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Click to edit Master title style,*,*,*,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,Listening Course for(class 6 to class 8,2011),李华勇(Bell),QQgroup:216666476,This first class for the listening(class 6 to class 8,2011),Requirement:,1.Preview the each unit of Listening Book 3 before coming into the class,according to the procedures.,2.Download VOA/BBC/SVOA news materials for the web and listen to the materials every day.More than an hour should be used in the above news materials.I will check whether you listening to the news materials or not before each class.,website for download the news materials:,http:/ one of listening skills for TEM-4 very one or two weeks,with the guide of the teacher.,4.Finish one uint extensive listening materials(on Book 3,from pp.183369)after class.Check very two weeks!,5.Scores:attendance 10%,homework and assignment for each day/week 10%,performance in the class 10%;final exam 70%.,Objectives of Unit One,1.Listen to the materials on higher education,2.Compare the university systems in different countries.,3.understand the aims of higher education and the role of universities in the society.,4.Practise note-taking and outlining skills.,important words for unit one:Higher Education,chapel:,credentials:,GMAT/LSAT/NATO,abstruse:,underestimate:,curriculum:curricula/curriculum vitae/resume,prestigious:,commodity:,confer/offer:,revenue/avenue:,exquisite/requisite,Unit one:Higher EducationT1,Cambridge is one of the oldest/largest univerisities in the UK.,How does the Cambridge began?Its root/orgins,Some great figuires who once studied at Cambridge:,Erasmus,Desiderius(1469-1536)Dutch humanist.,Bacon,Francis(1561-1626),statesman,philosopher,and essayist.,Milton,John(1608-1647):poet and prose writer.,Cromwell,Oliver(1599-1658):Chief commander of the parliamentary.,Wordsworth,William(1770-1850):Major English Romantica poet and poert laureate of English.,Newto,Sir Isaac(1642-1727):physicist and mathematician.,Unit one:Higher EducationT2,Pay attention to the preposition indicating the relationship,1.,In the center of the town,.,2.I find my way to the river which flows,behind,the college buildings and curls about the town.,3.Walking,along,the river bank,where the only sound is the noise of the gentle wind.,4.,Across,a bridge and,beyond,a vast carpet of green lawn stands Kings College Chapel.,Unit one:Higher EducationT4,Meaning of the idioms,1.You are not cut out for it.,(You are not well suited for it./You do not have the necessary qualities or abilities for it.),2.Youve burnt your bridges.,(You cannot go back to the previous situation./You cannot change your mid.),3.You cant just change the hourse in the midstream.,(You cant change harfway the subjects you choose to study.),Unit one:Higher EducationT6,The authors critique of the Tanzanian education system is:,1.Formal education is basically elitist in nature,catering to the needs and interests of a small proporttion of people who manage to enter the hierarchical pyramid of formal schooling.,2.This educaiton system divorces its participants from the society for which they are supposed to be trained.,3.This system breeds the notion that education is synonyous with formal schooling,and people are judged andemployed on the basis of thier abilities to pass examinations and acquire paer qualifications.,4.This systems does not involves its students in productive work.,Unit two:Love and Marriage,Objectives:,1.Learn the words and expressions related to love and marriage.,2.Understand the implied meaning.,3.Learn to make summaries.,Unit two:Love and Marriage,Significant words of this unit,theropy,irretrievable,idyllic,incredulous/incredible,stifle,terminal,parahpernalia,compound,conditioning,deride/derive,relapse/sensational,Unit two:Love and Marriage,Task 3,*This article shows the grounds fro divorce in the UK in 1977.,Task 6,The custom of bridemaids and bestmen is said to have originated as a way to confuse the evil spirits.If an evil spirit arrived at a wedding to curse the bride and bridegroom,the extra people standing at the alter would confuse the spirit and drive it away,leaving the couple blessed for their new lives together.Nowadays,it is simply an honor to help the wedding couple celebrate the big day.,Unit two:Love and Marriage,Task 6,Generally,the bestman is responsible for:,1.Assisting with pre-wedding activities;,2.Helping the groom on the day of the wedding;,3.Escorting guests to their seats at the ceremony;,4.Ensuring the reception is running smoothly;,5.Any other help the groom may require;,6.The bestman may be asked to hold the brides ring,serve as signing witness and toast the bride at the reception.,Unit Three:Film and TV,Objectives:,1.Learn about the film and TV industries in the US and the UK.,2.Understand discussions and arguments on films and TV.,3.Learn to express likes,dislikes and preferences in films and TV programmes.,4.Learn to summarize and take notes while listening.,Unit Three:Film a