英语口语教程 Unit 15

Part A: Way to Speak
Dialogue 3
· A: Did you hear the news that the income tax would be raised? · B: No kidding! I don't believe it. · A: But my neighbors all say so. · B: That can't be! I heard the mayor himself say there would be no change in the income tax on TV news last week.
Directions:
Watch the video and then Fra Baidu bibliotekiscuss the topics as follows:
1. What do you know about temptation? 2. How to fight temptation?
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Ways of thinking: 1. What is temptation? 2. Where does it stem from? 3. What does it do with us?
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Unit 15: Correcting and Explaining
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Part A: Way to Speak
Dialogue 1
· A: I'd like to hand in my application for reimbursement of traveling expenses. · B: Have you had it signed by your manager? · A: Well, I didn't know that was required. My colleague only told me to submit it to the treasurer's office. · B: But you need to have the expenses verified by your manager and have him sign the form before it can be accepted. · A: I see, and I'll do that right away. · B: Okay. I'll be here this afternoon. See you. · A: See you.
Weekly Proverb and Conversation Topic
·Weekly Proverb · Live and learn. ·Conversation Topic · Temptation
·Review Chapter 14 Wedding Vocabulary
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Contents
·Weekly Proverb and Conversation Topic ·Part A: Way to Speak ·Look at these patterns ·Part B: Challenge to Speak ·Part C: Topic to Discuss ·Part D: Fun to Speak
Part A: Way to Speak
Dialogue 2
A: Haven’t you finished those illustrations, Xiao Wang? B: Not yet. There’s one left, about the Rose parade. To be frank, I know very little about it. A: Oh, the Rose Parade? It’s a famous New Year’s Day parade in America. B: Could you please tell me about it? A: Well, to celebrate the first day of the year, people drive floats elaborately decorated with flowers and plants material through Pasadena, California. So it’s called the “ROSE PARADE”. Later that day, in the same city, there is a college football gamed called the “Rose Bowl” game. B: Thanks, Alex. You are really a great help to me.
So it can be concluded that none of us can escape from the clutches of temptation, just as no one can take fire in his/her bosom without his clothes being burned. The problem is how to prevent such a fire from running wild in our hearts. My way out of its clutches is to map out in mind a set of principles as a guide to every conduct in life. Then all that needs to be done is to act upon the principles of conduct, within which boundaries, for example, beauty, no matter how alluring, is not for abuse but for appreciation. In sum, if we remain as true to our principles as ever, temptation can do nothing with us.
Part A: Way to Speak
Dialogue 4
A: Good God! Have you read today’s newspaper, Mom? B: Yes, I read it just now. What’s happened? A: A new-born baby in our city was found to be infected with the AIDS virus! B: But what does AIDS mean? A: Uh … it’s the abbreviation for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome of the human body. B: Oh, I just know the name from TV. A: It’s called “supercancer” as well, because this is a disease very difficult to cure. No physician has found any effective cure for it. B: God! That poor baby!
Ways of thinking: 1. What kind of temptation attracts us most now? 2. How to guard against a variety of temptations?
Summary: That depends entirely upon circumstances. Cold teaches one to steal charcoal while poverty forces one to take the bread out of another’s mouth. Once a boy feels it too long to sit at his desk three minutes but thinks it too short to idle around with an attractive girl three hours, he is said to focus too much desire on sensual pleasure. If an official is best at polishing apples for his/her superiors, he/she is seized with deep hunger for power. Whenever we find one labor for money day and night, regardless of his health or larger interests of others, we can view him/her as a slave to the zeal for material.
Now that temptation has found its way into every facet of our life and no one is immune to its attacks, it is wise of us to get to its root. In general, temptation stems from three major sources: lust for sensual pleasures, desire for material comfort and zeal for domination of others. As seen in extreme cases, burning thirst for sensual enjoyment tempts you to drain yourself of every shame; undue hunger for material wealth leads you to deprive your life of anything more vital than money; and unbridled ambition for power drives you to stop at nothing in climbing to it.
Summary: All temptation is an attack that falls upon you anytime and from anywhere. You may not find the same attack as you have now to encounter; but you will surely meet with attacks of some other kind, which you still find equally hard to withstand. According to Wilde, you can resist everything except temptation. Temptation is also something that you crave for now but regret later. In this light, it is intended to challenge your willpower, exploit your weaknesses, and hit when you least expect it. Just as fire tries iron, temptation tries a just man.