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1 Review 2 Warming-Up Exercises 3 Exercises in Textbook 4 Summary and Assignments Unit 2: Tasks 英语高级视听说

Review • Nuclear bombs were d___________ in tests in the desert. • Officials estimate the final d________ in the quake could reach 35,000. • About 500,000 refugees have been d_________ by the civil war. • Progress has been i__________ by a number of economic factors. etonated eath toll isplaced mpeded 英语高级视听说

Review • There is also an annual r_____ in May for Brownies, attended by members from all over the country. • He managed to e________ the flames with his coat. • An attempt to smuggle heroin worth £30 million into the country has been t_________ by customs officials. ally xtinguish hwarted 英语高级视听说

Review • The time Foreman spent with his children gradually d_________. • A man pretending to be a faith healer has c______ around £20,000 out of desperate sick people. • The increasing use of child-proof containers for medicines is helpful, but v___________ is still necessary. iminished onned igilance 英语高级视听说

Warming-up Exercises • Listen to the news items and retell their main ideas. reliefn. money, food, clothes etc given to people who are poor or hungry 救济、援助 humanitarian adj. concerned with improving bad living conditions and preventing unfair treatment of people 人道主义的 hopefuln. someone who is hoping to be successful, especially in acting, sports, politics etc 有希望成功的人英语高级视听说

Be Sensitive to Semantic Markers • How to introduce the central topic • This week we’re going to focus on / Today’s lecture will focus on … • Today I’m going to talk about … • Today’s lecture is on/about … • Let’s take a look at / Today we will look at… • Today, I'd like to discuss with you … 英语高级视听说

Note-taking Skills • How to write abbreviations • Omit vowels (year=yr, report=rpt) • Shorten the word (Monday=Mon, avenue=ave) • Omit word endings (development=dev, cooperation=coop, economic=eco) • Use apostrophe (international=int’l, cooperation=coop’n) 英语高级视听说

Note-taking Skills • How to write abbreviations • Use 1st letters for names (New York=NY, Kuala Lumpur=KL, United Nations=UN) • Use recognized acronyms & abbreviations (identification=ID, northeast=NE, meter=m) • Change spelling (although=altho, before=B4, through=thru) • Use Chinese characters (people, nation) 英语高级视听说

Exercise 1: Mini-Lecture magnetic ink an ink that contains particles of a magnetic substance whose presence can be detected by magnetic sensors 磁墨水 clearing house the place for the exchange among banks of checks, drafts, and notes and the settlement of consequent differences 票据交换所英语高级视听说

Exercise 1: Mini-Lecture debitv.to enter (a sum) on the left-hand side of an account or accounting ledger 记入借方 creditv. to enter as a credit 记入贷方 • credited $500 to her account intensive care units a specialized section of a hospital containing the equipment, medical and nursing staff, and monitoring devices necessary to provide intensive care 加护病房英语高级视听说

Exercise 1: Mini-Lecture specialistn.one who is devoted to a particular occupation or branch of study or research 专门医师、专家 standing order an arrangement by which a bank pays a fixed amount of money from your account every month, year etc 长期委托书英语高级视听说

Summary of the Lecture • Topic: PCs are changing our lives • Microprocessors make PCs faster and smaller • So PCs are widely used • In banking • Processing checks • Withdrawals and standing orders • EFT system 英语高级视听说

Summary of the Lecture • In medicine • Keeping patient records • Looking after patients • Monitoring surgeries • Assisting diagnosis • In newspaper production • Past: copy → editor → type • Now: copy → VDU → edit → print 英语高级视听说

Summary of the Lecture • Summary: PCs are changing work as well as the number of people needed to work. 英语高级视听说

Exercise 2: Talk attendancen. the frequency with which a person is present 出席率 extenuating circumstances facts or reasons which make you feel that it was reasonable for someone to break the usual rules, or make you have sympathy for someone who did something wrong or illegal 情有可原的情况英语高级视听说

Exercise 2: Talk annexn. a building added on to a larger one or an auxiliary building situated near a main one 附属建筑 common room a lounge for use by all members of a residential institution or community 休息室英语高级视听说

Exercise 3: Conversation coachn.a motorbus 长途公共汽车 pea soup fog very dense fog 浓雾 villan. a big house in the country with a large garden 别墅 traipsev. to walk or tramp about 游荡、走或到处逛英语高级视听说

Exercise 4: News Broadcasting equerry n. a personal attendant to the British royal household 英国王室侍从武官、个人随从 bravev. to undergo or face courageously 勇敢地从事或面对 estrangev. make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate 使疏远英语高级视听说

Exercise 4: News Broadcasting prerogative n. a right that someone has, especially because of their importance or social position 特权 spoof v. to satirize 嘲讽 cast v. to make an object by pouring liquid metal, plastic etc into a mould 浇铸英语高级视听说

Exercise 4: News Broadcasting Turner Prize 特纳奖 The Turner Prize, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under 50. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom’s most publicized art award. 英语高级视听说

Summary and Assignments • News Copying: Week 02 英语高级视听说

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