Part One 听辨练习
A. Listen and repeat. The numbers are said with rising intonation but have falling intonation at the end of each group .
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B. Now listen, and mark the falling intonation at the end of each group of numbers and letters .
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
Q R S T U V W X Y Z
C. Listen and repeat. The same kind of rising intonation is used with words in series .
apples, bananas, and oranges speak, read, and write
Harriet, Robert, and Will pen, paper, and ink
TV, radio, and refrigerator physics, chemistry, and biology
classroom, library, and office solid, liquid, and gas
weight, mass, and density politics, economy, and culture
import, export, and market author, work, and style
businessman, and tradesman wholesaler, dealer, and retailer
bus, truck, and taxi party, masquerade, and fancy ball
Audi, Benz, and Honda breakfast, lunch, and supper
profession, occupation, and situation beer, lemonade, and orange juice
D. Complete the sentences with the given words .
　　Example: For breakfast I have cereal, coffee and juice.
1. For breakfast I have… a. talent experience ambition
2. Bill speaks . . . b. cereal coffee juice
3. That little boy is . . . c. hungry sleepy tired
4. Mr. Novak is buying some… d. basketball soccer baseball
5. Ms. Gomez has a lot of... e. shirts ties socks
6. My brother plays… f. English French Spanish
7. We talk about… g. red yellow green
8. She likes … h. work study relax
9. The man looks … I. thin old pale
E. Listen to the dialogue .
A: What would you like to have in your breakfast: bread, egg or sandwich?
B: Bread.
A: And milk or orange juice?
B: Orange juice.
A: What would you like for lunch: pork, mutton or beef?
B: I think mutton is better.
A: What kind of drink do you like most: red wine, beer or champagne?
B: I like champagne.
A: And among apples, oranges and bananas, which is your favorite?
B: Banana of course.
A: Do you always have meals outside or in your house?
B: I always have meals outside, because I’m not good at cooking.
A: I saw there are many kinds of flowers in your garden such as lily, orchid, rose,
jasmine, magnolia, camellia, peony, etc.
B: Yes, I like flower, so I plant many kinds in my garden.
A: I guess you like orchid most. Am I right?
B: Yes, orchid is my favorite. Orchids have different colors, for example: purple,
yellow, red, pink, blue, etc.
A: Is it difficult for you to raise these flowers?
B: Sometimes. But I think this is quite natural. Anyone I think can get much
pleasure from it.
F. Appreciate the English song .
　　Good-bye England Rose
Good-bye England rose;
May you ever grow in our heart
where lives were torn apart.
You called out to our country,
and you whispered to those in pain.
Now you belong to heaven.
And it seems to me you lived your
life like a candle in the wind,
never fading with the sunset
when the rain set in.
And your footsteps will always fall
here along England’s greenest hills;
your candle’ burned out long before,
your legend ever will.
Loveliness we’ve lost,
these empty days without your smile.
This torch we’ll always carry
for our nation’s golden child.
And even though we try,
the truth brings us to tears,
all our words cannot express the joy
you brought us through the years.
Good-bye England’s rose,
from a country lost without your soul,
who’ll miss the wings of your compassion
more than you’ll ever know
G．Read the following paragraph .
　　How can we acquire stick-to-itiveness? There is no simple, fast formula. But I have developed a way of thinking that has rescued my own vacillating will more than once. Here are the basic elements:
　　“Won’t power. This is as important as will power. The ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius said, “Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.”
　　Discipline means choices. Every time you say yes to a goal or objective, you say no to many more. Every prize has its price. The prize is the yes; the price is the no. Igor Gorin, the noted Ukrainian-American baritone, told of his early days studying voice. He loved to smoke a pipe, but one day his professor said, “ Igor, you will have to make up your mind whether you are going to be a great singer, or a great pipe smoker. You can not be both.” So the pipe went.
　　Delayed gratification. M. Scott Peck, M.D., author of the best seller The Road less Traveled, describes this tool of discipline as “a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with.”
The secret of such commitment is getting past the drudgery and seeing the delight. “The fact is that many worthwhile endeavors aren’t fun,” says one syndicated radio and TV commentator. “ True, all work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy. But trying to turn everything we do into play makes for terrible frustrations, because life—ven the most rewarding one—includes circumstances that aren’t fun at all. I like my job as a journalist. It’s personally satisfying, but it isn’t always fun.”