Unit-5-Languages-Around-the-World--Listening

ListeningandSpeakingP60-61Unit5LanguagesaroundtheWorld新人教必修Book1Onelanguagesetsyouinacorridorforlife.Twolanguagesopeneverydooralongtheway.----FrankSmithTask1(Activity1—Activity5)Doyouknowwherethephotowastaken？Whataretheydoing?Wherearetheyfrom?Whichlanguagesdoyouthinkareofficiallyusedhere?DoyouknowwheretheUnitedNationsconferenceisheld?Brainstorming•TrytomakeabriefintroductiontotheUnitedNations.BeforeListeningWatchthevideo:TheUnitedNationsisanintergovernmentalorganizationtaskedwithmaintaininginternationalpeaceandsecurity,developingfriendlyrelationsamongnations,achievinginternationalco-operation,andbeingacentreforharmonizingtheactionsofnations.ItwasestablishedafterWorldWarII,withtheaimofpreventingfuturewars,andsucceededtheineffectiveLeagueofNations.Itsheadquarters,whicharesubjecttoextraterritoriality,areinManhattan,NewYorkCity,andithasothermainofficesinGeneva,Nairobi,ViennaandtheHague.IntroductionWarming-up(1)Doyouknowhowmanyworkinglanguagesthereareataninternationalconference?(2)WhataretheofficiallanguagesoftheUN?(3)Whatdoyousupposethepeoplearedoingbehindtheglassontheupperlevels?UNconferenceLookattheopeningpageanddiscussthefollowingquestions.Pre-listeningWatchthevideo.helloBeforelistening:1.Matcheachphotowiththecorrectcountryname.1France____Russia____Germany_____Spain_____Canada____India___342615勃兰登堡门Spain________Canada________India________615Lookatthepicturesandanswerthefollowingquestions:France_______Russia______Germany______②342Whichlanguagesarespokeninthesecountries?.hello1勃兰登堡门Beforelistening:2.Whichlanguagesarespokeninthesecountries?CanadaEnglishFrenchGermanyGermanFranceFrenchBeforelistening:2.Whichlanguagesarespokeninthesecountries?RussiaIndiaSpainRussianHindiEnglishSpainishPre-listeningDoyouknowthesecountriesandtheirlanguages?Japan-JapaneseChina-ChineseEgypt-ArabicDenmark-DanishBrazil-PortugueseItaly-ItalianSixofficiallanguagesIntroductionListentoaspeechandtickthetwolanguageswiththemostnativespeakers.RussianChineseKoreanJanpaneseSpanishFrenchEnglishArabicWhileListeningCircletheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations.√√ListeningTask1.Listenandtickthetwolanguageswiththemostnativespeakers.CircletheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNationsWhile-listeningActivity3:Readthefollowingquestionsandpredictthemeaningoftheboldwords.Thenlistentothespeechagainandanswerthequestions.1Whatisthemaintopicofthisspeech?2Howmanylanguagesarethereintheworld?3HowmanybillionpeoplespeaktheUN’sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecondlanguage?4Whatistheattitudeofthespeakertowardsforeignlanguagelearning?Learningaforeignlanguage.Nearly7000.Around2.8billion.It’sveryusefultolearnoneormoreforeignlanguages.听力材料：ExploringlanguagesaroundtheworldTosomestudents,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?While-listeningActivity4:Listentothespeechagain.Whatdotheitalicizedwordsrefertointhesentences?1Theythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.2Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople...They:studentswhochoosetostudyaUNlanguageit:studyingaUNlanguageThey:thesixUNofficiallanguagesWhile-listeningListentothespeechagainandfillintheblanks.Thelanguage(s)studentschoosetolearnReasonOneoftheUNofficiallanguagesDanishFrenchItmeansbetterjobchanceinthefuture.HergrandparentswerefromDenmark.ShehadseveralfriendsfromAfricancountieswhereFrenchisspoken.Post-listeningWorkinpairsorgroups.Discusswhichotherlanguage(s)youwanttolearnandwhy.A:Whatlanguagedoyouwanttostudy?B:Ireallywanttostudy...Ithinkthat…A:Why?Doyouwanttogoto…someday?B:Yes,I’dloveto.Also,…A:…Task2(Pronunciation)1.Workinpairs.Readthewordstoeachotherandseeifyoupronouncethemdifferently.2.Listenandpayattentiontohowthespeakerspronouncethem.PronunciationReadthewordstoeachotherandseeifyoupronouncethemdifferently.schedulehostileeitheraddressdirectlaboratoryadvertisementshoneListenandpayattentiontohowthespeakerspronouncethem.WordsBrEAmEschedule['ʃedju:l]['skedʒʊl]hostile['hɒstaɪl]['hɑstl]either['aɪðə(r)]['iðɚ]address[ə'dres][ædres]direct[də'rekt][də'rɜkt]laboratory[lə'bɒrətrɪ]['læbrəˌtɔrɪ]advertisement[əd'vɜ:tɪsmənt][ˌædvɚ'taɪzmənt]shone[ʃɒn][ʃon]Listentotheparagraphreadbytwodifferentspeakers.WhichspeakerhasaBritishaccentan