Unit 1 Happy New Millennium
迎接新千禧
Step by Step 2000
Listen carefully and repeat what you’ve hear on the tape,Finish the
blanks in your textbook,
Section A, Listen to some statements about the time ball,Fill in the
Blanks with what you hear on the tape
1.The time ball was originally used as a marine ____________,
2.The Greenwich time ball is said to be the world’s first public __________,
3.The ball is automatically raised halfway up the mast at ________ to the
Top at 12:58 p.m.,and drop at________,
4,Around ___________ public time balls are known or reported to have
Been installed around the world after that at Greenwich in 1833,
5,The U.S,Naval Observatory dropped the first time ball in the United
States in _________,
6,Time balls were used in many cities around the U.S,during _________,
time-keeper
time signal
12:55 p.m,
150
1844
the 19th century
1:00 p.m,
Word & Phrases
Section A, Listen to some statements about the time ball,Fill in the
Blanks with what you hear on the tape
7,At the turn of the 20th Century dozens of time balls were being dropped
_________________,
8,A few time balls are still ceremonially dropped around the world,ranging
From ____________ to the Old Royal Observatory in ____________,
Section B, Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball,Answer the questions with the
key words,
Slow& Clear Fast& Noisy
around the world
New Zealand Greenwich
Section B, Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball,
Answer the questions with the key words,
Tapescript,
In the age of __________________,many places around the world will mark the start of the New Year
in an ___________ way,They will revive a 19th century naval tradition by dropping time balls when 2000
arrives,
_____sites on six continents will observe a tradition best exemplified by the lowering of the lighted time
ball in __________ City,
,As the New Year sweeps around the world,beginning at the ____________________,we are going to
have the time balls dropping.” Steven Dick is a historian at the U.S,Naval Observatory,the institution that
maintains the U.S,____________,
,Everyone is familiar with the time ball in New York’s ____________,but they had a real function in the
past,_________________these were visual time signals which were used to give the time”
Mr,Dick says the __________ dropped the first time ball in Portsmouth,England in 1829,The first U.S,
time ball fell in ___________________,
,This remained a viable signaling method through much of the 19th century,They were dropped well
into the 20th century,At the turn of the century ____________ there were approximately two dozen in the
United States that were still in use.”
ultra-high technology
old-fashioned
20
New York
International Date Line
master clock
Time Square
In the 19th century
British Navy
Washington in 1844
100 years ago
Section B, Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball,
Answer the questions with the key words,
Tapescript,
Time balls normally fell at ____ local time in the United States and at 1:00 p.m,in Europe,the beginning
of the fall marking the exact time,But this year would see them drop at __________ locally,
The first time balls,about _________________ in diameter,were made of wood and leather and hoisted
manually by ____ to drop by ______,Eventually in several instances,_____________ or mechanism using
water or _____________ were employed,And in some time,materials changed,The Greenwich ball is now
aluminum,For this New Year some time balls will have a local flavor,
,Miami will be raising an __________,I understand Atlanta will drop a _________.”
Steven Dick said ______________ is to join the event next year when the U.S,Naval Observatory again
Sponsors an international time ball drop to signal what he says is the real start of the new millennium,
-The End of Part I & Part II-
noon
mid-night
one and a half meters
rope gravity electrical motors
air pressure
orange peach
San Francisco
Section A, Listen to a report about the word of the millennium,List
some of the reasons why the word was chosen,Fill in the blanks,
a,Becoming part of people’s ________ so quickly and having had such an
__________,
b,Giving ________ to so many new words and ___________,
c,Representing an _______ in social ___________,
d,Becoming the most ____________ word of the century in less than a
___________,
Word of the millennium:____________ Internet
lives
impact
birth phrases
era history
significant
decade
NEXT SECTION
Word & Phrases
Section B, Now listen again,Focus on the comparison between the
words,telephone” and,Internet”,Supply the missing information,
Telephone Internet
Time when the word was
established in the Dictionary
_____________
_____________
Significant Bringing massive ______________ and reshaping the way people did ____________,
Special Feature
a,Bringing new words and phrases
Into popular ___________,
examples,busy signals,wrong
Numbers,____________,
_______________,
b,Giving the U.S,its standard
greeting, ______________,
a,Giving birth to many new words and
phrases,
examples:___________,chatroom,
______________,
b,Borrowing words from older
technologies and giving them ______
__________________,
examples,________,__________
bookmark
1898 1998
social change
business
usage
voice mail
cell phones
Hello!
netizen
homepage
new meaning
copy browser
Section C,Listen to the tape again paragraph by paragraph,and
supply the missing words,
Ask John Morse,publisher of Merriam-Webster Dictionaries,to name the word that defines the close of
the millennium and he doesn’t hesitate:”_____________.”
,No other word has become part of people’s lives so quickly or has had such an impact,” he says
The Internet has swept into the American vocabulary and given birth to so many new words and phrases
-,________”,“_________”,and,_________”,among them – that it has come to represent an era in social
history,And remarkably,“Internet” has managed to become the most significant word of the century in less
than a decade,
At Merriam,new word _____________ in the dictionary simply by repeated use in the ______________,
Merriam’s ____________ spend a large part of their day reading newspapers,magazines and now Internet
publications,
, We first started seeing a number of citations in 1994,and by 1998 it was established in the dictionary,”
Morse says,“It was just astounding.”
Just a century ago,another form of communication ____________ the language,In the 1898 edition of
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary,the hot new word was,___________”,It brought massive social
change and reshaped the way people did business,just as the Internet is doing today,
,Telephone” was no easy linguistic act to follow,It helped bring into popular usage _____________ new
words and phrases – ___________,_____________,________,cell phones,It also gave the United States
its standard greeting, ________,
Internet
netizen chatroom homepage
earn a place popular press
lexicographer
swept into
telephone
a wide range of
busy signals wrong numbers voice mail
Hello!
Tapescript,
Section C,Listen to the tape again paragraph by paragraph,and
supply the missing words,
But,Internet” is holding its own,in part by borrowing words from _______________ and giving them new
Meaning,such as,__________”,“copy” and,__________”,
Indeed,“Internet” has created a new vocabulary that has come to represent a ___________ of change,
older technology
bookmark browser
historical era
Tapescript,
Directions,Listen to the short talk entitled,Focus on the Main Idea”,
Some important words are taken away from the written passage,
Supply the missing words,
Paragraph I & II Paragraph III Paragraph IV Paragraph V Paragraph VI
-The End of Part III & Part IV
迎接新千禧
Step by Step 2000
Listen carefully and repeat what you’ve hear on the tape,Finish the
blanks in your textbook,
Section A, Listen to some statements about the time ball,Fill in the
Blanks with what you hear on the tape
1.The time ball was originally used as a marine ____________,
2.The Greenwich time ball is said to be the world’s first public __________,
3.The ball is automatically raised halfway up the mast at ________ to the
Top at 12:58 p.m.,and drop at________,
4,Around ___________ public time balls are known or reported to have
Been installed around the world after that at Greenwich in 1833,
5,The U.S,Naval Observatory dropped the first time ball in the United
States in _________,
6,Time balls were used in many cities around the U.S,during _________,
time-keeper
time signal
12:55 p.m,
150
1844
the 19th century
1:00 p.m,
Word & Phrases
Section A, Listen to some statements about the time ball,Fill in the
Blanks with what you hear on the tape
7,At the turn of the 20th Century dozens of time balls were being dropped
_________________,
8,A few time balls are still ceremonially dropped around the world,ranging
From ____________ to the Old Royal Observatory in ____________,
Section B, Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball,Answer the questions with the
key words,
Slow& Clear Fast& Noisy
around the world
New Zealand Greenwich
Section B, Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball,
Answer the questions with the key words,
Tapescript,
In the age of __________________,many places around the world will mark the start of the New Year
in an ___________ way,They will revive a 19th century naval tradition by dropping time balls when 2000
arrives,
_____sites on six continents will observe a tradition best exemplified by the lowering of the lighted time
ball in __________ City,
,As the New Year sweeps around the world,beginning at the ____________________,we are going to
have the time balls dropping.” Steven Dick is a historian at the U.S,Naval Observatory,the institution that
maintains the U.S,____________,
,Everyone is familiar with the time ball in New York’s ____________,but they had a real function in the
past,_________________these were visual time signals which were used to give the time”
Mr,Dick says the __________ dropped the first time ball in Portsmouth,England in 1829,The first U.S,
time ball fell in ___________________,
,This remained a viable signaling method through much of the 19th century,They were dropped well
into the 20th century,At the turn of the century ____________ there were approximately two dozen in the
United States that were still in use.”
ultra-high technology
old-fashioned
20
New York
International Date Line
master clock
Time Square
In the 19th century
British Navy
Washington in 1844
100 years ago
Section B, Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball,
Answer the questions with the key words,
Tapescript,
Time balls normally fell at ____ local time in the United States and at 1:00 p.m,in Europe,the beginning
of the fall marking the exact time,But this year would see them drop at __________ locally,
The first time balls,about _________________ in diameter,were made of wood and leather and hoisted
manually by ____ to drop by ______,Eventually in several instances,_____________ or mechanism using
water or _____________ were employed,And in some time,materials changed,The Greenwich ball is now
aluminum,For this New Year some time balls will have a local flavor,
,Miami will be raising an __________,I understand Atlanta will drop a _________.”
Steven Dick said ______________ is to join the event next year when the U.S,Naval Observatory again
Sponsors an international time ball drop to signal what he says is the real start of the new millennium,
-The End of Part I & Part II-
noon
mid-night
one and a half meters
rope gravity electrical motors
air pressure
orange peach
San Francisco
Section A, Listen to a report about the word of the millennium,List
some of the reasons why the word was chosen,Fill in the blanks,
a,Becoming part of people’s ________ so quickly and having had such an
__________,
b,Giving ________ to so many new words and ___________,
c,Representing an _______ in social ___________,
d,Becoming the most ____________ word of the century in less than a
___________,
Word of the millennium:____________ Internet
lives
impact
birth phrases
era history
significant
decade
NEXT SECTION
Word & Phrases
Section B, Now listen again,Focus on the comparison between the
words,telephone” and,Internet”,Supply the missing information,
Telephone Internet
Time when the word was
established in the Dictionary
_____________
_____________
Significant Bringing massive ______________ and reshaping the way people did ____________,
Special Feature
a,Bringing new words and phrases
Into popular ___________,
examples,busy signals,wrong
Numbers,____________,
_______________,
b,Giving the U.S,its standard
greeting, ______________,
a,Giving birth to many new words and
phrases,
examples:___________,chatroom,
______________,
b,Borrowing words from older
technologies and giving them ______
__________________,
examples,________,__________
bookmark
1898 1998
social change
business
usage
voice mail
cell phones
Hello!
netizen
homepage
new meaning
copy browser
Section C,Listen to the tape again paragraph by paragraph,and
supply the missing words,
Ask John Morse,publisher of Merriam-Webster Dictionaries,to name the word that defines the close of
the millennium and he doesn’t hesitate:”_____________.”
,No other word has become part of people’s lives so quickly or has had such an impact,” he says
The Internet has swept into the American vocabulary and given birth to so many new words and phrases
-,________”,“_________”,and,_________”,among them – that it has come to represent an era in social
history,And remarkably,“Internet” has managed to become the most significant word of the century in less
than a decade,
At Merriam,new word _____________ in the dictionary simply by repeated use in the ______________,
Merriam’s ____________ spend a large part of their day reading newspapers,magazines and now Internet
publications,
, We first started seeing a number of citations in 1994,and by 1998 it was established in the dictionary,”
Morse says,“It was just astounding.”
Just a century ago,another form of communication ____________ the language,In the 1898 edition of
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary,the hot new word was,___________”,It brought massive social
change and reshaped the way people did business,just as the Internet is doing today,
,Telephone” was no easy linguistic act to follow,It helped bring into popular usage _____________ new
words and phrases – ___________,_____________,________,cell phones,It also gave the United States
its standard greeting, ________,
Internet
netizen chatroom homepage
earn a place popular press
lexicographer
swept into
telephone
a wide range of
busy signals wrong numbers voice mail
Hello!
Tapescript,
Section C,Listen to the tape again paragraph by paragraph,and
supply the missing words,
But,Internet” is holding its own,in part by borrowing words from _______________ and giving them new
Meaning,such as,__________”,“copy” and,__________”,
Indeed,“Internet” has created a new vocabulary that has come to represent a ___________ of change,
older technology
bookmark browser
historical era
Tapescript,
Directions,Listen to the short talk entitled,Focus on the Main Idea”,
Some important words are taken away from the written passage,
Supply the missing words,
Paragraph I & II Paragraph III Paragraph IV Paragraph V Paragraph VI
-The End of Part III & Part IV
