1、 I missed it and need tocopy your notes. I?d say you could borrow my notes, but Sarah has got them. Be careful not to missProfessor Brown?s lecture; he takes attendance in that. What does the woman tell the man?3. Script Wow, Steven! In the library! What brings you here?m enjoying the view. All the
2、girls in fashion design are here preparing for anexam on Monday. Why is the man in the library?4. Script How ?s your group doing with this statistics presentation? Mine?s doing a terriblejob. Yeah, mine too. David and Mike are OK, but Steven doesn ?t pull his weight andSuzan?s never around. I don?t
3、see how we can pass unless Steven and Suzanrealize that this is their last chance. What is true of Steven and Suzan?5. Script You took an MBA at Harvard Business School, didn?t you? What?s it like? It ?s expensive, about U.S. $ 40,000 a year, plus the cost of food and housing. Butthe teaching is fir
4、st-class. The professors have a lot of practical experience. Theyuse the case system of teaching, that is, you study how actual businesses grew orfailed. Why is he MBA teaching in Harvard Business School first-class?Keys: 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.D 5.AIII. Listening InTask 2: How to select elective courses?Scr
5、iptConsider these tips on elective courses and you ll choose those that will serve youbest.To begin with, you should select the courses that fit your profession. It is a good ideato choose elective courses closely related to your chosen profession. Potentialemployers will appreciate every bit of ext
6、ra training and knowledge that they donthave to give you. For example, you may select elective courses in chemistry, biologyor even physics if you are doing a science major. For business majors, select electivesin accounting, business administration, and even computing, as you will never knowwhen th
7、ese will come in handy in the corporate world.Moreover, you can choose an education that includes many fields of study. If you aretaking a heavy load of career-related courses, you may prefer electives that are notdirectly related to your major. If you receive a well-rounded education, someemployers
8、 believe that you have better potential. For example, if you have courses inscience along with your business degree, you could possibly win a job over someonewho majored purely in business with no outside electives.Finally, you can also select a challenging elective course. Part of getting an educat
9、ionis learning how to learn, and elective courses should help you achieve this goal. Youneed not to memorize all the information from each class, but you should get a betterunderstanding of the world. So, pick elective courses that challenge your belief system and make you look at the world in a dif
10、ferent way. For instance, you canconsider a philosophy elective if you have been told that you are a little narrow-minded.1 extra training 2 chemistry 3 accounting4 many fields of study 5 better potential6 business degree 7 challenging 8 how to learn9 better understanding 10 narrow-mindedTask3: How
11、to Get Straight AsIt is interesting to note how straight A students achieve academic excellence.Here,according to education experts and students themselves are the secrets ofsuper-achievers.First, they know how to set priorities. Top students allow no intrusions on their studytime. Once the books ar
12、e open or the computer is turned on, phone calls gounanswered,TV shows unwatched, snacks ignored. Study is business, and businesscomes before recreation.Also, good students can study anywhere and everywhere. Claudia Hill, an ArizonaState University business professor recalls a runner who worked out
13、every day. Hillpersuaded him to use his spare time to memorize biology term. Then he posted a listof biology terms on the mirror in the bathroom. He learned a few terms every daywhile brushing his teeth. Eventually, he scored high on the final examination.Moreover, top students schedule their time w
14、ell. Study times are strictly a matter ofpersonal preference. Some work late at night when the house is quiet. Others get up early. Still others study as soon as they come home from school when the work isfresh in their minds. All agreed, however, on the need for consistency. One student said, “What
15、everI was doing, I maintained a certain period of time every day for studying.”Another important characteristic of super-achieversis that they know how to read,According to a book entitled Getting Straight As, the secret of good reading is to be“an active reader-one who continually asks questions th
16、at lead to a full understandingof the author?s message”.1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about super achievers starting tostudy?2. What did the runner do to score high on the exam?3. What is the thing all top students agree on?4. What does the speaker mean b“y anactive reader”?5. What is t
17、he main idea of the passage?Kes: 1B 2.C3. D 4.A 5.DVI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Problems with our educational systemHi, everybody. My topic today is “Problemws ith Our Educational System”.I disagree on a lot of the ways that things have happened for a long time in oureducational system.
18、It seems that educators just want to give standardized tests, whichfocus only on academic performance and neglect students?abilities and interest inother areas. I think there?re a lot of people who are very intelligent, but haven ?t hadthe opportunities they could have had if they had learned in a b
19、roader-mindededucational systems. I feel that a lot of courses that students are required to take inhigh school are too academic, and, asa result, many kids have lost their interest inlearning.Educators often fail to recognize various kinds of intelligence. They simply exert a lotof pressure on stud
20、ents to be as well-rounded as possible. I think being well-rounded isn?t really possible. And as a consequence some students I believe to be intelligentcan?tget into good colleges if they, you know,haven?tscored well on the math section, even if they are brilliant writers.Another thing that disturbs
21、 me is that the so-called weak students are separated fromthe rest of the school. Some kids are kept in a separate class if their grades are lowerthen others?. And they?ve very aware of their social position, you know. I think itcauses them to act in a way that is not really positive. The?yre just a
22、cting in a way that they are expected. Often their grades go from bad to worse. And that ?s pretty sad. Ithink that many of the kids in those classesare intelligent, but they never actually realize their potential because of the way they are treated early on in their education. Problems ResultsEduca
23、tors just want to give standardized Kids lose interest in learning.tests. They only focus on academicperformance but neglect students?abilities and interestin other areas.Educators often exert a lot of pressureon Some intelligent kids can?tget into goodstudents to be as well-rounded as colleges.poss
24、ible.“Weak”students are separated from theTheir grades gofrom bad to worse.rest of the school. The Final ExamAt a university, there were four sophomorestaking a chemistry course. They weredoing so well on all the quizzes, midterms, labs, that each had “A”so far for thesemester.These four friends wer
25、e soconfident that on the weekend before the final, theydecided to go up to the University of Virginia andparty with some friends there. Theyhad a great time and didn?t make it back to school until early Monday morning.Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their professor after the
26、 final and explain to him why they missed it. They explained that they had planned to comeback in time for the final exam, but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the way backand didn?t have a spare. As a result, they missed the final.The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make
27、 up the final thefollowing day. The guys were relieved and elated. The next day, the professorplacedthem in separate room, handed each of them a papearn, d told them to begin.They looked at the first problem, worth five points. It was a simple question on achemical reaction. “Cool,”they thought at t
28、he same time, each one in his separateroom, “Thiiss going to be easy”. Each finished the problem and then turned the page.On the second page was a question worth 95 points“: Whichof the tires was flat?”Harvard UniversityHarvard University is the oldest institute of highest learning in the United Sta
29、tes.Founded 16 years after the arrival of the Pilgrim at Plymouth, the university has grown from nine students with a single master to the present enrollment of more than21,000 students, including undergraduates and students in 10 graduate and professional schools. Over 14, 000 people work at Harvar
30、d, including more than 2,100 faculty members. Harvard has produced eight American presidents and many Nobel Prize winners.During its early years, Harvard offered a classic academic course based on the modelof English universities, but consistent with the prevailing Puritan philosophy.Although many of its early graduates became ministers in Puritan churches throughout New England, the university never formally affiliated with a specificreligious group.Under President Pusey, Harvard started what was then the largest fundraisingcampaig
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