英孚英语单元练习——14 精通级 unit1.docx

14 精通级 unit1更改语言退出 Read the article on Nostradamus. Make notes about who he was, where he lived, what he did, and how people feel about him. Type into the input box. This is a non-graded activity: you will not receive a score.例文Nostradamus was an astrologer. He lived in France in the 16th century. Some people suggest he foretold the future, but many people believe that this was not true. Read the statements and decide, according to the article, which are true. You can select more than one. 1Select the true statements, according to the article. Divination is not a modern activity. Nostradamus foretold of space travel. Omens definitely predict the future. A rationalist believes in clairvoyants. Nostradamus was an astronomer. Nostradamus wrote poetry. Look at the words from the text. Match them to their meanings. Read the text again to help. Drag the word strips to the correct positions. someone who studies the planets for scientific purposesastronomer someone who studies the planets to make predictionsastrologer someone who can supposedly see the futureclairvoyant Read the horoscopes. Type the correct sign in the gaps. Use the words from the box to help. Aries - Gemini - Sagittarius - Scorpio - Pisces - LeoWHAT DO THE STARS HOLD IN STORE FOR YOU IN THE NEXT YEAR?AriesMarch 21-April 20Its highly likely that youll travel next year. Youre bound to meet a special person on your trip.TaurusApril 21-May 20Youre due for a promotion at work or a winning lottery ticket! Make plans now as to how youd invest the extra cash.GeminiMay 21-June 21Youre about to see changes in your life. Hold on to your hat its going to be quite the ride.CancerJune 22- July 22You may face some unexpected challenges at work. Do your best to maintain a positive outlook and keep your wits about you.LeoJuly 23-August 22Its possible this coming year will be your most promising one for a while, so make every moment count and, as the Romans used to say, seize the day!VirgoAugust 23-September 22The future should be bright for you. Enjoy what life has to offer next year. All that you touch could turn to gold.LibraSeptember 23-October 23Youre supposed to run into a number of promising career prospects in the year ahead, so make sure you get out there and keep your eyes wide open. Opportunity only comes knocking once in a blue moon.ScorpioOctober 24-November 22By no stretch of the imagination will next year be a dull and boring one. Its all go, go, go.SagittariusNovember 23-December 21Youre sure to run into a few old friends and acquaintances, sometimes under surprising circumstances. Make sure youre looking at your best at all times.CapricornDecember 22-January 20Might be time for you to take a step back and get your life into perspective. The stars can only light your way; its up to you to walk the talk.AquariusJanuary 21-February 19Imagine, if you will, a year in which all your hearts most secret dreams are fulfilled. Theres the future looking back at you. Enjoy what comes along.PiscesFebruary 20-March 20A taste of whats to come? Think sweet and salty. Group the sentences according to the speakers level of certainty. Drag the word strips on the left to the appropriate categories on the right.请告诉我怎么做 certaino You will do better.o You must improve.o He has to begin now.o They have got to stop. not certaino He might agree.o He probably would agree.o He may be there soon.o He could arrive early. Select the correct words.请告诉我怎么做To The Editor, The Daily Bulletin Madam For some of us, the future is here already. Its encoded in our individualDNA, its carried in the words we speak that are highly ( like / likely ) tocome back to haunt us, and its ( going / go ) to slap us in the facein no ( certain / uncertain ) terms when mother nature finally decides togive us one final piece of her gaia mind. Judging by the increasing number of people who are consulting charlatanslike Mystic Maureen, (your resident so-called psychic), avidly reading theirhoroscopes on my morning commute, Id say that future is ( bound /bounding ) to be extremely bleak. I thought we lived in an age of reason,but columns like this are ( sure / surely ) to have gullible people believingotherwise. Im no soothsayer or shaman, and I dont claim to have extra-sensoryperception, just good old-fashioned common sense. I say, lets get real andback to basics. But one thing I ( can / should ) predict for sure; by no( stretch / stretches ) of the imagination can I foresee myself buying thisnewspaper again! Sincerely A Reader Use the prompts and speculate about the future. Write four of your ideas. Type into the input box. This is a non-graded activity: you will not receive a score. the environment - space travel - artificial intelligence - technology 例文 I think were bound to see some problems with the environment like more droughts and floods. Were bound to find life on other planets at some point. By no stretch of the imagination will artificial intelligence ever surpass human intelligence. Were about to see a greater revolution than the Industrial revolution as a result of new technology. Read the interview. Type the actions or behaviors described in the text under the correct headings.constructive actions / behaviors_destructive actions / behaviors_ Match the phrases from the text with their meanings. Read the interview again if necessary. Drag the word strips to the correct positions. the running out of the things we needdiminishing resources whenthe world ends or is destroyeddoomsday ways of living that will not reduce the earths resourcesearth-sustainable alternatives at the imagery from the interview. Select the appropriate answer to the questions. Read the text again if necessary. 电子报When we describe transport as energy-guzzling, we are comparing it to _. a bank (meaning the amount of gas it saves) a person (meaning the huge amount of gas it consumes)When we talk about getting a grip on an obsession, we mean _. we want to take back control and end the bad behavior we want to embrace or shake hands with our obsessionWhen we talk about the debt treadmill, we use the phrase to mean _. we are able to exercise our ability to handle our finances well we are slaves to debt and cannot get off that trackWhen we talk about toxic assets, we are likening them to _. chemical waste an animal a personWhen we use the term economic meltdown, we are likening it to _. a candle melting slowly over time a catastrophic event like a nuclear meltdown an ice-cream melting in the sun Look at the phrases. Rank them in order from the most serious to least serious problems for the future. This is an open activity; you will not receive a score.请告诉我怎么做Most seriousLeast serious energy guzzling global warming consumer debt toxic assetsThe magazine wants to hear your predictions for the next five years. Theyll collect them and put them in a time capsule and open them in six years time. What do you foresee? Type into the input box. This is a non-graded activity: you will not receive a score.例文Economy: I think were bound to move towards a universal currency.Environment: Its highly likely that well see more natural disasters. The earths ecosystems are disrupted now.Technology: By no stretch of the imagination will artificial intelligence surpass our own, but I do think that well see robots walking around amongst us.Society: I think were about to see families becoming larger, not smaller. By this I mean, that therell be multi-generations living together in the same household. Listen to the audio about expressing doubt and skepticism. Choose the statements that are true. This information is by and large about expressing humor. Intonation can help soften the directness of a doubt phrase. Register and appropriacy help us choose which phrases to use. We always use the name of a function to express that function. Listen to the audio again. Type the words you hear in the gaps as you listen.Idoubtthat very much.Im utterlyskepticalabout that.Idont doubt your intentions. But I do doubt your conclusions.How on earthcould that have anything to do with it?Whats that got to dowith it?Hel-lo?!Yourea charlatan and a fraudster!Youcannot be serious!Im somewhat skeptical. But I see where youre coming from.Like thatsever gonna happen!No way! isten to the phrases and practice them. Pay attention to the intonation. 我彻底地怀疑。 Im utterly skeptical about that. 我非常怀疑。 I doubt that very much. 我有点怀疑。 Im somewhat skeptical. 那究竟会怎样？ Whats that got to do with it? 究竟有没有什么可以做的？ How on earth could that have anything to do with it? 像那样也要发生了！ Like thats ever gonna happen! 你好？！ Hello?! 没门！ No way! Listen to the speakers opinions. Express doubt about them.请告诉我怎么做 1:问题The position of the planets determines what we do, who and how we are.答案：How on earth could that have anything to do with our behavior? 2:问题Sci-fi writers are the real visionaries, not people like Nostradamus.答案：Im somewhat sceptical. But I see where youre coming from. 3:问题The world is doomed! Not much point in predicting anything!答案：I doubt that very much. 4:问题Time travel is going to solve our energy problems in the future.答案：Like thats ever gonna happen! 5:问题In the not too distant future, robots will have completely replaced language teachers.答案：No way! Human over humanoid will always win the day, Id say. Listen to the dialogues. Select the responses you hear the second speaker give in each dialogue.请告诉我怎么做Which did you hear? With every fibres of my being. With every fibre of my being.Which did you hear? Im totally convinced of it. Im totally convincing of it.Which did you hear? Yes. Yes I do. And I say that with utterly conviction. Yes. Yes I do. And I say that with utter conviction.Which did you hear? Ive an unshaking belief in their ability to do this. Ive an unshakeable belief in their ability to do this.Which did you hear? Its my fervent belief thisll happen in the next ten years. Its my solvent belief thisll happen in the next ten years.Which did you hear? Without a shadow of a doubt. With a shadow of a doubt.Which did you hear? Not a debt in my mind about it. Not a doubt in my mind about it.Which did you hear? This too shall come to pass. Just you wait and see. This too shall coming to pass. Just you wait and see. Put the dialog in order.请告诉我怎么做 Jake: Youve read Harry Potter, havent you?Mary: Yeah, brilliant book. Ive seen all the movies too. Jake: Me too. Im sorry therell be no more books.Mary: Yeah, but even so, science is going to pick up this plot sometime soon, Id say. Jake: What do you mean, pick up the plot?Mary: Well, scientists are trying to design a cloak of invisibility. Just like Harry Potters! Imagine that, if you will. Jake: Hard to imagine, if you ask me! Do you think itll ever happen?Mary: Oh, Im utterly convinced of it. I think in my lifetime too. Jake: And just how old do you expect to live then?Mary: Oh, until at least a hundred.Jake: No way! One hundred? How come? Mary: Well, Im looking into my crystal ball here, and predicting that medicine and robotics will come together to enable us to have this kind of longevity in the not too distant future. Without a shadow of a doubt! Cant wait to see what the future holds! Listen and repeat the prompts.请告诉我怎么做 我坚信有那么一天我们将生活在火星上。 Its my fervent belief well live on Mars one day. 我完全相信我们的石油将很快耗尽。 Im totally convinced were going to run out of oil soon. 我深信我们现在必须结束世界饥饿。 With every fibre of my being, I believe we must put an end to world hunger now. 未来都是独生子女家庭？我从未怀疑过这个问题。 One child families in the future? Not a doubt in my mind about it. 在他的谈话中他对延长寿命是可行的充满着绝对的信心。 He talks with utter conviction about increasing life-span as a viable scenario. Listen to the conversation about a popular sci-fi TV program. Decide if the statements are true or false. Beata completely believes this sci-fi program led to real advances in science. TrueMark remains skeptical of the link between sci-fi ideas and reality. FalseBeata thinks Mark has his head in the clouds. FalseMark thinks Beata is impressionable. TrueBeata was able to convince Mark to change his mind. True Read the expressions from the audio. Who said them? Beata or Mark? Type their name after each expression. Listen to the conversation again. Mr-I-didnt-watch-it indeed!BeataHow on earth could that have ever changed the world?MarkYou doubting Thomas.BeataYoure a charlatan and a fraudster!BeataWhats that got to do with some TV program MarkMy point exactly.BeataWhat was so utterly riveting about this show?MarkHeres my trump card.BeataYou cannot be serious!MarkResult!Beata Listen to the conversation again. Look at the list and click on those inventions which are not mentioned. 音频请告诉我怎么做cell phones humanoid robots space exploration MP3 players walkie-talkies warp drive computer voice recognition laptops MRIs Summarize both speakers attitudes towards the relationship between science fiction and reality. Who do you agree with? Type into the input box. This is a non-graded activity: you will not receive a score.例文Mark seems to think that science fiction cannot predict reality in the beginning, but changes his mind a little bit. Beata is utterly convinced that this is true. I agree with Beata. Ive read lots of sci-fi books written a long time ago and many of them tell of things that have now come to pass. Its a bit strange really. I dont know how they did it!Listen to three speakers talking about warp drive technology. As you listen, make notes about their conviction about the likelihood of this development. Type into the input box. This is a non-graded activity: you will not receive a score. 例文Speaker 1:She has a fervent belief that science fiction and reality will come together to benefit mankind. She doesnt really say how likely she feels warp drive technology will be.Speaker 2:He feels very strongly that way warp drive technology cannot and will not ever be developed. Though he, like others, doubted NASAs intentions when they investigated this idea, he did not doubt their conclusions that it was not possible. He is utterly convinced that this technology will never come to pass with every fibre of his being.Speaker 3:He is convinced warp drive technology will be developed within the next twenty years. Without a shadow of a doubt, and with an unshakeable belief in humanitys ability to make possible what was once impossible. He describes using dark energy or wormholes to bring warp drive to life; he feels Alice in Wonderland fell down a wormhole! And though he thinks others may be somewhat sceptical, he tells us that Lewis Carroll was a religious man as well as a scientist. Now its your turn to take part in this discussion. Listen to the speakers opinions and choose your responses. Record your answers.请告诉我怎么做 1:问题Science fiction and science fact will come together to benefit humanity.答案：Im somewhat sceptical but I see where youre coming from. 2:问题Sci-fi movies are not only for entertainment; they are educational.答案：My point exactly! 3:问题If NASA decided warp drive wont work, then warp drive wont happen.答案：Im totally convinced of it. 4:问题Im utterly convinced warp drive isnt possible. End of story.答案：I dont doubt your intentions but I do doubt your conclusions. 5:问题Sci-fi writers, authors, poetsthese people see reality for what it is.答案：Hel-lo?! What planet are you on? Its certainly not earth, I dont think! 6:问题Warp drive, wormholes, dark energy. The futures very close.答案：Im utterly convinced of it.Read the information about jargon. How many forms of jargon are described? Do you use any of these when you write or speak? Type into the input box. This is a non-graded activity: you will not receive a score.例文There are 5 kinds of jargon. Specialist language related to a job; abstract nouns, verbs ending in -ize, euphemisms and cliches, use of the passive. I use jargon in my job when I talk about computers. I think I probably use a lot of cliches when I speak, but I think that&s common. Thats the problem!What is the purpose of the advert? to launch a competition to advertise a job to find a copy writerWhich of the following jargon devices does the text not use? euphemism clich the passive voice verbs that end in ize stock phrases nouns that end in ion Read the text again. Match the words and phrases to simpler expressions that mean the same in the ad. Drag the word strips from the right to match the ones on the left. cybernautsomeone who explores cyberspace blue sky capsthinking caps parameters of the artefactproduct specifications seek to interfacetry to communicate with client basecustomersreimbursed by the companycompensationListen to the conversation about genetic m