1、Unit 5 Languages Around the WorldListening and Speaking Look and Discuss1.Do you know where the photo was taken?2.What are people doing in the photo?3.Which languages are officially used here?4.What do you suppose the people are doing behind the glass on the upper levels?5.Do you know how many worki
2、ng languages there are at this kind of conference?Look and DiscussThe photo is of a UN General Assembly meeting.The UN was founded in 1945,shortly after World War II,and as of 2017,it has 193 member states.It works to maintain international peace,promote development,provide assistance to people in n
3、eed,and protect human rights.More recently,it has joined the fight against climate change.It has its headquarters in New York.Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian and Spanish are the six official and working languages of the General Assembly,its committees and its subcommittees.During a General Ass
4、embly meeting,speeches made in any of the six languages of the General Assembly are interpreted into the other five languages.Before you listen,match each photo with the correct country name.Then discuss which languages are spoken in these countries.CanadaGermanyFranceRussiaIndiaSpainListen to a spe
5、ech and tick()the two languages with the most native speakers.Circle()the official languages of the United Nations(UN).Russian Chinese Korean Japanese Spanish 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 the
6、re 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 language learning?Learning a foreign language.Nearly 7,000.Around 2.8 billion.It is very useful to learn one or more foreign languages.L
7、isten 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.2 They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people.it:studying a UN languageThey:the six official UN languagesThey:students who choose to study a UN languageReferencePr
8、onouns(it,they,she,etc.)refer to something or somebody mentioned earlier.Pay attention to the context of words to help you understand what the pronouns refer to.TapescriptTo some students,it seems that the only foreign language to learn is English.There are,however,nearly 7,000 languages in the worl
9、d.After Chinese,the language with the most native language speakers isnt Englishits Spanish!Learning English is very useful,but it is wise to learn at least one other foreign language,if possible.There are many reasons why people learn a foreign language.Many students choose to study one of the lang
10、uages that are spoken at the UN.As they think it means better job chances in the future.The UN has six official languages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,and Spanish.They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second languages.TapescriptSome students,though,choose to study
11、a language because of family or friends.One American girl chose to learn Danish because 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 started learning French because she had several friends
12、from African countries where French is spoken.What do you think?Which other language would you choose to study and why?Work in pairs or groups.Discuss which other language(s)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
13、 language sounds beautiful.A:Why?Do you want to go to France some day?B:Yes,I d love to.Also,French is used by many international organisations around the world.Do you know that FIFA s full name is in French?A:Oh,I remember that.But I don t know how to pronounce it.Pronunciation 1 Work in pairs.Read
14、 the words to each other and see if you pronounce them differently.schedule hostile either address direct laboratory advertisement shone Listen and pay attention to how the speakers pronounce them.Pronunciation2 Listen to the paragraph read by two different speakers.Which speaker has a British accen
15、t and which has an American accent?English is 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 qu
16、icksand can work slowly,boxing rings 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)British accent(woman)American accent(man)Words and Phrasesbillionn._nativeadj._n._ attituden._referencen._refervi._vt._refer to _ 十亿本地人 指称关系；参考提到；参考；查阅 出生地的；本地的；土著的查询；叫求助于态度；看法指的是；描述；提到；查阅Thank You!
