内容正文:
What do the quotes suggest or imply?
Yes. The importance of learning a foreign language.
Languages around the World
Unit 5
Look & discuss
1. Do you know where the photo was taken?
2. Which languages do you think are officially used here?
Possible answer: The photo was taken at a United Nations General Assembly meeting.
Possible answer: English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Russian are officially used here.
Explore languages around the world
Listening and Speaking
How do people say “Hello!” in other countries?
What countries do the photos stand for?
Which languages are spoken in these countries?
Canada
Germany
France
Russia
India
Spain
The CN Tower
Brandenburg Gate
Red Square
Taj Mahal
Louvre Museum
Palace of Madrid
English, French
German
French
Russian
Hindi,English...(22kinds)
Spainish, regional languages
1.Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers.
Russian
Chinese
Spanish
Arabic
English
French
2.Listen to a speech and circle the official languages of the United Nations [UN].
Russian
Chinese
Korean
Japanese
Spanish
Arabic
English
French
Russian
Chinese
Korean
Japanese
Arabic
English
French
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3.Listen to the speech again. And answer the questions.
1. What is the main topic of this speech?
A. Learning a foreign language B. The ways to learn foreign languages
2. There are ________________ languages in the world.
3. _______________ billion people speak the UN’s official languages as their native or second language.
4.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning?
A. Objective B. Skeptical(怀疑的) C. Supportive D. Unconcerned
Nearly 7,000
Around 2.8
1 million =1,000,000
1 billion = 1,000,000,000
billion /ˈbɪljən/ n. 十亿
billions of 数十亿的
million 百万
millions of 成千上万的
thousand 千
thousands of 数以千计的
hundred 百
hundreds of 数以百计的
4.Listen to the speech again.
They think it means better job chances in the future.
They are spoken by around