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1、Unit 3 Section One Tactics for listening Part 1 Spot DictationWildlifeEvery ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect (1) dies out for ever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) extinct twenty years from now. The seas are in danger. They a

2、re being filled with (3) poison: industrial and nuclear waste, chemical fertilizers and (4) pesticides, sewage. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to (5) live in the seas. The tropical rain (6) forests, which are the home of half the earth's living things are (7) bein

3、g destroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have (8) nearly disappeared in twenty years. The effect on the world's (9) climate - and on our agriculture and food (10) supplies - will be disastrous. (11) Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the (12) World Wild

4、life Fund was founded - a small group of people who wanted to (13) raise money to save animals and plants (14) from extinction. Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large (15) international organization. It has raised over (16) £35 million for (17) conservation projects, and has created or given

5、 support to the National Parks in (1 8) five continents. It has helped 30 (19) mammals and birds - including the tiger - to (20) survive. Part 2 Listening for GistMrs. Bates: Hullo. Is that Reception? .Reception: Yes, madamMrs. Bates: This is Mrs. Bates. Room 504. I sent some clothes to the laundry

6、this morning, two of my husband's shirts and three of my blouses. But they're not back yet. You see, we're leaving early tomorrow morning. Reception: Just a moment, madam. I'll put you through to the housekeeper.Housekeeper: Hullo. Housekeeper. Mrs. Bates: Oh, hullo. This is . I'

7、m phoning from Room 504. It's about some clothes I sent to the laundry this morning. They're not back yet and you see . Housekeeper: They are, madam. You'll find them in your wardrobe. They're in the top drawer on the left. Mrs. Bates: Oh, I didn't look in the wardrobe. Thank you

8、 very much.Sorry to trouble you. Housekeeper: That's quite all right. Goodbye. Mrs. Bates: Goodbye. Exercise Directions: Listen to the dialogue and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide. 1) This dialogue is about making an inquiry about the laundry. 2) The key words are rece

9、ption. laundry. shirts. blouses. wardrobe. Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueA UN InterpreterInterviewer: . so perhaps you could tell us how exactly you became so proficient at language learning, Suzanne. Suzanne: Well, I think it all started with a really fortunate accident of birth

10、. You know I was born in Lausanne*, Switzerland; my father was Swiss-French Swiss and my mother was American, so, of course, we spoke both languages at home and I grew up bilingual. Then, of course, I learnt German at school - in Switzerland that's normal. And because I was already fluent in Eng

11、lish, my second language at school was Italian. So I had a real head start*! Interviewer: So that's . one, two, three, four - you had learnt four languages by the time you left school? How fluent were you? Suzanne: Urn, I was native speaker standard in French and English, but I'd become a bi

12、t rusty* in German and my Italian was only school standard. I decided the best option was to study in the UK, and I did Hispanic Studies at university, studying Spanish and Portuguese, with some Italian, and living in Manchester. Then I went to live in Brazil for two years, teaching English. Intervi

13、ewer: So by this time you must have been fluent in six languages? Suzanne: Nearly. My Italian wasn't perfect, but I had a boyfriend from Uruguay* while I was there, so my Spanish also became pretty good! Interviewer: And then what did you do? Suzanne: When I was 25 I came back to Switzerland, we

14、nt to an interpreters' school and then got a job in the United Nations when I was 28. Interviewer: And you've been there ever since? Suzanne: Not quite. In the first few months I met Jan, a Czech interpreter, who became my husband. We went to live in Prague in 1987 and that was where I learn

15、t Czech. Interviewer: And the eighth language? Suzanne: Well, unfortunately the marriage didn't last; I was very upset and I decided to take a long break. I went to Japan on holiday, got a job and stayed for two years, which was when I learnt Japanese. Interviewer: That's amazing! And now yo

16、u're back at the United Nations? Suzanne: Yes. Well, I never really left. I carried on doing work for them when I was in Prague - some in Prague, some in Austria and Switzerland, and I took a "sabbatical*" to work in Japan. They need people who can understand Japanese. But, yes, I'

17、ve been back with them full-time for two years now. Interviewer: And your plans for the future? Suzanne: I'm going to learn more Oriental languages. It was such a challenge learning Japanese - it's so different from all the others. So I'll spend another two or three years here with the U

18、N full-time, during which time I hope to get a substantial promotion, then I think I'll go back and learn Korean, or perhaps Chinese, and Thai - I'd love to learn Thai. And then, perhaps an Indian language. Whatever, I want to be fluent in another three or four languages before 45. Exercise

19、Directions: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). l.T 2.F 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.T 8.T 9. T 10. F Part 2 Passage The Clyde River 1) Salmon are very sensitive to environmental conditions and require cool, well-oxygenated water to thrive. 2) The closu

20、re of factories that had poured toxins and other pollutants into the river boosted water quality significantly and modern sewage processing plants helped eliminate some of the foul smells. 3) The river's depth and navigability helped make Glasgow an important center for importing tobacco, sugar

21、and cotton from the Americas starting in the 1600s. 4) The mills and factories that lined the Clyde made steel, textiles and chemicals, tanned leather and even produced candy and brewed alcohol. 5) When the factories began to close in the second half of the 20th century, working-class Glasgow, Scotl

22、and's largest city, gained a reputation for social deprivation and rough streets. Running through one of Britain's biggest manufacturing centers, Glasgow, the Clyde River* was poisoned for more than a century by the fetid* byproducts of industry. The waterway bore the brunt of Glasgow's

23、economic success during the Industrial Revolution and beyond, as pollution and chemicals destroyed its fish and wildlife populations and brewed smells whose memory still makes residents wince*. Now, with heavy industry gone and Glasgow reconceived as a center for culture and tourism, the Clyde is co

24、ming back to life. For the first time since the late 1800s, its native salmon have returned in sizable numbers, reflecting the new cleanliness of a river that was once one of Britain's filthiest. The Clyde River Foundation surveyed fish populations last autumn at 69 sites in the Clyde and its tr

25、ibutaries, and found salmon in seven of the nine major tributaries. The migratory fish, which vanished from the Clyde around 1880 after a long decline, first reappeared in the 1980s, but last year's survey was the first to show they've come back in healthy numbers. Although commercial salmon

26、 fishing was never widespread on the Clyde, the fish's return is symbolically important for Glasgow, where salmon were once so important to the city's identity that two are pictured on its official coat of arms. The salmon's comeback is also a sign of big improvements to water quality. L

27、ike sea trout, which have also reappeared in the Clyde system in recent years, salmon are very sensitive to environmental conditions and require cool, well-oxygenated* water to thrive. The decline of Glasgow's main industries helped boost the fortunes of a river that was essentially fishless for

28、 decades during the worst periods of pollution. The closure of factories that had poured toxins* and other pollutants into the river boosted water quality significantly. Environmental regulators also lightened dumping rules, and modern sewage processing plants helped eliminate some of the foul* smel

29、ls that once tainted* the air. With worries rising about the environmental impact of enormous fish farms elsewhere in Scotland and severely depleted fish stocks in the North Sea and North Atlantic, the Clyde comeback is a rare bit of good news for Scotland's fish lovers. Since the area that is n

30、ow Glasgow was first settled around the year 550, the Clyde has been central to its history. The river's depth and navigability helped make Glasgow an important center for importing tobacco, sugar and cotton from the Americas starting in the 1600s. Later, during the Industrial Revolution that be

31、gan in the late 1700s, Glasgow became a center of British shipbuilding and one of the country's great manufacturing centers. The mills and factories that lined the Clyde made steel, textiles and chemicals, tanned leather and even produced candy and brewed alcohol. When the factories began to clo

32、se in the second half of the 20th century, working-class Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, gained a reputation for social deprivation* and rough streets. More recently, its art museums and nightlife have helped drive an economic comeback that has turned the city into a popular tourist destinatio

33、n. Exercise A Pre-listening Question Rivers are important to humans because they supply fresh drinking water, serve as home for important fishes, and provide transportation routes. Exercise B Sentence Dictation Directions: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence thr

34、ee times. (Refer to Typescript) Exercise C Detailed Listening Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. l.A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. A Exercise D After-listening Discussion Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the

35、 following questions. 1) The Clyde's depth and navigability helped make Glasgow an important center for importing tobacco, sugar and cotton from the Americas starting in the 1600s. And the city became a center of British shipbuilding and one of the country's great manufacturing centers durin

36、g the Industrial Revolution. More recently, its art museums and nightlife have helped drive an economic comeback that has turned the city into a popular tourist destination. 2) (Open) Section Three :NewsNews Item 1UN Environmental Program Executive Director Archim Steiner calls the agreement histori

37、c. He says the nine chemicals that have joined the list of Persistent Organic Pollutants, or POPs, are extremely harmful to the environment and to health. The newly targeted chemicals include products that are widely used in pesticides and flame-retardants, and in a number of other commercial uses,

38、such as a treatment for head lice.These nine toxic chemicals will join the Stockholm Conventions original list of 12 Persistent Organic Pollutants, refereed to as the “dirty dozen.”The Pollutants are especially dangers because they cross boundaries and travel long distances, from the Equator to the

39、Arctic. They persist in the atmosphere and take many years, often decades, to degrade into less dangerous forms.They pose great risks to the environment and huamn health, especially to young people, farmers, pregnant women and the unborn.Exercise A Directions: Listen to the news item and complete th

40、e summary. This news item is about a ban on nine of the worlds most hazardous chemicals.Exercise B Directions: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage. News Item2Scientists predict the world will get hotter over the coming decades. A major conference in Copenhagen at the end of t

41、he year will focus on ways to mitigate the worst affects of global warming.WMO Secretary- General Michel Jarraud says countries must have the tools to adapt to a changing climate. They must be able to respond to a world that is likely to experience more extreme weather events, such as floods and hur

42、ricanes.Jarraud notes farmers in certain parts of the world will have to adapt to a dryer climate. He says they might have to modify irrigation systems or consider growing crops that do not require much rain.He says global warming is likely to increase the intensity and frequency of extreme weather

43、events. Therefore, better and more timely information on these phenomena are essential to make decisions on climate variability and change. To do this, he says, weather observation networks must be strengthend.The WMO chief says climate change is a global problem. And, everyone needs everyone else t

44、o solve this problem. He says even the biggest, richest countries can not do it alone. He says the development world needs reliable weather information from developing counties and vice-versaExercise A Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary. This news item is about NATO's P

45、rague Summit and its help to the USA. Exercise B Directions: Listen to the news again and answer the following questions. 1) One month and one day before the Prague summit, President Bush met with the NATO Secretary General. 2) When meeting with President Bush, the NATO Secretary General described t

46、he Prague summit as "a transformational summit", perhaps the most important in the history of the alliance. 3) Because just days after September 11 th terrorist attacks, NATO voted to invoke its charter and help defend the United States. 4) They are the skills that can deal with chemical w

47、eapons or fight in rugged mountains and the like. News Item3 Section Four Supplementary ExercisesPart 1Feature ReportSydney Ready for Big Switch Off as Earth Hour Goes GlobalScotland' Edinburgh Castle, the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing and the pyramids in Egypt will join the Sydney Opera Ho

48、use in dimming their lights as part of Earth Hour.The global event has been endorsed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Ban Ki-moon has said it was the biggest climate change demonstration ever attempted. Mr. Ban urged people everywhere to pressure their governments to take decisive action to cut carbon pollution. Organizers are hoping that up to a billion people from