Unit 2 Coincidence 合Home☑Notation PART A Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Passage 1 Passage 2 PA B Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 note down to write down记下 Andrew (男子名) Stewart (姓) VW上语计教法6北©2010 全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程3
Unit 2 Coincidence note down Andrew Stewart Listening Tasks Passage 1 to write down 记下 （男子名） （姓） Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Passage 2 Speaking Tasks
Unit 2 Coincidence 合Home)Notation A Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Passage 1 Passage 2 B Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 1.Background information Coincidences occur in everyone's life,but probably D not so dramatic as those mentioned in the texts. Coincidences make great stories,as the old Chinese saying rightly points out,"No coincidences,no stories. The performing world is very good at making use of their dramatic effects and many plays and movies are based on such happenings. In many cultures,people have tried to explain this phenomenon.Most regard coincidences as pure chance but some people believe they are beyond chance,and V上语并教36并©2010 全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程3
Unit 2 Coincidence 1. Background information Coincidences occur in everyone’s life, but probably not so dramatic as those mentioned in the texts. Coincidences make great stories, as the old Chinese saying rightly points out, “No coincidences, no stories.” The performing world is very good at making use of their dramatic effects and many plays and movies are based on such happenings. In many cultures, people have tried to explain this phenomenon. Most regard coincidences as pure chance but some people believe they are beyond chance, and Listening Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Passage 1 Passage 2 Speaking Tasks
Unit 2 Coincidence 合Home☑Notation PART A Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Passage 1 Passage 2 PART Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise1 Exercise 2 are somehow connected to certain supernatural forces that they believe exist. D Another explanation is that coincidences are the result of our own memories.The human mind tends to remember every single case of coincidence but forget hundreds of,even thousands of,cases where no coincidence occurs.In the Lincoln and Kennedy case (see Part C),for example,people list only what the two incidents have in common but ignore what they don't have in common,and,as a result,an amusing set of random connections are transformed into a mysterious, 00 VW上语外计教法6北©2010 全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程3
Unit 2 Coincidence are somehow connected to certain supernatural forces that they believe exist. Another explanation is that coincidences are the result of our own memories. The human mind tends to remember every single case of coincidence but forget hundreds of, even thousands of, cases where no coincidence occurs. In the Lincoln and Kennedy case (see Part C), for example, people list only what the two incidents have in common but ignore what they don’t have in common, and, as a result, an amusing set of random connections are transformed into a mysterious, Listening Tasks Passage 1 Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Passage 2 Speaking Tasks
Unit 2 Coincidence 合Home☑Notation Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Passage 1 Passage 2 PART B Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise1 Exercise 2 seemingly inexplicable pattern.And to understand the coincidences that happened to twins (also see Part C), D we can probably turn to genetics for help.The same genes inherited from their parents,in a way,account for the similarities in certain behavior patterns of twins. Hopefully,with the further development of science, there will be more convincing answers to certain cases of coincidence. 2.the tuition for a medical school V上语并教36并©2010 全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程3
Unit 2 Coincidence seemingly inexplicable pattern. And to understand the coincidences that happened to twins (also see Part C), we can probably turn to genetics for help. The same genes inherited from their parents, in a way, account for the similarities in certain behavior patterns of twins. Hopefully, with the further development of science, there will be more convincing answers to certain cases of coincidence. 2. the tuition for a medical school Listening Tasks Passage 1 Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Passage 2 Speaking Tasks
Unit 2 Coincidence aHome☑Notation PART A Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Passage 1 Passage 2 PART B Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise1 Exercise 2 The tuition for a medical school is usually very high, higher than that for other kinds of colleges.The annual D fee is now even higher,about $25,000 to $30,000 for a good medical college,such as the Harvard Medical School. 3.searching the house-for-sale ads .to find extra business Mr.Stewart hoped to make some extra money by finding more customers for his business as an agent for VW上语外计教%北@2010 全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程3
Unit 2 Coincidence The tuition for a medical school is usually very high, higher than that for other kinds of colleges. The annual fee is now even higher, about $25,000 to $30,000 for a good medical college, such as the Harvard Medical School. 3. searching the house-for-sale ads . to find extra business Mr. Stewart hoped to make some extra money by finding more customers for his business as an agent for Listening Tasks Passage 1 Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Passage 2 Speaking Tasks