1、Course TitleA Listening Course 2 聽力教程2Unit2Aims of the Unit1. To tell students what listening skills should be mastered in this semester and how to master these skills.2. Phonetics: stress, intonation, tone of the voice and accents.3. Note-taking: outlining and summarizing.4. Prediction, guessing th

2、e meaning from the context, and drawing inference.5. Oral work practice.Important & Difficult Points1. Phonetics: prominent word.2. Note-taking: outlining and summarizing.3. Prediction, guessing the meaning from the context, and drawing inference.4. Background knowledge in listening comprehension.5.

3、 With the help of the notes retell the main content of the passage.Teaching Methods and AidsAsk students to explain new words and phrases. Ask students to give a summary of some exercises.Pair workGroup workCommunicative ,Audio-Visual and Task-based Teaching MethodsPPT, Multi-media, InternetTime Loc

4、ation200 minutesTeaching ContentsSection 1 Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accenttonic word and prominent word1. Introduce tonic word and prominent word to students briefly. Pay special attention to prominent word in the exercise.Tonic word: stressed word, 重讀詞Prominent w

5、ord: important or stressed word (s), 重要詞，重讀詞2. Listen to the audio three times and answer the questions.3. Check the answers:a. Its on top of the bookcase.b. With milk, please.c. At five past one.d. At five past one.e. Its on top of the bookcase.f. With milk, please.Exercise:1. f 2. c 3. e 4. b 5. a

6、 6. d4. Ask students to review the rules after class and take more practice.Part 2 Listening and Note Taking Ralph NaderTeaching tips:u Note-taking is to help the listeners form a general idea of a speech. While listening, we can only take down the key words.u Summarize the main ideas or important p

7、oints for each part.u As speaking is always faster than writing, the use of abbreviations, signs and symbols will help you a lot in keeping as much information as possible.u Common sense and background information is helpful.1. Vocabulary sausage complain radiation poultry2. Background information a

8、bout Ralph Nader.He is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government.Nader came to prominence in 1965, with the publication of his book Unsaf

9、e at Any Speed, a critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers in general, and particularly the first-generation Chevrolet Corvair. In 1999, a New York University panel of journalists ranked Unsafe at Any Speed 38th among the top 100 pieces of journalism of the 20th century.Nad

10、er is a five-time candidate for President of the United States, having run as a write-in candidate in the 1992 New Hampshire Democratic primary, as the Green Party nominee in 1996 and 2000, and as an independent candidate in 2004 and 2008.拉爾夫納德， 美國工藝事務組織主席、律師、作家、公民活動家、現代消費者權益之父，曾催生汽車召回制度，曾五次參加美國總統競選

11、。3. Ask students to listen to some sentences and fill in the blanks. Then check the answers.Exercise A:1. Ralph Nader is a man of few possessions.2. He is paying back to America his debt as a citizen.3. He said new laws were needed to make cars safer.4. A law was passed to ensure that products like

12、sausages and hamburgers contained the right amount of meat.5. Ralph Nader has set a wonderful example of what determined men and women can do to improve the quality of life in their country.4. Ask students to listen to the audio three times and finish the exercises in part B. Then check the answers.

13、Exercise B:Ralph NaderI. Ralph Nader, a man of few possessions A. He owns very little and lives in a small apartment. B. He doesnt have a car or a TV set. C. He doesnt have many clothes. D. He doesnt care about money.II. His early efforts to make car saferA. He talked about the dangers of car, and h

14、ow bad car design caused the deaths of so many people each year at parties.B. After he graduated from Harvard, he published an article entitled Unsafe at Any speed.C. Later, he made a big attack on the car industry and showed how many deaths in car accidents were because of badly-made cars.D. In 196

15、6, because of Naders work, a law was passed to make car safer.III. His interests in something very differentA. The quality of meat and the amount of meat that is put into foods like sausages and hamburgers B. In 1968, three more laws were passed because of Naders efforts. a. The first was to ensure

16、the safety of gas pipelines. b. The second was to protect people from radiation. c. The third was to ensure the proper standard of poultry.IV. Ralph Nader. one of the most influential people in the United StatesA. He has set a wonderful example of what determined men and women can do to improve the

17、quality of life in their country. Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dialogue 1 Give Them Time to Get to Know You1. Vocabulary awful depressed2. Ask students to go through the statements quickly. Listen to the dialogue three times and then finish the exercises.3. Check the answers:1.T2.T3.F4.

18、T5.T6.TPart 1 Dialogue 2 Gestures1. Vocabulary gesture eyebrows tap elbow flick chin thumbs up toss2. Ask students to go through the chart quickly. Listen to the dialogue three times and then finish the exercises.3. Check the answers:Part 2 Passage Why Shouldnt you Go by First Impressions?1. Vocabul

19、ary: go by something assume in question sort something out2. Pre-listening QuestionAppearances are often deceptive. In this passage, the two examples tell us the reason why we shouldnt go by first impressions.3. Ask students to go through the choices first and listen to the passage two times. Then f

20、inish the exercises.4. Check the answers and have a discussion about the answers.1. C2. D3. A4. B5. C6. D7. A8. B5. Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions.1. What did people who knew the giant man think of him?To those who knew him, he was a kind and generous friend.2. What w

21、as the difficult task the narrators brother had recently?The plane was overbooked and for once all the passengers turned up. So my brother had the difficult task of choosing three passengers and informing them that they couldnt travel on the flight in question.3. What do we know about the relationsh

22、ip between Mrs. Pepper and the airline?They had a very close relationship.4. What would the narrators brother probably do next time? Probably he would never trust his first impressions again.Part 3 NewsNews Item 31. Ask students to search some information about “Jakarta and Bali” before listening to

23、 this piece of news.2. Vocabulary Jakarta: capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century 雅加達 Bali: an island in Indonesia east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts 巴厘島3.

24、Ask students to go through the questions in part A and B quickly.4. Listen to the piece of news two times and complete the summary. Then listen to news again finish the exercises in part B.5. Check the answers:Exercise A:This news item is about the 2nd serious bombing that took place in Indonesia wi

25、thin 2 years.Exercise B:1. Indonesia is going to reduce security measures Wednesday. F2. A fatal car bombing happened in Jakarta. T3. At least 30 people were killed and 148 people were injured. F4. The damaged hotel is run by a European country. F5. Two days later an Indonesian court would rule the

26、former bombing case in Bali. T6. More than 200 people were killed in the attacks of Bali Island. T Section Three Oral WorkRetellingRetelling is a way to help students produce longer oral presentations. At first students may find this part quite difficult. They may just recite the story. Thats all ri

27、ght. Later students are encouraged to retell the story in their own words. It takes a lot of time to finish it in class. Therefore, this part will be assigned to students to do after class and will be checked at the beginning of next class. The retelling training can be begun from guided retelling.

28、The guidance used for retelling can be in the form of an outline, questions or a summary framework.Original text:As Susan and her daughter Jenny walked around the park they were hounded by beggars. The girl was shocked when she saw a skeletal young beggar woman wrapped in a gray shawl. Her eyes were

29、 sunken* and she held out a bony hand like she was receiving communion, As she did, her shawl fell away revealing a young child standing under it. Jenny just started throwing her money into that bony hand. Susan grabbed her before she could start taking off her jewelry, and the mother decided to hav

30、e a talk with her about the beggars when they got back to the hotel. They boarded the return bus. They were stopped at a red light when Jenny stood straight up and screamed, Mother? Susan went to her window and she pointed to a taxi next to the bus. There, in air conditioned comfort, sat the beggar

31、woman with her child next to her, eating an ice cream cone.Section 4 Supplementary ExercisesPart 1 World Sight DayExercise A:1. Because of grants, the average student pays a lot less than the published costs of a college education.2. Two forms of financial aid for the students are grants and loans.3

32、. When students receive loans, they have to repay them later.4. The increases in tuition are mainly caused by cuts in state spending on education.5. The total charge for the students who live at a college includes tuition, housing and other costs.Exercise B:l. This year the cost of studies at public

33、 colleges in the United States increased 14 percent.2. The average total charge for students who live at a public college in their state is 10.600 dollars. While at a private college, total charges are almost 27.000 dollars.3. The above information is collected from 4.000 colleges and universities.4. It is said that this years increase in the cost of studies is the biggest one in 30 years.5. American students received a record amount of financial aid last year,