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Lesson 41
UNIT 21 RADIO PROGRAMS (Ⅰ)
Lesson 41
PartⅠWarming-up Exercises
Place Names
Training Focus:
Recognizing place names: 1. names of countries 2. names of capitals
Knowledge about names of countries, their capitals and some other cities or areas is important in following news stories. However, many students lack the ability to respond quickly to the English pronunciation of some place names. Therefore, they need repeated practice in identifying place names. Directions: This drill is for practice in recognizing the names of some capitals and their countries. Listen carefully. You will hear fifteen capital names. Locate them in the list and write them down in the blank spaces. Then draw lines to match the capitals with their corresponding countries.
Key:
1. Washington / the United States
2. Madrid / Spain
3. Warsaw / Poland
4. London / the United Kingdom
5. Rangoon / Burma
6. Brussels / Belgium
7. Moscow / the Soviet Union
8. Mexico City / Mexico
9. Colombo / Sri Lanka
10. Vienna / Austria
11. Kampala / Uganda
12. Rome / Italy
13. East Berlin / East Germany
14. Ankara / Turkey
15. Bangkok / Thailand
Lesson 41 PartⅡ
Lesson 41
Ex.Ⅰ
Directions: Study the news analysis carefully. Notice that the lead of a news item contains the most important information----what has happened, when and where it happened, etc.
Ex.Ⅱ
Directions: Finish the news analysis according to what you hear on the tape.
Key: (see tapescript)
Tapescript:
News (55″)
News Item 1
The United States
At least two persons drowned early Monday when a Haitian ship sank off the coast of the state of Florida. Six persons were able to swim to land, but two others are still missing. The coast guards said that there was no warning that the Haitian ship was sinking, apparently because there was no radio on the ship.
News Item 2
Rangoon
Burmese government officials say at least forty-eight persons have died after a boat sank during a storm Sunday. The boat sank about thirty kilometers south of Rangoon. Eighty-one other persons were reported missing and were feared dead. The boat was on its way from Rangoon to Miangmia. More than two hundred persons were on the boat.
Lesson 41 Part Ⅲ
Lesson 41
Ex.Ⅰ
Directions: What are the major points of the agriculture report you have just heard on the tape? Complete the statements 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:
Agriculture Report (1′42″)
----American Farmers (Ⅰ)
The role of the farmer has always been an important one. But as Alan Silver man explains on today's Special English Agriculture Report, the farmer in America has had to change with the times.
Two hundred years ago, 95 % of American workers were farmers. Agriculture was America's biggest industry. Today, less than 3 % of American workers are farmers. Yet agriculture still is America's biggest industry. It employs more workers than any other industry, and it produces more food than Americans can use ---- enough to make the United States the world's largest exporter of agricultural goods.
American farmers used to grow only enough food to feed their families and animals. Now each farmer grows enough to feed 78 other people. American farmers produce more today because they use modern farming and business methods. This means they have to know more than ever before. American farmers still learn about soil, the weather, harmful insects, and plant and animal diseases, but they also must learn about economics, international trade, and even computers.
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