Unit1Enjoy the colorful campus life!II. Basic Listening PracticeKeys: 1.C 2.D 3. B 4.D 5.AIII. Listening InTask 1:On the first dayKeys: (1)the first day (2)changing (3)really good (4)hard workers (5)went over her head (6)explained (7)notes (8)Wednesday (9)participation (10)education Task 2:How to select elective courses? Keys:(1)extra training (2)chemistry (3)accounting (4)many fields of study (5)better potential (6)business degree (7)challenging (8)how to learn (9)better understanding (10)narrow-minded Task3: How to get straight As? Keys:1.B 2.C 3. D 4.A 5.DIV. Speaking OutMODEL1 MODEL2 MODEL3 V. Let?s TalkTask 1:Maintaining the quality or increasing the intake?Keys:(1)quality (2)young (3)25 (4)difficult (5)government (6)quality (7)cut (8)extra-cautious (9)afford (10)experience (11)more (12)blame (13)budget (14)puzzled (15)serviceTask 2:Whats your answer?According to the interviewee, its difficult to strike a balance between maintaining the educational quality and making sure as many people as possible receive university education. In the past years, China has been confronted with the same problem. The university enrollment has been on the increase and some institutions of higher learning do not have enough teachers and teaching facilities, thus affecting the educational quality. Task 3:Lets group work!VI. Further Listening and SpeakingListening Task:Task1: Problems with our educational system Script:Hi, everybody. My topic today is Problems with our educational system.I disagree on a lot of the ways that things have happened for a long time in our educational system. It seems that educators just want to give standardized tests, which focus only on academic performance and neglect students abilities and interest in other areas. I think there are a lot of people who are very intelligent,but havent had the opportunities they could have had if they had learned in a broader-minded educational system. I feel that a lot of courses that students are required to take in high school are too academic, and, as a result,many kids have lost their interest in learning.Educators often fail to recognize various kinds of intelligence. They simply exert a lot of pressure on students to be as well-rounded as possible. I think being well-rounded isnt really possible. And as a consequence, some students I believe to be intelligent cant get into good colleges if they, you know, havent scored well on the math section, even if they are brilliant writers.Another thing that disturbs me is that the so-called weak students are separated from the rest of the school. Some kids are kept in a separate class if their grades are lower than others.And theyre very aware of their social position, you know. I think it causes them to act in a way that is not really positive. Theyre just acting in a way they are expected. Often their grades go from bad to worse. And thats pretty sad.I think that many of the kids in those classes are intelligent, but they never actually realize their potential because of the way they are treated early on in their education. Keys: (1)standardized tests (2)abilities and interest (3)interest (4)pressure (5)well-rounded (6)get into good colleges (7)the rest of the school (8)from bad to worseTask 2: The final examScriptAt a university, there were four sophomores taking a chemistry course. They were doing so well on all the quizzes, midterms, labs, etc. that each had an A so far for the semester.These four friends were so confident that on the weekend before the final, they decided to go up to the University of Virginia and party with some friends there. They had a great time and didnt make it back to school until early Monday morning.Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their professor after the final and explain to him why they missed it. They explained that they had planned to come back in time for the final exam, but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the way back and didnt have a spare.As a result, they missed the final.The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up the final the following day. The guys were relieved and elated. The next day, the professor placed them in separate rooms, handed each of them a paper, and told them to begin.They looked at the first problem, worth five points. It was a simple question on a chemical reaction.Cool, they all thought at the same time, each one in his separate room, this is going to be easy. Each finished the problem and then turned the page. On the second page was a question worth 95 points: Which of the tires was flat? Keys: (1)course (2)quizzes (3)semester (4)confident (5)party (6)make (7)missed (8)they had a flat tire on the way back and didnt have a spare (9)placed them in separate rooms, handed each of them a paper (10)On the second page was a question worth Task3: Harvard University ScriptHarvard University is the oldest institute of higher learning in the United States. Founded 16 y