大学体验英语综合教程第四册U4_L-T.pptVIP

* Lead in Listen Talk Return to Menu Let’s listen. Listen to the passage and identify which picture can best express the main idea of the passage. English is becoming the world’s language of the 21st Century and this is no time to ____(S1) U.S. residents or immigrants ______(S2) learning English. English is now the second most widely spoken language in the world, with only Chinese _____(S3) spoken by more people. English is ______(S4) the second language of ____(S5) for non-English-speaking people. English is the official language of the European Central Bank and the working language of the Asian trade group ASEAN. Listen to the passage again, and then fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. In multilingual continental Europe, a ____(S6) battle over language popularity appears to be ending with English emerging as the _____(S7) for the 21st century. The Germans have given up trying to persuade more British people to learn their language and, instead, ________________________________(S8). Germany’s leading newspaper produces an eightEnglish edition and declares that “____________________________________(S9).” Switzerland has three official languages, German, French, and Italian, plus a fourth language spoken in one canton, Romansh. But Switzerland recently ______________________________(S10), rather than one of its official languages. Third Time English is becoming the world’s language of the 21st Century and this is no time to ____(S1) U.S. residents or immigrants ______(S2) learning English. English is now the second most widely spoken language in the world, with only Chinese _____(S3) spoken by more people. English is ______(S4) the second language of ____(S5) for non-English-speaking people. English is the official language of the European Central