unit-2-using-language--Standard-English-and-dialec

unit2usinglanguageStandardEnglishanddialectsCanyouthinkofotherdialectsinChina?ChineseWhataboutEnglish?DoyouthinktherearesomedialectsinEnglish?standardChinese——Putonghuadialects(......)Warming-upandpre-reading：While-readingPara1:Para2:Para3:I:Skimming（Findoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.）There’snosuchthingasstandardEnglish.AmericanEnglishhasmanydialects(whosewordsandexpressionsaredifferentfrom“standardEnglish”.)Geographyalsoplaysapartinmakingdialects.------------------While-reading1.Fromthetext,weknowthat________isstandardEnglish.A．BritishEnglishB．AmericanEnglishC．theEnglishspokeninAustraliaD．noEnglishII:ScanningfordetailsTask1Choosethebestanswer2.PeoplethinktheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisstandardEnglish,because________.A．peoplebelievethosewhoreportedthenewsspeakexcellentEnglishB．theyspeakthesameEnglishC．theyspeakittoallthepeopleD．therearesomedialectsonTVandtheradio3.HowmanydialectsofAmericanEnglishhavebeenlistedinthistext?A.TwoB.ThreeC.FourD.FiveWhatarethey?midwesternsouthernAfricanAmericanSpanishdialects4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthereasonforthedialectsinAmerica?A．Peoplehavecomefromallovertheworld.B．Somepeopleliveinthemountains.C．Geographyplaysapartinmakingdialects.D．TheUSAisalargecountry.Task2Findoutanswerstothefollowingquestions1.DoyouthinktheEnglishspokenonTVortheradioisStandardEnglish?Why?No.OnTVandradiowecanheardifferencesinthewaypeoplespeak.2.Whatisadialect?Whenpeopleusewordsandexpressionsdifferentfromthe“standardlanguage”,itiscalledadialect.3.WhydopeoplefrombothnorthwesternandsoutheasternofU.S.speakwithalmostthesamedialect?BecausewhenAmericansmovedfromoneplacetoanother,theytooktheirdialectswiththem.1.Peoplefromneighboringtownsallspeakthesamelanguage.speakalittledifferently2.SomepeoplewholiveinthemountainsoftheeasternUSAspeakwithanolderkindofEnglishdialect.3.OnceAmericansmove,theycan’trecognizeeachother’sdialectsanymore.theystillrecognizeandunderstandeachother’sdialects.Task3True/FalseFTF•Task4：finishEx1-5onpage27(新新学案)LanguagePoints1.standard(1)adj.标准的，第一流的acarofstandardsizeastandardwriter(2)n.标准、水准、规范eg.Weshouldtrytoraisethestandardofliving.(提高生活水准)onastandard根据某一标准Themountainsarenothigh____worldstandard.A.byB.atC.toD.on2.Believeitornot,there’snosuchthingasstandardEnglish.believeitornot相当于一个副词，通常用于口语，意为“信不信由你，我说的是真的”。eg.信不信由你，她考试作弊了，Believeitornot,shecheatedintheexam.nosuchthingas…没有…这回事such…as…象…一样的…;诸如…之类的…eg.我不喜欢像Mary这样的人。Idon’tlikesuchapersonasMary.译：信不信由你，世上没有免费的午餐。Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasafreelunchintheworld.3.Thisisbecauseintheearlydaysofradio,thosewhoreportedthenewswereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish.这是因为在早期的电台节目里，人们期望新闻播音员讲极好的英语。注：这是一个主从复合句。主句是Thisis,从句是由because引导的表语从句:thosewereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish.在表语从句中又含有一个由who引导的定语从句，修饰表语从句的主语those。译：那是因为他不喜欢咖啡。Thatisbecausehedoesn'tlikecoffee.4.Geographyalsoplaysapartinmakingdialects.地理位置对方言的产生也有影响。playapartin=playarolein=haveaneffecton在……担任角色或起作用playa(an)leading/major/important/activepartin译：中国在当今世界发挥着重要的作用。Chinaplaysanimportantpartintheworldtoday.5.recognizevt辨别出承认公认recognizesb/one'svoicerecognition.n.认出认识eg.ThemomentIansweredthephone,I________(recognize)hisvoice.recognized•6.command•commandsb.todosth.命令某人做某事atone’scommand听某人的支配配underone’scommand由…指挥haveagoodcommandof很好掌握，精通•Hecommandthathegoatonce•2.request1)vt.•requestsb.todosth.eg.她要求我们十点之前来。Irequestedhimtocomebeforeten.游客们被要求不要触摸展品。Visitorsarerequestednottotouchtheexhibits8.Wordsaboutdirection①southeast,northeast,southwest,northwest,south,north,east,west是名词.②southern,northern,western,eastern,northeastern,southeastern,southwestern,northwestern是形容词.NESWnortheastsoutheastnorthwestsouthwest