Unit 5 Languages around the World Listening and Speaking 课件-2024-2025学年高一上学期英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 5 Languages around the World Listening and Speaking 1 Do you know where the photo was taken? 2 Which languages do you think are officially used here? 1 At the UN General Assembly. 2 Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Why is it important to learn languages? One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. —Frank Smith If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart. —Nelson Mandela With each language, you learn to free yourself from your trapped spirit. —Freimund Raimar What countries do the pictures below stand for? What official languages are spoken in these countries? France ___ Russia ___ Germany ___ Spain ___ Canada ___ India ___ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ French Russian German Spanish English French Hindi English Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. Circle the official languages of the United Nations (UN). Russian Chinese Korean Japanese Spanish Arabic English French Listen to the speech again and answer the questions. What is the main topic of this speech? How many languages are there in the world? How many billion people speak the UN’s official languages as their native or second language? What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning? Learning a foreign language. Nearly 7,000. Around 2.8 billion. It is very useful to learn one or more foreign languages. Listen to the speech again. What do the italicised words refer to in the sentences? They think it means better job chances in the future. They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people... Students who choose to study a UN language studying a UN language The six official UN languages Listen again and complete table below. What language(s) students choose to learn Why One of the UN official languages (many students) Danish (an American girl) French (another young lady) Because they think it means better job chances in the future. Because her grandparents and some of her relatives were from Denmark. Because she had several friends from African countries where French is spoken. Read the speech aloud. Read the speech aloud. Discuss which other language(s) you want to learn and why. Discuss which other language(s) you want to learn and why. Homework Copy the new words (billion-refer to). Read the transcript aloud. Write down the conversation you made in class. null, track 1 140126.67 null, track 2 114863.805 null, track 3 117058.305 $$