英语专业听力课件 (3)

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to This 1: Lesson 11,12 Extra Mat
Modern
sculpture rarely surprises us any more. The idea that modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken. Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places. However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer’s dream to create ‘an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible’.
L12: Vocabulary 2
n. 通勤者，经常往返者 by underground / British Rail 乘地铁/英国铁路公司列车 public / private transport 公共/自有交通工具 the remainder 剩余物，其他的人 keep an eye on…照看，密切注视 cancel the milk / the papers 取消订奶订报的服务 be in the mood for…有做…的心情 exchange 交换，兑换，交流，交易
Key 1





The glasses are dirty, and one of them even has lipstick on it. Yes. He goes to fetch some clean ones immediately. Head waiter. The man complains that he and his wife have been waiting for nearly an hour for their meal. He says that their staff has been kept unusually busy that evening. Her coffee is practically cold He goes immediately to fetch her a fresh pot.
commuter
Key 2
lock
the doors shut the windows cancel the milk and the papers don’t leave ladders about tell the people next door
Some
sort of wine. No, he doesn’t. He is a bit tired. Because the other man has spilt the drink over his trousers when offering it to him. She is now the wife of the man who has dropped the drink.
n. 带，皮带 v. 用带子束住，捆扎 lipstick n. 口红 head waiter /waitress 领班招待员/服务生领班 have a word with sb. 与…商谈 personally adv. 亲自；就自己而言 practically adv. 几乎，简直；实际上，事实上 pot n. 罐，壶

the salad bowl (沙拉盘) concept suggests that the integration of the many different cultures of US residents combine like a salad, as opposed to the more prolific (多产的，大量繁殖的) notion of a cultural melting pot. In the salad bowl model, various American cultures are juxtaposed (并 置)— like salad ingredients — but do not merge together into a single homogeneous (同类的，均 一的)culture. Each culture keeps its own distinct qualities. This idea proposes a society of many individual, "pure" cultures, and the term has become more politically correct than melting pot, since the latter suggests that ethnic groups may be unable to preserve their cultures.
strap
the USA: the melting pot or the salad bowl ?
the
melting pot 坩埚(熔化罐): an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated (吸收，融合， 同化).
L12: Vocabulary 1
whistle
v. & n. (吹)口哨，(鸣)汽笛 essay n. 散文，小品文 rucksack n. (旅行用)帆布背包 My feet are killing me. 我的脚疼死了。 character 人物/ plot 情节，结构 front cover 封面 queue v. & n. (排)队
English Listening and Video Watching
2009-12-08
About the Listening Log
平时听力训练不要找词汇太专业的材料，
如最新科技、考古等，这些知识应通过阅 读去拓展。 难度合适后，若一遍听不懂，就听多遍， 直到听懂为止。No pains, no gains. 不要忘记训练 summarize 的能力。 书写要注意力度，不要轻飘飘，首先要力 争清楚。八级已改革，全部网上阅卷，主 观题部分也要写在机读卡上，扫描上网， 不准用涂改液、涂改贴、透明胶撕扯。