Keys for Reference Unit 1 Youth
Part I In-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task 2
1. A good beginning makes a good ending. 2. Experience is the best teacher.
3. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 4. Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age. 5. Time and tide wait for no man. II. Understanding a Conversation 1. A girl who acts or dresses in a boyish way.
2. They have short hair, they only wear T-shirts, jeans, and tennis shoes, and they never wear makeup and their voices are kind of throaty.
3. Their style has a nice, casual and confident feeling; it looks very natural. 4. Because she is a typical example of tomboys.
5. Yes, both of them like tomboys. They consider the trend of tomboys as an expression of individualism. III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1 1—5 DCDAB Listening Task 2 1—4 FTTF
Part II After-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task 2 1. Lily, Nelly 2. can, can’t, canned
II. Understanding a Conversation
1. distributing/ handing out, office 2. assistant, tutor, vision, money 3. stimulate, inspiration 4. purpose, postgraduate
III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1 1—4 ACBC Listening Task 2
whether, weather, wetter 3. knocked, locked 4. think, thin, things 5. Canners, can, can,
1.mind 2. will 3. emotions 4. over 5. deserting 6. wrinkle 7. soul 8. Whether 60 or 16, there is in
every human being’s heart the lure of wonder 9. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station 10. but as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism
Unit 2 Fashion
Part I In-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task 1
(F) 1. Nice to meet you, too. (R) 2. Shall we go and see her now? (F) 3. You did a good job, really. (R) 4. Ah, really? (F) 5. It sounds nice. (R) 6. A room for two?
(R) 7. Do you think that you can help me?
(F) 8. I wonder if I have seen you somewhere before. (R) 9. It’s a small world, I should say.
(R) 10. Could you show me the way to the People’s Park from here? Listening Task 2
2. Words of degree 4. Asking questions 5. Emphasis 7. Listen to native speakers as much as possible II. Understanding a Conversation Listening Task 1—5 FFTTT
III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1
Suggested advice: 1. Iron your clothes. 2. Wear a good smile. 3. Keep yourself in shape. 4. Maintain the look
of what you wear.
Conclusion: how you take care of them and yourself Listening Task 2
1. shirt and tie 2. weddings 3. job interviews 4. T-shirts 5. jeans 6. a business casual atmosphere
Part II After-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task 1—5 ABDDC
II. Understanding a Conversation Listening Task 1—4 BACD
III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1
1. Fashion color changes with the passage of time. 2. Some bright cheerful jewel tones
3. The rise of street style saw black reduce the color palette to a shade card. 4. Brighter color.
5. Because colorful and cheerful fabric prints became popular. Listening task 2
1. style and fit 2. tire of 3. casual wear 4. be dressed up 5. look sharp 6. changes regularly 7. care about 8. To know what is in fashion
Unit 3 Love
Part I In-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task
1. 416 2. 9,743 3. 19,857,241 4. telephone number 505-6610 5. 1800年 6. 2000年 7. 1980’s 8. 541 BC 9. May 1st 10. 9:55 11. 24:00 12. 9:15 13. 7/12 14. 1/2 15. 0.157 16. 16.09% II. Understanding a Conversation 1—4 CCDA
III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1 Section A
1. Love is a strange thing. 2. Say it. 3. Empathize. 4. Expect nothing in return. 5. Realize it can be lost. 6. Never stop loving. Section B 1—4 DCAC Listening Task 2
1. She took them home and put them in a small cage. 2. She grasped him so wildly that the bird died.
3. She lifted another bird from the cage and tossed him softly into the air.
4. The bird circled three times, flew closer, landed softly on her shoulder and sang the sweetest melody that she had ever heard.
5. The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Part II After-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task 1
1. 604-1392, 406-3239, 167-6752, 588-7406 2. 26th, 82nd, 15th, 50th 3. 1809, 1600, 1567, 1927
4. 1:30 pm, 8:05 am, 7:55 pm, 9:42 pm 5. 7,068; 1,005; 14,908; 56,734 Listening Task 2
1. 12:15 2. 248 3. 232-5205 4. August 26th 5. 12:01:50 6. 641,5 7. 12,925 8. 720,000 9. 14'59\ 10. 32,547,200
II. Understanding a Conversation 1—3 CAA
III. Understanding a Passage 1—5 CAADA IV. Relaxation
1. all the beauty they possess inside 2. make it easier 3. searching for a hero 4. depend on me 5. If I fail, if I succeed 6. take away my dignity 7. Learning to love yourself 8. Find your strength in love
Unit 4 Ways of learning
Part I In-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills
Listening Task 1 1—5 DCCDC Listening Task 2 1—5 BBBAB
II. Understanding a Conversation
1. meant 2. catch 3. Preview 4. spare 5. access 6. online 7. replayed 8. confident III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1 1—5 BCDCB
Listening Task 2 (For reference only) 1. lots of practice
a) you don’t have enough chances to speak in English
b) would use English all day, every day/ have more chances of practicing English 3. There are some approaches to improving your written English. a) Try to read English as much as possible.
b) Practice writing (by doing extra writing assignments or writing to English speakers online). c) Work out a plan of improving writing and obey it.
Part II After-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task 1 1—5 CCCDC Listening Task 2
1. two cities 2. there’s something wrong with it 3. dangerous 4. walk or talk 5. I have no time, I have no money
II. Understanding a Conversation Listening Task 1—3 CAB
III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1 1—3 BCD
Listening Task 2 (For reference only)
1.summarizing the experience in learning English 2. wide reading 3. language input 4. learning by heart as
many well-written essays as possible 5. memorization with a good understanding 6. put what we have learned into practice 7. doing more reading, writing, listening and speaking
Key to Unit 5 Life
Part I In-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task
1. essential 2. picture 3. practice 4. wealth 5. inspiration 6. circumstances 7. accumulated 8. behavior 9. ignorance 10. judgement II. Understanding a Conversation Listening Task
1—4 CDCC
III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1
1. indispensible 2. necessities 3. range 4. line 5. talk 6. love 7. mysteriousness, maintain 8. popularity, latest
Listening Task 2 1—5 CBADA
Part II After-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task
1. goes without saying 2. armed to the teeth 3. selling like hot cakes 4. go Dutch 5. read between lines 6. nothing but 7. from hand to mouth 8. Last but not least 9. make the long story short 10. took French leave II. Understanding a Conversation Listening Task
1. born, married, die, ceremony 2. choice 3. cerebrate, differs 4. go through 5. sorrow 6. mourning III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1 1—6 TFFTTT Listening Task 2
1. incurable 2. cut off 3. bored 4. worthwhile 5. sacrifice 6. hanging 7. engaged 8. fellowship 9. practically 10. lose hope
Unit 6 Humor
Part I In-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task 1
1. it allows you to make a point without drawing blood
2. that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes 3. and a sunny spirit takes their place 4. to console him for what he is 5. part of the art of leadership
II. Understanding a Conversation Listening Task
1. to achieve dominance, for self-protection, to construct solidarity 2. telling a joke, doing something silly III. Understanding Passages Listening Task 1 1—4 FTFT Listening Task 2 1—4 DCAA
Part II After-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task