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Unit 5
Languages around the World
Listening and speaking
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Languages around the World
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Warming up
What languages are spoken in the following countries?
English
Russian
Indian
French
Spanish
German
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Warming up
What other languages do you know in the world?
There are 7,097 different languages spoken in the world. The most spoken languages also include Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Indonesian, Dutch and etc.
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Think and predict
1.What are the two languages with the most native speakers in the world?
2.What are the official languages of the United Nations?
Chinese and Spanish.
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
1st Listening: Listen for main ideas
1.What is the main topic of this speech?
2.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign
language learning?
It introduces the languages around the world and the reasons why people learn foreign languages.
It’s wise to learn at least one other foreign language, if possible.
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2nd