1、Unit 5 Listening Course (3),Section One Tactics for Listening,Part 1 Spot Dictation,Vocabulary: game: any animal hunted for food or not normally domesticated野兽、野禽等的)猎物，猎获物；野味 Polynesian:玻利尼西亚人的 swell: a long wave on water that moves continuously without breaking连续起伏的波浪,whiteout:乳白天空(极地的一种大气光象),因暴露于恶
2、劣环境而引起的临时性失明,chrome: 铬，铬合金,Eskimos: indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia (Russia), across Alaska (United States) and Canada, and all of Greenland.,Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with what you hear.,1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _
3、7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _,Hunters,with,ones face,stalk,rain or drought,horizon,canoes,rushing onto,navigate,obscured,悄悄靠近，偷偷地追踪,11._ 12. _ 13. _ 14. _ 15. _ 16. _17. _ 18. _ 19. _ 20. _,surrounded by,gusts of,from the news,rattle of windows,screen,hall door,classical style,groan,stirring,Rushing automobi
4、les,Part 2 Listening for Gist 1. The passage is about slavery reparations reprein 2. The key words are slavery reparation, payments, vote, resolution, descendant, disadvantage, skin color, compensate, blacks, suffer,Section Two Listening Comprehension,Vocabulary:Aeroflot: Russian International Airli
5、nescheapo: cheap (adj.) n. e.g. Brian is a real cheapo. He wont even spend the money to buy his mother a birthday present. hassle: trouble bucket shop: small tour company that provides cheap plane ticket grim: unpleasant; gloomy,Part 1 DialogueCheapo Ticket,Direction: Listen and decide whether the s
6、tatements are true or false.,1. Both of the speakers like traveling very much.T. Simon: (Traveling around the world) thats something that Ive always wanted to do.Terri: Me, too 2. One of the speakers believes traveling can sometimes be frustrating.T. Terri: Mind you, you have to put up with a lot of
7、 hassles. (Her visit to Hong Kong, a long disaster.) 3. She bought the air ticket from a famous travel agent.F. bucket shop tickets. 4. She traveled on a British Airline flight to Hong Kong last year.F. Aeroflot. (Russian International Airlines),5. They had to stay the night in the airport hotel bec
8、ause they would miss the connection to Hong Kong. F. Because they had missed the connection to Hong Kong. 6. She couldnt catch the next plane to Hong Kong because he didnt have an Aeroflot ticket. F. She didnt have a proper Aeroflot ticket. His ticket is valid for the twice-a-week flight, not the da
9、ily flight.,7. She spent the next three days exploring Moscow. F. She didnt have a Russian visa, so he was not allowed to go out. He stayed at the hotel for 3 days. 8. She wont buy cheap tickets again. T. Simon: I guess you wont be buying cheap tickets again.Terri: Youre not wrong.,Part 2 Passage Fr
10、ozen Ethnic Foods,Background InformationDeep FoodsGreen GuruEthnic Gourmet Vocabulary: demographics:人口统计学 brokerage:经纪人之业务,回扣 sodium: 钠 gourmet:能精选品评美食、美酒的人,Sentence Dictation,1. Two years ago, there were three freezers in the store that catered to people from the Indian subcontinent and now there a
11、re 55.,2. A few blocks away at the Pacific Supermarket, which specializes in Chinese and Thai food, frozen dinners fill two long aisles.,3. Other ethnic groceries are enjoying explosive growth in sales of frozen meals to immigrant and second-generation customers with less time, inclination or abilit
12、y to cook the foods of their homeland.,4. By 2010, the Hispanic-American population in the United States is expected to grow 96 percent. 5. Europe is ahead of the United States in terms of big companies but the trend could grow here.,C. Fill in the chart about the growth of the ethnic foods market s
13、hares in the United States in 2001 and then answer the questions.,US$ 1.28 billion,6.1,US $488 million,20.6,US$463 million,12.3,US$2.2 billion,Questions:,1. Who makes the ethnic frozen food mostly?Making the food are mostly small businesses closely linked to immigrant populations from Asian, Latin A
14、merica and Africa. 2. What do you know about Deep Foods?Deep Foods started out in the late 1970s as a family-owned snack business, then started making vegetarian frozen food in the mid-1980s. It has since diversified into non-vegetarian, natural and low-sodium dishes and is now adding frozen Thai an
15、d Chinese entrees even as it markets its Green Guru line of Indian dishes.,D: After-listening Discussion,1. What are the main reasons for the fast growth of frozen ethnic foods?First, it is partly a result of changing demographics by 2010, the Hispanic-American population/ to grow 96%,and Asian-Amer
16、ican population / to grow110%.Americans enjoy dishes considered exoticand the busy lives of many people help sales.Second, many food companies find that serving ethnic shops is easier and more profitable than selling to grocery chains. As their profits increase, they are attracting attention of majo
17、r corporations. Heinz sees frozen dishes as a growth area along with organic and natural foods.,2.Do you like eating ethic foods? Which one do you like best? (Open),秋葵菜,paratha,Section Three News,News Item 1 Therapy Dogs at GroundZero,Background information: Ground Zero: it is organization which adv
18、ocates the destructive power of nuclear explosions and other large bombs. “爆心投影点” 组织 Vocabulary: respite: a usually short interval of rest or relief 休息,暂缓 traumatize: to wound or injure 使受损伤,Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the summary. This news is about the therapy dogs that are us
19、ed to increase a persons physical and emotional well-being, promote healing and improve the quality of life.,Exercise B: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage.,Therapy Dogs International, located in , was founded in by Elaine Smith, a who observed the benefits of pets patients.
20、 Studies have shown that holding or petting an animal can lower a persons and ease and . Since September, dog trainer Jean Owen has spent a lot of time visiting,New Jersey,1976,registered nurse,interacting with,blood pressure,release tension,loneliness,depression,firehouses,and for workers at Ground
21、 Zero. In New York City, there continues to be a need for to people who have been by disaster. One victim remarked, “With people, you have to . But a dog knows 。,Red Cross respite centers,specially-trained dogs,comfort,traumatized,talk about your feelings,how youre feeling,News Item 2 Robots,Vocabul
22、ary: humanoid: having human characteristics or form hju:mnid具有人类特点的,This news item is about the latest development in robots for use around the home.,Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.,Exercise B: discuss the following questions. 1. Whats the value of the new robot SDR4X?I
23、t costs as much as a luxury car. 2. Who made it?Sony made it.,3. What roles will the humanoid robots play?They will entertain their owners with their walking, talking and tricks. 4. What does “remote presence robots” mean?It means that these robots allow their owners to control them from anywhere in
24、 the world by using the Internet.,5. When will the new robot SDR4X be put on the market?Sony will put SDR4X on the market by the end of the year.,News Item 3 Robotics,Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the summary. This news item is about the present achievement of robotics and the hom
25、e robot helper in the future.,Exercise B: complete the following passage.,Future robots will be able to _ human response, so that they might be able to function as _ for the _ or the _. Researchers have already made some gainsrobots that _, _, _ and those gains are visible on _.In about _, the child
26、ren playing with _ today could be the _ to _ as adults.,duplicate,helpers,elderly,handicapped,respond to hand signals, voice commands,Todays toy market,20 years,robot toys,first generation,live with robots in their homes,light and darkness,Section Four,Part 1 Report Exercise A: This news report is a
27、bout a new and easy-to-use programming language called Scratch,Exercise B:,1. software engineers / programming language / Scratch 2. a computer science teacher / Scratch / March 3. an object-oriented language 4. interior and exterior settings / manipulate 5. download / for free / scratch. mit. edu 6
28、. is encouraged / 400,000 / the past two years,7. an 8-year-old / a 13-year-old / a 15-year-old 8. 80 events / 30,Part 2 Passage,Exercise B: Sentence Dictation 1. Revenue, which includes sales and franchise fees, rose 5.6 percent to US $3.8 billion from US $ 3.6 billion. 2. Investors say he is getti
29、ng a grip on the troubles he inherited, especially a two-year sales slump.,3. McDonalds had wanted to sell 50 percent to 60 percent of the chains while retraining managerial control. 4. He will be paid a salary of US $1.4 million this year and has options on 600,000 shares if he agrees to take the job. 5. Franchisees run 85 percent of McDonalds US outlets, while the company operates the other 15 percent.,Exercise C: Detailed Listening,1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. T 10. T,Exercise D: After-listening Discussion,
