(3) The money they robbed from the bank _________. a. was brought to Boss in safety b. was gone on their way to the Boss's c. was still in the bank
2. Finish the following sentences about what happened to the two villains at the following locations. (1) South Street: They _______________ outside the bank. (2) High Street crossroads: The _________ were them.
(3) The garage opposite the school: They asked the _____________________
(4) Outside the Police Station: The catch of the money bag _________ and they had to __________________ all the notes.
(5) Ox Lane: They _________ cars.
(6) Church Lane: Roads were _________
(7) London Road roundabout: The road was completely _________ owing to a _________. (8) The Boss's: The two arrived __________________. (empty-handed/full-handed) Task 3: Shop-lifter
New words: impertinence无礼 take oneself off离开 make a fuss 小题大作 sarcastic讽刺的 lipstick唇膏 lighter 打火机 outrageous蛮横的 1 Choose the best answer
(1) This conversation takes place _________. a. between a shop assistant and a customer b. between a shop assistant and a shop-lifter c. between a policeman and a shop-lifter
(2) This conversation takes place __________. a. in a department store b. at a cosmetic shop c. in the street (3) The man stops the woman in order to ___________. a. have a look in the woman's bag b. start a conversation with her c. rob her purse (4) The man has been very __________ while the woman _______. a. arrogant and rude; polite and cooperative b. polite and insistent; arrogant and dishonest c. polite and insistent; friendly and honest
2. Complete the information about the use of the following articles according to what the woman says. (1) Six lipsticks: She likes to ____________________.
(2) Five powder-compacts: She __________ a lot, so she has to use a lot of _________. (3) Ten men's watches: She gets very ________ if she doesn't know _________ .
(4) Fifteen cigarette lighters: She is a __________ ; she uses lighters for _________________ and for _______________________. And she is a _____.
3. Complete the following sentences with what you hear.
(1) Would you mind __________ me ____________________ your bag? (2) I advise you to ____________________.
(3) So may I look in your bag, Madam? We don't want to __________. (4) I must ____________________ what you have in your bag.
(5) No _________________________, madam. I thought I'd ________________. (6) I'll apologize for ____________________.
(7) One has to ______________________________ these days; one's house might ____________________________________... Task 4 Dictation
Unit 13
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Task 1: Study Skills: Note-taking 2 Recognizing the Main Idea
Unless, for some reason, you wish to record every word that the lecturer says, you will have to select what to write down. You will naturally want to select the main points, and perhaps some subordinate or subsidiary points which relate to the main points. How does one recognize the main points?
Usually, the speaker will make it clear which ideas he wishes to emphasize by the way in which he presents them. In other words, the main ideas are cued. They are often cued by such semantic markers as: I would like to emphasize ...
The general point you must remember is ... It is important to note that ... I repeat that ...
The next point is crucial to my argument ... Let's move on to another matter ... My next point is ...
Another problem to be discussed is ... A related area would be ...
Very often speakers list their main points.
Other ways in which lecturers may cue their main points while speaking are by emphasis or repetition; or perhaps by visual display (e.g. by putting headings on a blackboard, overhead projector etc).
Sometimes you will find that facial expression and gestures of the lecturer point up his meaning (of course, you will not see these if you are crouched over your notes, scribbling away furiously!).
Often examples and points of lesser importance are also cued. The speaker may use such phrases as: Let me give you some examples ... For instance ... I might add ...
To illustrate this point ...
Examples and points of lesser importance should be related briefly to the main headings.
Sometimes speakers will digress, i.e. mention things which have very little to do with their main topic, or relate to it only in a rather roundabout way. Speakers will sometimes digress deliberately in order to give more spice or variety to their lectures, or because the digression is interesting, amusing or topical. There is, of course, no need to note down digressions.
Digression markers are expressions like: By the way ...
I might note in passing ...
Listen to these paragraphs. Then decide what topic heading you would use to describe the main idea of each.
1．______________________________________________________ 2．______________________________________________________ 3．______________________________________________________ 4．______________________________________________________ 5．______________________________________________________ 6．______________________________________________________ Task 2 Guessing What People Are Talking About 1. True or False Questions.
(1) Lesley and Fiona are talking about a holiday they had last week. (2) Neither of them likes the city they went to.
(3) It was easy for them to understand people no matter how quickly they spoke. (4) Only one of them walked along the river.
(5) Neither of them thinks they should go there again next year.
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(6) They enjoyed themselves very much drinking and eating.
2. Complete the list of the things that Lesley and Fiona liked about the city. a. ________ and good ________ b. the ________ c. walking along________ and ________________ d. the ________ there
3. Complete the following sentences with what you hear (1) It ________me ______last week.
(2) Really, it's ________________________, a certain __________... (3) It's very unusual, right ________________the city. (4) But there's a __________________________.
(5) They do have artists ________________, don't they? Task 3: Nice to See You!
New words: do up精心打扮 rumble抱怨 orchestra管弦乐队 butt in介入 bassoon低音管 1. Choose the best answer.
(1) The conversation takes place ___________. a. at John's home b. in the village hall c. at Peter's home (2) Most of the people in the conversation ____________. a. meet for the first time
b. have known each other for a long time c. are members of an orchestra
2.. Match the professions, identity or location in Column I with the people in Column II. Column I Column II (1) architect a. Peter (2) estate agent b. Ann Patterson (3) London c. John Middleton (4) host d. Eileen Hawkes (5) local schoolteacher e. Paul Madison (6) amateur f. Joanna (7) Eileen's daughter
(8) Royal Academy of music (9) Doctor
3. Complete the following sentences with what you hear.
(1) I expect ___________________________ at this time of year? (2) They are ________________of ________________now.
(3) Well, if I can________________ anything ... I'm_____________ __________ in my spare time. (4) I can't ________________, well, not in the___________________. (5) I hope you don't _____________________.
(6) I'm over here ________________ to study the ________ at the Royal Academy of Music for a couple of years.
Task 4: What Do You Like About Your Job?
New words: stump绊倒 blare 奏鸣 stick around逗留 beat拍子 slim down 消瘦 gratifying悦人的 thrill兴奋
1. Choose the best answer
(1) The first speaker probably works in ____________. a. a night club b. an evening school c. an office (2) According to the tape, the second speaker ___________. a. is a pop music singer b. produces radio programmes c. is a coach for some body-building courses
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(3) The third speaker earns a lot of money by ___________. a. drawing oil paintings b. art designing c. selling magazines, books, etc
(4) The fourth speaker is engaged in ____________. a. the management of a company b. a lot of funny experiences c. bookkeeping 2. True or False Questions.
(1) The first speaker does not enjoy working late at night. (2) The place where the first speaker works is very quiet.
(3) The second speaker chooses the music that is new and exciting for the people in her class.
(4) During her classes, the second speaker doesn't have to yell because she turns the background music low. (5) The third speaker sometimes is so much obsessed by his work that he forgets about time. (6) The greatest pleasure work has brought to the third speaker is money.
(7) The fourth speaker's job does not become routine at all. It's more and more interesting.
(8) The fourth speaker certainly takes pleasure in the work, especially when they're making money. 3. Complete the following sentences with what you hear. (1) I'm a ________________.
(2) Some of my regulars are always ________________for ways that they can ________ (3) I like the place and ________________ for a while.
(4) For my last class I always use Beatles —it's a ______________ _____. (5) It's hard to ______________________ interesting routines.
(6) ________________ a session you can really see ______________ ________ and sort of_____________________.
(7) You're always working ________________________.
(8) At first it was fun, because there was so much to learn, and ___________________________. Task 5: What Do You Think of Yourself?
New words: conscientious尽责的 coherent一致的 irrelevant不相关 thug恶棍 bloke家伙 vicious刻毒的 chap家伙 polemic争论的 1. Choose the best answer
(1) This interview is shown on a TV programme called __________. a. Up with People b. People Overheard c. Life of People (2) The woman interviewed ____________. a. always has her things in order
b. looks different in the mirror and shop windows c. is unable to keep her flat tidy
(3) The second interviewee Chris Bonner thinks that ___________. a. the whole country is in a terrible mess b. his flat is in a mess c. he is pretty tidy
(4) The third interviewee Tommy Finch thinks ____________. a. little of himself b. much of the civil rights c. much of himself
(5) Charles Dimmock, the fourth interviewee, ____________. a. is an army officer b. used to be an army officer c. is going to be retired
(6) Arthur Fuller's personality has made him _____________. a. shy but independent b. shy and dependent c. good at making friends
2. Provide as much information as possible about the following people with the help of what you hear on the tape.
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(1) Jane Smith: a. as a ________ b. ________ her job. c. different in her________________
d. not ________ in her behaviour e. her office________ (2) Chris Bonner:
a. concerned about the ________________________ b. the only one hope—the ________________. c. eager to bring _______________ to his country (3) Tommy Finch:
a. an________ bloke b. a bit ________ when upset
c. not________________ d. not interested in ________________ (4) Charles Dimmock:
a. used to be an________________
b. keeping himself________ and________ all his life. c. trying to help those________________________ d. a bit fanati about ________________________
e. not too________ f. fond of his ________________ (5) Arthur Fuller:
a. ________ and ________ during childhood b. unable to________________ till the age of 15. c. good at ________________
d. self-reliant and ________ e. fond of ________ Task 6: Dictation
Unit 14
Task 1: Study Skills: Note-taking 2 Recognizing the Main Idea
Listen to these paragraphs. Then decide what topic heading you would use to describe the main idea of each.
1．________________________________________________ 2．________________________________________________ 3．________________________________________________ 4．________________________________________________ 5．________________________________________________ 6．________________________________________________ Task 2 News Summary
New words: general election大选 avalanche雪崩 ram撞 lorry卡车 fortnight两星期 1. Choose the best answer.
(1) The Prime Minister announced yesterday that __________ here would be in the near future. a. a quick election b. no general election c. a by-election (2) The earthquake in central Italy killed __________ people. a. hundreds of b. three c. five
(3) A quarter of a million pounds was stolen from a security van _______ London. a. in central b. in south c. southwest to (4) The thieves escaped with the money in ___________. a. a car parked nearby b. a lorry nearby c. a van passing by
(5) The DC10 airliner was flying _________ just before it crashed in the Antarctic. a. abnormally b. downward c. normally
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