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B. The making of master a. The master is the original that all the other CDs are copied from. b. It’s made of glass, covered with a chemical. c. They use a laser to burn the signal, or the song, into the glass plate. The laser burns through the chemical, but not through the glass. d. It cuts little holes into the back of the disk. Those holes are called “pits”. e. They make copies from it.
3. ○ a. call A: ○ a. old B: 4. A: a. book B: a. certainly A: ○ a. three 5. A: a. get B: ○ large or small a. A: ○ small a.
b. ○ David
b. he b. ○ tonight b. ○ many b. them b. ○ cornflakes b. packet b. one
Similarly, if a child ______ read at the age cannot seven of _____, teachers and parents should make certain that he is not dyslexic If he ______ ________. is, specialist ____ should immediately be help ______. sought Parents should not ignore the young ______ appeal child’s ______ to teach him to read. But the task should be _________ gently, with great undertaken _______ and a sense of humor Reading ______. patience should never be made to look like a _____ _____and the child should never be forced chore to _______, if his interests start to ____. continue flag
What is dyslexia? a difficulty in learning to read despite traditional instruction, average intelligence, and an adequate opportunity to learn. an impairment in the brain's ability to translate images received from the eyes or ears into understandable language. not result from vision or hearing problems. not due to mental retardation, brain damage, or a lack of intelligence.
Analogical sound
Dialogue 2 How DO They Make CDs? Ex. Listen and complete the outline
I. The making of the CDs A. Recording a. They get a bunch of musicians together, singing and playing. b. First they do a digital recording—on videotape. c. Then the videotape is played through a computer. d. The computer figures out those separate “pieces” of sound to make the master.
The child can become frustrated by the difficulty in learning to read, and other problems can arise that disguise dyslexia. The child may show signs of depression and low self-esteem. The child may become unmotivated and develop a dislike for school. The child's success in school may be jeopardized if the problem remains untreated.
II. Playing back A. You buy the copy and put it in the CD player. B. The light of the laser reflects off the CD. a. The smooth part of the CD reflects straight back, like a mirror. b. But the light that bounces off the pits is scattered. c. The computer in your CD player reads the light that bounces off the pits. d. You get the music.
Unit 5 Listening Course (2)
Section One Tactics for Listening
Section One Tactics for Listening
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress, Intonation and accent Ex. Circle the prominent word(s) in the sentence. 1. A: a. want b. ○ grapes ○ a. like B: b. them 2. A: a think b. ○ Scotland ○ a. been B: b. there
Ex. B: Listen again and complete the
summary. set a time It would be wrong to ________ when a child should start learning to ____________. read and write encourage Parents should _________ youngsters aged two to five interests ________ to read if they show ________ in force it, but never _____ them to learn to read. He or she might later be “_____” when joining a bored class of non-readers at infant _________ _____school. Then it is up to the teacher to see that such a child __ more advanced reading material is given____________________________.
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking Reading Background: dyslexia: Dyslexia is an unexpected impairment in reading and spelling despite a normal intellect.
What causes dyslexia?
1.brain trauma or injury to the area of the brain that controls reading and writing 2. a dysfunction官能障碍 of, rather than damage to, the left side of the brain (cerebral cortex) and does not change with maturity. 3. hormonal development during the early stages of fetal ['fi:tl]胎儿的,胎的development.
and analogical sound.
Quality
Digital sound
Recording technique
_______ Digital sound is like Much _______ ____________, all taken one after clearer several photos another. It’s kind of like pictures sound of _____. Digital is like a series of ______. pieces one wave of Analog is more like __________ ______. It moves ____________ sound up and down with volume and _____. Analog is pitch like a single wave ____________.