新视野大学英语视听说4答案
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Takeshi and Roberto walk by a construction site and start talking about all the
building that were being built in New York ,Takeshi then talks about how much he
admired the skyscrapers .Suddenly ,Takeshi starts taking pictures of the site ,but
Roberto could not understand why because nothing has been built yet .Takeshi
explains that he thought something famous might be there someday ,like a fancy
hotel where the rich and famous would stay ,and he wanted to be the only one with
pictures of it before it was built .But later, Takeshi felt very embarrassed when
Roberto asked one of the construction workers what is being built on the site—and
Takeshi learned it was to be parking garage.
Professor Morgan is helping Tara with her term paper .They start to talk about
technology and Professor Morgan tells Tara about the old typewriters and
computers she used to use .She says that they were not as fast or as reliable as the
current models .Then Professor Morgan explains that when she was in
college ,students didn’t use to have their own computers ,so they used to use
computer labs .She then tells Tara a story about a day when everyone lost their
term papers because the electricity went out !But it wasn’t a problem for Professor
Morgan because She went back to the good ,old-fashioned way to write her
assignment—a paper and pencil!
Mike reads about a cool show in the newspaper .He and Takeshi want to go ,but
the show was sold out .Then Takeshi saw a pretty woman across the room. He
realizes it is Anna .She lives in their apartment building and worked as a music
reviewer .Mike tells Takeshi to see if she could get them tickets to the show. Takeshi
was nervous and hesitated at first, but eventually he went over and spoke to Anna.
When he asked Anna if she was still writing for the Village Voice. Anna said that
not only was she a dedicated music reviewer but she was actually reviewing the
James Hammond show that evening. She then invite Takeshi to go with her. Takeshi
just couldn’t believe it. He had a ticket to the show and a date with Anna
Markovich .Mike was disappointed at first that he could not go to the show. But he
told Takeshi not to worry about it..He said he had more important things to
do—like reading the newspaper .
Claudia had an interview with Ms .Li for a software-sales position . When
asked about her experience, Claudia said she had been training people to use a
similar software at her current job. Claudia also noted her achievements, saying
she had won many sales awards. After what was quite a successful interview, Ms. Li
decided that Claudia was the right person for the job. However, when Ms. Li called
to offer Claudia the position, she had to leave a message with Tara as Claudia was
unavailable. Claudia got so excited when Tara told her about the call that she almost
fell over the sofa trying to get to the phone!
Mike is helping Takeshi shoot a TV commercial for a store called Furniture
Showroom .The president of Furniture Showroom ,Mr .Howard ,was starring in the
commercial .First Mr .Howard talked about the company ,which was founded in
1982 .Then Mike helps show off the furniture while Mr .Howard describes it and
elaborated on how well each piece was made. However ,while Mr .Howard was
describing one of the sofas ,Mike lay down on it and fall asleep !Later ,Takeshi asked
Tara about the TV commercial that she had failed to help him with. While Takeshi
was telling Tara about the commercial, the phone rang and it’s Mr .Howard!
Mr .Howard said that his company loved the commercial ,so they had decided to hire
Takeshi to make five more commercials!
Mike got a letter from his Uncle Max’s lawyer .It turns out that his uncle ,who
died two weeks ago ,has left everything to Mike in his will .The funny part is ,Mike
never knew that his Uncle Max was well-off because his uncle never spent any
money .Mike thinks that his uncle may have gotten rich by investing in land ,or he
could have just worked hard .When Takeshi came home and heard the news ,he
suggests that Mike treat them all to dinner .Mike thought that it was a great
idea ,but he was short on cash until he gets his uncle’s money .So ,in the end ,the
newly rich Mike has to borrow money to pay for dinner .
