新目标初中英语九年级--Unit 7 Where would you li

Unit 7  Where would you like to visit?

[00:04.88]SECTION A

[00:07.84]1b Listen.Where would San,Gina,and Lydia like to go on vacation?

[00:17.71]Why?Fill in the chart.

[01:00.55]2a Listen and number these statements 1 in the order that you hear them.

[01:55.12]2b Listen again.Why do the people decide not to visit these places?

[02:03.59]Match each place with a reacon.

[02:53.04]3a Read this newspaper article about Singapore.

[02:59.70]circle the things you like about visiting Singapore.

[03:04.66]Underline things you don't like.

[03:08.73]TRAVEL SPOTLIGHT 3:SINGAPORE

[03:13.31]For your next vacation. why not consider visiting Singapore?

[03:18.87]Singapore is a small city,but there are many things go do.

[03:24.33]It doesn't have any beaches or mountains,but it has a very large zoo,

[03:31.38]a beautiful botanical 4 garden,and lots of museums.

[03:36.35]It is also a wonderful place for shopping.

[03:40.40]Don't plan on driving a car in Singapore.

[03:44.65]The traffic is heavy in some parts of the city,

[03:49.22]and most private cars are not allowed in downtown Singapore.

[03:53.67]It is easiest to get around the city by subway.

[03:58.11]If you decide to visit Singapore,bring a lot of money;

[04:03.25]living in Singapore is quite expensive.

[04:07.41]Also,pack light clothes;Singapore is very hot all year round.

[04:14.56]SECTION B

[04:20.91]2a Jeff has a summer job at a travel agency 5.

[04:27.99]Listen to the conversations and number the pictures.

[06:36.85]2b Listen to the conversations again and complete the chart.

[08:46.71]3a Read the e-mail message.

[08:52.27]Then read the statements about the e-mail message.

[08:57.13]Write"T"(for true),"F"(for false),or"DK"(for don't know)

[09:06.87]Dear Ace 2 Travel,

[09:10.24]My family and I want to take a trip this summer somewhere in the east of China.

[09:17.90]I hope you can provide me with some information

[09:23.23]about the kinds of vacations that your firm can offer.

[09:27.90]We would like to travel to an exciting place,

[09:33.65]and we don't mind how far we have to go.

[09:38.09]It has to be a place where we can do lots of exercise;

[09:45.04]we especially love hiking 6 and swimming,but any kind of exercise is fine.

[09:52.30]We also need to stay in an inexpensive 7 hotel.

[09:58.07]It would be nice if our hotel had rooms with kitchens

[10:03.72]so we could save money by cooking our own meals.

[10:08.68]The room needs to be big enough for three people.

[10:13.51]Also,we'd like to stay at a place with a big pool or somewhere near the ocean.

[10:21.66]Could you please give me some suggestions for vacation spots?

[10:27.83]Also,please let us know if it's best to travel by plane,train or bus.

[10:36.29]We'd like to be away for about three weeks.Thank you very much.S.T.Zhang

[10:43.94]READ               Your own robot

[10:53.51]In the movie A.I., people in the future,several hundred years from now,

[11:00.45]have their own robots.These robots are just like humans.

[11:07.53]They help people with everyday work as servants.

[11:12.29]In the movie,the robots even start to have feeliongs.

[11:17.85]Is this doubtful 8? Maybe not.

[11:22.71]Some robot scientists believe this movie shows the future of artificial 9 intrlligence.

[11:29.97]But it may take hundreds of years.

[11:33.73]Scientists are now working on humanoids.

[11:38.28]These are robots that look like people and do the same things we do.

[11:44.31]Japanese companies have already made robots that can walk,

[11:49.56]dance and wave their hands hello and goodbye.

[11:54.53]The Japanese scientists have a special reason for making  this kind of robots.

[12:01.01]They want the robots to help the elderly 10.

[12:05.16]These old people will need more help

[12:08.61]because there aren't as many children in Japan any more.

[12:13.94]This kind of robots will also be fun to watch.

[12:19.11]"We may see an all-robot football team by the year 2025.

[12:25.87]This football team would play faster and better than human players,"

[12:31.23]says scientist Maja Mataric.

[12:35.17]And,of course,this football team won't get tired.

[12:40.45]But artificial intelligence 11 scientist Jordan B.Pollack disagrees.

[12:47.01]He thinks that it's very difficult for a robot

[12:51.97]to do the same simple things a person can do.

[12:56.07]For example,it's easy for a child to open her eyes and know where she is.

[13:03.54]This is very difficult for a robot.

[13:07.59]But other scientists think that robots will be smart enough to talk to people

[13:13.97]in 25 to 50 years.

[13:18.01]Humanoid robots are not the only kind of robots scientists are trying to make.

[13:24.28]There are already robots which are used in factories,for example to make cars.

[13:31.55]Thexe robots don't look like people.

[13:36.09]They look more like big arms.They do simple jobs over and over again.

[13:43.35]People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored.

[13:48.63]But robots never get bored.New robots will have many different shapes.

[13:55.89]Some will look like spiders,others may look like snakes.

[14:01.85]After an earthquake,a snake robot could look for people trapped 12 under a building.

[14:08.51]That may not seem possible now,but a hundred years ago,computers,

[14:15.46]spaceships to the moon and even electric toothbrushes would have seemed impossible.

[14:22.82]The world is changing quickly and someday a robot,not a student,may read this book.

[14:31.08]Words and Expressions in Each Unit 7

[14:38.94]tiring                  educational          fascinating          thrilling 13

[14:43.27]adj.引起疲劳的          adj.教育的           adj.迷人的           adj.令人激动的

[14:47.59]peaceful                exotic               trek                 jungle

[14:51.66]adj.平静的              adj.外(国)来的       v.旅行               n.热带丛林

[14:55.74]take it easy            explore              historic             site

[15:00.06]从容,轻松               v.探险               adj.历史上著名的     n.地方

[15:04.39]fall                    Niagara Falls        touristy             spotlight

[15:09.07]n.瀑布                  尼亚加拉大瀑布       adj.游客常去的       n.公众注意中心

[15:13.76]singapore               botanical            heavy                private

[15:17.19]新加坡                  adj.植物的           adj.大量的           adj.私人的

[15:20.61]downtown                get around           pack                 light

[15:24.88]n.商业区                到处走动             v.把...打包          adj.轻的

[15:29.15]customer                provide              firm                 offer

[15:33.19]n.顾客                  v.提供               n.公司               v.提供

[15:37.22]spot                    Confucius            stele                forest

[15:41.09]n.地点                  孔子                 n.石碑               n.森林

[15:44.95]The Forest of Steles    surf                 arctic 14

[15:48.43]碑林                    v.冲浪               adj.北极的

[15:51.90]Reading

[15:54.46]artificial              intelligence         A.I.(Artificial Intelligence)

[15:59.39]adj.人工的              n.智力               <<人工智能>>

[16:04.31]servant                 feeling              doubtful             humanold

[16:08.48]n.仆人                  n.感情               adj.怀疑的           n.类人动物

[16:12.64]wave                    elderly              shape                earthquake

[16:16.52]v.挥动                  adj.老年的           n.形状               n.地震

[16:20.40]trap                    electric             toothbrush

[16:26.17]v.陷入困境              adj.电子的           n.牙刷