[00:01.00]Module 1
[00:01.56]The Beijing foreign languages audio vision publishing house.
[00:25.12]Beijing foreign studies university.
[00:45.36]New standard English senior high Book 4.
[00:52.46]Editor in chief:Chen Lin,Simon Greenall.
[00:57.32]Vice editor in chief:Zhang Lianzhong.
[01:00.63]Writers:David Newbold,Diana Pye
[01:09.39]Published by foreign language teaching and research press
[01:13.53]in conjunction with Macmillan publishing Ltd.
[01:28.33]Module 1 Life in the Future
[01:31.70]READING AND VOCABULARY
[01:34.09]2 Read the passage and check your ideas.
[01:38.97]The City of the Future
[01:41.58]What will the city of the future look like?
[01:46.02]No one knows for sure,and making predictions is a risky business.
[01:51.47]But one thing is certain--
[01:54.09]they are going to get bigger before they get smaller.
[01:57.50]In the future,
[01:59.31]care for the environment
[02:00.88]will become very important as earth's natural resources run out.
[02:06.17]We will use lots of recycled materials,
[02:09.52]such as plastic, aluminium,steel, glass,wood and paper,
[02:16.82]and we will waste fewer natural resources.
[02:20.76]We will also have to rely more on alternative energy,
[02:24.85]such as solar and wind power.
[02:27.38]All this seems certain,
[02:29.85]but there are plenty of things about city life in the future
[02:33.35]which are not certain.
[02:35.08]To find out what young people think about the future of urban life,
[02:40.40]a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States
[02:44.72]asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people
[02:49.74]in the year 2025.
[02:52.54]Here are some of the ideas they had:
[02:55.95]Garbage ships
[02:58.93]To get rid of garbage problems
[03:01.31]the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials
[03:05.12]and send them towards the sun,
[03:07.67]preventing landfill and environmental problems.
[03:12.11]Batman Nets
[03:14.85]Police will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns.
[03:19.81]Forget smoking
[03:22.54]No smoking will be allowed within a future city's limits.
[03:26.62]Smoking will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors.
[03:33.08]Forget the malls
[03:35.06]In the future all shopping be done online,
[03:39.38]and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders.
[03:43.45]Telephones for life
[03:46.47]Everyone will be given telephone number at birth that will never change
[03:51.20]no matter where they live.
[03:53.13]Recreation
[03:55.25]All forms of recreation,
[03:57.74]such as cinemas, bowling,softball, concerts and others,
[04:03.50]will be provided free of charge by the city.
[04:06.76]Cars
[04:09.06]All cars will be powered by electricity,solar energy or wind,
[04:14.60]and it will be possible to change the colour of cars
[04:17.84]at the flick of a switch.
[04:20.29]Telesurgery
[04:22.56]Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations
[04:28.28]from thousands of miles away,
[04:30.94]with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.
[04:35.99]Holidays at home
[04:38.68]Senior citizens and people with disabilities
[04:42.70]will be able to go anywhere in the world
[04:45.06]using high-tech cameras attached to their head.
[04:49.54]Space travel
[04:51.33]Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common.
[04:55.86]Each city will have its own spaceport.
[05:00.18]LISTENING AND SPEAKING
[05:05.44]2 Listen to an architect talking about the home of the future
[05:10.63]and answer the questions.
[08:25.14]3 Work in pairs and check your answers to activity 2.Now listen again.
[11:36.77]PRONUNCIATION
[11:38.84]1 Underline the stressed words in this passage.
[11:44.20]Now listen and check.
[11:49.36]Twenty years isn't a long time.
[11:52.68]We won't be living underground or in space.
[11:56.75]We'll be living in houses and flats just as we do today.
[12:01.32]2 Look at the stressed words. Predict what the passage says.
[12:11.00]Now listen and check.
[12:15.56]kitchen--most important room--house.
[12:21.02]We--still--cooking, probably--using-- kitchen more-- family--room.
[12:28.61]bathrooms--bigger.
[12:32.52]CULTURAL CORNER
[12:35.38]1 Read the passsage and decide which prediction you find most amusing.
[12:42.59]Famous Last Words
[12:45.20]Not all predictions come true.
[12:49.31]Many of them are wrong,and some are very wrong.
[12:53.74]Here are just a few of the bad predictions
[12:56.89]people made in the twentieth century about the twenty- first century:
[13:01.95]AIRPLANES
[13:04.50]"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris."
[13:09.72]Orville Wright, 1908.
[13:13.42]COMPUTERS
[13:17.34]"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
[13:23.04]Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM,1943.
[13:28.48]CLOTHES
[13:32.43]"Thirty years from now people will be wearing clothes made-of paper
[13:37.41]which they will be able to throw away after wearing them two or three times."
[13:42.65]Changing Times Magazine,1957.
[13:48.02]MEN ON THE MOON
[13:51.68]"With the first moon colonies predicted for the 1970's,
[13:56.04]work is now in progress on the types of building required
[13:59.70]for men to stay in when they're on the moon."
[14:03.22]Arnold B. Barach in The Changes to Come, 1962.
[14:09.51]THE BEATLES
[14:13.27]"We don't like their sound,and guitar music is on the way out."
[14:18.48]Decca Recording Co.rejecting the Beatles,1962.
[14:25.21]ROBOTS IN THE HOUSE
[14:28.89]"By the year 2000, housewives will probably have a robot
[14:34.14]shaped like a box with one large eye on the top,
[14:38.59]several arms and hands,
[14:40.74]and long narrow pads on the side for moving about."
[14:45.63]New York Times, 1966.
[14:49.88]KEYS
[14:53.52]"By the mid-1980's
[14:55.46]no one will ever need to hide a key under the doormat again,
[14:59.61]because there won't be any keys."
[15:02.36]Computer scientist Christopher Evans,The Micro Millennium,1979.
[15:09.86]2 Write 5-7 sentences about life in China in the future.
[15:19.37]Module 1 Words and Expressions
[15:26.73]brick n.砖
[15:28.72]concrete n.混凝土
[15:31.46]mud n.泥
[15:33.61]alternative a.替换的; 供选择的
[15:36.47]crime n.罪;罪行
[15:38.81]for sure 肯定地
[15:41.43]prediction n.预测
[15:43.86]risky a.危险的; 冒险的
[15:46.45]resource n.(常作复数) 资源
[15:48.81]run out 用完; 不多了 ; 没有了
[15:51.63]material n.材料
[15:54.22]rely vi.依赖; 依靠
[15:56.86]rely on 依靠
[15:59.63]solar a.太阳的
[16:02.49]urban a.都市的; 城市的
[16:04.86]get rid of 除掉;处理掉
[16:07.94]load vt.装;装载
[16:10.56]landfill n.垃圾填埋地
[16:13.03]arrest vt.逮捕 ; 拘留
[16:15.85]criminal n.罪犯 ; 犯人
[16:18.12]fire vt.开火 ; 启动
[16:20.72]limit n.(常作复数) 范围
[16:23.89]outdoors adv.户外
[16:27.13]online adv.联机地
[16:30.31]catalogue n.目录
[16:33.43]command n.命令 ; 指令
[16:36.79]disorder n.混乱
[16:39.72]recreation n.娱乐 ; 消遣
[16:42.93]bowling n.保龄球游戏
[16:45.72]softballl n.垒球(运动)
[16:48.68]charge n.费用 ; 价钱
[16:51.79]free of charge 免费
[16:54.83]power v. 供给动力
[16:57.79]flick n.轻打 ; 轻弹
[17:00.24]switch n. 开关 vi.交换; 调换
[17:02.93]surgery n.外科手术
[17:05.92]telesurgery n.远距离手术
[17:09.22]outpatient n.门诊病人
[17:12.60]clinic n.诊所
[17:15.28]disability n.失去能力 ; 伤残
[17:18.06]attach vt.系 ; 贴; 连接
[17:20.81]spaceport n.宇航基地
[17:24.09]use up 用完
[17:26.90]look out 小心;当心
[17:29.68]optimistic a.乐观的; 乐观主义的
[17:32.68]dishwasher n.洗碟机
[17:35.47]definitely adv.无疑地; 确定地
[17:38.33]eventually adv.最后 ; 终于
[17:41.52]for a start 首先
[17:44.75]on the way out 即将被淘汰; 即将过时
[17:47.83]colony n.殖民地
[17:50.56]predict vt. 预言; 预料
[17:53.06]shape vt.造成...形状
[17:55.59]pad n. (动物的)脚
[17:57.93]doormat n.门前擦鞋垫
[18:00.78]Module 2 Traffic Jam
[18:07.76]READING AND VOCABULARY
[18:10.31]1 Look at the passage and say who might find the information useful.
[18:17.70]Getting Around in Beijing
[18:20.75]Taxis
[18:23.05]Taxis are on the streets 24 hours a day.
[18:27.05]Simply raise your hand,and a taxi appears in no time.
[18:31.46]They are usually red,
[18:33.41]and they display the price per kilometre on the window.
[18:37.45]You should check the cab has a business permit,
[18:40.25]and make sure you ask for a receipt.
[18:43.56]Buses and trolleybuses
[18:45.95]Public transport provides a cheap way to get around in Beijing.
[18:51.36]There are 20,000 buses and trolleybuses in Beijing,
[18:55.18]but they can get very crowded.
[18:58.45]It's a good idea to avoid public transport during the rush hour
[19:03.56](6:30 am--8:00 am and 5:00 pm--6:30 pm).
[19:09.51]Fares are cheap, starting at 1 yuan.
[19:13.00]Air-conditioned buses cost more.
[19:16.14]Buses numbered 1 to 100 are limited to travel within the city centre.
[19:22.00]Higher numbers have destinations in the suburbs.
[19:25.79]Tourists shouldn't miss the 103 bus
[19:29.41]which offers one of the most impressive routes,
[19:32.68]past the Forbidden City and the White Pagoda in Beihai Park.
[19:37.29]If you get on a double-decker bus, make sure you sit upstairs.
[19:41.61]You'll have a good view of the rapidly changing city.
[19:44.84]Most buses run from about 5:00 am to midnight.
[19:49.75]However,there is also a night bus service,
[19:52.44]provided by buses with a number in the 200s.
[19:56.36]Minibuses
[19:58.13]Minibuses with seats for 12 passengers offer an alternative to expensive taxis
[20:04.24]and crowded public transport in some areas.
[20:07.67]They run regular services and follow the same routes as large public buses.
[20:13.19]And in a minibus you always get a seat even in rush hours.
[20:18.54]Underground
[20:20.67]There are four underground lines in Beijing,
[20:24.37]and several lines are under construction.
[20:27.32]Trains are fast and convenient,but rush hours can be terrible.
[20:32.90]A one-way trip costs 3 yuan. Station names are marked in pinyin.
[20:39.81]The underground is open from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm.
[20:45.52]Pedicabs
[20:47.84]Tourists like these human-pedalled "tricycle taxis",
[20:51.83]but they can be expensive.
[20:54.84]You should talk to the driver,
[20:56.99]and make sure you know the price before you begin the journey,
[21:00.67]for example,if it is per person,single or return.
[21:05.84]Tricycles are worth using
[21:08.52]if you want to explore the narrow alleys (hutong) of old Beijing.
[21:14.19]LISTENING AND SPEAKING
[21:19.77]1 Listen to the people of Beijing
[21:23.29]speaking about traffic problems in the city.
[21:26.30]Before you listen,tick the topics you think will talk about.
[21:31.28]Now listen and check.
[21:34.25]Speaker 1
[22:13.79]Speaker 2
[22:52.14]Speaker 3
[23:32.86]Speaker 4
[24:18.20]Speaker 5
[24:59.87]2 Listen and match the traffic situations with the speakers.
[25:06.09]Speaker 1
[25:46.25]Speaker 2
[26:25.58]Speaker 3
[27:06.22]Speaker 4
[27:51.06]Speaker 5
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