Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit7:Leisure time(1)

 　　Step by Step 3000. Book Two.

　　Unit 7. Leisure time.

　　Part 1. Warming up.

　　A. Keywords. newspaper, circulation, copies, sells, daily.

　　Vocabulary. circulation, tribune, daily, quality.

　　Listen to some information about the circulation of some major British and American newspapers.

　　Write down the numbers as rapidly as you can.

　　1. The Boston Globe, a leading newspaper in the eastern part of the U.S has a circulation of 604,068 copies per day.

　　2. The Chicago Tribune sells 957,212 copies daily.

　　3. The Daily Mail in Britain sells 2,426,533 copies every day.

　　4. The Daily Mirror, a popular paper in Britain, has a daily circulation of 1,719,743 copies.

　　5. The Daily Telegraph in Britain has a daily circulation of 907,329 copies.

　　6. The Financial Times is famous for its business and stock exchange news, and has a small but steady circulation of 419,386 copies daily.

　　7. The Guardian¹ is a daily newspaper published in Britain, and sells 366, 645 copies everyday.

　　8. The Los Angles Times, is a national daily, published in California, it reached 1,231,318 copies in circulation.

　　9. The New York Times in America is more than 100 years old and has a daily circulation of 1.683,855 copies.

　　10. The Observer is one of the quality Sunday newspapers in Britain, and sells 444,509 copies every Sunday.

　　11. The Sun, another popular daily in Britain, sells 3,273,116 copies everyday.

　　12. The Sunday Times, another national Sunday paper in Britain, has a circulation of 1,400,873 copies.

　　13. The Times is the most influential² national newspaper in Britain, with a daily circulation of 679, 190 copies.

　　14. The USA Today is among the most popular daily newspapers in the America, with a daily circulation of 2,528, 437 copies.

　　15. The Wall Street Journal, published by Dow Jones and Company, Inc, is a financial daily in the America and it sells 2,058,342 copies daily.

　　16. The Washington Post, a daily newspaper published in Washington D.C, has a circulation of 960, 684 copies.

　　B. Keywords. books, classified, subject, Dewey Decimal System, main class, divisions, subdivided⁴, sections.

　　Vocabulary. Dewey Decimal System, recreation, biography, correspond, landscape, sculpture, engraving⁵, subdivide³, horsemanship.

　　You are going to hear a brief account of the book classification in libraries.

　　Listen carefully, note down the subjects only.

　　In most libraries, books are classified according to their subjects on the Dewey Decimal System.

　　Under this system, knowledge is divided into ten main classes and named as followed:

　　000. General. 100. Philosophy. 200. Religion. 300. Social Science. 400. Language.

　　500. Science. 600. Applied⁶ Science. 700. Art and Recreation. 800. Literature. 900. History, Travel, Biography.

　　Each main class is divided into ten divisions, also numbered 0 to 9, giving the second figure of a book's classification number

　　and within the main classes, books are grouped on the shelves to correspond.

　　For instances, books on art and recreation are arranged in the following divisions. 700. Art and Recreation.

　　710. Landscape Art. 720. Architecture. 730. Sculpture. 740. Drawing and Design.

　　750. Painting. 760. Engraving. 770. Photography. 780. Music. 790. Amusements.

　　Each division of a main class is then subdivided into ten sections.

　　The first covering the subject in general, and the others numbered 0 to 9 dealing⁷ with its branches.

　　Here is an example, main class: 700 art and recreation. division: 790. amusements.

　　sections: 791. Public entertainment. 792. Theater, Stage. 793. Indoor Entertainment. 794. Games of Skill. 795. Games of Chance.

　　796. Outdoor Sports and Games. 797. Water Sports. 798. Horsemanship, Racing⁸. 799. Fishing, Hunting, Shooting.

　　C. Keywords. composer, be born, die.

　　Vocabulary. composer, ingenious, renowned⁹, celebrated¹⁰, prominent.

　　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, for example, Jan for January, Feb for February.

　　Johann Bach, a famous German composer, was born on March 21st, 1685, March 21st, 1685, and died on January 28th, 1750.

　　George Handel, a well-known German born British composer, was born on February 23rd, 1685, February 23rd, 1685, and died on April 14th, 1759.

　　Wolfgang Mozart, was a brilliant Austrian composer, who was born on January 27th, 1756. January 27th, 1756, and died on December 5th, 1791.

　　Ludwig Beethoven, an ingenious German composer, was born on December 17th, 1770, December 17th, 1770, and died on March 26th, 1827.

　　As one of the outstanding Austrian composers, Franz Schubert was born on January 31st, 1797, and died on November 19th, 1828, November 19th, 1828.

　　Felix Mendelssohn, another famous German composer, was born on February 3rd, 1809, and died on November 4th, 1847, November 4th, 1847.

　　Poland also produced a well-known composer, Frederic Chopin, who was born on March 1st, 1810, March 1st, 1810, and died on October 17th, 1849.

　　Franz Liszt was a renowned Hungarian composer.

　　He was born on October 22nd, 1811, October 22nd, 1811, and died on July 31st, 1886.

　　Johann Strauss, another celebrated Austrian composer, was born on October 25th, 1825, and died on June 3rd, 1899, June 3rd, 1899.

　　As the most prominent Russian composer, Peter Tchaikovsky was born on May 7th, 1840, and died on December 6th, 1893, December 6th, 1893.

1 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

2 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

3 subdivide   

vt.细分（细区分，再划分，重分，叠分，分小类）

参考例句：

• You can use sales organizations to subdivide markets into regions.用销售组织将市场细分为区域。
• The verbs were subdivided into transitive and intransitive categories.动词可细分为及物动词和不及物动词。

4 subdivided   

再分，细分( subdivide的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The compound was subdivided into four living areas. 那个区域被划分成4个居住小区。
• This part of geologic calendar has not been satisfactorily subdivided. 这部分地质年代表还没有令人满意地再细分出来。

5 engraving   

n.版画；雕刻（作品）；雕刻艺术；镌版术v.在（硬物）上雕刻（字，画等）( engrave的现在分词 )；将某事物深深印在（记忆或头脑中）

参考例句：

• He collected an old engraving of London Bridge. 他收藏了一张古老的伦敦桥版画。 来自辞典例句
• Some writing has the precision of a steel engraving. 有的字体严谨如同钢刻。 来自辞典例句

6 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

7 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

8 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

9 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

10 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。