Unit2Peopleonthemove●TaskConvincingafriendSkillsbuilding1:listeningforthesequenceofeventsWhilelisteningtoastory,ortosomeonerecountingtheirexperience,itisimportanttonotethesequenceororderofevents.Sometimes,peoplebeginbydiscussingthecurrentsituationandthengobacktodiscusseventsinthepast,orsometimes,peoplewillstarttheirstoryatthebeginningandthengoforward.Inthispart,youwilllearnhowtonoticethesequenceofeventswhileyouarelisteningtoastoryorsomeonerecountingyourexperiences.Payattentiontosomephrasesthatwillhelpyouunderstandwhenthingshappenedandinwhatorder.Someexamples:inthebeginningthenbeforeoriginallyaftereventuallyafterthatwhenintheendExercise:listentothepassageandwritedownthewordsorphrasesthatareusedtoshowwhensomethinghappenedandinwhatorder.Lastyear,mysisterwenttostudyinGermanyasanexchangestudent.Shestayedthereforoneyear.Whenshereturned,shesaidthatthatshehadhadaveryenjoyabletimethere.Inthebeginning,shefounditwasabitdifficultforhertounderstandwhattheteacherssaidinclass,especiallyinMathsandScienceclassesbecauseshecouldnotunderstandsomespecialwordsorphrasesusedinthesetwosubjects.Therefore,beforeaMathsandScienceclass,shetriedtopreviewwhatwouldbetaughtintheclass.Thenshegotonquitewellwithherstudies.Now,shehascomebackfromGermanyandhaslearntalotaboutMaths,Scienceand,ofcourse,theGermanlanguage.Step1:findinginformationaboutareturnee1.YouwilllistentoaTVshowandaconversation,andfinishsomeexercisesrelatedtothem,andthenreadanewspaperarticle.ThencangetsomeinformationaboutwhymoreandmoreoverseasChinesereturntoChinaaftertheyhavebeenstudyingandworkingabroad.Tapescript:Host:Thetopicof‘braindrain’hasbeeninthenewsrecently,andwhatwe’rediscussingtodayistherecentreversalofthistrend.Specially,we’retalkingaboutpeoplewhowereeducatedabroad,andmightevenhaveworkedabroad,butarenowreturningtoChinatoliveandwork.I’dliketowelcomeMrZhuMrZhu,whowilltellusabouthisexperienceabroad.ZhuLin:Thankyouforhavingmeheretoday.WhenIgraduatedformuniversity,Ilookedaroundatalltheotherrecentgraduateswhoalsowantedjobs,andIthought,‘Whatmakesmespecialorbetterthantheyare?’Irealizedthattogetareallygoodjob,I’dneedmoretraining.Atthattime,manyofthebestplacestogetcertainadvanceddegreeswereoutsideofChina.IdidsomeresearchandfoundaPhDcourseintheUKthatwasperfectforme.Intheend,IlivedintheUKforfiveyears.AfterIcompletedmydegree,IwasofferedajobbyatopcompanyinLondon.IhadthoughtaboutcominghometoChina,buteventuallyfeltthatthepositionwastoogoodtoturndown.Ialsothoughtthat用心爱心专心ifIworkedforafewyearsinaWesterncountryandlearnthowtheydothings,IcouldbringthatknowledgebacktoChinaandbecomeamorevaluableemployee.Host:Whydidyoudecidetocomeback?ZhuLin:Bythen,manyinternationalcompanieshadopenedofficesinChinaandIfeltthattherewerenewopportunities.IstartedcontactingcompaniesinShanghaiandBeijingtofindworkbeforeIleftLondon.Isetupinterviewsandfoundanewjobonlyafewweeksafterreturning.Doyouknowwhatthefunniestthingofallis?Host:No.What?ZhuLin:IstayedabroadbecauseIthoughtI’dhavebetteropportunitiesandbeabletosavemoremoney,butmyjobhereisactuallymuchbetterthantheoneIhadinLondon!Host:Wehavetotakeabreaknow,andwhenwecomeback,we’lltakephonecallsfromviewersathome.2.Listentothetapeagain,andchecktheanswers.AnswersA:Returnee—ZhuLin(1)PhD(2)London(3)opportunities(4)Shanghai(5)Beijing(6)training(7)good(8)London(9)fiveyears(10)better1.c2.a3.h4.g5.f6.c7.d.8b9i3.Readtheinstr...