,UNIT,6,To be or not to be,基础篇,视听说教程 2,i Prepare,i Explore 1,i Practice,i Produce,CONTENTS,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Further listening,i Explore 2,Additional listening,Prepare,We are our choices. We have to make many choices in our lives. Some are life-changing decisions like where and what to study. Some are not, like what to have for lunch. The choices we make, however, to some extent, determine our happiness and unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices. Nobody ever escaped, or ever will, escape the consequences of their choices. How can we make wise choices? And what factors influence our decision-making? This unit will give you some ideas.,Setting the scene,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Prepare,Learning objectives,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Upon completion of this unit, you will be able to: know more about how to make wise choices detect signposts pronounce the intonation of “yes / no” questions correctly make a short speech on the minor you are interested in,Warming up,Work in groups. Each group chooses a scenario. Discuss what you will do and explain your major considerations.,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 1 Unit 1,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Prepare,Scenario 1 Donna and Petes friends want them to go to a party. However, they both have a lot of homework and they know they will be asked to drink alcohol at the party. What should Donna and Pete do?,Scenario 2 Jill has a babysitting job every Friday night. She is saving money to go to Disneyland this summer. A friend invites her to go to the movies this Friday night. Its a movie shes been wanting to see for months. What about her job? What should she do?,Reference answers,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 1 Unit 1,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Prepare,Scenario 1 Donna and Petes friends want them to go to a party. However, they both have a lot of homework and they know they will be asked to drink alcohol at the party. What should Donna and Pete do? We think Donna and Pete should not go to the party. Making this decision is hard because Donna and Pete like to have fun with their friends. Schoolwork can also be kind of boring sometimes. But they know that they need to get their homework done, and they dont want to be around alcohol. Their parents would be really upset if they found out their children were at a party where there was alcohol available, even if they didnt drink anything.,Reference answers,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 1 Unit 1,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Prepare,Scenario 2 Jill has a babysitting job every Friday night. She is saving money to go to Disneyland this summer. A friend invites her to go to the movies this Friday night. Its a movie shes been wanting to see for months. What about her job? What should she do? Making this decision is difficult because Jill is torn between her commitment to the family she is babysitting for and the excitement of seeing the movie she has been waiting for. She should know that she might lose her babysitting job if she doesnt fulfill her responsibility. And if she loses the job, she might not be able to go to Disneyland this summer. So we think she should do her job and see the movie at another time.,Explore 1:,Conversation,Passage,News report 1,News report 2,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Listening and speaking,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Explore 1:,Listening and speaking,Detecting signposts Just like the traffic lights on roads, there are signposts in language that help us follow what were listening to. Signpost words are the words and phrases that people use to guide the listener through what is being said. They can tell you when the speaker is going to make a list, change the topic, add an example, or simply explain their point of view in another way. Recognizing signpost words and using them to predict what a speaker will do next can help you listen more readily and identify answers more successfully.,LISTENING SKILLS,Next page,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Explore 1:,Listening and speaking,LISTENING SKILLS,Next page,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Explore 1:,Listening and speaking,LISTENING SKILLS,Passage,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,Explore 1:,Listening and speaking,WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS,divorced a. 已离婚的,Listening and understanding,Life is full of big moments and big decisions. Every day, whether we like it or not, we have to make choices for our future selves. So how can we make these choices? Now listen to a passage and match each signpost in Column A with what people should do to make right choices in Column B.,新一代大学英语（基础篇） 视听说教程 2 Unit 6,1,Explore 1:,Listening and speaking,Column B a. people should make decisions with a peaceful mind. b. you may list all the costs and benefits of each option. c. its smart to talk to people who can offer good advice and get information from professionals and learn from other peoples experience. d. you should avoid making choices when tired, under pressure, hungry, under the influence of drugs, beer or wine, or in a hurry. e. try to think about pri