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课件网) Unit 5 Languages aroud the world Listening and Speaking Explore languages around the world One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. 一门语言能带你进入人生旅途，两门语言则为你开启人生旅途中的所有大门。 Warming-up ———Let’s enjoy Who？ Where？ What？ Yi was delivering a speech in the United Nations(U.N) English Do you know other official languages of the UN Do you know these countries and their official languages Japan Japanese Egypt Arabic(阿拉伯语） Denmark Danish Korea Korean ①. What's the main topic of this speech A.The official languages of the UN. B. Learning a foreign language. C. One American girl. ②. What's the speaker's attitude towards foreign language learning Listen for main ideas opinion/feeling A. objective (客观的) B. supportive C. doubtful (怀疑的) Learning English is very useful, but it is wise to learn at least one other foreign language, if possible. Listen for details 1. How many languages are there in the world 2. How many UN’s official languages are there 3. How many billion people speak the UN’s official languages as their native or second language nearly 7000 languages six around 2.8 billion They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second language. United Nations 4. Why do many students choose to study one of the UN official languages As they think it means better job chances in the future. The UN has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, and Spanish. Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at the UN. Reference: Pronouns(it, they, she. etc.) refer to something or somebody mentioned earlier. Pay attention to the context to help you understand what the pronouns refer to. Listening ———Listen for details 1. How many languages are there in the world 2. What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning Nearly 7000 It's _____ to learn at least one other foreign languages, if possible. useful What’s others’ attitude Why do they learn languages Listening ———Listen for details For the general reason: refer to Who Listening ———Listen for details For various reasons: Who Language Reason Some students one of … Because of _____ An American girl Because her _____ are from _____ Another young lady She had several _____ from _____ spoken countries. Danish French friends and family grandparents Denmark friends French Going on：Why do you want to learn that language The reason why I choose to study _____ is that _____ Speaking Think about other language(s) you want to learn and why. My father is doing business with Russians. I’d like to learn Russian so I can help him in the future. Perhaps I should study French. I think it sounds beautiful, and I know it’s used in many countries. I like watching Japanese cartoons, so I’d like to learn Japanese. Post-listening Family Personal interest Personal development Pair work Samp ... ...
