?(c)Im leaving today.(d)See you this afternoon.(e)Where did you go yesterday?3.Guess where the spe

4、akers or writers of the sentences in Activity 2 come from.5)Jamaica 1)See you this arvo.2)CU2NITE.3)Wherefore art thou?4)Where you go yesterday?5)Mi a-go lef today.1)Australia2)text message3)Shakespeares works4)Singapore4.Look at the sentences in the Activity 2 again.find:(a)a message on a mobile ph

5、one(a)a message on a mobile phoneCU2NITEWherefore art thou?(b)a line written by Shakespeare(c)an Australian word meaning afternoonarvo.Where you go yesterday?Mi a-go lef today.(d)a way of talking about the past in Singapore(e)a way of talking about the future in Jamaica5.Work in groups.Answer the qu

6、estions.1)Which of the sentences are written in correct English?They are all correct for the people using them,though they may not strictly grammatically correct in terms of mainstream British or American English.2)How important is it to speak correct English?It is important to speak English well en

7、ough for other people to understand you.This means that your language should not have extremes of pronunciation or oddities of structure which prevent comprehension.Mutual intelligibility is the general aim.3)Why is English spoken all over the world?Because of historical factors,such as the British Empire,the domination of America in world trade,the influence of UK and USA popular music and American films.Think about:Do we Chinese speak English in the same way as English people do?If not,what causes the difference?