【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 laboratories and the rest of the space station.A: Listen to the news item again and plete the following summary.This news item is about the one hundred twentieth flight of the space shuttle Discovery.B: Listen to the news item again and plete the following blanks.Landing time : last monthLanding site: Kennedy Space Centre in the state of FloridaIt was the one hundred twentieth shuttle flight and the twentythird to the International Space StationTwo main goals for this flight:the crew was to move a structure from one side of the space station to the other.They were to add a new room Harmony to the space station. it is a connecting module. it is the first new room added to the space station since 2001. it is about seven meters long and about four meters wide. it will be a passageway between the laboratories and the rest of the space station. News item 3nThe World Health Organization is urging countries to follow six policies to prevent millions of tabaccorelated deaths. The six policies are known as MPOWER, spelled MPOWER.nThe M is for monitoring tobacco use and prevention polices. The P is for pretecting people by establishing smokefree areas. The O stands for offering service to help people stop smoking. The W is for warning people about the dangers of tobacco. The E is for enforcing bans on tobacco advertising and other forms of marketing. And the R is for raising taxes on tobacco.nThe WHO says tobacco now causes more than five million deaths a year. It predicts this number will rise to more than eight million by the year 2030. By the end of the century, it says, tobacco could kill one billion people ten times as many as in the twentieth century.A: Listen to the news item and plete the following summary.This news item is about tobacco risk to a billion lives this century, as predicted by the WHO.B: Listen to the news item again and choose the best answer to answer each of the following questions.1. What is the World Health Organization is urging countries to do?The World Health Organization is urging countries to follow six policies to prevent millions of tobaccorelated deaths.2. The six policies are known as MPOWER, spelled MPOWER. What does each letter stand for?The M is for monitoring tobacco use and prevention polices. The P is protecting people by establishing smokefree areas. The O stands for offering services to help people stop smoking. The W is for warning people about the dangers of tobacco. The E is for enforcing bans on tobacco advertising and other forms of marketing. And the R is for raising taxes on tobacco.3. How many deaths does tobacco cause now?The WHO says tobacco now cause more than five million deaths a year.4. Will this number rise by the year 2030?Yes, the WHO predicts this number will rise to more than eight million by the year 2030.5. How many people will be killed by the end of the century?By the end of the century, tobacco could kill one billion people ten times as many as in the twentieth centurySection 3 Oral WorkMrs White: How did your writing go this morning? Is the book ing along all right?Mr White: I39。m not sure. I think the rest of it will be difficult to write. There are still some problems to solve.Mrs White: I expect you39。ll find the answers interesting to work out.Mr White: If I can work them out. Thank goodness the house is easy to work in. I shall at least be able to think.Mrs White: You39。ve forgotten something. Peace and quiet will be difficult to guarantee much longer.Mr White: Good, heavens, yes. The school holidays start in a week, don39。t they? The house will be impossible to work in while they last.Mrs White: Well, some extra noise is hard to avoid. But I39。ll keep them away from the study as much as I can. That39。ll be all right to work in.Mr White: What about the garden? It was beautifully peaceful and quiet out there this morning.Mrs White: Well, you39。d better make the most of it while it lasts. Peace and quiet will be hard to find in the garden pretty soon, I39。m afraid.Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and then answer some questions about it. You will hear the dialogue and the questions only once. Answer each question with a plete sentence after you have heard it.Questions:1. What was Mr White doing this morning?(He was writing his book this morning. ) 2. According to Mr White, was the book ing along all right?(No, he thought the rest of the book would be difficult to write.) 3. What