大学英语(四)听说unit 9讲稿.doc

讲 稿New College English（Second Edition）Listening and Speaking Course 4全新版大学英语（第二版）听说（四）学 校：江西农业大学 教研室：大学英语第二教研室 教学内容Part BListening TasksA passage Script: A terrible disease The phone rang and it was my husband Jack asking me to take some lunch to his office. As I drove off, I noticed a new shopping center. Strange I hadnt noticed it before. Near his office I also saw a fire station I didnt recognize.“When did they build that new shopping center?” I asked Jack. “And Im glad to see that new fire station. Itll give a good landmark.”“Diana, theyve been there for ages,” Jack scolded.Bewildered, I became angry and, starting up the engine, began to pull away. Then I braked. Where was the exit? Suddenly, nothing was familiar, I realized I had no idea how to get home. I had to stop again and again to ask for directions. Eventually, I got home. A 30-minute drive had taken me four hours.Two months later, at the office where I worked as a legal researcher, a smart young man approached me.“Hi, Diana. Good to see you,” he said, smiling.I hesitated, the smiled with resignation. “Please forgive me, its one of those days. I simply cant bring your name to mind.”“Diana, Im your cousin Richard,” he said very slowly.After that, I was constantly making mistakes and kept forgetting my way around the building. In the end, I made the painful decision to resign from work.Desperate to discover what was wrong with me, I made an appointment with a neurologist. After various tests he told me I had Alzheimers disease. I felt numb, Id hoped to find I was worrying about nothing, but now my worst fears were confirmed. And I was only 53!When I told Jack and my three grown-up children about my disease, their reaction was quiet but supportive. “Stop worrying,” Jack said, “Well take good care of you.”Now at 57, on good days Im filled with hope and determination, but on bad days I have the worst sense of being alone. Ive started a support group for other sufferers, for I know its essential to have contact with people who are walking through the same maze. Jacks coping well. While he still dreams of waking up to find all this has been a horrible nightmare, hes assured me that I can depend on him. When we married he didnt know “for better or worse” included Alzheimers. but neither did I.Exercise 1Questions for Exercise 11. What does the story mainly tell us?2. Which of the following is one of the symptoms of the speakers disease?3. What can we learn from the story?4. What do you know about the speaker from the story?5. What can be inferred about the speakers husband?c-c-d-c-dExercise 2 Diana Female Alzheimers disease Memory1. recognize familiar buildings; husbands work place.2. no idea how to get home3. recognize her cousin4. her way round her office building; made mistakesSpeaking TasksPair WorkReflections on the texts (for the teachers reference) Life can sometimes be very cruel. At 53, the woman in the story seemed to have everything she could wish for- a good job, a caring husband and three grown-up children. But just when everything seemed so good, she spotted the first signs of a terrible disease, Alzheimers. she failed to recognize buildings that were familiar to her before and forgot how to get home from her husbands workplace. A 30-minute drive took her four hours. And her situation worsened quickly. Once she even failed to recognize her cousin. Work, too, became difficult as she constantly made mistakes and had trouble finding her way around her office building. Eventually she made the painful decision to quit her job. The heaviest blow came when results of medical tests announced that she had the incurable disease of Alzheimers. Her worst fears were confirmed. However, far from burying herself in tears and self-pity, she took a positive attitude toward her illness. She learned to live with the disease. Her family, too, were supportive. Her husband and children promised to take good care of her. Her positive attitude probably helped to slow down the worsening of her disease. Four years after she was diagnosed with the disease, she was not only coping well but was also able to help other patients suffering from the same disease.Part CTest Your Listening Opportunities; longevity; specialty; existences; complicated; The elderly must rely o