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1、Unit 1Unit 1Life is a learning curveLife is a learning curveListening to the worldListening to the worldSharingSharingScriptsH=Hina;W1=Woman 1,etc.;M1=Man 1,etc.Part 1Part 1H:I have a full-time job but I like learning new things in my spare time.Atthe moment,Im studying Spanish.Im enjoying it but Im

2、 finding it quitedifficult.Today were asking people about learning new things.Part 2Part 2W1:Im learning to speak another language,actually.Im learning French.Imalso learning,er,to drive.W2:Im learning to play golf at the moment.Um,my husband and my son playgolf,and when we go on holiday,I feel that

3、 I want to be able to play withthem.W3:Im learning to speak Spanish.W4:I am learning Arabic.M1:Well,Ive beenlearning to play the guitar for about 50 years now.Andits a constant process,so still learning bits,yes.W5:Im learning yoga at the moment,and Im finding it quite hard.M2:The courses Im taking

4、are,are training courses for leadership,er,negotiation,(and)evaluation.M3:Im learning Swahili.W6:At the moment,Im learning to paint and draw in evening classes for adults.W7:Im studying part-time after work.M4:Ive er,just learned how to er,do a lot of kayaking.W8:I am learning how to design a websit

5、e at the moment.W9:Im in a choir so singing,I guess,is pretty much the only thing Im doingat the moment.M5:At the moment,Im taking up a new instrument.Its a traditional instrumentfrom Zimbabwe,and its called the mbira.Er,let me show you.Part 3Part 3H:Whats the most difficult thing youve ever learned

6、M5:Patience,I think.W4:Arabic.M2:Courage.W3:Learning a language is particularly difficult for myself(me),so probablylearning the Spanish.W6:The most difficult thing I have ever learned is Mandarin Chinese.I did itin evening classes a few years ago and I found it really,really difficult.W5:Probably c

7、apoeira,which is a Brazilian dance,martial art,fight thing.Its a combination of all of these things.And yes,that was very difficultbecause there were lots of unusual body movements to learn.W1:Learning to drive was the most difficult thing.M3:Well,I learned some Sanskrit,and thats got um,nine cases,

8、two more thanLatin.Its quite difficult by most standards.M4:I think I found French very hard at school.W2:Um,I learned to play the trumpet at school.That was pretty difficult.Er.and maybe learning to drive.I hated learning to drive.ListeningListeningScriptsP=presenter;S=SallyP:Hi.Youre listening toA

9、sk the Expertand in todays program were talkingabout languages and how to learn a language.Our expert today is Sally Parker,who is a teacher.Hi Sally.S:Hello.P:Sally,our first question today is from Andy.He says,“Ive just startedlearning English.My problem is that Im too frightened to speak.My gramm

10、aris not very good,so Im worried about saying the wrong thing.”Have you gotany advice for AndyS:OK.Well,the first thing is I think Andy should practice speaking to himself.P:Speaking to himself Im not sure thats a good idea.S:I know it sounds silly,but talking to yourself in a foreign language is ar

11、eally good way to practice.You dont have to feel embarrassed,becausenobody can hear you.You can talk to yourself about anything you like whatyou had for breakfast,where youre going for the weekend anything.Andthe more you do it,the more you will get used to hearing your own voice andyour pronunciati

12、on,so you wont feel so frightened in the classroom.Andyshould try it.P:Hm,I suppose so.Anything else What about his grammarS:He has only just started learning English,so he is going to make lots ofmistakes,but thats not a problem.Thats how hell learn.Andy shouldntworry about making mistakes.P:Youre

13、right.So Andy,try talking to yourself,and dont worry about makingmistakes.Our next problem comes from Olivia in Brazil.She is worried aboutpronunciation.She says,“The problem is I cant understand native speakers.They speak so fast and I cant understand their pronunciation.”So Sally,any ideas for Oli

14、viaS:Well,first of all its a good idea for her to practice her listening skills.She should listen toEnglish as much as possible to get used to how it sounds.Listen to the news,listen to podcasts,(and)watch English television.P:OK thats a good idea.S:And another thing she should do is to focus on lis

15、tening and reading at thesame time.If you listen to something on the Internet,you can often read thetranscript.If you listen and read at the same time,itll help you see whatthe words sound like and how the words sound when a native speaker is talking.P:Great.Thank you,Sally.Well,huh,Im afraid thats

16、all we have time fortoday,but next week well be ViewingViewingScriptsN=Narrator;I=Ian Deary;W1=Woman 1,etc.;M1=Man 1,etc.N:Recent research into the history of IQ tests in Scotland suggests your IQscore might predict,to an extent at least,your health and even your lifeexpectancy.W1:You have 45 minute

17、s to do the test,OKM1:OK.N:Bill and Davina are 79 years old.This is the second time theyve done thistest.The first time was in 1932,when every 11-year-old in Scotland was putthrough an intelligence test.Its the only time this kind of mass testinghas ever been done in the UK.The results were rediscov

18、ered recently in anEdinburgh basement.If you want to know how our intelligence changes as weget older,these results are a potential goldmine.I:We brought hundreds of people back and we got them to sit the exact same testthat they had sat when they were aged 11.Now,these people are now 79 or 80years

19、old.We gave the same instructions.We gave the same test.And we gavethe same time limit.M2:It was a little stickier than I thought it would be.M3:I walked through it quite happily,quite honestly.W2:I felt I must have been very bright at 11 if I sat that exam and passed.N:There were some intriguing re

20、sults.Almost everyone had a better score at 80than they did at 11.But some had gone from being just averagely intelligentto a much higher level.I:Now,thats what really drives our research.Were interested in:Why havethose people whove gone(people gone)from IQ 100,at age 11,up to 110 or120 What have t

21、hey done right What can be the recipe for successful agingWere finding that the person with more education,even though they had thesame IQ in childhood,is doing slightly better in old age,on average.Theperson who had a more professional job,in old age,is doing slightly betteron average than the pers

22、on who had a manual job,despite the fact that theystarted at the same level.The people who smoked have got slightly less goodmental ability than you would expect.N:Whats even more remarkable is that the kids who had higher IQ scores at 11are the very ones still alive today.So it seems high IQ in chi

23、ldhood is goodfor survival.Speaking for communicationSpeaking for communicationRole-playRole-playScriptsA:Ah,OK,so we need to think of the best ideas for taking tests.B:Yep.A:Er,well,how about this one Its a good idea to study with friends at thesame time each day.B:Mm,in my opinion,this is a really

24、 good idea.You can make it a regular partof your daily life.A:You mean like having breakfast at the same time,lunch at the same time,studying at the same time.B:Yes.And also I think it helps when you study with friends.A:Yeah,I,I think its more motivating.B:And you can actually talk to someone,not j

25、ust look at books.I find that ifIm only reading my notes its easy to lose concentration.I start thinkingabout other things.But when you are talking to someone,it really helps youconcentrate.So,yes,I agree with this one.A:OK.Another idea is not to eat too much before the exam.B:Oh,reallyA:Mm,when I e

26、at a lot,I get sleepy.B:Oh,I see.I think it depends.Because if you dont eat enough,you start tofeel hungry in the middle of the exam.A:Mm,thats true.B:And then you cant concentrate.A:Yeah,thats true.B:So,Im not sure about this advice,for me.As I said,I think it depends.Ialways try to eat a good meal

27、 before an exam.Im so nervous that I never getsleepy.A:Hm.OK.What other ideas do you haveB:Well,theres one thing I always do before an exam.A:Whats thatB:I go to bed early the night before.A:Right.B:I always try to sleep for eight hours the night before the exam.Further practice in listeningFurther

28、practice in listeningShort conversationsShort conversationsScriptsConversation 1Conversation 1W:It is the third time my paper has been rejected by journals because of languageproblems.M:You know,there is a writing center on campus.I had never got a grade betterthan C for any of my term papers before

29、 they helped me out.Q:What can we learn from the conversationConversation 2Conversation 2M:You said you would choose Spanish as your second foreign language.Why didyou finally choose French insteadW:My grandfather speaks fluent French and he says that French is a language thatany truly cultured pers

30、on must know.Q:Why does the woman choose to learn FrenchConversation 3Conversation 3W:You seem to have no problem understanding native speakers now.How about Dr.Browns speech last nightM:Excellent.But it was still too fast for me to follow,especially when Dr.Brown talked about those abstract theorie

31、s.Q:What did the man do last nightConversation 4Conversation 4M:It seems to me that Melissa is in a bad mood today.Whats wrong with herW:Melissa forgot to bring her identification card yesterday and she was notallowed to enter the contest.You know she had prepared for the contest formonths.Q:What ma

32、de Melissa unhappyConversation 5Conversation 5W:I think my time at school is wasted because it is just studying books anddoing tests.M:But you also learn new ideas and new ways of thinking.And more importantlyyou meet people and develop your understanding of people at school.Q:What does the man thin

33、k of the womans opinionLong conversationLong conversationScriptsM:Miranda,letsspeakaboutyourperformanceinclass.Yourenotparticipating;youre careless with your assignments and often hand them inlate.You dont want to be here,do youW:Im sorry Dr.Smith.Its just Ive got lots of things to do.Imstudying Web

34、 design and Im a first-class player on our golf team.Its hardto see why I need to take a Spanish language class!M:Well,Im sorry you feel that way,but learning another la nguage can improveyour performance in all of your efforts.And it can be very useful sometimes,for instance,when you visit your fat

35、her in Mexico.W:Gosh!What do you mean,professor Just because my father does business inMexico Im supposed to learn Spanish on top of everything else I have tolearn Its just too much!And if I dont spend enough time on the golfcourse,I wont remain a first-class player on the golf team.I still dontsee

36、why I should learn a language thats so hard for me.Ther e are no verbtenses on the golf course or in Web design!M:Listen Miranda,Ive known your father since we were students at university20 years ago and have known you since you were a little girl.Of course,there are no verb tenses in golf or Web de

37、sign.But I am giving you goodadvice.Please listen.W:Yes,of course,youre like my favorite uncle.M:Your brain isnt like a cup that has water flowing over its edge when it isfull.Instead,its like a muscle.Learning Spanish exercises your brain innew ways,making it stronger.It will strengthen your critic

38、al thinking skillsand creativity.W:Really!Then I guess I can give it a try.Passage 1Passage 1Scripts I began learning Spanish when I was in high school,using a traditionalacademic method of studying verbs,sentence structures,and grammar by usingtextbooks and not much else.I found it very easy to lea

39、rn,but was frustratedwith the slow pace and repetitive nature of all my Spanish classes.So I workedextra hard in my spare time and asked my teacher if I could skip a level by theend of the semester.This was unsuccessful,however,because the school was not willing to testme or otherwise prove that I c

40、ould be successful in the top level after skippinga level.This made things even more frustrating,as then I was stuck in a classwhere I already knew the material!Then I went on to college where I then used the language extensively both inand out of the classroom.I studied Spanish literature,culture,a

41、nd linguisticsand very much enjoyed the cultural and linguistic elements,but found the in-depth study of literature a very unbalanced way to study Spanish.I got a lot out of using my Spanish outside of the classroom,including atrip to Mexico with a church group,where I found myself acting as an inte

42、rpreter.It was certainly challenging,but it was also a lot of fun.I then also volunteered to be an interpreter in the community schools andalso used my Spanish to teach English to some Spanish speakers.This is probablywhere I learned the most!Q1:What do we know about the speakers Spanish learning ex

43、perience in highschoolQ2:What made the speaker feel frustrated while leaning Spanish in high schoolQ3:What did the speaker say about her study of Spanish literature in collegeQ4:Which experience benefited the speaker most in terms of her use of SpanishPassage 2Passage 2Scripts and answersHave you ev

44、er heard of homeschooling It is a legal choice for parents in mostcountriestoprovidetheirchildrenwithalearningenvironment asan1)alternative to public or private schools outside the home.Parents cite 2)numerous reasons for homeschooling their children.The three reasons that areselected by the majorit

45、y of parents in the United States are the concern aboutthe 3)traditional school environment,the lack of religious ormoral instruction,and the dissatisfaction with the 4)academic instruction at public and privateschools.Homeschooling may also be a factor in the choice of parenting style.Homeschooling

46、 can be a choice for families living in isolated 5)countryside orliving briefly abroad.Also many young 6)athletes and actors are taught at home.Homeschoolers often 7)take advantage of educational opportunities at museums,libraries,community centers,athletic clubs,after-school programs,churches,parks

47、,and other community resources.8)Secondary school level students may takeclasses at community colleges,which typically have open admission policies.Groups of homeschooling families often join up together to create homeschoolco-ops.Thesegroupstypicallymeetonceaweekandprovideaclassroomenvironment.Thes

48、e are family-centered support groups whose members seek to pooltheir talents and resources 9)in a collective effort to broaden the scope oftheir childrens education.They provide a classroom environment where studentscan do hands-on and group learning such as performing,science experiments,artproject

49、s,foreign language study,spelling contests,discussions,etc.Parentswhose children take the classes 10)serve as volunteers to keep costs low andmake the program a success.Unit 2 Journey into the unknownUnit 2 Journey into the unknownListening to the worldListening to the worldSharingSharingScriptsF=Fi

50、nn;W1=Woman 1,etc.;M1=Man 1,etc.Part 1Part 1F:Ive spent a lot of time living in different countries so there isnt oneplace I think of as home.Ive lived in Scotland and Poland and China.I lovegoing to new places and learning about new cultures.Today,Im asking peopleabout travel.Part 2Part 2W1:I love