Unit 12 Leisure Time
Part I Warming Up Unit 12 Leisure Time
Section A
Words & Phrases
Direction,You will hear the dates of birth and the dates of death of ten
world famous composers,Listen carefully,Fill in the blanks with the dates you
hear,Write as rapidly as you can,You may use short forms for the months,
1,Johann Bach,a famous German composer,was born on
_______________ and died on ________________,
2,George Handel,a well-known German-born British composer,was born
on _________________ and died on ________________,
3,Wolfgang Mozart was a brilliant Austrian composer,who was born on
_________________ and died on ________________,
4,Ludwig Beethoven,an ingenious German composer,was born on
____________ and died on ______________,
5,As one of the outstanding Austrian composers,Franz Schubert was
born on _________________ and died on ________________,
March 21,1685
January 28,1750
February 23,1685 April 14,1759
January 27,1756 December 5,1791
Dec,17,1770
March 26,1827
January 31,1797 November 19,1828
Part I Warming Up Unit 12 Leisure Time
Section A
Words & Phrases
Direction,You will hear the dates of birth and the dates of death of ten
world famous composers,Listen carefully,Fill in the blanks with the dates you
hear,Write as rapidly as you can,You may use short forms for the months,
6,Felix Mendelssohn,another famous German composer,was born on
__________ and died on ______________,
7,Poland also produced a well-known composer,Frederic Chopin,who was
born on ________________ and died on ________________,
8,Franz Liszt was a renowned Hungarian composer,He was born on
___________ and died on ______________,
9,Johann Strauss,another celebrated Austrian composer,was born on
________________ and died on ________________,
10,As the most prominent Russian composer,Peter Tchaikovsky was born
on ________________ and died on ________________,
Feb,3,1809
November 4,1847
March 1,1810 October 17,1849
Oct,22,1811
July 31,1886
October 25,1825 June 3,1899
May 7,1840 December 6,1893
Part I Warming Up Unit 12 Leisure Time
Section B
Words & Phrases
Direction,Listen to a radio announcer describing the programs on tonight,
Pay special attention to the time and the names of the programs,Complete the
chart below,
Radio 1 Radio 2 Radio3
_____
Tommy Brain Show 7:30
_______________
_ _____
La Traviata _____ A play,
__________
_______________
_
_____
The interval talk,
Peter Morris’
adventures in
____________
_____
Joe Newland with
his friends
_____
James Farmer talks
about his travels in
______________
_____ _____________fr
om St,Paul’s _____
6:00
Old People
Talking
My favorite Discs
Middle East
A service
9:00
10:30
11:00
8:00
9:15
10:00
12:00
Part II The New Star Wars Movie Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,In this section you are going to hear a passage about one of the
most popular movies in 1999 – Star Wars,While listening,take down some notes,
Then answer the following questions with the help of the notes you’ve taken,
[ ALL]
1,What’s the title of the new Star Wars movie?
__________________________________________________________,2,Who produced the movie?
__________________________________________________________,3,What are all the Star Wars movies about?
__________________________________________________________,4,What technology did the filmmaker use to create unusual creatures in
this movie?
__________________________________________________________,5,What unusual things can one see in this film?
__________________________________________________________
________________________________,
The Phantom Menace
The American filmmaker George Lucas
They are all about the fight between good and evil
Computer technology
Beautiful underwater cities,space vehicles,armies of mechanical
men and unusual wonders
Part II The New Star Wars Movie Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section B
Direction,Now listen again,This time pay special attention to the numbers
in the passage and select the correct answer from the choices listed below,
[ ALL]
1,When was the film first shown?
A,On May 9th,B,On May 19th,
C,On March 9th,D,On March 19th,
2,How much has the movie earned up to now?
A,Over $42,900,000,B,Over $4,290,000,000,
C,Over $4,290,000,D,Over $429,000,000,
3,How much did it earn on the first day when it was shown?
A,$2,800,000,B,$280,000,
C,$28,000,000,D,$280,000,000,
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Part II The New Star Wars Movie Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section B
Direction,Now listen again,This time pay special attention to the numbers
in the passage and select the correct answer from the choices listed below,
[ ALL]
4,How many Star Wars movies have been made?
A,Four,B,Three,
C,Five,D,Six,
5,When does the new Star Wars movie take place?
A,About 40 years before the other,
B,About 14 years before the other,
C,About 20 years before the other,
D,About 13 years before the other,
6,According to the filmmaker,how much of the movie uses some kind of
computer effect?
A,More than 19%,B,More than 90%,
C,More than 9%,D,More than 80%,
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Part III The Man with the Horn Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,In this part you are going to hear a passage about Louis
Satchmo Armstrong,one of the most famous jazz musicians in the United States,
Listen carefully,Choose the correct answer to each question you hear on the
tape,[ ALL]
1,A,England,2,A,A famous family,
B,New Orleans,B,A rich family,
C,New England C,A poor family
3,A,Only a few people,4,A,Jazz music
B,Only important people,B,Classical music,
C,Many people C,Rock music
5,A,After he became an adult,
B,When he was a boy,
C,When he was in the school band,
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Part III The Man with the Horn Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,In this part you are going to hear a passage about Louis
Satchmo Armstrong,one of the most famous jazz musicians in the United States,
Listen carefully,Choose the correct answer to each question you hear on the
tape,6,A,His great happy smile,7,A,Speech
B,His sad and slow songs,B,Horn
C,His wonderful jazz music,C,Music
8,A,It tells us of the famous jazz musician Louis Armstrong,
B,It tells us how Louis came to play his horn,
C,It tells us how people loved Louis and his horn,
Section B
Direction,Now listen again,Fill in the blanks with the adjectives that
describe Louis Armstrong’s music [ ALL]
Satchmo’s horn had as many as ten horns – sometimes ____ and _____;
sometimes ____ and ___,____ and ___,His music was always ______ and
________.,He does make __________ music,” said the man who listened
happily.,Yes,” said another man,“he makes that horn speak.”
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slow sweet
fast hot high low strong exciting
wonderful
Part IV Short Talks on Listening Skills Unit 12 Leisure Time
Direction,Listen to the short talk entitled,Letting Things Go – Speed and
Vocabulary., Some important words are taken away from the written passage,
Supply the missing words,
Many English language learners believe that the greatest difficulty with
listening comprehension is that the listener cannot _______ how quickly a
speaker speaks,They feel that the utterances disappear before they can ____
them out,whereas the words in a written text remain ______________ where
the reader can glance back at them or re-examine them thoroughly,This
frequently means that students who are learning to listen cannot keep up,They
are so busy ____________ the meaning of one part of what they hear that they
miss the next part,Or they simply ignore ___________ because they fail to
sort it all out quickly enough,Either way,they _____,
cont ol
sort
on the page
working out
a whole section
fail
Part IV Short Talks on Listening Skills Unit 12 Leisure Time
Direction,Listen to the short talk entitled,Letting Things Go – Speed and
Vocabulary., Some important words are taken away from the written passage,
Supply the missing words,
Another difficulty is that the listener is not always ___________ to get
the speaker to ________ what has been said,And,of course,repeats cannot be
asked for when listening to the radio or watching television,
Choice of ____________ is in the hands of the speaker,not the listener,
although in some circumstances it is possible to _____ the speaker and ask for
clarification,Sometimes,listeners can get the meaning of a word from
__________,But very often,for people listening to a foreign language,an
unknown word can be like a suddenly dropped ________ causing them to stop and
think about the meaning of the word and thus making them ______ the next part
of the speech,In listening,it really is a case of,He who hesitates is _____!”
in a position
repeat
vocabulary
stop
its context
barrier
miss
lost
Part IV Short Talks on Listening Skills Unit 12 Leisure Time
Direction,Listen to the short talk entitled,Letting Things Go – Speed and
Vocabulary., Some important words are taken away from the written passage,
Supply the missing words,
Indeed,____________ to listen to what is coming,and letting things that
have passed go rather than dwelling upon them,often gives surprisingly good
results,Speakers often say things more than once,or _________ them,or
another speakers echoes what has been said,The listener who has not,stopped”
to dwell on _________________ gets a second,or even third chance to fill
_______ in the message he or she is receiving,
Students need to develop the skill of keeping up with the speaker (even
being _______ the speaker ) even if this means letting parts which they have
failed to sort out pass,Professor H,H,Stern says that the good language learner
is the one who,can tolerate vagueness and _______________ of knowledge.,
This is especially true of good listener,
determination
rephrase
a alf-missed point
th gap
ahead of
incompleteness
Part I Warming Up Unit 12 Leisure Time
Section A
Words & Phrases
Direction,You will hear the dates of birth and the dates of death of ten
world famous composers,Listen carefully,Fill in the blanks with the dates you
hear,Write as rapidly as you can,You may use short forms for the months,
1,Johann Bach,a famous German composer,was born on
_______________ and died on ________________,
2,George Handel,a well-known German-born British composer,was born
on _________________ and died on ________________,
3,Wolfgang Mozart was a brilliant Austrian composer,who was born on
_________________ and died on ________________,
4,Ludwig Beethoven,an ingenious German composer,was born on
____________ and died on ______________,
5,As one of the outstanding Austrian composers,Franz Schubert was
born on _________________ and died on ________________,
March 21,1685
January 28,1750
February 23,1685 April 14,1759
January 27,1756 December 5,1791
Dec,17,1770
March 26,1827
January 31,1797 November 19,1828
Part I Warming Up Unit 12 Leisure Time
Section A
Words & Phrases
Direction,You will hear the dates of birth and the dates of death of ten
world famous composers,Listen carefully,Fill in the blanks with the dates you
hear,Write as rapidly as you can,You may use short forms for the months,
6,Felix Mendelssohn,another famous German composer,was born on
__________ and died on ______________,
7,Poland also produced a well-known composer,Frederic Chopin,who was
born on ________________ and died on ________________,
8,Franz Liszt was a renowned Hungarian composer,He was born on
___________ and died on ______________,
9,Johann Strauss,another celebrated Austrian composer,was born on
________________ and died on ________________,
10,As the most prominent Russian composer,Peter Tchaikovsky was born
on ________________ and died on ________________,
Feb,3,1809
November 4,1847
March 1,1810 October 17,1849
Oct,22,1811
July 31,1886
October 25,1825 June 3,1899
May 7,1840 December 6,1893
Part I Warming Up Unit 12 Leisure Time
Section B
Words & Phrases
Direction,Listen to a radio announcer describing the programs on tonight,
Pay special attention to the time and the names of the programs,Complete the
chart below,
Radio 1 Radio 2 Radio3
_____
Tommy Brain Show 7:30
_______________
_ _____
La Traviata _____ A play,
__________
_______________
_
_____
The interval talk,
Peter Morris’
adventures in
____________
_____
Joe Newland with
his friends
_____
James Farmer talks
about his travels in
______________
_____ _____________fr
om St,Paul’s _____
6:00
Old People
Talking
My favorite Discs
Middle East
A service
9:00
10:30
11:00
8:00
9:15
10:00
12:00
Part II The New Star Wars Movie Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,In this section you are going to hear a passage about one of the
most popular movies in 1999 – Star Wars,While listening,take down some notes,
Then answer the following questions with the help of the notes you’ve taken,
[ ALL]
1,What’s the title of the new Star Wars movie?
__________________________________________________________,2,Who produced the movie?
__________________________________________________________,3,What are all the Star Wars movies about?
__________________________________________________________,4,What technology did the filmmaker use to create unusual creatures in
this movie?
__________________________________________________________,5,What unusual things can one see in this film?
__________________________________________________________
________________________________,
The Phantom Menace
The American filmmaker George Lucas
They are all about the fight between good and evil
Computer technology
Beautiful underwater cities,space vehicles,armies of mechanical
men and unusual wonders
Part II The New Star Wars Movie Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section B
Direction,Now listen again,This time pay special attention to the numbers
in the passage and select the correct answer from the choices listed below,
[ ALL]
1,When was the film first shown?
A,On May 9th,B,On May 19th,
C,On March 9th,D,On March 19th,
2,How much has the movie earned up to now?
A,Over $42,900,000,B,Over $4,290,000,000,
C,Over $4,290,000,D,Over $429,000,000,
3,How much did it earn on the first day when it was shown?
A,$2,800,000,B,$280,000,
C,$28,000,000,D,$280,000,000,
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Part II The New Star Wars Movie Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section B
Direction,Now listen again,This time pay special attention to the numbers
in the passage and select the correct answer from the choices listed below,
[ ALL]
4,How many Star Wars movies have been made?
A,Four,B,Three,
C,Five,D,Six,
5,When does the new Star Wars movie take place?
A,About 40 years before the other,
B,About 14 years before the other,
C,About 20 years before the other,
D,About 13 years before the other,
6,According to the filmmaker,how much of the movie uses some kind of
computer effect?
A,More than 19%,B,More than 90%,
C,More than 9%,D,More than 80%,
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√
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Part III The Man with the Horn Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,In this part you are going to hear a passage about Louis
Satchmo Armstrong,one of the most famous jazz musicians in the United States,
Listen carefully,Choose the correct answer to each question you hear on the
tape,[ ALL]
1,A,England,2,A,A famous family,
B,New Orleans,B,A rich family,
C,New England C,A poor family
3,A,Only a few people,4,A,Jazz music
B,Only important people,B,Classical music,
C,Many people C,Rock music
5,A,After he became an adult,
B,When he was a boy,
C,When he was in the school band,
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√
√
Part III The Man with the Horn Unit 12 Leisure Time
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,In this part you are going to hear a passage about Louis
Satchmo Armstrong,one of the most famous jazz musicians in the United States,
Listen carefully,Choose the correct answer to each question you hear on the
tape,6,A,His great happy smile,7,A,Speech
B,His sad and slow songs,B,Horn
C,His wonderful jazz music,C,Music
8,A,It tells us of the famous jazz musician Louis Armstrong,
B,It tells us how Louis came to play his horn,
C,It tells us how people loved Louis and his horn,
Section B
Direction,Now listen again,Fill in the blanks with the adjectives that
describe Louis Armstrong’s music [ ALL]
Satchmo’s horn had as many as ten horns – sometimes ____ and _____;
sometimes ____ and ___,____ and ___,His music was always ______ and
________.,He does make __________ music,” said the man who listened
happily.,Yes,” said another man,“he makes that horn speak.”
√ √ √
slow sweet
fast hot high low strong exciting
wonderful
Part IV Short Talks on Listening Skills Unit 12 Leisure Time
Direction,Listen to the short talk entitled,Letting Things Go – Speed and
Vocabulary., Some important words are taken away from the written passage,
Supply the missing words,
Many English language learners believe that the greatest difficulty with
listening comprehension is that the listener cannot _______ how quickly a
speaker speaks,They feel that the utterances disappear before they can ____
them out,whereas the words in a written text remain ______________ where
the reader can glance back at them or re-examine them thoroughly,This
frequently means that students who are learning to listen cannot keep up,They
are so busy ____________ the meaning of one part of what they hear that they
miss the next part,Or they simply ignore ___________ because they fail to
sort it all out quickly enough,Either way,they _____,
cont ol
sort
on the page
working out
a whole section
fail
Part IV Short Talks on Listening Skills Unit 12 Leisure Time
Direction,Listen to the short talk entitled,Letting Things Go – Speed and
Vocabulary., Some important words are taken away from the written passage,
Supply the missing words,
Another difficulty is that the listener is not always ___________ to get
the speaker to ________ what has been said,And,of course,repeats cannot be
asked for when listening to the radio or watching television,
Choice of ____________ is in the hands of the speaker,not the listener,
although in some circumstances it is possible to _____ the speaker and ask for
clarification,Sometimes,listeners can get the meaning of a word from
__________,But very often,for people listening to a foreign language,an
unknown word can be like a suddenly dropped ________ causing them to stop and
think about the meaning of the word and thus making them ______ the next part
of the speech,In listening,it really is a case of,He who hesitates is _____!”
in a position
repeat
vocabulary
stop
its context
barrier
miss
lost
Part IV Short Talks on Listening Skills Unit 12 Leisure Time
Direction,Listen to the short talk entitled,Letting Things Go – Speed and
Vocabulary., Some important words are taken away from the written passage,
Supply the missing words,
Indeed,____________ to listen to what is coming,and letting things that
have passed go rather than dwelling upon them,often gives surprisingly good
results,Speakers often say things more than once,or _________ them,or
another speakers echoes what has been said,The listener who has not,stopped”
to dwell on _________________ gets a second,or even third chance to fill
_______ in the message he or she is receiving,
Students need to develop the skill of keeping up with the speaker (even
being _______ the speaker ) even if this means letting parts which they have
failed to sort out pass,Professor H,H,Stern says that the good language learner
is the one who,can tolerate vagueness and _______________ of knowledge.,
This is especially true of good listener,
determination
rephrase
a alf-missed point
th gap
ahead of
incompleteness
