1、北航研究生英语听说课本教参Unit 1 Winner or LoserPart II Listening ComprehensionDirections: In this part, you will hear two passages and one interview about winners and losers. Listen to each passage and the interview carefully and do the tasks as required. Passage 1 Born to WinEach human being is born as somethi
2、ng new, something that has never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentialscapabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative be
3、inga productive person, a winner.The words “winner” and “loser” have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual
4、and as a member of society.Winners do not dedicate their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between b
5、eing loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask.Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking or to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and they dont pr
6、etend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them. Winners do not play “helpless”, nor do they play the blaming game.
7、Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives. They dont give others a false authority over them. Winners are their own bosses and they know it. A winners timing is right. Winners respond appropriately to the situation. Their responses are related to the message sent and they preserve the
8、significance, worth, well-being, and dignity of the people involved. Winners know that for everything there is a season and for every activity a time.Although winners can freely enjoy themselves, they can also postpone enjoyment, and can discipline themselves in the present to enhance their enjoymen
9、t in the future. Winners are not afraid to go after what they want, but they do so in proper ways. Winners do not get their security by controlling others. They do not set themselves up to lose.A winner cares about the world and its people. He or she is not isolated from the general problems of soci
10、ety, but is concerned, compassionate, and committed to improving the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international adversity, a winners self-image is not one of a powerless individual. A winner works to make the world a better place.Task 1 Listen to the passage once and choose the
11、best answer to each question you have heard.1) Why does the speaker say “each is born with the capacity to win at life”?2) What is a winner according to the speaker? 3) What does a winner NOT do?4) What is the attitude of winners towards enjoyment? 5) What can we infer from the passage? Task 2 Liste
12、n to the passage again and fill in the missing words.Reference Key to TasksTask 1 1) d 2) c 3) c 4) a 5) a Task 21)makes someone else lose; responds; and genuine2)evaluate; come to their own conclusions; admire and respect; totally defined3)timing; respond appropriately to; preserve the significance
13、; there is a reason4)the world and its people; isolated from; is concerned, compassionate and committed to; adversityPassage 2 Familys Winner Becomes a Loser and Loser a WinnerThe name of the game is not always what it seems to be. Robert Lane had two sons: one was named Loser, the other Winner. One
14、 became a policeman and was eventually promoted to detective. The other fell into the life of a small-time crook, racking up at least 31 arrests before being jailed for two years.But for the brothers Lane, it was not a case of their unique names sealing their fates. “I went a totally separate route
15、right from the start,” said Loser Lane, 41, a detective in the South Bronx. Loser, a star student and athlete, went on scholarship to an elite prep school, on to Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, and then joined the force. Winners life has gone the other way. Now 44, Winner last month completed a t
16、wo-year jail sentence for breaking into a car. He is living in a homeless shelter in upstate New York, shuttling back and forth between it and the city trying to get his life on track. Why did he commit so many crimes? “Its just some situations I got in,” Winner said. Loser said of his brother: “Mos
17、t of the crimes are minor crimes. Hes just kooky, not a heavy drinker, some domestic violence problems, but was never a heavy drinker, never into drugs Hes just not all there, I think.” The brothers rarely see each other. Though Winner will phone Loser when he is short of money, they are no longer c
18、lose. “Im a cop,” said Loser, who is known as Lou on the job. “And I have a way with me, I dont tolerate a lot.” The Lane boys ran in the same circles while growing up in public housing in Harlem, where their names never seemed to arouse curiosity or ridicule from the neighborhood kids. “When youre
19、young, you dont know that its a bad name, and by the time you hit grade school, everybody knows you. It was a regular thing,” Loser Lane said. It helped that Loser was the youngest of eight brothers and sisters and that he was a natural athlete, admired by the other kids for his on-field achievement
20、s. The story of how Loser got his name is simple. The day he was born, their late father, Robert, asked his daughter what to name the baby. “My dad comes home and asks my oldest sister what to name me and she said, Well, weve got a Winner, why dont we have a Loser? And there you go.” While Losers fr
21、iends had no problem calling him by his name, his teachers and other adults “couldnt bring themselves to call me Loser”, so he became Lou. Task 1 Listen to the passage about Winner and Loser and note down keywords to help you remember the content. Use the blank space below for note-taking.Task 2 Now
22、 use the notes you have taken to complete the following information about Winner and Loser.Reference Key to TasksTask 2 1) policeman; promoted to detective; fell into the life of; arrests; jailed2) a star student; elite prep school; joined the force3) completed; breaking into 4) homeless shelter; ba
23、ck and forth; get his life on track5) minor; heavy drinker; domestic violence6) rarely; short of money; close7) circles; public housing; arouse curiosity or ridicule 8) youngest; natural athlete; his on-field achievementsPassage 3 Interview Miss America 2006 Kate: So I dont know if you all stayed up
24、 last night late, but we have a new Miss America this morning. She is a 22-year-old aspiring teacher. She was crowned in Las Vegas, first time the pageant was ever held outside of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and here is a look at the winning moment. Host: Miss America 2006 is Miss Oklahoma, Jennifer
25、Berry. Kate: Miss Oklahoma, and guess what? Joining us now from Las Vegas, the new Miss America, Jennifer Berry, of Oklahoma. Good morning to you, congratulations. Jennifer: Good morning, Kate, thank you so much. Kate: That crown looks very nice sitting up there on top of your head. Jennifer: Well,
26、thank you, I dont mind wearing it. Kate: It kind of looks that you cant move your head though, or it might fall off. Jennifer: Ha ha ha. . . , a little bit, a little bit, its a little unsturdy right now. Kate: I was reading that you and your sister used to actually pretend that you were Miss America
27、, that youd won the pageant, so the moment last night must have been sort of surreal for you. Jennifer: Very surreal, when we were little, we used to watch the pageant as a family, and um, my sister and I would, would go into the utility room with our heels on, and she was the emcee, and Id always g
28、et to be Miss America, so it, its very much a dream come true, and it still quite hasnt sunken in yet. Kate: You always got to be Miss America, your sister never got to be? Jennifer: Oh yes, shes never gonna live that down, she is like, she is like a great older sister. Kate: Especially not now, and
29、 tell us a little bit about your platform, I know that you have a plan to really try to help with drunk-driving. Jennifer: Correct, my platform is building intolerance to drunk-driving and underage drinking, and Ive worked for 5 years, in the state of Oklahoma, to diminish alcohol-related fatalities
30、 and diminish underage drinking, so now Ill be able to take that beyond the borders of Oklahoma on a national level, ur, because people are still dying every single day from alcohol related fatalities, and its just not necessary, and we need more education regarding that. Kate: Absolutely, I have to
31、 ask you about the, the venue, because this was the first time it was ever held this pageant outside of Atlantic City. What did you think of Las Vegas? Jennifer: It was fabulous. Ive actually been to Atlantic City for ur 3 years. I attended the Miss America pageant as a member of the audience and so
32、 I was able to see the venue there. Coming to Vegas has just been incredible; they have opened their arms to us, opened their hearts to us, and, just, its been an incredible experience. I think it was a great step forward for the Miss America Organization and we began a new tradition right here last night. Kate: Do you think that you had enough people watching last night? There has been so much talk about the moves over to Country Music Television broadcasting the event
