【文章內容簡介】 。formydorm,hesaid,“Oh,justfollowme。that’swhereI’mgoing.”Now,IcanreallysaythatIfeelfortableinthedormbecausetherearesomanyfriendlypeoplearoundtotalkwith.Finally,ILOVEHAVINGFridaysoff。Iwouldnotbeabletodealwithfivedaysofclassesinarow.HowdidIdoitinhighschool?IlovesleepinginonFridays.IguessI’msortofapartyanimal,butitseemslikeIgoouteveryThursdaynight.ItalsoseemslikeIdon’tgethomeuntilearlythenextday1MyheadhitsthepillowandIdon’tmoveuntilFridayafternoon. 1.newanddifferent 2.onhisown 3.abitconfused 4.talkwith 5.sleepin Task2:KeytoLearningEnglish IthinkoneofthemostimportantkeystolearningEnglishidtoestablisharegularstudyprogram,likeplanningafewminuteseverymorningaroundbreakfasttime.Thisideamaysoundalittletoosimpletothelearners,becausetheytookEnglishinhighschoolforaquiteafewyears,buttheydidn’tbeeproficientspeakersofthelanguage.AsamatteroffactIdonotmeanthatwecanbeefluentspeakerswithjustafewminuteshereandthere,butfollowingaregularandconsistentcourseofstudycanhelpusonthewaytolanguagemastery.Inotherwords,peopleneedtoplanouttheirstudybysettingrealisticandattainablegoalsfromthebeginning.Somepeoplegetcaughtupinthecrazeoflearningthelanguageon30days,onlytogiveupwhentheycan’tperformuptotheirexpectations.Andsmallstepslittlebylittle,arethekey.Forexample,planningtolearntousethemactively—isfarbetterthanlearning30andforgettingthemthenextday. 1.T2.F Task3:ListeningEffectively Throughitis50%ofeverydaymunication,listening,itseems,istheleasttaught.Listeningismorethanjusthearing:itrequiresunderstanding.Inaneducationalsetting,listeningeffectivelyiscritical.Effectivelisteningresultsindoingtherightassignment,doingtheassignmentcorrectly,andtakingnoteseffectively.Doingtheseactivitieswellresultsinlearningand,mostofthetime,goodgrades.Inaprofessionalsetting,listeningisalsocritical.Whenyoureceiveanoralmessage,yourresponsemustbecorrect.Ifyoufailtolistentocustomersorclients,youmaylosetheirbusiness,andyourjob!Inapersonalsetting,listeningeffectivelydeepensyourrelationships.Whenwelistentosomeone,wesay“Youareimportant”withouteverspeakingaword.Whenwefailtolisten,notonlydowenotreceivethemessage,butwesendthemessagethatwearejustplaindumb. UNIT2 II.ListeningSkills IdentifyingNumbers 1.M:Thestadiumlooksprettybig.Howmanypeopledoesitseat? W:Itholdsaround20,000.Theysaymorethan18,000Ticketshavebeensold. Q:Howmanyticketsareleftnow? 2.W:Iwasplanningonsigningupfortheswimmingclass.BitIheardit’sfull. M:Really?That’sstrange.Therewerenineswimmingclasseslastsemester,andthissemestertherearefivemore. Q:Howmanyswimmingclassesaretherethissemester/ 3.W:Howfardoyoujogeveryday?5kilometers? M:No,about15km.Ihavetorunthatfartostayingoodpeople. Q:Howfardoesthemanruneachday? 4.M:HowmanypeoplewilletoyourhometowatchtheWorldCupFinal?Wantmetobringanything? W:Probablylike15or20.I’vegotmostthingscovered.Maybejustbringasixpackorsomethingelsetodrink. Q:AbouthowmanypeoplewilletowatchtheWorldCupFinal? 5.W:HowmanypeopledoyouthinkwillenterfortheCityMarathon? M:I’mnotsure.Itwas250lastyear.Butsomeonetoldmethenumberislikelytodoublethistear. Q:Howmanypeoplearelikelytoenterforthisyear’sCityMarathon? III.ListeningIn Task1:YaoMing IfirstsawYaoMingbackin1997.NikehadjustsignedacontracttosponsortheShanghaiSharks.Wehadalittlepartytointroduceourselvesandgettoknowtheplayers.Afewofusweretherewhentheteamwalkedin.Theylookednormal,mostabout6’4’’orso.Then,athin,babyfacedguyabout7’5’’camein.Wewereallsurprisedatseeinghim.Wecouldn’tbelievehissize.Andwhenhestartedhittingthreepointers,wewerereallyblownaway!OurguysintheU’S’didn’tbelievethattherewasaChinesekidthattall.Toconvincethem,wehadtobringhimtoaNikecampinParisthatsummer.Yaohadalwaysplayedagainstkidswhowereolderthanhim.Thiswasthefirsttimehewaspetingwithplayershisownage.DelHarris,thentheLakerscoach,wasatthecamp.HefellinlovewithYaoMing.Hewastellingeverybody,“Igottohaveapicturewiththatkid.Onedayhe’sgoingtohavearealimpactontheNBA.”1