创新国际英语教程 学生用书 1 unit20

[00:00.00]unit 20  Society
[00:04.60]2 Talking about life in your country
[00:12.04]What do you do back home?
[00:16.40]Well,I was working in a car factory,but it closed down.
[00:23.54]That's why I'm here,really.
[00:27.69]I got some money when I lost my job
[00:31.45]and I decided¹ to go travelling for a while to think about what to do next.
[00:36.91]And what are you going to do?
[00:40.46]I still haven't decided.The economy's in a bit of a mess at the moment.
[00:47.02]There's a lot of unemployment² and people aren't spending much money,
[00:52.58]so it's going to be difficult to find a new job.
[00:56.95]I might try to retrain and do something completely³ different.
[01:02.59]Have you got any idea what you want to do?
[01:06.95]Not really.Maybe something with computers.
[01:12.52]I might try to find a job abroad for a while before I do that.
[01:18.18]What about your country? Is it easy to find work there?
[01:24.04]Yes.A few years ago it was quite bad,
[01:28.79]but the economy's doing quite well at the moment.
[01:33.23]I think unemplohyment is about four per cent,
[01:38.19]so finding⁴ a job isn't really a problem.
[01:42.45]The problem is the cost of living.
[01:46.11]Prices have gone up a lot over the last few years.
[01:51.26]Everything is more expensive,so the money you earn goes really quicky.
[01:57.52]Right.Sometimes I think I should move to somewhere like here.
[02:03.77]I'm sure people don't get paid very much,
[02:08.44]but the cost of living is so low and there's a better quality of life.
[02:13.77]People don't work as hard;life is more relacxed;
[02:19.10]the food's great;the weather's great;it's just very nice.
[02:25.16]Yes,maybe,but don't forget that you are on holiday.
[02:30.52]Maybe it's not like that for the people who live here.
[02:35.19]No,maybe not.
[02:38.43]So anyway,how long are you going to stay here?
[02:43.40]Just till Friday.I have to get back to work.What about you?
[02:49.56]How long are you staying?
[02:52.80]Till I get bored or I run out of money.I don't have any plans.
[02:59.64]4 Proununciation:of
[03:12.31]the quality of life
[03:20.18]a lot of money
[03:24.72]the cost of living
[03:30.08]out of business
[03:35.22]lots of problems
[03:41.39]a bit of a mess
[03:45.83]3 While you listen
[03:57.30]Did you see those two young people at the bus stop?
[04:02.57]I did.Young people nowadays have got no shame.
[04:09.84]We were never alowed to kiss in public like that,were we,Doris?
[04:15.90]No.We lived in a more polite time.
[04:20.75]The language young people use today-it's awful.
[04:26.40]They swear all the time-using all those bad words.Honestly,it's shameful⁵.
[04:33.97]I know.Did I tell you what happened to me in the supermarket the other day?
[04:41.70]No,what happened?
[04:45.23]Well,you know I have a bad leg.
[04:50.19]Oh yes.You have to use a stick sometimes,don't you?
[04:55.84]Yes.Well,I did my little bit of shopping-you know,
[05:02.99]just a little bit of bread and cheese-I don't eat much these days.
[05:09.94]And then I bought some tins of cat food.
[05:14.80]Just a few things,then.
[05:18.17]Yes,and I came to the checkout⁶ to pay and there was a queue⁷.
[05:25.43]Well,my leg was hurting because I'd been walking round the shop,you know.
[05:32.09]Well,you've got a bad leg,haven't you?
[05:36.46]Mm.But no one offered to let me go first.
[05:42.52]I just had to wait.
[05:46.28]Oh,young people!
[05:49.75]When we wer young,we always used to let old people go first,didn't we?
[05:56.41]I know,but it just doesn't happen any more.
[06:02.16]No.Young people today-they're always in such a rush.
[06:07.80]Anyway,I told the boy in front of me.I said,'My let's hurting.
[06:15.67]They should have help for old people like me.
[06:20.32]We should get treated better.'
[06:24.44]Good for you.
[06:27.60]But do you know what he did then?
[06:31.44]He called me something which I'm not going to repeat and he laughed at me!
[06:37.61]No!That's terrible,Marge.They've got no respect,these young people.
[06:44.69]Oh,look at those two standing⁸ by the door.
[06:49.73]Are they boys or girls?You can't tell the difference sometimes
[06:56.10]with these girls with their short hair and trousers
[07:01.15]and the boys with rings in their ears and noses and everywhere.
[07:07.31]Oh,I know.It wasn't like that in our day.
[07:13.19]Girls were girls and boys were boys.
[07:18.54](sound of a mobile⁹ phone?Oh that's mine.
[07:24.00]Hello,Reg.Is that you?Yes,I'm on the bus.
[07:30.17]I said I'm on the bus!
[07:34.32]Review:Units 17-20
[07:43.39]1 Contrastive¹⁰ stress:weak and strong forms
[07:51.64]Listen to these conversations.
[07:56.08]I'm 18.Really?I don't believe you.
[08:01.83]IAM(18).I can do it.
[08:08.07]No you can't.I CAN(do it)
[08:12.72]I like it.Really? I DO (like it).
[08:19.17]Listen to these pairs of weak and strong stressed¹¹ auxiliaries¹².
[08:28.55]He's married.He is.
[08:33.70]She runs a company.She does.
[08:40.78]He's been learning¹³ English.he has.
[08:49.32]He went to a bilingual school.He did.
[08:57.26]She's never been on a plane.She hasn't.
[09:05.44]I'll pay you tomorrow.I will.
[09:13.30]I love running.I do.
[09:20.74]I can run a mile.I can.
[09:28.32]2 Vowel¹⁴ sounds:dipthongs
[09:40.15]years          shade
[09:49.69]coast          square
[10:00.16]where          below
[10:10.80]weird          hair
[10:21.43]blow your nose
[10:27.49]this tastes great
[10:33.76]it's really serious
[10:39.61]the air fare
[10:45.98]3 Problem sounds:/w/and/j/

 

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 unemployment   

n.失业，失业状态

参考例句：

• The government will look into how to reduce unemployment.政府将研究如何降低失业率。
• He gave a talk on the theme of teenage unemployment.他就青少年失业的主题作了一次报告。

3 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

4 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

5 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

6 checkout   

n.（超市等）收银台，付款处

参考例句：

• Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
• A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。

7 queue   

n.队列；辫子；长队；vt.梳成辫子；vi. 排队

参考例句：

• To what window are you standing in a queue?你在排哪个窗口的队？
• I had to queue for quite a while.我不得不排一会儿队。

8 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

9 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。

10 contrastive   

adj.对比的

参考例句：

• a contrastive analysis of British and Australian English 对英国英语和澳大利亚英语的对比分析
• The thesis makes a contrastive study of English and Chinese cooking words. 本论文对英汉烹饪词汇进行了对比分析。 来自互联网

11 stressed   

adj.紧张的，有压力的

参考例句：

• Loud music makes me stressed out.大声的音乐让我很紧张。
• He stressed that we should always be honest.他强调我们应该永远诚实。

12 auxiliaries   

n.助动词 ( auxiliary的名词复数 )；辅助工，辅助人员

参考例句：

• These auxiliaries have made our work much easier. 有了这些辅助人员，我们的工作才顺利多了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• In English the future tense is often rendered by means of auxiliaries. 在英语中，将来时常用助动词来表现。 来自辞典例句

13 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

14 vowel   

n.元音；元音字母

参考例句：

• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
• The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。