Unit2EnglisharoundtheWorld---Listening1
ListenforthefirsttimeT:Next,let’senjoyoneofthemostrepresentativedialectsinAmerica---Southerndialect
(Justlistentotheboy’stalkinginListeningpartonP14)T:Canyouunderstandwhattheboyistalkingabout
Whatdoyouthinkofitspronunciationandintonation
S:It’sdifficult
/Thewayofspeakingsoundsstrange------T:Itdoesn’tmatter
It’sreallydifficultfornon-nativespeakerstounderstandtheEnglishdialects
Luckily,wehaveanotherspeakerwhointerpretsthedialectintosimpleandstandardEnglish
Sopleaselistentoitandgraspthegeneralidea
Andansweronequestion:Whoisthesecondspeaker
S:Sheistheboy’steacherJane
T:Verygood
ListenagainandanswerthesixquestionsT:Ok,nowpleaselistentowhattheboyistalkingaboutandtrytofindtheanswerstothefollowingquestions
(StudentsmaybeallowedtolookatthescriptofdialectonP