Part II: Task
Section A: Short Conversations Directions: In this part, you are going to hear 5 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, there will be a question based on what you hear. Try to find the best answer to the question.
1. How much do you know about the four great inventions of ancient China?
2. What impacts do you think these inventions have on the world?
3. Do you know any modern inventions or discoveries which change the world dramatically?
2 M: Oh, my god! Can you believe the temperature will drop 10゜C tomorrow? And it may snow? You know it is April!
W: The weather report said so? Nothing is impossible. The overdevelopment of technology doesn’t create a new better world, but ruin the existing one.
Unit 6 Inventions and Discoveries
Module
Part I
Lead - in
Part II
Listening Task
Part III Speaking Task
Part IV Specific Focus
Part V
Self - enjoyment
Unit 6 Inventions and Discoveries
Part II: Listening Task
Section A: Short Conversations Directions: In this part, you are going to hear 5 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, there will be a question based on what you hear. Try to find the best answer to the question.
In this unit, you will: Learn some expressions about inventions and discoveries Listen to different materials about inventions and discoveries Practice talking in English about inventions and discoveries Master a listening skills of English note-taking Enjoy a wonderful speech and some English idioms about inventions and
1 M: Did you listen to the piano concert on the radio last night? W: I couldn’t because the result of the experiment didn’t appear till 7:00 p.m.. Q: Why didn’t the woman listen to the music? Tapescript
A. Because she must stay at his friend’s home. B. Because she listened to another song. C. Because she didn’t like piano concert. D. Because she stayed at the laboratory.
discoveries
Part I: Lead-in
Section A: Group Work Directions: Please discuss the following questions in pairs. Try to talk in English as much as possible.
Q: What does the woman mean? Tapescript
A. She doesn’t believe the weather report. B. She believes the climate change will ruin the world. C. She thinks the overdevelopment of technology will ruin the world. D. She thinks human should stop developing the technology.
4. Can you name some world famous inventions or discoveries?
Part I: Lead-in
Section B: Useful Words and Expressions
Part II: Listening Task
Listening Skill — Note-taking (II)
Part II: Listening Task
Section A: Short Conversations Directions: In this part, you are going to hear 5 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, there will be a question based on what you hear. Try to find the best answer to the question.