Unit5ListeningandSpeakingExplorelanguagesaroundtheworldAttheendoftheclass,youwillbeableto:1.understandthediversityofworldlanguages;2.practiselisteningformainidea,details,andinferenceaswellasidentifyingpronounsandwhattheyreferto;3.summarizereasonsforchoosingforeignlanguagesinthelisteningmaterialsandsomeexamples,andpresenttheirownreasons;4.makeaspeechtoattractforeignerstolearnChineseasaChineseforeignministryspokesman.LearningobjectivesTheUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyInterpretersofdifferentlanguagesHello!

Hallo!TheCNTowerBrandenburgGateMuséeduLouvreBonjour!RedSquareЗдравствыйте??????TajMahalRoyalPalaceofMadrid?Hola!France:FrenchGermany:GermanCanada:English,FrenchRussia:RussianIndia:Hindi,English…Spain:SpanishWhatcountriesarethese?Pre-listeningListentoaspeech.Tickthetwolanguageswiththemostnativespeakers.RussianChineseKoreanJapaneseSpanishArabicEnglishFrenchWhile-listeningListentoaspeech.CircletheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations(UN).RussianChineseKoreanJapaneseSpanishArabicEnglishFrenchListenagain.Answerthequestions.Howmanylanguagesarethereintheworld?Nearly7,000.HowmanybillionpeoplespeaktheUN’sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecondlanguage?Around2.8billion.Whatistheattitudeofthespeakertowardsforeignlanguagelearning?

Itisusefultolearnoneormoreforeignlanguages.Whatisthemaintopicofthespeech?Learningaforeignlanguage.①②③Listenagain.Whatdotheitalicised(斜體的)wordsrefertointhesentences?They

thinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople…StudentswhochoosetostudyaUNlanguageStudyingaforeignlanguageThesixofficialUNlanguagesPost-listeningWhichotherlanguage(s)doyouwanttolearn?Why?Lookatthepicturebelow.What’syourdiscovery?Listentothefirstpartofthetalk.WhatarethedifferentkindsofEnglishmentioned?BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglishandAustralianEnglish.LISTENINGPART1AsmanycountriesspeakEnglishasafirstlanguage,therearemanydifferentkindsofEnglisharoundtheworld:BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,AustralianEnglish,andmanyothers.SomeEnglishlearnersmightask,“CanEnglishspeakersfromdifferentcountriesallunderstandeachother?”Theanswerisyes.Peopleinthesecountriescanusuallyunderstandeachotherwithveryfewproblems.Therearedifferencesinvocabulary,pronunciation,andgrammar,butthoseareusuallynotbigproblems.However,thosedifferencescancauseconfusionfornon-nativeEnglishspeakers.Forexample,astudentwhohaslearntBritishEnglishmightnotbefamiliarwiththedifferentvocabularythatanAmericanmightuse.ListentothisconversationbetweenaforeignlanguagestudentandherAmericanclassmate.Listentothesecondpartofthetalk.Tickthepairsofwordsthatthestudentsareconfusedby.semestertermrestroomtoiletgaspetrolsubwayundergroundLISTENINGPART2Amy:ThankyouverymuchforhelpingmewithmyEnglish.Betty:You'rewelcome!Whenareyoufreetomeet?Thissemester,I'mfreeonTuesdayandThursdayafterlunch.Amy:

I'msorry?Whatdoes“semester”mean?Betty:Youknow,semester-halfofaschoolyear.Amy:

Oh,youmeanlikeaterm?Betty:Yes,likeaterm.TheBritishsay“term”.Weusuallysay“semester”hereinAmerica.Amy:Gotit!MyfirstEnglishlessonwithyou,haha?OK,let'smeetonTuesday.Whereshallwemeet?Betty:Let'smeetatacoffeeshopnearmyhome.It'sveryconvenienttogettherebysubway.Amy:Subway?DoyoumeantheUnderground?BritishEnglishorAmericanEnglish?Canyouthinkofmorepairsofwordslikethese?AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishmetre/meter,favourite/favorite,autumn/fall,film/movie,football/soccer,practise(v.)/practice(v.),traveller/traveler……美式英語與英式英語的區(qū)別1.發(fā)音：美國英語有卷舌音，但英式英語沒有，例如r發(fā)音，美國人在r發(fā)音之前發(fā)音，而英式英語發(fā)音平緩，不發(fā)r音，這就是為什么美國英語聽起來比英國英語更圓滑的原因。2.語調(diào)：美國英語和英國英語語音符號是不同的，導(dǎo)致他們的語調(diào)不同，美國人更加夸張，英國人更注重整潔。美式是這樣的Oh!myGad，而英式是這樣的Oh,myGod!從語調(diào)的起伏來看，英式的風格甚至更小。3.說話速度：美國人一分鐘能說近150個單詞，而英國人能說近200個單詞，因為英語發(fā)音波動更快。4.單詞拼寫不同：美式英語通常會將英式英語字母組合“our”中的“u”省去,美式英語常用“z”。5.部分用詞不同：autumn(英式）fall(美式)TalkingUnderlinetheusefulexpressionsfor