听力2U n i t3Unit Three Seize the School DaysI Teaching focus1. The training focus of this unit is understanding how to describe people’s appearance, behavior, and their thoughts and feelings.2. Listening practices on note-taking and blank-filling skills.II Teaching facilitiesMulti-media language lab, computer, video, mp3III Time needed: Three periodsIV Teaching Difficulty1．How to make students form the habit of listening with appropriate expectation.2．How to grasp the maximally useful information to fill the blanks.V Teaching procedures and contentsStep 1 Lead-in activity:Discussion:(5 minutes to prepare)✧Have you chosen the suitable major in this university? Why or whynot?✧How to sign for courses online?Step 2 Listen to the tape and check the answersPart I Getting readySection BKeys: 1.(T) 2.(F) 3.(T) 4.(F) 5.(T) 6.(T) 7.(F) 8.(F) 9.(F)Script：Sam: I won't be able to do the exam tomorrow. I justdon't feel that I'm ready.Counselor: You say that you don't feel ready for tomorrow'sexam ... what do you feel like right now?Sam: Well, I'm angry with myself because I'm going tohave to quit the exam and, well, I guess I'manxious. Yes, I feel very anxious.Counselor: When you think about this anxiety, what image doyou have of yourself?Sam: Well, I see myself trying to explain to my Dad whyI didn't make the grade on this course ... and Isee him getting angry ... and, well, I start tofeel I've let him down again.Counselor: You don't feel ready for your exam, you feelanxious and you don't want to let your Dad downagain. Tell me about the last time you let your Daddown.Sam: Oh, well, it was a year ago ... He'd entered me fora chess competition and I got knocked out in thefirst match ... he was angry because he'd told allhis friends how good I was.Counselor: What did you tell him ... as an explanation whenyou lost the chess game?Sam: I told him that I wasn't ready to play in thatleague.Counselor: And now you are preparing to tell him that you'renot ready to sit this examination?Sam: Yes, I suppose I am.Counselor: O.K. Sam, so what you are saying to me is that youfeel reluctant to take the exam tomorrow becauseyou do not like the thought of having to explain apoor grade or a failure to your father. Is thatright, Sam?Sam: Yes. That's exactly it.Section CKeys：Script:1. A: When I read in English, I always want to understand everysingle word and so I spend a lot of time looking words up inmy dictionary. This makes reading difficult for me becauseby the time I've looked up the word in my dictionary, I'veforgotten what the rest of the sentence was about. That's mytrouble really — I rely too much on my dictionary.B: Well, why don't you try to read a text without using your dictionary the first time you read it? You'll probably beable to understand most of it and guess what some of thewords mean.2. A: I have to read a lot of books and articles in English for mywork — I'm a consultant in business management. What I findmost difficult is finding the main point in an article or aparagraph. I always try to take notes when I'm reading andso sometimes I find that I'm almost copying out the wholearticle because I can’t decide what the really importantpoints are.B: It might help if you read through the book or article very quickly first just to get an idea of what it's about. Ithink it's difficult to read something for the first timeand take notes as well.3. A: I like reading novels and short stories in my own languageand in English, but there's one thing I find very difficultin English. I'm never quite sure if the writer is beingserious or not. Several times I've read something I thoughtwas serious and later I've found out it was supposed to befunny.B: I have exactly the same problem. I suppose the only thing to do is to read as much as possible. Then one day perhapswe'll understand the British sense of humor.4. A: I have to read a lot in English in my studies and this iscausing me problems. I read too slowly in English. Do youthink I can train myself to read quickly and at the sametime understand what I'm reading?B: Well, there are special courses in speed reading, I think.But you could probably help yourself if you set yourself atime limit and try to read as much as you can within thetime. I've done that and it's helped me a lot.Part II The teacher I remember bestDiscussion: (5 minutes to organize your own words.)Did you remember the best teacher in your memory? Describe his class or personality.Section AEndeavor: make an effort toKeys:1. The French teacher2. For five years3. 13 years4. French and German5. Grammar and vocabulary6. Video and cassettes7. Conversation class8. Visit FranceScript:(Part I) Yes, the teacher I remember best was a teacher I had for French when I was at school ... er ... er ... Many years ago - more years than I care to remember, I'm afraid. Yes, I studied French with him for, um, ooh, let me see, it must have been five years, because I had him when I was in my first year there, when I was thirteen, and he was the main French teacher till I left. It was mainly because of him that I went on to study languages — French and German — at university. I mean, French was really the first language I ever learned. Well, I don't count Latin, because I never managed to speak any Latin at all. Er, well, this ... this teacher didn't make it easy ... he didn't make it easy at all, but I found that with him I really learned a lot. When I think back, I ...don't really know why I liked him so much, because he was verystrict with us. He made us work very hard — I mean, lots of grammar exercises, vocabulary tests, that sort of thing — er, and he wasn't very friendly either, for the first two or three years. Oh, as well as that, he didn't really try to make the classes interesting — I mean, no ... no video, of course, in those days, no cassettes ... but, er, we had a few films in French every term. No, in fact, the only time we really practiced trying to speak French was, er, was with the wife of one of the music teachers, who was French, er, and she gave us an hour's conversation class every week. But, you know, because of that man — some people might sayin spite of him ... no, that wouldn't be fair, no — but quite alot of us began to like France and the French a lot, and, er, to visit France in the summer holidays to see it for ourselves.Section BKeys:Script:(Part II)Yes, I think with him I learned that when you learn a foreign language ... it's, it ... well, it's like opening a door or a window into a foreign country. And that's good for you, I think, because you begin to see that the way they do things and think in your country is, um, isn't necessarily the only way or, indeed, the best way.It's funny, I still have a very clear picture of that teacher. He was English but he didn't look English somehow, 'cos he had very, very black hair and very dark eyes, and he wore glasses with black frames, but you could see his eyes very well, and everyone in the classalways had the feeling that he was looking at them. And he had very thick, bushy eyebrows that made him look very, er, very serious. Yes, I remember he was very musical — played the piano very well and sang. Now, he was quite a good rugby and tennis player. Great family man, too. He had three children and a very interesting wife. I suppose he must have been in his thirties when I knew him...Part III Children of a decadeKeys:Script:Presenter: In this edition of our series "Children of a Decade"I'll be talking to Jack Thompson, who was born in1940, and to Shirley Sutton, who was born in 1930.First of all, Jack, thanks for joining us. Perhaps ...Jack: Not at all.Presenter: Perhaps you'd tell us about your memories of yourfirst holiday away from home?Jack: Oh ... yes ... um ... at age ten I think it was, yes,I went to stay with an aunt at the seaside. Well, itwasn't a very happy experience. I felt very homesickat first.Presenter: Mmm. And what about your first day at school, can you remember that?Jack: Yes, I can. Er ... er ... I was five years old and I wanted to take all my toys with me but ... er ... theywouldn't let me. In the end it was agreed that I couldtake my teddy ... er ... but only on the first day.Presenter: Oh, I see. Your school days, were they happy ones?Jack: Well ... er ... I didn't have a very good time atschool — I wasn't very bright, you see. And theteachers didn't seem to like me, but ... er ... I madea lot of friends and some of them I still keep intouch with. One of them I married.Presenter: Oh, that's wonderful. Well, did you have a favoriteteacher?Jack: Miss Robinson ... or was it ... no, it was MissRobson. My first teacher, that's right yeah ... verykind. Marvelous storyteller.Presenter: And who was your worst teacher?Jack: Mr. Goodman, that's right. We used to call him"Goody". Yeah, he pulled your ear if you made amistake or talked in class. Yeah, my left ear is stillbigger, look.Presenter: Ha ha. Perhaps you can tell us about your last day at school?Jack: My last day, oh yeah, that's emblazoned on my mind.Oh, I wanted to get my own back you see on old Mr.Goodman — the chap we used to call ... er ... "Goody"— so I put this bucket of water over the classroomdoor but it fell on him and he got soaked, you see. Haha. I've never seen anyone so angry. Oh, it was a goodone, that.Presenter: Thank you very much, Jack. And now Shirley.Shirley: Yes.Presenter: Now, can you tell me about your first holiday away from home?Shirley: Oh yes ... er ... yes ... er ... at the age of eight it was. We went on holiday to the Lake District. Westayed at a little guest house, just me and myparents. Er ... I remember we had ... er ... honey forbreakfast with ... er ... the toast and ... oh ... andporridge — I hated it.Presenter: That sounds lovely? Oh, porridge, you hated it? Shirley: Ha ha.Presenter: Well, what about your first day at school?Shirley: Well, I ... I ... I don't remember any specialincidents ... er .... Oh, I was very frightened andshy at first ... er ... I ... I know that, I canremember, but I soon came to enjoy school.Presenter: So your school days, were they happy?Shirley: Oh yes, I loved school! Oh, I was sorry when half-term came and ... and when the holidays came. Oh, perhapsthis was because I was a bit of a goody-goody. Presenter: And what about your teachers? Did you have a favorite? Shirley: I did, yes. I remember her well, she was called Miss Brown and she was our history teacher. Oh, she reallymade history come to life, she really did.Presenter: Were there any bad moments? Did you have a worstteacher?Shirley: Aye, I did and I can remember her name too. Her name was Mrs. Sharpe and she taught math. Oh, she had nopatience. I wasn't all that good at math and shealways said to me, "You stupid girl!" It put me offmath for life.Presenter: Oh, what a shame.Shirley: I know.Presenter: Perhaps you could tell me about your last day atschool?Shirley: Oh yes, well, I'm afraid I cried. We sang our favorite hymn at the end of the term and I cried. It broughtthe tears to my eyes.Presenter: Oh, and it's bringing a tear to my eye now. Thank you very much.Shirley: Thank you.Presenter: And thank you too, Jack Thompson, thank you very much.Next week we'll be hearing from two people who wereborn in 1920 and 1910. So from me, Libby Freeman,good-bye.Part IV More about the topic: School ReportKeys:Section BClass Teacher: intelligent, talk/chat, harderMath: difficultBiology: concentrateArt: drawing, talkingGeography: homework, termEnglish: plenty, sayFrench: more, bottomSport: important, hockeyPart V Memory test: Study HabitsSome new words and phrases:Potter不及物动词 vi. [Q]1. 慢条斯理地做事(尤指琐碎的事)[(+over/along/around)]He loved to potter around in the garden. 他喜欢在花园里做点琐碎事。