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课件网) Using language(2)： Listening Unit 2 A life’s work By the end of this period, students will be able to: 1. get the main idea of a conversation by listening; 2. raise the audience’s awareness of preserving traditional crafts. How do you understand the meaning of craftsmanship’s spirit Listen to the radio programme and choose its purpose. 1. To introduce famous traditional crafts to the audience. 2. To raise the audience’s awareness of preserving traditional crafts. 3. To replace traditional crafts with modern technology. 4. To tell the stories of some famous craftworkers. Traditional crafts Clog making _____ Reasons for their dying out _____ has fallen. Substitutes are _____ and much cheaper, while the cost of _____ for craftworkers is high. The younger generation is _____, which can take years to master. Listen again and complete the table. Basket making with oak The demand for these crafts mass-produced with modern technology the materials involved not interested in learning traditional skills Host: Welcome to the show. Today, we’re going to talk about traditional crafts that are dying out. My guest today is Emma Hadley, an expert in traditional crafts. Emma, what do you know about traditional crafts that are under threat Guest: Well, the UK was once known as the “workshop of the world”. But did you know that today there is only one craftsperson in the country making clogs Host: Clogs Like wooden shoes Guest: Yes. Clog making, it appears, is dying out. The same situation is there for basket making with oak. There are also very few oak basket makers left. Host: That doesn’t sound promising. But why are all these crafts under threat Guest: Well, one reason is simply that the demand for these crafts has fallen along with the times. For example, years ago, people took oak baskets with them when they went shopping. But what do you take with you now Listen again and read it aloud. Host: Erm...a bag Guest: Yes! No one goes shopping with a basket anymore. Host: That’s true. Guest: Well, the cost of making these crafts is also an important reason why traditional crafts like basket making are endangered. Substitutes like shopping bags are mass-produced with modern technology and much cheaper. But it takes a craftsperson a lot of time to make the same amount of traditional baskets, let alone the high cost of the materials involved. Host: I hate to admit it, but you are right. Guest: Another factor is that the younger generation is not interested in learning traditional skills. They can be difficult to learn and take years to master. Host: Indeed. Young people are more interested in learning more “modern” crafts, such as computer programming. Guest: Yes, and with fewer and fewer people learning them, these traditional crafts could die out completely. Host: That would be terrible! Is there anything we can do to stop this from happening Guest: Actually, there’s a lot we can do! Gover ... ...
