Unit 2 English around the world Workbook-Listening 课件1.pptVIP

Look at the map. It shows some of the places in the world where English is spoken as an official language. Guess what this listening is about. Listen to the tape and see if you are right. Listen to the tape again. Work out the name of each student’s country and find the hints that help you identify them. Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Country name Hints India Ireland the Philippines Singapore South Asia; more than a billion people; British rulers green island in western Europe; British rulers more than 7,000 islands very small; a city; in southeast Asia; very rich What these countries have in common? They all speak English; they were all Non-English speakers before being conquered or colonized by English-speaking peoples. Do you also practice your English outside class? What do you usually do to improve your listening? Discuss with your partner. Listen to what Wang Ting and Chen Peng have to say and find out how they improve their English. Write down the main idea. Wang Ting and Chen Peng are discussing how they improve their English listening outside class. Listen again and answer the following questions. 1. What is Wang Ting going to do this weekend? She is going to buy some CDs to improve her English. 2. What does Wang Ting think about listening to English songs? She likes to listen to English songs to learn idiomatic English expressions. 3. Did Chen Peng often watch English films? Does he watch them now? No, he used to watch English films. He doesn’t watch them now as he thinks they are too hard without Chinese subtitles. 4. What does Chen Peng like watching on CCTV 9? He likes listening to Chinese people and reading the English subtitles. 5. What does Wang Ting ask Chen Peng to do? She asks him to listen to native speakers more often. 6. What does Chen Peng’s teacher say about learning English? What does she mean? The teacher asks him to learn “little and often”. She means that he should do a little extra listening every