零起点大学英语基础教程第二册Unit 2.pptVIP

A你好！3328531. B：你好，Sally.这是Dave Thomas. 我能和Jim通话吗？ A：我恐怕他这会不在。他一小时之前出去还没回来。 B：知道他什么时候回来吗？ A：应该不会太久。他说他出去买点涂料。但如果他中间路过酒吧进去坐坐，我一点不吃惊。 B：好的，请告诉他我打过电话，好吗？我待会会再打。 A：好的，再见，Dave. B: 那谢谢了Sally.再见！ 感谢您的关注 1. Im afraid Jane is not in at the moment. 2. Any idea what he is going to do tonight? 3.Amodern airline flies much faster than sound. 4.Will you be able to come to come tomorrow? 5. The bus will stop here. Text Air Travel A modern airliner flies much faster than sound. A passenger can leave London at noon and get to New York at ten that same morning! There is a five-hour time difference between the two cities and the airliner can fly the Atlantic in only three hours. That evening the passenger will feel it is time to go to bed, but at that time it is only six in 插入语 New York, and the evening will only just begin. Pilots must adjust to constant changes in time. This causes many kinds of problems. Air travel is getting faster all the time. Engineers say that soon people will be shot to their destinations in big rockets. These rockets will be able to carry 170 passengers at a time. Reading Comprehension Answer the following questions according to the text. 1. Can a passenger leave London at noon and get to New York at ten that same morning? Yes, he can. 2. What is the time difference between London and New York? Five-hour. 3. How many passengers can these rockets carry at a time? 170 passengers. 4. Do you like to travel by modern airliner? Why or why not? Yes, I do. It is rather fast. No, I dont. Its uninteresting. Reading Practice The Sahara The Sahara is the largest desert in the world, 主句 1,000 miles from north to south and 3,000 miles from east to west. But you mustnt think of it as a “sea of sand”. There are plains of hard sands and plateaus with dried-up water courses, and there are