高中英语牛津版高三上学期04

[-2:15.00]27% twenty-seven per cent
[-2:16.00]8.25% eight point two five per cent
[-2:17.00]Money
[-2:18.00]We say the name of the currency after the numbers.
[-2:19.00]5,000,000: five million yuan
[-2:20.00]US$27,000 twenty-seven thousand US dollars
[-2:21.00]39,000,000 thirty-nine million pounds
[-2:22.00]Dates
[-2:23.00]We often write 4th May but we say the fourth of May.
[-2:24.00]Remember to pronounce the th sound clearly at the end of words
[-2:25.00]such as fifth,tenth and twenty-sixth.
[-2:26.00]the eleventh of December,nineteen ninety-three
[-2:27.00]Exercise A2
[-2:28.00]1.Worldwide,about 70,000,000 animals are killed each year for their fur
[-2:29.00]2.Tests on nine owl monkeys in the United States may lead to a cure for malaria,
[-2:30.00]which kills an estimated 1,200,000 children in Africa every year.
[-2:31.00]3.The first Body Shop opened on 27th March 1976.
[-2:32.00]The first day's sales were 130 pounds.
[-2:33.00]The trading profit in the six months up to 31st August 1991 was 10,480,000 pounds.
[-2:34.00]There were then 658 shops,
[-2:35.00]and a customer walked into a shop somewhere in the world every 0.7 seconds.
[-2:36.00]4.Ladies and gentlemen,I am pleased to report that last year our company,
[-2:37.00]Lucky Pet Food Limited,made a profit of US$629,051.
[-2:38.00]This was an increase of 37.89% compared with the previous years.
[-2:39.00]We sold 37,850,000 packets of dog biscuits,
[-2:40.00]compared with 29,050,000 packets last year.
[-2:41.00]Dog biscuits account for 48.84% of all sales.
[-2:42.00]MORE LANGUAGE INPUT(4)  pages 79 and 80
[-2:43.00]A Reading
[-2:44.00]Merits and Demerits of Packaging
[-2:45.00]In our modern society,we have to rely on different kinds of services.
[-2:46.00]Packaging is just one of them.
[-2:47.00]Without packaging,many goods,especially food,could not reach consumers.
[-2:48.00]Packaging prevents perishable food from early spoilage.
[-2:49.00]As a result,
[-2:50.00]it prolongs shelf life and makes distribution possible to a greater distance.
[-2:51.00]The function of waste reduction is also evident in food packaging.
[-2:52.00]According to a scientific report,
[-2:53.00]food wastage can be as high as between 20% and 50%
[-2:54.00]in some areas because of poor or lack of packaging.
[-2:55.00]Appropriate packaging can cut this number down to 2 to 3%.
[-2:56.00]It is estimated that for every 1% increase in packaging materials,
[-2:57.00]food wastage decreases by about 1.6%.
[-2:58.00]Apart from practical functions,modern packaging also has aesthetic value.
[-2:59.00]Good are made more attractive and inviting.
[-3:00.00]And for the consumers,this makes shopping more enjoyable.
[-3:-1.00]However,the service of packaging does not always enjoy a good reputation.
[-3:-2.00]Sometimes,people cannot help but feel puzzled
[-3:-3.00]by the enormous packaging of some goods,
[-3:-4.00]which often prove to have nothing to do at all with the protection of the goods inside.
[-3:-5.00]Such packaging can only lead to misunderstanding
[-3:-6.00]and waste of money on the part of the consumers
[-3:-7.00]and more seriously,it can cause a great deal of damage to the environment.
[-3:-8.00]Perhaps it is difficult to decide
[-3:-9.00]whether the service of packaging has more merits or demerits.
[-3:10.00]It seems quite obvious that modern packaging ,
[-3:11.00]to a certain extent,reflects the inner quality of the people or company
[-3:12.00]who produce the products.
[-3:13.00]B Listening
[-3:14.00]Consumers should follow these precautions to protect themselves
[-3:15.00]and the quality of their cosmetics.
[-3:16.00]1.Keep the containers of skin protection products tightly closed except when in use.
[-3:17.00]2.Keep the products out of sunlight;light can degrade their quality.
[-3:18.00]3.Don't use eye cosmetics if you have an eye infection,
[-3:19.00]and throw away all products you were using when you first discover the infection.
[-3:20.00]4.Never add any liquid to bring the product back to its original state.
[-3:21.00]Adding water could introduce bacteria that could easily grow out of control.