大学体验英语综合教程4 lead-in

Uint 1 In Britain, people tend to make jokes about some jobs or professions, or to S1. (hold)

stereotyped views of them. For example, sailors are S2. (supposed) to have a %university professors are often seen as S3. (absent-minded) or forgetful. there are a lot of dirty jokes about sales representatives and they are generally regarded as not particularly S4.. (dependable)other jobs may be well-paid or very S5. (responsible), but the general public think they are funny or rather S6.. (boring) For instance, in most other European countries S7.. (to be an engineer is to be somebody) Funnily enough, in Britain engineers are thought of as gloomy rather than cheerful S8. (as result of people's ignorance of the importance of engineers in society) .

Uint 2 The man and the woman in the play were 1. (tourists) Their names were 2. (Sidney

and Ethel) Shakespeare wrote a lot of 3. (plays) The woman thought that he wrote them on a 4. (typewriter),The man said that Shakespeare used a tape-recorder, and imagined him with a 5. (microphone ), in his hand. The man said that Shakespeare was too busy to watch television, because he went to the 6. (theatre) every night. They thought the other man was Shakespeare’s 7. (grandchild) They told him he was lucky to live in a 8. (famous) house.

Unit 3 Copyright is the 1 exclusive. legal right, given to the originator or their assignee for a

2 fixed. number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, musical, or artistic material, and to 3 authorize. others to do the same.

A federal judge’s ruling in New York Wednesday that Internet music 4 distributor. must pay up to $250 million to Universal Music Group for copyright infringements has 5 raised. questions not just about the future of MP3.com, but also generally the future for 6 downloading. music, movies and other 7 products. from the Internet.

U.S. District Judge Jed said MP3.com \$25000. per Universal CD. 9 An exact number of CDs and total damages will be determined at a November hearing. .\

MP3.com vowed to appeal.\the music they purchase. , even if it’s on the Internet.\ Unit 5 Japanese companies have started to refine their ethics programs

and internal control structures. Some 55% of them have established a corporate code of conduct, ethics guidelines, compliance (manuals) and other such documents, 37% have a department or division dedicated to ethics and compliance issues, and 43% (periodically) hold ethics-related training programs targeting employees.

A growing number of Japanese businesses have taken steps to reinforce oversight functions, for example by engaging independent outside directors. In 1997, Sony Corporation took the (initiative) of cutting its executive board from 38 to 10 directors while introducing the new post of executive officers. Other companies including Omron and Kobe Steel followed suit, and by 2000 about 240 businesses had reportedly made similar (structural) reforms.

Even so, the image of companies portrayed by the market and the general public (remains) far from ethical. For example, in a survey of students' views of the Japanese business community, conducted in autumn 2000, 68% of the respondents agreed that \

(rewarded) while dishonest companies are making profits\63% believed that \There is hardly any information as to which companies are (honest), \and 62% agreed that %unlawful practices.\If this is the new generation's perception of reality, it means that (Japanese companies have little incentive to tackle ethical and compliance issues internally) . Certainly, companies whose business

performance has deteriorated as a result of scandals (have made greater efforts to deal with ethical and compliance issues) . But such efforts are not long-lasting if a company fears they will reduce its competitiveness.

Unit 8 Jeans are (popular) with young people all over the world. Some

people say that jeans are the (uniform) of youth. But they haven’t always been so. The story of jeans (started) almost 200 years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, used to make pants. The cloth made in Genoa was called \The pants were called \In 1850, a (salesman) in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so (strong), \vi’s pants” became popular with gold) miners, farmers and students. Six years later, Levi began making his pants with a blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Asia began wearing jeans. But young) people usually didn’t wear them.

In the 1950s, two people (helped to make jeans popular with teenagers): Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, and James Dean, a famous TV star. Elvis wore tight jeans. Most parents didn’t like Elvis or his jeans. But teenagers loved him and started to dress like him). He was a hero to many young people.

During the 1960s, rock and roll became even more popular. Young people had more money. their clothes showed their independence). Some people decorated their jeans with colorful patches and designs.

In the 70s and 80s, jeans became very expensive. Jeans are so popular that Levis sold over 10 billion pairs. Almost anywhere in the world now, young people like to wear jeans!

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