Unit5LanguagesaroundtheWorldPeriod1ListeningandSpeaking

Explorelanguagesaroundtheworld學習目標本課結束時，你將能夠：1.感知和注意不同國家的主要語言，積累不同語言的表達；2.在聽的活動中獲取與梳理聽力文本中關于語言的事實性信息（聯合國的官方語言、語言的種類與數量、代詞的指代等）；3.嘗試在新語境中運用有關語言和代詞的表達，得體地與人交流，體現跨文化意識。CanadaMatchanddiscussWhichlanguagesarespokeninthesecountries?GermanyFranceRussiaIndiaSpainThelanguageswiththemostnativespeakersTheofficiallanguagesoftheUNArabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,SpanishListen,tickandcircleChinese,Spanish1.Whatisthemaintopicofthisspeech?2.Howmanylanguagesarethereintheworld?Exploringlanguagesaroundtheworld.Nearly7,000.Listenandanswer3.HowmanybillionpeoplespeaktheUN'sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecondlanguage?

4.Whatistheattitudeofthespeakertowardsforeignlanguagelearning?Around2.8billion.Positive.ListenandanswerWhatdotheitalicisedwordsrefertointhesentences?1.Theythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.2.

Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople...Listenandnotice

Tosomestudents,itseemsthattheonlyforeignlanguagetolearnisEnglish.Thereare,however,nearly7,000languagesintheworld.AfterChinese,thelanguagewiththemostnativelanguagespeakersisn'tEnglish—it'sSpanish!LearningEnglishisveryuseful,butitiswisetolearnatleastoneotherforeignlanguage,ifpossible.Therearemanyreasonswhypeoplelearnaforeignlanguage.ManystudentschoosetostudyoneofthelanguagesthatarespokenattheUN.Astheythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.ManystudentsstudyoneofthelanguagesthatarespokenattheUNListenandcheckTheUNhassixofficiallanguages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,RussianandSpanish.Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeopleastheirnativeorsecondlanguages.

Somestudents,though,choosetostudyalanguagebecauseoffamilyorfriends.OneAmericangirlchosetolearnDanishbecausehergrandparentswerefromDenmark.Whenshewaslittle,hergrandpausedtoreadletterstoherinDanishfromtheirrelativesinDenmark.AnotheryoungladystartedlearningFrenchbecauseshehadseveralfriendsfromAfricancountrieswhereFrenchisspoken.Whatdoyouthink?Whichotherlanguagewouldyouchoosetostudyandwhy?Listenandchecksixofficiallanguages

Pronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refertosomethingorsomebodymentionedearlier.Payattentiontothecontextofwordstohelp

youunderstandwhatthepronounsreferto.ReferenceMyfatherisdoingbusinesswithRussians.I’dliketolearnRussiansoIcanhelphiminthefuture.IlikewatchingJapanesecartoons,soI’dliketolearnJapanese.PerhapsIshouldstudyFrench.Ithink,itsoundsbeautiful,andIknowit’susedinmanycountries.WorkingroupsanddiscussA:Whatlanguagedoyouwanttostudy?B:IreallywanttostudyFrench.IthinkthattheFrenchlanguagesoundsbeautiful.A:Why?DoyouwanttogotoFrancesomeday?B:Yes,I'dloveto.Also,Frenchisusedbymanyinternational

organisationsaroundtheworld.DoyouknowthatFIFA'sfullnameisinFrench?A:Oh,Irememberthat.ButIdon'tknowhowtopronounceit.ExampleWorkinpairs.Readthewordstoeachotherandseeifyou

pronouncethemdifferently.□schedule□hostile□either□address□direct□laboratory□advertisement□shone

Listenandpayattentiontohowthespeakerspronouncethem.PronounceEnglishisacrazylanguage.Thereisnoeggineggplantnorhaminhamburger;neitherapplenorpineinpineapple.Englishmuffinsweren’tinventedinEnglandorFrenchfriesinFrance.Sweetmeatsarecandieswhilesweetbreads,whicharen’tsweet,aremeat....Wefindthatquicksandcanworkslowly,boxingringsaresquare,andaguineapigisneitherfromGuineanorisitapig.Andwhyisitthatwriterswritebut...Hammersdon’tham?(Richard