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how many countries use English as their native language and which countries they are. Activity 2: Ss discuss in groups about the differences between British English and American English, and give some examples. Activity 3: Ss guess which of the following words are British English and which are American English: apartment/flat bathroom/toilet can/tin candy/sweet check/banknote (cheque) elevator/lift fall/autumn game/match line/queue mail/post movie(film)/film pants /trousers drugstore/chemist’s gas/petrol Prereading Aim: to arouse Ss’ interest and help them be active in the class activities. Ask Ss to answer the following questions: 1. How many people speak English in the world today? 2. Why do so many people speak English? Reading: Aim: to help Ss understand the text well. Tasks: 1. Read the text quickly and answer questions 2. Ss find out the key sentence of each paragraph. 3. Ss guess the meaning of some new words, and then read the passage carefully. 4. Choose some difficult sentences and ask Ss to translate them. 5. Ss fin