Part C

Additional Listening

A Conversation        Opening a Checking Account

Listen to the conversation and choose the correct choices. 

1.  The student wants to ______ at the bank.

a. find out his balance

b. open an account

2.  The student ______ to deposit $500 in his checking account.

a. decides

b. is told

3.  The student can get interest on his money in ______.

a. a checking account

b. savings account

4.  The student can receive his checks in about ______.

a. a couple of weeks

b. two days

5.  To open a savings account the student ______.

a. needs to make a minimum deposit of $50

b. can deposit any amount he wishes

Script

Opening a Checking Account

Liu is a new student at the university. He is now at the university branch of First National City Bank of Stateville.

Teller:  May I help you?

Liu:    I’d like to open an account.

Teller:  Checking or savings?

Liu:    I want to write checks.

Teller:  Then you need a checking account. How much do you want to deposit?

Liu:        Will $500 be enough?

Teller:    You can deposit any amount you wish.

Liu:        All right. I'll deposit $500. 

Teller:    Fine. Now if you wouldn't mind filling out this signature card and application

       form.  

Liu:        I also need some checks.

Teller:    We'll send them to you in about two weeks. They'll have your name and 

       account number on them.

Liu:        OK. Here is the signature card, the form and the $500. Do I get any interest on my money?

Teller:    No. You have to open a savings account for that.

Liu:     How much do I have to deposit for a savings account?

Teller:    $50 at least.  

Liu:        I see. Thank you very much.

Teller:    You're welcome.   

Movie Time

Watch a video clip. After reading it, read the following quotes, then match the quotes with the eight factors the speaker mentioned.

Word Bank

TED  美国一个论坛名，全称是“Technology, Entertainment, Design”。组织者一般邀请专家名人来TED做各类型的演讲。

ster      （后缀）表示一类人。比如youngster年轻人， gangster歹徒。

passion  n. 激情

workaholic  n. 工作狂

workafrolic （work 和 frolic的合成词， frolic的意思是“嬉戏”）把工作当成游戏的人

persist     vi. 坚持

crap       n. 废物

asshole     n.（美式粗鄙用语）废物

Script:

This is really a two hour presentation I give to high school students, cut down to three minutes. And it all started one day on a plane, on my way to TED, seven years ago. And in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager, and she came from a really poor family. And she wanted to make something of her life, and she asked me a simple little question. She said, "What leads to success?" And I felt really badly, because I couldn't give her a good answer. So I get off the plane, and I come to TED. And I think, jeez, I'm in the middle of a room of successful people! So why don't I ask them what helped them succeed, and pass it on to kids?

So here we are, seven years, 500 interviews later, and I'm gonna tell you what really leads to success and makes TED-sters tick. And the first thing is passion. Freeman Thomas says, "I'm driven by my passion." TED-sters do it for love, they don't do it for money. Carol Coletta says, "I would pay someone to do what I do." And the interesting thing is, if you do it for love, the money comes anyway.

Work! Rupert Murdoch said to me, "It's all hard work. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun." Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes! TED-sters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics.

Good! Alex Garden says, "To be successful put your nose down in something and get damn good at it." There's no magic, it's practice, practice, practice.

And it's focus. Norman Jewison said to me, "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing"

And push! David Gallo says, "Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you've gotta push, push, push." You gotta push through shyness and self-doubt. Goldie Hawn says, "I always had self-doubts. I wasn't good enough, I wasn't smart enough. I didn't think I'd make it." Now it's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers. (Laughter) Frank Gehry — Frank Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."

Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor." Now a lot of kids tell me they want to be millionaires. And the first thing I say to them is, "OK, well you can't serve yourself, you gotta serve others something of value. Because that's the way people really get rich."

Ideas. TED-ster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea — founding the first micro-computer software company." I'd say it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas, it's just doing some very simple things. And I give lots of evidence.

Persist. Joe Kraus says, "Persistence is the number one reason for our success." You gotta persist through failure. You gotta persist through crap! Which of course means "Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure." (Laughter) So, the big -- the answer to this question is simple: Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED. Or failing that, do the eight things — and trust me, these are the big eight things that lead to success. Thank you TED-sters for all your interviews!

Exercise

Quotes:

1.         "I had an idea — founding the first micro-computer software company." — by Bill Gates

2.         "I'm driven — by my passion."  — by Freeman Thomas

3.         "I always had self-doubts. I wasn't good enough, I wasn't smart enough. I didn't think I'd make it." Goldie Hawn

4.         "Persistence is the number one reason for our success." — by Joe Kraus

5.         "Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you've gotta push, push, push." — by David Gallo

6.         "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing" — by Norman Jewison

7.         "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor." — by Sherwin Nuland

8.         "To be successful put your nose down in something and get damn good at it." — by Alex Garden

9.         “You can't serve yourself, you gotta serve others something of value. Because that's the way people really get rich."  — by Richard St. John’s

10.     "It's all hard work. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun." — by Rupert Murdoch

Part D

Test Your Listening                  A Conversation

Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.

Script

W:    Hey Jack, we’ve got a lot of bills to pay this month. We’d better cut down on our spending.

M:   I wish there was some way we could make some money. Don’t you think we could invest in the stock market? It’s so easy to buy and sell stocks on the Internet. And it’s so exciting.

W:   But have you ever thought that one click and you can lose a lot of money? It sounds too risky to me.

M:   Then maybe we could invest in some big company, or come up with our own idea for a new company!

W:   Oh yeah, like what?

M:   How about starting some kind of Internet site?

W:   How come you’ve got such an idea?     

M:   I think it’s a good idea. If we start an Internet site then people from all over the world could sell stuff they no longer wanted.

W:   Kind of like a cyber garage sale?

M:   Exactly!

W: That’s a great idea, Jack. But unfortunately, it’s already been done. Haven’t you heard of eBay?

M:   Oh, yeah.

1.       What do you know about the two speakers?

a.       The man knows more about business than the woman.

b.       The woman is more cautious than the man in money matters.

c.       The man has better ideas than the woman about how to make some money.

d.       They’ve spent more than they have earned this month.

2.       What does the man want to set up on the Internet?

a.       A garage sale where people can buy things they want at cheaper prices.

b.       A website that people all over the world can log on and exchange things.

c.       A website similar to eBay.

d.       eBay.

3.       What can you learn from the conversation?

a.       Both the man and woman want to get rich quick.

b.       The woman doesn’t think it possible to get rich quick.

c.       The man is opposed to the woman’s suggestion of cutting down on their spending.

d.       None of the man’s ideas about how to make money is any good.