新核心大學(xué)英語b版聽說教程1unit6

1、Unit 6 Gadgets in a New Era,In this unit you will:learn about innovative gadgets that could make life more convenient;2. familiarize yourself with the words and expressions related to the theme of the unit;

2、3. learn to use these words and expressions;4. use word stress in a sentence and identify the names of people and places in spoken discourse;5. practice listening with other non-theme-related audio and video

3、 materials;6. use the proper expressions and sentence structures to check in/out of a hotel.,Learning objectives,Part I Theme-Related Activities,Part II Listening and Speaking Strategies,Part III

4、 Extensive Listening,Part IV Communication Skills,Part V Assessment Log,,Part I Theme-Related Activities,Section I Report About Scientific Discoveries,Section II Dialogue,Section I

5、II Report About Scientific Discoveries,Do you happen to know any new gadgets in your life? Can you tell what they are?Do you have the interest to make gadgets of your own?,Lead-in questions:

6、,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section I 》Lead-in questions,Word Bank,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section I 》Word Bank,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section I 》Word Bank,Notes,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section I 》Notes,Task 1 Watch the video clip and then decide whethe

7、r the following statements are true or false.,Anthony Rowe is an inventor from Carnegie Mellon University.There are several laptops connected to sensors in his home.,(His place is brimming with sensors, not laptops.),

8、T,F,____,____,Task,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 1,Rowe’s device cannot detect problems with household electricity consumption.The system is advanced but it is difficult to fix.This gadget is environmentally-fri

9、endly and helps reduce costs.,T,F,F,____,(The amount of electricity consumed will be reflected in a bar graph and a pie chart monitored by Rowe via the Internet.),____,____,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 1,(It is easy t

10、o install at home and easy to use,which does not need any cabling.),Task 2 Watch the video clip a second time and then complete the following blanks.,,Task,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 2,oven, lights/living room lam

11、p, laptop, iPhone, fan, refrigerator, TV,wireless, remotely turn on/off, activate, wired with, monitor,wireless,install at home,cabling,a small radio,forwarding messages,_______________________________________________

12、____,_______________________________________________,_______,____________,______,__________,_________________,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 2,remotely turn off,power consumption,save,reduce,Saving energy helps the env

13、ironment, and also reduces costs.,_______________,_________________,____,______,_____________________________________________________,1. What do you think of this kind of gadget––a device that can be remotely cont

14、rolled when you are not at home?2. Will this gadget make life more convenient? Please explain.3. Are there any drawbacks to this new gadget?4. What gadget would you most like to have in your home?,Task 3 Watch the vi

15、deo clip again and then have a group discussion based on the following questions. After the discussion, each group will give a brief report to the class.,Task,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 3,【Script】,Script,Unit 6 》Par

16、t I 》Section I 》Script,Word Bank,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section II 》Word Bank,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section II 》Word Bank,Notes,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section II 》Notes,1. What is first discussed in the video? A. A cellular phone. B

17、. A GPS tracker. C. Satellite communication. D. An emergency service.2. What type of people will find the GPS tracker most helpful? A. People going camping or hiking. B. Those who like to sleep outs

18、ide at night. C. People who surf. D. Small children who often get lost.,Task 1 Watch the video clip and choose the best answers to the following questions.,Task,√,√,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section II 》Task 1,3. One can o

19、nly use the tracker after ________. A. paying the $130 retail fee B. informing the service about one’s destination C. subscribing to it by paying the service fee D. sending a message to the emergency ser

20、vice4. All of the following is mentioned about the GoPro Wearable HD sports video camera EXCEPT its ________. A. high-quality pictures B. wide-angle lens C. underwater use D. high-speed photography i

21、mages5. The news report does NOT mention the ________ of the GoPro Wearable HD sports video camera. A. size B. design C. price D. applicability,√,√,√,Unit 6

22、 》Part I 》Section II 》Task 1,How does one use the GPS tracker to call for help?2. What will happen when one does not really need help but sends for a helicopter?3. What is special about the design of the GoPro Wearab

23、le HD sports video camera?4. What makes the device shoot HD video or take HD pictures?,Task 2 Watch the video clip for the second time and give a short answer to each of the following questions.,Task,Press the little

24、emergency button on it.,He will be fined.,It is small but easy to be put onto a helmet, handle bars, or surf board.,____________________________,____________,__________________________________________________,Unit 6 》Pa

25、rt I 》Section II 》Task 2,It has a wide-angle lens.,__________________,Task 3 Watch the video clip again and then work with a partner to summarize it using the following words.,Task,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section II 》Task 3,【Scr

26、ipt】,Script,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section II 》Script,Word Bank,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section III 》Word Bank,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section III 》Word Bank,Notes,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section III 》Notes,According to the video clip, __________ reve

27、als much about people’s state of health. A. age B. sweat C. a blood test D. body temperature2. Which of the following will benefit first from this research? A. The sports industry.

28、 B. The computer industry. C. The medical industry. D. Research Institutes.,Task 1 Watch the video clip and choose the best answers to the following questions.,Task,√,√,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section III 》Task 1,3. One

29、 can predict that in the next 10 years, fabrics will________. A. keep people warmer B. free people from cleaning C. improve sports records D. detect people’s physical conditions4. Which of the following

30、is NOT correct? A. The technology can be a weapon against sports doping. B. The technology can be a device to track an individual player. C. The technology can be a new method to revolutionize sports

31、 advertisements.D. The technology can be a tool for trainers to know how their athletes are performing.5. What is mainly discussed? A. Bio-conductivity. B. Body Sensors. C. Wearable Technol

32、ogy. D. New Electronic Products.,√,√,√,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section III 》Task 1,Task 2 Watch the video clip again and then complete the following sentences.,Task,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section III 》Task 2,【Script】,1) Researcher

33、s at the Biotex project in Dublin want to develop ways of .2) The of sweat changes as it , so it is important to have it as it is excreted by

34、the body.3) Studying sweat is not meant to traditional methods like blood tests but rather to them.4) In the future we hope to develop this system into a T-shirt, which will

35、 beside what we see here. So we will have of a person as they train or exercise.5) The possibilities will grow as researchers

36、 .,analyzing perspiration,composition,ages,replace,complement,integrate others sensors,a full physiological picture,overcome new obstacles,__________________,__________,____,______,__________,___

37、________________,_____________________,____________ ________,Script,Unit 6 》Part I 》Section III 》Script,,Part II Listening and Speaking Strategies,Section I Pronunciation Skill— Word Stress

38、in a Sentence,Section II Listening Skill—Listen for Names of People and Places,Section I Pronunciation Skill—Word Stress in a Sentence,In spoken English, important words that carry information a

39、re usually stressed. They are mostly content words such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. When words are stressed, they are higher, louder and spoken more clearly, while other less important, unstressed words are

40、 glided over quickly. Non-stressed words are considered function words such as determiners (the, a, some, a few), auxiliary verbs (do not, am,can, were), prepositions (before, next to, opposite), conjunctions (but, whil

41、e, as), pronouns (they, she, us). Normally, the last important word in the sentence has the most stress.,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section I,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section I,For example: Robotics will probably continue its spread in of

42、fices and homes.In this example, the words “robotics”, “continue”, “spread”, “offices”, and “homes” are stressed.More examples: Tom is an eight-year old boy who goes to school in Philadelphia. Glover S

43、tadium doesn’t have enough seats for all the fans. He can come on Sundays as long as he doesn’t have to do any homework in the evening.,1. Unfortunately, Jack was not able to finish the task on time.2. The

44、 Thompson’s are looking forward to you visiting them next January.3. Would you like to come over and play a game of chess with us?4. By the time he receives this letter, I will have caught the train to Paris.

45、5. Shakespeare wrote passionate, moving poetry.6. As you might have expected, he has just thought of a new approach to the problem.,Task 1 Read the following sentences and mark the stressed words according to the

46、 aforementioned rules and then listen to check whether or not the pronunciation is correct.,Task,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section I 》Task 1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section I 》Task 1,▲ Sometimes when one puts stress

47、 on different words in a sentence, the meaning of the sentence changes. Read the following sentence and notice the difference:? Among all the employees, I think he deserves the promotion. (someone else d

48、oes not think so)? Among all the employees, I think he deserves the promotion. (not anyone else)? Among all the employees, I think he deserves the promotion. (should get, works hard for)? Among all the employees

49、, I think he deserves the promotion. (not anything else)? Among all the employees, I think he deserves the promotion. (of all people, he should get the promotion),Task 2 1) Read sentences in Column A with the str

50、ess on different words. Then match the meanings of the sentences in Column B.,Task,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section I 》Task 2,Column A( ) 1. Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday.( ) 2. Sam got a birthda

51、y present from his uncle yesterday.( ) 3. Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday.( ) 4. Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday.( ) 5. Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday

52、.( ) 6. Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday.,Column Ba. It was given to Sam, not someone else.b. It is not just an ordinary gift; it was for his birthday.c. It happened in the past.d. It is not fro

53、m another person, but his uncle.e. It was not today, or the day before yesterday.f. It was a present, as opposed to something else.,a,c,b,f,d,e,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section I 》Task 2,2) Tongue-Twister for Fun– I see a sea

54、 down by the seashore, but which sea do you see down by the seashore?– Love’s a feeling you feel when you feel you’re going to feel the feeling you’ve never felt before.– Knife and a fork, bottle and a cork: th

55、at is the way you spell New York. Chicken in the car and the car can go: that is the way you spell Chicago.,In listening, one often hears detailed information such as numbers, names of people, places and events,

56、which are sometimes very confusing. If one can identify those complicated names, they can help him understand the information more correctly. The most effective way is to listen while taking down notes, especially when o

57、ne hears more details than he can remember. Try practicing listening to common English names ofpeople and places.,Section II Listening Skill—Listen for Names of People and Places,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section II,Task 1 List

58、en to the following short paragraph and fill in the blanks.,Task,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section II 》Task 1,Hi, my name is . I was born on October 19, 1993, in and I moved to

59、 , where I grew up. Now I live with my parents in . When I started school, I made some nice friends named . My favorite subjects in school areEnglish, Math, and Spelling.

60、I want to finish high school and then study medicine at University and be a doctor.,Robert Warren,Virginia,Minnesota,California,Shirley, Eric, Dylan, and Daniel,Johns Hopkins,____________

61、,______,_________,________,__________ ______________,____________,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section II 》Task 2,【Script】,Task 2 Listen to the dialogue and then do the following exercise.,Task,1. Where does Alejandra come from?

62、 A. Budapest. B. Lima. C. Lisbon. D. São Paulo.2. Which country does the speaker intend to go to for vacation? A. Portugal. B. Turkey. C. Bangkok

63、. D. Spain.3. What is mentioned about Istanbul? A. Its natural beauty. B. Its ancient culture. C. Its fantastic food. D. Its frequency as a stop-over place.,√,√,√,Script,Unit 6 》Part II 》S

64、ection II 》Task 2,Task 3 Listen to the following audio clip with both numbers and names of places and then fill in the blanks.,Task,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section II 》Task 3,Oldstreets.com will help identify

65、 locations mentioned in old books, articles and documents relating to . It contains more than old names of streets and other urban features that are no longer on the map. In most

66、 cases these streets have been renamed; in other cases they have disappeared entirely. Several names have migrated. For example, today's is in the , but before

67、 was the name of what is now called .,Manhattan,New York City,1,600,King Street,West Village,1794 King Street,Pine Street,_________,____________,_____,_________,__________,_____________,____

68、_____,Unit 6 》Part II 》Section II 》Task 3,Even more annoying, the same name has sometimes been used at the same time for different streets. Until the there was a in