高等学校研究生英语系列教材综合教程下主编熊海虹

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Starting out—Task 2
Here are some suggestions from experts that will enable you to retain (or take back) much of your independence and improve your quality of life.
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Starting out—Task 3
Dear John,
I used to live a life just like yours. I can see myself in you when I finished my college and started my first job. I found a job as junior reporter for Chicago Daily so I moved from Houston to Chicago. I was working 18 hours a day in a place where I knew few people. My health finally broke down from too much work and poor diet. I stayed in hospital for two weeks. My parents came to Chicago and took care of me. After I was out of hospital, I quitted my job and moved back to Houston, where I found a job in a local newspaper. I visited my parents often and I had time to hang around with my friends whom I had known for years as well as those I newly made. I felt happy finally.

Reading Focus
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Global Understanding
Detailed Information Critical Thinking
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Language Points Vocabulary in Action
多亏铺天盖地的网络文本更别说当下时兴的手机短信可供我们阅读的东西很可能比上世纪七八十年代要多了那时我们选择的媒体还是电视
高等院校研究生英语系列教材
综合教程（下）
INTEGRATED COURSE
Unit 4
Science and Technology
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Starting out Reading Focus Reading More Practical Translation Focused Writing Final Project
1) Tim Berners-Lee (England) → g. the World Wide Web 2) Alexander Graham Bell (US, born in Scotland) → d. telephone 3) Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright (US) → i. airplane 4) Thomas Alva Edison (US) → h. electric light bulb 5) Cai Lun (China) → c. paper 6) Alexander Fleming (England) → a. penicillin 7) Leo Baekeland (US, born in Belgium) → e. plastics 8) Chester Floyd Carlson (US) → j. xerography 9) Wilhelm Conrad von Rö ntgen (Germany) → b. X-ray 10) Willis Carrier (US) → f. air-conditioner

Starting out
Preview and think about these questions: • What is the main point made by the speaker? • What examples does the speaker employ to
illustrate his point? • Do you think that video games as well have
__fo_r_m__s_o_f_c_o_m__m__u_n_ic_a_t_io_n_________________________________. d) The reason for tolerance of false/vulgar information:
Background Information
Mass media are now sharply criticized for distorting people’s perceptions of reality. A recent example for the immorality of mass media is that cigarettes ads target teen girls. Listen to the following audio clip to learn more details and then answer the questions. *
1 Introduction (Parat
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3 Wrap-up (Para. 17)
Reading Focus – Global Understanding
Introduction
A. Prelude (Paras. 1-2):

Starting out
Listen to the passage “Bored to Death” and fill out the blanks.
We’ve all been bored from time to time. Sometimes, when we’re really at loose ends, we might even say we’re ―bored to death‖ or ―_____________________!‖ We don’t really mean it, of course. so bored I could die But according to one study, it may be true. That is, it ________ seems _______________ possible literally to be bored to death. Researchers in England looked at surveys done in the mid 1980s–several thousand London civil servants questionnaires filled out by _______________________ about their jobs.
Starting out—Task 3
Task 3
Read the letter from John Doe and, with your partner, discuss how you could help him.
Dear Abby, I feel like I almost can’t breathe now. I work a ridiculous amount of hours and I don’t have time to relax. My parents live 1,400 miles away and I am here all by myself. I have no time to make friends. Sometimes I feel I don’t even have a life. What should I do? Kind regards, John