Unit 7 Holidays and Vacations
Thinking Ahead
Students are asked to discuss the following questions in groups. The reference answers for the questions are offered below:
1. How many festivals do you know are celebrated in China? What are they?
Spring Festival 春节
The Lantern Festival 元宵节
Qing Ming Festival / Tomb Sweeping Day 清明节
Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
Festival of Qi Xi Jie 七夕节also called the “Chinese Valentine’s Day”
Moon Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
Double Ninth (Elder Day) 重阳节
New Year’s Day元旦
The Labor Day 劳动节
The National Day 国庆节
2. Give some examples of western festivals which are popular in China.
The Easter 复活节
Martin Luther King Day 马丁路德纪念日
Memorial Day 阵亡将士纪念日
Veterans Day 退伍军人节
April Fool’s Day 愚人节
Christmas Day 圣诞节
Thanksgiving Day 感恩节
Valentine’s Day情人节
Halloween 万圣节
Father’s Day父亲节
Mother’s day母亲节
Part I Video Time
In this part, students will have 2 tasks to accomplish.
Task 1
In task 1, students will watch a video clip about festival entertainment in China and then do the exercises as required. Before watching, students are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the video.
Transcript
Holiday Fun for Everyone
In China, the Spring Festival is the most important celebration of the year. Holiday celebrations take many forms; it can be a time to be merry, to exercise, to learn and to reflect. We take a look at how some Chinese people spend the holiday. Ask anyone about their Spring Festival plans, and the same place will always pop up.
Temple fairs have been an integral part of Spring Festival rituals for many generations. While the general idea is to have fun and deliver silent prayers, there are various ways to accomplish this.
People throw coins to strike a lucky bell or patiently join a zigzagging queue to touch a lucky zodiac animal on the wall. They are all asking for blessings.
If you don’t like the cold winter weather, indoor temple fairs offer a cozy atmosphere to stroll around. Booths are set up selling everything from desserts to decorations. Toys in the shape of an ox are in hot demand.
Elderly people like to sit down with a cup of tea, and tap their fingers to the rhythms of a Peking Opera performance. The Laoshe Tea House in downtown Beijing is doing a bustling trade, not to be overshadowed by temple fairs.
B ut for the adventurous type, it’s time to set out.
With the global economic downturn eating into travel package prices and fuel surcharges suspended on domestic flights, this Spring Festival is a great time to travel in China or abroad. Travel agencies say airfare prices to foreign destinations have dropped thirty percent, with the Maldives, Bali, Saipan all hot destinations.
While some people are heading to the beach, others are hitting the slopes. Seeking an adrenalin rush, more and more Chinese people are taking up skiing. The sport requires a lot of energy, so does a class of fencing or taekwondo.
After a Spring Festival feast, it may be time to burn a few calories. Hitting the gym is the choice for many commuters, who struggle to find time on workdays to work up a sweat.
The new year hoopla is taking a quiet and elegant turn at an ongoing exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. The Chinese Folk Arts and Crafts show gives a mind-boggling look at the country’s exquisite craftsmanship.
Coveri ng all nine halls of the museum’s first floor are 350 objects chosen from 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions on the Chinese mainland. Visitors receive more than a lesson on art. Each work comes with its own history to tell. This is the first ever exhibition of Chinese fol k arts and crafts in the museum’s 46-year-history. The exhibition gives an insight into less well known traditions, and runs into early February.
Browsing for the latest releases at book fairs and in bookstores is another popular way to spend free time over the holiday.
With so many options around, the question now is: How will YOU spend the holidays?
Editor: Liu Fang
(From https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,/program/cultureexpress/20090131/101092.shtml)
Key to Exercises
Exercise 1 Watching for Specific Information
Students are asked to watch the video clip and choose the best answers to the questions.
1) B
2) D
3) A
4) C
5) D
Exercise 2 Essay Writing
As to the Spring Festival, the most important holiday in China, everyone has his own opinion and feeling about it. Students are asked to write a composition entitled Spring Festival in My Eyes with no less than 160 words following the outline given below:
1) what people usually do during the Spring Festival
2) your opinion and feeling about the Spring Festival
Sample
Spring Festival in My Eyes
The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year. Through the evolvement of thousands of years, a series of traditional customs are spreading far and wide. “Sweeping the dus t” before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. Many people like to paste “Spring Couplets”and paper-cuts to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life. On the first day of lunar New Year, people give New Year’s greetings to each other. With the development of the new technology, it is common to send New Year’s greetings by such modern means of communication as telephones, emails and SMS. In recent years, it is popular for people to travel abroad and in China during the holiday. Many young people prefer to take up skiing, fencing, taekwondo and other sports to work up a sweat. Browsing for the latest releases in the bookstores is another popular way to spend free time over the holiday.
As for me, I find myself looking forward more and more to school after the Spring Festival. For one thing, the Spring Festival is always a big distraction, and for days before and after nobody can get any work done. Now I find myself enjoying it less and less. I stopped enjoying fireworks and firecrackers years ago. The firecrackers especially get on my nerves. I really think we should stop making them, as every year many children have their eyes hurt or even blinded. Even worse, sometimes fires are started and whole buildings get burned down. When it comes to food, people
spend days queuing and buying them, such as chicken, duck, fish, pork, beef, mutton—name what you will. The result is too much. Too rich food does nobody any good. It’s all right for a few really good friends to get together and chat over some tea or drinks. But mere acquaintances and the usually not too neighborly neighbors dropping in to say hello—well, I suppose these are well-intended gestures, but I find them a pain in the neck（讨厌的任务）. No wonder parents are looking very tired and find the whole thing a strain. Maybe only the little children are still immersed in their happiness which comes from gift money and no homework everyday. When changes in life happen, we all miss the old good days.
Task 2
In task 2, students will watch a video clip about Christmas and then do the exercises as required. Before watching, students are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the video.
Transcript
Do You Celebrate Christmas?
CNN’s Bill Schneider reports on a poll that looks at people who celebrate the Christmas holiday.
Americans are divided over many religious issues, but Christmas is not one of them. In a CNN poll conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation, 94% of Americans say they celebrate Christmas; nearly three quarters send Christmas cards and have a Christmas tree in their home. Oh, well, people do that for the kids? Nope, more than seventy percent of Americans who have no children at home put up a Christmas tree. Religious people, right? Nope. Even Americans who rarely go to church put up a Christmas tr ee. But what kind of tree? That’s where things are changing. Ten years ago, a third of Americans put up a real tree. Now that number is down to twenty two percent. Today most Americans use art ificial trees. Maybe because it’s cheaper than buying a new tree every year; maybe because it is safer; maybe because people are more environmentally conscious, or maybe it is just easier. Putting up Christmas lights is not easy. But nearly six in ten Americans do it including this woman in Los Angeles who happens to be Jewish.
“I don’t think Santa Claus and talking snowman and flying reindeer and candy-cane trees have any religious significance at all.”
She happens to live in an orthodox Jewish neighborhood. Are her neighbors offended? Some are, others are not.
“I am not an orthodox Jew, (Okay) and I think it’s unusual that Merry puts on, but you know, it is ok, d oesn’t faze me. I think it’s pretty.”
Christmas is less and less likely to divide churchgoers and non churchgoers, people with and without kids, even Christians and non-Christians. They can all agree on one thing: it is pretty.
Bill Schneider, CNN, Los Angeles.
(From https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,/index.php?showtopic=108922)
Key to Exercises
Exercise 1 Watching for Details
Students are asked to watch the video clip and choose the best answers to the questions.
1) C
2) A
3) B
4) D
5) A
Exercise 2 Watching for Specific Information
Students are asked to watch the video clip again and fill in the blanks with the missing information.
1) Americans are divided over many religious issues, but Christmas is not one of them.
2) Even Americans who rarely go to church put up a Christmas tree.
3) Christmas is less and less likely to divide churchgoers and non-churchgoers, people with and without kids, even Christians and non-Christians.
Part II Listening Activities
In this part, you will have 3 listening tasks to accomplish.
Task 1
In task 1, students will listen to a piece of BBC news about Mid-Autumn Festival and then do the exercises as required. Before listening, they are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the news.
Transcript
Mid-Autumn Festival
On 25th September this year, people all over China will be getting together to eat with their families, look at the moon and celebrate one of the biggest festivals in the Chinese lunar calendar. However, the celebrations stretch far beyond the borders of China. Here in the UK events are
taking place for Chinese people living here, and to teach the people of Britain more about this popular festival.
The Soho Theatre in London conducted a study which sh owed that Chinese Londoners don’t engage much with the arts world. As a result, Moon Walking in China has been created to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
This is no normal theatre production though, as it doesn’t take place in the theatre. Theatre professionals and volunteers from the local community will take audiences around the streets of Soho on a magical lantern-lit walk through the landmarks and backstreets of Chinatown.
They tell the story of three generations of Chinese Londoners who all cross paths one night in Chinatown. Rabbits, karaoke and a woman who lives on the moon all feature prominently.
It’s the Soho Theatre’s first site-specific production and looks to be a unique way of marking the famous Chinese festival.
And the celebrations don’t stop there! In early October the British Museum is actually opening late for a special free Mid-Autumn Festival event. There will be Chinese musical performances, a guess-the-mooncake-flavour game and you can learn how to perform a fan dance.
You can also try your hand at a variety of other traditional Chinese arts and crafts, as well as learning Mandarin and learning more about the history of China.
The Chinese population in the UK is quite large, so no doubt there will be events happening not only in the capital, but all around the country.
However you are celebrating, we hope you have fun. Happy mid-Autumn festival from everyone at BBC Learning English!
(From https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,/lesson/takeaway/45456.html) Key to Exercises
Exercise 1 Listening for Details
Students are asked to listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the missing information.
1) On this day, people all over China will be getting together to eat with their families, look at the moon and celebrate one of the biggest festivals in the Chinese lunar calendar. However, the celebrations stretch far beyond the borders of China.
2) “Moon Walking in China” has been created to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is no normal theatre production though, as it doesn’t take place in the theatre. Theatre professionals and volunteers from the local community will take audiences around the streets of Soho on a magical lantern-lit walk through the landmarks and backstreets of Chinatown.
3) In early October the British Museum is actually opening late for a special free Mid-Autumn Festival event. There will be Chinese musical performances, a guess-the-mooncake-flavour game and you can learn how to perform a fan dance.
Exercise 2 Making a Sound Judgment
Students are asked to listen to the news again and decide whether the following statements are
true (T) or false (F).
T 1) The Soho Theatre in London conducted a study which showed that Chinese Londoners engage much with the arts world.
F 2) Moon Walking in China tells the story of four generations of Chinese Londoners who all
cross paths one night in Chinatown.
F 3) Rabbits, tree and a woman who lives on the moon all feature prominently in this story
Moon Walking in China.
T 4) Moon Walking in China is the Soho Theatre’s first site-specific production.
T 5) You can also try your hand at a variety of other traditional Chinese arts and crafts, as well as learning Mandarin and learning more about the history of China.
Task 2
In task 2, students will listen to a piece of VOA news about Thanksgiving Day and then do the exercises as required. Before listening, they are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural note related to the news.
Transcript
Thanksgiving: Filled with Family Traditions and Food
VOICE ONE:
Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Barber Cline.
VOICE TWO:
And I’m Steve Ember. Our subject this week is what the writer O. Henry called the one day that is purely American—Thanksgiving.
(MUSIC)
VOICE ONE:
This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. This is the 143rd official observance of the holiday. But the tradition is much older. Thanksgiving is an autumn harvest festival like those found in many cultures.
Today the holiday is a time of family reunions, parades and watching football games on television. And, oh yes, food. For millions of Americans, Thanksgiving is a day spent cooking, eating and talking.
VOICE TWO:
Thanksgiving is what the social scientists call a civil holiday. It is not religious but it does have spiritual meaning. For some families, Thanksgiving may be the only time of year when everyone gets together. The government says the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for long-distance travel as people return from gatherings.
(MUSIC)
VOICE ONE:
Now we come to the part of the holiday that Thanksgiving memories are often made of -- the big Thanksgiving Day meal. Some families serve ham. Others serve a meatless dinner. But the traditional main dish is turkey. Most people cook the bird in an oven; some prepare the turkey other ways, like fried in oil.
Turkey on Thanksgiving is usually served with a bread mixture inside. Some Americans call it stuffing; others call it dressing. Popular side dishes on Thanksgiving include cranberries, sweet potatoes and green beans. Then for a rich, sweet dessert there is often pumpkin pie or pecan pie. Many Thanksgiving tables also are heavy with other dishes, often brought by guests. And if the guests eat all that is served, they too will feel heavy.
Some people like fruit soup, green salads and baked potatoes with their turkey. Others like baked squash, creamed onions, creamed spinach and corn pudding. Many people eat more at Thanksgiving than any other time of the year.
VOICE TWO:
For people who do not have much food or a home to go to at Thanksgiving, charity groups play an important part. To help the needy, religious and service organizations across the country serve special Thanksgiving meals.
(From https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,/yingyu/51/n-64351.html) Key to Exercises
Exercise 1 Listening for Specific Information
Students are asked to listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the missing information.
1) Today the holiday is a time of family reunions, parades and watching football games on
television.
2) Thanksgiving is what the social scientists call a civil holiday. It is not religious but it does have spiritual meaning. For some families, Thanksgiving may be the only time of year when everyone gets together. The government says the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for long-distance travel as people return from gatherings.
3) The traditional main dish is Turkey. Popular side dishes on Thanksgiving include cranberries, sweet potatoes and green beans. Then for a rich, sweet dessert there is often pumpkin pie or pecan pie.
Exercise 2 Talking Holidays
Students are asked to illustrate the origin of Thanksgiving Day.
Reference for the Illustration
Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated in colonial times in New England. When the Pilgrims landed their ships at Plymouth Rock in the year 1621, they needed the help of the neighboring Native Americans to learn how to plant crops and grow food. After they had completed their first
harvest, the Pilgrims had a feast with the Indians to celebrate their friendships. This was called “The First Thanksgiving”. It is still celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November, usually with a feast of turkey, stuffing, corn, potatoes and apple pie. It is a time for each person to think of what and who they are thankful for.
Additional Listening
In this section, students will listen to an English Education Report about summer travel to America and then do the exercises as required. Before listening, they are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural note related to the report.
Transcript
“Summer Work/Travel” Brings Many Students to US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
This week, we answer a question from a student in Odessa, Ukraine. Marushka wants to know about a program that lets foreign students work in the United States during their summer vacations.
The program is called Summer Work/Travel. The State Department administers it for full-time college or university students who speak English well.
Students come on a J—1 exchange visa. They can work for up to four months during their school break. They generally work in service jobs in stores, resorts, hotels, restaurants and amusement parks. But summer internships are also permitted.
“Summer”in this case means summer i n the student’s country. Those from south of the equator come to the United States during the northern winter.
Students cannot work as housekeepers in private homes or be involved in patient care. And they are supposed to be paid the same as Americans.
Congress created this popular program under a nineteen sixty-one law, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act. Last year, one hundred fifty thousand students came to the United States this way.
Students can do the Summer Work/Travel program more than once.
Sally Lawrence heads the State Department office responsible for the program. She says students should begin to gather information a year before they want to travel.
More than fifty organizations are approved to act as sponsors. Sally Lawrence advises students to avoid unapproved groups offering services, and to research a few different sponsors.
Sponsors must confirm the English language ability of students and make sure they are currently in school. But sponsors do not all charge the same price for their services.
Another difference: some sponsors arrange employment and housing for students before they leave home. Others permit students to find their own jobs after they arrive.
Sally Lawrence says the first thing to do is to find the list of sponsors on the Web page for J visa exchange programs.
The address is a little long, but here it is: https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,/education/jexchanges. Click on Designated Sponsor List, then choose Summer Work/Travel under Category Description. For more information about the program, go to the main page and click on Private Sector Programs.
To make it easier, we’ll post a link at https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,. And that’s the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I’m Steve Ember.
(From https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,/voanews/specialenglish/scripts/2008/07/10/0041/) Key to Exercises
Exercise 1 Listening for Details
Students are asked to listen to the report and choose the best answers to the questions.
1) A
2) D
3) C
4) B
5) A
Exercise 2 Listening for Deeper Understanding
Students are asked to listen to the report again and answer the following questions.
1) What is Summer Work/Travel Program about?
It is a program that lets foreign students work in the United States during their summer vacations. The State Department administers it for full-time college or university students who speak English well. Students come on a J—1 exchange visa. They can work for up to four months during their school break. They generally work in service jobs in stores, resorts, hotels, restaurants and amusement parks. But summer internships are also permitted.
2) How will students be paid if they work in America?
They are supposed to be paid the same as Americans.
3) What advice does Sally Lawrence give to students when they look for sponsors?
Sally Lawrence advises students to avoid unapproved groups offering services, and to research
a few different sponsors.
4) What are the responsibilities of sponsors?
Sponsors must confirm the English language ability of students and make sure they are currently in school.
5) What are the differences between sponsors according to the report?
Sponsors do not all charge the same price for their services. Another difference: some sponsors arrange employment and housing for students before they leave home. Others permit students to find their own jobs after they arrive.
Part III Oral Practice
In this part, students will have 3 tasks to accomplish.
Task 1 Picture Description
Students are asked to describe the given pictures.
Sample (omitted)
Reference for the Descriptions
1.Pure Brightness / Tomb Sweeping Day
Qing Ming (Pure Brightness) is a traditional festival highlighted by worship at ancestral graves. Usually it falls between April 4~6. At this time people also customarily make offerings to family ancestors, go outings and flying kites. Following tradition, people pay their respects to their ancestors by sweeping tombs. Today this festival is also a memorial day for revolutionary martyrs. People from government offices, schools and other social organizations visit public cemeteries and express their esteem by placing a bouquet of flowers, a bunch of budding willow branches or a wreath of cypress and pine on the tomb of a martyr.
2. Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, is a traditional Chinese festival dedicated to the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan for his devotion to his native state. Local people honor the memory of Qu Yuan on this day by holding dragon-boat races. It is said that the boat races were regarded as a symbol of the people’s attempt to rescue Qu Yuan. It is a tradition to eat zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, with different fillings added for interest. According to one popular story, such dumplings were thrown into the river as food for the fish and shrimp to keep them from eating QuYuan’s body.
3. Double Ninth Festival
The traditional Double Ninth festival is on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. The typical activity is to climb mountains. Autumn is the best season to climb mountains, as the weather is pleasant, the sky clear and the air crisp. People enjoy the fresh air and warm sunshine. As a pastime, mountain climbing is good for keeping fit. Chrysanthemums are in full bloom in autumn. Chrysanthemum shows are usually held in big cities across China and attract numerous visitors, because the chrysanthemum is regarded as the “gentleman” of flowers.Recently the Double Ninth Festival has been given another title, the Festival of Respect for the Aged.
4. Saint Valentine’s Day
Saint Valentine’s Day is a day to promote the idea of love. It is celebrated on February 14th. People send greeting cards, roses, chocolate or other gifts to loved ones and friends to show them that they care.
5.Easter Day
Easter Day occurs on the first Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox(春分). Its origin is related to religion. It is the day to commemorate（纪念）the
Resurrection of Jesus Christ. On Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy. Children hunt for the eggs all around the house.
Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts, and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize. The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit which becomes a symbol of fertility.
Christians consider eggs t o be “the seed of life” and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ
6. Halloween Day
Halloween day means “holy evening”. It comes every October 31. Now it is a holiday for children mainly. Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o’-lanterns, which mean “Jack of the lantern”. The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to
a new house, they say, “Trick or treat! Money or eat!” The grown-ups put treat-money or candy
in their bags. Most grown-ups can disguise themselves as ghosts. This brings them the satisfaction of being young.
Task 2 Role Play
Students are asked to perform a role-play with their partner. Choose two pictures from section 2 and make dialogues. Suppose one of them is an American, and the other is a Chinese. The Chinese introduces the traditional Chinese festivals to the American and vice versa.
Sample(omitted)
Task 3 Oral Presentation
There are 2 topics for students to discuss in groups. Students can focus on any one topic to make an oral presentation in front of class.
Reference for Oral Presentation
Topic 1 traditional Chinese festivals vs. foreign festivals
The first opinion: Today is Chinese Va lentine’s Day. But few people are to celebrate it in our university. And obviously foreign Valentine’s Day is more popular than our Chinese Valentine’s Day among the youth. Indeed, it is a pity for Chinese youth not to remember our native festivals but to celebrate the foreign ones. For some people, all things related to foreign seem to be advanced, noble and modern. As we all know, every year when Christmas Day, and Valentine’s Day are around the corner, numerous decorations and presents are filled in nearly every shop and mall. Young people make full preparations to welcome them. I can’t figure out why it is. We, youth, a new generation, should know that our tradition is long and unique, which deserves to be
cherished and preserved. It is our responsibility to protect our old traditions.
The second opinion: Foreign festivals in China today are celebrated for fun. They give people occasions to relax and celebrate, to show appreciation and gratefulness. The acceptance of foreign festivals generally depends on China’s opening to the outside world and people’s familiarity with the western culture, most importantly, on the rising of people’s financial status. So, the critics really do not have to worry about celebrating foreign festivals. Some people in China are celebrating foreign festivals for merely fun and curiosity.
Topic 2 significance of festivals
Yes, I agree that festivals are important events in a year. The importance of festivals lies in two aspects. For the country, it’s a time to remember our cultural origin and our distinguished history. The whole country celebrates our root and it’s very inspiring. We become so proud of our tradition. It is also a chance to preserve and promote our tradition—the priceless heritage of our ancestors. As to the individual, festivals give us a chance for relaxation as we often have a few days off. It’s a time for fun, meeting friends and entertainment. So after that we feel refreshed. In a sense, holidays restore our balance between work and leisure. Maybe that’s also why we need festivals.
Time for Fun
Enjoy a flash about the Spring Festival.
Unit 3 Outside View Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3
Listening in News Report Activity 1 Script Prince George is influencing education just by going to school. Since the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s announcement that the little prince will be attending a Montessori nursery school, more people have been interested in the Montessori method of education. The Maria Montessori Institute in London, which runs several schools and a Montessori teacher training centre, reports that there has been a 65 per cent increase in parents signing up for information about their schools compared to last year. Many are curious about the Montessori method, which focuses on the individual development of each child rather than tests and grades. Many people are also now interested in being a Montessori teacher. There is a specific training required for teachers at Montessori schools. There has been a 45 per cent increase in people looking to attend information sessions for teachers. The Maria Montessori Institute offers an open afternoon every so often when people can go and observe students, and those events have been fully booked since Prince George joined. 1. What is the news report mainly about? 2. What do we learn about Montessori schools from the news report?
Unit 6 Traveling and Sightseeing Thinking Ahead Students are asked to discuss the following questions in groups. The reference answers for the questions are offered below: 1. Do you like traveling? Where have you been before? Yes, I do. I have been to quite a lot of places, Mountain Tai, the Great Wall, Korea and Singapore, among which, Singapore impresses me the most for its combination of both a prosperous society and city of natural beauty. Believe me: you can never forget this country once you take a deep breath of fresh air there. 2. How to make a reservation in the hotel? Firstly, you should make it clear when you want to check in, how long you are supposed to stay there. Then, you should tell what kind of room and how many rooms you want. The last but not the least is that, you must leave your name and maybe your contact number, which will surely help you a lot afterwards. 3. What should you pay attention to when at table abroad? mind your manners at table; pay attention to your words and gestures; handle your knives and forks correctly; never talk with your mouth full; never make sounds when you’re eating or drinking something. Part I Video Time In this part, students will have 2 tasks to accomplish. Task 1 In task 1,students will watch a video clip from The Beach and then do the exercises as required. Before watching, they are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the video. Transcript First Visit to Bangkok My name is Richard.
听写填空 一单元、P5 Outrageous shopping bills are a familiar 1. suffer that nightmare 2. genders 3. unaffordable 4. sufferers 5. more than 1 in 20 adults 6. expensive electronics 7. such a high number of compulsive shoppers in the general population 8. make finding a cure a priority 二单元、P20 Tree-lighting Ceremony 1. Location: Rockefeller Centre, New York 2. Time: right before the Christmas Season 3. Height of the tree: nearly 9 storeys 4. Audience: people from all around the country 5. Number of the lights on the tree: 30000 6. Size of the star topper: nearly 10 feet in diameter of the star topper: crystal 8. Source of the tree: a home in Connecticut 二单元、P29 Post-vacation depression includes 1. sleeplessness 2. loss of appetite 3. irregular heartbeat 4. feelings of despair 5. tiredness 6. stomachache 7. trouble breathing 9. nervousness 10. Space the month-long vacation out 11. blow it all at once 12. returning on a Monday 13. such blues are temporary 14. don’t make important decisions 15. a new period in life 16. personal growth 三单元、P34 Reporter: In Vail, Arizona, a new school 1. in this case involves 2. impact 3单元、available 4. resources 5. What’s the point 6. medium 7. reasoning 8. normal 9. from their perspective 10. opposed to just the one angle 四单元、P51 Beijing opera is largely seen as a dying art 1. devoted 2. computer animator 3. discipline 5. explanation in English 6. much-loved legend 7. supernatural 8. challenge 9. that’s within the rules of the opera. 10. wins good reviews from both Western and
英语视听说实用表达 1.提出建议 Do you mind How about？ I suggest that： If i were you： It might be a good idea： Its a good idea 、it a useful Let me Let’s... Maybe we could ... Shall we... Why don’t ... You shouldn’t... You better/not ... 2.表达意见与看法 How/what ... 真。。。多么。。。 I agree。。。 I am sure /not sure 。。。 I bet 。。。 I guess 。。。 I have regretted。。。 I have no idea 。。。 I suppose ... I think ... I suspect ... I am afraid ... I am suppose to ... 我应该。。。 It seems to me that ... It’s a good thing that ... The thing i (don’t) like ... To tell you the truth ... What do you think of ... What i am trying to say is ... You look like/as ... 3.表达喜欢与否 Do you like 。。。 I am crazy about 。。。 I dislike /don’t like ... I enjoy ...
Part 1 Short dialogs and multiple choice questions (每小题： 分) Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. Questions 1 to 1 are based on the following passage. 1. A. Having a dinner party for mom's birthday. B. Having a dinner party for mom on Mother's Day. C. Reserving a seat at a concert for mom. D. Reserving a seat at a theater for mom. Questions 2 to 2 are based on the following passage. 2. A. They will probably go to his work place to give him a birthday present.B. They will probably go to his work place to have a party for him there. C. They will probably ask him to stop work early and go shopping with them. D. They will probably ask him to go home early for a surprise party. Questions 3 to 3 are based on the following passage. 3.
Unit 1 Outside View Activity 2 Activity 3 Script Eugene: The tradition that er, was most important to me was probably Summer Eights. I was a rower. And Summer Eights is a rowing competition, held in May in the summer term. And in this competition, each college is trying to improve its place which it won the previous year and gradually work its way up the river. Julie: When the students take exams, they must go to a special building and it’s called Examination Schools. And also they must wear a special uniform, so they wear a gown like mine, a black gown, and they wear a white shirt, and the men wear a white tie and black trousers. Um, the women wear a white shirt and a black skirt or black trousers. And they must wear this uniform, which has a Latin name –subfusc–and they must wear this uniform in order to take their examinations. Eugene: I think the Oxford traditions lend character to the place, and it’s such an old institution, it should have traditions, but they can be very inconvenient, for example, subfusc. This is the er, uniform that we are required according to the university rules to wear. Julie: They also wear flowers in their buttonholes, and those flowers are carnations. And they wear different colours, the students wear different coloured flowers for different examinations. So when you take your first exam you wear a white flower, and when you take your second exam you wear a pink flower, and when you take your final examination you wear a red carnation. Eugene: So we have to dress up in a full black suit, starched collar, white bow tie and carry a mortarboard. And to write an exam in the summer heat whilst wearing all that which you’re not allowed to take off, is um, uncomfortable. Julie: I really like the Oxford traditions, I think it’s part of our history, and part of um, being a student or a teacher here at Oxford University. News Report Activity 1 Script Oxford University has seen a rise in the number of applications from state school students thanks to Harry Potter. The university says that teenagers who have followed Harry’s adventures at Hogwarts are no longer discouraged by Oxford’s traditions because they remind them of scenes in
《研究生英语听说教程（基础级第二版）》Units 1-12练习答案 Unit One Part I Listening Practice Section A Listening for Gist Task 1 1. air hostess 2. teacher 3. dentist 4. shop assistant 5. tourist guide 6. salesman 7. Disc Jockey 8. traffic warden 9.waiter 10. taxi driver Task 2 1. airways, flight 2. homework 3. open up wide, fining chipped 4. larger size, fit, stock 5. building, designed 6. buys, products 7. record, radio 8. yellow line, no-parking 9. menu, chef 10. road, park Section B Plans for Weekend Task 3 1.Pat 2.Jill 3. Mary 4.Sam 5.Ted 6.Jane Section C Discussing Plans for the Weekend Task 4 1.B 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.B Section D Making Arrangements Task5 A.2 B.4 C.3 D.1 Task 6 1. bring: records meet: bus stop 2. bring: sandwiches, fishing rod and drinks meet: at the river 3. bring: white wine meet: at Pat’s house 4. bring: dessert-chocolate cake and drinks meet: in front of his house PartⅢListening Comprehension Test 1.D 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.C
新编大学英语（第三版）视听说第二册答案+原文 Unit One Love Part 1 Listening, Understanding and Speaking Listening I Exercise 1 1)gaze 2)sighs 3)touch 4)hugs 5)such 6)words 7)praises 8)understands 9)lends 10)holds Scripts: A Mother's Love You can see it in her eyes— in her gaze and in her sighs. It is a mother's love. You can feel it in her touch— in her tender hugs and such. It is a mother's love. You can hear it in her words— in her praises and bywords. It is a mother's love. She cares. She understands. She lends an ear and holds our hands. She gives us a mother's love. Listening II Exercise 1 1)B 2)B 3)A 4)D 5)C Exercise 2 a lot of garbage; came up all over the city; raw sewage and it smelled; became suburban sprawl with very little planning; the NRDC; Board of Trustees; New England; join the cause of protecting the environment Scripts: For more than four decades, John Adams has fought to defend the environment and empowered individuals in the U.S. and around the world to join the cause. Adams is cofounder of the National Resources Defense Council, the NRDC, the nation’s first law firm for the environment. “Defending the environment,” John Adams says, “is personal.” “When you care about something, like the environment, it does become a passion,”he says. “It becomes your life. I grew up on a small-town farm in the Catskill Mountains of New York. It was a wonderful place to grow up. I loved it.”
Unit One Part I Listening Practice Section A Listening for Gist Task 1 1.air hostess 2.teacher 3.dentist 4.shop assistant 5.tourist guide 6.salesman 7.Disc Jockey 8.traffic warden 9.waiter 10.taxi driver Task 2 1.airways, flight 2.homework 3.open up wide, filling, chipped https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,rger size, fit, stock 5.building, designed 6.buys, products 7.record, radio 8.yellow line, no-parking 9.menu, chef 10.road, park Section B Plans for Weekend Task 3 1.Pat 2.Jill 3.Mary 4.Sam 5.Ted 6.Jane Section C Discussing Plans for the Weekend Task 4 1.B 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.B Section D Making Arrangements
Task 5 A.2 B.4 C.3 D.1 Task 6 1.bring: records meet: bus stop 2.bring: sandwiches, fishing rod and drinks meet: at the river 3.bring: white wine meet: at Pat’s house 4.bring: dessert-chocolate cake and drinks meet: in front of his house Part III Listening Comprehension Test 1-10: DCABD/CBACC Unit Two Part I Listening Practice Section A Guessing about the Situation and Speaker Task 1 1.Football Match https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,w Court 3.Church 4.Quiz Show 5.Airport 6.Weather Forecast 7.Car Showroom 8.Driving Lesson 9.School 10.Tour (of London) Task 2 1.Football Commentator 2.Judge/Magistrate 3.Vicar/Priest/Minister 4.T.V. Presenter 5.Announcer 6.Forecaster 7.Car Salesman 8.Driving Instructor 9.Head Master/Principal 10.Tour Guide
Unit 3 Watch out when nature strikes back. Done with this task. Your current score: 100% Unit 3 test Next Part I Script Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. . B. . C. . D. . 2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The crops were all failed in this area because of the drought. B. The area was hit by the worst drought in the last 30 years. C. The government should improve the development of the infrastructure D. The irrigation system in this area played an important role in coping
Unit 1 Part two 2. Scanning for background information Exercise 1. upset, informal, student, school, young 2. restaurant, polite, middle-aged or old 3. bookstore, middle-aged, worried 4. library, young, middle-aged, mid or low level of education, excited , middle-aged or old, impatient, high, annoyed 5. student health center, young, student, worried, not rich, middle-aged, professional, receptionist 3. Scanning for the main idea Exercise Main idea: a basketball game Key words: $50 in the pool; ticket; front row center; three-pointer; third quarter; best game; Shaq stole the ball, strong as football players; as graceful as ballet dancers; seven feet tall 4.Scanning for the important points Exercise 1 a 2 b 3 b 5. Inferencing Exercise
新视野大学英语 视听说教程1答案 Unit1 II. Listening Skills Listening for Names 1.David 2.Leigh 3.Vicky Klein https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,ura Tish Hill 5. Anthony McDonald III. Listening In 1.B 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.A Task 1: Enrolling Task 2: Living on Campus 1. She thinks it’s easy to make friends. 2. It’s convenient to use the library, the labs, the sports center and many other facilities. 3. It’s near the shopping center. 4. They would have to get up so early to get to classes on time. And then it would take a lot of time to get home. 5. It seems all the same every day. Task 3: Learning to speak English 1.formal 2.formally 3.casual https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,mon 5.native 6.relaxed 7.friendly Task 4: An Announcement 1.attention 2.closing 3.five 4.checkouts 5.leave V. Let’s Talk Speaker Major Future Job Plan Tuition Source Michael Travel and tourism To work for a travel agency Working his way through school Jane Computer science To work in the IT industry A four-year scholarship VI. Further Listening and Speaking Listening Task 1: University Life 1. new and different 2. on his own 3. a bit confused
Unit 1 Conversation 1 3.The true statements are: 2 and 8. Conversation 2 5. 1 Joe’s past career _Joe was a gofer before he became a researcher for Lift Off UK.
2 Andy’s futur e ambitions Andy wants Joe’s job as a producer. 6. 1 (d) 2 (d) 3 (a) 4 (c) 7. (1) It’s not always very easy working with (2) _How did he end up in London (3)the least experienced person (4)He’s good at his job (5)He’s confident and very competen t (6)I get on with him quite well Outside view 2.The statements Samantha agrees with are: 1, 2, 3 and 4. 4. 1)She needs to improve her interview techniques to help her to get a job. 2) She doesn’t know how to answer the questions and give answers that might lead her failure in a job interview. 3) She doesn’t understand what the interviewer is actually looking for. 4) That you need to be well prepared for an interview. It boils down to preparation, presentation and understanding what the interviewer is looking for. 5. 1) professional job coach 2)research on the position and the company 3)having not practised with some of the questions 4)how you present yourself 5)what the interviewer is actually looking for
新世纪大学英语视听说教程2的optional listening 原文及答案免费下载 Unit One, Book 2 2-1-3------- 2-1-4 ------ Listening 1 Boy: Hey, Grandma, what’s in this box? Grandma: 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 year book. 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… Listening 2 At 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! Listening 3 Making memories A popular new hobby is scrapbooking---making beautiful books to hold special memories. Scrapbook pages can include
新视野大学英语视听说第三版第册答案
新视野视听说第三版第4册答案 Unit 1 Sharing Task 3 b c f d c a Task 4 2 4 Task 5 1. (1)anti-social 2. (1)appreciate 3. (1)tolerant 4. impress (2)aware of (2)attidude (2)come to an end (3)walk away Listening Task 2 activity 2 Lark: Speaker 1 Owl:Speaker 2 Speaker 6 Speaker 3Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Speaker7 Task 2 activity 3 1.peaceful 2.beautiful 3.lovely part 4.party 5.with a passion https://www.doczj.com/doc/ed4100425.html,st second
7.walking their dogs 8.with a bounce 9.away 10. the best part of the day 11. thinking straight 12. at my sharpest 13. we had children 14. in the mornings 15. in the evenings Viewing Task 2 activity 2 2 4 Role-playing Task 1 activity 2 g a f h b d c e More practice in listening short conversations 1 D A B C C long conversations C B D A Passages:Passage 1 A C D C Passages:Passage 2 1.distressing 2.desperate 3.urge 4.acquire