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Unit 5
UNIT 5
LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD
To review the words and phrases.
To communnicate with other people, using the restrictive relative clauses.
To create situations to use the useful expressions and the restrictive relative clauses.
Read the first part of a passage and find suitable words for the blanks.
attitude, classic, point of view, civilisation
despite, native, related to, struggle
Part I The first foreign language I ever learnt was French, but it didn't go very well. My mother asked our neighbour to teach me when I was seven. French wasn't his _________ language, but he used to live in France, so he could speak a little.
native
However, ________ his help, I learnt very little French. I just didn’t feel that it __________ my daily life in any way, so I didn’t try. When I entered senior high school, my _________ towards language learning changed. I had to learn Latin, which I’ve always been interested in because I want to study law. For this reason, learning Latin wasn’t a _________ for me like learning French.
despite
related to
attitude
struggle
attitude, classic, point of view, civilisation
despite, native, related to, struggle
Soon I began to read _________ books in Latin. It certainly wasn’t easy, but I got to read lots of interesting stories about ancient ______________. Reading those books opened a window for me to another world and gave me a new ______________ on my own world.
classic
civilisations
point of view
attitude, classic, point of view, civilisation
despite, native, related to, struggle
Read the second part of the passage and combine the words in the two boxes to complete the restrictive relative clauses.
building class day way someone
when in which where who that
Part II I became interested in learning more languages aside from English. Then I saw an advertisement that offered a wondertul summer course in German, and that was the ____________ I decided to take on a new language.
way in which
The _______________________ we met for classes was quite small, but there was a whole world of language to explore. Our teacher was Mrs Haus: a tall, thin, quiet, grey-haired lady. I’ll never forget the first ___________ she introduced herself to us. She never once raised her voice, but as soon as she began to speak, the room fell silent. What was the reason
building in which/where
day when
building class day way someone
when in which where who that
Because Mrs Haus LOVED German language and culture — and everybody who was in her classes couldn’t help but love the language, too. We all loved the _____________ she talked about German food and traditions. And I realised what makes a good teacher. A good teacher is _________________ is in love with what she or he is teaching.
class in which
someone who/that
building class day way someone
when in which where who that
What ways did the writer use to learn foreign languages
What did you think of the quote at the beginning of the unit
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.
—Frank Smith
Did you find it easy or difficult to talk about your reasons for learning a foreign language Why
Did you learn anything new from the text about Chinese characters If so, what did you learn
How does learning about different kinds of English affect your English study
Overall, I thought this unit was
◎ good ◎useful ◎just OK ◎difficult.
Revise the content of this unit.