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1、UNIT 5Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 PhoneticsExercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions.Woman 1: Oh did he? I don't (1) believe it!Woman 2: And so I said.Waiter: Yes, what (2) would you l

2、ike?Woman 2: Oh, I don't know. Just let me (3) have a look at the menu. Let me see .Woman 1: Erm. I'll have a cheeseburg, ecrhips (4) and a large coke.Woman 2: Ugh! I hate cheese. (5) I'll have a beefburger and chips.Waiter: Anything else?Woman 2: (6) Have you got any orange juice?Waiter

3、: Large (7) or small?Woman 2: Small, please. So anyw, a(8y) and then 1 said. Part 2 Listening and Notaek-iTng1. Prices on a Tokyo stock market rose more than 5%. The Nikkei closed at 17,686 points.2. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up a modest 14 points to 10.699 a fractional gain for the &quo

4、t;blue-chips." The Standard and Poor's 500 index closed l0 points higher less titan 1%. The technology-weighted Nasdaq composite gained about 40 points over 1%.The US economy may be slowing, but the latest data shows it is still vibrant. US consumer confidence bounced back this month. And s

5、ales of existing homes in June rose a surprising 2.8% a stronger-than-expected jump.Exercise: Listen to some statements. Fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.Section Two Listening Comprehension Part 1 DialoguesDialogue 1 Are you ready to orderWaiter: Are you ready to order?Woman: E,r yes, ple

6、ase. I'll have the roast beef.Waiter: Mhm. Would you like a starter'?Woman: No, thank . oh, why not? I'll have the garlic* mushrooms* please.Waiter: And would you like salad or vegetables with your roast beef?Woman: E,r what vegetables have you got?Waiter: Cauliflower* and carrots.Woman:

7、 E,r have you got any cabbage?Wa/tel: No, I'm afraid not.Woman: Oh, well, never mind, I'll have the carrots. Waiter: Carrots. Can I get you anything to drink? Woma,n j:u Estr a glass of wate. rWaiter: And would you like anything for dessert? Woman: No, thanks.Exercise: Listen to the conversa

8、tion between a woman and a wa. iterComplete the following form.Order FormTableStarter.'Main course: roast beef with carrots Drinks:a glass of waterDialogue 2 two 74s please At MacArthur's, a hamburger restaurant in Put,n neeyar Wandsworth. Dave: I still don't understand why you had to se

9、e your grandmother on Saturday evening.Carol: Well, it was a sort of family thing. Everyone was there. I'd completely forgotten aboutthe concert. Anyway, my mum would have been upset if I hadn't gone.Dave: She wouldn't have been, surely? She would have understooouud .c oYuld have told he

10、ryou had tickets.Carol: 1 said I forgot.Waitress: Are you ready to order now?Dave: Yes. Two 74s, please one medium and one rare - Oh and two salads.Waitress: And to drink? Carol: Coffee for me. Dave: Two coffees, please.Carol: And you haven't phoned mee at all during the week. You're too bus

11、y with your cycle club. If you'd phoned me on Friday night, 1 wouldn't have forgotten. Dave: But you know I o training every Friday night. Carol: I'm sorry but it's just that. Dave: What?Carol: Well. I wish you wouldn't take me for granted so much. Dave: I don't! Anywa,y you

12、wanted to go to the concert. You bought the tickets months ago.Anyway, we always go out on Saturdays. Carol: That's just it. Dave: That's just what?Waitress: Did you want dressing with your salad'?Dave: What? Oh, no. thanks.Waitress: OK. No dressing.Carol: Oh. 1 don't know. It's

13、just.Dave: It's just what?Waitress: Two 74s. Whose is the rare?Dave: Mine.Carol: Oh, sometimes I wishfd I never started going out with you. oYu act as if you own me. If only you were a bit more . Waitress: Is everything all right?Dave: Fine, everything's fine.Exercise A: Listen to the dialog

14、ue and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.F 1. They were supposed to go to the theatre on Saturday evening. (They were supposed to go to the concert on Saturday eveni

15、ng.)F 2. The girl didn't go to meet the boy because she had to see her grandm. o(tThheer girl didn't go to meet the boy because she had forgotten.)T 3. The boy was a member of a cycle club. (Carol: You're too busy with your cycle club.)F 4. The boy phoned tile gift on Friday night. (The

16、boy didn't phone the girl on Friday night.)T 5. The boy thought the girl would remember everything. (Carol:Well I wish you wouldn'ttake tile for granted somuch.)Exercise B: Listen to the dialogue again and answer the questions.1. What does "Two 74sf mean?74 probably is the number of the

17、 dish on the menu, presumably beef, -they ordered the same d isohn e medium and the other rare.2. What else did they order?They ordered salad and coffee also.Part 2 PassagesPassage 1 Instant CoffeeWhen coffee arrives at an instant coffee factory it has already been roasted and ground. In the fac,t r

18、esulting* liquid is then repeatedly pumped through tubes at a very high temperature and pressure. The liquid is boiled and s,u sgalrt and a variety of chemicals are carefully added. This makes some of water evaporate*, leaving very strong coffee liquor*.To make instant coffee powde, rthe coffee liqu

19、or is poured through large cylindrical* driers at a temperature of 250-C. The heat evaporates theliquid, leaving instant coffee powde, rwhich is collected and put into jars.Granulated* coffee is made by freeze-drying, The process is a secret one and is passed from one family of manufacturers to the

20、next. The coffee liquor is rapidly frozen into blocks. After these have been broken up into very small pieces, they are dried in a vacuum. This removes the water without heat, leaving instant coffee granules*.Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete each of the followin

21、g sentences.1,B 2. A 3. C 4, C 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. APassage 2 Tinnedo Tmato SoupTinned tomato soup is horrible. Why not make your own? It's dead easy, and it tastes delicious.You need some onions*, some tomatoes, butter or margarine*, salt, pepper*, some wine, and any herbs* that you feel like put

22、ting in.The first thing to do is to pour yourself a glass of wine. Then chop*the onions up small, wash the tomatoes carefully you don't knowwhat sort of chemicals they've had on them, do you? and cut them into quarters. Then you I'm sorry, I didn't say how many tomatoes, did I?My boo

23、k says 700 grams for four to six people, but I don't find that's enough, because the soup's so good that everybody asks for more. So I usually make twice as much. If they don't eat it all you can always freeze it. I use about one and a half kilos of tomatoes, and two or three big oni

24、ons, or five or six small ones. You must have enough onions that's what makes the soup taste good,OK, so you chop the onions and cut the tomatoes into quarters. When you've done that, you put some butter in a big saucep oarn you can use margarine or oil instead, if you prefer put it on a low

25、 heat and fry* the onions and garlic gently for three or four minutes. Yeah, sorry, 1 should have said you need two cloves* of garlic, chopped up small or crushed*. You might like to throw in a piece of bacon rind* as well. Keep stirring* everything gently while it's frying.After three or four m

26、inutes, put the tomatoes into tile saucepan, and pour in some water about a quarter of a litre. A bit more if the tomatoes aren't very juicy. Add plenty of salt and pepp,e arnd herbs if you want to.Stir everything thoroughly, put the lid on the saucepan, and bring it to the boil* Then leave it t

27、o cook slowly over a low heat for an hour or so. Pour yourself another glass of wine.When it's ready -= you can tell if it's ready, because everything's soft and it smells terrifwich en it's ready, take it off the cooker and strain* it carefully through a sieve*. Actually, it's b

28、est if you've got one of those little machines where you turn a handle and it pushes everything through a round metal plate with little holes in you know what I mean?Put the soup back into the saucepan and see whether it needs any more salt. Then bring it to the boil again. Cook it gently for tw

29、o or three minutes; keep stirring it. When you serve it, you can mix in some milk if you like, but I don't bother I- -th ink it's nice as it is. You're supposed tomake croutons* as well you know, little squares of toast or fried bread but I don't bother about that eithe. rIt's to

30、o much trouble. Do tryit. You'll thank me.Exorcise A: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. A 8. BExercise B: Listen to the passage again and complete the following outline.1. PreparationA. ingredientsa. onionsb. tomatoes,

31、 about 700 grams for four to six peoplec. butter or margarined. herbs (optional)e. two cloves of garlicB. Preparationa. chop the onionsb. wash and cut the tomatoes into quartersc. chop or crush the garlic II. CookingA. Put some butter or margarine or oil in a big saucepan.B. Put it on a low heat.C.

32、Fry the onions and garlic gently for three or four minutes. Keep stirring everything gently while it's frying.D. Put the tomatoes into the saucepan, and pour in some water about a quarter of a litre. Add plenty of salt and pepp, earnd herbs if you want to.E. Stir everything thoroughly, put the l

33、id on the saucepan, and bring it to the boil.F. Leave it to cook slowly over a low heat for an hour or so.G. When it's ready, take it off the cooker and strain it carefully through a sieve.H. Put the soup back into the saucepan and add more salt if necessary.I. Then bring it to the boil again. C

34、ook it gently for two or three minutes: keep stirring- it.J. Serve it, you can mix in some milk if you like.Part 3 News News item 1 Talks about the disputed* sea border between North and South Korea have ended. The forty five minute meeting Wednesday did not produce an agreement. The North Korea rep

35、resentative later said his country might take defensive action. He did not say what action that might be. Officials have met six times since the navies of the two Koreas fought a sea battle in June. Each side accused the other of violating* th. e border Exercise A: Listen to the news item and comple

36、te the following summary.There was no agreement on talks about ( 1 ) the disputed sea border between North and South Korea. Each side accused(2) the other of violating the borde.r Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in

37、 the space provided, Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.F 1. North and South Korea had a forty-minute meeting Wednesday to talk about the disputed sea border between them. (North and South Korea had a forty five minutes meeting Wednesday to talk about the dispu

38、ted sea border between them.)F 2. The North Korea representative later said his country might take offensive action. (The North Korea representative later said his country might take defensive action.)F 3. Officials have met sixty times since the navies of the two Koreas fought a sea battle in June.

39、 (Officials have met six times since the navies el the two Koreas fought a sea battlen iJune.)T 4. They accused each other of violating the bor.d (eErach side accused the other of violating the bor.d) er News Item 2Reports say a civilian* was at one of the controls of the nuclear submarine that hit

40、a Japanese fishing boat last week. The Navy said here is no evidence that the civilian was directly involved in the accident. NineJapanese students, and crew members from the fishing boat axe still missing. Twenty-six other people survived die accident. The Navy has sent a deep-sea vehicle to the su

41、nken wreckage* It also will decide if the boat can be raised. On Tuesday, President Bush told Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori* that he greatly regretted sinking the boat. The president spoke to Mi Marl by telephone.Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary. This new

42、s item is about an accident in which a US nuclear submarine hit a Japanese fishing boat last week. Exercise B: Listen to the news item and fill in the following blanks.Sinking of a Japanese Fishing BoatAccident: a nuclear submarine hit a Japanese fishing boat last week Result of the accident: The Ja

43、panese fishing boat sank after being hit by tile nuclear submarine.Casualty of the accident: A Japanese students and crew members are missing Number of survivors: 26Actions of the American Navy: 1. The Navy has sent a deep-sea vehicle to the sunken wreckage2. The Navy also will decide if the boatcan

44、 be raised.Action of President Bush: President Bush expressed his regrets at sinking the boat to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori by telephone on Tuesday.News Item 3 In the United States, the Navy has released* underwater pictures of the Japanese fishing boat sunk by an American submarine 9 days

45、 ago. A deep-sea robot took the pictures 600 meters below the ocean surface near the state of Hawaii. The families of 9 missing Japanese saw the pictures S. aTtwurod ay of the missing victims were teachers. Four others were students. They are believed to be dead. Earlier the commander of the Navy

46、9;s Pacific Fleet* said 3 officers from the submarine will face a public investigation court* later this week. The officers could be tried* by a military court if the investigation finds them responsible.Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about t

47、he release of underwater pictures of the Japanese fishing boat sunk by an American submarine 9 days ago. Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. I,B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5.C Section 3 Oral WorkPart 1 Questions and AnswersMan: Hello.

48、 Could I speak to Miss Apple, bpylease? This is John Blofeld.Woman: One moment, please. I'm afraid she's out at tile moment. She's visiting a factory.Man: I see. Will she be back in her office at 10.30? Woman: Let me see, Uhm. Well, she might be late because of the traffic. Man: All righ

49、t. She's a difficult person to get hold of, isn't she?What about lunch time? Is she free then? Womane:s Y, I'm awfully sorry. Just one moment. I'll check. No, she's having flinch with adesignerMan: Oh, dea. rWhat time will she be back?Woman: Erin . At two o'clock. She's s

50、eeing a customer here in her office.Man: Ah. So what time can I phone back'? Woman: Any time after 2.30. Man: Are you sure?Woman: Definitely. She will be in her office for the rest of the afternoon. Man: OK. I'll phone back then. Thank you. Woman: That's dl right. Goodbye.Exercise: Liste

51、n to a dialogue and then answer some questions about it. You will hear the dialogue and the questions only once. Answer each question in complete sentence after you have heard it. Questions: 1. Was Miss Appleby in? (No, she was out.)2. Where was she? (She was at a factory.)3. Would she be back at 10

52、:30?(No. she would be back later than that.)4. Why would she be back late?(The traffic was busy.)5. Would she be free at lunch time?(No, she would be having lunch with a design.)e r6. What would she do at two o'clock?(She would see a customer in her office.)7. She was a person who was hard to ge

53、t hold of, wasn't she?(Yes. she was a difficult person to get hold of.)8. When could John Blofeld phone back?(He could phone back anytime after 2.30.) Part 2 RetellingJimmy left home when he was fifteen and went to London He did lots of different jobs and always got tip very early, at about 6.30

54、. He went to work on a bicycle and always crossed a vet? busy main road to work.One Monday morning he had an accident. He crossed the road carelessly and a car hit him. He fell off his bike and hit his head on the pavement. He was sent to hospital in an ambulance. When he was in hospital he did a lo

55、t of thinking about this life and his work.When he left hospital, he went straight to a second-hand shop and got all old electric guitar for 25 pounds. He forgot about his job in the factory? and never went back to it again. He lost his job but he found another work and a better way of life. He ofte

56、n thinks, "I'm glad I had that accident." Exercise: Listen to the passage and then retell it in your own wordosu. wYill hear thepassage only once.Section Four Supplementary exercise Part 1 Listening ComprehensionThe World Health Organization bas opened a new medical training center to

57、help developing countries identify and control diseases. The center opened last month in Lyons*, France. It will help poor countries set up laboratories tc quickly identify and control infectious diseases.The WHO already operates an international system that watches for major health threats that cou

58、ld develop into world problems. The WHO executive director for communicable diseases is David Heymann. Doctor Heymann says the new medical center in France will help strengthen public health laboratories and services in developing countries.Doctor Heymann says there is a great need for this. In Afri

59、ca, for example, he says only one laboratory can identify tile Ebola* or Marburg* viruses that cause serious diseases. It is the WHO laboratory in South Africa.Bacteria or other substances that are collected in any country in Africa are sent to the laboratory in South Africa. Or they are sent to laboratories in Europe, North Anrerica or Asia. Doctor Heymann says Ebola is an example of a very complex disease that is hard to identify. But many countries, he says, do not even have the ability to identify more commonly known diseases, such