外研社新標準高中英語第三冊 Model1-2

[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.橫過,穿過

[16:14.65]boot n.長統(tǒng)靴，皮靴

[16:15.97]continental adj.大陸的，大洲的

[16:18.11]face vt.面對，面向

[16:19.71]range n.山脈

[16:22.13]landmark n.標志性建筑

[16:24.20]gallery n.美術(shù)館;畫廊

[16:26.20]situated adj. 坐落(某處)的; 位于(某處)的

[16:28.52]symbol n.象征;符號

[16:30.46]located adj.位于

[16:32.52]architect n.建筑師

[16:35.25]project n.計劃,項目;工程

[16:37.38]sculpture n.雕刻;泥塑

[16:39.77]birthplace n.發(fā)源地

[16:42.15]civilisation n.文明

[16:45.33]ancient adj.古代的

[16:47.90]opposite prep.在...對面

[16:50.13]sign vt.簽署

[16:52.72]agreement n.協(xié)議;契約

[16:55.72]whereabouts adv.在哪里

[16:58.66]govern vt.統(tǒng)治;治理

[17:01.12]head n.領(lǐng)袖;領(lǐng)導人

[17:03.50]representative n.代表

[17:06.30]parliament n.國會; 議會

[17:08.84]region n.地區(qū);區(qū)域

[17:11.36]geographical adj.地理的

[17:14.56]feature n. 特點

[17:17.43]produce n. 產(chǎn)品;農(nóng)產(chǎn)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.