英语视听 Book 4 Unit 4.ppt

Vocabulary: 1) verdict: a judgment or an opinion; a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest 裁决, 判决 2) steward: an official who supervise or helps to manage or keep order at a large public event, for example, a race, match or demonstration 干事：监督或帮助处理事情的官员 3) suffragette: a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest 妇女参政权论者 4) nozzle: a projecting part with an opening, as at the end of a hose, for regulating and directing a flow of fluid. 管口, 喷嘴 Pre-listening Question What do you know about the Women’s Rights Movement? It was launched in 1848 at the world’s first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Exercise B Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times. So dearly did she love women that she offered her life as their ransom. Emily found work as a schoolteacher and eventually she raised enough money to return to university education. In 1909, Emily gave up full-time teaching so that she could devote more of her time to the WSPU. 4. The scale of her militant acts increased and in December 1911 she was arrested for setting fire to pillar boxes. 5. Once she had recovered her health, Emily began making plans to commit an act that would give the movement maximum publicity. 1. 1872 2. literature 3. leave 4. find the ￡20-a-term fees 5. 1906 6. one of the chief stewards 7. hand a petition 8. March 1909 9. two months 10. stone throwing 11. setting fire to pillar boxes 12. 1913 13. ran out 14. grab the bridle 15. hit 16. fractured her skull 17. died Exercise D: After-listening discussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions. 1. How many times was Emily sentenced to be guilty? What were the punishments for her? 2. Why did Emily jump down an iron staircase and run out on the course at the Derby? Because Emily was convicted that women would not win the vote until the suffragette movement had