新核心大学英语B版听说教程2Unit2

Unit 2 Energy

Learning objectivesIn this unit you will:

1. learn about some enerty-related problems and pressures human beings face; 2. familiarize yourself with the words/expressions related to the theme of the unit; 3. learn to use these words and expressions; 4. learn more about the ABCs of news reporting; 5. practice listening with other non-theme-related audio and video materials; 6. learn to use the proper expressions and sentence structures to ask permission.

Part I Theme-Related Activities Part II Listening Strategies Part III Extensive Listening Part IV Communication Skills

Part V Assessment Log

Part I Theme-Related Activities Section I Section II Talk Feature

Section III Talk

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Lead-in questions

Lead-in questions:1. What measures should be taken to raise people’s awareness of energy conservation? 2. What have you done to adopt or popularize a more energy-efficient lifestyle?

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Word Bank

Word Bankunderpin / nd p n/ v. arc /ɑ k/ n. extraction / k stræk n/ n. refinement /r fa nm nt/ n. entropic / entr p k/ adj. ecologist / k l d st/ n. liter / li t (r)/ n. metric / metr k/ adj. 支撑，支持 弧，弧形物 抽出，取出 精炼，提炼 熵的，熵态的 生态学家

升，公升(容量单位) 公制的，米制的，十进制的

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Word Bank

phytoplankton /fa t ’plæ kt n/ n.photosynthetic /f t s n’θet k/ adj. come upon humanly /hju me nli/ adv. mitigate / m t ɡe t/ vt.

浮游 生物 光 合的 偶遇, 突袭, 突然产生 富人情地，仁 爱地，人道地 镇静，缓和，减轻

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Notes

Notes1. And so then I went out to develop a whole series on the landscape of oil. Then I started to make a series on the situation of oil. 2. And that’s one chapter. And that’s only one part of the whole thing. 3. The whole world at 1.2 trillion estimated reserves, only gives us about 45 years. The estimated reserves of oil is 1.2 trillion for the whole world, which would only sustain our life for about 45 years. 4. peak oil a period which sees an extremely large consumption of oil.

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 1

Task 1 Watch the video clip and then complete the following comprehension questions.1. What, most likely, is the speaker’s occupation? A. Writer. B. Photographer. C. Social activist. D. Ecological researcher. 2. Why did the speaker decide to photograph the landscape of oil? A. Oil reflects the scale of change and the speed we take resources. B. Oil is the most basic support of our daily activities. C. We have run into the most serious oil crisis in decades. D. Such a landscape demonstrates our exploitation of the Earth.

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Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 1

3. What does the speaker intend to document with his photos? A. How people celebrate their cars. B. Overexploitation of limited natural r

esources. C. The day when everything built on oil collapses. D. Consumption of oil in our motor cultures. 4. According to the speaker, how long will the present oil reserves last? A. Approximately 30 years. B. Approximately 40 years. C. Approximately 45 years. D. Approximately 50 years.

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Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 1

5. What is the purpose of this talk on photographing the landscape of oil? A. To alert the audience of the dire consequences of the end of oil. B. To call on people to take action regarding the energy crisis. C. To impart the knowledge of oil conservation. D. To advocate for a more eco-friendly lifestyle.

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Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 2

Task 2 Watch the video clip a second time and then identify which of the following topics the speaker mentioned in the talk. Tick those you heard in the talk.√ 1. How oil is extracted and refined. ____ ____ 2. Monitoring the consumption of oil.

____ √ 3. The possible end of oil. ____ 4. Interacting with more ecologists. ____ 5. Supporting organic material and organic lifestyles. ____ 6. The biggest oil suppliers in the world. ____ √ 7. The amount of oil consumed every year. ____ √ 8. Be responsible to future generations.

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 3

Task 3 Watch the video clip again and then have a group discussion based on the following questions. After the discussion, each group will give a brief report to the class.1. It may not be a false alarm that the oil reserves will be used up in 50 years or so. What do you imagine the world would be like when there is no more oil? 2. Suppose you live in a community of about 200 households. Design a plan/proposal together with the other members in your group to help the residents be more energy efficient and eco-friendly. 3. Fast economic development is often achieved at

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Unit 2 》Part I 》Section I 》Script

ScriptI started my journey 30 years ago. And I worked in mines. And I realized that this was a world unseen. And I wanted, through color and large format cameras and very large prints, to make a body of work that somehow became symbols of our use of the landscape, how we use the land. And to me this was a key component that somehow, through this medium of photography, which allows us to contemplate these landscapes, that I thought photography was perfectly suited to doing this type of work. And after 17 years of photographing large industrial

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section II 》Word Bank

Word Bankplunge /pl nd / v. span /spæn/swine flu simultaneously /sa m l te ni sli/ adv. grab /ɡræb/ n.

跳入，栽进 跨度，跨距，间距猪流感 同时地 抓取物，抓

catastrophic / kæt str f k/ adj. 悲惨的，灾难的 analogy / næl d i/ n. 相似，类似，类比 fossil / f sl/ adj. 化石的

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section II 》Word Bank

suicidal / su sa dl/ adj. compact /k m pækt/ adj. sprout up pull back enchant / n t ɑ nt/ v

. dragonfly / dræɡ nfla / n. harness / hɑ n s/ vt. cling to strip mall ripple / r pl/ vi.

自杀的，自杀性的，自我毁减的 紧凑的 涌现 拉回，撤回 施魔法，使迷惑；使喜悦，使陶醉 蜻蜓 利用(产生动力) 抱住；固守；贴近 零售店 呈波浪状，起伏前进

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section II 》Notes

Notes1. Barack Obama The 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008. 2. VO = voice over 旁白 3. If we continue down this suicidal pathway that we’re on, where we basically turn living stuff into dead stuff and call that economic growth, this will look like the good

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section II 》Task 1

Task 1 Watch the video clip and then complete the following table.…was born in 2009 into a world that was running out of land and a lot of other things. water, __ oil , ___ ____ Back then human beings were faced with challenges such as _____ energy, _____ climate , food, population and economic pressure . ______________ …didn’t notice any of the abnormal phenomena. enchanted by her small world. Instead she was ______________________ … __________ left the suburb for the city at the age of six. She and her parents were going to live on the top floor ___________ of an apartment building in Miami.

Lucy

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section II 》Task 1

Lucy’s parents

…were aware of what was happening. a compact car and Therefore, they had ____________ recycled . _______…the world has gone greener. A wave ___________________ the ocean’s farm off Scotland is harnessing ______ energy. In America, cars are running cleaner and more efficiently. …the large spread out suburbs, malls, desirable places stores are becoming less _________________ for people.

In 2015

With the price of oil going up,

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section II 》Task 2

Task 2 Watch the video clip a second time and then give a short answer to each of the following questions. 1. Why are the challenges we are facing today especially difficult for the government to cope with? All these challenges are happening at the same time. __________________________________________ 2. What abnormal phenomena can be observed in plants? ___________________________________________ Flowers are blooming earlier; trees are leafing earlier. 3. Why was Lucy’s mother puzzled when she saw the dragonflies? They were supposed to be in Cuba, not in Miami. _______________________________________

Unit 2 》Part I 》Section II 》Task 2

4. What could happen to the oil price by 2015? It could double or triple. ___________________ 5. What is the basic assumption behind the American way of life? Oil will be plentiful forever. _____________________ 6. How is the American agriculture system heavily dependent on oil? _________________

___________________________ Planting, harvesting and transporting all depend on the consumption of oil. ______________

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