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y (s)/by…means 在 …… 方面 We should solve this problem in a different way. =We should solve this problem by a different way. 都表示“相互,彼此”,在句中作動(dòng)詞 或介詞的賓語,但不能作主語。 More than one student wants to go to swim. Explanation more than 還可以與名詞、形容詞、副詞、動(dòng)詞、動(dòng)名詞連用,意為 “不只是,非?!? Both of them are much more than schoolmates. They are close friends. 他們倆遠(yuǎn)不只是同學(xué) , 他們是知心朋友。Warming up and reading World Englishes American English British English Australian English Canadian English New Zealand English Singapore English Indian English African English Do you know the American way of saying the following words lift elevator flat apartment rubber eraser mum mom petrol gas toilet bathroom autumn fall film movie penfriend penpal football soccer sweet candy chemist’s drugstore rubbish trash trousers pants holiday vacation the first floor ground floor the second floor first floor underground subway lorry truck Do you know how Americans spell the following words theater,center theatre, centre color,honor,labor colour,honour,labour traveler traveller fulfill fulfil program programme tire tyre realize,apologize realise, apologise smelled, spelled smelt,spelt New words culture 文化 、文明 actually 實(shí)際上,事實(shí)上 present 現(xiàn)在的、出席的 rule 統(tǒng)治 vocabulary 詞匯、詞匯量 usage identity government Rapidly Singapore Malaysia 使用、用法 身份 政府 新加坡 馬來西亞 迅速地 many people speak English in the world today? do so many people speak English? are there so many kinds of English? Prereading The Road to Modern English Guess according to the title. The road to modern English The road Modern English the development of English language What kind of English before Modern English? ? The development of English Part1: Part4: Part2: Part3: Match the main ideas of the paragraphs Part5: English spoken in some other countries An example of different kinds of English Brief introduction of the change in English has/had the most speakers___. A. now B. when the British ruled many parts of the world C. in the time of Shakespeare D. in the 12th century Skimming / Fast Reading of the following statement is true? A. Languages always stay the same B. Languages change only after wars C. Languages no longer change D. Languages change when cultures change 3. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_____? A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian 4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken