Unit 2

Using language

and reading in

workbook

China is a very big country where

different dialects are spoken.

Can you list some of them?

Warming up

??How many

dialects are there in China ?

dialects family in China dialects family in China

北方方言北方方言 吴语吴语

闽南语闽南语

客家话客家话湘语湘语 赣语赣语

粤语粤语

ChineseChinese

dialects in Guangdong province

dialects in Guangdong province

客家方言客家方言 闽方言闽方言

代表地区

梅州

代表地区

梅州代表地区

广州

代表地区

广州

代表地区

潮汕地区

代表地区

潮汕地区

粤方言

Is there anybody

who can speak a

dialect from other

place?

Pre-reading

Do you think there are some

dialects in English?

English dialects in different countries

English dialects in different countries

BritainBritain

The U.S.AThe U.S.A

CanadaCanada

AustraliaAustralia

IndiaIndia

New ZealandNew Zealand

Reading – I (1m )

Fast reading:

Read the text on page 13 for 1 minute and answer the following questions.

Is there standard English?

2.What is a dialect?

When people use words and

expressions different from “standard

English”, it is called a dialect .

It’s believed to be the English spoken

on TV and the radio.

1.What’s standard English?

3.Why are there so many dialects in

the US?

Because people have come from all ov

er the world. Geography also plays a p

art in making dialects.

1.What’s standard English?

什么是标准英语 ?

standard (n.) 标准 , 规格 (adj.) 标准的

meet standard 符合标准 standard of living 生活水平 on a standard 根据某一标准

Language points

The mountains are not high____

world standard.

A. by B. at C. to D. on

2. Believe it or not, there’s no such a

thing as standard English.

信不信由你 , 世界上没有所谓的标准英语。 believe it or not “ 信不信由你” Believe it or not, all the people prese

nt have agreed to the plan.

3. However, even on TV and the radio y

ou will hear differences in the way peop

le speak.

然而 , 甚至在电视上或收音机里都会听到人们在说话时的差异。 the way 后面接定语从句时 , 关系代词用 that/in which 或不用关系代词。 I did it in the way that/in which you ta

ught me.

I don’t like___ you speak to her.

A. the way

B. the way in that

C. the way which

D. the way of which

4. Although many America move a lot,

they still recognize each other’s dialects.

虽然许多美国人经常搬家 , 但他们仍然能够辨认彼此的方言。recognize “ 辨认 , 认出”recognize sth./sb. as sth./sb. “ 把…认作…”Drugs were not recognized as a problem t

hen.

The Oxford English Dictionary

Reading task on P51

Do you know who is the writer of

The Oxford English Dictionary?

James Murray, Samuel Johnson,

and Noah Webster.

Samuel Johnson (1709-84) Noah Webster

James A.H.Murray

2.How long did it take all the editors to

finish the OED?

Forty-nine years.

Dictionaries were invented to

encourage everybody to spell the same.

1.Why were dictionaries invented?

1.Review the words and language points

we have learnt in this unit.

2.Translation

Homework