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1、U2Listening1AStudentPresentationTeacher:OK,class,let’sgetstartedwiththefirstpresentation.SompelhaspreparedashortpresentationabouthishomecountryofBhutan.Goahead,Sompel.Sompel:Thanks.Um,hi,everybody!YouknowthatmynameisSompel,butyoumaynotknowthatI’mfromBhutan.B
2、hutanisasmallcountry—highintheHimalayaMountains—betweenIndiaandChina.Inourlanguage,BhutanisknownasDrukYul,whichinEnglishisland,landofthethunderdragon.Thedragonisevendisplayedonourflag.Formanyyears,mycountrywasisolatedfromtheworld,partlyduetoitsgeography—it’s
3、surroundedbyhighmountains—butalsobecauseofgovernmentpolicies.Ourgovernmenthadalwaysbeena,anabsolutemonarchy,Imean,governmentheadedbyakingwithunlimitedpower.Anyway,untilveryrecently,Bhutanhadnoelectricity,nocarsortrucks,notelephones,andnopostalservice.Youmayb
4、esurprisedtolearnthatinBhutanpeoplehaveonlyhadtelevisionsince1999.ItwasthelastcountryonEarthtogetit.Youmaybewondering:WhydidBhutanrejectthemodernworldforsolong?Well,thegovernmentwastryingtoprotectthepeoplefromnegativeinfluencessuchashighcrimerates,youthviole
5、nce,andpollution.Butthekinghasadmittedthatthepolicyofisolationhadmanynegativeconsequences.Forexample,theeducationsystemdefinitelyfellbehind.Somepeopleneverlearnedtoreadandwrite.Then,oneofourkingsbeganopeningupBhutantotheoutsideworld,andourcurrentkinghasconti
6、nuedtheprocess.Therearenewroads,schools,andhealthclinics.Thekingdoesn’twanttoopenupthecountryallatoncetotheoutsideworldandriskruiningit.Hewantsourcountry’sdevelopmenttobeguidedby,nowletmethink,oh,yes,GrossNationalHappiness.Teacher:Sompel,sorrytointerrupt,bef
7、oreyoucontinue,couldyoudefineGrossNationalHappinessfortheclass,please?Sompel:Um,sure.HowshouldIputit?Well,you’veprobablyheardofGrossNationalProduct,whichisaphrasethatreferstothedollarvalueofallthegoodsandservicesproducedbyacountryoveraperiodoftime.It’soneway
8、ofmeasuringacountry’ssuccess.ButGrossNationalHappinessisdifferent.Actually,oneofourkingsinventedthephraseGrossNationalHappiness.It’stheapproachthecountrytakestothedomesticdevelopmentofBhutan—toh
