Unit15
Section One Tactics for Listening
Part1 Spot Dictation
Hitting the Road and Staying at Home - All at Once America is full of vacation lodges . . . on wheels!
They are known as motor homes - literally kitchens, living rooms, and beds on the move across America. There are more than 1.5 million of these self-propelled rolling dwellings in the United States. They range from simple pick-up trucks with camper units attached to deluxe recreational vehicles - or RVs - as big as a moving van.
Since a motor home vacation is often cheaper than a trip requiring stays at hotels and resorts,one might think the RV industry is thriving, despite the longest and deepest recession since the 1930s. But not so. About 62,000 new motor homes rolled out of dealerships in 2004, but just one-third that many were sold last year. Orders are up early this year, however, as consumer credit loosens somewhat.
Out west, especially, where there are plenty of campgrounds and national parks, you see thousands of motor homes. Their owners have clubs, magazines, a national association- even conventions, twice a year! They are warmly welcomed in most places, because they are often retired couples who have money to spend, teachers with an entire summer available for travel, or well-behaved families on vacation. Many motor home owners have driven to all 50 U.S. states - except, of course, Hawaii, way
out in the Pacific Ocean.
Often neighbors take several trips together each year,sharing gasoline costs, home-cooked meals - not to mention laughs and memories.Even with poor gas mileage on most RV units, these vagabonds can travel for about one-fifth what others pay who fly, buy meals in restaurants, and stay in motels.
And while drivers and passengers alike in large motor homes are supposed to keep their seat belts fastened on the road, it's not uncommon to find someone in back reaching for cold refreshments, spreading maps out on a table - even taking a nap, fully reclined!
Part2 Listening for Gist
Man: Hello.
Woman: Hello, Sam ... this is Paula Hansen. Sorry to bother you, but I'm having a small problem I thought you might be able to help me with.
Man: Sure, Paula. What's up?
Woman: Well, you know Sarah and I moved into an off-campus apartment in the fall .. , over on the west side of town. Anyway, we've been happy with it
until the past couple of months.
Man: Yeah? What happened?
Woman: Well, the dishwasher broke down, so we reported it to Ms Connors, the owner. She said she'd take care of it, but a month went by and nothing
happened.
Man: Did you get back in touch with her?
Woman: I got a repair person to give me an estimate. Then I sent it to her. When I didn't hear from her, I had the repair done. And I deducted the cost from the
rent check.
Man: So what's the problem?
Woman: She called here mad as a hornet. She said she could've gotten the repair done for less money. Now she's threatening to evict us for not paying the full rent. Man: Hold on, Paula. It does sound pretty serious, but I'm sure you can all sit down and work this out.
Woman: Well, you're over at the law school, so I wondered if you would mind coming with Sarah and me when we go to talk to Ms Connors. We're
supposed to meet with her tomorrow night at 8.
Man: Sure, I haven't studied a lot about contracts yet, but I'd be glad to help you straighten things out. Why don't I stop by about 7:30?
Woman: Thanks, Sam! You're a lifesaver!
Exercise
Directions: A girl is talking to her friend about a problem she is having with the landlady. Write down the problem and the key words that help you decide.
1)The problem is that when the dishwasher broke down. the girl had the repair done
and deducted the cost from the rent check. Now the landlady is threatening to evict her and her roommate for / not paving the full rent.
2)The key words are dishwasher, broke down, reported, nothing happened,
estimate, sent, didn't hear, repair done, deducted the cost, the rent check, evict, not paying the full rent.
Section Two Listening Comprehension
Part1 Dialogue
UFO
(Noise of car, radio playing H ??? and It's 10:40 here on Island Radio ... ") Jenny: Ooh, it's cold. Let's turn the heating on.
Mick: It's full on already. It must be freezing outside tonight.
Jenny: It's freezing in here as well. Still, it's a lovely clear night.
(Crackling sound on radio)
Mick: Oh, what's wrong with the radio?
Jenny: It sometimes does that when we're near electricity cables.
Mick: Well, I can't see any.
Jenny: Perhaps it's that car up there.
Mick: What car?
Jenny: That one up there. Do you see the lights?
Mick: Oh yes. It looks a bit too far away for that, though. (Crackling) Oh, I can't stand this. I'll try again later, (Turns radio off).
Jenny: It's a bit strange tough.
Mick: What is?
Jenny: Well, that car looks quite high up, as if it's halfway up a hill.
Mick: So?
Jenny: Can you remember any hills over that way? That's where the river is, isn't it?
Mick: Yes, you're right. Look, it's stopped.
Jenny: Mick, I think there are three of them.
Mick: They're very close, aren't they?
Jenny: Is it a plane or something?
Mick: I don't know. It's very strange though. It doesn't look like a plane. I'm going to stop the car and have a closer look.
Jenny: Mick, I'm frightened!
Mick: Don’t worry. It’s all right. Come on, why don’t we take a closer look? Jenny: NO, I’m not moving from here. You can go on your own.
Mick: Oh, come on. Jenny, I’ll look after you.
Jenny: Well…
Mick: Come on, it’ll be all right.
They get out.)
Jenny: Look, where are the other two going?
Mick: Did you see how fast they were moving?
Jenny: Yes, I did. But what's this one doing?
Mick: I don't know. Can you hear that whistling sound?
Jenny: How high up is it?
Mick: Oh, about 500 feet, I suppose.
Jenny: Loo k, it's coming down! Don’t go any closer!
Mick: It's very low.
Jenny: It's landing ...
Mick: No, it's stopping there. Isn't it hot! Just look at that smoke!
Jenny: I'm sure it's burning the grass.
Mick: I'm going to get as close as possible.
Jenny: I'm not! I'm not staying here. I'm going back to the car.
Mick: Look! Did you see something move! There, look! In that window. There! Jenny: Oh, it's taking off again. (Noises)
Mick: Just look at that!
Jenny: Oh, Mick, please take me home.
Mick: Come on, let's go. (Noises fading) I think we ought to tell the police. Jenny: But what on earth was it?
Mick: I don't know, I really don't know.
Jenny: I'm sure it was something from outer space ... Mick?
Mick: What?
Jenny: I think it's coming back. Look! Can you see the lights?
Mick: Where?
Jenny: Over there!
Mick: You're right, it's coming closer. It's coming straight for us.
Jenny: Oh, come on, let's get back to the car. Mick, please!
Mick: All right, I'm coming.
(Noise of car approaching, slowing down.)
Hackett: It's all right, it's the police. I'm PC Hackett, from Bancroft.
Jenny: Oh, thank heavens! It's the police! Did you see that ... that thing flying off, officer?
Mick: I'm delighted to see you, officer. We were just coming to see you. Hackett: I'm sure you were, sir. You look as if you've had a bit of a fright. Would you like a cup of tea, ma'am? I've got a flask in the back. Then you can tell me
what you saw.
Jenny: Oh, thank you, officer. Yes, I'd love a cup of tea!
Exercise
Directions: Listen to the dialogue and complete the following passage.
It was about 10:40 in the evening. Jenny and Mick were on their way back home in their car on a freezing but lovely clear night. Then they heard crackling sound on the radio. It sometimes did that when they were near electricity cables. But Mick couldn't see any. Then Jenny noticed something looked like a car quite high up, as if it was halfway up a hill.But they remembered there weren't any hills over that way, actually that was where the river was.Then the thing stopped. There were three of them. Mick decided to have a closer look but Jenny was too frightened to go ...
On close look, they found that they were moving very fast. They also could hear a whistling sound about 500 feet high up. Then they saw it coming down and stopped
above the ground. They could see something moving in the window. After a while it took off again but soon came back. It was coming straight for Mike and Jenny. Jenny was sure it was something from outer space. They decided to leave immediately and report this to the police.
Part2 Passage
Theft-Proof Your Home
1)Statistics nationwide place your risk of being hit at between five and six percent a
year, but the odds exceed nine percent in many cities.
2)According to government statistics compiled from 1973 to 1982, in fully 13
percent of break-ins crooks encountered someone at home.
3)That's easy enough when the crook lives in the area, but professional burglars may
pose as joggers, salesmen or fundraisers to spend time in your neighborhood.
4)Among the tips: Fortify exterior door with dead-bolt locks in which the bolt
extends at least one inch into the door frame, and reinforce sliding glass patio doors with a locking metal rod that jams the track.
5)The policy's face value should equal at least 80 percent of what it would cost to
rebuild your home, and your belongings will normally be covered for at least half that amount.
The thieves who ransacked Dan and Claire Hendrickson's Denver town house were in a hurry. They pulled out drawers, scattered clothes and
overturned furniture. They grabbed $7,100 worth of possessions, including $3,500 in stereo gear and $1,000 in jewelry.
Last year, over two million US households discovered just how devastating a burglary can be. lt is the one serious crime that you are most
likely to suffer. Statistics nationwide place your risk of being hit at between
five and six percent a year, but the odds exceed nine percent in many cities.
Moreover, a Justice Department survey suggests that almost half of all burglaries go unreported. The thieves' annual take: $3.5 billion.
Don't think of burglary as just a crime against property. According to government statistics compiled from 1973 to 1982, in fully 13 percent of break-ins crooks* encountered someone at home; nearly a third of those confrontations ended in assault; and ten percent of the violent crimes committed were rapes.
Daylight is no protection: Some 36 percent of all break-ins occur during the day.
A burglar we'll call Tony has looted over 250 homes - "working" mostly in the mornings. "It's simpler than at night," he says, "since kids are in school and parents are at work."
What draws a burglar to a particular house? Evidence of affluence, of course. The lack of an alarm system is also attractive. Studies indicate that houses with alarms are struck only one-sixth to one-third as often as those that don't have them. "Why bother trying to bypass an alarm," asks Tony, "When there are so many homes without them?"
In nearly all break-ins, burglars case* the joint first. That's easy enough when the
crook (often a teenager) lives in the area. But professional burglars may pose as joggers, salesmen or fundraisers to spend time in your neighborhood.
And since the culprit is rarely caught, prevention is the best way to protect yourself. Here are five strategies experts recommend:
1. Reinforce all entrances. Despite their reputation as second-story men, burglars enter on the ground floor much of the time.
Among the tips: Fortify* exterior doors with dead-bolt locks in which the bolt extends at least one inch into the door frame; reinforce sliding glass patio* doors with a locking metal rod that jams the track; in high-crime areas, consider bars on basement windows.
2. Keep your home visible to neighbors. Don't let greenery obscure windows, and build see-through fences so that burglars can't use them to hide. For protection at night, place lights around your house and leave porch and garage lights on while you sleep.
3. Install an alarm. The best alarms automatically phone a 24-hour-a-day monitoring service.
4. Form a Neighborhood Watch group.
5. Don't advertise your travels. Arrange things so that would-be crooks think you're home.
Make sure your home is properly insured so you can recover quickly if you do suffer a loss. The policy's face value should equal at least 80 percent of what it would cost to rebuild your home; your belongings will normally be covered for at least half
that amount. Depending on where you live, you may pay $275 or more a year for $100,000 of coverage with a $250 deductible*.
Exercise A Pre-listening Question
What can you do to theft-proof your home?
According to the FBI, a burglary occurs once every 11 seconds in the United States. Two out of three burglaries are residential, and 60 percent of them occur in broad daylight.
One of the best ways to prevent burglary is to create the illusion of activity in the house. For example, have one light on in the living room from dark to about 11 p.m.; and another in the bedrooms from about 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. You can also get programmable timers for your televisions, audio systems and household appliances.
While this might seem obvious, many people forget to lock up the house completely. Remember, a thief is just as comfortable using your window for access as you are using the front door.
Alarms are another smart option for preventing intrusions.
Piles of newspapers and mail at the front door are a sure sign no one is home. Have these services stopped, or better yet, ask a neighbor to collect them.
One of the most effective and inexpensive ways to secure your home at the property line is to turn on the eyes and ears of your neighborhood. Community policing programs like Neighborhood Watch have shown great success in reducing property crime around the world. Burglars know when they're being watched. And
they don't like it.
Exercise B Sentence Dictation
Directions: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.
Exercise C Detailed Listening
Directions: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.
T 1. The thieves ransacked Dan and Claire Hendrickson's Denver town house and took away $7,100 worth of possessions.
(They grabbed $7,100 worth of possessions.)
T 2. Last year, over two million US households suffered from ransacking.
(Last year, over two million US households discovered just how devastating a burglary can be. It is the one serious crime that you are most likely to suffer.)
F 3. It is reported that the annual loss reaches $350 million.
(The thieves' annual take is $3.5 billion.)
F 4. Burglary is just a crime against property because those crooks have no intention to attack people. (The crooks do attack the people whom they encounter. From 1973 to 1982, a third of those confrontations ended in assault; and ten percent of violent crimes committed were rapes.)
F 5. Burglary occurs more often in the morning than at night because there is no one at home. (Daylight is no protection: Some 36 percent of all break-ins occur during the day. A burglar we'll call Tony has looted over 250 homes - "working" mostly in the mornings. "It's simpler than at night," he says, "since kids are in school and parents are at work.")
F 6. The rate of the ransacked houses with alarms is only half of those without them. (Studies indicate that houses with alarms are struck only one-sixth to one-third as often as those that don't have them.)
F 7. One of the tips is that it is necessary to leave your transistor radio on while you are away during the day.
(It is not mentioned in the passage.)
T 8. If your home is properly insured, you will be well compensated when you do suffer a loss. (Make sure your home is properly insured so you can recover quickly if you do suffer a loss.)
Exercise D After-listening Discussion
Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.
Because last year, over two million US households discovered just how devastating a burglary can be. The thieves' annual take is $3.5 billion. Burglary is not just a crime against property. According to government statistics compiled from 1973 to 1982, in fully 13 percent of break-ins crooks encountered someone at home; nearly a third of those confrontations ended in assault; and ten percent of the violent crimes
committed were rapes.
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Section Three News
New Item1
Airline Internet Technology
The Internet is changing the way business is done in many industries. Linda Cashdan takes a look at a new Internet technology designed to increase both efficiency and productivity at US airports.
A mammoth jet plane empowered by the latest technology rises effortlessly into the sky with its cargo. Less visible is the tremendous ground effort that made that take-off possible - the airport baggage, food service, and fuel crews, the ticket checks, loading and safety operations.
Dave Laufer, the head of Laufer Aviation, Israel's leading ground handling company, says most people do not realize how complicated such ground operations are - or how chaotically they are handled at many airports.
In hopes of remedying this, Laufer Aviation is one of several airline companies testing a new Internet technology designed to eliminate the paper and synchronize the information.
Niv Schwartz, the head of AirSphere, the firm that designed the technology, says it consolidates all information in one place and makes that information available on individual computers to all the companies involved.
A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.
This news item is about changes in the wav business is done at US airports by a new Internet technology.
B: Directions: Listen to the news again and answer the following questions.
1. The new Internet technology is designed to increase both efficiency and productivity at US airports.
2. The tremendous ground effort that made that take-off possible is less visible.
3. They refer to the airport baggage, food service, and fuel crews, the ticket checks, loading and safety operations.
4. The new Internet technology by Laufer Aviation is designed to eliminate the paper and synchronize the information.
5. It consolidates all information in one place and makes that information available on individual computers to all the companies involved.
News Item2
Researchers in Australia say they have developed a way to dramatically increase the storage capacity of a DVD-size disk.
If it all works out you could watch a different movie almost every night of the year, and never have to change disks.
James Chon and colleagues at Swinburne University of Technology say the new idea takes a multi-layer disk, where bits of data are stored in two surface dimensions
plus depth, and combines it with coding for two other factors.
“Individual bits can have different colors of encoding schemes and have three more additional layers, so to speak. Now we can add further another dimension in recording, which is the polarization encoding, one horizontal and one vertical. So in total, we can have six additional channels in one recording bit.”
In this five-dimension configuration the disk could hold about 1.6 terabytes of data—about as much as 300 DVDs.
Dr. Chon says a prototype is still three to five years away. He describes the new super-dense storage disk concept this week in the journal Nature.
A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.
This news item is about the idea of a new super-dense storage disk.
B: Directions: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage.
Researchers in Australia say they have developed a way to dramatically increase the storage capacity of a DVD-size disk. James Chon describes the new super-dense storage disk concept this week in the journal Nature. The new idea requires a
multi-layer disk, on which bits of data are stored in two surface dimensions plus depth, and combines it with coding for two other factors. The polarization encoding can be added, one horizontal and one vertical. The new disk could hold about as much as 300 DVDs and a prototype is expected to be made in three to five years.
News Item3
Many of us have become accustomed to using the Internet as a kind of reference library. Want to know the population of Cairo or the distance from the earth to the moon? Plug your question into google or another research engine, and you will be directed to other websites where you might find the answer.
At Wolfram research, the company that publishes the powerful mathematic software, they have a different approach to finding answers on a new website they introduced on Monday.
Eric Weisstein is a senior researcher at Wolfram who has been working on their latest project, https://www.doczj.com/doc/d72966768.html,. Unlike conventional search engines, Wolfram Alpha returns answers from its own database, which has been reviewed for accuracy.
So far at least, Wolfram Alpha is great at certain kinds of queries. Population of Cairo? 7.7 million. Distance from earth to the moon? 381,000 kilometers.
It’s not the right tool for everything, though. But if there are numbers involved, Wolfram Alpha may have the answer, along with comparisons and computations that the sophisticated Mathematica software makes possible.
A esicrexE
Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.
This news item is about a new website called Wolfram Alpha.
B: Directions: Listen to the news again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. T
6. F
Section Four Supplementary Exercise
Part1 Feature Report
Education On-Line
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the most prestigious universities in the United States, is offering a revolutionary approach to education. The institution is putting the content of its entire curriculum on the Internet, and access will be free to everyone.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will launch public websites that eventually will contain all of its two thousand courses. However, the project will start modestly, with about 500 courses over the next two years.
The initiative is considered huge, the biggest of its kind. Other universities have gone on-line, but with a difference. Their course availability tends to be more limited, and they charge fees. But for MIT, it is not about money, at least not at this point. University President Charles Vest says the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is widely considered one of the world's great learning institutions, feels an obligation to share its intellectual wealth.
"If you go back to the 1960s and 70s, the textbooks we produced here, but more importantly, the people who received their PhDs here, really moved the quality of education, particularly in engineering, upward. And we suddenly realized that this was an opportunity to do that on an even grander scale. There is a lot of idealism around this institution," Vest says.
Participation in the on-line program will be voluntary for faculty members. But MIT President Vest says he had no difficulty recruiting. The vast majority, he says, are interested.
"There was a strong feeling across the faculty that the Web ought to be about - raising all ships. It ought to be about getting knowledge promulgated* outward in a sort of generous way and hope that other institutions join in over time."
Then there is the issue of intellectual property, a big one in academic circles. The Internet has worsened friction over who owns the electronic rights to a professor's lectures and research. According to President Vest, this was less a problem at MIT than he expected.
"Very few people were concerned about that because it is voluntary. If there are a few people here and there who choose to protect material, that will be their right to do. But for the most part, people felt that we ought to be disseminating* knowledge and quality of education and they're pretty much on board."
The MIT course offerings are expected to attract "net" users widely in the United States, although visitors to the sites will not earn college degrees. But MIT President anticipates wider usage in other countries that are still developing their systems of education.
The start-up cost of the on-line program is estimated between seven and ten million dollars.
MIT President Vest expects no problems. He is confident that more than sufficient philanthropic contributions will be coming his way. MIT has the reputation
and prestige that commands attention. It also has a loyal following among its vast legions of alumni*.
Exercise A
Directions: Listen to the news report and complete the summary.
This news report is about putting the content of its entire curriculum on the Internet with free access by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Exercise B
Directions: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage with
the information you get.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the most prestigious universities in the United States, will launch public websites that eventually will contain all of its two thousand courses, with about500 courses over the next two years.
Other universities have gone online, but their course availability tends to be more limited,and they charge fees.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology feels an obligation to share its intellectual wealth.
Participation in the on-line program will be voluntary for faculty members. MIT has no difficulty recruiting, because the vast majority are interested.
There was a strong feeling across the faculty that the Web ought to be about getting knowledge promulgated outward in a sort of generous way and hope that other institutions join in over time.
Unit 3 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent 1. A: Do you want some grapes? B: No, thanks, I don’t like them. 2. A: What do you think of Scotland? B: I’ve never been there. 3. A: My son’s called David. B: How old is she? 4. A: Can I book a table for tonight, please? B: Certainly. How many is it for? A: There’ll be three of them. 5. A: Can you get some cornflakes? B: Do you want a large or small packet? A: A small one. 1. A: a. want b. grapes B: a. like b. them 2. A: a think b. Scotland B: a. been b. there 3. A: a. call b. David B: a. old b. he 4. A: a. book b. tonight B: a. certainly b. many A: a. three b. them 5. A: a. get b. cornflakes B: a. large or small b. packet A: a. small b. one Part 2 Listening and Note-taking A Territory When we talk about a territory, we mean a defended space. Animals have their territories, which they mark out with their personal scent. The scent is their territorial signal. Human beings have other territorial signals. There are three kinds of human territory, marked by different territorial signals. First, there are the Tribal Territories, which in modem terms are known as countries. Countries have a number of territorial signals. The borders are often
UNIT 6 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Spot Dictation Wind and Spirit We do notice the wind when it seems (1) cruel, when the trees turn away from it, and it (2) cuts into our hearts. "Certain winds will make men's (3) temper bad", said George Eliot. In Southern California, the Santa Ana is (4) associated with an increase in depression and domestic (5) violence. Scientists have tried (6)without success to identify physiological reasons for these (7) reactions. Everyone agrees, however, that (8)dry winds like the Santa Ana, the mistral in France and the foehn* in Germany and Switzerland seem to have (9) negative effects on our mental and physical (10) well-being. On windy days, playground fights, (11) suicides and heart failures are more (12) frequent. In Geneva, traffic accidents (13) increase when a wind called the bise* blows. At the (14) request of patients, some Swiss and German hospitals (15) postpone surgery during the foehn. It is human to ask what is (16) behind the wind. It is easy to personify the wind as the (17) breath of God. The act of taking wind into our lungs is what (18) gives us life. The Jews, Arabs, Romans and Greeks all took their word for (19) spirit from the word for wind. But our day-to-day lives are no longer (20 blown on the winds. We do not
施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版) 答案 UNIT 1 Section One Part 1 Spot Dictation Houses in the Future Well, I think houses in the future will probably be (1) quite small but I should think they'll be (2) well-insulated so that you don't need so much (3) heating and (4) cooling as you do now, so perhaps very economical (5) to run. Perhaps they will use (6) solar heating, although I don't know, in this country, perhaps we (7) won't be able to do that so much. Yes, I think they'll be full of (8) electronic gadgets: things like very advanced televisions, videos, perhaps videos which take up ... the screen (9) takes up the whole wall. I should think. Yes, you'll have things like (10) garage doors which open automatically when you (11) drive up, perhaps electronic (12) sensors which will (13) recognize you when you, when you come to the front door even. Perhaps (14) architects and designers will be a bit more (15) imaginative about how houses are designed and perhaps with the (16) shortage of space people will think of putting gardens (17) on the roof and, and maybe rooms can be (18) expanded and, and (19) contracted* depending on what you use them for, so perhaps there'll be a bit more (20) flexibility about that. Part 2 Listening for Gist Dialogue：I Want to See Dr Milton
Unit Two Section 1 Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape~ Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions. Woman: Good evening. Man: Good evening. Can you ( 1 ) make up this prescription, please? Woman: Certainly. (2) Would you like to wait? Man: How long (3) will it take? Woman: (4)It'll be ready in twenty minutes. Man: Oh, (5) I'll come back later. Woman: All right, sir, Man: (6) Shall I pay now or later? Woman: (7) Later'll be all right. Part 2 Listening and Note-taking Exercise A: Listen to the conversation and take notes. Exercise B: Use the information from your notes to mark the places and streets mentioned in the conversation on the sketch map. Man: Excuse me. How can I get to the station please? Woman: The station, the station, the station ...let me see. Ah, yes. You can go down ... no. Go straight on until you come to a cinema. Let's see now-- that's the second turn on your right. The cinema's on the corner. Turn right at the cinema and you'll be in Bridge Street. I think it's Bridge Street. Go along Bridge Street for a few minutes and then take the second -- no, not the second, the first, that's fight, the first turning. On your left. The station is straight ahead, right in front of you. Man: So that's second right and first left. Thank you very much. That's very kind of you. Woman: Don't mention it. go up vs. go down Go up上坡，往北，从小地方往大地方（如城市，尤其是首都） Go down下坡，往南，从大地方往小地方（如农村） Go up: 1) go up to a place: go to college, go to the town/capital . He will go up to Cambridge next term. 2) go up to sb.向。。。走去/靠近
施心远主编《听力教程》1-(第2版)Unit-12听力原文和答案
Unit 12 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions. [Sound of busy street] Jeff: Hi, Carl, (I) What’s up? Carl: Hey, Jeff. We're (2) on our way to see that new comedy Running From the Mob. Want to (3) go with us? Jeff: I (4) hear it's really funny. Carl: Yeah, it's got a lot of good (5) people in it. Should be great. Let's go. Jeff: Ah, I (6) wish I could, but I've got to study. Carl: Well, maybe next time. You're (7) missing a good thing. Jeff: I know. (8) Got to go. See you. Carl: Bye. Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking TAPESCRIPT Exercise: Complete the passages as you listen to it. The (1) first thing I do at the office is to (2) open all the boss’s letters,
Unit 2 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics--Stress, Intonation and Accent 1. Did you want tea without milk? With milk, please. (f) 2. See you at ten past one. At five past one. (c) 3. Where’s the newspaper? It’s on top of the bookcase . (e) 4. Did you want tea with lemon? With milk, please. (b) 5. I thought I put the newspaper on the bookcase. It’s on top of the bookcase. (a) 6. See you at five to one. At five past one. (d) Part 2 Listening and Note-taking Ralph Nader Ralph Nader is a man of few possessions. He owns very little and lives in a small apartment. He doesn’t have a car or a TV set. He doesn’t have many clothes and he doesn’t care about money when he makes a lot of money, he gives it away. He doesn’t smoke and he works from six in the morning until late at night, seven days a week: he is paying back to America his debt as a citizen. When he went to parties as a young man, people complained that all he talked about was the dangers of cars, and how bad car design caused the deaths of so many people each year. After he graduated from Harvard, he published an article entitled “Unsafe at Any Speed,” which was about a car called Corvair. Later, he made a big attack on the car industry and showed how many deaths in car accidents were because of badly-made cars. He said new laws were needed to make cars safer. In 1966, because of Nader’s work, a law was passed to make car safer. After this success, Nader became interested in something very different. This was the quality of meat and the amount of meat that is put into foods like sausages and hamburgers. A year later, in 1967, again because of Nader’s work, a law was passed to ensure that products like sausages and hamburgers contained the right amount of meat. In 1968, three more laws were passed because of Nader’s efforts. The first was to
UNIT 2 Section One Tactics for listening Part 1 Sport Dictation My Mother My mother was an efficient (1) taskmaster who cooked, cleaned and shopped for nine people (2) on a daily basis. She was a disciplinarian* who would (3) make us seven kids walk up and down the stairs a hundred times if we clumped like (4)field hands to-dinner. She also enlisted us to help her in the day's (5) chores. My mother believed that each of her children had a special (6)knack that made him or her invaluable on certain (7)missions.My brother Mike, for example, was believed to have especially (8) keen eyesight. He was hoisted up as a human (9)telescope whenever she needed to see something (10) far away. John was the climber when a kite (11) got caught. My own job was navigator for our (12) gigantic old Chrysler. But my mother's (13) ability to get work done well was only (14) one side. She also had an (15) imagination that carried her in different directions. That (16) allowed her to transcend her everyday life. She did not (17) believe in magic as portrayed on a stage, but (18) valued instead the sound of a metal bucket being (19) filled by a hose, or the persistence of a dandelion at the (20) edge of a woodpile. Part 2 Listening for Gist For hundreds of years man has been fascinated by the idea of flying. One of the first men to produce designs for aircraft was Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist who lived in the fifteenth century. However, it was not until the eighteenth century that people began to fly, or perhaps it would be better to say float, across the countryside in balloons. The first hot-air balloon was made in April 1783 by the Montgolfier brothers in France. In the following years many flights were made by balloon. Some of the flights were for pleasure and others were for delivering mail and for military purposes, such as observation and even bombing. However, in the late nineteenth century, airship s superseded balloons as a form of transport. Airships came after balloons. The first powered and manned flight was made by a Frenchman, Giffard, in September 1852. His airship, powered by steam, traveled twenty-seven kilometers from Paris to Trappes at a speed of eight kilometers per hour. However the days of the airship were numbered as the aero- plane became increasingly safe and popular. Exercise Directions: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide. 1.This passage is about the early history of flying.
Unit 1 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent 1. We haven’t got any in dark blue. 2. We can’t make it at nine tomorrow. 3. My telephone number is not 65031609. 4. I don’t like the black jumper. 5. He won’t come by the 7:30 train. (The word or digit in bold has the most stress)
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Part2 Listening and Note-talking Driving Carefully
Drive carefully and slowly when pedestrians are about, particularly in crowded shopping streets, when you see a bus stopped, or near a parked mobile shop. Watch out for pedestrians coming from behind parked or stopped vehicles, or from other places where you might not be able to see them.
Three out of four pedestrians killed or seriously injured are either under fifteen or over sixty. The young and elderly may not judge speeds very well, and may step into the road when you do not expect them. Give them, and the infirm,
Unit3 Section One Tactics for Listening Part2 Listening and Note-taking A Territory When we talk about a territory, we mean a defended space. Animals have their territories, which they mark out with their personal scent. The scent is their territorial signal. Human beings have other territorial signals. There are three kinds of human territory, marked by different territorial signals. First, there are the Tribal Territories, which in modem terms are known as countries. Countries have a number of territorial signals. The borders are often guarded by soldiers and they usually have customs barriers, flags, and signs. Other signals of the tribal territory are uniforms and national anthems. These signals are important, because they warn the visitor that he is entering a foreign country and, while he is there, he must behave like a visitor. Second, there is the Family Territory, at the center of which is the bedroom. This is usually as far away as possible from the front door. Between the bedroom and the front door are the spaces where visitors are allowed to enter. People behave differently when they're in someone else's house. As soon as they come up the driveway or walk through the front door -- the first signals of family territory -- they are in an area which does not belong to them. They do not feel at home, because it is full of other people's belongings -- from the flowers in the garden to the chairs, tables, carpets, ornaments, and other things in the house. In the same way, when a family goes to the beach or to the park for a picnic, they mark out a small territory with towels, baskets, and other belongings; other families respect this, and try not to sit down right beside them. Finally, there is the Personal Territory. In public places, people automatically mark out an area of personal space. If a man enters a waiting room and sits at one end of a row of chairs, it is possible to predict where the next man will sit. It won't be next to him or at the other end of the room, but halfway between. In a crowded space like a train, we can't have much personal territory, so we stand looking straight in front of us with blank faces. We don't look at or talk to anyone around us. Exercise A: 1. When we talk about a territory, we mean a defended space. 2. These signals are important, because they warn the visitor that he is entering a foreign country. 3. People behave differently when they're in someone else's house.
施心远主编《听力教程》3_(第2版)_unit_2答案.doc 《听力教程》3(第二版)第二单元答案第一部分听力策略第一部分体育用语我母亲是一位高效率的工头，每天为九个人做饭、打扫卫生和购物。她是一个纪律严明的人，如果我们像野外手一样聚在一起吃饭，她会让我们七个孩子走上走下楼梯上百次。她还邀请我们帮她做一天的家务。我母亲相信她的每个孩子都有一种特殊的诀窍，这种诀窍使他或她在某些任务中成为无价之宝。例如，我的哥哥迈克被认为有特别敏锐的视力。每当她需要看远处的东西时，他就像人类的望远镜一样被举起来。当一只风筝被抓住时，约翰正在爬山。我自己的工作是为我们巨大的旧克莱斯勒汽车导航。但是我母亲把工作做好的能力只是一方面。她还有一种不同方向的想象力，这种想象力让她超越了日常生活。她不相信舞台上描绘的魔法，而是看重一个装满软管的金属桶的声音，或者一朵蒲公英在柴堆边缘的持久性。 9第2部分倾听要点 几百年来，人类一直对飞行的概念着迷。生活在十五世纪的意大利艺术家列奥纳多·达·芬奇是第一批为飞机设计的人之一。然而，直到18世纪，人们才开始乘着气球飞越乡村，或者说乘着气球飘游更好。第一个热气球是1783年4月由法国的蒙戈尔菲埃兄弟制造的。在接下来的几年里，许多飞行都是由气球完成的。有些飞行是为了娱乐，有些是为了投递邮件和军事目的，比如观察甚至轰炸。然而，在十九世纪末，飞艇取代了气球成为一种运输方式。
9飞艇是在气球之后出现的。1852年9月，法国人吉法德进行了第一次动力载人飞行。他的飞艇由蒸汽驱动，以每小时8公里的速度从巴黎到特拉普斯飞行了27公里。然而，飞艇的日子屈指可数了，因为一架ero飞机变得越来越安全和受欢迎。练习 方向:听短文，写下有助于你决定的要点和关键词。1.这篇文章是关于飞行的早期历史。 2。关键词是设计，意大利艺术家，十五世纪，十八世纪，飞翔，漂浮，气球，热气球，1783年4月，飞艇，1852年9月，飞机。 第二部分听力理解 第一部分对话 买车 A:早上好，我能帮你吗？是的，我对买车感兴趣。你有什么想法吗？不完全是。你想出什么价格？ B:不超过13，500英镑。 A:现在让我们看看...在蓝旗亚和沃尔沃之间是一辆迷你车。它售价12，830英镑，而且跑起来很便宜:每加仑能跑38英里。或者是迷你车后面的雪铁龙。它的价格为12070英镑，甚至比迷你车还便宜:每
Unit 12 Section One T actics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions. [Sound of busy street] Jeff: Hi, Carl, (I) What’s up? Carl: Hey, Jeff. We're (2) on our way to see that new comedy Running From the Mob. Want to (3) go with us? Jeff: I (4) hear it's really funny. Carl: Y eah, it's got a lot of good (5) people in it. Should be great. Let's go. Jeff: Ah, I (6) wish I could, but I've got to study. Carl: Well, maybe next time. Y ou're (7) missing a good thing. Jeff: I know. (8) Got to go. See you. Carl: Bye. Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking TAPESCRIPT Exercise: Complete the passages as you listen to it. The (1) first thing I do at the office is to (2) open all the boss?s letters, I (3) answer the easy ones and I (4) leave the difficult ones on the (5)
施心远主编《听力教程》1(第2版)Unit8听力原文和答案第八单元 第一部分语音吉尔和莫妮卡去了一家旅行社。 xx:我们想预订一个长周末假期。 职员:夫人，您想去哪里？xx:xx。 职员:你想在xx呆在哪里？ 莫妮卡:我们不确定。你会推荐哪家酒店？职员:洋红色住宅非常好，而且很便宜。我建议你呆在那里。 莫妮卡:吉尔，你觉得怎么样？吉尔:好的。这就是我们要做的。 职员:请填写这张表格好吗？吉尔:我们用支票支付可以吗？职员:当然，没关系。听力和笔记它有四个轮子，通常可以载一个人，但也可以载两个人。它的最高速度约为每小时6公里，重量约为15公斤。 它价值72英镑。 B.这辆车大约值50英镑 5000。它的时速可达160公里，可以舒适地搭载四个人。空的时候它重695公斤。有四个轮子。 C.这些两轮车很受青少年的欢迎。它们速度很快，但远不如汽车A或b安全。这款车的最高时速为224公里，重量为236公斤。它可以载一两个人，价值1700英镑。 D.这辆车，多少钱 65，000，通常用于公共交通。它有两层甲板，或者说两层楼，满员时可以载72人。它的最大速度是每小时110公里，但通常不会超过80公里。它有六个轮子，重9000公斤。
E.这辆车是由两个国家合作制造的。它以每小时2160公里的速度行驶，比声音传播速度快，最多可载100人。当它满载乘客和燃料时，它重175，000公斤。它有十个轮子。每辆车的生产成本都高达数亿英镑——具体成本是多少还不得而知。 F.“车轮怎么可能”“两个” “它有多重？”“十三公斤半。”“多少钱？”“140英镑” “它能载多少人？”“只有一个”“最高速度？” “这要看情况。对大多数人来说，大约每小时25公里。”练习B轮子的数量它能承载多少人？最高速度(以kph为单位)重量(以千克为单位)价格(以磅为单位)A 4 1-2 6 15 72 B 4 4 160 695 C 2 1-2 224236D 6 72 110 9，000 E 10 100 2，160 175，000 / F 2 1 25 13.5 140 5，000 1，700 65，000第二部分听力理解第一部分对话1 记者:那么你是从xx来的？ 女人:没错。我们已经在这里呆了大约两个半星期，在我们回去之前还有三天时间。 记者:你去过这里的剧院吗？？ 女人:哦，是的。剧院、歌剧、音乐会等等。我们在剧院看到了一些壮观的东西，非常精彩——表演、舞台布景、整个气氛，真的，太棒了。 记者:你认为你最喜欢哪部戏？女:很难说。呃，莎士比亚的戏剧，非常精彩，然后我们昨晚看了一部喜剧，非常有趣，我喜欢。我不知道，这是非常有趣的两周，我想我已经享受了我所看到的大部分事情。 记者:那么接下来是什么？ 女人:银行！明天早上我打算再兑现一些旅行支票。你知道，在伦敦你可以花很多钱。没关系，这是值得的。这是我很久以来最激动人心的两周。我想如果可以的话，我明年会回来的。如果我还有足够的钱，那就是！
UNIT 3 Section 1 Tactics For Listening Part 1 Phonetics Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, fink-ups and contractions. Friend: Hi, Linda. I hear you and John got married (1)last month. Linda: Yeah, we did, (smiling) Three weeks (2) ago. Friend: Well. Congratulations! Linda: Thank you. Friend: Did you (3) have a big wedding Linda: No, we got (4) married at City Hall. We didn't want to spend very much because (5) we're saving to buy a house. Friend: Where did you (6) have the reception Linda: Oh~ we (7) did n’t have a reception. We just (8) invited a few friends over for drinks afterwards. Friend: What (9) did you wear' Linda: Just a skirt and blouse Friend: Oh! Linda: And John wore a (10) jacket and jeans. Friend: Where did you (11) go for your honeymoon Linda: We (12) didn't have a honeymoon. We went back to work the next day Ah, here comes (13) my bus. Friend: Listen. (14) I'd love to help celebrate. Why don't you two (15) come over for a drink next week' Linda: Sure. We'd love to. (16)I’ll talk to John and (17) call you Monday.