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口语考试背诵段落

说明：20级第一学期口语考试分两部分进行（背诵段落+回答问题）；要求背诵的段落选自综合教程第一册unit 1-unit 5 和第二册unit 1 中Text 里的段落，考试时，监考老师任意指定一段让考生背诵，不允许考生自行选取段落背诵。

1. I e-mailed DJ Shiftee, a well-known New York City DJ, when I was 25: “I know you like a challenge. How about teaching a deaf person to deejay?” He wrote back the next day: “Challenge accepted.” He tutored me twice a week for two years, helping me develop correct technique. I practiced four hours a day. Now when I’m performing, muscle memory takes over. (Unit 1 Text Para. 3)

2. I play all sorts of get-togethers now, from college parties to corporate events. I also go to elementary schools for the deaf and talk to the students about motivation and believing in themselves. I’m big on talking to the parents. I tell them, “My advice to you is to let [your kids] chase their dreams. I’m a deaf DJ, so why not?”(Unit 1 Text Para. 8)

3. Nonetheless, I do remember what it was like to be an 18-year-old undergraduate. The first-year experience is exciting, liberating and terrifying, all combined to help us grow into adulthood. That is, if our parents don’t come with us. (Unit 2 Text Para. 4)

4. I was not ready, prepared or clearly aware about what would happen over the course of the next four years, but I muddled through. From professors and teaching assistants to registrars and student-loan officers, I learned to find my way through the perils and pleasures of university life. Naturally, I made mistakes, but then I still do. (Unit 2 Text Para. 12)

5. As remarkable as that revelation is, more remarkable is the story that accompanies it. The girl, now 80 and named HessyLevinsons Taft, recently presented the magazine cover, on which there is her baby photo, to the YadVashem Holocaust Memorial in Israel and offered her tale to the German newspaper Bild. (Unit 3 Text Para. 4)

6. Family stories are always p 内容过长，仅展示头部和尾部部分文字预览，全文请查看图片预览。 foresee a time this century when water replaces energy as the next great challenge for humanity. Getting water right could clear the path to a fully liberated, healthy, and peaceful civilization. (Unit 5 Text Para. 6)

10. But water is complicated. First, there’s no alternative. There are alternatives to coal and petroleum, but water cannot be replaced. Second, water is intertwined with every other sector of society. Energy production requires water for cooling power plants and fracturing shale. Agriculture needs water for irrigation. Industry and cities use trillions of gallons of water for all sorts of purposes. Third, water demands are growing at the same time supplies are fluctuating. Climate change is expected to intensify droughts and floods while shifting where water will be and when. That means humanity will be confronted with decisions about whether to move people to water or water to people. (Unit 5 Text Para. 7)

11. While living here for the past four months has been a big adjustment, there are many benefits to living off the grid. I think one of the greatest is teaching my kids the importance of conservation. They used to take water, power and gas for granted. The first week we were here, we used almost 1,000 gallons of water. With only a 5,000-gallon water tank, it didn’t take them long to understand that we had to use less water. We started taking quicker showers, doing only full loads of laundry, turning off the water while brushing our teeth or shaving. (Unit 1 Text Para. 8, Book 2)

12. Overall, going off the grid has been great for our family. We have learned how to conserve power and water and to really appreciate what the earth gives to us every day. I hope that once my kids move out of the house, they will keep the habits that they have learned by living off the grid.(Unit 1 Text Para. 11, Book 2)

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