学术综合英语--研究生教材课件U6

mainUnit6ACityinChina2012PartASectionAPre-listening-BackgroundInformation1.1Pre-listeningNewWordsandExpressionsBackgroundInformationPartAPartBListeningArnoldBennettBennett,Arnold(EnochArnoldBennett),1867－1931,Englishnovelistanddramatist.Oneofthegreat20th-centuryEnglishnovelists,Bennettisfamousforhisrealisticnovelsaboutthe“FiveTowns,”animaginarymanufacturingdistrictinnorthernEngland.Bennett’searlycareerincludededitingthefashionablemagazineWomanandwritingSectionAPre-listening-BackgroundInformation1.2Pre-listeningNewWordsandExpressionsBackgroundInformationPartAPartBListeningwritingliteraryreviewsandarticles.About1900hebegantodevotehimselfindustriouslytohisownwork,producingaseriesofexcellentregionalnovels.Hedepictedingreatdetailthegrim,sometimessordid,livesofshopkeepersandpotters.Hisattitudetowardhischaracterswasoneofaffectionatesympathy,andhealwaysmanagedtomaketheirmundanelivesinteresting.SectionAPre-listening-BackgroundInformation2.1Pre-listeningNewWordsandExpressionsBackgroundInformationPartAPartBListeningHilaireBellocBelloc,Hilaire(JosephHilairePierreBelloc)1870－1953,Britishwriter.HebecameaBritishsubjectin1902,andfrom1906to1910wasaLiberalMemberofParliamentforSouthSalford.Poet,essayist,satirist,andhistorian,hewrotefromtheRomanCatholicviewpoint.HewasaclosefriendofG.K.ChestertonandwithhimfoundedtheNewWitness,aweeklypoliticalnewspaper.SectionAPre-listening-BackgroundInformation3.1Pre-listeningNewWordsandExpressionsBackgroundInformationPartAPartBListeningRebeccaWestWest,DameRebecca,1892－1983,Englishnovelistandcritic.Westbeganhercareerasajournalistforfeministandsuffragistpublications.AtvarioustimessheservedasaliterarycriticandpoliticalwriterforAmericanandBritishjournals.In1959shewasmadeaDameCommander,OrderoftheBritishEmpire.Asternanduncompromisingmoralist,Westwasoneofthefinestwritersofprosein20th-centuryBritain.SectionA.NewWordsandExpressionsPre-listeningNewWordsandExpressionsBackgroundInformationPartAPartBListeningluminaryloosenmatrimonialSapphireAnniversaryhurdlesacredcompatiblewithagonymortgage泰斗，名人，杰出人物放松，变松婚姻的蓝宝石婚障碍神圣的与……相容的痛苦抵押SectionAListenTask1.1Listentoapassageandtrytogetitsmainideasbytakingnotes.Fillintheblanksaccordingtoyournotes.Pre-listeningTask1ListenandTakeNotesTask2ListenforDetailsPartAPartBListening1.Themaintopicofthislisteningmaterialisthe.thefutureofmarriage__________________SectionAListenTask1.2Pre-listeningTask1ListenandTakeNotesTask2ListenforDetailsPartAPartBListening2.Basedonthelisteningmaterialyou’vejustheard,tick(√)therightbox.ForAgainstNotGiven1stspeaker2ndspeaker3rdspeaker4thspeaker√√√√Task2.1Listentothepassageagainandtrytoanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whendidthefirstspeakergetmarried?45yearsago.2.Accordingtothefirstspeaker,whatcouldthegovernmentdotoencouragemarriage?Thegovernmentcouldhelpbyreintroducingthemarriedpersons’allowance.Pre-listeningListeningTask1ListenandTakeNotesTask2ListenforDetailsPartAPartBTask2.23.Howlonghasthesecondspeakerbeenmarried?Fouryears.4.Whatisthewordthesecondspeakerusedtodescribeherattitudetowardmarriage?Sacred.5.Accordingtothethirdspeaker,whomdoesmarriagebenefit?Women.Pre-listeningListeningTask1ListenandTakeNotesTask2ListenforDetailsPartAPartBTask2.36.Whatisthefourthspeaker’sjob?Heisateacher.7.Whenwillthefourthspeaker’sdaughtergetmarried?ThisSunday.Pre-listeningListeningTask1ListenandTakeNotesTask2ListenforDetailsPartAPartBScript1.1PartAPartBWhatdoestheFutureHoldforMarriage?Eightyyearsago,ArnoldBennett,HilaireBelloc,RebeccaWestandotherluminariespredictedthefutureofmarriage－didtheygetitright?Despiteitsdeclineinpopularityandrisingdivorcerates,BelMooneyarguesagainstthelooseningofmatrimonialties.Butdoesmarriagereallyhaveafutureinthe21stcentury?I’mRichardRight.MywifeandIhaverecentlycelebratedourSapphireAnniversary(45years),with,hopefully,Script1.2PartAPartBhopefully,manyyearstocome.Wemadeacommitmenttoeachotherand,throughthickandthin,havestuckbythatcommitment.Today’sgenerationisalwaysinahurryanddoesn’tseeanythingbeyondthenexthurdle,sotheygiveupifthewallaheadlookstoohigh.Wemustencouragepeopleinthebeliefthatmarriageisthebestsocialinstitutioneverinvented,butwemustbepreparedtoworkatit.Thegovernmentcouldhelpbyreintroducingthemarriedpersons’allowance.Script1.3PartAPartBIfeelverydisappointedthatsomanymenfeelthewaytheyappeartoaboutmarriage.Tomemarriageissacred.Ididn’tpromisetolove,careforandbewithmyhusbanduntilnextweek,oruntilanotheroffercomesalong.Ipromisedtolovehimandbewithhiminsickness,health,richesorpovertyfortherestofourlives.Imeantit.Istillmeanitalmostfouryearson.Thingshavenotbeeneasy,butIdidn’texpectabedofroses,oreverythingtobeScript1.4PartAPartBtobeplainsailing.IhaveneverexpectedsomeoneelsetosupportmeinthestyletowhichIwouldliketobecomeaccustomed.Iexpecttohavetoworkhardforthethingsthatwewant.Thenotionthatcaringandsharingissomehowold-fashionedandoutoftunewithmodernlife,andlivingtogetherisinanywaycompatiblewiththelifetimecommitmentofmarriageisjustwrong.Someofusdocare,andsomeofusdocommittoanotherandmeanit.Script1.5PartAPartBAnymanthatpraisesthedelightsofmarriagehasneve