unit2getting

1、Unit 2 Getting older, getting wiserListening to the worldShari ngScriptsP = Pasha; M1 = Man 1, etc.; W1 = Woman 1, etc.Part 1P: Hi. I' m really excited about the next few mon ths. I'm DJing on the banks ofthe River Thamesin the heart of bond on and I 'mplaying some beach p arties. Today

2、I've cometo Cove ntGarde nto find out how people feel about their lives. What are you looking forward to inthe futurePart 2Ml: Er, r m looking forward to having a family: I don't have a family right now.Er, r m looki ngforward to buying a house er, I actually live in the United States right

3、now andI haven'tbought a house there, so I ' m looking forward to that. And I guess I'm lookingforward to urn,more travel.W1: Finding a job that I m really passionate about.M2: Er, near future, I'm looking forward to a holiday next yearI' m going to Vegaswith a family that I have

4、n't been away with um, for about five or six years now.W2: Getting a good job, and finishing university.I live in AustraliaM3: Nothing really. I kind of enjoy mylife at the moment Um, I now, andI' ve got things the way we like them at home, and life M4: Starting a new job next summer.Partss

5、good.P: Is there anything you aren ' t looking forward toW1: No, no, there * s nothing I can think about that I the future.M2: The one thing that I ' d have thought most people say ism not looking forward to indying. Quite serious,but, other thanthat, no I kind of embrace life to the full; l

6、ook forward to most things.W3: Um, I have to say, the premise of getting older, and with getting older you have moreP: People say that your schooldays are the best days of your life. Do you think that *strueresponsibilities, so thats one thing I won't I forward *m not looking forward to.Ml: Well

7、, I'm not looking and to retiring:Um, II thinklike myjob and I like working to job111 be a little bored when I retire.W2: It g quite stressful looking for jobs and goingnervous about that.M3: Getting older. Your body's starting to fall to bits. Not looking forward tothat, but it11happen.Part

8、 4W1: Absolutely. 1 do, yes, because youYe, the world is your oyster. You have somuch hope, so many dreams, and you believe, you believe you can achieve anything. So yeah, definitely, Ithink so, yeah.reM3: No. Schooldays were hell on earth for me. It was (They were) the worst days of my life.W2: Um,

9、 they * re quite stressful because you have exams, but I do think theyfun: being able to be with your friends every day. So I do think that schooldays are are good days in your life.Ml: Looking back on it, I had a great time at school. I * m sure at the time it seemed a little difficult, urn, you kn

10、ow, trying to fit in, but now when I look back on it, they were fun days and, you know, I I. I look at them very fondly.M4: For me, person ally, my, er myschooldays were myfavorite because I' ve still got frie nds from, going back 20-odd years.W3: That' s when I * ve created most the most va

11、luable relationships I have in my life.M2: For most people, yes, but when I left school at 16J was a fulltime footballer at IpswichTown Football Club for two years. So, living away from home with friends and doing, kind of, the best thing I could do in my life, were the best two years of my life.Lis

12、te ningScriptsPart 1OKsoIve got the date Thursday, the 20th of May, 2004, Dear thefuture 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 tomysel

13、f at Oxford Uni, sittingoh, this is embarrassing "sitting undera tree by the river in thecollege grounds. 1 think 111 be wearing something floaty and a bit indie, but I bet when I get this,it 11, it 11 be raining."As I read this, I 11 have already remembered that I fancied Tom Squiresthere

14、 you go,TomI'm looking at him now. T wonder if TH ever have the guts to tell him. .I know, I'm aromantic, I hope that hasn 't changed. My plans for myself in the following yearsare to find a man,some one gooddook ing, roma ntic and in tellige nt, who, who shares my in terestsorjust Tom.E

15、ither way, urn, I hope11 have some on eT I don't remember this,"and the n I think I' II havethree children with long brown hair and green eyes."Well, I 'll stop now even though I want to write everyth!ng I can down, but Irunning outof time. I hope I'm happy in 2008, and I h

16、ope this letter makesme feel good aboutwho I was, oram, as I write this. Keep smiling, and while I can't really say bye, but good luckfor the future andkeep dreaming. Don 4 change too much, and be happy with who you are-1 like whoam now more than any other time. Love, Laura. ”Part 2'd be doi

17、ng orIt all seems very shall ow looking back and reading what I thought I hoped I'dbe doing, I think my 16-year-oldself 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 absolutely ecstatic with the way where I am, and it

18、doesn't have to be this perfect sitting -by-adake kind of image. ViewingScriptsN = Narrator; B = Dr. Bradley WillcoxN: The remote island of Okinawa is home to one of the Iongest-living communities in the world.In a population of only one million, there are 900 centenarians, a percentage that'

19、; s over fourtimes higher than Britain and America. It* s a place where age has a differentmeaning where people like Mr. Miyagi can exp ect to live way bey ond his 92nd year. Un aware of the latest diet or lifestyle fad, Mr. Miyagi has developed his own way of defying the aging process. B: They '

20、; re notthinking about"Gee, if I do this, I' m not gonna live as long,drink or if I eat this food or if I. I have one extrathey * re not thin king about that at all.Most of them couldn care less what the scientists think. They just go about their business and live. They just happen to live

21、a very long time.N: The explanation for this extraordinary phenomenon begins in the most 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 trac

22、ed. For the past 20 years, Bradley and Craig have been analyzing the life-enhancing Okinawan ingredients.' ve got green peppers here.B: Got reds here in the tomatoes, the peppers. YouN: The/ ve ide ntified a number of crucial prop erties that guard the Okinawa ns from disease, from the antioxida

23、nt rich vegetables that protect against cell damage, to the high quantities of soya proteins. In Ogimi, 100-yeapold Matsu is preparing a traditional Okinawan dish using all thevital ingredients. It' s only after the food is served that the most significantOkinawan tradition can be observed.B: Th

24、e Okinawans developed also cultural habits over the years that appear to have health you're only 80 percent tective properties. They have a saying called“ harahachibueat untilN: In a typical day, Matsu only consumes around 1,200 calories, about 20 percent less than most people in Britain

25、 and America.B: In the West we ' re very much focused on getting more for our money, and one of the mostpopular things is allthese allyoucarheatrestaurants. You go and you load up atthe, at the er,the allyouca neat restaura nt, and you, you walk away with this bloated feeli ngand you youmay have

26、 got your money's worth, but you probably didn't get your, your health's worth,because what you ' re doing is just digging yourself into an early grave.Sp eaki ng for comm unicationRole-playScriptsP = Presenter; V = Vince; J = Julia; D = Dan; Z = ZaraP: And up next, it 's time fo

27、r Just Tell Me I'm Wrong. Today's topic: How youngis too young or,p erha ps more accurately, how old is old eno ugh We've received hundreds of emailsand textmessages about the right age for a child to have a mobile phone, stay home alone,wearmake*up, get their ears pierced, babysit for y

28、ounger kids and we've got ourfirst caller,Vince. Go ahead, Vince. You * re on V; Hi. My situation is that my nine-year-old kept asking me to get her a mobile,so I bought herone a few months ago. Then, last week, I got a bill for over two hundred pounds, so I warnedher I'd take the phone away

29、 from her if it happened again.P: So I gather your point is whether she*s too young to have a mobileV; Yeah, yeah, that's right.P: Er, surely it's the parents ' responsibility to set some sort of guidelines ahead of time.V; So what you ?e saying is I should have given her some rulesP: Ba

30、sically, yes, when she first got the phone, OK, thanks Vince. Next caller isJulia. What'syour question, JuliaJ: About the mobile phone thing. I've got an eight -year-old, and I worry about him all the time ifI can't reach him. You know anything couldhappen P: So in other words, you want

31、him to have a mobile.J: And have it on at all times. But he doesn't want one.P: Fair eno ugh. Let me ask you a questi on. Whe n you were eight years old and there were nomobile phones, what did your mother do I bet you were allowed to go out on your own. Isn'tthat an important part of growin

32、g up and developing a sense of independence and responsibilityJ: So what you Ye getting at is that 1*m being over protectiveP: You could say that.J: Yeah, but don't you agree that the world used to be a safer placeP: Surely that *s what every generation says. Anyway, thanks for your question, Ju

33、lia.Let's go toour next caller. Dan, youre on.P: OK, our next caller is Zara, Youre 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 normal 12-yeapold, you know, heused to go out with hisfriends, play football

34、with me, you knowwe had a greatrelati on ship.P: So, Dan, from what you ' re saying, I' m guessing he doesn ' t want to spend so much time withyou now, and you feel D: Oh n0, it' s not that. It' s just that he spends all his time on the computernow.P: Isn ' t that just normal

35、 nowadaysD: If s hard to say. Sometimes at the weekend he spends all day in his bedroom onthe computer,on soci al 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 through I us

36、ed to spend hoursin my bedroomlistening to music when I was that age.D: You mean I should just relax and let him get on with itP: Yeah, he ' II grow out of it. And you can't force him to go and play footballif he doesn ' t wantto.D: I guess not Thanks.Z: Um, I was won dering how you woul

37、d deal with a 13-year-old wanting to get p ierced earsP: Thirteen years old Doesn * t she simply want to be like her friends I imagine alot of themhave pierced ears.乙 Well that ' s it. I' m not talking about a she.P: Oh, if r ve got it right, you're up set because your 13yearold son want

38、s toget his ears pierced.乙 That' s right.P: Ah so it ' s because he * s a boy rather than his ageZ: I suppose so.P: Well, what' s he like socially Does he have friends who' ve got their ears Further practice in listeningShort conversationsScriptsCon versati on 1W: So this is your las

39、t year in college. Have you ever thought about what you'dlike to do aftergraduati onM: Well, I really don ' t know. The job market seems to be improving, so I may lookfor a jobsomewhere. But I am also interested in applying for graduate school.Q: What are the two speakers taiking aboutConver

40、sation 2M: Do you remember Linda we met a while ago at Susan' s birthday partyW: Linda Do you mean the lady who you said was a nurse in the community hospital before herretirement Yeah, I remember. She looks very young for her age.Q: What does the woman think of LindaConversation 3M: I wish I co

41、uld retire tomorrow. Then I would not need to worry about work.W: I don ' t look forward to retirement. I* m afraid of getting oldmy body willslow down, and my children will be away. I dread losing independence and living in loneliness.Q: What makes the woman afraid of getting oldConversation 4W

42、: I consider my early 20s to be the prime time of my life. How about youM: I couldn ' t agree with you more. That's no doubt the golden period. You are young and energetic. You are free to pursue your passion. The best thing is that you have a wealth of opportunities to explore.Q: What does

43、the man like best about being in his early 20sConversation 5W: Hi, John. You are taking Law 201 this semester, right How do you like itM: Yeah, if 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

44、 court decisions can be rather controversial.Q: What does the man say about age discrimination casesLong 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

45、! Those are your three wishes'II be happy!W: Of course! If I have those three things, IM: Now, Nancy. Let me tell you my story, and you may see things differently.W: “ See things differently ” What do you mean, Uncle CharlieM: Here is what I once experieneed in life. When I married, 32 years ago

46、, we had a happy marriage, a 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 become

47、s sick I suggest these three wishes: patienee, courage and love!W: Palienee, courage and loveM: Yes! If you have patienee 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 beco

48、me together.W: This is good.M: 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 anything truly valuable, because we always said: " Wherever the five of us are togeth

49、er, we are at home! ”An d, little by little things did imp rove, and I finally got well, Patie nee, 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 taiking aboutQ2: According to

50、the man, why is true love important for a happy lifeQ3: What difficulties did the man experienee in his lifeQ4: What is the man doing in the talkPassage 1ScriptsIf you think that you have to live up a remote mountain in order to live a long and healthy life, a religious com munity in Loma Lin da, Ca

51、lifornia, may p rove you wron g. Its members are a group of Christians known as the Seventhday Adventists. The Adventists enjoy a muchhigher life expectancy than average Californians. Adventist men can expect to live about seven years longer than other Californian men. Adventist women are likely to

52、live around four yearsIon ger tha n otherCalifornian women. The Adventists also act much younger than they are and see doctors muchless than ordinary people.So what's the secret of the Adventists' Iongevity It is not all in their genes.Nor is their good health a mere accide nt. The Adve ntis

53、ts live Ion ger p artly because they have a vegetable-based diet.Around 35 percent of them are vegetarian, and around one half eat meat only rarely. Tobacco and alcohol con sum ptions are discouraged. So are rich or spicy foods, meat, and drinks containing caffei ne. The Adve ntist diet is high in f

54、ruit and vegetables. It also in eludes p lenty of whole grains, nuts, seeds and beans, and water is the drink of choice.The Iongevity of the Adventists is also related to their lifestyle and natural environment They believe in having regular exercise, helping others, and maintaining strong social an

55、d familial ties.and cool winters. Interestingly, theThey live in a mild climate with warm summers air quality ofLoma Lin da, however, is not as good as in other Ion gevity hot spots. This should give us all hope,single factor in place in orderas it suggests that we don 't have to have everyto achieve excellent health. Despite this, the Adventists ' good health certainly provides strong evidence that diet and lifestyle choices have a great imp act on health and Ion gevity.Q1: In what way are the Adventists diff