Unit Fourteen Current Issue
Unit Fourteen Current Issue
◆ Aims and Demands To listen and master some common expressions of Current Issue To practice exam-taking skills To expose students to authentic listening materials
Aims and Demands ◼ To listen and master some common expressions of Current Issue ◼ To practice exam-taking skills ◼ To expose students to authentic listening materials
Contents ■Task Review:0520 ■Ready:Section A&B Steady:SectionA,B,C Cultural Tips ■0524 AP News Assignment:0524 VOA Standard ▣Go:Section A&C;
Contents ◼ Task Review: 0520 ◼ Ready: Section A & B ◼ Steady : Section A, B, C ◼ Cultural Tips ◼ 0524AP News ◼ Assignment: 0524 VOA Standard Go: Section A &C;
Procedure Task Review:CNN0520
Procedure Task Review: CNN0520
■ Steady!Section A P.127 ■Reference Answer: Yes,what do you want to say? Of course I have to bring it into my room.My little Fifi goes everywhere with me. ■What do you mean by“other arrangements"? Can't I have any little dog with me? I'm sorry,but we have to follow the rule
Steady! Section A P. 127 ◼ Reference Answer: ◼ Yes, what do you want to say? ◼ Of course I have to bring it into my room. My little Fifi goes everywhere with me. ◼ What do you mean by “other arrangements”? Can’t I have any little dog with me? ◼ I’m sorry, but we have to follow the rule
Section B P128-129 ■Reference Answer: ■Yes.Can I help you? Yes,ours is a top-ranking fitness club which can provide you all kinds of physical benefits. We can provide you with advanced facilities,good-quality services and an ideal environment to exercise and to make friends. It is located downtown of this city and it is very convenient for you to come here. For more information,you can visit our website.That is www.Bates.com. Three hundred yuan for beginners'class
Section B P128-129 ◼ Reference Answer: ◼ Yes. Can I help you? ◼ Yes, ours is a top-ranking fitness club which can provide you all kinds of physical benefits. ◼ We can provide you with advanced facilities, good-quality services and an ideal environment to exercise and to make friends. ◼ It is located downtown of this city and it is very convenient for you to come here. ◼ For more information, you can visit our website. That is www. Bates.com. ◼ Three hundred yuan for beginners’ class
Section C P.129 ■Reference Answer This is the third time I have been in Shanghai, and I have noticed that Shanghai has taken on a new look. Traffic in Shanghai is quite a serious problem; the same is true of other big cities in the world. We must be clearly aware that air pollution threatens all human being. The president made a speech and declare that the state would preserve its wild animals. More and more countries passed the law which forbids anyone to hunt wildlife at will
Section C P. 129 ◼ Reference Answer ◼ This is the third time I have been in Shanghai, and I have noticed that Shanghai has taken on a new look. ◼ Traffic in Shanghai is quite a serious problem; the same is true of other big cities in the world. ◼ We must be clearly aware that air pollution threatens all human being. ◼ The president made a speech and declare that the state would preserve its wild animals. ◼ More and more countries passed the law which forbids anyone to hunt wildlife at will
Supplementary Listening 0524 AP News
Supplementary Listening 0524 AP News
1.Officials in Texas are taking the polygamist sect case to the state's highest court.Today they file their appeal of a lower court ruling which stated officials didn't have the right to take more than 400 kids from their parents 2.Crews in Colorado are busy cleaning up after yesterday's powerful storms that tore apart homes and businesses.Many residents are just now getting back to their houses to see if there is anything left worth salvaging
◼ 1. Officials in Texas are taking the polygamist sect case to the state's highest court. Today they ______________of a lower court ruling which stated officials didn't _____________take more than 400 kids from their parents. ◼ 2. Crews in Colorado are busy cleaning up after yesterday's _____________that tore apart homes and businesses. Many residents ______________________to their houses to see if there is anything left worth salvaging. file their appeal have the right to powerful storms are just now getting back
3.Officials in China are trying to secure 15 sources of radiation that were buried in the rubble of last week's earthquake.Meantime,the government is moving thousands of survivors living downstream of rivers that have been dammed by landslides.Officials fear those could give way as aftershocks continue. 4.Just as Memorial Day weekend begins,gas prices have reached another record high.The average price of a gallon of regular rose 4 cents overnight to settle at nearly $3.88.Analysts say they expect that number to keep climbing
◼ 3. Officials in China are trying to secure 15 _________________that were buried in the rubble of last week's earthquake. Meantime, the government is moving thousands of survivors ________________________that have been dammed by _________. Officials fear those could give way as __________________. ◼ 4. Just as Memorial Day weekend begins, gas prices have reached ________________. The average price of a __________________4 cents overnight to settle at nearly $3.88. Analysts say they expect that number to _____________. sources of radiation living downstream of rivers landslides aftershocks continue another record high gallon of regular rose keep climbing