施心远主编《听力教程》3 (第2版)Unit 9课件

Ex. A: Listen to the passage and write the gist.
1. The key words: safety / rail travel/ highly variable/ regulation/ UK and US/ 10- rail deaths/y/ other parts /higher; UK, last 25 ys, 1 train accident/every million miles run cause/human error/ automatic/computerized signaling/ radio communication systems/ reduce 2. This passage is about rail travel safety
Unit 9
A Listening Course (3) 2nd Edition, 2012
Section One Tactics for Listening
Part 1: Spot Dictation:
Celebrations in Australia, Asia Ring in 2010
Focus: Predicting Note-taking skills
Part 2 Listening for Gist
Focus: Note-taking skill: Finding the gist of the listening material Summarizing the passage
Guided Listening
1st listening: What words strike you most? Rail travel safety 2nd listening: Understanding the organization of the passage The degree of safety of rail travel varies from country to country. In UK. 1 train accident / every million miles run The introduction of automatic and computerized signaling equipment helps to reduce the accidents.
Pre-listening 1. Vocabulary:
stake out [steik aut] v.立桩标出，置于
警察监视下
shrine [ʃrain] n.圣地，圣坛，神圣场所 reveler ['revlə] n. 饮酒狂欢者=reveller
2. Making predictionsห้องสมุดไป่ตู้for some of the blanks.
Post-listening
Unlike air travel, which is regulated internationally, rail travel is in many cases controlled nationally. The degree of safety of rail travel is therefore highly variable from country to country, depending on the degree of regulation and the quality of regulation in the country concerned. In Britain and the United States rail passenger deaths work out at an average of less than 10 rail passenger deaths per year. Unfortunately, the rail passenger deaths per year statistics in the less developed parts of the world are considerably higher than the rail passenger deaths per year statistics are in the western world. In the UK over the last 25 years, there has been an average of one train accident for every million miles run. Because individual trains carry such a large number of passengers compared with the number of passengers carried in cars, buses and planes, this actually means that the degree of risk is, comparatively, one which is almost non-existent. By far the greatest cause of railway accidents is human error, either in controlling or responding to signals. Recent improvements in the numbers of accidents are in large measure due to the introduction of automatic and computerized signalling equipment. Radio communication systems between drivers and control centres have also proved influential in reducing accidents. With the continuing development of radio communication systems and automatic signalling systems we can look forward to further reductions in what are already impressively low accident rates.





One of the first major cities to celebrate the beginning of 2010 was Sydney, Australia. More than a million people gathered along the Sydney harbor to watch the city's annual fireworks show, set to booming rock music. 澳大利亚的悉尼是地球上最先欢庆2010年新年的大城市之一。一百多万人聚集在悉 尼港，参加一年一度的烟花晚会，晚会后又奏起响亮的摇滚乐。 Hours before midnight people arrived at Harbor Bridge to stake out good seats for the 12-minute display. This year's show involved more than 5,000 kilograms of explosive devices. 人们在半夜来临前的好几个小时就纷纷来到悉尼港湾大桥上，为观看12分钟璀灿的 烟花占上一个好位置。今年的晚会施放了5千多公斤的烟火。 Other cities around Asia and the Pacific region celebrated with fireworks, such as Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. 像吉隆坡和香港这些亚太地区城市，也以烟花晚会迎接新年。 In other places people marked the New Year without fireworks. 与此同时，虽然亚洲其他一些城市并没有施放烟花，但民众仍以各种方式欢庆新年。 Millions in Japan prayed at shrines for good fortune in 2010. In Seoul, South Korea, a giant bell was rung. 日本数百万民众纷纷在寺庙膜拜，祈求2010年福运亨通。韩国首都首尔，人们敲响 了一口硕大的钟。
In China's capital, signs around Beijing cautioned not to light fireworks within the heart of the city on New Year's Eve. This did not seem to bother Beijing residents, who say the Lunar New Year is their traditional time to celebrate with fireworks. This year that holiday is in mid-February . Many young people were at bars and clubs in Beijing until the early hours of the morning. Still others had to workon New Year's Eve. As late-night revelers waited in the cold for a scarce cab , two men unloaded a truck at a bakery on Worker's Stadium Road. One of them said he hoped for good health for his parents in the New Year. His coworker said he hoped to spend the Lunar New Year with family at his home in nearby Shandong province.




In China's capital, signs around Beijing cautioned not to light fireworks within the heart of the city on New Year's Eve. 在中国首都北京，全城各地的告示提醒民众新年除夕不得在市中心燃放鞭炮。 This did not seem to bother Beijing residents, who say the Lunar New Year is their traditional time to celebrate with fireworks. This year that holiday is in mid-February. 尽管如此，北京市民似乎并没有受到影响，他们说，阴历新年才是他们用焰火 欢庆的传统日子。今年的农历新年在二月中旬。 Many young people were at bars and clubs in Beijing until the early hours of the morning. Still others had to work on New Year's Eve. As late-night revelers waited in the cold for a scarce cab, two men unloaded a truck at a bakery on Worker's Stadium Road. One of them, surnamed Wu, said he hoped for good health for his parents in the New Year. His coworker surnamed Zhang said he hoped to spend the Lunar New Year with family at his home in nearby Shandong province. 在北京的酒吧和夜总会中，许多年轻人一直逗留到凌晨时分。不过，还是有人 需要新年除夕加班。工人体育场路附近，狂欢夜归的人寒风中等待稀少的出租 车，有两人却在那里忙着在一家面包房旁卸货。其中一位姓吴的工人说，希望 新年期间父母安康，而姓张的同事则希望，能在邻近的山东省和家人共度农历 新年。
While listening: Listen and fill in the blanks with what you hear.
Celebrations in Australia, Asia Ring in 2010 One of the first major cities to celebrate the beginning of 2010 was Sydney, Australia. More than a million people gathered along the Sydney harbor to watch the city's annual fireworks show, set to booming rock music. Hours before midnight people arrived at Harbor Bridge to stake out good seats for the 12-minute display. This year's show involved more than 5,000 kilograms of explosive devices. celebrated with Other cities around Asia and the Pacific region fireworks, such as Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. In other places people marked the New Year without fireworks. Millions in Japan prayed at shrines for good fortune in 2010. In Seoul, South Korea, a giant bell was rung.