江苏专用2016_2017学年高中英语unit2languageperiodonewelcometotheunit&reading讲义牛津译林版 (2)

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1、Unit2LanguageTheOfficialUNLanguagesTheUnitedNationswasfoundedin1945afterWorldWarⅡtostopwarsbetweencountries，andtoprovideaplatformfordialogue.TheheadquartersoftheUnitedNationsisinNewYork.Thereare193membersnow.TheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNationsarethesixlang

2、uages.TheyareArabic，Chinese，English，French，RussianandSpanish.WhentheUNwasfounded，fiveofficiallanguageswerechosen：English，French，Chinese，RussianandSpanish.Arabicwasaddedin1973.Theselanguagesareusedatmeetings.Theyarealsousedforthedisseminationofofficialdocument

3、s.ThesesixlanguagesareallworkinglanguagesintheGeneralAssemblyandintheEconomicandSocialCouncil.TheyarealsotheworkinglanguagesoftheSecurityCouncil.TheworkinglanguagesattheUNSecretariatareonlyEnglishandFrench.LanguageDaysoftheUNIn2010，theUN’sDepartmentofPublicIn

4、formationannouncedaninitiativeofsix“languagedays”tobeobservedthroughouttheyear，oneforeachofficiallanguage，withthegoalofcelebratinglinguisticdiversityandlearningabouttheimportanceofcrossculturalcommunication.Thedaysandtheirhistoricalsignificanceare：UNArabicLan

5、guageDay：December18th.ItisthedateonwhichtheUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblychoseArabicasthesixthofficiallanguageoftheUnitedNationsin1973.UNChineseLanguageDay：April20th.ItisalsothedaytohonorCangJie，theancientChinesemythicalfigurewhoinventedChinesecharacters.UNEngl

6、ishLanguageDay：April23rd.ThedateistraditionallyregardedasthedeathofWilliamShakespeare.UNFrenchLanguageDay：March20th.ItisthedateofInternationalFrancophonieDay.UNRussianLanguageDay：June6th.ItisthebirthdayofAlexanderPushkin.UNSpanishLanguageDay：October12th.It’st

7、hedateofColumbusDay.Notes1．disseminationn．散布，传播2．theGeneralAssembly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．WhendopeoplecelebrateUNChineseLa

8、nguageDay?OnApril20th.PeriodOne　Welcometotheunit&Reading　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　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