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Unit 1 ■Warm Up■Listening Task 1 First Listening Answers Second Listening Script

The neighborhood children my age played together: either active, physical games outdoors or games of dolls-and-house indoors. I, on the other hand, spent much of my childhood alone. I would curl up in a chair reading fairytales and myths, daydreaming, writing poems or stories and drawing pictures. Sometime around the fourth grade, my “big”(often critical, judgmental) Grandma, who would been visiting us said to me, “What is wrong with you! Why don’t the other children want to play with you?” I remember being startled and confused by her question. I would never been particularly interested in playing with the other children. It had not, till then, occurred to me that that was either odd or something wrong with me. Nor had it occurred to me that they did not “ want to play with” me. My first conscious memory of feeling different was in the fourth grade. At the wardrobe, listening to classmates joking, chattering and laughing with each other, I realized I had not a clue about what was so funny or of how to participate in their easy chatter. They seemed to live in a universe about which I knew nothing at all. I tried to act like others but it was so difficult. I felt confused and disoriented. I turned back to my inner world: reading books, writing and daydreaming. My inwardness grew me in ways that continued to move me further away from the world of my age peers. The easy flow of casual social chat has remained forever beyond my reach and beyond my interest, too.

Unit 2 Personality■Warm Up■Listening Task 1 Script

Everybody cheats. Whether it's the taxi driver who tricks a visitor and takes him

the long way round, or the shop assistant who doesn't give the correct change, or the police officer who accepts a bride - everybody's at it. Cheats in the news include the scientist whose research was based on fake data, the game show contestant who collaborated with a friend in the audience to win a million pounds, and the doctor who forged his qualifications and wasn't really a doctor at all. Everybody cheats; nobody's playing the game.

Is cheating acceptable, a natural way of surviving and being successful? Or is it something that should be frowned on, and young people discouraged from doing? If it's the latter, how can we explain to children why so many bend the rules?

Take sport for example. The pinnacle way of football, the World Cup, was rife with cheating,. Whether pretending to be hurt or denying a handball, footballers will do anything for a free-kick or a penalty shot. French player Henry—

■Real World Listening Script

Mr.Washington: George, are you sure you had nothing to do with chopping down

the cherry tree?

George: I don't clearly recall chopping this tree down. Mr.Washington:Isn’t this your ax

George：That appears to be very si e? milar to my axe.

Mr.Washington: But your axe is right here, and the tree is freshly cut, and you are the only person around. Mrs.Washington:Oh,just drop it, and it’s only a tree.

Mr.Washington: But it’s not the tree. We really need to find out if he’s being ho nest

with us. I won’t put up with lying, and he shouldn’t get you to

cover up for him.

George：I’m going to say this one more time: I didn’t chop down that tree—the

cherry tree—and I did not ask anyone to lie. Not one time.

Never!

Mr.Washington: George, there’s no fresh-cut firewood around, but your hair and

clothing are full of wood chips, and the chips look like cherry

wood to me. How do you explain that? George：Well, it’s possible

that I might have swung the axe in an inappropriate manner which

might have resulted in some harm to the tree, but at the moment

you asked me, I was thinking of w hat “chop” means and my

action didn't meet my definition of“chopping”, so I didn’t lie. Mrs.Washington: This is not really worth all the fuss. Even if he did it, it’s only a tree, Let’s forget it and enjoy this lovely afternoon. George: Thank you,Mom.We have stately oak tree on the front lawn. Can I try my axe again there?

Unit 3 Lifestyle■Warm Up■Listening Task 1 Script:

When she has young children, a stay-at-home mom has two jobs. Her house and her kids. A stay-at-home mom is expected to do all the house cleaning. She is expected to always be the one to get up in the middle of the night, do the school

things---room-mother, baker, coordinator, chauffeur and carpooler, etc. Often, a

stay-at-home mom is expected to take over “daddy-type” chores such as

lawn-mowing and taking cars for repair. Imagine sitting in a repair shop with two

squirmy toddlers! The worse thing is that the stay-at-home mom is made to feel guilty for saying “no”. The reason the stay-at-home mom does not get her nails done or have a spa day is she feels guilty for spending family money on herself.

Gosh, you all have such hectic lives. I’m dizzy just hearing your daily activities. I guess I have it nice. I have no schedule at all! I get up when I want. I work my business when I want. I shop when I want to. I wash my hair when I bathe or I don’t wash my hair. When I go to work all I have to do is open up my office door in my house and I’m at work already. No traffic to deal with and there can be 10 feet of snow on the ground and I wouldn’t have to walk an inch of it because my house connects directly to my warehouse! If I get u p and don’t feel like working I don’t.

■Listening Task 2 Script

I took my first drink and smoked my first marijuana cigarette when I was 12 years old .In high school, I used all kinds of drugs. After high school until I was 21, I did a lot binge drinking .When I was 31, I started using crack cocaine. That’s when the real problems began.

I was addicted to alcohol and cocaine, and my life was a wreck. I tried to quit a number of times. I moved to Mexico and gave up cocaine. I still drank and smoked marijuana, but for the time I lived there, I was off cocaine. I thought that time off cocaine would completely cure me of any desire for it, but when I got back in town two years later, I started using it again only five days later. Every part of my life was messed up. I remember my oldest son being embarrassed to be seen with me .He would pass me on the street with his friends but he wouldn’t even speak to me. The

bottom came for me when I was finally evicted from my apartment. I lost my car my car, my home and my sons. I looked in the mirror that day, and I couldn’t look myself in the eyes. The next morning, I showed up at the treatment center. The first few days of detox and treatment were hard, but I was convinced that I needed help, so I stayed. I’ve b een clean now for five years, and I have a new life .■Real World Listening Script

Reporter: Are you treated differently in the workplace as a woman?

Nancy: Between changing gender and becoming a blonde, I’ve lost 20 IQ points in the public’s eyes. Use to your advantage though, I’m not pretty enough to do it very well. It is a challenge. I kind of broke through the glass ceiling from the wrong direction.

Reporter: Switching from slacks to pantyhose cannot be easy, even if you hate slacks.

Nancy: To tell the truth, it took a lot of time for me to get comfortable with your new self, your new presentation, learning how to deal with society. Women spend their whole lives knowing what makeup works well for them, what clothing works on them.For peo ple like me ,it takes a while to do.I am tall,when I walk into a room,it’s like someone from the NBA showed up.Trying to find clothing that fits me is just not that easy.

Reporter: How do the people you work with, the ones who knew you as Neil, consider you now?

Nancy:The response for me was really positive. we all joked about wearing

pantyhose, whether “my condition” was contagious ,those sorts of things .But when all was said and done and the dust settled, everyone got back to work .Now if you were to talk with anyone who works with me, they’d say,“what’s the issue? She’s just Nancy.”The whole transgender thing is well behind us.

Unit 4 Family■Warm Up■Listening Task 1

The traditional American family is a "nuclear family”. A nuclear family refers to a husband and wife and their children. The average American family today has two or three children.In some cultures, people live close to their extended family. several generations may even live together. In America,only in a few cases does more than one household live under one roof.

American values are valued in the home. Many homes are run like a democracy. Each family member can have a say. A sense of equality often exists in American homes. Husbands and wives often share household chores. Often parents give children freedom to make their own decisions.Preschoolers choose what clothes to wear which toys to buy.Young adults generally make their own choices about what career to pursue and whom to marry.

Families in America, like those in every culture, face many problems. Social pressures are breaking apart more and more American homes. Over half of US marriages now end in divorce. More than one in four American children are growing up in single-parent homes. As a result, many people believe the American family is in trouble.

Even so, there is still reason for hope, many organizations are working hard to

strengthen families. American almost unanimously believe that the family is one of the most important parts of life. They realize that problems in family life in recent years have brought serious consequences. As a result, more and more people are making their family a priority. Many women are quitting their jobs to stay home with their children.Families are going on vacations and outings together.Husbands and wives are making a concentrated effort to keep their family solid.

The United Nations has declared 1994 the "International year of family".not just in America,but all over the world,people recognize the importance of a strong family bond.

Unit 5 Health and Diet Warm Up Script/Answers Listening Task 1 Script

I had just turned 40,and had spent most of my adult life working as a public relations consultant with little time to cook, let alone learn how to cook . But a few years ago I made a resolution to start writing down the recipes I had grown up with and posting them to my website .I come from a big family –six kids-and thought what a terrific family project to document our family recipes !both my father and mother are excellent home cooks ,mom raises us all ,and dad loves to eat well and enjoy the experimentation of trying out new recipes .I am spending a lot of time with my parents lately ;we cook a meal and then over dinner discuss the finer points of the proper way to proper way to prepare the dishes ,and whether or not a new recipe was worth the effort .

Many of the recipes are family recipes, and many of them are those that we pick from cookbooks, magazines, and newspaper clippings we have collected over

30years .but sometimes it is hard when you only a clipping. The recipes shown here use mostly whole food ingredients and only occasionally a few things, from cans or prepared foods .we believe in a varied , healthy diet ,using real butter ,real cream, eggs ,and protein from meat, fish, and cheese.

About me, my name is Alice Bauer and I am a partner in a consulting firm in the san Francisco bay area. I maintain several weblogs in addition to Simply Recipes as part of

Thanks so much for visiting Simply Recipes!■Listening Task 2 Real World Listening Script

Grace: Welcome to “Let’s Get into Shape”! I’m your host, Grace Stockdale. Today our program is about 10-minute workout to keep fit. Today we have gabby Collins here to share her experience of fitness and answer listeners’ questions o n physical exercise. Thanks for joining us, gabby.

Gabby: hi there! I’m very happy to share some time with you.

Grace: so gabby, as I know, your two ten-minute workouts- which target arms, stomach and legs—are a quick and simple way to get into shape.

Gabby: right, regardless of your level of fitness , they help you to lose weight and to be vigorous enough to engage in daily routines and to handle various stresses. You know, obesity raises the possibility of developing diseases.

Grace: absolutely! Exercise keeps you fit and healthy. And here comes the first call for questions.

Listener 1: hello , gabby ,running is not my thing, so where should I start ?

Gabby: if you’ve never been a runner, start by walking quickly for a minute and then alternate by jogging for a minute. Do this four minutes. If you are starting with a good level of fitness, jog for a minute and sprint for the other minute. Again do this for four minutes.

Listener I : thank you ,gabby.

Listener 2: hello, gabby. Each time after the exercise, I always feel stiff and sometime my muscles pull ,and it’s hard to start my next workout.

Gabby: after any exercise you should stretch the muscles you have used the most. Stretching makes you feel more flexible.

Listener 2: I see. I need some cool-down exercises.

Gabby: sure. Let’s take an arm stretch as an example. Sitting cross-legged, raise your left arm and place your hand between your shoulder blades as if trying to reach your bottom. Now ,take your right hand reaching across the front of your chest and push the elbow of the left arm to increase the stretch. Hold for ten seconds and repeat on the other side.

Listener 3: hello, gabby. How often should I do these exercise?

Gabby: hum, it depends. My two workouts aim to do at least three sessions a week. Listener 3: hello, gabby. I …Review Units 1-5 Script Part 1 Part2 1. Sometime around the fourth grade, my ‘big’(often critical,judegmental) Grandma,who’d been visiting us said to me,” What’s wrong with you!Why don’t the other children want to play with y ou?” I remember being startled and confused by her question.I’d never been particularly interested in playing with the other children.It

hadn’t ,till then, occurred to me that that was either odd or something wrong with me. Nor had it occurred to me that t hey didn’t “want to play with “me. 2.

Everybody cheats. Whether it’s the taxi driver who tricks a visitor and takes them the long way around, or the shop assistant who does not give the correct change, or police officer who accepts a bribe ----everybo dy’s at it. Cheats in the news include the scientist whose research was based on fake date, the game show contestant who cooperated with friend in the audience to with a million pounds, and the doctor who forged his qualifications and wasn’t rea lly a doctor at all. Everybody cheats;nob ody’s playing the game. 3. Every part of my life was messed up.I remember my oldest son being embarrassed to be seen with me. He would pass me on the street with friends but he wouldn’t even speak to me. The b ottom came for me when I was finally evicted from my apartment. I lost my car, my home and my son. I looked in the mirror that day, and I couldn’t look myself in the eyes. The next morning, I showed up at the treatment center.

4.Many organizations are working hard to strengthen families.Americans almost unanimously believe that the family is one of the most important parts of life.They realize that problems in family in recent years have brought serious consequences. As a reselt,more and more people are making their family a priority.Many women are quitting their jobs to stay home with their children. Families are going on vacations and outings together. Husbands and wives are making a concentrated effort to keep their marriages solid.

5.Many of the recipes are family recipes, and many of them are those that we pick

from cookbooks,magazines,and newspaper it’s hard when you only have a clipping.The recipes shown here use mostly whole food ingredients and only occasionally a few things from cans or prepared foods. We believe in a varied, healthy diet, using real butter, real cream,eggs,and protein from meat,fish,and cheese. Part 3 1.Melanie: Your story of identity theft is quite scary. What happened?

Nick: One day early in the morning, I was awakened by a loud knock. When I opened the door, five policemen were standing there telling me to go to jail.

I asked why and they said that I was wanted for bank fraud. I said “I never

did that!”and they said“that’s something we’ve never heard before…tell it

to the judge.”

Melanie: Did you really have to spend time in jail? Nick: Yes, I certainly did.

2.Mr.Washington:We’re not finished yet.Now I’m going to ask you directly. Did

you chop down the cherry tree?

George: Well, it’s possible that I might have swung the axe in an inappropriate manner which might have resulted in some harm to the tree, but at the moment you asked me, I was thinking of what “chop” means and my action didn’t meet my definition of “chopping’, so I didn’t lie.

Mrs. Washington：this is not really worth all the fuss. Even if he did it, it’s only a tree. Let’s forget it and enjoy this lovely afternoon.

3. Reporter: how do the people you work with, the ones who knew you as Neil,

consider you now?

Nancy: the response for me was really positive. We all joked about wearing

pantyhose, whether “my condition” was contagious, those sorts of things. But when all was said and done and the dust settled, everyone got back to work. Now if you were to talk with anyone who works with me, they’d say, “what the issue? She’s just Nancy”, the whole transgender thing is well behind us.

4. Mrs. White: what do you think is the most sensible choice for a woman in this new

century? Should she return to being a house wife or combine career and

family?

Daisy: I think it is rewarding for a woman to have her own career or something else to do outside the home. Nowadays, many women are highly educated and they have enormous earning potential.

Mrs. White:I think “being a full-time housewife” is a wise choice in this competitive world.

5. Grace: So Gabby, as I know, your two ten-minute workouts – which target arms,

stomach and legs—are a quick and simple way to get into shape. Grabby: Right, regardless of your level of fitness, they help you to lose weight and to be vigorous enough to engage in daily routines and to handle various stresses. You Know, obesity raises the possibility of developing disease.

Grace: absolutely! Exercise keeps you fit and healthy. And here comes the first call for questions.