1、Listening and vocabulary1Some tips to improve your listening!1.Be relaxed but concentrated.2.Learn to forecast the topic according to the questions.3.Widen your background knowledge of English to grasp the meaning of the listening texts.4.Get a clear mind of different expressions used in different o
2、ccasions.21.Which word refers to somewhere that you can buy things?2.Which one means that something is against the law?3.Which word describes someone who breaks the law?shopping centreillegal criminal34.Which one is the crime of stealing from a shop?5.Which one is the crime of stealing from a house?
3、shopliftingburglary4Now,listen to tape for the first time and answer the questions.1.Is the woman in the studio a police officer?No,she is a professor.2.Is she sure about the number of people who steal to pay for drugs?No,she isnt.53.Do drug users only steal from shops?No,they dont.4.Do all drug use
4、rs attend treatment centers?No,they dont.5.Are most drug users young men?Yes,they are.61.Its possible that a hundred thousand people steal in order to _.2.Some of them behave so badly that members of the public _.Listen again and complete these sentences.pay for their drug addictioncall the police73
5、.Some people feel so nervous when they see drug users that they _.4.There are such a lot of people that there isnt time _.5.Drug users are more likely to _.call the police anywayto help them allget into trouble at school8Mufasa:Look,Simba,everything the light _ is our _.Simba:Wow!Mufasa:A kings time
6、 as ruler _ and _ like the sun.one day,Simba,the sun will set on my time here and rise with you asthe new king.toucheskingdomrisesfalls(Mufasa,the lion king is telling Simba,his son,an important rule of life.)9Simba:And this all be mine?Mufasa:_!Simba:Everything the light touches!What about that _ p
7、lace?Mufasa:Thats _ our borders,you must _ go there,Simba.Everything shadowybeyondnever10Simba:But I thought a king can do _ he wants.Mufasa:Oh,theres more to being a king than getting your way all the time.Simba:Theres more?whatever11Mufasa:Simba,everything you see _ together in a delicate _.As a k
8、ing,you need to understand that balance and _ all the creatures from the crawling(爬行的爬行的)ant to the _ antelope(羚羊羚羊).existsbalancerespectleaping12Interviewer:Good evening,and welcome to the show.With me in the studio is Professor Marion Smith,who is an expert on the connection between crime and drug
9、 addiction.Good evening,Professor Smith.Listening material13Professor:Good evening.Interviewer:First of all,how many people use illegal drugs in Britain?Professor:Possibly four million people.Interviewer:Really?Four million?Professor:Yes.14Interviewer:How many of them break the law in order to pay f
10、or their drugs?Professor:Its possible that a hundred thousand people steal in order to pay for their drug addiction.Interviewer:A hundred thousand?!Thats incredible!And what kind of crimes do they commit?15Professor:Mainly shoplifting in other words,stealing from shops and burglary,stealing from hou
11、ses.Interviewer:I see.Professor:And theres another problem.Drug users get into trouble with the police for other reasons as well.Interviewer:What kind of reasons?16Professor:Well,you often see drug users in public places shopping centers,railway stations,for example and some of them behave so badly
12、that members of the public call the police.Some people feel so nervous when they see drug users that they call the police anyway.17Interviewer:This is a really bad problem,isnt it?Professor:Absolutely,but the good news is that drug users who go to treatment centers usually stop their criminal activi
13、ties.Interviewer:How many addicts go to treatment centers?18Professor:Last year,about 30,000 people went to drug treatment centers.Interviewer:Thirty thousand?Thats amazing.Professor:Yes,there are such a lot of people that there isnt time to help them all.19Interviewer:What kind of people are they?P
14、rofessor:Well,the majority are young people in their twenties.And about 75 percent of the young people are men.Interviewer:And do all these people live in cities?20Professor:Oh no.The ratio of drug users in society is the same in cities and in the countryside.But they all have something in common.Interviewer:Whats that?21Professor:Drug users are more likely to get into trouble at school.Interviewer:Professor Marion Smith,thank you very much.Professor:Thank you.2223
