level 0正篇（ScalersTalk听力零阶段小组第52周复盘日志）

level 0正篇（ScalersTalk听力零阶段小组第52周复盘日志）每次做完听力积累生词以后，查生词的用法、例句等，再跟读这篇文章到熟练，对于听弱读、连读是非常有帮助的。往期日志：本次复盘分两个阶段进行第一阶段：听写练习。逐篇听英语材料，完成填空，巩固听辨技能。第二阶段：交流学习。从本周行动力（如听写篇数、时间）、听写结果与预期的差异（如心理预期、结果）、错漏原因(如背景知识、语音辨识、词汇掌握程度、语法、拼写准确性、理解力）和个人成长进步（如体会、收获）四个方面发现问题产生的原因，并提出解决方案

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题目的设置有如下几种形式

• 填空题。目的是复习大家听写时遇到的生词和听辨难点，测试词汇和听辨技巧掌握情况；简单文章听一遍，复杂文章听两遍。

• 翻译题。目的是掌握文中地道的短语和语法结构

本次复盘分两个阶段进行

• 第一阶段：听写练习。逐篇听英语材料，完成填空，巩固听辨技能。

• 第二阶段：交流学习。从本周行动力（如听写篇数、时间）、听写结果与预期的差异（如心理预期、结果）、错漏原因(如背景知识、语音辨识、词汇掌握程度、语法、拼写准确性、理解力）和个人成长进步（如体会、收获）四个方面发现问题产生的原因，并提出解决方案

往期日志：

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每次做完听力积累生词以后，查生词的用法、例句等，再跟读这篇文章到熟练，对于听弱读、连读是非常有帮助的。

第一篇：NASA送人上太空(1/2)

The American space agency and private companies are developing vehicles to take humans into (1)and even farther into space.

A space vehicle system called Crew Space Transportation is a part of the effort. Boeing the aircraft (2) says its CST-100 Starliner will start(3)to the International Space Station by the end of next year.

The United States no longer uses its reusable space shuttle to send astronauts into space. The last shuttle flight took place in 2011. Since then the U.S. space agency has depended on Russian spacecraft to launch crews to the (4).

Boeing and another company Space X say they can fly astronauts to (5)for about $20 million less than the(6)spacecraft Soyuz.

生词/短语

• orbit / ˈɔːbɪt; ˋɔrbɪt/ n.轨道

  例句：

  A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.

  一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。

  low Earth orbit

  近地轨道

• shuttle / ˈʃʌtl; ˋʃʌtl/ n.穿梭班机﹑ 公共汽车等（定时往返两地的）

  例句：

  I’m flying to Boston on the shuttle.

  我将乘穿梭班机去波士顿.

第二篇：NASA送人上太空(2/2)

Astronauts are already training for (1)in flight simulators. Vehicle designs and controls have changed since the early days of spaceflight. In the future astronauts will fly with the help of computer screens that are sensitive to touch.

Eric Boe is an astronaut with NASA.”You know it is like learning how to drive a car (2)now you are learning how to drive a spaceship.”The space agency is using a number of(3). The(4)was developed to help astronauts understand the design of a(5).The agency better known as NASA is developing its own Orion spacecraft and a more powerful rocket called Space Launch System.

In the future NASA officials want to let private companies take the lead in low orbit flights. By doing so they want the space agency to direct its attention to deep space flights such as the (6)to Mars.

生词/短语

• simulator [‘sɪmjuletɚ]n. 模拟器

  例句：

  a flight simulator

  飞行模拟装置

• cockpit [‘kɑkpɪt]n. 驾驶员座舱

  例句：

  I walked into the cockpit and there was a squid there looking up at me!

  在我走进驾驶舱的时候，我发现了一条正直瞪着我看的鱿鱼！

第三篇：莎翁逝世400年受欢迎不减(1/2)

This spring marks the 400th (1)of the death of British playwright William Shakespeare. His plays have had a major influence on the world’s(2)and drama. That influence is shown in a new exhibit at Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the small town of Stratford-upon-Avon about 160 kilometers from London . People all around the world still read his plays. His works have been translated into hundreds of languages. Georgianna Ziegler organized the exhibit at the library. She explained that(3)to America brought Shakespeare’s writings with them to their new home. One of the pieces in the exhibit is a list of the books one immigrant brought with him. “ He came over to this country around 1650 and he brought with him a copy of Shakespeare’s Second Folio and that is one of the earliest(4)a Shakespeare edition actually coming into the New World. People had Shakespeare in their houses when they crossed the country as they moved West with the Gold Rush and so on. They often had a copy of the Bible and of Shakespeare.”

生词/短语

• anniversary [ ænɪ’vɝsəri]n. 周年纪念日

  例句：

  On your wedding anniversary: Love joins our present with the past and the future .

  祝贺你们的结婚周年纪念日：爱连结我们的过去、现在和未来。

• immigrant [‘ɪmɪɡrənt]adj. 移民的；迁入的

  例句：

  That is especially true where it happens within an immigrant community.

  如果发生在一个移民社区则尤其是这样。

第四篇：莎翁逝世400年受欢迎不减(2/2)

The exhibit shows (1) photos videos and costumes of famous actors who have played Shakespearean characters. The exhibit also has copies of his works published in different(2). The exhibit even has the first edition of Shakespeare’s works. It is called the “First Folio.” It is a collection of 36 of his plays including “Hamlet ” “Twelfth Night” and “The Tempest.” Experts believe Shakespeare became interested in theater when he was a young man. He decided to try acting in London. They say this experience helped him improve his own plays. Experts say that by the time Shakespeare was 30 years old his plays were(3). Ziegler said that people like Shakespeare’s plays because the characters in them show real human emotions. Shakespeare earned a lot of money from his works. He became a(4)and one of the owners of the Globe Theater. A copy of the theatre has been built in London. 400 years after he died his plays are still performed in theaters around the world more than those of any other(5).

生词/短语

• portrait /ˈpoɚtrət/ n. 肖像，半身画像，半身照

  例句：

  He had his portrait painted in uniform.

  他让人画了一幅身着制服的画像。

• folio n. （尤指欧洲早期的）对开本的书

  例句：

  a folio volume of Italian paintings

  意大利绘画作品的对开本画集

• tempest /ˈtɛmpəst/ n. 大风暴；暴风雨；暴风雪

  例句：

  A tempest arose and they were drowned at sea.

  起了大风暴，他们淹死在海里。

第五篇：视频实录气象员被强风卷起(1/2)

The United States is already almost two months into spring but a recent video makes it look like at least one area is still in the middle of winter.

The Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire posted a windy (1)video on its Facebook page on Monday.

The video shows a worker being (2)around by winds on the mountain’s snowy(3). The winds were measured at speeds of up to 175 kilometers an hour.

The wind picks up the worker (4)the ground and throws him back down. Then he falls and(5)around on the ground. More than 1.2 million people have watched the(6)video on Facebook. It has been shared almost 10 000 times.

The worker in the video is a weather observer. Weather observers sometimes work in extreme conditions on Mount Washington’s 1 916-meter summit. Mount Washington is the highest mountain in northeastern North America. It is known for having some of the world’s worst weather.

生词/短语

• wintry [ˈwɪntri] adj. 寒冬的

  例句：

  A wintry wind was blowing.

  寒风呼啸。

【背景知识】

华盛顿山位于美国新罕布什尔州中北部，白山（或怀特）山脉的主峰，海拔1，917米，是美国东北部的最高峰。旅游胜地，以冬季滑雪，夏季登山著名。有登山铁路。山顶有气象观测所。

第六篇：视频实录气象员被强风卷起(2/2)

The 175-kilometer-an-hour wind speed is not even close to (1)winds on Mount Washington. The Associated Press noted that in 1934 271-kilometer-an-hour wind speeds were recorded(2)Mount Washington. That is a U.S. record.

Mount Washington is part of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The area is a popular place to visit in the summer.

In its Facebook post the Mount Washington (3)tells people that “although it looks like winter here summer is just around the(4).”

That might be hard for some people in the northeastern United States to believe. Earlier this week record (5)of snow fell in several places there. Some areas received more than 19 centimeters of snow.

生词/短语

• atop [ə’tɑp] prep. 在…的顶上

  例句：

  Under the newspaper atop a sheet of paper lay an envelope.

  报纸下面的一张纸上，放着一个信封。

第七篇：美国庆祝520骑车通勤日(1/2)

In many cities across the United States May 20th was Bike to Work Day. The day encourages people to try bicycling to work instead of driving or taking a bus or train.

Biking has not always been a popular kind of transportation in the United States. But in some cities using a bike to (1)is increasingly normal. The League of American Bicyclists’ website says that from 2000 to 2013 the number of people who biked to work regularly in the U.S.(2)by 62%.

This year #biketoworkday2016 even (3)on Twitter Friday in the United States.

The League of American Bicyclists created National Bike Month in 1956. The month of May was chosen because it usually brings (4)weather. The month-long celebration aims to inspire cyclists and others to share the(5)and make biking more enjoyable and popular in America.

National Bike to Work Day helps new bikers try cycling as a way to commute. In big U.S. cities local bicycle groups provide Bike to Work Day participants with food drinks and support as they make their (6).

生词/短语

• commute [kəˈmjuːt]v. （经很远的路程）上下班往返；通勤

  例句：

  Mike commutes to London every day.

  迈克每天都去伦敦上班。

• league [ˈliːg]n. 联盟

  例句：

  The New England team are the worst in the league.

  新英格兰队是联盟中最差的队。

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