John: I?m so happy I?m about to burst. Guess what? Nora: You?ve got me.
John: It might be true that misfortunes never come singly, but you can also have a “double blessing”. And that?s what I had.
Nora: You mean you?ve had two happy events in your life?
John: Exactly. You know, I was strong in all subjects except physics. Now I?ve finally passed the test--the one I needed to qualify for a Bachelor?s degree.
Nora: Congratulations! You?d failed it three times. No wonder you?re beaming. What?s the other
good news?
John: The multinational I was dong my field project at offered me a job at a good staring salary. Nora: Wow, wonderful, simple wonderful. John: I feel like celebrating. Shall we go to a bar? Nora: Why not?
Now Your Turn Task 1
SAMPLE DIALOG
A: You look furious. What happened?
B: Nothing. I?d rather not talk about it. Just don?t ask.
A: Come on. You shouldn?t keep your feeling to yourself. You need to let off some stream. So, talk tome.
B: All right. This morning I went to a shop to buy a digital camera, I only need an ordinary one. It is enough for my tours in the summer vacation. Buy they persuaded me to buy a professional camera, which cost three times as much. A: But you were willing to buy for it. Anyway, it must work better.
B: You see, I know next to nothing about photography. So they simply tricked me into buying an expensive one.
A: No wonder you?re livid with rage. I?d be mad too if I were robbed like that. What are you going to do?
B: I already went back to them and asked to exchange it for a cheaper one. A: What did they say?
B: Oh, they were rude. They insisted that they hadn?t encouraged me to buy a professional camera, and that I bought it myself. A: Sounds like you got a raw deal!
B: What?s worse, as I was leaving, I heard they say, “That guy looks broke. He shouldn?t have bought any camera.”
A: Don?t let it get to you. Better ignore their rude remarks. B: I agree. I did manage to keep my cool.
A: Well, the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Agency. If they talk to the shop, maybe they will give you a refund.
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B: Sounds too good to be true.
V. Let’s Talk
William's feelings
When I first met my parents, I was really shy, and I was, and I was in my foster home and I ran upstairs, shy, and I was in my bedroom crying, and my mum came up and said, \and I was scared. So, then my foster mum came up and I came down and we had some fun time. It was nice when I first arrived. I thought, \can play with them.\my sisters about her rabbits, 'cause she doesn't let me touch them. Well she does, butWhen I have a bit of a bad time with my sister, I go and speak with my mum and my dad. I feel most comfortable speaking to my dad about all my worries and stuff. I wish I had a brother in this family, but then it's just nice (being...) having two sisters, but I'd rather have a brother anyway. I mix with different people. I'm mostly friends with adults, 'cause I normally see adults more than children for some reason, I don't know why. It was scary going from my primary school to secondary school, but then that's just me growing up, and I've got to take the chances and take, just take what I've learned already and just move on and learn different things.
When I have a bit of a bad time with my sister, I go and speak with my mum and my dad. I feel most comfortable speaking to my dad about all my worries and stuff. I wish I had a brother in this family, but then it's just nice (being...) having two sisters, but I'd rather have a brother anyway. I mix with different people. I'm mostly friends with adults, 'cause I normally see adults more than children for some reason, I don't know why. It was scary going from my primary school to secondary school, but then that's just me growing up, and I've got to take the chances and take, just take what I've learned already and just move on and learn different things.
VI. Further Listening and Speaking
Task1: Big John is coming! Script
A bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. This (S1) owner of the establishment is giving his new hire some instructions on (S2) running the place. He tells the timid man, “If you ever hear that Big John is coming to town, (S3) drop everything and run for the hills! He?s the biggest, nastiest (S4) outlaw who?s ever lived!”
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A few weeks pass (S5) uneventfully. But one afternoon, a local cowhand comes running through town (S6) yelling, “Big John is coming! Run for your (S7) lives!” When the bartender leaves the bar to start running, he is knocked to the ground by several townspeople rushing out of town. (S8) As he?s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall. He?s muscular, and is growing as he approaches the bar.
He steps up to the door, orders the poor barkeep inside, and demands, “I want a beer NOW!”
He strikes his heavy fist on the bar, splitting it in half. (S9) The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking. He takes the beer, bites the top of the bottle off, and downs the beer in one gulp.
As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar, the big man gets up to leave, “Do you want another beer?” the bartender asks in a trembling voice.
“Dang it, I don?t have time!” the big man yells, (S10) “I got to get out of town! Don?t you hear Big John is coming?”
Task 2: Reason and Emotion
Script
Emotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason; s is suggested by phrase such as” appeal to emotions rather than reason” and “don?t let your emotions take over”. Emotional reactions sometimes produce consequences or thoughts which people may later regret or disagree with; but during an emotional state, they could not control their actions. Thus, it is generally believed that one of the most distinctive facts about human beings is a contradiction between emotion and reason.
However, recent empirical studies do not suggest there is a clear distinction between reason and emotion. Indeed, anger or fear can often be thought of as an instinctive response to observed fact. The human mind possesses many possible reactions to the external world. Those reactions can lie on a continuum, with some of them involving the extreme of pure intellectual logic, which is often called “cold”, and others involving the extremes of pure emotion not related to logical agreement, which is called “the heat of passion”. The relation logic and emotion merits careful study. Passion, emotion, or feeling can reinforce an argument, event one based primarily on reason. This is especially true in religion or ideology, which frequently demands an all-or-nothing rejection or acceptance. In such areas of thought, human beings have to adopt a comprehensive view partly backed by empirical argument and partly by feeling and passion. Moreover, several researchers have suggested that typically there is no “pure” decision or thought; that is, no thought is based “purely”” on intellectual logic or “purely” on emotion—most decisions are founded on a mixture of both.
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1. What results does the speaker may some from emotional reactions? 2. What is the popular belief about reason and emotion? 3. What does the speaker mean by “cold “?
4. According to the passage, what should people do in religious matters? 5. What is the speaker?s conclusion?
Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.D
Task3: Every cloud has a silver lining
Script
Pat: You look so depressed. Are you feeling blue? I?ve come to cheer you up.
Ted: But there?s nothing that can cheer me up. I?m down in the dumps. Life?s
miserable
Pat: You have to try to get your mind off things.
Ted: But I can?t. I just feel there?s too much pressure on me sometimes!
Pat: You can?t let things get you down. Learn to relax and stop worrying all the time.
What?s your problem?
Ted: I failed my last exam, and another exam is coming, I get bored.
Pat: If I were you, I?d start working hard. If you work hard for a long time, you?re
bound to get better grades. You see, “no pain, no gain”.
Ted: It?s easier said than done! If I read for fifteen minutes, I get bored. Pat: You have to learn some self-discipline.
But how can I stay cheerful all the time?
Ted: Worse than that! If I read for half an hour, I get a headache. Then I start to worry
about passing the next exam.
Pat: It?s all in your mind. If you stay cheerful like me, everything will soon be OK. Ted: But how can I stay cheerful all the time? Pat: Try to look on the bright side of things. Ted: But what if there isn?t a bright side?
Pat: You know the saying: Every cloud has a silver lining. It means there?re always
tow sides to everything—both the dark and the bright sides. So, try to identify your strengths and bring then into full play.
Ted: Oh, no! Your corny old sayings are making me even more depressed.
Keys: TFFTF
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