Unit 11 (with answer key)
Listening
1.
1. What did the International Union of Worried Scientists announce today?
Global warming is indeed a reality.
2. What statement did the Union make about the global warming?
There’s a 90 % certainty that global warming is caused by human beings.
2.
1. What does “take over” mean in Chinese?
接管
2. After the stock is up ten and a quarter, what did Gordon Stone, CEO of Anacott announce?
Blume would not be close and all employees of Blume Industries would have salaries raised and
would be given two weeks of vacation per year.
3.
1. Why did the world leader meet in this year’s Global C-5 Summit taking place in Geneva?
To discuss trade problems, poverty and other issues.
2. What did the world leaders agree to do?
They agrees to allow all Latin American countries to keep their markets closed to free trade if they
wanted to.
4.
1. What’s today news about?
Chinese movie star Liling Chan is going to get married.
2. What is the name of the famous movie star’s international blockbuster?
Dragon Tiger.
3. Whom will the Asian star marry?
Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo Barbosa.
4. Where will their wedding be held?
In Hawaii.
Further Listening
1.
1. What kind of news is the first speaker interested in?
He’s interested mostly in sports and weather.
2. Where does he get his news?
On TV and sometimes on the radio
3. Why does he get news from TV?
You can see it, so you can remember it.
4. What’s his prediction for the future of news?
We will be able to get the TV news on our glasses.
5. What’s the feature of this kind of glasses?
We can put on and watch anywhere, and the picture is a big as a movie theater screen.
2.
1. What kind of news is the second speaker interested in?
He is interested in regional and local news.
2. What other news does he still try to keep up with?
National social issues.
3. Does he watch mostly TV? If not, where does he get the news mostly?
He does watch TV but he reads newspapers the most.
4. What is his reason for choosing it to get the news?
TV can never explain a story as well as print media, and he needs detailed information from his
news.
6. What kind of information doesn’t he trust?
He doesn’t trust the information on the Internet.
7. What’s his prediction for the future of news?
We’ll be seeing a lot more entertainment content passing as news, and much less coverage of
Important issues and international reporting.
3.
1. What kind of news is he really into?
Business news.
2. What kind of market does he play?
He plays the stock market.
3. How does he access the information from Wall Street?
Internet, mostly.
4. Why does he like to get news this way?
Online news is the fastest way to get the most up-to-date financial info.
5. Why doesn’t he read newspapers?
That’s yesterday’s news.
6. What’s his prediction for the future of news or news resources?
All news will be digital. All newspapers and magazines will be on the Internet and everyone have
Access to it. Print media is dead.
4.
1. What kind of news is he mostly interested in?
He is interested mostly in politics and international issues.
2. Where does he get the news he is interested in?
Books
3. In addition to books, where does he get the news?
News online.
4. By whom is the news on the Internet done?
By investigative reporters and regular people.
5. What’s his prediction for the future of the news?
People are going to see more control of news by big corporations and the government.
6. Since there is more control of news by big corporation and government, what does the speaker
expect?
More censorship of important news stories.