1. Topic-related words

Directions: Study the words and expression related to language. Use them to make sentences as in the example. Then finish the quiz below. 

e.g. Eliot lapsed into his own tongue when he was excited. 

2. Listen, Watch and Discuss

Directions: Watch a video clip from a movie entitled "Outsourced", a romantic comedy about an American novelty products salesman Todd Anderson, who travels to India to train his replacement when the call center he manages in Seattle is entirely outsourced there. Then answer the following questions.

(1) What does the woman want to get for her grandson and what does the salesman suggest?

(2) What is wrong with his suggestion?

(3) What is the difference between "flat" and "apartment"?

(4) From this movie clip, we know that "rubber" means  in India/UK, and in US.

(5) Can you give some similar examples of words with different meanings in different countries which may cause misunderstanding?

3. Terms

Directions: Research on the meaning of each term below by yourself, and then briefly explain the following terms based on your understanding.You cannot just copy and paste what you've found online, but you can refer to the explanation you found online, and reorganize it in your own words. 下节课课上提问。

(1) Globalization

(2) Internettery

(3) Computerese

(4) Laisser-faire

(5) Lingua franca

5. The development of English

1) Video:

Directions: Watch the following video introducing the development of English, and finish the True or False task below. 

2）Suplementary reading

Directions: Read the following article introducing the development of English, which can help you to have a better understanding on the development of English. 

1. 课堂辩论准备：Research and Preparaton 

Directions: 根据课堂对“A lot of Chinese celebrating Western festivals would lead to the loss of Chinese culture. ”这个问题的讨论，自行选择正方或者反方并准备相关论证资料（英文稿），以备下节课随堂参与辩论赛： Should Chinese people celebrate foreign festivals？

提示：参加辩论时尽量脱稿，因此同学们要尽所能的记忆资料关键内容和语言表达方式，可以适当做笔记。而不是把找到的资料成段式的陈述，要能与对方辩友辩驳。

Pro(正方）：Agree. (It would)

Con(反方）：Disagree. (It wouldn't)

2. 模仿：

Directions: 以下是介绍春节的三个视频，语速不同，选择语速比较适合自己的一个视频进行模仿。自行整理文本，一周时间练习，将自己的模仿音频与视频合成，变成你根据视频介绍春节习俗或者蛇年文化。基本步骤是利用视频剪辑软件，分离原视频和音频，然后将自己模仿的音频与被分离的视频合成，进度要与视频文字速度一致。背景音乐不能过大，自己的声音要清晰。格式为MP4，如果无法成功上传，可以适当压缩。可以自己去搜索相关教程。将模仿视频上传到老师发布的作业“U1-模仿任务”。4个班级分别选拔出优秀模仿视频，在超星平台分享，期末平时成绩加2分。

视频资料也可以在课程资料----音视频资源 中下载。

Quotations about language:

1. “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”

                                                                                           ——George Orwell

        如果思想腐化语言,语言也能腐化思想。     —— 乔治 . 奥威尔          

2. “I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can.” 

                                                                                                          ——Jack Gilbert     

        我梦到已经消逝的词汇，它们可能表达了某些我们再也无法表达西。         —— 杰克 · 吉尔伯特 

3. “Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.”                                  ——Rita Mae Brown

         语言是文化的地图。它为你解答人们从哪里来到哪里去。—— 丽塔·梅·布朗      

4. If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.—— Nelson Mandela（纳尔逊·曼德拉，前南非总统）

        如果你用别人能理解的语言与对方谈话，那么谈话会进入对方的大脑。如果你用对方的语言与之谈话，那么谈话会进入对方的心里。

5. One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.

                                                             —— Frank Smith（弗兰克·史密斯，美国语言心理学家）

       一种语言可以为人生开启一条走廊。两种语言则会使这条人生走廊的沿途上处处开启大门。

6. Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

                                                 —— Oliver Wendell Holmes（奥利弗·温德尔·霍姆斯，美国诗人）

          语言是灵魂的血肉，有了血肉，思想就可以奔跑，有了灵魂，语言才得以成长。