研究生学术英语答案Unit7

1、Section A Focused ActivitiesSection B Extended ActivitiesIntroduction to Disaster Films (1)Unit 7 The Day After Tomorrow A disaster film is a film that has an ongoing disaster (such as a damaged airliner, fire, shipwreck, an asteroid collision or natural calamities) as its subject. Along with showin

2、g the spectacular disaster, these films concentrate on the chaotic events surrounding the disaster, including efforts for survival, the effects upon individuals and families, and “what-if” situations. These films typically describe multiple plotlines, focusing on the characters attempts to escape or

3、 cope with the disaster and its after-effects. Once the disaster begins in a disaster film, the characters are usually Introduction to Disaster Films (1)Introduction to Disaster Films (1)Section A Focused ActivitiesPart 1 Lead-inPart 2 Watching & ListeningPart 3 Fun TimeUnit 7 The Day After Tomo

4、rrowDirector: Roland EmmerichRun Time: 124 minutesRelease Time: 2004Awards & NominationsWon: BAFTA Awards: Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects Background InformationPart 1 Lead-inSection A Visual Effects Society Awards(VES Award) 2005 Golden Trailer Awards(Golden Trailer) 2005 BMI Film &a

5、mp; TV Awards 2005 BMI Film Music Award Best Single Visual Effect of the Year 2005Nominated: Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA(Golden Reel Award) 2005 Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2005 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion PicturePart 1 Lead-inSection APlot SummaryPart 1

6、Lead-inSection A This movie takes a big-budget, special-effects-filled look at what the world would look like if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued at such levels that they resulted in worldwide catastrophe and disaster, including multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods a

7、nd the beginning of the next Ice Age. At the center of the story is a paleoclimatologist (a scientist who studies the ways weather patterns changed in the past), Professor Jack Hall, who tries to save the world from the effects of global warming while also trying to get to his son, Sam, who is in Ne

8、w York City as part ofa scholastic competition, when the city is overwhelmed by The Day After Tomorrow shows a disastrous and abrupt climate change. Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is at a research station in Antarctica when an ice block as big as a state breaks off the continental shelf. Jack senses t

9、hat wild weather patterns (huge typhoons, large hailstorms in Japan and other temperate zones) might signal a coming ice age tripped off by global warming. Now identify the natural disasters according to the following pictures.TaskPart 1 Lead-inSection APart 1 Lead-inSection A.5.6.landslide_v

10、olcano eruption_lightening_flood_earthquake_fire_Part 1 Lead-inSection A7.8.9.tornado_avalanche_tsunami_Directions: In this part, youre going to watch six clips from the movie The Day After Tomorrow. After watching each clip, please complete the tasks following it.Part 2 Watching & ListeningSect

11、ion AClip 1UN Conference on global warming in New Delhi. (158)Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AWord Bankcataclysmic a. 大变动的大变动的fragile a. 脆弱的脆弱的paradox n. 自相矛盾的话自相矛盾的话sensationalist n. 采用耸人听闻手采用耸人听闻手法的人法的人Kyoto Accord京都议定书京都议定书fossil n. 化石化石chunk a. 大块的大块的Task 1Part 2 Watching & Listening

12、Section AWatch the clip and fill in the blanks with the words you get from the clip.Professor Hall: What we have found locked in these ice cores is 1) of a cataclysmic climate shift, which occurred around ten thousand years ago. The concentration of these natural greenhouse gases in the ice cores in

13、dicates that runaway warming pushed the planet into an ice age, which lasted two centuries.Arabian Reporter: Im 2) . I thought you were talking about global warming, not an ice age.evidence_confused_Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AProfessor Hall: Yes, it is a paradox, but, global warming can

14、 3) a cooling trend. Let me explain. The Northern Hemisphere owes its temperate climate to the North Atlantic current. Heat from the sun arrives at the 4) and is carried north by the ocean. But, global warming is melting the polar ice caps and 5) this flow. Eventually it will shut down, and when tha

15、t occurs, there goes our warm climate.British Reporter: Excuse me. When do you think this could happen, professor? When?trigger_equator_disrupting_Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AProfessor Hall: I dont know. May in a hundred years, maybe in a thousand. But what I do know is that if we do not

16、 act soon, it is our children and our 6) who will have to pay the price.Vice President: And whos going to pay the price of the Kyoto Accord? It will cost the worlds economy hundreds of billions of dollars.Professor Hall: 7) , Mr. Vice President, the cost of doing nothing could be even higher. Our cl

17、imate is fragile. 8) were burning fossil fuels and polluting the environment, the ice caps will soon disappear.grandchildren_With all due respect_At the rate_Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AVice President: Professor, uh, Hall. Our economy is every bit as fragile as the environment. Perhaps y

18、ou should keep that in mind before making sensationalist 9) .Professor Hall: Well, the last chunk of ice that 10) was about the size of the State of Rhode Island. Some people might call that pretty sensational.claims_broke off_1. According the Professor Hall, ice age has been around for centuries.2.

19、 North Atlantic current could have a strong influence on climate at the equator.3. Professor Hall calls for immediate actions to prevent climate shift.4. Some people think Professor Halls speech goes too far.5. Vice president agrees with Professor Hall to a certain extent.Part 2 Watching & Liste

20、ningSection AWatch the movie clip again and then decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false.Task 2T_F_T_T_F_Professor Hall: What we have found locked in these ice cores is evidence of a cataclysmic climate shift, which occurred around ten thousand yea

21、rs ago. The concentration of these natural greenhouse gases in the ice cores indicates that runaway warming pushed the planet into an ice age, which lasted two centuries.Arabian Reporter: Im confused. I thought you were talking about global warming, not an ice age.Professor Hall: Yes, it is a parado

22、x, but, global warming Following is the script of Clip 1:Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AClip 2Dr. Jack Halls son Sam is in New York with his favorite girl to participate in a national high school quiz competition. (207)Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection APart 2 Watching & ListeningS

23、ection AWord BankNOMAD流浪者流浪者 (测量仪测量仪器名称器名称)scenario n. 情况情况buoy n. 浮标浮标prehistoric a. 史前的史前的malfunction n. 机器故障机器故障swell n. 浪涌浪涌plot v. 预测预测Hurricane Noelani诺埃尔飓风诺埃尔飓风1. When does Terry Rapson make the call? A) Early in the morning. B) Late in the afternoon. C) At midnight. D) Late in the morning.2.

24、 What might disrupt the North Atlantic Current? A) Global warming. B) Polar melting. C) Ice age. D) Sun heat.Watch the clip and then some questions will be asked about it. Choose the best answer to each question from the four choices given below.Task 1Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection APart 2 W

25、atching & ListeningSection A3. How many buoys register a 13-degree drop? A) Four. B) Five. C) Three. D) One.4. How many years ago did such a disaster happen? A) 100. B) 1,000. C) 10,000. D) 100,000.5. Which of the following hurricanes are people suffering from? A) Hurricane Noel. B) Hurricane Na

26、na. C) Hurricane Nicholas. D) Hurricane Noelani.Watch the clip again and pay attention to what Rapson and Hall have been discussing. Put the following statements into order according to their discussion.Task 2Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AAt first we thought it was a malfunction.Nothing li

27、ke this has ever happened before.Well, weve found something extraordinary.These waves are even bigger than I imagined.Yes, but not in our lifetime. This is too fast.2_4_1_5_3_Jack Hall: Who is it?Terry Rapson: Terry Rapson here. Sorry to call you so early.Jack Hall: No, professor, its all right. Wha

28、t is it?Terry Rapson: Well, weve found something extraordinary. Extraordinary and disturbing, that is. You recall what you said in New Delhi about how polar melting. might disrupt the North Atlantic Current?Jack Hall: Yes.Terry Rapson: Well. I think its happening.Following is the script of Clip 2:Pa

29、rt 2 Watching & ListeningSection AClip 3Followed by the tsunami swallowing up Manhattan, people in the city streets, including Sam and their friends, raced into the library. (227)Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AWord Bankthermal a. 热力热力supercell n. 超级风暴云团超级风暴云团rotation n. 旋转旋转projected a.

30、 预计的预计的troposphere n. 对流层对流层projection n. 路线图路线图Watch the clip and then some questions will be asked about it. Choose the best answer to each question from the four choices given below.Task 1Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection A1. What is pulling super-cooled air all the way down from the upper t

31、roposphere? A) The bigger hurricane. B) The increasing climate. C) The storms rotation. D) The melting polar ice.Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection A2. What shocked Rapson and Hall? A) The airs descending too rapidly. B) The waves strong movements. C) The disasters horrible destructions. D) The

32、family members separation.3. How many supercells do they locate? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four.Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection A4. How long is the storm predicted to change the face of our planet? A) 7-10 days. B) 1-3 years. C) 4-6 months. D) 6-8 weeks.5. What could they do in the face of

33、 the disaster? A) Wait as long as possible. B) Save as many as they can. C) Flee as soon as possible. D) Warn people as quickly as possible. Watch the clip once again and fill in the dialogue with the phrases in the box.Task 2Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AMissing Words from the Scenea new

34、ice ageprevious estimatesgot out of run the datain addition toall the waywarm upcome and goneDennis: Ive got Jack Hall on the phone. Theyve 1) weve sent them. Here it is.Terry Rapson: Jack, were you able to recreate the thermal cycle?Jack Hall: Yes. The storms rotation. is pulling super-cooled air 2

35、) down from the upper troposphere.run the data_all the way_Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AMissing Words from the Scenea new ice ageprevious estimatesgot out of run the datain addition toall the waywarm upcome and goneTerry Rapson: But shouldnt the air 3) before it reaches ground level?Jack

36、Hall: It should. But it doesnt. The airs descending too rapidly.Terry Rapson: Is this an isolated incident?Jack Hall: Im afraid not. Weve located two supercells 4) the one over Scotland. One over Northern Canada. and another one over Siberia.Terry Rapson: And do we know their projected paths?warm up

37、_in addition to_Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AMissing Words from the Scenea new ice ageprevious estimatesgot out of run the datain addition toall the waywarm upcome and goneJack Hall: Yes. Our 5) of six to eight weeks werent even close. This one storm is going to change the face of our pla

38、net. Heres a projection of 24 hours out.Jack Hall: This is 48 hours out.Terry Rapson: And in seven to ten days. When this storm is over. well be in 6) . My God.Jack Hall: Professor. its time you 7) there.previous estimates_a new ice age_got out of_Terry Rapson: Im afraid that time has 8) , my friend

39、.Jack Hall: What can we do?Terry Rapson: Save as many as you can.A man: Jack. somethings happened in New York.Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AMissing Words from the Scenea new ice ageprevious estimatesgot out of run the datain addition toall the waywarm upcome and gonecome and gone_Dennis: I

40、ve got Jack Hall on the phone. Theyve run the data weve sent them. Here it is.Terry Rapson: Jack, were you able to recreate the thermal cycle?Jack Hall: Yes. The storms rotation. is pulling super-cooled air all the way down from the upper troposphere.Terry Rapson: But shouldnt the air warm up before

41、 it reaches ground level?Jack Hall: It should. But it doesnt. The airs descending too rapidly.Terry Rapson: Is this an isolated incident?Following is the script of Clip 3:Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AClip 4Sam and his friends are trapped in the New York Public Library in Manhattan. Jack d

42、ecides to go to Manhattan to rescue them. Before his departure he is asked to explain his research results to the administration. He goes to a meeting and gives a brief report directly to president and vice president. (303)Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AWord Bankrealignment n. 重新调整重新调整ride

43、out安然渡过安然渡过Northern Hemisphere北半球北半球triage n. (战争中战争中) 对伤员鉴对伤员鉴别分类救治别分类救治re-stabilize v. 使再稳定使再稳定evacuate v. 撤离撤离bullshit n. (俚语，粗语俚语，粗语) 胡说胡说Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AWatch the clip and then some questions will be asked about it. Choose the best answer to each question from the four c

44、hoices given below.Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection ATask 11. How many days will this super storm last? A) 3 to 7 days. B) 4 to 7 days. C) 5 to 10 days. D) 7 to 10 days.Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection A2. Which of the following places is the best one to stay during the storm? A) Texas.

45、B) Florida. C) Miami. D) Mexico.3. What does Jack suggest people in the north should do during the storm? A) They should escape to the south. B) They should stay inside. C) They should take trains to escape. D) They should ask for help.Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection A4. According to the Gene

46、ral what is necessary sometimes on the battlefield? A) To evacuate from a place. B) To use certain tactics. C) To make difficult choices. D) To stay away from enemy.5. Why does the vice president think its easy for Jack to suggest the plan? A) Because Jack has made research and knows what to do. B)

47、Because Jack himself is safely here in Washington. C) Because Jack understands the situation very well. D) Because Jack has already discussed it with other experts.Watch the clip again and then decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false.Task 2Part 2 W

48、atching & ListeningSection A1. When the storm is over, ice and snow will cover the entire globe.2. The average temperature will be close to that of the last Ice Age.3. The vice president wants Jack to help with making policy.4. Jack suggests evacuating everyone north of that line to warmer place

49、s.F_T_F_F_Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection A5. According to the Madam Secretary every minutes delay is costing lives.6. According to the Madam Secretary sending troops north may help.7. The vice president agrees with Jacks evacuation plan.8. The president finally decides to evacuate Southern s

50、tates.T_F_F_T_Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection ADebate: Two students work together. One acts as Jack and the other acts as the vice president. They have different ideas about the evacuation plan. Have a debate about the plan and you can refer to the following chart for help.Task 3Part 2 Watchi

51、ng & ListeningSection AJacks IdeasVice Presidents Ideas1. Ice and snow will cover the entire Northern Hemisphere.2. The average temperature will come close to that of the last Ice Age.3. Head as far south as possible. The farther south people go, the safer theyll be.4. Evacuate everyone south of

52、 the line.1. That is not amusing, professor.2. You should stick to science and leave policy to us.3. What about the people in the North? What about the other half of the country?4. We cant evacuate half the country.5. I dont accept abandoning half the country as necessary.Part 2 Watching & Liste

53、ningSection AJack: The basic rule of storms is they continue until the imbalance that created them is corrected. In this case, were talking about a global realignment. This super storm will last 7 to 10 days. When its over, ice and snow will cover the entire Northern Hemisphere. The ice and snow wil

54、l reflect sunlight. The Earths atmosphere will restabilize, but with an average temperature close to that of the last Ice Age.General: Well, what can we do about this?Following is the script of Clip 4:Clip 5Jack and his team are now on their way to Manhattan to find his sons group. Following his fat

55、hers instruction, Sam and his friends and a few others remain inside the library and they burn books to stay warm and alive. (349)Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AWord Bankalert n. 警报警报unpack v. (打开包裹打开包裹) 取出取出exposure n. 暴露暴露insulate v. 使绝缘，使隔热使绝缘，使隔热impassable a. 无法通过的无法通过的hang out坚持坚持Part

56、2 Watching & ListeningSection AWatch the clip and then answer the following questions with the information from the clip.Task 1Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection A1. According to Brian, how deep is Europe buried?2. Does Brian think Jacks father can make it to Manhattan to rescue them?3. How

57、will Jacks team get to Manhattan after their car breaks down?Under 15 feet of snow._No, he doesnt think so._They will walk._4. According to the tramp, what can you learn if you spend some years on the streets?5. Who once hung out for 10 days in one research trip?Part 2 Watching & ListeningSectio

58、n AHow to keep warm._Sam and his father._Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AWatch the clip again and pay special attention to the radio news announcement. Then fill in the blanks with the information you hear. After that work together and dub the last part of the clip.Blank Filling:Task 2 The W

59、hite House has ordered the following national disaster 1) for all Northern states: Continued exposure to the approaching storm is 2) . Remain indoors and take all 3) measures to stay warm, burning any 4) sources until the storm is over. Roads are 5) across New York State as far south as Pennsylvania

60、.alert_deadly_fuel_impassable_Part 2 Watching & ListeningSection AMovie Dubbing:J.D.: What are you doing?Tramp: Insulating. Newspapers best, but thisll do. You know, you spend some years on the streets and you learn how to keep warm. Hey.J.D.: Thanks.Laura: I got one. Your favorite vacation.Sam: Besides this one? All right. I went to Greenland with my dad on one of his research trips a few years ago.and the ship broke down, and we got stuck. And it rained const