新世纪大学英语综合课程2(第二版)Unit1-Unit8 Listen and Respond听力原文

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Unit 3 The Road to Success [00:]Listen and Respond [00:]Follow Your Dream

[00:]One day in a high school, a senior named Monty Roberts was asked to write

[00:]a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. [00:]Monty Roberts was the son of a horse trainer. [00:]He loved horses.

[00:]That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a large horse ranch.

[00:]He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch.

[00:]He put a great deal of his heart into the dream ranch [00:]and the next day he handed the paper in to his teacher. [00:]Two days later he received his paper back. [00:]He got a large red F for his paper. [01:]He went to ask the teacher why.

[01:]The teacher said, “The dream is impossible for you. [01:]You have no money.

[01:]Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of money.

[01:]You have to buy the land, the house, and the machines for your ranch. [01:]There’s no way you could ever do it.”

[01:]Then the teacher added, “If you will write this paper again [01:]with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.” [01:]The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. [01:]He asked his father what he should do.

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v1.0 可编辑可修改 [01:]His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this.

[01:]However, I think it is a very important decision for you.” [01:]Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all.

[01:]He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream. [02:]I will follow my heart, no matter what happens.” [02:]Now years have passed.

[02:]This young man’s dream has finally come true. [02:]He is the owner of a large horse ranch.

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Unit 4 Being Creative [0:]Listen and Respond

[0:]Creativity Is the Essence of Life and Nature [0:]Creativity is the essence of life and nature.

[0:]The world itself is in a constant act of creation, so we human beings should ask ourselves — Why,

[0:]in such a creative world, do some people sometimes appear to be stupid, dull, and uncreative

[0:]— Are people really dull [0:]Or are we all, in fact, creative [0:]To answer this, let’s look at a baby.

[0:]The whole essence of a baby is creative — it is creative in learning to walk, talk, sing, and play.

[0:]Just imagine, a child can create a world of its own imagination and play with it for hours.

[0:]A scientist who creates a theory is just like that — it is a play of ideas within the mind.

[1:]It is hard to stop creativity in a young child. [1:]You can’t make your child creative. [1:]It simply is creative.

[1:]Then, how can our children be still more creative

[1:]I would suggest that the first step is to allow ourselves to be creative.

[1:]If we ourselves are creative, we can guide our children in a way that is free and unconditioned.

[1:]We should give our children a free and safe surrounding for them to

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[1:]If we know a better way to do things, we should guide or “help” the child.

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