1、现代大学英语听力教学大 纲执 笔 人：朱冬梅一、课程性质、地位和作用：1、课程性质 现代大学英语听力是英语专业的学科 B 类专业实践课程、必修课程。2、课程的地位和作用现代大学英语听力是英语专业的核心课程。它通过循序渐进地对学生进行全面的、严格的基本听力训练，帮助学生掌握听力基本技能，传授学生英语基础知识，让学生树立正确科学的听音方法。二、课程教学对象、目的和要求：（一） 、教学对象：高职学院英语专业学生（二） 、教学目的现代大学英语听力课程是为英语专业学生学习其它专业课程打好基础及在听力方面用英语无障碍交流的一门基础课程，是一门培养学生听力能力的课程。听力是英语四项基本技能之一。本课程的任务
2、是通过多种形式、多种内容的课堂教学与学生的课外学习和实践活动相结合，使学生的听力能力由初等水平逐渐提高到中高级水平，同时也为培养学生的英语交际能力奠定一个良好的基础。（三） 、教学要求1在教学过程中，要始终坚持以“听”为主的原则，要让学生慢慢学会在听的过程中去获取语言的信息，而不能先读书面材料再听录音。只有坚持不看材料先听录音才是训练听力的正确途径。2指导学生加强课外听力训练，养成收听收看英语广播电视的习惯。鼓励学生阅读有关英语国家社会文化的书籍，为听力训练做必要的背景知识准备。3指导学生带着问题去听，即抓紧练习前和两个练习之间的间隔，事先浏览下一个练习所提的问题，这样就能知道在听的过程中要抓
3、住和记下哪些要点和关键词，以便有目标地寻找答案，集中注意力搜寻我们需要的信息。三、 现代大学英语听力的相关课程及其关系：前导课程：初高中英语后续课程：翻译、写作、英语演讲等 在学生提高听力水平的同时能帮助他们提高英语翻译和写作技能，更能增加他们的演讲技巧。四、课程内容及学时分配：该课程共开设四学期，每周开课 2 学时，共 134 学时。其中，第一学期开课 16周，共 32 学时；第二、三、四学期各开课 17 周，共 102 学时。四学期共开课134 课时，其中实践课 100 学时，理论课 34 学时。第一学年：第一单元 University Life 教学内容：6 学时Task 1. This
4、 passage shows how a teacher introduces him/herself and the course in the first class.Task 2. A student is a bit confused in the library. What happens?Task 3. The following passage is the taped tour of a university library.Task 4. In this dialogue, two students arrange an orientation for the freshme
5、n.Task 5. A student asks a receptionist for some information about the courses.Task 6. This passage is a brief introduction of the Scholastic Aptitude Test in the US.Task 7. The following passage tells about the University Entrance Exams in Japan.Task 8. This is an introduction to a school.Task 9. T
6、his is an introduction to a language school in London.Task 10. This is a school for the EFL students.Task 11. This short passage is an introduction about Cindy Farrow, a girl from California.教学重点1. Learn the basic words, phrases and sentence patterns often used in describing university life.2. Grasp
7、 quickly information about dates, numbers and prices.3. Understand education in different countries.4. Learn to listen for information.教学难点1Understand education in different countries.2. Learn to listen for information.第二单元 Men, Animals and Pets 教学内容：4 学时Task 1. Seven animals will be described.Task
8、2. The following is a passage about the fastest and the most intelligent animals in the world.Task 3. You are going to hear a short dialogue discussing why the dinosaurs disappeared.Task 4. What animals have the shortest and longest lives?Task 5. Listen to the following passage about using animals f
9、or research.Task 6. The following passage is about three young tigers and their parents at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.Task 7. Listen to the following passage about cats in America.Task 8. Its a humorous short story about a boy and his pet rabbit.Task 9. Its a short passage about whales and d
10、olphins.教学重点1. Understand what animals are being described.2. Get to know more about animals.3. Catch main ideas and supporting details.4. Have practice in liaison and contraction.教学难点Catch main ideas and supporting details.第三单元 Hobby 教学内容：6 学时Task 1. Three people are introducing their hobbies.Task
11、2. You are going to hear someones parachute jump experience.Task 3. You are going to hear about a familys experience of growing square watermelons.Task 4. You are going to hear a boys special experience of practicing karate.Task 5. Your are going to hear five childrens different hobbies.Task 6. You
12、are going to hear a mans special fishing experience.Task 7. You are going to hear how one can get free drinks by a seemingly stupid way of fishing.Task 8. You are going to hear about a mans experience of collecting budgets. Task 9. What a college president did during his sabbatical leave surely surp
13、rises you.Task 10. You are going to hear the reasons for ones love of trees. 教学重点1. Understand more about different interests and hobbies.2. Learn some useful expressions concerning hobbies.3. Summarize main ideas.4. Note-taking.教学难点Summarize main ideas.第四单元 Transportation 教学内容：6 学时Task 1. In this t
14、ask, youll hear what happened to Henri one day when he was on a bus.Task 2. In this task, youll hear a dialogue of the Taylor family, who are planning a day out and cant agree on how to get to Norwich from North London.Task 3. Youll learn something about automobiles and car pools in the US in this p
15、assage.Task 4. In this task, you will hear people talking about similarities and differences between a zip code and an area code used in the US.Task 5. In this task, you will hear a story of a man who missed his flight.Task 6. You will hear a passage about seat belts.Task 7. This task is in three pa
16、rts, the first part being a telephone conversation, the second being a radio broadcast of traffic information, and the third being a conversation.Task 8. You will hear a passage on Calgarys light rail transit system.Task 9. You will hear a passage about road accidents.Task 10. You will hear a passag
17、e about drunk driving.Task 11. Youll hear an advertisement for the zip card.教学重点1. Become familiar with words and expressions about different systems of transport in foreign countries.2. Become familiar with the ways that different systems of transport work in different countries.3. Become familiar
18、with the ways that people express their opinions.4. Learn to catch main ideas and supporting details.5. Get used to the ways that unstressed functional words are read in passages.教学难点Become familiar with the ways that people express their opinions.2. Get used to the ways that unstressed functional w
19、ords are read in passages.第五单元 Travel 教学内容：6 学时Task 1. Two people are seeing off a friend at the airport.Task 2. Some friends have various experiences in their trip.Task 3. Someone in the late 19th century dreamed of traveling around the world in eighty days.Task 4. Happy Holidays are offering some
20、good holiday bargains.Task 5. A family goes to a tourist agency to inquire about the traveling information and finally makes up their minds.Task 6. How to judge the implied meaning from the speakers stresses?Task 7. Tom went camping last weekend. He didnt nave a good time.Task 8. You are going to he
21、ar something about Bucks dream island.Task 9. A guide gives a summary about the weekend trip in London.Task 10. A guide gives a tourist some advice for their tour in London. 教学重点1. Get familiar with some words and expressions about traveling.2. Understand some relevant situations concerning travelin
22、g.3. Infer the speakers implied meaning according to the stresses and tones.4. Guess the meaning of the new words from the context.教学难点1. Understand some relevant situations concerning traveling.2. Guess the meaning of the new words from the context.第六单元 Houses and Homes 教学内容：6 学时Task 1. Youll hear
23、a short passage about the speakers ideal home.Task 2. Rod wants to rent a flat, so he makes a phone call to the landlady.Task 3. Mr. Henschel is talking about his Thai house in an interview. Lets see why he likes a Thai house so much.Task 4. How much do you know about your home at work? Now youll li
24、sten to a passage about how electricity comes into our home.Task 5. Five speakers are talking about a problem in their apartment. Can you figure out what they are talking about based on their descriptions?Task 6. The Kienasts had a housing problem when several babies were born at the same time. But
25、their neighbors came to help.Task 7. Mary Fargo and Pete Russell are talking about how they feel about their house, now that theyve finished renovating it.Task 8. This is a passage about American housing.Task 9. In this radio program, several children are discussing something. Can you find out what
26、they are talking about and get their pros and cons?Task 10. Four speakers will talk about city life and country life here.Task 11. This is a passage about whether people in the US rent or buy furniture in their homes.Task 12. This is another passage about American housing.教学重点1. Understand descripti
27、ons about various houses and homes.2. Understand peoples likes and dislikes about houses and homes.3. Understand discussions about the advantages and disadvantages of city / town life and country life.4. Catch unstressed functional words, and guess the meanings of new words from the context.5. Get m
28、ain ideas and important supporting details.教学难点1. Catch unstressed functional words, and guess the meanings of new words from the context.2. Understand descriptions about various houses and homes.第七单元 Festivals 教学内容： 6 学时Task 1. A letter written to Father Christmas.Task 2. You are going to hear how
29、the Phillips spends the Christmas Eve.Task 3. You are going to hear ones childhood memories of Father Christmas.Task 4. The following passage describes what kind of festival Halloween is.Task 5. What would it be like if you were there on the first Thanksgiving Day? (Part I)Task 6. What it would be l
30、ike if you were on the first Thanksgiving Day? (Part II)Task 7. You are going to hear different holiday traditions of different families.Task 8. You are going to hear about three different festivals celebrated in the first half of the year.Task 9. You are going to hear about three different festival
31、s celebrated in the latter half of the year.Task 10. You are going to hear the typical Britain way to celebrate Christmas.教学重点1. Enlarge the students knowledge scope of different festivals.2. Familiarize the students with some words and expressions about festivals.3. Conclude the main idea of what t
32、he speaker says.教学难点Conclude the main idea of what the speaker says.第八单元 News (I) 教学内容：6 学时Task 1. In news broadcast, abbreviations or acronyms are commonly used for the names of international or organizations.Task 2. A lead is the beginning of a news story, a way to get into or introduce. You are g
33、oing to hear eight news leads and give attention to WHAT message in each of them.Task 3. You are going to hear some news items about the WTO Conference held in Seattle.Task 4. Have you ever heard of the regional cooperation effort in Asia-APEC? This is about a new APEC meeting.Task 5. You are going
34、to hear two news items about the Microsoft rulings.Task 6. This is an in-depth report on the Microsoft case. You may learn more about the reactions from different parties concerned.Task 7. You will hear two news items about the American space shuttle Atlantics and its new mission.Task 8. The followi
35、ng new is about the tragic event that happened on September 11, 2001.Task 9. What do people do one year after Sep. 11? Now, listen to a news report on Bruces new album, The Rising.Task 10. Listen to the current news.Task 11. Youll hear a short passage about news media.教学重点1. Learn about some basics
36、of broadcast news (e.g. lead, news structure, vocabulary, sentence pattern), particularly those in special English.2. Understand special English news on certain topical issues (e.g. international cooperation, the Microsoft case and space travel).3. Catch key information contained in news broadcast i
37、n simple standard English.4. Accumulate background knowledge on domestic and international affairs.5. Learn to analyze current events independently and critically.教学难点1. Accumulate background knowledge on domestic and international affairs.2. Learn to analyze current events independently and critica
38、lly.第九单元 Family Life 教学内容：6 学时Task 1. In this task, youll hear ten short questions.Task 2. In this task, youll hear three kids talking about their positions in their families.Task 3. In this task, youll hear a short documentary of Anas family roots.Task 4. In this task, youll hear a conversation bet
39、ween Maria, a Spanish girl and her English friend Margaret about family life in England.Task 5. In this task, youll hear a conversation between Susan and Marilyn on the changes in British family life in the last 50 years.Task 6. In this task, youll hear a conversation between Bella and Joyce on the
40、relationship between parents and children.Task 7. In this task, youll hear a radio phone-in program in which a girl is asking for advice.Task 8. In this task, youll hear a passage about George.Task 9. In this task, youll hear a passage about a mother and her three children who are playing a game.Tas
41、k 10. In this task, youll hear a passage about Henrys housework.Task 11. In this task, youll hear an interview with Mr. Dolby who has separated with his wife.Task 12. In this task, youll hear a news report about family types in Chinese cities.Task 13. You are going to listen to a passage about chang
42、es in American family.教学重点1. Understand various listening materials about family life.2. Practice dictating numbers and figures.3. Get the main ideas and important supporting details.教学难点Understand various listening materials about family life.第十单元 Food 教学内容：6 学时Task 1. This passage is about heart d
43、isease.Task 2. In this passage, youll hear a recipehow to make a dish.Task 3. What is the favorite food of most young Americans? Listen to this following passage.Task 4. This is a conversation between Mrs. Wong and Mrs. Adams.Task 5. This passage is about fast food restaurants.Task 6. This is a conv
44、ersation at a restaurant.Task 7. Peter and Sally are having dinner at a restaurant.Task 8. This dialogue is also about where and what to eat at dinner.Task 9. This passage is about Harvest Festival.Task 10. In this passage, youll hear something about mustard.Task 11. How much do you know about our f
45、ood? This passage can give you some knowledge about it.Task 12. Tom Brown is sent to a factory. What does he want to do?Task 13. This passage is about Judys first day on the job.教学重点1. Learn the basic words, phrases and sentence pattern often used in conversations about eating, cooking and food.2. U
46、nderstand and follow someone giving information on numbers and prices.3. Learn about the food-related subjects in different countries.4. Practice identifying the useful information.教学难点1. Learn the basic words, phrases and sentence pattern often used in conversations about eating, cooking and food.2
47、. Learn about the food-related subjects in different countries.第十一单元 Shopping 教学内容：6 学时Task 1. Youll hear a conversation between Tony and Carol about shopping at the drugstore.Task 2. Anns goes shopping in a department store, but she doesnt seem to know her way around.Task 3. Cathy and Joe have just
48、 moved to London. They have managed to find a flat but they havent got much furniture. Heres their shopping experience at a street market.Task 4. Youll hear a story about a man who won the lottery.Task 5. Jennifer was doing some grocery shopping when she noticed something unusual.Task 6. People are
49、shopping. Do you think they will buy these things?Task 7. Ms. Johnson is talking to a consultant to find out how to expand her companys computer system.Task 8. Millie Firth is calling a consulting company for information about the Nova computer.Task 9. A radio presenter is reporting the result of a car test.Task 10. You will hear a passage about the credit system.Task 11. Listen to a passage about advertising.Task 12. Youll hear a passage about money.教学重点1. Understand descriptions of goods, shops
