think stereotypes should be avoided because they are real. I do think that we should not place extremes of a trait to a gender as a whole and most certainly not limit someone's potential abilities based on a stereotype. Stereotypes should apply in general but not to an individual. They should serve to help make judgment but not as an absolute.
Keys:
1. T F F F T T
2.1 physically, in reality, aggressive 2.2 avoid, differences, attractive 2.3 extremes, potential abilities
Unit 4 Creativity
Part I Listening 1
In China, education is considered a race. Students have to begin as early as possible and have to proceed as quickly as possible around the track. Success is measured by how many students cross the finish line in the short time .In America, we recognize the race too, but we feel that the students have a chance to explore things for themselves, even if not all of them reach the finish line. As a result of their exploring, some of the participants may have more to offer by the end of the race.
The advantage of the Chinese way is that more students become proficient and reach the finish line. The disadvantage is that they may have less to say or to show once they get there. The disadvantage of the American way is that some students never finish the race. The advantage, however, is that some who do go \very interesting and original things to say when they get there.
1. F T T T F F
2. 1) race 2) race 3 ) proceed 4) explore things for themselves 5)
proficient 6)interesting 7) original 8) less 9) finish the race Listening II
Once Wealth and Poverty approached a merchant and introduced themselves as Goddesses. The merchant greeted both of them and said, \come to my humble home?\between us who is the most beautiful.\
The merchant did not know what to say. He knew he was between the devil and the deep blue sea. If he said that Wealth was more beautiful than Poverty, Poverty would curse him. If he said that Poverty was more beautiful than Wealth, Wealth would abandon him. However, he became calm and said, \Would you please do what I ask of you? It is the only way I can judge properly.\Goddesses agreed. He said, \
house? Mother Poverty, Would you please walk away from my house? This way I can see you both better, from near and far.\had asked them to do. Then the merchant confidently declared, \appear most beautiful when you are nearest my house. Mother Poverty! You look most beautiful when you are farthest from my house.\wit and wisdom of the merchant. The Goddess of Wealth happily stayed in his house while the Goddess of Poverty cheerfully departed.
Whenever we have a serious problem, if we look within and think calmly, a solution will come in answer to the problem.
1. F T F F F
2. 1. Why did the two Goddesses go to the merchant’s place? C 2. What would happen if the merchant declared the Goddess of Wealth to be more beautiful than the Goddess of the Poverty? B 3. What did the merchant ask the Goddesses to do? D 4. What was the reaction of the Goddesses? A 5. What does the story tell us? C Listening III
There is an old and common saying in the United States that %under the sun.\article tells about the growing number of people who are building earth-sheltered houses, which are partly underground. I had known about modern earth-sheltered houses, but I had never thought about their roofs before. Instead of having metal or tiles on the roofs, many of these houses now have living roofs. The wooden top of the house is covered with a special waterproof plastic material. On top of this there is soil, in which grass and flowers are planted. Such a roof can be very beautiful. But this really is not a new idea. When the early settlers came to the United States, they often made their houses by digging into the ground. Their roofs were made of wood, and covered by large areas of soil with grass or turf. They were warm, though not always waterproof. People replaced these houses and roofs as soon as they could live in regular wooden homes with wooden or metal roofs. Now, 200 years later, some
people think of this as a new idea. But I think, \ 1. 1) partly underground 2) living 3 ) digging into the ground 4) grass waterproof Questions:
1. What does the speaker mean by saying \ 2. What makes the speaker think of \
3. What is a living roof?
4. How many years ago did the early settlers first build earth-sheltered homes? 5. Why did People replace these earth-sheltered houses with regular wooden ones? 2. C D A B D Listening IV
Man: It is said that the first sandwich was made in 1762 by the Earl of
Sandwich. He didn't want to take time away from his card games to eat, so he ordered his butler to make sandwiches instead. Woman: Is that so? Hey, look at this. The first beauty contest was held in Belgium
in 1888. Why in Belgium of all places? Man: Why not? Oh, here's one I bet you're proud of. The electric chair was used
for the first time in 1890 in the United States. Yes, you're first to diagnose AIDS, too. The first recorded case was in New York. Woman: Plus and minus signs were used in 1514 in Holland. Yeah, there was no
way we could have guessed that one. And the equals sign, you'll be pleased to hear, was first used in Oxford , in 1557. You'd have thought they'd all have been invented at the same time. Man: Well, we both got these right .coffee was in Arabia around 1,000 AD, and
just before that, playing cards were invented in China. Woman: Well, I got this one right. First diagram of a flying machine, was drawn by
Leonardo da Vinci, as I said, in 1492. Man: Yeah, but the first air flight wasn't made until 1903, and it was in the
United States. Woman: But that wasn't the question, was it? Also, England was also the first to
transmit television. Man: Garbage! It was the Italians.
Woman: No, it says here, the first TV transmission was in London, 1925. And here
we are again, the first traffic lights were in London, in 1868. Man: But they didn't even have cars then, so why would they have needed
traffic lights?
1．D A A F C E A B B
2．1)1762 2)1888/Belgium 3)1890/the United States 4)New York 5)1514/Holland 1557 6) 1903 7) 1868
Part 4 Listening 1
Juan comes up to the Mexican border on his bicycle. He's got two large bags over his shoulders. The guard stops him and says, \\
The guard says, \
two bags and rips them apart; he empties them out and finds nothing in them but sand. He detains Juan overnight and has the sand analyzed, only to discover that there is nothing but pure sand in the bags.
The guard releases Juan, puts the sand into new bags, hefts them onto the man's shoulders and lets him cross the border.
A week later, the same thing happens. The guard asks, \\
The guard does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags contain nothing but sand. He gives the sand back to Juan, and Juan crosses the border on his bicycle.
This sequence of events is repeated every week for three years. Finally, Juan doesn't show up one day and the guard meets him in a bar in Mexico.
\the guard. \you are smuggling something. It's driving me crazy. It's all I think about. I can't sleep. Just between you and me, what are you smuggling?\
Juan sips his beer and says, \
1) border 2) rips 3) overnight 4) analyzed 5) release 6) cross 7) weekly 8 ) thorough 9) show up 10) bicycles
Listening II
Pottery has been found in the remains of every ancient civilization. The oldest known piece of pottery was found in China and dates back to 7,900 BC. That's almost 10,000 years ago!
The first pots were large bowls, formed by taking a lump of clay and making a bowl shape. Pottery doesn't just include pots, but anything made from clay that can hold things, such as jugs, vases and cups. Pottery was used to hold water, milk, seeds and grains.
Later, people learned to mix different clays together to make stronger pottery and to put the pottery in a fire oven so that the clay would harden faster. The potter's wheel was invented in China around 3,100 BC. The wheel spins clay like a top. It allows people to make pottery much more quickly and make shapes that were perfectly symmetrical—bowls that were really round, rather than lumpy or uneven. Pottery is not only considered one of the first inventions but also one of the first art forms. Most types of pottery have been painted with figures or designs; some even tell a story! 1. B A C
2. 1.The oldest known piece of pottery was found in china and dates back to 7900
BC(and was made almost 10,000 years ago).
2. It was used for holding water ,milk ,seeds, and grains.
3. To make stronger pottery and to make the clay harden faster.
4. It allowed people to make pottery much more quickly and to make symmetrical
shapes.
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