聽(tīng)力入門Unit 1

1、 Unit 1 Happy New Millennium!Part I Warming UpVocabulary:chimethe sounds made by a set of bells 鐘聲millenniuma period of 1,000 years 千禧年prospectivelikely to be or become 未來(lái)的，預(yù)期的，盼望中的galaan occasion of planned enjoyment or special public entertainment 慶祝，盛會(huì)countdownthe act of counting backwards in sec

2、onds to zero 倒計(jì)時(shí)fanfarea short loud ceremonial piece of usually trumpet music played to introduce a person or event 吹奏，嘹亮的喇叭聲Kiribati基里巴斯（西太平洋上一共和國(guó)）Vietnam越南 (Vietnamese)Hanoi河內(nèi)Bangkok曼谷(Thailand)Egypt埃及(Cairo開(kāi)羅)The world has entered the 21st century. Here are some brief reports of “Happy New Millen

3、nium” celebrations. Now listen and enjoy. Supply the missing words. 2. Chinese New Year 3. Russia (Moscow) 4. South African 5. Britain (London) (BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation) 7. New Zealand (Wellington) 8. In Australia (Canberra) (Sydney, Melbourne) 9. Asia/In Hong Kong 10. Singap

4、ore (Singapore)11. In Vietnam (Hanoi)12. Thailand (Bangkok)13. South Korean (Seoul)14. In Japan (Tokyo)15. Egypt (Cairo)16. EuropePartII The time ball Vocabulary:installto set (apparatus) up, ready for use 安裝observatory a place where scientists watch natural objects and events (esp. the moon, stars,

5、 etc.) 天文臺(tái)revive to come or bring back into use or existence 重新使用，再次利用sweepto move quickly and powerfully 橫掃，掃蕩viableable to succeed in operation 可行的hoistto raise ( a flag, etc.) 升起gravity重力mechanism a machine 機(jī)械aluminum鋁flavora particular quality or characteristic 特色，特點(diǎn)sponsorto pay for a show, bro

6、adcast, sports events, etc., usu. in return for advertising 主辦，發(fā)起 Greenwich格林威治（位于英國(guó)倫敦東南部，為本初子午線所經(jīng)之地，原設(shè)有英國(guó)皇家格林威治天文臺(tái)）Miami邁阿密（Florida, 佛羅里達(dá)州東南部港市）Atlanta亞特蘭大（Georgia, 美國(guó)佐治亞州首府）(Houston, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Denver, SeattleLos Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, New York)A.

7、 Listen to some statements about the time ball. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.1. time-keeper2. time signal3. 12:55 p.m./1:00 p.m.4. 1505. 18446. the 19th century7. around the world8. New Zealand/GreenwichB. Listen to a news-report about the lowering of the time ball. Answer the q

8、uestions with key words.1. time ball dropping/19th century naval tradition2. 20 sites/6 continents3. visual time signals/give the time4. British Navy/18295. normally at noon/this year midnight6. wood and leather7. year 2001Tapescript:In this age of ultra-high technology, many places around the world

9、 will mark the start of the New Year in an old-fashioned way. They will revive a 19th century naval tradition by dropping time balls when 2000 arrives.Twenty sites on six continents will observe a tradition best exemplified by the lowering of the lighted time ball in New York City.“As the New Year s

10、weeps around the world, beginning at the International Date Line, we are going to have the time balls dropping.” Steven Dick is a historian at the U.S. Naval Observatory, the institution that maintains the U.S. master clock.“Everyone is familiar with the time ball in New Yorks Times Square, but they

11、 had a real function in the past. In the 19th century these were visual time signals which were used to give the time.”Mr. Dick says the British Navy dropped the first time ball in Portsmouth, England in 1829. The first U.S. time ball fell in Washington in 1844.“This remained a viable signaling meth

12、od through much of the 19th century. They were dropped well into the 20th century. At the turn of the century 100 years ago there were approximately two dozen in the United States that were still in use.”Time balls normally fell at noon local time in the United States and at 1:00 p.m. in Europe, the

13、 beginning of the fall marking the exact time. But this year would see them drop at midnight locally.The first time balls, about one and half meters in diameter, were made of wood and leather and hoisted manually by rope to drop by gravity. Eventually in several instances, electrical motors or mecha

14、nism using water or air pressure were employed. And in some time, materials changed. The Greenwich ball is now aluminum. For this New Year some time balls will have a local flavor.“Miami will be raising an orange. I understand Atlanta will drop a peach.”Steven Dick said San Francisco is to join the

15、event next year when the U.S. Naval Observatory again sponsors an international time ball drop to signal what he says is the real start of the new millennium. Part IIIWord of the millenniumVocabulary:hesitateto pause before taking an action or making a decision猶豫eraa period of time in the history of

16、 human society as marked by events or developments of a particular kind時(shí)代lexicographer a person who does the writing and making of dictionaries字典編寫人citationa short passage taken from something written or spoken引用，引文hold ones ownto keep ones positionA. Listen to a report about the word of the millenn

17、ium. List some of the reasons why the word was chosen. Fill in the blanks.Word of the millennium: Interneta. becoming part of peoples lives so quickly and having had such an impactb. giving birth to so many new words and phrasesc. representing an era in social historyd. becoming the most significant

18、 word of the century in less than a decadeTapescript:Ask John Morse, publisher of Merriam-Webster Dictionaries, to name the word that defines the close of the millennium and he doesnt hesitate: “Internet.”“No other word has become part of peoples lives so quickly or has had such an impact,” he says.

19、The Internet has swept into the American vocabulary and given birth to so many new words and phrases - “netizen,” “chatroom” and “home page,” among them - that it has come to represent an era in social history. And remarkably, “Internet” has managed to become the most significant word of the century

20、 in less than a decade.At Merriam, new words earn a place in the dictionary simply by repeated use in the popular press. Merriams lexicographers spent a large part of their day reading newspapers, magazines and now Internet publications.“We first started seeing a number of citations in 1994, and by

21、1998 it was established in the dictionary,” Morse says. “It was just astounding.”Just a century ago, another form of communication swept into the language. In the 1898 edition of Merriam-Websters Collegiate dictionary, the hot new word was “telephone.” It brought massive social change and reshaped t

22、he way people did business, just as the Internet is doing today.“Telephone” was no easy linguistic act to follow. It helped bring into popular usage a wide range of new words and phrases - busy signals, wrong numbers, voice mail, cell phones. It also gave the United States its standard greeting: Hel

23、lo.But “Internet” is holding its own, in part by borrowing words from older technologies and giving them new meaning, such as “bookmark,” “copy” and “browser.”Indeed, “Internet” has created a new vocabulary that has come to represent a historical era of change. Part IVShort talks on listening skills

24、 Focus on the Main IdeaListening and reading require many skills in common. Finding the main idea in a paragraph is just one of these skills. The purpose of this talk is to discuss what a main idea is and how to recognize the main idea. Perhaps the best way to understand the main idea is to think of it as the central idea, or the most important idea, which gives the paragraph purpose and direction. That is to say, when you are trying to find the main id