外研社新標準高中英語第四冊 Model1-2

[00:01.00]Module 1

[00:01.56]The Beijing foreign languages audio vision publishing house.

[00:25.12]Beijing foreign studies university.

[00:45.36]New standard English senior high Book 4.

[00:52.46]Editor in chief:Chen Lin,Simon Greenall.

[00:57.32]Vice editor in chief:Zhang Lianzhong.

[01:00.63]Writers:David Newbold,Diana Pye

[01:09.39]Published by foreign language teaching and research press

[01:13.53]in conjunction with Macmillan publishing Ltd.

[01:28.33]Module 1 Life in the Future

[01:31.70]READING AND VOCABULARY

[01:34.09]2 Read the passage and check your ideas.

[01:38.97]The City of the Future

[01:41.58]What will the city of the future look like?

[01:46.02]No one knows for sure,and making predictions is a risky business.

[01:51.47]But one thing is certain--

[01:54.09]they are going to get bigger before they get smaller.

[01:57.50]In the future,

[01:59.31]care for the environment

[02:00.88]will become very important as earth's natural resources run out.

[02:06.17]We will use lots of recycled materials,

[02:09.52]such as plastic, aluminium,steel, glass,wood and paper,

[02:16.82]and we will waste fewer natural resources.

[02:20.76]We will also have to rely more on alternative energy,

[02:24.85]such as solar and wind power.

[02:27.38]All this seems certain,

[02:29.85]but there are plenty of things about city life in the future

[02:33.35]which are not certain.

[02:35.08]To find out what young people think about the future of urban life,

[02:40.40]a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States

[02:44.72]asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people

[02:49.74]in the year 2025.

[02:52.54]Here are some of the ideas they had:

[02:55.95]Garbage ships

[02:58.93]To get rid of garbage problems

[03:01.31]the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials

[03:05.12]and send them towards the sun,

[03:07.67]preventing landfill and environmental problems.

[03:12.11]Batman Nets

[03:14.85]Police will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns.

[03:19.81]Forget smoking

[03:22.54]No smoking will be allowed within a future city's limits.

[03:26.62]Smoking will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors.

[03:33.08]Forget the malls

[03:35.06]In the future all shopping be done online,

[03:39.38]and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders.

[03:43.45]Telephones for life

[03:46.47]Everyone will be given telephone number at birth that will never change

[03:51.20]no matter where they live.

[03:53.13]Recreation

[03:55.25]All forms of recreation,

[03:57.74]such as cinemas, bowling,softball, concerts and others,

[04:03.50]will be provided free of charge by the city.

[04:06.76]Cars

[04:09.06]All cars will be powered by electricity,solar energy or wind,

[04:14.60]and it will be possible to change the colour of cars

[04:17.84]at the flick of a switch.

[04:20.29]Telesurgery

[04:22.56]Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations

[04:28.28]from thousands of miles away,

[04:30.94]with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.

[04:35.99]Holidays at home

[04:38.68]Senior citizens and people with disabilities

[04:42.70]will be able to go anywhere in the world

[04:45.06]using high-tech cameras attached to their head.

[04:49.54]Space travel

[04:51.33]Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common.

[04:55.86]Each city will have its own spaceport.

[05:00.18]LISTENING AND SPEAKING

[05:05.44]2 Listen to an architect talking about the home of the future

[05:10.63]and answer the questions.

[08:25.14]3 Work in pairs and check your answers to activity 2.Now listen again.

[11:36.77]PRONUNCIATION

[11:38.84]1 Underline the stressed words in this passage.

[11:44.20]Now listen and check.

[11:49.36]Twenty years isn't a long time.

[11:52.68]We won't be living underground or in space.

[11:56.75]We'll be living in houses and flats just as we do today.

[12:01.32]2 Look at the stressed words. Predict what the passage says.

[12:11.00]Now listen and check.

[12:15.56]kitchen--most important room--house.

[12:21.02]We--still--cooking, probably--using-- kitchen more-- family--room.

[12:28.61]bathrooms--bigger.

[12:32.52]CULTURAL CORNER

[12:35.38]1 Read the passsage and decide which prediction you find most amusing.

[12:42.59]Famous Last Words

[12:45.20]Not all predictions come true.

[12:49.31]Many of them are wrong,and some are very wrong.

[12:53.74]Here are just a few of the bad predictions

[12:56.89]people made in the twentieth century about the twenty- first century:

[13:01.95]AIRPLANES

[13:04.50]"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris."

[13:09.72]Orville Wright, 1908.

[13:13.42]COMPUTERS

[13:17.34]"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

[13:23.04]Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM,1943.

[13:28.48]CLOTHES

[13:32.43]"Thirty years from now people will be wearing clothes made-of paper

[13:37.41]which they will be able to throw away after wearing them two or three times."

[13:42.65]Changing Times Magazine,1957.

[13:48.02]MEN ON THE MOON

[13:51.68]"With the first moon colonies predicted for the 1970's,

[13:56.04]work is now in progress on the types of building required

[13:59.70]for men to stay in when they're on the moon."

[14:03.22]Arnold B. Barach in The Changes to Come, 1962.

[14:09.51]THE BEATLES

[14:13.27]"We don't like their sound,and guitar music is on the way out."

[14:18.48]Decca Recording Co.rejecting the Beatles,1962.

[14:25.21]ROBOTS IN THE HOUSE

[14:28.89]"By the year 2000, housewives will probably have a robot

[14:34.14]shaped like a box with one large eye on the top,

[14:38.59]several arms and hands,

[14:40.74]and long narrow pads on the side for moving about."

[14:45.63]New York Times, 1966.

[14:49.88]KEYS

[14:53.52]"By the mid-1980's

[14:55.46]no one will ever need to hide a key under the doormat again,

[14:59.61]because there won't be any keys."

[15:02.36]Computer scientist Christopher Evans,The Micro Millennium,1979.

[15:09.86]2 Write 5-7 sentences about life in China in the future.

[15:19.37]Module 1 Words and Expressions

[15:26.73]brick n.磚

[15:28.72]concrete n.混凝土

[15:31.46]mud n.泥

[15:33.61]alternative a.替換的; 供選擇的

[15:36.47]crime n.罪;罪行

[15:38.81]for sure 肯定地

[15:41.43]prediction n.預測

[15:43.86]risky a.危險的; 冒險的

[15:46.45]resource n.(常作復數(shù)) 資源

[15:48.81]run out 用完; 不多了 ; 沒有了

[15:51.63]material n.材料

[15:54.22]rely vi.依賴; 依靠

[15:56.86]rely on 依靠

[15:59.63]solar a.太陽的

[16:02.49]urban a.都市的; 城市的

[16:04.86]get rid of 除掉;處理掉

[16:07.94]load vt.裝;裝載

[16:10.56]landfill n.垃圾填埋地

[16:13.03]arrest vt.逮捕 ; 拘留

[16:15.85]criminal n.罪犯 ; 犯人

[16:18.12]fire vt.開火 ; 啟動

[16:20.72]limit n.(常作復數(shù)) 范圍

[16:23.89]outdoors adv.戶外

[16:27.13]online adv.聯(lián)機地

[16:30.31]catalogue n.目錄

[16:33.43]command n.命令 ; 指令

[16:36.79]disorder n.混亂

[16:39.72]recreation n.娛樂 ; 消遣

[16:42.93]bowling n.保齡球游戲

[16:45.72]softballl n.壘球(運動)

[16:48.68]charge n.費用 ; 價錢

[16:51.79]free of charge 免費

[16:54.83]power v. 供給動力

[16:57.79]flick n.輕打 ; 輕彈

[17:00.24]switch n. 開關 vi.交換; 調換

[17:02.93]surgery n.外科手術

[17:05.92]telesurgery n.遠距離手術

[17:09.22]outpatient n.門診病人

[17:12.60]clinic n.診所

[17:15.28]disability n.失去能力 ; 傷殘

[17:18.06]attach vt.系 ; 貼; 連接

[17:20.81]spaceport n.宇航基地

[17:24.09]use up 用完

[17:26.90]look out 小心;當心

[17:29.68]optimistic a.樂觀的; 樂觀主義的

[17:32.68]dishwasher n.洗碟機

[17:35.47]definitely adv.無疑地; 確定地

[17:38.33]eventually adv.最后 ; 終于

[17:41.52]for a start 首先

[17:44.75]on the way out 即將被淘汰; 即將過時

[17:47.83]colony n.殖民地

[17:50.56]predict vt. 預言; 預料

[17:53.06]shape vt.造成...形狀

[17:55.59]pad n. (動物的)腳

[17:57.93]doormat n.門前擦鞋墊

[18:00.78]Module 2 Traffic Jam

[18:07.76]READING AND VOCABULARY

[18:10.31]1 Look at the passage and say who might find the information useful.

[18:17.70]Getting Around in Beijing

[18:20.75]Taxis

[18:23.05]Taxis are on the streets 24 hours a day.

[18:27.05]Simply raise your hand,and a taxi appears in no time.

[18:31.46]They are usually red,

[18:33.41]and they display the price per kilometre on the window.

[18:37.45]You should check the cab has a business permit,

[18:40.25]and make sure you ask for a receipt.

[18:43.56]Buses and trolleybuses

[18:45.95]Public transport provides a cheap way to get around in Beijing.

[18:51.36]There are 20,000 buses and trolleybuses in Beijing,

[18:55.18]but they can get very crowded.

[18:58.45]It's a good idea to avoid public transport during the rush hour

[19:03.56](6:30 am--8:00 am and 5:00 pm--6:30 pm).

[19:09.51]Fares are cheap, starting at 1 yuan.

[19:13.00]Air-conditioned buses cost more.

[19:16.14]Buses numbered 1 to 100 are limited to travel within the city centre.

[19:22.00]Higher numbers have destinations in the suburbs.

[19:25.79]Tourists shouldn't miss the 103 bus

[19:29.41]which offers one of the most impressive routes,

[19:32.68]past the Forbidden City and the White Pagoda in Beihai Park.

[19:37.29]If you get on a double-decker bus, make sure you sit upstairs.

[19:41.61]You'll have a good view of the rapidly changing city.

[19:44.84]Most buses run from about 5:00 am to midnight.

[19:49.75]However,there is also a night bus service,

[19:52.44]provided by buses with a number in the 200s.

[19:56.36]Minibuses

[19:58.13]Minibuses with seats for 12 passengers offer an alternative to expensive taxis

[20:04.24]and crowded public transport in some areas.

[20:07.67]They run regular services and follow the same routes as large public buses.

[20:13.19]And in a minibus you always get a seat even in rush hours.

[20:18.54]Underground

[20:20.67]There are four underground lines in Beijing,

[20:24.37]and several lines are under construction.

[20:27.32]Trains are fast and convenient,but rush hours can be terrible.

[20:32.90]A one-way trip costs 3 yuan. Station names are marked in pinyin.

[20:39.81]The underground is open from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm.

[20:45.52]Pedicabs

[20:47.84]Tourists like these human-pedalled "tricycle taxis",

[20:51.83]but they can be expensive.

[20:54.84]You should talk to the driver,

[20:56.99]and make sure you know the price before you begin the journey,

[21:00.67]for example,if it is per person,single or return.

[21:05.84]Tricycles are worth using

[21:08.52]if you want to explore the narrow alleys (hutong) of old Beijing.

[21:14.19]LISTENING AND SPEAKING

[21:19.77]1 Listen to the people of Beijing

[21:23.29]speaking about traffic problems in the city.

[21:26.30]Before you listen,tick the topics you think will talk about.

[21:31.28]Now listen and check.

[21:34.25]Speaker 1

[22:13.79]Speaker 2

[22:52.14]Speaker 3

[23:32.86]Speaker 4

[24:18.20]Speaker 5

[24:59.87]2 Listen and match the traffic situations with the speakers.

[25:06.09]Speaker 1

[25:46.25]Speaker 2

[26:25.58]Speaker 3

[27:06.22]Speaker 4

[27:51.06]Speaker 5