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新牛津译林版高中英语选择性必修三Unit 3Back to the past
Integrated Skills
Lead-in
Do you like reading history books?
Academic history books or popular history books, which do you prefer?
interesting stories from history
easy to understand
humorous tone
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Listening
Alan is introducing his favorite popular history book. Listen and finish the exercises below.
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Recognizing paraphrasing
The wording of the statements may not be the same as that of the specific information in the text. First read the statements carefully and identify keywords and phrases that might help you listen for the information you need. When listening, look out for the synonyms for those words or phrases.
(1) The book is about the Song Dynasty. T / F
(2) In the first week, the book sold 5,000 copies. T / F
(3) The author has tried her best to ensure that the facts are accurate. T / F
(4) The author provides many thoughtful comments on some events. T / F
(5) Alan thinks that there is a new trend towards reading popular science books. T / F
A1 Listen to the introduction and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Tang
50,000
history
Alan手
give a lot of thoughtful comments
achieve factual accuracy
Expressing your love of a book
I can’t put it down!
It’s the first history book that had ever got my attention.
I’ve never been so eager to read up on history.
I am looking forward to reading more.
P
I like it very much!
I enjoy the book!
This is my favourite!
A2 Listen to the introduction again and complete the notes below.
My favourite popular history book
Writing style
The author turns (1) ________________.
Her language is (3) ____________________.
She (2) _____________________ of historical figures or events.
easy to understand
history into a story
gives a vivid description
My favourite popular history book
Factual accuracy
The author has referred to many academic history books to (4) __________________.
(5) _______________ on the same event have been considered.
(6) __