minor是什么意思新视野大学英语视听说2Passage汇总

2021年1月6日发(作者：奚奖)
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Unit1
Passage 1
I began learning Spanish when I was in high school, using a traditional
academic method of studying verbs, sentence structures, and grammar by
using textbooks and not much else. I found it very easy to learn, but was
frustrated with the slow pace and repetitive nature of all my Spanish classes.
So I worked extra hard in my spare time and asked my teacher if I could skip a
level by the end of the semester.
This was unsuccessful, however, because the school was not willing to test
me or otherwise prove that I could be successful in the top level after
skipping a level. This made things even more frustrating, as then I was
stuck in a class where I already knew the material!
Then I went on to college where I then used the language extensively both
in and out of the classroom. I studied Spanish literature, culture, and
linguistics and very much enjoyed the cultural and linguistic elements,
but found the in- depth study of literature a very unbalanced way to study
Spanish.
I got a lot out of using my Spanish outside of the classroom, including
a trip to Mexico with a church group, where I found myself acting as an
interpreter. It was certainly challenging, but it was also a lot of fun.
I then also volunteered to be an interpreter in the community schools and
also used my Spanish to teach English to some Spanish speakers. This is
probably where I learned the most!
Passage 2

Have you ever heard of homeschooling It is a legal choice for parents in
most countries to provide their children with a learning environment as
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an 1) alternative to public or private schools outside the home. Parents
cite 2) numerous reasons for homeschooling their children. The three
reasons that are selected by the majority of parents in the United States
are the concern about the 3) traditional school environment, the lack of
religious or moral instruction, and the dissatisfaction with the 4)
academic instruction at public and private schools. Homeschooling may
also be a factor in the choice of parenting style. Homeschooling can be
a choice for families living in isolated 5) countryside or living briefly
abroad. Also many young 6) athletes and actors are taught at home.
Homeschoolers often 7) take advantage of educational opportunities at
museums, libraries, community centers, athletic clubs, after-school
programs, churches, parks, and other community resources. 8) Secondary
school level students may take classes at community colleges, which
typically have open admission policies.
Groups of homeschooling families often join up together to create
homeschool co-ops. These groups typically meet once a week and provide
a classroom environment. These are family-centered support groups whose
members seek to pool their talents and resources 9) in a collective effort
to broaden the scope of their children's education. They provide a
classroom environment where students can do hands-on and group learning
such as performing, science experiments, art projects, foreign language
study, spelling contests, discussions, etc. Parents whose children take
the classes 10) serve as volunteers to keep costs low and make the program
a success.
Test
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Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history,
(1) political methods, geography, physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
Others go to school to learn skills in order to make a living.
(2)Traditional education is very useful and important. Yet, no one can
(3)acquire everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows,
cannot teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher's main
job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and
how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students
themselves.

It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to (4)bear
in mind some facts or some skills. It is quite easy to learn a certain
fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very (5) difficult
to use a formula in working out a math problem.

Great scientists didn't get everything from school. Edison didn't even
finish junior school. And yet, he (6) invented so many new things. These
scientists were so (7)successful, but their teachers only showed them the
way. The (8) reason for their success was that they knew how to study.
They read books that they were not taught at school. They would ask many
questions as they read. They did (9)thousands of experiments. They
worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Most important
was that they knew how to use their (10)brains.
Unit 2
Passage 1
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I believe watching nature programs on television is not going to give us
and our children a real experience of nature. On the contrary, they may
distance us from nature — actual nature — even further.
Because real nature experiences mean contact with nature. It means being
with and within nature, to experience it with all five senses.
True, TV programs give us joy but they will never be able to help us form
a relationship with nature. We watch our small screens come alive with
the vivid colors and we all let out and But, never
once will we feel the pleasure of being close to nature.
Worse still — the programs such as those on the Discovery Channel make
nature seem so strange, and so far away, in the forests of the Amazon or
in the wilds of Africa. Children may grow up without even realizing that
the flowers, plants or a couple of trees in their backyard are nature and
they are equally precious. The truth is — nature is so close to us. We
don't need to go anywhere far to enjoy such experiences. It is right there
in our backyards. Or, in parks, gardens, forests, or national parks.
All we need to do is make an effort to get closer to nature — know it,
appreciate it, and explore it. Feeling the soil under our feet and the
wind in our hair; listening to the sound of the fallen leaves and taking
in the smell of the wet soil — all these are pure joy to the senses that
we must experience.
Passage 2
I have never been able to understand people who don't see the point in
traveling. The common reason is that traveling is a waste of time and money.
I've heard some are 1) scared to travel too far away. I can't help but
feel sorry particularly for those who 2) perceive the experience of seeing
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a new place as a 100 percent 3) negative one. Telling them stories about
unusual encounters doesn't 4) result in the expected curiosity but a
would you wanna go there!
Experience is the best teacher and knowledge is power. The things
traveling can teach you are beautiful because you learn to trust in what
you see rather than what you are told.
It was Mark Twain who said,
narrow- mindedness,
truth about traveling. Too bad there aren't enough people with the means
to travel actually doing it. If you have the means to go abroad, you should
do it despite going out of your comfort zone. You might realize why you
loved it once you're back home.
I think traveling is also the best thing you could do if you feel 7)
depressed at home, don't know what to do with your future, your life, your
partner — anything. Once you are away, 8) preferably somewhere very new
and unknown, you are forced to 9) adapt and meet people. This works
especially if you travel alone. A new life and especially the new
relationships you build, even if only for a short period of time, 10)
reveal opportunities and views you never would have thought of and had
otherwise.
Test
Nowadays it is very common for people to get away on a (1)vacation trip
any time. People from all (2)walks of life, both young and old, enjoy
traveling. Some even consider traveling as part of their (3)routine
lifestyle.

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Most of the younger travelers tend to seek fun, discovery and (4)adventure
in their travels. They prefer to visit strange and exotic (异国情调的)
places. The older travelers, on the other hand, tend to look for a more
pleasant and enjoyable trip. In fact, it was not too long ago that an
increasing number of older people started to go for leisure trips more
often. It could be that after spending a major part of their life working
so hard, they felt that they needed to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Leisure traveling has become a (5)treat they give to themselves for the
years of hard work they have done.

Perhaps, the reason for the (6)popularity of traveling is that more people
have come to realize its benefits. When we visit other countries, we
(7)gain a better understanding of the people living there. We learn about
their culture, history and background. We discover the (8)similarities
they have with us, as well as their differences from us.

Also, traveling helps to enrich our lives. It increases our knowledge and
widens our (9)perspective. When we visit interesting places, we discover
new people and things, which not only provide us fun, but also provide
us (10)marvelous insights and enlightens our minds.
Unit 3
Passage 1

Since I'm a student, I go to school on weekdays and so I don't have too
much free time. I usually spend six or seven hours at school. After that
I either go downtown for some shopping or go home and study. If I have
some free time during the week I might read a book or watch TV. Lately
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my evenings have been spent preparing for my graduation examination, which
takes up a lot of time.
Even though I have a lot to do, I still have some free time for leisure
activities. On weekends I like to go with my family to our cottage. I like
taking long walks around the countryside and I like watching the seasons
change. I have the most free time during the summer months. One of my
favorite activities is to go canoeing with my friends. We borrow a couple
of canoes and choose a nice spot on the river to begin. We spend the day
floating down the river. Sometimes if it gets hot we jump in the water
and go swimming. Of course we take breaks during the day; we stop along
the river to prepare some food or to visit a local pub. In the evening
we set up our tents and make a campfire. We spend the evening talking,
singing songs, and enjoying nature. We often cook some sausages over the
campfire. And one of my favorite things to do is wrap potatoes in foil
and then cook them in the hot ashes. These wonderful trips, just like
summer, always end too soon.
Passage 2

Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across
natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal of rock
climbing is to reach the top of a formation or the endpoint of a predefined
route without falling. Rock climbing competitions have 1) objectives of
completing the route in the quickest possible time or reaching the 2)
farthest point along an ever increasingly harder route. While not an
Olympic event, rock climbing is 3) recognized by the International Olympic
Committee as a sport.
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Rock climbing has been 4) separated into several different styles and
subdisciplines. At its most basic, rock climbing 5) involves climbing a
route with one's own hands and feet and little more than a cushioned
bouldering pad for protection. This style of climbing 6) is referred to
as bouldering, since the relevant routes are usually found on boulders
no more than 10 to 15 feet tall. As routes get higher off the ground, the
increased risk of 7) life-threatening injuries makes additional safety
measures necessary. Climbers will usually work in pairs and use a system
of ropes and anchors 8) designed to catch fallers.
Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport that tests a
climber's strength, 9) endurance, and balance along with their mental
control. It can be a dangerous sport and climbers are 10) putting
themselves at risk when they go climbing. However, the risk can be reduced
by having the knowledge of proper climbing techniques and using
specialized climbing equipment.
Test

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking,
cycling or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game
of some kind: football, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.

Those who (1)have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are
often (2)looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to
suffer cold and hardships, and to (3)take risks on high mountains This
astonishment is caused (4)probably by the difference between
mountaineering and other forms of activity.

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Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules,
as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course,
rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to (5)ignore, but
it is this freedom from man- made rules that makes mountaineering
(6)attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use
their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering with other more (7)familiar sports, we might
think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a game
We are wrong about this. Yes, it's true that there are no between
of climbers. But when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope
on which their lives may depend, there is (8)obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are more
(9)powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport
(10)requires high mental and physical qualities.
Unit 4
Passage 1
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in a family having a rich business,
political and community service background. From childhood Bill was
intelligent and competitive. In school, he had excellent records in
mathematics and science. Still he was getting very bored in school and
his parents knew it, so they always tried to feed him with more information
to keep him busy. Bill's parents came to know about their son's
intelligence and decided to send him to a private school, known for its
serious academic environment. It was a very important decision in Bill's
life, and it was there that he was introduced to a computer. Bill Gates
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and his friends were very much interested in the world of programming and
formed the
their first opportunity in Information Sciences Inc. in which they were
selected as programmers. Bill and his close friend Allen developed a small
computer to measure traffic flow and they earned around $$20,000 from this
project. In 1973, he left home for Harvard University. He did well there,
but he didn't find it interesting. He spent many long nights in front of
the school's computer and the next day was asleep in class. Bill and his
friend Allen remained in close contact even though Allen was away in
Washington State University. They would often discuss new ideas for future
projects and the possibility of starting a business one day. At the end
of Bill's first year, Allen moved closer to him so that they could follow
some of their ideas. Within a year, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard,
and then formed Microsoft with Allen.
Passage 2

Florence Nightingale was a celebrated English social reformer and the
founder of modern nursing. She became famous while serving as a nurse
during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. Early 21st
century 1) commentators have asserted that Nightingale's achievements in
the Crimean War had been 2) exaggerated by the media to satisfy the
public's need for a hero. But later on her achievements remain widely
accepted and she has generally been well regarded by historians.
Nightingale was born to a wealthy upper-class family, at a time when women
of her class were expected to 3) focus on marriage and child bearing. Her
father had progressive social views, providing his daughter with a
well-rounded education that included math, and supported her desire to
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4) lead an active life. Nightingale rejected proposals of marriage so as
to be free to pursue her calling. In 1860, Nightingale 5) laid the
foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing
school in London. It was the first nursing school in the world. The
Nightingale Pledge taken by new nurses was named in her honor, and the
6) annual International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on her
birthday. She made 7) a series of social reforms including improving
health care for all sections of British society; improving healthcare and
8) advocating for better hunger relief in India; helping to 9) abolish
laws that were overly harsh to women; and expanding the acceptable forms
of female participation in the workforce. Nightingale's ability to effect
reform rested on her extraordinary skills, her good reputation, and her
network of 10) influential friends.
Test
Unless you've been living under a rock, by now you have heard of Lance
Armstrong. The unusual thing here is that you may have heard of him, but
not always for the same reason. Some know him as a (1)champion cyclist
who set the world record by winning the Tour de France six times. Others
may know of him through his humanitarian works. Still others may know him
as a cancer survivor who decided to meet the (2)challenges and came out
the winner. (3)Regardless of how you know him, just knowing of him at all
offers your life (4)inspiration when you may need it most.

Millions around the world properly celebrate him and his lofty
accomplishments, his (5)remarkable recovery from what was feared to be
terminal cancer, his exhausting training program, his (6)legendary
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endurance, his dauntless determination, and his unequalled (7)dominance
of cyclin's premier event.

But what explains the enormous interest in Armstrong's success — or that
of any other sports hero Why do sports fans set such a strong personal
stake in the victories of their heroes After all, little of any practical
significance depends on such victories; a seventh Armstrong — win won't
get his fans a raise or help send their children to college. Why do sports
have such an enormous, enduring (8)appeal in human life

The answer lies in a rarely recognized aspect of sports: their moral
significance. Those of us who, physically, cannot cycle 2,000 miles or
run the 100 meters in 9 seconds can still (9)aspire to significant
achievements. The vision of Armstrong's (10)magnificent abilities and
dauntless determination engenders in the best of us the question: What
might I accomplish in my field and in my life if I embodied the same degree
of dedication
Unit 5
Passage 1
Living in the city is hard enough for a single person, but if you have
kids life can get more complex. Finding ways to keep the little ones
occupied can be a full-time job. So it should be no surprise that parents
will go to great lengths to get a little peace and quiet.
However, when I first got to know that some parents bought their young
children — not teenagers — iPads, I was shocked. Who spends $$500 on an
iPad for a young child when so many adults in the United States go without
or have limited access to computers and the Internet Whatever happened
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