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1、第 8 单元课外练习文本和答案Part A: Conversations Exercise 1: Tape scripts:( I= Interviewer; A= Adam; C= Carole ; S= Sharon )AdamI: Hi, excuse me we are doing some research into how people use technology to talk to their friends. Do you mind if we ask you a couple of questions?A: Well, Im a bit of a hurry. I: It
2、ll only take you a few minutes. A: Well, ok then. I: Right, how do you usually contact your friendsby phone, email, text,.?A: Um, I use my phone. I: Do you usually use it to speak to your friends, or do you text them? A: I text from time to time, but I usually speak on the phone. Its so much quicker
3、, but Im very bad at texting. I: Do you ever use email?A: Yes, I check my personal emails twice a week, before I go to work and when I get back home. I: Do you use messaging?A: No, never. CaroleI: Hi, excuse mecan I ask you a question for some research were doing?C: Certainly. I: How do you usually
4、contact your friends?C: Oh, I pick up the phone. I: And do you ever use email?C: Yes, of course. I check my emails once a week. Oh, and I use Skype now and again. One of my grandchildren lives in Australia and she calls me on Skype every weekend. I: When was the last time you wrote a letter? C: Oh,
5、dear, I love receiving letters. But I must admit, I rarely write letters nowadays. Its a shame really, dont you think? SharonI: Hi, excuse mewe are doing some research into how people use technology to talk to their friends. Do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions? S: OK.I: How do you usually
6、 contact your friends by phone, email, text?S: I never send emails. But I text all the time.I: Do you speak on the phone?S: Yes, but not very often its too expensive. I: And what about when youre at home? Do you use your computer to communicate with your friends?S: Yeah, I use messaging. Im always o
7、n line so I chat with several friends every evening. I: Do you use social networking?S: What?I: Facebook, MySpace, Bebo ? S: Oh yes, Ive got 386 friends on Facebook. But I only contact about twenty of them regularly.Answer:Adam: 1) text 2) phone 3) emails Carole: 4) emails 5) Skype 6) lettersSharon:
8、 7) emails 8) text 9) phone 10) onlineExercise 2: Tape scripts:(E=Edna; F=Fred)E: We first met fifty years ago. F: I joined the army and I went to Blackpool in the north of England for my training. On the first day I went to the canteen, and this little lady was serving lunch. E: Yes, I was. I liked
9、 him so I gave him extra chips. F: Anyway we started talking. Then, one night, there was a party. E: I said to Fred, “Ill be your girl tonight,” and that was it. F: Yes, we went out together for three wonderful months. E: We did. F: Then we both moved to different places. At first we wrote to each o
10、ther. We wrote twice a week. E: Yes, but then we stopped. I dont know why. But we lost touch with each other. Then we got married to other people. I had two children, and Fred had a daughter, didnt you?F: Thats right. I was married for forty-eight years, and then my wife died. E: And I got divorced
11、after thirty years of marriage. F: So we were both single again. E: And one day, my grandson took me to Blackpool for the day. I visited all the old places and I thought about Fred. I wanted to find him. F: She didnt even know whether I was alive. E: No, I didnt. So I wrote a letter to the editor of
12、 the local newspaper. F: I have a cousin in Blackpool. She doesnt usually buy the newspaper. But on that day she did. She bought the paper and she saw the letter. And she realized that Edna we looking for me. E: He rang me up. I nearly had a heart attack. I said, “Is that my Fred?” I was so happy. F
13、: We met soon after that. We realized we were still in love and we moved in together a few months later. E: We got married last summer. I didnt want to lose him again. Answer:1. They met each other fifty years ago. 2. She wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper, and Freds cousin bought t
14、he newspaper and read the letter.3. They got married last summer.Exercise 3: Tape scripts:(T=Tim, A=Anna)T: Excuse me. Do you know what time we arrive in London ?A: Yes, I think we get there at about 2:30.T: Thanks. I see youre reading Pride and Prejudice. Are you enjoying it?A: Yes, I am. T: I didn
15、t like that film much. A: Oh, I did. I thought it was great. I really like Keira Knightley. T：Oh, so do I. I think shes really good in Pirates of the Caribbean. A: Me too. I love that film. Johnny Depps brilliant. T: I know. I am going to see his new film tomorrow night. A: Really? So am I. Where ar
16、e you going to see it? T: Piccadilly Circus. A: Me too！T: Oh, thats great. I dont know what time it starts. A: No, neither do I. But my husband has the tickets, so he knows. T: Oh. Thats good. Answer: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. FPart B: PassagesExercise 2: Tape scripts: Many students want to find friends on the Internet as a way of practicing their language skills and learning more about new cultur
