Robert: The feeling was mutual.

Unit4

II. Listening Skills

1-i 2-a 3-f 4-b 5-c 6-d 7-h 8-g 9-e

III. Listening In

Task 1: The Influence of Advertising

Richard: Dad, I need a pair of new shoes for an important basketball game. My old ones look kind

of funny.

Father: Funny! We just bought those last spring. There s a lot of life left in them.

Richard: But look at this ad with Yao Ming. He says these shoes give him extra spring.

Father: Yao Ming is so tall that he doesn t need extra spring. Anyway, he makes money than I do.

And they probably give him millions of dollars to wear those shoes.

Richard: But if you bought me the shoes, I d wear them for nothing. And I d have that extra

spring.

Father: Do you think Yao Ming reached the top just because of the shoes he wears? Or was it

something else?

Richard: You mean like hard work, dedication, that sort of thing?

Father: Exactly. Just focus on your studies and forget the shoes.

1. shoes 2. look kind of funny 3. there is still a lot of life left 4. ad

5. give him extra spring 6.as much money 7. need extra spring 8. millions of dollars

9.wearing the shoes 10. wear 11. for nothing 12. reach the top

13. because of 14. something lese 15. hard work and dedication

16. focus/concentrate on his studies 17. forget

Task 2: I ll get a camera.

One day just before closing time, John rushed into a TV store to buy a color TV set with the

money he had saved for three months. The friendly shop assistant was waiting for the day s last

and 100th customer to reach his sales target for his bonus, so he warmly greeted John and showed

him the various models on display. He asked John to see how sharp and colorful the imagine on

the screen was. At that moment, a new commercial came onto the screen, introducing a popular

brand of camera as well as some beautiful pictures it had taken. The camera and pictures attracted

John. He suddenly changed his mind and told the shop assistant: “Thank you for the TV

commercial. Now I have to hurry to the camera store to get that camera.”

1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F

Task 3: Don t even think about it!

“Don t even think about it!” is a phrase commonly used in the United States when a person

emphatically denies or refuse something.

In 1995, Shaquille O Neal, a popular basketball player, made a Pepsi commercial in which this

phrase was used. The commercial begins with Shaq playing basketball, and a little kid is watching

him. Then the boy cries out the name of this basketball star. Shaq turns to see the kid with a Pepsi

n his hand. He walks over to the boy and says, “Hey, can I have it?” He bends over, supposing that

his admirer will give him the Pepsi. But then the kid says, “Don t even think about it!” This

commercial was rather popular, and it had been shown on TV for about three years. The