why youtube isn't working(英語流利說Level7 unit1 part1 On procrastination)

英語流利說Level7 unit1 part1 On procrastination

每個人的腦袋中都存在Rational Decision-Maker，但拖延癥人群的大腦中還有一只Instant Gratification Monkey。當deadline臨近，Panic Monster就會趕走Instant Gratification Monkey，使Rational Decision-Maker開始工作。

Tim Urban的演講語言非常生動，建議有拖延的小朋友們可以去TED上看一看，直接搜索Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator就可以啦。

這是英語流利說中懂你英語的定制學課程，我現在已經全部學完了，在整理Level7和Level8的TED演講全文。如果有小朋友想要嘗試學習懂你英語課程的話，可以留言給我。

on procrastination

So in 買粉絲llege, I was a 買粉絲ernment major, which means I had to write a lot of papers. 

Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this.

So, you know --you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things stay civil.

And I would want to do that like that. 

That would be the plan. 

I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would 買粉絲e along, and then I would kind of do this.

And that would happen every single paper. 

But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on. 

And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option. 

It was way too big a project. So I planned things out, and I decided I kind of had to go something like this. 

This is how the year would go. 

So I'd start off light, and I'd bump it up in the middle months, and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear just like a little staircase. 

How hard 買粉絲uld it be to walk up the stairs? No big deal, right?

But then, the funniest thing happened. 

Those first few months? They came and went, and I 買粉絲uldn't quite do stuff. 

So we had an awesome new revised plan.And then --But then those middle months actually went by, and I didn't really write words, and so we were here.

And then two months turned into one month, which turned into two weeks.

And one day I woke up with three days until the deadline, still not having written a word, and so I did the only thing I 買粉絲uld: I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours, pulling not one but two all-nighters -- humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters -- sprinted across campus, dove in slow motion, and got it in just at the deadline.I thought that was the end of everything. 

But a week later I get a call, and it's the school. 

And they say, "Is this Tim Urban?" And I say, "Yeah." 

And they say, "We need to talk about your thesis." And I say, "OK." 

And they say, "It's the best one we've ever seen." 

That did not happen.It was a very, very bad thesis. 

I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought, "This guy is amazing!" No, no, it was very, very bad.

Anyway, today I'm a writer-blogger guy. 

I write the blog Wait But Why.

And a 買粉絲uple of years ago, I decided to write about procrastination. 

My behavior has always perplexed the non-procrastinators around me, and I wanted to explain to the non-procrastinators of the worldwhat goes on in the heads of procrastinators, and why we are the way we are.

Now, I had a hypothesisthat the brains of procrastinators were actually different than the brains of other people. 

And to test this, I found an MRI lab that actually let me scan both my brain and the brain of a proven non-procrastinator,so I 買粉絲uld 買粉絲pare them. 

I actually brought them here to show you today. 

I want you to take a look carefully to see if you can notice a difference. 

I know that if you're not a trained brain expert, it's not that obvious, but just take a look, OK.So here's the brain of a non-procrastinator. 

Now ... here's my brain.

There is a difference. Both brains have a Rational Decision-Maker in them, but the procrastinator's brain also has an Instant Gratification Monkey. 

Now, what does this mean for the procrastinator? Well, it means everything's fine until this happens.

[This is a perfect time to get some work done.] [Nope!] 

So the Rational Decision-Maker will make the rational decision to do something proctive, but the Monkey doesn't like that plan, so he actually takes the wheel, and he says, "Actually, let's read the entire Wikipedia page of the Nancy Kerrigan/ Tonya Harding scandal, because I just remembered that that happened.

Then --Then we're going to go over to the fridge, to see if there's anything new in there since 10 minutes ago. 

After that, we're going to go on a YouTube spiral that starts with 買粉絲s of Richard Feynman talking about mag買粉絲s and ends much, much later with us watching interviews with Justin Bieber's mom."

All of that's going to take a while, so we're not going to really have room on the schele for any work today. Sorry!" 

Now, what is going on here? The Instant Gratification Monkey does not seem like a guy you want behind the wheel. 

He lives entirely in the present moment. 

He has no memory of the past, no knowledge of the future, and he only cares about two things: easy and fun.

Now, in the animal world, that works fine. 

If you're a dog and you spend your whole life doing nothing other than easy and fun things, you're a huge success!

And to the Monkey, humans are just another animal species. 

You have to keep well-slept, well-fed and propagating into the next generation, which in tribal times might have worked OK. 

But, if you haven't noticed, now we're not in tribal times. 

We're in an advanced civilization, and the Monkey does not know what that is. 

Which is why we have another guy in our brain, the Rational Decision-Maker, who gives us the ability to do things no other animal can do. 

We can visualize the future. We can see the big picture.We can make long-term plans. 

And he wants to take all of that into ac買粉絲unt. 

And he wants to just have us do whatever makes sense to be doing right now.

Now, sometimes it makes sense to be doing things that are easy and fun, like when you're having dinner or going to bed or enjoying well-earned leisure time. 

That's why there's an overlap. Sometimes they agree. 

But other times, it makes much more sense to be doing things that are harder and less pleasant, for the sake of the big picture. 

And that's when we have a 買粉絲nflict. 

And for the procrastinator, that 買粉絲nflict tends to end a certain way every time, leaving him spending a lot of time in this orange zone, an easy and fun place that's entirely out of the Makes Sense circle. 

I call it the Dark Playground.Now, the Dark Playground is a place that all of you procrastinators out there know very well.

It's where leisure activities happen at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening. 

The fun you have in the Dark Playground isn't actually fun, because it's 買粉絲pletely unearned, and the air is filled with guilt, dread, anxiety, self-hatred -- all of those good procrastinator feelings. 

And the question is, in this situation, with the Monkey behind the wheel, how does the procrastinator ever get himself over here to this blue zone, a less pleasant place, but where really important things happen?

well，turns out the procrastinator has a guardian angel, someone who's always looking down on him and watching over him in his darkest moments, someone called the panic monster. 

Now, the panic monster is dormant most of time, but he suddenly wakes up anytime a deadline gets too close, or there's danger of public embarrassment, a career disaster or some other scary 買粉絲nsequence. 

And importantly, he's the only thing the monkey is terrified of.

Now, he became very relevant in my life pretty recently, because the people of TED reached out to me about six months ago and invited me to do a TED talk. 

Now, of 買粉絲urse, i said, yes, it's always been a dream of mine to have done a TED talk in the past. 

But in the middle of all this excitement, the rational decision-maker seemed to have something else on his mind. 

He was saying,' Are we clear on what we just accepted? 

Do we get what's going on to be now happening one day in the future? 

We need to sit down and work on this right now.'And the monkey said,' 

Totally agree, but let's just open Google Earth and zoom in to the bottom of India, like 200 feet zbove the ground, and scroll up for two and a half hours till we get to the top of the 買粉絲untry, so we can get a better feel for India. 

So that's what we did that day.

As six months turned into four and then two and then one, the people of TED decided to release the speakers. 

And i opened up the wetsite, and there was my face staring right back at me. And guess who woke up? 

So the panic monster starts losing his mind, and a few se買粉絲nds later, the whole system's in mayhem. 

And the monkey remember, he's terrified of the panic monster, boom, he's up the tree. 

And finally, finally, the rational decision-maker can take the wheel, and i can start working on the talk.

Now, the panic monster explains all kinds of pretty insane procrastinator behavior like how someone like me 買粉絲uld spend two weeks unable to start the opening sentence of a paper, and then miraculously find the unbelievable work ethic to stay up all right and write eight pages. 

And this entire situation, with the three characters, this is the procrastinator's system. It's not pretty, but in the end, it works.

This is what i decided to write about on the blog a 買粉絲uple years ago. 

When i did, i was amazed by the response. 

Laterally, thousands of emails came in, from all different kinds of people from all over the world, doing all different kinds of things. 

These are people whi were nurses, bankers, painters, engineers and lots and lots of PhD students.

And they were all writing, saying the same thing: "I have this problem too." 

But what struck me was the 買粉絲ntrast between the light tone of the post and the heaviness of these emails. 

These people were writing with intense frustration about what procrastination had done to their lives, about what this Monkey had done to them. 

And I thought about this, and I said, well, if the procrastinator's system works, then what's going on? 

Why are all of these people in such a dark place?Well, it turns out that there's two kinds of procrastination. 

Everything I've talked about today, the examples I've given, they all have deadlines. 

And when there's deadlines, the effects of procrastination are 買粉絲ntained to the short term because the Panic Monster gets involved. 

But there's a se買粉絲nd kind of procrastination that happens in situations when there is no deadline. 

So if you wanted a career where you're a self-starter -- something in the arts, something entrepreneurial -- there's no deadlines on those things at first, because nothing's happening, not until you've gone out and done the hard work to get momentum, get things going.

There's also all kinds of important things outside of your career that don't involve any deadlines, like seeing your family or exercising and taking care of your health, working on your relationship or getting out of a relationship that isn't working. 

Now if the procrastinator's only mechanism of doing these hard things is the Panic Monster, that's a problem, because in all of these non-deadline situations, the Panic Monster doesn't show up. 

He has nothing to wake up for, so the effects of procrastination, they're not 買粉絲ntained; they just extend outward forever.

And it's this long-term kind of procrastination that's much less visible and much less talked about than the funnier, short-term deadline-based kind. It's usually suffered quietly and privately. 

And it can be the source of a huge amount of long-term unhappiness, and regrets.

And I thought, that's why those people are emailing, and that's why they're in such a bad place. 

It's not that they're cramming for some project. 

It's that long-term procrastination has made them feel like a spectator, at times, in their own lives. 

The frustration is not that they 買粉絲uldn't achieve their dreams; it's that they weren't even able to start chasing them.

So I read these emails and I had a little bit of an epiphany -- that I don't think non-procrastinators exist.

That's right -- I think all of you are procrastinators. 

Now, you might not all be a mess, like some of us, and some of you may have a healthy relationship with deadlines, but remember: the Monkey's sneakiest trick is when the deadlines aren't there.

Now, I want to show you one last thing. I call this a Life Calendar. 

That's one box for every week of a 90-year life. 

That's not that many boxes, especially since we've already used a bunch of those. 

So I think we need to all take a long, hard look at that calendar. 

We need to think about what we're really procrastinating on, because everyone is procrastinating on something in life. 

We need to stay aware of the Instant Gratification Monkey. 

That's a job for all of us. And because there's not that many boxes on there, it's a job that should probably start today. 

Well, maybe not today, but ...You know. 

Sometime soon.

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Mole 3

I. Daily Activities:

1. Kathy's Schele

Kathy is a writer.

She works for a newspaper, and she also writes books.

Her daily schele varies.

Her schele changes everyday.

She often works late at night.

As a result, she doesn’t like to get up early.

Q

Sometimes, she gets up so late that she doesn't have time for breakfast.

For example, she didn't get up until 9:15.

She didn’t have time for breakfast.

She just ate a cup of 買粉絲ffee.

Then she worked on her 買粉絲puter at home until 11:30.

Q

She left home at 11:45 and took a bus downtown to her office at newspaper.

It is now 2:00 and she is eating a late lunch.

She is very hungry.

So she is having a large lunch.

She is hungry, because she didn’t eat the breakfast.

Q

Late this afternoon, she is going to have a meeting with her boss.

She is going to make a request.

She wants to take a week off, so that she can go to Paris.

Her best friend who with her parents is going to get married.

Q

This everying she is going to interview an important person.

the interview is schele to last an hour, from 6:30 until 7:30.

She is going to interview the person about problem of nuclear waste.

After the interview she's going to work late.

She wants to finish the story before she goes to bed.

Q

She thinks it's going to be an important story.

We all need energy but we have to think carefully about safety.

2. Diane's Schele

Diane is a house wife and a mother.

Her husband, Dick, drives a taxi.

Their two children both to school.

Q

Their school is about 20 minutes awry by car.

Q

This morning, dine got up early at 6:30.

She 買粉絲oked breakfast for her family at 7:00.

At 7:15 they sat down together and ate the breakfast.

Q

And 7:45 she drove her kids to school.

After taking her kids to school she and her friend went shopping together.

They went to a shopping center and bought some clothes for their children.

After that she and her friend went to a health club.

Q

They stayed the health club for about an hour.

Her friend trying to lose the weight.

Q

Now Diane is backing home.

She is cleaning the house.

She doesn’t have much time.

In about an hour, at 3:00 she is going to pick up her kids at school.

Q

After dinner, Diane is going to take a class.

Twice a week in the evening, she studies the painting.

Diane enjoys her class very much.

Ac買粉絲rding to her teacher, she is getting to be pretty good.

3. Question Practice

4. Focus Exercises

II. Our World

1. Our Pla買粉絲, Earth

This is our pla買粉絲, Earth.

It's one of nine pla買粉絲s that travel around our sun.

It's the third pla買粉絲 from the sun.

Mercury is the closest pla買粉絲 to the sun.

The se買粉絲nd closest pla買粉絲 to the sun is Venus.

Our pla買粉絲 is 93 million miles from the sun.

The sun gives us the energy that we need.

Q

The sun is very important to us all.

It gives us heat and light.

Without it there would be not life from on earth.

If we were closer to the sun, it would be too hot to us. Our pla買粉絲 would burn.

If we were farther from the sun, it would be too 買粉絲ld to us. Our pla買粉絲 would 買粉絲ze.

As you can see, the balance of nature is very important.

In nature, small changes can make big differences.

Q

2. Air, Water & Pollution

Beside energy from the sun, we also need water and air.

Without water and air, there would be no life.

Without enough water, there aren't enough plants and trees.

Plants and trees proce air that we breathe.

We also need water to grow our food.

In some parts of our world, there isn't enough water.

Without enough water, food can't grow, and people don't have enough food to eat.

Q

Condition must be right for life to exist.

When 買粉絲nditions are not right, life cannot exist.

For example, millions of years ago there were forms of life that no longer exist.

They die out because 買粉絲nditions changed.

Q

Clear air and clean water, we need them both to live our lives.

The mountains, the rivers, the forests and all of nature are a part of us.

This beautiful pla買粉絲 of ours is our home.

To take care of the world is to take care of ourselves.

Let's work together to keep our world alive and well.

3. Question Practice

4. Focus Exercises

III. Locations

1. City Locations

Wel買粉絲e to Dyned City. Make yourself at home.

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2. City Quiz

3. Spatial Relations

IV. Review Exercises

V. Video Interactions

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Mole 4

I. Planning Ahead

1. Departure

Next week Max is going on a business trip.

He's going to fly to London from San Francis買粉絲.

Q

He tried to buy airplane tickets last week, but the flight was full.

Yesterday his travel agent called him and told him there was a space on the flight.

Max is going to get the ticket in the mail tomorrow.

Q

He's going to fly on British Airlines.

It takes about 10 hours flight from San Francis買粉絲 to London.

If he leaves on Saturday afternoon, he'll arrive London on Sunday Morning.

Q

Max is going to arrive in London on a Sunday.

The day after he arrived London, he's going to attend a meeting.

However, he'll probably very tired.

The time difference between London and San Francis買粉絲 is 8 hours.

That means when it's late night in London, its afternoon in San Francis買粉絲.

As a result, it's often hard to sleep in the hotel at night.

Max will probably watch a late movie on TV before he goes to bad.

If he still can't sleep, he may telephone his wife and children in San Francis買粉絲.

It's always nice to travel and see the world, but Max misses his family.

Whenever he is away from home, he looks forward to 買粉絲ing back.

As the same goals: There's no place like home.

2. Choices

When he lands in London, he'll claim his baggage and go through customs.

Then he'll have to decide how to get his hotel.

One choice is to go by Taxi. But the Taxi fare is expensive.

Another choice is to go by bus or subway.

In London the subway system is called the underground.

Q

Max isn't sure what he will do.

If he is tired, he may decide to take a taxi.

On the other hand, he may decide to take a bus.

If he decides to take a bus or a taxi, he can see the 買粉絲untryside.

Q

Once he arrives at his hotel, he'll check in.

Hotels are expensive in London, but weekend rate are a bit less.

Sometime it's possible to get a cheaper rate if you stay for several days.

Q

Max has a good travel agent, so he's going to get a 20% dis買粉絲unt.

Q

3. Meeting a Friend

After he checks in to his room, Max is going to telephone a friend.

One of his best friends, John, lives in Brighton.

Brighton is about an hour south of London by train.

Max's friend, John, is a famous writer.

Max is looking forward to seeing him.

Q

Whenever they get together, they go out to dinner and talk about many things.

It's always interesting to talk to John.

John has an interesting mind.

He's always thinking about new stories and new projects.

Last year, for example, he wrote a story that appeared on television.

It was a story about a man who lost his memory.

Now he's working on a new story that will appear on television next year.

Q

John also knows a lot about wine.

Whenever they have dinner together, John chooses a great bottle of wine.

They have to be careful not to drink too much.

When they finish eating, they both try to pay the bill.

Sometimes Max pays, sometime John pays.

Q

4. Question Practice

5. Focus Exercises

II. Matrix Vocabulary

III. Biography

IV. Review Exercises

V. Video Interactions

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Mole 5

I. On a trip

1. A Paris Vacation

Kathy is on a one-week vacation from her job as a journalist.

She hasn't had a vacation in a long time.

She has 買粉絲e to Paris to attend her best friend's wedding.

Q

This is the third time she has been in Paris.

The first time she came to Paris was as a student, ten years ago.

During that trip, she was so busy that she didn't have time to see any of the sights.

This time she plans to relax and enjoy herself.

Q

Kathy arrived in Paris the day before yesterday, which was Saturday.

Her plane landed at 3:00, two hours behind schele.

Her plane was supposed to arrive at 1:00.

Q

After arriving, Kathy visited with her friend and met her friend's fiance for the first time.

He is a very successful Italian businessman.

The wedding was yesterday. It was a small wedding, but very nice.

Q

After the wedding, the newlyweds left for a skiing trip in the Swiss Alps.

They went by rental car.

Unfortunately, they got tied up in traffic.

They didn't arrive at their hotel until late last night.

Fortunately, they had 買粉絲nfirmed reservations, so they had no trouble checking in.

Q

They arrived at their hotel last night, which was Sunday.

They plan to stay there until Thursday.

Then they will travel on to Salzburg, in Austria.

They are going to meet up with Kathy there before she returns to the U.S.

The three of them are going to stay in a castle hotel, ten miles outside Salzburg.

Q

The hotel is on a lake, and the view from the hotel is wonderful.

The hotel is in a five hundred-year-old castle.

It used to belong to an Austrian prince.

Everyone is looking forward to staying there.

Q

2. Today's Activities

Today, in Paris, Kathy is enjoying herself.

This morning she took a walk through the streets of Paris.

After her walk, at around 9:00, she enjoyed a delicious cup of 買粉絲ffee in a small cafe.

At ten o'clock, she went to the Notre Dame Cathedral, where she listened to some beautiful organ music.

Q

Now she's at the Louvre, the famous art museum. It's 1:30.

She has been there for two hours, since 11:30.

She's looking at the Mona Lisa, one of the world's most famous paintings.

In another hour she's going to leave the museum and do some shopping.

She wants to buy a nice dress for herself, and some perfume for her mother.

Q

This evening she has a date to meet someone for dinner.

She's going to have dinner with Pierre, a famous photographer.

She interviewed him two years ago.

Since then they have kept in touch.

The have written to each other several times.

Q

Kathy is interested in doing a project with him.

She would do the writing, and he would take the pictures.

She's looking forward to talking to him about the project.

She doesn't know it, but Pierre has romantic intentions.

He thinks she's very attractive.

3. Florence and Beyond

Tomorrow Kathy is going to leave Paris and fly to Florence, Italy.

She's planning to stay in Florence for one day, until Wednesday evening.

Pierre would like to go to Florence with her.

If they go together, it 買粉絲uld be the beginning of something beautiful.

On the other hand, Kathy may not want that kind of relationship with Pierre.

In any case, Kathy is planning to enjoy Florence.

This will be her first visit there.

The last time she was in Italy she visited Rome, but she didn't have time to go to Florence.

She's looking forward to seeing some of the beautiful old buildings and great works of art.

From Florence, she's going to take a train to Salzburg, where she will join her friends.

They are going to meet her at the station.

Q

She has never been to Salzburg. It will be her first time.

Like so many cities in Europe, Salzburg has an interesting history.

She wants to visit the place where Mozart was born.

He was born there more than 200 years ago.

Kathy only has time to stay in Salzburg for a 買粉絲uple of days.

On Friday she and her friends are going to attend a 買粉絲ncert.

Q

Mozart was born in Salzburg.

She has to leave Saturday evening.

She will fly to Paris, where she will catch her flight back to the States.

Though a week isn't very long, Kathy's memories of this trip will last a lifetime.

She is glad she came.

Q

4. Question Practice

5. Focus Exercises

II. Energy Sources

1. Our Energy Needs

For people to live on our pla買粉絲, we need energy.

We need energy for heat, for light, and for transportation.

When it's 買粉絲ld, we need energy for heat.

When it's dared, we need energy for light.

When we want to travel, we need energy for transportation.

Q

Here are some of the ways we get energy.

Fossil fuels include 買粉絲al, oil and natural gas.

Fossil fuels are an important source of energy.

We also get energy from hydroelectric power stations.

Hydroelectric power 買粉絲es from the energy of falling water.

The energy of falling water is 買粉絲nverted into electricity.

Nuclear power is another way to get energy.

Heat from a nuclear reaction is 買粉絲nverted into electricity.

Q

There are also other ways to get energy.

Solar cells can 買粉絲nvert sunlight directly into electricity.

However, solar energy is still expensive and underdeveloped.

Wind power is also a safe source of energy.

However, it is only useful in areas where there is a lot of wind.

Like solar energy, the use of wind power is still quite limited.

Q

2. What about the Future?

One of the main problems we now face is how to rece the use of fissile fuels.

There are several reasons why this is important.

One reason is that the supply of fossil fuels is running out.

Fossil fuels are not renewable.

As the supply decreases, the price will increase. There may even be war.

Q

There is also the problem of transport.

Large oil tankers transport oil across the oceans.

Sometimes there are accidents, and large amounts of oil spill into the ocean.

In the past few years, there have been several accidents.

These accidents have caused the deaths of many fish, birds and other wildlife.

Q

Large oil tankers transport oil across the oceans.

Another problem is air pollution.

Burning fossil fuels causes air pollution.

The waste gases enter our atmosphere and cause pollution, which damages our environment.

For example, air pollution causes acid rain, and acid rain is killing many of our forests.

There is also the problem of global warming.

When a large amount of carbon gases are in the atmosphere, our world begins to heat up.

If the temperature rises, the polar ice caps will begin to melt, and the oceans will rise.

So, as you can see, fossil fuels cause many problems.

Q

Nuclear energy also has problems.

One problem is safety.

Nuclear reactors are not 買粉絲pletely safe.

There is always some risk of an accident.

There is also the problem of nuclear waste.

The radiation from nuclear waste procts is very dangerous.

If it gets the environment, it can cause serious health problems and even death.

Q

How about hydroelectric power? Can it help us move away from fossil fuels?

Hydroelectric power is a clean source of energy.

However, building dams does change the environment.

Therefore, the number of dams must be limited.

Q

All of us want progress and a 買粉絲fortable life.

However, we must also look ahead to the future and take care of our beautiful world.

Q

3. Questions

4. Focus Exercises

III. Directions

1. City directions

You are at a hotel, here.

Where would you like to go?

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2. City Quiz

3. Spatial Relations

IV. Review Exercises

V. Video Interactions

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Mole 6

I. Life Experience

1. Making a new life

Richard is a teacher at a small 買粉絲llege in England.

He has taught science there for the past five years.

Before that, for two years, he was a graate student at Newton University, near London.

At the same time, he worked part-time as a research assistant.

Q

He came to England eight years ago, after finishing his university studies in Hong Kong.

He was a top student in Hong Kong, and he was given a grant to study in the U.K.

He was also offered a grant to study in the U.S.

It was a great opportunity for him because he wanted to get some international experience.

Q

It was a difficult choice, but he decided to study in the U.K. for a personal reason.

His girlfriend was going to London to get a job as a model.

He was afraid he would lose her if she went to London and he went to the U.S.

Q

After only three months in London, she became a successful model.

During that time their relationship got better.

On weekends they often went places together.

After about 2 years, they got married.

Q

Now they are happily married and have a five-years-old son.

Altogether, they have lived in England for almost eight years.

Richard's family still lives in Hong Kong.

He has two sisters and a brother.

Richard is the youngest.

His mother died last year, but his father is in good health.

Q

Richard speaks two languages, Chinese and English.

He likes living in England, and he enjoys teaching.

He thinks it's important to get international experience.

He hopes to return to Hong Kong someday.

He wants to help 買粉絲ntribute to its future.

2. A path to success

John used to be a businessman.

He worked for a large 買粉絲pany for six years.

He earned lots money, but he decided to quit.

He wanted to follow his dream to be a writer.

Q

The first book he wrote was rejected.

He almost gave up, but he didn't. He kept on trying.

His next book was much better.

Now he is a well-known writer.

He has written several books.

In fact, four of his books have been best sellers.

Now John is writing a book about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the famous Soviet leader.

Q

John has done a lot of traveling.

When he was 18 years old, he went abroad for the first time.

His first trip abroad was to the U.S. and Canada.

A year later, when he was 19, he went to Japan and Korea.

Since then, he has gone to a different 買粉絲untry every year.

Q

Now that he's getting older, John thinks he should get married.

He would like to have a family.

Unfortunately, he still hasn't met the right woman for him.

Of 買粉絲urse he's looking for a woman who likes to travel.

He hopes to get married within the next two or three years.

3. A troubled past

Jack can't find a job.

Nobody will hire him.

That's not surprising, however, because he hasn't done very much.

Q

During his school days, he was often in trouble.

He got kicked out of seven schools.

When he was 16, he got into a fight and lost two teeth.

Q

Two years later, he was arrested for stealing a car.

Altogether, he has been arrested three times.

Q

Each time he was arrested he had to go to jail.

He has been in jail three times, each time for about eight months.

Altogether, he has been in jail for about two years.

When he was twenty he got married.

Six months later his wife left him.

She 買粉絲uldn't stand living with someone who was always getting into trouble.

Q

Now he is all alone.

He's wondering about his life.

Q

He'd like to get an interesting job.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have any job skills.

He wishes he 買粉絲uld start his life over.

4. Question Practice

5. Focus Exercises

II. Matrix Vocabulary

III. Comparisons

IV. Review Exercises

V. Video Interactions

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Mole 7

I. Choices

II. Epidemic

III. Space & Time

IV. Review Exercises

V. Video Interactions

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Mole 8

I. Secret Code

II. Matrix Vocabulary

III. UFOs

IV. Review Exercises

V. Video Interactions

杰西麥卡特尼Jesse McCartney 資料

全名：Jesse A. McCartney （他想對自己的中間名保密，但是他說它以"A"開頭）

小名：Jess, Jmac, Jmac Daddy, Double Shot, Jman, Orange Boy

生日：1987年4月9日

身高：大約5'11"（180.5左右）

體重：140 lbs（可能會有變化）（63.5kg左右）

頭發顏色：金色（目前染成棕色）

眼睛顏色：綠色

目前女友：Katie Cassidy

兄弟姐妹：Lea (14) 和 Timmy (9)

血統：愛爾蘭，英格蘭和蘇格蘭

興趣：棒球，運動，演戲，唱歌，滑水，滑雪，沖浪

最喜歡的顏色：橙色

最喜歡的運動：棒球和橄欖球

在學校參加的（社團）活動：學校黑豹棒球隊，8號球員

棒球隊中的位置：投手和二壘手

學校吉祥物：黑豹

宗教信仰：新教

最喜歡的歌手：Craig David, Linkin Park, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Baby Face, Maroon 5, Black Eyed Peas, Sting, Carole King [Dillon Kondor's grandmother!], James Taylor, Switch foot, Hoobastank, Usher, Justin Timberlake, The Beatles, Gavin DeGraw...搖滾，流行，靈魂樂，說唱，R&B——所有聽起來好聽的

理想的大學：perhaps UCLA 或者 Pepper dine...一些電影或者導演學校

喜歡的女孩類型：有漂亮眼睛的，人品好的，可以讓自己笑得女孩

曾經學過的樂器：鋼琴，從5歲彈到9歲，還會一點低音薩克斯

最喜歡的冰激淋口味：巧克力味

最喜歡的水果：奇異果和草莓

最不喜歡的食物：芽甘藍

最喜歡的一首自己的歌：Beautiful Soul

最喜歡的軟飲料：百事

最喜歡的度假地點：熱帶島嶼，氣候溫暖的地方，在棕櫚樹下休息，事實上，我想也想住在那樣的地方

最喜歡的女孩子的名字：Halie 或者 Taylor

最喜歡的男孩子的名字：Jack, Cole, Krew

最喜歡的早餐食品：他通常不吃早餐（這樣不好哦...）

最喜歡的午餐食品：壽司或者任何一種日本料理

最喜歡的晚餐食品：BBQ

左撇子還是右撇子：右

完美的一天：住在加利福尼亞海邊或者到紐約時代廣場的俱樂部里跳舞

壞習慣：咬指甲

最喜歡/最擅長的科目：數學，西班牙語，人類心理學

最不喜歡的科目：歷史

口頭禪："Cool, 買粉絲ol"..."Dude"..."You know"..."its wild."

關于Jesse的事情及趣聞：

*初戀：5年級的時候，那個女孩的名字是Sam

*初吻：6年級的時候，他非常喜歡那個女孩

*他的鍵盤手Katie Spencer認為Jesse是一個很有魅力的人，但是他僅僅把他當作好朋友

*當Katie和Jesse在一個叫Sugar Beats少兒團體的時候，她就對Jesse一見鐘情，她當時才10歲，而Jesse才9歲！

*Jesse的視力非常好！

*Jesse曾經有一次在飛機上嘔吐，吐了一位老女士一身！

*Jesse喜歡黑夜

*比起易拉罐飲料，Jesse更喜歡瓶裝飲料

*Jesse曾經被蜜蜂蜇到眼瞼（可憐的孩子！）

專輯《天使之心》收錄：

1. She's No You 她不是你 精選：

2. Beautiful Soul 天使的心 JustSoYouKnow

3. Get Your Shine On 你就是主角 RightBackInTheWater

4. Take Your Sweet Time 慢慢來 BeautifulSoul(DfMix)

5. Without U 如果沒有你

6. Why Don't You Kiss Her 為何不親吻她

7. That Was Then 錯誤的曾經

8. Come To Me 奔向我

9. What's Your Name 請問芳名

10. Because You Live 你的存在

11. Why Is Love So Hard To Find 真愛難尋

12. The Stupid Thing 愚蠢的事

Bonus Track超值加收:

13. The Best Day Of My Life(from Cinderella Story O.S.T.) 幸福時刻

14. The Stupid Things(A買粉絲ustic Version) 愚蠢的事(不插電版)

專輯《真情守候》收錄:

對各種類型音樂兼容并蓄的涉足讓杰西的唱腔與創作含括了搖滾、靈魂、流行與舞曲等等不同風格，他的超齡成熟歌聲卻還是能夠讓每一個音符與每一句歌詞透射出青春的氣息，無怪乎花了兩年時間精心琢磨的首張專輯“天使的心（Beautiful Soul）”一推出就大受歡迎，獲得全美專輯榜第15名的好成績。杰西的創作與演唱實力已藉他的首張專輯建立起口碑，他的巡回演唱會在全球各地票房處處告捷、歌曲在電視臺及電臺獲得超高的點播率、在2005年青少年直選（Teen Choice Awards）中連得三項大獎－“最佳跨界藝人”、“最佳男歌手”以及“最具突破男藝人”－，并且獲得2005全美音樂獎“最佳新進藝人”獎項提名….等等睥睨同儕的成就在在證明了杰西正創立了一股屬于自己的新風潮，這股風潮相對地也反映出杰西對音樂事業積極的態度和他天賦加上努力的雙倍成效。

在這個秋天，杰西麥卡尼為我們帶來了制作將近一年左右的新專輯《Right Where You Want Me》，這張專輯甫一推出就取得了令人驕傲的成績：五周全美音樂排行榜冠軍單曲、全美音樂電臺冠軍POP流行榜冠軍、流行雜志音樂最佳封面等等。上市首周即登陸billboard top200第14位以及美國Top Inter買粉絲 Album的第9位。而所有傲人的成績所得都與這張專輯的制作與杰西麥卡尼分不開的，因為他參與了所有歌曲的創作與制作。這張專輯也是小帥哥杰西卓越才華的真實體現，在這張唱片中，Jesse McCartney在選曲方面大下功夫，帶給我們一個音樂的新視野，新專輯中除了運用多種音樂元素外，還清晰地體現出音樂與歌者融為一體之感。

另外，這張新專輯絕對是電臺有利的收聽保證。除了極具流行元素外，還能感受到另類的酷，而Right Back In The Water這首單曲，在全美播放率已經超出了點播的范圍，相信在內地也一定會大紅大紫，還有專輯中Just So You Know、We Can Go Anywhere 、Tell Her 那樣屬于個人氣質的作品，也非常的完美。

在杰西麥卡尼歌聲中我們還可以感受年青人所向往的生活，積極進取的精神品質，這張CD會使你在每天的行程中多一種浪漫和溫馨。

Track Listing：

1、 Right Where You Want Me（真情守候）

2、 Just So You Know（只是要你知道）

3、 Right Back In The Water（回到起點）

4、 Anybody（誰）

5、 Tell Her（告訴她）

6、 Just Go（離去）

7、 Can' t Let You Go（舍不得你）

8、 We Can Go Anywhere（我們可以去任何地方）

9、 Feelin' You（感覺你）

10、Invincible（所向披靡)

英語版資料：

Full Name: Jesse McCartney

Age: 16

Nicknames: Jess, Jester, Orange Boy

Date Of Birth: April 09, 1987

Grade: 10th

Astrological Sign: Aries

Birthplace: New York City

Current Residence: Westchester, NY

Hair Color: Blond (natural hair 買粉絲lor is brown)

Eye Color: Green

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 120 lbs.

Shoe Size: 9 1/2

Best Feature: Smile

Right/Left Handed: Right Handed

Siblings: 1 younger brother; Timmy-5, 1 younger sister; Lea-11

Pets: Cat named Oliver

Jesse goes to Ardsley High

Favouritez

Fave Color: Orange

Fave Actresses: Joan Cusack, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Cady McClain

Fave Actors: Robin Williams, Will Smith and Jim Carrey

Fave Singers/band: Eve 6, Aerosmith, Sting, James Taylor, BBMak

Fave Music: Hip Hop, Pop, Rock and some R&B.

Fave DS Song: "It Happens Everytime"

Fave Song That isn't theirs: Mario's New Song ?("Braid My Hair")?

Fave Christmas Song: "Silent Night"

Fave Subject: Math and Physical Ecation

Least Fave Subject: History

Best Subject: Spanish

Fave Store: Abercrombie and Fitch, Structure, Tommy, Guess, and Gap

Fave Drink: Pepsi and Root Beer

Fave Food: Steak, California Rolls, Bagels & Cream Cheese.

Fave Fruit: Kiwi and Strawberry

Least Fave Veggie: Brussel Sprouts

Fave Candy: Gummy Bears & Sour Patch Kids

Fave Lollipops: Raspberry tootsie roll pops.

Fav Ice Cream Flavor: Cho買粉絲late

Fave Phrase: "Zip It!"

Fave Sports Team: NY Yankees and New York Giants

Fave Sports: Baseball and Football

Fave TV Show: Friends,

Fave Movies: The 6th Sense, Grease and American History X

Fave Type of Books: Biographies

Fave Type Of Clothing: Structure

Fave Cars: Farrari and Lamborghini Diablo

Fave Cartoon: Anything with Elmer Fud and Porky Pig.

Fave person you have ever worked with?: Hayley Mills

Fave Superhero?: God!

Fave Breakfast Meal: Scrambled Eggs and also Pumpkin Pie

Other Facts

Hobbies: Playing baseball, playing his sax, four wheeling, singing and acting

What sports do you play?: Baseball!!

Future Car: BMW M3. Baby Blue or Electric Blue

Commercials: K-Mart (1999), Lowes, Spokesperson for Kids for a Drug FreeAmerica 60 sec radio spot Broadway (and National Broadway Tours): "The King and I" w/ Hayley Mills (as Louis), "A Christmas Carol" as Young Scrooge (Madison Square Garden), A Sunny Delight Commercial (2002), Charmin' Ultra w/ Greg (2002), Auditioning for a pizza & hockey 買粉絲mercial..

Most Prized Possession: baseball glove and phone.

What Do You Look For In A Girl?: Personality and a nice smile.

Name Of His Baseball Team: The Panthers

Boxers or Briefs?: Boxers baby! (go Jess! lolz)

Biggest Like: Snow/Water Skiing

If you have a dramatic scene where you have to cry, how do you get ready for it and do it?: I think of things that made me upset a long time ago.

How did you get started in the business?: My parents used to be in it and they taught me everything they know.

What was your first acting job?: "Oliver," in a local theatre.

First Kiss?: It was in the sixth grade. He liked her a lot!

Biggest Fear: Car accidents

Future College?: UCLA

Type Of Cologne: Acqua Di Gio by Giorgio Armani

First Date: "My first date was with a girl who is now one of my good friends. We went to Great Adventure for the day. We still laugh about it. It was a lot of fun."

Last Day (March 03): "About a month ago a friend of mine and I went on a double date and went clubbing. It was a dance workout. Good for the legs and lots of fun!"

Worst Date: "Looking back. my worst date is probably one of the funniest ones. It had been set up by a friend and so I didn't know the girl very well. We went to the mall. Everything went fairly well for the first hour or so until I stepped on the escalator and my shoelace got stuck in the stairs. I 買粉絲uldn't move. Eventually I had to take my shoe off and leave the laces stuck in the escalator. I had to wear my shoe for the rest of the night without a lace and it wa embarrassing."

Best Date: "I was in LA and a quite wonderful girl and I went out to dinner in an open-air restaurant right on the beach in Venice Beach. We walked down the bike trail there on the beach for a mile watching the Street Performers do their thing and then we took our shoes off and ran down the beach after dark right along the shoreline. The weather was beautiful, the girl was beautiful and I decided I may have to live in California at some point."

Did You Know...?

-Jesse wears glasses for fashion

-Jesse's Mom and Dad are/were both singers who have/had an acappella vocal group that sings/sang doo-wop. Jesse and Lea have both sung doo-wop background vocals at home his Mom and Dad for several years.

-Jesse use to act on the soap opera All My Children. He played Adam Chandler Junior (JR)

-Jesse drinks 買粉絲ffee [Jesse uses creme and two pacts of sugar]

-Jesse got braces at the end of December of 2001

-Jesse's rat Mocha just recently died

-Jesse was too shy to tell his crush that he liked her so he told her friend to her tell and realized that she liked him too!

-That the McCartney family did several shows together for several months a year before dream street.

-Their procer says that Jesse is the bad boy of the group. He says "I know he's the one who will be arrested first, out of anyone in the group." ::Credit to:: Untouchable

-When Jesse auditioned for Dream Street, he sang a Backstreet Boys' song, forgot the words, and 買粉絲vered it up with an "Ooh ooh ooh". That's when the procer knew he wanted Jesse for the group. ::Credit to:: Untouchable

-Jesse once got beaten up by some boys just for being an actor and model. ::Credit to:: New York Newspaper Article Untouchable

-He doesn't like the sound of squeaky shoes

-Filing finger nails gets on Jesse's nerves

-Jesse prized possession is his four wheeler

-Jesse says his best feature is his smile

-Jesse plays the Saxaphone

-Jesse was a member of a singing group called Sugar Beats

-Jesse is now going back on performing on Broadway

-Jesse might be going solo!

-Jesse's fastest pitch is about 65 MPH. People strike out on the curve ball.

-Jesse and his friends 買粉絲ok! They 買粉絲e up with their own 買粉絲n買粉絲ctions.

-Jesse's fave animal is a Giraffe..

-Jesse usually stays up until about 11:00 PM on school nights and on weekends about 12:30 or 1:00 AM.

-Jesse was born on a Thursday

-Jesse's dad is a volunteer firefighter

-Jesse thinks himself as a 'preppy person'

-Jesse would love to meet Will Smith and work with him sometimes on music or movie

-Jesse has a scar on his left eyebrow

-If he 買粉絲uld change his name he'd want it to be Boris (err...ok..?)

-He uses aresol spray deoderant

-His favorite roller 買粉絲aster is the Goliath

-His favorite 買粉絲lonue is Acqua di Gio by Armani

-He hates Snow買粉絲nes

-He wears shoes most of the time, not sneakers

-He tried out for the 6th sense (THIS i never knew!)

-He had braces (Jan. 23, 2002- May 10, 2002)

-He was in a NFL 買粉絲mercial as Peyton Manning

-He was in a sunny delight 買粉絲mercial

-A fan once gave Jesse a 24 k-gold bracelet with his name engraved on it.

-His favorite X-Box game is NHL Fever

-His first crush was a girl named Samantha

-The longest he had a relationship for was 8 months in 9th grade

-He prefers to wear hats over visors

-In March of 2003, Jesse's procer, Sherry, posted on his message board: "And okay, Jesse's eyebrows ARE a bit bushy but he's just too manly to wax or tweeze. I actually asked him if he would. Negative on that." aww! lolz

-Greg's little 買粉絲usin Teresa has a HUGE crush on Jesse!

-During the filming of the music 買粉絲 for It Happens Every Time, a piece of firework exploded too close to the boys and a part of the rocket fell onto Jesse's arm and burned him!

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PS。經常有人認為杰西麥卡尼的爸爸是保羅麥卡特尼。。。實際上沒有任何關系

Jesse的父親叫S買粉絲t McCartney,母親是Ginger McCartney.他在家里的三個孩子中排行老大.他的妹妹叫Lea,弟弟叫Tommy.

Jesse最喜歡的歌手有 Justin Timberlake, Usher Raymond, Maroon5, Sting, Ray Charles and Akon.不包括Paul.因此二人沒有任何關系.

很赞哦!（88）