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2015级听力寒假作业（讲座和对话） 班级： 姓名： 要求： 1. 精听。每个讲座和对话至少听2遍，根据个人情况可以多听几遍，直到完成所有的填空和选择。 2. 讲座部分，每个空不超过3个单词，注意大小写、时态、单复数等语法问题。 3. 对话部分，要求听写出每题的问题，写在题号后空出来的位置。 4. 这部分练习，下学期给答案并评讲。 Talk 1 British Educational System I. Primary and secondary education in Britain 1) Children go to primary school at the age of (1) 2) Students attend secondary school until age sixteen. 3) Students enter (2) at the age of eighteen. II. Higher education in Britain In England and Wales: —Application for universities: through the UCCA — (3) structured with a fixed program of classes —Classes: a. Classes offered in the UK are on a(n) (4) basis increasingly; b. More emphasis is placed on (5) study; c. Classes often take the following forms: (6) , tutorials, seminars. In Scotland: —A variety of tertiary level options are (7) : a. The colleges of further education provide vocational and (8) education; b. Central institutions don’t directly validate degrees, but many have close ties to (9) ; c. The standard university degree is a four-year (10) . (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Talk 2 American Literature I. The beginning of the American literature —Colonists came to the New World to find religious (1) and prosperity —No spirit of (2) : English legends, ballads, poems and the richness of the English language. —The history of American literature is short. —A mirror reflecting the social life and the (3) of the development of the American society. II. (4) —American Renaissance: the period of 1850—1855 —Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson’s masterpiece (5) . —American (6) . —Realism: a reaction against “the lie” of Romanticism and Sentimentalism. —American Naturalism: a somber and dark picture; the general t