大学综合教程英语2听力原文

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

Unit IⅣ. Class PresentationListening & SpeakingThe Language for Asking For and Giving Clarification1. Directions: You are going to listen to an instructor talking about asking for andgiving clarification. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with themissing words.Instructor: In our daily conversations, we can not help asking for clarification (澄清，说明) when we are not clear about what has been said, or have becomepuzzled about a particular point mentioned earlier. A conversation is aform of two-way interaction. During interaction, misunderstanding canlead to a breakdown in communication. To avoid misunderstanding oreven confusion, we tend to have an impulse (冲动) to ask forclarification.This is especially true when a Chinese learner of English talks witha native speaker. This skill can help him or her avoid embarrassmentcaused by misunderstanding, and keep the conversation going on.You can develop the skill by reading and familiarizing yourselves with the language for asking for and giving clarification:—I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand what you mean by market economy.—I’m sorry, could you (possibly) explain what you mean by globalization?—I don’t understand what you mean by black lie.—What (exactly) do you mean by sick humor?And the language for giving clarification:—(Well,) what I’m trying to say is (that) + SENTENCE.—(Well,) the point I’m trying to make is (that) + SENTENCE.—(Well,) I think what I mean is (that) + SENTENCE.—What I mean is (that) + SENTENCE.—What I’m saying is (that) + SENTENCE.—All I’m trying to say is (that) + SENTENCE.2. Now come up with a particular subject on which you voice your opinion or attitude, and expect others to ask for clarification about something that might be unclear to them. Try to use the language you have just learned in Exercise 1. Asking For and Giving Clarification1) Directions: Before you listen to the first conversation, read the following wordsand expressions which may be new to you.available 有空的innocent 无害的fib 小谎Listen to the following conversation twice and fill in the blanks with the missing words.Wang Ying: Are you going to the party tonight, Tom? They told me it was going to be fun.Tom Chang: I know, but I don’t think I’m available tonight. Are you?Wang Ying: Well…it depends.Tom Chang: I’ll tell them a little white lie.Wang Ying: Tell them what? What’s that?Tom Chang: I said: “I will tell them a little white lie.”Wang Ying: I don’t understand what you mean by white lie.Tom Chang: Oh, it is an innocent social fib or excuse.Wang Ying: Oh, I’ve got it now!Tom Chang: Sometimes we have to do it in our daily lives.Wang Ying: So what’s your little white lie?Tom Chang: Well, what would you say?Now listen to the conversation and answer the following questions1. Who won’t be able to attend the party tonight?Tom Chang.2. Is Wang Ying going to the party?It depends.3. What will Tom Chang tell them?He’ll tell them a little white lie.4. What is a white lie according to Rom Chang?It’s an innocent social fib or excuse.35. What’s their little white lie?Not mentioned.2) Directions: Before you listen to the second conversation, read the following wordwhich may be new to you.hearing problems 听觉疾病hearing aid 助听器device 装置will 遗嘱Listen to the following conversation twice, and then complete the passage according to the conversation you have just heard.There was an elderly gentleman who had had serious hearing problems for years. He went to the doctor who was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the man to hear 100%.The old fellow went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, “Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.”To this the gentleman replied, “Oh, I haven’t told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to conversations. I’ve changed my will three times!”Now listen to the conversation again, and complete the form as the speaker recounts it. After that, act it out in class.Doctor: What brought you here?Gentleman: What did you say? Would you speak louder please?Doctor: What is bothering you today? Do you have any pain?Gentleman: No. I’ve been having serious hearing problems for years. I can’t hear people well. That’s why I’m here.Doctor: I suggest you wear a hearing aid.Gentleman: What do you mean by hearing aid? What’s that?Doctor: It’s a device that allows you to hear 100%.One month later the elderly gentleman comes to see the doctor again. Doctor: Good. Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be pleased that you can hear again.Gentleman: Oh, I haven’t told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations.Doctor: Why?Gentleman: You know what? I’ve changed my will three times!4. Try to figure out something that may elicit ( 引出) questions, write it down onthe chalkboard and expect others to ask for its clarification. Get ready to clarify.In your conversations, try to use the language you learned in Exercise 1.5. Directions: Listen to the following people speaking and decide what they aretalking about.1. M: This room is so crowded. I can hardly hear or see a thing.W: I don’t understand why they didn’t have this lecture in a bigger room, do you?Q: Who are they talking about?a. A lecture.b. A room.c. An instructor.d. A movie2. M: How are we going to get home? It’s so late the buses and subways have allstopped running.W: It looks as though we have no choice but to call a taxi.Q: What are they talking about?a. How to get home.b. Why the buses stopped running.c. When a taxi will come.d. Where to spend the night.3. W: Jack, have you finished your research paper for economies?M: Not yet, I always seem to put things off until the last minute.Q: What are they talking about?a. A scientific experiment.b. A college course.c. A time schedule.d. A research paper.4. W: Tim missed the deadline for the assignment again.M: He’s got to adjust his study habits in order to survive the university.Q: What are they talking about?a. Tim’s excellent performance.b. Tim’s assignment.c. Tim’s study habit.d. Tim’s graduation day.5. W: Watching the news on TV is a good way to learn English.M: It’s especially helpful when you check out the same information in the newspaper.Q: What are they talking about?a. How to learn English.b. How to get informed.c. How to compare TV and newspaper.d. How to get a job.6. Directions: Listen to the following five short dialogues and choose theappropriate answers.1. W: I can’t get through to this number.M: You must first dial 1.Q: What can we learn from this conversation?A) The post office is closed.B) A department store is having a sale.C) They are discussing a math contest.D) The woman is making a telephone call.2. W: Are there any dogs around?M: No, they’re not allowed in this community.Q: What does the man mean?A) No dogs are allowed in the area.B) Unfortunately, they don’t have any dogs.C) It’s good to have a dog around the house.D) The law is too complicated to understand.3. M: This one is much cheaper.W: But it may not last as long.Q: What does the woman imply?A) This is the last one. B) The longer style is better.C) It might not be of good quality.D) You should buy cheaper things.4. M: Did you ever get in touch with your friend?W: No, when I called, all I got was a recorded message.Q: What did the woman do?A) She arranged to meet her friend later.B) She fixed her friend’s tape recorder.C) She tried to telephone her friend.D) She went to her friend’s house.5. W: Is it possible to see the apartment before we rent it?M: Sure, it’s vacant.Q: What does the man mean?A) It’s a beautiful place. B) No one lives there now.C) You can see it after your vacation.D) You had better make an appointment.7. Directions: Listen to the following short story twice. Listen carefully and decidewhether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to thestory you have heard.blonde 金发碧眼的白种女人gallon 加仑(液量单位)bathtub 浴缸pasteurize Pasteur 用巴氏法消毒chest 胸腔A blonde heard that milk baths make you beautiful. So she left a note for her milkman to leave 15 gallons of milk.When the milkman read the note, he felt there must be a mistake. He thought she probably meant 1.5 gallons, so he knocked on the door to clarify the point.The blonde came to the door and the milkman said, “I found your note to leave 15 gallons of milk. Did you mean 15 gallons or 1.5 gallons?”The blonde said, “I want 15 gallons. I’m going to fill my bathtub with milk and take a milk bath.”The milkman asked, “Pasteurized?”The blonde said, “No, just up to my chest.”F 1. The blonde was beautiful because she took a milk bath every day.T 2. A bath took 15 gallons of milk.T 3. The milkman doubted that the blonde could drink 15 gallons of milk.F 4. The blonde corrected her mistake.F 5. The blonde said that it would be wonderful if the milk was pasteurized.8. Directions: Listen to the following talk and fill in the blanks with the missingwords. The talk is given twice.Two doctors were in a hospital hallway one day complaining about Nurse Nancy. “She’s incredibly mixed-up (糊涂),”said one doctor. “She does everything absolutely backwards (背道而驰). Just last week, I told her to give a patient 2 milligrams (毫克) of morphine (吗啡) every 10 hours. She gave him 10 milligrams every 2 hours. He damn near (几乎) died on (因为) us!”The second doctor said, “That’s nothing. Earlier this week, I told her to givea patient an enema (灌肠剂) every 24 hours. She tried to give him 24 enemas inone hour! The guy damn near exploded!”Suddenly, they heard a blood-curdling scream (令人毛骨悚然的尖叫声) from down the hall..“Oh my God!”said the first doctor, “I just realize I told Nurse Nancy to prick (刺) Mr. Smith’s boil (疖子)!”9. Directions: Listen to the talk again and then answer the following questionsorally.1. What were the two doctors talking about?They were talking about Nurse Nancy.2. Why did they say that Nurse Nancy was so mixed up?Because she did everything absolutely backwards.3. Can you give any examples to prove this?①One doctor told her to give a patient 2 milligrams of morphineevery 10 hours. She gave him 10 milligrams every 2 hours.②The other doctor told her to give a patient an enema every 24 hours.She tried to give him 24 enemas in one hour.4. What did they hear all of a sudden while talking?They heard a blood-curdling scream from down the hall.5. What was Nurse Nancy most probably doing then.She was prinking a patient’s boil.10. Directions: Have a discussion on the topic given below.Life would be meaningless without misunderstandings.。

Unit 1 College LifeListen and RespondI am now a fourth-year student at college, but I can never forget my freshman year here. In general, it is a time filled with anticipation, some anxiety, and wonderful discoveries.College is a lot different from high school. Your freshman experience will definitely make an impression on you. So, what can you expect as you head off into the wonderful world of higher education?The first thing you'll notice is the workload. It will be heavier than you ever experienced before. The major challenges of college work are the large amount of reading and writing, and the short deadlines. A related effect that can be brought on by the workload is doubt, frustration, and possibly loneliness. You'll be away from the comforts and friendships your home provided for you over the previous years.During the freshman year, you'll be making a lot of new friends. But you should continue to be yourself. Select your friends with the same care and patience you have always shown. Believe it or not, your college friendships will be among the most satisfying and long-term of your life. It's always exciting to discover how wonderfully diverse college relationships can be.You'll also be on your own —you'll be your own boss 24 hours a day, so to speak. But, remember, with freedom comes responsibility. You should always remember that you are at college with an anticipated mission. Don't waste your time on meaningless things.During the freshman year, you may even start thinking about your future. Maybe a certain professor is especially inspiring. Perhaps your school has some great research going on. If some area of study attracts you, find out all you can about it. It might be the beginning of your lifetime career. Going to college is not just to get a degree —it is to find out who you really are and what you are really made for.Unit 2 Learning a LanguageHello, I’m Alberto. I’m a student of English, French, Portuguese and Italian. I would also love to learn Chinese and German in the near future. My mother tongue is Spanish and I have a degree in Political Science. I love to learn new languages, because I think it broadens my mind. Even though I still have some difficulty with verb tenses, I’m confident that with time and practice I’ll c ope with them.I believe learning a new language besides your mother tongue can be useful, especially in a world where distances are shortened and people from different countries communicate with each other more frequently.Learning a new language can be a good experience, but only if you keep in mind that nothing is obtained without some effort. In my opinion, the best way to learn a language is to read a lot. It doesn’t matter what you read, but that you do it. Even if you don’t understand everything, your reading comprehension skill will improve remarkably. Also, if possible, watch a lot of television inthat language, or listen to CDs. Maybe at first you won’t understand a word, but later you’d catch on to the rhythm of the language.Good dictionaries are necessary, and books regarding vocabulary can be a plus. The Internet is also a useful tool.The language you choose to learn might seem a little difficult at first, or even totally strange, but you’ll get accustomed to it. Remember that the learn ing process is long, and that it never ends. However, it is also highly enjoyable.Unit 2 A Parents and TeenagersTeenagers and adults have a difficult time communicating. Teenagers often think adults don't understand them. Adults often think teenagers just don't listen to anything they say. That creates conflict. People very often use "generation gap" to explain the conflict between parents and children. However, the problem of communication between parents and teenagers does not all lie in the "generation gap." It lies mostly in implied statements that are not fully communicated between a teenage child and a parent. Here is one example. Mother says: "Please take out the trash." The teenager replies: "OK." However, one hour later the mother finds the trash is still in the kitchen and so becomes a bit unhappy. "I thought I asked you to take out the trash." But the child replies: "You didn't say I had to do it now." Are you familiar with this kind of conversation? In this conversation the mother feels that the teenager should know what she means, but the teenager just doesn't. This type of conversation takes place around our home every day. They cause some unhappiness but are totally normal, and can usually be solved quite soon. It is when this type of "lack of communication" gets involved with the bigger issues of teenagers that larger problems can be caused. It is more difficult to solve these larger problems and it takes the efforts of both parents and teenagers to overcome such problems.Unit 3 The Birthday HeartOne day I was helping my mom preparing a picnic when my sisters arrived. They said, “Happy birthday, Mom!” and gave her some presents.I was sad. I had forgotten it was my mother’s birthday, but I didn’t want her to know that I had not remembered her birthday. I had one dollar in my piggy bank. With that I was sure that I could get a present that would show my mother how much I loved her.I went to the store. When I looked around, I suddenly realized that my dollar wouldn’t buy as much as I had thought it would. Then I saw a heart made of plastic. It contained typewriter correction paper. I knew that it would show my mother how much I loved her. It was ninety-nine cents.I took the heart to the cashier and gave her my dollar. She said that I didn’t have enough money because with tax the heart cost more than a dollar.I didn’t understand sales tax. All I understood was that I couldn’t give the heart to my mom. I went to put the heart back and the cashier asked me if it was my mom’s birthday. I nodded. Then she said that she could help me. She put some of her own pennies in the cash register with my dollar andgave me the heart in a bag.When my mother opened the bag and pulled out the heart, she exclaimed “What a beautiful present.” “It’s just what I need.” She put me on her lap and told me that she loved the heart and she loved me.I don’t remember many of the gifts that I have given my mother, but I will always remember the heart that I gave her on that birthday.Unit 4 Growing UpTeenagers and adults have a difficult time communicating. Teenagers often think adults don’t understand them. Adults often think teenagers just don’t listen to anything they say. That creates conflict. People very often use “generation gap”to explain the conflict between parents and children. However, the problem of communication between parents and teenagers does not all lie in the “generation gap”. It lies mostly in implied statements that are not fully communicated between a teenage child and a parent. Here is one example. Mother says: “Please take out the trash.”The teenager replies: “OK.”However, one hour later the mother finds the trash is still in the kitchen and so becomes a bit unhappy. “I thought I asked you to take out the trash.”But the child replies: “You didn’t say I had to do it now.”Are you familiar with this kind of conversation? In this conversation the mother feels that the teenager should know what she means, but the teenager just doesn’t. This type of conversation takes place around our home every day. They cause some unhappiness but are totally normal, and can usually be solved quite soon. It is when this type of “lack of communication”gets involved with the bigger issues of teenagers that larger problems can be caused. It is more difficult to solve these larger problems and it takes the efforts of both parents and teenagers to overcome such problems.Unit 4 Knowing YourselfWhat is personality? How does knowledge about personality help us?First of all, let us take a look at what personality means. In general, when psychologists talk about personality, they are usually looking for things that make a person different from others or things that can explain how a person is not the same as others. However, different psychologists have different ways of explaining what personality is. They often use tests to put people into categories and compare them. For example, people who are quiet and like to spend more time at home reading and doing their own things are called introverts. "Introverts" is spelt I-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-T-S. Others who enjoy going out and spending time with other people are called extroverts,E-X-T-R-O-V-E-R-T-S. Do you know which personality type you are? Are you an introvert or an extrovert?Second, how can knowledge about personality help us? Well, one of the ways is that by knowing how people behave and why they behave in a certain way, we can understand them better. This will help to make our relationship with them stronger. For instance, if we know that someone isan introvert, we will understand why he or she does not feel comfortable when he or she is with a big group of newly met people. We may then help this person to make friends and talk to others.Another way knowledge about personality can help us is when we want to improve ourselves. If we know what personality type we belong to and the reasons we behave the way we do, we can then try to change some of the bad things so that they become good. In this way, we can make ourselves a better person.So, after listening to this short passage about personality, do you want to find out more about yourself?Unit 6 Civility and Good MannersXiao Wang: People are so impolite these days!Xiao Chen: What’s the matter, Xiao Wang?Xiao Wang: Well, you see, this morning I was sitting in the back of the bus, alone, by myself. A friend called so I talked on my mobile phone to him for a while.Xiao Chen:Yes? What happened?Xiao Wang:Well, two people kept giving me dirty looks. You know, this is not the first time. It happened before. And when I got off the bus, one of them told me to stop using mymobile phone. He said I had talked too loudly about private matters and he had notthe least interest in knowing about them. I just don’t understand these people. What’swrong with them?Xiao Chen: I see. Actually similar things have happened to me many times, too. I must say there’re rude people everywhere these days. Like, the other day, I was sitting in thepark, smoking a cigarette. I was just sitting there, you know, enjoying the niceweather, looking at the birds, listening to music, and smoking.Xiao Wang:Yeah, what happened then?Xiao Chen: Well, when I finished my cigarette, I did what I always do when I smoke in the park. I put the cigarette butt on the sidewalk and crushed it with my shoe.Xiao Wang:Right. That’s what I usually do and there’s nothing wrong with it. This way it won’t be a danger to anyone.Xiao Chen: Well, this guy walking by saw me putting out my cigarette and told me that it was not very nice. He said it was bad for the environment. I just don’t get it. How can it bebad for the environment? Why are people so impolite?Xiao Wang:Well, well, I must say there are certainly rude people everywhere!。

新标准大学英语综合教程2原文UNIT1College just isn't special any more1 "If you can remember anything about the 1960s, you weren't really there," so the saying goes. It may be true for those who spent their college years in a haze of marijuana smoke. But there is one thing everyone remembers about the 1960s: Going to college was the most exciting and stimulating experience of your life.2 In the 1960s, California's colleges and universities had transformed the state into the world's seventh largest economy. However, Berkeley, the University of California's main campus, was also well-known for its student demonstrations and strikes, and its atmosphere of political radicalism. When Ronald Reagan ran for office as governor of California in 1966, he asked if Californians would allow "a great university to be brought to its knees by a noisy, dissident minority". The liberals replied that it was the ability to tolerate noisy, dissident minorities which made universities great.3 On university campuses in Europe, mass socialist or communist movements gave rise to increasingly violent clashes between the establishment and the college students, with their new and passionate commitment to freedom and justice. Much of the protest was about the Vietnam War. But in France, the students of the Sorbonnein Paris managed to form an alliance with the trade unions and to launch a general strike, which ultimately brought about the resignation of President de Gaulle.4 It wasn't just the activism that characterized student life in the 1960s. Everywhere, going to college meant your first taste of real freedom, of late nights in the dorm or in the Junior Common Room, discussing the meaning of life. You used to have to go to college to read your first forbidden book, see your first indie film, or find someone who shared your passion for Jimi Hendrix or Lenny Bruce. It was a moment of unimaginable freedom, the most liberating in your life.5 But where's the passion today? What's the matter with college? These days political, social and creative awakening seems to happen not because of college, but in spite of it. Of course, it's true that higher education is still important. For example, in the UK, Prime Minister Blair was close to achieving his aim of getting 50 per cent of all under thirties into college by 2010 (even though a cynic would say that this was to keep them off the unemployment statistics). Yet college education is no longer a topic of great national importance. Today, college is seen as a kind of small town fromwhich people are keen to escape. Some people drop out, but the most apathetic stay the course because it's too much effort to leave.6 Instead of the heady atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more serious. The British Council has recently done research into the factors which help international students decide where to study. In descending order these are: quality of courses, employability prospects, affordability, personal security issues, lifestyle, and accessibility. College has become a means to an end, an opportunity to increase one's chances on the employment market, and not an end in itself, which gives you the chance to imagine, just for a short while, that you can change the world.7 The gap between childhood and college has shrunk, and so has the gap between college and the real world. One of the reasons may be financial. In an uncertain world, many children rely on their parents' support much longer than they used to. Students leaving university in the 21st century simply cannot afford to set up their own home because it's too expensive. Another possible reason is the communications revolution. Gone are the days when a son or daughter rang home once or twice a term. Today students are umbilically linked to their parents by their cell phones. And as for finding like-minded friends to share a passion for obscure literature or music, well, we have the Internet and chat rooms to help us do that.8 "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,9 But to be young was very heaven!"10 Wordsworth may have written these lines about the French Revolution, but theywere also true for the students of the 1960s. So why aren't they true for thestudents of today?UNIT2How empathy unfolds1 The moment Hope, just nine months old, saw another baby fall, tears welled up in her own eyes and she crawled off to be comforted by her mother, as though it were she who had been hurt. And 15-month-old Michael went to get his own teddy bear for his crying friend Paul; when Paul kept crying, Michael retrieved Paul's security blanket for him. Both these small acts of sympathy and caring were observed by mothers trained to record such incidents of empathy in action. The results of the study suggestthat the roots of empathy can be traced to infancy. Virtually from the day they are born infants are upset when they hear another infant crying—a response some see as the earliest precursor of empathy.2 Developmental psychologists have found that infants feel sympathetic distress even before they fully realize that they exist apart from other people. Even a few months after birth, infants react to a disturbance in those around them as though it were their own, crying when they see another child's tears. By one year or so, they start to realize the misery is not their own but someone else's, though they still seem confused over what to do about it. In research by Martin L. Hoffman at New York University, for example, a one-year-old brought his own mother over to comfort a crying friend, ignoring the friend's mother, who was also in the room. This confusion is seen too when one-year-olds imitate the distress of someone else, possibly to better comprehend what they are feeling; for example, if another baby hurts her fingers, a one-year-old might put her own fingers in her mouth to see if she hurts, too. On seeing his mother cry, one baby wiped his own eyes, though they had no tears.3 Such motor mimicry, as it is called, is the original technical sense of the word empathy as it was first used in the 1920s by E. B. Titchener, an American psychologist. Titchener's theory was that empathy stemmed from a sort of physical imitation of the distress of another, which then evokes the same feelings in oneself. He sought a word that would be distinct from sympathy, which can be felt for the general plight of another with no sharing whatever of what that other person is feeling.4 Motor mimicry fades from toddlers' repertoire at around two and a half years, at which point they realize that someone else's pain is different from their own, and are better able to comfort them. A typical incident, from a mother's diary:5 A neighbor's baby cries and Jenny approaches and tries to give him some cookies. She follows him around and begins to whimper to herself. She then tries to stroke his hair, but he pulls away. He calms down, but Jenny still looks worried. She continues to bring him toys and to pat his head and shoulders.6 At this point in their development toddlers begin to diverge from one another in their overall sensitivity to other people's emotional upsets, with some, like Jenny, keenly aware and others tuning out. A series of studies by Marian Radke-Yarrow and Carolyn Zahn-Waxler at the National Institute of Mental Health showed that a large part of this difference in empathic concern had to do with how parents disciplined their children. Children, they found, were more empathic when the discipline included calling strong attention to the distress their misbehavior caused someone else: "Look how sad you've made her feel" instead of "That was naughty". They found too that children's empathy is also shaped by seeing how others react when someone else isdistressed; by imitating what they see, children develop a repertoire of empathic response, especially in helping other people who are distressed.UNIT3Stolen identity1 "Frank never went to pilot school, medical school, law school, ... because he's still in high school."2 That was the strapline of the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, which tells the story of Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), a brilliant young master of deception who at different times impersonated a doctor, a lawyer, and an airplane pilot, forging checks worth more than six million dollars in 26 countries. He became the youngest man to ever make the FBI's most-wanted list for forgery. Hunted and caught in the film by fictional FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks), Abagnale later escaped. He eventually became a consultant for the FBI where he focused on white-collar crime.3 It's a great film, but could it happen in real life? In fact, Catch Me If You Can is based on the true story of Frank Abagnale, whose career as a fraudster lasted about six years before he was caught, who escaped from custody three times (once through an airplane toilet), and who spent a total of six years in prison in France, Sweden and the US. He now runs a consultancy advising the world of business how to avoid fraud. He has raised enough money to pay back all his victims, and is now amulti-millionaire.4 Since 2003, identity theft has become increasingly common. Few people could imagine how important things like taking mail to the post office and not leaving it in the mailbox for pickup, shredding documents instead of throwing them out with the trash, even using a pen costing a couple of bucks, have become to avoid life-changing crimes.5 More and more people are becoming anonymous victims of identity theft. We spend many hours and dollars trying to recover our name, our credit, our money and our lives. We need to look for different ways to protect ourselves. We can improve our chances of avoiding this crime, but it will never go away.6 It's not just a list of do's and don'ts, we need to change our mindset. Although online banking is now commonplace, there's a significant group of people in the country—the baby boomers, 15 per cent of the population—who still prefer to usepaper. What's more, 30 per cent of cases of fraud occur within this group. A check has all the information about you that an identity thief needs. If you use a ballpoint pen, the ink can be removed with the help of a regular household chemical and the sum of money can be changed. More than 1.2 million bad checks are issued every day, more than 13 per second.7 Check fraud is big business ... and growing by 25 per cent every year. Criminals count on our mistakes to make their jobs easier. So how can we prevent identity theft before it happens to us?8 Take a few precautions. Don't leave your mail in your mailbox overnight or over the weekend. Thieves wait for the red flag to go up, so they can look through your outgoing mail for useful personal information or checks. Use a gel pen for checks and important forms, the ink is trapped in the fibre of the paper, and it can't be removed with chemicals. Also, shred or tear up all documents which contain personal information before you put them in the trash.9 Remember that there are plenty of online opportunities for thieves to create a false identity based on your own. We're all aware of the risks to personal information on computer databases by hacking and Trojan horses. But choosing someone and doing a Google search can also yield large amounts of personal information, and so can online social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Bebo. And just as we take our pocketbook with us when we leave the office to go to the bathroom, it's also worth logging off your computer to avoid opportunistic theft.10 Finally, if you get robbed in a more traditional way—in the street—canceling your credit cards is obviously the first thing to do. But don't forget that even after they're reported lost, they can be used as identification to acquire store cards ... and you get the criminal record.11 Identity fraud can go on for years without the victim's knowledge. There is no escaping the fact that right now fraudsters are finding identity crime all too easy. If you haven't had your identity stolen, it's only because they haven't got to you yet. Your turn will come.UNIT4Making the headlines1 It isn't very often that the media lead with the same story everywhere in the world. Such an event would have to be of enormous international significance. But this is exactly what occurred in September 2001 with the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. It is probably not exaggerated to say that from that moment the world was a different place.2 But it is not just the historical and international dimension that made 9/11 memorable and (to use a word the media like) newsworthy. It was the shock and horror, too. So striking, so sensational, was the news that, years after the event, many people can still remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they first heard it. They can remember their own reactions: For many people across the globe their first instinct was to go and tell someone else about it, thus providing confirmation of the old saying that bad news travels fast.3 And so it is with all major news stories. I remember when I was at primary school the teacher announcing pale-faced to a startled class of seven year olds President Kennedy is dead. I didn't know who President Kennedy was, but I was so upset at hearing the news that I went rushing home afterwards to tell my parents (who already knew, of course). In fact, this is one of my earliest memories.4 So what exactly is news? The objective importance of an event is obviously not enough —there are plenty of enormous global issues out there, with dramatic consequences, from poverty to global warming—but since they are ongoing, they don't all make the just international, but odd, unexpected, and (in the sense that it was possible to identify with the plight of people caught up in the drama) very human.5 Odd doesn't mean huge. Take the story in today's China Daily about a mouse holding up a flight from Vietnam to Japan. The mouse was spotted running down the aisle of a plane in Hanoi airport. It was eventually caught by a group of 12 technicians worried that the mouse could chew through wires and cause a short circuit. By the time it took off the plane was more than four hours late.6 Not an event with momentous international consequences, you might say, (apart from a few passengers arriving late for their appointments in another country), but there are echoes of the story across the globe, in online editions of papers from Asia to America, via Scotland (Mouse chase holds up flight, in the Edinburgh Evening News).7 Another element of newsworthiness is immediacy. This refers to the nearness of the event in time. An event which happened a week ago is not generally news—unless you've just read about it. "When" is one of the five "wh" questions trainee journalists are regularly told that they have to use to frame a news story (the others are "who", "what", "where" and "why"); "today", "this morning", and "yesterday"are probably at the top of the list of time adverbs in a news report. Similarly, an event which is about to happen ("today", "this evening" or "tonight") may also be newsworthy, although, by definition, it is not unexpected and so less sensational.8 When it comes to immediacy, those media which can present news in real time, such as TV, radio, and the Internet, have an enormous advantage over the press. To see an event unfolding in front of your eyes is rather different from reading about it at breakfast the next morning. But TV news is not necessarily more objective or reliable than a newspaper report, since the images you are looking at on your screen have been chosen by journalists or editors with specific objectives, or at least following set guidelines, and they are shown from a unique viewpoint. By placing the camera somewhere else you would get a different picture. This is why it is usual to talk of the "power of the media"—the power to influence the public, more or less covertly.9 But perhaps in the third millennium this power is being eroded, or at least devolved to ordinary people. The proliferation of personal blogs, the possibility ofself-broadcasting through sites such as YouTube, and the growth of open-access web pages (wikis) means that anyone with anything to say—or show—can now reach a worldwide audience instantly.10 This doesn't mean that the press and TV are going to disappear overnight, of course. But in their never-ending search for interesting news items—odd, unexpected, and human—they are going to turn increasingly to these sites for their sources, providing the global information network with a curiously local dimension.UNIT5Catch-22Catch-22 is one of the most famous novels of the last century. It is set in an American military base on a small island in the Mediterranean during the Second World War. Although the story reveals some of the horrors of war through episodes of bloodshed and destruction, it is not a traditional war novel. There are no heroes or heroic acts, and the enemy is not really the Germans (who do not appear in the story), but anyone who can get you killed—and that includes your own commander. Catch-22 is primarily a comic novel, whose main character, an airman called Yossarian, has only one aim—to survive the war and go back home. He thinks he can do this by pretending to be insane.1 It was a horrible joke, but Doc Daneeka didn't laugh until Yossarian came to him one mission later and pleaded again, without any real expectation of success, to be grounded. Doc Daneeka snickered once and was soon immersed in problems of his own, which included Chief White Halfoat, who had been challenging him all that morning to Indian wrestle, and Yossarian, who decided right then and there to go crazy.2 "You're wasting your time," Doc Daneeka was forced to tell him.3 "Can't you ground someone who's crazy?"4 "Oh, sure. I have to. There's a rule saying I have to ground anyone who's crazy."5 "Then why don't you ground me? I'm crazy. Ask Clevinger."6 "Clevinger? Where is Clevinger? You find Clevinger and I'll ask him."7 "Then ask any of the others. They'll tell you how crazy I am."8 "They're crazy."9 "Then why don't you ground them?"10 "Why don't they ask me to ground them?"11 "Because they're crazy, that's why."12 "Of course they're crazy," Doc Daneeka replied. "I just told you they're crazy, didn't I? And you can't let crazy people decide whether you're crazy or not, can you?"13 Yossarian looked at him soberly and tried another approach. "Is Orr crazy?"14 "He sure is," Doc Daneeka said.15 "Can you ground him?"16 "I sure can. But first he has to ask me to. That's part of the rule."17 "Then why doesn't he ask you to?"18 "Because he's crazy," Doc Daneeka said. "He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close calls he's had. Sure, I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to."19 "That's all he has to do to be grounded?"20 "That's all. Let him ask me."21 "And then you can ground him?" Yossarian asked.22 "No. Then I can't ground him."23 "You mean there's a catch?"24 "Sure there's a catch," Doc Daneeka replied. "Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy."25 There was only one catch and that was catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.26 "That's some catch, that catch-22," he observed.27 "It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.UNIT6My dream comes true1 The rain had started to fall gently through the evening air as darkness descended over Sydney. Hundreds of lights illuminated Stadium Australia, and the noise was deafening. As I walked towards the track I glanced around me at the sea of faces in the stands, but my mind was focused. The Olympic gold medal was just minutes away, hanging tantalisingly in the distance.2 My heart was beating loudly, my mouth was dry and the adrenaline was pumping.I was so close to the realisation of my childhood dream and the feeling was fantastic; it was completely exhilarating, but also terrifying. I knew I would have to push myself beyond my known limits to ensure that my dream came true.3 I tried to keep composed, telling myself not to panic, to stick to the plan and run my own race. I knew the Russian girls would set off quickly — and I had to finish this race fewer than ten seconds behind the Russian athlete Yelena Prokhorova. If I could do that, the title would be mine.4 I looked out along the first stretch of the 400m track and caught my breath. The 800m race had punished me so much over the years — in the World, Commonwealth and European Championships— and now it stood between me and the Olympic title.5 The British supporters were cheering so loudly it seemed as if they were the only fans there. I could hear my name being called. I could hear the shouts of encouragement and the cries of hope. Union Jacks fluttered all around the vast, beautiful stadium. I felt unified with the crowd — we all had the same vision and the same dream.6 My ankle was bandaged against an injury I had incurred in the long jump just a couple of hours earlier, but I shut out all thoughts of pain. I tried to concentrate on the crowd. They were so vocal. My spirits lifted and I felt composed.7 I knew I would do my best, that I would run my heart out and finish the race. I felt the performer in me move in and take over. I had just two laps to run, that was all. Just two laps until the emotional and physical strain of the past two days and the last 28 years would be eclipsed by victory or failure. This race was all about survival. It's only two minutes, I kept telling myself, anyone can run for two minutes.8 The starting gun was fired, and the race began. The first lap was good, I managed to keep up with the group, but I was feeling much more tired than I usually did, and much more than I'd anticipated. Both the long, hard weeks of training that had led up to this championship, and the exhaustion from two days of gruelling competition were showing in my performance. Mental and physical fatigue were starting to crush me, and I had to fight back.9 Prokhorova had set the pace from the start. It was important that I didn't let her get too far in front. I had to stay with her. At the bell I was 2.3 seconds behind her. Just one lap to go. One lap. I could do it. I had to keep going. In the final 150 metres I could hear the roar of the crowd, giving me a boost at exactly the moment I needed it the most—just when my legs were burning and I could see the gap opening between me and the Russian. Thankfully, my foot was holding out, so now it was all down to mental stamina.10 Prokhorova was pulling away. I couldn't let her get too far; I had to stay with her. I began counting down the metres I had left to run: 60m, 50m, 40m, 20m. I could seethe clock. I could do it, but it would be close. Then finally the line appeared. I crossed it, exhausted. I had finished.11 As I crossed the line my initial thought was how much harder the race had been than expected, bearing in mind how, only eight weeks before, I had set a new personal best of two minutes 12.2 seconds. Then my mind turned to the result. Had I done it? I thought I had. I was aware of where the other athletes were, and was sure that I'd just made it. But, until I saw it on the scoreboard, I wouldn't let myself believe it. As I stood there, staring up and waiting for confirmation, I tried hard to keep negative thoughts from my mind—but I couldn't help thinking, what if I have just missed out? What if I've been through all this, and missed out?12 In the distance I could hear the commentary team talking about two days of tough competition, then I could almost hear someone say, "I think she's done enough." The next thing I knew, Sabine Braun of Germany came over and told me I'd won. They had heard before me, and she asked what it felt like to be the Olympic champion. I smiled, still not sure.13 Then, the moment that will stay with me for the rest of my life — my name in lights. That was when it all hit me. Relief, a moment of calm, and a thank you to my inner self for taking me through these two days. I felt a tingle through the whole of my body. This was how it is meant to be — arms aloft and fists clenched.14 I looked out at the fans, who were waving flags, clapping and shouting with delight. I was the Olympic champion. The Olympic champion.UNIT7Protection1 When Soren was leaving for Japan to study carpentry, he asked if Hogahn, who was his dog originally, could live with me. "Of course," I said, "he'll protect me." There had been robberies in the neighborhood recently, and my house in Massachusetts was surrounded by a pond and woods to the north and west, so that someone could easily approach after dark without being seen.2 Soren laughed. "Hogahn doesn't exactly bark when someone comes to the door," he said. "If a burglar came, he would probably lick him."3 But Hogahn sensed that his connection to me was different from his connection to Soren. Soren, who is strong and relatively fearless, did not need much protection. When Soren was in a hurry, he would lift Hogahn like a small child into the bed of the pickup. I could not lift him. We were just about the same weight, and Hogahn was younger and stronger. As a woman, I faced dangers that Soren and Hogahn did not have to know about. After a week of living with me, Hogahn was barking at anyone who came near the house.4 Our protecting relationship began early, with me as the initial protector. Hogahn was a puppy, about seven months old, when Soren left him with me for the first time, only for a weekend. It was a cold, late November morning and the water in the pond was just beginning to freeze. A thin layer of ice held blowing leaves and light branches, but was much too tenuous for animal paws.5 I was hanging up the laundry in the backyard on a long clothesline which stretched from the giant oak tree next to the house to the spruce at the edge of the water. A light blue sheet was lifting itself with the wind and was trying to sail off over the pond to join the sky. As I struggled to trap it with a clothespin, Hogahn was panting warm clouds of air at my feet, lifting and dropping a two-foot oak branch that had fallen into his loving possession.6 Focused on capturing the sheet so that it draped evenly over the line, I distractedly picked up the stick and tossed it down the hill toward the fence that separated the yard from the water.7 I had tossed sticks for him before and knew the approximate distance they would go, depending upon their weight and my motion. This stick, however, caught a gust and, flying where the sheet wanted to go, sailed across the yard, over the fence, and, with a fine skater's touch, glided onto the pond. As I looked up, I saw Hogahn racing through the gate and, with a magnificent leap, crashing through the ice just short of the stick and into the water.8 Time froze as I stood at the clothesline. I thought: Soren has given me this child to watch over. He is my first grandchild. I have to save him. I was penetratingly aware of the dangers of the pond in November. I had fallen through once and saved myself because I had stayed very calm and moved very slowly. I knew that Hogahn could claw at me in his panic, pulling me down, and we could both go under.9 The next moment I was standing in the water and Hogahn was swimming toward me, breaking the ice with his front paws. He seemed a little startled by the intrusion of the ice in his path, but definitely in control. I went as far as I could until the pond bottom sank down under my weight and the ice water penetrated my jacket, and I stood and waited. He swam into my neck, and I lifted his puppy-body and carried him。

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

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

Unit 4Ⅳ. Class PresentationListening & SpeakingThe Language for Expressing Curiosity1. Directions: You are going to listen to an instructor talking about expressingcuriosity. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the missingwords.Instructor: Everybody is born with curiosity. It is an innate(天性的) desire to know.Out of this curiosity grows a strong desire to learn. Put in other words,it is our curiosity that pushes us to explore the unknown. To expresscuriosity is to satisfy our inquisitive(好奇的) interest in the worldaround us.Pick up the following language to express your curiosity:— Do you happen to know what’ going on?— I’m most curious about global warming.— I’m very keen to know where human curiosity comes from.— I’d give a lot to know more about this interesting fact.— I wonder how the law of gravity works.— I wonder if you could tell me the secret.— I’d be most interested to discover why people behave this way.— I wouldn’t mind knowing about the real reason behind this.— If only I knew what’s in your mind.— I hope you don’t mind my asking, but how does it work?2. Directions: Now come up with some questions reflecting your curiosity about aparticular aspect of your specialty, using the language you learned inExercise 1. The questions are supposed to be specific.Expressing Curiosity1)Directions: Before you listen to the first conversation, read the followingwords and expressions which may be new to you.impressionism 印象主义，（绘画、文学、音乐等的）印象派message 思想, 寓意simulate 模仿dab 轻涂stroke 一笔imagination 想象Listen to the conversation twice and fill in the blanks with the missing Words.Wang Ying: Look at this picture. You’ve got to be smart enough to understand this. It’s really beyond me.Li Ming:I seem to know little about impressionism. I’m struggling to get its message.Wang Ying:Are you? I’m most curious about it, too. Is this a French painter or a Chinese one?Li Ming:It must be a French painter.Wang Ying:How do you know that?Li Ming:By the name.Wang Ying:Ah. Do you happen to know what these natural appearing objects in unmixed colors mean?Li Ming:I don’t know. Maybe they’re meant to simulate actual reflected light.Wang Ying:Wow. I hope you don’t mind my asking, but what are these dabs and strokes trying to tell us?Li Ming:Use your imagination.Wang Ying:Mmm-hmm… their open possibilities probably reflect the beauty of impressionism. Right?Li Ming:I didn’t know you have so much curiosity about impressionism.Wang Ying: Now you know I’m a really inquisitive person!Now listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions.1. Where did this conversation most probably take place?In an art gallery.2. What were they talking about?They were talking about an impressionistic picture.3. What did Wang Ying want to know?She was keen to know about the meaning of the colors, dabs and strokes.4. What did Li Ming ask Wang Ying to do?He asked her to use her imagination.5. What did Li Ming say about Wang Ying?He said that she is an inquisitive person.2) Directions: Before you listen to the second conversation, read the followingwords and expressions which may be new to you.fare 车费fare card 交通卡store 存储subway 地铁scanner 扫描仪beep 电子装置发出的声音Listen to the conversation twice, and then complete the passage according to the conversation you have heard.This was the first time for Kathy to visit the city of Shanghai. She took a bus and paid the exact fare. The bus driver advised her to get herself a fare card. She wondered what it was, whether it could be used on the subway and how it worked on the bus. The bus driver answered her questions and explained the use of the card, satisfying her inquisitive needs.Directions: Listen to the conversation again, and complete the form as the speaker recounts it. After that, act it out in class.Kathy: Excuse me. Do I have to pay the exact fare for the bus?Bus Driver: Yes, you do. It’s two yuan. Put the coins into the slot of the box.The passenger sits near the bus driverBus Driver: You ought to get yourself a fare card.Kathy: What’s that?Bus Driver: It’s a stored value card. You can use it on the bus.Kathy: I wonder whether I can use it on the subway.Bus Driver: Sure can. And also on a taxi.Kathy: This is my first time to visit the city of Shanghai.Bus Driver: Welcome to Shanghai.Kathy: Thanks. I hope you don’t mind my asking, but how does the fare card work on the bus?Bus Driver: There’s a scanner by the door. Did you see it?Kathy: Yes.Bus Driver: You just place your card on the device. When you hear the beep, you’ve paid.Kathy: Thank you.Bus Driver: Don’t mention it.4. Express your curiosity about a particular mystery and ask the class to answeryour question. Try to use the language you picked up in Exercise 1.Listening Practice5. Directions: Listen to the following people talking and figure out the best responseto each conversation’s implication.1. M: Just give me your driver’s license, Miss.W: But what did I do? Just tell me that.Q: What’s the relationship between these two speakers?A) A policeman and a thief. B) A judge and a liar(说谎者).C) A policeman and a driver.D) A lawyer and a defendant(被告).2. M: Sure, Anna, come on in. What can I do for you?W: This is a little difficult, so I guess I’ll just speak directly. I’ve been offered another job, and I think I’m going to accept it.Q: What’s the relationship between these two speakers?A) An employer and an employee.B) A manager and a client.C) A professor and a student.D) An examiner and an examinee(参加考试者).3. W: Can you give me anything for the pain?M: Yes, I’ll give you some painkillers. Come back in a week.Q: What’s the relationship between these two speakers?A) A teacher and a pupil.B) A painter and a buyer.C) A doctor and a patient.D) A mechanic(机修工) and a driver.4. W: Can I pay for sale goods by credit card?M: No, it’s cash sale only.Q: What’s the relationship between these two speakers?A) A boss and an assistant.B) A cashier and a businessman.C) A teller(出纳员) and a customer.D) A shop assistant and a customer.5. W: So first I look under ML, then the numbers, then the other letters.M: That’s it. After you find your books, come back to me and We’ll continue your search for periodicals.Q: What’s the relationship between these two speakers?A) A boss and a secretary. B) A librarian and a student.C) A mayor and a citizen(市民).D) A manager and bookkeeper (簿记员).6. Directions: Listen to the following five short dialogues and choose theappropriate answers.1. W: I can’t decide whether to take classes this summer or to find a summer job.M:I think you learn more by working, and you’ll also make money for next semester if you do.Q: What does the man mean?A) Waiting until later to decide. B) Taking summer classes.C) Working and studying. D) Finding a summer job.2. M: I have no idea if they will come to the party or not.W: Don’t worry, we have enough food for all of them.Q: What does the woman mean?A. She will cancel(取消) the party since nobody called.B.She is sure that people will come to the party.C) There is plenty of food for all the people.D) They won’t come if they don’t call.3. W: Mr. Day, I’ve just checked this apartment; the bathroom sink is leaking.M: OK, I’ll have a maintenance man come over to fix it.Q: What will the man do?A) He will ask someone to do the work.B) He will move into the apartment.C) He will buy a new sink. D) He will fix the sink.4. W: I’m going to give away these books. You can have them if you want.M: Are you sure?Q: What is the man implying?A) He is disappointed. B) He is surprised.C) He is anxious. D) He is nervous.5. W: Does this bus go to the Science Museum?M: No, but the next one does. Just wait for a few minutes.Q: What does the man suggest?A) Walk to the Science Museum.B) Wait for the next bus. C) Ask someone else.D) Get on this bus.7. Directions: Listen to the following short story twice. Listen carefully and decidewhether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to thestory you have heard.cylinder 汽缸spot 发现bike 摩托车garage 汽车修理部straighten up 伸直rag 抹布valve 活门；瓣膜how come…［口］为什么…pittance 少量工资whisper 耳语A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley, when he spotted a world-famous heart surgeon in his shop. The heart surgeon was waiting for the service manager to come take a look at his bike. The mechanic shouted across the garage, “Hey, Doc, can I ask you a question?”The famous surgeon, a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic working on the motorcycle.The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, “So Doc, look at this engine. I also can open hearts, take valves out, fix them, put in new parts and when I finish this will work just like a new one. So how come I get a pittance and you get the really big money, when you and I are doing basically the same work?”The surgeon paused, smiled and leaned over, and whispered to the mechanic: “Try doing it with the engine running!”T 1. The story took place at the mechanic’s garage.___T____ 2. the mechanic was busy fixing a motorcycle.___F____ 3. The mechanic asked the heart surgeon to examine the motorcycle’s “heart”.___T___ 4. The mechanic found it unfair that he earned much less than the surgeon. ___T___ 5. The surgeon made it fair for him to earn much more by pointing out the complexity performing a heart operation.8. Directions: Listen to the following talk and fill in the blanks with the missingwords. The talk is given twice.The world is so bright with color everywhere that it’s hard to imagine that other creatures(动物) don’t see it as we do. But how can we find out whether animals can see color when they cannot tell us?Scientists have made many experiments to get the answer to this. The bee has been the subject(研究对象) of hundreds of these tests, because we have been curious to know whether bees tell flowers apart by their color. In one experiment,a bit of syrup(糖浆) was put in front of a blue card, and no syrup in front of a redcard. After a while, the bees would come to the blue card, no matter where it was placed, even if it had no syrup in front of it. This proved they can tell colors apart.Two strange things were found out about the bee’s ability to see in color.The first is that a bee cannot see red as a color. For a bee, it’s only dark grey or black. The second is that bees can see ultraviolet(紫外线) as a color, while, for human beings, it is just darkness.9. Directions: Listen to the talk again and then answer the following questionsorally.1. What did scientists try to find out?They tried to find out whether animal can see color.2. Why did they use the bees at the subject?Because they were curious to know whether bees tell flowers apart by their color.3. What did they do in the experiment?They put a bit of syrup in front of a blue card, and no syrup in front of a red card.4. What was the result of the experiment?The bees would come to the blue card, no matter where it was placed, even if it had not syrup in front of it.5. What can we learn from the experiment?Bees don’t see colors as we do.10. Directions: Have a discussion on the topic given below。

Unit 2Ⅳ. Class PresentationListening & SpeakingThe Language for Making and Responding to an Apology1. Direction: You are going to listen to an instructor talking about making andresponding to an apology. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks withthe missing words.Instructor: An apology is an expression of regret for a mistake, a fault, causing trouble or even pain in some way. It’s good form to make an apologywhen this occurs. A prompt (及时的) and proper apology invitesforgiveness (原谅). Failure to do so tends to cause embarrassment, oreven argument or hostility (敌意). It’s also decent (得体的) behaviorto respond to an apology in a polite way.To forgive is a virtue (美德).The practice of making an apology is highly appreciated in society.There’re many ways of making an apology:—Excuse me for my interrupting you.—I’m really sorry for being late.—I’m terribly sorry to step on you.—I’m awfully sorry (that) I have forgotten your name.—I apologize for what I have said.—I’m a fraid I seem to have to have forgotten your birthday.—I owe you an apology for the delay.—I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.—It was really quite unintentional.—I hope you excuse me.There are also many ways of responding to an apology:—That’s (quite) all right.—These things happen; it can’t be helped.—I quite understand. Please don’t worry.—(Oh well.) Not to worry.—No problem. Let’s forget it.2. Directions: Now choose one apology from the list given below and say it out loud,expecting a response in class. Try to use the language you learned inExercise 1.—Pardon me, I didn’t know you were here.—I’m afraid I seem to have backed my car into yours… I’m awfullysorry.—I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hur t your feelings.— It was all my fault.— How silly of me to forget that.— I owe you an apology for those remarks.—I’m afraid I’ve brought you so much trouble.— Please accept my apologies for not attending your class.—I’m terribly sorry for ringing you up in the middle of the night.—Sorry to have taken your umbrella by mistake. It was really quite unintentional.Making and Responding to an Apology3.1) Directions: Before you listen to the first conversation, read the following wordsand expressions which may be new to you.how come 怎么会…；为什么…… make up for 补救no wonder 难怪saying 话; 格言；警句Directions: Listen to the following conversation twice and fill in the blanks with the missing words.Li Ming: How come, you look so upset, Wang Ying? What happened?Wang Ying: Where were you these days? I kept calling your on cell phone al afternoon. But when I called, I only heard “The power is off.”Anyreason you had to do that?Li Ming: Uh, tell you what. I was attending an interesting lecture given by a well-known professor, so I had to turn it off. No wonder youcouldn’t reach me!Wang Ying: I see. Y ou know what yesterday was? It was my birthday!Li Ming: Oh, I’m terribly sorry to have forgotten your birthday! I hope you excuse me.Wang Ying: That’s all right. I can understand.Li Ming: I’ll make it up for it.Wang Ying: No problem. Let’s forget it.Li Ming: Really, sorry about it.Wang Ying: Come on, stop it. Have you ever heard the saying“Love means not ever having to say you’re sorry”?Li Ming: Aha! OK,OK.Now listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions.1. Why was Wang Ying so upset?Because she couldn’t reach Li Ming on the cell phone.2. What was yesterday?It was Wang Ying’s birthday.3. Why did Li Ming have to shut off his cell phone.Because he was attending a lecture.4. What was Li Ming sorry about?He was sorry for forgetting Wang Ying’s birthday.5. What was Wang Ying’s response?She said that she could understand.2) Directions: Before you listen to the second conversation, read the followingwords and expressions which may be new to you.check in 办理登机手续suitcase 手提箱set sth. upright 把某物放直check 检查baggage claim check 行李认领单Listen to the following conversation twice, and then complete the passage according to the conversation you have just heard.A passenger is checking in at the airport. He would like to have a window seat. If there aren’t any left, he will take an aisle seat. The agent is sorry to inform him that there will be a 20-minute delay and his flight will be boarding in about half an hour. But she cheerfully wishes him a nice flight when she hand him his baggage claim check.Listen to the conversation again, and complete the form as the speaker recounts it. After that, act it out in class.Agent: Good morning. Y our ticket, please? And set your suitcase upright so I can check it through.Passenger: Okay!Agent: And where would you like to sit?Passenger: Make it a window seat, but if there aren’t any left, I’ll take an aisle seat.Agent: Uh-hum, here you go. I’m sorry, but there will be a 20-minute delay, so your flight will be boarding in about half an hour.Passenger: I sure hope that’s the only delay. Oh, where are baggage claim checks?Agent: They’re here with your ticket, sir.Passenger: Great! Uh, thanks a lot.Agent: Y ou’re welcome. Have a nice flight.4. Directions: Create situations in which you blame someone for his/her mistake orfault and expect them to make both apologies and excuses. Try to usethe language you picked up in Exercise 1 as well as the expressionsin the box given below.Making Excuses—I had no intention of DOING…, really.—I didn’t mean to, really.—It really wasn’t my fault, you see.—I just couldn’t help it!Listening Practice5. Directions: Listen to the following people talking and decide on locations.1. M: Good morning. I’d like to open a savings account.W: Do you already have an account with us?Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?A) In the library. B) At the airport.C) At the bank.D) At the post office.2. W: I can hardly breathe. Would you please put your cigarette out.M: I’m sorry that I’m bothering you, but this is the smoking section. Why don’t you ask the waitress to change your table?Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?A) In a restaurant.B) At the movie theater.C) In a meeting room. D) At the office.3. W: I understand you’ve got some trouble with one of your teeth?M: Y es, the pain’s killing me.Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?A ) In the dining room. B) In the dormitory.C) At the mechanic’s. D) At the clinic.4. W: Let’s see what the in-flight entertainment will be.M: I’d rather look at the menu. I’m starved.Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?A) In a plane. B) On a train.C) In a hotel. D) In a restaurant.5. W: I say, they’re offering a 90% discount on shoes.M: Watch out! That means the sale price is 90% of the usual price.Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?A) At the cinema. B) At the store.C) At the reception desk (前台).D) At home.6. Directions: Listen to the following five short dialogues and choose theappropriate answers.1. W: How do you like your new computer?M: I’ve just put it together, but I really haven’t tried to use it yet.Q: What does the man mean?A) He has found something wrong with the new computer.B) He has used his new computer for writing his paper.C) He has just assembled (安装) the computer.D) He is tired of using this new computer.2. W: The bookstore has run out of the textbook assigned by Professor Martin.M: He didn’t expect so many students to take his class this semester.Q: What can we know from this situation?A) Professor Martin didn’t order enough textbooks for his students.B) Professor Martin didn’t want so many students in his class.C) The students were supposed to buy the textbook earlier.D) The bookstore is going out of business.3. W: It takes too much time to cook; I wish I had more time to study.M: Why don’t you eat at the university cafeteria? It’s not too expensive.Q: What does the man suggest?A) Buying less expensive food.B) Dining at the cafeteria (自助餐厅).C) Cooking more simply.D) Studying harder.4. W: How’s your class going?M: Terrible. It seems like the more the professor talks, the less I understand.Q: How does the man feel about the class?A) He thinks the professor has an accent (口音).B) He thinks the professor talks too quietly.C) He wishes the professor would talk more.D) He doesn’t always understand the professor.5. M: Shall we eat lunch out today?W: Only if we split the bill.Q: What does the woman want to do?A) She wants to pay the bill.B) She wants the man to pay.C) She wants to pay for her meal.D) She wants Bill to pay for the meal.7. Directions: Listen to the following short story twice. Listen carefully and decidewhether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to thestory you have heard.administer 实施annual 一年一次的physical 体检Doc doctor的口语简称ponder 思索，考虑tone 口气in advance 预先T 1. The man came to see the doctor for a yearly physical.T 2. The man complained of (主诉) his mental problem.T 3. The man was so forgetful that he could not remember his own name.T 4. The doctor took the man’s complaint seriously and pondered an effective treatment.T 5. The doctor worried about his failure to receive the man’s payment of his fee (诊费).Tape script:The man looked a little worried when the doctor came in to administer his annual physical, so the first thing the doctor did was to ask whether anything was troubling him.“Well, to tell the truth, Doc, yes,” answered the patient. “Y ou see, I seem to be getting forgetful. I’m never sure I can remember where I put the car, or whether I answered a letter, or where I’m going, or what it is I’m going to do once I get there —if I get there. So, I really need your help. What can I do?”The doctor pondered for a moment, then answered in his kindest tone, “Pay me in advance.”8. Directions: Listen to the following talk and fill in the blanks with the missingwords. The talk is given twice.The new inmate (住院者) at the mental hospital announced in a loud voice that he was the famous British naval (海军的) hero, Lord Nelson. This was particularly interesting because the institution already had a “Lord Nelson.”The head psychiatrist (精神病医生), after due (充分的) consideration, decided to put the two men in the same room, feeling that the similarity of their delusions (错觉) might promote an adjustment in each that could help in curing them.It was a calculated (成败参半的) risk, of course, for the two men might react violently to one another, but they were introduced and then left alone and no disturbance was heard from the room that night.The next morning, the doctor had a talk with his new patient and was more than pleasantly surprised when he was told, “Doctor, I’ve been suffering from a delicious.I know now for a fact that I am not Lord Nelson.”“That’s wonderful,” said the doctor. “Who are you?”Smiling coyly (羞答答地), the patient replied, “I’m Lady Nelson.”9. Directions: Listen to the talk again and then answer the following questionsorally.1. What does the new inmate announce in a loud voice?He announced that he was the famous British naval hero, Lord Nelson.2. What did the head psychiatrist decide to do?He decided to put the two men in the same room.3. What happened that night?No disturbance was heard from the room that night.4. What did the doctor do the next morning?He had a talk with the new inmate.5. What did the new patient say?He said that he had been suffering from a delicious and he was not Lord Nelson, but Lady Nelson.10 Directions: Explore a response to the question given below.Is the making of an apology well practiced among college students?。

全新版大学英第二版语综合教程2听力原文UnitUnit 5 Unsolved MysteriesListening and SpeakingAudio Track 2-5-1In the picture on the left, a criminal is breaking a law; he is committing a crime. In the picture on the right, the detective is catching and arresting the criminal. In the picture in the center, the detective is questioning the criminal but he is not making a confession.Audio Track 2-5-2/Audio Track 2-5-3The greatest detectiveSherlock Holmes is probably the greatest detective ever known —well, at least he’s one of the most famous. Bu t he never actually existed … he’s an imaginary detective who appears in sixty stories created by the Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle was not always a writer. He started his career as a doctor. Fortunately for us, he did not have many patients. He needed money and so he started to write stories. The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in 1887, and was called A Study in Scarlet. Later, a magazine published The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and readers loved it!What makes Sherlock Holmes so special Well, he was very intelligent and successful. He always arrested the criminal —every single time —with the help of his partner, Dr. Watson.In the stories, Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London, England. Thousands of people visit that address every year. There’s also a Sherlock Holmes Museum in London.Audio Track 2-5-4/Audio Track 2-5-5/Audio Track 2-5-6Mike: … So, we can look forward to warmer temperatures.It’ll be a good weekend for the beach. Over to you, Alexa.Alexa: Thank you fo r that weather report, Mike. And finally, this story just in. … We have a report that a local man, Nick Brown, saw some strange lights. He was driving home at about 10 . He said the lights were bright and they moved across the sky. He stopped at a gas station and talked to a police officer about the lights. The police officer had seen the lights, too.Mike: Hmm … that’s a strange story. What happened next Alexa: Well, Mr. Brown took some pictures, but there was no film in his camera. Finally, he called his wife on his cell phone. But by that time, the lights were gone.Mike: Well, I know that there is a legend around here about mysterious lights …a lot of local peo ple have seen the lights. It’s starting to seem like those lights really exist. What do you think, Alexa Alexa: I don’t believe it. I think it’s some kind of hoax!Audio Track 2-5-7/Audio Track 2-5-8It was raining heavily. I couldn’t see clearly. I drove slowly. Suddenly, I saw a young girl. She was dressed neatly and standing in the middle of the road. I was surprised! Somehow, I stopped the car quickly.“What are you doing” I asked. She looked at me strangely but didn’t answer. “Are you OK” I asked. “I’m fine,” she answered. Then she smiled happily and walked away quietly. Nervously, I drove to my hotel and checked in. I told the clerk about the little girl. “Do you know her” I asked. “Oh yes,” he said calmly.“That’s Mary Anne. She died five years ago on that road. It was a car accident during a rainstorm.”Audio Track 2-5-9The Tunguska MysteryIt was early morning. June 30, 1908, in eastern Russia. Suddenly, a terrible explosion rocked the forest in Tunguska. People fell to the ground, and all the trees for 2000 square kilometers were knocked down. People heard the explosion 800 kilometers away, and the fire burned for many weeks.Audio Track 2-5-10/Audio Track 2-5-11What caused this terrible explosion A century later, scientists are still trying to find the answer. Here are some possible explanations.1. An asteroid: Asteroids are very large pieces of rock that go around in space and sometimes hit the planet. They can cause lots of damage. Some of them weigh as much as 100,000 tons. If an asteroid hit the earth, it would cause a huge explosion.2. A comet: Comets are giant balls of gas, ice, and rock with long tails. They travel through space in a regular pattern. Encke’s Comet was near Earth in 1908, and it’s possible that a part of it broke off and hit the earth.3. A UFO accident: Some people believe that a spaceship crashed into the ground in Siberia and its engine exploded.4. An extraterrestrial attack: Another idea is that extraterrestrials, that is, people from other planets, attacked the earth. Extraterrestrials might have wanted to destroy the earth, so they aimed their weapons at Earth and set fire to the forest.5. A scientific experiment: Another idea is that scientists made a mistake during an experiment with electricity. A man named Nikola Te sla tried to build a “supergun” that used electricity. Maybe it was a test of his gun and it didn’t work correctly.Audio Track 2-5-12/Audio Track 2-5-13Q: Where is Marfa and what exactly is it famous forA: Marfa is a small town in west Texas in the United States. It’s famous for the “Marfa mystery lights.”Q: What are the mystery lights exactlyA: No one knows for sure. There are many different ideas about that.Q: Can you describe themA: That’s a difficult question. Different people see different lights. They are not always the same. I can say that they appear after sunset in the sky. They dance mysteriously in air and vanish. Then they suddenly reappear.Q: Some people say they are car headlights. Do you think so A: No, I don’t. A man first saw the mys tery lights over 100 years ago. The man was Robert Ellison and the year was 1883. Of cour se we didn’t have cars in 1883. Q: What do you think causes the lightsA: There are many theories. The Native Americans thought the lights were stars falling to Earth. Some people think uranium gas causes the lights. Other people suggest that ball lightning does it. Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle. It often appears just after a rainstorm.Q: What are some of the weirdest ideas about the lightsA: Wel l, some people call them “ghost lights.” They think ghosts do it. That’s the strangest idea. Some say they are UFOs.I don’t think so.Q: What do the experts sayA: They can’t figure it out. Some engineers even came from Japan one time. They studied the li ghts, but couldn’t solve the mystery.Q: Are the local people scaredA: No, actually, they aren’t. They like the lights. And everyyear in early September there’s a big town festival to celebrate the mystery lights.Audio Track 2-5-14Q: What do you think causes the lightsA: There are many theories. The Native Americans thought the lights were stars falling to Earth. Some people think uranium gas causes the lights. Other people suggest that ball lightning does it. Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle. It often appears just after a rainstorm.Q: What are some of the weirdest ideas about the lightsA: Well, some people call them “ghost lights.” They think ghosts do it. That’s the strangest idea. Some say they are UFOs.I don’t think so.Q: What do the experts sayA: They can’t figure it out. Some engineers even came from Japan one t ime. They studied the lights, but couldn’t solve the mystery.Q: Are the local people scaredA: No, actually, they aren’t. They like the lights. And every year in ear ly September there’s a big town festival to celebrate the mystery lights.Audio Track 2-5-151. That man seems angry.2. She speaks French.3. Your sister looks tired.4. He practices the piano every day.5. My aunt always watches the news.6. My friend knows the answer.Audio Track 2-5-16/Audio Track 2-5-17Stye: Do you know the Dodd DiamondFrye: Of course! The museum owns it.Stye: Not anymore! Someone stole it last night!Frye: Really How did it happenStye: Well, it’s unlikely the criminal walked into the room. There’s an alarm on the floor.Frye: But there’s no alarm for the skylight.St ye: You’re right! I bet the criminal climbed down a rope. Then he took the diamond without touching the floor!Audio Track 2-5-18A: I love chocolate.B: There's a good chance that's true. I know you like sweets. You probably like chocolate, too.A: My family has moved house six times.B: It doesn't seem possible.A: Why do you say thatB: I've known you since we were kids.Audio Track 2-5-19A: Do you believe that Bruno Hauptmann was the real kidnapperB: I doubt that he was. Nobody's likely to be so silly to leave all the evidence there for people to find. Besides, he never made a confession, did heA: If it wasn’t him … it could have been Betty Gow. What do you thinkB: Well, it’s unlikely that she did it. She loved the baby. She even fainted at the trial.A: That’s true. Then it could have been Ernie Brinkert.B: Why do you think it could be himA: Well, he’s Violet Sharpe’s boyfriend. He knew about the Lindberghs. It’s quitepossible that he made a secret plan with his girlfriend to kidnap the baby for money. B: That’s nonsense. His girlfriend had an alibi. She wasn’t in the house on the day the baby was kidnapped.A: Maybe that was part of the secret plan. Perhaps she was purposefully out of the house.B: Well, possibly. But Ernie’s handwriting didn’t match the kidnapper’s note. How can you explain thatA: I dare say that was also part of the plan. He could have deliberately written the note in a handwriting that is different to normal.B: It doesn’t seem possible. He couldn’t possibly have fooled the c ourt.Video CourseVideo Track 2-5-1Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event. It wasn’t raining and the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall. And that night it rained.Dave: T here’s a strange tale in Mexico about La Llorona who is a woman who wanders the streets weeping for her dead sons. When there is a strong wind they say you can hear La Llorona .Catherine: In New Jersey there’s a thing or a monster called the “Jersey Devil.” They say it’s very big and hairy but also very sneaky and that it moves from tree to tree.Lourdes: My favorite mysteries are about UFOs, which means Unidentified Flying Objects. I’m not sure if the UFOs are real or if they are a hoax, but I would like to think that they are real.Alejandra: One of the mysteries that I find interesting and hasnot been solved yet is the one of the Pyramids. How they made them. How they brought in those very heavypieces of stone to build the Pyramids.Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary.Video Track 2-5-2Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event. It wasn’t raining and the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall. And that night it rained.Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary.Video Track 2-5-3Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to come here todayTakeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal. Claudia: Arresting a criminalTara: Yes, a criminal.Takeshi: Hey, Tara. Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has committed a crime.All: What Come on. What are you talking aboutTara: A theft. Someone ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Sun-hee: Well, my yogurt is missing. But it’s OK. It’s only yogurt.Tara: It starts with yogurt. Next time it’s your cookies, your ice cream … who knows where it will endSun-hee: OK ... OK. Go on.Tara: It’s very like ly one of you did it because you all have akey to this apartment.Takeshi: I only use my key for emergencies. And besides, you live here, you have a key … maybe you took it …Tara: I’m the detective, I didn’t do it. Now. The thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. Note the weapon. (holds up spoon) Clean and dry.Roberto: I didn’t do it. I have an alibi. I was out of town last week … just got home last night.Tara: I know you didn’t do it, Roberto. I asked you to come here today because you are a friend of the thief — Claudia!Claudia: WhatTara: Confess! You’re always too busy to go shopping! You didn’t have any yogurt. You were hungry. It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and — very quietly — opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It’s not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key) Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks. Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What’s upVideo Track 2-5-4Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to come here todayTakeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal. Claudia: Arresting a criminalTara: Yes, a criminal.Takeshi: Hey, Tara. Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has committed a crime.All: What Come on. What are you talking aboutTara: A theft. Someone ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Sun-hee: Well, my yogurt is missing. But it’s OK. It’s only yogurt.Tara: It starts with yogurt. Next time it’s your cookies, your ice cream … who knows where it will endSun-hee: OK … OK. Go on.Video Track 2-5-5Tara: It’s very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartment. Takeshi: I only use my key for emergencies. And besides, you live here, you have a key … maybe you took i t …Tara: I’m the detective, I didn’t do it. Now. The thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. Note the weapon. (holds up spoon) Clean and dry.Roberto: I didn’t do it. I have an alibi. I was out of town last week … just got home last night.Tara: I know you didn’t do it, Roberto. I asked you to come here today because you are a friend of the thief — Claudia!Video Track 2-5-6Claudia: WhatTara: Confess! You’re always too busy to go shopping! You didn’t have any yogurt. You were hungry. It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and — very quietly — opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It’s not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key) Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks. Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) Wha t’s upAudio Track 2-5-20One day, Tara found that someone had eaten Sun-hee’s yogurt without notice. So, she asked everyone to help her solve this “crime.” She thought that it was very likely that one of her friends stole Sun-hee’s yogurt because they all had a key to the apartment. While Sun-hee the owner was quite calm and generous about the missing yogurt, Tara got serious about the matter. She warned everyone that a misdemeanor might gradually become a real crime if it were not checked at the start. She seemed to be determined to solve the crime, though in a humorous way. She accused Takeshi first, but he denied it. While Tara was showing everyone the “weapon” —a clean, dry spoon —Roberto said that he had an alibi and hadn’t done it. Tara said she knew he hadn’t done it and that Claudia had done it! Just as Claudia was protesting that it wasn’t true, Mike suddenly walked in. He calmly went to the refrigerator, took out some yogurt, and ate it! Finally everyone came to know who the “thief” really was.。

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

Unit 1 Living in Harmony[00:]Listen and Respond[00:]Smile[00:]I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. [00:]The last project the professor assigned us to do was called “Smile.”[00:]The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and then write down their reaction.[00:]I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone I meet and say “hello.”[00:]So I thought that it would be a piece of cake for me.[00:]Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband,[00:]the youngest son and I went out to the local McDonalds on a cold March morning.[00:]Just when we were standing in line, waiting to be served, [00:]I smelled a horrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men.[01:]As I looked down at the shorter gentleman close to me, he was smiling. [01:]His beautiful sky blue eyes were searching for acceptance. [01:]He said, “Good day” as he counted the few coins he had. [01:]The second man was mentally retarded.[01:]The young lady at the counter asked the shorter man what they wanted. [01:]He said, “Just coffee for the two of us.”[01:]Obviously, it was all they could afford.[01:]To sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something —they just wanted to be warm.[01:]Then I was suddenly filled with sympathy.[01:]All eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action. [01:]I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to[01:]give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray.[02:]I then walked to the table where the two men were sitting. [02:]I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s cold hand.[02:]He looked up at me and said, “Thank you.”[02:]I leaned over and said, “Just help yourselves.”[02:]I started to cry when I walked away to join my husband and son. [02:]As I sat down, my husband smiled at me and held my hand for a moment. [02:]I returned to college, with this story in hand.[02:]I turned in “my project” and the professor was touched and read it to the whole class.[02:]The whole class was touched.[02:]I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn —UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.Unit 2 Optimism and Positive Thinking[00:]Listen and Respond[00:]Attitude Is Everything[00:]Michael was a natural optimist.[00:]He was always in a good mood, always up and always had something positive to say.[00:]If an employee was having a bad day,[00:]Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.[00:]Seeing his optimism really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael[00:]and asked him, “I don’t get it.[00:]You can’t be positive all the time.[00:]How do you do it”[00:]Michael replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself: Mike, you have two choices today.[00:]You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.[00:]I choose to be in a good mood.[01:]Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it.[01:]I choose to learn from it.[01:]Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept the complaining[01:]or I can point out the positive side of life, I always choose the positive side of life.”[01:]“Yeah, right.[01:]But it isn’t that easy.”[01:]I said.[01:]“Yes, it is easy,” Michael said.[01:]“Life is all about choices.[01:]Every situation in life is a choice.[01:]You choose how you react to situations; you choose how people will affect your mood; you choose how you feel.[01:]The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live your life.”[01:]From Michael I have learned that every day we have a choice to live fully.[01:]So I will choose to be an optimist.[01:]If I am an optimist I may feel better, enjoy life more, and maybe have more chances of success.Unit 3 The Road to Success[00:]Listen and Respond[00:]Follow Your Dream[00:]One day in a high school, a senior named Monty Roberts was asked to write[00:]a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. [00:]Monty Roberts was the son of a horse trainer.[00:]He loved horses.[00:]That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a large horse ranch.[00:]He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch.[00:]He put a great deal of his heart into the dream ranch[00:]and the next day he handed the paper in to his teacher.[00:]Two days later he received his paper back.[00:]He got a large red F for his paper.[01:]He went to ask the teacher why.[01:]The teacher said, “The dream is impossible for you.[01:]You have no money.[01:]Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of money.[01:]You have to buy the land, the house, and the machines for your ranch. [01:]There’s no way you could ever do it.”[01:]Then the teacher added, “If you will write this paper a gain [01:]with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”[01:]The boy went home and thought about it long and hard.[01:]He asked his father what he should do.[01:]His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this.[01:]Ho wever, I think it is a very important decision for you.”[01:]Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all.[01:]He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream. [02:]I will follow my heart, no matter what happens.”[02:]Now years have passed.[02:]This young man’s dream has finally come true.[02:]He is the owner of a large horse ranch.Unit 4 Being Creative[0:]Listen and Respond[0:]Creativity Is the Essence of Life and Nature[0:]Creativity is the essence of life and nature.[0:]The world itself is in a constant act of creation, so we human beings should ask ourselves — Why,[0:]in such a creative world, do some people sometimes appear to be stupid, dull, and uncreative[0:]— Are people really dull[0:]Or are we all, in fact, creative[0:]To answer this, let’s look at a baby.[0:]The whole essence of a baby is creative —it is creative in learning to walk, talk, sing, and play.[0:]Just imagine, a child can create a world of its own imagination and play with it for hours.[0:]A scientist who creates a theory is just like that — it is a play of ideas within the mind.[1:]It is hard to stop creativity in a young child.[1:]You can’t make your child creative.[1:]It simply is creative.[1:]Then, how can our children be still more creative[1:]I would suggest that the first step is to allow ourselves to be creative.[1:]If we ourselves are creative, we can guide our children in a way that is free and unconditioned.[1:]We should give our children a free and safe surrounding for them to explore, make mistakes and create.[1:]If we know a better way to do things, we should guide or “help” the child.Unit 5 The Value of Life[0:]Listen and Respond[0:]Life is a Bottle of Rocks[0:]A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the desk in front of him.[0:]When the final student was seated, he picked up a large[0:]and empty glass bottle and filled it with rocks about 2 inches in diameter.[0:]He then asked the students if the jar was full.[0:]They agreed that it was.[0:]He then picked up a box of pebbles and added them to the jar, shaking it lightly.[0:]The pebbles, of course rolled into the open areas between the rocks. [0:]“Is this jar filled now”[0:]Yes, the students said.[0:]But then he picked up a bag of sand and poured it into bottle. [0:]The sand filled in everything else.[0:]Once more he asked if it was full and after some thinking they said that it was.[1:]The professor then took 2 cans of beer and poured the beer into the jar.[1:]The students laughed loudly.[1:]After the laughter stopped, the professor spoke again: “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.[1:]The rocks are the important things in your life, your family, your partner, your health,[1:]your children — things that would still remain even if everything else were lost, and your life would still be full.[1:]The pebbles are the other things that matter — like your job, your house, your car.[1:]The sand is everything else.[1:]The small stuff.[1:]If you put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks.”[1:]“The same goes for your life.[1:]If you spend your life on small stuff, you will never have room for things that are important to you.[2:]Pay attention to things that are critical to your happiness: your family, your health.[2:]There will always be time to go to work, clean the house and so on. [2:]Take care of the rocks first — the things that really matter. [2:]Set your priorities.[2:]Th e else is just sand.”[2:]After the impact of what he said settled,[2:]one of the students raised his hand and inquired what the beer represented.[2:]“I am glad you asked.”[2:]He replied.[2:]“It just goes to prove that no matter how full your life may seem, [2:]there is always room for a couple of beers.”Unit 6 Learning to Work Together[0:]Listen and Respond[0:]Be a Team Player[0:]If you really wish to succeed in life, it is very important to be a team player.[0:]For example, in a basketball game, Michael Jordan is a great player, [0:]but he still has to cooperate well with his team members to win a game, [0:]because every member of his team has a very specific role[0:]and every member of the team is vital to the success of the team. [0:]If one player does not play well, the team will lose the game. [0:]Of course, the concept of teamwork applies to more than just sports. [0:]In the workplace and in school, working together is also an important element for success.[0:]In the workplace, it is important to be thought of as a team player, [0:]for no one person can build a railroad or manage an airline. [1:]In today’s world most companies are using team concepts to run their business.[1:]Success in college can also depend on teamwork.[1:]Lab work and group projects are just some of the experiences requiring good cooperation with others.[1:]Human beings are social creatures.[1:]Like it or not, we are all team players.Unit 7 Adversity[0:]Listen and Respond[0:]Carrots, Eggs and Coffee Beans[0:]A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her.[0:]She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. [0:]Her father, a cook, took her to the kitchen.[0:]He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. [0:]When the water came to a boil, he placed carrots in one of them, [0:]eggs in the second pot, and coffee beans in the third.[0:]His daughter waited impatiently and wondered what he was doing. [0:]In about twenty minutes he took out the boiled carrots and eggs and placed them in two different bowls.[0:]Then he poured her a cup of coffee.[1:]He turned to his daughter, and asked her, “What do you see”[1:]“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied and asked, “What does it mean, Father”[1:]He explained that the carrots, eggs and coffee beans each had faced [1:]the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently. [1:]The carrots went in strong and hard but came out softened and weak. [1:]The eggs had been weak.[1:]But after being boiled their inside became hardened.[1:]The coffee beans were unique, however.[1:]After they were boiled in the boiling water, they had made the water taste better.[1:]Then the father asked his daughter, “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you react[1:]When life isn’t turning out quite the way you expected, you have a choice to make.[1:]Which will you be — a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean[2:]If you are like the coffee bean, when things are at their worst, [2:]you get better and make thi ngs better around you.”Unit 8 Human Behaviour[00:]Listen and Respond[00:]The Unexpected Rescue[00:]I was walking along a dark street late one evening when I heard screams coming from behind some bushes.[00:]Alarmed, I slowed down to listen, and realized that what I was [00:]hearing were the sounds of a hard fight and tearing of clothes. [00:]Only yards from where I stood, a woman was being attacked. [00:]Should I get involved[00:]I was frightened for my own safety and cursed myself for having suddenly decided to take a new way home.[00:]Shouldn’t I run to the nearest phone and call the police [00:]Although the thoughts in my head had only taken seconds, already the girl’s cries were growing weaker.[00:]I knew I had to act fast.[00:]How could I walk away from this[00:]No, I finally decided.[00:]I could not turn my back on the fate of this[01:]unknown woman even if it meant risking my own life.[01:]I am not a brave man, nor am I a strong man.[01:]I don’t know where I found the courage and physic al strength, [01:]but once I had finally decided to help the girl I seemed to have changed into another man.[01:]I ran behind the bushes and pulled the attacker off the woman. [01:]While struggling, we fell to the ground,[01:]where we wrestled for a few minutes until the attacker jumped up and escaped.[01:]Breathing hard, I approached the girl, who was sobbing behind a tree. [01:]In the darkness I could barely see her outline, but I could sense her trembling shock.[01:]Not wanting to frighten her further, I spoke to her from a distance. [01:]“It’s OK.”[01:]I comforted her.[01:]“The man ran away.[01:]You are safe now.”[01:]There was a long pause...[01:]I heard the words in amazement.[01:]“Daddy, is that you”[02:]And then, from behind the tree, stepped out my youngest daughter, Katherine.。

Unit 8Ⅳ. Class PresentationListening & SpeakingThe Language for Asking For and Giving Reasons1. Directions: You are going to listen to an instructor explaining the languagenecessary for asking for and giving reasons. Listen carefully and fillin the blanks with the missing words.Instructor: We are interested in what is going on around us. We tend to ask “why”because whatever happens in the physical world or among us, there is areason behind it. Since we are curious about the unknown, we pushthrough scientific frontiers (前沿) to explore it. To live is to know.Raising questions and asking for answers can sharpen (使敏锐) ourminds.Pick up the following sentences to ask for reasons:— Do you know why we have different reasons?— Why do you think we long to discover?— What’s the reason why we get tired?— Have you any idea why it is so difficult?— How did it come about that we got so much rain?— Is that the reason you got a cold?— How come it happens that way?Pick up the following sentence to give reasons:—The reason why we have different seasons is that the earth moves around the sun.— Well, you see, discovery is exciting.— Well, the thing is, the boby needs to rest.—It’s (simply) because it takes time!— Let me explain: it was the rainy season.—Y es, you’re dead right.—The weather has much to do with making it happen.— The credit goes to physical exercise.— Well, this is the beginning of the story.— Well, this is part of the story.— Y es, this is the whole story.— The reason is….2. Directions: Now raise as many questions as possible in class and see whetherthere are answers to them. Try to use the language picked up inExercise 1.Asking For and Giving Reasons3. Directions: Before you listen to the first conversation, read the following wordsand expressions which may be new to you.appetite 食欲the latter 后者the former 前者put on weight 增加体重unique 独特的gene 基因1) Directions: Listen to the following conversation twice and fill in the blankswith the missing words.W ang Ying:How come I tend to lose my appetite before the final exams?Li Ming:Well, the thing is, you’re under a lot of pressure right now.W ang Ying:Y es, you’re dead right. I’m pretty stressed out.Li Ming:I can tell. Y ou know, people tend to overeat or eat little under stress.W ang Ying:Are you trying to say I belong to the latter?Li Ming:I think so.W ang Ying:Which group do you belong to?Li Ming:Uh, maybe I belong to the former.W ang Ying: So you’re putting on weight while I’m losing it these days? Why is that?Li Ming: Good question. Everybody’s unique. The reason why we are different is that our genes differ.W ang Ying:How do you know that?Li Ming:Well, you know, I read widely. This topic kind of interests me.W ang Ying:Oh, I see.Li Ming:Better take it easy a bit, OK?W ang Ying: Y eah, you too.Directions: Now listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions.1. Why does Wang Ying tend to lose her appetite before the final exams?Because she’s under a lot of stress.2. What do people tend to do under stress, according to Li Ming?They tend to overeat and eat little under stress.3. What’s Li Ming’s response to stress?He tends to overeat.4. Why is it that people react in different ways to stress according to Li Ming?He says that the reason is that their genes are different.5. Why does Li Ming know so much about this?Because he read widely, particularly about such things.2) Directions: Before you listen to the second conversation, read the followingwords and expressions which may be new to you.inform 告知transplant 移植experimental 试验的procedure (治疗)方法vary 变化sex 性别pricing 定价mark down 标低…的价格Directions: Listen to the conversation twice, and then complete the passage according to the conversation you have just heard.A brain surgeon talked to the patient’s daughter. He informed her that the patient’s condition was serious and the only chance for survival was a brain transplant. It was an experimental procedure and might work, but would cost a lot. The daughter asked how much a brain would cost and was told that the price varied according to sex. She asked why there was a difference in price between male and female brains. The surgeon explained that men’s brains had to be marked down because they were overused.Directions: Listen to the conversation again, and complete the form as the speaker recounts it. After that, act it out in class.Surgeon: Things don’t look good.The patient’s daughter: How serious is it?Surgeon: Well, the only chance is a brain transplant.The patient’s daughter: Are you sure of that?Surgeon: This is an experimental procedure. It might work, butthe bad news is that brains are very expensive, and youwill have to pay the cost yourself.The patient’s daughter: Well, how much does a brain cost?Surgeon: For a male brain, $200,000. For a female brain,$500,000.The patient’s daughter: Why is there a difference in price between male andfemale brain?Surgeon: This is standard pricing practice. Men’s brains have bemarked down because they’re overused.4. Directions: Examine something about the world from different perspectivesand then raise a complex question in class to initiate a discussion.Try to use the language you have picked up.Listening Practice5. Directions: Listen to the following people talking and infer the appropriate responses.1. M: Can I give you a hand with the dishes?W: Uh-uh, don’t bother. I’ll do them myself later. Hey, would you like me to fix you some coffee?Q: What can we infer from the conversation?A) The woman is a waitress.B) They have just had dinner.C) They need a hand to help them.D) The man is doing the dishes instead.2. W: It’s nearly a quarter to eight. I wonder what happened.M: Hmm. She might have forgotten the time. Why don’t you call and see if she’s on her way?Q: What can we infer from the conversation?A) The man is worried that he will be late.B) The woman is fifteen minutes late.C) Something unexpected has happened.D) They are expecting someone.3. M: Well, it has just as many bedrooms as the last apartment. And the livingroom is huge.W: But the bedrooms are too small. And there isn’t enough closet space for my clothes.Q: What can we infer from the conversation?A) They are looking for an apartment.B) The man does not like his bedroom.C) The woman enjoys shopping for clothes.D) They have just moved into an apartment.4. M: That’s right. I’m more or less straight from school.W: I see that you studied economy in school. What made you decide you want to join our company?Q: What can we infer from the conversation?A) The woman takes much interest in economy.B) The man has no working experience.C) The woman is looking for a job.D) The man plans to go to college.5. W: That’s fine. I think I can make it. By the way, what do you want me tobring?M: Nothing. Just bring yourself.Q: What can we infer from the conversation?A) The man is probably inviting the woman to dinner.B) The man likes nothing about the woman.C) The woman brought a gift for the man.D) Everything is fine with the woman.6. Directions: Listen to the following five short dialogues and choose theappropriate answers.1. W: What do you think I should wear to the party tonight?M: Oh, I don’t know. It’s not too fancy a party.Q: What does the man mean?A) She should wear something dressy (时髦的).B) She shouldn’t wear pants (裤子).C) It’s an informal party.D) It’s a birthday party.2. W: I can’t decide whether to buy that expensive new car or the cheaper usedcar.M: I’d get the new one. It’s better in the long run.Q: Why would the man buy the more expensive car?A) It runs better. B) It’s likely to last longer.C) It’s probably a bigger car. D) It’s only a little more expensive.3. M: Shall we go out for Japanese food or Chinese food tonight?W: I don’t care. It’s up to you.Q: What does the woman mean?A) She will decide later. B) She doesn’t care for either.C) She doesn’t want to go out. D) She wants the man to decide.4. M: How’s your new job going?W: Not so well. I feel like a fish out of water in that job.Q: What does the woman mean?A) She is very tired. B) She doesn’t like fishing.C) The fish is not fresh enough.D) She feels uncomfortable at work.5. W: I’m really angry at John. He never listens to me.M: Take it easy, Ellen. Things will work out.Q: What does the man imply?A) Go to the gym and work out. B) Listen carefully to John.C) Be calm and patient.D) Do the easiest thing.7. Directions: Listen to the following short story twice. Listen carefully and decidewhether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the storyyou have heard.photographer 摄影师Y ellowstone National Park 黄石国家公园heroic 英勇的blaze 火焰stammer 结结巴巴地说A photographer from a well-known national magazine was assigned tocover the fires at Y ellowstone National Park. The magazine wanted to show some of the heroic work of the firefighters as they battled the blaze.When the photographer arrived, he realized that the smoke was so thick that it would make it impossible for him to photograph anything from ground level.He requested permission to rent a plane and take photos from the air. His request was approved, and arrangements were made. He was told to report to a nearby airport, where a plane would be waiting for him.He arrived at the airport and saw a plane warming up near the gate.He jumped in with his bag and shouted, “Let’s go!”The pilot swung the little plane into the wind, and within minutes they were in the air.The photographer said, “Fly over the park and make two or three low passes so I can take some pictures.”“Why?” asked the pilot.“Because I am a photographer,”he responded, “and photographers take photographs.”The pilot was silent for a moment; finally he stammered, “Y ou mean you’re not the flight instructor?”__T__ 1. The photographer was sent to cover the fires at Y ellowstone National Park. __F__ 2. When he arrived there, the photographer did not know what to do because the smoke was so thick.__ T__ 3. The photographer went to a nearby airport to rent a plane to take photos from the air.___F__ 4. The photographer jumped into the plane and flew it over the park.__ T__ 5. The photographer acted like a flight instructor while taking photos over the park.8. Directions: Listen to the following talk and fill in the blanks with the missingwords. The talk is given twice.In trying to explain the existence of the complicated body structures we see in living things around us, a theory of evolution (进化) has been developed.While most scientists accept this theory, many people do not. They feel it goes against what is written in the Bible (圣经).This theory is that all the plants and animals in the world today have developed in a natural way from earlier forms that were simpler. These earlier forms developed from still simpler ancestors (祖先), and so on back through millions of years to the very beginning when life was in its simplest form,merely a tiny mass of jellylike (胶状的) protoplasm (原生质).In trying to prove that evolution did take place, scientists depend on three chief “signs.”One of these is the study of fossil (化石) remains of animals and plants of past ages. Some of these fossils seem to trace the step of evolution at work. Fossil remains of primitive (原始的) men have been found that go back toa time 1,000,000 years ago. Fossils of certain crablike (似蟹的) animals go backnearly 500,000,000 years. These fossils show that fish developed in the waters of the earth before amphibians (两栖动物), amphibians before reptiles (爬行动物), reptiles before birds, and so on. Scientists believe this proves life has progressed from one form to another .9. Directions: Listen to the talk again and then answer the following questions orally.1.Why do complicated body structures exist according toscientists?Because of evolution.2. Why is the theory of evolution acceptable to most scientists?Because it proves that all the plants and animals in the world today have developed in a natural way from earlier forms that were simpler.3. Why do scientists study fossil remains?Because they can prove that evolution did take place.4. What do these fossils show?That fish developed in the waters of the earth before amphibians, amphibians before reptiles, reptiles before birds, and so on.5. What is the theory of evolution?A theory that proves that life has progressed from one form to another.10. Directions: Have a discussion on the topic given below.It is more important to raise questions than to answer them.。

Unit 3IV. Class PresentationListe ning & Speaki ngThe Lan guage for Express ing Determ in ati on and Optimism1）. Directions: You are going to listen to an instructor talking about expressing determ in atio n and optimism. Liste n carefully and fill in the bla nks with themiss ing words.Instructor: Are you a determined person? Are you optimistic （乐观的）about what you have decided to doYour determ in atio n and optimism tend to go hand in hand. Determ inatio n is a driv ing force. You have to make a decisi on to do everything.Nothing can be accomplished without a firm belief. Your determ in ati onusually reflects a certa in degree of optimism. Your optimism will increase your resilie nee （活力）,main ta in hope and improve yourchances of a successful or acceptable outcome. In this way youroptimism rei nforces （增'强）your determi natio n.Pick up the followi ng senten ces to express your determi natio n: —I ' ve made up my mind.—I ' m quite decided.—I ' ve made a decisionrtwve to Shanghai.—It ' s my decisitondo it right now.—I ' ve decided find a part time job .—I ' ve set my mind dnking TOEFL .—I ' ve made up my mind not change my plan.—I don 'th ink an ybody can keep me fromgoing abroad for further studies .—Nothi ng can stop me from achiev ing my goal.Pick up the follow ing senten ces to express your optimism:—I have no doubt ofmy success—I'm sure we'll win.—We're bound to 一定会）make a success of the pla n.——I'm con fide nt （that） everything will be fine .—I'm very optimistic about the results.—I've every con fide nee in my promotio n.—Thi ngs'll work out OK.2. Now come up with a particular subject on which you voice your opinion or attitude,and expect others to ask for clarificati on about somethi ng that might be un clear to them. Try to use the Ian guage you have just learned in Exercise 1.Making a Decisi on and Express ing Optimism3.1) Directions: Before you listen to the first conversation, read the following words andexpressi ons which may be new to you.crazy 疯狂的；发疯的out of the questi on 不可能的aptitude 天资，才能Directions: Listen to the following conversation twice and fill in the blanks with the miss ing Words.Li Ming: What did you say? Did you say you would study Japa nese as your sec ond forei gn lang uage?Wang Yi ng: Yeah. Anything wrong?Li Ming: Are you crazy? That's out of the questio n! How can you man age two foreign Ianguagesat the same time? How about other courses?Wang Ying: Well, I'm quite decided. I don't think anybody can keep me from lear ning Japa nese.Li Ming: I know you're a fast learner. But your schedule of courses willget tougher. You need a chanee to smell the flowers. I mean you stilln eed to relax sometimes.Wang Ying: I know what you mean. But don't you see this rapid-changing society? I would say the more Ian guages you can speak the more chances you'lhave in the job market. Right?Li Ming: I get your point. But …Wang Ying: Don't worry. I ' very optimistic about my Ianguage aptitude. Speak ing of Ian guages how fe your En glish lear ning?Li Mi ng: Well, I "m working hard on it .Wang Yi ng: Good.Directions: Now listen to the conversation again and answer the following questi ons.1. What has Wang Ying decided to do?She s decided to study Japa nese as her sec ond foreig n Ian guage.2. What does Li Mi ng thi nk of her decisio n?It 'impossible to man age two foreig n Ian guages at the same time.3. What does he ask her to do?He asks her not to work so hard.4. How is Wang Yin g'determi natio n?It 'so strong that n obody can cha nge her mind.5. Is she con fide nt about her decisi on? Why or why not?Yes. Because she has realized the importa nee of speak ing more Ian guages inthis rapid cha nging society.2) Directions: Before you listen to the second conversation, read the followingwords and expressi ons which may be new to you.accord ing to the con versati on you have just heard.Shelley is blind. But she has set her mind on taking college classes. She 's dreamed of going to college ever since she was a little girl . Her blindness has never stopped her from going to college . Shelley says that she will give it a try no matter how hard it is . Nothi ng can stop her from achiev ing her goal. Her determ in ati on and optimism will certai nly help her make a success of her future careerDirections: Listen to the conversation again, and complete the form as the speakerreco unts it. After that, act it out in class.Michael: Shelley, is n'tit hard for you to take college classes?Shelley: Wiy? Because I'm blind? Michael, I 'e had my heart set on getting a college degree ever since I was a little girl. My blindness has never stopped me from going to college.Michael: But you surely admit it must be tough. Shelley: Sure it is. But I ve made a decision to give it a try no matter how hard it is.You know, I 'e always dreamed of going to college on way or ano ther. Nothi ng can stop me from achiev ing my goal.Michael: I really appreciate your determ in ati on.Shelley: Thanks. I'm sure I ' make it. I 'e no doubt of my success. I don't think you'd be any differe nt.Michael: Of course not. Were bound to make a success of our future career. Shelley: You bet. Nothing is impossible for a determined mind.Michael: Well said.4. Directions: Tell your class what you have decided to be upon graduation.Express optimism about your determ in ati on. Try to use the Ian guageyou just picked up in Exercise 1 in justify ing your determ in ati on andoptimism.Liste ning Practice5. Directions: Listen to the following people talking in order to learn new timeexpressi ons.1. M : I 'm not so sure that I want a car. It 's really a problem finding a place to park-have one heart set on sth.admitone way or ano ther 决心做某事 承认 无论如何；用某种方法 Directi ons: Listen to the conversationtwice, and then complete the passageday in and day out.W: That'for sure.Q : What does the man mean?A) Sometimes it is hard to find a place to park.B It is always difficult to find a place to park.C) It is easy for the man to park at the correct time.D) Never is it a problem for the man to find a place to park.2. W: Li, you 're late again for class. This is the third time this week.M: Miss, you must have mistaken me for somebody else. I "m only late for class once in a while.Q: What does the man mean?A) This is his first time to be late for class.B) He ' bee n late for class only on ce.C) He 'late for class sometimes.D) He ' n ever late for class.3. W: Our vacation is just around the corner. Are you doing anything special?M: Noth ing in particular. What are you pla nning to do?Q: When is the vacati on coming?A) It ' come eventually.B) It ' coming on time.C) It ' coming soon.D) It ' already come.4. W: Stop eating junk food like that. Just imagine what junk food is doing to yourheart and arteries! It will make you sick in the long run.M: Oh, yeah? Mm …I 'take your advice.Q: What does the woma n say about junk food?A) It can sometimes be harmful to the health.B) It will eve ntually make the man sick.C) It will kill the man right away.D) It is safe for a short time.5. M: I ' tell you what. I 'e left that job for good. It was so boring.W: Oh, have you? Do you thi nk you can stay in your prese nt job for good?Q: What does the woma n mean?A) She'take the job for the time being.B) She accepted the job in time.C) She'll n ever leave the job.D) She'left the job forever.6. Directions: Listen to the following five short dialogues and choose the appropriatean swers.1. W: Hi, Jack. How're you doing?M: Oh, it's bee n a long day!Q: What does the man mean?A) The daylight hours are long.B) He has had a nice day.C) He 'tired. D) He's sick.2. M: Would you like to have a piece of cake?W: No, tha nks. I'm on a diet.Q: What does the woma n mean?A) She wants to lose weight.B) She does no t like cakes.C) She's going to drive. D) She'safraid to diet.3. M: The deadline for computer registration is tomorrow.W: But I have n'decided which courses to take yet.Q: What are they talki ng about?A) Registeri ng for classes.B) Buying a computer.C) Gett ing directi ons. D) Buying books.4. M: Dr. Smith, could you let me audit your class?W: Let me see, Tll have to check the class enrollment list first.Q: What does the woma n mean?A) She has to ask for permissi on.B) She thinks it will be fine.C) She says it is impossible. D) She doesn't know yet.5. W: I don't thi nk the job has to be done perfectly.M: Maybe not, but it's importa nt that you do your best.Q: What does the man mean?A) One should write dow n anything importa nt.B) It 'difficult to write correctly.C) Nobody can be perfect. D) Do as well as you can.6. Directions: Listen to the following short story twice. Listen carefully and decidewhether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the storyyou have just heard.ensuing接着发生的 moti onl ess不动的 taxi（飞机）滑行 let alo ne 更不用说At a rece nt computer software engin eeri ng course, the participa nts were give n an awkward questi on to an swer:If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team ofprogrammers had bee n resp on sible for the flight con trol software, how many of you would disembark immediately?"Among the ensuing forest of raised hands only one man sat moti onl ess. Whe n asked what he would do, he replied that he would be quite content to stay aboard.With his team ' software, he said, the plane was uniikely to even taxi as far asthe run way, let alone take off. F 1. The story took place in an airli ner. F 2. The team of programmers desig ned the flight control software.T 3. Asked if they would stay aboard, the programmers did not even trustthemselves and said they would disembark immediately. T 4. Only one of the programmers said he would be comfortable stayi ng on board. T 5. The on ly programmer left was con fide nt that the airli ner would not eve ntake off.8. Directions: Listen to the following talk and fill in the blanks with the missing words.The talk is give n twice.We've all heard the classic adage （格言）,is the glass half empty or halffull ?” but we may not realize the true power of seeing the world through rose-colored glasses 」t can have a far-reach ing （深远的）in flue nee on everythi ng from our day-to-day lives and select ions of mates 配偶）,to our career choices and Ion g-term successes Optimists think in color. They are ope n-min ded to new ideas and situati ons and enjoy the thoughts and opinions of others . Optimists realize that change is a good and n ecessary thing. They usually maintain （保 持） an attitude ofadaptability （适应）and take criticism with a grain of salt （有保留地）. Theyalways, however, appreciate good feedback （反馈） andconstantly look to bettering themselves. Learning optimism makes life more enjoyable.software awkward airl iner programmer disembark软件 棘手的 大型客机 程序设计员 下飞机（115 words）9. Directions: Listen to the talk again and then answer the following questions orally.1. What is the classic adage releva nt to the talk?Is the glass half empty or half full?2. What is the power of see ing the world through rose-colored glasses?It can have a far-reach ing in flue nee on everyth ing from our day-to-day lives and selecti ons of mates, to our career choices and Ion g-term successes.3. What is optimists' thi nking style?They think in color. They are open-minded to new ideas and situations and enjoy the thoughts and opinions of others.4. What do optimists think of cha nge?They thi nk that cha nge is a good and n ecessary thing.5. How do they react to feedback and take criticism?They appreciate good feedback and take criticism with a grain of salt.10. Directions: Explore an answer to the question given below.Why do people like optimists more tha n they do pessimists 悲观者）?。

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

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

College culture Unit 1Unit 1 College cultureInside viewConversation1Janet ：So this is the Cherwell Boathouse –it’s lovely! And look at those people punting! It looks quite easy. Mark ：I’m not so sure about that! Janet, there’s something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you. Some people in college are organizing charity events this term. We’ve decided to get involved.Janet ：Raising money for charity? Right. In China, people raise mone y for charity but students don’t usually do that.Mark ：Students often do that here. Anyway, we’re thinking of doing sponsored punting.Janet ：Sponsored punting! What’s that?Kate ：Sponsoring is when people pay you to do something –like run a long distance. So people would be sponsoring students to punt.Janet ：What a great idea! I’d love to join you!Mark ：That’s why we’re telling you about it. So that’s decided then. Let’s make a list of things we need to do. Kate ：I’ll do that. One of the first th ings we should do is choose the charity.Mark ：Yes. And choose a day for the event. And we need to design the sponsorship form. I’ve got one here. Kate ：That looks fine, but we must change the wording. Who wants to do that?Mark ：I’ll do that. What have we got so far?Kate ：Choose a charity. Also a day for the event. Change the wording on the sponsorship form…Um … We have to decide where the punt will start from.Mark ：Cherwell Boathouse, no question! It's a very beautiful route from here, apparently.Kate ：I’m with you on that.Janet ：Me too …Outside viewV/O: Harvard University in Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world. We spoke to Alex Jude, the university’s Head of Communications. He explained that Harvard looks for the bes t and most talented students from around the world.Alex: Harvard actually seeks students from around the world, the best students that we can find, to study chemistry, or study literature, or study government, or business. Our business school is particularly well-known around the world, as is the medical school and law school, so, um, and, and the Kennedy School of government, for the John F. Kennedy School of Government, so, er, we do seek very, very talented students and we have open doors for them. V/O: We asked five students at Harvard to tell us what kind of social life they have.Ashley: Um, well relaxing is a little hard to do around here, but basically, I mean, I still, I, I live nearby anyway, so I see a lot of my friends, and … Um, there’s a good social life here if you look for it. I go to the gym, run. So that’s what I do.Adam: It is whatever you want it to be. It’s good. If you wanna go out party, do anything you can. If you wanna sit in your room and study all night like my friend over here, you can also do that.Brian: Socially, like you said, it’s, it’s a lot of what you make it. Um, we don’t have fraternities here, and so, you know, that’s, it’s obviously not as social. There’s not as many parties as there would be on another campus. Um, but on a Friday or Saturday night, there, there, there will be a party. Usually we end up studying until about 10o’clock. And then we, and then we’ll go out and have fun maybe, or just watch a movie with friends, or, you know, whatever is going on for the night.Jodie: Not everyone would agree with me, obviously, but it’s, I think it’s a fun place to be.Interviewer: Have you made a lot of friends?Jodie: Oh, definitely.Int. ：Mm.Jodie: Many.Int. : What, what do you do with your friends?Jodie: Um, well, I like to go to concerts. I’m in three music groups, so I have lots of rehearsals during the week for that. Um, just do, you know, some fun things, on the weekend.V/O: We asked the Harvard students if they use the Internet.Ashley: Um, I, I use it a fairly good amount. Um, our library system is online, so I use that a lot. And a lot of my classes, you know, have to do research papers. You can find a lot of information on there, so.Int.: So how often do you use it, a week, a day?Ashley: Um, I use it probably on more of a weekly basis. Maybe three or four times a week.Brian: Oh yes, definitely. We live through the Internet actually. Well, I do a lot of research through the Internet, follow my stocks on the Internet. Um, well, even though e-mail is not officially Internet, we, that’s how we communicate a lot at college, so, through the e-mail.John: Um, I use the internet mostly for, er, I’d say, sort of leisure purposes. I mean, I play, um, I use it for a lot of, I don’t, we don’t have TV in my room, so I use it, uh, uh, go to the CNN website, keep up on current events, things like that. Uh, I also, uh, you know, there’s some little games to play over the Internet. Um, just um, I go to to see what’s happening, follow the Boston Red Sox, things like that. Um, I think a lot of courses use it to post things, but I, I don’t usually use it that much for research, or things. I tend to use the libraries for such things, so.Listening inPassage1V/O: Hi, I’m Nick Carter, and this is SUR, your university radio station. This morning we went around campus to ask freshers –now half-way through their first year –the question, “How are you finding uni?” Here are some of the answers we got.Speaker 1: It’s cool. It’s everything I hoped it would be. I’m very ambitious, I want to be a journalist and I want to get to the top of the profession. I’ve started writing for the university newspaper so I’ve got my foot on the ladder already.Speaker 2: I’m working hard and the teaching is as good as I expected. And I’ve made some good friends. But I’m very homesick. I’m Nigerian and my family’s so far away. I went home at Christmas for a month –that really helped, but man, I miss my family so much.Speaker 3: “How am I finding uni?” It’s great. It’s not perfect, nothing is, but, like, I’ve got a brilliant social life, just brilliant, and I’ve made lots of friends. For the first few months I just didn’t do, really enough work. But I – I talked about it with my pa rents and I’m working harder now and getting good grades.Speaker 4: Actually, I’ve been quite lonely to be honest. I’m a bit shy … everyone else seemed to find it so easy to make friends straight away. But things have been better recently – yeah, they ha ve. I’ve joined a couple of clubs and like, it really helps to get to know people when you have shared interests. So, yeah –I’m feeling a lot happier now.Speaker 5: Uni’s great, I love it. My only problem –and it’s quite a big problem – is money. My parents are both unemployed so, you know, they can’t help me financially. My grant just isn’t –it’s just not enough for me to liveon, so I’ve taken a part-time job as a waitress –a lot of people I know, like a lot, have had to do the same. I don’t want to have huge debts at the end.Speaker 6: I love my subject, History, and I’m, I’m getting fantastic teaching here. I want to be a university lecturer and that means I have to get a first. I have a good social life but work definitely comes first for me.Passage2Oxford and Cambridge – two universities so similar that they are often spoken of together as“Oxbridge”. They’re both in the UK, fairly near London, and both regularly come top in any ranking of the world’s best universities.The two universities began within a century of each other. Oxford University, now 900 years old, was founded towards the end of the 11th century. In 1209 there was a dispute between the university and the townspeople of Oxford. As a result, some of the Oxford teachers left and founded a university in the town of Cambridge, some 84 miles away. Ever since then, the two institutions have been very competitive.Unlike most modern universities, both Oxford and Cambridge consist of a large number of colleges. Oxford has 39 and Cambridge 31. Many of these colleges have old and very beautiful architecture, and large numbers of tourists visit them.In all UK universities, you need good grades in the national exams taken at 18. But to get into Oxford and Cambridge, it’s not enoug h to get A grades in your exams. You also have to go for a long interview. In these interviews, students need to show that they are creative and capable of original thinking.Through the centuries, both universities have made huge contributions to British cultural life.They have produced great writers, world leaders and politicians. Cambridge, in particular, has produced scientists whose discoveries and inventions have changed our lives.Among the great university institutions is the world’s most famo us debating society, the Oxford Union, where undergraduates get a chance to practise speaking in public. Cambridge’s comedy clubFootlights has produced many first-class comedians, while some of the UK’s most famous actors and actresses began their caree rs at The Oxford University Dramatic Society, known as OUDS. Then there’s the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which takes place every year in March or April, and is watched on television all over the UK.So with all this excellence in so many fields, it’s not surprising that the ambition of clever students all over the world is to attend either one of these great universities.。

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

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

大学英语听力教程2原文第一部分1.Woman:This is my family. I'm married. My husband's name is Bill. We have two children — a boy and a girl.Our little girl is six years old, and our little boyis four. Jennie goes to kindergarten, and Aaron goesto nursery school. My father lives with us. Grandpa'sgreat with the kids. He loves playing with them andtaking them to the park or the zoo.2.Man:This is a picture of me and my three sons. We're ata soccer game. Orlando is twelve, Louis is ten, andCarlos is nine. All three of them really like sports.Orlando and Louis play baseball. Carlos is intoskating.3.Man:This is my wife June, and these are my three children. Terri on the right is the oldest. She's in highschool. She's very involved in music. She's in the orchestra. Rachel — she's the one in the middle —is twelve now. And this is my son Peter. He's oneyear older than Rachel. Rachel and Peter are bothin junior high school. Time really flies. June andI have been married for twenty years now.4.Woman:This is a picture of me with my three kids. The girls, Jill and Anne, are both in high school. This is Jillon the right. She'll graduate next year. Anne is twoyears younger. My son Dan is in college. It seemslike the kids are never home. I see them for dinnerand sometimes on Saturday mornings, but that's aboutit. They're really busy and have a lot of friends.第二部分John:It's super, Mary. It's just what I wanted.Mary:Well, I know you said your old calculator was no good any more.John:Well, it wasn't that it was no good. It just wouldn't do all the things I need to do at work.And it certainly wouldn't remember telephonenumbers for me like this one.Mary:I suppose you're going to start putting innumbers straightaway.John:I've put in one while we've been chatting. I've put in our solicitor's number. You know howoften I need to call him on company contracts.Mary:So what others are you going to put in?John:Well, number one. Accountant, I think. Mary:The company's accountant?John:Yes. Now just let me put in the number. That's it.Mary:And number two, the bank.John:OK. Bank. Now, that's 345674. Oh ... And number 3, the doctor.Mary:Yes. His number's, er, let me think. 76763. And then the dentist, of course.John:What's that? Number 4, isn't it? Dentist. Mary:Yes, the number's 239023. I remember, becauseI rang yesterday about Robbie's appointment. John:That's fine. And now — the garage. 757412. Mary:And then how about the station number? You're always hunting around for that in a panic. John:Yes, you're right. What is the number anyway? Mary:Oh, I can't remember. I'll just look it up in the telephone directory.John:All right. Now, number 7, the flower shop, I think. Yes,florist. And that's 989024. Oh, Imustn't forget the new London office number.So that's number 8, new London office. Mary:John, here's the station number. 546534. John:546534. Thanks. Now that was number 6 on my list. Mary:How far have you got now?John:Well, I've added a couple more. The next one will be 9.Mary:What about Bill and Sue?John:No, I can always remember their number. But I always have to look up John and Jane's number.What is it?Mary:John and Jane ... John and Jane ... I know, 21463.John:OK. 21463. John and Jane. And one more perhaps? Mary:The hairdresser?John:Why do I need the hairdresser's number? No, I thought this was my pocket calculator. Oh, Itell you one number we do need quite often —the sports club!Mary:the sports club!John:Great minds think alike! OK, number 10. Sports Club. And that's —Mary:675645.John:675645. Well that's enough for the moment, Ithink. Now, as it's my birthday, what abouttaking me out for a meal?Mary:I don't think I can remember the telephone number of our favorite restaurant!第三部分Josephine: We did feel far more stability in our lives, because you see ... in these days I thinkthere's always a concern that families willseparate or something, but in those daysnobody expected the families to separate. Gertrude: Of course there may have been smoking,drinking and drug-taking years ago, but itwas all kept very quiet, nobody knew anythingabout it. But these days there really isn'tthe family life that we used to have. Thechildren seem to do more as they like whetherthey know it's right or wrong. Oh, things arevery different I think.Question: What was your parents' role in family life? Josephine: Well, my mother actually didn't do atremendous amount in the house, but she diddo a great deal of work outside and she wasvery interested, for example, in the NursingAssociation collecting money for it. We hadsomebody who looked after us and then we alsohad someone who did the cleaning. Gertrude: Well, we lived in a flat, we only had three rooms and a bathroom. Father worked on therailway at Victoria Station and my motherdidn't work, obviously. My father's wage Ithink was about two pounds a week and Isuppose our rent was about twelve shillingsa week, you know as rent was - I'm going backa good many years. We didn't have an easylife, you know and I think that's why mymother went out so much with her friends. Itwas a relief for her, you know really. Question: Did you have a close relationship with your parents?Josephine: In a sense I would say not very close but we, at that time, didn't feel that way, we didn'tthink about it very much I don't think. Ithink today people are much closer to theirparents and talk about everything, which wedidn't. Then, of course, we used to play alot of games, because we didn't have atelevision or even a radio and we would playgames in the evenings rather than haveconversation, I think.Question: Was there more discipline in families inthose days?Josephine: Oh yes, I do think so, yes. We were much moredisciplined and we went about as a family andit wasn't until I was probably about 18 beforeI would actually go out with any friends ofmy own.Statements:1. Seventy years ago young people often smoked and drank in front of others.2. Apart from a great deal of work outside, Josephine's mother also looked after her children and did the cleaning in the house.3. Gertrude's father earned two pounds a week.4. Gertrude's family had to pay ten shillings a week for their flat.5. Young people seventy years ago deeply felt that they did not have a very close relationship with their parents.6. Nowadays people are much closer to their parents and talk about everything to them.第五部分Woman:Well, my brother was six years younger than I, and er, I think that when he was little I wasquite jealous of him. I remember he had beautifulred curls (mm) ... my mother used to coo overhim. One day a friend and I played, erm, barbershop, and, erm, my mother must have been away,she must have been in the kitchen or something(mm) and we got these scissors and sat my brotherdown and kept him quiet and (strapped him down)... That's right, and cut off all his curls, yousee. And my mother just was so upset, and in factit's the first ... I think it’s one of the fewtimes I've ever seen my father really angry.Man:What happened to you?Woman:Oh ... I was sent to my room for a whole week you know, it was terrible.Man But was that the sort of pattern, weren't you close to your brother at all?Woman:Well as I grew older I think that er I just ignored him ...Man:What about ... you've got an older brother too, did ... were they close, the two brothers? Woman:No, no my brother's just a couple of years older than I ... so the two of us were closer and wethought we were both very grown up and he wasjust a ... a kid ... so we deliberately, I think,kind of ignored him. And then I left, I left homewhen he was only still a schoolboy, he was onlyfifteen (mm) and I went to live in England andhe eventually went to live in Brazil and I reallydid lose contact with him for a long time.Man:What was he doing down there?Woman:Well, he was a travel agent, so he went down there to work ... And, erm, I didn't, I can't evenremember, erm sending a card, even, when he gotmarried. But I re ... I do remember that lateron my mother was showing me pictures of hiswedding, 'cause my mother and father went downthere (uh huh) to the wedding, and er, there wasthis guy on the photos with a beard and glasses,and I said,"Oh, who's this then?" 'cause Ithought it was the bride's brother or somethinglike this (mm) ... and my mother said frostily,"That ... is your brother!" (laughter)Questions for memory test:1. According to the passage, how many brothers does the lady have?2. When the sister saw her mother coo over her younger brother, how did she feel?3. What's her father's reaction when he got to know that the sister had cut off her younger brother's hair?4. How old was her younger brother when she left home?5. Where did her brother eventually live?6. Who was the guy on the photos with a beard and glasses?第二单元第一部分When parents make a lot of rules about their children's behavior, they make trouble for themselves. I used to spend half my time making sure my rules were obeyed, and the other half answering questions like "Jack can get up whenever he likes, so why can't I?" or "Why can't I play with Angela? Jack's mum doesn'tmind who he plays with" or "Jack can drink anything he likes. Why can't I drink wine too?"Jack's mum, I decided, was a wise woman. I started saying things like "Of course, dear. You can drink as much wine as you like" and "No, I don't mind how late you get up" and "Yes, dear, you can play with Angela as often as you like."The results have been marvelous. They don't want to get up late any more, they've decided they don't like wine, and, most important, they've stopped playing with Angela. I've now realized (as Jack's mum realized a long time ago) that they only wanted to do all these nasty things because they weren't allowed to.第二部分Radio presenter: Good afternoon. And welcome to our midweekphone-in. In today's program we're goingto concentrate on personal problems. Andhere with me in the studio I've got TessaColbeck, who writes the agony columnin Flash magazine, and Doctor Maurice Rex,Student Medical Adviser at the Universityof Norfolk.The number to ring with your problem is ohone, if you're outside London, two two two,two one two two. And we have our first calleron the line, and it's Rosemary, I think,er calling from Manchester. HelloRosemary.Rosemary: Hello.How can we help you, Rosemary?Radiopresenter:Rosemary: Well, it's my dad. He won't let me stay out after ten o'clock at night and all myfriends can stay out much longer than that.I always have to go home first. It's reallyembarrassing …Tessa: Hello, Rosemary, love. Rosemary, how old are you dear?Rosemary: I'm fifteen in two month's 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 laterthan me. I have to leave at about quarterto 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. You live in Brighton, wasn't it?Well, Brighton's …Rosemary: No. Manchester … I live in Manchester.Tessa: Oh. I'm sorry, love. I'm getting mixed up.Yes, 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 Center or anythinglike that. And Christine's house is in avery 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.Maurice: Rosemary. Have you talked about this with your dad?Rosemary: No. He just shouts and then he says he won't let me go out at all if I can't come homeon time.Maurice: 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'llprobably explain why he worries about you.It isn't always safe for young girls to goout at night.Tessa: Yes. And maybe you could persuade him tocome and pick you up from Christine's houseonce or twice.Rosemary: Yes. I don't think he'll agree to that, butI'll talk to him about it. Thanks.第三部分1.Discipline needs to be there in a certain amount but toomuch of it can be a bad thing I think and I certainly do get too much of it occasionally.2.I think talking to them, trying to explain why you're upset,what it is they have done wrong is better than hitting them, because if you hit them they learn to hit other things, other people, you, and I don't think that is a solution to anything.3.My experience as, as, as a mother now is you can, you cantalk with a child very much and, and the child is going to understand much more than you believe, even if it is a one-year-old or two-years-old child. And I think it's um it's a very bad thing punishing children, because it remains being er an awfully er dark experience, and so it was it for me too, because when I'm thinking about my parents I can't help thinking about these days where they punished me.4.I wouldn't be as strict as my dad was, definitely not, cosI don't think that works. That only makes you rebel.5.Well, there's smacking and smacking. I don't at all agreewith beating a child, but I do think sometimes a quick, short smack on the hand or arm is better than a long drawn-out moan. It's quick and the child understands it.6.I can't really defend it when I, when I hit my child, I don'tdo it often but something about it makes me think that it's not … a terrible thing to do. I mean, what are thealternatives? You can shout at your child, you can try to sit down and reason with your child, which is incredibly difficult if you're trying to talk to a two-year-old. Or what else can you do? You can send them out of the room, you can send them up to their room, you can not let them … have any pudding for the dinner, or something, but I mean to me a little spank, to me it's quick, it's honest, it'sphysical, but having said all that I still try not to do it.第五部分Louisa:She doesn't let me watch that much TV afterschool, which is really annoying because mostof my friends watch Home andAway and Neighbors but I only get to watch oneof them. I sometimes don't — I mean I think that'sreally unfair so sometimes I just watch bothanyway.Mother:First and foremost, Louisa watches a fair amount of television whether she thinks she's deprivedor not, she must watch at least 45 minutes perday. And when I'm not around you know I know thechild sneaks in a fair amount more than that.So she gets in a fair amount of television,certainly on the weekends. But I am of theopinion that television, very very very fewprograms will teach them anything. And I thinkwhen a child is under your care for 18 years it'sthe parents' responsibility to make sure thatthe input is of value, and I don't thinktelevision, much television is of any value atall, I think reading a book and doing her pianolessons are far more valuable than watchingcrummy American soap operas.Questions for memory test:1. How many TV plays are mentioned?2. For how long a time does Louisa watch TV per day?3. Does Louisa try to get more time to watch TV?4. Which activities does Louisa's mother think arefar more valuable?My parents gave me a lot of free time. After dinner, during the week when I was say even 15 years old they would let me go out until ten o'clock and they would never ask where I went. I would smoke cigarettes and drink beer, at 15 years old I would hang out in the ... in the localpubs and these were type of things that I don't think were too good for me at that time. I think my parents should have, you know, maybe at least showed an interest as to where I was going. They never even asked where I was going and they, they gave me a lot of free time, andI think that they, they felt that this was a thing thatwas being a good parent. But I think that teenagers are very naive, and I was as a teenager very naive, and I think I could haveused a little more direction from them.These days a lot of parents think they should be lenient with their children, they should let them grow andexperience on their own. And I think that's what myparents were doing, I think there's a Biblical saying "Spare the rod, spoil the child" and I think that really applies. And I think you need to direct especially young people. They can be thrown into such a harsh world,especially if you live in a city. I lived in a very small village and it was still a rough crowd that I found in that village. And my parents never asked questions, and if they only knew they would be shocked.Statements:1. When the boy was 15 years old, he could stay outuntil ten o'clock.2. At the age of 15, the boy was not allowed tosmoke cigarettes or drink beer.3. The boy thought his parents were very goodbecause they gave him a lot of free time.4. The boy lived in a very crowded city.第三单元第一部分House agent: … right, if you'd just come this way.Woman: Thank you.Man: Yes.House agent: Er… on the right here we have the … er … the bathroom, which as you can see is fully … fullyfitted. If we just move forward now, we … er …come into the er … main … main bed-sitting roomhere. And… er … on the left are dining room tableand chairs.Woman: Oh yes.Man: Yes.House agent: And er… straight ahead of us … um … foldaway double bed and mattress, which I think you'llagree is quite a novel idea.Man: Oh yes.House agent: And then… um… to …Woman: Behind the armchair.House agent: Yes, behind the armchair. To our righ t, um … in the corner there, a fitted wardrobe. And anotherone on my left here.Woman: On either side of the bed?House agent: Yes, that's right. That's right, so you can put all your … er … night attire or what… whateveryou like in there.Man: Yes, that's good.House agent: Then, there … the … we have the sofa here … er … in front of the … um … the window.Man: Oh yes.House agent: Er … so there's plenty of light coming through into the room and as you can see there's a niceview through the windows there.Woman: No curtains, though.House agent: No curtains, but we've got roller blinds.Woman: Oh.House agent: Yes, they're nice and straight forward. Noproblems about that — don't have to wash themof course. And … um … on the left of the … er… sofa ther e, you can see nice coffee tables.If … if we move straight a … straight ahead, actually, into the … er … the kitchen you cansee that um … on my left here we've got a washingmachine, tumble dryer and … um … electric cooker…Woman: Oh,yes.Man: Mmm.House agent: All as you can see to the most modern designs.And there um… on the other side of the kitchen…um… refrigerator there in the… in the corner.Man: Oh yeah, yes.Woman: Oh, what a nice little cubbyhole! Yes, very neat. House agent: Yes. Well… um… I don't know whether you've got any questions. That's it of course.Woman: Well, could… could we perhaps see the bathroom, because we… we didn't see that?House agent: OK, yes, yes. Let's… um… let's go on out of here and… um… end up in the bathroom …第二部分1.My dream house would be a canal boat. I'd like to wake up everymorning and see the water. Erm, I'd paint it bright red, and it would have a little roof-garden for all my pot-plants.2. My ideal house would be modern, ermm, it would be made of bricks,and it would have white pillars outside the front door. And it would be detached … oh yes, it would have a garage.3. My ideal home would be to live in a cottage in a small villageby the sea. Er, somewhere like Cornwall, so it's unspoilt and there are cliffs and trees around.4. I think if I could have any sort of house, I'd like one of thosewhite-walled villas in Spain. (It'd) Be marvelous to be able to just fall out of bed and into the sea first thing in the morning.(It'd) Be absolutely great. All that heat. Marvelous.5. I've always wanted to live in a really big house in the country,a big family house with, erm … at least two hundred years old, Ithink, with a big garden, and best of all I'd like to have a dry-stone wall around the garden. I've always loved dry-stone walls.6. D'you know, I may sound daft but what I've always wanted to dois live somewhere totally isolated, preferably somewhere enormous like a castle or something, you know, right out in … by the sea or even sort of in a little island, on an island, you know, out at sea, where you have to get there by a boat or something, where it's cut off at high tide. I think it'd be really great.Questions:1.According to the first speaker, in what color would her dream house be painted?2. Where would she put all her pot-plants?3. In the second speaker's opinion, what would there be outside the front door of his idealhouse?4. What would there be around the third speaker's ideal home?5. When the fourth speaker got up in the morning, what would he do first?6. What is Spain famous for?7. According to the fifth speaker, what would she like to have around the garden of her dreamhouse?8. How should one get to the last speaker's ideal house?第三部分Wendy Stott:Oh hello. (Hello.) My name's Wendy Stott. Did the estate agent ring you and tell you I was coming? House owner:Oh yes, yes I was expecting you. Do come in. (Thank you.) Have you had the particulars andeverything? Did the estate agent give you, you。