1、 高中英语 In this class, you will 1. talk about some countries and the languages spoken in these countries; 2. practise listening for main idea, details, and inference as well as identifying pronouns and what they refer to; 3. talk about which foreign language you want to learn and why; 4. notice differ
2、ences in word pronunciation and stress between native English speakers from different countries. 高中英语 What countries do the pictures stand for? the CN Tower Toronto, Canada Red Square Moscow, Russia Taj Mahal Agra, India Louvre Museum Paris, France Palace of Madrid Madrid, Spain Brandenburg Gate Ber
3、lin, Germany 高中英语 What do the words in the pictures mean? What languages are spoken in these countries? English Russian Indian French Spanish German 高中英语 What languages are spoken in these countries? China Japan Egypt Denmark New Zealand Brazil ChinaChinese JapanJapanese EgyptArabic DenmarkDanish Ne
4、w ZealandEnglish and Maori BrazilPortuguese 高中英语 1. What are the two languages with the most native speakers in the world? 2. What are the official languages of the United Nations? Russian Spanish Chinese Arabic Korean English Japanese French 高中英语 Listen and tick the two languages with the most nati
5、ve speakers. Circle the official languages of the United Nations. Russian Spanish Chinese Arabic Korean English Japanese French 高中英语 1. What is the main topic of this speech? It introduces the languages around the world and the reasons why people learn foreign languages. 高中英语 2. How many languages a
6、re there in the world? There are nearly 7,000 languages in the world. 3. How many billion people speak the UNs official languages as their native or second language? They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second language. 1 million =1,000,000 1 billion = 1,000,000,000 first
7、language Billion /bljn/ n. 十亿十亿 billions of 数十亿的数十亿的 million 百万百万 millions of 成千上万的成千上万的 thousand 千千 thousands of 数以千计的数以千计的 hundred 百百 hundreds of 数以百计的数以百计的 native /netv/ adj. 出生地的；本地的；土著的出生地的；本地的；土著的 n. 本地人本地人 4. What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning? Its wise to l
8、earn at least one other foreign language, if possible. What do the pronouns refer to in the sentences? 1. They think it means better job chances in the future. 2. They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people Pronouns (it, they, she, etc.) refer to something or somebody mentioned earlier. Pay attenti
9、on to the context of words to help you understand what the pronouns refer to. Pronouns? refer vi. 提到；参考；查阅 vt. 查询；叫.求助于 refer to White colllar workers refer to people who work in offices. 白领工作人员指的是在办公室工作的人。 This paragraph refers to the events of last year. 这一段说的是去年发生的事。 Dont refer to this matter aga
10、in, please. 请不要再提这件事了。 Writers often refer to a dictionary. 作家时常查询字典。 refer sb/sth to sb/sth My doctor referred me to a specialist. 我的医生让我去找一位专家诊治。 Passive form: I was referred to a specialist by my doctor. 高中英语 What do the pronouns refer to in the sentences? 1. They think it means better job chance
11、s in the future. Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at the UN. As they think it means better job chances in the future. 高中英语 What do the pronouns refer to in the sentences? 2. They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people The UN has six official languages: Arabic, Chin
12、ese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. They are spoken by 高中英语 What languages do some students choose to learn? Why? StudentsLanguageWhy Many studentsA UN languageFor better job chances in the future. An American girl A young lady You DanishBecause of family. FrenchBecause of friends. ? 高中英语 Wo
13、uld you like to choose another language to study? Which other language(s) do you want to learn? Why? A: What language do you want to study? B: I really want to study French. I think that the French language sounds beautiful. A: Why? Do you want to go to France some day? B: Yes, Id love to. Also, Fre
14、nch is used by many international organizations around the world. Do you know that FIFAs full name is in French? A: Oh, I remember that. But I dont know how to pronounce it. 高中英语 Would you like to choose another language to study? Which other language(s) do you want to learn and why? 高中英语 Read the w
15、ords. schedule hostile either address direct laboratory advertisement shone Do you pronounce them differently? 高中英语 Listen and pay attention to how the speakers pronounce them. schedule hostile either address direct laboratory advertisement shone 高中英语 word英音英音美音美音 schedule /edjul/skedul/ hostile /hs
16、tal/hstl, hstal/ either/a(r), i(r)/ /ir, ar/ address /dres/dres/ direct /direkt, darekt/darekt, direkt/ laboratory/lbrtri/ /lbrtri/ advertisement /dvtsmnt/ /dvrtazmnt/ shone /n/n, n/ 高中英语 Listen and find out which speaker has a British accent and which speaker has an American accent. British accent (woman) American accent (man) intonation and stress 高中英语 1. Listen and imitate the British accent or American accent in Activity 2, Pronunciation part. 2. Oral report My reasons for learning a foreign language. 高中英语
