Unit 13 The Media
Part A
Communicative Function Describing Things
In daily life we often describe things to others. In our descriptions, we talk about size, shape, color and so on.
Listen to the Conversation and supply the missing information in the blanks.
Color: orange
Shape: rectangular
Material: wool
Usage: to keep warm
The prent: a woolen scarf
Script
Ro: Hi, James. I hear that your birthday is coming soon.
James: Yes. It's next Tuesday.
Ro: I've bought a prent for you.
James: What is it? Can you tell me?
Ro: No, it's a surpri. You'll e it next Tuesday.
James: Let me guess. What color is it?
Ro: Um…it's orange.
James: And what about the shape?
花糖纸Ro: Rectangular.
迪士尼攻略James: How big is it?
Ro: Oh, about 30 centimeters wide and 2 meters long.
James: Really? Is it heavy?
Ro: Not really.
James: What's it made of?
Ro: It's made of wool.
James: What's it ud for?聚丙烯纤维混凝土
Ro: To keep warm.
James: Oh, I know! It's a woolen scarf.家庭教育金句
Ro: That's it. See you next Tuesday, James. Bye.
Notes
There are a variety of shapes. The common ones are round, square (正方形), oval (橢圆形), long, angular (尖角形莺), rectangular (长方形) and so on.
Listening Strategy Filling in Forms
In everyday life we often have to fill in different kinds of forms. Knowing how to fill in a form is a skill we must learn. Before filling in a form it is important to find out what kind of information is required and where to write the relevant details.
Now listen to the tape and then complete the student information card and the hotel rervation form below.
| 印度足球 Student Information Name Betty Li Date of birth August 19th, 1990 Sex Female Date of entering the university August 31st, 2008 Address Room 420, No 1 Residence Hall for students 消防安全人人有责Education graduated from No. 3 Girls High School in Shanghai Interests writing, painting and music |
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Script
Betty Li graduated from No.3 Girls High School in Shanghai in the summer of 2008. She enrolled in the Department of Chine at Northwest University on August 31st, 2008. Betty lives on campus. She lives in Room 420 of No.1 Residence Hall for students. Her phone number is 52167739.
Betty was born on August 19th, 1990. She is interested in writing, painting and music. She hopes to become a writer when she finishes college.
Part B
Listening Tasks
Script
Radio and TV
The most obvious difference between radio and television is that you listen and look at
the television, but just listen to the radio. In this way, radio is more imaginative becau it forces you to form pictures in your own mind rather than providing you with visual information, which is what television does.
In addition, radio is more flexible than television, since you don't have to be in the same room as the radio t in order to listen to the programs, but you do have to be in the same room as a television in order to watch it.
A radio is also far more portable than a television. You can listen to the radio while driving in the car, jogging or even just walking around. Although portable televisions do exist, you can't really watch one while you are jogging, for example.
One of the main advantages of radio, however, is that it offers the listener more immediate access to information. Most radio stations broadcast news reports at regular half-hour or hourly intervals, but television news is only broadcast a few times each day. Also, the variety of topics you get on the radio is much greater than that on television.
Radio is more personal than television. Many radio programs are interactive in a way that television can never be. Listeners can call the radio station they are listening to and express their thoughts and opinions live on air. You can't ring up a television station and express your opinions, can you?
Language and Culture Notes
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1. Background information From its appearance at the beginning of the 20th century, radio had been a major provider of news and entertainment until television came into being. The early models of the modern television appeared in the 1920s but its popularity did not begin until after World War II, especially until after color TV became available in the 1960s. Today TV ts are much more sophisticated. Not only are they attached with remote control, but they can be hooked to VCR, VCD, DVD and even to the Internet. So it is not surprising that more and more people now watch TV to get news, sports, and a great variety of entertainment. Yet television cannot completely replace radio. Many people still like radio becau of its compactness in size. Radio also survives as a major
part of a tape recorder, a hi-fi and a necessary component of a car. To adapt to the invention of TV, radio has also made great changes in its system, and in the way it prents programs. The stereo system, for example, is successful in winning music lovers to radio programs.
