Unit 1 Nine to fiveUnit 1 Nine to fiveConversation1Conversation1Li:What a wonderful view! This is such a great city!Do you ever get tired of living inLondon, Andy?A;"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life canafford"Li:That's a quotation by Samuel Johnson, isn't it?A:Correct,so do you have any plans when you finish at Oxford?Li: I've got another year to go and then I suppose I'll go back home.A; And you will find a job?Li:I think I have to do my Master's before I look for work.But I must admit London is veryspecial.Do you think you would ever leave London?A:Sure, I'd love to come to china one day, and I like traveling. But i think I'll always comeback here.Li:Well, your roots are here and there are so many opportunities.A;But have you ever thought of living in London for a year or two?Li:Yes, but what could I do here? I had planned to become a teacher.But i have oftenthought if there was a job i could do here in publishing,maybe as an editor, I'll go for it.A:That's sounds like a great idea.I think that would really suit youLi:Maybe I should update my CV and send it to one or two publisher.A:Don't make it look too goodLi:Why not?A;Well,if you enjoy working with London Time Off, we don't want you working withanyone elseLi:Oh, working with you and Joe it's great fun and really interesting. I couldn't think of abetter way to find out about a cityA;So maybe you should think about applying for a job with usLi:But do you think I'd stand a chance( 有可能，有希望)?I mean, I'm not sure if Joe likesmeA:Don't even think about it!Joe is very straight talking and I promise you that you'd knowif he didn't like you.Li:Perhaps we should both update our CVs and look for jobs togetherA:Hey,right!That would be fun.Conversation2Conversation2Li:Talking about future plans,how do you see your career developing?A:My career?Well, I like working forLondon Time Off.It's a part of a larger mediacompany called Lift off USA,so there are lots of opportunities.But...Li:But...What?A:It's not always very easy working with Joe.I mean,I kind of think he has a differentagenda（different way of thinking from Andy 不一样的想法）.I like his work, butsometimes I don't think his heart is in his job.Li:How did he end up in London?A:He did media studies in the States,and then found work as a gofer （杂工） at Lift offUSA in New York.Li:What's a gofer?A:Go for this,go for that.It's a word for the least experienced person in the film and TVindustry.Then he came to London and got a proper job as a researcher at Lift off UK,andthen after a few years he got the producer's job in London Time OffLi:He is good at his job,isn't he?A:Yes,he is confident and competent at what he does,so the people who work with himrate him quite highly（speak highly of）.Li:Except you?A:No,I rate him too.And I get on with him quite well,although we are not best budies oranything like that,it's just...I want his job!Li:Now we know your little secret.I promise I won't tell anyoneA:Janet,there was something I was going to ask you...Li:Sure,what is it?A:I was wondering...oh,it's nothing.Anyway,all this talk about your future career is makingme thirsty.Let's go for a drink.Li:Who is round ?A:You...Conversation2 P3-6Conversation2 P3-6选择题答案选择题答案 bdacbdacPassage1Passage1“It’s not enough to ask what successful people are like...It is only by asking where theyare from that we can unravel阐明 the 1.logic 逻辑；理由 behind who succeed and whodoesn't."This is the basic idea of an intriguing有趣的book called Outliers局外人, by the American journalist Malcolm Gladwell. The book 2.explores探索 the factors which contribute to促成 people who are 3.extremely 非常地 successful in their careers, for example, the rolethat family, culture and friendship play.Gladwell examines 检查 the causes of why the 4.majority 大多数 of Canada ice hockey冰球 players are born in the first few months of the calendar日历 year, what the founder建立者 of Microsoft Bill Gates did to achieve his 5.extraordinary 非凡的 success, andwhy the Beatles 6.managed to能够 redefine 重新定义 the whole of popular music in the1960s.Gladwell points out that the youth hockey league in Canada 7.recruits招收 from Januarythe first, so that players born early in the year are bigger, stronger and better athletesthan others born later in the year. And because they have this 8.advantage优势 at thestart of their sports career, they ‘re given extra 9.coaching, and so there’ s a greaterchance that they‘ll be picked for an elite精英的 hockey team in the future.He calls this 10.phenomenon现象accumulative累积的advantage, a bit like the idea thatthe rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Success depends on the 11.process 过程 bywhich talented有天赋的 athletes are 12.identified确认 as much as it does on their ownabilities.Another 13.aspect 方面 which contributes to success is the 10000 hour rule. Greatsuccess demands an 14.enormous 大量的 amount of time for practice and training. Forexample, the Beatles performed live in Hamburg Germany more than 1200 times overfour years, much more than the 10000 hours Gladwell 15.claims 宣称 is necessary forgreat success. So by the time they returned to England, they had developed their talentand sounded completely different from any other group.In the same way, Bill Gates had thousands of hours ’ worth 值…的量 of programming编程 because he had 16.access 使用 to a computer at his high school. He also became ateenager just at the right time to take advantage of the 17.latest最新的 developments incomputer technology. All through the book, Gladwell repeats his claim that it’s not justtalent or 18.genius天才 which 19.determines决定 someone’ s success, but opportunity,advantage and even simple good luck.Outliers has met with extraordinary success, matched 比得上 only by Gladwell‘s owncareer for 25 years in journalism 新闻业. As a result, many critics 评论家 have seen it asan autobiography自传, in which the writer appears to be 20.apologizing道歉；辩解 forhis own personal achievements. But the idea that you have to be born at the rightmoment, in the right place and in the right family, and then you have to work really hardis a thought-provoking 引人深思的 way of revisiting our traditional view of genius andgreat achievement. It’s certainly worth reading, as long as 只要 you don't take it tooseriously.Passage1 P8-3Passage1 P8-3 选择题答案选择题答案 bdacbdacUnit 2 A good readUnit 2 A good readConversation1Conversation1Joe: OK, when you finished chatting, let's get down to work.Andy: OK, sure.Janet: Fine by me. What's on the agenda?Joe: First up today is Read all about it! Now, I assume everyone has read all the books forthe future? Has anyone read any of the books?Andy: Well, Joe, there are over 20 new books coming out next month, so…Joe: I'm sorry, I really think that's quite unacceptable. It's your job! What about you,Janet?Janet: I'm sorry but this is the first time I've worked on Read all about it! And I didn'tknow I was meant to read all the books.Andy: Have you read them?Joe: No, but that's why you're my assistants. You're meant to assist me.Andy: It's true that we need to read the books, Joe, but we haven't…Joe: OK, there you go. You are always making excuses!Andy: And what's more, we haven't even chosen the books yet.Joe: OK, let's get down with it. What's on the list?Janet: I suppose we're looking for books with a London angle（伦敦视角）?Andy: Not necessarily.Janet: Is it OK to look for non-fiction too?Joe: Absolutely.Janet: OK, here's an idea. There's a new biography（自传） of Charles Dickens which I'mreading.Andy: Sounds good-his books are always on TV.Janet: You see I'm studying Dickens at university, and I noticed it in the bookshop lastweek. It's really interesting.Joe: OK, tell us more.Janet: Well, it's a description of the London locations where he set many of his books like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield.Andy: Sounds right up your street（拿手的）!JoeWell done, Janet. Maybe you can show Andy how to plan the feature. OK, that's iteveryone. Let's get to it!Conversation2Conversation2Janet: What's the matter with Joe today?Andy: No idea. He's a bit like that sometimes. He gets annoyed with me, but I don't reallyknow why.Janet: He wasn't being at all fair. How often does he get like this?Andy: Well, I suppose it's not very often. But sometimes he really gets on my nerves（使某人心烦意乱）.Janet: Don't let it get to you. He's probably got too much work, and he's stressed.Andy: Well, he should keep his problems away from the studio. Anyway, you're the experton Dickens, tell me something about him.Janet: Well, Charles Dickens was one of the most popular novelists in 19th century Britain.Many of his novels first appeared in magazines, in short episodes. Each one had acliffhanger at the end that made people want to read the next episode （集，一集）.Andy: And was he a Londoner?Janet: He was born in Portsmouth but his family moved to London when he was ten yearsold.Andy: And he set most of his stories in London, didn't he?Janet: That's right. He knew the city very well.Andy: Whereabouts in London are his stories set?Janet: Around the Law Courts in the centre of London. He worked as a court reporter andmany of the real life stories he heard in court inspired some of most famous characters inhis novels.Andy: I think some of his stories take place south of the river?Janet: That's right, especially around Docklands. The thing was…Dickens was a socialcommentator（社会评论员） as much as he was a novelist-his stories describe thehardship, the poverty, and crime which many Londoners experienced in the 19th century.It makes me want to read some Dickens again. Maybe I'll just go shopping for a copy ofGreat Expectations.Andy: Anyway, you did me a huge favour. That was a real brainwave （突然想到的妙计，灵感） to suggest the new biography.Janet: Cheer up Andy. It wasn't your fault.Andy: No, it's OK, I'll get over it. Go on, off you go and enjoy your shopping!Conversation2 P15-6Conversation2 P15-6选择题答案选择题答案 abdccabdccPassage1Passage1M：So how long has your book group读书会 been running?C：Well, let me see, it's over 20 years now. I think it's actually one of the oldest bookgroups around, because it was only about 20 years ago that they started to become1.fashionable流行的 in the UK.M：And how often do you have meetings?C：We meet about once every four or five weeks, although we try to avoid meetings inthe summer holidays, and during the run-up to（前奏，预备期）Christmas when we allstart to get busy with other things.M：And how many 2.members成员 do you have?C：We're ten in all, although it's rare that everyone can 3.attend参加.M：And what happens during the meeting?C：Well, we usually meet at one of our homes, and we start 4.fairly 非常地 late, around8:30, and the 5.host主人 prepares dinner, and sometime during the meal, someone asks"So what did you think of the book?" and that's when the discussion starts.M：It sounds quite 6.informal随意的，不正式的.C：It is, yes, and sometimes if we haven't enjoyed the book, the meal becomes moreimportant than the discussion. But it's fairly 7.rare 罕见的 that no one likes the book,and it gets quite interesting when opinions about it are 8.divided有分歧的.M：And what sort of books do you read?C：Oh, all kinds, actually, not just novels, although I must admit that being a member ofthe club makes me read more modern fiction 小说 than I might do 9.otherwise 相反地.But we also read the 10.classics 名着, you know the novels we all read or should haveread 30 years ago, and it's quite good fun to revisit them, to see if our views of the bookshave changed. We re-read Thomas Hardy recently, and 11.whereas 而 I used to love itwhen I was a student, this time I thought it was exasperatingly惹人恼火地12.dull无聊的.And we read non-fiction 纪实文学, quite a lot of history and travel writing. A couple ofthe members like 13.poetry 诗歌, which I don't, but you know, we're 14.tolerant 宽容的of each other's choice, and it gives us a chance to try things we wouldn't usually read.M：And how do you choose the books? C：Well, at the end of the evening the person who hosts the dinner-basically基本上, thecook- has the right to choose the next book.M：And that works OK?C：Yes, although there's quite a lot of stress on choosing something that will earneveryone else's 15.respect 尊重. And we've got one member who likes science fiction, sowe try not to go to his place too often!Passage1 P20-3Passage1 P20-3 选择题答案选择题答案 dacabdacabUnit 3 Fashion statementUnit 3 Fashion statementConversation1Conversation1Tanya: Hey! That looks good on you! You should try it on.Janet: No thanks, I’m just looking.Tanya: Go on, try it on. I can tell it suits you.Janet: You seem to want me to buy something. And I’m not sure I want to buy anything atall.Tanya: Well, yes .I’m pretty sure you want to buy something.Janet: How do you know?Tanya: Well, it’s my job to know what women want to wear.Janet: How do you know what I want to wear?Tanya: I can just tell. Most women don’t hold things up like that unless they know theywant to buy it, but either they haven’t got the money or they are nervous about impulsebuying.Janet: So what type of Tanya am I then?Tanya: No money.Janet: Yeah! You are right, but how do you know?Tanya: If you were nervous about impulse （心血来潮的，一时冲动的） buying, you’llfeel good that you’ve made a careful decision.Janet: That’s pretty smart. What is your job then?Tanya: I’m a buyer for a store in New York City. I’m here for London Fashion Week. Hey, doyou want to go? I have some free tickets for the catwalk show this afternoon.Janet: Well, I’m not sure. I’m waiting for a friend for a friend, actually ,and…Joe: Hi, Janet!Janet: Joe! What are you doing here?Joe: Why the surprise?Janet: It’s just…I didn’t expect to see you. That’s all. Er, this is …Tanya: Hello, I’m Tanya Feinstein. Is this the friend you were waiting for…Janet: NO. Yes!Tanya: So would you both like to come this afternoon?Janet: Tanya has invited us to the catwalk show this afternoon.Tanya：Look at this. Oh, it’s perfect. I’ll try it on. I’ll leave you two to make up yourminds.Conversation2Conversation2Joe: Who is she? Is she a friend of yours?Janet: No, she just came up to me and started talkingabout fashion. She’s a buyer forsome New York fashion store.Joe: But why she invited us to a catwalk show?Janet: She’s giving out free tickets. Part of her job I think.Joe: So do you want to go?Janet: I suppose so. Have not got any money for shopping, so why not?Tanya: OK, you guys made up your mind?Joe: You sure you got a couple of tickets for us?Tanya: Sure!Joe: Thanks. So what is your take on the London fashion scene then?Tanya: As far as I am concerned, the clothes shops in London are some of the best in theworld. The way I see it, if I want haute couture （高级时装）I can go to Paris or Milan. Butif I want street fashion that will look good in New York too, I come to London. The kidshere all have this unique style.Joe: But they can not afford designer prices.Tanya: In London the fashion tends to start on the streets. It gets popular among the kids,and then the designers come and pick up on their style, turn it into designer clothes.Whereas in Paris or Milan, it is more of a top-down process( 从上至下的过程).Janet: Top-down?Tanya: Sure. The big name designers create these wonderful clothes but they are reallyonly for a few rich people.Joe: So you think it is different in London?Tanya: I sure do. And. if you ask me, New York as well. Anyway, you ready?Joe: Sure. Why not? Janet?Janet: Well…Oh well, it is getting late. So, I suppose so. Tanya: OK, follow me .Let us get a cab.Conversation2 P27-6Conversation2 P27-6选择题答案选择题答案 bdabcbdabcPassage1Passage1Presenter: How often do you change your clothes during the day?Penny: Um I think it all depends on what I’m going to do. Um it might be as many as threetimes if…Presenter: Three times.Penny: Yes, if I was … if I was going to go to gym, for instance, having dropped thechildren off at school I ’d be wearing an outfit 一套服装 for… just a 1.casual 休闲的outfit for doing the school run, then I ’d go to gym and get changed and then if I wasgoing outin the evening I’d change again.Presenter: Yeah. How about you?Penny: Yeah, I think it depends what happens during the day. Most of the time though Ijust put on my clothes for work. I go to work I come home. Um maybe take something off,like er my shoes and change into a pair of 2.slippers 拖鞋 or something, just a pair ofsneakers 运动鞋. Um but there are times when if I go to gym, like Penny said, or if weare going out, my wife and I are going out for some 3.occasion场合, I have to change intosomething a little nicer.Presenter: And, and so what would, what would be the occasion when you changed intosomething nicer? It would be different from a work…？Eric: Yeah like going to someone’s house for dinner or going out for dinner, or going tosome kind of event.Presenter: Yeah, yeah. Would that be the same for you?Penny: Definitely 当然了. Going to the 4.theatre 剧院, um or meeting friends for a drink,yes.Presenter: So you’d always change for a social 5.circumstance情形；环境?Penny: Definitely makes it feel more of an occasion.Presenter: OK, and what about the clothes you are wearing at the moment, how wouldyou know, what made you choose these clothes this morning?Penny: Well I am going for an interview in an hour’s time so I’ve got to look quite smart整洁的； 优雅的 and presentable拿得出的； 像样的 so that’ s why I am looking smarterthan I 6.normally 通常地 would do in the day.Presenter: I think you have got a head start 占得先机 here because you look verypresentable.Penny: Ah thank you.Presenter: How about you?Eric: I am able to go to work in fairly casual clothes so youknow it’s fairly relaxed, niceand easy, anything I’m comfortable with but as long as it’s clean and boss says it’s alright.Presenter: And so you dress for fort 舒适 or do you think you are fashion conscious有意识的 as well?Eric: Maybe a little bit fashion conscious yeah. You don ’t want to stand out like a sorethumb 很显眼 and people make fun of you, you know for some reason, but at the sametime you want to have your own bit of individuality个性.Presenter: I think you are discreetly 不显眼地 fashion conscious, would you agreewith…？Penny: Yes and another a good 8.trick 窍门 I always do is carry my high heels 高跟鞋 inmy hand bag and go in my trainers运动鞋 you see, and then I can 9.charge 向…冲去along and jump on the bus and then, and then look…Presenter: And you manage high heels?Penny: Yes once I’m there and haven’t got to move around too much.Presenter: Very impressive令人印象深刻的, very impressive. What do you think yourclothes say about your 10.mood 心情 or your personality? Do you change depending…ifyou get up in the morning do you put on certain clothes depending on how you feel?Penny: Definitely, yes. If I’m feeling maybe a bit down I do not want to wear blackbecause it’s quite draining精疲力尽的 and also as you get older it’s draining too, so Imight put on some warm colors or which um, I don’t know, sort of make your skin looklighter and your eyes 11.sparkle 闪烁 a little more. Um I, I change …I would say I havegot a lot of different colors clothes according to my mood.Presenter: Yeah, and what about you? Do you change 12.dramatically引人注目地 in theevening when you go out on town on the razz狂欢 you know?Eric: Well not really. Um yeah I might put on a nicer pair of shoes or maybe er get out ofmy jeans and put on a nicer pair of 13.pants裤子, something like that. But um for themost part, it’s a young 14.organization 机构 that I work for and the boss is fairly youngso we all dress um with a 15.youthful年轻的 thought in mind.Presenter: Thank you.Unit 4 Money talksUnit 4 Money talks Conversation1Conversation1Andy:So what happened then?Janet:I saw some wonderful clothes, and had a wonderful day.Andy:But what were you doing there with Joe? I thought you were meeting with me.Janet:You were late.Andy:Ah, yes. You got me there.Janet:Joe is right you know. You are late quite often.Andy:Ok.Janet:I didn’t know what to do because l didn’t know you were on you way. And Tanyaoffered me the free tickets and then Joe just turned up.Andy:Oh well. Look, I’m really sorry I didn’t… Oh, I’d better take this. Hi, Andy speaking.Oh, yes of course. Hi, Mr. Pearso n. Are we still on for today? It’s the guy we’re meetingtoday. Yes, we’re already here. Something unexpected has come up. OK, sure，we willhave to make another arrangement to meet. That’s fine, no problem. So when would itbe convenient for you? I think that’s OK, but can I check my schedule? Can you hold onfor a moment, please? He can’t make it this morning. Are we clear this afternoon?Janet:I think so, yes.Andy:That’s OK. Could we make it at 2:30 rather than 2:00? Well, let me think. Howabout at our local, the Duke of York? Would that be OK with you?... Sure, no problem. Seeyou this afternoon. Bye!Janet:What’s he coming to talk about?Andy:The city. The financial capital of the world… Next to New York, of course. I’dbetter tell Joe about the change of plan.Conversation2Conversation2Janet:So what does the world high finance have to do with our website?Joe:Well, I thought we could do something on the Bank of England Museum- It’sreally quite interesting.Janet:So who exactly is Tim Pearson?Joe:He works there and he’s coming along today to plan our interview and a tourround museum.Janet:So we’re not actually doing any firming?Andy:No. Just asking more about the Bank and the museum.Tim:Hi.Joe:Hi, Tim.Andy:Hi, Tim.Janet:Hi, I’m Janet.Tim:Hi, Janet. Right, so where do you want to begin?Joe:I’ve got a plan of the museum. Can we go through it with you?Tim:Fine. Basically, the Bank of England Museum tells the story of the Bank ofEngland. There’s also a collection of Bank notes and gold bars.Andy:Any free samples?Tim:Sorry, no chance! Now, you come in here on the left, past the museum shop.Then the first room you enter is a reconstruction of a late 18th century banking hall.Janet:And moving through to this room, on the top right hand site?Tim:That’s the story of the early years at the Bank from when it was founded in 1964.Janet:What about this room on the left?Tim:That’s the bank’s collection of silver goods, a pile of gold bars. And this roomhere below contains a description of how the modern economy works.Janet:So is our paper money always backed by its value in gold?Tim:Yes, the notes they gave or received were originally receipts for the loans in gold.But gradually these paper receipts replaced the gold and became bank notes.Janet:So is the Bank independent or controlled by the government?Tim:The Bank was given its independence in 1997.Janet:And why didn’t the Bank help the economy during the credit crunch in 2008?Tim:Well, it’s a bit difficult to explain…Andy:Take your time, Tim, we’d really like to know.Tim:Well, uh…Conversation2 P39-5Conversation2 P39-5选择题答案选择题答案 bcdacbcdacPassage1Passage1Presenter: With me today is Tara Black, author of The History of Money. Tara, before wehad money, we exchanged交换 things, didn’t we?Tara: Yes, that’s right. In the Stone Age, people exchanged things like salt or 1.cattle 牛.But of course the problem is that the things you exchange don ’ t last 持久. And so moneywas introduced as a more 2.permanent 永久的 way of paying for things. And of course,money’s also a lot easier to use. You can carry it around with you very easily.Presenter: So when did people start changing from exchanging goods to paying for thingswith money? Tara: Well, as far back as 5000 BC, people in China and the Middle East were exchanging3.metals 金属 for goods.Presenter: As long ago as that?Tara: Yes. The first silver银 ingots 金银铸块、锭…Presenter: Silver bars 条? Tara: Yes, they appeared around 2200BC in Europe and wereused as 4.currency货币. Coins then appeared in Lydia around 700 BC.Presenter: Lydia?Tara: Lydia is a country in what ’s now known as Turkey 土耳其. Then other countriesfollowed their example and started 5.producing 制造 them. A Greek 希腊的 coin, thedrachma 德拉克马，希腊原货币单位, became the 6.standard 标准的 form of money inlarge parts of Asia and Europe.Presenter: And the first paper money?Tara: Paper money was first used in china around 960 AD.Presenter: It’s always China, isn’t it?Tara: Quite often, yes.Presenter: So as well as being long-lasting持久的； 耐用的and 7.convenient方便的, a bigadvantage of coins and paper money is that they have a standard value标准价值.Tara: Yes, they’re known as 8.representative 代表的 money. Every coin or paper has acertain value that doesn’t depend on the 9.actual 实际的 value of the paper or metal.Presenter: And how did banks started?Tara: Both the early Persians 波斯人 and the Ancient Egyptians 埃及人 had storehouses仓库 where they kept their country ’s grain 粮食- we’re talking about 3000 BC. Theyexchanged the grain for promissory note 期票；约定支付的票据. This 10.meant 意味着a written promise to pay back a 11.sum 金额 of money to someone. Really, thesestorehouses can be seen as the first banks.Presenter: I see.Tara: So over a great many centuries banks became places where money was12.deposited 存 and lent 贷. And they 13.guaranteed 保证 that a note 票据 of a certainvalue could be exchanged for a certain amount of silver.Presenter: And then there was the gold standard金本位, wasn’t there?Tara: Yes, the gold standard was 14.applied 应用 all over the world from 1870 to 1915but it was slowly 15.abandoned抛弃.Presenter: When did it become easier…Unit 5 Gender studiesUnit 5 Gender studiesConversation1Conversation1Andy: I loved the question you asked Tim Pearson about financial crisis.Janet: Well, I shouldn’t have asked it. After all he is an expert!Andy: There you go again, you’re always putting yourself down. You don ’t know how totake a compliment（称赞，恭维）.Janet: True. I never find it easy to accept praise. Do you think women have beenconditioned to accept criticism（批评，指责）?Andy: Well, I think that’s gender stereotyping（对...产生成见，模式化）. Do you thinkthat men are good at accepting compliments?Janet: Well, they seem to be able to deal with criticism much better.Andy: Don’t you believe it!Janet: Anyway, thank you, I accept your compliment.Andy: Not only that, but I think you’d make a really TV presenter.Janet: I’m not so sure. I haven’t seen many women in television here.Andy: Well, in the media in general, I can assure （确保， 使确信） you that there are lotsof women in presenting and management roles.Janet: Well, maybe, but I’m Chinese as well. I don’t think I’ll be accepted as a presenteron a British TV programme.Andy: Gender and racial stereotyping. I mean, it depends on what job and sometimeswhere you work in London, of course, but generally, Londoners are proud of theirmulti-ethnic community. Especially the Chinese, because cook great food!Janet: Now who’s doing the stereotyping! But seriously, look at all these smart womenwalking to work. Are they all secretaries or managers?Andy: OK, it’s a good point. I think that many women manage to get middle managementjobs in most professions. But it’s true that a lot of them talk about the glass ceiling.Janet: What’s the glass ceiling?Andy: It’s the situation where a woman is successful in a company, but then she hits theglass ceiling- this invisible （不可见的， 隐形的） barrier which stops her going any higherin her career.Conversation2Conversation2Janet: So what do you think causes the glass ceiling?Andy: It’s partly prejudice by men about women’s abilities in management. But it’s alsowhen women take time off to have children; they don’t always recover the same power when they return to work.Janet: It not fair.Andy: You’re right, it’s not fair. I read here that only five to ten percent of the topcompanies in America and British are run by women.Janet: That’s extraordinary! In China there appears to be more women in top jobs, but Imay be wrong.Andy: And look, here are some more statistics. About 60 percent of universitygraduations in Europe and North America are women. And something like 75 percent ofthe eight million new jobs in Europe have been filled by women.Janet: So the percentage of women in the total workforce is growing.Andy: You got it! But women in the UK are in a slight majority —there are more womenthan men.Janet: Do youthink it’s especially bad in the UK, and in London especially?Andy: Not really. Some jobs which were traditionally done by women, like nursing, arenow also done by men, and like engineering which are done by women. And there areplenty of women’s football teams!Janet: Women’s football! We have women’s football in China too.Andy: Mind you, their matches don’t get many spectators!Janet: I give up. What else has changed?Andy: I think fathers spend more quality time with their children today. But I bet y ou it’sstill the women who spend most looking after the children and the home.Janet: I guess that’s true everywhere.Andy: Anyway, I am going home to watch the match on TV. The local women’s team, ofcourse.Janet: It’s typical of you men! You always bri ng it back to football!Andy: And that’s typical of you women! You always bring it back to gender stereotyping.Conversation2 P51-5Conversation2 P51-5选择题答案选择题答案 bccabbccabPassage1Passage1Presenter: Has feminism 女权主义，男女平等主义gone too far in the way men areshown in advertisements? Do you think there are too many ads now in which men areshown as 1.stupid 愚蠢的 or weak?Speaker 1: 2.Definitely当然, yes. I can think of three ads right now where men are shownas stupid. The one that 3.annoys 使恼火；生气 me most is the one where this guy isdoing this DIY job and he’s no good at it. And his girlfriend is standing by waiting to dothe job herself. Fine, if it was one ad, but it’s not, it’s a whole 4.attitude 态度 now tomen. It’s not good for us, it’s not good for women either.Speaker 2: Um, well, yes, I do feel that feminism has gone too far. I mean, great, womenhave made a lot of 5.progress 进步 in the last 40 years, but it shouldn’t mean we treatmen as 6.inferior(等级或地位) 低等的，次要的, which is what we see in quite a few adsthese days. So no, I don’t really like the way men are 7.portrayed 描绘inadvertisements.Speaker 3: Has feminism gone too far in advertisements? No way! Feminism has only justbegun, there’s no real 8.equality 平等 of pay in this country, and men still have all thetop jobs. Women continue to be shown as 9.objects 对象 in ads rather than as realpeople, and until that stops I really don’ t think we can say that feminism has gone too far.I agree that in advertisements these days men aren’t always shown as super-masculine阳刚的, but that’s good and much nearer the truth.Speaker4：Ads are about selling and I guess selling the idea that men are weak makespeople laugh. And if people laugh at an ad they are more likely to remember it andtherefore more likely to buy the product. But on the whole总的来说, I’d 10.disagree 不同意; I think men are still shown driving expensive cars and working, you know-looking11.powerful 强大的. Then coming home to their wives who look after the children.Speaker5: Well I find the way men are shown in ads annoying. There ’s that one wherethis woman is angry with her 12.partner配偶 for his choice of car 13. insurance 保险.The idea is that she’s smart and he’s 14.dumb 笨的.Speaker6: I’ve never really thought about it. I think it’s just to make people laugh, isn’t? To show the guy as a bit of an 15.idiot笨蛋 and the woman as the boss. It’ s just a joke.I don’t really know much about feminism. I don’t think so, no.Unit 6 All in the pastUnit 6 All in the pastConversation1Conversation1J:I think this is my favourite view in the whole of London.Big Ben is really a important partof the life of the country.A:It's well worth a visit.Li:So are you saying that you can go up Big Ben?A:Sure, I went up when I was a kid.I can highly recommend(极力推荐) it.J;That would be a great idea for the website.Do a report on a visit to the House of Parliament and Big Ben.Li:So you mean that I can just go to the entrance and ask to go up the tower?A:Well, I'm not too sure,actually.But I can try and find out.Come to think of it,I'm prettysure you need to get permission from your Member of Parliament.J;Ah,you and I don't have one,because we aren't UK residents.So I guess that means wecan't go up Big BenA; I don't really know,to be honest.But it is also well worth taking a tour around theHouse of Parliament .Li:So, what you are saying is that visitorslike myself can go into the most importantgovernment building in the country?Well, I'd love to do that.A; I think they do tours in the summer.But there is a trick question:can you actully see BigBen from here?J:I haven't a clue(我没有一点思绪).Li:Well...yes.That's it up there, isn't it?A:Wrong,in fact, Big Ben is the name of the bell, and not the clock towerJ;I had no idea.A;So if you can do tours round Big Ben and the House of Parliament, why don't we putsomething about it on the websites?J:Fine by me,you OK to do the research?A:No problem.But can we get somone from the House of Parliament to update us?J;Sure, actually I know someone who works there, I will give her a call now and see if shecan meet us at lunch time.Conversation2Conversation2J:Hi,SarahS;Hi, guysJ:Thanks for comingA:So can you tell us what you know about the House of Parliament ?S:SureJ:So tell us about Big BenS:Big Ben is widely believed to be the clock tower, but in fact it is the bell at the topA:And when was the tower builtS:In 1859J:And how old are the House of Parliament?S:They are completed in 1850J:So none of these building we can see are really old?S:No,that's not what I'm trying to say. Er, the oldest part of the ancient Palace ofWeatminster is Weatminster Hall,which dates back to the 11th century.Er, it wouldappear that it was used for entertaining and as a court room.A:So how did the system of Parliament we know now first startS: It seems that over hundreds of years Parliament we know has developed into twohouses-the House of Lords and the House of Commons with elected representatives fromall over the countryLi:And they are what you call MPs?S:Yes,there is little doubt that they were the first MPs although not everyone had theright to bote in these days.Li:So who is more powerful, the King, the Queen, or the prime minster ?S:Well, it is widely though that the king or queen has more powerful.But it's thegovernment which is elected by the people and the prime minster is the leader of thegovernment.So he or she is considered to be the most powerful person in the countryLi:That's fascinating!But what's even more amazing is how old is the House of Parliamentare?A:Two large houses, one palace, one hall.I wonder if there 's a spare roomLi:What do you mean ?A:Well, I was annoyed to be told that I have to move out of my flat.I was even morefuriour to learn that I have to leave by next monthLi:So what will you doA:Search me!I would do with a royal palace to live in.Conversation2 P63-6Conversation2 P63-6选择题答案选择题答案 cacbacacbaPassage1Passage1Just as Chinese children learn about the 1.emperors 皇帝 of China, English children learnabout England's history through its kings and queens. There have been many more kingsthan queens but one of the greatest and most loved rulers of England was awoman--Queen Elizabeth I. During her 2.reign 统治 in the second half of the 16thcentury Elizabeth made England rich from international 3.trade贸易 and also defeated打败 one of the most frightening恐怖的 4.invasions 入侵 England ever faced.Elizabeth's father, King Henry VII, had six wives—he 5.divorced 离婚 two of them and executed处死 two.Elizabth's mother, Queen Anne Boleyn, was Henry's second wifeand one of those whom he executed, when Elizabeth was three years old. Elizabeth, whowas born in 1553, was very 6.intelligent 聪明的, talented 有天赋的, and, usually for awoman, received an 7.excellent优秀的education. However, for much of her early life shewas afraid that she would be executed like her mother. But after the death of herhalf-brother同父异母兄弟 and half-sister, she became Queen in 1558 at the age of 25.All the rulers of Europe wanted to marry her and Elizabeth 8.advisors 顾问；劝告者 alsowanted her to marry and have a son. But Elizabeth never did, because she was afraid ahusband would try to control her.One of Elizabeth's greatest problems was her cousin表妹, Marry, Queen of Scots苏格兰人. Marry believed she should have been ruler of England. 9.Believing that her cousinwas a danger to her as long as 只要 she 10.remained 仍然 alive, Elizabeth imprisoned 关押， 监禁 Marry in 1568 and finally executed her in 1587. The King of Spain西班牙, PhilipII, had once wanted to marry Elizabeth but the two countries then became enemies.Marry, Queen of Scots shared the same 11.religion宗教 as Philip, and her death gave theKing an 12.excuse 借口 to go to war with England. At the same time Spain was the mostpowerful country in Europe and in 1558 Philip 13.assembled集结a huge navy海军calledthe Spainish Armada. It 14.sailed 航行 for England with the 15.intention 意图 of invadingit. Queen Elizabeth made a famous speech to her soldiers, in which she said: "I know Ihave the body of a weak and feeble 虚弱的，无力的 woman, but I have the heart andstomach 精神；傲气 of a king, and of a King of England too." The Spainish Armada wasdefeated.By the time she died in 1603, Elizabeth was ruler of one of the most powerful andrichest countries in the world.Passage1 P68-4Passage1 P68-4 选择题答案选择题答案 bbcdddbbcdddUnit 7 No place like homeUnit 7 No place like homeConversation1Conversation1Janet: SO when do you have to move out.Andy: Well, my landlord has given me four weeks’ notice to leave. It’s not going to beeasy to find somewhere immediately.Janet: What sort of price range are you looking for?Andy: well, I can’t spend more than 400 hundred pounds per week.Janet: That sounds like a lot of money.Andy: Yes, you are right. London is one of the most expensive cities in the whole world.Anyway, this one looks quite promising. One bedroom for rent in a flat inShepherd’s Bush,shared with three other people.Janet: What’s the rent?Andy: 110 pounds per week. It’s a bit more than I can afford but let’s see.Joe: Janet.Andy: I will try it quickly before we start work.Joe: Janet, are you in the studio?Janet: Hi there Joe, I’m here.Joe: Can you tell Andy that I’d like to have a word with him when he comes in?Andy: Tell him I’m not in yet.Janet: Andy, you really shouldn’t ask me to tell lies. I’ll pretend I don’t understand.Ok, Joe. I’ll tell him, OK!Hurry up, otherwise he will catch you.Joe: Oh ,and Janet…Oh I thought you told me he wasn’t in?Janet: I’m sorry,Joe. I didn’t understand……Andy: Hello, yes,I was wondering if the room was still vacant…Joe: Well, tell him that if it’s a personal call, he can do it outside business hours, in hisown time.Janet: But he is looking for a new flat.Joe: Sorry, not interested. Andy, put the phone down, or you will be looking for a new jobas well.Andy: It isn't ?Ok, thanks…Bye, too late, it’s already gone.Pity,it sounds really good. Oh ,hiJoe!Joe: Andy, I really wish you wouldn’t make private calls at work.Conversation2Conversation2Janet: So why does your landlord want you to move out?Andy: Well, he’s been living abroad but he’s coming back.J: Sounds fair enough.A: Sure, but it’s frustrating, because I’ve lived there for nearly two years now, and I quitelike it. It’s just round the corner from where I was brought up.J: Yes, it is kind of nice round there.A: It’s really convenient for work, as it’s close to a tube station. And it’s fairly cheap, because it’s south of the river.J: So living south of the River Thames is cheaper?A: Oh, yes, kind of. Generally north of the River is more expensive because publictransport is better, and it always has been more fashionable.J: But around Borough Market is very fashionable, isn’t it?A: Well, it’s fashionable now, but it didn’t used to be.J: Why is the transport better north of the river?A: Well, the tube was first built in the centre and north of London. In the south, until afew years ago, there were only a couple of tube lines. Plenty of buses, but it’s alwaysbeen an advantage to be close to a tube station.J: How about this? Three bedrooms vacant, large living room, no students, no pets.A: Where is it? Ok, got it. That’s in Finsbury Park. That’s on the Victoria Line. Let’s give it ago.A: Hello, yes ,I’m calling about the flat in today’s Evening Standard. Can you tell mesomething about it? …right, yeah, five minutes from the tube…two bedrooms stillvacant…Ok, I see…So, it’s 100 pounds but with electricity, gas and water bills to be paid on top. Can Icome round to see it? Ok then, I’ll come round this evening. My name is AndyHarrison…yes, that’s right. Thanks a lot…see you this evening…Bye.J: Great!A: It sound great! I’ll go and see it tonight. Do you want to come?J: I’d love to.Conversation2 P75-5Conversation2 P75-5选择题答案选择题答案 dbaabdbaabPassage1Passage1A woman who spent nine months living in her car has had a book accepted by majorpublisher 出版商 HarperCollins. The book, an autobiography自传, is 1.due 预期的 to bepublished next spring.The woman, Anya Peters, first came to the attention of the public through a blog博客 inwhich she kept a 2.diary日志 of her experience of homelessness无家可归. Peters, a lawgraduate in her early 30s, became homeless after a 3.series 系列 of difficult events.Unable to pay the rent, she started living in her car, spending time in 4.institutions 公共机构such as libraries and hospitals during the day and sleeping in her car at night. Unusually,she did not seek help from 5.charities 慈善机构 or hospitals for the homeless. However,her online diary of her experiences, written at public libraries, soon found readers andcame to the attention of one of the largest literary agencies 文稿代理商. She wasencouraged to turn her experiences and blog into a book, which immediately found apublisher. The advance 预付款 from the book has 6.enabled 使…能够 Peter to moveout of her car into rented accommodation住所.Anya Peters' story has drawn attention to the problems of homeless people in Britain.There are now more than 100,000 families living in 7.temporary 临时的 accommodationsuch as hostels （流浪者） 过夜住宿处. The government recently 8.announced宣布 plansto halve 减半 the number of these families in the next four years.These 9.figures数字 do not include rough sleepers 露宿者, people who for variousreasons suchasdomestic violence家 庭 暴 力 ,familybreakdown 破 裂or10.unemployment 失业 have no money and nowhere to go so find themselves sleepingon the streets. Last year the number of people sleeping rough in England counted onanyone night was 483, with the highest numbers in London.It is 11.estimated 据估计 that the number of rough sleepers has fallen by nearlythree-quarters 四分之三 in the last ten years. While there is a 12.constant经常的movement of people onto the streets, most are helped off the streets into some form ofaccommodation. Charities play a particularly 特别地important part in findingaccommodation for rough sleepers, the 13.majority 大多数 of whom are male, with UK14.nationality 国籍, and aged between 26 and 45. Approximately大约 40-50 per centhave or have had drug or 15.alcohol酒精 problems and about the same percentage比例have been in prison. These figures do not include the "hidden homeless", people whobecome homeless but find a temporary solution by staying with family or friends.Unit 8 Architecture:frozen musicUnit 8 Architecture:frozen musicConversation1Conversation1Andy: OK, you up for this, Janet?Janet: Well, I’ve been willing to give it a go, sure.Andy: You will be fine.Joe: Try and do it in one take, Janet. This woman is really quite busy.Janet: Well, I will do my best. But I find it hard to make any promises.Joe: OK, here she comes. Hi, Ms Young. I am Joe Varese. We spoke on the phone.Cathy: Hi, Joe. Please call me Cathy.Joe: And this is Janet Li, our interviewer today, and Andy, our cameraman. Cathy: It’s nice to meet you all. Where do you want me to stand?Andy: Over to you, Janet/Janet: Oh, yes OK……any where you like Cathy, But I’d like you to describe the skyline. So,maybe over here, where we can both see it.Cathy: Fine, is it OK?Janet: That’s great. Would you be prepared to talk about the London architecture ingeneral as well as the exhibition?Cathy: I wouldn’t mind doing that, no, of course not.Joe: And we're going to try and do this in one take. Cathy, as I know you have to get backfor the opening of the exhibition.Cathy: That's very considerate of you.Janet: that's the plan. But I'd reluctant to raise your hopes too much.Andy: can we just check the sound level, please?Janet:Cathy Young, thank you for joining us today.Cathy: My pleasure.Janet: I'm grateful for having the opportunity to ask about the latest architecturalexhibition which opens tonight at Somerset House. It's called the London Skyline, past,present and future.Conversation2Conversation2Janet: Why did ask us to meet you here on the South Bank?Cathy: Well, it's probably the best place to get an idea of the architectural history ofLondon. Straight ahead we can see St Paul's Cathedral, and over my right , the City ofLondon Skyline.Janet: Tell me about the St Paul's Cathedral.Cathy: Well, it's the masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren, and was completed in 1708. Thedome is now one of the most recognizable sights of London.Janet: And of course, It was a landmark during the 1941 Blitz?Cathy: Yes. The enemy bombers could see it from a distance, with the result that theyknew where to drop their bombs. But to everyone's astonishment, it wasn't damaged.Janet: And what about the modern buildings over there?Cathy: Yes, absolutely. Perhaps the most notable one is the rocket-shaped building, whichLondoners call the Gherkin. This was designed and built in 2004 by Morman Foster.Janet: He was an architect for a new terminal at Beijing Airport, wasn't he?Cathy: That is absolutely right.Janet: London is now quite a high-rise city, isn't it?Cathy: Well, I'm not convinced you're right. It's not at all like Shanghai, or even Beijing.Janet: So what about the future?Cathy: as you might expect, the future is more skyscrapers. And the most important of allwill be the 72 storey Shard of Glass, at 310 metres, one of the tallest buildings in Europe.Janet: And the exhibition opens tonight at Somerset HouseCathy: Exactly, and runs until next September.Janet: I am sure lots of people who will go and see how such a familiar skyline haschanged, and will develop in the future. Cathy Young, thank you very much.Joe : One take, thank you. Janet. You should be on TV.Andy: Amazing Janet. You will be on TV one day. If you keep going like this .Well done.Conversation2 P87-6Conversation2 P87-6选择题答案选择题答案 ccbdaaccbdaaPassage1Passage1I'm standing in the Arrivals Hall 到达大厅 of Terminal 3 （T3）航站楼, Beijing 1.Capital首都 Airport's newest terminal which became operational正常运转的；可使用的 inMarch 2008. The terminal, which has a third runway跑道 and a rail 轨道 link to the citycentre, is the second largest in the world. Designed by the famous British architect 建筑师 Norman Foster, it 2.extends 延伸 almost three kilometers but took only three and ahalf years to build.The terminal has been designed to look and feel Chinese. The building, a 3.mixture 混合of glass and steel, uses the 4.traditional 传统的 Chinese colors of red and gold. Columns柱体 inside are red and the 5.roof 屋顶 is a dull gold. From the air 从空中 it is said to6.resemble 像 a flying dragon 龙.The building uses the latest technology. To save 7.energy 能源, the roof allows in themaximum 最大的 amount of light and heat, and the 8.advanced 先进的 baggage 行李system can handle up to 19,000 pieces of 9.luggage行李 per hour.The terminal is only one of a number of new buildings that have made Beijing a leading主要的 example of 21st century architectural design 建筑设计. Another design success isthe capital's new National Centre for the Performing Arts, which opened in lateDecember 2007. The centre, which has created huge interest all over the world, is basedat West Changan 10.Avenue 街道, just west of the Great Hall of the People andTian'anmen 11.Square 广场. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, it took six years to plete 完成. The building is in the shape of a dome 圆屋顶 made of titanium钛and glass, and changes color depending on the amount of sunlight it receives. Amanmade lake 13.surrounds 环绕 it and to enter the building you walk through an80-metre-long underwater 在水下的 corridor 走廊 with a glass ceiling 天花板. Theinside of the centre is as light as the outside. A glass curtain幕；帘 that goes from thefloor to the ceiling 14.reflects 反射 sunlight during the day and the city lights at night.The floor is made in ten different colours of marble 大理石 which came from all overChina.The centre has three main performance venues表演场地. The Opera House歌剧院, withalmost 4,000 seats is the largest venue, followed by the Concert Hall 音乐厅 with seating座位数 for 2,000 and the Theatre 剧院 with seating for 1,035. Top companies from allover the world will perform there. Guests walking through the gardens and trees thatsurround the lake describe the building and the performances as "15.spectacular" 壮观的. 。