学术综合英语--研究生教材U6.ppt

1,A City in China,Unit 6,main,Unit 6,A City in China,2012,Part A Section A,Pre-listening-,Background Information1.1,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,Listening,Arnold Bennett,Bennett,Arnold(Enoch Arnold Bennett),1867,1931,English novelist and dramatist.One of the great 20th-century English novelists,Bennett is famous for his realistic novels about the“Five Towns,”an imaginary manufacturing district in northern England.Bennetts early career included editing the fashionable magazine,Woman,and,writing,LISTENING,Section A,Pre-listening-,Background Information1.2,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,Listening,writing literary reviews and articles.About 1900 he began to devote himself industriously to his own work,producing a series of excellent regional novels.He depicted in great detail the grim,sometimes sordid,lives of shopkeepers and potters.His attitude toward his characters was one of affectionate sympathy,and he always managed to make their mundane lives interesting.,LISTENING,Section A,Pre-listening-,Background Information2.1,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,Listening,Hilaire Belloc,Belloc,Hilaire(Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc)18701953,British writer.He became a British subject in 1902,and from 1906 to 1910 was a Liberal Member of Parliament for South Salford.Poet,essayist,satirist,and historian,he wrote from the Roman Catholic viewpoint.He was a close friend of G.K.Chesterton and with him founded the,New Witness,a weekly political newspaper.,LISTENING,Section A,Pre-listening-,Background Information3.1,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,Listening,Rebecca West,West,Dame Rebecca,18921983,English novelist and critic.West began her career as a journalist for feminist and suffragist publications.At various times she served as a literary critic and political writer for American and British journals.In 1959 she was made a Dame,Commander,Order of the British Empire.A stern and uncompromising moralist,West was one of the finest writers of prose in 20th-century Britain.,LISTENING,Section A,.,New Words and Expressions,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background,Information,Part,A,Part,B,Listening,luminary,loosen,matrimonial,Sapphire Anniversary,hurdle,sacred,compatible with,agony,mortgage,泰斗，名人，杰出人物,放松，变松,婚姻的,蓝宝石婚,障碍,神圣的,与,相容的,痛苦,抵押,LISTENING,Section A,Listen,Task 1.1,Listen to a passage and try to get its main ideas by taking notes.Fill in the blanks according to your notes.,Pre-listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part,A,Part,B,Listening,The main topic of this listening material is the,.,the future of marriage,_,LISTENING,Section A,Listen,Task 1.2,Pre-listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part,A,Part,B,Listening,Based on the listening material youve just heard,tick()the right box.,For,Against,Not Given,1st speaker,2nd speaker,3rd speaker,4th speaker,LISTENING,Task 2.1,Listen to the passage again and try to answer the following questions.,1.When did the first speaker get married?,45 years ago.,2.According to the first speaker,what could the,government do to encourage marriage?,The government could help by reintroducing the married persons allowance.,Pre-listening,Listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part,A,Part,B,LISTENING,Task 2.2,3.How long has the second speaker been married?,Four years.,4.What is the word the second speaker used to,describe her attitude toward marriage?,Sacred.,5.According to the third speaker,whom does marriage,benefit?,Women.,Pre-listening,Listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part,A,Part,B,LISTENING,Task 2.3,6.What is the fourth speakers job?,He is a teacher.,7.When will the fourth speakers daughter get married?,This Sunday.,Pre-listening,Listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part,A,Part,B,LISTENING,Script1.1,Part,A,Part,B,What does the Future Hold for Marriage?,Eighty years ago,Arnold Bennett,Hilaire Belloc,Rebecca West and other luminaries predicted the future of marriage,did they get it right?Despite its decline in popularity and rising divorce rates,Bel Mooney argues against the loosening of matrimonial ties.But does marriage really have a future in the 21st century?,Im Richard Right.My wife and I have recently celebrated our Sapphire Anniversary(45 years),with,hopefully,LISTENING,Script1.2,Part,A,Part,B,hopefully,many years to come.We made a commitment to each other and,through thick and thin,have stuck by that commitment.Todays generation is always in a hurry and doesnt see anything beyond the next hurdle,so they give up if the wall ahead looks too high.We must encourage people in the belief that marriage is the best social institution ever invented,but we must be prepared to work at it.The government could help by reintroducing the married persons allowance.,LISTENING,Script1.3,Part,A,Part,B,I feel very disappointed that so many men feel the way they appear to about marriage.To me marriage is sacred.I didnt promise to love,care for and be with my husband until next week,or until another offer comes along.I promised to love him and be with him in sickness,health,riches or poverty for the rest of our lives.I meant it.I still mean it almost four years on.Things have not been easy,but I didnt expect a bed of roses,or,everything,to be,LISTENING,Script1.4,Part,A,Part,B,to be plain sailing.I have never expected someone else to support me in the style to which I would like to become accustomed.I expect to have to work hard for the things that we want.The notion that caring and sharing is somehow old-fashioned and out of tune with modern life,and living together is in any way compatible with the lifetime commitment of marriage is just wrong.Some of us do care,and some of us do commit to another and mean it.,LISTENING,Script1.5,Part,A,Part,B,Any man that praises the delights of marriage has never experienced the agony of divorce and the loss of his children.Marriage is very much for the benefit of women.,I dont know about marriage but the future of the wedding industry is more than secure.My daughter is getting married this Sunday in a beautiful ceremony in Santa Barbara.We had to take a second mortgage on the house to pay for it.I am going to quit teaching school and become a wedding planner she makes twice my salary!,LISTENING,Eighty years ago,Arnold Bennett,Hilaire Belloc,Rebecca West and other luminaries predicted the future of marriage,did they get it right?Despite its decline in popularity and rising divorce rates,Bel Mooney argues against the loosening of matrimonial ties.But does marriage really have a future in the 21st century?,Im Richard Right.My wife and I have recently celebrated our Sapphire Anniversary(45 years),with,Script2.1,Part,A,Part,B,What does the Future Hold for Marriage?,LISTENING,Script2.2,Part,A,Part,B,hopefully,many years to come.We made a commitment to each other and,through thick and thin,have stuck by that commitment.Todays generation is always in a hurry and doesnt see anything beyond the next hurdle,so they give up if the wall ahead looks too high.We must encourage people in the belief that marriage is the best social institution ever invented,but we must be prepared to work at it.The government could help by reintroducing the married persons allowance.,LISTENING,Script2.3,Part,A,Part,B,I feel very disappointed that so many men feel the way they appear to about marriage.To me marriage is sacred.I didnt promise to love,care for and be with my husband until next week,or until another offer comes along.I promised to love him and be with him in sickness,health,riches or poverty for the rest of our lives.I meant it.I still mean it almost four years on.Things have not been easy,but I didnt expect a bed of roses,or,everything,LISTENING,Script2.4,Part,A,Part,B,everything to be plain sailing.I have never expected someone else to support me in the style to which I would like to become accustomed.I expect to have to work hard for the things that we want.The notion that caring and sharing is somehow old-fashioned and out of tune with modern life,and living together is in any way compatible with the lifetime commitment of marriage is just wrong.Some of us do care,and some of us do commit to another and mean it.,LISTENING,Script2.5,Part,A,Part,B,Any man that praises the delights of marriage has never experienced the agony of divorce and the loss of his children.Marriage is very much for the benefit of women.,I dont know about marriage but the future of the wedding industry is more than secure.My daughter is getting married this Sunday in a beautiful ceremony in Santa Barbara.We had to take a second mortgage on the house to pay for it.I am going to quit teaching school and become a wedding planner she makes twice my salary!,LISTENING,Section B,Background Information,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,Teachers Will Have Power to Search all Pupils for Knives,Teachers may search every pupil in their school if they suspect that there is a knife on the premises.Britains growing knife culture has prompted ministers to draw up plans to try to prevent more stabbings.,Home Office figures show that the number of children aged 12 to 14 convicted of carrying knives at school doubled between 2000 and 2004 to 170.,LISTENING,L-B-P.2,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,Alan Johnson,the Education Secretary,has decided that the new,Violent Crime Reduction Bill,does not go far enough in tackling the knife culture in schools and wants to give head teachers wider powers to track down and seize knives.,The Bill going through Parliament allows teachers to search individual pupils if they have reasonable grounds for suspecting that they have a knife.But teachers believe that being able to search every pupil would be effective.,LISTENING,L-B-P.3,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,The change would mean that many innocent pupils would be caught up in searches.Teachers would be given statutory guidance on how to conduct a search.It would define what constituted“reasonable grounds”for suspecting the presence of a knife,what teachers should have before conducting a search,how many people should be present and the search methods.The guidance would also set out rules on what sort of records should be kept.,LISTENING,L-B-P.4,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,Officials said that the recent stabbings had illustrated the need for action.The move is part of a wider campaign against the culture of violence and drugs in schools,under which random drug testing will be introduced in secondary schools this autumn.From September,pupils in Kent will be tested with mouth swabs for drugs including cannabis,cocaine and heroin.Last month,Kiyan Prince,15,was stabbed to death outside a school in Edgware,North London.,LISTENING,L-B-P.5,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,Although the Violent Crime Reduction Bill is nearing the end of its parliamentary passage,there would still be time to amend it.John Reid,the Home Secretary,is considering increasing the maximum jail term for carrying a knife from two to four years.,LISTENING,Section B,Background Information,_ Alan Johnson,Alan Johnson:,a British Labour politician,who has been the Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle since 1997.He was the Home Secretary until May 2010 and before that filled a wide variety of Cabinet positions,including both Health and Education Secretary.,Part,A,Part,B,LISTENING,Section B,Background Information,_Violent,Violent Crime Reduction Bill:,The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 substantially strengthens Schools powers to tackle“violent crime”by enabling the screening of pupils using“Arch”and“Wand”Metal Detectors.,Part,A,Part,B,LISTENING,L-B-P.,New Words and Expressions,infringe,违背；侵犯,yield,产生,instill,逐渐灌输,presumption,推测；假定,prosecute,告发；检举,mitigate,使缓和，使减轻,abuse,滥用,perpetrator,犯错的人,overly,过度地，极度,stance,姿态，态度,pragmatism,实用主义,law-abiding,遵纪守法的,Pre-listening,Listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part,A,Part,B,LISTENING,Task 1.1,Pre-listening,Listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part,A,Part,B,Listen to a passage and try to get its main ideas by taking notes.Complete the following table according to your notes.,Should teachers have the power to search for knives?,Point of View,Reason,1st speaker,Teachers can ask students to show them what was in their pockets.,_,To avoid any unnecessary touching of the child.,_,LISTENING,Task 1.2,Pre-listening,Listening,Part,A,Part,B,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,2nd speaker,3rd speaker,4rd speaker,Teachers should have the right to search children.However,it is unfair to expect teachers to risk being attacked.,_,Due to the lack of respect for teachers,it might be risky.,_,Teachers should be given the right to search children(or call in the police),however it should be carried out by the police.,_,Teachers do not have the training to undertake such a task.,_,Teachers should have the right to search all pupils.,_,LISTENING,Task 2.1,Listen to the passage again and try to answer the following questions.,Pre-listening,Listening,Part,A,Part,B,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,1.What did the first speaker do before he retired?,He was a teacher.,2.According to the first speaker,what would he do if,he needed to know what was in a childs pockets?,He would ask him or her to show him what was in the pockets.,LISTENING,Task 2.2,Pre-listening,Listening,Part,A,Part,B,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,3.According to the second speaker,what did the last,30 years of educational“experimentation”,result in?,Lack of respect for teachers.,4.According to the second speaker,who should conduct,the search?,The police.,LISTENING,Task 2.3,Pre-listening,Listening,Part,A,Part,B,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,5.Whom did the third speaker believe that in many,cases the argument of infringing on human rights was,abused to protect?,The perpetrators,those people who carry dangerous weapons.,6.What is the fourth speakers suggestion in those,schools where its too dangerous for the teachers to,do the search?,The police should be called.,LISTENING,L-B-L.1,Script1.1,Part,A,Part,B,Should Teachers Have the Power to Search for Knives?,Alan Johnson,the Education Secretary,wants teachers to have the freedom to search all pupils for knives.It is hoped the move would act as a deterrent to any children thinking of taking knives into school.But should it be left up to teachers,or should searching for dangerous weapons be the responsibility of the police?And would such a