大学英语视听说课件 The world of work

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Listening to the world
5 Watch Part 4 and check the true statements.
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☐ 2 (He believes in a progressive system of taxation, which means he thinks that tax should be related to a person’s income.)
UNIT 4
Solving problems & seeking happiness 1
Unit 4 Solving problems &
seeking happiness
Learning objectives Opening up
Listening to the world Speaking for communication Further practice in listening
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Opening up
1 Then discuss which category of issues is more harmful to society and why.
In my opinion, the environment issues can be more harmful to society. • Water and air pollution affects the health of humans,
animals and plants, resulting in cancer, death, birth defects, severe genetic change, etc. • Climate change or global warming can cause more drought and flood, permanently changing the land and water supply that humans depend on for life. • Our food supply would also be in danger because of environmental problems, causing various other social issues.

Host: What are the risks involved in working on high mountains? Ceruti: On the mountains, we are facing climate conditions that can be very hard,
like snowstorms, extremely strong winds and low temperatures. On top of that, we are often working in an environment where there’s very little oxygen available. Host: So the body is exposed to altitude sickness?
Name of explorer
Country of birth
Year of birth Major
exploration(s) Interesting facts
Warming up
12 Throughout human history, explorers have made discoveries that changed the way we viewed the world. Now you are going to learn about great explorers in history or modern times.
Step 2 Each of you comes up with three true / false questions or short answer questions about the explorer you described. Ask your group members the questions to check their understanding of your description.

in short, we were looking for the World’s Best Catch! After an exhausting search, we found him browsing in an antique bookstore: He’s Adam Hunt, 32, from Melbourne, Australia. A spokesperson for a major record label, Adam enjoys an active lifestyle. His future wife should enjoy the same.
1. eligible _c__ 2. bachelor __a_
a. a single man b. having similar tastes or interests
Keys
3. browsing __e_ 4. compatible _b__ 5. unihibited _d__
c. available for dating d. free and unrestrained in behavior e. looking ar A An ideal date
Lesson B Online dating
Vocabulary Focus
An eligible bachelor
Match the expressions in A with their definitions.
We went on a search for the most eligible bachelor we could find —
Everything changed, though, when Adam read the profiles of the women from our show. “Any of these women would make an ideal choice: they’re all intelligent, talented, and beautiful. I can’t wait.”

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Listening to the world
Viewing
WHILE you view
3 Watch the video clip again and fill in the blanks.
1 busy; shopping 2 bars; need 3 spaces; friendliness 4 elegant; expensive 5 views 6 beaches; cheap 7 changing; sunset 8 cried
• Because real nature experiences mean contact with nature. It means being with and within nature, to experience it with all five senses.
• True, TV programs give us joy but they will never be able to help us form a relationship with nature. We watch our small screens come alive with the vivid colors and we all let out “aahhhh …” and “wooooow”. But, never once will we feel the pleasure of being close to nature. Worse still – the programs such as those on the Discovery Channel make nature seem so strange, and so far away, in the forests of the Amazon or in the wilds of Africa. Children may grow up without even realizing that the flowers, plants or a couple of trees in their backyard are nature and they are equally precious. The truth is – nature is so