Audio-Visual English Course (2008-2009 1st Semester)

1. Audio-Visual English Course (2008-2009 1st Semester) Unit 6 Are You on Board 2nd Class

2. Section 1 Sentence Structure Activity 1 Write down the time you hear. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

3. Section 1 Sentence Structure Activity 2 Write down the difficult sentences you hear. 1. 2.

4. Section 1 Sentence Structure Activity 1 Write down the time you hear. Keys for reference • 1. out 7:30 2. breakfast 8:00 • 3. 8:20 leave for work 4. 9:00 on work • 5. 6:00 off work 6. 10:15 am Mon. • 7. 2:30 pm Tues. 8. 1:45 pm Wed. • 9. 11:10am Thurs. 10. 8:20 pm Fri • 11. 9:6 am Sat. 12. 7:48 pm Sun.

5. Section 1 Sentence Structure Activity 2 Write down the difficult sentences you hear. Keys for reference • 1. He often still measures people’s temperature on the Fahrenheit scale, where 98.4 degree is a normal temperature. • 2. Language does not matter too much to a doctor. After all they can manage without language at all.

6. Section 2 Interactive Listening Task 2 • Activity 1 Listen as the dialogue continues. The dialogue is not printed in your book. As you listen, answer the following questions. • 1. What reason does this Spaniard give for the American not thinking soccer entertaining? • 2. Does the American disagree with the Spaniard’s reason? • 3. What does the American mean when he says, “Let’s make a deal”?

7. Section 2 Interactive Listening Task 2 • Activity 2 Listen to the dialogue again for the meanings of the Words and phrases as they are used in the dialogue. Write your explanations on the lines after each word or phrase below. • aggressive: forceful progress regress • technique: skill, style, trained talent • unique cheque (check) question etiquette礼节 • make a deal: reach an agreement so that both sides will profit

8. Section 2 Interactive Listening Task 2 • Activity 2 Listen to the dialogue again for the meanings of the Words and phrases as they are used in the dialogue. Write your explanations on the lines after each word or phrase below. • aggressive: • technique: • unique cheque (check) question etiquette礼节 • make a deal:

9. Section 2 Interactive Listening Task 2 • Activity 2 Listen to the dialogue again for the meanings of the Words and phrases as they are used in the dialogue. Write your explanations on the lines after each word or phrase below. • aggressive: forceful progress regress • technique: skill, style, trained talent • unique cheque (check) question etiquette礼节 • make a deal: reach an agreement so that both sides will profit • aggress vi. 侵略, 挑衅, 进攻(on, upon, against) aggress upon the public property 侵占公共财产 • Aggressive means to be strong and forceful toward something or toward someone. • For example: It‘s not polite to be aggressive with customers.咄咄逼人 • 侵略性的；攻击性的; 挑衅的;盛气凌人的; 干劲很大的; 积极进取的; 活泼的

10. Section 2 Interactive Listening Task 2 • Activity 2 Listen to the dialogue again for the meanings of the Words and phrases as they are used in the dialogue. Write your explanations on the lines after each word or phrase below. • an aggressive foreign policy侵略性的外交政策 • aggressive weapons攻击性武器 • He is very aggressive.他生性好斗。 • an aggressive salesman干劲很大的售货员 • Martin is too aggressive .马丁太盛气凌人。 • aggressiveness • not to mention on weekends / not to speak of… but it didn’t make sense to me • sb make sense of sth… challenging • nonsense胡说, 废话 • There seemed to be a lot of rules and not • much action. action-packed

11. Section 2 Interactive Listening Task 2 • Activity 3 Watch the visual version and simulate the dialogue so as to give a performance in pairs.

12. Section 2 Interactive Listening Task 2 • Activity 4 Topics for discussion • 1. I think soccer/football is more entertaining because… lots of action more exciting players are cute more complex many ways to score points • 2. I enjoy playing sports more than watching them because… enjoy exercising love competition like to run l’d rather watch than play a sport because… not very athletic afraid of getting hurt don’t like to sweat

13. Section 2 Interactive Listening Task 2 • Activity 4 Topics for discussion • 3. My favorite sport to watch/play is … because… hard to play is action-packed requires skill and technique

14. Section 3 A VOA StoryCollege Athletes: Students First, Athletes Second? Activity 1 Here is a VOA report about education. Listen to the recording for the overall meaning. 1.? 2.?

15. This is the VOA Special English Education Report. • One of our listeners has a question about college athletes in the United States. Amni Garcia in Mexico would like to know how much they study. • Well, we suppose that like any other students, there are those who study a lot, those who study just enough and those who struggle. But this question touches on a hotly debated subject. • College sports, especially football and basketball, are a big industry. Nationally rated teams and television broadcast rights can be worth millions of dollars. • This could be seen as a good deal all around. Colleges invest in their players and, in return, the schools earn money and attention. The athletes often get a free education. And they gain experience that might lead to a chance to play professionally.

16. Football great Joe Namath, right, graduating Saturday from the University of Alabama -- 42 years after he left to join the New York Jets

17. But critics question the morality of a situation where college athletes may seem valued more as athletes than as college students. Praise is heard for recent improvements in graduation rates. Yet critics say that some players who finish college never really learn anything except their sport. • Getting back to the question of how much college athletes study, a better answer would be: it all depends. The expectations and pressures on athletes differ from school to school and sport to sport. • The National Collegiate Athletic Association governs college sports in the United States. For the past few years, this organization has been increasing requirements for student athletes. That includes high school students who want to compete on Division One teams -- the top division in college sports.

18. College athletes are required to make continual progress toward earning their degree. New reforms aim to punish Division One schools that do not graduate enough of their athletes. • Yet finishing college is not always a goal for students who are good enough to play professionally. Is this short-term thinking? A sports career may not last very long, or lead to the wealth and fame that young players may dream of. But there are always exceptions. • Fans of American football may remember the retired New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath. Last weekend, he graduated from the University of Alabama. He left that school forty-two years ago to play for the Jets. Now he is sixty-four, but he went back -- in part, he says, because he had promised his mother to finish his education.

19. Section 3 A VOA StoryCollege Athletes: Students First, Athletes Second? • Activity 3 Listen to the recording for the third time. Check the answers and talk in pairs about your favorite sports.