Part I Warming Up
Section A
Words and Phrases
Unit 8
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The following passage will tell you about some inventions made by people in different
countries,Listen carefully and match the inventions with the places where these things first came
from,Inventions Places
1,the computer a,England
2,the fax machine b,Africa
3,folding fans c,the U.S,
4,the car d,Australia
5,the chocolate bar e,Japan
6,the calendar f,Canada
7,the mechanical clock g,China
8,puppets h,Switzerland
j,Mexico
i,Germany
Part I Warming Up
Section B
Words and Phrases
Unit 8
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In the past century when the consumer became king,product innovation reached
unprecedented heights,Now listen to some of the great things invented in the past 100years,Fill
in the missing information,Pay special attention to the name of the inventions and the time when
they appeared,Inventions Time when they appeared
1,_____ clips
2,post-its
3,________ phones
4,Automatic __________ machines
5,disposable diapers
6,zippers
7,Band-Aids
8,Soft _________ lenses
______
______
______
______
______
______
______
______
paper 1901
1980
cellular 1973
washing 1930s
1961
1913
1921
contact 1961
Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
Words and Phrases
Unit 8
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Section A
Listen to the first half of a passage about the discoveries and inventions of ten
important scientists of the millennium,Complete the following chart with key words,
Johannes Gutenberg
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Year of Death,_________
Achievement,a,_________________________
b,_________________________
________________________________________
Germany
1395
1468
type mould
The first successful system
movable type
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Achievement,a,_________________________
________________________________________
b,_________________________
________________________________________
c,_________________________
________________________________________
Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
Poland
1473
Founder/Modern science
of astronomy,
Planets moving around the
sun,
Earth moving around its
Center once every day,
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Galileo Galilei
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Achievement,a,_________________________
________________________________________
b,_________________________
________________________________________
Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
Italy
1564
The first to use telescope
Observing planets and stars,
Planets circling the sun,
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William Harvey
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Achievement,___________________________
________________________________________
Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
England
1578
How blood moves in
animals and people,
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Isaac Newton
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Achievement,a,_________________________
b,_________________________
________________________________________
c,_________________________
________________________________________
Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
England
1642
Inventing calculus
Secrets of light and color
Theory of Gravitation
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Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
Words and Phrases
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Section B
Now listen again and answer the questions with key words,
Johannes Gutenberg
1,What advantages did Johannes Gutenberg’s
system have?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Printing / faster / easier
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Nicolaus Copernicus
2,In Nicolaus Copernicus’ time,what did most
scientists believe?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
3,Who is Ptolemy? What did he achieve?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
Earth / center of universe / no move
Greece / developed the same idea /
1,000 years earlier
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Galileo Galilei
4,What kind of theory did the Church teach
for centuries?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
5,Is the condemnation of Galileo withdrawn?
When?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
The sun,the planets and the stars moved
around the earth,
Yes,350 years later / Roman Catholic Church
officially admitted it’s wrong,
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William Harvey
6,On what did Dr,Harvey based his
discoveries and how did he make his
discoveries?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
7,What did Dr,Harvey’s experiments show?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
Observations / cut open dead animals and
humans
Blood to body / arteries; blood to heart /
Veins,
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Isaac Newton
8,What’s the title of the book published by
Isaac Newton?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
9,What is described in this book and what is it
considered to be in the history of science?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Part II Scientists of the Millennium ( I )
The Mathematical Principles of Natural
Philosophy / in 1687
A unified system of scientific rules / what
Happens on earth and in the universe /
one of the greatest works
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Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
Words and Phrases
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Section A
You are going to hear the second half of the passage about the discoveries and
inventions of ten important scientists of the millennium,Complete the chart with key words,
Charles Darwin
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Achievement,a,_________________________
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England
1809
theory of evolution
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Louis Pasteur
Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Achievement,a,_________________________
________________________________________
b,_________________________
________________________________________
c,_________________________
________________________________________
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France
1822
Pasteurization method
the germ theory
Vaccination – the method
of preventing disease,
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Thomas Edison
Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Achievement,a,_________________________
b,______________________________________
c,______________________________________
d,______________________________________
e,______________________________________
f,_______________________________________
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The U.S,
1847
the motion picture
sound recording
electric light
improving telephone
improving machines produce electricity
working on many electric motors
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Sigmund Freud
Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Achievement,a,_________________________
________________________________________
b,_________________________
________________________________________
c,_________________________
________________________________________ Freud and Unconsciousness
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Austria
1856
ideas that dreams help us
understand our unconscious self,
Helping form the ideas of
modern psychiatry,
ideas about sexual
development
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Albert Einstein
Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
Birthplace:____________
Year of Birth:__________
Achievement,___________________________
________________________________________
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Germany
1879
Theory of relativity - the
Mathematical statement,E = mc2
Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
Words and Phrases
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Section B
Now listen again,Decide whether the statements are true or false,Put,T” or,F” in the
brackets,
Charles Darwin
1,( ) Charles Darwin thought that all living
things developed from simple organisms,
2,( ) Darwin’s ideas were strongly opposed
by many religious people in the past,But now
people are all in favor of them,
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T
F
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Louis Pasteur
Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
3,( ) Louis Pasteur believed that it is tiny
organisms that spread most diseases,
4,( ) He discovered that cold could kill
harmful microorganisms,
5,( ) Louis Pasteur also proved that an
animal but not human can develop a
resistance to a harmful organism if the
organism is weakened and injected into the
animal’s body,
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T
F
F
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Thomas Edison
Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
6,( ) Thomas Edison considered the motion
picture his most important invention,
7,( ) His work made possible the progress
of technology in the 19th century,
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F
F
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Sigmund Freud
Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
8,( ) He established the ideas that dreams
help us understand our unconscious self,
Freud and Unconsciousness
9,( ) Many of Sigmund Freud’s ideas are
still used today,and no one disputes his
great influence on the science of mental
health,
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T
F
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Albert Einstein
Part III Scientists of the Millennium ( II )
10,( ) Albert Einstein’s most famous theory
is about time,space,mass,movement and
gravity,
11,( ) The theory of relativity is about the
ideas we use to describe social events,
12,( ) E=mc2 explained that a great amount
of energy could not come from a small piece
of matter,
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T
F
F
Part IV Short Talks on Listening Skills Unit 8 Creative Minds
Listen to the short talk entitled,How Is It Being Said – Formal or Informal Language?”
Some important words are taken from the written passage,Supply the missing words,
Tape How Is It Being Said
- Formal or Informal Language
A distinction is sometimes made between,formal” language situations and
“informal” language situations,For example,a difference exists between a formal
__________ and an informal _________ between friends,lecture chat
Tape How Is It Being Said
- Formal or Informal Language
A lecture or a public address is expected to consist of relatively ______________
Speech,The language is more __________ than would be heard in informal conversation,
Most lecturers and public speakers _______ in advance what to say,and may have notes,
or even a complete text,to ________ them through the speech,The language they use
Tends more towards __________ language than that used in ordinary everyday _______,
Their language is,formal” in contrast with the,informal” language of spontaneously
Produced speech,
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well-organized
structured
plan
guide
written talk
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- Formal or Informal Language
Unfortunately for the language learner,the division is not as ______ as this,
Frequently,for example,a lecturer delivering a very formal lecture __________ informal
language when making an aside or recounting an anecdote,Or a person describing a
______________________ to a friend over coffee may switch in and out of formal and
informal __________,A doctor,for example,talking to a friend about his _________
condition will probably describe the condition in fairly formal language and then go on
to explain it in a informal language,
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neat
switches to
a complicated matter
styles medical
Tape How Is It Being Said
- Formal or Informal Language
Between ____________,a range of formality or informality exists,This depends
on the social setting,the relative _________________ of the speaker and listener,their
Attitudes to each other and the topic,to what extent they _______ the same background
knowledge,and so on,
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the extremes
ages and status
share
Tape How Is It Being Said
- Formal or Informal Language
Many language learners have ________ experience of English language in
informal situations,In their __________ they tend to use formal language,They have
particular ____________ when switching to informal language within a formal situation,
For the foreign language learner,__________ the importance of these scattered informal
utterances is a problem,Therefore,focusing not only on what is said,but also on
________________________,is an important listening skill,
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limited
lessons
difficulty
judging
how it is being said
