Unit 23 Society
Listening & Speaking
请听录音,模仿朗读下列短文,注意重音、连读、升降调和语义群。
模仿朗读
A`mericans with `small `families ↗︱own︿a `small `car↗or︿a `large one. ↘︱If both `parents︿are `working, ↘︱they `usually have `two cars. ↘︱When the `family is `large, ↘︱one︿of the `cars︿is `sold↗︱and they will buy a `van. ↘
A `small `car can `hold `four `people ↗︱and︿a `large car can `hold `six `people, ↘︱but it︿is very `crowded. ↘︱A `van holds `seven people︿`easily, ↘︱so a `family with `three `children ↘︱could︿ask their `grandparents ↗︱to `go on︿a `holiday and `travel. ↘︱They could `all `travel to`gether. ↘
Mr. `Hagen and his `wife ↗︱had︿a `third `child `last︿year. ↘︱This `made them `sell︿a `second `car ↗︱and `buy a `van. ↘︱When they a`rrive︿at their `grandparents' `home, ↘︱the `suitcases︿are `brought︿into the `two `seats ↘︱and then they can `carry `grandparents. ↘
A`mericans call `vans `motor homes. ↘︱A `motor home︿is `always `used for `holidays. ↘︱When︿a `family is `traveling ↘︱to the `mountains or to the `seaside, ↘︱they can `live︿in their `motor home ↗︱ for︿a `few `days︿or `weeks. ↘︱`All the `members︿of︿a `big `family ↘︱can︿en`joy a `happier `life↘︱when they are `traveling to`gether. ↘︱That︿is `why ↗︱`motor homes have be`come `very `popular. ↘︱In︿A`merica ↗︱there︿are `many `parks↘︱for `motor homes. ↘
情景提示：
你了解吉尼斯世界纪录吗？你知道吉尼斯世界纪录保持者中，世界上最重、重矮、 最高的人分别来自哪里？
角色扮演
根据下面中文提示,用英语提出3个问题。
角色扮演
你知道世界上最重的人是谁吗？
2. 你从哪里获得这些信息的？
3. 为什么不现在呢？我有一本可以借给你。
Do you know who the heaviest man in the world is?
Where do you get this information?
Why not now? I have one and I can lend it to you.
角色扮演
请听一段对话和对话后面的录音提问,根据对话内容回答5个问题。
4. Where was the heaviest person in medical history from?
He was from America.
5. How much did Jon Minnoch weigh when he was 26 years old?
He weighed 317 kg when he was 26 years old.
6. How tall was Gul Mohammed in 1990 as the shortest mature human?
He was found to be only 57 cm tall in 1990.
7. When was Robert Wadlow found to be 272 centimeters tall?
On June 27, 1940 he was found to be 272 centimetres tall.
8. Where does the man get the information?
He gets the information from the Guinness Book of World Records.
故事复述
Do you like pet dogs? Can you share us a story that happened between your pet and you?
故事复述
梗概提示：
雷蒙让小狗去买咳嗽药回来,小狗最终把药带了回来。
Ramon, Blackie, Frank, medicine（药）, bone （骨头）
故事复述
Ramon was very proud of his dog Blackie and got every chance to make it amuse his friends with some tricks. One day, Ramon went with his dog to visit Frank who was sick with a bad cold. Frank said that there was not any medicine at home. So Ramon told Blackie to buy some cough medicine and keep the change. But Blackie still did not returned half an hour later. Frank thought Ramon was silly and Ramon felt embarrassed. Finally, Blackie came back with a bottle of medicine and a bone.
Goodbye!
