课件17张PPT。Unit 2Unit 2 English around the worldon WorkbookLook at the map. It shows some of the places in the world where English is spoken as an official language. Guess what this listening is about.on page 48Listen to the tape and see if you are right.Listen to the tape again. Work out the name of each student’s country and find the hints that help you identify them.India Ireland the PhilippinesSingapore South Asia; more than a billion people; British rulersgreen island in western Europe; British rulersmore than 7,000 islandsvery small; a city; in southeast Asia; very richWhat these countries have in common?They all speak English; they were all Non-English speakers before being conquered or colonized by English-speaking peoples.on page 51Do you also practice your English outside class? What do you usually do to improve your listening? Discuss with your partner.Listen to what Wang Ting and Chen Peng have to say and find out how they improve their English. Write down the main idea.Wang Ting and Chen Peng are discussing how they improve their English listening outside class.Listen again and answer the following questions. 1. What is Wang Ting going to do this weekend? She is going to buy some CDs to improve her English.2. What does Wang Ting think about listening to English songs? She likes to listen to English songs to learn idiomatic English expressions. 3. Did Chen Peng often watch English films? Does he watch them now? No, he used to watch English films. He doesn’t watch them now as he thinks they are too hard without Chinese subtitles.4. What does Chen Peng like watching on CCTV 9? He likes listening to Chinese people and reading the English subtitles. 5. What does Wang Ting ask Chen Peng to do? She asks him to listen to native speakers more often.6. What does Chen Peng’s teacher say about learning English? What does she mean? The teacher asks him to learn “little and often”. She means that he should do a little extra listening every day to make the best improvement.Write down the three ways Wang Ting suggests to improve English skills.Listening to _____ is an easy way to _____ some idiomatic _____. 2. Watching _____ _____ is a good way to _____ your _____ of English. 3. Listening to _____ can improve your _____.English songslearnexpressions the news and the interviews on CCTV 9practiseunderstandingthe native speakers listening skills课件15张PPT。Unit 2Unit 2 English around the worldon Page 51The Oxford English DictionaryHow it began 1857: The Philological Society of London calls for a new English Dictionary. More work than they thought 1884: Five years into a proposed ten-year project.The history of the Oxford English DictionaryOne step at a time 1884-1928: The Dictionary is published in fascicles. Keeping it current 1933-1986: Supplements to the OED Making it modern 1980s: The Supplements are integrated with the OED to produce its Second Edition.Into the electronic age 1992: The first CD-ROM version of the OED is published. The futu ... ...
