Outlining—the Standard Topic Outline Form
1. General Comprehension: Complete the following information according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) The speaker is more interested in the
future. He wants to first deal with transportation and
because they are
and
. And by the turn of the century they will
.
(2)
will be more practical to develop for terrestrial transportation. They can
and can
. But they are
and have
, so we will private hovercraft not be
.
(3) Considering the facts of
and other uses for
, we should get rid of the petrol engine.
2. Suggested abbreviations:
transportation: transp. communication: comm.
century: c. continent: cont.
hovercraft: ho. petroleum: p.
3. Note-taking: Make an outline for the first part of the lecture you have heard on the tape.
Outlining—the Standard Topic Outline Form
1. General Comprehension: Complete the following information according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) The speaker is more interested in the
future. He wants to first deal with transportation and
because they are
and
. And by the turn of the century they will
.
(2)
will be more practical to develop for terrestrial transportation. They can
and can
. But they are
and have
, so we will private hovercraft not be
.
(3) Considering the facts of
and other uses for
, we should get rid of the petrol engine.
2. Suggested abbreviations:
transportation: transp. communication: comm.
century: c. continent: cont.
hovercraft: ho. petroleum: p.
3. Note-taking: Make an outline for the first part of the lecture you have heard on the tape.
Title: Technology and the Future
Ⅰ. Warning: distant future, predicting for your children's generation.
Ⅱ. Transp. & Comm.
A. Transp.
1. Supersonic transports: no need to go beyond; 2,000 m/hour
2. Rocket vehicles: pole to pole in 1 hour; 15 minutes up, 15 minutes down, 30 minutes weightless; not enjoyable
3. Hovercraft: more practical; 1,000 ton and 10,000 ton end of c.
Political effect: go over land & sea; have ports at centre of cont.
Private ho.: not popular—noisy, poor efficiency & control
4. Automatic car: get rid of petrol engine
Reason: (1) air pollution
(2) other important uses for p.
5. New power source:
(1) fuel cells—marginal improvement
(2) 100 times lighter & more compact than present batteries