中科院英语听说教程《轻松听轻松说》（上册）听力原文及答案-Unit-8.pdf

中科院英语听说教程《轻松听轻松说》（上册）听力原文及答

案-Unit-8

UNIT8

That’saGoodIdea!

AdviceandPersuasion

Introduction

Inthisunityouaregoingtohearsomepassagesand

dialoguesinwhichpeoplegiveadviceandpersuade.Thesetwo

functionsaremoreorlesssimilarinthattheybothrequirea

speakertouselanguagetomakeanotheracceptanideaorto

changeanother’sopinionorbehavior.Studentsareusually

quickinlearninghowtoopentheconversationbysimplyreciting

someexpressionsforgivingadviceorpersuading,butwhatis

difficultandimportantishowtocontinuespeakingafter

they’vemadeastart.Theyoftenpauseshortlyafterthey’ve

started,searchingforideas,wordsorpatterns.Thiscouldbe

especiallytroublesomewhentheissueisacomplicatedor

seriousone.Theyhavetopayattentiontotheappropriateness

ofspeechwhichisrealizedbyusingsuitableexpressions.Also,

theyhavetothinkoftheideastofollow.Andwhat’smore,they

havetocombinethetwoprocessestoshowtheunityofform

andcontent.

AnswerstotheQuestions:

1.It’saboutgivingadviceandpersuading.

2.There’slittletroubleforthemtoopenaconversation.

3.Chinesestudentsoftendon’tknowhowtocontinuetheir

speechafterthey’vemadeastart.

BackgroundInformation:

GettingAdvicefromStrangers

MostAmericanadultsdon’tseekadvicefrommembersof

theirfamily,butit’softengivenwhethertheywantitornot.

Whentheyneedadvice,theyusuallyaskpeopletheyknow.Some

Americanswriteletterstonewspapersandmagazineswhichgive

adviceonmanydifferentsubjects,includingfamilyproblems,sex,

theuseoflanguage,health,cooking,childcare,clothes,andhow

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