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Listening
Unit2
Workbook
•马玉珍
1 How many ways are there to become a British citizen?
2 Which group of British citizens has the largest number?
3 How have the black British contributed to the British culture?
Three
People with British parents or born in Britain.
With their music and food.
1 Listen to Parts 1 and 2 of the tape and
answer a British these questions.
2 Listen to Part 1 and fill in the first column. Then listen to Part2 an complete
the other two.
Group1 Group2 Group3
1 _____ in the old British Empire
2_______ to become British
1 having one British ________
2 _________ in Britain
asking to become British after living in Britain for ____ years
born
choose being born
five
parent
2. Tick the people who could become British.
Rod Jone
Mary Smith
Claude Lebon
Jonh Nkosi
His parents are British citizens.His parents are Canadians and has not live in England long enough
He was born in England
Although neither his parents are British, but he has lived in the UK for ten years.
LISTENING TEXT
WHO ARE BRITISH CITIZENS?
Liu Lei (LL) is talking with Sarah (S) a
bout British people .
LL: Sarah, did you say that Britain is
a multicultural country?
S: Yes, I did. We have people from different cultures and countries.
LL: I don’t quite understand. If they come from different cultures and
countries, how do you know that they’re British? S: Well, there are three different groups
of British citizens. Let me tell you about the first group.
A long time ago Britain ruled many countries. When these countries became independent, their people were given a choice. They could either become British citizens or remain in their own country.
LL: Now let me see if I’ve got it right. Did you say that they had to choose which country to belong to?
S: Yes, and many chose to remain in
their own country, but some wanted
to be British and came to Britain.
LL: I see. So that’s the first group.
Part 2
LL: So what about the second and third
groups?
S: Well, the second group’s easy.
They’re people with British parents
or who were born in Britain. This is
the largest number of British citizens.
LL: And the third group?
S: They come from other countries.
But if a person lives and works in
Britain for five years they can
become a British citizen.
LL: I see. What if you have black
skin?
S: It doesn’t matter what colour your s
kin is! Many black people came from
the Caribbean, India or Pakistan to s
et up small businesses. They’re all Br
itish now.
LL: Have they contributed to British
culture?
S: Oh yes, with their music and food, of c
ourse! We’ve a new national dish from
India called chicken tikka masala. It is
now more popular than our traditiona
l national dish of fish and chips. So yo
u can see how truly
multicultural we are!
Excuse me… I’m afraid I can’t follow you.Please, can you speak more slowly?I beg your pardon? Pardon?What did you mean by …?I didn’t understand …I’m sorry but could you repeat that?
When you have problems understanding the guide, use these expressions:
Talking
A: Excuse me. Are you a guide?
B: Yes, I am. Can I help you?
A: Can I ask you a question about the
Temple of Heaven?
B: Of course. What do you want to
know?
A: What is this Temple for?
Sample dialogue:
B: The Emperor came to pray for good
crops and a good harvest for the country.
He made offerings to the God and asked
him for help.
A: Please can you speak more slowly?
I’m afraid I can’t follow you.
B: I’m sorry. I’ll speak more slowly. This is the Hall where the Emperor made his sacrifices to the Gods. You may not go in but just look through the door.A: What did you mean by making sacrifice?B: He killed many animals after making prayers. He also dressed in special clothes.
A: I beg your pardon? Special clothes! I
thought his clothes were always special!
What were they?
B: They were clothes kept just for this
occasion. He changed in a special yellow
room and came out to go to pray to the
Gods.
A: I see. When did this stop?
B: When the Emperors stopped
ruling China.
A: Thank you. You have been most
helpful.
in-im-dis-un-re- under-over-
into; negative, not, without negative( 否定)apart; negative; intensive.not; the reversal of an actionagain, backunder, beneath. above; beyond; upside-down
Prefix
Using Words and Expressions
1. Nobody at the pub talked to us. I don’t know why they were so _________ to us.
2. Jason is so ________ that he is not going to wait for the bus. He’ll call a taxi.
3. His cousin steals money and tells lies --- he is very ________.
unfriendlyimpatient
dishonest
Use a prefix above and a word on page 49, making any necessary change in tense or form and then fill in the blanks.
4. We are told that the statue cannot be repaired but to his credit he didn’t accept that. He says that nothing is __________.
5. He made so many errors in the homework that he would have to _____it.6. The ____________ in British English is the same as the subway in American
English.7. I wrote a description of the wrong building because I ______________ the
question.
redounderground
misunderstood
impossible
8. I ________ this morning and only just had time to put on my uniform before leaving for work.
9. We ________ about which architectural styles we like. He prefers modern buildings but I like traditional buildings best.
10. This art collection is closed for the summer, but it will _______ in September.
reopen
overslept
disagree
11. At customs the man was _________
to open his bag – it contained
drugs.
12. He is a man of many words, but his
actions are often ____________
with his words.
unwilling
inconsistent
1. What did you find had happened to
your flower pots when you got home?
________________________________
___________.
When I got home I found the flower
pots broken
1 Answer these questions using the past participle as the object complement.
Using Structures
2. What did you do when the paths were
covered in snow and you were away?
__________________________________
______________.
When the paths were covered in snow I
got them cleared
3. How can you use your computer since
it is broken?
________________________________
__________.
4. How did you get those trees to appear
in your garden when you were away?
_____________________________
____________________.
As my computer is broken I got it
mended
When I was away I had the trees
planted in my garden
5. When you came back, how did you
find the street after the storm?
________________________________
_____________________.
6. When did he say he would finish the
work?
__________________________
__________________.
When I came back I found the street
flooded after the storm
He said he would get the work
finished by Monday
7. How did you find Shanghai after such a long time? ______________________________________________.
8. What are you going to do at the hairdresser’s tomorrow? _________________________________________________________.
I found Shanghai changed a lot after such a long time
I am going to have my hair cut / done at the hairdresser’s tomorrow
2 You are a policeman writing a report about a house that has been broken into. Use the past participle as the object complement to describe what you found.
steal disconnect wash repair mendcheck open lock examine clean break insure
When I entered the house I found the
telephone ___________, the windows
_______ and the door ______. I was
overcome by the smell. I had to get the
kitchen _______, the cooker _______
disconnected
broken opened
cleaned repaired
Report of a House Break-in at 26 Mount Pleasant Road, Cambridge.
and the floor _______ before I could look
into the problem. Mrs. Smiths had had
the house _________ and ______ a few
months ago so it should have been safe.
Nobody should have been able to
enter without permission. I had the locks
______ and the windows ________
washed
examined locked
tested mended
before I left. Mrs. Smith was very
grateful. She had only had three valuable
jewels ______ and as she had had them
_______ she was not too upset. She thinks
the gardener may have stolen a key and be
the person who broke into the house.
Signed: Police Constable Stephen Briggs.
Date: 21/6/2006
insuredstolen
•马玉珍