1、ll let you have one for the price of a coffee. Q: What do we learn about the woman from this conversation? Conversation 3 M: Professor Smith, I d like to have your advice as tomy career development in the future. W: I t s my pleasure. I think youare good at abstract thinking. I am sure you ll make i
2、t if you pursueyour graduate work in theoretical physics. Q: What does the womana dvice the man to do?Conversation 4 W: I can t believe Ken missed such an important lectu reeven though I reminded him the day before yesterday. M: You should know him better by now. He s known for taking everything in
3、one ear and straight out the other. Q: What does the man imply?Conversation 5 W: I hear youre working as a market surveyor this summer. It s got to be awfully difficult going to so many places in such hot summerdays. M: Well, it is challenging, but I get to meet lots of new people and the pay is dec
4、ent enough. Q: What does the man think of his job?Long conversation Scripts W: Thanks for meeting with me, Dr. Pearl. I need permission to drop your class, Literature and Writing. M: It s only the second week of class, Stacey. Why are you giving up so quickly? We veonly written one essay so far, and
5、 you won t get your grade back untilnext Wednesday! I know, sir. But as a third-year engineering student, I don t want to risk lowering my grade point average by scoring poorly in a writing class! M: OK Whats worrying you? I spent two weeksreading Great Expectations, and then it took me 10 hours to
6、write the three-page essay. Well, engineering courses are easy but important, as we know. But a writing course I don t know. I ll just take a filmclass next semester, not hard at all a two-paragraph review for eachfilm. That will cover my humanities requirements. M: OK Stacey, listen: In college, I
7、was the opposite. Math was hard; literature was easy. But later, when I opened my coffee shop, The Found Librarian, located on the 15th street, math helped me! Wait! You own The Found Librarian? That s our favorite coffee place. We get coffee and screenplay at more than 30 different production desse
8、rt there every week and work on math homework. M: Yeah, that s my shop. Stacey, let s reconsider. Success in life needs a variety of skills. Humanities majors need math. Engineering majors need writing skills. This writing class will serve you well. Go to theUniversity Writing Center and sign up for
9、 free tutoring. Then stop by myoffice each Friday at 11 a.m. and I ll work with you. To gether you cansucceed in becoming a strong writer. A good deal? Yes! Thank you, Dr.Pearl! Passage 1 Scripts In 1978, as I applied to study film at the University of Illinois, my father objected and quoted me a st
10、atistic, “Every year, 50,000 performers compete for 200 available roles onBroadway.” Against his advice, I boarded a flight to the US. Some years later, when I graduated from the film school, I came to understand my father s concern. It was nearly unheard of for a Chinese newcomert o make it in the
11、American film industry. Beginning in 1983, I struggled through six years of annoying, hopeless uncertainty. Much of the time, I was helping film crews with their equipment or working as editor s assistant. My most painful experience involved shopping a screenplay at more than 30 different production
12、 companies, and being met with harsh rejection each time. That year, I turned 30. Yet, I couldn t even support myself. Whatcould I do? Keep waiting, or give up my moviemaking dream? My wife gave me strong support. Her income was terribly modest. To relieve me from feeling guilty, I took on all house
13、work cooking, cleaning, taking care of our son in addition to reading, reviewing films and writing scripts. It was rather shameful for a man to live this kind of life. Afterward, I enrolled in a computer course at a community college. At that time, it seemed that only the knowledge of computer could
14、 quickly make me employable. One morning, right before she got in her car to head off to work, my wife turned back and standing there on our front steps said, “Ang Lee, dont forget your dream.” Sometime after, I obtained funding for my screenplay, and began to shoot my own films. After that, a few o
15、f my films started to win international awards. Recalling earlier times, my wife confessed, “Ive always believed that you only need one gift. Your gift is making films. ” And today, I ve finally won that goldenstatue. I think my own perseverance and my wife s immeasurable sacrifice have finally met
16、their reward. Q1: When did Ang Lee come to understand his father s concern about studying film? Q2: What was Ang Lee s mostpainful experience according to the passage? Q3: Why did Ang Lee enroll in a computer course at a community college? Q4: What did Ang Lees wife think of him according to the pas
17、sage?Passage 2 Scripts and answers Nothing succeeds like confidence. Wheny ou are truly and justifiably confident, it radiates from you like sunlight, and attracts success to you like a magnet. It s so important to 1) believe in yourself. Believe that you can do anything under any 2) circumstances,
18、because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief justkeeps you 3) searching for success, and then pretty soon you can get it.Confidence is more than an attitude. It comes from knowing exactly where you are going, and how you are going to get there. It comes from 4) a strong sense of
19、 purpose. It comes from a strong commitment to take 5) responsibility, rather than just let life happen. One way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. Confidence does not equal self-importance. Self-importance is born out of fea
20、r and 6) insecurity, while confidence comes from strength and 7) integrity. Confidence is not just believing you can do it. Confidence is knowing you can do it, and knowing that you are capable of 8) accomplishing anything you want. Anything can be achieved through focused, determined effort, commit
21、ment and selfconfidence. If your life is not what you 9) are longing for, you have the power to change it, and you must make such changes on a momentb y moment basis. Live with your goals and your plan of action, and live each moment with your 10) priorities in mind, then you will have the life you
22、want.Unit 2 Emotions speak louder than words Whats up? You look so upset and tired. M: To be frank, I am getting a little tired of my sister s vanishing without anyexplanation, especially when there is a lot of work to do around the house. Q: How does the man feel about his sister?Conversation 2 W:
23、What s wrong with Professor Smith?t imaginethat he lost his temper this morning. When I first met him, he looked so gentle and kind. M: Oh, dont make a fuss about it. If you know him, then youll also know it ll pass very soon. Q: What does the man say aboutProfessor Smith?Conversation 3 W: You mean
24、Horace is still angry about that joke you made about his name? Yes. But I couldn t help it. It just occurred to meat that moment. I didn t mean to offend him at all! Q: What do we knowabout the man? By the way, did you hear that Jack failed his mid-term exam?s too bad because it will disqualify him
25、for next year sscholarship, and his parents will be really disappointed with him. M: He deserved it. Hes never really studied since last semester. Q: Howd oes the man feel about Jack s failing the exam? I have been thinking about the interv iew all week. Im so desperate for this job, I can t afford
26、any mistakes. M: Take it easy. Youve made enough preparations. What you really need is a little bit of confidence. I m sure you ll get the job. Q: What do we learn about the woman? Happy Friday Chris! Isn t that mountainbeautiful today Gosh Chris, are you OK? Are you crying? Did I saysomething? No,
27、it s fine, Sally. It s just that today is the one-year anniversary of my father s death. W: I m so so rry. Today must beespecially difficult. M: I woke up this morning, looked out at MountRainier for 45 minutes thinking about him. It was his favorite mountain, and from the time when I was seven year
28、s old until he died last year, every year, every year we would go hiking and camping together up that mountain at least three or four times. W: Wow. That s my favorite place, too. Ilove all the blue and yellow flowers that cover the slopes in early summer. M: He loved those flowers, too, and we had
29、baskets and bunches of them at the funeral. W: That sounds really special. Those little details can be such a comfort. M: Yes, it was a reminder of our happiest memories together. Honestly, I hope to die as peacefully as he did. We had just come home from a five-day hiking and camping trip in June.
30、We had caught six fish for dinner and mom was preparing them in the kitchen. Dad sat down in his favorite green chair and had a heart attack and died quickly and peacefully. W:s tough to lose someone you love, but it so undslike he had a great life. M: He certainly did. He was 78 when he died.A good life, though, a very good life. W: Chris, take the day off. Maybe go hiking on Mou
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