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Unit 2 听力原文PartⅠBH—House agent W—Woman M—ManH: …right, if you’d just come this way.W: Thank you.M: Yes.H: Er…on the right here we have the…er…the bathroom, which as you can see is fully…fully fitted. If we just move forward now, we…er…come into the er…main … main bed-sitting room here. And…er…on the left here are dining room table and chairs.W: Oh yes.M: Yes.H: And er…straight ahead of us…um…foldaway double bed and mattress, which I think you’ll agree is quite a novel idea.M: Oh yes.H: And then…um…to…W: Behind the armchair.H: Yes, behind the armchair. To our right, um…in the corner there, a fitted wardrobe. And another one on my left here.W: On either side of the bed?H: Yes, that’s right. That’s right, so you can put all you…er…night attire or what … whatever jyou like in here.M: Yes, that’s good.H: (facing the door) Then, there…the…we have the sofa here…er…in front of the…um…the window.M: Oh, yes.H: Er…so there’s plenty of light coming through into the room and as you can see there’s a nice view through the windows there.W: No curtains, though.H: No curtains, but we’ve got roller blinds.W: Oh.H: Yes, they’re nice and straight forward. No problems about that—don’t have to wash them of course. And…um…on the left of the…er…sofa there, you can see nice coffee tables.H: If…if we move straight a … straight ahead, actually, into the …er… the kitchen you can see that um…on my left here we’ve got a washing machine, tumble dryer and …um…electric cooker…W: Oh yes.M: Mmm.H: All as you can see to the most modern designs. And there um…on the other side of the kitchen…um…refrigerator there in the…in the corner.M: Oh yeah, yes.W: Oh, what a nice little cubbyhole! Yes, very neat.H: Yes. Well…um… I don’t know whether you’ve got any questions. That’s it of course.W: Well, could…could we perhaps see the bathroom, because we…we didn’t see that?H: OK, yes, yes, Let’s…um…let’s go on out of here and…um…end up in the bathroom…CD—Dave R—RandallD: Hi Randall. (Hi.) Come on in.R: Uh, yeah, I stopped by to see if you were still looking for a roommate to share your house.D: Yep. I sure am. Ever since I cut back on my working hours to go to school, I’ve been really strapped for cash.R: Oh.D: Hey, let me show you the place. Uh, here’s the living room.R: Oh. It looks like you could use a new carpet…and those stains?D: Well, I’ve had a few problems with some former roommates. I know it needs to be cleaned, but I just don’t have the money to do it right now.R: Oh. And what about the kitchen?D: Right this way. Look. It’s completely furnished with all the latest appliances, except…R: What?D: Well, the refrigerator door is broken…a little bit…and it won’t shut all the way. It needs fixing, but don’t worry. I’ve just impoversihed by pushing a box against it to keep it shut.R: Hmm. Great.D: Ah. It isn’t that bad.R: Well how about the bathroom?D: Well…R: No, no. Don’t tell me. The toilet is clogged or the sink has a few leaks.D: No, those work fine, but, uh, the tile in the shower needs to be replaces, and the window needs fixing.R: Let me see. The tile…what? The window? Where’s the window pane?D: Well, that’s another slight problem. I’ve put up a piece of cardboard to keep out the (Hmmm) rain and snow, and if it gets a little cold, you can always turn up the heat. Well, you used to until the central heating went out. (Oh, boy.)R: Hey, I think I’ve seen enough. I can’t believe you’ve survived under these conditions.D: So what do you think? You really can’t beat a place like this for $450 a month. So it has its problems, but we can fix those.R: Uh, no thank you. I think I’ve seen enough.Part Ⅱ1. My dream house would be a canal boat. I’d like to wake up every morning and see the water. Erm, I’d paint it bright red, and it would have a little roof-garden for all my pot-plants.2. My ideal house would be modern, ermm, it would be made of bricks, and it would have white pillars outside the front door, and it would be detached…on yes, it would have a garage.3. My ideal home would be to live in a cottage in a small village by the sea. Er, somewhere like Cornwall, so it’s unspoilt and there are cliffs and trees around.4. I think if I could have any sort of house, I’d like one of those white-walled villas in Spain. (It’d) Be marvelous to be able to just fall out of bed and into the sea first thing in the morning. (It’d) Be absolutely great. All that heat. Marvelous.5. I’ve always wanted to live in a really big house in the country, a big family house with, er…at least two hundred years old, I think, with a big garden, and best of all I’d like to have a dry-stonewall around the garden. I’ve always lived dry-stone walls.6. D’you know, I may sound daft but what I’ve always wanted to do is live somewhere totally isolated, preferably somewhere enormous like a castle or something, you know, right out in…by the sea or even sort of in a little island, on an island, you know, out at sea, where you have to get there by a boat or something, where it’s cut off at high tide. I think it’d be really great. Questions1. According to the first speaker, in what color would her dream house be painted?2. Where would she put all her pot-plants?3. In the second speaker’s opinion, what would there be outside the front door of his ideal house?4. What would there be around the third speaker’s ideal home?5. When the fourth speaker got up in the morning, what would he do first?6. What is Spain famous for?7. According to the fifth speaker, what would she like to have around the garden of her dream house?8. How should one get to the last speaker’s ideal house?Part ⅢW—Wendy Stott H—House ownerW: Oh hello. (Hello.) My name’s Wendy Scott. Did the estate agent ring you and tell you I was coming?H: Oh yes, yes I was expecting you. Do come in. (Thank you.) Have you had the particulars and everything? Did the estate agent give you, you know, all the details?W: Oh yes. Yes I have, and I was rather interested; that was why I came round this afternoon. You seem to have decorated quite recently…H: Yes, oh, yes, it was decorated last year. Now this is the … this is the kitchen.W: Yes…er… What kitchen equipment are you leaving behind or are you going to take it all?H: Well, you know it rather depends on what I end up buying. I’ve got something in mind at the moment but as you know these things can take ages (Yes.) but the place I’m going to has no gas so I’ll probably be leaving this stove, this oven here.W: Is it…is it quite new? Have you had it long?H: Oh, no, not long. It’s about five or six years old. (I see.) I’ve found it very reliable but I shall be taking that fridge but you can see everything else. It’s a fully fitted kitchen.W: Yes, what about the dishwasher…um…is that a dishwasher under the sink?H: No, no, that’s a washing machine, I shall be taking that, yes, I will but there is plumbing for a washing machine. (Right.)W: Is the gas cooker the only gas appliance you’ve got?H: No, no, there is a gas fire but I don’t use it very much; it’s in the main room, the lounge.W: Oh. Right. That seems fine.H: Well, then across here if you’d like to come in with me, this is the sitting room. (Oh. Yes.) Well you can see for yourself it is really.W: Oh I like the windows, right down to the floor, that’s really nice…H: Yes, yes, they are nice. It’s got a very pleasant view and there’s a balcony you can sit out on in the summer. (Yes, it’s a nice view.) Yes, it is nice. Now then across here this is the smallest bedroom; (Yes.) there are three rooms, this is the smallest and it’s no more really than a box room but of course you can get a bed in.W: You could make it into a study. It would be more useful I think.H: Yes, well I think somebody else has got this room as a study. Then this…this is the second bedroom. (Yes.) As you can see it’s got a fitted cupboard and those shelves there they are also fitted.W: Have you got an airing cupboard anywhere?H: Oh. Yes, there’s one in the bathroom. I’ll show you that in a moment. (Oh right.) Now this is the third bedroom, this is the largest bedroom. (Oh.) Of course it’s got the wash basin, double fitted cupboard, plenty of space really, there, (Very nice.) and of course this room does take the double bed. Now…um…this is the bathroom. There’s the airing cupboard. (Is that the airing cupboard?) Yes, that’s right. It’s nice and warm in there; it’s rather small but I mean it is adequate, you know, and of course there is…there is the shower.W: Is that, did you put that in yourself or was it in with the flat?H: Oh, no. No that was in when the flat was built.W: Is it quite reliable? (Oh yes.) because I’ve had problems with a shower recently? (Yes, no I’ve never had problems with that. No. It’s really good.) Is it gas heated at the water point?H: No, that is electric. (Ah.)Statements:1. Wendy Stott knows nothing about the flat before she comes to have a look at it.2. The flat was decorated five or six years ago.3. The house owner has used the oven and the stove for about five or six years.4. The windows in the largest bedroom are right down to the floor.5. There is a balcony in the sitting-room.Part ⅥInterviewer: how important are property prices in the economy?Roy: In the UK, most people invest most of their money in their house. So property prices are extremely important.Interviewer: Mmm. What’s you view on the UK property market? Do you think prices are too high?Roy: Well, in recent years, prices have gone up…ten to twenty percent a year, um…in some years even more. But inflation has been just two or three percent a year. So I think it’s clear that, um…the bloom has to end.Interviewer: Mmm. The last property market crash, in the UK, was in the late 1980s, and it put the UK economy into a recession. Do you think the same thing will happen again.Roy: I don’t think prices will crash. The…the economic situation was different in the late 80s…interest rates rose quite fast just before property prices fell. Today the Bank of England is much more careful with… with changes in interest rates. The other important difference, I think, is that then unemployment was quite high. Today, it’s very low—about five percent. So I don’t think prices will crash, but it is possible they’ll fall a little. Or stay at the same level for a few years.Interviewer: Banks have lent people a lot of money in recent years. People have got big mortgages. Do you think there’ll be a problem? Will people have less money to spend in the future?Roy: Oh, certainly. Because the loan haven’t just been mortgages — people have also borrowed money to spend in the shops. So far, that’s helped the economy, because spending has been high. But at the end of the day, people will have to pay the money back. So I think we’ll see lowerconsumer spending over the next few years.PartⅤApartment manager: well, hi, Mr. Brown. How’s your apartment working out for you?Tenant: Well Mr. Nelson. That’s what I would like to talk to you about. (What?) Well, I want to talk to you about that noise! (Oh) You see. Would you mind talking to the tenant in 4B and ask him to keep his music down, especially after 10:00 o’clock at night?Apartment Manager: Ohhh. Who me?Tenant: Why yes. The music is blaring almost every night, and it should be your job as manager to take care of these things.Apartment Manager: Hey, I just collect the rent. Besides, the man living there is the owner’s son, and he’s a walking refrigerator. (Well . . .) Hey, I’ll see what I can do. Anything else?Tenant: Well, yes. Could you talk to the owners of the property next door about the pungent odor drifting this way.Apartment Manager: Well, the area is zoned for agricultural and livestock use, so there’s nothing much I can do about that.Tenant: Well, what about the . . . . That, that noise.Apartment Manager: What noise? I don’t hear anything.Tenant: There, there it is again.Apartment Manager: What noise?Tenant: That noise.Apartment Manager: Oh, that noise. I guess the military has resumed its exercises on the artillery range.Tenant: You have to be kidding. Can’t anything be done about it?Apartment Manager: Why certainly. I’ve protested this activity, and these weekly (Weekly!) activities should cease . . . within the next three to five years.Tenant: Hey, you never told me about these problems before I signed the rental agreement.。
听⼒教程第⼆册unit2听⼒原⽂Unit 2Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accenta . It's on top of the bookcase.b. With milk, please.c. At five past one.d. At five past one.e. It's on top of the bookcase.f. With milk, please.Exercise:1.f2.c3.e4.b5.a6.dPart2 Listening and Note-takingRalph NaderRalph Nader is a man of few possessions. He owns very little and lives in a small apartment. He doesn't have a car or a TV set. He doesn't have many clothes and he doesn't care about money when he makes a lot of money, he gives it away. He doesn't smoke and he works from six in the morning until late at night, seven days a week: he is paying back to America his debt as a citizen.When he went to parties as a young man, people complained that all he talked about was the dangers of cars, and how bad car design caused the deaths of so many people each year. After he graduated from Harvard, he published an article entitled "Unsafe at Any Speed," which was about a car called Corvair. Later, he made a big attack on the car industry and showed how many deaths in car accidents were because of badly-made cars. He said new laws were needed to make cars safer. In 1966, because of Nader's work, a law was passed to make car safer.After this success, Nader became interested in something very different. This was thequality of meat and the amount of meat that is put into foods like sausages and hamburgers. A year later, in 1967, again because of Nader's work, a law was passed to ensure that products like sausages and hamburgers contained the right amount of meat. In 1968, three more laws were passed because of Nader's efforts. The first was to ensure the safety of gas pipelines -- these are the pipes that take gas across the country from one town to another. The second was to protect people from radiation --that is, the dangerous radiation which may leak from nuclear sources. The third was to ensure the proper standard of poultry -- that is, the chicken and turkey meat.Ralph Nader, now one of the most influential people in the United States, has set a wonderful example of what determined men and women can do to improve the quality of life in their country.Exercise A:1. Ralph Nader is a man of few possessions.2. He is paying back to America his debt as a citizen.3. He said new laws were needed to make cars safer.4. A law was passed to ensure that products like sausages and hamburgers contained the right amount of meat.5. Ralph Nader has set a wonderful example of what determined men and women can do to improve the quality of life in their country.Exercise B:Ralph NaderI.Ralph Nader, a man of few possessionsA. He owns very little and lives in a small apartment.B. He doesn't have a car or a TV set.C. He doesn't have many clothes.D. He doesn't care about money.II. His early efforts to make car saferA.He talked about the dangers of cars, and how bad car design causedthe deaths of so many people each year at parties.B.After he graduated from Harvard, he published an article entitled"Unsafe at Any speed.ter, he made a big attack on the car industry and showed howmany deaths in car accidents were because of badly-made cars.D. In 1966, because of Nader's work, a law was passed to make carssafer.III. His interests in something very differentA. The quality of meat and the amount of meat that is put into foods likesausages and hamburgersB. In 1968, three more laws were passed because of Nader's efforts.a. The first was to ensure the safety of gas pipelines.b. The second was to protect people from radiation.c. The third was to ensure the proper standard of poultry.IV. Ralph Nader. one of the most influential people in the United StatesA. He has set a wonderful example of what determined men andwomen can do to improve the quality of life in their country.Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialoguesDialogue 1Give Them Time to Get to Know YouFather: Well, whose fault do you think it is, then?Daughter: I don't know.Father: It couldn't be yours?Daughter: What? That I feel lonely because I haven't any friends there?Father: No, that you haven't got any friends.Daughter: But I've told you! They're not very friendly there. They never talk to me!They just leave me alone.Father: But why?Daughter: How should I know?Father: Isn't it possible it's because you're not very friendly towards them? Daughter: What do you mean?Father: Have you talked to them? Have you tried to make conversation? Daughter: I've told you! They're not interested in talking to me.Father: How do you know?Daughter: Because ... for example ... at lunch time, they all sit together in v groups! Father: Yes, but why don't you sit with one of the groups?Daughter: Don't be silly. I couldn't. It would be awful!Father: why?Daughter: It just would. That's all.Father: How do you know?Daughter: I just do!Father: Well, you'll never make friends if you don't try, will you? I mean, you've got to meet them, too, at least half way. Daughter: It just wouldn't work!Father: You know what I think. I think you're just saying that because you're impatient.Daughter: Impatient? Me?Father: Yes, impatient. You always have been, ever since you were a child. If you don't get what you want immediately, you get depressed and you give up tooeasily!Daughter: Look, if you came with me some morning, you'd understand ...Father: You've only been there for four weeks. These things take time. Daughter: I know, but I still feel ...Father: Listen, give them time to get to know you ... and give yourself time get to know them, and things will change. Believe me!1.T2.T3.F4.T5.T6.TDialogue 2 GesturesNumber 1Woman: You know, a "nod" -- moving your head up and down -- means “yes” in most places, but not everywhere. Did you know that in Greece a nod means "no"? Man: It means "no" in Greece? I'm surprised.Number 2Man: I didn't know "raised eyebrows" means "yes" in Tonga. It means something very different in Peru.Woman: Yeah? What does it mean there?Man: Money. "Raised eyebrows" is a gesture for money in Peru.Woman: Hmm.Number 3Woman: Um, Alberto, you said that "tapping your head" means "I'm thinking" in Argentina.Man: That's right.Woman: You'd better be careful about using that gesture here in Canada. It means someone is crazy.Man: Oh, it means "crazy" in Canada? I didn't know that. I'll be careful.Number 4Man: You know, it's interesting that in the Netherlands, "tapping your elbow" means you can't depend on someone. In Colombia, they use the same gesture, but ithas a different meaning.Woman: What does it mean in Colombia?Man: Well, it means someone is cheap. That person doesn't like to spend money. Woman: Oh.Number 5Woman: Here's an interesting one. You know how "circling your head" means that a person's crazy?Man: Yeah.Woman: Guess what it means in the Netherlands.Man: The Netherlands? I have no idea.Woman: It means someone is calling on the telephone. You know, like dialing a phone. Man: That's interesting.Number 6Man: So "flicking your chin" means "go away" in Italy, rightWoman: Yes.Man: Guess what it means in Brazil.Woman: In Brazil? I don't know.Man: That's right.Woman: Huh?Man: In Brazil, "flicking your chin" means "I don't know."Woman: "I don't know" is the meaning?Man: Right.Number 7Woman: Well, everything is "thumbs up" for my trip to Nigeria. I've never been to Africa before. I'm really looking forward to it.Man: Ah, you'd better be careful with that expression in Nigeria.Woman: Huh?Man: Thumbs up. In Nigeria, it means ... um ... well, it has a very bad meaning.Don't use that gesture. It will get you into a lot of trouble.Woman: Oh, thanks for telling me.Number 8Man: You said "tossing your head" means "come here" for Germans? Woman: That's right. But there are some other meanings. In India, it means "yes."But it has the opposite meaning in Italy. In Italy it means "no."Man: Hmm, "yes" in India, "no" in Italy. Isn't it interesting how the same thing can have such different meanings? Woman: It sure is.Part 2 passagesWhy Shouldn't you Go by First Impressions?One shouldn't always go by* first impressions. In my hometown there lived a giant of a man with huge hands and a manner so fierce and unfriendly that he always sat alone in any public place. Yet to those who knew him, he was a kind and generous friend. In the same way one should never assume* that somebody who looks inoffensive is always going to behave in an inoffensive manner.Recently my young brother, who works for a famous American airline, was reminded of this truth. The plane was overbooked and for once all the passengers turned up. So my brotherhad the difficult task of choosing three passengers and informing them that they couldn't travel on the flight in question*. Knowing that the young are generally impatient and often aggressive, my brother chose three elderly travelers, an English couple and a little old American lady.The English couple accepted the situation and went to have a drink while waiting for the next flight. Then my brother approached the American lady, whose name was Mrs. Pepper, with a sad smile on his face, "Mrs. Pepper? May I have a few words? I'm afraid we have a problem.""A problem? What de you mean, we have a problem, young man?"“Would you like to come into the office” asked my brother, sensing that this was not going to be easy."Oh, very well, but only for a moment. I have a plane to catch, you know.""Er ... yes." My brother explained the position.The little lady looked at him with steely, blue eyes. "Young man," she said. "I don't believe you are aware that you are talking to Mrs Katherine Pepper, widow of General Arnold Pepper, of the United States Army Air Force and I'd like to inform you, further, that the President of your airline was a personal friend of the General's. In the circumstances I'd advise you to sort this out* right away, otherwise you're going to be in a lot of trouble. Do I make myself clear?" Exercise A:Appearances are often deceptive. In this passage, the two examples tell us the reason why we shouldn't go by first impressions.Exercise B:I.C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. BExercise C:1. To those who knew him, he was a kind and generous friend.2. The plane was overbooked and for once all the passengers turned up. So he had thedifficult task of choosing three passengers and informing them that they couldn’t travel on the flight in question.3. They had a very close relationship.4. Probably he would never trust his first impressions again.Part 3 NewsNews ltem 1The simultaneous* bombings of three underground trains and a double-decker bus in London three years ago are imprinted* on the minds of many people in Britain.But our memories of the attacks are unreliable, according to a study from Portsmouth University. 40% of British students questioned about the events remembered seeing CCTV footage* of the bus bomb - footage which never existed. A further 28% claimed to have seen a non-existent computerized reconstruction.Some even recalled specific details of the attacks, which none of them witnessed."Memories are not like videotape you can rewind and replay for perfect recall," said lead researcher James Ost. "Because of this, they are not reliable enough to form the basis of legal decisions."Exercise A:This news item is about the false memories that British people have about the attacks happened in London three years age. Exercise B:The simultaneous bombings of three underground trains and a double-decker bus in London three years ago are well remembered by many people in Britain.But our memories of the attacks cannot be trusted, according to a study from Portsmouth University. When questioned about the events 40% of British students remembered seeing CCTV footage of the bus bomb----footage which never existed. A further 28% claimed to have seen a non-existent computerized reconstruction. Some even recalled specific details of the attacks, which none of them witnessed. James Ost, the lead researcher, therefore concluded that memories are not reliable enough to form the basis of legal decision.News Item 2China begins three days of mourning for earthquake victims in Sichuan province, with a three-minute silence and half-mast flags.For three minutes a collective wail * was heard across the town of Beichuan as ° raid sirens* and car horns sounded the exact time when the earthquake hit China one week ago. Workers here laid wreaths* outsidethe town's school. At 2:28 in the afternoon, last Monday, it was engulfed* in a landslide*, hundreds of children died.To the side of the mourners, bodies lay waiting to be buried. Rescue work has resumed and two women were found alive here this morning, but these glimmers* of hope are increasingly rare. The aftershocks* continue.Exercise A:This news about the mourning for earthquake victims in Sichuan, ChinaExercise B:1.The Chinese people mourned the earthquake victims with a three-minute silence andhalf-mast flags.2.At 2:28 p.m., last Monday.3.Hundreds of children were killed in a landslide.4.The hopes of finding more people alive were increasingly rare.5.No, aftershocks continued.News Item 3Indonesia is expected to announce stronger security measures Wednesday after a deadly bombing in Jakarta*. At least 13 people were killed when a car bomb exploded near a hotel. 149 people were injured. The hotel is operated by a United States company. The governor of Jakarta said it was very likely that the bomber was killed in the attack. Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri visited the damaged hotel. Buildings nearby also were damaged. Theexplosion comes 2 days before an Indonesian court decides the first case connected to the deadly bombings last year in Bali*. Those attacks killed 202 people.Exercise A:This news item is about the 2nd serious bombing that took place in Indonesia within 2 years.Exercise B:1. F2. T3. F4. F5. T6. TSection three oral worksRetellingAs Susan and her daughter Jenny walked around the park they were hounded by beggars. The girl was shocked when she saw a skeletal young beggar woman wrapped in a gray shawl*. Her eyes were sunken* and she held out a bony hand like she was receiving communion, As she did, her shawl fell away revealing a young child standing under it.Jenny just started throwing her money into that bony hand. Susan grabbed her before she could start taking off her jewelry, and the mother decided to have a talk with her about the beggars when they got back to the hotel.They boarded the return bus. They were stopped at a red light when Jenny stood straight up and screamed, "Mother? Susan went to her window and she pointed to a taxi next to the bus. There, in air conditioned comfort, sat the beggar woman with her child next to her, eating an ice cream cone.。
Unit Two A Sweet, Sweet HomeI Teaching focusThe training focus of this unit is the understanding of spatial relationships and the understanding of some descriptions of houses and furniture.II Teaching facilitiesMulti-media language lab, computer, video, mp3III time neededThree periodsIV Teaching procedure and contentsStep 1 Lead-in activityDiscussion: What is your ideal house? (5 minutes to discuss)What would your ideal house look/be like?Describe your ideal home. What would it look like?How many bedrooms/bathrooms would you have?What other types of rooms would you have (office, library, etc.)?What would your backyard be like (pool, patio, etc.)?Where would your home be located?Approximately how much would this ideal home cost in this area?Step 2 listen to the tape and do the exercises.Part I Getting ReadySection BLearn some words about furniture in your house.House agentFoldawayMattressRefrigeratorA fitted wardrobe衣柜Electric cooker 电炉Tumble dryer (machine for drying laundry):a machine that dries wet laundry by revolving it through heated air in the rotating metal drum of a dryer转筒式干燥机Roller blinds: 百叶窗Cubbyhole: small space or room, a small storage compartmentNight attireA novel idea: a new or strange idea.Curtain/curtainsScript:House agent: … right, if you'd just come this way.Woman: Thank you.Man: Yes.House agent: Er… on the right here we have the … er … the bathroom, which as you can see is fully … fully fitted. If we just move forward now, we … er … comeinto the er … main … main bed-sitting room here. And… er … on the left aredining room table and chairs.Woman: Oh yes.Man: Yes.House agent: And er… straight ahead of us … um … foldaway double bed and mattress, which I think you'll agree is quite a novel idea.Man: Oh yes.House agent: And then… um… to …Woman: Behind the armchair.House agent: Yes, behind the ar mchair. To our right, um … in the corner there, a fittedwardrobe. And another one on my left here.Woman: On either side of the bed?House agent: Yes, that's right. That's right, so you can put all your … er … night attire or what… whatever you like in there.Man: Yes, that's good.House agent: Then, there … the … we have the sofa here … er … in front of the … um …the window.Man: Oh yes.House agent: Er … so there's plenty of light coming through into the room and as you can see there's a nice view through the windows there.Woman: No curtains, though.House agent: No curtains, but we've got roller blinds.Woman: Oh.House agent: Yes, they're nice and straight forward. No problems about that — don't have to wash them of cour se. And … um … on the left of the … er … sofa there,you can see nice coffee tables.If … if we move straight a … straight ahead, actually, into the … er … thekitchen you can see that um … on my left here we've got a washing machine,tumble dryer and … um … electric cooker …Woman: Oh, yes.Man: Mmm.House agent: All as you can see to the most modern designs. And there um… on the otherside of the kitchen… um… refrigerator there in the… in the corner.Man: Oh yeah, yes.Woman: Oh, what a nice little cubbyhole! Yes, very neat.House agent: Yes. Well… um… I don't know whether you've got any questions. That's it of course.Woman: Well, could… could we perhaps see the bathroom, because we… we didn't see that?House agent: OK, yes, y es. Let's… um… let's go on out of here and… um… end up in the bathroom …Keys:Section CTile 瓷砖Clog 阻塞window pane窗玻璃Keys: 1.(F) 2.(T) 3.(F) 4.(F) 5.(T) 6.(F) 7.(T)Part II The dream houseTalk time: Every one has a dream, what is your dream house? (5 minutes for preparation)Some guiding words:Detached house 独立式房屋; Villa 别墅; Castle 古堡; Cottage 小屋Pot - plant 盆栽植物Script：1.My dream house would be a canal boat. I'd like to wake up every morning and see the water.Erm, I'd paint it bright red, and it would have a little roof-garden for all my pot-plants.2.My ideal house would be modern, ermm, it would be made of bricks, and it would have whitepillars outside the front door. And it would be detached … oh yes, it would have a garage.3.My ideal home would be to live in a cottage in a small village by the sea. Er, somewhere likeCornwall, so it's unspoilt and there are cliffs and trees around.4.I think if I could have any sort of house, I'd like one of those white-walled villas in Spain. (It'd)Be marvelous to be able to just fall out of bed and into the sea first thing in the morning. (It'd) Be absolutely great. All that heat. Marvelous.5.I've always wanted to live in a really big house in the country, a big family house with, erm …at least two hundred years old, I think, with a big garden, and best of all I'd like to have a dry-stone wall around the garden. I've always loved dry-stone walls.6.D'you know, I may sound daft but what I've always wanted to do is live somewhere totallyisolated, preferably somewhere enormous like a ca stle or something, you know, right out in …by the sea or even sort of in a little island, on an island, you know, out at sea, where you have to get there by a boat or something, where it's cut off at high tide. I think it'd be really great.Part III Flat huntingmake into You can make it into a study.estate agent 房地产经纪人leave behind 留下come around 恢复知觉gas cooker 煤气灶gas fire 煤气取暖器gas stove 煤气炉electric shower 电热水器electric cooker 电炉plumbing: system of piping that carries water from or out of a building 下水道dishwasher 洗碗器washing machine 洗衣机oven 烤箱Some additional words:lounge 休闲室airing cupboard : warm cupboard where laundry can be aired or kept dry 晾衣橱It’s got a very pleasant view and there’s a balcony you can sit out on in the summer.basin 水池，盆Section ASection BScript:Wendy Stott: Oh hello. (Hello.) My name's Wendy Stott. Did the estate agent ring you and tell you I was coming?House owner: Oh yes, yes I was expecting you. Do come in. (Thank you.) Have you hadthe particulars and everything? Did the estate agent give you, you know, allthe details?Wendy Stott: Oh yes. Yes I have, and I was rather interested; that was why I came round this afternoon. You seem to have decorated quite recently …House owner: Yes, oh, yes, it was decorated last year. Now this is the … this is thekitchen.Wendy Stott: Yes … er … What kitchen equip ment are you leaving behind or are yougoing to take it all?House owner: Well, you know it rather depends on what I end up buying. I've gotsomething in mind at the moment but as you know these things can takeages (Yes.) but the place I'm going to has no gas so I'll probably be leavingthis stove, this oven here.Wendy Stott: Is it ... is it quite new? Have you had it long?House owner: Oh, no, not long. It's about five or six years old. (I see.) I've found it veryreliable but I shall be taking that fridge but you can see everything else. It's afully fitted kitchen …Wendy Stott: Yes, what about the dishwasher … um … is that a dishwasher under thesink?House owner: No, no, that's a washing machine, I shall be taking that, yes, I will, but there is plumbing for a washing machine. (Right.)Wendy Stott: Is the gas cooker the only gas appliance you've got?House owner: No, no, there is a gas fire but I don't use it very much; it's in the main room, the lounge.Wendy Stott: Oh. Right. That seems fine.House owner: Well, then across here if you'd like to come in with me, this is the sittingroom. (Oh. Yes.) Well you can see for yourself it is really.Wendy Stott: Oh I like the windows, right down to the floor, that's really nice …House owner: Yes, yes, they are nice. It's got a very pleasant view and there's a balconyyou can sit out on in the summer. (Yes, it's a nice view.) Yes, it is nice. Nowthen across here this is the smallest bedroom; (Yes.) there are three rooms,this is the smallest and it's no more really than a box room but of course youcan get a bed in.Wendy Stott: You could make it into a study. It would be more useful I think.House owner: Yes, well I think somebody else has got this room as a study. Then this…this is the second bedroom. (Yes.) As you can see it's got a fitted cupboardand those shelves there they are also fitted.Wendy Stott: Have you got an airing cupboard anywhere?House owner: Oh. Yes, there's one in the bathroom. I'll show you that in a moment. (Ohright.) Now this is the third bedroom, this is the largest bedroom. (Oh.) Ofcourse it's got the wash basin, double fitted cupboard, plenty of space really,there, (Very nice.) and of course this room does take the double bed. Now …um … this is the bathroom. There's the airing cupboard. (Is that the airingcupboard?) Yes, that's right. It's nice and warm in there; it's rather small butI mean it is adequate, you know, and of course there is … there is theshower.Wendy Stott: Is that, did you put that in yourself or was it in with the flat?House owner: Oh, no. No that was in when the flat was built.Wendy Stott: Is it quite reliable (Oh, yes.) because I've had problems with a showerrecently? (Yes, no I've never had problems with that. No. It's really good.) Isit gas heated at the water point?House owner: No, that is electric. (Ah.)Part IV More about the topic: Property PricesSection A Keys: ADDAPart V Memory test: Housing ComplaintsV HomeworkListen to Part V after class;Research and collect more information on house estate in China;Dictate two news itemsVI ReferencesL isten this way (student’s book and teacher’s book 2 ) 主编：张民伦，高等教育出版社，2014 ; 。
Unit 2 Going outLead-inSitcom: There's a Great Movie Playing at the Glenwood.Video ScriptScene 1In the café, Bob, Cheryl, Marie, and Paul make plans for the weekend.Bob: Do you guys want to go out this weekend? There's a great movie playing at the Glenwood.Paul: A rock concert sounds better to me.Cheryl: I'd love to see a play.Marie: How about an opera?Bob: OK. There's a rock concert Saturday night at 8:00 P.M. Blue City is playing.Paul: Blue City. I love them. Sounds good.Cheryl: Not my style.Marie: I don't like rock.Bob: OK. There's a play tonight at midnight at the Second Avenue Theater. It's called Conversations with Food.Cheryl: Sounds great!Marie: At midnight? That's way past my bedtime.Paul: No, thanks.Bob: OK. Carmen is playing at the City Opera. 8:00 PM.Marie: Great! How much are the tickets? You're kidding!Paul: Whoa!Cheryl: No way.Bob: Great! It's a movie then! A Time to Run is playing at the Glenwood at 7:00 PM. Waitress: A Time To Run? Oh, don't go to that. It's just awful.Bob: OK. How about You Only Live Once? It's playing at the Kendall, also at 7:00 PM. Waitress: It's terrible.Bob: An Actor's Life?Waitress: Please.Bob: Anna Goes Home?Waitress: No.Bob: The Left Side of the Street?Waitress: I think there are no more tickets.Bob: So what's a good movie to see?Waitress: There's a French film playing at the Bijou at 8:00 PM.Bob: I'm not a French film fan.Waitress: It's a film about an opera singer …Marie: Perfect!Waitress: And a rock star ...Paul: Great!Waitress: Who meet at a play.Cheryl: Wonderful! Thank you.Bob: Yeah. Thanks a lot.Waitress: You're very welcome.Cheryl: It'll be fun, Bob.Scene 2A tourist enters the café and asks Paul for directions.Bob: But I'm not a French film fan.Tourist: Excuse me. I'm looking for the Rose Cinema.Paul: The Rose Cinema. Let's see. That's on the corner of Market Street and Park Street.Or is it Third and Grand? No, I think it's on Market between First and Second Avenue.OK. So. Go around the corner. Walk three blocks, no, five blocks to Harper Street.Turn left. Sorry. Right. Go another two blocks. No. Yes. Two blocks. To Fourth Avenue.Take a right. Yes. Walk about five blocks to Market Street. Go right again. Go straight two more blocks. The cinema is on your right. No. Sorry. Your left.Marie: Paul.Paul: What? (Marie whispers in Paul's ear.) You're looking for the Rose Cinema. Tourist: Yes.Paul: Go across the street.Tourist: And?Paul: It's across the street.Tourist: Thank you.Bob: And you're a tour guide?ListeningPart 1 Do You Want to See a Concert?ScriptEvan: Do you want to see a concert Saturday? Guitar Wolf’s at Maxwell’s.Mike: Well, thanks, but that’s not for me. I’m not really a rock fan.Evan: What about Segio Mendes? He’s playing Saturday at the Downbeat.Mike: Now that’s more my style!Evan: Great! There’s a show at eleven thirty.Mike: Eleven thirty? That’s past my bed time!Evan: No problem. There’s an early show at eight.Mike: Perfect! See you then.Part 2 Are You Free on Saturday?ScriptA: Are you free on Saturday? There’s a concert in the park near school.B: Really? What time?A: It’s at 2:30.B: I’m sorry. I’d love to go, but I’m busy until about 5:00.A: Oh, that’s too bad. Maybe we can go to a movie Saturday night instead.B: Great! What do you want to see?A: How about the new Tom Cruise movie?B: Sure. We can go to the 7:30 show.Part 3 What’s on?ScriptConversation 1M: Are you free on Sunday at 11:30? Nick Hornby’s going to be at the City Nights bookstore.F: Nick Hornby? I love his books. What’s he doing there?M: Giving a talk about his new novel How to Be Good. Want to go?F: Absolutely.Conversation 2F1: What’s playing at the Classic Film Center?F2: There’s an old Audrey Hepburn movie showing at 7:10 --- Roman Holiday. Interested? F1: Not really. I’m not an Audrey Hepburn fan.Conversation 3F: Oh, look. Oedipus Rex is at the Theater in the Circle.M: What’s Oedipus Rex?F: It’s a famous Greek play. It’s great. There’s a performance tonight at eight o’clock. Do you want to go?M: At eight? Maybe.Conversation 4M1: I’m in the mood for a good concert. Is the festival still in town?M2: Only the Sao Paulo Symphony. They are playing Brahms’s First tonight.M1: Well, that sounds great. What time?M2: At 7:45. Let’s do it.Part 4 Entertainment EventsPassage 1 WOMADScriptWOMAD festivals celebrate the international language of music.The largest music festival in the world is WOMAD. WOMAD stands for World of Music, Arts, and Dance. The first WOMAD festival was in 1982, in Somerset, England. Since then, WOMAD has held more than 120 festivals in 21 countries. It has featured over 1,000 musicians, dancers, and artists from 90 different countries. Concertgoers hear rock, jazz, and folk music from all over the world, and go to workshops to learn about the music and instruments they hear.Passage 2 Facial Make-ups Represent Different CharactersScriptAn art peculiar to the Chinese stage, the facial make-ups are various designs of lines and colored patches painted on the faces of certain characters.The red face shows bravery, uprightness and loyalty. A typical "red face" is Guan Yu, general of the period of the Three Kingdoms.The reddish purple face likewise shows a just and noble character, for instance, Lian Po in the well-known play Jiang Xiang He.The black face indicates either a rough and bold character or an impartial and selfless personality. Typical of the former are General Zhang Fei, and of the latter is Bao Gong. The white face highlights all that is bad in human nature. A typical character is Cao Cao, powerful and cruel prime minister in the time of the Three Kingdoms.The facial make-ups date back to the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties at least. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), improvements were made in the skills of drawing and in preparing the paints, leading to the whole set of colorful facial patterns that we see in today's Peking Opera.Lesson 2Lead-inInterview: Are You a Music Fan?Video ScriptInterviewer: Are you a music fan?lan: Depending on the music, yeah.Interviewer: So what kinds of music do you like?Ian: I like classic rock.Natalie: Hmm ... I like to see what's new. I like rock and roll and hip-hop and things like that.Martin: I like classical and jazz.Interviewer: When do you usually listen to music?Natalie: I listen to music whenever I'm waking up in the morning and getting ready and also whenever I'm getting ready to go out in the evening. So I always listen to music. Interviewer: So how often do you listen to music?Ian: Um ... At least twice a day.Interviewer: And where are you when you listen to music?Ian: In my office or in the car.Interviewer: Do you go to concerts?Martin: Yes, sometimes.Interviewer: And what concerts do you like to go to?Martin: Urn ... Classical music and opera.Interviewer: Do you have a lot of CDs or cassettes?Mauro: Yes, quite a lot.Interviewer: Could you tell me a little bit about the types of music you have?Mauro: Well, I like …, you know, rock and roll music and I like American music as a matter of fact.Natalie: I don't own very many CDs, but my husband owns lots of CDs, so I listen to his instead.Interviewer: Approximately how many CDs do you have?Martin: A few hundred.Interviewer: Wow, that's a lot.ListeningPart 1 I’m Looking for the Museum.ScriptA: Excuse me. I’m looking for the museum.B: The Museum of Art or the Museum of Natural History?A: The Museum of Art. It’s on Holly Boulevard.B: That’s just down the street. We’re on First Avenue. The museum is on the corner of First Avenue and Holly.A: On First Avenue and Holly?B: Yes. It’s on the left.A: On the left, on the corner of First and Holly? Thanks!Part 2 Make Plans to See an Event.ScriptConversation 1M: Barrington Festival. Can I help you?F: Yes, please. What are tonight’s concerts?M: We have two concerts tonight at Barring Festival Min Stage: Indian Ocean and Latin Jam.F: Indian Ocean? Is that New Age?M: Let’s see … No, Indian Ocean is a blend of Indian classical, rock, jazz, and reggae.Their show starts at eight-thirty.F: Sounds good. How much are tickets?M: Tickets are thirty-nine dollars.F: Thanks.Conversation 2M1: Harborview Theater box office.M2: Hello. I’m calling about today’s play.M1: Copenhagen?M2: Yes, thanks. How much are tickets?M1: They are twenty-five dollars.M2: And what time is the show?M1: Let me check … There are two shows today: at four-thirty and again at seven o’clock. Conversation 3M: Ambassador Theater. How can I help you?F: I’m calling for information about today’s Barrington Festival events.M: OK. We have a talk this afternoon at one o’clock by author John Banville. He’s reading from his novel The Untouchable.F: How much are tickets?M: The talk is free.F: Great. Thanks very much.Part 3 Get to Know Them.Passage 1ScriptThe LouvreAt the very beginning, the Louvre was built as a royal residence, begun under Francis I in 1546 on the site of a 12th-century fortress. It stopped to be used as a palace when the court moved to Versailles in 1682, and plans were made in the 18th century to turn it into a public museum. In 1793 the revolutionary government opened the Grand Gallery; Napoleon built the northern wing; and two major western wings were completed and opened by Napoleon III. Asteel-and-glass pyramid entrance designed by I.M. Pei opened in 1989. The painting collection is one of the richest in the world, representing all periods of European art.Passage 2ScriptThe Mozart EffectA few years ago there was quite a bit in the newspaper and popular magazines about "The Mozart Effect." Many people believed that simply listening to the music of Mozart would raise their I.Q. and marketers went to work making CD's of Mozart's music day and night. As a professional musician, I had a little problem with that idea then and I still do. However, after talking with my friend Don Campbell, author of "The Mozart Effect" I do understand that he did not try in any way to mislead the public into thinking that it does. His definition of "the Mozart Effect" is simply the use of any music at all for any healing purpose at all. That is a pretty wide concept. Because I did believe in this I offered him two stories from my own music medicine practice which he did subsequently include into the book. Still, confusion exists and I thought it might be helpful to make clear some of the original research.Passage 3ScriptThe Academy Award of OscarShortly after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was organized in 1927, they discussed ways to honor outstanding achievements in all areas of film production. They agreed to the creation of a trophy. Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley was selected to create the statuette, the figure of a knight standing on a reel of film, hands holding a sword.Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by a nickname, Oscar, the origins of which aren't clear.A popular story has been that Margaret Herrick, an Academy librarian and eventual executive director, thought it resembled her Uncle Oscar. After she said so, the Academy staff began calling it Oscar.By the sixth Awards Presentation in 1934, Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used the name in his column when he referred to Katharine Hepburn's first Best Actress win. The Academy didn't use the nickname officially until 1939. Now the Oscar statuette is one of the most recognized awards in the world.CheckpointA. Listening ComprehensionScriptConversation 1F: Hey. There’s a new art exhibit opening today at the Pine Street Gallery.M: Really? Who’s the artist?F: Jessica Miller-Smith. I love her paintings.M: Me, too. What time’s the opening?F: Seven o’clock. What do you think?M: Let’s go.Conversation 2M1: I feel like some loud music tonight.M2: Like what?M1: How about some rap or hip-hop? There’s a great concert at the Tip Top. M2: Hip-Hop at the Tip Top? You are kidding. Who’s playing?M1: Old School.M2: Oh yeah? What time is the show?M1: Ten o’clock.Conversation 3F1: What are you doing tonight at eight?F2: Nothing much. Why?F1: Well, I’ve got an extra ticket to Much Ado About Nothing.F2: Much Ado About Nothing? What’s that?F1: It’s a play … by Shakespeare. Do you want to go?F2: Sounds like fun! What time did you say?F1: Eight o’clock.。
