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1、第三单元Listening in Passage 1 Interviewer With us today is Martin Downes, a carpenter, whos 51. A year ago, Martin had a stroke. But hes been lucky enough to make a full recovery from it. Can you tell us how it all began, Martin? Martin Im very happy to -not that I remember much at all. I was at a cust
2、omers house, building a cupboard, and the next thing I knew, I woke up in hospital with people in white coats bending over me. Interviewer It must have been very frightening. Martin It was. But what was really frightening was that I couldnt speak. I couldnt say a word. And I couldnt understand much
3、that people said to me. Interviewer How awful! Martin Yeah! I dont know what would have happened to me if I hadnt had my family. Butthey were there for me, they really were. I had something called aphasia, where the part of your brain gets damaged that affects your speech and language. But they star
4、ted treatment for the condition almost immediately. This speech and language therapist came to see me every day for 12 weeks.They made me do all these exercises. Interviewer What kind of exercises? Martin I had to match words and pictures and say their names. You see, Id also forgotten the names of
5、a lot of things. She had this thing called a word board and I could point to words and phrases on it that I wanted to say. I had to repeat words up to 20 times -boy, it was hard, so hard. Interviewer Could you say anything to begin with? Martin I could say three words. Hi, Yes and No. That was all.
6、And there were a lot of words I couldnt understand -1 had to learn their meanings all over again. Interviewer It must have been very frustrating. MartinIt was, but I was determined to get better. I was in hospital for three and a half months. When I got home I got a special computer programme that I
7、 worked with every day. And slowly my language came back to me. It was a struggle, a big struggle. I had to learn to read and write again too. Interviewer Why do you think that you were able to recover completely? Its not that common, is it? Martin I was lucky. I was given the right drug at the righ
8、t time. And I had 12 weeks of therapy, five days a week. Thats very important, apparently. Interviewer And now that youre better how do you feel about your life? Martin What can I say? Im just grateful to have my life back. Passage 2 Interviewer In 1907 an Italian educator called Maria Montessori op
9、ened a school in Rome that taught young children using methods that were very different from traditional teaching. Today, the Montessori method, as its known, is used in nursery schools in countries such as America, Canada, Britain and Germany. Recent research shows that children educated at a Monte
10、ssori nursery do better later on at school than other children in all subjects. We asked two Montessori teachers, Claudia Rosella and Sarah Harrington, to explain what makes their nursery school different. Sarah. Sarah I think the first thing to say is that a Montessori classroom is very quiet, very
11、 clean. Everything stays in the same place. So the children are calm and quiet as a result. Interviewer So theyre not encouraged to be noisy. Sarah No, definitely not. Interviewer Claudia? Claudia Yes, the classrooms very important. Another important principle is that children direct their own learn
12、ing. They choose what they want to do. Interviewer So the teacher doesnt tell the child what to do? Sarah Not at all. While a child is doing an activity we observe them. Then we work with the child for a short time and then leave them to work on their own. Interviewer That sounds excellent. And what
13、 about your equipment? Its often made of wood, isnt it? Sarah Yes, and a piece of equipment is often designed for one activity only. Claudia Right. Its so that the child can see if theyre getting something right or wrong. Interviewer So they dont need the teacher so much? Sarah Thats right. Another
14、Montessori principle is the importance of physical activity. Children learn by doing, so when theyre learning to read, for example, the letters are made of sandpaper so that children can feel the shape of the letter. Interviewer Do you think there are disadvantages with Montessori methods? Claudia Y
15、es, there are. Maria Montessori didnt understand how important itis for children to use their imagination. If she was alive today, she would recognize that. But still, the fact is, her methods are very successful.第五单元Listening in Passage 1 Interviewer So -tell us about how you first met. Amy How we
16、first met. Oh, it wasnt very romantic. David I thought it was very romantic. Interviewer Why dont you begin at the beginning? Amy Good idea. Well, I was 22 and Id just left uni and I went on holiday to the French Alps with a girlfriend. And someone invited us to go climbing. But my friend got ill so I went without her. There was this group of about eight guys and two girls. David There were four girls. Amy Alright! Well, anyway, no one had told me
