Unit 7

Assignments
Speaking: Search the internet about any celebrity you like. Report to the class in the next class. Listening: Do the exercises in “follow-up”. Check them in the next class.
Listening for content: passage
• Coco Chanel
Listening for content: passage
• Chanel No. 5
Listening for content: passage
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A. 1. F 2. T 3.T 4.F 5.T 6.T 7.T 8.F
Listening for content: a speech
• B. • 2. How did Steve get fired from his own Apple Computer Company? • As Apple grew bigger, they hired someone to run the company with Steve, and for the first year of so things went well. But then they began to disagree with each other and eventually conflicts broke out. When the conflicts arose, the Board of Directors did not support Steve. So at 30 Steve was out of the Apple Company that he had started.
Warm-up: Speaking—about celebrities
Pair work
• If you are lucky enough and your chance of becoming famous is about 50%, would you like to work hard to become a celebrity?
Listening for content: conversation
• Pierce Brosnan (16 May, 1953, an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist ) • 007 James Bond films • GoldenEye,1995 • Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997 • The World Is Not Enough, 1999 • Die Another Day ,2002
Listening for content: a speech
• Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
Listening for content: a speech
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A. 1) started Apple 2) 4,000 employees 3) got fired 4) talented 5) visions of the future 6) sided with 7) lightness 8) creative periods 9) fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife • 10) the most successful animation studio in the world
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Q1 Do you have a mania for celebrities?
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Q2 Do you know any celebrities? Can you tell something about him/her/them?
Warm-up: Listeker talking about the facets of a person’s physical appearance and her life. Then decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F
Thank you!
Listening for content: a speech
• B. • 1. Why did Steve say that he was lucky? • He was lucky because he found what he loved to do early in life. Steve and Woz started Apple Company when he was 20. They worked hard, and in ten years Apple had grown from just the two of them in a garage into a $ 2 billion company with over 4,000 employees.
Listening for content: a speech
• B. • 3. How did Steve become the head of Apple Computer Company again? • After Steve got fired, he started a new company called NeXT, then another company named Pixar. Pixar focused on computer-aninated films and Is not the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought Next and Steve returned to Apple Company and became its CEO again.
Listening for content: passage • B. What qualities should a person possess in order to be successful? • 1. Self-Motivation. • 2. Integrity and Trustworthiness. • 3. Team spirit. • 4. Conflict-Resolution Abilities. • 5. Ability to Remain Calm. • 6. Optimistic Attitude. • 7. Self-Management • 8. Critical Thinking • 9. Decision-Making • 10. Enthusiasm.
Speaking for Communication
• Talking it through • 1) Should the number of cars be limited in big cities of China? • 2) Should efforts be made to save water? And how? • 3) Should there be more parks and green spaces in China’s cities?
GoldenEye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)
Listening for content: conversation
A. 1.C 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.D B. 1. Production of a child. Production of a marriage. Production of films. 2. Die Another Day. 3. He’s about five years old and he loves motorcars.
研究生英语系列教材
听说教程（上）
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Unit 1
Unit 7 The Celebrities I Know
Content
Warm-up Listening for content Speaking for communication
Assignments
Warm-up: Listening