Listen this way听力教程第三册-12

　　Activity 1  Weather forecast

A  Listen to the weather forecast. Supply the missing information.

Areas      Weather conditions Temperatures

Mexico City      Mostly cloudy         _____________

Buenos Aries      __________________         _____________

La Paz      Partly sunny         _____________

Kingston(Jamaica)  Periods of clouds and sun-

shine, windy, very humid _____________

Algiers      Sunny and breezy         _____________

Abidjan      __________________ _____________

Capetown      Partly sunny         _____________

Dallas      __________________ _____________

Nairobi      Partly sunny         _____________

Cairo      Sunny, hot, humid         _____________

Jerusalem      __________________         _____________

Teheran      Mostly sunny         _____________

Berlin      __________________         _____________

London      Partly sunny         _____________

Belgrade      __________________         _____________

Moscow      Rainy, breezy and cool     _____________

B  Now try this: listen to a more authentic 1 version of the weather forecast.

Activity 2   National Geographic 2 Society

The following passage is about the National Geographic Society. Supply the missing words while listening.

The National Geographic Society began ______ years ago. In January, _______, 33 men gathered at a social ________ in Washington. The group included scientists, _____________, military officers and __________. Most of them had traveled _________. They were excited about new __________ and they believed in the importance of __________ -the study of the earth. All of them believed in the idea that travel helped people understand their ________ and other __________. So they established the National Geographic Society.

The __________ of the National Geographic-Explorers' Hall-is filled with _______ that use modern technology to explain the world and its ____________.

Explorers' Hall has more than traditional _________ of museum exhibits where visitors look at objects behind __________. It has things for visitors to do. For example, there are television __________ showing video picture. But you do not just watch them. You interact 3 with the __________ by touching 4 the screen to answer __________ for example.

One of the interactive 5 exhibits is an international __________ report. It tells the __________ weather for all areas of the world. You touch a television screen to see __________ about the area you are interested in. You can find out the __________ and rain fall and you can see __________ pictures of weather ________ in the area.

Several exhibits of the National Geographic include remote control microscopes. You move the _____________ from a distance. Then you see through them for a close __________. These exhibits are among the most popular with _________. As you walk through Explorers' Hall, you can hear __________ calling to each other. "Come here, look at this!" Such __________ about geography is the ________ of Explorers' Hall. Using the tools of modern __________ such as satellite pictures and robot microscopes make the subject of geography come __________.

Since __________ the National Geographic Society has supported more than __________ explorations and research projects. In __________. researchers supported by the Society found the British __________ ship Titanic 6 on the bottom of the Atlantic __________.

The Society's committee for research and __________ spends more than __________ a year. It gives money to scientists working in subjects from archeology to __________. Its support increasingly goes to research that helps protect the Earth's natural __________. This includes studies of different kinds of ________ and animals that are in __________ of dying out.

The official record of the Society-a ________ called "National Geographic" -is sent around the world every __________ to more than __________ members of National Geographic. Through the years, the Society has added new __________ to spread information to the _______. It continues to expand through television programs, books, _______, movies and other educational __________.

The educational __________ used by the National Geographic Society have changed in the past __________ years. Yet the Society's __________ remains 7 the same. It works to increase __________ and help people understand the complex __________ of the world we share.

Activity 3   Environmental issues

Listen to the interview. Complete the outline.

Outline

Ⅰ. ___________________________________________________________

A. difficult to make a hierarchy 8 of worry

B. rain forests concentrated on most by the campaigning organization

Ⅱ. ___________________________________________________________

A. countries depending on them

e.g. people depending on them for their livelihood 9 and the quality of their environment

B. the biological richness of the rain forests

e.g. more than 60% of the world's species 10 found in

C. _______________________________

Activity 4   Learning a language in another country

Listen to a radio broadcast by a foreign journalist in Japan talking about some of his experiences there. Complete the flow diagram.

Activity 5   Quiz game

A  Listen to the following radio quiz game. Who are those people in the panel 11? Supply the missing information.

Names    Occupation

Tim Brown   _____________________

Maxine Morgan   _____________________

David Walker   _____________________

Laura Dennison  _____________________

B  Now listen again. Put a mark beside each question. Put a tick if it is true. If it is false, put a cross. Finally write down who that person is.

Questions  True or false  Questions True or false

Alive  _____________ Australian ______________

A fictional    _____________ American        ______________

character

A real person  _____________ A writer ______________

British  _____________ Anything to do  ______________

with peace

From Europe  _____________ Famous as an    ______________

entertainer

Conclusion: ________________________________________________

Activity 6   Differences between American education and British education

Listen to Mike comparing American education with British education. Supply the missing information.

According to Mike:

American education

Ⅰ. ______________

Example: senior high- ________ different subjects, such as PE, Social Studies, Mathematics

Ⅱ. _______________ varying from _______________

British education

1. Deep / not ________

Example 1: "A" levels in English schools ≈ _______________

Example 2: "A" levels- _______________

Activity 7   Disaster

A  Listen to the following report. Supply the information.

Event: ______________________________________________________

Time: _______________________________________________________

Place: ______________________________________________________

Estimated death toll 12: _______________________________________

Estimated relief cost: $ 15 million's worth of _______________

Aids offered by other countries:

1. the European Community: ________________________________

2. Saudi Arabia: 3 plane loads of _________________________

3. India: _________________________________________________

4. The U.S.: _____________ and more would be made available

5. The British Charity Oxfam: food and water purification 13 tablets

B  Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the report.

Activity 8   The hottest year

Listen to the report. Complete the outline.

Outline

Ⅰ. 1998-the hottest year

A. average surface temperature worldwide-0.7 ℃ higher than the one at the end of the 19th century

B. average temperature- _________________________________

C. almost all land areas-having above-average temperatures

Ⅱ. _________________________________________________________

A. severe storms and flooding

B. driest period

C. ______________________________________________________

Ⅲ. Prediction and impact

A. surface temperatures rising by ________ during the next ________

B. ice in Antarctica & near the Arctic 14 circle melting

C. sea levels rising by about _________ by the year ________

D. more flooding

E. small islands disappearing

Activity 9   Pets

The following passage is about pets. Supply the missing words while listening.

What animals Americans keep as ________? Americans keep many kinds of animals as pets including ________, cats, birds, horses, snakes and __________. Other pets are not as __________.

Unusual pets can cause __________ problems. A few years ago, police in a Californian city went to investigate __________ coming from a house. What they found was __________ the kind of family fight they expected. The family's large ________ was being attacked by _______ family pet.

The most common American pets are dogs and ________. Americans now own __________ cats than dogs. Cats are especially __________ with people who live in __________. Cats are easier to care for than dogs. They can live comfortably in __________ living spaces. Dogs were more popular when there was a lot of __________ land where they could run and __________.

This year what may be the most popular pets in America are not _________. They are toys known as "Virtual 15 Pets". They are seen on an extremely small __________ screen. Each toy shows a picture of a cat, dog, _________ or space creature. The "Virtual Pet" must be cared for by its _______ who pushes buttons on the device to __________ it, or clean it. The pet makes a beeping _________ when it needs such care. The "Virtual Pet" ________ larger on the computer screen as its owner meets its ________. If the owner does not do this, the "Virtual Pet" _______.

This has caused problems in ________ of American homes as schools ________ to permit the toy pets in class. Some _______ take care of the pets while their children are in school. Others refuse. They say that if the "Virtual Pet" dies ________ the child gets home, pushing a few buttons will bring it back to __________.