Lesson 82 Part I

Lesson 82

PartⅠ  Warming-up Exercises

Abbreviations: Some International Organizations 

Training Focus:

Identifying abbreviations: names of organizations In following news stories, we often come across abbreviations. Some of them are so commonly used that they are rarelyspelt out in full. This practice offers an opportunity for the students to identify abbreviations and at the same time provides them with some relevant information.

Directions: You are going to hear eight abbreviations and  some information about them. Listen carefully and write  down in full the corresponding names of these organization.

Key:

1. The European Economic Community 

2. The Organization of African Unity

3. The Palestine Liberation Organization 

4. The Organization of American States 

5. International Monetary Fund

6. Food and Agricultural Organization 

7. The World Health Organization

8. European Free Trade Association

Lesson 82 Part II News

Lesson 82

Part II   News

Ex. Ⅰ

Directions: Complete the summary for News Item 1.

Key: robbery of money

Ex. Ⅱ

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the information you get from the news. 

Key: (see tapescript)

Ex. III

Directions: Complete the summary for News Item 2. 

Key: hand-guns in San Francisco

Ex. IV

Directions: Answer the questions you hear on the tape.

1. Will owning a shot-gun be considered a crime in San Francisco?

2. According to the new law in San Francisco, only police are permitted to own hand-guns. Is that right?

3． What kind of. punishment could be given to citizens of San Francisco if they don't give their guns to the local police within the next 90 days ?

4. What are opponents of the law doing? 

Key: (see tapescript)

Tapescript:

News   (1'21")

News Item 1 

New York

Police say two gunmen have stolen about $ 8,000,000 from a money transport service. The robbery took place Sunday night and was discovered Monday morning. Officials said it was the largest robbery of money in United States history.

News Item 2

The United States

A new law in San Francisco, California makes owning a handgun a crime. Citizens of San Francisco must give their guns to local police within the next 90 days or they could be sentenced to 90 days in jail. The ban on hand-guns in San Francisco permits only police, store owners and a few others to own hand-guns. The ban does not affect rifles and shot-guns. Opponents of the law say it violates the constitutional right to have arms, and they are taking court action to try to have the law ended.

Lesson 82 Part III Science Report ---- “ Lease-Craft ”

Lesson 82

Part III  Science Report

----“Lease-Craft”

Ex.

Directions: Complete the report with the information you get from the tape.

Key: Launching Vehicle: Space shuttle

structure and Function: four and one half meters on  each of its four sides / extend about 22 meters  from the satellite / collect sunlight and change it into electrical power

Way of Communication: own system

Advantage of the Environment for Factory Operation:  the weightless environment of space

Management: scientists on earth

Work Force: No people / mechanical equipment

Maintenance: visit the factory every few months to  make sure it is working normally and to fix it if  necessary

Transportation: equipment and supplies / the finished  products

Possible Products: Pure drugs / rare metals / Computers and other electronic equipment 

Tapescript :

Science Report   (3'46 ")

----“Lease-Craft”

The United States Space Agency and a private company have announced plans to develop a satellite that could become  the first factory in space. Sherchild Industries will design  and build the satellite called“least-craft.” The American  space shuttle will put the satellite into earth orbit in 1987.  Lease-craft will measure about four and one half meters on each of its four sides. Two flat objects will extend about 22 meters from the satellite. These objects will collect sunlight and change it into electrical power. The satellite will have its own system  to communicate with scientists on earth and it will be  able to hold very large and heavy objects. Many things can  be done more easily in the weightless environment of space  than on earth. So companies could pay to use lease-craft to do  these jobs. The companies could have special equipment placed  on the satellite. It then could operate as a factory to make products. The space shuttle will carry equipment and supplies to the orbiting space factory. And the shuttle will bring the  finished products back to earth. The shuttle astronauts will  visit the orbiting factory every few months to make sure it is working normally and to fix it if necessary. But no people will  work in the planned space factory. All the work will be  done by mechanical equipment controlled by scientists on earth. Among the products the factory could make are extremely  pure drugs. This can be done by using an electric current to  separate impure substances from drug mixtures. This works  best in space, because there is no gravity to slow the separation  of chemicals. An American company has sent special equipment on four space shuttle flights to test this method of making  pure drugs in space. The company is planning to establish a  permanent drug factory in space sometime in the 1990s. Other  companies are considering plans for making certain rare metals  in space. They also could make parts for computers and  other electronic equipment. Scientists say lease-craft could  operate in space for more than ten years. Sherchild Industries  says it hopes to have ten such factories in space by the year  1992.