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Unit 3 Balance of Your Life Topic Preview Are you often under a lot of pressure? What are some of the difficulties in our present studies? Part 1 Movie Time The Devil Wears Prada Exercise 1 Questions on the video clip： What’s Andy’s future plan? Who’s Miranda? What’s the attitude of Andy’s father towards Andy’s present life? What do you think of Andy’s life? Exercise 2 Watch the video clip and complete the following sentences below. Andy often works late at ____________ o’clock, and she is not well-paid. After having graduated from Northwestern University, Andy was accepted by ___________________ but she refused her dream to be a journalist. Andy tries all the means to get a jet from Miami to New York because Miranda’s flight has been canceled due to weather problem, but she insists to get home tonight to attend her twins__________________ tomorrow morning at school. Part II Listening Activities Task 1: University Advice Service Exercise 1 Listen to Part A and fill in the blanks with the missing information. As for financial matters, the Helpline can provide information, if students feel their ____________ is not enough to see them through college life or they may have some questions regarding the ___________ they are paying if they are overseas students. Another area the Helpline can help with is the “_____________” area; for example, things such as childcare and the availability of nursery provision. As for “academic” issues, students may wish to know more about ___________________, for example, or how to use the ___________. The Helpline would be able to provide these. As for “social” life, students may have a particular interest they wish to purse or they may wish to participate in ___________________ if they don’t know many people at the moment. Exercise 2 Listen to Part B and answer the following questions. 1. What is the surname of the Helpline officer? 2. What is the telephone number of the Student Welfare Office? 3. What is the opening hours of the Stud