Part One 听辨练习
A. 词辨音
Listen, circle the corresponding number if you hear /(?? in the word.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B. 短语辨音
Write down the words you hear on the tape, then fill in the blanks below.
1.
1. a singing ______
2. show no ______
3. at ______
4. burn the ______
5. happy ______
6. good______
7. ______in a company
8. act as ______
9. a ______skirt
10. a personal ______

C. 句辨音
Listen and repeat. Notice the sound /(?? in the sentences.
He doesn’t mean to hurt you.
He often cursed the merchant.
This is a Germany firm.
We get the terminal victory.
This magazine has a large circulation.
Thursday is the first day of the term.

I was thirsty at the time.
Let’s make a further research.
They murmur to each other.
We agree without reserve.
He is in search of the lost girl.
D. 附加辨音
谚语： Kill two birds with one stone.
　　The early bird catches the worm.
绕口令：Pearl’s bird is perched on the broken birch.
　　

Part Two跟读练习
A. Words
词首：earn, early, earth, irk, irksome, urge, urban, earthquake, erg, urgent
词中：shirt, worst, worm, further, murder, world, birth, purpose, servant, return
词尾：her, stir, blur, sir, spur, were, prefer, defer, incur, refer
B. Phrases
terms of payment a versatile person on familiar terms with
the first skirt in the world serve the master on earth
urgent patient academic circles burning with fever
C. Form sentences: using the words below to form a short paragraph .
curse perfect purpose murderer journey
D. Dialogue
A: Something’s burning?
B: Oh, my bread!
A: Mm, I love burnt bread.
B: Curse this oven! Curse it!
A: But I prefer burnt bread.
B: Curse the worst oven in the world.
A: Wonderful! A perfect bread!
B: There are thirteen of them. Oh, have another. Have a third, if you like, have them
　　all.
E. Paragraph
　　Japan’s post- world War II value system of diligence, cooperation, and hard work is changing. Recent surveys show that Japanese youth have become a “Me Generation” that rejects traditional values.
　　“Around 1980 many Japanese, especially young people, abandoned the value of economic success and began searching for new sets of values to bring them happiness,’’ writes sociologist Yasuhiro Yoshizaki in Comparative Civilizations Review. Japanese youth are placing more importance on the individual’s pursuit of happiness and less on the values of work, family, and society.
　　Japanese students seem to losing patience with work, unlike their counterparts in the United States and Korea. In a 1993 survey of college students in the three countries, only 10% of the Japanese regarded work as a primary value, compared with 47% of their Korean counterparts and 27% of American students. A great proportion of Japanese aged 18 to 24 also preferred easy jobs without heavy responsibility.
　　Concern for family values is wandering younger Japanese as they pursue an inner world of private satisfaction. Data collected by the Japanese youth 1993 shows that only 23% of Japanese youth are thinking about supporting their aged parents, in contrast to 63% of young Americans. It appears that many younger-generation Japanese are losing both respect for their parents and a sense of responsibility to the family. Author Yoshizaki attributes the change to Japanese parents’ over-indulgence of their children, material affluence, and growing concern for private matters.