m the conversation?
3. W: Doctor, I've been suffering from a stomachache for quite a long time.
M: Tell me what you usually eat. You know eating properly is very important for health. Q: What does the doctor say about the possible cause of the woman's illness? 4. M: How is your son Peter feeling today?
W: Much better than yesterday. But he still needs to rest for a couple of days before going to school.
Q: What does the woman say about Peter? 5. M: How is your husband after the operation?
W: He's getting better. But he still needs to go to the hospital for a checkup in a week. Q: What does the woman say about her husband? Unit 6 Business Part A Listening Strategy
Identifying the Major Events in a Conversation
The ability to identify the major events of a conversation is an important aspect of training in listening comprehension. Here we are concerned with what the speakers are doing. Are they engaged in small talk to promote friendship, or discussing something serious to bring about an action? Questions like the following can give us a clue as to what is actually happening in a conversation: Who are the speakers? What is the relationship between them? What are they talking about? Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
W: Here we are, Mr. Wang. This is a newly-built building. M: What a fine building! How many floors are there?
W: Forty. Our company has offices on four floors in the building. M: Yours is really a big company.
W: Yes, it is. The sales office is on the first floor. The marketing and accounting offices are on the second floor. And we have many other departments: personnel, research, etc. They are all on the 8th floor.
M: Where's the manager's office?
W: It's on the 9th floor. Let me show you around. M: Thank you. Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our company. Our company was established in 1999. It is a joint-venture company specializing in sportswear. Most of our products are for young students; some are for adults. All our products sell well both at home and abroad. In recent years, we have expanded our markets from China to Southeast Asia, East Africa, North America, and South America. [ti:Unit 6 Part B] Listening Tasks A Conversation Who Is to Be Promoted? Exercise 1
Listen to the conversation and answer the questions below.
(The Personnel Department is having a meeting. Joan Black is the chairperson of the meeting.) Joan: I think John Jeffrey's already been with the company for 20 years. Surely he's not still expecting promotion. Do you agree, Peter?
Peter: Well, in my opinion, John's always shown great loyalty to the company. It's time this was rewarded. What do you think, Clive?
Clive: It's not just a question of loyalty. Would he be any good at the job? He would need to mana
ge a small team — he's got no experience of that yet.
Peter: He never will have any experience unless we give him a chance!
Joan: We can't afford to be sentimental. I don't think he's the man for the job. He's always been a follower, not a leader. Let's move on to the other candidates. Rita Hayden has already shown great personnel management skill, I feel, even if she's?
Peter: Oh, come on, Joan! Rita's still learning her trade! We can't afford to take a risk with someone so inexperienced.
Clive: I agree with Peter. I favor Susan Palmer. She's got a lot of experience. She's already worked in the department on other occasions so she knows the ropes and she's?
Joan: But Susan's always struck me as a bit cautious. We need someone dynamic for this job. Peter: I'd agree with Clive. I think Susan Palmer would do a good job. Maybe she's a bit cautious but she's solid, reliable... We need those qualities too.
Joan: Well, if you're both so sure, I suppose I'll have to agree. Still, we'll wait a week before confirming it just in case any other applicants put their names forward. Speaking Tasks Pair Work
Obviously we learn early that \, status and income. However, clothes that look great on professional models may look terrible on the average buyer. Although beautiful clothes don't help physically, they are important for social and psychological effects. Expensive clothes can make the wearer feel like part of the high status group that sets taste and style. So you are buying an image of success. You may really live a routine life, waking up in the morning feeling dull and ordinary. But when you dress in these expensive clothes, your mood brightens. You feel good, ready to face another day with energy. Sound crazy? People who love clothes say it's true. Of course, a lot of people don't like high fashion. They'd rather spend their money on something practical. Which would you prefer — the image or the reality?
Questions
1. What is the main reason why people spend much money on fashion according to the speaker? 2. What does \ards fashion? Speaking Tasks Pair Work
Listen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner. Conversation 1
W: I see you're wearing a new tie today, John. Where did you buy it? M: I bought it at the new store on the corner. Do you like it? W: It looks very smart on you. M: Thank you very much.
W: I think I'll buy one just like that for my dad. His birthday is coming soon. M: I'm sure he'll like it. Conversation 2
M: What a nice apartment you have, Susan! W: Thank you. I'm glad you could come.
M: You've decorated your rooms very nicely. They look beautiful. W: Do you really think so? I did put in a lot of thought about that. M: You have very good taste, I think. W: You flatter me. But thanks so much. Conversation 3
W1: I like your new hairstyle very much. W2: How nice of you to say so. W1: Did you style it yourself?
W2: No. I had it done at a hairdresser's in town. W1: Was it very expensive? W2: Not really, but not cheap either.
W1: I'm going to cut my hair short one of these days.
W2: Are you? But I think long hair suits you. W1: I don't know. But thanks for saying so. Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and expressions above in your conversations where appropriate. [ti:Unit 7 Part C] Test Your Listening
Listen to the passage three times and supply the missing information.
Vera Wang has become a significant figure in the American fashion industry in a relatively short period of time. She has no formal design training because her father wouldn't let her go to art school and wanted her to concentrate on more \arts, Vera worked as an editor at Vogue for 17 years and as a design director of Ralph Lauren for two years. In 1990 she opened her first boutique on Madison Avenue in New York, in a less expensive line of ready-to-wear bridal and evening dresses. She chose bridal wear for she wanted to build a fashion company starting with one market and then expand into others. She became a household name in 1994 when she designed stylish costumes for figure skater Nancy Kerrigan to wear in the Winter Olympics. Vera Wang herself is a very good skater and she had Olympic dreams too. But that dream was crushed when she did not win at the National Figure Skating Championships in 1968. However, her love for the sport never ceased. \o the sport,\tual sales, but it has been tremendous for name recognition.\Unit 8 Society Part A Listening Strategy
Summarizing (2) Good listeners, after listening to a text, will form in their minds a short report of its main points. This report is a summary, which covers the main idea, major events, and important details such as numbers, names, and places. To work out the main points of a text, one of the important things to notice is the change of the subtopic (a text usually has one topic and several subtopics). In other words, during the listening, listeners need to pay attention to when the speaker moves from one subtopic to another. And then they should go on to catch those related important details under each subtopic. Thus a summary of the listening text can easily be formed. The passage you are going to listen to contains 9 recommendations to keep you happy. Listen twice and write down the first sentence of each recommendation. Some have already been done for you. Do you want to know the secret of happiness? Just listen to psychology professor David G. Myers. He analyzed hundreds of studies from around the world to determine how important friendships, money and other things are to our happiness. Here's what he recommends. Don't expect money to buy you happiness. The actual amount of money people earn has little effect on how happy they feel. What does count is how satisfied they are with their income. Enjoy the moment. Happiness comes from little things that happen every day, rather than occasional great pieces of good fortune. Learn to like yourself. \tbacks and struggles,\t of achieving realistic goals. Take occasional days of rest. Spend hours enjoying quiet time alone. Put on a happy face — even if you don't feel happy. Smiling can actually make you feel better, according to Dr. Myers of Hope College of Michigan. Exercise. Aerobic exercise, such as walking, biking, swimming and running works as an antidote for mind depression and anxiety. Get enough slee
p to feel rested. Build close relationships. The best remedy for unhappiness is a
caring nurturing friendship. And if you're married, a good relationship with your spouse can be especially important.
[ti:Unit 8 Part B] Listening Tasks A Passage Lottery Winners Exercise 1
Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
Do you dream of winning the lottery? Millions of people do. Every day, millions of Americans buy lottery tickets. They are hoping to win $100,000, $1,000,000 or more. What happens after you win the lottery? When you win a million dollars, you don't receive a check for the total amount. You may choose to receive $50,000 a year for twenty years. Also, you must pay taxes. After taxes, you receive from $25,000 to $40,000 a year for twenty years. This is a lot of extra spending money. What have some people done with their money? Let's look at three past winners. Lisa K wanted to be an artist, but she didn't have enough money to go to art school. She was working at a job she didn't enjoy. In August, Lisa bought one ticket and won two million dollars. She quit her job three weeks later and is now attending art school. Mark L was a car salesman. He worked seven days a week and had little time for family life. After he won the lottery, he quit working. Now he spends his time bowling, working in the garden, and fixing things in his house. But, he's bored. He doesn't want to sell cars again, but he isn't sure what he wants to do with his life. Jack B is one of the small number of winners who did not quit their jobs. Jack still teaches at a school near his home. But now he and his wife take their children on an interesting vacation every year. And they don't worry about sending their children to college. They say that money brings security and gives a person opportunities, but it doesn't bring happiness. Questions
1. If you win a million dollars, how much can you get before tax? 2. If you win a million dollars, how much can you get after tax annually? 3. What did Lisa K do after she won the lottery? 4. What did Mark L do after he won the lottery? 5. What did Jack B do after he won the lottery? 6. What is the main idea of the passage? Speaking Tasks Pair Work
Listen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner. Conversation 1
A: I've won the lottery!
B: Really? That's fantastic! What are you going to do with the prize money? A: Well, I'd like to hear your opinion. What do you think I should do? B: Well, if I were you, I would take a long vacation.
A: A long vacation? That's a good idea. Now you've been to many places. Where do you suggest I should go?
A: Do you think he can get his dream job?
B: I'm not certain of that. The competition is very, very tough, you know. A: Anyway, dream brings hope. It is good for him to have a dream. B: I think so, too.
Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and expressions above in your conversations where appropriate. [ti:Unit 9 Part C] Test Your Listening
Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
Jeffrey Zaslow, the advice columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, grew up in suburban Philadelphia. His biggest ambition in life was to be a writer. \I was ten or eleven when I saw Gone with the Wind and I wrote my own Civil War story.\rning a degree in creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University, he got a job at a newspaper in Orlando, Florida. He made his mark with his article on the rough working conditions endured by the people inside the Mickey and Minnie costumes at Walt Disney World. Later he became a staff writer for the Wall Street Journal. In 1988, when the famous advice columnist, Ann Landers, quit her job at the Chicago Sun-Times, the paper launched a nationwide contest to find her replacement. Jeffrey Zaslow applied. Among the 12,000 contestants, women outnumbered men nine to one, and most of them had seen a lot more of life than Zaslow, who was 28 and not married. When he reached the semifinals, his editors at the Journal ran a headline: \rey did make it in the finals. Today, thirteen years later, his column, \sands of readers in the Chicago area. His years in the advice business left him with a deep appreciation for people and their problems. He is also greatly moved by the generosity, sincerity and good nature of his readers. \. I have much more faith in my fellow men than I had before. And I've read plenty of letters to back that up.\Questions
1. When did Zaslow start writing stories?
2. How old was Zaslow when his column became popular with readers in Chicago? 3. What is the major benefit Zaslow has got from his years in the advice business? 4. What can be inferred from the passage?
Unit 10 Disasters Part A Listening Strategy
Listening for Major Elements in a Disaster Report
To understand a report about a disaster, you need to pay special attention to when and where it occurred, the possible damage and loss, and the number of people injured or killed since these elements are the essential parts of this type of report. You are going to hear two news reports of disasters. Pay attention to the elements mentioned above and complete the following charts. 1. Turkey says more than 10,000 people now are confirmed dead after the earthquake three days ago. Most of the deaths are in five northwestern cities. About 34,000 people are reported injured. Rescue workers are still searching for about 35,000 missing people; many are trapped under fallen buildings. Rescuers are using cameras, dogs and listening devices to search for survivors. 2. Early this morning a severe explosion took place in Shijiazhuang, the capital of North China's Hebei Province, killing 108 and injuring 38, according to the Public Security Department. After treatment, 15 of those injured have been discharged from hospital care. Hospital officials say five among the 11, who were severely injured, are now out of danger. Police are still investigating the cause of the explosion.
[ti:Unit 10 Part B] Listening Tasks A Passage Surviving a Plane Crash Exercise 1
Listen to the passage and complete the following chart with the missing information.
Three months ago I flew to Burma with my boyfriend, Johan. The plane was a small one and our
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