2003版超越概念高级英语Unit_Eight(修改版)

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高级英语

Lecturer: Li Rongju
Aims of the Course
a. Vocabulary b. Paraphrase c. Structure d. Style e. Rhetoric

Lesson one
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Important and difficult points:

1. The comprehension and appreciation of the words describing sound, colour, light, heat, size and smell.

2. The appreciation of the words and expressions used for stress and exaggeration.

Detailed Study of the Text

1. Middle East: Southeast Asia and Northeast Africa,
including the Near East and Iran and Afghanistan.

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*image-2*（中东集市， flash)

shadow: darkness where direct light, esp. sunlight, is blocked by sth.
Detailed Study of the Text

shadowy: hard to see or know about clearly, not distinct, dim

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2003版超越概念高级英语Unit_Eight(修改版)[33页]

written language of China more than 2,000 years ago? In what way did that contribute to the unification of China? 8. How would you explain the fact that some people try to keep the “purity” of the language while others advocate the usage of “loan words”? 9. Cantonese is considered a separate language from Mandarin by linguists outside China. Do you consider Cantonese to be such or a dialect of the Chinese language?
Language Change: Progress or Decay?
Ⅰ. Further Information about the Text Ⅱ. New Words, Phrases and Expressions Ⅲ. Content of The Text Ⅳ. Understanding the Text Ⅴ. Language Exercises
1. The way you speak your language may not be the same as the way your parents speak it. What are the differences and which version do you think is better? What do you think are the causes for the shift?

高一上学期uint8theolympicgames（新课标版高一英语教案教学设计）

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2003版超越概念高级英语Unit_Six(修改版)

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高级英语教案 Book1 Unit8

Unit 8 An Interactive LifeTeaching Periods: 8Teaching Object:English majors of junior yearTeaching Aims·To enable students to get better understanding of the text·To help students learn to use new words and useful expressions in the text ·To help students learn to paraphrase some complicated sentences·To enable students to learn the use of rhetoric devices in the textTeaching Focus:·Cultural Information·Language points and expressionsTeaching Difficulties:·Comprehending the text·Paraphrasing some sentences·Identifying figures of speech·Translating some sentencesTeaching Procedures·Background information·Detailed study of the text·Structural analysis·ExerciseTime Allocation: 8 periods, 360minutes·Background information (20 minutes)·Intensive study of the text (250 minutes)·Exercise (90 minutes)I. Background information1. about the text:The text is taken from American Newsweek. Newsweek is American news weekly established in Dayton, Ohio in 1933. In it domestic and international news is summarized, analyzed and categorized according to topics each week. It also has special sections devoted to arts, science, medicine, sports, etc. it is one of the three largest newsweeklies of America and has a wide domestic and international circulation.2. about the author:Barbara Kantrowitz and Joshua Cooper Ramo: regular contributors to Newsweek “An Interactive Life” was published in Newsweek on May 31, 19933.Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)American inventor, one of the greatest inventors of all time. began to work at an early age and continued to work right up until hisdeath. Throughout his prolific career as an inventor, he was well known for his focus and determination.Edison patented more than 1,000 inventions, including the electric light, the phonograph, and the motion-picture camera.These three inventions gave rise to giant industries—electric utilities, phonograph and record companies, and the film industry—thus changing the work and leisure habits of people throughout the world.Age of EdisonThe period from 1879 to 1900, when Edison produced and perfected most of his devices, has been called the Age of Edison.4.Edison National Historical Site in W est Orange, N. J.It is a museum about 15 miles west of New Y ork City, New Y ork.It now has closed for major rehabilitation work. The Site plans to reopen sometime in 2006.For more than forty years, the laboratory created by Thomas Alva Edison in West Orange, New Jersey, had enormous impact on the lives of millions of people worldwide.Out of the West Orange laboratories came the motion picture camera, vastly improved phonographs, sound recordings, silent and sound movies and the nickel-iron alkaline electric storage battery.Edison National Historic Site provides a unique opportunity to interpret and experience important aspects of America's industrial, social and economic past, and to learn from the legacy of the world's best known inventor.Today, the Laboratory remains a powerful symbol of American technical ingenuity and productive power.In the decades represented by the display, the concept and purpose of sound recording changed dramatically: In the tens of years covered by the machines on exhibition, the idea and purpose of sound recording experienced great changes.5. Broadway:New Y ork City thoroughfare that traverses the length of Manhattan, near the middle of which are clustered the theatres that have long made it the foremost showcase of commercial stage entertainment in the United States. The term Broadway is virtually synonymous with American theatrical activity. Broadway gained its name as the axis of an important theatre district.off-off-off Broadway :Shows that cannot make into Broadway are called "off Broadway."If a show is really bad, or really small in scale, it is even less than off Broadway show.Broadway shows are usually big budget productions with famous producers. Newer shows usually start as off Broadway, meaning that they are performed in some smaller theaters, usually in some other odd places like the village. Some of these off Broadway shows can become successful and eventually become a Broadway show, but mostly that never happens.6. J. Crew:a catalogue published by J. Crew, a company selling casual wear for the rich Victoria‟s Secret: a catalogue published by Victoria‟s Secret, a company selling women undergarmentsgear: (often in comb) clothing or an article of clothing esp. for a particular purpose; football gear; headgear;.II. Detailed study of the text1.conceive of ..(as): think of …(as), imagine…(as)2.Envision: picture in the mind. Am.E;envisage: see in the mind as a future possibility; foresee;e.g. It should be quite simple; I don‟t envisage /envision any difficulty.envision doing/ that… When do you envision being able/ that you will be able to pay me back? potential: future possibility;3. memo=memorandum (formal):a note from one person or office to another within the same firm or organization; a note of sth. to be remembered.e.g. I made a memo on my memo pad to buy more coffee.4. Memorial: n. sth. esp. a stone monument, in memory of a person, event, etc.e.g. a war memorial (=in memory of dead soldiers) a memorial sculpture.The church service is a memorial to those killed in the war.5. hype: n. (infml. often derog.) loud, exaggerated promotion or publicity; attempts to get a lot of public attention for things or people by saying loudly and often that they are very good, or better than they really aree.g. media hype 传媒宣传to hype v. hyping their latest record with a lot of interviews 借大量采访大肆宣传他们的最新唱片6.esoteric scientific journals: magazines on science written in such a way as to be understood only by a few who know the subject7. obsolete: no long used; out of datee.g. obsolete machine, obsolete idea8.on the receiving end: for those who are the viewers.9.the era of the no-brainer: the period of no need to bother about the selection ofprogrammes.e to:e.g. When it comes to politics/ to repairing cars, I know nothing.11.nailing down: making sure, settlingto nail sb. down: to force (a person) to state clearly their intention or wishes. e.g. Before they repair the car, nail them down to a price.(=make them tell how much it will cost).to nail sth. up: If you nail sth. up, you fix it to a vertical surface using nails. e.g. the warning notice that he had nailed up on the pole12.specifics : details, particulars13. negotiate: infml. to succeed in dealing with or getting past (sth. difficult); succeed in crossing, surmounting, moving through, overcoming;e.g. to negotiate a steep hill/ sharp bend in one‟s car14.mass: a large quantity or number;15. data highway: the authors are comparing the transmission in the air to a busyhighway and information, data travels along the highway. This is a vivid metaphor.16.techno-chaos: technological disorder or confusion17.futuristic: dealing with the future, esp. by imagining what may happen thene.g. She writes futuristic novels about voyages to distant galaxies.the futuristic fantasy: highly imaginative TV series, with stress on the speed, flux and violence of the machine age; The futuristic fantasy mini-series refer to “Wild Palm.”18. arcade: a roofed passageway esp. one with shops on either side; a covered passage, esp. one with a roof supported by arches or with a row of shops on one or both sides;a place full of machines which spin numbers or with which one can play games after putting coins into them. In the text it refers to an amusement center having coin-operated games; a video arcade;19. shoot-…em-up: a movie or television show featuring much physical violence, esp. shooting and killing20. gear: (often in comb) clothing or an article of clothing esp. for a particular purpose; football gear; headgear;.21. couch-potato: a person who spends most of his time on a couch watching TV22. newsletter: a small sheet of printed news sent regularly to a particular group of people the company newsletter 公司的业务通讯23.run up: to cause oneself to have (bills or debts) e.g. She ran up a large phone bill.24.infrastructure:the system or structures which are necessary for the operation ofa country or an organizationV ast sums are needed to maintain the infrastructure (=water / power/ road system)A country‟s economic infrastructure (=its banks and other organizations which handle and control its moneycf. superstructure25. to front for: to act as a front for…26.CD-ROM: Compact Discs with Read-Only-Memory27.titles: discs of movies or TV programs28.Bet: do sth at riske.g. I(…ll) bet (you) ($5) that they will win the next election.He bet me five pence that he would win.It‟s foolish to bet on horses.Bet on the wrong horse: He expected Stevenson to be elected President in 1952 but as it happened, he bet on the wrong horse.I bet = I‟m sure.I bet you can‟t do this puzzle.29.lucrative: profitable30.Cater to: to take account of and provide with what is necessary; try to satisfye.g. Some magazines cater to boys.She refused to cater to his ridiculous demands.The doting husband catered to his wife‟s every wish.31.leisure activities: entertainment32.the work-at-home market: those people who stay at home to do their work andhave their computers linked with the office terminals.33.outlet: market34.tout: to praise greatly, esp. as a form of advertising; recommend highlye to pass: come about or happenstill a very big if: so far, it is still not certain that this will be realized36. archives: (a place for storing) historical materials, such as old papers, letters, andreports concerning a government, family, organization, etc. kept esp. for historical interest37.cellular: mobile phone, using a network of radio stations to pass on signals38.trample: crush, destroy by or as by treading heavily on39.stampede: a sudden, headlong running away of a group of frightened animals, esp.horses or cattle; a sudden mad rush or mass movemente.g. There‟s been a stampede to buy gold before the price goes up.40.corral: an enclosure for holding horses, cattle or other animals; pen: an enclosedarea, esp. in North America where cattle etc. are kept41.rope in: to enclose (animals ) with ropes42.obscene: adj. (esp. of ideas, books, etc. usu. about sex) offensive to accepted ideasof morality; indecente.g. The police seized a quantity of obscene publications.It‟s obscene (=shocking) that people should still be dying of starving in the 1980s.43.Convergence: act or condition of moving towards the same place, result; v.converge; adj. convergent ant. divergence v. diverge adj. divergente.g. The roads converge just before the station.This is where our opinions diverge (from each other).divergent opinionsconvergent lines44. clean up: to make much money or profite.g. We really cleaned up at the races today.He cleaned up a fortune playing cards.45.to clean sth. up: to clean thoroughly and remove anything unwantede.g It‟s your turn to clean (the kitchen) up.Clean up this mess at once!46. a leading tank: one of the principal research centers for offering proposals oncurrent issues to official agencies47.think tank: a group or institution organized for intensive research andproblem-solving, esp. in the area of technology or political strategy.48.fall over oneself: to be eager and willing (to do sth.)If you are falling over yourself to do sth. you‟re very keen to do it.e.g. Producers were falling over themselves to hire girls who had actingexperience.49.become clogged: become stopped up; become jammed, blocked50.clog: become blocked or filled so that movement or activity is very difficult51.digitalization: the turning of data into a numerical description expressed in digits.52.digitalize v. putting information into a digital form53.digit: n. any of the numbers from 0 to 9e.g. The number 2001 contains 4 digits.54.binary system: consisting of two things or parts, doubleThe binary system is used in computers because the two numbers 0 and 1 can be represented by an electrical signal that is either off or on.55.loop: a complete circuit; the complete fibre-optic cable system56.unimedia: single medium ant. Multimedia57.bit: a single digit in a binary number system58.butler a chief male servant of a house59.icon : an image, a small sign shown on a computer screen which you point it witha mouse so as to make the computer perform a particular operationpatible: (with) able to exist together, live together or be used together or with(another thing)Their marriage ended because they were simply not compatible.Is your computer compatible with my equipment?61.concede: admit as valid: acknowledge62.data bank: a large collection of data in a computer, organized so that it can beexpanded, updated and retrieved rapidly for various use63.keep tabs on: to keep checks on: follow or watch every move of; watch closely The police have been keeping tabs/ a tab on him.64.electronic butler: the head servant of a household who is an artificial intelligencedevice65.tap into : to tap; to make use of; to listen secretly or illegally to (a person,telephone conversation, etc.) by making a connection to (the telephone , a telephone wire, etc.)66.toll: a charge for service or extra service67.have: a person or nation with relatively much wealth or rich resourceshave-not: a person or nation with little or no wealth or resources68.vs: standing for versus: meaning in contrast with69.the wired: those who have access to the networkthe unplugged: those who cannot afford to use the information highway70.levy a fee (to , upon): v. to demand and collect officially;e.g. to levy a tax on tobacco 对烟草征税71.elitism n. [U] derog. (behavior based on) the belief that there should be elites andthat they deserve power, influence, special treatment, etc.; (believe in a) system, leadership, etc. that aims at developing an elite72.populism: n. type of politics that claims to represent the interests of ordinarypeoplepopulist: a person who claims to believe in the wisdom and judgment of ordinary people, esp. in political matters.73.to zap: (informal). to attack or destroy; to kill sb. esp. with a gun74.mutant: n. a living thing which has a quality d ifferent from any of its parents‟qualities and produced by mutation; a living thing that is deformed or disfigured as a result of genetic change75.hang on for the ride: to join in passively waiting for future changes.III. Structural analysis1. Paragraphs 1-2: Introduction of interactive lifea huge amount of information available to anyone at the touch of a button2. Paragraphs 3-18: description of interactive lifeA. difficult to understand because it‟s still a long wayB. four phases: fake interactive, true interactive, complete viewer control, and final frontierC. possible dreams because of large capacity chip, fibre optic cables and digitalizationD. dark side: no privacy, wide gap, considerable debate3. Paragraph 19: Suggestionhanging on for the rideLanguage appreciationThe authors describe an interactive life of the future from three aspects.First they introduce many imaginative images about an interactive life to readers; then they go on to describe many possible features of this future life.At last they analyze the dark side of these dreams.As the essay is a scientific writing, it contains many technical terms and long sentences. To make such a complicated technical assumption vivid and interesting, the authors used figures of speech such as metaphor, metonymy and rhetorical question. IV. Exercises: (refer to the textbook)。

2003版超越概念高级英语Unit_Five(修改版)

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concerted zeal browse initiative brood charismatic formulate strategic sentiment lackluster solicit visualize mutter relentless innate simultaneous liaison bureaucracy unprecedented convene reinforce consensus ultimate retain entrench 16. The organization has promised to eliminate cumbersome and unnecessary bureaucracy . 17. He claims that the writer never consciously formulated his own theoretical position. 18. Some visitors were trapped inside due to the ____________ simultaneous failure of all the elevators in the building. 19. The tribunal will convene tomorrow. 20. The two sides have taken concerted action to solve the problem.
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2003版超越概念口语Unit_Six(修改版)[35页]

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❖(Andy, Susan and Michael are friends. Susan and Michael have rented two movies and come to Andy’s to watch them together.)

超越概念(泛读) 2003版超越概念泛读Unit_One(修改版)

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5. In order to free your mind to develop ideas, you should not worry about mechanics in the writing of your first draft, unless mechanical errors distract you and you feel compelled to correct them.
2. The author has made an otherwise dull and insipid topic so lively and hot that one would wish, after reading, that he was a philosopher.
3. Do not equivocate; as you write, be as clear as possible about your position and why you feel that way.
'Will Spelling Count?', written by Jack Connor, is taken from Chapter 16 of the book, "Combining the Modes," which offers more contemporary rhetorical theory on the notion that the

2003年10月高级英语试题高级英语

2003年10月高级英语试题高级英语课程代码：0600Ⅰ. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (12 points,0.5point each)●Rumors 1 quickly that I was a FBI agent. I was 2 because I was not 3 to return. Some people said I was either a federal agent or a 4 , for no 5 man, they said, returns to Watts by 6 .●Television 7 on advertising to an even greater 8 than newspapers, and since advertising is big business, advertising is by 9 Republican. Yet nowhere in network newscasts in network commentaries on current events have I 10 the intense partisanship, the often rabid 11 that colors the editorial 12 of the majority of newspapers in this country.●The chances had 13 to one in eight when the 14 clerk drew the second slip. He 15 his throat and 16 his pince-nez as though he had to make sure he was not 17 . “Ah, Monsieur Voisin,” he said with a 18 undecided smile, “May I join you?”●Some people believe that the time of death is 19 by God and that no man should 20 the clock back on another. 21 if a patient’s philosophical views embrace 22 , it is not clear why the religious 23 of others should intrude 24 his death. A. reasonable B. put C. bias D. choice E. nature F. yet G. mistaken H. lives I.thin J. encountered K. euthanasia L. fool M. spread N. objections O. pages P.extent Q. elderly R. suspect S. cleared T. narrowed U. put on V. on W. supposedX. appointedⅡ. There are 15 sentences from the textbooks, with a blank in each, followed bya list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completeseach of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.One word or expression for each blank only. (15 points, 1point each) 25. Fromthe start of that campaign, I faced ________ hostility because of my sex. 26. Abeautiful woman came along and ________ her bunch of violets, and a little boyran after to hand them to her, and she took them and threw them away as ifthey’d been poisoned. 27. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. Ittakes the human voice to ________ them with the shades of deeper meaning. 28. Ifit be true that our thoughts and mental images are perfectly ________ things,like our books and pictures, to the inhabitants of the next world, then I ammaking for myself a better reputation there than I am in this place. 29.Although I had to search, and did search, for the right words, I seemed to bemaking this descriptive effort almost against my will, under a kind of ________from outside. 30. ________ a man does not have to work so hard as to impair hisvigor he is likely to find more zest in his free time than an idle man couldpossibly find. 31. And so we are suddenly ________ a sickening situation in thiscountry. 32. With three job ________ from three of the most prestigious firms inthe country, he did not need this interview, this firm. 33. Disease-snobbery isonly one out of a great multitude of ________, of which now some, now otherstake pride of place in general esteem. 34. I once befriended two little girlsfrom Esthonia, who had narrowly escaped death from ________ in a famine. 35.There’s bound to be trouble ________ me eve ry day of my life, because troubleit’s always been and always will be. 36. It has been assumed that the youth of America has been in the ________ of the discovery of both the disease and the cure. 37. Somehow we just don’t see how it is with other folk s until —something________. 38. The figures are photocopied and distributed throughout the company to all the people and departments whose work is ________ selling. 39. Her hands and her neck began to sweat. But she knew that no emotion was ________.A. come acrossB. undisguisedC. recognizedD. in store forE. cascadeF. oppressionG. vanguardH. faced withI. fellJ. snobberiesK. pioneerL.starvation M. dropped N. tangible O. compulsion P. provided Q. even if R.relative S. comes up T. offers U. related to V. pertinent W. correct X. infuseⅢ. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions, Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letteron your answer sheet. (15 points, 1 point each) 40. As the living standard improves, the (A. span, B. length) of life is getting longer and longer. 41. Thepoor emperor was forced by the usurper to (A. abandon, B. abdicate). 42. I findit difficult to operate this computer. Can you (A. demonstrate, B. exemplify) itfor me? 43. The formal declaration of the news went four (A. documents, B. drafts) before it was submitted to the conference. 44. I had a fantastic (A.stretch, B. stroke) of luck last weekend. I picked up a genuine Stradivariusviolin for only $20. 45. In the A-series football match, AC-Milan (A. beat, B. defended) all the other teams and became the champion as expected. 46. The accountant (A. specializes, B. scrutinizes) the figures very carefully before commenting on them. 47. On hearing that her best friend bought a fur coat, Susan felt (A. tempted, B. coaxed) to buy one, too. 48. When the rescue party foundthe wounded young man, he was (A. keeping, B. clinging) on to the side of the broken boat. 49. He (A. resigned, B. relinquished) all control over the company business to his son. 50. The witness refused to (A. disclose, B. enclose) theidentity of the man who supplied the information. 51. Usually my brother israther (A. reserved, B. conservative), but if you pick up a topic he isinterested in, he will talk freely about it. 52. The common (A. custom, B. practice) in English law is to consider someone innocent unless he is proved guilty. 53. He was a highly (A. conscientious, B. conscious) teacher who tookhis duties seriously but he seemed to have neither the personality nor theability to achieve further success. 54. This group of young men felt a greatsense of (A. inspiration, B. achievement) when they finally reached the top ofthe mountain.Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items: Ⅳ, Ⅴ, Ⅵand Ⅶ. Our Greedy Colleges 1) Many of our colleges are at it again. As they have done annually for the past six years, they have begun to unveil tuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate. Next year, tuition is expectedto rise 6 percent to 8 percent – even though inflation during 1986 was about 1.8 percent. Yale’s president, Benno C. Schmidt Jr., attributes his university’stuition hike in part to “continuing cutbacks of governmental support for studentaid. ” This assertion flie s in the face of the facts. Since 1982, moneyavailable through Federal student aid programs has increased every single year. Overall, Federal outlays for student aid are up 57 percent since 1980. Since 1980, inflation has been just 26 percent. That is why the former chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Pete V. Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, recently dismissed the claim of huge cuts in student aid programs as a “myth.”2) If anything, increases in financial aid in recent years have enabled collegesand universities blithely to raise their tuitions, confident that Federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase. In 1978, subsidies became availableto a greatly expanded number of students. In 1980, college tuitions began rising year after year at a rate that exceeded inflation. Federal student aid policiesdo not cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they helpmake it possible.3) At the same time that higher education has been cutting a bigger piece of the Federal pie, it has also received huge infusions of cash from state governments, from corporations, from foundations and from loyal alumni. The total increase in higher education spending from all these non-Federal sources is staggering. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education.4) It is by no means clear that the performance of many of our colleges and universities justifies this level of expenditure. As I said on the occasion of Harvard’s 350th anniversary, too many students fail to receive the educationthey deserve at our nation’s universities. The real problem is not lack of money but failure of vision.5) Unfortunately, when it comes to higher education, this distinction isfrequentl y lost Stanford University’s vague justification for increased charges–“new knowledge is inherently more expensive” – only underscores the lack of focus and purpose at some of our nation’s most prestigious universities.6) Higher education is not underfunded. It is under-accountable and underproductive. Our students deserve better than this. They deserve an education commensurate with the large sums paid by parents and taxpayers and donors.7) That our universities are places where students can receive a good education,or at least learn a lot, I have no doubt. But too often our universities leave education to chance – a good professor here and a great course there. There istoo little real and sustained attention to education in the broader sense, tomaking sure that when our students leave after four years they leave as educated men and women.8) It is also false to assert, as some have, that the Reagan Administration’s student aid policies deprive disadvantaged students of the opportunity to attend college. In fact, the Administration has consistently sought to redirect aid tothe neediest students.9) Under the Administration’s fiscal 1988 budget proposal, all students presently receiving aid would continue to be eligible for the same dollar amountof aid. One in six of all college students would still be eligible to receiveFederal grants. Those less needy would still have access to aid in the form of loans.10) One particular Administration proposal, Income Contingent Loans, represents the most serious attempt to improve student aid in 15 years. The loans would permit repayment schedules to be tailored to a student’s income. A graduate’s payments would never have to exceed 15 percent of his adjusted gross income, and he could have as long as necessary to repay.11) An advantage of the Administration’s proposals is that they would help make colleges and universities accountable to the prime beneficiaries of theirservices – the students.12) Because students would pay a market-based interest rate, they would bear the true cost of borrowing the additional capital needed to finance tuition increases. Instead of insulating colleges and universities form such market forces, the Administration’s policies would make colleges and universi ties more readily accountable to them.13) Higher education clearly provides benefits to society in general. Recognizing this, the American people have generously provided the tax dollars, grants and highly subsidized loans necessary to support higher education. Butthe chief beneficiaries of a college education are the students. On average, college graduates earn $640,000 more over their lifetimes than nongraduates do.It is simply not fair to ask taxpayers, many of whom do not go to college, topay more than their fair share of the tuition burden.Ⅳ. There are 10 incomplete statements, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. (10 points, 1 point each) 55. The author intends to _________. A. compare the inflation rate and tuition increases B. criticize the federal government in cutting the financial aid in education C. defend the federal government and accuse colleges of unnecessary and excessive tuition increases D. criticize thelow quality of higher education in the United States 56. The author thinks thatthe colleges and universities can raise the tuition because they believe that_________. A. there are Federal loan subsidies B. every student can get Federal loan subsidies easily C. governmental support for student aid becomes less D. higher quality education needs more money 57. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is true? A. Higher education gets all its financialsupport from the federal government. B. Higher education gets all its financial support from nonfederal sources. C. Higher education gets its financial support from various sources. D. Higher education gets most of its financial supportfrom student tuition. 58. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A.C olleges and universities in America can’t provide justifiable education. B. Colleges and universities can get enough financial support. C. Students should learn a lot more at colleges and universities. D. Students don’t learn what they deserve at colleges and universities. 59. According to the author, the government has consistently ________. A. helped the disadvantaged students B.tried to re-distribute the financial aid to the students who need it most C.offered financial aid to most students who need it D. spent enough money for the students who need it most 60. From this article, we know that a graduate_________. A. is allowed enough time to repay the borrowed money B. has to take more than 15 percent of his gross income to repay the loan C. d oesn’t have topay an interest D. can put off the repayment as long as he/she likes 61. In Paragraph 11, which of the following is the best to substitute for “accountable to”? A. devoted to B. responsible for C. suitable for D. desirable 62. American people support higher education because _________. A. they can reduce the burden of colleges and universities B. they want to improve it C. the students can get benefits from it D. they can get benefits from it 63. What is implied by the author? A. It is not fair to ask those who do not go to college to pay more than they should for higher education. B. College graduates earn more than nongraduates do. C. A person’s income is closely related to his or her education. D. Some nongraduates do not mind paying for higher education. 64. The tone of this article is ________. A. informative B. ironic C. persuasive D. narrativeⅤ. There is one underlined part in each of the following sentences, followed by four choices A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is the closest in meaning to the underlined part. (10 points, 2 points each) 65. …they have begun to unveiltuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate. A. that surpass B. thatare much more than C. that can compete with D. that are beyond 66. This assertion flies in the face of the facts. A. agrees with the facts B. fails toface the facts C. finds its base in the facts D. is contrary to the facts 67.They deserve an education commensurate with the large sums paid by parents and taxpayers and donors. A. an education which concentrates on B. an appropriate education designed according to C. an education in right proportion to D. afrist class education because of 68. … that the Reagan Administration’s studentaid policies deprive disadvantaged students of the opportunity to attend college. A. make it impossible for disadvantaged students to get college education B. deny that disadvantaged students should have a chance to go to college C. offer unequal opportunities for disadvantaged students to gaincollege education D. offer more opportunities for the advantaged students to attend college 69. The loans would permit repayment schedules to be tailored toa student’s income. A. to be made in consideration of a student’s income B. tobe cha nged by a student’s income C. to be adaptable to a student’s income D. to match a student’s incomeⅥ. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write your translation on your answer sheet. (10 points, 2 points each) 70.Federal student aid policies donot cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they help makeit possible. 71. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education. 72. Stanford University’s vaguer justification for increased charges –“new knowledge is inherently more expensive”- only underscores the lack of focus and purpose at some of ournation’s most prestigious universities. 73. But too often our universities leaveeducation to chance – a good professor here and a great course there. 74. Underthe Administration’s fiscal 1988 budget proposal, all s tudents presentlyreceiving aid would continue to be eligible for the same dollar amount of aid.Ⅶ. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words. Writeyour answer on your answer sheet. (10 points) Do you agree with the author thatthe American colleges are greedy and unaccountable? Why or Why not?Ⅷ. Translate the following into English and write your translation on youranswer sheet. (18 points, 2 points each from 75 to 79, 8 points for 80)75．前事不忘，后事之师。

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Unit 1Jobs and OccupationsKeys to ExercisesSection Ⅰ Listening StrategiesPart ⅡConsolidationThe advertisement’s appeal to customers’ buying motives has both positive and negative effects. Section Ⅱ Listening ComprehensionPart Ⅰ DialoguesDialogue 1Main Idea1.This is not a naturally-occuring conversation; this is a conversation in a movie written by afilm writer.2.The conversation most probably takes place in Ruth’s home. The two speakers are friends.The first speaker’s name is Barbara and the second speaker’s name is Ruth. The conversation is about work related issues. Ruth doesn’t like her job and is thinking of looking for another job.3.Barbara feels terrible about her job while Ruth likes her job.4.Barbara’s attitude towards her job is not quite right. For her, meeting the public was tiresomeand unpleasant because her attitude was cold and uncooperative, sometimes even antagonistic.5.Narrator: It was as simple as that. For Ruth, meeting the public was pleasant because sheenjoyed people and greeted them with a smile. For Barbara, meeting the public was tiresome and unpleasant because her attitude was cold and uncooperative, sometimes even antagonistic.Details and Inferences1. F2. T3. F4. T5. FDialogue 2Main Idea1.Her work came home last week and this job means their daughter’s bedroom has beenturned into a mini-studio and their house suddenly seems like the Bethesda bureau of NPR.In fact that she is sitting at home right now. She has had a cup of coffee, and she is sitting in a very comfortable armchair. She has a home office. Despite all these, she is questioning how one can set boundaries in the home to keep work from interfering, aside from a physical boundary. In other words, the lines are blurring.2.The second speaker’s name is Maggie Jackson. Her new book is called What’s Happening toHome? Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age. She states that “[B]ecause of technology, we are able to have our bodies at home, but our minds in a different place... You are doing work that separates you mentally from the home.” She thinks that we’re making the boundaries more flexible; boundary-making is important, but we don’t make enough boundaries. In that sense, we are facing all kinds of problems and dilemmas while working at home.Details and InferencesⅠ.1.Maggie says, “For me, I was writing about the world of the workplace, the work/life balance,and noticing that the lines were blurring and also, at the same time at home, I was gaining the technology to be more flexible in my work. I could come home for dinner, put the kids to bed, finish a story or interview people in California—and I’m on the East Coast—and I had a lot of flexibility. At the same time, I felt as through my work was seeping and leaking and bleeding into the rest of my house.”2.It supports Maggie’s point of view that the kind of experience of home is being lost if wework at home because the lines, the boundaries between the work and life at home are becoming blurring.Ⅱ.1. C2. B3. A4. BPart ⅡPassagesPassage 1Main IdeaThe passage mainly tells us that U.S job growth has been well below normal since the last recession ended in November 2001. But rather than strengthening anything soon, the labor market may not pick up much, or at all, at least for the foreseeable future, according to a growing number of labor market experts and Wall Street economists.Details and InferencesNow listen again and fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.T here’s little dispute that U.S. job growth has been well below normal since the last recession ended in November 2001. But rather than strengthening anytime soon, the labor market may not pick up much, or at all, at least for the (1)foreseeable future , a growing number of labor market experts and Wall Street economists are saying. “I do think we’re in a new era now in which job growth will (2) remain sluggish for quite some time,” former Labor Secretary Rober t Reich said in a comment e-mailed to CNN/Money. The economy created nearly (3) 2.2million jobs last year, an improvement from the 2002—2003 period, when there was a net loss of jobs. But that’s still well below the average of any recovery that’s lasted this long since World War Ⅱ, according to Anthony Chan at JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management. “We’re basically missing (4) 5.1million jobs at this stage of the expansion. You could even call it the case of the missing jobs,” Chan said, nothing the job market’s now in a “(5) different paradigm .”Jared Bernstein of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute estimated that the number was closer to 3 million. With 132.6 million Americans working, according to the Labor Department, and another 7.7 million unemployed, the labor market in the United States is obviously (6) vast and enormously complex. Among the factors hurting job growth in the current expansion: companies facing (7) stiff competition from overseas, especially from China and Latin America; productivity growing at better than double the historical average; (8) jobs moving overseas in services and not just in manufacturing; the growing use of temp workers; (9) and the nation’s shrinking manufacturing base . “I can’t see the state of job creation changing for the better anytime soon,” said Richard Yamarone, chief economic at Argus Research in New York. He noted that (10) already cautious employers are getting hit by the rising cost oil and other raw materials , on top of health care costs growing well above the pace of inflation.Passage 2Main IdeaThe passage mainly introduces the employment situation in April 2010, according to household survey data, for example the last data of the unemployed persons.Details and Inferences1.T2. F (195 000)3. F (increased by 0.3%)4. T5. F (they believe no jobs areavailable for them)Passage 3Main IdeaThe Adult Advancement and Careers Service will offer advice on jobs and learning as well as on issues such as childcare, money and housing. And the “one-stop-shop”service will be freely available to all from 2010, but will be targeted at those most in need. Ministers pledged a single service on learning work and life last year.Details and InferencesⅠ.1.AACS will offer advice on jobs and learning as well as on issues such as childcare, money andhousing. AACS stands for the Adult Advancement and Careers Service.2.Ten.3.Many people, particularly mothers, the low-paid and the unemployed.4.It found that government-backed careers advice for youngsters and adults was patchy andneeded improvement.5.It mainly introduces AACS and how it gives advice to help improve employment chances. Ⅱ.1. F2. F3. T4. T5. F[Note to the teacher: We give students an opportunity to change the false statement into correct, true statements. We believe this will improve students listening comprehension especially for details. However, we do not provide answer keys to this type of exercise; the teacher can discuss the correct, true statements with students, based on the audio script provided.]Part Ⅲ NewsNews 11. A terrorist attack.2.At least eight people.3.In the school’s dining hall.4. A suicide bombing.News 21.T2. F3. T4. FSection Ⅳ Supplementary ListeningThe passage is mainly about people and specific aspects of jobs, such as mode of work, working conditions or environment, types of workplace, working with people or products, image or status and good money or good job prospects.Section Ⅴ Story SeriesA.Chapter 11.Although his book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, the authorhopes it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of his plan has been trying to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in.2.St.Peterburg is portrayed as a small, tight-knit community on the riverfront where thefrontier culture and the classic Southern tradition meet.3.In the first chapter, Aunt Polly is introduced as a religious, pious, and stubborn manneredlady.B Chapter 2The use of omniscient narrative is very important in establishing Twain’s character portraits. Because omniscient narration divulges all, the reader can take all his facts as truth. In turn, we are allowed not only to see all the activity within the novel but we are allowed within the thoughts of each character.Tom tricked other kids into whitewashing the fence for him so that he could skip the work and play with other kids. How did he do that? He thought of the fun he had planned for this day and he got out his worldly wealth and examined it —bits of toys, marbles, and trash. It was enough to buy an exchange of WORK, maybe, but not half enough to buy so much that half an hour of pure freedom would offer, so he used tricks to attract more kids to do the job while he just enjoyed the pure freedom of doing nothing but playing.He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.ScriptSection Ⅱ Listening StrategiesPart ⅡConsolidationThe appeal of advertising to buying motives can have both negative and positive effects. Consumers may be convinced to buy a product of poor quality for high price because of an advertisement. For example, some advertisers have appealed to people’s desire for better fuel economy for their cars by advertising automotive products that improve gasoline. Some of the products work. Others are worthless and a waste of consumers’ money.Sometimes advertising is intentionally misleading. A few years ago a brand of bread was offered to dieters with the message that there were fewer calories in every slice. It turned out that the bread was not dietetic, but just regular bread. There were fewer calories because it was sliced very thin, but there was the same number of calories in every loaf.On the positive side, emotional appeals may respond to a consumer’s real concerns. Consider fire insurance. Fire insurance may be sold by appealing to fear of loss. But fear of loss is the real reason for fire insurance. The security of knowing that property is protected by insurance makes the purchase of fire insurance worthwhile for most people. If consumers consider the quality of the insurance plans as well as the message in the ads, they will benefit from the advertising. Each consumer must evaluate her or his own situation. Are the benefits of the product important enough to justify buying it? Advertising is intended to appeal consumers, but it does not force them to buy the product. Consumers still control the final buying decision.Section Ⅱ Listening ComprehensionPart Ⅰ DialoguesDialogue 1Barbara: Ruth?Ruth: Hi.Barbara: Been home long?Ruth: No, just got here. Golly, you look tired. Don’t you feel well, Brabara?Barbara: I feel terrible.Ruth: Oh, what’s the matter, you sick?Barbara: No, it isn’t that. I’ve decided to quit my job.Ruth: Oh, what happened? Is it your boss?Barbara: Oh, no, you know, I like him.Ruth: Well, then, the company?Barbara: No. The company’s all right. It isn’t that. Oh, it’s the people that come into the office. They’re so rude and inconsiderate. It’s just more than I can take day in and day out.Ruth: Why meeting people is the thing I like most about my job. I think it’s fun having new people come into the office all the time.Barbara: Well, I —Ruth: Oh, the water’s boiling.Narrator: It was as simple as that. For Ruth, meeting the public was pleasant because she enjoyed people and greeted them with a smile. For Barbara, meeting the public was tiresome and unpleasant because her attitude was cold and uncooperative, sometimes even antagonistic. Ruth: You know when I first started, I felt like you do, Barb, but I found out how wrong I was. Barbara: What do you mean?Ruth: I found out it wasn’t really the other people I was seeing. It was a reflection of myself. I was cross with them. They were cross with me.Barbara: Oh, it not as simple as all that.Ruth: You’d be surprised. I found out that if you’re nice to people, they’re usually nice to meet you, too.Barbara: Well, the people in my office are different and I’m simple not going to stand for it any longer.Ruth: You’re tired now, Barb. I know just how you feel. Let’s talk about it again later on. Barbara: It’s no use, Ruth. Really, I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to start looking for a job tomorrow. I’ll set the table.Ruth: Oh, here I’ll do it. Everything else is ready. Why don’t you go in and sit down and rest for a few minutes.Barbara: Oh, thanks. I think I will, if you ready don’t mind.Ruth: What you need is some good hot food in you. It’ll make you feel better.Barbara: Oh, it’s not that, Ruth. I know I’m tired but it’s more than that. A reflection of myself? I don’t see how it could be. After all, what do they expect? I’ve got my work to do. I can’t stop and pass the time of day with every person who wants to strike up a conversation. It isn’t my attitude that’s wrong. It’s the people who come into that office. I’m going to look for another job. Dialogue 2Liane Hansen, host: Hey, come on in.Soundbite of door being closedHansen: My work came home last week. It’s not that I’ve never worked at home, but this was different. This job means our daughter’s bedroom has been turned into a mini-studio and ourhouse suddenly seems like the Bethesda bureau of NPR. During my recent vacation to get ready to come over this show, an interview was arranged with Maggie Jackson. Her new book is called What’s Happening to Home? Balancing Work, Life, and Refuge in the Information Age. She came into NPR’s New York studios while my engineer came to me. The fusion of work and home is not a new phenomenon. In earlier centuries, many families lived above the store. But Maggie Jackson says that while there are similarities, there are also major differences.Maggie Jackson: Because of technology, we are able to have our bodies at home, but our minds in a different place. When you’re on the laptop, your mind is somewhere else, usually. Your body might be home. So you have a different relationship with the people at home. You are doing work that separates you mentally from the home.Hansen: Your book actually began with your own exploration, right? I mean, as a writer and an interviewer—Jackson: Yes.Hansen: —and raising two small children, your own lines began to blur at home. You wrote about, for example, trying to hurry your kids to bed so you could get back to work.Jackson: Yes, that was, although I can’t say it only happened just once, that was a sort of eureka moment. For me, I was writing about the world of the workplace, the work/life balance, and noticing that the lines were blurring and also, at the same time at home, I was gaining the technology to be more flexible in my work. I could come home for dinner, put the kids to bed, finish a story or interview people in California—and I’m on the East Coast—and I had a lot of flexibility. At the same time, I felt as through my work was seeping and leaking and bleeding into the rest of my house.Hansen: Let me tell you my situation here. I love the fact that I’m sitting at home right now. I’ve had a cup of coffee, I’m sitting in a very comfortable armchair. I have a beautiful view. Now that being said, I do have a home office now and I feel as if, if I close the door, the office is going to be —there. How else can one set psychological boundaries in the home to keep work from interfering, aside from a physical boundary?Jackson: Well, I think that “boundary”is the perfect word to use because I am certainly not saying that all technology automatically means that work takes over your life or that, in this day and age, all the changes that are going on are bad. I think that the—you know, we’re making the boundaries more flexible, but boundary-making is important, and I think that in this age we don’t make enough boundaries.Hansen: I’m looking at page 123 your book, and you quote Olivier Mare, “Home allows us to create an area of peace, calm and security, for once we have crossed the threshold and shut the door behind us, we can be at one with ourselves,”and we’re not necessarily talking about architecture and physical doors.Jackson: Exactly. And I just found so many pieces of the picture all around me that show that that kind of experience of home is being lost if we continue down the road. Not everyone lives in futuristic households. I wrote about an apartment in New York City where a currency trader has video monitors all around the apartment, including in the arm of a sofa, so he can watch the markets. Now this is the kind, again, of sort of sci-fi apartment that few of us will ever have. But at the same time, I think that we are marching down that road in little daily decisions that we make.Hansen: Are all Americans facing these sorts of issues? What about those who are not in thesemaybe high-tech, high-creative, high-paying jobs? Are they facing these same issues? Jackson: I think in many ways they are, and many more people will be facing these issues as technology, computers, etc., gadgets become smaller and less expensive. I interviewed secretaries all around the country and just in the last few years they have gotten cell really felt often as if their home wasn’t a refuge as a result, and I think that we are going to find more and more people are going to be facing the kinds of problems and dilemmas I describe.Hansen: Maggie Jackson, thanks a lot.Jackson: You’re welcome. Thank you.Hansen: Maggie Jackson, is the author of What’s Happening to Home? Balancing Work, Life, and Refuge in the Information Age.Part ⅡPassagesPassage 1 Job Growth—Is This It?There’s little dispute that U.S. job growth has been well below normal since th e last recession ended in November 2001. But rather than strengthening anytime soon, the labor market may not pick up much, or at all, at least for the foreseeable future, a growing number of labor market experts and Wall Street economists are saying. “I do think we’re in a new era now in which job growth will remain sluggish for quite some time,” former Labor Secretary Rober t Reich said in a comment e-mailed to CNN/Money. The economy created nearly 2.2 million jobs last year, an improvement from the 2002—2003 period, when there was a net loss of jobs. But that’s still well below the average of any recovery that’s lasted this long since World War Ⅱ, according to Anthony Chan at JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management. “We’re basically missing 5.1 million jobs at t his stage of the expansion. You could even call it the case of the missing jobs,” Chan said, nothing the job market’s now in a “different paradigm.”Jared Bernstein of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute estimated that the number was closer to 3 million. With 132.6 million Americans working, according to the Labor Department, and another 7.7 million unemployed, the labor market in the United States is obviously vast and enormously complex. Among the factors hurting job growth in the current expansion: companies facing stiff competition from overseas, especially from China and Latin America; productivity growing at better than double the historical average; jobs moving overseas in services and not just in manufacturing; the growing use of temp workers; and the nation’s shrinking manufacturing base . “I can’t see the state of job creation changing for the better anytime soon,” said Richard Yamarone, chief economic at Argus Research in New York. He noted that already cautious employers are getting hit by the rising cost oil and other raw materials, on top of health care costs growing well above the pace of inflation.Passage 2 The Employment Situation—April 2010 (Household Survey Data)In April, the number of unemployed persons was 15.3 million, and the unemployed rate edged up to 9.9 percent. The rate had been 9.7 percent for the first 3 months of this year.Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for whites (9.0 percent) edged up in April, while the rate for adult men (10.1 percent), adult women (8.2 percent), teenagers (25.4 percent), blacks (16.5 percent), and Hispanics (12.5 percent) showed little or no change. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted.The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) continued to trend up over the month, reaching 6.7 million. In April, 45.9 percent of unemployed persons had been jobless for 27 weeks or over.Among the unemployed, the number of reentrants to the labor force rose by 195,000 over the month.In April, the civilian labor force participation rate increased by 0.3 percentage point to 65.2 percent, as the size of the labor force rose by 805,000. Since December, the participation rate has increased by 0.6 percentage point. The unemployment-population ratio rose 58.8 percent over the month and has increased by 0.6 percentage point since December.The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons was about unchanged at 9.2 million in April. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job.About 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in April, compared with 2.1 million a year earlier. These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 1.2 million discouraged workers in April, up by 457,000 from a year earlier.Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.2 million persons marginally attached to the labor force had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities.Passage 3 Advice to Help Employment ChancesThe Adult Advancement and Careers Service (AACS) will offer advice on jobs and learning as well as on issues such as childcare, money and housing. The “one-stop-shop”service will be freely available to all from 2010, but will be targeted at those most in need. Ministers pledged a single service on learning work and life last year.Prior to the national launch in 2010, the AACS will be piloted in ten areas: Greater Manchester; Greater Merseyside; Stoke-on- Trent and North Staffordshire; the Black Country; Bright and Hove; South Hampshire; Slough; Brent and Ealing; Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth; Islington, Camden and Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea.The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills said many people, particularly mothers, the low-paid and the unemployed, faced barriers which held them back in life.Research by the department found adults who gained a vocational qualification at GCSE level were more likely to go on to further learning, leading I turn to higher wages. The launch of the AACS pilot scheme comes after research by the Sutton Trust found a lack of good careers advice meant many gifted poorer pupils were not going to university. And in March, a study by the educational organization Edge and the Skills Commission found government-backed careers advice for youngsters and adults was patchy and needed improvement. Universities Minister John Denham said people found a range of barriers, whether they were seeking work, trying to get a better job, or were worried about redundancy, those barriers are different for everyone—whether finding suitable childcare, understanding employment rights, unblocking problems with housing—and the new service needs to be able to help people tackle them all, changing with them as they change through life. “To make that happen, services must come together and work in new ways to make sure people seeking advice are seen as individuals, that all their particular needs are fully understood and that advice is provided that draws together everything they need.”Part ⅢNewsNews 1Authorities are calling a shooting at a Jewish seminary school in Jerusalem a terrorist attack. At least eight people were killed during this incident. It took place Thursday night at one of the largest religious academies in Israel, when officials say at least one gunman opened fire in the school’s dining hall. This is the worst attack inside the Middle Eastern country since a suicide bombing claimed nine lives in 2006.News 2First up, clean-up crews are working overtime in Ohio, after a winter storm slammed the state over the weekend. About a foot of snow fell in both Cleveland and Cincinnati, and more than 20 inches blanketed Columbus. But Ohio was n’t the only place that got hit. Before it moved east and turned into thunderstorms, the weather system dumped heavy snow across the Midwest. In one part of Indiana, the country actually banned anyone from driving except for emergency vehicles. Dangerous road conditions seemed to follow the storm’s path.Part ⅣDictationEmployment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as: “a person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, where the employer has the power or right to control and direct the employee in the material details of how the work is to be performed.” In a commercial setting, the employer conceives of a productive activity, generally with the intention of generating a profit, and the employee contributes labour to the enterprise, usually in return for payment of wages. Employment also exists in the public, non-profit and household sectors. To the extent that employment or the economic equivalent is not universal, unemployment exists. Part Ⅴ Video ClipLeadership Trainer Builds International Youth Activist MovementMarshall Bailly went to Namibia’s capital Windhoek in 2003 on a personal mission to help university students like himself turn their ideas for social improvement into action.At just 20 years old, he developed a leadership program with the University of Namibia to teach social activists skills such as fundraising and accounting.Bailly’s trip to Namibia marked the birth of “Leadership Initiatives,”or L.I.—an international development organization he founded while he was a student at American University here in Washington.He had come to Washington with an ambition to travel overseas, far from the small Midwestern town where he grew up. And he’s enrolled in American school of public affairs for its many opportunities to study abroad.Bailly said: “So throughout college, I had gone, through American University, to China, Japan, Angola, Bostwana, Namibia, Nigeria, and actually seen how these countries were developing and how maybe I could partake in their development.”The young student then told his professors that he wanted to use his experience to set up a course for student in Africa.“I built a coalition of professors to go to the Dean of Students [at American University] to say, ‘We need to sponsor Leadership Initiatives,’and ‘We need to give them a chance to work in Namibia,’ and ‘Yes, you can trust a 20-year old sophomore with this idea of how to develop a program in another country,’” he explained.。

2003版超越概念高级英语Unit_Fourteen(修改版)

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alter arrogance assert caution contradiction dazzling decry defy endorsement exponential graze immortal implore null overwhelming quanta sacredness skepticism solace substantiation tenure tetchy tolerant velvet wring asserted their right to 1. Throughout the Cold War, the Allies ________ move freely between the two Berlins. tetchy mood. 2. Be careful what you say to Anna--she's in a rather _____ 3. When his wife left him, he found ______ solace in the bottle. null and 4. The change in the law makes the previous agreement _____ void. cautioned its readers against buying shares 5. The newspaper _________ without getting good advice first.
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高考英语一轮复习 Module 2 The Renaissance课件外研版选修8

逃跑，逃掉恳求；呼吁丢失；丧失流传；传播寻找；寻求根本的；基本的债务；人情债仅仅；只不过激情，热爱方面；利益 (对错事或坏事应付的)责任
(三)拓展词汇灵活用 *1.gifted adj.有天赋的；有才华的→gift n．天赋；礼物 2.calculate v．计算→calculation n．计算(结果)→calculator n．计
面对，面临
12．have an influence on ... 13．works appreciation 14．for sale 15．for free 16．widen one's horizons 17．due to 18．act as 19．in short 20．be acknowledged as 21．enrich one's life 22．make full use of 23．make a living
对……有影响作品欣赏待售免费开阔某人的眼界因为……；由于…… 充当总之被公认为丰富某人的生活充分利用谋生
back to your country.(2016·天津高考书面表达)
*2.depend on 依靠，依赖；取决于(条件、情况) *5.leave sth. behind 把……抛在后面 *6.on behalf of 代表…… *9.be thirsty for 渴求，渴望 *10.up to 到(某个数量) *11.lead to 导致，通向，通往
算器；计算者 *3.suspect n．(犯罪)嫌疑人；可疑分子 v．怀疑→suspicious adj.
可疑的 *4.disturbing adj.引起烦恼的；令人不安的→disturb v．打扰；扰
乱→disturbed adj.烦恼的，不安的 *5.basically adv.基本上，本质上，大致说来→basic adj.基本的

超越概念(泛读) 2003版超越概念口语Unit_Fourteen(修改版)

Martha: That would be nice for a few weeks, or even a few months, but then what? Is that really your objective in life¡ tªo do nothing?
Rachael: I guess not¡ B ut, I often fantasize about living on a tropical island and not having to work so hard.
Expressing hopes and wishes; Expressing conditions
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Directions: Discuss the following questions with your classmates. 1. Do you make New Year’s resolutions? 2. Have you ever thought about what you are going to do after graduation? 3. Do you daydream? What are your dreams?
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Winning the Lottery (Daniela and Boris are imagining what they would do if they won the lottery.) Daniela: I got our lottery tickets during my lunch break. The jackpot is up to $168 million. Imagine if we won.

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Aral Sea
Shrinking of the Aral Sea
Aral Sea from space, August 1964
Aral Sea from space, August 1985
The Aral Sea, in 2003, had shrunk to well under half of the area it had covered fifty years before.
IV. Important words
Lap, divert, Antarctic, parka , glacier, inexorable, graph, rendezvous, hover, hummock, collide , scenario, billow, slash, noctilucent, shimmer, translucent, methane, biomass, rip, spectral, skirmish, ultraviolet, equilibrium, axiom, depletion, deforestation, sober, deploy, leapfrog, at stake
Clean Air Act
Since the time of the Industrial Revolution, air pollution has been a major public health problem. In 1948, in Donora, Pennsylvania, an air pollution episode resulted in the deaths of nineteen people in a community of 14,000; 43 percent of the population were adversely effected. The cause was industrial emissions of combustion products combined with a thermal inversion. Today, air pollution still causes extensive rates of morbidity and mortality, and it poses a particular risk for children and those with chronic lung disease. Air pollution is a complex mixture of substances discharged into the air in a myriad of ways. The Clean Air Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law intended to reduce air pollution and protect air quality. The act— act— 1990— which underwent a major revision in 1990—deals with ambient air pollution (that which is present in the open air) as sourcewell as source-specific air pollution (that which can be traced to identifiable sources, such as factories and automobiles). The Clean Air Act affects American businesses in a number of ways.

高中英语 The Renaissance课件外研选修8

Module 44 │ 单词点睛
【易错警示】 be to blame 是固定短语，表示“该受责备”之意，虽有被动含义却不能用被动语态。【词语辨析】 blame，scold和criticize (1)blame vt. 归咎于，责怪。指在遭受失败或挫折后想去追究是谁的过失或责任，但没有用言语责骂之意。如： Who is to blame for the failure，you or Jack? 这次失败该归咎于谁呢，你还是杰克？ (2)scold vt. &vi. 责备，斥责。多指长辈或教师的斥责、抱怨，但不是用肮脏的语言骂。常用搭配：scold sb for sth。如：
take/bear the blame for
was to blame
Module 44 │ 单词点睛
2 seek(sought，sought) v. 寻找，追求；寻求，设法得到 seek out 找出，搜出；挑出 seek after/for 寻求，探索；追求；寻找 seek to do 试图做某事 seek (one's)advice/help from 征求(某人)建议/寻求(某人)帮助 seek one's fortune 外出寻找发财机会；外出闯荡；闯世界
get tired of…
turn up
be thirsty for
lead to
take up
find one's way
Module 44 │ 课前热身
Ⅲ.完成句子 1．我代表我的同事向你表示感谢。 ___________________________I thank you. 2．和上帝的伟大比较起来，人的生命曾经一度被认为没有什么价值。 At one time human life was considered ______________________________the greatness of God. 3．我们呼吁大家积极参与野生动物的保护工作。 We are __________________________involve themselves in the protection of wild animals.

高中英语_北师大2003课标版_选修8_Culture Corner

Chinese Dream
Let’s work together.
Homework
Write a small passage about 120 words to introduce one of the golden ages in Chinese history, including time, people and achievements.
Because by studying the discoveries and milestones achieved during these golden ages, we can better understand what we enjoy today.
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Please read & draw a mind map to introduce the main aspects of golden ages in the text. (Use only keys words: n. v. adj.)
7. Late 16th and early 17th century England was a time of great literary creativity, but it was in theatre that mtoasjuodrdaednvlyanapcpeesawr ere made.
2.Hippocrates helped drive forward advancements in Western medicine, while Herodotus contributed greatly to the study of Western history.
to develop quickly and