exchange set a January record when almost 17000 contracts for hard red winter wheat were traded in one day .Traders say the record was a result of lower wheat production in the United States and other areas ?including Argentina ,Australia , China ,and India .
Exercise : Listen to the following passage carefully and answer the questions.
1. What is the Kansas City Board of Trade?
(It is one of the oldest and largest commodity markets in the United States.)
2. How long is its history?
(It has a history for about one hundred and twenty years .)
3. What are the men on the Kansas City Board of Trade doing ? (They are shouting and waving at each other.)
4. What kind of clothing are they wearing ? (They are wearing bright-colored clothing .) 5. What do the colors represent? (The colors represent trading companies.) 6. What's the trading area like ? (It has eight sides and a series of steps .)
7. What products are traded on the Kansas City Board of Trade? (Wheat,natural gas ,soy bean oil and other agricultural products.) 8. How do people make a deal ?
(They place orders with commodity brokers who give the orders to the trades.)
Part 2 Oral Work Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning ?Do you sometimes oversleep? Are you often late for work or school ?Yes ? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a special bed for you .Hiroyuki's bed will get you up in the morning !Here is how it works: The bed is connected to an alarm clock .First ,the alarm clock rings .You have a few minutes to wake up .Next ,a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music or other pleasant sounds. The tape
recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet voice,\later ,a second recording plays ,The second recording can be loud music or unpleasant sounds .Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss .His boss shouts,\If you don't get up after the second recording ,you '11 be sorry .A mechanical\you in the head. Then the bed waits a few more minutes .What! You're still in bed! Slowly ,the top of the bed rises higher and higher .The foot of the bed goes lower and lower .Finally ,the bed is vertical .You slide off the bed and onto the floor .You are awake and out of bed .
Exercise: Listen to the passage and then give your opinion on
the following topics.
1. Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning ? 2. What do you think of the idea of Hiroyuki's bed? Do you think there are other better ways to wake you up in the morning ? Unit 15
Section 1 Tactics for listening Part 1 Phonetics
Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms , link-ups and contractions. Susan: Oh ,no! That was the last bus homelAnd we've missed it! Michael: Well,let's walk ??? It's a nice , warm evening. Susan:lt's four miles! It's too far for me to walk.Call a taxi!
Michael: A taxi! My name isn'tRockefeller! We aren't rich enough to travel
everywhere by taxi.
Susan: Michael! You've forgotten something! Michael: What?
Susan: We've got three suitcases. Do you really want to walk? Michael: OK—OK—Taxi!
Part 2 Listening and Note- taking
On Mondays we have English ,Religion, Art and Music. On Tuesdays we have English,Maths,and double Geography. On Wednesday we have Maths, Art, Religion and Sport. On Thursdays we have History , Maths, Geography, and Sport. On Fridays we have English, Maths, Music and History.
Exercise A:Listen to the passage and take notes. Exercise B:Complete the following chart.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday English
English
Thursday Friday English
Maths History
Religion Maths Art Maths Maths Art Geography Religion Geography Music Music Geography Sport Sport History
Section 2 Listening Comprehension Part 2 Dialogues
Dialogue 1 looking for a house Paul Mark is at work. TAPESCRIPT
Paul Mack is at work. He is talking to a colleague who also lives on the Linden estate.
Brian: what are you going to do , Paul ?
Paul: I'm not true. Susan likes it here and doesn't want to moves, but I
think we'll have to. What about you?
Brain: Oh yes, we're leaving. We're putting the house up for sale tomorrow.
Paul: But will anyone want to buy it now?
Brain: I don't know, but I'm going to ask for a reasonable price. I'd rather lose a litter now than a fortune later.
Paul: I think you're right. I'm going to have another chat with Susan Are you and Viv doing anything this evening? Brian: We're looking at a house in Aston Road at half past six. Paul: What about later? Brian: I don't think we're doing anything .why?
Paul: Why don't you come round for supper and we can all talk about it ? It might make Susan change her mind .
Brian: Thanks very much. I'll do my best. What time shall we come ? Paul: Is eight o'clock right? Brian: Fine.
Paul: I won't be long. I'm just going to phone Susan to let her know. Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false. T 1. Both of them want to leave the Linden estate.
T 2. Brian is going to see his house . ( Brian : - we re putting the house up for sale tomorrow.)
F 3. If nobody offers a reasonable price now, Brian would rather wait till