高中英语人教版2000年高一上02

[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