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1、Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldAsBritishaccentmakesaspeakersoundlikealadyoragentleman,somanypeoplewanttolearnhowtotalkliketheBritish.IfyouwanttotalkliketheBritish,say“Cheers”ratherthan“Thanks”ininformal(非正式的)conversations.BeforeIcametotheU．K.,Ionlyknewthemeaningof“cheer”as“tomakesomeonehappyor
2、excited”asinthephrase“cheerup”.AfterIcametotheU．K.,Inoticedthattheyused“Cheers”muchmoreoftenthan“Thanks”.Forexample,intheU．K.,whenpeoplegetoffthebus,theywouldsay“Cheers”withastrongBritishaccenttothankthedriver.Besides,myBritishroommatealsosaid“Cheers”tomewhensheaskedmetopasssomethingtoher
3、whenwewerecookingtogether.“Cheers”isfrequentlyusedbytheBritishpeopleindailyinformalconversationsforsmallfavors,suchasopeningdoorsforyouorlendingyouapen.Itisnotasformalas“Thanks”or“Thankyou”，butisusedratherfrequentlyindailyconversations.Chinesestudentsweretaughtatschoolthatwhenacustomer(顾客
4、)wenttoastore,shopassistantswouldask“WhatcanIdoforyou？”However,IneverheardtheexactsameexpressionwhenIwasintheU．K.NoshopassistantswouldgreetandfollowcustomersaroundasinChina.Onlywhencustomersaskedforhelporlookedlikelostwouldshopassistantscomeuptothemandask“Areyouallright？”Itseemedliketheyw
5、eregoingtoprovidehelp,butcustomerswouldnormallysay“Yeah,thanks.”unlesstheyreallyneededhelp.Interestingly,whenIheard“Areyouallright？”forthefirsttime,Ididn'tknowhowtoansweritandevenexplainedthatIwasjustlookingaroundandIdidn'tneedhelp.Howembarrassing(尴尬的)itwas!Section_ⅠWarmingUp&Reading—Prer
6、eading[原文呈现][读文清障]THEROADTOMODERNENGLISHAttheendof①the16thcentury,aboutfivetosevenmillionpeoplespokeEnglish.Nearly②allofthemlivedinEngland.Laterinthenextcentury,peoplefromEnglandmadevoyages③toconquer④otherpartsoftheworldandbecauseof⑤that,Englishbegantobespokeninmanyothercountries.Today,mo
7、repeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondoraforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.Native⑥Englishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon'tspeakthesamekindofEnglish⑦.Lookatthisexample：BritishBetty:Wouldyouliketoseemyflat?AmericanAmy:Yes.I'dliketo⑧comeup⑨toyourapartment.①att
