Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorldListeningandTalkingLead-inOnelanguagesetsyouinacorridorforlife.Twolanguagesopeneverydooralongtheway.—FrankSmith一種語言能帶你進入人生旅途，兩門語言為你開啟人生旅途中的所有大門?！ヌm克·史密斯Howmanylanguagesarespokenintheworld?A.Morethan4,000.

B.Morethan5,000.

C.Morethan6,000.

D.Morethan7,000.

Pre-listening√ExploredifferentkindsofEnglish1Listentothefirstpartofthetalk.WhatarethedifferentkindsofEnglishmentioned?BritishEnglish，AmericanEnglish，andAustralianEnglish.2Listentothesecondpartofthetalk.Whatarethetwopairsofwordsthatthestudentisconfusedby?Tickthemintheboxes.□semester/term□restroom/toilet□gas/petrol□subway/underground??3Lookatthepairsofwordsbelow.WhichwordsareBritishEnglishandwhichareAmericanEnglish?Trytothinkofmorepairsofwordslikethese.TapesciptsAmy: ThankyouverymuchforhelpingmewithmyEnglish.Betty: You’rewelcome!Whenareyoufreetomeet?Thissemester,I’mfreeonTuesdayand Thursdayafterlunch.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.Whereshallwe meet?Betty: Let’smeetatacoffeeshopnearmyhome.It’sveryconvenienttogettherebysubway.Amy: Subway?DoyoumeantheUnderground?Betty: Yes,thetrainthatgoesundertheground!Amy: Ah,gotit!Haha,mysecondEnglishlesson—thankyou!Lookatthepairsofwordsbelow.

WhichwordsareBritishEnglishandwhichareAmericanEnglish?Trytothinkofmorepairsofwordslikethese.petrolgassweetcandytoiletrestroomhonourhonormummomflatapartmentBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishpetrolgassweetcandytoiletrestroomhonourhonormummomflatapartmentautumnfallcertainlysurefilmmoviefootballsoccerpractise(v.)practice(v.)BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishlorrytruckcarparkparkinglotgardenyardholidayvacationmobilephonecellphoneBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishmotorwayexpresswaypostmailpavementsidewalkliftelevatorgroundfloorfirstfloorReferencePronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refertosomethingorsomebodymentionedearlier.Payattentiontothecontextofwordstohelpyouunderstandwhatthepronounsreferto.ListeningskillsTosomestudents,

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?TranscriptWorkinpairsorgroups.Discusswithyoupartners:

Ifyouhavethechance,whatotherlanguage(s)doyouwanttolearn?Why?

HowdoyouunderstandFrankSmith’swords“Onelanguagesetsyouinacorridorforlife.Twolanguagesopeneverydooralongtheway.”?4Readandrole-playtheconversation.Whatmisunderstandinghashappened?Martin：Hey，ZhouWei，doyouwanttogoshopping?There′sasaleatmyfavouritestore.ZhouWei：

Oh，yes!Ireallyneedtobuysomepants.Martin：Pants?That′sfunny.Idon′tusuallygoshoppingwithmyfriendsforpants.ZhouWei：Youdon′t?Don′tyouliketohavesomebodytellyouifthepantslookgoodornot?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....ZhouWeireferstopants，AmericanEnglishfortrousers.MartinexplainsthatpantsreferstounderwearinBritishEnglish.ChineseBrEAmE街區(qū)；鄰近的地方neighbourhoodneighborhood勞動力labourlabor顏色colourcolor榮譽honourablehonorable幽默humourhumor特別喜愛的人（或物）favouritefavorite電影院theatretheater公里kilometrekilometerMorepairsofwords.ChineseBrEAmE電梯liftelevator汽油petrolgas,gasoline秋天autumnfall地鐵undergroundsubway大學universitycollege垃圾rubbishgarbage垃圾箱dustbintrashcan假期holidayvacation兩周fortnighttwoweeksMorepairsofwords.ChineseBrEAmE公寓flatapartment酒吧pub