新世纪英语2复习资料.docx

听力 1. A philosophy professor stood before his class with some itmes on the desk in front of him. When the final student was seated he picked up a large and empty glass bottle and filled it with rocks . He then asked the students if the jar was full . They agreed that it was. 1. He then picked up a box of pebbles and added them to the jar, shaking it lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. After that he poured some sand into bottle. The sand filled in everything else. Finally he took two cans of beer and poured it into the jar. 3.Through this the professor wanted his students to recognize that this jar represents our life. The rocks are the important things in our life, like our family, our health , things that would still remain even if everything else were lost, and our life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter — like our job or our house. The sand is the small stuff in our life. If we put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. So he told his students to set their priorities and pay attention to things that are critical to their happiness: their family, their health , The else is just sand. 4. The speaker was walking along a dark street late one evening when he heard screams coming from behind some bushes He realized that a womanwas being attacked He was frightened for his own safety and was not sure if he should run to the nearest phone and call the police 5. But the thoughts of not getting involved in it had only taken seconds because already the girl`s cries were growing weaker The speaker knew he had to act fast He finally decided that he could not turn his back on the fate of this unknown woman 6.Once he had finally decided to help the girl he seemedto have changed into another man He ran behind the bushes and pulled the attacker off the woman While struggling they fell to the ground where they wrestled for a few minutes until the attacker jumped up and esca