1、Unit 1 Starting out Inside viewConversation 1Porter Good afternoon.Janet Good afternoon.Porter New student?Janet Yes.Porter Welcome to Hertford College.Janet Thank you.Porter Can I have your family name, please?Janet Yes, its Li.Porter Er, L-double E?Janet No, L-I.Porter And whats your first name, M
2、s Li?Janet Janet.Porter Janet Li. ah yes, there you are. Here are your keys. Janet Wheres my room? Porter Youre in Staircase 6 Room 5. Janet Who am I sharing with? Porter Nobody. You have your own room. Er.theres a Ms Santos in the room next to you. Janet Oh. My own room? In China we usually have se
3、veral people in a dormitory. Porter Well, here you dont have to share with anyone. Janet Thank you Sir. Porter No need to call me sir, Ms Li. Everyone calls me Stewart. Janet Please call me Janet! Porter OK, Janet, um, can you just sign for your keys, please?Conversation 2Kate Hi, have you just arri
4、ved too?Janet Yes!Kate I guess were neighbours. My names Kate Santos. Janet Im Janet Li. Where are you from? Kate From New York. How about you? Janet Im from Anshan in China. Kate Is Janet your real name? Janet No, its my English name. My Chinese name is Li Hui. Is Kate your full name?Kate No, its s
5、hort for Catherine.Janet So do I call you Catherine or Kate?Kate Everyone calls me Kate.Janet Nice to meet you.Kate OK, Janet. See you later.Janet Bye!Conversation 3Kate Hey! This is awesome! Look at the size of this dining hall. Janet Is this where we have all our meals? Kate I guess. Mark You just
6、 arrived? Girls Yes! Mark Me too. By the way, Im Mark. Nice to meet you. Kate Hi, Im Kate.Mark Hi Kate, I guess youre from the States. Kate Right! How can you tell? Youre British, huh? Mark Yes, Im from London. And you are .? Janet Im Li Hui. Im from China. But you can call me Janet. Mark Hi Janet.
7、Welcome to England. What are you reading? Janet English. Mark How about you, Kate? Kate My major is law. And you? Mark Im studying PPE.Kate Thats a special Oxford subject, isnt it?Outside viewJulie My names Julie Dearden, and Im the Director of International Programmes here at Hertford College.Eugen
8、e My names Eugene Berger, I studied here in Oxford for four years er, studying modern languages at Somerville College.Julie Oh, there are many Oxford traditions. Oxford is a very old university, the oldest English-speaking university in the, in the world. And so there are many traditions which are a
9、ssociated with the colleges, with the times of the year, and with sport, and with eating, for example.Eugene Each college is very different um, from um, the others, and it has its own character. Some colleges are very conservative, and some are much more liberal and have a tradition of um, kind of l
10、iberal politics. But there are also some specific traditions.Julie Formal Hall is when we all eat together here in college, the professors and the students. Usually it takes places at seven oclock in the evening, and the professors sit on high table which is the table over here, and the students sit
11、 on common table, which are the tables here. But everybody eats together. Its a very beautiful evening because there are, theres a special meal and we eat by candlelight.Eugene I think er, the traditions that make Oxford so unique are firstly the Oxford Union and er, secondly, May Day. The Oxford Un
12、ion being a debating society where speakers come from all around the world to address the students and even allow themselves to be questioned by the students, making it a very interesting forum.Julie My favourite is er, May Day. And May Day is the first day of May, and we have a tradition called May
13、 Morning, and on May Morning everybody gets up very early and the students have a celebration. There is a choir which sings on top of the tower at Magdalen College and all the people of the town and all the students go to listen to the singing. So its very nice.Eugene The tradition that er, was most
14、 important to me was probably Summer Eights. I was a rower. And Summer Eights is a rowing competition, held in May in the summer term. And in this competition, each college is trying to improve its place which it won the previous year and gradually work its way up the river.Julie When the students t
15、ake exams, they must go to a special building and its called Examination Schools. And also they must wear a special uniform, so they wear E. gown like mine, a black gown, and they wear a white shirt, arid the men wear a white tie and black trousers. The women wear a white shirt and a black skirt or
16、black trousers. And they must wear this uniform, which has a Latin name - sub fuse and they must wear this uniform in order to take their examinations.Eugene I think the Oxford traditions lend character to the place and its such an old institution, it should have traditions, but they can be very inc
17、onvenient. For example, sub fuse. This is the uniform that we are required according to the university rules, to wear.Julie They also wear flowers in their buttonholes, and those flowers are carnations. And they wear different colours, the students wear different coloured flowers for different exami
18、nations. So when you take your first exam you wear a white flower, and when you take your second exam you wear a pink flower, and when you take your final examination you wear a red carnation.Eugene So we have to dress up in a full black suit, starched collar, white bow tie and carry a mortarboard.
19、And to write an exam in the summer heat whilst wearing all that which youre not allowed to take off is um, uncomfortable.Julie I really like the Oxford traditions, I think its part of our history, and part of um, being a student or a teacher here at Oxford University.Listening inPassage 1Interviewer
20、 Can you tell me something about the Ivy League? Youre a professor at Harvard, is that right?Professor Thats right, yes.Interviewer Tell me how many universities are there? How many institutions?Professor In total there are eight institutions: Theres Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmout
21、h, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania.Interviewer Ah, OK. And whats the sporting . I believe theres some link with sports.Professor There certainly is, yes. Originally the Ivy League referred to the sports teams from the universities which competed against each other, especially in footba
22、ll, basketball and ice hockey. Now sometimes these universities, institutions, chose their students on the basis of their skills at these particular sports. But in the last 50 years, Ivy League schools have accepted a wider range of students because it wasnt possible to be both world-famous for rese
23、arch and also top class in sport.Interviewer And what about their academic importance? I gather theyre academically very, very important, theyre very well-known.Professor Absolutely at the top. Theyre near or at the top of the USA colleges and university rankings. And theyre almost always in the top
24、 one per cent of the worlds academic institutions for financial resources.Interviewer And what does it mean socially to go to an Ivy League university?Professor Certainly if youve been to one of these institutions, you are presumed or assumed to be at the top end of the scale. The Ivy League institu
25、tions have a reputation for social elitism, many of the students are rich, intellectual, white Anglo-Saxon, protestants. Not all of them of course, but quite a lot of them.Interviewer And do you know . whys it called the Ivy League, whats the origin of the name?Professor There are a number of storie
26、s, derivations, but possibly its based on four universities, and IV, the letters IV, thats the Roman numeral for four. Another more likely story is that ivy plants, which are symbolic of the age of the universities, you know, would be grown at the walls of these universities, these institutions, the
27、y cover the walls of the buildings. The term was created by a sports journalist, I think in the 1930s.Interviewer Right, OK. And which is the oldest university?Professor The oldest goes back to the 17th century, thats Harvard which was founded in 1636. And the youngest of the institutions is Cornell
28、 which was founded in 1865.Interviewer And which has the largest number of undergraduates?Professor Cornell has the largest number, about 13,000, 13,500 undergraduates. The institution with the smallest number is Dartmouth College with a little over 4,000.Interviewer And what about the acceptance ra
29、te? Is it hard to get into?Professor That ranges from about seven per cent to 20 per cent.Interviewer And any famous alumni? Famous old boys?Professor Hundreds! Hundreds of them. But I suppose worldwide, the two that would be definitely known all over the world would certainly be George Bush who wen
30、t to Yale, and John F Kennedy, President Kennedy, who was at Harvard.Interviewer Thank you.Passage2Andy Did you see the film on television last night?Jane No, I was out. What was it?Andy A Beautiful Mind. Its about John Forbes Nash, the mathematician who won the Nobel Prize.Jane Ive heard about that
31、 film, yes. Hes played by Russell Crowe, isnt he? I like Russell Crowe, hes great.Andy Thats the one, yes.Jane Whats it about?Andy Well, the story begins in the early years of Nashs life at Princeton University as a graduate student.Jane Thats one of the Ivy League schools, isnt it?Andy Yes, its all
32、 set in New England, lovely old buildings, beautiful autumn colours. Its lovely to look at. Anyway, Nash meets his roommate Charles, a literature student, who soon becomes his best friend. Nash admits to Charles that he is better with numbers than people, and the main thing hes looking for is a trul
33、y original idea for his thesis paper.Jane So hes not interested in having fun?Andy Well, yes, but hes not very good with people or successful with women, thats all. But, you know, its one of these bad experiences with people which ultimately inspires his brilliant work in mathematics.Jane No good at
34、 relationships, so he becomes a genius at maths?Andy Thats about right, yes. So when he finishes his studies at Princeton, he accepts a job at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Five years later, he meets Alicia, a student who he falls in love with and eventually marries.Jane Ah! At last, the lo
35、ve interest!Andy Yes, but wait a moment. Nash believes that hes been asked to work by William Parcher for the US Department of Defense on breaking Soviet codes. At one point hes chased by the Russians, and its after this that he becomes mentally ill.Jane I think Ive seen this in the trailer to the f
36、ilm.Andy So when hes put in a psychiatric hospital, he thinks the Soviets have captured him. Hes given this painful treatment which affects his relationship with his wife. And his intellectual skills. So he stops taking the medicine.Jane It sounds quite hard to watch.Andy Well, it is, but its well a
37、cted and directed, and so, you know, theres a-bit of distance between the audience and whats happening on film.Jane So what happens next?Andy Well, then his illness returns, so he and his wife decide to try and live with it. It all gets a bit complicated, because were no longer sure if Charles, you
38、know, his old friend, or even Parcher were real, or if they were just people that existed only in Nashs mind.Jane That sounds awful. He must have been so ill,Andy Actually, Im kind of giving away the twist in the story. Anyway, later in his life, while hes using the library at Princeton again, he as
39、ks his rival Martin Hansen if he can start teaching again. And so the story ends when he goes on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics.Jane Well, it sounds like a great film.Andy Yes, you should see it sometime.Unit 3 Learning to think Inside viewConversation 1Mark Hi, whatre you doing?Janet Oh, nothi
40、ng much . Well, Im just doing this quiz here in the newspaper. Mark Lets have a look then. Janet Here. Its called, “How much do you know about memory?“ Ive just done it. Do you want to have a go? Mark OK, might as well. Im not busy. Janet Right. Look, Ill read the statements. Then you have to answer
41、 “true“ or “false“. Ready? Mark Yea. Janet OK. Physical exercise improves your memory. True or false? Mark True, I suppose. It sounds like the right answer. Janet Youre right, exercise does improve your memory. Next statement: 30 per cent of people have a visual memory. Mark That sounds about right.
42、 True? Janet No, wrong, Im afraid. In fact, 60 per cent of people have a visual memory. Mark Really? Actually, Ive got a pretty good memory. Janet Have you? OK . Next one . When youre tired, its more difficult to remember things. Mark Thats true, obviously. I cant remember a thing when Im tired. Jan
43、et Correct! If you do one activity for a long time, your memory will improve. Mark Im not sure . True?Janet Actually, its false.Mark Oh!Janet Eating fruit and vegetables can improve your memory. Mark I read something in The Times about that. True. Janet True, it says here. Mark Oh, no! Ive got a lec
44、ture. Id forgotten. Id better get going! Janet Oh, Mark! What a good memory you have!Conversation 2Kate Youre looking a bit down, Janet. Whats up? Janet Well. Im finding studying at Oxford quite hard. Kate Youre telling me! Theres so much work! Janet Its not the amount of work - but everythings so d
45、ifferent. In China, generally we have large classes, we dont have tutorials. And mostly, our teacher tells us what we should do. So Im not used to asking questions or discussing things. I find it difficult. Kate You have to memorize a lot, dont you? Janet Yes, but Im good at that. Kate Youre lucky.
46、Theres so much to remember studying law! I have difficulty sometimes, I really do.Janet Yes, well, weve been trained to do that. But we dont have so much training in critical thinking. Kate What do you mean by critical thinking? Janet Let me think . I think its giving your opinion and then justifyin
47、g it. Kate Yes, I suppose thats what our teachers have always encouraged us to do. Janet I am getting better at it, I suppose. Kate Hey! How about this? Lets pretend Im your tutor. Ill make a statement. Your task is to examine it and then ask questions. Janet OK. Kate Everyone is capable of learning
48、 a second language. Go on, ask a question! Janet Why do you say that? Kate Thats what the research tells us. Now ask another one. Janet Can you give an example of some research?Kate Um . No! Look, Im starving and I cant think at all when Im hungry.Outside viewPart 1Teacher Good morning, class.Studen
49、ts Good morning.Teacher What were going to do today is start off looking at mind maps or mind mapping. Now have any of you heard about mind maps before?Students Yes . No .Teacher Yes. Some of you have, some of you havent. OK. Have any of you actually used mind maps in the past?Students No .Teacher No? OK. Who can tell me what a mind map is?Student 1 Its a way of thinking.Teacher It is a way of thinking. Mind maps are diagrams which help
