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Unit 9 aNo 1 telephone conversation: Doctor’s appointmentNew words: sprain: injure by sudden twisting; paint can; scratch; swelling.1. What is the man's name?A. RussellB. RandallC. Ronald2. From the conversation, how did the man probably find out about Dr. Carter?A. He saw the office on his way home from work.B. A friend referred him to Dr. Carter's office.C. He found Dr. Carter's number in the phone book.3. What time does he schedule an appointment to see Dr. Carter?A. TuesdayB. WednesdayC. Thursday4. Why does the man want to see the doctor?A. He hurt his knee when a tall ladder fell on him.B. He injured his ankle when he fell from a ladder.C. He sprain his hand when he fell off the roof of his house.5. What does the receptionist suggest at the end of the conversation?A. The man should put some ice on his injury.B. The man needs to come into the office right away.C. The man ought to take it easy for a few days.No 2 VOA News 05-04-24 Armenia marks 90th anniversary of Ottoman Empire massacresHints: Caucasus Mountain( 高加索山)；Armenia（亚美尼亚）；genocide.（种族灭绝）Listen to the news and answer the following questions briefly.1 When did the massacre begin?2 How did the Armenian president mark the anniversary?3 How many Armenian were killed or starved to death?4 Why did Turkey and Armenia not maintain any formal diplomatic relations?5 What did the Armenian Justice Minister insist?6 How many nations acknowledge that the killing is genocide?No 3 纽约帝国大厦被誉为现代建筑史上的奇迹New York's Empire State Building Receives AwardHow many floors does the New York's Empire State Building consist of"When was the skyscraper completed?Robert Bein, the president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, calls the Empire State Building an __________ structure. "This building is an icon. It is the Queen of the city,"he said. "It is a building that means much more than just a structure. It is a building that really defines part of the culture of New York." The engineering group also recognized nine other significant engineering projects, including San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Kansai Airport in Osaka, Japan, and the Panama Canal. Robert Bein says each monument exemplifies the use of engineering __________________ to overcome major design and construction challenges. In the skyscraper category, he says the Empire State Building is testament to "can do"spirit."In fact, no building ever rose so high with such speed as the Empire State Building.A crew of 3,000 worked seven days a week for a _______________ to erect this monument,"Mr Bein said. "Could we do that today? We could not even get a ________________ in a year today."The Empire State Building cost $41 million to build, including land. It has 6,500 windows, and 73 elevators. It takes less than one minute to move from the _________________ to the observation deck by elevator.But Mr. Bein says ______________________other than engineering challenges were used to choose the top ten 20th century engineering achievements. "The Empire State Building was selected like the other great engineering works of this program because its beauty ______________the human spirit with its utility and its function and creates civic and national pride in the community it serves,"he said. "Its design was state-of-the art at its time and its construction techniques were unique and original and, very importantly, it continues to make a significant contribution to local and worldwide economies."The Empire State Building remains a tourist ______________,______________of New York City. It attracts 3.5 million visitors a year and has its own Internet website with information available in five languages.To locals, the building's tower is the place to watch. It is lit in red, whiteand blue for national holidays, red and green for Christmas, green for St Patrick's Day and, blue and white when the Yankee baseball team plays in the World Series, an annual event in recent years!It has been featured in dozens of movies from King Kong in 1934 to the more recent Sleepless in Seattle. So many couples marry on the 86th floor observatory that there is an Empire State Building Wedding Club entitling them to free admission on Valentine's Day.The "Monument of the Millennium" award is not the first time the American Society of Civil Engineers has honored the building. In 1955, the group named the Empire State Building one of the seven civil engineering wonders of the modern world.2) category n.种类, 别3) skyscraper n.摩天楼4) define vt.定义, 详细说明5) exemplify vt.例证, 例示7) erect adj.直立的, 竖立的vt.盖, 使竖立, 建立8) elevator n.电梯, 升降机12) observatory adj.天文台, 气象台13) entitle vt.给...权利(或资格),给...称号v.授权14) valentine's day n.情人节No 4 NPR report: Students and Teachers Fell to Cho's Gunfire Note: This one is very pleasant to listen to. Try to appreciate the voice of the newscasters.From npr news , this is All Things Considered, I'm Robert Siegel , and I'm Michele Norris.In Blacksburg Virginia today more details are coming to life about yesterday's terrible shootings and the student who did the killing.1, Who was Seung-hui Cho?( how old was he? Where was he born and raised) 2 What kind of person was Cho?This afternoon Virginia Tech held a convocation( formal assembly) to memorialize 32 people who were gunned down yesterday morning. President Bush and first lady went to blacksburg from Washington to attend the service with the members of the Virginia Tech community.we are going to take a moment now to tell you what we know about some of the victims of yesterday's massacre. The shooting began in a dorm , and the 2 students who died there were Ryan Clark and Emily Hilscher.3 Who was Ryan Clark?4 Whos was Emily Hilscher?30 people were gunned down in a classroom building, among them, students Matthew La Porte from Dumont, New Jersey, Henry Lee who was 20, and who grew up in Roanoke, Virginia, and Reema Samaha, an 18-year-old freshman from Centreville Virginia, she and the shooter attended the same high school but apparently did not know each other .5 What kind of person was ReemaSamaha?Caitlin Hammaren, 19 years old, was an only child, she grew up in Westtown New York in upstate New York. Martha Murray, is the superintendent(监管人) of the Minisink Valley School district where Hammaren went to high school.6 What did Caitlin Hammaren like?At least 4 professors and instructors were killed yesterday at Norris Hall.7 What did GV Loganathan teach?8 What did Liviu Librescu teach?Kevin Granata taught bio-machenics, he did research about orthopedics（整形外科）before coming to Virginia Tech . He and his students were looking into muscle and reflective response and robotics（机器人学？）. And Jamie Bishop , who taught German was a relative new comer to Virginia Tech, a couple of years ago, he left the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to move to Blacksburg with his wife, Stephanie Hofer. She is on the faculty of the department of foreign languages in Virginia Tech.Part 5 Watch the interview with Bill Clinton by 陈晓薇和水均益and answer the following questions briefly.Note: Bill Clinton visited China for the first time in 1998. He visited several cities for 9 days This interview was conducted in Shanghai.Followed the interview is a speech given by George Bush senior at Nanjing university. During the question session, Bush made a joke but the interpreter failed to understand the humorous joke although Bush explained three times to her1 Why did Clinton first come to Xi’an?(3 reasons)2 What is in common between western and eastern philosophies and what are the differences?3 when did Clinton get to know China?4 What kind of leadership did the world need now?5 What were the major achievements of Bill Clinton’s visit?6 The first achievement is important for 3 reasons, what are they?7 What were the surprises of his visit?8 Whose questioning is better, 陈晓薇or 水均益?(This is open for discussion)。