现代大学英语听力2unit-10-history精编版

1、 Contemporary College English Listening v讲授内容：课堂听力讲授内容：课堂听力Intensive Listening v讲授方式：讲授方式： Audio materials （listening， do the exercises， practice repeating 四次放音四次放音four times playing） v成绩评定：期末成绩评定：期末50%+期中期中20%+口语测试口语测试 10%+平时成绩平时成绩20% v课外作业：未讲的课堂听力课外作业：未讲的课堂听力Intensive Listening +自主听力自主听力Extensive

2、Listening Unit 10 History Unit 10 History vObjectives:教学目的教学目的 v1. Understand descriptions of historical events, figures, and places. v2. Follow discussions of cause and effect, advantages and disadvantages. v3. Make inferences v4. Summarize main ideas and supporting details Task 1 how the states in

3、 the US got their names v Script：【原文】：【原文】 vPeople who visited the United States sometimes wonder how the states got their names. Some of the most interesting names came from American Indian language. For example, Illinois, was named for the Indians who used to live in that part of the country. In t

4、heir language, Illinois means “Brave Men”. Connecticut means “At the Long River Mouth” in the language of the Indians who used to live there. vTwenty-five of the states have Indian names, but other names were taken from different languages. Georgia and Pennsylvania have names which were taken from t

5、he Latin language. Florida and Colorado were named by Spanish people. States like New Hampshire and New Jersey were named for places in England. vThe two newest states have names which did not come from any of those languages. Hawaii got its name from a word in the Hawaiian language which means “Hom

6、eland.” Alaska was named by the Russians, from whom Alaska was bought in 1867. Task 1 how the states in the US got their names Task 1 how the states in the US got their names v Key and Answers【答案】【答案】 v v A. Fill in the following chart. v v v B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) o

7、r false (F) according to the tape. v v 1) T 2) F 3) T Task 2 Stonehenge stunhend (巨石阵巨石阵) Definition: North of the ancient megalithic ruins: the city of Salisbury s:lzbri , England. Array of stones, could be ancient humans set for observing astronomical phenomena finmin . To promote the development

8、of archaeoastronomy:kiust rnmi . . 英国索尔兹伯里以北的古代巨石建筑遗迹。阵中巨石的排列，可英国索尔兹伯里以北的古代巨石建筑遗迹。阵中巨石的排列，可 能是远古人类为观测天象而置的。推动了考古天文学的发展。能是远古人类为观测天象而置的。推动了考古天文学的发展。 Task 2 Stonehenge stunhend (巨石巨石 阵阵) v Words and expressions v 1.eclipse英英 klps 美美 klps vt. 使黯然失色；形 成蚀 n. 日蚀，月蚀；黯然失色 v 2.monument英英 mnjm()nt 美美 mnjumnt n

9、. 纪念碑；历史遗迹；不朽的作品 vt. 为树碑 v 3.observatory英英 bzvt()r 美美 bzvtri n. 天文台；气象台；瞭望台 v 复数复数 observatories v . Task 2 the famous Stonehenge， the mysterious circle of stones in England Task 2 the famous Stonehenge，the mysterious circle of stones in England v Script： 【原文】【原文】 vThe circle of stones that can be s

10、een at Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain in England is one of the oldest and most mysterious monuments in the world. The monument was probably put up between 2000 B.C. and 1400 B.C. When it was completed it consisted of a double circle of stones, with two more groups of stones outside the circles. M

11、any of the stones used in this monument must have been transported over 250 miles to Stonehenge. Single stones, some of them weighing about four tons, must have been sent on rivers and rolled over land on tree trunks. They cant have been carried! The men who moved the stone didnt have wheels or hors

12、es. Each stone had to be moved by hand and placed in position. They were fitted together with great technical skill. There are many theories about the purpose of the stones. Stonehenge was certainly a meeting place. The stones have been arranged in a particular way to mark sunrise and sunset at cert

13、ain times during the year. This may have been a place of worship of the sun and also an observatory. One interesting theory suggests that the stones were some kind of computer which was used to predict eclipses of the sun and moon. Task 2 the famous Stonehenge，the mysterious circle of stones in Engl

14、and v Keys： 【答案】【答案】 v v A. Answer the following questions. v 1) Probably between 2000 B.C. and 1400 B.C. v 2) About four tons. v 3) They might have been sent on rivers and rolled over land on tree trunks. v 4) By hand. v v B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. v meeting place; sunri

15、se; sunset; worship; observatory; computer; eclipses v v Lesley: I think the most attractive foreign accents for me are Mediterranean accents because they, if you like, import their own culture into the English accent and give it a lot of life that sometimes, that kind of-the gestures and everything

16、 that the English people dont have, so you get a beautiful mixture of the serious Northern European and the Southern European together. v v Susan: I like the Swedish accent because it, it makes me smile and the way its spoken is so sing-songy that you cant help but smile when other people actually s

17、peak it. And it always makes you want to try and put the accent on yourself. Task 3 the history of painting pictures Task 3 the history of painting pictures Words and expressions 1.Egyptiansi:dipnz n. 埃及人 2.Spain英英 spein 美美 spen n. 西班牙 ic strip连载漫画；四格漫画 ( comic strips )N-COUNT A comic strip is a ser

18、ies of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine. 连环画页 4.diagrams英英 美美 da,grm n. 图表；数 图解（diagram的复数）；略图 v. 用图解释 ；作的图解（diagram的三单形式） 5.Mediterranean美美 ,mdtrenn n. 地中 海 adj. 地中海的 Task 3 the history of painting pictures v Scripts【原文】【原文】 vHuman beings have been painting pictures

19、 for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps th

20、e painter thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures. vAbout 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs

21、to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet. v The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories

22、 from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modem comic-strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way o

23、f writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it. v Task 3 the history of painting pictures v Scripts【原文】【原文】 v vBy the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea bad developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and th

24、ere were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letter of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world. vT

25、hese days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds, drawings, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures he

26、lp us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting. v 【答案】【答案】 Fill in the following chart. Task 10 v Script v v The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. The universities of Oxford and Cambridge are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two u