Unit2Gettingolder講課稿

1、精品文檔Unit 2 Getting older, getting wiser?Listening to the worldSharingScriptsP = Pasha; M1 = Man 1, etc.; W1 = Woman 1, etc.Part 1P: Hi. I m really excited about the next few months. I m DJing on the banks of the River Thamesin the heart of London and I m playing some beach parties. Today I ve come t

2、o Covent Gardento find out how people feel about their lives. What are you looking forward to in the future?Part 2M1: Er, I m looking forward to having a family: I don t have a familykirnight now. Er, Iforward to buying a house -er, I actually live in the United States right now and I haven' tbo

3、ught a house there, so I m looking forward to that. And I guess I m looking forward to um,more travel.W1: Finding a job that I m really passionate about.M2: Er, near future, I m looking forward to a holiday next year. I m going to Vegas with a famthat I haven t been away with um, for about five or s

4、ix years now.W2: Getting a good job, and finishing university.M3: Nothing really. I kind of enjoy my life at the moment. Um, I . I live in Australia now, and I ve got things the way we like them at home, and life s good.M4: Starting a new job next summer.Part 3P: Is there anything you aren t looking

5、 forward to?W1: No, no, there s nothing I can think about that I m not looking forward to in the future.M2: The one thing that I d have thought most people say is dying. Quite serious, but, other than that, no - I kind of embrace life to the full; look forward to most things.W3: Um, I have to say, t

6、he premise of getting older, and with getting older you have more responsibilities, so that s one thing I won t . I m not looking forward to.M1: Well, I m not looking forward to retiring: Um, I like my job and I like working, and I think I ll be a little boredwhen I retire.W2: It s quite stressful l

7、ooking for jobs and going to job interviews, so I do get nervous about that.M3: Getting older. Your body s starting to fall to bits. Not looking forward to that, but ithappen.Part 4P: People say that your schooldays are the best days of your life. Do you think that s true?W1: Absolutely. I do, yes,

8、because you re, the world is your oyster. You have so much hope, somany dreams, and you believe, you believe you can achieve anything. So yeah, definitely, I think so, yeah.M3: No. Schooldays were hell on earth for me. It was (They were) the worst days of my life.W2: Um, they re quite stressful beca

9、use you have exams, but I do think they re fun: being abbe with your friends every day. So I do think that schooldays are . are good days in your life.M1: Looking back on it, I had a great time at school. I m sure at the time it seemed a little difficult, um, you know, trying to fit in, but now when

10、 I look back on it, they were fun daysand, you know, I . I . I look at them very fondly.M4: For me, personally, my, er . my schooldays were my favorite because I ve still got friendfrom, going back 20-odd years.W3: That s when I ve created most . the most valuable relationships I have in my life.M2:

11、 For most people, yes, but when I left school at 16, I was a fulltime footballer at IpswichTown Football Club for two years. So, living away from home with friends and doing, kindof, the best thing I could do in my life, were the best two years of my life.ListeningScriptsPart 1OK . so . I ve got the

12、 date .“ Thursday, the 20th of May, 2004. Dear the future me, I hopethis letter has found its way to you / me. As I write this, I am 16 in Year 11; and as I read it, I am20. Wow! I will have changed so much. I can only guess what I will be like at 20. I envisage tomyself at Oxford Uni, sitting .” oh

13、, this is embarrassing .“ sitting under a tree by the rivercollege grounds. I think I ll be wearing something floaty and a bit indie, bhuetnI Ibgeet twthis,it ll, it ll be raining. ”“As I read this, I ll have already remembered that I fancied Tom Squires .” there you go,Tom . I m looking at him now.

14、“ I wonder if I ll ever have the guts to tell himI know, Iromantic. I hope that hasn cthanged. My plans for myself in the following years are to find a man,someone good-looking, romantic and intelligent, who, who shares my interests - or just Tom.Either way, um, I hope I ll have someone. ” I don t r

15、emember this, “ . and then I think I three children with long brown hair and green eyes.”“Well, I ll stop now even though I want to write everything I can down, but I m running outof time. I hope I m happy in 2008, and I hope this letter makes me feel good about who I was, or am, as I write this. Ke

16、ep smiling, and while I can t really say bye, but good luck for the future andkeep dreaming. Don ' t change too much, and be happy with who you artelike who I am now more than any other time. Love, Laura.”Part 2 It all seems very shallow looking back and reading what I thought I d be doing or ho

17、ped I dbe doing. I think my 16-year-old self might have been disappointed with where I am, but because I as my 20-year-old self have sort of grown up and matured, I m absoluhtethlye ewcasytatic witwhere I am, and it doesn t have to be this perfec-tbsyi-tati-nlagke kind of image.Viewing Scripts N = N

18、arrator; B = Dr. Bradley Willcox N: The remote island of Okinawa is home to one of the longest-living communities in the world. In a populati on of only one million, there are 900 centenarians, a percentage that s over fourtimes higher than Britain and America. It s a place where age has a different

19、 meaning . wherepeople like Mr. Miyagi can expect to live way beyond his 92nd year. Unaware of the latest diet or lifestyle fad, Mr. Miyagi has developed his own way of defying the aging process.B: They re not thinking about“ Gee, if I do this, I m not gonna live as long, if I . I have one extradrin

20、k or if I eat this food or . they ' re not' thin king about that at all. Most of them couldn' tcare less what the scientists think. They just go about their business and live. They just happen to live a very long time.N: The explanation for this extraordinary phenomenon begins in the mos

21、t ordinary of places. Like every town in Okinawa, the fruit and vegetable shop in Ogimi lies at the heart of village life.It s here that Bradley and Craig believe the source of the Okinawa miracle can be traced. For the past 20 years, Bradley and Craig have been analyzing the life-enhancing Okinawan

22、 ingredients.B: Got reds here in the tomatoes, the peppers. You ve got green peppers here.N: They ve identified a number of crucial properties that guard the Okinawans from disease, from the antioxidant rich vegetables that protect against cell damage, to the high quantities of soya proteins. In Ogi

23、mi, 100-year-old Matsu is preparing a traditional Okinawan dish using all the vital ingredients. It s only after the food is served that the most significant Okinawan traditioncan be observed.B: The Okinawans developed also cultural habits over the years that appear to have health protective propert

24、ies. They have a saying calledeatharaihyoohibu " re only 80percent full.N: In a typical day, Matsu only consumes around 1,200 calories, about 20 percent less than most people in Britain and America.B: In the West we re very much focused on getting more for our money, and one of the most popular

25、 things is all these all-you-can-eat restaurants. You go and you load up at the, at the er, the all-you-can-eat restaurant, and you, you walk away with this bloated feeling and you . you may have got your money s worth, but you probably didn t get your, your health s worth,because what you re doing

26、is just digging yourself ianntoearly grave.Speaking for communicationRole-playScriptsP = Presenter; V = Vince; J = Julia; D = Dan; Z = ZaraP: And up next, it s time for Just Tell Me I m Wrong. Today s topic: How young is too young or,perhaps more accurately, how old is old enou gh? We ve received hu

27、ndreds of emails and text messages about the right age for a child to have a mobile phone, stay home alone, wear make-up, get their ears pierced, babysit for younger kids . and we ve got our first caller,Vince. Go ahead, Vince. You re on. V: Hi. My situation is that my nine-year-old kept asking me t

28、o get her a mobile, so I bought her one a few months ago. Then, last week, I got a bill for over two hundred pounds, so I warned her I d take the phone away from her if it happened again.P: So I gather your point is whether she s too young to have a mobile?W: Yeah, yeah, that s right.P: Er, surely i

29、t s the parents responsibility to set some sort of guidelines ahead of time.X: So what you re saying is I should have given her some rules?P: Basically, yes, when she first got the phone. OK, thanks Vince. Next caller is Julia. What your question, Julia?J: About the mobile phone thing. I ve-ygeoatr-

30、aonlde,iagnhtd I worry about him all the time ifI can t reach him. You know . anyntghicould happen .P: So in other words, you want him to have a mobile.t want one.J: And have it on at all times. But he doesnP: Fair enough. Let me ask you a question. When you were eight years old and there were nomob

31、ile phones, what did your mother do? I bet you were allowed to go out on your own. Isn t that an important part of growing up and developing a sense of independence and responsibility?J: So what you re getting at is that I m being overprotective?P: You could say that.J: Yeah, but don t you agree tha

32、t the world used to be a safer place?P: Surely that s what every generation says. Anyway, thanks for your question, Julia. Let our next caller. Dan, you re on.D: Hi, my question s also about technology.P: OK. Go ahead.D: Well, my son, Seth, he s 12 and, up till recently, he was a norm-ayle1a2r-old,

33、you know, he used to go out with his friends, play football with me, you know . we had a great relationship.P: So, Dan, from what you re saying, I m guessing he doesdn so m ucthwtiamnet twoitshpen you now, and you feel .D: Oh no, it s not that. It s just that he spends all his time on the computer n

34、ow.P: Isn t that just normal nowadays?D: It s hard to say. Sometimes at the weekend he spends all day in his bedroom on the comutper, on social networking sites or playing games. I don t think it s right. I mean for one thing, henever gets any exercise.P: Don t you think it s just a stage he s going

35、 through? I used to spend hours in my bedroom listening to music when I was that age.D: You mean I should just relax and let him get on with it?P: Yeah, he ll grow out of it. And you can t force him to go and play football if he doesnto.D: I guess not. Thanks.P: OK, our next caller is Zara. You re o

36、n.Z: Um, I was wondering how you would deal with a 13-year-old wanting to get pierced ears?P: Thirteen years old? Doesn t she simply want to be like her friends? I imagine a lot of them have pierced ears.Z: Well . that s it. I m not talking about a she.P: Oh, if I ve got it right, you re upse-tybeea

37、cra-oulsdesyoonuwr a1n3ts to get his ears pierced.Z: That s right.P: Ah . so it s because he s a boy rather than his age?Z: I suppose so.P: Well, what s he like socially? Does he have friends who ve got their ears .Further practice in listeningShort conversationsScriptsConversation 1d like to do aft

38、W: So this is your last year in college. Have you ever thought about what you graduation?M: Well, I really don t know. The job market seems to be improving, sooIkmfoaryal job somewhere. But I am also interested in applying for graduate school.Q: What are the two speakers talking about?Conversation 2

39、M: Do you remember Linda we met a while ago at Susan s birthday party?W: Linda? Do you mean the lady who you said was a nurse in the community hospital before her retirement? Yeah, I remember. She looks very young for her age.Q: What does the woman think of Linda?Conversation 3M: I wish I could reti

40、re tomorrow. Then I would not need to worry about work.W: I don look forward to retirement. I' m afraid of gettyngooiy will slow down, andmy children will be away. I dread losing independence and living in loneliness.Q: What makes the woman afraid of getting old?Conversation 4W: I consider my ea

41、rly 20s to be the prime time of my life. How about you?M: I couldn t agree with you more. That s no doubt the golden period. You are young andenergetic. You are free to pursue your passion. The best thing is that you have a wealth of opportunities to explore.Q: What does the man like best about bein

42、g in his early 20s? Conversation 5W: Hi, John. You are taking Law 201 this semester, right? How do you like it?M: Yeah, it s a great class. We ve looked at several cases of age discrimination at work. Such cases are very interesting because they are rarely clear-cut and court decisions can be rather

43、 controversial.Q: What does the man say about age discrimination cases?Long conversationScriptsM: Nancy, time to make a birthday wish!W: I wish . hmm. OK! I want a high-paying job, a husband with a perfect face and body, and a big house . with a swimming pool!M: Wow, Nancy! Those are your three wish

44、es?W: Of course! If I have those three things, I ll be happy!M: Now, Nancy. Let me tell you my story, and you may see things differently.W: “ See things differently? ” What do you mean, Uncle Charlie?M: Here is what I once experienced in life. When I married, 32 years ago, we had a happy marriage, a

45、 beautiful house, two expensive cars, and $200,000 in the bank!W: See, just like now!M: Wait! I would suggest three different wishes!W: Well . What would you wish for? You re older and wiser!M: What happens if you lose your job, lose your house, and your husband becomes sick? I suggest these three w

46、ishes: patience, courage and love!W: Patience, courage and love?M: Yes! If you have patience and courage, you and your husband will have good jobs and a nice house. And if you have true love, you and your husband will be beautiful to each other no matter how old you become together.W: This is good.M

47、: Within six years of our marriage, we had three beautiful children, but we lost our jobs, our house, all our money, and then I got really sick for nine years. But we didn t lose anythingtruly valuable, because we always said:“ Wherever the five of us are together, we are at home!And, little by litt

48、le things did improve, and I finally got well. Patience, courage and love!These are what make life full, strong and happy!W: Hmm, I will remember. Patience, courage and love! Thanks, Uncle Charlie!Q1: What are the two speakers talking about?Q2: According to the man, why is true love important for a

49、happy life?Q3: What difficulties did the man experience in his life?Q4: What is the man doing in the talk?Passage 1ScriptsIf you think that you have to live up a remote mountain in order to live a long and healthy life, a religious community in Loma Linda, California, may prove you wrong. Its member

50、s are a group of Christians known as the Seventh-day Adventists. The Adventists enjoy a much higher life expectancy than average Californians. Adventist men can expect to live about seven years longer than other Californian men. Adventist women are likely to live around four years longer than otherC

51、alifornian women. The Adventists also act much younger than they are and see doctors much less than ordinary people.So what s the secret of the Adventists longevity? It is not all in their genes. Nor is their goodhealth a mere accident. The Adventists live longer partly because they have a vegetable

52、-based diet.Around 35 percent of them are vegetarian, and around one half eat meat only rarely. Tobacco andalcohol consumptions are discouraged. So are rich or spicy foods, meat, and drinks containing caffeine. The Adventist diet is high in fruit and vegetables. It also includes plenty of whole grai

53、ns, nuts, seeds and beans, and water is the drink of choice.The longevity of the Adventists is also related to their lifestyle and natural environment. They believe in having regular exercise, helping others, and maintaining strong social and familial ties. They live in a mild climate with warm summ

54、ers and cool winters. Interestingly, the air quality of Loma Linda, however, is not as good as in other longevity hot spots. This should give us all hope, as it suggests that we don t have to have every single factor in place in order to achieve excellent health. Despite this, the Adventists good he

55、alth certainly provides strong evidence that diet andlifestyle choices have a great impact on health and longevity.Q1: In what way are the Adventists different from ordinary people?Q2: How much longer do Adventist women expect to live than other Californian women?Q3: What is characteristic of the Adven