UNIT5LANGUAGESAROUNDTHEWORLDListening

andSpeaking&ListeningandTalkingUnit5LanguagesaroundtheworldToexploredifferentkindsofEnglishWatchthevideo

andfindoutwhatisdifferentbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.Pronunciation.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?Sharewithyourpartner.RereadthecontentswehavelearnedinListeningandSpeakingandanswerthequestions.1.Whichlanguagehasthemostnativespeakersintheworld—English,SpanishorChinese?2.HowaboutEnglish?Doesithavethesecondlargestnumberofnativespeakersintheworld?Chinese.No,itcomesthethird,afterSpanish.ExploringlanguagesaroundtheworldBeforeyoulisten,matcheachphotowiththecorrectcountryname.Thendiscusswhichlanguagesarespokeninthesecountries.Hello!Bonjour!Hallo!здравствуйте!iHola!!FranceGermanyCanadaRussiaIndiaSpainListeningandSpeakingListentoaspeechandtickthetwolanguageswiththemostnativespeakers.CircletheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations

(UN).

Russian ChineseKoreanJapaneseSpanishArabicEnglishFrench√√SixofficiallanguagesusedintheUnitedNationsEnglishArabicChineseSpanishFrenchRussiansemester/term

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gas/petrolsubway/undergroundListentothesecondpartofthetalk.Whatarethetwopairsofwordsthatthestudentisconfusedby?Tickthemintheboxes.√√2Lookatthepairsofwordsbelow.WhichwordsareBritishEnglishandwhichareAmericanEnglish?BritishEnglishAmericanEnglish3WhenyouheartwonativespeakersofEnglish,theymaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.WhatdifferencescanbefoundbetweentheBE,AEandAusE?DifferencesBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglishPronunciationSpellingIntonationDifferentwordsWithoutobvious[r]Withobvious[r]biscuitcookiesOh!MyGod.MorevariousflatapartmentWillsuchdifferencesbebarriersintheircommunication?Veryunique;simplerWithobvious[r]MorevariousdummySuchdifferencescancausesomemisunderstandingsintheircommunicationbuttheycanclearitup.InAmericanEnglish,“pants”referstotrousers.Buttheword“pants”meansunderwearinBritishEnglish.Activity4:Role-playandReadtheconversation.Whatmisunderstandinghashappened?Whatkindofinterestingmisunderstandingswillhappenintheircommunication?Howcanweclearitup?Askforclarification(解釋澄清).Findouttheexpressionstoaskforclarification.Youdon't?Really?Whatdoesitmean?Iknewwhatyoumeanbytheway.That'swhatImeanbypants.ConfusionClarificationReadtheconversationagainandanswerthequestions.WhatdoesZhouWeiwanttobuy?WhydoesMartinfeelpuzzledaboutwhatZhouWeiwantstobuy?Howdotheymisunderstandeachother?Howdotheyclearupthemisunderstanding?Martin:Hey,ZhouWei,doyouwanttogoshopping?There’sasaleatmyfavouritestore.ZhouWei:Oh,yes!Ireallyneedtobuysomepants.Martin:Pants?That’sfunny.Idon’tusuallygoshoppingwithmyfriendsforpants.ZhouWei:Youdon’t?Don’tyouliketohavesomebodytellyouifthepantslookgoodornot?Role-playtheconversation.Martin:Er…Notreally…Hey,wait,doyoumeantrousers—whatyouandIarewearingonourlegsrightnow?ZhouWei:Oh,yes.That’swhatImeanbypants!That’sAmericanEnglish,isn'tit?Martin:Yes,itis!Iknewwhatyoumeant,bytheway.Iwasjustjokingwithyou.DidyouknowthatinBritishEnglish,“pants”meanssomethingverydifferent?ZhouWei:

Really?Sowhatdoesitmean?Martin:InBritishEnglish,theword“pants”meansunderwear.…疑惑：Pardon?/Youdon’t?/Really?/Whatdoesitmean?釋疑：Ithinkyoumean…/That’swhatImeanby…/

Iknewwhatyoumeant./That’swhy…截止期限time-limit/deadline時(shí)間表timetable/schedule城市town/city褲子trousers/pants鐵路tube(London)/subway工作時(shí)間workingday/workday工廠works/factoryTrytothinkofmorepairsofwordslikethese.ChooseoneortwopairsofwordsinActivity3andmakeaconversation.Theexpressionsbelowmayhelpyou.Doyoumean...?Doesthatmean...?I’msorry.