B5M1 Module1 vocabulary and listening课件.ppt

Listening to the 1st part Listen and complete the passage. Hello, and welcome to today’s edition of In the air. As you know, every week on this programme we discuss an aspect of the way we __1____ now, and today’s topic is the language we ___2____-English. So that’s something which affects us all. The question is,what’s going to ___3___ to the way we speak English in the future? Are we all going to speak like Americans? live speak happen Or will British English continue to __4____? Later on we’re going to _5___ you to phone in and __6___ your views on the subject, but first we’re going to __7___ to two young people, one American, and one British, who have spent time on an educational exchange in the other’s country. We __8___ they will have some interestig ideas on the subject. exist ask give talk think Listen to the interview and fill the form below. Who Do found the local accent difficult to understand. didn’t find the local accent difficult to understand. gets on well with other students. played in a school sports team. Samantha Callum Samantha Callum Who Do discovered a lively music scene. enjoyed the end-of-year dance. thinks everyone will speak American English one day. thinks it’s only natural that there are lots of varieties of English. Samantha Callum Callum Samantha 1.Which part of the country is Samantha staying in? 2. How long did it take her to understand what people were saying? 3. What did she notice about the pronunciation of words like dance and bath? 4. What is the last question the interviewer asked Samantha? 5. How long did Callum spend in the US? 6. What didn’t he like about the place he stayed in? 7. What did he say about the way people spoke? 8. What did girls like about Callum? Which part of the country is Samantha staying in? The north of England. 2. How long did it take her to understand what people were saying? Two month 3. What did she notice about the pronunciation of words like dance and bath? They’re the same as in A