Section Ⅰ Listening and speaking & Listening and Talking Step One: Speaking Look at the following pictures, would you like to visit them? Discuss with your partners which official languages are spoken in these countries. Spain: Spanish India: English Germany: _German France：French America: English Canada: English Britain：English Russia: Russian Step Two: Listening Ⅰ.Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. Choose the official languages of the United Nations (UN)． (教材P60) ( ) Russian ( ) Chinese ( ) Korean ( ) Japanese ( ) Spanish ( ) Arabic ( ) English ( ) French The most native speakers: Chinese,_Spanish The official languages of the United Nations (UN): Arabic;_Chinese;_English;_French;_Russian;_Spanish 听力材料： Exploring languages around the world To some students, it seems that the only foreign language to learn is English. There are, however, nearly 7,000 languages in the world. After Chinese, the language with the most native language speakers isn't English — it's Spanish! Learning English is very useful, but it is wise to learn at least one other foreign language, if possible. There are many reasons why people learn a foreign language. Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at the UN. As they think it means better job chances in the future. The UN has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second languages. Some students, though, choose to study a language because of family or friends. One American girl chose to learn Danish because her grandparents were from Denmark. When she was little, her grandpa used to read letters to her in Danish from their relatives in Denmark. Another young lady started learning French because she had several friends from African countries where French is spoken. What do you think? Which other language would you choose to study and why? Ⅱ.Listen to the speech again and answer the questions. 1．What is the main topic of this speech? 答案：It_is_mainly_languages_around_the_world. 2．How many languages are there in the world? 答案：Nearly_7,000. 3．How many billion people speak the UN's official as their native or second language? 答案：2.8_billion. 4．What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning? 答案：He_believes_learning_foreign_languages_is_very_useful. Listening Tips 1．注意细节 Before listening to the text, look through the exercises quickly and find out the key points according to the exercises. 2．巧判人物关系，身份与职业 人物关系、职业、身份等相关方面的听力试题要求在某一特定环境下，对说话人的身份进行推理与判断。该项内容的考查多是以who或what开头的特殊疑问句，其常问方式有： What is the man (woman)? What's the man's (woman's) occupation (职业)? Who is the man speaker? What's the probable relationship between the two speakers? 另外，我们可根据以上内容所提供的称呼语并结合生活常识进行判 ... ...
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