大学听说教程3 Unit 2 Coincidence.docx

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大学听说教程3Unit2Coincidence

Unit2Coincidence

PartA

Pre-listeningTask

QuestionsforDiscussion

1.WhatiscoincidenceGiveanexampletoillustrateit.

2.HaveyoueverexperiencedorreadaboutanamusingcaseofcoincidenceIfyes,whatisit

3.HowdopeoplereacttocoincidencesHowimportantaretheyinhumanlife

4.CancoincidencesbeexplainedWhyorwhynot

5.WhatcancoincidencesdoAretheymostlybeneficialorharmful

6.WhatdoyouthinkcanbethecausesofcoincidencesDoyouthinkcoincidencesarebeyondchance

AdditionalQuestionforDiscussion

Doyouthinkthereisacause-and-effectrelationshipbetweeneventsthatsharesomesimilaritiesWhyorwhynot

LanguageFocus

Herearesomesentencesandstructuresthatyoumayfindusefulindiscussingtheabovequestions.

Coincidencereferstothephenomenoninwhichtwoormoreeventswhicharesimilarorrelatedhappentotakeplaceatthesametimeorplace.

It’s/Whatacoincidencethat…

Coincidenceisnotrare.Ithappensarounduseveryday.

Itsohappenedthatthreeofourclassmateswerebornonthesameday.

Comparedwithnon-coincidentalevents,coincidencesarerare.

Coincidenceistheresultofpurechance/ourmemories.

Thehumanmindtendstolookforpatternsinevents/remembereventsthatmatchbutforgeteventsthatdon’tmatch.

Speakofthedevilandhewillappear/thedevilcomes.

Nocoincidences,nostories.

Everythingunderthesunispossible.

Coincidencesmakegreatstories/verygoodtopicsforsmalltalk.

Coincidencesmakelifemoreinteresting/amusing/colorful.

Coincidencestendtostayinourmemorylonger.

Peopleremembercoincidencesandlovetopassthemaroundamongfriends.

It’smeaninglesstotrytoexplaincoincidences.

Somepeopletrytofindacause-and-effectrelationshipbetweeneventsthathappentosharesomesimilarities.

Somepeoplebelievecoincidencesaretheworkofmysteriousforces/supernaturalpowers.

Somepeoplebelievecoincidencescanrevealrelationshipsbetweenevents,humanbeingsandnaturalphenomenathatarenotobvioustothem.

Coincidenceshavenothingtodowithgoodluckorbadluck/nopowertopredictfutureevents.

Asthesayinggoes,“Goodfortuneseldomrepeatsitselfbuttroublesnevercomesingly.”

PartB

ListeningTasks

Passage1

WhataCoincidence!

（PartOne）

WordBank

tuitionn.paymentforschooling学费

somehowad.forsomereasonthatisnotclear由于某种未知的原因

clickv.tobecomesuddenlyclearorunderstandable突然变得明白

realestateagentapersonwhosebusinessistobuy,sellorlookafterhousesorlandforpeople房地产经纪人

notedowntowritedown记下

Andrew（男子名）

Stewart（姓）

Script:

Andrewhadalwayswantedtobeadoctor.Butthetuitionforamedicalschoolin1984was15,000dollarsayear,whichwasmorethanhisfamilycouldafford.Tohelphimrealizehisdream,hisfather,Mr.Stewart,arealestateagent,begansearchingthehouse-for-saleadsinnewspapersinordertofindextrabusiness.Oneadvertisementthathenoteddownwasforthesaleofahouseinanearbytown.Mr.Stewartcalledtheowner,tryingtopersuadehimtolethimbehisagent.Somehowhesucceededandtheownerpromisedthathewouldcometohimifhefailedtogetagooddealwithhispresentagent.Thentheymadeanappointmenttomeetanddiscussthething.

Asgoodthingsarenevereasytoacquire,thetimefortheappointmenthadtobechangedalmosttentimes.Onthedaywhentheyweresupposedtomeetat3o’clockintheafternoon,Mr.Stewartreceivedanothercallfromtheowner.Hisheartsankashefearedtherewouldbeanotherchangeoftime.Andsoitwas.Theownertoldhimthathecouldn’tmakeitatthreebutifhewouldcomerightthen,theycouldtalkitover.Mr.Stewartwasoverjoyed.Leavingeverythingaside,heimmediatelysetouttodrivetothehouse.

Asheapproachedthearea,hehadastrangefeelingofhavingbeentherebefore.Thestreets,thetrees,theneighborhood,alllookedfamiliartohim.Andwhenhefinallyreachedthehouse,somethingclickedinhismind.Itusedtobethehouseofhisfather-in-law!

Theoldmanhaddiedfifteenyearsagobutwhenhewasalive,hehadoftenvisitedhimwithhiswifeandchildren.Herememberedthat,likehissonAndrew,hisfather-in-lawhadalsowantedtostudymedicineand,failingtodoso,hadalwayshopedthatoneofhistwodaughtersorhisgrandchildrencouldsomedaybecomeadoctor.

Exercise1

Listentothestoryandchoosetherightanswerstothequestionsyouhear.

1.Whoarethetwomaincharactersinthestoryyouhavejustheard

a.Mr.Stewartandhisson.

b.Mr.Stewartandhisclient.

c.Mr.Stewartandhisfather-in-law.

d.Mr.Stewart’sfather-in-lawandtheownerofthehouse.

2.HowdidMr.Stewartgettoknowtheownerofthehouse

a.Fromahouse-for-saleadvertisementinanewspaperputupbytheowner.

b.ThroughtheintroductionofMr.Stewart’sfather-in-law.

c.Theyattendedthesamemedicalschool.

d.Theylivedinthesameneighborhood.

3.WhatproblemdidMr.Stewarthave

a.Hehadnohousetolivein.

b.Hehadlosthisjob.

c.Hewasdisappointedwithhisson.

d.Hedidnothaveenoughfundsforhisson’scollegeeducation.

4.Whatisthecoincidenceinthestoryyouhavejustheard

a.Hisclient’shousewastheonethatoncebelongedtoafriendofhis.

b.Hisclient’shousewastheonehisfamilyoncelivedin.

c.Hisclient’shousewastheonehisfather-in-lawoncelivedin.

d.Hisclient’shousewastheoneheoncewantedtobuy.

Exercise2

Listentothestoryagainandfillintheblankswiththemissinginformation.

Thestoryhappenedin1984.Mr.Stewart,arealestateagent,hadasonwhosenamewasAndrew.Theyoungmanwantedtogotoamedicalschool.Butthetuitionwassohighthathisfathercouldn’taffordit.Inordertohelphissonrealizehisdream,Mr.Stewartsearchednewspaperads,hopingtofindextrabusiness.Oneadvertisementcaughthiseye.Itwasforthesaleofahousenearwherehelived.Butalthoughhesucceededinpersuadingtheownerofthehousetolethimbehisagent,theappointmenttimewaschangedagainandagain.Atlast,hereceivedaphonecallfromtheowner,askinghimtogoanddiscussthematterwithhimrightaway.Mr.Stewartputasideeverythinghewasdoingandleftimmediatelyforthehouse.Whenheapproachedthearea,hefoundeverythingtherelookedfamiliartohim.Andwhenhesawthehouse,herealizeditwashisfather-in-law’soldhouse.Hehadvisiteditmanytimesyearsagowhenhisfather-in-lawwasstillalive.Whatacoincidence!

Passage2

WhataCoincidence!

（PartTwo）

WordBank

lattern.thesecondoftwothingsorpersonsjustmentioned后者

intriguev.tofascinate;toappealstronglytosb.激起……极大的兴趣

mystifyv.tofillwithwonder;tocompletelypuzzle使困惑；使大为惊奇

standinga.beingataparticularleveloramount（水平、量等）现有的，现在显示的

coverv.tobeenoughtopayforsth.够支付

bearv.tohaveorshow具有，带有

miraclen.awonderfulevent奇事，不可思议的事

blessingn.aluckything幸事

beinfortobegoingtoexperiencesth.必定会经历

receiptslipawrittenorprintedstatementacknowledgingthatsth.hasbeenpaidfororreceived收条

cometotoamountto合计，总数为

insb.’splaceinsteadofsb.代替某人

Script:

Whenheenteredthehouse,Mr.Stewartwasevenmoreamazedtofindthatthehousewasdecoratedexactlyashehadrememberedit.Hetoldtheowneraboutthisandthelatterbecameintriguedtoo.However,theywereinforevengreatersurprises.Itsohappenedthatinthemiddleoftheirdiscussion,apostmancametodeliveraletter.AndtheletterwasaddressedtoMr.Stewart’sfather-in-law!

WereitnotforMr.Stewart’spresencethereandthen,theletterwouldbereturnedasnopersonofthatnamelivedinthehouseanylonger.Asthepostmandemandedasignatureonthereceiptslip,Mr.Stewartsignedforhislong-deceasedfather-in-law.Mystified,theownerurgedMr.Stewarttoopentheletterandseewhatitcontained.Theletterwasfromabank.Whenheopenedit,twowordsimmediatelymethiseye—“Foreducation”.Itwasabankstatementofanamounthisfather-in-lawhadputinyearsagoforhisgrandchildren’seducationneeds.Withtheinterestithadearnedovertheyears,thestandingvalueoftheamountcametoalittleover$15,000,justenoughmoneytocoverthetuitionofAndrew’sfirstyearatamedicalcollege!

Anotherthingthatisworthmentioningisaboutthepostman.Theoriginalpostman,whohadworkedinthisneighborhood,calledinsickthatday.Sothepostman,whowasnewtothearea,cametodelivermailinhisplace.Haditbeentheoldpostman,theletterwouldundoubtedlyhavebeenreturnedtothesender,asheknewfullwellthatnopersonbearingthatnamelivedinthathouseanylonger.

ThemiraclewasablessingforAndrew.Withthemoneygiventohimbyhisgrandfatherhewasabletostudymedicine.NowheisadoctorinIllinois.

Exercise1

Listentotherecordingandwritedownthecoincidencesmentionedinthetext.

1.ThehousewasdecoratedexactlythesameasMr.Stewartrememberedit.

2.Mr.Stewarthappenedtobeinthehousewhenapostmancametodeliveralettertohisfather-in-lawwhohaddied15yearsago.

3.Theoldpostmanhadcalledinsickthatday,andthepostmanwhocameinhisplacewasnotfamiliarwiththeneighborhood.Otherwisetheletterwouldhavebeenreturnedtoitssender.

Exercise2

Listentotherecordingagainandwritedownanswerstothefollowingquestions.

1.HowdidtheownerfeelaboutthefactthatMr.Stewart’sfather-in-lawoncelivedinthehouse

Hewasintrigued.

2.Whatwasinsidetheletterdeliveredbythepostman

Abankstatement.

3.WhatdidMr.Stewartlearn