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1、Unit2LanguageTheOfficialUNLanguagesTheUnitedNationswasfoundedin1945afterWorldWarⅡtostopwarsbetweencountries，andtoprovideaplatformfordialogue.TheheadquartersoftheUnitedNationsisinNewYork.Thereare193membersnow.TheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNationsarethesixlanguages.They

2、areArabic，Chinese，English，French，RussianandSpanish.WhentheUNwasfounded，fiveofficiallanguageswerechosen：English，French，Chinese，RussianandSpanish.Arabicwasaddedin1973.Theselanguagesareusedatmeetings.Theyarealsousedforthedisseminationofofficialdocuments.Thesesixlanguagesa

3、reallworkinglanguagesintheGeneralAssemblyandintheEconomicandSocialCouncil.TheyarealsotheworkinglanguagesoftheSecurityCouncil.TheworkinglanguagesattheUNSecretariatareonlyEnglishandFrench.LanguageDaysoftheUNIn2010，theUN’sDepartmentofPublicInformationannouncedaninitiative

4、ofsix“languagedays”tobeobservedthroughouttheyear，oneforeachofficiallanguage，withthegoalofcelebratinglinguisticdiversityandlearningabouttheimportanceofcrossculturalcommunication.Thedaysandtheirhistoricalsignificanceare：UNArabicLanguageDay：December18th.Itisthedateonwhich

5、theUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblychoseArabicasthesixthofficiallanguageoftheUnitedNationsin1973.UNChineseLanguageDay：April20th.ItisalsothedaytohonorCangJie，theancientChinesemythicalfigurewhoinventedChinesecharacters.UNEnglishLanguageDay：April23rd.Thedateistraditionallyreg

6、ardedasthedeathofWilliamShakespeare.UNFrenchLanguageDay：March20th.ItisthedateofInternationalFrancophonieDay.UNRussianLanguageDay：June6th.ItisthebirthdayofAlexanderPushkin.UNSpanishLanguageDay：October12th.It’sthedateofColumbusDay.Notes1．disseminationn．散布，传播2．theGeneralA

7、ssembly联合国大会3．linguisticdiversity语言的多样性4．InternationalFrancophonieDay全球法语日Task根据上文完成下列各题1．WhichtwolanguagesaretheworkinglanguagesoftheUNSecretariat?EnglishandFrench.2．WhendopeoplecelebrateUNChineseLanguageDay?OnApril20th.PeriodOne　Welcometotheunit&Reading　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

8、　　　　　Ⅰ.单词自测1．vocabularyn．词汇2．nowadaysadv.现在，如今3.mainlandn．大陆mainadj.主要的4．occupyvt.占领；占用(时间、空间等)occupationn．占领；消遣；工作，职