1、Look&discuss1.Do you know where the photo was taken?2.Which languages do you think are officially used here?Possible answer:The photo was taken at a United Nations General Assembly meeting.Possible answer:English,Chinese,French,Spanish,Arabic,and Russian are officially used here.billionnative attitu
2、de referencereferrefer ton.十亿十亿 adj.出生地的；本地的；土著的出生地的；本地的；土著的n.本地人本地人n.态度；看法态度；看法n.指称关系；参考指称关系；参考vi.提到；参考；查阅提到；参考；查阅vt.查询，查询，叫叫求助于求助于指的是；描述；提到；查阅指的是；描述；提到；查阅 Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese immediately.Explore languages around the worldListening and SpeakingThere are around 7,000 living
3、 languages in the world today.Match each photo with the correct country name.France Russia Germany Spain Canada IndiaP60 1Discuss which languages are spoken in these countries.English,FrenchGermanFrenchSpanish(Castilian);there are several regional languages,such as Catalan and Basque Russian Hindi,E
4、nglish;there are 22 major languagesP60 2Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers.Circle the official languages of the United Nations(UN).Listen to the speech again and answer the questions.P60 34.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning
5、?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 learning?1.What is the main topic of this speech?2.How man
6、y languages are there in the world?3.How many billion people speak the UNs official languages as their native or second language?Learning a foreign language.Nearly 7,000.Around 2.8 billion.It is very useful to learn one or more foreign languages.Listen to the speech again.What do the italicised word
7、s 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.Pronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refer to sth.or sb.mentioned earlier.Pay attention to the context of words to help you understand what the pronouns refer to.P60 4the six offici
8、al UN languagesThey:students who choose to study a UN languageit:studying a UN languageTo some students,it seems that the only foreign language to learn is English.There are,however,nearly 7,000 languages in the world.After Chinese,the language with the most native language speakers isnt English-its
9、 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 think it means better job chances in the fu
10、ture.The UN has six official languages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,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 American girl chose to learn Danish because her grand
11、parents 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 do you think?Which other language would you ch
12、oose to study and why?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.Ithink it sounds beautiful,and Iknow its used in many countries.Discuss which other la
13、nguage(s)you want to learn and why.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 love to.Also,French is used by many international organisations around the world.Do you know t
14、hat FIFAs full name is in French?A:Oh,I remember that.But I dont know how to pronounce it.Read the words to each other and see if you pronounce them differently.schedule hostileeither address directlaboratoryadvertisementshoneListen and pay attention to how the speakers pronounce them.WordsBrEAmEsch
15、edule edju:lskedlhostilehstalhstleither a(r)iaddress dresdresdirectdrektdrktlaboratorylbrtrlbrtradvertisement dv:tsmnt dvtazmntshonenonListen to the paragraph read by two different speakers.Which speaker has a British accent and which has an American accent?English is a crazy language.There is no eg
16、g 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 are square,and a guinea pig is neither f
17、rom Guinea nor is it a pig.And why is it that writers write but.hammers dont ham?(Richard Lederer)The woman has a British accent and the man has an American accent.AmE BrEpronounce r in such words as port,more,dinner pronounce path with the sound pronounce tune astu:n pronounce clerk as klrk pronoun
18、ce tomato astmeto dont pronounce this sound at allpronounce path with the sound pronounce tune astju:n pronounce clerk asklkpronounce tomato astmt There are many pronunciation differences between American English and British English.1.refer to2.do business with sb.3.Japanese cartoons4.native speaker
19、 5.official language 指的是指的是和某人做生意和某人做生意日本动漫日本动漫说本族语的人说本族语的人官方语言官方语言1.What languages can you speak?2.What are the official languages of the United Nations(UN)?3.What foreign languages do you want to study?Why?4.Can you tell the differences between British accent and American accent correctly?1.Finish the exercises in Learning English.2.Preview Reading and Thinking on pages 62-63.
