英语听力入第三册第十二单元.docx

1、英语听力入第三册第十二单元Unit 11 Transportation (1)Part Warming upA. key words:commercialairplane makermerger talksVocabulary:flurryhook upAirbusKLMSwiss AirSabena AirlinesUnited AirlinesU.S. AirwaysAmerican AirlinesDeltaNorthwestA1.1. This news item is about Boeings 18 billion new orders this year for its new

2、777 jetliner.2. This news item is about possible mergers between airlines.A2. British Airways: Dutch KLMUnited Airlines: U.S. AirwaysSwiss Air: Sabena AirlinesAmerican Airlines: Northwest & DeltaTapescript:1. Boeing, the worlds leading commercial airplane maker, announced it has 18 billion dollars i

3、n new orders this year for its new 777 jetliner. This figure puts demand for the Boeing aircraft ahead of comparable models produced by rival Airbus of Europe.2. British Airways and Dutch carrier KLM confirm they are in act of merger talks. Swiss Air won approval for taking majority control of Belgi

4、ums Sabena Airlines and there was another flurry of take-over discussions among some major American carriers. They come on the heels of number one United Airlines offer to buy number two, American Airliners, and the countrys third largest, Delta, have been having what are described as preliminary di

5、scussions about a possible combination. American had reportedly been talking with Northwest about a hook up as well. The top three U.S. airlines, United, American and Delta currently control 56 percent of U.S. air traffic. If the mergers go through, theyd control 85 percent.B. key words: monorailmas

6、s transitMaglevlight railVocabulary:guidewaypropelpickuppylonprefabricatelevitationrepulsionrumblestandeeMonorail1. Monorail systems rely on a very simple technology: rubber-tired cars riding on a narrow concrete guideway.2. Monorail systems are capable of speeds of 65 miles per hour and offer ride

7、quality comparable to conventional rail transit technologies.3. Monorail systems are safe and more environmentally sensitive than any other elevated transit technology.4. And noise and neighborhood disruption caused by monorail construction are dramatically lower than other forms of mass transit.Mag

8、lev1. One of the most exiting recent innovations in railroad technology is magnetic levitation, or Maglev, which relies on the principle of magnetism - attraction and repulsion.2. This new technology will result in trains that are faster, smoother, more efficient, more comfortable, and more environm

9、entally sound.Light Rail1. Light rail transit is an electric railway system characterized by its ability to operate single cars or multi-car trains along shared or exclusive rights-of-way at ground level, on aerial structures, in subways, or occasionally in streets.2. It is able to board and dischar

10、ge passengers at station platforms or at street, track, or car-floor level, and is normally powered by overhead electrical wires.3. The maximum speed of light rail trains is normally 60 miles per hour (100 km per hour).4. Passenger capacity of each car in a multiple car consist can be up to as many

11、as 250 passengers (standees included).Tapescript:1. Monorail Monorail system rely on a very simple technology: rubber-tired cars riding on narrow concrete guideway. The cars are self propelled by electric motors with power pickup via distribution bars mounted on the side of the guideway. Monorail sy

12、stems are capable of speeds of 65 miles per hour and offer ride quality comparable to conventional rail transit technologies.Monorail systems are safe because the design and nature of monorail systems make it very difficult for trespassers to access the guideway and power rails.Monorail systems are

13、more environmentally sensitive than any other elevated transit technology due to the monorails narrow guideway structure and quiet rubber tires. Also, since many of the pylon and rail components can be prefabricated elsewhere and then assembled along the routes, the noise and disruption of construct

14、ion will be kept to a minimum. Thus, noise and neighborhood disruption caused by monorail construction are dramatically lower than other forms of mass transit. 2. Maglev One of the most exiting recent innovations in railroad technology is magnetic levitation, or Maglev, which relies on the principle

15、 of magnetism - attraction and repulsion. This new technology, still under development, will result in trains that are faster, smoother, more efficient, more comfortable, and more environmentally sound. No longer will trains rumble heavily along steel rails; rather, they will float along a magnetic

16、cushion without any direct contact with the ground.3. Light Rail Light rail transit is an electric railway system, constructed in the 1970s or later, characterized by its ability to operate single cars or multi-car trains along shared or exclusive rights-of-way at ground level, on aerial structures,

17、 in subways, or occasionally in streets. It is able to board and discharge passengers at station platforms or at street, track, or car-floor level, and is normally powered by overhead electrical wires.In most current settings, light rail is anything but “light” and is built to exacting standards. Th

18、e maximum speed of light rail trains is normally 60 miles per hour (100 km per hour), while heavy rail trains normally operate at higher speeds. Depending upon the specific system, the distance between light rail stations is shorter than within heavy rail systems, which lends some major advantages t

19、o urban settings.Light rail trains operate as either single or multiple car consists. Passenger capacity of each car in a multiple car consist can be up to as many as 250 passengers (standees included).Part Cross the Channelkey words:schemetunnelfreightVocabulary:submergetram trackclaustrophobicEuro

20、RouteChesapeake Bay Bridge-TunnelChannel ExpresswayFlexilinkScandinaviaA. EuroRoute - illustration bChannel Expressway - illustration aFlexilink - illustration cB.QuestionEuroRouteChannel ExpresswayFlexilinkHow is road freight carried?By road, lorries drive acrossBy road: lorries drive throughOn fer

21、riesHow is rail freight carried?On high-speed freight trainsOn freight trains, mostly at nightHow are private motorists carried?They drive throughThey drive throughOn ferriesHow are rail passengers carried?On high-speed passenger trainsOn trains every half hourThey have to get on a ferryWhat is the

22、principal attraction of this scheme?Lower running costs than Channel / no queuing for motorists waiting for trainsThis offers the best of both worlds: road and rail trafficCheapest / most reliable / safest / most flexible / most environment-friendly / most pleasurableTapescript:1. EuroRoute is a sch

23、eme that operates at much lower running costs than the Channel Tunnel. Er, what happens is this: motorway bridges go from each coast ten kilometers out from the coast and connect up with a twenty-kilometer submerged concrete tube tunnel made on two man-made islands in the English Channel. Er, the ro

24、adways spiral gently down to the level of the tunnel. Its the same principle as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in the U.S.A. and it is well-researched technology. Thinking ahead to the twenty-first century, I believe that people will prefer, will want to drive across, not queue up waiting for trai

25、ns. And finally, there are also two separate supplementary rail-only tunnels, and they can take up to 30 high-speed passenger and freight trains in each direction per hour.2. The Channel Expressway is a scheme consisting of two tunnels which carry both road and train traffic. The rails are laid flus

26、h with the road surface like tram tracks in the fast lane which is closed to traffic once every half hour for the trains to pass through. Er, really, both the passenger trains and the freight trains are able to use the tunnel, but the freight trainsll mostly run during the night when theres less roa

27、d traffic. There will be special pumps at regular intervals along the tunnel to clean the air and remove the exhaust fumes from it.3. Flexilink is the cheapest and most reliable scheme of them all, really. Ferries, especially the new giant super-ferries are more economical, safer and a lot more flex

28、ible than building a tunnel. And theyre also friendlier to the environment. For the motorist and the lorry driver, the pleasurable experience of strolling on the deck with time to enjoy a meal and take a relaxing break during the journey is much more pleasant than the claustrophobic sensation of bei

29、ng underground for an hour - and the idea of, you know, being trapped. Time saved for cars and road freight by building the Channel Tunnel is less than an hour: insignificant saving on journeys of twelve hours or more. Theres no doubt that ferries will continue operating in competition with the tunn

30、el, both on the short Channel crossing and on the longer crossings from southern England to France and England to Holland, Belgium, Germany and Scandinavia.Part Concorde: past and futureA. key words:overwhelmingambitionindulgencefantasticenvioussupersonicVocabulary:afterburnerthrustshafthorsepowerma

31、chbarmystraggleairborneRolls Royce Olympus enginesConcordeHarrodsCitadelPyramid of CheopsPyramid of KhafreSphinxPyramid Holiday InnPresident Sadats tombHeathrowA1. Only 100 seats on this exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime trip.The price of795 includes: Champagne Lunch on the outbound journey Dinner on th

32、e return journey Sightseeing tour of Cairo by coach with the services of a guide A ride by camel or horse or carriage at the site of the Pyramids A buffet lunch at the Pyramid Holiday InnLeave London in the morning on Saturday and arrive back at 10:30 p.m., spending 7 hours in Cairo!What are their reasons for being on the trip?What do t