1、Unitl一. Understanding short conversations 1W: Its time for N International Clock Talk*! Time to discuss how you feel aboui time! M; Well, since we all come from the same country, I think our views will be similar Q: Why does the man believe the people will liave similar views?2W: It annoys me the wa

2、y my foreign friends treat time.M; I just read a book about this problem! Its entitled International Clock Talk,Q: Which problem is the book about93M; Austrahans are so relaxed about time! ft drives me mad!W: Thats the way the / are. While youre here, yoult have to get used to A.Q: What advice does

3、the woman giw the man?4M: Have you noticed differences between our cultures?W: Sure, In my country, people dont care about time very much. Here, you 匕ke it seriausly. Q: How do people in the womans country feel about ttme?5W: Can you explain why youre always five mtnutes late for conferences?M: Oh.

4、Cm sorry In my country, people are often fateQ: What is the argument between the man and the woman a bout?M: Every time I teach my son a lesson, he sees something on TV that undermi nes what Fve said.W: Maybe you should think about getting rid of your television. TV often has 己 bad influencecn oeoDl

5、j.Q: What does the woman think about television?M: My parents are very generous with me. Sometimes, I wonder if their generosity has been bad for my characterW: You seem all right - not too greedy or seffish. I dont think it has done you any harm二；：口；，:卜二。工:J，二八n a JW: De you think our son is gettin

6、g into trouble? Is he violent?M: Oir son? No wa/5 He knows right from wrong. W&ve made it dear to him that violence is never the answer to a problem.1- I - i. ，一W: Howhs your reading on teenage behavior going? Have you learned an)4hing?M: Ybah It says here that 50 perceE of all teenagers are from br

7、oken homes and that these chitdren are 73 percent more likely to commit crimes,門：H二 w iruch n:o:ekeif is R iqai 禽這 tror.二簿 Ken Xnss wi二二廠匚丈可 9sLong ConversationW: Many people are having trouble with their sons arid daughters. Iwas jusi reading a newspaper article on it th$ moming. There are 190,000

8、t$eragers in our cityM： Does it say anything about the causes of teenage violence? My son has been hitting other students at school.W: Yfes. It says TV has a major influence By 18, teenagers have often seen 200,000 acts of violence on TV. And people who have seen the mo si violence on TV tend lo be

9、the most violentM: M/son doesnt watch much TV. so it must be something else.W: Maybe ifs music. Teenagers typical listen to four hours of music every day Many of thesongs have very violent messages.M; Does the article say thtviutence in pop music leads to violent behavior?W: It isnt quite clear. The

10、 article reports ontwo studies. One report says teenagers who listen to pop music are almost twice as likely to become violent, while the other one says there*s no significant connection between the two factors.Passageltfs odd that parents are so worried about their teenagers smoking, especially sin

11、ce smoking isnpt a teenagers biggest problem. Then what is? Shockingly, a teenagers biggest problern is his own mother and father! Tbda/S teenagers know they Should not srnoke. but they dorft know 瞋hen not to listen to their parents. They dont know they should say no to their parents when their po r

12、ents arc being too generous. Therefore, qb they receive more and more from tbeir parents, the teenagers become greedy and selfish Gradualtyh they have hpcome spo led StixiiRS show that spoiled tRenagers are much more likely to take drugs and do poorly in school They may also develop poor manners and get pregn