Unit1InsideViewConversation1Janet:Hi,itsme again,Janet Li.I m still a student at the Universityof Oxford in England.But I m not inOxfordrightnow.And I haven tgone back home to China either.Itsthe long vacation now,andbelieve it or not,itsthe middleof summer.I m spending my summer in one of the worldsgreatestcities.I m inLondon,home totheHouses of Parliament,BigBen,TowerBridge and thedouble-deckerbus.I want to find out what itslike to live in this busy,lively city.So I m workingforLondon Time Off,a website about what son in London.This is Joe,he smy boss,and this is Andy,who is a reporter.And what smy job?Well,I don tknow yet,because itsmy first day.But I m meantto be shadowing Andy,oh,what I mean is,I m going to be helping him.So can you tell me somethingabout London,Andy?Andy:Itsthe greatest city in the world.Joe:Except for New York!Andy:New York?Don tmake me laugh!Joe:And your point is?Andy:Look,if you want my opinion,London is greater than New York Joe:No,I don twant your opinion,thank you very much.Itsa fact.Andy:A fact!Are you serious?Janet:And here we are in London,probably the greatest city in the world.Andy:What?Probably?Excuse me,I prefer to deal with this myselfJoe:Ah,dream on,Andy 珍妮特：嗨，又是我，珍妮特.李。
我目前还是一位英国牛津大学的学生，但我现在不在牛津，也还没有回中国的家现在在放长假，而且不管你信不信，现在是夏天的中期我现在正在世界上最棒的城市之一里度过我的夏天我在伦敦，它是英国国会大厦、大本钟、塔桥和双层巴士的故乡我想知道住在如此热闹和生气勃勃的城市里是什么感觉所以，我现在在为伦敦下班网效劳它是一个报道伦敦时事的网站这是乔，他是我的老板，而他是安迪，一位记者我的工作是什么呢？这个我也不知道，因为今天是我的第一天，但我会注定跟随着安迪喔，我的意思是，我将会协助他那么安迪，你能告诉我一些关于伦敦的事情吗？安 迪：伦敦是世界上最棒的城市乔：除了纽约以外！安 迪：纽约？别逗我笑了！乔：那你的观点是?安 迪：注意，如果你真的需要我的观点，伦敦确实比纽约棒乔：不，我不需要你的观点，非常感谢！这是事实！安 迪：事实！你是当真的吗？珍妮特：我们现在在伦敦，或许是世界上最棒的城市安 迪：什么？或许？对不起，我宁可自己处理这个乔：啊，安迪，继续做你的美梦吧.Conversation2Janet：Sowhen did you start workingat London Time Off?Andy:About a year ago.名师资料总结-精品资料欢迎下载-名师精心整理-第 1 页，共 39 页 -Janet:And I hope you don tmind my asking,but do you like working here?Andy:Yes,I love it.I mean,Joe and I get along quite well.He drives me crazy sometimes,because he smyboss,and I wish I earned a bit more money,but Ithinkmy job is really cool,because I get to seeeverything thatshappening in London.And I didntwant to join the rat race.Janet:What do you mean by the rat race?Andy:You know,doing the same thing day in day out,and not doing anything creative,or having any timeto enjoy life.Itsthe last thing I want to do.Janet:Sodo you mind telling me what you do exactly?Andy:Basically,we check out new events on the London music scene,you know,new clubs,the latest playsand films,as well as exhibitionsin galleries and museums.Then we go and film interviews with themusicians or the actors,or anyone who hasanything to do with the event.Janet:Ok,then what happens?Andy:We edit the interviews,and then we upload it all onto the website.We get 200,000 hits a week.We reLondonsbiggest listings site.Janet:Can I ask you something else?Andy:Fire away.Janet:What are we going to do now?Andy:I need to go back to my flat,and get my research.Then we ve got an interviewto do.Let sget thetube back to my place.Janet:And what about Joe?Andy:Well,he ssupposed to be on his way to the National Theatre,to do an interviewwith the director of anew play.But I kind of hope he gets lost on the way.Then he ll discover what a great place Londonis.Janet:I don tunderstand.Andy:I m joking!Come on,letsgo!珍妮特：那么你是什么开始在伦敦下班网上班的呢？安 迪：大约一年前。
珍妮特：我希望你不要介意我的发问，你喜欢在这里工作吗？安 迪：是，我非常喜欢我的意思是，乔跟我相处得挺好的虽然有时我快被他搞疯了，因为他是我的老板，而且我又希望能多赚点钱，但我认为我的工作是十分有趣的，因为我能够看到伦敦正在发生的事情再说，我不愿意自己处在商业中无意义的竞争里珍妮特：你说的商业中无意义的竞争是什么意思？安 迪：你知道，日复一日地做着同样的事情并且不做任何有创意的事或拥有任何可以享受生活的时间这是我最不想做的事情珍妮特：那你介意告诉我你具体都做些什么吗？安 迪：基本上，除了新的俱乐部、最新的戏剧和电影，还有美术馆和博物馆里的展览，你知道，我们会关注伦敦乐坛的新动向然后，我们去采访音乐家或演员或任何与此事件有关的人并将此采访的内容录下来珍妮特：好的，那接下来呢？安 迪：我们编辑这些采访然后将它们全部都上传到网站上我们一周就取得了二十万个网路点击数我们是伦敦最大的数据站点珍妮特：我能问你其他事情吗？名师资料总结-精品资料欢迎下载-名师精心整理-第 2 页，共 39 页 -安 迪：尽管问吧珍妮特：我们现在要做什么？安 迪：我需要回到我的公寓去拿我的研究调查然后，我们得去做个采访。
让我们乘地铁到我家去吧珍妮特：那乔怎么办？安 迪：他现在应该在去国家剧院的路上他要去给一位新戏剧的导演做个采访但我有点儿希望他在途中迷路然后，他将会发现伦敦是多么棒的一个地方珍妮特：我不明白安 迪：我是在开玩笑！快点，我们走吧！OutsideviewHappinessis not whatmost students have in mindwhen they thinkof school.Yet a school inGermanyhas developed a novel way to raise the morale of its students,by teaching happiness in classes.Students at HeidelbergsWillyHellpach School of Economics are learning how to achieve happiness as anofficialsubject,alongside mathematics and languages.Thisis the firstschool in Germanyto develop ahappiness course,intended for 17-to 19-year-olds preparingfor universityentrance exams.Ernst Fritz-Schubert,the schoolsprincipal,is on a mission to change things.Ernst Fritz-Schubert:It was my idea-I vebeen at this school for 31 years,and I feel that school andhappiness have to be reunited.These are two terms which are not considered together,because one does notconnect school with happiness.In some casesschool comes behind the dentists on the popularityscale andwe should try to push schoolspopularitya bit.It has been proved by science that a happy student can learn more than an unhappy one,Unhappystudents can concentrate for a while but do not use al。