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Unit2
Key
Getting
Ready
V
ocabulary Building
d
lishment
sional
igation
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tening
ions
ion
Listening & Speaking
PART A
Listening Practice
Listening T
ask 1
1.F
2.T
3.T
4.F
5.F
6.F
Listening
T
ask 2
1.C
2.A
3.C
4.D
5.B
LANGUAGE FOLLOW-UP
1.
下次有人跟你说“打扰你五分钟
”的时候要多掂量掂量了——五分钟的损失可能超过你
的想象。
2.
传统上，薪酬体现了我们工作的价值。
3.
在沃尔克教授的研究发现的基础
上，有一个新的网站的建成，为人们提供计算时间价值
的公式，建议人们如何安排时间。
4.
访问
该网站的客户可以通过输入薪酬、
工作所在地以及工作性质算出自己单位时间的价
值。
5.
如果加上自己做饭需用的材料成本的话，还是叫外卖更划算。
PART B
Listening
Practice
LISTENING
T
ASK 1
1.B
2.C
3.B
4.D
5.A
LISTENING
T
ASK 2
※
Characteristics
of money
durable, distinct, divisible,
portable
※
Before money
appeared: barter trade
①
Example: fish for vegetables
②
Example: meat
for grain
③
Example: food for pots, baskets or
other manufactured goods
※
Primitive money
and their functions:
①
salt to flavor food
②
shells for
ornaments
③
iron and copper to make into tools and
vessels
※
Modern money:
①
coins
②
paper notes
LANGUAGE FOLLOW-UP
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PART C
Listening Practice
LISTENING
T
ASK 1
1.
Money should
not be used as the only yardstick for
accomplishment, but it is so at present.
2.
They have been
unable to create the comfort level that could
enable them to do their work
more
creatively.
3.
It
lies not in the amount, but the sense of abundance
that it brings to people.
4.
The failure to acknowledge the
necessity of money and to create the correct
thought patterns.
5.
They should remember that it is the
misuse of money which is bad, not money itself.
LISTENING
T
ASK 2
enemy,
wisdom,
educating,
energy
,
task,
necessity,
error,
failure,
acknowledge,
stuff,
falls,
manner
LANGUAGE
FOLLOW-UP
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PART
A
Time Is Money-- A News Report
People all know that time
is money. But is it possible to figure out exactly
how much it is
？
Recent
research showed that hours and minutes could be
calculated by pounds and pence. So think
twice next time someone asks you for
—
it could cost you more than
you
think.
A
British
professor
has
developed
a
mathematical
formula
to
help
people
find
out
exactly
how
much
an
hour
of
their
time
is worth. Professor Ian
Walker
of
Warwick
University
investigated the
value of time after a research showed that over 80
percent of respondents would
buy more
time if they could afford it.
how we
are valued at work,
looking
at
salaries
against
taxation,
the
cost
of
living
and
regional
variation,
we
can see
how
much an hour of our time is
worth whether at work or
home.
decisions, such as whether to cook
a meal or to get a takeaway, or whether to take
public
transport
or a taxi.
Based on Professor Walker's research findings, a
new website was established providing
people with the calculation formula and
advice of how to arrange their time.
V
isitors can find out
the
value of an hour of their time by entering their
salary, the region where they work and what
kind
of
work
they
do.
For
example,
for
a
professional
working
in
London
and
earning
25,000
pounds
a
year,
an
hour would
be
worth
6.44
pounds,
according
to
the website.
Cooking
dinner
would cost 5.37 pounds, which means it
will be cheaper to get a takeaway, once you add
the cost
of the raw materials needed to
make it yourself. Brushing your teeth comes at 32
pence
—
perhaps
hard to find someone to do it for you
less. This research has also inspired John
Fashanu, a former
footballer and now TV
presenter, establish his London company Q4U. If
you are ready to pay 20
pounds
an
hour,
you can
hire
someone
to
stand
in
line
for
you.
However,
perhaps
you should
calculate how much your hour is before
you decide whether it is worth all the money.