1. 2009 年度高职高专国家精品课程教材 新世纪高职高专汽车运用技术专业系列规划教材 新世纪高职高专教材编审委员会 总主编 韩 艳 主 编 韩 艳 ( 第二版 )

2. UNIT 1 Welcome to the Vehicle World Content Section I Listening and Speaking Section II Reading Section III Grammar Section IV Comprehensive Practice Section V Self-Evaluation Section VI Enlarge Your Vision

3. UNIT 1 Welcome to the Vehicle World Learning to know: 1. Different types of vehicles and their features; 2. Abbreviations of certain types of vehicles; 3. Useful words and expressions about the vehicle world. Learning to do: 1. Distinguish different types of vehicles; 2. Practice some working tasks in English in the vehicle world; 3. Give a presentation about the vehicle world.

4. Section I Listening and Speaking vehicle n. 交通工具, 车辆 formula n. 公式, 方程式 container n. 容器 ; 集装箱 refueller n. 汽油加油车 double-deck a. 两层的, 双层的 abbreviation n. 缩写 puzzle vt. 使 …… 困惑, 为难 elegant a. 优雅的 ; [ 口 ] 极好的, 一流的 fashionable a. 时髦的 ; 流行的 reliable a. 可靠的, 可信赖的 figure out 明白 stand for 代表；支持 refer to 参考，查阅，涉及，提到

5. Section I Listening and Speaking Picture recognition. You will hear some statements. Please recognize which picture each statement is referring to. Task 1: ECABFD A B C D E F

6. Section I Listening and Speaking Read and match. Read the English versions of different vehicles and make a match. Task 2: ( ) 1. off ⁃ road vehicle ( ) 2. fire engine ( ) 3. formula car ( ) 4. police car ( ) 5. double ⁃ deck bus ( ) 6. container carrier ( ) 7. garbage truck ( ) 8. refueller A F H B C E D G A D A C B G F E H

7. Section I Listening and Speaking Speak out. Ask your partner the following questions and organize the sentences. Task 3: 1. How many types of vehicles have you ever seen? Please add some types which have not been mentioned here if possible. 2. Provided you are going to buy a car, what kind of information do you want to get? And where can you get valuable information? 3. Which factor will be of the greatest importance in your decision making?

8. Section I Listening and Speaking Listen and practice. Listen to the dialogues, fill in the missing information, and practice them with your partner. Task 4: Dialogue 1 Mary: Hi, Paul. What are you doing? Paul: Oh, Mary. You’ve come at the ____ time. Look, these abbreviations _____ me! SUV, MPV, NCV, SRV...I really can’t _____ them out. Mary: Well, SUV stands for Sports Utility Vehicle and MPV ______ Multi ⁃ Purpose Vehicle or Mini Passenger Van. Paul: Oh, I see. What about NCV and SRV then? Mary: SRV _______ Small Recreation Vehicle. Shanghai GM Sail SRV is one of them. As for NCV, it means New Concept Vehicle. Paul: It’s interesting. Thank you very much. You’ve been so _______. rightpuzzle figure means refers to helpful

9. Section I Listening and Speaking Listen and practice. Listen to the dialogues, fill in the missing information, and practice them with your partner. Task 4: Dialogue 2 Paul : I like the Honda Accord you showed me before. I think it’s more _______ for my needs. John:Alright, sir. You are making a good ______. Paul: What colors does the new Accord come in? John: We have this new model in red, white, black, or ____. These are the standard colors. Paul: I really like silver. It looks elegant and __________. John: Yes. That color is very _______ with Honda buyers. Paul: Well, I think I want to _____ the new Accord then. It looks like an ________ car. John: You have made a good choice, sir. I ____ an Accord myself. They are very solidly built machines, very _______. Paul: Yes, I know. I think Honda is the most reliable car on the road. It runs ______ as silk. I would never change to anything else. John: Alright, sir. I will get the paperwork ready for you. Just a moment. practical choice silver fashionable popular orderexcellent drive reliable smooth

10. Section I Listening and Speaking Act out. Take Task 4 as an example, practice dialogues according to the situations provided with your partner. Task 5: Situation 1: John and Jack are talking about different kinds of automobiles. John is interested in off ⁃ road vehicle while Jack prefers racing car. Situation 2: A young couple would like to buy a car. They are discussing what kind of car they should buy. Take such information as outlook, function, price...into consideration.

11. Section II Reading Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information. Task 1: Cars in China A country that once ran on two wheels nowadays ________ on four. After the U.S. and Japan, China is the world’s ______ car manufacturer. Car ownership has increased ________ in the past decade, and shows no signs of ______. In China’s bigger cities, the rivers of bicycles were once one of the most vivid images of urban China. Now it has been ________ with streets ________ with cars. The car ownership in China at the moment is around one car for every 92 people. The car symbolizes _______ and status, perhaps even more in China than elsewhere. No wonder everyone who can _____ one, wants one. It’s predicted that by ____, there will be 55 ______ vehicles on the road in China. depends biggest four times slowing replacedjammed freedom afford2010 million

12. Section II Reading 1. What does “two wheels” refer to in the passage? A. A car. B. A bicycle. C. A carriage. Read the passage and choose the best answer to complete each statement. Task 2: 2. According to the passage, ______ is the world’s biggest car manufacturer. A. the U.S. B. Japan C. China

13. Section II Reading 3. The car ownership in China at the moment is around one car for every ________ people. A. 55 B. 92 C. 2, 010 Read the passage and choose the best answer to complete each statement. Task 2: 4. What’s the meaning of “decade” in the passage? A. Ten years. B. Fifty years. C. One hundred years.

14. Section II Reading manufacturer n. 制造业者, 厂商 affect vt. 影响, 感动 vivid a. 生动的, 鲜明的, 逼真的 urban a. 城市的，都市的 symbolize vt. 象征, 代表 status n. 地位，身份 predict vt. 预知, 预言, 预报

15. Section II Reading Cars in America Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor, and even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car. Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today. There are three main reasons why cars become so popular in the United States. First of all, the territory of America is vast and Americans like to move around in the country. The cars provide the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation.

16. Section II Reading The second reason that cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently. The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really makes cars popular. Americans don’t like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to follow an exact timetable. And the freedom a car gives them is what Americans want most to have. The decrease of gas supplies has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.

17. Section II Reading territory n. 领土, 版图, 领域, 范围 vast a. 广阔的, 巨大的 comfortable a. 舒适的 ; 令人感到安慰的 transportation n. 运输, 运输系统, 运输工具 efficient a. 有效率的, 能干的 inexpensive a. 廉价的, 不贵重的 frequently ad. 频繁, 经常地 independence n. 独立, 自立 timetable n. 时间表 freedom n. 自由

18. Section II Reading Read and judge. Read the passage and judge whether the statement is True or False. Task 1: 1. Americans like to move around their country in their cars. 2. More than three reasons have been mentioned in the passage to explain why the car became so popular in the United States. 3. People don’t choose the system of air service frequently because it is inconvenient. 4. The freedom a car gives them is what Americans want most to have. 5. The solution to the decrease of gas supplies is to set up a bigger system of public transportation. ( )( ) ( )( ) ( )( ) ( )( ) ( )( ) T F F T F

19. Section II Reading Read, complete and retell. Read the passage again and fill in the blanks with the information in the passage, and then try to retell the passage. Task 2: Americans love cars and use them a lot. Cars are so much part of life that they make the United States a nation on ______. Cars are not only popular but also necessary in the United States. There are three main ______ why the car becomes so _______ in the United States. Firstly, cars provide the most __________ and cheapest form of transportation. Secondly, very few people use buses and trains, which are not available everywhere. And it is too ________ to travel by plane frequently. The third reason is the most important one. The American spirit of _____________ is what really made cars popular. wheels reasons popularcomfortable expensive independence

20. Section II Reading Fill in the blanks with the proper words in the table. Task 3: territory vast comfortable transportation efficient inexpensive frequently independence timetable freedom 1. Our wooden sofa seems not very __________. 2. No one has ever been or will ever be strong enough to take our ________ away from us. 3. The war was carried into enemy ________. 4.In school, you had a _________ telling you what to do and when. 5. Luckily for us, we live in an age where books are plentiful and relatively ___________. 6. A _____ crowd turned out to watch the match. 7. We _________ have lunch at this restaurant. 8. The customer always appreciate _______ service. 9. The Forth of July is the National ____________ Day of the USA. 10. The train is a safe means of ____________. comfortable freedom territory timetable inexpensive vast frequently efficient Independence transportation

21. Section II Reading Revise and translate. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Task 4: 1. He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to affect American culture. 他可能并不知道汽车对美国文化会有多大影响。 2. There are three main reasons why the car became so popular in the United States. 汽车在美国如此受欢迎主要有三大原因。

22. Section II Reading Revise and translate. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Task 4: 3. The cars provide the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. 汽车给人们提供了最舒适最廉价的交通方式。 4. The second reason that cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. 汽车受欢迎的第二个原因是美国没有真正形成一种有效廉价的公共交通方式。

23. Section II Reading Revise and translate. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Task 4: 5. The freedom a car gives them is what Americans want most to have. 汽车赋予美国人的自由是他们最想要的东西。