Let’s Talk 2 中级听说 课程教案 2006-2007学年第三学期 (夏季学期)

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   Teaching Objectives
   

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   learn names of some cities.
   
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   learn some useful words and expressions about city and city life.
   
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   learn to describe the features of some cities.
   

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   The Points to Be Highlighted
   

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   Know names of some cities.
   
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   How to describe the features of cities?
   

1. Look and talk 2. Group discussion 3. Group work

4. Guessing 5. Pair work 6. Role playing

7. Individual work

Sao Paulo overwhelms the senses with its sheer size. With seventeen million inhabitants, it is the world's third largest city and the largest in South America. Sao Paulo and its rival Braziliancity, Rio de Janeiro, have often been compared to New York and Los Angeles respectively. If Rio has gained fame for its striking natural setting, Sao Paulo's attraction lies in its people and its vibrant cultures. The Avenida Paulista'scanyon of upthrusting skyscrapers only hints at the city's sources of energy. A more cosmopolitan city than its counterpart, Sao Paulo possesses significant ethnic minority communities, including substantial Japanese, Italian, and Arab and Lebanese Christian neighbourhoods.

The array of nationalities living in Sao Paulo have made it a legendary city among gourmands: Japanese, Italian, Brazilian, Chinese, Jewish, and Arab restaurants are all familiar parts of the city's landscape. In fact, people often visit Sao Paulo just to dine out. The Jardins district is the center of the dining scene, and thus the center of the Sao Paulo social scene. Paulistanos eat late--restaurants often don't begin serving until 9pm or 10pm, and it is common for them to stay open until 3am.

Brazil's most modern, cosmopolitan city has much to offer in addition to its outstanding cuisines. Its museums are among the finest in South America, its surrounding coastline is graced with many lovely beaches, and its entertainment and nightlife have for years attracted some of the best performers in the world. In recent years, the city has evolved into a center for Brazil's own martial art, capoeira, whose dance-like motions are performed to music. The art has its own traditional instruments: drums and the berimbau, a stringed rod used to keep time. Originally developed as the martial art of the slaves of the Bahia, capoeira was banned by the ruling classes. To keep their art alive, the slaves turned capoeira into a dance, and the berimbau, which had warned of an approaching master, began to accompany the dance itself. As late as the 1920s capoeira was still outlawed and practiced only underground; today, it is a well-known and much-loved spectacle.

For many, Atlanta is just the bonfire background to one of cinema's most famous clinches, but the city's profile is rising. Long known as the 'Capital of the New South', Atlanta has benefited in recent years from a booming economy, the 1996 Olympics and a baseball dynasty.

The city has suffered from the relentless development that has razed much of what it hasn't converted to shopping malls. But there are offbeat neighborhoods to explore and old-fashioned towns nearby where you can still savour something of bygone days.

Since being rebuilt after the Civil War, downtown Atlanta has been transformed by waves of development and is now a thoroughly modern metropolis. For a glimpse of the past head to Fairlie-Poplar, which was the city's commercial centre 100 years ago. Its 20-odd blocks are lined with buildings constructed between the 1880s and WWI.

Atlanta's weather is mild for much of the year, though July and August tend to be steamy and hot and the area does get snow in December and January. Spring and fall are the best times to visit the city. Bear in mind that thousands of students arrive in late August and early September to attend the area's many colleges - which is good if you're looking to party but bad if you need a hotel room.

Atlanta started as railroad junctionin the 1830s and quickly became the transport hub of the South. Its strategic importance was a large part of the reason it made such an inviting target for General Sherman's Union Army, which razed it during the Civil War. Ever ready to convert fact into myth, Hollywood made the burning of Atlanta the set piece of Gone with the Wind. With rebuilding came the rigid segregation of the post-Reconstruction era, shutting African Americans out of white Atlanta for decades.

The efforts of the city's boosters eventually paid off, and Atlanta became known as 'Capital of the New South.' Anchoring its economic renaissance has been the king of fizz, Coca Cola. Atlanta was also the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr and the nerve centre of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Since then, Atlanta has elected the first black representative to Congress since Reconstruction, Andrew Young (later ambassador to the UN under Jimmy Carter), and the country's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson.

The city has in recent years undergone a stunning metamorphosis. Although the tourists still flock through the antebellum plantation homes, in reality Atlanta remains the south's capital. The city became internationally known as the host of the 1996 Olympics and as the home of such multinational corporations (it's the base of global broadcasting giant CNN as well as those soda pop sellers)

Naples is raucous, polluted, anarchic, deafening, crumbling and grubby. It's also a lot of fun. Superbly positioned on a bay, Naples has a little - and often a lot - of everything. It pulsates with noisy street markets and swarms of people buzzing around on Vespas with no regard for traffic rules.

The old centre bristles with ancient churches, a medieval university and countless eateries and cafes. It also has a reputation for organised crime. But the city forges on, powered by the sheer zest and vitality of its inhabitants. Despite its faults, Naples might be 'the loveliest spot in Europe'.

The best time to visit is from April to June, when prices are lower. Late July and August is the time to avoid Italy altogether - the weather boils, prices are inflated and the whole country swarms with holidaymakers. Most Italians go on holiday in August, abandoning the cities and leaving many shops, hotels and restaurants closed.

Soon after founding Cumae in 1000 BC, colonists from Rhodes established a settlement on the western side of Mt Vesuvius. Many centuries later, Phoenician traders from present day Lebanon and Greeks from Athens were attracted by the splendour of the coast and so expanded the settlement, christening it Neapolis (New City). It thrived as a centre of Greek culture and later, under Roman rule, became a favourite of emperors Pompey, Caesar and Tiberius.

After successive waves of invasion by the wild Goths and a couple of spells under Byzantium , Naples remained an independent dukedom for about 400 years until captured by the Normans in 1139. They in turn were replaced by the German Hohenstaufens (who ruled until 1266), then Charles I of Anjou, who took control of the Kingdom of Sicily and turned Naples into its de facto capital. The Angevins were succeeded by the Spanish house of Aragón, under whom the city came to prosper.

In 1503 Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were absorbed by Spain, which sent viceroys to reign as virtual dictators. Despite their heavy-handed rule, Naples flourished artistically and acquired much of its splendour during this period. Indeed it continued to flower when the Spanish Bourbons reestablished Naples as capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1734. Aside from a Napoleonic interlude (1806 to 1815), the Bourbons remained until 1860, when they were unseated by Garibaldi and the Kingdom of Italy.

The city was heavily damaged during more than 100 bombing raids in WWII - marks can still be seen on many monuments. The Allies subsequently presided over a disastrous period of transition from war to peace - many observers have since attributed the initial boom in the city's organised crime, at least in part, to members of the occupying forces. A severe earthquake in 1980 and the dormant, but not extinct Vesuvius looming to the east, remind Neapolitans of their city's vulnerability.

Although it's dear to the hearts of America's flag-wavers, there's a lot more to Philly than the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Yet, despite the support of patriots and the cappuccino set, the 'City of Brotherly Love' has long been the butt of jokes by WC Fields and other laugh-a-minute types.

When the insults finally soaked in - just in time for America's bicentennial in 1976 - the city began renovating. Philadelphia now enjoys recognition as a major cultural center with world-class museums, performing arts centers and some stunning architecture.

In March 1681, England's King Charles II granted William Penn a charter to a parcel of land west of the Delaware River. Charles dubbed the area 'Penn' in honor of William's father, with Penn the Younger adding '-sylvania,' meaning 'woodlands.' Brimming with pacifist Quaker idealism, Penn regarded his colony as a 'holy experiment' and ensured as its governor and proprietor that its laws respected religious freedom and liberal government. Penn chose Philadelphia as the capital of Pennsylvania in 1682, optimistically naming it after the Greek for 'brotherly love.' A survivor of London's Great Fire of 1666, he made sure the city's design included a grid system with wide streets, not the narrow, winding maze that caused so much havoc in England's capital. This format was to become the inspiration for most American cities.

Philadelphia quickly grew to become the second largest city (after London) in the British empire, before ceding that title to New York City. Opposition to British policy in the colonies became seated in the city, where colonial leaders would meet to plan their course of action. The result was the Declaration of Independence, and in 1790 Philadelphia became the temporary capital of the new United States before Washington DC got the job in 1800. The US Constitution was drawn up and first read here in 1786. Often led by the multitalented Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia became a center for developments in the world of arts and science.

Between 1793 and 1820, Philadelphia suffered five yellow-fever epidemics, which killed thousands but led to the construction of the US's first city water system. Philadelphia's fortunes declined in the 19th century, as New York took over as the nation's cultural, commercial and industrial center. Philly never regained the stature of its early years, despite continued cultural and educational innovation, commerce and shipbuilding, and a brief boomlet following WWII.

During the mid-20th century, like many American cities, Philadelphia watched much of its middle class forsake the city for the suburbs. The 1970s saw Philly grapple with innercity tensions, typified by the firefights between the police and the paramilitary MOVE group. However, by 1976, lavish plans for the nation's bicentennial had inspired a citywide cleanup and renovation campaign - a restoration that continues today - and the city is now consistently rated among the nation's 'best' in national polls of lifestyle and character.

Las Vegas (U.S.)

Las Vegas is in the southern part of the state of Nevada, about 50 miles east of the California border and 30 miles west of the Arizona border. The city is divided into two main parts: a compact downtown called Glitter Gulch and the Strip, a corridor of hotels and casinos.

The only natural feature to account for the location of Las Vegas is a spring north of downtown. Once used by Paiute Indians on their seasonal visits to the area, it was re-discovered by Mexican scout Rafael Rivera in 1829. The area became known to overland travelers as las vegas - 'the meadows' - a place with reliable water and feed for horses. Las Vegas became a regular stop on the southern emigrant route to California, the Spanish Trail. In the 1850s, Mormons built the town's first structures, a small mission and fort; the fort became a ranch house, but there was little development until 1902, when much of the land was sold to a railroad company. The area that is now downtown was subdivided when the tracks came through, with 1200 lots sold on 15 May 1905 alone - a date now celebrated as the city's birthday.

As a railroad town, Las Vegas had machine shops, a good number of hotels, saloons and gambling houses. The railroad laid off hundreds in the mid 1920s, but one Depression-era development gave the city a new life. The huge Hoover Dam project commenced in 1931, providing jobs and growth in the short term and water and power for the city's long-term growth.

Also in 1931, Nevada legalized gambling and simplified its divorce laws, paving the way for the first big casino, El Rancho, which was built by Los Angeles developers and opened in 1941. The next wave of investors, also from out of town, were mobsters like Bugsy Siegel, who built the Flamingo in 1946 and set the tone for the new casinos - big and flashy, with lavish entertainment laid on to attract high rollers.

The glitter that brought in the high rollers also attracted smaller spenders, but in larger numbers. Southern California provided a growing market for Las Vegas entertainment, and improvements in transport made it accessible to the rest of the country. Thanks to air conditioning and reliable water supplies, Vegas became one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. In recent years, Vegas has bent over backwards to remake itself into a family resort destination, building theme parks inside its hotels. Hotels have outdone each other with working volcanoes, million-gallon fishtanks and miniature Manhattans. All of which - along with dozens of artificial lakes in the suburbs - has put a huge strain on the city's water supply, but it hasn't slowed the development juggernaut.

Today Las Vegas boasts 19 of the world's 20 largest hotels, attracts 33 million visitors per year, earns over US$5.25 billion in annual gaming revenue, and marries over 100,000 people each year. There are other cities witih terrific entertainment and gaming opportunities, but there is no place in the world like Las Vegas, and no city even pretending to be.

Rome (Italy)

There's no escaping it: Rome means history. There are layers of the stuff - Etruscan tombs, Republican meeting rooms, Imperial temples, early Christian churches, medieval bell towers, Renaissance palaces and baroque basilicas. In this city a phenomenal concentration of history, legend and monuments coexists with an equally phenomenal concentration of people busily going about their everyday life. It's hard to say what you'll find most breathtaking about the eternal city - the arrogant opulence of the Vatican or the timelessness of the Forum.

Rome is halfway down Italy's western coast, about 20km inland. It's a vast city, but the historic centre is quite small. Most of the major sights are within a reasonable distance of the central railway station. It is, for instance, possible to walk from the Colosseum, through the Forum, up to Piazza di Spagna and across to the Vatican in one day, but you wouldn't really want to. All the major monuments are west of the train station, but make sure you use a map. While it can be enjoyable to get off the beaten track in Rome, it can also be very frustrating and time-consuming.

Most of the budget places to stay are clustered around Stazione Termini; this area is rife with pickpockets and gangs of thieving children, so beware - do your best to look like you know where you're going. It is only slightly more expensive and definitely more enjoyable to stay closer to the city centre.

Rome's mild climate makes it visitable year-round; however, spring and autumn are without doubt the best times to visit, with generally sunny skies and mild temperatures. Unfortunately, these times are also the peak tourist season, when the tour buses pour in and tourists are herded around like cattle. July and August are unpleasantly hot, and Romans traditionally desert the stiflingly hot city in August, with many businesses closing; try to avoid visiting at this time. From December to February there is briskly cold weather, although it's rarely grey and gloomy.

Events-wise, Italy's calendar bursts year-round with cultural events ranging from colourful traditional celebrations with a religious and traditional flavour, through to cultural events. Summer is definitely the best time to visit if you want to catch the best of the festivals; however, the Romaeuropa festival is now a feature of the autumn calendar, the Roma opera season runs from December until June and the classical and contemporary music scene is lively all year round.

The discovery of the City of Light and the experience of making it your own is and always has been the most compelling reason to visit. If you're a first-timer, everything in Paris, of course, will be new to you. If you've been away for a while, expect changes: Taxi drivers may no longer correct your French but address you in English--and that's tantamount to a revolution. More Parisians have a rudimentary knowledge of English, and the country, at least at first glance, seems less hysterically xenophobic than in past years. Part of this derives from Parisians' interest in music, videos, and films from foreign countries, and part is caused by France's growing awareness of its role within a united Europe.

Yet France has never been more concerned about the loss of its identity, as it continues to attract an increasing number of immigrants from its former colonies. Many have expressed concern that the country will lose the battle to keep its language strong, distinct, and unadulterated by foreign (particularly American) slang or catchwords (le weekend, for example).

Though Paris is in flux culturally and socially, it lures travelers for the same reasons it always has.

Few other countries are so dominated by their capital: Cairo is Egypt. For Egyptians to speak of one is to speak of the other. The 'Mother of the World' nurtures more than 16 million Egyptians, Arabs, Africans and sundryinternational hangers-on in a collision of East and West, old and new, African and Arabic. She's overburdened with one of the world's highest population densities, which makes for a seething mass of people, buildings and cacophonous traffic.

Cairo has been the heart of Egypt for more than 1000 years. Here the medieval world and the contemporary Western world clash in a confusion of mud-brick houses and towering modern office buildings, of flashy cars and donkey-drawn carts. Cairenes see nothing strange in this. They aren't driven by the Western obsession to update and upgrade. The resulting pervasive sense of timelessness is one of the city's great charms. At the end of the day, it's a city travelers either loveor hate; few come away indifferent.

Finding your way about Cairo's vast sprawl is not as difficult as it may seem. Midan Tahrir is at the center. Northeast of Tahrir and centered on Sharia Talaat Harb is Downtown, a bustling commercial district. The city's main train station at Midan Ramses marks Downtown's northernmost extent. Heading east, Downtown ends at Midan Ataba and the old medieval heart of the city known as Islamic Cairo takes over.

Bordering Downtown to the west is the Nile River, which is obstructed by two sizeable islands. The more central of these, connected directly to Downtown by three bridges, is Gezira, home to the Cairo Tower and the Opera House complex. The west bank of the Nile is less historical and much more residential. The primary districts are Mohandiseen, Agouza, Doqqi and Giza, all of which are light on charm and heavy on concrete. Giza covers by far the largest area of the four, stretching some 20km (12.4mi) west on either side of the long, straight road that ends at the foot of the Pyramids.
London (UK)

The British capital is more eclectic and electric than it's been in years. There's almost a feeding frenzy setting out to prove that London is the most pulsating, vibrant city on the planet, even rivaling New York for sheer energy, outrageous art, trendy restaurants, and a nightlife equal to none. Newsweek hailed London as a "hip compromise between the nonstop newness of Los Angeles and the aspic-preserved beauty of Paris--sharpened to New York's edge." Wine Spectator proclaims more modestly that "The sun is shining brighter in London these days."

Experimental theater is taking over stages that were built for Shakespeare's plays; and upstart chefs are reinventing the bland dishes British mums made for generations into a new and inventive cuisine; for the first time ever, Brits are even running the couture houses of Dior and Givenchy. In food, fashion, film, pop music, the visual arts, and just about everything else, London stands at the cutting edge again, just as it did in the 1960s.

However traditional London still lives, basically intact. From high tea at Brown's to the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, the city abounds with the culture and charm of days gone by.

Discovering London and making it your own can be a bit of a challenge, especially if you have just a little time. Even in the 18th century, Daniel Defoe found London "stretched out in buildings, straggling, confused, out of all shape; neither long nor broad, round nor square." The City of London proper is merely one square mile of very expensive real estate around the Bank of England. All the gargantuan rest of the city is made up of separate villages, boroughs, and corporations --Westminster, Chelsea, Hampstead, Kensington, and many more--each with its own mayor and administration ready to fight for its independent status. Together, however, they add up to a mammoth metropolis, once the largest on the globe.

Luckily, whether you're looking for Dickens' house or the Dr. Marten's Superstore, only a minute fraction of London's huge territory need concern you. The heart of this behemoth is one of the most fascinating areas on earth, and for about a century, one-quarter of the world was ruled from central London. With almost every step you take, you'll come across signs of the tremendous influence this city has exerted over our past, both in thought and action.

You could argue that Chicago is the quintessential American metropolis--not just the first great city carved from the young nation's western frontier, but an international capital of commerce and culture.

Many people say Chicago is the most livable big city in the United States. A generation ago, people poured out of the city for greener suburban pastures, but today people seem to want to live in the city again. The city has its well-publicized problems--among them, chronically troubled schools, street-gang violence, and deplorable public-housing conditions--but on many of these fronts, the city seems recommitted to repairing its afflictions. New town houses are sprouting in many quarters of the city, and developers scramble to carve out condos in neighborhoods on the fringes of downtown once thought unfashionable. Even fish have returned to the once-polluted Chicago River.

Visitors have more reasons than ever to visit Chicago, with its impressive new home for the Museum of Contemporary Art; a lively, rehabilitated Navy Pier and the resurrected North Loop theater district. Come summer, the lake sparkles and draws legionsto its shores, slowing traffic on Lake Shore Drive as envious drivers crane their necks to watch the volleyball players cavorting on the beaches. Chicago's domination of the convention business was further solidified recently with the completion of a mammoth new wing at the city's major convention hall, McCormick Place, and that booming trade has sparked another round of hotel construction.

Today, the typical visitor will discover that Chicago is more Paris than prairie. Within a few minutes you can go from the cosmopolitan buzz of the downtown Loop to a working-class Latino neighborhood. Unlike the oppressive density of Manhattan or the smog-choked skies over LA, there's room to breathe here. This is a living, vibrant, wonderfully diverse city, and one that offers something for everyone, whatever your tastes, inclinations, or budget may be. You won't cover it all, nor should you try. Chicago demands repeat visits.

City Hall: Building & Planning Permits, Finance, Water Service, HR, City Manager, City Clerk, City Council

Corporation Yard: Maintenance Facility for Public Works and Parks

Police Department: Administration, Police Reports, Patrol

Council Chambers: Council Meetings

Community Center: Permits, Rentals

Senior Center: Senior Trips and Classes, Drop-in Recreation

Teen Center: Drop-in Facility

1. 
   Lead-in
   

Please select one or two from the following activities.

The cute cookie cutters cut the cookies.

1. What two things can't you have for breakfast?

2. If you were to throw a white stone into the Red Sea, what would it become?

3. How can you leave a room with two legs and return with six legs?

* Keys: lunch and supper; it would become disappeared / wet; you have the room by yourself and return together with other two persons

c. Guessing

The teacher prepares some pictures of famous places in different cities, and let a student demonstrate and B student guess what it is.

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   Body
   

Topics on campus life:

1) Are you satisfied with your dining hall? (service, variety, quality and price of food; environment, etc) (Question No. 1)

2) Some people believe that the Earth is being harmed (damaged) by human activity. Others feel that human activity makes the Earth a better place to live. What is your opinion?

(Question No. 36)

3) Some people spend their entire lives in one place. Others move a number of times throughout their lives, looking for a better job, house, community, or even climate. Which do you prefer: staying in one place or moving in search of another place? (Question No. 37)

1. Review task: go over the expressions leant in the period.

2. Search for some names of famous cities around the world.

3. Topics for preparation:

1) Recall the most fantastic journeys you have experienced.

2) What is the place you are always longing for? And why?

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   Relevant new words
   

[加拿大] Vancouver 温哥华 [美国] San Francisco 旧金山

[美国] Seattle 西雅图 [美国] Los Angeles 洛杉矶

[加拿大] Edmonton 艾德蒙顿 [美国] Phoenix 凤凰城

[美国] Denver 丹佛 [墨西哥] Mexico City 墨西哥城

[加拿大] Winnipeg 温尼伯 [美国] Houston 休斯敦

[美国] Minneapolis 明尼亚波利斯 [美国] St. Paul 圣保罗

[美国] New Orleans 新奥尔良 [美国] Chicago 芝加哥

[美国] Montgomery 蒙哥马利 [危地马拉] Guatemala 危地马拉

[美国] Indianapolis 印地安纳波利斯 [美国] Atlanta 亚特兰大

[美国] Detroit 底特律 [美国] Philadelphia 费城

[加拿大] Toronto 多伦多 [加拿大] Ottawa 渥太华

[秘鲁] Lima 利马 [牙买加] Kingston 金斯敦

[柬埔寨] Bogota 波哥大 [美国] New York 纽约

[加拿大] Montreal 蒙特利尔 [美国] Boston 波士顿

[多米尼加] Santo Domingo 圣多明各 [玻利维亚] La Paz 拉帕兹

[委内瑞拉] Caracas 加拉加斯 [冰岛] Reykjavik 雷克雅未克

[葡萄牙] Lisbon 里斯本 [摩洛哥] Casablanca 卡萨布兰卡

[爱尔兰] Dublin 都柏林 [英国] London 伦敦

[西班牙] Madrid 马德里 [西班牙] Barcelona 巴塞罗那

[法国] Paris 巴黎 [尼日利亚] Lagos 拉各斯

[阿尔及利亚] Algiers 阿尔及尔 [比利时] Brussels 布鲁塞尔

[荷兰] Amsterdam 阿姆斯特丹 [瑞士] Geneva 日内瓦

[瑞士] Zurich 苏黎世 [德国] Frankfurt 法兰克福

[挪威] Oslo 奥斯陆 [丹麦] Copenhagen 哥本哈根

[意大利] Rome 罗马 [德国] Berlin 柏林

[捷克] Prague 布拉格 [克罗地亚] Zagreb 萨格雷布

[奥地利] Vienna 维也纳 [瑞典] Stockholm 斯德哥尔摩

[匈牙利] Budapest 布达佩斯 [塞尔维亚与蒙特内哥罗] Belgrade 贝尔格莱德

[波兰] Warsaw 华沙 [南非] Cape Town 开普敦

[保加利亚] Sofia 索非亚 [希腊] Athens 雅典城

[爱沙尼亚] Tallinn 塔林 [芬兰] Helsinki 赫尔辛基

[罗马尼亚] Bucharest 布加勒斯特 [白俄罗斯] Minsk 明斯克

[南非] Johannesburg 约翰尼斯堡 [土耳其] Istanbul 伊斯坦布尔

[乌克兰] Kyiv 基辅 [乌克兰] Odesa 敖德萨

[津巴布韦] Harare 哈拉雷 [埃及] Cairo 开罗

[土耳其] Ankara 安卡拉 [以色列] Jerusalem 耶路撒冷

[黎巴嫩] Beirut 贝鲁特 [约旦] Amman 安曼

[苏丹] Khartoum 喀土穆 [肯尼亚] Nairobi 内罗毕

[俄罗斯] Moscow 莫斯科 [埃塞俄比亚] Addis Ababa 亚的斯亚贝巴

[伊拉克] Baghdad 巴格达 [也门] Aden 亚丁

[沙特阿拉伯] Riyadh 利雅得 [马达加斯加] Antananarivo 安塔那那利佛

[科威特] Kuwait City 科威特城 [伊朗] Tehran 德黑兰

[阿拉伯联合酋长国] Abu Dhabi 阿布扎比 [阿富汗] Kabul 喀布尔

[巴基斯坦] Karachi 卡拉奇 [乌兹别克斯坦] Tashkent 塔什干

[巴基斯坦] Islamabad 伊斯兰堡 [印度] Mumbai 孟买

[印度] New Delhi 新德里 [尼泊尔] Kathmandu 加德满都

[孟加拉] Dhaka 达卡 [泰国] Bangkok 曼谷

[印尼] Jakarta 雅加达 [马来西亚] Kuala Lumpur 吉隆坡

[澳大利亚] Perth 珀斯 [菲律宾] Manila 马尼拉

[澳大利亚] Darwin 达尔文 [澳大利亚] Brisbane 布里斯班

[澳大利亚] Melbourne 墨尔本 [澳大利亚] Sydney 悉尼

[新西兰] Wellington 惠灵顿

2. Useful expressions

CRIME TYPE

VIOLENCE:

Homicide, Kidnapping &Abduction,

Robbery, Grievous Assaults,

Serious Assaults, Minor Assaults

Intimidation &Threats, Group Assemblies

SEXUAL OFFENCES:

Sexual Attacks, Sexual Affronts,

Abnormal sexual relations,

Immoral behaviour, Indecent videos

Drugs (not cannabis), Drugs (cannabis only),

Liquor, Gaming, Disorder, Vagrancy, Family offences,

Children & Young, Persons offences, Residential tenancies

Web sites:

http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/city.shtml?from=1&id=2965

City Life v.s. Village Life: Wangjianshuo's blog

1. 
   Teaching Objectives
   

1. 
   learn some useful words and expressions about arts, music and films.
   
2. 
   learn to describe the works of art.
   
3. 
   learn to describe a person / story.
   

2. 
   The Points to Be Highlighted
   

1. 
   How to describe the works of art?
   
2. 
   How to describe a person / story?
   

1. Look and talk 2. Group debate 3. Group work

4. Pair work 5. Guessing 6. Role playing

7. Individual work

We categorize art for the sake of understanding and interpretation: It is easiest to compare and make connections between works that are similar in fundamental ways. Painting, sculpture, and architecture are the arts most commonly discussed in textbooks as “the fine arts,” and they are sometimes grouped together with music and poetry. The wording fine arts, however, suggests that these art forms in some way rank higher than other art forms generally categorized as decorative arts or crafts. There are various justifications for this distinction: The fine arts use the human figure as their subject (although this is a difficult rationale when applied to architecture); they can convey ideas or moral values; they are interpreted or discussed in theoretical writings; and they can be appreciated for their own sake, without regard to their usefulness. The idea of fine arts traces back to the French Academy of Fine Arts of the 17th century, however, and since then artists have on many occasions actively worked to tear down this division.

Painting involves applying a pigment (coloring substance, often a mineral) on a surface. The pigment is suspended in a medium such as oil, water, or egg yolk, which helps the pigment adhere to the surface or gives it other qualities such as transparency or sheen. Among the most common types of painting are fresco painting, in which a water-soluble paint is applied to wet plaster; oil painting, in which pigment is suspended in slow-drying oil; tempera painting, in which pigment is suspended in egg yolk; and watercolor, in which pigment is suspended in water. The surface on which the paint is applied is called the ground; some commonly used grounds include wood panels, plaster, canvas, and paper.

Other two-dimensional media include vase painting, mosaics, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, sand painting, ink painting, and all forms of drawing and printmaking.

B. Sculpture

Sculpture, a broad category, comprises three-dimensional objects, whether freestanding (without other structures for support) or attached to a background and called relief sculpture. Sculptors can make their objects by modeling a soft material such as clay or wax; by carving hard materials, such as stone or wood; or by assembling different sorts of materials. Works modeled in a soft material are often cast in a more durable material such as plaster or bronze. Traditionally, we have thought of sculpture as objects without movement that are isolated from the viewer on a pedestal. Since the mid-20th century, however, sculptors have created objects that move, that share space with the viewer, or that create whole environments in which people can move.

C . Architecture

Architecture is the art of creating structures in which we can live, work, worship, and play. Architects, more than painters and sculptors, are concerned with the function of their buildings as well as with the visual appearance, structural solidity, and way in which a building fits into the landscape. Landscape architecture and garden design use plants and the land itself as materials to create outdoor spaces and interesting visual effects.

Music is food for the soul – a panacea for the mind. Music can help in improving memory. Kids can rattle off the entire alphabet range in song but are unable to remember the orders sans the tune. This happens because music functions are controlled in a different section of the brain than speech. Music continues to touch hearts the world over, irrespective of color and race.

A. Rock Music

Rock music saw its origins in the rock ‘n’ roll era of the fifties. Rock music was initially seen as dance music and gradually began to dominate the music scene for a long time to come. Rock music survived the various stages of recording technology from 78 –rpm to tape format to cassette and the mini disc. Rock music has been primarily popular with the teenage audience. A rock music disc is still a collector’s item even today.

B. Metal Music

Metal music emerged post World War II. Metal music was described as music that arises from the dissatisfied. Metal music is heavily influenced by the structure of the songs. While in rock music, songwriting is based within a form; in metal music the central melody decides the structure of the song. A scientist has described metal music as ‘information music’.

C. Rap Music

Rap music is a creation of an American minority. It was widely believed the rap music, as a fad will not see the test of time…. But it has already been around for nearly 20 years. Rap music can be traced to the West African professional singers and storytellers. Rap music was an offshoot of the Hip Hop culture – characterized by graffiti and break dancing. Rap music has been influenced considerably by Jamaican music. The Bronx in New York City was the originating hub of rap music.

pop music 流行音乐

folk music 民乐

rock 摇滚乐

rap 饶舌

classical music 古典乐

country music 乡村音乐

jazz 爵士乐

blues 兰调

light music 轻音乐

opera 歌剧

Musical instrument

piano 钢琴

organ 管风琴

violin 小提琴

viola 中提琴

cello, violoncello 大提琴

harp 竖琴

Chinese lute, 琵琶

guitar 吉他

flute 横笛

harmonica, mouth organ 口琴

bagpipes 风笛

accordion 手风琴

horn, trumpet 小号

saxophone 萨克管

Film

documentary (film) 记录片,文献片

literary film 文艺片musicals 音乐片

comedy 喜剧片

tragedy 悲剧片

cartoon (film) 卡通片,动画片

dubbed film 译制片

silent cinema, silent films 无声电影

sound motion picture, talkie 有声电影

detective film 侦探片

ethical film 伦理片

affectional film 爱情片

VI. Teaching Procedures and Contents

1. 
   Lead-in
   

1) Greetings

2) Warm-up

Please select one or two from the following activities.

a. Tongue Twister:

• 
  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper prepared by his parents and put them in a big paper plate.
  
• 
  If a shipshape ship shop stocks six shipshape shop-soiled ships, how many shipshape shop-soiled ships would six shipshape ship shops stock?
  

b. Puzzle

A woman was telling her friend, "It is I who made my husband a millionaire."

 "And what was he before you married him?" asked the friend. 

The woman replied, "A billionaire." 

c. Guessing

The teacher prepares some cards each with a word about musical instrument on it, and let A student demonstrate and B student guess what it is.

d. Idioms and hot words

The teacher prepares four idioms relevant to arts and musical instruments and and let students guess the meaning of them and make dialogues with at least two of them.

e.g. not as black as it is painted 不像所说的那么坏

as fit as a fiddle 非常健康

music to one’s ears 中听的话；悦耳的声音

drum ox 蠢蛋

2. 
   Body
   

Activity 1

Look and talk: Look at the photos on page 60 and tell which of the following works of art do you like? And tell students how you feel when you see it.. What other works of art do you like? Try to describe them.

Activity 2

Group debate: Look at the photos on page 61. Have students form groups of five or six to discuss the following topics.

• 
  Since some people are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed to survive, the use of national income to support the arts is inappropriate.
  
• 
  In order for any work of art – whether film, literature, sculpture, or a song – to have merit, it must be understadable to most people.
  
• 
  The national income should be used to support scientific researches or arts.
  

Activity 3

Group guessing: Let students form groups of five or six. First one student describes a work of art and another student guesses which one it is; then the second student explain it by using his/her own words to another student… the process goes on until the last student.

Activity 4

Guessing: Teacher ask several students to provide the background information about their favorite pop star. Let other students guess the name of them.

Activity 5

Role playing: Let students to form 6-7 groups. Try to perform an episode of the film they like best. Things deserved attention:

• 
  The film should be familiar enough to most of students.
  
• 
  They should be English films, rather than Chinese films being translated.
  
• 
  The performance lasts for no more than 3 minutes.
  

Activity 6

Individual work:

Topics on Art and Entertainment:

1）Can you see many English films on campus? (Question No. 3)

2）Does your cinema put on many English films (with Chinese subtitles)?

(Question No. 4)

3）A 20-minutes Internet parody edited from the Promise called The Steamed Bun Murder has been becoming more popular than the movie itself. And it immediately drew the attention of the legal community. Does it infringe upon the “right of integrity” of the authors that is protected by Copyright Law? (Question No. 61)

VII. Assignments

1. Review task: go over the expressions used to art, music and films.

2. Search for some names of important historic sites around the world.

3. Topics for preparation:

1) Recall the most fantastic story you have experienced in your children.

2) If you could go back to the past, which dynasty would you like best? And why?

VIII. Complementary Expressions

1. Relevant new words

documentary (film) 记录片,文献片

silent cinema, silent films 无声电影

detective film 侦探片

2. Useful expressions

to release a new film/albumn 新电影/专辑的上市

to hold premier ceremony 举行电影首映礼

to put sth. up for auction 拍卖某物

the Beatles’ greatest hits Beatles的畅销单曲

3. Functional patterns

1. What's your favorite music? 你最喜欢什么音乐？

2. Do you often go to a concert? 你经常去听音乐会吗？

3. I hate Jazz. It's too noisy. 我讨厌爵士，太吵了。

4. Do you like pop music? 你喜欢流行音乐吗？

5. I have never heard the piece before, who wrote it? 我从没听过这首曲子，谁写的？

6. What do you think of their skill? 你觉得他们演奏技术如何？

7. I find classical concerts more to my liking than rock concerts.我觉得古典音乐会比摇滚音乐会更合我胃口。

8. I've never seen a more stirring story. 我从来没看过比这更令人激动的故事。

9. He has a passion for art. 他很热衷于艺术。

10. I am most attracted by Mozart. 莫扎特的作品更吸引我。

11. I never grow tired of music though I listen to them everyday.我每天看小说，但从没厌烦过。

12. What do think about this film? 你觉得这个电影怎么样？

13. I like Mozart better than Beethoven. 与弥尔顿比起来，我更喜欢莎士比亚。

14. How much do you know about the works of Mozart? 莫扎特的作品你知道多少？

15. What do you dislike most about this movie? 这部电影你最不喜欢什么？

16. I would rather sleep than watch this movie. 我情愿睡觉也不看这部电影。

17. She is sick of watching dracula films. 她厌恶观看恐怖片。

18. She has good taste in arts. 她对艺术很有鉴赏力。
IX. Reference

1. Web sites:

http://bbs.hjenglish.com

2. Books:

《标准美语900句》Roberts 等编著世界图书出版公司2004
Unit Fifteen In the Past

1. 
   Teaching Objectives
   

On completion of this chapter, students should be able to:

1. 
   learn some useful words and expressions used in comparision.
   
2. 
   learn to narrate what happened in the past.
   
3. 
   know about as many important historic sites in the world as possible.
   

2. 
   The Points to Be Highlighted
   

1. 
   learn some useful words and expressions used in comparision.
   
2. 
   learn to narrate what happened in the past.
   

III. Teaching Approaches and Facilities

1. Look and talk 2. Group discussion 3. Group work

4. Situational conversation 5. Pair work 6. Guessing

7. Role playing 8. Individual work

IV. Background Information

Facts, Figures Reveal Better Life Has Dawned

Life is changing every day.

People may have deep memories of some great changes, and have little impression of other minor ones which, in the long run, may affect our daily lives as well.

Figures recorded by a market research company during the past seven years reflect such changes in most Chinese lives.

The China Marketing and Media Study (CMMS) is conducted by a Sino-Japanese independent market research company, SinoMonitor, in collaboration with British market researcher BMRB International and US software firm Telmar.

CMMS has followed over 70,000 Chinese consumers aged between 15 and 64 in 30 major cities since 1997.

Ownership of durable consumer goods

The number of people who own some durable consumer goods as home appliances is increasing year after year. Especially, ownership of such appliances as mobile phones, microwave ovens, computers and autos, which started becoming popular among Chinese families in the mid-1990s, grew rapidly.

CMMS data shows that in 2003, 48.5 per cent of the people surveyed had mobile phones, more than doubling the ownership three years ago, which stood at only 23.8 per cent.

When the first generation cellular phone dageda, which looked like a brick appeared in the Chinese market in the early 1990s, it was seen as a symbol of wealth.

During the following decade, cell phones have improved many times. Today, cell phones have various designs and all kinds of functions.

Even migrant workers and school students use mobile phones.

With the opening of China's telecom market, telecom carriers are competing to lower communication fees and offer diversified services for customers, which means Chinese are enjoying more and more convenient and less expensive telecommunications and the mobile phone market is set to grow rapidly in years to come.

Of all the household electrical appliances, the microwave oven is the one that has spread among Chinese families fastest.

Just two or three years ago, microwave ovens were regarded as a "luxury items" costing at least 3,000 yuan (US$362). Most families could not afford one.

But now it is only an everyday home electrical appliance priced at some hundreds of yuan and considered an essential cooking appliance for Chinese.

Its convenience and quickness has changed the life style of modern people.

According to the CMMS data, 34.9 per cent of people surveyed had microwave ovens in 2000, while the figure increased to 47.5 per cent last year.

Today, 72.5 per cent of Chinese families use water heaters, CMMS data says.

Some 10 years ago, many Chinese went to public baths once or twice a week, due to their poor living conditions.

The crowding and the noise at the public baths is still fresh in many people's memories.

A famous Chinese movie Bathing, starring well-known actor Pu Cunxi, gives a clear picture of public bath houses at that time.

Though they still exist today, their function has changed.

They provide sauna, spa and other services and people go there for relaxation.

The CMMS data shows more than 50 per cent of families have air-conditioners, which enable them to be warm in winter and cool in summer.

The number of people who have private cars also increased rapidly in the last two years.

In 2003, 3.9 per cent of people surveyed had their own cars. The figure has grown to 30 per cent over the previous year.

Ownership of video players grows by about 7 per cent year-on-year. CMMS shows 68 per cent of Chinese families had video players last year.

The number of people who own computers grows even faster. In 2003, some 30 per cent of people surveyed had computers, compared with only 17 per cent three years ago.

The rapid growth in the number of people who have these durable consumer goods shows that life among Chinese is becoming more and more convenient and comfortable. The increase in video players and computer ownership reflects the colorful cultural life of the Chinese.

Use of fast moving consumer goods

Consumption of fast moving consumer goods, which mainly include articles for daily use, beverages and food, shows that Chinese living standards are improving year by year.

The per capita milk consumption is always regarded as a key criteria to weigh people's standard of living in a country.

In the early 1980s when the market was in short supply, many Chinese families did not even have milk powder to feed their babies.

Today, parents are often dazzled by all kinds of dairy products lying on the shelves of supermarkets.

At present, more than 75 per cent of Chinese buy dairy products, especially fresh milk, daily. The figure was 7 percentage points lower in 2000.

While that figure, as well as the per capita milk consumption in China is much lower than that of developed countries, it shows the improved life of the Chinese people.

As living standards rise, people are beginning to pay more attention to health.

To fill the stomach is no longer a concern for them, instead they care more about how to eat healthily.

Bearing such consumption concepts in mind, Chinese have welcomed to tea drinks and juices, which are said to be healthy.

CMMS data shows last year, more than 37 per cent of those surveyed bought tea drinks, and 39 per cent had juice drinks regularly.

In addition to food, the use of daily necessities also shows the improving lives in urban areas of China.

In 2003, nearly half of the people surveyed used shower and bathing gels. And there are many kinds of facial cleansers and hand cleaners on the domestic market.

A dozen years ago, soap was the only cleaning product for private hygiene in the country.

Shopping habits

The improvement in Chinese living standards is also reflected by the change of life style.

In the 1990s, Chinese people still went to free markets and bargained with dealers, when buying food stuffs like meat, eggs, vegetables and fruits.

The appearance of supermarkets changed the shopping habits of most of urban residents.

When supermarket first emerged in China, Chinese went there just for curiosity.

Their comfortable environment, abundant goods, good services and relatively reasonable prices have lured more and more people.

CMMS data shows the number of people who shop at supermarkets is climbing every year. In 2000, 89.6 per cent of those surveyed went there, and the figure rose to 95.1 per cent last year.

In addition, goods and services offered by supermarkets have become more comprehensive.

From home appliances to needles and threads, from seafood to processed foods, all can be found in supermarkets.

Today, people can easily go to a supermarket and find what they need, as supermarkets of different sizes are everywhere in urban areas.

Data collected by the study shows the number of Chinese who buy food and commodities for daily use from supermarkets grew fast in recent years.

Fifteen per cent of the surveyed bought vegetables and meats in supermarkets in 2003, compared with 8.6 per cent in 2000.

The proportion of people who bought fruit in supermarkets more than doubled to 11.1 per cent in 2003 from 5.4 per cent three years ago.

And 29 per cent of customers purchased daily commodities in supermarkets, 30.5 per cent for beverages and 13.3 per cent for durable consumer goods last year.

Aside from supermarkets, more and more people buy daily necessities, durable consumer products, cigarettes, alcohol, and garments in zhuanmaidian, a Chinese term meaning a store which sells products under a single brand name, especially famous ones.

CMMS data shows the number of such people grew by 25 per cent year-on-year.

Only a few years ago, most Chinese believed that zhuanmaidian is a place for the richest people.

The phenomenon shows people pay greater attention to the quality of products, and cheap prices is no longer the most important factor people make when deciding where to shop.

Change in transportation

Statistics show 19.8 per cent of those surveyed choose to walk to their offices every day last year.

The figure was 12.5 per cent in 2000, 12.9 per cent in 2001, and 16 per cent in 2002.

The reason is that as life improves, Chinese have also grown more aware of the importance of exercise for maintaining health. However, the intense life and work patterns of most urban residents made going to the gym impossible.

Thus, people walked from home to the office in the morning and back after work, to stay fit and save money.

As the number of people who went to work on foot grew, the number of people who took bicycles as their major mode of transportation decreased.

The proportion was 40.9 per cent three years ago, but was down to 34.4 per cent last year.

The number of people who used motorcycles as their main mode of transportation also went down, as many cities did not allow motorcycles in downtown areas for easing traffic pressures.

Four per cent of the surveyed took motorcycles as major traffic means last year, compared with 5.6 per cent in 2001.

Meanwhile, 2.6 per cent of people travelled mainly by private car. The figure was 2.4 per cent in 2001.

The growth is much lower than the ownership of private cars during the past three years. Currently, more than 33 per cent of Chinese took buses for their major traffic means.

This is due to crowded roads and few parking lots.

Now city governments are putting more effort into developing road networks and public transportation, such as more bus lines and subways, to make public transportation quicker, convenient and comfortable.
V. Vocabulary

tape 磁带 pen container 笔筒

laptop 笔记本电脑 contact lenses 隐形眼镜

mobile phone 手机 marker 记号笔

propelling pencil 自动铅笔 appliances 电器

microwave ovens 微波炉 cellular phone dageda 大哥大（蜂窝式电话）

water heaters 热水器 sauna 桑拿

spa 水疗 video players

refrigerator 冰箱 washing machine洗衣机

air-conditioner空调 vacuum cleaner吸尘器

electric fan风扇 electric smoothing iron 电熨斗

flashlight 手电筒 broiler 烘烤机

can opener 开罐头刀 dicer 切块机

dishwasher 洗碗机 dryer 干衣机

eggbeater 打蛋器 fan 风扇

freezer 冷冻箱 furnace 壁炉

humidifier 湿度调节器 iron 烫斗

juicer 榨汁机 oven 烤箱/炉

percolator 过滤器 Range hood 抽油烟机

shaver 电动剃须刀 stove 炉子

toaster 烤面包机
VI. Teaching Procedures and Contents

1. 
   Lead-in
   

1) Greetings

2) Warm-up

Please select one or two from the following activities.

a. Tongue Twister:

• 
  Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter. Peter Pan Peanut is the peanut picky people pick.
  
• 
  How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
  

b. Puzzle

What nail should you never hit with a hammer?

- fingernail

c. Guessing

The teacher prepares some cards each with a word about an appliance or a famous historic site on it, and let A student demonstrate and B student guess what it is.

d. Hot words

The teacher prepares several expressions relevant to countries and let students guess the meaning of them and talk about the origins of the names.

e.g.

山姆大叔 (Uncle Sam) 美国

约翰牛 (John Bull) 英国

2. 
   Body
   

Activity 1

Look and talk: Look at the photos on page 64 and tell what was this person like 15 years ago? What is he or she like now?

Activity 2

Group discussion: What was the best year of your life? Why?

Group work: Have students tell a story about something that happened to them in the past, or talk about what is happening in the pictures on page 79 and on page 85.

Situational conversation: Let the above groups complete the following performances:

Step 1: It is raining cats and dogs.

Step 2: A lady’s bike breaks down.

Step 3: A kind gentleman stops and helps the lady….

Activity 3

Pair work: Let students form groups of four. They play the roles of Chinese, Ameircan , French and British respectively. Then introduce the different famous historic sites of the four countries. Activity 4

Guessing: Have students match the buildings on page 66 to the dates they were complted on the time line. And tell about some relevant information of them.

Activity 5

Role playing: Role play what is happening in the pictures on page 79 and on page 85.

Activity 6

Individual work:

Topics on daily life:

1）Nowadays some students usually surf the Internet day and night, what do you think of it?(Question No. 18)

2）What’s the most unforgettable experience in your life? (Question No. 24)

VII. Assignments

1. Review task: go over the expressions used in comparision.

2. Search for some names of famous historic sites around the world.

3. Topics for preparation:

1) What is the funniest movie you’ve seen?

2) Prepare the pictures of the movie stars you like best and describe his or her charater and the film style.

VIII. Complementary Expressions

1. Relevant new words

Taj Mahal 泰姬陵

Notre Dame 巴黎圣母院

Empire State Building 万国大厦

Colosseum 罗马斗兽场

Parthenon 巴台农神庙

Petronas Towers 双子大厦

Stoneheng埃夫伯里巨石遗址 

2. Useful expressions

1. As far as ...is concerned

2. It goes without saying that...

3. It can be said with certainty that...

4. As the proverb says

5. It has to be noticed that...

6. It`s generally recognized that...

7. It`s likely that

8. It`s hardly that.../ It’s hardly too much to say that...
9. What calls for special attention is that...
10. There’s no denying the fact that....

11. Nothing is more important than the fact that...

12. What’s far more important is that...
3. Functional patterns

1. 
   Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages．
   
2. 
   Living in a city has both advantages and disadvantages．
   
3. 
   Compared with cars，bikes have their advantages and disadvantages．
   
4. 
   Although computers bring people a lot of convenience，they have many disadvantages．
   
5. 
   ．．．．has many advantages．For example，．．．However，just as every coin has two sides，．．．has its disadvantages．
   

6. ．．．．play（s）an important role ／part in．．．

7. Computers play an important role in science and technology．

8. Computers play a more and more important role in our life．

9. Computers play an increasingly important role in our studies．

10. Education plays an important part in developing our mind．

11．Advertisement plays an informative role in our daily life．

12．In the past，letters played a decisive role in long-distance communication．But now ，telephone，email，fax have taken their place．

13. With the development of．．．，

14.With the development of our economy，many Chinese families can afford a car．

15. With the development of our economy and society，pollution is more and more serious．

16. With the rapid development of science and technology，people can get a college degree by taking online-courses at home．

17．With the current social and technological developments，employees with more knowledge and higher academic degrees are needed．

18.With the rapid increase of China's population，housing problem is becoming more and more serious．

19. With more and more women entering society，people's attitude towards women is changing．

20．With the deepening of Chinese reform and opening up，an increasing number of Chinese families can afford a car．

21. ．．．．take measures to do sth．

22．We should take measures to control pollution in order to save the world．

23．We'd better take effective measures to prevent students from cheating on exams．

24．The government decided to take strong measures against drug abuse．

25．Urgent measures should be taken to prevent terrorists from carrying out further attacks．

IX. Reference

1. Web sites:

http://www.unarmy.cn/space/index.php/action_viewthread_tid_20995.html

http://comic.daqi.com/tuhai/article/tu_0/132020530/3.html

2. Books:

《BFT口语会话教程》郅红，张充 机械工业出版社2006

Unit Sixteen Comedy and Humor

1. 
   Teaching Objectives
   

On completion of this chapter, students should be able to:

1. 
   learn some useful words and expressions to talk about scenes.
   
2. 
   learn to describe cartoons.
   
3. 
   learn the different ways of being humorous in different countries.
   

2. 
   The Points to Be Highlighted
   

1. 
   How to talk about scenes?
   
2. 
   How to describe cartoons?
   
3. 
   
   

III. Teaching Approaches and Facilities

1. Look and talk 2. Group discussion 3. Group work

4. Role playing
IV. Background Information

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