Exercises for IntegratedSkills

1. Dictation

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2.       Fillin each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate.

“She said that she would dancewith me (1) ______ I brought her red roses,” cried the young student, “but inall my garden there is (2) ______ red rose.”

From her nest in the holm-oak treethe nightingale heard him, and she looked out (3) ______ the leaves, andwondered.

“No red rose in all my garden!” hecried, and his beautiful eyes filled (4) ______ tears. “Ah, on what littlethings (5) ______ happiness depend! I have read all (6) ______ the wise menhave written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for (7) ______ ofa red rose is my life made wretched.”

“(8) ______ at last is a truelover,” said the Nightingale. “Night after night have I (9) ______ of him,though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story to the stars,(10) ______ now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and hislips are red as the rose of his desire; (11) ______ passion has made his facelike pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal (12) ______ his brow.  Surely love is a wonderful thing. It is more(13) ______ than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. It may not be purchasedof the merchants, (14) ______ can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.”

Ⅴ. Oral Activities

1.      Giving a Talk

Topic : What is Love?

Viewpoints for reference:

l Manypeople believe love is a sensation that magically generates when Mr. or Ms.Right appears.

l Loveis that feeling you get when you meet the right person.

l Loveis the attachment that results from deeply appreciating another’s goodness.

l Loveis a choice. By focusing on the good, you can love almost anyone.

l Loveis care, demonstrating active concern for the recipient’s life and growth.

l Loveis responsibility, responding to the recipient’s expressed and unexpressedneeds (particularly, in an adult relationship, emotional needs).

l Loveis respect, “the ability to see a person as he [or she] is, to be aware of his[or her] unique individuality,” and, consequently, wanting that person to “growand unfold as he [or she] is.”

l “Loveis a behavior.” A relationship thrives when partners are committed to behavinglovingly through continual, unconditional giving —not only saying, "I love you," but showing it.

 

2. Making a Dialogue

 

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