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Period 4
Listening and Talking
To explore different kinds of English
Watch the video and find out what is different between British English and American English.
Pronunciation.
Lead in
Do you have any experiences about making a reservation Discuss your experience as a group, and share it with your classmates.
What reservations do we need to make before or while we travel
arrival time, departure time, the amount of passengers/customers, demands (beds, floor, food, scenery, transport), payment, ID number ...
May I help you I’d like ... Would you like ...
Before Listening
When we talk about air ticket/hotel room/dinner table reservation, what words or expressions come into your mind
Ticket/Hotel/Table reservation.
While Listening
Listen to the phone call and answer the questions.
1. What are the two speakers talking about
2. What is the relationship between the two speakers
They are talking about buying a plane ticket.
One of the people in the conversation is a customer, while the other is an airline reservation agent.
Listen again and complete the table with the words you hear.
Opening ____________ can I help you ______________ to buy a plane ticket ...
Talking about time ____________ are you travelling On the 23rd of December.
Talking about what you prefer There are two flights ... Which ____________ Would ___________ travel business class or economy ______________ book a return flight this time The 9:30 flight please.
___________ to travel business class.
No, _____________. I’m taking the train back.
Other information ____________ your name, sir Robert Williams.
Payment ________________________ to pay By credit card.
Making reservations
How
I’d like
On what date
do you prefer
you like to
Would you like to
I’d like
thank you
May I have
May I ask how you would like
4 Read and role-play the conversation.
What misunderstanding has happened
Martin：Hey，Zhou Wei，do you want to go shopping
There′s a sale at my favourite store.
Zhou Wei： Oh，yes! I really need to buy some pants.
Martin：Pants That′s funny. I don′t usually go shopping
with my friends for pants.
Zhou Wei：You don′t Don′t you like to have somebody
tell you if the pants look good or not
Martin：Er... Not really ... Hey，wait，do you mean
trousers—what you and I are wearing on our legs
right now
Zhou Wei：Oh，yes. That′s what I mean by pants!
That′s American English，isn′t it
Martin：Yes，it is! I knew what you meant，by the way.
I was just joking with you. Did you know that in
British English， “pants” means something
very different
Zhou Wei：Really So what does it mean
Martin：In British English，the word “pants” means
underwear. ...
Zhou Wei refers to pants，American English for trousers. Martin explains that pants refers to underwear in British English.
Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. Circle the official languages of the United Nations (UN).
Russian Chinese Korean Japanese
Spanish Arabic English French
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Six official languages used in the United Nations
English
Arabic
Chinese
Spanish
French
Russian
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
There are nearly 7,000 languages in the world.
Learning a foreign language.
About 2.8 billion people.
It’s very useful to learn one or more foreign languages.
Explore different kinds of English
How much do you know about American English and British English
Listening and Talking
EXAMPLE:
A: What language do you want to study
B: I want to study... I think.../Because...
Group members Languages Reasons
Work in pairs
倒计时
240
Theme sentence: It is wise to learn at least one other foreign language.
Reasons Students Languages
for better job chances many people a UN language
(some students) because of family or friends one American girl Danish
another young lady French
What do you think Which other language would you choose to study and why
Show time
Wow, I want some
sweets. What about
you, Martin
Well, I want
some ______.
candy
Pair Work

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