Unit Five Studying Abroad,Section Listening and Speaking Section Intensive Reading Section Grammar Section Applied Writing Section Reading Practice Section Cultural Tips,Section Listening and Speaking Advice and Suggestions,Tune In Task 1 Directions: You will hear one word read from each group. Underline the letter beside the word you hear.,BACK,Task 2 Directions: In this part you will hear 10 sentences twice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks.,Listen On,Task 1 Warming Up Patterns Learning 1. Why dont you get there a little earlier? 2. If I were you, I would take his advice. 3. Lets talk about the possibility. 4. It is about time we bought a new apartment. 5. Why not follow me? 6. Youd better calm down. 7. If I were in your position, I would change my plan. 8.I dont think you should keep silent. 9. My advice would be, dont drive too fast. 10. Wouldnt it be an good idea to reserve seat in advance?,Task 2 Directions: In this part you will hear a dialogue twice. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks.,Key Words and Phrases jog/dg/ 慢跑 quit /wit/ v. 放弃; 停止 bug/b/ 打扰 go to pot 毁掉; 破坏 rub it in 不断提起某人的错误 put off推迟; 拖延,Task 3 Directions: In this part you will hear a dialogue twice. Listen carefully and mark T(true) or F(false) according to the dialogue. Key Words and Phrases size/ n. 大小; 尺寸 give up 放弃 CD player CD机 walkman 随身听,Task 4 Directions: In this part you will hear 10 short dialogues once. Listen to the dialogues carefully and decide on the correct answer from the four choices A), B) C) and D) given below.,Speak Out,Task 1 Listen and Repeat Directions: Listen carefully and complete the conversation orally by responding to what you have heard on the tape.,Task 2 Role-play Directions: Here are more situations, work with your partner and make more conversations. 1. Fred wants to change his major from Computer Programming to Computer Technology, and he is now consulting Professor Smith for his advice. 2. A student is asking her teacher for advice about how to learn English words by heart.,Section Intensive Reading Experience of Studying Abroad,Preview The article is about an interesting experience that a Chinese student had when she just arrived in US and changed her major studying there.,BACK,Text,Experience of Studying Abroad Richard Chen met me again at the airport when I returned from Florida. He told me that he almost had an accident the other day on his way back after seeing me off to Florida. He said the road was slippery because of the freezing rain that morning. I bought some small Christmas gifts from Florida for him and his roommates.,School started early January 1997. After a few weeks, I realized that my choice of education as my major was a mistake. I didnt have any background in this field. But my adviser kept encouraging me, saying that I would be able to catch up. He asked me to take Ph.D. courses immediately. I found that very difficult. Meanwhile, courses in Public Administration seemed attractive to me. Although I had some difficulties in understanding the reading assignments, I was able to learn the new ideas about organization and leadership skills. Besides, I also had more chances to mix with my fellow classmates through class projects. I began to think about switching my major.,I tried several times to talk to my adviser about my problems but failed to find him in his office. Then one day I ran into him in front of the main library. After a brief greeting, I started to pour out my problems and asked him for advice. He listened carefully and then gave me a note, saying that he would deliver a lecture the next morning and asked me to sit in his class and then talked to him after that. I felt satisfied. The next morning, I went to his class and sat in the back of the classroom. To my confusion, it was a sociology class for undergraduates and the professor was an old gentleman. He looked familiar to me. I must have met him somewhere before but I couldnt remember.,However, I was expecting my adviser to show up in this classroom and waited patiently. But he didnt come. I started to get anxious. Immediately after the class was over I ran upstairs to his office, He was not there either; I talked with his secretary, telling her that I had an appointment with him this morning. She dialed his home and got him there. “Do I have an appointment with you? I dont remember.” “Yes. You told me to sit in this class today and asked me to talk to you after the class.” “Where did you meet me?” “In front of the main library.” “I never went there yesterday. You must have mistaken someone else for me.”,After hanging up the phone, I got totally lost. How could this be? I tried very hard to recollect what had happened the day before. That was an old guy and? Oh, no, the professor in this mornings class! What a stupid mistake! I didnt know him but I had to go and explained the whole thing. I ran down to the classroom. There he was, waiting for