1、演讲人姓名One language sets you in a corridor for life.Two languages open every door along the way.Frank Smith一种语言可以为人生开启一条走廊,两种语言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。则会使这条人生走廊的沿途上处处开启大门。弗兰克弗兰克史密斯史密斯英 语:I love you法 语:Je taime意 大 利语:ti amo西班牙:Te amo日日语:韩语:1.听听一场关于学习外语的演讲,谈谈人们学习外一场关于学习外语的演讲,谈谈人们学习外语的原因语
2、的原因。(重点)。(重点)2.学习学习听力读题策略,能找到题干和材料中的关听力读题策略,能找到题干和材料中的关键词。(难点)键词。(难点)Learning objectivesEnglishThe United KingdomList the name of the country and the language.AmericaEnglishFranceFrenchCanadaEnglishFrenchJapanJapaneseIndiaHindi/EnglishRussia RussianSingaporeEnglish/Chinese/MalayAustraliaEnglishBefor
3、e you listen,match each photo with the correct country name.Then discuss which languages are spoken in these countries.(5mins)France _ Russia _ Germany _Spain _ Canada_ India _3 34 42 26 61 15 5French Russian English,French German Hindi,EnglishSpanish Translate the following words and phrases.billio
4、n n.native adj.attitude n.refer vi.refer to十亿出生地的;本地的 态度;看法提到;参考指的是;speakers n.language n.foreign adj.official adj.说话者;说某种语言的人语言外国的官方的Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers.Circle the official languages of the United Nations(UN).Russian Chinese Korean Japanese Sp
5、anish Arabic English FrenchListen 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?A.UNs official languagesB.How to find a jobC.Learning a foreign languageA.Nearly 5000B.Nearly 7000C.Nearly 80003.How many billion people
6、speak the UNs official languages as their native or second language?4.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning?A.around 2.8 millionB.around 2.8 billionC.around 8 billionA.He thinks its very useful.B.He thinks its useless.C.He thinks its interesting.To some students,it se
7、ems that the only _ language to learn is English.There are,however,nearly7,000 languages in the world.After Chinese,the language with the most native language speakers isnt English-its Spanish!Learning English is _,but it is wise to learn at least one other foreign language,if possible.There are man
8、y reasons why people learn a foreign language.Many students choose to _ one of the languages that are spoken at the UN.As they think it means better job chances in the future.The UN has six_ languages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,and Spanish.They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as t
9、heir native or_ languages.Some students,though,choose to study a language because of family or friends.One American girl chose to learn Danish _ her grandparents were from Denmark.When she was little,her grandpa used to read letters to her in Danish from their relatives in Denmark.Another young lady
10、 started learning French because she had several _ from African countries where French is spoken.What do you think?Which other language would you choose to study and why?foreignvery usefulstudyofficialsecondbecausefriendsListen again and fill the blanks with the correct words.Discuss which other lan
11、guage(s)you want to learn and why.(10mins)My father is doing business with Russians.Id like to learn Russian so I can help him in the future.I like watching Japanese cartoons,so Id like to learn Japanese.Perhaps I should study French.I think it sounds beautiful,and I know its used in many countries.
12、Why do you want to learn?I want to learn,because.I want to travel to/I like to learn.I am crazy about the culture of.It is an international language.do business with.work in transnational corporation(跨国公司跨国公司)Why do we need to learn English well?The reasonsTo get a better grade and get into our drea
13、m universities.To improve our learning ability.To communicate with foreigners.To open the door of western culture and broaden our horizon.In order to build a Community of Shared Future for Mankind,we should embrace the world.为了构建人类命运共同体,我们应该先拥抱世界。We should keep an optimistic attitude to English learning and practice speaking it as often as possible.学习一门语言的方法就是要尽可能经常地练习说。It is very important for us to learn our Chinese well and master a foreign language.对于我们来说,学好中文并掌握一门外语是非常重要的。