Book 1 Module 3 哈十二中学 外语组：玉晓琳

Listening Listen to the dialogue between Mary Lennon and the Interviewer. Answer the questions in Activity 1. 1.When did she first go to America? 2. How old was she? 3. How did she get there? In By ship.

4. What did she do in New York? She met a lot of people and went to some parties. 5. How did she get from New York to California? By train. 6. Where did she stop on the way?Chicago. 7. What did she think of Los Angeles? It was too hot.

Match the questions and answers. 1. Where were you born? 2. When did you go to America? 3. Were you sick? 4. How did you get to California? 5. Were you and your friends bored? 6. Did your friends go to California with you? (a) When I was 19. (b) No, I wasn’t. (c) By train. (d) In London. (e) No, they didn’t. (f) Yes, we were.

Listening text Interviewer: Tell me. Mary, where were you born? Mary Lennon: I was born in London. Interviewer: Really? And when did you go to America? Mary Lennon: In 1934, when I was 19 years old. I went to New York.

Interviewer: Is that right? Did you travel by plane? Mary Lennon: By plane? No, of course not! We traveled by ship! Interviewer: Goodness! How long did that take? Mary Lennon: About seven days. Interviewer: Did you enjoy it?

Mary Lennon: No! I hated it! Interviewer: Why? Were you sick? Mary Lennon: Not at all! I was bored! Interviewer: Who invited you to go to America? And who paid for your ticket? Mary Lennon: To be honest, I can’t remember. A film producer, I think.

Interviewer: What did you do in New York? Mary Lennon: Well, I met a lot of people, and I went to some parties. But I was there to make films and the film studios were in California, on the other side of the country, you see. So I went to California.

Interviewer: How did you get from New York to California? Mary Lennon: By train. Interviewer: Did you like that? Mary Lennon: Oh yes, definitely! I loved traveling by train. Interviewer: How long did the journey take?

Mary Lennon: Well, in those days, you could travel from New York to Los Angeles in about a week. Interviewer: Really? Mary Lennon: Yes. We stopped in Chicago for a few days. Interviewer: Oh, I see.

Mary Lennon: I think it was two weeks before I arrived in Los Angeles. Interviewer: And what happened when you arrived in Los Angeles?

Mary Lennon: Absolutely nothing. I did nothing for weeks! Interviewer: What did you think of Los Angeles? Mary Lennon: It was too hot!

Listen to the dialogue again, and complete each of the sentences. Interviewer: ______, did you enjoy making films? Mary Lennon: ______! It was good fun! Sometimes we made three films in a week. Tell me Oh yes

Interviewer: ________! Weren’t you bored? Mary Lennon: _________! It was great fun. Interviewer: ___________? But weren’t you tired? Goodness Not at all Is that right

Mary Lennon: ________! We were exhausted. We had to get up at 4 am and we didn’t go to bed until midnight. Interviewer: ________. That’s a long time. Mary Lennon:_________! It takes a long time to make a film. Definitely Oh, I see Absolutely

Cultural corner

the maglev

Read the passage and answer the questions: 1. What are the main differences between a magnetically levitated train and an ordinary train? It is faster, less noisy and uses less energy than the ordinary train.

2. What are the advantages of traveling on a Maglev train? You can travel very comfortably and quickly on it and it can save more energy for us.

Language points 1. Some new words and phrases magnetically (adv.) 有磁性地 levitate (v.) 使 …… 飘荡 levitation (n.) 升空飘荡之力 chancellor (n.) 德国、奥地利等国的 总理, 首相

a high-speed train 高速列车 the opening ceremony of… … 的开幕式 the maglev=magnetically levitated train 磁悬浮列车

2. at a speed of…; 以 …… 的速度 reach a speed of… 达到 …… 速度 reach a speed up to… 高达 …… 的速度 1). Traveling ___________over 400 kilometres per hour, the train can complete the 30-kilometre journey in eight minutes. at a speed of

2). On November 12, 2003, the maglev ________________ 502 kilometres per hour. 3). The maglev can _________________ 502 kilometres per hour. reached a speed of reach a speed up to

3. 辨析 attend, join, take part in 1) attend: 指出席、参加某一活动, 强调出 席者不起积极作用, 主要指参加会议、 上学、参加典礼、听演讲等。 2) join: 指参加某一团体或组织, 成为其中 一员, 指参加活动时一般用 join in 。

3) take part in: 指参加活动, 并在其中起积 极作用。 1) He didn’t ______ school yesterday. 2) When did you ____ the Communist Party? 3) Every four years, athletes from different countries __________the Olympic Games. 4) Please ___ us __ singing, will you ? attend join take part in join in

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