新课标人教版课件系列高中英语选修选修(模块）模块）9-9-3.3Integrating Integrating ()Listening Page 67Discuss with a partner what is happening in each of the photographs below.Surf lifesaving clubs are popular in Australia.They were originally formed to provide a rescue service for swimmers who get into danger on beaches.The clubs are voluntary organizations whose members patrol the beaches for free.As well as carrying out lifeguard duties,the clubs hold many social events and competitions related Background informationto the beach and swimming.Children between 7 and 15 can join as junior members,called nippers.The club provides activities for junior members at weekends and in the holidays.They receive training in lifesaving as well as taking part in healthy exercise at the beach.As much of Australias coastline can be dangerous for inexperienced swimmers,surf lifesavers determine the safest place for peopleto swim and place flags on the beach to show people where it is safe.Bathers are encouraged to“swim between the flags.Businesses and the community in general raise money or donate equipment such as boat and canoes,sun shelters,lifesaving equipment and flags.On weekends,when volunteer lifesavers are at work,some town councils pay lifeguards to patrol the most popular beaches.Several times during the summer,surf lifesaving clubs hold carnivals at which they display their lifesaving skills and hold competitions between different clubs.Each club has a different uniform,consisting of a swimming costume and a T-shirt.Lifesavers also wear caps in their club colors so that they can be easily identified when they are in the water.Surf lifesaving boatNippers marchingSurf board rescue and flagSurfersRescue boatNippers and flag Activity 2 Activity 31.What part of Australia does Ross come from?Tasmania.2.When Ross lived in Australia,what did he kike to do each evening?He kikes to surf.3.How much does the government pay the surf lifesavers who keep the beaches safe?It costs nothing.Surf lifesavers are volunteers,they work for free.4.How old are nippers and what do they do?They are between 7 and 15.They train to be lifesavers and take part in games and competitions.3.What was Rosss favorite activity at the surf club?He liked to go to parties.Listen once more and give your definition.1.surf2.surf lfesaver3.surf lifesaving club4.nipper5.ironman/woman competitionsurf(v.):to ride the waves into the beach on a surf board;surf(n.)the waves in the sea that are close to the shore and have white foam on the top.surf lifesaver:someone who rescue people who get in trouble in the wavessurf lifesaving club:a social and sports cub that patrols beaches to keep swimmers safe.nipper:a junior member of a surf lifesaving club(between 7 and 15 years old)ironman/woman competition:a competition of three different races-a swim,a foot race and a paddling race in a canoe or on surf board.Listening text Listening text Carol(C)and Ross(R)both go to university in England.They meet up after lectures one day and decide to go for a coffee.R:Ooh.Thats better.It was cold out there!Look theres a table over there by the fire.C:Great.Ill get the coffee and you grab the table.R:Thanks,Carol.Ill get the next one.C:Fine,so how do you like this cold.R:Well,I come from Tasmania so Im used to cold winter weather.But its summer over there at the moment and Id sure like to be there.C:What would you be doing if you were at home?R:Id probably be heading down to the beach.I go down there most evenings to surf.C:Oh,so you surf,do you.R:Yeah.Ive been surfing since I was a nipper.C:A what?R:Oh,sorry.Thats what we call junior lifesavers back home.C:(laughs)Hang on.Whats a junior lifesaver?.R:Well,you know how we have lifesavers on all our popular beaches?C:No,I didnt know that.It must cost the government a lot of money to put lifesavers on so many beaches.R:No.They are volunteers.Its like a sports cub.They train to save lives and when they arent watching over the people on the beach they have all sorts of competitions with other clubs.C:Like what?R:Well,they have surf lifeboats that they go out to rescue people and at carnivals,they race with boats from other clubs.And then there are ironmenand women competition.C:I have seen them on television.Its three races,isnt it?A swim,a foot race and a race paddling a canoe or a surfboard.R:Yes thats right.Surf lifesaving clubs also have lots of other competitions and social events.C:So nippers are the young surf lifesavers?R:Yeah.Theyre between 7 and 15 They are training to be lifesavers when they are older,and they have all sorts of games and competitions suitable for their age group.C:So were you eve an iron man?R:(laugh)Not me.I was too much into having a good time at surf club parties.C:Yes,I can imagine thatSpeaking&ListeningPre-listening (Discussion)P711.Why do countries have flags?2.What can flags tell you about a country?Think of some examples.3.What does Chinas national flag tell us?4.What other organizations do you know that have flags?What do t