1、Listening and Speaking Listening and TalkingUnit 5 Languages around the World 【版本：人教册别：必修一】目录页contentsLead-inListening and SpeakingLanguage PointsListening and TalkingHomeworkLead-inLead-in Look at the picture and discuss the following questions.1.Do you know where the photo was taken?2.What languag
2、es do you think are officially used there?3.What top ten languages are most used around the world?Six official languages used in the United NationsEnglishChineseArabicFrenchRussianLead-inSpanishGermanyFranceRussiaIndiaSpainCanadaLead-inLook at the pictures.Do you know what languages are spoken in th
3、ese countries?IIListening and SpeakingEx 2:Listen to a speech,tick the two languages with the most native speakers.Circle the official languages of the UN.Listening and Speaking Russian Chinese Korean Japanese Spanish Arabic English FrenchEx 3:Listen to the speech again and answer the questions.1.Wh
4、at is the main topic of this speech?Learning a foreign language.2.How many languages are there in the world?Nearly 7,000.3.How many billion people speak the UNs official languages as their native or second language?Around 2.8 billion.4.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language lea
5、rning?Its very useful to learn one or more foreign languages.Listening and SpeakingEx 4:Listen to the speech again.What do the italicised words refer to in the sentences?1.They think it means better job chances in the future.they:students who choose to study a UN language it:studying a UN language 2
6、.They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people they:the six official UN languagesListening and SpeakingWork in pairs or groups.Discuss with you partners:If you have the chance,what other language(s)do you want to learn?Why?How do you understand Frank Smiths words“One language sets you in a corridor f
7、or life.Two languages open every door along the way.”?Listening and SpeakingPronunciation:Read the following words and then listen to a man and a woman read them.Is your pronunciation similar to the womans or the mans?Listening and Speakingschedulehostileeither addressdirectlaboratory advertisement
8、shoneListen to the paragraph read by the two different speakers.Which speaker has a British accent and which has an American accent?Listening and SpeakingThe woman:British accent.The man:American accent.Listening and Talking1.Listen to the first part of a talk.What are the different kinds of English
9、 mentioned?British English American English Australian English2.Listen to the second part of the talk.What are the two pairs of words that the student is confused by?Tick them in the boxes.Listening and Talkingsemester/term restroom/toiletgas/petrol subway/underground3.Look at the pairs of words bel
10、ow.Which words are British English and which are American English?British EnglishAmerican EnglishListening and Talking4.Work in Groups and Role-Play the Conversation.If you dont understand one certain word,please ask for your partners clarification.Listening and Talking5.Choose one or two pairs of w
11、ords in Activity 3 and make a conversation.The expressions below may help you.Language Points1match A with B2official languages3the United Nations4the attitude towards.5refer to6international organisations7full nameLanguage Points:Important phrases(P60 P61)把把A和和B相匹配相匹配官方语言官方语言联合国联合国对对的态度的态度国际组织国际组织参
12、考；查阅；指的是参考；查阅；指的是全名；全称全名；全称1There is a sale at my favourite store.2I was just joking with you.3by the way4ask for clarification5be confused by6Would you mind doing.?Language Points:Important phrases(P65)我最喜欢的商店在搞促销。我最喜欢的商店在搞促销。我只是在和你开玩笑。我只是在和你开玩笑。顺便说顺便说要求澄清要求澄清 /请求解释请求解释你介意做你介意做?被被搞糊涂搞糊涂ProverbsOne
13、language sets you in a corridor for life.Two languages open every door along the way.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。生走廊的沿途上处处开启大门。Frank SmithLanguage is the road map of a culture.It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.语言是文化的地图。它为你解答人们从哪里来到
14、语言是文化的地图。它为你解答人们从哪里来到哪里去。哪里去。Rita Mae BrownLanguage is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.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。Oliver Wendell HolmesLanguage PointsHomeworkPlease read the extensive reading passage“Standard English and Dialect English”and think about the factors influencing the form of dialect English.Homework
