Lesson 21 New Report 3

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Reading Notes： 1. U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue中美战 略与经济对话是中美双方就事关两国关系发展的战略性、 长期性、全局性问题而进行的战略对话。2009年7月27日 至7月28日，首轮中美战略与经济对话在华盛顿举行，双 方深入地交 换了意见，首轮对话取得了积极成果。2010 年5月24日至5月25日，第二轮中美战略与经济对话在北 京举行。2011年5月9日， 第三轮中美战略与经济对话举 行，中美军方代表首次参加对话。2012年5月3日至4日， 第四轮中美战略与经济对话在北京举行， 对话围绕三大 经贸议题：促进强劲、可持续和平衡增长；拓展贸 易和 投资机遇；金融市场稳定和改革。 2. The United States says China intervenes in foreign currency markets to keep the exchange value of the yuan low.译：美国称中国在外汇市场进行干预以保持人 民币低汇率

3． Last year, America's trade deficit with China reached a record 295 billion dollars.译：去年，美国同 中国的贸易赤字达到创纪录的2950亿美元。 译 去年，美 国同中国的贸易赤字达到创纪录的 亿美元 4. He said China is moving at a measured rate to make its currency more flexible. And he urged the United States not to "politicize" economic issues.译： 他说，中国正以适度汇率推动本国货币更加灵活。他督促 美 国不要把经济问题“政治化”。 5. Student Loans 美国目前最盛行的国家助学贷款被称 为“斯坦福贷学金”， 它分为两种形式：一种形式是资金直 接来自政府，政府承担 风险；另一种形式是由银行或其 他金融机构提供贷款，由州 政府进行担保，联邦政府进 行再担保. 6. Subsidized Student Loans will double to just under 7 percent on July 1st.译：美国教育部表示，7月1日，直 接助学贷款的利率将翻一番， 提高到接近7%。

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Listen and complete the sentences. Hollywood is making final ___________ for its biggest night preparations of the year. The Academy Awards show takes place on Sunday. The awards, known as Oscars, are the American ___________. film industry's highest honors The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences organizes ___________ the event each year. The Academy has almost 6000 members. They work in the film industry as actors, writers, directors and so on. Members from each group choose their group's award nominees. All Academy members ___________ choosing the nominees for Best take part in Picture.

Listen to the news report and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1. What does the new study suggest? 2. Children whose teachers most often discussed the print showed clearly higher skills in ________ . 3.Which of the following is NOT true according to this news report? 4. Where does this reportappear?

Listen to the news report and answer the questions orally. 1. Why is organic farming better for the environment than conventional methods? Organic farming avoids the use of chemical pesticides and manmade fertilizers. 2. What does lower yield of organic farming mean? It means feeding the world organically would require more land.3. What is already a problem for climate change? Deforestation from the clearing of land for agriculture. 4. What did researchers do in a new study? They measured the difference between conventional and organic yields. 5. What did they find? y Some organic farms can yield almost as much as conventional farms, but most cannot.

Speaking Work in pairs and talk about food security in China.

Homework 1.Copy the new words and review the words and expression. 2. Make a conversation about the topic.