SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will
hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take
notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need
them to complete a gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini-lecture.
Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Now listen to the
mini-lecture. My Joy in Teaching and
Learning I have been engaged in teaching
Intensive Reading Course to PhD (1) of Science and
Technology in Sichuan University. I started from scratch, from widereading and
careful selection, to (2) a text book and write a guide for
Doctorate Intensive Reading. Many of the texts are selected from Nobel
(3) whose speeches give a wide scope of their fields as well
as a wonderful summary of their painstaking efforts leading to success. They are
academically keen andalert. With many (4) of disciplined
trainings, they have built up an (5) and synthetic mind,
some still holding a very good memory. They are ambitious to (6)
English to speak in the international science conference for our
motherland. They are eager to (7) their knowledge, skills,
youth and wisdom to China’s giant strides in the Twenty-first century. In my
first lecture, I introduced Francis Bacon’ famous aphorism: " (8)
makes a full man; conference a ready man; and (9)
an exact man." I also added a line, " Listening makes a wise man. With a high
demanding, with conscientious work, with the (10) Nobel
Laureate’s speeches, with proper teaching and learning methods, they have really
made dramatic progress.