新通用大学英语综合教程第四册听力及答案 Unit 9.docx

1、新通用大学英语综合教程第四册听力及答案 Unit 9Unit 9 Historys MysteriesUnit Goals 1. Talk about the out-of-the-ordinary2. Present a theory about a past event3. Discuss how believable a story is4. Evaluate the trustworthiness of news source5. Write about one mysterious phenomenonLesson 1Lead-inOn-the-Street Interview: I

2、 dont believe everything I readA. Check each statement True or False.1. False 2. False 3. True 4. False 5. TrueB. Use information from the video segment to complete each sentence.1. the Internet, newspapers; television 2. newspapers 3. Austria, the USA, Great Britain 4. spam, or unknown sourcesVideo

3、 ScriptInterviewer: Do you use the Internet at all?Mauro: Yes I do. Quite a lot, in fact.Interviewer: Do you use it to gather news, to . like a newspaper, but . ?Mauro: Well, I surf around a lot, actually. I tend to look for new sites and get information that is not so common in newspapers, for exam

4、ple.Interviewer: And do you feel that when you get information from the Internet, that you can trust it to be true? Do you feel comfortable that its real?Mauro: You can never trust information, even from the newspapers. The newspapers sometimes print information that is not true for the mere fact th

5、at it comes from sources that are not true. And the same goes for the Internet.Maiko: I get news from Internet more than a newspaper or watching TV I think its, in terms of speed in how fast it gets to people, I think Internet is very good. In terms of credibility, I think; well, I think its almost

6、the same thing, Internet, newspaper, and news on TVRob: I probably put too much faith in what I read although I try to use various sources in getting my news. Thats one way I judge to know if what Im reading is . is, you know, the truth or not.Christiane: I get my news over the Internet every day. I

7、 actually get three different newsletters on a daily basis. I get one from Austria, I get one from the USA, and I get one from Great Britain. So I get international news and thus can also evaluate which news are really, in the end, the real news, because I get them from all different sources.Lorayn:

8、 I dont believe everything I read, whether its on the Internet or a newspaper or if I listen to it on TV I do believe that there are credible sources out there, and if Ive heard if Ive heard something or read something on the Internet, if it comes from a credible source, then I tend to believe it. T

9、heres a lot out there thats not too credible. You have to be very careful.Interviewer: And how do you try to be careful?Lorayn: If its spam e-mail that comes or something thats from a source that I dont know, I tend not to . not to put 100 percent trust into it. If it comes from the New York Times o

10、r if it comes from a reputable source, I tend to take that for 100 percent.ListeningTalk About a MysteryPart 1A. Sound BitesRead and listen to a conversation about a well-known mystery.Teaching Suggestions Have students look at the image and read the caption. Ask:Whos Bigfoot? (a hairy human-like cr

11、eature)Where was he seen? (in the United States)Is this image proof that Bigfoot existed? (no)Why? (because the creature in the image is a man dressed in a costume)Do you think it was ever believed to be proof of Bigfoots existence? (Probably. It was taken in 1967, and Bob Heironimus didnt tell the

12、truth until 2004.) Have students read and listen to the conversation. To check comprehension, ask:What led Victor to believe that Bigfoot exists? (a TV program)What would Patty need to believe Bigfoot exists? (to see it herself)Language note: Couldve been is the short form used in spoken English of

13、It could have been. Theres no such thing as . is an expression that means that something does not exist.Culture note: The image is a still from a sixty-second film by Roger Patterson. It was one of the most important pieces of evidence that Bigfoot existed until Bob Heironimus confessed in 2004 that

14、 he dressed in a costume for the picture. People have claimed to have seen Bigfoot in the U.S. and Canada for hundreds of years. The creature was originally named Sasquatch, which means hairy giant, by Native Americans and then nicknamed Bigfoot because of large footprints that have been found and a

15、re thought to be from this creature.Corpus Notes: The expression buy that story is used almost exclusively in informal spoken English.B. Pair WorkRead the conversation again. With a partner, explain the meaning of each of the following statements.Answers will vary, but may include:1. I cant believe

16、you think that story is true!2. You always doubt everything!3. Bigfoot is definitely real.4. Youve got to be kidding!5. You think up some crazy things!6. I have to see something with my own eyes to believe its true.Teaching Suggestions Have students find and underline the statements in the conversat

17、ion and note who said them. Encourage students to consider Victors and Pattys views on the Bigfoot mystery to help them work out the meaning of the expressions. In pairs, have students write a sentence explaining the meaning of each statement or question. Review as a class. Call on different student

18、s to explain the meanings of the statements. Option: If they havent already done so, have students underline the statements from Exercise B. Using their explanations of the meanings of the statements, have pairs think of different ways to say each of the statements. Call on pairs to read the Sound B

19、ites conversation again, substituting the new statements for the underlined ones. Option: In pairs, have students describe Victors and Pattys personalities. If necessary, prompt students by asking Who would you describe as gullible? Who would you describe as skeptical? Have students support their an

20、swers with information from the conversation. Encourage students to discuss who they identify with and why.Part 2Discuss How Believable a Story IsA. Word Skills Using adjectives with the suffix -able. Teaching Suggestions Have students listen to the words and study the definitions. Then have student

21、s listen and repeat the words chorally. Point out that words ending in the suffix -able are adjectives. Ask students what verb each adjective comes from. (believe, debate, prove, question, solve) To check comprehension, draw a continuum (without the answers) and word box on the board. With books clo

22、sed, have students choose the correct words from the box to complete the continuum with: believable debatable provable questionablyLanguage note: Be sure students dont confuse provable with probable, which means possible. Questionable also means possibly not honest or morally wrong; for example, His

23、 behavior is highly questionable. While believable implies that something is possibly true, unbelievable implies that something is almost certainly not true.Corpus Notes: The collocation highly questionable occurs much more frequently than very questionable.B. Complete each statement, using an adjec

24、tive with the suffix -able. Use each adjective only once.1. questionable 2. believable 3. debatable 4. provable 5. unsolvableTeaching SuggestionsHave students compare answers with a partner and review as a class.C. Listening Comprehension. Listen to Part 1 of a historical mystery. What happened to t

25、he Russian royal family? What was mysterious about this event?The entire family was murdered. It was mysterious because, until 1991, the bodies had not been found. There was also a woman who claimed to be one of the daughters.ScriptPart 1 H = male host; J = Professor John Morgan, EnglandH: Our guest

26、 tonight is John Morgan, professor of Russian history at Cambridge University. Professor Morgan, the murder of Czar Nicholas and the royal family of Russia in 1918 is one of the great mysteries of the twentieth century. Tell us the basic story of what happened.J: Well, in 1917, during the Russian Re

27、volution - with the end of the Russian monarchy - the czars family was moved from St. Petersburg east to the Ural Mountains, supposedly for their protection. There was, of course, the czar . his wife Alexandra . and their children - four daughters and a son, Alexei, who would have been the next czar

28、 - and also the family doctor and several servants. According to the story, late one evening, they were all brought into a room and told that they were going to have their photograph taken. But to their surprise, soldiers suddenly came into the room firing guns and the entire family was murdered.H:

29、And what makes this story such an enduring mystery?J: Well to begin with, until 1991 at least, no one had ever found the bodies. Stories spread about how the son, Alexei, and maybe also Anastasia, the youngest daughter, had escaped the execution and were still alive. Several women claimed to have be

30、en Anastasia - the most famous person who claimed to have been Anastasia was an Anna Anderson, in Berlin in 1920. Many people found her story very believable, including other members of the Russian royal family. Anna Anderson - or Anastasia, if you believed her - died in the United States in 1984.Te

31、aching Suggestions Pre-listening: Ask Who are these people? (the Russian royal family) Elicit from the class any information that they know about the Russian royal family. Have students read the title, look at the map and photos, and read the captions. First listening: Have students listen for infor

32、mation about what happened to the royal family and why it is a mystery. Then have students discuss in pairs. Second listening: Have students listen to confirm or correct their answers. (Possible response: They were murdered. It is a mystery because the bodies werent found until 1991, and Alexei and Anastasia were said to have escaped. Several women have claimed to be Anastasia.) To review, have volunteers share the