研究生英语视听说教程 Unit 6

Unit 6 Traveling and Sightseeing Thinking AheadStudents are asked to discuss the following questions in groups. The reference answers for the questions are offered below:1. Do you like traveling? Where have you been before?Yes, I do. I have been to quite a lot of places, Mountain Tai, the Great Wall, Korea and Singapore, among which, Singapore impresses me the most for its combination of both a prosperous society and city of natural beauty. Believe me: you can never forget this country once you take a deep breath of fresh air there.2. How to make a reservation in the hotel?Firstly, you should make it clear when you want to check in, how long you are supposed to stay there. Then, you should tell what kind of room and how many rooms you want. The last but not the least is that, you must leave your name and maybe your contact number, which will surely help you a lot afterwards.3. What should you pay attention to when at table abroad?mind your manners at table;pay attention to your words and gestures;handle your knives and forks correctly;never talk with your mouth full;never make sounds when you’re eating or drinking something.Part I Video TimeIn this part, students will have 2 tasks to accomplish.Task 1In task 1,students will watch a video clip from The Beach and then do the exercises as required. Before watching, they are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the video.TranscriptFirst Visit to BangkokMy name is Richard.So what else do you need to know?Stuff about my family or where I’m from?None of that matters.Not once you cross the ocean and cut yourself loose.Looking for something more beautiful, something more exciting, and yes, I admit, something more dangerous.So after 18 hours in the back of an airplane, three dumb movies, two plastic meals, six beers and absolutely no sleep, I finally touched down in Bangkok.“Hey, you! How about you? You want to go to the waterfall? Come on! Floating market! 1,500! Cheap for you! Come on. Hey!”“Hey, you need somewhere to stay?”“No. I’ll be fine. I’ll find my own place. Thanks.”“What do you want, man?”…And this is it—Bangkok, good time city, gateway to Southeast Asia.Where dollars and Deutschmarks get turned into counterfeit watches and genuine scars.“Good time. Boy? Girl? No problem.”…This is where the hungry come to feed.“You want to drink snake blood?”“Wait a minute. Did you say snake blood?”“Oh, yeah.”“No, thanks.”“What is wrong with snake blood?”“I just don’t like the idea.”“Or maybe you’re scared? Afraid of something new?”“No. I just don’t like the idea, that’s all.”“Ha ha! Like every tourist. You want it all be safe, just like America.”So never refuse an invitation.Never resist the unfamiliar.Never fail to be polite.“Gentlemen, that was excellent.”Never outstay your welcome.Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience.And if it hurts, it’s probably worth it.(From /u/40/114596200.pdf) Key to ExercisesExercise 1 Watching for Global UnderstandingStudents are asked to watch the video clip and answer the following questions.1) What did Richard do in the plane?He watched three dumb movies, had two plastic meals, and drank six bottles of beer.2) What suggestions did Richard give us?Never refuse an invitation.Never resist the unfamiliar.Never fail to be polite.Never outstay your welcome.Exercise 2 Watching for Specific InformationStudents are asked to watch the clip and fill in the blanks with the missing information.1) None of that matters.2) Good time city.3) This is where the hungry come to feed.4) Gentlemen, that was excellent.5) And if it hurts, it’s probably worth it.Task 2In task 2,students will watch a video clip about the sight spot—Sierra Madre and then do the exercises as required. Before watching, they are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the video.TranscriptSierra Madre TourismThe sheer beauty of northern Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountains is only one reason why many visitors come a long way to enjoy some quiet time in this part of the country known as the Copper Canyon.“Its natural beauty and panorama that it offers is unbelievable. If you just look at the beauty that you see here. It’s, it’s aw e-inspiring.”The views of the beautiful canyons are spectacular. A train ride through dozens of tunnels adds to the allure of the mountains. And the opportun ity to interact with the region’s Tarahumara Ind ians is another reason this isn’t an average mountain destination.“You have the Tarahumara Indians, inhabit in these mountains. And the Tarahumara Indians is one of the most unique native Americans that you still can see in its original state or the, in the original habits that they have kept for thousands of years.”But is this entire natural environment at risk as a result of an increase in tourism itself? Not according to an areal businessman, who believes in playing by the rules of nature for the benefit of the region.“It’s a, it’s a very complex thing, but we believe that is (the) only way to go. And for future generations, we have to start now by preserving what we have and letting older generations alsoenjoy what we’re doing right now. So, it’s a job and it’s a work that we’re gonna do forever.”Tourism officials say there is no reaso n to worry. They say there aren’t enough visitors in the Copper Canyon region to prompt cause for concern. But they are preparing for the future by researching and developing conservation plans.“Of course, we want to develop the area but we’re taking care of nature. It’s very important for us to protect nature. The Copper Canyon is very very important for tourism in the state of Chihuahua.”“We want to be more cautious. We created an organization called Sierra Madre Explorer that is dedicated, you know, to keep the, the, perhaps, to keep the destination as untouchable as we can. And so that’s a big effort we’re doing because we see a big responsibility to keep it very very clean and very eco-safe.”Regardless of the reason, mountain lovers are pleased that at least for now the precious landscape won’t be touched by the hand of economic progress.(From /index.php?showtopic=130873) Key to ExercisesExercise 1 Making a Sound JudgmentStudents are asked to watch the video and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).T 1) The beauty of northern Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountains is one reason why visitors come to enjoy this part of the country.F 2) Tourism officials want to develop the area without taking care of nature.T 3) They have already created an organization to protect the holiday destination.F 4) Nowadays the landscape is touched by the hand of economic progress.Exercise 2 Essay WritingIn the video we can obviously feel that people are worrying about whether tourism will do harm to the natural environment. In other words, they are concerning about the ecological crisis. Students are asked to write a composition entitled The Ecological Crisis on the Booming Tourism to express their opinions on this topic. They should write at least 200 words.SampleThe Ecological Crisis on the Booming TourismTraveling is among many people’s favorite recreations, which enables us not only to broaden our horizons, but also to shape our mind and spirits. However, just like a coin has two sides, tourism may bring about a serious problem—ecological crisis. The environment has been suffering with the boom of tourism. In order to attract tourists, many places have been turned intoresorts. Forests are gone, prairies are destroyed, rivers and lakes are polluted, and wild animals are dying out.These horrible scenes should give rise to our great attentions. We must protect our eco-environment while enjoying the beautiful scenery. In order to keep a balance between tourism and ecology, the concept of eco-tourism, which intends to bring people closer to nature with as little disturbance as possible, should be advocated. Funding environmental programs and limiting excessive exploitation of natural resources should be done by all levels of governments. What we need to do is simple: do not litter; strictly observe regulations at resorts, and use as few plastic bags and boxes as possible, only by which, can we hope to build a harmonious environment for traveling. At last, we should keep in mind that when we travel we should take away nothing but memories and leave nothing but footprints.Part II Listening ActivitiesIn this part, students will have 3 listening tasks to accomplish.Task 1In task 1, students will listen to a dialogue about taking a reservation over the phone and then do the exercises as required.TranscriptTaking a Reservation over the PhoneLeo: Plaza Hotel, good morning. Leo speaking.Mona:Ah yes, I’d like to book two rooms for myself and my father. Could you tell me the cost ofa single room per night?Leo: Certainly. A single room is 120 dollars American, per night.Mona: Fine.Leo: And when would you like the rooms?Mona: From the 25th to the 28th of September.Leo: Arriving on the 25th of September and leaving on the 28th? Three nights?Mona:That’s right.Leo: Just a minute please.(Sound of tapping on computer keyboard)Yes, we have rooms available then. You require two single rooms?Mona: Yes, thank you.Leo: Can I have your name please?Mona: My name is Mona White.Leo: And your father’s name, Ms White?Mona: Jack Webber.Leo: Could you spell the surname please?Mona: Sure. W-E-double B-E-R.Leo: Double P for Papa?Mona: No, double B for Bravo.Leo: And how will you be paying for your room, Ms White?Mona: By credit card.Leo: Both rooms on the same card?Mona: Yes.Leo: Your card number please?Mona: 4434 1234 5678 9902Leo: Double one, zero two?Mona: No, double nine zero two.Leo: 4434 1234 5678 9902?Mona:That’s right.Leo: And the expiry date?Mona:Eleven, …(Phone crackle obscures date)Leo: Could you repeat that please?Mona: November this year.Leo: Thank you. I’ve booked two rooms for Ms White an d Mr. Webber from Wednesday the 25th to Saturday the 28th of September.Mona: Thank you.Leo: You’re welcome. We’ll see you on the 25th, Ms White.Mona: Thanks a lot. Goodbye.Leo: Goodbye.(From /oralenglish/lvyou/2007-08-23/12563.html) Key to ExercisesExercise 1 Listening for DetailsStudents are asked to listen to the dialogue and fill out the specific information in the chart below.Exercise 2 Listening and TalkingStudents are asked to listen to the dialogue again and try to make a similar dialogue.Sample for the DialogueJohn: Crown Hotel, good morning, John speaking.Mike:Ah…morning, I would like to book a room for me and my w ife, you know, we have just got married and we planned to spend our honeymoon there, do you have any special room for us?John: Yes, sir. We recommend two kinds of honeymoon suites for you.Mike: And what is the price difference?John: One kind is a double room with a front view for 140 dollars per night. The other one with a rear view is 115 dollars per night.Mike: I think I will take the one with a front view then. And what services come with that? John: Yes, sir. We will offer you a bunch of roses every morning for free.Mike: That sounds not bad at all.John: Then when would you like the rooms, sir?Mike: 5th to 10th March.John: Thank you, sir. Can I have your name and mobile phone please?Mike: Ah…yes, Mike, M-I-K-E. My phone number is 999 86523.John: Thank you, sir, then how would you like to pay?Mike: By credit card.John: Credit card number, please?Mike: 3453 3377 9464 1111.John: Expiry date?Mike: October next year.John: Thank you, sir. You have booked a honeymoon suite with a front view from 5th to 10th March.Mike: That is right, thank you.John: You are welcome. We will see you on 5th, March, Mr. Mike.Mike: Thanks. See you.John: See you.Task 2In task 2, students will listen to a dialogue about dining and then do the exercises as required. Before listening, they are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the dialogue.TranscriptWaiter: Hello, my name’s John. I’ll be your waiter this evening. Can I get you anything from the bar for starters?Derek: No, thanks. What we really need is a booster chair for our daughter. Do you have one?Waiter: Yes, of course. The hostess should have brought you one. Just a moment.Waiter: Our special tonight is Duck Chambord, which is roast duck served in a raspberry sauce with fresh raspb erries. It’s also served with wild rice and a medley of vegetables. That is17.95 and it comes with soup or salad.Sandy: What is your soup of the day?Waiter: Our soup of the day is French onion.Sandy: The duck sounds good. One of us should have it.Derek: Alright, you order the duck.Sandy: Fine.Derek: She will have the duck, and I will have the filet mignon.Waiter: How would you like your filet mignon, sir? Rare, medium rare, or well-done?Derek: Medium rare.Waiter: And would you like soup or salad with your meals?Sandy: I want salad.Derek:I’ll have the soup. French onion, yes?Waiter:Yes, that’s right. It’s very good. I recommend it.Sandy: Our daughter will share some of our meal with us. Could you bring an extra plate for her? Waiter: Of co urse, Ma’am. I will also bring your sourdough bread in just a moment.Sandy: Our bread?Waiter: Yes, we serve it at all tables.Sandy: Good. Thank you.(From /lesson/lyyyky/63046.html) Key to ExercisesExercise 1 Listening for Global UnderstandingStudents are asked to listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions.1) Who should have brought the booster chair to the couple?The hostess.2) Why did the woman ask for an extra plate?Their daughter will share some of their meal with it.3) What did the restaurant serve at all tables for free?sourdough breadExercise 2 Listening for DetailsStudents are asked to listen to the dialogue again and fill in the blanks with the missing information.1) Can I get you anything from the bar for starters?2) Our special tonight is Duck Chambord, which is roast duck served in a raspberry sauce withfresh raspberries.3) That is 17.95 and it comes with soup or salad.4) How would you like your filet mignon, sir? Rare, medium rare, or well-done?5) It’s very good. I recommend it.6) I will also bring your sourdough bread in just a moment.Additional ListeningIn this section, students will listen to a passage about the longest suspension bridge in the world and then do the exercises as required. Before listening, they are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the passage.TranscriptThe Longest Suspension Bridge in the WorldVerrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbor in 1524 and named it Angou lême. He described it as “a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the mids t of which flowed a great river”. Though V errazano is by no means considered to be a greatest explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him.The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island. It has a span of 4,260 feet. The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer. Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea. These alone took sixteen months to build. Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and e legant, fulfilling its designer’s dream to c reate “an enormous obje ct drawn as faintly as possible”.(From /Article/1321.shtml)Key to ExercisesExercise 1 Listening ComprehensionStudents are asked to listen to the passage and choose the best answers to the questions.1) D2) A3) BExercise 2 Listening for DetailsStudents are asked to listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with the missing information.1)Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbor in 1524 andnamed it Angoulême（安古拉姆）.2) The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea.3) Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet.4) Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire.Part III Oral PracticeIn this part, students will have 3 tasks to accomplish.Task 1 Group DiscussionStudents are asked to work in groups and tell each other three places where they would make their dream trips if they had the time and money. They should explain their reasons for their choice.SampleIf I had money and time, I would first go to Greece, next to Paris and then to Austria. I choose Greece as the first because ancient Greek civilization impresses me the most and I am looking forward to a visit to the Parthenon, which is the most important and characteristic monument of Greek civilization.My second choice is Paris which is a romantic city and the paradise for artists. Paris, the “City of Lights”, is best known for its world-renowned beauty and charm. The Louvre which is located on the right bank of the Seine River is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. Other places like the Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Palace of Versailles are all attractive places of interest.I choose Austria, the land of music, out of my love for classical music. Austria is the hometown of many world-famous classical musicians such as the Strauss family, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Franz Schubert whose music I have been enjoying for years.Hopefully, my dream will be fulfilled one day. As you can see, all these places are located in Europe and thus it won’t cost too much to visit and take too long before I can save enough money to cover the expenses.Task 2 Pair WorkIn partⅡtask 2, students have heard a dialogue about dining a broad. Imagine it’s the lunch time in a coffee shop. Students are asked to work in pairs and make a short dialogue between a customer and a waiter/waitress.Sample for the DialogueWaitress: Hello, may I take your order?Customer: Yes, I would like the tomato and cucumber salad, garlic bread, spaghetti and meatballs and iced tea with lemon please.Waitress: Do you want to upgrade that to a super value meal?Customer: No, thanks, but what is a special meal?Waitress: That is a set meal with little fat for people on a diet. Would you like one? Customer: No, thanks, this is enough.Waitress: Is this for here or to go?Customer: I eat in, oh, and can I get some apple pies?Waitress: Sorry, the pie machine is out of work. Your total is 6 bucks.Task 3 Role PlayStudents are asked to find two partners to play the roles of a local guide, Wang and two tourists, Jack and Mike. Jack and Mike have never been to the Great Wall before and are curious about almost everything. Wang introduces the Great Wall to them, and tries his/her best to answer their questions.Sample for the DialogueWang: We’re approaching Badaling and you will see the Great Wall in a short while.Jack: Wonderful! We’ve been waiting for it so long.Mike: W hat’s the length of the Great Wall?Wang: The Great Wall meanders from east to west for about 6,000 kilometers or 12,000 li. That’s why we call it in Chinese “Wan Li Chang Cheng”, w hich literally means “Ten Thousand Li Long Wall”.Jack: And it was built more than 2,000 years ago?Wang: Yes, construction of the Wall first began during the Warring States period about 2,500 years ago. Some kingdoms built huge walls hoping to protect their territories. When Qin Shihuang or the First Emperor unified China in 221BC, he decided to have the various sections of the walls linked up and also extended. From that we got the Great Wall.Jack: And that’s what we’re going to see, right?Wang: No, not really. The Qin Great Wall hasn’t got much left today. In the subsequent dynasties, the Great Wall was rebuilt many times. The last massive rebuilding of the Great wall was in Ming Dynasty. The Great Wall we shall see at Badaling was rebuilt then. Oh, here we are.Please remember the number of our bus. Should you go astray from the group as I knowsome younger members of our group would like to have a quick climb to the top, please re member to come here before 11 o’clock.Jack: What are those towers on the wall spaced at regular distances from one another?Wang: They are beacon fire towers. In ancient times, if attacked by enemies the guards would set off smoke in the day-time and bonfire at night to alarm troops stationed along the wall. Jack: I see Bob and Ma rk are already on the wall. Let’s quicken our steps.Wang: Please watch your step. It’s very steep here and the surface is a little slippery.Jack: I now understand why you told us to wear no high heeled shoes.Wang: Shall I give you a hand?Mike: No, no. I’m doing fine with the help of the banisters.Jack: Hold on. A few more steps will bring us to the top.Wang: Now, this is the furthest point we can go. Beyond here, the wall has not been restored yet.Why don’t we sit down and rest for a while before we turn back?Mike: This is such a lovely place! Green mountains roll over one another. Lush trees dot the slopes. A gentle breeze caresses us and the Great Wall winds its way like a giant serpent. Wang: I also want to tell you a well-known legend. In 221 B.C., in ShanXi Province there was a poor scholar. One day the soldiers came to his village and seized every man in sight, but the scholar managed to escape by hiding himself in a garden. He was discovered by a beautiful young girl named Meng Jiangnu who helped him. Soon they fell in love. But on their wedding d ay he was seized by the emperor’s soldiers and taken to the Great Wall to work.For months and months, Meng Jiangnu waited for her husband to return but there was no news of him. Finally she decided to go to the Great Wall to look for him. After a long and hard journey, she arrived at the beginning of the wall, at Shanhaiguan by the sea. After searching for him for many weeks, she finally gave up her hope. In great despair she knelt by the wall and wept for three days and three nights. The wall, weakened by her tears, collapsed around here and there, where great stones had once been, lay the dead body of her husband.Meng Jiangnu was heart-broken. She threw herself into the sea and drowned. If you get the chance to go to Shanhaiguan yo u’ll see a temple dedicated to her memory over-looking the sea.Jack: Well, Wang, you are not only knowledgeable about history, but also have the gift of the gab!(From /yingyu/55/n-90755.html) Time for FunOne-breath EnglishStudents will listen to the following recording and repeat the sentences after the tape.Step 1Use one breath to imitate the speakers’ pronunciation and intonation. Try to control your speed and make sure you have the right and clear pronunciation and intonation.Step 2Articulate it as clearly and quickly as possible.。

视听说文本及答案Unit6Book1Unit 6Part OneE = E.T. H = Human BeingH: Hey, why are you dressed in such a funny costume? Are you trying to tell me you are from Mars? Don't be silly! It's not Halloween. Come on. Take off the costume.E: Ouch! Stop! This is my life support! I landed on this planet only yesterday. How can you treat a visitor so rudely!H: I'm sorry. But did you say you just came to this planet?E: That's right! I was traveling space the other day when I met a human being called Yang Liwei. He told me that his homeland on Earth is extremely attractive. So I decided to come here to have a look.H: Wow! You are a real E.T.! Welcome, but I still don't believe it.E: You'd better believe it. I'm a real E.T.! Good to meet you!H: Welcome to Earth. Have you found anything different here?E: Sure. There are so many people, bicycles and cars on the streets that they can hardly move. And the bicycles and cars look like toys. I have never seen them before. We don't need them at all. We can move freely whenever and wherever we want. H: Well, it would be nice not to have traffic jams.E: But it looks like you are enjoying life more than we do. It's beautiful here with all the trees and flowers. I hear that there are lots of interesting places here.H: There sure are!E: And the food you eat attracts me very much, especially the vegetables and fruits.H: Don't you have attractive and tasty foods at home?E: No, we need only electricity. It gives us enough energy to keep alive and active.H: Amazing!E: And I notice that you play interesting and exciting games.I watched one game and enjoyed it very much. There were ten people and one ball moving back and forth. Is it called basketball?H: Yeah, that's right. Basketball is one of the most popular sports. Many people here love it. It's not strange that you liked it when you saw it. There are also many other kinds of sports, such as football, tennis and volleyball. All of them are very exciting to us.E: I wish we had exciting sports. We spend too much time on high technology. Everything in our world is controlled by computers and all we have to do is sit in front of them to get what we want and need.H: So, do you play computer games as sports? Some of us like them very much.E: They were popular on our planet one hundred years ago. Now nobody has much interest in them. I don't want to hurt your feelings, but I must say our computer technology is much more advanced than yours.H: You must be kidding. We have always thought that humans are the most intelligent creatures in the universe. But anyway, I'd really like to take a trip to outer space and see what exactly your life is like. Can I go back with you? That would be great!E: I'd love to take you there, but there are two problems. How would you survive on my planet without oxygen? And how could you return to Earth by yourself?H: Do you mean that it's impossible for me to go with you to your place?E: That's right. But if it is ever possible, I promise you I'll show you around when you get there. I do have to go back now because I've almost used up the electricity in my body. It's been nice talking with you. I really do have to say goodbye for now.H: One day I hope we do meet again and I hope you will keep your promise. Bye.Exercise 21.D2.C3.D4.C5.A6.BExercise 31.dressed in2.costume3.rudely4.whenever wherever5.much more advanced6.creatures7.what exactly 8,.survive 9.show you around /doc/b99326391.html,ed upPart TwoListening IReporter: How do you do, Mr. Howard? I'm from the Morning Express. I'd like to ask you some questions.Mr. Howard: All right. What do you want to know?Reporter: First, please tell me when and where you saw theUFO.Mr. Howard: It was last night, around midnight. I had just fallen asleep when my dog barked.Reporter: What did you do?Mr.Howard: I didn't know why he was barking, so I looked out of the window. Reporter: Tell me what you saw in the yard.Mr.Howard: Well, there was a huge silver rocket that glowed.Reporter: Incredible! Our readers will want to know if there were people in the rocket.Mr.Howard: There were faces looking out of the windows, but I couldn't identify them because of the curtains.Reporter: Curtains on the windows of a UFO? Thank you very much, Mr. Howard!Exercise 11.B 2,C 3.D 4.A 5.A 6.AExercise 21.midnight2.barking3.sliver4.glowed5.faces6.windows7. identify8.curtainsListening IIJohn: Sue, have you ever heard the story of King Umberto I of Italy?Sue: King Umberto I? I don't think so.John: It's a very interesting story. I read that on July 28th, 1900, King Umberto met a man who owned a restaurant in Milan.Sue: Mm-hmm.John: And he and this man, they looked exactly alike.Sue: Oh?John: They were identical. And they talked to each other, and they found out that both their wives were called Maria, both had sons named Vittorio and they were born on the same day at exactly the same time.Sue: Oh, gosh!John: Get this: They started to work in the same year. I mean, Umberto became king in the same year that this man opened his restaurant business.Sue: Oh, wow. Well, their professions were different.John: Yeah, well. But even their deaths were similar.Sue: Hmm.John: They were both going to take part in a sporting event near Milan. I mean, the king was going to be giving out the prizes, and the man was going to be in a shooting contest. And the day before the contest, the man who owned the restaurant was cleaning his gun and he shot himself.Sue: Oh, my God!John: He died instantly.Sue: Hmm.John: The next day, on the way to the sporting event, the king was assassinated. He was shot, and he died instantly.Sue: Oh, boy, that really—I don't know if I believe all that.John: It's a true story.Sue: It really is? Is it really true?John: I read it. It's a true story.Exercise 1A√ B C√ D√ E F√ G√ H I√ J√ K√ L1.B2.A3.C4.A5.DPart ThreePractice OneI've lived here beside Loch Ness since I retired last year. My house has a good, clear view of the loch. In fact, it's only about a hundred meters from the lake, and there's nothing but the road in between.Last Tuesday, I got up as usual at about seven o'clock and went into my garden. I looked around, and something attracted my attention on the loch. There was almost no mist that morning, and I could see that there was something moving quite fast, going north, in the middle of the loch. It looked like a giant snake, with its head and part of its body above water, and it was moving very fast. I imagine that it was about thirty meters long. I ran into the house to get my camera, but when I got back it had gone.I waited for about five minutes and then it appeared again, this time nearer the road and my house, so I could see it clearly.I had a good view of it about two minutes and I managed to take several photographs of it. The photographs haven't come out very well, unfortunately, but one or two of them show the creature quite clearly. I suppose the whole incident lasted for about fifteen minutes, because I looked at my watch the last time I saw it, and it said a quarter past seven. I've never seen anything so strangein my life.1.T2.F3.T4.T5.F6.T7.F8.FExercise 21.fast north middle2.giant head body3.thirty meters4.camera gone5.five minutes nearerPractice TwoOn April 14, 1868, two ships were scheduled to leave the busy port of New York for Europe. The night before, their captains met and had dinner together. The dinner was very ordinary and certainly neither man knew he would soon have a role in one of the world's greatest mysteries.The two ships left the next morning. Their names: the Dei Gratia and the Marie Celeste. After several days at sea, Morehouse, the captain of the Dei Gratia, sightedthe Marie Celeste, and he immediately recognized that something was wrong. It was not moving and there was no sign of life on deck. Morehouse and a few of his men took a small boat to the Marie Celeste to investigate. They searched every part of the ship and found nothing—not a man, dead or alive, no signs of illness or combat, no disruption. In fact, everything was ingood order, as if the crew had left ten minutes before. There was a ten-pound note on a table, with an unfinished letter home near it,a freshly washed stack of clothes in the laundry, and plenty of food and water. These signs of normal, everyday life on an empty ship were the strangest feature of the mystery. What had happened to the captain and crew? If they had been attacked, why was everything still in its place and why were there no signs of a struggle? If they had died suddenly from a disease, where were their bodies?Exercise 11.C2.D3.A4.B5.CExercise 21.alive2.illness3.order4.ten-pound5.unfinished6.freshly7.plenty8.normal 9.empty 10.strangest 11.attacked 12.strugglePractice ThreeEaster Island is one of hundreds of Pacific islands that were formed from volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago. It is, however, the only one of these islands that carries its own mysteries. First, it is isolated: it lies two thousand miles from theSouth American coast and fourteen hundred miles from the nearest inhabited island. But more importantly, it is a place where a mysteriouscivilization once flourished, leaving behind more than a thousand huge stone statues as evidence to its greatness. The first Europeans came to the island in 1722, when three Dutch ships landed on Easter Sunday. Since that time, thousands of archaeologists have come to Easter Island to study the great stone statues, some of which weigh over a hundred tons. The archaeologists' work has produced many answers, but we may never understand all of the history behind these stone faces. Even after a century of study, the written language found on the island has not been understood. In addition, no one knows for certain how the stone statues were transported or even why they were built.Exercise 11.T2.F3.T4.T5.F6.TExercise 21.About 1,400 miles2.More than 1,0003.Over 100 tons4.On EasterSunday in 1722 5.How they were transported and why they were builtPractice FourCrop circles are irregular circles that have appeared in farmers' fields across the world, mostly in England.Although crop circles first gained worldwide attention in the early 1980s, the first circles appeared much earlier. There is even evidence of crop circles as early as 1678in Hertfordshire, England. The first reported crop circle in modern times appeared in Tully, England, during 1966.During the summer of 1980, many circles appeared in the English countryside. The phenomenon was centered in the land around the town of Warminster, which was a world-famous UFO hotspot. As the years passed by, more and more circles appeared each year, usually between the months of May and August in the early morning hours. Crop circles spread beyond the Wessex counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire to other parts of England, and then, worldwide. Crop circles are now reported in over 30 countries, including Canada, Hungary, the United States, Japan, and the former Soviet Union. The circles grew more and more mathematically complex, and included rings, lines, squares, triangles, as well as circles.There were various theories about the origin of this strange phenomenon. Dr. Terence Meaden, a British physicist, believed that the circles were formed by electrified wind. He said that electrified air forms mini-tornadoes and spirals down on the fields, causing the circles. However, this theory does not account for the highly complex recent circles that have appeared. Hoaxers are often blamed for many of the circles, especially the more complex ones.Exercise 11.B2.B3.C4.B5.B6.AExercise 21.1980s2.Canada3.rings squares4.origin5.acccount forPart FourSection IThe Bermuda Triangle is a triangular area in the Atlantic Ocean. Legend has it that many people, ships and planes have mysteriously disappeared in this area.Many theories have been given to explain the extraordinary mystery of these missing ships and planes. But some people believe that there is no mystery to be solved. The number of wrecks in this area is not extraordinary, given its size, location and the amount of traffic it receives. Many of the ships and planes that have been identified as having disappeared mysteriously in the Bermuda Triangle were not in the Bermuda Triangle at all. Investigations to date have not produced scientific evidence of any unusual phenomena involved in the disappearances. Thus, no explanation is needed. The real mystery is how the Bermuda Triangle became a mystery at all.The modern legend of the Bermuda Triangle began soon after five Navy planes (Flight 19) disappeared on a training mission during a severe storm in 1945. The most logical explanation as to why they disappeared is that lead pilot Lt.Taylor's compass failed. The trainees' planes were not equipped with working navigational instruments. The group was lost and simply ran out of fuel. No mysterious forces were likely to have been involved other than the "mysterious" force of gravity on planes with no fuel. It is true that one of the rescue planes blew up shortly after take-off, but this was likely due to a faulty gas tank rather than to any mysterious forces.Part A1.F2.F3.T4.T5.T6.F7.T8.TPart B1.disappeared2.size location3.unusual4.gravity fuel5.blew upSection IICan you name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?Don't worry if you can't. Although most people know that a list exists of the Seven World Wonders, only few can name them. What makes it even harder is that only one still exists. Six of the Seven Wonders no longer stand, having been destroyed by natural disasters or by humans.The list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World wasoriginally compiled around the 2nd century B.C. The first mention of the idea is found in History of Herodotus as long ago as the 5th century B.C. Decades later, Greek historians wrote about the greatest monuments of the time. The final list of the Seven Wonders was compiled during the Middle Ages. The list included the seven most impressive monuments of the Ancient World, some of which barely survived to the Middle Ages.Here goes the list: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.Today, archaeological evidence reveals some of the mysteries that surrounded the history of the Wonders for centuries. For their builders, the Seven Wonders were a celebration of religion, mythology, art, power and science. For us, they reflect the ability of humans to change the surrounding landscape by building massive yet beautiful structures, one of which has stood the test of time to this very day.Part A1.F2.T3.F4.T5.F6.TPart B1.disasters/doc/b99326391.html,piled3.impressive4.reveals5.religion6.structures。

Unit 61.ScriptM: Did you pick up the paper for me today? I really want to check the job vacancies. W: I know, it’s over there. There’s not much happen though. I’ve had a look already.Maybe you should look on the Net instead.Q: What is the man looking for?C) A job vacancy.2.ScriptM: You don’t have enough experience or qualifications for this role. What makes you believe you could handle the position?W: I’m a fast learner and enjoy learning on the job. My natural skills lie in this area, and I’m confident that I could handle the challenge. Given a chance, I would prove myself.Q: What is the woman saying?D) She is quite to learn.3. ScriptM: Could you help me with my resume? Jane said you’re good with these things, andI really need someone to edit it. It’s way too long.W: Sure, no problem. Give it to me. A good resume should be no more than one page, you know. And it should list you experience in reverse chronological order.Q: Which of the following is true according to the dialog?A) A resume should not be too long.4. ScriptM: Could you tell me why you would like to work for our company?W: Well, it has a good reputation as an employer, and its products are quite popular in the marketplace. I would feel proud to work for a company like this and to contribute to its success.Q: Why does the woman apply for the job?C) Because of the company’s good reputation and popular products.5. ScriptW: Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?M: I aim to have been promoted to senior manager at the very least. I’m very ambitious and want to climb the career ladder as fast as possible. I don’t want to feel miserable on the first rung in five years’ time, watching everybody above me. Q: What does the man want in fie years?B) To become a senior manager or higher.III. Listening InTask 1: Tips for job interviews.ScriptM:After listening to the career officer’s talk, I’ve now realized the importance of getting prepared for an interview.W:Quite true. First of all, we should never be late for an interview. If you’re not punctual, they’ll suspect that you’ll be late for work in future.M: And before going to the interview, we had better pay attention to our dress. We must look professional without overdoing it. Careless clothes will lead them into thinking that you’re likely to do your job carelessly.W: Yes. During the interview, it is important to look confident without being too pushy. It’s necessary to maintain eye contact. This shows your interest in the conversation and helps to maintain the communication between you and the interviewer.M: Besides, many employers attach importance to the education you’ve received. We need to highlight those courses, especially valuable to the job we’re applying for. W: Book knowledge is not enough. We must show them we have practical experience in the field. Tell them about our internship, and emphasize the skills that are useful in the job we’re seeking.M: Sure! Many students will tell the prospective employer that they have a good command of English.W: They’re also eager to tell interviewer about their computer skills with PowerPoint, Excel, and so on. Students from lower-tier universities especially need certificates to show they’ve acquired those skills before they can hope to compete against students from prestigious universities.M: Character is considered an important factor in contemporary society, where teamwork is a must.W: Well, too many students are saying more or less the same thing. If everybody says, “I’m warm-hearted and cooperative, get along well with my classmates, and have good team spirit,” the boss will soon get fed up.M: Perhaps we should let the work we’ve done speak for itself.W: Right on. Participation is important. If you can show them you’re an important leader of the Student Union of the University or the Department or you’ve organized a singing competition, etc., obviously you’re a good team player.Key1.T2.F3.T4. T5. F6.T7. TTask2 Are you ready for a phone interview?ScripNowadays, many employers use telephone interviews to screen candidates in order to narrow the pool of applicants who will be invited for in-person interview. They are also used as a way to minimize the expenses in involved in interviewing out-of-town candidates.While you’re job-searching, it’s important to be prepared for a phone interview on a moment’s notice. You never know when a recruiter might call. So, you’d better take a look at the following phone interview tips.Before the interview, you should get well-prepared. For example, you can compile a list of your background and skills, your strengths and weaknesses, as well as a list of answers to typical phone interview questions. You need to keep your resume on the top of your desk or tape it to the wall near the phone, so it’s at your fingertips when you need to answer questions. Also, you should have a pen and paper handy for note taking.It’s helpful to practice interviewing. You can rehearse answers to those typical questions you might be asked. Have a friend or family member conduct a mock interview and tape record it, so you can see how you sound over the phone. In this way, you will be able to hear your “ums” and “uhs” and “OKs”, and you can practice reducing them from your conversational speech.During the phone interview, try to smile. Smiling will project a positive image to the listener and will change the tone of your voice. Over the phone, you must speak slowly, clearly and politely. You should use interviewer’s title (Mr. or Ms. and their last name), and remember to only use a first name if they ask you to. It is essential to interrupt the interviewer. On your part, you should try to give answers that are short and to the point.Finally, remember your goal is to set up a face-to-face interview. After you thank the interviewer, ask if it would be possible to meet in person.Question and key1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a purpose of screening candidateson the phone?B) To test candidates’ psychological stability when they speak on the phone.2. What can you infer from the speaker’s recommendation of compiling a list of information about yourself?C) Without it, you may become disorganized while being interviewed.3. What does the speak say about your resume?C) Put it near the phone.4. According to the speaker, why should you conduct a simulated interview?A) To reduce unnecessary words in an interview.5. Which of the following is suggested when you address the interviewer on thephone?D) All of the above.Task3 Do you know how to write a resume? ScriptYour resume, or CV in British English, has one mission and one mission only: to get you a job interview. Your resume is usually the first impression an employer has of you. And as “you never get a second chance to make a first impression”, you‘d better get it right firs time. Here’re some suggestions that may be of use in preparing a resume.First, use a design that demands attention. Employers don’t have time to read through each of your job descriptions to know if you have the skills they need. The design of your resume must do it for them. Your resume should be concise, well-organized and relevant. It should emphasize the most important and relevant points about your experience, skills and education.Second, put important information first. List important information at the beginning of your job descriptions. Put statements in your resume in order of importance and relevance to the job you want. A powerful statement with exact numbers influences every statement that follows.Third, target the job. You will have more success if you adjust your resume and cover letter for the specific skills an employer is seeking. This means you would write one resume for one particular job and a different resume for another job. In other words, you need to “repackage” yourself. In that way, an employer will see immediately whether you are suitable person for the job. It is not dishonest to “repackage” yourself. You are simply pressing yourself and your skills in the best light for a particular employer. This will help you t get more interviews and allow you to apply for a wider range of jobs.Question and key1.Why does the speaker say a resume is important?C) Because it leaves a first impression and you have only one chance to do so.2.Which of the following will NOT be regarded as a feature of good resumes?A) Details3.Where should you put the important information in your job descriptionsaccording to the passage?A) At the beginning.4.How many resumes would the speaker advise you to write if you applied for threejobs?C) Three.5. What is the passage mainly about?B) Resume tips.IV. Speaking OutGiving tips for a job interviewModel 1 Can you give me some tips about how to get a good job?Susan: John, can you give me some tips about how to get a good job?John: (1) Did you go to the job fairs and meet with companies?Susan: Yeah, I did. But they didn’t seem to be interested in women. I thought about suing then for sexual discrimination.John: I’m afraid it won’t be much help. Have you looked at the want ads in the newspaper?Susan: I’ve been checking the want ads every day for a week, but (2) I can’t find anything interesting that I’m qualified for. And the few that I have seen arevery low-paying.John: Then try the Internet. (3) You can use a search engine to find a job site related to your field.Susan: Good thinking! Thanks! I think I’ll look for something in electronic engineering.John: Hey, (4) I just saw a job opening at a company called E-Tech. It could be just the sort of thing you’re looking for.Susan: Great, I’ll try my luck there.John: Yeah, but if I remember, the deadline is this afternoon.Susan: This afternoon? Oh no! I’d better get online quickly and see if (5) I can submit my resume by e-mail.John:Wait, (6)have you updated your resume? You’d better include your work experience from the IT company last summer.Susan: Don’t worry. It’s all set. Thanks, mate.John:Any time, Sue.Model2Do you have any tips for a successfulinterview?ScriptSusan: John, do you have any tips for a successful interview?John: Well, first of all, you need to dress professionally.Susan: Oh, what about during the interview?John: Ok, (1) be sure to maintain good eye contact and answer all questions politely and directly. (2) Don’t look too shy, nor should you sound too aggressive. Susan: I’m not sure what kind of questions they’ll ask.John: They’ll probably want to know a little about your work experience. (3) Many companies don’t want a completely green hand. They don’t want to spend time and money on training.Susan: Fortunately, (4) I gained some experience at an IT company during the last summer holiday.John: They may also want to know something about your character. You see, (5) ability for teamwork is usually valued.Susan: What kind of questions should I ask them?John: You should ask them about the job requirements and about the company. Susan: (6) Should I ask about salary and fringe benefits?John: Better not. Not unless they bring it up. Just use the first interview to sell yourself.Susan: You’re right. If they are interested in hiring me, there will be plenty of chances to talk about money later.John: Right. And the more interested they are, the more they’ll offer.Model3 Our best bet is to recruit from thecompetition.ScriptHelen: Our company is starting from scratch, so we don’t have the expertise to compete.Bill: Then(1) our best bet is to recruit from the competition.Helen: We need managers who know how to be strong, yet know how to give employees their freedom.Bill:That’s essential, especially in the computer industry. Often computer experts like to work on their own.Helen: (2)We also don’t believe that a rigid management system will work wonders for our company.Bill: Um… (3) that philosophy will help you attract many worthwhile people. Helen: I remember your friend David Miller is the CEO of a management recruitment agency. I hope (4) he’ll help us start a recruitment drive.Bill: Certainly. And it’s a good time, too. (5) A number of firms have been downsizing.Helen: Good. So lots of capable people out there are interested in bigger and better things. But (6) can David help us pin them down?Bill: Sure, Helen! That’s why they call them headhunters.ⅤLet’s talkSelecting recruitsScriptVoice-over: T-Mobile is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telecom, the giant German telephone company. T-Mobile is their goal mobile phone operation.Nine hundred people work at the company’s call centre inGreenock, which was set up only five years ago; 760 of them areemployed in handling customer calls and they are managed by 70team managers and 10 operation managers. In a large-scaleoperation like this, the role of recruitment is the reasonability of adedicated on-site human resources department.Woman: We have a training team, headed up by two leading advisers and supported by a number of customer-facing advisers who’ve beenmoved into the role of training. The theory behind is, these are thepeople who are doing the job, are in the best place to train that job toother people.[On-screen text: Helen Young, Human Resources Adviser]Helen: Our recruitment is divided into two main sections. We have a CSA recruitment: Customer Service Adviser, and we also have all the otherrecruitment. It’s crucial to us that we get the right people for the job,absolutely crucial, and we do whatever possible to ensure that peoplehave realistic expectations of the job before they, before they’re madean offer.Helen: In the initial stages they’d be given a telephone interview which would last somewhere in the region of 15 minuets. Following that, they’d beinvited to come on-site. They’d have a tour of the centre. They thenget, if you like, an opportunity to try us on for size. They get to see therole, they get to see how it feels, feel the culture of the company and ifthey’re still happy at that stage and want to apply, then they need to doso formally. They would then complete form and be brought on-site fora two-hour assessment. The assessment consists of a role-play, whichlooks at their customer service ability and a competency interview. Weneed people who have the ability to communicate well and deliver thecustomer service that we want to deliver. We have a full age range ofemployees coming from various different backgrounds: manufacturing,customer service straight through to school leavers.1. Key(1) 900 (2) customer service (3) 70 (4) human resources (5) supported (6) customer-facing (7) place (8) two (9) right people (10) realistic2. Key3 Candidates complete an application form.2 Candidates come to have a tour of the centre. They get to see the role, see how it feels, and feel the culture of the company.1 Candidates have a telephone interview that would last somewhere in the region of 15 minutes.4Candidates have a two-hour assessment consisting of a role-play which looks at their customer service ability and a competency interview.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1 Tell me about yourself.ScriptM: Tell me a little about yourself.W: I’m from Guilin City.M: What brought you to the east coast?W: I came to Qingdao to attend college. I’m impressed by this city’s dynamic economy. I’ve come to love it so much that I’ve decided to stay and work here. M: What work experience do you have?W: I worked as an intern for a small shipping company. My primary responsibilities were to maintain the company’s ties with the existing customers and try to find new cargo sources.M: What did that experience teach you?W: I learned that communication skills are extremely important. Text knowledge is indeed necessary, but it is equally essential to be able to persuade a potential client t to trust you.M: How would your former employer describe you?W: He told me that my ability to find one customer after another was an asset to the company. He thanked me for my loyalty. He also appreciated my team spirit as shown in my cooperation with my colleagues.M: You seem very mature for your age. And I see from your resume that you are very goal-oriented.W: Thank you. I believe I’ve acquired many good qualities from my parents. They’re my role models. However, I know I still have a lot to learn.Key(1) coast(2) impressed(3) shipping company(4) cargo(5) communication skills(6) essential(7) asset(8) team spirit.(9) her age(10) her parentsTask 2: A Work Qualification TestScriptMurphy applies for an engineering position at an Irish firm based in Dublin. An American applied for the same job. Quite by coincidence, the two amplifications had the same qualification, and were asked to take the same test by the manager of the Human Resource Department. Upon completion of the test, both men missed only one of the questions. The manager went to Murphy and said, “Thank you for your interest, but we’ve decided to give the American the job.”Bewildered by the manager’s decision, Murphy asked, “Why would you be doing that? We both got nine questions correct. This being Ireland and me being Irish, I should get the job!”The manger answered calmly, “We have made our decisions based on the correct answers, but on the question you missed.”Unconvinced and somewhat indignant, Murphy question, “And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?”The manager’s answer took him by surprise, “Simple, on QuestionNo.5, the American put down ‘I don’t’ know’, and you put down ‘Neither do I’.”Key1.F2.T3.T4.F5.TTask3: A guide to a successful job interviewScriptThere are times that you will be asked a hard question during a job interview. Don’t panic, they just want to see how you handle a difficult situation. Being prepared is always the best policy. Here are some samples of questions and some advice on how to handle them properly.Why should we choose you? To this question, you can ask yourself why you applied, what makes you suitable for this position, what the company can gain from hiring you, what you have to offer, how you would handle this job, etc.Often they ask you to tell them about yourself. You can split your answer into two, the professional and the personal level. Both are important, and how you move from one to the other depends on what you have to say. You can give a brief summary of your life, professional and personal, with less emphasis on the early past, and more emphasis on the present and the future.When asked “What are your weaknesses?” by the interview, don’t say, “I don’t have any.” Everyone has weakness, and it takes strength to recognize them. Say something relevant but hugely important to the specific positive, and always add something positive like, “I haven’t had a lot of exposure to the on-site work, but I’m looking forward to being more involved in dealing with customers directly and learning their needs.”Another common question is: “What are your strengths?” You should customize your answer to meet the position requirements. Keep in mind the things they asked for in the advertisement. Tell them your strengths, but also show them how they how they would be applied to this job. To show how your strengths were valuable, use the “Why, where, when, how” to demonstrate and prove your strengths.Question and key1.What is the passage mainly concerned with?C) Getting prepared for questions at a job interview.2.What does the speaker NOT mention as an answer to the question, “Why shouldwe choose you?”C) How you can beat other competitors.3.What does the speaker advise you to stress when introducing yourself?B) Your present and future.4.What might the speaker advise you NOT to say when asked, “What are yourweaknesses?”A) I don’t have any.5.What should you say when asked about your strong points?D) You should relate your strengths to the job requirements.Viewing and speakingHiring and firing1. Script and keySpeakers The speakers’ wordsBlond man… so careful with our (1) selectionprocess. We don’t take a zillion girls andchuck them on the wall and see, seewhich ones stick. We take on two girls,maybe three a year, and I really wantthem.Woman in pink Are you used to working under (2)pressure?Black-haired woman Yes, ’cause I come from a (3) marketingbackground.Woman in pink Obviously there’s always a real structureand purpose to an (4)interview in thatwe’re hiring for a specific job. So wehave to make people very, kind of, veryat ease in an interview. Becauseotherwise you might end up hiringsomeone who is completely wrong for the(5) business.Woman in blue suit I’ve had an individual who was extremely(6) nervous and she was sick in theinterview. And we had another lady whogiggled all the way through the interviewand it’s really hard not to (7) laugh in aninterview when you’ve got someone onthe other side of the desk behaving thatway.Long, straight-haired woman When you make people (8) redundantwhich is, which is a not very nice part ofthe job is, you have to be verycompassionate because it is somebody’slivelihood that you are dealing with. Woman in pink You have to, um, obviously beempathetic with that person, and that bequite (9) difficult.Blond man We call it (10) sacking. And, and it isprobably the most harrowing thing youcan do.Long, straight-haired woman If you can help, write a new CV for themso that can help them get another job, um,you know that’s very useful as well.。

Unit 6 WealthListeningAudio Track 4-6-1/Audio Track 4-6-2Megan: Hi, George. Are you planning a trip?George: No, I’m just looking at this brochure. It features expensive hotels and their luxury suites. Megan: I didn’t know you were rich!George: I ca n dream, can’t I? Look at this place, it’s in Hong Kong. Guests staying in the Peninsula Suite get their own limousine driver. They also have 24-hour butler service.Megan: And you pay for it, too! It’s over $4,800!George: Well, this one’s a little cheaper. It’s only $4,300 a night.Megan: Hmmm, the Hotel Ritz. It’s in the center of Paris — great for sightseeing. Lots of famous people stay here … Wait, you can’t stay there.George: Why not?Megan: It’s the Coco Chanel Suite. You have to wear designer clothes and you don’t have any! George: Very funny.Megan: Wow! The Royal Suite at Burj Al Arab is really expensive! It’s almost $7,000 — for one night!George: Yeah, but look at the details. They actually have a “helipad” — a place for landing your helicopter. Oh, and it’s also the tallest hotel in the world.Megan: Cool! So, when are you taking me there?George: Ha ha. Actually, I think the Peninsula is my favorite. What about you? Just a minute. Hello? … Yes, it is … Oh, hi, Luke … oh, really? … Uh huh … That’s great! … OK, talk to you later!Megan: Who was that?George: It was Luke. He makes the travel arrangements for my boss.Megan: And?George: My boss is going to Hong Kong on a business trip and he wants me to go with him. Megan: When?George: In two week s. Best of all, we’re going to stay at the Peninsula!Audio Track 4-6-3/Audio Track 4-6-4Nick: Did you see “Look at them now!” last night?Janet: I had to do my homework, so I only saw the last ten minutes. Who was it about?Nick: Last night they featur ed Jim Carrey, Jewel, and um … What’s the name of that actor from West Africa? He was in the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.Janet: You mean Djimon Hounsou?Nick: Yeah. Anyway, it’s funny to think that they were all broke a few years ago.Janet: Yeah. And n ow they’re wealthy and famous. Life is so strange. Hey, I didn’t know that Jim Carrey used to be broke.Nick: Yeah. As a child, he even had to work an eighthour shift after school every day. His family needed the money. Can you imagine?Janet: I could never do that. It sounds really hard.Nick: Yeah. He started his career as a stand-up comic before he acted in movies. He’s always been a funny guy.Janet: What did you say about Djimon?Nick: He was discovered in Paris by a fashion designer. He started out as a model. Then he appeared in music videos for Madonna andJanet Jackson. Did you know that?Janet: No, I didn’t.Nick: He’s also appeared on TV. He’s done it all!Janet: Well, I did see the part about Jewel. Her family sure was penniless!Nick: Basically, yes. She started singing with her father when she was 14.Janet: And then her parents divorced. She had to grow up really fast.Nick: I know, but her life is good now. She has a great boyfriend —he’s a real-life rodeo cowboy! They seem really happy.Jane t: “Look at them now!” is such a great show, isn’t it?Nick: It sure is. Maybe we can watch it together next week.Audio Track 4-6-5Joseph: I had the worst luck last week.Jane: Why? What happened?Joseph: I received a brand new bicycle as my 20th birthday present from my uncle and I loved it. Jane: That’s great news! What’s so unlucky about that?Joseph: Well, I lent it to one of my best friends on Friday. He needed it to do some errands. Jane: That’s a nice thing to do.Joseph: Well, my friend had bad luck. He had a terrible accident.Jane: That’s too bad!Joseph: Yeah. He broke his leg and my bicycle was totally destroyed.Jane: Gosh, that’s really terrible.Audio Track 4-6-6When I was a university student, I bought my first car. It wasn’t very expe nsive because it was really old. It was a little red Toyota. I worked in a restaurant during summer vacation and in fall I finally had enough money. I bought the car from my friend’s father. I took all my friends driving around every weekend and we had so much fun. A year later I had an accident. I wasn’t hurt, but the car was destroyed. I still miss my first car.Audio Track 4-6-7/Audio Track 4-6-8Vacation every day: The peaceful life Mary Larson has wished forMary Larsen was 43 when she got divorced. It was a new life for her, and she started considering what was really important in her life. She was working 60 hours a week as a banker to pay for a big house, expensive furniture, a new car, and all the other “important” things in life. But she had no t ime for what she really enjoyed: going out on her old houseboat.One day, she realized she could live on the boat, and forget about the mortgage payments. She sold her house and all her furniture. For the last six years, she and her dog Buddy have lived on the boat, which is only a fraction of the size of her old house. Her “home” is a marina on the river, and the rent costs only $200 a month, including water and electricity. Inside the boat is one room, about 5 meters by4 meters. It’s divided in two parts by a curtain. One part is Mary’s bedroom, the other is the living room and kitchen.There’s also a small bathroom with a shower. “I used to spend every weekend cleaning and maintaining my house. Now, it takes me two or three hours a month,” Mary says.“My friends think I’m crazy,” she says. “But I wake up in the morning and hear ducks and birds. I can go fishing from my living room.” Now, she works only part time. She uses all the extra hours for writing stories, bicycling, volu nteering, and visiting friends. On weekends, she goes along the river on her boat, exploring new places. “Would I go back to my old life? Never,” she says. “It’s so peaceful here. It’s like being on vacation every day.”Audio Track 4-6-9/Audio Track 4-6-10Money from unexpected sourcesThe San people live in southern Africa. Scientists say that they may have been living there for as long as 40,000 years, hunting animals and gathering plants. Until recently, the once mighty San were broke and unemployed.They had lost their land and were no longer engaged in traditional activities, such as hunting. The few young San people with jobs were working as farm laborers. They were not learning about their ancient culture and language. That may all change. The San have struck it rich. They recently signed an agreement with a large drug company.The San have traditional knowledge about plants. The drug company is especially interested in a particular cactus and how the San use it.The San used to go on hunting trips. While away from home, they chewed on the cactus to suppress their appetite —they no longer felt hungry afterwards. Using the San’s knowledge, thedrug company plans to make a new drug from this plant. For people around the world who eat too much and have weight problems, this new drug could really help them by suppressing their appetites.The San have a positive plan for this new wealth. Their first step will be to get jobs for their people. Their next priority will be education. Through education, they hope to save their culture and language for future generations. When you think of a monk, you might think of a quiet man living in an isolated place. The “free monks” of Greece do live in a monastery, but they are anything but quiet. In fact, they sing. They have been recording their songs and selling many records in Greece.Young music listeners love to listen to the “free monks.” Their songs are recorded in different styles (digital keyboard and rock, for example), and the themes are not only religious. The brothers also sing about problems like drugs and globalization.The monks haven’t made a fortune from their record sales, but they have made a profit. They use the money to pay for summer camps for teenagers. At the camps, the teens can play soccer and go horseback riding. The monks also donate money to other social programs that help people.Audio Track 4-6-111. “My kids still ask me for money!”2. “Stan never visits me. I feel lonely.”3. “Will loves money. He spends so much of it!”4. “Taylor really has too much fun. She doesn’t take anything seriously.”5. “I love Sam most of all. He’s a good dog.”Speaking & CommunicationAudio Track 4-6-12Jack: I have the worst luck.Angela: Why? What happened?Jack: I bought two lottery tickets. One of them was a winning ticket.Angela: That’s great news! What’s so unlucky about that?Jack: Well, I gave one of the tickets to my best friend as a present.Angela: That’s a nice thing to do.Jack: Well, I gave him the winning ticket. I didn’t win anything.Angela: That’s too bad!Jack: Yeah. I wish I still had that ticket. He won a big cash prize.Audio Track 4-6-13Conversation 1A: You won’t believe this, but I crashed my car onto a big tree yesterday.B: Gosh! Are you OK?A: I’m fine, but the car was damaged.Conversation 2A: You look re ally sad, what’s wrong?B: I am sad. My girlfriend has left me.A: That’s terrible! But remember a broken heart will mend.B: Maybe. It’s just that I really liked her. I thought she was the one.A: Did she give you a reason?B: She said she couldn’t see a future with me. She said I wouldn’t be able to provide for the lifestyle that she wanted.A: How awful. But if I’m honest, it’s probably for the best. Now you can find someone who really appreciates you.Conversation 3A: You look a bit down on your luck. What’s going on?A: Oh! I’ve had a terribly day. My wallet was stolen while I was on the bus.B: Gosh! That’s terrible. Was there anything important in it?A: Well, my ID card, my bank cards, and some loose change.B: Well, look on the bright side, at leas t you weren’t carrying lots of cash.A: I guess that’s true. Anyway, I better go. I have to go and report the theft to the police.A: I’ll come with you. We should also go to the bank and cancel your bank cards.B: Thanks.Audio Track 4-6-14A: What would you do if you were a wealthy celebrity?B: I would use my fame to help raise awareness for charitable causes, if I were a wealthy celebrity. A: How would you do that?B: I could use the media to talk about the people and places that are most in need.A: I see. Would you encourage people to donate money to those charities?B: Absolutely, and I would donate money, too.Video CourseVideo Track 4-6-1Natalie: If I had three wishes then they would be … my first wish would be to have a successful career, my second wish would be to have a lot of money, and my third wish would be to affect the world in a positive way.Malinda: First, I wish I had a horse, second I wish I could fly around the world, third I wish I wereable to buy a car.Gian: I wish I had enough money to have a really big house in a nice neighborhood.Kevin: I wish I were a pop star.Kumiko: I wish I were funnier so that I could make people laugh.Calum: I wish I could travel abroad a lot and meet people of different cultures.Alyssa: I wish th ere was an end to all wars because I don’t like violence.Alejandra: I wish I had enough money to end world hunger.Video Track 4-6-2Woo Sung: If I suddenly struck it rich, I would buy my parents a house … um … and a car for each of them. And then I wou ld purchase the university that I’m attending right now because the university needs new buildings and new equipment.Calum: If I was lucky enough to strike it rich big time, I think that I would definitely, take a holiday somewhere warmer than where I live, and live on the beach for a while.Natalie: If I had a hundred million dollars, I would give some to charity, but first I would buy myself a new house, a new car, and I would invest a lot of money for my future.Dave: If I suddenly became rich, I would spend it all as quickly as possible. I would probably do something stupid like buy a whole lot of cars.Video Track 4-6-3Calum: If I was lucky enough to strike it rich big time, I think that I would definitely, take a holidaysomewhere warmer than where I live, and live on the beach for a while.Video Track 4-6-4Tara: Well, that letter looks official. What is it?Mike: Do you remember how I told you guys that my uncle died two weeks ago?Tara: Yeah, I was really sorry to hear about him. He was the one that you used to hang out with when you were a kid back in Minnesota — the guy who lived on that little farm, right?Mike: Yeah … well, apparently, his farm wasn’t so “little.” I just got a letter from his lawyer today. It seems that Uncle Max owned all o f the land in the area … and he left it all to me in his will. Guys, I’m rich!Roberto: You’re kidding!Tara: Your Uncle Max was rich?Mike: Yeah — but I never knew it!Roberto: What?Mike: I never knew he was rich. When I was a kid, Uncle Max lived a real ly simple life. It wasn’t like he was penniless or anything, nothing luxurious. He had his farm, his old truck … and thatRoberto: Wow! So what happened? Did he strike it rich or something?Mike: No. But he always used to tell me: “Mickey” — that was his nickname for me —“Mickey, all a man needs is a lot of good land and a strong back to work it.” So I guess he must have just worked really hard … or maybe he invested in his land … I don’t know. Whatever he did, it paid off.Roberto: And you say he didn’t have a really lavish lifestyle? You know, like swimming pools for his cows or something?Mike: No. He never seemed to spend any money at all. I mean, he was always generous with me … offered to give me spending money … even wanted me to go to privat e school, but I said “no.” I thought he was just being nice. Last year he called me to see if I wanted to vacation at his “summer house.” Ha! I thought he was just joking … turns out he’s got one … in Europe!Tara: Mike, how could you not have known?Mike: I’m telling you, this guy never spent money on anything! He never bought anything that wasn’t on sale. He used to have a timer by his phone so that people wouldn’t talk too long! Guys, he would bring home all of the sugar and ketchup packets every time he went to a restaurant. Roberto: Wow. And no one knew …Mike: I didn’t. In fact, I used to offer to give him money when I could. No wonder he laughed at me. Who would have thought he was that well -off …Takeshi: Who’s well-off?Tara: Mike! He’s rich. His u ncle left him loads of cash.Takeshi: Yeah, right, then maybe you can pay for dinner tonight.Mike: That’s a great idea. I think I’ll do that … I’ll take you all out to a nice dinner … my treat! Tara and Roberto: Yeah! All right! Sounds great! (head to door)Mike: (to Takeshi ) Um … Takeshi? I’m a little short on cash until Uncle Max’s money comes. Do you think I could borrow some? (Takeshi reads the letter ) I’m good for it.Takeshi: (hands over wallet with an amazed look ) And we’re talking a nice dinner …Video Track 4-6-5Tara: Well, that letter looks official. What is it?Mike: Do you remember how I told you guys that my uncle died two weeks ago?Tara: Yeah, I was really sorry to hear about him. He was the one that you used to hang out with when you were a kid back in Minnesota — the guy who lived on that little farm, right?Mike: Yeah … well, apparently, his farm wasn’t so “little.” I just got a letter from his lawyer today. It seems that Uncle Max owned all of the land in the area … and he left it al l to me in his will. Guys, I’m rich!Roberto: You’re kidding!Tara: Your Uncle Max was rich?Mike: Yeah — but I never knew it!Roberto: What?Mike: I never knew he was rich. When I was a kid, Uncle Max lived a really simple life. It wasn’t like he was penn iless or anything, nothing luxurious. He had his farm, his old truck … and thatVideo Track 4-6-6Roberto: Wow! So what happened? Did he strike it rich or something?Mike: No. But he always used to tell me: “Mickey” — that was his nickname for me —“Mickey, all a man needs is a lot of good land and a strong back to work it.” So I guess he must have just worked really hard … or maybe he invested in his land … I don’t know. Whatever he did, it paid off.Roberto: And you say he didn’t have a really l avish lifestyle? You know, like swimming pools for his cows or something?Mike: No. He never seemed to spend any money at all. I mean, he was always generous with me … offered to give me spending money … even wanted me to go to private school, but I said “no.” I thought he was just being nice. Last year he called me to see if I wanted to vacation at his “summer house.” Ha! I thought he was just joking … turns out he’s got one … in Europe!Tara: Mike, how could you not have known?Mike: I’m telling you, this guy never spent money on anything! He never bought anything that wasn’t on sale. He used to have a timer by his phone so that people wouldn’t talk too long! Guys, he would bring home all of the sugar and ketchup packets every time he went to a restaurant. Roberto: Wow. And no one knew …Mike: I didn’t. In fact, I used to offer to give him money when I could. No wonder he laughed at me. Who would have thought he was that well -off …Video Track 4-6-7Takeshi: Who’s well-off?Tara: Mike! He’s rich. His unc le left him loads of cash.Takeshi: Yeah, right, then maybe you can pay for dinner tonight.Mike: That’s a great idea. I think I’ll do that … I’ll take you all out to a nice dinner … my treat! Tara andRoberto: Yeah! All right! Sounds great! (head to door )Mike: (to Takeshi ) Um … Takeshi? I’m a little short on cash until Uncle Max’s money comes. Do you think I could borrow some? (Takeshi reads the letter ) I’m good for it.Takeshi: (hands over wallet with an amazed look ) And we’re talking a nice dinner …。

Unit 6 Hybrid Teaching Guide for Exploring Advanced Graduate English (Listening and Speaking Course)Introduction:As with any language course, the success of Exploring Advanced Graduate English (Listening and Speaking Course) depends on the quality of instruction and the aid given to students outside the classroom. One popular method being employed today is hybrid teaching, which merges traditional face-to-face instruction with online components. This unit will outline thesteps required to successfully integrate hybrid teaching methods into the overall curriculum with a focus on Unit 6 of the Exploring Advanced Graduate English course.Step 1: Learning ObjectivesThe first step in designing a hybrid instruction program is to identify the learning objectives for Unit 6 of this course. The following learning objectives have been identified:1. To understand and use proper intonation and stress in spoken English.2. To comprehend spoken English at a high level.3. To use a variety of vocabulary and grammar patterns to express ideas in the spoken form.4. To be able to create and deliver an effective oral presentation in English.Step 2: Curriculum DesignOnce the learning objectives have been established, the next step is to design the curriculum for Unit 6. The following elements should be included:1. Traditional face-to-face instruction tointroduce concepts and facilitate classroom discussion.2. Bonus audio and video resources available online to reinforce lessons taught in class.3. Online quizzes and interactive activities to test comprehension and reinforce content.4. Optional online discussion forum to encourage student interaction and provide an opportunity for students to practice using the vocabulary and grammar structures taught in the course.5. Specially designed assignments to assess learning outcomes andencourage students to apply knowledge in new contexts.Step 3: Instructional StrategiesOnce the curriculum has been designed, the final step is to identify the instructional strategies that will be used to facilitate learning. In this case, the following strategies should be used:1. Traditional lecture-style instruction with a focus on practical application of concepts.2. Discussion and debate-based learning activities that require studentparticipation and promote critical thinking.3. Collaborative group work to reinforce material taught in class and provide an opportunity for peer review and feedback.4. Individual work that promotes self-directed learning and the development of independent study habits.Conclusion:A hybrid teaching approach can be an effective way to enhance learning outcomes for Unit 6 of the Exploring Advanced Graduate English course. Byfollowing these steps and utilizing sound instructional strategies, students can be provided with an engaging and effective learning experience, resulting in improved oral communication skills and confidence in using English in professional contexts.。

unit 6EmploymentWord Bankass: n. hip (top<->bottom<->margin)臀部; hip-shoot莽撞(audio-:与听力有关->) audition(interview: n./vt.-> interviewer<-> interviewee; trainer教练<->trainee受训者; addresser演讲人<->addressee听众)；employer雇主<->employee雇员): v. to take part in a trial performance试演，试播(push) cart->carriage/coach; auto-: 自动-> (auto + mobile->) automobile汽车; alto): n. the biography written by that person自传buyout: n. the entire purchase全部买下campaign: n. series of operations运动/ movement(celebrate->) celebrity: n. a famous person名人(circle园->cycle周期->recycle回收->circulate->) circulation: n. the number of copies of a publication发行量; public: (1)adj. ~property; (2)n., e.g. in public公开地；publicate =publish出版cognac: n. a brandy produced in the vicinity of cognac一种法国白兰地convention: n. (1)a formal meeting会议; 制度->conventional: adj. traditional传统的copywriter: n. one who writes copy, especially for advertising广告(文案)撰稿人；copier复印机; copyright版权(co + operate->) corporate (->corporation协作): adj. of a company公司的; student version 学生版; home version, professional version, corporate version企业版corporation: n. a company as a separate legal entity公司，法人[de-：(1)向下; (2)加强] dejected: adj. being in low (high) spirits; depressed垂头丧气的，情绪低落的; the Great Depression大萧条[monitor: (1) n. 班长/ 监视器；（2）监控] deputy: n. an assistant of authority for the superior 副手[despair: (1)n.; (2)vi.->] desperate: adj. losing all hope; despairing绝望的fold: v. to fail 失败formidable: adj. fearful; frightening可怕的，难对付的; be frightened be sth.(humiliate->) humiliation: n. degradation羞辱模糊的，难辨的: adv. (attention注意力) not attentively; carelessly未留心地，疏忽地nonprofit: adj. not seeking profits非盈利的; profit from sth.从中获利；profit sb.对…有利outsource: v. to subcontract外包: adj. excessively enthusiastic (->enthusiasm)过分热情的退休金，抚恤金激烈，e.g. ~ competition激烈的竞争) persevere: v. persist; hold on坚持不懈出版物rally: v. to reassemble; to restore , to rouse or to revive重整，重振；assemble组装->assembly lineretrospect: n. a review回顾评论; Peking Review北京周报ruse: (=trick) n. a strategy (->strategic missile战略导弹)诡计，计策;(secret: n. ->secretary->) secretarial: adj. of the secretary秘书的shorthand: n. a system of rapid handwriting速记; be short of sth. 短缺speedwriting: n. a form of shorthand that uses letters速记法temporary (->temporarily暂时地): adj. lasting for a limited time暂时的tenacity: n. perseverance坚韧(turbine涡轮->) turbulent: adj. restless; violent骚动的，动荡的Phrases and Expressionsbe on the air: to broadcast广播[On air]head for (make for / go to somewhere): to proceed for动身，前往keep sb. in line: to control sb.控制某人stand on sb's own (=self-rely): to be independent and responsible for oneself独立，自立thanks to: on account of; because of因为，由于Reading ComprehensionChoose the best for each of the following.1. Right after graduation, the author ( B )A. worked as an editor of a magazineB. co-wrote a bookC. worked in a broadcasting companyD. became a secretary2. Why was the author fired? ( C )A. Because she had illegible handwriting.B. Because she had the ass of the company heads in four colors.C. Because she made a mistake when writing letters to the heads of major corporations.D. Because the editor didn't like her.3. Sherrye Henry lost the job because ( A )A. the organization had financial troublesB. she worked for Clinton AdministrationC. she was the last one inD. she was a female4. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Lynn Sherr? ( D )A. She was ABC's award-winning television correspondent.B. She was gainfully employed at WCBS-TVC. She was fired by WCBS.D. She has never been on the air.5. What does the author hope to convey in the article? ( A )A. If fired, don't give up, and you will find a fulfilling career.B. If fired, you should find a way back.C. If fired, your wings will help you.D. Losing a job is the biggest trouble in one's life.II. Complete the following summary of the text by filling in the blanks with words. The initial letter of each word has been given to you.(1) Fresh out of Barnard College and the Speedwriting Institute (Department), I was lucky enough to find a job as a (2) secretary to the editor of Coupon Magazine which was advertising dependent. I had distinctly illegible handwriting. In a letter to one of the heads of a major corporation, I (3) mistakenly wrote the d in ads as an s. The president who was invited received the letter to "have his ass in four colors" in our (4) publication. I was fired, but lucky enough to become the (5) copywriter of the editor. Firings happened later in my life. But with persistence, I gained my success. (6) Similar experiences happened to Sherrye Henry, Paul Jones, and Lynn Sherr. All of them chose to (7) persevere and they finally found ways back to a (8) fulfilling career. And they all learned that the pain and humiliation were (9) temporary. So don't be afraid to move on and try your (10) wings. Rally your support system. Firing doesn't mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.VocabularyI. Choose the answer that best completes each sentence.1. ___A__ your advice (->advise), much trouble was avoided.A. Thanks toB. Supposes toC. SinceD. Despite2. She was __C___ in (pursue->) pursuit (law suit诉讼案) of her singing star. She followed him on most occasions.A. excessive过度的B. spontaneous同时/ 及时的C. overzealous 可得到的A. illegibleB. illegalC. obviousD. understandable4. By the way, I __B___ really must correct a false impression that I gave just nowA. attentively关切地B. inadvertently=carelessly (不注意的, 疏忽的, 无意中做的)C. intentionally=on purpose故意地D. insensibly不明智地5. The magazine has ceased (#stopped; cease fire# stop fire) __C___ in the financial crisis.A. publicity (n. 宣传->publicize: vt.)B. (promote->加薪/晋级->) promotionC. publication (n.)D. (prominent卓越的, 显著的, 突出的->) prominence (n.)6. Grandpa, who was born at the dawn (n. /vi. 黎明) of last century, experienced one of the most ___A__ periods of history.A. (turbine->) turbulentB. practical实用的C. legendary (adj.)富有传奇色彩的; leonovoD. perfect完美无缺的7. History shows us with what ___B__ the human race survives.A. difficultyB. tenacity坚韧不拔C. trouble (n. /vt.)D. [find->found->found; found->founded->founded->] foundation (基础)8. Prisoners are purposefully and ___D__ occupied (busy), thus reducing (减少) the risk of unrest (骚动). It also helps them develop (养成) the habit of doing meaningful work.A. pleasantly (令人愉快地)B. adversely (不利的, 敌对的, 相反的)C. (destructively<->) constructively建设性地D. gainfully有益9. One's school life seems (happy->) happier in __A___ than it really was (比实际情况好).A. retrospectB. respect (n./vt.)C. (solve->solution->solvent溶剂->resolve下决心->) resolution决心D. (resist->) resistance抵制10. He hasn't decided whether to pursue the __B___ for the senate (参议院-> senator参议员).A. operationB. campaignC. (war->) battle战役D. movement运动II. Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given below. Change the form where necessary. persevere rally temporary stand on one's owncelebrity humiliation convention be on the air foldtenacity head for desperate impartdeject campaign1. They are determined to (=decide to do) persevere in the fight no matter how hard (=difficult) it is.2. After negotiation, they just reached a temporary agreement.3. That program has been on the air for 10 years.4. He is the one who never folds (fails/ bends in/ gives in屈服于压力) under pressure.5. He suffered (蒙受经济损失/ 遭受精神折磨, ~from an illness/ great loss of money) the humiliation of being forced to resign (辞职).6. After the football game, the players (=sportsmen/ athletes) headed for the bus.7. At the recent convention (meeting/ conference), the Democratic Party has elected its presidential (candle->) candidates ().8. They made a desperate attempt (try孤注一掷) to save the company from bankruptcy [->bankrupt 破产的; prevent sb. from doing阻止某人做某事]9. In the long (hike->) hiking (长途跋涉), they paused to refresh (relax) themselves and rally (重整旗鼓) their strength.10. A teacher's aim is to impart (传授convey) knowledge.TranslationPut the following paragraphs into Chinese.Sherrye, returning home to New York City after a successful political career with the Clinton Administration and working on the Hill, was looking forward to a change of pace as a development officer for a large nonprofit. When the organization hit turbulent financial water, and she was the last one in, she was the first one out.Each of these people found a way back to a fulfilling career. And they all learned that the pain and humiliation are temporary. So don't be afraid to move on and try your wings. Rally your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn't mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.参考译文：雪莉成功地在克林顿政府任职，在国会山工作之后回到家乡纽约市，在一家大型非营利机构做开发主管，她期望以此放缓工作节奏。

研究生英语听力第6章课本原文Part TwoExercise 1Man: Officer, officer! I was standing in line waiting to buy my ticket and my wallet was stolen.Officer: Well, did you see who took it?Man: Well, I’m not sure, really. I just can’t believe it! I didn’t even feel anything. How could someone do that?Officer: Now calm down! Are you sure you had your wallet with you?Man: Yes, I’d dead sure I had it with me.Officer: Can you remember who was standing around you? Man: Ah—well, let me see. Yes, of course. There was this older woman in front of me. She was small and round and had short gray hair. She was wearing a pink raincoat with a matching hat. Oh, I’m sure she couldn’t have stolen my wallet.Officer: Now, don’t be so sure. Sometimes pickpockets are very smart and disguise themselves with special clothing to trick their victims.Man: Oh, I can’t believe that that sweet old woman is a criminal. She must have been as old as my grandmother.Officer: That d oesn’t mean anything. Remember, young pickpockets someday become old pickpockets.Man: I still don’t think she did it.Officer: Okay, well can you remember anyone else who was near you?Man: You know, there was a very odd-looking man behind me. He was abou t 5’10’, and between 40 and 50 years old.Officer: Could you identify him if we showed you pictures?Man: I think so. He was wearing a long dark coat and had short brown hair. You know, now that I think of it, he looked rather suspicious. He was wearing su nglasses even though it’s dark and cloudy today. Maybe he took my wallet. You’ve got to go inside and find him.Officer: Now wait a minute. It’s not that easy. IF you didn’t see him take it, I can’t arrest him.Man: Well, what am I supposed to do? My credit cards were all inside my wallet.Officer: Look. We have mug shots down at the station of pickpockets we have arrested in the past. If you can identify this man in one of the mug shots, we can then go talk to him.Man: That’s no good. By the time you find him, my wallet will be gone. I need my wallet now!Old woman: Young man! Young man! Oh, I’m so glad I’ve found you! After the movie started, I went to look for my glasses in myshopping bag and I found your wallet. It must have fallen from your pocket into my bag.Officer: Now wait a minute, ma’am. How did you know that it was this man’s wallet?Old woman: Why, I looked inside and saw his driver’s license. Such a nice picture, too. Well, here you are. You must have been very worried.Officer: Now you see, sir! It was just an accident. You shouldn’t accuse people unless you have proof. This is a very honest woman. You’re lucky she found your wallet and not someone else.Exercise 4 Vocabulary in Context1.Sentence: I’m dead sure I had it with me.Context:Police Officer: Are you sure you had your wallet with you? Man: Yes, I’m dead sure I had it with me.Sentence: I’m dead sure I had it with me.2.Sentence: Sometimes pickpockets are very smart and disguisethemselves with special clothing to trick their victims. Context:Man: She was small and round and had short gray hair. Oh, I’m sure she couldn’t have stolen my wallet.Police Officer: Now, don’t be so sure. Sometimes pickpockets are very smart and disguise themselves with special clothing to trick their victims.Sentence: Sometimes pickpockets are very smart and disguise themselves with special clothing to trick their victims.3.Sentence: Remember, young pickpockets someday become oldpickpockets.Context:Man: Oh, I can’t believe that that sweet old woman is a criminal. She must have been as old as my grandmother.Police Officer: That doesn’t mean anything. Remember, young pickpockets someday become old pickpockets.Sentence: Remember, young pickpockets someday become old pickpockets.4.Sentence: You know, now that I think of it, he looked rathersuspicious.Context:Man: You know, now that I think of it, he looked rather suspicious. He was wearing sunglasses even though it’s darkand cloudy today.Sentence:You know, now that I think of it, he looked rather suspicious.5.Sentence: If you can identify this man in one of the mug shots,we can then go talk to him.Context:Man: Well, what am I supposed to do? My credit cards were all inside my wallet!Police Officer: We have mug shots down at the station of pickpockets we have arrested in the past. If you can identify this man in one of the mug shots, we can then go talk to him.Man: That’s no good. By the time you find him, my wallet will be gone.Sentence: If you can identify this man in one of the mug shots, we can then go talk to him.6. Sentence: You shouldn’t accuse people unless you have proof. Context:Police Officer: Now you see, sir! It was just an accident. You shouldn’t accuse people unless you have proof. This is a very hones woman. You’re lucky she f ound your wallet and not someone else.Old Woman: Young man, did you think that I stole your wallet? Sentence: You shouldn’t accuse people unless you have proof. Part Three ExpansionSection 1: Using 911Exercise 1BDispatcher: 911 Emergency service.Woman caller: Please, please. Across the street. They’re smashing my car window. Oh no! Help! Oh, there’s a tall manwith long dark hair and a big guy with a hat. Oh, no, he’s got a big bat! There’s a woman, too! She’s breaking the lock of my car door. Please, hurry!Dispatcher: Now stay calm. Please tell me the location.Caller: Oh, no! He’s breaking the back window. You’ve got to come now!Dispatcher: Yes, please tell me where you are.Caller: Oh, no! Oh, Uh. . . Yes, . . . Uh . . . On Washington Street.Please come!Dispatcher: You must tell me the address.Caller: Oh, no! The tall man is running away with my car stereo and all of my CDs. Stop! . . . Stop!Dispatcher: Please calm down. I need to know where you are. Caller: Yes. Uh . . . 23 Washington Street.D ispatcher: What’s the cross street?Caller: Green. Uh . . . Green Street. Please hurry. They’re getting away.Dispatcher: Okay. We’ll send a police car right away. Can youdescribe the suspects?Caller: A tall man, a man with a hat and a woman. The tall man has a blue jacket on. The man with the hat is wearing a green sweater. The woman has curly brown hair and ared hooded sweatershirt. The tall one has light pants. Theother man has blue jeans and the woman is wearing darksweat pants.Dispatcher: Let’s see. There’s a tall man in a blue jacket with light pants . . .Section 2: DisastersFirst I’m first going to talk about hurricanes and typhoons.These are very strong rain storms with high winds. The only difference between hurricanes and typhoon is location: Hurricanes occur in the Atlantic Ocean and typhoons happen in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. If you get news hat a hurricane or typhoon is coming here’s what you should do. First, if your home is near the ocean, try to go to a safer place. If you cannot leave, cover your windows with wooden boards and move to the inside of your home away from the windows.Next, I will discuss tornadoes. Like hurricanes and typhoons, tornadoes cause a lot of damage because of strong winds. This time, however, the winds spin very quickly in a funnel shape that looks very much like an ice cream cone. A tornado funnel is very powerful and can pick up an entire house and throw it hundreds of feet away. People involved in tornadoes should try to go to a strong safe building. If you are at home when the tornado comes, you should first open your windows and then move away from them. One of the safest places at home is the bathtub. Lie down flat and cover yourself with something like a bed mattress.The third disaster to be prepared for is an earthquake. If you live in earthquake country, you know there is never a warning before the ground begins to shake and move. In an earthquake, the ground can shake for as little as a few seconds to as much as a minute or ever longer. If you are indoors when an earthquake occurs, stay there. Do not run outside. Get away from windows. Stand in a doorway or get under a strong table or other sturdy piece of furniture. If you are outdoors, move far away from buildings or anything that can fall down. Try to find an open space.Finally, I’d like to talk about floods. A flood occurs when abody of water such as a river covers an area that is usually dry. Floods are common where there are unusually long periods of heavy rain. Unlike earthquakes, there is usually some warning before a flood. If you hear a report of flooding, don’t ignore it! Leave the areawhere you are immediately when you hear the emergency announcement.Part Four: Focus: Time ClausesExercise 1: Listen to the following clauses and circle the clauses that can be joined to them.Example: The suspect was arrested1.The woman called 9112.The robber usually puts on a disguise3.After the robber left the bank4.We could only take the most important things from our home5.We bought new flashlights and checked our food and watersupply6.The witness gave a description of the suspectExercise 2: Listen to the following sentences. Then circle the sentence with the correct meaning.Example: The police arrested the suspect after they cornered him.1.He put the receipt in his wallet after he parked his car.2.Before they called the victim’s family, they called anambulance.3.The dispatcher sent a fire truck after he heard about the fire.4.The governor announced that the flood was a stateemergencyafter he learned that 3000 homes were destroyed.5.The rain was falling very heavily before the electricity wentout.6.Mr. and Mrs. Nelson covered their windows with woodenboards after they heard the hurricane warning.Part Five Listening practiceExercise 1: You will hear seven questions. Read the three possible responses and circle the correct answer.1.Could you please tell me the location of the accident?2.Can you describe the suspect for us, please?3.How much damage did the earthquake cause?4.Were there any witnesses to the accident?5.Can you tell me if the man was eating anything before hestarted choking?6.Did the suspect have any special physical characteristics?7.A hurricane is coming. What should I do?Exercise 2: You will hear seven sentences. Read the three choices and circle the correct answer.1.After you hear the siren, go to the nearest tornado shelter.2.The tornado killed 32, injured 40, and destroyed 50 homes.3.The fire destroyed everything but my color TV and a cassetteplayer.4.Please, we need help! A car just crashed over the side of theroad. The driver isn’t moving.5.First the pickpocket put his hand in Jan’s purse. Then Janescreamed.6.The fire truck was dispatched to Mr. Saunder’s house at2:13. Exercise 3: You will hear three conversations. At the beginning of each conversation, you will hear a question. Listen to the conversation. Then, circle the best answer.1.Question: How many places did the woman go during herlunch?Woman: Yes, I’d like to report a missing purse.Police officer: Was it stolen or did you lose it?Woman: I’m really not quite sure. You see, I was eating lunch in a cafeteria with a friend. By the time I left, my purse was gone. Police Officer: Did you leave your table during the time you were at the restaurant for any reason?Woman: Well yes, actually I did. Now let’s see … I went to make a phone call when I first arrived, and after the waiter brought the menu, I quickly ran outside for a minute to get a newspaper. Police Officer: Did you have your purse with you each time? Woman: Well, now, I’m not really sure. I do remember having itwhen I bought the paper, and I must have had it when I made the phone call.Police officer: Were there any suspicious looking people near your table during your meal?Woman: No, but when I went to the ladies room… oh, of course;I must have left my purse on the sink in the ladies room! Hold on; let me go look.2.Question: What is the most serious emergency? Dispatcher: 9-1-1 Emergency Services.Woman: (Dog barking in the background)Yes, I’m calling from the Brill Building. There are ninepeople and a dog stuck here between the 15th and the16th floors.Dispatcher: Did you push the service button?Woman: Yeah, but it didn’t work. And one of the people is really allergic to do gs. She’s having a lot of trouble breathing.__ Annie, are you OK, honey? Try to slow down yourbreathing. She’s really not doing well. We’ve got to gether out of here.Dispatcher: Try to stay calm. I want you to ask if anybody has inhaler.Woman: I already did. Oh, no! We just fell about two floors.We’re going to die! You’ve got to get us out of herenow!Dispatcher: Don’t worry. That sort of shifting happens a lot.You’re fine. I’ve already dispatched a rescue team andan ambulance. Just try to keep your friend as calm aspossible and as far away from the dog as you can.You’ll be out of there in no time.3.Question: Which newspaper headline best describe the manthey are talking about?A: Did you read about that guy who robbed his neighbor’s apartmen t? Geez! He took $600 and all of the poor guy’s records and stereo equipment.B. Now wait a minute. According to the story, they didn’t knowfor sure if he was the robber.A. Well what do you mean? They say that they found the recordsin his apartment. What more proof do you need?B. Yeah, but the guy says that he found the records in thegarbage in front of his house. So, you really can’t be sure. A: Oh Come on! That’s what he says.Exercise 4: Listen to the sentences. Choose the correct vocabulary word.1.You say that you missed the test yesterday because you werevery sick? Hmm…. You look very healthy today.2.Bill says that you took his CD player.3.Ooh. The wind and rain were so strong and frightening.4.Now, close your eyes… Relax… breathe deeply… Good.5.I was standing on the corner when I say the bus run over theold man.6.The bank had a videotape which showed Ed Taylor holding agun during the robbery.7.I can’t believe it. My car has been stolen. What am I going todo now?8.Mary came to the party dressed as Abraham Lincoln.9.He’s about 6 feet tall and kind of stocky.10.The baby is very dark, just like her mother.Part Six: Using It: Picture StoriesThis is the story of a poor farmer named Jed. He lived in the mountains of Kentucky in a one-room shack. Jed’s wife died when his daughter Elly May was born. His mother-in-law, Granny, moved into the small house to help Jed raise his daughter.One day, while Jed in his potato patch, he discovered gold. It turned out that Jed’s little piece of land, whi ch barely produced enough food for the family, was full of pure gold. Jed and hisfamily became instant millionaires.Although they were happy with their good fortune, they really didn’t know what to do with all of the money. Everyone in town told Jed to move to sunny and warm California to the live beside the movie stars. So Jed paced up all of his belongings and, using his old, broken-down truck, moved Elly May, Granny, and his nephew Jethro to a big, beautiful mansion in Beverly Hills, California.At first, Jed and his family had a lot of trouble adjusting to their new lives. They had never eaten in a fancy restaurant or even shopped in a big department store. Suddenly they had enough money to go anywhere and do anything. In time, with the help of his financial adviser, Mr. Drysdale, and his trusted assistant, Miss Hathaway, they learned how to live the “good life.”Jed’s story became so famous that a TV show about his life was made. The show was very popular for many years.。

Unit Six Globalization*************Part one Three Eras of Globalization************* Listening Script oneBasically what I am arguing there is that, there’ve been 3 great eras of globalization, I would argue. The first era, try to call globalization 1.0, lasted from while, I would say, 1492 until the early 1800s. Say, 1820 was the beginning of global arbitrage. The first era of globalization 1.0 really shrank the world from a size large to a size medium. That era of globalization was really spearheaded by countries globalizing. You went global through your country. Whether it’s Spain exploring the new world, Portugal East Asia, Britain colonizing India, it was countries going global for reasons of imperialism, power, natural resources. But the dynamic agent of globalization in that era was really the country. The second era of globalization, globalization 2.0, I would argue, was from early 1800s until the year 2000. It just ended. And that era of globalization shrank the world from size medium to size small. And that era of globalization, I would argue, was spearheaded by companies globalizing, multinationals globalizing for markets and for labor. And in that era of globalization, you went global through your company. The company was the dynamic agent of that era of globalization. What I am trying to argue in this book is while you were sleeping, we enter globalization 3.0, certainly while I was sleeping. It is shrinking the world from size small to size tiny and flattening the global economic playing field at the same time. Only what’s really new, unique and different about this era is that this era of globalization is not built around countries globalizing, and it’s not built around companies globalizing. What is new and unique about this era is the degree to which it is and will continue to be built around individuals globalizing, individuals and small groups. What is the new and unique thing about this era is the degree to which individuals and small groups can globalize themselves and increasingly must think of themselves globally and locate themselves globally. And pay attention, this era of globalization, I would argue, unlike globalization 1.0 and 2.0, is not gonna be built exclusively around a group of white western individuals who dominated the first 2 eras of globalization. It’s gonna be built around individuals and small groups of every color of the rainbow who will be able to plug and play. Listening Script twoScott London: The case, as it’s usually presented, is that the globalized economy is a good thing that will secure jobs, allow us to remain competitive, and promote democracy abroad.Isn’t there some truth to that?Jerry Mander: The people who are making that case are the people who are promoting globalization — corporations and banks and governments. They are saying that globalization can solve the world’s problems, that it’s going to give people something to eat and so on. They are redesigning an economy that they say works. But it doesn’t work.We’ve had globalization for quite a while, it’s just being accelerated right now. Wherever the rules of free trade and economic globalization are followed, you have economic and ecological disasters immediately thereafter. You’ve got the complete destruction of small, traditional farming in Africa and elsewhere; you’ve got the complete devastation of nature all around the world; you’ve got people shoved off their lands to make Way for giant damsand agri-business and so on, who then become part of the millions and millions of people roaming the land and going into cities looking for impossible-to-find jobs, all in competition with each other, and violent and angry. And then people are angry with them, because who needs more people around? So you’ve set into motion a global disarray and nonfunctionalism that would not have been achieved — certainly not at the same level and with the same speed — without this emphasis on global development.However poorly people lived in terms of material wealth in traditional societies, there was much that they retained. They retained a fair amount of local control. They retained some degree of traditional culture. Even in societies that had already been impacted, like India, you had a lot of cultural identity and a history of relationships to scale that were really different. It was an economy of small-scale institutions. That has been wiped out by economic globalization with the invasion of franchises and giant institutions that have taken over the land.London: I remember a full-page ad in the New York Times. A long list of Nobel laureates in economics and the various sciences expressed their support for the free-trade agreement.How is it that so many “experts” could speak out in favor of something that has such damaging effects?Mander: Look, the roots of globalization are in the concepts that are underneath it. The concepts of economic globalization are the absolute need for economic growth and the viability of the free market. Economic globalization is an acceleration of both of those conceptual frameworks. Those frameworks are not questioned in this society. In every newspaper report about the economy, in every presidential campaign, and in a high percentage of congressional speeches, people insist on the need for more economic growth.This idea is at the root of our classical economics. The fact that so-called experts, like five former presidents and five former secretaries of state, all got together in a press conference and said that free trade is a good thing was already known. They were the ones who helped create it. What was the big news about that? The fact that big economists and big corporations all think the global economy is a good thing is not news. Of course they think so, they are the ones who have been running it all along.***************Part Two Globalization and China************** Listening Script oneMr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to be here at this critical point in China’s remarkable development. Your topic, globalization and its far-reaching impacts, could not be more timely. It tops the international agenda in policymaking circles, it absorbs academics and scholars, it generates much interest in the media, and it fascinates people around the world as they debate the impact on their own lives.For China, this topic is anything but theoretical. It could not be more real. In the coming months and years, China must make decisions that will determine how well it integrates further into the global system. There is no longer a question of whether to integrate, but only of how best to do so.Globalization offers enormous benefits, in the form of higher productivity and living standards. But it also poses daunting challenges — navigating capital markets and ensuring that the benefits of the globalized economy are shared by all. In the end, China, like all nations, mustfind its own way, true to its culture and institutions. The IMF, along with the rest of the UN family, can help by providing a safer environment to do so. As UN Secretary General Kofi Annan recently said: “It is our job to ensure globalization provides benefits, not just for some, but for all; that peace and security hold, not only for a few, but for the many; that opportunities exist, not merely for the privileged, but for every human being everywhere.”China’s decision to further open up its economy should help to make domestic industry more efficient, spur the development of the legal and regulatory framework necessary for a market economy, and increase foreign direct investment. But it will also give rise to major short-term dislocations in the transition--possibly including higher unemployment and greater income disparities. It will certainly increase competitive pressures in a number of sectors (agriculture, automobiles, and certain capital-intensive producers, such as in telecommunications), all of which should work in the right direction for the longer term.For these reasons, it is essential that China continue to prepare its domestic enterprises and banking system for global competition. This will entail establishing a government social security system, strengthening the banking system, and further liberalizing interest rates. As the effects of increased competition feed through into efficiency and productivity gains, reversing the declines witnessed in recent years, the benefits will be seen in higher living standards for China’s people.Listening Script twoAnd I’m going to give you a very quick overview of some of the things that I’ve written in my new book called Integrating China into the Global Economy. The first question I try to re-answer in the book is “why did they bother?” The first diagram I think poses the question. They increased their share in the world trade more rapidly than the other countries in post WWII period. They’ve grown from not being a trader basically to the seventh largest trading country in the world. And all these outside the WTO and not subjected to any of the disciplines and the constraints that the WTO system imposes. So the second question I try to answer is “What was the motivation for making the commitments they did in WTO accession package. And basically my argument here is a familiar one. I think that the motivation is at least to a considerable degree internal, that they wanna to use WTO to push ahead their own domestic reforms to lock in a number of market opening moves that would introduce more competition in critical sectors on a very predictable and irrevocable, hopefully irrevocable schedule and I think, you know, the problems they still have are reflected in some of the structural challenges. The slowing growth was apparent through much of the 90s and apparently slower since the date for the year 2001 when they break down quarter by quarter in the largest stimulus programs they’ve been engaged in last three years trying to maintain the growth rate. But I was saying more than that... I would say the leadership is really committed to globalization. They see the (globalization as an inevitable trend. In the questionnaires, you know, “how do we position China to take the best advantage of it.” And I think we see there are a lot of commitments. And they can gain even more than what they have in the first diagram.************Part Three Globalization and Inequality************ Listening Script oneMy task is to talk about globalization and inequality in developing countries, withemphasis on Latin America. I have a simple point to make: globalization puts developing countries at risk of increasing income inequality. The increase in inequality in the United States over the last 25 years (during which the income of the poorest 20 percent of households has fallen in real terms by about 15 percent) has been blamed, rightly or wrongly, on changes in trade, technology and migration patterns associated with increasing economic integration with other countries. For developing countries, any risk of increasing inequality associated with active participation in the global economy is even greater, if only because of the greater inherent institutional weaknesses associated with being poor. Latin America has a special disadvantage: its historical legacy of already high inequality. Inequality that is already high complicates the task of effective conflict management, which Dani Rodrik has just reminded us is a critical input to managing open economies. In the past, for example, high inequality combined with the politics of redistribution led to periodic bouts of populism in Latin America—ineffective and counterproductive efforts to manage the conflicts provoked by the dangerous combination of high inequality and hard times.Let me start with two prefatory remarks. First, globalization — that is the trend of increasing integration of economies in terms not only of goods and services, but of ideas, information and technology — has tremendous potential benefits for developing countries. Nothing I say should suggest otherwise. The challenge is to realize the potential benefits without undertaking huge offsetting costs. Second, not all inequality is a bad thing. Some inequality represents the healthy outcome of differences across individuals in ambition, motivation and willingness to work. This constructive inequality provides incentives for mobility and rewards high productivity. Some would say constructive inequality is the hallmark of the equal opportunity society the U.S. symbolizes. Increases in this constructive inequality may simply reflect faster growth in income for the rich than the poor — but with all sharing in some growth. But of course it can also be true that inequality is destructive, when for example it reflects deep and persistent differences across individuals or groups in access to the assets that generate income — including not only land (which is extremely unequally distributed in Latin America) but, most important in today’s global information age, the asset of education. Obviously this destructive inequality undermines economic growth and efficiency, by reducing the incentives for individuals to work, to save, to innovate and to invest. And it often results in the perception if not the reality of injustice and unfairness — with the political risk in the short term of a backlash against the market reforms and market institutions that in the long term are the critical ingredients of shared and sustainable growth.I have three parts to my remarks: first, on inequality and market reforms; second, on inequality and the recent financial crisis; third, on what to do, or more grandly on policy implications.Listening Script twoThe question is, given the difficulties and problems that already stand particularly in developing world, has the way globalization being managed increased inequality and poverty? And I believe quite strongly that in some part of the world, not all, in some parts of the world, it has. So I began the discussion talking about how globalization had benefited East Asia and how East Asian countries had managed to grow very rapidly on the basis of globalization, but how they in the late 80s and early 90s, they were forced to have, for instance, capital market globalization and that exposed them to enormous amount of risk and then they had the crisis.That crisis increased poverty enormously, which was really quite striking that the progress, for instance, Indonesia had made in about 30 years reducing poverty, was undone in the space of about two years. So you can do, you know, it’s easier, general rule is, it’s easier to create poverty than to reduce it. And some of our institutions have done a fantastic job. Now they, there're two, I guess my time is running out. OK. There’re two examples that I can talk, there’re more but let me just give you two examples. The first is that some of the rules I referred to earlier expose countries to additional risks. Additional risk means higher volatility. And it’s the poor that disproportionally bear the cost of that higher volatility. The second point is that there’ve been an asymmetry, by the way, just to abide by George’s point. He pointed out academics do tend to talk longer and the natural unit of time is 15 minutes for us. So that, whereas George is used to making short presentations (to) people whose time was very valuable. That’s a difference between getting pay for talking vs. trying to get somebody to do what you want. So, anyway, so the second point is that the asymmetries in globalization have some inequality generating consequences. The asymmetries in trade and globalization have, we call, in terms of trade of facts, the main fact of which was that all we want was the champion of a great success. Whereas the poorest region in the world, the sub-Saharan Africa saw its income decline by 2%. It wasn’t just the United States got the lion’s share of the gains that you might have thought. Those gains were partly at the expense of the poorest region in the world. Similarly capital market globalization means that capital can go in and out very easily, as George pointed out. That means the capital gives the right to who’s applicable domestically. Because it’s more difficult to get capital. It’s asymmetry in domestically, in the rules of games, how you abide by the rules of governance, as a result of that again were to enhance inequality. In short, I think there’re enormous numbers of problems. I think globalization has enormous potential for reducing poverty as we’ve seen that it has. But the way that it has been managed has not done that. And the way that we address those problems is, I think, is to try to address the gap that has occurred between the way globalization has occurred at economic level and political globalization to make globalization more democratic and then more responsive.。

Unit 1 Famous PeopleAs the owner of a small business selling software I find it hard to recruit good people in today‘s tight labor market and having got people on board, there is an equally, if not more difficult task of keeping them happy.Staff turnover is a real problem. Twoyears ago our staff turnover at Epmus plc was out of control. We were consistentlylosing staff across the spectrumfrom clerical workers to senior managers, Butour real worry was the skilled technical people who were leaving us. They comprised a bulk of our work force so we brought in a group of consultants to help usfigure out why they were leaving. It wasn‘t too difficult to see what had gone wrong. Getting new recruits to deal with clients without any specialist training wasn‘t a g ood idea. We were putting our staff in an unfair position, especially when they had to reach sales targets. Nor was the system of evaluating employee performance only once a year a good idea. It meant we won ' t pick up potential problems early enough. So having conducted our assessment we established a formal plan to retain the people who had worked so hard to recruit and hire. We laid out specific steps for communicating with ourstaff. Firstly, every year we close down the company and invite our entire staff to an off-site meeting. We talk shop and it gives us a chance to reinforce what the company vision is. It is after allessential that everyone is aware of where we are goingand what we have to achieve. Then to build on this ground work, the session managers send e-mail messages every 3 months to describe any modifications there have been to that division, as the process took hold we noticed that doing this quarterly wasn‘t adequate. As a result i now have a meeting once a week with the managers whoare directly responsible to me to review and revise their department goals. However, in my view, communicating theplan of where the company is headed is something let medown on a continual basis ever amid the often chaotic day-to-day undertakings of our fast-growing company. I think that this jogs to the memory or to be incorporated into every CEOs usual interaction with their staff. Our staff turnover ratehas fallen to just over 30 percent this yearwhich we were very pleased with. And thesteps we took might prove useful to other entrepreneurs. There are key things that need to be done. For example, set up meetings every 3 months or so with your most important personnel and use these occasions to provide feedback, and talk about any problems the staff may have. In addition, make sure new recruits are put through a proper 2-week training period and spend time with a mentor who has been formally delegated to look after them and answer their questions.Also when looking to retain staff, don‘t just focus on compensation. Bear in mind that when it comes to keeping people you need to show publicity that you value their contribution. There are also other methods of rewarding staff who stay with you, such as stock options and in the long term our goal is for all employees to be receiving these.Unit 2 Growing PainsYouth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of deep springs of life.Youth means temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in aman of 60 more than in a boy of 20. Nobody grows older merely by the number of years. We grow older by deserting our ideals.Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turn the spirit back to dust.Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being‘s hear t the lureof wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what‘s next, and the joy of the game of living.In the cente r of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long are you young.When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20; but as long as the aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope that you may die young at 80.Unit 3 Sports and GamesPlay is very important for humans from birth to death. Play is not meant to be just for children. It is a form of freedom and connectionthat can tap into your creativity, and can allow you the chance to find your inner child and the inner child of others. I have collected the top five benefits of play here.Play can stimulate you to think differently. It can go against all the rules, and change the same old boring way of doing things. Walt Disney was devoted to play, and his willingness to oppose the common wisdom changed the world of entertainment. The next time you are stuckin a fixed and boring way of life, pull out a box of color pencils, modeling clay, glue and scissors, and invite your inner child out and break free. You will be amazed at the way your thinking shifts the new world of discovery.Playing can bring greater joy into your life. What do you think the world would be like-if every human spent time each day in play? I bet just asking you this question has brought a smile to your face. Play creates laughter, joy, entertainment, and a feeling of inner peace. Starting today, try to get 30 minutes each day to engage in some form of play, and watch your joy factor rise!Play is known to reduce stress. Studies show that, as humans, play is part of our nature. We have the need to play because it isinstinctive and basic to human existence.With regular play, our problem-solving and adaptive abilities will be in much better shape to handle this complex world, and we are much more likely to choose healthy answers to challenging situations as they arise. It creates laughter and freedom that can instantly reduce stress and add a feeling of relaxation to our daily living.Play can stimulate the imagination, curiosity (18), and creativity. Research shows that play is both a ?hands-on' and ?minds-on' learning process. It produces a deeper, more meaningful understanding of the world and its possibilities. We begin giving meaning to life through story making, and playing out various possible situations.Unit 4 Culture and Corporate CultureSome of the best American companies today have turned themselves upside down. They‘ve found the old top-down pyramid style management chart doesn‘t work. So they‘ve flipped the pyramid over, giving employees more say in what goes on. And it works, as evidenced in improved sales and earnings.Interested in inverting the pyramid in your operation? Here are some tips:Challenge employees to come up with their own better ways to do their jobs, You may be surprised at how valuable some of their suggestions are.Seek out ideas from everyone, not just those who have a direct involvement with the job,Sometimes good ideas come from unlikely resources.Tr eat employees with honesty and respect. Don‘t dictate to them if they are not going to have their ideas enacted. Explain the reasons that underline a decision or policy.Spread authority around. If the largest part of the pyramid is to be at the top, the top people should have authority.At one auto plant any worker who sees a problem can shut down the whole assembly line until the problem is solved. By giving employees more control over their work environment and more involvement in running their jobs, you tap into a valuable source of ideas and productivity—and that pays off for everyone.Unit 5 Science and TechnologyRight Reverend Lord HARRIES(Member, House of Lords; Former Bishop, Oxford for the Church of England): Now you ask, what is the relationship between scientific theory and Christianfaith? The simplest way of thinking is to say, well, they're really answering different questions.Science is trying to address the question, how do things happen. And in answer to that, you get the theory of evolution. Things happened over millions and millions of years by a very gradual process through natural causes.PALCA: But Harries says if you ask why did things happen, then you get a completely different answer. It's the why of life that belongs in the spiritual domain. Harries says the problems some religions have with Darwin and evolution come from a literal interpretation of the Bible. And he says, while the Bible contains profound truths, it's not word for word true.Right Rev. Lord HARRIES: First of all, take the issue of the age of the Earth. I mean, do people really think that the universe is only4,000 years old where every science - chemistry, paleontology, physics, astronomy- every single science points with huge amounts of evidence to the Earth being billions of years old and the universe being even more billions of years old.So you just have to ask people, what do they make - do they think that the vast majority of scientists in every scientific discipline on Earth are liars?PALCA: In the beginning - in other words, in 1859 when "On theOrigin of Species" was published, the church was uncomfortable with Darwin's theories. But clearly, that position has changed.So much so that recently, a spokesman for the Church of England wrote an article saying the church might owe Darwin an apology for its initial resistance to evolution. The Rev. Dr. Malcolm Brown says some people misread his comments to say the church was, in fact, apologizing.Reverend Dr. MALCOLM BROWN(Director of Mission and Public Affairs, Church of England): I suggested than an apology might be owed, which isa slightly different thing. I don't have the authority to make it.My point was that by raising doubts about Darwin at the beginning, by getting our first reaction wrong, even though as the Church of England, we pretty quickly got OK with Darwin, we legitimized,to some extent, later movements, particularly in the States in the early 20th century, to raise creationism as an ideology and make Darwina whipping boy.Unit 6 LiteratureThere are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The one most widely accepted today is based on the assumptionthat drama evolved from ritual. The argument for this view goes as follows. In the beginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world –even the seasonal changes as unpredictable, and they sought through various means tocontrol these unknown and feared power. Those measures which appeared to bring the desired results were then retainedand repeated until they hardened into fixed rituals. As time passed some rituals were explained or veiled the mysteries of the rites. As time passed some rituals were abandoned, but the stories, later called myths, persisted and provided material for art and drama.Those who believe that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rites contained the seed of theater because music, dance, masks, and customers were almost used. Furthermore, a suitable site had to be provided for performances and when the entire community did not participate, a clear division was usually made between the ― acting area ‖ and the ― auditorium ‖. In addition, there were performers, and since considerable importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites, religious leader usually assumed that task, wearing masks and costumes often impersonated other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed the desired effect –success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun –as an actor might. Eventually such dramatic representations were separated from religious activities.Another theory traces the theater ' s origin from the humaninterest instorytelling. According to this view tales ( about the hunt , war, or other feats ) aregradually elaborated at first through the use of impersonation, action, anddialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each of the roles by adifferent person. A closely related theory traces theater to those dances that are primarily rhythmical and gymnastic or that are imitations if animal movements and sounds.。

第六单元Getting closer to the animals in the zoo.（B.Seeing a wild animals in thezoo C.Today's zoos are good habitats for wild animals D.To prevent endangered animals from extinction）They are becoming extint.（C.They are the threats to species D.It can show the import of protecting the animalsB.Doing community service reminds a citizen of their responsibility to protect animals）Damage from acid rain is---not just in eastern North America(1)widespread(2)falling on(3)exacting(4)to reliably measure(5)assume (6)pollutants(7)Electrical utility plants(8)react with(9)to get showered (10)with wind currents(11)leachnutrients(12)combine with (13)from fossil fuels(14)dedicated toHow to turn off taps properly（D.How to protect water and trees in nature C.It is a good idea for people to make voluntary contributions B.Louisiana tornado killed 50 people C.He feels it necessary to use animals in medical research D.The two speakers have different opinions about the biggest pollution problem）There will be a lot of troubles to protect the environment（D.Many things can be done to protect the environment A.Driving steadily will help protect the ozone layer D.Beacasue they use much too many sidposable product C.To buy a special “low-flow” shower head B.Things people can do to reduce pollution）第七单元That he was considered the best among all the actors who have played the 007 role.（C.That he achieved a lot both in his career and in his personal lif B.Four times A.He has always loves to see Bond films since his childhoos B.Brosnan did a fight scene D.He is more interested in cars than in his father’s acting）F.In addition T.Apart from T.Chanel's fashion F.According T.It can F.In contrast T.Coco F.Chanel's talentsI was lucky.i found what i loved to do early in life(1)started Apple (2)4,000 employees(3)got fired(4)talented(5)visions of the future(6)sidedwith(7)lightness(8)creative periods(9)fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife(10)the most successful animation studio in the worldMichael Jordan is both a person’s name and a trademark（A.Michael Jordan is both a person’s name and a trademark B．He is a successful businessmanA.He succeeded quickly by working hard C.Yao ming’s team should not have lost in the first round A.A way to keep energetic in life）That Jennifer Lopez is finally engaged to the man she loves（D.That so many good things have happened to Jennifer Lopez in a short period of time C.Where she lived,law-breaking activity was high but she was unaware of it at that time B.She didn’t have a f eeling of being at a disadvantage B.She will go into business A.Smart）His successes and failure during the day（A.His successes and failure during the day D.That he should look at the positive side of lifeC.Becasue he was too young to get the real meaning of those words B.His fathers education method was very specialD.Fathers teachings）第八单元Strangers got the key to his house.（B.Strangers learned of his account and insure information A.They tend to use one password for all accounts D.One can easily find them on the internet）Because they want to colonize another planet（B.Because environmental problem on the earth are getting worse B.They want to move to a planet similar to earth A.Scientists..havent found an appropriate planet for humans）Anchorman:If……(1)whole(2)human body(3)double this claim(4)well-kept(5)favor(6)focus on(7)life-threatening(8)a list of(9)personal(10)whatever(11)rejected(12) an unstoppable realityJohn has a poor memory（A.John shouldn’t have quitted studying biology A.The new medicines effectiveness hasn’t been proved C.He doesn’t think much of the movie D.The woman is interviewing the man about who he looks up to A.She might go visit the Psysics museum）How to fully understand the artwork（B.A new audio guide service B.Most museums prohibit the use of cellphones inside their premises C.The artist of the work A.To help visitor understangd the artwork better A.They both feel excited and curious about it.）第九单元Sales assistant and customer.（C.Journalist and interviewee D.Because of their better-off lives and .pursuit of beauty B.A friendof hers C.She is energetic and fashionable）Because people there have very different appearances.（D.Because the young people there are very fashion C.Because they wear rings in unusual places on their bodies A.They dye their hair and wear T-shirt from India D.A girl wearing a T-shirt of her favourite band as well as large and metalliv jewelry D.Choose clothes that you think are comfortable）They've always been thin(1)skinny(2)skeletal(3)count people's rib bones(4)complications(5)health requirements(6)eating disorders(7)guidelines(8)resorted to weighing models(9)healthier approach(10)realissue(11)fully-grown(12)fault the models(13)more on obesity(14)representativesJean is not fashion-conscious（A.Jean is not fashion-conscious C.He think the modles gave a good performace B.The woman likes to follow fashion C.He think its wonderful D.The woman has a job related to dress design）Because he has used up all his salary（A.Becasue he has used up all his salaryD.She used to be a bad saver like Jack B.Opening another bank account for savings C.30%D.Jack may listen to Mollys advise and do his best to save money）第十单元In the tropical rainforest in Guatemala.（A.In the tropical rainforest in Guatemala C.They liked precious stone and were prosperous D.The Mayans lived peacefully for hundreds of years）In the western Atlantic.（A.In the western Atlantic B.Becuse nobody knows the reasin why this mystery occurs there D.More than 100 ships and planes C.A curious white light D.The cause for this mystery has still not been found)Mars is no pushover.(1)planetary(2)vehicles(3)potential(4)launched(5)surrounding(6)over -inflated soccerball(7)bounce(8)successfully(9)mission(10)roving geologists(11)sampling(12)send back information(13)accomplished(14)essential ingredientShe is a librarian(C.She probably has the book C.She doesn’t believe in the existence of ET C.A 30-minutes walk by the river B.To invite Jenny to a movie A.They are sailing the sea)In the year 565 (A.In the year 565 C.A priest B.Someone filmed the monster C.It looked like a bus D.The Loch Ness Monster according to some witesses）。

Unit 6 FestivalsTask 3Number OneWoman: I like Earth Day a lot. I mean, it's important to think abou t the environment especially on Earth Day. Now, I...I mean, you have to think about this：Our planet is our only home, and we must not destroy it. Now, on this day, people plant trees or clean up parks, and I just think that's so wonderful. Now, because most events need to take place on a weekend, Earth Day is usually on the weekend before or after April 22nd.Number TwoMan: Valentine's Day is a day when couples show that they love each other.They give each other cards, and they buy each other flowers and boxes of chocolates ---and they have romantic dinners together. It's just a really romantic day. Valentine's Day is on February 14th, and it is definitely my favorite holiday.Number ThreeWoman: Well, in the United States, Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November. Uh...People get together with friends and family for a big meal. And many people eat roast turkey, potatoes, ah...cranberry sauce, and...mmm.., pumpkin pie for dessert. Oh, uh...most people don't work the Friday after Thanksgiving, so it's a long four-day weekend. Well, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.Number FourMan: I...uh...I love April Fools' Day. It's...it's a lot of fun, you know, because everybody can...can play tricks on everybody else and not get into trouble. It's not...not really a holiday--it's just a normal day, but I really like it. It's...it's April 1st, that's when April Fools' Day is, and after you play a trick on somebody, you...you yell April Fools!"Task 4Man: The Day of the Dead in Mexico is the first of November. Some people believe that the souls of dead people visit earth for one day each year.Urn...The living people welcome them. There's a big parade, and...and people wear strange costumes and masks. Uh...Children get candy in the shapes of skulls. It may sound frightening, but...um...it's actually a very happy day. There can even be singing and dancing. At the end of the day,everyone has a big meal.Woman: American Independence Day is July 4th. Now, this is a great day. It's the day when we celebrate our independence from Great Britain in 1776. Now, it's a very important national holiday,and...uh...many cities and small towns have big parades. And people decorate things in the colors of our flag, which, of course, are red, white, and blue. And...uh...the weather can be very hot at this time of year, so many people often have outdoor picnics. But at night comes the best part--people watch fireworks!Man: Ramadan is a month when people don't eat or drink during the daytime. They can only have their meals in the evening after it gets dark and in the early morning before it gets light. But at the end of Ramadan, they celebrate. In the morning, people go to the mosque. Then they put on their best clothes, visit their family, and give each other presents. After that, there's a big meal for the whole family People continue to eat all day long!Task 5Number OneResearcher: Excuse me, we're doing some research on how people spend Christmas. Can I ask what you do?Young male adult: Well, eat, drink, and watch telly mostly. On Christmas Eve I usually go to a party with some friends. On Christmas Day, I get up late and then we go down the pub, comehome, watch the Queen on the telly----my Mum and Dad always like to see the Queen'sSpeech. Then we have dinner and well, watch telly--or go to sleep.Researcher: And what about Boxing Day?Young male adult: We always go and watch a football match.Researcher: Do you like Christmas?Young male adult: Yeah, it's great.Number TwoResearcher: Excuse me, can I ask you how you celebrate Christmas?Youngish woman: Well, we don't really celebrate it, because we're not Christians. We're Hindus and it isn't a Hindu festival.Researcher: So is Christmas Day just a normal day for you, then?Woman: No, not really, because we don't go to work. And we still give the children presents. You see, when they go to school all their friends are talking about the presents that they got. And so we give the children presents, but we don't really celebrate it.Researcher: Do you put up decorations or have a Christmas tree?Woman: Yes, we do, actually, but some families don't. And we do enjoy all the films and things on the telly.Number ThreeResearcher: Excuse me, we're doing some research on how people spend Christmas. Can I ask how you celebrate it?Woman: Certainly. Christmas is a family thing for us. We usually have my parents-in-law and my brother.Researcher: And what sorts of things do you do?Woman: On Christmas Eve we go to church for the midnight carol service. Then on Christmas Day the children open their presents from Father Christmas. We have lunch at about 15 o'clock--turkey and Christmas pudding, of course. Then after that we open the family presents and then usually play games or watch a film on TV.Researcher: What about Boxing Day?Woman: We normally go out for a walk, if the weather’s fine. Or we sometimes go to see a pantomime.Researcher: Do you like Christmas?Woman: Yes, it is very nice for children, but I think it is getting too materialistic nowadays with all the presents and the decorations that people buy. I think we’ve forgotten what is really for.Number FourResearcher: Excuse me, we're doing some research on how people spend Christmas. Can I ask how you celebrate it?Man: We don't.Researcher: Oh, why's that?Man: We always go on holiday over Christmas. We usually go somewhere Where's there's sunshine--Egypt, India, places like that.Researcher: Do you like Christmas?Man: No, I can't stand it. I mean, I don't mind having a party on Christmas Day, but all the rest of it--eating and drinking too much, sending cards to people that you haven't seen for years. And the weather in Britain's awful at that time of year. No, you can keep it.Task 7Part 1Right then, I'm going to tell you a little bit about the festival of Hina Matsuri. I think this was one of the most interesting and touching things I witnessed while I was living in Japan. It's a one-day festival, and takes place in Japan each year on 13rd March. Hina Matsuri means "little doll" and it is, as you can probably guess, festival which is completely dedicated to dolls. Many Japanese girls take part in festival.Part 2Now these dolls aren't something that you just play with, like a Barbie or something like that, rather, they are something that you display, you know, have on show. I've brought a couple in, and you can see just how beautiful they are. They are dressed in the most exquisite costumes. Lots and lots of girls are given a set of dolls when they are born, often by their, er, grandparents, or else there are dol1s which have been in the family for generations. The idea is that the dolls are used to teach the girls about traditional values. They take enormous care of them.Part 3Anyway, in the week leading up to Hina Matsuri, families put the dolls in the best room of the house. They take a great deal of pride in the display. Incidentally, the dolls have to be put away after Hina Matsuri, otherwise it brings bad luck. If you're ever lucky enough to be invited, you'll probably be offered rice cakes called mochi. They’re beautifully wrapped up cherry blossom leaves. You see, thiskind of perfection is just for granted in Japan. The cakes are offered to the dolls and then to the visitors.Part 4I've said something about the private side of the festival but now I'd like to talk about its public side. Some Japanese people believe you can transfer illness or bad luck to one of these dolls. So, for instance, someone with a sick child might give a doll to a temple. As you can see, this one has got hundreds and hundreds. Anyway, what happens is, the dolls are put into boats and taken down to the seaby people wearing traditional costumes and robes. There, priests say prayers, and the boats are sent out to sea. You see, the idea is, of course, that any bad luck or illness is taken away with the dolls. Over the years it has become an extremely popular sight, and more and more people come each year to watch the ceremony. It really is quite a moving occasion.Task 8Like all nations, the United States has many holidays that occur during the year. Glancing at any U. S. calendar, you will notice the large number of days marked off as special. Besides the religious, traditional and patriotic celebrations, many American holidays are borrowed from around the world. This is, of course, a result of the large number of ethnic groups that make up the United States. Let us take a look at the various kinds of holidays that Americans celebrate.Most Americans are Christians. The Christian holiday of 1).Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and is an especially colorful occasion. Christmas occurs on December 25 when, in many places, the weather is gloomy and cold. At Christmas time, homes and shops in America are brightly decorated with colored lights and fresh-smelling Christmas trees. The streets are filled with people shopping for presents for friends and family.Besides Christian holidays, there are many holidays celebrated by other religious groups in the United States. For example, the Jews celebrate their 2).High Holy Days in early Autumn. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It begins at sundown with the blowing of a special horn to welcome the new year.All Americans enjoy the national holidays of Thanksgiving, Independence Day and Labor Day.3).Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, celebrates the first harvest of the original European colonists back in 1621. It is a time for feasting on the delights of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.4).Independence Day is the anniversary of America's independence from the British in 1776. In order to celebrate this event, Americans set off fireworks at outdoor picnics and barbecues. Independence Day is the holiday that highlights the summer season on July Fourth.5)Labor Day, the first Monday in September, honors the workers of the land. Like Independence Day, Labor Day is a time for outdoor picnics and barbecues, and it ends the summer season.Number ThreeResearcher: Excuse me, we're doing some research on how people spendChristmas. Can I ask how you celebrate it?Woman: Certainly. Christmas is a family thing for us. We usually have myparents-in-law and my brother.Researcher: And what sorts of things do you do?Woman: On Christmas Eve we go to church for the midnight carol service.Then on Christmas Day the children open their presents fromFather Christmas. We have lunch at about 15 o'clock--turkey andChristmas pudding, of course. Then after that we open the familypresents and then usually play games or watch a film on T~. Researcher: And what about Boxing Day?Woman: We normally go out for a walk, if the weather's fine. Or wesometimes go to see a pantomime.Researcher: Do you like Christmas?Woman: Yes, it's very nice for the children, but I think it's getting toomaterialistic nowadays with all the presents and the decorationsthat people buy. I think we've forgotten what it's really for. Number FourResearcher: Excuse me, we're doing some rgsearch on how people spendChristmas. Can I ask how you celebrate it?Man: We don't.Researcher: Oh, why's that?Man: We always go on holiday over Christmas. We usually go somewhereWhere's there's sunshine--Egypt, India, places like that. Researcher: Do you like Christmas?Man: No, I can't stand it. I mean, I don't mind having a party onChristmas Day, but all the rest of it--eating and drinking too much,sending cards to people that you haven't seen for years. And theIIweather in Britain's awful at that time of year. No, you can keep it.Number ThreeResearcher: Excuse me, we're doing some research on how people spendChristmas. Can I ask how you celebrate it?Woman: Certainly. Christmas is a family thing for us. We usually have myparents-in-law and my brother.Researcher: And what sorts of things do you do?Woman: On Christmas Eve we go to church for the midnight carol service.Then on Christmas Day the children open their presents fromFather Christmas. We have lunch at about 15 o'clock--turkey andChristmas pudding, of course. Then after that we open the familypresents and then usually play games or watch a film on T~. Researcher: And what about Boxing Day?Woman: We normally go out for a walk, if the weather's fine. Or wesometimes go to see a pantomime.Researcher: Do you like Christmas?。

Unit 6 Social IssuesTopic Preview1.What are some common social issues in China?2.What do you know about domestic violence?Part 1 Movie TimeExercise 1Watch the video about bullying in school and answer the following questions.1.Were mean-spirited students involved with Phoebe Prince’s places?2.Does school bullying happen only in some specific places?3.How are students bullied according to the principal’s letter?4.Did the school concerned take immediate action to stop bullying?5.What message does Sirneaner Walker send to people?Exercise 2Watch the video clip and filling the missing words in the following sentences.1.Many child beggars have _________________ in far away villages, while others have beenbrought to the city by their parents.2.Some knock on windows and peep inside. Many _________________ by pointing to babiesin their arms.3.Even though begging is a crime, the police response is _____________. This young childwas begging while ____________ and did nothing about it.4.The NGO’s 24-hour _________________ more than a decade ago as a hostile for childrenwho are lonely or in danger.5.He says __________________ if callers continue to see the same kids begging every day.Part II Listening ActivitiesI. Listen to the passage about domestic violence, and fill in the missing words while you are listening.Family violence occurs in about 30 percent of China’s 270 million households and about 90 percent of the (1) _____________ are male, according to a survey. The results of another survey indicate that about 12.1percent of husbands kick their wives when they (2) _________________, 9.7 percent beat them with some kind of instrument and 5.8 percent force them to have sex. According to the All-China Women’s federation, its sub-organizations at all levels throughout the country receive large numbers of (3) ______________ of family violence each year, including(4) _____________ burning with cigarettes and pouring sulfuric acid. However, not all (5) _____________ are willing to report their sufferings in families due to the (6) __________________________ that conflicts between couples are merely domestic affairs, which should not be made publicly known. The key to this problem, as suggested by a female rights advocate, is to (7) ________________________ and enable them to bravely stand out to protect themselves with law.II. Listen to the passage about bullying in schools, and then complete the following sentences according to what you hear.1．Every day in our Nation’s schools, children are _______________by schoolyard bullies.2．For some children, bullying is a fact of life __________________________.3．Not only does it harm its______________________________ for all students to learn and achieve in school.4．For such acts to be defined as bullying ________________________between the bully and the victim.5．Acts of bully usually _________________________________________.III. Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.1.Why do travelers find it difficult to decide whether to give money to child beggars?2.What does the author say about those adults who ask their children to beg?3.Why does the author mention the word “marketing”?4.What is the author’s attitude toward giving school supplies to child beggars?5.What does the author mean by “a numbers game”?Part III Oral Practice。

听写填空一单元、P5 Outrageous shopping bills are a familiar1. suffer that nightmare2. genders3. unaffordable4. sufferers5. more than 1 in 20 adults6. expensive electronics7. such a high number of compulsive shoppers inthe general population8. make finding a cure a priority二单元、P20 Tree-lighting Ceremony1. Location: Rockefeller Centre, New York2. Time: right before the Christmas Season3. Height of the tree: nearly 9 storeys4. Audience: people from all around the country5. Number of the lights on the tree: 300006. Size of the star topper: nearly 10 feet in diameter7.Material of the star topper: crystal8. Source of the tree: a home in Connecticut二单元、P29 Post-vacation depression includes1. sleeplessness2. loss of appetite3. irregular heartbeat4. feelings of despair5. tiredness6. stomachache7. trouble breathing8.anxiety 9. nervousness10. Space the month-long vacation out11. blow it all at once 12. returning on a Monday13. such blues are temporary14. don’t make important decisions15. a new period in life 16. personal growth三单元、P34 Reporter: In Vail, Arizona, a new school1. in this case involves2. impact 3单元、available4. resources5. What’s the point6. medium7. reasoning 8. normal 9. from their perspective10. opposed to just the one angle四单元、P51 Beijing opera is largely seen as a dying art1. devoted2. computer animator3. discipline4.heart-stopping5. explanation in English6. much-loved legend7. supernatural8. challenge9. that’s within the rules of the opera.10. wins good reviews from both Western andChinese audience members11. expressing the more acceptable way12. But the popularity of Beijing Opera is fading fast四单元、P53 I hear Jill will make her presentation in class today1. That can’t be true2.for certain3. That’s impossible4. might be5. it’s likely that6. Quite possibly7.I know that for sure 8. No wonder五单元、P67 Thank you very, very much. Well, I just have1. challenge2.beat3. figure out4. definition5. recognize6. disability7. committed 8. tolerate discrimination9. that is tearing down barriers, both inarchitecture and in attitude10. who are helping people with disabilitieslive independent lives六单元、P82 Damage from acid rain is… "Earth and Sky".1. widespread2. falling on3. exactly4. to reliably measure5. assume6. pollutants7. Electrical utility plants 8. react with9. to get showered 10. with wind currents11. leach nutrients 12. combine with13.from fossil fuels 14. dedicated to听对话Listening to a conversation—单元、P3 1.A)She thinks Internet addiction is as serious as drug and smoking adiction1.A She thinks Internet addiction is as serious as drug and smoking addiction.2.B Internet addicts include both children and adults.3.B Some may get into trouble over money issues.4.D Internet addiction needs to be taken seriously and treated properly.二单元、P20 1.A)Tourism is a big and amazing business.1.B One can learn a lot about other people and customs through traveling.2.D To make a comparison so as to make his point clear.3.A They have some language problems and feel a bit afraid.三单元、P32 1.A)He thought it was a useful course.1.B He thought one could simply practice writing by oneself.2.A A person’s thinking patterns are shown in his writing.3.D The writer’s reading ability.4.D How to put writing skills into practice.5.B He will register for an essay-writing course.四单元、P49 1.A)He hoped he could write as well as his father.1.D He feared his handwriting would not impress his son.2.C Children spend a lot of time on the computer.3.A To call on more people to focus on handwriting.4.B Most people’s handwriting is worse than their parents.五单元、P65 1.A)Finding a place to live in Habitat for Humanity.1.C Getting information about Habitat for Humanity.2.A It brought about a lot of changes in her life.3.B It’s a unique chance to perfo rm a citizen s duty to help others.4.C To do one’s share for others is to make our world a better place to live.5.A Because Wilbur chose to ask her for the information needed.六单元、P81 1.A)Getting closer to the animals in the zoo.1.B Seeing a wild animal in the zoo.2.C Today’s zoos are good habitats for wild animals.3.D To prevent endangered animals from extinction.听短文—单元、P4 1.A)He feels ashamed about his son’s incompetence.1.B He feels the other boys are too competitive.2.D He thinks dancing is a way to relax in ones spare time.3.A Hobbies are supposed to bring pleasure to people.4.A The speaker simply wants to have a good time.二单元、无三单元、P34 1.A)She will be 100 years old on Wednesday.1.D She will celebrate her 95th birthday on Wednesday.2.B She is seeking a BA degree in religion.3.C She completed some of her courses on the Internet.4.B Her son and others will hold a birthday party for her.5.A Nola Ochs has set up a remarkable example as a lifetime learner.三单元、P43 1.A)Because they were homeless children.1.C Because they took part in a special hardship camp.2.B Growing vegetables.3.A Mountains that are far away.4.D Hardship camps can be an important part of an education for children.5.A They like the idea of organizing hardship camps and support it.四单元、P50 Barbie 1.A)The old-fashioned design.1.D The decreasing sales worldwide.2.A Toys need to be magical and creative.3.B Because Burbie stands for an outdate image of women.4.A Barbie dolls may disappear from the market.5.C The Barbie brand will expand to other entertainment fields.五单元、P66Mike Teeley… interview1.A)He was well mannered when talking with the speaker.1.B He was able to share the speaker’s feelings.2.D To tell the speaker that he was always ready to offer help.3.C One act of kindness can bring warmlh to those in need.六单元、P81 1.A)They are becoming extinct.1.C They are the threats to species.2.D It can show the importance of protecting the animals.3.B Doing community service reminds a citizen of their responsibility to protect animal. 短对话Listening to short conversations一单元、P 12 1.A)He has only one hobby and no bad hobbies.1.B He thinks he can learn skills from good hobbies.2.C Stephen learns to be systematic from his hobby.3.D Roys real interest in fishing is sitting alone and doing nothing.4.B The farmer has held on to his hobby even though he met with great difficulties.5.D She thinks every addiction is as bad as the other.二单元、P27 1.A)Husband and wife.1.A Husband and wife.2.D A vacation is even more exhausting.3.D The woman is packing for her bus tour.4.B The bus was too worn out and uncomfortable.5.A 3 hours or so.三单元、P41 1.A)He is taking an extance examination.1.D He is at a job interview.2.A He suggests the woman keep trying until she gets it right.3.B To receive assistance from the teacher.4.D He wants to keep learning all his life.5.C The man’s idea is not feasible at all.四单元、P58 1.A) The woman is unhappy about……1.A The woman is unhappy about too many advertisements on TV.2.C He is interested in the history of cities shown in pictures.3.D It is about personality evident in an individual’s gestures.4.A The man is a Brazilian.5.A He wants to make his body stronger.五单元、P74 1.A)She didn’t go to the party yesterday.1.A She didn’t go to the party yesterday.2.C The engine started as soon as they got on the plane.3.C Jason can take the test on another day.4.C Cheer up and you would be able to get a job soon.5.D He was criticized by the woman’ s mother all the way.六单元、P87 1.A)How to turn off taps properly.1.D How to protect water and trees in nature.2.C It is a good idea for people to make voluntary contributions.3.B Louisiana tornado killed 50 people4.C He feels it necessary to use animals in medical researches.5.D The two speakers have different opinions about the biggest pollution problem. 长对话一单元、P13 1.A）Mark is a porker addict.1.D Mark is addicted to online games.2.C Ron is not a serious gaming addict.3.C Gloria hopes mark can control himself playing games.4.A Ron thinks gambling is more harmful than playing games.5.A Some gaming addicts make friends when playing together.二单元、P28 1.A) There are a lot of restrictions on tourists.1.B There is a large variety of animals there.2.D Tourists are not allowed to take pictures of wild animals there.3.D Go horseback riding.4.D It must be a famous geyser.5.B Putting out the campfire.三单元、P42 1.A) Hearing.1.B Smelling.2.D It means acquiring knowledge in one’s favourite way3.A Ted enjoys discussion with others.4.C Because mike once took a computer apart lo make observations.5.C Different people should develop their own suitable leaning styles.四单元、P59 1.A)Culture shock is caused by ……1.B Culture shock is caused when you feel unfamiliar with the social environment.2.C He might feel anxious, uneasy and frustrated.3.D He thinks one cannot learn about local culture well enough through a class.4.A Most local customs are learned through social life.5.B One can learn to be involved in a new culture step by step.五单元、P75 1.A)He is now a United States senator.1.D He was the oldest astronaut in space.2.B To do research on how and why people get old.3.C His trip implies what attitude the aged should take towards life.4.B He likes drinking very much.5.A The significance of Mr. Glenn’s shuttle trip into s pace.六单元、P88 1.A)There will be a lot of troubles to protect the environment.1.D Many things can be done to protect the environment.2.A Driving steadily will help protect the ozone layer.3.D Because they use much too many disposable products.4.C To buy a special “low-flow” shower head.5.B Things people can do to reduce pollulion.。