Unit 2 Language

What’s the title of the unit? Welcome to the unit Language.

How many languages are there in the world? 6,000 languages are used in the world now.

Chinese Russian

English Spanish

Japanese Tibetan

French Arabic

Greek German

Do you know other forms of language?

:-) smiley face :-( sad face :'(:'( :-| crying face disappointed face emoticon

:-O Wow! 8-| bookworm =:O frightened :}{:kisses

1. Can you think of other forms of emoticons? Group work

mp ap co

What does this mean? Be quiet ! victory

sign language

Who needs to use sign language in daily life? The deaf.

whistle

nurse

house

Louis Braille was born in 1809 in France. When he was young, he had an accident. Then he became blind. It was he who invented Braille. Who is he?

Braille Braille is the system of six raised dots created in 1821 by Louis Braille. It’s the only way through which the blind can learn to read and write.

2. Do you think English is very important? And how much do you know about English?

1.Music is not like most other art _____. 2. I ________ her mother __ her safe arrival. 3. Where can I _________ my RMB for dollars? Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases from the box below. broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle, stand for forms informed of exchanged

4. They have __________ the news by radio. 5. The letters “x” and “y” often ________ unknown numbers in mathematics. 6. His back is _____. 7. Look, the children are dancing ________. transmitted stand for broad in circles