Listening_in 视听说 Book 4 Unit 10 The Human Spirit 教学课件.ppt

Language and Culture: David Walliams David Walliams, a professional comedian, swam the Channel in 2006 to raise money for a sports charity. Back Listening in Name the different parts of a sailboat. Navigation Light Mast Rudder Masthead Keel Sail 1 Work in pairs and predict what the passage  is about using the words below. miraculous survival rescue set out sailboat storm drift Vietnamese immigrant Southern California Costa Rica four months mast rudder Example Answers Example Answer I am not sure of the details but someone, perhaps an immigrant from Vietnam, set out from Southern California to sail somewhere. A storm left his sailboat without a mast or rudder and he drifted for four months all the way around South America and north to Costa Rica. There he was rescued and everyone said it was miraculous that he had survived. Now listen to Passage 1 and check your answers. Work with your partner and tell how the hero is related to the following places. Vietnam 越南 Southern California 南卡罗来纳 Costa Rica 哥斯达黎加 Hawaii 夏威夷 San Francisco旧金山 He was an immigrant from Vietnam. He set out in his small sailboat from Southern California. He was spotted almost 480 km off the coast of Costa Rica. He thought he was near Hawaii when he was rescued. Finally he flew back to San Francisco in America. 1 A _______________ American citizen called  Richard Van Pham, an immigrant from Vietnam,  set out in his small eight-metre sailboat from  Southern California one morning last May. 2 He intended to sail to ____________ 35 kilometres  away. 3 ... an ________________________ spotted the boat  almost 480 kilometres off the coast of Costa Rica. 2 Listen to Passage 1 again and complete the  sentences. 62-year-old an island American plane 4 Pham was delighted to be rescued of course,  but astonishingly, he didn’t want  ________________________. 5 Pham had lost 18 kilograms but apart from that  he was __________