Listening Basics part 2 (2) / New Listening Basics part 2

a suburb

a commuter / commuter train

a cable car / railway

a prison

neat

a ferry

tempting

3. Listen to the dialog and fill in the blanks

Gloria and her classmate Ming are planning to visit San Francisco. Linda, who knows the city very well, gives them some advice. How much do you know about San Francisco and its transportation system?

Gloria: Linda, you ________________ my friend Ming?

Linda: _________________, I ______________ you at

______________. How _________________ you? Ming: Fine, thanks.

Gloria: Ming and I are going to take a ___________________ to San Francisco together during the ___________________. Do you

_________________ if we __________________ you some

_______________________?

Linda: Of __________________ not. I ________________ that city. What do you want to ____________________?

Ming: Well, _________________ of all, we‘re not _____________ how to ____________ there. Should we go by _____________, by

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_______________, by ________________ …?

Linda: That ______________. __________________ you have enough

_______________ but not much ______________, it‘ll be best to

________________. The ______________ isn‘t much

____________, but if you take the _________________, you can

see the ___________________ along the __________________.

Gloria: But what about the ______________________?

Linda: Well, the __________________ is the _________________, but

it‘s _______________ too _________________. It‘s

_______________ kind of _________________.

Ming: We don‘t have to ________________ too much about

____________ because we‘ll be _________________ with my

__________________ in Chinatown. On the ________________

hand, we don‘t have that much time – only two

___________________.

Gloria: I ___________________ we‘d better _________________ then.

But ___________________ will we get __________________

__________________. The whole _________________ is only

_________________ square ___________________, so you can

________________ to a ______________ of

__________________. There is an ______________________

bus system.

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________________ a ___________________ train. It

________________ the ___________ with the

_____________________; you‘ll only __________________ it if you ________________ to go to Berkeley, for example.

Gloria: What about the ________________ cars?

Linda: They‘re __________________, especially going

______________ and _______________ the

_________________. And ________________ thing you guys ought to do is _____________________ the

__________________ to Alcatraz. Ming: What‘s Alcatraz?

Linda: It‘s an ________________ in the _________________ of the San Francisco ________________. It _______________ to be a

_________________. Now it‘s a ___________________

attraction.

Gloria: That sounds ________________. What _____________ do you

think we should ___________________?

Linda: Well, when I was there, we rented _______________ and rode across the Golden Gate Bridge. I ______________________ that

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Gloria: On the _____________________.

Linda: It‘s ___________________. I‘ll _________________ about it.

4. Listen to the dialog once again and practice reading

5.Comment on the geographic names you come across in the dialog

6.Retell the dialog or learn it by heart with your group mates

Part II. Lecture

You are going to hear a lecture on transportation in the twenty-first century.

1. Preview questions

What methods of transportation are most common today? How do you imagine they will change in the next hundred years?

2. Words

Read, define and find Russian equivalents for the following words from the lecture:

a lane - ______________________________________________________

supersonic - __________________________________________________

a mode of transportation - _______________________________________

a technology - ________________________________________________

an automobile - _______________________________________________

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gasoline/ gas - ________________________________________________

fuel - _______________________________________________________

mileage - ____________________________________________________

a rapid transit system - __________________________________________

to predict - ___________________________________________________

3. Listen to the lecture and fill in the following outline

Transportation in the Twenty-First Century

I.Introduction

A.The example about the businessman is to show

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

B.The lecture topic: _______________________________________

________________________________________________________

II.__________________________________________________________

A.Will be the most important method of traveling

B.Will improve in the following ways

1._________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________

3.Cars will be smaller and _____________________________

a.Will still use _________________________________

b.Mileage will be ______________________________

III. Transportation in ___________________________________________

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A.______________________________________________________

B.Buses

1._________________________________________________

2.Will look different from buses today

3._________________________________________________

4._________________________________________________

C.______________________________________________________

1._________________________________________________

2.Exist today in _____________________________________

IV. Long-distance traveling

A.________________ will be more comfortable

1.Sleeper seats

2._________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________

4._________________________________________________

B.______________________________________________________

1.Will travel _________________ the tracks, not on them

2.Very fast: _________________________ per hour

V.__________________________________________________________

A.Constructed of _________________________________________

1._________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________

3.Cleaner

4._________________________________________________

B.Larger – 1000 passengers

C._____________________________________________________

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D.In the passenger area

1._________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________

VI. Conclusion _______________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

4.Answer the questions about the lecture

a.How will cars change in the next fifty to one hundred years?

b.What types of rapid transit systems will people use in the future?

c.Which two modes of transportation will computers control?

d.What will be the cheapest way to travel long distances?

5. Listen to the lecture once again and write out sentences with the active vocabulary (Ex. 2)

6. Retell the lecture

Part III. Making Inferences

1. Words

Make sure you know the following words and phrases from the dialog:

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a gate seasick a runway a purse

a seatbelt

2. Each of these conversations deals with a travel problem. Listen to

the speakers and decide what the problem is. After each conversation you will hear a question. Check the answer. Then listen again. This time you will hear the correct answer.

3.  She was smoking.

She was blocking the door.

She was not wearing her seatbelt.

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IF… THEN…

1.____ a. you will be able to see clearly

2.____ b. your motor will not overheat

3.____ c. the motor will run smoothly

4.____ d. you may lose control of your car

5.____ e. you will be safer in an accident

6.____ f. a flat tire will not be a disaster

7.____ g. someone might steal it

8.____ h. you will see the traffic behind you

9.____ i. your battery will be dead

10.____ j. you might get a ticket

2.Parts of the Car

Listen to the description of each part of the car. Write the names of the parts in the correct places on the picture of the car. How can you define each part?

Parts of the car: windshield, hood, headlight, bumper, license plate, tire, trunk

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