The reasons for shyness and the ways to overcome it
A: Well, many people are shy. If you are a shy person, don‟t worry, we will discuss the reasons for shyness and the ways to overcome it.
B: Some people are shy because they seldom take part in social activities, they prefer to stay at alone, thus are not wiling to communicate with others. Other people are shy because they are not confident in themselves.
C: I agree with you. They regard themselves as short, shy, ugly, fat, or dull; therefore, they are afraid of being laughed at and dare not bravely express their opinions.
D: Yes, and what‟s more, still others are shy because of certain experience of failure in life, they can not overcome the sense of failure therefore dare not do the things in their own ways.
B: OK, we have talked about the reasons for shyness. And how about the ways to overcome it? As far as I‟m concerned, for many people, the key to overcome shyness is to build up self-confidence.
A: Let me give you some advice. Remember that everyone has weaknesses and everyone experiences some failures, therefore, we should recognize our strengths and try our best to overcome shyness. For those who prefer to stay alone and dare not
communicate with others, encourage yourself to take part in more social activities and try to make one or two friends each time.
D: Em, I also think the most effective ways are not making negative comments about yourself and remembering that everyone experiences some failures and disappointments, because they are the keys to achieve success.
C: First, you should believe in yourself. You have the ability to solve the problem and then try your best to do it.
D: And if you fail, regard it as learning experience and stepping-stone to success, do not blame too much on yourself, because many factors may lead to the failure, it‟s not your own fault and does not show your incompetence.
C: I fully agree with you, your advice is acceptable and helpful. One more thing, there are great difference between modesty and shyness. Modesty is a good virtue that is cherished by many people.
B: While shyness is an uncomfortable or even destructive feeling one has in company of others. Shy people are always lack of self-confidence. They are reluctant to communicate with strangers or dare nor express their opinions bravely. Therefore, modesty is a good personality while shyness is not desirable in many cases.
A: Dear friends, we have discussed so much about the reasons for shyness and the ways to overcome it. Come on, please. Don‟t be shy. Let‟s be sunshine boys and girls.
What are the important factors in shaping one’s personality?
A: Do you think that boy is too shy? And her temper is s strange! She has never played with us.
B: In my eyes, one‟s growth environment greatly contributes to shaping one‟s personality. For example, if he always watches the violent movies, he may be
aggressive. If he likes to compare with classmates, he may be vain. Additionally, if his parents are all learned, he may be polite.
C: Because she is quit shy. And she is afraid of talking with others. It seems that she is likely to be alone, so she has no friends here.
D: So, what are the important factors of shaping one‟s personality?
A: I think family background maybe the most important factor that shaping one‟s personality. If one‟s family is poor, maybe the children of that family will feel inferior, they don‟t want to talk or play with other people, especially the rich people. Or if one family is rich, their children can also have strange temper, because their parents will be very strict with them. The children may feel more pressure. B: But one‟s personalities can also change just with time goes.
C: I can‟t more agree with you. In Addition, the degree of education has a great influence on person‟s personality. For instance, there are many differences between illiterate and learned people. Such as the way they deal with the same problem. D: A comment saying is that our parents are our first teachers. Their behavior and thoughts affect our personality. If your parents are optimists, that will sharp you to be optimistic. Even when you face a great setback, you will answer it with smile. Sometimes, you may behave like your father or your mother, because you are their friends.
A: kids touch more is their parents and their teachers, sure that they will be affect by them.
Unit 2
3. Share your favorite myth or legend with the other members in your group.
A: The legends are so popular that all of the children like them. And what is your favorite myth or legend?
B: I love the famous myth “the journey to the west”. It‟s based on the well-known same-title novel. It‟s a wonderful myth with numbers of brave figures. We can learn much from it. For example, try to be brave when facing difficulties and be faith in the people who is really important for you, just like the monkey Sun.
C: I like zhubajie very much, because he is very kind and amicable, and he is very brave and cute. He can compete against the man who is stronger than him. Although sometimes he is very greedy, I still like him very much.
D: Yes! I think so. What‟s more, the monkey king is an excellent character. He is a hero in Journey to the West. And do you have any others to share with us?
A: My favorite legend is little neza, I know him when I was still very young, he has been put on TV early brave, clever and powerful, he dare to struggle with treacherous court official and had defeat them. He was our little hero and he always encouraged us don‟t fear strengthen and to face the difficulty in our life bravely. B: The two figures are both attractive. But maybe “the journey to the west” is more excellent. It told that how the monkey Sun helps his shifu pass all the difficulties.
C: yes, in my opinion, I also like the mother of neza, because she is very patient. Neza is very naughty, but through his mother‟s education, he finally becoming a succeed man.
D: Perfect! I know NeZa is actually a brave child. I like him as well. As we all know, this typical characters come from the myth. And the myth is full of ancient people‟s dreams. They want to fly like a bird, so the monkey king can change into a bird. They want to swim freely in water, so NeZa can change into a fish. At last, I have to say myth really communicates to us a lot of happiness.
4. Do you admire Tortoise for his cleverness or do you sympathize with all the birds, why?
A: I don‟t admire Tortoise‟s cleverness. He was unwise to cheat all the birds. After his mischief, how could he have face to live together with them any longer? He could have no friends at all.
B: Yes. He was clever, but at the same time he was also stupid. When all the birds became so angry, how could he have trusted Parrot to take his massage to his wife? He should have jumped into the sea to avoid being hurt.
C: I admire Tortoise‟s Tortoise‟s cleverness. He was a guy who knew where to look for a nice dinner during a time of famine. He knew very well how to get trust from others.
D: Tortoise was also quick-minded. He had all the skills to cheat the birds and the sky people. His only mistake was that he should not so greedy as not to leave any nice food for the birds.
A: No, We should not learn from Tortoise. If we cheat others, we will be punished in the end. So I sympathize with the birds. They took Tortoise with them to the sky out of kindness, but after flying such a long distance, they had to fly back home with an empty stomach.
B: Yes. The birds were formally invited, but the food was enjoyed only by Tortoise, who hadn‟t been invited. The distinguished guests suffered from hunger while the casual visitor had a good time. The birds were unlucky.
C: The birds were stupid. They knew very well that Tortoise couldn‟t be trusted as he was always mischievous, and he could never change his personality and behave himself well. But they persuaded themselves that he was a changed man.
D: I agree. At the party they should have let the sky people know Tortoise was not their king and they had the right to have some of the nice food. A leopard can‟t change its spots. Tortoise was cunning, the birds should have known this.
Unit 3
1. What are the causes of the most serious social problems in China?
A: With the development of the economic, more and more social problems occur around us. For example, global worming, pollution, overpopulation, and so on.
B: In my opinion, environmental pollution is the worst of all. The pollution of water, air, noise is becoming more and more serious.
C: One of the reasons of environmental problems is overpopulation.
D: Because of the over population ,everyday , we make a lot of rubbish .And we do not deal with it in time . Besides , we make a great many noise everyday .
A: Because of the over population, the limited resources becomes more and more scanty. So, human beings resort to nature to get more resources and make much more pollution to the environment in return.
B: Nowadays people only take notice in economic, ignoring the environment problems. I think improve our lifestyle not only depend on economic.
C: More and more factories are founded. Polluted water is sent into sea and river and poison air is released into the atmosphere.
D: We should take actions to find out a solution of the bad Environment .
A: In my eyes, taking measures to control the number of population and making the best use of every kind of resources is the best way to decrease the pollution. And besides, finding some new recourse is also very important.
B:We should make a balance between nature and human. And we also need to build nature reserve.
C:I think the government should put in order factories and call on releasing reasonablly.
D: Protect our Environment from our own . We can also appeal the people around us to protection .
2. Does the phenomenon of latchkey children have a good effect on children’s growth? Why?
A: Now the number of latchkey children is increasing. Are you a latchkey child when you are young.
B: I have never experienced . C: Neither do I.
D: I have been latchkey children for one year when I was in primary school. I think it was an unforgettable experience. C: What a poor little boy.
A: Now it caused quite different remarks on this phenomenon. Even though you have experienced it, What do you think about.
D: There are also some positive influences. Because so many parents must work and make money, they always come back home very late. We can make the most use of the time to study and make friends by ourselves.
B: Latchkey children means to get little time with their parents . They can only stayed at home alone . And they will feel so lonely .
C:Over time, most of these children will because unwilling to say any words with others. In additions, let children come back home alone will make them in danger. D: Yeah, maybe there will be some danger exist. I think it is also an opportunity to learn how to be independent and learn to watch out the strangers.
A: Children should be given more time when they are small, but with the growth of their age, much space is needed.
B: The children are in the period of development , they need their parents to lead to form a good outlook on life . So they need to stay with their parents more often .
C: When growing up, children need personal space. But the family is the most needed.
Unit 5
1. What are the ways people use to communicate with each other?
A: We have been in college for many years. That‟s different from High school. We need to do a lot of team work. To finish these team work need cooperation. Communication play a important role in cooperation.
B: Year ,communication is so important. there‟re many ways people use to communicate with each other. A variety of language forms are widely used, such as body language, spoken language and written language.
C: But it don‟t only have this way. I don‟t think people forget the South Africa football world cup. Because of football, Many people who have different culture and use different language gather to South Africa. They communicate with each other by the love of football.
D: Football match is full of enthusiasm. During the competition, we hear some music .We may hear a Queen‟s song -----we will rock you .That song make fans and player become more exciting .At that time, music become bridge linking different people.
A: Nowaday the way of communication have a great change. We use letters to communicate with each other at past time ,now we use the Internet .
B: Little people use letter ,It seems that letters are forgotten and are put into museum. it „s replaced by E-mail, and we also use software, such as QQ, msn-------
C: These ways need words and language. There are other way can do it by no word and language. smile can resolve conflict, embarrassment and misunderstand. Sweet smile also express your friendly to others . And they will feel good with you .
D: Besides, smile also can show your encouragement to others. When someone is upset or disappointed, if you give him or her smile, it will cheer him or her up. And there is also some gesture to show courage.
A: In word ,Although you use any way to communicate with others , sincerity is most important.
2. Should learners aim to speak English with a native-speaker pronunciation? Why?
A: As an international language –English, we have learned it for several years. In order to live well in the future, we should improve our English spoken. Do you think learners should aim to speak English with a native-speaker pronunciation?
B: That's a difficult question to answer. Though we have learned it for many years, it is only a second language .And we don‟t have environment to learn it .It is so hard that we can speak English with a native-speaker pronunciation.
C: Right, in my opinion. there is no point to speak English with a native-speaker pronunciation. Maybe we spend a lot of time improving your pronunciation ,but we find the gain is so small.
D: I agree, but I think it is important to aim to speak English for native-speaker pronunciation. First of all, I think perfection is always a good goal in any aspect of language learning. We should aim for perfect grammar, so why not perfect pronunciation?
A: Your question is so good. The purpose of learning a language is to communicate with native-speakers or people from other parts of the world. The better our pronunciation is more easily they will be able to understand us. And I want people to understand me without any difficulty.
B: Yes, language is a tool. Good pronunciation can help us. To be honest ,it‟s only a very few who have such a good ear that they produce more or less genuine. Brithish English, and in UK people from different places also have difference. so which one should we choose to imitate.
C: Given the fact that we live in China, it seems a little bit pointless for us to try desperately hard to get rid of our national accent. If everybody tries to do so, the English language will be boring.
D: Maybe you are right, but I can‟t agree . English is now an international language and I would like to be part of that community. If my pronunciation is like a native-speaker's, I will blend into the community more naturally. I'll feel pleased if I am taken for a native-speaker. Even if I can't speak so well, I don't like to spoil the language by terrible pronunciation.
A:I know you want to do it perfectly. Different accents can help us to judge people we meet, and different accents make a language become more interesting. English is not only pronunciation.
B: The most important thing is how well we organize what we want to express. Our
ideas should be clear and easy to understand. To do so, we should be able to use right words and correct grammar and conform to English culture. So we should know both English language and English culture to make us understood.
D: Ok, I will take your opinions into consideration. Thank you!
C: It seems that we spend a lot of time discussing this question .Different people have different accents ,Limitation is intelligibility. Maybe your accent is strong, but it is enough that what we said can make other understand.
Unit 6
1. What is your favorite animal? Why? A: Do you like animals?
B、C、D： Yes, we do.
A: What is your favorite animal?
B: My favorite animal is dog. I think dogs are friendly and kind. They can help us do lots of things. Such as guard our house, help the policeman and the blind, guard(看守) the sheep and save people and so on.
C: I really agree with you. I have a pet dog named Lucky. It has white and soft furs with two small ears and a long tail. It is given by my aunt as my birthday gift. It is so friendly and lovely that we all love it very much. It likes playing balls outside so I often take it out for a walk. It also likes to be clean so I wash it and make it clean twice every week. I often feed it with dog food and sausages(腊肠). It likes one of my best friends.
D: You are lucky to have this kind of pet. It is a lot of work to keep a pet, isn't it?
C: Yes, that's true. I walk my pet dog at least twice a day. I feed her, spend time with it and watch it when it is out of its doghouse. Sometimes when I brush it, I end up with hair all over me. But I think it is all worth it. It gives its love to me in return.
D: Really?
C: Yes. I think my pet dog can tell when I am happy, sad, angry or troubled.
A: How lovely. Do you have a pet D?
D: Yes, I do. I have a pet cat. It's small with long tail and white fur. I feed her with sausage, milk, fish and so on. She likes playing very much. She is not only my cat, but also my friend.
A, C: Good. Pets can make us feel less lonely.
2. Do you agree that human beings are more aggressive than animals? Why? A：Hi, ××, you looks so happy. What happened?
B：Oh, my friend and I will go to the zoo this Sunday. I am very excited about it.
C：Wonderful！Enjoy yourself! However, I think animals like tiger or lion are always fierce and dangerous. You should be careful.
D：Yes, Animals in zoos are kept in cages and often become more aggressive than they would be in the wild.
A：You are right. But not all the animals are dangerous. I suppose aggression is the nature both in humans and animals. We all want to make ourselves better than others, so fight is inevasible (无可避免). But who do you think is more aggressive? B：In my opinion, man is the most aggressive and cruel of all living creatures. We may say a violent man is behaving “like a beast”, but, in fact, no beast behaves as violently as man.
C：Yes, I agree with you. As we all known, human beings always kill his member for his own benefit. Rarely does an animal kill a member of its own species. I think our society is more competitive than animals‟ world. D：I don‟t think so. Competition is necessary, but aggression is not. Competition is not equal to aggression. A：What‟s more，Being aggressive is the required instinct as animals，but human being is the advanced animal and rational，we would do with the morality.
B：Em…But don‟t you think there is the reality that human beings have been more aggressive than animals when the environment began to take a bad turn？
C：I‟m afraid not. Human beings are thoughtful，they can find ways to improve this challenging situation to make our world more harmonious.
D：Yeah，after your discussion，I concluded that maybe our human beings are aggressive sometimes，but we can behave with morality in most cases.
A、C、D have a good time tomorrow！
Unit 7
1. What is the most impressive trip you have made? Share it with others.
A: I love traveling. Almost every holiday I made a trip with my family. I really enjoyed the scenery during the trips, which made me feel relaxed. What‟s more, the nature could always bring me a good mood.
B: I had some experiences of travel. However, the most impressive trip I‟ve made was the one I went to Zhoushan Islands. Owing to some unhappy things that happened to me several months ago, I needed to take a walk to have some fresh air and to forget the past. I know there is nothing like nature that can make me feel comfortable, I like beautiful things such as blue sky, boundless sea, wonderful breeze, soft beach and so on…
C: So have you relaxed yourself successfully there?
B: The trip was so wonderful that I would never forget. I spent most of time visiting the tourist attractions. Although the weather there was not fine, furthermore, I suffered from rain, we still enjoyed our travel, because wherever I went, the beautiful views all around me were fantastic.
D: Em… I do believe it is a wonderful trip. For me, I will never forget the days I spent in Dalian.
A:I desire to go to Dalian. Please share it with us.
D: I paid a visit to Dalian last summer vacation with my family. It is a quite beautiful city. We played at the seaside. The sea there is deep blue and the sky is so clean. On the beach we stepped on the blocks of stones and pebbles, looked at large numbers of waves rushing up to us one after another. The breaking waves hit on the rocks and left the beach covered with foam. We felt cool and were wet all over. And the next day we took a bus to a golf court, which was the first time that I had seen how golf was played. There I have learnt how to hold the bat and hit the ball.
A：That is really a trip worth remembering. What about you, C, do you have some interesting experiences?
C: Yes. There are many trips in my memory. Among them, I never forgot that day when my family made a trip to visit Mount Huang in May. On the half way through the mountain I saw a sea of green trees. The trees were standing straight pointing upright to the sky. White clouds floated in the blue air. The bus zigzagged to the station. As we all know, the Mount Huang is the most difficult mountain to climb. And only the brave few took the path. Following the guide I began climbing on all fours. It was a test of physique as well as courage. The narrow steps in the mountain led us higher and higher to the summit. At last we got to the summit. Standing above and looking down everything was in sight beneath me. It was magnificent and enlightening.
ABD: Oh, it is amazing that you got the summit successfully by yourself. Yeah, you are so brave.
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