Unit 1 Numbers and Calculations (I)

Part One Warming-up activity

Directions: Study the following proverbs and sayings, and then put them into Chinese.

1. Kill two birds with one stone.

一箭双雕。

2. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

3. A miss is as good as a mile.

失之毫厘，谬以千里。

4. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

5. Two heads are better than one.

三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。

6. Better master one than engage with ten.

会十事，不如精一事。

7. It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

十年树木，百年树人。

8. To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.

事事及时做，一日胜三日。

9. One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.

一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。

10. At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

二十岁时起支配作用的是意愿；三十岁时是机智；四十岁时是判断。

Part two Statements

Directions: Listen to the following short statements and choose the best answer from the four choices.

1. Mary is the actress who plays the nurse. (B)

2. The quiz is easy for everyone except Tom. (C)

3. As soon as I got home, it started to rain. (D)

4. Jack is a better student than Henry, but not better than Ed. (A)

5. Xi an cannot compete with Shanghai in population. (C)

Part three Short Conversations

I. Study the following before listening.

数字与计算机类的对话主要涉及表示时间长短的数，表示价格高低的数，年、月、日数，街道、房间的编号数，电话号码数等。要求掌握各种形式的数的读法，这是辨清数字，进行数字与计算的基础。此外，还包括近音、近形数字辨认等。 II. Listen to the conversations and choose the best answer to the following

questions you hear.