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1、Un it One Perso nal Relatio nships(1) Part One View ing, Un dersta nding, and Speak ing Video Script Julia : Oh, my God! Hi, guys. How are you? Sorry to keep you waiting for long. Hows life? Youre OK? Here we go. Mike : I really do. It seems to work that way. Julia : Thanks. Mike : So how are you? J

2、ulia : rm fine. How are you? Mike : Good. Good. Julia : So what were you guys talking about? Carlos : We were just talking about the ideal roommate. Julia : Oh. Jane: Julia, you have three roommates. Julia : Oh, yeah. Jane: What do you think makes an ideal roommate? Julia : Hmm. Well, I want my room

3、mate to be a neat person, as I want everything to be in order. I dont like to see our rooms in a mess. Mike : You want a neat person. Id like my roommate to be very thoughtful . This is important because people who live together n eed to help each other. For example, if I were sick and it was my tur

4、n to clea n the livi ng room, my roommate would do it for me. And I would not hesitate to ask him to do a favor for me. In fact, Im lucky. Ive a roommate like that right now. Carlos : So you mean you like a helpful roommate, and he can always give you a hand when you are in trouble. If you ask me, I

5、 would like some one who is in teresti ng. Jane: You mean who shares your in terests? Carlos : Not only that. I mean he is really intelligent and interested in learning new things. He has different experiences from me and can share ideas with me. This roommate and I, we would immediately tell each o

6、ther everything, and in this way become closer. Its a natural closeness, not something we have to work on. So just give me somebody really intelligent, and we can work together. Julia : So you are actually look ing for a friend, not a roommate. A roommate does nt have to be your best frien d. If you

7、 have such high expectati ons of him, you might be disappo in ted. A roommate is differe nt from a frien d. If you want to look for a friend, he does nt have to be your roommate. Jane: So far, no one has mentioned honesty and I think that honesty is really important. Do you all agree with me on this

8、? Julia : Oh, yeah. Mike : Yes, I agree with you. You have to live with your roommate for a long time. If you dont trust him, how could you be happy? But if my roommate is hon est, the n I would want him for my friend. Now, pers on ally, I am un willi ng to live with a quiet pers on. I mean a pers o

9、n who is sile nt and has nothing in terest ing to share with me. Such a pers on would make me feel un happy. Julia : Then how about a good sense of humor? Do you think it is important? Carlos : Yes, I think its importa nt. Would nt it be won derful to live with some one who sees the humor in everyth

10、 ing? Youd have so much fun together, and youd n ever be bored. Mike : I agree with you, but its impossible for a roommate to be perfect. I would hate for my roommate to want me to be perfect. Wont you? We should n ever dema nd too much of our roommates. Or well ruin our relati on ship, and we n eed

11、 to remember that. Julia : OK, lets be realistic and try to appreciate what we have now. Part Two Liste ning,Un dersta nding, and Speak ing Liste ning I M = man W = woma n M: Hello, 776-2235. W: Oh, good eve nin g. Its Mrs. Richards here. Im phoning from Number 65 next door. M: Yes? W: Well, Ive bee

12、n trying to sleep since eleven oclock, but Im afraid the noise from your house is so loud that its quite impossible for me to do so. M: Oh, sorry. W: Would you mind asking your friends to be a little quieter and turn the music down ? rm sorry but its absolutely deafening . M: Sorry. Yes, I will. W:

13、Tha nk you. Liste ning II One cold evening duri ng the holiday seas on, a little boy about six or seve n was sta nding out in front of a store win dow. The little child had no shoes and his clothes were old and torn. A young woma n pass ing by saw the little boy and could read the longing in his pal

14、e blue eyes. She took the child by the hand and led him into the store. There she bought him some new shoes and warm clothes. They came back outside into the street and the woma n said to the child, Now you can go home and have a very happy holiday. The little boy looked up at her and asked, Are you

15、 God, maam? She smiled down at him and replied, No, son, Im just one of his children. The little boy then said, I knew you had to be a relative of God. Liste ning III Are you going to 181st Street? asked an old woma n. The younger woman leaving the supermarket was in a hurry, but she stopped and tur

16、ned to look. She saw an old lady with a small bag of groceries at her feet. She was breathi ng hard. If youre going toward 181st Street, could you carry my bag for me? I dont have the time for this, the younger woman thought. But when she saw the old woman, who looked very tired, she said, Of course

17、. The old woman took hold of the younger womans arm and they walked together slowly and talked. They were neighbors but they did nt know each other. The old woma n lived alone and the youn ger woma n lived with her family. They talked about the difficulty of living in a big city: the younger woman t

18、alked about the cost of food and the problems of raising children, the older about Ion eli ness. They fin ally reached the old woma ns apartme nt house. She seemed relucta nt to go in. She reached into her purse. Let me give you a dollar for your trouble, she said. Oh, no .It was no trouble. Well, w

19、ere n eighbors, the old woma n said. Well see each other aga in. I hope so. The old woma n took her bag and started to go in. Then she tur ned and said sadly, But the n, perhaps well n ever see each other aga in. Un it One Perso nal Relatio nships(2) Part Three More Liste ning Practice One Jane: Lau

20、rie, it seems in credible that | youve bee n with Pete for five years. Laurie: Can you believe it? Jane: Yes, its hard to believe. Well, I remember you used to say that you would do anything for him, absolutely anything, now do you still thi nk so? Laurie: I remember. People always say things like t

21、hat when they fall in love , Jane. Jane: Exactly, but rm ask ing you now, after five years, would you do anything for him? Laurie: No, not anything. Obviously, there are things I would nt do, just the other ni ght, I said forget it. But what do you have in mind? Give me an example. Jane: OK, right,

22、now lets think. Now, if um. OK, say he was wan ted by the police, would you lie to protect him? Laurie: Ooh, itd depend on the crime I think. If it was a traffic ticket, probably. But no, ooh. Yes, I probably would actually even if it was a serious oneisnt that terrible? I just realized that about m

23、yself. Yes, I probably would, uni ess, of course, he did somethi ng to me. Practice Two Jane: Right. OK, well leave that one, Laurie. What about your career? Would you give up your career? If Pete wan ted you to give up your job, would you do that? Laurie: No, Jane, why could he possibly want me to

24、give it up? Jane: Well, I dont know, say if he was feeli ng threate ned by your success or someth ing like that. Laurie: No, absolutely not. Jane: But he might be, what if he really wan ted you to give up your career? Would you? Laurie: Of course not. Not for that reas on, no. Because that would bre

25、ak us up even tually because of the rese ntme nt. I would nt ask him to give up his career, uni ess he cha nged careers and I dont know, say if he became a hit man or someth ing. Jane: What about if he, say if he found a new religi on or somethi ng, that he was completely obsessed with it and he wan

26、 ted you to con vert to that religi on, would you do that for him? Laurie: Hes a good Catholic boy, so I somehow cant see that happe ning. You mean like some cult or someth ing? That I think would be the begi nning of the en d. If some on es so obsessive about religi on, I think, the n theres only r

27、oom for that. Jane: But if you loved him? And that was part of him. Laurie: rd let him go to his God. Practice Three Ed: Hey Rocky! Youve bee n holdi ng this wall up all ni ght. Get out and dance with some one like that girl over there. Rocky: No way, Ed! Ed: Oh come on man! What kind of woma n do y

28、ou like? Rocky: I want a woman that fulfills my every need, and that girl is not the right type. Ed: Hey. Where have you been? Times are changing, and youre never going to find a woman that will shine your shoes and fill your beer mug all the time. Wake up! Rocky: Oh really? I met a lot of women lik

29、e that, just not at this party. Oh, I prefer women that stay home, cook, clean, and watch the kids. Ed: Okay, but where do you fit into this wonder plan? I mean what are your household responsibilities once you get home from work? Rocky: Hmm. Eat, watch TV, and throw out the trash. Ed: Wait, wait, w

30、ait. I cant believe Im hearing this. Youre never going to get married. I recently read a news report that said that 40 perce nt of wome n dont think their husba nds do their share around the house, and you seem to fit into that mold. Rocky: Thats in teresti ng, but that does nt cha nge my point of v

31、iew. Ed: Thats your problem. Well, I like women who are open-minded and have something interesting to say. Hey, and if I stick with you here, this is going to be a Ion g, l on ely ni ght. Practice Four Norma: You know, Brian, it does nt look like youve vacuumed the livi ng room or clea ned the bathr

32、oom. Brian: No, I have nt. Ugh. I had the worst day. I am so tired. Look, I promise Ill do it this weeke nd. Norma: Listen, I know the feeling. rm tired, too. But I came home and I did my share of the housework. I mean, thats the agreeme nt, right? Brian: All right. We agreed. Ill do it in a minute.

33、 Norma: Come on. Dont be that way. You kno w, I should nt have to ask you to do anythin g. I mean, we both work, we both live in the house, we agreed that housework is. is both of our resp on sibility, I dont like to have to keep reminding you about it. It makes me feel like an old nag or someth ing

34、. Brian: Sometimes you are an old nag. Norma: Oh, great! Brian: No, its just that I dont notice when things get dirty like you do. Look, all you have to do is tell me, and Ill do it. Norma: No, I dont want to be put in that position. I mean, you can see dirt as well as I can. Otherwise I mean, that

35、puts all the resp on sibility on me. Brian: Its just that cleanliness is not a high priority with me. There are other things I would much rather do. Besides, the living room floor does no t look that dirty. Norma: Brian. Brian: Okay, a couple crumbs. Part Four Testi ng Y ourself Sectio n I Jane: Wha

36、t kind of man would you like to marry, Sally? Sally: I suppose rd have to take two things into con siderati on:his pers on ality and his backgro und Jane: What would you look for? Sally: Well, hed have to be intelligent I cant stand stupid people. Hed have to be hard-working, reliable, and down to e

37、arth (practical). I could nt get along with some one who was nt practical. Jane: I like a man with a good sense of humor. Sally: Oh, I do, too. Hed have to be good-natured. I have a terrible temper myself, and I dont think a marriage can work if both people are the same. Jane: What did you mean whe

38、n you said that backgro und was importa nt? Sally: As far as rm concern ed, people whove bee n brought upin differe nt environments think differe ntly.They usually just cant un dersta nd each other well eno ugh to get married. Jane: Do you think that good looks are important? Sally: In my opinion, t

39、hat matters the least , though of course I could nt marry an ugly man. Sectio n II A few mon ths ago, I moved into a very small flat after living for years with my pare nts.It is the first time I have ever had a place of my own and I am very fond of it, despite the lack of space. I had been there on

40、ly for a few days when a friend phoned and begged me to let him stay for a while. He explained he had lost his job recently but was sure he would find another one very soon. Since I thought it would be only for a short time, I agreed. More tha n a month has gone by and my friend shows no sig n of mo

41、ving out. There are only two small rooms in the flat, plus the small bathroom and tiny kitchen. He has more or less taken over the front room. I dont like sharing the bathroom, either. In fact, I just dont like other people livi ng in my flat! A few days ago, I decided that it was eno ugh and that h

42、e would have to leave. I inten ded to tell him that I wan ted the place to myself aga in, but he persuaded me to let him stay Ion ger. He still has nt found a job and cant afford to rent a place of his own. And there just does nt seem to be anyone else he can stay with. Of course, Id like to help hi

43、m. He is, after all, a friend! But there are limits, even to frien dship. I dont know what ni do if he is here much Ion ger. Sectio n III Ralph: Well, my parents are not going to be able to look after themselves, Im afraid. So I have to decide what Im going to do with them. George: How old are they

44、now, Ralph? Ralph: Theyre approaching their seventies Gopal: Would you not have them living with you? Do you think you would want that? Ralph: Absolutely not. George: You would nt? Ralph: Well, Id rather not, no. I know that sounds selfish. Gopal: Thats interesting because in India, a lot of the gra

45、ndparents live with their children and they play an important role in the home. Theyre not just there. Ralph: . But is that because theyve always been in the home, Gopal? Gopal: They have, true. Ralph: Thats the differenee. To me it would be very unnatural to suddenly have them back and in my world.

46、 George: Would you think of putt ing them in a retireme nt home? Ralph: Um, yeah, that would be what rd like to do. George: Is that unthin kable to you, Gopal? Gopal: Well, its interesting because my parents are very independent. But I would feel happier if they came to me, then you know because my

47、husba nd isnt In dia n, it would be quite unu sual. How about you, George? George: Im just like Ralph. Im a long way from my parents; the idea of them living with me does seem pretty weird . But the terrible thing about retirement homes is that theyre full of old people and if I were an old person,

48、I would hate to be surrounded just by old people. Ralph: I thi nk the best alter native idea is to have a gra nny flat, that is, to have a house n ext door. Gopal: Next door but separate eno ugh to live in your own little space. Un it Two Rememberi ng and Forgett ing Part One View ing, Un dersta ndi

49、ng, and Speak ing Video Script Hele n : Jas on. Jaso n: Yes, Mom? Helen : Didnt you have something you had to do tonight? Jas on: Hmm, I cant thi nk of anything. Helen : You told me you had an article to turn in tomorrow. Did you finish it? Jas on: Oh, yeah, I was supposed to write an article for th

50、e high-school paper. Helen : Youd better get to work on it right now. Its 8 oclock. Jas on: I cant thi nk of anything to write about. Helen : Cant you write an article about how you feel about graduation? Jas on: Thats a good idea. Ill go and work on it. Hmm, by the way, how did you feel about gradu

51、ati ng from high school? Helen : Me? A little scared and excited, too. Jas on: I feel the same way. Im scared of leavi ng home and going to college. Helen : Dont worry about that. Leaving home is part of growing up. Besides, youd better get to work on your article. Jaso n: OK. (About one and a half

52、hours later.) Jas on: Mom, where is the typ ing paper? I cant find any. Helen : Its in Dads study. Ill go and get some for you. (Michael is in the study. He is work ing on his computer when Hele n kno cks on his door.) Michael : Who is it? Helen : Helen. Michael : Come on in, honey. Hele n : Jas on

53、n eeds some typ ing paper. Hes writi ng an article. ( Hele n takes out some typ ing paper from the prin ter. ) How was your work going? Michael : rm still preparing tomorrows presentation. What time is it, Helen? Helen : (She looks at her watch.) Its about 9: 30. Well, dont work too late. (The next

54、morning, Michael and Jas on are getti ng ready to leave for the compa ny and school.) Michael : Hele n, where is my new grey coat? I cant find it any where. Helen : Its in the closet. Jas on: Mom, where is my mathematics textbook? I left it on the desk several days ago and its gone. Helen : I put it

55、 in the second drawer of your desk. Michael : Honey, where is my briefcase? I put all my presentation papers in it. Helen : Its beside your desk on the right side. All your papers are in it from last night. Michael :(He finishes dressing and starts to leave.) You know something, honey? I can always

56、count on you. You always know where everyth ing is. Hele n : Thats why every one says Im Mrs. Perfect Memory. Hurry up, or youll be late. Ah, dont forget your briefcase, Michael. Michael : Bye-bye. Helen :Bye. (When Michael comes home, Helen is busy preparing dinner in the kitchen. Helen finds that

57、Michael is in a bad mood, so she goes to the living room and sits beside Michael.) Helen : Hi, honey, whats the matter, Michael? You look depressed. Michael : Mr. Smith decided not to put the new product on the market yet. A whole months work turned out to be useless for now. Helen : Dont worry too

58、much, Michael. Everything will be just fine. At least you can take some time off now. Youve been working too hard lately. Michael : Maybe later on, but rd like to go over that presentation again. Helen : Why dont you come and see what rm fixing for you for dinner? I think youll like it. (Helen walks

59、 into the kitchen.) Helen : Oh, my goodness. I forgot to turn the oven on. Now we cant have that famous pumpkin pie because it would take too long to bake now. Michael : (He smiles.) Well, imagi ne that. Mrs. Perfect Memory fin ally made a mistake and forgot to turn on the ove n. Part Two Liste ning

60、,Un dersta nding, and Speak ing Liste ning I A math professor was very abse nt-min ded. When he moved from Cambridge to Newt on, his wife, knowing that he would forget that they had moved and where they had moved to, wrote dow n the new address on a piece of paper and gave it to him. During the day,