1、人教修订版高中二年级(下)Unit 16ListeningListening湖北 梅国荣RevisionTopics What does your hometown look like?Describe a place in your city.What does it look like?Describe different parts of your city.What does the landscape look like?Are there any hills,mountains,rivers,lakes or forests?Useful expressionsHow long/w
2、ide/high/tall is?Itsmetres/feet long/wide/tall.There is in the north.It looks likeView of the USAView of the USAHow many can you call out?Statue ofStatue ofLibertyLibertyGoldenGoldenBridgeBridgeAn avenueAn avenueDaily lifeDaily life Jesus Jesus mountmountUniverse Universe probeprobeCapitol Capitol H
3、illHillWhiteWhiteHouseHouseNew YorkWashingtonAtlantaLos AngelesChicagoABCDEChicago,Atlanta,Washington,New York,Los AngelesMatch the letters with the citiesGo through the exercises on P42.Preparation for listeningListening(Part1)Excercise1.Listen to Part 1 and correct the errors in Wang Xiaos notes.N
4、Y disc.By French explorer,1524.Manhattan bought from Native Americans for$200.NY capital of USA for one year;Washington DC is the capital of the USA today.1920,NY became the largest city in the USA.Central Park:zoo,museum,boating lake.Italian$2418201.Why do you think early settlers chose New York as
5、 a place for a new city?Listen to Part 1 again and answer the questions.Exercise 2 New York is located on the coast,at a place where several rivers flow into the ocean.This makes New York a good place to build a city because ships can reach it and the rivers connect the city with the inland.2.What w
6、ere native Americans angry about?Native Americans are angry about the unfair treatment they received in the past/the unfair business deal(buying Manhattan for$24).Listening textListening text New York is built on a group of islands on the east coast of the USA at a point where several rivers flow in
7、to the ocean.The first Westerner to discover these islands was an Italian explorer in 1524.In 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians,Native Americans,for a handful of goods worth about$24.Today Native Americans express anger of this unfair business deal.After the War of Independe
8、nce ended,New York became the capital of the USA for a short time(1789-1790)before Washington DC.By 1820 the population of New York had grown to about 125,000,making it the largest city in the USA.In 1858 an area of poor housing,factories and farm building was torn down and Central Park was created,
9、reaching from 59th Street to 110th Street and across the avenues.There is space for summer picnic,open air concerts,plays and games.Central Park also has a zoo,an art museum,a boating lake and,in winter,and ice-skating area.Listening(Part 2)Listening(Part 2)Exercise 3Listen to Part 2 and choose the
10、best answers.1.Why do you think Ellis Island was turned into a museum?A.The buildings were not needed for new arrivals.B.There is a lot of history connected with people settling in the USA.C.Officials stopped working at Ellis Island.D.It was close to New York.B 2.Why do you think Ellis Island was ca
11、lled the“Island of Tears”?A.People were unhappy when their names were changed.B.Officials treated the people passing through the island badly.C.Some people cried when they were refused entry into the USA.D.People were afraid of taking mental and physical tests.CListening textListening text In 1892 t
12、he age of mass arrivals began,during which 15 million new people passed through Ellis Island into the USA over a period of 62 years.Today Ellis Island is a museum,showing the roots of Americas newcitizens,who came from all the corners of the earth.Officials used to have trouble with the foreign name
13、s of people passing through Ellis Island,and because they were so busy,many peoples names got changed in the rush.People who wanted to enter the USA had to go through a number of mental and physical tests,and about two million people were turned away.Thus Ellis Island became known as the“Island of T
14、ears”.New York never sleeps.The subway runs 24 hours a day,and there are all-nightcinemas,bars and restaurants.Some people think that the weather is unpleasant,the city ugly and dirty,the competition fierce and the streets unsafe.It is a city in a hurry,but a very exciting place to be.Listening on P
15、109 Exercise 1Listen to the tape to get a general idea.What surprised Wang Bing when he arrived in the States?Tick the correct answer.()The culture and customs of different ethnic groups()The way people dressed()The number of nationalities()The languages of different ethnic groupsTExercise 2Listen t
16、o the tape again.Pay attention to the following different groups Wang Bing talks about and complete the form below.Group Why they came1.People from Central America2.Blacks3.Jews4.People from IrelandTo earn more money.Brought as slaves.Because it was no longer safe.1840s potato harvest failed.Exercis
17、e 3What other groups are mentioned on the tape?What is said about each group?Group InformationGreeks and Chinese Non given.Native AmericansThey were the first Americans.Some of them live in special parts of the US and continue their own way of life.Listening textWang Bing is back in China after his
18、visit to the United States.Here he is talking to Jane about his experiences.W:Wang BingJ:Jane J:Whats it like living in the States?W:Well,Im surprised at the number of different ethnic groups there.J:What exactly do you mean?W:I thought that Americans were,well,American and spoke English.But when I
19、got there I found people from all over the world.J:Can you give me some examples?W:Yes.There are a lot of people from Central America who speak Spanish.They came to the States because they could earn more money there.Then there are a lot of black people.The first backs were brought as slaves from Af
20、rica.As you know,and worked mainly in the South.But now they live all over the country.J:Any others?W:Yes.There are a lot of Jews.Many of them travelled to the States in the 1930s when it was no longer safe for Jews to live in Europe.J:What other ethnic groups did you notice?W:There are a lot of peo
21、ple from Eastern and Central Europe and also from Ireland.A lot of Irish travelled to the States in the 1840s when the potato harvests in Ireland failed.J:Any others?W:Yes.There are lots of Greeks and lots of Chinese.You can eat food from all over the world in the States.I also met some Indians,or N
22、ative Americans.They were the first people to live in America before the European settlers arrived.Some of them live in special parts of the country where they continue their own way of life.J:Wow,it sounds like you can meet people from almost any country in the USA!W:Yes,you can.And you can eat food from all over the world!Homework Listen to the tape again after class,so that you can master them and try to find the skills of listening.
