研究生英语听说Unit 7 教案

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研究生英语听说 课程教案

Unit 7 The Celebrities I know

I. Warm-up

1. Listen to a speaker talking about the facets of a person’s physical appearance and his/her life. Then decide whether the following statements are true or false.

   Skills to practice: listen for specific information

   This is Charlotte. She was born just a few hours ago. Like most of us at birth, there's really nothing to her. A bit of fat, a little sugar, a bit of protein, actually She is 75 percent water! She is really just a collection of chemicals. And yet she is the most complicated thing on earth. And during her lifetime, she'll achieve the most amazing things. She will eat for nearly three and a half years, consuming 7,300 eggs, and 160 kilograms of chocolate. She will crawl 150 kilometres before she's two. From then on, she’ll learn a new word every two hours for the next ten years. By the time she’s ten, her heart will have beaten 368 million times. She’ii spend a little over 12 years watching TV and two and half years on the telephone. During her life, she’ll fall inlove twice. If she gets married, there’s a 60%chance she’ll stay married to the sme person for the rest of her life. And her chance of becoming a celebrity is less than 0.01%.

   Listen to the short passage for the first time to get to know the general idea of it.

   Detailed listening, and explain the passage to the students.

   Listen to the passage for a third time and then check the answers.

   II. Listening for content

2. Listening to a conversation

Vocabulary

Ferrari n. 法拉利

Lamborghini n. 兰博基尼

helicopter n. 直升机

Fantastic a. extremely good or pleasant 奇妙的

Trip v. to hit something with your foot while you are walking or running so that you fall or almost fall 绊倒

Blow up: to explode 爆炸，炸碎

Reporter: Mr. Brosnan, you've said the past year was one of the most exciting of your life. Why?

Brosnan: It’s certainly been one of the most memorable years. There’ve been may productions. Production of a marriage. Production of a child. Production of films. It’s been a celebration of life in every sense of the word. One of my old teachers used to say, “Nothing comes from nothing.” after a lot of hard work, there’s great happiness.

Reporter: Die another day is your fourth James Bond movie. How do you keep your enthusiasm for the role?

Brosnan: I grew up on James Bond movie. And I have had the time of my life playing this role. You show up because you want to be the best, because Die Anthother Day is the 20^th 007 film, because it brings great pleasure to people around the world, and---I don’t know---just because I love it.

Reporter: Does your son like your Bond movies?

Brosnan: You mean my second son Dylan?

Reporter: Yes, how old is he now?

Brosnan: He’s about five, and what Dylan really loves is motorcars.

Reporter: Oh, did he see your acting?

Brosnan: He came to the move set one day. The setting was the bad guy’s headquarters, and the bad guys had all these fancy cars---Ferraris and Lamborghinis. Dylan saw dad run through 500 bad guys and bullets and bombs, with cars hitting each other and helicopters exploding, and jump onto a boat and punch the bad guys out.

Reporter: How did your son react?

Brosnan: l looked across the set, saw my son and thought, “This is fantastic; my boy is here. I play my best 007 role, run across the set, don’t trip, don’t get blown up.” During the break, I asked my son, “what did you think of that, Dylan? Did you like that?” he looked at me and said,” Dad, are the cars all right? Can we go and see the cars?”

Provide students with some background information of James Bond and “007 movies”

Skills to practice: listen for specific information

Listen to the conversation for the first time to get to know the general idea of it.

Listen to the conversation again and then check the answers.

Key:CBABD

1. Listen to the conversation again and write down a short answer to each of the following questions.

   1. What are some of the productions that Brosnan mentioned?

   2. What’s the name of Brosnan’s fourth James Bond movie?

   3. How old is Brosnan’s son? What are his interests?

2. Listening to a passage

Coco Chanel

From her first women’s hat shop, opened in 1910, to the 1920s, Chanel rose to become one of the major fashion designers in Paris. Replacing the rigid traditional styles of women’s clothes with comfort and casual elegance, her fashion themes included simple suits and dresses, women’s trousers, costume jewellery, perfume and textiles.

Chanel was a woman of ambition and determination. She introduced simple, elegant, relaxed and functional clothes that expressed the aspirations of women in the 20^th century. She borrowed ideas from men’s clothes and created clothes for modern women.

Chanel’s suits fit in with women’s changing life styles. They were not just trendy fashion, but a symbol of the new woman. Chanel said, “I make clothes women can live in, breathe in, feel comfortable in and looked younger in.” the concept of her designs was exactly the opposite of high fashion in the past. Her uniqueness of fashion combined real and imagined gems. Her famous perfume Chanel No. 5 was an instant success and has remained highly popular ever since its introduction into the market.

Coco Chanel was an inspirational person. She broke away from the traditional forms of women’s clothes, and contributed to a change in a woman’s sense of self through her clothes.

Key: FTTFTFTF

Listen to the passage for the first time to get to know the general idea of it.

Listening to the passage for the second time and discuss the following question.

What qualities should a person possess in order to be successful?

3. Listening to a speech.

Vocabulary

Vision n. the abiity to anticipate possible future events and developments. 远见

Diverge v. to quarrel 产生分歧

Falling-out n. an occasion when you have a disagreement with someone 争执

Animated feature film: 动画故事片

Renaissance n. a new interest in a particular form of art, music etc., that has not been fashionable 复兴

Audio script

I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I 1）started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a billion company with over  2）4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation – the Macintosh – a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I 3）got fired.

How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very 4）talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our  5）visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling-out. When we did, our Board of Directors 6）sided with him. So at 30 I was out.

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the  7）lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most 8）creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and 9）fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world’s first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now 10）the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple’s current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

Listen to the passage for the first time to get to know the general idea of it.

Listening to the passage for the second time and discuss the following question.

III. Speaking Communication

1. Talking it up

1. In our daily conversation, it’s normal to show our feelings such as interest, surprise, joy or anger. But we need to express them appropriately under certain circumstances. It is often the case that these feelings may be emphasized in specific situations. Students will practice how to express their feelings appropriately. Listen to the short dialogue and underline expressions that convey one’s feelings. Then let the students practice the dialogue.

Expressions to be practiced:

1. I’m surprised. How could that happen?

2. It’s really amazing to see how fast the tower is being built.

3. He couldn’t believe his eyes----how much this campus had changed since he was here.

4. Oh, how nice.

5. I’m so excited about it and eager to go. I can’t wait.

6. It’s marvelous, so interesting.

7. Fascinating.

8. I’m so glad that you’ve recovered my file.

9. I’m more than pleased; I’m overjoyed by the recovery.

He has changed a lot and now gets furious with anybody in the office.

1. Group or pair work

Talking it through

1. Do you find it hard to socialize with people? Do you feel shy and nervous in making new friends?

2. 1. Should the number of cars be limited in the big cities of China?

   2.Should efforts be made to conserve water? How?

   3.Should there be more parks and green spaces in China’s cities?

   Follow-up

1. Listening to short conversations

2. M: Does the name Michael Jordan mean anything to you?

   W: See my sneakers? Michael Jordan is the brand name. Michael Jordan is a famous basketball player and well known throughout the world.

   Q: What do we learn about Michael Jordan?

   A. Michael Jordan is a person’s name and a trademark.

   B. Michael Jordan is a famous businessman.

   C. Michael Jordan is the name of the woman’s friend.

   D. Michael Jordan is a manufacturer of aneakers.

2. W: I know your friend John Liu is a genius at business. He’s very famous in Chinatown.

M: Yes. When he came to New York eight years ago, John had only 100 dollars in his pocket. Now he’s got his own company, and he earned 5 million dollars last year.

Q: What do the speakers say about John Liu?

A: He is a billionaire in Chinatown

B: He is a successful businessman.

C: he owns a big company in China.

D: He earned 100 million dollars last year.

3. M: How did Steve build his reputation in such a short time?

W: With hard work, and a little luck. Steve is now a local celebrity and has appeared on TV several times talking about his achievements.

Q: What do we learn about Steve?

A: He succeeded quickly by working hard.

B: He won because he’s got very good luck.

C: Despite his achievements, he hasn’t got a reputation yet.

D: He had a reputation as an experienced speaker on TV.

1. M:Big news. Did you hear that Yao Ming’s team was defeated in the first round?

   M: I’m surprised. How could a star team winning the national tournament lose in a regular contest?

   Q: What did the man mean?

   A: Yao Ming is the best player in the national team.

   B: Yao Ming is surprised at his loss in the first round.

   C: Yao Ming’s team should not have lost in the first round.

   D: Yao Ming’s team is expected to win the national tournament.

5.W: You look great, Tim. How do you stay so energetic all the time?

M: How? I do it by practicing Chinese kungfu. I have a great coach, a four-time gold-medal winner in China. I’ve really learned a lot from his lessons.

Q: What are the two speakers talking about?

A: A way to keep energetic in life.

B: How a famous Chinese kung fu master teaches his lessons.

C: The method for practicing Chinese kung fu

D: A friend who has won several Chinese kung fu competitions.

Ask the students to the short conversations and do the excise.

Key:ABACA

1. Listening to a longer conversation  

R: Ms.LOPEZ, these last few years, you've had a successful film, a couple of hit CDS, launched a clothing line and perfume, opened a restaurant, and you’re engaged to the love of your life. It looks like a fairytale. How does it feel?

JL: It feels amazing, but also scary---like I’m about to start learning what life is really about.

R: What was it like growing up in the Bronx? Was it safe?

JL:to me it was. My mom would send me to the shops, and I’d go when I was eight years old.

R: there weren’t gangs and gunshots?

JL: I only found out when I was in my twenties and dated a policeman who worked in my neighborhood. I told him I grew up on Caste Hill and he said, “that’s the worst crime area.”

R: Has being a Latino ever been a handicap for you?

JL:I never thought of it that way. I never thought, “Oh, I’m not white or blonde.” I just thought I could do things the way I am.

R: Fame is transient, particularly with an actress as she gets older. Do you fear it could just one day disappear?

JL:Sure. You work so hard for your whole life----it’s hot, hot, hot, and then it’s cold. I know that day will come. Sometimes I think I’ll be on to a different phase of my life by then.

R: Is that why you’ve been branching into clothing, perfume and restaurants?

JL: it’s part of it. I’m not stupid. I would like to have some business that grow, so I won’t have to be out there on the road when I’m 44.

Key:DCBBA

1. Listening to a passage

Vocabulary

Blow out: to put out, as of fires, flames, or lights 熄灭

Audio script and key

Famous US writer Denis Waitley talks about his father:

Before bedtime, my father would come into my room to talk to me and listen to the successes and tragedies of my day. Then as he was leaving, Dad had a way of rubbing against the switch by my door to magically blow out my light like the birthday candles on a cake.

As he did his little routine, Dad would say, “I’m blowing out your light now, and it will be dark for you. In fact, as far as you’re concerned, it will be dark all over the world because th eonly world you ever know is the one you see through your own eyes. So remember, son, keep your light bright. The world is yours to see that way. I love you, son. Good night.”

When I was very young, I used to lie there in bed after Dad left and try to understand what he meant. It was confusing to think that he whole world I would ever know was the one I would see through my own eyes. What dad was trying to tell me was that when I went to sleep at night, for me the world came to stop. When I woke up in the morning, I could choose to see a fresh world through my own eyes----if I kept my light bright. In other words, if I woke up happy, the world was happy. If I woke up not feeling well, the world was not as well off.

Key: ADCBD