Welcome-to-the-unit-M3U2.ppt

Unit 2 LanguageWelcome to the unitHow many languages can you find here?1. What language do you speak? Can you speak other language?2. Do you know how many languages there are in the world?Greetings in different languages新年快乐!Happy New Year!Bonne Anne! Glckliches Neues Jahr!Do you think that language is the only method of communication? Can you think of other methods of communication?emoticon, sign language, Facial ExpressionsBraille,animal language, ,emoticonemotion + icon = emoticon 情绪 图标 Your Topic Goes HereYour subtopic goes hereWestern EmoticonsWestern Emoticons sad winking (眨眼 ) shocked very happy angelic (天使般的) devilish (恶魔般的):-(;-):-o:-D0:-):-)Guess the meaning of the each following emoticons: :- ) = = sadness= surprise= great joy= making a face:-(= crying8-)= A man who is wearing glasses is smiling. Sign language is movements of your hands and arms used to communicate. Definition(Definition(定义定义) for ) for Sign Sign LanguageLanguageGestures by hand Thumbs up!Thumbs down!Ok!Victory/winApplauseCall me!When do people use sign languages?Talk with deaf people;Talk with someone who cant understand your language;Do something secretly without making any sound;What does this mean?Be quiet !victory anger fear happy sorrow contempt 轻视轻视 surprisedisgust厌恶厌恶恐惧恐惧悲伤Louis Braille was the son of a French leather workerHe went blind at the age of three when he fell in his fathers workroomBut Louis was very clever. He wanted to be a musician, so he learnt to play the cello(大提琴), and at the age of ten he won a scholarship to the National Institute for Blind Children in Paris. He could play the cello，but he couldnt read or write In 1819 a French soldier, Charles Barbier invented “night writing”. He used special dots on paper so that soldiers could read at night. Louis Braille understood the importance of this invention for blind people and when he was fifteen, he began to develop it. In 1829 he started to use it at the Institute By 1932, “Braille” was in use all over the world, but Louis died in 1852 and he never knew of the importance of his invention BrailleBraille is the system of six raised dots created in 1821 by Louis Braille. Its the only way through which the blind can learn to read and write. Bees fly in circle to inform their partners about food and danger. Like human beings, animals need to communicate with each other to survive. They do not speak to each other in the same way as we do; instead they use many different sounds and actions to express themselves. For example, bees make a buzzing noise, lions and bears growls, cats miaow, and dogs bark. If you see a cat standing with its back arched, head lowered or legs bent, it could be scared. If a dog growls at you, it probably is angry and you should be careful. Animal language is simpler than human language, but it shows how intelligent animals are. Do you think English is important? Why or why not?Do you have any effective methods for studying the English language to share with your classmates?Part A & B P104PART A Improving my Englishradionews programmesnewspaper1. How? 2. What kind of programmes?3. Read what?TVteaching programmesfilmsbooksPART B Improving my Englisha learners dictionarycoloured4. Get what? 5. For example:6. Features of a good dictionary:Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionarycleareverydaysimilar1. Read the article in Part A on page 102 to learn more information about the language of bees.2. Preview reading.