Unit Two: Part A Pre-Reading Activities Intensive Study Exercises Assignment

Unit Two: Part B Review of Text A Text B Listening Practice Assignment

1.Historical background material 2.Winston Churchill’s life career 3.Questions on content 4.Figures of speech 5.Organization of the text

Contradictory Emotion --- Troubled Feeling If you love him , send him to New York , because it is the heaven ; If you hate him , send him to New York , because it is the hell

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________

Time Events 1. In the 1830s a. first radio program broadcasting 2. On Aug. 5th, 1858 b. two coasts of the U.S. shown on TV at the same time

You are going to hear some sentences telling you the 12 most populous countries in the world. Listen carefully and supply the missing information. Pay special attention to the numbers

Directions: People in all countries enjoy gifts. Sometimes the meaning are different in different cultures. Listen to the following dialogues and look at the pictures below. If it is not a proper gift in a certain country for an ordinary friend, cross out (×) the picture and check (√) the correct reason why it is a proper gift

Creative Minds The following passage will tell you about some inventions made by people in different countries. Listen carefully and match the inventions with the places where these things first came from. Inventions Places

Words and Phrases Direction: you are going to hear some of track and field world records. Complete the Chart. Pay special attention to the country and the records. Events