高职实用英语I Module 9.pptVIP

Who knows the name of the movie? The Day After Tomorrow What’s the movie about? Listen to the recording and go through Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2. What problem does Dialogue 1 talk about? What about Dialogue 2? 1st reading task What’s the main idea of the passage? 2nd reading task—comprehension of the text Answer the following questions about the text. You should write short answers. 1. When was Mar. 22 designated as World Water Day. In 1992. 2. What is the world’s most serious health problem? Unsafe and inadequate water supplies. 3rd reading task—words phrases designate access cooperation accelerate Homework What can you do to protect our environment? List not less than 3 methods. Finish Test 9. Listening exercises Turn to Page 194 and finish Part 1. 1-5 CCDDA 6-10 DBDBA 11. attention 12. five to nine 13. delayed 14. fog 15. Paris Reading exercises 36. [答案]D [分析] 由文章第一段的“starts to work” “he reads his e-mails”可知Peter在家通过网络工作。 37. [答案]B [分析]由文章第二段的“Telecommuters can follow their own schedules”可知远距离工作者可以自由安排时间。 38. [答案]C [分析]由文章第二段的“Studies show that telecommuters change jobs less often. This saves employers even more money”可知远距离工作者的雇主更省钱。 39. [答案]C [分析]文章第三段第一句列举了适合远程办公的工作，可见suited to意为“适合的,匹配的”。 40.[答案]A [分析]全文主要说了Peter在家远程办公的事情，属于新的办公形式，故选A。 41.[答案]D [分析]文章第一段的第二句“They must accept the criticism of others and be suspicious of it… ”即是对第一句的解释：作家如何成为自己的敌人--接受别人的批评并怀疑它。所以答案应选B。 42. [答案]B [分析]由文章第二段的第二句“Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury supposedly puts each manuscript away for a year… ”可知答案应选B。 43.[答案]A [分析]由文章第三段的第二句“…because he wouldnt thus admire it if he weren’t in a sense protecting it from criticism.”可知答案应选A：“因为如果他不打算保护文章不受批评，他就不会崇拜它”。 44.[答案]C [分析]由文章第三段的最后一句“Most people think that the principal problem is that writers are too proud of….”可知应选C。 45.[答案]A [分析]全文主要说的是作家应尽量如何做才能写出好东西，亦即怎样才能成为好作家。所以答案应选A。 get over 1. 越过（墙等）；克服（困难，偏见等） You’ll soon get