【正文】 外語下載中心 外語下載中心 Unit 1 Inside View Conversation 1 Ja: Hi, it‘s me again, Ja Li. I‘m still a student at the University of Oxford in England. But I‘m not in Oxford right now. And I haven‘t gone back home to China either. It‘s the long vacation now, and believe it or not, it‘s the middle of summer. I‘m spending my summer in one of the world‘s greatest cities. I‘m in London, home to the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Tower Bridge… and the doubledecker bus. I want to find out what it‘s like to live in this busy, lively city. So I‘m working for London Time Off, a website about what‘s on in London. This is Joe… , he‘s my boss, and this is Andy, who is a reporter. And what‘s my job? Well, I don‘t know yet, because it‘s my first day. But I‘m meant to be shadowing Andy, oh, what I mean is, I‘m going to be helping him. So can you tell me something about London, Andy? Andy: It‘s the greatest city in the world. . Joe: Except for New York! Andy: New York? Don‘t make me laugh! Joe: And your point is… ? Andy: Look, if you want my opinion, London is greater than New York… Joe: No, I don‘t want your opinion, thank you very much. It‘s a fact. Andy: A fact! Are you serious? \Ja: And here we are in London, probably the greatest city in the world. Andy: What? Probably? Excuse me, I prefer to deal with this myself… Joe: Ah, dream on, Andy……… 珍妮特：嗨，又是我，珍妮特 .李。我目前還是一位英國牛津大學(xué)的學(xué)生，但我現(xiàn)在不在牛津，也還沒有回中國的家?，F(xiàn)在在放長假，而且不管你信不信，現(xiàn)在是夏天的中期。我現(xiàn)在正在世界上最棒的城市之一里 度 過我的夏天。我在倫敦，它是英國國會(huì)大廈、大本鐘、塔橋 ? 和雙層巴士的故鄉(xiāng)。我想知道住在如此熱鬧和生氣勃勃的城市里是什么感覺。所以，我現(xiàn)在在為倫敦下班網(wǎng)效勞。它是一個(gè)報(bào)道倫敦 時(shí) 事的網(wǎng)站。這是喬，他是我的老板，而他是安迪，一位記者。我的工作是什么呢？這個(gè)我也不知道，因?yàn)榻裉焓俏业牡谝惶欤視?huì)注定 跟隨著安迪。喔，我的意思是，我將 會(huì)協(xié)助他。那么 安迪，你能告訴我一些關(guān)于倫敦的事情嗎？ 安 迪： 倫敦是世界上最棒的城市。 喬 ： 除了紐約以外！ 安 迪： 紐約？別逗我笑了！ 喬 ： 那 你的觀點(diǎn)是 … ? 安 迪： 注意，如果你真的需要我的觀點(diǎn)，倫敦確實(shí)比紐約棒 … 喬 ： 不，我不需要你的觀點(diǎn)，非常感謝！這是事實(shí)！ 安 迪： 事實(shí)！你是當(dāng)真的嗎？ 珍妮特：我們現(xiàn)在在倫敦，或許是世界上最棒的城市。 安 迪： 什么？或許？對(duì)不起，我寧可自己處理這個(gè) … 喬 ： 啊，安迪，繼續(xù)做你的美夢(mèng)吧 ... 外語下載中心 外語下載中心 Conversation 2 Ja： So when did you start working at London Time Off? Andy: About a year ago. Ja: And I hope you don‘t mind my asking ,but do you like working here? Andy: Yes, I love it. I mean, Joe and I get along quite well. He drives me crazy sometimes, because he‘s my boss, and I wish I earned a bit more money, but…I think my job is really cool, because I get to see everything that‘s happening in London. And I didn‘t want to join the rat race. Ja: What do you mean by the rat race? Andy: You know, doing the same thing day in day out, and not doing anything creative, or having any time to enjoy life. It‘s the last thing I want to do. Ja: So do you mind telling me what you do exactly? Andy: Basically, we check out new events on the London music scene, you know, new clubs, the latest plays and films, as well as exhibitions in galleries and museums. Then we go and film interviews with the musicians or the actors, or anyone who has anything to do with the event. Ja: Ok, then what happens? Andy: We edit the interviews, and then we upload it all onto the website. We get 200,000 hits a week. We‘re London‘s biggest listings site. Ja: Can I ask you something else? Andy: Fire away. Ja: What are we going to do now? Andy: I need to go back to my flat, and get my research. Then we‘ve got an interview to do. Let‘s get the tube back to my place. Ja: And what about Joe? Andy: Well, he‘s supposed to be on his way to the National Theatre, to do an interview with the director of a new play. But I kind of hope he gets lost on the way. Then he‘ll discover what a great place London is. Ja: I don‘t understand. Andy: I‘m joking! Come on, let‘s go! 珍妮特： 那么 你是什么開始在倫敦下班網(wǎng)上班的呢？ 安 迪： 大約一年前。 珍妮特：我希望你不要介意我的發(fā)問，你喜歡在這里工作嗎？ 安 迪： 是，我非常喜歡。我的意思是，喬跟我相處得挺好的。 雖然有時(shí) 我快被他搞瘋了，因?yàn)樗俏业睦习澹椅矣窒Ｍ芏噘嶞c(diǎn)錢，但 … 我認(rèn)為我的工作是十分有趣的，因?yàn)槲夷軌蚩吹絺惗卣诎l(fā)生的事情。再說，我不愿意自己處在商業(yè)中無意義的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)里。 珍妮特：你說的商業(yè)中無意義的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)是什么意思？ 安 迪： 你知道，日復(fù)一日地做著同樣的事情并且不做任何有創(chuàng)意的事或擁有任何可以享受生活的時(shí)間。這是我最 不想做的事情。 珍妮特：那你介意告訴我你具體都做些什么嗎？ 安 迪： 基本上，除了新的俱樂部、最新的戲劇和電影，還有美術(shù)館和博物館里的展覽，你外語下載中心 外語下載中心 知道，我們會(huì)關(guān)注倫敦樂壇的新動(dòng)向。然后，我們?nèi)ゲ稍L音樂家或演員或任何與此事件有關(guān)的人并將此采訪的內(nèi)容錄下來。 珍妮特：好的，那接下來呢？ 安 迪： 我們編輯這些采訪然后將它們?nèi)慷忌蟼鞯骄W(wǎng)站上。我們一周就取得了二十萬個(gè)網(wǎng)路點(diǎn)擊數(shù)。我們是倫敦最大的數(shù)據(jù)站點(diǎn)。 珍妮特：我能問你其他事情嗎？ 安 迪： 盡管問吧。 珍妮特：我們現(xiàn)在要做什么？ 安 迪： 我需要回到我的公寓去拿 我的研究調(diào)查。然后，我們得去做個(gè)采訪。讓我們乘地鐵到我家去吧。 珍妮特：那喬怎么辦？ 安 迪： 他現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該在去國家劇院的路上。他要去給一位新戲劇的導(dǎo)演做個(gè)采訪。但我有點(diǎn)兒希望他在途中迷路。然后，他將會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)倫敦是多么棒的一個(gè)地方。 珍妮特：我不明白。 安 迪： 我是在開玩笑！快點(diǎn)，我們走吧！ Outside view Happiness is not what most students have in mind when they think of school. Yet a school in Germany has developed a novel way to raise the morale of its students, by teaching happiness in classes. Students at Heidelberg‘s Willy Hellpach School of Economics are learning how to achieve happiness as an official subject, alongside mathematics and languages. This is the first school in Germany to develop a happiness course, intended for 17 to 19yearolds preparing for university entrance exams. Ernst FritzSchubert, the school‘s principal, is on a mission to change things. Ernst FritzSchubert: It was my ideaI‘ve been at this school for 31 years, and I feel that school and happiness have to be reunited. These are two terms which are not considered together, because one does not connect school with happiness. In some cases school es behind the dentists on the popularity scale and we should try to push schools‘ popularity a bit. It has been proved by science that a happy student can learn more than an unhappy one, Unhappy students can concentrate for a while but do not use all their potential. The happiness classes are intended to help students fulfill their potential. They will help the students live happy and prosperous lives. The classes aim to help students in achieving a positive state of mind, by using all their own resources and boosting their selfesteem. In addition, they hope classes will increase selfawareness and physical fort.