Unit 2English around the world 第四课时
Using language
Reading and talking：STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS
第一步：教师从英式英语和美式英语的区别引出本课的话题；
第二步：学生阅读文章，总结文章的大意；
第三步：细节学习；
Why does the US have so many dialects?
1. Because people have come from all over the world.
2. Geography also plays a part in making dialects.
第四步：学习文中的知识难点：
1. Believe it or not, there is no such a thing as standard English.
Believe it or not, dinosaurs died of hunger.
2. Geography also plays a part in making dialects.
Women play an important part in today's political life.
3. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize each other's dialects.
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We can easily recognize Mark in the crowd because he is very tall and strong.
We all recognize him as the best football player in our school.
第五步：Activity 1，不同学生用家乡方言说出同一句话，体会不同地区的方言；
第六步：Activity 2，学生说出他们知道或者听过的方言；
第七步: Activity 3，学生讨论以下问题：
Why does the government encourage us to speak Putonghua?
第八步：个别学生发表意见（课后可让学生根据本活动要求说出或者编写一个有关方言的有趣小故事）。
Workbook （P51，Reading task：The Oxford English Dictionary)
第一步：向学生简单介绍有关 The Oxford English Dictionary 的历史。
How it began
1857: The Philological Society of London calls for a new English Dictionary
More work than they thought
1884: Five years into a proposed ten-year project, the ed
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One step at a time
1884-1928: The Dictionary is published in fascicles
Keeping it current
1933-1986: Supplements to the OED
Making it modern
1980s: The Supplements are integrated with the OED to produce its Second Edition
Into the electronic age
1992: The first CD-ROM version of the OED is published
The future has begun
The present: The OED is now being fully revised, with new material published in parts online
第二步：让学生快速阅读文章，找出练习所需要的信息；
第三步：全班核对答案，老师解释学生有疑问的句子；
1) The spelling f English has always been a problem but it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary.
2) These men spent nearly all of their
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3) It included more than 15,000 words in twelve books. And you thought your English dictionary was big!
第四步：分组快速讨论我们应该从James Murray 身上学习他的什么品质( hard working, intelligent, determined, etc);
第五步：播放录音让学生跟读，提醒学生注意语音语调和新单词的读音。
Homework
Translation：Workbook P 50, Exercise 3.