国际交流英语视听说B1U4 全图文精要.ppt

Listening 1 Farmers grow straw in their fields. Listening 1 A machine ties dried straw together into large bales. Listening 1 People stack the bales to make walls. Listening 1 People cover the walls with wire and a material such as plaster to keep out water. Listening 1 A | Listen to a talk about straw houses and choose the main idea of the talk. a. Builder Michael Furbish uses straw to make buildings. b. A straw house is another way to “go green”. c. Straw bales are used to build houses and schools. √ Listening 1 B | Listen again and answer the questions. 1. Why is straw a better material to build a house than wood? 2. How do people make straw-bale houses? Explain the process. 3. How many straw bales did Furbish use to build his family’s house? And how many bales did his company use to build an elementary school in Maryland? Answer Keys Building a house from wood means cutting down trees and damaging the environment. Straw is a kind of grass, and it takes little energy to grow. 1. Why is straw a better material to build a house than wood? Listening 1 Answer Keys After the straw is dry, farmers use a machine to make bales—large rectangular bricks of straw. Then, builders build walls with the bales. When they finish the walls, they cover them with plaster inside and outside. 2. How do people make straw-bale houses? Explain the process. Listening 1 Answer Keys Furbish used about 900 straw bales for his family’s house. His company used about 4,000 bales to build an elementary school in Maryland. 3. How many straw bales did Furbish use to build his family’s house? And how many bales did his company use to build an elementary school in Maryland? Listening 1 What is your house made of? Building a house from concrete or metal requires large amounts of energy and pollutes the air. Building a house from wood means cutting down trees and damaging the environment. Builder Michael Furbish has another idea: Use straw to make buildings.