必修2 Unit1 Cultural relics听力原文
Unit1 WHAT HAPPEND TO THE AMBER ROOM? P6
Part A : Hans Braun's story
Hello. I 'm Hans Bran's, an old German sailor. During the war my ship was at Konigsberg. One night I was told to help our soldiers put some big wooden boxes onto my ship. They were very heavy and the soldiers said they were full of treasure. The ship went out to sea. On our voyage, our ship was attacked and sank. Almost everyone died. I had to swim three kilometers before I was saved by a German ship. Nobody had time to save the boxes. They must still be buried in the sand. Now a group of people who are searching for the Amber Room have asked me to help them find the ship.
Part B: Anna Petrov's story
Hello, my name is Anna Petrov. I was a maid at the castle in Konigsberg between 1940 and 1945. One night in 1941 many trucks came to the castle with large boxes. The German soldiers took the boxes into the castle. Later we heard that a special art treasure in the castle was shown to important visitors. Perhaps it was the Amber
Room but I never saw it. Then at the end of August, 1944, I heard something explode. When I looked outside I saw that the castle was on fire. The next morning I found some melted pieces of something that looked like honey. Russian soldiers later told me it was amber and it could have come from the Amber Room.
HOW ABU SIMBEL WAS SAVED? Unit1 workbook P41
Part A
The Aswan High Dam in ______ is one of the _______ dams in the world. It provides half of Egypt’s __________. However, it caused ________ while it was being built. There were many _______ along the River Nile. It was clear that when the dam was _______ many of them would be covered by _____.One of the most _________ of these temples is Abu Simbel, which was built in the ____ century BC. It is made of _____ and at the entrance there are _____ large _____ persons, each twenty metres high. Nobody wanted the _________ temple of Abu Simbel to __________ but they needed the
e dam. Finally, the engineers of UNESCO _______ the problem and found a way to ______ the temple.
Part B.
The ________ agreed to move Abu Simbel temple _____ by _____ and build it again ______ the waters of the dam. It took ______ workers _____ years to rebuild the temple in the ______. It cost more than ________ million US dollars. However, it was worth it. The Aswan Hign Dam was finished in ______. Even since then Abu Simbel has been one of the most beautiful _______ in Egypt. It is still in a ______ and beautiful place ______ visitors are glad to ____.
Unit1 workbook P44
Part A
VISITING THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Wen Hui is going to take her friend, Sally Jones, to visit the Forbidden City in Beijing.
Sally Jones = S Wen Hui = W
S: Oh, Wen Hui, I’ve always wanted to see the _________ ____. It sounds so _______. I wonder why it’s called that.
W: It was because ________ people like us,were ______ allowed into the Palace while the emperors ______ China.
S: So who was allowed in?
W: Well, the Emperor’s ______, high state _______, and _______ of the emperor. S: Mmm, I’ve heard that it’s one of the largest palaces in the world. How ___ is it? W: Well, there were ______ rooms when it was built.
S: 9,999 rooms! That’s so _______! Why not 10,000?
W: There are _____ reasons. First, nine is a special number in Chinese _______. Second, it’s said the Emperor in _______ has 10,000 rooms so the Emperor on Earth can not have so many. It wouldn’t show ______.
S: Oh, I see ...
Part B.
S: How many Emperors lived there _________?
W: ________ Emperors from the Ming Dynasty and ____ from the Qing Dynasty. They lied in it for about ____ years till the last Emperor left it in _____. S: So I think is was built in the ________century.
W: Oh yes. After it was finished, the capital of China _______ to Beijing.
S: Mmm, I read it in the __________ that the Palace is ________ and redecorated very often.
W: Yes, there is now a programme of rep
airs going on. It will last until _____.
S: Goodness! Oh, is that because the palace is made of ______? You know, we also repair our ______ in England, but they don’t take so ______ because the castles are made of _____.W: Yes, I suppose so. Wooden __________need more work to _______ them. S: But that’s one of the reasons why it’s so ______! I’ve heard that it’s made of wood without even one _____.
W: Yes, it’s great _______ of ancient Chinese architecture and it’s now a national _______. It is also called the ______ ________…
Unit2 THE RACE P15
So the next day Hippomenes was waiting when Atlanta came out. She thought, "I don't want this man to die." So she said to her father, "Tell him to go away. The race will not be run today." But Hippomenes said, "These are her rules; She will marry the man who runs faster than her. Come on, let’s run!"
When the race started Hippomenes ran fast, but Atlanta ran even faster. Soon she was in front. At once Hippomenes threw one of the golden apples. It fell far to the side of Atlanta and she ran to get it. As she picked it up, she saw Hippomenes was in front. So she ran very fast until she was in front again. Just then Hippomenes threw another apple over her head and far to the side. Again she stopped to pick it up, and Hippomenes went in front.
When she finally caught up with Hippomenes the second time, he threw the third and last golden apples. As it flew though the air Atlanta saw it and wanted it. So she picked this one up too. By this time Hippomenes was almost at the end of the race. Atlanta could not catch up with him because the apples were too heavy. So
Hippomenes won the race and married Atlanta. Thanks to the Goddess they lived happily ever after.
PHIDIPPIDIES AND THE MARATHON Unit2 workbook P48
In the modern Olympic Games the longest running race is called the Marathon. It gets its name from a town in Greece called Marathon which is 26 miles from Athens, the capital city of Greece This is the
story of why the Marathon race is included in the Olympic Games.
Once there was an ancient Greek soldier called Phidippides. He ran so fast that he was often sent on long journeys with important messages. One day the leaders of Athens realized that their city was going to be attacked. They sent their army to the small town of Marathon, where they fought their enemies. It was a very long and hard battle, but at last the army from Athens won. They were very happy. However, they knew that the people of Athens would be wondering what had happened. So they asked Phidippides to go to Athens and tell them the good news.
Phidippides set off. He was very tired after all the fighting but he ran as fast as he could. As he got near Athens he began to slow down. His head was bursting and he could hardly breathe. As he got to the centre of the city, he fell to the ground. All the people rushed up to him. Phidippides opened his mouth. “ Athens is saved!” he cried. Then he fell down dead. His story became so famous that it is remembered by the Marathon race of 26 miles, which is the distance from Marathon to Athens.
必修2 Unit3听力原文
LISTENING TEXT P55 Unit3
Part 1.
Ladies and gentlemen, why not buy a personal robot that can do all the work around the house? It is only 35cm high and fits easly into a small cupboard. It has five arms to hold all the tools and is very easy to use. It works on its own until all the jobs are finished. You type your orders into the computer keyboard and the robot will do the rest. Only 5000 yuan for the latest model.
Part 2.
Here is a personal pet that does not need feeding or cleaning. This bird-like robot sings beautifully and is only 10 cm high. It can jump around the cage just like a real bird. You can choose any colour you like and any repair in the first year will be free. Only 500 yuan, why not choose one today?
Part 3.
I am a large, Hard-working android, I feel lonely and would like to meet another robot for friendship
after work. I am 2m tall. I like playing my guitar and singing, however my family say I am too noisy. So if you would like a kind-hearted android to sing karaoke with . I am your mate. Please call me on my program at ROM-1234. LISTENING TEXT P58
Brenda=B. Sally=S
B: Hey, Sally, how are you today?
S: Oh, Brenda, I have been so busy and tired this week looking after the children. I wish my programmer would let me work in a factory like you.
B: No, you wouldn’t , it is so boring. We aren’t allowed to talk while we work. S: But at least you don’t have five children to run after every day. They are so naughty.
B: But at least every day is different. I do the same thing for eight hours every day. I sometimes feel as if my arm is going to break.
S: Oh, Brenda, you make me laugh, you sound like a real person. Come on, it is a lovely day! Look at those flowers! They look so pretty!
B: I see people put the up to their noses. Why is that?S: They say that they have a wonderful smell, but I don’t know what that means. B: Well, don’t cry again. It made your chips go funny last time. Just understand that we will never be able to laugh, taste, smell or eat food. But don’t feel sad, it is a lovely day.
S: Yes, the weather is nice and I have been invited to join the other androids for a game of football. Would you like to come?
B: Yes, I would. Running after a ball is better than running after five children! Let’s go!
必修2 Unit3听力原文 P22
Text1 What is information technology?
L=Laura D=Dave
Part A
D: Hi,Laura.It is good to see you because I am so bored. My homework is about Information Technology but I know everything there is to know about IT.
L: Come off it,Dave.I think I might know more than you.
D: Ok.Let me test you! Here’s the first question! What’s information technology? L：Gosh,that’s easy!It’s computers,of course.
D: Ah! That’s just where you’re wrong .It includes books, radio and TV as well. L: Rearly! Well,I never.
D: Que
stion number2.Which is the most popular form of IT in the world?
L: Well, that must be computers this time.
D: No, it’s books.Think of all those people in developing countries without computers.Their only form of IT is books!
L: Oh dear!I’m not doing very well.
Part B
D: Here’s the third question.Which form of IT is the third question.Which form of IT is the best for describing the skills of a sport?
L: It must be the radio.
D: Actually,it’s not.The best descriptions are on the TV because you can not only hear the technical language,but also see how it happens.
L: Goodness!Wrong again!
D: Here’s the last question?Which form of IT has the most functions?
L: This time I must be right.It’s the computer,of course.
D: Yes.You can watch a film,replay a match,communicate with friends through the Internet,get information and find out what’s going on in the world.
L: Oh dear!Three questions wrong out of four.Perhaps I don’t know as much about IT as I thought I did!
必修2 Unit4听力原文
P30
THE STORY OF THE DODO
Once upon a time I lived on the island of Mauritius. I was called "dodo". There were many of us and we were friends with all the other animals on the island. One day a new animal came to my island. His name was Man, and at first we seemed to be good friends. We went everywhere together and I shared my food with him. However, I began to wonder why several of my dodo friends had disappeared. The number of our species began to decrease quickly. I was so worried that I asked the other animals and they all told me, "Your friends are being killed and eaten by Man while you are hunting for food." Had Man eaten them? I couldn't believe it! When I asked Man directly, he seemed surprised. "I haven't seen the other dodos either." he said. "Maybe someone else killed them." I believed him but when more dodos disappeared I set a trap. I went off as if I was going to hunt but instead I hid in the forest and waited. Sure enough Man came along.
He ran after the last of my dodo friends and kill her. I felt so angry that I rushed out of my hiding place and straight at Man's spear. He killed me too. After that there were no more dodos in the world. So my motto is: be carful who you trust.
P62 Unit4 workbook
ASK AUNTY GLADYS
Part A.
Dear Aunty Gladys,
I am very __________ about the environment, but I also like eating sea _____ very much. I know some fish ______ are ___________ by too much fishing. I also know that _________ have to count the _______ of fish they catch. If they have too ______ of one species, they have to ______ them back into the sea. Please tell me ______ fish I can eat without _______ any endangered species.
Yours,
Li Kun
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Part B.
Dear Aunty Gladys,
I am a Bengal _____ and I am very ________ that so many people want to kill me. I am a ______, kind-hearted animal and I like to live _____ in my forest. The only animals I kill are ______ I am going to eat. I can't understand an animal ____ man who _______ me for no reason. I know I have a beautiful ____, but I am
________ that I should be killed for it. Now I find my _______ is getting smaller and smaller and I cannot _____ meeting man. I am __________. What can I do?
Yours
Bengi
Part C.
Dear Aunty Gladys, I am a young ______ from China. I am very _________ in all the wonderful animals and plants you have in _______. But I’ve ______ that you keep the best animals in ____ and the prettiest plants in _____. Why are the animals not running _______ freely in the ____ and why are the plants not growing in ______?
Yours, Zhao Jing SAVING WILD BIRDS P66 Unit4 workbook
Part A: two problems
Hu Xiao is a senior high school student who shows a great interest in wildlife
protection. Today he has got a good chance to interview a volunteer, Alice Brown, from IBRRC.
HX: Hello, Alice. I’m ___ interested in your work saving _____! What do you think is the most _______ part of your work?
AB: Well ... I _______ it’s saving wild birds covered in ____. That’s the most difficult of all.
HX: How does that _______?
AB: The oil comes from _____. It floats on the ______ and covers the birds’ _______ when they swim through it.
HX: That sounds _______. What do you do about it?
AB: The first thing we do is _____ ____ the bird hasn’t eaten too much oil. When a bird’s covered in oil, it tries to _____itself with its _____. As it does so, the bird eats some oil and becomes ____.
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HX: Oh dear! Do the birds always ____?
AB: Sometimes ... but we try to _____ them. Birds use their feathers like a _______ to keep out ____ water. When feathers are covered in oil, they _____ together and a bird’s ____ gets cold in the water. So _______ help the bird would die of ____!
Part B the solution
HX: What do you do with _____ birds?
AB: First, we _______ a bird by feeding it and keeping it ______. Then we clean it. We ____ the bird very carefully. We use warm _____ and a little _____ and work quickly as the birds ____ being _______.
HX: Is this a difficult job?
AB: Yes, _______ it’s very important to do the job _______.
HX: What happens _____ that?
AB: The birds are kept warm and ______ a rest.
HX: I suppose after that they want to _____ their feathers with their beaks.
AB: Yes, they do. Birds ________ a natural oil in their _____ and put this over their feathers until they feel ______.
HX: Thank you. I’ve _______ a lot.
AB: Not at all. It’s been my ________.
必修2 Unit5听力原文
FREDDY, THE FROG(1) P38
Freddy the frog dipped his long, thin legs into the water. Within a few short weeks he had changed from a small tadpole into the beautiful animal he was now. He smiled to himself. Then suddenly he heard a fine, deep sound that carried far into the darkness of the quiet night. Freddy looked up. “Other frogs! I must try and find them,” he thought. “It is so hard being a grown-up frog on my own.”
He began to swim slo
wly towards the sound. Suddenly he knocked into a large lily pad. On it sat three confident frogs and they were playing instruments. Freddy climbed onto the leaf. “Can I sing with you? He asked quietly. “Of course,” they said. He opened his mouth wide and began:
Help! I need somebody,
Help! Not just anybody.
Help! You know I need someone. Help!
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When I was young and so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody’s help in any way.
But now these days are gone. I’m not so self-assured（confident）!
Now I find--- I’ve changed my mind.
I’ve opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I’m feeling down(沮丧的 )
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me get my feet back on the ground.
Won’t you please, please help me!
THE “MOZART EFFECT” P69 workbook
Do you worry about ______? Of course, everyone does. Do you find it _______ to __________ what you study? Well, everybody has _______ remembering things from _____ to ____. Do you know music can help you remember things better? ________ have shown that if you listen to ________ music and especially Mozart while you are studying, it helps your ________. It is called the “Mozart effect”. It would be ______ to know if the “Mozart ______” works with all kinds of music. Certainly scientists have done some ___________ to find out. They have tried playing other kinds of _______ (such as pop music) while
students are studying, but it doesn’t ______. It seems that the regular ________ of classical music help ________ one’s memory. However, this _____________only lasts for a _____ time.
If you want to ________ your __________, what should you do?
Scientists think that ________ a musical instrument is _______, especially for improving maths skills. This is because ______ and ______ both use the same part of the ______. So if you want to be good at maths, _______ you should go to a music class!
Unit5 P72 workbook
THE MUSIC OF BACH
Classical music does not have ______. I
t tries to describe _______ with musical instruments. It is called ________ music because it was _______ at a time when there was no ____ or _____ music. The music was written to a special _______. Only the cleverest __________ could make beautiful music ______ this pattern.
One of these ______ composers was Bach. He was not _______ during his life, but became very famous after his ______. He worked in a small _______ and had to write new _____ to sing every week. So he composed beautiful ______ music. He also wrote music for people to listen to ___ they left the church. Some of his music is _____ mathematical with ________ parts that repeat each other in a very ________ way. All his music was written for ____ and some of it is very _______. He never
became _____ but his music has a special _____ in classical music. He is remembered today for the _______ of his musical ________. You can listen to one of his ______ of music now
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