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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,二级,三级,四级,五级,*,English for you and me,Module 7,Unit 2,We all own English.,同学们，上一课学习的单词你们都掌握了吗？现在大家来检验一下，点击下面的音频开始听写吧！,Is English important in the world?How many people in the world use English?,1,Work in pairs.Talk about the photos on the right and on the next page.Say,：,Reading and vocabulary,where they are,what languages you can see,2,Read the passage and answer the questions.,1,How many people in the world use English?,2,How did English become an international language?,3,When do you think Chinese will become an international,language?,4,Who owns English?,In the twentieth century,，,the US spread English to,the world through newspapers,，,television and films.,By the middle of the twentyfirst century.,Nearly a quarter of the worlds population.,Everyone who speaks it.,Who owns English?,1.English is spoken by about 400 million people,，,mostly in the US,the UK,Canada,Australia,New Zealand and South Africa.In Ghana,India and Singapore,English is used as a working language,for example,between bosses and secretaries,and between doctors and patients,although there are other languages for everyday use.In China and many other countries,English is the most important foreign language that children learn at school,because when they grow up,it will be quite possible for them to meet people from other countries.They will need a common language to communicate with,each other.English is now used by nearly a,quarter,of,the worlds,population,，,and anywhere you go in the,world,there is a good chance that you will meet someone,who speaks English.,2.The reason why English is spoken everywhere is that,in the nineteenth century,English became the language of world trade.And in the twentieth century,the US spread English to the world through newspapers,television and films.It is now the common language for international travel,science,industry,and recently,information technology and the Internet.,3.It is also important to know that English has borrowed,many words from other languages,for example,“restaurant”,from French,“zero”from Arabic,“piano”from Italian,and,“tofu”from Chinese.,4.Will the importance of English last,？,As China continues,to grow,many people think that Chinese will become as common as English by the middle of the twenty-first century.More and more schools in Europe are teaching Chinese as a foreign language,together with,some European languages.However,most people still think that English will be used most around the world,at least for the next twenty or thirty years.,5.So who owns English,？,The answer is everyone who,speaks itthe British,the Indians and the Chinese all help,make it a rich language.Even though we speak different,types of English,we are all part of an international,club.We all own English.,知识点,1,quarter/kwt/,n,.,四分之一,eg:,My mother cut the cake into quarters.,我,妈妈把蛋糕切成了四份。,考向一,quarter,意为“四分之一”，,three quarters,意为“四分之三”，分别与,one fourth,和,three fourths,同义。分数的表达方式：分子是基数词，分母是序数词。当分子大于,1,时，分母要用复数形式。,About _ of the students like keeping diaries in English in our class.(,安顺,),A,two fifth,B,two fifths,C,second five D,two five,典例,B,【,点拨,】,分数的表达方式：分子用基数词，分母用序数词，当分子,(,基数词,),大于,1,时，分母,(,序数词,),应使用复数形式，“五分之二”用,two fifths,表示，故选,B,。,考向二,“,a/one quarter of,名词”作主语时，谓语动词的形式应根据,of,后面的名词的形式而定。当该名词是可数名词复数时，谓语动词用复数形式；当该名词是不可数名词时，谓语动词用单数形式。,eg:Only a quarter of the water is drinkable.,只有四分之一的水可饮用。,One quarter of the students in this class come,from the countryside.,这个班上四分之一的学生来自农村。,魔法记忆,分数表达法：英语分数很好记，,“,母序子基,”,四个字；分子若是,大于一，分母还须加,-s,。,_ of our classmates are good at basketball.(,邵阳,),A,Three quarters,B,Three fourth,C,Third four,典例,A,【,点拨,】,考查分数的表达法。分数的表达方式：分子用基数词，分母用序数词，分子大于,1,时，分母用复数。排除,B,和,C,。,three quarters,意为“四分之三”，与,three fourths,同义，故选,A,。,知识点,2,population/ppjulen/,n.,人口；人口数量,eg:The whole worlds population is increasing,faster and faster.,全世界的人口增长得越来越快。,提问人口多少用,what,，其固定句型为“,Whats,the population of.?”,。,eg,：,What is the population of Canada?,加拿大的人口是多少？,考向一,考向二,表示人口的多或少不用,much,或,little,，而用,large,或,small,。,Which city has _ population,Beijing,Guiyang or Xingyi?,Xingyi,of course.,A,the largest,B,the smallest,C,the most D,the least,典例,eg,：,Singapore has a small population.,新加坡人口少。,【,点拨,】,表示人口数量的多或少用,large,或者,small,，这是习惯用法。根据常识可知，兴义的人口肯定没有北京和贵阳,的多，因此选择,B,。,B,考向三,population,常与定冠词,the,连用，作主语时，谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式。,eg,：,At the beginning of the twentieth century,the whole worlds population was about,1,700 million.,在二十世纪初，全世界的人口大约是十七亿。,考向四,当主语表示“人口的百分之几”时，谓语动词通常用复数形式。,eg,：,About seventy percent of the population in China,are farmers.,中国约有百分之七十的人口是农民。,考向五,有时,population,可用作可数名词，其前可加不定冠词。,eg,：,China has a population of about 1.3 billion.,There is a population of about 1.3 billion in China.,中国大约有十三亿人口。,知识点,3,together with,连同；同,一起,考向,eg,：,He sent me the book,together with a letter.,他将书寄给了我，还附上了一封信。,当,together with/with/along with,连接名词或代词作主语时，即在结构“,A,together with/with/along with,B”,中，谓语动词的单复数形式要根据,A,来确定。,eg,:Jim together with his parents often goes to,the movies.,吉姆和他的父母经常去看电影。,What are you going to do this weekend?,
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