新英语视听说教程_答案及原文unit

新英语视听说教程_答案及原文unit

Unit 2 Lectures and Reports Thinking Ahead 1. Do you like studying English by yourself or following some lectures And why 2. Have you ever made public speech or given a report to others If yes please describe your feelings at that time. Secrets of powerful speaking 1. do enough research on the subject/ knowledgeable enough about the subject 2. have passion for your speech 3. overcome the nervousness/fear of public speaking 4. Some techniques for effective speaking a. speak from notes b. keep it conversational c. use stories to illustrate your points d. use humor throughout your presentation e. use props and involve the audience f. prepare for a powerful closing Task 1 Exercise 1 Explain the following idioms in English according to the video. 1. to eat like a horse To eat a lot. 2. straight from the horse’s mouth To get some information directly from the person responsible for it. 3. to flog a dead horse To waste effort on something that we have no chance of succeeding at. Exercise 2 Making Sentences Make one sentence with each idiom. 1. to eat like a horse. He eats like a horse. He must be very hunger. He is eating like a horse now. 2. straight from the horse’s mouth My boss is going to fire me. I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth. I got the news straight from the horse’s mouth. 3. to flog a dead horse I sometimes feel like I’m flogging a dead horse when I’m teaching. Don’t try to flog a dead horse. Other idioms related to horse a horse of different color完全是另外一回事。Last year the football team was a worse team among the league but this year the situation is a horse of a different color the team has beat all of others back the wrong horse估计错误支持失败的一方赌马你押错了马If you spend all your money in the stock market you may back the wrong horse in your investments. work like a horse辛勤工作埋头苦干The boss made his men work like a horse all day long and paid them little put the cart before the horse本末倒置To teach writing before reading is to put the cart before the horse. get on the high horse趾高气扬The minute you start arguing you get on your high horse. You just cant help yourself can you change horses in midstream在危急时刻做出重大变动中途换将It is very serious and important. Why do you change horses in midstream buy a white horse浪费金钱乱花钱hold yours horses不要急镇静Hold your horses you have done it too fast. Task 2 Exercise 1 1. William Ehrman shows his admiration to the team which have participated in the debating from Sichuan province because they are in the face of the terrible tragedy the earthquake at that time. 2. William Ehrman suggested a Chinese debating competition in Britain. 3. In his opinion a great leader should have the ability to communicate and debate. 4. The speaker mentioned two famous leaders in Britain Churchill and Thatcher and he also mentioned another two in the United States President Lincoln and President Kennedy. Exercise 2 Watching for specific information 1 points 2 ring 3 admiration 4 participated 5 province 6 armed forces 7 tragedy 8 relief A Speech by British Ambassador I am just going to make four as it’s English speaking competition I just going to make four points because if I make any more Michael will ring the bell to send me off the stage. The first point I would like to make like professor Li is to express admiration for the team which have participated in this competition from Sichuan province. We the British people and the British government are full of admiration for the way in which the Chinese government

Chinese armed forces and the Chinese people have come together in the face of this terrible tragedy to bring relief to the people of Sichuan. Today I think I can say that all British people feel as if they were Chinese people. Next I would like to day what a huge pleasure it its being to be here this afternoon and what an immensely high standard of debating there has been. I think we should do something in Britain we should start a Chinese language debating competition. And indeed there should be an international Chinese debating competition. I was here two years ago and the

runner-up then Qinghua University went on to win the English as a foreign language a section of the world debating championships. I am not surprised the standard was immensely high then and it is being immensely high this afternoon. And I am quite confident that the winners the runner-up the semi-finalist all of whom will go on the other international competition from this competition are likely to do very well indeed. My third point is to do something which is a little bit unusual. We have had an excellent debate and I would like to congratulate whoever the subject because it was obviously a very topical subject and everyone has a lot of views on the subject. But in the parliament of course after the debate something else happens which has not happened today. There is a vote so could in fact since we have many eminent policy makers here with us this afternoon maybe for a point of reference could I invite everyone please in this hall first of all if you support the proposition to raise your hands and vote. And then please those who support the opposition. There we are. This of course does not influence the competition in any way because the judges have already made their decision. So it would have been unfair to call for a vote before they made their decision. But after their decision I can say that those supporting the proposition have won the day and I will pass that as a point of reference to many of the policy makers among us. And my last point is to say what an excellent discipline and skill learning to debates is. All great leaders in the world have to be able to communicate. You can have good policies but if you cannot communicate them you will probably never become a great leader. When I think of some of the leaders in my own country Britain or in the United States they have all been great communicators and debaters. If you think of Churchill or Mrs. Thatcher or if you think of President Lincoln or President Kennedy they have all been people who spoke wonderfully well and I think in learning this skill and learning developing critical thinking they also learned how to put things concisely and simply. Two of the greatest speeches that ever make were those by Kennedy at the time of his inauguration so I think learning

to debate is a great thing and I am absolutely confident that all of you who have taken part in this competition and those who reached the final and those who reached the semi-final will go on to be leaders in whatever field you choose for yourselves in life. So once again thank you very much for inviting me. Thank you Part 2 TASK 1 Exercise 1 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T Financial aids awarded in the university This is VOA special English education report. This week in our foreign student series we look at financial aid that comes in ships: scholarships fellowships and assistantships. But first we talk about financial aid of another kind: a grant unlike a loan does not have to be repaid. One of our examples this week is the university of

Missouri-Columbia known as Mizzou pronounced mah-zoo. Mizzou is a public

university with more than one thousand five hundred international students this school year. The total student population is more than thirty thousand. Mizzou has a grant program for international students. The curator’s grant-in-aid program is for those who get good grades and take part in university activities. Graduate students who receive a grant get nine free credits to take courses. Undergraduates receive between one thousand and five thousand dollars in support. Students must have attended Mizzou for a year before they can receive a grant. And thy must reapply for the awards each semester. Some grants are called scholarships or fellowships. Scholarships are foe undergraduates fellowships are for graduate students. Awards may be based on financial need or on grades talents or other requirements. The Global Heritage Scholarship at Mizzou for example is only for international undergraduates whose mother or father graduated from there. The scholarship pays seven thousand five hundred dollars a year for tuition. Full tuition is currently almost nineteen thousand dollars. Tuition is about the same at another public university the University of Arizona in Tucson. It offers an undergraduate scholarship for international students who earned high marks in high school. The program is open to all foreign students who have been admitted to the university. Winners receive between two thousand and ten thousand dollars a year to help pay tuition. Seventy international students are currently receiving the scholarship. The University of Arizona has more than two thousand international students this academic year. The school had close to forty thousand students during the fall term. Assistantships are jobs paid with money or free classes. Graduate assistants help professors for about twenty hours a week. They may teach undergraduates graduate papers and tests and assist with research. And that’s the VOA special English education report written by Nancy Steinbach. The earlier reports in our Foreign Student series are at voaspeciale https://www.wendangku.net/doc/18327260.html,. I’m Steve Ember. TASK 2 1. Liz McCartney was named CNN hero of the Year 2008 for her work with Katrina victims. 2. According to her words she will dedicate the award to everybody in the New Orleans area that was affected by the storm. 3. She was awarded 125000 dollars. And she plans to rebuild another ten families’ homes with the money. CNN hero of the year: Liz McCartney Anderson cooper interviews Liz McCartney who was named CNN hero of the year for her work with Katrina victims. A: CNN hero of the year is Liz McCartney. Do you feel like a hero L: No I mean I’m not surrounded by amazing people every single day Anderson. People who are really really strong and amazingly hardworking so I don’t I mean I think this award is again really attributed t o everyone’s efforts. A: What do you think people in St. Bernard Parish are gonna think when they when they see this and hear that you won L: Well I I hope they are honored you know this award is really about them and their families and communities and getting them back to where they were before the storm. When you are in an area where people have suffered so much loss you realize what’s really important and what’s really important is family and homes and communities. A: Do you think this is reminder to a lot of folks those of that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done there L: I surely hope so I hope the message is loud and clear that while we are making a lot of progress thanks to all the help that we’ve received there is still a long way to go. What I like to do tonight is to delicate this award to everybody in the New

Orleans area that was affected by this storm. A: What is it being like being her on this night I mean you have celebrities you know talking about you and this crowd and your pic ture being taken is it surreal L: It’s totally weird you know I mean I am used to like walking around in jeans and T-shirts. A: All of our heroes got 25000 dollars you are the CNN hero the year of the award there’s an additional 100000 dollars. Do you know what you plan to do with the money L: Oh absolutely we are rebuilding another ten families’ homes with that money yeah so it’s going to right back into community. Task 2 Exercise 1 1. Intent is used in more formal situations such as in legal contexts whereas intention is used in a wide range of situations it is a more everyday word. In grammatical terms intent is an uncountable noun and intention is a countable noun. 2. Intent is also an adjective but intention is only a noun. Exercise 2 1. intent 2. intent 3.intention 4. intention Exercise 3 1. home Welcome to my home Shall we go home now Let me introduce my family. Please give my regards to your family.

I have a happy family. It Includes household appliances machinery digital engineering design every aspect of life. The government has implemented many policies to raise the household income. 2. suspect I suspect her motives. Nobody can suspect what he says. I never doubted you. Do you often doubt yourself 3. further further your career further your educatio n further development further study I’m too tired to go any further. Intention/Intent Gareth Rees answers: Hello Babak. Thank you for your question about intent and intention. Both words are nouns that come from the verb intend which means to have something in mind as a plan or purpose. In terms of meaning there is little difference between these two nouns. They both mean a plan or purpose to do something. However there is a difference in the way we use the words. Intent is used in more formal situations such as in legal contexts whereas intention is used in a wide range of situations it is a more everyday word. Also in grammatical terms intent is an uncountable noun and intention is a countable noun. So for example in a newspaper report about a court case you might read he was carrying a gun with intent to commit a bank robbery. Whereas in a conversation with a friend someone might say I went to the bank with the intention of opening a bank account but I forgot to take my passport so I couldn’t even do that. There is one other important difference. Intent is also an adjective but intention is only a noun. If you are intent on doing something you are determined to do something. For example she was intent on becoming an actress as she went to drama school even though it was against her parents’ wishes. So my intention was to answer your question and I hope Babak that I’ve managed to that. Have ants in one’s pants 坐立不安If someone has ants in their pants they are agitated or excited about something and can’t keep still. Big fish 大人物重要人物An important person in a company or an organization is a big fish. Cold fish 态度冷冰冰的人冷酷无情的人A cold fish is a person who doesn’t show his or her feelings directly. Dark horse 黑马意料之外的获胜者If someone is a dark horse they are a bit of a mystery. Feel blue 闷闷不乐沮丧无精打采If you feel depressed or disappointed mainly associated with depression or unhappiness we can say you are feeling blue. In the red 亏损负债赤字If your bank account is overdrawn it is in the red. White lie 善意的谎言If you tell a white lie you lie in order not to disappoint someone or hurt someone’s feelings. White as a sheet 面色苍白面无血色If

someone encounter a bad shock it can make somebody go as white as a sheet. Bad apple 坏家伙A person who is bad and makes other bad is a bad apple. Bad egg 不可信任的人A person who cannot be trusted is a bad egg. Good egg is the opposite. Don’t cry over split milk. When something bad or unpleasant happens and there is nothing can be done to make up for it people say “Don’t cry over split milk.” to comfort somebody. SAT is the short form of Scholastic Assessment Test which is a standardized test organized by ETS educational testing service for American high school students to get admission of colleges and universities. SAT consists of two parts: SATⅠ---reasoning test: critical reading writing and mathematics 800 2400 SATⅡ---subject tests: mathematics physics chemistry biology foreign languages and so on 800 ACT American College Test is also a standardized test accepted by most colleges and universities for admission purposes. The test is organized by the American college test organization to test the comprehensive abilities of the students. The ACT tends to be more popular in the South and Midwest. The exam has a multiple choice section covering math English reading and science. It also has an optional writing test in which examinees are required to write a short essay. The two tests are very im.