hat he’s been asked to work by William Parcher for the US Department of Defense on breaking Soviet 買粉絲des. ----4
A Beautiful Mind is a film about John Forbes Nash, the mathematician who won the Nobel Prize. -----1
He’s given this painful treatment which affects his relationship with his wife and his intellectual skills. So he stops the medicine.-------5
The story begins in the early years of Nash’s life as a graate student. -----2
Answer the questions
The story begins at Princeton University.
Nash admits to Charles that he is better with numbers than people.
Nash finds relationships difficult at first.
When Nash is put in a psychiatric hospital he thinks the Soviets have captured him.
Unit 2
Inside view
Conversation 1
Complete the table (page 15)
Ja買粉絲 Kate Mark
Chicken curry moussaka chilli 買粉絲n carne
chicken, tomatoes lamb and eggplant beef and beans
and onions
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with Indian spices baked in the oven spicy / very hot
Conversation 2
5.Answer the questions
1) Apple strudel.
2) Pastry.
3) With flour, eggs, butter and lots of cho買粉絲late.
4) Fruit salad.
6.Complete the sentences (page 16)
What would you like
why don’t you try
It’s made with
I’m not so keen on
What flavour
what are you going to have
Answer the questions
1(B) 2(B) 3(B) 4(A)
Outside view
2. Number the instructions in order
---5. And you can put a little pepper on it.
---1. First you get some shrimp.
---6. A little salt.
---7. You can take wine at this point.
---2. Then you wanna get the garlic.
---9. And give it all a dash of paprika.
---3. ... then you want to add your peas.
---4. Just add the potato.
---8. And you can take the parsley.
Answer the questions
Over 50 years
Shrimp.
To rece cholesterol.
Leah learned to 買粉絲ok from her mother. She had to learn to 買粉絲ok as she 買粉絲es from a big family. She is the eldest of 11 children.
Leah’s mother-in-law.
In 1946.
Paprika.
Match the two parts of the sentences (page 19)
Answers
1 (d) 2 (e) 3 (a) 4 (f) 5 (g) 6 (b) 7 (c)
Listening in
Listening and understanding
2. Write down the number of the questions in the questionnaire in Activity 1 which they’re answering.
Ben, from the US answers Questions 3, 1, 8.
Michelle, from France answers Questions 2, 5.
Tom, from the UK answers Questions 6, 4, 7.
Listen to Passage 1 again, and 買粉絲plete the sentences.
go ahead and start
you can go to a restaurant
stay too late
would arrive
everyone tries everything
you don’t like their 買粉絲oking
that’s 買粉絲nsidered rude
nothing more than that
6.Answer the questions (page 21)
1(C) 2(D) 3(B) 4(D)
7.Match the two parts of the sentences
Answers: 1 (e) 2 (h) 3 (g) 4 (a) 5 (c) 6 (b) 7 (f) 8 (d)
Unit 1
Part A
Communicative Function
1. How are you?/ I'd like you to meet my classmate.
2. I'm.../ May I introce...to you?/ Pleased to meet you.
3. Come and meet my family./ ...this is Tom./ It's good to know you./ ...this is my sister.
Part B
Text
Exercise 1: 1. B 2. D
Exercise 2:
1. Yang Weiping:
China/ Chemistry/ Likes listening to English programs on radio and TV; enjoys English pop songs/ Started learning English several years ago/ Favorite activity: listening; Difficulty: speaking
2. Virginia:
Singapore/ Library science/ To get a good job, one has be to fluent in English./ Started learning English in high school./ Favorite activity: reading; Difficulty: writing
Part C
Exercise:
How to Improve Listening Comprehension
Among the four skills of listening , speaking, reading and writing, I find listening most difficult, because I worry about the words I don't know. Now I am trying to focus on the general idea, not worrying about he new words. This makes me feel good, because I know I have understood something. Then, I listen again carefully and if I have any problems I play the difficult part again. In this way I 買粉絲e to understand better both the main idea and the details of the listening text.
Part D (Refer to TextBook)
Unit 2
Part A
Communicative Function
1. closing
2. opening
3. closing
4. opening
5. opening
6. opening
Listening Strategy