Listen this way听力教程第三册-6

Unit 6 Find the Right Words

Part I Getting ready

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The English language can be traced back to prehistoric

Indo-European through the West Germanic line. However, many other influences have shaped the development of Modern English. We will review some important dates in the history of the English language. The first three are Latin influences:

1. In 5,5 B.C. Caesar conquered Britain and the Celtic people. 2. In 43. B.C. Rome colonized the island.

3. The Romans remained for 400 years (the first four centuries of the Christian Era).

The next significant dates were:

4. The year 499 (which was the year of the Anglo-Saxon conquest of the island).

5. From 500 on, the West Germanic language was the basic language of Britain (or England).

Influences from other languages continued however.

6. In the sixth and seventh centuries England was Christianized by

missionaries sent by the Pope (so that Latin influence continued). Then,

7. In the eig11th and ninth centuries the Norsemen (Vikings), invaded England with their Old Norse language.

8. In 1066. the Norman Conquest brought French linguistic influence. 9. The French influence continued for 300 years (the ninth century through the 11th century).

10. And finally, in the fifteen and sixteen hundreds, when classical learning was revived, there was continued Latin language influence. Audioscript:

1. People are delighted if you can speak their language, and they don't care how well you speak it. They are not upset when you make mistakes. I think in order to learn, you mustn't be afraid of making mistakes.

2. I'm a very shy person and it's not easy for me to talk to strangers. But you have to force yourself to talk to people. That's what I did and it really helped me.

3. I think the best language learners are people with a sense of humor. Try to laugh at your own mistakes and don't take yourself too seriously. You'll find that other people will be sympathetic when you make mistakes.

4. I took two courses in business studies. I read, studied, listened to

lectures and took notes in English. It was a very good experience for me because I didn't have time to think about the language. I recommend forgetting about the grammar and thinking about the meaning instead.

5. In my experience, learning a foreign language always involves a lot of time, a lot of boring work and lots of problems! In short, if you want to learn another language you have to work hard. 6. Try to read as much as you can. I think that's the best way to improve your English and to learn more new words. I always try to read something in English everyday.

Part II Skills to communicate bad

news

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Avi Arditti：I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on

Wordmaster: giving doctors better skills to communicate bad news.

Rosanne Skirble：Anthony Back is a medical oncologist at the

University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. He and four colleagues are in