人教版普通高中英語必修第一冊Unit5Listening,Speaking,TalkingandVideoTime:LanguagesAroundtheWorldListening(1)1.Whatisthemaintopicofthisspeech?A.Learningaforeignlanguage.B.Languagesintheworld.C.ThelanguagewiththemostnativespeakersNearly7,000.Listentothespeechandanswerthequestions.2.Howmanylanguagesarethereintheworld?TipsMarkthekeywords

beforelistening.Takenoteswhilelistening.Listening(1)3.HowmanybillionpeoplespeaktheUN’sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecondlanguage?4.Whatistheattitudeofthespeakertowardsforeignlanguagelearning?Around2.8billion.objectiveB.skepticalC.supportiveD.unconcernedListening(1)1.

Theythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.2.Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople...They:studentswhochoosetostudyaUNlanguageit:studyingaUNlanguageThey:thesixofficialUNlanguagesTherearemanyreasonswhypeoplelearnaforeignlanguage.ManystudentschoosetostudyoneofthelanguagesthatarespokenattheUN.Astheythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.TheUNhassixofficiallanguages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,andSpanish.Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeopleastheirnativeorsecondlanguages.Listentothespeechagain.Whatdotheitalicizedwordsrefertointhesentences?WatchandThinkLookatthepicturebelowandfigureouttheirproblem.Bothofthemthinkthey’reonthe“first”floor,buttheyareondifferentfloors.I’man_________.I’ma_______.BritishAmericanListening(2)Lookatthepairsofwordsbelow.WhichwordsareBritishEnglishandwhichareAmericanEnglish?BrEAmEListeningandTalkingWhatarethetwopairsofwordsthatthestudentisconfusedby?Listenandtickthemintheboxes.semester/termrestroom/toiletsubway/undergroundgas/petrolAskotherstorepeatorexplainbysaying:Doyoumean…?Wouldyoumindrepeating…?Whatdoes…mean?Doesthatmean…?Ibegyourpardon.Sowhatyou’rereallysayingis…AmIrightinsaying…???ListeningandTalking1.WhatarethedifferentkindsofEnglishmentioned?2.InwhatwaysarethesekindsofEnglishdifferentfromeachother?Arethesedifferencesgreat?3.Forwhomcanthesedifferencescauseconfusion?TherearemanydifferentkindsofEnglisharoundtheworld,______________,_______________，___________________andmanyothers.British

EnglishAmericanEnglishAustralian

EnglishTherearedifferencesinvocabulary,pronunciationandgrammar,butthoseareusuallynotbigproblems.Thesedifferencescancauseconfusionfornon-nativespeakers.WhileWatchingAncientChinesepeople_________symbolsontoturtleshellsorbonesofanimals.Manyoftoday’scharactershavetheir_________intheobservationsofancientChinesepeople.About80percentofChinesecharactersaremadeupofsmallerparts,called_________.IfyoucanreadChinesecharacters,youcanreadChinese_________fromthousandsofyearsago.Chinesecharactershavebeenadaptedintodigitalforminthemodern___________.carved classics era origins radicalscarvedoriginsradicalsclassicseraAfterWatching1.HowmanytalesorlegendsabouttheoriginofChinesecharactersarementionedinthevideo?A.ThreeB.FourC.Five2.Today,writtenChineseisthe______systemofwritingintheworld. A.mostcomplicatedB.oldestcontinuouslyused C.hardest3.Thecharacterjiaprobablyoriginatedfromtheideathat____.A.animalsshouldliveinfamilyhomesB.agoodfamilyhomehasplentyoffoodC.ancienthomesalwayskeptpigs√√√AfterWatching4.China’sunifiedwritingsystemformsastrongbridgelinking_______.A.ChinawiththerestoftheworldB.Asia,Africa,andEurope

C.thepresentandthepast5.WrittenChinesespreads________whereveritgoes.A.ChinesecultureB.ChineseclassicsC.talesandlegends√√Discussion

Shareyouridea:Whydoweneedtolearnaforeignlanguage?Ifyoutalktoamaninalanguageheunderstands,thatgoestohishead.Ifyoutalktohiminhisownlanguage,thatgoestohisheart.NelsonMandelaThelimitsofmylanguagearethelimitsofmyworld.

LudwigWittgensteinAssignmentRole-playaconversationonthetopicbelow.Whatmisunder