文档介绍：Unit 8
Book 1
A Listening Course,
2nd Edition
Section One
Part 1 ics
Ex. Complete the dialogue and pay attention to the link-ups, weak forms and contractions.
Exercise
1. for a
2. would you
3. stay in
4. and it’s
5. do you
6. we’ll do
7. all right if
8. that’s
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking
Ex. B. Fill in the following table with relevant information
A
B
C
D
E
F
No. of wheels
How many people it carries
To speed (in kph)
Weight (in kilos)
Price (in pounds)
4
1-2
6
15
72
4
4
160
695
5,000
2
1-2
224
236
1,700
6
72
110
9,000
65,000
10
100
2,160
175,000
/
2
1
25

140
Useful words and expressions
vehicle
army vehicle
fort
a maximum speed of
a maximum load of
public transport
two decks
work in collaboration
fuel
交通工具,车辆
comfortably
最大时速是
最大承载
公共交通
双层
合作开发
燃料
军车
Tapescript
's got four wheels, and usually carries one person, but it can carry two. Its top speed is around 6 kilometers an hour, and it weighs about 15 kilos. It costs ~72. .
vehicle costs about ~5,000. It can go up to 160kph, and can carry four people fort. It weighs 695 kilos when it's empty. There are four wheels.
C. These two-wheeled vehicles are very popular with teenagers. They are fast, but much less safe than vehicle A or B. This model has a maximum speed of 224 kph, and weighs 236 kilos. It can carry one or two people, and costs ~1,700,
D. This vehicle, which costs L65,000, monly used for public transport. It has two decks, or floors, and can carry 72 people when full. Its maximum speed is 110 kilometers an hour, but doesn't usually go faster than 80. It has six wheels, and weighs 9,000 kilos.
E. This vehicle was built by two countries working in collaboration. It travels at 2,160kph – faster than sound---carrying a maximum load of 100 people. When it is fully loaded with passengers and fuel, it weighs 175,000 kilograms. It has ten wheels, each of these vehicles cost hundreds of millions pounds to produce it is impossibl