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JapaneseSpanishArabicEnglishFrench√√Activity2ListentoaspeechandcircletheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations[UN].RussianChineseKorean

JapaneseSpanishArabicEnglishFrenchActivity3Listentothespeechagain.Andanswerthequestions.1.Whatisthemaintopicofthisspeech?A.LearningaforeignlanguageB.Thewaystolearnforeignlanguages2.Thereare________________languagesintheworld.3._______________billionpeoplespeaktheUN’sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecondlanguage.4.Whatistheattitudeofthespeakertowardsforeignlanguagelearning?A.ObjectiveB.Skeptical(懷疑的)C.SupportiveD.UnconcernedNearly7,000Around2.8

Tosomestudents,itseemsthatonlyforeignlanguagetolearnisEnglish.Thereare,however,nearly7,000

languagesintheworld.AfterChinese,thelanguagewiththemostnativelanguagespeakersisn'tEnglish--it'sSpanish!LearningEnglishisveryuseful,butitiswisetolearnatleastoneotherforeignlanguage,ifpossible.Therearemanyreasonswhypeoplelearnaforeignlanguage.ManystudentschoosetostudyoneofthelanguagesthatarespokenattheUN,astheythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.TheUNhassixofficiallanguages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,andSpanish.Listeningtext Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeopleastheirnativeorsecondlanguages. Somestudents,though,choosetostudyalanguagebecauseoffamilyorfriends.OneAmericangirlchosetolearnDanishbecausehergrandparentswerefromDenmark.Whenshewaslittle,hergrandpausedtoreadletterstoherinDanishfromtheirrelativesinDenmark.AnotheryoungladystartedlearningFrenchbecauseshehadseveralfriendsfromAfricancountrieswhereFrenchisspoken.Whatdoyouthink?Whichotherlanguagewouldyouchoosetostudyandwhy?ListeningtextActivity4Listentothespeechagain.Whatdotheitalicised(斜體的)wordsrefertointhesentences?ReferencePronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refertosthorsbmentionedearlier.Payattentiontothecontextofwordstohelpyouunderstandwhatthepronounsreferto.1．They

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meansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.2．Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople...“They”meansstudents;and“it”meansaforeignlanguage.“They”meanssixUN

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Thereisnoeggineggplantnorhaminhamburger;neitherapplenorpineinpineapple.Englishmuffinsweren'tinventedinEnglandorFrenchfriesinFrance.Sweetmeatsarecandieswhilesweetbreads,whicharen'tsweet,aremeat....Wefindthatquicksandcanworkslowly,boxingringsaresquare,andaguineapigisneitherfromGuineanorisitpig.Andwhyisitthatwriterswrite....

buthammersdon'tham?(RichardLederer)Britishaccent(woman)Americanaccent(man)“茄子”里沒有egg卻偏偏叫做eggplant，“菠蘿”里沒有apple卻偏偏叫做pineapple；[?pa?n??pl]“糖果,果脯，

蜜餞”不是肉偏偏叫做sweetmeat，“（食用的小牛）胰臟”是肉偏偏叫做sweetbread；“淡水”不是甜的偏偏叫做sweetwater；“廁所”不是用來休息的，偏偏叫做restroom；“炸薯條”不是法國發明的，偏叫做Frenchfries；“氣管炎/佝僂病”并非英國特有，偏叫做Englishdiseasequicksand流沙boxingring拳擊場地

guineapig[?ɡ?nip?ɡ]豚鼠；天竺鼠Guinea[?ɡ?ni]n.幾內亞hammer[?h?m?(r)]n.錘子，榔頭ham[h?m]v.過火地表演n.火腿EnjoyashortvideoListening&TalkingActivity1Brainstorming：DoyouknowthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish?ChallengeyourmemoryChineseBr.EAm.E公寓________________________汽油________________________地鐵________________________flatapartmentpetrolgasundergroundsubwayExploredifferentkindsofEnglishHowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?ListeningandTalkingActivity2:

Listentothefirstpartofthetalk.WhatarethedifferentkindsofEnglishmentioned?BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglishLISTENINGPART1AsmanycountriesspeakEnglishasafirstlanguage,therearemanydifferentkindsofEnglisharoundtheworld:BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,AustralianEnglish,andmanyothers.SomeEnglishlearnersmightask,“CanEnglishspeakersfromdifferentcountriesallunderstandeachother?”Theanswerisyes.Peopleinthesecountriescanusuallyunderstandeachotherwithveryfewproblems.Therearedifferencesinvocabulary,pronunciation,andgrammar,butthoseareusuallynotbigproblems.Howeverthosedifferencescancauseconfusionfornon-nativeEnglishspeakers.Forexample,astudentwhohaslearntBritishEnglishmightnotbefamiliarwiththedifferentvocabularythatanAmericanmightuse.ListentothisconversationbetweenaforeignlanguagestudentandherAmericanclassmate.

semester/termrestroom/toiletgas/petrolsubway/underground√Activity3:Listentothesecondpart.Tickthetwopairsofwordsthatthestudentisconfusedby.Tickthemintheboxes.√LISTENINGPART2Amy:ThankyouverymuchforhelpingmewithmyEnglish.Betty:You'rewelcome!Whenareyoufreetomeet?Thissemester,I’mfree onTuesdayandThursdayafterlunch.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.Whereshallwemeet?Betty:Let'smeetatacoffeeshopnearmyhome.It'sveryconvenienttogettherebysubway.Amy:Subway?DoyoumeantheUnderground?Betty:Yes,thetrainthatgoesundertheground!Amy:Ah,gotit!Haha,mysecondEnglishlesson----thankyou!Petrolsweettoilethonour