Unit 1 Academic Study and Academic English 2
Part A Cultural Information 2
Movie 2
About the Cast 5
Leisure Café 7
Part B Key to the Exercises 12
Readings 12
Listening 12
Viewing 13
Part C Listening Scripts-English for Academic Purposes 13
Part D Viewing Scripts-A Beautiful Mind 16
Clip One:Proud mind,bittersweet honor 16
Clip Two:Destined talent,expected comeback 25
Clip Three:Let delusions go 26
Unit 2 Academic Conference 30
Part A Cultural Information 30
Movie 30
About the Cast 36
Part B Key to the Exercises 37
Listening 37
Viewing 38
Part C Listening Scripts-Greetings and Accents 39
A-Greetings in the US 39
B-Accents 40
Part D Viewing Scripts-Einstein and Eddington 42
Clip One:First Spark between Minds of Einstein and Eddington 42
Clip Two:Eddington's understanding about Einstein's theory 45
Clip Three:Eddington thinking about the question being asked 46
Clip Four:Eddington's further access to Einstein theory 46
Clip Five:Go on or not go on 48
Clip Six:Proving Einstein's theory 50
Clip Seven:Proving Einstein is right 52
Unit 3 Academic Listening 55
Part A Cultural Information 55
Movie 55
About the Cast 59
Part B Key to the Exercises 61
Readings 61
Listening 62
Viewing 64
Part C Listening Scripts-Academic Lectures 64
A-Techniques 64
B-Structure 67
C-Introduction 70
D-Marker Phrases 73
E-Conclusion 75
Part D Viewing Scripts-When Nietzsche Wept 78
Clip One:Nietzsche's sickness 78
Clip Two:Nietzschean philosophy 84
Clip Three:Breuer's madness 89
Unit 4 Academic Reading 93
Part A Cultural Information 93
Movie 93
About the Cast 98
Part B Key to the Exercises 99
Readings 99
Listening 100
Viewing 100
Part C Listening Scripts-Academic Reading 101
Part D Viewing Scripts-Dead Poets Society 103
Clip One:The boys'dream 103
Clip Two:Keating's teaching methods 105
Clip Three:Dead Poets Society 110
Clip Four:Presenting poems in class 114
Clip Five:An unauthorized article 119
Unit 5 Academic Writing and Publishing 126
Part A Cultural Information 126
Movie 126
About the Cast 133
Part B Key to the Exercises 134
Readings 134
Listening 135
Viewing 137
Part C Listening Scripts-Academic Writing 137
A-The Organisation 137
B-Using Cards 140
C-Plagiarism 143
D-Essay Mills 144
Part D Viewing Scripts-Creation 145
Clip One:Friends'visit and support 145
Clip Two:Darwin's recollection 147
Clip Three:Darwin's waking up 148
Clip Four:Return to writing 149
Clip Five:Finished book,complete soul 150
Unit 6 Academic Translating and Interpreting 153
Part A Cultural Information 153
Movie 153
About the Cast 159
Part B Key to the Exercises 161
Readings 161
Listening 165
Viewing 166
Part C Listening Scripts-Translation and the Rules of English 167
A-Interpreting and Translation 167
B-The Rule of English 169
Part D Viewing Scripts-Good Will Hunting 171
Clip One:Low-key talent 171
Clip Two:In a Harvard bar 171
Clip Three:Looking for Will 174
Clip Four:Rebellious mind vs. good soul 177
Clip Five:Sean's sincere words 181
Unit 7 Academic Speeches 184
Part A Cultural Information 184
TV Series 184
The five characters in The Big Bang Theory 187
About the Cast 189
Part B Key to the Exercises 190
Listening 190
Viewing 191
Part C Listening Scripts-Seminars and Tutorials 191
Part D Viewing Scripts-The Big Bang Theory:The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization 194
Unit 8 Visual Rhetoric and Academic Presentations 203
Part A Cultural Information 203
TED 203
Part B Key to the Exercises 208
Readings 208
Listening 208
Viewing 209
Part C Listening Scripts-Visual Aids 209
Part D Viewing Scripts-Language and Thought 210