英语听力教程listenthisway(第二版)2答案
Unit 1 Under the Same Roof
PartⅠB. two
one
four
three
C. ’s a cook
are six people in my family
turned twenty in August
live in Tokyo
have two brothers and one sister
name is David
works in a hospital
1994
,two daughters and one son
met at my best friend’s birthday party
PartⅡA. parents
children
but equal
’s
know that you have to work at it to create love
people learn to work at their relationships to make their
relationship work
B. lauthoritarian model:children have no rights
permissive era:children are the bosses;they are allowed
to do whatever they want to;parents run around behind
them
third position:parents and children are different but
equal
women’s movement:women demand a freer choice
about who they are and how they can be
appreciation for men: (1) being bread-winner and
providers for families (2) being more involved with their
children
arranged marriage:you have to work at it to create the
love
marriage out of love:you don’t know how to work at i t
when it gets tricky,and you are more easily to opt out PartⅢA.
,drinking
the railway
a lot of games
out,18
B. 1.(F) 2.(F) 3.(T) 4.(F) 5.(F) 6.(T)
PartⅣA. ,knows
,provider,enemy
,richest
,educate
,ignorant,stand,around,twenty-one,astonished,learned
,hardships,hardships,through,started
,right,wrong
,woman,woman,back
,strong,protection
B. Dad,Daddy,meal,greeting card
see,24%,1960,8%
married,poor,leave school,crime
large,ended,50%,1960,6%
70%,8%,15%,different
1960s,involved,love,unemotional,leaders,punished,
Most,cleaning
1960s,1970s,interested,wives,housework,earns
Several,health,fatherhood
PartⅤ
Unit 2 Smacking or Reasoning
PartⅠB. trouble,obeyed,play with,wine
wise,dear,late,often
results,stopped,wanted,allowed PartⅡA. 1.2
Medical Adviser
ten minutes
,safe
out again
down,chat
B.
PartⅢA.
B. Speaker 1 : Approval of Punishment to Some Degree
discipline,too much
Speaker 2 : Disapproval of Punishment
Talk,explain,wrong
Speaker 3 : Disapproval of Punishment
Talk with
Speaker 4 : Disapproval of Punishment
strict
Speaker 5 : Approval of Punishment to Some Degree
smack,hand,arm
Speaker 6 : Approval of Punishment to Some Degree
shout,reason,send,up to,let,spank PartⅣadopted,born,accept,cruel,particular,parents,
directly,great,biological,same,due to,early,hear,sad,
told,person,shock,left,teenagers,trust,deceived, suggests,felt,thought,closely,suitable
PartⅤA. TV plays
least 45 minutes
piano lessons and reading a book
B. 1.(T) 2.(F) 3.(F) 4.(F)
Unit 3 A Sweet,Sweet Home
PartⅠB.可对照原文找答案
PartⅡA. : pot-plants
Type of the Dream House : a canal boat
of the Dream House : a detached modern house
: Cornwall,unspoilt
Type of the Dream House : a cottage in a small village
by the sea
of the Dream House : a white-walled villa in Spain
of the Dream House : a big old family house in the
country
: daft,isolated,high tide
Type of the Dream House : an enormous castle on an
isolated
island
B. red
a little roof-garden
pillars
and treets
into the sea
heat
dry-stone wall
a boat
PartⅢA. Things That Will Be Taken Away : fridge,washing machine
Tings That Will Be Left Bahind : gas cooker/stove,
gas fire,plumbing,
electric shower,
oven
B. The smallest bedroom : a bed
The medium sized bedroom : a fitted cupboard
some shelves
The largest bedroom : a wash basin
a double fitted cupboard
a double bed
The bathroom : an airing cupboard
an electric shower
1.(F)
2.(F)
3.(T)
4.(F)
5.(T) PartⅣ45%,married parents,18,traditional,25%
population,live,changes,occupy,one parent,
not married,related,family members,same sex
decreased,in a hurry,financial security,later,
having children
longer,left home
living alone,27 000 000,26%,choose,failed,65,died
100 000 000,households,25%,7 000 000,high rate,
unmarried,one third
2 000 000,increase
effects,government,added,social service,two-parent PartⅤ 1.(F) 2.(T) 3.(F) 4.(F) 5.(T) 6.(F) 7.(T)
Unit 4 Going to School [Ⅰ]
PartⅠB. 1.(T) 2.(F) 3.(T) 4.(F) 5.(T) 6.(T) 7.(F) 8.(F) 9.(F)
C. ,c,f ,c,e,f,g,h,i,l
PartⅡA. French teacher
five years
years
and German
and vocabulary
and cassettes
class
France
B. Nationality:English
Appearance: hair: black
eyes: dark
eyebrows: very thick and bushy
other features: glasses with black frames Lesisure activity: music: playing piano
singing
sport: rugby
tennis
Family: three children and an interesting wife
C. serious,friendly,learned a lot,strict,work very hard, interesting,France and the French,languages,university, foreign language,opening a door,a window,
foreign country,do things,think,only way,best way
PartⅢA. Advantages : unexpected,entertaining/funny
Disadvantage : terribly hard,physically,emotionally
B. Ⅰ.human,open,to know more about them
open,relaxed,formal
progress,assessment
Ⅱ.try to win and earn the respect of children
a relaxed relationship and relaxed classroom
purposeful quality work
C. unexpected
trust,person
the big world,relationships,values
properly,appropriate
magic,exciting
cares
relaxed,friendly,supportive
individuals
allows,individual
voice,feedback,valuable,planning,developing
respect,relaxed
PartⅣcolleges,universities,brains,information,libraries,solve,
problems,reports,letters
1 000 million,900 million,require,own,give
e-mail,communicate,friends,family,research,learn,grades,
sign,classes,come
communications,organization,English,history,5 000,1985,
information,day,night,requirement,professor,students,
much,more,two,three,four,admits,limits
computer-based,older,job,family,40%,non-traditional PartⅤJack : at his aunt’s house at the seaside.
to take his toys—took teddy.
’t have a very good time,but made a lot of
friends and found a wife.
Robson—kind,marvelous storyteller.
—pulled his ear.
of water fell on .
Shirly : District:honey and porridge for breakfast.
frightened and shy.
school—a bit of a goody-goody.
Brown—made history come to life.
—impatient math teacher.
cried.
Unit 5 Going to School [Ⅱ]
PartⅠB. Problems : ,dictionary
point,article,paragraph
,serious
Adivices : ,first
through,what it’s about,take notes
much as
limit,as much as,time
C. Pros : ,text books,educational equipment
programs,inerest,math,understand
,secondary,colleges
Cons : ,books,sports,educational visits
Invader
time,electronic games
PartⅡA. Good qualities :
at drawing
in English
oral skills
in sport
Shortcomings : concentrating in class
too much in class
giving in homework
B. ,talk/chat,harder
,talking
,term
,say
,bottom
,hockey
PartⅢA. you a list of courses and some general advice.
Write to schools.
2)Ask people who’ve been on a cours e.
Private language schools.
2)Further education colleges.
3)Universities.
English.
speak to you,you don’t get on with.
it rains.
2)the weather turns cold.
3)one’s money gets stolen.
B. ,elementary,finding out,British Council
out,various addresses
,English family
classes,real life situation,far and away,acquiring
recommendation,stayed with,heard about,met PartⅣaims,values,indicate,personally,skilled,authority,Influencing, Changing,Raising,active,backgrounds,responsibility,rich, difficulty,contribution,original,owing,Creating,political,
successful,environment,philosophy,community,married,
very impotant,seven,percentage
Keeping up,52%,social life,59%,field,62%,friends,64%,family,
66%,Helping,70%,Developing,75%
objectives,first-year,desire,business,tell,clean up,rated,45%
concern,deciding
PartⅤWOMAN : Wake up,Work,breakfast,Potter about,shopping,
a rest,suupper
MAN : Get up,seven,a cup of coffee,totally organized,
six hours,stopping
Unit 6 Earning and Spending Money Wisely
PartⅠB. the basement
fifty pounds
plates
pounds
the third floor
pounds
supermarket
the roof garden PartⅡ可对照原文找答案
PartⅢA. the 10th May.
ten o’clock.
five o’clock.
4.18.50 pounds.
5.19.50 pounds.
the 9th May.
pounds.
pounds.
pounds.
10.2.5 pounds.
B. 1.(F) 2.(T) 3.(T) 4.(F)
5.(F)
6.(T)
7.(F)
8.(F)
9.(T)
10.(F)
PartⅣA. 8—12 years old
780
unskilled workers
household chores
31/2per week
11/2per week
B.可对照原文找答案
PartⅤ
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Unit5 Section One Tactics for Listening
Part2 listening and Note-taking Reading
B: When should a child start learning to read and write? This is one of the questions I am most frequently asked. There is no hard and fast rule, for no two are alike, and it would be wrong to set a time when all should start being taught the ins and outs of reading letters to form words.
If a three-year-old wants to read (or even a two-year-old for that matter), the child deserves to be given every encouragement. The fact that he or she might later be "bored" when joining a class of non-readers at infant school is the teacher's affair. It is up to the teacher to see that such a child is given more advanced reading material.
Similarly, the child who still cannot read by the time he goes to junior school at the age of seven should be given every help by teachers and parents alike. They should make certain that he is not dyslexic*. If he is, specialist help should immediately be sought.
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英语听力教程第二册教案(施心远)Unit_1
Unit 1
Section One Tactics for Listening
Part 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent 1. We haven’t got any in dark blue. 2. We can’t make it at nine tomorrow. 3. My telephone number is not 65031609. 4. I don’t like the black jumper. 5. He won’t come by the 7:30 train. (The word or digit in bold has the most stress)
Exercise:
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. b
Part2 Listening and Note-talking Driving Carefully
Drive carefully and slowly when pedestrians are about, particularly in crowded shopping streets, when you see a bus stopped, or near a parked mobile shop. Watch out for pedestrians coming from behind parked or stopped vehicles, or from other places where you might not be able to see them.
Three out of four pedestrians killed or seriously injured are either under fifteen or over sixty. The young and elderly may not judge speeds very well, and may step into the road when you do not expect them. Give them, and the infirm, or blind, or disabled people, plenty of time to cross the road.
Drive slowly near schools, and look out for children getting on or off school buses. Stop when signalled to do so by a school crossing patrol showing a Stop-Children sign. Be careful near a parked ice-cream van—children are more interested in ice-cream then in traffic.
When coming to a zebra crossing. be ready to slow down or stop to let people cross. You must give way once they have stepped onto a crossing. Signal to other drivers that you mean to slow down or stop. Give yourself more time to slow down or stop on wet or icy roads. Never overtake just before a zebra crossing.
Exercise A: 1. Drive carefully and slowly when pedestrians are about. 2. Three out of four pedestrians killed are either under fifteen or over sixty. 3. Be careful near a parked ice-cream van—children are more interested in ice-cream
than in traffic. 4. When coming to a zebra crossing, be ready to slow down or stop to let people
cross. 5. You must give way once they have stepped onto a crossing.
Exercise B:
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