【正文】 looks very respectful. The bride is dressed in bright red but we can39。m not sure how seriously they take it.Chairman: In England we have quite big parties for your fortieth, fiftieth, sixtieth and so on.Pat: Well, in Japan your eightyeighth is considered ... Chairman: Eightyeighth?Pat: ... to be the luckiest birthday. Eight is a very lucky number in Japan.Questions1. What is One World?2. What is the topic of the program?3. What do Shaheen Hag and Pat Cane do?4. Why don39。s not married by the time they39。t afford any festivities. And most Muslims don39。全新版聽說(shuō)教程 4 聽力原文Unit 1 One WorldPart BListening TasksA ConversationBirthday Celebrations Around the WorldExercise 1Listen to the conversation and write down answers to the questions you hear.Chairman: Wele to this special birthday edition of One World. Tonight we have a special program dedicated to birthday celebrations around the world. With us in the studio we have Shaheen Hag and Pat Cane, who have a weekly column on birthdays in the Toronto Daily Star.Shaheen: Good evening.Pat: Good evening.Chairman: Shaheen, perhaps we could begin with you. How are birthdays celebrated in India?Shaheen: Well, perhaps we39。t celebrate their birthdays.Pat: I think Shaheen has raised an interesting point here. The Christian church, too, was actively against celebrating birthdays.Shaheen: Of course some Muslims do celebrate their birthdays. In Egypt, Turkey and Indonesia, for example, the rich people invite friends and families around. But not in small villages.Chairman: Here in England your twentyfirst used to be the big one. But now it seems to have moved to eighteen. Is that true?Pat: Yes, in most parts of the West eighteen is now the most important birthday. In Finland, for example, eighteen is the age when you can vote, you know, or buy wines, drive a car and so on. But in Japan I think you have to wait till you39。re thirty. It39。t some people in India celebrate their birthdays?5. Why is the eighteenth birthday so important in Finland?6. Why can girls in some countries get to vote at an earlier age than boys?7. Which of the countries mentioned in the conversation are Muslim countries?Exercise 2Listen to the conversation again and decide if each of the statements you hear is true (T) or false (F).Statements1. The program is broadcast in Canada every day.2. People everywhere in the world celebrate their birthdays.3. Many Muslims do not celebrate their birthdays for religious reasons.4. In England, the twentyfirst birthday is very important, which is unusual in the West.5. The twentyfirst birthday is very important in Japan.6. In Norway, young men and women usually get married before thirty to avoid having pepper thrown at them.7. Eighteen is a very lucky number in Japan.8. It can be concluded that our world is made more colorful by the many different ways birthdays are observed in different countries.Speaking TasksPair WorkA. Reflections on the textYou have just heard a program about birthday celebrations around the world.What do you think of the celebrations?Why is it that some people do not celebrate their birthdays?What does your birthday mean to you?Exchange views with your partner. You may mention the following points in your discussion.○ what birthdays mean to you○ how birthdays are observed around the world○ why some people don39。t see her face since it is covered with a piece of red cloth. Along the two sides of the wedding hall stand the family members, relatives and friends.Pictures (f) — (h) show a wedding banquet held in a big restaurant in China.In Picture (f), we can see the bride and the bridegroom standing at the entrance greeting the guests. The bride wears a long white dress, and the bridegroom is in a tuxedo. In Picture (g), we find ourselves in a large banquet hall, decorated with the cheerful colors of a wedding party. About a hundred guests are seated around tables that are graced with all kinds of delicious food and drinks. The host, who is the father of the bridegroom, is making a speech, expressing his thanks to the guests for ing to his son39。t stay inside, because he wanted to smoke. If the smokers of the Big Apple want to enjoy a cigarette, the authorities have decided they must go out into the street or up onto the rooftops. Throughout the United States, the number of places where people are allowed to smoke has gradually dwindled. First it was banned on trains, buses, and planes, then in public places such as theaters and airports. Now you can39。t be able to smoke in any house where there are more than ten visitors in a week, or where there are children. In 1996, nicotine was classed as a drug, like cannabis, cocaine or heroin. And scientists all over the world agree that exposure to secondhand smoke poses a serious health risk and there is no safe level of exposure. It is especially dangerous for children because when they are exposed to tobacco smoke, they have much higher rates of lung diseases such as bronchitis and pneumonia and are also at greater risks of developing asthma. In the country that gave tobacco to the world, smoking might one day be illegal. And then Ken will have to give up.Questions1. What is the main idea of the passage you39。t want to sacrifice our health for the selfish enjoyment of smokers. The restaurant, I think, should at least have a smokefree area. The size of the area would depend on customer demand. Let the smokers enjoy themselves in a special room. Otherwise, I think I will stop patronizing (光顧) restaurants that do not have a smokefree area and perhaps this will force them into creating one. From the perspective of a restaurant manager (negative) I know smoking is very harmful. For us who work in airconditioned restaurants, inhaling secondhand smoke is certainly harmful to our health. But what can I do? How can I say no to the smokers in my restaurant? Most likely, they would not listen to me. I