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1、【MODULE4】WhichEnglish?【READINGANDVOCABULAYR】WhichEnglish?Whenyoureceiveaphonecallfromafriend,howlongdoesittakeyoutoknowwhoitis?Afewseconds,perhaps.Thequalityofsomeone`svoiceandtheirchoiceofwordsmakeapersoninstantlyrecognizable,eventhoughyoucan`tseehimo
2、rher.Inthissenseeverybody`suseoflanguage——whetherEnglish,Chinese,oranyother——isdifferent.YoucouldsaythatthereareasmanyvarietiesofEnglish,oranyotherlanguageforthatmatter,astherearespeakersofit.Englishisspokenasanofficiallanguageinmorethan60countriesacro
3、sstheworldanditcansoundverydifferentfromplacetoplace.Pronunciation,aswellasgrammarandvocabulary,canchangeveryquicklyfromoneareatoanother.Forexample,withinLondonthemostfamousdialectiscockney.Itisonlyusuallyspokenbypeoplefromtheeastofthatcitysoitisnotthe
4、onlyformofEnglishyouwillhear.YoucanusuallytellwhichpartoftheEnglish-speakingworldsomeonecomesfrombytheiraccent,andtherearesomeveryrecognisableaccentsalloverBritain.ItisalsoquiteeasytotellBritishandAmericanEnglishapart.Althoughmostpeoplebelievethereisar
5、ightandawrongwaytospeakEnglish,thereisnotreallyastandardformthateveryonecanagreeon.Englishspreadacrosstheworldoverhundredsofyearsbecauseoftrade,explorationandbusiness,andthisprocessproducedmanydifferentEnglishes.Professorsoflinguistics,writersandteache
6、rsallworryaboutprovidingaperfectmodeltofollowbutasitissowidelyspoken,ithasbecomeimpossibletosaywhichEnglishis“correct”andwhichis“incorrect”.Perhapscorrectnessdoesn`tmatter——aslongasspeakerscanunderstandeachother——it`scommunicationthatcounts.[Australia]
7、G`day!D`yaspeakStrine?Orrather,Hello!DoyouspeakAustralian?Australiaisoneoftheyoungestnationsintheworld.ThefirstEnglishspeakersarrivedlittlemorethan200yearsago——andtheydidn`twantto.Mostofthemwereprisonerssenttheretowork.TheycamefromalloverBritain,butesp
8、eciallyfromNorthernIrelandandtheLondonarea,whichiswhytheAustralianaccenttodayhastracesofbothIrishandcockneyspeechpatterns.TheEnglishspeakersfoundapeoplewhohadbeenlivinginAustraliaformorethan50,000years——theAborigines,andanextraordinaryv
