Step by Step 2000 Unit 1 Happy New Millennium 迎接新千禧
Unit 1 Happy New Millennium 迎接新千禧 Step by Step 2000
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Listen carefully and repeat what you’ve hear on the tape. Finish the blanks in your textbook
art ll Section A: Listen to some statements about the time ball. Fill in the Blanks with what you hear on the tape Word &Phrases 1. The time ball was originally used as a marine time-keeper 1 2. The Greenwich time ball is said to be the world's first public time signal 13. The ball is automatically raised halfway up the mast at 12: 55 p. m to the Top at 12: 58 p.m., and drop at 1: 00 p.m 4. Around 150 public time balls are known or reported to have Been installed around the world after that at Greenwich in 1833 65. The U.S. Naval Observatory dropped the first time ball in the United States in 1844 the 19th century 6. Time balls were used in many cities around the U.S. during
Section A : Listen to some statements about the time ball. Fill in the Blanks with what you hear on the tape 1.The time ball was originally used as a marine ____________. 2.The Greenwich time ball is said to be the world’s first public __________. 3.The ball is automatically raised halfway up the mast at ________ to the Top at 12:58 p.m., and drop at________ . 4. Around ___________ public time balls are known or reported to have Been installed around the world after that at Greenwich in 1833. 5. The U.S. Naval Observatory dropped the first time ball in the United States in _________. 6. Time balls were used in many cities around the U.S. during _________. time-keeper time signal 12:55 p.m. 150 1844 the 19th century 1:00 p.m. Word & Phrases
art ll Section A: Listen to some statements about the time ball. Fill in the Blanks with what you hear on the tape 7. At the turn of the 20th Century dozens of time balls were being dropped around the world 18. A few time balls are still ceremonially dropped around the world, ranging From New Zealand to the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich Section B: Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball. Answer the questions with the key words Slow& Clear Fast& Noisy e
Section A : Listen to some statements about the time ball. Fill in the Blanks with what you hear on the tape 7. At the turn of the 20th Century dozens of time balls were being dropped _________________. 8. A few time balls are still ceremonially dropped around the world, ranging From ____________ to the Old Royal Observatory in ____________. Section B : Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball. Answer the questions with the key words. Slow& Clear Fast& Noisy around the world New Zealand Greenwich
art ll Section B: Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball Answer the questions with the key words Tapescript: 4. In the age of ultra-high technology- many places around the world will mark the start of the New Year in an old-fashioned way. They will revive a 19th century naval tradition by dropping time balls when 2000 arrIves 20 sites on six continents will observe a tradition best exemplified by the lowering of the lighted time ball in New York City As the New Year sweeps around the world, beginning at the International Date Line_, we are going to have the time balls dropping. Steven Dick is a historian at the U.S. Naval Observatory, the institution that maintains the U.S. master clock Everyone is familiar with the time ball in New York,s Time Square_, but they had a real function in the past. In the 19th century these were visual time signals which were used to give the time x Mr. Dick says the British Navy dropped the first time ball in Portsmouth, England in 1829. The first U.S time ball fell in Washington in 1844 This remained a viable signaling method through much of the 19th century. They were dropped wel into the 20th century. At the turn of the century 100 years ago there were approximately two dozen in the United States that were still in use
Section B : Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball. Answer the questions with the key words. Tapescript: In the age of __________________, many places around the world will mark the start of the New Year in an ___________ way. They will revive a 19th century naval tradition by dropping time balls when 2000 arrives. _____sites on six continents will observe a tradition best exemplified by the lowering of the lighted time ball in __________ City. “As the New Year sweeps around the world, beginning at the ____________________, we are going to have the time balls dropping.” Steven Dick is a historian at the U.S. Naval Observatory, the institution that maintains the U.S. ____________. “Everyone is familiar with the time ball in New York’s ____________, but they had a real function in the past. _________________these were visual time signals which were used to give the time” Mr. Dick says the __________ dropped the first time ball in Portsmouth, England in 1829. The first U.S. time ball fell in ___________________. “This remained a viable signaling method through much of the 19th century. They were dropped well into the 20th century. At the turn of the century ____________ there were approximately two dozen in the United States that were still in use.” ultra-high technology old-fashioned 20 New York International Date Line master clock Time Square In the 19th century British Navy Washington in 1844 100 years ago
art ll Section B: Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball Answer the questions with the key words Tapescript Time balls normally fell at noon local time in the United States and at 1: 00 p. m. in Europe, the beginning of the fall marking the exact time. But this year would see them drop at mid-night locally The first time balls. about one and a half meters in diameter. were made of wood and leather and hoisted anually by rope to drop by gravity. Eventually in several instances, electrical motors or mechanism using water or air pressure were employed. And in some time, materials changed. The Greenwich ball is now aluminum. For this New Year some time balls will have a local flavor Miami will be raising an orange. I understand Atlanta will drop a peach Steven Dick said San Francisco is to join the event next year when the U.S. Naval Observatory again Sponsors an international time ball drop to signal what he says is the real start of the new millennium The End of PartI Part I
Section B : Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball. Answer the questions with the key words. Tapescript: Time balls normally fell at ____ local time in the United States and at 1:00 p.m. in Europe, the beginning of the fall marking the exact time. But this year would see them drop at __________ locally. The first time balls, about _________________ in diameter, were made of wood and leather and hoisted manually by ____ to drop by ______. Eventually in several instances, _____________ or mechanism using water or _____________ were employed. And in some time, materials changed. The Greenwich ball is now aluminum. For this New Year some time balls will have a local flavor. “Miami will be raising an __________. I understand Atlanta will drop a _________.” Steven Dick said ______________ is to join the event next year when the U.S. Naval Observatory again Sponsors an international time ball drop to signal what he says is the real start of the new millennium. -The End of Part I & Part IInoon mid-night one and a half meters rope gravity electrical motors air pressure orange peach San Francisco
Section A: Listen to a report about the word of the millennium. List some of the reasons why the word was chosen. Fill in the blanks Word & Phrases Word of the millennium: Internet a. Becoming part of people' s lives so quickly and having had such an impact b Giving birth to so many new words and phrases c Representing an era in social history d Becoming the most significant word of the century in less than a decade NEXT SECTION
Section A : Listen to a report about the word of the millennium. List some of the reasons why the word was chosen. Fill in the blanks. a. Becoming part of people’s ________ so quickly and having had such an __________. b. Giving ________ to so many new words and ___________. c. Representing an _______ in social ___________. d. Becoming the most ____________ word of the century in less than a ___________. Word of the millennium:____________ Internet lives impact birth phrases era history significant decade NEXT SECTION Word & Phrases
Section B: Now listen again. Focus on the comparison between the words" telephone" and"Internet Supply the missing information Telephone Internet Time when the word was established in the Dictionary 1898 1998 Significant Bringing massive social change and reshaping the way people did business a Giving birth to many new words and a Bringing new words and phrases phrases Into popular usage examples netizen chatroom examples: busy signals, wrong homepage Numbers voice mail Special Feature cell phones b Borrowing words from older technologies and giving them b. Giving the U.S. its standard new meaning greeting Hello! copy browser bookmark
Section B : Now listen again. Focus on the comparison between the words “telephone” and “Internet”. Supply the missing information. Telephone Internet Time when the word was established in the Dictionary _____________ _____________ Significant Bringing massive ______________ and reshaping the way people did ____________. Special Feature a. Bringing new words and phrases Into popular ___________. examples: busy signals, wrong Numbers, ____________ , _______________. b. Giving the U.S. its standard greeting : ______________. a. Giving birth to many new words and phrases. examples:___________, chatroom, ______________. b. Borrowing words from older technologies and giving them ______ __________________. examples: ________, __________ bookmark 1898 1998 social change business usage voice mail cell phones Hello! netizen homepage new meaning copy browser
aN心 Section C: Listen to the tape again paragraph by paragraph, and supply the missing words Tapescript prescript Ask John Morse, publisher of Merriam-Webster Dictionaries, to name the word that defines the close of the millennium and he doesn' t hesitate: Internet No other word has become part of people's lives so quickly or has had such an impact, he says The Internet has swept into the American vocabulary and given birth to so many new words and phrases netizen",chatroom", and"homepage", among them -that it has come to represent an era in social history And remarkably, " Internet has managed to become the most significant word of the century in less than a decade At Merriam, new word earn a place in the dictionary simply by repeated use in the popular press Merriam's lexicographer spend a large part of their day reading newspapers, magazines and now Internet publications We first started seeing a number of citations in 1994, and by 1998 it was established in the dictionary, Morse says, It was just astounding Just a century ago, another form of communication swept into the language. In the 1898 edition ot Mermiam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the hot new word was" telephone ". It brought massive social change and reshaped the way people did business, just as the Internet is doing today Telephone"was no easy linguistic act to follow. It helped bring into popular usage a wide range of new words and phrases- busy signals, wrong numbers, voice mail, cell phones. It also gave the United States its standard greeting: Hello!
Section C: Listen to the tape again paragraph by paragraph, and supply the missing words. Ask John Morse, publisher of Merriam-Webster Dictionaries, to name the word that defines the close of the millennium and he doesn’t hesitate:”_____________.” “No other word has become part of people’s lives so quickly or has had such an impact,” he says The Internet has swept into the American vocabulary and given birth to so many new words and phrases - “________”, “_________”, and “_________”, among them – that it has come to represent an era in social history. And remarkably, “Internet” has managed to become the most significant word of the century in less than a decade. At Merriam, new word _____________ in the dictionary simply by repeated use in the ______________. Merriam’s ____________ spend a large part of their day reading newspapers, magazines and now Internet publications. “ We first started seeing a number of citations in 1994, and by 1998 it was established in the dictionary,” Morse says, “It was just astounding.” Just a century ago, another form of communication ____________ the language. In the 1898 edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, the hot new word was “___________”. It brought massive social change and reshaped the way people did business, just as the Internet is doing today. “Telephone” was no easy linguistic act to follow. It helped bring into popular usage _____________ new words and phrases – ___________, _____________, ________, cell phones. It also gave the United States its standard greeting : ________. Internet netizen chatroom homepage earn a place popular press lexicographer swept into telephone a wide range of busy signals wrong numbers voice mail Hello! Tapescript:
aN心 Section C: Listen to the tape again paragraph by paragraph, and supply the missing words Tapescript 雨 But"Internet"is holding its own, in part by borrowing words from older technology and giving them new Meaning, such as bookmark " "copy and"browser Indeed, Internet has created a new vocabulary that has come to represent a historical era of change Directions: Listen to the short talk entitled"Focus on the Main Idea Some important words are taken away from the written passage Supply the missing words Paragraph I & Il ParagraphⅢ ParagraphⅣ Paragraph V ParagraphⅥ The End of part ll Part IV
Section C: Listen to the tape again paragraph by paragraph, and supply the missing words. But “Internet” is holding its own, in part by borrowing words from _______________ and giving them new Meaning, such as “__________”, “copy” and “__________”. Indeed, “Internet” has created a new vocabulary that has come to represent a ___________ of change. older technology bookmark browser historical era Tapescript: Directions: Listen to the short talk entitled “Focus on the Main Idea”. Some important words are taken away from the written passage. Supply the missing words. Paragraph I & II Paragraph III Paragraph IV Paragraph V Paragraph VI -The End of Part III & Part IV
