[00:03.08]English around the world
[00:06.74]WARMING UP
[00:09.51]NANCY:Oh,there you are.Now then,did you have a good flight?
[00:15.75]JOE:Sure,we flew all the way direct from Seattle to London.
[00:21.42]NANCY:You must be very tired.Did you sleep at all on the plane?
[00:26.67]JOE:No,not really. I'm very tired.Could I use your bathroom?
[00:32.03]NANCY:Why,of course.You don't need to ask,just make yourself at home.
[00:38.40]Let me give you a clean towel.
[00:42.24]JOE:A towel?
[00:44.98]NANCY:Yes.Here you are.The bathroom is upstairs.
[00:50.83]It's the second door on the left.
[00:54.67]JOE:Thanks Nancy.If you'll excuse me now.(after a while)
[00:59.64]NANCY:Have you found it?
[01:02.69]JOE:Well,eh yes,I mean no,I mean,I found the bathroom,
[01:10.56]but I didn't find what I was looking for!
[01:15.42]LISTENING
[01:21.16]Listen carefully to the tape.
[01:25.00]Mr Brown's landlady has many house rules.Write down five of them.
[01:32.73]It's that woman,she drives me crazy.It all started right from the very first day.
[01:42.01]I would say from the very first evening when I set foot into that house.
[01:48.46]"Good evening,Mr Brown could you please put your coat on the peg?
[01:54.52]Oh,no,not there.In the closet please.Yes, thank you.
[02:00.58]And oh your shoes,could you please take them off.Thank you.
[02:07.74]And eh...your umbrella.
[02:11.81]Yes could you please put your umbrella in the umbrella stand?
[02:17.98]Oh,no,not there.Here,please don't forget the key of the front door.
[02:25.63]Here you are.And remember,if you come home after midnight please lock the door.
[02:33.39]Good night.Oh,Mr Brown.
[02:37.65]Would you please be quiet after nine o'clock in the evening?
[02:42.69]And that was only the beginning."Mr Brown,don't shower after nine" she shouted.
[02:50.45]she would walk pass my door and say
[02:54.50]"Mr Brown would you please remember not to smoking in the bathroom?
[03:00.06]could you lock the door please?"Will you turn down your radio please?"
[03:05.81]"Please Mr Brown,could you speak quietly on the phone?"
[03:11.16]It was terrible.Oh I could not stay there another week for sure.
[03:18.53]and then there was this letter "Dear Mr Brown." said.
[03:24.17]"Could you please return the key of the front door?
[03:28.90]And one more question "Can you help me find a new talent for my flat?
[03:35.67]SPEAKING
[03:41.10]1 EMILY:Karen,can you tell me how to pronounce"kilometre"?
[03:47.27]KAREN:Sure.British people say and Americans say.
[03:54.63]TEACHER:Karen and Emily,is there anything that isn't clear to you?
[04:00.48]KAREN:Emily asked me a question but I already answered her.
[04:06.13]TEACHER:What was her question?
[04:09.36]KAREN:She asked me how to pronounce:"kilometre".
[04:12.60]2 MS SMITH:Harry,take these two pizzas to Mr Thompson on Broad Street,Number 12.
[04:21.15]HARRY:Can you spell that name,please?
[04:24.99]MS SMITH:T-h-o-m-p-s-o-n. On Broad Street, Number 12.
[04:33.95]HARRY:Can you repeat the address,please?
[04:37.79]MS SMITH:Broad Street, Number 12.
[04:42.04]HARRY:Got it.
[04:44.50]MS SMITH:Take Dave's motorbike.Here are the keys.And hurry up!
[04:50.27]HARRY:Anything else?
[04:53.22]MS SMITH:Don't forget to buy me some ketchup on your way back.
[04:58.37]READING ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD
[05:06.13]English is a language spoken all around the world.
[05:11.48]There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English.
[05:18.75]Most native speakers of English are found in the United Kingdom,
[05:24.39]the United States of America,
[05:27.94]Canada,Australia,South Africa,Ireland and New Zealand.
[05:36.48]In total,for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue.
[05:45.26]And equal number people learn English as a second language.
[05:51.43]These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family,
[05:58.69]but the language of the government,schools,newspapers and TV is English.
[06:07.15]This situation is found in counties such an India,
[06:12.51]Pakistan,Nigeria and the Philippines
[06:17.84]However,the number of people who learn English as a foreign language
[06:23.87]is more than 750 million.
[06:28.91]Everywhere in the world children go to school to learn English.
[06:35.08]Most people learn English for five or six years at high school.
[06:41.55]In China students learn English at school as a foreign language,
[06:47.72]except for those in Hong Kong,
[06:51.66]where many people speak English as a first or at a second language.
[06:58.22]In only fifty years,
[07:01.88]English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world.
[07:08.85]English is the working language of most international organizations,
[07:15.10]international trade and tourism.
[07:19.54]Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese.
[07:27.19]Chinese businessmen,taxi drivers and students talk with them using English.
[07:34.95]English is also the language of global culture,
[07:40.30]such as popular music and the Internet.
[07:45.16]You can listen to English songs on the radio
[07:50.13]or use English to communicate with people around the world through the Internet.
[07:56.79]With so many people communicating in English every day,
[08:02.74]it will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.
[08:09.40]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[08:15.65]Reading and writing
[08:19.12]AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH
[08:23.98]Many students want to know about the differences
[08:29.13]between American English and British English.
[08:34.30]How did these differences come about?
[08:38.24]There is no quick answer to this question.
[08:42.50]At first the language in Britain and America was the same.
[08:48.27]In 1776 America became an independent country.
[08:54.83]After that,the language slowly began to change.
[09:00.19]For a long time the language in America stayed the same,
[09:05.52]while the language in England changed.
[09:09.90]For example,300 years ago the English talked about "fall".
[09:17.04]Today,most British people talk about "autumn",
[09:22.39]but Americans still talk about "fall".
[09:27.35]In the same way Americans still use the expression
[09:33.00]"I guess"(meaning"I think"),just as the British did 300 years ago.
[09:41.64]At the same time.
[09:44.70]British English and American English stared borrowing words from other languages,
[09:51.96]ending up with different words.
[09:55.93]For example,the British took"typhoon" from Chinese,
[10:02.70]while the Americans took "tornado" from Spanish.
[10:08.65]In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary.
[10:15.31]He wanted to make American English different from British English,
[10:21.24]so he changed the spelling of many words .
[10:25.97]That's why the words colour,centre and traveller are spelt color,
[10:35.12]center and traveler in American English.
[10:40.08]Except for these differences in spelling,
[10:44.44]written English is more or less the same in both British and American English.
[10:51.28]The differences are greater in the spoken language.
[10:56.25]For example,Americans say dance,and in southern England they say.
[11:04.61]In America they pronounce not in southern England they say.
[11:13.15]However,most of the time people from the two countries
[11:19.34]do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.
[11:24.67]Words and expressions
[11:31.23]Unit two
[11:34.10]Nancy bathroom make oneself at home towel
[11:38.58]南希(女子名) n. 浴室；厕所 别客气 n.毛巾
[11:43.06]landlady closet Karen pronounce
[11:46.83]n. 女房东；老板娘 n.壁橱；储藏室 卡伦 (女子名) vt.发音；宣告；断言
[11:50.61]Thompson broad repeat Dave
[11:54.15] 汤普森(姓氏) adj.宽的 n. 重复；反复 戴夫(男子名)
[11:57.69]ketchup majority native total
[12:01.37]n.蕃茄酱；蕃茄沙司 n.
多数；大半 n.本地人；本国人 n.总数；合计
[12:05.05]in total the United Kingdom tongue mother tongue
[12:09.33]总共 英国 n.舌头:口语 母语
[12:13.60]equal government situation Pakistan
[12:17.57]adj. 相等的；胜任的 n.政府；内阁 n.情形；境遇； n.巴基斯坦
[12:21.54]Nigeria the Philippines except for international
[12:25.76]n.尼日利亚 n.菲律宾共和国 除了......之外 adj.国际的；世界的
[12:29.98]organisation trade tourism global
[12:33.89]n.组织；机构；团体 n.贸易；商业 n.旅游；观光 adj.全球的；球形的
[12:37.81]communicate communication exchange service
[12:41.94]vi.交际；沟通 n.交流:通信 vt.& n.交换;兑换 n. 服务；服务性工作
[12:46.07]signal movement peg commander
[12:50.09]n.信号 n.运动;运转 n.钉；栓；桩 n.司令官；指挥官
[12:54.11]tidy stand stay up come about
[12:57.98]adj. 整齐的；整洁的 n.台；摊，摊位 不睡；熬夜 发生
[13:01.84]independent fall expression end up with
[13:06.12]adj.独立自主的 n.秋天；瀑布 n.短语；表情 以......告终
[13:10.39]typhoon tornado Spanish Noah Webster
[13:14.51]台风 n.旋风；龙卷风 n.西班牙人 诺厄.韦伯斯特
[13:18.64]publish southern statement president
[13:22.47]vt.发表；公布 adj.南方的；南部的 n.陈述；综述 n.行长；会长
[13:26.30]European bring in Florida a great many
[13:30.42]adj.欧洲的；欧洲人的 引进；引来 n.佛罗里达 许许多多；极多
[13:34.55]howl cookbook compare replace
[13:38.42]vi.& n.怒吼；嚎哭 n.食谱 vt.比较 vt.替换 |