ListeningandSpeaking

P60-61Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorld新人教必修Book1Learningobjectivestalkaboutsomecountriesandthelanguagesspokeninthesecountries;listenfortopicanddetailsofaspeech;identifywhatsomepronounsreferto;noticedifferencesinwordpronunciationanddistinguishBritishaccentandAmericanaccent.Inthisclass,youwillLookatthepicturesbelow.

1.Whatplacesarethereinthepictures?CNTowerBrandenburgGateLouvreMuseumRedSquareTajMahalRoyalPalaceofMadridLookatthepicturesbelow.

2.Whatcountriesdotheplacesstandfor?CanadaGermanyFranceRussiaIndiaSpainCNTowerBrandenburgGateLouvreMuseumRedSquareTajMahalRoyalPalaceofMadridLookatthepicturesbelow.

3.Whatofficiallanguagesarespokeninthesecpuntries?Canada:EnglishFrenchGermany:GermanFrance:FranchRussia:RussianIndia:HindiEnglish22majorlanguagesSpain:SpanishCatalanBasqueGalegoWatchthevideo.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。ListentoaspeechandcircletheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations.

RussianChineseKoreanJanpaneseSpanishFrenchEnglishArabicListenagainandtickthetwolanguageswiththemostnativespeakers.

RussianChineseKoreanJanpaneseSpanishFrenchEnglishArabic√√Listentothespeechagainandanswerthequestions.①

Howmanylanguagesarethereintheworld?②

HowmanybillionpeoplespeaktheUN’sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecondlanguage?③

Whatistheattitudeofthespeakertowardsforeign

languagelearning?①②③Listentothespeechagain.Whatdothepronounsrefertointhesentences?1.

Theythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.2.

Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople...Pronouns(it,they,she,etc.)

refertosomethingorsomebodymentionedearlier.Payattentiontothecontextofwordstohelpyouunderstandwhatthepronounsreferto.Listentothespeechtoknowmore.Topic:WhatlanguagesstudentschoosetolearnWhyOneoftheUNofficiallanguages(manystudents)Danish(anAmericangirl)French(anotheryounglady)...(you)Theythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.BecausehergrandparentswerefromDenmark.BecauseshehadseveralfriendsfromAfricancountrieswhereFrenchisspoken.learningaforeignlanguageWorkinpairsorgroups.Discusswhich

otherlanguage[s]youwanttolearnand

why.Post-listeningMyfatherisdoingbusinesswithRussians.I’dliketolearnRussiansoIcanhelphiminthefuture.IlikewatchingJapanesecartoons,soI’dliketolearnJapanese.PerhapsIshouldstudyFrench.Ithinkitsoundsbeautiful,andIknowit’susedinmanycountries.EXAMPLEA:Whatlanguagedoyouwanttostudy?B:IreallywanttostudyFrench.IthinkthattheFrenchlanguagesoundsbeautiful.A:Why?DoyouwanttogotoFrancesome

day?B:Yes,I’dloveto.Also,Frenchisusedby

manyinternationalorganisationsaroundthe

world.DoyouknowthatFIFA’sfullnameisinFrench?A:Oh,Irememberthat.ButIdon’tknowhowtopronounceit.ListeningtextⅠTosomestudents,itseemsthattheonlyforeignlanguagetolearnisEnglish.Thereare,however,nearly7,000languagesintheworld.AfterChinese,thelanguagewiththemostnativelanguagespeakersisn’tEnglish—it’sSpanish!LearningEnglishisveryuseful,butitiswisetolearnatleastoneotherforeignlanguage,ifpossible.Therearemanyreasonswhypeoplelearnaforeignlanguage.ManystudentschoosetostudyoneofthelanguagesthatarespokenattheUN.Astheythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.TheUNhassixofficiallanguages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,andSpanish.ListeningtextⅡTheyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeopleastheirnativeorsecondlanguages.Somestudents,though,choosetostudyalanguagebecauseoffamilyorfriends.OneAmericangirlchosetolearnDanishbecausehergrandparentswerefromDenmark.Whenshewaslittle,hergrandpausedtoreadletterstoherinDanishfromtheirrelativesinDenmark.AnotheryoungladystartedlearningFrenchbecauseshehadseveralfriendsfromAfricancountrieswhereFrenchisspoken.Whatdoyouthink?Whichotherlanguagewouldyouchoosetostudyandwhy?

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Workinpairs.Readthewordstoeachotherandseeifyoupronouncethemdifferently.Listenandpayattentiontohowthespeakerspronouncethem.Englishisacrazylanguage.Thereisnoe