新标准大学英语视听说教程听力原文Unit

Unit 7-Conversation 1

Mark: Hi!

Kate: Hi, Janet! Have you been waiting

long

Janet: Not at all. What did you think of

Hero

Kate: It was brilliant, thanks for

suggesting it.

Janet: Well, it was nominated for an Oscar,

you know.

Kate: That figures. It's a beautiful

film.

Mark: Yes. The costumes, and scenery were

amazing,

Kate: I'd love to know more about the

emperor, he was cool. Who was he

Janet: Qin Shi Huang — it's said he was

the first emperor in the history of China

— he unified China.

Kate: Did he When

Janet: Er ... 221 BC.

Mark: As long ago as that!

Waitress: Hi guys! What can I get you

Kate: Yes, I'll have a coke, thanks.

Mark: Er ... Just a coffee.

Waitress: Sure.

Mark: Tell us more ...

Janet: Um ... Well, before that, there were seven big states and they had been

fighting each other for many years.

Mark: Right.

Janet: It's called the Warring States

Period. Anyway — Qin was king of the

largest state and he defeated the six other

states, one after another. It took him ten

years to conquer them, each with a

different strategy.

Mark: What kind of man was he

Janet: Well, he was brilliant, obviously.

And also wise. He had this huge army — they

were very powerful. After his army had

attacked the first state, the next state

surrendered without much fight. They were

so terrified.

Kate: Wow!

Janet: What else The army leaders were

very clever, they used a river to flood a

city.

Mark: That can't have been easy.

Janet: Yes, anyway, after conquering the

last state, Qin made himself Emperor of the

whole of China.

Mark: Was he the emperor who created the

Terracotta Warriors

Janet: That's right. He was so afraid of

death that he wanted them to guard him in the afterlife.

Unit 7-Conversation 2

Becky: OK.

Kate: Thank you.

Mark: Thanks.

Kate: So go on about Emperor Qin. It's

really interesting.

Janet: It is, isn't it Well, so he unified

China and that was an incredible

achievement. But as a result, huge numbers

of soldiers were killed.

Kate: About how many

Janet: Oh, I don't know, something like

500,000 men

Kate: That is huge.

Mark: So how do the Chinese see Qin

Janet: He's seen as the greatest emperor

in Chinese history.

Mark: Why Because he unified China That's

a very good reason, mind you.

Janet: Not only that. The thing is, as a

result of the unification, he did many

amazing things. He built roads all across

China, he standardized writing ... and also

the money system. Oh, and the system for

measuring and weighing things as well.

Mark: So he was a great leader for China.

Janet: Yes, he was, but he was also very cruel.

Mark: Yes, but most emperors were cruel,

weren't they

Kate: Well I guess that's true. You're

right.

Mark: So did he have enemies

Janet:Of course,I think all great emperors

have some enemies. Some people hated him so

much they tried to kill him!

Mark: Was he the emperor who built the

Great Wall of China

Janet: He built the first Great Wall. You

see, tribes from the north were always

trying to invade so he built a huge wall

across China to stop them. Hundreds of

thousands of men died building it.

Kate: It's so sad — all those thousands

of people dying.

Mark: But then ... that's war, isn't it

Unit 7-Outside view

On the 25th of April each year,

Australia and New Zealand celebrate Anzac

Day, when they commemorate all the members

of the Australian and New Zealand Army

Corps who died in action during the First

and Second World Wars, and in every armed

conflict since then. We're here now at the Australian War Memorial at the start of the

dawn service. They shall grow not old

As we that are left grow old

Age shall not weary them nor the years

condemn

At the going down of the sun and in the

morning

We will remember them.

Lest we forget.

A verse from the poem. Ode to

Remembrance by Laurence Binyon, is

recited during the ceremony.

Inside the Hall of Memory is the Tomb

of the Unknown Soldier. This is the grave

of a solider whose identity is not known and

it represents all those soldiers who died

in battle but were not identified.

Twenty-four years after the ravages of

World War I, war came to the mainland of

Australia where air raids killed hundreds

of service personnel and civilians. In

Malaya, Korea and Vietnam, we answered the

call as we have in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Through it all the one unshakable truth has

been a steadfastness, bom of the traditions

of the Australian servicemen. Today,

Australia's special day, they remember in

East Timor, on Bougainville, in Afghanistan and Iraq, on the island of

Crete, at Gallipoli, they along with us,