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The International English Listening and Speaking 1 Further Listening TestPart One: IntroductionHello, everyone! Welcome to the International English Listening and Speaking 1 Further Listening Test. This test is designed to assess your listening skills in English. You will be asked to listen to a variety of audio recordings and answer questions about what you hear. The recordings are divided intotwo parts. The first part consists of short conversations and the second part consists of longer conversations.Part Two: Short Conversations1.A: Hi, I'm looking for a place to stay for the night.B: Sure, we have a few rooms available.A: Great, how much is it?B: It's $50 per night.2.A: I'm looking for a gift for my sister's birthday.B: How about this necklace? It's on sale.A: That's perfect. I'll take it.3.A: Excuse me, do you know where the nearest bank is?B: Yes, it's about two blocks away.A: Great, thanks.4.A: I'm looking for a place to eat.B: There's a great Italian restaurant just around the corner.A: Sounds perfect. Let's go.5.A: Hi, I'm looking for a new laptop.B: We have a few different models to choose from.A: Great, let me take a look.Part Three: Longer Conversations1.A: Hi, I'm looking for a place to stay for the weekend.B: Sure, we have a few rooms available.A: Great, how much is it?B: It's $100 per night.A: That's a bit more than I was expecting. Do you have any discounts?B: Yes, we have a 10% discount for students.A: Perfect, I'm a student. I'll take it.2.A: I'm looking for a gift for my brother's birthday.B: How about this watch? It's on sale.A: That's perfect. How much is it?B: It's $50.A: Great, I'll take it.3.A: Excuse me, do you know where thenearest post office is?B: Yes, it's about three blocks away.A: Great, thanks.4.A: I'm looking for a place to eat.B: There's a great Chinese restaurant just around the corner.A: Sounds perfect. What kind of food do they serve?B: They serve a variety of dishes, from noodles to dumplings.A: That sounds delicious. Let's go.5.A: Hi, I'm looking for a new phone.B: We have a few different models to choose from.A: Great, what's the latest model?B: The latest model is the iPhone X. It has a lot of great features.A: That sounds perfect. I'll take it.。
Unit7Traditional and Modern MedicineBook 3Student: Hi, Professor Sullivan? Professor: Hi, Patrick. Come on in.Student: Thanks. I wanted to ... to talk to you about this morning’slecture.Professor: Good. Have a seat. What would you like to know?Student: Well, in the lecture, you talked about some really promisingmedicinal plants, like chicory, and ... and some others, I think. And, um, ... also about those two anti-cancer drugs that are made from rosy periwinkle.Professor: Well, actually, they’re made from a synthetic chemical, ...but it’s the same chemical that’s in rosy periwinkle.To be continued >>>Listening 1Student: OK, so ... basically, what I’d like to know is ... why they’renot studying hundreds of plant species looking for the next great medications.Professor: That’s a good question, and the answer’s prettycomplicated. First of all, it costs a lot of money to develop any new drug, and then to do empirical studies on it and get government approval. It’s just a long, expensive process.Student: Sure, but isn’t it worth it if the new drug can save lives? Professor: Yes, but there’s more to it ... With traditional remedies,there are a lot of variables. Imagine that a drug company learns about a plant that’s supposed to inhibit the action of a virus—like the chicory plant, for example.To be continued >>>Listening 1Professor: They do experiments with the plant, and nothing happens.It turns out—afterwards—that they picked the wrong sub-species of the plant, or they picked the plant at the wrong time of day ... Really! The plant chemicals can actually be different in the morning than they are at night ... Or, or maybe the plants were old instead of young, or ... some other plant was growing nearby ...Student: Wow ... do those things really make a difference?Professor: They can. The crucial thing to remember is that scientistsneed to know exactly which chemical from the plant is active, and they need to put a standard amount of thatchemical in each tablet or injection, and they need to make sure it won’t kill anybody.To be continued >>>Listening 1Student: Can medicines actually kill people?Professor: It’s possible ... That’s why they have studies to find outwhat the medicines will do ... They might start with rats and mice, but eventually, they need to do large clinical trials with human beings.Student: That makes sense. And are those clinical trials expensive? Professor: Absolutely, and they take time, too.Student: Well, I guess I can understand the problem, then. It’s ashame though ... with plant species going extinct and all, I mean, one of those plants could ... might be the cure for some disease, and we’ll never know about it.Professor: You could be right.To be continued >>>Listening 1Student: Well, I need to get to the library. Thanks for taking the timeto talk to me.Professor: No problem at all ... Anytime. See you in class.Listening 1Teresa: Did I tell you my father is having a hip replacement nextweek?Aiden: No, what’s the matter with his hip?Teresa: He has a lot of pain in his hip—from arthritis. It must behereditary because everyone in my family gets arthritis when they get older.Aiden: Yeah, it’s very common—unfortunately, ... but isn’t hipreplacement a pretty radical surgery?Teresa: No, not really ... I mean, it’s major surgery, but it’s fairlysimple and it’s over in a few hours.Aiden: I see. So what does the surgery consist of? What do they haveto do?To be continued >>>Listening 2Teresa: Well, they remove part of the bone at the top of the leg, andthey put in a, a device—a metal device. It has a ball and ... a socket, just like a real hip joint.Aiden: Hmm ... And then how long is the recovery? Will, will yourdad be in a lot of pain?Teresa: He’ll be in a hospital for a few days, and then he needsphysical therapy for six weeks to make the leg muscles strong again. There will be some pain, but it shouldn’t be too severe. Aiden: That’s good.Teresa: Definitely, but even when something is wrong, my dad tendsto pretend that everything is fine ... If he is in pain, I’ll never know about it.To be continued >>>Listening 2Aiden: My father is the same way.Teresa: The extraordinary thing is ... after the surgery and therecovery, the hip will be as good as new. He’ll need to be careful, of course, but he’ll be able to take walks, or travel, or whatever.Aiden: That’s great. I hope it goes well for him. Teresa: Thanks.Listening 2Narrator: Have the sniffles? Feeling under the weather? Have an acheor a pain? Then generally, our first stop is the drugstore. But this luxury is only allowed to humans. It may not surprise you to learn that the rest of the species that inhabit the planet come up with some very interesting ways of self-medication. Deep in the English countryside, animal behaviorist Cindy Engel studies a new form of biology called zoopharmacognosy—or animal self-medication. Cindy’s dedicated the last few years of her life into compiling all of her research into a new book.To be continued >>>Cindy Engel, Animal Behaviorist: I often have people asking mewhether it’s just instinct , and … and the answer is, is, is no —you know, I mean the, the ability to seek out a well balanced diet is incredibly complicated, and they are adjusting it moment to moment . Narrator: Engel suggests there may be examples where humans,having studied animals’ self-medicating, have come across benefits ourselves in drugs or chemical uses. Cindy Engel: Early medicine was based on observing the behavior ofsick animals. It’s relatively recently that we’ve stoppedlooking. Chimpanzees have already shown six or seven new compounds previously unknown to science , many of which are incredibly important for human medicine.To be continued >>>Narrator: Engel’s book has received enormous interest in scientificcommunities across Europe and North America. She’sconcentrated on three main areas of animal self-medication. First are curative measures, whereby animals have theability to cure contracted ailments. Second are preventative measures, whereby animals take positive action to protect themselves from illness or parasites. And lastly areavoidance measures, where animals have the knowledge or insight to avoid toxic plants and select the right food to keep themselves on a healthy diet. Cows, for instance, have certain ways of improving their self-health.To be continued >>>Cindy Engel: Cattle have got a special type of stomach—they have toferment, the, the tough fibrous material in the grass. And fermentation requires a really carefully-balanced level of acidity, and clay will, being, being alkaline, will help balance acidity for the fermentation process. Narrator:And this is not an unconsidered part of the cow’s ecologyand behavior. Some species will travel long distances just to get to the right type of dirt.Cindy Engel: Wildebeests, in, in Africa, are probably the bestexample. They will migrate to the volcanic ash floor. It contains these essential minerals for lactation.To be continued >>>Narrator: Observing wild animals self-medicating is something that’svery rarely seen, but during Engel’s research she came across some groundbreaking video footage. Cindy Engel: This snow leopard was being treated for a bladderinfection . She lives in San Francisco Zoo, and she had to go on a course of antibiotics, and antibiotics can cause nausea, and all the while she was suffering from nausea, she was eating grass continuously. And of course, when the antibiotics stopped, so did the grass eating.To be continued >>>Narrator: So, in an attempt to combat the effects of this man-madeantibiotic, this wild animal has resorted to self-medication by way of a good dose of grass. Whether it is buffalo eating mud to combat parasites or primates using plants to eliminate stomach infections , animal self-medication, or zoopharmacognosy is an area of biology that’s sure to attract much more attention in years to come .Using plants as natural remedies for health problems is nothing new. In fact, almost two-thirds of the earth’s population still rely on the healing power of plants. For them, nothing else is affordable or available. Plant-based medicine has also captured the attention of many scientists, who are studying plants’ ability to restore health and fight diseases such as cancer.In India, where many people talk about their symptoms with a traditional healer instead of a medical doctor, Darshan Shankar has created the Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions. He says that preserving the knowledge of these healers is as crucial as conserving the plants they use. “The world has realized it should be concerned about saving biodiversity. But cultural knowledge is just as important.”To be continued >>>Listening 1Nat Quansah, an ethnobotanist who lives in Madagascar, studies plants such as the rosy periwinkle. A synthetic version of the active chemical from that plant is now produced in laboratories and made into drugs that inhibit cancer growth. Quansah knows abouthundreds of other promising plant species that could be the basis for future medicines.Jim Duke, now retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, still teaches and writes about medicinal plants such as chicory, which contains chicoric acid—a chemical that may someday be used to fight a deadly virus. Duke says that empirical studies of medicinal plants are needed. “We can use science to test plants, tofind what works best. The issue is how to use science to get the best medicine, be it natural or synthetic.”Listening 1As a child in Mozambique’s Niassa Province, Feliciano dos Santos caught the polio virus from the dirty water in his tiny village. “When I was young,” he recalls. “I never believed I would grow up, get married, have children, drive a car, and live such a full life ... ”These days, Santos and his band Massukos use music to spread messages of sanitation and hygiene to some of the poorest, most remote villages in Mozambique. Their hit song, Wash Your Hands, is part of a public health campaign created by Santos’ non-governmental organization (NGO), Estamos. The project hassuccessfully convinced villagers to install thousands of sustainable EcoSan latrines, dramatically improving sanitation and reducing disease throughout the region.Listening 2To be continued >>>Santos’ NGO also works on programs to install pumps for clean water, conduct health studies, and combat a new cholera epidemic. Says Santos, “Clean water is a basic human right, yet so many don’t have it. I’m using my music to be the voice of people who have no voice.Listening 2Imagine visiting your doctor for an annual exam—only this time the checkup consists of a routine DNA test. Using information from the test, your doctor not only predicts the hereditary health problems you’re likely to have in the future without having to ask about your personal history, but also selects the best medications for you. Although people tend to think of genetic mapping as very expensive and time-consuming, scientists can do genotyping—assessing one specific part of the genetic information—rather than reading a person’s entire genome. Since genotyping can be done quickly and inexpensively, it’s an extraordinary tool for assessing a patient’s risk factors.Listening 3Imagine visiting your doctor for an annual exam—only this time the checkup consists of a routine DNA test. Using information from the test, your doctor not only predicts the hereditary health problems you’re likely to have in the future without having to ask about your personal history, but also selects the best medications for you. Although people tend to think of genetic mapping as very expensive and time-consuming, scientists can do genotyping—assessing one specific part of the genetic information—rather than reading a person’s entire genome. Since genotyping can be done quickly and inexpensively, it’s an extraordinary tool for assessing a patient’s risk factors.Listening 3。
最新新视野视听说(第三版)B1U2 听力原文Listening to the worldSharingScriptsF = Finn; M1 = Man 1， etc.; W1 = Woman 1， etc.Part 1F: I love films. I love going to the cinema. I go at least once a week. How about you? How often do you go to the cinema?M1: Uh， on average， probably once a month.W1: I like going to the cinema a lot， but probably only get there about once a month.M2: Not very often. But I do go occasionally.M3: I go to the cinema， probably once or twice a month.W2: I go to the cinema about once a week during the summertime， usually when there are the bestmovies.M4: We probably go together， maybe once a fortnight.M5: I go， normally， probably once every month or two months， but it depends on the film. M6: I go to the cinema about once every fortnight. Of ten I’ll go on a Wednesday because we get “buy one get one free” cinema tickets， so I can take a friend with me.Part 2F: What kinds of films do you like?Slumdog Millionaire was a great movie. Australia was amovie I saw recently which was really good.Terminator movie. Er， that’s once again filled withaction. Very exciting.musicals， anything that’s quite happy or adventurous， that takes me away from real life. Those are the ones I watch.W2: I saw The Proposal not too long ago and I really liked it. It was really interesting; it was aM3: Sweeney Todd. I really enjoyed with Johnny Depp – simply because he was fantastic; and Helena Bonham Carter， one of my favorite actresses， was also really good.The Graduate. I enjoyed that as a young man and … and g rowing up as well.M6: My favorite film is called Golden Eye. It’s a James Bond film and I think the action scenes are just absolutely fantastic in it.Part 3F: Who’s your favorite actor?M5: John Wayne’s my favorite actor.M6: My favorite actor is the new James Bond， er， Daniel Craig. I think he’s very good at showingemotions in his films. My favorite actress is called Angelina Jolie. She’s very beautiful， but she’s also played lots of different roles in films.M3: My favorite actor is Johnny Depp becau se I think he’s funny and I think he’s lively and he always has energy on stage.W2: My favorite actor is Brad Pitt. He’s very good-looking and he can play many different roles and he’s very talented.M4: My favorite film star’s Robert DeNiro because I loo k like him.ListeningScriptsI = InterviewerPart 1Fashion Now， with me， Dan Taylor. In today’s program， we ask thequestion， “What is beauty?” Do men today really like women with blonde hair and blue eyes? And do women like the James Bond look – tall， dark and very masculine， or do they like something different now? Are ideas about beauty changing? We went out to see what you really think …I = Interviewer; W1 = Woman 1， etc.; M1 = Man 1， etc.Part 2I: Excuse me， ladies. Do you have a moment?W1: Yes?I: Just a quick question. Research says that these days women prefer men with feminine faces …W1: Really?I: Yes. It’s true … honestly!W1: I don’t agree at all. I like masculine faces …I: Can I show you some photos?W1: Sure.I: So which of these guys do you like best?W1: Hmm， Sean Connery. He’s definitely the best-looking man here. And he’s tall， isn’t he? Yeah … I like tall men. And I like a man with a beard.I: Uh-huh. What about you?W2: Mm. I’m not sure. I like this one. What’s his name?I: It’s Gael Garcia Bernal. He’s a Mexican film star.W2: Yeah? Well， he’s got quite a feminine face and he’s very good-looking. I like his eyes –he’sgot dark brown eyes and I like men with dark eyes and black hair. But I think it’s more in the personality … in the smile … so I like this one best. Will Smith. He’s got a really nice smile.I: Thank you. And here’s another lady. Excuse me. Have you got a moment?W3: Well …I: I’m doing a survey about the changing face of beauty. Can I ask you some questions?W3: Yes， OK. Yes.I: I’ve got some photos here. Can you tell me which of these people you like? Do you think any of them are good-looking?W3: Well， I don’t really like any of them …I: No? Er， well， so what sort of man do you like?W3: What sort of man do I like? Well， my husband’s over there. I think he’s goodlooking. I like his hair. I love guys with red hair.I: Which one? The one looking in the shop window?W3: No， he’s over there. He’s wearing a white T-shirt and he’s talking to … that blonde woman …Excuse me …I: And then I talked to some men to find out if they really prefer blondes – just like they did 50 years ago. Do you think it’s true that men prefer blondes， sir?Judi Dench. She’s lovely. She isn’t young， but she’s got beautiful grey eyes and she alwa ys wears beautiful clothes. She looks kind and intelligent.M2: Yeah， she does. But I still prefer blondes， you know … like Scarlett Johansson. She’s lovely … slim， blonde hair， blue eyes –that’s the sort of woman I like.M1: Scarlett Johansson， slim?M2: Well， OK … but she’s not fat.M1: No， that’s true …I: OK， guys. Thanks for talking to us …ViewingScriptsV = Voice-over; W1 = Woman 1， etc.; M1 = Man 1， etc.V: All over the world， festivals bring people together. But why do people go? For the music? The food? The fun and games? We went to Bestival in the Isle of Wight， England to find out. But the first question is – where do we sleep?M1: I ... I’ve got a beach hut up here to stay in， and I’ve got the key.V: One man said it was like sleeping in the back garden.M2: It’s like opening your back door， going down to the end of your garden， getting in your shedwith your baby and wife， and then calling it a holiday.V: You can stay in a hut， but most people here sleep in tents. There are a lot of different people here – families， young people， older people. We asked: Why do so many different peopleW1: Well， I suppose it gives everybody a chance just to be themselves， and just to be free and beaway from their normal jobs.W2: People will respect each othe r and have ... um … sort of some of those old-fashioned traditional values， but actually values that everyone really likes.M3: The thing I always think about festivals is they’re just playgrounds for grownups.V: And， of course， there’s one reason everyone’s here: the music. This really is a festival for allgreat time. Why do they go to festivals?do pop festivals; we’ll go anywhere， do anything.V: So， if there’s one answer to the question， why are you here? One thing that everyone talks about is this: being together.Role-playScriptsConversation 1W: OK … What do you feel like watching?W: Um … Well， how about French Kiss? Do you know it?M: No， I don’t think so. What’s it about?French guy and … they fall in love. It’s quite old， but it’s really funny.M: Um， sounds OK， I suppose. Who’s in it?W: Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline.M: Oh， I like Meg Ryan. Mm. Do you think I’d like it?M: Yeah， OK. Why don’t we get it then?W: Great. Excuse me. Can we have this one， please?Conversation 2W: What was the last DVD you saw?M: Um， Let me think. Oh – I know， it was Speed.W: Speed? Is it new? What’s it about?M: No， it’s a bit old actually. It’s an action film. It’s about a bus and it can’t stop. It has to go at top speed or … or it explodes. It’s great!W: Rig ht. Who’s in it?M: Sandra Bullock and … the guy is， the actor is， er … Keanu Reeves.W: Mm. Do you think I’d like it?M: Well， do you like action films?W: Mm … not really. I prefer romantic films and dramas.M: Oh， then I don’t think you’d like it … Er， well. Oh， I know. I think you’d like that French film，you know， with the actress Juliette Binoche. What’s it called? Oh， yeah: Chocolat.W: ChocolatHave you got the DVD?Group discussionScriptsRecently I went to a concert in the park with my boyfriend and some other friends. It was inCity Park … We went because we all like the band， Double-X， and we listen to their music all thetime.The concert only lasted two hours， but we took a picnic with us and went out early in the afternoon – it was a free concert， you see， so there were already a lot of people sitting out in thepark in front of the stage.We got a really good place， close to the stage. We chatted and lay in the sun all afternoon …and then in the evening more and more people came and it got quite crowded. Then the concert started and well， it was … fantastic! Double-X is an amazing band … and better live!I really liked the concert because everyone was dancing and singing – we had a great time. Further practice in listeningShort conversationsScriptsConversation 1W: Why didn’t you show up at John’s party last night? He was expecting you. You know， he is leaving the city for good.M: I’m terribly sorry. I had planned to go， but I had to take care of an emergency. I tried calling him many time s but couldn’t reach him.Q: Why didn’t the man go to the party?Conversation 2M: I haven’t seen you around for quite a while. What have you been doing?W: I’ve been reading Shakespeare’s great play Hamlet. My literature professor required me to present a unique review about Hamlet for my term paper.Q: What has the woman been preparing for?Conversation 3W: Which do you prefer， classical music or pop music?M: Neither. Have you ever seen me listening to music at all? You know， I don’t have an ear for music.Q: What does the man say about music?Conversation 4M: I’m taking the minimum credits to graduate. Making friends， traveling， partying – these are what matter most to me right now.W: I’m not here to make friends or go to parties. I’m doing part-time jobs to save money to startQ: What are the two speakers talking about?Conversation 5W: Tom， have you read the notice on the school website? I’ve won the scholarship for next term. M: No surprise to me. You have earned it. While others are at parties， you are in the library. Q: What does the man mean?Long conversationScriptsM: After such a tiring week， I can’t wait to have a rest and relax a little this weekend.W: Me too， Mr. Simpson. So what are you doing this weekend? Looks like it’ll be nice weath er for sailing.M: Yes， Mary， I hope it stays this sunny. I’m going out to the beach and spending all weekend surfing.W: You， sir? Surfing?M: Haha， I bet you think I’m too old for surfing! I’ve been surfing since I was 11， and it’s still myfavorite activity. The cool blue waves， the smell of the sea， just take me back to when I was a teenager free from care. I forget all my troubles. By Sunday night， I fall into a deep sleep， sore and tired， without a care in the world.W: That’s really nice. I’m going t o the beach， too. I love relaxing in the warm sun， watchingmyniece and nephew play in the sand and jump in the waves. They’ll tire themselves out building sand castles， collecting seashells， and trying to bury each other in the sand.M: Oh， I remember building sand castles with my brothers ... such great fun. How old are little Timmy and Monica now?W: Tim’s five and Monica’s three.M: Wow， kids grow up so fast!Q1: Why is surfing the man’s favorite activity?Q2: What is the woman going to do this weekend?Q3: What does the woman love doing?Q4: What does the man remember doing with his brothers?Passage 1ScriptsPeople in Britain enjoy various leisure activities including watching TV， seeing friends and relatives， listening to music， shopping， listening to the radio， gardening， doing sports，reading， andso on. The latest data from a survey show that in 2010， 89 percent of all adults watched televisionin their free time. Spending time with family and friends was the second most popular activity at 84 percent， listening to music came next at 76 percent， and shopping was fourth at 71 percent.viewing time is 25 hours per person per week. Many television programs are about wildlife，animals， holidays， cooking and gardening. All these things are much valued by British people. Thesecond most popular activity in Britain is visiting or entertaining friends or relatives. Actually，inthe survey， those aged 25 to 34 reported spending time with friends and family as their top activity.Besides， many British people like to listen to music. Among those aged 16 to 24 spending time listening to music was selected as their top activity.Younger people tend to have different hobbies from old people. According to the survey，less frequently as age increased were listening to music; surfing the Internet and emailing; doing sports and exercise; going out to pubs， clubs or bars; and going out to the cinema. For example，activities which were reported more frequently as age increased were reading and gardening.Q1: According to the survey， what percentage of British adults watched TV in their free time? Q2: Which age group would be the most likely to visit their friends and relatives?Q3: What does the speaker say about listening to music as a leisure activity for British people?Q4: According to the survey， how are leisure activities related to age?Passage 2Scripts and answersPeople joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV， rents videos， or goes toguides. City libraries have only 10 percent of the 2) traffic that car washes have. But how do you explain this? A yearly book festival in west Los Angeles is 3) constantly “sold out” year after year.This outdoor festival， supported by a newspaper， takes place every April for one weekend. This year， about 70，000 people 5) took part in the festival on Saturday and 75，000 on Sunday. Thefestival 6) attracted 280 exhibitors. There were about 90 talks given by authors， with an 7) audience question-and-answer period following each talk. A food court sold all kinds of local foods， from hotdogs to ice drinks. Except for a $7 parking fee， the festival was 8) free of charge.Even so， some people take their own sandwiches and drinks to avoid the high prices of the food court.The idea for holding the festival in Los Angles was 9) put forward years ago， but nobodyknew if it would succeed. Although book festivals were already popular in other US cities，wouldpeople in this city 10) embrace one? “Fortunately， they do，” said one of the festival founders.。
新交流英语视听说b3参考答案新交流英语视听说B3参考答案Unit 1: Daily LifeSection A: Listening Comprehension1. What is the main topic of the conversation?Answer: The main topic is about daily routines and activities.2. Why does the woman go to the gym?Answer: The woman goes to the gym to stay fit and healthy.3. What does the man usually do after work?Answer: The man usually goes to the library to read books after work.4. When does the woman usually have dinner?Answer: The woman usually has dinner at around 7 PM.5. What is the man's opinion about watching TV?Answer: The man thinks watching TV is a good way to relax but he doesn't watch it too much.Section B: Speaking1. Describe your daily routine.Answer: My daily routine starts with waking up at 6 AM, having breakfast, going to work, and returning home around 6 PM. I usually have dinner with my family and spend theevening either reading or watching TV.2. Do you think technology has changed the way we communicate? Answer: Yes, technology has significantly changed the way we communicate. We now rely more on digital communication methods like emails, social media, and instant messaging.3. How do you usually spend your weekends?Answer: On weekends, I like to spend time with my friends, go for a walk in the park, or sometimes just relax at home.Unit 2: Work and StudySection A: Listening Comprehension1. What is the man's occupation?Answer: The man is a software engineer.2. What does the woman do for a living?Answer: The woman is a teacher.3. Why does the man enjoy his job?Answer: The man enjoys his job because he likes solving complex problems and working with technology.4. What is the woman's opinion about her job?Answer: The woman finds her job rewarding because sheenjoys teaching and seeing her students learn and grow.5. How does the man plan to improve his skills?Answer: The man plans to attend workshops and take online courses to improve his skills.Section B: Speaking1. Discuss the importance of continuous learning in your field.Answer: Continuous learning is crucial in my field because technology is constantly evolving. To stay relevant, I need to update my knowledge and skills regularly.2. How do you handle stress at work?Answer: I handle stress at work by taking short breaks, practicing mindfulness, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance.3. What are some challenges you face in your studies?Answer: Some challenges I face in my studies include managing my time effectively, staying motivated, and keeping up with the workload.Unit 3: Travel and LeisureSection A: Listening Comprehension1. What is the main topic of the conversation?Answer: The main topic is about travel experiences and preferences.2. Where did the man go for his last vacation?Answer: The man went to Hawaii for his last vacation.3. What does the woman like to do when she travels?Answer: The woman likes to explore local cultures, try new foods, and take lots of photos.4. Why does the man prefer to travel alone?Answer: The man prefers to travel alone because he enjoys the freedom and flexibility it offers.5. What is the woman's opinion about group travel?Answer: The woman thinks group travel is fun and allowsfor shared experiences, but it can also be less flexible.Section B: Speaking1. Share your most memorable travel experience.Answer: My most memorable travel experience was visiting the Great Wall of China. The history and scale of the wall were awe-inspiring.2. What are some benefits of traveling?Answer: Traveling can broaden one's horizons, provide new perspectives, and create lasting memories.3. How do you plan your trips?Answer: I plan my trips by researching the destination, creating an itinerary, and setting a budget. I also make sure to include some free time for spontaneous activities.Unit 4: Current EventsSection A: Listening Comprehension1. What is the main topic of the news report?Answer: The main topic is a recent technological breakthrough.2. What is the significance of this breakthrough?Answer: The breakthrough is significant because it has the potential to revolutionize the industry and improve people's lives.3. How does the reporter describe the impact of this event? Answer: The reporter describes the impact as far-reaching and transformative.4. What are some of the challenges associated with this breakthrough?Answer: Some challenges include ethical considerations, regulatory hurdles, and potential job displacement.5. What is the public's reaction to this news?Answer: The public's reaction is mixed, with some expressing excitement and others expressing concern.Section B。
国际交流英语视听说further-listening听力原文————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：第一单元一：In 1980, Tim Samaras was working at the University of Denver Research Institute when he first saw the camera. Weighing 1,600 pounds and standing six feet high, the Beckman & Whitley 192 camera was hard to Miss. The camera was used to take pictures of nuclear tests, and it was part of Samaras’ jo b to look after it. Samaras left the research institute and had other jobs, but he never forgot that camera. Twenty-five years later, he saw it was for sale. He bought it for just $600, the value of its metal parts.Now, he is using the camera to study lightning. With the help of money from National Geographic, he changed how the camera works. He replaced the film technology with digital sensors designed for deep space exploration. He also added new software written specially for the camera.He hopes the camera will help him take a photograph of the moment lightning starts. This is very difficult and he has been trying to get that shot since 2006.The burst of light comes from close to the ground and moves up to the sky. It is traveling at a third of the speed of light and the start of this flash takes as little as 200 milliseconds.The camera is fast enough to take the picture, but he must alsoknow where to point it and also “click” at the right time. Some people think he has no chance of getting the shot he wants. But Samaras is used to people telling him that what he’s trying can’t be done. Before he started to study lightning, he spent several years chasing after tornadoes. People didn’t think it was possible to record what it looks and feels like inside a tornado, but Samaras managed. He got some of the most accurate readings ever of wind speed, barometric pressure, temperature, and humidity.It is possible that he is right about how to photograph the start of lightning, too. “I’m still in hot pursuit of that image,” he said in 2012, adding, “And I won’t stop until this is done.”二1What kind of people make good nurses?A: Well, you have to be organized. For example, I’m in charge of my patients’ medicine. I have to give them the correct medicine, so I write everything down in a chart. I get the medicine. Then, I check on my chart that it’s the correct one. Nobody gets the wrong medicine that way.Q: You are well organized!A: Thanks. It has a big effect on my patients’ health, so it’s important to me. Nurses also have to be fit because the work is very physical.Q: What kind of physical work do you do?A: I stand or walk all of the time, and sometimes I have to lift patients up from their beds.: Is teaching a difficult job?A: Sometimes it is. Although the students are wonderful, the school has a rule I don’t like.Q: What kind of rule?A: Well, I teach math and science, and I think they’re very important subjects. But students here don’t have to take both subjects. They can take one or the other and still graduate.Q: Do you mean they can finish school and never take math, for example?A: Yes, they can. It’s not a good idea, in my opinion.2: Is teaching a difficult job?A: Sometimes it is. Although the students are wonderful, the school has a rule I don’t like.Q: What kind of rule?A: Well, I teach math and science, and I think they’re very important subjects. But students here don’t have to take both subjects. They can take one or the other and still graduate.Q: Do you mean they can finish school and never take math, for example?A: Yes, they can. It’s not a good idea, in my opinion.3What does an engineer do every day?A: Well, there are many kinds of engineers. I’m an industrial engineer. I look at our processes here at the factory, and I search for any problems.Q: What do you do if you find a problem?A: I give a presentation to my managers. We have a meeting, and I explain the problem to them. We try to find ways to solve it.Q: What happens next?A: They usually follow my suggestions.Q: So the managers here have a lot of respect for you.A: Yes, I believe they do respect me. It’s one of the reasons I like my job.三：Annie Griffiths is famous for her beautiful photographs. The photos come from countries all over the world, so it’s just a normal part of life for Griffiths to travel. Living in other countries is not for everyone, but for Griffiths and her children, it’s an adventure. Her children especially love the Middle East, and their experiences in that part of the world helped them to learn about other cultures. Griffiths’ work can also be dangerous. Traveling is not always safe. In the Galápagos Islands, Griffiths found herself in the water withsharks one day! Besides writing and taking pictures, Griffiths teaches photography skills to people who want to become photographers. They know they are learning from one of the best photographers in the World.第二单元一I’m Miranda. I don’t have much free time because I have a full-time job as a sales manager. I also have children, so I like to spend time with them. Sometimes we go to the beach, and sometimes we go to the park. For me, playing with my children has some important benefits: It makes me feel young and gives me great joy.My name is Mike. I’m a first-year literature student of the University of Pennsylvania. I enjoy taking walks in the park. I love the outdoors—seeing the trees and feeling the sun on my face. Basically, I’m always moving. Walking is good exercise. All that exercise keeps me healthy.My name is Cindy. What do I do in my free time? Well, my hobby is cooking. It’s a pretty common hobby, so I know a lot of other people who like to cook. Sometimes my friends come over and we cook together. We laugh and tell stories!I’m Tim. I’m a teacher. When I want to relax, I listen to music at home. My favorite music is classical, especially Mozart. There’s onlyone drawback to spending my free time at home: I almost never spend time outside.二In a big city such as Paris, people need places to live, shop, and work. Empty space can be hard to find. But the city government finds and keeps these empty spaces. People need places to spend their free time, and parks are places that most people enjoy.The city of Paris spends a lot of money to create more parks and gardens. Some people think that the cost is a big drawback. So, why does the city do this? What are some of the benefits of parks and other green spaces?• Better Health. Having places to relax after work helps people feel good. Parks allow people to get exercise such as walking and jogging. Being outdoors in the sunlight is good for people.• Better Environment. Trees help to clean the air and make cities cooler. Clean air helps people stay healthy.• Less Crime. Crime, such as robbery and murder, is common in big cities. Research says that there is less crime in places with green areas around them.• Improved Education. Parks are also a place for children to learn and play together. According to one study, children learn better after they play in a park.三New research says that apes laugh when they are tickled. Researchers at the University of Portsmouth led a “tickle team”. The group of researchers tickled the necks, feet, hands, and armpits of young apes. The team recorded more than 800 of the resulting laughs on tape. The research suggest s that the apes’ panting noise is the sound of laughter. They think that this panting is the basis for human expressions of joy—the “ha-ha” sound we make when we laugh. When we find something funny, such as a joke, we laugh. When apes find something funny, such as a tickle, they laugh. Humans find many situations funny—such as jokes, tickles, TV comedy shows—but we are not unique because animals laugh, too. 第三单元一二三第四单元一What is your house made of? Building a house from concrete or metal requires large amounts of energy and pollutes the air. Building a house from wood means cutting down trees and damaging the environment.Builder Michael Furbish has another idea: Use straw to make buildings. “Most other building materials require a lot of energy use in production and manufacturing at a factory,” explains Furbish. Straw is a kind of grass, and it takes little energy to grow. It’s not very nutritious for animals, however, so farmers normally dry it and use it for animals to sleep on.After the straw is dry, farmers use a machine to make bales—largerectangular bricks of straw. Then, builders such as Furbish build walls with the bales. When they finish the walls, they cover them with plaster inside and outside. That keeps out water as well as insects and small animals.Furbish used about 900 straw bales for his family’s two-story, three-bedroom house. His company used about 4,000 bales to build an elementary school in Maryland, U.S.A.Do you think a straw-bale house is for you? You won’t know until you try living in one, but for Furbish, it’s a greener way to build.二Q: What are vacation homes?A: They’re usually houses or condominiums. Families only use these homes during vacations, so they want them to be in beautiful locations.Q: Why is Baja California popular for vacations?A: It has coasts on the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez, so tourists can enjoy sea life such as dolphins, whales, and unusual fish. Its beautiful mountains and deserts are also excellent for hiking and sightseeing.Q: Can anyone own a home in Baja California?A: Yes. You don’t have to be a Mexican citizen to own property here. Many vacation homes belong to people from other countries,especially Canada and the United States.Q: Are there a lot of new vacation homes for sale?A: Yes. Most of Baja California’s population lives in the north, in cities such as Tijuana and Mexicali. Recently, though, there has been rapid growth in the south, especially near Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. They want to build a lot of new houses and hotels quickly in those places.Q: Is everyone happy about the housing growth?A: No. Some people worry about damage to the environment as more and more people move in. Baja California is also very dry, so having enough drinking water for everyone is another concern.三In Barcelona, Spain, both visitors and residents of the city know about the architect Antoni Gaudí. The Casa Milà is perhaps his best-known building. From the outside, the walls look like natural stone. On the roof, several large, unusual works of art are actually chimneys—they carry away gases from cooking and heating from inside the apartments.The Casa Batlló is another of Gaudí’s apartment buildings. The outside of th e building is very colorful, and it’s easy to see that Gaudí was an artist as well as an architect. Not every apartment is spacious, but each apartment has a balcony, so residents can standoutside their bedrooms or living rooms and see the street below.第五单元一二三第六单元一Here on Earth, we like to look up at the stars in the night sky. In space, the stars look even more amazing!Astronaut Don Thomas flew into space on the space shuttle Columbia. He said later, “I could see many more stars. I also could see stars of different colors. Some are white. Others are blue, red, or yellow like our sun.”For most of us, stars in the night sky appear to twinkle. That’sbecause light from the stars travels through the earth’s atmosphere before we see it. Gases in the atmosphere are always moving, and that makes the light from the stars look unsteady. In contrast, “They don’t twinkle in space,” says Thomas. “They look like steady points of light.” Our own sun is a yellow, average-sized star. It formed around 4.6 billion years ago—probably in a very large cloud of gas and dust called a nebula. Bits of gas and dust came together, and then gravity began to pull the gas and dust into a ball. As the ball grew larger, its gravity grew stronger. Over time, the gravity became so strong that the ball collapsed and the gas heated up. A star was born!Stars last a very long time—for millions or even billions of years. Our sun will get cooler and die someday, but it won’t happen any time soon.二Telescopes of the pastAs far as we know, Galileo was the first astronomer to observe the moon, planets, and stars through a telescope. In the 17th century, telescopes were just glass lenses inside tubes made of wood. The lenses were shaped by hand to make things appear larger. Soon, however, people wanted bigger telescopes to be able to see farther into space. Large glass lenses were heavy and didn’t work well in atelescope, so in 1668, Isaac Newton invented something new: a telescope that used a mirror to reflect light. Soon, reflecting telescopes became the first choice for astronomers.Telescopes of the presentAs telescopes became larger, it became necessary to put them inside some kind of building. Observatories, buildings with telescopes inside for doing research, were built as early as the 18th century. With these larger telescopes, astronomers discovered planets that Galileo never knew about—Uranus and Neptune. Three of today’s largest observatories stand on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. At nearly 14,000 feet (4,300 meters), Mauna Kea is above 40 percent of the earth’s atmosphere. The Keck Observatory is among the observatories on Mauna Kea, and the mirrors in its two reflecting telescopes are 33 feet (10 meters) across! Their size allows astronomers to see far into space.三Most of the world’s people now live in or near cities, where doing most things at night is as easy as doing them during the day. Seeing the stars at night, however, is not easy to do in a city. Streetlights and lights from businesses and advertisers shine into the night sky, and only the brightest stars can be seen.The dark-sky movement wants to change this. They argue thatseeing the night sky is important for everyone—not only for astronomers. They say that outdoor lighting affects human health and wildlife, and they recommend simple things such as streetlights that only let light shine down at the street, not up at the sky.第七单元一Taylor grew up in Asia and Europe. As a child, he often swam among Malaysia’s coral reefs—places where small sea animals and plants grow on rocks or other solid objects on the ocean floor. Reefs are important for many kinds of ocean life, and they’re in tr ouble because of fishing and climate change.These days, Taylor still likes to swim, and he is conscious of the need to help ocean reefs and ocean life. His recent art project does exactly that.The Silent Evolution is a group of sculptures. Taylor used real people as models when he was making them. In a way, all the sculptures are copies of people, and they look just like them. The sculptures are in a public place, but they are not easy to see. They are on the ocean floor near Cancún, Mexico. There are more than 400 of them, and together, they form one huge piece of art. It’s especially interesting because the artist did not repeat any of thesculptures—each one is a sculpture of a different person.Taylor’s artwork is constantly changing. Sea animals and plants make their homes on the sculptures just as they do on natural reefs, and in time, a new reef will form. That means the sculptures are temporary, and if you want to see them, you need to do it soon. Taylor hopes the new reef that forms over the sculptures will last forever, or at least far into the future.二Elephant art began at zoos in the United States. Zookeepers there saw an elephant named Ruby using a stick to make marks in the dirt. They bought paints and brushes for her, and soon she was painting. In a book about Ruby, author Dick George says she loved to paint, and she even chose the colors.In Thailand, the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) now teaches elephants to paint. They think it might be good for them. The animals learn to hold the paintbrush, and trainers help them to move their trunks and paint pictures. Some paintings show real things such as flowers, trees, and even elephants, but according to the TECC, the elephants don’t understand th e pictures. They just follow the instructions of their trainers.However, some people think there could be more to it than that. Different elephants have their own painting styles, and theirpaintings become more detailed over time. And to people who buy the paintings, some elephants are better painters than others. For example, an elephant named Ramona may be the most famous elephant in Bali. Many people buy her paintings, and she seems to have an artist’s personality. Ramona likes to work with dark colors. She also stops and looks at a painting carefully before choosing the next color, and she only paints when she wants to paint.三My name is Alicia, and I live in the state of Guanajuato in central Mexico. Here in Guanajuato, music and dancing are a big part of life. There are a lot of festivals here, and many kinds of music, but my favorite kind of music is traditional Mexican music—the kind of music my grandparents and great-grandparents listened to.I’m a folk dancer, and I love to perform at special ev ents. To be a folk dancer, you have to love the culture and the music here. That’s the most important thing, but we also need to work hard and practice a lot. We dance in groups, and every person has to know the steps. And you can’t buy traditional folk da ncing dresses at the store, so we have to make our own. We wear traditional dresses that only come from this part of Mexico.第八单元一二三。
