1、Listening and Speaking P60-61 Unit 5 Languages around the World 新人教必修新人教必修Book 1 One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. -Frank Smith Task 1 (Activity 1Activity 5) Do you know where the photo was taken？ What are they doing? Where are they from? Whic
2、h languages do you think are officially used here? Do you know where the United Nations conference is held? Brainstorming Try to make a brief introduction to the United Nations. Before Listening Watch the video : The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization tasked with maintaining interna
3、tional peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, achieving international co- operation, and being a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It was established after World War II, with the aim of preventing future wars, and succeeded the ineffective League of Nations. It
4、s headquarters, which are subject to extraterritoriality, are in Manhattan, New York City, and it has other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna and the Hague. Introduction Warming-up (1) Do you know how many working languages there are at an international conference? (2) What are the official la
5、nguages of the UN? (3) What do you suppose the people are doing behind the glass on the upper levels? UN conference Look at the opening page and discuss the following questions. Pre-listening Watch the video. hello Before listening: 1.Match each photo with the correct country name. 1 France _ Russia
6、 _ Germany _ Spain _ Canada_ India_ 3 4 2 6 1 5 勃兰登堡门 Spain_ Canada_ India_ 6 1 5 Look at the pictures and answer the following questions: France_ Russia_ Germany_ 3 4 2 Which languages are spoken in these countries?. hello 1 勃兰登堡门 Before listening: 2. Which languages are spoken in these countries?
7、Canada English French Germany German France French Before listening: 2. Which languages are spoken in these countries? Russia India Spain Russian Hindi English Spainish Pre-listening Do you know these countries and their languages? Japan-Japanese China-Chinese Egypt-Arabic Denmark-Danish Brazil-Port
8、uguese Italy-Italian Six official languages Introduction Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. Russian Chinese Korean Janpanese Spanish French English Arabic While Listening Circle the official languages of the United Nations. Listening Task 1.Listen and tick t
9、he two languages with the most native speakers.Circle the official languages of the United Nations While-listening Activity 3: Read the following questions and predict the meaning of the bold words. Then listen to the speech again and answer the questions. 1 What is the main topic of this speech? 2
10、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? Learning a foreign language. Nearly 7000. Around 2.8 billion. Its very useful to learn on
11、e or more foreign languages. 听力材料： Exploring languages around the world 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!
12、 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 futur
13、e. 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 American girl chose to learn Danish beca
14、use 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 do you think? Which other lan
15、guage would you choose to study and why? While-listening Activity 4: Listen to the speech again. What do the italicized 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 . They: students who choose to study a UN la
16、nguage it: studying a UN language They: the six UN official languages While-listening Listen to the speech again and fill in the blanks. The language(s) students choose to learn Reason One of the UN official languages Danish French It means better job chance in the future. Her grandparents were from
17、 Denmark. She had several friends from African counties where French is spoken. Post-listening Work 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:
18、 Yes, Id love to. Also, A: Task 2 (Pronunciation) 1. 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. Pronunciation Read the words to each other and see if you pronounce them differently. schedule h
19、ostile either address direct laboratory advertisement shone Listen and pay attention to how the speakers pronounce them. Words BrE AmE schedule edju:l skedl hostile hstal h stl either a (r) i address dres dres direct drekt drkt laboratory lbrtr l brtr advertisement dv:tsmnt dvtazmnt shone n on Liste
20、n 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 egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins werent invented in England or French fries in Fr
21、ance. 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 ham? (Richard Lederer) The first speaker has a B
22、ritish accent and the second speaker has an American accent. Pronunciation 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。 元音元音 字母a在重读音节上，且后面跟随 s m nt时，英音发 a:，美音 ，如fast, half 字母o为在后接一个爆破辅音的重 读闭音节中，英音发，美音近 似a:音的，如not, body 字母u和ue在英音中发ju:,美音发 u:，如reduce, due, student 辅音辅音 字母r在英音中只在元音前发音， 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 时，卷舌，如worker, tour 字母t在两个元音之间，英音发 t，美音发d，如water, letter, waiter, computer Key points: Assignment Do a survey in your class about which other language(s) you want to learn and why. Then write it down. Goodbye！
