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听觉注意训练：1、听数报数法：让孩子听一组数字，如375985，然后立即报出来。
每天训练的数组可逐渐加长。
2、听数倒背：读给孩子一组数字，让孩子倒背出来，如426，孩子背624。
数组随训练的进程逐渐加长。
3、复述词语：家长从书中随意读出5个词，要求孩子复述；家长从书中读出6个词，要求孩子复述。
4、数数法：从3开始，隔3就数，如3、6、9、12、15……数到300；从300开始，隔三就数，数到3。
也可选择从其它数字开始。
不管怎样数，先记下时间，看多长时间数完。
然后看后一次数是否能快于前一次……5、读书训练:家长和孩子各拿一本相同的书，选一篇文章让孩子大声朗读，家长记下孩子读错的地方再让孩子从头读起，看读书的时间能否加快，错误能否减少。
6、智力游戏训练：买一些智力训练的书，找那些锻炼观察力、注意力、记忆力的文图，如走迷宫，在一堆图中找某样东西，找异同（同中找异，异中找同），比大小、长短，在规定的时间内把一页图中的物品记住，然后合上书让孩子报出来。
7、小学生圈数字训练（锻炼、发展注意力的方法）：圈数字训练是锻炼、发展注意力的一种常用方法。
所谓圈数字训练，是指从一组数字中用圆圈圈起某一指定数字，通过由浅入深的多次练习，借以提高注意品质。
小学生圈数字训练可分为四种类型进行：第一种，训练圈“3”字的能力，目的是锻炼注意的指向性和集中性；第二种，训练圈“3”字前面的一个数字，这事对注意转移的一种训练；第三种，训练圈“3”字前一位的“7”字，这种训练有助于发展注意的选择性；第四种，训练圈“3”和“7”中间的偶数或奇数，目的在于扩大注意的广度和分配能力。
（每次训练16个数字）训练中应当注意，每一种训练都需在3分钟内完成，每次连续练习的时间应控制20分总以内。
每天练习1-2次，30-60次为一个周期。
圈数字训练的评分方法是：计算圈对的、圈错的和漏圈的三种数据。
全部圈对的数字总和称为粗分。
圈错的加上二分之一漏圈的称为失误。
安徽外国语学院课程教学大纲一、课程基本信息二、课程教学目的英语视听说课程的教学目的是培养学生扎实的语言基本功和听说专业技能，即加强学生英语听力能力的同时着重发展学生的英语听说能力。
使学生在今后的工作和社会交往中能用英语有效地进行口头信息交流，同时培养和训练学生自主学习能力，提高综合文化素养，以适应我国社会发展和国际交流的需要，使学生能够真正具有良好的国际交流能力。
三、课程教学要求本课程教学大纲在教学要求上分为一般要求阶段(一年级)和较高要求阶段(二年级)，本课程属于较高要求阶段。
现将本课程的教学要求规定如下：1、词汇：通过本课程的学习，学生的词汇量应应达到4500个单词和700个词组，其中2000个单词和500个词组为积极词汇，即要求学生能够在认知的基础上学会熟练运用，包括口头表达以及书面表达两个方面。
2、语法：巩固和加深基本语法知识，提高在语篇水平上运用句法结构的能力。
3、听的能力：能听懂英语讲课内容，能听懂一般性英语谈话和一般性题材讲座。
能基本听懂英语国家慢速英语教学节目，语速为每分钟130词左右，能掌握其中大意，抓住要点和有关细节。
能运用基本的听力技巧帮助领会讲话者的观点和态度。
4、说的能力：能在学习过程中与老师、同学进行交流，并能就某一主题进行讨论。
能就日常话题和来自英语国家的人士进行交谈。
能就所熟悉的话题经准备后作简短发言，表达比较清楚，语音、语调基本正确。
能在交谈中使用基本的会话策略。
四、课程教学内容和学时安排五、教学内容Unit 1 Access to Success1. Teaching ObjectivesTalk about SuccessTake notes by using a keyword outlineRefer to what you said earlierTalk about a challenge / an achievementHave a basic understanding of public speaking2. Key PointsHow to grasp the listening skill: note-taking by using a keyword outlineHow to grasp the speaking skill: refer to what you said earlierImportant and useful words and expressions3. Difficult PointsMastering the listening skill: note-taking by using a keyword outlineMastering the speaking skill: refer to what you said earlierContent1.Opening up2. Listening to the world1) Sharing: How do they feel about trying new things?What stops them from trying new things?What have they achieved in their life that makes them feel proud?Who do they admire in terms of achievements and why?2) Listening: before listening; while listening; after listening3) Viewing: before viewing; while viewing; after viewing3. Speaking for 3communication1).Role-play2).Speaking skills: Referring to what you said earlier3).Group discussion: The most impressive challengea.Get ideasb.Discuss and organize ideasc.Present ideas4. Further practice in listening1) Short conversations2) Long conversation3) Two passages5. Wrapping upUse the following self-assessment checklist to check what you have learned in this unit.6. CET-6 Training: Vocabulary1) The importance of enlarging one’s vocabulary2) Skills for memorizing vocabulary3) Analysis with examples4) CET-6 model listening trainingUnit 2 Emotions speak louder than words1. Teaching ObjectivesTalk about different emotionsGet familiar with the usage of problem-solution pattern.Know some signal words2. Key PointsHow to grasp the listening skill:Predict the theme and relevant vocabulary before you listenGrasp some signal words3. Difficult PointsThe usage of the problem-solution patternThe understanding of the organization of a speechThe usage of organizing ideasContent1.Opening up2. Listening to the world1) Sharing: How are they feeling today? Why?Would you describe yourself as an optimist or a pessimist? Why?What’s the best thing that’s happened to you this year?2) Listening: before listening; while listening; after listening3) Viewing: before viewing; while viewing; after viewing3. Speaking for communication1).Role-play2).Speaking skills: Overall organization of a speech3).Group discussion: The most impressive experiencea.Get ideasb.Discuss and organize ideasc.Present ideas4. Further practice in listening1) Short conversations2) Long conversation3) Two passages5. Wrapping upUse the following self-assessment checklist to check what you have learned in this unit.6. CET-6 Training: Listening for Conversations1) Skills for listening to conversations2) Analysis with examples3) CET-6 model listening trainingUnit 3 Love your neighbor1. Teaching ObjectivesTalk about neighbors and communitiesDistinguish fact from opinion in listeningLearn how to tell a story2. Key PointsTalk about planning a communityKnow the rules of about language use in public speakingUseful expressions3. Difficult PointsHow to grasp the specific informationHow to distinguish fact from opinion in listeningHow to learn public speaking skillsContent1. Opening up2. Listening to the world1) Sharing: Do you know your neighbors? How well do you know them?What do you think makes a good/bad neighbor?2) Listening: before listening; while listening; after listening3) Viewing: before viewing; while viewing; after viewing3. Speaking for communication1).Role-play2).Speaking skills: language in public speaking3).Group discussion: Way of planning a new communitya.Get ideasb.Discuss and organize ideasc.Present ideas4. Further practice in listening1) Short conversations2) Long conversation3) Two passages5. Wrapping upUse the following self-assessment checklist to check what you have learned in this unit.6. CET-6 Training: Listening for Long Conversations1) Skills for listening to long conversations2) Analysis with examples3) CET-6 model listening trainingUnit 4 What’ s the Big Idea?1.Teaching ObjectivesTalk about inventions and creative ideasPredict the theme and relevant vocabulary before you listenPropose ideas and comment on ideas while brainstorming2.Key PointsHow to grasp the listening skill:Predict the theme and relevant vocabulary before you listenHow to grasp the speaking skill: brainstorming3.Difficult PointsLearn to use voice, body language and visual aids in speech deliveryThe understanding of the organization of a speechThe usage of organizing ideasContent1. Opening up2. Listening to the world1) Sharing: What items do they enjoy buying most?What sorts of things do they buy on impulse?What recent product or service do they think is impressive?2) Listening: before listening; while listening; after listening3) Viewing: before viewing; while viewing; after viewing3. Speaking for communication1).Role - play2).Speaking skills: Making guesses3).Group discussion: Your business ideasa.Get ideasb.Discuss and organize ideasc.Present ideas4. Further practice in listening1) Short conversations2) Long conversation3) Two passages5. Wrapping upUse the following self-assessment checklist to check what you have learned in this unit.6. CET-6 Training: Listening for Passages1) Skills for listening to passages2) Analysis with examples3) CET-6 model listening trainingUnit 5 More than a paycheck1.Teaching ObjectivesTalk about different jobsListen for contrastManage a meeting/discussion2.Key PointsHow to master different kinds of jobsHow to get familiar with the topic of managing a meeting3.Difficult PointsHow to grasp the specific informationHow to listen for contrastHow to learn public speaking skillsContent1. Opening up2. Listening to the world1)Sharing: Have you ever considered the potential disadvantages of your dream job? Are you prepared to accept them when you take the job?Suppose you see your dream job advertised. Unfortunately, it asks for several specific skills and you’ve only got some of them. What would you probably?2) Listening: before listening; while listening; after listening3) Viewing: before viewing; while viewing; after viewing3. Speaking for communication1).Role-play2).Speaking skills: Managing a meeting3).Group discussion: Talk about a typical day in lifea.Get ideasb.Discuss and organize ideasc.Present ideas4. Further practice in listening1) Short conversations2) Long conversation3) Two passages5. Wrapping upUse the following self-assessment checklist to check what you have learned in this unit.6. CET-6 Training: Listening for Recordings of Lectures or Talks1) Skills for listening to recordings of lectures and or talks2) Analysis with examples3) CET-6 model listening trainingUnit 6 Histories make men wise1. Teaching ObjectivesTalk about important events and people in historyMake inferencesExpress uncertaintyTalk about an imaginary historyMake an informative speech in chronological or spatial order2. Key PointsHow to master the history of different periodsHow to get familiar making inferencesUseful expressions3. Difficult PointsHow to grasp the specific informationHow to express uncertaintyHow to make an informative speech in chronological or spatial orderContent1. Opening up2. Listening to the world1)Sharing: Do you think life better know than in the past?If you could have lived through a different age or decade, which would you choose and why?2) Listening: before listening; while listening; after listening3) Viewing: before viewing; while viewing; after viewing3. Speaking for communication1)Role-play2)Speaking skills: Expressing uncertainty3)Group discussion:What would have happened if Zheng He had reached the Americas first?a.Get ideasb.Discuss and organize ideasc.Present ideas4. Further practice in listening1) Short conversations2) Long conversation3) Two passages5. Wrapping upUse the following self-assessment checklist to check what you have learned in this unit.6. CET-6 Training: Listening for News Reports1) Skills for listening to news reports2) Analysis with examples3) CET-6 model listening training。
2011年Vol.26No.1收稿日期：5作者简介：黄志颜（），女，广东罗定人，从事英语语言文学、英语教学方向的研究。
基金项目：本论文是教育部全国高职高专英语类专业教学改革课题：《以就业为导向的高职英语差异教学策略研究》的成果之一。
一、引言我们学院正面临迎评促建的关键时刻，教学改革也正如火如荼地进行着，考试改革也随之而来。
如何提高测试的效度已成为考试改革的重点研究内容。
一份质量高的试卷，必须紧扣教学大纲和考试大纲，从内容效度上反映出语言能力和语言知识的相互渗透，对基础知识和学习能力进行检测。
二、语言测试效度和内容效度语言测试的效度指测试的有效性，它关注的是语言测试的内容。
“考试的效度指的是考试在多大程度上测出预期要测量的东西，或者说考试在多大程度上完成了预期的测量任务，达到了预期测试的目标。
”(舒运祥，1999：51-52)有的学者明确将效度定义为“成功实现测试目的的程度”。
一项测试的效度越高，对分数的解释就越准确。
内容效度指的是试题的内容是否代表了它所测量的内容，主要指试题与教学大纲或考试大纲的相关性，试题抽样的代表性，试题与考生的合适性。
内容效度包括：内容的相关性和内容的覆盖面。
内容的相关性通常包括受试者语言能力的测试规范和测试方式的采用规范。
也就是测试内容和测试目的必须保持一致；内容的覆盖面则指测试中所代表的该考查的范围是否充分。
(BACHMAN ：2000)只有确保试题内容紧密相关于教学大纲、考试大纲等规定的内容，而且试题抽样充分代表或最大限度地覆盖了预定测试的内容，试卷才具有理想的内容效度。
我系参照《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》的要求和高职高专英语专业的教学特点，制订了《英语视听说(四)》的课程标准〔1〕和考试大纲。
考试大纲和教学大纲的要求保持一致，突出测试学生的英语视听说能力和交际能力。
三、试题的内容效度分析试题的内容效度具体体现在选材、题型题量和考查技能等几个方面。
(一)听力选材分析听力测试中，听力材料的选择影响着测试的效度。
英语视听1[单选题]It is the _______ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignorand a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other( )ACase ConditionBparameterCAdjacent ConditionDAdjacent Parameter我的答案:C解析：2[单选题]A word with several meanings is called __wordAa polysemousBa synonymousCan abnormalDa multiple我的答案:A解析：3[单选题]Language and thought may be viewed as two independent circlesoverlapping in some parts When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought as "subvocal speech," and speech as "_______"( )Avocal thoughtBsubvocal thoughtCcovert thoughtDovert thought我的答案:D解析：4[单选题]The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _______ formula"S→NP VP"( )AhierarchicalBlinearCtree diagramDvertical我的答案:B解析：5[单选题]___produce fast and fluent speech with good intonation and pronunciation but the content of their speechranges from mildly inappropriate to complete nonsense, often as unintelligibleABroca's aphasicBThe linguistic deprivationCThe damage on the angular gyrusDWernicke's aphasic我的答案:D解析：6[单选题]Of the following sound combinations, only _______ is permissibleaccording to the sequential rules in English( )AkiblBbkilCilkbDilbk我的答案:A解析：7[单选题]The function of the sentence “A nice day, isn't it? ”is __AinformativeBphaticCdirectiveDperformative我的答案:B解析：8[单选题]The semantic components of the word “gentleman ”can be expressed as __A+animate, +male, +human,-adultB+animate, +male, +human, +adultC+animate, -male, +human,-adultD+animate,-male,+ human, +adult我的答案:B解析：9[单选题]A linguist regards the changes in language and language use as ___AunusualBsomething to be fearedCabnormalDnatural我的答案:D解析：10[单选题]The most recognizable differences between American English and British English are in __ and vocabularyAusageBgrammarCpronunciationDstructure我的答案:C解析：11[单选题]According to Searle,those illocutionary acts whose point is to committhe speaker to some future course of action are called _______( )AcommisivesBdirectivesCexpressivesDdeclaratives我的答案:A解析：12[单选题]Predication analysis is a way to analyze _______ meaningAphonemeBwordCphraseDsentence我的答案:D解析：13[单选题]The famous quotation from Shakespeare's play “Romeo and Juliet ”‘Arose by any other name would smell as sweet ’well illustrates_______( )Athe conventional nature of languageBthe creative nature of languageCthe universality of languageDthe big difference between human language and animal communication我的答案:A解析：14[单选题]Whcih of the following best states the behaviorist view of child languageacquisition?_______( )ALanguage acquisition is a process of habit formationBLanguage acquisition is the species-specific property of human beingsCChildren are born with an innate ability to acquire languageDHumans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use我的答案:A解析：15[单选题]The pair of words “lend ”and “borrow ”are ___Agradable oppositesBrelational oppositesCco-hyponymsDsynonyms我的答案:B解析：16[单选题]Some Southern learners of English in China tend to say “night ”as “light ”This shows:___ AThey cannot pronounce/n/BInterlangue interference because there is not the sound /n/in their mother tongueCThe teachers do not have a good teaching methodDThey do not like to pronounce nasal sounds我的答案:B解析：17[单选题]__deals with the way in which a language varies through geographical spaceALinguistic geographyBLexicologyCLexicographyDSociolinguistics我的答案:A解析：18[单选题]The term _______ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring tothe approach which studies language change over various periods of timeand at various historical stagesAsynchronicBdiachronicCcomparativeDhistorical comparative我的答案:B解析：19[单选题]The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex,social group, and personal relationship The English system of addressforms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+last name,_______,and kin termAtitle+first nameBtitle+titleCtitle aloneDfirst name+last name+title我的答案:C解析：20[单选题]The discovery of Indo-European language family began with the work of the British scholar____ AJacob GrimmBRasmus RaskCFranz BoppDSir William Jones我的答案:D解析：21[判断题]All words may be said to contain a root morpheme( )A对B错参考答案:A我的答案:A解析：22[判断题]The phoneme /t/ and /d/ can occur in the same position and they distinguish meaning, thereforethey are said to be in complementary distributionA对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：23[判断题]The word “photographically ”is made up of morphemes( )A对B错参考答案:A我的答案:A解析：24[判断题]Linguistics is the course of language( )A对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：25[判断题]Phonology aims to discover how speech sounds of all human languages form patterns and howthese sounds are used to convey meaning in linguistic communicationA对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：26[判断题]( )In the history of any language the writing system always came into being before thespoken formA对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：27[判断题]Linguistics can be defined as the scientific study of a particular languageA对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：28[判断题]( )In English, long vowels are also tense vowels because when we pronounce a long vowelsuch as/i:/,the larynx is in a state of tensionA对参考答案:A我的答案:A解析：29[判断题]( )Linguistic forms having the same sense may have different references in differentsituations while linguistic forms with the same reference always have the same senseA对B错参考答案:B解析：30[判断题]In English, pill and bill form a minimal pair, and so do life and knife, pin and pingA对B错参考答案:A我的答案:A解析：31[判断题]( )An important difference between presupposition and entailment is that presupposition,unlike entailment, is not vulnerable to negation That is to say, if a sentence is negated, the originalpresupposition is still trueA对B错参考答案:A我的答案:A解析：32[判断题]A morpheme must convey a lexical meaningA对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：33[判断题]( )A compound is the combination of only two wordsA对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：34[判断题]The distinctive features in English can apply to the other languages, too For instance, voicingdistinguishes meaning in both English and ChineseB错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：35[判断题]( )The division of English into Old English, Middle English, and Modern English isnonconventional and not arbitraryA对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：36[判断题]( )Language reflects sexism in society Language itself is not sexist, just as it is notobscene; but it can connote sexist attitudes as well as attitudes about social taboos or racismA对B错参考答案:A我的答案:A解析：37[判断题]The part of a sentence which comprises an infinite verb or a verb phrase is grammatically calledpredicate( )A对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：38[判断题]All words can be said to contain a root morphemeA对B错参考答案:A我的答案:A解析：39[判断题]We can use the word “word ”to talk about a word, we can talk about “talk ”, we can think about“thinking ”, this shows that language has a metalingual functionA对B错参考答案:A解析：40[判断题]The morphological rules can be generalized in spite of some exceptionsA对B错参考答案:A我的答案:A解析：41[判断题]Historical linguistics equals to the study of synchronic study( )A对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：42[判断题]Language is arbitrary by nature but it is not completely arbitraryA对B错参考答案:A我的答案:A解析：43[判断题]Tense and reference are two terms often encountered in the study of meaning( )A对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：44[判断题]( )When children learn to distinguish between the sounds of their language and the soundsthat are not part of the language, they can acquire any sounds in their native language once theirparents teach themA对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：45[判断题]The smallest meaningful unit of language is allomorph( )A对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：46[判断题]Derivational morphemes never change the class of the words to which they are attachedA对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：47[判断题]( ) “The student ”in the sentence “The student liked the linguistic lecture ”,and “Thelinguistic lecture ”in the sentence “The linguistic lecture liked the student ”belong to the samesyntactic categoryA对B错参考答案:A解析：48[判断题]Semantics is the main part of linguistics( )A对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B解析：49[判断题]( )If a child is deprived of linguistic environment, he or she is unlikely to learn a languagesuccessfully later onA对B错参考答案:A解析：50[判断题]In a standardized English syllable all of the three parts of onset, nucleus and coda arecompulsory A对B错参考答案:B我的答案:B。
2021年英语专业八级真题答案和新版题库详解2021年英语专业八级全套资料【应试教程＋词汇（视频讲解）＋历年真题（视频讲解）＋题库】内容简介一、本资料是2021年英语专业八级高分应试教程。
本书是一本旨在帮助考生熟悉掌握英语专业八级考试题型，并全面突破英语专业八级考试的辅导用书。
根据《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》和2020年《高校英语专业八级考试大纲》，对各种题型的要求进行了简要介绍，并对各种题型的命题规律进行归纳总结，帮助考生从宏观上了解该考试。
另外，该部分还对各种题型分别进行了深入剖析，总结考查要点和解题技巧，以便考生能在考试中取得事半功倍的效果。
最后，每部分题型精选专项练习题，使考生学与练相结合，在考试时真正做到得心应手。
二、本资料是2021年英语专业八级必记核心词汇3000，是专门为提高考生英语专业八级词汇水平而编写的复习资料。
本书对英语专业八级历年真题词汇出现频率进行电脑统计，精选出2500个英语专业八级必记核心真题词汇以及5 00个零频大纲重点词汇，并对这些单词通过例句、搭配、派生、同根、助记等进行全面细致地讲解，其中部分单词配有高清视频讲解。
作为一本考试词汇用书，本书具有以下几个方面的特点：1．视听结合记忆。
本书部分单词配有高清视频讲解，通过对单词的音、形、义、例句、搭配、记忆等全方位生动透彻的视频讲解，以达到轻松高效、事半功倍记单词的目的。
2．正文乱序分组。
乱序记忆可以减少惯性记忆产生的疲劳，增加成就感。
本书正文部分采用乱序分组，共分为30组，每组100个单词，适用于习惯乱序记忆的读者。
3．电脑科学分频。
本书打破了按字母顺序罗列大纲词汇的传统做法，采用历年真题作为单词出现频率的统计依据，对历年真题中出现的单词进行精确统计和分析，按照词频高低进行排列，为考生在记单词过程中时间上的分配和记忆顺序提供了科学依据。
本书含有大量真题例句，把单词放在真题语境中去记忆，更容易看出该考试对单词考查的深度以及广度，从而使得备考更有针对性。
商务英语视听说1
《商务英语视听说 1》是一门涉及商务英语听力、口语和视听技能的课程，旨在培养学生在商务环境中运用英语进行有效沟通的能力。
以下是关于这门课程的一些信息：
1. 课程目标：通过本课程的学习，学生将能够提高商务英语的听力理解、口语表达和视听能力，培养跨文化交际意识，为日后在国际商务领域中的工作和交流做好准备。
2. 课程内容：课程涵盖了广泛的商务主题，如商务礼仪、商务会议、商务谈判、市场营销、财务管理等。
学生将通过听力练习、口语表达、小组讨论、角色扮演等活动，全面提升商务英语的应用能力。
3. 教学方法：本课程采用多种教学方法，包括课堂讲解、实例分析、小组讨论、视听材料展示等，以激发学生的学习兴趣和参与度。
同时，教师会鼓励学生积极参与课堂互动，提供实际商务情境，让学生在实践中提高英语沟通能力。
4. 学习资源：除了课堂教学材料外，学生还可以利用丰富的在线学习资源，如商务英语听力材料、视频案例、商务英语练习册等，以巩固和拓展所学知识。
5. 考核方式：课程考核将结合平时作业、课堂表现、小组项目和期末考试等方式进行，全面评估学生在商务英语听、说、读、写方面的能力。
通过学习《商务英语视听说 1》，学生将具备在商务环境中运用英语进行有效沟通的能力，为他们未来的职业发展和国际商务交流打下坚实的基础。
《大学英语视听说（二）》教学大纲（I类学生适用）一、课程基本信息英文名称：College English Viewing, Listening and Speaking II课程编号：050220036课程学时：16学时课程学分：1学分适用专业：非英语专业本科一年级考研学生课程性质：必修开课单位：外国语学院开课学期：（一年级下学期）先修课程：大学英语视听说（一）二、课程教学目标本课程是我校非英语专业本科生的一门必修基础课，该课程以英语语言知识与应用技能、学习策略和跨文化交际为主要内容。
目标1：本课程结合了视听、口语课程的一些基本功能，通过对学生进行听力、口语等英语视听说技能的训练，提高学生的听力理解水平、口语表达能力和对语言运用的分析理解能力。
目标2：培养学生英语听力的能力的同时着重发展学生的英语听说能力。
使学生在今后的研究生学习中和社会交往中能用英语有效地进行信息交流。
目标3：增强其自主学习能力和综合文化素养，以适应我国经济发展和国际交流的需要。
课程教学目标与毕业要求对应关系表注：“毕业要求指标点”是指人才培养方案中“二、毕业要求”的相关内容；请在相应的表格内打“√”。
三、课程要求本课程以英语语言知识与应用技能、学习策略和跨文化交际为主要内容。
听力理解能力：能听懂英语授课，能听懂日常英语谈话和一般性题材的讲座，能听懂语速较慢(每分钟130 ~150词)的英语广播和电视节目，能掌握其中心大意，抓住要点。
能运用基本的听力技巧。
口语表达能力：能在学习过程中用英语交流，并能就某一主题进行讨论，能就日常话题用英语进行交谈，能经准备后就所熟悉的话题作简短发言，表达比较清楚，语音、语调基本正确。
能在交谈中使用基本的会话策略。
通过本课程的学习，为后阶段的考研英语系列课程打好基础。
四、教学内容Unit 1 Education（2学时）知识要点：对比中西方教育体系的不同，教学方式的差异；学会谈论国外留学的优点和弊端，听懂关于“Education”的会话和语篇，抓住听力材料的大意和重点信息，学习掌握如何获得主旨大意的技巧。
《英语视听说》课程教学大纲(English Watching Listening Speaking)课程类型：职业能力课程编号：N适用专业：应用英语专业先修课程：综合英语后续课程：学分：19总学时：292学时(理论200学时，实验92学时）教学目的与要求：本课程的教学目的：通过视、听、说教材和其他媒体资料的学习，开展课内外听说技能训练，努力提高英语听说水平，培养学生实际运用语言的能力。
通过本课程的学习达到以下教学要求：1、知识：学习和巩固语言知识包括词汇、句型及有关口语交际的文化背景知识，从而从根本上提高学生听说方面的理论知识。
2、技能：学习和掌握各种听力技能（如理解中心内容和重要事实；领会说话者的态度、感情及真实意图）及口语表达技能（用词造句、联句成段及根据不同场合和对象选择正确词汇用语等）。
3、能力：能就常见话题开展课堂、日常会话；能对与教材难度一致的视听资料及阅读资料开展对话、讨论；能听懂大众传播媒介的新闻、科技等内容的报导并能开展简单的讨论。
语言使用比较确当、得体；语言表达清晰、比较连贯本课程的考核方式是：考试课程，闭卷笔试。
平时50%（出勤10%+课堂表现20%+随堂测验20%）+期末考试50% （书面考试）教学内容与学时安排（第一学期）教学内容与学时安排（第二学期）绪论英语听力既是学习语言的一种途径,也是运用语言的一个过程。
收听英语新闻、歌曲,看英文原版录象,是集实用性和娱乐性于一身的提高英语听力的有效方式.英语学习者感到提高听力很困难.具体困难所在,不同水平的学习者有不同的状况.初学者由于练习少、反应慢,词汇量不足,一段话中只能零星地听懂一些单词或感觉耳熟.对已达一定英语水平的学习者来说，造成听力困难的原因有以下几点:一、读速快时听不清,尤其是在有连读.弱读的音节时,或是存在所谓“吞音”现象时听不清，因而影响整体判断。
开始时难以进入状态,影响了对下文的理解,或中间有不熟悉的单词,中断了理解;二、注意力过度集中于听懂当前语句,很快忘记前面所听过的内容；竭力听清每一个单词，可是往往会把握不住全篇。
tenbeing creativeAre you a creative person, a creative thinker? You were created to be creative. The problem is most people have had their creative powers short-circuited. How has this happened? By our experiences and by what we have been told. Maybe you haven’t done so well in school. Or maybe you didn’t get into the “best” school. Therefore, from this experience, you conclude you must not be as smart or creative as others. Perhaps you were told from early childhood that you were not as creative as someone else in the family or someone else at school. After a while you begin to believe that this is true and become even less creative.This should not happen in your life! But I know it has to some degree. So, how can you overcome this and become the creative person you were meant to be? The answeris simple—sit down and dream.What I mean is this. Sit down witha pencil and begin to write out what you would like to be and do if you could do anything you wanted. Write out how you would accomplish your dream. Let noting limit your thinking. Not a lack of money, help, time, or anything else. Think again like a little child who believes anything is possible.You will suddenly find great creative resources within you begin to work. When you begin to think this way you will come up with new ideas and new ways to make those ideas come true. The greatest and most successful people in the history of the world often came out of terrible life circumstances. Yet, they dreamed and they dreamed their dreams so clearly that they became a reality in spiteof their circumstances. Make your dreams creative and make them happen.I always bother Jim to do the grocery shopping and other things. I hate that. But I can’t drive.I can take you. I need to do some shopping myself.Could you teach me how to drive sometime?Of course. But you have to get your Driver’s Permit first.Yes. I’ve already passed the exam.Really? Oh, do you have the Driver’s Permit with you now?Yes, I have it with me.Maybe we can start now. I think we can work on that for half and hour before we go to the grocery store.That’s great.I can’t reach the pedals.I kinda have long legs. You have to reach over the side of the seat, find the handle, pull up the handle and slide forward until you are comfortable.OOOOHHH！Ok?Now I’m too close.Push back a little bit.That’s better.Next, put on your seat belt. It’s the law. OK. Right foot only, the one on the right is the gas, the one in the middle is the brake…OK? To put it in gear, push down on the brake pedal, push in the button, push the shifter back to D, for drive. Now step on the gas.Sorry.That’s ok. Just push down a little bit on the gas, after we go around the parking lot a little---gently put your foot on the brake, until you are used to how much pressure to use.Where are we going now?Just keep going and face that way. You’re doing just fine. OK, stop here.Maybe I shouldn’t try to learn how to drive.Of course not.Otherwise, Jim will be taking you to the store forever.Everyone starts out like this. I did. I’ll try to be more patient.What should I do now?Gently push on the gas pedal. Just drive around the parking lot slowly until you get a feel for the car. Perhaps later we can go on the street.The street! I can’t go to the street.Eventually you will need to go on the highway, not only the street. OK, maybe not this time. Just relax and take it one step at a time.This is really scary.I know it is scary at first, but you’ll soon get the hang of it. You are a smartyoung woman, you’ll learn fast.I hope so. Oh no, someone else is driving across the parking lot!Don’t worry, they are way over there. They are not able to bother you. Just try to relax.I’ll try, but I won’t promise anything.I’m really happy for you. One year in America and you are a teacher. That’s pretty good.Actually ,it’s pretty scary.Why? You know your stuff like the palm of your hand.But teaching is far more different.I think you can do it standing on your head. Just go up there and teach. Just noting to it, right?It’s not that simple. I’m not that confident in my English. To prepare my lessons, I’ve been having to put down nearly every sentence I’m supposed to say to the class.See, you’re fully prepared for that. I don’t think you need to bother yourself about it.But I’m still nervous. What if they don’t understand me and I can’t get it, or I don’t know how to get myself across when I’m asked a question?Xin, take it easy.When you first came here I know it was hard for you. But believe me, you are a good English speaker. Y ou’re learned a lot about American culture and have the experience of being in America. You know, some of my friends at the Super Bowl party thought you had been in America for a long time. One of them even asked me if you were an “ABC”.Wow, you’re give me a big head.Besides, you are smart and diligent. You’ll definitely make it. So be relaxed.But I’ve never had any teaching experience. And American students are a lot different from Chinese students. They always have questions. I just can’t help worrying.That won’t do you any good. No matter what questions they challenge you with ,I think they’re more likely to be related to what you’re going to teach them. I see you’re spared no pains to prepare, so there’s no point in worrying about it. Hey, maybe I can show up at your first class to give you a hand. How’s that sound?That’s even worse .I can be more nervous.Why? I can go there as a student. And something comes up, I can help you out.I’m afraid I’ll have a distracted attention.All right, forget about my dumb idea.Well, pray about it then before you go to the classroom and act like you know exactly what you are doing –and you know exactly what you are doing. My father used to tell me. ”act enthusiastically and confidently, and you will be enthusiastic and confident.No disrespect to your dad, but that still sounds kindafake.No, it’s actually very good advice for anything that you do. There is something about attitude ,posture, and enthusiasm that actually give confidence. Psychologists have proved it. Somehow, acting confidently and enthusiastically actually changes your personality into being confident and enthusiastic. Try it.Well, Bill, actually I’m feeling much better now. I’ll give it a try.Good.it might change your life!Ni hao ma?Bu hao!What’s the matter?This Chinese class is driving me crazy.What’s wrong?What’s wrong? Everything. If I get the words right, the sentence structure is wrong. If I get the sentence structure right and the words right, the tones ate wrong. No one in China is ever going to understand me.I have lots of friends who speak English in China. They will help you like you helped me. We Chinese are friendly, and we like American people.Thanks. But I really want to communicate directly with Chinese people myself, like you are here with Americans. It seems impossible now. I feel like such an apple head.You know Bill, English was also hard for me,Ibegan to learn the language when I entered the junior high school and had learned it for nearly ten years till I came here. And I still had great difficulty communicating with Americans. But I know some foreigners stay in China for only one or two years and the can speak Chinese fluently.Well, it’s not me. I’m no that smart.Maybe it’s not so hard as you imagine. Take grammar for example, I thinkChinese is a lot easier cause it doesn’t have verb tenses.Well, that’s true. But it’s still too difficult for me.And the vocabulary is another point. Knowledge of 3000 to 4000Chinese characters is enough to read newspapers .But for English, even more than 10000 words far from enough. So perhaps to grasp only a few hundred basic Chinesecharacters you can actually handle everything in daily life.Wow, that’s encouraging.And most of the Chinese characters are pictophonetic , which means each one consists of a radical and a phonetic element. The radical often suggests the meaning of a character. So the first thing is to learn the Chineseradicals; there are only about 200 basic ones.Oh, that’s not too bad.And once you get to know the formation of the characters ,it’ll be easier to learn the language. I appreciate and respect you for trying to learn Chinese. And I understand your Chinese-sort of.Xin, you are so nice.You have been very nice to me this past year. We have become really good friends.Yes. It has been a lot more enlightening to meet a real Chinese person and talk with her and discuss ideas with her than to read the newspaper and what it says about China. It’s the people that really count. We should get to know each other as human beings, rather than as Chinese or Americans.Yes, as human beings. I am finding that we’re all the same underneath our different colors of skin. Because we all have the same dreams and hopes for ourselves and our countries.Knowing each other through language conversation is really the way to peach and understanding in the world.How true! It’s very important to take the study of language very seriously.Learning a different language is to learn a different way of thinking. As I have learned, it can change your life.NineThinkingAs a university student you are learning about a lot of different things. But if you are to learn to think, you will have to do that on your own. Thinking is nothing but the process of asking and answering questions about what we learn.Great thinker and researchers have always asked, “Is that really true?” about what they have read; or ”Do I agree?” with what they have heard. All human progress is preceded by questions.To find better answers about life than others you will have to ask better questions. Here are a few worth asking:Where did I come from? Why am I here? Is there a God？What is the purpose of mankind? Is there life after death? To find the answers we have to learn to think as we study. We will have to be open to new ideas, different from the oneswe have been taught. Two hindrances to great thinking are pride and materialism. Many peoplewho are at universities are filled with self-pride. Pride blinds peopleto realities, it stops the thinking process, and it focuses life on oneself. When this happens, there is little hope that real thinking will take place in that person’s life. The same is true of materialism-it focuses a person’s life on himself or herself. If you want to climb up the high mountain of understanding and wisdom you will have to be very careful that pride and materialism do not block your progress.Bill，have you ever been to an NBA game in person? I think it would be very exciting.Yeah, I went a few times. However, it’s pretty expensive so I can’t go very often. How about you ?I’ve never had the change to.I’ve only watched the games on TV, for it’s also very expensive to go to a professional basketball game in China.Yeah, but last time I went I got a free ticket.You did! How so?My friend’s dad received two tickets from the plate he works at .His father couldn’t go, so I went instead.Wow, that’s great!It was a lot of fun to watch the game at the Target Center, which is where the wolves played.Did you see Yao Ming?No, the Wolves were playing Sacramento that night, not Houston. It sounds like Yao Ming is pretty popular in China.Oh yes, there is always news about him in the newspapers and on TV. He has a large number of fans even among kids and has become a role model for many young people.He is great! He emerged as a top player in his first year in the NBA for the Houston Rockets.To be honest with you ,I’ve never heard of him before he came to America. It seems like he became a public figure overnight. Now he has done some TV commercials in the US, and his face is on billboards.Look, he just scored a basket!He is playing well tonight. I think he’s already scored over twenty points.Do you like to play basketball?I played a little in high school because of Michael Jordan. But I’m not very good at it. Sometimes I go to the gym and play with the guys. However ,I have to say I’m more of a football fan. Oooh, KG(kevin Garnett)just scored a dunk. The Wolves are up by twelve.Oh no!Hey, you are in Minnesota now. You have to root for Minnesota teams!I think I can only cheer for the Rockers!Would you like to go to a game sometime?Yes, very much, but you said it was very expensive.It is, but I’ll ask my friend to see if his dad can get us some tickets. Sorry, it won’t be for your beloved Rockets; those tickets are hard to get. But maybe we can get into another game.That would be wonderful. Could I bring a camera along?A regular camera is OK. But I don’t think they allow video cameras. I was with a friend once and the security guards threatened to take his video camera away from him.That won’t be a problem; I don’t even have a video camera away from him.That won’t be a problem; I don’t even have a video camera. Just tell me when we can go!Oh, look, the game’s over. Wolves win!Oh…!I can see why you like fishing so much, but I can’t see why all the guys are crazy about football.Well, we grew up with it. We played it for fun as little kids---dreaming we were going to be great football stars. If we were the stars we knew everyone would love us and We’d make millions of dollars for only three months of work. It was every boy’s dream.It doesn’t sound very realistic.Of course not. We soon learned that when we played football in high school. When we saw that the other guys were bigger and stronger and faster, we knew that we weren’t going to be one of the great ones.But dreaming is part of being an American.If you don’t dream you never do what you really want to do.That’s absolutely right. But what about being practical?That comes in time of course. However, all new and great inventions, business and ideas, came first from creative dreaming. Sure, a little kid’s dream of becoming a football star may not be realistic, but it establishes a way of thinking and dreaming that carries over later into real life.Guess this is what” the American dream” is all about, right?Yes. In other words, kids often have unrealistic dreams, but it’s not all bad. The habit of dreaming big dreams carries over into adulthood, which acquires a practical touch to it as the years go by. It is then through those dreams that people aspire to do great things and work to accomplish their dreams. The end result is that people achieve success in life beyond what they might have expected.Now I am beginning to see that American is different. People dream, and are creative. And they follow their dreams and make them come true. That’s wonderful!Yes. The love of sports reflects people’s love of dreaming. Sports are very important to us, especially to boys.You mean sports do not play a role in girl’s life?I didn’t really mean that. But I think a boy’s confidence usually grows from how well he’s done in sports. And building up a strong self-confidence is the core if being a man.Well ,I have to admit that you Americans are very lucky people.Why?Cause you have the easy access to every kind of sports you like. In china, many schools have basketball playground, or facilities for sports like table tennis, but not for football.Football is not popular in China?I do not think so. The point is that we do have enough spacious green land. Even though many Chinese kids do like playing football or some other sports that require large open space, they are not lucky enough to find a place.That’s true. In American, almost every school has a gym and playgrounds. Besides, kids can even play different sports in public parks or community parks.I see there are many free open tennis playgrounds here. It could be for table tennis in China, but not for the tennis. You know playing tennis. You know playing tennis can be costly for students in China.Well, sounds like table tennis in your sport. Now I have a brilliant idea. I know a place that has the table.Great! Let’s go.I don’t understand why this Super Bowl is so exciting. It’s just a game.Oh, no, it’s more than a game. It’s a time to get together with friend and forget about terrorism,world hunger, war, and all the other world problems. It’s a big fun time for us. While watching the game, we become kids again.I have come to think that you Americans are basically kids at heart, even when you grow up. You have an adult’s body, but a kid’s heart and mind.Is that bad? No. It’s good. Kids play, kids dream, kids hope. Why should we always be sour-faced adults?I agree. So then, do you often watch the game at home?Yes, but usually not by myself. I often go to a Super Bowl party.A Super Bowl party?What’s that?Well, a Super Bowl party is when a bunch of friends get together at someone’s house to watch the Super Bowl together. Watch the game on TV together?Yeah. We like to gather together when this big event comes. There is plenty of pop, chips, dip, and hamburgers to go around. And all the girls go into another room and talk girl talk, and the guys watch the game, eat, and yell at the TV-telling the referees they made a mistake or the players what to do. It’s all in fun.Like little kid’s fun.Yeah, that’s right. And I know you are teasing me a little bit. But you know,I see so many Chinese students come here and totally miss the American Experience. They just study and study.That’s why we come here.But their whole life is spent in a one-room apartment or the lab.What else can we do? We have no alternatives. Being a student means that studying comes first.But they never see the real America, or meet real American people. They live in this country but never experience it. I feel really sorry for them. They miss out on the real educational experience of being in America.Maybe you are right. We’ll have to realize this. Can I come to your Super Bowl party?Of course. I’m more than happy to have you at the party.Then, I can introduce you to my friends.Will I see anyone I met at the potluck meal?No, this is a different group. Most of them are my friends from childhood. We’ve played football all the way form grade school through high school.Do you still play football together now?Yes, whenever we can, maybe this time it will be after the Super Bowl party.Wonderful. Then I’ll certainly go to the party.Great.Xin, you’re done a good job of learning about American culture and meeting Americans.Make a contribution to your world!Most of the people I know look at a person like Mother Teresa and assume that she was born to make a great contribution to the world. They think that she was an incredibly spiritual woman and that she had always been set apart by her commitmentto the poor. That’s not true. She made a conscious decision to make a contribution to the poor of the world-later in life! For over twenty years she taught the wealthiest children in Calcutta, India. Every day she overlooked the poor on her way to the wealthy neighborhood in which she worked, never giving the poor a second thought.One night, as she was walking down the street, she heard a dying woman cry out for help. As this dying woman fell into her arms Mother Teresa’s life changed forever. Realizing the seriousness of the woman’s condition, Mother rushed her to the hospital, where she was told to sit and wait. She knew that the woman would die without immediate medical attention, so She took her to another hospital. Again, she was told to wait; the woman’s social caste made her less important than others being treated. Finally,in desperation, Mother Teresa took the woman home. later that night the woman she found on the street died in the comfort of Mother Teresa’s loving arms.Mother Teresa’s “defining moment” had come, the moment when she decided that this would never happen again to anyone within her reach. From that moment on she decided that she would devote her life to easing the pain of those who were suffering around her.Most of you who are studying this textbook are fairly young. Why wait for over twenty years to decide to make a difference in your world? Why not start TODAY? Your big dreams and goals should not be centered in you, but in others, in how you can make a contribution to the world you live in. If that goal is real,you will adjust your life, beginningtoday ,to serve and help others in any way you can . Not out of bao en, but out of love.Wow, everything is so beautiful.Thank you. Christmas in America is very meaningful to all of us and we love having our families together with us at this time.I can see that. Um, if I’m to understand Americans, I must learn more about Christmas.Please let’s sit down and talk more aboutChristmas and there might even be a gift for you under the tree.Thank you.Have some coke.I am beginning to feel a part of your family.You are, Xin.Part of what Christmas is all about is the love that develops between people.I can feel that. You Christians have something I want in life. You love people so much, and seem so happy and peaceful in your heart.Peace is another part that Christmas offers to those who want it.Xin, why don’t you make this your American home?Thank you. My classmates asked me whether felt homesick, especially when the New Year’s coming. I told them no, ‘cause I really have a home feeling here.I have a little gift for you. Would you like to open it now?Oh, it’s pretty, lovely.Thank you. I hope you’ll enjoy it.I like it so much. I have something for you,too.Wow, how nice!So beautiful.Thank you.I’m glad you like it.Bill, I guess the big holiday in America must be Christmas. Can you tell me something about it?Well, there are a couple of different aspects to Christmas. One is purely secular; the other is very religious.Can you tell me about both?Sure. For non-Christians,I think you could say that today, Christmas is first a family holiday, and then a mixed-up happy time of traditional customs from Europe and America. This aspect of Christmas has become very commercialized.So you meanthat for some Americans, Christmas is only a family holiday with no religious overtones?Yes. But for a great many people, Christmas means much more than that.For those people, what does Christmas mean?That’s difficult question because so much background is necessary to understand the true Christian Christmas. But first let me begin by defining the word Christmas for you.Okay.The word Christmas is made up of two words. The first Christ, is a Greek word, meaning “the one sent from God”. The second part ,mas, is from the Latin language. Mas means “sent”. So, the combination means “the sending of the sent One”. We usually just say that Christmas is the time of the sending of Jesus Christ.Why is Jesus Christ so important to Americans?Christians believe that Christ’s coming is very important for all people. They believe what the Bible says, that everyone needs a “Savior” to restore their relationship with God.I can see there are a lot of things I have not learned about Christmas.Yes, and if you really want to understand Americans, religious Christmas is worth further study. Well, Xin, what’s your big holiday in china?New Year.We celebrate New Year too-on January first! Again, it’s related to Christmas and the Gregorian calendar year.We Chinese use the lunar calendar. We celebrate New Year in late January or early February. We call this Spring Festival.How do you celebrate your New Year?It’s basically a time of celebration, parties, and most families have a big New Year’s dinner of ham and mashed potatoes. Then we watch football. We sort of ring out the old year and ring in the New Year. So what do you do for New Years?I think it’s much the same. Only in Chinese Spring Festival it’s a dig holiday, like Christmas in America. On the Chinese New Year’s Eve, all family members will gather together, making dumping and watching New Year’s TV programs. Students get four or five weeks off.We have some time off for the combined Christmas and New Year holidays, and then winter break later in winter.What does winter break celebrate?Nothing. It was started to save energy during the cold months of winter when heating is very costly in places like Minnesota.I know the American Fourth Of July and Easter holidays. Our national Day is on October first.We have other holidays that are not so big, Memorial, Presidents’ DAY, and others. Then there are fun days that are not holidays, like Halloween.So, there are many new things to learn about. Can you tell me about the fun days that are no holidays?Sure,maybe next time we meet.You promised to tell me about the fun days that are not holidays.That’s difficult to explain. You see in America holidays and fun days are all mixed up between secular and religious holidays. What do you mean?Well, take Halloween for example. It started a long time ago in Europe as all witch’ special day,”all-hallows’ eve”. But nobody takes that seriously any more. It has become a fun day for kid. They dress up as ghost, goblins, witched, pirates, and monsters—stuff like that .On Halloween they go from door to door and say, “Trick and treat.”What is “trick and treat?”It means, “We will trick you if you don’t give us a treat.”Y ou see, the kids expect that the people in the house will give them candy. The kids go around and collect a whole bag of candy this way. It’s all for fun—a dress-up day when kids can get free candy.Can we do that ?Ha! No, it’s for little kids up to about 12 or 13. Big kids ,like you and me, go to the Halloween parties.I also saw some kids carving holes on pumpkins.Yeah. They carve a pumpkin to look like a head. It’s called a jack-o’-lantern.What’s that for?They typically set the pumpkin in front of their house or in a window and put a candle in it.I know you have another fun day, perhaps for adults, April fool’s Day.Is it only popular in America?NO. I think it’s also very popular in Europe. In France the victim of a practical joke is called an April fish; in Scotland a gowk or cuckoo. Do you have some similar fun days in China?Yes, but not exactly like yours. I know some minority groups have really interesting festivals. Most of our traditional Chinesefestivals are on the lunar calendar. For example, a few days after the Spring Festival, we have the lantern Festival.Is the dragon and lion dance related to this one?Yes. That’s a very popular activity in southern China.It seems you have another festival that has something to do with the Dragon Boat racing?You are right. It’s on the fifth day of the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It’s a day to commemorate the heroic suicide of Qu Yuan, an ancient Chinese poet.We have some holidays to commemorate some historical events or influential people,like Columbus Day and Martin Luther King Day. These are our legal holidays.In china, we even celebrate some historic of your country, for example, the International Women’s Day.What’s that? I’ve never heard of that.Really? But it started in America! In china we celebrate that on March 8th. It has something to do with women protesting harsh working conditions back in the 1850’s.I don’t think American women even know this day.Another big Chinese holiday now is our Labor Day.Yeah, we have this day too; it’s the first Monday of September.What? Ours is on May 1st. That too started in America, in Chicago about 100 years ago. We usually get the whole week off form school.Well this is really odd. I meet someone from China who teaches me about my own country’s history!The ultimate question“Why am I here?” From this question come a number of other questions of almost equal importance. I hope you are asking them.Of course the ultimate question can be answered in a shallow but positive way. “I am here to do good, to benefit China, to help my society become better.” But what ultimate is “good”? What is the best way to benefit China? And how best can I help those around me in society? Everyone can think of a social plan or project that is beneficial. But behind every society lies p problem that can’t be changed with a social plan or project and that is the heart of man. Why is man’s heart so set on evil, war, hate, jealousy, envy, pride, unfaithfulness and selfishness? What is wrong with man at the core of his being? Once you get the answer to these questions you will know why you are here.I am not going to give you the answer today. You will have to discover it yourself through a search of the world’s great literature on the subject. It is a search that should occupy much of your thought, for how you answer it will change the purpose for which you live. I found my answer later in life, so now I look back on my life and find much of my earlier efforts, goals, and dreams were not as beneficial as they could have been. I had humanistic and worldly goals for my life. These were not bad purposes, but they were not great purposes. Hopefully, you will find the right answer early in life, so that your life can have a great purpose and do great things.Do we have to get up so early?Well, the fish usually bite better early in the morning. When the sun comes up and it gets hot, they go and hide somewhere. Then why did I have to buy a fishing license?The government uses the money to help improve the lakes and rivers. If you don’t buy a license and they catch you, you have to pay a big fine.Who will check? The police?No, the conservation officers. But they carry guns just like regular cops. If one comes around and asks, you must show them your license.Really? Well, I have my license ready! Now, show me how to fish.First you put a hook on your fishing pole like this. Next take a weight, a sinker and put them on the line. Then put this little plastic ball on, it’s called a bobber. With this you can tell if you have a bite. Lastly, put the worm on the hook.Could you do that for me? The worm is disgusting.No problem. Now press the button here and cast the line out like this, see your bobber? Just wait till it goes down, then reel it in. Then turn the crank like this.Bill, I don’t see my bobber. Where did it go?Maybe you have a fish. Can you feel it? Start reeling it in.I feel something tugging. Is it a fish?It could be. Look, you really caught a fish, a big one! Keep reeling it in, I’ll grab when the fish comes close. I’ve got it.Wow, it’s a big one! I can’t believe it. Can we keep it?We could if we wanted. But it’s only a grab, a rough fish.That’s the most common fish we eat in China. It’s very tasty.。
