指导应用型大学英语视听说2Unit4

A. Look and listen

Look at the pictures. Listen to the statements and fill in the blanks with the words or phrases in the list.

Sunday narrows fall and highs and rise golden

levels lasting normal fail and raise

lows

ties immediate honor understanding

1. Childhood friendship is usually formed when young kids get to know their

Although they fight and cry at first, just like

(normal ) kids,

with time they get to develop a good level of understanding.

(immediate ) classmates and neighbors.

2. Long-lasting friendship does not happen in a day. It takes

years to develop

(understanding ) and higher

(levels )

of trust, if you want to boast of having old friends.

3. Friendship Day, celebrated every year on the

first

(Sunday ) of August, is in

(honor ) of the unique

bond shared by friends.

4. Friends who have been with each other through the

other

other.

(fall and rise) again, would definitely be true to each (highs and lows), those who have seen each

5. Friendship is the

heart of all the world.

(golden ) thread that (ties ) the

B. Ask and answer the questions

Ask and answer the following questions with a partner.

1. What is a friend? Your answer：

Reference answer： A friend is a person whom you can rely on / talk to / count on. A friend is a person who can share your joy and sorrow / laugh and cry with you. A friend is a person who will help you / lend you a hand when you are in trouble. A friend is a person with whom you can discuss your problems / troubles. 2. Do you think there are life-long friends? Your answer：

Reference answer： Yes. I think there are real and life-long friends. Real friends are friends forever.

No. I don't think there are life-long friends, because it is easy to find friends but very difficult to maintain a friendship for a long time. 3. Who is your best friend? And why? Your answer：

Reference answer： Tom is my best / closest / dearest / loyal friend / pal, because he always helps me when I'm in trouble.

My best friend is my desk-mate, because he and I have been studying together since we were in elementary school.

Section One Listen for pronunciation skills A. Listen and practice

Listen to the following statements and divide each of them into several sense groups.

1.There are seven days in a week.

Your answer：

Reference answer： There are seven days / in a week. 2. I was kind of hoping that wouldn't be an issue. Your answer：

Reference answer： I was kind of hoping / that wouldn't be an issue. 3. He's the one who breaks my heart and plunges me into depression. Your answer：

Reference answer： He's the one / who breaks my heart / and plunges me into depression.

4. I'm just wondering where you got that great idea. Your answer：

Reference answer： I'm just wondering / where you got that great idea. 5. I wish I had never met you. Your answer：

Reference answer： I wish / I had never met you. 6. Physics was the hardest of my courses. Your answer：

Reference answer： Physics / was the hardest of my courses.

7. Up to now, we have been thinking that bringing more students into college would solve the problem. Your answer：

Reference answer： Up to now, / we have been thinking / that bringing more students into college / would solve the problem.