(
课件网) Take in some kind of languages & reading skills Impress yourself with some sentences Practice speaking Suggestions TIPS How many kinds of languages are there in the world? More than 3000 languages are spoken in the world. The World’s Top Ten Languages 1.What do you think the numbers after the names of the languages mean? The number of people who speak the language worldwild. 2.The article is probably taken from A.an English teaching book B.a business book C.a science book Take in some kind of languages & reading skills Fast reading Take in some kind of languages & reading skills Search for detailed information 1.Hindustani will never become the first world language because_____. the population of India will never overtake the population of China B. it includes a huge number of dialects C. too many people speak English in India 2. 750 million is the total number of people who speak English as a _____ or _____ language,and English is the _____ language in more than 75 countries. Careful-reading (task 1 para.1-4 ) 1.Hindustani will never become the first world language because_____. the population of India will never overtake the population of China B. it includes a huge number of dialects C. too many people speak English in India Careful-reading (task 1 Para.1-4 ) 2.750 million is the total number of people who speak English as a _____ or _____ language, and English is the _____ language in more than 75 countries. English is the most widely used language in the world. Why in so many countries? I think one reason is that it used to be the colonial language. Many countries used to be the colonies of the British empire. It is because of the influence of colonialism. 殖民主义 first second official Careful-reading (task 1 Para.1-4 ) 1. Chinese Mandarin, or putonghua, to give it its real name, is spoken by the vast majority of the population of China. 绝大多数的中国人都讲官方语言，或者更确切得说，讲普通话。 Careful-reading (task 2 para.1-4 ) 2. It is predicted that the population of India could one day overtake the population of China . 据预测，印度的人口可能有一天会超过中国。 Translation catch up with, go beyond Careful-reading (task 3 Para.5-11 ) Read the text carefully and complete the following chart. Language number Regions UN Spanish Russian Arabic French Spain , Latin America, the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba 425million 277 million Russia and nearby countries, such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine 256million North Africa, the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt 129 million France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, some islands in the Caribbean Sea YES YES YES YES Language number Regions UN Spanish Russian Arabic French Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expressions in the box. establish expand furthermore include overtake romantic roots special status Careful-reading (task 4 Consolidation ) The total of 750 mi ... ...
