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CONTENTSIntroductionInthepreviouspassage,wehavelearnedthatweneedn’tbeafraidofmakingmistakeswhenlearningaforeignlanguage.“Everyonemakesmistakes.Butwecanturnthosemistakesintoabigsteptowardyoursuccess.”“Ifyoudon’tmakemistakes,youwon’tlearn!”Thistexttellsushowtoimproveourlisteningskillsofaforeignlanguagewithpractice.Inthistext,someusefulsuggestionsareprovided.Couldyousumthemupandbenefitfromthem?more1.Accordingtothewriter,isiteasytolistentoaradioprograminaforeignlanguage?2.Couldone’slisteningskillsofaforeignlanguagebeimproved?QuestionsandAnswersListeningtoaradioprograminaforeignlanguageisdifficultformanyofus.Sure,wecanimproveourlisteningskillsofaforeignlanguagewithpractice.Activity1:Readthethefirstandsecondparagraph,andanswerthefollowingquestions.3.Whyarewegoodlistenersinourownlanguage?4.Whatpreventsusfromlisteningtoaforeignlanguagefreely?Thelackofpracticeofaforeignlanguage.What’smore,thestyleofourownlanguagemayaffectourlearningoftheforeignlanguage.Becausewehavehadyearsofpractice.Weunderstandthegrammar,thewordsandthestyle.Weknowwhattoexpectinalmostanysituation.Activity2:Readthelastthreeparagraphsofthetext,andidentifythewaysmentionedtoimproveourlisteningskillsinlearningaforeignlanguage.1.Explorethesubjectfromthenameoftheprogrambytryingtoguess2.Listentoshortprogramsmorningprogramsnewsheadlinesweatherreports3.Keeponlisteningeveryday.IntensiveReadingListeningtoaradioprograminaforeignlanguageisdifficultformanyofus.Wemayhavestudiedthelanguageforyears,beabletoreadandevenspeakandwriteinthelanguage.However,listeningtoaforeignlanguagecallsfordifferentskills.Somepeoplehaveanaturalabilitytolearnlanguagesquicklybecausetheyknowhowto“listen”.Othershavetostudyforalongtime.Everyone,however,canimprovehisorherlisteningskillswithpractice.Para.1Para.2Wearegoodlistenersinourownlanguagebecausewehavehadyearsofpractice.Weunderstandthegrammarandthewords.Wealsounderstandthestyleofourownlanguage.Weknowwhattoexpectinalmostanysituationbecausewehaveheardsimilarconversationsmanytimesbefore.Asaresult,wecanunderstandwhatisbeingtalkedabout,evenifwearenotlisteningcarefully.Unfortunately,thisisnottruewithaforeignlanguage.Wehavetolistenreallyhardandwemusttrynottoletthestyleofourownlanguageaffectourlearningoftheforeignlanguage.Para.3-4Listeningtoaradioprograminaforeignlanguageiseasierifweknowsomethingaboutthesubjectalready.Eveningprogramsareusuallyquitelonganddetailed.Morningprograms,however,usuallyhavemanyshortitemsofnewsorinformation.Thesearegoodtolistentobecauseweoftendonothavethetimeorenergytolistentothoseintheevening.Thenameoftheprogramwillusuallytelluswhatthesubjectis(e.g.AWeekinPolitics).Butsometimes,itmaynot!Inthiscase,youcantryguessingwhattheprogramwillbeabout.Para.5Anothersuggestionistotrylisteningtothenewsheadlinesinaforeignlanguageeveryday,andthencomparethemwiththeChineseones.Youcouldalsolistentotheweatherreports,astheyareusuallyshortandsweet.However,bepreparedtolistencarefullybecausethepresentersoftenspeakveryquickly.Lastbutnotleast,trytolistentoaforeignradioprogrameveryday—alittlebitoflisteningpracticeeverydayisbetterthanalot,allinonego!foryears多年，多年以来A.forcenturiesB.fordecadesC.foragesD.forhoursE.fordaysF.formonthse.g.-Wemayhavestudiedthelanguageforyears.我们也许学习这门语言已经很多年了。3.几百年，几百年以来2.几十年，几十年以来1.很长时间以来4.好几个月5.好几天6.好几个小时Directionsss:Matchthetemporalphrasesbeginningwith“for”intheleftcolumnandthetranslationsintherightcolumn.however然而，不过；不管到什么程度1.然而，这个问题还有其另外一面。Thereis,however,anothersidetothisproblem.2.我的房间不大，不过它非常舒适。Myroomissmall.It’sverycomfortable,however.3.不管天气有多冷，她总是去游泳。Howevercolditis,shealwaysgoesswimming.e.g.-However,listeningtoaforeignlanguagecallsfordifferentskills.然而，听外语需要不同技能。callfor要求，需要1.足协可能会要求比赛期间禁酒。－TheFootballAssociationislikelytocallforabanonalcoholatfootballgames.2.要保住这个研究机构需要一大笔钱。－Abigfundiscalledforiftheresearchinstitutionistosurvive.e.g.-Successinschoolcallsformuchhardwork.学习上的成功需要巨大的努力。natural天生的，固有的；天然的，自然的Payattentiontothepropermeaningof“natural”.anaturaltalentformusic-anaturalstory-teller-naturalresources-deathfromnaturalcauses音乐天才天生的小说家自然资源自然死亡e.g.-Somepeoplehaveanaturalabilitytolearnlanguagesquickly.有些人天生就能很快学会语言。ability能力；才能1.莫扎特是一位有卓越音乐才华的人。Mozartwasamanofgreatmusicalability.2.你需要一个更能发挥你才能的工作。Youneedajobmoresuitedtoyourabilities.e.g.-Thechild’sreadingabilitywasadvancedforhisagelevel.这个小孩的阅读能力超出了他的年龄水平。improve改进，改善；变得更好1.酒存放越久越醇厚。－Thewineimproveswithage.2.但愿星期六之前天气会变好。－Let’shopetheweatherimprovesbeforeSaturday.e.g.-Everyone,however,canimprovehisorherlisteningskillswithpractice.然而，每个人都可以通过练习提高听力水平。style风格；文体；时髦；（尤指衣服的）式样1.上世纪70年代的时装式样如今看来很古怪。－The1970s’clothesstyleslookveryoddtoday.2.他被认为是个大作家，可是我不喜欢他的文风。－Heisknownasagreatwriter,butIdon’tlikehisstyle.e.g.-Wealsounderstandthestyleofourownlanguage.我们也懂得母语的风格。expect预料；预期1.我预计她会通过考试的。-Iexpectshe’llpasstheexam.2.天气并不如我预料的那么热。-Itwasn’tashotasIexpected.3.我正在等一封来信。-I’mexpectingaletter.e.g.-Weknowwhattoexpectinalmostanysituation.我们几乎能猜到各种场合下的谈话内容。similar近似的；类似的；相似的1.他被劝告不要吃面包、蛋糕和其他类似的食品。-Hewasadvisednottoeatbread,cake,andothersimilarfoods.2.我们有着类似的看法。-Wehavesimilaropi