1、B1U5 Languages Around the WorldListening,Speaking&TalkingOne language sets you in a corridor（走廊；通道）（走廊；通道）for life.Two languages open every door along the way.-Frank Smith一门语言能带你进入人生旅途，两门语言则为你开启人生旅途中的所有大门。一门语言能带你进入人生旅途，两门语言则为你开启人生旅途中的所有大门。How do you understand the quote?What do the quotes suggest or
2、 imply?The importance of learning a foreign language.Which countries do the pictures stand for?What official languages are spoken in these countries?Hello!CanadaEnglishFrench加拿大(the CN Tower)CN电视塔Hollo!GermanyGerman德国(the Brandenburg Gate)勃兰登堡门Bonjour!FranceFrench法国(the Louvre Museum)卢浮宫!RussiaRussi
3、an俄罗斯(Red Square)红场?ulimIndiaHindiEnglish印度(the Taj Mahal)泰姬陵Hola!SpainSpanish西班牙(the Royal Palace of Madrid)皇宫France _ Russia _ Germany _Spain _ Canada_ India _342615while-listeningActivity2:Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers.Circle the official languages of
4、 the United Nations.RussianChineseKoreanJanpaneseSpanishFrenchEnglishArabic Listen for specific details:When you are listening to the tape,you should pay attention to the names of the languages mentioned in the passage.Tip 1Activity 3:Read the following questions and pay attention to the bold words.
5、Then 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 language le
6、arning?Learning a foreign language.Nearly 7000.Around 2.8 billion.Its very useful to learn one or more foreign languages.Tip 2Listen for main idea,details,and inference（推理）（推理）:When listening to the tape,you should focus on the text as a whole.You should listen for specific details,such as times or
7、numbers.Inference involves you drawing a conclusion that is not stated in the text.Billion/bljn/n.十亿十亿 billions of 数十亿的数十亿的million 百万百万millions of 成千上万的成千上万的thousand 千千thousands of 数以千计的数以千计的hundred 百百hundreds of 数以百计的数以百计的Activity4:Listen to the speech again.What do the italicized words refer to in
8、 the sentences?1.They think it means better job chance in the future.2.They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second languages.They:students who choose to study a UN languageit:studying a UN languageThey:the six UN official languagesReferencePronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refer t
9、o something or somebody mentioned earlier.Pay attention to the context of words to help you understand what the pronouns refer to.To some students,it seems that the only foreign language to learn is English.There are,however,nearly7,000 languages in the world.After Chinese,the language with the most
10、 native language speakers isnt English-its 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 languages that are spoken at the UN.As they t
11、hink 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.Some students,though,choose to study a language because of family or friends.One America
12、n 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 from African countries where French is spoken.What
13、do you think?Which other language would you choose to study and why?pronunciation Pronunciation schedule hostile either address direct laboratory advertisement shone 1.Work in pairs.Read the words to each other and see if you pronounce them differently.Listen and pay attention to how the speakers pr
14、onounce them.words英音英音美音美音schedule/edjul/skedul/hostile/hstal/hstl,hstal/either/a(r),i(r)/ir,ar/address/dres/dres/direct/direkt,darekt/darekt,direkt/laboratory/lbrtri/lbrtri/advertisement/dvtsmnt/dvrtazmnt/shone/n/n,n/美音有卷舌音，而英音没有卷舌音。美音有卷舌音，而英音没有卷舌音。美音听起来比较圆润，英音听起来比较清晰利索。美音听起来比较圆润，英音听起来比较清晰利索。元音元音 字
15、母字母a a在重读音节上，且后面跟随在重读音节上，且后面跟随s s m ntm nt时，英音发时，英音发a:a:，美音美音，如，如fast,halffast,half 字母字母o o为在后接一个爆破辅音的重为在后接一个爆破辅音的重读闭音节中，英音发读闭音节中，英音发 ，美音近似，美音近似a:a:音的音的 ，如，如not,body not,body 字母字母u u和和ueue在英音中发在英音中发ju:,ju:,美音发美音发u:u:，如，如reduce,due,studentreduce,due,student辅音辅音 字母字母r r在英音中只在元音前发音，在英音中只在元音前发音，而在美音中在单词
16、的任何位置而在美音中在单词的任何位置都发音，特别是在元音字母后都发音，特别是在元音字母后时，卷舌，如时，卷舌，如worker,tourworker,tour 字母字母t t在两个元音之间，英音发在两个元音之间，英音发tt，美音发，美音发dd，如，如water,letter,water,letter,waiter,computerwaiter,computerthe difference between British English and American English-PronunciationListening and TalkingLook at the picture below
17、and figure out their problem.Both of them think theyre on the“first”floor,but they are on different floors.Im an _.Im an _.Now lets watch a video about it!EnglishAmericanActivity1：Listen to the first part of the talk.What are the different kinds of English mentioned?British English American English
18、Australian EnglishActivity2：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.semester/termgas/petrolrestroom/toiletsubway/undergroundActivity3：Look at the pairs of words below.Which words are British English and which are Am
19、erican English?Try to think of more pairs of words like these.petrol /gassweet /candytoilet /restroomhonour /honormum /momflat /apartmentBrE:petrol,sweet,toilet,honour,mum,flatAmE:gas,candy,restroom,honor,mom,apartmentthe difference between British English and American English-vocabularyChineseBrEAm
20、E长裤长裤trouserspants出租车出租车taxicab地铁地铁underground/tubesubway一层一层ground floorfirst floor行李行李luggagebaggage假期假期holidayvacation电梯电梯liftelevator人行道人行道pavementsidewalk钞票钞票notebillChineseBrEAmE酒吧酒吧pubbar罐头罐头tincan橡皮橡皮eraserrubber比赛比赛matchgame足球足球footballsoccer电影电影filmmovieActivity4：Read and role-play the conversation.What misunderstanding has happened?Zhou Wei refers to pants,American English for trousers.Martin explains that pants refers to underwear in British English.Thank you!Thank you!
