1、Higher Vocational English,Unit 3：Social problem,Background References,Aggravating social contradictions due to loss of farmland Income gap further widened There is a long-term difficulty in employment Poverty-relief work still high on the agenda in the new century,Seven social problems hinder China,

2、Background References,5. Anti-corruption drive should be in line with political system reform 6. Sustainable development is seriously hampered by resources, energy and environment 7. Attention should be paid to the social and psychological changes in the fast-economic growth period,Seven social prob

3、lems hinder China,Practice Book (answer key),Part 1 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3,Part 2 Id rather be a sparrow than a snail” Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3,Part 3 Pre-Reading Text A Text B,Part 4 Brainstorming Task,Part 5 Activity Answers,Main Contents,Part I : Speaking Activity,Activity 1: Lo

4、ok at the following pictures and choose the corresponding words from the given words below to match each picture.,Part I : Speaking Activity,Activity 2: Divide the whole class into 8 groups. Each group chooses one picture to discuss.,Part I : Speaking Activity,Activity 3: After the above discussion,

5、 the representative of each group should report it according to the above chart.,Part I : Speaking Activity,concentrate v. 集中，專心 improvement n. 改進(jìn)，改善,invest vt. 投資 burglary n. 盜竊行為 commit v. 委托(托付), 犯罪,rehabilitation n. 復(fù)原 tough adj. 強(qiáng)硬的，艱苦的，棘手的，嚴(yán)厲的 lenient adj. 寬大的，仁慈的,New Words & Expressions,A: wh

6、ich social problem do you think the government needs to concentrate on most? B: I think housing is a big problem. There are thousands of homeless people on the streets. A: how would you solve the problem? B: I have a good idea to solve it. The government could provide some money for homeless people

7、to build their own homes. A: it would probably be very expensive. B: I think the government can afford it. Besides, there are many advantages. Homeless people would find it easier to get jobs if they had an address. They would learn some useful skill for finding jobs in the construction industry or

8、home improvement.,Part I : Speaking Activity,Conversation 1: Housing,A: its not a bad idea. I think education is the biggest problem at the moment. Schools dont seem to have enough money to educate kids properly. B: if we are to invest more money to education, we will need to raise taxes. That would

9、nt be popular with voters. A: most voters what everything bout ways. They want the government to pay for lots of things, but without increasing taxes. B: the government should show that it is using money efficiently. Sometimes you hear about how the government has wasted money on a project. A: yes.

10、The government has limited funds and must show that it is using the money responsibly.,Conversation 1: Housing,A: is there a lot of crime in your city? B: theres some, but I dont think its a big problem. A lot of it is petty crime, burglary and car theft. Theres very little major crime. A: its the s

11、ame in my city. We also have a lot of drug addicts. A lot of the crime is committed by drug addicts who need money for drugs. B: That happens in many places. In my city, there is a very good drug rehabilitation programmer. The police and courts are also tough on people who commit crimes, but I dont

12、know if thats the reason for our relatively low crime rate. A: some people believe that a tough approach is better. Other prefers a more lenient approach. B: I think that the best way to reduce crime is to spread wealth more evenly. If most people have similar amounts of money, they will not think o

13、f stealing from others. A: thats possible, but Im not sure it would really happen like that.,Part I : Speaking Activity,Conversation 2: Crime,sparrow n. 麻雀 snail n. 蝸牛 hammer n. 錘, 鐵榔頭,Listen to the song “Id rather be a sparrow than a snail”,Fill in the blanks,New words & expressions,01,02,03,Part I

14、I : Listening Practice: warm-up,Part II : Listening Practice: warm-up,Id rather be a sparrow than a snail Yes I _. If I could, I surely would Id rather be a hammer than a nail Yes I would, If I only could, I surely would Away, Id rather _ Like a swan thats here and gone A man _the ground He gives th

15、e world its saddest sound Its _sound Id rather be a forest than a street Yes I would, If I could, I surely would Id rather feel the earth _ Yes I would, If I only could, I surely would,Id rather be a sparrow than a snail,Direction: Listen to the following five short dialogues. After each dialogue, t

16、here is a question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once.,M: Would you please drop this book off at the library for me when you go to school? W: I would if I was going, but I have to work today. Q: What does the woman imply? (C),Ex1：Dialogue,Transcript,Part II: Listening Practic

17、e,Click the link,Direction: Listen to the following five short dialogues. After each dialogue, there is a question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once.,M: Id like to have a talk with your director sometime this week. Could you arrange it for me? W: Hes rather busy these days.

18、But Ill see what I can do. Q: Whats the man asking the woman to do? (B),Ex1：Dialogue,Transcript,Part II: Listening Practice,Click the link,Direction: Listen to the following five short dialogues. After each dialogue, there is a question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once.,M:

19、You dont want to start your graduate study right after graduation, do you? W: Well, actually I do. Q: What does the woman mean? (A),Ex1：Dialogue,Transcript,Part II: Listening Practice,Click the link,Direction: Listen to the following five short dialogues. After each dialogue, there is a question. Bo

20、th the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once.,W: Bill, I think Ill ride my bike to school today. You want to go with me? M: Sure, the exercise will do me good. Q: What does the man mean? (B),Ex1：Dialogue,Transcript,Part II: Listening Practice,Click the link,Direction: Listen to the follow

21、ing five short dialogues. After each dialogue, there is a question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once.,M: I often mistake Ted for Bob. Can you tell them apart? W: No, they look so much alike that they even confused their mother sometimes when they were young. Q: Whats the mos

22、t probable relationship between Ted and Bob? (D),Ex1：Dialogue,Transcript,Part II: Listening Practice,Click the link,Direction: Listen to the 2 conversations twice. After each conversation, there are questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times.,Ex2： Conversation,Transcrip

23、t,Part II: Listening Practice,W: So, Tom, are you going to get married or not? M: Yeah, yeah, but Rosas afraid. Shes not sure she wants to get married right now. She cant decide. W: Why not? Why cant she decide? M: Well, were both young, and she likes her job. And, of course, if we have children, sh

24、ell have to quit her job. W: Why? A lot of women have kids but dont quit their jobs. M: True, but I dont want Rosa to work. W: Oh. So when will she give you an answer? M: Im going to her house for dinner Saturday night. Shell tell me then.,Click the link,Direction: Listen to the 2 conversations twic

25、e. After each conversation, there are questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times.,Ex2： Conversation,Transcript,Part II: Listening Practice,W: Well, good luck. M: Thanks. Whatre you going to do this weekend, Mary? W: Im going fishing with my dad. Well probably leave earl

26、y Saturday morning and come back Saturday night. M: What time will you get home? W: Around 7 oclock. I have a date with my boyfriend at 8:00. M: May I see you and your boyfriend on Sunday? W: Yeah. In fact, why dont we all do something? M: OK. What? W: Oh, I dont know. We can go on a picnic on Sunda

27、y. M: Fine.,Click the link,Direction: Listen to the 2 conversations twice. After each conversation, there are questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times.,Ex2： Conversation,Transcript,Part II: Listening Practice,M: Good evening, Im Dave Malone. Welcome to the game “How m

28、uch do you know?” Its a game to see how much you really know about a friend or a family member. Tonight we have Melissa and her boyfriend, Louis, on the show. Melissa, youre going to answer questions about Louis. Are you ready? W: Yes, Dave, Im ready. M: Do you think you know Louis well? W: Yes, I d

29、o. M: OK, first question. Can he cook? W: Thats easy. Yes, he can. Hes really good cook. M: Correct. OK, next question Can he sing? W: Yes but not very well.,Click the link,Direction: Listen to the 2 conversations twice. After each conversation, there are questions. Both the conversations and questi

30、ons will be spoken two times.,Ex2： Conversation,Transcript,Part II: Listening Practice,M: Yes, thats right. Thats what Louis says too. OK Next question Can he fix your car? W: No, he cant. He doesnt know anything about cars. M: Correct. OK, how about sports? Does he like sports? W: Oh yes, he loves

31、sports. M: OK, then Can he ice skate? W: Umm Im not sure I dont know. I think he can. Hes very athletic. Yes, he can. M: Are you sure? Is that your answer? W: Yes, yes, it is. M: Oh no, Melissa. Louis cant ice skate.,Click the link,Part II: Listening Practice,Directions: You will hear a recorded pas

32、sage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and questions will be read two times.,1.When did the fight against AIDS get some more help? The fight against AIDS got some more help . 2.Where did the Swiss drug manufacturer provide H.I.V. drugs to? The Swiss drug manufacturer provide

33、 H.I.V. drugs to . 3.What is the action of saquinavir(沙喹那韋)? It is used to treat with or without AIDS. 4.How many does other H.I.V. medicines involve announced by the Clinton Foundation? _ 5. Except United States, what are the other three companies in? The companies are in Israel and the United Stat

34、es.,Exercise 3：Passage,Answers,Click the link,earlier this month,poor nations,H.I.V. patients,Two,China, India,Part II: Listening Practice,New efforts aim to get more HIV drugs to poor countries The fight against AIDS got some more help earlier this month. The Swiss drug manufacturer Roche and the C

35、linton Foundation announced separate efforts to provide H.I.V. drugs to poor nations. Roche says it will provide drug companies in developing nations with technical assistance to make copies of a drug called saquinavir(沙喹那韋). Saquinavir is taken in combination with other medicines. It is used to tre

36、at H.I.V. patients with or without AIDS.,Ex.3 Transcript,Part II: Listening Practice,The action announced by the Clinton Foundation involves two other H.I.V. medicines: efavirenz (依法韋侖)and abacavir（阿巴卡韋）. The foundation has negotiated agreements with drug makers to cut the cost of these two antiretr

37、oviral drugs by more than thirty percent. This will involve five companies in India and South Africa. The Clinton Foundation says it has also secured agreements involving tests for H.I.V. Four companies have agreed to provide developing nations with testing supplies at half of what they cost now. Th

38、e companies are in China, India, Israel and the United States.,Ex.3 Transcript,Part II: Listening Practice,Post-listening Activity,Directions:When you have a general idea of H.I.V., can you say something else about this? Such as how to prevent this serious disease.,Part III : Reading Comprehension,C

39、an you plan for future residential and commercial developments?,Survey: Seven social problems hinder China,Text B Watch the housing price,Text A Dealing with Growth,Pre-reading Activity: Free Discussion,3 The town is a residential suburb. Gradually the surrounding farmland turned residential,1.They

40、made an immense improvement in English. The expense of living is immense.,2.Crops flourish in rich soil. His business seemed to be flourishing.,Text A： Language Points,Part III: Reading Comprehension,4 I work for a commercial radio station. His new record is much too commercial.,7 He has added consi

41、derably to his piano repertoire. In the following years,his fortunes improved considerably.,5.His analysis was always shallow. We made a careful analysis of his character.,6.We mistook assumption that the price would fall.,Text A： Language Points,Part III: Reading Comprehension,8 The commission is m

42、ade up of five people, including two women.,11.There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.,9.That big building is a barn for keeping the grain. Another barn has been built there.,10.Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.,Text A： Language Points,Part III: Reading Comprehension

43、,12.Industrial exhaust must be well treated.,15.This material tears easily. I tore my coat this morning.,13.They went into the interior room.,14.Our house needs remodeling. The builder recurred to the matter of the cost of remodeling our house.,Text A： Language Points,Part III: Reading Comprehension

44、,16.The act of obtaining usable substances from unusable sources. For him, there was no impossible form or unusable material.,19.Some components of a thriving friendship are honesty, naturalness, thoughtfulness, and some common interests.,17.Poor eating habits are detrimental to health.,18.This vill

45、age still retains its old world character. We shall retain our rights.,Text A： Language Points,Part III: Reading Comprehension,20.Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service.,23.We will plan to rehabilitate the run-down neighborhood. I bought a run-down farm

46、house and plan to fix it up.,21.These players made a very good combination.,22.A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.,Text A： Language Points,Part III: Reading Comprehension,24.durability of concrete,Part III: Reading Comprehension,1 Take Wooster as a example, in the last five years it has grown co

47、nsiderably in population and commercial business.,TEXT A，Exercise 1Answers,2 It is the fact that Woosters planning commission plan to extend the community into these farm areas.,3 Corn fields, old trees, clean air, country roads, and wildlife would never been seen again in this part.,4 Within severa

48、l years, many extensive shopping center entered into Wooster.,(True),(True),(False) Corn fields, old trees, clean air, country roads, and wildlife are all part of the area.,(True),Part III: Reading Comprehension,5 The once quiet road is now crowded by traffic lights, busy with automobiles day and ev

49、ening. The air is full of car exhaust and fast food.,TEXT A，Exercise 1Answers,6 Tearing down unusable buildings is the best way to remodel many areas inside the city.,7 Planning commissions should allow uniformity in neighborhoods and a combination of styles for homes.,8 In the future, it is reality

50、 that a world covered with concrete and asphalt.,(True),(False) Tearing down unusable buildings could remodel many areas inside the city. In addition, commercialized buildings could extend upwards to avoid unnecessary use of land.,(False) Planning commissions should avoid uniformity in neighborhoods

51、 and allow for a combination of styles for homes.,(False). In the future, a world covered with concrete and asphalt could become reality.,Part III: Reading Comprehension,TEXT A，Exercise 2Answers,1 Its almost impossible to find him in the _ ocean. 2 There were two or three palm trees _ in the promena

52、de garden. 3 Gradually the surrounding farmland turned _. 4 _ television is an effective medium for advertising. 5 We agreed with his acute _ of the political situation.,residential,immense,flourishing,Commercial,analysis,Part III: Reading Comprehension,TEXT A，Exercise 2Answers,6 The wind, temperatu

53、re, water level, etc has dropped _. 7 We are fascinated by the delicate _ design of the apartment. 8 Lack of sleep is _ to ones health. 9 Her memory _ everything she reads. 10 These players made a very good _.,considerably,interior,detrimental,retains,combination,Part III: Reading Comprehension,1.,3

54、.,2.,4.,5.,TEXT A Exercise 3 Answers,A K,N B,F I,C M,D E,1.我突然想起一個(gè)解決這個(gè)問題的辦法。（strike）,Ive struck on a plan for solving the problem.,2.他們裝出信心十足的樣子卻欺騙不了任何人. （assumption）,3.他受到各種誘惑的包圍。（surrounded by）,4.炎熱天氣一直持續(xù)到十月。（extend into）,5.這家公司希望把新工廠設(shè)在河邊。（locate),粘貼答案要求一致,Part III: Reading Comprehension,Their ass

55、umption of an air of confidence fooled nobody.,He was surrounded by temptations.,The hot weather extended into October.,The company wished to locate its new factory beside the river,Part III: Reading Comprehension,The property price surge this year is mainly due to too much speculative buying and in

56、adequate construction of homes for low-income families, Jiang Weixin, minister of housing and urban-rural development，said during a work conference in Beijing. Property prices in Chinas 70 major cities rose 5.7 percent year-on-year in November - the ninth consecutive growth of the year, according to

57、 the National Bureau of Statistics.,TEXT A，Exercise 5,“該房地產(chǎn)價(jià)格的上漲，今年主要是由于過多的投機(jī)性買盤以及為低收入家庭建造住房不足?！眹野l(fā)展計(jì)劃委員會(huì)姜偉新主任在北京的工作會(huì)議上發(fā)言。根據(jù)國家統(tǒng)計(jì)局的調(diào)查，在中國70個(gè)主要城市的房產(chǎn)價(jià)格到十一月上漲了百分之五點(diǎn)-第九年連續(xù)增長(zhǎng)。,TEXT B,文章標(biāo)題,在中國，沒有一個(gè)行業(yè)像房地產(chǎn)行業(yè)，或者說是居民住宅的建設(shè)和供應(yīng)能給城市居民帶來那么多熱情和厭惡的情緒。 根據(jù)九月份國家發(fā)展計(jì)劃委員會(huì)的報(bào)告，中國最大的70個(gè)城市在八月經(jīng)歷了大幅的房產(chǎn)價(jià)格上漲，年均2%，是七月價(jià)格增長(zhǎng)速度的2倍。 而不到

58、半年前，房地產(chǎn)行業(yè)談?wù)摰倪€是疲乏的需求和不斷下跌的房產(chǎn)價(jià)格。那是因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)全球都被80年來最惡劣的一次金融危機(jī)拖累，房地產(chǎn)市場(chǎng)在許多國家已搖搖欲墜。,Part III: Reading Comprehension,TEXT B,文章標(biāo)題,能夠阻止這場(chǎng)危機(jī)愈演愈烈，尤其是防止?jié)撛诘姆康禺a(chǎn)市場(chǎng)崩潰風(fēng)險(xiǎn)導(dǎo)致的全面經(jīng)濟(jì)倒退就像美國發(fā)生的那樣，這一切要?dú)w功于北京的引導(dǎo)作用。只過了幾個(gè)月的低潮期，房屋交易量就開始在國內(nèi)幾個(gè)大城市增長(zhǎng)，由北京、上海、深圳和廣州帶頭。 但是現(xiàn)在這種情況卻是截然相反，房?jī)r(jià)指數(shù)節(jié)節(jié)攀升已經(jīng)超越了過去六個(gè)月。更重要的是，自從財(cái)政部門對(duì)于放貸更加謹(jǐn)慎，并且由于整體信貸的緊縮股票市場(chǎng)也不可能在今年剩下的時(shí)間里恢復(fù)到每年3600點(diǎn)（來自上海證券交易所綜合指數(shù)）的高度，現(xiàn)在看來，大多數(shù)投資者希望能夠盈利的唯一市場(chǎng)就是與城市的房地產(chǎn)相關(guān)。,Part III: Reading Comprehension,TEXT B,文章標(biāo)題,同時(shí)，多虧了各種城市里廣泛的公共基建工程，