1、Unit 5 Languages Around the World Period 1 Listening and Speaking Task 1 (Activity 1Activity 5) Warming-up (1) Do you know how many working languages there are at an international conference? (2) What are the official languages of the UN? (3) What do you suppose the people are doing behind the glass
2、 on the upper levels? UN conference Look at the opening page and discuss the following questions. Pre-listening Watch the video. Pre-listening Activity 1: Match each photo with the correct country name. Then discuss which languages are spoken in these countries. France _ Russia _ Germany _ Spain _ C
3、anada _ India _ French Russian German Spanish English Hindi Pre-listening Do you know these countries and their languages? Japan-Japanese China-Chinese Egypt-Arabic Denmark-Danish Brazil-Portuguese Italy-Italian While-listening Activity 2: Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most
4、native speakers. Circle the official languages of the United Nations (UN). 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 How many languages are t
5、here 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 one or more foreign langua
6、ges. 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 language it: studying a UN language Th
7、ey: 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 Denmark. She had several friends fr
8、om 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: Yes, Id love to. Also, A: Task 2 (P
9、ronunciation) 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 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
10、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！
