短文听写
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四级短文听写的长度一般在200到250词之间,包括8个单词填空和3个句子填空。
全文朗读三遍。
第一遍朗读时,中间没有停顿,供考生听懂全文内容;第二遍朗读时,单词空格中间没有停顿,句子空格大约有60秒的停顿时间,要求考生把听到的内容填入空格;第三遍朗读与第一遍一样,中间没有停顿,供考生核对所填内容。
Lecture 1第一讲5招扫清填词障碍从某种意义上说,短文听写实际上也是一种完形填空。
我们可以利用完形填空技巧,根据空格前后的语法结构、近义或反义复现等卷面材料所提供的已知信息来预测空格处的未知信息,从而提高答题的针对性,减少盲目性。
第一招:利用句子的语法结构根据句子的主谓搭配、动宾搭配、修饰关系以及虚拟、倒装等语法结构关系,判断所缺单词充当的成分,从而推测出所填词的词性及形式(名词单复数或动词的时态、语态等)。
【例1】(11 6 42,43)Albert Einstein (42)this in 1905, when he (43) the concept of relative time as part of his Special Theory of Relativity.【解析】分析句子结构可知,空格(42)以及空格(43)所在分句均缺少谓语动词,(42)题答案为predicted,意为“预测”。
(43)题答案为introduced,意为“引进,介绍”。
第二招:利用语义连贯根据上下文中的关键词与空格前后词语在语义上的连贯,推断所填词可能的含义。
【例2】(08 12 39)Crime rates have always been high in multicultural, industrialized societies such as the United States, but a new (37) has appeared on the world (38) —rapidly rising crime rates in nations that previously reported few (39) .【解析】空格(39)前的形容词few表明此处应填复数名词。
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper, founded in N.Y. It has been (1) published since September 18, 1851. It has won 112 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization. Its web site is America’s most popular news site, receiving more than 30 million unique visitors per month.Following industry trends, its weekday circulation (2) fewer than one million daily since 1990. Nicknamed The Gray Lady, The Times is long regarded within the industry as a (3) “newspapers of record”. The company’s chairman is Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., whose family has (4)the paper since 1896.The paper’s motto, “All the News That’s Fit to Print”, appears in the (5) left-hand corner of the front page. Its web site has (6) it to “All the News That’s Fit to Click”.It is (7) sections: News, Opinions, Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style, Home, and Features. The New York Times stayed with the eight-column format for several years after most papers switched to six, and was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography.In 1896, Adolph Ochs bought the New York Times, a money-losing newspaper, and formed the New York Times Company. The Ochs Sulzberger family, one of the United States’ newspaper dynasties, has owned The New York Times ever since Turner Catledge, the top editor at The New York Times for almost two (8) , wanted to hide the ownership influence. Arthur Sulzberger routinely wrote memos to his editor, (9) , instructions, complaints, and orders. When Catledge would receive these memos he would erase the publisher’s(10)before passing them to his subordinates.Some of the arguments against bike share are just confusing. I don’t know how to (1) the argument that we don’t need bike share because everyone who wants to bike already owns a bike. That’s like saying that we don’t need restaurants because everybody has a (2) . I don’t know what to do with the argument that bike share stations take up valuable space on a public street. You know what is also taking up valuable space on a public street? Your car. My car.Now there are things I don’t love about bike share. I’m not (3) about the idea of more people riding bikes with no helmets, which is probably because a few times I (4) a bike at high speed, hitting my head and cracking my helmet. Walking away with a cracked bike helmet makes you a very (5) fan of bike helmets.And I also think cyclists need to (6) . More than ever I am not going to lie: my first 10 years in New York City I probably stopped at four red lights. These days, however, you come to intersections and you find a half-dozen people stopped at a red light. That kind of peer (7) is both strange and unbelievable. I think cyclists need to think of themselves as part of a bigger (8) picture. But I think this is working. I think the more people that are on bikes, the safer streets become for everyone, and statistics (9) — risk of serious injury (10) for both cyclists and walkers.Women are half the world’s population. But they can face (1) to economic independence and security. Today we hear about a program aimed at (2) low cost loans to women in India. We also examine the Roman Catholic (3)about efforts to permit church women. But first, we learn about women peacekeepers in the Middle East.Along the border of Israel and Lebanon, female peacekeeping troops are active in the United Nations force that guards the area. Avi Arditti tells us more. The captain is a medical (4) and one of about 30 women who live on this French base of 700 peacekeepers. They help to keep the border secure and (5) the Lebanese government. Captain Annie, French soldiers don’t use their last names, says she does not (6) herself a ‘female’ peacekeeper, but a member of the UN force. But she says being a woman does sometimes help.United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) has a peacekeeping force of more than 11,000 troops in southern Lebanon. They come from 37 countries. In recent years, the United Nations has begun expanding women (7) . Women in UNIFIL serve on both the common man and military forces, form helping with military planning to teaching French to Lebanese school children. Male and female peacekeepers live together, work together and play sports together. Force commander Eric of the French corps says women help to bring security to an insecure area. In southern Lebanon, many people (8) about the roles of the sexes. But, UNIFIL’s female peacekeepers say they (9) with the local community — men and women (10) .Until the nineteen sixties, black people in many parts of the United States did not have the same civil rights as white people. Laws in the American South kept the two (1) separate. These laws forced black people to (2) separate schools, and sit in separate areas on a bus. One day an old black woman got on a city bus. The law (3) black people seated in one area of the bus to give up their seats to white people. The woman refused to do this and was (4) .This act of peaceful disobedience started (5) in Montgomery that led to legal changes in (6) rights in the United States. The woman who started it was Rosa Parks. She worked (7) clothes from the nineteen thirties until 1955. Then she became a (8) for millions of African-Americans.In much of the American South in the 1950s, the first rows of seats were for white people only. Black people sat in the back of the bus. However, black people sitting in that part (9) leave their seats if a white person wanted it.Rosa Parks and three other black people were seated in the middle area of the bus when a white person got on the bus and wanted a seat. The bus driver (10) that all four black people get out of their seats so the white person would not have to sit next to any of them. The three other blacks got up, but Missus Parks refused. She was arrested.Cecil Blount DeMille was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts. Both his parents were writers of plays. His father died when he was twelve years old. His mother kept the family together by (1) a theater company. Cecil joined the company as an actor. He continued working in his mother’s theater company as an actor and a manager until 1913.That year, he joined Jesse L. Lasky and Samuel Goldfish to (2) the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company. Goldfish later changed his name to Samuel Goldwyn. The three men started making motion pictures (3) . They were (4) interested in its creative and financial possibilities. DeMille, Lasky and Goldfish began working on a movie (5) of the popular American western play “Squaw Man”.DeMille (6) that the movie be made in the real American West. He chose Flagstaff, Arizona. DeMille and the company traveled to Flagstaff by train. When they arrived, DeMille thought the area looked too modern. They were in a quiet little town in southern California. The town was called Hollywood. DeMille decided this was the (7) place to film the movie.“Squaw Man” was one of the first (8) produced in Hollywood. It was released in 1913 and was (9) . DeMille is considered the man who helped Hollywood become the center of the motion picture business. He quickly became a creative force in the new movie industry. Cecil was among the very few filmmakers in Hollywood whose name appeared above the title of his movie. His name was more important to movie-goers than the names of the stars and his movies were known to be big (10) .In the beginning of the twentieth century, women like Isadora Duncan and Ruth Saint Denis wanted to create a new form of dance. Duncan and Saint Denis felt (1) by ballet.Martha Graham was one of the most famous dancers and creators of dance, called choreographers( 编舞者). She brought modern dance to a new level of (2) in American culture. She created a new language of movement that expressed powerful emotions. She started traditions that are still used in modern dance today. They include expressive movements of the body to tell a (3)story, special music, lighting, stage design and (4) .Martha Graham was born in the small town of Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1894. After Martha turned fourteen years old, her family moved to Santa Barbara, California. While (5) the Midwest, Martha enjoyed the wide, open spaces of nature. She also enjoyed the beautiful flowers and plants in California. The free, expressive movements of modern dance were (6)the beauty of nature Graham observed.Earlier in her life, however, Martha did not know that she would become a dancer. Her father was a doctor and her family was very (7) . They were members of (8) and did not accept dance as an art (9) .Still, in 1910, Martha’s father took her to see a dance (10)by Ruth Saint Denis, one of the first modern dancers in America. Martha was sixteen and she decided then that she wanted to become a dancer.Are manners dead? Cell phones and social networking may be killing off the traditional politeness and good (1) ,but a new generation of etiquette( 礼节) experts is rising to make old-fashioned manners (2) to a new generation. Their goal: to help young people (3) troublesome, tech-age minefields, like invites on social networking sites and online dating, not to mention actual face-to-face (4) with people.Perhaps the fastest growing area of social advice is what’s been termed “netiquette”. There are online (5) on using emotions in business e-mails, being careful when posting on social networks and re-posting too many micro blog messages.Young people “are (6) the irony and rudeness that is so popular in their online lives”, said Jane Pratt, editor in chief of XoJane, a women’s lifestyle web site. “The return of etiquette is in part a response to the harshness of the interactions they are having in the digital sphere.” The social puzzlement seems to be (7) . Are you required to respond to party invitations on Sina Weibo? Is it rude to listen to your iPod while (8) with someone else?When Daniel Post Senning, the great grandson of Emily Post, a well-known etiquette writer in the US, was working on the 18th edition of Emily Post’s Eti quette, he found it impossible to cover technology in (9) . Instead, he (10) an entire book to it, Emily Post’s Manners in a Digital World: Living Well Online.It’s called “Shanghai’s 3rd Annual Love and Marriage Expo”. But the (1) at this vast gathering for single Chinese men and women was (2)unromantic. More than 18,000 people preregistered for the weekend event, (3) in an expanding shopping complex specializing in home and office (4) .The crowds were met by billboards (5) thousands of single men and women — one list in pink and the other in blue. Within minutes of the doors opening on a rainy Saturday morning, visitors hurried to study the lists and take in (6) information about potential candidates — age, height, education, annual income and their registered hometown, also known as hukou.Some people took notes, while others took photos of single entries with their cell phones. In one hall more than a hundred men and women in their twenties and thirties sat (7) each other at tables decorated with red and yellow tablecloths, the beautiful tones of a Norah Jones love song (8)from loudspeakers. “Welcome everybody to our 8-minute (9) ,” announced the master of ceremonies eventually. When the eight minutes was up, each dater was instructed to move on.” Male guests please move two seats to your left,” boomed the announcer. For some (10) , this was the first time they had ever been on a date. “It’s useful … it’s just like research,” said Yixin Bai, a 20-year- old man home for the summer holidays from a university in Canada.Mom always told us we’d go blind if we read in the dark. Does science (1) ? Jim Sheedy, a doctor of vision science and director of the Vision Performance Institute at Oregon’s Pacific University, sets his sights on the (2) . Turns out, our parents were wrong. “There is no reason to believe nor evidence to support that any long-term damage to the eyes or change to the eyes can be caused by reading in the dark,” Dr. Sheedy says. That is not to say that page- turning during the night won’t lead to discomfort or (3) .The lack of light will cause the pupils( 瞳孔) get wilder and opener, (4)a smaller depth of field — the distance between the nearest and(5) object that the eye considers to be in focus. Dr. Sheedy says the added effort to change focus and the effort to change the angle of the lines of sight between the two eyes will (6) make your eyes feel tired and your body spent.But, of course, that’s often the object of reading (7) . Dr. Sheedy says he (8) his students that there isn’t enough evidence to argue that what you do with your eyes leads to nearsightedness. No link to long-term damage has ever been conclusively (9) , says Dr. Sheedy. It’s an old tale, a (10) used by moms to get kids to go to sleep when they wanted them to, he says.Children’s Day is recognized on various days in many places around the world, to honor children globally. It was first (1) by the World Conference for the Well-being of Children in 1925 and then established universally in 1954 to protect children working long hours (2) and allow all children access to an education. The UN General Assembly recommended that all countries should establish a Universal Children’s Day on an (3) “” day.International Day for Protection of Children, (4) in many countries as Children’s Day on June 1 since 1950, was established by the Women’s International Democratic Federation on its (5) in Moscow (22 Novemberthe former Soviet Union’s “peace 1949) and was (6)propaganda” policy.In the West, the whole country celebrates with cards, presents, special foods, parades, and other activities. Although schools (7) open, children do not attend class and (8) homework. Students (9) in a wide variety of activities to strengthen loyalty to their country, have fun, and take part in, and join youth organizations such as the Communist Youth League. Children’s Day is a time of celebration for Chinese youngsters. The occasion is marked by the Children’s Day Celebration honoring (10) students and by numerous parent-children activities sponsored by government and civic organizations. Thus, the day not only lets the kids become king for a day, but also helps to strengthen the bond between parents and their children.短文听写答案(1-10 篇)Passage 1(1) continuously (2) has dropped to (3) national(4) controlled (5) upper (6) adapted(7) organized into (8) decades (9) each containing suggestions (10) identityPassage 2(1) handle (2) kitchen (3) crazy(4) have fallen off (5) loyal (6) behave themselves(7) pressure (8) transportation (9) bear that out(10) declinesPassage 3(1) barriers (2) providing (3) debate(4) specialist (5) assist (6) consider(8) hold conservative ideas (9) get along well(7) in greater numbers(10) alikePassage 4(1) races (2) attend (3) required(4) put in prison (5) protests (6) minority(7) sewing (8) representative of freedom (9) were expected to (10) demanded(1) establishing (2) form (3) without delay(4) deeply (5) version (6) urged(7) perfect (8) full-length works (9) an immediate success (10) productionsPassage 6(1) restricted (2) popularity (3) dramatic(4) costumes (5) traveling across (6) clearly influenced by (7) religious (8) the upper class (9) form(10) performancePassage 7(1) graces (2) relevant (3) handle(4) contact (5) guidelines (6) getting sick of (7) endless (8) sharing a ride (9) a single chapter (10) devotedPassage 8(1) atmosphere (2) decidedly (3) located(4) furniture (5) posting lists of (6) vital(7) facing (8) spilling out (9) speed-dating event (10) participantsPassage 9(1) back her up (2) truth (3) fatigue(4) resulting in (5) farthest (6) likely(7) under the cover (8) assures (9) shown(10) method(1) proclaimed (2) in dangerous circumstances (3) appropriate (4) observed (5) congress (6) strongly bound to(8) are free of (9) participate (7) remain(10) model。
2023年英语短文听写速记技巧(精选3篇)整理英语短文听写速记技巧(精选3篇)平常我们考生应学习一些常用的英语速记方法,英语听写的速度和效果很大程度上取决于考生是否能够娴熟地进行速记。
下面我给大家共享英语短文听写速记技巧,盼望能够关心大家!英语短文听写速记技巧精选篇1长短句原则工作还得一张一驰呢,老让读者读长句,累死人!写一个短小精辟的句子,相反,却可以起到画龙点睛的作用。
而且假如我们把短句放在段首或者段末,也可以揭示主题:As a creature,I eat; as a man,I read. Although one action is to meet the primary need of my body and the other is to satisfy the intellectual need of mind,they are in a way quite similar. 如此可见,长短句结合,抑扬顿挫,岂不爽哉?牢记!剧烈建议:在文章第一段(开头)用一长一短,且先长后短;在文章主体部分,要先用一个短句解释主要意思,然后在阐述几个要点的时候采纳先短后长的句群形式,定会让主体部分妙笔生辉!文章结尾一般用一长一短就可以了。
主题句原则国有其君,家有其主,文章也要有其主。
否则会给人造成“群龙无首”之感!信任各位读过一些破烂文学,有意把主体隐蔽在文章之内,结果造成我们稀里糊涂!不知所云!所以奉劝各位肯定要写一个主题句,放在文章的开头(保险型)或者结尾,让读者一目了然,必会平安无事!特殊提示:隐蔽主体句可是要冒险的!To begin with,you must work hard at your lessons and be fully prepared before the exam(主题句)。
Without sufficient preparation,you can hardly expect to answer all the questions correctly.短语优先原则写作时,尤其是在考试时,假如使用短语,有两个好处:其一、用短语会使文章增加亮点,假如老师们看到你的文章太简洁,看不到一个自己不熟悉的短语,必定会看你低一等。
最牛英语口语培训模式:躺在家里练口语,全程外教一对一,三个月畅谈无阻!洛基英语,免费体验全部在线一对一课程:/ielts/xd.html(报名网址)UNIT1 In Another WorldHere I am, in China, half way around the world from home. As I look at my clock and calculate the time back home .I realize that half a world away, people are busy getting ready for a wedding.The bride is my niece, a person I first met when she was three days old.I think back to the first time I had the opportunity to become __1__ niece. As my sister cradled her in her arms, the infant girl claspedher mother's outstretched finger.My __2__told me that her temperament would be a sunny __3__, a joy to people around her.As she grew, the cute little girl had an __4__laugh that started as a small grin, then became a giggle and grew louder and louder until it triggered a response from all the people around her and they joined in.As an adolescent, she studied hard and enjoyed welldeserved success in secondary school as she interacted with her peer group. After receiving her high school diploma, she chose nursing as her career. From the beginning of the young couples romance, _________________句1___________________The couple had an engagement party when I was at home in Canada a few months ago. The party was in the form of a picnic in a beautiful rose garden. To celebrate and to toast their future, we drank champagne. As they posed under an arch covered with climbing roses,we snapped pictures for their photo album.The couple decided on a fall wedding. Plans for the wedding day were activated immediately. The decisions about the forthcoming event were shared by the whole family. A close friend of the family was contacted and invited to sing a solo just prior to the ceremony.The day before the ceremony, a rehearsal would take place so that the remainder of the details could be looked after and attended to.The planning that takes place beforehand for one of these events and all the work that the big day __5__, with many people collaborating to make the event run smoothly, are immense._______________________句2____________________I can imagine the excitement and emotions of the family today.The time is near. The ceremony will begin in 3 short hours.______________________句3_____________________She will wear her grandmother's pearls as an __6__. Her veil will be the same one as her cousin wore last year. As is customary, under her she will wear a blue garter. As part of the tradition of Canadian weddings, she will be wearing something old (the pearls), something new (her gown), something borrowed (the veil) and something blue (the garter). As the first __7__ of the wedding march are played (a melody familiar to all), the congregation will rise. Gasps will be heard as they catch a glimpse of the bride in her __8__ wedding gown. The mother of the bride will calmly view this whole event, though tears will __9__. She will be overcome with sentimentat her daughter's apparent happiness. The picture will be one that will __10__ hope for the future of humanity.生词讲解:1 be acquainted withl 与...相识They are acquainted with each other. 他们互相认识。
短文听写填空练习20篇Exercise 1Complaining about faulty goods or bad services is never easy。
But if something you have broughtis faulty or does not do what was (1) ____________ for it, you are not asking for a(2)___________to get it put right。
Complaints should be made to a (3) ___________ person。
Go back to the shop where you bought the goods, taking with you any (4) ____________ you may have. In a small store the (5)____________may also be the owner so you can complain directly 。
In a chain store, ask the manager.If you telephone, ask the name of the person who (6) ____________ your enquiry, (7) ___________ you may never find out who dealt with the complaint later。
If you do not want to do it in (8)_____________, write a letter. Stick to the facts and keep a(9)_____________of what you write.At this stage you should give any receipt numbers, but you should not need to give receipt or other papers to (10) ___________ you bought the articleExercise 2It is impossible to say that any one man invented the automobile。
短文听写的缺点
1、难度高
2、耗时
3、听写有局限
听写局限于一个个单词和短句,如果辩音熟悉了,就剩了机械系重复,这时候就是在被动地听下意识地写,已经达不到效果了。
往前走的话,要想达到听力的更高阶段,精听必不可少;要想扩大背景知识,泛听也是必须坚持的。
4、学生须具备一定的听力基础,能识别出听力中的一些弱读、连读等现象,对于听力基础稍差一点的同学,则不利于其听力理解。
很多专家不推荐听写,这是一个事实。
这让我们不理解,听写的有效性是不需要质疑的,而为什么学习专家们,不推荐听写?
一个是觉得听写太低级,一个是他们打通听障的方式不是听写。
第一个原因,专家们不提听写,是觉得既然都是专家了,方法当然要高大上,听写看起来太低级了,没有人会承认自己很低级,自然专家也不会承认听写的作用。
学习方法汗牛充栋,大家在浩如烟海的方法里面迷失,既然试过很多方法都没有凑效,自然也不会特别在意听写这种方法。
所以即使找不到更好的方法,也不会采用听写的方式练习。
人教版四年级下册英语短文听写短文一:At the ParkHi, my name is Tim. Yesterday, I went to the park with my family. We had a very good time. The park was big and beautiful.First, we played on the swings. I went very high! Then, we went on the slide. It was really fast, and I screamed all the way down.After that, we had a picnic near the lake. We sat on a blanket and ate sandwiches, fruit, and chips. It was delicious!Next, we played catch with a ball. I caught the ball many times and felt very proud of myself. We also flew a kite. It was so much fun to see it soar in the sky.Finally, we went for a walk around the park. We saw ducks swimming in the pond and squirrels running on the trees. It was a beautiful day.I can't wait to go to the park again!短文二:My FamilyHello, my name is Jessie. I have a wonderful family. Let me tell you about them.My father's name is John. He is tall and strong. He works as a doctor in a hospital. He takes care of sick people and makes them feel better. I'm proud of him.My mother's name is Linda. She is beautiful and kind. She is a teacher at a primary school. She loves her students and teaches them many interesting things. I admire her.I have a younger sister named Emily. She is cute and funny. We play together every day. We sometimes argue, but we also love each other very much.We live in a big house with a garden. We have a pet dog named Max. He is friendly and playful.I love my family very much. They are always there for me and make me happy.短文三:Weekend ActivitiesHi, my name is Lucy. Let me tell you about my weekend activities.On Saturday morning, I usually help my mom clean the house. We dust the furniture, vacuum the carpets, and mop the floor. It's hard work, but it makes our home tidy and cozy.In the afternoon, I go to the library with my dad. I love reading books, especially adventure stories and mysteries. My dad helps me find interesting books, and we spend hours reading together.On Sunday, my family usually goes to the park. We have a picnic and play games. Sometimes, we even bring our bikes and go for a ride.It's so much fun!In the evening, I have art class. I enjoy drawing and painting. My teacher teaches me new techniques, and I get to express my creativity. I always feel proud of my artwork.After a busy weekend, I relax and get ready for the new week ahead.I look forward to more fun activities with my family next weekend.以上是人教版四年级下册英语短文听写,希望对你有帮助!。
短文听写的目的和三个基本步骤嘿,朋友们!咱今儿来聊聊短文听写这档子事儿。
你说短文听写它
到底有啥目的呀?这可太重要啦!就好比你要去一个地方,得知道为
啥要去,对吧?短文听写啊,那就是帮咱提升语言能力的一把好手呢!它能让咱对那些字词啊、语法啊更敏感,就像给咱的耳朵和脑子来了
一场特训,让咱能更准确地捕捉和理解语言信息。
那这短文听写该咋搞呢?且听我给你唠唠三个基本步骤。
第一步,
咱得集中精力去听啊!就像猎人专注地盯着猎物一样,可不能走神。
要把每个字、每个音都听清楚,这可不是闹着玩的呀!你想想,要是
心不在焉的,那能听出个啥来?那不等于白忙活嘛!
第二步呢,就是要赶紧把听到的写下来呀!这时候手得跟上脑子的
节奏,千万别慢悠悠的。
就像跟时间赛跑似的,争分夺秒地把那些字
词都抓住。
可别小瞧了这一步,这可是考验你手脑协调能力的时候呢!
第三步,也是很关键的一步,那就是检查啦!这就好比给咱写好的
东西做个全面体检。
看看有没有错别字呀,语法对不对呀。
你说要是
不检查,万一有个小错误没发现,那不就可惜啦?就像一件漂亮衣服
上有个小污渍,多碍眼呀!
你说短文听写是不是很有意思?通过这三个步骤,咱就能一点点把
自己的语言能力给提升上去啦!就像盖房子,一砖一瓦地积累,最后
就能建成一座坚固又漂亮的大厦。
咱这语言能力的大厦也是这样呀,通过一次次的短文听写,让它越来越高,越来越稳。
所以呀,别小看了短文听写哦!它可是咱学习语言的得力助手呢!好好利用它,咱就能在语言的海洋里畅游无阻啦!大家都赶紧行动起来吧,让短文听写为咱的语言学习添砖加瓦!。
(一)Time is, for the average American, of utmost importance. To the(1) visitor, Americans seem to be more concerned with getting things(2) ontime(according to a predetermined schedule) than they are with developing deep(3) . Schedules, for the American, are meant to be planned and then followed in the smallest detail.It may seem to you that most Americans are completely(4) by the little machines theywear on their wrists, cutting their discussions off (5) to make it to their next appointment on time.Americans’language is filled with(6) , giving a clear (7) of how much it is valued. Time is something to be”on”, to be “kept”,“filled””saved”,”wasted”,”gained””planned””given””made the most of”, even”killed”.The international visitor soon learns that it is considered very rude to be late- even by 10 minutes-for an(8) in America.Time is so valued in America, because by considering time to be important one can clearly achieve more than if one”wastes”time and doesn’t keep busy. This philosophy has proven its worth. It has enabled Americans to be extremely productive and (9) is highly valued in America. Many American proverbs stress the value of guarding time, using it wisely, and setting and working toward specific goals. Americans believe in spending their time and energy today so that the (10) of their labor may be enjoyed at a later time.(二)Our lives are woven together. As much as i enjoy my own company, i no longer imagine i can (1) a single day, much less all my life,(2) on my own. Even if i am (3) in the mountains, I am eating food someone else has grown, living in a house someone else has built, wearing clothes someone else has sewn from cloth woven by others, (4) someone else(5) to my house. (6) iseverywhere. We are on this journey together. As i was growing up, i remember(7) that indepence not interdependence was everything. “Make you own way”, “Stand on your own feet”, or my mother’s favorite remark when i was face-to-face with (8) of some action:”Now that you’ve made your bed, lie on it!”Total independence is a dominant theme in our culture, I imagine that what my parents were tryingto teach me was to take (9) for my actions and my choices.But the teaching was shaped by our cultural images, and instead i grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally “independent”and consequently became very (10) to ask for help. I would do almost everything not to be a burden and not require and help from anybody.(三)Psychologists are finding that hope plays a (1) in giving people a measurable advantage and diverseas academic achievement, bearing up in tough jobsand coping with tragic illness. And,(2) the loss of hope is turing out to be a stronger sign that a person may (3) than other factors long thought to be more likely risks.“Hope has proven a powerful predictor of outcomein every study we’ve done so far,”said Dr. Charles R. Snyder, a psychologist who (4) a scale to assess how much hope a person has.For example, in research with 3,920 college students, Dr. Snyder and his (5) found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first semester was a more(6) predictor of their college grades than were their S.A.T scores or their grade point averages in high school, the two measures most commonly used to predict college performance.“Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to(7) them.”Dr. Snyder said. “When you compare students ofequivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what sets them apart is hope.”In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder went beyond the simple notion that hope is (8) the sense that everything will turn out all right.”That notion is not (9) enough, and it blurs two key components of hope,”Dr.Snyder said. “Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to (10) your goals, whatever they may be.”( 四)George Herbert Mead said that humans are talked into humanity. He meant that we gain personal identity as we communicate with others. In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us who we are. “You are (1) .”“You’re so strong.”We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important(2) . Later we interact with teachers, friends, romantic partners, and co-workers who communicate theirviews of us. Thus, how we see ourselves (3) the views of us that others communicate.The(4) connection between identity and communication is (5) evident in children who (6) human contact. Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language.Communication with others not only affects our sense of (7) but also directly influences ourphysical and emotional well-being. Consistently, research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation(8) stress, disease, and early death. People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others. A group of researchers reveal scores of studies that trace the relationship between health and interaction with others. The conclusion was that social isolation is (9) as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. Many doctors and researchersbelieve that loneliness harms the immune system, making us more(10) to a range of miner and major illness.。