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英语听力入第三册第十二单元

Unit11Transportation

（1）

PartⅠWarmingup

A.keywords:

commercial

airplanemaker

mergertalks

Vocabulary:

flurry

hookup

Airbus

KLM

SwissAir

SabenaAirlines

UnitedAirlines

U.S.Airways

AmericanAirlines

Delta

Northwest

A1.

1.ThisnewsitemisaboutBoeing’s18billionnewordersthisyearforitsnew777jetliner.

2.Thisnewsitemisaboutpossiblemergersbetweenairlines.

A2.

BritishAirways:

DutchKLM

UnitedAirlines:

U.S.Airways

SwissAir:

SabenaAirlines

AmericanAirlines:

Northwest&Delta

Tapescript:

1.Boeing,theworld’sleadingcommercialairplanemaker,announcedithas18billiondollarsinnewordersthisyearforitsnew777jetliner.ThisfigureputsdemandfortheBoeingaircraftaheadofcomparablemodelsproducedbyrivalAirbusofEurope.

2.BritishAirwaysandDutchcarrierKLMconfirmtheyareinactofmergertalks.SwissAirwonapprovalfortakingmajoritycontrolofBelgium’sSabenaAirlinesandtherewasanotherflurryoftake-overdiscussionsamongsomemajorAmericancarriers.TheycomeontheheelsofnumberoneUnitedAirlines’offertobuynumbertwo,AmericanAirliners,andthecountry’sthirdlargest,Delta,havebeenhavingwhataredescribedaspreliminarydiscussionsaboutapossiblecombination.AmericanhadreportedlybeentalkingwithNorthwestaboutahookupaswell.ThetopthreeU.S.airlines,United,AmericanandDeltacurrentlycontrol56percentofU.S.airtraffic.Ifthemergersgothrough,they’dcontrol85percent.

B.keywords:

monorail

masstransit

Maglev

lightrail

Vocabulary:

guideway

propel

pickup

pylon

prefabricate

levitation

repulsion

rumble

standee

Monorail

1.Monorailsystemsrelyonaverysimpletechnology:

rubber-tiredcarsridingonanarrowconcreteguideway.

2.Monorailsystemsarecapableofspeedsof65milesperhourandofferridequalitycomparabletoconventionalrailtransittechnologies.

3.Monorailsystemsaresafeandmoreenvironmentallysensitivethananyotherelevatedtransittechnology.

4.Andnoiseandneighborhooddisruptioncausedbymonorailconstructionaredramaticallylowerthanotherformsofmasstransit.

Maglev

1.Oneofthemostexitingrecentinnovationsinrailroadtechnologyismagneticlevitation,orMaglev,whichreliesontheprincipleofmagnetism---attractionandrepulsion.

2.Thisnewtechnologywillresultintrainsthatarefaster,smoother,moreefficient,morecomfortable,andmoreenvironmentallysound.

LightRail

1.Lightrailtransitisanelectricrailwaysystemcharacterizedbyitsabilitytooperatesinglecarsormulti-cartrainsalongsharedorexclusiverights-of-wayatgroundlevel,onaerialstructures,insubways,oroccasionallyinstreets.

2.Itisabletoboardanddischargepassengersatstationplatformsoratstreet,track,orcar-floorlevel,andisnormallypoweredbyoverheadelectricalwires.

3.Themaximumspeedoflightrailtrainsisnormally60milesperhour（100kmperhour）.

4.Passengercapacityofeachcarinamultiplecarconsistcanbeuptoasmanyas250passengers（standeesincluded）.

Tapescript:

1.Monorail

Monorailsystemrelyonaverysimpletechnology:

rubber-tiredcarsridingonnarrowconcreteguideway.Thecarsareselfpropelledbyelectricmotorswithpowerpickupviadistributionbarsmountedonthesideoftheguideway.Monorailsystemsarecapableofspeedsof65milesperhourandofferridequalitycomparabletoconventionalrailtransittechnologies.

Monorailsystemsaresafebecausethedesignandnatureofmonorailsystemsmakeitverydifficultfortrespasserstoaccesstheguidewayandpowerrails.

Monorailsystemsaremoreenvironmentallysensitivethananyotherelevatedtransittechnologyduetothemonorail’snarrowguidewaystructureandquietrubbertires.Also,sincemanyofthepylonandrailcomponentscanbeprefabricatedelsewhereandthenassembledalongtheroutes,thenoiseanddisruptionofconstructionwillbekepttoaminimum.Thus,noiseandneighborhooddisruptioncausedbymonorailconstructionaredramaticallylowerthanotherformsofmasstransit.

2.Maglev

Oneofthemostexitingrecentinnovationsinrailroadtechnologyismagneticlevitation,orMaglev,whichreliesontheprincipleofmagnetism---attractionandrepulsion.Thisnewtechnology,stillunderdevelopment,willresultintrainsthatarefaster,smoother,moreefficient,morecomfortable,andmoreenvironmentallysound.Nolongerwilltrainsrumbleheavilyalongsteelrails;rather,theywillfloatalongamagneticcushionwithoutanydirectcontactwiththeground.

3.LightRail

Lightrailtransitisanelectricrailwaysystem,constructedinthe1970sorlater,characterizedbyitsabilitytooperatesinglecarsormulti-cartrainsalongsharedorexclusiverights-of-wayatgroundlevel,onaerialstructures,insubways,oroccasionallyinstreets.Itisabletoboardanddischargepassengersatstationplatformsoratstreet,track,orcar-floorlevel,andisnormallypoweredbyoverheadelectricalwires.

Inmostcurrentsettings,lightrailisanythingbut“light”andisbuilttoexactingstandards.Themaximumspeedoflightrailtrainsisnormally60milesperhour（100kmperhour）,whileheavyrailtrainsnormallyoperateathigherspeeds.Dependinguponthespecificsystem,thedistancebetweenlightrailstationsisshorterthanwithinheavyrailsystems,whichlendssomemajoradvantagestourbansettings.

Lightrailtrainsoperateaseithersingleormultiplecarconsists.Passengercapacityofeachcarinamultiplecarconsistcanbeuptoasmanyas250passengers（standeesincluded）.

PartⅡCrosstheChannel

keywords:

scheme

tunnel

freight

Vocabulary:

submerge

tramtrack

claustrophobic

EuroRoute

ChesapeakeBayBridge-Tunnel

ChannelExpressway

Flexilink

Scandinavia

A.

EuroRoute---illustrationb

ChannelExpressway---illustrationa

Flexilink---illustrationc

B.

Question

EuroRoute

ChannelExpressway

Flexilink

Howisroadfreightcarried?

Byroad,lorriesdriveacross

Byroad:

lorriesdrivethrough

Onferries

Howisrailfreightcarried?

Onhigh-speedfreighttrains

Onfreighttrains,mostlyatnight

Howareprivatemotoristscarried?

Theydrivethrough

Theydrivethrough

Onferries

Howarerailpassengerscarried?

Onhigh-speedpassengertrains

Ontrainseveryhalfhour

Theyhavetogetonaferry

Whatistheprincipalattractionofthisscheme?

LowerrunningcoststhanChannel/noqueuingformotoristswaitingfortrains

Thisoffersthebestofbothworlds:

roadandrailtraffic

Cheapest/mostreliable/safest/mostflexible/mostenvironment-friendly/mostpleasurable

Tapescript:

1.EuroRouteisaschemethatoperatesatmuchlowerrunningcoststhantheChannelTunnel.Er,whathappensisthis:

motorwaybridgesgofromeachcoasttenkilometersoutfromthecoastandconnectupwithatwenty-kilometersubmergedconcretetubetunnelmadeontwoman-madeislandsintheEnglishChannel.Er,theroadwaysspiralgentlydowntothelevelofthetunnel.It’sthesameprincipleastheChesapeakeBayBridge-TunnelintheU.S.A.anditiswell-researchedtechnology.Thinkingaheadtothetwenty-firstcentury,Ibelievethatpeoplewillprefer,willwanttodriveacross,notqueueupwaitingfortrains.

Andfinally,therearealsotwoseparatesupplementaryrail-onlytunnels,andtheycantakeupto30high-speedpassengerandfreighttrainsineachdirectionperhour.

2.TheChannelExpresswayisaschemeconsistingoftwotunnelswhichcarrybothroadandtraintraffic.Therailsarelaidflushwiththeroadsurfaceliketramtracksinthefastlanewhichisclosedtotrafficonceeveryhalfhourforthetrainstopassthrough.Er,really,boththepassengertrainsandthefreighttrainsareabletousethetunnel,butthefreighttrains’llmostlyrunduringthenightwhenthere’slessroadtraffic.Therewillbespecialpumpsatregularintervalsalongthetunneltocleantheairandremovetheexhaustfumesfromit.

3.Flexilinkisthecheapestandmostreliableschemeofthemall,really.Ferries,especiallythenewgiantsuper-ferriesaremoreeconomical,saferandalotmoreflexiblethanbuildingatunnel.Andthey’realsofriendliertotheenvironment.Forthemotoristandthelorrydriver,thepleasurableexperienceofstrollingonthedeckwithtimetoenjoyamealandtakearelaxingbreakduringthejourneyismuchmorepleasantthantheclaustrophobicsensationofbeingundergroundforanhour---andtheideaof,youknow,beingtrapped.TimesavedforcarsandroadfreightbybuildingtheChannelTunnelislessthananhour:

insignificantsavingonjourneysoftwelvehoursormore.There’snodoubtthatferrieswillcontinueoperatingincompetitionwiththetunnel,bothontheshortChannelcrossingandonthelongercrossingsfromsouthernEnglandtoFranceandEnglandtoHolland,Belgium,GermanyandScandinavia.

PartⅢConcorde:

pastandfuture

A.keywords:

overwhelming

ambition

indulgence

fantastic

envious

supersonic

Vocabulary:

afterburner

thrust

shaft

horsepower

mach

barmy

straggle

airborne

RollsRoyceOlympusengines

Concorde

Harrods

Citadel

PyramidofCheops

PyramidofKhafre

Sphinx

PyramidHolidayInn

PresidentSadat’stomb

Heathrow

A1.

Only100seatsonthisexclusive,once-in-a-lifetimetrip.

Thepriceof　€795includes:

◆Champagne

◆Lunchontheoutboundjourney

◆Dinneronthereturnjourney

◆SightseeingtourofCairobycoachwiththeservicesofaguide

◆AridebycamelorhorseorcarriageatthesiteofthePyramids

◆AbuffetlunchatthePyramidHolidayInn

LeaveLondoninthemorningonSaturdayandarrivebackat10:

30p.m.,spending7hoursinCairo!

Whataretheirreasonsforbeingonthetrip?

Whatdot