step_by_step_3000_第一冊第12單元ppt

1、Unit 12DictationItem one vocabularySense 感官Hearing learner 聽覺學(xué)習(xí)者Visual learner 視覺學(xué)習(xí)者Tactile learner 觸覺學(xué)習(xí)者Scientist 科學(xué)家Item one Different people have different ways of learning. We call this your “l(fā)earning style”, and its based on your senses. To learn, you need to use your different senses hearing,

2、seeing, touching, etc., to bring information to your brain. Now, most people use one of their senses more than the others. Some people learn best by listening. They are called hearing learners. And others learn best by reading or looking at pictures. They are called visual learners. And some learn b

3、est by touching and doing things. They are called tactile learners. Now scientists dont know why people use one sense more than the others. Maybe the sense they use most just works best for them. Item two vocabularyYosemite 約塞米蒂Extreme 極端Valley 山谷Ancient 古代的Waterfall 瀑布Slow-moving 緩慢的Grassy 綠色的Item

4、two Today, we tell about one of the most famous national parks in the United States. It is one of the most beautiful places in the country. Yosemite National Park is a place of extremes. It has high mountains. It has valleys formed by ancient ice that cut deep into the earth millions of years ago. W

5、ater from high in the mountains falls in many places to the green valley far below. There are thirteen beautiful waterfalls in Yosemite Valley. One of these waterfalls, Yosemite Falls, is the fifth highest on Earth. Yosemite has a beautiful slow-moving river and large grassy areas where you can see

6、wild animals. Item three vocabularyCoast 海岸Atlantic ocean 大西洋East 東方Pacific ocean 太平洋Kilometer 千米Canadian 加拿大的Border 邊緣Mexican 墨西哥的Item three Americas national road system makes it possible to drive coast to coast. From the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west is a distance of

7、 more than 4,000 kilometers. Or you could drive more than two thousand kilometers and go from the Canadian border south to the Mexican border. The highway system has made it possible for people to work in a city and live outside it. And it has made it possible for people to travel easily and quickly

8、 from one part of the country to another. Item four vocabularyConvey 表達(dá)Cultural 文化的Gaze 凝視Staring 凝視Wink 眨眼Compliment 贊美，表揚(yáng)Insult 侮辱Indication 指示，象征Item four vocabularyDisrespect 無禮Rudeness 無禮貌Surround 包圍Express 表達(dá)Norm 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，規(guī)范Item four The way you look at someone conveys important cultural messages. W

9、ithout your even knowing it, your gaze speaks volumes. “The eyes are the window of the soul,” according to the old sayings. Staring is acceptable in some cultures but not in others. A wink can mean a compliment or an insult, depending on the cultures. A direct gaze can be a sign of honesty or an ind

10、ication of disrespect and rudeness, according to the culture that surrounds the gazer. The way a person gazes thus expresses a strong message-but this message can be easily misunderstood if cultural norms are not shared. Item five vocabularyCatalogue 一覽表，目錄Industry expert 業(yè)內(nèi)專家Item five This time of

11、the year Americans spend lots of time shopping for holiday gifts for their family members and friends. Many people visit a lot of stores in large shopping centers to buy their gifts. Others order goods by telephone from catalogues, the magazines that offer companys products. And many are doing their

12、 holiday shopping on the Internet. Industry experts say American business should have about 184,000 million dollars in sales during November and December. 63% of people who use the Internet say they expect to buy at least some gifts there.Item six vocabularyIOC(International Olympic Committee) 國際奧林匹

13、克委員會Govern 統(tǒng)治，控制Paris 巴黎Swiss 瑞士Lausanne 洛桑Movement 活動Olympic charter 奧林匹克憲章 Item six vocabularyMuseum 博物館Poster 海報Medal 獎?wù)拢勁芐culpture 雕刻品Item six IOC stands for International Olympic Committee, which governs the Olympics in general. It was founded in Paris on 23 June 1894. Its headquarters are in

14、the Swiss city of Lausanne. Its official languages are English and French. IOC members come from five different continents-Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. They choose Olympic cities six years in advance. All the Olympic movements rules are contained in a book called The Olympic Charter. T

15、here is an Olympic Museum and Studies Center in Lausanne. It contains posters, documents, medals, books, photos, paintings, films and sculptures.Item seven vocabularyInjure 傷害，損害Blame 指責(zé)，責(zé)怪Pedestrian 步行者Fairly 完全地State 狀況Convince 相信Death toll 死亡人數(shù)To be fair 公平地說Item seven vocabularyLook forward 期望Mo

16、tor car 汽車Item seven There are far too many road accidents in this country, too many deaths and too many people injured. One wonders who most to blame, drivers or pedestrians. Some people say that the blame can not be put fairly without considering the state of the roads and the whole transport syst

17、em. On the other hand, many experts are convinced that the larger part of the blame for the death toll must be put on persons and persons alone. To be fair, pedestrians, drivers and road conditions are all to blame. One looks forward to the day when the motor-car has been replaced by some less dange

18、rous means of transport.Item eight vocabularyPetroleum 石油Ancient 古代的，年老的Latin 拉丁文Fossil 化石Fuel 燃料Liquid 液體Remain 殘骸Bury 掩埋，埋葬Item eight vocabularyPressure 壓力Geological 地質(zhì)學(xué)的Molecule 分子Hydrogen 氫Carbon 碳Element 元素，成分Crude 天然的Unprocessed 未加工的Item eight vocabularySulfur 硫磺Impurity 雜質(zhì)Sour crude 高硫（酸性）原油

19、Refine 精煉Sweet crude 低硫原油Item eight Petroleum has been important since ancient times. In Latin, the name means “rock oil.” Petroleum is a fossil fuel. The liquid comes from the remains of plants and animals that died millions of years ago. These remains were buried deep below levels of rock over tim

20、e and under great pressure. This geological process created complex molecules of hydrogen and carbon. Oil can also contain other elements. Crude oil, or unprocessed petroleum, is called sour when it contains a lot of sulfur, an impurity. Sour crude requires more refining than sweet crude, which is o

21、ften more valuable. Item nine vocabularyGoal 目標(biāo)Poverty 貧窮，貧困Millennium 一千年Halt 停止Spread 擴(kuò)展AIDS 艾滋病malaria 瘧疾Survival 幸存，生存Item nine vocabularyEquality 同等，平等Environmental 環(huán)境的Target 目標(biāo)Item nine In September of 2000, world leaders set eight goals for bringing millions of people out of poverty. These be

22、came known as the United Nations millennium development goals. Among them: cut in half the number of people living on less than one dollar a day and halt the spread of AIDS and malaria. The goals also include improving survival rates for pregnant women and young children, and educating all children.

23、 Working for equality between women and men and dealing with environmental needs like safe water also are included. The target date for reaching the goals is 2015.Item ten vocabularyMovement 活動Eclipse （日，月）食Measure 測量Item ten One way to think about time is to imagine a world without time. There coul

24、d be no movement, because time and movement cannot be separated. A world without time could exist only as long as there were no changes. For time and change are linked. We know that time has passed when something changes. In the real world-the world with time-changes never stop. Some changes happen only once in a while, like an eclipse of the moon. Others happen repeatedly, like the rising and setting of the sun. Humans always have noted natural events that repeat themselves. When people began to count such events, they began to measure time. Item eleven vocabularyWorld futur