电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 2.

电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 2. Instructional objectives After this unit, you will be able to : • Use some new words. • Talk about party and cooking • Learn some other listening materials 教案作者：储航伟， hwchu@szonline.net版权所有，违者必究

Unit 2. Part One Vocabulary (See Page 9.) • Dip: n. 蘸来吃的的酱汁 • Punch: n. （酒和果汁等的）混合甜饮料 • Stand: n. 支架 • Environment: n. 环境 • Resource: n. 资源 • Arctic: a. 北极的 • Malaria: n. 疟疾 • Dengue: n. 登革热 • Treaty: n. 条约

Part One Core Listening Dialogue: Let’s have a party • Answer the door: respond to the door bell/knock. E.g. ~ the phone • Come on in: come in at once 快进来 • Disturb: bother 打扰 • Be in the mood for sth: be glad to do sth at present. • mess: n. a cluttered, untidy, usually dirty condition 肮脏、凌乱. Make a ~: 弄得一塌糊涂 • Afterward: adv. At a later time; subsequently.然后；随后 • Amplifier: a device to enlarge sound signals; amp 电吉他，扩音器 • Who will come to the party? • What food will they bring to the party? • What music instruments and devices will they use for the party? • What have the parents chosen to do for the noisy party?

Part One Core Listening Passage 1 Three Travelers • Just out of interest: just based on your interest 就根据你的兴趣。 • What’s the first thing you’d do if your doctor told you that you had only six months to live?: 如果你的医生告诉你说，你只能活六个月了，你想做的第一件事是什么？（用过去时态表示与事实相反） • Race driver: racing car driver 赛车手 Remark: From this passage we can see that people have different living goals: Jones is epicurean (享乐主义的), he pursues pleasure, good food, comfort, and ease. Smith wants to be a successful racing car driver, a hero dream. But both of them just forgot to confirm if the doctors’ diagnoses were right or not as Brown supposes to do.

Part One Core Listening Passage 2 State of the World 2001 • Release: v. to issue, publish 发表 • Yearly report: annual report 年度报告 • The earth is showing sign of increased environmental problems as political leaders failed to protect its resources: 由于政界领袖们未能保护地球资源，地球正在显示增多的环境问题。 • …the earth’s temperature could increase as much as six degrees above the 1990 level by the year 2010: 2010年以前地球温度可能比1990年的水平升高6度。 • Malaria: n. a kind of fever conveyed by mosquitoes. 疟疾

Part One Core Listening Passage 2 State of the World 2001 • Dengue: n. an acute, infectious tropical disease transmitted by mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash （皮疹）, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain. Remarks: notice that the relationship between warmer climates and mosquitoes and deadly diseases like malaria and dengue fever. This is just one aspect of the negative effects. • And the growing population means many people are forced to settle in areas where they are at risk of experiencing severe storms and other disasters: 不断增加的人口意味着许多人被迫在某些区域定居，冒险经受狂风暴雨和其他灾害。

Part One Core Listening Passage 2 State of the World 2001 • Pollutant: n. materials that cause pollution. 污染物质 • Organic farming: 有机农牧业，无公害农牧业，不使用化学物质。 E.g. Organic vegetables and fruits • Enforce: v. execute, carry out 执行 • Call for: v. advocate 倡导，呼吁 • Permit: v. allow 允许；permit/allow sb to do sth • Continue damaging the Earth: keep harming the Earth’s environmental system ; 继续损害地球。Continue + doing sth 动名词短语作宾语。E.g. continue hurting one’s heart.

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises • Listening comprehension Dialogue • Afraid so: I’m afraid so, I suppose so. • All work and no play make Jack a dull boy: (成语)只知干活不会玩，杰克成了呆男孩儿。 • Mark the examination papers: evaluate the test papers and give grades on them 给试卷判分。 • A late meeting: a meeting that will begin and end quite late.

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises • Listening comprehension Passage Kennedy Center Honors • The bright lights the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D. C. will shine next Sunday on five famous performing artists:下个星期日华盛顿特区的肯尼迪歌剧院的明亮灯光将照射在五位著名表演艺术家的身上。 • The awards recognize lifelong excellence in the arts: 此奖表彰毕生的卓越艺术成就。 • Secretary of State (Department): 美国国务卿 • The State Department: （美国）国务院 • President and Mrs. Clinton: 克林顿总统和夫人。E.g. ~ Nixon, ~ Reagan, ~ George W. Bush, • Riga: the capital of Latvia里加[拉脱维亚共和国首都]; • Latvia: n.拉脱维亚(前苏联加盟共和国名) • Madrid: the capital of Spain; 马德里，西班牙的首都

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises II. Dictation • There lived a king: there was a king 有一个国王 • Priest: n. a person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites (ceremony). 神甫、神父 • Laugh in his face: 当面嘲笑他父王。It shows us how cruel and brutal the prince was to his father. • Curse: n. v. swearword for evil luck to others 咒语 Remarks: This tale supposes to tell us: Don’t do anything to hurt others no matter how minor it is. It is just as Chinese Sayings: “莫以恶小而为之”， “恶有恶报”。The king stole the red jewel, and it brought him bad luck. So did his son, the prince.

Part Three Supplementary Listening Dialogue Cooking • Cooker: n. one that cooks, especially a utensil or an appliance for cooking. 炊具 • VAT: value added tax 增值税，similar to sales tax in the U. S. • Casserole: 沙锅 • Mixer: n. a device used to mix substances or ingredients 搅拌器. E.g. A mixer can be used to make cake. • Blender: n. an electrical appliance with whirling blades for chopping, mixing, or liquefying foods. 搅拌机 E.g. A blender is good if you make soup and things. • and things: and things like that; and so on; etc. 等等之类的。 • That’s a thought: that’s an idea. 那倒是个主意。 • Carving knife: a knife for cutting meat at the table 切肉的餐刀

Part Three Supplementary Listening Passage 1 Thomas Gee • Sentence: v. to pronounce sentence upon (one adjudged guilty); 判决，宣判 • He threw himself under it: 他扑到车下。 • Held on to part of the chassis: 攀住底盘的部件。 • let go: release his hands 松开手 • Rear: back • To his horror: it is horrible for him to find out that 他惊恐地发现 Remarks: It seems that a careful plan for a successful operation is so important. If Gee had known the path of the truck, he might have made a better plan for escaping.

Part Three Supplementary Listening Passage 2 Washing Hands • Organisms: n. an individual form of life, such as a plant, an animal, a bacterium, a protist, or a fungus;有机生物; 一种个体生命形式，如植物、动物、细菌、原生生物或者真菌； • Rest room: washroom, bathroom, W. C. man’s room, lady’s room卫生间、洗手间、厕所 • stop to wash their hands: “to wash their hands” is an adverbial of purpose, modifying the verb “stop” . E.g. stop to smoke 停下来抽烟 vs. stop smoking. 戒烟 • Infectious disease: epidemic disease, infection 传染病 • That have harmful organisms on them:上面带有有害生物体

Part Three Supplementary Listening Passage 2 Washing Hands • Food poisoning cases: 食物中毒病例 • Cholera: 霍乱；俗称‘霍痢拉’ • Hepatitis: n. liver disease 肝炎 • Microbiology: 微生物学 • Millions of food poisoning cases are blamed on people who prepare food who do not wash their hands: 每年数以百万计的食物中毒事件都可以归咎于准备食物的人不洗手。It means …blamed on people who do not wash their hands when preparing food. • Campaign: n. an operation or series of operations actively pursued to achieve a purpose. 活动、运动; launch a ~ 发起一项运动。

Review Unit 2 • Recite（背诵） Passage 1, Thomas Gee, on Page 14, Guidebook III • Read aloud Passage 2, Washing Hands, on Page 15, Guide Book III repeatedly, until you can read it fluently and correctly（熟读）.

电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 2.