Unit 5 Listening Course 2

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Unit 5 Listening Course (2)
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• Section One
• Tactics for Listening

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Section One Tactics for Listening

• Part 1 PhoneticsStress, Intonation and accent
• Ex. Circle the prominent word(s) in the sentence.
• 1. A a. want b. grapes
• B a. like b. them
• 2. A a think b. Scotland
• B a. been b. there

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• 3. A a. call b. David
• B a. old b. he
• 4. A a. book b. tonight
• B a. certainly b. many
• A a. three b. them
• 5. A a. get b. cornflakes
• B a. large or small b. packet
• A a. small b. one

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• Part 2 Listening and Note-taking
• Reading
• Background
• dyslexia
• Dyslexia is an unexpected impairment in reading
  and spelling despite a normal intellect.

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• What is dyslexia?
• a difficulty in learning to read despite
  traditional instruction, average intelligence,
  and an adequate opportunity to learn.
• an impairment in the brain's ability to translate
  images received from the eyes or ears into
  understandable language.
• not result from vision or hearing problems.
• not due to mental retardation, brain damage, or a
  lack of intelligence.

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• The child can become frustrated by the difficulty
  in learning to read, and other problems can arise
  that disguise dyslexia.
• The child may show signs of depression and low
  self-esteem.
• The child may become unmotivated and develop a
  dislike for school.
• The child's success in school may be jeopardized
  if the problem remains untreated.

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• What causes dyslexia?
• 1.brain trauma or injury to the area of the brain
  that controls reading and writing
• 2. a dysfunction???? of, rather than damage to,
  the left side of the brain (cerebral cortex) and
  does not change with maturity.
• 3. hormonal development during the early stages
  of fetal development.

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• Ex. A Listen and fill in the missing words
• 1. There is no _____ and ________, for no two are
  ____.
• 2. The fact that he or she might later be _____
  when joining a class of non-readers at infant
  school is the teachers affair.
• 3. If _____ done it could __________ reading for
  life.
• 4. But the ____ should be ______________.
• 5. Reading should never be _____ to look like a
  _____.

hard
fast rule
alike
bored
badly
put them off
task
undertaken gently
made
chore
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• Ex. B Listen again and complete the summary.
• It would be wrong to ________ when a child
  should start learning to ____________. Parents
  should _________ youngsters aged ________ to read
  if they show ________ in it, but never _____ them
  to learn to read. He or she might later be
  _____ when joining a class of _________ at
  _____school. Then it is __ to the teacher to see
  that such a child is given________________________
  ____.

set a time
read and write
encourage
two to five
interests
force
bored
non-readers
infant
up
more advanced reading material
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• Similarly, if a child ______ read at the age
  of _____, teachers and parents should make ______
  that he is not ________. If he is, specialist
  ____ should immediately be ______.
• Parents should not ______ the young childs
  ______ to teach him to read. But the task should
  be _________ gently, with great _______ and a
  sense of ______. Reading should never be _____ to
  look like a _____and the child should never be
  forced to _______, if his interests start to
  ____.

seven
certain
dyslexic
help
sought
ignore
appeal
undertaken
patience
humor
made
chore
continue
flag
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• Section Two
• Listening Comprehension

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• Part 1 Dialogues
• Focus
• Note-taking skills
• Organizing notes and outlining
• Dialogue 1 Digital Sound

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• Ex. A Listen and compare digital sound and
  analogical sound.

Much clearer
several photos
sound
pieces
one wave of
sound
up and down
pitch
a single wave
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• Dialogue 2 How DO They Make CDs?
• Ex. Listen and complete the outline
• I. The making of the CDs
• A. Recording
• a. They get a bunch of musicians
  together, singing and playing.
• b. First they do a digital recordingon
  videotape.
• c. Then the videotape is played through
  a computer.
• d. The computer figures out those
  separate pieces of sound
• to make the master.
• B. The making of master
• a. The master is the original that all
  the other CDs are copied from.
• b. Its made of glass, covered with a
  chemical.
• c. They use a laser to burn the
  signal, or the song, into the glass plate.
• The laser burns through the
  chemical, but not through the glass.
• d. It cuts little holes into the back
  of the disk. Those holes are called pits.
• e. They make copies from it.

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• II. Playing back
• A. You buy the copy and put it in the CD
  player.
• B. The light of the laser reflects off the
  CD.
• a. The smooth part of the CD reflects
  straight back, like a mirror.
• b. But the light that bounces off the
  pits is scattered.
• c. The computer in your CD player
  reads the light that bounces off the pits.
• d. You get the music.

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• Part 2 Passages
• Passage 1 Toothbrush

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• Ex. A Pre-listening questions
• What was the toothbrush made of in different
  periods of times?
• First, the toothbrush was made of hairs from the
  neck of s Siberian wild boar. Second, the
  toothbrush was made of horse hairs and other
  animals hairs. In the 20th century, the
  toothbrush was made of nylon bristles.

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• Ex. B Choose the best answer.
• 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. B
• 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. D

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• Ex. C Answer the questions.
• 1. What did tombs in Egypt from 3,000 years
  before Christ contain?
• They contained small tree branches whose ends
  had been frayed into soft fibers.
• 2. What did Europeans usually do after meals in
  the 15th century?
• They usually used a goose feather toothpick, or
  one made of silver or copper to care for their
  teeth.

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• 3. How long did people use the animals hair for
  dental care?
• People used animals hair for dental care right
  up until the 20th century when nylon was
  invented.
• 4. When and where was nylon invented by Wallace
  H. Carothers?
• In 1937, in the Du Pont laboratories in Nemours,
  U. S.
• 5. What do certain African and American
  populations still use care for their teeth today?
• They still use tree branches to care for their
  teeth.

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• Passage 2 Cotton
• Back-ground
• Pre-listening question
• Do you know anything about the U.S Cotton Belt
  and cotton production?
• The US Cotton Belt follows the coastal plain from
  Southern Virginia to Texas. Cotton is a leading
  commercial crop in the South of the United
  States. America is an exporter of cotton.

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• Ex. B Listen and choose the best answer for each
  of the questions
• 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. D
• 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. C
• Ex. C Answer the following questions.
• 1. How much does cotton account for a share of
  the total retail market for apparel and home
  furnishings, excluding carpet in the U.S.
  currently?
• It counts for 61.5 share.

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• 2. When did cottons share of U.S. retail apparel
  and home fabrics, excluding carpet, plummet to a
  low of 34?
• From 1961 to 1975.
• 3. What is the sports Graphics divisions
  responsibility?
• It is responsible for producing Nikes 40 million
  annual units of printed and promotional T-shirts.

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• 4. Why did Nike decide to make organic clothing?
• Because they want to achieve the company-wide
  environmental goals aimed at reducing air and
  water emissions and design footwear, apparel and
  accessories according to principles of
  sustainability and industrial ecology.
• 5. What would have happened if Nike had chosen to
  convert to 100 organic fiber rather than
  blending?
• They would have devoured the existing supply of
  organic fiber.

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• Part 3 News Items
• Focus
• Iraqi Issues
• News summary
• Recognizing specific information

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• Background building
• When did Iraq War took place?
• Why did America and Britain coalition forces
  launch attacks on Saddam Husseins Iraq?

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• News Item 1
• Ex. A Summarize the news
• This news is about the US and the Britishs
  justification for going to war in Iraq.
• Ex. B Listen and decide whether the following
  statements are true or false.
• 1. ___ _____________________________
• 2. ___ _____________________________

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They said they would be proven right about Iraqs
weapons program.
Mr. Blair dismissed criticism that the U.S. and
Britain are alone in postwar Iraq. He said other
countries are offering troops and support.
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• 3. ___ ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• 4. ___ _____________________________
• _____________________________.
• 5. ___ _________________________________
• _________________________________

• Mr. Bush said removing Saddam Hussein from power
  was important to winning the war against
  terrorism.

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He (Blair) thanked lawmakers for giving him the
congressional gold medal
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• It is the highest honor given to a foreign
  leader.

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• News Item 2
• Ex. A Summarize the news
• This news item is about the fact that weapons of
  mass destruction may never be found in Iraq.

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• Ex. B Complete the following passage.
• British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said
  that _______________________ may never be found
  in Iraq, but he insisted former leader Saddam
  Hussein had _____________ to the wider world.
• Blair and President Bush used Iraqs alleged
  weapons program as ____________ for invading the
  country.
• The British leader said evidence uncovered by
  the group showed that Saddam had the ______
  ________ and intent to use such weapons.
• Before the war, Blair stated that Iraq was a
  _________________threat and that it had continued
  to produce chemical and biological weapons.

weapons of mass destruction
declared but not proved
posed a threat
a main reason
strategic
capability
serious and current
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• News Item 3
• Ex. A Summarize the news
• This news item is about the official handover of
  sovereignty in Iraq.

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• Ex. B Complete the following information
• Event Iraqs interim government was _________
  Monday.
• Time The official handover of ____________
  occurred at
• ___________
• People involved Former _________________________
  L. Paul Bremer.
• 
  __________________ Ayad Allawi
• Comment Some Iraqis dismissed the event as
• _____________ as long as U.S.
  troops _______
• __________, but others said
  the handover was
• ________________________.
• Allawis remark He called national unity
  _______________ and
• called for the
  international community, including
• 
  ______________, to ______________ to handle
• problems in
  the area in __________________.

sworn in
sovereignty

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coalition civil administrator
Interim Prime Minister
meaningless
occupy
the nation
a step in the right direction
a sacred duty
Arab nations
work together
a civilized manner