Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorldListeningandSpeakingOnelanguagesetsyouinacorridorforlife.Twolanguagesopeneverydooralongtheway.——FrankSmith一門(mén)語(yǔ)言能帶你進(jìn)入人生旅途，兩門(mén)語(yǔ)言則為你開(kāi)啟人生旅途中的所有大門(mén)。Watchthevideo.While-listeningTheUnitedNationsisanintergovernmentalorganizationtaskedwithmaintaininginternationalpeaceandsecurity,developingfriendlyrelationsamongnations,achievinginternationalco-operation,andbeingacentreforharmonizingtheactionsofnations.ItwasestablishedafterWorldWarII,withtheaimofpreventingfuturewars,andsucceededtheineffectiveLeagueofNations.Itsheadquarters,whicharesubjecttoextraterritoriality,areinManhattan,NewYorkCity,andithasothermainofficesinGeneva,Nairobi,ViennaandtheHague.WhatisUnitedNations?聯(lián)合國(guó)是一個(gè)政府間組織，其任務(wù)是維護(hù)國(guó)際和平與安全，發(fā)展國(guó)家間的友好關(guān)系，實(shí)現(xiàn)國(guó)際合作，并成為協(xié)調(diào)各國(guó)行動(dòng)的中心。它成立于第二次世界大戰(zhàn)后，目的是防止未來(lái)的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，并接替了無(wú)效的國(guó)際聯(lián)盟。其總部位于紐約曼哈頓，具有治外法權(quán)，在日內(nèi)瓦、內(nèi)羅畢、維也納和海牙設(shè)有其他主要辦事處。Ex.1Whatcountriesdothephotosstandfor?

Whichlanguagesarespokeninthesecountries?TheCNTowerBrandenburgGateRedSquareTajMahalLouvreMuseumPalaceofMadridCanadaEnglish,FrenchGermanyGermanFranceFrenchRussiaRussianIndiaHindi,EnglishSpainSpanishDoyouknowthesecountriesandtheirlanguages?Japan-JapaneseChina-ChineseEgypt-ArabicDenmark-DanishBrazil-Portuguese[?p??rt?u?ɡi?z]Italy-ItalianWhile-listeningEx.2:Listentoaspeechandtickthetwolanguageswiththemostnativespeakers.CircletheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations(UN).√√1.Whatisthemaintopicofthisspeech?2.Howmanylanguagesarethereintheworld?3.HowmanybillionpeoplespeaktheUN’sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecondlanguage?4.Whatistheattitudeofthespeakertowardsforeignlanguagelearning?Learningaforeignlanguage.

Nearly7,000.Around2.8billion.

It’sveryusefultolearnoneormoreforeignlanguages.

Ex3.Listentothespeechagainandanswerthequestions.1

They

think

it

meansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.

2Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople...They:studentswhochoosetostudyaUNlanguage.it:studyingaUNlanguage.They:thesixofficialUNlanguages.ReferencePronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refertosomethingorsomebodymentionedearlier.Payattentiontothecontextofwordstohelpyouunderstandwhatthepronounsreferto.Ex.4.Listentothespeechagain.Whatdotheitalicisedwordsrefertointhesentences?

Tosomestudents,itseemsthattheonlyforeignlanguagetolearnisEnglish.Thereare,however,nearly7,000languagesintheworld.AfterChinese,thelanguagewiththemostnativelanguagespeakersisn'tEnglish,it'sSpanish!LearningEnglishisveryuseful,butitiswisetolearnatleastoneotherforeignlanguage,ifpossible.Therearemanyreasonswhypeoplelearnaforeignlanguage.ManystudentschoosetostudyoneofthelanguagesthatarespokenattheUN.Astheythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.TheUNhassixofficiallanguages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,andSpanish.Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeopleastheirnativeorsecondlanguages.Somestudents,though,choosetostudyalanguagebecauseoffamilyorfriends.OneAmericangirlchosetolearnDanishbecausehergrandparentswerefromDenmark.Whenshewaslittle,hergrandpausedtoreadletterstoherinDanishfromtheirrelativesinDenmark.AnotheryoungladystartedlearningFrenchbecauseshehadseveralfriendsfromAfricancountrieswhereFrenchisspoken.Whatdoyouthink?Whichotherlanguagewouldyouchoosetostudyandwhy?Ex5.Workinpairsorgroups.Discusswhichotherlanguage(s)youwanttolearnandwhy.EXAMPLEA:Whatlanguagedoyouwanttostudy?B:IreallywanttostudyFrench.I

thinkthattheFrenchlanguagesounds

beautiful.A:Why?DoyouwanttogotoFrancesomeday?B:Yes,I’dloveto.Also,Frenchisusedbymanyinternationalorganisations

around

theworld.DoyouknowthatFIFA’sfullnameisinFrench?A:Oh,Irememberthat.ButIdon’tknowhowtopronounceit.Pronunciation1Workinpairs.Readthewordstoeachotherandseeifyoupronouncethemdifferently.schedule

hostile

either

addressdirect

laboratory

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shone

Listenandpayattentiontohowthespeakerspronouncethem.Pronunciation2Listentotheparagraphreadbytwodifferentspeakers.

WhichspeakerhasaBritishaccentandwhichhasanAmericanaccent?Englishisacrazylanguage.Thereisnoeggineggplantnorhaminhamburger;neitherapplenorpineinpineapple.Englishmuffinsweren’tinventedinEnglandorFrenchfriesinFrance.Sweetmeatsarecandieswhilesweetbreads,whicharen’tsweet,aremeat....