Unit 5 Listening and Talking 高一英語新RX版 必修一

ListeningandTalking

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Unit5LanguagesAroundtheworldLearningobjectivesknowthattherearedifferentkindsofEnglish;learnaboutthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish;makeaconversationonaskingforclarification.Inthisclass,youwillPre-listening1.Whichlanguagehasthemostnativespeakersintheworld—English,SpanishorChinese?ChineseEnglishSpanish2.DoesEnglishhavethesecondlargestnumberofnativespeakersintheworld?Pre-listening①Chinese③English②SpanishListentothefirstpartofthetalk.

1.WhatarethedifferentkindsofEnglishmentioned?While-listeningBritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,

AustralianEnglish.2.InwhatwaysarethesekindsofEnglishdifferentfromeachother?Arethesedifferencesgreat?3.Forwhocanthesedifferencescauseconfusion?Listentothesecondpartofthetalk.

Circlethewordsthatthestudentisconfusedby.Post-listeningLookatthepairsofwordsbelow.WhichwordsareBritishEnglishandwhichareAmericanEnglish?BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishTrytothinkofmorepairsofwordslikethese.BritishEnglishpostbiscuitsdowntownholidaypavementAmericanEnglishmailcookiescitycentervacationsidewalkTrytomakesentenceswiththesepairsofwords.EXAMPLE①

Youcan’trideyourbicycleonthepavement.②

Don’tparkthecaronthesidewalk.Readtheconversationbelow.Martin:

Hey,

ZhouWei,

doyouwanttogoshopping?

There’sasaleatmyfavouritestore.

ZhouWei:

Oh,

yes!

Ireallyneedtobuysomepants.Martin:

Pants?

That'sfunny.

Idon'tusuallygoshoppingwithmyfriendsforpants.ZhouWei:

Youdon’t?

Don'tyouliketohavesomebodytellyouifthepantslookgoodornot?

Martin:

Er

...

Notreally

...

Hey,

wait,

doyoumeantrousers—whatyouandIare

wearingonourlegsrightnow?ZhouWei:

Oh,

yes.

That’swhatImeanbypants!

That’sAmericanEnglish,

isn’tit?Martin:

Yes,

itis!

Iknewwhatyoumeant,

bytheway.

Iwasjustjokingwithyou.

Didyou

knowthatinBritishEnglish,“pants”meanssomethingverydifferent?ZhouWei:

Really?

Sowhatdoesitmean?Martin:

InBritishEnglish,

theword“pants”meansunderwear....Whatmisunderstandinghashappened?ZhouWeireferstopants,AmericanEnglishfortrousers.MartinexplainsthatpantsreferstounderwearinBritishEnglish.Martin:

Hey,

ZhouWei,

doyouwanttogoshopping?

There’sasaleatmyfavouritestore.

ZhouWei:

Oh,

yes!

Ireallyneedtobuysomepants.Martin:

Pants?

That'sfunny.

Idon'tusuallygoshoppingwithmyfriendsforpants.ZhouWei:

Youdon’t?

Don'tyouliketohavesomebodytellyouifthepantslookgoodornot?

Martin:

Er

...

Notreally

...

Hey,

wait,

doyoumeantrousers—whatyouandIare

wearingonourlegsrightnow?ZhouWei:

Oh,

yes.

That’swhatImeanbypants!

That’sAmericanEnglish,

isn’tit?Martin:

Yes,

itis!

Iknewwhatyoumeant,

bytheway.

Iwasjustjokingwithyou.

Didyou

knowthatinBritishEnglish,“pants”meanssomethingverydifferent?ZhouWei:

Really?

Sowhatdoesitmean?Martin:

InBritishEnglish,

theword“pants”meansunderwear....Howdotheyclearthemisunderstandingup?ConfusionClarificationMartin:

Hey,

ZhouWei,

doyouwanttogoshopping?

There’sasaleatmyfavouritestore.

ZhouWei:

Oh,

yes!

Ireallyneedtobuysomepants.Martin:

Pants?

That'sfunny.

Idon'tusuallygoshoppingwithmyfriendsforpants.ZhouWei:

Youdon’t?

Don'tyouliketohavesomebodytellyouifthepantslookgoodornot?

Martin:

Er

...

Notreally

...

Hey,

wait,

doyoumeantrousers—whatyouandIare

wearingonourlegsrightnow?ZhouWei:

Oh,

yes.

That’swhatImeanbypants!

That’sAmericanEnglish,

isn’tit?Martin:

Yes,

itis!

Iknewwhatyoumeant,

bytheway.

Iwasjustjokingwithyou.

Didyou

knowthatinBritishEnglish,“pants”meanssomethingverydifferent?ZhouWei:

Really?

Sowhatdoesitmean?Martin:

InBritishEnglish,

theword“pants”meansunderwear....Role-playtheconversation.Doyoumean…?Doesthatmean...?I’msorry.Whatdoes...mean?

I’msorry.Wouldyoumindrepeating…?Ibegyourpardon.SoamIrightinsaying…?Sowhatyou’rereallysayingis…MoreexpressionsforclarificationChooseoneortwopairsofwordsinActivity3andmakeaconversationwiththeseexpressions.ListeningtextⅠLISTENINGPART1AsmanycoutriesspeakEnglishasafirstlanguage,

therearemanydifferentkindsofEnglisharound

theworld:

BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,

AustralianEnglish,andmanyothers.Some

Engishlearnersmightask,“CanEnglish

speakers

fromdifferentcounriesallunderstandeachother?”The

answerisyes.

Peopleinthesecountriescanusuallyunderstandeachotherwithveryfewproblems.Therearedifferencesinvocabulary,pronunciation,andgrammar,

butthoseareusually

notbigproblems.

However,

those

differences

cancauseconfusionfornon-nativeEnglishspeakers.

Forexample,

astudent

whohaslearntBritishEnglishmightnotbefamiliarwiththedifferentvocabularythatanAmerican

mightuse.

ListentothisconversationbetweenaforeignlanguagestudentandherAmericanclassmate.ListeningtextⅡLISTENINGPART2Amy:

ThankyouverymuchforhelpingmewithmyEnglish.Betty:

You’rewelcome!

Whenareyoufreetomeet?

Thissemester,

I’mfreeonTuesdayandThursday

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