1、Period 4 Reading Unit 2 English around the world?Warming up I ( 3m ) How many dialects are there in China ?dialects family in China 北方方言吳語閩南語客家話湘語贛語粵語Chinesedialects in Guangdong province粵方言客方言閩方言代表地區(qū)梅州地區(qū)廣州代表代表地區(qū)潮汕地區(qū)Warming up II ( 2m )Do you think there are some dialects in English?English dialects

2、 in different countriesBritainThe U.S.ACanadaAustraliaIndiaNew ZealandReading I (1m )Fast reading: Read the text on page 13 for 1 minute and answer the following question. Is there standard English?Reading II ( 5m )Detailed Reading Read the text for 3 minutes and answer the following question.1.How

3、many dialects of American English have been listed in the text?2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect? And what kind of dialect is it?3.Why are there so many dialect in American English?1.How many dialects of American English have been list

4、ed in the text? mid-western, southern, African American, Spanish2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect? Because when Americans moved from one place to anther, they took their dialects with them.3.Why are there so many dialect in American En

5、glish? Thats because people come from all over the world. And geography plays a part in making dialects.Reading III ( 10m ) Reading Task on page 52Read the passage on Page 51 & 52, then fill in the following form:Country EducationJobMost important taskWho worked on it?Date of completionOther informa

6、tionaCountry EducationJobMost important taskWho worked on it?Date of completionOther informationScotlandCountry ScotlandEducationVillage school then taught himself.JobMost important taskWho worked on it?Date of completionOther informationCountry ScotlandEducationVillage school then taught himself.Jo

7、bWork in a bank, teacher.Most important taskWho worked on it?Date of completionOther informationCountry ScotlandEducationVillage school then taught himself.JobWork in a bank, teacher.Most important taskIts difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone

8、at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience.Who worked on it?Date of completionOther informationCountry ScotlandEducationVillage school then taught himself.JobWork in a bank, teacher.Most important taskIts difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work i

9、n a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience.Who worked on it?Murray, his two daughters and other editors.Date of completionOther informationCountry ScotlandEducationVillage school then taught himself.

10、JobWork in a bank, teacher.Most important taskIts difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience.Who worked on it?Murray, his two daughters and other editors.D

11、ate of completion1982Other informationCountry ScotlandEducationVillage school then taught himself.JobWork in a bank, teacher.Most important taskIts difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience.Who worked on it?Murray, his two daughters and other editors.Date of completion1982Other informationIdeas for this dictionary from a meeting in Britain in 1857