现代大学英语听力教学大纲执 笔 人：朱冬梅一、课程性质、地位和作用：1、课程性质 《现代大学英语听力》是英语专业的学科B类专业实践课程、必修课程2、课程的地位和作用《现代大学英语听力》是英语专业的核心课程它通过循序渐进地对学生进行全面的、严格的基本听力训练，帮助学生掌握听力基本技能，传授学生英语基础知识，让学生树立正确科学的听音方法二、课程教学对象、目的和要求：（一）、教学对象：高职学院英语专业学生（二）、教学目的《现代大学英语听力》课程是为英语专业学生学习其它专业课程打好基础及在听力方面用英语无障碍交流的一门基础课程，是一门培养学生听力能力的课程听力是英语四项基本技能之一本课程的任务是通过多种形式、多种内容的课堂教学与学生的课外学习和实践活动相结合，使学生的听力能力由初等水平逐渐提高到中高级水平，同时也为培养学生的英语交际能力奠定一个良好的基础三）、教学要求1．在教学过程中，要始终坚持以“听”为主的原则，要让学生慢慢学会在听的过程中去获取语言的信息，而不能先读书面材料再听录音只有坚持不看材料先听录音才是训练听力的正确途径2．指导学生加强课外听力训练，养成收听收看英语广播电视的习惯鼓励学生阅读有关英语国家社会文化的书籍，为听力训练做必要的背景知识准备。
3．指导学生带着问题去听，即抓紧练习前和两个练习之间的间隔，事先浏览下一个练习所提的问题，这样就能知道在听的过程中要抓住和记下哪些要点和关键词，以便有目标地寻找答案，集中注意力搜寻我们需要的信息三、《现代大学英语听力》的相关课程及其关系：前导课程：初高中英语后续课程：翻译、写作、英语演讲等 在学生提高听力水平的同时能帮助他们提高英语翻译和写作技能，更能增加他们的演讲技巧四、课程内容及学时分配：该课程共开设四学期，每周开课2学时，共134学时其中，第一学期开课16周，共32学时；第二、三、四学期各开课17周，共102学时四学期共开课134课时，其中实践课100学时，理论课34学时第一学年：第一单元 University Life 教学内容：6学时Task 1. This passage shows how a teacher introduces him/herself and the course in the first class.Task 2. A student is a bit confused in the library. What happens?Task 3. The following passage is the taped tour of a university library.Task 4. In this dialogue, two students arrange an orientation for the freshmen.Task 5. A student asks a receptionist for some information about the courses.Task 6. This passage is a brief introduction of the Scholastic Aptitude Test in the US.Task 7. The following passage tells about the University Entrance Exams in Japan.Task 8. This is an introduction to a school.Task 9. This is an introduction to a language school in London.Task 10. This is a school for the EFL students.Task 11. This short passage is an introduction about Cindy Farrow, a girl from California.教学重点1. Learn the basic words, phrases and sentence patterns often used in describing university life.2. Grasp quickly information about dates, numbers and prices.3. Understand education in different countries.4. Learn to listen for information.教学难点1．Understand education in different countries.2. Learn to listen for information.第二单元 Men, Animals and Pets 教学内容：4学时Task 1. Seven animals will be described.Task 2. The following is a passage about the fastest and the most intelligent animals in the world.Task 3. You are going to hear a short dialogue discussing why the dinosaurs disappeared.Task 4. What animals have the shortest and longest lives?Task 5. Listen to the following passage about using animals for research.Task 6. The following passage is about three young tigers and their parents at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.Task 7. Listen to the following passage about cats in America.Task 8. It’s a humorous short story about a boy and his pet rabbit.Task 9. It’s a short passage about whales and dolphins.教学重点1. Understand what animals are being described.2. Get to know more about animals.3. Catch main ideas and supporting details.4. Have practice in liaison and contraction.教学难点 Catch main ideas and supporting details.第三单元 Hobby 教学内容：6学时Task 1. Three people are introducing their hobbies.Task 2. You are going to hear someone’s parachute jump experience.Task 3. You are going to hear about a family’s experience of growing square watermelons.Task 4. You are going to hear a boy’s special experience of practicing karate.Task 5. Your are going to hear five children’s different hobbies.Task 6. You are going to hear a man’s special fishing experience.Task 7. You are going to hear how one can get free drinks by a seemingly stupid way of fishing.Task 8. You are going to hear about a man’s experience of collecting budgets. Task 9. What a college president did during his sabbatical leave surely surprises you.Task 10. You are going to hear the reasons for one’s love of trees. 教学重点1. Understand more about different interests and hobbies.2. Learn some useful expressions concerning hobbies.3. Summarize main ideas.4. Note-taking.教学难点Summarize main ideas.第四单元 Transportation 教学内容：6学时Task 1. In this task, you’ll hear what happened to Henri one day when he was on a bus.Task 2. In this task, you’ll hear a dialogue of the Taylor family, who are planning a day out and can’t agree on how to get to Norwich from North London.Task 3. You’ll learn something about automobiles and car pools in the US in this passage.Task 4. In this task, you will hear people talking about similarities and differences between a zip code and an area code used in the US.Task 5. In this task, you will hear a story of a man who missed his flight.Task 6. You will hear a passage about seat belts.Task 7. This task is in three parts, the first part being a telephone conversation, the second being a radio broadcast of traffic information, and the third being a conversation.Task 8. You will hear a passage on Calgary’s light rail transit system.Task 9. You will hear a passage about road accidents.Task 10. You will hear a passage about drunk driving.Task 11. You’ll hear an advertisement for the zip card.教学重点1. Become familiar with words and expressions about different systems of transport in foreign countries.2. Become familiar with the ways that different systems of transport work in different countries.3. Become familiar with the ways that people express their opinions.4. Learn to catch main ideas and supporting details.5. Get used to the ways that unstressed functional words are read in passages.教学难点Become familiar with the ways that people express their opinions.2. Get used to the ways that unstressed functional words are read in passages.第五单元 Travel 教学内容：6学时Task 1. Two people are seeing off a friend at the airport.Task 2. Some friends have various experiences in their trip.Task 3. Someone in the late 19th century dreamed of traveling around the world in eighty days.Task 4. Happy Holidays are offering some good holiday bargains.Task 5. A family goes to a tourist agency to inquire about the traveling information and finally makes up their minds.Task 6. How to judge the implied meaning from the speaker’s stresses?Task 7. Tom went camping last weekend. He didn’t nave a good time.Task 8. You are going to hear something about Buck’s dream island.Task 9. A guide gives a summary about the weekend trip in London.Task 10. A guide gives a tourist some advice for their tour in London. 教学重点1. Get familiar with some words and expressions about traveling.2. Understand some relevant situations concerning traveling.3. Infer the speaker’s implied meaning according to the stresses and tones.4. Guess the meaning of the new words from the context.教学难点1. Understand some relevant situations concerning traveling.2. Guess the meaning of the new words from the context.第六单元 Houses and Homes 教学内容：6学时Task 1. You’ll hear a short passage about the speaker’s ideal home.Task 2. Rod wants to rent a flat, so he makes a phone call to the landlady.Task 3. Mr. Henschel is talking about his Thai house in an interview. Let’s see why he likes a Thai house so much.Task 4. How much do you know about your home at work? Now you’ll listen to a passage about how electricity comes into our home.Task 5. Five speakers are talking about a problem in their apartment. Can you figure out what they are talking about based on their descriptions?Task 6. The Kienasts had a housing problem when several babies were born at the same time. But their neighbors came to help.Task 7. Mary Fargo and Pete Russell are talking about how they feel about their house, now that they’ve finished renovating it.Task 8. This is a passage about American housing.Task 9. In this radio program, several children are discussing something. Can you find out what they are talking about and get their pros and cons?Task 10. Four speakers will talk about city life and country life here.Task 11. This is a passage about whether people in the US rent or buy furniture in their homes.Task 12. This is another passage about American housing.教学重点1. Understand descriptions about various houses and homes.2. Understand people’s likes and dislikes about houses and homes.3. Understand discussions about the advantages and disadvantages of city / town life and country life.4. Catch unstressed functional words, and guess the meanings of new words from the context.5. Get main ideas and important supporting details.教学难点1. Catch unstressed functional words, and guess the meanings of new words from the context.2. Understand descriptions about various houses and homes.第七单元 Festivals 教学内容： 6学时Task 1. A letter written to Father Christmas.Task 2. You are going to hear how the Phillips spends the Christmas Eve.Task 3. You are going to hear one’s childhood memories of Father Christmas.Task 4. The following passage describes what kind of festival Halloween is.Task 5. What would it be like if you were there on the first Thanksgiving Day? (Part I)Task 6. What it would be like if you were on the first Thanksgiving Day? (Part II)Task 7. You are going to hear different holiday traditions of different families.Task 8. You are going to hear about three different festivals celebrated in the first half of the year.Task 9. You are going to hear about three different festivals celebrated in the latter half of the year.Task 10. You are going to hear the typical Britain way to celebrate Christmas.教学重点1. Enlarge the students’ knowledge scope of different festivals.2. Familiarize the students with some words and expressions about festivals.3. Conclude the main idea of what the speaker says.教学难点Conclude the main idea of what the speaker says.第八单元 News (I) 教学内容：6学时Task 1. In news broadcast, abbreviations or acronyms are commonly used for the names of international or organizations.Task 2. A lead is the beginning of a news story, a way to get into or introduce. You are going to hear eight news leads and give attention to WHAT message in each of them.Task 3. You are going to hear some news items about the WTO Conference held in Seattle.Task 4. Have you ever heard of the regional cooperation effort in Asia-APEC? This is about a new APEC meeting.Task 5. You are going to hear two news items about the Microsoft rulings.Task 6. This is an in-depth report on the Microsoft case. You may learn more about the reactions from different parties concerned.Task 7. You will hear two news items about the American space shuttle Atlantics and its new mission.Task 8. The following new is about the tragic event that happened on September 11, 2001.Task 9. What do people do one year after Sep. 11? Now, listen to a news report on Bruce’s new album, The Rising.Task 10. Listen to the current news.Task 11. You’ll hear a short passage about news media.教学重点1. Learn about some basics of broadcast news (e.g. lead, news structure, vocabulary, sentence pattern), particularly those in special English.2. Understand special English news on certain topical issues (e.g. international cooperation, the Microsoft case and space travel).3. Catch key information contained in news broadcast in simple standard English.4. Accumulate background knowledge on domestic and international affairs.5. Learn to analyze current events independently and critically.教学难点1. Accumulate background knowledge on domestic and international affairs.2. Learn to analyze current events independently and critically.第九单元 Family Life 教学内容：6学时Task 1. In this task, you’ll hear ten short questions.Task 2. In this task, you’ll hear three kids talking about their positions in their families.Task 3. In this task, you’ll hear a short documentary of Ana’s family roots.Task 4. In this task, you’ll hear a conversation between Maria, a Spanish girl and her English friend Margaret about family life in England.Task 5. In this task, you’ll hear a conversation between Susan and Marilyn on the changes in British family life in the last 50 years.Task 6. In this task, you’ll hear a conversation between Bella and Joyce on the relationship between parents and children.Task 7. In this task, you’ll hear a radio phone-in program in which a girl is asking for advice.Task 8. In this task, you’ll hear a passage about George.Task 9. In this task, you’ll hear a passage about a mother and her three children who are playing a game.Task 10. In this task, you’ll hear a passage about Henry’s housework.Task 11. In this task, you’ll hear an interview with Mr. Dolby who has separated with his wife.Task 12. In this task, you’ll hear a news report about family types in Chinese cities.Task 13. You are going to listen to a passage about changes in American family.教学重点1. Understand various listening materials about family life.2. Practice dictating numbers and figures.3. Get the main ideas and important supporting details.教学难点Understand various listening materials about family life.第十单元 Food 教学内容：6学时Task 1. This passage is about heart disease.Task 2. In this passage, you’ll hear a recipe—how to make a dish.Task 3. What is the favorite food of most young Americans? Listen to this following passage.Task 4. This is a conversation between Mrs. Wong and Mrs. Adams.Task 5. This passage is about fast food restaurants.Task 6. This is a conversation at a restaurant.Task 7. Peter and Sally are having dinner at a restaurant.Task 8. This dialogue is also about where and what to eat at dinner.Task 9. This passage is about Harvest Festival.Task 10. In this passage, you’ll hear something about mustard.Task 11. How much do you know about our food? This passage can give you some knowledge about it.Task 12. Tom Brown is sent to a factory. What does he want to do?Task 13. This passage is about Judy’s first day on the job.教学重点1. Learn the basic words, phrases and sentence pattern often used in conversations about eating, cooking and food.2. Understand and follow someone giving information on numbers and prices.3. Learn about the food-related subjects in different countries.4. Practice identifying the useful information.教学难点1. Learn the basic words, phrases and sentence pattern often used in conversations about eating, cooking and food.2. Learn about the food-related subjects in different countries.第十一单元 Shopping 教学内容：6学时Task 1. You’ll hear a conversation between Tony and Carol about shopping at the drugstore.Task 2. Anns goes shopping in a department store, but she doesn’t seem to know her way around.Task 3. Cathy and Joe have just moved to London. They have managed to find a flat but they haven’t got much furniture. Here’s their shopping experience at a street market.Task 4. You’ll hear a story about a man who won the lottery.Task 5. Jennifer was doing some grocery shopping when she noticed something unusual.Task 6. People are shopping. Do you think they will buy these things?Task 7. Ms. Johnson is talking to a consultant to find out how to expand her company’s computer system.Task 8. Millie Firth is calling a consulting company for information about the Nova computer.Task 9. A radio presenter is reporting the result of a car test.Task 10. You will hear a passage about the credit system.Task 11. Listen to a passage about advertising.Task 12. You’ll hear a passage about money.教学重点1. Understand descriptions of goods, shops and shopping/selling experience.2. Follow discussions of advantages and disadvantages.3. Make inferences.4. Summarize main ideas and supporting details.5. Understand humor.教学难点1. Understand descriptions of goods, shops and shopping/selling experience.2. Understand humor.第十二单元 Life Experience 教学内容：6学时Task 1. The following passage is about the life of a young female chess player in Switzerland.Task 2. This passage is about making generalizations about people.Task 3. This passage is about an interesting custom.Task 4. This is a talk between a reporter and a young storeowner.Task 5. This short passage is about a musician, Nigel Watson.Task 6. Listen to the following passage about Carl, who drove a special kind of van for the government.Task 7. This passage is about rock stars’ wealth and rise and fall of their lives.Task 8. How to make friends with strangers? The following passage might give you some advice.Task 9. This passage is about the summer internships in the US.Task 10. This passage is about an Exhibition in Washington D.C.Task 11. A young mother wanted to tell her daughter not to waste food. Did she succeed?教学重点1. Learn words, phrases and sentence patterns often used in the description of life experience.2. Understand someone talking about time, numbers and prices.3. Learn to listen for useful information.教学难点Understand someone talking about time, numbers and prices.第十三单元 Lifestyle 教学内容：6学时Task 1. You’ll hear a conversation between Mr. Jones and his doctor.Task 2. You’ll hear a passage about the census in the US.Task 3. Tim and Tina have just come back from an experiment of living like the Iron Age people and are now being interviewed.Task 4. You’ll hear a passage about camping.Task 5. You’ll hear two passages about sports.Task 6. Dr. Martin Answay writes a column in a popular women’s magazine on health problems. He is also an expert on heart disease. Now he is talking with a reporter about the “secret” to good health.Task 7. You’ll hear six people talking about the problems they have with their jobs.Task 8. Listen to a radio program.Task 9. You’ll hear a passage about the discovery of coffee and spread of coffee drinking.Task 10. The following passage tells us the advantages of extended family.教学重点1. Understand descriptions and discussions of various lifestyle, health issues, sports, stress, and entertainment.2. Follow discussions of advantages and disadvantages.3. Make inferences.4. Summarize main ideas and supporting details.教学难点Understand descriptions and discussions of various lifestyle, health issues, sports, stress, and entertainment.第十四单元 Sports 教学内容：6学时Task 1. In this task, you’ll hear a reporter interviewing some people about unusual sports. In this task you’ll hear three extracts on following instructions.Task 2. In this task you’ll hear three extracts on following instructions.Task 3. In this task, you’ll hear a conversation between a couple.Task 4. In this task, you’ll hear a conversation on break dancing.Task 5. In this task, you’ll hear a commentary on a basketball match.Task 6. In this task, you’ll hear a brief introduction to the Olympic Village in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games.Task 7. In this task, you’ll hear two football enthusiasts talking about what they appreciate about the game.Task 8. In this task, you’ll hear two enthusiasts talking about being at a football match.Task 9. In this task you’ll hear three people talking about violence in sports.Task 10. In this task, you’ll hear several top athletes offering advice on making the most of a loss.Task 11. In this task, you’ll hear a talk on sports.Task 12. In this task, you’ll hear a passage about Mr. Jones, who was very keen on climbing mountains.教学重点1. Become familiar with words and expressions about sports.2. Learn more about different sports.3. Practice note-taking and outlining.教学难点Practice note-taking and outlining.第十五单元 News (II) 教学内容：6学时Task 1. You’re going to hear eight news leads. Pay attention to WHO and WHAT messages in each of them.Task 2. With the rapid progress in science and technology, some ethical questions arise. The two pieces of short news highlight some current debates on such issues.Task 3. This news is about the general election in Portugal.Task 4.Corruption is one of the greatest challenges of the contemporary 。