人教版（2019）高中英语必修第一册Unit 5 Languages Around the World 第1课时课件（共16张PPT）(内含视频不能播放)

Unit 5 Languages Around the World
Period 1 Listening and Speaking
Task 1
(Activity 1—Activity 5)
Warming-up
(1) Do you know how many working languages there are at an international conference?
(2) What are the official languages of the UN?
(3) What do you suppose the people are doing behind the glass on the upper levels?
UN conference
Look at the opening page and discuss the following questions.
Pre-listening
Watch the video.
Pre-listening
Activity 1:
Match each photo with the correct country name. Then discuss which languages are spoken in these countries.
France _______
Russia _______
Germany ______
Spain _________
Canada ________
India __________
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2
3
4
5
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French
Russian
German
Spanish
English
Hindi
Pre-listening
Do you know these countries and their languages?
Japan-Japanese
China-Chinese
Egypt-Arabic
Denmark-Danish
Brazil-Portuguese
Italy-Italian
While-listening
Activity 2:
Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers.
Circle the official languages of the United Nations (UN).
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While-listening
Activity 3:
Read the following questions and predict the meaning of the bold words.
Then listen to the speech again and answer the questions.
1 What is the main topic of this speech?
2 How many languages are there in the world?
3 How many 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?
Learning a foreign language.
Nearly 7000.
Around 2.8 billion.
It’s very useful to learn one or more foreign languages.
While-listening
Activity 4:
Listen to the speech again. What do the italicized words 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 ...
They: students who choose to study a UN language
it: studying a UN language
They: the six UN official languages
While-listening
Listen to the speech again and fill in the blanks.
{7DF18680-E054-41AD-8BC1-D1AEF772440D}The language(s) students choose to learn
Reason
One of the UN official languages
?
Danish
?
French
?
It means better job chance in the future.
Her grandparents were from Denmark.
She had several friends from African counties where French is spoken.
Post-listening
Work in pairs or groups. Discuss which other language(s) you want to learn and why.
A: What language do you want to study?
B: I really want to study ... I think
that …
A: Why? Do you want to go to … some
day?
B: Yes, I’d love to. Also, …
A: …
Task 2
(Pronunciation)
1. Work in pairs. Read the words to each other and see if you pronounce
them differently.
2. Listen and pay attention to how the speakers pronounce them.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
美音有卷舌音，而英音没有卷舌音。
美音听起来比较圆润，英音听起来比较清晰利索。
元音
字母a在重读音节上，且后面跟随[s] [θ] [m] [∫][n][t∫]时，英音发[a:]，美音[?]，如fast, half
字母o为在后接一个爆破辅音的重读闭音节中，英音发[?]，美音近似[a:]音的[?]，如not, body
字母u和ue在英音中发[ju:],美音发[u:]，如reduce, due, student
辅音
字母r在英音中只在元音前发音，而在美音中在单词的任何位置都发音，特别是在元音字母后时，卷舌，如worker, tour
字母t在两个元音之间，英音发[t]，美音发[d]，如water, letter, waiter, computer
Key points:
Assignment
Do a survey in your class about which other language(s) you want to learn and why. Then write it down.
Goodbye！