[00:-1.00]Look at all the pictures on pages 22-23 in WARMING UP,
[00:-2.00]LISTENING and SPEAKING and give definitions to some of them
[00:-3.00]or describe what you see in them,using attributive clauses.
[00:-4.00]If you are not clear about their definitions,
[00:-5.00]look them up in the English-English dictionary.
[00:-6.00](1)A seismograph is an instrument which is used to detect earthquakes and record seismic tremors
[00:-7.00]and how strong the earthquakes are and how long they last.
[00:-8.00]Zhang Heng is a seismologist who does seismic research and studies seismology
[00:-9.00]which is a branch of science of earthquakes,
[00:10.00]which is a sudden shaking of the earth surface
[00:11.00](which is) caused by underground volcanic forces
[00:12.00]or by breaking or position-changing of rock under the earth surface.
[00:13.00](2)Who do you think Howard Carter is?
[00:14.00]I think he is an areheologist (American spelling),
[00:15.00]who studies archeolog (A merican spelling),
[00:16.00]which is a branch of science,which studies ancient civilizations and ancient societies by examining
[00:17.00]remains found in the ground or remaining things of old buildings,
[00:18.00]tombs, graves, tools, weapons, coins, jars, pots etc.
[00:19.00]Archaeologists (British seplling) are intersted in Archaeological (British seplling) dig.
[00:20.00](3) You all know something about the Titanic,
[00:21.00]the name of a huge ship. But who's Titan,from whom derives the adjective "Titanic"
[00:22.00]which means being like or of the Titans and "titanic"
[00:23.00]another adjective, which also size or strength or calling for very great effort.
[00:24.00]"Titan"refers to any of the 12 children of Heaven and Earth,
[00:25.00]who are ancient gods of Greece.
[00:26.00]The 12 children, who have different names but the same fat
[00:27.00]-they were all crushed or defeated by the Olympian gods, who were led by Zeus.
[00:28.00](4) You all know the phrase "2008 Olympic Games",
[00:29.00]but do you know the name of this sport meeting,which derives from Olympia,
[00:30.00]the name of the place, where it was first held in honor
[00:31.00]or honour of Zeus by the ancient Greeks.
[00:32.00]Olympia is a place n
[00:27.74]in Greece, where remains of temples of Zeus and many other gods or goddess
[00:28.74]under him, who had defeated n
[00:29.74]the Titans, were found by archaeologists many years ago.
[00:30.74]Four killed in Taiwan earthquake
[00:31.74]In the first photo there is a building in Taipei's
[00:32.74]Chengde Road,which teeters threateningly after the strong carthquake,
[00:33.74]measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale,
[00:34.74]shook eastern Taiwan at 2:52 pm. mareh 31, 2002.
[00:35.74]In the second photograph you see rescue workers
[00:36.74]moving an earthquake vietim out of a stranded building in Taipei.
[00:37.74]Hank Stram lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.
[00:38.74]On October 17th, 1989 a strong earthquake took place and killed
[00:39.74]over 100 people. Hank was caught in the earthquake.
[00:40.74]1 Listen to part 1. Then answer these questions in pairs.
[00:41.74]2.Listen to part 2. Fill in the blanks and write the words in the spaces.
[00:42.74]1. I (found ) myself in the dark.
[00:43.74]2. Then I remembered what (had happened).
[00:44.74]3. It was clear to me now that I (had heen) in an earthquake.
[00:45.74]4. Then I (heard) people (climbing) towards me.
[00:46.74]5. A team of people (had come) to see if anyone (was0 under the broken road.
[00:47.74]You have promised to play kennis with your friend every week,
[00:48.74]but you are not very good at it.
[00:49.74]A:I'm not very good at tennis, you know.
[00:50.74]B:Don't worry! We're playing for fun.
[00:51.74]Just try and you'll see you can do it.
[00:52.74]A:I haven't played tennis for a very long time. B:Well done!n
[00:53.74]That was a very good ball! You see you can do it!
[00:54.74]I hope so. I enjoyed playing tennis with you. See you next week |