1、1Uint3II. Basic Listening Practice1.C 2.A3.B 4.C 5.DIII. Listening InTask1: Reasons for a DivorceAfter thirteen years marriage, the woman wants to divorce her husband, claiming he is irresponsible. When asked for the specific grounds for divorce, she gives these reasons: First, he keeps changing job
2、s, and the family has had to move four times in thirteen years, but she wants stability for her children and herself. Second, although he is paying the bills, they just live around the poverty line. Her children are being teased by other children for not dressing good clothes. Also, they had to live
3、 in a small apartment and drive an old car, though it still runs. Worse still, the husband yells at her, though she admits she also yell at him and calls him names. As for the divorce arrangements, the woman will give the husband only visitation rights instead of joint custody. Moreover, the woman w
4、ill demand half of all they have and large support payments.Task 2: What four-letter words?FTFFTTask3: A Woman Who Chose Not to Remarry1.C 2.A3. B 4.B 5.B2IV. Speaking OutChanges in the Speakers Attitude to RemarriageReasons or Detailed DescriptionFor two years after my divorce, remarriage was the l
5、ast word Id consider.1. High rate of remarriage failure.2. Remarriage would affect my son. He drew a picture of the three of us. My parents married and divorced eight times and I hope my son would have no such pain. My primary focus was my son, not a wife.I ignored my sons suggestion that I consider
6、 dating.He grew up and became conscious of my loneliness and anxiety.I reconsidered m reservation about dating and began to date MariaThe second time he brought the issue up.I was concerned about my sons respond to her.At first his affection for her was lukewarm: his hug was mechanical; but several
7、months later he warmed up to her.I asked Maria to marry me and she accepted.Seeing time was ripe.Our family of two became a family of three.I believe my remarrying was the right choice.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Early Marriage1.B 2.D3.A 4.D 5.CTask 2: Nuclear Family Living PatternsScri
8、ptA nuclear family is typical in high-industrialized societies. Beginning in the early 20th century, the two-parent family known as the nuclear family was the predominant 3American family type. Generally children live with their parents until they go away to a college or university, or until they ac
9、quire their own jobs and move into their own apartment or home.In the early mid-20th century, the family typically was the sole wage earner, and the mother was the childrens principle care giver. Today, often both parents hold jobs. Dual-earner families are the predominant type for families with chi
10、ldren in the United States. Increasingly, one of the parents has a non-standard shift; that is, a shift that does not start in the morning and end in later afternoon. In these families, one of the parents manages the children while the other works.Prior to school, adequate day care of children is ne
11、cessary for dual-earner families. In recent years, many private companies and home-based day care centers have sprung up fulfill this need. Increasingly, a companys arrangement of day care as well as government assistance to parents requiring day care is occurring.Task3: They are coming for Christma
12、s,News ReportPrince More Precious Than the DiamondScriptPeople have long known the saying “Diamonds are a girls best friend.” But this may be changing. Theres a new stone on the gem market, tanzanite, and it is giving diamonds some serious competition.Tanzanite was one of a number of gems discovered
13、 in East Africa in the 1960s. The new colors and varieties changed the gem market. But the real gem among these stones was tanzanite, discovered in 1967 in Tanzania. The stone was named after its country of origin by New Yorks Tiffany and Co. which introduced it to the world. It draws ones attention
14、 quickly with its colorblue, purple or bronze, depending on the direction it is viewed from.More important for its value, though, is its rarity. Tanzanite has been found in only one small area, near Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. And its supply will probably be fully mined in the next two decades.A
15、s one mining official puts it, “It should never have really occurred in the first place. It did occur. And only this one deposit on this entire planet that is knownmakes it more than a thousand times rarer than diamonds. And certainly within the next 15 to 20 years, there will be no more tanzanite t
16、o be mined.”4The current value of the tanzanite market, at U.S. $10 billion, is equivalent to that of diamonds. And so another saying “Diamonds are forever” may lose some of its meaning.QuizCADBC1、at 2、wheel 3、tone 4、expression 5、Honey 6、divorce 7、speed 8、I dont want you to try to talk me out of it because I dont love you amy more 9、“ “All right,“ the man says, “I want the bank accounts, and all the credit cards, too.“ 10、No, Ive got everything I need.DABCAADBCA
