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Columbia University to work on his PhD. When his money ran low, he withdrew from graduate school and went to work for the National Industrial Conference Board. He eventually earned a PhD from NYU in 1977. In the mid-1950s Greenspan opened an economic consulting company. In 1987 he began to work in the Federal Government. His work as Chief of Federal Reserve Board was much the same as the work he did on Wall Street, trying to understand how the economy worked and what drove it, offering suggestions for improvement. He was, however, making less money. Questions
1. How long has Greenspan been Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board according to the passage?
2. What do you know about his parents? 3. What was young Greenspan fond of?
4. Which of the following does the passage imply?
5. Which of the following describes the speaker's attitude towards Greenspan? Speaking Tasks Pair Work
Listen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner. Conversation 1
A: Have you read anything interesting recently? B: Yes, an article about an architect. A: An architect? Who? B: Bei Yuming.
A: Oh, I've heard of him. He is a Chinese American. B: Quite right. He was born in 1917 in Guangzhou. A: Where did he go to school?
B: He graduated from a middle school in Shanghai, then went to study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA and in 1940 got a BA in architecture. Then in 1946 he earned an MA in architecture from Harvard University. A: I hear he is world-famous.
B: Yes. In many parts of the world, there are buildings designed by him. The Fragrant Hill Hotel in Beijing is one of them. Conversation 2
A: Who's that man in the picture?
B: Don't you know? Well, I'm not going to tell you, but you may ask me five questions to work out who he was.
A: That sounds fun! You said \？ B: Yes. That's Question 1.
A: OK. What was his nationality？ B: British.
A: When was he born and when did he die？ B: That's two questions. A: Oh，come on.
B: All right. He was born in 1940 and died in 1980. Two more questions left.
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A: What did he do？
B: A singer and songwriter.
A: What were his most famous songs?
B: One of the famous songs he wrote was \A: John Lennon, I bet. B: You got it.
A: And I've made it in five questions! B: Good for you.
Now make similar conversations with your partner. Use the structures and expressions above in your conversations where appropriate. Your conversations should include the details given below. [ti:Unit 11 Part C] Test Your Listening
Listen to the passage three times and supply the missing information.
On June 28, 2008, amid cheers and tears 52-year-old Gates said good-bye to his Microsoft employees. The following is his closing remarks during his farewell event in Redmond: \work really is about software and working with incredible people. I love working with smart people. I love working with Steve. I love working with all the incredible people here. Even the times that were the toughest, in some ways those are the ones that bond you the most when IBM decides to attack you, or when some legal ruling isn't quite right. And you have to do a press conference afterwards. \the long-term impact the impact on the world of what we do — is incredible. We can always go out and see things that remind us of that. See blind people who, using our accessibility, can browse the Internet. You know, their lives are just totally different because of that. So we can say, wow, this is so impactful. \enjoyable, that's actually what's made it so easy to want to work hard, to want to always improve things, to face up to whatever it is that needs to be done better. So it's a special group of people who put so much into it. \won't be a day of my life that I'm not thinking about Microsoft,and the great things that it's doing, and wanting to help. So thank you for making it the center of my life, and so much fun. Thank you.\
Unit 12 The Internet Part A
Listening Strategy
Finding the Main Idea
Finding the main idea of a conversation is a very important skill in listening comprehension. To acquire this skill, we must cultivate our ability to distinguish between major and minor information. We should learn how to listen for the general sense rather than for the meaning of every word. In fact, it is impossible for us to understand and remember every word uttered by the speaker and it is not necessary to do so. The first step to look for the main idea is to identify the topic the speaker is talking about. The topic is the subject or focus of what is being said and is usually conveyed through the words or phrases the speaker mentions or refers to the most. Then you have to focus your attention on the sentence or sentences that extend the topic to the message the speaker wants to get across to the listener. You are going to hear three passages about computers and IT education. Listen carefully and complete the answers.
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1. Students and teachers at 20 schools in China's poor rural areas had their own computer labs at the end of 2001. The labs were jointly funded by the China Youth Development Foundation and Coca-Cola (China) Beverages Ltd., which planned to establish more computer labs in 1,200 rural schools.
2. China is now using India's rich resources and expertise in IT education to meet its great demand for software professionals. An Indian company has recently signed a deal with China to establish a joint venture company in Beijing. It is the first Indian company to invest in the education of software professionals in China.
3. Code Red II, the world's most vicious cyber worm, is all about to start another attack. Unlike its former peer, \network. Anti-bug experts are calling for greater online security. [ti:Unit 12 Part B] Listening Tasks A Passage
Nathen Dees
Exercise 1
You are going to hear a story that happened on the Internet. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. On a wet Sunday morning in Sydney last year, 13-year-old Nathen Dees switched on his computer. He was surfing the Net, looking for someone to talk to, when he saw a message on his screen from a girl named Steffi who was online: \\game?\my chair,\student working on a history project alone in her house in Heilbronn, Germany. While surfing the Net for information, she felt a sudden pain in her legs. She tried to get out of her chair, but she couldn't move. As the pain moved to her chest and made breathing almost impossible, she typed her cry for help. \came. \was linked up with an Australian, and Nathen hadn't realized till then that he was talking to someone outside Australia. \letters appeared, \Germany.\Nathen exclaimed in surprise. He stared at the screen. Someone in a country far away needed his help. \back. \getting worse. Nathen quickly rang up the international operator and asked to be put through to Germany. He explained the situation to the operator there and gave her Steffi's address. Then he typed back, \on, Steffi. Help is now on the way.\He waited anxiously for a reply. Meanwhile, in Heilbronn, an ambulance crew got the emergency call and sped towards the address with two police officers. Once at Steffi's house, they broke down the door and found her in great pain over the keyboard. She was able, however, to write one more thing to her Australian rescuer. The message Nathen had been waiting for finally flashed onto the screen. \Bye.\Questions
1. What is the main idea of the passage? 2. In which country does the teenager live?
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3. In which country does the student live?
4. How did the teenager feel when he learned where the student lived? 5. What did the teenager do after he received the message? 6. What could be inferred from the story? Speaking Tasks Pair Work
Listen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner. Conversation 1
A: What do you think of your university？ B: It's the best, I think. A: Really？
B: Yes. Our campus is very beautiful. And, on top of that, it has a very modern information center with lots of computers with Internet access. We can use them for work and play. That's really fantastic!
A: I'm glad you like it. But you'd better not spend too much time on the Internet. B: Of course not. I still have to eat and rest. Conversation 2
A: What are you doing now, Tom？
B: I'm downloading some sound and video clips from a website. A: They're the latest releases, I suppose.
B: Yes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
A: Really? Oh, that's terrific! I'd like to see that movie. B: Are you online too, Susan？ A: Of course.
B: Then you can download the clips too, you know.
A: Well, but I like chatting with people on the Web more. We talk about everything: sports, books, movies and even romance. It's a real pleasure. B: Yeah, that must be fun, too.
Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and expressions above in your conversations where appropriate. [ti:Unit 12 Part C] Test Your Listening
Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. W: When did you get started on the Internet, David?
M: Oh, about a year ago. I was doing a lot of e-mail and I got started through that really. W: So there's difference between the Internet and e-mail?
M: Yeah, e-mail is just like having a mailbox in your computer and the Internet is like the biggest research library in the world, but there's more than that. W: Well, tell me a bit more about that.
M: Ok. Basically there are three things you can use the Internet for: finding information, joining in news groups, and chatting online, like on a telephone, only you type your messages rather than say them.
W: And you use it for all three?
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M: Not really. I use it mostly for finding information, you know, looking through university libraries, things like that. W: Uh huh.
M: And I chat online with my brother in New York. W: Why don't you just call him? M: Well, it's a lot cheaper.
W: How often do you go online?
M: Let me see. I try to limit myself. I guess I use it about two or three times a week for about a couple of hours each time. I have to stop myself. There's this real temptation to just browse, you know.
W: And when do you use it? Do you have a regular time?
M: Actually like a lot of people, I use it at cheap rate times,early in the morning or late at night. W: I see. And one more thing, do you have any tips for anyone who might be interested in using the Internet?
M: Yeah, I guess I could say a few things. Definitely only use it at cheap rate times. That's the first thing. And try to limit your time. And don't get sidetracked. W: Thanks for joining us, Dave. M: Thank you. Questions
1. What are the two speakers doing?
2. Mostly for what does the man use the Internet? 3. How often does the man go online? 4. What do you know about the man? 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. Now you are going to hear three short passages. Choose an appropriate topic from the following box to match each of the passages.
1. Although children have little or no money of their own, they certainly have the capacity to be \— 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. 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. Being quiet in the library takes self-control, especially when a friend comes in and you want to call to him. What is caring? When you help a turtle cross a path in the park so he will be safe that's caring. When you leave flowers to bloom so others can enjoy them too that's caring.
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