電大時事英語大綱（小抄參考）

1、高級時事英語形考答案教師：趙軍assignment for unit onetask i listening news for the week headline: man kills family main idea: a man shot and killed five members in his family and then phoned a friend. listening for pleasureheadline: mind your own businessmain idea: an australia man invited some of his chinese frie

2、nds to dinner, after the meal his friends insisted on asking him “how much the dinner costs”, at last he told them it was none of their business. assignment for unit two writing: unwelcome gift jack and laowang are good friends for years. a few days ago, laowang invited jack for dinner to wish him f

3、arewell before his return to states. jack went to wangs family for dinner and made a short speech; meanwhile, he presented laowang with an antique clock to thank him for his help and support in these years. but then laowang put this clock in another room. this made jack confused and he said: “id lik

4、e you to accept this small clock as a token of our long friendship”. “thank you”, wang said. “dont you like it”, “thank you”. at this moment another guest explained to jack: giving a clock unlucky in chinese culture and the word clock - zhong - also means end of life. but jack said: “clock is the ty

5、pical gift in america and everyone would be pleased”. at last, jack said: “i was visiting china for years, used to cultural differences and never heard about clocks being unlucky. cultural differences are part of the fun of traveling and now i have a lot to learn from chinese”. assignment for unit t

6、hree task i listening news for the weekheadline: a most unusual school main idea: children at summerhill are given as much freedom as possible.listening for pleasureheadline: cars main idea: talk about the advantages and disadvantages of cars.assignment for unit fourwriting: television television pr

7、esents a vivid world in front of us. we can bring the theater, art, con certs, and sports events into our homes when we might otherwise never be able to see them. television brings the world to people who cannot travel. television can also play an educational role in our daily life. not only can we

8、hear and see news as it happens, we can actually observe the paces and the people involved. also people are able to take college courses by television. we are more knowledgeable of the whole world because of television. however, television can also be harmful. many of the programs now available show

9、 violence and scenes which are harmful to young people. some students watch television instead of studying and doing exercise. even though tv can educate and bring the world to us, we must carefully select the programs to watch.assignment for unit fivetask i listening news for the weekheadline: stat

10、e to improve controls on landmain idea: measures to protect farmlands and control the growing land market.listening for pleasureheadline: domestic violence main idea: domestic violence is a serious crime which causes serious social problems.assignment for unit sixwriting: alcoholic drinking alcoholi

11、c drinking is a big social problem in china today and needs to be tackled seriously. excessive drinking of strong spirits both at home and in bars has already brought much suffering both the individual drinker and his family and society. my neighbor is a person who drinks a lot everyday. every time

12、he gets drunk, his wife gets very angry and blames him. he will not accept what she says. the result is that they fight noisily and we are all disturbed. in my opinion, social help should be offered to alcoholics first. the government should set up a special kind of service trying to provide counsel

13、ing and education to them. this should make them realize the serious consequences drink brings to both themselves and their family and the society. at the same time the government should pass more laws to restrict alcoholic production and consumption. in dealing with alcoholic drinking, we should be

14、 patient with those alcoholics who suffer from kinds of troubles. but meanwhile, we need to be determined in our efforts to eliminate. assignment for unit seventask i listening news for the weekheadline: british womanhood main idea: it gives some general information about what has been discovered by

15、 the central statistical office in its first comprehensive report and gives illustrations of different types of women to be found in britain today. listening for pleasureheadline: cyberspace for kids?main idea: childrens fascination with computers is not guaranteed to last. the internet can be frust

16、rating for kids if steps are not taken to ensure that they know how to use it. assignment for unit eight writing: how to spend the moneyrefer to the book page 422 for the passage “how to spend the money”.reading assignment 1 title of your reading: should the press be humanauthor and source of your r

17、eading: katharine whitehorn in the observerthe main idea: the author attacks journalists who witness crimes or acts of atrocity and deliberately do nothing to help to get a good story or paragraph, and concludes that journalists should remain human .reading assignment 2 title of your reading: parent

18、ings best-kept secret: reading to your childrenauthor and source of your reading: barbara bush in the readers digest the main idea: children who have been read to by their parents regularly from an early age seem to have a much greater interest in books and start school ahead of others in their read

19、iness to read. 時事文章選讀（2）old ways never die2005年03月17日陳宗倫old ways never diegiant lanterns in the shapes of roosters, fish and dragons illuminated the night of february 23, with families crowding into the city god temple to see the lanterns, solve the lantern puzzles and burn incense. the colouful lan

20、terns have attracted more people than usual this year. it is reported that a daily average of more than 200,000 people crowded into the city god temple to see the lanterns during the spring festival holiday. “more people have come than in past years,” said zhang qianhua, an employee at the city god

21、temple. the citys other temples, such as the longhua temple and the jingan temple, also received more visitors coming to place joss sticks in their incense burners. “we received more than 100,000 people who came all the way here to light incense sticks in the spring festival,” said liu huaming, a se

22、curity official from longhua temple. “the long queue stretched right around the temple.” giant incense burners in the temple were full of the remains of joss sticks and big boxes for people to make donations were full. “i came here to worship the buddha and hope for a good luck blessing for the comi

23、ng year,” said zhang jie, a visitor to the temple. it is the second year zhang has gone to the temple to worship and burn incense. he never participated in such activities in the past, but he said he felt better after worshiping the gods. “the worship of chinese gods in the temples is spreading all

24、over the country. it is booming even in shanghai, a city with a long history of western cultural influence,” said kuai dashen, a research fellow with the shanghai academy of social sciences. superstitious beliefs not only poorly educated people in the countryside but also well-educated people now tu

25、rn to the old chinese customs for a feeling of security and calmness, said kuai. “a lack of security and worries about the future contribute to the trend fostering revival of chinese customs and religious activities,” said professor gu donghui, an expert on sociology from fudan university. professor

26、 gu said the rapidly changing society filled people at all levels with feelings of insecurity and loss. as there is no dominant religion in china, the old chinese customs and local gods such as the city god and the gods of mountains serve as substitute religions, said gu. “the growing prosperity has

27、 also enabled people to afford activities such as burning incense and building new temples,” he said. “in our efforts to promote the best of chinese folklore and culture, we should also be alert to the re-emergence of superstitions and unhealthy customs,” said kuai. bazi suanming (chinese astrology)

28、, xiang mian (chinese face reading to tell ones fortune and future) and going to temples to qiu qian (to divine by the lot) are gradually regaining ground among chinese people after being suppressed after 1949. the month before the spring festival witnessed a soaring number of marriages in a bid to

29、avoid getting married in 2005, which according to diviners is regarded as the a bad year for marriage. according to the chinese lunar calendar, 2005 has no spring day, so women who get married in this year will be prone to become widows. statistics from the beijing civil affairs bureau found an aver

30、age of 293 couples-to-be registered for marriage in the last month before the spring festival. state media also reported the offices for marriage registration were over-crowded in the 10 days before the spring festival. “the saying is groundless and against science,” said kuai the research fellow. “

31、but the dilemma remains superstitions are becoming more and more popular as people are better educated and their living standard improves.” a report released by the chinese association of science and technology in may, 2004 shows that 12 per cent of people in china believe in superstitions. a report

32、 from a shandong-based newspaper said the monks in the temples of mount tai have to work more than 12 hours a day to receive the visitors who go there asking to be told their fortune and fate in the coming year. some people spent more than 400,000 yuan (us$48,000) to gain the right to plant the firs

33、t joss stick in various temples. state media reported that even some officials had strong beliefs in the gods, hoping to get their blessing and support in career conflicts. “religious worship and burning incense have revived at a rapid speed along with other old customs,” said professor gu. “such a

34、phenomenon has not been seen in recent decades. it is not only a matter of superstitions but also a matter of corruption of belief of the whole nation.” western influence experts also found chinese customs were being gradually mixed with western customs and cultural elements. “western customs are gr

35、adually being accepted by the younger generations,” said zhong fulan, president of the shanghai folklore and culture society. “christmas and valentines day have become more and more popular among the young generations,” said zhong. flowers and specially made valentines day cakes sell well around val

36、entines day, despite the sky-high prices. “roses have been sold out on february 14,” said xu jianmin, a flower shop owner in yangpu district. “we received more than 100 orders for flowers and our store ran out.” according to xu, the price of roses around valentines day doubles or even triples. “ther

37、e are more and more middle-aged and aged people buying flowers for that day,” said xu. “such sights were rarely seen in previous years.” a specially decorated tree was placed in the city god temple on valentines day for lovers to make wishes, which they could write down on a piece of paper and hang

38、it on the tree. “my boyfriend came all the way from hangzhou to celebrate valentines day with me,” said zhou yan, a university student from shanghai university. “we promised to stay together at this time every year.” “i hope the acceptance of western customs will not lead to chinese traditions fadin

39、g away,” said kuai.高級時事英語課程教學(xué)輔導(dǎo)unit 5-6unit 1-2 unit 3-4 unit 5-6 unit 7-8the following passage is chosen from oral workshop: discussion。 tasks: scan the following passage and try to find the answers to the following questions: 1. what is the text about? 2. why did sara feel sorry for her parents? 3

40、. why didnt she hope that her parents would get back together? 4. what was her parents life like before they separated? 5. how are her parents now? 6. what has she observed about her parents private life? 7. what is her attitude toward her parents way of life? 8. why does she feel lucky that her par

41、ents are still friends though divorced? how it feels when parents divorce sara, age twelve i guess the main reason i was mad at daddy was because it all made my mother so unhappy, and i ended up feeling sorry for both of them my mother because she was struggling to make ends meet, and my dad because

42、 he couldnt really do much about it. even though my parents separated more than three years ago, its still very vivid in my mind and i doubt if ill ever forget the way i felt at the time. yet, as awful as it was, i never hoped theyd get back together. and now i think id die if they did, because it w

43、ould be so awkward for me. i think theyre both much happier now, and its obvious to me that they both lead totally different lives. since the breakup ive been able to see my parents true colors especially my mothers. ive seen a side of her that i never saw before. when she was married, she and daddy

44、 were the perfect couple, always quiet, talking about dignified things, and they would never laugh or anything. nowadays my mother is always happy and gay. another way shes changed is that she always used to hide her problems from me but now shes more apt to discuss things. i think shes more relaxed

45、 and sos my dad. both of my parents started dating other people right away, and i think theyll both get remarried eventually, which is fine with me. they dont discuss their love lives with me all that much, but of course im not blind, for example, one night i had a sleep-over at a friends house and

46、the next morning i came home earlier than id planned to. well, i just stormed into my mothers bedroom, and there was this guy in her bed she was somewhere else, in another room. i started crying and everything, and my mother tried to convince me she had slept on the couch. now that i look back, it w

47、as pretty hilarious, and of course i dont care i mean, i understand about those kind of arrangements. in the beginning, when my father had a girlfriend sleep over, he didnt know how to tell me he just sort of said, “oh, youre sleeping on the couch tonight,” because at that point i didnt have my own

48、room at his house and shared the bedroom. its still hard for my dad to level with me about this part of his life, but hes getting better. anyhow, neither of them should worry about my getting upset, because im old enough to understand that grown-ups are allowed to have private lives, which includes

49、other people. but if someones going to spend the night, i think its better and less awkward if i know about it beforehand, so im not taken by surprise. i still want to get married and have kids, but i have a lot of friends who dont want to. i was discussing marriage with one boy i know, and he said,

50、 “im never ever getting married.” he took his parents divorce really badly because his mother and father werent friends afterwards they were enemies, screaming on the phone to each other. im glad my parents are good friends, having lunch together and stuff. i think its so much easier for the child i

51、f the parents are friendly. if they arent its really difficult because theres always a right side and a wrong side and the kids are just caught in the middle. i think ive grown up a little faster because of my parents divorce. its made me realize more about the problems of life and helped me to unde

52、rstand my parents and appreciate them as individuals. its just too bad they couldnt have been as happy and productive as a couple as theyve been since theyve been on their own. and i also wish that the next time my mother has tickets for a rolling stones concert, she takes me instead of her boyfrien

53、d, which is what she did the last time!高級時事英語第5,6單元輔導(dǎo)(2)（ 2001年08月14日）the following passage is taken from oral workshop: discussion. tasks: * scan the following passage and try to find the answers to the questions below: 1. what is the text about? 2. what was the crime that the speaker was connected

54、 with? 3. what woke him up? 4. what did she see? 5. what did he do when he was certain it was a burglar? 6. why did he return to his house? 7. what does the speaker think worries people? 8. what crimes are usually committed by young people? 9. what does the speaker think is the first major cause of

55、juvenile delinquency? 10. what is the second cause according to the speaker? 11. what is the last cause of juvenile crimes? *try to retell the story based on your answers to the above questions. juvenile delinquencythe only crime i have ever been connected with was unsuccessful. one summer night i w

56、ent to bed, leaving my bedroom door open because it was very hot. during the night i was woken up by the sound of a match being struck. for a moment i thought it must be the friend i lived with, but then i remembered he was away. i felt certain there was someone in the room. i saw the outline of a m

57、an standing near the door. i was almost certain the man was a burglar. without thinking what i was doing, i shouted loudly and jumped out of bed to catch the man. as i ran across the garden, i suddenly realized i was doing something very foolish. the burglar i was chasing might be carrying a knife.

58、i went straight back into the house and locked all the doors to protect myself.this was a very small crime which did not succeed, but crime is a serious problem in britain. one sort of crime which particularly worries people is juvenile delinquency that is, crimes committed by young people. for some years, juvenile delinquency has been increasing. there are two main sorts of juvenile crime: ste