全新版大学英语听说教程2答案

Demo: 1. Can you name some good qualities that human beings possess?
I think there are many different answers to this question. We human beings possess good qualities such as honesty, kindness, modesty, optimism, faithfulness, dependability, and helpfulness, etc. Because of the cultural differences, different nations around the world may have their own standards of good qualities. For example, women in Arabic countries are expected to be humble and reserved while the women in the U.S. are encouraged to be outgoing and independent.
Part B Pre-listening Task
Questions for Discussion You are going to talk about human virtues. Read the following questions and discuss them with your partner.
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c. The virtue of self-control d. Wisdom, the most important virtue e. Self-control and caring f. Teaching children to offer help to others
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2. ( e )
3. ( d )
Script: 1. Although children have little or no money of their own,
they certainly have the capacity to be “givers”. As children often need so much help — even with everyday things, they might think that they are the only ones who should be helped. But you can let them know that everyone in this world needs some kind of help, and that some people need more help than others.
Now you are going to hear three short passages. Choose an appropriate topic from the following box to match each of the passages.
Topics a. Different kinds of virtues b. Some people need more help than children do
4. What kind of virtue do you value most? Why? In my opinion, honesty is a quality which is very raregs. There is an English saying that goes, “Honesty is the best policy.” Honesty may cause painful feelings sometimes but it will go a long way. When people know you are an honest person, they will trust you in the long run even though they might feel hurt by your honesty at certain times. On the other hand, if you try to tell a lie for a benefit, you might be successful for a short period of time. However, one lie very often leads to another. Before long you would be found out and lose your credibility. Then you would be in a situation where no one would trust you even if you are telling the truth.
Unit 13 Human Virtues
Part A Listening Strategy
Identifying the Topic To find out the topic of a passage, we need to pay special attention to three things: 1) to its first sentence because the first sentence is often the topic sentence; 2) to sentences near its end since the concluding sentences usually give a summary of the major points of a passage; 3) to the words and expressions that appear repeatedly in the passage. All these give us clues as to what the topic of that passage is.
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To be honest is to be truthful / to tell no lies / to be trustworthy. Courage enables people to face challenges, setbacks, frustrations and dangers fearlessly. The ability to cooperate with others is essential in getting things done / for a successful career. The spirit of forgiveness is needed for countries / enemies to solve conflicts. As the saying goes, virtue is far fairer than beauty / beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume, for beauty is but skin deep but virtue never grows old. Patience and perseverance are needed in every kind of human activity / will enable us to get whatever we want. Greed / Cruelty / Envy / Vanity / Untruthfulness / Corruption / Unkindness is the worst kind of human vice. Sympathy for the suffering / the needy / the weak / those who suffer / those who are in need / those who are weak makes us caring persons / should be cultivated from childhood.
Encouraging children to be helpful is one of the best ways to help them develop a charitable attitude, and that’s an attitude that hopefully will grow all through their lives. 2. What is self-control? Self-control is listening to your friend talk when you want him to listen to you.
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1. Can you name some good qualities that human beings possess? 2. What kinds of virtues are recognized by our society? 3. Which is more important, beauty or virtue? Why? 4. What kind of virtue do you value most? Why? 5. What do you think is the worst kind of human vice, greed, envy, or cruelty? Why?
Language Focus Here are some sentences and structures that you might find useful in discussing the questions.
There are many good qualities, or virtues, in human beings. Every society recognizes / accepts / promotes certain virtues in its members. Honesty, loyalty, truthfulness, courage, perseverance, friendliness, kindness, generosity, selflessness, sympathy, charity, thriftiness, forgiveness, patience and cooperation — all these good qualities are examples of human virtues. I value honesty / courage / cooperation most.