Lesson 48 PartⅠ

Lesson 48

PartⅠWarming-up Exercises

Place Names

Training Focus:

Recognizing place names: 1. names of countries 2. names of capitals

Directions: Knowledge about names of countries and their capital cities is important in following news stories. Listen carefully. Draw lines to match the capitals in Column B with their corresponding countries in Column A.

Key:

1. The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad.

2. The capital of Portugal is Lisbon.

3. Wellington is the capital of New Zealand.

4. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.

5. What is the capital of Turkey ? It's Ankara.

6. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam.

7. Kinshasa is the capital of Zaire in Africa.

8. The capital of another African country, Zambia, is Lusaka.

9. Is Geneva the capital of Switzerland ? No, Bern is the capital.

10. Bucharest is the capital of Romania.

11. Belgrade is the capital of Yugoslavia.

12. What is the capital of Libya ? It's Tripoli.

Lesson 48 PartⅡ

Lesson 48



Ex.

Directions: Complete the sentences with what you hear on the tape.

Key: (see tapescript)

Tapescript:



News (1′18″)



New Delhi

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has appealed for new economic talks between the world's industrial and developing nations. Mrs. Gandhi made the appeal in letters to the leaders of seven industrial nations. She urged them to work for solutions to economic problems of developing countries during a meeting next week in Williamsburg, Virginia. Mrs. Gandhi is chairman of the non-aligned movement.

Non-aligned nations have called for negotiations with industrial countries on aid, trade, finance and a new world economic system. The industrialized countries taking part in the Williamsburg meeting are the United States, Canada, Britain, France, West Germany, Italy and Japan.

Lesson 48 Part Ⅲ

Lesson 48



Ex.Ⅰ

Directions: Complete this part of the résumé according to the information you hear on the tape.

Key: (see tapescript)

Ex.Ⅱ

Directions: Answer the questions according to what you hear on the tape.

Key: (see tapescript)

Tapescript:



An Outstanding Character (1′10″)

----Benjamin Franklin (Ⅱ)



Franklin contributed a great deal to his city of Philadelphia. He was an original member of the Gentle Club which was interested in education and culture. He helped to establish the Philadelphia Library. He helped to build the first hospital in Philadelphia. He was a founder of the Academy of Philadelphia which later became the University of Pennsylvania. Two of Benjamin Franklin's greatest interests were science and politics. He became famous as an inventor. In one year he invented a new kind of stove, bifocal glasses and the lightningrod.

Benjamin Franklin died in 1790. He was 84 years old and he had worked for his people for more than fifty years. When he was born there was no United States. As he grew, so did his nation grow. When he died, his country was ready to take its place among the nations of the world. Benjamin Franklin was, some have said, the first American.