外研版高中英语选修8-课件Module4-Introduction课件.ppt-(课件无音视频)

1、Can you name the countries which speak English as many as possible?the UKthe USAAustraliaNew ZealandJamaicaSingaporeCanada1.Match the photos with the countries and say what they have in common.Australia Britain Jamaica SingaporeAustraliaSydney harbor with the bridge and the Opera HouseJamaicaa fruit

2、 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 countriesWhat have they in common?4Australia Britain Jamaica Singapore Do you think their English sounds thesame as e

3、ach other?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?1(d)2(a)3(b)4(e)5(c)3.Guess where the

4、speakers or writers of the sentences in Activity 2 come from.1)Australia 2)text message3)Shakespeares works 4)Singapore5)Jamaica 4.Look at the sentences in the Activity 2 again.find:(a)a message on a mobile phoneCU2NITEWherefore art thou?(b)a line written by Shakespeare(c)an Australian word meaning

5、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 questions.1)Which of the sentences are written in correct English?They are all correct for the people using them,though the

6、y may not be 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 enough for other people to understand you.This means that your language should not have extremes of pronunciation or odd

7、ities 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.Discuss:Do we Chinese speak English in the same way as English people do?If not,what causes the difference?