script (unit 7)

Unit 7

Part Two: Listening

Text 1

M: Hey, what are you looking at?

F: Oh, these? They are pictures from my trip back home last month.

M: Let’s have a look. So, who is this?

F: That’s my sister and that’s my cousin Keira.

M: Your sister looks nothing like you. You are fair, and she has dark hair and dark eyes. Now, you

look much more like your cousin.

F: Yeah, that’s true. Keira and I both have heart-shaped faces, thin lips, fat cheeks, and bushy

eyebrows. Gorgeous!

M: You don’t give yourself enough credit. Why do you think everyone of your guy friends is

interested in you? Hey, who’s the little girl?

F: Oh, that’s my cousin Adriano’s daughter. She’s seven. She’s very pretty, as you can see, and has

the most beautiful wavy hair. That’s her baby brother, who was just born in April.

M: Oh, man! He is so cute. That pudgy face, curly hair, and big eyes! He’s adorable.

F: I think he looks just like me.

M: Hm… I think I’d better stop complimenting you. It’s going straight to your head (沾沾自喜).

(Go straight to your head

When "straight" is in the phrase, you would say something like "The bubbles in champagne make

it go straight to my head." meaning that you immediately feel the effect on your brain - dizziness,

intoxication, perhaps the "brain freeze" from an icy drink or the sensations from eating or smelling

something strong (spicy hot, horseradish, vinegar, ammonia, etc.). "straight" in the phrase

indicates directly, immediately.

If you have a high opinion of yourself, you have a big head (figuratively, not literally) or a big ego.

Compliments can "go to your head" (but usually not straight to your head) thus "enlarging" it. )

Text 2

He changed our lives.

“Steve Jobs had a vision.”

“Like the world lost a John Lennon.”

He demanded perfection.

“He could rip into people, be tough to work for.”

And led a technological revolution.

The personal computer.

“A light bulb goes off, and he says, wow, I can put computers on every desktop.”

The iPod.

“When they first came out, people were like oh, my god, they’re so sleek, they are so sexy.”

“It was new and small, I had to have it.”

The iPhone.

“I have an iPhone, which is an extension of me and I love using it.”

The iPad.

“People didn’t know they wanted it or needed it and turns out they did.”

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“It’s kind of like, well, we’re going to make a portable music player. I need that. We’re going

to make a phone, I need that! We’re going to make a toaster, I need that!”

iGenius. How Steve Jobs changed the world.

“Do you have to be a difficult person, a tough person to be a genius? I don’t know the answer

to that.”

“He was very dictatorial. He was very tough. He had a very clear sense of his own gut, his

own instinct.”

“He was abrasive. He was brash. He thought he knew everything.”

“But the products he created were not elitist even though they were super cool.”

All around the world people love these products.

“What did Frank Purdue say? It takes a tough man to make a tender bird.”

Say what you want, but Steve Jobs was “the guy”, who envisioned a computer on every desk,

an earbud in every ear, and a device that would take multitasking to a whole new level. He didn’t

just envision envision, he made it happen!

“... and we are calling it iPhone.”

“He was about humanizing technology in a way that made it extraordinarily easy and it was

an absolute joy and pleasure to use.”

“His gut instinct was his genius. And it’s absolutely unteachable.”

“Genius is not about making complicated things. It’s about making complicated things very

simple.”

Making things simple and beautiful, that was the genius of Steve Jobs from the very start.

He was born in 1955 to a pair of unmarried graduate students, intellectuals who put him up

for adoption. He grew up with a loving, working - class couple in California’s Silicon Valley.

“Just like Harry Potter, Steve Jobs realized that he was a wizard, even though he was being

raised by Muggles.”

He was a hybrid, one part geek and one part hippy. It was the 60s. When he was a teenager,

he met a fellow techy, a hacker named Steve Wozniak. They whiled away the hours tinkering with

electronics in the Jobs’ house.

In 1972, Jobs headed to Oregon where he attended a small liberal arts college. Turned on,

tuned in and dropped out. He listened to the Beatles, Bob Dylan, took LSD, went to India. When

he returned to Silicon Valley in 1975 it was the dawn of the computer age and Steve Jobs had a

vision.

The very first Steve Jobs’ computer was actually the brain child of his friend, Steve Wozniak.

Wozniak did the wiring and Jobs did the dreaming and behold, the Apple 1. No power supply, no

casing, just a beginning.

Jobs imagined a machine for the people, and he said he was the man to make it happen. The

two Steves found an investor and formed Apple Computer Inc.

“The name Apple, the friendly shape, the friendly advertising we did, Steve was a genius at

marketing. It helped bring this whole category of device to the world.”

Apple 1, morphed into Apple 2 which went further. It was faster and had text display, color

graphics and its own plastic casing.

“It was the first personal computer that a human being, a normal human being, a

non-technically-oriented human being could use.”

“I think Steve Jobs knew that he was on to something big, real big.”

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But the revolution was about to be sparked on the tail of something quite small. The mouse.

It was so simple. Jobs didn’t invent it, he reinvented it. Reinventing, making stuff better, would

become his career - long motto. Meanwhile, Apple 2 sales are robust. The company goes public in

1980 and Steve Jobs is suddenly worth $ 200 million.

“This hadn’t happened before, for a 25 year old, to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars

when he was still young. He was dashingly good looking. He was this new symbol of

entrepreneurship.”

Part Three: speaking

Task 3

What is an ideal teacher like

The ideal teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He can make mistakes but he

is willing to learn. His personality is as important as his scholarship. The ideal teacher must be

enthusiastic. He must never teach anything he himself is not interested in. He should be a bit of an

actor and he should not be afraid to show his feelings and express his likes and dislikes. He must

like his students and respect them, but he must also respect himself and be proud of his work.

Otherwise, he cannot respect his students and win respect form them. The ideal teacher should

have an understanding of his students and be able to relate to them. He needs students’

understanding, too. The ideal teacher should be kind, encouraging, and helpful. He is neither too

strict nor too friendly. His attitude and approach towards his students should be in between these

two extremes. The teacher should motivate the student, too, so that he wants to learn. He needs

patience and understanding, and must encourage the student without pushing or forcing him.

The ideal teacher should see his students as individuals and recognize their differences. He

must know how to encourage the self-development and growth of each of his students. The ideal

teacher is one who grows, learns, and improves himself along with his students.

Part Four

职业身份与人物关系

根据说话内容判断说话者的身份和职业及相互关系是四六级听力测试中又一常见题型。与地点场景判断题型类似，职业身份和人物关系可以从书面给出的选项中判断出来，四个选项往往是4种不同职业或者是表示两个人物关系的词或词组，提问方式通常为：

Who (What) is the man/woman?

What is the man’s/woman’s job/profession/occupation?

What does the man/woman do?

What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

该题型的题项设计有两种：

(1) 说话者自身的身份或职业

根据谈话内容判断说话者一方的职业或身份。做这类题目，考生必须熟悉与职业相关的各种词汇、表达以及地点场景词汇，及时捕捉题目中出现的关键词汇，并以此为依据，进行合理推断。

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(2) 说话双方之间的关系

该题型是上一题型的延伸，要求考生能判断说话者双方的身份，经常涉及到的人物关系有：夫妻，父母子女，师生，同事，雇主与雇员，医生病人，顾客与工作人员，学生或教师与图书管理员等。做这类题型，一方面要熟悉先骨干词汇与表达；另一方面，要注意人物间所用的称谓、对方的语气态度等因素。

1. M: Could you please tell me at which stop I should get off for the Metropolitan Museum? Also

how much is the fare?

W: Of course. You get off at 82nd street and walk one block. I’ll tell you when we get there.

The fare is fifty cents; just put it in the fare box.

Q: What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers? （答案B）

2. W: Hi, Jack. I just came back yesterday. Anything new while I’m away?

M: Congratulations, Susan. It’s said you’ll be promoted to manager and become my immediate

boss.

Q: What is most probably the relationship between the two speakers at the moment? （答案B）

3. W: I’m looking for the textbook for my Psychology course. It’s called “Introduction to

Educational Psychology”. Do you have it?

M: Yes, we do. You’ll find it in Section 24 on the top shelf/

Q: What is the man’s occupation? （答案C）

4. M: Please make 20 copies of this and deliver them to the chief executive and heads of

departments.

W: Certainly, sir. They will find it on their desks tomorrow morning.

Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? （答案C）

5. M: I wish I could see George here.

W: He was planning to come, but a moment ago, his wife called to say that he had to take his

father to the hospital.

Q: Who was ill? （答案C）

6. W: What do you think, am I OK?

M: Well, there’s some inflammation it seems to me. I want to have a thorough check-up and do

some tests.

Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? （答案B）

7. W: Pardon me, Mr. Hardy, where are these tablets located?

M: You need a prescription for those. If you have one, I can get it for you right away.

Q: What does Mr. Hardy do? （答案A）

8. W: When shall I come again?

M: Well, I’m afraid we must wait till all the applications are in. And if we decide to put your

name on our short list, we’ll let you know.

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Q: What is the woman supposed to be? （答案B）

9. W: I’d appreciate your professional opinion. Do you think I should sue Simpson?

M: Not really. I think that we can settle this out of court. That way we can save both time and

effort.

Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? （答案D）

10. M: What’s on the agenda today, Miss Smith?

W: Mr. Black has an appointment to see you at ten. Then the accountant and, after lunch, your

lawyer.

Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? （答案C）

Part Five

Task 1

1. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, on March 14, 1879. He received the 1921 Nobel

Prize in Physics and was best known as the creator of the theory of relativity. He became an

American citizen in 1940 and died in 1955 there. He is recognized as one of the greatest

physicists of all time.

2. Wolfgang A. Mozart, the famous Austrian composer, was born in 1756. He is considered one

of the most brilliant composers ever. By the time Mozart died in 1791 at age 35, he had

completed 41 symphonies, 27 piano concertos, 23 string quarters, 17 piano sonatas, 7 major

operas, and numerous works for voice and other instruments.

3. William Shakespeare, the English playwright and poet, is recognized in much of the world as

the greatest of all dramatists. It is commonly accepted that he was born in 1564 in

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and died in 1616. His works include poetry, comedies

and tragedies. His plays show a great knowledge of human behavior.

Task 2

My name is Li Yang. And I graduated from Lanzhou University and majored in Mechanical

Engineering. I was once a poor student of English, and it was my biggest headache and trouble

maker. I got sick and tired of learning boring grammar rules and lifeless words. But through hard

work in practicing speaking English and breaking away from the traditional grammar games, I

found myself a totally different and exciting new world. Not only did I pass band 4 and band 6

College English Exams very easily with high marks, but more importantly, I began to use English.

Finally I developed a new language cracking system myself. I began to teach German not long

after I started to learn this terribly difficult language in my own way. It was a miracle, but I made

it. To speak good English, I think one year of study should be enough for any diligent and

intelligent person. I’d like to share my learning techniques with you, and I will be very glad to

answer your letters and be your friend. For further information, please write to PO box 511

Guangzhou, zip code 510010.

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