新视野大学英语视听说教程4答案unit3

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II. Basic Listening Practice

5. Script

W: Did you see the paper today? There was an earthquake in Brazil.

M: Yes, but it only measured 3.5 on the Richter scale. I don’t think there

were any casualties.

Q: What is the result of the earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale according

to the man?

2. Script

W: I’d a bit worried about Suzie traveling to southern India. It’s the

rainy season there, and there may be landsides.

M: Suzie can take care of herself; she won’t go anywhere too risky. Besides,

you can always e-mail her if it makes you feel better.

Q: What is Suzie doing?

3. Script

M: Hi, I thought you were on holiday in Asia! Back already?

W: we never got there! Our travel agent cancelled our arrangements because

the whole region is flooded. We were so disappointed; we won’t get

another chance to go this year.

Q: What is the woman doing?

4. Script

M: Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. Can you believe it?

A typhoon hit the east coast and it was chaos.

W: I saw it on the news. The flooding and damage were terrible. I don’t think

anyone was hurt though.

Q: What is the consequence of the typhoon?

5. Script

W: Did you see the program last night about volcanoes? It was fascinating!

M: Yes, the weird thing is the molten lava looks so beautiful, yet it’s

so destructive. And I couldn’t believe how far the ash can travel. I’m

glad we don’t have any volcanoes here!

Q: What does the man think the volcano is?

Keys: 1.D 2.A 3. C 4.B 5.C

III. Listening In

Task 1: Soft answers turn away wrath.

Son: Hi, mom, what are we having for dinner tonight?

Mom: I haven’t started yet. Why, have you any requires? Son: How about tsunami for a change—I don’t know what is, but I heard

some Japanese people using the word on the bus the other day. Sounds

like a food. Maybe it’s similar to sushi.

Mom: Nonsense. Tsunami comes from Japanese words meaning harbor and wave.

If we had a tsunami, it would be the other way around, young man.

Son: Why? What is it?

Mom: I mean it may swallow you up. A tsunami is an enormous series of very

powerful waves.

Son: Could you surf on them? That could be cool.

Mom: They’re not cool. They are very destructive. When they pound the shore

of populated areas, they cause tremendous damage. They destroy

everything in their path.

Son: What causes them?

Mom: I think they are caused by some sort of shock, like an earthquake,

volcano, or landside that starts a chain reaction in the ocean.

Son: Do the waves get to big that they crush buildings?

Mom: Easily. They can be dozens of meters high. They toss cars and houses

around as though they were children’s toys.

Son: Can you see them coming?

Mom: You can see them at quite a distance. But there’s not much you can

do. In the open ocean they move at up to 800km per hour, but when

it reaches the shore, the system slows down and the waves get bigger.

Son: How big?

Mom: They can reach 30 meters. Big enough to finish you off in one gulp.

11. What the son think a tsunami is?

12. What does Mom imply by saying, “If we had a tsunami, it would be the other

way around”?

13. What does the son think surfing on tsunami waves would be like?

14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the cause of a tsunami?

15. How high can tsunami waves reach?

Keys: 1B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.C

For Reference

1. In the open ocean they move at up to 800km per hour, but when it reaches

the shore, the system slows down and the waves get bigger.

2. They can reach 30 meters. Big enough to finish you off in one gulp.

Task 2: Flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Script

The death too continues to (S1) climb from last week’s flooding in Haiti and

the Dominican Republic. The U.S. Agency for International Development (S2)

reports that at least1,068 people are dead, 1,600 are (S3) missing, and

25,000 are in need of emergency food and other forms of (S4)assistance. In Dominican Republic, 414 are dead and 274 are missing, all from the town

of Jimani.

A key(S5) factor in the widespread destruction is the extensive deforestation

and the (S6)

presence of settlements along the floodplains of rivers.

The flooding was driven by intense rainfall. A low-pressure system (S7)

originating in Central America brought exceptionally heavy rain and

thunderstorms to Haiti and the Dominican Republic from May 18 t o25. (S8)

Rainfall exceeded 500 mm (or 19.7 inches) along the border areas of Haiti

and the Dominican Republic during that period. At the town of Jimani,

Dominican Republic, 250mm (or 10 inches) of rain fell in just 24 hours,

causing the Solie River to overflow its banks from May24 to 25.The heavy

rainfall resulted in flash flooding and extensive debris flowed over the entire