成都信息工程学院 媒体英语视听说自编教材 Unit2

Unit 2 Campus Life

Unit 2

Campus Life

Warm-up

Watch the clip one and briefly describe your campus life.

Clip two

Talking about Roommates Exercises

1 Take notes as you watch and fill in the following table.

Reasons why having roommates is bad

1)_____________________________________________. 2)_____________________________________________. 3)_____________________________________________.

2 Oral Practice

Talk about how to get along well with their roommates in

college

Script (omitted) Key for Exercise

1) Having a roommate causes one to be dependent. 2) Having a roommate is a nuisance.

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3) Having a roommate means that you cannot be totally free to do what you want.

Clip three Campus hook-up (in textbook P7)

Exercises 1 Oral Practice

1 How should we act toward people close to us?

2 Should we ignore our friends and family for the sake of our own interests?

Key for references

Life can be very busy, and it is good to stop and think more about the importance of our close relationships. Of course we shouldn’t ignore our friends and family members. Even though we are caught up in wishes to change the world or something like that, we should all be careful how we act toward people close to us .The measures we should take are quite clear. Rather than world problems, we should focus on problems within ourselves. Are we kind enough? Are we generous enough ? These are the questions we should ask. Following this, we should then try to make improvements, making ourselves better people. If we become good, we will them have a good influences on others,

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most on our family members and friends. They, our friends and family, must come before our own interests. We must love them

whole-heartedly. We must find their needs and then work to satisfy those needs. By putting friends and family members before our interests, we can have the best possible lives.

Clip four

Attending a Lecture Culture tips

1.Tom Brokaw

American television journalist, the longtime anchor of the NBC Nightly News. Born in Webster, South Dakota, he had an interest in radio as a child and at the age of 15 took an after-school job as an announcer at a local station. He worked his way through college as a radio reporter, then in 1962 joined NBC(National Broadcasting Company), as a newscaster and morning news editor.

Brokaw began hosting NBC’s Today Show in 1976 and took an active part in its planning and production. One of the highlights of Brokaws’ tenure was his on-site report on the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In 1998 he published The Greatest 3

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Generation, a book that looks at the generation of Americans

that came of age in the 1930’s and 1940’s, during the Great Depression and World War II.

New Words & Expressions

1) auditorium n. 礼堂；会堂 2）introductory remarks开场白 3) rousing adj. 令人振奋的； 4）idiom n. 习语 5)dumb adj. 愚笨的，笨的

6) Bump into: meet by chance

7) Northrup Auditorium: It is the auditorium where the University holds graduation ceremonies and gives concerts. 8) Beat me: 这可把我难倒了

9) A big cheese(American slang)an important or influential person 大人物 10) In the dark: do not know 一无所知

11) The extent of my world travels took me to Canada once for a day: I’ve only been to Canada once, not any other foreign country.

Exercises

1 True or False

1) Bill didn’t feel very well that day. □True □False

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2) Xin didn’t have to buy the ticket to the lecture since Bill already had one for her. □True □False 3) Mr. Brokaw was a famous statesman from New York.

□True □False

4) Bill thinks that when famous people give lectures, they may talk about any subject. □True □False 5) Xin couldn’t understand why other people laughed when Mr. Brokaw talked about the weather. □True □False 6) It can be concluded that in learning English, Xin must put more effort into American Culture rather than just words and grammar. □True □False

2 Fill in the blanks with appropriate sentences

according to the clip.

Bill met Xin on his way to class and invited1)________. The speaker was Tom Brokaw, a well known anchor from New York. They agreed to meet2)______, 15 minutes before the lecture. Tom Brokaw’s speech about his new bookThe Greatest Generation3)___________ by the audience. But when Bill

asked her afterwards, Xin admitted that she was lost in the speaker’s humor. She did not understand when Brokaw joked with the audience about Minnesota’s weather, and felt silly when

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4)_________. Bill pointed out that language also included shared language beyond words and grammar. He encouraged Xin by assuring her that he would not have been able to 5)________ if her were in her situation. Xin realized that she needed to put more effort into 6)_________.She asked Bill to help her with her English. Bill was happy to do so and also hoped that7)__________. They agreed to teach each other English and Chinese on Thursday afternoons.

1)______________________________________. 2)______________________________________ 3)______________________________________. 4)______________________________________. 5)______________________________________. 6)______________________________________. 7)______________________________________.

Script

（Bill is heading for his class one day down the corridor when she bumps into his Chinese friend, Xin. They stop to talk.） Bill: Hi Xin! Xin: Hi Bill!

Bill: How are you doing? Xin: Great, how are you?

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Bill: Never better! Hey, there is a famous guy coming to speak at Northrup Auditorium later this morning. Would you like to come along? It’s free.

Xin: Who is this famous speaker?

Bill: His name is Tom Brokaw*. He is a famous newsman from New York. He’s been on TV every night since I was a kid. Xin: What’s he going to talk about?

Bill: Beats me. I guess when you’re a big cheese you can talk about whatever you want. Why don’t you meet me in front of Northrup at 10:45? The lecture starts at 11. Xin: Un, see you then.

Bill: Well, what do you think of Mr. Brokaw’s speech? Xin: I guess it was okay, but I was often confused.

Bill: Sounds like you were in the dark in more ways than one !What confuses you?

Xin: He was talking about weather and everyone laughed. I didn’t see what’s so funny.

Bill: Well, let me ask you something…In the part of China you are from, does it ever snow?

Xin: No, it never snows where I was born. I am from southern China.

Bill: In a few months you will see what was so funny! In

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Minnesota we have this thing called winter… You’ll see. Xin: We have winter in my hometown too.

Bill: No, you don’t. Not a real winter. Not a two-feet of snow and 20 below zero winter. But let’s drop that subject. What else confused you?

Xin: Many times when people around me laughed, it made me feel silly. Though

I heard every word clearly, I still had no clue what was going on. It didn’t seem funny to me at all.

Bill: That’s never crossed my mind, but I guess language includes a lot more than words and grammar; it also includes a lot of shared knowledge.

Xin: I agree. I have a long way to go. I need to work more on idioms and culture. Sometimes I feel really stupid!

Bill: Oh Xin, you are not dumb! Here you are in America, studying in a foreign environment. If I were in China or some totally different country right now, I wouldn’t be fitting into the environment nearly as well as you are. The extent of my world travels took me to Canada once for a day. That’s it. Xin: Well, thank you Bill. Could I ask a big favor of you? Would you help me with my English sometime?

Bill: I guess I can do that. Thursday afternoons are good. Hey,

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maybe we could be language partners and you could teach me some Chinese!

Xin: Great! I’d love to do. How about we meet at two o’clock here?

Bill: Good. I’ll see you on Thursday afternoons.

Key to Exercises

1. 1)F 2)F 3)F 4)T 5)T 6)T

2. Bill met Xin on his way to class and invited 1)her to a free lecture at Northrup Auditorium. The speaker was Tom Brokaw, a well known anchor from New York. They agreed to2) meet in front of Northrup at 10:45, 15 minutes before the lecture. Tom Brokaw’s speech about his new book The Greatest Generation was 3)warmly received by the audience. But when Bill asked her afterwards, Xin admitted that she was lost in the speaker’s humor. She did not understand when Brokaw with the audience about Minnesota’s weather, and felt silly when 4)everybody else laughed . Bill pointed out that language also included shared language beyond words and grammar. He encouraged Xin by assuring her that he would not have been able to 5)handle himself better if her were in her situation. Xin realized that she needed to put more effort into 6)idioms and culture in her 9

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language study. She asked Bill to help her with her English. Bill was happy to do so and also hoped that 7)they could be language partners. They agreed to teach each other English and Chinese on Thursday Afternoons.

Clip five New Haven and Yale University Culture tips

1. Yale University

One of Yale's most distinctive assets is its residential college system. Based on the Oxford-Cambridge-model, the twelve colleges are diverse yet intimate communities of 400 students. Each college has its own dining hall, library, gymnasium and multipurpose rooms, which students use for everything from theatrical productions and concerts to publishing newspapers. The colleges also offer seminars, host speakers, organize social events, sponsor sporting teams and provide tutoring. The residential college system ensures students entering Yale have a support structure that fosters relationships that will last a life-time.

Visitors as well as students can take advantage of Yale's cultural attractions. The university has two art museums, a natural history museum and over 300 free concerts and performances annually.

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