新视野大学英语视听说第一册第二版第二单元.pptxVIP

Work in groups to discuss the following questions.Do you often exercise?What is your favorite sport?Do you think regular physical exercise is important?Are you a basketball fan? Who is your favorite basketball player?Are you a football fan? Who is your favorite football player?Your familiarity with the metric公制的; 十进制的; 米制的 system or the British and U.S. system of measures and weights could help you identify numbers. Now work in groups to find out how much you know about the metric system.Metric system Use feet and inches for height If your height is 1.78 meters, you can say “I’m five ten”, which means you are 5 feet 10 inches tall. Another possible answer is “I’m five foot ten” (Yes, that’s foot, not feet.). It’s rare to say your height in full: I’m five feet ten inches tall.2. Use miles for distanceThe speed limit on many of the highways in the USA is at least 55 mph (that’s about 88.5 kph), but it varies state by state. Use ounces and liters for liquid capacity The standard-sized drinking bottle in China is 550 ml, while the standard-sized drinking can in the USA is 12 oz. (ounces). For Europeans, fuel consumption is measured in liters per 100 kilometers. In Britain, milk is sold in bottles. The capacity of a middle-sized bottle of milk is 1 liter, while a large size is 2 liters. Use pounds for weight In Britain, fruits and vegetables are usually sold by pound at food markets. For example: 2 pounds of apples cost 60 pence, and youwant to ask for one pound of apples.When you ask, be careful to make yourself clear to the seller whether you want one pound in weight or one pound in money, as pound is also the unit of British money. Pounds are also used to measure a person’s weight. If people say to you “Oh, you need to lose pounds!”, it means you need to lose weight. Sometimes, we also say “You need to lose kilos (short for kilograms, not kilometers)!”Yao Ming (born September 12, 1980) is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who last played for the Houston