施心遠(yuǎn)主編《聽力教程》1_(第2版)Unit_1課件

1、Unit 1 1. Phonetics: Weak forms, link-ups and contractions縮略縮略形式形式 2. Note-taking Selecting Key WordsPart I: Phonetics nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs -louder than pronouns, prepositions, connections vowel sounds / reduced to weak forms. e.g. for /f?:/ - /f / has /hz/-/hz/-/z/ contractions - wh

2、o is. e.g. it isits they aretheyre you areyoure we willwell there istheres link-ups e.g. all over the world / ?luv / What can I do for you? /w?t knai du f ju/ Key to the exercise: 1. for you 2. Whos 3. know him 4.Thats 5. youll be 6. Whens 7.Were 8. can allPart 2 Note-taking Instructions: Note-takin

3、g -a general idea of the speech. take down the key words. use of abbreviations, signs and symbols ( keep as much information as possible.) . the United States U.S the United Nations UN secretary secr. January Jan. and& dollar $ more than five thousand 5,000 + system of symbols and signs consiste

4、nt / recognize them when you read back.Ex. Mr. RD/on holiday/Fra. Mr. G/home/ RDs sect. / sisters Gs sect. /hairdressers Mr. RD.Discussion: What is the focus of the conversation? Who is doing what and where is the person? Key to the exercises B. Complete the following sentences Mr Redman is _ in the

5、 _. Mr. Gray is at _. Mr. Redmans secretary is at _. Mr. Grays secretary, Miss Jones, is at _. on holidaysouth of Franceher sistersthe hairdressershomeSection II Listening ComprehensionPart I Dialogues Focus: 1. Rules of Introduction. 2. Matching who speaks to whom. Instruction: Listen to some peopl

6、e talking at a party. Pay attention to how they greet each other and then decide whether they meet the first time or theyve already known each other. Key to the exercise: 1. _ is talking to _. 2. _ is talking to _. 3. _ is talking to _ . 4. _ is talking to _. 5. _ is talking to _. 6. _ and _ have kn

7、own each other before. 7. _ has known_ before.Professor AndrewsDr. BaxterAlEricSallySteveTonyMary ParkerSusan RoperJohn LeeAlEricTonyMary Parker What makes you decide who has known whom already?2 Welcome to Bristol Focus: 1. Note-taking 2. Identifying specific information Notes: A city of southwest

8、England. an important trading center since the 12th century. Population: 420,000. Pre-listening: 1. Vocabulary hijack: to seize control of (a moving vehicle) by use of force, especially in order to reach an alternate destination. central heating: a heating system in which air or water is heated at a

9、 central furnace 火爐暖爐火爐暖爐and sent through the building via vents通風(fēng)孔通風(fēng)孔 or pipes and radiators暖氣管暖氣管 blanket: cupboard: Exercise: Listen and decide whether the following statements are true or false._ 1. Etienne Bertrand is from Switzerland._ 2. The Bakers are expecting Etienne Bertrand._ 3. There ha

10、ve probably been hijacks in recent days._ 4. But the plane was late because there had been a hijack attempt. _ 5. The airport is usually crowded at this time of the year. TTTFT_ 6. It is probably still cold._ 7. The central heating doesent work._ 8. Mr. Baker cant find the blankets.TTF Part II Passa

11、ges Training focus: 1. Comprehending passage: 2. Test taking skills: a. skim questions and choices provided before actual listening. b. take notes while listening 1. Words and expressions: puff: n.粉撲；泡芙；蓬松；一陣噴煙粉撲；泡芙；蓬松；一陣噴煙 sth. light that is blown or pushed along e.g. a puff of smoke flavor: n. a t

12、ype of taste vanilla: 香草香草 a commercially important extract of the vanilla bean that is used especially as a flavoring crossly: angrily caf: a restaurant where only small meals and drinks that usually do not contain alcohol are served Listen and choose the best answer 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7

13、. _ 8. _BCDBCCDAPart 3 News Training Focus: 1. Understanding the organization of a news story; 2. Summarizing news; 2. Selecting specific information.Organization of a news story: Headline標(biāo)題標(biāo)題 Lead導(dǎo)語(yǔ)導(dǎo)語(yǔ) Body主體主體 1. Headline: Is the title of the news story. It usually packs a great deal of information

14、 into a limited space. It also tells you the main idea of the story.2.The news lead (新聞導(dǎo)語(yǔ)新聞導(dǎo)語(yǔ)) The refers to the first (and occasionally the second) paragraph of a news story. information-packed sentence / expands on the storys main point tell you what the “something happened” is. understanding of t

15、he lead / crucial to the understanding of the whole news story. A sample: 12 trapped in Shaanxi landslide(AP)Updated: 2006-10-07 13:38 BEIJING - A landslide trapped 12 villagers and destroyed almost 100 homes in a rural community in northwest China, state media said Saturday. The Xinhua News Agency

16、said 13 people were buried when the landslide occurred Friday in Gaolou near the city of Weinan in Shaanxi province. One - a child - was rescued early Saturday, Xinhua said. It gave no cause for the landslide. Xinhua said more than 600 people were involved in rescue efforts organized by Li Tangtang,

17、 Shaanxis vice governor. Enclosed spaces at the site of the landslide meant that excavators could not be used to clear away tons of dirt, seriously hampering the efforts to rescue the trapped villagers, Xinhua said. 3. The news body The body of the story / find detailed information. three kinds of i

18、nformation: details, comments background information HeadlineEarthquake jolts Japan capitalDatelineTokyo, ReutersLeadA SLIGHT earthquake jolted the Japanese capital last night but authorities said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.StatementA spokesman for the Japan meteorologic

19、al agency said: “An earth tremor was registered in Tokyo but there are nor reports of casualties or damage.”DetailsThe earth tremor struck shortly after midnight Tokyo timejust after midnight Bangkok midnight Bangkok time.BackgroundResidents of central Tokyo said the tremor was the strongest for sev

20、eral months in the capital. Notes: 1. Houston Texas: A city of southeast Texas. a major industrial, commercial, and financial hub, the center of the U.S. aerospace industry, and a deep-water port. the largest city in Texas. Population: 2,010,000.安然公司，（股票代碼：ENRNQ）成立于1930年，總部設(shè)在美國(guó)休斯敦。曾是一家位于美國(guó)得克薩斯州休斯敦市的

21、能源類公司。安然公司在2000年財(cái)富世界500強(qiáng)排名第16位，是美國(guó)最大的天然氣采購(gòu)商及出售商，也是領(lǐng)先的能源批發(fā)做市商。另外，該公司還運(yùn)營(yíng)著一家天然氣管道系統(tǒng)和寬頻部門。安然在10年前成立時(shí)只是一家天然氣分銷商，但如今它已經(jīng)成為擁有 340億美元資產(chǎn)的發(fā)電廠。安然公司同時(shí)也經(jīng)營(yíng)紙、煤和化學(xué)藥品等日用品。該公司在美國(guó)控制著一條長(zhǎng)達(dá)32000英里的煤氣輸送管道，并且提供有關(guān)能源輸送的咨詢、建筑工程等服務(wù)。公司所屬7家分公司分別負(fù)責(zé)運(yùn)輸與儲(chǔ)存、國(guó)內(nèi)天然氣與電力服務(wù)、國(guó)際經(jīng)營(yíng)與市場(chǎng)開發(fā)、油氣勘探與生產(chǎn)和再生能源開發(fā)利用等5個(gè)領(lǐng)域的經(jīng)營(yíng)業(yè)務(wù)。1996年公司總收入達(dá)到132.89億美元，凈收入達(dá)到5.8

22、4億美元，總資產(chǎn)為161.37億美元。主要子公司：1、安然天然氣管線集團(tuán)，2、安然投資公司，3、安然能源服務(wù)公司，4、安然國(guó)際公司，5、安然石油和天然氣公司，6、安然再生能源公司， 7、安然資本和貿(mào)易資源公司。Kenneth L. Lay為主席和首席執(zhí)行官、管理委員會(huì)成員，Jeffrey K. Skilling為總裁、管理委員會(huì)成員。在2001年宣告破產(chǎn)之前，安然擁有約21000名雇員，曾是世界上最大的電力、天然氣以及電訊公司之一，2000年披露的營(yíng)業(yè)額達(dá)1010億美元之巨。公司連續(xù)六年被財(cái)富雜志評(píng)選為“美國(guó)最具創(chuàng)新精神公司”，然而真正使安然公司在全世界聲名大噪的，卻是這個(gè)擁有上千億資產(chǎn)的公司

23、2002年在幾周內(nèi)破產(chǎn)，持續(xù)多年精心策劃、乃至制度化系統(tǒng)化的財(cái)務(wù)造假丑聞。安然歐洲分公司于2001年11月30日申請(qǐng)破產(chǎn)，美國(guó)本部于2日后同樣申請(qǐng)破產(chǎn)保護(hù)。但在其破產(chǎn)前的資產(chǎn)規(guī)模為498億美元，并有312億的沉重債務(wù)。過(guò)度膨脹的快速發(fā)展使其無(wú)法應(yīng)對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)環(huán)境的逆轉(zhuǎn)，而導(dǎo)致無(wú)法經(jīng)營(yíng)運(yùn)作狀況的惡化，以破產(chǎn)結(jié)束企業(yè)。從那時(shí)起，“安然”已經(jīng)成為公司欺詐以及墮落的象征。 a federal investigating jury: 聯(lián)邦調(diào)查陪審團(tuán)聯(lián)邦調(diào)查陪審團(tuán) Arthur Anderson Company: an accounting firm Enron: 安然安然(財(cái)富財(cái)富500強(qiáng)公司之一，總部所在地

24、美國(guó)強(qiáng)公司之一，總部所在地美國(guó),主要經(jīng)主要經(jīng)營(yíng)能源營(yíng)能源) condemn: to criticize strongly We condemn his foolish behavior. 我們譴責(zé)他的愚蠢行為。我們譴責(zé)他的愚蠢行為。 Exercises A. Summary Arthur Anderson Company is charged with _ in the Enron case. B. True or False 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ FTTblocking 阻礙阻礙investigationNews Item 2 NATO: North Atlantic Treaty

25、Organization 北大西洋公約組織北大西洋公約組織 Lithuania:立陶宛立陶宛a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic SeaLatvia:拉脫維亞拉脫維亞 :愛沙尼亞愛沙尼亞:聯(lián)盟聯(lián)盟A: listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about NTAO Secretary Generals visit to Moscow for talks aimed at calming Russian fears about

26、NATOs future plans.Participants:Robertson,Place of talks: Purpose of talks: Situation:Russias opinion: : the internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB; formerly led by Vladimir Putin 聯(lián)邦安全局: intelligence service or agency; 情報(bào)機(jī)關(guān):大麻 : a formal charge

27、of wrongdoing brought against a person; Interfax News Agency 國(guó)際文傳電訊社 State Department美國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)院Ex. A Listen and complete the summaryEx. A Listen and complete the summary This news item is about Section Three Oral WorkPart 1 Questions and Answers Vocabulary: pantry: 餐具室，食品室餐具室，食品室 Questions and answer: 1.

28、What is Peter looking for? His door key. 2.Is Ann at home? No. 3.What is William worrying about? The weather 4.What does Peter want to do? Get into the house through the pantry window. 5. Why cant he get in through the window? As the window is not wide enough. 6. Peters father wont mind if Peter brea