Step1: Retelling
Ask Ss to retell the text according to the main idea of each paragraph. English is used more and more today. The number of the people speaking it is increasing rapidly. China has the biggest number of English speakers. However, even two native speakers do not speak the same English because there are many kinds of English. That is caused by communication of culture. So, actually even they can not understand everything they say. Besides being spoken as the native tongue, English is also used as a foreign or 2nd language in many other countries. In a word, it becomes more and more important. Step2: Notes A: Key words & expressions 1. The road to modern English to 与to连用的名词：key /answer entrance monument memorial e.g. the key to the bike, the entrance exams to college There stands a Monument to the People’s Heroes on the hill. 2. at the end of… at the end of by the end of in the end end end up…with e.g. At the end of last term they held an important meeting. By the end of the term we will have finished Student’s Book2. By the end of last year we had finished reading The Two Cities. They ended up the party with the song Happy Birthday to You. We started with soup and ended up with fruit. 3. all 与 both 的用法 e.g: Not all the students have a dictionary=All the students haven’t a dictionary. None of the students has a dictionary. Not both his brothers are in the army=Both his brothers aren’t in the army. Neither of his brothers is in the army. (not 与 every each both all everything everybody连用表示半否定，而全否定用 no one none neither nothing nobody not any) 4. start to do sth=start doing sth (与begin同) In the next century, people from England started moving to other parts of the world.=In the next century, people from England started to move to other parts of the world. 但以下情况只用 start to do sth: The ice began to melt. They are starting to study a foreign language. 5. however conj. 尽管如此；然而； Certainly he apologized. However, I won’t forgive him. We waited for her for a long time that day, she didn’t come, however. You should try to get a good night’s sleep______much work you have to do. A. however B. no matter C. although D. whatever We’ll have to finish it, however long it takes.(no matter how long it takes) 6. base…on/upon… What are you basing this theory on? One should always base his opinion on facts. The movie is based on a real story Please write a story______(base)on the plots of the movie. (based) 7. make(good/full/no…)use of… We could make good/better use of our resources. Every minute should be made use of______(study) hard. (to study) 8. the number of & a number of： ……的数量 & 许多…… The number of (Numbers of ) the students in our school is 1650. A number of the students have their own computers. A number of (Numbers of )well-qualified people have recently left the company. The number of people to the meeting is 128.? 9. Only time will tell. Tell: know & judge It’s hard to tell whether he’s telling the truth. Time will tell whether he is faithful to you. Can you tell Tom from his twin brother? Only: Only the doctor can do the operation. Only in this way can we work out the problem. Only then did he realize the mistake he had made. Only when he came home did he find his wallet was stolen. Not only was everything taken away from him, but (also) his citizenship (was taken away from him, too). B key Sentences: At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. India has a very large number of fluent English speakers. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. Step3: Exercises in Learning about language (1-2) Step4: Homework for today 1. Keep the words & expressions in mind & try to learn the text by heart. 2. Finish the rest of exercises in Learning about Language.