(完整版)新标准大学英语视听说Unit2Mixedfeelings文本材料

1、 unit 2 mixed feelingsinside viewconversation1kate ：come in. hey, janet.janet ：hi kate, are you busy?kate ：yes, im just doing an essay. but its great to see you.so whats new?janet ：well, nothing much.kate ：you look a bit fed up. whats bugging you?janet ：well, i had a phone call from my parents and i

2、t made mefeel homesick. it happens everytime they call, and it gets me down.kate ：im sorry to hear that. i know how you feel. i lovespeaking to my mum and dad, but ialways feel miserable after the call.janet ：my dad doesnt say much, and i want to speak to him,but i wish i knew what to say.kate ：dont

3、 let it get to you. my dad doesnt say much on thephone either. i call, he answersthe phone, and says, “hi, ill pass you to your mother.” itsreally irritating. janet ：but i miss him and my mother a lot, and i like to hearhis voice.kate ：just tell him what youre up to.janet ：sometimes i feel as if i m

4、ade a mistake leaving homeand coming to oxford.sometimes i feel like a moody teenager.kate ：try not to worry about it, janet. its normal to feel likethat. i understand how you feel, buti bet everything will be fine next term. youll get used to it. hey,why dont you do what i do?janet ：whats that?kate

5、 ：when my dad calls, i ask him for more money! heusually says no, but at least i getto hear his voice!janet ：maybe. im sorry to take up your time, kate, but i mustgo now. bye!kate ：wait a minute !conversation2kate ：i think i may have upset janet last night.mark ：what happened? kate ：she came to see

6、me. i was busy doing an essay but i wasreally pleased to see her. shed had a call from home, and saidshe was feeling homesick.mark ：poor kid! it must be tough on you guys, living so faraway from home.kate ：i tried to make her laugh, told her not to worry about it,and that it was normal to feel miser

7、able. suddenly she lookedmiserable, and then she got up and said, “i must go now” andleft my room. it was really sudden. i felt as if id saidsomething wrong.mark ：maybe she was just being polite. it was probablybecause she realized you were working and didnt want todisturb you.kate ：i just wonder if

8、 she found it difficult to talk about herfeelings with me. maybe i shouldnthave tried to make her laugh? perhaps she thought i wasnttaking her seriously.mark ：i wouldnt worry about it. put yourself in her shoes.how would you feel if you were a student at college in china?kate ：i know. thats why i fe

9、el bad. if only she had stayedlonger! i wish i could have helped her more.janet ：hey, everyone! mark ：hi janet, you look cheerful!janet ：yes, ive just got my essay back. i got an alpha minus!kate ：what an amazing grade! well done.mark ：im really happy for you, janet.janet ：i feel on top of the world

10、!outside viewsebastienhi. im sebastien. im from germany. um, the idea of iq of ameasure of your brain power has been around for a while, butrecently theres been this new idea of the eq your emotionalquotient. and by now, its actually almost being regarded asmore important. if you look at it, busines

11、ses will well, theywill prefer employing people with great eq. well, of course, iqcannot be disregarded, but um, eq does have its importance aswell. uh, i believe that, um, i mean, people, most people willhave, um, their basic means of communicating with other people.most people are somewhat sociall

12、y adept, and just like mostpeople have, you know, a basic general knowledge. but then,what i think really is the difference betweeniq and eq, i mean, you can have a “brainiac”, and they will be great at most things they do, but if you just cant get along withhim, if you just cant communicate with hi

13、m, i mean, you know,hes not really that useful.kimhi. this is kim. im originally from korea, and i was raised incalifornia. and today, we are going to talk about the differencesbetween iq and eq iq meaning your intelligence, eqmeaning your emotions. now, in when i was, when i was alittle, little boy

14、 in korea, i h ad to take i think id taken liketwo or three iq tests before the age of ten, which is when imoved to california. so, i guess we stress a lot of importance onintelligence, on having great iq scores. but after i moved to thestates, i learnt how to associate with people, and along the li

15、nesthat this word eq came up, you know, emotional, caringabout its basically how you deal with people, howyou make people feel, and how people make you feel.i think theyre equally as, as important, but it see ms that in theeastern world they kind of stress on that a lot more back in thedays. but i t

16、hink again, you know, now that with internet and people are communicating so much faster, theres a bettermixture of the two i think. theres a stress on eq in ko rea aswell, and a stress on iq in the states. thank you.tedhello. my name is ted, and im from the united states ofamerica. today, im going

17、to talk a little bit about iq or eq which is most important, or which is more important. now, for along time when i was growing up, people said, “iq. whats youriq? take an iq test.” but then eq, your emotions, how youinteract with people, that became very important. and i thinktheyre that people mig

18、ht be onto something with that,because your eq how you deal with people, how you interactwith people is important. now, a big part of this, in myopinion, is listening. i know im talking a lot right now, but ifyou want to get along well with people, you have to listen tothem, so just take a minute, m

19、aybe shut your mouth for a minute,and listen to others, and then you can understand andcommunicate with them in a better way. so, part of eq, i think,is listening listening to others and it can be more importantthan iq. listening inpassage1presenterwere fortunate to have as our guest today dr jenna

20、hudson,who has just written a book about how colours affect us in oursurroundings, especially in the world of advertising. its calledmarket colours. dr hudson, which are the most commoncolours in advertising and marketing?dr hudsonwell, of course, it depends what image the marketing team wishto proj

21、ect with their products. so for example, we often think ofblue as a cold colour, but it also makes you feel peaceful, quiet,and it doesnt suggest strong emotions. so its a favourite forbanks and insurance companies, who wish to suggest the imagethat they are trustworthy. and for selling products, it

22、s oftenused tosuggest something is pure and fresh.what about red?you can sell almo st anything with red. its a hot colour, whichsuggests a feeling of energy and even passion. it grabs yourattention, and can make people buy almost anything. you often see red on magazine covers. but if you use it too

23、much, it lookscheap and may make people tired. and orange has a similareffect to red, its upbeat and happy, it suggests pleasant feelingsand images. most people react well to orange, and its especiallypopular in advertising and on packaging for baked food.what about yellow, for instance?yellow is th

24、e colour of sunshine and its a positive, happy colour,so its used a lot in advertising. but its also often used forwarning signs, direction signs, and so on, where you have toread the message quickly and at a distance.what about less popular colours for advertising?surprisingly, green isnt used much

25、 in advertising except forgarden products. its friendly and restful. it can be cool andsoothing, the colour of apples and mint, but it can also be quitestrong and many people associate it with unpleasant ideas ofdecay or slimy creatures. but most colours are not primarycolours, theyre a combination.

26、 absolutely. so yellow -orange iscommon, and often used to give animpression of style and class,it looks like gold. but its not often used in letters because itsnot very strong. and yellow-green reminds people of feelingsick.blue-green works well as a cool colour, suggesting freshness, and is someti

27、mesused for toothpaste products, bathroom products, food andhousehold cleaning products. it has many of the advantages ofblue without the disadvantages of green.fascinating.thank you very much, drscriptshudson. market colours by dr jennahudson is on sale from next week,priced 15.99 passage2presenter

28、 ：what makes you embarrassed, sally?sally ：oh, im easily embarrassed. if anybody notices me orlooks at me, i get very embarrassed. when people sing mehappy birthday on my birthday, i get very embarrassed.presenter ：and what makes you upset?sally ：when people are selfish, people who think only ofthemselves. and cruelty i cant bear people who are cruel,especially to animals or children.presenter ：jake, what makes you depressed?jake ：i hate it when it rains, and i dont like people who lookdown on me, who think theyre superior to me withou