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lesson 43
UNIT 22 RADIO PROGRAMS ( Ⅱ ) Lesson 43 PartⅠ
UNIT 22 RADIO PROGRAMS (Ⅱ)
Lesson 43
PartⅠWarming-up Exercises
Place Names
Training Focus:
Recognizing place names:
1. names of countries
2. names of capitals
3. names of cities and regions
A. Directions: Listen to the short dialogues. Write down the names of the countries in the blank spaces. Then draw lines to match the countries with their capitals, cities and languages.
Key:
1. A: What country are you from ?
B: I'm from fapan.
A: What city were you born in ?
B: Tokyo. That's the capital
2. A: What nationality are you ?
B: I'm Australian. I was born in Melbourne.
A: Oh, yes. That's the capital, isn't it ?
B: No, no. Canberra is.
A: Oh, yes. Now I remember.
3. A: Are you from Venezuela or Colombia ?
B: I'm from Venezuela. I was born in Caracas.
A: Isn't that the capital ?
B: That's right.
A: What's the language there ?
B: Spanish.
4. A: I know you're Brazilian.
B: Yes, I'm from Rio.
A: Is that still the capital ?
B: No, Brasilia's the capital now.
A: What language do you speak there ---- Spanish or Portuguese ?
B: Portuguese.
5.A: Aren't you from the Middle East ?
B: Yes, I'm from Egypt. I live in Cairo.
A: Were you born there ?
B: No, I was born in Alexandria.
6.A: Are you from the Philippines ?
B: Yes, I'm from Manila.
A: That isn't the capital, is it ?
B: No. It was until 1948. But it isn't now.
B. Directions: This drill is for practice in recognizing the names of some countries and regions in the world. Listen carefully. Write down the names of the countries and regions in the blank spaces. Then draw lines to match the descriptions in Column B with the names in Column A.*
Key:
1. the Middle East (d)
2. France (e)
3. the Indian Ocean (a)
4. the Persian Gulf (g)
5. South Africa (h)
6. the Soviet Union (b)
7. Lebanon (f) 8. the United States (c)
Lesson 43 PartⅡ
Lesson 43
Ex.Ⅰ
Directions: Answer the questions according to what you hear on the tape.
1. Who is Jimmy Cliff ?
2. What has been presented to Mr. Cliff? Why ?
Key: (see tapescript)
Ex.Ⅱ
Directions: Finish the news analysis according to what you hear on the tape.
Key: (see tapescript)
Tapescript:
News (50″)
News Item 1
And this news
Jamaica has presented a special award to Jamaican reggae singer Jimmy Cliff. The award is given each year in memory of former Jamaican Prime Minister Norman Washington Manley. Jamaica said it gave Mr. Cliff this year's award for excellence in music. Jamaica praised Mr. Cliff for helping to develop reggae music and make it known throughout the world.
News Item 2
Sports news
The World Championship Table Tennis Competition begins in Tokyo, Japan this week. About three hundred men and two hundred women from sixty-six countries will take part in the table tennis competition.
Lesson 43 Part Ⅲ
Lesson 43
Ex.Ⅰ
Directions: What are the major points of the science report you have heard on the tape ? Answer the questions with the information from the report.
Key: (see tapescript)
Ex.Ⅱ
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words you hear on the tape.
Key: (see tapescript)
Tapescript:
Science Report (2′9″)
----Dislexia (Ⅰ)
Now the daily Special English Science Report.
Doctors say as many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dislexia.
Experts on dislexia say that the problem is not a disease. They say that persons with dislexia use information in a different way. One of the world's great thinkers and scientists Albert Einstein was dislexic. Mr. Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most of us do. He said that he thought in pictures instead. Other famous persons who had dislexia include Leonardo da Vinci, the American inventor Thomas Edison and former American Vice-president Nelson Rockefeller. Dislexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 years ago. Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled. The doctors found that the brains of persons with dislexia are different. In most people, the left side of the brain ----- the part that controls language, is larger than the right side. In persons with dislexia, the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference. However, research has shown that dislexia is more common in males than in females, and it is found more often in persons who are left-handed.
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