Module 3 Unit 2

1. Module 3 Unit 2

2. Welcome to the unit What’s the title of the unit? Language.

3. What’s language? Language, in its broad sense, is a way information is transmitted. It can be spoken or seen.

4. How many languages are there in the world? 6,000 languages are used in the world now.

5. Chinese Russian

6. Spanish English

7. Japanese Tibetan

8. Arabic French

9. Greek German

10. Do you know other forms of language ?

11. emoticon 由 emotion (情绪) 和 icon (图像, 图标) 拼缀而成, 由标点符号组成用以表达情感的符号, 通常出现在电子邮件或网络聊天中, 用以营造轻松友好的气氛.

12. emoticon :-) smiley face :-( sad face :'( crying face :-| disappointed face

13. :-O Wow! 8-| bookworm =:O frightened :}{: kisses

14. Be quiet ! What does this mean? victory

15. Sign language is used all over the world.

16. Who needs to use sign language in their daily life? The deaf.

17. Louis Braille was born in 1809 in France. When he was young, he had an accident. Then he became blind.It was he who invented Braille. Who is he?

18. Braille Braille is the system of six raised dots created in 1821 by Louis Braille. It’s the only way through which the blind can learn to read and write.

19. Do you believe animals can “talk”?

20. Bees fly in circles to inform their partners about food or danger. All creatures, including animals and insects, can “talk”! Page 102 Reading A

21. Pair Work Look at the illustrations at p. 21, and talk about the various forms of language

22. Group work 1.Can you think of other ways that information can be exchanged? 2.Do you think English is important? Why or why not?

23. 3.Do you have any effective methods for studying the English language to share with your classmates?

24. broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle,stand for , recognize, various, invent, share…with…, effective • Music is not like most other art ________. • 2. I ____________ her mother ____ her safe arrival. • 3.Where can I ________________ my RMB for dollars? forms informed of exchange

25. broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle,stand for, recognize, various, invent, share…with…, effective transmitted 4. They have _______________ the news by radio. 5. The letters “x” and “y” often _______ ______unknown numbers in mathematics. stand for

26. broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle,stand for, recognize, various, invent, share…with…, effective 6. He is tall and has ________ shoulders. 7. Look, the children are dancing _____ ________. 8. Tents come in __________ shapes and sizes. broad circles in various

27. broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle,stand for, recognize, various, invent, share…with…, effective 9. Who __________ the steam engine? 10. Would you like to ________ your experience ________ the rest of the group? invented share with

28. broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle,stand for, recognize, various, invent, share…with…, effective 11. I______________ him as soon as he came in the room? 12. Aspirin is a simple but highly ____________ treatment. recognized effective

29. Homework 1.Find more information on the Internet or in books. 2.Preview the reading text.

30. Goodbye, everybody !