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

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