1、2019 新人教高二英语选修一课本听力文本和视频文本（精校打印版） 1 Unit1 People of Achievement Using Language Anna Smith: Hi, Dr Wang! Hi, Wang Lin! Did you hear? Elon Musks company just launched another rocket. Dr Wang: Elon Musk? Whos he? Anna Smith: Hes the guy who founded a private space company, and also some other companies
2、. The companies he founds are all really high-tech and futuristic. Hes made millions of dollars. Wang Lin: Oh, he must be a really smart guy, and so rich right now. Anna Smith: Yes, Id say hes as famous as Bill Gates or Jack Ma now. Theyre really smart, too. Just think of all that money they must ma
3、ke! Dr Wang: Well, you two, its great that theyve been able to become so successful and make all that money, but money isnt everything. Just look at people like Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, and Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, and my own personal hero, Dr Zhong N
4、anshan, who managed the SARS outbreakthey never made millions of dollars, but their contributions to health care have saved countless lives. Wang Lin: Yes, Dad, sorry. We knowthey are great examples to everyone But, you know, successful people like Bill Gates and Jack Ma have donated millions of dol
5、lars to charity, which should also count for something, right? Dr Wang: Well, youre right on that point. Theyre certainly being responsible in that way. Moreover, theyre good for working hard and becoming successful. Anna Smith: Yes, exactly! And Dr Wang, I think you misunderstood me just now. I agr
6、ee with you. I like those people because they have worked so hard to achieve their goals and have positive contributions to society. Its not just due to how much money they make. Elon Musk, for example, is trying to help the future of humankind, and Bill Gates has given us home computers. I think we
7、 need more creative people like them. Wang Lin: Well, dont forget Jack Mas contribution. Without him, I wouldnt find it so easy to shop online! And by the way, Dad, if were talking about people who do good things and inspire usyou inspire me, Dad Listening and Speaking Hello. Today, Id like to talk
8、to you about my hero, Jane Goodall. Jane is famous for her observations of wild chimpanzees in their natural habitat. As a child, she always dreamt of studying animals, and when she became an adult, she finally got the chance. Goodall spent many years with chimpanzees in a Tanzanian national park. A
9、t first, the chimps mistrusted her and kept their distance, but eventually they saw her as harmless. Goodall did not follow traditional scientific research methods. She did not number the chimps, but rather give them names so she could see them as individuals. Goodalls work changed the way people th
10、ought about chimps. She was able to discover how they communicate, and gave us invaluable information on their social structure and culture. She discovered that they also ate meat, rather than just nuts and berries, and also that they were capable of making their own tools For more than 50 years, Ja
11、ne Goodall has fought to protect animals, including setting up the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977. And in 1991, she set up the Roots audiences were fascinated by this elegant opera from the Orient. One of Mei Lanfangs greatest goals was to visit the United States, and after eight years of attempts,
12、he and his opera group finally brought Beijing Opera to the USA. Mei Lanfang and his group toured Seattle, Chicago, Washington, DC, New York, San Francisco, and several other large American cities, and received a warm welcome from city leaders and local celebrities wherever they went. American audie
13、nces loved the performances: In some cities, tickets for two weeks of shows were sold out in three days. Fans stood in long queues afterwards to shake his hand. Clearly, despite the language barrier, the beautiful, elegant performances were a huge success. One critic wrote, This is the most wonderfu
14、l and exciting night that I have ever spent in the theatre. ” Americas Pomona College and the University of Southern California both conferred honorary Doctor of Arts degrees on Mei 2019 新人教高二英语选修一课本听力文本和视频文本（精校打印版） 3 Lanfang for his great work in bringing Beijing Opera to the world and promoting cu
15、ltural exchange between China and other countries. Mei Lanfang was and still is greatly loved, not only for his tremendous artistic skill but also for his great kindness to all people and his deep love for his country. Mei Lanfang had performed in Japan and helped the people there during the great K
16、anto earthquake, but when the Japanese military troops invaded China, he refused to do any performances for their entertainment. Mei Lanfang dedicated his whole life to the art of Beijing Opera. He constantly sought to improve his own artistry, creating many unforgettable and beautiful characters fo
17、r the stage. His style became known as the Mei Lanfang school”, a uniquely graceful style, and is still one of the most popular styles of Beijing Opera today Mei Lanfang died in 1961 of heart disease. During his more than 50 years on the stage, Mei Lanfang took traditions from the past and adapted t
18、he best parts to create new and enrich old forms of Beijing Opera. Although this great opera master has now joined the heroes of history, he left behind a legacy of cultural wealth for his people and for all future generations. Beijing Opera is now on the international list of art forms that make up
19、 the worlds intangible cultural heritage, and is still enjoyed by young and old, men and women, around the world. Unit 2 Looking into the Future Using Language Host: On todays episode of Future Changes”, we talk with two experts from different fields, Dr Han and Vincent Black, to hear their predicti
20、ons about the future. First, Dr Han, could you please tell our audience what you do? Dr Han: Certainly. Im a computer scientist. Host: And could you please tell us your prediction? Dr Han: Yes, well, I forecast that computers will be cleverer than us in the future. I think that people will also be p
21、rogramming computers to think like humans. Host: Thats very interesting, but arent you worried that such computers would be dangerous? Dr Han: Not at all. This is because well be programming them to not think in ways that may harm humans. In fact, well also be creating machines to help people intern
22、ally国内地. For example, I think scientists will put some small intelligent machines, called nanobots纳米机器人, inside our bodies to increase our abilities. Host: Wow! That would make each one of us superhuman! And Vincent, could you please tell us about your job? Vincent Black: Certainly. Im an architect.
23、 I design buildings. Host: And what is your prediction about the buildings of the future? Vincent Black: Its about the cities of the future, actually. I believe that cities floating on water are part of the worlds future Host: Oh, really? What might make us want to do that? Vincent Black: Yes. With
24、global warming causing polar ice to melt, the sea level rising by many metres is a very realistic prospect. Instead of moving people away from the sea, I think that people could move 2019 新人教高二英语选修一课本听力文本和视频文本（精校打印版） 4 into housing in cities that float. Host: That sounds very innovative. Could you p
25、lease give us more details? Vincent Black: Sure. Well, Ive developed a plan by designing a city that borrows many ideas from the giant water lily, a flower that floats on water. Moreover . Listening and Speaking Yueyue: How did you get to be so smart? Huimin: Well, a lot of time went into research t
26、o make intelligent androids like me Your move. Yueyue: How much time? Huimin: Hundreds of years. AI research first began in America in 1956. more than 350 years ago Huimin: Not really. It wasnt until 1997 that a computer finally beat the worlds chess champion, Garry Kasparov. That was IBMs Deep Blue
27、. Then in 2011, IBMs Watson defeated some very clever human opponents on an American quiz show. It won one million dollars, which was donated to charity .Check Yuevue: Check? What? Huimin: Do you want me to make the game easier for you? Yueyue: Yes, please Huimin: Then in 2017, a computer named Alph
28、ago beat the worlds Go champion Alphago is my personal hero. Check Yueyue: Easier. please! Huimin: Sure. Would you like some tea while you think about your next move? Yueyue: Yes. Milk, no sugar That all sounds pretty impressive. I didnt realise AI was developed so ong ago Huimin: But things slowed
29、down after 2017. Yes. there were AI computers that could drive cars way back then, but none of those machines were really.human. Then in the mid-21st century, Al computers were put into robotsandroids like me. But it took another hundred years for an android to write a novel. Then a hundred years af
30、ter that, the first android became president of a count Checkmate. Yueyue: In our next game, could you let me win? Huimin: Anything you say *Video Time Flight Of The Robobee Narrator: This is Robert Wood. He loves robots Robert Wood: So I want to begin with a bold statement that robotics is the next
31、 Internet. Its the next big thing to impact our lives in areas from medicine to even things like space exploration. The more traditional view of robotics is big, rigid, very powerful, very dangerous but in this case were making things smaller, perhaps faster, certainly cheaper than more traditional
32、robotic systems. We are constructing robots the size of insects. We use nature to inspire the robots that we build. This is of a carpenter bee. And as an engineer, I can look at this and start to ask some really well-posed questions, you know like how are the wings moving?” 2019 新人教高二英语选修一课本听力文本和视频文
33、本（精校打印版） 5 Our team is working on creating a colony of autonomous robotic bees Text on screen Robobees are autonomous They can fly independently Robert Wood: We envision this, twenty or so years down the road, when these things actually exist, they can be quite useful for applications where you woul
34、dnt want to put a human or an animalhazardous environment exploration, search and rescue, space exploration, assisted agriculture Text on screen The tiny robots will help explorers, doctors, and even farmers Robert Wood: Theres all these really interesting open questions that must be solved if youre
35、 gonna achieve this goal. We have to build everything from scratch从头做起. How many Robobees have we crashed? Ah, all of them! We build, we test. We build, we test. If you dont fail, you dont learn enough. For everything that works, theres tens or hundreds of things that dont Text on screen Robobees wo
36、rk together like real bees Just like real bees, every Robobee has a iob to do Robert Wood: Now you have this concept where you have not just one all-capable robot, but you have a bunch of not very good robots. The idea is that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Text on screen If you wan
37、t to make something fly, a solution already exists in nature Robert Wood Unit 3 Fascinating Parks Using Language Yuhui: Now that were at the park, where would you like to go first, Jake? Jake: I dont know. What interesting things can we see and do here? Yuhui: Well, Flower Land, fountain performance
38、s, childrens rides Oh! This is interestingheres an underwater corridor. Jake: That does sound interesting. How do we get there? Yuhui: Let me check the map on my phone. From here, we should go north, and then turn left and follow the main road until we reach the second path on the right. Then we tur
39、n right on the path and follow it for about three hundred metres until we come to an intersection with a washroom. Then we should turn left on another path. After about 150 metres, well be at the underwater wetland corridor. Linlin: Oh. that sounds a bit far! Jake Well, maybe we can rent bikes to ge
40、t there Yuhui: No, we cant. There are four-wheel cycles, but they are only allowed on certain fixed routes. Let me check the map again . Oh, were actually very near the cycle rental place now. We could go there first, if you like. 2019 新人教高二英语选修一课本听力文本和视频文本（精校打印版） 6 Linlin: Yes, OK, it would be fun!
41、 Hopefully we can get close to the underwater wetland corridor, and Id also like to take a pedal boat on Wali Lake afterwards. Jake: Sounds like weve got a lot of things to do Yuhui: Yes, so wed better get started. Listening and Speaking David Evans: Heres a park map. Where should we start? Li Yang:
42、 I dont get it. I thought this park was about Polynesian culture, but the park map shows six different cultures David Evans: Well, though the people of Polynesia are all related, Polynesia is made up of several different cultures spread out across the South Pacific. Li Yang: Oh. I see. So what can w
43、e do here? David Evans: For a start, we can take a canoe tour of the park. Li Yang: Canoe? Whats that? David Evans: Its a small boat. Traditional canoes are carved from a single tree, so they are often quite narrow. The Polynesians used canoes to travel thousands of kilometers. Li Yang: Thats intere
44、sting. Where do we go to find them? David Evans: Well, to get to the canoes, we need to go straight. Then after we cross the bridge, we turn left. They should be quite near there Then after the canoes, we can learn how to make fire the traditional way, using sticks Li Yang: Where can we do that? Dav
45、id Evans: The guide says we should go to the Samoan Village. That shouldnt be very hard to find. From the canoes, we just go straight, and then take the bridge on the right. It should be a short walk away on the left. Oh, and next to the Samoan Village is the Aotearoan Village. We can get Maori tatt
46、oos刺青，纹身there. Li Yang: Maori tattoos? David Evans: Yes. The Maori like to tattoo their faces with interesting designs. Li Yang: But I dont want to tattoo my face. David Evans: Dont worry! Its not a real tattoo. We can wash it off later. Li Yang: Cool! But first, the canoe tour. David Evans: Yes! I
47、cant wait. Lets go. * Vdeo Time Bioblitz: Life in 24 hours Narrator: Welcome to Rock Creek Park. Its a big park in the middle of Washington DC. Today, this park is going to be the site of a big research project. Dozens of scientists from around the United States along with hundreds of volunteers are
48、 here for something called a Bioblitz. In a Bioblitz, teams of scientists, parents, kids, and volunteers all go to a park and look for 2019 新人教高二英语选修一课本听力文本和视频文本（精校打印版） 7 examples of everything thats alive there. They work in teams to count every living thing that they find from the big animals like
49、 deer and rabbits to tiny plants. But they only have 24 hours o do it. Dr Stuart Pimm, an ecologist from Duke University, is certainly excited about the event. He studies biodiversity. Dr Pimm: The extraordinary thing about this Bioblitz is just how much stuff there is here! This is really where the
50、 wild things are. There really is a huge amount of stuff in this city park Narrator: Park rangers are there to help. Here, they are helping a group to catch caterpillars毛毛虫, spiders, and butterflies. Insects are an important part of the Bioblitz. One reason is there are a lot of them. They also come
