week 02练习

Conversation 1:

Exercise One

Listen to the conversation and complete the fact file on Martin Downes:

1. Age:

2. Age when the stroke occurred:

3. Number of weeks of speech and language therapy:

4. Length of time in hospital:

Exercise Two

Listen to the conversation again and answer the questions:

1. Can Martin remember much about having the stroke?

2. When he woke up in the hospital, why did Martin feel frightened?

3. How did the speech and language therapist help him?

4. What did Martin work with to help himself when he got home?

5. Did Martin make a full recovery?

6. What were the main things that helped him?

Conversation 2:

Listen to the conversation and choose the best way to complete the sentences.

1. Research shows that children educated at a Montessori school ____.

(a) do much better than other children later on

(b) do better than other children later on

(c) have different skills from other children

(d) are less imaginative than other children

2. After a child has done an activity, the teacher ____.

(a) makes notes

(b) helps them all the time

(c) observes them

(d) works with them

3. The equipment ____.

(a) is often designed for one activity only

(b) is made of wood or plastic

(c) can be used for several activities

(d) is always put away by the child

4. Sarah Harrington says that children ____.

(a) use letters made of wood

(b) play with letters a lot

(c) use coloured letters

(d) use letters made of sandpaper

5. Claudia Rosella says there ____.

(a) are two disadvantages to Montessori methods

(b) are several disadvantages

(c) is one disadvantage

(d) is one big disadvantage but the methods are very successful

Passages 1, 2, 3, and 4:

Listening to the four passages and write down the four scripts.