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

Warming-up Exercises • Listen to a witty poem and try to get its main idea. square rootthe square root of a number is the number which, when multiplied by itself, equals that number thwart to prevent integer a whole number magic wand a stick used by a magician unglue to separate 英语高级视听说

Warming-up Exercises • Questions related to the poem. • What’s the theme of the poem? Love. • What’s the most prominent figure of speech used in the poem? Extended metaphor. 英语高级视听说

Warming-up Exercises • Questions related to the poem: • Can you summarize the poem in one or two sentences? The poet compares himself and his lover to two square-root-threes. Just like the two lonely numbers form an integer when they multiply, the two lonely hearts break free from their loneliness when they come together. 英语高级视听说

Warming-up Exercises I fear that I will always be A lonely number like root three A three is all that’s good and right Why must my three keep out of sight Beneath the vicious square-root sign I wish instead I were a nine For nine could thwart this evil trick with just some quick arithmetic I know I’ll never see the sun As 1.7321 Such is my reality, a sad irrationality When hark! What is this I see Another square root of a three Has quietly come waltzing by Together now we multiply To form a number we prefer Rejoicing as an integer We break free from our mortal bonds And with a wave of magic wands Our square-root signs become unglued And love for me has been renewed 英语高级视听说

Be Sensitive to Semantic Markers • Example 1 • Today’s lecture is about Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of need. • First of all, what is a need? • It is this order that has become known as Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. 英语高级视听说

Be Sensitive to Semantic Markers • Example 2 • Today we will look at some study activities carried out in university. • There are four key study activities currently used in higher education … • Now let's look at the features of them one by one. 英语高级视听说

Note-taking Skills • General guidelines • Vertical instead of horizontal • Use indentation and ending lines to structure your notes • Use abbreviations, symbols, arrows, lines, etc. to save efforts 英语高级视听说

Exercise 1: Mini-Lecture obesityn. when someone is very fat in a way that is unhealthy 肥胖 diminishv. to become smaller, worse or less 变坏、减少 omnipresentadj. present everywhere at all times 无处不在的英语高级视听说

Exercise 1: Mini-Lecture actuaryn. someone whose job is to advise insurance companies on how much to charge for insurance, after calculating the risks 保险风险统计师 coronary artery 冠状动脉 conv. to persuade someone to do something by deceiving them 欺骗英语高级视听说

Exercise 1: Mini-Lecture moderatelyadv. in a way which is not extreme or stays within reasonable limits 适度地 vigilancen. careful attention that you give to what is happening 警惕英语高级视听说

Exercise 1: Mini-Lecture The Gallup Poll This is the division of Gallup which regularly conducts public opinion polls in the United States and more than 140 countries around the world. Gallup Polls are often referenced in the mass media as a reliable and objective measure of public opinion. It is named after its inventor, the American statistician, George Gallup. 英语高级视听说

Exercise 1: Mini-Lecture George McGovern A former US Senator and Democratic presidential nominee. He lost the 1972 presidential election in a landslide to incumbent Richard Nixon. A longtime leader in ensuring nutrition and food security and fighting hunger and poverty, he was appointed UN Ambassador on World Hunger in 2001. In 2008, he and Senator Bob Dole were named the 2008 World Food Prize Laureates for their work to promote school-feeding programs globally. 英语高级视听说

Summary of the Lecture • Topic: A major nutritional problem in US －obesity • Reason: abundant food supply, less physical activity • Result: diet to lose weight 英语高级视听说

Summary of the Lecture • Figures showing how serious the problem is • In 1973 • 46% felt over-weight while <8% felt under-weight • Nearly half trying to control weight • 10-billion-dollar diet industry • 100 million dollars yearly spent • In 1959, 1/3 of people aged 40-60 were over-weight • Today, >=40% • 5% dieters successful 英语高级视听说

Summary of the Lecture • The danger of being over-weight • 40% greater chance, heart disease • 30% greater chance, coronary artery disease • 50% greater chance, stroke 英语高级视听说

Summary of the Lecture • To control weight, Americans try numerous diets, without success • Conclusion: weight can only be controlled through eating sensibly and exercising moderately. 英语高级视听说

Exercise 2: Talk contractorn. a person or company that agrees to do work or provide goods for another company 承包商 draftsmann.someone whose job is to draw all the parts of a new building or machine that is being planned 绘图员 internshipn.a job that lasts for a short time, that someone, especially a student, does in order to gain experience 实习期英语高级视听说

Exercise 2: Talk intermediateadj.at a level of knowledge or skill that is between the basic level and the advanced level 中级的 squadn.a small group of people organized in a common endeavor or activity 小队、小组 pitch into join others and help with an activity 加入、投入英语高级视听说

Exercise 3: Conversation tour operatora company that arranges travel tours 包价旅游承办商 funfairn. a noisy outdoor event where you can ride on machines, play games to win prizes etc 游乐场 aquatic adj. involving or happening in water 水上的、水中的英语高级视听说

Exercise 3: Conversation Disney World Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, it is located southwest of Orlando, Florida. It opened on October 1, 1971, with the Magic Kingdom theme park, and has since added Epcot (on October 1, 1982), Disney's Hollywood Studios (on May 1, 1989), and Disney's Animal Kingdom (on April 22, 1998). 英语高级视听说

Exercise 3: Conversation 英语高级视听说

Exercise 3: Conversation Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center (spaceport) on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, United States. Circus World A theme park built north of Haines City, Florida 英语高级视听说

Exercise 4: News Broadcasting plutonium n. a radioactive metal that is used in the production of nuclear weapons. 钚 proliferationn. a sudden increase in the amount or number of something 扩散英语高级视听说

Exercise 4: News Broadcasting seniorityn. if you have seniority in a company or organization, you have worked there a long time and have some official advantages 资历 contingencyn. an event or situation that might happen in the future, especially one that could cause problems 不测事件 • a contingency plan 英语高级视听说

Exercise 4: News Broadcasting walkoutn.an occasion when people stop working or leave a meeting as a protest 罢工 airfaren. the price of a journey by plane 飞机票价英语高级视听说

Summary and Assignments • News Copying: Week 01 英语高级视听说

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