Listening 3 lesson 6.pptVIP

Part I Warming Up Training focus: Summarizing news Item 1. Pre-listening: What is silk usually used for? What new use has been discovered? While listening: Summarize the news: This news is about _______________________ _______________________________________. Item 2: Pre-listening analyzing… data: 分析…数据 correspondent: a person employed by a newspaper, a television station, etc. to report on a particular subject or send reports from a foreign country; a reporter rainfall: the amount of rain that falls 2.?This news item is about ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Item 3 pawn- one of the pieces in the game of chess. The most common piece. This news item is about ________________________________________________________________________________ Item 4 electrode: 电极 lever: 杠杆;控制杆 This news item is about ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Item 5.? VCR: video cassette recorder 盒式录放像机 This news item is about ________________________________________________________________________________ A2. Listen again and complete the following facts 1.?While silk threads may be ____, they can be used to produce _____________________________ 2. American and Japanese researchers have discovered __________________________________ __________________________________ 3.Visitors to the site have 24 hours to ________________________ helped by a team of young chess experts who _______________ 4. The rats had earlier been trained to obtain a reward by____________________ 5.?The robot from NEC can _______________________ through the Internet and switch on ____________________ Work with a partner to discuss these 5 news stories. Make sure you understand them. Quiz Choose 3 of the 5 stories to write a summary according to your understanding. Use your own words. Vest made out of silk Predicting weather Chess match Rats and robots Spea