step by step 第三册 lesson 86
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力入门 (全四册)
Lesson 86 Part Ⅰ
Lesson 86
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises
Numbers: Numbers in News Items
1. Oil ministers of the Organization of Petroleum 1 Exporting Countries have agreed to continue limiting production to ______ barrels of oil a day.
2. The United Nations World Food Program has approved more than ______ dollars in aid for 15 developing nations.
3. The Commerce Department said its index of leading economic indicators 2 rose ______ in July, the fourth month it has increased.
4. Unemployment in the United States rose last month to ______ of the American work force, the highest rate since World War Ⅱ. The Labor 3 Department said that unemployment rose in May by ______. It said ______ Americans were out of work.
5. Poland owes foreign countries about ______ dollars.
6. Unemployment in the United States has risen to its highest point in 42 years. The Labor Department reports that unemployment in November increased by ______ to ______ of the American work force.
7. The Labor Department reports that wholesale 4 prices increased by only ______ in August.
Score: ______
Lesson 86 Part Ⅱ
Lesson 86
Part Ⅱ News
Exercises:
(News Item 1)
Ⅰ. This news item is about an OPEC meeting to .
Ⅱ. 1. WHAT ? _______________________________________
2. WHY ? ___________________________________________
(News Item 2)
Ⅲ. This news item is about an OPEC committee's proposal for .
Ⅳ. 1. The Middle East Economic Survey said the OPEC experts committee has urged raising the price by as much as _______________.
2. African members of OPEC which would be affected 5 by the proposed price increase include _____, _____ and _____.
Lesson 86 Part Ⅲ
Lesson 86
Part Ⅲ Words And Their Stories
----To Face The Music
Exercises:
Ⅰ. Expression: to face the music
Meaning: __________________________________________
Explanations for its origin:
1. The expression was first used in ______by______ while _________.
2. The expression was used by _________ when ____________.
3. The expression was used by _________ when _____________.
Ⅱ. Retell the stories by using your own words.
- The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
- The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
- The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
- It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。