Part II Listen and Respond Section A Word Bank optimist n. a person who thinks that whatever happens will be good 乐观主义者 mood n. a state of the feelings at a particular time 心情,情绪;心境 employee n. [( of )] a person who is employed [ 常与 of 连用 ] 受雇者,雇员 optimism ★ n. [ U ] a tendency to give more attention to the good side of a situation or to expect the best possible result 乐观;乐观主义 bottom line n. the most important thing to consider 要点,关键 Section B Task One: Focusing on the Main Ideas Turn to page 37. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage. 1 ) According to the passage Michael was _____________. A) a curious person B) always an optimist in his life C) always a victim in his company D) an employee who liked complaining 2 ) If something bad happened or someone came to him complaining Michael would _____________. A) choose to be a victim. B) be more likely to be in a bad mood C) choose to accept the bad thing or the complaining D) choose the positive side of life 3 ) In Michael’s opinion _____________. A) those people who like to complain will often affect our mood B) we should do some morning exercises to cheer us up C) how we live our life is decided by our attitude to life D) optimists have more chances of success than pessimists 4 ) From Michael the speaker has learned that _____________. A) each morning he must say something to himself B) everyone may have a chance of success C) every day we have a choice to live fully D) it’s not easy to be an optimist Section C Task Two: Zooming in on the Details ▇ Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard. 1) If an employee was having _____________, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the _______________ side of the situation. 2) Each morning when Michael woke up he would remind himself to be in a ______________ and choose the positive side of life; if something bad happened, he would choose to __________________ it and not to be a_____________ of it. 3) In Michael’s opinion, life is all about _____________. Every situation in life is a choice. You choose how you _____________ situations; you choose how people will ___________ your mood; you choose how you _____________. The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live your life. 4) The author decided to follow Michael’s example and believed that if he chose to be an optimist he might ___________________, ________________________ and might have more _____________________.