Unit9AListeningCourse(3)2ndEdition,2012SectionOne

TacticsforListeningPart1:SpotDictation:

CelebrationsinAustralia,AsiaRingin2010Focus:PredictingNote-takingskillsWhilelistening:Listenandfillintheblankswithwhatyouhear.CelebrationsinAustralia,AsiaRingin2010Oneofthefirstmajorcitiestocelebratethe

wasSydney,Australia.Morethan

peoplegatheredalongtheSydneyharbortowatchthecity's

fireworksshow,settoboomingrockmusic.Hoursbeforemidnightpeople

HarborBridgetostakeout

forthe12-minutedisplay.Thisyear'sshowinvolvedmorethan

ofexplosivedevices.OthercitiesaroundAsiaandthePacificregion

fireworks,suchasKualaLumpurandHongKong.Inotherplacespeople

theNewYearwithoutfireworks.MillionsinJapanprayedatshrinesforgoodfortunein2010.InSeoul,SouthKorea,

wasrung.beginningof2010

amillion

annualarrivedat

goodseats

5,000kilograms

celebratedwith

markedagiantbell

InChina'scapital,signsaroundBeijingcautioned

fireworkswithintheheartofthecityonNewYear'sEve.Thisdidnotseemto

Beijingresidents,whosaytheLunarNewYearistheir

tocelebratewithfireworks.

Thisyearthatholidayisin.Manyyoungpeoplewere

andclubsinBeijinguntilthe

hoursofthemorning.Stillothershadto

onNewYear'sEve.Aslate-nightrevelerswaitedinthecoldfora

,twomenunloadedatruckata

onWorker'sStadiumRoad.Oneofthemsaidhe

goodhealthforhisparentsintheNewYear.HiscoworkersaidhehopedtospendtheLunarNewYear

athishomeinnearbyShandongprovince.nottolight

bothertraditionaltimemid-Februaryatbars

earlyworkscarcecabbakeryhopedfor

withfamilyOneofthefirstmajorcitiestocelebratethebeginningof2010wasSydney,Australia.MorethanamillionpeoplegatheredalongtheSydneyharbortowatchthecity'sannualfireworksshow,settoboomingrockmusic.澳大利亞的悉尼是地球上最先歡慶2010年新年的大城市之一。一百多萬(wàn)人聚集在悉尼港，參加一年一度的煙花晚會(huì)，晚會(huì)后又奏起響亮的搖滾樂(lè)。HoursbeforemidnightpeoplearrivedatHarborBridgetostakeoutgoodseatsforthe12-minutedisplay.Thisyear'sshowinvolvedmorethan5,000kilogramsofexplosivedevices.人們?cè)诎胍箒?lái)臨前的好幾個(gè)小時(shí)就紛紛來(lái)到悉尼港灣大橋上，為觀看12分鐘璀燦的煙花占上一個(gè)好位置。今年的晚會(huì)施放了5千多公斤的煙火。OthercitiesaroundAsiaandthePacificregioncelebratedwithfireworks,suchasKualaLumpurandHongKong.像吉隆坡和香港這些亞太地區(qū)城市，也以煙花晚會(huì)迎接新年。InotherplacespeoplemarkedtheNewYearwithoutfireworks.與此同時(shí)，雖然亞洲其他一些城市并沒(méi)有施放煙花，但民眾仍以各種方式歡慶新年。MillionsinJapanprayedatshrinesforgoodfortunein2010.InSeoul,SouthKorea,agiantbellwasrung.日本數(shù)百萬(wàn)民眾紛紛在寺廟膜拜，祈求2010年福運(yùn)亨通。韓國(guó)首都首爾，人們敲響了一口碩大的鐘。InChina'scapital,signsaroundBeijingcautionednottolightfireworkswithintheheartofthecityonNewYear'sEve.在中國(guó)首都北京，全城各地的告示提醒民眾新年除夕不得在市中心燃放鞭炮。ThisdidnotseemtobotherBeijingresidents,whosaytheLunarNewYearistheirtraditionaltimetocelebratewithfireworks.Thisyearthatholidayisinmid-February.盡管如此，北京市民似乎并沒(méi)有受到影響，他們說(shuō)，陰歷新年才是他們用焰火歡慶的傳統(tǒng)日子。今年的農(nóng)歷新年在二月中旬。ManyyoungpeoplewereatbarsandclubsinBeijinguntiltheearlyhoursofthemorning.StillothershadtoworkonNewYear'sEve.Aslate-nightrevelerswaitedinthecoldforascarcecab,twomenunloadedatruckatabakeryonWorker'sStadiumRoad.Oneofthem,surnamedWu,saidhehopedforgoodhealthforhisparentsintheNewYear.HiscoworkersurnamedZhangsaidhehopedtospendtheLunarNewYearwithfamilyathishomeinnearbyShandongprovince.在北京的酒吧和夜總會(huì)中，許多年輕人一直逗留到凌晨時(shí)分。不過(guò)，還是有人需要新年除夕加班。工人體育場(chǎng)路附近，狂歡夜歸的人寒風(fēng)中等待稀少的出租車，有兩人卻在那里忙著在一家面包房旁卸貨。其中一位姓吳的工人說(shuō)，希望新年期間父母安康，而姓張的同事則希望，能在鄰近的山東省和家人共度農(nóng)歷新年。GuidedListening1stlistening:Whatwordsstrikeyoumost?

Railtravelsafety2ndlistening:UnderstandingtheorganizationofthepassageThedegreeofsafetyofrailtravelvariesfromcountrytocountry.InUK.1trainaccident/everymillionmilesrunTheintroductionofautomaticandcomputerizedsignalingequipmenthelpstoreducetheaccidents.Post-listeningUnlikeairtravel,whichisregulatedinternationally,railtravelisinmanycasescontrollednationally.Thedegreeofsafetyofrailtravelisthereforehighlyvariablefromcountrytocountry,dependingonthedegreeofregulationandthequalityofregulationinthecountryconcerned.InBritainandtheUnitedStatesrailpassengerdeathsworkoutatanaverageoflessthan10railpassengerdeathsperyear.Unfortunately,therailpassengerdeathsperyearstatisticsinthelessdevelopedpartsoftheworldareconsiderablyhigherthantherailpassengerdeathsperyearstatisticsareinthewesternworld.IntheUKoverthelast25years,therehasbeenanaverageofonetrainaccidentforeverymillionmilesrun.Becauseindividualtrainscarrysuchalargenumberofpassengerscomparedwiththenumberofpassengerscarriedincars,busesandplanes,thisactuallymeansthatthedegreeofriskis,comparatively,onewhichisalmostnon-existent.Byfarthegreatestcauseofrailwayaccidentsishumanerror,eitherincontrollingorrespondingtosignals.Recentimprovementsinthenumbersofaccidentsareinlargemeasureduetotheintroductionofautomaticandcomputerizedsignallingequipment.Radiocommunicationsystemsbetweendriversandcontrolcentreshavealsoprovedinfluentialinreducingaccidents.Withthecontinuingdevelopmentofradiocommunicationsystemsandautomaticsignallingsystemswecanlookforwardtofurtherreductionsinwhatarealreadyimpressivelylowaccidentrates.Part1DialogueAdolescence

[??d?u?les?ns]Focus:RecognizingfactsUnderstandingtheoraltext—colloquialexpressions,link-ups,weakformsandcontractionsPre-listening1.Whatweresomeofthingsyouwantedtodoandwhatdidn’tyouliketodowhenyouwereteenagers?

2.Wereyourparentsstrictwithyouatthattime?

Firstlistening:

Mainidea&keywords1.WhatisJoratalkingabout?Whatherparentsallowhertodoandwhattheydonotallowhertodo.2.Whatdothefollowingwordmean?stuff:

thingG級(jí):(GENERALAUDIENCESAllagesadmitted.)大眾級(jí)。PG級(jí):(PARENTALGUIDANCESUGGESTEDSomematerialmaynotbesuitableforchildren.)普通級(jí)。PG-13級(jí):(PARENTSSTRONGLYCAUTIONEDSomematerialmaybeinappropriateforchildrenunder13.)普通級(jí)，但不適于13歲以下兒童。R級(jí):(RESTRICTEDUnder17requiresaccompanyingparentoradultguardian.)限制級(jí)，17歲以下必須由父母或者監(jiān)護(hù)陪伴才能觀看。NC-17級(jí):(NOONE17ANDUNDERADMITTED)17歲或者以下不可觀看，17歲以下觀眾禁止觀看。美國(guó)的電影分級(jí)SecondListening:

SpecificinformationEx.Listentothedialogueanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.TaconversationamongthedaughterJoraandthefather,Ericandtheinterviewer.2.Tstrict/Igetangry/notwantmetodostuff.afterwards/seewhy3.Fmother--looser/father--notletherwatchPG-13orRmovies,motherdoes.4.Tshe/stricteraboutchores,junkfood,…Carefullistening:Colloquialexpressionsandphonetics—link-ups&contractions1.Listenandretellthesentencesyou’vejustheard.J:Andthere’sonlyacoupleofincidentswhere,well,thatweretotally,y’know,thatIdidn’tunderstand

atall.I:Hmm.Notabadrecord.E:No.Uh,’cosI’msureI’vemadesomemistakes.Part2PassageABriefHistoryofBankingFocus:DictationskillsRecognizingfactsGaininganideaoftheearlydevelopmentofbankingindustrySentenceDictation

1.Situatedusuallyatatableorinasmallshopinthecommercialdistrict,thebankersaidedtravelerswhocametothetownbyexchangingforeigncoinsforlocalmoney.2.Itwasn’tlongbeforetheideaofattractingdepositsandsecuringtemporaryloansfromwealthycustomersbecameanimportantsourceofbankfunding.3.ThebankingindustrygraduallyspreadoutwardfromtheclassicalcivilizationsofGreeceandRomeintonorthernandwesternEurope.4.TheearlybanksinEuropewereplacesforsafekeepingofvaluableitemsaspeoplecametofearlossoftheirassetsduetowar,theft,orexpropriationbygovernment.5.Asthe19thcenturybegan,thedevelopmentoflarge,professionallymanagedbankingfirmswascenteredinafewleadingcommercialcenters,especiallyNewYork.Warming-up1.Couldyousaysomethingaboutwhatabankisandhowitworks?abusinessorganization,usu.alimitedcompany,tradesmainlyinmoney,receivingandholdingdeposits&payingsumsoutofthembyorderofthecustomer,actingascustomer’sagentinbuyingandsellingsecurities,

servingastrusteeorexecutor,

andperformingvariousextraservicesforcustomers,e.g.

arrangingtravelandinsuranceandadvisingontaxandinvestment.2.Howdidthebankingindustrycomeintobeing?3.Renaissance:[r?'neis?ns]theperiodofEuropeanhistoryatthecloseoftheMiddleAgesandtheriseofthemodernworldaculturalrebirthfromthe14ththroughthemiddleofthe17thcenturiesPassage:ABriefHistoryofBanking

Vocabularydiscount

['diskaunt]貼現(xiàn)commercial

notes商業(yè)票據(jù)workingcapital營(yíng)業(yè)資本，周轉(zhuǎn)資本perannum:[p?:'?n?m]peryear;everyyear;annually

venture:風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資acommercialundertakingthatrisksalossbutpromisesaprofit

theRenaissance:[r?'neis?ns](periodofthe)revivalofartandliteratureinthe14th,15thand16thcenturies,basedonclassicalforms（14﹑15﹑16世紀(jì)的）文藝復(fù)興;文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期theMediterranean[?medit?'reinj?n]n.地中海expropriation

[eks?pr??pr?'e??n]n.沒(méi)收,征收Listentothepassageandchoosethebestanswers.1.BThe1stbankerslived+2,000ysago.2.ATheyweremoneychangers.3.CThe1stbankersprobablyusedtheirowncapitaltofundtheiractivities.4.DLoansweremadetomerchants,shippers,andlandownersatratesofinterestaslowas6%perannumtoashighas48%amonthfortheriskiestventures!5.D.….primarilybecauseloansmadetothepooroftencarriedhighinterestrates.

6.ATheIndustrialRevolutiondemandedawell-developedfinancialsystem.7.CBecausetheyweremoreconvenientandlessriskytocarryaround.8.BAsthe19thC.Began,stategovernmentsintheU.S.beganchatteringbankingcompanies.GuidedListening:Understandingorganization

Cluesoftime,regionsandeventsSecondlistening:Find¬edowntheclues2,000ago—firstappeared/GreekinoriginMiddleages—religiousopposition/northern&westernEuropeRenaissance—wealthycustomers/reducereligiousopposition15thC,16thC&17thC—banking/aleadingindustry/Europe&theBritishIsles.WhencolonieswereestablishedinN.&S.America—bankingsystemwastransferredtotheNewWorld.19thC—bankingfirmswerecenteredinafewleadingcommercialcenters/NewYork

After-listeningDiscussionGiveanaccountofthedevelopmentofbankingindustry

firstappearedthefirstbankerstheMiddleAges—religiousoppositiontheRenaissancethe15th,16th,and17thCenturiestheearlybanksinEurope

thenewworldSectionThreeNewsFocus:GlobalWarmingIssuesRecognizingfactsExtractinganoutlineSummaryNewsItem1GreenlandIceSheetVocabularyNASA

['n?s?]美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局=

(US)NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration[?e?r?u?n?:tiks]coastalregions沿海區(qū)域accessible

[?k'ses?bl]adj~(tosb)thatcanbereached,used,etc可接近的;可進(jìn)入的;可使用的Antarctica

[?n‘tɑ:ktik?]南極洲

protrude:[pr??tru:d]stickoutfromsomething伸出;突出

temperate:[?temp?rit]freefromextremes;mild溫和的，溫帶的

latitude:['l?titju:d]緯度longitude[?l?nd?itju:d]n.經(jīng)度ListenandcompletethesummaryThisnewsitemisaboutthefindingsofaUSSpaceAgencystudythaticesheetonGreenlandismeltingrapidly.therapidthinningoficesheetonGreenland.Listenanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.F

Greenlandismeltingaroundtheedge.2.F

50cubickilometers

3.T

Themoreimportantthingistoconsideritasasignalofglobalclimatechangeandtomonitoritincaseitstartstoaccelerate.4.T

85%ofGreenlandiscoveredbyiceandismoreaccessibleforscientificstudythanAntarctica,whichisundertheworld’slargesticesheet5.T

Greenland,thewayit’spositioned—muchmorenorthsouth,andthesoutherntipofGreenlandprotrudesintothemoretemperatelatitudes—itmayreactmuchquickertoglobalclimatechangethanAntarcticadoes.

GreenlandIceSheetAUSSpaceAgencystudyfindsthatGreenlandismeltingaroundtheedges.Thelosstotheworld'ssecondlargesticesheet-morethan50cubickilometersperyear-isenoughtoraiseglobalsealevelby0.13millimeters.NASAscientistBillKrabillsaysthedataindicatesaprocessofchangethatdoesnotimmediatelythreatencoastalregions."Themoreimportantthingistoconsideritasasignalofglobalclimatechangeandtomonitoritincaseitstartstoaccelerate."Eighty-fivepercentofGreenlandiscoveredbyiceandismoreaccessibleforscientificstudythanAntarctica,whichisundertheworld'slargesticesheet."Greenland,thewayit'spositioned-muchmorenorthsouth,andthesoutherntipofGreenlandprotrudes*intothemoretemperate*latitudes*-itmayreactmuchquickertoglobalclimatechangethanAntarcticadoes."NewsItem2CoolingAntarcticaBackground:FirstListening:difficultwordsandexpressionsmeasurably:['me??r?bli]considerablydeparturefrom背離;違反Thenewsystemisadeparturefromourusualmethods.這套新辦法不同于我們慣用的方法。

monitorthepulseofAntarctica:keepaneyeonthechangesofAntarctica

plottheclimatetrends:繪制氣候趨勢(shì)圖perpetually

[p?'pet?u?li]adv.持久地,永恒地oceancurrent:洋流degreecelsius['selsi?s]攝氏溫度climatology

[/?kla?m??t?l?d??]scienceorstudyofclimate氣候?qū)WclimatologicallyListentothenewsandcompletethesummaryThisnewsitemisaboutthefindingsofanewstudywhichshowsAntarcticacooling.theresultofanewstudywhichsuggestsAntarcticcooling.Listenagainandanswerthefollowingquestions1.Whatdoesanewstudysay?ItsaysAntarctica,thesouthernmostcontinent,hascooledmeasurablyinrecentyears.2.WhathaveProfessorPeterDoranandotherresearchersplotted?Theyhaveplottedclimatetrendsintheregion.3.WhatdoyouknowaboutAntarctica’sDryValleys?

Itisaperpetuallysnow-free,mountainouszone.4.Whatdotherecordsfromweatherstationsshow?

Theyshowadecreaseby0.7degreeCelsiusperdecadeintheDryValleyssince1986andasimilarcoolingtrendacrossthecontinentsince1978.5.

WhyisAntarcticacooling?Becausethereisabigoceancurrentthatconstantlycirclesaroundthecontinent,soAntarcticaissomewhatisolatedfromtherestoftheglobe,anddoesnotbehaveinthesameway.CoolingAntarcticaAnewstudysaysAntarctica,thesouthernmostcontinent,hascooledmeasurablyinrecentyears.Thefindingsareadeparturefromglobaltrendsthatshowsignificantwarmingduringthelastcentury.UniversityofChicagoProfessorPete~Doranmonitorsthepulse*ofAntarctica.Heandotherresearchershaveplotted*climatetrendsintheregion.TheyareworkingwithdatafromweatherstationsinAntarctica'sDryValleys,aperpetuallysnow-free,mountainouszone,andfromstationsacrossthecontinent.Theirrecordsshowadecreaseby0.7degreesCelsiusperdecadeintheDryValleyssince1986andasimilarcoolingtrendacrossthecontinentsince1978.Doransaid,"Antarcticaissomewhatisolatedbecausethereisabigoceancurrent*thatconstantlycirclesaroundthecontinentandactuallysortofisolatesit,andthat'swhatmakesitcold.And,thatmaybeafactorinwhyweareseeingAntarcticacoolingisthatslightdisconnectfromtherestoftheglobe,andit'snotbehavinginthesameway."NewsItem3ClimateChangeVocabularyadverseeffects:unfavourableeffects[??dv?:s]不良反應(yīng)irreversiblydamaged:[?iri'v?:s?bli]不可逆地;不可挽回地

Ifsomethingisirreversiblydamaged,itissoseriousorsogreatthatyoucannotchangesomethingbacktohowitwasbefore.low-lyingcountries地勢(shì)低洼的國(guó)家Bangladesh孟加拉國(guó)[亞洲]['bɑ:?gl??de?]incalculable

[in'k?lkjul?bl]toolargeorgreattobecalculated不可計(jì)算的，不可估量的famine:[?f?min]alackoffoodduringalongperiodoftimeinaregion饑荒degreecelsius攝氏度℃degreecentigrade

ListentothenewsandcompletethesummaryThisnewsitemisabout

aUNstudyreportontheeffectsofglobalwarming.Listenandcompletetheoutline.I.GlobaltemperaturesincreaseA.Globaltemperatureswillincrease_________________________________II.UnfavorableeffectsA.Increased__________,__________with_____and________lossa.someplantsandmammalswillbeirreversibly_________orbecome_______.b.More_______indryareasoftheworld,suchas________.

bynearly6℃

floodingdroughtcropwaterdamaged

extinct

famineAfricaB.___________________,andotherclimaticeffectsa.Millionsofpeoplewillbecome__________in________countriessuchasBangladesh.b.Some________willdisappearcompletely.c.Economiclosseswillbe_________.Ariseinsealevels

homelesslow-lyingislandsincalculableClimateChangeTheUNstudypredictsglobaltemperatureswillincreasebynearlysixdegreesCelsiusduringthiscentury.Itsaysthiswillleadtoincreasedflooding,drought,ariseinsealevels,andotherclimaticeffects.Thestudysaysallregionsoftheworldwillsufferadverse*effectsofclimatechange.Thepanel'sco-chairman,JamesMcCarthy,sayssomeplantandmammalswillbeirreversibly*damaged;otherswillbecomeextinct.MrMcCarthysaysmillionsofpeoplewillbemadehomelessinlow-lyingcountriessuchasBangladeshbecauseofsealevelrise.Someislandswilldisappearcompletely.EconomiclosseswillbeincalculableInaddition,thereportsayscropandwaterlosswillleadtomorefamine*indryareasoftheworld,suchasAfrica.SectionFourSupplementaryExercises

SectionFourPart1FeatureReportNewDataShowIceLossinGreenlandAcceleratingA:Directions:listentothenewsreportandcompletethesummary.ThisnewsreportisabouttheGreenlandicesheetlosingmassatanacceleratingrate.B:Directions:listentothenewsreportagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.Coastalcommunitiesaroundtheworldareatriskofrisingsealevels.GRACE