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1、 . . . .Unit Ten Western Holidays. Pre-listening ActivitiesPart 1 略Part 21. six; remarrying; unusual 2. tradition; death 3. card; message; great ScriptThe origins of Fathers Day are American and it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart. He was a veteran of the US Civil War and his
2、 wife died giving birth to their sixth child. He raised six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly unusual back in those days. His daughter, Sonora Dodd, realized when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his children. It was in the early 1900s and she was actually a
3、t church one day, listening to a sermon on Mothers Day. She thought there should also be a Fathers Day celebration. And so the tradition was born, on the third Sunday every June, close to the anniversary of Sonoras fathers death. Britain took the idea of Fathers Day from the American celebration and
4、 it has been celebrated officially since the 1970s.Fathers Day is never quite such the big commercial event that Mothers Day is, probably because it hasnt been in existence for so long. But what do people do for Fathers Day? Well, most people would buy their fathers a card. The card would probably h
5、ave a nice message in it saying what a great Dad their father is. Some people do buy presents as well. Listening TasksTask 1 Understanding News ReportsNews Item One1. A 2. B News Item Two1. B 2. A News Item Three1. B 2. D 3. B ScriptNews Item OneQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news
6、item.American filmmakers are actively luring Chinese movie fans to the cinema with more Chinese plots and characters. The motion picture, Kung Fu Panda 3, is a prime example of Hollywood trying to attract more Chinese movie ticket buyers.Hollywood understands that China is the second-largest movie m
7、arket in the world. The country will become the biggest movie market within a year when it overtakes the United States. Last year, cinema ticket sales in China added up to $6.6 billion.The premiere date for Kung Fu Panda 3 was carefully selected to get more people to the cinemas. The opening date co
8、incided with the Chinese New Year. So the animated American movie earned more than $100 million in ticket sales that day in China.American film companies are making movie viewing more convenient for the Chinese public. Dreamworks is the film company that produced Kung Fu Panda 3. Dreamworks produced
9、 two versions of the film for domestic Chinese audiences. In America, theaters showed the film in both Mandarin and English.Questions:1. How much is the cinema ticket sales in China last year?2. What did film companies do to make movie viewing more convenient for the Chinese publicNews Item TwoQuest
10、ions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.Scientists found sea levels are rising faster today than anytime over the past 3,000 years. Another group of scientists found that January temperatures in the Arctic hit a record high.The sea level researchers gathered information going back 28 c
11、enturies. Their findings were released Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Robert Kopp, from Rutgers University in New Jersey, is the papers lead author. He said the 20th century rise was “extraordinary” when compared to the past 3,000 years. And, Kopp said, “The rise over
12、 the last two decades has been even faster.”When temperatures rise, so do sea levels. That is because snow and ice melt, or break off from glaciers. They flow into the sea. The increased water makes the sea levels rise.The best estimates show that temperatures around the Earth have risen more than a
13、 half-degree Celsius since 1880. Scientists say that most of that rise is because of emissions, or gases, released into the air by machines that humans have built. And it is not going to get better. The sea level rise is going to continue to accelerate if theres further warming.Questions:1. Which of
14、 the following statements is NOT true according to the news?2. How many degrees have the temperatures around the Earth risen since 1880?News Item ThreeQuestions 1 to 3 will be based on the following news item.Job growth happened on the east and west coasts of the U.S. last year, according to the Bur
15、eau of Labor Statistics. The map shows that most jobs were created in California. The Los Angeles area produced more than 133,000 new jobs. New York City saw the biggest increase in employment. More than 150,000 new jobs were added in the New York City area in 2015. In Texas, the Dallas-Fort Worth area witnessed a job increase of nearly 100,000 in 2015. And in the Detroit, Michigan area hurt by years of recession more than 39,000 jobs were created in 2015. Over the past six years, businesses in America created 14 million new jobs. Nearly 2.5 million were added in 2014 a
