1、Prepared by AndyaoPrepared by AndyaoOne language sets you in a corridor 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。旅途中的所有大门。1.Talk about some countries and the languages spoken in these countries.2.Practise listening for
2、 main idea,details.3.Talk about which foreign language you want to learn and why.Six official languages in the United Nations English Chinese Spanish Russian Arabic French What do you know about the languages?Most widely used Most native speakersWhy are they used as official languages?Historical rea
3、soncolony,Religious reasonIslam,Economic reasonInternational influenceLead-inBefore ListeningBefore ListeningWhat countries do the photos stand for?Which languages are spoken in these countries?The CN TowerBrandenburg GateRed SquareTaj Mahal Louvre MuseumPalace of MadridEnglish,FrenchGermanFrenchRus
4、sianHindi,EnglishSpanishHello！Hallo！Bonjour！Hola！namaste!！Do you know these countries and their languages?Japan-JapaneseChina-ChineseEgypt-ArabicDenmark-DanishBrazil-PortugueseprtuizItaly-ItalianWhile-listeningActivity 2:Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers.Cir
5、cle the official languages of the United Nations(UN).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 learni
6、ng?Learning a foreign language.Nearly 7,000.Around 2.8 billion.Its very useful to learn one or more foreign languages.Listen to the speech again and answer the questions.1 They think it means better job chances in the future.2 They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people.They:students who choose to
7、study a UN language.it:studying a UN language.They:the six official UN languages.ReferencePronouns(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.4.Listen to the speech again.What do the italic
8、ised words refer to in the sentences?To 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 Spanish!Learning English is very useful,but it is
9、 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 future.The UN has six official languages:Arabic,Chin
10、ese,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 American girl chose to learn Danish because her grandparents were from Denmark.When she was little,
11、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 choose to study and why?Work in pairs!Share your
12、 ideas with your partner.SpeakingPost-listeningWork in pairs or groups.Discuss which other language(s)you want to learn and why.A:What language do you want to study?B:I really want to study.I think that A:Why?Do you want to go to some day?B:Yes,Id love to.Also,A:EXAMPLE A:What language do you want t
13、o 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,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 do
14、n t know how to pronounce it.NoImageNoImage1.Work in pairs.Read the words to each other and see if you pronounce them differently.2.Listen and pay attention to how the speakers pronounce them.1.Work in pairs.Read the words to each other and see if you pronounce them differently.2.Listen and pay atte
15、ntion to how the speakers pronounce them.Pronunciation English is a crazy language.There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;neither apple nor pine in pineapple.English muffins werent invested in England or French fires in France.Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads,which arent sweet,are
16、meat.We find that quicksand 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 buthammers dont ham?(Richard Lederer)British accent(woman)American accent(man)Listen to the paragraph read by two different speakers.Which speaker has a British accent and which has an American accent?1.Finish the exercises in students book.2.Preview Reading and Thinking on pages 62-63.
