新编大学英语自主2 Unit 3
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    [00:00.00] Unit 3:Lesson One Students and Studies

    [00:06.19]Practice One A lesson Learned Words You Need to Know

    [00:13.90]drastic hug allowance whipping

    [00:36.32]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the story and match the events in the following two columns.

    [00:47.34]The events in Colomn A always happened before those in Column B.

    [00:53.89]My parents were always telling me to raise my grades,

    [00:57.89]but they would never tell me how.

    [01:00.91]After getting one bad report card after another, I knew I had to do something drastic.

    [01:07.57]When my December card arrived with three Cs, two Ds, and an F, I was afraid to show it to my mother.

    [01:16.36]That's when I camp up with the brilliant idea of changing the F to an A.

    [01:22.73]It was really quite simple just to give the F another leg.

    [01:27.23]When I showed the card to my mother, she was very excited to see the one good grade.

    [01:33.31]She gave me a hug and a kiss and, most important of all, a bigger allowance.

    [01:39.32]Everyone was happy in my house until two nights later when the phone rang. My mother answered it, listened, and then looked at me with blood in her eyes.

    [01:52.64]She told me that there were some things much worse than failing, and that cheating was one of them.

    [01:59.88]I tried to argue. I said she was the one who had told me to change my grades.

    [02:06.14]That made her really angry, and she said that I knew that's not what she had meant.

    [02:11.90]Then she gave me a whipping and took away my allowance for a month.

    [02:16.58]Since then I have learned to make the grade, not change it on the card. (229 words)

    [02:22.74]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the story again and answer each of the following questions in no more than ten words.

    [02:35.12]1)According to the speaker, what did his parents fail to do?

    [02:41.89]2)What scores did the speaker have on his December card?

    [02:48.01]3)What did he do to the card?

    [02:51.79]4)What was the speaker's argument when his mother looked at him with an angry look?

    [02:59.10]5)What was the lesson learned after his trick had been exposed?

    [03:05.76]6)Who do you think called the speaker's mother?

    [03:10.66]Practice Two Talking About College Days

    [03:15.48]Words You Need to Know

    [03:17.86]waist air-conditioned demonstration

    [03:36.68]scary arrest ceremony skip

    [03:58.93]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the conversation and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

    [04:12.18]The following is a conversation between one woman, Grace and two men, Martin and Curtis.

    [04:19.92]Grace:Martin, what do you remember most about our college days?

    [04:23.84]Martin:Oh, I remember most?

    [04:25.64]Grace:Curtis's hair... down to his waist.

    [04:29.10]Curtis: I remember how Grace looked. (Wha...) She always had a flower painted on her face, remember that?

    [04:35.22]Martin:Oh, yes.

    [04:36.77]Grace:Now wait. Let's not forget about Martin and his air-conditioned blue jeans.

    [04:42.85]I never saw anybody with more holes in their jeans than Martin.

    [04:46.85]Martin:They're a classic. I still have those blue jeans!

    [04:50.70]Grace: Still have them? I don't believe it. That's incredible!

    [04:55.02]Martin:And I still wear them, too.

    [04:57.47]Curtis:You know, I was just thinking about the most important thing that happened in college.

    [05:02.62]Martin:The most important thing? You mean, the time we got arrested?

    [05:07.04]Curtis:Umm.

    [05:08.02]Grace:Yeah.You know,that's my best memory.The peace demonstration.(Yeah)

    [05:13.24]You know, somehow getting arrested for something you believe in isn't... isn't scary at all.

    [05:19.72]Curtis:No, it isn't at all. But it did help that there were five hundred other students getting arrested along with us.

    [05:26.16]Martin:That's true.

    [05:28.03]Curtis:That was a great day, though.

    [05:29.87]Grace:Hey, you all remember our last day of college?

    [05:33.36]Curtis:Graduation? What's to remember? None of us went to graduation.

    [05:38.29]Martin:Do you regret that... that after all these years you skipped out on the ceremony?

    [05:43.40]Grace:Not me. I don't think we missed anything that day.No.

    [05:47.15]Curtis:nothing at all. And that picnic that the three of us had by the stream, remember?

    [05:52.87](That was great.) Drinking wine, playing guitar, singing. Oh, that was worth more to me than any graduation ceremony.

    [06:01.62]Martin:That was the best graduation ceremony there could have been.

    [06:05.69]Curtis:Mm-hmm.

    [06:07.56]1)Grace is very proud of her hair which is down to her waist.

    [06:13.64]2)All of them got arrested once, and that was not very terrifying.

    [06:19.22]3)They got arrested for something they believe in and were released because they gave up their belief.

    [06:26.39]4)None of them regret that they skipped out on the graduation ceremony.

    [06:32.90]5)Three main things have been mentioned in the conversation.

    [06:38.30]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the conversation again and fill in the table.

    [06:46.08]Exercise 3:Directions:Fill in the blank with the information you hear on the tape.

    [06:54.79]Practice Three The Informality in American classes

    [07:01.06]Word You Need to Know

    [07:03.04]informality

    [07:07.79]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and give as many examples as you can about the informality in the American classroom. (There are six in the passage.)

    [07:21.76]When students from other countries come to the United States,

    [07:25.82]they are sometimes shocked at the informality in American college and university classes.

    [07:32.56]For example, American professors do not dress up and they generally call students by their first names.

    [07:41.48]Students can speak out in class, where they do not even need to raise their hands.

    [07:47.93]In addition, in many schools, students can drink coffee, tea, juice, or soft drinks during classes.

    [07:55.81]Foreign students can usually get used to these differences easily.

    [08:00.46]However, two examples of American informality are very difficult for some foreign students to understand.

    [08:08.70]First, students sometimes call their teachers by their first names. Instead of calling a teacher Mr Smith or Professor Johnson,

    [08:20.69]they call them Tom or Barbara. In some countries, it is not possible for students to "first-name" their teachers.

    [08:30.41]Second, American students sometimes criticize the ideas of their teachers.

    [08:36.64]They might also give their teachers suggestions about changing something in the class.

    [08:42.79]In many countries, students cannot openly criticize their teachers or classes.

    [08:49.92]Thus, some foreign students feel shocked, embarrassed, and uncomfortable in American classrooms.

    [08:57.91]They have two choices. One, they can imitate the behavior of the American students.

    [09:05.15]But in this case, they might feel uncomfortable and disrespectful.

    [09:10.33]Two, they can continue to follow the customs from their home countries.

    [09:15.73]But in this case, the American teachers and students might think that the foreign students are too formal or too quite.

    [09:24.77]What is the solution to this problem? There is no easy answer.

    [09:31.18]However, time will help to solve the problem, because foreign students will become accustomed to the new behavior. (269 words)

    [09:39.85]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and complete the following diagram.

    [09:49.07]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage for the third time and decide which is the best answer to each of the questions.

    [10:00.48]1)What is NOT the feeling of foreign students in American classrooms?

    [10:07.03]2)What is Professor Edward Johnson sometimes called by his students?

    [10:13.69]3)What is American students' attitude toward their teachers?

    [10:19.88]4)How would a foreign student feel if he tried to imitate the behavior of American students?

    [10:28.52]5)How can this problem be solved according to the passage?

    [10:34.10]Lesson Two School Education

    [10:38.24]Practice One Course Study Words You Need to Know

    [10:43.93]correspondence secretarial shorthand

    [10:59.63]accounting bookkeeping

    [11:08.38]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and answer the following questions briefly.

    [11:19.14]Man:So you were studying for, let me see, how long, four years altogether?

    [11:24.72]Can you tell me a little about that course?

    [11:27.89]Woman:Well, it was a very difficult... a very tough course.

    [11:32.68]I did English for the whole four years, of course, so at the end, well, I was quite good.

    [11:39.16]And Business Correspondence, which I did in the second year and third year, was really just English too.

    [11:46.64]And I did just one year of French, in the fourth year, but I learned to meet people, or answer the telephone.

    [11:53.84]The there was three years of Secretarial Practice, starting in the second year,

    [11:59.28]and three years of Shorthand-that started from the beginning but even at the end of the third year,I wasn't very good at it.

    [12:07.60]And, well, I suppose the other subjects just fitted around that;

    [12:12.78]Accounting in year three and four, Economics in the first and second and Bookkeeping in the thi... no, no, second year, before we started Accounting. (165 words)

    [12:23.98]1)What does the woman think of her course?

    [12:29.16]2)What does she think of her English at the end?

    [12:34.27]3)How about her French? How do you know?

    [12:39.96]4)How about her shorthand?

    [12:43.70]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again .

    [12:50.62]While you are listening, put a tick ( ) in the table to indicate when she studied each subject.

    [12:57.17]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage for the third time and answer the following questions briefly.

    [13:07.82]1)What job do you think the woman is qualified for? Why do you think so?

    [13:15.24]2)Why do you think the man wants to know what the woman studied?

    [13:21.04]Practice Two Who Wins?

    [13:25.10]Words You Need to Know

    [13:27.08]convention counterpart snicker squeeze

    [13:46.31]rival yell outdone lookout

    [14:04.49]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the tape and write down the sentences you hear.

    [14:13.16]1.Here comes the conductor.

    [14:17.48]2.Two groups of students boarded a train.

    [14:22.70]3.One of the engineers knocked on the math majors' door.

    [14:29.15]4.The math students boarded the returning train with only one ticket.

    [14:35.81]5.The conductor took the single ticket that was passed under the door.

    [14:41.60]Exercise 2 Directions:Listen to the passage and put the sentences in Exercise 1 in the right order according to the tape.

    [14:54.13]Two groups of students-math and engineering majors-boarded a train that was headed for a technical convention.

    [15:02.66]Each of the math majors had a ticket, but their engineering counterparts had only one ticket between them.

    [15:10.51]The math majors were snickering at this when an engineering student shouted, "Here comes the conductor?"

    [15:17.86]With that, all the engineering majors squeezed into a bathroom.

    [15:23.62]The puzzled math students watched as the conductor collected their tickets, then knocked on the bathroom door and said, "Ticket please."

    [15:33.01]The conductor took the single ticket that was passed under the door and left.

    [15:38.74]Not to be outdone, the math students boarded the returning train with only one ticket,

    [15:45.65]and again they laughed because this time their rivals had no ticket at all.

    [15:52.49]When the engineering lookout yelled, "Conductor coming?" all the engineers crowded into one bathroom, while the math majors piled into another.

    [16:04.51]Then, before the conductor entered the car, one of the engineers came out of his bathroom and knocked on the math majors' door.

    [16:14.38]"Ticket please," he said. (174 words)

    [16:17.54]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage again and find the near-synonyms of the following words from the passage.

    [16:29.42]Practice Three Overseas Students in the UK

    [16:35.29]Words You Need to Know

    [16:37.81]administrative Leeds Manchester

    [16:58.26]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and answer the following questions briefly.

    [17:07.69]In 1980-1981 there was a total of 108,610 students from all other countries studying in the UK.

    [17:19.43]They were mainly from the Commonwealth group of countries, the countries belonging to the European Economic Community-otherwise known as the EEC or Common Market and other foreign countries.

    [17:32.53]Just under one-third of all students who came to the UK in 1980 studied at a university,

    [17:40.02]either as an undergraduate or as a postgraduate: altogether there were 31,496 students.

    [17:50.14]Just over one-third of these students studied at five English universities.

    [17:56.29]Most were at London University where there were 6,778.

    [18:03.49]Then came Leeds University where there were 1,220, while 1,130 were at Manchester University.

    [18:14.98]At Oxford University there were 1,101 students, and finally, at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology,

    [18:25.78]known as UMIST, there were 1,035.

    [18:30.78]Finally, the three most popular subject areas studied at university by undergraduate and postgraduate students combined were firstly,

    [18:41.47]engineering and technology, studied by 9,552 students;

    [18:47.92]this was followed by social, administrative and business studies, studied by 6,951 students;

    [18:56.77]and finally, science subjects, studied by 6,253. (176 words)

    [19:02.93]1)Where did the foreign students mainly come from?

    [19:08.26]2)Totally, how many university students were from foreign countries in the UK in 1980-1981?

    [19:18.41]3)What is the percentage of all foreign students who studied at 5 English universities in 1980?

    [19:27.19]4)What is the original form of UMIST?

    [19:31.76]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the first part of the passage again and complete the table with the information you get from the recording.

    [19:43.93]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the second part of the passage again and complete the table with the information you get from the recording.

    [19:56.10]Practice Four Education Britain

    [20:00.96]Words You Need to Know

    [20:02.94]comprehensive certificate professional occupation

    [20:23.24]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

    [20:34.94]In Britain, most of the control over the organization of education is in the hands of local, not central, government.

    [20:44.63]The result is that the system can vary from area to area.

    [20:50.03]All children, however, have to go to school at the age of five and stay there until they reach the school leaving age, which is sixteen.

    [21:00.76]Children start their education in a primary school, where they usually stay until they are eleven.

    [21:08.46]They then move on to a comprehensive school. In some areas, however, they go to a middle school at about the age of ten, and then move to a comprehensive school when they are thirteen.

    [21:23.69]Middle schools are larger than primary schools, but smaller than comprehensives.

    [21:29.70]They aim to prepare students for the larger, more formal comprehensive schools.

    [21:36.00]In a few areas, children are still selected according to their ability.

    [21:41.87]They have to take an exam at the age of eleven, called the eleven-plus.

    [21:47.09]Those who pass go to a grammar school; those who fail go to a secondary modern school.

    [21:55.69]Most children take examinations when they are sixteen. At the moment, there are two types of exams-"O" (ordinary) levels, and CSEs (Certificate of Secondary Education).

    [22:12.32]Most children leave school after these exams, but the more successful students stay on and take two or three "A" (advanced) level exams when they are eighteen.

    [22:25.72]If they do well in these, they may go to university or into a professional occupation. (243 words)

    [22:32.92]1)The local government has the control over the organization of education.

    [22:39.65]2)Children can leave school at the age of 16.

    [22:44.98]3)Middle schools are the largest among the schools.

    [22:50.41]4)All children in Britain are selected according to their ability.

    [22:56.53]5)Most children take examinations at 16.

    [23:02.00]6)Those who do well in "A" level exams can go to university.

    [23:08.09]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and fill in each blank with the information you get from the recording.

    [23:18.78]Quiz One

    [23:20.65]Part A:Directions:In this part you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers.

    [23:29.36]At the end of each conversation, you will hear a question about what was said.

    [23:35.09]Listen carefully and decide which of the four choices is the best answer to the question you have heard.

    [23:41.96]1.M:Did you go to the big sales at Spencer's yesterday?

    [23:47.65]W:I had to visit my aunt in the hospital.

    [23:50.89]Q:What does the woman mean?

    [23:54.96]2.W:How long did you have for the English exam?

    [23:59.75]M:We were allowed one hour and a half, but I finished in less than half the time.

    [24:05.04]Q:How much time did the student probably spend on the exam?

    [24:11.38]3.W:Hello, 371-5525.

    [24:16.49]M:Hello, this is John Smith calling from Chicago. May I speak to Mr Smith, please?

    [24:22.64]Q:What kind of call is it?

    [24:26.78]4.M:That's $7.25 on the meter and one dollar extra for the suitcase.

    [24:34.70]W:Ok, here's $10. Keep the change.

    [24:38.41]Q:How much is the tip?

    [24:42.01]5.M:Can you please tell me where I'd find gym shoes?

    [24:47.30]W:Yes, they'd be in the sportswear department at the back of the store.

    [24:52.06]Q:What is the man doing?

    [24:56.05]6.W:Tom, I was told that your wallet was lost.

    [25:01.02]M:Mine wasn't, but Mike told me Bill's was.

    [25:05.20]Q:Whose wallet was lost?

    [25:09.01]7.W:Why are you so late? I've been waiting for more than an hour.

    [25:15.38]M:I'm terribly sorry, I overslept and missed the bus.

    [25:19.92]Q:Why was the man late?

    [25:23.84]8.W:John, did you pick up your clothes from the laundry today?

    [25:28.88]M:No! My brother stopped for them on his way home.

    [25:32.63]Q:What happened to the clothes?

    [25:36.77]Part B:Directions:in this part you will hear four short statements.

    [25:43.61]Each statement will be read just once.

    [25:46.96]Listen carefully and decide which of the four choices is the closest in meaning to the statement you heard.

    [25:53.98]9.The train was due at 11:15, but it has been delayed a quarter of an hour.

    [26:01.10]10.Jane found the trip from New York to California very tiring.

    [26:06.79]11.George likes the brown shirt better than the green one.

    [26:12.30]12.Mr Brown takes pictures for a living.

    [26:16.91]Part C:Directions:In this part you will hear three short passages.

    [26:24.58]Each passage will be read twice. After each passage you should pause the recorder and try to write down its main points in your own words.

    [26:35.12]Passage 1:When Jimmy was a boy, he always liked watches and clocks very much.

    [26:43.58]When he was eighteen years old, he went to the army, and after a year there, he began to learn to mend watches.

    [26:51.97]Passage 2:Mr Smith was a teacher at a school in a big city in northern England.

    [26:58.78]He usually went to France or Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays,

    [27:03.85]and he spoke French and German quite well.

    [27:07.06]Passage 3:I am student at Washington University. I am very busy with my studies,

    [27:14.80]but I always find time to write several letters every week.

    [27:18.94]I like to receive mail, and you have to write letters if you want to hear from your friends.

    [27:24.98]Part D:Directions:In this part you will hear two passages.

    [27:33.12]Each passage will be read twice. At the end of each passage you will hear some questions.

    [27:40.32]After you hear a question, you should either decide which of the four choices is the best answer to the question you heard,

    [27:48.10]or answer the question in your own words according to the passage.

    [27:52.24]The questions you should answer are also printed in your book,

    [27:56.41]but you should read them only after you hear them from the tape.

    [28:00.26]W1:Frankly, Sandra, I'm not very pleased with you.

    [28:03.72]I don't know-it's something about the way you approach your work, your attitude to it, that worries me.

    [28:09.88]W2:Oh really? How do you mean?

    [28:12.94]W1:Well, you don't seem to respond to me very well.

    [28:16.68]In fact I find that you're not easy to work with.

    [28:20.28]Yes, really Sandra, I find you rather difficult.

    [28:23.77]W2:I'm sorry you think that way.

    [28:26.15]W1:The point is-and I think I should be truthful with you,

    [28:30.04]I can't honestly recommend somebody for promotion who doesn't take an active interest in their work.

    [28:36.52]You can see that, can't you Sandra?

    [28:39.32]W2:Er... yes I can and I'm sorry. I thought I was doing my best.

    [28:45.41]W1:Maybe, but you don't seem to enjoy your work.

    [28:48.97]I mean, are you happy at LTV? Perhaps you need a change.

    [28:54.55]Have you ever thought about working somewhere else?

    [28:57.47]You know, a different sort of job.

    [29:00.20]W2:Well, no. It's not that. I like it here.

    [29:04.45]I like working for LTV. I think television is exciting.

    [29:09.46]It's just that my job, what I do, seems so boring, so repetitive.

    [29:15.72]I don't feel as if I'm getting anywhere.

    [29:19.00]W1:I see. Yes, I think I understand how you feel.

    [29:23.35]I'm glad you told me. But you've got to realize, Sandra, that we can't all do exciting work all the time.

    [29:31.06]W2:Yes, I know that.

    [29:33.11]W1:Look, this is what I think we'd better do.

    [29:37.46]Bill Fletcher who deals with audience reaction and research wants someone to help him on door-to-door interviews and so on.

    [29:46.00]We might be able to fit you in somewhere there. What do you think about that? (285 words)

    [29:51.25]Q13.What does Sandra think of her present job?

    [29:59.60]Q14.How can you describe the woman talking to Sandra?

    [30:05.80]Q15.What kind of job does Sandra probably like to do?

    [30:13.00]Q16.What job does the woman recommend Sandra to do?

    [30:19.76]Passage 2 Computers are causing a new revolution on university campuses today.

    [30:28.51]At this moment, students throughout North America are editing term papers on computers.

    [30:36.14]They are calculating statistics. They are writing reports.

    [30:41.11]They are designing new products-all on personal computers.

    [30:46.33]Today's computer revolution is a major force on campus.

    [30:51.84]In fact, students who don't own computers often feel that they are at a disadvantage.

    [30:58.61]In many cases, they have to borrow one or pay for time at a computer center.

    [31:05.12]Personal computers are very common, and throughout North America certain colleges and universities are now requiring students to buy their own.

    [31:15.85]Some educators don't like today's emphasis on computers.

    [31:20.53]They recognize the importance of computer literacy,

    [31:24.02]but they don't believe in doing everything by computer.

    [31:27.62]Most students prefer the computer, however.

    [31:31.04]As psychology student Kevin McFarley says, "Right now, I'm completing a project for a statistics class.

    [31:39.47]I don't mind calculating statistics manually. Without the computer, though, this project would take weeks to finish.

    [31:48.65]At this moment, the computer is doing some calculations that would take me two weeks to figure.

    [31:55.67]How can a human being compete with that?!" (189 words)

    [31:59.84]Q17.What is the attitude of some educators toward computers?

    [32:07.26]Q18.Which of the following can be taken as an example to show that the use of computers is emphasized?

    [32:18.10]Q19.What can be the best title for the passage?

    [32:23.32]Q20.What does Kevin McFarley say about computer calculation?

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