Uint10 IL. Basic listening practice 1. Script W: Many Chinese students are too shy to say anything in a classroom M: I think they don t speak because their culture values modesty, and they dont want to appear to be showing off. Goes back to Confucius Q: Why don t Chinese students say anything in classroom accord ing to the man? 2. Script W: The government is doing something at last about sex discrimination in the workplace. Women deserve the same pay as men for the same work M: Yeah. In the United States, women earn only 70 percent of what men do for the same job. It's a situation that has to be changed Q: What does the man say about women? 3. Script W: i admire Michael Dell. He had a dream to be the world 's largest manufacturer of personal computers, and he has realized that dream M: And he dropped out of university to become a success. I wonder if there is a lesson in that Q: What do we learn about dell from the conversation 4. Sc M: Successful entrepreneurs are often self-made people who have a vision and know where they are going W: But do they enjoy life like you and me, or is money their only concern? Q: What are the two speakers attitudes toward successful entrepreneurs? W: Do you agree that equal opportunity for all in an educational system is important? M: Yes, but we have to recognize that all of us are not of equal ability Q: What does the man imply? Keys: 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.A II. Listening n Task 1: Competition in America1 Uint10 II. Basic Listening Practice 1. Script W: Many Chinese students are too shy to say anything in a classroom. M: I think they don’t speak because their culture values modesty, and they don’t want to appear to be showing off. Goes back to Confucius. Q: Why don’t Chinese students say anything in classroom according to the man? 2. Script W: The government is doing something at last about sex discrimination in the workplace. Women deserve the same pay as men for the same work. M: Yeah. In the United States, women earn only 70 percent of what men do for the same job. It’s a situation that has to be changed. Q: What does the man say about women? 3. Script W: I admire Michael Dell. He had a dream to be the world’s largest manufacturer of personal computers, and he has realized that dream. M: And he dropped out of university to become a success. I wonder if there is a lesson in that. Q: What do we learn about Dell from the conversation? 4. Script M: Successful entrepreneurs are often self-made people who have a vision and know where they are going. W: But do they enjoy life like you and me, or is money their only concern? Q: What are the two speakers’ attitudes toward successful entrepreneurs? 5. Script W: Do you agree that equal opportunity for all in an educational system is important? M: Yes, but we have to recognize that all of us are not of equal ability. Q: What does the man imply? Keys: 1.C 2.A 3. D 4.B 5.A III. Listening In Task 1: Competition in America Script