英语听力入门第一册第八单元
Unit 8 creative minds • Parti A. The following passage will tell you about some inventions made by people in different countries. Listen carefully and match the inventions with the places where these things first came from B. in the past century when the consumer became king, product innovation reached unprecedented heights. Now listen to some of the great things invented in the past 100 years. Fill in the missing ination. Pay special attention to the name of the inventions and the time when they appeared. Part 11 Scientists of the milietmium (1) A. Listen to the first half of a passage about the discovery and inventions of ten important scientists of the tnillenium. Complete the following chart with key words B. Now listen again and answer the questions with key words • Part III Scientists of the millennium (2) A. You are going to hear the second of half of the passage about the discoveries of ten important scientists of the millennium. Complete the chart with key words. B. Now listen again. Decide whether the statements are true or false. • Part I .Warming up ・ Key words .invent Vocabulary Fax Sending (copies of printed material, letters, pictures, etc.) using a system by which the ination is sent in electronic along a telephone line To transmit (printed matter or an image) by electronic means. 传真 :用电讯方式传递信息(打印出事情或图形) Calendar A printed table that lists the days, weeks, and months of the year A table showing the months, weeks, and days in at least one specific year. 日历 :一种表格,表示出至少某一年内的月份、星期和 0 Any of vadous systems of reckoning time in which the beginning length, and divisions of a year are defined. 历法:任一种用于标识时间的系统,确定了一年的开始、时长和划分 Puppet A toylike jointed figure of a person or animal that is made to move by someone pulling wires or strings at a theater perance A small figure of a person or an animal, having a cloth body and hollow head, designed to be fitted over and manipulated by the hand. 木偶 :用布料制成身体及空脑袋的小型人或动物的形象, 用于套在手上或用手来操纵 A figure having jointed parts animated a marionette. 木偶:由身体各部分相连接组成的用线或绳子操纵的形象;牵线木偶 A toy representing a human figure; a doll. 玩偶:人形玩具;玩偶 Mercedes-Benz 奔驰汽车 German automobile pioneer credited with manufacturing the first vehicle powered with an internal-combustion engine, patented in 1886. 奔驰,卡尔•弗雷德里希:(1844-1929)德国汽车业先驱,制造了 第一辆以内燃机为动力的汽车,于1886年注册专利 Nova Scotia 新斯科舍省 A province of eastern Canada comprising a mainland peninsula and the adjacent Cape Breton Island. It joined the confederation in 1867. The first successful settlement was made by the French at Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal) in 1610. France and Great Britain bitterly contested the area, part of Acadia, until 1763, when the Treaty of Paris awarded the French possessions in North America to the British. During the 18th century many Scots immigrated to the region, leading to its name, a Latinized version of “New Scotland/ Halifax is the capit