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【正文】 With millions of people oneimployed during the 1930s economic depression, welfare assistance was beyond the finanda 丨 resources of the states. Therefore, the federal goveirnment providecl funds for maintaining a minimum standard of living, either directly to recipients or to the states. Between 1935 and 1996, federal programs were established that provided additional welfare benefits, including medical care, public housing, and food stamps By the 1960s, however, criticism began to grow that these programs discouraged people from finding employment. Even defenders of public welfare benefits acknowledged that the system was imperfect: noting the financial disincentives associated with taking a lowpaying job and losing the array of benefits, especially medical care, 1, What is the passage about? 2, What must all govemments worry about? 3, What can be inferred from the passage? 4, When did the federal government begin adding to the New Deal benefits? 5, What do we know from the passage? Homework Taskl M。 Hey, Something is different about you today? What is it? W: You39。ve noticed my new haircut? M。 No, It39。s something else. Now, what is it? W: My dog? M。 That39。s it! You don39。t have your dog with you today. Where is he? W。 He39。s been acting strangety lately, so I sent him back to the dog training school M。 I didn39。t know that he was ever in school W: Of course he has been to school He39。s my eyes, you know. He had to be taught how to help me find my way, M: Will you be able to find youir way to class today without him? W: Yeah, My sister is just over there paying for some shopping. I39。m just waiting for her. When she gets back, we might go to another store and she39。ll help me to the classroom. She39。s a big he 丨 Ip, but I reality miss my dog, M。 OK, then, 11 see you Hater. Don39。t fet, today is the day of the test W: I won39。t! I spent half of last night doing homework in preparation for !t Questions 1 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard! 1, Who has been acting strangely lately? 2, What is the woiman39。s sister doing during the conversation? 3, What can be inferred from the conversation? 4, Where is the conversation taking place? 5, What is the probable relationship between the speakers? Task2 If you39。re trying to reach a promise, a good first step is to define your goal and encourage the other person to do the same. Then share any information that might help you to reach a promise, A good second step is to listen carefullty to the other person39。s point of viiew. Don39。t interirupt. Don39。t agree or disagree. This will not only ensure that you understand her point of view, but will also demonstrate that you39。re willing to listen to what she has to say. Next, put aside any preconceived notions you have about the 11 right way to acplish your goals. Then force yourself to think of at least one other way to acplish them that incorporates both your ideas. Don39。t think vertically, in other words, oneuponedown, or rmrightyou39。re wrong. Think late『 aiy, instead — place her idea and yours on a straight line, side by side, and add more ideas as she and you e up with them. You39。III end up with TWO good ideas in the pot yours and your coworker39。s. And when two reasonable people are willing to promise, they re likely to oonne up with a third way of acplishing goals — one that satisfies both. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard, 1, What is this passage about? 2, What can we infer from the passage? 3, What should be put aside? 4, What does vertical thinking involve? 5, What wil be achieved in the end? Unit4 Warming up Ladies and gentlemen, the planning mittee for the 5th Annual Co mm uni cations Technology Fair weles you. We hope you will find much to interest and inform you and that you will also enjoy yourselves. First, let me introduce some of the products and panies that we think will be of particular interest to you. In the area of media technology, the electronic newspaper is set to change our lives. The Xerox39。s Palo Alto Research Center has a remarkable new product which their representatives are keen to talk about later this morni ng. The world of entertainment has benefited by the presence in the marketplace of Verizon, a pany that is bringing together the Inter and televisioa Also, we have avai lable teams of people from Amazon who can show you how to use their PayPal a Web payment processing service. The Inter has many new innovations and opportunities to offer all of us. We hope this fair will help you to explore the benefits to your life and business of the many technological advances that we have on show. Short conversation 1. W: There is the question as to whether Vietnam should push developments in telemunications at the expense of programs that would feed poor people. M: IVe heard the criticism, but I think moving ahead with technology is the right way to go Surely modernizing will improve standards of living for everyone. Q。 What are the speakers talking about? 2l W: The Inter has changed the world, Asia most of all， where cities that were once remote and cut off from the world are now online. M: Yes, I agree. Have you been to Asia to see any of the changes? It really is quite remarkable. I was in Sichuan last month. 2. |q； What are the speakers talking about? 3l W: Marty says that our store should get online, but I am not so sure. M: A year ago, I wouldVe said no. Our business just seems so small, but not anymore. More and more small stores are posting pages on the Net so I think we should as well. Q: What do we know from the conversation? 41 W: Some people had doubts about our webpage, but I really think it39。s brought in a lot of new customers. M: I agree pletely. Business has boomed since we started the website. Q: What can be inferred from the conversation? W: Hold up on that last prescrip