time to time.
The ideas of beauty have changed over the past several decades in China. Truly, on the one hand, many still stick to the idea that one's inner quality counts more than outer appearance. Honesty, hard-working, generosity, and kindness are considered inner beauty. On the other hand, more and more people think outer appearance is more important. Nowadays, many people, especially young people, hold some new ideas about beauty. For example, long straight black hair used to be thought as one feature of beauty, but now young people want to look stylish by having their hair curled and dyed. They follow the fashion trend and put on fashionable clothes and wear make-up. More people are afraid of not looking attractive enough. So they go on diet to look thinner and receive some cosmetic surgeries to look better. Still many others realize that it is important to live a healthy lifestyle and learn to love their own body for its uniqueness.
I don't think it is wise to judge a person by his / her appearance because appearance is superficial. Sometimes the appearance of a person may mislead your judgment when it doesn't match well with the inner part of that person. For example, an ordinary-looking person can be a scientist, a hero, or a great thinker. Just as the proverb goes, \of its cover. So it is with a person. Instead of focusing only on one's appearance, we should get to know more about that person's education, life experiences and life attitude before we make any judgment.
2-4 Viewing 2-5 Pronunciation 2-6 Role-playing
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W: OK … What do you 1)(feel like)watching?
M: Hmm. I ... I don't know really. 2)(What do you recommend)? W: Um … Well, 3)(how about)French Kiss? Do you know it? M: No, I don't think so. 4)(What's it about / What is it about)?
W: Well, it's a romantic comedy. It's about an American woman. She goes to France and meets a French guy and … they fall in love. It's quite old, but it's really funny. M: Um, sounds OK, I suppose. 5)(Who's in it / Who is in it)? W: Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline.
M: Oh, I like Meg Ryan. Mm. 6)(Do you think)I'd like it?
W: Yeah, I think so. You like comedies, don't you? And it's very funny. M: Yeah, OK. 7)(Why don't we)get it then?
W: Great. Excuse me. Can we have this one, please?
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2-7 Presenting
2-8 More practice in listening
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People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading materials are 1)(comic)books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City libraries have only 10 percent of the 2)(traffic)that car washes have. But how do you explain this? A yearly book festival in west Los Angeles is 3)(constantly)\after year. People wait half an hour for a parking space to become 4)(available)
This outdoor festival, supported by a newspaper, takes place every April for one weekend. This year, about 70,000 people 5)(took part in)the festival on Saturday and 75,000 on Sunday. The festival 6)(attracted)280 exhibitors. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an 7)(audience)question-and-answer period following each talk. A food court sold all kinds of local foods, from hot dogs to ice drinks. Except for a $7 parking fee, the festival was 8)(free of charge). Even so, some people take their own sandwiches and drinks to avoid the high prices of the food court.
The idea for holding the festival in Los Angles was 9)(put forward)years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed. Although book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would people in this city 10)(embrace)one? \AC CD
2-9 Check & check 2-10 Unit test
1 Fast music can give people energy according to the man. 2 Have a short break. 3 It's terrible.
4 She will outperform the man. 5 Tennis. 6 14.
7 15 months.
8 He talks about nothing but computers. 9 To give Billy a birthday present.
10 Michael knows how to use computers properly. 11 Students think music is important.
12 They listen to music whenever they are free.
13 It was the most popular style.
14 Parents have very little influence on their children. 15 3 percent. 16) too much 17) warning 18) affected by 19) back
20) drive people to suicide 21) pointed out 22) recent 23) commit 24) prevention
25) it's time/it is time
Unit 3 Life moments
3-1 Learning objectives 3-2 Sharing
1. The people in the podcast mainly talk about how they feel about London and the most
exciting things they have done in London.
2. I love 1)(living) in London because there's so 2)(much) to do. I've been to lots of
3)(interesting places) but there's always 4)(something) new to 5)(experience). How do you 6)(feel about) London? 3. ADBGHFEC
4. The most 1)(exciting) thing I've done in London recently is to see Oasis live. I went to the
Roundhouse and it was the most 2)(amazing concert). It was free, so we ended up having nice passes, so we were close to the band and it was 3)(incredible) . It's the best thing I think I've seen in a long time.
2. I've been to 4)(the theater) quite a lot in London. I went to see Waiting for Godot at the National.
3. I ... I think Tate Modern is 5)(the best place) I've been to, you know, because it's ... it's 6)(different) every time ... Um, you know, they really push the boundaries of, you know, the displays, 7)(compared to) a lot of the traditional museums and art galleries in London. 4. The most exciting thing I've done in London? Um, I've watched England 8)(play football) at Wembley – that was quite exciting.
5. I've done a lot of 9)(interesting things). I've had a lot of good experiences here but probably 10)(the best thing) was when I went to Wimbledon this year. Um ... I got to watch ... I got to watch Andy Murray on Center Court. I managed to get 11)(tickets) to that. And it was just a really good atmosphere and it was a good example of, sort of,
British 12)(culture and sport).
6. Recently, I visited Beijing. Beijing is a wonderful city with many great things to do and see.
I went to the National Center for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) to see a famous musical. It was a wonderful show. And I visited the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube, two important venues (场馆) of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. I also went to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, Peking University, and the Summer Palace. But the most exciting thing I did there was visiting the Great Wall – the view was breathtaking!
Yes, I have been to London. I loved it. The museums are wonderful, especially the British Museum, which was established in 1753 and is one of the largest and most comprehensive museums in the world. I also enjoyed riding in the London Eye, a giant observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames. / No, I haven't been to London. If I have a chance to go to London, I would like to see places I have heard so much about, such as Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, and Westminster Abbey. I would also like to take the Tube as the London underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world. Besides, I hope to visit some of the 2012 London Olympic Games venues.
3-3 Listening
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2. This happened in 1)(Australia) … when I was about 25. I spent a few days at a hotel in
Alice Springs and went to Ayers Rock and … Well, anyway, one day, I went out for a walk … in the 2)(outback). It was a lovely day so I walked and walked … and then I realized I didn't really know where I was. I was a bit stupid, really … because I decided to 3)(go further) … I guess I thought I’d find the way back. Um … anyway, after that I heard some dogs. First I heard them barking, and then I saw them … There was a group – maybe five or six dogs, wild dogs, coming towards me. I felt really 4)(frightened), but I remembered some advice I, I, er … um, I … I read in my guidebook: 5)(Don't move), and don't look at 6)(the dogs). So I froze, like a statue … I didn't move … and I looked at a tree, not at the dogs, and didn't move my eyes. The dogs were all around me, jumping and barking … I thought they were going to bite me. Then one dog did bite my arm, just a little, but still I didn’t move. In the end, after about 20 minutes, the dogs went away. I stayed there for a few more minutes and then luckily found my way back to the hotel. It was the most 7)(frightening) experience I've ever had!
3. When I was 12 years old and just graduated from elementary school, I went to Beijing
with my dad to see the 2008 Olympic Games. I loved basketball, so I wanted to watch the Chinese basketball team playing and I especially wanted to see Yao Ming playing. First, we tried to buy tickets online, but all tickets for basketball games had been sold out. Of course, I was very disappointed. Then we went to the stadium to see if someone would be selling extra tickets. After we waited for hours, we became hopeless. But just when we were about to leave, a man came up to us and said he had an extra ticket because his friend couldn't make it due to an emergency. We were overjoyed. Immediately, my dad bought the ticket, and told me to rush in – he would wait outside. Finally, I was able to
watch the game between the Chinese team and the German team. I enjoyed the game greatly and I was excited when China won. The best thing was that I saw Yao Ming. What a wonderful experience!
3-4 Viewing 3-5 Pronunciation 3-6 Role-playing
Extract 1:
B: Hi, Sean. 1)(It's) Debbie. A: Hi, Debbie. What's up? B: Is Kevin 2)(there)?
A: No, he's not. He went out about 10 minutes ago. Extract 2:
B: Could I 3)(leave a message) for him? A: Of course.
B: Just ask him to 4)(call) me. Extract 3:
B: Hello. Could I 5)(speak) to customer services, please? A: Just a 6)(moment). Extract 4:
B: Could you 7)(ring) me back?
C: Of course. Could you give me the 8)(number) there? Extract 5:
B: Hello, uh ... Who's 9)(this)? A: My name's Marianne.
B: Thanks for 10)(picking up).
3-7 Presenting
3-8 More practice in listening
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Some parts of the earth are more likely to have earthquakes than other parts. This is usually true of 1)(mountainous) areas because there the thickness of rocks is not even.
It is easy to understand why people are so 2)(frightened) by earthquakes. People used to believe that when an earthquake 3)(took place), the ground opened, swallowed great
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