Lesson 19 News report 2

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New words and expressions: 1. Richard Nixon 理查德尼克松 美国第37位总统。 2. IMF: International Monetary Fund国际货币基金组织,其总 部设在华盛顿。 3. In economics, the term describes how major trading nations once used gold to set currency values and exchange rates. 译：在经济学中，这个术语描述了贸易大国 曾经如何使用黄金设定货币价值和汇率。 4. Then-President Richard Nixon finally disconnected the dollar from the value of gold in 1971. 译：随后，尼克松总统终于在1971年宣 布美元脱离黄金价值。 5. The IMF also ended the required use of gold in transactions with its member countries.译：国际货币基金组织还同时不再要求 其成员国之间使用黄金进行交易。 6. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 联合国秘书长潘基文，韩国外交官、政治家。 7. President Bashar al-Assad 叙利亚总统巴沙尔阿萨德， 任叙利亚信息协会主席、 共和国卫队副司令兼105装甲旅旅长。 8. A ceasefire proposed by the United Nations is supposed to take effect in Syria in the coming days. 译：联合国提出的一项停火协议理应于 译 联合国提出的一项停火协议理应于 未来数日在叙利亚生效。

Listen to tape and read the conversation.

Listen and complete the sentences . A class with tens or even hundreds of thousands of dream students might sound like a teacher's bad ___________. But a big idea in higher education these days is the massive p , ___________open online course, or MOOC. Some universities offer free, non-credit MOOCs available ___________to anyone in the world. Others charge provide ___________for courses and ___________credits. The developing idea is still ___________. recently The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ___________ started its first MOOC. The school plans to offer many free, project non-credit courses through a ___________ called MITx. So far, far most massive open online courses are in computer technology science, ___________, mechanics and engineering.

1). What is “sleep-disordered breathing” according to the passage? Listen to the news report and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1). What is “sleep-disordered breathing” according to the passage? 2).What do the conditions include? 3). Which of the following is “NOT TRUE” about the effects of sleep-disordered breathing? 4). What did the parents do in a new study? 5). How many children were involved in the study?

Listen to the news report and answer the questions orally. 1).What does a new American intelligence report say according to this passage? It says water-related problems will likely increase tensions around the world in the next ten years 2). What do these problems include? They include water shortages, poor water quality and floods. floods 3). What does the report warn beyond ten years? It warns that some governments could use water as a weapon to pressure others. And water could also be used to "further terrorist objectives  

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