2. The tea ceremony
The guests take off their shoes and put on bamboo shoes before entering the tea room; ( √ )
The guests wash their hands in a rock water basin before entering the tea room; ( √ )
The guests sit in the traditional way----on their knees; ( √ )
The guests praise the design of the tea set they are using; ( √)
The tea master serves the tea to the guests in turn, starting from the most distinguished; ( √ )
The tea master and guests bow to each other from time to time during the ceremony. ( √)
Unit 5 Opinions Part A Exercise 1
Conversation 1 Q1. She thought it was terrible.
Q2. He thought it was great.
Conversation 2 Q1. He thinks it is superficial.
Q2. She thiks it is quite well-written.
Exercise 2 Bad Effects of TV on Children Firstly There are a lot of violent programs. Secondly The advertising is very bad for them. Thirdly Watching TV all day is bad for children’s eyes. Finally Watching TV is not creative. Part B Forum 1 Exercise 1 1. a 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. d
Is It Stupid to Say So?
Nancy Rodgers is a law student. Last week her lecturer advised her to
change to a more suitable course. He said that a career in law was unsuitable for women.
Nancy: I was shocked. At first I thought he was joking. Of course, it was a stupid thing to say. Women are as intelligent as men. There are some excellent women lawyers. If he doesn’t want to teach me, he should change his job. I have a right to study law.
Andrew: Nancy, you’re wasting your time studying law. ‘When you are
married and have children you’ll be too busy to work. Anyway, women can’t decide anything properly because they’re too emotional. You should study cooking and sewing in order to become a good wife and mother.
Paul: As I see it, an intelligent woman can succeed in any career if she has enough strength to overcome male prejudice. But Nancy has to decide first whether or not she wants to have children. It’s impossible to have a
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successful career and to be a good mother at the same time. That’s why all the professions are dominated by men.
Betty: Well, I can’t understand why Nancy wants to study law, or any other course. For myself, I really enjoy being a wife and a mother. I have two lovely little boys and I have a good husband who works hard to pay for everything we need. I couldn’t do his work and he certainly couldn’t do mine. We’re both happy with our work. Women’s liberation should stop interfering.
Chris: Until I find a job that pays me more money than my wife’s getting now, I will do all the housework. Some men might laugh at me, but I’m quite happy with this arrangement. And of course it leaves me so much free time for hobbies. They say that housework is a woman’s job. That’s stupid. Men always do their own housework when they’re single, don’t they? If Nancy wants to have a career in law, why should anybody try to stop her?
Exercise 2 Nancy (1st speaker) Women have a right to study law. 2nd speaker It’s a waste of time for women to study law. Women can’t decide anything properly because they’re too emotional. 3rd speaker Women can succeed in any career but it’s impossible for a woman to have a successful career and to be a good mother at the same time. 4th speaker Women can’t do men’s work, and men can’t do women’s work. Women’s liberation should stop interfering. 5th speaker It is stupid to say that housework is a woman’s job. Forum 2 Exercise 1 1. d 2. a 3. d
Handguns
Chairman: Good evening. It’s Bob Smith. As we know, the question of
handguns always raises a lot of discussion in our country. Tonight we’ll have opinions from all of you, as people from different countries. Our guests tonight are Roger from Canada, Reiko from Japan, Yu Fen from China, and Antonio from Italy. Roger, let’s start with you.
Roger: In my opinion, the laws on handguns should be changed. Do you know more than 40,000 people a year are killed with handguns? It’s crazy. Guns should be outlawed immediately. Chairman: Yu Fen, what’s your opinion?
Yu Fen: Well, I don’t really like guns, but we have to ask who is doing the
killing. I think most of the killers are criminals. I hate to say it, but I think people should be allowed to own guns. Ordinary people have to be able to protect themselves and their families.
Chairman: People in Japan can’t have guns at home. What do you think of all this, Reiko?
Reiko: I also hate to say it, but I agree with Yu Fen. A violent person might
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use anything as a weapon. Roger said around 40,000 people get killed with guns each year. I think more than a million people have a gun at home. All gun owners are not crazy killers. In my opinion people should be allowed to own guns.
Chairman: That’s a very good point, Reiko. It’s like traffic accidents. Many people get killed in car accidents, but we don’t talk about the millions and millions of people who drive their cars every day and never have an accident. Antonio? What do you think of it? Do you agree with Reiko or not? Antonio: I see her point. But I’ve heard that there are close to 20,000 accidents in the home every year that happen because of guns. Children watch TV and see people shooting other people, but they are too young to understand what happens in real life. So I think it is very dangerous to allow people to possess guns. I think the law should be changed, and no one except the police should be able to carry guns.
Chairman: Thank you, guests. So, listeners, you’ve heard some opinions from around the world. Now we want to hear your opinion. Please call us or e-mail us.
Exericse 2 Roger from Canada Guns should be outlawed immediately. Yu Fen from China Ordinary people should be allowed to own guns to protect themselves and their families. Reiko from Japan People should be allowed to own guns. Antonio from Italy No one except the police should carry guns. Unit 6 Money Part A Exercise 1
1. She thinks a lot of them are in financial difficulties.
2. She thinks the government should give them a monthly allowance.
3. He thinks it’s not a good idea because some of them would want to be students all their lives.
4. He thinks that the government can get those students an interest-free loan and let them pay back in ten years.
5. Yes. She also finds it a good idea. Part B Passage 1
Exercise 1 1. b 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. d
Banks
Nearly every adult has some business with a bank. Most people have
savings accounts where they deposit their money. Many also have checking accounts which permit them to write a check against the hinds in their
accounts. A lot of people pay their bills by check rather than in cash. It is more convenient and the cancelled check is a receipt of payment. Banks do more
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than offer savings and checking accounts to their customers. A bank will generally cash a
check for you and will change large bills for you:
When the bank accepts money for deposit it pays interest on the money
deposited. Thus your money in the bank is earning money. Normally the bank pays about 3% interest.
The bank also provides security for one’s special papers and valuables. Most banks have a safe deposit section. Here you can rent a box (made of metal) in which you store your valuables and important papers. You are given a key to the box and only you can open the box.
One of the most important functions of a bank is to make loans. This is the way the bank makes its money. If you want to buy an expensive object (car, house, etc.) you may have to borrow the money from the bank. You go to the bank and make an application for a loan. After the bank examines your
application to insure that you are a good risk they then will give you the money. You then have to repay the bank the amount of the loan plus interest over a period of time.
Exercise 2 How do you get a bank loan? Step 1 You go to the bank and make an application; Step 2 The bank examines your application; Step 3 The bank gives you the money after making sure that you are a good risk; Step 4 You repay the bank the amount of the loan plus interest over a period of time. Passage 2 Exercise 1 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. d
What Is Money?
Money is a medium of exchange that is widely accepted in payment for goods and services and in settlement of debts. Money also serves as a standard of value for measuring the relative worth of different goods and services.
The functions of money as a medium of exchange and a measure of value greatly facilitate the exchange of goods and services and the specialization of production. Without the use of money, trade would be reduced to barter, or the direct exchange of one commodity for another; this was the means used by primitive people. In a barter economy, a person having something to trade must find another who wants it and has something acceptable to offer in exchange. In a money economy, the owner of a commodity may sell it for money, which is acceptable in payment for goods. Money may therefore be regarded as a keystone of modem economic life.
Most of the money circulating today is made of metal, paper or plastics.
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But in ancient times, people actually used various kinds of things as exchange media, such as knives, cloth, rice, gold and silver. In China, for instance, cloth and metals were used as money for thousands of years. In southwest Asia and parts of Africa, rice and other things were used as money for a long time. Today everybody knows that the first metal coins were made in China.
England used tin to make its first coins. Russia and some other countries used copper to make their money. Later, a number of countries began to make coins of gold and silver. Again the Chinese people thought of a way to improve their money. As the metal money was
Inconvenient if you wanted to buy something expensive, paper currency came into existence, though the first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper currency we use today.
Exercise 2
1. …medium of exchange …payment for goods and services ….settlement of debts 2. …standard of value …relative worth
3. …the exchange of goods and services …the specialization of production 4. …keystone of modern economic life
Unit 7 Environment Part A Exercise 1 Item The Way to Recycle 1. old reports reuse 1) the other side of each page 2. a chipped cup can be used as a 2) penholder 3. an empty great for 3) storage of foods like 4) cookies, candies or container chocolates to keep them 5) fresh Exercise 2 1) noticeable 2) trip 3) results 4) typically 5) layers 6) excessive 7) effects
8) we should try to avoid excessive packaging wherever possible
9) to encourage consumers to bring their own bags and to choose products that involve less packaging
10) We should do away with the practice so as to conserve resources and protect our environment.
Part B Passage 1
Exercise 1 1. d 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. b
Exercise 2 1. Plastic bags, household waste, poisonous factory waste, etc.
2. They think the earth will forever take care of us no matter how we treat it in return. 3. The water, the food, the animals, and ourselves.
Passage 2 Exercise 1 1. d 2. d 3. a 4. a 5. d Exercise 2 1. Use scrap paper for notes; Reuse paper by making completely new paper from old
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