加载中…英语听力入门 step by step 2000 第二册unit1（原文及音频）
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Unit 1 Education Is a Key
part 1 warming up
A
key words
Oxford
Cambridge
the University of Sydney
the University of Victoria
the University of Auckland
Harvard University
Columbia University
Boston University
Vocabulary
commitment
undertake
innovation
excel
cosmopolitan
stimulating
enrollment
1. What kind of student
comes to___? The answer to this is, there is no ‘oxford type.’
Common qualities they look for are___, enthusiasm and motivation
for your chosen area of study backed by a strong________.
2. The University of Cambridge is one of the ___universities in the
world, and one of the___ in the United Kingdom. It has a worldwide
______for outstanding academic achievement and the high quality of
____undertaken in a wide range of ____and arts subjects.
3. The University of Sydney was the ___to be established in _____
and, after almost ___of proud achievement, still leads in
innovation and quality. The university ____
4. Known for _____in teaching, research, and service to the
community, the University of
5. New Zealand’s ____university, the University of Auckland, was
established in_____, and has grown into an international center of
learning and academic excellence. The University is ____in the
heart of the cosmopolitan city if Auckland and provides an exciting
and stimulating environment for ____ students.
6. Founded in _____Harvard has a 380-acre urban campus with easy
access to Boston. It has a total ____of about _____students. This
university comprises many different ___such as the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences, School of Business Administration and School of
Education.
7. Columbia University is an independent coeducational university,
which ___ master’s, doctoral, professional, and other advanced____,
with an enrollment of about _____ graduate and professional
students.
8. Boston University is _____along the
banks
B
key words
online
academic degrees
social experience
educational
like
better communication
Vocabulary
progress
Listen to a passage about
the online higher education in the U.S. Supply the missing
words.
American universities have been offering classes ____through
_____for number of years. Now, some newly created colleges are
offering ____degrees online. One university offers both
______degrees and master’s degrees. Officials say they try to
provide students with a _____
Students who have taken online classes say they to be a building at
a set ____to listen to a professor. _____say have better ______with
students through _______notes than they do in many
_____classes.
Part II Educational
systems
key words
primary school
secondary school
high school
higher education
college
university
comprehensive school
GCSE examination
A level
sophomore
provincial
school board
diploma
certificate
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Primary school |
secondary school entering age |
permissible age to level school |
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USA |
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junior high: senior high: |
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Australia |
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intermediate school: high school: |
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Cananda |
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1. What examinations do British children have to take before
they leave secondary school?
2. Who should take "A levels" in Britain?
3. What dose the word "sophomore" mean in the U.S.?
4. What exam do Australian children have to take before they leave
high school?
5. what is a must to Australian children who would like to go to
various sorts of higher education?
6. How many years of study are required for university degrees in
Canada?
Part II
Tapescript:
D－David M－Michael N－Nicolette
D: (Well,) in Britain,
from the ages of five to about
eleven you start off at a primary
school, and then from eleven to
sixteen you go on to a secondary school or a comprehensive
school and at sixteen you take GCSE
examinations. After this, some children take… er… vocational
courses or even start work. Others stay on at school for another
two years to take A levels. And at the age of eighteen, after A levels, they might finish
their education or go on to a course of higher education at a
college or university, and that’s usually for three
years.
M: well, it depends on
what state you’re in but… er… most kids in the United States start
school at about six… er…when they
go to elementary school and that goes from the first grade up to
the sixth grade. Some kids go to a kindergarten the year before
that. Then they go on to junior high school, that’s about
eleven, and that’s the seventh,
eighth and ninth grades. And then they go on to senior high school
around age fourteen… er… starting
in the tenth grade and finishing in the twelfth grade usually. Some
students… er… will leave school at sixteen and they’ll start work,
but… er… most of them stay on to graduate… er… from high school at
age eighteen. In the first year at
high school or college students are called “freshmen,” in the second they’re called “sophomores,” in
the third year… er… we call them “juniors” and in the fourth year
they’re called “seniors.” Now … er… a lot of high school graduates…
er… then go to college or university and they do a four-year first
degree course. Some of them might go to junior college… er… which
is a two-year course.
N: Well, in Australia,
well in most states anyway, children start their primary
education at five after
perhaps a brief time in kindergarten. They will start at primary
school until they’re about eleven,
then they’ll either stay there or go to an intermediate school for
a couple of years. Then they start high school usually twelve or thirteen, which you start in the
third form. Now, after three years at high school… um… you sit a
general exam, some states call it
School Certificate… er… and that is
a sort of general qualification. After that you can leave school at
sixteen or you can go on and sit your University Entrance Examination, which then
gives you entree into a university or it’s another useful
qualification, and form then on you go to various sorts of higher
education.
Education in Canada is a provincial responsibility, but schools are
administered by local school boards.
Kindergarten is for children who are four or five years old.
Children begin formal full-day schooling in Grade 1, when they are
about six years old. They must stay in school at least
until they are sixteen. However,
most students continue to finish high school. Some go on to college
or university.
Each year of schooling represents one grade. (The school year
extends from the beginning of September to the end of June.)
Elementary school includes kindergarten to the about Grade 8.
Secondary school (or high school) may start in Grade 8, 9, or 10 and it usually
continues until Grade 12.
In Canada, students may go to university or to a community college.
If they want to learn skills for a specific job, they attend
college for one to four years to
get a diploma or certificate. For example, lab technicians,
child-care workers, and hotel managers go to college. Universities
offer degree programs as well as training in certain
professions,
Universities offer three main levels of degrees. Students earn a bachelor’s degree
after three or four years of study.
A master’s degree can take another year or two. A doctorate may
take a further three to seven years
to complete.
key words
snob value
promotion
a piece of paper
ability
rejected
vocabulary:
snob
craftsman
decent
promotion
humble
colleague
reject
oblige
1.Educational has acquired ____________________in modern
times.
2. Nowadays if we want to get a decent job, we have
to_________.
3If we want to get promotion in even a humblest job, we have
to__________.
4. Experience and practical skills are regarded as _________.
5."Johnson would've been a manager by now if he'd taken the trouble
to_________.
6."He's a clever man, he could've done anything if he'd
had_____-.
7. Would it not be better to __________in a way most suited to them
rather than ___________________, which may offer no opportunity for
them to develop skills in which they would've become expert if left
to themselves?
MAJOR VIEWPOINTS
Statement Numbers:
Part III
Education has acquired a kind of
snob value in modern times. We are no longer content to be
honest craftsmen skilled at our work through years of patient
practice. Nowadays if we want to get a decent job, we have to
have a piece of paper. If we want
to get promotion in even a humblest job, we have to obtain a certificate or a diploma first. We may
know that we will be better at the job than the man with the paper
qualifications, but our experience and practical skills are
regarded as relatively unimportant.
“Johnson would’ve been a manager by now if he’d taken the trouble
to get a
degree,” his colleagues say. “He’s
注释：
短语辨析：
as time goes by 随着时间的流逝，意味着回顾过去的一种延续状态
as time goes on 随着时间在流逝，意味着从过去到现在、甚至到将来的一种延续状态
Thinking Ahead of the
Speaker—Anticipation Helps
Listening is an extremely complex______. In his book Principles and
Implications of Cognitive Psychology, Neisser defines listening as
a “temporally ______ activity” in which the listener” _______
develops more or less _________for what will come next.” In other
words, an effective listener is __________ hypothesis in his mind,
and also, he is _________his hypothesis by matching it with_______.
If he hears what he has expected, he receives the
information. But if what he hears is totally________, he fails to
_______.
The skill to anticipate what is coming in listening comprehension
depends largely on the listener’s _______ with the theme of
message. It also depends on the listener’s _______ of the speaker
as well as ______.
Obviously, when we listen to something that we ____ have some
information about, it is generally a lot easier for us to _______
the new information. Therefore, _________ seems to have a big role
to play in enhancing listening comprehension. Before actual
listening, we could perhaps first ________the topic, discuss it
with others, read some ________ and do some _______. If we could
make ourselves ______ for the forthcoming talks or lectures, we are
more likely to become effective listeners.
Of course, readiness beforehand is not at all enough. _______ must
take place all the way through. In fact, we should always try to
think ______the speaker. The ability to anticipate helps us
in ________guesswork. It does not only enable us to ________ what a
person is going to talk about in a certain situation, but also,
interestingly enough, sometimes even______ what a person’s
_______is going to be in a discussion.
文本：
Thinking Ahead of the
Speaker—Anticipation Helps
Listening is an extremely complex communicative activity. In his
book Principles and Implications of Cognitive Psychology, Neisser
defines listening as a “temporally extended activity” in which the
listener” continuously develops more
or
The skill to anticipate what is coming in listening comprehension
depends largely on the listener’s familiarity with the theme of
message. It also depends on the listener’s knowledge of the speaker
as well as the setting.
Obviously, when we listen to something that we already have some
information about, it is generally a lot easier for us to take in
the new information. Therefore, pre-listening preparation seems to
have a big role to play in enhancing listening comprehension.
Before actual listening, we could perhaps first give some thought
to the
Of course, readiness beforehand is not at all enough. Active
thinking must take place all the way through. In fact, we should
always try to think ahead of the speaker. The ability to anticipate
helps us in logical and intelligent guesswork. It does not only
enable us to know generally what a person is going to talk about in
a certain situation, but also, interestingly enough, sometimes even
exactly what a person’s next utterance is going to be in a
discussion.
GPA英语全称是Grade Point Average，意思就是平均成绩点数（平均分数、平均绩点），美国的GPA满分是4分，即A=4，B=3，C=2， D=1。GPA的精确度往往达到小数点后1到2位，如：3.0、3.45。
TOEFL就是（The Test of English as a Foreign Language，简称TOEFL）是由美国教育测验服务社（ETS）举办的英语能力考试，全名为“检定非英语为母语者的英语能力考试”，中文音译为“托福”。
SAT，全称Scholastic Assessment Test，中文名称为学术能力评估测试。由美国大学委员会（College Board）主办，SAT成绩是世界各国高中生申请美国名校学习及奖学金的重要参考。
国外大学不用考的，语言成绩够了就行，高中的成绩不要太差。你高考的时候也不用跟任何人说明。到国外学校的网站去下载申请表，填好后连同学校要求的其他材料（比如推荐信，自荐信，学校开具的成绩单，雅思或托福成绩单）一并寄过去，然后等offer（邀请函）就行了。offer下来后，连同资金证明，各种公正（参看外国驻中国使馆网站）准备好去使馆签证就可以了。澳洲是递签，英美是面签。
现在首要的是考英语、申请offer和存钱到银行（一般要求申请签证的时候存款要半年以上，不同国家金额不同去查查）。英国没有语言成绩也可以去先读语言。澳洲则要求一定要雅思5分才可以申请签证（有的国家要雅思，有的国家要托福）。一般到国外读大学，雅思6分。好一点的学校和专业要6.5分.
不会办的，就去找中介，就是那种留学中介。
至于托福，现在要考就新托福了,满分是120,听说读写各30分
托福分数换算简表
新托福总分 老托福总分
120 677
116 657
100 600-603
92-93 580-583
79-80 550
61 500
虽然美国一些名校对新托福成绩只要求80分，看似不高，相当于旧托福的550分，但是此次关于新托福网考的成绩要求是建立在北美考生的成绩样本基础上的，中国考生基数大，竞争更激烈，考分一直相对较高，所以实际录取分数很可能相应提高。 中国考生若想获得哈佛等名校的入学许可，新托福至少要考100分以上.
本人也在国外，但是年龄没你大。如果想来的话，真的是要努力的。雅思，托福考完了。其实如果你的英语水平，特别是口语，还要读语言学校。做好准备。一般来说，第一年留学都要读的。我虽然现在没有读大学，但是这个事情我是了解过的。
GPA是你的高中三年平均成绩，可以让老师帮忙汇总你的成绩；
TOEFL是去北美国家（美国、加拿大）留学必备语言成绩，现在很多国家的很多院校都承认托福了；因此，TOEFL必须要考，还要考好，最好是85分以上，越高越好，美国名校对TOEFL成绩要求较高；
SAT可以理解为美国高考，你申请美国本科，与你的高考（国内）成绩无关。SAT成绩最好在1900分左右或上最好
如果你能达到这个水平的话，申请美国前100应该是有戏的
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