Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorld(ListeningandSpeaking)Attheendofclass,youwillbeableto:1.PointoutthesixUNofficiallanguages.2.Getmainidea,details,andinferenceaswellasidentifypronounsandwhattheyreferto;3.Developyourcriticalthinkingbylistingthereasonsforlearningalanguagefromdifferentaspects.LearningObjectives（學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)）Onelanguagesetsyouinacorridorforlife.Twolanguagesopeneverydooralongtheway.—FrankSmith一種語言將你置于人生的走廊。兩種語言打開了路上的每一扇門?！ヌm克·史密斯Whatdothequotessuggestorimply?Yes.Theimportanceoflearningaforeignlanguage.Let’sExploreLanguagesAroundTheWorld!Howmanycountriesarethereintheworld?197Howmanylanguagesarethereintheworld?7117WhataretheofficiallanguagesintheUnitedNations?English,Chinese,French,Spanish,ArabicandRussianWhichisthemostdifficultlanguagetolearnintheworld?ChineseHowdopeoplesay“Hello!”inothercountries?中國：你好

英語：Hello，hi韓語：

?????法語：Bonjour德語:Hallo俄語:привет

日語:こんにちは阿拉伯語:?????

葡萄牙語:Olá荷蘭語:Hallo西班牙語:?Buenas!保加利亞語:здравей

瑞典語:hej希臘語:Γειασου

意大利語:Ciao波蘭語:cze??羅馬尼亞語:bun?.斯洛文尼亞語:zdravo,匈牙利語:helló芬蘭語:hei泰語:??????“Hello!”indifferentcountries?Activity1：Whatcountriesdothephotosstandfor?

Whichlanguagesarespokeninthesecountries?CanadaGermanyFranceRussiaIndiaSpainTheCNTowerBrandenburgGateRedSquareTajMahalLouvreMuseumPalaceofMadridEnglish,FrenchGermanFrenchRussianHindi,English...(22kinds)Spainish,regionallanguagesActivity2：Listentoaspeechand

tickthetwolanguageswiththemostnativespeakers.RussianChineseSpanishArabicEnglishFrenchListentoaspeechandcircletheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations[UN].RussianChineseKoreanJapaneseSpanishArabicEnglishFrenchRussianChineseKoreanJapaneseArabicEnglishFrench√√Activity3：Listentothespeechagain.Andanswerthequestions.1.Whatisthemaintopicofthisspeech?A.LearningaforeignlanguageB.Thewaystolearnforeignlanguages2.Thereare________________languagesintheworld.3._______________billionpeoplespeaktheUN’sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecondlanguage.4.Whatistheattitudeofthespeakertowardsforeignlanguagelearning?A.ObjectiveB.Skeptical(懷疑的)C.SupportiveD.UnconcernedNearly7,000Around2.81million=1,000,0001billion=1,000,000,000billion/?b?lj?n/n.十億billionsof數(shù)十億的million百萬millionsof成千上萬的thousand千thousandsof數(shù)以千計(jì)的hundred百hundredsof數(shù)以百計(jì)的

Tosomestudents,itseemsthatonlyforeignlanguagetolearnisEnglish.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?1.

Theythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.

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Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople...ReferencePronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refertosomethingorsomebodymentionedearlier.Payattentiontothecontextofwordstohelpyouunderstandwhatthepronounsreferto.Activity4：Listentoaclip.Whatdotheitalicisedwordsrefertointhesentences?“They”referstothestudentswhochooseoneofthelanguagesspokenintheUN.“It”referstooneofthelanguagesspokenintheUN.“They”referstothesixUNofficiallanguages.ListeningListentothewholespeechandfillinthechart.Themesentence:Itiswisetolearn

.ReasonsPeopleLanguagesforbetterjobchancesmanystudentsaUNlanguage(somestudents)becauseof

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oneAmericangirl

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Whatdoyouthink?Whichotherlanguagewouldyouchoosetostudyandwhy?atleastoneotherforeignlanguagefamilyfriendsDanishFrenchWhenlistening,payattentiontothelogicalwords(but,however,so,because...).FamilyPersonalinterestPersonaldevelopmentActivity5：Findoutandsumupthereasonsforlearningaforeignlanguage.Discussing:Whichforeignlanguagewouldyouliketochoose?Why?Pleaseinterviewyourgroupmembersandtakesomenotesinthefollowingtable.GroupmembersLanguagesReasons

Japanese1.Personalinterest(eg.IlikewatchingJapanesecartoons)

···2.Personaldevelopment(eg.Imayhavebetterjobchances)

···3.Familyorfriends(eg.myfatherisdoingbusinesswithRussians)

······SampledialogueA:Whatlanguagedoyouwanttostudy?B:Ireallywanttostudy...Ithink...A:Why?...B:Yes,I'dloveto.Also,...A:Oh,Irememberthat.ButIdon'tknow.....Activity6：

Thinkaboutwhichotherlanguageyouwanttolearnandwhy.Andtrytomakeaconversationoranoralreport.

Sampleoralrepo