Unit 12

Extending life through Fun

(II)

Part I Warming upA. Two people talking about two kinds of animals

Vocabulary:

affectionate: loving and tender.

curl up: shape one's body into a curl;

to assume a position with the legs drawn up:

The child curled up in an armchair to read.

revolting: highly offensive; arousing disgust; "revolting food";

slimy: covered with a thick sticky slippery substance

"a slimy substance covered the rocks“

Task A1 & A2. Listen and guess what animals they are talking about

What animals are they?

What words did you hear that helped to draw the conclusions?

1. little things / playful /affectionate/ play with toy mouse / sleep in their baskets / clean animals

kittens /cats.

2. revolting / slimy / poisonous / colors and patterns beautiful

snakes

B. Hobbies

photograph: v. to take photographs

riot: a wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people

exhilaration: the feeling of lively and cheerful joy

gallop: to ride a horse at a gallop

prior to: before

Listen carefully and guess what the hobbies are

B.1. Guess what hobbies they are

B2. Write down some of the clues that help you to decide the answers

Photography

photograph/ still life / moving object / feel equipment

2. Skiing

amazing / sport /equipment/ safer / scenery/ air / speed / exhilaration

3. horse riding

powerful animal / relationship of trust/ skill/

walk / gallop

4. bird watching

6,500 species / looking birds

5. Sailing

force of wind/ complicated / boats/ navigation / essential skills

C. Read the difficult sentences and Listen

Part II New Fashions

A program about barbecue

(Training focus: Note taking)

A social gathering, usually held outdoors, at which food is cooked over an open flame

grill: n.a cooking surface of parallel metal bars. v.to broil on a gridiron

charcoal: a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

cavemen: A prehistoric or primitive human living in caves

spice: Any of various pungent, aromatic plant substances, such as cinnamon or nutmeg, used to flavor foods or beverages

chile

The pungent fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum, used especially as a flavoring in cooking. Also called chili pepper

rib: cut of meat including one or more ribs

potluck: a meal at which each guest brings food that is then shared by all. Also called potluck supper

macho: used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner

Listen carefully and take notes and answer the questions

1. Why do men in the West like barbecue?

put meat on the grill; cavemen

2. What is the unique thing about barbecue?

different recipes / different places

3. What is potluck?

party / everyone brings food

4. What’s it like in Britain when people have a barbecue?

watch the sky / rain

B. A report about making potterypottery: Ware, such as vases, pots, bowls, or

plates, shaped from moist clay and hardened by

heat

B1 Listen to the first part of the report. Supply the missing words

faster and faster

more and more rich

relax

free time

making pottery

artists and craftsmen common people a pottery teacher playing with mud your creation turning and forming calm Troubles

making pottery

Chrysanthemum

canister: a small plastic container used for storing a roll of film.

sculpt: to sculpture / shape (an object)

kaolin: a fine usually white clay

kiln: A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels

turntable: a circular horizontal rotating platform

glaze: the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing

throw: to shape (an object) on a potter’s wheel

B2. Listen to 2nd half of the report and put the pottery

making steps in the right order.1. Mixing the clay

2. Putting the clay on the turntable3. Throwing4. Drying for a few days5. Smoothing or rounding the edges6. Polishing 7. Sculpting8. Cooling for 3 or 4 days9. Going to the kiln to fire the clay10. Painting with glaze 11. Firing again

Part III

Rock climbing

rugged: having a rough irregular surfacespine: a ridge

prairie: a meadow or tract of grass; craggy: rugged and uneven: a craggy facecreek: a small stream, often a shallow or inte

rmittent tributary to a riversedimentary limestone: a common sediment

ary rock consisting mostly of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime, carbon dioxide, and cement

grizzly bear

The brown bear of northwest North America, now considered a subspecies

piton: 登山用的钢锉 spike: to drive something long and thin with a

sharp point into rafter: any of a large sloping esp. wooden beams that

hold up a roof n.椽 , 筏夫 rappel: 绕绳下降 sling: to cause to hang or be loosely supported crack: a line of division caused by splitting; very thin m

ark or opening caused by breaking, but not into separate parts

toe-/hand hold: 把柄 Integral: necessary to complete something; whi

ch cannot be left out.

A. Pre-listening Questions1. Have you every tried rock climbing? Would you

be interested in practicing this sport? Why or why not?

2. What sports do you consider physically challenging?

3. When practicing a difficult or dangerous sport, what mental or emotional challenges do you have to be prepared for?

4. When a person is devoted to a sport, how does it affect his life?

5. Would you consider rock climbing a dangerous sport? What is required to be a good rock climber?

Listen carefully and answer the questions in note form

1. Why has the Province of Alberta become home to some of the best rock climbers in the world?

the Rockies / over 12,000 feet

2. Why are the Canadian Rockies very special?

a lot of wilderness / grizzly bear

3. How high is First Rock? How does it compare with other climbs Blanchard often does?

First Rock: 25 meters / others: 50 times as high

4, What is the purpose of the climbing equipment? attach rock to rope / rope to body5. How did Blanchard first learn to climb? Where did

he do his first climbing? reading / around house, i.e., basement rafters, walls6. How important is rock climbing in Blanchard’s life? an integral part of his life / challenges / opportunities