Simpson after seeing his picture in the press. Lesson 10 Section I
Task 1: News Summary 1 A. True or False Questions. 1—5: FFTFT B. Blank-filling.
1. the local British Steel Corporation‘s headquarters, closure plans 2. doctors, nurses and other staff, grown even faster
3. another 31 million pounds, poorer areas, regional development fund, 13.5 million pounds, 10 million pounds, industrial improvement, road works
4. 17, 5, 2, 2, landed illegally, the first 9 months, 7 more
5. derailed local train, disrupted rail services, the south of England Task 2; News Summary 2 A. Multiple Choice. 1—4: bcac B. Answer the following questions briefly. 1. A double-barrelled. 2. The girl‘s brother.
3. When the girl was being overpowered by police officers. 4. Into the ceiling.
5. A 23-year-old electronics worker and a 55-year-old housewife. 6. They are doing well. 7. 2 months ago.
8. 125 pounds with 25 pounds costs.
9. A woman was killed when a chimney on a house collapsed and 2 men were killed when their car crashed into a fallen tree. 10. More high winds and rain. Section II
Task 1: British Newspapers A. True or False Questions. 1—4: FTTF B. Multiple Choice. 1—3: bab
C. Fill in the blanks with information about Professor Hill‘s favourite paper. News: (1) Political matters are covered in full.
(2) The editorial column may support government policy on one issue and oppose it on another. Book Reviews: a whole page for it.
Art: a whole page for the latest happenings in the theatre, the cinema and the world of art. Economics: (1) Stock Exchange prices are quoted daily.
(2) Exchange rates of the world‘s major currencies are reported daily. Sports: The correspondents are among the best. Reader‘s Letters: The standard is first–class. Task 2: Eccentricity
A. Answer the following questions.
1. A person who behaves in a totally different manner from those in the society he lives in. 2. Not specifically.
3. He used to share his house openly with the strangest animals and sample them as food.
4. The hermit.
B. True or False questions. 1—8: FFTT TTFF C. Fill in the blanks.
1. touch his food, wrap, in a tissue, picking, up, a barber, too often, grew down to his waist Section III
Task 1: Learning to Rephrase
1. US: use more oil/day, future supply – limited
2. current rate of use, oil not a major source of energy in 25 years
3. a lot of coal, but problem: mining, transporting & burning with pollution
4. production of new nuclear power plants, slow down, public concern over salty
5. government expected 20% electricity from nuclear energy 1970s, but only 12% 1979 6. no fuel for solar heating system, sunshine free
7. solar system can‘t provide 100 % heat due to sunshine
8. solar heating possible in most US, better in areas: lot of winter sunshine, heat necessary, fuel expensive
9. hot-liquid system: basically same but contains water not air, a large hot water tank, not a container of hot rocks
10. energy from sun: answer to our need for new, cheap, clean source of energy Task 2: Dictation Voice Analysis
If we want to measure voice features very accurately, we can use a voice analyser. A voice analyser can show four characteristics of a speaker‘s voice. No two speakers‘ voices are alike. To get a voice sample, you have to speak into the voice analyser. The voice analyser is connected to a computer. From just a few sentences of normal speech, the computer can show four types of information about your voice. It will show nasalization, loudness, frequency and length of articulation. The first element, nasalization, refers to how much air normally goes through your nose when you talk. The second feature of voice difference is loudness. Loudness is measured in decibels. The number of decibels in speaking is determined by the force of air that comes from the lungs. The third feature of voice variation is frequency. By frequency we mean the highness or lowness of sounds. The frequency of sound waves is measured in cycles per second. Each sound of a language will produce a different frequency. The final point of voice analysis concerns the length of articulation for each sound. This time length is measured in small fractions for each second. From all four of these voice features — length of articulation, frequency, loudness and nasalization — the voice analyser can give an exact picture of a person‘s voice. Listen 11 Section one: II. Exercises:
Task 1: a way of life
A: 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. b B:
1. tense, jump on 2. cut it down
3. make a real effort, no real chance, better 4. back to normal
5. less of a hurry
6. at the end of the day, on edge 7. at stake, job
8. have a word with
C: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. T Task 2: Do it yourself
A: 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. b 6. a B:
1. Every summer 2. He is a postman. 3. At evening schools.
4. He could not afford to pay workman.
C: 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. F Section two: II. Exercises:
A: 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. b 6. a B:
1. Because there were a lot of tourists that summer.
2. One is for coming into the kitchen and the other is for going out so that the waiters coming in would not bump into the ones going out.
3. Because she went to the wrong door and collided with a waiter. All the things she was carrying – two plates of bacon and eggs and an orange juice fell onto the floor.
4. Because the night before she had stayed up late chatting with other girls who worked in the hotel.
C: 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. F 9.F 10. T Section three: II. Exercises:
Task 1: Learning to rephrase
1. Landsats: 2 butterfly-shaped spacecrafts around the earth 1972 & 1975 2. circle the earth 14 times/24 hours, 570 m above earth 3. photos from satellites, scientists know more about earth
4. water black, cities blue-green, rock brown, healthy plants red, diseased plants green, barren land white
5. photos from satellites more accurate due to height 6. 2nd use of Landsat photos: find oil and minerals 7. produced a lot of information, but just the beginning
8. later Landsats may photograph smaller areas, equipped with radar Task 2: Dictation: (omitted) Lesson 12 Section one II. Exercises:
A: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. T B: (1) –(d); (2) –(e); (3)-(f); (4) –(a); (5) –(b); (6)-(c)
C:
1. He is going to wear a motorcycle helmet with an oxygen mask inside.
2. The police will probably come and ask them to move since a police station is just fifty yards away from the bank.
3. Because it will stink and they will never be able to use it if it smells like that.
4. Because they can keep a lookout there since the room is on the top floor of the building. And there, Fingers can radio Ginger and tell him to come. Section two: II. Exercises: Task 1: Crime
A: 1. a 2. b 3. b B:
(1) They parked the car outside the bank. (2) The traffic lights were red. (3) To repair the car.
(4) The catch of the money bag broke and they had to pick up all the notes. (5) They switched cars. (6) Roads were dug up.
(7) The road was blocked owing to a traffic accident. (8) The two arrived empty-handed. Task 2: Shop-lifter:
A: 1. c 2. c 3. a 4. b B:
1. She likes to change the color with her mood.
2. She sweats a lot, so she has to use a lot of powder. 3. She gets nervous if she doesn‘t know the time.
4. She is a heavy smoker; she uses lighters for finding her way in the dark and for finding the keyhole late at night. And she is a lighter collector. C:
1. letting, take a look in 2. to take yourself off. 3. make a fuss. 4. insist on seeing
5. need, sarcastic, made myself plain 6. for the inconvenience
7. carry one‘s valuables around, be broken into, out Section three:
Task 1: Learning to rephrase
1. Am. Indians in Southwest; agricultural life since 1 AD, similar today 2. farm on mesas – tops of high, flat mountain plateau –Spanish –table 3. live on mesas or in caves on sides of cliffs
4. early history: Anasazi used baskets, later pottery, change –important, began a series of secondary changes
5. fill basket with ground corn and water, build fire
6. many stones heated on fire and dropped into basket of food, but must be heated again soon. 7. men brought idea but not how to make pottery; shown in anthropological discoveries 8. solved problem of cooking & storing food, a more prosperous & comfortable life Task 2: Dictation (omitted) Lesson 13 Section one
Task 1: Guessing what people are talking about A: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. T B:
1. wine and good food 2. the river
3. walking along the river and all the couples 4. paintings there C:
1. reminds, of
2. got something about it, sort of charm … 3. unusual, in the center of 4. from the top
5. down by the river Task 2: Nice to see you! A. 1. c 2. a
B: (1) –(d, i); (2) – (a); (3) –(e, f) (4) –(b, c, f); (5) – (h); C:
1. are keeping you busy 2. in the process, doing it up
3. give you a hand with, something of 4. see myself leaving, foreseeable 5. my butting in
6. over here on a scholarship, the Royal Academy of Music Section two:
Task 1: What do you like about your job? A: 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. c
B: 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. T C:
1. a night person
2. on the lookout for, stump me 3. plan on sticking around
4. the Beatles, a great beat to move to 5. coming up with
6. at the end of, have slimmed down, built up 7. against a tight deadline 8. At first, working with
Task 2: What do you think of yourself? A: 1. a 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a
(6) –(g)