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Unit 1 text 1Road BuildingTask 1.1.the relationship between road building and economic development2.grain and cotton3.grew grain grew cotton4.fast and convenient5.to transport grain and cottonTask 1.1. A booming trade in grain and cotton.2.Because of the rapidly growing population and the large number of immigrants from Europe.3.The farmers got laborers from Africa.4.Because it was easy and cheap to transport goods from on place to another.5.They built roads and collected fees.Text 2 The Mississippi River in AmericaTask 1ke Itasca in Minnesota2.about 4, 000 kms.3.flooding in summer4.floodways, dams, levees and reservoirs5.holding water and generating electricityTask 2.1.21 US states.2.It flows from the North to the Gulf of Mexico3.They are empty channels. When the Mississippi is too high, the floodways are opened andsome of the water can flow into the floodways.4.They are earthen walls built alongside a river, holding the water and keeping it fromoverflowing.5.Sine the 20th century.Unit 2 Text 1 An eyewitness to changes in ChinaTask 11. a foreigner’s perception of China’s reform and development.2.working to build bridges between Chinese people and American people3.1) it had established extremely close and unbreakable relations with the people2) its soldiers had a shared vision of a bright future4. 1) study Chinese reality2) develop a set of strategies, a common vision and a set of core values.5.1) make people feel that it represents their interests.2)do more in terms of the emancipation of the mind.Task 21.Yes. Because he thinks that what he’s doing today is more effective than what he was able todo in the past.2.They believed that they were fighting for their land, for their family to have their ownfarmland, and for a fair government that would listen to the people and do what they needed.3. A practical, down-to-earth, realistic vision that everyone shares.4.Equally important to the development of the market economy, the emancipation fo the mindhasn’t gone far enough. There’s still the shadow of the old feudalistic habits of governments and individuals in their thinking and in their relationships.5.The eights lines can serve as core values for the Chinese people to have a new commonvision.Text 2 Talk with “Harry Potter”Task 11.Harry Potter films2.the film set, his tutors and his friends3.kindly, warmly and generously4.the two Harry Potter director5.live a normal lifeText 21.Four2.He feels that he lives a busy, efficient and normal life.3.Not yet. Because he cannot afford the time.4.He is satisfied and pleased with it.5.He usually spends most of his spare time learning the bass guitar and watching movies.Unit 3 Text 1 Driving while on a cell phone worse than driving while drunkTask 11.This news report is about driving while talking on a cell phone.2.Because the research finds that those talking on a phone are more sluggish and slower inreacting.3.The researchers at the University of Utah, USA.4.In the summer of 2006.ing a driving simulator, the researchers compared 40 people’s driving abilities in threegroups: on the phone, drunk, and with no distractions.Task 21.It will increase the likelihood of an accident five-fold.2.Drunk drivers are aggressive, while those talking on the phone are more sluggish.3.It will reduce the driver’s reaction time by 9 percent in breaking and 19 percent in picking upspeed after braking.4.Some states have made laws to prohibit the use of cell phones while driving.5.It is not effective because the drivers will use the hands-free model, which is also dangerous.Text 2 Quake kills at Least 300 on Indonesian IslandTask 1te Monday2.Near Nias Island, off the west coast of Indonesia3.At least 300 people died and hundreds were injured.4.Between 8.5 and 8.7.5.The aid officials.Task 2.1.People ran to hilltops for safety.2.No tsunami happened after the earthquake.3.Residents within 1,000 Kms (620 miles) of the epicenter were asked to evacuate coastalregions.4.India, Malaysia and Thailand.5.It was felt in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and as far north as Bangkok, Thailand.Unit 4 Text 1. The Men’s Movement: What does it mean to be a manTask 1A.Male feminists.B.Men’s support groupsC.Male activistsD.Mytho-poeticiii. The Men’s Movement is very diverse.Task 21.Child care and housework2.Teaching and nursingmunication and management problems.4.violence and inequality5.Because they can give and find support from other men.6.They are trying to get back men’s power.7.This group initiates men using mythology, poetry (hence the name mytho-poetic), and otherrituals, such as dancing, to explore and affirm the value of masculinity and masculine approaches to problem solving.Text 2. Husbands and wives: A caller from NorthbridgeTask 1:has been laid offworking full-timehelps with the houseworkhad a lot of work to do at hometook the children to many places in the car underestimated what she saidto work outside the hometwo incomesstrongerTask 2FFTTFTTFT。

Unit 1 Presenting a SpeechRoad BuildingGood morning, everyone. Today I'l l be talking about the relationship between road building and the development of the American economy during the 18th century. About 300 years ago, the United States' economy was growing rapidly, mainly because of a booming trade in two important agricultural products: grain and cotton.Grain output in the eastern part of America increased quickly at that time due to the rapidly growing population and the large number of immigrants from Europe. As a result, the demand for grain almost doubled. For this reason, the trade in grain first developed in this part of the country. At the same time, the road system was gradually built up in order to transport the grain from the rural areas to various cities. The road building clearly helped develop the economy quickly in these areas and in the cities as well.During the same period, farmers in the South could get a large amount of laborers from Africa, and they started to grow cotton. As the cotton output increased, the farmers needed to sell it in other places. As a result, many roads were built to link the rural areas to the cities.At first, this trade of grain and cotton took place along the coast, or near rivers and lakes. It took place there because it was easy and cheap to transport goods from one place to another. Before 1700, it was very expensive to move the goods by road.So, farmers had to rely mainly on rivers to move their crops to markets.At that time, there was only one continuous road that existed in the US. It ran from north to south along country roads, which were linked together to make one long road. Within a short time, the first east-to-west roads were built. They were called turnpikes. Private companies built these roads and collected fees from all vehicles that traveled on them.Eventually, because of the booming trade of grain and cotton, a network of roadways was completed that connected some major cities and towns. Although traveling was still costly for farmers, they soon preferred to move their crops to cities and other areas on roadways rather than by boat because it was faster and more convenient.So here we can see a rather clear picture of road building in the United States and its impact on economic development during that period.Unit 2 Energy ConservationAn Eyewitness to Changes in China(Y: Yang Rui, anchor of Dialogue, CCTV-9R: Sidney Rittenberg, president of Rittenberg Associates, Incorporated. )Y: Mr. Rittenberg, you are a successful businessman and also a big name to the Chinese due to your close association with the first generation of the PRC leaders. How do you look at the impact that that experience has had on your current perception of China's reform and development?R: I feel in my heart that what I’m doing today is a continuation of what I was trying to do in the that is, I had this ambition, this dream, from the time that I began studying Chinese at Stanford University in 1943，I had this dream of working to build bridges between Chinese people and American people, and to help them understand each other and cooperate together. And I tried to do that in the past, working in China in Mao’sday. And that's exactly what I'm trying to do today. I really think that what I'm doing today is more effective than what I was able to do in the past.Y: At that time many foreigners came to China, but you were among the very few who got close to the Communist Party of China.R: You know, it’s quite obvious to me that the only reason that the Communist Party of China was able to win in the final stages of the Civil War is because of their extremely close relations with the people. The Chinese people that came to know them, trusted them and considered them their representatives. This small peasant army led by Mao Zedong had no tanks, no big guns, no planes, and was greatly outnumbered by the opposition, which was the most powerful armed force in Asia after the Second World War. And yet in only three and a half years, the Nationalists were completely defeated and driven off to the island province of Taiwan. Why? Because the ties that the Communists had with the Chines e people were unbreakable. They had their trust. They had their confidence and support. And that was something that the Nationalists were not able to get.You know, the Revolutionary Army was a poor army, even in terms of the food they got. The soldiers had grass sandals that they made themselves along the march. But what made them do it? The fact that they had a vision. They believed that they were fighting for their land, for their family to have their own farmland, and for a fair government that would listen to the people and do what they needed. So this is the only explanation I can think of for why they were able to win.Y: In the Long March you just talked about, the Communist army had to overcome extreme difficulties. But in the new Long March of modernization today, we are also facing difficulties, though very different. What’s your view of this new Long March? R: I agree with calling this a new Long March, only the barriers are very different. Those barriers were certainly very grim and threatening. Some of these barriers look very good and inviting but actually they are not. I mean, in the days before and during the Long March, the leaders had the task of studying the Chinese reality and getting everybody that they could influence to study reality and from it to derive a set of policies, practical strategies to guide everybody. So people had a shared vision and dream. They were motivated by this common dream to work together. And I think, during the current Long March of modernization, China would need to do the same thing, to gradually study Chinese reality and develop a set of strategies, a common vision and a set of values that most people will share. And then you'll find that you don't have a problem of disconnection between the central government and local governments, or a problem of a big gap between city and country life.Y: Still, people are wondering in this country why we were able to live with poverty but have problems living with the new wealth.R: Again it’s the lack of a practical, down-to-earth, realistic vision that everyone shares, in my opinion. I remember after the “Great Leap Forward”when there was a famine, many, many people in Beijing, including government workers, professors in schools, their faces were swollen because people weren’t getting enough food. But nobody admitted that it was because of malnutrition. No one said, “It’s because we don’t have enough food.”You know, I personally don’t think that, for most people, they weremotivated just for a distant future dream of Communism. It was because of what the new government had actually already done for the people: workers got their eight hoursa day, farmers got their own land for the first time, the public health campaigns, etc.These things raised the standards of living, especially during the first five or six years from 1949 to 1955. Tremendous social changes made people feel, "This is my government, they represent my interests, they bring me real benefits.”Y: What lessons do you think we should draw from the Cultural Revolution?R: Well, I think the Cultural Revolution pointed out one fact, which actually was articulated by Deng Xiaoping in his interview after the Cultural Revolution with an American correspondent. He said that any government that doesn’t succeed in making life better for most people in China year by year is not going to succeed. And I think that was the lesson that was taught: it’s not enough just to have growth of the economy, you’ve got to make people feel that you represent their interests and you are working for them.Y: Besides making people’s life better, there is another core idea of Deng Xiaoping’s theory, that is, the emancipation of people’s mind.R: I think the emancipation of the followed the Cultural Revolution is equally important to the development of the market economy in China today. But compared to the economic reform, I think the emancipation of the mind hasn’t gone far enough. There’s still the shadow of the old feudalistic habits of governments and individuals in their thinking and in their relationships. When I say a common vision, I don't mean a political code that everyone recites. I mean a feeling that we are working together to build a common society that’s more or less represented by the eight lines that were raised by President Hu Jintao, the moral code.Unit 3 TrafficDriving While on a Cell Phone Worse Than Driving While Drunk21:44:27 EDT June 29, 2006Thursday, June 29 —Maneuvering through traffic while talking on the phone increases the likelihood of an accident five-fold and is actually more dangerous than driving drunk, U.S. researchers report.That finding held true whether the driver was holding a cell phone or using a hands-free device, the researchers noted.“As a society, we have agreed on not tolerating the risk associated with drunk driving,”said researcher Frank Drews, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah. “This study shows us that somebody who is conversing on a cell phone is exposing him or herself and others to a similar risk — cell phones actually are a higher risk,” he said.His team’s report appears in the summer issue of the journal Human Factors.In the study, 40 people followed a pace car along a prescribed course, using a drivingsimulator. Some people drove while talking on a cell phone, others navigated while drunk (meaning their blood-alcohol limit matched the legal limit of 0.08 percent), and others drove with no such distractions or impairments.“We found an increased accident rate when people were conversing on the cell phone,”Drews said. Drivers on cell phones were 5.36 times more likely to get in an accident than non-distracted drivers, the researchers found.The phone users fared even worse than the inebriated, the Utah team found. There were three accidents among those talking on cell phones — all of them involving a rear-ending of the pace car. In contrast, there were no accidents recorded among participants who were drunk, or the sober, cell-phone-free group.The bottom line: Cell-phone use was linked to “a significant increase in the accident rate," Drews said.He said there was a difference between the behaviors of drunk drivers and those who were talking on the phone. Drunk drivers tended to be aggressive, while those talking on the phone were more sluggish, Drews said.In addition, the researchers found talking on the cell phone reduce reaction time by 9 percent in terms of braking and 19 percent in terms of picking up speed after braking. "This is significant, because it has an impact on traffic as a system,”Drews said. “If we have drivers who are taking a lot of time in accelerating once having slowed down, the overall flow of traffic is dramatically reduced,”he said.In response to safety concerns, some states have outlawed the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. But that type of legislation may not be effective, because the Utah researchers found no difference in driver performance whether the driver was holding the phone or talking on a hands- free model.Unit 4 Social BehaviorThe Men’s Movement: What Does It Mean to Be a Man?As a result of the Women’s Movement, more women are working outside the home, and many men are playing a more active role in family life and are taking on some of the tasks involved in child care and housework. In addition to these changes inside the home, men are today entering occupations that used to be considered women’s jobs. More men are becoming nurses and teachers of young children. Other men are finding that they have more female colleagues and bosses at work than ever before, and they are having to adapt to women’s styles of communication and management, which can differ considerably from those of men. At work, as well as at home, many men today in modern North American society have to play very different roles than their fathers did. They are, as a result, joining with other men in a countermovement called the Men’s Movement to seek to provide one another with the support they need to cope with the roles expected of men in today’s world.Exactly what forms does the Men’s Movement take, and what do men in the Men’s Movement hope to achieve by being active in the movement? To begin with, the Men’s Movement has nounified, monolithic philosophy. Although there are a number of unifying themes, there are also some interesting differences among the basic groups associated with the Men’s Movement. Several writers who write about the Men’s Movement have identified four basic groups of men active in the movement.The first group is labeled the male feminists, and these men work for women’s rights and equality between the sexes. Some of the men in this first group are vocal about blaming other men for much of the violence against women and for the inequality that exists between men and women in relationships and the job market. Not all members of the Men’s Movement, however, consider this first group of men to be an integral part of the Men’s Movement. To be sure, the other three groups focus more on men’s issues than do the so-called male feminists.The second orientation in the Men’s Movement attracts men who join men’s support groups to meet regularly and give and receive psychological support in dealing with problems created by the new roles they have to play at home and at work. These men are attempting to learn to better express their feelings and emotions, and to show sensitivity without being ashamed. A third group in the Men’s Movement consists of men who want to get back the power they feel they have lost because of the advances made by women as a result of the Women’s Movement and feminist causes. They are male activists. Finally, there is an approach to the movement called the mytho-poetic Men’s Movement. The men involved in this aspect of the Men’s Movement believe that men should be initiated into manhood as men were initiated when people still lived in small tribes and bands in more ancient cultures. This group initiates men using mythology, poetry (hence the name mytho-poetic), and other rituals, such as dancing, to explore and affirm the value of masculinity and masculine approaches to problem solving. Men who subscribe to this viewpoint worry that too much contact with women and too little contact with other men has turned men into weaklings or wimps.So, the Men’s Movement is very diverse. A man who wants to join the movement has many options of just how he will explore the question, “What does it mean to be a man in today’s world?”Unit 5 PopulationSuicide on CampusAnchor: Good morning, everybody. I’m expecting all of you to gather here for the half-hour Early Show. Today, parents and students alike are constantly reminded of the problems like drug and alcohol abuse, and unsafe sex on college campuses. But relatively few are warned about suicide. And suicide is second only to accidents as a leading cause of death among college students.Our Early Show correspondent Tracy Smith reports on this very real danger that often goes undiscussed. Hello, Tracy.Tracy Smith: Hi, Teresa. I know that today’s topic — campus suicides — is obviously weightier than the others we have talked about before. But we can not give up eating for fear of choking. It is high time we looked at the issue face to face. A study by the American College Health Association showed that 15 percent of students meet the criteria for clinical depression. Although it’s a topic cloaked in stigma and shame, more collegesand universities are choosing to confront it, rather than wait until it’s too late. They have begun to look seriously into the reasons and seek solutions to the problem and actively intervene. Now let’s watch a short film and get some hint of a young college guy's tragedy.Tracy Smith: Nathan Eisert, 20, took his own life in his college dorm two years ago.In a cemetery on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, you’ll find the message Tell them, Momma, a life’s too much to lose" on his small headstone.Jan Ulrich (Nathan’s mother): The message is for Nathan’s friends. I want them to sec that message, because I think it’s from Nathan, you know, I really do. I think Nathan sent that message for me to pass along. And when they come to the gravesite, i t's what I want them to walk away with.Tracy Smith: Always a lover of basketball, the 6-foot 5-inch player secured a spot on the Western Kentucky team as a walk-on.Stephen Ulrich (Nathan’s stepfather): Every time the team got ahead in the game, y ou'd hear the guys in the crowd and everybody chanting, “Nathan, Nathan ..."Tracy Smith: But early in the second season, Nathan injured his foot. He lost his place on the team but never told his family.Stephen Ulrich: W e'r e not realizing that because he couldn’t play, because he wasn’t achieving, in his mind that he wasn't measuring up. So all of a sudden, he’s sinking. Right before everybody’s eyes, h e's sinking, and we don’t even see him sinking.Tracy Smith: Nathan hit rock bottom. And when he didn’t show up for a family event, his father went looking for him.Jan Ulrich: Then the phone rang; it was Nathan’s dad. Ulrich s aid, “Where are you?” As soon as I heard this, I replied, “Uh-oh ... Don’t tell me what you’re gonna tell me. I... Don’t tell me.” That’s when he told me, “H e's dead. He shot himself.”Tracy Smith: How did things go so horribly wrong, so quickly? Jan and Stephen say they didn’t recognize the signs and that Nathan never asked for help.Anchor: Today we have invited to our studio Mr. Phil Satow and Mrs. Donna Satow, who became experts on the topic after their son, Jed, a student at Arizona State University, committed suicide in 1998.Phil Satow: A major problem is that a large number of students are away from home for the first time in their life and that can be traumatic. There are so many pressures that they’re facing: peer pressures, expectations of parents of high grades, high unemployment. Young people don’t want to disappoint, so there’s a whole series of things that happen specifically at that time.Donna Satow: Some of them are also having trouble handling their romance. Sudden breakup of a relationship can hurt one to such a fatal extent.Tracy Smith: Just like other services on campus, parents should encourage their college kids to take advantage of counseling available there. It’s also a good idea for parents and classmates to know some of the warning signs for suicide. The Ulrichs hope that by telling their story, they’ll encourage others, including administrators, parents and the students themselves, to reach out.Stephen Ulrich: Yes, that’s right. It’s too late for us to save Nathan, but it’s not too late to save another family and another Nathan out there, because there’s another kid out there that’s screaming for help.Anchor: Thank you, Mr. Ulrich. What you said is what our talk show aims for. Thank you all so much for attending our show. Welcome you back at the same time next week. Good-bye.Unit 6 A City in ChinaWhat Does the Future Hold for Marriage?What Does the Future Hold for Marriage?Eighty years ago, Arnold Bennett, Hilaire Belloc, Rebecca West and other luminaries predicted the future of marriage — did they get it right? Despite its decline in popularity and rising divorce rates, Bel Mooney argues against the loosening of matrimonial ties. But does marriage really have a future in the 21st century?I’m Richard Right. My wife and I have recently celebrated our Sapphire Anniversary (45 years), with, hopefully, many years to come. We made a commitment to each other and, through thick and thin, have stuck by that commitment. Today’s generation is always in a hurry and doesn’t see anything beyond the next hurdle, so they give up if the wall ahead looks too high. We must encourage people in the belief that marriage is the best social institution ever invented, but we must be prepared to work at it. The government could help by reintroducing the married persons’ allowance.I feel very disappointed that so many men feel the way they appear to about marriage. To me marriage is sacred. I didn’t promise to love, care for and be with my husband until next week, or until another offer comes along. I promised to love him and be with him in sickness, health, riches or poverty for the rest of our lives. I meant it. I still mean it almost four years on. Things have not been easy, but I didn’t expect a bed of roses, or everything to be plain sailing. I have never expected someone else to support me in the style to which I would like to become accustomed. I expect to have to work hard for the things that we want. The notion that caring and sharing is somehow old-fashioned and out of tune with modern life, and living together is in any way compatible with the lifetime commitment of marriage is just wrong. Some of us do care, and some of us do commit to another and mean it.Any man that praises the delights of marriage has never experienced the agony of divorce and the loss of his children. Marriage is very much for the benefit of women.I don’t know about marriage but the future of the wedding industry is more than secure. My daughter is getting married this Sunday in a beautiful ceremony in Santa Barbara. We had to take a second mortgage on the house to pay for it. I am going to quit teaching school and become a wedding planner — she makes twice my salary!Unit 7 Dishonoring the Honor System Opening Speech for the UK’s First Disabled People’s ParliamentI am delighted and honoured to be here today to open the UK’s first Disabled People’s Parliament.I would like to begin by thanking the British Council of Disabled People for all your efforts inlaunching this important initiative and to thank you, the first members of the Parliament — disabled people who are passionate enough about the situation of the eight and a half million of us in this country — for committing yourselves to fighting in our name.Let me start by saying that I think today is one of historic importance in the emancipation of disabled people and our determination to seize control of our own lives. On 28 August 1963, before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Five years later he told us he had seen the promised land and the next day he was assassinated. So what was that dream?In many ways it was modest enough. He didn’t call for revolution. He wanted former slaves and sons of former slave owners to sit together at the table of brotherhood. He dreamt of freedom and justice. He said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!”If King were with us today and we asked him to speak on disability I think he might say that he has another dream. A dream of a world in which disabled people are not judged by the shape of our bodies, or in which people with learning disabilities are not to be turned away from hotels and restaurants because of prejudice. He might dream of a world in which the physical barriers to buildings, transport and the environment exist no longer, and disabled people have the right to mobility and movement. He might dream of a world in which we automatically support disabled people to live in the community, who should no longer fear being shunted into residential homes against their wishes.King had his dream. We can have ours and we can make our dream come true. This Parliament, which I am proud to open today, is one more step to achieving that dream.Let’s live the dream. Thank you.。

Unit2 Express Yourself!Listening and SpeakingAudio Track 2-2-1A: The woman in the red coat is smiling and the woman in the blue jeans beside her is laughing. Why are they so happy?B: Maybe they’re going to the movies and they are excited.Audio Track 2-2-2/Audio Track 2-2-31.Angie: Okay, what’s the next test question?Marc: The next question is ... What’s the capital of Greenland?Angie: (yawning ) ... It’s ...Marc: Angie!Angie: What?Marc: Stop yawning. This is serious!Angie: I’m sorry. I’m listening.2.Pablo: So, my plane leaves at 8: 00, and ... hey Carolyn, are you crying? Carolyn: No, not really.Pablo: Yes, you are! What’s wrong?Carolyn: Well, it’s summer vacation and you’re going away.Pablo: Come on now. Don’t cry. It’s only for three months.Carolyn: Okay. But write to me. I’ll miss you.3.Vickie: Tony, what’re you doing?Tony: I’m planning our trip to Las Vegas. Ugh! I can’t find a hotel room. Vickie: So we can’t visit Las Vegas?Tony: No, we can’t. Hey Vickie, why are you smiling?Vickie: I don’t really want to go to Vegas, Tony. I’m glad. Now we can visit London instead!Audio Track 2-2-4/Audio Track 2-2-51.Man: Where are you running to, Paula?Woman: I have Connie’s wallet. I need to give it to her.Man: Come on. I’ll help you.Woman: I don’t see Connie anywhere.Man: Look! She’s over there. Standing at the bus stop.Woman: Oh yeah, I see her. Connie! Connie!Man: She doesn’t see us.Woman: You’re right. It’s too noisy, and she’s talking to someone.2.Man: Well, here we are. This is my mom’s house.Woman: It’s beautiful.Man: Hey, Jen. Are you okay?Woman: I’m just a little nervous. It’s my first time meeting your mother. Man: Come on. Don’t worry. Here she is now.Woman 2: Hi, Tim!Man: Hi, Mom. I’d like you to meet Jen.Woman 2: Hi, Jen. It’s very nice to meet you.Woman: It’s nice to meet you, too. Mrs. Harris.3.Man: Hey, Anne. Where are you going?Woman: I’m going to the library to study.Man: For what? It’s only 7:00 a.m.!Woman: My final exams. They’re next week.Man: Wow, well, good luck!Woman: Thanks!4.Woman: Bill, it’s late. Where’s the theater?Man: Hmmm ... I think it’s near here.Woman: Are you sure? What street is this?Man: Uhm ... I don’t know.Woman: Where’s the map? I want to check.Audio Track 2-2-6/Audio Track 2-2-7Paula: So, Jane, what are you doing these days?Jane: I’m working in an office. And I’m studying computer science in the evening. Paula: You’re really busy!Jane: That’s for sure! And in my free time, I’m learning Spanish for my vacation. I’m planning a trip to Mexico next year.Paula: What about your brothers? How are they doing?Jane: They’re doing great! Alex is helping our father in his business, and Adam is going to Pacific University.Paula: How nice!Jane: Paula, how about you? How are you doing these days?Paula: I’m doing great, too. I’m working on a project about community safety. Jane: Community safety?Paula: Yeah. We’re planning a campaign against theft, fire, AIDS and drugs in our community.Jane: Oh, that sounds interesting!Paula: Yes, indeed it is interesting. And it is very important to the community.Audio Track 2-2-8/Audio Track 2-2-10Know before you go!BangladeshPeople greet their friends by shaking hands softly and then putting their hands over their heart. People in Bangladesh don’t use many gestures. Waving at people and winking are very rude. Don’t touch people on the head. Don’t point with your foot — Bangladeshi people think feet are very dirty.IndonesiaIndonesians greet people with a long handshake, and they bow at the same time. At a meeting, give every person your business card, but use your right hand — using your left hand is very rude.Audio Track 2-2-9/Audio Track 2-2-10ThailandIn Thailand, the traditional greeting is called wai— people put their hands together and bow. Men and women don’t often touch each other in public. Thai people don’t use their hands for gestures, but they love to smile a lot. They sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or embarrassed.The United Arab EmiratesPeople in the United Arab Emirates have some special gestures. When two men meet, they shake hands. Sometimes old men touch noses together. Women kiss their friends on the cheek. If a man meets a woman, he doesn’t shake hands with her. He just smiles. When you give your friend something, give it to him with your right hand. Don’t use your left hand. And don’t point at people with your finger. Use your hand to gesture towards them.Audio Track 2-2-11/Audio Track 2-2-12In Brazil, men often shake hands when they meet for the first time. When women meet, they kiss each other on the cheek. Women also kiss male friends to say hello. When you shake hands, look at the person in the eyes. This shows interest and friendliness. In New Zealand, usually, both men and women shake hands when they meet someone for the first time. If you see two people pressing their noses together, they are probably Maori. The Maori are the native people of New Zealand. This is their traditional greeting.In Japan, when people meet for the first time, they usually bow. In business, people also shake hands. In formal situation, people often exchange business cards. When you give a business card, give it with two hands. This is polite. Special note: In Japan, when people smile it can have different meanings. It usually means that theperson is happy, or that the person thinks something is funny. But it can also mean that the person is embarrassed.Audio Track 2-2-131. The man is laughing. The man’s laughing.2. The bus is coming. The bus’s coming.3. Why is she frowning? Why’s she frowing?Audio Track 2-2-141. Tina’s studying in the library.2. My sister’s nervous. She is studying for a test.3. When is your class?4. Cintra’s dad is talking on the phone.5. How’s your family doing?6. Toshi’s car is not working.Audio Track 2-2-15Jim: Hi, Katy.Katy: Hey, Jim. How’s it going?Jim: Great! How’re you doing?Katy: I’m stressed.Jim: Yeah? What’s wrong?Katy: Oh, I have an important test tomorrow.Jim: Well, why aren’t you studying?Katy: I’m kind of tired.Jim: Come on. Let’s have a cup of coffee. Then you can study.Katy: Okay, sounds good!Audio Track 2-2-16A: Hi, Mike.B: Hi, Jim. How are you doing?A: Not so good. Actually I’m a bit angry.B: Yeah? What’s wrong?A: Oh, I’m going to see a football game tonight with my friend Dan, but he’s late. B: Why not give him a call right now?A: I did, but his mobile is out of service and I couldn’t reach him.B: Calm down. When will the game start?A: It starts in 20 minutes! There’s not much time left to get there.B: Don’t worry. Just take a taxi to the game. Maybe Dan is there already.A: Yeah, I guess that’s the best thing to do!Audio Track 2-2-17A: Hi, Ben.B: Hi, Lisa, How are you getting along? You look unhappy today.A: It’s nothing really. It’s just ... about my trip to Boston.B: You’re going on a trip to Boston? Sounds nice. Why are you so glum?A: Well I hate flying. That’s what is bothering me. Just thinking of airplane crashes makes me scared.B: Come on, Lisa. Airplanes are safe.A: Perhaps, but I’m still afraid.B: OK. I understand. Let me see ... I have a suggestion! Want to hear it?A: Go ahead.B: Why don’t you rent a car and drive to Boston?A: That’s a great idea!B: Yeah, and perhaps I could come with you! I have friends in Boston, and I could visit them, too.A: Sounds good.Audio Track 2-2-18A: Hi, Mike! It’s great to see you again! How’s it going?B: I’m fine. Thanks. How are you doing?A: Fine! Where are you living now?B: I’m living in Boston, attending Harvard University.A: Wow, so you’re still at university.B: Yeah, I’m doing my PhD. It’s taking ages to finish and it’s pretty stressful. How about you?A: Well, I’m a sales manager at an American company. It’s pretty exciting.B: I wish I were working already. I’m sick of studying.Video CourseVideo Track 2-2-1Dave: I get stressed very often because of school.Natalie: Sometimes at the office I get stressed, and when I do, I take a break and go for a walk.Dayanne: One of the things that really makes me happy is going to the beach. Alyssa: I don’t like to feel angry or sad or frustrated. I do like to feel happy and excited. WhenI’m angry, I like to be alone, I don’t like to be around other people. Agnes: I don’t like to be angry or stressed, because when I am, I eat all the time,when I’m angry, I yell at everybody.Jennifer: When I have stress, I like to take my dog to the park and throw the ball or throw the Frisbee, and that relaxes me.Video Track 2-2-2Alyssa: I don’t like to feel angry or sad or frustrated. I do like to feel happy and excited. When I’m angry, I like to be alone. I don’t like to be around other people.Jennifer: When I have stress, I like to take my dog to the park and throw the ball or throw the Frisbee, and that relaxes me.Video Track 2-2-3Dennis: We have a special way of greeting our elders in the Philippines by taking their hand and kind of kissing it like this. And it’s called mano.Dayanne: In Brazil when you greet a friend you give them a big hug and sometimes you give them a kiss on the cheek and in some places you give two kisses and in some places three kisses.Miyuki: Bowing is a very polite gesture in Japan, but I often shock people when I stick my hands out to shake their hands because it’s not very common.Agnes: When you greet somebody in Senegal you shake hands for a long time or you can hug, too, and ask about him, and his family, and his friends, and it takes a while.Video Track 2-2-4Takeshi: OK, let’s begin. In Japan, you bow when you greet people ... like this. (bows)Claudia: (bows) That’s cool.Tara: (Tara enters) Hi! What are you two doing?Claudia: Takeshi is teaching me traditional Japanese greetings for my trip to Japan. Tara: Your trip to Japan? When?Claudia: I have a big meeting in Tokyo in July.Tara: Wow! That’s great.Claudia: I’m a little nervous about the whole trip, though.Takeshi: Why? There’s no need to be nervous.Claudia: I’m kind of worried about making mistakes. I don’t know anything about Japan.Tara: Don’t worry. Everything’s going to be fine.Takeshi: And you have a good teacher. Let’s see, what else? Oh, remember —always use two hands when you give a person your business card ... like this. (hands Claudia business card, she responds)Tara: (points to Claudia) Hey! That looks really good, Claudia. You’re a natural!Takeshi: And remember — never use your finger to point. That’s actually rude in a lot of countries.Tara: Really?Takeshi: Yep. Oh, and one more thing. In Japan, for luck, you jump three times and nod your head ... like this.Claudia: What?Takeshi: Yeah. Let’s try it, come on. Come on, Claudia, try it.Claudia: OK. (Claudia starts to jump and nod her head)Takeshi: Good.Claudia: Like this?Takeshi: (winks at Tara) Yup. (Tara and Takeshi laugh)Claudia: Hey! They don’t do that in Japan! You guys are joking. Oh!Takeshi: Come on Claudia! I only wanted to teach you a very important rule for traveling — relax! And have a little fun!Claudia: You’re right. Some teacher you are!Video Track 2-2-5Takeshi: OK, let’s begin. In Japan, you bow when you greet people ... like this. (bows)Claudia: (bows) That’s cool.Tara: (Tara enters) Hi! What are you two doing?Claudia: Takeshi is teaching me traditional Japanese greetings for my trip to Japan. Tara: Your trip to Japan? When?Claudia: I have a big meeting in Tokyo in July.Tara: Wow! That’s great.Video Track 2-2-6Claudia: I’m a little nervous about the whole trip, though.Takeshi: Why? There’s no need to be nervous.Claudia: I’m kind of worried about making mistakes. I don’t know anything about Japan.Tara: Don’t worry. Everything’s going to be fine.Video Track 2-2-7Takeshi: And you have a good teacher. Let’s see, what else? Oh, remember —always use two hands when you give a person your business card ... like this. (hands Claudia business card, she responds)Tara: (points to Claudia) Hey! That looks really good, Claudia. You’re a natural! Takeshi: And remember — never use your finger to point. That’s actually rude in a lot of countries.Tara: Really?Takeshi: Yep. Oh, and one more thing. In Japan, for luck, you jump three times and nod your head ... like this.Claudia: What?Takeshi: Yeah. Let’s try it, come on. Come on, Claudia, try it.Claudia: OK. (Claudia starts to jump and nod her head)Takeshi: Good.Claudia: Like this?Takeshi: (winks at Tara) Yup. (Tara and Takeshi laugh)Claudia: Hey! They don’t do that in Japan! You guys are joking. Oh!Takeshi: Come on Claudia! I only wanted to teach you a very important rule for traveling — relax! And have a little fun!Claudia: You’re right. Some teacher you are!（注：可编辑下载，若有不当之处，请指正，谢谢!）。

Unit2 Express Yourself!Listening and SpeakingAudio Track 2-2-1A: The woman in the red coat is smiling and the woman in the blue jeans beside her is laughing. Why are they so happyB: Maybe they’re going to the movies and they are excited.Audio Track 2-2-2/Audio Track 2-2-31.Angie: Okay, what’s the next test questionMarc: The next question is ... What’s the capital of GreenlandAngie: (yawning ) ... It’s ...Marc: Angie!Angie: WhatMarc: Stop yawning. This is serious!Angie: I’m sorry. I’m listening.2.Pablo: So, my plane leaves at 8: 00, and ... hey Carolyn, are you crying Carolyn: No, not really.Pablo: Yes, you are! What’s wrongCarolyn: Well, it’s summer vacation and you’re going away.Pablo: Come on now. Don’t cry. It’s only for three months.Carolyn: Okay. But write to me. I’ll miss you.3.Vickie: Tony, what’re you doingTony: I’m planning our trip to Las Vegas. Ugh! I can’t find a hotel room. Vickie: So we can’t visit Las VegasTony: No, we can’t. Hey Vickie, why are you smilingVickie: I don’t really want to go to Vegas, Tony. I’m glad. Now we can visit London instead!Audio Track 2-2-4/Audio Track 2-2-51.Man: Where are you running to, PaulaWoman: I have Connie’s wallet. I need to give it to her.Man: Come on. I’ll help you.Woman: I don’t see Connie anywhere.Man: Look! She’s over there. Standing at the bus stop.Woman: Oh yeah, I see her. Connie! Connie!Man: She doesn’t see us.Woman: You’re right. It’s too noisy, and she’s talking to someone.2.Man: Well, here we are. This is my mom’s house.Woman: It’s beautiful.Man: Hey, Jen. Are you okayWoman: I’m just a little nervous. It’s my first time meeting your mother. Man: Come on. Don’t worry. Here she is now.Woman 2: Hi, Tim!Man: Hi, Mom. I’d like you to meet Jen.Woman 2: Hi, Jen. It’s very nice to meet you.Woman: It’s nice to meet you, too. Mrs. Harris.3.Man: Hey, Anne. Where are you goingWoman: I’m going to the library to study.Man: For what It’s only 7:00 a.m.!Woman: My final exams. They’re next week.Man: Wow, well, good luck!Woman: Thanks!4.Woman: Bill, it’s late. Where’s the theaterMan: Hmmm ... I think it’s near here.Woman: Are you sure What street is thisMan: Uhm ... I don’t know.Woman: Where’s the map I want to check.Audio Track 2-2-6/Audio Track 2-2-7Paula: So, Jane, what are you doing these daysJane: I’m working in an office. And I’m studying computer science in the evening. Paula: You’re really busy!Jane: That’s for sure! And in my free time, I’m learning Spanish for my vacation. I’m planning a trip to Mexico next year.Paula: What about your brothers How are they doingJane: They’re doing great! Alex is helping our father in his business, and Adam is going to Pacific University.Paula: How nice!Jane: Paula, how about you How are you doing these daysPaula: I’m doing great, too. I’m working on a project about community safety. Jane: Community safetyPaula: Yeah. We’re planning a campaign against theft, fire, AIDS and drugs in ourcommunity.Jane: Oh, that sounds interesting!Paula: Yes, indeed it is interesting. And it is very important to the community.Audio Track 2-2-8/Audio Track 2-2-10Know before you go!BangladeshPeople greet their friends by shaking hands softly and then putting their hands over their heart. People in Bangladesh don’t use many gestures. Waving at people and winking are very rude. Don’t touch people on the head. Don’t point with your foot — Bangladeshi people think feet are very dirty.IndonesiaIndonesians greet people with a long handshake, and they bow at the same time. At a meeting, give every person your business card, but use your right hand — using your left hand is very rude.Audio Track 2-2-9/Audio Track 2-2-10ThailandIn Thailand, the traditional greeting is called wai— people put their hands together and bow. Men and women don’t often touch each other in public. Thai people don’t use their hands for gestures, but they love to smile a lot. They sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or embarrassed.The United Arab EmiratesPeople in the United Arab Emirates have some special gestures. When two men meet, they shake hands. Sometimes old men touch noses together. Women kiss their friends on the cheek. If a man meets a woman, he doesn’t shake hands with her. He just smiles. When you give your friend something, give it to him with your right hand. Don’tuse your left hand. And don’t point at people with your finger. Use your hand to gesture towards them.Audio Track 2-2-11/Audio Track 2-2-12In Brazil, men often shake hands when they meet for the first time. When women meet, they kiss each other on the cheek. Women also kiss male friends to say hello. When you shake hands, look at the person in the eyes. This shows interest and friendliness. In New Zealand, usually, both men and women shake hands when they meet someone for the first time. If you see two people pressing their noses together, they are probably Maori. The Maori are the native people of New Zealand. This is their traditional greeting.In Japan, when people meet for the first time, they usually bow. In business, people also shake hands. In formal situation, people often exchange business cards. When you give a business card, give it with two hands. This is polite. Special note: In Japan, when people smile it can have different meanings. It usually means that the person is happy, or that the person thinks something is funny. But it can also mean that the person is embarrassed.Audio Track 2-2-131. The man is laughing. The man’s laughing.2. The bus is coming. The bus’s coming.3. Why is she frowning Why’s she frowingAudio Track 2-2-141. Tina’s studying in the library.2. My sister’s nervous. She is studying for a test.3. When is your class4. Cintra’s dad is talking on the phone.5. How’s your family doing6. Toshi’s car is not working.Audio Track 2-2-15Jim: Hi, Katy.Katy: Hey, Jim. How’s it goingJim: Great! How’re you doingKaty: I’m stressed.Jim: Yeah What’s wrongKaty: Oh, I have an important test tomorrow.Jim: Well, why aren’t you studyingKaty: I’m kind of tired.Jim: Come on. Let’s have a cup of coffee. Then you can study.Katy: Okay, sounds good!Audio Track 2-2-16A: Hi, Mike.B: Hi, Jim. How are you doingA: Not so good. Actually I’m a bit angry.B: Yeah What’s wrongA: Oh, I’m going to see a football game tonight with my friend Dan, but he’s late. B: Why not give him a call right nowA: I did, but his mobile is out of service and I couldn’t reach him.B: Calm down. When will the game startA: It starts in 20 minutes! There’s not much time left to get there.B: Don’t worry. Just take a taxi to the game. Maybe Dan is there already.A: Yeah, I guess that’s the best thing to do!Audio Track 2-2-17A: Hi, Ben.B: Hi, Lisa, How are you getting along You look unhappy today.A: It’s nothing really. It’s just ... about my trip to Boston.B: You’re going on a trip to Boston Sounds nice. Why are you so glumA: Well I hate flying. That’s what is bothering me. Just thinking of airplane crashes makes me scared.B: Come on, Lisa. Airplanes are safe.A: Perhaps, but I’m still afraid.B: OK. I understand. Let me see ... I have a suggestion! Want to hear itA: Go ahead.B: Why don’t you rent a car and drive to BostonA: That’s a great idea!B: Yeah, and perhaps I could come with you! I have friends in Boston, and I could visit them, too.A: Sounds good.Audio Track 2-2-18A: Hi, Mike! It’s great to see you again! How’s it goingB: I’m fine. Thanks. How are you doingA: Fine! Where are you living nowB: I’m living in Boston, attending Harvard University.A: Wow, so you’re still at university.B: Yeah, I’m doing my PhD. It’s taking ages to finish and it’s pretty stressful.How about youA: Well, I’m a sales manager at an American company. It’s pretty exciting.B: I wish I were working already. I’m sick of studying.Video CourseVideo Track 2-2-1Dave: I get stressed very often because of school.Natalie: Sometimes at the office I get stressed, and when I do, I take a break and go for a walk.Dayanne: One of the things that really makes me happy is going to the beach. Alyssa: I don’t like to feel angry or sad or frustrated. I do like to feel happy and excited. WhenI’m angry, I like to be alone, I don’t like to be around other people. Agnes: I don’t like to be angry or stressed, because when I am, I eat all the time, and when I’m angry, I yell at everybody.Jennifer: When I have stress, I like to take my dog to the park and throw the ball or throw the Frisbee, and that relaxes me.Video Track 2-2-2Alyssa: I don’t like to feel angry or sad or frustrated. I do like to feel happy and excited. When I’m angry, I like to be alone. I don’t like to be around other people.Jennifer: When I have stress, I like to take my dog to the park and throw the ball or throw the Frisbee, and that relaxes me.Video Track 2-2-3Dennis: We have a special way of greeting our elders in the Philippines by takingtheir hand and kind of kissing it like this. And it’s called mano.Dayanne: In Brazil when you greet a friend you give them a big hug and sometimes you give them a kiss on the cheek and in some places you give two kisses and in some places three kisses.Miyuki: Bowing is a very polite gesture in Japan, but I often shock people when I stick my hands out to shake their hands because it’s not very common.Agnes: When you greet somebody in Senegal you shake hands for a long time or you can hug, too, and ask about him, and his family, and his friends, and it takes a while.Video Track 2-2-4Takeshi: OK, let’s begin. In Japan, you bow when you greet people ... like this. (bows)Claudia: (bows) That’s cool.Tara: (Tara enters) Hi! What are you two doingClaudia: Takeshi is teaching me traditional Japanese greetings for my trip to Japan. Tara: Your trip to Japan WhenClaudia: I have a big meeting in Tokyo in July.Tara: Wow! That’s great.Claudia: I’m a little nervous about the whole trip, though.Takeshi: Why There’s no need to be nervous.Claudia: I’m kind of worried about making mistakes. I don’t know anything about Japan.Tara: Don’t worry. Everything’s going to be fine.Takeshi: And you have a good teacher. Let’s see, what else Oh, remember — always use two hands when you give a person your business card ... like this. (hands Claudia business card, she responds)Tara: (points to Claudia) Hey! That looks really good, Claudia. You’re a natural! Takeshi: And remember — never use your finger to point. That’s actually rude in a lot of countries.Tara: ReallyTakeshi: Yep. Oh, and one more thing. In Japan, for luck, you jump three times and nod your head ... like this.Claudia: WhatTakeshi: Yeah. Let’s try it, come on. Come on, Claudia, try it.Claudia: OK. (Claudia starts to jump and nod her head)Takeshi: Good.Claudia: Like thisTakeshi: (winks at Tara) Yup. (Tara and Takeshi laugh)Claudia: Hey! They don’t do that in Japan! You guys are joking. Oh!Takeshi: Come on Claudia! I only wanted to teach you a very important rule for traveling — relax! And have a little fun!Claudia: You’re right. Some teacher you are!Video Track 2-2-5Takeshi: OK, let’s begin. In Japan, you bow when you greet people ... like this. (bows)Claudia: (bows) That’s cool.Tara: (Tara enters) Hi! What are you two doingClaudia: Takeshi is teaching me traditional Japanese greetings for my trip to Japan. Tara: Your trip to Japan WhenClaudia: I have a big meeting in Tokyo in July.Tara: Wow! That’s great.Video Track 2-2-6Claudia: I’m a little nervous about the whole trip, though.Takeshi: Why There’s no need to be nervous.Claudia: I’m kind of worried about making mistakes. I don’t know anything about Japan.Tara: Don’t worry. Everything’s going to be fine.Video Track 2-2-7Takeshi: And you have a good teacher. Let’s see, what else Oh, remember — always use two hands when you give a person your business card ... like this. (hands Claudia business card, she responds)Tara: (points to Claudia) Hey! That looks really good, Claudia. You’re a natural! Takeshi: And remember — never use your finger to point. That’s actually rude in a lot of countries.Tara: ReallyTakeshi: Yep. Oh, and one more thing. In Japan, for luck, you jump three times and nod your head ... like this.Claudia: WhatTakeshi: Yeah. Let’s try it, come on. Come on, Claudia, try it.Claudia: OK. (Claudia starts to jump and nod her head)Takeshi: Good.Claudia: Like thisTakeshi: (winks at Tara) Yup. (Tara and Takeshi laugh)Claudia: Hey! They don’t do that in Japan! You guys are joking. Oh!Takeshi: Come on Claudia! I only wanted to teach you a very important rule for traveling — relax! And have a little fun!Claudia: You’re right. Some teacher you are!。

Unit 4 Today’s TrendsListening and SpeakingAudio Track 2-4-1A: Graph A shows that many married women go out and work today.B: Yes, that’s true. Only 15 percent of them now stay at home.A: Graph D shows that only one-third of children aged 3 to 5 are taken care of at home. It’s unbelievable.B: It’s not uncommon. In today’s society, most mothers and fathers mare busy with work. They have no choice.Audio Track 2-4-2/Audio Track 2-4-3Interview 1Interviewer: So, tell us a little about yourselves.Dan: Well, I’m Dan Preston.Courtney: And I’m Courtney Preston. We live in Phoenix, Arizona.Interviewer: OK, great. Do you have any children? Courtney: Yes, we have a baby. He’s thirteen months old.Interviewer: How nice. … Courtney, you must be busy!Courtne y: It’s not so bad. I’m a manager at a bank. Dan stays at home with the baby. Interviewer: Really?Dan: Yep. I’m a “househusband.” I take care of the kid while Courtney works.Interviewer: That’s unusual!Dan: Well, it’s a growing trend. There are more and more househusbands every year. Interviewer: How interesting!Interview 2Interviewer: Where are you from?Jamal: We live in Toronto, Canada.Interviewer: How big is your family?Jamal: Well, there are four of us. I’m Jamal, my wife is Tia, and we have two girls. Interviewer: Who takes care of them?Tia: We both do. We both stay at home with the girls.Interviewer: Well, who works then?Jamal & Tia: We both do!Interviewer: What do you mean? I don’t understand.Jamal: We’re both writers. We work at home during the day.Interviewer: Oh, I see.Tia: We’re always here when the girls come home from school at 2:30.Interviewer: That’s great.Audio Track 2-4-4/Audio Track 2-4-5Interviewer (Int): Hi. What’s your name?Gio: Gio.Int: Hi, Gio. Where are you from?Gio: Milan, Italy.Int: Welcome to New York, then!Gio: Thank you.Int: Where are your clothes from?Gio: My brother. I’m always borrowing clothes.Int: How would you describe your style?Gio: Casual, I guess. I’m not very innovative. I just wear the same thing all the time. Int.: Good evening. What’s your name?Vicki: Vicki.Int.: You look beautiful.Vicki: Thank you.Int: That dress is very stylish.Vicki: My mother gave it to me. It was tailor-made!Int.: Wonderful. Where are you from, Vicki?Vicki: I’m f rom Hong Kong.Int.: How would you describe your personal sense of style?Vicki: Classic, I suppose. I like to dress up.Int: Hi, there.Elena: Hi!Int: Who are you?Elena: I’m Elena.Int: And where are you from?Elena: I’m from right here in New York.Int: A hometown girl. And your clothes are from …?Elena: A store in my neighborhood. There was a sale.Int.: Great! How would you describe your personal style?Elena: Retro. It’s fashionable now.Int: It looks old-fashioned … in a good way, of course.Audio Track 2-4-6/Audio Track 2-4-71.A: I’m new in town and I’d like to make some friends. What should I do?B: You ought to join a sports club.A: But I don’t like sports.B: You could look for friends on the Internet.2.A: I don’t know what to wear to the party tonight. What should I wear?B: You could wear your new jeans or your black pants.A: It’s a formal dress party.B: Oh, then you shouldn’t wear pants after all. You definitely ought to wear a dress.3.A: I still don’t understand this grammar. What should I do?B: You had better get some help or you will fail the test. It’s on Thursday.A: Maybe I could take the test on Friday. That would give me extra time.B: Well, you had better not delay. There’s not much time!Audio Track 2-4-81. I’m a salesclerk in a woman’s clothing store. My boss is great, but she has a very strict dress code. We have to wear long skirts, black shoes, no jewelry, and on and on. It’s really boring, so I’m planning to dye my hair red. What do you think? — Lana2. I love my gi rlfriend, but she complains a lot about my clothes. She doesn’t want to go anywhere with me because I always wear old jeans and a T-shirt. I don’t care about looking like a fashion magazine. I just want to be comfortable! What’s your advice? — DaveAudio Track 2-4-91. I’m a salesclerk in a woman’s clothing store. My boss is great, but she has a very strict dress code. We have to wear long skirts, black shoes, no jewelry, and on and on. It’s really boring, so I’m planning to dye my hair red. What do you think? — Lana2. I love my girlfriend, but she complains a lot about my clothes. She doesn’t want to go anywhere with me because I always wear old jeans and a T-shirt. I don’t care about looking like a fashion magazine. I just want to be comfortable! What’s your advice? — DaveExpert’s opinion: I think you ought to have a serious talk with your girlfriend and explain how you feel. We all have our own style and taste. In my opinion, she thinks too much about appearances.Audio Track 2-4-10/Audio Track 2-4-11Today I started my new part-time job as a trendspotter. I was nervous and didn’t know what to expect. Well, guess what? It was a lot of fun! I’m telling all my friends, “You should think about becoming a trendspotter, too!” On Saturday morning, we had to report to a recording studio by 10 a.m. The “Trends Coordinator,” Mandy, explained the schedule. Then she gave us a tour. That was really cool!Next we sat around a big table in a room. They gave each person three cards. One card said “Yes — All the way!” Another said, “It’s OK.” The third one said, “No way!” We listened to about 10 different songs. After each song we had to hold up a card. They played some hip hop, rock, heavy metal, and dance music. The heavy metal was “No way” for me!Do you know the rock group called “Gifted”? They’re really popular right now. Well, they have a new CD coming out. We saw six different CD covers. I guess they are trying to choose one. This time, we didn’t have any cards. Instead, we just talked about the covers we liked. Mandy asked us questions: “Which ones do you like?” “Why do you like them?” “Would you buy a CD with this cover?”We finished at 12:30. We will meet again next week at a boutique downtown. We will look at some new fashions. Each week we go to a different location. Oh yes, we also received a free CD for our work. This “job”doesn’t pay, but we get free stuff!Audio Track 2-4-121. All of the families live in big cities.2. None of the students study German.3. Some of the people don’t agree with me.Audio Track 2-4-131. Most of the young children are in day care.2. Some of their parents work two or three jobs.3. All of my friends grew up in the same town.4. None of my classmates like to study.Audio Track 2-4-14Moderator: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our debate. Mr. Taylor, please begin. Mr. Taylor: We have a big problem. Too many children are in day care centers. This is not good. Moderator: Ms. Marin, what do you think?Ms. Marin: I’m a mother and I work. In today’s society, most mot hers and fathers are busy with work.Moderator: So, they don’t have a choice? They need day care?Ms. Marin: Exactly. And it’s very expensive.Moderator: What can we do about this situation?Mr. Taylor: We should encourage mothers and fathers to stay at home with their children.Ms. Marin: I don’t agree. I think we should offer cheaper day care.Audio Track 2-4-15Moderator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to this debate on whether it is better to rent or to own a home. Miss Ying, please begin.Miss Ying: As far as I’m concerned, owning a home is far better than renting one. Actually, I feel quite troubled by the idea of living in a rented apartment.Moderator: Can you further explain that point?Miss Ying: Of course. The sense of security I get from home ownership would not exist in a rented apartment.Moderator: Mr. Chen, what are your thoughts?Mr. Chen: Well, I think it’s better to rent a home than to own one. I just can’t afford to purchase a home, and I don’t know if that will ever change. At the moment, the cost of even a small city center apartment is out of most people’s reach.Miss Ying: I see your point, but I still think, it’s better to own a home than to rent one in the longrun. Although buying a home is expensive, I think most people can apply for a mortgage or join with their families to invest in a home.Mr. Chen: Yes, that’s quite true, but I feel bothered by the idea of owing so much money. I think it’s better to save for a home rather than get a mortgage. I believe people should spend only the money that they have earned or saved.Moderator: Some excellent points. Thank you both for taking part in the debate.Video CourseVideo Track 2-4-1Yelena: In Ukraine people get married very early.Lourdes: In Colombia people usually marry in their late 20s.Paula: In Brazil people get married around 25. Usually husbands and wives both work.Calvin: I guess in a traditional family … traditional Korean family … you know, it is usually the males who work. There are a lot of parents who both have full-time jobs.Kumiko: In Japan, nowadays, people usually get married around 30. Husbands and wives both work until they have babies. And the wife stays at home with her children.Alejandra: Children in Argentina live with their parents until they get married. Usually both the husband and the wife work, but if they have children, then the wife stays at home to take care of the children.Video Track 2-4-2Kumiko: In Japan, nowadays, people usually get married around 30. Husbands and wives both work until they have babies. And the wife stays at home with her children.Alejandra: Children in Argentina live with their parents until they get married. Usually both the husband and the wife work, but if they have children, then the wife stays at home to take care of the children.Video Track 2-4-3Dave: I really admire my sister’s style because she’s very independent.Calum: One person whose fashion I admire is my friend Alex. He wears really nice clothes. Dayanne: I have a friend that always wears cowboy boots to go to work. I think that she should wear something more stylish.Dennis: The person I most admire is Robert Redford. I like the way he moves, the way he stands, the way he carries his clothes … his hair …Woo Sung: I’ve had this hair for a while and I think it’s definitely time for a change. I need a haircut.Dayanne: To improve my appearance, I should have a haircut and lose weight.Calum: I think I could improve my appearance by wearing contact lenses instead of glasses.Video Track 2-4-4Mike: I told you —I don’t like to go running.Roberto: You ought to get more exercise, Mike. It’s good for you. You know, I think there’s a definite trend. More and more people are starting to exercise.Mike: You’re just saying that because you think I should exercise more. The majority of the people I know don’t exercise.Roberto: Well, in my opinion, I really think more people are exercising nowadays.Mike: What makes you say that?Roberto: Well, when I came to New York five years ago, almost no one in my office exercised. Then, a few years ago, some people started going to the gym. And now, I just read in my office newsletter that 28 percent of the people in my office go to the gym three or more times a week. That’s almost one third of the employees.Mike: Just because some of the people in your office go to the gym, doesn’t make it a trend. Maybe 28 percent go, but that means that 72 percent don’t.Roberto: Not necessarily … there’s more ways to get exercise than going to the gym.Mike: Such as?Roberto: Some peo ple walk to work … some people play golf … some people jog in the park . . . Mike: Yeah, that’s true …Roberto: Look around you. Don’t you see all the people exercising?Mike: Well, how many of them are enjoying it? None!Roberto: Oh come on, Mike. All of them are enjoying it.Mike: Not all of them …Roberto: Well, most of them …Mike: Maybe some of them … but not this one. I’m exhausted. I think we ought to go home. Roberto: Yes, I think we’d better. And we’d better get you something to drink, too.Mike: Hey, you know what?Roberto: What?Mike: I think we should get some ice cream, too.Roberto: What?Mike: Yeah! You know, I read somewhere that 33 percent of all famous athletes recommend eating ice cream after a heavy workout.Roberto: Yeah, right.Mike: No, I’m serious. I read it in a magazine!Video Track 2-4-5Mike: I told you —I don’t like to go running.Roberto: You ought to get more exercise, Mike. It’s good for you. You know, I think there’s a definite trend. More and more people are starting to exercise.Mike: You’re just saying that because you think I should exercise more. The majority of the people I know don’t exercise.Roberto: Well, in my opinion, I really think more people are exercising nowadays.Mike: What makes you say that?Roberto: Well, when I came to New York five years ago, almost no one in my office exercised. Then, a few years ago, some people started going to the gym. And now, I just read in my officenewsletter that 28 percent of the people in my office go to the gym three or more times a week. That’s almost one third of the employees.Video Track 2-4-6Mike: Just because some of the people in your office go to the gym, doesn’t make it a trend. Maybe 28 percent go, but that means that 72 percent don’t.Roberto: Not necessarily … there’s more ways to get exercise than going to the gym.Mike: Such as?Roberto: Some people walk to work … some people play golf … some people jog in the park …Mike: Yeah, that’s true …Roberto: Look around you. Don’t you see all the people exercising?Mike: Well, how many of them are enjoying it? None!Roberto: Oh come on, Mike. All of them are enjoying it.Mike: Not all of them …Roberto: Well, most of them …Mike: Maybe some of them … but not this one. I’m exhausted. I think we ought to go home. Roberto: Yes, I think we’d better. And we’d better get you something to drink, too.Video Track 2-4-7Mike: Hey, you know what?Roberto: What?Mike: I think we should get some ice cream, too.Roberto: What?Mike: Yeah! You know, I read somewhere that 33 percent of all famous athletes recommend eating ice cream after a heavy workout.Roberto: Yeah, right.Mike: No, I’m serious. I read it in a magazine!。

Unit 5 Unsolved MysteriesListening and SpeakingAudio Track 2-5-1In the picture on the left, a criminal is breaking a law; he is committing a crime.In the picture on the right, the detective is catching and arresting the criminal.In the picture in the center, the detective is questioning the criminal but he is not making a confession.Audio Track 2-5-2/Audio Track 2-5-3The greatest detectiveSherlock Holmes is probably the greatest detective ever known —well, at least he’s one of the most famous. Bu t he never actually existed … he’s an imaginary detective who appears in sixty stories created by the Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Doyle was not always a writer. He started his career as a doctor. Fortunately for us, he did not have many patients. He needed money and so he started to write stories.The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in 1887, and was called A Study in Scarlet. Later, a magazine published The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and readers loved it!What makes Sherlock Holmes so special? Well, he was very intelligent and successful. He always arrested the criminal — every single time — with the help of his partner, Dr. Watson.In the stories, Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London, England. Thousands of people visit that address every year. There’s also a Sherlock Holmes Museum in London.Audio Track 2-5-4/Audio Track 2-5-5/Audio Track 2-5-6 Mike: … So, we can look forward to warmer temperatures. It’ll be a good weekend for the beach. Over to you, Alexa.Alexa: Thank you f or that weather report, Mike. And finally, this story just in. … We have a report that a local man, Nick Brown, saw some strange lights. He was driving home at about 10 p.m. He said the lights were bright and they moved across the sky. He stopped at a gas station and talked to a police officer about the lights. The police officer had seen the lights, too.Mike: Hmm … that’s a strange story. What happened next?Alexa: Well, Mr. Brown took some pictures, but there was no film in his camera. Finally, he called his wife on his cell phone. But by that time, the lights were gone.Mike: Well, I know that there is a legend around here about mysterious lights … a lot of local people have seen the lights. It’s starting to seem like those lights really exist. Wha t do you think, Alexa?Alexa: I don’t believe it. I think it’s some kind of hoax!Audio Track 2-5-7/Audio Track 2-5-8It was raining heavily. I couldn’t see clearly. I drove slowly. Suddenly, I saw a young girl. She was dressed neatly and standing in the middle of the road. I was surprised! Somehow, I stopped the car quickly.“What are you doing?” I asked. She looked at me strangely but didn’t answer. “Are you OK?” I asked. “I’m fine,” she answered. Then she smiled happily and walked away quietly. Nervously, I drove to my hotel and checked in. I told the clerk about the little girl. “Do you know her?” I asked. “Oh yes,” he said calmly.“That’s Mary Anne. She died five years ago on that road. It was a car accident during a rainstorm.”Audio Track 2-5-9The Tunguska MysteryIt was early morning. June 30, 1908, in eastern Russia. Suddenly, a terrible explosion rocked the forest in Tunguska. People fell to the ground, and all the trees for 2000 square kilometers were knocked down. People heard the explosion 800 kilometers away, and the fire burned for many weeks.Audio Track 2-5-10/Audio Track 2-5-11What caused this terrible explosion? A century later, scientists are still trying to find the answer. Here are some possible explanations.1. An asteroid: Asteroids are very large pieces of rock that go around in space and sometimes hit the planet. They can cause lots of damage. Some of them weigh as much as 100,000 tons. If an asteroid hit the earth, it would cause a huge explosion.2. A comet: Comets are giant balls of gas, ice, and rock with long tails. They travel through space in a regular pattern. Encke’s Comet was near Earth in 1908, and it’s possible that a part of it broke off and hit the earth.3. A UFO accident: Some people believe that a spaceship crashed into the ground in Siberia and its engine exploded.4. An extraterrestrial attack: Another idea is that extraterrestrials, that is, people from other planets, attacked the earth. Extraterrestrials might have wanted to destroy the earth, so they aimed their weapons at Earth and set fire to the forest.5. A scientific experiment: Another idea is that scientists made a mistake during an experiment with electricity. A man named Nikola Tesla tried to build a “supergun” that used electricity. Maybe it was a test of hi s gun and it didn’t work correctly.Audio Track 2-5-12/Audio Track 2-5-13Q: Where is Marfa and what exactly is it famous for?A: Marfa is a small town in west Texas in the United States. It’s famous for the “Marfa mystery lights.”Q: What are the mystery lights exactly?A: No one knows for sure. There are many different ideas about that.Q: Can you describe them?A: That’s a difficult question. Different people see different lights. They are not always the same. I can say that they appear after sunset in the sky. They dance mysteriously in air and vanish. Then they suddenly reappear.Q: Some people say they are car headlights. Do you think so?A: No, I don’t. A man first saw the mystery lights over 100 years ago. The man was Robert Ellison and the year was 1883. Of course we didn’t have cars in 1883.Q: What do you think causes the lights?A: There are many theories. The Native Americans thought the lights were stars falling to Earth. Some people think uranium gas causes the lights. Other people suggest that ball lightning does it. Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle. It often appears just after a rainstorm.Q: What are some of the weirdest ideas about the lights?A: Well, some people call them “ghost lights.” They think ghosts do it. That’s t he strangest idea. Some say they are UFOs. I don’t think so.Q: What do the experts say?A: They can’t figure it out. Some engineers even came from Japan one time. They studied the lights, but couldn’t solve the mystery.Q: Are the local people scared?A: No, actually, they aren’t. They like the lights. And every year in early September there’s a big town festival to celebrate the mystery lights.Audio Track 2-5-14Q: What do you think causes the lights?A: There are many theories. The Native Americans thought the lights were stars falling to Earth. Some people think uranium gas causes the lights. Other people suggest that ball lightning does it. Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle. It often appears just after a rainstorm.Q: What are some of the weirdest ideas about the lights?A: Well, some people call them “ghost lights.” They think ghosts do it. That’s the strangest idea. Some say they are UFOs. I don’t think so.Q: What do the experts say?A: They can’t figure it out. Some engineers even came from Japan one time. They studied the lights, but couldn’t solve the mystery.Q: Are the local people scared?A: No, actually, they aren’t. They like the lights. And every year in early September there’s a big town festival to celebrate the mystery lights.Audio Track 2-5-151. That man seems angry.2. She speaks French.3. Your sister looks tired.4. He practices the piano every day.5. My aunt always watches the news.6. My friend knows the answer.Audio Track 2-5-16/Audio Track 2-5-17Stye: Do you know the Dodd Diamond?Frye: Of course! The museum owns it.Stye: Not anymore! Someone stole it last night!Frye: Really? How did it happen?Stye: Well, it’s unlikely the criminal walked into the room. There’s an alarm on the floor.Frye: But there’s no a larm for the skylight.Stye: You’re right! I bet the criminal climbed down a rope. Then he took the diamond without touching the floor!Audio Track 2-5-18A: I love chocolate.B: There's a good chance that's true. I know you like sweets. You probably like chocolate, too. A: My family has moved house six times.B: It doesn't seem possible.A: Why do you say that?B: I've known you since we were kids.Audio Track 2-5-19A: Do you believe that Bruno Hauptmann was the real kidnapper?B: I doubt that he was. Nobody's likely to be so silly to leave all the evidence there for people to find. Besides, he never made a confession, did he?A: If it wasn’t him … it could have been Betty Gow. What do you think?B: Well, it’s unlikely that she did it. She loved the baby. She even fainted at the trial.A: That’s true. Then it could have been Ernie Brinkert.B: Why do you think it could be him?A: Well, he’s Violet Sharpe’s boyfriend. He knew about the Lindberghs. It’s quite possible that he made a secret plan with his girlfriend to kidnap the baby for money.B: That’s nonsense. His girlfriend had an alibi. She wasn’t in the house on the day the baby was kidnapped.A: Maybe that was part of the secret plan. Perhaps she was purposefully out of the house.B: Well, possibly. B ut Ernie’s handwriting didn’t match the kidnapper’s note. How can you explain that?A: I dare say that was also part of the plan. He could have deliberately written the note in a handwriting that is different to normal.B: It doesn’t seem possible. He couldn’t possibly have fooled the court.Video CourseVideo Track 2-5-1Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event. It wasn’t raining and the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall. And that night it rained.Dave: There’s a strange tale in Mexico about La Llorona who is a woman who wanders the streets weeping for her dead sons. When there is a strong wind they say you can hear La Llorona . Catherine: In New Jersey there’s a thing or a monster called the “Jersey Devil.” They say it’s very big and hairy but also very sneaky and that it moves from tree to tree.Lourdes: My favorite mysteries are about UFOs, which means Unidentified Flying Objects. I’m not sure if the UFOs are real or if they are a hoax, but I would like to think that they are real. Alejandra: One of the mysteries that I find interesting and has not been solved yet is the one of the Pyramids. How they made them. How they brought in those very heavy pieces of stone to build the Pyramids.Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary.Video Track 2-5-2Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event. It wasn’t raining and the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall. And that night it rained.Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary.Video Track 2-5-3Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to come here today?Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal.Claudia: Arresting a criminal?Tara: Yes, a criminal.Takeshi: Hey, Tara. Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has committed a crime.All: What? Come on. What are you talking about?Tara: A theft. Someone ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Sun-hee: Well, my y ogurt is missing. But it’s OK. It’s only yogurt.Tara: It starts with yogurt. Next time it’s your cookies, your ice cream … who knows where it will end?Sun-hee: OK ... OK. Go on.Tara: It’s very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartment.Takeshi: I only use my key for emergencies. And besides, you live here, you have a key … maybe you took it …Tara: I’m the detective, I didn’t do it. Now. The thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. Note the weapon. (holds up spoon) Clean and dry.Roberto: I didn’t do it. I have an alibi. I was out of town last week … just got home last night. Tara: I know you didn’t do it, Roberto. I asked you to come here today because you are a friend of the thief — Claudia!Claudia: What?Tara: Confess! You’re always too busy to go shopping! You didn’t have any yogurt. You were hungry. It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and — very quietly — opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It’s not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key)Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks. Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What’s up?Video Track 2-5-4Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to come here today?Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal.Claudia: Arresting a criminal?Tara: Yes, a criminal.Takeshi: Hey, Tara. Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has committed a crime.All: What? Come on. What are you talking about?Tara: A theft. Someone ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Sun-hee: Well, my yogurt is missing. But it’s OK. It’s only yogurt.Tara: It starts with yogurt. Next time it’s your cookies, your ice cream … who knows where it will end?Sun-hee: OK … OK. Go on.Video Track 2-5-5Tara: It’s very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartment.Takeshi: I only use my key for emergencies. And besides, you l ive here, you have a key … maybe you took it …Tara: I’m the detective, I didn’t do it. Now. The thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. Note the weapon. (holds up spoon) Clean and dry.Roberto: I didn’t do it. I have an alibi. I was out of town last week … just got home last night. Tara: I know you didn’t do it, Roberto. I asked you to come here today because you are a friend of the thief — Claudia!Video Track 2-5-6Claudia: What?Tara: Confess! You’re always too busy to go shopping! You didn’t ha ve any yogurt. You were hungry. It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and — very quietly— opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It’s not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key)Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks. Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What’s up?Audio Track 2-5-20One day, Tara found that someone had eaten Sun-hee’s yogurt without notice. So, she asked everyone to help her solve this “crime.” She thought that it was very likely that one of her friends stole Sun-hee’s yogurt because they all had a key to the apartment. While Sun-hee the owner was quite calm and generous about the missing yogurt, Tara got serious about the matter. She warned everyone that a misdemeanor might gradually become a real crime if it were not checked at the start. She seemed to be determined to solve the crime, though in a humorous way. She accused Takeshi first, but he denied it. While Tara was showing everyone the “weapon” — a clean, dry spoon —Roberto said that he had an alibi and hadn’t done it. Tara said she knew he hadn’t done it and that Claudia had done it! Just as Claudia was protesting that it wasn’t true, Mike suddenly walked in. He calmly went to the refrigerator, took out some yogurt, and ate it! Finally everyone came to know who the “thief” really was.。

新世纪大学英语综合课程第二版U n i t U n i t L i s t e n a n d R e s p o n d听力原文文件管理序列号：[K8UY-K9IO69-O6M243-OL889-F88688]Unit 1 Living in Harmony[00:04.00]Listen and Respond[00:06.78]Smile[00:10.76]I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree.[00:16.57]The last project the professor assigned us to do was called “Smile.”[00:22.95]The class was asked to go out and smile at threepeople and then write down their reaction.[00:30.42]I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone I meet and say “hello.”[00:36.54]So I thought that it would be a piece of cake for me. [00:41.52]Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, [00:45.47]the youngest son and I went out to the local McDonalds on a cold March morning.[00:51.63]Just when we were standing in line, waiting to be served,[00:55.66]I smelled a horrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men.[01:03.96]As I looked down at the shorter gentleman close to me, he was smiling.[01:09.48]His beautiful sky blue eyes were searching for acceptance.[01:14.19]He said, “Good day” as he counted the few coins he had.[01:19.73]The second man was mentally retarded.[01:23.65]The young lady at the counter asked the shorter man what they wanted.[01:28.38]He said, “Just coffee for the two of us.”[01:32.48]Obviously, it was all they could afford.[01:35.94]To sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something — they just wanted to be warm.[01:44.01]Then I was suddenly filled with sympathy.[01:47.18]All eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action.[01:52.74]I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to[01:56.79]give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. [02:00.93]I then walked to the table where the two men were sitting.[02:05.09]I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s cold hand.[02:12.07]He looked up at me and said, “Thank you.”[02:15.98]I leaned over and said, “Just help yourselves.”[02:20.22]I started to cry when I walked away to join my husband and son.[02:25.10]As I sat down, my husband smiled at me and held my hand for a moment.[02:32.03]I returned to college, with this story in hand.[02:35.74]I turned in “my project” and the professor was touched and read it to the whole class.[02:43.20]The whole class was touched.[02:45.34]I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn — UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.Unit 2 Optimism and Positive Thinking[00:05.81]Listen and Respond[00:08.87]Attitude Is Everything[00:12.53]Michael was a natural optimist.[00:15.46]He was always in a good mood, always up and always had something positive to say.[00:22.52]If an employee was having a bad day,[00:25.29]Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.[00:31.51]Seeing his optimism really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael[00:37.44]and asked him, “I don’t get it.[00:39.70]You can’t be positive all the time.[00:42.52]How do yo u do it”[00:45.24]Michael replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself: Mike, you have two choices today.[00:53.41]You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.[00:58.89]I choose to be in a good mood.[01:01.46]Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it.[01:08.30]I choose to learn from it.[01:10.88]Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept the complaining[01:16.56]or I can point out the positive side of life, I always choose the positive side of life.”[01:23.05]“Yeah, right.[01:24.25]But it isn’t that easy.”[01:25.94]I said.[01:27.13]“Yes, it is easy,” Michael said.[01:30.30]“Life is all about choices.[01:32.75]Every situation in life is a choice.[01:35.67]You choose how you react to situations; you choose how people will affect your mood; you choose how you feel. [01:43.93]The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live your life.”[01:49.18]From Michael I have learned that every day we have a choice to live fully.[01:54.09]So I will choose to be an optimist.[01:56.80]If I am an optimist I may feel better, enjoy life more, and maybe have more chances of success.Unit 3 The Road to Success[00:05.83]Listen and Respond[00:08.68]Follow Your Dream[00:12.62]One day in a high school, a senior named Monty Roberts was asked to write[00:18.50]a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.[00:23.83]Monty Roberts was the son of a horse trainer.[00:27.54]He loved horses.[00:29.55]That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a large horse ranch.[00:37.49]He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch.[00:45.22]He put a great deal of his heart into the dream ranch [00:48.88]and the next day he handed the paper in to his teacher.[00:53.10]Two days later he received his paper back.[00:56.41]He got a large red F for his paper.[01:00.81]He went to ask the teacher why.[01:03.42]The teacher said, “The dream is impossible for you. [01:07.50]You have no money.[01:09.06]Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of money.[01:12.73]You have to buy the land, the house, and the machines for your ranch.[01:18.49]There’s no way you could ever do it.”[01:21.86]Then the teacher added, “If you will write this paper again[01:26.28]with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”[01:31.32]The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. [01:35.09]He asked his father what he should do.[01:38.24]His father said, “Lo ok, son, you have to make up your own mind on this.[01:44.59]However, I think it is a very important decision for you.”[01:50.55]Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all.[01:59.39]He said to t he teacher, “You can keep the F andI’ll keep my dream.[02:04.34]I will follow my heart, no matter what happens.”[02:08.55]Now years have passed.[02:10.70]This young man’s dream has finally come true.[02:14.52]He is the owner of a large horse ranch.Unit 4 Being Creative[0:5.15]Listen and Respond[0:8.23]Creativity Is the Essence of Life and Nature[0:13.75]Creativity is the essence of life and nature.[0:17.65]The world itself is in a constant act of creation, so we human beings should ask ourselves — Why,[0:25.57]in such a creative world, do some people sometimes appear to be stupid, dull, and uncreative?[0:33.31]— Are people really dull?[0:35.38]Or are we all, in fact, creative?[0:39.12]To answer this, let’s look at a baby.[0:42.24]The whole essence of a baby is creative — it is creative in learning to walk, talk, sing, and play.[0:51.37]Just imagine, a child can create a world of its own imagination and play with it for hours.[0:58.85]A scientist who creates a theory is just like that —it is a play of ideas within the mind.[1:5.57]It is hard to stop creativity in a young child.[1:10.51]You can’t make your child creative.[1:13.57]It simply is creative.[1:16.96]Then, how can our children be still more creative? [1:21.67]I would suggest that the first step is to allow ourselves to be creative.[1:26.96]If we ourselves are creative, we can guide our children in a way that is free and unconditioned.[1:34.70]We should give our children a free and safe surrounding for them to explore, make mistakes and create. [1:42.06]If we know a better way to do things, we should guide or “help” the child.Unit 5 The Value of Life[0:5.18]Listen and Respond[0:7.62]Life is a Bottle of Rocks[0:11.23]A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the desk in front of him.[0:17.95]When the final student was seated, he picked up a large[0:22.13]and empty glass bottle and filled it with rocks about 2 inches in diameter.[0:27.98]He then asked the students if the jar was full.[0:31.38]They agreed that it was.[0:34.52]He then picked up a box of pebbles and added them to the jar, shaking it lightly.[0:40.88]The pebbles, of course rolled into the open areas between the rocks.[0:46.50]“Is this jar filled now”[0:48.81]Yes, the students said.[0:51.48]But then he picked up a bag of sand and poured it into bottle.[0:55.89]The sand filled in everything else.[0:58.67]Once more he asked if it was full and after some thinking they said that it was.[1:5.91]The professor then took 2 cans of beer and poured the beer into the jar.[1:11.73]The students laughed loudly.[1:15.17]After the laughter stopped, the professor spoke again: “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.[1:24.41]The rocks are the important things in your life, your family, your partner, your health,[1:30.67]your children — things that would still remain evenif everything else were lost, and your life would still be full. [1:39.37]The pebbles are the other things that matter — like your job, your house, your car.[1:45.74]The sand is everything else.[1:47.84]The small stuff.[1:49.26]If you put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks.”[1:55.56]“The same goes for your life.[1:58.43]If you spend your life on small stuff, you will never have room for things that are important to you.[2:5.13]Pay attention to things that are critical to your happiness: your family, your health.[2:12.00]There will always be time to go to work, clean the house and so on.[2:17.03]Take care of the rocks first — the things that really matter.[2:21.61]Set your priorities.[2:23.44]The else is just sand.”[2:26.37]After the impact of what he said settled,[2:29.50]one of the students raised his hand and inquired what the beer represented.[2:34.70]“I am glad you asked.”[2:36.24]He replied.[2:37.54]“It just goes to prove that no matter how full your life may seem,[2:41.99]there is always room for a couple of beers.”Unit 6 Learning to Work Together[0:5.84]Listen and Respond[0:8.63]Be a Team Player[0:11.12]If you really wish to succeed in life, it is very important to be a team player.[0:16.87]For example, in a basketball game, Michael Jordan is a great player,[0:21.82]but he still has to cooperate well with his team members to win a game,[0:26.38]because every member of his team has a very specific role[0:30.22]and every member of the team is vital to the success of the team.[0:34.75]If one player does not play well, the team will lose the game.[0:39.62]Of course, the concept of teamwork applies to more than just sports.[0:44.54]In the workplace and in school, working together is also an important element for success.[0:51.34]In the workplace, it is important to be thought of as a team player,[0:55.83]for no one person can build a railroad or manage an airline.[1:0.59]In today’s world most companies are using team concepts to run their business.[1:6.92]Success in college can also depend on teamwork.[1:10.48]Lab work and group projects are just some of the experiences requiring good cooperation with others.[1:18.69]Human beings are social creatures.[1:21.12]Like it or not, we are all team players.Unit 7 Adversity[0:4.50]Listen and Respond[0:6.95]Carrots, Eggs and Coffee Beans[0:13.10]A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her.[0:19.41]She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up.[0:24.85]Her father, a cook, took her to the kitchen.[0:29.72]He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.[0:35.16]When the water came to a boil, he placed carrots in one of them,[0:40.19]eggs in the second pot, and coffee beans in the third. [0:44.66]His daughter waited impatiently and wondered what he was doing.[0:50.12]In about twenty minutes he took out the boiled carrots and eggs and placed them in two different bowls.[0:58.26]Then he poured her a cup of coffee.[1:2.31]He turned to his daughter, and asked her, “What do you see”[1:7.09]“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied and asked, “What does it mean, Father”[1:14.08]He explained that the carrots, eggs and coffee beans each had faced[1:20.02]the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently.[1:25.79]The carrots went in strong and hard but came out softened and weak.[1:31.09]The eggs had been weak.[1:33.26]But after being boiled their inside became hardened. [1:37.59]The coffee beans were unique, however.[1:40.51]After they were boiled in the boiling water, they had made the water taste better.[1:47.09]Then the father asked his daughter, “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you react?[1:53.82]When life isn’t turning out quite the way you expected, you have a choice to make.[1:59.17]Which will you be — a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?[2:4.74]If you are like the coffee bean, when things are at their worst,[2:8.94]you get better and make things better around you.”Unit 8 Human Behaviour[00:04.44]Listen and Respond[00:06.96]The Unexpected Rescue[00:10.29]I was walking along a dark street late one evening when I heard screams coming from behind some bushes.[00:17.57]Alarmed, I slowed down to listen, and realized that what I was[00:21.93]hearing were the sounds of a hard fight and tearing of clothes.[00:26.33]Only yards from where I stood, a woman was being attacked.[00:30.41]Should I get involved?[00:31.82]I was frightened for my own safety and cursed myself for having suddenly decided to take a new way home.[00:39.28]Shouldn’t I run to the nearest phone and call the police?[00:43.53]Although the thoughts in my head had only taken seconds, already the girl’s cries were growing weaker.[00:50.78]I knew I had to act fast.[00:53.30]How could I walk away from this?[00:55.52]No, I finally decided.[00:57.53]I could not turn my back on the fate of this[01:00.19]unknown woman even if it meant risking my own life. [01:05.00]I am not a brave man, nor am I a strong man.[01:08.33]I don’t know where I found the courage and physical strength,[01:12.15]but once I had finally decided to help the girl I seemed to have changed into another man.[01:18.62]I ran behind the bushes and pulled the attacker off the woman.[01:22.77]While struggling, we fell to the ground,[01:25.23]where we wrestled for a few minutes until the attacker jumped up and escaped.[01:30.38]Breathing hard, I approached the girl, who was sobbing behind a tree.[01:34.97]In the darkness I could barely see her outline, but I could sense her trembling shock.[01:41.17]Not wanting to frighten her further, I spoke to her from a distance.[01:46.04]“It’s OK.”[01:47.20]I comforted her.[01:48.80]“The man ran away.[01:50.62]You are safe now.”[01:53.81]There was a long pause...[01:56.25]I heard the words in amazement.[01:59.21]“Daddy, is that you”[02:01.97]And then, from behind the tree, stepped out my youngest daughter, Katherine.。

Whether you love it or hate it, work is a major part of most people’s lives everywhere in the world. Americans are no exception. Americans might complain about “blue Monday,” when they have to go back to work after the weekend, but most of them put a lot of importance on their job, not only in terms of money but also in terms of identity. In fact, when Americans are introduced to a new person, they almost always ask each other, “What do you do?” They are really asking, “What is your job or profession?” Today, however, we won’t look at work in terms of what work means socially or psychologically. Rather, um, we’re going to take a look at work in the United States today in three different ways. First, we’ll take a historical look at work in America. Uh, we’ll do that by looking at how things changed for the American worker from the year 1900 to the year of the latest statistics, 2010. That is, from the beginning of the twentieth century to recent times. Then we’ll look at how U.S. workers are doing today. And after that, we’ll take a look at some possible reasons for the current economic situation. And finally, we’ll look at what people are saying about what the government should and should not do in order to improve the country’s economy.As we look at the changes over the last century or so, we’re going to use a lot of statistics to describe these changes. First, let’s consider how the type of work people were involved in changed. At the beginning of the twentieth century, in 1900, about 38 percent of the workforce was involved in agriculture; that is, they worked on a farm. By the end of the century, only 3 percent still worked on farms, and by 2010, only about 1 percent worked in agriculture. There was also a large decrease in the number of peopleworking in industry, that is, in making, or manufacturing, things in factories. The number of workers in industry is down from over 30 percent in 1900 to just over 22 percent in 2010.While the number of people in agriculture and manufacturing industries went down, the number of people in the services went up. As you may know, services, rather than goods or products, provide other less concrete things that people need. A few examples include education, health care, transportation, tourism, banking, advertising, and legal services. Cafes, restaurants, and fast-food outlets like McDonald’s are part of the service sector, as are retail sales jobs, driving taxis, and pumping gas. The services workforce jumped from 31 percent of the workforce in 1900 to 77 percent in 2010.Let’s recap the numbers: in 1900, 38 percent in agriculture; 31 percent in industry; and 31 percent in services. In 2010, about 1 percent in agriculture; 22 percent in industry; and 77 percent in services.T o put things into perspec tive, let’s compare the United States today to China, where the picture is very different. From your experience, would you expect China to have more workers in agriculture or in industry? Well, it may or may not surprise you, but in China, agriculture takes up only 10 percent of the workforce, industry a huge 47 percent, and services 43 percent. Figures for the entire world are somewhere between China’s and the United States’ figures: 6 percent, 31 percent, and 63 percent for agriculture, industry, andserv ices, respectively. Let’s get back to the changes in the U.S. workforce in the last century or so.There are just two more points I wanted to bring up. First, child labor was not unusual at the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1900, there were 1,750,000 children aged 10 to 15 working full-time in the labor force. This was 6 percent of the labor force. Over the years, child labor laws became much stricter and by 1999, it was illegal for anyone under 16 to work full-time in any of the 50 states. Second, while the number of children in the workforce went down, the number of women went up dramatically. In 1900, only 19 percent of women were employed; in 2010, almost 73 percent of women were holding down jobs.OK, now let’s take a look at how the U.S. workforce is doing today. First, let me say that for much of the twentieth century, U.S. workers saw rising wages, increased benefits like Social Security and health insurance, and better working conditions. However, things are not so rosy for today’s workers. First, let’s look at wages. The U.S. workforce is still considered extremely productive among the industrialized nations of the world, but while its productivity has continued to increase since the 1970s, wages for the working class have not increased. Also the number of the unemployed has been high for some of the past few years.Let me give you some statistics that may help you understand the impact ofstagnant wages and high unemployment. Shortly after World War II, a child born in poverty, that is, to a poor family, had a 50 percent chance of being in the middle class as an adult. But by 1980, a person born in poverty had a 40 percent chance. In 2012, economists told us that his or her chance of entering the middle class was only 33 percent.Finally, let’s take a look at some of the possible reasons for the current situation. First of all, agriculture in the United States has become much more mechanized and more efficient, so fewer people are needed to grow crops and raise animals. Most people agree that outsourcing, that is, sending some U.S. manufacturing and service work overseas to countries like China and India that have lower wages, is one reason. At the same time, these countries manufacture products that they can export to the United States and other countries more cheaply than U.S. companies can manufacture them. Also we should keep in mind that some advances in technology have eliminated a lot of the jobs that required workers in the past. I’m thinking of robots in the auto in dustry and bank ATM machines, for example. In addition to outsourcing and advances in technology, unions, which protect workers’ rights, have become weaker in the past decades. The result is lower wages and even loss of jobs for people from factory workers to teachers. Some economists point out that the American consumer has benefited from outsourcing and technology in that many products are much cheaper. That is cold comfort to millions of workers who have lost their jobs, of course. Let’s look at some more reasons.Other possible causes for the economic problems may be government policies and legislation, among them tax cuts and lack of regulation of businesses, especially large corporations and financial institutions such as banks, mortgage companies, and investment firms. T ax cuts mean the government has less money to provide programs to help people in difficulty or to invest in education and research. Lack of regulation of financial institutions has led to their making very risky investments, risky investments that have led to loss of jobs, lost pensions, and loss of homes. It’s important to note, however, that many people believe that high taxes and too much regulation pull down the economy.These issues are very difficult ones, and discussions about how to fix the economy can get very heated. Liberals and conservatives blame each other, and the political process seems more polarized than ever before. However, let’s not forget that the Uni ted States has survived many economic downturns in the past and “cautious optimism” about the U.S. economy seems to be the watchword of the day in newspapers and magazine articles about the economy at this time. Even the prestigious World Economic Forum, which met in Davos, Switzerland, in late January of 2012, expressed optimism and caution, in other words, “cautious optimism.”。

Unit 5 Unsolved MysteriesListening and SpeakingAudio Track 251In the picture on the left, a criminal is breaking a law; he is mitting a crime 、In the picture on the right, the detective is catching and arresting the criminal 、In the picture in the center, the detective is questioning the criminal but he is not making a confession、Audio Track 252/Audio Track 253The greatest detectiveSherlock Holmes is probably the greatest detective ever known —well, at least he 's one of the most famous、But he never actually existed … he ' s an imaginary detective who appears in sixty stories created by the Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 、Doyle was not always a writer 、He started his career as a doctor、Fortunately for us, he did not have many patients、He needed money and so he started to write stories、The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in 1887, and was called A Study in Scarlet 、Later, a magazine published The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and readers loved it!What makes Sherlock Holmes so special? Well, he was very intelligent and successful、He always arrested the criminal —every single time —with the help of his partner, Dr 、Watson、In the stories, Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London, England 、Thousands of people visit that address every year、There 's also a Sherlock Holmes Museum in Londo、nAudio Track 254/Audio Track 255/Audio Track 256Mike: … So, we can look forward to warmer temperatures、It ' Ibe a good weekend for thebeach、Over to you, Alexa 、Alexa: Thank you for that weather report, Mike 、And finally, this story just in 、… We have a report that a local man, Nick Brown, saw some strange lights 、He was driving home at about 10 p、m、He said the lights were bright and they moved across the sky、He stopped at a gas station and talked to a police officer about the lights 、The police officer had seen the lights, too、Mike: Hmm … that 's a strange、storWy hat happened next?Alexa: Well, Mr 、Brown took some pictures, but there was no film in his camera 、Finally, he called his wife on his cell phone 、But by that time, the lights were gone 、Mike: Well, I know that there is a legend around here about mysterious lights a lot of local …people have seen the lights、It 's starting to seem like those lights really exi、st What do you think, Alexa? Alexa: I don 't beli、eveIi t hink it 's some kind of hoax!Audio Track 257/Audio Track 258It was raining heavily 、I couldn 't see cle、arlyI drove slowly 、Suddenly, I saw a young girl 、She was dressed neatly and standing in the middle of the road、I was surprised! Somehow, I stopped the car quickly、“What are you doing? ” I ask、edShe looked at me strangely but didn 't a、ns“weArre you OK?”I asked、“I 'f m ine, ”she answered、Then she smiled happily and walked away quietly 、Nervously, I drove to my hotel and checked in 、I told the clerk about the little girl 、“Do you know her? ” I ask、ed “ Oh yes, ” he said ca、lmly“That'sMary Anne、She died five years ago on that road、It was a car accident during a rainstorm 、”Audio Track 259The Tunguska Mystery It was early morning 、June 30, 1908, in eastern Russia、Suddenly, a terrible explosion rocked the forest in Tunguska 、People fell to the ground, and all the trees for 2000 square kilometers were knocked down 、People heard the explosion 800 kilometers away, and the fire burned for many weeks、Audio Track 2510/Audio Track 2511What caused this terrible explosion? A century later, scientists are still trying to find the answer 、Here are some possible explanations、1、An asteroid: Asteroids are very large pieces of rock that go around in space and sometimes hit the planet、They can cause lots of damage、Some of them weigh as much as 100,000 tons、If an asteroid hit the earth, it would cause a huge explosion 、2、 A et: ets are giant balls of gas, ice, and rock with long tails 、They travel through space in aregular pattern 、Encke ' s et was near Earth in 1908, and it 's possible that a part of it broke off andhit the earth 、3、 A UFO accident: Some people believe that a spaceship crashed into the ground in Siberia andits engine exploded 、4、An extraterrestrial attack: Another idea is that extraterrestrials, that is, people from other planets, attacked the earth、Extraterrestrials might have wanted to destroy the earth, so they aimed their weapons at Earth and set fire to the forest 、5、 A scientific experiment: Another idea is that scientists made a mistake during an experiment with electricity 、 A man named Nikola Tesla tried to build a “ supergun ” that u、sed electricity Maybe it was a test of his gun and it didn 't work、correctlyAudio Track 2512/Audio Track 2513Q: Where is Marfa and what exactly is it famous for?A: Marfa is a small town in west Texas in the United States 、It 's famous for the “ Marfa mysterylights 、”Q: What are the mystery lights exactly?A: No one knows for sure 、There are many different ideas about that、Q: Can you describe them?A: That 's a difficult questio、n Different people see different lights 、They are not always the same、I can say that they appear after sunset in the sky 、They dance mysteriously in air and vanish、Then they suddenly reappear、Q: Some people say they are car headlights、Do you think so?A: No, I don 、'A t man first saw the mystery lights over 100 years ago 、The man was RobertEllison and the year was 1883 、Of course we didn ' t have cars in、1883Q: What do you think causes the lights?A: There are many theories 、The Native Americans thought the lights were stars falling to Earth 、Some peoplethink uranium gas causes the lights 、Other people suggest that ball lightning does it 、Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle 、It often appears just after a rainstorm 、Q: What are some of the weirdest ideas about the lights?A: Well, some people call them “ g、h”ostTlhigehytsthink ghosts do it、That 's the strangest id、ea Some say they are UFOs、I don't think s、oQ: What do the experts say?A: They can 't figure it 、out Some engineers even came from Japan one time、They studied the lights, but couldn ' t solve the myste、ryQ: Are the local people scared?A: No, actually, they aren 、They'li t ke the lights 、And every year in early September there ' s abig town festival to celebrate the mystery lights 、Audio Track 2514Q: What do you think causes the lights?A: There are many theories 、The Native Americans thought the lights were stars falling to Earth 、Some people think uranium gas causes the lights 、Other people suggest that ball lightning does it 、Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle 、It often appears just after a rainstorm 、Q: What are some of the weirdest ideas about the lights?A: Well, some people call them “ ghos、t”lighTthsey think ghosts do it、That 's the strangest id、ea Some say they are UFOs、I don ' t think、soQ: What do the experts say?A: They can 't figure it 、out Some engineers even came from Japan one time、They studied the lights, but couldn ' t solve the myste、ryQ: Are the local people scared?A: No, actually, they aren 、They'li t ke the lights 、And every year in early September there ' s abig town festival to celebrate the mystery lights 、Audio Track 25151、That man seems angry、2、She speaks French、3、Your sister looks tired 、4、He practices the piano every day 、5、My aunt always watches the news 、6、My friend knows the answer 、Audio Track 2516/Audio Track 2517Stye: Do you know the Dodd Diamond?Frye: Of course! The museum owns it 、Stye: Not anymore! Someone stole it last night!Frye: Really? How did it happen?Stye: Well, it ' s unlikely the criminal walked into the、roomThere ' s an alarm on the flo、orFrye: But there ' s no alarm for the sk、ylightStye: You ' re right! I bet the cmriinal climbed down a rope 、Then he took the diamond without touching the floor! Audio Track 2518A: I love chocolate 、B: There's a good chance that's true、I know you like sweets 、You probably like chocolate, too 、A: My family has moved house six times 、B: It doesn't seem possible 、A: Why do you say that?B: I've known you since we were kids 、Audio Track 2519A: Do you believe that Bruno Hauptmann was the real kidnapper?B: I doubt that he was 、Nobody's likely to be so silly to leave all the evidence there for people to find 、Besides, he never made a confession, did he?A: If it wasn ' t him …it could have been Betty GWOW do you think?B: Well, it ' s unlikely that she、didSithe loved the baby、She even fainted at the trial、A: That ' s t、rueThen it could have been Ernie Brinkert 、B: Why do you think it could be him?A: Well, he ' s Violet Sharpe '、s bHoeyfrkineenwd about the Lindberghs 、It ' s quite possible thathe made a secret plan with his girlfriend to kidnap the baby for money 、B: That ' s nonse、nsHeis girlfriend had an alibi 、She wasn ' t in the house on the day the baby was kidnapped、A: Maybe that was part of the secret plan 、Perhaps she was purposefully out of the house、B: Well, possibly 、But Ernie ' s handwriting didn ' t match the kidnapp、erHow ca'n syonuote explain that?A: I dare say that was also part of the plan、He could have deliberately written the note in a handwriting that is different to normal 、B: It doesn ' t seem po、ssibHlee couldn ' t possibly have fooled the co、urtVideo CourseVideo Track 251Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event 、It wasn' t rainingand the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall 、And that night it rained 、Dave: There ' s a strange tale in MexicooaubtLa Llorona who is a woman who wanders the streets weeping for her dead sons、When there is a strong wind they say you can hear La Llorona 、Catherine: In New Jersey there ' s a thing or a monster called the 、” They s“ayJiet rsey'Desvvilerybig and hairy but also very sneaky and that it moves from tree to tree 、Lourdes: My favorite mysteries are about UFOs, which means Unidentified Flying Objects 、I ' mnot sure if the UFOs are real or if they are a hoax, but I would like to think that they are real 、Alejandra: One of the mysteries that I find interesting and has not been solved yet is the one of thePyramids 、 How they made them 、How they brought in those very heavy pieces of stone to build the Pyramids 、 Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary 、Video Track 252Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event wasn 't ra in g and the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall、 that night it rained 、Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary 、 Video Track 253Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to e here today?Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal 、Claudia: Arresting a criminal?Tara: Yes, a criminal 、Takeshi: Hey, Tara 、 Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has mitted a crime 、All: What? e on 、 What are you talking about?Tara: A theft 、 Someone ate Sunhee 's yogurt!Sunhee: Well, my yogurt is missing 、 But it ' s 、OKIt 's only yogu 、rtTara: It starts with yogurt 、 Next time it ' s your cookies, your ice cream… who knows where it will end?Sunhee: OK 、、、 OK 、 Go on 、Tara: It 's very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartm 、entTakeshi: I only use my key for emergencies And besides, you live here, you have a key … maybe you took it … Tara: I 'm the detective, I didn 、 N o 'w 、t d oT iht e thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly 、 Note the weapon 、 (holds up spoon) Clean and dry 、Roberto: I didn '、tdohtave an alibi 、 I was out of town last week ust got-h^me last night 、Tara: I know you didn 't do it, R 、obI earstoked you to e here today because you are a friend of the thief — Claudia! Claudia: What?Tara: Confess! You 're always too busy to go shopping! You didn '、t hYaovuewaenryeyogurt hungry 、 It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and — very quietly — opened the refrigerator door and ate Sunhee's yogurt! Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It 's not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key) Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks 、 Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What 's up?It AndVideo Track 254Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to e here today?Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal 、Claudia: Arresting a criminal?Tara: Yes, a criminal、Takeshi: Hey, Tara、Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has mitted a crime 、All: What? e on 、What are you talking about?Tara: A theft、Someone ate Sunhee 's yogurt!Sunhee: Well, my yogurt is missing 、But it ' s、OKIt 's only yogu、rtTara: It starts with yogurt、Next time it ' s your cookies, your ice cream … who knows where it will end?Sunhee: OK … O、K Go on、Video Track 255Tara: It 's very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartm、entTakeshi: I only use my key for emergencies And besides, you live here, you have a key … maybe you took it …Tara: I 'm the detective, I didn 、N o 'w 、t d oT iht e thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly 、Note the weapon、(holds up spoon) Clean and dry、Roberto: I didn '、tdoIhitave an alibi、I was out of town last week … just got home 、last night Tara: I know you didn 't do it, R、obI earstoked you to e here today because you are a friend of the thief —Claudia! Video Track 256Claudia: What?Tara: Confess! You 're always too busy to go shopping! You didn '、t hYaovuewaenryeyogurthungry、It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and —very quietly —opened the refrigerator door and ate Sunhee 's yogurt!Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It 's not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key) Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks 、Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What's up?Audio Track 2520One day, Tara found that someone had eaten Sunhee's yogurt without notice、So, she asked everyone to help her solve this 、“”crSimh e thought that it was very likely that one of her friendsstole Sunhee 's yobgeucratuse they all had a key to the apartment、While Sunhee the owner was quite calm and generous about the missing yogurt, Tara got serious about the matter、She warned everyone that a misdemeanor might gradually bee a real crime if it were not checked at the start 、She seemed to be determined to solve the crime, though in a humorous way、She accused Takeshi first, but he denied it 、While Tara was showing everyonethe “weapoanc”lean—,dry spoon —Roberto said that he had an alibi and hadn it、Tar'a st adiodnsehe knew he hadn 't done it and thatClaudia had done it! Just as Claudia was protesting that it wasn't true, Mike suddenly walked in、He calmly went to the refrigerator, took out some yogurt, and ate it! Finally everyone came to know who the “thief ” rea、lly was。

Unit2 Express Yourself!Listening and SpeakingAudio Track 2-2-1A: The woman in the red coat is smiling and the woman in the blue jeans beside her is laughing. Why are they so happy?B: Maybe they’re going to the movies and they are excited.Audio Track 2-2-2/Audio Track 2-2-31.Angie: Okay, what’s the next test question?Marc: The next question is ... What’s the capital of Greenland?Angie: (yawning ) ... It’s ...Marc: Angie!Angie: What?Marc: Stop yawning. This is serious!Angie: I’m sorry. I’m listening.2.Pablo: So, my plane leaves at 8: 00, and ... hey Carolyn, are you crying? Carolyn: No, not really.Pablo: Yes, you are! What’s wrong?Carolyn: Well, it’s summer vacation and you’re going away.Pablo: Come on now. Don’t cry. It’s only for three months.Carolyn: Okay. But write to me. I’ll miss you.3.Vickie: Tony, what’re you doing?Tony: I’m planning our trip to Las Vegas. Ugh! I can’t find a hotel room. Vickie: So we can’t visit Las Vegas?Tony: No, we can’t. Hey Vickie, why are you smiling?Vickie: I don’t really want to go to Vegas, Tony. I’m glad. Now we can visit London instead!Audio Track 2-2-4/Audio Track 2-2-51.Man: Where are you running to, Paula?Woman: I have Connie’s wallet. I need to give it to her.Man: Come on. I’ll help you.Woman: I don’t see Connie anywhere.Man: Look! She’s over there. Standing at the bus stop.Woman: Oh yeah, I see her. Connie! Connie!Man: She doesn’t see us.Woman: You’re right. It’s too noisy, and she’s talking to someone.2.Man: Well, here we are. This is my mom’s house.Woman: It’s beautiful.Man: Hey, Jen. Are you okay?Woman: I’m just a little nervous. It’s my first time meeting your mother. Man: Come on. Don’t worry. Here she is now.Woman 2: Hi, Tim!Man: Hi, Mom. I’d like you to meet Jen.Woman 2: Hi, Jen. It’s very nice to meet you.Woman: It’s nice to meet you, too. Mrs. Harris.3.Man: Hey, Anne. Where are you going?Woman: I’m going to the library to study.Man: For what? It’s only 7:00 a.m.!Woman: My final exams. They’re next week.Man: Wow, well, good luck!Woman: Thanks!4.Woman: Bill, it’s late. Where’s the theater?Man: Hmmm ... I think it’s near here.Woman: Are you sure? What street is this?Man: Uhm ... I don’t know.Woman: Where’s the map? I want to check.Audio Track 2-2-6/Audio Track 2-2-7Paula: So, Jane, what are you doing these days?Jane: I’m working in an office. And I’m studying computer science in the evening. Paula: You’re really busy!Jane: That’s for sure! And in my free time, I’m learning Spanish for my vacation. I’m planning a trip to Mexico next year.Paula: What about your brothers? How are they doing?Jane: They’re doing great! Alex is helping our father in his business, and Adam is going to Pacific University.Paula: How nice!Jane: Paula, how about you? How are you doing these days?Paula: I’m doing great, too. I’m working on a project about community safety. Jane: Community safety?Paula: Yeah. We’re planning a campaign against theft, fire, AIDS and drugs in our community.Jane: Oh, that sounds interesting!Paula: Yes, indeed it is interesting. And it is very important to the community.Audio Track 2-2-8/Audio Track 2-2-10Know before you go!BangladeshPeople greet their friends by shaking hands softly and then putting their hands over their heart. People in Bangladesh don’t use many gestures. Waving at people and winking are very rude. Don’t touch people on the head. Don’t point with your foot — Bangladeshi people think feet are very dirty.IndonesiaIndonesians greet people with a long handshake, and they bow at the same time. At a meeting, give every person your business card, but use your right hand — using your left hand is very rude.Audio Track 2-2-9/Audio Track 2-2-10ThailandIn Thailand, the traditional greeting is called wai— people put their hands together and bow. Men and women don’t often touch each other in public. Thai people don’t use their hands for gestures, but they love to smile a lot. They sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or embarrassed.The United Arab EmiratesPeople in the United Arab Emirates have some special gestures. When two men meet, they shake hands. Sometimes old men touch noses together. Women kiss their friends on the cheek. If a man meets a woman, he doesn’t shake hands with her. He just smiles. When you give your friend something, give it to him with your right hand. Don’t use your left hand. And don’t point at people with your finger. Use your hand to gesture towards them.Audio Track 2-2-11/Audio Track 2-2-12In Brazil, men often shake hands when they meet for the first time. When women meet, they kiss each other on the cheek. Women also kiss male friends to say hello. When you shake hands, look at the person in the eyes. This shows interest and friendliness. In New Zealand, usually, both men and women shake hands when they meet someone for the first time. If you see two people pressing their noses together, they are probably Maori. The Maori are the native people of New Zealand. This is their traditional greeting.In Japan, when people meet for the first time, they usually bow. In business, people also shake hands. In formal situation, people often exchange business cards. When you give a business card, give it with two hands. This is polite. Special note: In Japan, when people smile it can have different meanings. It usually means that theperson is happy, or that the person thinks something is funny. But it can also mean that the person is embarrassed.Audio Track 2-2-131. The man is laughing. The man’s laughing.2. The bus is coming. The bus’s coming.3. Why is she frowning? Why’s she frowing?Audio Track 2-2-141. Tina’s studying in the library.2. My sister’s nervous. She is studying for a test.3. When is your class?4. Cintra’s dad is talking on the phone.5. How’s your family doing?6. Toshi’s car is not working.Audio Track 2-2-15Jim: Hi, Katy.Katy: Hey, Jim. How’s it going?Jim: Great! How’re you doing?Katy: I’m stressed.Jim: Yeah? What’s wrong?Katy: Oh, I have an important test tomorrow.Jim: Well, why aren’t you studying?Katy: I’m kind of tired.Jim: Come on. Let’s have a cup of coffee. Then you can study.Katy: Okay, sounds good!Audio Track 2-2-16A: Hi, Mike.B: Hi, Jim. How are you doing?A: Not so good. Actually I’m a bit angry.B: Yeah? What’s wrong?A: Oh, I’m going to see a football game tonight with my friend Dan, but he’s late. B: Why not give him a call right now?A: I did, but his mobile is out of service and I couldn’t reach him.B: Calm down. When will the game start?A: It starts in 20 minutes! There’s not much time left to get there.B: Don’t worry. Just take a taxi to the game. Maybe Dan is there already.A: Yeah, I guess that’s the best thing to do!Audio Track 2-2-17A: Hi, Ben.B: Hi, Lisa, How are you getting along? You look unhappy today.A: It’s nothing really. It’s just ... about my trip to Boston.B: You’re going on a trip to Boston? Sounds nice. Why are you so glum?A: Well I hate flying. That’s what is bothering me. Just thinking of airplane crashes makes me scared.B: Come on, Lisa. Airplanes are safe.A: Perhaps, but I’m still afraid.B: OK. I understand. Let me see ... I have a suggestion! Want to hear it?A: Go ahead.B: Why don’t you rent a car and drive to Boston?A: That’s a great idea!B: Yeah, and perhaps I could come with you! I have friends in Boston, and I could visit them, too.A: Sounds good.Audio Track 2-2-18A: Hi, Mike! It’s great to see you again! How’s it going?B: I’m fine. Thanks. How are you doing?A: Fine! Where are you living now?B: I’m living in Boston, attending Harvard University.A: Wow, so you’re still at university.B: Yeah, I’m doing my PhD. It’s taking ages to finish and it’s pretty stressful. How about you?A: Well, I’m a sales manager at an American company. It’s pretty exciting.B: I wish I were working already. I’m sick of studying.Video CourseVideo Track 2-2-1Dave: I get stressed very often because of school.Natalie: Sometimes at the office I get stressed, and when I do, I take a break and go for a walk.Dayanne: One of the things that really makes me happy is going to the beach. Alyssa: I don’t like to feel angry or sad or frustrated. I do like to feel happy and excited. WhenI’m angry, I like to be alone, I don’t like to be around other people. Agnes: I don’t like to be angry or stressed, because when I am, I eat all the time,when I’m angry, I yell at everybody.Jennifer: When I have stress, I like to take my dog to the park and throw the ball or throw the Frisbee, and that relaxes me.Video Track 2-2-2Alyssa: I don’t like to feel angry or sad or frustrated. I do like to feel happy and excited. When I’m angry, I like to be alone. I don’t like to be around other people.Jennifer: When I have stress, I like to take my dog to the park and throw the ball or throw the Frisbee, and that relaxes me.Video Track 2-2-3Dennis: We have a special way of greeting our elders in the Philippines by taking their hand and kind of kissing it like this. And it’s called mano.Dayanne: In Brazil when you greet a friend you give them a big hug and sometimes you give them a kiss on the cheek and in some places you give two kisses and in some places three kisses.Miyuki: Bowing is a very polite gesture in Japan, but I often shock people when I stick my hands out to shake their hands because it’s not very common.Agnes: When you greet somebody in Senegal you shake hands for a long time or you can hug, too, and ask about him, and his family, and his friends, and it takes a while.Video Track 2-2-4Takeshi: OK, let’s begin. In Japan, you bow when you greet people ... like this. (bows)Claudia: (bows) That’s cool.Tara: (Tara enters) Hi! What are you two doing?Claudia: Takeshi is teaching me traditional Japanese greetings for my trip to Japan. Tara: Your trip to Japan? When?Claudia: I have a big meeting in Tokyo in July.Tara: Wow! That’s great.Claudia: I’m a little nervous about the whole trip, though.Takeshi: Why? There’s no need to be nervous.Claudia: I’m kind of worried about making mistakes. I don’t know anything about Japan.Tara: Don’t worry. Everything’s going to be fine.Takeshi: And you have a good teacher. Let’s see, what else? Oh, remember —always use two hands when you give a person your business card ... like this. (hands Claudia business card, she responds)Tara: (points to Claudia) Hey! That looks really good, Claudia. You’re a natural!Takeshi: And remember — never use your finger to point. That’s actually rude in a lot of countries.Tara: Really?Takeshi: Yep. Oh, and one more thing. In Japan, for luck, you jump three times and nod your head ... like this.Claudia: What?Takeshi: Yeah. Let’s try it, come on. Come on, Claudia, try it.Claudia: OK. (Claudia starts to jump and nod her head)Takeshi: Good.Claudia: Like this?Takeshi: (winks at Tara) Yup. (Tara and Takeshi laugh)Claudia: Hey! They don’t do that in Japan! You guys are joking. Oh!Takeshi: Come on Claudia! I only wanted to teach you a very important rule for traveling — relax! And have a little fun!Claudia: You’re right. Some teacher you are!Video Track 2-2-5Takeshi: OK, let’s begin. In Japan, you bow when you greet people ... like this. (bows)Claudia: (bows) That’s cool.Tara: (Tara enters) Hi! What are you two doing?Claudia: Takeshi is teaching me traditional Japanese greetings for my trip to Japan. Tara: Your trip to Japan? When?Claudia: I have a big meeting in Tokyo in July.Tara: Wow! That’s great.Video Track 2-2-6Claudia: I’m a little nervous about the whole trip, though.Takeshi: Why? There’s no need to be nervous.Claudia: I’m kind of worried about making mistakes. I don’t know anything about Japan.Tara: Don’t worry. Everything’s going to be fine.Video Track 2-2-7Takeshi: And you have a good teacher. Let’s see, what else? Oh, remember —always use two hands when you give a person your business card ... like this. (hands Claudia business card, she responds)Tara: (points to Claudia) Hey! That looks really good, Claudia. You’re a natural! Takeshi: And remember — never use your finger to point. That’s actually rude in a lot of countries.Tara: Really?Takeshi: Yep. Oh, and one more thing. In Japan, for luck, you jump three times and nod your head ... like this.Claudia: What?Takeshi: Yeah. Let’s try it, come on. Come on, Claudia, try it.Claudia: OK. (Claudia starts to jump and nod her head)Takeshi: Good.Claudia: Like this?Takeshi: (winks at Tara) Yup. (Tara and Takeshi laugh)Claudia: Hey! They don’t do that in Japan! You guys are joking. Oh!Takeshi: Come on Claudia! I only wanted to teach you a very important rule for traveling — relax! And have a little fun!Claudia: You’re right. Some teacher you are!（注：可编辑下载，若有不当之处，请指正，谢谢!）。

《学术英语(综合)》Listening ScriptsUnit1EconomicsListening:A person has a comparative advantage at producing something if he can produce it at lower cost than anyone else.Having a comparative advantage is not the same as being the best at something.In fact,someone can be completely unskilled at doing something,yet still have a comparative advantage at doing it!How can that happen?First,let's get some more vocabulary.Someone who is the best at doing something is said to have an absolute advantage.Michael Jordan has an absolute advantage at basketball.For all I know,Michael Jordan may also be the fastest typist in the world,giving him an absolute advantage at typing,too.Since he's better at typing than you, can't he type more cheaply than you?That is,if someone has an absolute advantage in something,doesn't he automatically have a comparative advantage in it?The answer is no!If Jordan takes time out from shooting hoops to do all his own typing,he sacrifices the large income he earns from entertaining fans of basketball.If,instead,his secretary does the typing,the secretary gives up an alternative secretarial job—or perhaps a much lower salary playing basketball.That is,the secretary is the lower-cost typist.The secretary,not Michael Jordan,has the comparative advantage at typing!The trick to understanding comparative advantage is in the phrase"lower cost".What it costs someone to produce something is the opportunity cost—the value of what is given up.Someone may have an absolute advantage at producing every single thing,but he has a comparative advantage at many fewer things,and probably only one or two things.(In Jordan's case,both basketball and also as an endorser of Nike.)Amazingly,everyone always has a comparative advantage at something.Let's look at another example. Suppose you and your roommate want to clean the house and cook a magnificent dinner for your friends one night. The easy case is when you are each better at one activity.If you are an accomplished chef,while your roommate doesn't know the range from the oven;and if after you vacuum the carpet,the dust bunnies have shifted from under the sofa to under the coffee table,while your roommate can vacuum,dust,and polish the silverware faster than you can unwrap the vacuum-cleaner cord,then you and your roommate will each be better off if you cook and your roommate cleans.It's easy to see that you each have a comparative advantage in one activity because you each have an absolute advantage in one activity.But what if your roommate is a veritable Martha Stewart,able to cook and clean faster and better than you? How can you earn your keep toward this joint dinner?The answer is to look not at her absolute advantage,but at your opportunity costs.If her ability to cook is much greater than yours but her ability to clean is only a little better than yours,then you will both be better off if she cooks while you clean.That is,if you are the less expensive cleaner,you should clean.Even though she has an absolute advantage at everything,you still each have different comparative advantages.The moral is this:To find people's comparative advantages,do not compare their absolute advantages. Compare their opportunity costs.答案：Task2:Case1:absolutely;comparative;lowerCase2:you cook and your roommate cleans;you clean and your roommate cooksUnit2Business EthicsLead-in:Limit smoking and tobacco advertising—that's the World Health Organization formula for saving a billion lives during the21st century.Despite on-pack warning and advertising restrictions smoking is on the rise indeveloping nations.For example,China is home to30%of the world's smokers.In fact,its smoking population of 350million people is larger than the entire U.S.population.The Chinese government owns the country's largest tobacco companies,and a pack of cigarettes is far cheaper in China than anywhere else in the world,two factors that complicate efforts to curb smoking.Sill,China has been requiring prominent heath warnings on cigarette packs and banned smoking in public buildings.In India,the world's second-largest market for cigarettes,tobacco companies are not allowed to advertise their products.For years,they got around restrictions through"surrogate advertising",promoting different products with the same brand as their cigarettes.When India tightened regulations on surrogate advertising,many cigarette companies turned to sponsorship of sports and fashion events.To save lives,the World Health Organization wants governments to ban all tobacco marketing and outlaw smoking in all workplaces.What's next for the global cigarette business?答案：Task:1.Limit smoking and tobacco advertising2.350million people3.IndiaListening:Companies are losing control.What happens on Wall Street no longer stays on Wall Street.What happens in Vegas ends up on YouTube.Reputations are volatile.Loyalties are fickle.Management teams seem increasingly disconnected from their staff.A recent survey said that27%of bosses believe their employees are inspired by their firm.However,in the same survey,only4%of employees panies are losing control of their customers and their employees.But are they really?I'm a marketer,and as a marketer,I know that I've never really been in control.Your brand is what other people say about you when you're not in the room,the saying goes.Hyperconnectivity and transparency allow companies to be in that room now,24/7.They can listen and join the conversation.In fact,they have more control over the loss of control than ever before.They can design for it.But how?First of all,they can give employees and customers more control.They can collaborate with them on the creation of ideas,knowledge,content,designs and product.They can give them more control over pricing,which is what the band Radiohead did with its pay-as-you-like online release of its album In Rainbows.Buyers could determine the price,but the offer was exclusive,and only stood for a limited period of time.The album sold more copies than previous releases of the band.The Danish chocolate company Anthon Berg opened a so-called "generous store"in Copenhagen.It asked customers to purchase chocolate with the promise of good deeds towards loved ones.It turned transactions into interactions,and generosity into a panies can even give control to hackers.When Microsoft Kinect came out,the motion-controlled add-on to its Xbox gaming console,it immediately drew the attention of hackers.Microsoft first fought off the hacks,but then shifted course when it realized that actively supporting the community came with benefits.The sense of co-ownership,the free publicity, the added value,all helped drive sales.答案：Task1:1.have more control2.give employees and customers more control;collaborate;designs and product;pricingTask2:1.F2.F3.T4.T5.TUnit3PsychologyLead-in:Psychologists explore concepts such as perception,cognition,attention,emotion,phenomenology,motivation, brain functioning,personality,behavior,and interpersonal relationships.Psychologists of diverse stripes also consider the unconscious mind.While psychological knowledge is often applied to the assessment and treatment of mental health problems,it is also directed toward understanding and solving problems in many different spheres of human activity.The majority of psychologists are involved in some kind of therapeutic role,practicing in clinical, counseling,or school settings.Many do scientific research on a wide range of topics related to mental processes and behavior,and typically work in university psychology departments or teach in other academic settings(e.g., medical schools,hospitals).Some are employed in industrial and organizational settings,or in other areas such as human development and aging,sports,health,and the media,as well as in forensic investigation and other aspects of law.答案：Task:(1)brain functioning(2)the unconscious mind(3)mental health problems(4)The majority of psychologists(5)industrial and organizationalListening:Hi,this is Jane Fendelman from and this video is"what is personality?"Personality is a person's consistent thoughts,feelings,and behaviors that do not change throughout their life. That is their personality.Your personality makes you unique.In all the world there is no one else with your personality and your particular nuances.One of the components we look at in personality is consistency.There are different schools of thought but the majority believe that personality does not change throughout the entire life of the person.Another component we look at in personality is nature/nurture.Nature is when we believe that people are born with a particular personality.They come into the world a certain way.Maybe they're an introvert or an extrovert. This is something that we can't control.Then,there's also the influence of nurture.That is how we're raised,the environment in which we are raised and the people around us,and the programming we receive from those people. Both have an influence on how we are and who we are and how we deal with and look at the world.There are three ways of being in the world.There are those people who,if they are cold,they'll get up and put on a sweater.They'll change themselves.Then there are those people who will get up and change the thermostat. They'll ask a change of the environment or the people around them.And then there's the third way of being,which is the highest way,and the wisest way.That is to be able to do both,and to know which to do when.Make a change in yourself or ask for a change from those around you.There are numerous personality theories and tests that you can take and study,and I invite you to explore that.When you're looking at your personality you may find things you don't like.I invite you to learn to love those aspects of yourself.Some philosophers call them your dark side.Learn to love them,because when you hate them and try to drive them out,they have a tendency to go underground and run you unconsciously.So learn to love every aspect of yourself and then your personality will come out more beautifully.Thank you for joining me!答案：Task1:1.Personality is a person’s consistent thoughts,feelings,and behaviors that do not change throughoutheir life.2.1)consistency2)nature/nurture3.2)We change the environment or the people around us3)We are able to do both.(or:We change ourselves and the environment or the people around us.) Task2:1.introvert;extrovert;we can’t control;we’re raised;around us2.dark side;go underground;unconsciouslyUnit4EnvironmentListening:We live on a human-dominated planet,putting unprecedented pressure on the systems on Earth.This is bad news,but perhaps surprising to you,is also pat of the good news.Were the first generation—thanks to science—to be informed that we may be undermining the stability and the ability of planet Earth to support human development as we know it.I's also good news,because the planetary risks were facing are so large,that business as usual is not an option.In fact,were in a phase where transformative change is necessary,which opens the window for innovation,for new ideas and new paradigms.This is a scientific journey on the challenges facing humanity in the global phase of sustainability.On this journey,I'd like to bring,apart from yourselves,a good friend,a stakeholder,who's always absent when we deal with the negotiations on environmental issues,a stakeholder who refuses to compromise—planet Earth.So I thought Id bring her with me today on stage,to have her as a witness of a remarkable journey,which humbly reminds us of the period of grace we've had over the past10,000years.This is the living conditions on the planet over the last100,000years.I's a very important period—it's roughly half the period when we've been fully modern humans on the planet.We've had the same,roughly,abilities that developed civilizations as we know it. This is the environmental conditions on the planet.Here,used as a proxy,temperature variability It was a jumpy ride.80,0000years in a crisis,we leave Africa, we colonize Australia in another crisis60,00years back,we leave Asia for Europe in another crisis40,000years back,and then we enter remarkably stable Holocene phase,the only period in the whole history of the planet,that we know of,that can support human development.A thousand years into this period,we abandon our hunting and gathering patterns.We go from a couple of culture:we million people to the7billion people we are today.The Mesopotamian the invent agriculture,we domesticate animals and plants.You have the Roman,Greek and the story as you know it.The only phase,as we know it that can support humanity.The trouble is were putting a quadruple squeeze on this poor planet.A quadruple squeeze,which,as its first squeeze,has population growth of course.Now,this is not only about numbers;this is not only about the fact that we're7billion people committed to9billion people,it's an equity issue as well.The majority of the environmental impacts on the planet have been caused by the rich minority,the20%that jumped onto the industrial bandwagon in the mid-18th century.The majority of the planet,aspiring for development,having the right for development,are in large aspiring for an unsustainable lifestyle,a momentous pressure.The second pressure on the planet is,of course the climate agenda—the big issue—where the policy interpretation of science is that it would be enough to stabilize greenhouse gases at450ppm to avoid average temperatures exceeding2degrees,to avoid the risk that we may be destabilizing the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, holding6meters—level rising,the risk of destabilizing the Greenland Ice Sheet,holding another7meters—sea level rising.Now,you would have wished the climate pressure to hit a strong planet,a resilient planet,but unfortunately,the third pressure is the ecosystem decline.Never have we seen,in the past50years,such a sharp decline of ecosystem functions and services on the planet,one of them being the ability to regulate climate on the long term,in our forests,land and biodiversity.The forth pressure is surprise,the notion and the evidence that we need to abandon our old paradigm,thatecosystems behave linearly,predictably,controllably in our—so to say—linear systems,and that in fact,surprise is universal,as systems tip over very rapidly,abruptly and often irreversibly.This,dear friends,poses a human pressure on the planet of momentous scale.We may,in fact,have entered a new geological era—the Anthropocene, where humans are the predominant driver of change at a planetary level.答案：Listening:Task1:Environmental conditions on the planet:1)we colonize Australia in another crisis2)we leave Asia for Europe in another crisis3)we enter the stable Holocene phase4)we abandon our hunting and gathering patterns5)we invent agriculture,we domesticate animals and plantsPressure on the planet:2)climate agenda3)ecosystem decline4)surpriseTask2:planet Earth;very rapidly;a geological eraUnit5PhilosophyListening:Socrates may have lived in the4th century BC,but his insights are desperately needed in our time of strident clashing dogmatisms in which everybody feels entitled to express an opinion,no matter how ill founded.For Socrates philosophy was not about abstruse theories,but about learning how to be good.He invented dialectic,a rigorous dialogue,designed to expose false beliefs and to elicit truth.Unlike Plato and Aristotle,he didn't live in an ivory tower,but was willing to talk to anybody,slaves and soldiers,as well as academics or politicians,about the nature of justice,courage,friendship,or piety.They usually thought that they knew what they were talking about, but by the end of the conversation,Socrates had laid bare the flaws and inconsistencies that lay at heart of everyone of their firmly held opinions.Socrates'aim was not to come up with clever solutions,but to make his dialogue partners admit that there were no easy answers.Those who did not do this could only live superficially and expediently."The unexamined life,"Socrates insisted,"is not worth living".Reading Plato's account of Socrates' conversations,we become aware of a constant striving for knowledge without fanaticism or dogmatic certitude,but society doesn't always relish such honesty.In399the Athenian democracy put Socrates to death for subverting the young.He died without anger,and was able to meet death with quiet receptive peace that has characterized his constant search for truth.The reason why RenéDescartes is so important as a philosopher,as a mathematician,is because he gives a solid foundation to how we should think.He writes a book called Rules for the Regulation of Thought,of the Mind. He says we should think as we speak.Continuously he finds a foundation for all mathematics,for all thought in one crucial insight,which comes to him in a dream,that because he is thinking,therefore he must exist,so the world isn't all a fantasy.He then takes the solid geometry that we know as a rigorous science that comes from the Greeks and turns it into a way of dealing with numbers,a way of going beyond Greek geometry.He invents the coordinate plane that allows us to graph lines,give them equations,solve these equations mechanically without having to think this is a wonderful opposition in him.He wants to save our thought for the important battles.There's this one story, one story made up of two parts,opposition,mind/body,algebra/geometry,the external/the internal,the invented and the discovered.These are the two sides of the chasm,that Descartes,and that we in our own minds,bridge,step across,unite by a magical process,which is mathematics.答案：Listening:Task1:1)talk to anybody2)truth3)how we should think4)exist5)a way of dealing with numbersTask2:1.feels entitled to;ill founded2.an ivory tower;academics;justice3.mathematician4.mind/body;the invented and the discoveredUnit6MathematicsListening:Q:Who—or what—are the Numerati?A:They're members of a global elite,and are busy analyzing our every move.They're rummaging through mountains of data,looking for patterns of our behavior so that they can predict what we might want to buy,who were likely to vote for,what job we'd do better than our colleagues.Some are even matching us with potential lovers.The Numerati are masters of symbolic realm,They're great at math and computer science.The Googleplex is crawling with Numerati.So is IBM.When I started this book,I thought that the Numerati were different from the rest of us,that they were“numbers people".As I watched them studying our shopping and voting patterns,I saw this wasn't true.They analyze data much the way all of us do every day.Let's say a friend asks you for a$100loan.You immediately begin working through data and probabilities.How much does she earn?Does she lie more than most people?What are the chances she'll move?What will she do if you say no?You give different weight to each of these variables.That's exactly what the Numerati do.In a sense,we're all Numerati.But they deal with millions of us at the same time and they use big machines.Q:Data collecting is old hat.Why are things different now?A:Imagine that a detective or a biographer wanted to piece together a year of your life,say1991.For this,he might have to climb up into your attic and dig through boxes of letters,big folders of snapshots,telephone bills,and all sorts of paper.He might have to interview friends,neighbors and co workers.Our histories existed largely on paper and in foggy memories.That has changed.Our photos and correspondence,and practically everything we do at the office now travels as digital data.With this hit,we now deliver our details in a single standard made of ones and zeros.Who can make sense of all that data,turning it into new insights about us,new services, new industries?Only the Numerati.This can be frustrating for those of us who studied humanities.There used to be a pretty clear divide.The math types stuck to engineering and science and architecture—and they left the study of humans to us.Those of us who dropped Calc101could still rise high in psychology,journalism,law and marketing.But now the Numerati are storming into the humanities.Q:Should we be scared of the Numerati?A:Let's say vigilant.They have unprecedented power to uncover our secrets.And their predictions,produced by algorithms,will have a lot to say about whether we get a job,how much we spend for health insurance,even if we'll get swept up as a terrorism suspect.Here's what we have to keep in mind.The Numerati are not always right.They work with statistics,often delivering stunning results.A grocer,for example,will be thrilled if60%of targeted shoppers go for a promotion on filet mignon.It won't matter if a few of those getting coupons are vegans or devout Hindus.Shift the focus from shopping to something like brain cancer or homeland security.Then the errors—what the Numerati call"false positives"—start to become a very big deal.So,we don't want them to misread us.At the same time,we don't want them to know and predict us too well.That would feel a bit like Big Brother,which is a danger.Q:Which area of our lives are the Numerati transforming most quickly?A:They're racing ahead in shopping,marketing,advertising and media.Look at Google.It's revolutionizing entire industries(including my own)by applying mathematics and computer science—the tools of the Numerati—to the world of information.Q:When readers get to the final page of The Numerati,what do you hope they will be thinking and feeling?A:I hope they start seeing(or imagining)the Numerati at work everywhere they look,whether it's at school,at work,at the hospital or the grocery store.That's what has happened to me.I'm acutely aware of the data that I'm sending out into the world,whether it's driving through an EZ Pass on the Garden State Parkway or checking the baseball scores on my PC at work Hmm,I wonder.What conclusions will they draw from that?If readers of the book start thinking this way,perhaps they'll analyze the patterns of their own lives and the data they produce.For many of us,its a new way to learn about ourselves.And like it or not,it's the way the rest of the world will go to know us.答案：Listening:Task1:Question1:symbolic realm;our every moveQuestion2:piece together a year of life;everything we do might be travelling as digital data and we now deliver our details in a single standard made of ones and zerosQuestion3:misread;know;predictQuestion4:shopping;marketing;advertising;mediaQuestion5:learn about ourselves;get to know usTask2:1.T2.T3.F4.TUnit7SociologyListening:When I got my current job,I was given a good piece of advice,which was to interview three politicians every day.And from that much contact with politicians,I can tell you they're all emotional freaks of one sort or another. They have what I called"logorrhea dementia",which is they talk so much they drive themselves insane.But what they do have is incredible social skills.When you meet them,they lock into you,they look you in the eye,they invade your personal space,they massage the the back of your head.1had dinner with a Republican senator several months ago who kept his hand on my inner thigh throughout the whole meal—squeezing it.I once—this was years ago—I saw led Kennedy and Dan Quayle meet in the well of the Senate.And they were friends,and they hugged each other and they were laughing,and their faces were like this tar apart.And they were moving and grinding and moving their arms up and down each other.And I was like, "Get a room.I don't want to see this."But they have those social skills.Another case:Last election cycle,I was following Mitt Romney around New Hampshire,and he was campaigning with his five perfect sons:Bip,Chip,Rip,Zip,LIP and Dip.And he's going into a diner.And he goesinto the dinner,introduces himself to a family and says,"What village are you from in New Hampshire?"And then he describes the home he owned in their village.And so he goes around the room,and then as he's leaving the dinner,he first-names almost everybody hes just met.I was like,"Okay,that's social skill."But the paradox is,when a lot of these people slip into the policy making mode,that social awareness vanishes and they start talking like accountants.So in the course of my career,I have covered a series of failures.We sent economists in the Soviet Union with privatization plans when it broke up,and what they really lacked was social trust.We invaded Iraq with a military oblivious to the cultural and psychological realities.We had a financial regulatory regime based on the assumptions that traders were rational creatures who wouldn't do anything stupid. For30years,I've been covering school reform and we've basically reorganized the bureaucratic boxes—charters, private schools,vouchers—but we've had disappointing results year after year.And the fact is,people learn from people they love.And if you're not talking about the individual relationship between a teacher and a student,you're not talking about that reality.But that reality is expunged from our policy-making process.And so that's led to a question for me:Why are the most socially-attuned people on earth completely dehumanized when they think about policy?And I came to the conclusion,this is a symptom of a larger problem. That,for centuries,we've inherited a view of human nature based on the notion that were divided selves,that reason is separated from the emotions and that society progresses to the extent that reason can suppress the passions. And it's led to a view of human nature that were rational individuals who respond in straightforward ways to incentive,and its led to ways of seeing the world where people try to use the assumptions of physics to measure how human behavior is.And it's produced a great amputation,a shallow view of human nature.答案：Listening:Task1:1.a term to describe those who talk so much they drive themselves insane2.skills used to communicate with others.A socially skillful person can lock into you,look you in the eyeand invade your personal space.3.charters,private schools,vouchers4.experienced and world-wise,socially skillful5.a kind of state in which reason is separated from the emotionsTask2:1.F2.F3.T4.TUnit8GlobalizationListening:Both myself and my brother belong to the under30demographic,which Pat said makes70%,but according to our statistics it makes60%of the region's population.Qatar is no exception to the region.It's a very young nation led by young people.We have been reminiscing about the latest technologies and the iPods,and for me the abaya, my traditional dress that I'm wearing today.Now this is not a religious garment,nor is it a religious statement.Instead,its a diverse cultural statement that we choose to wear.Now I remember a few years ago,a journalist asked Dr.Sheikha,who's sitting here,president of Qatar University—who,by the way,is a woman—he asked her whether she thought the abaya hindered or infringed her freedom in any way.Her answer was quite the contrary.Instead,she felt more free,more free because she could wear whatever she wanted under the abaya.She could come to work in her pajamas and nobody would care.Not that you do;I'm just saying.My point is here,people have a choice—just like the Indian lady could wear her sari or the Japanese woman could wear her kimono.We are changing our culture from within,but at the same time we are reconnecting with。

学术英语2听力1第一单元As we ’ll see, most experiments in biology are in fact controlled experiments and placebos are very useful for making sure that controlled experiments are also blind experiments . These ideas are all very, very important things to think about every time you hear about an experiment. First of all, controlled experiments. The best way to explain these is with an example, which we'll look at over the next few minutes. Maybe some of you drink echinacea tea when you have a cold, yes? No? OK, for those of you who don ’t know about echinacea tea, it ’s a kind of herbal tea made from parts of the echinacea flower . But do you know whether it ’s effective? Of course you see lots of advertisements saying it is —they wouldn ’t sell much if they didn ’t, would they? So, how can we be sure? Our example experiment will help us find out. For instance, scientists could give echinacea tea to a group of people and see whether their colds got better more quickly than “normal ”. This group is the experimental group. But, what ’s “normal ”? The experiment needs another group of people who don ’t get any echinacea tea . Then, if there ’s a difference between the two groups, maybe, just maybe, this difference is from taking echinacea . So the control group is the same as the experimental group , but does not get the experimental treatment.1.But, you ’re probably wondering, how can people not know which group they ’re in? Surely, they know when they ’re not taking the treatment !2. Scientists have an answer for that —and it ’s an important answer —they give something called a placebo .3. What is a placebo? It ’s something that does nothing ! It has no effect .4. In our echinacea experiment , for example, the placebo looks just like echinacea tea.5. When participants don ’t know which group they ’re in, we say they are blinded .6. They can ’t see whether they are taking the real treatment or the placebo.7. Sometimes, the research assistants —the people giving the treatment (in our case, the echinacea tea)—are also “blinded ”.8. This is just in case they accidentally give hints about whether it ’s real tea.9. When the research assistants and the participants are all blinded, we call it a “ do uble-blind ” experiment. 1. What signal does the speaker use to identify what she will mainly discuss? A. “You might not realize...” B. “It goes back to the ancient Greeks, maybe even farther .” C. “So what I want to talk about today...”D. “They wanted to see if they could find...”Homemade soup is a better cold remedy than canned soup.false2. Homemade soup and canned soup produced the same results in theexperiments.true3. Neutrophils were destroyed by chemicals in chicken soup. false4. Vegetables do not affect the activity of the neutrophils.true 5. Adding vegetables to soup makes it better at fighting cold symptoms. false1. The scientist G (without planning or intending to do so) dropped a bottle of medicine on the floor and broke it.1. Which sen tence best expresses the speaker ’s main idea?A. The ancient Greeks were the first to say the chicken soup was a cold remedyB. Carrots and onions are a good cold remedy.C. Experiments show that chicken soup can make a cold get better .D. Researchers have discovered the cause of most cold symptoms.2. It's B (usual) for teachers at colleges to ask students to help them with their experiments.3. His research gave him I (a useful understanding that he did not have before of) how the new medicine worked in both adults and children.4. The scientist's E (helper) worked with her as she performed the experiment. He also helped her do research for a journal article.5. Professor Lee is doing an experiment about the amount of vitamin C people should take when they have a cold, and he needs one more A (person who is taking part) .6. The C (university teacher) is teaching a popular biology course at Wilson College this semester.7. The scientist always used the same J (planned way of doing something) when he performed his experiments.8. When an experiment is H (without information given to the people in it) , it usually gets better results because the people are not influenced by other things.9. In my biology class, we F (talk about) different types ofexperiments that scientists perform.10. The professor tried to D (explain) what he was talking about by showing the class charts and photographs.1. We conducted a great party at the end of the school year. Everyone brought food, and we told funnyfalse stories about our professors.2. The scientist conducted an experiment to find out if the medicine was an effective cure for the commontrue cold.3. Rajika conducted a very interesting trip to take classes ata university in London. false4. Yvonne had some terrible treatments when she got the flu—she was shaking and sweating, and shefalse had a very bad headache.5. The doctors met with Mr. Cho's family to discuss the new treatment they plan to start with him. Theytrue are hoping he will feel better and will go home from the hospital soon.6. I read about a successful new treatment for diabetes. Everyone who used it felt much worse after theyfalse tried it.1. Most biologists use controlled experiments in their research.A. true2. People drink echinacea tea when they have stomach aches.B. false3. Echinacea tea is made from the flower of a plant.A. true4. According to the speaker, scientists have done many studies on echinacea tea.B. false5. Researchers need two groups of people for a controlled experiment.A. true6. If people in the experimental group get better and the people in the control group don’t, it is definitelybecause of the echinacea tea.B. false1. Who was given echinacea tea to see if their colds get better more quickly?A. experimental group2. Who was used as a comparison for what is “normal"?B. control group3. Who wants the cold to get better?C. both groups4. Who gets the real treatment?A. experimental group5. Who might feel better if they know they are getting the treatment?A. experimental group6. Who might feel worse if they know they are not getting the treatment?B. control group7. Who gets a placebo?B. control group8. Who doesn’t know if they are getting the treatment or the placebo?C. both groups1. A placebo _________.A. has the same effect as the experimental treatmentB. is stronger and more effective than the experimental treatmentC. looks different from the experimental treatmentD. looks like the experimental treatment, but does nothing2. The participants in a blind experiment _________.A. all get the experimental treatmentB. all get the placeboC. don't know which treatment they are gettingD. don't want any treatment3. In a double-blind experiment, _________.A. both the researchers and the participants know who is getting the treatmentB. neither the researchers nor the participants know who is getting the treatmentC. the participants know who is getting the treatment, but the researchers don'tD. the researchers know who is getting the treatment, but the participants don't4. Double-blind experiments are used to make sure that _________.A. the participants will continue taking the treatmentB. the participants won't tell the researchers which treatment they think they are takingC. the researchers will always give the best treatment to participantsD. the researchers won't accidentally give hints to participants about which treatment they aregetting1. What does This kind of advice refer to?A. advice about avoiding coldsB. advice from friends and familyC. advice to wear a hat or take vitamin C2. What does They refer to?A. coldsB. friends and familyC. pieces of advice第二单元1. The speaker suggests that a good advertising message must be _____.A. about a new and different type of productB. easily communicated to other peopleC. easy to rememberD. interesting2. The speaker’s suggestions for effective viral marketing strategies include _____.A. pretending to be a tourist and asking for helpB. taking pictures of peopleC. putting up stickers with a mysterious messageD. putting up stickers with a mysterious message1. The company launched a great ad campaign for their new action movie. _____, it was the most popular movie of the summer.A. ConsequentlyB. EspeciallyC. ExtremelyD. Similarly2. The company wanted to tell everyone about its new soft drink, so it sent people _____ to a party where they gave away free cans of the soft drink.A. fashionsB. trendsC. invitationsD. tricks3. Advertising on roadside billboards is not really in _____ anymore, though some companies still do it.A. fashionB. trickC. stickerD. invitation4. Some people always buy _____ products to save money, and others like to buy expensive, high-quality products.A. trickyB. similarC. cheapD. honest5. Someone put a _____ on the wall of my building to advertise a new magazine.A. trickB. trendC. fashionD. sticker6. One recent _____ is for companies to advertise products by hiring people to talk to their friends about them.A. trendB. stickerC. virusD. invitation7. It is a good idea to advertise some products on the Internet, _____ products for young people.A. consequentlyB. especiallyC. extremelyD. similarly8. Many makeup ads are _____ to each other; they show beautiful women smiling at the camera.A. extremeB. cheapC. similarD. tricky9. When I realized that a company had secretly paid my friend to tell me about the new shampoo, I felt like the company was trying to _____ me into buying it.A. trickB. catchC. lowerD. spread10. That type of car is _____ expensive, so very few people can afford to buy it.A. consequentlyB. cleverlyC. extremelyD. cheaplyMy grandparents have been buying the same brand of cereal for 40True years; they are very loyal to it.2. Teenagers often want to buy brand-name clothes because they wantTrue other teenagers to recognize the brands and admire them.3. The company tried to influence the way people thought about theirFalse product by doing no advertising at all and keeping the product secret.4. Companies sometimes pay young people to tell their friends about aFalse new product because young people often have very little influence overtheir friends.5. The company advertised its products for many years because theFalse owner didn't want the company to become a brand name.6. A famous movie star told a reporter that she always used Pink Lady lipstick. The company that made Pink Lady lipstick was surprised becausethey didn’t know that the movie star used their product. After the movieFalse star's announcement, sales of the lipstick went up. The announcementwas a careful strategy the company used to advertise their product.1. Viral marketingeffective but not expensivespreads slowlytries to hide the name of the companyis a computer virusspreads from person to person by word of mouthcan make people angry because they feel trickedwas used to market gmail?is hated by parents2. Stealth marketingeffective but not expensive spreads slowlytries to hide the name of the companyis a computer virusspreads from person to person by word of mouth can make people angry because they feel tricked was used to market gmail ? is hated by parentsd 1. Viral marketing got its name becausea.advertisers don't have to pay for time on TV or space in a magazine.e 2. People tell their friends about viral marketing messages becauseb. only a limited number of people got them.b 3. People who received the Google invitations felt special because c.people trust their friends more than they trust advertisements. a 4. Viral marketing is cheap because d. messages spread quickly like a cold virus. c 5. Viral marketing is effective becausee. they think the messages are cool and interesting.1.Stealth marketing is a kind of viral marketing.True 2. It is easy to tell which company is conducting stealth marketing.False3. In one instance of stealth marketing, teenagers talked to their friends about certain movies becausethe movie company gave them gifts.True4. The movie company told the teenagers to mention thecompany's name. False5. Stealth marketing often improves people's opinion of a brand. False6. Companies should think carefully before they use stealth marketing.TrueAs we said last week, we see so many ads in our daily lives that many people now just don ’t even notice them, d o they? Many people just stop looking when they see an ad. Consequently, companies aren ’t getting their message across. Also, normal advertisements such as those on TV , in magazines and on the Internet aregetting expensive. Therefore, companies need to find lower-cost strategies to make people notice their products .Basically, in viral marketing , the company thinks of a(n) cool , interesting message —it has to be interesting so that people will want to tell it to their friends straight away. In this way, the people become the advertising medium . This is much cheaper than expensive TV time slots or space in a(n) magazine . Here's an example. Google, when they first marketed gmail, their e-mail service , made it invitation only. Anyone who got a(n) invitation could give away more invitations to their friends.The main difference here is that in stealth marketing, unlike viral marketing, no one knows that it's advertising —aha! Because it doesn't look like advertising. Let's have an example. At least one stealth marketer in the U.S., a movie company, gave T-shirts and posters to teenagers as young as 13. Inexchange, the teenagers agreed to talk to their friends at school and on Internet chat sites about the moviesthat the company was marketing1. What main points will the speaker discuss in the lecture that follows the introduction? Choose three ideas.A. transfer advertisingB. testimonial advertisingC. product testing strategiesD. the bandwagon techniqueE. popular product campaigns2. What will the speaker discuss in the conclusion of her lecture?A. why famous people often appear in advertisementsB. why some advertisements use the bandwagon techniqueC. how common advertising techniques are being used on the InternetD. how advertisements make people feel good about certain products3. What phrase does the speaker use to say that some advertising techniques are almost the same?A. “These strategies have something in common...”B. “...for a long time in advertising...”C. “First, we will look at...”A. “Next I’ll move on to...”All of your answers are correct. Well done!1.People learn to recognize advertising strategies. cause Consumers can ask questions about products. effect2.Advertisers connect positive images with their products. effectPeople buy products they feel good about. cause3.Advertisers use testimonial ads. effectPeople want to be like celebrities. cause4.A consumer uses the product featured in a bandwagon ad. causeA consumer becomes more popular. effecWrite down the three main points that the speaker will most likely address in the body of the lecture.few commmon advertising strategys.2. Explain how the speaker will most likely end the talk. How will the answer you gave in question 1 be part of the speaker’s conclusion?how common advertising techniques are being used on the Internet3. Write down the ways that the advertising techniques the speaker will discuss are the same and ways they are different.1 transfer advertising2. testimonial advertising3the bandwagon technique1. People learn to recognize advertising strategies.be more skeptical or ask some questions2. People buy products they feel good about.transfor their good feelings with the product3. People want to be like celebrities.famous people talks about the product4. A consumer uses the product featured in a bandwagon ad.to tell people they like more populer第三单元1. The ____ of Australia is south of Asia.A. continentB. diameterC. geologyD. solar system2. The _____ of the Earth is 12,756.2 kilometers.A. solar systemB. continentC. geologyD. diameter3. The Earth is the only planet in the _____ that can support life.A. continentB. solar systemC. geologyD. diameter4. Shooting stars are comets that _____ up when they hit the Earth's atmosphere.A. hitB. burnC. improveD. motivate5. Many people are afraid of the damage that _____ can do to the world.A. diametersB. solar systemsC. nuclear weaponsD. continents6. As tools and research methods _____, scientists are finding out more and more about the Earth.A. improveB. hitC. burnD. motivate7. Hector was interested in rocks, so he studied _____ in college.A. nuclear weaponsB. diametersC. geologyD. solar systems8. Volcanoes are often dangerous, but _____, the volcano in my town hasn't done any serious damage.A. scarilyB. constantlyC. dangerouslyD. fortunately9. When people feel that they are in danger, it can _____ them to take action and save themselves.A. hitB. burnC. motivateD. improve10. When objects from outer space _____ the Earth, they can cause a lot of damage.A. hitB. passC. motivateD. improve1. The comet went flying through the sky over our heads, leaving a trail behind it. true2. After the meteorite hit the building, it was completely destroyed, and it had totruebe rebuilt.3. The volcanic eruption caused a great deal of destruction in the area, and none offalsethe plants, animals, or people who lived nearby were hurt at all.4. When the meteorite hit the building, you could hear the explosion from milestrueaway.5. When something explodes, it jumps high into the air and then lands, still in onefalsebig piece.1. It is likely that a large asteroid will hit Earth again.A. trueB. false2. There are more asteroid craters on Earth than on the moon.A. trueB. false3. Earth's atmosphere causes most asteroids to burn up before they hit the ground.A. trueB. false4. The surface of Earth is always moving.A. trueB. false5. Earth doesn't have craters, so we are safe from being hit by an asteroid.A. trueB. false6. Large asteroids have never passed close to Earth.A. trueB. false7. Scientists predict that an asteroid will cause a catastrophic event on Earth in the near future.A. trueB. false8. NASA is trying to destroy all the asteroids that pass close to Earth.A. trueB. false9. Scientists haven't figured out what to do if an asteroid comes towards Earth.A. trueB. false10. If a dangerous object is coming toward Earth, we need to decide what to do about it immediately.A. trueB. false7Asteroid craters have disappeared.3The asteroids burn up.1Earth has an atmosphere.5Earth's surface is constantly moving.4Most asteroids disappear before they hit the ground.6New mountains and seas are formed.2The atmosphere slows down the asteroids.It’s clear, therefore, that the lack of craters doesn’t mean we’re safe! Scientists predict that a large asteroid, as big as the one that probably killed the dinosaurs, should hit Earth, onaverage, once every 10 million years. But it’s 65 million years since the last one! Smaller asteroids are passing close to Earth all the time. Only in1989 , an asteroid around 1000 feet in diameter—that’s about 300 meters—called 4581 Asclepius, passed through the point where Earth was just six hours before.A hit from it would have caused the largest explosion in history. On average, researchers say, an object big enough to cause catastrophic results will hit Earth every 5000 years.Astronomers are already working on this. Since the late 1990 s, NASA has been conducting several surveys of space, the biggest of which is LINEAR. NASA aims to find 90 percent of all the near-Earth objects, inother words, NEOs, that are more than two thirds of a mile—1 kilometer—in diameter. So far, tens of thousands of them have been found—most of them, fortunately, too far away to be dangerous for now. Also, a couple of near-misses have been identified, although usually rather late—after the object has passed Earth. In 2002 , an object 250 feet—about 80 meters—in diameter passed only 75000 miles—that's about 120000 kilometers—from Earth.So, why isn't Earth covered in craters, just like the Moon and some of the planets ?Well, there are two reasons . For one thing, Earth has an atmosphere but the Moon doesn't. Earth's atmosphere slows asteroids down, causing heat which burns off their outer layers . Again, you can see this process yourself. Have you ever seen shooting stars ? They are actually the remains of broken up comets It is the burning that we can see. Most are very small, so they burn up completely and disappear before theyget close to the ground .Another reason comes from geology . Earth’s surface is constantly moving—as youprobably know, this is called the plate tectonic theory , and is the reason for earthquakes When plates collide with each other,Earth's surface gets pushed up. In this way, mountains or islands are formed. When the continents move apart, huge valleys and seas are created. Thus, a map of Earth from the dinosaur's time would’ve looked very, very different from now . You can easily see how craters disappear as the landchanges shape.1. Which statement is the best summary of the passage?A. Scientists ’ early beliefs about asteroids are supported by the results of a study on a crater in Africa.B. Scientists have found that asteroids are made of the same chemicals and minerals.C. Scientists use a number of different methods to measure an asteroid’s age.D. Scientists have made important discoveries from studying a crater in southern Africa.ransitional device In the lecture? PurposeA. You're probably thinking... no(none)B. To begin, ... yes introductionC. Now that I've talked about... yes topic changeD. Well, it's because... no(none)E. Let's finish up by looking at... yes conclusionF. In conclusion,... no(none)G. Next week we'll talk about... yes topic change2. Why does the speaker say this: “There are two reasons the discoveries are important.”A. to change to a different themeB. to introduce the topics she will discussC. to end the presentationD. to suggest subjects to research第四单元a process of thinking about something he or she is currently experiencingbased on other actors' performancesbased on personal experiencebased on researchused during a performanceused to prepare for an acting roleused to write plays and movies1. Gene Blake would probably agree with this statement: “You can’t have a good performance withoutTrue imagination”.2. An actor doesn't need to understand how a character he or she plays might feel in a certain situation. False3. An actor should learn about the period of history when the character lived. True4. Most actors cannot play characters that are from a different sector of society. False5. Nothing about an actor's performance is based on truth. False6. Researching a character should involve reading and spending time with people like the character. True 此处有一段没有复制上来With the disabled character, there was a lifetime of frustration and of dealing with people’s reactions to the disability—experiences I just didn’t have. So, to fill this gap, I had to use imagination . Even though my character was an adult, I spent a lot of time thinking through, imagining, how common childhood experiences would be different because of thedisability; how that would have a emotional effect on the adult me. Because of course, people are shaped by their experiences . And this hard work paid off—I won an award for the role. What a celebration we had after that! We were partying for days!But of course, personal experiences can be very, very useful for some roles. I played a London gang member once. Now, I’m not British, as you know, but I did have some experiences in my younger days with, shall we say, some of the less friendly people in New York. Some of these experiences helped me to understand what it feels like to be living on the edges of society. It wasn’t exactly the same, of course,and you’ll never have e xactly the same life experiences as your character. But, imagination is a way tofill that gap, too.1. Filmmakers often use a technique called a green screen.A. majorB. minorC. digression2. Actors must make conversations with absent characters convincing.A. majorB. minorC. digression3. Actors who do voices for animated movies are like actorsin front of green screens.A. majorB. minorC. digression4. Audiences may watch actors being chased or trying to escape an explosion.A. majorB. minorC. digression5. Actors use imagination to react to dramatic or scary events.A. majorB. minorC. digressionColumn 1Column 2Filmmakersoften use atechnique called a green screen.A.Part of themain idea;introducedwith“second”Actors must makeconversations with absent characters convincing.B.A detail, not abig ideaActors who do voices for animatedmovies are like actors in front of green screens.C.An example ofthe main ideausedthroughoutlectureAudiences may watch actorsbeing chased or trying to escape an explosion.D.Part of themain idea;introducedwith “first”Actors have to react to dramatic orscary events that are not really happening.E.Interesting,but not themain point;introducedwith“incidentally第六单元1. The Smiths are going to _____ at the library to help children with their homework.B. produceC. volunteerD. respect2. Many countries around the world _____ much more food than they need.A. respectB. applyC. give upD. produce3. Some people complain that children used to _____ their parents much more than they do now.A. respectB. expectC. volunteerD. produce4.I _____ I lived in the future because I think life will be even easier then.B. expectC. volunteerD. apply5. There is much more _____ in our society than there used to be. Most people have money and enough to eat.A. prosperityB. technologyC. populationD. electricity1. Igor was very happy when his salary doubled —it went from $30,000 up to $60,000 a year. True2. The number of car accidents in this area tripled recently—it went from 300 accidents toFalse100 accidents per year.3. The GDP per capita in this country has decreased over the last 100 years; people just keepFalsegetting richer and richer.4. The literacy rate for women in the country halved, and now many more women know howFalse。

Unit 6 The MindListening and SpeakingAudio Track 2-6-1A: Do you usually remember or forget things?B: I have a bad memory. I sometimes forget people’s birthdays.A: That’s terrible. I think you should get a diary to help you remember.A: Have you ever been shocked or not able to believe how much someone has changed over time? B: Sure! My childhood friend was very shy. Now, he is a TV actor. I don’t believe it. He’s changed so much!Audio Track 2-6-2Manolo: Galina, let’s get some lunch before our next class.Galina: Okay. Wow, that English test was difficult!Manolo: I know.Galina: For me, the hard part is the vocabulary. I just can’t remember it all.Manolo: Well, there are things you can do ...Audio Track 2-6-3Galina: Really?Manolo: Yeah. One thing I do is label things in English.Galina: What do you mean?Manolo: For example, I write the word chair on a small piece of paper. Then I put the paper on a chair in my house.Galina: Hmmm ... Good idea.Manolo: And here’s another idea: When I learn a w ord, I also learn related words.Galina: For example?Manolo: Well, when I learned the word film, I made a note of a similar word ...Galina: Movie!Manolo: Exactly! Then I added related words like actor and movie star , and verbs like rent and see . Here’s another idea ...Audio Track 2-6-4(Audio Track 2-6-2 + Audio Track 2-6-3)Audio Track 2-6-5/Audio Track 2-6-6Conversation 1Woman: Morning, Simon. Wow, you look tired.Man: Oh, I didn’t sleep very well last night. I had a weird dream. I was in a clas sroom at school, but I didn’t have any clothes on! No one looked at me, but I was really embarrassed. Conversation 2Woman: Jesse, Jesse! Wake up! You’re having a nightmare.Mala child: Oh, what a terrible dream! I dreamed I was on a dark street. Suddenly, there was a large dog behind me. It ran toward me, but I couldn’t move.Woman: Don’t worry, Jesse. It was only a dream. Go back to sleep.Conversation 3Man1: Morning Tim.Man2: Morning. Hey, I had an amazing dream last night. I was on a beautiful boat. The sun was warm and the ocean was really blue. I jumped into the water, and I began to swim with the fish. The thing is, I can’t swim! But in the dream, I could. It was pretty cool.Audio Track 2-6-7/Audio Track 2-6-8/Audio Track 2-6-9I had an amazing dream last night. At first, I was standing outside of a strange big house. The house was painted pink, a very unusual color for a house. It had a lot of big windows, both round and rectangular. The house had large square pillars and twisted columns. I remember thinking that there must be a big living room, several bedrooms, a kitchen, and a guest room in such a big house.I was wondering whose house it was when I suddenly heard a voice saying: “welcome home.” Wow, so this dream house was mine!I went inside and walked into my living room. It was spacious. There were sofas, a table, a big-screen TV, and a stereo system. It was pretty cool. All of my best friends were there, too. But for some reason they didn’t speak, didn’t smile, and didn’t even move. And then suddenly they all disappeared. I was scared. This dream was turning into a nightmare.I then went to the kitchen. It was also spacious. There were all kinds of kitchen equipment such asa gas stove and oven. There were also many electric appliances, such as a refrigerator, a microwave oven, an electric mixer, and a food processor. I liked the food processor the most, those certainly make life much easier. There was also a dining table in the middle of the room. The whole family was sitting around the table, waiting for a meal to be served. The kids were hungry and started to cry. But the gas stove didn’t work and there was no electricity for the microwave oven or the food processor.I wanted to help so I looked in the fridge but it was empty. I started to despair, what more could I do? That’s when I suddenly woke up.Audio Track 2-6-10/Audio Track 2-6-11Scientists know that the brain is very active when a person is sleeping. There are five stages, or parts, of sleep. Stage 1 starts after you fall asleep. If there is a noise or a bright light, you wake up very easily. In Stage 2, your brain waves are very slow. In Stage 3 and Stage 4, you are in deep sleep. It’s very difficult to wake up then. Your body rests and grows during these stages.Stage 5 is when you dream. Your eyes move a lot, and your brain waves are fast. This stage ofsleep is very important for your memory. After Stage 5, you wake up a little, and then Stage 1 starts again. We go through the five stages of sleep four or five times every night, so we have many dreams in one night. How much sleep do you need? The answer depends on your age. Babies should sleep fifteen to sixteen hours every day. Children and teenagers need nine or ten hours of sleep, but older people only need six to eight hours. If you sleep for only four hours one night, you may just feel tired the next day. But many nights of bad sleep can be bad for your health. People who don’t get enough sleep get sick more often. And sleep is very important for learning. It’s one reason why students should go to bed early!Audio Track 2-6-12For centuries, people have asked: Why do we dream? What do our dreams mean? Today, science doesn’t have definite answers to these questions, but we do know some things about dreams. First, we all dream, often four to five times a night. Second, we don’t usually remember most of our dreams. And finally, when we dream, our brains are very active.Thousands of years ago, people began to study dreams. In many cultures, people believed dreams were messages from spirits or gods. Later, the ancient Greeks and Romans had a new idea: Dreams come from a person’s mind. Doctors studied dreams to help sick or worried people.Audio Track 2-6-13/Audio Track 2-6-14In the past, some cultures used dreams to predict the future. They thought dreams could help a person choose a husband or wife, guess a baby’s birthday, or start a business. In some places, this practice is still common.Today, scientists think dreams are about our thoughts and feelings. Our minds send us messages about our lives. Unfortunately, many messages are often strange or confusing. People wake up and think: What did that dream mean?So, how can you understand the messages in your dreams? Think about the events in the dream. What do they say about your life? For example, one common dream is about flying. Sometimes this dream means you feel free or want freedom. Other times it means you feel afraid. What do your dreams tell you about your life?Audio Track 2-6-15/t/ /d/ /id/watched studied waitedwished explained handedAudio Track 2-6-161. I liked the movie.2. They moved to Tokyo.3. It started to rain.4. She reminded me of you5. Grandma hugged us.6. We laughed loudly.7. We enjoyed the visit.8. Nobody believed us.9. Dad stopped at a store.10. We asked directions.11. They memorized the song.12. I hated math class.Audio Track 2-6-17Mia: Come on, Justin. Let’s go. The concert starts in an hour.Justin: OK, I’m coming.Mia: Do you have the tickets?Justin: Yes, they’re here in my jacket. Oh, wait a minute.Mia: What’s wrong?Justin: I can’t find the tickets. They’re not in my pocket.Mia: Oh no! Where are they? Are they in the desk?Justin: I don’t think so.Mia: Try to remember. Maybe they’re in your backpack.Justin: Wait … I found them. They were in my other jacket. Let’s go.Audio Track 2-6-18A: Are the people at their ten-year college reunion?B: Definitely, there is a “ten-year reunion” banner in the picture.A: Are you certain? I didn't notice it.B: I am certain.A: Are there six men in the picture?B: I’m not sure.A: Is there a bottle on the table?B: Sure, there IS a bottle on the table.Audio Track 2-6-19A: What did your dream house look like?B: My dream house was light blue. I liked the color. The house was huge, and it had a lot of windows. The windows were all open.A: I think that shows you have a big, outgoing and open personality.A: What did the living room look like?B: It was the most spacious room in the house and my grandma was there. She was sitting on a comfortable sofa watching a big-screen TV.A: I think that means you care about your grandma and you want her to feel comfortable.When I was a small kid I often dreamed that I was a grown-up and that my favorite movie star was in love with me. The weird thing is that I can't remember exactly how we met or what we said to one another.Recently, I had a terrible nightmare. I remember it vividly. A gigantic dinosaur with huge claws was chasing me, and it very nearly caught me. It was unusual because I felt so scared that I screamed and woke up.Video CourseVideo Track 2-6-1Agnes: I have a very good memory when it comes to faces and images and drawings and things like that. I don’t remember numbers very well. I even forget m y ATM code sometimes. Alyssa: I can usually remember people’s names when they tell me. However I can’t remember numbers very well. I need to write down the telephone numbers when people tell them to me. Daniel: I have a good memory for numbers especially phone numbers. I usually only need to hear it once. I have a bad memory for foreign languages.Gian: I have a bad memory for names so I try to use a characteristic to remind me. Such as Becky is blonde — Becky blonde. Tom is tall — Tom tall.Dan: Usually I have a good memory but sometimes I have problems remembering names. Sometimes I have to say to people “Hey Bro. Hey Sis.”Video Track 2-6-2Gian: I have a bad memory for names so I try to use a characteristic to remind me. Such as Becky is blonde — Becky blonde. Tom is tall — Tom tall.Dan: Usually I have a good memory but sometimes I have problems remembering names. Sometimes I have to say to people “Hey Bro. Hey Sis.”Video Track 2-6-3Dave: When I was a small kid I had a dream that I swam to Europe and bought cheese and swam back home. The cheese tasted great.Malinda: Last night I had a nightmare that I was lost in the forest and I forgot where I was and when I woke up I was very afraid and I ran out of my room.Alyssa: Last night I had a dream about a friend who’s living very far away from me. When I woke up I felt sad because I miss her.Woo Sung: After I saw Jurassic Park I had a dream that dinosaurs were chasing me and it was really scary.Dan: I had a strange dream where a bird ate me. It was really weird.Alyssa: Last night I had a dream about a friend who’s living very far away from me. When I woke up I felt sad because I miss her.Video Track 2-6-5Claudia: Hi!Roberto: Hi.Claudia: What’s the matter?Roberto: I had a really strange dream last night.Claudia: Really? Do you remember it?Roberto: I think so … maybe … I don’t know. But it was really weird.Claudia: Come on! Try.Roberto: Well I remember … in my dream it was daytime, and I was in my pajamas … and I saw a man in the street. I stopped and asked him where to buy a ticket.Claudia: A ticket? A ticket for what?Roberto: I don’t know!Claudia: And then what happened?Roberto: I’m not sure … but I remember that I began talking to him, and I really enjoyed it. We laughed a lot. He reminded me of someone …Claudia: Yeah, and then?Roberto: … and then he hugged me! And it was Mike!Claudia: No! Really? Do you remember anything else?Roberto: No, but something else happened. I’m sure of it.Claudia: Oh, think!Roberto: I got i t! We talked some more … and then …he shook my hand … and then … he began to dance … like this!Claudia: Oh, like a ballet dancer?Roberto: Yeah. And then … I woke up.Claudia: This is so scary …Roberto: Why? What are those?Claudia: They were a surprise. I got us two tickets to a show tonight … the New York City Ballet.Video Track 2-6-6Claudia: Hi!Roberto: Hi.Claudia: What’s the matter?Roberto: I had a really strange dream last night.Claudia: Really? Do you remember it?Roberto: I think so … maybe… I don’t know. But it was really weird.Claudia: Come on! Try.Roberto: Well I remember … in my dream it was daytime, and I was in my pajamas … and I sawa man in the street. I stopped and asked him where to buy a ticket.Video Track 2-6-7Claudia: And then what happened?Roberto: I’m not sure … but I remember that I began talking to him, and I really enjoyed it. We laughed a lot. He reminded me of someone …Claudia: Yeah, and then?Roberto: … and then he hugged me! And it was Mike!Claudia: No! Really? Do you remember anything else?Roberto: No, but something else happened. I’m sure of it.Claudia: Oh, think!Video Track 2-6-8Roberto: I got it! We talked some more … and then … he shook my hand … and then … he began to dance …like this!Claudia: Oh, like a ballet dancer?Roberto: Yeah. And then … I woke up.Claudia: This is so scary …Roberto: Why? What are those?Claudia: They were a surprise. I got us two tickets to a show tonight … the New York City Ballet.。

Unit 1 All About MeListening and SpeakingAudio Track 2-1-1/Audio Track 2-1-2Nora (N): Is that your van?Katherine (K): Yes, it is. We’re moving in.N: Oh, I see. … We? Who is “we”?K: My husband, Myles, and I. Oh, I’m sorry. Let me introduce myself. I’m Katherine —Katherine Jones.N: I’m Nora Nelson.K: It’s nice to meet you, Nora.N: Welcome to Parkside Apartments. I live in 2A. By myself.K: Oh, then we’re neighbors! We’re moving into Apartment 2B.N: It’s a quiet building. Very nice. Except for …Wes and Lydia in 3B.K: Oh?N: Yes. They play loud music sometimes.K: Oh … I see. …N: Then there are the two students in 3A. They’re classmates at the university.K: Um … I think I need to …N: They’re good boys, but they have too many parties!K: I …N: It is a quiet building, though. … Let’s see, there’s also Mrs. Hanson in 3C. We’re related. She’s my aunt. She talks all the time and …K: Nora, I’m sorry. I’m very busy right now. It was nice meeting you. Really … Um, goodbye. N: What a strange woman!Audio Track 2-1-3/Audio Track 2-1-4Boy (B): Hey, Grandma, what’s in this box?Grandma (G): Oh, nothing really. … Just a few old keepsakes.B: Keepsakes?G: Young man, you know what a keepsake is!B: No, I don’t. I really don’t.G: Well, it’s something you keep. It’s something that gives you a lot of memories.B: Oh. What’s this?G: Now don’t go just digging around in there! … Hmmm, let’s see … that’s my first diary.B: Can I …?G: No, you can’t read it! It’s personal! I wrote about my first boyfriend in there. He became your grandfather!B: Oh, OK. … Well then, what’s that? It has your picture in it.G: That’s my passport. You can see, I traveled to Europe by ship.B: What’s that big book?G: My yearbook. It’s my high school book of memories.B: Class of 1961! Boy, that’s old!G: That’s about enough out of you, young man.I think it’s time we put this box away and …Audio Track 2-1-5/Audio Track 2-1-6At the age of thirteen, I took my first trip alone. I went to visit my grandparents in Los Angeles. I felt very nervous about traveling so far, but my mother said, “Don’t worry. You’ll be fine.” I got on the airplane and talked for a long time to a very nice woman who sat next to me. My grandparents met me at the airport and took me to their home. I stayed there for two weeks, and I had so much fun with them! It was my first time in Los Angeles, and I saw lots of really interesting places. In the end, I didn’t want to go home!Audio Track 2-1-7/Audio Track 2-1-8Making memoriesA popular new hobby is scrapbooking —making beautiful books to hold special memories. Scrapbook pages can include photos, drawings, journal entries. It’s not hard to make a scrapbook that you will enjoy for many years. Here are the steps.1. Choose a theme for your scrapbook pages. Some examples: “School days,”“Family travel,” “Memories of my gran dparents,” “Baby’s first year.”2. Select photos for each page. Two or three really good photos are better than ten so-so photos.3. Find other paper keepsakes to use with your photos. Look for old newspaper clippings, postcards, tickets, report cards, letters — anything made of paper. Use your imagination!4. Design the pages. Put photos and keepsakes together on each page and move them around until you find a layout that you like.5. Glue your photos and keepsakes into place. Then decorate your pages with felt pens, paint, and stickers. Use your imagination!6. Label your pages. This is the most important step! Remember to write down the “5 Ws” of your photos: Who, What, Where, When, and Why. This will make your scrapbook much more interesting and valuable in the future.Audio Track 2-1-9/Audio Track 2-1-10/Audio Track 2-1-11Yearbooks in the United StatesMost high schools in the United States publish a yearbook. The yearbook comes out once a year, usually in the spring. It is a record of the school year —a “book of memories”for the students.Inside a yearbook is each student’s photo. The seniors are graduating soon, and their photos appear first. Next are the juniors. They are one year behind the seniors. Next come the sophomores, or second-year students. The last photos are the first-year students, the freshmen. The yearbook isnot only about students.The teachers have photos, too. The yearbook also has photos and descriptions of sports teams, academic subjects, and extracurricular activities. These are activities students do after school, such as the chess club and Spanish club. There is even a yearbook club. Students in this club write, design, and take photos all year for the yearbook. At the end of the year, the book is printed.In the yearbook, some students receive special titles. The seniors vote and choose the “class clown”(a funny student), the “most likely to succeed”(a student everyone thinks will be successful), and the “best dressed”(a student with a good fashion sense). There are also other awards and categories.Students typically sign each other’s yearbooks. This is especially important for the seniors, because they are graduating. Students write notes to each other, such as, “We had a lot of fun,” or “I’ll never forget you.”They also write about all the fun and funny experiences they shared in school together.Audio Track 2-1-12Conversation 1Sandy: Hello?Joe: Hi, Sandy. It’s Joe.Sandy: Oh hi, Joe.Joe: What are you doing?Sandy: I’m sleeping.Joe: Oh, sorry.Conversation 2Josh: Hello?Lisa: Hi, Josh, how are you?Josh: I’m really busy.Lisa: Why? What are you doing?Josh: I’m painting my bedroom.Lisa: O.K. Talk to you later!Audio Track 2-1-131. He’s dating a really nice girl.2. I’m fixing my car.3. She’s working in her garden.4. We’re going to the movies.Audio Track 2-1-14/Audio Track 2-1-15Conversation 1Maria: Hi, Junko.Junko: Hi, Maria. It’s good to see you again!How are you?Maria: I’m fine, thanks. How about you?Junko: I’m fine.Maria: Junko, this is Ricardo. We’re classmates.We’re both taking accounting this semester.Junko: Hi, Ricardo.Ricardo: Hi, Junko.Conversation 2Yong Il: Hi. Let me introduce myself. I’m Yong Il.Ileana: Nice to meet you. My name is Ileana.Yong Il: It’s nice to meet you, too, Ileana.I’d like you to meet Tammy.Ileana: Nice to meet you, Tammy.Tammy: Nice to meet you, too, Ileana.Yong Il: We’re colleagues.We work in the same department.Audio Track 2-1-16Liu Xiang: David, let me introduce you to Shakira, one of the greatest singers and songwriters of our time. She is from Colombia in Latin America.David: It’s very nice to meet you, Shakira.Shakira: Very nice to meet you too, David. What do you do?David: I’m an international footballer and a model.Shakira: Oh! In which country do you play football?David: I’ve won football championships for teams in England, Spain and America. Shakira: That’s wonderful. Did you know Liu Xiang is an extremely talented athlete too?Liu Xiang: Oh Shakira, you are too kind.Video CourseVideo Track 2-1-1Alex: The most important people in my life are my mother, my father, my two sisters, and my brother.Alejandra: My grandmother is a very important person to me. Her name is Ester and she is 80 years old.Kumiko: The special person in my family is my grandfather, because he’s always kind to me and supportive.Calum: My friends are important to me because I like to go out with them and I can talk to them about most things. I think the three most important people in my life are my friends Tony, Dan, and David.Video Track 2-1-2Kumiko: The special person in my family is my grandfather, because he’s always kind to me and supportive.Calum: My friends are important to me because I like to go out with them and I can talk to them about most things. I think the three most important people in my life are my friends Tony, Dan, and David.Video Track 2-1-3Catherine: Memories are very important to me. I have a shoe box where I put all the letters and pictures and all the little things that I’ve collected for the past years and … um … have it in the shoe box.Agnes: My favorite memory is my visit to my grandfather. He was a very old and wise man and he told me a lot of interesting stories.Calum: One of my happiest memories is when I was a child and I went outside Scotland for the first time. I went to an amusement park in France and I had a very good time there with my family. Julianna: One of the happiest memories from my childhood was my first day of school. I was really excited and the thing I wanted the most was to learn how to read.Video Track 2-1-4Sun-hee: Hey, what are you doing?Tara: I’m getting ready for my blind date.Sun-hee: A blind date? You don’t know this man?Tara: No, but he’s a friend of Claudia’s, so it should be OK.Sun-hee: Oh. So where did she meet him?Tara: They met at work. He’s a colleague of hers. He’s from Brazil, too, but he’s working in the US office right now.Sun-hee: Are you excited?Tara: Excited . . . and a little nervous! What jewelry should I wear?Sun-hee: I don’t know. Hey, what’s that? That’s nice.Tara: This? Oh, this is a bracelet my first boyfriend, Joe, gave me. Isn’t it beautiful?Sun-hee: Yeah.Tara: We were so “in love.” Too bad we were only 17 —too young.Sun-hee: What’s this?Tara: That? Oh, that’s a souvenir from my first trip to the US I was five years old.Sun-hee: Why are you still hanging on to it?Tara: Oh, I’m keeping it for the memories.Sun-hee: How about this?Tara: Now, that is my favorite keepsake. It’s a pendant from my grandmother. She gave it to me when I was 18 years old.Sun-hee: For your birthday?Tara: No. I was in my first year of college and things were rough. I had no friends. I hated myclasses. I didn’t think I could make it. And one day my grandmother told me a story.Sun-hee: Yeah?Tara: My grandmother’s father died when she was only eight years old. Things were hard for her family after that. She went to school. She helped out at home and she had a job.Sun-hee: She was just a little girl!Tara: I know. She worked really hard throughout her whole childhood. So, when my grandmother turned 18, her mother gave her this pendant to say “thank you.”Sun-hee: That was nice.Tara: Yeah. So . . . when life was difficult for me in college, my grandmother gave me the pendant as a reminder to be strong …Sun-hee: That’s beautiful. And it’s perfect for tonight.Tara: You know, you’re right. Here goes…Video Track 2-1-5Sun-hee: Hey, what are you doing?Tara: I’m getting ready for my blind date.Sun-hee: A blind date? You don’t know this man?Tara: No, but he’s a friend of Claudia’s, so it should be OK.Sun-hee: Oh. So where did she meet him?Tara: They met at work. He’s a colleague of hers. He’s from Brazil, too, but he’s working in the US office right now.Sun-hee: Are you excited?Tara: Excited … and a little nervous! What jewelry should I wear?Sun-hee: I don’t know. Hey, what’s that? That’s nice.Video Track 2-1-6Tara: This? Oh, this is a bracelet my first boyfriend, Joe, gave me. Isn’t it beautiful?Sun-hee: Yeah.Tara: We were so “in love.” Too bad we were only 17 —too young.Sun-hee: What’s this?Tara: That? Oh, that’s a souvenir from my first trip to the US I was five years old.Sun-hee: Why are you still hanging on to it?Tara: Oh, I’m keeping it for the memories.Video Track 2-1-7Sun-hee: How about this?Tara: Now, that is my favorite keepsake. It’s a pendant from my grandmother. She gave it to me when I was 18 years old.Sun-hee: For your birthday?Tara: No. I was in my first year of college and things were rough. I had no friends. I hated my classes. I didn’t think I could make it. And one day my grandmother told me a story.Sun-hee: Yeah?Tara: My grandmother’s father died when she was only eight years old. Things were hard for her family after that. She went to school. She helped out at home and she had a job.Sun-hee: She was just a little girl!Tara: I know. She worked really hard throughout her whole childhood. So, when my grandmother turned 18, her mother gave her this pendant to say thank you.Sun-hee: That was nice.Tara: Yeah. So …when life was difficult for me in college, my grandmother gave me the pendant as a reminder to be strong …Sun-hee: That’s beautiful. And it’s perfect for tonight.Tara: You know, you’re right. Here goes …。

[al: 全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程2]Unit 1 SportsPart A]Listening StrategyIdentifying NumbersNumbers appear very often in every kind of listening material. The ability to catch the exact numbers spoken in English is an important but difficult skill for a Chinese learner. A good way is to practice over and over again the pronunciation of the numbers, particularly the different ways to say thirteen and thirty, fourteen and forty, etc. It also helps to practice writing down the numbers you hear quickly in numerical forms, without translating them into Chinese. You're going to hear a passage about Michael Jordan, a retired American professional basketball player. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the missing numbers.Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. He was born on Feb.17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. He is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 216 pounds. Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls team for the 1984 season. In the 1986 season he shot 3041 points, the third highest score ever. He was named NBA Slam Dunk Champion（扣篮冠军）in 1987 and won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1988, an honor repeated four times in the next ten years to 1998. Jordan guided his team to win six NBA championships during the 1990s, scoring 45 points during the sixth and last game of the 1998 NBA finals. In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century. Jordan left the NBA at the beginning of the 1993-1994 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball. Since his baseball game wasn't quite as good as his basketball games, he finally gave it up to rejoin the Bulls in 1995. Yet, after playing for five more years, he once again announced his retirement in 1999. But he returned for two more NBA games in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards.[ti:Unit 1 Part B] Listening Tasks A Conversation Why Don't You Join Me at the Gym Sometime?Exercise 1Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. Peter: Hi Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag?Laura: Hi, Peter. I'm off to the gym. I've got to stay in shape, you know. I try to go three times a week, but I'm busy so I can't always make it.Peter: I know more women who work out than men. What's the main reason you work out? For your health, or to look good?Laura: To be honest, for both. With women, good looks are always a very important consideration. Peter: If they were honest, most men who work out would admit that they also do it to look better, and not merely for health reasons.Laura: How about you? Do you get any regular exercise?Peter: I do a lot of walking, for exercise and enjoyment sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a time but I never go to the gym like you do.Laura: Well, walking is good exercise. How about sports?Peter: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball, but it'simpossible to get enough people together for a game now. Mostly I just watch sports on TV.Laura: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends, and sometimes go swimming and cycling by myself.Peter: Oh, I forgot about that. I go cycling sometimes too. And I often go swimming on vacation, but only recreational swimming.Laura: Why don't you join me at the gym sometime? I can get you a guest pass. Peter: Well, maybe someday, but I'm pretty lazy about things like that. Questions1.What do you know about Peter?2.Where might the two speakers be having this conversation? Speaking TasksPair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner.Conversation 1A: What's your plan for this evening?B: Well, there's a good game at the stadium but I haven't got a ticket yet.A: I'm going to the gym. Would you like to come along? I can get a guest pass for you.B: That's wonderful. I'd always wanted to work out in the new gym. Thank you very much. Conversation 2A: Hi, Xiao Wang. Fancy meeting you here! How are you doing?B: Can't complain. I'm busy with my experiments in the lab. But after work I often play some sports．A: Like what?B: Like swimming, running and sometimes tennis.A: Tennis? That's my favorite game. Say, what're you doing this weekend?B: Nothing particular. I guess I'll probably just work in the lab.A: Come on. You need to relax. What about a game of tennis?B: OK.Conversation 3A: Are you doing anything special tomorrow, Bob?B: Not really. Why do you ask?A: Some of us are going motorcycling. Would you like to join us?B: Motorcycling? I've never done that. Isn't it a bit dangerous?A: Maybe, but it's really exciting.B: I enjoy jogging. It's more relaxing.A: That's a good form of exercise. It can help you stay in shape.B: Yes, it's also safer.Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and expressions above in your conversations where appropriate[ti:Unit 1 Part C]Test Your ListeningYou're going to hear five short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the rightanswers to the questions you hear.1.W: I like playing basketball, volleyball and table tennis. What about you?M: Well, tennis is my favorite sport.Q: What sport does the man like?2.W: You don't like boxing very much, do you?M: It's far from being my kind of sport.Q: What does the man mean?3.W: I think yesterday's football game was quite exciting.What about you, John?M: You said it. But it was a bit long.Q: What does the man think about the football game?4.W: Do you like to play chess?M: I like the game, but I don't play it often enough. I'm afraid I'm not a very good chess player.Q: What does the man mean?5.M: I knew the names of all the football players and the dates of all the games in my high school days. But recently I have failed to keep up with football.W: Now you are busy with your golf games.Q: What do you know about the man from the conversation?Unit 2 Food and DrinksPart AListening StrategyListening "Between the Lines"People do not always say directly what they mean. Very often, we have to listen "between the lines". The English language offers many ways for people to imply, rather than directly state, their meaning. To find out what a speaker really means, we can rely on such things as the context, the meaning of an idiom, and the intonation used. For example, if someone says "I have an essay to write" in answerto an invitation to go somewhere, we can infer from the context that he cannot accept the invitation. And if someone says "Andrew passed with flying colors" in reply to an inquiry about how Andrew did on a test, we can infer from the meaning of the idiom "to pass with flying colors" that Andrew did very well on the test. Often, intonation also helps to reveal the real meaning of a message. For example, "He is very clever" said with an ironic tone means just the opposite. You are going to hear eight short conversations between two speakers.Listen carefully and write down "Yes" or "No" to each of the following questions. 1.M: Have you ever been to that big restaurant opposite the school gate?W: Yes, many times.Whenever my friends come to visit me, I'll take them there to eat.2.W: Is there something wrong, sir?M: My wife and I have been kept waiting for nearly an hour for our meal.3.W: Where is the cake I made this morning?M: We ate it, mom. Can you make another one for us?4.W: I hear you like chicken very much.M: Next to beef.5.M: Have you tried this wine before?W: No, never. It's my first time, but it's really to my taste.6.W: John, do you want a soda?M: Soda? I think it tastes like medicine.7.W: Why, the fish is left almost untouched.M: Well, it would be good if it were less salty.8.M: Hi, Sue, would you like to eat out tonight?W: Oh, I'd really like to, but my sister may come to visit me this evening..[ti:Unit 2 Part B]Listening TasksA ConversationWhat About Dining Out?Exercise 1Listen to the conversation and complete the following sentences.Peter: Hi, Kate.Kate: Hi, Peter. How have you been?Peter: Oh, OK, I guess. And you?Kate: Not too bad. We haven't seen each other for a while, have we?Peter: No, we haven't. So that makes me ask. Do you have any plan for this Saturday? Kate: No, not yet, I don't think so. Why?Peter: What do you think about getting together and going out to dinner this weekend?Kate: That would be great. Do you have any particular place in mind?Peter: Well, I think I'd like to eat something that's not too heavy. I've been eating a little too much lately.Kate: Me too.Peter: I love Italian food, but maybe we should skip that this time. They always seem to serve so much food in Italian restaurants, and you end up eating more than you wanted to.Kate: Chinese food would be good.Peter: Yes, or maybe some Japanese sushi. That style uses a lot of natural flavors, and not much oil or cream or heavy sauces.Kate: Yes, either of those choices would be good. Let's just meet on Saturday night, and decide then where to eat.Peter: That's fine by me. Speaking TasksPair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner.Conversation 1(At the school canteen)A: What a crowd!B: This is the worst time. The morning classes are just over. Everybody is hungry and rushes here to have lunch.A: That's true. I'm starving and I can't wait. I'd rather not stand in a long line. B: Why don't we have some fried noodles?A: Noodles are sold at No. 2 Box. No queue there, you see.B: That's great.(At No. 2 Box)Counter hand: What can I get you?A: One plate of fried noodles, please.B: Make it two.Counter hand: OK. Two plates of fried noodles. Anything else?A: How much is the tomato soup?Counter hand: It's free. It goes with the noodles.A: I see. (to B) Do you want any soup?B: Yes.A: (to counter hand) Two bowls of soup, please.Conversation 2(At a fast food restaurant)Counter hand: What can I do for you?Customer: I'll have one order of chicken nuggets and a chicken sandwich.Counter hand: Anything to drink?Customer: A small Sprite. No ice, please.Counter hand: Okay. For here or to go?Customer: For here.Conversation 3(At a Chinese restaurant)Waiter: Are you ready to order?A: Do you have any recommendations?Waiter: Yes. The Sichuan style crispy whole fish is very good.It's today's special.A: Mary, would you like to try that? I hear it's very good.B: Why not? And I'd like shrimp in black bean sauce, too. It's my favorite.Waiter: Okay. Anything else?A: What about some vegetables, Mary?B: Yes. How about spinach?A: Spinach is fine with me.Waiter: Anything to drink?A: Yes. I'd like one Bud Light, please. What'll you have, Mary?B: Orange juice, please.Waiter: One Bud Light and one orange juice. Is that right?A: Right.Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and expressions above in your conversations where appropriate[ti:Unit 2 Part C]Test Your ListeningListen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.A: Well, here we are, not too crowded.B: Great! Let's order quickly so we can chat a little.A: OK. What are you in the mood for?B: Something light. I had a huge breakfast and I'm still full.A: There are three salads. Or you could have soup and a sandwich.B: What are you having? A hamburger, I suppose.A: No, actually I ate out last night. We had pizza at Pizza Hut, then a late snack at Kentucky Fried Chicken.B: Oh, dear. Well, maybe you should have a salad.A: Yes, I think so. Look, the daily special is spaghetti. That sounds good.B: Oh, the prices are great too. I'll have that as well.A: Now let's decide on drinks.B: I'll just have coffee and a glass of iced water.A: Italian food needs red wine, you know.B: But we have to go back to work.A: OK, a Coke for me then.B: Here comes the waitress. Let me order first.Questions1.What is the relationship between the two speakers?2.Where does the conversation take place?3.What will they order?Unit 3 WeatherPart AListening StrategyListening for Important DetailsBesides understanding the main idea of a listening text, we often find it necessary to grasp the important details as well. What counts as important details depends on the kind of information we want. Generally speaking, if we are listening to the narration of an event, we need to sharpen our ears not only for what happened, but also when and where, how and why it happened. In listening to a weather report, on the other hand, the important details we should watch out for are the current weather conditions, temperature, and weather outlook. You're going to hear two short passages about weather. While listening, pay attention to such details as the weather conditions, temperature, weather outlook, damage caused by bad weather and so on, and write them down in note form.Then complete the exercises in your book.1.The weather today: a fine day is in store nearly everywhere, with the best of the sunshine in southern and central areas of Britain. A pleasant day, then, with long sunny periods developing. There will be light winds with a maximum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, 64 degrees Fahrenheit. Look at the outlook for the next few days:it will become mostly cloudy with heavy showers moving in from the west.2.A storm in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin Province, claimed four lives on Sunday. The storm lasted about three hours from around 8 p.m. The winds reached speeds of over a hundred miles an hour, causing serious damage and awidespread power failure.[ti:Unit 3 Part B]Listening TasksA ConversationDid You Hear the Forecast?Exercise 1Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. Alan: Oh, look at the sky, Michelle! It's starting to get cloudy.Michelle: I see it. I hope it doesn't rain. I thought it was going to be a fine day today.Alan: That's certainly what the department was hoping for when they chose today as the date for the annual picnic.Michelle: You can't have a picnic without good weather. You need sunshine for all the eating and games and entertainment.Alan: Yeah, sunshine —but not too much! Do you remember last year?Michelle: I sure do. It was so hot all we did was look for shade, look for ways to escape from the sun.Alan: And no one wanted to participate in any of the planned activities. All we wanted was cold drinks. And then we dozed off.Michelle: If there had just been the tiniest breeze to cool us off.Alan: But there wasn't. Just that burning sun, without a cloud in the sky, and the temperature just seemed to climb higher and higher.Michelle: Well, we don't have that problem this year, apparently. Alan, did you hear the weather forecast? Is it supposed to rain?Alan: I don't know. I didn't catch the weather report. But maybe if it rains, itwill only be a short shower which cools things off a little. That might not be bad. Questions1.What are Alan and Michelle mainly doing?2.What do you know about Alan?3.What can you infer from the conversation?Speaking TasksListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner.Conversation 1A: What lovely weather we're having! Nice and cool.B: Yeah, I really like this kind of weather.A: What's the temperature today ？B: The high is 26 and the low is 20. The weather forecast says the good weather is likely to last, too.A: I hope so. Conversation 2A: It seems to be clearing up. All the dark clouds are gone and the sun is coming out.B: Yes. Let's just hope it stays this way. I hate rainy days.A: I think it will continue to be fine for the next few days. Anyhow, that's whatthe weatherman says.B: That's great. Let's go for a walk, shall we ？A: All right.Conversation 3A: It's hot and humid, isn't it? I can hardly breathe.B: Yeah. I feel suffocating too.A: Are summers always this hot here? It's almost like in the desert.B: Yes, especially in July and August.A: Well, what did the weatherman say?B: He said another heat wave is on the way.A: Oh no! I hope not.B: How about going out to the beach to cool off ？A: Good idea. Maybe it's the only place for this sort of weather.Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and expressions above in your conversations where appropriate..[ti:Unit 3 Part CTest Your ListeningYou're going to hear five short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.1.W: It's been freezing for the last few days.M: Yes. And the forecast says there will be more snow next week, accompanied by strong winds.Q: What will the weather be like next week?2.M: We haven't had such a severe winter for a long time, have we?W: No, and the forecast says it's going to get worse before it warms up.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?3.W: What if it rains hard? What are we going to do?M: I think it will clear up soon. But if it keeps raining, the whole thing will have to be cancelled.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?4.M: How was the weather when you left New York?W: It was very much like the weather in Beijing. You don't have to take a lot of clothes.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?5.W: If it is this hot tomorrow, we may have to give up the idea of playing tennis in the afternoon.M: The weather forecast says it will cloud over by noon.Q: What does the man mean?Unit 4 MusicPart AListening StrategyListening for Signal WordsThe ability to identify signal words can help us follow the thread of the speaker'sthought. People often use signal words or phrases like "but", "therefore" and "as a result" to add a comment that contrasts with what has just been said or to signal what they are about to say is the result or cause of their previous remarks. Similarly, words and phrases like "for example", "most importantly", "first", "second", "finally" and "then" usually signal that the speaker is going to provide an illustration or emphasize a certain point or discuss several aspects of a certain topic. So we should pay attention to signal words in listening as they will prepare us for what is going to be said. You're going to hear four short passages.Listen carefully and write down the signal word(s) in each passage. Then choose a, b, c or d to indicate the function of the signal word(s) used in each of the passages.1.Most people like music. In fact, we are surrounded by it. It's on the radio and television and can be heard in stores and restaurants. However, not everyone likes the same kind of music.2.The manager of the music shop was called Brian Epstein. Because so many people had asked for a record by the Sun, Epstein decided to go and listen to the group himself.3.Firstly I would like to talk about classical music and its representative composers, then I will move on to jazz music, and finally I will focus on pop music in the last century.4.We listen to exciting music and our hearts beat faster, our blood pressure rises, and our blood flows more quickly. In short, we're stimulated.[ti:Unit 4 Part B] Listening Tasks A PassageBackground MusicExercise 1Listen to the passage. As you listen, read the signal words in your book and put a tick () in the brackets after the ones you have heard.Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music. To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing atmosphere. Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost sales or increase factory production by as much as a third. But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow musicisn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving —unless, of course,the resulting indigestion leads to complaints. Questions1. Where was recorded background music first used?2. What was the original purpose of background music?3.What kind of music can have a powerful effect on customers in shops?4.Why doesn't the same kind of music work in restaurants according to the passage? Speaking Tasks Pair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner.Conversation 1A: Do you like English songs?B: I'm crazy about them.A: What's your favorite song?B: It's hard to say. There are so many beautiful songs.A: Who's your favorite singer then?B: Sarah Brightman, undoubtedly. I do admire her, you know. I love all her songs. A: I like her, too, but not that much.Conversation 2A: Do you care for opera?B: Yes, I do, very much.A: Which do you like better, opera or musical?B: Opera.A: Do you just listen to it or go to performances?B: I prefer going to a performance. It has everything, color and spectacle and great music. A: Why don't we go and see Aida together? It's being performed at the Grand Theater. B: I've seen it already. It's excellent.A: Oh, lucky you! Conversation 3 A: Do you enjoy listening to music?B: Yes, very much. I enjoy listening to music more than any other pastime.A: What's your favorite music?B: It depends. When I am in a good mood, I'd prefer something exciting, with a fast rhythm. But if I feel low, I can only listen to something soft and quiet.A: Mm, me too.Now make similar conversations. Use the structures and expressions above where appropriate. Your conversations should include the following points.[ti:Unit 4 Part C] Test Your Listening Listen to the passage three times and supply the missing information.Celine Dion is the youngest of 14 children in a working-class family in Quebec, Canada. Her parents, who both loved music, encouraged her to develop her musical talent. At 12, Celine had composed the song "It Was Only a Dream". Her mother and brother helped her to make a recording of that song and sent it off to an address they found on an album of a popular French singer. The address was that of Rene Angelil, who became her first conquest, but there would be millions more. Celine's rise from a teenage singer to a pop superstar has been steady, but not without difficulties. Record companies were at first less enthusiastic about investing in a teenager than Angelil, who mortgaged his own home to pay for her first album. But her first two albums won a great success. And by 1983 she became the first Canadian ever to have a gold record in France. In 1990, Celine made her first English language record with Unison but her real breakthrough in America came when she was selected by Disney to sing the theme song of Beauty and the Beast. The song went toNo.1 on the chart and won both a Grammy and an Academy award. In 1996 she performed at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and in 1997 she recorded the theme song for Titanic, and her name became synonymous with the enormously successful film. Celine Dion's favorite theme is love. She sings the depth and the power of love in a great many of her hits such as "Love Can Move Mountains", "Because You Loved Me", "The Power of Love" and, of course, the theme song of Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On".Unit 5 Health Part A Listening StrategyIdentifying the Relationship Between the Speakers in a Conversation Identifying the relationship between the speakers in a conversation is an important skill in listening comprehension. Although sometimes the conversationitself does not contain words that say exactly what the relationship is, we can rely on contextual clues to find it out. Such clues include the degree of intimacy (e.g., how intimately the speakers address each other, what endearments are used), the degree of politeness (strangers tend to be more polite towards each other than friends or family members), and the particular situation (at a doctor's consulting room, at a shop, etc.).Listen to the following conversations and choose the right answers to the questions that follow the conversations.1.M: What's the trouble?W: I feel dizzy and my whole body aches.M: How long have you been sick?W: Two or three days now.M: How's your appetite?W: I've got no appetite. The sight of food simply turns my stomach. What's wrong with me?M: You seem to be generally run-down.Q: What is the mnost probable relationship between the two speakers?2.W: What's the matter, Jack? You look pale.M: Oh, I feel terrible.W: Why? What's the matter?M: I have a splitting headache and a sore throat.W: Why didn't you tell me?M: I thought they might go away, but I feel worse this morning. I'm aching all over. W: Hmm. You feel warm, too. You must have got a fever. There's a pretty bad flu going around, you know.Q: What's the most probable relationship between the two speakers? [ti:Unit 5 Part B]Listening TasksA ConversationGoing to See the DoctorExercise 1Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to complete the statements. D: So what's your trouble?P: Well, doctor, I haven't been feeling well lately. My biggest problem is that I'm having trouble sleeping.D: Have you tried any of the sleeping medications available?P: I've tried one or two, but they don't seem to help.D: How long have you had this problem?P: Three or four months —it's been rather a long time now.D: Are you suffering from an unusual level of stress in your life lately?P: Not more than usual. My biggest worry is the fact I can't sleep.D: Well, some people don't need as much sleep as others.P: But I feel tired all day, so it is a problem for me.D: Have you been experiencing any other symptoms?P: I've also had a lot of indigestion lately.D: Well, you are a little overweight, aren't you?P: Yes. And I've gained about seven kilograms this past year.D: You really should try to lose at least that extra weight. Do you get much exercise? P: No, not very much.D: Physical activity is very important.P: So what do you recommend, doctor?D: I will give you some medications for your insomnia and your indigestion. But I also recommend that you begin a regular exercise program.P: But I have neither the time nor the money to go to a gym.D: You don't need to go to a gym. A simple walking program would be very beneficial for you.I think you'll find that diet and exercise will be very helpful in taking care of your recent complaints.Speaking TasksPair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner.Conversation 1D: What's wrong with you?P: I have a burning stomachache. And I feel like vomiting, too.D: How long has it been like this?P: Since yesterday.D: What did you eat yesterday? Did you eat seafood?P: Yes. I had some crabs at lunch and then I just felt terrible.D: Yours seems to be a minor case of food poisoning.P: What do you think I should do, doctor?D: I'll give you some medications for your stomachache and indigestion. And don't eat any seafood for the next week or so.P: I won't, doctor. Thank you.Conversation 2D: What seems to be the problem?P: I hurt my left foot yesterday. I missed one step while coming down the stairs.。

Unit11.Most countries take a census every 10 years or so in order to count the people and to knowwhere they are living.1.大多数国家每10年左右进行一次人口普查，以便统计人口并了解他们的居住区域。

2. A country with a growing population is a country that is becoming more populous.2.人口增长的国家是一个人口越来越多的国家。

3. A person’s race is partly determined by skin color and type of hair as well as other physical characteristics.3.一个人的种族部分取决于肤色和头发类型以及其他身体特征。

4. The majority of the U.S. population is of European origin.4.大多数美国人口来自欧洲5. The geographical distribution of a country’s population gives information about where the people are living.5.一个国家人口的地理分布提供了人们居住地的信息。

6. Many different kinds of people comprise the total U.S. population. In other words, people of different races and ages make up the population.6.许多不同类型的人构成美国总人口。

换句话说，不同种族和年龄的人构成了人口。

7. The median age of the U.S. population, which is a relatively large one, has been getting progressively higher recently.7.美国人口的年龄中位数相对较大，最近逐渐上升。

新世纪大学英语（第二版）学术英语视听说教程第2册Unit3_听力原文Whether you love it or hate it, work is a major part of most people ' s lives everywhere in tl world. America ns are no excepti on. America ns might compla in about “ blue Mon day, ” whe n the' have to go back to work after the weeke nd, but most of them put a lot of importa nee on their job, not only in terms of money but also in terms of ide ntity .In fact, whe n America ns are in troduced to a new pers on, they almost always ask each other, “ What do you do? ” They are really ask ing, “ What is your job or profession? ” Today, however, we won ' t look at work in terms of what workmeans socially or psychologically. Rather, um, we ' re going to take a look at work in the UnitedStates today in three differe nt ways. First, we ' ll take a historical look at work in "America. Uh, well do that by look ing at how things cha nged for the America n worker from the year 1900 to the year of the latest statistics, 2010. That is, from the begi nning of the twen tieth cen tury to rece nt times. Then we ' ll look at how U.S. workers are doing today. And after that, we ' ll take a loo some possible reas ons for the curre nt econo mic situati on. And fin ally, we ' ll look at what peop are saying about what the government should and should not do in order to improve the country ' s economy.As we look at the changes over the last century or so, we ' re going to use a lot of statistics to describe these changes. First, let ' consider how the type of work people were involved in cha nged. At the beg inning of the twen tieth cen tury, in 1900, about 38 perce nt of the workforce was involved in agriculture; that is, theyworked on a farm. By the end of the century, only 3 percent still worked on farms, and by 2010, only about 1 percent worked in agriculture. There was also a large decrease in the number of people working in industry, that is, in making, or manufacturing, things in factories. The number of workers in industry is down from over 30 perce nt in 1900 to just over 22 perce nt in 2010.While the number of people in agriculture and manufacturing industries went down, the number of people in the services went up. As you may know, services, rather than goods or products, provide other less con crete things that people n eed. A few examples in clude educati on, health care, transportation, tourism, banking, advertising, and legal services. Cafes, restaurants, and fast-food outlets like McDonald ' s are part of the service sector, as are retail sales jobs, driving taxis, and pump ing gas. The services workforce jumped from 31 perce nt of the workforce in 1900 to 77 perce nt in 2010.Let ' s recap the numbers: in 1900, 38 percent in agriculture;31 percent in industry; and 31 percent in services. In 2010, about 1 percent in agriculture; 22 percent in industry; and 77 perce nt in services.To put things into perspec tive, let ' s compare the United States today to China, where the picture is very differe nt. From your experie nee, would you expect China to have more workers in agriculture or in industry? Well, it may or may not surprise you, but in China, agriculture takes up only 10 perce nt of the workforce, in dustry a huge 47 perce nt, and services 43 perce nt. Figures for the entire world are somewhere between China ' s and the United States ' figures: 6 percent, 31percent, and 63 percent for agriculture, industry, and serv ices, respectively. Let ' s get back to thechanges in the U.S. workforce in the last century or so.There are just two more points I wan ted to bring up. First, child labor was not unu sual at the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1900, there were 1,750,000 children aged 10 to 15 working full-time in the labor force. This was 6percent of the labor force. Over the years, child labor laws became much stricter and by 1999, it was illegal for anyone under 16 to work full-time in any of the 50 states. Second, while the number of children in the workforce went down, the nu mber of wome n went up dramatically .In 1900, only 19 perce nt of wome n were employed; in 2010, almost 73 perce nt of wome n were holdi ng dow n jobs.OK, now let ' s take a look at how tUS. workforce is doing today. First, let me say that for much of the twen tieth cen tury, U.S. workers saw risi ng wages, in creased ben efits like Social Security and health in sura nee, and better work ing con diti ons. However, things are not so rosy for today ' workers. First, let 'look at wages. The U.S. workforce is still considered extremely productive among the industrialized nations of the world, but while its productivity has continued to in crease since the 1970s, wages for the worki ng class have not in creased. Also the nu mber of the un employed has bee n high for some of the past few years.Let me give you some statistics that may help you un dersta nd the impact of stag nant wages and high un employme nt. Shortly after World War II, a child born in poverty, that is, to a poorfamily, had a 50 perce nt cha nee of being in the middle class as an adult. But by 1980, a pers on born in poverty had a 40 perce nt cha nee. In 2012, econo mists told us that his or her cha neeof entering the middle class was only 33 percent.Fin ally, let ' s take a look at some of the possible reas ons for the curre nt situati on. First of all, agriculture in the Un ited States has become much more mecha ni zed and more efficie nt, so fewer people are n eeded to grow crops and raise ani mals. Most people agree that outsourci ng, that is, sending some U.S. manufacturing and service work overseas to countries like China and India that have lower wages, is one reas on. At the same time, these coun tries manu facture products that they can export to the Un ited States and other coun tries more cheaply tha n U.S. compa nies can manu facture them. Also we should keep in mi nd that some adva nces in tech no logy have eliminated a lot of the jobs that required workers in the past. I ' m thinking of robots in the autc industry and bank ATM machines, for example. In addition to outsourcing and advances in tech no logy, unions, which protect workers ' rights, have become weaker in the past decades. Theresult is lower wages and even loss of jobs for people from factory workers to teachers. Some econo mists point out that the America n con sumer has ben efited from outsourc ing and tech no logy in that many products are much cheaper. That is cold comfort to millio ns of workers who have lost their jobs, of course. Let ' s leote a s onsn e morOther possible causes for the economic problems may be government policies and legislati on, among them tax cuts and lack of regulati on of bus in esses, especially large corporati ons and finan cial in stituti ons such as ban ks, mortgage compa ni es, and in vestme nt firms. Tax cuts mean the gover nment has less money to provide programs to help people in difficulty or to in vest in educatio n and research. Lack of regulatio n of finan cialin stituti ons has led to their making very risky investments, risky investments that have led to loss of jobs, lost pensions, and loss of homes. It ' s important to note, however, that many people believe that high taxes and toomuch regulati on pull dow n the economy.These issues are very difficult on es, and discussi ons about how tofix the economycan get very heated. Liberals and conservatives blame each other, and the politicalprocess seems more polarized than ever before.However, let ' s not forget that the United States has survived manyeconomic downturns in the p ast and “cautious optimism ” about the U.S. economy seems to be the watchword of the day in n ewspapers and magaz ine articles about the economy at this time. Even the prestigious WorldEconomic Forum, which met in Davos, Switzerland, in late January of 2012, expressed optimism and cauti on, in other words, “ cautious optimism. ”.。