T Unit 9 I Pigskin English Robert MacNeil
Unit 9 Pigskin English Robert MacNeil
Pre-reading Activities 1)How you heard of the Super Bowl? What do you know about it? 2)Do you sometimes watch a ball game televised live?What do you think of teh Chinese language the commentators use?
Pre-reading Activities ◼ 1) How you heard of the Super Bowl? What do you know about it? ◼ 2) Do you sometimes watch a ball game televised live? What do you think of teh Chinese language the commentators use?
Structure of the Text Part I.(Para.2-Para.4) Part II.(Para.5-Para.19) Part III.(Para.20)
Structure of the Text ◼ Part I. (Para. 2-Para. 4) ◼ Part II. (Para. 5-Para. 19) ◼ Part III. (Para. 20)
Discussion of Paras.2-4 1.How did the writer make his investigation? He sat down in front ofa TVset and watched football games with a notebook and a pen in his hand when events like the Super Bowl were televised.He watched the football program attentively and listened to the commentators carefully,ready to take notes ofinstances of mangled English
Discussion of Paras. 2-4 ◼ 1. How did the writer make his investigation? ◼ He sat down in front of a TV set and watched football games with a notebook and a pen in his hand when events like the Super Bowl were televised. He watched the football program attentively and listened to the commentators carefully, ready to take notes of instances of mangled English
2.Why did the writer focus on watching events like the Super Bowl? Because such events are now watched around the world;English is already the world'widely used language,the first or second language ofalmost a billion people.Countless millionns studying it avidly-250 million people in China alone. Events like the Super Bowl are hypnotically not only as sport,but as lessons in American culture and in the English language.Also the writer assumed that language vandalism was most serious in an event like the Super Bowl
◼ 2. Why did the writer focus on watching events like the Super Bowl? ◼ Because such events are now watched around the world; English is already the world' widely used language, the first or second language of almost a billion people. Countless millionns studying it avidly -250 million people in China alone. Events like the Super Bowl are hypnotically not only as sport, but as lessons in American culture and in the English language. Also the writer assumed that language vandalism was most serious in an event like the Super Bowl