Second listening:listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions,to clarify any difficult language points,to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials. Notice the following expressions. Dilemma,stick,threshold,levy,water down,spike,hit Ask students to do multiple matching exercise and blanks filling excercise.Compare answers.Explain the keys. Third listening:sentences imitation Ask students to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what they have heard from listening(Dictate then remember). 1.dilemma--Could the Bank of England face a similar policy dilemma to that of the European Central Bank. 2.stick--Confronted by sticky consumer price inflation,the ECB has felt unable to cut interest rate for more than two years. 3.threshold--While welcoming the amendment in principle,many members of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress,China's top legislature called for the threshold to be raised even higher to benefit more low earners. 4.levy--A proposed amendment raising the threshold at which personal income is levied has met with a mixed response from national legislators in China. 5.water down--A group of small EU countries are seeking to water down some of the key proposals in G8 debt relief deal agreed last week by G8 leaders at Gleneangles,leaked documents have revealed. 6.spike--Crude oil prices hit a record 68 dollars a barrel after the US reported a decline in petrol stocks and China said its crude imports spiked in July,as strong demand on the mainland shows no signs of easing. 7.hit--On an inflation-adjusted basis,oil prices would need to hit about 90 dollars a barrel to match the highs of 25 years ago. Part B First listening:listen for the gist What is the main idea of this listening? The passage mainly discusses how the Fed deals with "exuberance"with the interest rate policy,and experiences of Alan Greenspan in this respect. Second listening:listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions,to clarify any difficult language points,to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials.Second listening: listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions, to clarify any difficult language points, to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials. ‹ Notice the following expressions. Dilemma, stick, threshold, levy, water down, spike, hit Ask students to do multiple matching exercise and blanks filling excercise. Compare answers. Explain the keys. Third listening: sentences imitation Ask students to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what they have heard from listening (Dictate then remember). 1. dilemma-- Could the Bank of England face a similar policy dilemma to that of the European Central Bank. 2. stick-- Confronted by sticky consumer price inflation, the ECB has felt unable to cut interest rate for more than two years. 3. threshold-- While welcoming the amendment in principle, many members of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress, China's top legislature called for the threshold to be raised even higher to benefit more low earners. 4. levy-- A proposed amendment raising the threshold at which personal income is levied has met with a mixed response from national legislators in China. 5. water down-- A group of small EU countries are seeking to water down some of the key proposals in G8 debt relief deal agreed last week by G8 leaders at Gleneangles, leaked documents have revealed. 6. spike-- Crude oil prices hit a record 68 dollars a barrel after the US reported a decline in petrol stocks and China said its crude imports spiked in July, as strong demand on the mainland shows no signs of easing. 7. hit-- On an inflation-adjusted basis, oil prices would need to hit about 90 dollars a barrel to match the highs of 25 years ago. Part B First listening: listen for the gist What is the main idea of this listening? The passage mainly discusses how the Fed deals with “exuberance” with the interest rate policy, and experiences of Alan Greenspan in this respect. Second listening: listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions, to clarify any difficult language points, to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials