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Period Four　Using Language(1)—Listening & Speaking Learning Aims(学习目标) 1．Listening(重点难点) 2．Speaking(重点难点) 策略指导 英语听力测试不只是考查学生的英语听力，同时还会考查学生的临场应变能力、猜测能力、记忆能力等。平时还要多积累一些常见的话题词汇和话题句式。本单元的话题是预测未来的变化，学生听预测未来科技和生活的访谈，就这一话题展开讨论并表达自己的观点。 常见话题词汇： 1．prediction预测 2．a computer scientist一位电脑科学家 3．programme computers给电脑编程 4．intelligent machines智能机器 5．increase our abilities增强我们的技能 6．architect建筑师 7．float漂浮 8．innovative创新的；革新的 常见话题句式： 1．Could you please tell our audience what you do? 您可以告诉听众您是做什么工作的吗？ 2．I forecast that...我预测…… 3．That’s very interesting，but aren’t you worried that...? 那很有趣，但是，难道您不担心……？ 4．This is because...这是因为…… 5．What might make us want to do that? 什么可能使我们想那样做呢？ 6．That sounds very innovative.那听起来非常有创新性。 7．Could you please give us more details? 您可以给我们更多细节吗？ 听力集训 Ⅰ.Do listening exercises in the book. 1．What do these pictures show? Match the words with the pictures.(教材P18) 2．Discuss these questions in groups.(教材P18) 3．Listen to a radio interview with Dr Han and Vincent Black giving their predictions about the future，and then fill in the table below.(教材P19) Ⅱ.Listen to the material again on P19 and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.(精听训练) Host：On today’s episode of “Future Changes”， we talk with two experts from different fields，Dr Han and Vincent Black，to hear their 1.predictions about the future. First，Dr Han，could you please tell our audience what you do? Dr Han：Certainly. I’m 2.a computer scientist. Host：And could you please tell us your prediction? Dr Han：Yes，well，I forecast that computers will be cleverer than us in the future. I think that people will also be 3.programming computers to think like humans. Host：That’s very interesting，but aren’t you worried that such computers would be dangerous? Dr Han：Not at all. This is because we’ll be programming them to not think in ways that may harm humans. In fact，we’ll also be 4.creating machines to help people internally. For example，I think scientists will put some small intelligent machines，called nanobots，in