1、Unit 5 Languages around the WorldOne language sets you in a corridor for life.Two languages open every door along the way.Frank Smithl 1.Talk about some countries and the languages spoken in these countries.2.Practise listening for main idea,details.3.Talk about which foreign language you want to le
2、arn and why.Lead-in1.Which language has the largest number of native speakers?2.Which language is the most popular and useful language in the world?Chinese EnglishLead-in3.Why do you learn English?1.To have a better job and further our study 2.To better understand the world 3.To promote the understa
3、nding of different cultures1.Match each photo with the correct country name.Then discuss which languages are spoken in these countries.Before-listeningFrance _ Russia _ Germany _ Spain _ Canada_ India_3 34 42 26 61 15 52.Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers.Cir
4、cle the official languages of the United Nations(UN).While-listening3.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?
5、4.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning?1.What is the main topic of this speech?Learning a foreign language.2.How many languages are there in the world?Nearly 7,000.3.How many billion people speak the UNs official languages as their native or second language?Around 2.
6、8 billion.4.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning?Its very useful to learn one or more foreign languages.4.Listen to the speech again.What do the italicized words refer to in the sentences?Tip:ReferencePronouns(it,they,she,etc)refer to something or somebody mentioned
7、earlier.Pay attention to the context of words to help you understand what the pronouns refer to.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 study a UN languageit:studying a UN languageThey:the six UN official langu
8、ages 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 wise to learn at least one othe
9、r 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,Chinese,English,French,Russian,and S
10、panish.They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second languages.听力材料听力材料 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,her grandpa used to rea
11、d 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?Speaking5.Work in pairs or groups.Discuss which
12、 other language(s)you want to learn and why.A:What language do you want to study?B:I really want to study French.I think it sounds beautifulA:Why?Do you want to go to France some day?B:Of course/Yes,Id like to.Also,French is used by many international organisations around the world.Do you know that
13、FIFAs full name is in French?A:Oh,I remember that.But I dont know how to pronounce it.1.Work in pairs.Read the words to each other and see if you pronounce them differently.Pronunciation2.Listen and pay attention to how the speakers pronounce them.3.Listen to the paragraph read by two different spea
14、kers.Which speaker has a British accent and which has an American accent?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 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 from Guinea nor is it a pig.And why is it that writers write but.hammers dont harm?(Richard Lederer)
