Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit2:Shaping and Reshaping Personality(1)

 　　Step by Step 3000. Book two.

　　Unit 2. Shaping and Reshaping Personality.

　　Part 1. Warming up.

　　A. Keywords. constellation¹, months, dates.

　　Vocabulary. constellation, Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn, Pisces, Aquarius, Leo, Cancer, Aries, Gemini, Sagittarius, centaur², Scorpio, Libra.

　　The constellations³ are totally imaginary things that poets, farmers and astronomers⁴ have made up over past 6000 years and probably even more.

　　Listen to the following information about 12 constellations, and match column A with column B.

　　1. Taurus, April 21——May 21, represented by a bull⁵.

　　2. Virgo, August 23——September 23, represented by a young woman.

　　3. Capricorn, December 22 ——January 20,represented by a goat.

　　4. Pisces, February 20——March 20, represented by two fish.

　　5. Aquarius, January 21——Februray 19, represented by the water-bearer.

　　6. Leo, July 23——August 22, represented by a lion.

　　7. Cancer, June 22 ——July 22, represented by a crab⁶.

　　8. Aries, March 21——April 20, represented by a ram⁷.

　　9. Gemini, May 22——June 21, represented by twins.

　　10. Sagittarius, November 23——December 21, represented by a centaur, half human and half horse, shooting an arrow.

　　11. Scorpio, October 24——November 22, represented by a scorpion⁸.

　　12. Libra, September 24——October 23, represented by a pair of measuring scales.

　　B. Keywords. personality survey, aggressive, selfish, kind, patient, jealous.

　　Vocabulary. aggressive, raise the roof.

　　In the following short dialogue, a man is trying to help a woman do a personality survey.

　　Listen carefully and complete the survey bellow⁹ by putting checks where proper.

　　Hey, Kevin, help me fill out this personality survey. It will be fun.

　　Er, I don't know.

　　Ah, come on. OK, here is the first one, what should I put for "aggressive"?

　　Oh, I'd say "Very".

　　Very? Really?

　　Yeah, sure. Look at the way you drive.

　　Oh, OK. So I am a very aggressive driver. But you have to drive like that in this city or you're gonna be hit, because...

　　Uh... What's the next one?

　　"Selfish".

　　Oh, "Not at all".

　　Really? Well, maybe just a little, I mean a lot of people are, right? just a little bit?

　　You know I mean I try to think of other people, but sometimes I do just think of myself. I guess.

　　OK, OK, so put "Not very".

　　OK.

　　But you can put "extremely" for next one.

　　What? Oh,"kind"?

　　Yes, don't you think you are an extremely kind person?

　　I am? OK, if you say so. Oh, look at this next one.

　　Oh, "patient".

　　Yeah.

　　Hmm... I don't know. Sometimes you can be really patient, but other times you are not patient at all, like remember that time in the line at the supermarket when you got...

　　OK, OK, I get your point, I'll put "Sort of".

　　Ok, that's right.

　　Next one, "Jealous". I guess I'm sort of jealous.

　　Sort of? I'd put "Very", remember how angry you got when my ex-girl called the other day?

　　I thought you're gonna raise the roof.

　　All right, all right. "Very".

　　Oh, OK. What's the next one?

　　That's all.

　　That's all?

　　Yeah, but now it's your turn.

　　C. Keywords. business, successful, a lost wallet, movie, shopping.

　　Vocabulary. smart, identification¹⁰.

　　Now listen to three conversations, check the two adjectives that best describe George, Karen and Pam.

　　NO.1 George.

　　So what are you going to do after you graduate, George?

　　I'm going to start my own business.

　　Really? what type of business?

　　Well, I haven't decided¹¹ yet.

　　But I know I'll be successful in anything I do.

　　In fact, I'm going to be one of the top business people in town in less than five years.

　　Just wait and see, I have everything it takes. I'm smart, I can organize people, and I'm full of ideas that can make money.

　　NO.2 Karen.

　　Hey, Look at this wallet on the sidewalk.

　　Wow, there's lots of money in it, but no identification.

　　Hmm, I wonder how I can find the owner.

　　I guess I'll take it to the police station, and see if anyone's reported a lost wallet.

　　NO.3 Pam.

　　What are you doing tonight? Pam.

　　Well, I was supposed to meet Bill after work for a movie, but I don't feel like going.

　　I think I'll go shopping instead.

　　Won't Bill get mad?

　　Oh, I'm sure he can find something else to do.

　　Oh? Besides I really need some new clothes.

　　I haven't bought any for nearly a month. Huh!

1 constellation   

n.星座n.灿烂的一群

参考例句：

• A constellation is a pattern of stars as seen from the earth. 一个星座只是从地球上看到的某些恒星的一种样子。
• The Big Dipper is not by itself a constellation. 北斗七星本身不是一个星座。

2 centaur   

n.人首马身的怪物

参考例句：

• His face reminded me somehow of a centaur.他的脸使我想起半人半马的怪物。
• No wonder he had soon been hustled away to centaur school.也难怪父母匆匆忙忙就把他送到了半人马学校。

3 constellations   

n.星座( constellation的名词复数 )；一群杰出人物；一系列（相关的想法、事物）；一群（相关的人）

参考例句：

• The map of the heavens showed all the northern constellations. 这份天体图标明了北半部所有的星座。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His time was coming, he would move in the constellations of power. 他时来运转，要进入权力中心了。 来自教父部分

4 astronomers   

n.天文学者，天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 bull   

n.公牛，买进证券投机图利者，看涨的人

参考例句：

• It's only a hair off a bull's back to them.这对他们来说，不过九牛一毛。
• Many dogs closed around the bull.很多狗渐渐地把那只牛围了起来。

6 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

7 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

8 scorpion   

n.蝎子，心黑的人，蝎子鞭

参考例句：

• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。
• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。

9 bellow   

v.吼叫，怒吼；大声发出，大声喝道

参考例句：

• The music is so loud that we have to bellow at each other to be heard.音乐的声音实在太大，我们只有彼此大声喊叫才能把话听清。
• After a while,the bull began to bellow in pain.过了一会儿公牛开始痛苦地吼叫。

10 identification   

n.视为同一，证明同一，确认

参考例句：

• He's made a formal identification of the body.他正式确认了死者身份。
• We should have identification card on the person when we go out.我们外出时应随身携带身份证。

11 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。