Unit 13
Task 1
Mr. Jones has gone to the doctor’s because he does not feel very well. What advice does the doctor give him?
Mr. Jones: Good morning, doctor.
Doctor: Good morning Mr... erm... Jones. Now what can I do for you?
Mr. Jones: Well. I’m not sure exactly. But I don’t feel very well. I get a lot of headaches— and I feel tired all the time.
Doctor: I see. Now, these headaches... Do you smoke?
Mr. Jones: Yes. I smoke rather a lot. About forty cigarettes a day. That’s because I worry about my work, you see.
Doctor: Hm. And what about exercise?
Mr. Jones: Well, I don’t get very much. I’m always too busy.
Doc tor: Hm. You don’t look very fit, do you? How much do you weigh?
Mr. Jones: I’m not sure. About a hundred kilos, I think. Perhaps I eat too much, but I’m always hungry!
Doctor: Hm. Well now, Mr. Jones. There’s nothing much wrong with you. If I were you though, I’d take more exercise, eat less and smoke fewer cigarettes. Better still, stop
smoking completely! That’s my advice to you.
Mr. Jones: But aren’t you going to give me any medicine, doctor?
Doctor: Medicine? You don’t need medicine! Just less food, fewer cigarettes and more exercise.
That’s all you need. And don’t worry about your health so much. If you worry about
your health, you’ll make yourself ill!
Task 2
【答案】
A.
1)b, 2) a, 3) b, 4) a, 5) b
C.
jobs, builders, teachers, salespeople, smaller cities, crime, traffic jam, pollution, a warmer climate, the cold, the sun
【原文】
Every ten years the United States conducts a census of the population. A census is a count of the people who live in a city or country. Every family receives a form with questions about family size, income, jobs, etc. They answer questions such as: How many people are there in your family? Do you live in a house or in an apartment? How long have you been living there? Where did you live before this? Where do you work? How much money do you make? The government uses all this information to get a better picture of its citizens.
The last census was in 1980. The population of the United States is now 226,500,000, up by 23 million people from 1970. In 1970, the population was 203,000,000.
The census shows that some areas of the United States are declining in population while other areas are growing. In the past, more people lived in the Northeast and North Central areas. But this is changing. Now, more people live in the South than in any other area. People are moving from the North to the South and the West. The population of northern cities is down from 1970. For example, the population of New York City is down 11 percent, the population of Chicago is down 12 percent. In Pennsylvania, the population of Philadelphia is down 14 percent and the population of Pittsburgh is down 18 percent. Washington D.C. has almost 16 percent less people. At the same time that northern cities are declining, southern and western cities are growing. The population of San Jose is up 24 percent. Phoenix is up 33 percent. In Texas, Houston is up 26 percent and El Paso is up 31 percent. In Florida, the population of Ft Lauderdale is up 10 percent. The population of Virginia Beach is up 52 percent.
Why are people leaving the North? Why are they moving to the South and West? The main reason is jobs. Because the South and West are growing, there’s a need for more builders, teachers, salespeople, etc. Another reason is today more and more people are choosing smaller cities. They’re tired of crime, traffic jams, and pollution. Finally, people say they are looking for a warmer climate. They are moving away from the cold, toward the sun.
Task 3
【答案】
1) F, 2) T, 3) F, 4) T, 5) F
【原文】
Tim and Tina spent two weeks at Grimm’s farm. Later they spoke to a reporter about their time at the farm.
Reporter: Well, Tim. You’ve tried to live like an Iron Age man. Did you learn much about Iron
Age life?
Tim: Oh, yes. I learned a lot! I learned that it was a hard life in those days. We had to work really hard. We got very tired. Those Iron Age people were really strong.
Reporter: But they didn’t have to use their brains very much, did they? I mean, people weren’t very clever in those days, were they?
Tim: Oh, yes they were! That’s the most important thing that we learned. People in those days didn’t go to school, and they couldn’t read or write, but they weren’t stupid. They
learned from one another. They knew a lot about plants and animals. They could do a lot
of things that we can’t do very well. They could build houses. They could make tools
and pots, and they could make fire, too — without matches, I mean. When we tried to
do things like that we weren’t very successful at all. We felt very stupid!
Reporter: What about you, Tina? What did you think of Iron Age life? What was it like? Did you enjoy it?
Tina: Well, yes and no. In some ways it was fun. But in some ways it was very difficult, and rather boring. The best thing was that I made some very good friends. Everyone in our
group was very friendly. We felt very close to each other. We shared everything — food,
work, ideas. But life isn’t easy with no gas or electricity, no machin es —and no
bathrooms, either. I was glad to get back to civilization!
Task 4
【答案】
1)They used to build camps in the forest or on open ground.
2)They were made of branches and leaves or grass.
3)Because they wanted to find more food.
4)Life is a lot easier. There are fewer dangers, but there is less excitement.
5)Because they try to get back to nature.
【原文】
Human beings have lived on this earth for at least two million years. For most of that time people did not live in towns. Sometimes they used to camp in caves. Sometimes they used to build camps in the forest or on open ground. These camps were just groups of simple houses that were made of branches and leaves or grass.
Only about thirty people lived in each camp. The men used to go hunting while the women and children collected food from the trees and other plants around the camp. All the food was shared between everyone in the group. Every a few weeks they moved to another place in order to find more food there. It was a simple life, but people had to be clever. They had to make everything that they needed, and they had to know a lot about plants and animals. Man’s body and brain were formed by this kind of life.
Nowadays a lot of people live in big towns and cities, and they work in offices and factories. Life is a lot easier than it was in the old days. There are fewer dangers, but there is less excitement. Most people do not have to hunt for food, but they have to stay in one place for most of their lives. They get some excitement from sport and films, but many of them feel that modern civilization is too unnatural. A few of them go looking for adventure —sailing round the world, climbing mountains, or exploring caves. Most people look forward to the holidays, because then they can enjoy a change. A lot of them go camping in the country, or by the sea. They try to get back to
nature. They try to live as people did thousands of years ago. But they also take a lot of modern luxuries with them. Camping today is very different from camping in the old days.
Task 5
【答案】
l) Because windsurfing is more exhilarating than swimming, and you can get away from it all/you can be alone with nature.
2) He’s an opera singer.
3) They are rather amused.
4) Social tennis.
5) Line decisions and the score.
6) Because she is now engaged in politics.
7) Because when you are playing it, you can’t think of anything else/your are totally absorbed in the game; and you feel very happy when you do a really good shot.
8) The muffed shot at the net.
【原文】
A
I think windsurfing is better than swimming. More exhilarating. You can really get away from it all. I love being alone with nature, and when you’re out there on the water you can come around a headland and suddenly find that you’re completely alone. Just me and the sea and the mind in my hair. Once, when I was working in San Diego, I suddenly felt I’d had enough of opera — studying the role and the stuffiness of the rehearsal rooms — and found going out windsurfing a tremendous escape.
I think most of my singer colleagues are rather amused by the idea of me windsurfing. However, these days, at least 50 percent of singers keep physically fit in some way — playing golf, or working out in gyms. A few years ago they tended to be a lot fatter, but now they are conscious of the need to keep fit.
B
Social tennis is what I like best. Playing doubles with about eight regular friends for fun. It’s generally a noisy, boisterous kind of game, with constant shouts of frustration.
We have long, loud arguments about line decisions, followed up by long arguments about the score. We’re all pretty aggressive, and I think I make it worse, actually. I have noticed that since I entered politics my game has got a lot more aggressive, and I am very argumentative about the score.
The wonderful thing about tennis is that when you are playing it, you can’t think of anything else. Your mind is totally absorbed in the game. And when you do that really good shot the elation is incredible. On the other hand, however, there is probably no frustration greater than the muffed shot at the net.
Task 6
【答案】
A.
1) F, 2) F, 3) F, 4) T, 5) T
B.
take diet, developed, food, hamburgers, overproduction, wax-like, livers, survival, narrower, blood supply, heart attack, stroke, animal fats, fresh fruit, vegetables, potatoes
begin slowly, squash, injuries, rhythmic, gentle, brisk walking, fifteen minutes, three times
【原文】
Dr. Martin Answay writes a column in a popular women’s magazine on health problems. He is also an expert on heart disease.
Q: Is there a secret to good health? I mean, is there some way we can achieve it which is not generally known?
A: It certainly isn’t a secret. However, there is a great deal of ignorance, even among supposedly educated people, about how to be reasonably healthy.
Q: Well, what advice do you give, then?
A: Uh... to begin with, take diet. I believe that one of the greatest dangers to health in Britain and other countries, particularly developed countries, is the kind of food we tend to prefer.
Q: Such as?
A: Such as that great national institution, the British breakfast, for example. Ham and eggs. Or the kind of lunch so many people in this country have: sausage and chips! Or all the convenience foods like hamburgers. Or even things we regard as “healthy”, such as full-fat milk. Or Cheddar cheese. The list is endless.
Q: What’s wrong with those things?
A: The excessive consumption of such things leads to the overproduction of cholesterol, which in turn results in heart atta...
Q: Excuse me, but what exactly is cholesterol?
A: It’s a... wax-like substance...yellowish... and it’s produced naturally in our livers. We all need some cholesterol for survival.
Q: Well, if we need it, in what way is it bad for us?
A: Too much of it is bad for us. It builds up in our arteries, causing them to get narrower, so that our blood supply has difficulty in getting through, and this, of course, can eventually end in a heart attack or stroke. The point I’m trying to make here is that, even though we all need some cholesterol in order to insulate our nerves, and to produce cell membranes and hormones, the things many of us eat and even consider healthy lead to the overproduction of cholesterol. And this is very dangerous.
Q: How can we avoid this overproduction of cholesterol?
A: By cutting down our consumption of animal fats: things like red meat, cheese, eggs, and so on. And by increasing our consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables, and also by eating more potatoes, rice, pasta and bread.
Q: Pasta? Potatoes? But... aren’t such things fattening?
A: Nonsense. It isn’t pasta, potatoes or bread that makes us fat. It’s what we put on such things! Cheese, butter, meat!
Q: So anything we like, anything that’s delicious, is bad for us. Isn’t that what you’re saying?
A: Rubbish! I’m simply saying we eat too much of these thi ngs. And there are many ways of preparing delicious food without using such large quantities of animal fats.
Q: Last of all, what about exercise? You recently warned against certain forms of exercise, which you said could be dangerous.
A: What I said was that if people aren’t used to getting regular and vigorous exercise, they should begin slowly, and not try to do too much at the beginning! I also said that certain games, such as squash, can be dangerous, particularly if you aren’t used to playing them. A number of
injuries are due to sudden, twisting movements that games like squash involve.
Q: What kinds of exercise do you recommend, then?
A: Gentle jogging, swimming, cycling, brisk walking — exercise that is rhythmic and gentle, and above all, sustained. That is, done for at least fifteen minutes uninterruptedly at least three times a week. We all need such exercise, and the fact is that far too few of us get enough of it, particularly if we live in large cities and regularly use cars.
Task 7
【答案】
A.
1) To be awakened at an unearthly hour from a deep sleep and suddenly on his way to a serious accident.
2) The journey.
3) People often swear at her.
4) A lot of patients expect it to be painful and so a lot of patients are very nervous when they come in.
5) Living in a hotel.
6) He’s doing the same thing over and over and over.
B.
1) have an appointment, rush-hour traffic, hold-ups
2) mistreating them personally, hand money out, feel sorry for
3) careful, cheerful, talk back
4) run a successful company
5) physically hard, boredom, exhausted
【原文】
When the telephone rings at three o’clock in the morning I can be awakened from a deep sleep, and then suddenly on my way down the road to a very serious accident. And that really is the most stressful thing of all in this job.
The worst part of my job in my opinion is the journey. The driving is quite a stressful problem with the motorways and all the traffic. If I have an appointment for say, ten o’clock in the morning, and I leave early, I get into the rush-hour traffic and there are probably hold-ups on the motorways and by the time eleven o’clock comes I might still be fifty miles away.
We’re only doing our jobs. They accuse us of mistreating them personally, but we can’t just hand money out, just because we feel sorry for the person. I had a man who rang up and was very abusive to me. He said I didn’t care if his family starved. He swore at me. People often swear at me and it’s very bad sometimes.
I think a lot of patients expect it to be painful and so a lot of patients are very nervous when they come in. And that puts a lot more stress on us. We have to be careful and cheerful, and then people don’t like it when we talk to them because they can’t talk back!
And of course, you’re living in a hotel, which is a lonely sor t of existence, sometimes for a whole week. Or, if it’s not in one place, you’re travelling, staying in hotels. You’re flying to
Amsterdam, you’re flying to France. But it’s all part of what has to be done to run a successful company.
You know, you put ev erything into it but it’s so boring, it’s the same thing over and over and over. And you might not be working physically hard, but by the end of the day, because of the boredom, you’re totally exhausted.
Task 8
【答案】
A.
1) F, 2) T, 3) T, 4) F, 5) F, 6) F, 7) T
【原文】
Sue: ... and if we hear any further news we’ll let you know right away. Well, now it’s time for our regular look at thi s evening’s viewing and here’s Patrick Lloyd, television critic of the Daily Mail. Hello, Patrick.
Patrick: Hello, Sue.
Sue: Patrick, what’s worth watching this evening?
Patrick: Well, Sue, it’s a very good night on all four channels and I think my firs t recommendation would be the documentary on ITV at 8:30. It’s an amazing film about the history and growth of the British Secret Service, MI5. Now it’s the first time many of the facts have been made public and it’s about the growth of what was originally called Military Intelligence Department 5 into the UK equivalent of the CIA or KGB.
Sue: Mmm, sounds well worth ... watching.
Patrick: Now, after that and still on ITV at 9:30 there’s another documentary. In “World in Action”
there’s an inv estigation of multinational industries and this one concentrates on the food and drink industries. I wonder, Sue, did you know for example the Heinz Foods are the owners of Weightwatchers International?
Sue: No, really?
Patrick: Over on Channel 4 at 7:00 “Watch Your Step”. Two teams of university teachers and students have to survive for 24 hours in the North of Scotland and they’ve got to solve various problems to reach their goal. They don’t get any help and they have to do things like find clues, solve puzzles, work out how to cross rivers, how to climb cliffs, make a fire, cook food. Sounds a bit daft but it really is an exciting programme that makes you, the viewer, think too. Well worth seeing.
Sue: Ha ha, rather them than me! Now, anything for sports fans?
Patrick: Yes, football on BBC 1 at 7:50 —that’s live coverage of England Vs Brazil and tennis on BBC 2 at 10 with the best of today’s play from Wi mbledon.
Sue: And what about films?
Patrick: Ah, lots of good films on tonight, Sue. My pick of the bunch would be High Plains Drifter starring Clint Eastwood. It’s not just another one of those violent westerns and ...
um ... in fact it’s a really remarkable film. A kind of allegory of the battle between good and evil. The photography i s superb and although the film wasn’t really appreciated when it was first released in 1972, it’s well worth seeing on the small screen. And this is on ITV at 10:30.
Sue: All right. Thanks very much, Patrick.
Patrick: Now, hold on, just one more thing I ou ght to mention and that’s the television production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet on Channel 4 at 9. It’s got a cast of little-known actors and it’s got subtitles.
Sue: Subtitles?
Patrick: Yes, that’s right. Channel 4 ha s taken the bold step of putting subtitles on the screen in modern English. It may sound strange, even ... even perhaps distracting, but believe me, it works remarkably well. After all, the English language has changed quite a bit in the last 400 years.
Sue: All right, thanks very much, Patrick.
Patrick: Not at all.
Sue: That sounds as though it’s worth staying in for tonight. And now let’s hear from Ian Duncan at the sports desk...
Task 9
【答案】
Ⅰ.
1. 30
2. drug/chemical/chemical substance, nerves
II.
1. southern Ethiopia
2. goat herder/goat farmer
3. 850
4. stimulating
III.
1. province/place
2. dried, stored, crushed
IV.
1. Arab countries, Europe
2. 1700s, 1800s
【原文】
Coffee is one of the most popular beverages throughout the world today. In fact, according to some estimates, over 30 percent of all adults in the world drink coffee at least once a day on the average.
Coffee contains a kind of drug called caffeine. Caffeine is a chemical or a chemical substance that stimulates the nerves of the body. Drinking coffee tends to make people a little bit more awake or alert —at least for a short time —because of this stimulating effect on the nervous system. A cup of coffee has, on the average, about 3 percent caffeine in it.
One story of the discovery of the coffee plant relates to this effect of caffeine. According to the story, coffee was discovered in southern Ethiopia —in East Africa —in a province called Kaffa. The story says that coffee was first found by a goat farmer, or rather a goat-herder named Kaldi. This was about the year 850, according to the story.
Kaldi, the goat herder, was leading his animals through the mountains and the goats were stopping constantly to eat the plants near the path. Suddenly, according to Kaldi’s story, some of the goats started jumping up and down in a very strange way.
Kaldi figured out that the goats were acting this way because of the plants they were eating. Kaldi himself tried eating some of the green beans that the goats had been eating. He, too, felt the stimulating effect of the beans.
Kaldi wanted to prove what had happened, so he picked some of the beans and took them back to his home village, where he told his story.
The green bean got the name “Kaffa” and later “coffee” because the beans were discovered in a place called Kaffa in Ethiopia.
Then, for years, people used to eat a few of the green Kaffa beans when they were in the mountains and needed extra energy or stimulation. It was later found that the coffee beans could be picked and then dried until they turned brown, and then they could be stored. If the beans were dried and stored, they could be used at any time.
When the coffee beans were dried, however, they were too hard to eat, as had been done before. Therefore, people began to crush the beans into small pieces — and then boil the pieces in hot water — and make a hot drink.
Gradually, it became common to drink this hot beverage in Ethiopia. Next, the hot coffee drink became popular among Arab travelers who visited Ethiopia. The Arabic word “Kawan”means coffee.
After coffee drinking became common in the Arab countries, its popularity spread to Europe. One again, it was spread by travellers. In the 16th and 17th centuries travellers and traders from Europe began to visit the Arab countries. The Arab merchants and shopkeepers served coffee to the Europeans. Apparently, the Europeans liked coffee and as travel increased, the amount of coffee drunk in Europe increased.
Gradually, the European traders and explorers introduced coffee drinking to the people in north America and Asia. Coffee drinking increased rapidly in the late 1700s and 1800s. Today it
remains a popular hot drink in many places.
Task 10
【答案】
The Extended Family
In the Far, Middle and Near East and in parts of Africa, South America and Europe, the first thing most Western people notice is the respect everyone has for the old.Older men and women live with their married children and are important members of the family. They look after the children, help with the cooking, give advice and often rule family life. Living in an extended family has advantages for everyone. A small child, for example, knows many people from the very beginning, not just his mother and father.
For a young mother and father there are also advantages. They can go out to work and grandmother will look after the house and children. This is especially important in farming communities, where both men and women work in the fields.
And the older woman, for example, has something important to do. She sees her children and grandchildren grow up. She is needed and loved.
大学英语听说3听力原文和答案 Unit 1 Reservations Part A Exercise 1 1. M: I’d like to book a double room with bath for four nights. W: Sorry, sir. We’re full up(全满). Can I recommend the Park Hotel to you? It is quite near here. Q: What does the woman suggest that the man do? 2. M: I’d like to see Mr. Jones this afternoon, please. W: I’m sorry but Mr. Jones will be busy the whole afternoon. Can you manage at 10:30 tomorrow morning? Q: What does the woman say to the man? 3. W: Can I book two tickets for the show ―42nd Street‖ on Sunday night, Oct. 31st? M: Sorry, madam. All the tickets on that night are sold out. But tickets are available for Nov.3rd(十一月三号). Q: When can the woman see the show? 4. M: I’d like to reserve(预订)two tickets on Flight 6051 to Edinburgh, for October 20th. W: Sorry, Sir. We’re booked up(预订一空的) on the 20th .But we still have a few seats available on the 21st. Q: When does the man want to leave for Edinburgh? 5. W: Garden Restaurant. May I help you?
《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及答案U n i t1U n i t1 Task 1 【答案】 A. 1) She wanted to see St. Paul’s Cathedral. 2) She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike. 3) They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and newspapers. 4) Because she had often read about them and seen photographs of them, who all looked as if they were wearing a uniform. 5) No, he didn’t. 6) He used the English saying “It takes all kinds to make a world”to prove his opinion. B. If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be!
Yesterday morning Gretel went to the City of London. She wanted to see St. Paul's Cathedral. She was surprised to see so many Englishmen who looked alike. They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats. They were all carrying umbrellas and newspapers. When she returned home she asked Mr clark about these strange creatures. "They must be typical English gentlemen," she said." I have often read about them and seen photographs of them. They all look as if they are wearing a uniform. Does the typical English gentleman still exist?" Mr. Clark laughed. "I've never thought about it," he answered." It's true that many of the men who work in the City of London still wear bowler hate and I suppose they are typical Englishmen. But look at this." Mr. Clark picked up a magazine and pointed at a photo of a young man. "He's just as typical, perhaps. It seems as if there is no such thing as a 'typical' Englishman. Do you know the English saying 'It takes all kinds to make a world'? That's true of all countries-including England." “Oh, just like the poem ‘If All the Seas Were One Sea’,”Gretel began to hum happily. If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea that would be! If all the trees were one tree, what a great tree that would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, w hat a great splash that would be!” Task 2
Unit 1 Task 1 【答案】 A. 1) She wanted to see St. Paul’s Cathedral. 2) She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike. 3) They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and newspapers. 4) Because she had often read about them and seen photographs of them, who all looked as if they were wearing a uniform. 5) No, he didn’t. 6) He used the English saying “It takes all kinds to make a world” to prove his opinion. B. If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be! 【原文】 Yesterday morning Gretel went to the City of
Unit1 Task1 【答案】 A. 1)SusanHudsonandinterculturalCommunication 2)TheclasswillmeetintheroomtheRareinnowandOnTuesdaRandThursdaRfrom3:15to4:50. 3)TheRcanpurchasetheteRtbookatthebookstorethedaRaftertomorrow. 4)Theofficehoursarefrom1:00to2:00onWednesdaRs. B. 1)thefirsthalf,theresearchlab,ThursdaR,405,thelasttwomonths 2)outline,performance,quizzes,project,participation 【原文】 OkaR,okaR,let’s begin.Hello,everRone.MR name’s SusanHudsonand I’ll beRourteacherforthiscl ass,InterculturalCommunication. Uh,tobeginwith,pleasetakealookatthesRllabus(教学大纲）infrontofRou.AsRouallshouldknowbRnow,thisclassmeetsonTuesdaRsfrom3:15to4:50.Wewillbeme etinginthisroomforthefirsthalfofthecourse,butwewillbeusingtheresearchlabeverRotherweekonThur sdaRinRoom405duringthelasttwomonthsoftheclass. Uh,thisistheteRtfortheclass,BeRondLanguage.UnfortunatelR,thebooks haven’t comeinRet,butI wastoldthatRoushouldbeabletopurchase（购买）thematthebookstorethedaRaftertomorrow.Again,asRouseeonRourcourseoutline,gradingisdetermin edbRRourperformanceonamidtermandfinaltest,periodic（周期的、定期的）quizzes（问答比赛）,uh,aresearchproject,andclassroomparticipation（参加、参与）. MRofficehoursarefrom1:00to2:00onWednesdaRs,andRoucansetupanappointmenttomeetwith meatothertimesaswell. Task2 【答案】 A. 1)AccordingtothesRllabus,thebookheislookingforisinthelibrarR,buthe couldn’t findit. 2)Thatmeansthestudentcannotfindthebookontheshelvesinitsusualplace.She/Heneedstogotoaspecialr oomcalledthereserveroom. 3)TheprofessorwantseverRoneintheclasstoreadthechapter.Ifonestudentremovesthebookfromthelibr arR,itislikelRthatnoneoftheotherstudentswillhavetheopportunitRtoreadit.So,Rourprofessorhasinsur edthatallstudentshavetheopportunitRtoreaditbRplacingitonreserve. B. 1)F,2)T,3)F 【原文】 Librarian:CanIhelpRou? Student:Res.Iamabitconfused.MRsociologRclassissupposedtoreadachapter（章、回）inabookcalled SociologRandtheModernAge.AccordingtothesRllabus,thebookisinthelibra rR,butI haven’t beenabletofindit. Librarian:DoRouhaveRoursRllabuswithRou?MaRIseeit? Student:Res,uh...IputitinthefrontofmRsociologRnotebook.Res,hereitis. Librarian:Letmesee.OhRes.Rourprofessorhasplacedthisbookonreserve.ThatmeansRoucannotfindit ontheshelvesinitsusualplace.Rouneedtogotoaspecialroomcalledthereserveroom.It’s dow nthehallandtotheright. Student:I’m sorrR—Istill don’t understandwhatRoumeanbRonreserve. Librarian:Rousee,RourprofessorwantseverRoneintheclasstoreadthechapter.Ifonestudentremovesthe bookfromthelibrarR,itislikelRthatnoneoftheotherstudentswillhavetheopportunitRtoreadi t.So,RourprofessorhasinsuredthatallstudentshavetheopportunitRtoreaditbRplacingitonre serve. Student:So,willIbeabletofindthisbook? Librarian:Res,whenabookisonreserve,astudentcangotothereserveroomandaskthereservelibrarianfor thebook.Thestudentcanhavethebookforafewhours,andheorsheMUSTreaditinthelibrarRd uringthattime.ThatwaR,thebookstaRsinthelibrarR,andallstudentshaveachancetoreadit. Student:OK.ThankRou.Iunderstandnow.
大学英语5听力上海外语教育出版社 lesson 1 partA problems facing foreign students Today I'd like to talk about some of the problems that students face when they follow a cource of study through the medium of English--if English is not their mother tongue. The problems can be divided into three broad categories: psychological ,cultural and linguistic. The first two categories mainly affect those who come to study in Britain from Asia and Africa.I'll come to comment only briefy on these two categories and then spend most of the time looking at linguistic difficulties which apply to everyone. some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of unknown: for example,whether one's academic studies will be too difficult.Looking at the cultural problems,we can see that some of them are very practical nature, for example , arranging satisfactory accommodation.Others are less easy to define.
Unit 4 Task 1 【答案】 A. 1) They are farms that grow vegetables for city people to eat fresh. 2) It’s a farm that grow plants and flowers to sell. 3) They protect the plants from the cold in the winter but let them get plenty of light, so the plants can be grown all through the year. B. 1) canned, frozen 2) flowers, garden plants, home gardens, yards, window boxes 3) buildings, furniture, firewood 【原文】 Grain, vegetables and fruits are found on most farms. All of them are food for animals and people. Grain can be fed to animals just as it is harvested. But before people use them grains are usually made into flour or breakfast cereal. Bread, macaroni（通心粉）, and cereals（麦片）all come from grain. Tomatoes, beans, potatoes, beets（甜菜）, lettuce（生菜）, carrots and onions are field and garden vegetables. Can you think of any others Vegetables are good for people and for some animals such as pigs and rabbits. Farms that grow vegetables for city people to eat fresh are called truck farms. Truck farms are usually close to big cities. Each day hundreds of loads of fresh vegetables are brought to stores on the farmers' trucks. Without the truck farmers people in cities would not eat well. And without city people who eat fresh vegetables, the truck farmers would have no work. There are many kinds of fruit. Apples, pears, peaches, cherries, oranges, grapefruit, and berries are a few kinds. You will be able to think of other kinds that you like. Most fruit is grown on specialized farms. But many general farms have some fruit to use and sell also. Like vegetables, fruit is sold fresh in markets. But a large part of both fruit and vegetable crops is sent to factories to be canned or frozen. In warm parts of our country farmers grow cotton, rice, tobacco, sugar cane（甘蔗）, and peanuts. Specialized farms raise flowers and garden plants. They are sold to florists（花商）and to families for home gardens, or yards, or window boxes. A farm that grow plants and flowers to sell is called a nursery（苗圃）. Most nurseries have glass buildings, called hothouses or greenhouses. The hothouses are heated to protect the plants from cold in the winter but let them get plenty of light, so they can be grown all through the year. Some farms grow only trees. Some of these are Christmas tree farms. Others are large forests where trees are grown for their wood. The wood is used for buildings, furniture and firewood. Some tree farms grow only nut trees. Task 2 【答案】
第一部分 1.Woman: This is my family. I'm married. My husband's name is Bill. We have two children — a boy and a girl. Our little girl is six years old, and our little boy is four. Jennie goes to kindergarten, and Aaron goes to nursery school. My father lives with us. Grandpa's great with the kids. He loves playing with them and taking them to the park or the zoo. 2.Man: This is a picture of me and my three sons. We're at a soccer game. Orlando is twelve, Louis is ten, and Carlos is nine. All three of them really like sports. Orlando and Louis play baseball. Carlos is into skating. 3.Man: This is my wife June, and these are my three children. Terri on the right is the oldest. She's in high school. She's very involved in music. She's in the orchestra. Rachel — she's the one in the middle — is twelve now. And this is my son Peter. He's one year older than Rachel. Rachel and Peter are both in junior high school. Time really flies. June and I have been married for twenty years now. 4.Woman: This is a picture of me with my three kids. The girls, Jill and Anne, are both in high school. This is Jill on the right. She'll graduate next year. Anne is two years younger. My son Dan is in college. It seems like the kids are never home. I see them for dinner and sometimes on Saturday mornings, but that's about it. They're really busy and have a lot of friends. 第二部分 John: It's super, Mary. It's just what I wanted. Mary: Well, I know you said your old calculator was no good any more. John: Well, it wasn't that it was no good. It just wouldn't do all the things I need to do at work. And it certainly wouldn't remember telephone numbers for me like this one. Mary: I suppose you're going to start putting in numbers straightaway. John: I've put in one while we've been chatting. I've put in our solicitor's number. You know how often I need to call him on company contracts. Mary: So what others are you going to put in?
Unit One Optional Listening 1 Boy(B): Hey, Grandma, what’s in this box? Grandma(G): Oh, nothing really…just a few old keepsakes. B: Keepsakes? G: Young man, you know what a keepsake is! B: No, I don’t. I really don’t. G: Well, it’s something you keep. It’s something that gives you a lot of memories. B: Oh. What’s this? G: Now don’t go just digging around in there!... Hmmm, let’s see… that’s my first diary. B: Can I …? G: No, you can’t read it! It’s personal! I wrote about my first boyfriend in there. He became your grandfather! B: Oh, OK… Well then, what’s that? It has your picture in it. G: That’s my passport. You can see, I traveled to Europe by ship. B: What’s that big book? G: My yearbook, it’s my high school book of memories. B: Class of 1961! Boy, that’s old! G: That’s about enough out of you, young man. I think it’s time we put this box away and… Optional Listening 2 1. At the age of thirteen, I took my first trip alone. 2. I went to visit my grandparents in Los Angeles. 3. I felt very nervous about traveling so far, 4. but my mother said, “Don’t worry. You’ll be fine.” 5. I got on the airplane and talked for a long time to a very nice woman who sat next to me. 6. My grandparents met me at the airport and took me to their home. 7. I stayed there for two weeks, 8. and I had so much fun with them! 9. It was my first time in Los Angeles, 10. and I saw lots of really interesting places. 11. In the end, I didn’t want to go home! Optional Listening 3 Making memories A popular new hobby is scrapbooking---making beautiful books to hold special memories. Scrapbook pages can include photos, drawings, journal entries. It’s not hard to make a scrapbook that you will enjoy for many years. Here are the steps. 1. Choose a theme for your scrapbook pages. Some examples: “School days,”“Family travel,”“Memories of my grandparents,”“Baby’s first year.” 2. Select photos for each page. Two or three really good photos are better than ten so-so photos. 3. Find other paper keepsakes to use with your photos. Look for old newspaper clippings, postcards, tickets, report cards, letters--- anything made of paper. Use your imagination!
Task 1 1) Man: I had the girls running in circles when I was in college、 Woman: I never knew you were the campus hero、 Man: I wasn't、I was the women's track coach、 2) Instructor: Mr、Jenkins, why are you late? Student: I guess because the class started before I got here、 3) Woman: Doctor, you have to e immediately—my baby swallowed some camera film! Doctor: Just calm yourself, nothing will develop、 4) Customer: Waiter, this water is cloudy、 Waiter: The water's okay, madam、It's just that the glass is a little dirty、 5) Woman: The bride wears white on her wedding day as a symbol of happiness, for this is the most joyous day in her entire life、 Man: Why does the groom wear black? Task 2 Catherine: I think firstly I find the French language, very melodic to listen to、It's very easy on the ear, and it almost sounds poetic、No matter what kind of mood the individual is in, who's talking, or what they're talking about, there seems to be a rhythm to the language、And it's rounded; there are no sharp, jagged edges to the language, so it's very pleasing to the ear、 Chris: I think the accent I really like is the Dane speaking English、They sound awful when they speak Danish, but when they speak English there's a beautiful, low, sensitive, very soft quality about it、 Donald: I like the way they bring their French pronunciation into English、They can't pronounce "h"s and they can't pronounce "th" properly、And I think that actually sounds very nice、Also I like the rhythm they bring French rhythms into English—nice, steady rhythms and I like that too、It's just it, it、、、whenever I hear a French person speaking English it sounds more gentle and more lyrical、 Lesley: I think the most attractive foreign accents for me are Mediterranean accents because they, if you like, import their own culture into the English accent and give it a lot of life that sometimes, that kind of—the gestures and everything that the English people don't have, so you get a beautiful mixture of the serious Northern European and the Southern European together、Susan: I like the Swedish accent because it, it makes me smile and the way it's spoken is so sing-songy that you can't help but smile when other people actually speak it、And it always makes you want to try and put the accent on yourself、 Task 3 The spelling and meaning of words are very interesting、But what's more interesting is the history of a word, or where it came from、Let's examine some of the words and see how they got into our language、 LUNCH Lunch perhaps es from an old Spanish word lonje, a slab of ham、We may also get our word from a form of lump, maybe a lump of bread, but whether lunch es from ham or bread, it meant a hunk of something to eat、 ATLAS An atlas is a strong man, and also a book of maps、The story of this word begins a long time ago in Greece、The ancient Greeks believed that their gods had once been a race of giants called Titans、The Titans fought with another group of gods called Olympians, and the Olympians won、Atlas was a Titan、He was punished for fighting by having to stand at the
Unit 14 Task 1 A reporter is interviewing some people about unusual sports. Interviewer: Hello, Andrea. I’ve just been watching you skiing. You’re really very good, aren’t you? Very fast indeed. Andrea: Thank you. I do teach skiing, you know, so I have to be good. But now I also have to be very fast, because I’ve been selected for the Olympic team and I’m traini ng for the Olympic Games next year. Interviewer: Photos, water sports are your work — water skiing, parasailing. Do you still enjoy them? Photos: Oh yes, I love water skiing particularly, but some days, when it’s raining, there’s nothing to do. So I’m learning to play chess in my spare time. It’s a nice game, you know. Interviewer: And Yannis, how old are you? Yannis: I’m fifteen. I’m on holiday at the moment and I’m helping my brother. I’m learning to drive the boat. But I live in Athens with my family. I’m a student there. Interviewer: Claude, you look very fit. How old are you? Claude: I’m fifty now. I own this windsurfing club, but I’m also the club manager. I windsurf a lot and I meet a lot of British and Canadians, so I’m studying English twice a week — in the evenings. Interviewer: Stewart, you are from Scotland, aren’t you? Stewart: Yes, I’m a bank m anager in Aberdeen. But as you know, I go underwater caving. I want to go to Borneo next summer. But it’s a very dangerous sport so I’m practicing diving every weekend, at the moment. Task 2 【答案】 1) b, 2) Lift the club backwards away from the ball; keeping left arm straight till you get to the top of the wing; keep your head down; keep looking at the ball; swing down; hit the ball; throw that club towards the hole. 3) c, 4) Bend your knees; thrust your hands back; go into the water; make your heads follow, go straight in and your legs follow; put your hands back, behind your back. 5) c, 6) Take your left hand; get some hair on its neck; get a good firm hold; lift your left leg; put it in the stirrup; hang on tight with your left hand onto the hair; your toes are facing towards its back; put your other hand on the back of the saddle; swing your leg over the back. 【原文】 Extract 1: