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1. LSP_MAIN Language Structure Practice Introduction Activity Main Teaching Points Practice Practice I Practice II Practice III Practice IV Practice V

2. LSP1_1 Language Structures Introduction Activity A: Read the following text and try to answer the following questions: Supposing you were making a trip in the United States and wanted to go from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. If you wanted to go by plane, you would make the trip in a few hours. If you wanted to go by train, you would make the trip in two days. If you wanted to go by car, you would make the trip in a week or less. It would take much longer time if you had to walk or go on horseback.

3. LSP1_2 Language Structures Introduction Activity a. Which way of traveling would you choose if you were making a trip in the U.S.A and wanted to go from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean? If I were making a trip from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, I’d be traveling by air because I could save much time. b. How much time would it take if you wanted to go by plane / train / car? I think if I were to go by plane, it would take me at least 3 hours.

4. LSP1_3 Language Structures Introduction Activity c. Would you like to go on foot / horseback? No, I wouldn’t, because that would be very tiring and time-consuming. d. What would you most likely to do if you were in the U.S.A? Well, that depends. If I were in the U.S.A, I suppose I would most probably go hunting in the Yellow Stone National Park.

5. LSP1_3 Language Structures Introduction Activity B: What would you do / would you be doing / would you have done in the following situations? 1. If it hadn’t been for the language structure practice, _________________. 2. If I were watching TV now, _________________. 3. Supposing spacemen came to the earth, _________________. 4. _________________ unless I had been notified.

6. LSP1_3 Language Structures Introduction Activity 5. If it hadn’t been for the fog, _________________. 6. Supposing someone were in danger, _________________. 7. _________________ unless she had passed the final exams. 8. _________________ unless they stopped quarrelling.

7. LSP2_1 Language Structures Main Teaching Points 1. related to something being done at present: Making an assumption about something being done under a condition contrary to the present fact If you were taking a short course in computer science, you’d be learning computer programming fast.

8. LSP2_5 Language Structures Main Teaching Points 2. with the connective unless: Making an assumption about a future happening under a condition contrary to the past fact Lu wouldn’t sing English songs unless she had learned them properly. 3. with the connective supposing: Making an assumption about a future happening under a condition contrary to the present fact Supposing the price were lowered, then Sue would certainly buy the fur coat.

9. LSP2_5 Language Structures Main Teaching Points 4. with the connective otherwise: Making an assumption about a past happening under a condition contrary to the past fact Bob didn’t work hard. Otherwise he wouldn’t have been sacked. 5. in the if it hadn’t been for ... pattern: Making an assumption about a past happening under a condition contrary to the past fact If it hadn’t been for the sports meeting, I would have come to the video show.

10. LSP3_1 Practice Practice I Directions: Listen to the recording and complete the dialogues. Then make similar dialogues with your partner by using the cues. A: I haven’t been in touch with Tim for a long time. What’s he doing now? B: He’s taking a short course in computer science. A: Is he? Then he must be learning computer programming fast. B: He is. If you were taking a short course in computer science, you’d be learning computer programming fast, too. ■

11. LSP3_2 Practice Practice I 【Cues of Practice I】 1. Tim is taking a short course in computer science, and he is learning computer programming fast. 2. Bill is giving a lecture on spacecraft and he is busy making preparations for it. 3. Mabel is studying Chinese Literature in Beijing University and she has been speaking putonghua since she entered the university. 4. Brian is touring Hangzhou and he is having a wonderful time. 5. Betty is attending a national conference on ELT (English Language Teaching) and she is getting a lot out of it. 6. Martin is conducting the city symphony orchestra next month and he has been rehearsing hard with the orchestra members since last month.

12. LSP3_3 Practice Practice II A: What’s Lu going to do at the party? B: She’s going to sing English songs. A: Has she learned them properly? B: She wouldn’t sing them unless she had.

13. LSP3_4 Practice Practice II 【Cues of Practice II】 1. Lu has learned to sing English songs properly and she will sing them at the party. 2. Lin has got a plane ticket to Xinjiang and he is taking a trip there. 3. Zhang has written his thesis and he is prepared to defend it before the academic committee. 4. Wang has saved enough money and he is buying a fridge. 5. Fan has collected the necessary data and she is writing a research paper. 6. Qiu really knows a lot about flying saucers / UFO’s (unidentified flying objects) and he is going to speak on the subject.

14. LSP3_5 Practice Practice III A: Will Sue buy the fur coat? B: No. It’s too dear / expensive. A: Supposing the price were lowered. B: Then she’d certainly buy it.

15. LSP3_6 Practice Practice III 【Cues of Practice III】 1. Sue won’t buy the fur coat because it’s too dear / expensive. 2. Lily won’t pass her exam because she hasn’t worked hard enough. 3. Zhou doesn’t know much about applied linguistics because he hasn’t taken the course. 4. I didn’t go to the farewell party for Professor Brown because I was not invited. 5. Jack won’t be competent for the job because he doesn’t know Arabic. 6. John won’t win the race because Henry is running too.

16. LSP3_7 Practice Practice IV A: Bob was sacked. I wonder why. B: He wouldn’t have been sacked if he’d worked hard. A: Didn’t he work hard? B: No, otherwise he wouldn’t have been sacked.

17. LSP3_8 Practice Practice IV 【Cues of Practice IV】 1. Bob was sacked because he didn’t work hard. 2. They didn’t go to the football game because it rained. 3. Sam was very angry because he was not told the truth. 4. Tom’s mother was upset because Tom failed in the entrance examination. 5. Paul was late again this morning because he didn’t have an alarm clock. 6. They punished the child again because he misbehaved.

18. LSP3_7 Practice Practice V 1. A: Why didn’t you come to the video show with me? B: Because I went to the sports meeting. A: The video show was first-rate. It’ a pity you missed it. B: If it hadn’t been for the sports meeting, I would have come to the video show with you.

19. LSP3_7 Practice Practice V 2. A: Did it take you long to cross the busy street? B: No. We took the footbridge and it only took us a little while to cross the street. A: You were quick. Before the footbridge was built, one might have to wait for a few minutes before one could cross the street. B: If it hadn’t been for the footbridge, it would have taken us much longer.

20. LSP3_8 Practice Practice V 【Cues of Practice V】 1. I didn’t come to the video show with you because I went to the sports meeting. 2. I was late because there was a traffic jam on my way here. 3. I didn’t attend the symposium on teaching English as a second language because I went to a conference on English literature. 4. I didn’t go to the opera because there was a lecture on curriculum planning. 5. I didn’t attend the short course offered by Professor Thompson because it was too expensive.

21. LSP3_8 Practice Practice V 1. It took us only ten minutes to do the calculations because there was a computer in our office. 2. It took the surgeon only half an hour to perform the operation because he used the laser. 3. It doesn’t take Mr. Black long to dictate his letter to Peggy because he has got a dictaphone. 4. It takes us less than forty minutes to get to the university because we take the school bus. 5. It didn’t take us long to cross the street because there is a footbridge across the street.

22. Dialogue_MAIN Dialogue I Pre-reading Questions Dialogue Comprehension Questions Conversational Tips Oral Practice Dialogue II Phrases, Sentences and Expressions Dialogue

23. Reading 1_1 Dialogue I Pre-reading Questions What is China’s cultural heritage in your understanding? What are those things that are closely related to China’s cultural heritage and keep reminding you of it? Can you find any relevance from traditional things when trying to solve the problems people are facing in a modern time? If yes, say something about it. Do you think we should sacrifice the traditional things for modern ones? Why (not)? ● ● ● ●

24. Reading 1_1 Dialogue I Pre-reading Questions Do you think modern architecture can exist with traditional architecture in harmony? Why (not)? Have people done anything which are destroying China’s cultural heritage? Have people done anything which help save China’s cultural heritage? How can we achieve a balance between traditional architecture and modern architecture? ● ● ● ●

25. Dialogues1_1 Dialogue I Dialogue Save Our Heritage A: B: A: B: Finally we’re back from the field trip. Yes. But our visit to that historic city could’ve been more exciting. I know. If it hadn’t been for the destruction of some of the ancient monuments, I would’ve enjoyed the trip much more. Yes. If some of the local officials had taken better care of them, I would’ve enjoyed it much more too.

26. Dialogues1_2 Dialogue I Dialogue A: B: A: What shocked me most was the pulling down of the stately Drum Tower. We can only see it in pictures now. If it had been destroyed in a battle or in an earthquake, I would’ve felt much better. Oh, yes. How could they have had the heart to pull it down just to straighten the road for city traffic? That’s shocking! And the legendary Buddhist Temple that was built fifteen hundred years ago. There are so many beautiful tales about it. But what did we see there? Skyscrapers rising one after another.

27. Dialogues1_3 Dialogue I Dialogue B: A: B: It’s a shame to see so many modern buildings inside the temple’s precincts. The refined elegance of the old is drowned by the crude simplicity of the new. Just impossible! It makes me sick to recall what we saw there. And what about the thousand-year-old corridor? It’s become part of a tourist hotel just for money. More than that, it’s being ravaged by kitchen smoke. Do you remember the place where we had tea? What an experience!

28. Dialogues1_4 Dialogue I Dialogue A: B: A: B: Just disgusting, turning a tombstone of an imperial Tang court into a tea table. It I were head of the local relics administration, I would remove the management from their office. One reason that they destroy historical monuments is for money, but another is perhaps due to their ignorance of the real value of our cultural heritage. In that case, I’m really for the saying “Ignorance is sin”. While they are ruining those priceless treasures, perhaps they don’t know that they are actually committing an inexcusable crime.

29. Dialogues1_5 Dialogue I Dialogue A: B: Fortunately there are also people who recover national treasures from piles of junk. I heard of a broken bronze vessel cast in the eleventh century B.C. which was picked out of a scrap heap. Some workers there were certainly antique-conscious. Yes, I hear people working in the Administrative Bureau of Cultural Relics have saved thousands of ancient craftworks from construction sites. But their efforts are counteracted by those of antique looters.

30. Dialogues1_6 Dialogue I Dialogue A: B: A: Those people are vicious. I’ve seen a film on smugglers who tried to take antiques abroad so that they could make a fortune. They ought to be punished. Something must be done; the sooner, the better. I think they must have already been punished by the law. The new law imposes well-defined restrictions on the export of valuable antiques. Five thousand years of civilization have endowed our country with a great store of historical and cultural treasure. It’s up to every citizen to see that they are well preserved.

31. Tip1 Dialogue I Conversational tips To carry on conversation requires cooperation between speakers, and making active and proper response to other speakers’ contribution is important to moving ahead the conversation in a natural way. Expressing strong feelings such as great surprise and displeasure to something discussed: 1) What shocked me most was the pulling down of the stately Drum Tower. 2) If it had been destroyed in a battle or in an earthquake, I would’ve felt much better. 3) How could they have had the heart to pull it down just to straighten the road for city traffic?

32. Tip2 Dialogue I Conversational tips Expressing strong feelings such as great surprise and displeasure to something discussed: 4) That’s shocking! 5) It’s a shame to see so many modern buildings inside the temple’s precincts. 6) Just impossible! It makes me sick to recall what we saw there. 7) What an experience! 8) Just disgusting, turning a tombstone of an imperial Tang court into a tea table.

33. LSP1_1 Dialogue I Comprehension Questions A. Briefly answer the following broad questions after you read the dialogue. 1. What is the central topic A and B are talking about? A and B are talking about saving China’s cultural heritage. 2. What happened to the Drum Tower and the Buddhist Temple? The Drum Tower had been pulled down and the Buddhist Temple had been placed in such a situation as being surrounded by many modern buildings. 3. What’s the fate of the 1,000-year-old corridor and the tombstone of a member of the Tang court? The 1,000-year-old corridor had been turned into a tourist hotel for making money and was being ravaged by kitchen smoke, and the tombstone had been turned into a tea table.

34. LSP1_1 Dialogue I Comprehension Questions 4. Why are some people destroying our cultural heritage according to A and B? According to A and B, some people are destroying our cultural heritage mainly because they want to make more money. And it is also because some of them are ignorant of the real value of our cultural heritage, or antique-unconscious. 5. What do A and B think that the government should do about the people who damage ancient monuments? They think the management should be removed from their office and smugglers should be punished. More effective measures should be taken to protect and save our cultural heritage. 6. What is your opinion about the preservation of historical monuments? This is an open question.

35. LSP1_1 Dialogue I Comprehension Questions B. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write “T” for True and “F” for False. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. From A and B’s talk we know they had seen some destruction of some ancient monuments in their field trip. Neither A nor B had enjoyed their field trip at all. According to A, he would prefer that the Drum Tower be destroyed in a battle or in an earthquake. It is clear that A doesn’t think that modern buildings should be built inside the Buddhist Temple. B would like to remove the people in charge of the relics affairs from their office because those people are destroying our cultural heritage. ___ T ___ F ___ F ___ F ___ F

36. LSP1_1 Dialogue I Comprehension Questions B. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write “T” for True and “F” for False. 6. 7. 8. According to A, some antiques had been thrown into the garbage dump. B believes that some efforts made to save ancient craftworks had been counteracted by those who are destroying our cultural heritage. According to B, a new law had been enforced to prevent the export of valuable antiques. ___ T ___ T ___ T

37. Dialogue_Words 1_How could they have … How could they have had the heart to …: How could they have been so hard-hearted as to pull down …

38. Dialogue_Words 1_It makes me sick to recall It makes me sick to recall …: It makes me feel angry and disgusted to recall …

39. Dialogue_Words 1_What an experience What an experience! — This is an exclamation expressing the speaker’s displeasure about something.

40. Dialogue_Words 1_It I were head of … It I were head of the local relics administration, I would remove the management from their office. — This is an unreal conditional. The “local relics administration” means “当地文物主管部门”, and “the management” refers to the people who are in charge of the related affairs.

41. Dialogue_Words 1_the Administrative Bureau of … the Administrative Bureau of Cultural Relics:文物管理局

42. Dialogue_Words 1_It’s up to every citizen It’s up to every citizen to see that they are well preserved. — If you say that it is up to someone to do something, you mean that it is their responsibility to do it. “To see + that-clause” means “to make sure that” or “to take care that”.

43. Dialogue_words 1_stately stately: Something or someone that is stately is impressive and graceful or dignified e.g.: Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.

44. Dialogue_words 1_pull down pull down: (= demolish) To pull down a building or statue means to deliberately destroy it e.g.: Plans have been put forward to pull down and rebuild the area.

45. Dialogue_words 1_legendary legendary: If you describe someone or something as legendary, you mean that they are very famous and that many stories are told about them e.g.: A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fish.

46. Dialogue_words 1_precincts precincts: The precincts of an institution are its buildings and land e.g.: No one carrying arms is allowed within the precincts of a temple.

47. Dialogue_words 1_refined refined: If you describe a machine or a process as refined, you mean that it has been carefully developed and is therefore very efficient or elegant, pleasing and graceful in appearance or style

48. Dialogue_words 1_drown drown: When someone drowns or is drowned, they die because they have gone or been pushed under water and cannot breathe. And in this case, the word metaphorically means “ruin or destroy”

49. Dialogue_words 1_crude simplicity crude simplicity: If you describe someone as crude, you disapprove of them because they speak or behave in a rude, offensive, or unsophisticated way. The simplicity of something is the fact that it is not complicated and can be understood or done easily

50. Dialogue_words 1_ravage ravage: A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed e.g.: For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.