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改编自《大话西游》 曾经，有一个宝贵的机会放在我面前，我没有好好珍惜；等我失去的时候才后悔莫及。人世间最痛苦的事莫过于此。 Unit 2 English around the world Zoe Wang Oct.11, 2017 Warming up Reading Great Britain The U.S.A. AmE BrE pants chips/French fries a soda elevator movie sidewalk lift trousers crisp pavement film A fizzy drink Match the words that have the same meaning. BrE AmE vocabulary spelling pronunciation autumn fall petrol gas underground subway colour color centre center traveller traveler dance [da:ns] dance[d?ns] not [not] not [na:t] The differences are as follows: What are the countries that use English as an official language? Great Britain Ireland The U.S.A. Canada India Australia New Zealand South Africa Singapore/s???p?:/ Great Britain Ireland The U.S.A. Canada India Australia New Zealand South Africa Singapore Why is English spoken in so many countries? Read the title “ ” and predict (预测) what the passage is mainly about. (Page 9) The Road to Modern English Q1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs? A. At the end of the 16th century, English speakers all lived in England. B. In the 17th century, English began to be spoken in more counties through conquering by sea. C. The number of people speaking English today is almost the same as before. D. An Englishman can hardly understand what an American says. People from England made voyages to… (Para. 1, line 2) At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today…So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too… Finally by the 19th century the language was settl