(1) The speaker went to London not to buy ___________. a. Christmas presents b. books c. Christmas cards
(2) The speaker wanted to catch the early afternoon train not because _____. a. it was the only train back
b. he didn't like the noise of London
c. he had made some arrangements for that evening
(3) The train he wanted to catch was the train _________. a. 3:13 b. 3:30 c. 3:33 (4) While waiting for the train, he didn't buy __________. a. a newspaper b. a bar of chocolate c. a packet of chocolate biscuits
(5) The packet contained ________ biscuits. a. two b. three c. four
(6) The packet of biscuits they ate actually belonged to ___________. a. the man b. the speaker c. somebody else 2. Fill in the blanks to complete the following information.
The speaker was a _________at _________. Last _________he went to Waterloo station by _________to catch the _________train to leave _________. But unfortunately he missed because the _______ got
__________________; he had to wait _________for the next one. So he bought __________________ and went into the ____________. Then he ordered _________and a pack of biscuit and sat at a table near __________________.
3. True or False Questions.
(1) The man sat opposite to the speaker because they were friends.
(2) The man looked like a typical businessman and there was nothing special about him.
(3) When the man took a biscuit from the packet near the speaker, the speaker was shocked because he thought it was his packet.
(4) Though the speaker was shocked, he didn't say anything but pretended to be interested in his puzzle. (5) When the speaker took his first biscuit from the packet, he found the man looking at him furiously. (6) The speaker's biscuits were actually under his news paper. Task 3 Consolidation: A Very Beautiful Story
New words: police force 警力 peculiar奇异的 tamper 损害 brick砖 ribbon缎带 perfume香水 1. Fill in the blanks according to the first part of the policemen's discussion.
The two policemen are talking about a _______from Gentleman Jim, which was sent to them _________. It was for Jim's _________. The police suspected there was a _________hidden in it, exactly in Jim's _________. The _________ had been examined by __________________in _________, even by _________ different experts, but _________had been found yet. Jim only talked about ___________________________. 2. True or False Questions (based on Gentleman Jim's recording) .
(1) Gentleman Jim wants his wife to play the tape over and over again because he sincerely hopes his wife can enjoy all the beautiful things of the past.
(2) Jim and his wife first met on a sunny day.
(3) Jim has two sons and a daughter who are now all in prison.
(4) As a small boy, Jim's son used to play with teddy bear and bricks on the bed. (5) Jim wanted to marry his wife after their first dance.
(6) Jim didn't buy the house next to his wife's mother because it was too small.
(7) Jim's friend Ginger had a very beautiful cat with a black ribbon tied around its neck. (8) Jim sounds a very romantic person, but in fact he doesn't feel about things like that.
3. Listen to the second part of the policemen's discussion and complete the information about the things they feel unusual about Gentleman Jim's recording.
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(1) Jim keeps telling his wife to _______________________________. (2) Jim tells his wife that she'll find __________________.
(3) Jim keeps saying \
Unit 7
Task 1 Study Skills: Note-taking 1
As students you may often attend lectures delivered in English. You will want to write down as many of the
details as possible as you listen so that you can remember them later. However, taking notes on a lecture can be difficult. How can you write everything down quickly, especially when the words are long? You may still be
writing one sentence while the lecturer is five sentences further along. By the time you have finished writing and can listen again you are lost! You no longer understand what the lecturer is talking about. Or, like many students, you may decide that it is more important just to listen, and so you stop taking notes. But then at the end of the lecture you have already forgotten many important details. This textbook will introduce some techniques which you can begin to use now to make sure that your listening and note-taking keep pace with the speaker's ideas. Rephrasing Sentences for Note-Taking
Taking good notes requires you to be able to do two things very quickly: First, you must recognize main topics; second, you must be able to write down as many details and supporting examples as you can hear and understand. In other words, your hand must work as quickly as your ear.
Most students do not have special training in transcribing or copying speech. You don't need a course in secretarial skills or shorthand in order to do a good job taking notes. But you do need to practise a few simple techniques to help you to be thorough in your note-taking. You should use abbreviations. We will study that technique later. You should also learn how to write only the most important words from each sentence, and ignore the rest.
When you send a telegram to somebody, you must pay by the word; and for many people, money is limited. That is why we send very short telegrams which include only the most important words. For example, compare these two messages:
1. \ 2. \
Which message would be more expensive?
When you take notes, you have a similar problem. In this case it is not money, but time, that is limited.
Therefore, it is a good idea to practise listening for only the most important sentences in a section of speech, and only the most important words in those sentences.
Write the words you think are most important in the space given. 1. _____________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________ 7. _____________________________________________ 8. _____________________________________________ 9. _____________________________________________ 10. _____________________________________________ Task 2: Learning a Foreign Language
New words: dishearten使人沮丧 accurate精确的 1. Choose the best answer
(1) Professor Ernest Watson was answering questions on __________ on the subject of learning a foreign
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language. a. the phone b. the radio c. TV. (2) Mr. Humphries wanted to know ___________. a. how to study Spanish grammar
b. how to enlarge his Spanish vocabulary
c. how to improve his speaking and listening in Spanish
(3) Professor Watson compared learning a language to ____________. a. learning to drive b. driving a car c. watching TV. (4) Professor Watson's advice was to ___________. a. practice more in using the language
b. go to live in the country where the language is spoken c. watch more TV programmes 2. True or False Questions.
(1) Mr. Humphries often went to Spain on holiday to practice his Spanish.
(2) When Mr. Humphries went to Spain this summer, he got disheartened because he still couldn't understand the Spanish people.
(3) According to Professor Watson, Mr. Humphries could improve his oral Spanish by practicing with another student.
(4) According to Professor Watson, Mr. Humphries could improve his listening in Spanish by speaking to Spanish speakers in London. 3. Fill in the blanks below.
The listener's name is Albert Humphries. He lives in Balham, in ___________. He has been studying Spanish for _____years by going to __________________ and watching a lot of ______________
_____________ . The professor suggests that he should have a lot of practice in _______________, but he thinks the other students may __________________________as he does when they have an oral practice together. The professor takes ______________ as an example, telling him learning to speak means being able to put together _____________________ and to say them _________________. It is a ________________ business.
Task 3: In the Library
New words: district区 bank book银行存折 issue 发行 stamp v. 压印 periodical 期刊 deposit押金 entitle使...有资格 catalogue目录 renew续借fortune大笔钱 paperbacks平装本 nuisance讨厌的人 1. Choose the best answer
(1) One needs to __________ to join this library. a. write down one's name and address
b. show some kind of identification with one's name and address on it c. give one's address
(2) The woman wants to borrow some books because __________. a. she wants to read them and relax
b. she wants to take them away on holiday this weekend c. she enjoys reading and can't live without books
(3) The woman is finally able to join the library by showing _________. a. her driving licence b. her bank book c. her passport (4) The woman can take out _________ books out at a time. a. four b. two c. six
(5) The woman can also borrow ___ records by paying ___ pounds as a deposit. a. five; 2 b. four; 2 c. two; 5 (6) The woman can keep the books for __________ weeks. a. three b. four c. six
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2. True or False Questions.
(1) The woman wants to join the library now because she has just moved to the district. (2) The library can never issue tickets without some sort of identification. (3) The woman has just got her passport. That's why she has it on her.
(4) The librarian suggests that the woman go and choose her books while her tickets are being prepared. (5) Apart from books, the woman can also take away magazines, periodicals or newspapers. (6) The woman probably wants to borrow some books on history and biography this time. (7) Finally the woman borrows only one book.
3. Fill in the blanks according to what you have read.
(1) You have to pay a deposit of _______pounds in case ________________. But that _________to take out _______records at _______. We also have __________________on cassette if you prefer it. Cassettes seem to be much more _________than records lately.
(2) If there's any _________book you want you can ______________in the catalogue, which you'll find just ____________.
(3) After that you must ___________________________if you wish to keep them longer. Otherwise we charge _________fine for _________.
(4) But I'm going to Tahiti. It would cost _________.
(5) Oh, never mind. I'll leave it until we _________. It's not worth ____________ . I'll get _______________in the _________. Well, thank you. I'm sorry I've been __________________. Task 4: United World Colleges
New words: put sb through to给…接通电话 scholarship奖学金 academic学术的 maturity成熟 get on well with sb 和…相处好 application申请表 1. Choose the best answer
(1) The dialogue takes place __________. a. on the phone b. in the shop c. at school (2) __________ wants to apply to one of the colleges. a. Julian b. Julian's sister c. Julian's friend (3) The main language for normal lessons is ___________. a. French b. English c. Italian (4) Actually, personal qualities refers to ___________. a. the ability to get high marks
b. the ability to take part in special activities, such as painting and dancing c. maturity, the ability to get on well with people from different countries. 2. Fill in the blanks.
(1) Hold _________. I'll _______________the International Secretary.
(2) There are ______________for all colleges, but we do ask parents to help by ___________________________.
(3) Julian: Her last question is about her other _________. Can she do _________and __________________, for example?
Creighton: Yes, _________. It depends on ________________ ________she enters. Each college has its own __________________, such as __________ ________or __________________, in which students can _________________. Task 5: I Remember ...
New words: darn该死的 gauge量表 stiff僵硬的 petrify使发呆 demonstration示威 scary胆小的 skip out遗漏 picnic野餐
1. Choose the best answer
(1). What's the possible relationship between the speakers? a. Friends. b. Former classmates and friends.
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c. Colleagues.
(2) When were they in college? a. 20 years ago. b. 25 years ago. c. 30 years ago. (3) What does Martin remember most about the college days? a. Curtis's hair down to his waist. b. How Grace looked. c. The air-conditioned blue jeans. (4) What is Grace's best memory?
a. The time they were driving home from college for a spring break b. The peace demonstration.c. The graduation day.
(5) Who of the three went to the graduation ceremony? a. Martin. b. Curtis. c. None of them. (6) How did Grace spend her graduation day? a. She went for a picnic with Martin and Curtis. b. She attended the graduation ceremony. c. She drank wine in a bar. 2. True or False Questions.
(1) The time they were in college were probably the sixties. (2) In college Grace used to paint a flower on her face.
(3) They called Martin's blue jeans air-conditioned because they had a lot of holes. (4) Martin no longer has his air-conditioned blue jeans.
(5) When they were driving home for a spring break once, they got arrested for stealing gas.
(6) They got arrested when they took part in a peace demonstration. But they were not frightened because five hundred other students got arrested with them.
(7) Grace has never regretted for not having attended the graduation ceremony.
(8) The three of them spent the last day of college together by the stream, drinking wine, playing guitar and singing.
Unit 8
Task 1: Study skills: Learning to Rephrase
Write the words you think are most important in the space given. 1. _____________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________ 7. _____________________________________________ 8. _____________________________________________ 9. _____________________________________________ 10. _____________________________________________ Task 2: Twins
New words: identical完全相同的 take one’s point 理解某人的话 blonde色白的 tell … apart 区分 well-fed肥胖的 wash up洗餐具 knit编织 inclination倾向 genetic遗传的 1. Choose the best answer
(1) Where does the conversation most probably take place? a. On the radio. b. On the phone. c. In the laboratory. (2) When does the conversation take place? a. In the morning. b. In the afternoon. c. In the evening.
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