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Unit 4 The Advantages of Learning English Period 1 reading text A Firstly: 1.. asks the students how long they have been studying English, and why they study English. Next, the teacher explains the title “The Advantages of Learning English” and asks the students to list every advantages they can think of; 2.tell something about English as an International Language Today’s search for information and the need for global communication have already promoted English from the language of the American, the British, the Irish, the Australian, the New Zealand, the Canadian, the Caribbean, and the South African peoples to being the primary international language. English is spoken as a native language by nearly four hundred million people. More radical estimates, which include speakers with a lower level of language fluency and awareness, have suggested that the overall total these days is well in excess of 1,000 million. In addition, it is estimated that 85 percent of all scientific publications, 75 percent of all international communication in writing, 80 percent of all information in the world’s computers, and 90 percent of Internet content are in English. In its role as global language, English has become one of the most important academic and professional tools. The English language is recognized as undoubtedly the most important language for the increasingly mobile international community to learn. English has become the official language of the business and scientific worlds. Philip B. Gove in his preface to Webster’s Third New International Dictionary claimed it was fairly clear that even before the twentieth century was over every community of the world would learn, through the use of English, how to communicate with all the rest of humanity. In short, based on intercommunication, the English language has already become the most important language on earth. Moreover, David Crystal adds: As English becomes the chief means of communication between nations, it is crucial to ensure that it is taught accurately and efficiently... Cable News Network (CNN) is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United
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States. While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, the Time Warner Center in New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. CNN is owned by parent company Time Warner, and the U.S. news channel is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System. The BBC was the world’s first national broadcasting organization and was founded on 18 October 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd. Today, The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the principal public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom. It is the largest broadcaster in the world with about 23,000 staff. Its global headquarters are located in London and its main responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The BBC is an autonomous public service broadcaster that operates under a Royal Charter. TIME is an American news magazine, and also the world’s largest weekly news magazine. It has a domestic audience of 20 million and a global audience of 25 million. Created by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, the first issue of Time was published on March 2, 1923, making it the first weekly news magazine in the United States. National Geographic, formerly the National Geographic Magazine, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. It published its first issue in 1888, just nine months after the Society itself was founded. There are 12 monthly issues of National Geographic per year, plus additional map supplements. On rare occasions, special editions are also issued. The magazine contains articles about geography, popular science, history, culture, current events, and photography. secondly: gives the students 10 minutes to read Text A and get a general idea of the whole text. Thirdly: Discuss the whole text with the students. How many parts this text fail in?
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What’s the main idea of every part? Do exercise 2,3 Fourthly: points of difficult and important 1.One billion people trying to learn the different forms of verbs. One billion people trying to understand the difference between much and many. One billion people trying to pronounce TH and make it sound natural. 10亿人在努力学习动词的不同形式。10亿人在努力理解much和many之间的区别。10亿人在努力发TH这个音，使它听上去很自然。 这是一个名词词组的排比结构，重点强调one billion people, trying to引导的分词短语是修饰one billion people的。其后的一句Yes, that’s right, one billion people trying to learn English.结构相同，起总结的作用。 2.As the world becomes smaller there will soon be no way to avoid English. 随着世界一点点变小，很快将无法避开英语。 as引导表示原因的状语从句。如果要使这句更符合规范，应该在smaller后面加上逗号，将从句与主句分开。本文中类似的句子还有：When you learn English you can finally understand what your favourite song on the radio is saying. 3.Why not?: used to make a suggestion (提出建议) 为什么不?呢？ e.g. Why not go out for a walk? Why not invite your classmates to the party? 4.access /??kses/: 1) n. way of getting into sth.; opportunity to get, use, etc. sth. 进入；通路；进入(或使用等)的机会 e.g. access card All local people have access to the public library. Only college graduates are given access to further training. 5. chat /t??t/: 1) n. friendly talk 闲谈，聊天 e.g.
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21世纪大学实用英语全新版第一册第四单元教案
