1、 Unit 3 Section One Tactics for listening Part 1 Spot Dictation Wildlife Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect (1) dies out for ever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) extinct twenty years from now. The seas are in danger. The
2、y are being filled with (3) poison: industrial and nuclear waste, chemical fertilizers and (4) pesticides, sewage. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to (5) live in the seas. The tropical rain (6) forests which are the home of half the earths living things are (7) being d
3、estroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have (8) nearly disappeared in twenty years. The effect on the worlds (9) climate - and on our agriculture and food (10) supplies - will be disastrous. (11) Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the (12) World Wildlife Fun
4、d was founded - a small group of people who wanted to (13) raise money to save animals and plants (14) from extinction. Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large (15) international organization. It has raised over (16) 35 million for (17) conservation projects, and has created or given support to th
5、e National Parks in (18) five continents. It has helped 30 (19) mammals and birds - including the tiger - to (20) survive. Part 2 Listening for Gist Mrs. Bates: Hullo. Is that Reception? . Reception: Yes, madam Mrs. Bates: This is Mrs. Bates. Room 504. I sent some clothes to the laundry this morning
6、, two of my husbands shirts and three of my blouses. But theyre not back yet. You see, were leaving early tomorrow morning. Reception: Just a moment, madam. Ill put you through to the housekeeper. Housekeeper: Hullo. Housekeeper. Mrs. Bates: Oh, hullo. This is . Im phoning from Room 504. Its about s
7、ome clothes I sent to the laundry this morning. Theyre not back yet and you see . Housekeeper: They are, madam. Youll find them in your wardrobe. Theyre in the top drawer on the left. Mrs. Bates: Oh, I didnt look in the wardrobe. Thank you very much. Sorry to trouble you. Housekeeper: Thats quite al
8、l right. Goodbye. Mrs. Bates: Goodbye. Exercise Directions: Listen to the dialogue and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide. 1) This dialogue is about making an inquiry about the laundry. 2) The key words are reception. laundry. shirts. blouses. wardrobe. Section Two Listening
9、Comprehension Part 1 Dialogue A UN Interpreter Interviewer: . so perhaps you could tell us how exactly you became so proficient at language learning, Suzanne. Suzanne: Well, I think it all started with a really fortunate accident of birth. You know I was born in Lausanne*, Switzerland; my father was
10、 Swiss-French Swiss and my mother was American, so, of course, we spoke both languages at home and I grew up bilingual. Then, of course, I learnt German at school - in Switzerland thats normal. And because I was already fluent in English, my second language at school was Italian. So I had a real hea
11、d start (有利的开端 )! Interviewer: So thats . one, two, three, four - you had learnt four languages by the time you left school? How fluent were you? Suzanne: Urn, I was native speaker standard in French and English, but Id become a bit rusty* in German and my Italian was only school standard. I decided
12、 the best option was to study in the UK, and I did Hispanic Studies at university, studying Spanish and Portuguese, with some Italian, and living in Manchester. Then I went to live in Brazil for two years, teaching English. Interviewer: So by this time you must have been fluent in six languages? Suz
13、anne: Nearly. My Italian wasnt perfect, but I had a boyfriend from Uruguay* while I was there, so my Spanish also became pretty good! Interviewer: And then what did you do? Suzanne: When I was 25 I came back to Switzerland, went to an interpreters school and then got a job in the United Nations when
14、 I was 28. Interviewer: And youve been there ever since? Suzanne: Not quite. In the first few months I met Jan, a Czech interpreter, who became my husband. We went to live in Prague in 1987 and that was where I learnt Czech. Interviewer: And the eighth language? Suzanne: Well, unfortunately the marr
15、iage didnt last; I was very upset and I decided to take a long break. I went to Japan on holiday, got a job and stayed for two years, which was when I learnt Japanese. Interviewer: Thats amazing! And now youre back at the United Nations? Suzanne: Yes. Well, I never really left. I carried on doing wo
16、rk for them when I was in Prague - some in Prague, some in Austria and Switzerland, and I took a “sabbatical*“ to work in Japan. They need people who can understand Japanese. But, yes, Ive been back with them full-time for two years now. Interviewer: And your plans for the future? Suzanne: Im going
17、to learn more Oriental languages. It was such a challenge learning Japanese - its so different from all the others. So Ill spend another two or three years here with the UN full-time, during which time I hope to get a substantial promotion, then I think Ill go back and learn Korean, or perhaps Chine
18、se, and Thai - Id love to learn Thai. And then, perhaps an Indian language. Whatever, I want to be fluent in another three or four languages before 45. Exercise Directions: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). l.T 2.F 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.T 8.T 9
19、. T 10. F Part 2 Passage The Clyde River Running through one of Britains biggest manufacturing centers, Glasgow, the Clyde River* was poisoned for more than a century by the fetid* byproducts of industry. The waterway bore the brunt of (首当其冲 )Glasgows economic success during the Industrial Revolutio
20、n and beyond, as pollution and chemicals destroyed its fish and wildlife populations and brewed smells whose memory still makes residents wince*. Now, with heavy industry gone and Glasgow reconceived as a center for culture and tourism, the Clyde is coming back to life. For the first time since the
21、late 1800s, its native salmon have returned in sizable numbers, reflecting the new cleanliness of a river that was once one of Britains filthiest. The Clyde River Foundation surveyed fish populations last autumn at 69 sites in the Clyde and its tributaries, and found salmon in seven of the nine majo
22、r tributaries. The migratory fish, which vanished from the Clyde around 1880 after a long decline, first reappeared in the 1980s, but last years survey was the first to show theyve come back in healthy numbers. Although commercial salmon fishing was never widespread on the Clyde, the fishs return is
23、 symbolically important for Glasgow, where salmon were once so important to the citys identity that two are pictured on its official coat of arms. The salmons comeback is also a sign of big improvements to water quality. Like sea trout, which have also reappeared in the Clyde system in recent years,
24、 salmon are very sensitive to environmental conditions and require cool, well-oxygenated* water to thrive. The decline of Glasgows main industries helped boost the fortunes of a river that was essentially fishless for decades during the worst periods of pollution. The closure of factories that had p
25、oured toxins* and other pollutants into the river boosted water quality significantly. Environmental regulators also lightened dumping rules, and modern sewage processing plants helped eliminate some of the foul* smells that once tainted* the air. With worries rising about the environmental impact o
26、f enormous fish farms elsewhere in Scotland and severely depleted fish stocks in the North Sea and North Atlantic, the Clyde comeback is a rare bit of good news for Scotlands fish lovers. Since the area that is now Glasgow was first settled around the year 550, the Clyde has been central to its hist
27、ory. The rivers depth and navigability helped make Glasgow an important center for importing tobacco, sugar and cotton from the Americas starting in the 1600s. Later, during the Industrial Revolution that began in the late 1700s, Glasgow became a center of British shipbuilding and one of the country
28、s great manufacturing centers. The mills and factories that lined the Clyde made steel, textiles and chemicals, tanned leather and even produced candy and brewed alcohol. When the factories began to close in the second half of the 20th century, working-class Glasgow, Scotlands largest city, gained a
29、 reputation for social deprivation and rough streets. More recently, its art museums and nightlife have helped drive an economic comeback that has turned the city into a popular tourist destination. Exercise A Pre-listening Question Rivers are important to humans because they supply fresh drinking w
30、ater, serve as home for important fishes, and provide transportation routes. Exercise B Sentence Dictation Directions: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times. 1) Salmon are very sensitive to environmental conditions and require cool, well-oxygenated wat
31、er to thrive. 2) The closure of factories that had poured toxins and other pollutants into the river boosted water quality significantly and modern sewage processing plants（污水处理厂） helped eliminate some of the foul smells. 3) The rivers depth and navigability helped make Glasgow an important center f
32、or importing tobacco, sugar and cotton from the Americas starting in the 1600s. 4) The mills and factories that lined the Clyde made steel, textiles and chemicals, tanned leather and even produced candy and brewed alcohol. 5) When the factories began to close in the second half of the 20th century,
33、working-class Glasgow, Scotlands largest city, gained a reputation for social deprivation（社会剥夺） and rough streets. Exercise C Detailed Listening Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. l.A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. A Exercise D
34、 After-listening Discussion Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions. 1) The Clydes depth and navigability helped make Glasgow an important center for importing tobacco, sugar and cotton from the Americas starting in the 1600s. And the city became a center of Briti
35、sh shipbuilding and one of the countrys great manufacturing centers during the Industrial Revolution. More recently, its art museums and nightlife have helped drive an economic comeback that has turned the city into a popular tourist destination. 2) (Open) Section Three :News News Item 1 Governments
36、 Ban Nine Of The Worlds Most Hazardous Chemicals UN Environment Program Executive Director Achim Steiner calls the agreement historic. He says the nine chemicals that have joined the list of Persistent Organic Pollutants, or POPS, are extremely harmful to the environment and to health. The newly tar
37、geted chemicals include products that are widely used in pesticides and flame-retardants, and in a number of other commercial uses, such as a treatment for head lice. These nine toxic chemicals will join the Stockholm Conventions original list of 12 Persistent Organic Pollutants, referred to as the “dirty dozen.“ The pollutants are especially dangerous because they cross boundaries and travel long distances, from the Equator to the Arctic. They persist in
