Unit 1 Education
Part II LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Lesson A / Listening
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Track 1-1 In Kenya today, eighty-three percent of all girls go to elementary school. But in poor areas, only one in five girls goes to school.
Forty-eight percent of Kenya’s girls go to high school. In poor areas only about eleven percent do. Why is this? First, many families do not have money for school. Also, some girls leave school. They get married as teenagers — some at age fourteen or fifteen.
Kakenya Ntaiya is from a small village in Kenya. She is the oldest of eight children. As a child, her family was very poor. She had to work on the family farm, but she still went to school. She was a very good student.
In Kakenya’s village, many girls leave school and they get married as teenagers. Kakenya’s family wanted this, too. But Kakenya loved school and she didn’t want to leave. So she talked to her father. Luckily, he let her stay in school.
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In time, Kakenya finished high school. Then she went to college in the United States. Later, she returned to her village and she started a school for girls. Today, the school has over one hundred students. In the future, Kakenya’s students will be teachers, doctors, and lawyers. Their lives will be different.
1. get married: 结婚
2. in time: 最后
3. in the future: 在将来
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Track 1–2 In Kenya today, eighty-three percent of all girls go to elementary school. But in poor areas, only one in five girls goes to school.
Forty-eight percent of Kenya’s girls go to high school. In poor areas only about eleven percent do. Why is this? First, many families do not have money for school. Also, some girls leave school. They get married as teenagers — some at age fourteen or fifteen.
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Kakenya Ntaiya is from a small village in Kenya. She is the oldest of eight children. As a child, her family was very poor. She had to work on the family farm, but she still went to school. She was a very good student.
In Kakenya’s village, many girls leave school and they get married as teenagers. Kakenya’s family wanted this, too. But Kakenya loved school and she didn’t want to leave. So she talked to her father. Luckily, he let her stay in school.
In time, Kakenya finished high school. Then she went to college in the United States. Later, she returned to her village and she started a school for girls. Today, the school has over one hundred students. In the future, Kakenya’s students will be teachers, doctors, and lawyers. Their lives will be different.
Conversation
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Track 1–4 A: I’m going to London this summer.
B: Really? On vacation?
A: No, to take a business class. In it, students learn to give presentations and write in English.
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B: Interesting.
A: Yeah, and you can also do an internship at a company.
B: That sounds great.
Lesson B / Listening 1
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Track 1–5 Photo Camp
Anyone can take a photo. But can you use a camera to tell a story, too?
What is it?
Photo Camp is a four-day class. Young adults learn to take photos and tell stories with their cameras. Their teachers are National Geographic photographers.
What happens?
Students have class in the morning. They learn things like this: How can you take a beautiful photo of a person or something in nature? When is it good to take a black and white photo? In the afternoon, they go out and take lots of pictures.
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Then they learn to choose the best ones.
In some Photo Camp classes, students learn about problems in their area. For example, in the Caribbean country of Barbados, students learned about water problems. Then they took photos and wrote about it.
Photo Camps also bring people together. In one camp, students from Brazil visited Doha (Qatar’s capital) for ten days. Together, the students traveled around Qatar. They learned about Qatar’s culture and language. And they took some great pictures.
1. take a photo / take photos: 拍照
Listening 2
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Track 1-6 F: What’s the Independent Project?
M: It’s a special high school program. In it, each student learns to do something new.
F: Like what?
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M: Well, one student learned to cook. Another learned to play the piano — and now he can play really well. Another student learned to make a movie. Students choose their own ideas.
F: And students have four months to finish their projects?
M: Right. Then, at the end, every student gives a presentation to explain their project.
F: And what do the students in the Independent Project do exactly?
M: In the first week, each student states their plan clearly. For example, one plan was this: “I want to learn to cook an Italian meal for eighty people.”
F: Uh-huh. So, how does a student learn to cook, or play an instrument ... or anything else?
M: Students talk to teachers and other experts outside school. They also
read books and information on the Internet.
F: And what do they do at the end, when they’re finished?
M: Well, every student has to show and explain their project to the other
students in the program.
F: That sounds really interesting.
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1. make a movie: 拍摄电影
Listening skills
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Track 1–7 1. Students and teachers at 20 schools in China’s poor rural areas had their own computer labs at the end of 2001. The labs were jointly funded by China Youth Development Foundation and Coca-Cola (China) Beverages Ltd., which planned to establish more computer labs in 1,200 rural schools.
2. China is now using India’s rich resources and expertise in IT education to meet its great demand for software professionals. An Indian company has recently signed a deal with China to establish a joint venture company in Beijing. It is the first Indian company to invest in the education of software professionals in China.
3. Code Red II, the world’s most vicious cyber worm, is about to start another attack. Unlike its former peer, “I love you” bug, this time the Code Red series will target Internet servers and the network. Anti-bug experts are calling for greater online security.
PART III VIDEO
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Narrator:
Just outside Johannesburg, South Africa, the day begins for seventeen year old Mamorena Chaane.
She’s a student at St. Mary’s, a very expensive private school. Mamorena gets a great education here.
In South Africa, many people leave school as teenagers. So Mamorena is a very lucky young woman.
This is her mother, Tandi. She grew up in a poor area in Johannesburg. Today, she and her family live in the suburbs and she is a successful businesswoman.
But every week, Tandi takes Mamorena to her old neighborhood in Johannesburg. Tandi grew up here, and her life was very difficult.
Tandi:
“This was a shantytown. This whole area was a shantytown.”
Narrator:
Tandi shows Mamorena her childhood home. She wants Mamorena to learn about the past — and about the poor today.
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But Mamorena doesn’t really understand. Her life is so different. Her family has a beautiful home.
Mamorena:
“We’re born on the same day.”
Narrator:
And the house has a pool. It’s very different from her mother’s childhood.
In many ways, Mamorena is a typical teenager. She loves to go shopping. Sometimes, she says, she feels more Western than South African. She listens to Western music; she eats Western fast food. And her mother worries about this.
Tandi:
“I want her to always remember who she is. Because I don’t think you become a person if you don’t know where you come from.”
Mamorena:
“Now, this is the hero of South Africa. He’s ‘Dada’, meaning ‘our father’. ”
Narrator:
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Tandi’s generation worked hard to change South Africa. Now, Mamorena and her generation must work hard too, says Tandi.
1. private school: 私立学校
2. grow up: 长大
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