[00:01.00]New Standard English Senior High Student's Book 3
[01:25.95]Model 1 Europe
[01:30.09]Reading and Vocabulary
[01:31.59]Great European Cities
[01:34.13]PARIS
[01:35.61]Paris is the capital and largest city of France,
[01:40.75]situated on the River Seine.
[01:43.00]It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world
[01:47.29]and is visited by more than eight million tourists every year.
[01:51.65]The most popular place for tourists is the Eiffel Tower,
[01:57.29]the famous symbol of Paris.
[01:59.75]One of the world's largest art galleries, the Louvre,
[02:04.25]is also located in Paris.
[02:06.73]The city is also famous for its restaurants, cafes and theatres.
[02:12.81]About two-thirds of France's artists and writers live in Paris.
[02:19.37]BARCELONA
[02:21.34]Barcelona is the second largest city of Spain
[02:26.39]and is situated on the northeast coast,
[02:29.53]about five hundred kilometres east of the Spanish capital, Madrid.
[02:34.63]One of Barcelona's most famous landmarks
[02:39.04]is the Church of the Sagrada Familia,
[02:42.09]which was designed by an architect called Antonio Gaudi.
[02:46.61]Gaudi worked on the project from 1882 until his death in 1926.
[02:54.11]The church hasn't been finished yet!
[02:56.95]FLORENCE
[02:58.63]Florence is an Italian city which became famous
[03:03.86]because of the Renaissance,
[03:05.61]a great artistic movement which began in the 1300s
[03:10.35]and lasted for three hundred years.
[03:12.96]During the Renaissance, some of the greatest painters of all time
[03:18.62]lived and worked in Florence.
[03:20.84]Many of Florence's most beautiful paintings
[03:24.61]and sculptures were produced by great artists
[03:27.62]such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
[03:31.86]Florence is visited each year by about a million tourists
[03:37.84]who come to see the art galleries, churches and museums.
[03:42.43]The Uffizi Palace is the most famous art gallery in the city.
[03:48.81]ATHENS
[03:50.68]Athens, the capital of Greece,
[03:54.18]is known as the birthplace of western civilisation.
[03:57.65]Two thousand four hundred years ago,
[04:01.24]it was the world's most powerful city.
[04:03.82]Buildings such as the Parthenon on the Acropolis Hill
[04:07.90]were built during this period.
[04:09.77]Greece's best writers lived in ancient Athens.
[04:13.92]Their work has influenced other writers ever since.
[04:17.80]Listening
[04:22.48]Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3
[13:44.47]Culture Corner
[13:47.02]Read the passage and answer the questions
[13:50.31]1.Find the names of three first members
[13:54.63]and three numbers of the European Union.
[13:58.34]2.In terms of size and population,
[14:02.63]how big is the European Union compared with China?
[14:06.78]The European Union
[14:09.07]What Is the European Union?
[14:11.98]The European Union is an organisation of European countries.
[14:18.34]The countries are independent and are governed in different ways.
[14:23.40]In the United Kingdom,for example, the head of state is a king or queen.
[14:30.03]In France, on the other hand, the head of state is a president.
[14:35.88]But each of them sends representatives to the European Parliament,
[14:41.54]which has some control over what happens in each of the member countries
[14:46.29]How Did It Start?
[14:48.04]The idea of the European Union began in the 1950s.
[14:54.20]The first members were France, Germany, Belgium,Luxembourg,
[15:00.51]the Netherlands and Italy.
[15:02.69]Little by little, the number increased
[15:06.42]during the second half of the twentieth century.
[15:09.22]By the year 2000, there were 15 member countries.
[15:14.47]The new countries were Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece,
[15:20.37]Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
[15:26.54]How Many Countries Belong to It Now?
[15:29.93]In 2004, the European Union increased to 25 members.
[15:37.66]The Czech Republic,Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,Poland,
[15:46.04]the Slovak Republic and Slovenia,
[15:49.00]plus the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus and Malta
[15:52.99]all became members.
[15:54.75]The expanded European Union
[15:57.77]has a population of more than half a billion people,
[16:01.75]twice as big as the population of the United States.
[16:05.75]Module 1 Word List
[16:13.02]across prep.横过,穿过
[16:14.65]boot n.长统靴，皮靴
[16:15.97]continental adj.大陆的，大洲的
[16:18.11]face vt.面对，面向
[16:19.71]range n.山脉
[16:22.13]landmark n.标志性建筑
[16:24.20]gallery n.美术馆;画廊
[16:26.20]situated adj. 坐落(某处)的; 位于(某处)的
[16:28.52]symbol n.象征;符号
[16:30.46]located adj.位于
[16:32.52]architect n.建筑师
[16:35.25]project n.计划,项目;工程
[16:37.38]sculpture n.雕刻;泥塑
[16:39.77]birthplace n.发源地
[16:42.15]civilisation n.文明
[16:45.33]ancient adj.古代的
[16:47.90]opposite prep.在...对面
[16:50.13]sign vt.签署
[16:52.72]agreement n.协议;契约
[16:55.72]whereabouts adv.在哪里
[16:58.66]govern vt.统治;治理
[17:01.12]head n.领袖;领导人
[17:03.50]representative n.代表
[17:06.30]parliament n.国会; 议会
[17:08.84]region n.地区;区域
[17:11.36]geographical adj.地理的
[17:14.56]feature n. 特点
[17:17.43]produce n. 产品;农产品
[17:20.92]Module 2 Developing and Developed Countries
[17:30.00]Reading and Vocabulary
[17:32.81]Activity 1 Read the passage and answer these questions.
[17:39.70]1.What did world leaders agree to do in 2000?
[17:45.13]2.What doees the Human Development Index measure?
[17:51.58]3.What are the first two Development Goals?
[17:59.27]4.What progress have we made towards these goals?
[18:06.05]5.What do developed countries need to do?
[18:12.68]The Human Development Report
[18:17.50]In the year 2000, 147 world leaders agreed to work together
[18:25.29]to reduce poverty by 2015 or earlier.
[18:29.93]From this agreement came the Human Development Report.
[18:34.93]One of the most important sections of this report
[18:38.79]is the Human Development Index.
[18:41.54]This examines the achievements of 175 countries.
[18:47.02]The Index measures a country's achievements in three ways:
[18:52.33]life expectancy (how long people usually live),education and income.
[19:01.10]The index has some surprises.
[19:04.53]Norway is at the top of the list, while the US is at number 7.
[19:11.21]The other top five countries are: Iceland (2), Sweden(3)
[19:20.32]Australia (4), the Netherlands (5).
[19:25.12]The UK is in the thirteenth position,
[19:29.29]while China is in the middle of the list.
[19:32.59]The bottom ten countries are all African countries,
[19:37.95]with Sierra Leone (in West Africa) at the bottom of the list.
[19:42.75]The report describes eight Development Goals.
[19:46.91]The most important goals are:
[19:49.70]*to reduce poverty and hunger;
[19:52.18]* make sure that all children have education up to the age of 11;
[19:57.41]* fight AIDS and other diseases;
[20:00.70]* improve the environment of poor people,
[20:04.33]e.g. make sure they have safe drinking water;
[20:08.38]*encourage developed countries to give more help to other countries.
[20:13.68]The 2003 Human Development Report
[20:18.32]gives examples of successful development.
[20:21.30]For example, in nine years (1953-1962),
[20:27.78]China increased life expectancy by 13 years.
[20:32.84]In the last ten years in China,
[20:36.45]150 million people moved out of poverty.
[20:40.54]However, the challenges are still great.
[20:44.45]Every day 799 million people in developing countries are hungry.
[20:51.79]Over half of these are in South Asia or Africa.
[20:56.11]Although more than 80% of children in developing countries
[21:01.50]go to primary school,
[21:03.39]about 115 million children are not being educated.
[21:08.15]More than I billion people in developing countries
[21:12.72]do not drink safe water.
[21:14.72]However, in other regions of the world, e.g. Eastern Europe,
[21:20.53]water is now mostly safe to drink.
[21:23.95]The report shows that we are making some progress
[21:28.67]but that we need to make greater efforts.
[21:31.95]Although developed countries give some financial help,
[21:35.70]they need to give much more.
[21:37.81]Interestingly,
[21:39.72]the countries that give the most money are the Netherlands,
[21:43.81]Norway and Sweden.
[21:45.54]These are among the five richest countries in the world,
[21:49.45]so it is right that they should do so.
[21:52.25]Pronunciation
[21:56.70]Activity 1
[21:58.15]Listen and repeat sentences 1-4 in Grammar activity 3.
[22:03.90]Notice the rhythm.
[22:06.51]Norway is at the top of the list,
[22:10.60]while the United Stares is at number 7.
[22:13.23]The UK is in the thirteenth position,
[22:20.40]while China is in the middle of the list.
[22:23.32]Although more than 80% of children in developing countries go to primary school
[22:33.18]about 115 million children are not being educated.
[22:38.06]Although developed countries give some financial help,
[22:45.93]they need to give much more.
[22:52.43]Activity 2
[22:54.38]Read the answers to sentences 1-6 in Grammar activity 4 aloud.
[23:01.22]Use correct rhythm.Now listen and check.
[23:07.71]1.Although developed countries are rich
[23:12.44]They don't give enough financial help to developing countries.
[23:16.87]2.Europe has a lot of industry,
[23:23.27]while Africa does not have much.
[23:26.77]3.In some parts of Europe, incomes are high,
[23:33.65]while in other parts they are much lower.
[23:36.95]4.Although there is poverty in this area,
[23:43.97]people are happier than in the city
[23:46.25]5.Some children receive a good education,
[23:53.34]while others never go to school at all.
[23:55.81]6.Although life expectancy is still low,
[24:03.57]it has improved in the last ten years.
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