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[00:00.00]恒星英语学习网 Unit 2  English around the world
[00:05.69]WARMING UP
[00:08.54]NANCY:Oh,there you are.Now then,did you have a good flight?
[00:14.79]JOE:Sure,we flew all the way direct from Seattle to London.
[00:20.43]NANCY:You must be very tired.Did you sleep at all on the plane?
[00:26.38]JOE:No,not really.I'm very tired.Could I use your bathroom?
[00:33.04]NANCY:Why,of course.You don't need to ask,just make yourself at home.
[00:39.29]  Let me give you a clean towel.
[00:43.15]JOE:A towel?
[00:45.79]NANCY:Yes.Here you are.The bathroom is upstairs.
[00:51.67]  It's the second door on the left.
[00:55.61]JOE:Thanks Nancy.If you'll excuse me now. (after a while)
[01:00.58]NANCY:Have you found it?
[01:03.63]JOE:Well,eh yes,I mean no,I mean,I found the bathroom,
[01:11.50]but I didn't find what I was looking for!
[01:16.36]LISTENING  Listen carefully to the tape.
[01:25.21]Mr Brown's landlady has many house rules.
[01:30.78]Write down five of them.
[01:34.43]It's that woman,she drives me crazy.
[01:40.10]It all started right from the very first day.
[01:45.25]I would say from the very first evening when I set foot into that house.
[01:51.73]"Good evening,Mr Brown could you please put your coat on the peg?
[01:57.79]Oh,no,not there.In the closet please.
[02:02.64]Yes, thank you.And oh your shoes,could you please take them off.
[02:09.59]Thank you.And eh...your umbrella.
[02:14.66]Yes could you please put your umbrella in the umbrella stand?
[02:21.01]Oh,no,not there.Here,please don't forget the key of the front door.
[02:28.58]Here you are.
[02:31.43]And remember,if you come home after midnight please lock the door.
[02:38.30]Good night. Oh,Mr Brown.
[02:42.85]Would you please be quiet after nine o'clock in the evening?
[02:47.92]And that was only the beginning.
[02:51.86]"Mr Brown,don't shower after nine" she shouted.
[02:57.42]she would walk pass my door and say
[03:01.50]"Mr Brown would you please remember not to smoking in the bathroom?
[03:07.06]could you lock the door please?"
[03:10.54]Will you turn down your radio please?"
[03:14.59]"Please Mr Brown,could you speak quietly on the phone?"
[03:20.62]It was terrible.Oh I could not stay there another week for sure.
[03:27.99]and then there was this letter "Dear Mr Brown." said.
[03:33.55]"Could you please return the key of the front door?
[03:38.31]And one more question "Can you help me find a new talent for my flat?
[03:44.97]SPEAKING
[03:51.03]1 EMILY:Karen,can you tell me how to pronounce "kilometre"?
[03:57.58]KAREN:Sure. British people say  [] and Americans say [].
[04:04.85]TEACHER:Karen and Emily,is there anything that isn't clear to you?
[04:10.78]KAREN:Emily asked me a question but I already answered  her.
[04:16.42]TEACHER:What was her question?
[04:19.66]KAREN:She asked me how to pronounce: "kilometre".
[04:23.92]2 MS SMITH:Harry,take these two pizzas to Mr Thompson on Broad Street,Number 12.
[04:32.98]HARRY:Can you spell that name,please?
[04:36.82]MS SMITH: T-h-o-m-p-s-o-n. On Broad Street, Number 12.
[04:45.75]HARRY:Can you repeat the address,please?
[04:49.62]MS SMITH:Broad Street,Number 12.   HARRY:Got it.
[04:54.77]MS SMITH:Take Dave's motorbike.Here are the keys.And hurry up!
[05:00.64]HARRY:Anything else?
[05:03.52]MS SMITH:Don't forget to buy me some ketchup on your way back.
[05:08.77]READING  ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD
[05:17.73]English is a language spoken all around the world.
[05:23.08]There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English.
[05:30.24]Most native speakers of English are found in the United Kingdom,
[05:36.09]the United States of America,Canada,Australia,
[05:42.73]South Africa,Ireland and New Zealand.
[05:48.58]In total,for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue.
[05:57.36]And equal number people learn English as a second language.
[06:03.60]These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family,
[06:10.76]but the language of the government,schools,newspapers and TV is English.
[06:19.30]This situation is found in counties such an India,
[06:24.57]Pakistan,Nigeria and the Philippines.
[06:30.03]However,the number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million.
[06:38.99]Everywhere in the world children go to school to learn English.
[06:45.16]Most people learn English for five or six years at high school.
[06:51.61]In China students learn English at school as a foreign language,
[06:57.78]except for those in Hong Kong,
[07:01.83]where many people speak English as a first or at a second language.
[07:08.30]In only fifty years,
[07:11.96]English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world.
[07:18.91]English is the working language of most international organizations,
[07:25.15]international trade and tourism.
[07:30.01]Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese.
[07:37.56]Chinese businessmen,taxi drivers and students talk with them using English.
[07:45.29]English is also the language of global culture,
[07:50.65]such as popular music and the Internet.
[07:55.51]You can listen to English songs on the radio
[08:00.47]or use English to comm -unicate with  people around the world through the Internet.
[08:07.13]With so many people communicating in English every day,
[08:13.09]it will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.
[08:19.75]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[08:27.01]Reading and writing
[08:30.48]AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH
[08:35.24]Many students want to know about the differences
[08:40.59]between American English and British English.
[08:45.56]How did these differences come about?
[08:49.50]There is no quick answer to this question.
[08:53.76]At first the language in Britain and America was the same.
[08:59.53]In 1776 America became an independent country.
[09:06.09]After that,the language slowly began to change.
[09:11.42]For a long time the language in America stayed the same,
[09:16.85]while the language in England changed.
[09:21.21]For example,300 years ago the English talked about "fall".
[09:28.58]Today,most British people talk about "autumn",
[09:34.04]but Americans still talk about "fall".
[09:39.00]In the same way Americans still use the expression "I guess"(meaning "I think"),
[09:47.96]just as the British did 300 years ago.
[09:53.11]At the same time.
[09:56.17]British English and American English stared borrowing words from other languages,
[10:03.53]ending up with different words.
[10:07.58]For example,the British took "typhoon" from Chinese,
[10:14.24]while the Americans took "tornado" from Spanish.
[10:20.20]In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary.
[10:26.86]He wanted to make American English different from British English,
[10:32.92]so he changed the spelling of many words .
[10:37.68]That's why the words colour,centre and traveller are spelt color,
[10:46.82]center and traveler in American English.
[10:51.78]Except for these differences in spelling,
[10:56.04]written English is more or less the same in both British and American English.
[11:03.12]The differences are greater in the spoken language.
[11:07.98]For example,Americans say dance ,and in southern England they say/da:ns/.
[11:16.23]In America they pronounce not [];in southern England they say [].
[11:24.77]However,most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.
[11:34.33]Words and expressions Unit two
[11:42.38]Nancy
[11:43.82]南希(女子名)
[11:45.25]bathroom
[11:46.78]n. 浴室；盥洗室；厕所
[11:48.31]make oneself at home
[11:50.23]别客气
[11:52.15]towel
[11:53.47]n.毛巾
[11:54.79]landlady
[11:56.30]n. 女房东；老板娘
[11:57.82]closet
[11:58.33]n.壁橱；储藏室
[11:58.84]Karen
[12:00.16]卡伦  (女子名)
[12:01.48]pronounce
[12:02.99]vt.发音；宣告；断言
[12:04.51]Thompson
[12:05.88] 汤普森(姓氏)
[12:07.25]broad
[12:08.62]adj. 宽的
[12:09.99]repeat
[12:11.42]vt.& vi 重做;复述  n. 重复；反复
[12:12.84]Dave
[12:14.12]戴夫(男子名)
[12:15.40]ketchup
[12:16.73]n.蕃茄酱；蕃茄沙司
[12:18.06]majority
[12:19.54]n. 多数；大半
[12:21.02]native
[12:22.48]adj.本国的;本地的 n.本地人;本国人
[12:23.94]total
[12:25.27]n.总数;合计 adj.总的;全部的;整个的
[12:26.61]in total
[12:28.03]总共
[12:29.45]the United Kingdom
[12:31.18]英国
[12:32.90]tongue
[12:34.18]n.舌头;语言;口语
[12:35.46]mother tongue
[12:36.99]母语
[12:38.52]equal
[12:39.85]adj.相等的;胜任的  vt.等于;比得上
[12:41.18]government
[12:42.71]n.政府；内阁
[12:44.24]situation
[12:45.77]n.情形;境遇;(建筑物等的位置)
[12:47.29]Pakistan
[12:48.82]n.巴基斯坦 (南亚国家)
[12:50.35]Nigeria
[12:51.81]n.尼日利亚 （非洲国家）
[12:53.28]the Philippines
[12:54.95]n.菲律宾共和国；菲律宾群岛
[12:56.62]except for
[12:58.10]除了......之外
[12:59.57]international
[13:01.10]adj.国际的；世界的
[13:02.63]organisation
[13:04.21]n.组织；机构；团体
[13:05.79]trade
[13:07.11]n.贸易；商业
[13:08.43]tourism
[13:09.81]n.旅游；观光
[13:11.20]global
[13:12.57]adj.全球的;球形的
[13:13.94]communicate
[13:15.42]vi.交际;沟通;传达(感情、信息)
[13:16.89]communication
[13:18.47]n.交流；通讯；通信
[13:20.05]exchange
[13:21.53]vt.& n.交换;交流;兑换
[13:23.00]service
[13:24.44]n.服务；服务性工作
[13:25.88]signal
[13:27.20]n.信号
[13:28.52]movement
[13:29.95]n.运动；动作；运转
[13:31.39]peg
[13:32.71]n.钉；栓；桩
[13:34.03]commander
[13:35.41]n.司令官；指挥官
[13:36.80]tidy
[13:38.12]vi.& vi.整理;收拾 adj.整齐的;整洁的
[13:39.44]stand
[13:40.87]n.台;看台;摊,摊位
[13:42.31]stay up
[13:43.89]不睡；熬夜
[13:45.47]come about
[13:46.95]发生
[13:48.42]independent
[13:50.00]adj.独立自主的
[13:51.58]fall
[13:52.86]n.秋天；瀑布
[13:54.14]expression
[13:55.62]n.短语；表情
[13:57.09]end up with
[13:58.67]以......告终
[14:00.25]typhoon
[14:01.73]n.台风
[14:03.21]tornado
[14:04.58]n.旋风；龙卷风
[14:05.95]Spanish
[14:07.41]n. 西班牙语;西班牙人 adj.西班牙(人,语)的
[14:08.88]Noah Webster
[14:10.56]诺厄.韦伯斯特(美国词典编纂家)
[14:12.25]publish
[14:13.62]vt.发表;出版;公布
[14:14.99]southern
[14:16.42]adj.南方的;南部的
[14:17.86]statement
[14:19.34]n.陈述;声明;综述
[14:20.81]president
[14:22.18]n.总统;校长;行长；会长
[14:23.56]European
[14:25.08]adj.欧洲的;欧洲人的
[14:26.61]bring in
[14:28.05]引进；引来
[14:29.49]Florida
[14:30.92]n.佛罗里达(美国州名)
[14:32.36]a great many
[14:33.89]许许多多；极多
[14:35.42]howl
[14:36.73]vi.& n.嚎叫；怒吼；嚎哭
[14:38.05]cookbook
[14:39.43]n.食谱
[14:40.80]compare
[14:42.17]vt.比较
[14:43.54]replace
[14:48.16]vt.替换