现代大学英语听力2unit 10 history.ppt

1、课程名称：英语视听说 （英语影视与资讯）授课年级：大学一年级 （2016级）授课班级：英语16405,Contemporary College English Listening,讲授内容：课堂听力Intensive Listening 讲授方式： Audio materials （listening， do the exercises， practice repeating 四次放音four times playing） 成绩评定：期末50%+期中20%+口语测试10%+平时成绩20% 课外作业：未讲的课堂听力Intensive Listening +自主听力Extensive Listen

2、ing,Unit 10 History,Unit 10 History,Objectives:教学目的 1. Understand descriptions of historical events, figures, and places. 2. Follow discussions of cause and effect, advantages and disadvantages. 3. Make inferences 4. Summarize main ideas and supporting details,Task 1how the states in the US got thei

3、r names,Script：【原文】 People who visited the United States sometimes wonder how the states got their names. Some of the most interesting names came from American Indian language. For example, Illinois, was named for the Indians who used to live in that part of the country. In their language, Illinois

4、means “Brave Men”. Connecticut means “At the Long River Mouth” in the language of the Indians who used to live there. Twenty-five of the states have Indian names, but other names were taken from different languages. Georgia and Pennsylvania have names which were taken from the Latin language. Florid

5、a and Colorado were named by Spanish people. States like New Hampshire and New Jersey were named for places in England. The two newest states have names which did not come from any of those languages. Hawaii got its name from a word in the Hawaiian language which means “Homeland.” Alaska was named b

6、y the Russians, from whom Alaska was bought in 1867.,Task 1how the states in the US got their names,Task 1how the states in the US got their names,Key and Answers【答案】 A. Fill in the following chart. B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) T 2) F

7、 3) T,Task 2 Stonehenge stunhend (巨石阵),Definition: North of the ancient megalithic ruins: the city of Salisbury s:lzbri , England. Array of stones, could be ancient humans set for observing astronomical phenomena finmin . To promote the development of archaeoastronomy:kiustrnmi . 英国索尔兹伯里以北的古代巨石建筑遗迹。

8、阵中巨石的排列，可能是远古人类为观测天象而置的。推动了考古天文学的发展。,Task 2 Stonehenge stunhend (巨石阵),Words and expressions 1.eclipse英klps美klpsvt. 使黯然失色；形成蚀 n. 日蚀，月蚀；黯然失色 2.monument英mnjm()nt美mnjumntn. 纪念碑；历史遗迹；不朽的作品 vt. 为树碑 3.observatory英bzvt()r美bzvtrin. 天文台；气象台；瞭望台 复数 observatories .,Task 2 the famous Stonehenge，the mysterious ci

9、rcle of stones in England,Task 2 the famous Stonehenge，the mysterious circle of stones in England,Script： 【原文】 The circle of stones that can be seen at Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain in England is one of the oldest and most mysterious monuments in the world. The monument was probably put up betwe

10、en 2000 B.C. and 1400 B.C. When it was completed it consisted of a double circle of stones, with two more groups of stones outside the circles. Many of the stones used in this monument must have been transported over 250 miles to Stonehenge. Single stones, some of them weighing about four tons, must

11、 have been sent on rivers and rolled over land on tree trunks. They cant have been carried! The men who moved the stone didnt have wheels or horses. Each stone had to be moved by hand and placed in position. They were fitted together with great technical skill. There are many theories about the purp

12、ose of the stones. Stonehenge was certainly a meeting place. The stones have been arranged in a particular way to mark sunrise and sunset at certain times during the year. This may have been a place of worship of the sun and also an observatory. One interesting theory suggests that the stones were s

13、ome kind of computer which was used to predict eclipses of the sun and moon.,Task 2 the famous Stonehenge，the mysterious circle of stones in England,Keys： 【答案】 A. Answer the following questions. 1) Probably between 2000 B.C. and 1400 B.C. 2) About four tons. 3) They might have been sent on rivers an

14、d rolled over land on tree trunks. 4) By hand. B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. meeting place; sunrise; sunset; worship; observatory; computer; eclipses,Lesley: I think the most attractive foreign accents for me are Mediterranean accents because they, if you like, import their o

15、wn culture into the English accent and give it a lot of life that sometimes, that kind of-the gestures and everything that the English people dont have, so you get a beautiful mixture of the serious Northern European and the Southern European together. Susan: I like the Swedish accent because it, it

16、 makes me smile and the way its spoken is so sing-songy that you cant help but smile when other people actually speak it. And it always makes you want to try and put the accent on yourself.,Task 3 the history of painting pictures,Task 3 the history of painting pictures,Words and expressions 1.Egypti

17、ansi:dipnzn. 埃及人 2.Spain英spein美spenn. 西班牙 ic strip连载漫画；四格漫画( comic strips )N-COUNTAcomic stripis a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine. 连环画页 4.diagrams英美da,grmn. 图表；数 图解（diagram的复数）；略图 v. 用图解释；作的图解（diagram的三单形式） 5.Mediterranean美,mdtrennn. 地中海 adj. 地中海的,Task 3

18、the history of painting pictures,Scripts【原文】 Human beings have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the wal

19、ls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps the painter thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures. About 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the Near

20、East began to use pictures as a kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet. The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting pictur

21、e-writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modem comic-strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the

22、Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.,Task 3 the history of painting pictures,Scripts【原文】 By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea bad developed a simpler

23、 system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letter of the Greek alphabet. The Romans cop

24、ied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world. These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds, drawings, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the stre

25、et, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.,【答案】,Fill in the following chart.,Task 10,Script The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. The universities of Oxford and Cambridge are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two universities