Lesson 84

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

Numbers: Numbers in News Items

1. A record number of shares, almost _________ were traded Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange.
2. Trading was heavy again Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. About ________ shares were traded, a number second only to the record _________ shares traded Wednesday.
3. Manufacturers' Hanover Trust Company of New York and the First National Bank of Chicago both reduced their prime rate _______ to _______.
4. President Reagan has announced that the Soviet Union will be permitted to buy as much as __________ tons of American grain in the next twelve months.
5. The world Bank has approved a __________ dollar loan to the Ivory Coast.
6. The Japanese government has decided to lend more than ________ dollars to China this year.
7. Japan's cabinet has approved a proposed budget plan for next year. The __________ dollar budget will reduce total spending. Military spending will be increased ________.
Score: ___________

Part Ⅱ News

Vocabulary

1. financial
2. share
3. stock
4. prime rate
5. Dow-Jones average

Notes

A stock exchange is an organized market where stocks are bought and sold. There are stock exchanges in many important financial centers of the world. The New York Stock Exchange (founded in 1792) is the largest in the United States.

Student Evaluation

My general Impression Content:
____ helpful _____ adequate
____ inadequate
Level Of Difficulty:
____ easy ____ fair
____ difficult
My Major Problems
____ understanding meanings
____ selecting major points
____ organizing facts
____ retaining concepts
My Comprehension Score
__________________________

Exercises:
(News Item 1)
Ⅰ. This news item is (an analysis of _____________________).

Ⅱ. 1. ___________ will become a major economic power in _____.
2. ___________ has already replaced ________ as _______ major trading partner.
3. __________ now is the world's third leading financial market behind _________ and __________.

(News Item 2)
Ⅲ. This news item is about _________________________ (on the New York Stock Exchange).

Ⅳ. 1. __________ shares were traded Monday on the New York Stock Exchange.
2. Last Wednesday a record __________ shares were bought or sold.
3. The Dow-Jones average of industrial stocks was up more than ________ today, and more major banks in the United States have reduced their prime leading rates to _________.

Part Ⅲ Science Report
-- Use of Laser In Heart Surgery

Vocabulary

1. laser
2. surgery
3. beam
4. arterio-sclerosis
5. artery
6. clot
7. fiber
8. Seaton
9. Pupan
10. Daniel Choy
11. Toulouse

Notes

Laser (acronym from light amplification by stimulated cmission of radiation) is a device for generating, amplifying and concentrating light waves into intense highly directed beams.

Student Evaluation

My general Impression Content:
____ helpful _____ adequate
____ inadequate
Level Of Difficulty:
____ easy ____ fair
____ difficult
My Major Problems
____ understanding meanings
____ selecting major points
____ organizing facts
____ retaining concepts
My Comprehension Score
__________________________

Exercises:

Ⅰ. 1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________

Ⅱ. Arteriosclerosis is the _________ and of the arteries that carry ______________. When a person suffers from severe arteriosclerosis, fatty materials _________ in his or her arteries. This _________ blocks _____________, reducing ___________. If the heart's blood supply becomes dangerously __________ or ________ completely by a blood clot, the patient will have __________________.

Ⅲ. 1. The laser light travels through the tube to destroy the blood clots and fat.
2. A cut is made through the patient's skin into the blocked heart artery.
3. The tube containing fibers of glass reaches the blocked area.
4. A plastic tube is placed through the cut into the heart artery.
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