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1、Step by step 3000 Book 2 Unit 12 DictationItem oneJudith Wallerstein studied 93 children over a generation. Her findings havent been published in a medical journal, only in her book.She says children of divorce are more likely to abuse drugs, and that 40 percent of them avoid marriage themselves. Wh
2、en they do marry, fail at nearly twice the usual rate.Wallersteins families divorced a generation ago. Times have changed and with them the attitude toward divorce and the attention to divorces innocent victims.“In our parents generation people who got divorced didnt talk about it, they were embarra
3、ssed by it.”Programs like Kids Turn try to mitigate some of the effects of divorce with family counseling. So the next generation more aware of the trauma may be better equipped to handle it.Item twoMondays are generally seen as the worst day of the week because people feel grumpy and tired at havin
4、g to go back to work after a weekend with a different sleep pattern.However, its not all bad! Many people feel optimistic at this time, that things can only get better. Psychologists offer suggestions of how to combat feeling blue. These include spending 15 minutes doing “gratitude exercises” thinki
5、ng about and writing down what you are grateful for, such as health, family, friends and so on.Taking up a new hobby, doing some exercise, going to bed earlier, eating a healthy breakfast, and listening to some uplifting music, are all recommended as ways to feel more cheerful.Item threeWe are not b
6、orn with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of your fears are brought on by your own experience, by what someone has told you, or by what youve read in the papers. Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy relationships. Fears, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives.
7、 Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears. Build your courage to fight whats holding you back, whats keeping you from your goals and dreams. Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become.Item four College graduation brings both the
8、 satisfaction of academic achievement and the expectation of a well-paying job. But for 6,000 graduates at San Jose State this year, theres uncertainty as they enter one of the worst job markets in decades. Ryan Stewart has a freshly minted degree in religious studies, but no job prospects. When the
9、 class of 2003 entered college the future never looked brighter. But in the four years theyve been here, the world outside these gates has changed dramatically.Ryan Stewart may just end up going back to school.“Id like to teach college some day and that requires going to more school, which would be
10、great in a bad economy.”To some students a degree may not be the ticket to instant wealth. For now, they can only hope that its value will increase over time.Item fiveOn February 28th, 2003, the Vietnam-France Hospital in Hanoi asked Carlo Urbani for help. The Italian doctor was an expert on communi
11、cable diseases. He was based in Vietnam for the World Health Organization.The hospital asked Doctor Urbani to help identify an unusual infection. He recognized it as a new threat. He made sure other hospitals increased their infection-control measures.On March 11th, Doctor Urbani developed signs of
12、severe acute respiratory syndrome. Four days later, the World Health Organization declared it a worldwide health threat.Carlo Urbani was the first doctor to warn the world of the disease that became known as SARS. He died of it on March 29th, 2003. He was 46 years old.Item sixLance Armstrong was bor
13、n on September 18, 1971. Athletic from the start, Lance became a professional athlete by the age of 16. Lance entered this first Tour de France in 1995. Unfortunately, in October of 1996, everything changed. Lance was diagnosed with testicular cancer. With chances of recovery less than 50%, Lance be
14、gan a course of treatment that would include two surgeries and chemotherapy. Remarkably, though, just five months after his initial diagnoses, Lance was back on a bike rebuilding the strength he had lost. Lance went on to fully recover and, amazingly, win the Tour de France a record seven times sinc
15、e his bout with cancer. He is a beacon of hope and source of inspiration.Item sevenThe latest fashion on British TV is Reality TV. Reality TV means that shows follow and film ordinary people in artificial situation. This could be at work, or in some kind of competition.One of the first and most popu
16、lar Reality TV shows is Big Brother. In this show, 15 complete strangers have to live together in a house for 11 weeks. They are filmed 24 hours a day, and shown on television. Each week, the viewers vote to evict one of the housemates. Finally, only one is left, and they win the prize money 50,000 pounds! The snow was an instant hit, and runs in several countries. The housemates often become stars as a
