(课件网) Unit 5 Languages Around the World Period 4 Listening and Talking 课前自主预习 Ⅰ. 核心单词 1．_____ /sp 's f k/adj.特定的；明确的；具体的 2．_____ /'str ɡl/n.& vi.斗争；奋斗；搏斗 3. _____ /t ?/n.舌头；语言 4．_____ /s 'mest (r)/n.学期 5．_____ /ɡ s/n.汽油；气体；燃气 specific struggle tongue semester gas 6．_____ /'petr l/n. (gas) 汽油 7．_____ /'s bwe /n. (underground) 地铁 8．_____ / 'pa tm nt/ n.公寓套房 9．_____ /ɡ p/n.间隔；开口；差距 10. _____ /d 'mɑ nd/ n. 要求；需求 vt. 强烈要求；需要 vi.查问 11．_____ /v 'k bj l ri/ n.词汇 petrol subway apartment gap demand vocabulary Ⅱ.拓展词汇 1. _____ /'i kw l/ n.同等的人；相等物 adj.相同的；同样的 → equality n．平等；相等 → equally adv.同样地；相等地；公平地 2．_____ /d 'skr p n/n.描写(文字)；形容 →describe (vt.) 描述；形容；描绘 3．_____ /r ′le t/vt.联系；讲述 → relation n. 关系 equal description relate Ⅲ. 重点短语 1．_____ of view 观点；看法 2．_____ to 与……相关；涉及；谈到 3．give_____ 放弃 4. _____ like 感觉像 5．used _____ 过去常常 Point relate up feel to 6．get/be _____ to 适应，习惯于 7．compare... _____ ……与……相比较 8．depend _____ 依靠，取决于 9．be _____ to 比……年长 10．aside _____ 除了……之外 used with on senior from 课文呈现 Explore different kinds of English 1 Listen to the first part of the talk. What are the different kinds of English mentioned British English，American English，and Australian English. 2 Listen to the second part of the talk. What are the two pairs of words that the student is confused by Tick them in the boxes. □semester/term □restroom/toilet □gas/petrol □subway/underground 3 Look at the pairs of words below. Which words are British English and which are American English Try to think of more pairs of words like these. British English：petrol；sweet；toilet；honour； mum；flat American English：gas；candy；restroom；honor； mom；apartment 4 Read and role-play the conversation. What misunderstanding has happened Martin：Hey，Zhou Wei，do you want to go shopping There′s a sale at my favourite store. Zhou Wei： Oh，yes! I really need to buy some pants. Martin：Pants That′s funny. I don′t usually go shopping with my friends for pants. Zhou Wei：You don′t Don′t you like to have somebody tell you if the pants look good or not Martin：Er... Not really ... Hey，wait，do you mean trousers—what you and I are wearing on our legs right now Zhou Wei：Oh，yes. That′s what I mean by pants! That′s American English，isn′t it Martin：Yes，it is! I knew what you meant，by the way. I was just joking with you. Did you know that in British English， “pants” means something very different Zhou Wei：Really So what does it mean Martin：In British English，the word “pants” means underwear. ... Zhou Wei refers to pants，American English for trousers. Martin explains that pants refers to underwear in British English. 5 Choose one or two pairs of words in Activity 3 and make a conversation. Th ... ...
