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1、第一部分:This is my family.Im married.My husbands name is Bill.We have two children a boy and a girl.Our little girl is six years old,and our little boy is four.Jennie goes to kindergarten,and Aaron goes to nursery school.My father lives with us.Grandpas great with the kids.He loves playing with them an

2、d taking them to the park or the zoo.:This is a picture of me and my three sons.Were at a soccer game.Orlando is twelve,Louis is ten,and Carlos is nine.All three of them really like sports.Orlando and Louis play baseball.Carlos is into skating.:This is my wife June,and these are my three children.Te

3、rri on the right is the oldest.Shes in high school.Shes very involved in music.Shes in the orchestra.Rachel shes the one in the middle is twelve now.And this is my son Peter.Hes one year older than Rachel.Rachel and Peter are both in junior high school.Time really flies.June and I have been married

4、for twenty years now.:This is a picture of me with my three kids.The girls,Jill and Anne,are both in high school.This is Jill on the right.Shell graduate next year.Anne is two years younger.My son Dan is in college.It seems like the kids are never home.I see them for dinner and sometimes on Saturday

5、 mornings,but thats about it.Theyre really busy and have a lot of friends.第二部分 John:Its super,Mary.Its just what I wanted.Mary:Well,I know you said your old calculator was no good any more.John:Well,it wasnt that it was no good.It just wouldnt do all the things I need to do at work.And it certainly

6、wouldnt remember telephone numbers for me like this one.Mary:I suppose youre going to start putting in numbers straightaway.John:Ive put in one while weve been chatting.Ive put in our solicitors number.You know how often I need to call him on company contracts.Mary:So what others are you going to pu

7、t in John:Well,number one.Accountant,I think.Mary:The companys accountant John:Yes.Now just let me put in the number.Thats it.Mary:And number two,the bank.John:OK.Bank.Now,thats 345674.Oh.And number 3,the doctor.Mary:Yes.His numbers,er,let me think.76763.And then the dentist,of course.John:Whats tha

8、t Number 4,isnt it Dentist.Mary:Yes,the numbers 239023.I remember,because I rang yesterday about Robbies appointment.John:Thats fine.And now the garage.757412.Mary:And then how about the station number Youre always hunting around for that in a panic.John:Yes,youre right.What is the number anyway Mar

9、y:Oh,I cant remember.Ill just look it up in the telephone directory.John:All right.Now,number 7,the flower shop,I think.Yes,florist.And thats 989024.Oh,I mustnt forget the new London office number.So thats number 8,new London office.Mary:John,heres the station number.546534.John:546534.Thanks.Now th

10、at was number 6 on my list.Mary:How far have you got now John:Well,Ive added a couple more.The next one will be 9.Mary:What about Bill and Sue John:No,I can always remember their number.But I always have to look up John and Janes number.What is it Mary:John and Jane.John and Jane.I know,21463.John:O

11、K.21463.John and Jane.And one more perhaps Mary:The hairdresser John:Why do I need the hairdressers number No,I thought this was my pocket calculator.Oh,I tell you one number we do need quite often the sports club!Mary:the sports club!John:Great minds think alike!OK,number 10.Sports Club.And thats M

12、ary:675645.John:675645.Well thats enough for the moment,I think.Now,as its my birthday,what about taking me out for a meal Mary:I dont think I can remember the telephone number of our favorite restaurant!第三部分 Josephine:We did feel far more stability in our lives,because you see.in these days I think

13、 theres always a concern that families will separate or something,but in those days nobody expected the families to separate.Gertrude:Of course there may have been smoking,drinking and drug-taking years ago,but it was all kept very quiet,nobody knew anything about it.But these days there really isnt

14、 the family life that we used to have.The children seem to do more as they like whether they know its right or wrong.Oh,things are very different I think.Question:What was your parents role in family life Josephine:Well,my mother actually didnt do a tremendous amount in the house,but she did do a gr

15、eat deal of work outside and she was very interested,for example,in the Nursing Association collecting money for it.We had somebody who looked after us and then we also had someone who did the cleaning.Gertrude:Well,we lived in a flat,we only had three rooms and a bathroom.Father worked on the railw

16、ay at Victoria Station and my mother didnt work,obviously.My fathers wage I think was about two pounds a week and I suppose our rent was about twelve shillings a week,you know as rent was-Im going back a good many years.We didnt have an easy life,you know and I think thats why my mother went out so

17、much with her friends.It was a relief for her,you know really.Question:Did you have a close relationship with your parents Josephine:In a sense I would say not very close but we,at that time,didnt feel that way,we didnt think about it very much I dont think.I think today people are much closer to th

18、eir parents and talk about everything,which we didnt.Then,of course,we used to play a lot of games,because we didnt have a television or even a radio and we would play games in the evenings rather than have conversation,I think.Question:Was there more discipline in families in those days Josephine:O

19、h yes,I do think so,yes.We were much more disciplined and we went about as a family and it wasnt until I was probably about 18 before I would actually go out with any friends of my own.Statements:1.Seventy years ago young people often smoked and drank in front of others.2.Apart from a great deal of

20、work outside,Josephines mother also looked after her children and did the cleaning in the house.3.Gertrudes father earned two pounds a week.4.Gertrudes family had to pay ten shillings a week for their flat.5.Young people seventy years ago deeply felt that they did not have a very close relationship

21、with their parents.6.Nowadays people are much closer to their parents and talk about everything to them.第五部分 Woman:Well,my brother was six years younger than I,and er,I think that when he was little I was quite jealous of him.I remember he had beautiful red curls(mm).my mother used to coo over him.O

22、ne day a friend and I played,erm,barber shop,and,erm,my mother must have been away,she must have been in the kitchen or something(mm)and we got these scissors and sat my brother down and kept him quiet and(strapped him down).Thats right,and cut off all his curls,you see.And my mother just was so ups

23、et,and in fact its the first.I think its one of the few times Ive ever seen my father really angry.Man:What happened to you Woman:Oh.I was sent to my room for a whole week you know,it was terrible.Man But was that the sort of pattern,werent you close to your brother at all Woman:Well as I grew older

24、 I think that er I just ignored him.Man:What about.youve got an older brother too,did.were they close,the two brothers Woman:No,no my brothers just a couple of years older than I.so the two of us were closer and we thought we were both very grown up and he was just a.a kid.so we deliberately,I think

25、,kind of ignored him.And then I left,I left home when he was only still a schoolboy,he was only fifteen(mm)and I went to live in England and he eventually went to live in Brazil and I really did lose contact with him for a long time.Man:What was he doing down there Woman:Well,he was a travel agent,s

26、o he went down there to work.And,erm,I didnt,I cant even remember,erm sending a card,even,when he got married.But I re.I do remember that later on my mother was showing me pictures of his wedding,cause my mother and father went down there(uh huh)to the wedding,and er,there was this guy on the photos

27、 with a beard and glasses,and I said,Oh,whos this then cause I thought it was the brides brother or something like this(mm).and my mother said frostily,That.is your brother!(laughter)Questions for memory test:1.According to the passage,how many brothers does the lady have？2.When the sister saw her m

28、other coo over her younger brother,how did she feel？3.Whats her fathers reaction when he got to know that the sister had cut off her younger brothers hair？4.How old was her younger brother when she left home？5.Where did her brother eventually live？6.Who was the guy on the photos with a beard and gla

29、sses 第二单元 第一部分 When parents make a lot of rules about their childrens behavior,they make trouble for themselves.I used to spend half my time making sure my rules were obeyed,and the other half answering questions like Jack can get up whenever he likes,so why cant I or Why cant I play with Angela Jac

30、ks mum doesnt mind who he plays with or Jack can drink anything he likes.Why cant I drink wine too Jacks mum,I decided,was a wise woman.I started saying things like Of course,dear.You can drink as much wine as you like and No,I dont mind how late you get up and Yes,dear,you can play with Angela as o

31、ften as you like.The results have been marvelous.They dont want to get up late any more,theyve decided they dont like wine,and,most important,theyve stopped playing with Angela.Ive now realized(as Jacks mum realized a long time ago)that they only wanted to do all these nasty things because they were

32、nt allowed to.第二部分 Radio presenter:Good afternoon.And welcome to our midweek phone-in.In todays program were going to concentrate on personal problems.And here with me in the studio Ive got Tessa Colbeck,who writes the agony column inFlash magazine,and Doctor Maurice Rex,Student Medical Adviser at t

33、he University of Norfolk.The number to ring with your problem is oh one,if youre outside London,two two two,two one two two.And we have our first caller on the line,and its Rosemary,I think,er calling from Manchester.Hello Rosemary.Rosemary:Hello.Radio presenter:How can we help you,Rosemary Rosemary

34、:Well,its my dad.He wont let me stay out after ten oclock at night and all my friends can stay out much longer than that.I always have to go home first.Its really embarrassing Tessa:Hello,Rosemary,love.Rosemary,how old are you dear Rosemary:Im fifteen in two months time.Tessa:And where do you go at

35、night when you go out Rosemary:Just to my friends house,usually.But everyone else can stay there much later than me.I have to leave at about quarter to ten.Tessa:And does this friend of yours does she live near you Rosemary:It takes about ten minutes to walk from her house to ours.Tessa:I see.You li

36、ve in Brighton,wasnt it Well,Brightons Rosemary:No.Manchester I live in Manchester.Tessa:Oh.Im sorry,love.Im getting mixed up.Yes,well Manchesters quite a rough city,isnt it I mean,your dad Rosemary:No.Not really.Not where we live it isnt.I dont live in the City Center or anything like that.And Chri

37、stines house is in a very quiet part.Tessa:Christine.Thats your friend,is it Rosemary:Yeah.Thats right.I mean,I know my dad gets worried but its perfectly safe.Maurice:Rosemary.Have you talked about this with your dad Rosemary:No.He just shouts and then he says he wont let me go out at all if I cant

38、 come home on time.Maurice:Why dont you just try to sit down quietly with your dad sometime when hes relaxed-and just have a quiet chat about it Hell probably explain why he worries about you.It isnt always safe for young girls to go out at night.Tessa:Yes.And maybe you could persuade him to come an

39、d pick you up from Christines house once or twice.Rosemary:Yes.I dont think hell agree to that,but Ill talk to him about it.Thanks.第三部分 1.Discipline needs to be there in a certain amount but too much of it can be a bad thing I think and I certainly do get too much of it occasionally.2.I think talkin

40、g to them,trying to explain why youre upset,what it is they have done wrong is better than hitting them,because if you hit them they learn to hit other things,other people,you,and I dont think that is a solution to anything.3.My experience as,as,as a mother now is you can,you can talk with a child v

41、ery much and,and the child is going to understand much more than you believe,even if it is a one-year-old or two-years-old child.And I think its um its a very bad thing punishing children,because it remains being er an awfully er dark experience,and so it was it for me too,because when Im thinking a

42、bout my parents I cant help thinking about these days where they punished me.4.I wouldnt be as strict as my dad was,definitely not,cos I dont think that works.That only makes you rebel.5.Well,theres smacking and smacking.I dont at all agree with beating a child,but I do think sometimes a quick,short

43、 smack on the hand or arm is better than a long drawn-out moan.Its quick and the child understands it.6.I cant really defend it when I,when I hit my child,I dont do it often but something about it makes me think that its not a terrible thing to do.I mean,what are the alternatives You can shout at yo

44、ur child,you can try to sit down and reason with your child,which is incredibly difficult if youre trying to talk to a two-year-old.Or what else can you do You can send them out of the room,you can send them up to their room,you can not let them have any pudding for the dinner,or something,but I mea

45、n to me a little spank,to me its quick,its honest,its physical,but having said all that I still try not to do it.第五部分 Louisa:She doesnt let me watch that much TV after school,which is really annoying because most of my friends watch Home and Away and Neighbors but I only get to watch one of them.I s

46、ometimes dont I mean I think thats really unfair so sometimes I just watch both anyway.Mother:First and foremost,Louisa watches a fair amount of television whether she thinks shes deprived or not,she must watch at least 45 minutes per day.And when Im not around you know I know the child sneaks in a

47、fair amount more than that.So she gets in a fair amount of television,certainly on the weekends.But I am of the opinion that television,very very very few programs will teach them anything.And I think when a child is under your care for 18 years its the parents responsibility to make sure that the i

48、nput is of value,and I dont think television,much television is of any value at all,I think reading a book and doing her piano lessons are far more valuable than watching crummy American soap operas.Questions for memory test:1.How many TV plays are mentioned 2.For how long a time does Louisa watch T

49、V per day 3.Does Louisa try to get more time to watch TV 4.Which activities does Louisas mother think are far more valuable My parents gave me a lot of free time.After dinner,during the week when I was say even 15 years old they would let me go out until ten oclock and they would never ask where I w

50、ent.I would smoke cigarettes and drink beer,at 15 years old I would hang out in the.in the local pubs and these were type of things that I dont think were too good for me at that time.I think my parents should have,you know,maybe at least showed an interest as to where I was going.They never even as