同学们好！咱们这门课程以听说为主，第一周的学习的过程以听为主，后面的几周会结合内容补充对话练习。

Let's watch a video first ,and after the video, I'd like you to answer my question, what is Costa in this video means? So, be careful and take a look.

From the video, we know Costa is a leading cruise line(邮轮公司) in Europe. Do you know any other cruise lines?what are they?

Introduction of some famous cruise lines are available here. Pay attention to the names of the companies, you should remember the spelling and pronounciations because you will need to write down some in the dictation afterwards.掌握以下这些公司拼写及发音！

Let' s read after me

Royal Caribbean International 皇家加勒比国际 MSC Cruises 地中海邮轮 Carnival Cruise Line 嘉年华邮轮 Disney Cruise Line迪士尼邮轮 Norwegian Cruise Line 诺唯真邮轮 Viking Cruises 维京邮轮 Crystal Cruises 水晶邮轮 Princess Cruises 公主邮轮 Costa Cruises 歌诗达邮轮 Star Cruises  星航邮轮

So today we will learn some knowledege about cruise. Let's begin today's lecture and prepare to have a dictation.

首先准备一张纸，在纸上上方写上姓名班级学号，根据题目要求，听录音，每个录音听两遍，把本周所有听力答案写在一同张纸上(不用抄题！)，注意要写清每个题号。最后把这张纸清晰拍照上传到本章节第四部分1.4“quiz”部分的答案里，如果上传不清晰，则不得分！

Part 1 introduction to cruise

Unit 1 difinition and birth of contemporary cruise当代邮轮的定义和产生

I.Listening and Speaking Skills

Exercise 1

Directions:Listen to the following sentences and write down the names of cruise ship you hear.

1.In 1934, we've probably heard of cruise ship,such as___________and__________.

2. ______________ is the world's largest cruise ship fleet international brand.

3. ______________ began in 1860 with the Costa family,in the European region is the largest cruise ship company.

4.___________ is the famous cruise company in the Asia Pacific region,was founded in 1993.The Asia Pacific region is a cruise industry leader of the pedestrians. 

5. _________ was founded in 1972.It's headquartered in Miami,and owns 25 world-class luxury cruise ship.

讲解：

found: 建立，注意，虽然find的过去式也是found，拼写一样，但是在这found是动词原形，过去式过去分词              都是founded

region: 区域=area

the Asia Pacific region: 亚太地区

headquarter: V.以...为总部 n 总部

luxury: 豪华的 = luxurious

Exercise 2

Directions:Listen to the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the names of cruise ship you hear.

I.For nearly a century,___________has been called the world's most famous luxury ship.

2.In 1987, ____________ was established,and in 1995 officially named the Mediterranean cruise.

3. As one of the most famous cruise ships, __________ the only cruise ship sailing to Mexico in 1965.

4._______________ was established in 1989,headquartered in Seattle.

5. _________ was established in1989,headquartered in Tokyo.

讲解：

establish: 建立=found

sail: 航行

II.Warm-up Activity

Directions:Listen to the sentences and write down the name of ship under each picture.