【正文】 cite numerous reasons for homeschooling their children.s class?t like a cup that has water flowing over its edge when it is full. Instead, it39。ve known your father since we were students at university 20 years ago — and have known you since you were a little girl. Of course, there are no verb tenses in golf or Web design. But I am giving you good advice. Please listen.t remain a firstclass player on the golf team. I still don39。W: Gosh! What do you mean, professor? Just because my father does business in Mexico I39。m a firstclass player on our golf team. It39。m sorry Dr. Smith. It39。 you39。. . . .. .一、視聽說教程Unit 1 Life is a learning curveLong conversationM: Miranda, let39。re careless with your assignments and often hand them in late. You don39。s just ... I39。s hard to see why I need to take a Spanish language class!m supposed to learn Spanish — on top of everything else I have to learn? It39。t see why I should learn a language that39。W: Yes, of course, you39。s like a muscle. Learning Spanish exercises your brain in new ways, making it stronger. It will strengthen your critical thinking skills and creativity.What does the woman think of learning Spanish?The three reasons that are selected by the majority of parents in the United States are the concern about the traditional school environment, the lack of religious or moral instruction, and the dissatisfaction with the academic instruction at public and private schools.Groups of homeschooling families often join up together to create homeschool coops. These groups typically meet once a week and provide a classroom environment. These are familycentered support groups whose members seek to pool their talents and resources in a collective effort to broaden the scope of their children39。s Ryan. I39。re certainly encouraged to dress in 1960s fashions! Short skirts, bright colors, and bellbottom jeans! Or go to the beginning of the 1960s and e as one of your favorite actresses ... But it39。ll start our meal with alien noodles in honor of all those space and alien TV shows.The GodfatherM: Yeah! Anyway, there39。W: I can39。re having a dance contest and a singing contest.What is particular about alien noodles?passage 2Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal of rock climbing is to reach the top of a formation or the endpoint of a predefined route without falling. Rock climbing petitions have objectives of pleting the route in the quickest possible time or reaching the farthest point along an ever increasingly harder route. While not an Olympic event, rock climbing is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as a sport.s strength, endurance, and balance along with their mental control. It can be a dangerous sport and climbers are putting themselves at risk when they go climbing. However, the risk can be reduced by having the knowledge of proper climbing techniques and using specialized climbing equipment.m a girl born and raised in big cities. I39。M: Not exactly, but, listen!M: Whoa! Wait a minute Emily! Did you do anything besides looking at the population of Santa Fe?re all wrong! I39。s why famous writers and movie stars love Santa Fe, too!s a magical place, Emily. Soon you39。What did Emily think life in Santa Fe would be like?Masdar is a city that stands in the middle of the desert of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It is designed to be one of the most sustainable cities on the planet. With a solar power station at its heart and wind farms providing energy for it, it aims to be carbon free. Everything in the city, from water to rubbish, is measured and monitored, being a source of information. The city is built on a raised platform to allow its “digital plumbers” easy access to the system of advanced technologies that run it. It is pedestrianfriendly and entirely car free. The city is experimenting with a network of electric driverless podcars. The PRT — personal rapid transit — will run six meters under street level across the city. The buildings in the city have been designed by Norman Foster’s architecture firm, which designed a number of eyecatching buildings including The City Hall in London.s wrong? I love talking to my grandmother! She39。s a wonderful person. My problem is I spent six hours on Saturday and five hours on Sunday at her apartment trying to teach her how to use her new electronic gadgets. I set up her telephone, Internet, TV, and DVD player. But she refuses to try and learn and she gets really confused. She just has no idea how to make any of them work.W: OK, I have an idea! You need to get her liking electronic gadgets. Why not get her one of those video games made for families and kids. I bought my grandfather a Wii. He loves it. I got it all set up. The games are easy and fun! These days, he spends hours playing Wii golf.s grandmother have?What will the man do to help his grandmother?Connor, is in charge of an NYPD unit created specifically to b social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry Messenger for information on planned crimes and their offenders.t as familiar with the technology as the offenders are. The NYPD unit intends to educate officers about such technology to remedy this defect.二、讀寫教程（一）課文翻譯（英譯中）Unit 2 CollegeThe ladder to successThe humanities: Out of date?人文學科：過時了嗎？When the going gets tough, the tough take accounting. When the job market worsens, many students calculate they can39。他們得學一些能改善他們就業(yè)前景的東西。Over the next few years, as labor markets struggle, the humanities will probably continue their long slide in succession. There already has been a nearly 50 percent decline in the portion of liberal arts majors over the past generation, and it is logical to think that the trend is bound to continue or even accelerate. 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