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Unit 12

Unit 12. Extending life through Fun (II). Part I Warming up. A. Two people talking about two kinds of animals Vocabulary: affectionate: loving and tender. curl up: shape one's body into a curl; to assume a position with the legs drawn up:

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Unit 12

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  1. Unit 12 Extending life through Fun (II)

  2. Part I Warming up A. Two people talking about two kinds of animals Vocabulary: affectionate: loving and tender. curl up: shape one's body into a curl; to assume a position with the legs drawn up: The child curled up in an armchair to read. revolting: highly offensive; arousing disgust; "revolting food"; slimy: covered with a thick sticky slippery substance "a slimy substance covered the rocks“

  3. Task A1 & A2. Listen and guess what animals they are talking about What animals are they? What words did you hear that helped to draw the conclusions? • little things / playful /affectionate/ play with toy mouse / sleep in their baskets / clean animals kittens /cats. 2. revolting / slimy / poisonous / colors and patterns beautiful snakes

  4. B. Hobbies photograph: v. to take photographs riot: a wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people exhilaration: the feeling of lively and cheerful joy gallop: to ride a horse at a gallop prior to: before

  5. Listen carefully and guess what the hobbies are B.1. Guess what hobbies they are B2. Write down some of the clues that help you to decide the answers • Photography photograph/ still life / moving object / feel equipment 2. Skiing amazing / sport /equipment/ safer / scenery/ air / speed / exhilaration

  6. 3. horse riding powerful animal / relationship of trust/ skill/ walk / gallop 4. bird watching 6,500 species / looking birds 5. Sailing force of wind/ complicated / boats/ navigation / essential skills

  7. C. Read the difficult sentences and Listen

  8. Part II New Fashions A program about barbecue (Training focus: Note taking)

  9. A social gathering, usually held outdoors, at which food is cooked over an open flame

  10. grill: n.a cooking surface of parallel metal bars. v.to broil on a gridiron

  11. charcoal: a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air cavemen: A prehistoric or primitive human living in caves spice: Any of various pungent, aromatic plant substances, such as cinnamon or nutmeg, used to flavor foods or beverages

  12. The pungent fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum, used especially as a flavoring in cooking. Also called chili pepper chile

  13. rib: cut of meat including one or more ribs

  14. potluck: a meal at which each guest brings food that is then shared by all. Also called potluck supper macho:used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner

  15. Listen carefully and take notes and answer the questions 1. Why do men in the West like barbecue? put meat on the grill; cavemen 2. What is the unique thing about barbecue? different recipes / different places

  16. 3. What is potluck? party / everyone brings food

  17. 4. What’s it like in Britain when people have a barbecue? watch the sky / rain

  18. B. A report about making pottery pottery: Ware, such as vases, pots, bowls, or plates, shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat

  19. faster and faster more and more rich relax free time making pottery artists and craftsmen common people a pottery teacher playing with mud your creation turning and forming calm Troubles B1 Listen to the first part of the report. Supply the missing words

  20. making pottery

  21. Chrysanthemum

  22. canister: a small plastic container used for storing a roll of film. sculpt: to sculpture / shape (an object) kaolin: a fine usually white clay kiln: A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels

  23. turntable: a circular horizontal rotating platform glaze: the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing throw: to shape (an object) on a potter’s wheel

  24. B2. Listen to 2nd half of the report and put the pottery making steps in the right order. • Mixing the clay • Putting the clay on the turntable • Throwing • Drying for a few days • Smoothing or rounding the edges • Polishing 7. Sculpting 8. Cooling for 3 or 4 days 9. Going to the kiln to fire the clay 10. Painting with glaze 11. Firing again

  25. Part III Rock climbing

  26. rugged: having a rough irregular surface spine: a ridge prairie: a meadow or tract of grass; craggy: rugged and uneven: a craggy face creek: a small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river sedimentary limestone: a common sedimentary rock consisting mostly of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime, carbon dioxide, and cement

  27. The brown bear of northwest North America, now considered a subspecies grizzly bear

  28. piton: 登山用的钢锉 • spike: to drive something long and thin with a • sharp point into • rafter: any of a large sloping esp. wooden beams that hold up a roof • n.椽, 筏夫 • rappel: 绕绳下降 • sling: to cause to hang or be loosely supported • crack: a line of division caused by splitting; very thin mark or opening caused by breaking, but not into separate parts

  29. toe-/hand hold: 把柄 • Integral: necessary to complete something; which cannot be left out.

  30. A. Pre-listening Questions • Have you every tried rock climbing? Would you be interested in practicing this sport? Why or why not? • What sports do you consider physically challenging? • When practicing a difficult or dangerous sport, what mental or emotional challenges do you have to be prepared for? • When a person is devoted to a sport, how does it affect his life? • Would you consider rock climbing a dangerous sport? What is required to be a good rock climber?

  31. Listen carefully and answer the questions in note form 1. Why has the Province of Alberta become home to some of the best rock climbers in the world? the Rockies / over 12,000 feet 2. Why are the Canadian Rockies very special? a lot of wilderness / grizzly bear

  32. 3. How high is First Rock? How does it compare with other climbs Blanchard often does? First Rock: 25 meters / others: 50 times as high 4, What is the purpose of the climbing equipment? attach rock to rope / rope to body 5. How did Blanchard first learn to climb? Where did he do his first climbing? reading / around house, i.e., basement rafters, walls 6. How important is rock climbing in Blanchard’s life? an integral part of his life / challenges / opportunities

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