1、main,Unit 7Dishonoring the Honor System,2012,Part A Section A Pre-listening-Background Information,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,Listening,Assassination An assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure,usually for political purposes.Assassina
2、tions may be prompted by religious,ideological,political,or military reasons.Additionally,assassins may be motivated by financial gain,revenge,or personal public recognition.Assassination may also refer to the government-sanctioned killing of opponents or to targeted attacks on high-profile enemy co
3、mbatants.,LISTENING,Section A Pre-listening-Background Information,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,Listening,In figurative usage,the word“assassination”may also be used in colloquial speech as a hyperbole,as in the phrase“character assassination,”meaning
4、an attempt to impugn anothers character,and thus kill(“assassinate”)his reputation and credibility.,LISTENING,Section A Pre-listening-Background Information,Parliament A parliament is a legislature,especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled af
5、ter that of the United Kingdom.The name is derived from the French parlement,the action of parler(to speak):a parlement is a discussion.The term then came to mean a meeting at which such a discussion took place.It acquired its modern meaning as it came to be used for the body of people(in an institu
6、tional sense)who would meet to discuss matters of state.,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,Listening,LISTENING,Section A.New Words and Expressions,disabled身体有残疾的emancipation解放assassinate暗杀launch发动；开展memorial纪念碑；纪念馆shunt把撇在一边,Pre-listening,New Words and Expr
7、essions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,Listening,LISTENING,Section A Listen Task 1,Pre-listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part A,Part B,Listening,Opening Speech for the UKs First Disabled Peoples Parliament,A person is going to give an opening speech for the UKs f
8、irst Disabled Peoples Parliament and this person is going to link it with Martin Luther Kings famous speech I Have a Dream.,Part B,LISTENING,Section A Listen Task 1,Pre-listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part A,Part B,Listening,The British Council of Disabled People.,Di
9、sabled people in the UK.,8,500,000.,Black people.,Disabled people.,LISTENING,Task 2.1,Pre-listening,Listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part A,Part B,Listen to the speech again and fill in the blanks in the following sentences.,1.On 28 August,before the in Washington,Mar
10、tin Luther King gave his famous“I Have a Dream”speech.2.King said“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by.”,1963,_,Lincoln Memorial,_,the colour of their skin,_,of their character,the content,but by,LISTENING,3.The speaker advocates
11、a world in which to buildings,transport and the environment exist no longer and disabled people have the right to.4.The speaker hopes that we will automatically support disabled people to live in the community who should no longer fear being shunted into residential homes.5.In the speakers world,dis
12、abled people will not be judged by their bodies and people with learning disabilities will not be from hotels and restaurants because of prejudice.,Task 2.1,Pre-listening,Listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part A,Part B,barriers,the physical,mobility and movement,_,agai
13、nst their wishes,_,the shape of,_,turned away,_,LISTENING,Script,Opening Speech for the UKs First Disabled Peoples Parliament I am delighted and honoured to be here today to open the UKs first Disabled Peoples Parliament.I would like to begin by thanking the British Council of Disabled People for al
14、l your efforts in launching this important initiative and to thank you,the first members of the Parliament disabled people who are passionate enough about the situation of the eight and a half million of us in this country for committing yourselves to fighting in our name.,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,Le
15、t me start by saying that I think today is one of historic importance in the emancipation of disabled people and our determination to seize control of our own lives.On 28 August 1963,before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,Martin Luther King gave his famous“I Have a Dream”speech.Five years later h
16、e told us he had seen the promised land and the next day he was assassinated.So what was that dream?In many ways it was modest enough.He didnt call for revolution.He wanted former slaves and sons of former slave owners to sit together at the table of brotherhood.He dreamt of freedom and justice.He s
17、aid“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a,Script,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,Script,nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream today!”If King were with us today and we asked him to speak on disability
18、 I think he might say that he has another dream.A dream of a world in which disabled people are not judged by the shape of our bodies,or in which people with learning disabilities are not to be turned away from hotels and restaurants because of prejudice.He might dream of a world in which the physic
19、al barriers to buildings,transport and the environment exist no longer,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,Script,and disabled people have the right to mobility and movement.He might dream of a world in which we automatically support disabled people to live in the community,who should no longer fear being shunt
20、ed into residential homes against their wishes.King had his dream.We can have ours and we can make our dream come true.This Parliament,which I am proud to open today,is one more step to achieving that dream.Lets live the dream.Thank you.,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,Script2,Opening Speech for the UKs Fir
21、st Disabled Peoples Parliament I am delighted and honoured to be here today to open the UKs first Disabled Peoples Parliament.I would like to begin by thanking the British Council of Disabled People for all your efforts in launching this important initiative and to thank you,the first members of the
22、 Parliament disabled people who are passionate enough about the situation of the eight and a half million of us in this country for committing yourselves to fighting in our name.,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,Script,Part A,Part B,Let me start by saying that I think today is one of historic importance in t
23、he emancipation of disabled people and our determination to seize control of our own lives.On 28 August 1963,before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,Martin Luther King gave his famous“I Have a Dream”speech.Five years later he told us he had seen the promised land and the next day he was assassinat
24、ed.So what was that dream?In many ways it was modest enough.He didnt call for revolution.He wanted former slaves and sons of former slave owners to sit together at the table of brotherhood.He dreamt of freedom and justice.He said“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a,LIS
25、TENING,Script,nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream today!”If King were with us today and we asked him to speak on disability I think he might say that he has another dream.A dream of a world in which disabled people are
26、 not judged by the shape of our bodies,or in which people with learning disabilities are not to be turned away from hotels and restaurants because of prejudice.He might dream of a world in which the physical barriers to buildings,transport and the environment exist no longer,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,
27、Script,and disabled people have the right to mobility and movement.He might dream of a world in which we automatically support disabled people to live in the community,who should no longer fear being shunted into residential homes against their wishes.King had his dream.We can have ours and we can m
28、ake our dream come true.This Parliament,which I am proud to open today,is one more step to achieving that dream.Lets live the dream.Thank you.,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,Section B Background Information,New South Wales New South Wales is located in the south-east of Australia.It is the most populous st
29、ate of the country with Sydney as its capital.Most of the state has an aridor semi-arid climate.However,most of the eastern portion has a temperate,wet climate.It is home to anumber of cultural institutions of importance to thenation,such as Sydney Opera House and City Recital Hall.Furthermore,throu
30、ghout Australian history,sportingteams from New South Wales have been very successful in both winning domestic competitions and providing players to the Australian national teams.,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,L-B-P.2,New South Wales
31、,Sydney Opera House,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,Torres Strait,LISTENING,L-B-P.3,The Torres Strait is a body of water which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.It is approximately 150 km wide at its narrowest extent
32、.The strait is named after Luis Vez de Torres,a Spanish sailor who was the first European to successfully sail through the strait in late 1606.,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,L-B-P.New Words and Expressions,Gday日安（澳大利亚英语Good day的缩略形式）
33、spectator观众Torres Strait托雷斯海峡（在澳大利亚与伊里安岛之间）New South Wales新南威尔士Aboriginal土著（尤指澳大利亚土著）的creed信仰,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,Task 1,You are to listen to a speech given at the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch.,Sidney,Pre-listening,Listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 L
