1. 首先补充第一册的课文十五篇(MP3)供大家泛听,特别是精听过四级以下三十篇THOMSON精听的TZ,听这些内容会更有熟悉感, 这是配套文章.
2. 提供第二册精听材料十五篇(MP3+文本), 这十五篇是从第二册每篇课文的重点句子,精听时除了能写下每个句子,最好仿读并背下,因为每句发音特别好听,同时也提高听力和口语的能力.
3. 第二册十五篇课文(MP3),在巩固每篇精听材料中的难点句子和重点单词后进行每篇文章的练习会更容易多了.本册文章内容难度比雅思听力考试大,特别适合在外企公司工作的朋友,围绕美国为背景,以lecture的形式讲述了各方面知识的,不要求每个单词仔细的抠,只要记住关键字和重点内容并做些记录就可以了.
以下是第二册第一课的听力笔记, 大家可以参考.当然记录的方式还是因人而异的,可以按自己的想法做一些缩写,节省时间.我在这为方便大家看很少用缩写.
Main point: American population:281,421,906
1 China 2 India 3 America 4 Indonesia 5 Brazil 6 pakistan
subtopic:
1. race and origin.
white, 75%;
black,12.3%;
Asian,3%;
native american, 1%;
mixture,2.4%;
other race, 5.5%.
Hispanics, 12.5%(spanish-speaking)
31m people born in another country: 27.6%, Mexicl; 4.3%, Philippines
2.geographical distribution
the five most populous states: California 34m; New york 21m; Texas 19m; Florida 16m; Illinois 12.5m
58% ppl lives in South and West of the US
3/4 ppl ->metropolitan areas ( Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston)
2/10ppl ->rural areas
3.8m ppl->abroad
3.the age and sex
women >men 5m
2003 life expectency: women 80.4y; men 74.5y
the average age of population: 33.1y in 1990->35.5y in 2000
increasing reasons: 1. decreasing birth rate; 2. increasing life expectency.