现代大学英语听力1 课堂听力Unit 7

bargaining shop： a shop where customers can bargain over the prices of the goods
clearance sales: special retail sale, usually held to move out completely a type or brand of product from inventory 清仓削价销售 a good buy: Sth. you buy at a low or reasonable price 便宜货 上算的买卖
5. B. He kept his promise (He was as good as his words for he held up an electric razor and asked a young man who from the look of his face needed it whether it was worth six pence. The man had no doubt about the matter and was promptly handed the razor for the sum asked. )
Ex. Listen and choose the best answer
1. C. Everthing in the shop was said to be sold at a discounted price. (A man shouting the greatest sale of the year was about to begin.) 2. A. Sorts of small articles without much value (A harassed assistant began to pile all sorts of odds and ends on the shelves, table lamps, cutlery sets, clocks, electric razors, crockery, vases)

Unit 7Task 1【答案】1) They are Emma, Mark and Jane.2) Emma wants a joke book; Mark wants a model train, and Jane wants a radio.3) The joke book costs two pounds fifty. The radio costs twenty-seven pounds ninety-nine pence. We don’t know the exact price of the model train, but it must be very expensive.【原文】Jane: What are you doing EmmaEmma: I’m writing to Father Christmas.Mark: Oh —she’s asking for Christmas presents. What do you want Emma Emma: Well, I can read now. I like books. So, I want a joke book.Jane: Look. Here’s one in this magazine. It costs two pounds fifty. It’s very nice.Emma: Yes, it is. I know, I can ask Father Christmas to bring presents for you and Mark, too.Mark: Good idea! Well, I like...Jane: Trains! You like trains. We know.M ark: So I want this train. Look. Isn’t it splendidJane: Mark, that model train costs...Mark: Yes, Jane, I can see the price, but look at it.Jane: Well, I don’t want a train.Emma: There are some nice dolls.Jane: Oh Emma. I’m fifteen years old. I don’t like dolls. I want a radio for my bedroom. Then I can listen to all my favourite songs.Mark: A radio. Here’s one. Look. It costs twenty-seven pounds, ninety-nine pence.Jane: That’s OK. Right Emma. Finish your letter to Father Christmas. Tell him to put a joke book, a train and a radio in his big sack. And don’t forg et to put the right address on the letter!Task 2【答案】A.1) EmmaShe is going to bed now.2) MarkHe’s having a bath. Now he’s washing his feet and singing a carol.3) JaneShe is putting the last Christmas Cards on the table in the hall.4) Mr. PhillipsHe’s putting all the presents under the tree. He’s thinking about his busy day.5) Mrs. PhillipsShe’s preparing all the food for tomorrow’s mealsB.1) d 2) a 3) c【原文】It’s 8 pm on Christmas Eve. Everyone is happy because tomorrow is Christmas Day. But everyone is busy too. There’s a lot of work to do. Here is the Phillips’ family in their home. What are they all doingEmma is going to bed now. She’s hanging up her empty stocking for Father Christmas. She’s thinking of the presents under the tree. She wants to open all her presents now, but she can’t. She must open them in the morning.Mark is in the bathroom. He’s going to a party tonight, so he’s having a ba th. Now he’s washing his feet and singing a carol.Jane is putting the last Christmas cards on the table in the hall. She can’t put them in the sitting-room or the dining-room because they are full of cards. She’s listening to the carol-singers.There is no one in the dining-room. It’s empty.Mr. Phillips is in the sitting-room. He’s putting all the presents under the tree. He’s thinking about his busy day. Parents always work hard at Christmas.And where’s Mrs. Phillips She is working in the kitchen. She’s preparing all the food for tomorrow’s meals. The Christmas pudding is ready, and so is the turkey. Now she is decorating the cake. She’s having a glass of sherry because it’s Christmas.There are some carol-singers in the street. They are singing carols and collecting money for poor people. Now they are knocking on the front door of the Phillips’ house.The church bells are ringing too. Everyone can hear them. And there, in the sky, a. long way away... Who’s that It’s Father Christmas. He’s driving through the sky in his sleigh. Tonight’s a busy night for him. He’s thinking about all those black chimneys. And he’s looking at a long list of children’s names and addresses. Is Emma Phillips on his listTask 3【答案】A.read, drew, made, drank, had, flew, went, see, rememberB.1) a, 2) c, 3) b【原文】How much do you remember of the time when you were a child You got up early every morning and went to school. You read books at school. You drew pictures andmade things out of clay. You drank milk every day and ate things that were good for you. Perhaps you had plaits. Perhaps you flew a kite. Perhaps you went abroad for your holidays. You can see photographs of yourself in the family album. They help you to remember the distant past.I remember the Christmas holidays best. It was always cold. The days were very short. The nights were long and dark. It wasn’t a good time of the y ear — except for one thing. I always received presents at Christmas. I can remember the bright lights in the streets. I can remember the big shops and the crowds. My mother always took me to London to see the lights. And she always took me to one of the big shops to meet Father Christmas. This was a special event every year. I always met Father Christmas in a big shop. I always asked for lots of presents and he always brought them for me.Two weeks before Christmas one year, I went to London with my mother. I was five years old at the time. I shall never forget the day. It was cold and dark. But the shop windows were very bright. The streets were full of people. There were crowds in the streets and crowds in the shops. My mother held my hand tightly and we both went into a big shop.It was warm and bright in the shop. We both went upstairs to the toy department. The toy department was full of children. There were lovely toys everywhere: cars, bicycles and planes. Then I saw my old friend at one end of the department store: Father Christmas himself! I pulled my mother by the hand. “Please take me to Father Christmas,” I said. There were lots of chi ldren near Father Christmas. They were standing in a line. Father Christmas spoke to every one of them. At last it was my turn.“Hello, little boy,” he said to me. “Where do you live”“Don’t you know” I answered. “You came last year.”I can’t remember what Father Christmas answered. But I remember one thing.I was very sad. Father Christmas hadn’t remembered my name. He called me “little boy”. And he hadn’t remembered my address. I got my presents that year, as usual, but it wasn’t the same. Something had changed.Task 4【答案】A. past, future, memories, hopes, fearsB. b【原文】In late October in the northern half of the world, the days grow shorter and the nights grow longer. It is colder and darker. There is mist and fog, and cold winds blow. The leaves fall from the trees, and their black skeletons stand out against the autumn sky. The year is ending and everything is dying. Winter is coming, with its long dark nights. People stay at home in the evenings and at weekends. Old people remember the past and young people think of the future. It is a time of memories, of hopes and fears. It is the time of Halloween.Halloween marks the end of autumn and the start of winter. In the past this festival was a time of fear. People believed in ghosts and witches and they stayed indoors. On October 31st, Halloween, the ghosts of the dead rose from their graves, and all the witches of the world rode through the sky on their broomsticks. Today this ancient festival is a time for fun, for Halloween parties. You can see ghosts and witches, but they are ordinary people in fancy dress. Everyone eats rich autumn food, pumpkin pie or ginger cake. People make lanterns from pumpkins. And they try to tell the future.Task 5【答案】A.1) There were only seven small houses to live in. So everyone had to squeeze intogether. You might have had four or five extra people living with your family. 2) Your house was dark inside. You couldn’t see anything out of the tiny windows because they were made from oiled cloth, not glass.3) The air was full of smoke from the fish-oil lamps and from the big fireplace, where something was cooking all day long.B.1) F, 2) F【原文】What would it be like if you were there on the first Thanksgiving Day (PartⅠ) What would your house be likeCrowded! There were only seven small houses to live in. So everyone had to squeeze in together. You might have had four or five extra people living with your family.Each house had only one room, called the hall. The hall was your kitchen, bedroom, dining room, and your living room. There was also a loft upstairs, but that was used for storage.The furniture got moved around a lot. When it was time to eat, out came the wooden benches and boards that were used to make a table.At night, the benches and the boards were laced against the walls. Out came the lumpy mattresses, which were laid right on the cold dirt floor.If you were one of the lucky ones, your family might have a real bed. Your parents slept on top and you slept in the “trun dle” bed hidden unde rneath. It was like a big drawer that was pulled out at bedtime.Your house was dark inside. You couldn’t see anything out of the tiny windows because they were made from oiled cloth, not glass.And it was smelly! The air was full of smoke from the fish-oil lamps and from the big fireplace, where something was cooking all day long.Task 6【答案】A.1) Because most of the water in England was polluted in the early 1600s. You could get very sick from it. But beer was safe because it has alcohol in it, and alcohol kills germs. So, tha t’s what people drank every day.2) Doing the laundry was a really big job in those days. First, the women had to make soap out of animal fat and ashes. That took a long time. Then the children had to carry water from the stream, so it could be boiled in big outdoor pots. After everything was washed, the laundry was hung on bushes to dry.B.1) F, 2) F【原文】What would it be like if you were there on the first Thanksgiving Day (Part II)Did the Pilgrims think drinking beer was wrongNo. The Pilgrims were very religious. They thought it was a sin to get drunk. But they did drink beer. They drank beer because it was safer than water.Most of the water in England was polluted in the early 1600s. You could get very sick from it. But beer was safe because it has alcohol in it, and alcohol kills germs. So, that’s what people drank every day.But their beer was not like the beer today. The women made it at home. There was very little alcohol in it, so you wouldn’t get drunk from drinking it with your food.People had beer for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They thought it was good for you. Children started drinking it as soon as they were able to hold a cup in their hands.Who had to clean the dishesNobody! The Pilgrims didn’t clean their dishes with soap a nd water the way we do today. The women and girls just rinsed the pottery bowls, wooden platters, cups, knives, and spoons and put them back on the shelf.Napkins were washed only once a month. You can imagine how dirty they got! But the Pilgrims weren’t b othered by dirt the way we are. They were used to it. And doing the laundry was a really big job in those days.First, the women had to make soap out of animal fat and ashes. That took a long time. Then the children had to carry water from the stream, so it could be boiled in big outdoor pots. After everything was washed, the laundry was hung on bushes to dry.Task 7【答案】【原文】Every Saint Patrick’s Day, my whole family has to wear green. If someone does not, then everyone gets to pinch that person! Last year, my grandpa forgot to wear green! He finally found some, so we didn’t pinch him.Every Easter, my Nanny gives my brother and me a small Easter egg with a clue in it. We follow clue after clue until we come to a prize. This is my favourite holiday tradition.My favourite traditional holiday is the Chinese New Year. I like it because my family goes to a Chinese temple in Los Angeles. It is very beautiful and exciting. We get to see Chinese dragons dance on the streets.On the night before Christmas, we go around our town and look at the Christmas decorations on all the houses. While we look at the lights, we eat hot boiled peanuts. When we get home, we read The Polar Express and Christmas story.At our church on Easter, we put a bunch of flowers on a cross out by the road. It turns out very colorful and very beautiful! I love getting my picture taken in front of it. That is my favourite holiday tradition.In India, we have a holiday called Holi. We call our friends, get together, and throw at each other water with paint mixed in it. It is great fun. I love Holi!Task 8【答案】【原文】In Japan, New Year’s Day is also celebrated on lst January. At midnight on the last day of the old year, the bells in every Buddhist temple are struck one hundred and eight times. As the sound of the bells dies away, the New Year begins and Buddhists think about ways in which they can live better in the year to come.The theme of water, which is used in baptism to wash away the sins of the world, is also linked with a pre-Christian custom — the tradition of Well-dressing. At one time, the fear of summer drought led people to make offerings to the water spirits, who were thought to live in springs and wells. Decorating wells with flowers, shells, moss and other natural objects depicting a religious subject is an art passed on from father to son in English villages.Each year, on the fifth day of May, Japanese boys look forward to Kodomono-hi or Children’s Day. On this day, families with young boys fly colourful streamers and enormous kites, in the shape of carps, from a large pole in the garden. The streamers and carp kites symbolize a family. The first kite represents the father, the second kite, the mother and the third kite, the children. Inside the houses, families display traditional warrior dolls and bathe the children in iris leaves. The main purpose of this festival is to show young boys the importance of qualities such as strength and determination.Task 9【答案】【原文】A major festival of the Chinese year is the Dragon Boat Festival or Duanwu Jie. This commemorates the death of a national hero, Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in protest against a corrupt government. It is said that dumplings made of rice, meat and other ingredients were thrown into the river to feed the fish so that they would not eat his body and the water was beaten with paddles to scare off other dangerous creatures in the river. Today, boats decorated with dragon heads and tails compete with each other in a race accompanied by a great deal of drum beating and noise. One of the most colourful Dragon Boat Festivals takes place in Hong Kong where an international boat race has been held in the month of June each year since 1976.The Ferragosto on 15 August is the climax of the Italian holiday season. It is a family occasion that takes place each year on Assumption Day, the day on which the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate the ascent of the Virgin Mary to Heaven.In Mexico, one of the most important festivals of the year is the Festival of the Dead on All Souls Day. This is both a Christian and an early American Indian celebration at which people light candles in memory of the dead.Task 10【答案】At midnight of Christmas Eve or early in the morning on Christmas, Christians go to church for a special service. On Christmas morning, everyone opens their presents and then it’s time to decorate the table with candles and Christmas crackers. For Christmas dinner people eat roast turkey, roast potatoes, green vegetables and sauces. Then they have Christmas pudding. After dinner they put on paper hats. They read out the jokes from the crackers or play games. At five o’clock pm it’s time for tea and Christmas cake.The day after Christmas is Boxing Day. People visit their relations or go to parties. Or they just spend a quiet day at home. No one works on Boxing Day, After Christmas everyone needs a holiday!。

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Faith:IagYee.I’llpassthisschedulebYthediYectoYfoYafinallook.Task5【答案】1)ThestudentwantstohavesomeinfoYmationaboutthecouYsesatSwanSchool.2)EachcouYselastsfoYthYeeweeks.3)It’uallYfouYandahalfdaYseachweek.4)ThefiYstcouYsebeginsonthe3YdofJulYandlastsuntilthe20thofJulYandthesecondcouYs eisfYomthe24thofJulYuntilthe10thofAugust.5)EachcouYsecosts￡150plusVAT,whichis15peYcent,anda￡5YegistYationfee.6)FoYeachcouYsethedepositis￡20.7)AladYaYYangestheaccommodationfoYthestudentswithOYfoYdfamilies.8)TheYcanchoosetohavebedandbYeakfastonlYwhichis￡20aweek,oYbed,bYeakfastanddinneYwhichisabout￡27aweek.【原文】Yeceptionist:GoodmoYning.CanIhelpYou?Student:Yes,please.IwouldwanttohavesomeinfoYmationaboutthe…eYm…thecouYsesatSw anSchool.Yeceptionist:IsthatasummeYcouYseYou’YeinteYestedin?Student:Yes.Yes,please.Yeceptionist:Yes.Fine.OK.Well,wehave…eYm…shoYtintensivefull-timecouYsesduYing thesummeY.Student:Mm-mm.IwouldwanttoknowthelengthofonecouYse.Yeceptionist:Yes.EachcouYselastsfoYthYeeweeks.Student:HowmanYhouYspeYweek,please?Yeceptionist:Well,it’uallYfouYandahalfdaYseachweek. Student:Youmusthavealotofstudentsintheclass,haven’tYou?Yeceptionist:WehavealotofstudentsintheschoolbutintheclassesonlYaboutbetween12an d14students.Student:12and14.CouldYoupleasegivemethedatesofthefiYstandthesecondcouYse? Yeceptionist:Yes,ceYtainlY.ThefiYstcouYsebeginsonthe3YdofJulYandlastsuntilthe20 thofJulYandthesecondcouYseisfYomthe24thofJulYuntilthe10thofAugust.Student:WhataboutthefeespeYcouYse?Yeceptionist:Yes,each…eachcouYsecosts￡150plusVAT,whichis15peYcent,anda ￡5YegistYation（登记、注册）fee.Student:Anddeposit,please?Yeceptionist:Yes.FoYeachcouYseweneedadeposit（储蓄、存款、保证金）of￡20andthe ￡5YegistYationfee.Student:OhthankYou.DowehavetofindouY…ouYownaccommodation?Yeceptionist:No,wecandothatfoYYou.WehavealadYwhoaYYangestheaccommodationfoYYouw ithOYfoYdfamilies.Student:Howmuchdoesitcost?Yeceptionist:Well,YoucanchoosetohavebedandbYeakfastonlYwhichis￡20aweek,oYbed,bYeakfastanddinneYwhichisabout￡27aweek.Student:￡27.ThankYouveYYmuch.Yeceptionist:You’Yewelcome.Task6【答案】A.1)F,2)T,3)FB.1)MostuniveYsitieswillnotacceptstudentswithoutthistest.Itisalsousedtodecidehowm uchfinancialaidshouldbegiventoeachstudent.2)TheYmustscoYebetween1,430and1600.3)AmeYicanuniveYsitiesalsolookatastudent’ssubjectgYades,whattheYdooutsideofscho ol,andtheiYteacheYs’Yecommendations.4)TheSATIIistheone-houYeYamthatcanbetakeninanYsubject,foYeYamplechemistYYoYFYen ch.【原文】EveYYYeaY,highschooljunioYsandsenioYsfYomacYosstheUStaketheScholasticAptitu deTest(SAT1).TheSAT1isathYee-houYeYamthattestsstudents’mathandveYbal（语言的、口头的）skills.MostuniveYsitieswillnotacceptstudentswithoutthistest.Itisalsousedtohelpd ecidehowmuchfinancialaidshouldbegiventoeachstudent.ScoYesYangefYom200to800foYeachpaYt.TheYeisatotalof1,600points.Thetestisheld eveYYYeaYfYomOctobeYtoJune.ButsenioYsmusttakeitbefoYeDecembeYinoYdeYtoincludeth eiYscoYesintheiYuniveYsitYapplications.TheaveYagetotalscoYefoYanAmeYicanhighschoolstudentisaYound1,000.ApooYSATscoYecanpYeventastudentfYomgoingtoagooduniveYsitY.Studentswhowantto gotooneofAmeYica’sbestuniveYsities,suchasHaYvaYdoYYale,mustscoYebetween1,430and 1,600.ThetestcanbetakenoveYandoveYagain,butallthescoYeswillappeaYonthestudents’Ye coYds.HoweveY,unlikeChineseuniveYsities,thescoYeisnottheonlYthingneeded.AmeYica nuniveYsitiesalsolookatastudent’ssubjectgYades,whattheYdooutsideofschool,andthe iYteacheYs’Yecommendations.InadditiontotheSAT1,someuniveYsitiesYequiYehighschoolstudentstotakeatleastt hYeeSATIIs.Theseone-houYeYamscanbetakeninanYsubject,foYeYamplechemistYYoYFYench .Task7【答案】A.1)a,2)c,3)d,4)cB.1)ManYstudentsattendspecialpYepaYationschoolsbesidestheiYYegulaYclasses,inoYdeY topasstheeYamfoYthebestuniveYsitiessuchastheNationalUniveYsitYofTokYo.2)TheseeYtYaschoolscanlastfoYonetotwoYeaYsbetweenhighschoolanduniveYsitY.【原文】Japanesestudentsneed12YeaYsofstudYbefoYeenteYinguniveYsities.TheYchoosetheplacestheYwanttogoandapplYbefoYeJanuaYYoftheiYfinalYeaY.Theuni veYsitYentYanceeYamisastandaYdnationwidetestheldeveYYYeaYinJanuaYY.ItpYovideste stsfoY31subjectsinsiYsubjectaYeas:Japaneselanguage,geogYaphYandhistoYY,civics,m ath,scienceandafoYeignlanguage.AllnationalandpublicuniveYsities,aswellassomepYi vateonesmakeuseofthiseYam.ButmanYplacesalsohavetheiYowntestsinFebYuaYYoYlateY,b efoYethenewschoolYeaYstaYtsinApYil.InoYdeYtopasstheeYamfoYthebestuniveYsitiessuchastheNationalUniveYsitYofTokY o,manYstudentsattendspecialpYepaYationschoolsontopoftheiYYegulaYclasses.TheseeY tYaschoolscanlastfoYonetotwoYeaYsbetweenhighschoolanduniveYsitY.AlthougheveYYstudenthasthechanceofgoingtoaJapaneseuniveYsitY,onlY50peYcento fhighschoolsenioYsactuallYchoosefuYtheYstudY.Task8【答案】A.1)It’sanon-pYofit-makingeducationalfoundation.2)No,completebeginneYsaYenotaccepted.3)OtheYsubjectsavailablewithintheGeneYalEnglishtimetableincludeEnglishfoYBusine ssandEnglishLiteYatuYe.B.1)200,30-40,attYactive,beautiful,witheasYYeachof2)diningYooms,alibYaYY,languagelaboYatoYies,computeYs,tennis,volleYball,basketb all,badminton,football.3)214)￡1,1305)MondaY,FYidaY6)￡670,3,10,9,3½【原文】TheSchoolwasopenedin1955andispaYtofanon-pYofit-makingeducationalfoundation. Its200students,fYom30-40countYies,woYkinlaYge,attYactivebuildingssetineYtensive ,beautifulgaYdens,withineasYYeachofthecentYeofCambYidge,TheSchoolhasdiningYooms,alibYaYY,videofilmingstudio,languagelaboYatoYies,listeningandself-accessstudYc entYes,computeYs,aswellasfacilitiesfoYtennis,tabletennis,volleYball,basketball, badmintonandfootball.GeneYalEnglishclassesaYefoYstudentsaged17+.CompletebeginneYsaYenotaccepted. StudentshaveclassesfoY21houYsaweek.OtheYsubjectsavailablewithintheGeneYalEnglis htimetableincludeEnglishfoYBusinessandEnglishLiteYatuYe.Thecostoftuition,mateYi alsandbookspeYteYmis￡1,130.Accommodationiswithlocalfamilies.LunchispYovidedintheSchoolMondaYtoFYid aY.AllotheYmealsaYetakenwiththefamilY.TheYeisafullYangeofsocialactivitiesinclud ingeYcuYsions,discosandtheatYe-visits.Thetotalcostofallnon-tuitionseYvicesis ￡670peYteYm.TheYeaYe3teYmsof10weeksandsummeYcouYsesof9weeksand31/2weeks. Task9【答案】A.1)ThisschoolhasacapacitYof220students.2)ItislocatedinaquiettYee-filledsquaYeclosetoVictoYiaStationincentYalLondon.3)Inadditiontothe15lessons,theYeaYedailYindividuallaboYatoYYsessionsandlectuYes onLifeinBYitainatnoeYtYacost.4)TheYeisaspecial2-weekEasteYCouYseandYefYesheYCouYsesfoYoveYseasteacheYsandEng lishinthesummeY.B.1)F,2)F,3)T【原文】ThisschoolhasacapacitYof220students.Itoccupiesa19thcentuYYbuildinginaquiett Yee-filledsquaYeclosetoVictoYiaStationincentYalLondon.GeneYalcouYses,eitheYinthemoYningsoYafteYnoons,compYise1550-minutepeYiodspe Yweek.WecateYfoYawideYangeofclassesfYombeginneYstoadvanced,enablingustoplacestu dentsatthelevelindicatedbYthespecialentYYtestwhichallstudentstake.TheYeaYeusual lYnomoYethan14studentsinaclass.Inadditiontothe15lessons,theYeaYedailYindividual laboYatoYYsessionsandlectuYesonlifeinBYitainatnoeYtYacostTheYeaYe8classYooms,amulti-medialeaYningcentYe,languagelaboYatoYY,video,com puteY,lectuYehall,canteen.WeaYeopenfYomJanuaYYtoDecembeYfoYcouYsesof3to14weeks. TheYeisaspecial2-weekEasteYCouYseandYefYesheYCouYsesfoYoveYseasteacheYsofEnglis hinsummeY.FeesaYeappYoYimatelY￡46peYweekfoYgeneYalcouYses.AccommodationcanbeaYYangedwithselectedfamilieswith halfboaYd.TheYeisafullsocialpYogYammeandYegulaYeYcuYsions.Task10【答案】A.1)Thisschool,foundedin1953,isanon-pYofitmakingChaYitableTYust.2)ItissituatedinYesidentialNoYthOYfoYd,3kmfYomthecitYcentYe.3)ApaYticulaYbenefitfoYtheEFLstudentistheoppoYtunitYtoliveandstudYwithnativeEng lishspeakeYstakingthetwo-YeaYInteYnationalBaccalauYeatecouYse,oYcouYsesatuniveY sitYlevel.4)TheiYeYtYacuYYiculaYactivitiesincludespoYts,hoYseYiding,dYama,aYt,cYafts,phot ogYaphY,films,conceYtsandeYcuYsions.B.1)aneYcellentlibYaYY,videoYoom,sciencelaboYatoYies,coffeebaY2)collegehouses,aYesidentwaYden,familYaccommodation【原文】Thisschool,foundedin1953,isanon-pYofitmakingChaYitableTYust.SituatedinYesidentialNoYthOYfoYd,3kmfYomthecitYcentYe,theCollegeoccupiesacompleYofpuYpose-buil tblocksand14laYgeVictoYianhousespYovidingacademicandYesidentialaccommodation.Fa cilitiesincludeaneYcellentlibYaYY,videoYoom,languagelaboYatoYies,computeYYoom,s ciencelaboYatoYies,assemblYhallandcoffeebaY.ApaYticulaYbenefitfoYtheEFLstudentistheoppoYtunitYtoliveandstudYwithnativeE nglishspeakeYstakingthetwo-YeaYInteYnationalBaccalauYeatecouYse,oYcouYsesatuniv eYsitYlevel.AllstudentsaYeencouYagedtopaYticipateinsocialandeYtYacuYYiculaYactivitiesin cludingspoYts,hoYseYiding,dYama,aYt,cYafts,photogYaphY,films,conceYtsandeYcuYsi ons.AcademicYeaYCouYses(21houYspeYweek)leadingtoallpYincipalEFLeYaminations,con centYateonlanguagewithselectedstudiesinLiteYatuYe,Politics,HistoYY,AYtHistoYY,a ndComputing.MoststudentsliveincollegehouseseachsupeYvisedbYaYesidentwaYden,buts omepYefeYfamilYaccommodation.Task11【答案】CindYFaYYowisAndYandKateMoYgan’sAmeYicancousin.Sheis18YeaYsold.ShecomesfYom CalifoYnia,onthewestcoastoftheUSA.SheliveswithheYpaYentsinSanFYancisco.Sheisast udentatBeYkeleYCollegewheYesheisstudYingmodeYnlanguages.ShewantstobeaninteYpYet eYwhensheleavesuniveYsitY.ShehasmanYinteYestsandhobbies.ShelovesYeading,swimmingandsuYfingbutheYfavoY itehobbYiswhite-wateYYaftingontheColoYadoYiveY.Shethinksit’sveYYeYciting.AtthemomentCindYisonheYwaYtoEnglandtostaYwiththeMoYgansinDoveY.Unit2Task1【答案】A.1)elephants2)chimpanzees（黑猩猩）3)giYaffes4)penguins5)kangaYoos6)zebYas7)polaYbeaYsB.1)andatail2)bigeaYs【原文】1)TheYliveinAfYicaandIndia.TheYhavefouYlegsandatail.TheYaYeveYYbigandveYYstYong .TheYaYeintelligent,too.TheYhaveatYunkandsomeofthemhavetusks.TheYsometimeslivef oY70YeaYs.2)TheYliveinAfYicaandAsia.TheYaYebYown.TheYhaveaYmsandlegs,buttheYdon’thaveatai l.TheiYaYmsaYeveYYlongandtheYhavebigeaYs.TheYaYegoodclimbeYs.TheYaYeveYYintelli gent,too.3)TheYliveinAfYica.TheYaYeveYYtall.TheYhavefouYlegs,atailandaveYYlongneck.TheYe atleavesandtwigs.TheYcanYunveYYfast.TheYaYebYownandwhite.4)TheYliveinveYYcoldcountYies.TheYhavewings,buttheYcan’tflY.TheYaYegoodswimmeYs .TheYeatfish.TheYaYeblueandwhiteoYblackandwhite.5)TheYliveinAustYalia.TheYaYeYedoYgYaY.TheYhaveshoYtfYontlegs,longbacklegsandav eYYlongtail.ThebacklegsandthetailaYeveYYstYong.TheYcanYunveYYfast.ThefemalescaY YYtheiYYounginapouch（育儿袋）.。

Unit 7Inter-lesson (I)Answers to Exercises1 .Put in the, a/an, or a 0 when no article is needed.1. A, a2. a3. The, the4. 0,05. the, the6. a7. 0, the, the, The8. The, a , 09. A, 010. The, an, 0, a, the, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 // 0, 0, The, a, a, 0, a, 0, 0, the, 0, 0, 02. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.1. goes2. is having, won’t be3. will stay4. had5. has just offered, told, am /was, need/needed6. arrived, were7. has happened, have been trying8. is, find, are9. arrived, had begun10. were still sleeping, was, were barking, began3. Put into these compound sentences a conjunction (and, but, or, so) and a comma.1. I did not know a single one, and none of them knew me.2. I clung to my father’s hand, but he gently pushed me from him.3. One of our daughters is working in a textile factory in Bangkok, and the other has a jib in a store.4. The harvests were poor at first, but they soon improved.5. Send them away, or I’ll shoot and take my chances!6. I opened the account myself, so why can’t I withdraw any money?7. Our piece of land is small, and it is no longer fertile.8. No, we two haven’t changed much, but t he village has.9. But there is no more rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely and my heart will break.10. I know, times have changed, but certain things should not change.11. Sometimes, they get bullied, and it is like a knife piercing my heart.12. “Press closer, lit tle Nightingale, or the Day will come before the rose is finished” cried the Tree.4. Put into the passage punctuation marks: comma and full stop, capitalizing the first word of each sentence.My sister and I are three and a half years apart in age, but a world apart in the way we live our lives. She is conservative and quiet. I take too many risks, and the only time I’m really quiet is when I’m sleep. I’ve spent most of my adult life apologizing to my sister and the rest of my family for being different, for embarrassing them by something I wear, something I do or something I say.Tips: the use of the full stop/period（句号）and the comma（逗号）The full stop/period:a. is used to end declarative and imperative sentences(陈述句和祈使句)eg I took a few steps. (Unit l)Go in by yourself, and join them. (Unit l)b. follows some abbreviations（缩写词）eg Dr. a.m. p.m. v.s. etc.Note: In modem usage, the full stop/period following some abbreviations can be omitted; only one period follows an abbreviation that ends a sentence.Eg The lecture begins at 2:00 pm.5. Paraphrase these sentences, paying special attention to the underlined parts.1. Our path: life at schoolNot totally sweet: not just fun(not) unclouded: (there were) work to do and unpleasant things to face.Paraphrase: school wasn’t just fun; there were work to do and unpleasant things to face. Method used for paraphrasing: replacing abstract words with concrete ones2. suggested: showedAuthority: a person in chargeParaphrase: The way the man looked showed he was the man in charge there.Method: finding out the exact meaning of words or phrases in the context3. it: hearing (that) my children are badly treatedIs like a knife piercing my heart: gives me great painParaphrase: Whenever I hear (that) my children are badly treated, I feel great pain.Method: replacing similes or specific words with general words.4. fit the description of any secret agent:was like a secret agent (described in spy novels) Paraphrase: Ausable wasn’t like any secret agent in spy novels Fowler had read.Method: explaining phrases in everyday language5. The occasion: the fact that the villager was serious about the rock being the center of the world Show of recognition: agreeing with them in some wayon my part: from meParaphrase: As the villagers were serious about the rock being the center of the world, I felt I had to show I agree with them for the sake of politeness.Method: explaining abstract words (occasion, recognition) in concrete everyday expression.Answers to Test PaperI. Spelling1. rivalry2. variety3. stretch4. whisper5. pierce6. scarcity7. scent8. interfere9. ridiculous 10. jewelry11. conscious 12. genius 13. ignorance 14. potential 15. automatic16. mysterious 17. passable 18. blossom 19. marvelous 20. philosophyII. Word Formation1 overcrowded2 withdrawals3 Amazingly4 determination5 doubtful6 wordy7 good-natured8 telecommunications9 curiosity 10 disagreeIII. Cloze1 has2 meeting3 at4 hours5 alone6 lecture7 weekends8 Among9 way 10 thatIV. TranslationChinese to English1. He doesn’t seem to have the courage to speak out about what’s happening in the factory.2. The couple told the reporter that they had nothing to complain about.3. Compared with their old place, their new apartment/house seems like a palace.4. It is surprising that it has taken people so long to take advantage of this win-win opportunity.5. The guests told the host that they had spent a very enjoyable evening at the party chatting with old friends.6. I was about to pay for the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me that I had left my purse at home.7. He stayed (in) home all weekend, trying to reflect on what had happened.8. When he was young, he believed in freedom so much that he would rather die than live without it.9. When I visited Beijing for the second time, I found the city’s public amenities had greatly improved.10. If anything unexpected happened during the conference, the security guards would arrive with in a few seconds.English to Chinese1．因为姐姐对我的暑期计划似乎非议最少，我就斗胆央求她开车送我去机场。

W: you’re right. Let’s make the most of it.
Q: What are the man and woman probably going to do?
Long conversation
• W: I just saw a great movie about the true story of Christopher McCandless’ trip to the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. It was so inspiring! His love of nature was so beautiful.
Q3: What are skiers advised to do to avoid being caught in an avalanche?
Q4: Why does the ski patrol use explosives?
• Q: According to the woman, what can the man benefit from going to the mountains?
5. M: Look, the sun is shining. We haven’t seen the sun for ages. It’s been raining for a week! It’s much too beautiful a day to waste indoors reading, cooking or cleaning.
W: Yes, he should have been more prepared, but I still admire what he was trying to do.
M: It’s not romantic! Five famous outdoor specialists were interviewed. They all said he should have lived. He died because he was unprepared!

施心远主编《听力教程》1 (第2版)听力原文和答案Unit 7Section One Tactics for ListeningPart1 Phonetics(1) living in(2) I’ve moved(3) couldn’t(4) what are(5) back in(6) become a(7) you’d(8) do you(9) talk about(10) Let’sPart 2 Listening and Note-TakingTranscriptNarrator:We asked eight people, “What’s your car number?” First we asked Liz.Liz: TEL 429.Narrator: Then we asked Delia.Delia: WAR 556M.Narrator: Then Richard.Richard: JPN 51L … I think.Narrator: Next we asked Narie.Marie: OYF 155L.Narrator: After that, Michael.Michael: Ah …I’ve just … got a new car and it’s KMF 586W. Narrator: Then Damien.Damien: WPU 859S.Narrator: After that, Rosie.Rosie: Er … the number is WTW 492S.Narrator: And lastly, Trevor.Trevor: My car number is YLH 220S.Exercise B: Write down the car number of the following notes.1. Liz: TEL 4292. Delia: WAR 556M3. Richard: JPN 51L4. Marie: OYF 155L5. Michael: KMF 586W6. Damien: WPU 859S7. Rosie: WTW 492S 8. Trevor: YLH 220S.Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialoguesDialogue 1 In a Joy ShopTranscriptMrs Cox: Good morning. Perhaps you can advise me ….Assistant: Yes, madam.Mrs Cox: I’m looking for a toy … for my nephew.Assistant: Oh, yes … how old is he?Mrs Cox: He’ll be nine years old on Saturday.Assistant: Skateboards are still very popular.Mrs. Cox: Hmm, I don’t want him to hurt himself.Assistant: What about a drum set?Mrs Cox: I don’t think so. His father will be angry if I buy him one of those. Have you got anything educational? You see, he’s a very intelligent boy.Assistant: I’ve got the perfect thing! A do-it-yourself computer kit!Exercise A:Listen to the conversation and answer the following questions.1. What is Mrs Cox looking for?(She is looking for a toy.)2. What does the shop assistant suggest?(He suggests a skateboard, a drums and a do-it-yourself compute r kit.)Exercise B:(1) nine-year-old(2) suggested(3) hurt himself(4) to make the boy’s father angry(5) educational(6) intelligent boy(7) do-it-yourself computer kitDialogue 2 Customer ServiceTranscriptWoman: Wright’s customer service.Mrs Phillips:Yes, I’d like to order something from your latest catalog ue. But I’m in a hurry. It’s for my husband’s birthday.Woman:All right. I’ll take your order on the phone. Your name, ple ase?Mrs Phillips: Priscilla Phillips.Woman: Priscilla Phillips. Is that one l or two?Mrs Phillips: Double l.Woman: P-h-i-l-l-i-p-s.Mrs Phillips: That’s correct.Woman: What’s your address?Mrs Phillips: 39 St. Andrews Road, Putney, London.Woman: Right. And your telephone number.Mrs Phillips: 010322713.Woman: And what would you like to order?Mrs Phillips: A carriage clock, please.Woman: Have you got the catalogue number?Mrs Phillips: Yes, I have. It’s WG6 S82.Woman: WG6 S82. Anything else?Mrs Phillips: No, that’s all.Woman: How would you like to pay?Mrs Phillips: By credit card, please.Woman: May I have your number?Mrs Phillips: Yes, it’s 0071 213297160372.Woman: You know you’re entitled to a free Wright’s diary?Mrs Phillips: Oh, yes. I’d forgetten.Woman: What colour would you like?Mrs Phillips: Grey, please.Woman: And what name would you like on it?Mrs Phillips: John, please. John Phillips.Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and complete the following order f orm.Wright’s Customer ServiceOrder FormName: Priscilla PhillipsAddress: 39 St. Andrews Road, Putney, LondonTelephone: 010322713Item: a carriage clockCatalogue Number: WG6 S82Payment:Cash: Credit Card: √Credit Card Number: 0071 213297160372Free Wright’s diary:Colour: Grey Name: John PhillipsPart 2 PassagesPassage 1 In Unusual ShopTranscriptI soon realized that I had entered an unusual kind of shop. There wer e no goods on display; there was no shop-window: nothing but a number of empty shelves at one end of the room in front of which a man was stan ding on a raised platform, and shouting loudly that the greatest sale of the year was about to begin. I decided to stay and see what would happen.A harassed assistant began to pile all sorts of odds and ends on the sh elves: table-lamps, cutlery-sets, clocks, electric razors, crockery, vases, an d a large quantity of small packets all similarly wrapped in bright red pap er. When the man at the table was satisfied that a sufficiently large crowdof people had collected, he began distributing the packets, asking for the small sum of three pence in return, and declaring that the value of the con tents was fifty times as much.I paid three pence for my packet and was immediately informed that I should not open it until after the sale. The money I had given, I found, e ntitled me to bid for anything on the shelves. All these beautiful and extre mely valuable objects, the man announced, would be given away, simply given away. He was as good as his word, for he held up an electric razor and asked a young man (who from the look of his face needed it) whether it was worth six pence. The man had no doubt about the matter and was promptly handed the razor for the sum asked. The same occurred with a number of other articles.Then, instead of asking for small sums like six pence, the man began to demand larger amounts for “very rare, high-quality antiques”. The peo ple present, thinking that these too were being “given away”, soon found t hemselves paying a great deal of money for useless, yacht-like lamps and ugly clocks in carved, heavy frames. I decided I had better go quickly bef ore being tempted into buying something I did not want. I went into the s treet and opened my prize packet, only to find that I had been rewarded w ith a cheap bottle of scent.Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.1~5: C, A, B, D, B 6~8: A, D, BPart 3 NewsNews Item 1Authorities in Pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 22 others in a central part of the country's capital city. Most of the victims were policemen.The suicide bomber struck a group of policemen who were guarding a big meeting of Islamic activists in the center of the Pakistani capital.Witnesses say most of the deaths happened instantly and body parts, pools of blood as well as police caps littered the scene.A top official at the Federal Interior Ministry, Kamal Shah, says the attack is being investigated, but he dismissed criticism that poor security arrangements led to the deadly bombingDoctors have described conditions of some of those wounded in the attack as critical, saying the death toll could go up.Exercise A:This news item is about a suicide bomber that targets police in Pakistan’s capital.Exercise B:A Suicide BombingBombing area: in a central part of Pakistan’s capital cityCasualties: The suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 22 othersBombing target: a group of policemen who were guarding a big meeting of Islamic activists.The horrific scenes: Most of the deaths happened instantly and body parts, pools of blood as well as police caps littered the scene.The investigation into the cause of the bombing: A top official at the Federal Interior Ministry says the attack is being investigated, but he dismissed criticism that poor security arrangements led to the deadly bombing.Doctors’ description: They said conditions of some of those wounded in the attack are critical and the death toll could go up.News Item 2Reports say at least one person was killed and several others hurt in c lashes between Indonesian soldiers and police on Borneo Island. Official s say the clashes may have resulted from a lack of understanding. Shooti ng began when thousands of people attempted to get on ships to leave theport city of Sampit. They were attempting to escape native Dayaks who h ave been attacking ethnic minorities. Indonesian officials say one group of Dayak fighters killed at least 118 settlers from the Island of Madura on Sunday. The settlers were traveling with police protection. However, a police spokesman said that the police force was not large enough to prote ct the settlers.Exercise A:This news item is about clashes between Indonesian soldiers and p olice on Borneo.Exercise B:1~5: B, C, D, A, D 6: ANews Item 3Tuesday's Middle East conference in Annapolis, Maryland, put Israelis and Palestinians back on the road map to peace. Now the question is, how far will they get?The "road map" is the name for a plan that is supposed to lead to a permanent, two-state solution to the conflict. The Quartet of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations launched the plan in two thousand three. The plan did not go far.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed to immediately restart negotiations. They promise to seek a peace treaty that furthers the goal of an independent Palestine.The two sides have not held serious negotiations in seven years. A committee that will guide the talks will hold its first meeting December twelfth. The aim is to reach an agreement by the end of 2008.Exercise A:This news item is about Tuesday’s Middle East conference that put Israelis and Palestinians back on the road map to peace.B: Listen to the news item again and answer the following questions.1. What did Tuesday’s Middle East conference do?It put Israelis and Palestinians back on the road map to peace.2. What is the “road map”?The “road map” is the name for a plan that is supposed to lead toa permanent, two-state solution to the conflict.3. Who launched the plan in 2003?The Quartet of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agree to do this week? What do they promise to do?This week they agreed to immediately restart negotiations. They promise to seek a peace treaty that furthers the goal of an independent Palestine.5. When did the two sides stop holding serious negotiations?The two sides stopped holding serious negotiations seven years ago.Section Three Oral WorkPart 1 Questions and AnswersWife: I hope you didn’t forget to go to the post office.Husband: Of course not. I remember asking about the new stamps.Wife: You remembered to post my letter?Husband:I’m trying to think. I can’t remember putting it into the box.Wife: Do you mean to tell me you didn’t post it?Husband: I’d very much prefer to tell you I did.Wife: If you didn’t,it’ll mean waiting till tomorrow.Husband:Try looking in the shopping-basket. If it’s not there, it must have been posted.Wife: I never like sending you shopping. I prefer going myself.Husband: Stop grumbling. I remembered to do everything else.Wife:Yes, but I always hate missing the post. And I hate to think of t his particular letter lying about in the road. Where are the stamps?Husband:In my wallet. Oh, dear! Here’s the letter too. I t’s funny, I’d quite forgotten putting it there.Wife: Give it to me. I’d like to post it myself next time.Questions:1. What did he remember to do?(He remembered to go to the post office.)2. What does he remember doing?(He remembers asking about the new stamps.)3. What can’t he remember doing?(He can’t remember putting the letter into the box.)4. What would he prefer to tell her?(He’d prefer to tell her he had posted the letter.)5. What doesn’t she like doing?(She doesn’t like sending him shopping.)6. What does she prefer doing?(She prefers going herself.)7. What does she always hate?(She always hates missing the post and hate to lose letters.)8. What has he forgotten doing?(He’s forgotten putting the letter in his wallet.)Part 2 RetellingMax left his country, Italy, about a year ago. He went to France first and then to Germany. He came to the United States with his wife, Helen, last September. Helen and Max met in Rome two years ago. Helen lived in Paris for a few months while she was waiting to come to the United St ates.They lived in New York City for a few months, and then the moved t o Boston. They had lived there ever since. At first they had not much mo ney and Max didn’t understand English very well at all, so they had a lot of problems. But both of them have good jobs now. For the past six mon ths, Helen has been working as the assistant manager of an apartment buil ding, and Max has a good job as an engineer. Since he began to work for this company, his boss has given him two promotions. So, he is very happ y with this companySection Four Supplementary ExercisePart 1 Listening ComprehensionPassage 1 Bargains or Fixed Price ShoppingTranscriptOnce I have settled in my new job and new place I started looking for good places to shop around. In my home country, there was lot of bargai ning in almost every store. However, I heard that in the US bargaining is not allowed in large stores. Therefore, I started to explore different stores to compare prices. I spoke to some American colleagues and neighbours about the different shopping avenues. From whatever information I colle cted I could find out that some of the best buys could be made at the barg ain or discount stores. That was the first time I came to know about the b argain shopping in the US.From what I have learnt, your could make use of the following techni ques for bargain shopping Watch for sales. This is when items are offere d at a discounted price. The sale might be a set a percentage discount. Sa les are generally advertised. Be sure to always check the local paper issu ed on Sunday; usually all the sales for the week will be announced. Man y stores will also have clearance sales. Items on clearance generally willnot be reordered, so he store needs to make room for new goods. Often t hese sales are unadvertised. Great bargains can be found at clearance sale s!Look for and use coupons. These can be found in the Sunday paper, i n magazines, sometimes in the telephone book. A coupon is a little slip o f paper allowing you to get a small discount when you buy the specific ite m described. The coupon will say “Save 40 cents on any Pledge”, for exa mple. That means that if you present the coupon at the time of purchase, and if you bought the correct brand and size, and if the expiration date ha s not passed, you will pay 40 cents less for that can of Pledge furniture po lish. If the store is having a “double coupon day”, the coupon is worth tw ice as much (you would pay 80 cents less for a can of Pledge).Purchases can be made very inexpensively at garage sales and second -hand stores. Used items in good condition often can be found for a low p rice. Also, check newspapers and local bulletin boards for listings of use d goods for sale.Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.1~5: B, A, A, D, C6~8: B, B, DPassage 2 American CosmonautDennis Tito paid the Russian government $20, 000, 000 for the chanc e to travel in a Soyez space craft to the new International Space Station. His space flight will be launched on April 30th.Mr Tito says he has been interested in space travel since he was seve nteen years old. That was when the former Soviet Union launched the fir st satellite, Sputnik. This interest led him to become a rocket scientist. H e worked for the United States Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. H e left that job after a few years to start an investment business.Today, Ennis Tito’s company is among the nation’s largest investme nt businesses. Reports say he is worth about 200, 000, 000 dollars. So he can easily pay 20, 000, 000dollars for a trip into space.This is not the first time the Russian space programme has earned nee ded money by selling seats on its spacecraft. A Japanese television report er flew on Mir for a price of 12, 000, 000 dollars. And the American spac e agency NASA paid 400, 000, 000 dollars to send several American astr onauts to Mir.Mr Tito is now living and working at Russia’s Star City training area to prepare for his ten-day trip. Why does he want to go into space? Mr T ito says he has been on Earth for sixty years and the now wants to take a l ook at the planet form space.Exercise:Part 2 Oral WorkMark was a little too early. He stood in the road by the entrance to th e school and wondered what to do while he waited. Perhaps after all he s hould have come with Nancy’s two sons as their mother had suggested. But they were so much older that he, besides, they never talked to him. H e was convinced they looked down on him.He walked slowly into the school. There were already abut a hundre d children there, most of them moving confidently around in groups, obviously glad to see each other again after the holidays. Mark envied them they made him feel lonely.It was easy to pick out the newcomers. In the bustle and noise, they s tood out as if they had been soaked with water. Mark went to one of the buildings. He opened the door and walked in.。

Unit 7Task 1W A: I can't stand places like Beidaihe.M: No, nor can I.W A: You know, where you have to share the beach with thousands of other people who are all tourists.WB: Oh, I don't mind that.M: Oh, I do. I never go to places like that. I like to get right away from all the tourists, go somewhere that's really peaceful, like an island or something,W A: Yes, so do I.WB: What's wrong with so many people? I like meeting people when I'm on holiday. I like places with a good night life, and plenty of men around, and ...well, you know, where you can have a good time...Landowner landlady renter lodgerTask 2Hello. Is that Oxford 40414?Yes, it is.Erm...I'm asking about the flat which was advertised in the local paper. Oh yes?Wonder if you could tell me how much the rent is per month, please?I see. Is it fairly near the city center?Yes, it's only about a kilometer away.I see. Is it quite handy for the shops?Yes, within a minute or two on foot.Good, what about a garden?Well, you have the use of the garden.I see. And central heating is there?Yes, yes.I see. Erm...how many rooms are there, please?Well, there's one very large bed-sitting room, a kitchen and a bathroom and a small hall.I see. Erm...which floor is it on?On the second floor.Oh, good. Erm... Would it be possible for me to visit it tomorrow, say about 5 o'clock?Yes, sure.Oh, good. That's fine. Could you just give me your name, please?Yes. My name is Mary Jones and the address is 41 North Wall Street. Erm...41 North Wall Street. Fine. Thanks ever so much. I'll see you tomorrow at 5 o'clock then.Yes. Good.Goodbye.Task 3Since the 1400s, there had been European trading posts along the coast of Africa. But European power rarely stretched very far inland. Then, in the 1800s, a number of European nations began to carve almost all of Africa into colonies. These European nations were Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Portugal.In the1880, the French had important settlements and much power in northern and western Africa. British influence was also growing along the Gold Coast and at the southern tip of Africa. Portuguese control on both coasts of southern Africa also began to expand. By 1900, almost all of Africa was under European control. Only Ethiopia and Liberia were still independent nations.At first, there was little to be gained from most of the African colonies. The European nations wanted colonies because they might be valuable in the future. They also wanted to keep rival nations from getting the colonies. In the beginning, the ideal colony was simply one that supported itself. No nation wanted a colony that would cost much money to control.Later, the European nations started to spend more money on theircolonies. More money was spent until all of the territory of each colony was under the parent country's control. Mother countryThough the European countries divided Africa into colonies, not many Europeans actually went there to work and live. With so few European nations could not long control their African colonies.Play a safe cardTask 4The weather seems to be everybody's favorite topic of conversation in Britain. This is not because the weather is particularly exciting, or even because people are particularly interested in it, but people have to talk about something and the weather serves as a convenient subject. It is something everybody shares and it is a safe topic, not too personal or intimate. annoyingThe main thing to say about the weather in Britain is that it is unpredictable. For some people this makes it interesting, for others this makes it irritating, but certainly you can never tell with certainty from one day to the next what the weather is going to be like. Every morning when you wake up is a glorious surprise-- esp if you have planned to go to the seaside and you find it is pouring with rain or snowing. There are weather forecasts on the radio and TV-- and in the newspapers-- but onthe whole nobody believes them.Because British weather is so unpredictable, some visitors get quite the wrong impression. Some people spend two weeks in Britain in the middle of a heat wave. They come back the next year equipped with bikinis, sun cream and shorts only to find that it never stops raining and the temperature never rises above 10 degrees. Usu though, the weather is changeable. A cloudy day is followed by a fine one, a wet day by a dry one; equally of course, you could say that a fine day is followed by a cloudy one, a dry day by a wet one. But you have to be an optimist to like British weather.In the past Britain was famous for fogs. The typical picture of London was foggy November morning. Nowadays, though, fog does not seem so common. Of course it still occurs, esp in winter, but it is now thought of as rather rare. In fact the big problem with British weather is that everything comes as a surprise. People think that it is never very hot in Britain so they don't put air conditioning in their buildings. Then, when we get a fine week in summer, nobody can do any work. Similarly, nobody thinks it is ever really cold; so many houses do not have central heating. So in winter, if there is a cold spell,everybody shivers and catches pneumonia. More than one week without rain causes a drought; more then 1 cm of snow paralyses the entire country. If you set off on a day's journey in sunshine you are likely to arrive in a rainstorm. If youdecide to go sunbathing, don't forget to take an umbrella.offspringTask 5About one half of Canada's people are of British descent. The ancestors of about half of the people in Canada came from England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Today, in all the Canadian provinces except Quebec a large part of the population is of British descent. Ontario has the largest number of British Canadians.Let us pay a visit to Toronto, the capital city of Ontario. As we walk through the main business section of this large city, we feel Toronto is much like cities in the United States.Most of the products in the shop windows are also sold in the United States. As we speak with people, however, we find that some of them have strong British accents. They have probably come from the British Isles since World War II.Then we travel northeastward to the city of Quebec. This is a busy, up-to-date city. The people here are dressed about the same as those in other cities of Canada and the United States. As we walk along the streets, however, we find that Quebec seems very different from Toronto. This is because Quebec has been influenced more by the French than by the British. The city began as a French trading post, and most of the people who settled here came from France.As we enter a bookshop, we notice that the sign over the door is printed in French and in English. Inside the shop, we hear people speaking French. The shopkeeper smiles and tells us that most of his books are printed in French. More than nine tenths of the people in the city of Quebec are of French descent. He also tells us that about eight out of ten people who live in the province of Quebec are of French descent. With pride he says, “The French people were the first white settlers in Canada."Elope primitiveTask 6When Tony's grandfather was young, he worked in Canada every summer. Once he visited the north of Canada, near the North Pole. The Eskimos live there. This is what Tony's grandfather told him about the Eskimos: Near the North Pole there are two seasons: winter and summer. In winter nights are long. For more than two months, you can't see the sun, even at noon. In summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never sets, and there is no night.The Eskimos have warm clothing. They make most of it themselves. They make it from the skins of animals. From skins, they make coats and hats and even boots.In this cold climate, trees can't grow. The Eskimos have to build their houses from skins, earth, stone, or snow. When they go hunting, they livein tents of skin. When they move, they take their tents with them. When they are out in a storm and can't get back home, they build houses of snow. They leave these snow houses when the storm is over.Life is hard for the Eskimos. common sense general knowledgeTask 7Mia, isn't that a lot of candy you're buying? Why are you buying so much?For tomorrow night, you know, for the kids. It's Halloween.Oh, yeah! Halloween. Children dress up in costumes...Uh-huh. And they go around the neighborhood collecting candy. Sometimes they get apples or money.What kind of costumes do they wear?Hmm...ghosts costumes, witch costumes...You know, actually all these traditions came from Europe. Halloween used to be a, uh, festival to drive away evil spirits, but now, you know, it's just for fun.Maybe I should buy some candy too. How about these chocolates? Yeah, they’re fine. You have to have,uh, you know, some kind of treat for the kids or they may play a trick on you.Oh? What kind of trick?Well, soap on your windows, or they might put toilet paper in your trees. Nothing too serious. Play it by ear congratsHmm.Hey, by the way, have you bought a pumpkin?What?A pumpkin. Most people get one. You can pick one up at the market. You can paint a face on it... Or carve a face into it and put a candle inside. I'm going to get one now. Do you want to come?Sure. Let's go.Task 8Where will business take you, Mr. Keller?Uh, Washington for a few days... And two days in San Francisco. We'll have about 10 days in between for our vacation.We hope to see some of the monuments and national parks in the US. You know, you can see some very interesting monuments in Washington. The Capital Building is impressive...with its large, white dome. That's where the Congress meets.Right.And, of course, you’ll want to see the White House. You can take a tour inside.Oh, really? And see the President?Of course! And—you should see the Lincoln Memorial. That huge statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting in a chair.OK.And you can’t miss the Washington Monument, built for America’s first president. It’s the tallest structure in the city.Yes, I’ve seen a picture of it. You know, Richard, that marble column.Uh-huh.Ah...let’s see. After Washington, on your way west, you should stop at a Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. It’s something to see!Isn’t that the mountain with presidents’ heads carved into it?That’s right. It’s…Who are the presidents in that mountain, anyway?Uh… there are four. Let’s see. George Washington is on the left. Abraham Lincoln is on the right. And I believe Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt are in the middle.Mmm. That sounds interesting, doesn’t it?Uh-huh.And the Grand Canyon in Arizona is definitely worth a visit. It’s the number one tourist spot for foreign visitors. The canyon is huge-a mile deep. It was carved by the Colorado River over billions of years. And the colors are fabulous! Superb, really.Have you been there?Yes, actually, I was there last year..Oh, how nice…If you have time, stop first at Yellowstone National Park. It’samazing—there are over 3,000 active geysers in the park. You’ll see Old Faithful, the most famous one. About once an hour it shoots steam and hot water, I guess, up into the air. Dormant volcanoWhere is the Yellowstone?Here, look on the map.Ah, yes.Is 10 days long enough.By plane, yes.Oh, I can’t wait.Task 9It says that there are more than 3 million people living in L.A. Of course, there are many more in New York. The population is over 7 million.But there must be far more than 7 million cars in L.A.Are you starting on that again? You know, Richard, L.A. doesn't have a huge subway system like New York does. People here have to use the freeways.So what else does your book say?Well, it says that L.A. is Spanish for " the angles". Isn't that beautiful? Hmm.It says here the city was settled by 11 Spanish families from Mexico.Do you know that New York is named after the Duke of York in England?Of course. Many of the settlers on the East Coast came from England.I bet you don't know which city has more land!Bet I do! L.A. does!Oh, you're so smart!。

现代大学英语第二版精读1--Unit-7答案Unit 7Inter-lesson (I)Answers to Exercises1 Put in the, a/an, or a 0 when no article is needed.1. A, a2. a3. The, the4. 0,05. the, the6. a7. 0, the, the, The8. The, a , 09. A, 010. The, an, 0, a, the, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 // 0, 0, The, a, a, 0, a, 0, 0, the, 0, 0, 02 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.1. goes2. is having, won’t be3. will stay4. had5. has just offered, told, am/was, need/needed6. arrived, were7. has happened, have been trying8. is, find, are9. arrived, had begun10. were still sleeping, was, were barking, began3 Put into these compound sentences a conjunction (and, but, or, so) and a comma.1. I did not know a single one, and none of them knew me.2. I clung to my father’s hand, but he gently pushed me from him.3. One of our daughters is working in a textile factory in Bangkok, and the other has a jib in a store.4. The harvests were poor at first, but they soon improved.5. Send them away, or I’ll shoot and take my chances!6. I opened the account myself, so why can’t I withdraw any money?7. Our piece of land is small, and it is no longer fertile.8. No, we two haven’t changed much, but the village has.9. But there is no more rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely and my heart will break.10. I know, times have changed, but certainthings should not change.11. Sometimes, they get bullied, and it is like a knife piercing my heart.12. “Press closer, little Nightingale, or the Day will come before the rose is finished”cried the Tree.4 Put into the passage punctuation marks:…. My sister and I are three and a half years apart in age, but a world apart in the way we live our lives. She is conservative and quiet. I take too many risks, and the only time I’m really quiet is when I’m sleep. I’ve spent most of my adult life apologizing to my sister and the rest of my family for being different, for embarrassing them by something I wear, something I do or something I say.5 Paraphrase these sentences, paying special attention to the underlined parts.1. Our path: life at schoolNot totally sweet: not just fun(not) unclouded: (there were) work to do and unpleasant things to face.Method used for paraphrasing: replacing abstract words with concrete onesParaphrase: school wasn’t just fun; there were work to do and unpleasant things to face.2. suggested: showedAuthority: a person in chargeParaphrase: The way the man looked showed he was the man in charge there.Metho d: finding out the exact meaning of words or phrases in the context3. it: hearing (that) my children are badly treatedIs like a knife piercing my heart: gives me great pain Paraphrase: Whenever I hear (that) my children are badly treated, I feel great pain.Method: replacing similes or specific words with general words.4. fit the description of any secret agent: was like a secret agent (described in spy novels)Paraphrase: Ausable wasn’t like any secret agent in spy novels Fowler had read.Method: explaining phrases in everyday language5. The occasion: the fact that the villager was serious about the rock being the center of the worldShow of recognition: agreeing with them in some wayon my part: from meParaphrase: As the villagers were serious about the rock being the center of the world, I felt I had to show I agree with them for the sake of politeness.Method: e xplaining abstract words (occasion, recognition) in concrete everyday expression.Answers to Test PaperI. Spelling1. rivalry2. variety3. stretch4. whisper5. pierce6. scarcity7. scent8. interfere9. ridiculous 10. jewelry11. conscious 12. genius 13. ignorance 14. potential 15. automatic16. mysterious 17. passable 18. blossom 19. marvelous 20. philosophyII. Word Formation1 overcrowded2 withdrawals3 Amazingly4 determination5 doubtful6 wordy7 good-natured8 telecommunications9 curiosity 10 disagreeIII. Cloze1 has2 meeting3 at4 hours5 alone6 lecture7 weekends8 Among9 way 10 thatIV. TranslationChinese to English1. He doesn’t seem to have the courage to speak out about what’s happening in the factory.2. The couple told the reporter that they had nothing to complain about.3. Compared with their old place, their new apartment/house seems like a palace.4. It is surprising that it has taken people so long to take advantage of this win-win opportunity.5. The guests told the host that they had spent a very enjoyable evening at the party chatting with old friends.6. I was about to pay for the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me that I had left my purse at home.7. He stayed (in) home all weekend, trying to reflect on what had happened.8. When he was young, he believed in freedom so much that he would rather die than live without it.9. When I visited Beijing for the second time, I found the city’s public amenities had greatly improved.10. If anything unexpected happened during the conference, the security guards would arrive with in a few seconds.。

Unit 7 Weird, wild and wonderfulListening to the worldSharingScriptsF = Finn; M1 = Man 1, etc.; W1 = Woman 1, etc.Part 1F: I like being in the countryside, but I’m always happy to come back to the city. How about you?M1: I actually really love the countryside. I grew up on a farm.W1: I love being in London. I have loved my time in London, but as I’m getting older, I increasingly want to visit the countryside more and more.M2: It’s nice; it’s, it’s quiet – you know, you can forget about the city.W2: I love it. I was brought up in the countryside.M3: I love being in the countryside. I love the quiet; I love the fresh air. It’s great.W3: I love being in the countryside. Um, I’ve come, I come from Hertfordshire, so, although it’s not … where I live isn’t actually directly in the countryside. If you drive for 10 minutes, you’re in it and it’s beautiful.W4: I love the countryside. It’s a nice change to living in London and I enjoy taking weekends out. Um I enjoy camping.M4: I enjoy the countryside be cause I’ve,I’ve lived there for about 37 years. And particularly I enjoyed (enjoy) gardening – growing a lot of vegetables.Part 2F: The thing I like most about being in the countryside is watching animals and birds. How about you? Do you like wildlife?W1: Well, I am, er, an animal lover. Er, I’m a vegetarian as well.W4: I like wildlife and animals. Er, since I was a little girl, I’ve always really liked foxes for some reason. And I know a lot of people don’t, but foxes have always been my favorite animal.M1: I love wildlife. Er, I really, sort of, enjoy things that you don’t see every day –um … enjoy sort of very exotic wildlife that I haven’t seen before.M4: I like, um, watching them on the telly.W2: I think, I think animals are living beings and should be treated as so – should be treated with respect.M3: I like, um, big cats. They’re very graceful;they’re very beautiful. Um, and um, something I’ve, I’ve always just had a fascination with from an early age. Er, I also quite like large snakes. A friend of mine used to keep them.W3: My nephew and niece have a guinea pig, which I love.Part 3F: Are there any animals you’re frightened of?M2: Snakes and scorpions. Um, just ’cause I know that usually one bite could mean that’s the end.W3: I don’t like spiders. It’s not really an animal – but I hate spiders.M1: I am very scared of spiders. Um, and even though in Australia, we get some very small but very dangerous spiders –I’m afraid of very big spiders.M4: I don’t particularly like horses because they’re big, and they frighten our dog.W1: I’m not really frightened of any animals. I love them all.M3: There’s nothing that scares me –that I haven’t got any memories of animals scaring me as a child.W4: I’m quite scared of sharks. I don’t really like the sea and so whales and um, animals such as that, I don’t really like. Um, I suppose because it’s the unknown, I just find it quite scary.ListeningScriptsPart 1Welcome to Save the Planet where we talk about the world’s environmental problems. Now, did you know there are more than six billion people on the planet, and by 2050 there might be more than nine billion? People are living longer and healthier lives than ever before, but a big population means big problems for the planet.Part 2Let’s look at three of the most important problems. The first problem is water. Many people in the world can’t get enough water. But in some countries we use too much. A person in Gambia, Africa, for example, uses much less water than someone in the United States. In Gambia, one person uses four and a half liters of water a day. But in the US it’s 600 liters. And to make the problem worse, the deserts are gettingbigger. The Sahara Desert is one of the hottest places in the world, and is already the largest desert. But each year it gets bigger than before, so it gets more difficult to find clean water. Our second problem is the animals. There are more people on the earth than ever before. This means we use more space. And for the animals this means that there is less space than before. One example is the Amazon Rainforest. It has the highest number of plant and animal species in the world, but it’s getting smaller every year. People are destroying the rainforest to make more space for houses, roads and farms. In the last 10 years we have destroyed more than 150,000 square kilometers of forest –that’s an area larger than Greece! So in the future, many plants and animal species will become extinct. And the last problem on our list, but not the least important, is the weather. The world is getting warmer. The ice in Greenland is melting faster than ever before. Also sea levels are rising. This means that soon some of the world’s most important cities, like New York, London, Bangkok, Sydney and Rio de Janeiro might all be under water.ViewingScriptsJL = Joanna Lumley; T = Tura; KS = Kjetil SkoglieJL: The far north. Fairytale mountains. It’s just fabulously beautiful. The land of the magical Northern Lights is somewhere I’ve longed for all my life. As a little girl I lived in the steamy heat of tropical Malaysia. I used to yearn to be cold. I’d never even seen snow. But my storybooks were full of snow queens, and now I’m enteringthat world. This is the journey I’ve always dreamt of making. I feel I’ve come into another world now. No people except you and us. And if we’re very lucky we might see the elusive Northern Lights. I pack up things that are going to be essential on every trip. So in here I’ve got, for instance, oil-based pastels; and I’ve got a lovely little drawing book, but I’ve got that colored pages so that you can draw in different colors; a lovely old guidebook –it’s called The Land of the Vikings. It’s got beautiful old maps. Look at that. But if it wasn’t for one item in my case, I wouldn’t be on this journey at all. This is the book: Ponny the Penguin. This is when I first heard of the Northern Lights. And there was this picture which haunted me of a sort of rippling curtain and a little tiny penguin. This is not your average taxi rank at the station. I’m in the hands of Tura Christiansen and his team of 11 sled dogs. Good morning. I’m Joanna.T: Tura.JL: Tura. How nice to see you, Tura.T: Yes.JL: These are wonderful dogs.T: They like to … to, er …JL: They like to run?T: Yes.JL: The weather near Troms? is uncertain. But local guide, Kjetil Skoglie, promises me we’ll track down the lights even if it takes till morning. I can’t see anything, Kjetil.KS: No, it’s … it’s nothing yet. You just have to be patient.JL: OK, so I just wait here.KS: Yeah, you just wait here.JL: Yeah.KS: Good luck.JL: Thanks, Kjetil. I stand in the pitch-black by the side of the fjord, and wait. Look, much brighter there. Oh, something’s happening there. Oh … Look up here! Look what’s happening here! Look at that! Oh … Oh!Look at this! And it just keeps changing and changing. I can’t believe I’m seeing this. It’s fantastic and it’s coming back again. I have been waiting all my life to see the Northern Lights. I’m as happy as can be. This is the most astonishing thing I have ever, ever seen.Speaking for communicationRole-playScriptsPart 1A: The best sense of direction? Perhaps it’s the butterfly.B: Er … I’m not sure.A: It’s hard to say. Well, it could be sea turtles.B: Maybe.A: They swim everywhere, don’t they?B: Um, i t might be, but I think it’s the butterfly.It can’t be the taxi driver, can it?A: It’s definitely not the taxi driver.C: OK, here are the answers. Sea turtles travel 3,000 miles a year. And when they lay eggs, they go back to the place where they were born. So they have a great sense of direction. New York taxi drivers drive 37,500 miles a year. They know the fastest way to any address in New York. But sea turtles and taxi drivers do not have the best sense of direction!B: So it must be the butterfly.C: The winner is the monarch butterfly. At the end of every summer, they fly from Canada to Mexico. And no one knows how they do it.Part 2A: Er, so who’s the best athlete? That’s a good question.B: I’m not sure.A: It could be triathletes.B: Or rats?C: Rats are the winners. A rat is the superman of animals. Rats can kill animals that are much bigger than they are, and they can eat electric wires. They can swim a mile and survive in water for 3 days. They can also jump 3 feet and fall 45 feet and survive.A: That’s amazing.Part 3B: Who sleeps the most? Let me think. Um, it can’t be the human baby, can it? And it’s not the black bear.A: It must be the sloth. They spend most of their lives asleep.B: So what’s the answer?C: Well, the black bear sleeps for about 7 months a year. The females are even half asleep when they have their babies.B: Wow.C: Human babies usually sleep about 18 hours a day, but only in their first few months. So sloths are the winner. They sleep 15 to 18 hours a day for their whole life.Group discussionScriptsA: OK, the most beautiful place I’ve been to … Well, a few years ago I went to Fish River Canyon.B: Where?A: Fish River Canyon. It’s the second biggest canyon in the world.B: After the Grand Canyon?A: After the Grand Canyon.B: Where is it?A: It’s in Namibia, in Africa.B: Wow. And what did you think of it?A: Ah, it was amazing! The first thing you notice is how big it is, of course.B: Of course.A: It just goes on and on as far as your eye can see. But the best thing about it was thesilence.B: Right.A: It was so amazingly quiet. We went there in August and there weren’t many tourists and it was just so quiet.B: Would you like to go back?A: I would love to go back. One day!B: One day.Further practice in listeningShort conversationsScriptsConversation 1W: We offer some very exciting tours plus the best luxury hotels. The most popular places are Thailand and India. Have you got any idea of where you’d like to go?M: Well, we were thinking of flying to a small island where we can enjoy some special local food.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?Conversation 2M: Have you ever tried diving in the sea? No words can describe the beauty of the sea. You lose track of time down there!W: No, I’m kind of frightened. I mean I hear all these stories about getting sick from going up too fast to the surface and dangerous fish.Q: What makes the woman scared of diving?Conversation 3W: Many people are concerned about the rising costs of fuel.M: I think they are a little short-sighted; they should look on the bright side. With higher costs, people will be forced to use less energy. We can thus save more energy, which is good for the environment.Q: What does the man think of the rise of fuel costs?Conversation 4M: I’ve never been to the mountains before. I’m not much of an adventurer, you know.W: Well, join us. It’s great spending some time with friends and just being close to nature. And when you come back, you’ll be a new person, relaxed and ready to study again.Q: According to the woman, what can the man benefit from going to the mountains? Conversation 5M: Look! The sun is shining. We haven’t seen the sun for ages. It’s been raining for a week! It’s much too beautiful a day to waste indoors reading, cooking or cleaning. W: You are right. Let’s make the most of it.Q: What are the man and woman probably going to do?Long conversationScriptsW: I just saw a great movie about the true story of Christopher McCandless’ trip to the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. It was so inspiring! His love of nature was so beautiful.M: Well, I read about his story. He was foolish and just threw his life away!W: Why would you say that? It’s a shame that he died, but at least he lived doing what he loved. Can you imagine living in Alaska alone, eating only the plants you can gather and the animals you can hunt?M: No, that’s just it! He died in the wilderness because he thought nature was magical and kind. He needed to realize that nature is powerful and full of risks! Christopher was completely unprepared for the many dangers of the Alaskan wilderness.W: Like what? He found shelter and he had a gun to hunt!M: He did not use his map of the area – there was a boat where he could get help only a quarter of a mile away! H e didn’t have any emergency food supplies! Most of all, he had no emergency communication equipment. Any one of those three things would have saved his life!W: Yes, he should have been more prepared, but I still admire what he was trying to do.M: It’s no t romantic! Five famous outdoor specialists were interviewed. They all said he should have lived. He died because he was unprepared!W: Still, I admire his spirit for trying!Q1: What are the man and woman talking about?Q2: What can we learn about Christopher?Q3: What does the woman think about Christopher taking the trip to Alaska?Q4: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as something that would have saved Christopher’s life?Passage 1ScriptsWithin five seconds of taking off, an avalanche can move at 80 miles an hour, so people rarely have time to run out of the way. But these days, avalanches don’t often strike skiers at official skiing zones because the ski patrol makes sure the skiing areas are safe.An avalanche occurs when one entire area or layer of snow slides off another layer below it. When a layer starts to slide, anything on top is carried along, and the avalanche picks up whatever lies in its path as it moves down a slope, including rocks, trees and people. When a person starts to travel across an area of unstable snow, their weight can start a slide.As long as skiers stay in the official ski areas, they don’t have to worry. “We control the hazard, so it is unlikely you’ll get caught,” explains Mike, a snow safety expert. “We do that by p ressing the snow together to make it more solid, and we use explosives to make an avalanche move or to test an area to see if it is unstable.” This work can be dangerous, so ski patrol members look out for each other and keep the public at a safe distance.Mike and his colleagues also dig holes in the snow to study the layers. After they go back, they enter measurements into a computer; a special software creates a chart showing how the different layers are holding up. If an area looks risky, the ski patrol closes it.Q1: What speed can an avalanche reach within five seconds of taking off?Q2: According to the passage, under what circumstances may an avalanche occur?Q3: What are skiers advised to do to avoid being caught in an avalanche?Q4: Why does the ski patrol use explosives?Passage 2Scripts and answersAnna was awarded a special day out for herself and her family after taking part in a competition run by a magazine in April, beating over 2,000 people who 1) participated in the event.Anna’s wild day out will include a special tour of the city’s nature park, with exclusive 2) access to areas of the site that are not usually available to the public. During her visit, Anna is likely to see some natural wonders including rare birds feeding their young and a 3) tremendous number of newly hatched chicks. Anna may also see a great flamingo 4) currently nesting at the nature park after it escaped from the zoo last year.The most 5) incredible thing is that Mike Dilger, a well-known wildlife reporter for BBC, will 6) accompany the family throughout the day. Mike is an experiencedbiologist, so he is ready to share his experiences and knowledge of the natural world every step of the way.Henry, manager of the nature park, says, “Visiting a nature park is a 7) remarkable way to learn more about types of wildlife that you just can’t see in your daily life. It’s an 8) amazing time of year for a visit –the hatching season is well underway, so there are lots of chicks hatching across the park, and as parents take regular trips to find food for their young, there is a very good chance of 9) catching a glimpse of some of our very rare birds. Anna will have a great day; we are really 10) looking forward to her visit.”。

Unit 11.Okay, okay, let’s begin. Hello, everyone. My name’s Susan Hudson and I’ll be your teacher for this class, Intercultural Communication.Uh, to begin with, please take a look at the syllabus in front of you. As you all should know by now, this class meets on Tuesdays from 3:15 to 4:50. We will be meeting in this room for the first half of the course, but we will be using the research lab every other week on Thursday in Room 405 during the last two months of the class.Uh, this is the text for the class, Beyond Language. Unfortunately, the books haven’t come in yet, but I was told that you should be able to purchase them at the bookstore the day after tomorrow. Again, as you see on your course outline, grading is determined by your performance on a midterm and final test, periodic quizzes, uh, a research project, and classroom participation.My office hours are from 1:00 to 2:00 on Wednesdays, and you can set up an appointment to meet with me at other times as well.2.Librarian: Can I help you?Student: Yes. I am a bit confused. My sociology class is supposed to read a chapter in a book called Sociology and the Modern Age. According to the syllabus,the book is in the library, but I haven’t been able to find it.Librarian: Do you have your syllabus with you? May I see it?Student: Yes, uh...I put it in the front of my sociology notebook. Yes, here it is. Librarian: Let me see. Oh yes. Your professor has placed this book on reserve. That means you cannot find it on the shelves in its usual place. You need to goto a special room called the reserve room. It’s down the hall and to theright.Student: I’m sorry—I still don’t understand what you mea n by on reserve. Librarian: You see, your professor wants everyone in the class to read the chapter. If one student removes the book from the library, it is likely that none of theother students will have the opportunity to read it. So, your professor hasinsured that all students have the opportunity to read it by placing it onreserve.Student: So, will I be able to find this book?Librarian: Yes, when a book is on reserve, a student can go to the reserve room and ask the reserve librarian for the book. The student can have the book for afew hours, and he or she MUST read it in the library during that time. Thatway, the book stays in the library, and all students have a chance to read it. Student: OK. Thank you. I understand now.Librarian: Will there be anything else?Student: No! I am on my way to the reserve room. Thanks again!3.Hello and welcome to the university library. This taped tour will introduce you to our library facilities and operating hours.First of all, the library’s collection of books, reference materials, and otherresources are found on levels one to four of this building. Level one houses our humanities and map collections. On level two, you will find our circulation desk, current periodicals and journals, and our copy facilities. Our science and engineering sections can be found on level three. You can also find back issues of periodicals and journals older than six months on this level. Finally, group study rooms, our microfilm collection, and the multimedia center are located on level four.Undergraduate students can check out up to five books for two weeks. Graduate students can check out fifteen books for two months. Books can be renewed up to two times. There is a 50-cents-a-day late fee for overdue books up to a maximum of $15. Periodicals and reference books cannot be checked out.The library is open weekdays, 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, and on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 8:30 pm. The library is closed on Sundays.4.Randall: Hi Faith. Do you have a minute?Faith: Sure. What’s up?Randall: Well, I just wanted to go over the schedule for Wednesday’s orientation meeting to make sure everything is ready.Faith: Okay. Here’s a copy of the tentative schedule. [Okay.] Now, the registration starts at 8:30 and goes until 9:15. [All right.] Then, the orientation meeting will commence at 9:30.Randall: Okay. Now, we had planned originally for the meeting to go until 10:30, but now we have someone from the international center coming to speak to thestudents on extracurricular activities, so how about ending the meetingaround 11?Faith: Fine. And, uh, then students will take the placement tests from 11:15 until noon [OK.], followed by 20-minute break before lunch. [OK.] And, immediately after lunch, we have reserved a campus shuttle to give students a 45-minute tour starting at 1:30. [Oh. OK.] We want to show students around the university, including the union building, the library, and the student services building.Randall: Great. Now, how about the oral interviews?Faith: Well, we’re planning to start them at 2:15.Randall: Uh, well, teachers are going to be up to their ears in preparations, and they’ll be hard pressed to start then.Faith: Ok, let’s get things rolling around 2:45.Randall: Ok, here, let me jot that down. Uh, could you grab a pen off my desk? Faith: Right. Finding anything on your desk is like finding a needle in a haystack.[Oh, it’s not that bad.] Here, use mine.Randall: OK. And we’ll need 150 copies of this program guide by then.Faith: Hey. That’s a tall order on such short notice! How about lending me a hand to put things together [OK.] by this afternoon so we don’t have to worry about them?Randall: OK. And I think the manager has given the green light to go ahead and use the more expensive paper and binding for the guides this time.Faith: OK. So the interviews will go from 2:45 until, let’s say, 4:30. [OK.] I hopewe can wrap things up by 5.Randall: Great. I think the bottom line is to keep things running smoothly throughout the day.Faith: I agree. I’ll pass this schedule by the director for a final look5.Receptionist: Good morning. Can I help you?Student: Yes, please. I would want to have some information about the…erm…the courses at Swan School.Recep tionist: Is that a summer course you’re interested in?Student: Yes. Yes, please.Receptionist: Yes. Fine. OK. Well, we have…erm…short intensive full-time courses during the summer.Student: Mm-mm. I would want to know the length of one course. Receptionist: Yes. Each course lasts for three weeks.Student: How many hours per week, please?Receptionist: Well, it’s about 23 hours a week. Usually four and a half days each week.Student: You must have a lot of students in the c lass, haven’t you? Receptionist: We have a lot of students in the school but in the classes only about between 12 and 14 students.Student: 12 and 14. Could you please give me the dates of the first and the second course?Receptionist: Yes, certainly. The first course begins on the 3rd of July and lasts until the 20th of July and the second course is from the24th of July until the 10th of August.Student: What about the fees per course?Receptionist: Yes, each…each course costs ￡150 plus V AT, which is 15 percent, anda ￡5 registration fee.Student: And deposit, please?Receptionist: Yes. For each course we need a deposit of ￡20 and the ￡5 registration fee.Student: Oh thank you. Do we have to find our…our own accommodation? Receptionist: No, we can do that for you. We have a lady who arranges the accommodation for you with Oxford families.Student: How much does it cost?Receptionist: Well, you can choose to have bed and break fast only which is ￡20 a week, or bed, breakfast and dinner which is about ￡27 a week.Student: ￡27. Thank you very much.Receptionist: You’re welcome.6.Every year, high school juniors and seniors from across the US take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT 1).The SAT 1 is a three-hour exam that tests students’ math and verbal skills. Most universities will not accept students without this test. It is also used to help decide how much financial aid should be given to each student.Scores range from 200 to 800 for each part. There is a total of 1,600 points. Thetest is held every year from October to June. But seniors must take it before December in order to include their scores in their university applications. The average total score for an American high school student is around 1,000.A poor SAT score can prevent a student from going to a good university. Students who want to go to one of America’s best universities, such as Harvard or Yale, must score between 1,430 and 1,600.The test can be taken over and over again, but all the scores will appear on the students’ records. However, unlike Chinese universities, the score is not the only thing needed. American universities also look at a student’s subject gra des, what they do outside of school, and their teachers’ recommendations.In addition to the SAT 1, some universities require high school students to take at least three SAT IIs. These one-hour exams can be taken in any subject, for example chemistry or French.7.Japanese students need 12 years of study before entering universities.They choose the places they want to go and apply before January of their final year. The university entrance exam is a standard nationwide test held every year in January. It provides tests for 31 subjects in six subject areas: Japanese language, geography and history, civics, math, science and a foreign language. All national and public universities, as well as some private ones make use of this exam. But many places also have their own tests in February or later, before the new school year starts in April.In order to pass the exam for the best universities such as the National University of Tokyo, many students attend special preparation schools on top of their regular classes. These extra schools can last for one to two years between high school and university.Although every student has the chance of going to a Japanese university, only 50 percent of high school seniors actually choose further study.8.The School was opened in 1955 and is part of a non-profit-making educational foundation. Its 200 students, from 30-40 countries, work in large, attractive buildings set in extensive, beautiful gardens, within easy reach of the centre of Cambridge, The School has dining rooms, a library, video filming studio, language laboratories, listening and self-access study centres, computers, as well as facilities for tennis, table tennis, volleyball, basketball, badminton and football.General English classes are for students aged 17+. Complete beginners are not accepted. Students have classes for 21 hours a week. Other subjects available within the General English timetable include English for Business and English Literature. The cost of tuition, materials and books per term is ￡1,130. Accommodation is with local families. Lunch is provided in the School Monday to Friday. All other meals are taken with the family. There is a full range of social activities including excursions, discos and theatre-visits. The total cost of all non-tuition services is ￡670 per term. There are 3 terms of 10 weeks and summer courses of 9 weeks and 3 1/2 weeks.9.This school has a capacity of 220 students. It occupies a 19th century building in a quiet tree- filled square close to Victoria Station in central London.General courses, either in the mornings or afternoons, comprise 15 50-minuteperiods per week. We cater for a wide range of classes from beginners to advanced, enabling us to place students at the level indicated by the special entry test which all students take. There are usually no more than 14 students in a class. In addition to the 15 lessons, there are daily individual laboratory sessions and lectures on life in Britain at no extra costThere are 8 classrooms, a multi-media learning centre, language laboratory, video, computer, lecture hall, canteen. We are open from January to December for courses of 3 to 14 weeks. There is a special 2-week Easter Course and Refresher Courses for overseas teachers of English in summer. Fees are approximately￡46 per week for general courses. Accommodation can be arranged with selected families with half board. There is a full social programme and regular excursions.10.This school, founded in 1953, is a non-profit making Charitable Trust. Situated in residential North Oxford, 3 km from the city centre, the College occupies a complex of purpose-built blocks and 14 large Victorian houses providing academic and residential accommodation. Facilities include an excellent library, video room, language laboratories, computer room, science laboratories, assembly hall and coffee bar.A particular benefit for the EFL student is the opportunity to live and study with native English speakers taking the two-year International Baccalaureate course, or courses at university level.All students are encouraged to participate in social and extracurricular activities including sports, horse riding, drama, art, crafts, photography, films, concerts and excursions.Academic Year Courses (21 hours per week) leading to all principal EFL examinations, concentrate on language with selected studies in Literature, Politics, History, Art History, and Computing. Most students live in college houses each supervised by a resident warden, but some prefer family accommodation.Unit 21. 1) They live in Africa and India. They have four legs and a tail. They are very big and very strong. They are intelligent, too. They have a trunk and some of them have tusks. They sometimes live for 70 years.2) They live in Africa and Asia. They are brown. They have arms and legs, but they don’t have a tail. Their arms are very long and they have big ears. They are good climbers. They are very intelligent, too.3) They live in Africa. They are very tall. They have four legs, a tail and a very long neck. They eat leaves and twigs. They can run very fast. They are brown and white.4) They live in very cold countries. They have wings, but they can’t fly. They are good swimmers. They eat fish. They are blue and white or black and white.5) They live in Australia. They are red or gray. They have short front legs, long back legs and a very long tail. The back legs and the tail are very strong. They can run very fast. The females carry their young in a pouch.6) They live in Africa. They have four legs and a tail. They have a beautiful coat withblack and white or brown and white stripes. They eat grass and plants.7) They live in very cold countries. They have four legs. They are very big and very strong. They have a white coat. They can swim. They eat seals and fish.2. The fastest animal on land is the cheetah. It can run at a speed of about 100 kilometres an hour. The fastest bird in the world can fly at 170 km/h, and the fastest fish can swim at more than 100 km/h.Human beings are not very fast. The fastest man in the world can only run at about 40 km/h.Many animals can run faster than this. But most animals run on four legs. Four legs are better than two, aren’t they? Why do we onl y have two legs?Scientists say that we are more intelligent than other animals because we stand on two legs, so we can use our hands for other things. We can pick things up with them. We can use tools. Human beings have used tools for millions of years. That is why our brains have developed. That is why we have become the most intelligent animals in the world.In the past few years, we have made all kinds of machines. We have made cars, ships, aeroplanes and spacecraft. In these machines we can travel faster than any animal—by land, by sea, or by air. We can even go to the moon. No other animal has ever done that!3. A: You know, we’re studying dinosaurs in science class.It’s really interesting.B: Oh, yeah? Hey, have you learned why the dinosaurs disappeared?A: Well, no one knows for sure.B: I thought it had something to do with the climate. The temperature might have gotten cooler and killed them off.A: Yeah, that’s one theory. Another idea is that they may have run out of food.B: Uh-huh. And you know, there’s even a theory that they could have been destroyed by aliens from outer space.A: That sounds crazy to me!4. For the shortest life, the first prize must go to the mayfly, which typically lives only a matter of a few hours after it emerges from its shell. Few mayflies live to see the sun rise again. These creatures devote their whole lives to a single desperate mission: finding a mate and producing young. They don’t even have functional mouths and stomachs. They simply have no time to eat. In fact they have no time for anything else.The record-holder for the longest life may be the Arctic clam, one of which lived quietly underwater for 220 years. However it did not have any birth certificate to prove this. One could only judge by its growth rings.If you insist on better documentation, the oldest animal ever was probably a tortoise that died in 1918. It had been captured already full-grown in 1766, nine years before the American Revolution began and it died 152 years later as World War I came to a close5. Every year about 17 million animals are used in Laboratory experiments. But in many countries today, a difficult question is being asked: Do we have the right to use animals in this way?People who are for using animals in research argue that the use of animals in medical research has many practical benefits. Animal research has enabled researchers to develop treatments for many diseases, such as heart disease and depression. It would not have been possible to develop vaccines for diseases like smallpox and polio without animal research. Every drug anyone takes today was tried first on animals.Future medical research is dependent on the use of animals. Which is more important: the life of a rat or that of a three-year-old child?Medical research is also an excellent way of using unwanted animals. Last year, over 12 million animals had to be killed in animal shelters because no one wanted them as pets.However those who are against it point out that the fact that humans benefit cannot be used to justify using animals in research any more than it can be used to justify experimenting on other humans. Animals suffer a lot during these experiments. They are forced to live in small cages, and they may be unable to move.Much of the research that is carried out is unnecessary anyway.Animals have the same rights as humans do— to be able to move freely and not to have pain or fear forced on them. Researchers must find other ways of doing their research, using cell culture and computer modeling. There should be no animals in research laboratories at all.6. Visitors to the National Zoo in Washington D. C. can see three new young tigers. The rare babies met the public for the first time late last month. Chip O’Neal tells us about them.The mother tiger sat nearby on the grass as her babies rolled, chased and bit each other playfully. Then Korenchy also jumped into the games. Her cubs were born at the zoo four months ago. They are called Mike, Eric and Chrisy. The new young tigers at the National Zoo each weigh about 13 kilograms. Their fur is dark orange with black stripes. They eat horse meat and drink milk from Korenchy.Korenchy and her babies are Sumatran tigers. Sumatran tigers came from the Indonesian island of Sumatra. They are now in danger of disappearing from the earth. Fewer than 500 of these tigers remain in the world. That includes about 60 living in zoos in North America.Korenchy came to the National Zoo from the Jakarta Zoo in Indonesia. The girl was part of the Sumatran Tiger Species Survival Program. Korenchy has given birth to live cubs three tines. The father of her new cubs is Rokan, a Sumatran tiger who arrived two years ago from another zoo. Korenchy and Rokan had their babies the natural way instead of the scientific method often used to produce young animals in zoos.A wire fence separates Rokan from his babies. Zoo workers who care for Rokan say he reaches through the fence to wash the cubs with his tongue. They say this means he recognizes Mike, Eric and Chrisy as his cubs. However, zoo officials are hoping that Rokan will produce more cubs with another female Sumatran tiger at the zoo, so they do not want him to become too interested in this family.The National Zoo hopes to keep the Sumatran tiger cubs for at least 18 months beforesending them to other zoos. That is about the age when most tiger cubs in the wild leave their mothers. The National Zoo has placed cameras in the Sumatran tigers’ living area, so people with computers can see them. To do this, use your computer to find the National Zoo’s Website at www. /natzoo.7. An old expression says, “Man’s best friend is his dog.” Today, however, it seems that cats have replaced dogs as the most popular pets in American homes.Americans have more than 62 million pet dogs. But even more cats— more than 64 million — live in American homes.These pet cats may have long hair or short hair. They are different colors and sizes. Some are costly animals that take part in competitions. Many more are common American mixtures of several kinds of cats.Most house cats live a good life. They are not expected to work for their food. Instead, they rule their homes like furry kings and queens. They wait for their owners to serve them.Americans are increasingly serious about their cats. These concerns have made the care of cats into big business.Each year, cat owners buy tons of food especially prepared for cats. They buy toys and other equipment. They buy jewelry and clothes for themselves with images of cats on them. Some owners even bury their dead pets in special burial grounds.Humans have loved and respected cats for centuries. Scientists have evidence that cats and people lived together as long as 8000 years ago. The small house cat was once a highly honored animal. In ancient Egypt, for example, people who killed a cat could be punished by death.Early in American history cats were not treated as gods, however. They probably arrived in the United States with settlers and traders from Europe. These cats worked. They killed rats and mice.Sometimes, Americans mistreated their cats. During the early days of the nation, religious extremists believed that some cats were working for the devil. Black cats were especially suspected of being evil.Later, American families who had enough food began taking cats into their homes. People cared for the cats because the animals gave them pleasure. The cats thanked people for feeding them by making a purring sound. This pleasant noise usually means a cat is happy.Animal experts offer several reasons why cats have become so popular as house pets. They say cats need less care than dogs. And cats do not seem to suffer as much as dogs from being alone if the owners are away.Still, millions of other people do not like cats at all. They say dogs are better and more loving pets. They say cats do not have much feeling. They believe cats stay with people only to be fed. Cat owners defend their pets against such criticism. They say cats are just much more independent than dogs.A student of animal medicine explains the situation this way: dogs follow you around — they want you to talk to them and play with them a lot of the time. Cats like more space and more privacy — this does not mean they do not love their owners.。

Task 4【答案】1) The mayfly. A few hours.2) They just do two things: finding a mate and producing young.3) We could judge by its growth rings.4) It was kept for 152 years.Task 5【答案】A.People have different opinions on using animals for research.B.1) fora. was tried first on animals.b. is dependent onc. using unwanted animals.2) againsta. sufferb. unnecessaryc. the same rights3)a. cell cultureb. computer modeling.Task 6【答案】A.1) No.2) Because zoo officials want him to produce cubs w ith another female tiger, so they don’t want him to become too interested in this family.B.1) four months2) 13 kilograms3) horse meat, their mother’s milk.4) the National Zoo’s WebsiteC.1) c, 2) c, 3) bTask 7【答案】A.1) Cats have been more popular, because there are more pet cats in American homes.2) About 8,000 years3) They probably arrived in the United States from Europe.4) No.B.1)a) food especially prepared for catsb) other equipmentc) with images of catsd) in special burial grounds2)a) pleasureb) carec) being aloned) independentC.1) F, 2) F, 3) T, 4) F, 5) FTask 8【答案】Little Steve has a pet rabbit, Bunny. He plays with it every day after school. One day his mother sees that her little boy is holding Bunny by the ears. From time to time he gives the poor rabbit an angry shake and says: ―How much is two plus two?‖―Steve,‖ says his mother, ―Why do you treat your poor little Bunny that way?‖―Well,‖ explains Steve angrily, ―Our teacher says that rabbits multiply very quickly, but this dummy can’t even add.‖Task 9【答案】Most mammals live on land, but not all of them. Millions of years ago, some mammals went back to the sea and lived there. The legs of these animals disappeared, and after a long time they looked like fish. These animals became whales and dolphins.Whales and dolphins are still like other mammals in many ways. They are warm-blooded and they breathe air. They also have big brains. That is why they are more intelligent than fish. Whales have the biggest brains in the world. Their brain is bigger than the brain of a human being.Unit 3Task 1【答案】1) Her hobby is sky-diving. She jumps from an aeroplane and falls through the air. She opens her parachute only when she is very close to the ground.2) He wants to organize a band.3) To win.Task 2【答案】A.1) F, 2) F, 3) T, 4) TB.She was taught where to sit in the aeroplane, how to jump out, how to guide the parachute, and how to land safely on the ground.Task 3【答案】A.1) a, 2) cB.a – c – bTask 4【答案】A.Name: Matthew TreharneAge: 10Hometown: Cambridgeshire, in the east of EnglandAward: a black belt for karateTime of getting this award: this summerTime of starting practicing karate: 6 years agoReason practicing karate: He liked it and he wanted to be strongOther sport he plays: football and rugbyB.1) He gives his karate shows near his home in Cambridgeshire.2) He gives the money away.3) It was used to buy a heart ventilator, a special machine for people with weak hearts.Task 5【答案】1) On the wall. In his bath.2) They are constellations.3) Texas.4) Through writing, she could express herself and get her troubles out. She could write about things she is reluctant to say in front of people or some serious matters.5) The first prize in inter-school competitions.Task 6【答案】A.1) a, 2) b, 3) aB.1) F, 2) TTask 7【答案】A.1) b, 2) dB.1) Because the man was fishing in a small pool of rain-water about five centimeters deep.2) Joe also thought that he was out of his mind and he pitied him.3) He was trying to catch some people who are willing to offer him free drinks.4) Eight.Task 8【答案】A.1) d, 2) a, 3) bB.1) F, 2) FTask 9【答案】1) In the United States a university professor is granted a few months of freedom from his duties approximately every seventh year for travel or advanced study. This period of freedom from teaching is called a ―sabbatical‖ leave.2) Some of the usual duties of a college president are giving speeches, dealing with the government and taking part in various social activities.3) Dr. Coleman started his sabbatical leave on a farm in Canada, hundreds of miles from his college. Getting up at 4:30 each morning, working 13 hours a day in fields and barns, he prepared himself physically for his next job, digging ditches, in Atlanta, Georgia. After that, the college president washed dishes in a Boston restaurant. During the last ten days of his leave, he worked as a garbage collector.By doing the hard manual labor, Dr. Coleman wanted to remind himself of the common things about people. Therefore he could com to life with the fact that he was just the same as everyone else, not the ―powerful‖ person he might think himself to be after being the college president for too long.4) After two months of working with his hands, Coleman returned from his unusual sabbatical leave, convinced that the experience had been worthwhile. He had some good things to say about people who do hard physical work. He found that pride and satisfaction came chiefly in the form of praise from co-workers.Unit 4Task 1【答案】1) He stood up and rang the bell.2) He wanted to make sure that the driver heard him.3) The conductor came and shouted at him.4) The landlady told him that’s the signal for the driver to go on and only the conductor was allowed to ring the bell twice. That’s why the conductor got so annoyed.Task 2【答案】1) T, 2) F, 3) F, 4) F, 5) T, 6) TTask 3【答案】A.of, without, of,for, to, by, to, to, intofrom, withon, in, around, aboutB.1) school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When their children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school.2) they can save gasoline and it is easier for them to find parking places3) too many cars are on the road and have created many problemsTask 4【答案】1) T, 2) F, 3) T, 4) FTask 5【答案】A.1) c, 2) b, 3) a, 4) c, 5) a, 6) c, 7) b, 8) cB.1) would have got up on time2) would have woken up James3) would have been on the plane that crashed4) would have lost his life in the crashTask 6【答案】A.1) 1964, the United States2) safety belts3) 404) about 155) 24B.1) They do not smoke while driving.2) They have had more education than non-users.3) They know someone who was injured (but not killed) in an automobile accident.C.the importance of using seat belts in drivingTask 7【答案】A.1) Miss Brown.2) Mr. Phillips was Miss Brown’s boss.3) He sounded very angry.4) He had been in a traffic jam for more than an hour.B.1) congested2) alternative routes3) South Circular Road4) broken down5) blown down, in useC.1)T, 2)F, 3)F, 4)F, 5)T1) He left home at the usual time and decided to use a new route.2) The traffic lights were out of order because of the storms last night.3) After that there was a breakdown.4) He ran out of petrol.5) He was in traffic jams for three hours.Task 8【答案】A.1) b, 2) a, 3) cB.a) It was chosen because the cost of energy is not so great as with a bus system.b) It was chosen because it is much easier to carry a greater number of passengers by train than by bus or car.c) It was chosen because the noise and pollution are not so great as with buses and cars.C.1) 12.5, above and below2) Germany, Canada3) Calgary4) 245) only one man6) separate7) 30 seconds8) open the doors themselves.9) automatic ticket machines (placed) on the platforms, zipcards10) get a $25 fineTask 9【答案】A.1) deaths and people injured2) drivers, pedestrians, and road conditions3) may cause drivers and pedestrians endanger lives through no fault of their own4) too many road signs, faulty traffic lights, sudden narrowing of a street, and congested parking5)a) drive too fast and without any consideration for othersb) think they are safe at the wheel even though they have drunk too much alcoholc) out of some curious sense of power, are incapable of understanding that their car is a lethal weapon if improperly used6)a) step off the pavement without first looking to the left or rightb) cross roads when the traffic lights are against themc) jump off a moving busB.Pedestrians, drivers and road conditions are all to blame for road accidents.Task 10【答案】1) 11, 2) Over 400, 3) Over 4,000, 4) $ 400, 5) 60 daysB.1) Most people are going to die from accidents caused by drunk drivers.2) Joe’s sister is worried because it’s getting late and he is drunk.3) The green Ford that Joe is driving is weaving from left to right.4) When Officer Williams asks Joe to walk along the white line, he can’t do it. Joe also fails the breath test.5) He’s going to appear in court next week. He is going to receive a $400 fine. The judge is also going to suspen d his license for sixty days.C.enjoying, family party, leave, stay, wait, drives, fine, slowly, had, drinksUnit 5Task 1【答案】A.1) a, 2) aB.1) T, 2) FTask 2【答案】A.1) c, 2) b, 3) aB.1) F, 2) FTask 3【答案】A.1) b, 2) cB.1) T, 2) F, 3) FTask 4【答案】ation del Sol, Spain eer PersonSpan k s ksmeals a day entioned t by the touristsmmodation ain farmhouses y hotels oatl Features fresh air weather air, plenty of sun and sailing activitTask 5【答案】A.1) F, 2) T, 3) T, 4) FB.1) c, 2) c, 3) b, 4) aC.family, 660, camping, 1499, first-class, swimming pool, night clubTask 6【答案】1) a, 2) b, 3) c, 4) a, 5) b, 6) c【原文】Two people were having dinner in the Waverley restaurant. Here is their conversation:Man: Are you enjoying your meal?Woman: I thought the soup was very nice.Task 7【答案】A.1) b, 2) d, 3) aB.Seven. He lost his way in the forest. He burned his steak. He was woken up by the noises made by the people next to him and couldn’t go back to sleep. The pouring rain soaked his tent and he ended up sleeping in his small car. He had all the food stolen. His car was stuck in the mud and he had a flat tire on his way home.Task 8【答案】1) It is beautiful and peaceful. There is food — fish, coconut and wild bananas. There is fresh water, too.2) The civilized life is too complicated. And the traveling also makes Buck sick.3) The weather is bad. The food is dull. The fresh water is not enough. There are too many insects. He has nobody to talk to and no books to read.4) Some matches, some insecticide, some modern tools such as a good axe, a saw, a hammer and some nails and a radio.Task 9【答案】A.1) c → e → a → b → d2) c → a → bB.1) F, 2) T, 3) T, 4) FUnit 6Task 1【答案】but not very small, the centre of the city, pets, dream of, living room, floors, bedrooms, dark, hobbies, swimming poolTask 2【答案】A.1) kitchen, bathroom, hall2) shops3) central heating112 pounds, first, Mary Jones, 41, 40414B.1) T, 2) F, 3) F, 4) FTask 3【答案】1) b, 2) c, 3) d, 4) dTask 4【答案】1) Electricity comes through an underground cable. Then a thin cable enters our home through a fuse box and a meter.2) The meter counts the units of electricity.3) No. Because they are normally under the floors or in the walls.4) Usually for refrigerators, cookers, water heaters and washing machines.Task 5【答案】1) b, 2) b, 3) a, 4) a, 5) cTask 6【答案】1) The Kienasts’ Housing Problem.2) It means five Children born of the same mother at the same time.3) They were too small to leave the hospital.4) T hey decided to add some extra rooms to the Kienasts’ house.5) 12.6) No. The neighbors want to help them.Task 8【答案】A.Social and economic, America’s housing system1.1) smaller houses or apartments2) rental housing3) cooperatives2. the rising energy prices1) cities2) less to heat and light3) underground3. economic factors1) the cost of houses getting higher and higher2) higher interestB.1) It is a way of solving housing problem and helping keep the cost low. In the cooperative, everyone buys a share of an apartment building. If a low-earning requirement is met, the buys can get a low-interest loan from the government.2) During the day, heat from sunlight is collected through windows on the south side of the house. At night, the windows are covered, and the collected warmth heats the home.Task 9【答案】A.1) Debate on Radio Time.2) Four guests are in the studio. James and Alice are from Sheffield; David and Louise are from a small village in Yorkshire.3) The topic is how living in town compares with living in the country.B.s gainst town life nsin town)much to do;many places to go;d public transport;ng near school and friends.t in town)fresh air;y with traffic;y;gerous roads.t in the country)er to nature, quieter;ndly people;traffic, more fresh air.in the country);quiet;lace to play;gerous drivers;ance from friends and clubs;public transport.Task 10【答案】First speaker:point ter to live in a village.ant arguments ndly people, a lot of fresh air, healthier life, close to natureable for his work as a writerSecond speaker:point ter to live in a city.ant arguments e going ond for her career (actress), more cinema, theatre, and other entertainmente open-minded peopleer shops and storesThird speaker:point ter to live in a village.ant arguments r (less crime and less traffic)aper (rent, house price)cefulFourth speaker:point e her husband’s idea of buying a home in a village.ant arguments practicalfar from the children’s schoolTask 11【答案】to, are, of, is, in, for, to, to, of, or, of, toUnit 7Task 1【答案】1) They are Emma, Mark and Jane.2) Emma wants a joke book; Mark wants a model train, and Jane wants a radio.3) The joke book costs two pounds fifty. The radio costs twenty-seven pounds ninety-nine pence. We don’t know the exact price of the model train, but it must be very expensive.Task 2【答案】A.1) EmmaShe is going to bed now.2) MarkHe’s having a bath. Now he’s washing his feet and singing a carol.3) JaneShe is putting the last Christmas Cards on the table in the hall.4) Mr. PhillipsHe’s putting all the presents under the tree. He’s thinking about his busy day.5) Mrs. PhillipsShe’s preparing all the food for tomorrow’s mealsB.1) d 2) a 3) cTask 3【答案】A.read, drew, made, drank, had, flew, went, see, rememberB.1) a, 2) c, 3) bTask 4【答案】A. past, future, memories, hopes, fearsB. bTask 5【答案】A.1) There were only seven small houses to live in. So everyone had to squeeze in together. You might have had four or five extra people living with your family.2) Your house was dark inside. You couldn’t see anything out of the tiny windows because th ey were made from oiled cloth, not glass.3) The air was full of smoke from the fish-oil lamps and from the big fireplace, where something was cooking all day long.B.1) F, 2) FTask 6【答案】A.1) Because most of the water in England was polluted in the early 1600s. You could get very sick from it. But beer was safe because it has alcohol in it, and alcohol kills germs. So, that’s what people drank every day.2) Doing the laundry was a really big job in those days. First, the women had to make soap out of animal fat and ashes. That took a long time. Then the children had to carry water from the stream, so it could be boiled in big outdoor pots. After everything was washed, the laundry was hung on bushes to dry.B.1) F, 2) FTask 7【答案】ren’s No. ays ay Traditionsrick’s Day whoever does not wear greenthe cluesse New Year g dragonsmas boiled peanuts and read The Polar Expresste the crossul water thrown at friendsTask 8【答案】hs als rating Country ties for Celebrationy Ye ar’s Day g the bellsressing ting wells with flowers, shells, moss and othesmono-hi streamers or kites, displaying traditional warrthing the childrenTask 9【答案】als rating Country ties for Celebrationn Boat Festival g dumplings of rice, meat and other ingredients &ompetitionosto ly occasion celebrating the ascent of Virgin Mnal of the Dead o g candles in memory of the deadUnit 8Task 1【答案】1) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation2) Association of Southeast Asian Nations3) European Union4) Food and Agriculture Organization5) International Atomic Energy Agency6) International Labour Organization7) International Monetary Fund8) North American Free Trade Agreement9) World Health Organization10) World Trade OrganizationTask 2【答案】1) recently attacked an elementary school2) have begun hunting crocodiles3) planting gardens on the tops of buildings4) resettle more than 125,000 people5) help rebuild Afghanistan6) 11 million dollars in aid for the Asian nation7)India has more than one billion people8) China’s population has increased to more than one billion two hundred millionTask 3【答案】News Item 1A.1) b, 2) c, 3) d, 4)aNews Item 2B.Lead: Thousands of demonstrators have forced the cancellation of the opening ceremony at the World Trade Organization meeting in the American city of Seattle, Washington.1) Ministers from 135 WTO member countries2) police, demonstrators3) big businesses, workers, the environment4) aid to farmers, labor rules, trade taxesC.1) They accused the WTO of protecting the interests of big business at the expenses of those of workers and the environment.2) The WTO is criticized by both poor countries and disadvantaged groups in the Western World. In News Item 1, the WTO faces the criticism particularly from developing countries that demand more concessions from developed nations in trade talks. In News Item 2, the WTO was accused of protecting the interests of big business at the expenses of those of workers and the environment.3) Yes. Throughout history, rich people and developed countries have benefited most from the existing international trade arrangements. Now it’s time for them to give more considerations for poor countries and people.As a leading actor in the process of globalization, the WTO should do more to reduce its negative impact on the poor and the environment.Task 4【答案】Mexico, 1989, America, economies, community, 21, two and one half thousand million, almost half, joint statement, terrorism, security, goodsTask 5【答案】A.1) Computer products, and particularly an operating system.2) The judge ruled that Microsoft company has acted a monopoly.3) Monopoly means blocking competition from other companies to gain control of the market.4) People who buy computer products.B.1) more than 500, 000 million2) operating3) the 9th4) blocking/ending/stopping5) harmedTask 6【答案】A.1) T, 2) F, 3) F, 4) T, 5) T, 6) TB.Judge Jackson’s rulings1) misusing, computer programs2) two smaller businessesThe Federal Appeals Court’s ruling s1) block competition2) reconsider3) fair/being fair, Microsoft and Bill GatesLegal e xperts’ comments1) the Federal government, Microsoft2)a) The Supreme Courtb) a new trial, the unresolved legal questionsc) negotiations, privatelyBill Gates’ responsethe situation, solutionProspects1) an agreement2) punished, pay moneyTask 7【答案】News Item 1A.1) It will send Destiny into Orbit.2) It is a scientific research laboratory.3) Destiny is the most technologically complex research center ever put into space.4) Over one billion dollars.5) It will last eleven Days.6) The will make three walks in space to attach the laboratory to the International Space Station’s Control Centre.News Item 2B.News Lead: The first laboratory has been connected to the International Space Station.1) launched, Wednesday, February 7th2) Destiny3) mechanical arm4) a linking device5) protective clothing, complete work.Task 8【答案】110 stories, employing, desks, collapse, figures, recovered, crashed, dead, searching, 800Task 9【答案】A.released, number one, terrorist attack, The RisingB.Titles Descriptions (themes, contents, etc.)are Missing‖rhaps the saddest one on the album, which is about the unbearable pain a lady and her chilencing when they see the many things that belonged to her husband, a victim in the terrorist he Fire‖out one of the hundreds of police, firefighter, and rescue workers who died in the attacks. Ie and sense of duty he showed that day.y S kies‖ribes the desire to strike back that a person feels after a senseless loss. It is a personal sthan a political one.Rising‖als to listeners to come together and heal each other.Task 10【答案】News Item 1A.1) A four-year exhibition of the work of the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh has opened in Amsterdam.2) It is one of his early drawings in water color, pencil and ink, depicting a woman carrying a child along a windswept road.3) A German art dealer acting for an anonymous collector.4) In 1883.News Item 2B.movie industry, directing, editing, released, Oscar, metals, statue, weighs, priceless, offers, earningUnit 9Task 1【答案】1) b, 2) a, 3) c, 4) c, 5) b, 6) a, 7) c, 8) b, 9) a, 10) bTask 2【答案】Name Age Position Feeling Reasonsle‖sework; go shopping; be nice to her younger brother and sisterest it.‖ed earlier; less pocket money; smaller room; ―No one ever listen to me.‖orst place of all‖ecial; wear old clothes and use old schoolbag of older sister; no presents whir hasTask 3【答案】1) c, 2) a, 3) a, 4) a, 5) b, 6) a, 7) cTask 4【答案】1) F, 2) T, 3) T, 4) F, 5) F, 6) FTask 5【答案】1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) b, 5) aTask 6【答案】1) They never interfered with her plans too much and she was allowed to take up the career she wanted.2) She became independent financially. But she still stays with her parents a lot.3) Yes.4) She doesn’t always get along well with her parents.5) They treat her as a child and they try to control her.Task 7【答案】A. dB.1) A writer for the ―Agony Column‖ in Flash magazine.2) Fifteen in two months’ time.3) Manchester.4) Quite a rough city.5) Christine.Task 8【答案】1) F, 2) T, 3) F, 4) F, 5)FTask 9【答案】holding a job, even tougher, playing cops and robbers, shot, yelled, slumped to the ground, ran over, had been hurt in the fall, bent over, It’s the only chance I get to restTask 10【答案】A.1) turn off the television2) feed the cat3) wash up dishes4) dry the dishes5) put away the dishes6) tidy the kitchen7) put out the cat8) lock all the doors9) turn out all the lightsB.1) She said she was going up to bed.2) She was sitting up in bed reading a book and eating chocolates.3) A gate banging downstairs.4) He had to go to shut the garden gate.Task 11【答案】1) b, 2) c, 3)a, 4)b, 5) bTask 12【答案】Main idea: are becoming more and more diverse1) Horizon Research Group, families in China’s cities are becoming more and more divers e, several generations under the same roof, a double-income-no-kids (DINK) family2)a) 48 percent, 1997, 37 percentb) one-person, linear, generational, 7.2 percent, 1 percentage point, six years agoc) 6.8 percent, 3.9 percentage pointsd) a married couple living with their parents, three generations, 6.4 percentage points, 49 percente) cohabitation, celibacy3) pluralistic society, diverse values, 1980s, 10,000, 60,000a 38-year-old businessman, a graphic designer, their two-person family is one of the happiest inthe world, have so many plans to do things together, we are two kids who like playing together, satisfied with, bother with children。

Unit 7Task 1【答案】A.1) In a mental asylum.2) He was a member of a committee which went there to show concern for the pertinents there.3) They were cants behaving like humans.4) He was injured in a bus accident and became mentally ill.5) He spent the rest of his life in comfort.B.painter, birds, animals, cats, wide, published, encouragement, A year or two, The Illustrated London News, cats' Christmas party, a hundred and fifty, world famous 【原文】Dan Rider, a bookseller who loved good causes, was a member of a committee that visited mental asylums. On one visit he noticed a patient, a quiet little man, drawing cats. Rider looked at the drawings and gasped."Good lord, man," he exclaimed. "You draw like Louis Wain!""I am Louis Wain," said the artist.Most people today have never heard of Louis Wain. But, when Rider found him in 1925, he was a household name."He made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world," said H. G. Wells in a broadcast appeal a month or two later. "British cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves."Before Louis Wain began drawing them, cats were kept strictly in the kitchen if they were kept at all. They were useful for catching mice and perhaps for keeping the maidservant company. Anyone else who felt affection for cats usually kept quiet about it. If a man admitted that he liked cats, he would be laughed at. The dog was the only domestic animal that could be called a friend.Louis Wain studied art as a youth and became quite a successful newspaper and magazine artist. He specialized in birds and animals, including dogs, but never drew a cat till his wife was dying. They had not been married long, and during her illness a black-and-white cat called Peter used to sit on her bed. To amuse his wife, Louis Wain used to sketch and caricature the cat while he sat by her bedside. She urged him to show these-drawings to editors, fie was unconvinced, but wanted to humour her.The first editor he approached shared his lack of enthusiasm. "Whoever would want to see a picture of a cat" he asked, and Louis Wain put the drawings away. A year or two later he showed them to the editor of The Illustrated London News, who suggested a picture of a cats' Christmas party across two full pages. Using his old sketches of Peter, Louis Wain produced a picture containing about a hundred and fifty cats, each one different from the rest. It took him a few days to draw, and it made him world famous.For the next twenty-eight years he drew nothing but cats. He filled his house with them, and sketched them in all their moods. There was nothing subtle about his work. Its humour simply lay in showing cats performing human activities; they followed every new fashion from sea bathing to motoring. He was recognized, somewhat flatteringly, as the leading authority on the feline species. He became President of the National Cat Club and was eagerly sought after as a judge at cat shows.Louis Wain's career ended abruptly in 1914, when he was seriously injured in abus accident and became mentally ill. Finally, he was certified insane and put in an asylum for paupers.After Dan Rider found him, appeals were launched and exhibitions of his work arranged, and he spent the rest of his life in comfort. He continued to draw cats, but they became increasingly strange as his mental illness progressed. Psychiatrists found them more fascinating than anything he had done when he was sane.Task 2【答案】A.1) Because he was always trying new things and new ways of doing things just like a young painter.2) It didn’t look like her.3) It was the only picture she knew that showed her as she really was.4) People from the poorer parts of Paris, who were thin, hungry, tired, and sick.B. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) TC. 1881, 1973, Malaga, Spain, ninety-one yearsD. fifteen, nineteen, twenty-three, colors, darker, change, soft-colored, strange,shape, human face and figure, strange【原文】Pablo Picasso was born in 1881. So probably you are wondering why we call him "the youngest painter in the world". When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old. But even at that age, he was still painting like a young painter.For that reason, we have called him the "youngest" painter. Young people are always trying new things and new ways of doing things. They welcome new ideas. They are restless and are never satisfied. They seek perfection. Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best, riley prefer to repeat their successes, rather than risk failure. They have found their own place in life and don't like to leave it. We know what to expect from them.When he was over ninety, this great Spanish painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still looking for new ideas and for new ways to use his artistic materials.Picasso's figures sometimes face two ways at once, with the eyes and nose in strange places. Sometimes they are out of shape or broken. Even the colors are not natural. The title of the picture tells us it is a person, but it may look more like a machine.At such times Picasso was trying to paint what he saw with his mind as well as with his eyes. He put in the side of the face as well as the front. He painted the naked body and the clothes on it at the same time. He painted in his own way. He never thought about other people's opinions.Most painters discover a style of painting that suits them and keep to it, especially if people like their pictures. As the artist grows older his pictures may change, but not very much. But Picasso was like a man who had not yet found his own style. He was still looking for a way to express his own restless spirit.The first thing one noticed about him was the look in his large, wide-open eyes. Gertrude Stein, a famous American writer who knew him when he was young, mentioned this hungry look, and one can still see it in pictures of him today. Picasso painted a picture of her in 1906, and the story is an interesting one.According to Gertrude Stein, she visited the painter's studio eighty or ninety times while he painted her picture. While Picasso painted they talked about everything in the world that interested them. Then one day Picasso wiped out the painted headthough he had worked on it for so long. "When I look at you I can't see you any more!" he remarked.Picasso went away for the summer. When he returned, he went at once to the picture left in the comer of his studio. Quickly he finished the face from memory. He could see the woman's face more clearly in his mind than he could see it when she sat in the studio in front of him.When people complained to him that the painting of Miss Stein didn't look like her, Picasso would reply, "Too bad. She'll have to look like the picture." But thirty years later, Gertrude Stein said that Picasso's painting of her was the only picture she knew that showed her as she really wasPicasso was born in Malaga, Spain, a pleasant, quiet town. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son his first lessons in drawing.Young Pablo did badly at school. He was lazy and didn't listen to what the teachers were saying. He had confidence in himself from the beginning. But it was soon clear that the boy was an artist and deserved the best training he could get. Not even his earliest drawings look like the work of a child.One can say that Picasso was born to be a painter. He won a prize for his painting when he was only fifteen. He studied art in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all he wanted to know. When he was nineteen he visited Paris.Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Most painters went there sooner or later to study, to see pictures, and to make friends with other painters. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of painting happened there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso returned there to live, and lived in France for the rest of his life.He was already a fine painter. He painted scenes of town life—people in the streets and in restaurants, at horse races and bull fights. They were painted in bright colors and were lovely to look at.But life was not easy for him. For several years he painted people from the poorer parts of the city. He painted men and women who were thin, hungry, tired, and sick. His colors got darker. Most of these pictures were painted in blue, and showed very clearly what the artist saw and felt. The paintings of this "blue period" are full of pity and despair.Picasso did not have to wait long for success. As he began to sell his pictures and become recognized as a painter, his pictures took on a warmer look. At the same time he began to paint with more and more freedom. He began to see people and places as simple forms or shapes. He no longer tried to make his pictures true to life.The results at first seemed strange and not real. The pictures were difficult to understand. His style of painting was known as Cubism, from the shape of the cube. Many people did not like this new and sometimes frightening style. But what great paintings give us is a view of life through one man's eyes, and every man's view is different.Some of Picasso's paintings are rich, soft-colored, and beautiful. Others are strange with sharp, black outlines. But such paintings allow us to imagine things for ourselves. They can make our own view of the world sharper. For they force us to say to ourselves, "What makes him paint like that What does he see"Birds, places, and familiar objects play a part in Picasso's painting. But, when one thinks of him, one usually thinks of the way he painted the human face and figure. It is both beautiful and strange. Gertrude Stein wrote, "The head, the face, the human body--these are all that exist for Picasso. The souls of people do not interest him. The reality of life is in the head, the face, and the body."Task 3【答案】American Decorative Arts and Sculpture:colonial period, furniture, ceramics, ship modelsAmerican Art:The Far East, Islam, scroll painting, Buddhist sculpture, prints, the third millennium European Decorative Arts and Sculpture:Western, the fifth century, Medieval art, decorative arts, English silver, porcelain, the musical instrumentsPaintings:11th century, 20th century, impressionists, Spanish, DutchTextiles and Costumes:high quality, a broad selection, weavings, laces, costumes, accessories【原文】Welcome to the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston has long been recognized as a leading center for the arts. One of the city's most important cultural resources is the Museum of Fine Arts, which houses collections of art from antiquity to the present day, many of them unsurpassed. Now let me introduce to you some of the collections here.The Museum's collections of American decorative arts and sculpture range from the colonial period to the present time, with major emphasis on pre-Civil War New England. Furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and sculpture are on exhibition, as well as an important collection of ship models. Favorite among museum-goers are the collection of 18th-century American furniture, the period rooms, and the superb collection of silver.The Boston Museum's Asiatic collections are universally recognized as the most extensive assemblage to be found anywhere under one roof. Artistic traditions of the Far East, Islam, and India are represented by objects dating from the third millennium B.C. to the contemporary era. The collections of Japanese and Chinese art are especially noteworthy. The variety of strengths in the collection are reflected in such areas as Japanese prints, Chinese and Japanese scroll painting, Chinese ceramics, and a renowned collection of Buddhist sculpture.The Department of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture houses Western European works of art dating from the fifth century through 1900. Outstanding among these holdings are the collection of medieval art and the collection of French 18th-century decorative arts. Also of exceptional importance are the English silver collection, the 18th-century English and French porcelain, and the collection of musical instruments.The Museum has one of the world's foremost collections of paintings ranging from the 11th century to the early 20th century. This department is noted for French paintings from 1825 to 1900, especially works by the impressionists. The Museum's great collection of paintings by American artists includes more than 60 works by John Singleton Copley and 50 by Gilbert Stuart. There is also a strong representation of paintings from Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands.The collection of textiles and costumes is ranked among the greatest in the world because of the high quality and rarity of individual pieces and because it has a broad selection of representative examples of weavings, embroideries, laces, printed fabrics, costumes, and costume accessories. The textile arts of both eastern and western cultures are included, dating from pre-Christian times to the present.Apart from what I have mentioned, the Museum has got much more to offer, for example, the collections of classical art, Egyptian and ancient Near Eastern art, and20th-century art. I'll leave you to explore by yourselves and enjoy your time here.Task 4【答案】A.1) specialists, specialized settings, money, sharp division2) conventions, some societies and periods3) commodityB.1) Because they lacked opportunity: The necessary social, educational, and economic conditions to create art rarely existed for women in the past.2) Because the art of indigenous peoples did not share the same expressive methods or aims as Western art.C. 1) F 2) T【原文】The functions of the artist and artwork have varied widely during the past five thousand years. It our time, the artist is seen as an independent worker, dedicated to the expression of a unique subjective experience. Often the artist's role is that of the outsider, a critical or rebellious figure. He or she is a specialist who has usually undergone advanced training in a university department of art or theater, or a school with a particular focus, such as a music conservatory. In our societies, works of art are presented in specialized settings: theaters, concert halls, performance spaces, galleries, and museum. There is usually a sharp division between the artist and her or his audience of non-artists. We also associate works of art with money: art auctions in which paintings sell for millions of dollars, ticket sales to the ballet, or fundraising for the local symphony.In other societies and parts of our own society, now and in the past, the arts are closer to the lives of ordinary people. For the majority of their history, artists have expressed the dominant beliefs of a culture, rather than rebelling against them. In place of our emphasis on the development of a personal or original style, artists were trained to conform to the conventions of their art form. Nor have artists always been specialists; in some societies and periods, all members of a society participated in art. The modern Western economic mode, which treats art as a commodity for sale, is not universal. In societies such as that of the Navaho, the concept of selling or creating a salable version of a sand painting would be completely incomprehensible. Selling Navaho sand paintings created as part of a ritual would profane a sacred experience.Artists' identities are rarely known before the Renaissance, with the exception of the period of Classical Greece, when artists were highly regarded for their individual talents and styles. Among artists who were known, there were fewer women than men. In the twentieth century, many female artists in all the disciplines have been recognized. Their absence in prior centuries does not indicate lack of talent, but reflects lack of opportunity. The necessary social, educational, and economic conditions to create art rarely existed for women in the past.Artists of color have also been recognized in the West only recently. The reasons for this absence range from the simple--there were few Asians in America and Europe prior to the middle of the nineteenth century--to the complexities surrounding African Americans. The art of indigenous peoples, while far older than that of the West, did not share the same expressive methods or aims as Western art. Until recently, such art was ignored or dismissed in Western society by the dominant cultural gatekeepers.Task 5【答案】A.1) a) 2) c) 3) b)B.Ⅰ. observant, a dog, Leather BarⅡ. Magnificent visual memory, essentialsⅢ. Rhythm, DustmenⅣ. everyday scenes, Her salty sense of humourC. 1) T 2) F 3) T 4) T【原文】Few artists can have made such an immediate impact on the public as Beryl Cook. At one moment she was completely unknown; at the next, so it seemed, almost everyone had heard of her. First, a few paintings appeared quietly in the window of a remote country antique shop. Then there were exhibitions in Plymouth, in Bristol, in London; an article in a colour supplement, a television programme, a series of greetings cards and a highly successful book. Her rise was all the more astonishing since she was completely untrained, and was already middle-aged by the time she began to paint.Faced with such a series of events, the temptation is to discuss Beryl's art in the context of naive art. This seems to me a mistake, for she is a highly sophisticated and original painter, whose work deserves to be taken on its own terms.What are those terms If one actually meets Beryl, one comes to understand them a little better. The pictures may seem extrovert, but she is not. For example, she is too shy to turn up at her own private viewings. Her pleasure is to stay in the background, observing.And what an observer Beryl Cook is! It so happens that I was present when the ideas for two of the paintings in the present collection germinated. One is a portrait of my dog, a French bulldog called Bertie. When Beryl came to see me for the first time, he jumped up the stairs ahead of her, wearing his winter coat which is made from an old scarf. A few days later his picture arrived in the post. The picture called Leather Bar had its beginnings the same evening. I took Beryl and her husband John to a pub. There was a fight, and we saw someone being thrown out by the bouncers.The point about these two incidents is that they both happened in a flash. No one was carrying camera; there was no opportunity to make sketches. But somehow the essentials of the scene registered themselves on Beryl, and she was able to record them later in an absolutely convincing and authoritative way.The fact is she has two very rare gifts, not one. She has a magnificent visual memory, and at same time she is able to rearrange and simplify what she sees until it makes a completely convincing composition. Bertie's portrait, with its plump backside and bow legs, is more like Bertie than reflection in a mirror—it catches the absolute essentials of his physique and personality.But these gifts are just the foundation of what Beryl Cook does. She has a very keen feeling for pictorial rhythm. The picture of Dustmen, for instance, has a whirling rhythm which is emphasized by the movement of their large hands in red rubber gloves—these big hands are often a special feature of Beryl's pictures. The English artist she most closely resembles in this respect is Stanley Spencer.Details such as those I have described are, of course, just the kind of thing to appeal to a professional art critic. Important as they are, they would not in themselves account for the impact she has had on the public.Basically, I think this impact is due to two things. When Beryl paints an actual, everyday scene—and I confess these are the pictures I prefer—the smallest detail isimmediately recognizable. Her people, for example, seem to fit into a kind of Beryl Cook stereotype, with their big heads and fat and round bodies. Yet they are in fact brilliantly accurate portraits. Walking round Plymouth with her, I am always recognizing people who have made an appearance in her work. Indeed, her vision is so powerful that one tends ever after to see the individual in the terms Beryl has chosen for him/her.The other reason for her success is almost too obvious to be worth mentioning—it is her marvelous sense of humour. My Fur Coat is a picture of a bowler-hatted gentleman who is being offered an unexpected treat. What makes the picture really memorable is the expression on the face of the man. The humour operates even in pictures which aren't obviously "funny". There is something very endearing, for instance, in the two road sweepers with Plymouth lighthouse looming behind them.A sense of humour may be a good reason for success with the public. It is also one which tends to devalue Beryl's work with professional art buffs. Her work contains too much life to be real art as they understand it.This seems to me nonsense, and dangerous nonsense at that. Beryl does what artists have traditionally done—she comments on the world as she perceives it. And the same time she rearranges what she sees to make a pattern of shapes and colours on a flat surface—a pattern which is more than the sum of its individual parts because it has the mysterious power to enhance and excite our own responses to the visible.I suspect Beryl's paintings will be remembered and cherished long after most late 20th-century art is forgotten. What they bring us is a real sense of how ordinary life is lived in our own time, a judgment which is the more authoritative for the humour and lightness of touch.Task 6【答案】A. objects, action or story, painted and composed, interestingB.Plate 1: symmetrical, more interesting designPlate 2: asymmetrical, shapes, colorsPlate 3: extends, the left side, pointC.Plate 4: c) d)Plate 5: a) b) d)Plate 6: a) b) d)【原文】The six pictures in your book are all what we call still life paintings—that is to say, they pictures of ordinary objects such as baskets of fruit, flowers, and old books. There is no “action”, there is no "story" being told in any of these paintings. Yet we find these paintings interesting because of the way they have been painted, and especially because of the way they have been composed.The picture in PLATE 1 was painted by the seventeenth-century Spanish master Zurbaran. How simply Zurbaran has arranged his objects, merely lining them up in a row across the table! By separating them into three groups, with the largest item in the center, he has made what we call a symmetrical arrangement. But it is a rather free kind of symmetry, for the objects on the left side are different in shape from those on the right. Furthermore, the pile of lemons looks heavier than the cup and saucer. Yet Zurbaran has balanced these two different groups in a very subtle way. For one thing, he has made one of the leaves point downward toward the rose on the saucer, and hehas made, the oranges appear to tip slightly toward the right. But even by themselves, the cup and saucer, combined with the rose, are more varied in shape than the pile of lemons on the left. All in all, what Zurbarran has done is to balance the heavier mass of lemons with a more interesting design on the right.We find a completely different sort of balance in a still life by the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Pieter Claesz (see PLATE 2). Objects of several different sizes are apparently scattered at random on a table. Claesz has arranged them asymmetrically, that is, without attempting to make the two halves of the picture look alike. The tall glass tumbler, for instance, has been placed considerably off-center, weighing down the composition at the left. Yet Claesz has restored the balance of the picture by massing his most interesting shapes and liveliest colors well over to the right.PLATE 3, a still life by the American painter William M. Harnett, seems even more heavily weighted to one side, for here two thick books and an inkwell are counterbalanced merely by a few pieces of paper. But notice the angle at which Harnett has placed the yellow envelope: How it extends one side of the pyramid formed by the books and inkwell way over to the left edge of the picture, like a long cable tying down a ship to its pier. Both the newspaper and the quill pen also point to this side of the painting, away from the heavy mass at the right, thus helping to balance the whole composition.Now turn to a still life by one of Harnett's contemporaries, the great French painter Paul Cezanne (see PLATE 4). Here the composition is even more daringly asymmetrical, for the climax of the entire picture is the heavy gray jug in the upper fight comer. Notice that Cezanne has arranged most of the fruit on the table, as well as a fold in the background drapery, so that they appear to move upward toward this jug. Yet he has balanced the composition by placing a bright yellow lemon at the left and by tipping the table down toward the lower left corner.Our next still life (see PLATE 5), by the famous Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, seems hardly "still" at all. As we view this scene from almost directly above, the composition seems to radiate in all directions, almost like an explosion. Notice that Van Gogh has painted the tablecloth with short, thick strokes which seem to shoot out from the very center of the picture.Finally, let us look at a painting by Henri Matisse (see PLATE 6). Here we see a number of still life objects, but no table to support them. Matisse presents each form by itself, in a world of its own, rather than as part of a group of objects in a realistic situation. But he makes us feel that all these forms belong together in his picture simply by the way he has related them to one another in their shapes and colors.Task 7【原文】Frank Lloyd Wright did not call himself an artist. He called himself an architect. But the buildings he designed were works of art. He looked at the ugly square buildings around him, and he did not like what he saw. He wondered why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones.Frank Lloyd Wright lived from 1869 to 1959. When he was young, there were no courses in architecture, so he went to work in an architect's office in order to learn how to design buildings. Soon he was designing buildings that were beautiful.He also wanted to make his buildings fit into the land around them. One of the houses he designed is on top of a high hill. Other people built tall, square houses on hills, but Wright did not want to lose the beauty of the hill. He built the house low and wide.Now other architects know how to design buildings to fit into the landscape. Frank Lloyd Wright showed them how to do it.。

Unit 7 FestivalTask 1KeyAnswer the following questions.1) Who are these children?Key: They are Emma Mark and Jane2) What do they want for Christmas gifts?Key: Emma wants a joke book; Mark wants a model train; and Jane wants a radio3) How much do their gifts cost according to the magazine? Do you think Mark's gift is cheap or expensive?Key: The joke book costs two pounds fifty The radio costs twenty seven pounds ninety nine pence We don't know the exact price of the model train but it must be very expensiveTask 2KeyA.Fill in the blanks to show what the Phillips are doing on Christmas Eve.1) In the bedroom:Who? Emma.What is he/she doing? She is going to bed now.2) In the bathroom:Who? Mark.What is he/she doing? He's having a bath. Now he's washinghis feet and singing carol.3) In the hall:Who? Jane.What is he/she doing? She is putting the last Christmas cardson the table in the hall.4) In the sitting-room:Who? Mr. Phillips.What is he/she doing? He's putting all the presents under thetree. He's thinking about his busyday.5) In the kitchen:Who? Mrs. Phillips.What is he/she doing? She's preparing all the food fortomorrow's meals.B. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.1) What will the Phillips have on Christmas? (d)a) Pudding. b) Pudding, turkey.c) Pudding, turkey, cake. d) Pudding, turkey, cake, sherry.2) Why are some people singing carols in the street? (a)a) They are singing carols to get money for the poor people.b) They are waiting for Mark to go to a party.c) They are singing carols for Father Christmas.d) They are singing carols for Christmas presents.3) Why is Father Christmas thinking about "black chimneys"? (c)a) He can recognize different houses from the different chimneys.b) He wants to know what people are cooking.c) He gets into people's houses through their chimneys.d) He is worried that the black chimneys are too dirty.Task 3KeyA. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.You got up early every morning and went to school. You read books at school. You drew pictures and made things out of clay. You drank milk every day and ate things that were good for you. Perhaps you had plaits. Perhaps you flew a kite. Perhaps you went abroad for your holidays. You can see photographs of yourself in the family album. They help you to remember the distant past.B. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.1) Why did the boy like Christmas? (a)a) He could get presents, b) He liked the bright lights.c) He liked the big crowds and shops, d) He liked the coldness.2) Why didn't Father Christmas remember the boy's name and address?(c)a) There were too many boys for Father Christmas to remember.b) This boy was the last one to talk to Father Christmas on that day.c) The boy didn't know there wasn't any real Father Christmas. It wasonly somebody dressed and acting like him.d) This boy never told Father Christmas.3) Why was that year's Christmas different though the little boy receivedgifts as usual? (b)a) For he turned five that year.b) For he was disappointed in Father Christmas.c) For he suddenly realized that Father Christmas did not exist.d) For he received different presents.Task 4KeyA.Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.Old people remember the past and young people think of the future It is a time of memories, of hopes and fears. It is the time of Halloween.B. Choose the best answer to the following question.Which of the following activity is NOT part of the Halloween celebrations? (b)a) Halloween parties, b) Paper lanterns.c) Pumpkin pie or ginger cake. d) People dressed up in fancy dresses.Task 5Key1) Why were the houses crowded on the first Thanksgiving Day?Key: There were only seven small houses to live in. So everyone had to squeeze in together. You might have had four or five extra peopleliving with your family.2) Why were the houses at that time dark?Key: Your house was dark inside. You couldn't see anything out of the tiny windows because they were made from oiled cloth, not glass.3) Why were the houses smelly?Key: The air was full of smoke from the fish-oil lamps and from the big fireplace, where something was cooking all day long.B. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape.1) In the homes of the first pilgrims, the furniture was placed on wood floor. [ F ]2) The house was dark inside because the windows was too small. [ F ] Task 6KeyA. Answer the following questions.1) Why did the pilgrims drink beer all day?Key: Because most of the water in England was polluted in the early1600s. You could get very sick from it. But beer was safe because it has alcohol in it, and alcohol kills germs. So, that's what people drank every day.2) Why was laundry a big job then?Key: Because doing the laundry was a really big job in those days. First, the women had to make soap out of animal fat and ashes. That took a long time. Then the children had to carry water from the stream, so it could be boiled in big outdoor pots. After everything was washed, the laundry was hung on bushes to dry.B. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape.1) The pilgrims never got drunk, for they never drank too much. [ F ]2) The pilgrims knew that their napkins were very dirty but they wouldnot bother to wash. [ F ]Task 7KeyFill in the following chart.Task 8KeyFill in the following chart.Task 9KeyFill in the following chart.Task 10ScriptAt midnight of Christmas Eve or early in the morning on Christmas, Christians go to church for a special service. On Christmas morning, everyone opens their presents and then it's time to decorate the table with candles and Christmas crackers. For Christmas dinner people eat roast turkey, roast potatoes, green vegetables and sauces. Then they have Christmas pudding. After dinner they put on paper hats. They read out the jokes from the crackers, or play games. At five o'clock pm it's time for tea and Christmas cake.The day after Christmas is Boxing Day. People visit their relations or go to parties. Or they just spend a quiet day at home. No one works on Boxing Day. After Christmas everyone needs a holiday!。

I had two months until my new job began. It was like waiting an entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule books. I drove to the rinks where the skaters trained, and made notes about our conversations. I even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh.Unit 6Task 1【答案】A.[d]—[b]—[a]—[e]—[c]B.a【原文】Laura usually leaves the offices of Quest Productions at about 5 o'clock, but last Monday she left at 5:30. She wanted to get home by 6:30 and she ran to the bus stop but she couldn't get on a bus. There were too many people and not enough buses. Laura was desperate to get home so she decided to go by tube.In the station she went to one of the automatic ticket machines but she didn't have enough change, so she had to join the queue at the ticket window. She bought her ticket and ran to the escalator. Laura went to the platform and waited for the tube. It arrived andthe crowd moved forward.Laura was pushed into the train. It was almost full but she was given a seat by a man with a moustache. Laura thanked him and sat down. She started to read her newspaper. In the tunnel the train stopped suddenly and Laura was thrown to the floor together with the man with the moustache. Somebody screamed. The lights went out. It was quarter past 6 on a cold, wet December evening.Task 2【答案】A.1) a 2) b 3) d 4) cB.1) T 2) T 3) FC.wondered; television plays; exciting; every cigarette lighter; tape recorder; held in a certain way; the touch of a gold ring against the hand of; reveal; How wrong they were【原文】X was a secret agent. He had rented a furnished room in a provincial town not far from the public park and had been there two weeks. He was standing at the window looking out at the dull beds of geraniums, the park gates and the cold, uninviting statue of QueenVictoria that stood across the street from him, It was raining hard and the few people who passed by looked wet and miserable. X was miserable, too. How, he wondered, could anybody think there was anything interesting about the life of a secret agent He knew it was because people had seen so many television plays about glamorous spies that they thought the life of a secret agent was exciting. They were convinced that every cigarette lighter concealed a secret tape recorder; that a fountain pen held in a certain way would open a locked door, that the touch of a gold ring against the hand of an enemy would make him reveal all his secrets. How wrong they were! He looked round his room. The wallpaper was in the worst possible taste, the pictures horrible, the carpet worn, dirty and faded; and he was cold. This was the third Monday he had come to the window to look out. He prayed it would be the last.As if in answer to his prayer, a certain meeting he had been sent to investigate was about to take place. He took out his camera. Just beneath the statue two women had stopped to speak. He knew one of them, and it was she who pointed in his direction. The other woman looked up towards him and in that brief moment he photographed her.Task 3【答案】A.B.1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) d【原文】Harry: Well, Robert, have you made up your mind yet what you want to do when you leave collegeNora: Oh Harry. Surely he's a bit young to decide on his career. He hasn't even got to college yet.Harry: Not at all, Nora. It's wisest to decide in good time. Look at me, for example. I really wanted to be a sailor, but nowI spend my days sitting at a desk in an office. Yes, it's sillyto train for the wrong job. And after all, Robert will be going to college soon.Nora: Now if I were a man I'd be a farmer. To see the crops growing--that's my idea of a good life.Harry: Yes, and to see the money rolling in is more important still. Robert: Well, that's not the way I look at it, Dad. It's the job I care about, not the money.Harry: Maybe not; but you'll learn to care about the money too, when you've got a family to keep.Nora: And of course Peter —well, he's keen to be a racing driver, or else an explorer.Robert: Oh, Peter's not old enough to make up his mind about such things.Harry: You haven't answered my question yet, Robert. What would you like to doNora: Are you sure you don't want to be a farmer, Robert Or a market gardenerRobert: No, I'm sorry Mum, but I don't want to at all. I'd rather be a civil engineer. I want to build roads and bridges.Harry: Not ships Isn't it better to be a shipbuilding engineer Robert: Look here, is it my career we're planning, or yoursHarry: All fight, all right, there's no need to lose your temper.But you'd better win that scholarship first.Task 4【答案】I. correspondents; columnistA. may not need eitherB. to go to places where events take place and write stories aboutthemII. first; bigger; better; who will soon leave to work for other peopleIII. working hours; free time; work long hours to begin with【原文】Here are some of the things a young man or woman should not do when he first asks an editor for a job:He should not tell the editor that he wants to be a foreign correspondent or a columnist. Very probably the editor does not need either. He wants a reporter who will go to such places as government offices and police stations and write a true story of what is happening there. Being a foreign correspondent or a columnist will come later.A young person should not tell tile editor that newspaper work is only the first step on the way to bigger and better jobs, such as those in government. The editor must take a lot of time and trouble teaching someone to be a good newspaperman or woman. He does not like the idea of teaching people who are soon going to leave him to work for someone else.A young journalist should accept the working hours and free time the editor gives him. As a new journalist, it is very probable that he will work longer hours than others and work on weekends.The editor did the same when he was a young newspaperman with no experience. He expects a journalist to understand how things are on a newspaper.Task 5【答案】A.1) acd 2) abeB.1) she is the wrong sex 2) she wears the wrong clothes【原文】SYLVIA: We've got a new manager in our department.LARRY: Oh You hoped to get that job, didn't you？SYLVIA: Yes, I did.LARRY: I'm sorry. That's too bad. Who is it Who got the job, I mean？SYLVIA: Someone called Drexler. Carl Drexler. He's been with the company only two years. I've been here longer. And I know more about the job, too!LARRY: Hmm. Why do you think they gave it to him and not to you？SYLVIA: Because I'm the wrong sex, of course !LARRY: You mean you didn't get the job because you're a woman？SYLVIA: Yes, that was probably it! It isn't fair.LARRY: What sort of clothes does he wear？SYLVTA: A dark suit. White shirt. A tie. Why？LARRY: Perhaps that had something to do with it.SYLVIA: You mean you think I didn't get the job because I come to work in jeans and a sweater？LARRY: It's possible, isn't it？SYLVIA: Do you really think I should wear different clothes？LARRY: Well. . . perhaps you should think about it.SYLVTA: Why should I wear a skirt Or a dress？LARRY: I'm not saying you should. I'm saying you should think about it. That's all!SYLVIA: Why should I do that I'm good at my job! That's the only important thing!LARRY: Hmm. Perhaps it should be the only important thing. But it isn't. Not inthis company.Task 6【答案】A.B.1st speaker(bcd) 2nd speaker(ae)C.1) F 2) F【原文】Al: Is this the right line to file a claimBob: Yeah. It's the same line for everything. You just stand here and wait.Al: Oh. Is there always such a long lineBob: Every week. Sometimes longer. Is this your first time here Al: Yes.Bob: What happened Your plant closed downAl: No. I'm a car salesman, or, I was a car salesman. But we just aren't selling cars. It's the interest rates. Two years ago,I averaged ten new cars a month. Do you know how many cars Isold last month One. One car to a lady who had the cash. But the interest rates are up again. The boss let three of us go.How about youBob: I worked at a vacuum cleaner plant with about fifty workers.We put in a good day's work. But the machinery was getting old.As a matter of fact, the whole plant was old. So the management decided to build a new plant. You know where In Singapore. The workers here made about seven dollars an hour, a couple of people made eight or nine an hour. You know how much they're paying the workers in Singapore $ an hour! Anyway, all fifty of us got laid off.Al: How long ago was thatBob: They closed down ten months ago.Al: Any luck finding another jobBob: Nothing. I have one, sometimes two, interviews a week. Last week I thought I had something. They liked my experience with machines. But I never heard from them again.Al: At least you know something about machines. All I can do is talk.Bob: Maybe you'll talk yourself into another job. Good luck. I'll see you here next week.Al: I hope not. I hope I'll have something by then.Task 7【答案】A.1) F 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) FB.1) According to the first speaker, it is frustrating because the teacher cannot see clearly the results of his efforts.2) According to the second speaker, English language teaching isa good job, because it guarantees a stable income and regular working hours and means less pressure. He also likes the way elderly teacher are.【原文】Interviewer: Do you prefer what you're doing to teaching？John Smith: Yes, one of the things I found a bit frustrating about teaching was that it was rather,very intangible than um, especially if you're teaching in England and most of the students know quite a lot of English before they arrive. They learn a lot of English outside the classroom, in pubs or coffee shops or other places, with the families they're living with. It's very difficult to pin down how much they learn from your actual lesson, whereas in marketing um, again there are lots of areas that are gray rather than black or white, but there are quite a few other areas where one can see quite clearly the results of one's efforts.Interviewer: What did you do after you quit your job in advertising Second Man: In fact, I became a journalist and I worked as a freelance.I didn't have a full-time job with any newspaper. I justhad to contribute things as they came along and 1 wrotefor magazines, and I did quite a lot of broadcasting forthe VOA. Well, this was in a way the opposite ofadvertising because I enjoyed it a lot but I found itvery hard to earn enough money to live on.Interviewer: And then you decided to be a teacherSecond Man: Well, and so I thought. Well, I must do something which produces an income that I can be sure of. While I wasworking as a journalist I had done an article for amagazine about the English language teaching world andm fact I had come to the school where I now teach as ajournalist and interviewed a lot of the people. And Ithought it seemed a very nice place and I thought thatthe classes I visited had a very, very nice feeling aboutthem, and so I thought, well, I'll see if they'll haveme.Interviewer: Why do you prefer teaching to advertisingSecond Man: Well, partly because in teaching you work regular hours.It I advertising you just had to stay at the office untilthe work was finished [I see.] and it could be threeo'clock in the morning. [Oh, dean] Also you were veryoften made to work at weekends. Often some job would comeup that was very important and they said it had to befinished — it had to go into the newspapers next week. Interviewer: So there was a lot mom pressure.Second Man: There was a lot more pressure in advertising. Also, the people I worked with when I was first in advertising wereyoung hopeful people like myself. By the end I wasworking with a lot of old people who quite honestly wereawful. And I kept looking at them and saying, "Am I goingto be like that" And I thought if I am I'd better getout, whereas the English language teachers I saw, whowere older people I thought, well, they seemed quite nice.And I wouldn't mind being like that myself.Task 8【答案】The interview with Michale:The interview with Chris:【原文】Matthew:?? Michael, do you go out to workMichael:?? Not regularly, no. I... I used to; I used to have a job in a publishing company, but Idecided it wasn't really what I wanted to do and that what I wanted to do wouldn't earn me much money, so I gave up working and luckily I had a private income from my family to support me and now I do the things I want to do. Some of them get paid like lecturing and teaching, and others don't.Matthew: What are the advantages of not having to go to work from nine till fiveMichael: Ah... there' re two advantages really. One is that if you feel tired you don't have to get up, and the other is that you can spend your time doing things you want to do rather than being forced to do the same thing all the time.Matthew: But surely that's in a sense very self-indulgent and verylucky because most of us have to go out and earn our livings.Do you feel justified in having this privileged position Michael: Yes, because I think I use it well. I do things which I think are useful to people and the community and which I enjoy doing.Matthew: Chris, what do you think the value of work isChris: Well, I think in our present-day society, for most people, work has very little value at all. Most of us go out to work for about eight to nine hours of our working day. We do things which are either totally futile and totally useless or have very little justification whatsoever, and for most of us the only reason for working is that we need to keep ourselves alive, to pay for somewhere to live, to pay to feed our children. Matthew: But surely people wouldn't know what to do if they didn't have to go to workChris: Well, again this raises the sort of two main aspects of work.Should we think of 'work only as a sort of bread-winning process, and this is very much the role it has in current society, or should we take a much wider perspective on work and think of all the possible sort of activities that human beings could be doing during the day I think the sort of distinction currently is between say, someone who works in acar factory and who produces cars which are just adding to pollution, to over-consumption of vital resources, who is doing something which is very harmful, both to our environment and to, probably society, to contrast his work with someone perhaps like a doctor, who I think in any society could be justified as doing a very valuable job and one which incidentally is satisfying to the person who is doing it. Matthew: What do you do Is your job just a breadwinning process or do you get some satisfaction out of doing itChris: Well, in the job I do find that most of the satisfaction is a mental one; it's coming to grips with the problems of my subject and with the problems of teaching in the University.Clearly this is the type of satisfaction that most people doing what we call in England "white-collar" jobs. This is quite different from the sort of craftsman, who is either working that his hands or with his skills on a machine, or from people perhaps who are using artistic skills, which are of a quite different character. Certainly it's becoming a phenomena that people who do "white-collar jobs during the day, who work with their minds to some extent, people who work on computers, people who are office clerks, bank employees, these people have fairly soul-destroying jobs which nevertheless don'tinvolve much physical effort, that they tend to come home and do "do-it-yourself" activities at home. They make cupboard, paint their houses, repair their cars, which somehow provide the sort of physical job satisfaction that they're denied in their working day.Task 9【答案】A.B.1) No major change. For some→“less paperwork”Some:→less working hoursOthers:→earn more money.2) Most adults→would go on working.Esp. young adults (18 to 24)→9 out of 10 would go on working【原文】Are most workers today feeling bored and dissatisfied with their jobs It is often claimed that they are. Yet a study conducted by Parade magazine more than 20 years ago showed that people at that time felt the opposite.Parade asked questions of a representative sampling of adult Americans from coast to coast. The sampling included different sexes, age groups, and occupations.The interviewees were asked to make a choice from one of the following three to describe their feelings towards their work.A. Like their jobs.B. Dislike their jobs.C. Like their jobs in part,Results showed that 91 percent of the male interviewees and 84 percent of the females chose A, while only 5 percent men and 12 percent women interviewed chose B. The rest said that they liked their jobs in part and they comprised a very tow percentage.In all the three age groups — from 18 to 24, from 25 to 29 and 30 to 39 — those who liked theirjobs made up the majority. 70 percent, 88 percent and 92 percent respectively choose A. Those choosing B accounted for 20 percent, 9 percent and 8 percent of different age groups. And the rest, 6 percent, 3 percent and 0 percent respectively claimed that they only liked their jobs in part.The difference in responses among people with different occupations is small. Among the white-collar employees, those choosing A, B and C are 87 percent, 8 percent and 4 percent of the total. And for the blue-collar employees, 91 percent, 5 percent and 3 percent choose A, B and C respectively.It is interesting to note that there are few differences in attitude between men and women, professionals and factory workers. In each group, the largest number reported that they liked their jobs.Next, Parade asked, "If there were one thing you could change about your job, what would it be" It was expected that many would wish to make their jobs less boring, but very few gave this reply. No major changes were reported. Some wished for "less paperwork"; many would shorten their working hours, but others would like more hours in order to earn more money. No serious complaints were made.Most people have to work in order to live. But what would happen if someone had enough money to stop working Parade asked, "If you inherited a million dollars, would you go on working — either at your present job or something you liked better--or would you quit work" The answers showed that most adults would prefer to work, even if they didn't have to. This is true especially of the younger adults aged 18-24. Of these, nine out often said they would go on working, even if they suddenly became millionaires.Task 10【答案】A.B.1) F 2) TC.1) b 2) aD.1. She really enjoyed meeting new people.2. She had good qualifications in English and Maths.3. She did not mind hard work, even if it was not always pleasant.4. She liked living away form home.【原文】Officer: Come in, please take a seat. I'm the careers officer. You're Cathy, aren't you？Mother: That's right. This is Catherine Hunt, and I'm her mother. Officer: How do you do, Mrs. Hunt Hello, Catherine.Cathy: Hello. Pleased to meet you.Officer: And you'd like some advice about choosing a career- Mother: Yes, she would. Wouldn't you, Catherine？Cathy: Yes, please.Officer: Well, just let me ask a few questions to begin with. How old are you, Catherine？Mother: She's nineteen. Well, she's almost nineteen.Officer: And what qualifications have you got？Mother: Well, qualifications from school, of course. Very good results she got. And she got certificates for ballet and for playing the piano.Officer: Is that what you're interested in, Catherine, dancing andmusicCathy: Well...Mother: Ever since she was a little girl, she's been very keen on music and dancing. She ought tobe a music teacher or something. She's quite willing to train for a few more years to get the right job, aren't you, Catherine Cathy: Well, if it's a good idea.Mother: There you are, you see. She's a good girl really, a bit lazy and disorganized sometimes,but she's very bright. I'm sure the careers officer will have lots of jobs for you.Officer: Well, I'm afraid it's not as easy as that. There are many young people these days who can'tfind the job they want.Mother: I told you, Catherine. I told you, you shouldn't wear that dress. You have to look smart toget a job these days.Officer: I think she looks very nice. Mrs. Hunt, will you come into the other office for a momentand look at some of the information we have there. I'm sure you'd like to see how we can help young people.Mother: Yes, I'd love to. Mind you, I think Catherine would be anice teacher. She could work with young children. She'd like that. Or she could be a vet. She's always looking after sick animals.Officer: I'm afraid there's a lot of competition. You need very good results to be a vet. This way, Mrs. Hunt. Just wait a minute, Catherine.(The mother exits.)Officer: There are just one or two more things, Catherine. Cathy: Do call me Cathy.Officer: OK, Cathy. Are you really interested in being a vet Cathy: Not really. Anyway, I'm not bright enough. I'm reasonably intelligent, but I'm not brilliant. I'm afraid my mother isa bit over-optimistic.Officer: Yes, I guessed that. She's a bit overpowering, isn't she, your mumCathy: A bit. But she's very kind.Officer: I'm sure she is. So, you're interested in ballet and music, are youCathy: Not really. My mother sent me to lessons when I was six, so I'm quite good, I suppose. But I don't think I want to do that for the rest of my life, especially music. It's so lonely. Officer: What do you enjoy doingCathy: Well, I like playing tennis, and swimming. Oh, I went to France with the school choir last year. I really enjoyed that.And I like talking to people. But I suppose you mean real interests — things that would help me to get a job Officer: No. I'm more interested in what you really want to do. You like talking to people, do youCathy: Oh yes, I really enjoy meeting new people.Officer: Do you think you would enjoy teachingCathy: No, no, I don't really. I was never very interested in school work, and I'd like to do something different. Anyway, there'sa teacher training college very near us. It would be just likegoing to school again.Officer: So you don't want to go on trainingCathy: Oh, I wouldn't mind at all, not for something useful. I wondered about being a hairdresser —you meet lots of people, and you learn to do something properly—but I don't know. It doesn't seem very worthwhile.Officer: What about nursingCathy: Nursing In a hospital Oh, I couldn't do that, I'm not good enough.Officer: Yes, you are. You've got good qualifications in English and Maths. But it is very hard work.Cathy: Oh, I don't mind that.Officer: And it's not very pleasant sometimes.Cathy: That doesn't worry me either. Mum's right. I do look after sick animals. I looked after our dog when it was run over bya car. My mother was sick, but I didn't mind. I was too worriedabout the dog. Do you really think I could be a nurse Officer: I think you could be a very good nurse. You'd have to leave home, of course.Cathy: I rather think I should enjoy that.Officer: Well, don't decide all at once. Here's some information about one or two other things which might suit you. Have a look through it before you make up your mind.Task 11【原文】I began my career during college, reporting on news stories ata Toronto radio station. The station’s program manager was also a professor who taught one of my classes. I convinced him that she needed a youth reporter because that year was International Youth Year. After graduation, I took a job as a television news reporter and later, news anchor. But sports reporting was something different, so I decided to try it. Figure skating was my first assignment.I had two months until my new job began. It was like waitingan entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule books. I drove to the rinks where the skaters trained, and made notes about our conversations. I even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh.。

Unit 7Lead in > Task 1It is not surprising to come across two proverbs with contradictory meanings. Each represents part of the complex world. Actually, the two proverbs complement each other instead of contradicting each other. Novels and movies sometimes describe a miser who is overly careful about small amounts of money but neglects more important things, such as love and family. In both real life and fiction, however, we can see thrifty people who eventually achieve success in the business world. I thinkall these proverbs make sense, but should be used in different situations. Listening skills: Identifying large numbersW:How much money is the rent for an apartment in this neighborhood? I only have $500 a month.M:Your rent should be about a quarter of that.Q:How much should the woman's rent be?M:I paid $3,500 for this digital camera. It was on sale at a 30 percent discount.W:It's a real bargain.Q:How much did the camera cost originally?M:What's the rate for an economy car?W:The daily rate is $32, unlimited mileage.Q:How much will the man pay if he rents the car for a week?45Listening in > Task 1Mike:Hey, Robert, where are you off to?Robert:I'm going to talk to a banker about a loan.Mike:You are short of money? I thought you were the saving type. Robert:There's a time to save and a time to spend.Mike:I know all about spending. What's the loan for? I have a few bucksI could...Robert:I'm considering getting a mortgage to buy some property.Mike:Do you think property is a good investment? I mean, it's a lot of money.Robert:Well, Mike, as you know, property values have been going through the roof. If I had bought an apartment two years ago, its valuewould have gone up by 30 percent today.Mike:And from what I know, interest rates are low now.Robert:Exactly. Sounds like a good time to buy.Listening in > Task 2Tom was down on his luck and felt he needed a few drinks. He went to a bar and had several drinks. When he was done, he stood up and walked toward the door. The barman shouted after him, "Hey mister, are you going to pay for those drinks?"Tom turned around and replied, "I have already paid you," and then walked out of the bar. Almost immediately he saw one of his friends Richard and told him about the barman, "Just go in there and drink all you want, then get up and leave. When the barman asks you to pay the bill, just tell him you have already paid."This sounded easy enough, so Richard went in and had several drinks. The barman went to him and said, "Before you came in, another man was here. When I asked him to pay his bill, he told me he'd paid, but I don't remember him paying me."Richard said, "I would love to stay and hear your story, but I don't have time. Can I have my change please?"Listening in > Task 3W:The professor asked us an age-old question "Can money really buy happiness?" I think many people dream of buying a bigger house,designer clothes and a luxury car. Obviously, the answer is yes.M:I disagree. The Bible says the love of money is the root of all evil, so money can't buy you happiness.W:Look, we spend so much time in our lives trying to make money. We must believe it's going to bring us happiness.M:Most people don't marry for money; most people don't pursue careers simply for money. For example, there are a lot of teachers who won't trade their job for a sales position to make more. So we vote with our feet.W:But just look at those people out there, with yachts, planes, big houses... They have all the toys, and they do look happy. I think we want those things too.M: A recent survey tells us about the jobs that make people the happiest.They aren't the jobs that pay the most but those like teachers, social workers, firefighters... not necessarily highly-paid jobs.W:As far as I know, quite a number of people who went from rags to riches say they have finally found happiness.M:Now, listen, what about health? Can you buy good health with money?Also, having good relationships with other people, having a lot of close friends, having a good marriage—these are the things that can't be bought by money.W:Talking about health, I must point out money CAN help you keep healthy.Money can give you access to good health care.M:Well, if we can't convince each other, let's agree to disagree. Speaking out > Model 1Speaking out > Model 2Speaking out > Model 3Let's talk > Task 1There was a miser who loved money more than anything else. Just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now, listen. When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the afterlife with me."He made her promise with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him. Then he died. He was laid in the casket, his wife was sitting there wearing black, and her friend was sitting next to her.When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, "Wait a minute!" She had a box with her. She came over with the box and put it in the casket.Then the undertakers locked the casket down, and they rolled it away. Her friend said, "Girl, I know you weren't fool enough to put all that money in there with your husband!"She said, "Look, I can't go back on my word. I promised him that I would put all the money in the casket with him.""You mean you really put that money in the casket with him!?""I surely did," said the wife. "I wrote him a check."Let's talk > Task 2Let's talk > Task 3Further listening and speaking > Further listening > Task 1Susan:Hey, Robert, you gave that beggar some of your hard-earned cash? Robert:I know. He looked as if he needed help.Susan:But you're always so careful with your money.Robert:Yeah, I guess so, but I like to help when someone's in need.Susan:I just wonder why the guy doesn't get a job and make his own living.Robert:It's just not that simple, Susan. Some people have a hard time of it in life.Susan:Maybe they waste all their money. If you give them money, they will just go on wasting it.Robert:Life has been good to me, Susan, and I'd like to share some of my luck.Further listening and speaking > Further listening > Task 2Credit cards are plastic cards issued by a bank or other financial institutions allowing the holder to buy goods and services without using cash. Many Americans don't like to carry much cash. For them the cards are convenient and safe to use.Credit cards are gaining popularity, even for buying small items. They are accepted almost everywhere, though not at fast food restaurants.Credit cards allow you to purchase things that you may not currently have the money to buy. When you use a credit card, the credit card company that issued the credit card pays the store. Later, a bill will be mailed to you by your credit card company for the amount you purchased. At that time, you can either pay the bill in full, or only pay a minimum amount, and wait till later to finish paying. If you wait till later, you will owe the credit card company interest.Further listening and speaking > Further listening > Task 3An American manufacturer is showing his machine factory to a potential customer. At noon, when the lunch bell rings, 2,000 men and women immediately stop working and leave the building."Your workers, they're escaping!" cries the visitor. "You've got to stop them.""Don't worry. They'll be back," says the American. And indeed, at exactly one o'clock the bell rings again, and all the workers return from their break.When the tour is over, the manufacturer turns to his guest and says, "Well, now, which of these machines would you like to order?""Forget the machines," says the visitor. "How much do you want for that bell?"Further listening and speaking > Further speaking > Task 11. coupon 6. credit card 11. driver's license2. ID card 7. change12.3. receipt 8. calculator13.4. address book 9. registration papers 车登记证5. membership card会员卡10. business cardI can't find my wallet for the life of me!I'm flat broke!I was carded at the disco.Do you have any ID on you?Do you have your receipt?Can I have your membership card please?I was ripped off!He's a bit tight-fisted.He's stingy.He's a bit of a spendthrift.He's got money to burn. 他非常有钱。

英语听⼒教程答案unit1-unit71Shopping and Banking OnlinePart I Getting readyB. Spot dictation. Fill in the banks with the words you hear.Tapescript:We have just two more days to “shop till you drop” till Christmas, and that typically means a lot of last minute shopping. And though buying with a mouse is still tiny compared to shopping with your feet online retailing is more popular than ever.Christmas shopping in the street is great sometimes. But when you’ve just got to get a bunch of shopping done and you want to have something to send to a third-party location, it’s much better online.In the U.S., online shopping is predicted to be 30% ahead of last December, while mails can expect less than a 6% increase in sales. In Britain, Europe’s biggest e-tailing market, online gift-buying is expected to grow by 50%, with $8 billion worth of goods sold through the net in the November to January period.C. Listen to a news report. Supply the missing information.Part ⅡA. Main problems of online shopping●Long time waiting for delivery or even no delivery (about 8%) after ordering●No clear information about delivery charges● A danger that customers’ personal information would be sold to a third party (as manyas 87% of the sites)●No policy on returning goods (about 47% of the companies)●No confirmation of the order (about 35% of the sites ) and the dispatch (as many as87% of the sites)●No money back more than four months after returning goods (in two cases)B Now listen again. Complete the summary.Summary:The survey shows in spite of the convenience and choice offered by Net shopping there are still many obstacles that prevent consumers from shopping with complete trust. One of the biggest problems is to build consumers’ trust in buying online. It takes time for the Internet to become mature as a retail channel when it gives support to trust relationships with guarantees of payment and service.Part ⅢBanking at homeA. Outline1. Some problems of the walk-in bankA. standing in long linesB. running out of checksC. limited opening hours2. Online banking servicesA. viewing accountsB. moving money between accountsC. applying for a loanD. getting current information on productsE. paying bills electronicallyF. e-mailing questions to the bank3. Reasons for creating online servicesA. competing for customersB. talking advantage of modern technology4. Inappropriateness of online banking for some peopleA. having no computers at home.B. preferring to handle accounts the traditional wayB. Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the material. Then answer the questions.1. What is “interactive banking”?It is banking through the Internet.2. Why can “online banking” compete of customers?“Online banking”offers convenience which appeals to the kind of customer banks want to keep.3. What kind of customers do banks want to keep?Banks most want to keep people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes. Part ⅣB. Now listen to an interview discussing English and American good customer services.Part ⅤTapescript:“Everybody loves a bargain,”this is a common American saying. A bargain is something you buy for less than its true value. It is something you might not buy if it costs more. One person’s useless ugly object can be another person’s bargain. So many Americans put it outside with a “for sale” sign on it and they have a yard sale.Just about anything can be sold a yard sale: clothing, cooking equipment, old toys, tools, books and chairs, even objects you think are extremely ugly or useless. You may have an electric light shaped like a fish. You may greatly dislike its looks, but it may be beautiful to someone else. Usually the seller puts a price on each object. But the price can almost always be negotiated. The price of a table, for example, might be marked ＄10. But the seller may accept 8. If the table has not been sold by the end of the day, the seller probably will take much less.Some people go to yard sales because it is part of their job. They earn their livings by buying old things at low prices then selling them at higher prices. Many others, however, go to yard sales just to have fun. They say it is like going on a treasure hunt. Sometimes they really do find the treasure.Ned Jaudere did. The Boston Globe newspaper says Mr. Jaudere has been collecting native American Indian objects since he was a young man. Last year, he stopped at a yard sale in the northeastern city of Worcester, Massachusetts. He paid $125 for what everyonethought was an old wooden club. Mr. Jaudere thought it was something else. Two days later, he confirmed that the club had been used by the Wampanoag Indian leader known as King Philip. King Philip used it during his war with the white settlers at eastern Massachustetts in 1675. The historic weapon had been stolen from a museum in 1970 and had been missing ever since. Mr. Jaudere learnt the war club was valued at about $150000 but he did not sell it or keep it. Mr. Jaudere returned the club to the museum near Boston, Massachusetts from which it was stolen.Questions:1.Which of the following is a common American saying?2.What can be sold at a yard sale?3.Why do people go to a yard sale?4.When was the old wooden club stolen?5.What was the real value of the club?6.Why was the club at a great value?2Hotel or B&B?Part ⅠGetting ready1.English breakfast is hot food: fried egg, fired bacon, porridge, etc.2.Continental breakfast consists of coffee, tea, rolls, jam and honey—nothing cooked.3.Half-board includes dinner, bed and breakfast.4.Full-board is the room plus all meals.5.VAT stands for Value Added Tax.Part ⅡA touch of home1. B&BA. natureB&B is a short form for bed and breakfast.B. increasing numberNow there are about 15 000 B&Bs in the U.S.C. advantages over big hotels1. charm, comfort, hospitality.2. owners taking a personal interest in guests2. Attraction of owning a B&BA. meeting different peopleB. talking with guests3. Several features of Suits UsA. long historybuilt in 1883; 19th century decorationsB. interesting names for some roomsNamed after some previous famous guests4. Different people, different choicesA. B&Bs not suitable for some people1. uncomfortable staying in someone else’s home2. not interested personal interactionB. a quiet and romantic place for many peoplePart ⅢRenting a carA.Listen to the conversation in which a man phones a car rental agent about renting a car.Supply the missing information.Information about the customer:A family of three + camp equipmentLeaving on Fri., July 7thReturning on Mon., July 10thSuggestions by the agent:A compact car current model;A small station wagon automatic transmissionBest choice: a Pinto station wagonRegular rate: $ 79.95Special weekend rate: $ 59.95Pick up: after 4 p.m. on Fri.Return: by 10 a.m. on Mon.Mileage rate: first 300 miles free, then 12 cents per mileOther costs:Insurance: $10Sales tax: 8%Deposit: $ 100B.Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the material. Write down the wordsor phrases that are related with car rentals.a compact car / a station wagon / automatic transmission / current models/ pick up /return the car / special weekend / rate / regular rate / unlimited mileage / insurance sales tax / a full tank of gas / deposit / lowest ratesPart ⅣPart Ⅴ3 “Planting” MoneyExercise 2: Answer the following two questions.1. What does “spending priorities” refer to according to Professor Frank?“Spending priorities” refers to the following situation:Americans are spending so much of their income on ever larger houses and cars that they can’t afford to spend on social programs or infrastructure repairs.2. What are t he advantages of working fewer hours and spending more time with familyand friends?By doing so, one would feel happier, would have fewer disputes of work and lower levels of stress hormones in their blood, One gets sick less often and dies at an older age.Part ⅤA.Listen to a report recently released by a famous London research group about the costof living around the world. List the world’s 10 most expensive cities.Tokyo, Osaka, Oslo, Zurich, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Geneva, Paris Reykjavik, LondonB.Listen again. Answer the following questions.1.What caused the slipping down of the US cities?The euro has appreciated against the US dollar.2.What caused the slipping down of Latin American cities?Persistent economic turmoil.3.Which city remains the world’s cheapest city?Tehran4.How does the Economist team work out this list?The Economist team checks prices of a wide range of items—from bread and milk to cars and utilities—to compile this report.5.What’s the use of this report for business clients?Business clients it to calculate the amount of allowances granted to overseas executives and their families.4 Loans for the DreamPartⅠB. Listen to the following dialogues. Complete the exercises.Dialogue two: Complete the chart. Use ticks to indicate whether the expenditures onPart ⅡA. Listen to the dialogue. Take notes. Then complete the summary.Summary:Mr. Jackson works in the college with a good salary. As his old car is too old to be worth repairing, he would like to have a newer one. Since he can get about a hundred pounds for the old car, he wants to raise some money, three hundred fifty to four hundred overdraft, from the bank.The bank manager suggests two kinds of loans with different interest rates and conditions: a personal Loan and an Ordinary Loan. Mr. Jackson is expected to repay to money within 24 months.B. Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the dialogue. First complete the chart to show the differences of the two loans. Then try to find the English equivalents of the1．透⽀额（贷款）：overdraft2．偿还：repay3．短期贷款（业务）：lenders in the short term4．付利息：pay interest on5．担保物：collateral6．寿险：life policy 7．房屋的房契：deeds of the house8．政府证券：Government Securities9．凭证：certificate 10．接⽇计算：on a day-to-day basisPart ⅢA.Listen to the material. Complete the outline. Then give the right words according tothe explantions.Outline1.Buying a houseA. cost of housing(1) 1/4-1/3 of a family’s income(2) depending on size and locationB. way to buy a house—mortgage2. Living in a landlord’s home—advantagesA. cheaperB. easy to get things repaired3. Buying a apartment—condominium* * * * *1. mortgage: bank loan repaid in regular repayments:2. condominium: an apartment building in which the apartments are ownedindividually.B. You are going to hear a passage about a company called Fannie Mae. Keep the following questions in mind while listening and then complete the missing information. Question:1. What is the relationship between the home buyer, the bank, Fannie Mae and the investors? Borrows money frommortgage-based2. How much do Fannie Mae and Freddie Mae control in the American home loan market?They control about half the home loans in America.3. What problems does the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight find about Fannie Mae?Hiding changes in its value, poor supervision and not carefully reporting its finances.4. What happens to Fannie Mae after the problems are publicized?The stock price of Fannie Mae has dropped.Part ⅣA.Listen to an interview about consumer rights under English law. While listening forthe first time, all more key words in the left-hand column. After the second listening, use key words to answer the questions.B. Statements1. Secondhand goods should also be of merchantable and top quality.2. If you have suffered personal injury because of the item you’ve bought, you can sue the manufacturer.3. The retailer has the right to say “No refunds without a receipt”.4. Going to court is not very common because as a consumer, it is very costly for you to get the money back.Part ⅤA. Before you listen, answer the following questions.1. Do your parents pay personal income tax?2. Do you think it is a good idea for one to pay personal income tax? Why or why not?B. Now listen to a news report about tax time in the United States. Then complete the5Briefing on Taxation and Insurance PoliciesPartⅠGetting readyB. Listen to five sentences. Write down the numbers described and the key words that help you get the answer.Example: You will hear: Our last claim was for ￡2 000, but this one will be three times that. Please write down: Key words: 2 000/three timesC. Listen to the following dialogues. Complete the exercises.Dialogue one: Complete the statements.1. The man earns about ￡30000 with bonuses and 24% of his income goes in tax.2. His wife works as well because they’re trying to clear their overdraft.3. Their money mainly goes on food and hobbies, such as sailing and riding. Dialogue two: Answer the questions.1. What was stolen yesterday?A brand new video was stolen.2. Was it insured? How do you know?Yes. The speaker paid the premium last week.Part Ⅱ.A. The following is the transparency for the presentation. Listen carefully and complete the following outline. Pay special attention to the numbers.Outline1. Structure of personal taxationA. rates1. lower rate: up to ￡23 700: 25%2. higher rate: above ￡23700: 40%B. allowances1. single person: ￡32952. married person: ￡50153. pension: maximum 17.5% to 40%4. mortgage interest relief: 7%2. Collection of personal taxA. income tax—PAYEB. National Insurance1. employee’s contribution: 9%2. employer’s contribution: 5% to 10%.B. Now listen again. Complete the following statements.1. According to the speaker, UK personal taxation is both simple and relatively low.2. The new legislation recently introduced by the government is that married couplescan opt for separate taxation.3. The tax relief on a 65-year-old man’s pension is 40%.4. PAYE stands for Pay As You Earn. The scheme means the tax is collected directfrom the employer before he makes out the monthly salary check or bank transfer to the employee.5. Taxable income means the income in which the deduction and the allowance havebeen excluded.Part ⅢA.Listen to the dialogue. Write down the key points. Then complete the paragraph.Mr. Jackson is interested in taking out an insurance policy because he’s been told that it is a good way to save money. He would like to have a lump sum for moving away, buying a house or something like that when he retires.B. Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the dialogue. Answer the questionswith key words.1. According to the insurance salesman, what are the two ways to decide how muchone should pay to buy an insurance policy?A. a fixed objective in mind/ how much to pay each monthB. a fixed objective each month in mind / how much to produce over some years2. If one is interested in saving for two or three years, should he buy a life insurance?Why?No/ regular & systematic / short-term/ bank/ Building Society.Part ⅣA. Listen to the dialogue. Write down the key points. Then complete the paragraph andanswer the question with key words.According to the insurance salesman, as Mr. Jackson is an unmarried man without any dependents, not in a self-employed position, he has no need for that type if life insurance at the moment.Question:What is good for a shop-keeper if he buys a life insurance?A.accumulate capital / expand business / end of termB.saving to produce a pension6Visions of BusinessPart Ⅰ. Getting readyB. Listen to an economics report about business organizations. Complete the followingPart ⅡB. Listen again. What are the CEO’ s answers to the student’s question? Question: What keeps you going and what have you left to accomplish?in figuring our every aspect: how much money you need; how many people you’ll need; whether you’ll need people. It gives you a way of predicting where the business may go so you can position yourself to respond intelligently and use the least amount of money. So a business plan is even more critical for those budding entrepreneurs that don’t have much money, for it can help to use the limited resources in the very best way.Part ⅤTapescript:An organization in the United States has been teaching young people about the American business system for almost 80 years. Now we operate in more than 100 other countries.Junior Achievement is the world’s oldest, largest, and fastest growing economic educational organization. It began in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The group’s first program was for high school students after school hours. Its goal was to show young people how businesses are organized and operated. The students learned by forming their own companies. Local business people advised them.First, the students developed a product. Then they sold shares in their company. They used this money to buy the materials needed to make the product. They produced the product and sold it. Finally they returned the profits to the people who owned shares in the company. The Junior Achievement “Company Program” was very successful. It continues to teach young people about American business by helping the operate their own companies.In 1974, Junior Achievement began teaching students in their classrooms aboutbusiness. Today, there are programs for students of all ages from 5 to 18. More than 2700000 American students are involves in Junior Achievement. They are taught by more than 85000 business advisors who are not paid.Junior Achievement has programs for young school children ages 5 through 11. Volunteer business advisors teach the main rules of successful businesses. They teach how businesses are organized. They teach how products are made and sold. They also teach about the American economy, the system of money, industry and trade. And they teach students how the economy affects their families and their communities.Junior Achievement has programs for middle school students ages 12 to 14. A volunteer business expert teaches the students once a week. One program is called “Project Business”. It is about economic theories. Students learn about supply and demand. They learn about corporations. And they learn about world trade.Another Junior Achievement program for 12 to 14-year-old students is called “the Economics of Staying in School”. It is for students who may be thinking about leaving before completing high school. These students learn the importance of continuing their education. First they play a game. The game shows what kinds of jobs people have. It shows how much education is needed for each job. And it shows how much money each job pays. The students learn that workers with more education get better jobs and earn more money. Then the students learn how much money they need to buy the things they want. They realize that they probably will not earn enough money if they do not finish high school.。

Unit 9T ask 1【答案】1) b, 2) a, 3) c, 4) c, 5) b, 6) a, 7) c, 8) b, 9) a, 10) b【原文】1) So, what does your father do for a living?2) How many people are in your family?3) How old is your sister?4) Where do your parents live now?5) How many brothers and sisters do you have?6) What is your brother’s name?7) Where does your mother work?8) How long have you been married?9) Do you have any children?10) Where did you and your wife meet?T ask 2【答案】【原文】My name is Mary and I’m 13. I’m the eldest in my family. It’s terrible. I have to help m y mother in the house, and do the shopping too. But my younger brother and sister don’t do a thing. They just play all day. And they come into my room and break my things. My mother says, “Y ou must be nice to them. They’re smaller than you.” And my father tells me, “Y ou’re the eldest, so you must set a good example.”I’m John, 12. I’m the youngest in my family. I hate it. My two brothers are 18 and 16, and my siste r’s a year older than me. But they all think I’m still a baby. They can go to bed late, but I have to go to bed early. They get more pocket money than me too, and they have bigger bedrooms. I’ve got the smallest room in the family. And no one ever listens to me.My name is Anne and I’m 12. I’m the middle one in my family. That’s the worst place of all. I’m not the eldest and I’m not the youngest, so I’m not special. My elder sister does everything first, and she gets everything new. I have to wear her old clothes and use her old bag for school. Then everyone spoils my baby brother. They bring him presents and talk about him all the time. When I grow up, I’m going to have two children only. That’s better.T ask 3【答案】1) c, 2) a, 3) a, 4) a, 5) b, 6) a, 7) c【原文】Ana Maria Cavazos was born on June 9th, 1908, in Reynosa, Medico. She was the eleventh of twelve children.Her father, Jesus Cavazos, was originally from V ictoria, Texas, but moved his family to Mexico around 1855.Ana’s mother, Juana Castro, was the oldest of six brothers and sisters. Juana and Jesus were married in 1880. Ana’s family came to the United States during the Mexican Rev olution in 1913. Their family experienced much hardship. Ana grew up in Texas and met her future husband in 1929. Ana and Abel Contreras were married in 1931 and were the parents of eleven children.T ask 4【答案】1) F, 2) T, 3) T, 4) F, 5) F, 6) F【原文】Margaret: Is family life in England very different from family life in your country, Maria? Maria: No, I don’t think so. But I have noticed a few differences.Margaret: Oh, such as what?Maria: Well, the family unit seems to be smaller here than in my country. For you, the family is simply Mum, Dad and the children.Margaret: Y ou have a more extended family circle, do you?Maria: Y es. It’s quite common in my country to have a grandmothe r and an unmarried aunt or uncle living in as part of the family. And we wouldn’t dream of sending anelderly relative to an old people’s home, for instance.Margaret: Y ou take care of elderly relatives yourselves, I guess.Maria: Oh yes. We haven’t got all your welfare services and it’s the family’s duty to loo k after an elderly parent, for example.Margaret: What about hospitality? Do you think English families do a lot of entertaining? Maria: Y es, but in a rather f ormal way. Y ou don’t like people to “drop in” without a previous invitation, do you? In my country it’s quite usual to drop in on friends andrelatives.Margaret: Have you ever lived in with an English family?Maria: Y es, I have. I was an au pair girl for a year. I learned a lot about English family life then. I’d never realized how fond the Englishman is of his home and family, his gardenand his pets.Margaret: Pets? What sort of pets did they have?Maria: Oh, all sorts— dogs, cats and goldfish.Margaret: Did you enjoy living in with the family?Maria: Oh, yes. They were very kind. Everybody helped with the washing up, including the children, and we always found time to sip tea and watch television in the evenings!T ask 5【答案】1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) b, 5) a【原文】Susan: I suppose that in England, too, family life has changed a lot in the last 50 years, hasn’t it?Marilyn: Oh yes, very much so. I think families used to be much larger. My grandmother was one of fourteen children! V ery few people nowadays care to have such large families. Susan: I suppose that’s why in those days very few women took up careers outside the home. They were too busy bringing up their families.Marilyn: Y es, but most well-to-do families had servants to do the housework and even nannies to look after the children.Susan: Would you like to have lived then, Marilyn?Marilyn: Not particularly! Women weren’t as free as they are today. They often had to marry men they didn’t like and they were financially dependent on their parents ortheir husbands. I think we’re much better off today, don’t you?Susan: Well, I suppose we have more freedom of choice and we’re more independent, but, you know, some arranged marriages were very successful. And there wassomething rather charming about courtship in those days.Marilyn: Really? Such as what?Susan: Well, the custom of asking a girl’s father for permission to marry her, for example. Marilyn: An d supposing he didn’t give his permission? No, thank you. I think family life is much pleasanter today because it’s freer and more informal. At least today we’re free tomarry whoever we like and to take up a job, if we wish.Susan: That’s true. But I still think that family life in the old days must have been very pleasant and secure.T ask 6【答案】1) They never interfered with her plans too much and she was allowed to take up the career she wanted.2) She became independent financially. But she still stays with her parents a lot.3) Y es.4) She doesn’t always get along well with her parents.5) They treat her as a child and they try to control her.【原文】Bella: Do you think young people are given too much freedom nowadays and that as a result they’ve lost respect for their parents and their elders generally, Joyce?Joyce: I don’t think s o. My parents never interfered with my plans too much. They advised me but never forced me to do anything I didn’t want to do. I was allowed to take up the career I wanted. I think I respect and love them more for this.Bella: Are you quite independent of them now?Joyce: Y es. As soon as I left school and started my studies as a nurse, I became independent financially. I have a government grant which is enough for my keep. But I still stay with them a lot, as you know.Bella: Y ou seem very close to your parents.Joyce: I am. I know that many young people today say they have nothing in common with their parents, but I’m rather lucky because I get on well with mine. What about you,Bella?Bella: Well, we value fam ily life very much in my country. I’m very fond of my family, but I don’t always get on very well with them. They try to control me too much.Joyce: But they allowed you to come to study in England on your own!Bella: Y es, but only after a lot of persuasion! Y our parents treat you as an adult; mine treat me a child.Joyce: As I said, I’m lucky. Some English parents are like yours. They interfere too much and they’re out of sympathy with our generation.T ask 7【答案】A. dB.1) A writer for the “Agony Column” in Flash magazine.2) Fifteen in two months’ time.3) Manchester.4) Quite a rough city.5) Christine.【原文】Radio Presenter: Good afternoon. And welcome to our midweek phone-in. In today’s programme we’re going to concentrate on personal problems. And here with me in the studioI’ve got Tessa Colbeck, who writes the agony column in Flash magazine. Andwe have our first caller on the line, and it’s Rosemary, I think, er... calling fromManchester. Hello Rosemary.Rosemary: Hello.Radio Presenter: How can we help you, Rosemary?Rosemary: Well, it’s my dad. He won’t let me stay out after ten o’clock at night and all my friends can stay out much longer than that. I always have to go home first. It’sreally embarrassing.Tessa: Hello, Rosemary, love. Rosemary, how old are you, dear?Rosemary: I’m fifteen in two months’ time.Tessa: And where do you go at night — when you go out?Rosemary: Just to my friend’s house, usually. But everyone else can stay there much later than me. I have to leave at about quarter to ten.Tessa: And does this friend of yours.., does she live near you?Rosemary: It takes about ten minutes to walk from her house to ours.Tessa: I see. Y ou live in Brighton, was it? Well, Brighton’s ....Rosemary: No. Manchester... I live in Manchester.Tessa: Oh. I’m sorry, love. I’m getting mixed up. Y es, well Manchester’s quite a rough city, isn’t it? I mean your dad...Rosemary: No. Not really. Not where we live. It isn’t. I don’t live in the City Centre or anything like that. And Christine’s ho use is in a very quiet part.Tessa: Christine. That’s your friend, is it?Rosemary: Yeah. That’s right. I mean, I know my dad gets worried but it’s perfectly safe. Radio Presenter: Rosemary, have you talked about this with your dad?Rosemary: No. He just s houts and then he says he won’t let me go out at all if I can’t come home on time.Radio Presenter: Why don’t you just try to sit down quietly with your dad—sometime when he’s relaxed—and just have a quiet chat about it? He’ll probably explain why hew orries about you. It isn’t always safe for young girls to go out at night.Tessa: Y es. And maybe you can persuade him to come and pick you up from Christine’s house once or twice.Rosemary: Yes. But I don’t think he’ll agree to that. Anyway,I’ll talk to him about it. Thanks.T ask 8【答案】1) F, 2) T, 3) F, 4) F, 5)F【原文】George’s mother was worried about him. One evening, when her husband came home, she spoke to him about it.“Look dear,” she said, “you must talk to George. He left school t hree months ago. He still hasn’t got a job, and he isn’t trying to find one. All he does is smoke, eat and play records.”George’s father sighed. It had been a very tiring day at the office.“All right,” he said, “I’ll talk to him.”“George,” said George’s mother, knocking at George’s door, “your father wants to speak to you.”“Oh!”“Come into the sitting-room dear.”“Hello old man,” said George’s father, when George and his mother joined him in the sitting-room.“Y our father’s very w orried abou t you,” said George’s mother. “It’s time you found a job.”“Y es,” replied George without enthusiasm.George’s mother looked at her husband.“Any ideas?” he asked hopefully.“Not really,” said George.“What about a job in a bank?” suggested George’s mother,“or an insurance company perhaps?”“I don’t want an office job,” said George.George’s father nodded sympathetically.“Well, what do you want to do?” asked George’s mother.“I’d like to travel,” said George.“Do you want a job with a travel fi rm then?”“The trouble is,” said George, “I don’t really want a job at the moment. I’d just like to travel and see a bit of the world.”George’s mother raised her eyes to the ceiling. “I give up,” she said.T ask 9【答案】holding a job, even tougher, playing cops and robbers, shot, yelled, slumped to the ground, ran over, had been hurt in the fall, bent over, It’s the only chance I get to rest【原文】Being a working woman can be tough, but holding a job and having children is even tougher.There’s a story about a mother w ith three active boys who were playing cops and robbers in the backyard after dinner one summer evening.One of the boys “shot” his mother and yelled,“Bang, you’re dead.” She slumped to the ground and when she didn’t get up right away, a neighbour ran ove r to see if she had been hurt in the fall.When the neighbour bent over, the overworked mother opened one eye and said, “Shhh. Don’t give me away. It’s the only chance I get to rest.”T ask 10【答案】A.1) turn off the television2) feed the cat3) wash up dishes4) dry the dishes5) put away the dishes6) tidy the kitchen7) put out the cat8) lock all the doors9) turn out all the lightsB.1) She said she was going up to bed.2) She was sitting up in bed reading a book and eating chocolates.3) A gate banging downstairs.4) He had to go to shut the garden gate.【原文】“Henry!”“Y es, dear?”“I’m going up to bed now. Don’t forget to do your little jobs.”“No, dear.”Henry turned off the television and went into the kitchen. He fed the cat, washed up several dishes, dried them and put them away. Then he put the cat out, locked all the doors and turned out all the lights. When he got to the bedroom, his wife was sitting up in bed reading a book and eating chocolates.“Well dear, have you done all your little jobs?”“I think so, my love.”“Have you fed the cat?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you put him out?”“Y es, dear.”“have you washed up the dishes?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you put them away?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you tidies the kitchen?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you turned out all the lights?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you locked the front door?”“Y es, dear.”“Then you can come to bed.”“Thank you, dear.”After a little while they heard a gate banging downstairs.“Henry.”“Y es, dear.”“I’m afraid you’ve forgotten to shut the garden gate.”“Oh dear!”T ask 11【答案】1) b, 2) c, 3)a, 4)b, 5) b【原文】Interviewer: Mr. Dolby, do you mind if we speak a little about you and Katherine?David: Go ahead.Interviewer: She didn’t say very much about you to us, you see.David: Well, we weren’t together very long. Only about two years. Didn’t she tell you? Interviewer: No, not exactly. It must have been very difficult leaving your family.David: Y es and no. I miss the little boy. And I missed Katherine as well at first. Well, there was another baby on the way. That was difficult, of course, for her too. But it was herchoice. Not mine.Interviewer: Y ou mean she wanted you to go?David: Y es.Interviewer: What was wrong?David: We argued a lot. I had a job and when I got home in the evenings nothing was done.Nothing. I had to cook all the meals. Do the cleaning. It was an impossible situation.T ask 12【答案】Main idea: are becoming more and more diverse1) Horizon Research Group, families in China’s cities are becoming more and more diverse, several generations under the same roof, a double-income-no-kids (DINK) family2)a) 48 percent, 1997, 37 percentb) one-person, linear, generational, 7.2 percent, 1 percentage point, six years agoc) 6.8 percent, 3.9 percentage pointsd) a married couple living with their parents, three generations, 6.4 percentage points, 49 percente) cohabitation, celibacy3) pluralistic society, diverse values, 1980s, 10,000, 60,000a 38-year-old businessman, a graphic designer, their two-person family is one of the happiest inthe world, have so many plans to do things together, we are two kids who like playing together, satisfied with, bother with children【原文】After a hard day’s work, people used to go home to the nuclear family— husband, wife and children.But families are changing shape in China. These days, a household may consist of one person, several generations under the same roof, or a double-income-no-kids (DINK) family.A national survey by Horizon Research Group released over the weekend shows that families in China’s cities are becoming more and more diverse.The most common family type in Chinese cities was once the nuclear family. But while it accounted for 48 percent of families in urban areas in 1997, that figure has decreased to 37 percent today, the survey shows.Covering more than 1,000 households in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Wuhan, the survey found that the number of DINKs, one-person and linear or generational families is on the rise from six years ago.The research group carried out a similar survey of family types in 1997, covering more than 5,100 households in 10 major cities across China.This time round, more than 7.2 percent of respondents classified themselves as DINKs, 1 percentage point higher than six years ago.One-person households account for 6.8 percent of respondents, 3.9 percentage points higher than the previous survey.Linear families—a married couple living with their parents or three generations living together — increased in number by 6.4 percentage points, reaching 49 percent.According to social science experts, it seems certain more distinct lifestyles will emerge, for example, cohabitation and celibacy are both on the rise.In any event, today’s pluralistic society, with its diverse values, should be welcomed, said Li Yinhe, a sociologi st on family and marriage. “Everyone’s choice, whether traditional or unconventional, should be respected,” Li said.Since the DI NK lifestyle emerged in the 1980s, it has sprung up in all of China’s big cities. Beijing now has 10,000 DINK families. When combined with those in Shanghai and Guangzhou, the figures rise to about 60,000, according to Y outh League Committee of Beijing statistics.Childbearing was in ancient China a family’s top priority, but now it is regarded as a personal choice by many young couples.Zheng Jian, a 38-year-old businessman, and his wife Xiao Y an, a graphic designer, think their two-person family is one of the happiest in the world.They have been married for more than 10 years and have no children.“We always have so many plans together, to do things together,” said Zheng. “And it seems like we are two kids who like playing together.”They insist: “We are satisfied with our present lives, so why bother with children?”T ask 13【答案】In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and auntslived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller. Industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. Large families cannot be moved from place to place as smaller families can.Today, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consist only of a man and a woman. A smaller number of families may raise children. These families may raise children as their chief occupation, leaving the childless families free to move from job. Furthermore, these child-raising families may raise other people’s children in addition to their own.。