Step by Step 2000 Unit 1 Happy New Millennium 迎接新千禧
Unit 1 Happy New Millennium 迎接新千禧 Step by Step 2000
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Listen carefully and repeat what you’ve hear on the tape. Finish the blanks in your textbook
art ll Section A: Listen to some statements about the time ball. Fill in the Blanks with what you hear on the tape Word &Phrases 1. The time ball was originally used as a marine time-keeper 1 2. The Greenwich time ball is said to be the world's first public time signal 13. The ball is automatically raised halfway up the mast at 12: 55 p. m to the Top at 12: 58 p.m., and drop at 1: 00 p.m 4. Around 150 public time balls are known or reported to have Been installed around the world after that at Greenwich in 1833 65. The U.S. Naval Observatory dropped the first time ball in the United States in 1844 the 19th century 6. Time balls were used in many cities around the U.S. during
Section A : Listen to some statements about the time ball. Fill in the Blanks with what you hear on the tape 1.The time ball was originally used as a marine ____________. 2.The Greenwich time ball is said to be the world’s first public __________. 3.The ball is automatically raised halfway up the mast at ________ to the Top at 12:58 p.m., and drop at________ . 4. Around ___________ public time balls are known or reported to have Been installed around the world after that at Greenwich in 1833. 5. The U.S. Naval Observatory dropped the first time ball in the United States in _________. 6. Time balls were used in many cities around the U.S. during _________. time-keeper time signal 12:55 p.m. 150 1844 the 19th century 1:00 p.m. Word & Phrases
art ll Section A: Listen to some statements about the time ball. Fill in the Blanks with what you hear on the tape 7. At the turn of the 20th Century dozens of time balls were being dropped around the world 18. A few time balls are still ceremonially dropped around the world, ranging From New Zealand to the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich Section B: Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball. Answer the questions with the key words Slow& Clear Fast& Noisy e
Section A : Listen to some statements about the time ball. Fill in the Blanks with what you hear on the tape 7. At the turn of the 20th Century dozens of time balls were being dropped _________________. 8. A few time balls are still ceremonially dropped around the world, ranging From ____________ to the Old Royal Observatory in ____________. Section B : Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball. Answer the questions with the key words. Slow& Clear Fast& Noisy around the world New Zealand Greenwich
art ll Section B: Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball Answer the questions with the key words Tapescript: 4. In the age of ultra-high technology- many places around the world will mark the start of the New Year in an old-fashioned way. They will revive a 19th century naval tradition by dropping time balls when 2000 arrIves 20 sites on six continents will observe a tradition best exemplified by the lowering of the lighted time ball in New York City As the New Year sweeps around the world, beginning at the International Date Line_, we are going to have the time balls dropping. Steven Dick is a historian at the U.S. Naval Observatory, the institution that maintains the U.S. master clock Everyone is familiar with the time ball in New York,s Time Square_, but they had a real function in the past. In the 19th century these were visual time signals which were used to give the time x Mr. Dick says the British Navy dropped the first time ball in Portsmouth, England in 1829. The first U.S time ball fell in Washington in 1844 This remained a viable signaling method through much of the 19th century. They were dropped wel into the 20th century. At the turn of the century 100 years ago there were approximately two dozen in the United States that were still in use
Section B : Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball. Answer the questions with the key words. Tapescript: In the age of __________________, many places around the world will mark the start of the New Year in an ___________ way. They will revive a 19th century naval tradition by dropping time balls when 2000 arrives. _____sites on six continents will observe a tradition best exemplified by the lowering of the lighted time ball in __________ City. “As the New Year sweeps around the world, beginning at the ____________________, we are going to have the time balls dropping.” Steven Dick is a historian at the U.S. Naval Observatory, the institution that maintains the U.S. ____________. “Everyone is familiar with the time ball in New York’s ____________, but they had a real function in the past. _________________these were visual time signals which were used to give the time” Mr. Dick says the __________ dropped the first time ball in Portsmouth, England in 1829. The first U.S. time ball fell in ___________________. “This remained a viable signaling method through much of the 19th century. They were dropped well into the 20th century. At the turn of the century ____________ there were approximately two dozen in the United States that were still in use.” ultra-high technology old-fashioned 20 New York International Date Line master clock Time Square In the 19th century British Navy Washington in 1844 100 years ago