The United Nations: The Promise of Peace
An Introduction to the Lecture and to Note-Taking
A. Pre-listening Activities
PREVIEW OF CONTENT
Many people already know what the United Nations Organization is and where it is located, but how many know when and why it was first planned?
In this lecture the answers to these questions are explored, and some recent statistics about its operating budget are given.
PREVIEW OF VOCABULARY
Before you listen to the lecture on the United Nations, it will be helpful to preview some of the vocabulary and sentences that are used in the lecture. You will first be given several vocabulary items in isolation. Below each group of items are sentence definitions for each. You are to fill in the blanks with the appropriate vocabulary items from the list. Use your dictionary if necessary to select the correct item for each sentence definition/ After you have worked through the Preview of Vocabulary, you will be given the Preview of Sentences. The highlighted vocabulary words are presented in the same context in which they are used in the lecture.
Pledge headquarters charter
1. The main office of an organization is its
2. To promise sincerely is to
3. The constitution of the United Nations Organization is known as its
lend philanthropist nuclear weapons budget
4. To give money on the condition that it be repaid at a later date is to money.
5. A is a very rich person who gives money for good causes, such as education and medical research.
6. A is a list of income and expenses for a certain period of time.
7. Instruments of war that use atomic energy are known as .
PREVIEW OF SENTENCES
Here are some of the sentences you will encounter in the lecture.
1. The United Nations headquarters is in the United States, in New York City.
2.In 1944 twenty-six countries pledged to continue to fight against Germany and Italy in World WarⅡ.
3. The charter of the U.N. was formally signed by fifty countries in October of 1945 in San Francisco, California.
4. In 1950 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the well-known oil millionaire and philanthropist, gave the United Nations Organization a section of land in New York City.
5. The United States government lent the U.N. $65 million to construct a building to house the international organization.
6. The United Nations budget now totals more than $450 million per year.
7. It is so vital, so really necessary, that countries settle disputes or disagreements in this day of world-wide nuclear weapons.
The Weather: Meteorology and Meteorologists
A. Pre-listening Activities PREVIEW OF CONTENT
Everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,‖ is a common expression, but is it really true that nobody is doing anything about the weather? This is definitely not true today. In this lecture, you will find out what scientists are doing about the weather.
The lecturer begins his talk by describing some of the contributions made by weather scientists. He goes on to talk about the United States National Weather Service‘s monitoring of weather conditions throughout the country. Specific examples of the Weather Service‘s information-gathering operation are given. The speaker then talks about the role weather satellites play in providing weather information and data to scientists. He finishes up by explaining how accurate weather information benefits us.
PREVIEW OF VOXABULARY
These are some of the vocabulary items contained in the lecture. Fill in each bland with one of the words listed. Use your dictionary to look up any items you are not familiar with.
Make forecasts meteorology warn
1. Weather reports help to notify people of possible danger; the of approaching storms.
2. To predict what the weather will be like in the future is to about the weather.
3. is the science of studying the weather.
Satellite network launched
4. An object made by humans that is sent into outer space to
collect weather information and data is called a weather .
5. The weather satellite was sent into outer space and now revolves around the earth. It was into space in 1959.
6. An interconnected group or system of weather stations is also called a of weather stations.
PREVIEW OF SENTENCES
These are some of the sentences you will hear in the lecture. After having worked through the previous exercise. You should be familiar with the meanings of the italicized items.
1. Today meteorology is used to make people‘s lives safer and better.
2. Some meteorologists make forecasts about the weather.
3. Many weather forecasts help to warn people of approaching bad weather and storms.
4. The United States National Weather Service operates a network of weather stations throughout the United States.
5. In the year 1959, the United States launched its first weather satellite.
Symbols Used in the Note-Taking Model
Before you start the tape. take a minute to study the list of symbols used in the Note-Taking Model. You may wish to use some of these symbols when you take your notes on the lecture.
→ === provides the ditto sign (‘‘) under a word indicates
+400 === more than 400 that the word above it is being repeated
% === percent $=dollars
‘59 === 1959 the-dash indicates that words have
& === and been omitted
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Now you are going to hear five questions about the information you heard in the lecture. Each question will be spoken two times, but it will not be written out for you. You must listen very carefully to each question. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers that are printed in your book. You should then check your notes to see which of the four choices is the correct answer to the question you heard. Mark your answer by putting an X next to the letter (a), (b), (c), or (d)—whichever is the best choice.
Listen to the following example.
You will hear the question: ―What do meteorologists do?‖ You will read in your book:
(a)They observe the weather.
(b)They analyze weather information. (c)They make weather forecasts. (d) All of the above. X
After hearing the question, you should have looked at the notes you took and found some indication in them that meteorologists observe the weather, analyze weather information, and make weather forecasts; therefore, choice (d) is the correct answer. Now let‘s begin the test.
1. (a) exactly four hundred 4. (a) in the early 1950s
(b) fewer than four hundred (b) in the mid-1950s
(c) more than four hundred (c)in the late 1950s
(d) all of the above (d) none of the above
2. (a) five-hour
(b) thirty-hour 5. (a) They study about meteorology
(c) twenty-four hour (b)They talk about the weather.
(d) all of the above (c) They collect weather information
3. (a) 05% (d) They issue five-day weather forecast (b)09% (c)90% (d)95%
Stop the tape and check your answers. Then continue working in your book. This is the end of the taped section of Lecture 2.
TURE-FALSE STATEMENT
1. Nobody ever talks about the weather.
2. Meteorology is used to make people‘s lives safer and better.
3. Weather forecasts help to warn people of approaching good weather.
4. The U.S. National Weather Service operates a system of stations in every country around the world.
5. Weather observations are taken every sixty minutes at the U.S.. national Weather Service..
6. The Weather Service issues five-day as well as thirty-day weather forecasts.
7. The United States launched its first satellites in 1959.
8. Since 1959 no additional weather satellites have been sent into space.
9. Weather satellites provide valuable weather information to meteorologists. 10. Inaccurate weather forecasts can save thousands of lives and millions of dollars in property damage.
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