人教修订版高中二年级 ( 下 ) Unit 12

人教修订版 高中二年级(下) Unit 12

Listening

Listen to the tape and finish the choices. 1. Where did the dialogue most take place? A. at sea B. near a lake C. at the zoo B

2. What did they see on earth? A. a snake B. a dinosaur C. an elephant D. an unknown monster D 3. When did they see the monster? A. 25 to 12 o’clock B. 25 past 11 o’clock C. 25 past 12 o’clock A

4. Which of the following is true ? A. Using the camera, they took the photo of the monster. B. Using the telescope, they could see the whole animal clearly. C. It is more than 20 meters long in size with a long neck . C

A lake 11:35 More than 20 metres long One part looks like the trunk of an elephant pointing out of the water and it looks likes three round wheels, half out of water.

Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions. • Why does Sam need to know the • time? • He thinks other people will ask • him later about the time.

2. What instruments do Sam and Betty use to observe the animal? A telephone and a camera. 3. Who will later ask them questions? (1) the police (2) journalists (3) scientists

4. Write down five possible questions that other people may later ask Sam, Betty and Karen. (1) What time was it when you saw the creature? (2) Can you describe what you saw? (3) How big was it?

(4) Are you sure it was an animal? (5) Where did you see it? (6) Can you make a drawing of what you saw?

Listening text S: Sam B: Betty K: Karen B: What’s that over there? S: Where? B: Look, Sam, look! Do you see that over there? In the middle of the lake. S: I don’t see anything.

B: My God! Do you see that? S: Where? Where? I don’t see. B: Look. Over there. A bit to the left of that mountain in the distance. S: Oooh! What on earth is that? It looks like the trunk of an elephant.

B: Can’t be. It’s too deep for an elephant, and it couldn’t swim that far. It … it must be … Good Heavens, look over there. Like three round wheels, showing half out of the water.

S: Have you ever heard of the strange monster that was seen at Lake Tianchi in 1903? B: You mean the dinosaur? I don’t believe in such rubbish. They died long ago. S: Well, it could have adapted, couldn’t it? What else could it be?

B: It’s disappearing now. No wait … Look, there it is again, down there, further to the right? Can you see? S: I can’t see it. Oh, this telescope is no use. Ah … got it. There we are. B: What can you see now?

S: It’s like a huge snake … More than 20 metres long. It has a long neck with a white ring around it. There’s no doubt about it. It has to be that … that monster snake or whatever you call it.

B: It might be a trick of the light … It could be anything … Let me have a look. S: What time is it, Betty? Take down the time. B: The time? What for? S: We’ve got to write down the time. They’ll ask us about that later on.

B: It’s … eh … eleven thirty-five. S: OK. Hold on, it’s moving this way. Quick—the camera. Get the camera. B: There’s no time. There it goes … It’s gone. K: Hey, guys. Did you see that?

S: Yeah. Did you get a good look at it? What did you make of it? K: I’ve heard about people seeing ancient monsters here. I wouldn’t believe it, but I think we’ve just seen it with our own eyes. B: Were you able to take a picture?

K: No, I didn’t bring my camera. B: Do you really believe it was a dinosaur? K: I don’t know what to believe.

Listening on P88 Listening text J: John M: Mark S: Suzy T: Teacher T: Next term we’ll read two works of fantasy or science fiction literature in class. Today is your

opportunity to tell me what you think we should read and express your opinions. J: Will we have to read Harry Potter? T: We may, but it depends how the others feel about that. Harry Potter by JK Rowling is a good example of fantasy literature,

but there are other books, such as The Lord of the Rings. S: Can you explain the difference between fantasy literature and science fiction? T: That’s a very good question, Suzy. Mark, what do you think?

M: Well, I think if there are things in the book which are not possible, then it’s called fantasy. J: But travelling at the speed of light or time travel is also not possible, and that’s called science fiction.

T: You are right there, John. It’s better to say that fantasy is about things that are never possible, such as talking animals or magic. Science fiction is about things that are not possible now, but perhaps possible in the future when science is more developed.

S: But most science fiction is so strange. Do you really believe we’ll one day be able to travel and meet aliens on other planets? T: People thought the same when Jules Verne wrote his books. There were no submarines when he wrote 20,000 Leagues under

the Sea, and when he wrote A Journey to the Moon, many people said he was mad. M: So, what else is there to read? T: Wells wrote books such as The First Men in the Moon and The Time Machine and The War of

the Worlds about aliens trying to conquer the earth. M: I’d like to read 1, Robot. I’ve seen the movie and I think the book will be very exciting. S: Can’t we read some science fiction about other topics? I mean, not about technology or space?

T: Sure. We can read Lao She’s City of Cats in an English translation or other science fiction about social or political sciences. S: How about Frankenstein by Mary Shelley? Is that fantasy or science fiction? T: What do you think?

Homework Listen to the material on Page 88 again after class and discuss the following questions with your partner. 1.Can science fiction written 100 years ago still interest us? Why?

2. If both fantasy stories and science fiction are about things that are not possible, can we still learn something from such books or is reading them a waste of time? 3. Which of the books mentioned on the tape would you like to read? Why?

人教修订版高中二年级 ( 下 ) Unit 12