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1、Step by Step Book 1 unit05Unit 5 Colorful lands, colorful people(2)Objectives:You are going to hear some sentences telling you the 12 most populous countries in the world.in the following passage you are going to hear the names of some languages and the numbers of native speakers of these languages.

2、 Listen carefully and fill in the missing languages and numbers.Part A.Key wordscensus人口调查；户口调查The census enumerated eighty-six persons over one hundred years old in this mountain area.根据人口调查这一带山区共有八十六位百岁老人。estimate 估计My estimate of his abilities was wrong.我对他的能力估计错了。rank等级 分类；分等级To hold a particula

3、r rank:位于占据一个特定的等级ranked first in the class.在班上名列前茅This town ranks high among beauty spots.这城市在风景区中享有盛名。vocabularyfederation联盟；同盟The small countries joined together into a federation.小国联合起来组成一个联盟。联邦政府statistics统计，统计数字统计学, 统计表Indonesia印度尼西亚Pakistan 巴基斯坦(南亚国家)Bangladesh孟加拉国Nigeria尼日利亚You are going to

4、hear some sentences telling you the 12 most populous countries in the world.countrypopulation11, 243, 738, 0002955, 220, 0003267, 901, 0004199, 867, 0005159, 884, 0006147, 105, 0007138, 150, 0008125, 638, 0009122, 013, 00010118, 369, 0001196, 400, 0001282, 071, 000B. VocabularyBengali: 孟加拉人(语)adj.孟加

5、拉(人)的Hindi: 印地语Portuguese葡萄牙的, 葡萄牙人的, 葡萄牙语的n.葡萄牙人, 葡萄牙语Javanese: 爪哇语adj.爪哇的爪哇 ZhowJava 印度尼西亚岛屿。全国第四大岛Korean韩国人, 朝鲜人, 韩国语, 朝鲜语adj.韩国人的, 朝鲜人的, 韩国语的, 朝鲜语的Vietnamese越南(Vietnam)的越南人的越南语的Telugu: 泰卢固语(印度东部德拉维拉语言)印泰卢固人Marathi: 马拉地语(属印欧语系印度语族) adj.(印度)马哈拉施特拉邦(人)的马拉地语的Tamil: 泰米尔人, 泰米尔语adj.泰米尔语的, 泰米尔人的Urdu: 乌尔

6、都语An Indic language that is the official literary language of Pakistan. It is written in an Arabic alphabet and is also widely used in India, chiefly by Moslems. 乌尔都语巴基斯坦官方书面语言的印度语。用阿拉伯字母书写，在印度被广泛使用，其主要使用者为穆斯林Gujarati: 古吉拉特人古吉拉特语Ukrainian: 乌克兰(语)adj.乌克兰的, 乌克兰人(语)的in the following passage you are goi

7、ng to hear the names of some languages and the numbers of native speakers of these languages. Listen carefully and fill in the missing languages and numbers.Languages Speakers Languages Speakers 1Chinese1, 300million12French72 million2Spanish 332 million13Vietnam67 million3English 322 million14Telug

8、u66 million4Bengali189 million15Marathi 64 million5Hindi 182 million16Tamil 63 million6Portuguese 170 million17Turkish59 million7Russian 170 million18Urdu 58 million8Japanese125 million19Gujarati 44 million9German98 million20Polish 44 million10Javanese 75. 5 million21Arabic42. 5 million11Korean75 mi

9、llion22Ukrainian41 millionTapescript:Do you know which languages are spoken by more than 49 million people?Chinese has the largest number of speakers, more than 1,300 million. Next, Spanish is spoken by 332 million people. The next on the line is English, which has more than 322 million speakers. Nu

10、mber 4, Bengali is spoken by 189 million people. Next comes Hindi, the language spoken chiefly in India, which has 182 million speakers. Portuguese and Russian are next on the line and they are both spoken by 170 million people. Number 8, Japanese is spoken by 125 million. Next, German has 98 millio

11、n speakers, while Javanese has 75.5 million. We have Korean on the list with 75 million, and it is followed by French, which is spoken by 72 million. Number 13, Vietnamese is spoken by 67 million and Telugu is spoken by 66 million. Next, we have Marathi on the list and it has 64 million speakers. Ma

12、rathi is followed by Tamil, with 63 million speakers. Next comes Turkish, the language spoken in Turkey, and it has 59 million speakers. Number 18, Urdu is spoken by 58 million people. Gujarati has 44 million speakers, and Polish is also spoken by 44 million people. Number 21, which 42.5 million peo

13、ple speak, is Arabic and last, the number of people who speak Ukrainian is 41 million.Part The Worlds six Billionth InhabitantKey wordshumanity（1）Human beings considered as a group; the human race. 人类作为整体来讲的人类；人类（2）The condition or quality of being human; humanness. 为人的资格成为人的条件和品质；人（3）The quality of

14、 being humane; benevolence.仁慈的品性；和善（4）A humane characteristic, attribute, or act. 人性仁慈的特征、品质或行动（5）humanitiesThe languages and literatures of ancient Greece and Rome; the classics. 古典文学古希腊、古罗马的语言和文学；古典文学（6）Those branches of knowledge, such as philosophy, literature, and art, that are concerned with h

15、uman thought and culture; the liberal arts. 人文科学研究人类思想和文明的学科，如哲学、文学、艺术；自由主义艺术vocabulary overnight: QUICKLY very quickly or suddenlyChange does not happen overnightinhabitant:One that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident: 居民居住在某地的人，尤指长期居民：the inhabitants of a fishing village; snakes,

16、lizards, and other inhabitants of the desert.一个渔村的居民；蛇，蜥蜴和沙漠中的其它居住者deliver:To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute: 递送带到或运送到适当的地方或接受者；分送：deliver groceries; deliver the mail.运送食品；投递邮件To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over: 交付把（某人或某物）交给他人；移交：delivered the

17、criminal to the police.把罪犯交给警察symbolizeTo serve as a symbol of: 作为的象征：Munich, the 1938 Hitler-Chamberlain meeting that now symbolizes the idea of appeasement (Jonathan Alter)“慕尼黑，1938年希特勒与张伯伦的会晤现已为绥靖主义的象征”(乔纳森奥尔特)to represent or identify by a symbol 用符号代表或确认To use symbols. 符号的使用Rose symbolizes love.

18、The Red Five-Star Flag symbolizes the Peoples Republic of China.ecological: adj.生态学的, 社会生态学的acclaim:To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. 喝彩，称赞热情地，并且经常公开地称赞；赞赏To shout approval. 欢呼，喝彩Acclaim n.Enthusiastic applause; acclamation.热情的称赞；欢呼欢呼着拥戴；欢呼着同意Eg. Penicillin was acclaimed as the

19、 most important discovery during the 1940s.青霉素曾被公认是二十世纪四十年代最重大的发现。Eg. He was acclaimed as the winner.在欢呼声中他被承认为胜利者。momentum: 动量A measure of the motion of a body equal to the product of its mass and velocity. 动量，冲量一种衡量物体运动量度的单位，等于运动物体的质量和速度的乘积Also called: linear momentumImpetus of a physical object i

20、n motion. 冲力运动中物体的动力Impetus of a nonphysical process, such as an idea or a course of events: 势头非物质发展的动力，如思想或事物的进程：Eg. The soaring rise in interest rates finally appeared to be losing momentum.利率的飞速上涨的势头终于减弱了 Philosophy 【哲学】An essential or constituent element; a moment.必要的或构成的元素；契机impact:The striking

21、 of one body against another; collision. 碰击，撞击一个物体对另一个物体的击打；碰撞The force or impetus transmitted by a collision. 冲击力由碰撞而传递的力量或动力The effect or impression of one thing on another: 影响一个事物对另一个事物的影响或印象：still gauging the impact of automation on the lives of factory workers.仍然在估测自动化对工厂工人生活的影响The power of mak

22、ing a strong, immediate impression: 影响力产生很快的、很深印象的力量：a speech that lacked impact.毫无影响力的演说Impact v.To pack firmly together.压紧To strike forcefully:用力撞击：To have an effect or impact on在产生影响demographer人口学, 人口统计学种群统计学predict:To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of specia

23、l knowledge. 预测，预知，预告预先陈述、告诉或公布，尤指以特殊知识为基础To foretell something; prophesy. 预言，预示预言某事；预言count:To name or list (the units of a group or collection) one by one in order to determine a total; number. 算出总数一个接一个地说出或列出（一群或一组中的各个单位）以得其总数；计数To recite numerals in ascending order up to and including: 计数按上升顺序念数

24、字直到并包括：count three before firing.开火前数到三To include in a reckoning; take account of:计算在内；包含在内：ten dogs, counting the puppies.连小狗总共有十只 Informal 【非正式用语】To include by or as if by counting: 包含在内通过或好象通过计算包括进来：Eg. Count me in. 把我算进去To exclude by or as if by counting: 排除在外通过或好象通过计算排除出去：Eg. Count me out. 不算我T

25、o believe or consider to be; deem: 认为相信或认为是；认为：Eg. Count yourself lucky. 把你自己看作幸运者count v.intr.To recite or list numbers in order or enumerate items by units or groups: 计算按组或群顺次背出或念出或列出数字：Eg. counted by tens. 以十为单位来计算To have importance: 有重要性：Eg. You really count with me.对我来说你确实很重要To have a specified

26、 importance or value: 有价值具有某种特殊的重要性或价值：Eg. Their opinions count for little. Each basket counts for two points.他们的观点没什么价值。每投一球得两分level off （使）变得平坦，（使）变得平整agency:A business or service authorized to act for others: 代理行；经销处被授权替他人做事的商业或服务机构：an employment agency.职业介绍所An administrative division of a govern

27、ment or international body. 机构一国政府内或国际机构管辖下的行政部门Bosnia-Herzegovina: 波斯尼亚. 黑塞哥维那A region of west-central Yugoslavia. It was settled by Serbs in the 7th century and became an independent state in the 12th century. Bosnia was controlled by Turkey after 1483 and was later annexed by the Austro-Hungarian

28、 Empire. 波斯尼亚南斯拉夫中西部的一地区。7世纪塞族人定居于此，12世纪成为一个独立国家。1483年以后波斯尼亚被土耳其控制，后来被奥匈帝国吞并A region of west-central Yugoslavia. Largely independent after the 10th century, it was conquered by Bosnia in the 14th century and has been closely allied with that region ever since. Herzegovina became part of the Kingdom

29、of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) in 1918. 黑塞哥维那南斯拉夫中西部一地区，10世纪之后，其大部已独立，但在14世纪被波斯尼亚占领，从此与波斯尼亚结成紧密联盟。1981年，黑塞哥维那成为塞尔维亚、克罗地亚和斯洛维尼亚（后南斯拉夫）联合王国的一部分the United NationsKosovo 科索沃南斯拉夫自治省名Sarajevo: 萨拉热窝南斯拉夫中部城市The UN Secretary GeneralA.Now listen to a news report on the words six billion

30、th inhabitant. Answer the following questions by supplying the missing information.1. A baby boy2. social / ecological / populations3. longer / healthierB.Now listen to the passage again. After that, three sentences chosen from the passage will be read to you.1. b2. c3. aA.Now listen to a news report on the words six billionth inhabitant. Answer the following questions by supplying the missing information.1. What is the worlds six billiont