UNIT5LanguagesaroundtheworldSectionⅠListeningandSpeaking听音填空/AmericanEnglish—Wax//美式英语——Wax组合/Wax组合演唱的《AmericanEnglish》演绎了一场美好的爱恋。爱情无关语言，关键在美妙而真实的感觉。HerecomesmyoneandonlyTalkinglikeastarletonaHollywoodscreenShewhisperssomethingtomeIhearthewordsbutIdon’tknowwhatshe1．meansOhshespeaksAmericanEnglishOhdon’talwaysunderstandThoughshespeaksAmericanEnglishGotthelanguageofloveAthercommandLove2．travelstransatlanticI’mhotandbotheredbyherfigureofspeechCan’t3．followhersemanticsButwhenherbodymovesit’scleartomeOhshespeaksAmericanEnglishOhdon’talwaysunderstandThoughshespeaksAmericanEnglishGotthelanguageofloveAthercommandWedon’tneedwordsToexpress4．whatisrealWe’vegoteachotherThatsayseverythingthatwefeelThere’stoomuchdamnconfusionWithallthistalkinggoingroundandroundWe’ll5．reachourownconclusionWe’llmakeconnectiononthecommongroundOhshespeaksAmericanEnglishOhdon’talwaysunderstandThoughshespeaksAmericanEnglishGotthelanguageofloveAthercommand你是我的唯一说话像一个好莱坞屏幕上的明星她向我低语我听到这句话，但是我不知道她是什么意思哦，她说美式英语哦，总是不理解虽然她说美式英语爱的语言由她掌控爱跨大西洋我困惑于她的话语不能理解她的语义但是，她的身体动作对我来说很明显哦，她说美式英语哦，总是不理解虽然她说美式英语爱的语言由她掌控我们不需要言语表达什么是真实我们彼此拥有这就是我们的感觉有太多的困惑所有这些话语在脑海里绕了一圈又一圈我们会得出自己的结论我们将连接在共同点哦，她说美式英语哦，总是不理解虽然她说美式英语爱的语言由她掌控[词海拾贝]1．transatlantic[ˌtrænzt'əlætIk]adj．在大西洋彼岸的2．semantics[sI'mæntIks]n．含义3．confusion[kn'əfju()n]ːʒən．困惑Lookatthefollowingpictures,wouldyouliketovisitthem?Discusswithyourpartnerswhichofficiallanguagesarespokeninthesecountries．Spain：圣家堂India：泰姬陵Germany：柏林自由女神像France：埃菲尔铁塔America：自由女神像Canada：西恩塔Britain：大本钟Russia：莫斯科红场Spain:SpanishIndia:EnglishGermany:_GermanFrance：FrenchAmerica:EnglishCanada:EnglishBritain:EnglishRussia:RussianListentoaspeechandtickthetwolanguageswiththemostnativespeakers．ChoosetheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations(UN)．(教材P60)RussianChineseKoreanJapaneseSpanishArabicEnglishFrenchThemostnativespeakers:Chinese,_Spanish．TheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations(UN):Arabic,_Chinese,_English,_French,_Russian,_Spanish．听力材料：ExploringLanguagesAroundtheWorldTosomestudents,itseemsthattheonlyforeignlanguagetolearnisEnglish．Thereare,however,nearly7，000languagesintheworld．AfterChinese,thelanguagewiththemostnativelanguagespeakersisn’tEnglish—it’sSpanish．LearningEnglishisveryuseful,butitiswisetolearnatleastoneotherforeignlanguage,ifpossible．Therearemanyreasonswhypeoplelearnaforeignlanguage．ManystudentschoosetostudyoneofthelanguagesthatarespokenattheUN．Astheythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture．TheUNhassixofficiallanguages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,andSpanish．Theyarespokenbyaround2．8billionpeopleastheirnativeorsecondlanguage．Somestudents,though,choosetostudyalanguagebecauseoffamilyorfriends．OneAmericangirlchosetolearnDanishbecausehergrandparentswerefromDenmark．Whenshewaslittle,hergrandpausedtoreadletterstoherinDanishfromtheirrelativesinDenmark．AnotheryoungladystartedlearningFrenchbecauseshehadseveralfriendsfromAfricancountrieswhereFrenchisspoken．Whatdoyouthink?Whichotherlanguagewouldyouchoosetostu...
