listening.docx

1、listeningUnit One bilingual, bicultural, Fill the corner office, head-hunting, Know something of everything, and know everything of somethingplacement company, Not preview, But ReviewI cant hear any traffic. NoBe miles from anywhereIn the middle of nowherevehicle, cars, Thats the beauty oflanguage p

2、oint, language chunk, prefabricated pattern, everything fromtoactual vs. virtual Thank you for making my day.be made available to sth.A blessing or a curseLandmark, Thats it. Fellow, fellowship, Directors of a company, the board of directorsBe attached to, affiliated to, Were up to, Were intoput eve

3、rything up off the ground level, grand, bursar be steeped inbe steeped in the glorious pastThis is one of the very earliest developments ofScience and technologythem allnational costumeThis auditorium is one of the very earliest developments of the university.United Nations CharterAs the name sugges

4、ts, ratio of students to staff, actual, virtual, As the name suggests/indicates/implies, Thank you for making my day.Be cunningly done, science park, industrial park, eco-industrial park, a growth phenomenon, the Bridge of Sighs, a center of excellence, growth phenomenon, corruption, bring in buildi

5、ng materials, have access to eco-industrial science park, As the name suggests/indicates/implies, Ratio of staff to students, Ivy League: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Yale, Im an Ivy Leaguer. Orientation-oriented Export-oriented, community-oriented hospital,

6、 people-oriented, test-oriented course, test-driven teaching, -conscious, race-conscious, class-conscious, health-conscious, image-conscious, beauty-conscious, fashion-conscious, were pressed for time, as I keep telling you, where were we? Lets pick up where we left off.Make upScore, a score of eigh

7、ty, 80 marks/pointsChallenge, chances and challenges, be physically challenged, be mentally challenged, be vertically challenged, Pose a challenge, challenge a professor, Office hours, service hours, banking hours, work long hours, spare time, lunch hour, Degree-awarding powerPurchasing power, earni

8、ng power, staying power, Power cut, power failure,ratio of staff to full-time studentsGovern, governor, major, county magistrate, Act of Parliament, Parliament, the House of Lords, the House of Commons, Congress, the Senate, the House of Representatives, Bush AdministrationState Council, the Nationa

9、l Peoples CongressState Department, Secretary of the State, Home Secretary, Undersecretary, the Cabinet, State Councilor, Premier, P. R. ChinaThe National Political Consultative ConferenceThe National Peoples Congressenjoy academic freedom, award degrees, date from, be traced back toThe 1960s saw/wi

10、tnessed/experienced considerable expansion in the number of new universities.Thick carpet killed the sound of his footsteps.A new dignity crept into his walk.Terror seized her.His new book hits offJump considerably, establishment, choose to exercise it (the freedom)academic titleFirst degree course,

11、 associate degree, Master of philosophy, M. PhilM. Phil, Ph. D.-holder, doctoral student, post-doctoral, diploma courseassociate professor, assistant professor, teaching assistant, full professor, lecturer, reader, full-time student, part-time student, casual student, diploma student, curriculum, ex

12、tracurricular activities, study work, probation, field workPart IIIAgricultural sector, High-tech sector, Department, Ministry, Section chief, headmaster, headmistressmaster and mistress, Sir, madam, Pirate, male pirate, female pirate, Bachelor, spinster, maiden, virgin, Promotion chances, chances o

13、f advancement, This is something that is not so. full circle, Where does that leave someone like you? Be in charge of, if you like you, give a clue to, be clueless about, be brought up to be ambitious, be born to win/succeed, deputy mayor, associate professor, assistant professor, full professor, te

14、aching assistant, T.A., R.A.,vice president, vice chancellor, V.C. is what being a head means, largish, bluish, greenish, whitish, pinkish, foolish, bookish, mannish, womanish, boyish, girlish, childish, thirtyish, eightish, school leaving age, follow in ones footsteps, follow Americans trash-filled

15、 footsteps, be committed to, public school, private boarding school, grammar school, aspiration = ambition, aspire, spir- =breatheinspire, conspire, transpire, respire, expire, expiry date, perspire, inspiration, perspiration, Curiosity, courage, perseverance, perspiration, Be geared to sth.Be in fu

16、ll gearthe elite few, the privileged few, the gifted few, mock, ridicule, laugh at, SWOTFrown on: disapprove ofLook atPeek at, peep at, peer at, leer at, ogle at, glare at, gaze at, gawk at, Stride, tiptoe, Topic-based Approach, Veterinary, a minimum of, maximum, average, total, combination, the rat

17、io of staff to full-time students, study full-time, study part-time, study on the part-time basis, on the monthly basis, on the regular basis, offer, obligatory/compulsory/required course, optional/selective course, science and technology, commerce and industry, be engaged in, in conjunction with ,

18、commercial application, an understanding and appreciation, degree title, academic title, full professor, associate professor, assistant professor, Teaching assistant, lecturer, reader, arts subjects, engineering, science and arts, liberal arts, humanities fine artteaching duties, science and liberal

19、 arts, qualifications: degree, diploma, certificate, higher education establishments, topic-based approachample, considerable, distribute, allot, gvt, gov., ex, 4,Where were we? Lets pick up where we left off.Self-governing, independentAllot, give outUniformity of standards between universities is p

20、romoted by employing external examiners for all university examinations.The Open University and other universities are responsible for validating degrees at higher education institutions without degree awarding powers.Teaching duties, obligation, Self-governing, independentample, considerable, allot

21、, Work-related and vocational, acquire qualifications, flextime, government-sponsored, program = course, postgraduate programs, attend part-time, attend on the part-time basis, ties =relations, body = organization, talk = negotiation, ban = forbid, bar = prevent, government agency, agent, sole agent

22、, compulsory, obligatory, required, selectional, optional, diploma course, degree course, under-represented, politburo, well-represented, over-represented, Marriage is an institution, but who wants to live in an institution?Enterprises and institutionsWomen are under-represented in the body, cash-li

23、mited, cash-strapped, clients, customer, fee-paying tutoring collegesclient, customer, goods and services, ambition, ambitious, spir- = breathe, aspire, inspire, inspiration, perspiration, perspire, success: formulacuriosity, courage, perseverance, perspiration, perspire, conspire, transpire, expire

24、, = breathe out, x=ks expiry date, the self-made American, Perseverance, perspiration, courage, curiosity, Public school, private boarding school, grammar school, gear = adapt, Landing gear, the elite few, the gifted few, the privileged few, thefewridicule, mock, sneer at, laugh at, swot = sb. who w

25、orks/studies hardSWOT = strength, weakness, opportunity, threat, waspWASP = White Anglo-Saxon ProtestantEmerge, loom, zigzag, Tiptoe, slip, stride, storm out of, storm into, break into, burst intofrown on = show disapproval ofBe geared to sth, a means to an endbe a man, manly, masculine, be girlish,

26、 sissy, womanishbe ladylike, be all woman, womanly, a lady, a tomboybe a good mixer, wet blanket, wall flower, clinging vine, a flash in the pan, gate-crasher, vehicle, mixed results, a mixed blessing, product mixthe elite ruling classteam spirit/game/effort/work/dynamics, be the thing, the chances

27、are (that) , slim chance, fat chance, fill in, fill outattribute, fit into a mould, tying in with the importance of games is the fact thatThe fact that is tying in with the importance of gamesBe clean of limb, be hard of hearing, be silken of skin, I can assure you, tough and hard, dull and boring,

28、Anglo-Saxon, a whole lot, come off, pullover, in one go, pajamas, a whole damn lot, go round, with layers and layers of things on, a sign of weakness Weekly schedule, masculine, be a man, manly, feminine, be all woman, be all smiles, be all ears, be all eyes, be all legs, be all thumbs = be clumsy,

29、be all hands, hands off, mannish, womanish, boyish, girlish, childish, sissy, a tomboy, foolish, bookish,mix well with, be a good mixer, product mix, mixed feelings, mixed results, a mixed blessing, yes-man, nay-sayer, wet blanket, wall flower, gate crasher, contrast, comparison, the best education

30、money can buyvague languageSort of, kind of, somewhere between and Neither new nor old, but somewhere in between-oriented, Orientation courseMinor in An English major, Landmark expressions, The whole lot came off, pullover, pyjamas, put on over the pyjamas, with an inch of pyjama trousers showing ou

31、t at the bottom of With layers and layers of things on, a sign of weakness, no sign of civilization, In one go, at one stroke, tough, difficult, acquisition of knowledgethe whole damned lotfour-letter wordAnglo-Saxon, Orientation course, Oriental -orientedexport-oriented economy, a community-oriented hospital, people-oriented work, career-oriented, test-oriented, test-driven teaching, Real learning is shoved aside.-friendlyeco-friendly, user-frie