[00:04.08]In this unit you wi
[00:06.01]practise giving information about the Yangtze River and its valle
[00:10.95]Review the use of prepositions of place,approximators,and predicting modal
[00:17.89]learn ways to make adjectives from nouns ,nouns from verbs ,and adverbs from adjectives ,
[00:26.46]expand your vocabulary in the areas of river systems ,transportation systems ,and scenery.
[00:35.19]Part 1
[00:36.88]Pre-listening Exercises
[00:39.24]Exercises 1(b)
[00:42.06]to
[00:43.39]rive
[00:44.64]nam
[00:46.08]whol
[00:47.54]onl
[00:48.59]las
[00:50.16]foreigner
[00:51.83]dependin
[00:53.39]provinc
[00:55.04]run
[00:56.63]throug
[00:57.94]instan
[00:59.61]uppe
[01:00.76]sour
[01:02.35]Exercises 2(b)
[01:04.73]golde
[01:06.04]san
[01:07.60]actuall
[01:09.41]longes
[01:11.21]lon
[01:12.65]star
[01:14.71]flow
[01:16.54]municipalitie
[01:19.39]coas
[01:21.14]nea
[01:22.78]approximatel
[01:24.74]mea
[01:26.62]Comprehension Exercise
[01:29.39]Exercises 3(b)
[01:32.08]Guest:Could you tell me something about the Yangtze before I go on my tou
[01:37.15]Host:Well,the Yangtze River is the Change Jiang to the Chinese people ,and that name is the name of the whole river
[01:47.00]The name Yangtze is only for the last part of the river ,approximately 480 to 640 kilometre
[01:58.36]Not many foreigners know that the Chang Jiang has many names depending on what province it runs through .
[02:08.10]For instance ,from the upper source to Yibin,the river is named Jinsha or Golden Sand.
[02:16.62]Chang Jiang means Long River .
[02:20.12]Actually ,the river is the longest river in Asia.It’s about 6,300 kilometres long
[02:30.94]It starts in the Kunlum Mountains in Qinghai Province and flows through nine provinces and two municipalities to the coast near Shanghai on the East China Sea.
[02:47.34]Pronunciation Exercises
[02:50.08]Exercises 4(b)
[02:53.01]the Yangtze Rive
[02:55.26]is the name of the whole rive
[02:59.12]only for the last part of the rive
[03:03.12]depending on what province it runs through for instanc
[03:10.25]from the upper source to Yibi
[03:13.72]Golden San
[03:15.71]Long Rive
[03:17.72]the longest river in Asi
[03:21.35]flows through nine province
[03:25.17]to the coast near Shangha
[03:28.82]on the East China Sea
[03:31.85]Exercises 5(b)
[03:35.28]The Yangtze River is the name of the whole river
[03:39.27]Not many foreigners know that the Chang Jiang has many name
[03:44.89]The river is named Jinsha or Golden San
[03:49.67]Chang Jiang means Long Rive
[03:53.51]Actually ,the river is the longest river in Asi
[03:57.40]It’s about 6300 kilometres lon
[04:01.97]It starts in the Kunlum Mountains in Qinghai Provinc
[04:07.64]It flows through nine provinces to the coast near Shanghai.
[04:12.68]Consolidation Exercise
[04:15.32]Guest:Could you tell me something about the Yangtze before I go on my tou
[04:20.02]Host:Well,the Yangtze River is the Chang Jiang to the Chinese people ,and that name is the name of the whole rive
[04:29.95]The name Yangtze is only for the last part of the river ,approximately 480to 640 kilometres
[04:39.54]Not many foreigners know that the Chang Jiang has many names depending on what province in runs throug
[04:47.09]For instance ,from the upper source to Yibin,the river is named Jinsha or Golden san
[04:54.95]Change Jiang means long River.
[04:57.93]Actually ,the river is the longest river in Asia.It’s about 6300 kilometres long
[05:05.68]It starts in the Kunlum Mountains in Qinghai Province and flows through nine provinces and two municipalities to the coast near Shang hai on the East China Sea.
[05:18.54]Exercises 7(b)
[05:21.38]1.Chang Jiang is the name of the whole river
[05:25.41]2.The Yangtze is only for the last part of the river
[05:31.21]3.The Chang Jiang has many names depending on what province it runs throug
[05:38.18]4.From the upper source to Yibin the river is names Jinsh
[05:44.40]5.Actually ,the river is the longest river in Asi
[05:50.43]6.The river flows through nine provinces to the coast
[05:56.88]Expansion Exercise
[05:59.63]Vocabulary Developmen
[06:02.87]Exercises 8(b)
[06:05.87]riverban
[06:07.39]curren
[06:08.64]watershe
[06:10.44]narrow
[06:12.19]tid
[06:13.42]tributar
[06:14.91]flood plai
[06:16.61]rapid
[06:18.04]river ben
[06:19.69]shallow
[06:21.26]inle
[06:22.69]white wate
[06:24.26]sil
[06:25.72]mu
[06:26.80]gullie
[06:28.28]erosi
[06:30.16]shipping arter
[06:31.89]flood wate
[06:33.61]sedimen
[06:34.71]river basi
[06:36.41]Word Buildin
[06:38.16]offi
[06:39.83]officia
[06:41.55]commerce
[06:43.23]commercial
[06:44.82]prejudice
[06:46.73]prejudicial
[06:48.53]sacrifice
[06:51.04]sacrificial
[06:53.28]artifice
[06:55.32]artificial
[06:57.07]face
[06:58.53]facial
[06:60.00]race
[07:01.38]racial
[07:02.58]palace
[07:04.28]palatial
[07:05.93]Part
[07:07.78]Pre-listening Exercises
[07:10.24]Exercises 1(b)
[07:12.98]valle
[07:14.26]cover
[07:15.59]centra
[07:17.21]par
[07:18.26]joi
[07:19.64]syste
[07:21.08]gre
[07:22.17]transportatio
[07:23.79]can
[07:25.15]betwee
[07:26.80]A.D.6
[07:29.88]ol
[07:31.24]lon
[07:32.94]lock
[07:34.48]bridge
[07:35.94]longes
[07:37.48]gran
[07:39.02]populate
[07:40.72]Exercises 2(b)
[07:43.26]oldes
[07:45.06]culturall
[07:46.89]economical
[07:48.85]ma
[07:50.23]lan
[07:51.72]ric
[07:53.44]rice-growin
[07:55.40]sit
[07:56.92]locatio
[07:58.96]on to
[08:00.50]roa
[08:01.70]belo
[08:03.32]railway li
[08:05.28]completel
[08:07.16]worker
[08:08.70]engineer
[08:10.92]proun
[08:12.23]succes
[08:14.29]hear
[08:15.78]countr
[08:17.32]Comprehension Exercise
[08:20.09]Exercises 3(b)
[08:22.41]Guest:Why do people call the Yangtze Valley the heart of Chin
[08:26.04]Host:Because the whole valley of the Yangtze covers about 1.81 million square kilometre
[08:35.53]and it’s the central part of my country .Many smaller rivers join the Yangtze to make a great transportation syste
[08:46.11]The Grand Canal is in the valley .It runs between the Yangtze and the Huai He River
[08:54.07]The canal was finished in about 610 A.D.,so it’s very old
[09:02.04]It is just over 1700 kilometres long and has 24 locks and about 60 bridge
[09:11.89]In fact ,it’s the world’s longest and oldest canal.
[09:17.30]The Yangtze and its provinces are some of the most populated areas in China
[09:24.38]They are also culturally and economically important parts of the country
[09:30.83]Some of the main cities on the Yangtze are Chongqing ,Wuhan ,Jiujiang ,Anqing ,Nanjing and Shanghai
[09:43.31]The land in Jiangsu Province is rich because of the river,so it is one of the main rice-growing areas in China.
[09:54.83]An important site on the river is at Nanjing.That’s the location of the famous Yangtze River Bridge.
[10:04.29]It’s one of the longest bridges in China.On top of the bridge ,there’s a road that’s 4500 metres long
[10:14.22]Below the road is a railway line that’s about 6700 meters
[10:20.41]The bridge was built completely by Chinese workers and engineers in the 1960’s
[10:27.59]The people were very pround of their success.
[10:31.90]Pronunciaton Exercise
[10:34.67]Exercises 4(b)
