1、Listening and Speaking P60-61 Unit 5 Languages around the World 新人教必修新人教必修Book 1 l What are they doing? l Where are they from? l Which languages do you think are officially used here? l Do you know where the United Nations conference is held? Brainstorming Try to make a brief introduction to the Uni
2、ted Nations. Before Listening Watch the video : The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization tasked with maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, achieving international co-operation, and being a centre for harmonizing the actions of natio
3、ns. It was established after World War II, with the aim of preventing future wars, and succeeded the ineffective League of Nations. Its headquarters, which are subject to extraterritoriality, are in Manhattan, New York City, and it has other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna and the Hague. Int
4、roduction Six official languages Introduction Spain_ Canada_ India_61 5 Look at the pictures and answer the following questions: France_ Russia_ Germany_ 3 4 2 Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. RussianChineseKorean Janpanese SpanishFrenchEnglishArabic While
5、 Listening Listen to the speech again and answer the questions. 1 What is the main topic of this speech? 2 How many languages are there in the world? 3 How many billion people speak the UNs official languages as their native or second language? 4 What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign l
6、anguage learning? Answers: 1. Learning a foreign language. 2. Nearly 7,000. 3. Around 2.8 billion. 4. It is very useful to learn one or two foreign languages. Listen to the speech again. 1 They think it means better job chances in the future. 2 They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people. Answers:
7、1. They: students who choose to study a UN language. it: studying a UN language. 2. They: the six official UN languages. What do the italicised words refer to in the sentences? Reference Pronouns (it, they, she, etc.) refer to something or somebody mentioned earlier. Pay attention to the context of
8、words to help you understand what the pronouns refer to. Pronunciation schedule hostile either address direct laboratory advertisement shone Work in pairs. Read the words to each other and see if you pronounce them differently. Listen and pay attention to how the speakers pronounce them. English is
9、a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins werent invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which arent sweet, are meat. .We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings
10、are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but. hammers dont harm? (Richard Lederer) Listen to the paragraph read by two different speakers. British accent (woman) American accent (man) Which speaker has a British accent and which has an Ame
11、rican accent? After Listening Work in pairs or groups. Discuss which other languages you want to learn and why. EXAMPLE A: What language do you want to study? B: I really want to study French. I think that the French language sounds beautiful. A: Why? Do you want to go to France some day? B: Yes, Id
12、 love to. Also, French is used by many international organisations around the world. Do you know that FIFAs full name is in French? A: Oh, I remember that. But I dont know how to pronounce it. One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. -Frank Smith Thank you!
