初二下英语Unit+8+Listening.ppt

Unit 8 Life in the future,Listening,Warming up,Back to the Earth,Talk about the pictures.,A Listen to a story about two astronauts.Then put the events in the correct order by writing the numbers 15 in the brackets.,5,1,2,4,3,B Listen to the recording again and complete the answers to the following questions.Write one word in each blank.,spaceship,attacked,fighting,nine,minutes,The two astronauts were on a trip to Mars.The two astronauts were on a trip to the Earth.When they found they were going the wrong way,they contacted the Space Computer Club.When they found they were going the wrong way,they contacted the control centre.The people at the Space Computer Club helped write some virus-cleaning software.The people at the Space Computer Club helped contact the control centre and called the Whizz-Kid for help.,Listen to the recording again and decide whether the following statements are True(T)or False(F).,F,F,F,Listen to the recording again and decide whether the following statements are True(T)or False(F).,F,F,Tapescript:Two astronauts were flying back to the Earth after a trip to the Moon.Suddenly,one of them said,“Oh no!The computer is taking to Mars.Were not going back home!”The other astronaut said,“I cant stop the computer.It has been attacked by a virus.Lets send an email to the control centre to ask for help.”But the email reached the Space Computer Club instead.The people at the Space Computer Club were watching the news when they received the astronauts email.While they were helping the astronauts contact the control centre,they were also calling the Whizz-Kid for help.He is good at fighting computer viruses.The Whizz-Kid received the call from the Space Computer Club,and he promised to write some virus-cleaning software in ten minutes.Nine minutes later,the Whizz-Kid created the software and sent it to the astronauts in the spaceship.The two astronauts received the Whizz-Kids software.They started it and the computer worked again.The spaceship continued to fly back to the Earth.,Book B,A Mike and Linda are talking about a report about the future.Listen to the conversation and complete the notes.,the Moon,glass houses,better hospital care,have holidays,faster,planes,protect the environment,Tapescript:Mike:Hello,Linda.What are you reading?Linda:Hello,Mike.Im reading a report about the future.Mike:According to the report,will people live on the Moon?Linda:Well,yes.And also people here on Earth will live in glass houses by the year 2100.Mike:Glass houses?That sounds interesting!Linda:And people will have better hospital care in the future,so theyll live longer.Mike:What about spaceships?Does it say anything about space?Linda:Yes,of course!In the future,well have holidays in space and live on other planets.Mike:It sounds crazy,but fun!Linda:Also,trains are going to be faster.People will travel by train instead of planes.Mike:Thats quite strange.Planes usually go much faster than trains!Linda:Yes,youre right.But planes use too much petrol and well run out of it in the future.Mike:I see.Its important to protect the environment from now on.Then well have a good future.Linda:I agree.,Book B,B Jane and her grandpa are talking about how things have changed.Listen to the conversation and complete the table.,send messages,even smaller,take photos,a large,room,bag,as useful,big and heavy,pocket,Grandpa:What are you looking for,Jane?Jane:Im looking for mums mobile phone,Grandpa.Shes lost it again.Have you seen it anywhere?Grandpa:No,I havent.She lost it again?Im not at all surprised.Her mobile phone is even smaller than my hand.You know,twenty years ago,mobile phones were huge,and you couldnt use them to send messages.Jane:Things have changed a lot since then,havent they?A few years ago,people used mobile phones mainly for making phone calls or sending messages,but nowadays we can also use mobile phones to take photos or surf the Internet.Grandpa:Oh,yes.When I was your age,the computer at the local college was the size of a large room.Today you can carry your own computer around in your bag.And I especially like this tablet your dad bought me.Its smaller and lighter than your computer but as useful.Things keep getting smarter.Jane:Yes,I remember you used to play music on a big and heavy record player.But my MP3 player fits in my pocket.Oh,look,heres mums mobile phone.,Tapescript:,