1、unit 2 4 8 9 文本Unit 2 Lecture and reportsPart 1 Video TimeTranscript Horse Idioms Hello, Im a very interesting and intelligent man. And this is Fred, who, as you may have notice, is a horse. Today Fred and I are going to improve your English I bet youve never been taught by a horse before. Hungry, i
2、snt he? In fact, he eats all the time. He eats like a horse of course he does-he is a horse. In English, if someone eats a lot we can say “he eats like a horse”. To eat a lot.(neighing and other horsy noises) Whats that you say Fred? Ah, just that silly noise horse make. Anyway, I heard it straight
3、form the mouth. We use this idiom when weve got some information directly from the person responsible for it. For example: my boss is going to fire me. Yes, its true . I didnt hear it form anyone else. Sad news, Im afraid Fred died, which means theres no point in trying to get him work any more. How
4、 do we make a horse work? Yes, thats right, by hitting it, or as we say, “flogging it”. Our next horse idiom:” to flog a dead horse”, which as you can see is completely pointless. To flog a dead horse. This means to waste effort on something that we have no chance of succeeding at. I sometimes feel
5、like Im flogging a dead horse when Im teaching. My students, they never seem to learnI dont quite understand what the problem isvery frustratingTask 2Transcript A Speech by British Ambassador I am just going to make four, as its English language speaking competition, I am just going to make four poi
6、nts, because if I make any more, Michael will ring the bell to send me off the stage. T he first point I would like to make, like professor Li, is to express admiration for the team which have participated in this competition form Sichuan province. We, the British people, and the British government
7、are full of admiration for the way in which the Chinese government, Chinese armed force and the Chinese people, have come together in the face of this terrible tragedy to bring relief to the people of Sichuan. Toady, I think I can say that British people feel as if they were Chinese people.Next, I w
8、ould like to say what a huge pleasure it is being to here this afternoon, and what an immensely high standard of debating there has been. I think we should do something in Britain; we should start a Chinese language language debating competition. And indeed, there should be an international Chinese
9、debating competition. I was here two years ago, and the runner-up then Qinghua University went on to win the English Language as a Foreign Language, a section of the would debating championships. I am not surprised; the standard was immensely high then, and it is being immensely high this afternoon.
10、 And I am quite confident that the winner, the runner-up, the semi-finalist, all of whom will go on to other international competitions, form this competition, are like to do very well indeed.My third point is to do something which is a little bit unusual. We have had an excellent debate, and I woul
11、d like to congratulate whoever chose the subject, because it was obviously, a very topical subject, and everybody has a lot of view on the subject. But in the parliament of course, after the debate, something else happen, which has not happened today. There is a vote, so could I, in fact, since we h
12、ave many eminent policy makes here with us this afternoon, maybe for a point of reference, could I invite everybody please in this hall, first of all, if you support the proposition to raise your hands and vote. And then those who support the opposition. There we are. This of course, does not influe
13、nce the competition in any way, because the judges have already made their decision. So it would have been unfair to call for a vote before they made their decision. But after their decision, I can say those supporting the proposition have won the day, and I will pass that as a point of reference to
14、 many of the policy makes among us.And my last point is to say what an excellent discipline and skill learning to debate is. All great leaders in the world have to be able to communicate. You can have good policy, but if you cannot communicate them, you will probably never become a great leader. Whe
15、n I think of some of the leaders in my own country, Britain, or in the Unite States, they have all been great communicators and great debates. If you think of Churchill, or Mrs. Thatcher, or you think of President Lincoln or President Kennedy, they have all been people who spoke wonderfully well, an
16、d I think in learning this skill and learning developing critical thinking, they also learned how to put things concisely and simply. Two of the greatest speeches that ever made were those by President Lincoln at Gettysburg which I think was three hundred words long. And by President Kennedy at the
17、time of his inauguration, so I think learning to debate is a great thing, and I am absolutely confident that all of you who have taken part in this competition, and those who reached the final, and those who reached who reached the semi-final will go on to be leaders in whatever field you choose for
18、 yourselves in life. So once again, thank you very much for inviting me. Thank you!Unit 4 Part I Video TimeTask 1TranscriptRachels Birthday PartyPhoebe: Ok, here are the birthday candles. Wheres the birthday cake?Monica: Ok, were not having birthday cake. Were having birthday flan.Chandler: Excuse m
19、e?Monica: Its a traditional Mexican custard dessert.Joey: Oh, thats nice. Happy birthday, Rachel,heres some goo(本文指Mexican custard dessert). (Knock at the door.)Monica: (answer the door) Dr. Greene. Oh, my God. Its Rachels dad. Whatre you doing here?Mr. Greene: What? The father cant drop by to see t
20、he daughter on her birthday?Monica: No, no, the father can, but um, since I am the roommate I can tell you that shes not here and Ill pass along the message, Ok. So bye-bye.Mr. Greene: Ohhh, youre having a party. Monica: No, no, not a party. Just a surprise gathering of some people Rachel knows. Um,
21、 this is Phoebe, and Chandler, and Joey.Mr. Greene: Ill never remember all of that. So uh, whats the deal? Rachel comes home, people pop out and yell stuff, is that it?Chandler: This isnt your first surprise party, is it sir?(Knock at the door. Monica answers to see Mrs. Greene)Mrs. Greene: Hi, Moni
22、ca.(Monica slams the door back shut.)Monica: Chinese menu guy. Forgot the menus.Chandler: So, basically just a Chinese guy.Joey: Uh, hey, Dr. Greene, why dont you come with me, well put your jacket on Rachels bed. Mr. Greene: Alright, that sounds like a two-person job. (They walk into Rachels bedroo
23、m.)Mrs. Greene: Well, my goodness, what was that?Monica: Sandra, I am sorry, I thought you were Rachel and we just werent ready for you yet.Mrs. Greene: You thought I was Rachel?Chandler: Yes, because .uh.you look so young.Phoebe: And because youre both, you know, white women.Mrs. Greene: Oh, I miss
24、 you, kids. Well, should I put my coat in the bedroom?Chandler: No! No, Ill take that for you.Mrs. Greene: Oh, well, thank you. Such a gentleman. Thank you. Ahh, it all looks so nice, so festive, all the balloons.The funniest thing happened to me on the way here. I was.Phoebe: (Cutting Mrs. Greene o
25、ff) Ha-ha, thats great, ha-ha. I cant wait to hear the rest of it, you know, but I really have to go to the bathroom, so.Hey, come with me. Yeah, yeah, itll be like were gal pals, you know, like at a restaurant. Oh, itll be fun, cmon(come on).(They go in the bathroom.)Monica: Oh my god, oh my god, o
26、h my god.Chandler: Ok, think, what would Jack and chrissy do?Joey: (Peek back out) Ok, now that your coat is safely in the bedr-., oh, Ok we can come back out in the living room.Monica: So uh, Joey and Chandler, I, I think its time that you take Dr.Greene over to your place.Chandler: Uhh, yes, absol
27、utely, um. Why again?Monica: Because thats where the party is you go on. See this is just the staging area.Joey: Right this is staging.Chandler: Yeah, this more than anything else, is the staging area.Joey: This is clearly in the wrong apartment.(Later on in the hallway between the apartment. Chandl
28、er is showing people to the parties.)Chandler: Alright you guys are off to party number one and you, you are off to party number two. Alright, fellas, lets keep it moving. Lets keep it moving.Monica: Chandler could you at least send some women to my party? (Buzzer goes off) Alright thats Ross.Chandl
29、er: Ok, they are coming, shhh.Rachel: Ohh, thank you for the wonderful dinner.Ross: Oh, thanks for being born.Rachel: Ohh, thank you for my beautiful earrings. Theyre perfect. I love you.Ross: Oh, now you can exchange them if you want, Ok.Rachel: Now I love you even more.(They kiss and Ross backs he
30、r into her apartment and turns on the light)All: Surprise!Rachel: Oh, my gosh, wow. Monica. Oh my god. Mom. This is so great.Mrs. Greene: Happy birthday, sweetie.Rachel: Wow you, you. I had no idea.Ross: Really?Rachel: No, I knew.Ross: All right.Monica: Ok, everybody, theres food and drinks on the t
31、able. Go across the hall.Ross: What?Rachel: What?Monica: Right now, Joey and Chandlers, go now.Rachel: Why?Monica: Just go.All: Surprise!Mr. Greene: Happy birthday sweetie!Rachel: Daddy.Task 2TranscriptBridal Shower Slumber PartyReporter: Hello, hello. Elsie Kentworthy, here. Weeks before her weddin
32、g, Princess Mia, in a stroke of skilled diplomacy, has invited royal princesses from all over the world to her bridal shower slumber party.Charlotte: Hello, princess Lorraine. Oh, braces.Princess A: Yeah. Im getting two diamonds put in.Charlotte: Oh. That must make it more comfortable.Girl: Hi, Charlotte.Charlotte: Princess Aimee of Mallorca.Princess B: Is this my party?Charlotte: No, this is Princess Mias party.Princess B: Oh.
