第7单元 国家和语言
Lesson 25 1 Read and say
第25课 1.阅读并且说
Good morning, class!
同学们,早上好!
Good morning, sir!
老师,早上好!
We have five visitors today.
今天我们来了五个访问者.
They are from five different countries.
他们来自于五个不同的国家.
Now,they will ntroduce themselves to you.
现在,请他们做一下自我介绍.
Nice to meet you.My name is Brieden.
大家好.我的名字叫Brieden.
I'm from Germany,Europe.I speak German and English.
我来自于一个欧洲国家德国.我讲德语和英语.
Hello!My name is Yiqiro.I come from Japan.
嗨!我的名字叫Yiqiro.我来自于日本.
I can speak Japanese,Korean and English.
我讲日语,朝鲜语和英语.
Hi.My name is Chuvikov.I come from Russia.
嗨.我的名字叫Chuvikov.我来自于俄国.
I can speak threelanguages,Russian,English and Chinese.
我讲三种语言,俄国,英语和中文.
Hi,everybody!My name is Jenny.I come from Canada.
嗨,大家好!我的名字叫 Jenny.我来自于加拿大.
I can speak English and French,and I am learning Chinese.
我讲英语和法语,而且我在学习中文.
Nimen hao!My name is Kevin,I come from South Africa.
你们好!我的名字叫Kevin.我来自于南非.
I can speak English,French,German,Japanese,Korean,Russian and Chinese!
我讲英语,法语,德语,日语,朝鲜语,俄语和中文
Wow!
哇!
Lesson 26 2 Read COUNTRIES AND LANGUAGES
第26课 2.阅读 国家和语言
Nobody knows how many different languages there are in the world.
没有人知道世界上有多少种语言.
It is said there are more than five thousand.
据说超过了五千种.
The most widely used of these languages is English.
最长用的是英语.
It is used all over the world.
在全世界都通用.
It is the language of business,the sea and the air.
它是商业,航海,航空使用的语言.
It is used by business people,
它能常被做生意的人们使用.
by airline pilots and sea captains all over the world.
被全世界的飞机师和船长使用.
It is also the first language of sport and science.
它也是体育和科学使用的第一语言.
So it is very important to learn English.
所以学习英语是非常重要的.
English is the most widely spoken language in the world,
英语是世界上口语用得最多的语言.
but Chinese has the largest number of speakers.
但说中文的人最多.
Not only over one billion people living inside China
不但超过1亿的中国人
but also many Chinese outside China speak it.
而且中国以外的人也说中文.
You will find large or small groups of Chinese people
你将会发现或大或少的中国人
living in almost every country in the world.
生活在世界各地.
For example,in London or New York,
比如,在伦敦或纽约,
you will find several thousand Chinese people living and working there.
你会发现几千的中国人在那里生活和工作.
What are the official languages used in the United Nations?
在联合王国使用的官方语言是什么?
There are so many different languages in the world
在世界上有那多种语言.
that people decided to use only six.
因而人们决定只选用其中的六种.
These languages are:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian and Spanish.
这些语言是:阿拉伯语,中文,英语,法语,俄语,西班牙语.
Everything spoken or written in one language is translated into the other five,
以某一种语言说出和写出的东西全部翻译成另外五种语言,
so that everyone can understand.It is very important to learn English.
以便每个人都能理解.学习英语是很重要的.
But there are other important languages in the world, too

但世界上也有另一个很重要的语言.
Chinese is of course very important,especially in Asia.
中文当然是最重要的了.特别是亚洲.
Arabic is widely spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa,for example,in Egypt.
阿拉伯语是在亚洲和非洲的大部分地区最广泛使用.比如,在埃及.
Russian is spoken in both Europe and Asia.
俄语在欧洲和亚洲也说.
French is widely understood,not only in Europe,
法语易懂,不但在欧洲,
but also in parts of Canada,Africa and Asia.
而且在加拿大的部分地区,非洲和亚洲.
Spanish has a growing number of speakers all over the world,
全世界说西班牙语的人数越来越多,特别是在中美洲和南美洲.
especially in Central and South America.
特别是在美国的中部和南部.
Lesson 28 3 Read and act
第28课 3.阅读并表演
Kevin,how many languages do you know?
凯文,你会几种语言?
The only language I know well is English.
我只会英语这一种语言.
I also speak a little French,and I'm trying to learn Chinese.
我也会说一点法语,我正在学习中文.
Really?Do you find it difficult?
真的吗?你水觉得它难吗?
Well,speaking Chinese isn't too difficult,
是的,说中文不太难,
but writing it is very hard.What about you?How many languages do you know?
但是写起来就很难.你呢?你懂几种语言?
Oh,only Chinese,I'm afraid.I'm learning English.
哦,我只会中文.我正在学习英语.
I like reading,but it's not easy to speak English well.
我喜欢阅读,但是说英语不是很好.
You speak it very well!
你的英语说得很好
Thanks. I'm trying.
谢谢.我正努力.
4 Read and discuss
4 读和讨论
Read the following passage about British English and American English
读有关于英式英语和美式英语
and discuss with your partner about the differences between them.
并且跟你的同伴讨论它们有什么不同.
We often hear people say 'This is American English.
我们通常听别人说'这是美式英语.
That is British English."Is American English very different from British English?
这是英式英语"美式英语跟英式英语很不同吗?
The answer is "no".
答案是:"不".
The differences between American English and British English are not very great.
美式英语和英式英语差别不是很大.
Written English is about the same in both the UK and the US,
写UK和US它们的意思是相同的,
but there are some spelling differences.
但它们有不同的拼写.
For example,centre,colour and travelled is spelt center,
例如:centre,colour和travelled是拼写为center,
color and traveled in American English.
用美语是拼写为color和traveled.
There are only a very small number of differences in grammar
在语法方面,只有少数不同,
between American English and British English.
在美语和英语之间.
The most important differences are in spoken English.
最重要的是在口语方面的不同.
For example,most Americans pronounce tomato as /ts'meiteu/,new as /nu:/,
比如,大多数的美式发音tomato as发/ts'meiteu/,new as发/nu:/,
address as /'aedres/.Kilometre is not only pronounced differently/ki'bmitsr/
address发/'aedres/.Kilometre不但发音不同/ki'bmitsr/
but spelled differently kilometer.You may wonder which is correct.
而且不同的拼写kilometer.你想知道哪一种是正确的.
The answer is that it does not matter.
答案不是很重要.
But you should speak either American English or British English.
但你应该说美语或英语
Do not try to speak both at the same time.
不要同时两种都一齐说.
Words And Expressions 7
Europe Korea korean flag

n.欧洲 n.朝鲜 n.朝鲜的 n.旗
belong belong to republic trade
v.属于 属于 n.共和国 n.贸易;商业
organization economic cooperation nation
n.组织;协会 adj.经济的 n.合作;协力 n.国家
state airline pilot captain
n.国家;州 n.空中航线 n.飞行员 n.海军上校;船长
Arabic Spanish central national
adj.阿拉伯的 adj.西班牙的 adj.中心的;主要的 adj.国家的;民族的
colony dressmaker official go in for
n.殖民地 n.(女装)的裁缝师 adj.政府的;正式的 参加;从事
in public disappoint athlete gather
当众;在公共场所 v.使(某人)失望 n.运动员 v.集合;聚集
translate explain pronounce correct
v.翻译 v.说明;解释 v.发音 adj.正确的;恰当的