致用英语听力教程4问题详解

大学英语实用视听说教程第4册课后练习题含答案第1单元听力部分Part A1.What is the name of the man’s friend who lives inCanada?Answer: Jack2.What is the man’s occupation?Answer: A pilot3.What is the woman’s occupation?Answer: A flight attendant4.Where does the woman come from?Answer: Brazil5.How many passengers are there in the plane?Answer: 400Part B6.What is the man’s name?Answer: Jack Peterson7.Where did Jack first meet the woman and the man?Answer: In a café in Paris8.How long will Jack stay in New York?Answer: For a week9.What is Jack’s occupation?Answer: A businessman10.What does the woman and the man plan to dotogether with Jack?Answer: To go sightseeing in New York阅读部分Section A11.What is Jack’s occupation?Answer: A businessman12.What does Jack do when he gets bored in ameeting?Answer: He imagines all the people in the room dressed in different costumes.13.What does the author of the passage suggest todo when feeling bored or unmotivated?Answer: To take a break or do something different to refresh your mind.Section B14.What is the purpose of the article?Answer: To provide tips for improving your English speaking skills.15.What is the first tip?Answer: To join an English language club or group.16.What are some other tips mentioned in thearticle?Answer: To practice with a friend, watch movies and TV shows in English, and listen to English radioprograms or podcasts.第2单元听力部分Part A1.What does the woman’s mother do?Answer: She is a doctor.2.How long has the woman been learning English?Answer: For 2 years.3.What is the woman’s occupation?Answer: A student.4.What does the woman want to do next year?Answer: To study abroad.5.When is the woman’s mother coming to visit her?Answer: Next month.Part B6.What is the man’s occupation?Answer: A teacher.7.What is the woman’s nationality?Answer: Japanese.8.What does the woman plan to do after finishing herstudies in the US?Answer: To return to Japan and work as a translator.9.What is the woman’s impression of her Englishteacher?Answer: He is patient and kind.10.What does the woman find difficult aboutlearning English?Answer: The pronunciation of some words and phrases. 阅读部分Section A11.What is the purpose of the article?Answer: To provide tips for improving your pronunciation in English.12.What is the first tip?Answer: To practice speaking English with a native speaker.13.What are some other tips mentioned in thearticle?Answer: To record yourself speaking and analyze your pronunciation, to focus on the sounds of individual words and practice them separately, and to listen torecordings of native speakers and try to imitate their pronunciation.Section B14.What is the mn idea of the article?Answer: To expln the importance of body language in communication.15.What are some examples of body language mentioned in the article?Answer: Facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, posture, and tone of voice.16.Why is body language important in communication?Answer: It can convey emotions and intentions, help to establish rapport and understanding, and enhance the effectiveness of verbal communication.。

Unit4听力问题详解及原文Unit 4 Part 1 Short conversationsDirections: In this section you will hear some short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.1. Recording 1A. 8:27.B. 8:30.C. 8:33.D. 8:13.Correct answer: ATranscript:M: What's the time according to your watch?W: Eight-thirty. But it's three minutes fast.Q: What is the correct time now?2. Recording 2A. When the guest is going to leave.B. When the guests are coming into the room.C. During the party.D. When the guest is making an appointment with the hostess.Correct answer: ATranscript:M: Thank you very much for such a delightful evening.W: You're welcome.Q: When does this conversation probably take place?3. Recording 3A. It will take him a long time to help the woman.B. He can help her for a while.C. It won't take a long time for him to help her.D. He couldn't help her though he'd like to.Correct answer: BTranscript:W: Jack, can you help me with this work?M: Sure, if it won't take too much time.Q: What does the man mean?4. Recording 4A. Because it stopped raining.B. Because she is staying at home.C. Because she has a raincoat.D. Because she has an umbrella in her car.Correct answer: CTranscript:M: It looks like rain, take my umbrella.W: Thanks anyway, but I have a raincoat in my car. Q: Why didn't the woman take the umbrella?5. Recording 5A. A library.B. A restaurant.C. A bookstore.D. A coffee shop.Correct answer: CTranscript:W: A copy of Gone with the Wind, please.M: Sorry, Madam. Sold out.Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?6. Recording 6A. A student.B. A salesman.C. A manager.D. A teacher.Correct answer: DTranscript:M: I don't know how you'll get through your teaching practice. W: Oh, I'll manage. I always do. I've planned all my lessons.Q: What do you think the woman is?7. Recording 7A. The man will go to Paris by plane.B. The man will go to Paris by train.C. The man lost his plane ticket.D. There is no plane available.Correct answer: DTranscript:W: Can you go to Paris tonight?M: But all the pilots are on strike.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?8. Recording 8A. He is taking a bath.B. He is reading a book.C. He is getting into the bathroom.D. He is looking at something that the woman showed him. Correct answer: ATranscript:M: Ann, could you come into the bathroom for a second?W: Yes. But let me finish this novel and I'll be right there.Q: What is the man doing?9. Recording 9A. Three hours.B. Four hours.C. Six hours.D. Eight hours.Correct answer: CTranscript:W: I studied three hours for this test and Ted studied four hours. M: I studied twice as long as you did.Q: How long did the man study for the test?10. Recording 10A. A meeting with the president.B. The news about the president.C. A telephone conversation.D. A speech by the president on TV.Correct answer: DTranscript:W: How did you like the president's speech last night?M: Oh, I was touched by his performance on TV.Q: What are the speakers talking about?Unit 4 Part 2 Long conversationsDirections: In this section you will hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Recording 11. Why did Jenny want to buy a cell phone?A. To show off.B. To send text messages.C. To open a small shop.D. To communicate with others.Correct answer: D2. How many functions of cell phones were mentioned in theconversation?A. Seven.B. Six.C. Eight.D. Five.Correct answer: B3. Which of the following is not true according to the conversation?A. You can send messages by cell phones.B. Cell phones are better than cameras in taking pictures.C. You can listen to music with a cell phone.D. You can download information by using cell phone.Correct answer: BTranscript:W: Hi, Tom.M: Hello, Jenny.W: I heard you've bought a cell phone last week, I want to buy one, and can you tell me some special features of the cell phone?M: Of course, you know the basic function of a cell phone is to communicate with others.W: Yeah, that's the reason why I want to have one.M: I know that you have many friends; maybe you will find it rather difficult to remember all their telephone numbers. So you can put all the telephone numbers of your friends and relatives in the cell phone, which will make it easy for you to find them.W: That's great, tell me some more.M: And you can also write text messages instead of calling others, you know when someone is notavailable to answer your calls.W: I see, it's really useful.M: Many cell phones can also provide the service of surfing the Internet; therefore, you can look for or download something whenever and wherever you want to!W: How fantastic!M: You can also use your phone as a camera, some cell phones are even better than a camera.W: Woo, that's cool.M: What's more, you can kill time by playing games which you can download from the Internet or using it like an MP3 player to listen to music.W: I can't wait anymore, I want to buy one now!M: By the way, let me introduce to you some top brands of cell phones, like Nokia, Sony Ericsson and so on.Questions:1. Why did Jenny want to buy a cell phone?2. How many functions of cell phones were mentioned in the conversation?3. Which of the following is not true according to the conversation?Unit 4 Part 3 Understanding PassagesDirections: In this section you will hear a passage or passages. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Recording 11. What is Assured Labor?A. It is a company which can help you find jobs.B. It is a marketplace located in Massachusetts.C. It was a laboratory set up by five professors.D. It is a TV program.Correct answer: A2. What is the function of Part two in Assured Labor?A. To find positions in Boston.B. To help people get permanent jobs.C. To help people find temporary jobs.D. To provide specific information.Correct answer: B3. What are the companies interested in according to Assured Labor's president?A. Earning more money.B. Having more interviews with the employees.C. Opening up more factories.D. Having more modern hiring practices.Correct answer: D4. What would you do if you are interested in a job given by Assured Labor?A. You can pay money to preserve the job.B. You can call the company to make an appointment.C. You can talk to the president individually.D. You can reply by text message.Correct answer: DTranscript:In 2007, five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea. The team knew that the world is filled with mobile phones. About 80 percent of all people are said to live within reach of a wireless telephone signal.The idea was to use mobile phones and the Internet to connect job seekers with employers. The young people wrote a business plan and formed a company called Assured Labor, which won a development competition at the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology.Assured Labor is an electronic marketplace. It has two parts. Part one is for the United States. That operation was launched in January in Boston. It links people with employers offering temporary jobs. Part two is for developing markets. That operation is meant to help people get more permanent jobs. A representative is currently building partnerships with universities and international companies in Central America.Assured Labor's president, David Reich, says companies now place job advertisements on radio or in newspapers. Some even drive around in cars with loudspeakers announcing that jobs are available. He says the companies are interested in having more modern hiring practices. Through Assured Labor, companies will list open positions on the Internet. People who think they could do the job could reply by text message or on their cell phones.Questions:1. What is Assured Labor?2. What is the function of Part two in Assured Labor?。

（完整word版）《听⼒教程》4Unit3答案A Listening Course 4施⼼远主编《听⼒教程》4 (第2版)答案Unit 31: Listening and Translation1.Girls score higher than boys in almost every country.⼏乎在所有国家⾥，⼥孩⼦都⽐男孩⼦得分⾼。

2.Differences between males and females are a continuing issue of fierce debate.男⼥差异⼀直是激烈争论的焦点。

3.Cultural and economic influences play an important part.⽂化和经济影响起着重要的作⽤。

4. But recent findings suggest that the answer may lie in differences between the male and female brain.但是最新的发现提⽰，答案也许在男⼥⼤脑的差异。

5.These include differences in learning rates.这些包括学习速度上的差异。

Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueExercise: Listen to the dialogue and filling the blanks with the missing information.Serenading Service was founded three years ago when the singer realizethat British people were desperate for romance. He thought there would be a clientele for a hired serenader. The idea came from his studies of Renaissance music, which is full of serenades. Over the centuries, university students have turned the serenade into an art form for hire. Usually he is hired by men to sing love songs to women. Occasionally he is asked to sing to men. The service is really a form of intimate alfresco theatre with love songs. He usually wears a white tie and tails and sings amorous Italian songs. He will carry chocolate hearts or flowers and when there is no balcony available he will sing from trees or fire escapes! The fee depends on whether a musician comes along or not. The basic rate is ?450 but it can cost a lot more especially if he takes a gondola and a group of musicians along. Some people are so moved that they burst into tears, but some react badly. They try to find out as much as they can about their clients to avoid unpleasant situations. They have to be very careful these days because a serenade can be completely misinterpreted.Part 2 PassageEx. A. Pre-listening QuestionWhat memory strategies do you know that can help you remember things better?1) Brain prioritizes by meaning, value and relevance.2) Your attitude has much to do with whether you remember something ornot.3) Your understanding of new materials depends on what you already know.4) You can learn and remember better if you can group ideas into some sort of meaningful categories or groups.5) The brain's quickest and probably the longest-lasting response is to images.6) Memory is increased when facts to be learned are consciously associated with something familiar to you.Ex. B: Sentence Dictation1. Mnemonics are methods for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall.2. Our brains evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli such as images, colors, structures, sounds, smells, tastes, touch, positions, emotions and language.3. While language is one of the most important aspects of human evolution, it is only one of the many skills and resources available to our minds.4. Association is the method by which you link a thing to be remembered to a way of remembering it.5. Location gives you two things: a coherent context into which you canplace information, and a way of separating one mnemonic from another.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1. Mnemonics are tools which can help you to improve your memory. T. (Memory tools can help you to improve your memory. "Mnemonic" is another word for memory tool.)2. The fundamental principle of mnemonics is to make full use of the best functions of the brain to store information. T (The basic principle of mnemonics is to use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information.)3. Information we have to remember is almost always presented in different ways. F (Unfortunately information we have to remember is almost always presented in only one way--as words printed on a page.)4. We can do four things to form striking images, which will help to make our mnemonics more memorable. T ( Use positive, pleasant images; use vivid, colorful, sense-laden images; use all your senses to code information or dress up an image; give our image three dimensions, movement and space.)5. There is one basic principle in the use of mnemonics. F (There are three fundamental principles underlying the use of mnemonics: imagination, association and location)6. Association is what we use to create and strengthen imagination. F(Imagination is what you use to create and strengthen the associations needed to create effective mnemonics.)7. You can choose the imagery in your mnemonics as you like T (The imagery you use in your mnemonics can be as violent, vivid, or sensual as you like, as long as it help you to remember.)8. You can create associations by linking things using the same stimuli. T. (You can create associations by linking them using the same color, smell, shape, or feeling.)Ex. D: After-listening Discussion1. What is the basic principle of mnemonics? Why can we improve our memory by following the principle? To use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information. Evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli. sophisticated models of the world. Our memories store all of these effectively. However, information is presented in only one way. Language is only one Use these to make of the many skills and resources available to our minds. By coding languages and numbers in striking images,/ can reliable code both information and structure of information. Then easily recall these later.2. Why is a good memory important to us?Open.Section Three : NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about the Somali pirates’ strike.Ex. B: Listen to the news again and answer the questions.1. Whether this latest attempted hijacking was the promised revenge for the killing of three Somali pirates by the US navy isn't clear.2. No, the pirates haven’t been deferred.3. Because the financial rewards for a successful hijacking remain so great and Somalia remains so lawless.4. At any one time there are only fifteen to eighteen international warships in the area to police an expanse of sea covering more than a million square kilometres.5. It may be because of the relatively small scale of the problem.Tape script of News Item One: The piracy problem looks like it's here to stay despite the recent muscular interventions by the French and American navies. Whether this latest attempted hijacking was the promised revenge for the killing of three Somali pirates by the US navy isn't clear. But it does suggest at the very least that the pirates haven't been deterred. So why does the problem persist? Put simply maritimesecurity analysts say piracy will continue as long as the financial rewards for a successful hijacking remain so great and Somalia remains so lawless. Certainly the international effort to thwart the problem is relatively limited. At any one time there are only fifteen to eighteen international warships in the area to police an expanse of sea covering more than a million square kilometres. Although it has been suggested that raids could be mounted on the pirates' home towns, it seems unlikely there'll be any major increase in the military effort unless there's a spectacular hijacking involving the deaths of many crew members. The reluctance to mount a major international naval operation in the area may also be down to the relatively small scale of the problem. Last year, according to figures from the International Maritime Bureau, nearly twenty three thousand ships passed through the Gulf of Aden. Only ninety two were hijacked. Rob Watson, BBC NewsNews Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis news item is about Obama’s military plan i n Afghanistan.Ex. B: True or false.1. The President is considering leaving Afghanistan. F. (The President is making it clear that leaving Afghanistan is not an option.)2. Obama wouldn’t shrink the number of troops in Afghanistan, neither would he deploy more military troops. T.3. President Obama thought his assessment would be "rigorous and deliberate". T.4. Opinions against Obama are not heard. F. (…some Republicans and members of the President's own party are dubious about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight.)5. The conflict in Afghanistan seems to be over soon. F. (…about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight.)6. Afghanistan can be the second Vietnam. T. (The word 'Vietnam' is heard more and more on Capitol Hill.)Script of News Item Two: The President is making it clear that leaving Afghanistan is not an option. It's not on the table. According to one White House source, he told the meeting that he wouldn't shrink the number of troops in Afghanistan or opt for a strategy of merely targeting al-Qaeda leaders. But he wouldn't be drawn on the military request for more troops. There appears to be a frustration that the review of strategy has sometimes been portrayed in black-and-white terms of a massive increase or reduction of troop numbers. President Obama told the group made up of the most senior Republican and Democrat senators and congressmen that his assessment would be "rigorous and deliberate". But it's going ontoo long for some Republicans and members of the President's own party are dubious about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight. The word 'Vietnam' is heard more and more on Capitol Hill. The President was certainly right when he said his final decision wouldn't make everyone in the room, or the country, happy. Mark Mardell, BBC News, WashingtonNews Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about fragile peace that returns to Gaza.Ex. B: Listen again and fill in the blanks.There were traffic jams on the road north, families heading to Gaza City to reunite with friends and relatives. Long lines ofcars backed up at the makeshift roadblocks the Israelis have left behind. But the tanks are gone, only the deep tracks remain. There were buildings pitted with Israeli tank rounds; from the holes that have been punched in the walls it was clear there had also been snipers waiting for them. North of Khan Younis we saw some of the Qassam fighters returning home, their rifles slung lazily around their shoulders. For three weeks the Israelis pounded the tunnels that run beneath the perimeter wall but last night we met people who insist that some of these tunnels are still open and still some fuel is beingpumped from the Egyptian sider. If the border crossings remain close, say the Palestinians, these tunnels are their only link to the outside world.Section FourPart 1 Feature reportExercise A: This news report is about the recreation of the prehistoric world in Liaoning, China, based on the scientific findings on fossils discovered there.Exercise B:1. 35 prehistoric animals were created.2. They recreated the extinct beasts through the marriage of science, art and technology.3. The exhibit is not behind the glass or otherwise enclosed, so visitors are eye to eye with extinct beasts. It is displayed in this way so that visitors will feel as if they’ve stepped into a Chinese forest 130 mil lion years in the past.4. He says it’s accurate because every single plant, every insect, every organic feature in it actually represents something that has been found asa fossil in northeastern China.5. The only thing scientists had to make up is what color some of the animals were.6. According to Michael Novacek, birds are living dinosaurs.7. They study the movements of commonplace turkeys, chickens and ostriches to learn how similarly-built dinosaurs would stand or walk.8. By using high-tech imagery, fossils, and the knowledge gained from the biology of barnyard animals, scientists now estimate the giant T-Rex could reach speeds of 16 kilometers per hour, far slower that the more than 70 kilometers per hour previously thought.Script：Dinosaur Discoveries Made Possible through Art, Technology, Modern Livestock The rolling hills of a province in northeastern China are now terraced for farming, but beneath that farmland are clues to a prehistoric world unlike any seen by human eyes - until this week. Some 130 million years after dinosaurs roamed the Liaoning forest, the world has been painstakingly recreated in New York City's American Museum of Natural History. The sound of the prehistoric forest is one of the few things that has been imagined in this 65 square-meter diorama. The gingko leaves, piney trees and life-sized models of 35 prehistoric animals were created through the marriage of science, art and technology, as every detail, down to the sleeping pose of a dinosaur, is based on scientific findings.The exhibit is not behind glass or otherwise enclosed, so visitors areeye-to-eye with extinct beasts, feeling as if they've stepped into a Chinese forest 130 million years in the past. Mark Norell is a paleontologist who has worked in Liaoning, searching for clues to recreate this prehistoric world. "It's accurate because every single plant, every insect, every organic feature in it actually represents something that has been found as a fossil in northeastern China," he explained, "so the only thing that we had to sort of make up a little bit is what color some the animals were. Even though we know some of theme were patterned, but we know definitely that they were patterned, because we can see that is the soft tissue remains, but we don't know what color they were but we try to be a little conservative in that regard, but nevertheless all the feathers you see, all the weird tail structures you see, is all stuff we found as fossils." Underneath the gingko trees, a feathered bird-like dinosaur chases on two legs after a large winged insect, the dinosaur's beak-like mouth open to reveal rows of jagged teeth. A sleeping dinosaur tucks its head beneath its arm, much as a modern goose tucks its head beneath its wing. The museum's curator of paleontology, Michael Novacek, explains that it is necessary to understand birds in order to better understand extinct creatures. "The reason birds are so important to us is really a fact we weren't so aware of 10, 20 years ago is that birds are living dinosaurs. They're not just related to dinosaurs. They are dinosaurs," he stressed. "They're a branch of dinosaurs, so conveniently enough dinosaurs didn'tgo completely extinct. One group, the birds, survived." Scientists study the movements of commonplace turkeys, chickensand ostriches to learn how similarly built dinosaurs would stand or walk. Researchers even created a computer model of a giant chicken to learn more about the movements of the ever popular Tyrannosaurus Rex. By using high tech imagery, fossils, and the knowledge gained from the biology of barnyard animals, scientists now estimate the giant T-Rex could reach speeds of 16 kilometers per hour, far slower than the more than 70 kilometers per hour previously thought. These scientific findings are passed along to model designers, such as the creator of a six-foot-long mechanical T-Rex, a highlight of the new exhibit. The menacing skeleton's tail sways and its head bobs as the extinct dinosaur shifts its weight, plodding in place - yet another example of the never-before-seen becoming altogether real when science and technology meet art.Part 2PassageExercise B1. The goal of this study was to determine what type of “gaze” is required to have this effect.2. The Queen’s study showed that the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contactoccurs.3. The eye contact experiment used computer-generated images form actors who conveyed different levels of attention.4. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak up more if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group members.5. The effect of eye gaze has literally fascinated people throughout the ages.Exercise C1. A2. D3. A4. D5. A6. C7. B8. BExercise D1. The eye contact experiment used computer-generated images from actors who conveyed different levels of attention (gazing at the subject, gazing at the other actor, looking away, and looking down). These images were presented to the subjects, who believed they were in an actual three-way video conferencing situation, attempting to solve language puzzles. Two conditions were studied: synchronized (where eye contact is made while the subject is speaking) and random contact, received at any time in the conversation. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak up more if they receive a greater amount of eyecontact from other group members and the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contact occurs.2. Open.Script: Eye Contact Shown To Affect Conversation Patterns, Group Problem-Solving Ability Noting that the eyes have long been described as mirrors of the soul, a Queen's computer scientist is studying the effect of eye gaze on conversation and the implications for new-age technologies, ranging from video conferencing to speech recognition systems. Dr. Roel Vertegaal, who is presenting a paper on eye gaze at an international conference in New Orleans this week, has found evidence to suggest a strong link between the amount of eye contact people receive and their degree of participation in group communications. Eye contact is known to increase the number of turns a person will take when part of a group conversation. The goal of this study was to determine what type of "gaze" (looking at a person's eyes and face) is required tohave this effect. Two conditions were studied: synchronized (where eye contact is made while the subject is speaking) and random contact, received at any time in the conversation. The Queen's study showed that the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contact occurs. The findings have important implications for thedesign of future communication devices, including more user-friendly and sensitive video conferencing systems –a technology increasingly chosen in business for economic and time-saving reasons –and Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) which support communication between people and machines. Dr. Vertegaal's group is also implementing these findings to facilitate user interactions with large groups of computers such as personal digital assistants and cellular phones. The eye contact experiment used computer-generated images from actors who conveyed different levels of attention (gazing at the subject, gazing at the other actor, looking away, and looking down). These images were presented to the subjects, who believed they were in an actual three-way video conferencing situation, attempting to solve language puzzles. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak up more if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group members. There was no relationship between the impact of the eye contact and when it occurred. "The effect of eye gaze has literally fascinated people throughout the ages," says Dr. Vertegaal, whose paper, Explaining Effects of Eye Gaze on Mediated Group Conversations: Amount or Synchronization? was presented this week at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. "Sumerian clay tablets dating back to 3000 BC already tell the story of Ereshkigal, goddess of theunderworld, who had the power to kill Inanna, goddess of love, with a deadly eye," says Dr. Vertegaal. "Now that we are attempting to build more sophisticated conversational interfaces that mirror the communicative capabilities of their users, it has become clear we need to learn more about communicative functions of gaze behaviors."。

A Listening Course 4施心远主编《听力教程》4 答案Unit 1Part 1: Listening and Translation1. A college education can be very costly in the United States.在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。

2. Rising costs have led more and more families to borrow money to help pay for college.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。

3. There are different federal loans and private loans for students.有各种个样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。

4. Interest rates on some of these loans will go up on July 1st.在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。

5. There are growing concerns that many students graduate with too much debt.人们越来越担心，很多学生将背着沉重的债务从大学毕业。

Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dialogue Social Grouping1.A2. C3. D4. C5. B6. C7. B8. APart 2 Passage Community CollegesEx. B: Sentence Dictation1. Great challenges faced the United States in the early 20th century, including global economic competition.2. During the same period, the country’s rapidly growing public high schools were seeking new ways to serve their communities.3. It offered a program of solid academics as well as a variety of students activities.4. A distinctive feature of the institutions was their accessibility to women, attributable to the leading role the colleges played in preparing grammar school teachers.5. The breadth of programming and the var iety of students’ goals make it difficult to accurately quantify community college performance.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1. The leaders of the US realized that a skilled workforce was needed in the country’s key economic sectors.F. National and local leaders realized that a more skilled workforce was key to the country’s continued economic strength.)2. Three-quarters of high school graduates could not further their education because there were not enough higher education facilities available in the early 20th century.F. (Yet three-quarters of high school graduates were choosing not to further their education, in part because they were reluctant to leave home for a distant colleg.)3. It was common for public high schools to add a teacher institute, manual learning division or citizenship school to the diploma program in the early 20th century.T. (During the same period,…public high schools were seeking new ways to serve their communities. It was common for them to add a teacher institute, manual learning division or citizenship school to the dimploma program.)4. During the same time, small private colleges had formed an effective model of higher education based on the principles of small classes and close student-faculty relations.T. (Meanwhile, small, private colleges had fashioned an effective model of higher education grounded on the principles of small classes, close student-faculty relations...)5. The typical early community college rarely enrolled over 115 students.F. (The typical early community college was small, rarely enrolling more than 150 students.)6. Community colleges were good places for women to get education needed to be primary school teachers.T. (in such states as Missouri, which did not yet require K-8 teachersto have a bachelor's degree, it was common for more than 60 percent of community college students to be women, virtually all of them preparing to be teachers.)7. Community colleges, which appeared a century ago, make it possible for anyone who wants to learn to get publicly funded higher education close to their homes.T. (More than 100 years ago, this unique, American invention put publicly funded higher education at close-to-home facilities and initiated a practice of welcoming all who desire to learn, regardless of wealth, heritage or previous academic experience.)8. The success of community colleges can be defined as granting students associate degrees or certificates they need to find a job.F. (But success at community colleges must be broadly defined to include not just those who attain associate degrees and those who earn certificates, but also the millions who take noncredit and workforce training classes.)Ex. D: After-listening Discussion1. How do community colleges benefit their students according to research?education pays.Students with associate degrees and certificates /more likely / higher-status management /professional positions with higher earnings investment / pay lifelong dividendsstudents who earn associate degrees average lifetime earnings of $250,000 ≥people without degrees.2. What do you think about higher education in China?Open.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about China's latest plans for its ambitious space program.Ex. B: Complete the following outline.China's second manned space mission1. Landing spot:In the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia.2. Significance:A source of national pride and international prestige.Future plan1. The next manned mission.1) Time: 20072) Goal: The astronauts will attempt a space walk.2. Focus of further development:The capability to rendezvous and dock with other spacecraft.3. Recruitment of astronauts:To recruit female astronauts in the near future.News Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis news item is about the growth of China’s economy.Ex. B: Fill in the blanks with the missing information.There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property sector is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for thefirst time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport.News Script•China's economy has recovered earlier and more strongly than any other. This latest data is further evidence of that trend. The rise in industrial output confirms what factory owners have been saying for some time now, that customers have been restocking their inventories and confidence is returning.•There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property sector is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.•Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for the first time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport .News Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about China's large and growing trade with and aid to Africa.Ex. B: Listen again answer the following questions.1. How has the main football stadium been built in many African capitals?In many capitals, the main football stadium is likely to have been built with Chinese aid money.2. How much does Sino-African trade--and aid--amount to?It is estimated that Sino-African trade--and aid--amounts to as high as 12 billion dollars a year.3. How is the relationship between China and Africa compared with that between Europe and Africa?The links between China and Africa could grow to challenge the post-colonial links between Europe and Africa.4. What did China promise on the meeting in Addis Ababa?China promised to cancel debts, grant duty-free access into Chinafor African products and increase Chinese investments in Africa.Section FourPart 1 Feature ReportA.1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. TB.1. It has been established for 11 years.2. It takes place every April.3. Because they glorify violence and foster unhealthy eating habits.4. They should have a wide variety of experiences, such as interactingwith other people, playing games, sports, music and reading.5. The Network is lobbying for better regulation of the use oftelevision in public spaces.Part 2 PassageScript:Paying the Price for Tuition IncreasesSomething has gone wrong at Wright State University.Just ask David A. Green, a native of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, who graduated from Wright State in June.The son and grandson of factory workers, he was exactly the type of student that Wright State had been established to serve -- and the type that it is having more and more trouble serving.Mr. Green says he could not have stayed in his hometown and found work because too many of the local factories have closed and "there are no jobs."He saw earning a degree in management-information systems as the key to making a decent living, and he had come to Wright State because it was more affordable than the other colleges that he considered.The problem for many Wright State students is that "affordable" is becoming a relative term in public higher education. As is generally the case in periods of economic stagnation, even the least-expensive public colleges have been hitting their students with one hefty tuition increase after another.Wright State still charges less than 9 of Ohio's 13 public universities, and its recent tuition increases are in line with those adopted by other public four-year colleges around the nation. But after several consecutive years of double-digit or near-double-digit tuition increases, it costs nearly 50 percent more for in-state undergraduates to enroll here than it did four years ago. Most will pay over $6,000 in tuition for the 2004-5 academic year, which gets under way this week.The easiest choices for policy makers in an economic downturn are often the ones that cause tuition to rise. Lawmakers would much rather reduce state spending than raise taxes to close budget gaps caused by a sour economy. And because public colleges have an alternative source of revenue -- tuition -- it is easier for lawmakers to cut spending on higher education than on most other public services. Meanwhile, many public colleges seem convinced that it is much better to raise tuition than to eliminate academic programs, trim salaries, or lay off employees.It takes visiting a fairly typical public college like Wright State to see that relying on such tuition increases to finance such institutions has real costs, extending well beyond the dollar figures that show up on students' tuition bills.In an interview here last spring, Mr. Green said he expected to graduate with $25,000 in college-related debt. He was working 30 hours a week on campus just to make ends meet, and his efforts to finance his college education were getting in the way o f his efforts to learn. "I …Exercise B:1.2.David Green saw earning a degree in management-informationsystems as the key to making a decent living.3.4.The problem for many Wright State students is that "affordable" isbecoming a relative term in public higher education.5.6.After several consecutive years of double-digit or near-double-digittuition increases, it costs nearly 50 percent more for in-stateundergraduates to enroll here than it did four years ago.7.8.Most of the other students here seemed quietly resigned to coveringthe rising costs any way they could, often at the expense of theirstudies.9.10.T uition increases jeopardize the "heart-and -soul mission" of WrightState, which is to provide people from modest backgrounds “a ticke t up and out”.Exercise C:1.2.A 2. D3. C4. D5. C6. A7. B8. DExercise D:1.2.The only thing that separated him from many other students was hiseagerness, as a member of the college’s student government, tospeak out against tuition increases and cuts in higher-educationspending. Most of the other students seemed quietly resigned to covering the rising costs any way they could, which generally meant working long hours at low-paying jobs, often at the expense of their studies.3.4.Open.。

听力教程学生用书第四册课后练习题含答案简介《听力教程》是由高等教育出版社出版的一套英语听力教材，主要面向大学英语专业的学生。

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第一单元1.Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.A: Hi, can I help you 1 (find/get) something? B: Yes, do you haveany 2 (book/books) about programming? A: Yes, we do. What kind of 3 (book/books) are you looking for? B: I need a 4 (beginner/advanced) 5 (book/books) on Java.答案： 1. find 2. books 3. books 4. beginner 5. book2.Listen to the passage and choose the correct answer.The speaker is talking about (A/B/C). A. the importance of study B. the importance of working hard C. the importance of time management 答案：C第二单元1.Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.A: Excuse me, what are the 1 (prices/costs) of the video games in this store? B: Most of them are between $50 and $70. But some of the 2 (new/old) ones are on 3 (sale/discount) now. A: Really? Can you show me some 4 (examples/examples of) them? B: Sure, follow me. They are on that 5 (shelf/shelves).答案： 1. prices 2. old 3. sale 4. examples 5. shelf2.Listen to the passage and judge the statement.The speaker thinks having a nice hrstyle is very important in our society. True / False / Not mentioned答案：False第三单元1.Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.A: Are you ready to order? B: Yes, I’ll have the 1 (steak/seafood) 2 (with/without) sauce, and a 3 (glass/cup) of red wine, please. A: Very good. Would you like to have any 4 (appetizers/desserts)? B: No, thank you. I’m 5 (full/hungry) already.答案： 1. steak 2. with 3. glass 4. appetizers 5. full2.Listen to the passage and complete the sentence.The speaker th inks it’s important to (take care of our environment / make more money / travel abroad).答案：Take care of our environment结束语以上仅是本书部分练习题及答案，希望对大家巩固学习《听力教程》第四册有所帮助。

Unit 1 Shopping and Banking OlinePart I Getting readyB. Keys:1: drop 2: shopping 3: mouse 4: feet 5: retailing 6: street 7: get 8: down 9: third-party 10: online 11:30% 12: malls 13: Britain 14: gift-buying 15:50% 16: net 17: peroidC. Keys:1 : the site2 : merchant, addresses/phone numbers/call up3 : strict safety measuresPart II Net shopping under fireA. Keys:1 : delivery, delivery2 : delivery charges3 : personal information, 87%4 : returning goods, 47%5 : order, 35%, dispatch, 87%6 : money back, twoB. Keys:1 : convenience2 : choice3 : obstacles4 : complete trust5 : build consummers' trust6 : mature7 : payment8 : service Part III Banking at homeA. Keys:1 : limited opening hours2 : Online banking services3 : getting current information on products4 : e-mailing questions to the bank5 : competing for customers6 : having no computers at homeB. Keys:1 : It is banking through the Internet.2 : 'Online banking' offers convenience which appeals to the kind of customer banks want to keep.3 : Banks most want to keep people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes.Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer ServiceB. Keys:English Good Customer Service(Harrods)1 : in a pleasant environment2 : Second to none3 : different customers, take a look at everything, alternatives, come to sales assistants4 : first contact with the customerAmerican Good Customer Service(Saks)1 : human side, family, occasions in life, a partnership2 : repeat business, salesPart V Do you know…?Keys:1 : c2 : a、b、c3 : a、b、c4 : c5 : c6 : bTape scriptPart I Getting readyC.Consumers who want to shop online are suggested to bear the following things in mind:Evaluate the site. Always buy goods from well-known and trustworthy companies. Deal with companies which offer customer service, a complaints procedure and have a refund policy.Talk to merchant. E-mail and wait for reponses. Take down the addresses and phone numbers of those companies and make sure they are real by calling them up before buying any products and services.Ensure secure connection. Since buyers must submit personal information like number and expiry date of the card there are fears over security. Deal with sites that apply strict safety measures that require shoppers to give specific data known only to card holders before making the transaction.Be extra careful at a cybercafe or other public connection.Part II Net shopping under fireThere is an urgent need for e-commerce rules to boost confidence in buying online. Consumers International, a federation of 245consumer organizations — including the UK's Consumers Association —said its survey showed that there were still obatacles to shopping online with complete trust.The study, funded by the European Union, involved buying more than 150 items from 17 countries. Each consumer organization taking part tried to find one site in its own country and one abroad to buy a selection of items. These included a dictionary, a doll, jeans, a hairdryer, computer software and hardware, chocolates and champagne.The key findings were:Eight of the items ordered took more than a month to reach their destination and at least 11 (eight percent) never arrived.Many sites did not give clear information about delivery charges.Only 13% of the sites promised that they would not sell customers' personal information on to a third party.Only 53% of the companies had a policy on returning goods.Only 65% of the sites provided confirmation of the order and only 13% told customers when their goods had been dispatched.In two cases,customers are still waiting for their money back more than four months after returning their goods.Louis Sylvan, vice-president of Consumers International, said, "This study shows that, although buying items over the Internet can benefit the consumer by offering convenience and choice, there are still many obstacles that need to be overcome before consumers can shop in cyberspace with complete trust."Chris Philips, Marketing Manager at a London based e-commerce security company commented, "This study confirms the difficulties of establishing consumers' trust in the Internet as a shopping experience. With statistics like these and Visa claiming 47% of disputes and fraud cases were Internet-related, it is little wonder that Internetcommerce is not producing the profits predicted two or three years ago. Trust takes time to build, and the Internet will not mature as a retail channel until trusted brands, like the banks for example, start to offer ways of supporting trust relationships with guarantees payment and service."In September, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will hold a meeting to discuss a set of international guidelines for electronic commerce.Part III Banking at homeMany people dislike walking to the bank, standing in long lines, and running out of checks. They are dissatisfied with their bank's limited hours, too. They want to do some banking at night, and on weekends. For such people, their problems may soon be over. Before long, they may be able to do their banking from the comfort of their own home, any hour of the day, any day of the week.Many banks are preparing "online branches," or Internet offices, which means that people will be able to take care of much of their banking business through their home computers. This process is called interactive banking. At these online branches, customers will be able to view all their accounts, move money between their accounts, apply for a loan, and get current information on products such as credit cards. Customers will also be able to pay their bills electronically, and even e-mail questions to the bank.Banks are creating online services for several reasons. One reason is that banks must compete for customers, who will switch to another bank if they are dissatisfied with the service they receive. The convenience of online banking appeals to the kind of customer banks most want to keep —people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes. Banks also want to take advantage of modern technology asthey move into the twenty-first century.Online banking may not be appropriate for everyone. For instance, many people do not have computers at home. Other people prefer to go to the bank and handle their accounts the traditional way. Even though online banking may never completely replace a walk-in bank, it is a service that many customers are going to want to use.Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer Service In Britain they ask you, "Are you being served?" Whilst in America they tell you to "Have a nice day." But what is the secret of good customer service? From Harrods in London and Saks New York, we're going to find out the dos and don'ts of selling protocol.The reason that Harrods has been so successful over a hundred and fifty years is two fold. First of all they've offered their customers the products they want to buy in a pleasant environment. But secondly and more importantly, the level of customer service that they've given their customers, before sale, during sale and after sale, has been second to none. I think it's fair to say that if you compare the British with our cousins elsewhere in the world that we are actually quite a reserved lot. To a certain extent there are a lot of shrinking violets in this country who would rather just do their own thing. They'd rather wander around and browse and if they do need any help eventually, ask for it. So I think the way that we approach our own U.K. based customers is actually slightly different to the way we know we need to approach. For example, an American customer, or indeed a Japanese customer, or a Middle Eastern customer, who all have different ways of doing things.Well in serving different, I guess, nationalities, you do take very different approaches. With Europeans, for example, you do kind of let them take a look at everything. See what's being on offer and then ask them if they need any help. I think they'd probably much moreprefer to come to you, rather than you so much to go to them. The American customer very much expects you to go to them, approach them, show them alternatives. Well I think maybe the more European or British customer can be almost turned off by that if someone is seen to be too aggressive, maybe too anxious to make a sale.It's most important that the first contact, the first initial meeting with the customer is a good and successful one because on that basis, the customer will make up their mind what they want to do next.I quite like the English sales assistants because they definitely have better thing to do than talk to you, which I like. It's very terrifying when you go to America. "Can I help you?" they're like licking you. You're just like, "No, I'm fine. I just want to look." That puts me off. I love the English sales assistant.So where have you experienced the very best in customer service?Umm, probably America. In terms of best as in, they give you so much attention it's almost embarrassing. They treat you, you know, the "have a nice day" thing. They' want to help you. They want you to buy, 'cause they often work on a commission basis. That's if you like best. But I prefer the ... like, being ignored.Tamara:I think England's still way behind in terms of, like America for example. I can call in America from London and they'll track the item down. It's not like, "Sorry madam we don't have that in your size."I just got the Gucci boots, which mine had actually broken. And in England they said, "Sorry" you know, that's it. So this woman in Los Angeles tracked them down and, in fact got them for me. That's because they work on commission. And the sooner we learn that, the better the service will get.So what do the Americans have to say? They may speak with adifferent accent. But is the sales pitch a foreign language to the rest of the world?I think part of the reason Americans are known as experts is that we tend to focus a lot more in the human side of selling, not the mechanical side, which is the register and knowing about the product. We really want to know about your lifestyle. We want to know about your family. We want to know about your income. We want to know about your occasions in your life. And that's very different outside of the United States. Our consumer actually is comfortable with forming a partnership with a sales associate and giving up that information, very personal information, very personal information. I think that best part about Saks sales associate training that we actually develop customers, five different types of customers and we videotape them and put them up in front of every new sales associate and say, "This is our customers." They're very different. Each one of them is a top customer at Saks but they shop in a very different way. A lot of stores in this industry really measure selling effectiveness by sales and quite frankly that's not what Saks is about. I think the way you measure good quality staff is by repeat business. Obviously if you have someone on your selling floor that has a clientele, that is the measure of a good sales associate.Part V Do you know…?"Everybody loves a bargain, "this is a common American saying.A bargain is something you buy for less than its true vale. It is something you might not buy if it costs more.One person's useless ugly object can be another person's bargain. So many Americans put it outside with a "for sale" sign on it and they have a yard sale.Just about anything can be sold at a yard sale: clothing, cooking equipment, old toys, tools, books and chairs, even objects you thinkare extremely ugly or useless. You may have an electric light shaped like a fish. You may greatly dislike its looks, but it may be beautiful to someone else. Usually the seller puts a price on each object. But the price can almost always be negotiated. The price of a table, for example, might be marked $10. But the seller may accept 8. If the table has not been sold by the end of the day, the seller probably will take much less.Some people go to yard sales because it is part of their job. They earn their livings by buying old things at low prices then selling them at higher prices. Many others, however, go to yard sales just to have fun. They say it is like going on a treasure hunt. Sometimes they really do find the treasure.Ned Jaudere did. The Boston Globe newspaper says Mr. Jaudere has been collecting native American Indian objects since he was a young man. Last year, he stopped at a yard sale in the northeastern city of Worcester, Massachusertts. He paid $125 for what everyone thought was an old wooden club. Mr. Jaudere thought it was something else. Two days later, he confirmed that the club had been used by the Wampanoag Indian leader known as King Philip. King Philip used it during his war with the white settlers at eastern Massachusetts in 1675. The historic weapon had been stolen from a museum in 1970 and had been missing ever since. Mr. Jardere learnt the war club was valued at about $150 000 but he did not sell it or keep it. Mr. Jaudere returned the club to the museum near Boston Massachusetts from which it was stolen.Questions:1. Which of the following is a common American saying?2. What can be sold at a yard sale?3. Why do people go to a yard sale?4. When was the old wooden club stolen?5. What was the real value of the club?6. Why was the club at a great value?Unit 2 Hotel or B&BPart I Getting readyB. Keys:1 : 35%, 60%2 : 45%, 20%3 : 60%, 80%4 : 30%, 15%5 : 50%, 70%6 : 30%, 20%C. Keys:(1)1 : ￡30/single; ￡60/double, children under 12 2 : ￡29/full board3 : ￡28/double+bath, excluded(2) 1 : hot food, fried egg 2 : coffee, tea, jam, cooked 3 : dinner, bed and breakfast 4 : the room plus all meals 5 : Value Added Tax Part II A touch of homeOutline I : bed and breakfast, 15 000, advantages over big hotels II : meeting different people III : features, 1883, guests IV : B&Bs not suitable for some peoplePart III Renting a carA. Keys: 1 : three 2 : Mon. July 10th 3 : station wagon 4 : $79.955 : $59.956 : 4 p.m.7 : 10 a.m.8 : ' free9: 12 cents 10 : $1011 : 8% 12 : '$100B. Keys: a compact car/a station wagon/ automatic transmission/ current models/ pick up/return the car/special weekend rate/regular rate/ unlimited mileage/ insurance/ sales tax/ a full tank of gas/ deposit/ lowest rates.Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You Want?A. Keys: 1: 5 2: 2 3: 6 4: 4 5: 3 6: 1B. Keys: 1 : ￡40, all grades 2 : ￡55, Sales 3 : ￡150, Managerial, entertaining private guest, the lake 4: ￡220, privacy,country-side, kitchenPart V Do you know…?A. Keys: (France)Italy, (2)3, (3)2, (4)8(Loudon,UK)Paris,France, (8)4 B. Keys: 1 : F 2 : T 3 : F 4 : F 5 : TTape scriptPart I Getting readyB.A: Good morning. I'd like some information about tourist figures, please. First, about accommodation. What proportion of tourists stay in hotels? B: Well, in an average year 60% of tourists stay in hotels, but this year 35% are staying in hotels. A: What proportion of tourists stay in holiday camps? B: Well, in an average year 20% of tourists stay in holiday camps, but this year 45% are staying in holiday camps. A: Now, about places visited. What proportion of tourists visit Europe? B: Well, in an average year 80% of tourists visit Europe, but this year 60% are visiting Europe. A: And what proportion of tourists visit the U.S.A.? B: Well, in an average year 15% of tourists visit the U.S.A., but this year 30% are visiting the U.S.A.. A: Now, about methods of transport. What proportion of tourists go by plane? B: Well,in an average year about 70% of tourists go by plane, but this year about 50% are going by plane. A: What proportion of tourists take their own car?B: Well, in an average year about 20% of tourists take their own car, but this year about 30% are taking their own car. A: Thank you very much for your help.C.C:… so here's a brochure with the hotels in Midford. It gives you all the rates …T:I'm sorry, my English isn't so good. Can you explain this to me?C:Yes, of course. First of all we have the Castle Inn … here …it's the cheapest. It will cost you only ￡12 for a single room and ￡15 for a double. The price includes continental breakfast. If you want a full English breakfast you'll have to pay extra …T:What is this "English breakfast"?C:Oh, you know, hot food: fried egg, fried bacon, porridge …whereas the continental breakfast is coffee, tea, rolls, jam and honey — nothing cooked, you see.T:I think I would prefer the continental breakfast.C:Well, yes, that's included. And then we have the Dalton Hotel, more expensive, but very nice, a bathroom attached to every room. The Dalton charges ￡30 for a single room and ￡60 for a double. But there is no charge for children under 12 who stay in the same room as their parents.T:I won't have my children with me. But maybe my husband will come a little later …C:Well, the Park Hotel is very reasonably priced. ￡16 per person. Every room has a bath. There's a special rate of ￡25 which includes dinner, bed and breakfast — what we call half board. Or you can have full board, that's the room plus all meals for ￡29 per person per night.T:We would only want breakfast.C:I see. Mm … you could try the fourth hotel here, the Phoenix. It will cost you ￡28 for a double room with bath. Breakfast is ￡5 per person.T:Yes. But what about the extra money, what do you call it in English, the service...C:All these rates include a service charge of 10%. They also include VAT - that's Value Added Tax.T:If we come later in the year will it be cheaper?C:Yes. These are the rates for June to September. You would pay less at other times of the year.T:I'll talk about it with my husband. Thank you for explaining everything to me.C:You're very welcome.Part II A touch of homeBev Rose is a very good hostess. She tells the guests in her home there are sodas in the refrigerator, snacks in the kitchen, and videos next to the TV.But Rose's guests aren't out-of-town family or friends. Her guests are from all over the world. Rose's house is like a small hotel. It is called a bed and breakfast or B&B for short. The name of Rose's B&B is Suits Us.Rose and her husband have joined a growing number of people who are operating B&Bs in their homes. B&Bs offer the charm, comfort, and hospitality that is often missing in big hotels. That's why there are many people who would rather stay at a B&B than a hotel when they travel.There are about 15 000 B&Bs across the U.S. Each year they welcome millions of visitors. And the number is increasing. "I think guests are looking for the personal touch," said Pat Hardy, the director of the American Bed and Breakfast Association. "In a B&B, you don't have a room number. The owner knows who you are and helps you enjoy your trip," Hardy said. Travelers often want more than just a place to sleep. They like B&Bs because the owner takes a personal interest in them.Rose said one of the best things about owning a B&B is meetingall the different people. She loves watching the guests meet each other for the first time at breakfast. "It's really fun to stand in the kitchen and talk with my guests. Even though most of them have just met for the first time, the conversations at the breakfast table are really interesting and lively."Many B&Bs are older homes with interesting histories. Suits Us was built in 1883. The rooms are filled with antiques and 19th-century decorations. The Roses rent three of the upstairs bedrooms to guests. Every room at Suits Us has its own personality. The Roses have named several of the rooms for previous guests. For example, one of the rooms is named the Woodrow Wilson Room because the former U.S. President stayed there. Another room is called the Annie Oakley Room because the famous cowgirl was once a guest there.Bed and breakfasts aren't for everyone. Some people aren't comfortable staying in someone else's home. And other people don't care for the personal interaction. But for a quiet, romantic place to stay, many people are checking into bed and breakfasts instead of hotels. Once people have stayed in a B&B, they often find it hard to go back to hotels.Part III Renting a carA:Good afternoon. U-Drive-It rentals. May I help you?C:Hi, yeah. I'm interested in, uh, renting a car for the weekend, and I'm wondering if you have a special weekend rate?A:Yes, we do. [Mm-hmm.] Uh …what sort of car were you interested in?C:Well, we're a family of three and we have camping equipment. Now, I'm used to driving a small car, but I might need something a little larger because of the family and, uh …all the equipment that we have. A:Well, um … I could suggest a compact car for/to you.[Mm-hmm.] Some of our compacts have … have large trunks, [OK.] or, uh …Oh, better yet, why not a small station wagon? [Oh, good.] Um …all our cars are current models and, uh, have automatic transmission.C:Oh, well, I'm used to driving a standard, but I guess there's no problem with automatic transmission.A:No, no. If you can drive a standard you can drive an automatic. [Mh-hmm.] Uh, now, listen, when were you … uh … interested in …in renting this?C:Uh, well, we'll be leaving on a Friday, that's the …let's see, that's Friday, July 7th, and then returning on the Monday. That would be the tenth.A:Mm-hmm. Well, let's see … uh … we have … uh … Oh! We have a Pinto station wagon for those dates. [Mm-hmm. Good.] Um … yeah, I think … I think that's your best bet.C:OK. Uh … well, then when would we have to pick up the car and when would we have to return the car to get that special weekend rate?A:Well, for the weekend rate you have to pick up the car after four o'clock on Friday afternoon [Uh-huh.] and then return it by ten o'clock on Monday morning.C:After four on Friday and returning by ten o'clock on Monday morning. [Mm-hmm.] OK. What … uh … uh, what would be the price for that?A:OK, now, our … our regular rate is seventy-nine ninety-five. [Ooh!] but the special weekend rate w…you can get that for fifty-nine ninety-five. [Oh, Great.] Um …now the first three hundred miles are free, [Mm-hmm…] after that it's twelve cents per mile.C:Oh, so it's twelve cents a mile extra after the first three hundred miles?A:That's right.C:OK. Uh …do you have any …um …rentals with unlimited mileage?A:Well, we do, but you can't get that special weekend rate.C:Uh-huh. OK. Well, then does the fifty-nine ninety-five - that was the rate, right? [Mm-hmm.] — does that include insurance?A:No … um … the insurance is ten dollars more, but I really recommend it.C:Yeah.A:OK, now there's a … there's a sales tax of eight percent, [Mm-hmm…] and … um … you have to return the car with a full tank of gas. [Uh-huh.] Also, we require a deposit of a hundred dollars.C:Oh boy. It sure adds up!A:Well, our rates are still the lowest in town.C:Uh-huh. OK. Well, I tell you what. I'd like to think about it, if that's right, and then I'll call you back…uh…A:Sure, that's fine. Uh, listen, when you …when you do call back, ask for Doug. That's me.C:OK. Well, thanks a lot. Doug. Goodbye.A:Take care.Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You Want?S: If the terms are favorable, we could come to an arrangement for regular accommodation. Now, I wanted to discuss the types of room with you, and rates for their use.M:Certainly. The rates I’ll quote to you first of all are what we call "rack rates" , that is the normal rates quoted to the public. But obviously we would discuss a discount rate for you. Now, as regards the rooms, they are all of a very high standard. All our rooms have central heating. Most of them are with bathroom, and they all have a washbasin and a toilet.S:That sounds fine. Can you tell me about your single rooms?M:Yes. Our single rooms are very comfortable, and the rates are very reasonable. I think you'd find them suitable for visiting staff of all grades. The rack rate is ￡40 a night.S: ￡40 a night …M:Yes. Or for real economy, let's suppose you have a sales conference. You could double up your sales staff and put them into twin rooms. That would work out very cheaply. The normal rate is ￡55 per twin or double room per night.S: Well, we might consider that possibility. But we also have some quite important visitors sometimes. Have you any really special accommodation we can offer them?M: Well, suppose you have visiting managerial staff. For something more luxurious, we can offer our Delphos Suite. It's delightful, and convenient for entertaining private guests. It has its own private terrace where guests can sit outside and enjoy the view over the lake …S: That sounds most attractive …M: The normal rate is ￡150 per night …S: ￡150.M: …but for total luxury, the finest accommodation of any hotel in this area, I can recommend our Bella Vista Penthouse. From the balcony, there's a magnificent view over the whole countryside.S: Oh, lovely.M: It has a bedroom connecting to a large sitting room, with a separate study, a bathroom, and a fully-fitted kitchen. It combines total luxury with total privacy. For example, if your Company Director and his wife wanted to stay for a few days it would be ideal.S: And the rate?M: The normal rate would be ￡220 a night.Part V Do you know…?Five U.S. hotels were voted among the world's top ten, with the Halekulani in Honolulu ranking first, a survey of Gourmet magazine readers released last Friday said.Coming in second was the Oriental, in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by Villa d'Este, Cernobbio, Italy; The Regent Hong Kong, and Hotel Ritz, Paris.The Greenbriar, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia ranked No. 8. The 10th-ranked hotel was the Four Seasons Resort Nevis, in Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies.More than 150 hotels, resorts and inns in 27 countries and regions were ranked in general and specific categories that rated such things as dining, bars, pools, workout centers and romantic atmosphere. This is the third year that Gourmet, which has more than 5 million readers, has conducted the survey.Another U.S. hotel, the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, topped the list for restaurant dining, beating out the Connaught in London, Italy's Villa d'Este and Bangkok's the Oriental. The Four Seasons in Philadelphia was No. 5.In the specific category of best business hotels, the Regent Hong Kong ranked first as it has for the past three years. In other categories, Paris' Hotel Ritz with its Roman thermal baths was voted to have the best pools and The Green- briar in West Virginia was found to have the best workout center, golf and tennis.Unit 3 “Planting” MoneyPart I Getting readyC. Keys:1 : Sincere; Y 2 : Doubtful; N 3 : Sarcastic; N 4 : Doubtful; N 5 : Sincere; Y 6 : Skeptical; N 7 : Surprised; Y 8 : Sincere; Y 9 : Emphatic; Y 10 : Sarcastic; NPart II National teach children to save day。