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.2.ListenagainandanswerthesixquestionsT:Ok,nowpleaselistentowhattheboyistalkingaboutandtrytofindtheanswerstothefollowingquestions.(StudentsmaybeallowedtolookatthescriptofdialectonP14;theyshouldlaymoreemphasisontheJane’stalking)T:Couldyoufindtheanswerstothesixquestions?Ss:Yes.T:Good.WhatdoesBufordthinkofTexas?Howdoyouknowit?_________________________________________________________________T:Howlargewasthecatfish?_________________________________________________________________T:WhydidLestergetoutofthewaterfastaslightning?_________________________________________________________________T:WhydidBufordandBigBillyBoblaugh?_________________________________________________________________T:CanyouanswerQuestion5?_________________________________________________________________T:Welldone!Bufordsays“Hey,y’all”togreetyou.Whatdoesthesecondspeakersaytogreetyou?_________________________________________________________________3.Listenforthethirdtime,identifythewordsindialectandfindouttheirstandardEnglishequivalents.T:You’vedoneagoodjob.I’msureyouhaveunderstoodthemainideaofthestory.Itcontainsalotofwordsindialect.Pleaseturntopage14,listenagainandpleasetrytoidentifythemandfindouttheirstandardEnglishequivalentsaccordingtothethirdlisteningandyourunderstanding.Thenfinishthetable.(Playthetapeforthethirdtimewiththehelpofthescripoftheboy’talkingonp14)WordsindialectStandardEnglishy’allain’twhole’notheryastory’boutswimmin’jumpin’feelin’catfish’boutAlrightthinkin’goin’sure’noughShouldaOuttaLISTENINGTEXTHello,everyone,IamBuford’steacher,Jane,fromBritain.Perhapsyoudidn’tquiteunderstandeverythingBufordsaid.HesaidthathelivesinHouston,acityinTexas.Hewantseveryonetoknowthathedoesn’tbelieveTexasisastateintheUSAbutadifferentcountry.Bufordsaysthathewouldliketotellyouastoryabouthimwhenwasasmallchild.Onehotsummer’sdayhewasswimmingwithBigBillyBobandLester.Theywerejumpingintothewater,whichfeltgood.Thenhesaysthattheysawacatfishalmostthesizeofahousebut,headds,thatthecatfishwasreallysmaller.BufordsaysthatLesterthoughthewasgoingtobeeatenbythecatfish.Hesays,goodness,youshouldhaveseenLester!HesaysthatLestergotoutofthewaterfasterthanlightingandclimbedupatree.BufordandBigBillyBobjustlaughedalot.Tothisday,hesays,Lesterwon’tvisitthatplace.
