大学英语第四册听力答案

UNIT 3 Money MattersUnit GoalsTalk about your financial goalsExpress buyer’s remorseDescribe your spending habitsDiscuss reasons for charitable givingWrite a composition about the themeLesson 1Lead-inOn-the-Street Interview: I’m a little better about saving…A. Match each statement with the person who said it. You will use one name twice.1. b2. c3. b4. aB．Complete each sentence with the correct name1. Joe2. Deepti3. Deepti4. Joe5. Deepti6. LisaVIDEO SCRIPTInterviewer: So tell me a little bit about you and money—whether you are good at saving, or can you save for something special. Do you just blow all your money as soon as youhave it?Deepti: Well, when I was growing up in India, my parents were, you know, very open and free with money. So if I wanted something, they would say, “OK, you can go ahead and take this.” And I think that spoiled me a little bit, because I would just, whatever I wanted,the importance of saving I’d take the money and go buy it, and I didn’t really realizemoney. So when I grew up, I was twenty-two, and I left India to go to Singapore, and Iwas on my own, and I had a scholarship, and my father would, on the phone, he wouldtalking ask me, “So, how much money have you saved?” And I was like, “What are youabout? I’m not saving any money.”　A nd he got married, and he wanted me to startsaving money. It was very hard for me to save money because I would go out and walknd be past a shop that had clothes and go, “Oh, I want that,” and I would go in, get it, areally happy. It made me happy, you know. But, I think after a year or so when I realizedthat I had to take care of myself, not only now, but let’s say a year from now, and a yearo start saving so from now I might not have the money that I’m getting now, so I have tthat I’m not, you know, no the streets without any money. So I started saving, but I stillhad a hard time with it. My sister is very good. She is very stingy with money, you know.o on, spend the money. You And when I was in India, I would tell her, “Oh come on, gknow, if you want something, go get it.” And she would always tell me,” You should think about our parents. They’re making all this money for us, but we shouldn’t spend it just like that.” I think now I am a little better about s a ving, but not very good. Not as good as Icould be.Joe:I think I’m very good at handling money. I save when I need to; I spend when I wouldlike to. I try to keep control of my funds so that I don’t end up in situations where I don’have money to pay for basic necessities. But I do feel that you should spend money thatyou have while you have it and while you’re here, as opposed to saving it for a rainy daythat never comes.Interviewer: And saving, what are you trying to do to save? Have you made a plan?Lisa: I have made a plan. I, what I do now is just take out a certain amount of money atthe beginning and save it. I just put it away before I even really see it. So that way I canlike build up and spend whatever else I have.Interviewer: And is that working?Lisa:It’s going pretty well. It’s going pretty well. I have a little bit of something saved up.ListeningPart 1Talk About Saving MoneyA. Read and listen to a conversation between two friends about saving money.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students look at the pictures. Ask What is it?What do you think it’s used for?Step 2Then ask How do children save money in this country?Step 3After students read and listen, ask What did Judy buy?(an entertainment system) Did she pay in cash or by credit card? (in cash) Is she rich? (No.she had to save up for it.) How did she save enough money? (She cut back on spending;She started living within her means.)Step 4own experiences, ask Have you ever put money aside to buyTo draw on students’　something you wanted, such as an entertainment system, a computer, a bicycle, or a car?Encourage students to share their experiences. Ask Was it hard to save the money youneeded?Language note: Students may need help with the following words or expressions: strike itrich (suddenly make a lot of money); cut back on (reduce the amount, size, cost, etc., ofsomething); out of hand (impossible to control).Save, save up, put money away, and put money aside have the same meaning. (Thelatter is introduced in lesson 2.) They can be followed by an infinitive or for and a noun.For example, I want to put money aside to buy a car; I’m saving up for a new car; I’mputting money away for a down payment.Kind of is an expression used in spoken English meaning slightly or in some ways.Culture note: A piggy bank is a container used mainly by children to store coins. Piggybanks are to encourage good saving and spending habits: the pig must be broken openfor the money to be retrieved, forcing the child to justify his or her decision. The namepiggy bank originated in the twelfth century; pygg referred to a type of clay used formaking jars people stored their money in. By the eighteenth century, the term pygg jar had evolved to pig bank.Option: On the board, write the following expressions:Did you strike it rich?My bills are totally out of hand.I need to live within my means.I cut way back on spending.In pairs, have students think of different ways to say each expression. 〔+5-10 minutes〕B. Pair Work Listen to the conversation again. Then discuss the questions and explainyour answers.1. No, she does not.2. No, he is not.3. She had a lot of credit card debt.4. She cut back on her spending.5. She has a high financial IQ.6. The answer will vary.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have pairs discuss the questions. Review the answers to questions 1-5 as a class. Call onstudents to share their explanations.Step 2Have volunteers share whether they are more like Judy or David and give a supportingreason. (Possible responses: I’m more like Judy because I try to live within my means; I identify with David because I spend a lot of money on bills.)Step 3Have a volunteer read the statements out loud. If necessary, clarify the meaning of I can’ｔmake ends meet. (The money I earn every month is not enough to cover my expenses.)Step 4Point out the useful language to talk about managing money: live within / beyond your means; keep track of your expenses; put money away into saving; pay your bills off / in full;make ends meet. Have students underline these expressions.Step 5Have students choose the statements individually.Step 6As pairs compare their answers, encourage them to give specific examples for each item.For example, I live beyond my means. When I go shopping, I just can’t help buying the things I like.Step 7Ask What habits would you like to change, if any? What can you do to raise your financialIQ? (Possible response: I only keep track of my most important expenses. I think I shouldbuy some financial planning software to get better organized and keep track of all my expenses.)Step 8To review, have volunteers talk about their money spending / saving habits with the class.Part 2Describe Your Spending HabitsA. Listening Comprehension.Read the statements. Then listen to a radio call-in show and check True or False.1. T2. T3. F4. FScript( L = Lara Savino, U.S, New York; S = Steve )L: Welcome back to Money Talks. I’m still your host, Lara Savino. We’ve got some listeners on the line with financial questions. Let’s go to our first caller … Steve, you’on the air. Talk to me.S:Hi, Lara. I’m afraid I’m really having problems making ends meet.L: Tell me about it.S: I earn a good living, but it seems like no matter how much money I make, I can’t seem to catch up.L:Believe me, you’re not alone, Steve.S: Sometimes it feels that way.L: Let me ask you something. Do you put anything away for a rainy day?S:You mean savings? No way. There’s ne ver enough for that.L:Well, here’s a tip for you, Steve. From now on when you spend money throughout theday …？S: Uh-hmm.L:Don’t spend any of your change. When you get home every evening, put your loosechange in a jar. You’ll be surprised how much you’ll have saved up in even a fewweeks.S: Wow! I never thought of doing that.say, once a month, OK?L:And put that change you’ve saved up in the bank—S:OK. I’ll try that.L: Steve, what about debt? Are you maxing out on your credit cards?S: Well, yes, I do use credit cards, if that’s what you mean.L: Do you pay you bills on time?S: I try to.L: Do you pay the minimum, or do you pay off the whole thing each time.S: Well, it kind of depends on how much it is.L: Well, are you drowning in credit card bills, or have they been fairly reasonable so far?S:Well … I guess I’d have to say I’ve been drowning in debt.L:OK, Steve. Here’s what I want you to do. How many credit cards do you have?S: Maybe ten or twelve.L:Steve, that’s a lot of cards. Decide which two you want to use regularly, OK?S: OK.L: Take all the other cards and cut them up.S: Cut them up?L:You heard me. Cut them up. You can get along just fine with two credit cards. If you’re using ten or twelve credit card, Steve, that tells me t here’s something wrong with thispicture. You see what I mean?S:Well, I’m not sure.L:Steve, if you want to keep your head above water, you’ve got to live within your means.That means spending less than you’re making, not more.S: Oh.L: OK, Steve. Her e’s one other thing I’d like you to do.S: Yeah?L: Sit down and plan a budget for yourself.S: A budget?L:That’s right. If you feel like your finances are out of control, then you need to take thebull by the horns and take control of your finances. You follow me?S: I think so.L:Sit down and make a list of all your regular expenses. Keep track of how much you’re spending on everything and I mean everything, OK? Try that for three months and seeif it doesn’t help you out.S:OK, I’ll give it a try.L: And Steve.S: Yeah?L: When you plan that budget, make sure you treat yourself to something nice once in awhile, OK?S: Really?L:You bet. If your budget is nothing but don’t spend, don’t spend, it isn’t going to work.Know what I mean?S: I hear you.alk to me!L:Good luck, Steve. Next caller. You’re on the air! TTeaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students look at the photo and read the caption. Ask What do you think the woman’s occupation is? (a radio host) Do you ever listen to the radio? What kind of programs doyou listen to? What kind of show do you think Lara Savino hosts?Step 2Pre-listening: Ask What’s a radio call-in show? (a radio program in which people call togive their opinions or ask questions)Step 3Have students read statements 1-4.Step 4First listening: Have students listen and decide if the statements are true or false.Step 5Second listening: Have students listen for information to support their answers.Encourage them to take notes.Step 6Review as a class. Have volunteers share their answers. (Possible answers: 1. True.Steve says he can’t make ends meet and never has enough money to save. 2. True.Steve says he’s drowning in debt. 3. False. Steve says there’s never enough money to put any away in savings. 4. False. Lara suggests that he try to keep a budget for three months.He hasn’t started yet.)Language note:maxing out on his credit cards, she’s asking if he When Lara Savino asks Steve if he’ｓreaches the maximum credit limit on his credit cards each month. Buying on credit is an arrangement with a store, bank, credit card company, etc., that allows you to buy something now and pay for it later. A budget is a careful plan of how you will spend money.B. Now listen again. What are the three tips Lara Savino gives the caller?1. Save his change and put it in the bank2. Only have two credit cards3. Sit down and plan a budget .Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students listen for the three tips Lara gives.Step 2Have students compare answers with a partner. If necessary, have them listen again forconfirmation.Step 3Review tips as a class. Have volunteers share the tips with the class.c. Vocabulary. Describing spending habits. Listen and practice.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students listen to the words and study the definitions. Then have students listen andrepeat the words chorally.Step 2Point out that some of these words have a positive connotation, some have a negativeconnotation, and one is neutral.Step 3Have pairs read the definitions carefully and decide the connotation of each word.Step 4To review, write the column headings Positive, Negative, and Neutral on the board andhave students say the vocabulary words for each column. (Positive:generous, thrifty,frugal; Negative: a spendthrift, a cheapskate, a tightwad, cheap, stingy; Neutral: a big spender)Vocabulary-Building StrategiesOption: Have students think of someone they know whose spending habits they woulddescribe using one or more of the vocabulary words. In pairs, have students describe thatperson’s habits. To review, have volunteers tell the class about the person their partners described. 〔+5 minutes〕D. Complete the sentences about people’s spending habits.1. a cheapskate/a tightwad2. generous3. cheap/stingy4. a big spender5. thrifty/frugal6. a spendthriftTeaching SuggestionsStep 1Model the first item with the class. Point out that to choose the right words, students should take into account both meaning and grammar. For example, in item 1, cheap and stingy match the context, but a noun is necessary, so the correct answer is a cheapskate or a tightwad. Point out that more than one word might be possible.Step 2Have students compare answers with a partner. Then review as a class.SpeakingA. CONVERSATION SNAPSHOTTeaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students look at the photo. Ask What kind of electronic product do you think this is?(an MP3 player) Elicit from the class that an MP3 player is an audio player onto which you can download songs from online music stores or from your own collection of music storedin your computer to listen to.Step 2Have students read and listen to the conversation. T o check comprehension, ask What didery the man buy? (a new MP3 player) Is he happy with it? (no) Why not?(because it’s v hard to operate) Did he know this before buying it? (no. otherwise, he would have boughta different brand.)Step 3To draw on students’　own experiences, ask them if they have an MP3 player. If some students have one, ask Are you happy with it? Is it hard to operate? What brand is it? Howlong does it take to download a song?Language note: Students may need help with the following expressions: Lucky you (used to say that someone is fortunate); to tell you the truth (used to emphasize that you are being very honest); I could kick myself (said when you are annoyed with yourself becauseyou have realized that you made a mistake or missed a chance); What a pain! (used to say that something is very annoying); You’ve t elling me(used to emphasize that you already know and agree with something that someone has just said).Rhythm and intonation practiceStep 1Have students repeat chorally. Make sure they:○ use emphatic stress for you in Lucky you!○　pause slightly after truth in Well, to tell you the truth . . .○　use falling intonation but higher pitch for What do you mean?○　use emphatic stress for hours in It took me hours to figure out . . .○use emphatic stress for me in You’re telling me.. . .I would have gotten . . .○　use the contracted form would’ve in○　use the following stress pattern:STRESS PATTERN——·——···—···—··——·——A: Hey, I heard you got an E-tec M P 3 player. Lucky you!——·——··——··——··B: Well, to tell you the truth, I could kick myself.——··——A: What do you mean?··—·—····——·—·····——······B: I had no idea it would be so hard to operate. It took me hours to figure out how to ——··——download a song.——·——A: What a pain!——··——··——···——··——·——B: You’re telling me. Had I known, I would have gotten a different brand.B. Vocabulary. Expressing buyer’s remorse. Listen and practice.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Elicit the meaning of buyer’s remorse from the class. (a strong feeling that it was a mistake to have bought something)Step 2Have students listen to the statements and look at the illustrations. Then have studentslisten and repeat chorally.Step 3To check comprehension, have students look at each picture and ask What is the woman(the TV)spending a lot of money on? (car service) What is too big for the man’s room?What is the man trying to figure out? (how to put the second system together) Why is thefood processor collecting dust in the closet? (because nobody uses it)C. listening Comprehension. Listen to the conversations in which people regret havingbought something. Complete each statement by inferring the reason for buyer’sremorse.1. b2. a3. b4.b5.aScriptConversation 1F: Wow, what a g reat juicer! That’s even big enough for my family!M: Actually, I hardly ever use it. It’s way too big. I have such a small kitchen.F: So, why’d you buy it?M: I got it on sale—at a great price.Conversation 2M: I see you bought a digital camera. How do you like it?F: Well, I might like it if I could figure out how to use it. Truth is, it’s a pain in the neck. M: What do you mean?F:It has way too many features. Believe me, if I had known you couldn’t just point and shoot, I never would have gotten it.Conversation 3F1: Hey, I love your new exercise bike! It must be great having one of those.F2: Well, yes and no.F1: What does that mean?F2:I like it, but I guess I’m just a couch potato. I just don’t use it enough.Conversation 4M1: What a cool sound system! You just get it?M2: Yeah.M1: Look at all those pieces. When are you going to put it all together?M2:Well …　that’s a problem actually. There are so many components. And the instructions don’t help at all. Look.M1: Whoa! That looks pretty complicated.M2:Had I known how complicated it was going to be, I would have gotten a different model.Conversation 5M: Love your new car! You must be on cloud nine driving that thing!F:Oh, it’s fun to drive, but I’m not so sure it’s worth it.M: Really? Why?F:You wouldn’t believe it. Between the premium gas and visits to the mechanic … It’s costing me an arm and a leg!M: Ouch!F:I can’t afford to drive it! Probably wouldn’t have bought it had I given it more thought.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1First listening: Have students listen to the five conversations and identify what eachperson has bought. Review as a class. (1. a juicer, 2. a digital camera, 3. an exercise bike,2. a sound system, 5. a car)Step 2Second listening: Have students listen and complete the statements.Step 3Third listening: In pair, have students write down phrases from the conversations tosupport their answers. Review as a class. (1. “It’s way too big.” 2. “I might like it if I could figure out how to use it.” 3. “I just don’t use it enough.” 4. “There are so many components. And the instructions don’t help at all.” 5. “. . . it’s costing me an arm and a leg!”ReadingText ABackground Information （少）Key Words and ExpressionsAquarium n.玻璃养鱼缸We went to Stanley Park and the aquarium，up Grouse Mountain，and to museums and galleries.The colorful and active platy provides a vivid contrast to the rich greenplants in your aquarium.bulky adj.体积大的To protect himself, Ruiz used to wear a bulletproof vest under his suitjacket, but the vest was bulky and hot.Traditional lithium-ion batteries have carbon electrodes, which arerelatively bulky for the energy they provide.gadget n. 小机械；小装置Are you looking for a cool back-to-school gadget?A corkscrew is a very useful gadget for opening bottles of wine. purchase v.购买Employees are encouraged to purchase shares in the firm.The new couple spent some money for the purchase of the furnaturenecessary for their new house.remorse n.懊悔；悔恨He was filleed wuth remorse for having refused to visit his dyingfather.In a fit of remorse she burnt all her lover,s letters.screwdriver n.螺丝起子You turn the screws round and round with a screwdriver.I can't find a screwdriver but this serve the purpose.spin v.快速旋转；（车子）飞奔Her top spin, back spin and side spin contributed a lot to herwinning of the final.It takes Pluto 248 Earth years to spin around the Sun.tropical adj.热带的；炎热潮湿的I perfer to eat tropical fruits.Some animals can not indure tropical climate.wagon n..四轮运货马车；运货牛车Among the remains of a scorched wagon,you find three corpses and a Wand of Fire.A four-wheeled, open, box-shaped wagon or iron car run on tracks in a coal mine.wrap v.包，裹（某物）；用（东西）把…裹起来I wrapped the rug around the sick man's legs to keep him warm.The assistant wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Teaching Suggestions 少Reference Translation购买礼物者指南选择礼物时要考虑的事情你总是经历过一个购买者的后悔心态的——那种后悔的感觉往往来源于购买了那些不需要的或者根本不该买的东西。

全新版大学英语听说教程答案第4册Unit 1Part BTextExercise 1: 1. b 2. c 3.aExercise 2: 1. F 2. T 3. F 4.F 5. F. 6.F 7.T 8.F 9.T 10.TPart C1. c2. d3. c4. a5. bPart Dgreen: sign of life and of hopeblue: color of the sky and the seaorange: color of health and strengthred: color of danger and bravery; of passion and lovepurple: color of royalty an powerindigo: color of silencerainbow: sign of hope for tomorrowUnit 2Part BTextExercise 1: 1. d 2. b 3. d 4. c 5. d 6. aExercise 2: (omitted)Part CAmericans move about a great deal at parties....as soon as there are more people than chairs in a room...you will see first one and then another make some excuse to get to his feet sitting becomes staticintroduce themselvesdrift around a roomyou are expected to reply by giving your name and introducing the person with you merely nod and smileshe extends itjust nods and greets herPart DIn Japan, you should hold a business with both hands and read the name and the job title carefully. so do not hold the card with one hand and put it into your pocket without reading it.In Mexico, it is usual for men to touch each other in a friendly way and it is considered unfriendly if you move away when you are touched.IN Korea, eye contact means sincerity and respect to the speaker.In China, you should avoid criticizing people, otherwise you will embarrass them.Kate pretended to criticize her Chinese business partner with the intention of amusing him.In China, you should avoid confrontation with people.People in Scotland and Wales will be offended if you call them English. It is because England is not one part of the United Kingdom.Rob doses not like to be touched and stared at.English people tend to look away when talking to each other.全新版大学英语听说教程答案第4册Unit 3Part BTextExercise 1:celebrations/worlda weekly column/Daily Starcan't affordcouple/hundredeighteen/age/accepted/adult/vote/buy wines/drive a carconsidered/mature/boysTurkey, Egypt, Indonesia, and Senegal.Exercise 2: 1.F 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.F 7.F 8.TPart C1.F2.F3.T4.F5.F6.T7.T8.F9.T 10.FPart DThe reasons why boundaries between countries are fading.fading of boundaries of class and caste in societies/relaxation of immigration laws in many counties/freedom for people to convert to other religions/birth of the InternetThey are Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam.21 or more.The adoption and circulation of the single currency, the euro.Unit 4Part BTextExercise 1:put the OHP on the tablepress the buttons in and lift this part up until it snaps into placeturn the OHP round so the head is facing towards the screen or a white wallplug it inplace the transparency on the stagemove the flap up or down to raise or lower the imageturn the wheel to make the image sharpExercise 2:place the OHP about 2 meters from the wall or screena screen works better than a wallleave the OHP switched on when using it and place a piece of paper over the glassPart Cin the address book or contact list"CCs" stands for copies of a message. when you want other people to get copies of the same email message, you send them "CCs".you can copy sentences and paste them in other placesyou can run the spell checkeryou double click the word an type the new word over it.全新版大学英语听说教程答案第4册Unit 5Part BTextExercise 1: 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. CExercise 2:Firstly, it is a fact that some people were born with better memories.Secondly, different things are kept in different parts of the brain. Ideas, words and numbers are stored in the left-hand side and images, sounds and smells in the right-hand side.Thirdly, unusual experiences can produce chemicals such as adrenaline in our body which can boost memory.Fourthly, how well we remember something is also affected by the context in which we learn about it.Finally, the more often you recall a memory, the more likely you are to remember it. If you don't, you lose it.Part CFourBecause Australia is shaped a bit like a dog.Break it into smaller ones and then think of what the numbers remind us of.Try to follow the directions in our mind.Try to build them into a story.Part D1.T2.F3.F4.F5.T6.F7.T8.TUnit 6Part BTextExercise 1: 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. BExercise 2:if a man with a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing. Nothing except glittering baggage that must be attended to.the larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.the lust for comfort is a stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.things are in the saddle, and ride mankind.Part CExercise: 1.c 2.d 3.a 4.b 5.bPart DHe is CEO and co-founder of John Paul Mitchell SystemsHair care products.It makes about $200 million in the sales per year.He joined forces with his friends Paul Mitchell, who was one for America's most influential hair designers then, and together they introduced a revolutionary hair setting and styling method.The successful people persist even during the toughest times, but the unsuccessful give up.Because DeJoria believes that fewer people can do more.They have 87 employees worldwide although they probably should hire five or six hundred people.They are paid more than others in the industry but hey have to do more as well.He thinks it his duty to donate to worthwhile projects and causes.Success unshared is a failure.to be continued...应广大网友要求增加TEST1，本人手工录入，很辛苦，谢谢支持。

Unit 9 History’s MysteriesUnit Goals1. Talk about the out-of-the-ordinary2. Present a theory about a past event3. Discuss how believable a story is4. Evaluate the trustworthiness of news source5. Write about one mysterious phenomenonLesson 1Lead-inOn-the-Stree t Interview: I don’t believe everything I read…A. Check each statement True or False.1. False2. False3. True4. False5. TrueB. Use information from the video segment to complete each sentence.1. the Internet, newspapers; television2. newspapers3. Austria, the USA, Great Britain4. spam, or unknown sourcesVideo ScriptInterviewer: Do you use the Internet at all?Mauro: Yes I do. Quite a lot, in fact.Interviewer: Do you use it to gather news, to ... like a newspaper, but ... ?Mauro: Well, I surf around a lot, actually. I tend to look for new sites and get information that is not so common in newspapers, for example.Interviewer: And do you feel that when you get information from the Internet, that you can trust it to be true? Do you fe el comfortable that it’s real?Mauro: You can never trust information, even from the newspapers. The newspapers sometimes print information that is not true for the mere fact that it comes from sources that are not true. And the same goes for the Internet.Maiko:I get news from Internet more than a newspaper or watching TV I think it’s, in terms of speed in how fast it gets to people, I think Internet is very good. In terms of credibility, I think; well, I think it’s almost the same thing, Internet, newspa per, and news on TVRob: I probably put too much faith in what I read although I try to use various sources in getting my news. That’s one way I judge to know if what I’m reading is ... is, you know, the truth or not.Christiane:I get my news over the Internet every day. I actually get three different newsletters on a daily basis. I get one from Austria, I get one from the USA, and I get one from Great Britain. So I get international news and thus can also evaluate which news are really, in the end, the real news, because I get them from all different sources. Lorayn:I don’t believe everything I read, whether it’s on the Internet or a newspaper or if I listen to it on TV I do believe that there are credible sources out there, and if I’ve heard … if I’ve he ard something or read something on the Internet, if it comes from a credible source, then I tend to believe it. There’s a lot out there that’s not too credible.You have to be very careful.Interviewer: And how do you try to be careful?Lorayn: If it’s spa m e-mail that comes or something that’s from a source that I don’t know, I tend not to ... not to put 100 percent trust into it. If it comes from the New York Times or if it comes from a reputable source, I tend to take that for 100 percent.ListeningTalk About a MysteryPart 1A. Sound BitesRead and listen to a conversation about a well-known mystery.Teaching Suggestions●Have students look at the image and read the caption. Ask:Who’s Bigfoot? (a hairy human-like creature)Where was he seen? (in the United States)Is this image proof that Bigfoot existed? (no)Why? (because the creature in the image is a man dressed in a costume)Do you think it was ever believed to be proof of Bigfoot’s existence? (Probably. It was taken in 1967, and Bob Heironimus di dn’t tell the truth until 2004.)●Have students read and listen to the conversation.●To check comprehension, ask:What led Victor to believe that Bigfoot exists? (a TV program)What would Patty need to believe Bigfoot exists? (to see it herself)Language note: Could’ve been is the short form used in spoken English of It could have been.There’s no such thing as ... is an expression that means that something does not exist.Culture note: The image is a still from a sixty-second film by Roger Patterson. It was one of the most important pieces of evidence that Bigfoot existed until Bob Heironimus confessed in 2004 that he dressed in a costume for the picture. People have claimed to have seen Bigfoot in the U.S. and Canada for hundreds of years. The creature was originally named Sasquatch, which means hairy giant, by Native Americans and then nicknamed Bigfoot because of large footprints that have been found and are thought to be from this creature.Corpus Notes:The expression buy [that] story is used almost exclusively in informal spoken English.B. Pair WorkRead the conversation again. With a partner, explain the meaning of each of the following statements.Answers will vary, but may include:1. I can’t believe you think that story is true!2. You always doubt everything!3. Bigfoot is definitely real.4. You’ve got to be kidding!5. You think up some crazy things!6. I have to see something with my own eyes to believe it’s true.Teaching Suggestions●Have students find and underline the statements in the conversation and note whosaid them. Encourage students to consider Victor's and Patty's views on the Bigfoot mystery to help them work out the meaning of the expressions.●In pairs, have students write a sentence explaining the meaning of each statement orquestion.●Review as a class. Call on different students to explain the meanings of thestatements.Option:If they haven’t already done so, have students underline the statements from Exercise B. Using their explanations of the meanings of the statements, have pairs think of different ways to say each of the statements. Call on pairs to read the Sound Bites conversation again, substituting the new statements for the underlined ones.Option:In pairs, have students describe Victor’s and Patty’s personalities. If necessary, prompt students by asking Who would you describe as gullible? Who would you describe as skeptical? Have students support their answers with information from the conversation. Encourage students to discuss who they identify with and why.Part 2Discuss How Believable a Story IsA. Word SkillsUsing adjectives with the suffix -able.Teaching Suggestions●Have students listen to the words and study the definitions. Then have students listenand repeat the words chorally.●Point out that words ending in the suffix -able are adjectives. Ask students what verbeach adjective comes from. (believe, debate, prove, question, solve)●To check comprehension, draw a continuum (without the answers) and word box onthe board. With books closed, have students choose the correct words from the box to complete the continuum with:Language note:Be sure students don’t confuse provable with probable, which means possible. Questionable also means possibly not honest or morally wrong; for example, His behavior is highly questionable. While believable implies that something is possibly true,unbelievable implies that something is almost certainly not true.Corpus Notes: The collocation highly questionable occurs much more frequently than very questionable.B. Complete each statement, using an adjective with the suffix -able. Use eachadjective only once.1. questionable2. believable3. debatable4. provable5. unsolvableTeaching SuggestionsHave students compare answers with a partner and review as a class.C. Listening Comprehension.Listen to Part 1 of a historical mystery.What happened to the Russian royal family? What was mysterious about this event?The entire family was murdered. It was mysterious because, until 1991, the bodies had not been found. There was also a woman who claimed to be one of the daughters.ScriptPart 1 [H = male host; J = Professor John Morgan, England]H: Our guest tonight is John Morgan, professor of Russian history at Cambridge University. Professor Morgan, the murder of Czar Nicholas II and the royal family of Russia in 1918 is one of the great mysteries of the twentieth century. Tell us the basic story of what happened.J:Well, in 1917, during the Russian Revolution --- with the end of the Russian monarchy --- the czar’s family was moved from St. Petersburg east to the Ural Mountains, supposedly for their protection. There was, of course, the czar ... his wife Alexandra ...and their children --- four daughters and a son, Alexei, who would have been the next czar --- and also the family doctor and several servants. According to the story, late one evening, they were all brought into a room and told that they were going to have their photograph taken. But to their surprise, soldiers suddenly came into the room firing guns and the entire family was murdered.H: And what makes this story such an enduring mystery?J: Well to begin with, until 1991 at least, no one had ever found the bodies. Stories spread about how the son, Alexei, and maybe also Anastasia, the youngest daughter, had escaped the execution and were still alive. Several women claimed to have been Anastasia --- the most famous person who claimed to have been Anastasia was an Anna Anderson, in Berlin in 1920. Many people found her story very believable, including other members of the Russian royal family. Anna Anderson --- or Anastasia, if you believed her --- died in the United States in 1984.Teaching SuggestionsPre-listening: Ask Who are these people? (the Russian royal family) Elicit from the class any information that they know about the Russian royal family.●Have students read the title, look at the map and photos, and read the captions.●First listening: Have students listen for information about what happened to the royalfamily and why it is a mystery. Then have students discuss in pairs.●Second listening: Have students listen to confirm or correct their answers. (Possibleresponse: They were murdered. It is a mystery because the bodies weren’t found until 1991, and Alexei and Anastasia were said to have escaped. Several women have claimed to be Anastasia.)●To review, have volunteers share their answers with the class.Language note:If necessary, explain the following: enduring(lasting for a long time); czar (ruler of Russia before 1917).Culture note: The October Revolution of 1917 put an end to the absolute monarchies that ruled Russia for centuries. After the revolution, the country was named Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, the first dictator of the USSR. Yekaterinburg (on the map) is where the family is believed to have been moved and then killed.D. Now listen to Part 2.What happened in 1991, and what facts did it seem to prove? Why is it still a mystery?Researchers found nine bodies in the Ural Mountains. Medical testing showed that five of them were members of the royal family. But the bodies of the son and one of the daughters were still missing.ScriptPart 2H:Professor Morgan, you mentioned no one had a clue where the bodies were until 1991. Tell us about that.J: Well, people assumed that the bodies must have been lost forever, until 1991, when researchers found nine bodies in the Ural Mountains. Through medical testing they were able to confirm that five of the bodies had to have been Czar Nicholas, his wife, and three of their four daughters.H:That must’ve been pretty exciting news for a lot of people.J: No doubt about it. And they were able to conclude that the other four bodies were definitely not members of the czar’s family. Instead, it was believed that they were most likely the bodies of the doctor and three of the servants. But the bodies of the son, Alexei, and one daughter were still missing.H: Well, what about Anna Anderson, who claimed to be their daughter, Anastasia?Wouldn’t her story have been provable through medical testing too?J: Yes --- and it was. After they found the bodies of the royal family in 1991, medical testing on Anna Anderson’s body proved that she was not a member of the royal family. As a matter of fact, it proved that she wasn’t even Russian!H: How do you like that! Well, that’s one mystery solved.J: Right. But just when we thought the mystery of what happened to their bodies wassolved, a team of scientists have recently argued that the results of the medical testing done on the nine bodies in the 1990s was highly questionable --- poorly done and full of errors, and it might not have proved without a doubt that the bodies were the royal family after all.H:Well, I guess some mysteries just never die, do they?J:Not this one. It might just be an unsolvable case.H:Well, thank you Professor Morgan. That was very interesting.J:Thank you for having me.Teaching Suggestions●Have students listen for the answers to the questions. Ask them to take notes whilethey listen.●To review, call on volunteers to share their answers with the class.Option: On the board, write:1. The results of the medical testing in 1991 are ______ because ______.2. Anna Anderson's story could have been ______ through medical testing if ______.3. Professor Morgan says the mystery might be ______ because ______.Have students complete the first blank with an adjective from Exercise A and the second blank with their own ideas to make a logical sentence. Review as a class. (Possible statements: 1. questionable, a lot of errors were made; 2. provable, it had been properly done; 3. unsolvable, proof of what actually happened may never be found)E. Complete each statement, according to the listening. Listen to Part 2 again ifnecessary.1. a2. b3. a4. aTeaching Suggestions●Have students complete the statements individually and compare answers with apartner.●If necessary, have students listen again to confirm or correct their answers.●In pairs, have students support their answers with information from the listening.●Review as a class. Have students support their answers. For example, 1. The correctanswer is A because Alexei’s body has never been found, so there is no proo f that he was executed.Option: To give students a chance to express their personal opinions, have them speculate about the mystery of Russia’s last royal family in small groups. Ask students to support their views. Encourage the use of perfect modals in the passive voice for speculating about the past. To finish, call on a few volunteers to share their speculations with the class.SpeakingSpeculate About the Out-of-the-ordinaryA. Conversation SnapshotTeaching Suggestions●Before students read and listen, have them look at the photo and predict what thewomen are talking about. To prompt students, ask What is the woman on the left looking at? (her watch) How many plates are there on the table? (three) What do you think they are talking about? (Possible response: the person they are waiting for)●After students read and listen, check comprehension by asking Who are the womenwaiting for? (Stacey) Do they know why she’s late? (no) What might have caused her delay? (the traffic)●Have students read and listen to the ways to say “I don’t know.” Point out that theyare all informal ways to say that you don’t know something. Beats me is very informal, but it is not offensive.Language note: The out-of-the-ordinary is something that is different from what is usual or expected. I’ll bet means that you’re almost sure something is true.Rhythm and Intonation PracticeTeaching SuggestionsHave students repeat chorally. Make sure they:✧pronounce the contraction ’d in She said she’d ...✧use rising intonation for Do you think something happened?✧use falling intonation for Why else would she be late?✧use emphatic stress for sure in I’m sure it’s nothing, for I’ll in I’ll bet she’s ... , for else inWhy else … , and for can’t in I can’t imagine.✧use the following stress pattern:B. Indirect Speech with ModalsTeaching Suggestions●Have a volunteer read the Remember note and the example out loud. Write theexample on the board:“I went to the store.” → She said [that] she had gone to the store.Point to the reporting verb in the indirect speech statement (said) and ask Is this verb in a present or past form? (past) Did the verb in the reported speech change?(yes) How did it change? (went changed to had gone)●Remind students that when the verb in the reported speech changes or “backshifts,”present becomes past and past becomes past perfect.●Have students read the second and third explanations and study the backshifts in theexamples.●Point out that both must and have to change to had to in indirect speech.●Point to the box of modals that backshift and modals that don’t backshift.●Read the Remember box and the example out loud. Remind students to changepronouns and possessives when they change direct speech to indirect speech.●To check comprehension, write on the board:John told Irene, “I may work late because 1 have to finish a report.”Ask What words in these sentences will change when we put them into indirect speech? Circle the words as students respond. (I, may, I, have) Then elicit the correct indirect speech from the class. (John told Irene [that] he might work late because he had to finish a report.)●Have a student read the last explanation out loud. To check comprehension, write thefollowing on the board. Elicit the indirect speech from the class:“They should have known.” → He said _________________.Corpus Notes: Indirect speech occurs much more frequently without that than with.C. Oral WorkChange each sentence from direct to indirect speech and practice with your partner.1. He told me [that] I shouldn’t worry if he arrives a little late.2. He said [that] students had to arrive fifteen minutes early.3. He said [that] Jack might have gotten lost.4. She said [that] they might have forgotten their luggage.5. She told me [that] she’d call me as soon as she got there.6. She told us [that] she might have to cancel the meeting.7. He told me [that] he would come early.8. She told me [that] I ought to phone first.Teaching Suggestions●To review the difference in use between say and tell, ask When do we use say andtell? (We use say when we don’t mention the listener. We use tell when we mention the listener.) Elicit contrasting examples from students. (Possible responses: He said that he would be late; He told me that he would be late.) If necessary, write an example with each verb on the board.●Model the first item with the class. Ask What is going to change in indirect speech?(You → I; I → he; arrive → arrived)●Have students compare answers with a partner and review as a class.ReadingText ABackground InformationAlabamaAlabama is located in the east south central United States, at the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains and on the Gulf of Mexico. It is one of the principal states of the South and is often referred to as the Heart of Dixie. In the course of about 450 years, Spanish, French, British, and Confederate flags, as well as the Stars and Stripes, have flown over Alabama, and residents of the state have a deep-seated sense of history. Alabama entered the Union on December 14, 1819, as the 22nd state. The state capital, Montgomery, became the provisional capital of the Confederate States of America in 1861 and is popularly known as the Cradle of the Confederacy.Key Words and Expressionsconfirm v.证实The new evidence has confirmed the first witness’s story.Research has confirmed that the risk is higher for women.erase v.删除；抹去Unfortunately, the tape has been erased.The World Bank has agreed to erase the debt.knock … out打晕某人Tyson knocked out his opponent in Round 5.The shock from an electric eel is powerful enough to knock a man out. play tricks on 捉弄某人The girls were always playing tricks on their teacher.Fate played a cruel trick on him when he was badly injured in his firstinternational game.Reference Translation今日城市传说城市传说指被普遍认为真实的不确定或离奇故事。

大学英语听力第四册答案Lesson1Part AI. 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.T 7.F 8.T 9.T 10.FII. 1.a 2.b 3.c 4.d 5.cPart BPassage 1What Is an Ideal Teacher Like?The ideal teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should know his subject, but he can make mistakes if he is willing to learn. His personality is as important as1. 1)a 2)d 3)a 4)b 5)b2. 1)T 2)F 3)F 4)T 5)F 6) T 7)F 8)T 9)F 10)TPassage 21. 1)a 2)c 3)a 4)d 5)c2. 1)courses 3) social sciences, arts, mathematics 4)farm workers, teachers, policemen 5)cheapest and most far-reachingLesson 2Part ACross: 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17,Tick: 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 18, 19, 20,Part BPassage 11. 1) -5) d, a, d, d, c,2. Teacher‘s Complaints1) Students don‘t do their homework properly2) Students constantly arrive at school red-eyed and yawning.Two Explanations1) stay up late to watch television2) take up part-time jobsPassage 21. 1)-3): b, a, c2. 1) early childhood2）elementary/ arithmetic, social studies, music, physical education3) secondary/ a. to prepare students for college b. to prepare students for jobs4) higher/ a. engineering, businessLesson 3Part A1)2 2)11 3)6 4)455 5)8 6)New York 7)318 8)12 9)Madrid 10)641 11)9 12)Paris 13)814 14)4 15)Athens 16)260 17)2 18)Boston 19)74 20)24Part BPassage 11. 1)b 2)c 3)a 4)d 5)a2. 1)T 2)F 3)F 4)T 5)T 6)T 7)T 8)FPassage 21.1)c 2)a 3)d 4)b 5)c2.1.)sports 2.)two basketball games3.)Friday night and Saturday night4.)skiing5.)music6.)concert7.)Saturday night8.)museun exhibits9.)American Indian pottery and sand painting 10.)10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and SundayLesson 4Part AI. 1. At 12:30. 2. 10:00 train to Edinburgh. 3. Platform 16. 4. The one to Chicago.5. At 17:00.6. The 16: 14 train to Boston.7. Platform8. The 7:10 train to Washington D.C9. At 10:15 10. To board the train immediately.II. his close friend Andrew was leaving for Boston. / long before the departure time for Andrew‘s plane. / a lot of thi ngs to say to his friend. / he didn‘t know what to say. / Just a postcard will do.Part BPassage 11. 1) – 5): b, d, a, a, d2. ticks: 1, 6, 7, 8, 9,Passage 21. 1) – 5): a, c, b, d, c2. ticks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9.Lesson 5Part A1.At 8:552. In the hospital3. Ti pick up her children from school4. Call again after 55. She had to stay home to take care of her sick father.6. Invite some friends over for a drink.7.He got inured in the football match.8. She‘s going abroad to visit her daughter.9.Close all the windows. 10. He‘s come across many unfamiliar words and has to consult the dictionary all the time.Part BPassage 11. 1)b 2)c 3)a 4)d 5)d2.1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) F 6) F 7) T 8) T 9) F 10) TPassage 21. 1)a 2)c 3)b 4)c 5)d2. 1)T 2)F 3)T 4)T 5)F 6)F 7)T 8)F 9)F 10)TLesson 6Part A1 – 5: a, c, a, b, c, 6 – 10: d, c, d, c, c.II. she lost her sight and hearing. / until the arrival of / who was to change Helen‘s life. / March 3, 1887 / It was 3 months before Helen‘s 7th birthday. / worked closely with Miss Sullivan‘s efforts were rewarded. / communicate with others.Part BPassage 11. 1) – 5): a, b, b, d, a.2. 1) laugh at people in trouble.2) be kind to3) take your turn4) older people, women and disabled people on the bus.5) tell them they are fat.6) ask people their age.7) smoke unless allowed.8) be on time.9) ―Please‖/ ―Thank you‖10) stand up when speaking to elder peoplePassage 21. 1) – 5): d, b, c, b, c2. 1) Flowers, old porcelain tea sets, traditional paintings, calligraphy, national costumes.2) Tea and small cakes.3) The most distinguished guest.4) Sip bit by bit.5) Constantly make bows and show appreciation of the designs of the tea sets.Lesson 7Part A1.a2.c3.c4.a5.b6.c7.d8.a9.c 10.aPart BPassage 11. 1)a 2)d 3)c 4)b 5)c2. the third of March, exciting day, girls, 3 and 7, dolls, the royal family, the court, May 5th, armour, male rolePassage 21. 1)c 2)d 3)a 4)c 5)d2. the United States, European, tiny, over 200, National, January 26th, 1788, British, first settlement,SydneyLesson 8Part A1 – 5: b, c, c, a, c 6 – 10: d, d, b, d, bPart BPassage 11. 1) – 5): c, a, c, a, b,2. 1) Milkmen and newspaper boys.2) It derives from the old custom of giving servants and tradesmen a Christmas box or gift. Passage 21. 1) – 5): a, b, a, d, b.2. cross: 2, 3, 5,8, 10.Lesson 9Part A1.d2.d3.d4.b5.a6.c7.d8.d9.b 10.bPart BPassage 11. 1)b 2)b 3)d 4)c 5)b2.1)F 2)T 3)F 4)T 5)T 6)F 7)F 8)F 9)T 10)TPassage 21. 1)c 2)b 3)d 4)d 5)a2. 1)T 2)T 3)T 4)F 5)F 6)T 7)T 8)F 9)F 10)FLesson 10Part A1 – 5: b, d, c, b, a. 6 – 10: b, a, c, b, c,Part BPassage 11. 1) -5): b, d, c, a, c.2. cross: 2, 5, 7, 8, 10.Passage 21. 1) – 5): a, b, b, b, d.2. cross: 1, 3, 5, 6, 9,Lesson 11Part A1.d2.c3.b4.a5.d6.c7.d8.c9.b 10.cPart BPassage 11.1)a 2)c 3)a 4)a 5)c2.1)Rome 2)700‘s 3)the first printed newspaper 4)Germany 5)the first newspaper in Europe 6)Amsterdam 7)London 8)Boston 9)the first American newspaper 10)the first daily newspaper in the American colonies Passage 21.1)b 2)c 3)c 4)d 5)b2.1)popular music 2)20 hours 3)light music 4)sports events 5)17 hours 6)classical music 7)theater plays 8)works of educational, artistic and intellectual interests 9)news and information 10)broadcasts to schoolsLesson 12Part A1 – 5: d, b, c, c, a. 6 – 10: d, c, b, c, d.Part BPassage1. 1) – 5): d, c, a, b, d.2. 1) should be the audience? / to attract people of different social groups? / to put the advertisement / When / how often /2) a. checking / savings accountsb. investment plansc. ATM bankingDialogue1. 1) – 5): c, c, c, a, b.2. cross: 1) a, c, 2) b, e, g.Lesson 13Part A1.a2.d3.c4.d5.b6.a7.d8.c1.b2.aPart BDialogue 11.1)c 2)b 3)a 4)d 5)bDialogue 21.1)b 2)b2.1)should be banned in all public places, including the streets 2)non-smokers 3)partly agrees 4)the smoker himself 5)disagrees 6)useless 7)fully agrees 8)dirty habit and dangerous to one‘s healthLesson 14Part A1 – 5: b, b, a, c, d. 6 – 10: d, a, d, c, dPart BDialogue 11. 1) She wants to be a lawyer.2) Her lecturer advised her to change to a more suitable course.3) She was shocked to hear that and she thought it was the lecturer who should change his job if he didn‘t want to teach her.2. 1) to study law2) agrees3) a waste of time / good wives and mothers at home4) to succeed in her career and to be a good mother at the same time.5) agrees6) interfering in people‘s family life.7) housework is a woman‘s job.Dialogue 21. 1) Where to live, in a city or in a village?2) He is a writer and he lives in London.3) Mary is an actress and her husband is a farmer. They live in a village.4) Jenny prefers to live in a village, but she is now living in a small town near London.5) Jenny seems to be quite satisfied with the place she is living in, because she enjoys the best of both world, a small town which is within easy reach of London and close to the country.2. 1) fresh air2) close to nature3) peace and quiet4) less crime and less traffic (safer)5) more pleasant6) much cheaper7) more going on8) more entertainment9) more open- minded people10) better stores and shopsLesson 15Part A1.c2.c3.d4.b5.b6.b7.d8.a9.d10.dPart BPassage 11.1)b 2)c 3)a 4)b 5)d2.1)b.the restaurants serve ‗foreign‘ foodc.they don‘t want to spend the necessary time and effort needed to cook good mealsd.they don‘t come specially for English food2)a.simpleb.easy to cookd.just needs heating up before eating3)a.is far away from large townsb.life is slowc.people are not in a great hurryPassage 21.1)b 2)c 3)d 4)b 5)a2.1)b.fried chickensd. ice cream2)b. Mexican restaurantsc. Italian restaurantsd. Chinese restaurants3)a. quick serviceb. cheap pricesc. carry-out service4)a. quick meals for people in a hurryb. inexpensive meals for people on a budgetLesson 16Part A1 – 5: b, b, c, a, c. 6 – 10: d, d, d, b, b.Part BPassage 11. 1) – 5): b, d, c, c, d.2. 1) a. wines. b. beers c. carbonated drinks2) a. water with carbon dioxide in it b. sugar c. flavoring3) a. supermarkets b. gas stations c. schools d. movie theaters e. fast food restaurants. f. bars g. large elegant restaurants4) a. classes b. meetings c. meals d. sports games.5) a. Coca-Cola. b. Pepsi-Cola c. 7- Up,Passage 21. 1) – 5): a, c, c, d, d,2. 1) green vegetables of all kinds // peas, cabbages, lettuces,2) fruits // peaches, bananas3) beets, / carrots, tomatoes,4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs5) milk and food made from milk// cheese / ice cream6) bread or cereal // riceLesson 17Part A1.c2.d3.b4.d5.d6.a7.b8.d9.b 10.cPart BPassage 11.1)b 2)d 3)c 4)c 5)c2.1)Put a coin 2)Push a button 3)pull a lever 4)open a door Passage 21.1)b 2)c 3)d 4)c 5)b2.1)Its reply comes back at once or within hours2)It can create friendship3)It is far cheaper than a long-distance call4)It can help revive the almost lost art of letter writing5)It can bring people together and make the world even smallerLesson 18Part A1- 5: b, d, b, c, b 6- 10: c, a, b, c, b.Part BPassage 11. 1)- 5) : d, a, c, d, b2. 1) An ordinary record2) Reproducing pictures and sound.3) Plastic.4) Since Dec. 1978.5) As popular as records and record players.Passage 21. 1) – 5): c, c, a, d, c,2. 1) an effect on the central nervous system2) a chemical change in the body‘s fluids3) an unknown system of energy / under the skinLesson 19Part AI.1.Because Mary was busy typing a report in her office.2.In New York3.Photography. Because he finds it a lot of fun.4.They will have a picnic, take some pictures and have a swim.5.She doesn‘t play any sports but she watches all kinds of games. II. first brought to America from Africa as slavesfreewas not completely done away withthe black people make up nearly 12%used to livetwo millionmore than three times as many as in 1940an increase of close to one million in 20 yearsPassage 11.1)c 2)d 3)a 4)b 5)c2.1)F 2)T 3)F 4)T 5)TPassage 21.1)b 2)a 3)c 4)c 5)d2.1)shapeless mass of color, colors2)perfect roundness, artificial3)strange shapes4)real, taste5)surface, in every detail, touchLesson 20Part AI. 1 – 5: d, a, a, c, b. II. 1 – 5: b, c, c, b, b.Part BPassage1- 5: d, d, c, c, c, 6 – 10: a, c, c, d, b.听力原文TypescriptsLesson 1PART B Macro-ListeningPassage 1What Is an Ideal Teacher Like?I. TapescriptThe ideal teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should know his subject, but he can make mistakes if he is willing to learn. His personality is as important as his scholarship. The ideal teacher must be enthusiastic. He must never teach anything he himself is not interested in. He should be a bit of an actor and he should not be afraid to show his feelings and express his likes and dislikes. He must like his students and respect them, but he must also respect himself and take pride in his work. Otherwise, he cannot respect his students and win respect from them. The ideal teacher should have an understanding of his students and be able to relate to them. He needs students' understanding' too. The ideal teacher should be kind, encouraging, and helpful and he should motivate his students to seek knowledge. The ideal teacher should see his students as individuals and acknowledge their differences. He must know how to encourage the self-development and growth of each of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, learns, and improves himself along with his students. So what about the teachers around you? Passage 2The Open University in BritainI. TapescriptNowadays the Open University in Britain plays an important role in British education. In 1963 the leader of the Labour Party made a speech explaining a plan for a 'university of the air an educational institution which would make use of television, radio and correspondence courses to give educational opportunity to those people who, for one reason or another, did not have a chance to receive further education. But at that time many people laughed at the plan.By 1969 the plan was well advanced and by August 1970 the Open University, as it is now called, had received forty thousand applications. But only twenty-four thousand could be accepted then for the four introductory courses: social sciences, arts, science and mathematics. Many clerks, farm workers, housewives, teachers, policemen attended the first class over the radio or on TV in January 1971. Meanwhile study centers were set up all over the country so that students could spend one week a year at one of the university's summer schools.It is probably the cheapest and most far-reaching method to promote education.Lesson 2PART B Macro-ListeningPassage ITeachers' ComplaintsI. TapescriptTeachers often complain that students don't do their homework properly and that they are constantly arriving at school red-eyed and yawning due to lack of sleep.It appears that there are two main explanations for this phenomenon. Firstly, many young children stay up late to watch television. Programs suitable for them may finish as late as eight o'clock. No child wants to be an exception in an age of conformity and admit not having seen what everybody else has. Secondly, a growing number of older children, particularly those approaching school-leaving age, are taking uppart-time jobs mainly involving evening or weekend work. They feel that working experience, not academic qualifications, will help them find jobs on leaving school. One can sympathize with both groups of children but it doesn't make a teacher's life any easier.Passage 2Education in the U.S.A.I. TapescriptEducation in the United States is usually divided into four levels. These are early childhood, elementary, secondary, and higher education. School attendance is required in every state of the country, and in most states students must attend school until the age of 16.The first level is early childhood education. Its main purpose is to prepare children for school.The second level is elementary education. Education at this level is divided into six or eight grades, and children learn reading, arithmetic, writing, social studies and science. They also have art, music and physical education.The third level is secondary education. It is for junior and senior high school students. Some students take courses to prepare themselves for college. Other students take technical or vocational courses that prepare them for jobs after they graduate from high school.Higher education continues after high school. There are many kinds of institutions of higher education. Technical institutes offer two-year programs in electronics, engineering, business and other subjects. After two years at a junior college, students receive an associate degree and then they can continue at a four-year college.Lesson 3PART B Macro-ListeningPassage 1We Wish You a Pleasant FlightI. TapescriptGood evening, ladies and gentlemen. May I draw your attention to the 'Safety in Flight' leaflet which you'll find in the pocket at the back of the seat in front of you and we do ask that you read it. You'll also find a 'Flightpath' magazine which you may find of interest. For those of you not familiar with this type of aircraft, smoking is permitted on the right hand side of the passenger cabin once the signs at the front of the cabin have been turned off, and at no time in the toilet which is situated at the rear of the aircraft. We have a duty-free bar on board and cigarettes, spirits, beer and mineral water will be on sale during the flight. If you have any questions during the flight please do not hesitate to ask your two hostesses. Would you now please ensure that your seat belts are securely fastened in preparation for take-off? May we wish you a pleasant flight! Thank you.Passage 2Here Is Your Weekend GuideI. TapescriptHere is your weekend guide to what is going on at the University of Colorado ...And it is a good weekend for basketball. The Colorado Buffaloes will play the Oklahoma Sooners Fridaynight at Oklahoma, and they will return home to face the Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday night on the University of Colorado court. The Buffaloes are expected to win both games and fans. Tickets are available from the ticket office at the sports arena.There are also a few tickets available for the Saturday night concert by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band. Most of the tickets are ten dollars, although a very few five-dollar seats are still on sale. To reserve seats, call the Student Union at 666-5771, or stop by the box office.The university museum will be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. In addition to the famous rock and mineral collection and the exhibits of early people, there will be a special exhibit of American Indian pottery and sand painting. Admission is free.And now a report on snow conditions at area ski resorts. Snow Valley is reporting good conditions with six inches of new snow in the last twenty-four hours; Pine Mountain is reporting good conditions with eight inches of new snow; and the Oak Creek Canyon Resort is reporting very good conditions with nine inches of new snow.This has been the weekend guide. Thank you for listening.Lesson 4PART B Macro-ListeningPassage 1Have a Pleasant TripI. TapescriptGood morning, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome aboard the luxury cruise bus to Dallas, Baton Rouge, and Atlanta: We are scheduled to arrive in Dallas at 1:45 this afternoon. There will be a fifteen-minute rest stop at that time. We will have a thirty-minute dinner stop in Baton Rouge at 6:45 for those of you who are continuing on to Atlanta. We should arrive in Atlanta at 1:45 to- morrow morning. Please remember the number of your bus for reboarding. That number is 3224.This coach is air-conditioned for your comfort. Please remember that smoking of cigarettes is not permitted, and the smoking of any other material is also prohibited, as is the drinking of alcoholic beverages.Thank you for traveling with us. Have a pleasant trip!Passage 2Can I Have Your Attention, Please?I. TapescriptCan I have your attention, please? This is a message for years 7-10. Because of the rain the swimming competition will not be held at the New Town Swimming Pool as planned. It will be held at the Jackson Sports Center. Buses will be leaving school at 10 to take you to the Center. It's about a 15-minute ride. You will be returning to school at 3:15 in time to catch your usual buses home. Now here is the traveling arrangement for this morning. Years 7 and 8 and their home group teachers are to gather at the front gate at 9:35. The first four buses will take you there. Years 9 and 10 and their teachers will assemble at the front gate at 9:45. You will go on the last three buses. Cold drinks will be available at the Sports Center. Ifyou normally order your lunch at the school canteen please hand in your order to the teacher before 9:30. Your lunch will be delivered at the front gate of the Center at 12:30.Lesson 5PART A Micro-Listening1. M: When is Mary coming?W: Well, it's eight forty. She'll arrive in fifteen minutes.Q : When will Mary arrive?At 8:55.2. M: How's your mother feeling these days?W: Much better, thanks. But the doctor said that she should still stay in the hospital for a couple of days. Q : Where's the woman's mother now?In the hospital.3. M: Can you stay for a cup of coffee?W: I'd like to, but I have to pick up my children from school.Q : What's the woman going to do?To pick up her children from school.4. W: May I speak to Rosa?M: She's not in at the moment. You can call again after 5.Q: What does the man advise the woman to do?Call again after 5.5. M: Why didn't Kate come to class today?W: Her father was sick and she had to stay home to take care of him.Q : Why didn't Kate come to class?She had to stay home to take care of her sick father.6. W: What shall we do tonight?M: How about inviting some friends over for a drink?Q : What are they going to do?Invite some friends over for a drink.7. M: Paul said he would take us to the sports center in his car.W: Didn't you hear that he got injured in the football match yesterday?Q : What happened to Paul?He got injured in the football match.8. M: You seem to be very pleased today. Any good news?W: Yes. I'm going abroad to visit my daughter.Q : Why is the woman pleased?She's going abroad to visit her daughter.9. M: Have we got everything ready for the trip to New York?W: Almost. What we should do is to close all the windows.Q : What does the woman suggest they should do?Close all the windows.10. W: How are you getting along with your translation?M: I've come across many unfamiliar words and I have to consult the dictionary all the time.Q : What's the man's problem?He's come across many unfamiliar words and has to consult the dictionary all the time.PART B Macro-ListeningPassage 1English PubsI. TapescriptPubs are supposed to be the Englishman's favorite meeting place, where he can get together with a few friends over a pint of beer and talk about football, or horse racing, or business.You may notice that the pub is the place for men, but not for women. Even now it is still not quite respectable for a woman to go into a pub alone; she must have a man to escort and protect her. Perhaps that's partly why pubs depress me they are intended mainly to provide for male interests, which are often pretty narrow. I think this male-dominated atmosphere also reminds me of my life back at school, or in the army, neither of which is an experience I much want to relive.However, I'm obviously in the minority. Most Englishmen have their local pubs, where they can escape from the pressures of family life or work, and if they are lucky, tell their troubles to a pretty barmaid. Indeed, many men dream of retiring from their 9- 5 jobs and buying a little country pub, where they imagine they'll be the host of a seven-nights-a-week party. This dream usually dies when cleaning up spilled beer at one o'clock in the morning.Still, there's a pub for every type of man, from the city sophisticate to the rural primitive, and a man for every type of pub. And I must admit that, for someone who doesn't like them, I've spent a lot of time in pubs of various kinds.Passage 2A Bread-and-Butter LetterI. TapeseriptDear Mrs Johnson,It is a pleasure to write this letter because it gives me an opportunity to tell you how much I enjoyed your hospitality last weekend. It was my first visit to an American family and, at first, I was very anxious about my limited English and my knowledge of American customs, Then I saw you and your children waiting for me at the station with warm smiles of welcome on your faces. I immediately knew that everything was going to be all right. You and your wonderful family put me at ease right away.There are many happy memories of the weekend that I will keep with me forever. Above all, I will remember that you made me feel at home. There were so many new and different things for me to see and do. I particularly enjoyed driving through the countryside with Mr Johnson and you and seeing the charming colors of the leaves on the trees. I liked playing baseball with your sons, Jimmy and Joey. They were very patient with me and full of fun. Tell them I will teach them how to play soccer next time. I also had a good time at the community square dance on Saturday night. It was my first square dance, and I cannot forget how friendly and kind everyone around was.I am back at school again now and I am very happy because I know now a real American family and it is one of the nicest families I have ever met. Because my English is still not very good, I cannot express my feelings better. I can only say ‗Thank you‘ and hope that so meday you will visit my country and I can return your hospitality.Sincerely yours,Carlos GomezLesson 6PART A Micro-ListeningNumbers CalculationI.1. W: What time does the concert start?M: At 8:30. We still have 25 minutes to get there.Q : What time is it now?2. W: Can you tell me what time Flight 318 will arrive?M: Yes, it was scheduled to arrive at 6 p.m., but has been delayed for an hour and a half.Q: When is the airplane now expected to arrive?3. M: When does the next bus leave for Los Angeles?W: Buses leave for Los Angeles every half hour. You just missed the 9:30 bus by 5 minutes.Q : When will the next bus leave for Los Angeles?4. W: I like these chairs. How much are they?M：They are $ 60 each or $100 for a pair.Q : How much does one chair cost?5. W: I just bought this coat at a sale. I paid only $ 240 for it. How do you like it?M: It's very nice, but my wife bought the same thing for just half the price.Q : How much did the man's wife pay for her coat?6. M: We'd like two rooms, a small room and a large room both facing the garden.W：Very good, sir. The small room is twenty dollars a night, and the large room is thirty dollars a night. Q: How much would the man pay for the rooms if he and his family stay for three nights?7. W: How many students took the English test yesterday?M : About 90, but I / 3 failed.Q : How many students passed the test?8. M: I bought this $500 TV set with a 10% discount.W: It's a bargain. You're so lucky.Q : How much did the man pay for his TV set?9. W：Lisa must be over 20 now.M: Yes, when Tom finished school ten years ago, Lisa was already fifteen.Q: How old is Lisa now?10. M: Does this typewriter cost 80 dollars?W: It used to. But it is twice as much as the original price.Q : How much does the typewriter cost now?PART B Macro-ListeningPassage IWhat Are Good Manners?I. TapescriptPeople in different countries have different standards for good manners. Before entering a house in some Asian countries it is necessary to take off one's shoes. In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very muddy, this is not done. A guest in a Chinese house never finishes a drink. He leaves a little to show that he has had enough. In a Malay house, a guest always leaves a little food. In England, a guest always finishes a drink or eats up his food to show that he has enjoyed it.Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do no matter whether he is an oriental or a westerner,He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tries to help them. He is always kind whether to people or to animals. When he is waiting for a bus, he takes his turn and never pushes to the front of the line. In the bus, he gives his seat to an old person, or a disabled person, or a lady who is standing. When talking to people, he never tells heavy people they are fat, but says that they are losing weight for he knows everyone is diet con- scious and wants to be thin. He never asks people, women in particular, their age. Everyone wants to be young. If he is invited to a dinner party at seven, he is sure to be there by seven, knowing how people respect time and expect everyone to be 'on time' If he smokes, he never lights his cigarette before getting the permission from people around him.He says 'Please' when making a request and 'Thank you' when he re- ceives something. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated. Passage 2Tea Ceremony in JapanI. TapescriptThe tea ceremony in Japan, or Cha-No-Yu, is a special form of entertainment for distinguished guests. The tradition started in the fifteenth century and has existed for about six hundred years, and it has very special and strict rules that must be followed.There are many different kinds of tea ceremonies, from the informal to the quite formal. But all Cha-No-Yu ceremonies have one thing in common, that is, guests are invited to enjoy a moment of peace and calm. Traditionally the Cha-No-Yu takes place in a tea room which is usually not very big. The guests take off their street shoes and put on special bamboo shoes. Then they cross a beautiful garden. They stop for a moment at a rock water basin, where they wash their hands. Then they enter the tea room through a small low door.The inside of the tea room is very simple but very beautiful. The room is not furnished at all and the floor is covered with a kind of bamboo mats which are called 'tatami'. There are flowers and some traditional decorations like porcelain tea sets of ancient times, landscape paintings, calligraphy, national costumes, etc. The guests sit in the traditional way, on their knees on the floor. In formal tea ceremonies, small cakes are also served. The tea master, a man or a woman, follows a certain procedure in making the tea and then serves it to the guests in turn, starting from the most distinguished. The guests are not supposed to drink the tea at one go. They should sip it bit by bit and at the same time appreciate the designs of the bowl and the dish. From time to time the host and the guests would bow to each other. When the guests finally leave the tea room, put on their shoes and leave the house, they feel happy and peaceful.。

4-3大学英语4听力答案Unit 3Part A1. W: Since it's the rush hour, lets take the subway.M: OK. Ifs not as direct as the bus, but ifs faster and there will be less chance of a traffic jam.Q: Why do the man and woman decide to take the subway?(C)2. M: I thought you said that Bob went to Sebring High School. W: No, he used to attend Clark High School, but after graduation last year. He enrolled in Melrose Community College where he is presently studying.Q: Where does Bob go to school now? (C)3. W: I hear that your son's working part time at the department store.M: Yes. He works Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3 to 7 and all day Saturday.Q: Which days does the man’s son not work? (C)4. M: Have you bought Jerry's birthday gifts yet?W: I've found the baseball shoes, a shirt, and a game, but not the bicycle.Q: Which of the following items has the woman not bought?(A)5. M: I still have to buy those tickets for tomorrow's concert.W: They may be gone by now. They've been on sale for a week and the singer is very popular.Q: What do we learn from this conversation? (A)6. M: Could you please explain the assignment for Monday, Miss Smith?W: Certainly, read the next chapter in your textbook and come to class prepared to discuss what you've read.Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?(C)7. M: Do you think your grandfather heard our plans for the surprise party?W: No. He's partially deaf.Q: Why does the woman think the grandfather doesn't know about the party? (B)8. W: Louise speaks English as if she were an American.M: Her family lived in the United States until Louise was 12 years old. She has never forgotten her English.Q: Why can Louise speak English well? (D)9. W: Your library books are due on December thirteenth. If you haven't finished using them by then, you may renew them once. M: Thank you very much. I only need them for a few days.Q: When must the man return his books to the library? (D)10. M: Operator, we've been cut off. Would you please help me get my party again?W: I’ll try to connect you again with that area code.Q: What is the man's problem? (D)Part BPassage I Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following conversation:M: Do you have your television repaired?W: Yes, but not by the place you recommended.M: Why not? The repairmen are very good and the charges are so reasonable.W: That may be, but I couldn't find it.M: But you couldn't miss it. I told you the first right after the rail road bridge.W: I took that. I went to the end of the road. There is no such place.M: Wait a minute. Perhaps it is the second right. Yes, I think it is. W: I should have known. Whenever someone says "You can't miss it", you can be sure that you won't find it.11. What happened to the woman's television set? (A)12. Why couldn't the woman find the repair shop? (C)13. Why did the man recommend these television repairmen?(B)Passage IIQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage: Jack was young, rich and fond of girls. He hardly ever did any work, and spent most of his time enjoying himself.One summer he bought a big motor boat. As soon as it was ready to go to sea, he telephoned to one of the girls he had met somewhere, and invited her for a trip in his new motor boat. It was the beginning of many successful invitations of this kind.The way Jack used to invite a girl for a trip in his boat was like this: he would begin by saying, "Hello, Laura (or whatever the girl's name was), I have just bought a beautiful new motor-boat, and I would like to take you out for a trip in it."The girl's answer was usually cautious, because everybody in that part of the country knew Jack's reputation with girls. She would say something like this: "Oh, really? That's nice. What name have you given to the boat?"Jack would then answer, "Well, Laura, I have named it after you.”Of course, the girl would feel very proud that Jack hadchosen her name for the boat out of the names of all his many girl-friends, and she would think that Jack must really love her. She would therefore be quite willing to accept his invitation to go for a trip in his motor-boat.It would not be until she got down to the harbor and actually saw the boat that she would understand how cleverly Jack had tricked her. Because there in neat gold letters on the boat she would see its name — "After You."14. What’s the name of the new motor boat? (B)15. Which of the following statements is true? (C)16. When would the girl feel very proud? (C)Passage IIIQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage: In the early 1800's a new kind of power changed transportation and trade along the Mississippi River. This power was steam. People already knew how to use steam engines to run machines. Some people wanted to move boats in the same way. The first steamboat to travel on the Mississippi was the "New Orleans. " It made its first trip in 1811. It was a great success, and by 1819 there were 191 steamboats traveling on the river.In the past the farmers whose products went to other parts of the country used the steamboats. The manufacturers whose trade depended on cheap and easy transportation used the steamboats, too. Today many tourists come to travel on steamboats.17. What was the new kind of power in the early 1800’s? (C)18. On what river did the steamboat "New Orleans" travel?(B)19. Today, who use steamboats? (C)20. How many steam-boats were traveling on the river by1819?(D)Part C Compound DictationLife gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn't (S1) matter where you live —in the middle of a modem city, or a (S2) faraway village –the chances are that you'll be (S3) disturbed by jet aeroplanes, (S4) transistor radios, oil-powered engines, etc. We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without (S5) background music while they're working.(S6) Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be a very(S7) frightening experience for a human being. However, (S8) some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their ears. The noise level in some discos is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.One recent report about noise and concentration has suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration,(S9) what really affects their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say (S10) that a background noise which doesn't change too much, such as music, may even help people to concentrate.Part D Listening and SpeakingAfter Monica left the office, she hurried down to the parking garage where her car was parked. As she searched in her purse for her car keys, she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to lock the files where secret and important reports were kept. She knew that if her boss Mr. Henry found out that she had not locked the files, she could be fired.She turned and hurried back inside, waited impatiently forthe lift, and was glad that the trip to the seventh floor went without delay.As she hurried down the now dimly lit hall toward the offices of The Henry Company, she noticed that there was a light in Mr. Henry's office."Strange," she thought to herself, "I'm sure I turned all the lights out."Then she saw it. A man's shadow fell briefly across the glass of the door of the office and the lights went out."Oh, no. " She murmured to herself, her heart rising in her throat. "It must be a thief. What shall I do?"。

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全新版大学英语(第二版)听说教程4听力答案Key to the Listening ExercisesUnit 1 One WorldPart B: Exercise 1:1. A radio or TV program2. birthday celebrations around the world3. they run a weekly column in the Toronto Daily Star4. because they can’t afford the cost5. because eighteen is the age when one is accepted as an adult with the right to vote, buy winesand drive a car.6. because girls are considered to be more mature than boys of the same age.7. Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, and SenegalExercise 2: F F T F F F F T Part C: 1. unique 2. globe3. simultaneously4. terrorist5. remembrance6. appropriate7. sharing8. the material can be submitted to the project organizers in Scotland9. It will allow a voice to all people regardless of antionality, religion, race, political viewpoint,gender or age.Unit 2 Anti-smokingPart B:Exercise 1: d c b a a Exercise 2:1. smoking is banned; public places; theaters and airports; all workplaces2. have banned smoking; parks and recreation centers; smoke-free park; smoke-free zones; 375;January 1, 2002; harmful effects of secondhand tobacco smoke; dangerous bobacco wastePart C:d d a aUnit 3 MemoryPart B:Exercise 1: d c a cExercise 2:were born with better memories; in different parts of the brain; ideas, words; numbers; left-hand side; images; sounds; smell; right-hand side; chemicals such as adrenaline; boost memory; context; recall; to remember it; lost itPart C：A D BUnit 4 Dealing with cultural diffenencesPart B:Exercise 1: d b d c d a Exercise 2: Country Proper behaviorWhat Kate/Rob did Brazil Go round;every one individually Hello;everyone;sat down France Everyone in the group Goodbye; left The US FirmlyQuite gently Italy First;invited to;titles First name;invited to Germany Your left hand;your pocket Her left hand in her pocket Russia Owen name;a strangerHow do you doPart C: 1. C 2. D 3. B 4.Unit 5 FriendshipPart B:Exercise 1: b, c, aExercise 2: F T F F F F T F T TPart Cc d c a bUnit 6 SuccessPart B:Exercise 1: A D D B C DExercise 2: business; economics; had years of experience in; stuff they wanted to get rid of; $110,000; construction materials; old couches; metal and electronics; over 60 percent; charities; $3 million; 130; 16; 80; 2012 Part CB C B AUnit 7 WealthPart B. Exercise 1d c b b a b Exercise 21. with a fortune, easier and freer, gains nothing, glittering baggage, attended to2. the more snow it collects3. comfort, enters the house a guest , becomes a host , a master4. and ride mankind Match: 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. c Part Cc a b bUnit 8 WarPart B Exercise 1b c b a d Exercise 21. He was only 20 years old.2. There are 75 British cemeteries3. The name of 55,000 missing soldiers are engraved on its walls.4. There are no headstones, no flowers, only slabs in the grass. The whole place is dark anddank.5. It was created by an explosion.6. It dates from medieval times Part Cb dcd c bUnit 9 AgingPart B Exercise 1c cd c d Exercise 2 Diana FemaleAlzheimer’s disease 53, four Memory1. recognize familiar buildings husband’s workplace2. no idea how to get home3. recognize her cousin4. her way round her office building made mistakes Part C1) opportunities 2) services 3) longevity 4) specialty 5) structure 6) existences 7) complicated8) the elderly must rely on a fixed income9) while some live with their children, many more live by themselves, with a friend or in a nursing home10) They have formed organizations to voice their own needs and concerns to local, state andfederal agencies.Unit 10 Home SchoolingPart BExercise 1. b d a c Exercise21. 41-foot sailing boat2. dining table3. devised their own curriculum4. a shuttle launch, the Kennedy Space Center museums.5. use a library6. writing, science experiments,. artwork, projects7. the world around them8. a rain forest, a coral reef, historic ruins, foreign markets, local festivals PartC a b c cUnit 11 Opinion PollsPart B Exercise 1a cb bc Exercise 21. They are too high2. So that people can be discouraged from using cars3. She suggests that they use a graded charging system depending on how far they are fromthe city centre.4. Because they pollute the city center.5. Use the bus or tram service. Part Ca c c aUnit 12 Reality TVPart B Exercise 1.c bd d d d Exercise 2.1. In Sweden in 1997.2. On a South Pacific island in May 2000.3. They had to find and cook their own food. Sometimes they even had to eat rats and worms.4. Nine volunteers. They were filmed 24 hours a day for 100 days.5. On New Year’s Eve 19996. $1 million for the winner of Survivor and $500,000 for the winner of Big Brother.7. Big brother. Part Ca b b d dUnit 13 That’s LifePart B Exercise 1.1．In an expensive restaurant in London.2．No, he was brought up in England but now lives in South Africa. 3．With his sister and brother-in-law. Exercise 2.c a c c a a Part Cd c b dUnit14 Crime and PunishmentPart B Exercise 1.b d dc c Exercise 2.1. He wanted to buy some undetectable poison from the druggist.2. A cup of coffee.3. A pistol4. A confession of his intention to poison his wife.5. One thousand dollars.6. He would mail it to a friend.7. Preventing murders. Part CC b b aTest 1.Part A1. a2. c3.b4.c5.a6.b7. c8.d Part B9. c 10.d 11.a 12.b 13.d 14.b 15 c Part C16). warned 17). cigarette !8). disease !9) extremely 20) kick 21)attempt 22)quit 23) They hope this will eventually enable many people to permanently kill the habit.24) Smoking also can call a special telephone number to hear recorded messages by doctors.25) Americans who do not smoke are being asked to help just one person quit smoking during the 24- hour campaign. Part D26. a 27.d 28.a 29.b 30. d 31.a 32. c 33.a 34. c 35.dTest 2Part A1. b2.b3.d4.d5.d6. d7.c8. b Part B9.d 10.d 11.c 12.a 3.d 14.a 15.b Part C16) regularly 17) measure 18) range 19) media 20) preferences 21) appeal 22) strategies23) polls are used to obtain information about voters’ attitudes toward issues and candidates. 24) it is often possible to determine the probable winner even before the voting booths close.25) The public’s attitude toward various social, economic, and international issues is also considered newsworthy. Part D26. c 27.d 28. b 29.b 30. c 31.d 32. a 33. c 34. d 35. c。

大学生英语教材4听力答案Unit 1: Campus LifePart 1: Short ConversationsSection A1. B. The chemistry building.2. C. A camera.3. A. It's too hot.4. B. She will go to the concert.5. C. He'll look for an apartment tomorrow.Section B6. C. They will have a party.7. A. She needs more time to think about it.8. B. His wallet was stolen.9. A. It's too crowded.10. B. He needs to go to the library.Part 2: PassagesSection A11. C. To prepare for a class presentation.12. B. Reading newspapers and magazines.13. A. Less than half of the students.14. B. To focus on practical applications.15. C. By attending seminars and workshops.Section B16. B. They will be more difficult.17. C. There will be more group work.18. A. To develop students' critical thinking skills.19. B. They allow students to apply theoretical knowledge.20. A. It helps students gain practical experience.Unit 2: Personal CharacteristicsPart 1: Short ConversationsSection A1. B. In a restaurant.2. C. They both enjoyed the movie.3. A. History.4. B. He prefers reading magazines.5. C. It's too expensive.Section B6. A. Taking risks.7. B. They are curious.8. C. She should be more patient.9. B. He has a new pet.10. A. She wants to lose weight.Part 2: PassagesSection A11. B. By staying positive.12. A. They are independent.13. C. They have a strong sense of purpose.14. A. They have a positive impact on others.15. C. By setting specific goals.Section B16. B. They are more likely to succeed.17. A. They learn from their failures.18. C. They have good time management skills.19. B. By stepping out of their comfort zone.20. A. They are motivated and determined. Unit 3: Travel and SightseeingPart 1: Short Conversations1. B. At a travel agency.2. C. She prefers cultural experiences.3. A. To visit historical landmarks.4. B. The weather forecast for tomorrow.5. C. By taking a guided tour.Section B6. C. It's famous for its museums.7. A. By taking a cruise.8. A. He will have a layover in Chicago.9. B. They should try the local cuisine.10. A. She enjoys exploring new places.Part 2: PassagesSection A11. C. It offers a variety of outdoor activities.12. B. To explore the natural beauty.13. A. They are known for their architecture.14. B. It attracts tourists with its cultural heritage.15. C. By experiencing the local traditions.16. B. To learn about different cultures.17. A. They can broaden their horizons.18. C. It allows people to relax and rejuvenate.19. B. They can create lifelong memories.20. A. It helps to promote mutual understanding. Unit 4: Daily LifePart 1: Short ConversationsSection A1. A. At a pet store.2. C. She bought a new laptop.3. A. He needs help with his homework.4. B. It's too noisy.5. C. He wants to try a new recipe.Section B6. B. They enjoy spending time outdoors.7. A. To reduce stress.8. C. She should get more sleep.9. B. They are planning a surprise birthday party.10. A. He wants to improve his cooking skills.Part 2: PassagesSection A11. B. By establishing a routine.12. A. It helps to save time.13. C. They can improve productivity.14. A. It allows for better organization.15. B. By prioritizing tasks.Section B16. B. It improves overall well-being.17. C. They can enhance creativity.18. A. It strengthens relationships.19. B. They can develop new skills.20. C. It contributes to personal growth.Note: The above answers are based on assumptions and may not match the actual content of the textbook. It is advisable to refer to the official answer key provided by the textbook publisher for accurate answers. The format of the article does not adhere to any specific style as per the instruction.。

Unit 5 CommunityUnit Goals1. Politely ask someone not to do something2. Complain about public conduct3. Discuss social responsibility4. Identify and discuss urban problems5. Write about public healthLesson 1Lead-inOn-the-S treet Interviews: I enjoy living in the city because …A. Circle the letter of the best choice to complete each statement.1.b2.c.3.a4.b5.cB. Answer the questions, using information from the video.1. Emma2. Natalie3. Jessica4. Natalie5. Emma6. ChrisVideo ScriptInterviewer: Do you live right in the city or are you in a suburb?Jessica: I used to live in the suburbs with my parents until I was seventeen years old. And then, as I thought I have to grow up, I moved into the city, and I lived in the center.Interviewer: So which do you prefer?Jessica: That is difficult because both sites have their, like, advantages. In the city you are around your friends, and it is much easier to, yeah, to go out and to meet people, and you are at home in ten minutes because you can walk. And if you live in the suburbs, it is more quiet and yeah, you are more in the countryside, and more in the nature with the, yeah with your family, so it is like …I wouldn’t say one is better than the other one. It has … both sites is very good, so I like both. Chris: I think most people in the city are there because of work, a lot of the times, so a lot of people are rushing, and they have got deadlines and appointments to meet. So they can come across as a bit more rude than perhaps people in the suburbs who have less pressures on them, it seems to me. But I think once you get talking to people in the city, when they have got time, they are just as nice as anyone else.Interviewer: Tell me where you live.Emma: I live in the city. Where I live is kind of quiet, but it depends on the time of the day, and sometimes there is like a little restaurant in the area, and people tend to go there. So sometimes you hear when people are coming out when it is really late, but it is not noisy all the time. It is OK; It is a medium kind of sound there. There is lots of children there ---families, a lot of families.Different cultures, hard-working people. It is a very nice community. It is very clean, which is kind of different from the city because the city is kind of messy, but they maintain it, and they keep it very nice. So lots of stores, shopping, a little family theater area where kids can go watch shows with their family. So it is a very nice area … I enjoy living in the city because I get, it is quick access to, like, food or, you know, you don’t have to travel in a car or go down an hour or two to the mall. I mean, you can just walk up to any store and get an outfit and you are gone. Like, it doesn’t take a lot of work to go somewhere.Natalie: I live in the city, and I really enjoy living in the city because it is very busy, and there is always something to do. It gets a bit too busy sometimes, and so you …it is nice to take vacations. But I like living in the city because there is always bars to go to, there is restaurants, there is plenty to do. The commute to work is very short --- it only takes me about twenty minutes to get to work by public transportation. And, yeah, I really like it, because there is lots of people with similar interests and very interesting people to speak to all the time.ListeningA. Sound Bites少T eaching SuggestionsB. Pair WorkRead the conversation again. With a partner, explain the meaning of each of the following statements or questions.1. How do you like living in the city?2. Things move too fast for me here.3. Y ou have to pay attention and be alert all the time.4. It bothers me sometimes.5. I prefer living in the country.少T eaching SuggestionsST ARTING POINTWhat are some advantages and disadvantages of living in each type of place? Write them in the chart.T eaching SuggestionsStep 1Model the activity with the class. Write the following chart on the board (without the answers) andHave students complete the chart individually in note form.Step 3Encourage students to write at least three advantages and disadvantages of living in each place. Discussion. Where would you prefer to live —in the country, the city, or the suburbs? Why?T eaching SuggestionsStep 1Group students according to where they prefer to live. If possible, put students with different preferences together.Step 2Have students discuss their favorite place to live. As students discuss, encourage them to agree or disagree with their group members’ views.Step 3Take a poll of the class to find out how many people would like to live in each place.Part 2Discuss Social Responsibilities少A, B部分T eaching suggestionsC. Listening ComprehensionRead the questions and listen to part 1 of the story about Nicholas Green and his family. T ake notes on your notepad. Then summarize the first part of the story with your partner.Where were the Greens from? They were from California in the United States.What were they doing in Italy? They were on vacation.What happened to Nicholas? He was shot and died.What decision did his parents make? They decided to donate his organs to people who were sick.How did the Italian people react? They were very moved.ScriptM: Reg and Maggie Green were on vacation with their children on the island of Sicily in southern Italy. It was a long way from their home in California in the United States. They had just spent the day sightseeing and were driving on a highway back to their hotel. It was evening, and theirseven-year-old son, Nicholas, and four-year-old daughter, Eleanor, were fast sleep in the back seat.Suddenly, another car with two men pulled up beside them. The man on the passenger side had a gun, and he was screaming at them through the window. As Reg Green stepped on the accelerator and drove away quickly, he could hear gunshots. He drove as fast as he could to the nearest town. Maggie was relieved to see that the children were still sleeping. But when they stopped, they both realized that Nicholas had been shot, and they rushed him to a hospital. Sadly, after two days in the hospital, Nicholas died.One can only imagine the grief and sadness Reg and Maggie Green must have felt at that moment. But they made a decision that touched the lives of many people and the hearts of millions around the world. They decided to donate Nicholas’s organs to Italians who were very sick and needed them. By giving them Nicholas’s organs, Reg and Maggie felt that they could help others. Nicholas’s future had been taken away, so the Greens wanted to give a future to someone else.Their gift turned a senseless tragedy into a lesson in giving. Italians were very moved. They could not believe that visitors from another country --- who had suffered such a terrible loss --- could be so giving at such a terrible moment.少T eaching SuggestionsD. Read the questions and listen to Part 2; discuss your answers with a partner.1. People started to think differently about organ donation.The number of people who were willing to become organ donors increased by three to four hundred percent.2. Seven. One woman was able to see and the rest had their lives saved.3. They work to support organ donation.Script:M: Within days the Green family’s personal experience erupted into a worldwide story. In Italy, strangers walked up to them on the street, with tears in their eyes, to say thank you. People started naming streets, schools, and hospitals for Nicholas Green.When the Greens returned home, they received letters from thousands of people around the world. The letters told how the Green’s decision changed their attitudes about donating organs. In Italy, the number of people who were willing to become organ donors increased by three to four hundred percent --- they called it “The Nicholas Effect”.The Green family returned to Italy more than a dozen times after Nicholas’s death. And they met all of the people who received Nicholas’s organs --- seven people in all.A fifteen-year-old boy got Nicholas’s heart. During his illness, he had weighed only 27 kilograms and had spent half his life in hospitals. After the surgery, he was healthy and full of energy.One girl was two days from death --- the doctors have given up on her. But with one of Nicholas’s organs, she got better. She later got married, and she gave birth to two babies --- one a boy, whom he named Nicholas.A woman who had never seen her own child’s face now can see --- thanks to the corneas from Nicholas’s eyes.An eight-year-old boy was arriving at the hospital for his surgery to get one of Nicholas’s organs. He was asked to think about something nice. He said, “I’m thinking of Nicholas.”The Greens say that the love of life these people have shown --- and the looks on their families’faces --- is a wonderful reward. They often talk about how comforting it has been to know that people who would have died by now are leading normal lives, and that another who would have been blind can now see.Maggie and Reg Green have become very busy doing work to support organ donation. While it does not take away the pain of Nicholas’s senseless death, it helps the Greens to believe that something good has come out of the tragedy.少T eaching suggestionsSpeakingPolitely Ask Someone Not to Do SomethingA. CONVERSATION SNAPSHOTT eaching SuggestionsStep 1After students read and listen, check comprehension by asking What does the man ask for permission to do? (smoke) Does the woman give or refuse permission?(refuse) Why?(because smoke bothers her)Step 2Point out that both the person who asks permission and the person who refuses it are polite to each other. Ask students to identify and underline polite language in the conversation. (Do you mind my smoking here?; I hope that is not a problem; Not at all; That is very considerate of you; Thanks for asking.)Step 3Have students read and listen to the ways to soften an objection. Point out that when you refuse permission, it is polite to soften the refusal with a sentence from the box or to offer a reason for refusing.Language note: Use the question Do you mind…?When you think what you are asking permission to do might make the other person uncomfortable. Use That is very considerate of you to thank a person for being careful not to upset you. To inconvenience someone is to cause problems or difficulty for them.Option: Y ou may want to brainstorm ways of replying to the question Do you mind…? with the class on the board. (possible response: ways to say “Y es”/ refuse permission: Y es, actually, I do mind; Actually, smoking kind of bothers me; Ways to say “no”/give permission: No, I don’t; I don’t mind; Not at all; Go right ahead.) Be sure students understand that Yes refuses permission and No gives permission.T eaching SuggestionsHave students repeat chorally. Make sure they:ｏuse rising intonation for Do you mind my smoking here?ｏpause slightly after Actually …ｏuse emphatic stress for hope in I hope that’s not a problem.ｏuse the following stress pattern:Stress Pattern.--- . . --- ..A: Do you mind my smoking here?-- ..--- .. .--- . . . --- . .. ---- .B: Actually, smoking kind of bothers me. I hope that’s not a problem.---- . --- - . . . ----A: Not at all. I can step outside.. ----. . ---- . . . . ---- . --- .B: That’s very considerate of you. Thanks for asking.B. Grammar. Possessives with gerundsT eaching SuggestionsStep 1Have volunteers read the first explanation and examples out loud.On the board, write:She complained about ________ smoking in the office.Step 2Have students identify the gerund in the example (smoking). Call on students to complete the sentence on the board with their own examples. Write students’ responses on the board. (possible responses: his, bill’s)Step 3Have students read the second explanation and study the examples.Step 4Have students restate the different variations of the sentence on the board, using object pronouns. (possible responses: She complained about him/Bill smoking in the office.) Point out that the possessive adjective her has the same form as the object pronoun her.Step 5Point out that when the possessive gerund is in the object position, a noun or object pronoun can be used, but when the possessive gerund is in the subject position, this is not done. On the board, write:1.You constant arguing is getting on my nerves.2.I don’t like they smoking in here.To check comprehension, correct the sentences on the board as a class.C. Combine the two statements, using a possessive with a gerund.1. I don’t appreciate his playing his MP3 player in the library.2. My mother objects to their smoking cigars in the car.3. We don’t mind her talking on her cell phone.4. I’m really annoyed by my brother’s littering.T eaching SuggestionsStep 1Write the example answer on the board. Underline the gerundial phrases (their allowing smoking). Ask students to name its grammatical function within the sentence. (object of the preposition of) Step 2Point out the gerundial phrases will have different grammatical functions within the sentence ---- as subjects, objects, and objects of a preposition.Step 3Have students compare answers with a partner and review as a class.ReadingT ext ABackground Information 少Key Words and Expressionsabundance n. 充裕，丰富The carpets are available in abundance.The tree yields an abundance of fruit.picturesque adj. 风景如画的We heard that there was a picturesque village nearby. He described picturesque rocky shores in his novel.sterile adj.贫瘠的The sterile soil cannot be used for growing crops.The large sterile land made life hard here.Reference Translation规划城市-----堪培拉规划的城市是不是太缺少独创性了？大多数澳大利亚堪培拉的居民和游客认为不是这样的。

现代大学英语听力4答案及原文(总12页)--本页仅作为文档封面，使用时请直接删除即可----内页可以根据需求调整合适字体及大小--Unit 1Task 1:【答案】A.Event YearKenny G was born. 1956He toured Europe with his High School band. 1971He made his first solo album. 1982He won released his most successful album. 1993He won the Best Artist Award. 1994He broke the world record for playing a single note. 1997B．1) F2) F3) T【原文】Saxophonist Kenny G is now the world's most successful jazz musician. He was born in 1956 as Kenny Gorelick in Seattle, USA, and he learned to play the saxophone at an early age. When he was just 15 years old, he toured Europe with his High School band. After studying at Washington University he started his career as a musician. In 1982 he signed for Arista Records and made his first solo album Kenny G. Success came slowly at first, but during the 1990s Kenny became well-known on the international scene. He released Breathless, his most successful album so far in 1993, and in 1994 won the Best Artist Award at the 21st American Music Awards held in Los Angeles.As well as making records, he also found time to play in front of another famous saxophone player—US President Bill Clinton—at the "Gala for the President" concert in Washington, and to break the world record for playing a single note (45 minutes and 47 seconds!) at the J & R Music World Store in New York in 1997.During the last 20 years, Kenny G has played with superstars like Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton and Whitney Houston, and he has sold more than 36 million albums worldwide... and he hasn't sung a note!Task 2:【答案】1) c2) d3) c【原文】Senn: Everybody always has this misconception that female policemen don't do the same thing as men do, you know. I've worked..Interviewer: That's not true?Senn: That is not true! I've worked my share of graveyard shifts, and, you know, splitshifts, and double-back and no days off, and...Interviewer: Uh-huh...Senn: ...as much as the next guy. There's no distinction used if there's a male or female officer on duty. Two men on duty—I'll refer to as two men, ’cause in m y field there's no difference between the genders. We're still the same. Okay, if there's two men on duty—just because one's a female, she still gets in on the same type of call. If there's a bar disturbance downtown, then we go too. There's been many times where being the only officer on duty—that's it! It’s just me and whoever else is on duty in the county. They can come back me up if I need assistance. And it does get a little hairy. You go in there, and you have these great big, huge monster-guys, and they're just drunker than skunks, and can't see three feet in front of them. And when they see you, they see fifteen people, and you know... But still, there's enough...Interviewer: That's where the uniform is important, I should imagine. Sen n: Sometimes, you know. If somebody is going to…or has a bad day, and they areout to get a cop, you know, it doesn't matter if you're, you know, boy, girl, infant or anything! When you've got that cop uniform on, they'll still take it out on you.Interviewer: Yeah...Senn: But I think there's one advantage to being a female police officer. And that is the factthat most men still have a little respect, and they won't smack you as easy as they would one of the guys.Interviewer: Uh-huh...Senn: But I'll tell you one thing I’ve learned—I'd rather dealwith ten drunk men that one drunk woman any day of the week!Interviewer: Well, why is that?Senn: Because women are so unpredictable. You cannot ever predict what a woman'sgoing to do.Interviewer: Hmm...Senn: Especially, if she's agitated, you know.Interviewer: Emotionally upset.Senn: Yeah. I saw a lady one time just get mad at the guy she was withbecause he wouldn't buy her another drink— take off her high heel and lay his head wide open. Yuch! Oh, they can be so vicious, you know.Task 3:【答案】1) d2) b3) b4) b【原文】You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. Andso it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window—andfalls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast-moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called “stunt men”. That is to say, they perform “tricks”.There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of thethings you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stunt man’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosionjust at the right moment.Naturally stuntmen are well-paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute failed to open—and he was killed.In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for “men only”. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have toperform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are “stunt girls”too！Task 4:【答案】1) He started writing poetry when he was about 14 or 15.2) He has published four books.3) His first book came out when he was about 26. It wasn’t easy. He got a lot of his work rejected at first.4) The British, or at least the English, are embarrassed by it.They’re embarrassed by people who reveal personal feelings, emotions, thoughts and wishes.【原文】When Thomas Edison was born in the small town of Milan, Ohio, in 1847, America was just beginning its great industrial development. In his lifetime of eighty-four years, Edison shared in the excitement of America’s growth into a modern nation. The time in which he livedwas an age of invention, filled with human and scientific adventures, and Edison became the hero of that age.As a boy, Edison was not a good student. His parents took him out of school and his mother taught him at home, where his great curiosity and desire to experiment often got him into trouble. When he was six, he set fire to his father’s barn “to see what would happen.” The barn burned down.When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry laboratory. He sold sandwiches and newspapers on the trains in order to earn money to buy supplies for his laboratory. His parents became accustomed, more or less, to his experiments and the explosions which sometimes shook the house.Edison’s work as a sales boy with the railroad introduced him to the telegraph and, with a friend, he built his own telegraph set.Six years later, in 1869, Edison arrived in New York City, poor andin debt. He went to work with a telegraph company. It was there that he became interested in the uses of electricity.Task 5:【答案】1815， 1914， 35millionI.A. villages，seaportB. danger，long ocean voyageC. a new land，a new languageD. finding a place to liveII.a better life，opportunity，freedomIII.A. England, Germany, Russia, HungaryB. Roman Catholic, JewishC. customs，languagesIV.A. Americanized，disappeared.B. haven't disappeared，customs，identitiesV.A. were cheated，prejudice，mistreatedB. hardest，least-paid，dirtiest，most overcrowdedD. rejected，old-fashioned，ashamedovercome【原文】Thousands of people came to American cities before Blacks and Puerto Ricans did. Between 1815 and 1914, more than 35 million Europeans crossed the ocean to find new homes in the United States.Most of these immigrants were ordinary people. Few were famous when they arrived. Few became famous afterward. Most had lived in small villages. Few had ever been far outside them. Most of them faced the same kinds of problems getting to America: the hardship of going from their villages to a seaport, the unpleasantness—even danger—of the long ocean voyage, the strangeness of a new land, and of a new language, the problem of finding a place to live, of finding work in a new, strange country.Every immigrant had his own reasons for coming to America. But nearly all shared one reason: They hoped for a better life. They considered America a special place, a land of opportunity, a land of freedom. Immigrants came from many different countries: England, Germany, Denmark, Finland[, Russia, Italy, Hungary and many others.They came with many different religions: Roman Catholic, Jewish, Quaker, Greek Orthodox.They brought many different customs and many languages.Some people have called the United States a "melting pot". After immigrants were here awhile—in the melting pot—they became Americanized. Differences were "melted down". They gradually disappeared.Some people say no. America isn't a melting pot. It's more like a salad bowl. Important differences between groups of people haven't disappeared. Many groups have kept their own ways, their customs, their identities, and this has given America great strength.Melting pot Salad bowl Perhaps there's some troth to both ideas.In any case, life in America was hard for most immigrants—especially at first. Often they were cheated. Often they met with prejudice. They were often laughed at, even mistreated, by people who themselves had been immigrants.Most of them soon found that the streets of America weren't pavedwith gold. They usually got the hardest jobs, and those that paid the least, the dirtiest places to live in, the most overcrowded tenements. They came to be citizens of a new country; but often they felt like people without a country. They had given up their own, but theydidn't understand their new one. They didn't really feel a part of it. And the people of the new one didn't always welcome them.They came for the sake of their children, but in America theirchildren often rejected them. To the children, their parents seemedold-fashioned. They didn't learn the new language quickly. Somedidn't learn it at all. Their parents' customs made children ashamed. Gradually, however, problems were overcome. For most immigrants, life in America was better. It certainly was better for their children and for their grandchildren.Task 6:【答案】A.The Life Story of Thomas EdisonOhio，1847，industrial development, 1931, a modern nationI.A. curiosity，desireB. 1857，station master’s sonC. 1863II.A. New York City，electricity，report the pricesB. New Jersey，invented，producedC. organized industrial researchD. 1877E. 1879III.A. 1,000B. motion-picture machineC. photographyD. streetcars，electric trainsIV.B. turn off all powerC. the progress of manB.1) F2) F3) T4) T5) F【原文】When Thomas Edison was born in the small town of Milan, Ohio, in 1847, America was justbeginning its great industrial development. The time in which helived was an age of invention, filled with human and scientific adventures, and Edison became the hero of that age.As a boy, Edison was not a good student. His parents took him out of school and his mothertaught him at home, where his great curiosity and desire toexperiment often got him into trouble. When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry laboratory. He sold sandwiches and newspapers onthe local trains in order to earn money to buy supplies for his laboratory. His parents became accustomed, more or less, to his experiments and the explosions which sometimes shook the house.Edison’s work as a sales boy with the railroad introduced himto the telegraph and with a friend, he built his own telegraph set.He taught himself the Morse telegraphic code and hoped for the chance to become a professional telegraph operator. A stroke of luck and Edison's quick thinking soon provided the opportunity.One day, as young Edison stood waiting for a train to arrive, he saw the station master's sot wander into the track of an approaching train. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety. The thankful station master offered to teach Edison railway telegraphy. Afterwards, in 1863, he became tan expert telegraph operator and left home towork in various cities.Six years later, in 1869, Edison arrived in New York City, poor andin debt. He went to work with a telegraph company. It was there that he became interested in the uses of electricity. At that time electricity was still in the experimental stages, and Edison hoped to invent new ways to use it for the benefit of people. As he once said: "My philosophy of life is work. I want to bring out the secrets of, nature and apply them for the happiness of man. I know of no better service to render for the short time we are in this world."The same year, when he was only 22 years old, Edison invented an improved ticker-tape machine which could better report the prices on the New York Market. The ticker-tape machine was successful, and Edison decided to leave his job and concentrate wholly on inventing. When the president of the telegraph company asked how much they owed him for his invention, Edison was ready to accept only $3,000. Cautiously he said: "Suppose you make me an offer.""How would $40,000 strike you" the president inquired. Edison almost fainted, but he finally replied that the price was fair.With this money, and now calling himself an electrical engineer, Edison formed his own "invention factory" in Newark, New Jersey. Over the next few years he invented and produced many new items, including the mimeograph machine, wax wrapping paper, and improvements of the telegraph.In 1877 Edison decided he could no longer continue both manufacturing and inventing. He sold his share in the factory and built a new laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It was the first laboratory of its kind devoted to organized industrial research. One of the first inventions to come from his new laboratory was an improvement of Alexander Bell's telephone. Edison invented a more powerful mouthpiece which removed the need to shout into the telephone. Buthis great inventions were still to come.On August 12, 1877, Edison began experimenting with an instrument which he had designed and ordered to be built. It was a cylinder, wrapped in tinfoil and turned by a handle. As it revolved, a needle made a groove in the foil. Turning the handle, Edison began to shout. "Mary had a little lambWhose fleece was white as snow!"He stopped and moved the needle back in the starting position. Then, putting his ear close to the needle, he turned the handle again. A voice came out of the machine:"Mary had a little lamb,Whose fleece was white as snow!"Edison had just invented the phonograph, a completely new concept: a talking machine.While he was perfecting his phonograph, Edison also worked on another invention. He called it "an Electric Lamp for Giving Light by Incandescence". Today we call it the light bulb.For years other inventors had experimented with electric lights, but none of the lights had proven economical to produce. Edison, in studying the problem, spent over a year experimenting. He tested1,600 materials (even hairs from a friend's beard) to see if they would carry electric current and glow. Finally, on October 21, 1879, he tried passing electricity through a carbonized cotton thread in a vacuum glass bulb. In his own words Edison described the experiment: "... before nightfall the carbon was completed and inserted in the lamp. The bulb was exhausted of air and sealed, the current turned on, and the sight we had so long desired to see met our eyes." The lamp gave off a feeble, reddish glow, and it continued to bum for 40 hours. Edison's incredible invention proved that electric lighting would be the future light of the world.Edison was now so famous as an inventor that people thought there was nothing he could not do. They began to call him "the wizard", as ifhe could produce an invention like magic. Few people realized howhard Edison worked, often 20 hours a day, and that most of his inventions were the results of hundreds of experiments.For 60 years Edison was the world's leading inventor. He patentedover 1,000 inventions which changed our way of living. He was one ofthe earliest inventors of the motion-picture machine. His invention of the phonograph was joined with photography to produce talking pictures. He also perfected the electric motor which made streetcars and electric trains possible.It is no wonder that Edison received many honors during his life for contributions to the progress of mankind. The United States gave him its highest award, a special Congressional Medal of Honor. Yet, in spite of all his fame, Edison remained a modest man. He preferred to continue his work, rather than rest on his achievements. His motto was: "I find what the world needs; then I go ahead and try to invent it." He never considered himself a brilliant man and once remarked that genius was "2 percent inspiration and 98 percent perspiration". When Edison died in 1931, it was proposed that the American people mm off all power in their homes, streets, and factories for several minutes in honor of this great man. Of course, it was quicklyrealized that such an honor would be impossible. Its impossibility was indeed the real tribute to Edison's achievements. Electric power had become so important and vital a part of America's life that a complete shut-down for even a few seconds would have created chaos. As "one of the great heroes of invention", Edison rightfully belongs among America's and the world's great contributors to the progress of man.Task 7:【答案】A.1) c2) a3) d4) c5) c6) aB.1) That’s because the explosion robs the fire of oxygen.2) Once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or capped, to stop the flow of oil. This is the most dangerous part of the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and the surrounding area to explode.3) In March of 1991, Red Adair went to Kuwait. He and his crews were called in to help put out oil well fires.4) He has spent his 76th birthday in Kuwait working side by side with his crew.5) At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes.【原文】Paul Neal Adair was born in Houston, Texas in nineteen fifteen. He was one of five sons of a metal worker. He also had three sisters. While growing up, he became known as Red Adair because his hair was bright red. The color became a trademark for Adair. He wore red clothes and red boots. He drove a red car, and his crew members used red trucks and red equipment.During World War Two, Adair served on a trained army team that removed and destroyed bombs. After the war, he returned to Houston and took a job with Myron Kinley. At the time, Kinley was the leader in putting out fires in oil wells. Red Adair worked with Myron Kinley for fourteen years. But in nineteen fifty-nine, Adair started his own company.During his thirty-six years in business, Red Adair and his crews battled more than two thousand fires all over the world. Some were on land. Others were on ocean oil-drilling structures. Some fires werein burning oil wells. Others were in natural gas wells.Red Adair was a leader in a specialized and extremely dangerous profession. Putting out oil well fires can be difficult. This is because oil well fires are extinguished, or put out, at the wellhead just above ground. Normally, explosives are used to stop the fire from burning. The explosion robs the fire of oxygen. But, once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or capped, to stop the flow of oil. This is the most dangerous part of the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and the surrounding area to explode.Red Adair developed modern methods to extinguish and cover burningoil wells.They became known in the industry as Wild Well Control techniques. In addition to explosives, the techniques involved large amounts of water and dirt. Adair also developed special equipment made of bronze metal to help extinguish oil well fires. The modern tools and his Wild Well Control techniques earned Red Adair and his crews the honor of being called the "best in the business."Red Adair was known for not being afraid. He was also known for his sense of calm and safety. None of his workers were ever killed while putting out oil well or gas fires. He described his work this way: “It scares you—all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everyone's face, when you are finished and packing, it is the best smile in the world; and there is nobody hurt, and the well is under control.”One of Red Adair's most important projects was in nineteen sixty-two. He and his crew put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara Desert inAlgeria. The fire had been burning for six months. This famous fire was called the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter." Fire from the natural gas well shot about one hundred forty meters into the air. The fire wasso big that American astronaut John Glenn could see it from space as he orbited desert sand around the well had melted into glass fromthe extreme heat. News reports said Adair used about three hundred forty kilograms of nitroglycerine explosive material to pull the oxygen out of the fire.Adair's success with the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter" and earlier well fires captured the imagination of the American film industry. In nineteen sixty-eight, Hollywood made an action film called Hellfighters. It was loosely based on events in Red Adair's life. Actor John Wayne played an oil well firefighter from Houston, Texas whose life was similar to Adair's. Adair served as an advisor to Wayne while the film was being made. The two men became close friends. Adair said one of the best honors in the world was to have John Wayne play him in a movie.In nineteen eighty-eight, Adair fought what was possibly the world's worst off-shore accident. It was at the Piper Alpha drillingstructure in the North Sea. Occidental Petroleum operated thestructure off the coast of Scotland. The structure produced oil and gas from twenty-four wells.One hundred sixty-seven men were killed when the structure exploded after a gas leak. Red Adair had to stop the fires and cap the wells. He faced winds blowing more than one hundred twenty kilometers an hour, and ocean waves at least twenty meters high.In March of nineteen ninety-one, Red Adair went to Kuwait following the Persian Gulf War. He and his crews were called in to help put out fires set by the Iraqi army.The Red Adair Company capped more than one hundred wells. His crews were among twenty-seven teams from sixteen countries called in tofight the fires. The crews' efforts put out about seven hundred Kuwaiti fires. Their efforts saved millions of barrels of oil. Some experts say the operation also helped prevent an environmental tragedy. The job had been expected to take three to five years. However, it was completed in just eight months.Red Adair had spent his seventy-sixth birthday in Kuwait working side by side with his crew. When asked when he might retire, he told reporters: "Retire I do not know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work, and he is productive out there and he feels good—keep at it."Still, Red Adair finally did retire in nineteen ninety-four. At that time, he joked about where he would end up when he died. He said he hoped to be in Heaven. But he said this about Hell: "I have made adeal with the devil. He said he is going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there—if I go there—so I won't put all the fires out."Red Adair died in two thousand four. He was eighty-nine years old. At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes. Many Americans remember Red Adair for his bravery. He lived his life on the edge of danger. He was known for hiswillingness to risk his own life to save others.Task 8:【答案】A.1) She was born in New York City in 1884.2) After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read in one of the poorest areas of New York City. She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She became involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving social conditions.3) She decided she would no longer play the part of a politician's wife. Instead, she began to build a life with interests of her own. 4) Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. His new economic program was called the New Deal.5) She was different from the wives of earlier presidents in that she was the first to become active in political and social issues.6) She publicly resigned her membership to protest the action of the group.7) She spent the last years of her life visiting foreign countries. She became America's unofficial ambassador. She called on Americans to help the people in developing countries.B.1) F2) T3) T【原文】Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of America's thirty-second president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She helped her husband in many ways during his long political life. She also became one of the most influential people in America. She fought for equal rights for all people -- workers, women, poor people, black people. And she sought peace among nations.Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City in eighteen eighty-four. Eleanor's family had great wealth and influence. When she was eight years old, her mother died. Two years later, her father died.It was Eleanor's grandmother who raised the Roosevelt children.After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read in one of the poorest areas of New York City, called "Hell's Kitchen." She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She saw little children of four and five years old working until they dropped to the floor. She became involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving social conditions.Franklin Roosevelt began visiting Eleanor. Franklin belonged to another part of the Roosevelt family. Franklin and Eleanor were married in nineteen-oh-five. In the next eleven years, they had six children.Franklin Roosevelt began his life in politics in New York. He was elected to be a state legislator. Later, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him to be assistant secretary of the Navy. The Roosevelts moved to Washington in nineteen thirteen. It was there, afterthirteen years of marriage, that Eleanor Roosevelt went through oneof the hardest periods of her life. She discovered that her husband had fallen in love with another woman. She wanted to end the marriage. But her husband urged her to remain his wife.She did. Yet her relationship with her husband changed. She decided she would no longer play the part of a politician's wife. Instead,she began to build a life with interests of her own.Eleanor Roosevelt learned about politics and became involved inissues and groups that interested her. In nineteen twenty-two, she became part of the Women's Trade Union League. She also joined the debate about ways to stop war. In those years after World War One,she argued that America must be involved in the world to prevent another war. "Peace is the question of the hour," she once told a group of women. "Women must work for peace to keep from losing their loved ones."The question of war and peace was forgotten as the United States entered a severe economic depression in nineteen twenty-nine. Prices suddenly dropped on the New York stock market. Banks lost their money. People lost their jobs.Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in nineteen thirty-two. He promised to end the Depression and put Americans back to work. Mrs. Roosevelt helped her husband by spreading information about his new economic program. It was called the New Deal. She traveled around the country giving speeches and visiting areas that needed economic aid. Eleanor Roosevelt was different from the wives of earlier presidents. She was the first to become active in political and social issues. While her husband was president, Missus Roosevelt held more thanthree hundred news conferences for female reporters. She wrote adaily newspaper commentary. She wrote for many magazines. These。

Unit 2 Musical MoodsUnit Goals♦Describe the music you listen to♦Explain the role of music in your life♦Describe a creative person♦Discuss the benefits of music♦Write about ways of relaxationLesson 1Lead-inTV Documentary: BeckPart 1A. Check the topics that are discussed in Part 1 of the report.Beck’s sound; Beck’s lyrics; Beck’s neighborhoodB. Listen to George Stephanopoulos and John Flansburgh at the beginning of Part 1 and complete their statements.1. the most fascinating figures in popular music.2. sound; beats; lyricsVideo ScriptVIDEO SCRIPTGeorge Stephanopoulos:I’m George Stephanopoulos and this is Nightline. Tonight, one of the most fascinating figures in popular music. Tonight, Beck. A musical maverick meets his moment.John Flansburgh:It’s been more than a decade since Beck arrived with Loser, a surreal homemade hit that rode a hip-hop beat to become a slacker anthem. It could have turned him into a one-hit wonder. Instead, over the course of seven albums and a non-stop chorus of acclaim, Beck has grown into one of the most compelling figures in rock music. And with his talent for collage, he’s created a free-wheeling mix of rock, hip-hop, traditional musics, and some sounds that usually only come out of video games. Now his latest recor ding, Guero, finds him stretching further still.Beck is now thirty-four years old, married, and a new father. On his new album, Guero, he returns to his signature sound of combining electronic loops and beats with acoustic folk-blues songwriting. But his lyrics are clearly more autobiographical, often dealing directly with disillusionment and loss.We first caught up with Beck last month at a packed London club, on the eve of the new album’s release, and an open-ended touring schedule, and the biggest marketing offensive of his career – from an appearance on Saturday Night Live; to a so-called ―Beck-isode‖ on the hugely popular nighttime soap The O.C., scored exclusively with his new music; to Starbucks, where you can have your Beck to go.Nic Harcourt: My guest is Beck. He’s got his band with him. He’s got a new record.John Flansburgh: And it’s paying off. Guero entered the Billboard chart at number two, the highest position of Beck’s career. Can you explain the meaning of ―guero‖?Beck: ―Guero‖ is … it me ans white boy. It’s kind of a slang word. It’s something that I would hear growing up. You know, something I’d hear on the street, walking to school, get called ―guero.‖ It’s just a … it’s just a word that always stuck in my head, and I wanted to do something with that at some point. And I think I ended up, in the end, just kind of doing this almost journalistic kind of look at that whole time.John Flansburgh: The vibrant culture clash of the poor Los Angeles neighborhood where Beck grew up seems to have inspired a love of collage, of mixing and contrasting unlikely combinations.Beck: I grew up near MacArthur Park, which is right next to downtown. And I guess it’s kind of the old … theL.A. of the ’30s and ’40s. And, and, but, you know, by the time I was born, it was a little more dilapidated and, and a lot of stuff was getting torn down. It was a mostly immigrant neighborhood, especially at that time, you know, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, Mexican, there are some Korean. And just kind of a … a mix of everythin g.Part 2A. Check the topics that are discussed in Part 2 of the report.Beck’s sound; Beck’s dancing; Beck’s videosB. Which one of the following reasons for why Beck is original is NOT supported by the report?bVIDEO SCRIPTJenny Eliscu: Plenty of critically acclaimed artists, at least, have as many influences and as wide a range of influences as Beck does. But they don’t reveal them all. They’re not able to mine all of their influences as well as Beck. There are few artists who can reveal a love for the Carter Family and, you know, sort of Brazilian music from the ’60s and hip-hop and punk rock and the Beatles, and take all these things and put them together so that you can find those things in the songs. B ut that’s the essential nature of collage, is … is picking up something that belonged to someone else and making it into something entirely new.John Flansburgh: Because we’re on Nightline, I have to ask the … the hard-hitting questions. I need to really drill down; I need to get some facts on this.Beck: All right.John Flansburgh: Where did you learn to dance?Beck: I didn’t learn. It was really on-the-job training, so to speak. And just being on stage and trying to figure out what to do with myself.John Flansburgh: Beck also puts a remarkable amount of creative energy into the visual aspects of his output. You make amazing videos and do almost sort of experimental packaging with your albums. Do you see yourself as a pop artist, as well as just a musician?Beck: The visual is definitely something that’s really important, that I just think of it as an extension from the music. When I first started making records, I just thought it was such an opportunity to bring maybe something art minded or, you know, something in film that interested me.John Flansburgh: Do you feel like he’s original?Jenny Eliscu: Definitely, yeah. You know, I’ll answer the question with a question. Can you name any other artist currently on the radio who sounds anything like him? Or who’s done anything that he’s done, nearly as well a s he’s done it, or nearly as authentically?John Flansburgh: Beck may still be finding his way through the pop marketplace, but artistically, his course is true. While the music industry chases every new fad, Beck shows us just how far a musician can get b y following his own compass. I’m John Flansburgh, for Nightline in New York.ListeningPart 1A. Sound BitesRead and listen to a conversation between two friends comparing musical tastes.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students look at the photo. Ask:Do you think these people have a social relationship or a business relationship? What do you think they are talking about? Where are they?Step 2Have students read and listen to the conversation. To check comprehension, ask:Who is giving the party? (Ken)What kind of music does Tania like? (jazz)What does Ken first suggest listening to? (Fenix / Gato Barbieri)Does Tania like it? (no)What doesn’t Tania like about Fenix? (the way Gato Barbieri plays the saxophone and the fact that it’s hard to dance to)What’s Ken’s second suggestion? (some later stuff by Gato Barbieri)Why does that sound like a good idea to Tania? (because Ken says it’s got more of a Latin feel)Step 3Option: If your students show interest in jazz, ask:Do you like jazz? Are you familiar with Gato Barbieri? Have you ever heard Fenix? What other famous jazz musicians do you know?Culture NoteGato Barbieri is an Argentinean saxophonist who has won worldwide recognition. His score for the movie Last Tango in Paris in 1972 turned him into an international star. His album Fenix was released in 1971.B. Pair WorkRead the conversation again. With a partner, explain the meaning of each of the following statements or questions.Answers will vary, but may include:1.You have a lot of CDs.2.Let’s play some music.3.His saxophone playing is a little annoying on that CD.4.I really like him.5.Have you listened to some of the music he made later on in his career?6.It will get people in the mood for a party and dancing.7.Let’s put that CD on.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have pairs find and underline each statement in Exercise A. Encourage students to use the information in the text to help them figure out the meaning of the sentences. You may want to do the first item with the class. Step 2In pairs, have students complete the exercise. Then bring the class together and have students share their answers. Write the different ways of saying the statements on the board.Step 3Option: Have two volunteers read the conversation in Exercise A out loud, replacing the selected statements with other ways of saying them.Option: Have pairs create short conversations using the expressions from the exercise. For example, Student A: I just bought the new U2 CD. Student B:Let’s give it a listen!Part 2Discuss the Benefits of MusicA. Listening ComprehensionRead the questions. Then listen to Part 1 of a talk about an unusual use of music. Discuss the questions with a partner.1. She’s a music therapist.2. Answers will vary, but may include: She works with people of various ages who have all sorts of differentproblems. She designs music sessions based on individual need.ScriptPart 1 [A = Andre; B = Dr. Bettina Schmidt, German]A: Welcome to tonight’s talk. We have with us tonight Dr. Bettina Schmidt from the Schubert I nstitute. Dr.Schmidt is going to tell us about … well, an unusual use of music. Dr. Schmidt, welcome. Why don’t you tell us what you do?B:Good evening, Andre. Well, I’m a music therapist. I’ve been doing t hat for, oh, I’d say about twelve years now.A: And just what does a music therapist do?B: Essentially, we try to help people with their problems by using music.A: And who exactly would benefit from music therapy?B: We work with all sorts of people – children, teenagers, adults. These are people who have a wide range of problems – sometimes physical, sometimes emotional.A: And how does music help?B: Well, often just listening to music can be beneficial. So, in a typical music therapy session, I’ll play, maybe, some gentle classical music. This helps my client to relax and feel more comfortable.A:That’s it? Basically it’s about using music to relax people?B: Um, not exactly. Music therapy is much more than that. Music therapists design music sessions for individuals and for groups based on their specific needs.A: So, what kinds of activities do you do?B:Well, we often do structured activities –like singing, or listening, playing instruments, composing music, moving to music.A:And this is in a doctor’s office?B:Not necessarily. We work in all kinds of settings –hospitals, schools, senior centers –all around the community.A: So, how exactly does music help your clients?B: Well, there are four main benefits of music therapy: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual.A: Can you give us some examples?B: Of course.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students look at the picture. Ask:What can you see in the picture? (Possible responses: drums, trees, small houses, music notes)How would you describe the atmosphere created by the picture? (Possible responses: relaxing, peaceful, quiet)Step 2Have students read the questions and listen to Part 1.Step 3After students discuss the questions and answers with a partner, review the answers as a class.B. Read the questions. Then listen to Part 2 of the talk and answer the questions.1. a. emotional; b. social; c. physical; d. intellectual2. Answers will vary, but may include:a. clients feel comfortable sharing emotionsb. clients develop social skillsc. encourages movement among those in paind. helps young children improve in mathScriptPart 2B:Let’s start with the emotional benefits. People who are depressed, for example, have difficulty expressing their feelings. Music creates a safe setting where we can express the feelings inside of us.A: I seeB: In a typical session, I’ll begin by asking my client to talk about how the music makes him feel. That opens him up. The idea is to help my client feel comfortable sharing his emotions.A: And what about the other benefits?B: Well, another benefit of music therapy is tied to the social context music provides. Listening to music in groups – with other people – builds an environment for communication – both verbal and non-verbal.A:But isn’t listening to music basically a solitary activity?B:It can be, but it can also be a social activity – involving sharing. That means that my clients can develop their social skills and will have more confidence in their ability to form relationships.A: Now you also mentioned physical benefits.B: Yes. Music can be stimulating and encourage physical movement. Some of my clients are in hospitals, and many are in serious pain because of an illness or an accident. Moving around is often difficult for them.Listening to music helps them forget their pain for a little while, and at the same time it stimulates them to move.A:OK. That’s three benefits. Didn’t you say there were four?B:That’s right. The fourth benefit is intellectual. Some parents come to me because their kids aren’t doing well in school. Research has shown that listening to music can help young children improve in math. Other research suggests that among university students, listening to music while studying can improve reading comprehension. We don’t know exactly how music improves learning, but perhaps it helps students concentrate, so they can think better. We just know that music improves our ability to learn.A: Simply amazing! Thank you so much, Dr. Schmidt.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1First listening: Have students listen and list the four benefits.Step 2Second listening: Have students listen for specific examples of each benefit.Step 3To make sure students are on the right track, pause after Dr. Schmidt finishes explaining the emotional benefits. Ask volunteers to share some examples of emotional benefits. (Possible responses: Music can help you express your feelings; Music can help you feel comfortable sharing your emotions.)Step 4Review as a class. Have volunteers share their responses.Language note: When Dr. Schmidt refers to her client as him, s he’s not necessarily speaking about a male client –she’s referring to any client.C. DiscussionTeaching SuggestionsStep 1Have a volunteer read the questions out loud.Step 2Write on the board benefits of music therapy, and have students list as many items as they can think of. (Possible responses: improve memory, control emotions, help you forget worries)Step 3Draw a two-column chart with the heads Who? and How? on the board. Ask students to take notes as they discuss item 2.Step 4Bring the class to gether to review. Have volunteers share their groups’ thoughts on who might benefit from music therapy and how.D. Pair workWhat do you think are some benefits music brings to people’s lives? Make a list and discuss. Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students take notes on the benefits of music and examples. Encourage students to think of three benefits and examples for each.Step 2As pairs write their ideas, circulate to offer help as needed. Remind students to use some participial adjectives.SpeakingDescribe the music you listen toA. Conversation SnapshotTeaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students read and listen to the conversation. To check comprehension, ask:What are the people talking about? (music they’ve been listening to; a singer from Senegal – Youssou N’Dour)Have both speakers heard his music before? (no, just one of them)What does this person think about his music? (that he’s great, that he’s got a terrific voice and a unique sound)Step 2Ask students who have heard of Youssou N’Dour to s hare what they know about him with the class.STRESS PATTERN· —···—··—·A: So what have you been listening to lately?—·——·—···—··—B: Mostly world music. Ever heard of Youssou N’Dour?·—···—··—A: I think so. He’s from Senegal, right?—·B: That’s right.· ··—··—·—·—·—·—A: You know, I’ve actually never heard his music. What’s he like?· ····-·—···——··—··—··—··—B: Well, he’s got a terrific voice and a unique sound. I’d be happy to lend you a CD if you’d like.—·—·—····—A: All right, thanks. I’ll let you know what I think.Culture NoteYoussou N’Dour is an African singer, songwriter, and composer. His music is a mixture of Senegalesetraditional music, Cuban samba, hip-hop, dance and soul.B. Vocabulary. Elements of musicListen and practice.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students listen to the words and study the definitions and examples. Then have students listen and repeat the words chorally.C. Pair WorkListen to the pieces of music. With a partner, use the words from the vocabulary to discuss what you like or do not like about the music.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Pause after each piece of music to allow students time to discuss it. Review as a class. Have volunteers give their opinions on each piece of music.AUDIOSCRIPTSong 1: Endless HolidayDay after day,all my thoughts drift awaybefore they’ve begun.I sit in my roomin the darkness and gloomjust waiting for someoneto take me to a tourist town,with parties in the street and people dancing to a joyful sound.(CHORUS)It’s a song that people sing.It’s the laughter that you bringon an endless holiday.It’s the happiness inside.It’s a roller coaster rideon an endless holiday.I try and I tryto work hard, but Iget lost in a daze,and I think abouthow sad life is withouta few good holidays.I close my eyes, pull down the shade,and in my imagination I am dancing in a big parade,and the music is loud.I get lost in the crowdon an endless holiday.It’s a picnic at noon.It’s a trip to the moonon an endless holiday,with flags and confetti,wild costumes and a great big marching band,as we wish each other wellin a language we all understand.The sky above fills with the lightof fireworks exploding, as we dance along the street tonight. (CHORUS)Song 2: Lucky To Be Alive(CHORUS)Thank you for helping me to survive.I’m really lucky to be alive.When I was caught in a freezing snowstorm,you taught me how to stay warm.When I was running from a landslidewith no place to hide,you protected me from injury.Even the world’s biggest tsunamihas got nothing on me,because you can go faster.You keep me safe from disaster.You’re like some kind of hero –you’re the be st friend that I know.(CHORUS)When the big flood came with the pouring rain,they were saying that a natural disaster loomed.You just opened your umbrella.You were the only fellow who kept calm and prepared.You found us shelter.I never felt like anybody caredthat way that you did when you said,―I will always be there –you can bet your life on it.‖And when the cyclone turned the day into night,you held a flashlight and showed me the safe way home. You called for help on your cell phone.You said you’d never leave me.You said, ―Believe me,in times of trouble you will never be alone.‖They said it wasn’t such a bad situation.It was beyond imagination.I’m just glad to be alive –and that is no exaggeration.(CHORUS)Song 3: Reinvent the WheelY ou’ve got your digi camera with the Powershot,four mega pixels and a memory slot.You’ve got your e-mail and your Internet.You send me pictures of your digi pet.I got the digi dog and the digi cat,the digi this and the digi that.I hate to be the one to break the news,but you’re giving me the digi blues,(CHORUS)And you don’t knowthe way I really feel.Why’d you have to go andreinvent the wheel?You’ve got your cordless phone and your microwave, and your Reflex Plus for the perfect shave.It’s sup er special, top of the line,with the latest new, cutting-edge design.You’ve got your SLR and you LCD,your PS2 and your USB.I’ve seen the future and it’s pretty grim:they’ve used up all the acronyms.(CHORUS)Song 4: It’s a Great Day for LoveWherever you go,there are things you should know,so be awareof the customs and views –all the do’s and taboos –of people there.You were just a stranger in a sea of new faces. Now we’re making small talk on a first-name basis. (CHORUS)It’s a great day for love, isn’t it?Aren’t you the one I was hoping to find?It’s a great day for love, isn’t it?By the time you said hello,I had already made up my mind.Wherever you staybe sure to obeythe golden rules,and before you relax,brush up on the factsyou learned in school.Try to be polite and always be sure to getsome friendly advice on proper etiquette. (CHORUS)And when you smiled at meand I fell in love,the sun had just appearedin the sky above.You know how much I care, don’t you?And you’ll always be there, won’t you?(CHORUS)ReadingText ABackground Information 少Key Words and Expressionsaccompany v.陪同，伴随Would you like me to accompany you to your room?Miss Jessop accompanied Mr. Bentley on the piano.display v. 1. 展示，陈列Family photographs were displayed on the wall.Shop windows on the street display the latest fashions.2. 表现，表露The British traditionally tend not to display much emotion in public.All the musicians displayed considerable skill.energetic adj.充满活力的，精力充沛的The more the young students worked, the more energetic they became.Cool autumn days make us energetic.explore v.考察，探索，研究Scientists explore what has never existed before.Can you explore the market possibility for us?intelligent adj.有智慧的，悟性强的All human beings are much more intelligent than animals.It’s still a mystery whether there is intelligent lif e existing beyond our solar system. intense adj. 1. 有强烈感情的，热切的The patient has an intense will to recover.He is one of the Prime Minister’s intense supporters within industry.2. 剧烈的Studies show that 30 minutes of intense physical exercise counters anxiety anddepression.He suddenly felt an intense pain in his back.negative adj. 1. 消极的Her negative attitude really annoys me.The play was criticized for its violence, and its negative message.2. 拒绝的，否定的We received a negative answer to our request.“I’ve never seen him in my life” is a negative sentence.perform v. 1. 表演，演出I’ve never seen “Othello” performed so brilliantly.Chris will be performing in public next week.2. 执行，履行，实行The advice service performs a useful function.Computers can perform a variety of tasks.positive adj. 1. 自信的，乐观的You’ve got to be more positive about your work.She started to have a positive outlook on life.2. 肯定的Are you absolutely positive you locked the door?It was definitely his fault – James was positive about that.possess v.拥有，占有He was found guilty of possessing heroin.They used all the money they possessed.quality n. 1. 品质He has a lot of good qualities but being organized isn’t one of them.I don’t think he has the right qualities to be a teacher.2. 质量The quality of th e picture on our television isn’t very good.My quality of life has improved tremendously since I moved to the country. passionate adj.热烈的；充满激情的The Italians are said to be the most passionate people in Europe.The child’s mother made a passionate plea for help.release n. 公开，发行The minister has released a statement explaining the reasons for his resignation.The band’s latest album will be released next week.remain v. 继续，保持The bank will remain open while renovations are carried out.The doctor ordered him to remain in bed for a few days.survive v. 1. 比…存在（活）的时间长He is survived by his wife and four children.Harry survived his wife by three months.2. 幸存These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.None of Shakespeare’s plays survives in its original manuscript form.combine with 与…结合起来Heat treatment is most effective if combined with regular physiotherapy.As a writer, he combined wit with passion.have an influence on 对…有影响Claude’s work had a major influence on generations of musicians. He has a huge amount of influence over the city council.in response to 回应，对…做出反应Management has granted a 10% pay rise in response to union pressure.The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students discuss the warm-up questions.Step 2Ask students to read Text A and finish the exercises.Reference Translation雷·查尔斯——“打从我出生，音乐就在我的内在滋长”Para. 1 人们称他为“天才”——“音乐界唯一的天才”，歌手法兰克·辛纳屈这样评说道。

新发展大学英语听力教程第4册课后练习题含答案课后练习第一部分：听力理解听力材料一1.What is the man looking for?2.What is the relationship between the man and the woman?3.What does the woman suggest the man should do?听力材料二1.What does the man think about the food?2.What is the woman’s opinion about the same food?3.What is the man’s suggestion for the meal?听力材料三1.Why does the woman need help?2.What is the man’s occupation?3.What will the woman get out of the man’s help?第二部分：听力填空听力材料一I went shopping for a new cell phone with my friend yesterday. She is so picky though. She spent over two hours looking at the different models and comparing them. She finally ________ (1) on the new iPhone model. I told her that she should have gotten the Samsung instead. Butshe sd that her friend had one and it had problems with the battery life.I hope she doesn’t have the same problem with her new phone.听力材料二My girlfriend and I went to a fancy restaurant for our anniversary.I ordered the fish, but it turned out to be very ________ (1). My girlfriend had the steak, and she loved it. After dinner, the wter asked if we wanted dessert. I suggested we share a piece of chocolate cake,but my girlfriend wanted the cheesecake. We ended up getting both, and they were delicious.听力材料三My neighbor asked me to help fix his bicycle. He sd the chn keeps falling off and he doesn’t have time to take it to a repr shop. I’mnot really a bike mechanic, but I offered to help. I work as an engineer, so I know a little bit about how things work. I’m sure I can fix thechn for him and make sure it doesn’t fall off agn in the future.答案第一部分：听力理解听力材料一1.A new cell phone.2.Friends.3.Purchase the new iPhone model.听力材料二1.Disappointed.2.Satisfied.3.Share a chocolate cake and a cheesecake.听力材料三1.To fix his bicycle chn.2.An engineer.3.The bicycle chn can be fixed and won’t fall off agn.第二部分：听力填空听力材料一1.Settled.听力材料二1.Delicious.听力材料三无填空。

大学英语四级听力练习及参考答案听力真题：17.A. The plane is full.B. The plane is late.C. The plane has broken down.D. The flight is canceled.18.A. All rooms are taken.B. Many spare rooms are available.C. There are only double rooms.D. There is just a single room.答案解析：17.W: Sorry, sir. The flight is somewhat behind schedule.M: Thank you. You will tell us as soon as you know somethingdefinite,won't you?Q: What can we learn from the conversation?正确答案：B解析：女士说飞机晚点了，故B正确。

late即behind schedule的同义表达。

18.M: I sent a letter to make a reservation for a single room a few days ago.W: I'm sorry, but your request arrived too late. There are some conferences in town this week and we're full up.Q: Why couldn't the man book a room as he wished?正确答案：A解析：女士回答说，因为这个星期城里有些会议，所以房间都订满了。

故A正确。

据full up是订房场景的常用关键词可作答。

听力真题：13.A. Intensive Reading.B. Extensive Reading.C. Literature.D. Listening.14.A. The woman goes to a full-time school.B. The woman has to work to support herself.C. The woman's classes are not difficult.D. The woman takes evening courses.答案解析：13.W: Have you bought all the books you need thissemester yet?M: I've bought a book for listening practice, but thetextbooks for intensive reading and literature weresold out.Q: Which course has the man got a book for?正确答案：D解析：男士说他“买了一本听力书”，可知选项D听力正确。

Unit 4 Looking GoodUnit Goals1. Discuss appropriate dress2. Comment on fashion and style3. Evaluate ways to change one’s appearance4. Describe what makes a person beautiful5. Write a description of peopleLesson 1Lead-inTV Documentary: Selling Them ShortA. The report mentions some problems short men face. What are they?buying clothes, getting a date, seeing around people in elevators, seeing a movie screen, driving carsB. Use words from the box to complete the statement. You will not use all of the words.1. mature and respected2. submissive, childish, weakVideo ScriptLynn Sherr: Imagine a world where nothing fits. Where pants are too long.Craig: The crotches are down to here, the seat’s down to here, the pants are up to there.Lynn Sherr: Where elevators are filled with giants.Rob: You kind of get cramped. And you know, it’s kind of hard to breathe sometimes.Lynn Sherr: Where driving a car means your feet don’t reach the pedals.David: You have to fumble down here, and some have bars underneath and some have these little electronic things on the side you have to figure out.Lynn Sherr: And where you can’t see the movie screen, let alone find a date to there.lst woman: I don’t care hair color, eye color, skin color-they need to be tall. Sorry.Lynn Sherr: Welcome to the world of short men. Ralph Keyes, 5’7”, wrote a book about height.Ralph Keyes: We just assume anybody we’re looking up to has power…has power over us.Lynn Sherr: We put Chris and Debbie, colleagues here at ABC News, in front of our camera, posing at different heights. Half the shots showed Chris as the tallerof the pair.Chris: The air’s kind of thin up here.Lynn Sherr: In the other half, Debbie was taller. Then we gave the photos to students at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and asked them to tell us a story about whatwas going on. When Chris was taller, the adjectives used to describe himwere mature and respected. When Chris was shorter than Debbie, theycalled him submissive, childish, weak. Andrea McGinty, who runs a datingservice in Chicago, knows all the tricks. We asked her to help us constructan experiment to test just how willing women are to date shorter men. Andwe found three brave volunteers. Stu is the shortest. How tall are you?Stu: I’m 5 foot. And 5’5” with the Afro.Lynn Sherr: Rob is 5’3”. He prefers taller women.Rob: I kind of enjoy it. I mean, I think there are some serious advantages to being a little bit, having a woman who’s a little bit taller.Lynn Sherr: David is getting married this fall.David: She is 5 feet tall.Lynn Sherr: And you are?David: I am 5’6”.Lynn Sherr: Oh, well.David: Giant, right.Lynn Sherr: We recruited other men about the same age as David, Stu, and Rob, but taller.We asked them all to dress in jeans and a sweater, then we did somethingcruel. We put them in lineups, five at a time, behind a two-way mirror. Themen couldn’t see or hear what was going on in the next room. That’s wherewe invited groups of women to look at the men and choose a date. In thiscase, we wanted to see if anyone would pick 5’3” Rob. When Andrea told uswomen like doctors, we gave him an M.D. Their choice?2nd woman: Anderw.3rd woman: I would say, Matt.Lynn Sherr: No, Rob. We piled on some more assets. We said, besides being a doctor, he was also a best–selling author and champion skier who just built his own skihouse.Andrea McGinty: Does that affect your choices?4th woman: He’s still short.Lynn Sherr: Then we gave Rob a promotion. We made him chief of at a prestigious hospital.Andrea McGinty: Who would you pick, Kim?5th woman: Andrew’s probably the closest to who I’d pick.6th woman: I’d pick Matt.7th woman: Jeffrey, the pilot.Lynn Sherr: What would it take? Now, we said Rob was also a gourmet cook who loves children.8th woman: Oh, definitely I would take him in a minute, then. Height, no problem.7th woman: I wouldn’t, because I would think I don’t want short, little kids. I was thinking that!Lynn Sherr: Well, at least someone liked Rob. But if it was this harsh for him at 5’3”, what would it take to get a date for Stu at just 5 feet?ListeningPart 1A. Sound BitesRead and listen to a conversation between a couple about dressing up and dressing down.Teaching Suggestions●Have students look only at the photos. Ask:What’s the man wearing in the first photo? (a suit and tie)What’s he wearing in the second one? (jeans and a T-shirt)Where do you think the people are going?●Say You are going to hear a conversation about dressing up and dressing down. AskWhat do you dressing up and dressing down mean?●Have students read and listen to the conversationLanguage note: Students may need help with the following words or expressions:T39B. Pair WorkUse the following words to tell the story of what happened in the conversation. Teaching suggestions●To check comprehension of the words in the box, ask:In which photo is Paul wearing formal clothing? (the first)In which is he wearing casual clothing? (the second)In which photo is Paul overdressed? (the first) Why?Why is he underdressed in the second photo?●In pairs, have students tell the story of what happened in the conversation using thewords in the box.●Circulate to offer help with the new words as needed.●To review, have a volunteer tell the story to the class.Part 2Evaluate Ways to C hange One’s AppearanceA. Listening ComprehensionListen to Part 1 of a radio program about men’s hairstyles. Then read the statements and listen again. Complete the statements, according to the information in the program.1. a2. b3. aScript T44Part 1 [C = Chuck Sims, host; S = Susan Yiga1, Australia]C: Chuck Sims here, and you’re listening to In Style. T oday we welcome Susan Yiga1, a hairstylist who does a lot of work for the film industry. Susan has won numerous awards for her beautiful work.S: Oh, thanks.C: Susan, I love your work. So many movies. So many gorgeous actors.S: Thank you, Chuck. Great to be here.C: Susan is an expert on the history of hairstyles, and today we’re going to focus on men’s hairstyles. Susan, tell us something about how men’s hairstyles changed in the twentieth century.S: Absolutely. But before I do, let’s not forget some of the styles that were in fashion before the twentieth century. Remember that back in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, among the European upper classes, the wig was a fashion must. Everyone wore one.C: Think wigs will ever come back?S: These days, you never know. Do you know why they became so fashionable?C: Not really.S: Well, you see, in the seventeenth century, King Louis XIV of France was going bald –so he had a staff of about forty wig makers working on long curly wigs for him to wear. C: Forty wig makers!S: Yes. And of course it then became the rage for all men to wear long curly wigs – until the nineteenth century. At that time, the style changed, and men stopped wearing wigs by the beginning of the nineteenth century. After that, they generally wore their own hair fair fairly long, and most men wore very long beards or sideburns.C: Which we see in some of the very early photos from that time.S: Right. But by the early twentieth century, that had changed. The norm for men was to wear their hair cut very, very short. And beards were something only grandfathers wore.If a man wore a mustache at all, it was cut very short.C: Until the 1960s and’70s, of course.S: Of course.B. Read the following statements and listen to Part 2 again. Complete the statements, according to the information in the program.1. b2. a3. cScriptPart 2S: By the 1960s, in Europe and throughout the Americas, men began to wear their hair long, and they grew beards and mustaches – pretty much as a protest against decades of what they saw as a very conservative culture.C: I remember that.S: At that time there had been an unwritten fashion code that said any man who didn’t wearhis hair very short – or who had a beard – was a radical.C: That’s hard to believe today.S: But that’s how it was. In the UK and the U.S., rock musicians led the way with hair, and mustaches seeming to get longer each year.C: Men today don’t always realize what an incredible change that was. Isn’t that true?S: Absolutely. How a man wore his hair was a social and political statement. But today,men’s hair fashions are all over the place –which was certainly not true back then.Men can wear their hair either long or short. Anything goes.C: Ponytails. Braids.S: Yup. A short beard or moustache.C: The goatee has been the beard of choice for a number of years now.S: And, of course, the bald look has become very popular now. Who would have thought twenty years ago that men would actually choose to shave off all their hair! No way! C: Any other trends worth looking at?S: Well, we haven’t said anything yet about men dyeing their hair. Over the last decade some men have chosen to dye their hair bright blond, red, yellow –even green or purple.C: Yeah, as a matter of fact, I saw that last time I was in Tokyo.S: That’s right. I’ve heard that in Japan this is a kind of social statement in response to strict school dress codes.C: Well, thank you, Susan, for … ahem … letting your hair down about a very interesting subject.S: Good one, Chuck. Thanks for having me.Teaching suggestionsStep 1Have a volunteer read the statements and answer choices out loud. If necessary, explain the meanings of unfamiliar terms.Step 2Review answers as a class.Step 3To have students support their choices, ask What were man protesting against when they changed their hairstyles? What would it have been considered eccentric? Why do they want to express their individuality?Option:Form small groups. To personalize the activity, have male students tell their group members which styles they have worn or would like to wear.C. DiscussionDo you agree with the hair stylist that “anything goes” today for men’s hairstyles? Are there any hairstyles that you really don’t like on a man? Do you think men’s hairstyles have improved or gotten worse in recent times?Teaching suggestionsStep 1To prepare for the discussion, have students look at the photos depicting hairstyles and decide which they like and which they don’t like on a man.Step 2Have students discuss the questions in small groups.Step 3To review, take a class poll. With a show of hands, determine which hairstyles depicted inthe photos are the least popular on a man. Then have students vote on whether they think hairstyles have improved or gotten worse in recent times. Write the results on the board. Step 4To finish, have volunteers summarize the results of the poll.SpeakingComment on Fashion and StyleA. Conversation snapshotTeaching SuggestionsStep 1Before students read and listen, have them look at the photo. Ask What do the man’s clothes say about him? (Possible response: that he likes fashion; that he wants to attract attention)Step 2After students read and listen, check comprehension by asking What does the first woman think about what the man is wearing?What does the second woman think? (that the man is in style; that his shirt is loud.)Language note:Check out is used in spoken English to tell someone to look at someone or something. Can you believe……? Shows you are surprised or shocked by something.Rhythm and Intonation PracticeTeaching SuggestionsHave students repeat chorally.B. VocabularyDescribing fashion and style. Listen and practice.Teaching SuggestionsStep 1Have students listen to the words and study the definitions. Then have students listen and repeat chorally.Step 2Say Use words that are informal (hot, tacky, flashy) with friends or other people you know well.Step 3To provide practice, have pairs use the words or phrases to give their own opinions of the clothes the man in the conversation snapshot picture is wearing.C. Listening ComprehensionListen to the conversations about fashion and style. Choose the adjective that best summarizes each speaker’s point of view.1． a 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. aScriptConversation 1F1: What magazine are you reading?F2: Metropolitan. Want to have a look?F1: Do you mind?F2: Not at all.F1: These purses are fantastic!F2: Which ones? Oh yeah. Everybody’s getting those now.F1: I’ve got to have one.F2: Better hurry before they go out of style!Conversation 2M1: Hey, Jim.M2: Hey, Carl. Whoa! That’s some jacket you’ve got on.M1: Oh, Yeah. It’s my “Look at me” jacket.M2: It’s very … yellow.M1: Hey, Yellow gets attention.M2: Ok, if you say so.Conversation 3F1: Oh, look at that. I don’t believe it.F2: Where?F1: That kid over there. What on earth on earth has she done to her hair?What is she, thirteen?F2: Sounds about right. Oh, that hair!F1: I just can’t believe it.F2: Me neither.Conversation 4 [M2 = U.S., New York]M1: Mr. Spano! How can I help you today?M2: I want to get my wife something nice, you know, for her birthday.M1: Of course! What did you have in mind?M2: Well, actually I was thinking about-I don’t know-a nice dress.M1: Oh, I see! Are you thinking about a party dress?M2: Sounds good.M1: May I suggest this simple black silk dress?M2: Hmm, nice. very tasteful.M1: Very nice. I think your wife will find it very attractive.M2: Yeah, I like it very much. But I want to look around and see what else you’ve got.Conversation 5 [F2 = U.S., Midwest]F1: Stac y, thanks so much for coming over to help. You’re a real friend.F2: Hey, I understand. It’s hard to clean out your closet alone.F1: Ok. Let’s start with this blouse.F2: All right then. Hold it up so I can see it … Whoa!When did you get that?F1: Must have been a bout … oh, maybe eight years ago.F2: Uh, think that one can go.F1: Toss it?F2: Yup. No one’s wearing that anymore.ReadingText ABackground Information 少Key Words and Expressionsdevious adj.不正当的Achieve success by devious means or get rich by devious ways.Let's take the devious route home to avoid the crowds in the main roads. groom v.使整洁Jack groomed himself carefully in front of the mirror.Xiao Liu cares for hisr appearance and often well groomed.offensive 攻击性的The offensive troops gained ground quickly.The general led a massive military offensive attack.conservative adj.保守的The president always wears a conservative dark suit. We agree with the conservative use of natural resources.Subdue v. 1.克制Subdued my excitement about the upcoming holiday.2.开垦Farmers subdued the arid lands of Australia.self-confidence 自信Without self-confidence we are as babes in the cradle.Jenny showed her self-confidence in fighting against the illegal affairs.. Teaching Suggestions 少Reference Translation从骇人听闻到引人注目纹身获得认同正如时尚的此起彼伏，穿着打扮的标准也在继续改变。

Unit 6 AnimalsUnit Goals1. Discuss the benefits of certain pets2. Compare animal characters3. Exchange opinions about the treatment of animals4. Debate animal conservation and animal rights5. Write about keeping petsLesson 1Lead-inTV Documentary: Pecking OrderA. Check the things that make parrots difficult pets, according to the report. They’re temperamental, they’re noisy, they demand attention, they need special care, they’re destructive, they bite.B. Circle the letter of the statement that best summarizes what each person says about parrots as pets.1.a2.b3.aVideo ScriptDiane Sawyer:Millions of people have parrots. That’s a family name that includes all kinds of birds from parakeets（长尾小鹦鹉）to macaws（金刚鹦鹉）to amazons. But many owners don’t understand bird behavior. As we showed you once before, these creatures can be entertaining and talkative, but they can also be, well, flighty(反复无常的) and temperamental(易怒的,喜怒无常的). What does their behavior mean? Perri Peltz has some insights into the mind of your bird.Perri Peltz: They can’t dance…Pet bird in the shower: Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.Perri Peltz:… but some of them can really sing…Pet bird in the shower: We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.Perri Plitz: … and talk.1st pet bird: Hi.2nd pet bird: Are you OK?1st pet bird: Such a good bird!Perri Peltz: It is this amazing ability to communicate with us in our own language along with spectacular(吸引人的) beauty that makes parrots so extraordinary.2nd pet bird: Good girl. Good girl.1st pet bird: God bless you.Perri Peltz: Some say their keen intelligence and ability to bond(与…建立特殊的关系) to humans are the reasons Americans keep more than 15 million parrots as pets. And, according to experts, parrots can be just as smart as your two-to-three-year-old child.3rd pet bird: I’m a smart bird!Perri Peltz: But just as your toddler(刚学走路的小孩) goes through the terrible twos, so can parrots.Lise Mee: No bite.2nd pet bird: No, no. Don’t!4th pet bird: I’m a bad bird!Perri Peltz: In fact, parrot behavior can be a constant source of frustration for many parrot owners. Layne Dicker is a popular lecturer on the bird seminar circuit(演讲圈子). He is staff avian behaviorist at Wilshire Animal Hospital in Santa Monica.Layne Dicker:You have to be willing to learn what you need to know about parrots because they’re not like goldfish. They’re not like dogs. They’re not like cats. They’re wonderful. They ain’t easy.Perri Peltz: I don’t want to put your job down, but what’s the big deal, Layne? They sound like really easy animals to have. They don’t bark, you don’t have to take them out for a walk. I mean, what’s the big deal? Y ou throw a little bit of seed at them.Layne Dicker: They don’t bark, but they scream. They don’t really need to be taken out for a walk, but they need full spectrum light for at least four hours a day. You don’t throw them a handful of seed. They need fresh vegetables every day. Fresh water every time it gets soiled.Perri Peltz: Why is owning a parrot so different than having a pet dog or cat? You see, dogs and cats have been bred for thousands of years to be companion animals. Most parrots have been bred for less than 100 years, so that means parrots bring their own natural instincts into your home. Parrots in the wild live in flocks, so your pet parrot considers you his flock member. He expects to eat with you and interact with you most of the day. When you don’t give him the attention he expects, he may start demanding it by acting out or screaming. Birds can also be destructive. Parrots, especially macaws, will chew anything in their path. What about biting? Parrots don’t bite each other in the wild, but as pets, parrots can bite when they feel threatened, or when they don’t want your fingers in their cage. Or even when they want your undivided attention.Lise Mee: Ah, ah, ah. No, let go. Let go.Perri Peltz: With all the behavior problems, why not just punish a bird?Layne Dicker: If I can tell any parrot owner something about their parrot, it would be make them feel safe and secure. I hear about hitting, squirting with water, screaming at. Anything that makes a parrot feel insecure will break down the level of trust he has with you. And unless a parrot trusts you, all the negative behaviors are just going to get worse. You have to do everything with a parrot in a loving, supportive way. Yes, you’re so good. Yes.Part 2A. According to bird breeder and pet store owner Ruth Hanessian, which facts dopotential pet owners need to know about parrots?They will make noise, they may say things you don’t want them to say, they may behave like very young children.B. Answer the questions about the conure (a type of parrot) at the ParrotEducation and Adoption Center.1. She was kept in a covered cage in a dark room for six years.2. Because she made noise.3. She began pulling out her own feathers.VIDEO SCRIPTPerri Peltz: For the past twenty years, Ruth Hanessian has been a bird breeder and pet store owner in Rockville, Maryland. She’s now written a book called Birds on the Couch: The Bird Shrink’s(精神分析学家) Guide to Keeping Polly from Going Crackers and You Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest)(防止你的鹦鹉和你本人发疯的鸟类精神分析学家手册). If you could put a little red warning label on each parrot cage, what would it say?Ruth Hanessian: I am a bird. I have my own thoughts. I have my own way of expressing myself. I’m verbal. I will make noise. I will see what’s going on in your household and have an opinion about it.1st pet bird: Tarzan. Stop it. You behave yourself.Ruth Hanessian: I will be in charge of your life if you let me be.Perri Peltz: You write, “Will you freak out(烦得要命，吓得要死) if Polly screams during dinner parties? What if she learns to mimic your lovemaking cries and repeats them when your mother-in-law comes for a visit?” Can’t be.Ruth Hanessian: Oh, can be. If you decide to get a bird, you have to watch what you say around it, because they will pick up the things that you really don’t want them to say.1st pet bird: Oh, stop!Perri Peltz: Now, Ruth, you’re pushing it on the next one. Birds can be co-dependents? What are we talking about here?Ruth Hanessian: They get very involved with you, and they get very upset when you’re not there. It’s like having a two-year-old child for the rest of your life.Perri Pletz: And by the way, the rest of their lives can be a very long time. If taken care of properly, the bigger birds can live up to 100 years. And that’s just fine with Connie Pavlinac. She and her husband, Gary, are the proud parents of three birds. And Connie makes sure all of her birds’ needs are taken care of. First, their meals. Connie spends at least an hour and a half each day chopping fruits and vegetables for the older birds. Then mixing formula（配方）for the baby, making sure it’s not too hot, and hand-feeding him. Then another hour and a half sweeping floors and scrubbing and cleaning cages. And twice a week, there are the showers, followed by a fluff dry. And they have emotional needs.5th pet bird: Hi.Connie Pavlinac: Hi. They need to be talked to. They need to be held. They need to be stimulated, so if we talk to them, we entertain them with toys.Perri Peltz: Bonnie Kenk runs Parrot Education and Adoption Center in San Diego. In the last two years, she has taken in more than 100 unwanted birds, including this conure, whose owner couldn’t tolerate her constant screaming and kept her in a covered cage in a dark room for six years. You see, birds become quiet in the dark. With nothing to do and nothing to see, little Audrey turned on herself and started plucking out her own feathers. Bonnie Kenk: It’s really very, very sad that people just don’t… they don’t understand what they’re getting into when they get…when they get a bird. Conures are relatively noisy birds.Perri Peltz:How often, Bonnie, do you see a problem result because of an impulse purchase?Bonnie Kenk: Daily. That’s how we end up with most of our birds.Layne Dicker: Parrots are the worst impulse purchase in the world, and they’re so frequently purchased on impulse because they’re so beautiful and they’re so endearing in pet stores. You need to do your homework before buying a parrot. They are very, very, very smart.6th pet bird: Hello.Layne Dicker: They have very, very long memories.1st pet bird: OK, thank you, bye-bye.Layne Dicker: They’re amazing animals. Good night.7th pet bird: Good night.Layne Dicker: Good night, birds.7th pet bird: Good night.Layne Dicker: Good night.ListeningTalk About Animals in ZoosPart 1A. Sound BitesRead and listen to a conversation between two friends at the zoo.Teaching suggestions:Step 1Have students look at the photo. Ask Where are the people? (at the zoo) Have you ever been to a zoo? Did you like it?Step 2To check comprehension, ask Do Alicia and Ben have similar or different views on zoos? (Different ― Ben likes zoos and Alicia doesn’t.)Language Notes1. coop v. restrict the freedom of someone or something by keeping them in a place that is too small 把某人拘禁起来，把动物关入笼中2. I let you talk me into here. I allow you to persuade me into coming here. 竟然被你说服来这里。

UNIT 1part1 task31. The music wasn't too loud, so some people could dance and others could talk. And there was a nice mixture of people, too.2. Someone spilled half a bottle of coke on his jacket and in the middle of the party, the stereo stopped playing for about fifteen minutes.3. Keeping everyone happy, making sure they were all behaving themselves and taking part in the games they organized, and watching out so that nobody was feeling left out.4. He thinks it was one of the nicest parties he's ever been to.5. This was the first time that Janet's and Ray's extended families had met.part3 task11. A weather forecaster is speaking on the radio or TV about today's weather. He's probably going to continue by giving the forecast for tomorrow.2. A newscaster is speaking on the radio or television about a bombing on an American airliner. The newscaster is probably going to give more details about the people killed and who might have planted the bomb.3. An aircraft captain is making an announcement to passengers on a plane. He's probably going to tell the passengers how long it will take to reach their destination, explain the service on the plane, and ask the passengers to fasten their seat belts.4. The talk is mostly likely taking place in a museum. A museum guide is talking to visitors about some of the exhibits in the museum. The guide is probably going to continue by giving more information about the exhibits.5. This is a recorded voice on the phone giving information about White Tower Theaters. More detailed information about the schedule is going to be given.task3 1. The speaker is going to talk about some of the negative effects of the automobile on U.S. society. 2. The speaker is going to talk about Vitamin D. 3. The speaker is going to talk about how he is conducting his research project. 4. The speaker is going to talk about what one community is presently doing to conserve energy. 5. The speaker is going to talk about an earlier form of transportation — the wooden sailing ship.UNIT 2part2 task11. The fourth Thursday in November2. Because they believe the two most important words in the English language are “Thank you ”.3. Because it benefits social interaction, and shows how you value the other person and the social relationship you have with him.4. Try to express our gratitude vocally or in writing every day.5. Firstly, make every day Thanksgiving Day. Secondly, be mindful of the little things for which you are thankful.task21. Lack of respect and courtesy is a serious problem in American society.2. They become irritable and act rudely and speak crudely.3. It has aroused a national debate on the issue of how to cultivate good manners.4. Custom and consideration.5. Because an encouraging word from you could change someone's life whether by supporting their college plans or a life change. On the other hand, an unnecessarily sharp word from you could reduce someone to tears and he or she might never forget your harshness.UNIT 3part1 task31. It varies a bit. Three or four times.2. He usually looks at the front page and then he probably has a look at the sports page towards the back and then he works his way back through to the beginning again.3. That depends. If he's got loads of time, he might read most of the articles, providing they're interesting. During the week if he's got work to do on the train, he probably only glances at the headlines and then he might read one or two articles when he gets home in the evening. Occasionally he buys a paper and forgets to look at it at all.4. The cartoons and the crossword puzzles.5. For him, the business section is particularly important, but he thinks that on a more general level the international news is the most important.part2 task11. The speaker is trying to prove some ideas about creativity are incorrect.2. The story is used to show while new ideas continue to happen from time to time, we can also come upon ideas in a more direct way through the use of deliberate creativity.3. The speaker admits that some people have a natural curiosity, some people have an active imagination and some people are always trying to change things. But all these effects can also be obtained through developing the formal techniques of Lateral Thinking.4. By coaching, training, and fitness regimens.5. Everyone will go farther in the same amount of time. Someone will still come first and someone last, but not necessarily the same person as before.6. Everyone will be come much more creative than before, although some people will still be more creative than others, as with any acquired skill.7. Mastering the techniques of creative thinking is beneficial.8. Being liberated may be a necessary step, but it is by no means the whole process. It is also necessary to acquire creative skills.task21. Experts say students are never too young to think creatively about science.2. Educator Karen Meador describes how young students can explore the movement of liquid on wax paper.3. Wax paper, water containing red, yellow and blue food coloring, and eye droppers, etc.4. Using the eye droppers, they place the colored water onto the wax paper. Then they blow softly into the water. Next, the students observe the tension on the surface to see how it affects the way the water moves and shapes itself.5. Creative Thinking and Problem Solving for Young Learners.task3Thinking Critically Professors like to see in student essays evidence of critical thinking. To be able to think critically about a topic, you must have something to think about. The critical thinking process is a question-guided process. First, you should write down everything you know about the topic. Then, you re-organize the material into categories or groupings, by asking questions like how these things fit together or what elements are related and how they are related. Thirdly you ask yourself questions about its significance, purpose, implications and ask questions like “Is there anything that doesn't fit, or that doesn't agree with the facts, or with other theories on the topic, or with my personal ex perience?”part3 task11. They are more complex and subtle than the ones we faced in the 1960's and 70's.2. He believes Americans should be partners in the preservation of our lands and natural resources.3. He hopes that people will remain confident in the food supply.4. He believes that the future will be determined by the quality of our education. This country's greatest strength is its education system.5. Education is the single most important investment people will make as parents, as taxpayers and as economic leaders.part4 task21. He wants to bring his roommate's term paper to her office.2. She asks him to drop it off with the secretary of the art history department.3. His advisor told him that he needs one more humanities course to graduate.4. the history and politics of the era in which they lived5. give a major presentation on an individual painterUNIT4part1 task21. She is going to the mountains.2. He is probably going to an island off the coast, or he will accept a position as a research assistant on campus.3. His uncle is running a hotel on San Marcos Island, and he invited him to come stay for the summer.4. His professor offered him a position as an assistant researcher.5. He needs time to think about his decision. /He'll probably just wait for a while so he can think over his decision.task31. About two years.2. Because in the past he played more for fun than for money.3. Very nervous.4. In the Underground, nobody asks him to play. If people don't like his playing, he doesn't feel embarrassed. He can switch himself off from them and play for himself, while playing at parties, however, he feels a little embarrassed.5. He doesn't think he is good enough for that. （He thinks that, except for his voice, he hasn't got anything original.）part2 task11. Students not only take more rigorous courses, but also attend better schools than do their peers who don't score as well.2. Because there exist a lot of mathematics, science, technology, and other academic competitions, and the accomplishments of secondary and university students are routinely noted in the nation's largest newspaper.3. It needs more than just smart people. It needs entrepreneurs and leaders, people who have the vision and courage to start and nurture multinational firms.4. The “Learn and drill” approach.5. Student-directed, entrepreneurial, and creative.task21. Because students are unwilling to answer questions and few of them can give /come up with both clear and logical answers.2. Because students apparently lack key points and reply with irrelevant words.3. They think most Chinese students pay much more attention to reading and learning by heart than participating in the practice of oral expression.4. They think it is a psychological or personal matter. Sometimes they are afraid their answers are wrong, and sometimes they don't want to be the focus of public attention.5. When they are in primary and middle school.part3 task2Extract 11. Some Americans think it needs to be rebuilt.2. Most of them don't think it needs to be rebuilt.Extract 21. People differ in their view of school advertising.2. They believe that such advertising encourages kids to think about spending money rather than doing schoolwork. They are also worried that kids will be brainwashed into preferring certain brands.3. They don't think school advertising interferes with education. They can also use the money to pay for musical instruments, athletic equipment and other expenses.Extract 31. It has the opposite effect. /It doesn't work for them.2. They tended to gain weight instead of losing weight.task31. To reduce traffic /To solve the traffic problem.2. Cars belonging to people living in central London.3. They have reacted to it differently.4. The financial problem and the deficit are important concerns.5. They think it is unfair for them to pay the charge when they already pay road tax, especially the people who live in the center.UNIT5part1 task31. Three rooms, or a two-bedroom flat.2. He needs to take the train to work and in the evenings he often stays at work and comes home quite late.3. Ten minutes from the station on foot.4. ￡550 at most.5. He wants the flat to be on the ground floor; and preferably he'd like the flat to be near a children's playground and a school.part2 task11. Because the titles and cover pictures can be very misleading.2. Tell him or her the books you have previously enjoyed reading.3. Your friends, families and teachers.4. Book reviews in magazines.5. Because you may soon become bored and you need to expand your horizons as well.6. You may read a 300 page thriller instead.7. You can seek out other books by the same writer, or, again, ask a librarian for a writer with a similar style.8. These may include classics as well as more contemporary books.task21. Learning disabilities are disorders in the ways that people understand or use language.2. Learning disabilities are caused by differences in the way that the brain works with information.3. Not connecting letters with their sounds and not understanding what is read.4. He has difficulty doing mathematics.part4 task21. their direct supervisors do not take time to help them develop or improve2. The amount of individual attention given to employees as well as perceptions of character.3. The right attitude, language and behavior.4. They lead the way they like to be led5. You must address the God boss just as he wants to be addressed, follow his rules and create the illusion you're doing things his way.5. Different kinds of learning disabilities and advice provided by specialists about ways to deal with them, as well as some of the political issues involved in the area of special education.part3 task21. Just to know them /Because they don't know the answer.2. He answered, “No, that's why I'm doing it.”3. Knowledge, and especially wide ranging knowledge, is necessary for creativity to flourish to its fullest.4. Because too often there is no clear reason behind many of the things that are taken for granted. UNIT6part1 task21. He got her address from the student housing agency.2. The rent's ￡25 a week. That includes electricity, but not gas.3. There is a gas fire to keep the room warm.4. There's a divan bed, a small wardrobe, an armchair, a coffee table, a bookshelf and a desk.5. The house is only five minute's walk from the station. Turn right outside the station, and then it's the third street on the left. It's got the number on the gate. It's exactly opposite the cemetery. task31. It turned out very well. She thought it was going to be a formal interview, but as it turned out she just went along and met the television producer and he took her out for lunch.2. Questions about what she'd done before, the job she'd had before and whether she had a degree.3. She'd spent a lot of time last year going round places finding out about various different kinds of energy. She'd been to a center for alternative technology.4. They're going to cover all kinds of energy sources but in pacticular will find out about alternative sources of energy to see whether they'd be practical and economical.5. Because she'd actually found out about the subjects before she'd gone to meet the interviewer and she knew what he was wanting to get across in his documentaries.part2 task11. Managing them intelligently.2. She didn't want her tablemates to worry about such a thing while on their vacation, fearing it was something “unpleasant”.3. He felt annoyed because she didn't tell him the truth.4. She received lots of help. Her tablemates moved a chair so she could put her foot up. They escorted her from the dining room.5. Because expressing emotions appropriately keeps little things from becoming big issues,keeping people out of a place of resentment, and allowing them to get what they want and need. task21. A person's personality.2. Foreign ventures.3. To judge an interviewee's language and analytical and cognitive ability.4. Because she thinks it is easy to cheat. People can simply pick out the words that sound good, but not necessarily speak their minds.5. He doesn't discount the possibility of cheating. But he thinks most candidates will not lie because they might suffer in the future if they get jobs that don't fit their true personalities.part3 task11. Five news items.2.1）Ten Chinese nurses were awarded Florence Nightingale medals in Beijing.2）The British businessman, Richard Branson, has announced plans for the world's first commercial passenger flights into space.3）The jobless rate in the 12-nation Eurozone remained at 9 percent in July for the fourth straight month.4）Canada and the United States are still disagreeing on beef. The two have failed to reach an agreement to resume US imports of Canadian live cattle.5）France's Finance Ministry said it has placed 9.6 percent of France Telecom shares on the market Wednesday, raising 4.5 billion euros for state funds in one of the biggest placements in recent years.task21. Two.2. In three years' time.3. About a hundred thousand pounds.4. They hope to get the prices down to levels where hopefully masses of people will be able to experience space.task31. In Beijing, Tuesday.2. Vice-Premier Wu Yi delivered a speech in which, she expressed sincere appreciation to the country's medical workers, especially those who once worked on the frontline of fighting against SARS.3. In 1912, at the Ninth International Red Cross Conference in Washington.4. In 1983.5. 38 Chinese nurses.part4 task21. The American Literature Seminar.2. a talented writer, but not a great one3. his descriptions of the various states4. The urge/ desire for traveling.5. The central theme of Steinbeck's book that holds all the descriptions together.UNIT7part1 task31. At least one quarter of today's workers feel stressed at work.2. Worker stress can be brought on by a number of things including heavy workload, long hours, no decision making power, poor social environment, conflicting or uncertain job expectations, job insecurity, or lack of growth opportunities.3. It found the workweek has increased by 15 percent in the last 25 years, while leisure time has decreased 37 percent.4. Stress at work can cause a number of medical problems including headaches, sleep disturbance, difficulty in concentrating, short temper, upset stomach, and job dissatisfaction.5. Benefits such as on-site child care are actually more important than monetary compensation. part2 task21. Business solutions to help them find things on the Net, shop for things, or find information or even other people that they want to contact or communicate with.2. They were both graduate students at Stanford University in 1994 in California.3. In Gulliver's Travels, Yahoo means a very rude and uncivilized people. And they think they area kind of Yahoos because they are also uncivilized. That is how they got the name.4. In 1995.5. Having a strong brand, a good set of users and a good product.part3 task11. Four.2.1）China vows to crack down on smuggling.2）ASEAN meets to push forward the liberalization of trade and investment by 2007.3）New rules to prevent the transport of sea creatures around the world.4）With the abolition of grants and the introduction of tuition fees, most students are financially stretched —particularly if they are paying tuition fees out of their loans.task31. It's never too late to exercise whether you've reached middle age — or passed it — and never exercised regularly.2. In the May 30th issue of The Lancet.3. About their health and exercise habits.4. They were 40 to 59 years old in the first questionnaire and the average age of the people in the second questionnaire was 63.5. It would help to maintain mobility, to prolong independence, and to reduce the risk of heart attacks and mortality.UNIT8part1 task21. She has been advised to bring few belongings with her.2. They're in the afternoon from 2∶30 to 3∶30 and in the evening from 7 to 8.3. Smoking in the wards is not allowed under any circumstances, and the same goes for alcohol.4. There are special lounges where it's allowed.5. Because the switchboard gets clogged up with callers.part2 task11. The things we believe that we need.2. Because they are so commonly accepted.3. The air we breathe, the ground we walk on and the water we drink.4. When two people have weak needs and each fulfills the other's needs. And when either has weak needs and those needs are not being fulfilled.5. By finding out what the other person needs and then fulfilling that need.6. How can I fulfill the other person's needs?7. By their response to us. When we do or say something and we get a positive response, we are well on the way to recognizing their need.8. With the power of self mind control.task21. “Dating” his mother.2. Because of the demands of his job and three kids.3. She felt surprised and suspicious.4. He felt a bit nervous.5. Nothing very important, they just spent the time catching up with each other's lives.6. The importance of slowing down.part3 task11. Five.2.1）In Iraq, millions of children are beginning their first school year without Saddam Hussein in power.2）In England, Prime Minister Tony Blair gave his annual address to the Labor party. The speech tackled criticisms of Blair's decision to go to war with Iraq.3）Two European airlines are planning a merger that would create the world's third largest airline company. Air France has agreed to buy Dutch-owned KLM in a deal that's estimated to save the carriers 700 million dollars a year.4）First lady Laura Bush is paying a visit to Russia's capital. Tuesday, the one-time librarian met with first ladies from Russia, Bulgaria and Armenia. She's in Russia to attend a library festival, celebrating books and literature.5）In Russia, a ballerina has her job back after the labor ministry determined she was dismissed illegally.task21. Bombings at Egyptian resorts have left about two dozen dead, and the total is expected to rise.2. She has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Her work resulted in the planting of more than 30 million trees across Africa.3. Ten.4. A hospital official says the latest US air strike in Fallujah has killed 14 people. A doctor says a wedding party was hit. The US military says the target was a terrorist safe house.5. George Bush and John Kerry will go for round two of the presidential debate.part4 task21. As a young girl, she would dress her brother's toy soldiers and create her very own version of the Academy Awards.2. be able to travel and to see where her roots are3. She thinks that there's always rock and roll behind it all.4. dress rock stars and people that would do rock concerts5. Whether or not to give up her career as a fashion designer.。

Unit 7Task 1:【答案】A.6，1420，273 B.b C.1 ) F 2) F 3) T【原文】The Temple of Heaven is situated in the southern part of Beijing, about 6 kilometres away from the centre of the city. Traditionally, this temple was for imperial use only. It was built in 1420, covering an area of 273 hectares. It is one of the largest parks in Beijing.The Temple of Heaven was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvests. The emperors visited the temple three times a year: on the 8th day of the first lunar month to pray for a good harvest; during the Summer Solstice to pray for rain; and during Winter Solstice to give thanks for a good harvest. During each ceremony, the emperors worshipped heaven and prayed for a good harvest. In addition, the emperors also worshipped their ancestors and other natural phenomena such as the Cloud God, Rain God and Wind God.In imperial days, the Chinese people believed that the sky was circular and the earth was square. On the basis of this traditional concept, the circle was widely adopted in the design of the temple's main building. It is in accord with people's imagination of heaven.During past ceremonies each year, the emperor left the Forbidden City through the front gate for the Temple of Heaven. No common people or foreigners were allowed to watch the emperor s procession to the temple. They had to remain hidden behind closed doors and windows. No women, not even the empress, were allowed to take part in the procession.Task 2:【答案】A.1) c 2) a 3) e 4) d 5) bB.40，102，1,454，222，410，365,000，40,000,000，32，86th，50，102ndC.1) F 2) F 3) T 4) T【原文】Until the construction of the Sears tower in Chicago and the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan—which unfortunately collapsed in a terrorist attack on September 11,2001—the Empire State Building was for 40 years the tallest building in the world, standing 102 stories and 1,454 feet tall, including a 222 feet television antenna.The unusual structure of the Empire State Building, built in just 410 days during the depths of the Depression, was planned during the boom years of the 1920s and completed in May 1931. The building cost 40,000,000 dollars and was the product of a competition between Walter Chrysler Corporation and John Jakob Raskob, founder of General Motors, to see who could build the tallest building.The structure itself weighs 365, 000 tons，less than the weight of the earth that was dug out to build it. Time has shown it to be durable but when it was first opened to the world, the public was worried about the stability of what was then the tallest building ever seen.A number of curious events have contributed to this famous building, including that an Army Air Corps B-25 bomber plane crashed into the 79th floor on a foggy day in July 1945 at the end of World War II, killing 14 people.The television antenna was added in 1951. The top 32 floors of the building are lit at night. There is an observatory on 86th floor which gives a 50-mile view of the city and surrounding countryside. There is also a glass-enclosed observatory on the 102nd floor.Task 3:【答案】A.1) d 2) cB.1) T 2) T 3) T 4) F【原文】Janet Owens' house turned out to be a horrible dream. When she and her engineer husband married a few years ago,they built a $100,000, three-bedroom home in California. Tightly sealed to prevent air leaks, the house was equipped with double-glazed windows and several other energy-saving qualities. Problems began as soon as the couple moved in, however. Janet's eyes burned. Her throat was often dry. She suffered from headaches and could hardly sleep. It was as though she had suddenly developed a strange illness.Experts finally found the cause of her illness. The level of formaldehyde gas in her kitchen was twice the largest amount allowed by federal standards for chemical workers. The source of the gas? Her new kitchen cabinet and wall-to-wall carpeting.The Owens suffered the effects of indoor air pollution, which is not given enough attention partly because of the nation's drive to save energy. The problem itself isn't new. It appears to be more troublesome in newly constructed homes rather than old ones. Back in the days when energy was cheap, home builders didn't worry about unsealed cracks. Because of such leaks, the air in an average home was replaced by fresh outdoor air about once an hour. As a result, the pollutants caused, by most households seldom built up to dangerous levels.Task 4:【答案】A.1) several thousand 2) 700 years ago3) An 36-meter-wide road, An 18-meter-wide one, 9 meters, 10 meters, 40 centimetersB.1) T 2) T 3) T 4) F【原文】For those who want to experience the local customs as well as the history and culture of Beijing, they must visit the hutong and siheyuan (courtyard house).A hutong is an alley or lane typical in the old city of Beijing, where hutongs run into the several thousand. Surrounding the Forbidden City, many of the hutongs were built during the Y uan, Ming and Qing dynasties. In these dynasties the emperors had the city planned and arranged according t, the etiquette systems, with the royal palace—the Forbidden City—standing in the center.The word hutong originally came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago, and meant "water well", that is, a place where there was a spring or well, fit for people to live.Hutong is in fact the passage formed by lines of siheyuan (courtyard houses) where most Beijing residents used to live. One hutong connects with another, and siheyuans connect with siheyuans, to form a block, and blocks join with blocks to form the whole city.In old China, there was a clear definition for a hutong. A 36-meter-wide road was called a big street. An 18~meter-wide one was called a small street. Only a lane less than 9 meters wide was called a hutong. The shortest hutong is just 10 meters long, and the narrowest hutong is only about 40 centimeters wide. Most of the hutongs in Beijing run from the east to the west or from the north to the south. That has resulted from the need for houses to take in more sunshine.There are many stories and fairy tales about the hutongs. Near the Forbidden City, for example, there is a hutong called "Weaving Girl", which is named after the fairy from the famous Chinese myth who stole out of the Heavenly Palace to come to the earth and fell in love with a shepherd boy. Her enraged father, the Celestial Emperor, seized the girl back and separated the couple with the Milky Way, permitting them to meet only once a year, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, when magpies form a bridge for them to pass over the barrier.In the life of the people in Beijing, the hutong has a very special and important position. It is more than a style of architecture. It is really the "encyclopedia of the history and culture of Beijing".Task 5:【答案】A.170 meters，white stone，the first president of the United States，50 flags，the Independence Day celebration，new security facilities，an elevatorB.1833，1848，1854，1876，1884，1888【原文】The Washington Monument is the tallest structure in the city. It stands almost one-hundred-seventy meters tall. It is named for the first President of the United States, George Washington. Millions of people from around the world visit the white stone structure every year.The monument is a structure called an obelisk. Its four sides end in a point at the top. Fifty American flags surround it. They represent the fifty states. Lights shine on the Washington Monument at night. It can be seen from far away. Fireworks are launched from near the monument on American Independence Day—July fourth—and at other special celebrations.It took many years to build the Washington Monument. One group started raising money for a memorial in 1833. Officials placed the first stone of the monument on July fourth, 1848.Roman Catholic Church leader Pope Pius the Ninth gave a piece of marble from Rome for the monument. But the stone was stolen in 1854. After that, the public almost stopped giving money for the structure. Many people believed it would never be finished.A group called the Know Nothings was suspected of trying to stop the monument from being built. Finally, in 1876, Congress voted to pay for building the Washington Monument. It was finished in 1884 and opened to the public in 1888.The Washington Monument recently re-opened after being closed for more than a year. Officials used that time to make improvements. New security measures also were added. And a new elevator now carries visitors to the observation area on top of the monument. From there, visitors can look out over the capital city.Task 6:【答案】I.A. city councilC. putting its model in a wind tunnelII.A. clear the site，steel balls, mechanical shovels，mechanical grabsB. build the foundation1. a big concrete slab，digging a deep hole，pouring tons and tons of concrete into it2. thick pillars of concrete and steel，boring holes in the ground and filling them withconcrete，driving ready-made piles into the ground with powerful pile-driversC. the frame1. Reinforced concrete2. Huge cranesD. 1. vibrators 2. Ready-made panelsIII. A. telephone companyB. wire up the rooms for electricityC. PlumbersD. Heating engineersE. the elevatorsF. scaffoldG. curtains，carpets，furniture【原文】To build a skyscraper, first a piece of land must be bought. Then the architect designs the skyscraper. The city council must give its permission before it can be built. The architect makes model of his design. This shows what the building will look like when it is finished. If the buyer likes it, the architect draws up plans. These show every detail of the new building. Very tall buildings have to be tested before they are built. The model is pat in a wind tunnel. This shows whether the sky scraper will stand up to high winds.When the tests are finished, work begins on the building site. First, the site is cleared. Big machines called excavators are often used to do this. They have "caterpillar" tracks to stop them from sinking into soft mud. Many different tools can be attached to excavators. A heavy steel ball is swung on the end of a cable to knock down old buildings. Mechanical shovels and "grabs" scoop up loose earth and rubble and drop it into trucks.Skyscrapers are very heavy. They need strong ground to support their weight. They can be built on solid rock, but ordinary soil is much too weak. Strong supports, called foundations, have to be built in the soil.First, the builders bore into the ground. They take soil from different depths. They test the soil to see if it is strong or weak. If the soil is strong, the builders may use a big concrete slab for the foundations. They dig a deep hole with powerful excavators. The excavators have scoops or shovels that remove the soil in great bites. When the hole has been dug, tons and tons of concrete are poured into it for the foundations. If the soil is weak, "piles" are used for the foundations. Piles are thick pillars of concrete and steel. They reach from the surface down to rock or firm soil. Sometimes holes are bored in the ground and then filled with concrete. Sometimes the piles are made on the surface. Then they are driven deep into the ground with powerful hammers, called pile-drivers.When the concrete foundations have set, the frame is made of strong steel girders. Sometimes it is made of reinforced concrete. Steel bars are put in place first and are boxed in. Then concrete is poured around them. The concrete sets and makes a very strong frame.Huge cranes lift the girders or the steel bars into place as the building grows. They carry up wet concrete in big buckets, called skips. The cranes are called tower cranes because they stand on tall steel towers. At the top they have a long arm that swings around in a wide circle to deliver the building materials.When the frame of each level, or storey, is finished, the builders can put in the floors. First they put up a frame of boards around the floor area. Then they pour concrete into it. The vibrator makes the concrete firm and helps to settle it. The walls can be made in the same way. But often they are made of glass or metal. They can be thin because they do not have to bear any weight. The weight of the building is carried by the framework of concrete or steel girders. Walls which do not bear the weight of a building are called "curtain" walls.Ordinary building methods are quite slow. The builders have to wait for the concrete to set in one part before they can move on. It is quicker to use ready-made panels for the walls and floors. The panels are brought to site, lifted into place and then joined together.The skyscraper must also have "services" put in. The telephone company puts in telephones. Electricians wire up the rooms for electricity. Plumbers fit th6 water pipes. Heating engineers put in the heating system. Other engineers put in the elevators. Elevators are important in skyscrapers. In ordinary houses there are not many stairs, but in skyscrapers there are hundreds and hundreds. An-other problem is cleaning the windows. The window cleaners cannot work from ladders on the ground. They have to work from a scaffold that dangles from the roof.The day arrives when the skyscraper is completely finished from top to bottom. The scaffolding is taken away. The builders remove their cranes and concrete mixers and trucks. The movers arrive to move in the furniture. Curtains are hung and carpets are laid. The electricity and heating are turned on. Then, at last, all is ready for the people to move in. Task 7:【答案】A.1) c 2) c 3) a 4) a 5) b 6) bB.1) F 2) T 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) F 7) T【原文】Interviewer: What is a home in your understanding?Rybczynski: A home represents a refuge from the public world. It is a safe place in which people feel that they can let their minds drift off and dream. Imagining a house, building it and then living inside it is something quitewonderful. Every time you enter that house, you're really entering your own mind. This is equally truewhether you are an architect or somebody living in a Mexican slum. An awful lot of what people do withtheir homes can't be explained by simple function; it has as much to do with communicating an idea ofthemselves to others. In some countries, even the smallest shacks are constructed by their owners. Bycontrast, in our society, building a home has become something of a luxury. But some analysts havesuggested that as our working lives become less creative we look for the creative act elsewhere, which mayexplain why people sometimes build several homes in a lifetime.Interviewer: It's also, you say, a source of almost childlike fun.Rybczynski: Architecture is not a particularly well-paying profession, yet there is an enormous interest among young people in the field, in large part because the work is a lot of fun. There is a very lighthearted atmosphere inmost architectural offices. A good part of what architects do is thinking in miniature, and working witharchitectural models is a kind of play. People are always fascinated with these models because they are liketoys. The tiny buildings peopled with pocket-size figures recall the dolls' houses and lead soldiers of ourchildhood. We have all spent hours sprawled on the floor playing with toy blocks and built little houses withconstruction toys. We have all been little architects.Interviewer: How does culture shape what is built?Rybczynski: The search for newness pervades our culture and applies equally to movies, books and buildings. But books are put on shelves and movies in cans. Buildings, however, surround us. It is kind of mad to have everybuilding trying to outdo every other one. But that's very much the situation we have created. Nobody wantsto do the 90 percent of the background buildings that are needed to have one wonderful monument. In part,this reflects the modem movement, dating from the 1920s, which placed importance on originality. Thearchitect was judged by his ability to create new forms or building that solved problems in new ways. Anarchitect who simply repeated somebody else’s solution was passed over as unimaginative. The currentphenomenon also reflects the desire of corporations in a city to have a strong identity. And, finally, there arethe media. The architect who wants to succeed has to demonstrate originality; otherwise people won't writeabout him. But for every architect who skillfully carries out unusual buildings, there are dozens who copythem with less skill. While I don't necessarily admire an architect like Frank Gehry, who has come up withsuch designs as a building shaped like a fish, I certainly acknowledge his craftsmanship. But when peoplecopy his buildings without his craftsmanship and skill, the end product is too many eccentric buildings notdone very well; you end up with a lot of ugliness. When everyone wants to be a star architecturally, the citythat is produced can be a very unsatisfying place.。