热身：
1, A A D 2, T T F T
任务：
1，T T F T
2 (1)Obama's plan is to inject billions of dollars into the economy to create three to four million new jobs over two years. The Obama stimulus plan will be a combination of government spending and tax cuts
(2)Bush's stimulus plan did boost economic growth for a short time, but it also pushed the government budget into deep deficit
(3)Martin Baily worries whether foreigners will continue to buy the Treasury debt needed to fund the rapidly growing government deficit.
3, stimulus plan; Congress; boost; resumed; the; slide; budget;current fiscal year;
补充：
1 fell;2319.441;soared;regulator;discounted
2monthly;amount;code
热身：
1，F F F T F 2, B C C
3, rigorously; dozens; complaints; technology;installing; metal; cleared; proceed; security; cut down;
任务：
1，F T F T T 2,B D A
3,(1)Possible Answer: Computer simulations might predict future earthquakes
(2)Possible Answer: Dr. Rundle hopes that the virtual reality software will help people make timely preparation, and prevent the heavy loss of life caused by tragedies such as the South Asia earthquake.
4,zone; extends; series; tools; global positioning satellites; model; forecast; decades from now; regions; software; tragedies
补充：
1，D C D 2, F T F F F
3(1)Possible Answer: Officials hope the warning system will be a network of centers across the Indian Ocean that share scientific data. The system will help provide a
regional tsunami monitoring system for countries on the rim of the Indian Ocean
(2)Possible Answer: Because Indonesia was badly hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami four years ago. Unlike the Pacific, the Indian Ocean did not have a system to warn coastal communities that a tsunami was on the way.
4, impact; coastline; in a position; threat; swimmers; boats; harbors; over-warn; ensures; sensitive; monitoring; depth; and; strength
5,(1) Possible Answer: The patient is said to be resting comfortably .
(2)Possible Answer: Surgeons in the American state of Kentucky have imp lanted the world’s first self-contained mechanical heart.
(3)One day the new breed of mechanical heart might offer a viable alternative
6, heart; transplants; alternative; experimental; close; to;
第三单元
热身：
1，T T F T F 2,B C A D D
任务：
1，F F F F T
2,boom; Enrollment; gone; up; regular; programming; edge; rising; moonlight; reflection; recites
补充：
1，F F T F
2,senior; marketing; manufacturers; 1900s; small-scale; expanded; broader; technological; advance
3,preference; king; V alentine's; Day;
第四单元
热身：
B,D
A-levels; undergraduate; degree; foundation; personalized; emphasis; global; job; market;
任务：
F,F,T,F
fee; paying; private; school; academic; headmaster; native; Chinese; pupils; radical; good; record; portfolio
补充：
1、Manchester University
2、A student of the team, Sam Kay was no longer a student; he had graduated and started work as an accountant, so he couldn’t compete.
3、25%;instrument;40%;classical;violin
第五单元
热身：
F,F,T
secured; schedule; surpass; competitor; first; eight; six; two; four; seven; talented; current; steady; impressive
任务：
1.F; T; F; T
2.overshadowed; selected; expect; whatever; overlooked; highly; season; odd; reputation; court;
air-conditioning;
补充：
1.B；B；C；
2. A；C
第六单元
热身：
A，D，A T，F，F，T
任务：
Edinburgh；the end of July, classical, Blues, Castle；2.（1：The term 'fringe' means something on the outside of the main event.
（2：A military tattoo has nothing to do with a tattoo on your skin! It means a performance of
military music.
（3：The Fringe features performers and acts which are less traditional and more unconventional
than those in the International Festival, and includes a lot of stand-up comedy shows, music and children's entertainment. The Edinburgh Fringe is seen as an important place for up and coming stand-up comedians to perform at.
3.multiculturalm,；drums
补充：
1（1：It tells the story of three brothers who turn against one another over a beautiful woman. It is set in the 1860s, during the Taiping Rebellion.
（2：'Lethal Weapon 4', 'The Kiss of the Dragon', 'Romeo must die', 'The One' and 'Hero'.
（3：As a teenager, Jet Li was a Wushu champion, and won many medals for his martial arts. His fame from martial arts led to his film debut in 1982 in 'Shaolin Temple'.
2 . professional; independent; New York;Audiences; disappoint;stylish, characters
第七单元
热身：D B A D T T F F T
任务：F F T F T
theories calendar celebrated tricks pull through coin broadcasting amazing calories
补充：1.（1：Mother's Day
（2：The third Sunday every June
（3：Most people would buy their fathers a card. The card would probably have a nice message in it saying what a great Dad their father is. Some people do buy presents as well.
2.decorations；counting
第八单元
热身：F F T T F
car crash hotly debated troubled media recall generous moron extraordinary remarkable inspire open remain silent
任务：
F F T T
widely tempered harshly aftermath popularity office beating terrorist claimed step down Hand heart nothing else
补充：C D A
Captain；challenges；contract；sellout crowd
第九单元
热身：fighting; crying; dying; breeding; feeding; leading; deny; lies; Peace;
remind; trust; feeds; buries
任务： F F T T F T F
forgiven; attacks; 36; distance; capable; armed; approach; estimate; take place; peacefully; Hong Kong; crew
补充： D D C F T T F
The Director of the U.N.'s agency for Palestinian refugees said UNRWA will soon resume its work in the Gaza Strip, after it suspended efforts Thursday because the driver of an aid truck was killed by an Israeli fire. The United Nations said it was informed by Israeli authorities that they "deeply regretted" the incidents that led to the aid operation suspension. The U.N. said it received "credible assurances" that the security of U.N. personnel, installations and humanitarian operations would be fully respected.
So far, both Israel and Hamas have rejected a recent resolution by the U.N. Security Council for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.
第十单元
热身C D C D
F T F T F
任务 F F F T T
Helicopters ;overhead；evacuating;blocked;snakes;surrounding;jammed;medical; collapsed;free; separatist ; suspension; devastated
补充1.two and a half ;300
2.southern;hurricane;1703
《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit 4Unit 4 Task 1 【答案】 1) They were orphans and had nobody to support them. 2) Each boy was given only one bowl of gruel for supper and no more —far from enough. 3) They boys were so hungry that they could not bear it any more. They decided that tone of them must ask the master for more gruel. Olive Twist was chosen by casting lots. 4) He never thought that any boy would dare to ask for more food than the given portion. Therefore, he was both surprised and angry on hearing Oliver’s request. 5) He was struck on the head by the master and pushed out of the room. And for a week Olive remained prisoner in the cellar. 【原文】 Oliver Twist had no parents and lived in the workhouse. The room in which the boys had their food was a large stone hall. Each boy was given one bowl of gruel and no more. The bowls never needed washing. The boys polished them with their spoons. But still the boys were hungry. Oliver Twist and the other boys suffered from slow starvation for three months. At last they got so wild with hunger that one of the boys, who was tall for his age, said: "If this goes on, I am afraid I shall eat the boy who sleeps next me." He had wild hungry eyes and the boys believed him. The boys gathered and thought of a plan. "One of us must walk up to the master at supper this evening and ask for more gruel," said one boy. "Let us east lots," said another. "In that way we shall see who must go up to the master and ask for more." So they cast lots. The lot fell to Oliver Twist. He had to go up to the master
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:
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
三年级英语听力测试 一、听单词，从每小题所给的 A B C 三个选项中选出你所听到的单词，并将答案标号 写在题前括号 内。每个单词读两遍。（10分） A B C D E F G H I J 三、听句子，从每小题所给的A 、B 、C 三个选项中选出你所听到的句子，并将答案标号 写在题前括号 内。每个句子读两遍。(5分) ()1 、A 、What' s your favourite song? B What' s your favourite letter? C 、What' s your favourite book? ()2 、A 、What' s this? B 、What ' s that? ( )1 、A meat B cat C fat ( )2 、A like B kite C bike ( )3 、A short B tall C small ( )4 、A this B that C they ( )5 、A apple B banana C pear ( )6 、A favourite B orange C elephant ( )7 、A thin B milk C lio n ( )8 、A hand B head C red ( )9 、A eleven B seven C prese nt ( )10 、A fine B fish C rice —- .、听单词，选出每小题中你所听到单词对应的图片 框内。每个单词读两遍。（10分） ，并将答案标号写在题号下面的方
CC What are they? ()3 、A、Please pass me the rice. B 、Please pass me the meat. C、Please pass me the noodles.
全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程2 Unit 1 Sports Part A] Listening Strategy Identifying Numbers Numbers appear very often in every kind of listening material. The ability to catch the exact num bers spoken in English is an important but difficult skill for a Chinese learner. A good way is to pra ctice over and over again the pronunciation of the numbers, particularly the different ways to say thirteen and thirty, fourteen and forty, etc. It also helps to practice writing down the numbers yo u hear quickly in numerical forms, without translating them into Chinese. You're going to hear a p assage about Michael Jordan, a retired American professional basketball player. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the missing numbers. Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. He was born on Feb.17, 1963, in Broo klyn, New York. He is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 216 pounds. Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls tea m for the 1984 season. In the 1986 season he shot 3041 points, the third highest score ever. He w as named NBA Slam Dunk Champion(扣篮冠军)in 1987 and won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1988, an honor repeated four times in the next ten years to 1998. Jordan guided his team to win six NBA championships during the 1990s, s coring 45 points during the sixth and last game of the 1998 NBA finals. In 1999, he was named th e greatest North American athlete of the 20th century. Jordan left the NBA at the beginning of th e 1993-1994 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball. Since his baseball game wasn't quite as g ood as his basketball games, he finally gave it up to rejoin the Bulls in 1995. Yet, after playing for f ive more years, he once again announced his retirement in 1999. But he returned for two more N BA games in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards. [ti:Unit 1 Part B] Listening Tasks A Conversation Why Don't You Join Me at the Gym Sometime? Exercise 1 Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. Peter: Hi Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag? Laura: Hi, Peter. I'm off to the gym. I've got to stay in shape, you know. I try to go three times a w eek, but I'm busy so I can't always make it. Peter: I know more women who work out than men. What's the main reason you work out? For y our health, or to look good? Laura: To be honest, for both. With women, good looks are always a very important consideration . Peter: If they were honest, most men who work out would admit that they also do it to look bett er, and not merely for health reasons. Laura: How about you? Do you get any regular exercise? Peter: I do a lot of walking, for exercise and enjoyment sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a ti me but I never go to the gym like you do. Laura: Well, walking is good exercise. How about sports? Peter: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball, but it's impossible to get enough people together for a game now. Mostly I just watch sports on TV. Laura: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends, and sometimes go swimming and cycling by m yself.
2012年天津高考听力试卷 试卷A 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 1. Why was George at the hospital? A. His wife was sick. B. His wife just had a baby. C. He was visiting his daughter. 2. What is Robert’s occupation now? A. Novelist. B. Reporter. C. Secretary. 3. What does the man plan to do in five years? A. To leave the company. B. To manage the company. C. To start his own company. 4. What does the woman imply? A. She doesn’t appreciate John’s humor. B. She used to understand John’s humor. C. She doesn’t have any sense of h umor. 5. What is the man’s reaction to the woman’s words? A. Anger. B. Impatience. C. Surprise. 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8小题。 6. What are the speakers talking about? A. The cause of their discomfort. B. The taste of the food. C. The division of housework. 7. What did they both eat? A. Meat, fish and soup. B. Fish, meat and pears. . C. Soup, pears and meat.
Unit 1 Part I A 1. Oxford / commitment / academic record 2. oldest/ largest / reputation / research / science 3. first / Australia / 150 years / excels 4. excellence / / location 5. largest / 1883 / situated / 26,000 6. 1636 / enrollment / 18,500/ schools 7. awards / degrees / 20,000 8. located / 135 / third B 1.2,700 languages / 7,000 dialects / regional / pronunciation 2.official / language 3.One billion / 20 percent 4.Four hundred million / first / 600 million / second / foreign 5.500,000 words / Eighty percent / other 6.Eighty percent / computers
7.African country / same 8.1,000 / Africa 9.spaceship / 1977 / 55 / message / the United States C 1 – (a) 2 – ( c) 3 – ( d) 4 – (b ) All right, class. Today we’re going to be looking at different language learning styles. You may be surprised to find that there are different ways of going about learning languages, none of which is necessarily better than the others. Researchers have identified four basic learner “types”–the communicative learner, the analytical learner, the authority-oriented learner and the concrete learner. Communicative learners like to learn by watching and listening to native speakers. At home, they like to learn by watching TV and videos. They like to learn new words by hearing them. In class, they like to learn by having conversations. Now, concrete learners like to lean by playing games, by looking at pictures and videos in class, talking in pairs, and by listening to cassettes at home and school. Now, authority-oriented learners, on the other hand, like the teacher to explain everything. They like to write everything down in their
英语听力/模拟试题 英语听力mp3下载试题及答案 第一节（共5小题） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1.What is the man? A.A salesman. B.A fisherman. C.A repairman. 2. How long is the post office open on Saturdays? A.For 3 hours. B.For 5 hours. C.For 8 hours. 3.Why can’t the woman play her records? A.Because she’s broken them. B.Because she’s left them in the cafe. C.Because she’s forgotten where she put them.
4.Where does the conversation most likely take place? A.At a department store. B.In a club. C.In the zoo. 5.What does the woman mean? A.She likes the dinner but doesn’t like the soup. B.She likes the soup but doesn’t like the dinner. C.She likes both the dinner and the soup. 第二节（共15小题） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。 6.In which country is the woman going to study? A.Australia. B.Britain. C.America.
I had two months until my new job began. It was like waiting an entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule books. I drove to the rinks where the skaters trained, and made notes about our conversations. I even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh. Unit 6 Task 1 【答案】 A. [d]—[b]—[a]—[e]—[c] B. a 【原文】 Laura usually leaves the offices of Quest Productions at about 5 o'clock, but last Monday she left at 5:30. She wanted to get home by 6:30 and she ran to the bus stop but she couldn't get on a bus. There were too many people and not enough buses. Laura was desperate to get home so she decided to go by tube. In the station she went to one of the automatic ticket machines but she didn't have enough change, so she had to join the queue at the ticket window. She bought her ticket and ran to the escalator. Laura went to the platform and waited for the tube. It arrived and the crowd moved forward. Laura was pushed into the train. It was almost full but she was given a seat by a man with a moustache. Laura thanked him and sat down. She started to read her newspaper. In the tunnel the train stopped suddenly and Laura was thrown to the floor together with the man with the moustache. Somebody screamed. The lights went out. It was quarter past 6 on a cold, wet December evening. Task 2 【答案】 A. 1) a 2) b 3) d 4) c B. 1) T 2) T 3) F C. wondered; television plays; exciting; every cigarette lighter; tape recorder; held in a certain way; the touch of a gold ring against the hand of; reveal; How wrong they were 【原文】 X was a secret agent. He had rented a furnished room in a provincial town not far from the public park and had been there two weeks. He was standing at the window looking out at the dull beds of geraniums, the park gates and the cold, uninviting statue of Queen Victoria that stood across the street from him, It was raining hard and the few people who passed by looked wet and miserable. X was miserable, too. How, he wondered, could anybody think there was anything interesting about the life of a secret agent? He knew it was because people had seen so many television plays about glamorous spies that they thought the life of a secret agent was exciting. They were convinced that every cigarette lighter concealed a secret tape recorder; that a fountain pen held in a certain way would open a locked door, that the touch of a gold ring against the hand
新发展大学英语听力教程（4）参考答案 Unit 1 Urban Life or Rural Life Pre-listening Activities apartment；contract Listening Tasks Task One Understanding Short Conversations 1.C 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.D 10. B Task Two Understanding a Long Conversation 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A Task Three Understanding Passages Passage One 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. C Passage Two 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. B Passage Three 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C Task Four Compound Dictation 1. drawbacks 2. education 3. facilities 4.studying 5. widespread 6. develop 7. attend 8. serious 9. There are no companies or factories that would offer people employment 10. who have to work very hard in the fields to earn their living
11. Another bad side of country life is the lack of entertainment Listening and Speaking Task 1 1. Most of Canada’s happiest cities are on the East Coast. 2.She can withstand brutal winters by focusing on“the warmth and the friendliness of people”. 3. Knowing your neighbors and trusting those around you is a key reason.Task 2 （略） Listening Skills for Long Conversations 19. A20. D21. D Learn English Through Songs someone；alone；hide；storm；cares；heaven；getting；promise Unit 2 Different Kinds of Love Pre-listening Activities different kinds of love Listening Tasks Task One Understanding Short Conversations 1.C 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.D 7.D 8.C 9.C 10. B Task Two Understanding a Long Conversation 1. B 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. B Task Three Understanding Passages
三年级英语听力测试 一、听单词，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出你所听 到的单词，并将答案标号写在题前括号内。每个单词读两遍。（10 分） ( )1、A meat B cat C fat ( )2、A like B kite C bike ( )3、A short B tall C small ( )4、A this B that C they ( )5、A apple B banana C pear ( )6、A favourite B orange C elephant ( )7、A thin B milk C lion ( )8、A hand B head C red ( )9、A eleven B seven C present ( )10、A fine B fish C rice 二、听单词，选出每小题中你所听到单词对应的图片，并将答 案标号写在题号下面的方框内。每个单词读两遍。（10分） 题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 答案 A B C D E
F G H I J 三、听句子，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出你所听 到的句子，并将答案标号写在题前括号内。每个句子读两遍。（5 分） ( )1、A、What’s your favourite song? B、What’s your favourite letter? C、What’s your favourite book? ( )2、A、What’s this? B、What’s that? C、What are they? ( )3、A、Please pass me the rice. B、Please pass me the meat. C、Please pass me the noodles. ( )4、A、This monkey is small and thin. B、This tiger is big and fat. C、This man is tall and fat. ( )5、A、Do you like basketball? B、Does he like basketball? C、Does she like basketball? 四、听句子，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选取出你所听到句子的 恰当答语，并将答案标号写在题前括号内。每个句子读两遍。（10分） ( )1、A、It’s a kite. B、It’s an apple . C、They are monkeys. ( )2、A、Yes,I am. B、Yes,she does. C、Yes,I do. ( )3、A、It’s a bike. B、It’s green. C、Thank you. ( )4、A、Yes,she is. B、Yes,she does. C、No, he doesn’t. ( )5、A、Green. B、English. C、Elephant
Lesson 1 PART A I. a b a a b b a b a b II. c b c b c a b b c a Dialogue 1 1. c b d a c 2. south of the capital city / one dining room, two bedrooms, a kitchen, a garden / a refrigerator, a dishwasher, and an electric stove. / 150,000 dollars Dialogue 2 1. a a b a c 2. opposite a park / has a lovely view / small, it has a balcony / the lowest rent of the similar kind of flat in that district. Lesson 2 Part A I. Stop / about / help / Black, speak / make, mistakes / isn’t, first / can’t, understand / good / go t, about / don’t, think, husband, would, let II. sixteen / Most / looks / like / but perhaps / light / However / everything else Dialogue 1 1. b d b a b 2. tall and handsome / big blue eyes, beautiful long blond hair / two big rings /
全新版大学英语听说教程第二册听力原文 2-1-A Statement 1: Hello, welcome to "This Week's Sports". The big news this week is the basketball championship. It started on Friday. Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 108 to 96. Lakers won. Statement 2: Utah Jazz played Miami Heat. Jazz lost the game. They lost by just one point. The score was 111 to 110. Statement 3: Detroit Pistons beat Indiana Pacers. The score was 135 to 130. Pistons won. Statement 4: And in the last game Houston Rockets played New York Knicks. Knicks won, 75 to 69. That's it for basketball action. Thank you. 2-1-B Why Don't You Join Me at the Gym Sometime Peter: Hi, Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag Laura: Hi, Peter. I'm off to the gym. I've got to stay in shape, you known. I try to go three times a week, but I'm busy so I can't always make it. Peter: I know more women who work out than men. What's the main reason you work out For your health, or to look good Laura: To be honest, for both. With women, good looks are always a very important consideration. Peter: If they were honest, most men who work out would admit that they also do it to look better, and not merely for health reasons. Laura: How about you Do you get any regular exercise Peter: I do a lot of walking, for exercise and enjoyment -- sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a time -- but I never go to the gym like you do. Laura: Well, walking is good exercise. How about sports Peter: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball, but it's impossible to get enough people together for a game now. Mostly I just watch sports on TV. Laura: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends, and sometimes go swimming and cycling by myself. Peter: Oh, I forgot about that. I go cycling sometimes too. And I often go swimming on vacation, but only recreational swimming. Laura: Why don't you join me at the gym sometime I can get you a guest pass. Peter: Well, maybe someday, but I'm pretty lazy about things like that. 2-1-C Watching a Game Alan: Going to the football game today, Betty Betty: No, but I'll be watching it on television with some friends. Alan: Weren't you able to get any tickets Betty: I didn't try. I really don't go to games so often. Alan: But don't you enjoy going Don't you find it exciting to be part of the crowd Betty: Oh sure, nothing beats the atmosphere at a sporting event: the cheering, all that energy. But sometimes it's just too inconvenient getting into and out of the stadium before and after the game. And if you watch the game with friends, or at a bar or restaurant ... Alan: ... you've basically created your own crowd. Betty: That's right. Another reason why I like to watch sports on television is that I simply find it easier to follow the action on TV. Alan: Yeah, sometimes it is a little difficult to keep track of the ball when you're sitting in the stands.