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Unit 2 Language the first period Welcome to the unit. Welcome to the unit. What’s the title of the unit?. Language. How many languages are there in the world?. 6,000 languages are used in the world now. Chinese. Russian. Spanish. English. Japanese. Tibetan. Arabic. French.
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Unit 2 Language the first period Welcome to the unit
Welcome to the unit What’s the title of the unit? Language.
How many languages are there in the world? 6,000 languages are used in the world now.
Chinese Russian
Spanish English
Japanese Tibetan
Arabic French
Greek German
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Be quiet ! What does this mean? victory
sign language
Who needs to use sign language in their daily life? The deaf.
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?
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.
Do you believe animals can “talk”?
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Pair Work Look at the illustrations at p. 21, and talk about the various forms of language
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?
3.Do you have any effective methods for studying the English language to share with your classmates?
Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases from the box below. broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle,stand for • 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 exchanged
broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle,stand for transmitted 4. They have _______________ the news by radio. 5. The letters “x” and “y” often _______ ______unknown numbers in mathematics. 6. His back is ________. 7. Look, the children are dancing _____ ________. stand for broad in circles
Homework 1. Unit Revision: Period 1. 2. Preview the reading text.
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