after a flight.
Now Your Turn SAMPLE DIALOG
A: Wow! What's wrong with you? You look dead tired ~
B: You would too if you'd been through what I have. I've got jet lag. See my eyes: they're bloodshot. I can't eat; I can't sleep. A: How long will this jet lag last?
B: I don't know exactly. It can be a day for each hour's difference in time.
A: Ouch! At that rate it'll take you twelve days to recover. Maybe a drink on the plane can save you from jet lag.
B: That's not a good solution, I'm afraid. Alcohol dries you out when it's combined with altitude and stale dry air in the cabin. But if you drink a lot of water, it helps. A: let's check on the Internet to see how we can overcome jet lag quickly.
B: Look, here's an article. So you need to get some exercise. You can go to the gym to work out.
A: You should try to match your schedule with the local time. When it's time to go to bed but you don't feel sleepy, you might as well take sleeping pills.
B: When you feel sleepy in broad daylight, you can drink strong coffee to stay awake. A: In this way you can reset your biological clock quickly.
V. Let' Talk
Script
Before I conclude my talk, I'd like to summarize what we have covered.
Air travel has its inherent advantages. Airplanes fly fast, and they are now flying faster than before. Now supersonic passenger planes can fly across the Atlantic Ocean in just a couple of hours. It is reported that new models are being designed. In the future they may carry people from New York to London in less than an hour.
In the past not many people traveled by air because of the high fares. Now owing to the market competition, the fare has dropped a great deal, so more people are traveling by air. In the 1990s, the United States witnessed an explosive growth in demand for air travel. Many millions who had never, or rarely flown before, became regular passengers. They even joined frequent flyer loyalty programs, receiving free flights and other such benefits.
Flying has become increasing convenient. The introduction of new services and more frequent flights has meant that business flyers can fly to another city, do business, and return on the same day. This applies to almost any two points in the country.
Some passengers worry about safety in flying. In a crash there are usually no survivors. However, to prevent tragic accidents and serious financial loss, airlines are especially cautious in checking the conditions of aircraft to reduce the possibility of accidents to the minimum. It is sometimes claimed that flying involves fewer
accidents than any other modes of travel.
Airplanes do have their disadvantages. For example, they are incapable of transporting large quantities of cargo.
Also, an airport can be quite far away from the city center. But the advantages of flying outweigh these small drawbacks, and flying remains an efficient kind of transportation.
That's the end of my lecture. Now may I take your questions if you have any?
Pros and Cons of Flying Pro 1 An airplane flies fast
(1) Supersonic passenger planes can fly across the Atlantic Ocean in just a couple of hours;
(2) In future they may carry people from Now York to London in less than an
hour.
Pro 2 The fare has dropped a great deal, so more people are traveling by air: Many
millions became regular passengers, and even joined frequent flyer loyalty programs.
Pro 3 Flying has become increasingly convenient: Business fliers can fly to another
city, do business, and return on the same day.
Pro 4 Airlines are cautious about checking the conditions of aircraft to reduce the possibility of
accidents to the minimum
Con 1 The plane is incapable of transporting large quantities of cargo. Con 2 An airport can be quite far away from the city center.
Dissussion
SAMPLE
A: I like flying better than any other way of traveling. It's so fast and convenient that you can fly to another city, do business, and return on the same day, between almost any points in the country.
B: But land transport is not slow, thanks to superhighways. What's more, it's often cheaper.
A: I'll admit air fare is a bit high, but it's dropped a lot. The high speed and great convenience are worth the money.
B: Land transport is often safer. In case of accidents like a fire, you can jump out of the car. Can you jump our of a plane?
A: It's true that in a crash there are often no survivors. However, airlines are especially cautious in checking the conditions of aircraft. It's sometimes believed that flying involves fewer accidents than other kinds of travel.
B: The problem with a plane is that it can't transport large quantities of cargo.
A: I agree, but certainly a plane can carry perishable goods like fresh vegetables to a distant city quickly and safely.
B: But an airport is often quite far away from the city center. So that will add to your traveling time. You can’t fly directly to your final destination.
A: You have a point there. I know trucks can provide door-to-door delivery service, but buses and trains can't.
B: OK, let's come to this conclusion: each type of transport has its own advantages and disadvantages.
A: Yes, that's why none of them has been phased out.
VI. Further Listening and Speaking
Task1:An Overview of Airlines
Script
An airline is an organization which provides aviation services for passengers and cargo. It owns or leases airliners to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for reasons of mutual benefits.
The scale and scope of airline companies range from those with a single airplane carrying mail or cargo, to full-service international airlines operating many hundreds of airplanes of various types. Airline services can be categorized as intercontinental, intra-continental, regional or domestic and may be operated as scheduled services or charters. These variations in the types of airline companies, their operating scope, and the routes they serve, make analysis of the airline industry complex. But one thing is certain: The industry is heavily influenced by the market now. In the past 50 years or so, the general trend of ownership has gone from government-owned or government-supported to independent, for-profit companies. This is a result of the government permit greater freedom. This trend is not yet consistent across all airlines in all regions. The demand for air travel services depends on other things: needs for cargo transportation, business passenger demand, leisure passenger demand, which are all influenced by macroeconomic activity in the market. These trends are highly seasonal, and often depend on day-of-week, or time-of-day. The industry is cyclical. Four or five years of poor performance are followed by five or six years of gradual improvement in performance.
1.D 2 C 3.D 4.A 5.B
Task2:Results of Damage Testing
Script:
Birds often cause accidents when they strike aircraft. To date no reliable method of avoiding birds has been discovered. But scientists at the NASA space center have developed a gun built to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at their top speed. The idea is to reproduce the frequent incidents of collisions with birds to test the strength of the windshields.
Trains sometimes encounter similar problems with birds. It was not surprising that when British engineers heard about the gun, they were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high-speed trains.
Arrangements were made to borrow the gun. It was flown across the Atlantic and set up with great care near London. But when the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken flew into the shield, smashed it, went through the engineer's chair, and landed on the back of the car.
Horrified, the British sent NASA the results of the disastrous experiment, along with the designs of the new windshield. They begged the U.S. scientists to send them their suggestions for avoiding smashed windshields. NASA reviewed the test thoroughly and had one recommendation: \”
Task3: Funny Flight Announcements
Script:
Occasionally, airline crews try to make their announcements entertaining. Here are some examples that have been reported. One pilot delivered this welcome message: \are pleased to have some of the best flight attendants in the industry. Unfortunately none of them are on this flight.\
One pilot said, \we have reached our cruising altitude now, so I'm going to switch the seatbelt sign off. Feel free to move about as you wish, but please stay inside the plane till we land. It's a bit cold outside, and if you walk on the wings, it affects the flight pattern.\
A Southwest Airlines employee said, \oxygen masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have small children traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with two small children, decide now which one you love more.\
Another flight attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing goes like this: \
ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal.\ Still another attendant said, “As you exit the plane, please be sure to gather all of your belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses. Last one off the plane must clean it.”
News Report
Paragliding for a Publishing Deal
Script
An Australian writer-and paraglider-tried landing in front of Buckingham Palace last December to help him land a publishing deal.
In what looked like a scene from a James Bond movie, the paraglider, 36-year-old Brett de la Mare, was followed through the skies of central London by a police
helicopter as he headed toward the palace-the London home of Queen Elizabeth II. The royal family was not present at the time, but police took the incident seriously, all the same. The helicopter tried to force the paraglider away, but in the end, he
succeeded in landing on the palace grounds. Police there promptly arrested him. This was no terrorist, however, as Police had feared. He was, rather, a writer trying to gain publicity to help publish a book, called “Canine Dawn”. Unable to get publishers interested in the book, he tried some new ways to get attention.
After the incident, de la Mare explained what happened to reporters. \the fence, and I landed in the forecourt here, and the crowd started cheering. And I was arrested and dragged off.\charge him with: \initially… they arrested me for attempted burglary.. of ...Buckingham Palace... and of course, they dropped that. I mean, attempted burglary! I mean, it's hardly a discreet method of burglary...\with breaches of the Air Navigation Order.
De la Mare left a humorous message on his cell phone for callers: \I'm sorry you missed me. I am incarcerated right now or something. Please leave me a
message, and I'll get back to you as soon as I am free.\
没事就用这些词练练你的嘴皮子~~
●说吧，你是想死呢还是不想活了？ ●好久没有人把牛皮吹的这么清新脱俗了！
●你给我滚，马不停蹄的滚…… ●人人都说我丑，其实我只是美得不明显。
●无理取闹,必有所图！
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●天被熬亮了。 ●不是路不平，而是你不行。
●恶心妈妈抱着恶心哭得很伤心，为什么呢？因为恶心死了……
●要不是打不过你，我早就和你翻脸了。 ●我这心碎得，捧出来跟饺子馅似的。
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●没人牵手，我就揣兜。
●我的兴趣爱好可分为静态和动态两种，静态就是睡觉，动态就是翻身…
●唉～这人要一没正形，连头痛都是偏的。 ●我这人不太懂音乐，所以时而不靠谱，时而不着调。 ●怎么会突然想哭？难道我也有些逆流成河的小忧伤？
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●好漂亮的美女叔叔啊！
●我不跟猪摔跤有两个原因：首先这让我自己变得很脏，其次这让猪很高兴。