外研版九年级英语下M7U2

Unit2WeallownEnglish.7Isthereaforeignteacheratyourschool?HaveyouevergonetoanEnglishcorneratschool?Didyoumeetforeignerswhenyouwenttoplacesofinterest?IsEnglishspokenbymostpeopleintheworld?bossn.老板secretaryn.秘书quartern.四分之一typen.类型industryn.工业,制造业zeron.零Indiann.印度人adj.印度的•wheretheyare•whatlanguagesyoucanseeabc1.IsEnglishusedasaworkinglanguage?Yes,itis.2.WheredoesEnglishborrow“tofu”from?FromChinese.2Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.WhoownsEnglish?Englishisspokenbyabout400millionpeople,mostlyintheUS,theUK,Canada,Australia,NewZealandandSouthAfrica.InGhana,IndiaandSingapore,Enlishisusedasaworkinglanguage,forexample,betweendoctorsandpatients,althoughthereareotherlanguagesforeverydayuse.InChinaandmanyothercountries,Englishisthemostimportantforeignlanguagethatchildrenlearnatschool,becausewhentheybeusedas作为everydayuse日常使用growup,itwillbequitepossibleforthemtomeetpeoplefromothercountries.Theywillneedacommonlanguagetocommunicatewitheachother.Englishisnowusedbynearlyaquarteroftheworld'spopulation,andanywhereyougointheworld,thereisagoodchancethatyouwillmeetsomeonewhospeaksEnglish.ThereasonwhyEnglishisspokeneverywhereisthatinthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Andinthetwentiethcentury,theUSspreadEnglishthroughnewspaper,televisionandfilms.Itisnowthecommonlanguageforinternationaltravel,growup长大commonlanguage共同色语言communicatewitheachother相互沟通worldtrade世界贸易science,industry,andrecently,informationtechnologyandtheInternet.ItisalsoimportanttoknowthatEnglishhasborrowedmanywordsfromotherlanguages,forexample,restaurantfromFrench,zerofromArabic,pianofromItalian,andtofufromChinese.WilltheimportanceofEnglishlast?AsChinacontinuestogrow,manypeoplethinkthatChinesewillbecomeascommonasEnglishbythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.MoreandmoreschoolsinEuropeareteachingChineseasaforeighlanguage,togetherwithsomeEuropeanborrowfrom从…借入，借用。借出的短语lendto把某物借给某人,借出ascommonas和.....一样普遍languages.However,mostpeoplestillthinkthatEnglishwillbeusedmostaroundtheworld,atleastforthenexttwentyorthirtyyears.SowhoownsEnglish?Theansweriseveryonewhospeaksit.---theBritish,theIndiansandtheChineseallhelpmakeitarichlanguage.EventhoughwespeakdifferenttypesofEnglish,weareallpartofaninternationalclub.WeallownEnglish.1.HowmanypeopleintheworlduseEnglish?About400millionpeople.2.HowdidEnglishbecomeaninternationallanguage?Inthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Andinthetwentiethcentury,theUSspreadEnglishtotheworldthroughnewspaper,televisionandfilms.3.WhendoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguage?Bythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.4.WhoownsEnglish?Everyonewhospeaksit.a)Chinesemaybethenextworldlanguageinthefuture.b)Englishisthemostimportantinternationallanguagetoday.c)Englishspreadthroughtradeandthemedia.d)WeallownEnglish.e)Englishhasborrowedmanywordsfromotherlanguages.41253bossIndiaquartersecretaryzero1.Doesaprivate________workforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesa(n)______lookafterofficeworkersorworkalone?3.Whatarethepeoplewholivein_____called?secretarybossIndia4.Howmanytimesdoes______appearin1,000and1,000,000?5.If1.75billionisa(n)_______oftheworld’spopulation,what’sthewholepopulationoftheworld?zeroquarterbossIndiaquartersecretaryzero1.Doesaprivatesecretaryworkforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesabosslookafterofficeworkersorworkalone?3.WhatarethepeoplewholiveinIndiacalled?4.Howmanytimesdoeszeroappearin1,000and1,000,000?5.If1.75billionisaquarteroftheworld’spopulation,what’sthewholepopulationoftheworld?Toattractreaders’attention,thewriteroftenbeginsacompositionwithquestionsandthenanswersthem.Youcandothesamewhenwritingyourowncomposition.1.Englishisnowusedbynearlyaquarteroftheworld’spopulation.quarter四分之一aquarterof………的四分之一e.g.Aquarterofthestudentsareplayingfootballontheplayground.2.ThereasonwhyEnglishisspokeneverywhereisthatinthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Thereasonwhy…isthat………的原因是……e.g.Thereasonwhyhedoesn’tcomeheretodayisthatheisill.3.WilltheimportanceofEnglishlast?theimportanceof……的重要性e.g.Weallknowtheimportanceofstudying.4.AsChinacontinuestogrow,manypeoplethinkthatChinesewillbecomeascommonasEnglishbythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.as随着……as…as…和……一样……表原级比较e.g.Theoldmanisasstrongasayoungman.5.MoreandmoreschoolsinEuropeareteachingChineseasaforeignlanguage,togetherwithsomeEuropeanlanguages.togetherwith…与……一起，连同e.g.Hecollectscoins,togetherwithstampsandpostcards.MrSmithtogetherwithhissonisgoingtoShanghainextweek.6.EventhoughwespeakdifferenttypesofEnglish,weallpartofaninternationalclub.eventhough虽然，尽管e.g.Eventhoughheisexcellent,hestudyhard.•Writenotesaboutthefollowingquestions:HowmanypeoplespeakChineseinChina?HowmanypeoplespeakChineseoutsideChina?Wherearethey?WhoislearningChineseoutsideChina?DoyouthinkpeoplewillspeakChineseasaninternationallanguageinthefuture?Why?•Basedonyournotes,decideifChinesewillbecomemoreimportantinfuture.Writeanintroductiontostateyourpointofview.•Organizeyournotesintosentencesandparagraphs.Usefactstosupportyouropinions.•Finishyourcompositionwithaconclusion.1.Thereason____youhearthesoundfirstisthatthes