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UNIT 14
Section one Tactics for Listening
Part 1 Phonetics
Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions.
Mr Trimm: Now that the (1) reather's better, I'd like to weed the garden and paint the fence white.
Mrs Trimm:(2) That's a good idea. It looks terrible at moment. I'm sure the boys will help you, Dick. You could all (3) o together.
Pedro: Uh…When are you going to do this, Mr Trimm?
Mr Trimm: This Saturday.
Niko: Oh, then I'm afraid I (4) can't help you. I'm taking Jenny out to lunch and then to (5) an afternoon concert.
Mr Trimm: Maybe you could (6) put it off until next weekend.
Niko: I'm so sorry, I can't. (7) I've already bought the tickets.
Mr Trimm: Oh, well. (8) what about you, Andrew? (9) You're not doing anything special, are you?
Andrew: (10) As a matter of fact, I have to play in the game against the Panthers, because Jim sprained (11) and cant’t play.
Mr Trimm: I've always thought football (12) was a dangerous game.
Pedro: And I have to study for my final exams which start next week.
Mr Trimm: All right. (15) I’ll do it alone.

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking
Husband: Have you seen this ad in the paper?
Wife: No. which one? Husband: Coconut Island…
Wife: But you have an island. Husband: yes, but listen to this : A hundred acres with excellent sandy beaches, good fishing and forty acres of coconut palms.
Wife: sounds nice, but how much does it cost? Husband: $ 800,000. It's a good buy.
Wife: Yes, I guess so.
Husband: If I buy it, I'll build a luxury hotel there.
Wife: What's the weather like? Husband: Beautiful all year round.
Wife: How do you know?
Husband: Well, it's in the Pacific.
Wife: Seems like a perfect place for tourists.
Husband: Yes. And I'll also have a yacht club…mm, and golf course.
Wife: Uh huh. That's a good idea.
Husband: There'll be fresh fish and coconuts. I might start a coconut oil industry.
Wife: That sounds very ambitious. Husband: I think I'll call up the real estate agent right now.
Wife: Why don't you think about it for a day or two? You may change your mind.
Husband: No. I've made up my mind.
Exercise A: Listen to the conversation and take notes.
Exercise B: complete the advertisement.
Coconut Island
A beautiful island in the (1) Pacific
(2) A hundred acres with excellent (3) sandy beaches,
(4) good fishing and (5) forty acres of coconut palms
For
Only (6) $ 800,000
A perfect investment for both (7) tourism and (8) coconut oil Industry
Interested? Contact your local (9) real estate agent
At
800-123-4567

Section two Listening Comprehension
Part 1 Dialogues
Dialogue 1 Magic Tricks and Illusions
Ken Brown, the taxi driver, loves magic tricks and illusions. He is talking to another driver while they are waiting for passengers.
Ken: Did you see the Joe Daniel show last night?
Driver: No, I didn't. Why? Was it good?
Ken: Fantastic. There was an Indian on, called the Great Supremo.
Driver: what did he do?
Ken: He rolled up a sort of spiral* track in a ball.
Driver: What do you mean, in a ball?
Ken: He came on, took off his cloak and shoes, got into a silver ball and curled up*. Then his assistant fastened it and pushed it onto the track. Driver: There was probably a moving chain or something.
Ken: No, it looked just like a helter-skelter*－about four meters high. Driver: But how can a ball roll up a slope*?
Ken: It must be something to do with the centre of gravity*.
Driver: And what happened when it go to the top?
Ken: It came back down again. I suppose he turned round inside to keep control.
Driver: Did it come down quickly?
Ken: Not at all. It came down as slowly as it went up, but it always looked as if it might fall off the track.
Exercise A: Listen to the dialogue and complete the following summary.
An Indian rolled up a spiral track in a ball.
Exercise B: Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following description of the show in detail..
The performancer came on, took off his cloak and shoes, got into a silver ball and curled up*. Then his assistant fastened it and pushed it onto the track, which looked just like a helter-skelter－about four meters high. The ball rolled up the slope slowly. When it got to the top, it came back down again. It came down as slowly as it went up, but it always looked as if it might fall off the track.

Dialogue 2 Ancient Mysterious
Ann is having coffee with her two flatmates, Jane and Sheila.
Jane: You re very quiet, Ann. What are you thinking about?
Ann: This book about Stonehenge. It reminds me of another book I once read about mysterious objects and places.
Sheila: It sounds interesting. What sort of things do you mean?
Ann: I don't remember the name of the writer, but he found some quartz bead in Peru that had tiny holes drilled in them
Jane: What's strange about that?
Ann: They've only just developed a commercial drill that could make such holes.
Sheila: Do you remember any other examples?
Ann: Yes, there's an iron tower in Indian. It's at least 1500 years old, but it never rusts*.
Sheila: Wait a minute! I remember reading about lots of lines on the ground dating from about A.D.500. It was somewhere in Peru again, I think…
Jane: I don't see anything strange about that! Sheila: I haven't finished. You can see what the lines represent from high in the air.
Ann: And there were no airplanes in those days-or were there? Jane: Oh, stop it. Of course, there weren't!
Ann: I think it's the same book. It's got a lot of photos in it of cave* drawings showing people who look like astronauts.
Jane: And why do you think they look like astronauts?
Ann: Because they have helmets and clothes that look like modern spacesuits.
Jane: Well, it all sounds rather far-fetched* to me.
Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.
F 1, The ancient mysterious events mentioned in the conversation all took place in Pure. (The ancient mysterious events mentioned in the conversation did not all take place in Peru Some took place in Indian.)
T 2. Ancient people used drills to make holes on quartz beads. ( Ancient people may have developed a kind of drill to make holes on quartz beads.) F 3. There is stainless steel tower in India. (The tower is not made of stainless steel but iron that never rusts.)
F 4. People can see what the lines represent on the ground. (People can see what the lines represent only in the sky not
F 5. Cave drawings show that astronauts from outer space visited the Earth long ago. (Cave drawings just show people who look like astronauts.)
F 6. It seems that the speakers are all interested in ancient mysteries. (The ancient mysteries sound interesting to Ann but rather far-fetched to Jane.)

Part 2 passage
Passage 1 the Problems of the Third World
Er, one of our main arguments is that we in Western countries actually have a part to play in causing the problems of the Third world. Er, many Third World countries are saddled* by immense debt burdens, for example. They were lent money at low interest rates in the 1970s, when money flooded into Western banks from the oil-producing countries and was, was lent out to the Third World. The interest rates have then risen dramatically. So you have a situation where a country in many cases can't even repay the intere let alone* the capital*, on th-, on the debt. And I, I suppose the best example of that that I've come across is a country in West Africa where the consumption, the local consumption of, of peanuts was banned, er, because peanuts w-,if, if they're im-, exported can bring in dea-, bring in a great deal of, of foreign income. Er, the peanut is a major source of protein* in this country. So you had people going hungry as a result of that.
The peanuts were exported to Great Britain and the United States to feed our cattle. Er, those cattle then produced a surplus of milk which we don't know what to do with. We have enough er, milk, more milk that we can, than we can cope with in, in the Western World. And so that milk was transformed into dried milk power and then taken back to this country to help feed children who were suffering from malnutrition. So that, that's the kind of insane economic relationship that w-, we've got ourselves into with, with the Third World.
Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.B

Part 3 News
New stem 1
The United Nations Security Counsel has opened a conference on the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Diplomats attending the conference say the Counsel is ready for a limited deployment of military observers and troops to Congo. The Counsel expects to send about 3,000 troops to Congo. This is less than half the size of a peacekeeping force approved earlier. France's ambassador to the UN said the reduced force will be enough to observe peace promised by warring sides. But Zimbabwe foreign minister said the reduced force shows that UN is not really serious about establishing peace in Congo.
Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.
The United Nations Security Counsel has opened a conference on the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provide. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.
T 1. Military observers and troops will be sent to Congo by the Counsel. F 2. As approved earlier, about 3,000troops will go to keep peace there. (The Counsel expects to send about 3,000 troops to Congo. That is less than half the size of a peacekeeping force approved earlier.)
F 3. Officials from France and Zimbabwe think the force will be enough to observe peace. (But Zimbabwe foreign minister said the reduced force shows that UN is not really serious about establishing peace in Congo.)

New stem 2
Forty African leaders attending a meeting of the Organization of African Unity have promised to create a continental trade group. The organization would be similar to the European Union. It would have a parliament, a central bank and a court of law. At least 44 members of the organization of African Unity have signed the documents supporting the proposal. OAU officials say they expect the resolution to be approved within the month. Thirty-six nations must support it.
Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.
Forty African leaders attending a meeting have promised to create a continental trade group.
Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and fill in the blanks with the information you get.
The proposed organization, similar to the European Union, would have a parliament, central bank and a court of law. At least 44 members of the Organization of African Unity support the proposal. The resolution will be approved if 36 nations support it.

New stem 3
The Internet search engine company called Google has announced it will give more than twenty-five million dollars in money and investments to help the poor. The money will be spent over the next five to ten years in several areas, including poverty reduction and private business development.
The company says the effort is to use the power of information and technology to help people improve their lives.
Google.org will also give money to help two climate change programs announced earlier this year. One of these programs studies ways to make renewable energy less costly than coal-based fuels. The other program is examining efforts to speed up common public use of electric cars.
The creators of Google have promised to give Google.org about one percent of company profits and one percent of its total stock value every year.
Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.
This news item is about the plans of Google.org to help the climate change programs.
Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provide. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.
F 1. Goole.org has announced its plan to give more than 20 million dollars in money and investments to help the poor. (Google has announced it will give more than twenty-five million dollars in money and investments to help the poor.)
F 2. The money will be spent over the following years in several areas, such as poverty reduction and small private business development. (The money will be spent over the next five to ten years in several areas, including poverty reduction and private business development.)
T 3. Goole.org hopes to use its power of information and technology to help people improve their lives. (The company says the effort is to use the power of information and technology to help people improve their lives.)
T 4. Google.org will also give money to help two climate change programs.
T 5. The programs were announced earlier this year.
T 6. One program is to find ways to make renewable energy cheaper than oil-based fuels. (One of these programs studies ways to make renewable energy less costly than coal-based fuels.)
F 7. The other program is to speed up public use of low gas emission cars. (The other program is examining efforts to speed up common public use of electric cars.)
T 8. The creators of Google have promised to give Google.org about one percent of company profits and one percent of its total stock value every year.

Section three Oral Work
Part 1 Questions and Answers
Richard is sitting in his office. His old friend James has called to see him. James now lives in another town a long way away
James: I was in town to visit the Browns a week last Sunday. You were out a long time that day!
Richard: Was I ? How do you know?
James: I tried to telephone you several times but there was no reply. Richard: A week last Sunday? Wait, I remember. I'd gone bird watching. James: Where did you go?
Richard: To the Purple Lake. I'd heard the flamingoes had come back. James: And did you see any?
Richard: Yes, lots of them. That rain the week before bad made the lake just the right depth.
James: Why do you think they'd come?
Richard: I suppose those storms in the north had driven them down. They only stayed a few days. When I went last weekend, they'd gone.
James: They don't nest here then ?
Richard: Possibly occasionally. I haven't heard reports recently, but an old man once told me he'd seen them.
James: Did you get close to them?
Richard: Yes, I’d got within about fifteen feet of them when one of them noticed me and gave them alarm.
James: Did you get any photographs?
Richard: No, u