Unit 5 Youth.docx

1、Unit 5 YouthUnit 5 YouthPart APre-listening TaskQuestions for Discussion1. When did you realize that youd grown up?2. How do you celebrate Youth Day?3. Have you ever done any volunteer work? If yes, what was it?4. What do you think of youth as a stage in ones life?5. What do you think you should do

2、while youre young? 6. What role should young people play in society?7. What qualities do you value most in a young person?Demo:4. What do you think of youth as a stage in ones life? Youth is a very important stage in ones life. What one does in this period of time will have far-reaching significance

3、. This is the time when young people must set up their goal in life and make good preparations in order to achieve that goal. This will involve decisions on what kind of training to receive, which occupation to take up, and how to proceed in the pursuit of ones goal.6. What role should young people

4、play in society? Young people should play an active and responsible role in society. As the most energetic members of the population, young people can do a great deal for the progress and welfare of society. While we should learn from our elders and enrich our experience, we should also make our voi

5、ce heard and put in our efforts, especially in regard to major social issues. In a word, we should do things that are constructive to the healthy development of society.Language FocusHere are some sentences and structures that you may find useful in discussing the above questions. I realized Id grow

6、n up when I became a teenager / knew I should make decisions for myself / knew I should be responsible for my own actions / attended my “Adult Oath” taking ceremony / began to take part-time jobs to earn my own living expenses. On Youth Day, we usually have a meeting to remember the heroic deeds of

7、young people back in 1919 / the Student Union organizes a great many activities, such as singing, dancing, games, and film shows / we often volunteer to do something for our community. I often thought about volunteering my time to a local charity or a community organization in order to help those wh

8、o are in need / for the welfare of society. I like to do volunteer work. In this way I can learn about myself, learn about others, learn many new things that I cannot learn from books and meet a lot of interesting people. Our school offers a wide range of volunteer programs / opportunities, such as

9、planting trees for the community, helping others to learn to read, tutoring school children, assisting library staff in re-shelving books, visiting senior citizens at nursing homes. Youth is the golden age of a persons life / the hope for the future / a time of freedom and joy. Youth comes but once

10、in a lifetime. While young, we must prepare ourselves for the future by studying hard and by involving ourselves in meaningful causes. I think young people must also know how to enjoy life while young. I like to go out and make new friends whenever I can. I like to visit websites where young people

11、can discuss their experiences with others. I think modern youth should not bury themselves in their own day-to-day affairs, but be concerned with important issues of the world. As the youth of the 21st century, we should work together to make the world a place where people can live in peace, having

12、decent shelter and clean water / be healthy and educated and protected from violence, abuse and exploitation. I often think about current global / environmental issues, particularly in the light of how they affect us young people. I want to find ways in which I myself can take action in my community

13、. Compassion, commitment, bravery, creativity and being a team player are qualities I value most in a young person.Part BListening TasksPassage 1AshleyWord Bankantibiotic n. a medical substance produced by living things, able to destroy or stop the growth of germs 抗生素，抗菌素resistant a. not damaged or

14、affected by sth. 有抵抗力的bacteria n. very small living organisms, some kinds of which can cause disease 细菌 (the plural of bacterium)supergerm n. a very powerful germ that is resistant to known antibiotics 对现有抗菌素有抵抗力的超级细菌virtual a. having the effect of being sth., though not officially recognized as suc

15、h 事实上的（但并非正式的）tap water running water 自来水resistant bacteria bacteria that are unaffected by antibiotics 对抗菌素有抵抗力的细菌Crown Princess a female heir to a throne 有王位继承权的公主，女王储science fair a competition where grade school or high school students present their science project results and in this way compete

16、 in science and technology activities （中小学生）科技作品竞赛展览West Virginia a state in the eastern United States 西弗吉尼亚州（美国东部一州）Stockholm the capital of Sweden 斯德哥尔摩（瑞典首都）Ashley （人名）Script:While reading a magazine, Ashley, a sixteen-year-old girl, came across an article which said that antibiotics and other dr

17、ugs were discovered in European rivers and tap water. This led her to think that such drugs might also be present in the waters near her home in West Virginia.Ashley feared that antibiotics in the waters could lead to resistant bacteria, or supergerms. They can kill countless people. She began testi

18、ng her areas river the Ohio. With a simple device she herself had designed, she collected 350 water samples from the Ohio over ten weeks. She taught herself to analyze the samples by reading scientific journals. It was one of the most scientifically sound projects for someone her age. Her experiment

19、 was one of the first of its kind in the United States. It showed that low levels of three antibiotics are indeed present in local waters. Ashleys study won the International Stockholm Junior Water Prize, a virtual Nobel Prize for teenagers. She won a $5,000 scholarship and was received by Swedens C

20、rown Princess Victoria. Her interest in science came from walks in the woods with her mother. But it was the day-to-day stuff how water comes to the tap, how rain sticks to glass, that most fascinated her. “Science is not a dead thing,” she says. “Its happening all around us.” By the sixth grade, sh

21、e was winning at science fairs. She has received $70,000 in prize money, which she has put aside for college. She plans to attend Harvard University. “I want to make my own discoveries, and not just read about what others have done,” she said. Her teachers predict that she will one day win a Nobel P

22、rize.Language and Culture Notes1. Background informationYouth is the golden stage in a persons life. At this stage people are healthy, energetic, imaginative, full of enterprising spirit, and free from worries. They feel as if they can accomplish everything. And they are ready to explore, to learn,

23、to experience, and to create. In other words, they are eager to do something constructive with their lives. Many young people also have a high sense of social responsibility. They are concerned with important global issues such as environmental protection and anti-smoking. They are interested in doi

24、ng volunteer work to help those in need and to make contributions to society. In the United States, for example, about 45% of all senior high school students did some volunteer work in 1994. The young people in the two passages, who have taken the initiative to discover and deal with problems facing

25、 society, are role models for others to follow.2. West Virginiaa state in central eastern U.S.A. Charleston is its capital.3. the Ohioa river 1,579 kilometers long, flowing west from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois 4. the International Stockholm Junior Water PrizeHeld

26、 each August in Stockholm, it is an international competition that honors one of the worlds most outstanding water science research projects by a young person or group of young people. The prize was first awarded in Sweden in 1995 and internationally in 1997. The Swedish Crown Princess Victoria is t

27、he patroness of this event. Only finalists in national competitions held from March through June qualify for the international competition.5. a virtual Nobel Prize for teenagersThe International Stockholm Junior Water Prize for teenagers can be regarded as the equivalent to a Nobel Prize for adults.

28、6. the day-to-day stuffthe events of ordinary life7. science fairan annual competitive exhibition of science-related projects prepared by high school students. All high schools compete on the local, county, or even state level. Prizes are awarded, and often college-level scholarships are offered to

29、some of the winners. The main objective of the science fair is to encourage students to continue their studies in science and enter a career in research or industry. Exercise 1Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.1. What is the story mainly about?a. A science-

30、oriented girl who succeeded in discovering supergerms in the local waters of her town.b. A science-oriented girl who won a Nobel Prize for teenagers.c. A winner of an international prize who has done painstaking work in antibiotics and water conservation. d. A young girl whose scientific experiments

31、 on the local waters of her town won international recognition.2. Which of the following best describes the way the speaker tells the story? a. Telling the story chronologically. b. Telling the story subjectively. c. Selecting factual details which can forcefully show the girls merits. d. Using many

32、 words of positive meaning to show admiration for the girl.Exercise 2Read the table first. Then listen to the recording and supply the missing information.Ashleys ExperimentThe experimentTesting the water of her areas river the Ohio.Purpose To find out if there were antibiotics in the waters, which she feared could lead to resistant bacteria or supergerms and thus endanger numerous peoples lives.Procedure1. Collected 350 water samples from the Ohio over