Book3 UNIT 4

电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 4. : 

电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 4. Instructional Objectives After this unit, we should be able to: Learn some new words and phrases; Talk about leisure time Learn some other listening materials.

Unit 4. : 

Unit 4. Vocabulary (See Page 24.) subscriber: n. 订户 lurk v. (在网上)潜身漫游 interaction n. 相互作用，互动 aeronautics n. 航空学 administration n. 管理 launch v., n. 发射 Mars n. 火星 device n. 装置 Jupiter n. 木星 Saturn n. 土星

Part One Core Listening : 

Part One Core Listening Dialogue: A Volleyball Match Have you ever seen it played? : Have you ever seen some people play volleyball? played 过去分词作宾语补足语，有被动态含义 That’s what I thought: I have predicted that you might not be interested in the match. It’s very fast, with lots of actins: the game will be very fast, with many excellent performances. Hoping I’d persuade you to come with me: persuade sb to do sth, 说服/劝某人做某事；hoping 短语做句子的状语。 Come on: 拜托、帮帮忙、别傻了，别固执了；要根据上下文确定其含义。

Part One Core Listening : 

Part One Core Listening Passage 1 Web Chat (网上聊天) Virtual: a. existing only in man-made circumstances such as images, animations, computer programs and websites. 虚拟的 Virtual reality: n. （计）虚拟现实 Virtual party: a simulated party for participants to interact by virtual reality and internet technology. Without leaving the comfort of your desktop: 不必离开你的舒适的桌面 real time: The time required for a computer to solve a problem, measured from the time data are fed in to the time a solution is received. 实时

Part One Core Listening: 

Part One Core Listening Passage 1 Web Chat (网上聊天) Browser: n. a sort of software for surfing online. 网络浏览器 Two of the most famous web browsers are Netscape Navigator and MS Internet Explorer (IE) Version: 版本 vs. Release: a version of software or publication that is permitted to put into marketplace. American Online: a famous US network company 美国在线，一家著名美国网络公司 Participate in:join, take part in.参加，参与 Chat session:chat meeting, where a participant can talk with anyone online. Lurking: existing unobserved but still surfing on the web 潜身漫游，例如在QQ软件上可使用‘潜身漫游’

Part One Core Listening: 

Part One Core Listening Passage 1 Web Chat (网上聊天) Exchanges: n. text messages in network communications. Post: v. display (a message) in a place of public view like a bulletin board. 张贴 Focus (on): v. concentrate on Stimulating: a. exciting 刺激的 Just as likely to be a waste of time: 或许是在浪费时间 Orient: v. focus. E.g. object oriented 面向对象的，human oriented 以人为本的，sexually oriented两性话题的 Exchanges can be sexually oriented: the topic of text-based chat may focus on sexual issues. That is called virtual sex. Take note (of): notice, pay attention 注意

Part One Core Listening : 

Part One Core Listening Passage 2 NASA’s Plans for the Future NASA: abbr. (美国)国家航空和宇宙航行局 Space shuttle:n. A reusable spacecraft with wings for controlled descent in the atmosphere, designed to transport astronauts between Earth and an orbiting space station and also used to deploy and retrieve satellites. 航天飞机 Cape Canaveral: a famous US space launch site in Florida 卡那维拉角，美国的著名航天发射场 Atlantis: 亚特兰大号航天飞机 Destiny: 命运号（实验室） Crew: a group of people on board a vehicle 机组成员

Part One Core Listening : 

Part One Core Listening Passage 2 NASA’s Plans for the Future Notes: notice how to describe three dimension like long, high, wide, round etc. e.g. more than eight meters long, four meters round, 50 centimeters wide. Mars Surveyor: 火星测量员号 Orbiter: n. a satellite 卫星 Orbit:v. travel along a circle-like path. Jet Propulsion Laboratory: 喷气推进实验室 Vehicle: n. transporting device 交通工具，车辆 Cassini:n. Italian-born French astronomer and first director of the Royal Observatory in Paris (1669). 卡西尼，乔瓦尼·多米尼科1625-1712意大利裔法籍天文学家.卡西尼号飞船 Galileo: an Italian physical scientist and astronomer伽利略

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises: 

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises I. Listening Comprehension Dialogue Films review: n. A report or an essay giving a critical estimate of a work or performance.评论、书评、影评 a book ~, a film ~. Cowboy: n. 牛仔 ~ films, ~ hats The westerns: the western movies that usually tell traditional cowboy stories. 西部片 Mind you: I want you to remember. Mind: v. to bring sth. to mind; remember. 使想起 Superb: a. wonderful, excellent, great, marvelous好极了 Plot:n. The plan of events or main story in a narrative or drama. 情节

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises: 

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises I. Listening comprehension Passage Travelers’ Blood Clots Clots develop: clots form gradually Blood clots can kill if they move to the heart and lungs: If blood clots move to the heart and lungs they may damage their normal functions and kill the person. Died of (a disease): died because of (a disease) 死于（一种疾病） died of TB (tuberculosis), SARS Victim: n. one who is harmed or killed by someone or something. 受害者 Birth control pill: n. medicine for women to prevent pregnancy.

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises: 

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises I. Listening comprehension Passage Travelers’ Blood Clots People who have cancer or those who have had recent operation also are at risk of developing clots: 患癌症的人或那些最近动过手术的人也有患凝血症的风险。 Be at risk of: be in danger of sth. They found people who had clots were almost four times more likely to have traveled recently: 他们发现患凝血症的人最近旅行过的可能性差不多有四倍。（即在160个凝血症患者里有4/5最近旅行过）。 Amsterdam: n. the capital of Holand 阿姆斯特丹

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises: 

Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises II. Dictation （要背诵） （译文）：至少有50人死于墨西哥城西北大约250公里的城镇发生的一系列爆炸。另有76人受伤。官员们说，这些爆炸中的第一次而且是最剧烈的爆炸发生在以前存放烟花的建筑物里。他们说由此次爆炸引起的火很可能引发了附近餐厅一个煤气罐的爆炸。救护人员正在扑救爆炸引起的大火。

Part Three Supplementary Listening: 

Part Three Supplementary Listening Dialogue It wasn’t as goog as I thought it was going to be As a matter of fact: in fact, actually 事实上 Regret: v. to feel sorry, disappointed, or distressed about. 后悔 regret doing sth. 后悔做某事 e.g. I ~ saying that. Look forward to sth/doing sth. 期望（做）某事。E.g. ~ seeing you here soon. 盼望尽快在这儿见到你。 You know what it’s like with young children: 你知道带着小孩子是个什么样子。 Turn out to be: v. become, result Let down: (make) disappointed.

Part Three Supplementary Listening: 

Part Three Supplementary Listening Passage 1 ship Wreck 船难 Tuning in: 1948年2月的一天，一艘船上的无线电报务员收到一个SOS紧急求救信号。 这个无线电报务员能够破译哪只船发出的信号以及它在哪里。 好象他们曾经和船长在开某种会议，并且突然被杀死了。 他们似乎是以同样的方式死的—当看着某种可怕的东西时突然死去。 他们死亡的原因仍未查明

Part Three Supplementary Listening: 

Part Three Supplementary Listening Passage 1 ship Wreck 船难 Pick up: v. receive, obtain, gain, get 获得 SOS: Save Our Ship (国际通用的)船舶呼救信号 Dead or dying: 已死亡或即将死去 Pause: v. to cease or suspend an action temporarily. Rescue: n., v. to save from danger 抢救、营救 ~ team Cargo: n. the freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle. 货物。 ~ ship Malacca Strait: n. 马六甲海峡（沟通太平洋和印度洋） Strike down: v. kill

Part Three Supplementary Listening: 

Part Three Supplementary Listening Passage 1 ship Wreck 船难 All had their eyes wide open in horror at something they had seen just before they died: 所有的人都睁大了恐惧的眼睛瞪着临死之前看到的东西。（划线部分是定语从句，修饰something）. Horrific: a. horrible, terrible, frightening 可怕的 Remarks: This seems a curious story that no one knows how to explain what happened like that. There are more such stories linked to special ocean areas as Bermuda Islands.

Part Three Supplementary Listening: 

Part Three Supplementary Listening Passage 2 Solar Water Heater Solar: of the sun; using or operated by energy derived from the sun. ~ system, ~ energy, ~ collector 太阳能集热器 A metal surface painted black and placed in the contact with water will heat the water: 漆成黑色并且与水接触的金属表面将会加热水。 Metal sheets that have raised sections will work very well: 带有许多突起面的金属板性能非常好。 Corrugated sheets: sheets with parallel folds or waves波型板 Need to be replaced: need replacing需要替换

Review Unit 4: 

Review Unit 4 Recite（背诵）Tuning-In in Passage 1, Web Chat, on Page 26, Guidebook III Recite II. Dictation, on Page 30, Guidebook III Read aloud Passage 2, NASA’s plans for the Future, on Page 27, Guide Book III repeatedly, until you can read it fluently and correctly（熟读）.