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Unit 3
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Part I
B
Sam: I
won
’
t be able to do the exam
tomorrow. I
just
don
’
t feel that
I
’
m ready.
Counselor: You say that you
don
’
t feel ready for
tomorrow
’
s exam
... what do you feel like right
now?
Sam: Well,
I
’
m
angry
with
myself
because
I
’
m
going to have to quit the exam and,
well, I guess
I
’
m
anxious. Yes, I feel very anxious.
Counselor: When
you
think
about
this
anxiety,
what image do you
have of yourself?
Sam: Well,
I see myself trying to
explain
to
my
Dad
why
I
didn
’
t
make
the
grade
on
this
course
... and I see him getting angry ... and, well,
I start to feel
I
’
ve let him down again.
Counselor: You
don
’
t feel ready for your
exam,
you feel anxious and you
don
’
t want to let your
Dad down again. Tell me about the last
time you
let your Dad down.
Sam: Oh, well, it was a year ago ...
He
’
d entered
me
for
a
chess
competition
and
I
got
knocked
out
in
the
first
match
...
he
was
angry
because
he
’
d told all his
friends how good I was.
Counselor:
What
did
you
tell
him
...
as
an
explanation
when you lost the chess game?
Sam:
I told him that I
wasn
’
t ready to play in
that league.
Counselor: And
now
you
are
preparing
to
tell
him
that
you
’
re
not
ready
to
sit
this
examination?
Sam:
Yes, I suppose I am.
Counselor: O.K. Sam, so what you are
saying to
me
is
that
you
feel
reluctant
to
take
the
exam
tomorrow
because you do not like the thought of
having
to
explain
a
poor
grade
or
a
failure
to
your father. Is that
right, Sam?
Sam:
Yes.
That
’
s exactly it.
C
1. A: When I read in
English, I always want to
understand
every single
word
and so
I spend a
lot
of
time
looking
words
up
in
my
dictionary.
This makes reading difficult
for
me because
by
the
time
I
’
ve
looked
up
the
word
in
my
dictionary,
I
’
ve
forgotten
what
the
rest
of
the
sentence was about.
That
’
s my trouble really
—
I rely too much
on my dictionary.
B:
Well,
why
don
’
t
you
try
to
read
a
text
without using your dictionary the first
time you
read
it?
You
’
ll
probably
be
able
to
understand
most
of
it
and
guess
what
some
of
the
words
mean.
2. A:
I have to read a lot of books and articles in
English
for
my
work
—
I
’
m
a
consultant
in
business management. What I find most
difficult
is
finding
the
main
point
in
an
article
or
a
paragraph. I
always try to take notes when
I
’
m
reading and
so sometimes I find that I
’
m
almost
copying
out
the
whole
article
because
I
can
’
t
decide what the really important points
are.
B: It might help if you read through
the book
or article very quickly first
just to get an idea of
what
it
’
s
about.
I
think
it
’
s
difficult
to
read
something
for
the
first
time
and
take
notes
as
well.
3.
A:
I
like
reading
novels
and
short
stories
in
my own language and in
English, but there
’
s one
thing I find very difficult in English.
I
’
m never
quite
sure
if
the
writer
is
being
serious
or
not.
Several times
I
’
ve read something I
thought was
serious and later
I
’
ve found out it was
supposed
to be funny.
B: I have exactly the same
problem. I suppose
the
only
thing
to
do
is
to
read
as
much
as
possible.
Then
one
day
perhaps
we
’
ll
understand the British sense of humor.
4. A: I have to read a lot in English
in my studies
and
this
is
causing
me
problems.
I
read
too
slowly
in
English.
Do
you
think
I
can
train
myself
to
read
quickly
and
at
the
same
time
understand what
I
’
m reading?
B:
Well,
there
are
special
courses
in
speed
reading,
I
think.
But
you
could
probably
help
yourself if you set yourself a time
limit and try
to read as much as you
can within the time. I
’
ve
done that and
it
’
s helped me a lot.
Par
t
Ⅱ
(Part I)
Yes,
the
teacher
I
remember
best
was
a
teacher I
had for French when I was at school ...
er ...
er ... Many
years
ago
-
more years
than I
care
to
remember,
I
’
m
afraid.
Yes,
I
studied
French with him for,
um, ooh, let me see, it must
have been
five years, because I had him when I
was in my first year there, when I was
thirteen,
and he was the main French
teacher till I left. It
was
mainly
because
of
him
that
I
went
on
to
study
languages
—
French
and
German
—
at
university.
I
mean,
French
was
really
the
first
language
I
ever
learned.
Well,
I
don
’
t
count
Latin,
because
I
never
managed
to
speak
any
Latin
at
all.
Er,
well,
this ...
this
teacher
didn
’
t
make it easy ... he
didn
’
t make it easy at all,
but
I found that with him I really
learned a lot.
When
I
think
back,
I
...
don
’
t
really
know
why
I
liked
him
so
much,
because
he
was
very
strict with us. He made us work very
hard
—
I
mean,
lots
of
grammar
exercises,
vocabulary
tests, that sort of thing
—
er, and he
wasn
’
t very
friendly
either,
for
the
first
two
or
three
years.
Oh, as well as that,
he didn
’
t really try to make
the classes interesting
—
I mean, no ... no video,
of
course,
in
those
days,
no
cassettes ...
but,
er,
we had a few films in
French every term. No, in
fact, the
only time we really practiced trying to
speak French was, er, was with the wife
of one of
the music teachers, who was
French, er, and she
gave us an
hour
’
s conversation class
every week.
But,
you
know,
because
of
that
man
—
some
people
might
say
in
spite
of
him
...
no,
that
wouldn
’
t
be
fair,
no
—
but
quite
a
lot
of
us
began to
like France and the French a lot, and,
er, to visit France in the summer
holidays to see
it for ourselves.
(Part II)
Yes, I think with him I learned that
when
you learn a foreign language ...
it
’
s, it ... well,
it
’
s
like
opening
a
door
or
a
ｗｉｎｄｏｗ
into
a
foreign country. And
that
’
s good for you, I
think,
because
you
begin
to
see
that
the
way
they
do
things
and
think
in
your
country
is,
um,
isn
’
t
necessarily the only way or, indeed,
the best way.
It
’
s funny, I
still have a very clear picture
of
that
teacher.
He
was
English
but
he
didn
’
t
look
English
somehow,
‘
cos
he
had
very,
very
black
hair
and
very
dark
eyes,
and
he
wore
glasses with black
frames, but you could see his
eyes very
well, and everyone in the class always
had the feeling that he was looking at
them. And
he
had
very
thick,
bushy
eyebrows
that
made
him look very, er, very
serious.
Yes, I remember
he was very musical
—
played
the
piano
very
well
and
sang.
Now,
he
was quite a good rugby and tennis
player. Great
family
man,
too.
He
had
three
children
and
a
very
interesting
wife.
I
suppose
he
must
have
been in
his thirties when I knew him ...
Part
Ⅲ
Children of a Decade
keep in touch
with
：保持联系
soak
：
浸泡
come to
：到达
;
共计
;
突然想起
put sb.
off
：使人离开、气馁
bring tears
to
：使落泪
emblazon
：颂扬，盛饰
decade
：十年
teddy
：妇女连衫衬裤
chap
：小伙子，小家伙，家伙
Lake District
：湖区
porridge
：
粥
;
麦片粥
;
稀饭
incident
：事件，事变
goody-goody
：会巴结的人
hym
n
：赞美诗
;
圣歌
homesick
：思乡病
favorite
：中意的
worst
：最坏的
mar
velous
：非凡的
;
神乎其神
shy
：害羞的
stupid
：笨
Presenter: In this edition
of our series
“
Children
of a Decade
”
I
’
ll be talking to Jack
Thompson,
who
was
born
in
1940,
and
to
Shirley
Sutton,
who was born in
1930. First of all, Jack, thanks
for
joining us. Perhaps ...
Jack: Not at all.
Presenter:
Perhaps
you
’
d
tell
us
about
your
memories
of
your
first
holiday
away
from
home?
Jack: Oh
... yes ... um ... at age ten I think it was,
yes,
I
went
to
stay
with
an
aunt
at
the
seaside.
Well,
it
wasn
’
t
a
very
happy
experience.
I
felt
very homesick at first.
Presenter: Mmm. And what
about your first day
at school, can you
remember that?
Jack: Yes, I
can. Er ... er ... I was five years old
and I wanted to take all my toys with
me but ...
er ...
they
wouldn
’
t
let
me.
In
the
end
it
was
agreed
that
I
could
take
my
teddy ...
er
...
but
only on the first
day.
Presenter: Oh, I see.
Your school days, were they
happy ones?
Jack: Well ... er ... I
didn
’
t have a very good time
at
school
—
I
wasn
’
t
very bright, you see.
And
the teachers
didn
’
t seem to like me, but
... er ... I
made
a
lot
of
friends
and
some
of
them
I
still
keep in touch with. One of them I
married.
Presenter:
Oh,
that
’
s
wonderful.
Well,
did
you