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A1，I’d like to have a single room with a bath today. I’m sorry, but all the rooms are booked.Q: what does the woman mean?2，Excuse me, sir? Can you tell me how I can get to a bank nearby?Go down the street and turn left at the corner. You can’t miss it.Q: where is the conversation most probably take place?3, Susan, we will go camping this weekend. Would you like to join us?Oh, great. I like camping very much.Q: what will they do at the weekend?4, what are the main products of your company?We are a manufacture of household appliances.Q: what’s the company mainly produced?5, Can I help you, madam?Yes, I bought a mobile phone from your store, but it doesn’t work properly.Q: what is the woman doing at the store?B1, hi, Jack. What kind of work do you want to do when you finish university?I’ve always been interested in anything related to computers.Oh, that’s a job that pays well. Have you sent any application letters yet?Yes, I have. A few companies have invited me for have an interview.Well done.How about you?But I haven’t decided yet.Which field do you like to work in?I’m always fond of designing.So you may try to contact some advertising companies.Good idea!Q6: what kind of job is the man interested in?Q7: what is the man’s suggestion to the woman for getting her job?2, Excuse me, Mr Black?Yes, is there anything wrong?Could you change your appointment with me thisafternoon?What’s the problem?I’ll have to visit an important client this afternoon, it’s urgent.Then perhaps we can meet tomorrow.What time exactly?How about tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock in my office.Can we meet an hour later at three o’clock?Ok, see you then.Q8: what’s the problem with the woman?Q9: what will the woman do this afternoon?Q10: What time do the two persons finally agree on to meet each other?CI’m a full-time white collar worker I should say my working conditions are really good. The working hours are very reasonable. I work thirty-eight hours a week from Monday to Friday. I got a four week holiday with pay. I always go on a two week vacation in the summer and I usually take another week to travel aboard in the winter. That still leaves a fewdays if I want to take time off for something else. We are even allowed to take unpaid leave if it’s really necessary. Our company introduced a flexible working time system last year so I can start any time between eight and nine in the morning and sometimes I can leave as early as four o’clock in the afternoon.Q11: What was the speaker think of his working conditions.Q12: How many hours does the speaker work every week?Q13: How does the speaker spend his holiday in winter?Q14: What system did the company introduced last year?Q15: When can the speaker start his work in the morning?。

大学英语初级听力文本U n i t22-23(总13页)-本页仅作为预览文档封面，使用时请删除本页-Lesson 22Class in Britain and AmericaChristine: Harry, as an American, have you noticed any strong class distinctions in English society since you've been hereHarry: Strong class distinctionsYes, they haven't changed at all—that's what—that's what amuses me —in fifteen years or fourteen years—that the stratification is exactly the same as it was when I first came. It's extraordinary that it pervades everything.Anna: What is class distinctionBecause I don't know whether it's what job they do or ...Harry: It's people's accents. In Pygmalion, you know, it goes back to, as soon as you open your mouth in England you're immediately you know placed.Anna: Do you mean that there aren't different accents in America Harry: Not—of course there are different accents—but they're not as—they're not nearly as clearly defined.Anna: But I mean, don't—doesn't a certain strata of American society use perhaps more slang than another one More correctHarry: Not the way they do in England. In England they seem to really stick together. I mean I went the other week for the first time in my life to a point-to-point and I couldn't believe what I found. There I was in the middle of Lincolnshire and we went through muddy fields and suddenly we came upon this parking lot with nine thousand Range Rovers in it and everyone going 'Oh, hello darling. How are you'you know and it was hilarious I mean and they were all you know this meeting of the clan and that certainly doesn't happen in America and all those people spoke the same way.Barrie: But that—yes, I live in the middle of the country in the south and I must say when I moved there I noticed—I mean of course I'd been aware of class before that but I had no idea that the lines between them were so rigid. I lived on an estate of a very big and successful farm until recently, and so the farm of course was run by the landed gentry who all went hunting and to point-to-point and all the rest of it. I lived next door to the groom who was—who despised them because they did all this and he had to just get the horses ready, um but at the same time he was terribly fond of them and they of him and there was all this sort of paternalistic attitude to the country workers that still goes on. I was staggered and nobody knew where to put me because I was living in a tied cottage that was tied to the farm, um but because I didn't work with any of them they were all uneasy with me. Most peculiar. Christine: But I think you raise a very good point there Barrie because you're in fact talking about yourself not fitting into either of these two extremes and I'd like to ask Harry again how many classes he can see very clearly defined.Barrie: In EnglandChristine: In England, yes.Harry: Well, I guess, three off the top of my head. I mean not counting immigrants and foreigners. Yes, I mean there's the middle class is the most snobbish of all it seems to me. You know, they're the most aware of the whole system really because they're upwardly mobile usually you know they hope to be, and they're the ones—I mean the upper class are what I find extraordinary—they seem to be totally uninhibited for the most part. I think it's extraordinary. I mean I'm not passing any moral judgements on them but it still exists ...John: Because they've got the confidence ...Anna: ... and the money ...Barrie: ... confidence and the money ...John: Well no, I don't think money's much to do with it actually. Anna: How can you change it I mean how would you change it Harry: I'm not saying it should be changed ...Anna: No, no, no, no. I don't—I mean people do say that it should be changed. Politicians say that we should have total equality which I don't believe you can ever have in anything.Harry: Well there should be equality of opportunity. I mean at least it's a nice ideal to have, isn't it?Task 1: Autobiography: Seminole Girl (I)Public school was hard compared to what I'd had before, day school on the reservation and a year at Sequoyah Government School. I almost flunked eighth grade at the public school, and it was a miracle that I passed. I just didn't know a lot of things, mathematics and stuff. I survived it somehow. I don't know how, but I did. The man who was head of the department of education at the Agency was the only person outside of my family who helped me and encouraged me to get an education. He understood and really helped me with many things Ididn't know about. For a long time the white public school for the Big Cypress area would not let Indian children attend. A boy and I were the first Big Cypress Indians to graduate from that school. He is now in the armed forces.After I graduated from high school, I went to business college, because in high school I didn't take courses that would prepare me for the university. I realized that there was nothing for me to do. I had no training. All I could do was go back to the reservation. I thought maybe I'd go to Haskell Institute, but my mother was in a TB hospital, and I didn't want to go too far away. I did want to go on to school and find some job and work. So the director of education, at the Agency said, maybe he could work something out for me so I could go to school down here.I thought bookkeeping would be good because I had had that in high school and loved it. So I enrolled in the business college, but my English was so bad that I had an awful time. I had to take three extra months of English courses. But that helped me.I never did understand why my English was so bad—whether it was my fault or the English I had in high school. I thought I got by in high school; they never told me that my English was so inferior, but it was not good enough for college. It was terrible having to attend special classes. At college the hardest thing was not loneliness but schoolwork itself. I had a roommate from Brighton, one of the three reservations, so I had someone to talk to. The landlady was awfully suspicious at first. We were Indians, you know. She would go through our apartment; and if we hadn't done the dishes, she washed them. We didn't like that. But then she learned to trust us.College was so fast for me. Everyone knew so much more. It was as though I had never been to school before. As soon as I got home, I started studying. I read assignments both before and after the lectures. I read them before so I could understand what the professor was saying, and I read them again afterwards because he talked so fast. I was never sure I understood.In college they dressed differently from high school, and I didn't know anything about that. I learned how to dress. For the first six weeks, though, I never went anywhere. I stayed home and studied. It was hard —real hard. (I can imagine what a real university would be like.) And it was so different. If you didn't turn in your work, that was just your tough luck. No one kept at me the way they did in high school. They didn't say, "OK, I'll give you another week."Gradually I started making friends. I guess some of them thought I was different. One boy asked me what part of India I was from. He didn't even know there were Indians in Florida. I said, "I'm an American." Things like that are kind of hard. I couldn't see my family often, but in a way that was helpful because I had to learn to adjust to my new environment. Nobody could help me but myself.Task 2: Autobiography: Seminole Girl (II)Well, I graduated and went down to the bank. The president of the bank had called the agency and said he would like to employ a qualified Indian girl. So I went down there, and they gave me a test, and I was interviewed. And then they told me to come in the following Monday.That's how I went to work. I finished college May 29, and I went to work June 1. I worked there for three years.In the fall of 1966, my father and the president of the Tribal Board asked me to come back to Big Cypress to manage a new economic enterprise there. It seemed like a dream come true, because I could not go back to live at Big Cypress without a job there.But it was not an easy decision. I liked my bank work. You might say I had fallen in love with banking. But all my life I had wanted to do something to help my people, and I could do that only by leaving my bank job in Miami. Being the person I am, I had to go back. I would have felt guilty if I had a chance to help and I didn't.But I told my daddy that I couldn't give him an answer right away, and I knew he was upset because he had expected me to jump at the chance to come back. He did understand, though, that I had to think about it. He knew when I went to live off the reservation that I had had a pretty hard time, getting used to a job, getting used to people. He knew I had accomplished a lot, and it wasn't easy for me to give it up. But that's how I felt. I had to think. At one time it seemed to me that I could never go back to reservation life.But then really, through it all, I always wished there was something, even the smallest thing, that I could do for my people. Maybe I'm helping now. But I can see that I may get tired of it in a year, or even less. But right now I'm glad to help build up the store. If it didn't work out, if the store failed, and I thought I hadn't even tried, I would really feel bad.The basic thing about my feeling is that my brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews can build later on in the future only through the foundation their parents and I build. Maybe Indian parents don't always show their affection; but they have taught us that, even though we have a problem, we are still supposed to help one another. And that is what I am trying to do. Even when we were kids, if we had something and other kids didn't, we must share what we had ...By the age of nine, girls were expected to take complete care of younger children. I too had to take care of my little brother and sister. I grew up fast. That's just what parents expected. Now teenagers don't want to do that, so they get angry and take off. Head Start and nurseries help the working mothers because older children don't tend the little ones anymore. The old ways are changing, and I hope to help some of the people, particularly girls about my age, change to something good.There are people on the reservation who don't seem to like me. Maybe they are jealous, but I don't know why. I know they resent me somehow. When I used to come from school or from work back to the reservation, I could tell some people felt like this. I don't think that I have ever, ever, even in the smallest way, tried to prove myself better or more knowing than other people. I have two close friends here, so I don't feel too lonely; but other people my age do not make friends with me. I miss my sister, and I miss my roommate from Miami. My two friends here are good friends. I can tell them anything I want. I can talk to them. That's important, that I can talk to them. That's what I look for in a friend, not their education, but for enjoyment of the same things, and understanding. But there are only two of them. I have not been able to find other friends.The old people think I know everything because I've been to school. But the old people don't have the kind of experience which allows them to understand our problems. They think that it is easy somehow to come back here. They think there is nothing else. They do not understand that there are things I miss on the outside. They do not understand enough to be friends. They are kind, and they are glad that I am educated, but they do not understand my problems. They do not understand loneliness ...Main Ideas and Supporting Details1. One wonders how, then, these students have arrived at such a false conclusion. One reason, of course, may be that they're science students. Scientific terms generally possess only one, precisely defined, meaning. It is, in fact, exactly this quality that makes these words distinctive in English, or indeed in any other language. Another reason could be the way in which these students were taught English. For example, long vocabulary lists are still an important feature in the foreign language learning programmes of many countries. On one side of the page is the word in English; on the other side a single word in the student's native language.2. Practically all the students think that every word in English had an exact translational equivalent in their own language. Again this is a gross distortion of the truth. Sometimes a word in the student's native language may not have an equivalent in English at all, which may have to employ a phrase as a translation. Sometimes one word in the student's language may be translated by one of two possible words in English. The difficulty that many students have with the two verbs 'do' and 'make' is an example of this. Often the area of meaning covered by one word in the student's language may be wider or narrower than the area ofmeaning covered by a corresponding word in English. This sometimes happens with the naming of colours, where most students would expect an exact correspondence between their language and English. The borders between the primary colours of the spectrum are, however, drawn at different places in different languages. Translation, in fact, is a particularly difficult thing to do well. It certainly can't be done by matching single words from one language by single words from another. At first, those computer scientists who attempted to construct an automatic translation machine made this mistake. The machines often produced nonsense. 3. What, then, is the best way to increase one's vocabulary in a foreign language This can be answered in three words. Firstly, observation: the unknown word should be observed in its context; in other words, the neighbouring words and the grammatical construction should be noted. A good dictionary should be referred to and examples of the usage of the word should be noted. Secondly, imitation: the student should use the new word in appropriate contexts, imitating the examples he has noted. Finally, repetition: he'll need to practise using the word several times before he's confident that he can use it correctly; in other words, repetition is necessary if the new word is to 'stick', and especially if it is to enter the student's active vocabulary. Lesson 23Task 1: Finding a JobInterviewer: Hello. My name's Hudson. Dick Hudson.Applicant: I'm Pamela Gable.Interviewer: Well, take a seat, please. Miss Gable—it is Miss, isn't it Thought so. Well, let me just check that I've got these particulars right. Your surname is Gable, spelt G-A-B-L-E, and your first names are Pamela Ann ... Fine. You live at 147 Collington Road, Croydon ... your telephone number is 246 8008 ... you were born on July 8th, 1965, and ... that's about it ... OK Fine ... Let's see ... what are you working with at the momentApplicant: I'm the personal assistant to the manager of a modelling agency.Interviewer: Oh, really And what does that involveApplicant: A bit of everything, really. I have to keep the accounts, write a few letters, answer the telephone, look after bookings and engagements and that sort of thing.Interviewer: You work with people a lot, do youApplicant: Oh yes. I have to look after all the models who work for us, you know, keep them happy, lend an understanding ear to their heartaches, you know.Interviewer: Have you ever done anything to do with hotels or conferences—hotel management, for instanceApplicant: No, not really. I did work for a short time as a courier for a tour operator, taking foreigners on guided tours of London. Perhaps that's the sort of thing you meanInterviewer: Yes, I think it is. Do you speak any languages Applicant: Yes, I do. I speak French and Italian—you see, I spent several years abroad when I was younger. Interviewer: Oh, did you That's very interesting. And what about any exams you've taken Applicant: Well, I left school at 16. You know, there didn't seem to be any point in staying on somehow; I was sure I could learn much more by getting a job and a bit of experience and independence. Interviewer: So you have no formal qualifications at all I see ... Well, I don't suppose it matters. Applicant: Um ... I was wondering if perhaps you could tell me a bit more about the job You know, it said in the ad that you wanted a go ahead girl with car and imagination, but that's not very much to go on. Interviewer: No, it isn't. Well, we run conferences, and your job as conference coordinator would be, well, much the same as the one you have now, I suppose. Meeting people, transporting them from one place to another, making sure they're comfortable, a bit of telephoning, and so on. Applicant: It sounds like just the sort of thing I want to do. Interviewer: There is the question of salary, of course. Applicant: Well, my present salary is 8,000 pounds, so I couldn't accept any less than that. Especially if I have to usemy car. Interviewer: Ah! We have something like 7,500 in mind, plus of course a generous allowance for the car. But look, if I were you, I'd take some time to think about this. Perhaps you'd care to have a quick look round the office here, see if you like the look of the people who work here. Applicant: What do you think I should do then ...Task 2: HypnosisAnn: When did you discover that you had this talent for hypnosis, Dr. ParkerDr. Parker: When I was a final year medical student, actually. I'd been reading a lot about it and decided to try it myself on a few friends, you know—using certain well-tried techniques.Ann: And you were successful.Dr. Parker: Well, yes. I was amazed at how quickly I was able to do it. Ann: Could you tell me more about these techniquesDr. Parker: Certainly. My method has changed very little since I started. To begin with, I get the subject to lie comfortably on a sofa, which helps to relax the body. You see, in order to reach a person's mind, you have to make him forget his body as much as possible. Then I tell him to concentrate on my voice. Some experts claim that the sound of the voice is one of the most powerful tools in hypnosis.Ann: Do you have an assistant with youDr. Parker: Yes, but only as a secretary. He always sits well in the background, taking notes and looking after the recording equipment. Then I tell the subject not to think about what I'm saying but just to accept it.Ann: Don't you use a swinging watch or flashing lightsDr. Parker: No. At first I used to rely on the ticking of a clock—some say that boring, repetitive sounds help—but now I simply get my patient to stare at some object in the room. At this point I suggest that he's feeling sleepy and that his body's becoming so relaxed that he can hardly feel it.Ann: Be careful, Dr. Parker, I'm beginning to feel very drowsy myself.Dr. Parker: Don't worry. I won't make you do anything silly, I promise.Ann: What you're saying, then, is that you want to control your patient's mind, and that to do this you have first to take care of the body.Dr. Parker: Yes. You see, the aim of the session is to make the patient remember in great detail an experience which has caused him a lot of pain and suffering, and by doing that to help him to face his problems. Ann: I've heard a person's memory is far more powerful under hypnosis.Dr. Parker: Indeed it is. Some of the things that patients are able to remember are just incredible.Ann: Would you mind giving me an exampleDr. Parker: Not at all. During a session, it's standard procedure to take a patient back in time slowly, pausing at certain times in his life and asking a few questions.Ann: To, sort of, set the scene before you go deeper. Is that what you meanDr. Parker: That's it exactly. Well, once, I took a thirty-five-year-old lady back to the age of eight—in fact, I told her it was her eighth birthday and I asked her what day it was. I later checked a calendar for that yearand she was right—it was a Tuesday. She even told me who was at her party, their names, what they were wearing and about the presents she received. I mean, can you remember even your last birthday Ann: I couldn't even tell you what day my birthday fell on this year. Dr. Parker: Precisely. And when I asked her to write down her address at that time, the handwriting was in a very immature style. I later compared it to a sample from some old school exercise books her mother had kept and it was identical. Ann: Dr. Parker, that's an amazing story. Dr. Parker: I've taken patients back to their first year and a few even further than that ... but that's another story, unless you've got plenty of time ...Getting a JobThese days it's hard enough to find a suitable job, let alone get as far as an interview. Dozens of people every day scour the Situations Vacant columns of the press, send off their curriculum vitae or application form, and wait hopefully to be summoned for an interview. Now this, apparently, is where a lot of people fall down, because of their inadequacy at completing their application forms, according to Judith Davidson, author of Getting a Job, a book which has recently come on the market. This book, as the title suggests, is crammed full of useful tips on how to set about finding yourself work in these difficult times. Our reporter, Christopher Shields, decided to look into this apparent inability of the British to sell themselves, and he spoke to Judith Davidson about it.Judith: Very often a job application or a curriculum vitae will contain basic grammatical or careless spelling mistakes, even from university graduates. Then those that do get as far as an interview become inarticulate or clumsy when they try to talk about themselves. It doesn't matter how highly qualified or brilliant you may be, if you come acrossas tongue-tied and gauche, your chances of getting a job are pretty small. Christopher: Judith Davidson lectures at a management training college for young men and women, most of whom have just graduated from university and gone there to take a crash course in management techniques. One of the hardest things is, not passing the course examinations successfully, but actually finding employment afterwards, so Judith now concentrates on helping trainees to set about doing just this.Judith: Some letters are dirty and untidily written, with finger marks all over them and ink blots or even coffee stains. Others arrive on lined or flowered or sometimes scented paper—none of which is likely to make a good impression on the average business-like boss.Christopher: This apparent inability of many people to make that initial impact with an employer by sending him an application which will stand out from the rest and persuade him you're the right one for the job prompted an enterprising young man, called Mark Ashworth, a recruitment consultant himself, to start writing job applications for other people for a fee, as a sideline. He told me he got the idea in America where it's already big business, and in the last few months alone he's written over 250 He feels that 80 per cent of job applications received by personnel managers are inadequate in some way.Mark: Many people simply can't cope with grammar and spelling and don't know what to put in, or leave out. Sometimes people condense their work experience so much that a future employer doesn't know enough about them. Then, on the other hand, some people go too far the other way. To give you an example, one . I once received in my recruiting role was getting on for thirty pages long.Christopher: Mark has an initial interview with all his clients in which he tries to make them think about their motivation and why they've done certain things in the past. He can often exploit these experiences in the . he writes for them, and show that they have been valuable preparation for the job now sought. He also believes that well-prepared job history and a good letter of application are absolutely essential.Mark: Among the most important aspects of applications are spelling, correct grammar, content and layout. A new boss will probably also be impressed with a good reference or a letter of commendation written by a former employer. The type of . I aim to produce depends largely on the kind of job being applied for. They don't always have to be slick or highly sophisticated, but in certain cases this does help. Christopher: Judith Davidson thought very much along the same lines as Mark. In her opinion, one of the most important aspects of job applications was that they should be easy to read ... Judith: ... Many applicants send in letters and forms which are virtually unreadable. The essence of handwrittenapplication is that they should be neat, legible and the spelling should be accurate. I stress handwritten because most employers want a sample of their future employee's writing. Many believe this gives some indication of the character of the person who wrote it. Some people forget vital things like putting their own address or the date. Others fail to do what's required of them by a job advertisement. Christopher: Judith believes that job seekers should always send an accompanying letter along with their application form stating clearly why their qualifications make them suitable for the vacancy. Judith: Personal details have no place in letters of application. I well remember hearing about one such letter which stated, quite bluntly, I need more money to pay for my flat. No boss would be impressed by such directness. Christopher: She added that the art of applying for jobs successfully was having to be learnt by more and more people these days, with the current unemployment situation. With as many as two or three hundred people applying for one vacancy, a boss would want to see only a small fraction of that number in person for an interview, so your application had to really outshine all the others to get you on the short list.Main Ideas or Supporting Details1. (Literature)We may note in passing that, although Dr Johnson's friend and biographer, Boswell, was a Scotsman, Johnson despised, or pretended to despise, Scotsmen in general. He once said that the best thing a Scotsman ever saw was the high road to England. In his famous dictionary, Johnson defined oats as 'a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people'. He did not condemn all Scotsmen, however. Once he commented on a distinguished nobleman who had been born in Scotland but educated in England, saying that much could be made of a Scotsman—if he was caught young.2. (Geography: American Indians)The first important point to note about the American Indians is that, in spite of their name, they are in no way related to the peoples of India. This confusion arose, as you probably know, because of a mistake on the part of Christopher Columbus. When he landed in America he thought that he had in fact discovered India. This mistake has been perpetrated,that is kept alive, ever since by the name he gave them. If they are related to any Asian group it is to the Mongols of Northern Asia. Many experts believe that the ancestors of the present American Indians emigrated from Northern Asia across the Bering Strait between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.3. (Science: methods of scientific discovery)A good illustration of how scientific discoveries may be made accidentally is the discovery of penicillin. Alexander Fleming was a bacteriologist who for fifteen years had tried to solve the problem of how to get rid of the disease—carrying germs or microbes in the human body without causing any dangerous side-effects. Fleming was an untidy worker and often had innumerable small dishes containing microbes all around his laboratory. One day, one of the dishes was contaminated with a mould, due to the window having been left open. Fleming noticed that the mould had killed off the microbes, and it was from similar moulds that the miracle drug penicillin was finally developed. Of course, only a brilliant scientist like Fleming would have been able to take advantage of this stroke of luck, but the fact remains that the solution to his problem was given to him, literally, on a plate.4. (Psychology: memory)What I want to emphasize to you is this: that people remember things which make sense to them or which they can connect with something they already know. Students who try to memorize what they cannot understand are almost certainly wasting their time.。

Unit 2-Conversation 1Kate: Come in. Hey, Janet.Ja n et: Hi Kate, are you busy?Kate: Yes, I'm just doing an essay. But it's great to see you. So what's new?Janet: Well, nothing much.Kate: You look a bit fed up. What's bugging you?Janet: Well, I had a phone call from my parents and it made me feel homesick. It happens every time they call, and it gets me down.Kate: I'm sorry to hear that. I know how you feel. I love speaking to my mum and dad, but I always feel miserable after the call.Janet: My dad doesn't say much, and I want to speak to him, but I wish I knew what to say.Kate: Don't let it get to you. My dad doesn't say much on the phone either. I call, he answers the phone, and says, "Hi, I'll pass you to your mother." It's really irritating.Janet: But I miss him and my mother a lot, and I like to hear his voice.Kate: Just tell him what you're up to.Janet: Sometimes I feel as if I made a mistake leaving home and coming to Oxford. Sometimes I feel like a moody teenager.Kate: Try not to worry about it, Janet. It's normal to feel like that. I understand how you feel, but I bet everything will be fine next term. You'll get used to it. Hey, why don't you do what I do?Janet: What's that?Kate: When my dad calls, I ask him for more money! He usually says no, but at least I get to hear his voice!Janet: Maybe. I'm sorry to take up your time, Kate, but I must go now. Bye!Kate: Wait a minute ...!Unit 2-Conversation 2Kate: I think I may have upset Janet last night.Mark: What happened?Kate: She came to see me. I was busy doing an essay but I was really pleased to see her. She'd had a call fromhome, and said she was feeling homesick.Mark: Poor kid! It must be tough when you guys living so far away from home.Kate: I tried to make her laugh, told her not to worry about it, and that it was normal to feel miserable. Suddenlyshe looked miserable, and then she got up and said, "I must go now" and left my room. It was really sudden. I feltas if I'd said something wrong.Mark:Maybe she was just being polite. It was probably because she realized you were working and didn't want to disturb you.Kate: I just wonder if she found it difficult to talk about her feelings with me. Maybe I shouldn't have tried tomake her laugh? Perhaps she thought I wasn't taking her seriously.Mark: I wouldn't worry about it. Put yourself in her shoes. How would you feel if you were a student at college in China?Kate: I know. That's why I feel bad. If only she had stayed longer! I wish I could have helped her more.Janet: Hey, everyone!Mark: Hi Janet, you look cheerful!Janet: Yes, I've just got my essay back. I got an alpha minus! Kate: What an amazing grade! Well done.Mark: I'm really happy for you, Janet.Janet: I feel on top of the world!Unit 2-Outside viewSebastienHi. I'm Sebastien. I'm from Germany. Um, the idea of IQ of a measure of your brain power has been around for a while, but recently there's been this new idea of the EQ - your emotional quotient. And by now, it's actually almost being regarded as more important. If you look at it, businesses will... Well, they will prefer employing people with great EQ. Well, of course, IQ cannot be disregarded, but um, EQ does have its importance as well. Uh, I believe that, um,... I mean, people, most people will have, um, their basic means of communicating with other people. Most people are somewhat socially adept, and just like most people have, you know, a basic general knowledge. But then, what I think really is the difference between IQ and EQ, I mean, you can have a "brainiac", and they will be great at most things they do, but if you just can't get along with him, if you just can't communicate with him, I mean, you know, he's not really that useful.KimHi. This is Kim. I'm originally from Korea, and I was raised in California. And today, we are going to talk about the differences between IQ and EQ -IQ meaning your intelligence, EQ meaning your emotions. Now, in ... WhenI was, when I was a little, little boy in Korea, I had totake ... I think I'd taken like two or three IQ tests before the age often, which is when I moved to California. So, I guess we stress a lot of importance on intelligence, on having great IQ1 scores. But after I moved to the States, I learnt how to associate with people, and along the lines that this word EQ came up, you know, emotional, caring lout... It's basically how you deal with people, how you make people feel, and how people make you feel. t hink they're equally as, as important, but it seems that in the Eastern world they kind of stress on that a lot more back in the days. But Ithink again, you know, now that with Internet and people are communicating so much faster, there's a better mixtureof the two I link. There's a stress on EQ in Korea as well, and a stress on IQ in the State s. Thank you.TedHello. My name is Ted, and I'm from the United Statesof America. Today, I'm going to talk a little bit about IQ orEQ - which is most important, or which is more important. Now, for a long time when I was growing up, people said, "IQ. What's your IQ? Take an IQ test." But then EQ, your emotions, how you interact with people, that became very important. And I think they're ... that people might be onto something with that, because your EQ - how you deal with people, how you interact with people - is important. Now, a big part of this, in my opinion, is listening. I know I'm talking a lot right now, but if you want to get along well with people, you have to listen to them, so just take a minute, maybe shut your mouth for a minute, and listen to others, and then you can understand and communicate with them in a better way. So, part of EQ, I think, is listening - listening to others - and it can be more important than IQ.Unit 2-Listening inNews reportAccording to recent studies, the number one fear people have above everything else, including death, is of public speaking. People can become very anxious when they have to speak in front of an audience. The symptoms can range from slight nervousness with hands shaking or sweating to full-on panic: the heart beating very quickly, the body shaking, the inability to speak or move.The symptoms of fear of public speaking can begin before the event. People imagine that they will forget what they are going to say, or imagine that the audience will see how nervous they look and will think badly of them. The cause of their fear of public speaking is their belief that they will fail and be embarrassed.Researchers say that the fear of public speaking is associated with the fear of rejection. People who have to stand up in front of an audience believe that the audience will not like them or will not like what they say, and will reject or make fun of them.1 What is the news report mainly about?2 Why do people fear public speaking according to researchers?Passage 1Presenter We're fortunate to have as our guest today Dr Jenna Hudson, who has just written a book about how colours affect us in our surroundings, especially in the world of advertising. It's called Market Colours. Dr Hudson, which are the most common colours in advertising and marketing?Dr Hudson Well, of course, it depends what image the marketing team wish to project with their products. So for example, we often think of blue as a cold colour, but it also makes you feel peaceful, quiet, and it doesn't suggest strong emotions. So it's a favourite for banks and insurance companies, who wish to suggest the image that they are trustworthy. And for selling products, it's often used to suggest something is pure and fresh. Presenter What about red?Dr Hudson You can sell almost anything with red.It's a hot colour, which suggests a feeling of energy and even passion. It grabs your attention, and can make people buy almost anything. You often see red on magazine covers. But if you use it too much, it looks cheap and may make people tired. And orange has a similar effect to red, it's upbeat and happy, it suggests pleasant feelings and images. Most people react well to orange, and it's especially popular in advertising and on packaging for baked food.Presenter What about yellow, for instance?Dr Hudson Yellow is the colour of sunshine and it's a positive, happy colour, so it's used a lot in advertising. But it's also often used for warning signs, direction signs, and so on, where you have to read the message quickly and at a distance. Presenter What about less popular colours for advertising?Dr Hudson Surprisingly, green isn't used much in advertising except for garden products, It's friendly and restful. It can be cool and soothing, the colour of apples and mint, but it can also be quite strong and many people associate it with unpleasant ideas of decay or slimy creatures. Presenter But most colours are not primary colours, they're a combination.Dr Hudson Absolutely. So yellow-orange is common, and often used to give an impression of style and class, it looks like gold. But it's not often used in letters because it's not very strong. And yellow-green reminds people of feeling sick. Blue-green works well as a cool colour, suggesting freshness, and is sometimes used for toothpaste products, bathroom products, food and household cleaning products. It has many of the advantages of blue without the disadvantages of green. Presenter Fascinating. Thank you very much, Dr Hudson. Market Colours by Dr Jenna Hudson is on sale from next week, priced £15.99...Passage2Presenter What makes you embarrassed, Sally?Sally Oh, I'm easily embarrassed. If anybody notices me or looks at me, I get very embarrassed. When people sing me Happy Birthday on my birthday, I get very embarrassed. Presenter And what makes you upset?Sally When people are selfish, people who think only of themselves. And cruelty -I can't bear people who are cruel, especially to animals or children.Presenter Jake, what makes you depressed?Jake I hate it when it rains, and I don't like people who look down on me, who think they're superior to me without any reason.Presenter And what makes you angry?Jake When people don't behave properly in public, bad behaviour like dropping litter or people pushing each other on the bus or the train.Presenter Andrew, what makes you cheerful?Andrew I like to see everyone around me being happyand having a positive attitude towards the future, optimistic people.Presenter And what makes you jealous?Andrew Well, to be honest, I just never feel jealous. I can't see the point of it.Presenter Monica, what makes you proud?Monica I'm proud when I'm successful, especially in my work. Being recognized by my boss for what I can do makes me feel really proud. Oh, and my family. I'm very proud of them.Presenter And what makes you nervous?Monica Every time I teach a new class. Thenight before I'm very nervous. You don't know whatthe kids are going to be like and how they might behave, or if they're going to like you.Presenter Anything else?Monica Doing interviews like this.。

大学英语视听说听力原文第三版第二册大学英语视听说教材听力原文第三版（第二册）大学英语视听说教材听力原文第三版（第二册）Book 2 Unit 1 All about MeLesson A Listening and Speaking The People in My Life 2. Listening Activity 1 Nosy Nora Audio Track 2-1-1Nora (N): Is that your van?Katherine (K): Yes, it is. We’re moving in. N: Oh, I see…We? Who is “we”?K: My husband, Myles, and I. Oh, I’m sorry. Let me introduce myself. I’m Katherine---Katherine Jones. N: I’m Nora Nelson. K: It’s nice to meet you, Nora.N: Welcome to Parkside Apartments. I live in 2A. By myself. K: Oh, then we’re neighbors! We’re moving into Apartment 2B. N: It’s a quiet building. Very nice. Except for… Wes and Lydia in 3B. K: Oh?N: Yes, they play loud music sometimes. K: Oh…I see…N: Then there are the two students in 3A. They are classmates at the university. K: Um… I think I need to …N: They’re good boys, but they have too many parties? K: I …N: It is a quiet building, though …Let’s see, there’s also Mrs. Hansonin 3C. We’re related.She’s my aunt. She talks all the time and…K: Nora, I’m sorry. I’m very busy right now. It was nice meeting you. Really… Um, goodbye. N: What a strange woman!Activity 2 Just a few old keepsakes Audio Track 2- 1-3 Boy (B): Hey, Grandma, wha t’s in this box?Grandma (G): Oh, nothing really… Just a few old keepsakes. B: Keepsakes?G: Young man, you know what a keepsake is! B: No, I don’t. I reallydon’t.G: Well, it’s something you keep. It’s something that gives you a lot of memori es. B: Oh. What’s this?G: Now don’t go just digging around in there!... Hmmm, let’s see…that’s my first diary. B: Can I …?G: No, you can’t read it! It’s just personal! I wrote about my first boyfriend in there. He became your grandfather!B: Oh, OK…. Well then, what’s that? It has your picture in it. G:That’s my passport. You can see, I traveled to Europe by ship.1大学英语视听说教材听力原文第三版（第二册）B: What’s that big book?G: My yearbook. It’s my high school book of memories. B: Cl ass of 1961! Boy, that’s old!G: That’s about enough out of you, young man. I think it’s time we put this box way and…Activity 3: My first trip alone Audio Track 2- 1-5 At the age of thirteenAt the age of thirteen, I took my first trip alone. I went to visit my grandparents in Los Angeles. I felt very nervous about traveling so far, but my mother said, “Don’t worry. You’ll be fine.” I got on the airplane and talked for a long time to a very nice woman who sat next to me. Ma grandparents met me at the airport and took me to their home. I stayed there for two weeks, and I had so much fun with them! It was my first time in Los Angeles, and I saw lots of really interesting places. I the end, I didn’t want to go home!Activity 4: Making memories Audio Track 2- 1-7A popular new hobby is scrapbooking---making beautiful books to hold special memories. Scrapbook pages can include photos, drawings, journalentries. It’s not hard to make a scrapbook that you will enjoy for many years. Here are the steps.1. Choose a theme for your scrapbook pages. Some examples: “School days, “Family travel,” “Memories of my grandparents,” “Baby’s first year.”2. Select photos for each page. Two or three really good photos are better than ten so-so photos.3. Find other paper keepsakes to use with your photos. Look for old newspaper clippings, postcards, tickets, report cards, letters---anything made of paper. Use your imagination!4. Design the pages. Put photos and keepsakes together on each page and move them around until you find a layout that you like.5. Glue your photos and keepsakes into place. Then decorate your pageswith felt pens, paint, and stickers. Use your imagination!6. Label your pages. This is the most important step! Remember to write down the “5 Ws” of your photos: Who, What, Where, When, and Why. This will make your scrapbook much more interesting and valuable in the future.Activity 5: A book of memories Audio Track 2- 1-9 Yearbook in the United StatesMost high schools in the United States publish a yearbook. The yearbook comes out once a year, usually in the spring. It is a record of the schoolyear---a “book of memories” for the stud ents.Inside a yearbook is each student’s photo. The seniors are graduating soon, and their photos appear first. Next are the juniors. They are one year behind the seniors. Next come the sophomores, or second-year students. Thelast photos are the first year students, the freshmen. The yearbook is notonly about students.The teachers have photos, too. The yearbook also has photos anddescriptions of sports teams, academic subjects, and extracurricularactivities. These are activities students do after school, such as the chess club and Spanish club. There is even a yearbook club. Students in this club write, design, and take photos all year for the2大学英语视听说教材听力原文第三版（第二册）yearbook. At the end of the year, the book is printed.In the yearbook, some students receive special titles. The seniors voteand choose the “class clown” (a funny student), the “most likely to succeed”(a student everyone thinks will be successful), and the “best dressed” (a student with a good fashion sense). There are also other awards and categories.Students typically sign each other’s yearbooks. This is especiallyimportant for the seniors, because they are graduating. Students write notesto each other, such as, “We had a lot of fun,” or “I’ll never forget you.” They also write about all the fun and funny experiences they shared in school together.Keys:OL1: A. 2-passport; 1-diary; 3-yearbook B. 1. boyfriend 2. Europe, ship3. sixtiesOL2: B. 1.13;2. To visit his grandparents;3. Yes. He talked for a long time to a nice woman;4. He had lots of fun with his grandparents and he saw lots of interesting places. In the end, he even didn’t want to go home.OL3:B. 1. Scrapbooking is making beautiful books to hold special memories. Photos, pictures, etc. can be included in scrapbooks.2. Old newspaper clippings, postcards, tickets, report cards, letters.3. The “5 Ws” of the photos: who, what, where, when and why.4. “School days”, “Family travel”, “Memories of my grandparents”，“Baby’s first year”.5. Use imagination to design the pages, and then decorate them with felt pens, paint and stickers.OL4: A1. Most high school in the US;2. Because they are graduating soon.3.Yes;4. At the end of the year.5.It means a student with a good fashion sense.B. 2. photo; 3. seniors; 4. sports; 5. yearbook; 6. titles; 7. sign;8. memories OL51. choose;2. wear;3. bracelet;4. ring;5. favorite keepsake;6. pendant;7. she was in college;8. had no friends;9. remind her to be strong;10. perfect jewelry.Audio Track 2- 1-131. He’s dating a really nice girl.2. I’m fixing my car.3. She’s working in her garden.4. We’re gong to the movies.Speaking and CommunicationActivity 1 I’d like you to meet… Audio Track 2- 1-14 Conversation 13大学英语视听说教材听力原文第三版（第二册）Maria: Hi, Junko.Junko: Hi, Maria. It’s good to see you again! How are you? Maria: I’m fine, thanks. How about you? Junko: I’m fine.Maria: Junko, this is Ricardo. We’re classmates. We’re both taking accounting this semester. Junko: Hi, Ricardo. Maria: Hi, Junko. Conversation 2Yong Il: Hi, let me introdu ce myself. I’m Yong Il. Ileana: Nice to meet you. My name is Ileana.Yong Il: It’s nice to meet you, too, Ileana. I’d like you to meet Tammy. Ileana: Nice to meet you, Tammy. Yong Il: Nice to meet you, too, Ileana.Ileana: We’re colleagues. We work in the same department.Audio Track 2- 1-16Liu Xiang: David, let me introduce you to Shakira, one of the greatest singers and songwriters of our time. She is from Colombia in Latin America.David: It’s very nice to meet you, Shakira.Shakira: Very nice to meet you too, David. What do you do? David: I’m an international footballer and a model. Shakira: Oh! In which country do you play football?David: I’ve won football championships for teams in England, Spain and America. Shaki ra: That’s wonderful. Did you know Liu Xiang is an extremely talented athlete too? David: Oh Shakira, you are too kind.Lesson B Special people and memories Video Track 2- 1-1Alex: The most important people in my life are my mother, my father, my two sisters, and my brother. Alejandra: My grandmother is a very important person to me. Her name is Ester and she is 80 years old. Kumiko: The special person in my family is my grandfather, because he’s always kind to me and supportive. Calum: My friends are important to me because I like to go out with them and I can talk to them about most things. I think the three most important people in my life are my friends Tony, Dan, and David.Video Track 2- 1-2Kumiko: The special person in my f amily is my grandfather, because he’s always kind to me and supportive. Calum: My friends are important to me because I like to go out with them and I can talk to them about most things. I think the three most important people in my life are my friends Tony, Dan, and David.Video Track 2- 1-34大学英语视听说教材听力原文第三版（第二册）Catherine: Memories are very important to me. I have a shoe box where I put all the letters and pictures and all the little things that I’vecollected for the past years and …um… have it in the shoe box.Agnes: My favorite memory is my visit to my grandfather. He was a very old and wise man and he told me a lot of interesting stories.Calum: One of my happiest memories is when I was a child and I went outside Scotland for the first time. I went to an amusement park in France and I had a very good time there with my family.Julianna: One of the happiest memories from my childhood was my first day of school. I was really excited and the thing I wanted the most was to learn how to read.City Living A favorite keepsake Video Track 2- 1-4 Sun-hee: Hey, what are you doing? Tara: I’m getting ready for my blind date. Sun-hee: A blind date? You don’t know this man?Tara: No, but he’s a friend of Claudia’s, so it should be OK. Sun-hee: Oh. So where did she meet him?Tara: They met at work. He’s a colleague of hers. He’s from Brazil, too, but he’s working in the U.S. office right now.Sun-hee: Are you excited?Tara: Excited… and a little nervous! What jewelry should I wear? Sun-hee: I don’t know. Hey, what’s that? That’s nice.Tara: This? Oh, this is a bracelet my first boyfriend, Joe, gave me.Isn’t it beautiful? Sun-hee: Yeah.Tara: We were so “in love.” Too bad we were only 17---too young. Sun-hee: What’s this?Tara: That? Oh, that’s a souvenir from my f irst trip to the U.S. I was five years old. Sun-hee: Why are you still hanging on to it? Tara: Oh, I’m keeping it for the memories. Sun-hee: How about this?Tara: Now, that is my favorite keepsake. It’s a pendant from my grandmother. She gave it to me when I was 18 years old.Sun-hee: For your birthday?Tara: No. I was in my first year of college and things were rough. I had no friends. I hated my classes. I didn’t think I could make it. And one day my grandmother told me a story.Sun-hee: Yeah?Tara: My grandmother’s father died when she was only eight years old. Things were hard for her family after that. She went to school. She helped out at home and she had a job.Sun-hee: She was just a little girl!Tara: I know. She worked really hard throughout her whole childhood. So, when my grandmother turned 18, her mother gave her this pendant to say “thank you”.Sun-hee: That was nice.5感谢您的阅读，祝您生活愉快。

大学英语听力四原文LESSON 10PART A Micro-Listening1. W: How do you like talking with your roommate Paul?M: Oh, he always beats around the bush.Q : What do we know about Paul?2. W: What a mess! The guests will be here soon.M: Take it easy. I assure you the house will be spotless in a minute.Q : What does the man mean?3. W: I've got to leave now, Bob. When shall we meet next week?M: Let's make it next Monday. That's the day after Mother's Day.Q : What does the man suggest?4. W: How's your new job?M: It's quite all right but it'll take me some time to learn the ropes.Q: What does the man say about his new job?5. M: I've lost the disc John lent me last weekend.W: If he finds out, he will really lose his temper.Q : How will John react when he learns about what the man did?6. W: Professor Davis caught some students cheating on the final exam and failed them.M: Serve them right.Q : How does the man react to the woman's statement?7. M: Do you think we should put an ad in the newspaper to sell our car?W: By all means.Q : What does the woman mean?8. W: Everybody should do his bit for the dinner party. Would you make the salad?M: Anything but that.Q: What does the man mean?9. W: How did Rosa do on her English exam?M: She passed with flying colors.Q : What does the man say about Rosa?10. M: Will Professor Benson ask you to make up your physics exam?W: I don't know. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.Q : What is the woman planning to do?PART B Macro-ListeningPassage IAlexander BellTapescriptThe famous inventor Alexander Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended the Edinburgh High School and then went on to university: first in Edinburgh and then in London. In 1870 he emigrated to Canada. Three years later, he moved to Boston, where he started a school of vocal physiology for teachers of the deaf. Teaching the deaf to communicate was a problem he had always been interested in. In the same year, he became professor of vocal physiology at Boston University.From his early experience with the study of sound, he became interested in the telegraph, a device which sends sounds by an electric current. During one experiment with his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, he was adjusting the tone of the telegraph's steel spring when he heard other sounds coming through the spring. This discovery showed him that the current could transmit the vibrations of a person's voice. In 1876 heinvented the telephone.On April 3, 1877, he completed the first telephone conversation between Boston and New York, a distance of more than two hundred miles.Now people almost everywhere in the world can speak to each other by telephone. A special telephone can also transmit a picture of the speaker as well as the voice. This device enables deaf persons to use the telephone. By lip reading, or watching the movements of the speaker's lips, a deaf person can actually see what the person at the other end of the line is saying.Passage 2Abraham LincolnTapescriptAbraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. When he was a small boy, his family moved to Indiana. Here, his mother taught him to read and write. Lincoln had very little formal education, but he became one of the best-educated men of the Great West.When Lincoln was a young man, his family moved again to the new state of Illinois. Lincoln had to earn a living at an early age, but in his leisure time he studied law. He soon became one of the best-known lawyers in the state capital of Illinois. It was here that Lincoln became famous for his debates with Stephen Douglas on the subject of slavery.In 1860, Lincoln was elected President of the United States. He was the candidate of the Republican Party. This party opposed the creation of new slave states. Soon after his election, some of the Southern states withdrew from the Union and set up the Confederate States of America. This action brought on the terrible Civil War which lasted from 1861 to 1865.On January 1, 1863, during the war, Lincoln issued his famous Emancipation Proclamation. In this document, Lincoln proclaimed that all the slaves in the Southern states were to be free from that day on. In 1865, after the war ended, the Thirteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution of the United States. This amendment put an end to slavery everywhere in the United States.Early in 1865, the Civil War came to an end with the defeat of the South by the North. Only a few days after the end of the war, Lincoln was shotby an actor named John Wilkes Booth. The President died on April 14, 1865. In his death, the world lost one of the greatest men of all time.。

《大学英语听说教程2》学生用书听力原文Unit 1 SportsPart A1. Hello, welcome to “This Week’s Sports”. The big news this week is the basket championship. It started on Friday. Los Angeles Lakers beat It started on Friday. Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 108 to 96. Lakers won.2. Utah Jazz played Miami heat. Jazz lost the game. They lost by just one point. The score was 111 to 110.3. Detroit Pistons beat Indiana Pacers. The score was 135 to 130. Pistons won.4. And in the last game Houston Rockets played New York Knicks. Knicks won, 75 to 69. That’s it for basketball action. Thank you.Part BWhy Don’t You Join Me at the Gym SometimePeter: Hi, Laura. Where are you heading with that big bagLaura: Hi, Peter. I’m off to the gym. I’ve got to stay in shape, you know. I try to go three times a week, but I’m busy so I can’t always make it.Peter: I know more women who work out than men. What’s the main reason you work out For your health, or to look goodLaura: To be honest, for both. With women, good looks are always a very important consideration.Peter: If they were honest, mot men who work out would admit that they also do it to look better, and not merely for health reasons.Laura: How about you Do you get any regular exercisePeter: I do a lot of walking, for exercise and enjoyment –sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a time – but I never go to the gym like you do.Laura: Well, walking is good exercise. How about sportsPeter: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball, but it’s impossible to get enough people together for a game now. mostly I just watch sports on TV. Laura: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends, and sometimes go swimming and cycling by myself.Peter: Oh, I forgot about that. I go cycling sometimes too. And I often go swimming on vacation, but only recreational swimming.Laura: Why don’t you join me at the gym sometime I can get you a guest pass. Peter: Well, maybe someday, but I’m pretty lazy about things like that.Part CWatching a GameAlan: Going to the football game today, BettyBetty: No, but I’ll be watching it on television with some friends.Alan: Weren’t you able to get any ticketsBetty: I didn’t try. I really don’t go to games so often.Alan: But don’t you enjoy going Don’t you find it exciting to be part of th e crowd Betty: Oh sure, nothing beats the atmosphere at a sporting event: the cheering, all that energy. But sometimes it’s just too inconvenient getting into and out of the stadium before and after the game. And if you watch the game with friends, or at a bar of restaurant …Alan:… you’ve basically created your own crowd.Betty: That’s right. Another reason why I like to watch sports on television is that I simply and it easier to follow the action on TV.Alan: Yeah, sometimes it is a little difficult to k eep track of the ball when you’re sitting in the stands.Betty: Especially when your seats are high up in the grandstand, and far from the field.Alan: It’s like you’re watching from an airplane, sometimes.Betty: Also food sports commentators on television can add to your understanding and enjoyment of the game.Alan: After listening to you I’m starting to wonder how they are able to sell any tickets to these games!Unit 2 weatherPart A1. The weather today: a fine day is in store nearly everywhere, with the best of the sunshine in southern and central areas of Britain. A pleasant day, then, with long sunny periods developing. Light winds. There will be light winds with a maximum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, 64 degrees Fahrenheit.Looking at the outlook for the next few days, it will become mostly cloudy with heavy showers moving in from the west.2. A storm in Changchun, capital of Northeast China’s Jilin Province, claimed four lives on Sunday. The storm lasted about three minutes from around 8 . The winds reached speeds of over a hundred miles an hour, causing serious damage and a widespread power failure.Part BDid You Hear the Weather ForecastAlan: Oh, look at the sky, Michelle! It’s starting to get cloudy.Michelle: I see it. I hope it d oesn’t rain. I thought it was going to be a fine day today.Alan: That’s certainly what the department was hoping for when they chose today as the date for the annual picnic.Michelle: You can’t have a picnic without good weather. You need sunshine for allthe eating and games and entertainment.Alan: Yeah, sunshine – but not too much! Do you remember last yearMichelle: I sure do. It was so hot all we did was look for shade, look for ways to escape from the sun.Alan: And no one wanted to participate in any of the planned activities. All we wanted was cold drinks. And the dozed off.Michelle: If there had just been the tiniest breeze to cool us off…Alan: But there wasn’t. just that burning sun, without a cloud in the sky, and the temperature just seemed to climb higher and higher.Michelle: Well, we don’t have that problem this year, apparently. Alan, did you hear the weather forecast Is it supposed to rainAlan: I don’t know. I didn’t catch the weather report. But maybe if it rains, it will only be a short shower which cools things off a little. That might not be bad.Part CA ThunderstormLili: Look, Betty, the sky has turned completely black!Betty: Oh, wow. A big thunderstorm is coming. But I guess it won’t last long. Lili: Yeah, maybe for about twenty minutes or so it’s going to seem like it’s the end of the world. And then the sun will come out again.Betty: I like storms like this. Summer is dramatic. What do you think, LiliLili: Yes, these storms do come quite suddenly in the summer. I often seem to get caught without an umbrella.Betty: But it’s not so terribly getting caught in the rain occasionally in the summer. Now if you got all wet during a cold, dreary winter day – that really would be horrible.Lili: True. Ah, it’s starting to rain now. here it comes. Yes, it’s starting topour.Betty: Here comes the lightning and thunder too.Lili: At least it’s supposed to clear up later this afternoon, and to be fine this evening.Betty: That’s good, because I’m going to meet some friends tonight.Lili: Well, most likely you will have a very pleasant evening, because this storm should take some of the humidity from the air.Betty: Yes, I must admit that these Chinese summers are very humid.Lili: More humid than in the USBetty: Well, I can’t speak about th e whole country. But as far as New York goes, I’d say that the weather here in Shanghai tends to be hotter and more humid. Lili: But I think our winters are milder.Betty: Yes, I’m sure they are. We probably also get more snow in New Your than you do here.Unit 3 Food and DrinksPart A1. M: Have you ever been to that big restaurant opposite the school gateW: Yes, may times. Whenever my friends come to visit me, I’ll take them there to eat.Q: Does the woman enjoy the food in that restaurant2. W: Is there something wrong, sirM: My wife and I have been kept waiting for nearly an hour for our meal.Q: Is the man satisfied with the restaurant’s service3. W: Where is the cake I made this morningM: We ate it, mom. Can you make another one for usQ: Do the children like the cake: I hear you like chicken very much.M: Next to beef.Q: Does the man like chicken best: Have you tried this wine beforeW: No, never. It’s the first time, but it’s really to my taste.Q: Does the woman like the wine6. M: John, do you want a sodaW: Soda I think it tastes like medicine.Q: Does John want a soda: Why, the fish is left almost untouched.M: Well, it would be good if it were less salty.Q: Does the man like the fish8. M: Hi, Sue, would you like to eat out tonightW: oh, I’d really like to, but my sister may come to visit me this evening.Q: Will Sue eat out with the man tonightPart BWhat about Dining OutPeter: Hi, Kate.Kate: Hi, Peter. How have you beenPeter: Oh, OK, I guess. And youKate: Not too bad. We haven’t seen each other for a while, have wePeter: No, we haven’t so that makes me ask… Do you have any plans for this Saturday Kate: No, not yet, I don’t think so. WhyPeter: What do you think about getting together and going out to dinner this weekend Kate: That would be great. Do you have any particular place in mindPeter: Well, I think I’d like to eat something that’s not too heavy. I’ve beeneating a little too much lately.Kate: Me too.Peter: I love Italian food, but maybe we should skip that this time. They always seem to serve so much food in Italian restaurants, and you end up eating more than you wanted to.Kate: Chinese food would be good.Peter: Yes, or maybe some Japanese sushi. That style uses a lot of natural flavors, and not much oil or cream or heavy sauces.Kate: Yes, either of those choices would be good. Let’s just meet on Saturday night, and decide then where to eat.Peter: That’s fine by me.Part CEating outA: Well, here we are – not too crowded.B: Great! Let’s order quickly so we can chat a little.A: OK. What are you in the mood forB: Something light. I went out for pizza at lunch and I’m still full.A: There are three salads. Or you could have soup and a sandwich.B: What are you having A hamburger, I suppose.A: No, actually I ate out last night too, but we had fast food at McDonald’s, then a late snack at Kentucky Fried Chicken.B: Oh, dear. Well, maybe you should have the chicken salad.A: Yes, I think so. Look, the daily special is spaghetti. That sounds good.B: Oh, the prices are great, too. I’ll have that as well.A: Now let’s decide on drinks.B: I’ll just have coffee and a glass of iced water.A: Italian food needs red wine, you know.B: But we have to go back to work.A: OK, a Coke then.B: Here comes the waitress. Let me order first.Unit 4 healthPart A1. M: What’s the troubleW: I feel dizzy and my whole body aches.M: How long have you been sickW: Two or three days now.M: How’s your appetiteW: I’ve got no appetite. The sight of food simply turns my stomach. What’s wrong with meM: You seem to be generally run-down.Q: What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers: What’s the matter, Jack You look pale.M: Oh, I feel terrible.W: Why What’s the matterM: I have a splitting headache and a sore throat.W: Why didn’t you tell meM: I thought they might go away, but I feel worse this morning. I’m aching all over. W: Hmm. You feel warm, too. You must have got a fever. There’s a pretty bad flu going around, you know.Q: What is the most probable relationship between the two speakersPart BGoing to See the DoctorD: So what’s your troubleP: Well, doctor, I haven’t been feeling well lately. My biggest problem is that I’m having trouble sleeping.D: Have you tried any of the sleeping medications availableP: I’ve tried one or two, but they don’t seem to help.D: How long have you had this problemP: Three or four moths –it’s been rather a long time now.D: Are you suffering from an unusual level of stress in your life latelyP: Not more than usual. My biggest worry is the fact I can’t sleep.D: Well, some people don’t need as much sleep as others.P: But I feel tired all day, so it is a problem for me.D: Have you been experiencing any other symptomsP: I’ve also had a lot of indigestion lately.D: Wel l, you are a little overweight, aren’t youP: Yes. And I’ve gained about seven kilograms this past year.D: You really should try to lose at least that extra weight. Do you get much exercise P: No, not very much.D: Physical activity is very important.P: So what do you recommend, doctorD: I will give you some medication for your insomnia and your indigestion. But I also recommend that you begin a regular exercise program.P: But I have neither the time nor the money to go to a gym.D: You don’t need to go to a gym. A simple walking program would be very beneficial for you. I think you’ll find that diet and exercise will be very help in taking care of your recent complaints.Part CEating ApplesYou probably know a famous saying about the importance of eat ing apples. It is, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”Now, a new American study shows eating apples may help fight cancer, too. Research scientists at Cornell University in New York say a combination of chemicals found in apples is important for good health. The study shows that the combination of chemicals plays an important part in anti-cancer activity.The scientists say the chemicals are in both the skin and the flesh of apples. Results of the study were reported in the publication Nature. The Cornell researchers studied the chemicals, or extracts, taken from the skin and flesh of red apples grown in New York Stare. They studied the effectiveness of the apple extracts in fighting cancer.The researchers treated colon( 结肠 ) cancer cells with fifty milligrams of apple extract(苹果汁). Extracts from the apple skin reduced the growth of cancer cells by forth-three percent. Extracts from the fruit’s flesh reduced the growth of cancer cells by twenty-nine percent.The researchers also treated human liver cancer cells with apple extract. Extracts from the apple skin reduced the growth of those cells by fifty-seven percent. Extracts from the fleshy part of the apple reduced the cancer cells by forty percent. Lead researcher Liu Ruihai said scientists have long known that apples are good for human health. He says some scientists are interested in testing single vitamins or other substances to see if they alone fight disease. He says his study shows no single substance works alone to reduce cancer. Instead, the combination of chemicals in apples is effective and eating fruit and vegetables is better than taking extra vitamin pills.Unit 5 MusicPart Apeople like music. In fact, we are surrounded by it. It’s on the radio and television and van be heard in stores and offices. However, not everyone likes the same kind of music.2. The manager of the music shop was called Brian Epstein. Because so many people had asked for a record by the Beatles, Epstein decided to go and listen to the group himself.I would like to talk about classical music and its representative composers, then I will move on to jazz music, and finally I will focus on pop music in the last century. listen to exciting music and our hearts beat faster, our blood pressure rises, and our blood f lows more quickly. In short, we’re stimulated.Part BBackground MusicBackground music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music.To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing atmosphere. Recently, however, it’s becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost sales or increase factory production by as much as a third. But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isn’t always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant ownersmight be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving – unless, of course, the resulting indigestion leads to complaints.Part CCeline DionCeline Dion is the youngest of 14 children in a working-class family in Quebec, Canada. Her parents, who both loved music, encouraged her to develop her musical talent. At 12, Celine had composed the song “It Was Only a Dream”. Her mother and brother helped her to make a recording of that song and sent it off to an address they found on an album of a popular French singer. The address was that of Rene Angelil, who became her first conquest, but there would be millions more.Celine’s rise from a teenage singer to a pop superstar has been steady, but not without difficulties. Record companied were at first less enthusiastic about investing in a teenager than Angelil, who mortgaged his own home to pay for her first album. But her first two albums won a great success. And by 1983 she became the first Canadian ever to have a gold record in France.In 1990, Celine made her first English language record with Unison but her real breakthrough in America came when she was selected by Disney to sing the theme song of “Beauty and the Beast”. The song went to on the chart and won both a Grammy and an Academy award. In 1996 she performed at the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and in 1997, she recorded the theme song for “Titanic”, and her name became synonymous with the enormously successful film.Celine Dio n’s favorite theme is love. She sings the depth and the power of love in a great many of her hits such as “Love Can Move Mountains”, “Because You Loved Me”, “The Power of Love” and, of course, the theme song of “Titanic”, “My Heart Will Go On”.Unit 6 BusinessPart AW: Here we are, Mr Wang. This is a newly-built building.M: What a fine building! How many floors are thereW: Forty. Our company has offices on four floors in the building.M: Yours is really a big company.W: Yes, it is. The sales office is on the first floor. The marketing and accounting offices are on the second floor. And we have many other departments: personnel, research, etc. they are all on the 8th floor.M: Where’s the manager’s officeW: It’s on the 9th floor.M: Let me show you around our company.W: Thank you.Part BWho Is to Be Promoted(The Personnel Department is having a meeting. Joan Black is the chairperson of the meeting.)Joan: I think John Jeffrey’s already been with the company for 20 years. Surely he’s not still expe cting promotion. Do you agree, PeterPeter: Well. In my opinion, John’s always shown great loyalty to the company. It’s time this was rewarded. What do you think, CliveClive: It’s not just a question of loyalty. Would he be any good at the job He would need to manage a small team –he’s got no experience of that yet.Peter: He never will have any experience unless we give him a chance!Joan: We can’t afford to be sentimental. I don’t think he’s the man for the job. He’s always been a follower, not a leader. Let’s move on to the other candidates.Rita Hayden has already shown great personnel management skill, I feel, even if she’s …Peter: Oh, come on, Joan! Rita’s still learning her trade! We can’t afford to take a risk with someone so inexperienced.Clive: I agree with Peter. I favor Susan Palmer. She’s got a lot of experience. She’s already worked in the department on other occasions so she knows the ropes and she’s…Joan: But Susan’s always struck me as a bit cautious. We need someone dynamic for this job.Peter: I’d agree with Clive. I think Susan Palmer would do a good job. Maybe she’s a bit cautious but she’s solid, reliable … We need those qualities too.Joan: Well, if you’re both so sure, I suppose I’ll have to agree. Still, we’ll wait a week before confirming it just in case any other applicants put their names forward.Unit CA Good SalesmanMr Stevenson was the owner of a general appliance store. He had seen many newly-weds coming into his store to shop for their first refrigerator, washer and dryer, and air-conditioner. Pen and pencil in hand, they would ask him a lot of questions about price, features and after-sale services, but they would usually walk away at the end of their inquiry.The other day a young couple came into his store. They asked him all the usual questions and he answered all of them patiently. But when he suggested an order at the end, they replied firmly, “We’ll have to look around places first.”Although feeling a bit disappointed, Mr Stevenson did not show it. Instead, he smiled, moved closer and said, “I know you will go to Discount Dan to look at the pricetags. That’s perfectly understandable. I do the same. In fact, they sell the same stuff as we do. But if you buy things there, there is something you will not get. And that is me. I come with everything I sell. I’ve been in the business for thirty years and in a few years’ time I’m going to give my store to my daughter and son-in-law. I hope they will carry on the family business. I stand behind everything I sell and I will make sure that you will never regret buying things from me.”After this short speech Mr Stevenson offered the young couple some ice cream to thank them for their interest.Impressed by his honesty and sincerity, the young couple decided to palace an order.Unit 7 FashionPart AM: Excuse me, do you have a T-shirt of this kind in a larger sizeW: What size do you wantM: MediumW: PardonM: I want a medium.W: Here’s a medium in black. Do you like itM: Well, I like the picture on the front, but I’d pref er a white one with a slogan on the front.W: Here’s a white one in medium. And it’s 100% cotton.M: Perfect. I’ll take it.Part BFashion – Image or RealityWhy do people spend so much money on fashion Do they want to create an image or make sure they are not old-fashioned Do people really judge each other by the clothesthey wear The billion-dollar fashion industry certainly tries to convince consumers that such judgements are made.Unfortunately, they may be right. A recent study using elementary school students was interesting. They said that people wearing Calvin Klein designer jeans were more handsome and successful than those wearing Wranglers Levi-wearers were seen as sporty, fashionable and fun! Obviously we learn early that “Clothes make the man.”In other words, clothes show age, out look, status and income. However, clothes that look great on professional models may look terrible on the average buyer. Although beautiful clothes don’t help physically, they are important for social and psychological effects. Expensive clothes can make the wearer feel like part of the high status group that sets taste and style. So you are buying an image of success. You may really live a routine life, waking up in the morning feeling dull and ordinary. But when you dress in these expensive clothes, your mood brightens. You feel good, ready to face another day with energy. Sound crazy People who love clothes say it’s true.Of course, a lot of people don’t like high fashion. They’d rather spend their money on something practical. Which would you prefer – the image or the realityPart CPlatform ShoesIf you have been thinking that platform shoes are the newest fashion trend on the planet, then it is about time you found out something about these height boosters. Not on ly were they wildly popular during the noisy disco days of the 1970’s, but they were also all the rage during the late 1400’s to 1600;s,The platform shoes that were the sigh of high fashion in the 1600’s were more practical than today’s style symbols. The y were worn over delicate shoes to protect them from getting dirty when walking in muddy or dusty streets.After going out of fashion in the 1600’s, platform returned to the style scene in the 1930’s when designers such as Salvatore Ferragamo began breakin g the rules of fashion. They re-emerged again towards the end of the 1960’s and by 1975 were so common that men were also trying to balance on their massive heels.No matter how fashionable platforms are, they also have a reputation for creating problems. It is very easy to twist your ankle while wearing platforms and the damage this can do to your foot can be serious. In Japan, they have also brought about traffic problems as women wearing them while driving have been unable to brake quickly enough and as a result caused accidents!Unit 8 SocietyPart ANowadays, dieting is a popular practice in many countries. However, of the nearly 50 American adults currently dieting, only less than 10% will be able to maintain their weight loss for at least a year. Researchers in the Framingham Heart Study pointed out that losing and gaining weight again might be harmful to your heart. Over a 14-year period, they analyzed the weight changes and health of 3130 people. They found that those adults whose weight shifted the most had about a 50% increased risk of developing heart disease than those whose weight remained more stable. For now the researchers are not sure how weight changes are linked to health problems, but they think that people who diet frequently may prefer high-fat foods. Losing and regaining weight may also cause an unhealthy distribution of body weight. Dieters may lose pounds from their legs only to regain weight in an area such as their stomach, which increases the risk of developing heart disease.Part BLottery WinnersDo you dream of winning the lottery So have millions of other people. Every day, millions of Americans buy lottery tickets. They are hoping to win $100000, $1000000 or more. What happens after you win the lotteryWhen you win a milli on dollars, you don’t receive a check for the total amount. You receive $50000 a year for twenty years. Also, you must pay taxes. After taxes, you receive from $5000 to $40000 a year for twenty years. This is a lot of extra spending money.What have some p eople done with their money Let’s look at three past winners. Lisa K wanted to be an artist, but she didn’t have enough money to go to art school. She was working at a job she didn’t enjoy. In August, Lisa bought one ticket and won two million dollars. She quit her job three weeks later and is now attending art school.Mark L was a car salesman. He worked seven days a week and had little time for family life. After he won the lottery, he quit working. Now he spends his time bowling, working in the garden, a nd fixing things in his house. But, he’s bored. He doesn’t want to sell cars again, but he isn’t sure what he wants to do with his life. Jack B is one of the small number of winners who did not quit his job. Jack still teaches at a school near his home. But now he and his wife take their children on an interesting vacation every year. And they don’t worry about sending their children to college. They say that money brings security and gives a person opportunities, but it doesn’t bring happiness.Part CAn Abandoned Newborn BabyA healthy newborn girl was discovered in Central Park yesterday morning. The baby was abandoned on the top of a rock shortly before dawn after the mother gave birth to her there.The police said that the baby was healthy and weighed 7 pounds. Now they were searching for the mother. A policeman said that they had never had anything like this before. They really didn’t get babies left in the park. But they were just happy the baby was all right.The police rushed the baby to a nearby hospital. Fortunately she was OK. The police believed the baby was born less than half an hour before she was discovered. They also believed judging from the amount of blood found on the rock, that the mother might have given birth there. It was 70 degrees when the baby was found. Detectives were investigating whether the mother was a homeless woman who called a baby rescue hotline early yesterday. The head of Hope Foundation said that his hotline received a call about 5:30 . from a young homeless woman in Manhattan. The caller asked, “How do I get rid of my baby” she was apparently in labor. Then she was told to go to either a hospital or a fire station. But the woman was afraid she would be recognized there. The head also said that the woman wouldn’t even tell him where he could possibly meet her since they had two teams that could help with the delivery, if necessary.Unit 9 Unusual HappeningsPart AJack was a six-year-old dog. It ate up two 100-dollar bills but returned them to his master Paul the natural way. The first bill was found the next morning, smelly and undamaged, followed by the second during an evening walk. When Paul got all the money back, he said: “the bills are slightly yellow and I think I’ll clean them.”Part BA Belated PostcardA postcard carrying a Ceorge V stamp has mysteriously arrived at its destination。

现代大学英语听力2原文及答案Unit 1Task 1【答案】A.1) She wanted to see St. Paul’s Cathedral.2) She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike.3) They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and newspapers.4) Because she had often read about them and seen photographs of them, who all looked as if they were wearing a uniform.5) No, he didn’t.6) He used the English saying “It takes all kinds to make a world” to prove his opinion.B.If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be!【原文】Yesterday morning Gretel went to the City of London. She wanted to see St. Paul's Cathedral. She was surprised to see so many Englishmen who looked alike. They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats. They were all carrying umbrellas and newspapers. When she returned home she asked Mr clark about these strange creatures. "They must be typical English gentlemen," she said." I have often read about them and seen photographs of them. They all look as if they are wearing a uniform. Does the typical English gentleman still exist?"Mr. Clark laughed. "I've never thought about it," he answered." It's true that many of the men who work in the City of London still wear bowler hate and I suppose they are typical Englishmen. But look at this." Mr. Clark picked up a magazine and pointed at a photo of a young man. "He's just as typical, perhaps. It seems as if there is no such thing as a 'typical' Englishman. Do you know the English saying 'It takes all kinds to make a world'? That's true of all countries-including England."“Oh, just like the poem ‘If All the Seas Were One Sea’,” Gretel began to hum happily. If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea that would be! If all the trees were one tree, what a great tree that would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, w hat a great splash that would be!”Task 2【答案】A.1) people were much busier2) colder than England; minus thirty degrees; last longer3) much more mountainous; much higher and much more rocky; more beautiful4) tend to be more crowded5) the houses; smallerB.1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) F【原文】John is British but has worked in Japan. Etsuko is Japanese from Osaka, but she is studying in Britain. In the following passage you are going to hear, they are comparing life as they see it in the two countries. But before listening to it, think of the two countries and try to answer the following pre-listening questions.John: I found that living in Japan, people were busier. They seem to work the whole day.Etsuko: Yes, that’s right. We work from Monday through Saturday, even in summer. You know, summer in Japan is jus t horrible. It’s very, very humid and hot, and you need to shower three times a day.John: So you find it cooler in England?Etsuko: Yes, that’s right.John: Where I was living in Japan, in the North, it was much colder than England, especially in winter, minus thirty degrees centigrade. Does the winter in Osaka last longer than the winter in England?Etsuko: No, I don’t think so. December, January, February, March.John: Yes. It’s a little bit shorter if anything.Etsuko: Ever since I came here, I noticed that the countryside here in England is very beautiful.John: It’s much flatter than in Japan.Etsuko: Yes. Japan is a mountainous country and our cities are full of people. There are lots of people in a limited flat area.John: Yes, I found Japan much more mountainous than Britain, especially in the north. The mountains are much higher and much more rocky. I found it more beautiful than Britain, I think.Etsuko: Yes, if you like mountains.John: And therefore the towns and villages tend to be more crowded.Etsuko: Yes, that’s right.John: Yes. So because the cities are more crowded, the houses tend to be smaller, don’t they?Etsuko: Yes, they are very compact, and we don’t have a lot of space. In big cities we have a lot of taller buildings now.John: Is this a problem because there are more earthquakes in Japan?Etsuko: Yes, that’s right and…Task 3【答案】A.1) In the US, people usually dance just to enjoy themselves; they don’t invite other people to watch them.2)Usually eight people dance together.3)Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side ofthe square.4) He usually makes it into a song.5) They wear old-fashioned clothes.B.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) TC.1) eight people form a square; on each side of the square2) what they should do; makes it into a song; sings it3) don’t have much time to think4) old-fashioned clothes【原文】Rosa: Why don’t you have folk dances in the United States? Most countries have special dances that the people have done for many years. The dancers wearclothes from the old days. Everyone likes to watch them dance.Steve: We have folk dances, too. A lot of people belong to folk dancing groups. But when they dance, they usually do it just to enjoy themselves. They don’tinvite other people to watch them.Rosa: Is there a folk dancing group here?Steve: I think so. There must be. There’s one in almost every city, and some big cities have several.Rosa: What are the dances like?Steve: Usually eight people dance together, four men and four women. When they start, they form a square, with a man and a woman on each side of thesquare. That’s why it’s called square dancing.Then there’s a man who tellsthe dancers what they should do. He usually makes it into a song. He singsit while they dance.Rosa: Oh, that should make the dances easy!Steve: Yes, but they are very fast. They don’t have much time to think. I like to watch them, though. The dancers wear old-fashioned clothes. That makesthe dances pretty to watch.Rosa: I’d like to watch a g roup dance.Steve: I’ll take you sometime.Task 4【答案】1) It was a time to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring.2) They burned the picture of their kitchen god to bring good luck.3) The custom said the brides must wear “something old, something new, somethingborrowed, and something blue” to bring good luck.4)Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they triedto use up these things before Lent began.5)It was a straw man made by children in Czech; it was a figure of death.6)People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into thechurch people dressed them up in flowers and ribbons.【原文】1) On the evening of February 3rd, people in Japanese families took one dried bean for each year of their age and threw the beans on the floor, shouting "Good luck in! Evil spirits out!" This was known as "Setsubun", a time to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring.2) Before the Chinese Lunar New Year in the old days, many Chinese families burned the picture of their kitchen god to bring good luck. When Lunar New Year's Day came, they put ancw picture of the kitchen god on the wall.3) When American women got married, they sometimes followed an old custom in choosing what to wear on their wedding day. The custom said the bride must wear "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue". This was to bring good luck.4) Before Lent (a time on the Christian calendar), the people of Ponti, Italy ate an omelet made with 1,000 eggs. People could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they tried to use up these things before Lent began.5) When winter ended in Czech, the children made a straw man called "Smrt", which was a figure of death. They burned it or threw it in the river. After they destroyed it, they carried flowers home to show the arrival of spring.6) January 17th was St. Anthony's Day in Mexico. It was a day when people brought their animals to church. But before the animals went into the church, the people dressed them up in flowers and ribbons. This ceremony was to protect people's animals.Task 5【答案】A.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) T【原文】Man: Well, I think life used to be much more fun than it is now. I mean, look at the Victorians. They had lots of servants to do all the work; they never had to doany cooking or cleaning; they just wore those beautiful dresses and went totea parties.Woman: You must be joking! Their clothes were terribly uncomfortable and their tea parties were very formal and boring. They used to wear their hats and longgloves even when they were eating cakes and biscuits. And men were notusually invited.Man: Really? Weren't they?Woman: And think of the poor servants. What a terrible life — just cleaning and cooking for other people all the time!Man: But you hate housework!Woman: Yes, I know, but there are lots of machines now to help you with the housework. People don't need servants.Man: Maybe they don't, but life then was much slower than it is now-people nowadays are always rushing, and they never have time to stop and enjoythemselves.Woman: Life then was fine for the rich, but it was dreadful for the poor. There was much more illness. They didn't have the money to pay doctors, and they oftenused to die of illnesses that don't exist in England now.Man: Maybe. But people used to talk to each other, play the piano or play cards together. Nowadays people just sit in front of the television for hours andnever talk to each other.Woman: I agree with you about television; but what about their children? They left their Children with the servants all day. Children hardly ever saw theirparents! And the clothes they had to wear! Horrible, tight, uncomfortable,grown-up clothes. Children have a much better life now than they used to,and schools and education are much better too.Man: I hate school.Woman: And look at opportunities for women. In those days, women used to stay at home, play the piano, change their clothes several times a day and have teaparties. What a life! They didn't have any freedom at all. I'm very happyliving now. I can work, have a career, do what I want to.Man: You mean you can work hard all your life like a Victorian servant. Woman: Life isn't all tea parties, you know.Task 6【答案】A.1) b 2) a 3) c 4) aB.1) family unit; process; change; used to be; the extended; the nuclear2) job patterns; progressed; agricultural; industrial; forced; job opportunities; split up3) traditional; family; expanded; other living arrangementsC.1) mother, father, children, and some other relatives, such as grandparents, living in the same house or nearby2)only the parents and the children3)previously married men and women marry again and combine the children fromformer marriages into a new family【原文】The American family unit is in the process of change. There used to be mainly two types offamilies: the extended and the nuclear. The extended family most often included mother, father, children, and some other relatives, such as grandparents, living in the same house or nearby. Then as job patterns changed and the economy progressed from agricultural to industrial, people were forced to move to different parts of the country for job opportunities. These moves split up the extended family. The nuclear family became more prevalent; this consisted of only the parents and the children. Now besides these two types of traditional groupings, the word "family" is being expanded to include a variety of other living arrangements.Today's family can be made up of diverse combinations. With the divorce rate nearly one in two, there is an increase in single parent homes: a father or mother living with one or more children. "Blended families" occur when previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from former marriages into a new family. On the other hand, some couples are deciding not to have any children at all, so there is an increase in childless families. There are also more people who live alone: single, widowed, divorced. Now one in five Americans lives alone.Task 7【答案】A.B.1) c 2) c 3) a 4) b 5) c 6) c 7) c【原文】In Japan both men and women go to university and both men and women study the arts such as history or English. But very few women study science, medicine or engineering. In engineering classes of thirty or forty students, there may be only one or two women. Men and women both go to university in order to get good jobs: men want to work for a big company, be successful, earn a lot of money and support a family; women, on the other hand, want to work for a big company because they have a better chance of meeting a successful man and getting married. This is changing, however, as Japanese women begin to think about their own careers. They have began to take jobs which they like rather than jobs in order to find a husband.Men work for their whole lives and usually stay with the same company. A woman may work up to ten years, but after that she usually gets married. Most women are married by the age of twenty seven, then they stay at home and look after the children.A man does not cook or look after the children. When he comes home, his meal must be ready. The woman may go out in the afternoon, shopping with her friends or having a chat, but she must go back home by four o'clock to prepare the meal. Then she may have to wait a long time for her husband to come home. Often he has to go out for a drink after work: if he doesn't he may not rise very high in the company. After her children grow up, a woman can go back to work, but it is not easy. If her former company takes older women back, she might be lucky. But most women find it difficult to find a job when they are older.Task 8【答案】A.1) a 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) c 6) b 7) c 8) bB.1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T 6) F 7) F 8) F 9) T 10) F【原文】Matthew: Geth, how do people set about getting married in England?Geth: I suppose the most common way is still for people to go home. For example, people who live in London now will go back to their homes in the provinceswhere they'll meet all their relatives and their parents, and they'll getmarried in a church, with the bride wearing white, the traditional white.Then they'll go off and have a booze-up with their relatives and friends anda jolly good time will be had by all. Otherwise you can get married in aregistry office, which means you turn up with your bride-to-be orbridegroom-to-be with two witnesses only. The ceremony takes about fiveminutes, I suppose. You sign the form and that's it.Matthew: There are many today who say that marriage is a complete waste of time.What's your view of marriage in the twentieth century?Goth: Well, I live in London as you know. I think in London, the tendency is to...for a... boy and girl, man or woman to live together before marriage andoften to live together without any prospect of marriage at all. I think thisprobably is... is true of London and the other big cities than elsewhere,because after all people in London are living in a big place where home tiesare obviously less restrictive. They can do more or less as they please and Ithink this is the pattern.Matthew: But do you think it helps for people to live together before taking their vows?Geth: I think in a sense the habit of living together before marriage may, in a strange sort of way, make marriage stronger, because after all the people will knoweach other better when they do get married and it might be suggested thatdivorce would be less likely between such a couple.Matthew: Sue, you've been married for two or three years now. How's it working out? Sue: I think it's a successful marriage. It's... I mean, it's difficult to say why, because we basically suit each other very much. We have a good friendship,apart from anything else, and, you know, we just go together very wellbecause we respect each other's freedom and individuality, but on the otherhand we really need each other, you know, it's...Matthew: What about.., have you thought of having children?Sue: Well, obviously, like most young couples, we have thought about it, but, you know, we both feel rather, sort of, loath to lose our freedom just yet. I thinkwe'll probably wait another few years.Matthew: Is it easy in England today to people to get divorced, or is that quite difficult?Chris: I think technically it's probably fairly easy, I think, because I'm not English but, I think technically it's fairly easy to be... to get divorced. But it's not justthe technicality of it which is the problem. Divorce is... is a social stigmawhich people can probably Cope with to varying degrees, but it's also a loteasier for the man because the woman, after she is divorced is, in fact,frowned upon by... by a lot of people in society. She is... is... at a... a muchmore difficult social position in terms of... of meeting other men, or whatever, simply because she is a divorcee.Task 9【原文】Social customs and ways of behaving change. But they do not necessarily always change for the better. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behaviour for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable — especially if they are your guests. There is a story about a rich nobleman who had a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. Other guests were amused or shocked, but the nobleman calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.Unit 2Task 1【答案】1) b 2) a 3) d【原文】Texas was the biggest state before Alaska became the forty-ninth state in 1959. One good way to understand the size of Texas is to learn about its weather. Different parts of the state have very different kinds of weather.Laredo is one of the hottest cities in the United States in summer. The best time to visit Laredo is in winter, when it is pleasantly warm.Amarillo gets very cold in winter. Sometimes there is more snow in Amarillo than in New York, which is a northern city. Summers are better, but sometimes it gets quite hot. The best time to visit Amarillo is in the autumn when it is cool.If anyone asks you about the weather in Texas, ask him, “What p art of Texas do you mean？”Task 2【答案】A.1)T 2) F 3) FB.1) d 2) c 3) cC.climate, reputation, extraordinary, unreliable, dry, wet, clear, dull, hot, cold, bad, mild 【原文】Our friend, Nick, whose English gets better and better, declared solemnly the other day that he thought that the British climate was wonderful, but the British weather was terrible. He went on to explain by pointing out that the British climate was a temperate one. This meant, he said, "that you could always be certain that the weather would never be extreme — at any rate not for any length of time — never very hot and never very cold." He quite rightly pointed out that the rainfall in Britain, according to the statistics, was not very heavy. "Why then," he asked, "has the British climate such a bad reputation?" He answered by saying it was because of the extraordinary, unreliable weather. There was no part of the year at which you could be certain that the weather would be dry or wet, clear or dull, hot or cold. A bad day in July could be as cold as a mild day in January. Indeed you could feel cold at almost any time of the year. Nick blamed drafty British houses for this, but agreed you could also blame the small amount of sunshine and a great amount of dampness. He advised every student coming to Britain to bring an umbrella and to understand the meaning of that splendid word "drizzle".Task 3【答案】I.the country; Trees, grass, lakes and steamsII.A.1. concrete, iron, steel2. take in the heat during the day and throw off heat into the air at nightB. Warmer winters, car engines; electrical applianceⅢ.A. air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earthB.1. Ice near the North and South poles to melt2. to be slowly flooded and people living in these cities to move to higher land【原文】Cities change the climate around you. In the country, there are trees, grass, lakes, and streams. In hot weather, the trees and grass cool the area around them. Lakes and rivers also cool the area around them.But cities are not cooled in these natural ways. Cities are built of asphalt, concrete, iron, andsteel. There are few trees and usually not much grass. Rain falls onto the streets and into the sewers.When the summer sun shines, streets and buildings take in the heat; after the sun sets, the streets and buildings throw off heat into the street. Once the sun sets, the countryside cools off, but a city may stay hot all night.Cities are hotter than the countryside in winter, too. Standing near a car with its motor running, winter or summer, you will feel the heat thrown off by the engine. The heat comes from the gasoline burned by the engine. This heat warms the air and the ground around the car. Thousands of running cars are almost like thousands of small fires burning.Carefully put your hand near a light bulb or television set. As you can see, electricity creates a lot of heat. This heat from electricity warms the house and the outside air.The heat given off by cities can affect the climate. Some experts even believe that cities can change the climate of the whole world. They think that air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earth. If less sunshine reaches the earth, the earth may become cooler.Still other experts think the world will get warmer. If the world did get warmer, great changes would occur. Ice near the North and South poles would melt. This would make the oceans rise. Cities near oceans — like Los Angeles, Boston, and Miami — would slowly be flooded. People living in these cities would have to move to higher land.Task 4【答案】A.1) b 2) cB. night, delight; morning, warning; gray, way, red, headC.1) F 2) T 3) F【原文】A red sky at either dusk or dawn is one of the spectacular and beautiful weather predictors we have in nature. By closely observing this phenomenon, you can achieve short-range accuracy of the weather as good as, or better than your local weatherman. In the Bible, Jesus in Matthew 16, 2-3 is quoted as saying, “When it is evening, it will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning it will be foul weather today: for the sky is red” when speaking to the Pharisees. An old English weather proverb based on this passage is:Red sky at night, sailors delight.Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.OrEvening red and morning gray,Sends the traveler on his way.Evening gray, morning red,Brings the rain down on his head.At dusk, a red sky indicates that dry weather is on the way. This is due to the sun shining through dust particles being pushed ahead of a high pressure system bringing in dry air. A red sky in the morning is due to the sun again shining through dust. In this case however, the dust is being pushed on by an approaching low reassure system bringing in moisture. Don't confuse a red sky in the morning with a red sun in the morning. If the sun itself is red and the sky is a normal color, the day will be fair.Task 5【答案】1) c 2) b 3) d 4) c 5) c【原文】Mark: I am an avid fly fisherman and frequently find myself on the river ina raft during lightning storms. We always have a debate at thesetimes on where we are safest — pulling into shore or staying on thewater. Since I have heard one is safe in a car when lightning strikesI wonder if the raft floating on the water is insulated, and thereforethe safest place to be.Meteorologist A: We spoke with some scientists about your question, and they allagreed that under no circumstances should you remain on the waterduring a lightning storm. If your raft is made of rubber, you mightfeel that you're .well insulated, but don't kid yourself. Typicallightning flashes travel 10 to 15 kilometers and can deliver as muchas 100,000 amps of current. In comparison, a toaster uses about 10amps of current. If lightning strikes the water near you, it will haveno trouble traveling through a few extra centimeters of rubber. Meteorologist B: So, if you're on the water and a thunderstorm approaches, get to the shore and seek shelter on land. Try a building or car. If neither isavailable, look for a cave, cliff, wall, or a group of trees. Never takeshelter under an isolated tree-it's also a good target for lightning.Task 6【答案】A.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) TB.Incredible, one minute, one kilometer, destroyed, lifted up, carried away, killed, injured【原文】Every spring and summer many inland areas are hit by tornados. A tornado is a kind of storm. It's a revolving, funnel-shaped column of air that moves through the sky at very high speeds. A tornado looks like a huge, black ice cream cone whirling through the sky. The speed of a tornado is very fast-it is believed to be between 200 and 700 kilometers per hour.Tornados form under very special weather conditions, and these special weather conditions occur most often in inland areas, such as the central United States. A tornado forms when a layer of warm, dry air is on top of a layer of cooler, moist air. This combination of dry, warm air above wet, cool air creates a condition that causes the lower layer of air to lift up. As the lower air rises, both layers of air begin to rotate, to turn around and around. The air begins to rotate faster and faster because of centrifugal force. The tornado has a center called an “eye” and the air rotates quickly around this eye.As the air begins to rotate faster and faster, the tornado cloud begins to grow downward; that is, it begins to form a funnel or cone, and this cone goes down toward the ground.The cone of air is dark because it develops from a dark rain cloud. As the cloud gets longer, as the cloud gets closer to the ground, it begins to pull up dirt from the ground. Then the funnel ofrotating air becomes very dark because of the dirt in it. As the tornado funnel gets longer, it begins to drag along the ground.When the tornado touches the ground, it does incredible damage. It usually touches the ground for only about one minute, and it usually travels along the ground for only about one kilometer, but during that one minute, buildings are destroyed, trees are lifted up out of the ground, small objects are carried away, and sometimes people are injured or killed.Task 7【答案】A.1) b 2) a 3) bB.1) It has been nice weather during the day, but it is going to change at night.2) Fine weather in southern Europe and not so nice in northern EuropeFor todaySoutheast England---26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoonSouthern Scotland---Maximum temperatures of around 21 degreesBrighton---15 hours of lovely sunshineMidlands---23 degrees Celsius by early afternoonNorthwest of Scotland---Light showers around middayFor the weekendSpain---34 degrees CelsiusGreece---32 degrees CelsiusFrance---Cloudy with rain, maximum temperatures of 22 degrees。

大学英语听说教程听力原文U n i t As a person, we must have independent thoughts and personality.Unit 2Part BEmbarrassing Experiences (Part One)Interviewer: Rob, you went to Brazil, didn't youRob: Yes, I did.Interviewer: So, what happenedRob: Well, I went into this meeting and there were about, er... seven or eight people in there and I just said 'Hello' to everybody and sat down. Apparently, what I should have done is to go round the room shaking hands with everyone individually. Well, you know, it's silly of me because I found out later it upset everyone. I mean, I think they felt I was taking them for granted.Kate: Well, I know that because when I was in France the first time, I finished a meeting , with 'Goodbye, everyone!' to all the people in the room. There were about half a dozen people there but I was in a hurry to leave, so I just said that and left. Well, I later found out that what I should have done isshake hands with everyone in the group before leaving. Now, apparently, it's the polite thing to do.Interviewer: Well, people shake hands in different ways, don't theyRob: Oh, yes, that's right, they do. See, normally I shake hands quite gently when I meet someone. So when I went to the US for the first time, I think people there thought my weak handshake was a sign of weakness. Apparently, people there tend to shake hands quite firmly.Kate: Oh, gosh, you know, that reminds me: on my first trip to Germany, it was a long time ago, I was introduced to the boss in the company when he passed us in the corridor. Well, Iwasn't prepared, and I mean, I had my left hand in my pocket. And when we shook hands I realized my left hand was still in my pocket. Well, that was, you know, very bad manners and I was quite embarrassed.Interviewer: And how about using first names Have you made any mistakes thereRob: Oh, yes, I have! When I first went to Italy I thought it was OK to use everyone's first name so as to seem friendly. AndI later discovered that in business you shouldn't use someone's first name unless you are invited to. Oh, and you should always use their title as well.Kate: Hm, yeah, well, when I met people in Russia, you know, they seemed to be puzzled when I shook hands with them and said 'How do you do' Well, what they do when they greet a strangeris to say their own names, so I had that all wrong!Rob: Oh, yes, I agree with that. Remembering names is very important.Interviewer: Shall we take a break When we come back we'll move on to our next topic.Kate & Rob: OK.1. What is the conversation mainly about2. Who might be the people Rob and Kate met in various countries3. What can we infer about Kate and Rob from the conversation4. Which countries has Kate visited, according to the conversation5. Which countries has Rob visited, according to the conversation6. What is the main message that the speakers want to tell usPart CAdditional ListeningAmerican PartiesAs you would imagine, Americans move about a great deal at parties. At small gatherings they may sit down, but as soon as there are more people than chairs in a room - a little before this point - you will see first one and then another make some excuse to get to his feet to fetch a drink or greet a friend or open a window until soon everyone is standing, moving around, chatting with one group and then another. Sitting becomesstatic beyond a certain point. We expect people to move about and be "self-starters". It is quite normal for Americans to introduce themselves; they will drift around a room , stopping to talk wherever they like, introducing themselves and theircompanions. If this happens, you are expected to reply bygiving your name and introducing the person with you; then at least the men generally shake hands. Sometimes the women do so as well, but often they merely nod and smile. A man usually shakes a woman's hand only if she extends it. Otherwise he too just nods and greets her.Statements:1. We can't imagine that Americans do not like big parties and they prefer going around at parties.2. At small parties they may sit down, but as more people come, they would stand up and move about.3. The reason why Americans like to stand is that they like the free atmosphere of the party.4. The meaning of "self-starters" is that Americans help themselves to drinks during the parties.5. Americans are more open-minded than British people according to the passage.6. If a woman doesn't extend her hand to a man at the party, he should not shakes hands with the woman.7. The passage shows a unique aspect of American culture. Embarrassing Experiences (Part Two)Interviewer: Let's go on with our talk. What do you think of business cards, RobRob: I found them very useful when I was in Japan not so long ago. Each person can clearly see the other's name and the job title on the card. And I found out that you have to treat business cards with respect. What you've got to do is hold them with both hands and then read them very carefully. What happened to me was the first time I just took a man's card with one hand and put it straight into my pocket.Interviewer: What other advice do you have, KateKate: Well, one time I unintentionally caused some problems when I was in China. Well, I was trying to make a joke when I pretended to criticize my business associate for being late for a meeting. And he was embarrassed, I mean, he was reallyembarrassed instead of being amused. Now you shouldn'tcriticize people in China or embarrass them. I mean, you must avoid confrontation. That's for sure!Rob: Oh, I must tell you about the first time I was in Mexico!I have to admit I found it a bit strange when business associates there touched me on the arm and the shoulder. Well, I tried to move away and, of course, they thought I was being very, very unfriendly. Apparently, it's quite usual there for men to touch each other in, you know, in a friendly way. Oh ... oh, and another thing, the first time I went to Korea I thought it was polite not to look someone in the eye too much. The Koreans I met seemed to be staring at me when I spoke, which seemed, you know, a bit odd at first. In Korea, eye contact conveys sincerity and it shows you're paying attention to the speaker.Kate: Oh, well, it seemed strange because you British don't look at each other so much when you're talking to each other. I mean, you look away, you know, most of the time. I found this hard to deal with when I first came to the UK, because people seemed to be embarrassed when I looked at them while they were speaking to me.Interviewer: So what's the thing visitors to Britain should avoid mostRob: Well, I don't think we're all that sensitive, do you, Kate Kate: Ohoo, well, I'll tell you, I made a big mistake when I was in Scotland. I found myself referring to the UK as "England" and to the British as "the English". Now, I know that would be just as bad in Wales, I guess.Rob: Yes, it certainly would!。

第一册Unit1,Lesson ATrack1-1-1A.listen to three people from the pen pals website.Match the name of the speaker with his or her interest:Fiona:Hi,I’m Fiona.I’m from Sydney,Australia.I’m19,and a student at the University of Canberra.I’m majoring in computer science.When I’m not studying,I like going to the movies. Miguel:Hi,I’m Miguel.I’m from Mexico City.I’m28and I’m a math teacher.In my free time,I like playing soccer with my fiends.Hiromi:Hi,I’m Hiromi,and I’m from Tokyo.I’m24,and I’m a graphic artist.When I have some free time,I usually work on a comic book I’m creating.The main character’s name is Damen. Track1-1-2B.listen again.Answer the questions about the people.Check the correct box.Track1-1-3B.Mariana and Danny live in the same apartment building.Are they meeting for the first time? Listen to their conversation.Mariana:Hi.My name is Mariana.I’m in apartment201.Danny:Hi,Mariana.I’m Danny.I’m in302.It’s nice to meet you.Mariana:Nice to meet you,too.Danny:So,are you a student,Mariana?Mariana:yeah,I study music at NYU.Danny:That’s interesting.Mariana:What do you do,Danny?Danny:I’m a student at Hunter College.I also work in an art gallery.Track1-1-4C.Listen again.Practice the conversation.Then practice with your information.Track1-1-5C.Listen to Dan describing himself and Dayanne describing her friend.Pay attention to the expressions used for describing people.Then describe yourself to your partner.1.My name is Dan and I’m from the United States.I’m28years old and work at a hospital.I speak English,and Spanish and Portuguese.I’m pretty tall.I’m about six feet.I have a muscular build and short blonde（头发金黄色的）hair.I have hazel（淡绿褐色的）-colored eyes.2.I have a friend who looks like Antonio Banderas.He’s tall,dark hair,brown eyes,but he’s thin and Antonio Banderas is a little more muscular.Track1-1-OL-1A.Emily is at the airport.Listen and check the correct box.Josh:Hello?Emily:Hi,Josh?It’s Emily.Josh:Hi Em.Are you at the airport with Uncle Tim?Emily:Yes,I’m here,but I don't see Uncle Tim.Tell me again–what does he look like?Josh:He’s tall,and he’s in his30s.He has long brown hair.Emily:OK…Josh:Oh,and he wears glasses.Emily:No,I don’t see him…Track1-1-OL-2B.Listen again.Emily is looking for a man.What does he look like?Circle the correct answers.Track1-1OL-3C.Listen again.Who is the man?Check the correct picture.What is different about him now?Josh:Hello?Emily:Hi,Josh?It’s Emily.Josh:Hi Em.Are you at the airport with Uncle Tim?Emily:Yes,I’m here.But I don’t see Uncle Tim.Tell me again---what does he look like? Josh:He’s tall,and he’s in his30s.He has long brown hair.Emily:OK…Josh:Oh,and he wears glasses.Emily:No,I don’t see him…Uncle Tim:Hi,Excuse me…are you Emily?Emily:Yes…Uncle Tim?Uncle Tim:Hi,Emily.How are you?Emily:Fine!Wow,Uncle Tim,you look different!Josh Josh…are you there?Uncle Tim is here. He has short,blond hair now.He looks like Brad Pitt!Track1-1-OL-4A.Listen to the description of a family photo.Then drag the names from the box and drop them on the right person.Emilio is in his fifties.He is tall–about182cm.He is average weight.He has brown eyes.He has short,curly,gray hair.Kathy is in her forties.She is short.She is slim.She has blue eyes.She has long,straight,blond hair.Michael is young.He is tall.He is average weight.He has dark,brown eyes.He has short,curly, blond hair.Alexis and Ashley are twins.They are young.They are average height.They are slim.Alexis has blue eyes,but Ashley has green eyes.They both have long,curly,red hair.Track1-1-OL5B.Now listen to these people introducing themselves.Then answer the questions asked.1.I’m Carrie Brown from New York.I’m an art student and I like listening to music and playing basketball.2.Hello,everyone.My name is Ann Andrews.I come from Wellington,New Zealand.I’m a teacher and I like shopping and hanging out with friends.3.Hi,I’m Julia Sanchez.I’m a reporter from Lima,Peru.I like surfing and blogging.4.My name is Charles Horton.I live in Boston,USA.I’m a chef.In my spare time,I like painting and traveling.5.I’m George Simmel from Berlin,Germany.I’m a fashion designer.I like watching films and jogging very much.6.My name is Kevin Smith.I come from Sydney,Australia.I like cooking and reading detective stories.I’m a finance manager.Track1-1-OL-6A.Look at the picture and listen to the e-mail message.Then tell which one in the picture is Mr.Ryder.Dear Mr.Peters,Please meet Mr.James Ryder at the airport station at11:00tomorrow.His flight is UA238from Los Angeles.He is a tall man in his sixties with gray hair,and he wears big glasses.His meeting with the Marketing Department is at4:00.Thank you.Kyra GreeneMarketing DepartmentTrack1-1OL-7B.Listen to another e-mail message.Then tell which one in the picture is Tom.Gina--HELP!Can you meet my friend Tom at the airport tomorrow?My car has big problems and I can’t drive it.Tom is coming on flight KX661from Denver at11:00.He’s average height and kind of thin,with long blond hair and a mustache.Thanks a million!ChrisTrack1-1-OL8A.Now listen to the passage.Do you think Andrew Barn is happy being a celebrity double?Celebrity doublesA group of teenagers is standing outside a hair salon in Manchester,England.Many of them have cameras and are looking in the salon window.Then want to see soccer player David Beckham.A man in the salon looks like Beckham(he has blond hair and Beckham’s good looks).But the man in the salon isn’t the famous soccer player.He’s Andrew Barn--a twenty-two–year–old hairdresser.Barn isn’t surprised by the teenagers.People often stop him on the street and want to take his picture.Barn is a hairdresser,but the also makes money as a Beckham double.Barn travels all over Europe as David Beckham.Newspapers often take his photo.It’s an exciting life for the hairdresser from Manchester.Today,many companies work with celebrity doubles.The most popular celebrity doubles look like famous athletes,pop singers,and actors.The companies pay doubles to go to parties and business meetings.Doubles are also on TV and in newspaper ads.Why do people want to look like a celebrity?An Anna Kournikova double in the U.S.says,"I can make good money.I also make a lot of people happy.”Tack1-1-OL-9B.Listen again.Then circle True or False.If a sentence is false,make it true.Unit1,Lesson BGlobal ViewpointsNick:My name is Nick Raducanu.I’m23years old and I’m from the United States.I speak English and I also speak French.Woo Sung:My name is Woo Sung.I’m from Seoul,Korea.I am20years old and I’m a student.I speak English,Korean,and French.Natalie:My name’s Natalie Danglade.I’m25years old.I live in the United States and I’m a reporter at a television.Dayanne:My name is Dayanne Leal.I am from Brazil and my first language is Portuguese.I’m not very tall and also I’m not very skinny.I have brown eyes and short brown hair.Dan:My name is Dan and I’m from the United States.I’m28years old and I work at a hospital.I speak English,and Spanish and Portuguese.I’m petty tall.I’m about six feet.I have a muscular build and short blonde hair.I have hazel-colored eyes.Kevin:My name is Kevin Truong.I’m24years old.I have short black hair,brown eyes,and an athletic build.I have a sister named Sabrina.She is short,muscular,and tan.Dayanne:I have a friend who looks like Antonio Banderas.He’s tall,dark hair,brown eyes,but he’s thin and Antonio Banderas is a little more muscular.Woo Sung:I don’t really look like my parents.They’re both short and I’m tall.I do look like my sister.She’s tall and thin like me.Natalie:My daughter has curly black hair,she’s short,light-skinned,and she’s really cute.City LivingSun-hee’s favorite cousinSun-hee:Of course I’ll pick you up,Jung-Yoon.You’re my favorite cousin.Great.I’ll see you at the bus station at3:00.Have a great trip!Bye.(phone rings)Hello?Professor Albee:Sun-hee,it’s Professor Albee at NYU.Sun-hee:Oh,hi Professor Albee.How are you?Professor Albee:Fine,thanks.Ms.Leska is sick today.She has a class from2:00to4:00p.m. Can you teach her class?Sun-hee:Oh,sorry.My cousin is visiting this week from Seattle,and he arrives today at3:00. Professor Albee:Oh,I see.Gee,I don’t know what to do.Sun-hee:Well...wait.Listen,my roommate Tara can go to the bus station and meet my cousin. Ms.Leska always helps me.Professor Albee:That’s great!Thanks a lot.See you at1:30.Sun-hee:Bye.Professor Albee:Bye.Tara:Sure,Sun-hee.I’d love to meet your cousin.So what does he look like?Sun-hee:Well,he’s in his30s.Tara:OK.Sun-hee:And he’s about average height--5’6”.And he’s pretty heavy set.Tara:Uh-huh.Sun-hee:And he has really long black hair and brown eyes.Tara:OK.So,does he speak English?Sun-hee:Yes,he does.Oh,and I almost forgot:he wears really big glasses.Tara:Got it.Sun-hee:Thanks so much for doing this for me.Tara:Hey,what are friends for?Sun-hee:Oh wow!I’m really late!I’ll meet you back here at4:30with my cousin.Tara:Sure,no problem.Sun-hee:Bye.Sun-hee:Jung-Yoon!Oh my gosh!Jung-Yoon:Sun-hee!Sun-hee:Wow.You look so different.You’re so thin!Jung-Yoon:I eat healthier food now.And I go to the gym every daySun-hee:Good for you!Hey,where are your glasses?Jung-Yoon:Contact lenses.Sun-hee:Oh,and your hair?It’s so short.It looks good on you.You look great!Jung-Yoon:hey,thanks!Sun-hee:(to Tara)How did you find him?He looks so different now.Tara:(holding sign saying“Sun hee Park’s cousin”)Ta-dah!Track1-1-OL-10Listen to the story summary.Fill in the blanks with what you hear.Sun-hee makes plans to meet her cousin at the bus station.Then her co-worker calls and asksSun-hee to teach a class.Sun-hee agrees to teach the class.She asks Tara to meet her cousin.She tells Tara what her cousin looks like.Sun-hee says that he cousin looks very different.Sun-hee asks Tara.“How did you find him?”Tara laughs and she shows Sun-hee a sign that says“Sun-hee Park’s cousin.”Unit2Lesson ATrack1-2-1A.Listen to the three conversations.How’s the weather?Check the correct pictures. Conversation1Man:Mary,are you ready to go?Woman:Go…go where?Man:To the beach.It’s too hot to be in inside today.Woman:Too late.A bad thunderstorm is here.Look out the window.It’s raining.Man:Oh,you’re right.Now what do we do?Conversation2Woman:Hey,Charlie.Are you okay?Man:No,not really.This weather makes me feel down.Woman:Oh,I know.January is a terrible month sometimes.I have an idea.Let’s go for a walk. Man:In the snow?No,thanks.Woman:But it’s not snowing now.It’s freezing,but at least it’s clear and sunny.Man:Oh,OK.Let me get my jacket.Conversation3Man:Mom,can I use the car?Woman:The car?Man:Yeah,I’m going to the movies.Woman:Why don’t you walk to the theater?It’s close,and it’s a lovely autumn evening.Man:It’s too cold and windy to walk,Mom.Woman:Sorry,dear.Your dad has the car.Man:Oh,Well,maybe I’ll watch a movie on TV instead.Track1-2-2B.Listen again.Do the people go outside or stay inside?Check the boxes.Track1-2-3B.Read the conversation and listen.What does Juliet suggest taking to San Francisco?Why? Juliet:Are you packing for your trip,Kyle?Kyle:Yes…See?I have T-shirts,shorts,and my sandals.（凉鞋）Juliet:For San Francisco?Kyle:Yeah.What’s wrong?It’s July.Juliet:I know,but it’s often foggy and cold there in the summer.Kyle:Really?Juliet:Yeah.You should take some sweaters and long pants,too.Kyle:Oh,okay.There are some in my closet.Track1-2-4C.Listen to two people giving advice about visiting their countries.Then suggest a trip within China to your partner.1.When visiting Brazil you should bring your bathing suit and your sun lotion（护肤乳）and definitely(肯定地，确切地)visit the beaches in Brazil because they are beautiful.2.In Argentina,you should visit lguazu Falls and the glaciers in the south of the country. You should also watch a tango（探戈舞，探戈舞曲）performance and in a restaurant you should order Argentine beef.It is delicious!Track1-2-OL-1A.Listen to these three conversations.What is each person doing?Circle the correct answer. Conversation1Man:next,please!Woman:Hi,here’s my ticket.Man:And where are you going today,Ms.Gregory?Woman:Berlin.Man:May I see your passport,please?Woman:sure,here your are.Man:And how many suitcases do you have?Woman:Just one.Conversation2Man:Too bad it’s our last day in New York.There’s a lot to see.Woman:I know.But at least we’re here at the Statue of Liberty.Isn’t it beautiful?Man:Yeah,it is.Hey,we need a photo.Excuse me?Man2:Yes?Man:Can you take our picture,please?Man2:Sure.Conversation3Woman:Welcome to the Ritz Carlton,Shanghai.Man:Thank you.My name is Ian Walters.I have a room for myself and my wife.Woman:Okay.Can I see a credit card and ID,please?Man:Of course.Here’s my card and my passport.Woman:Thank you.Here are your keys,Mr.Walters.Enjoy your stay.Track1-2-OL-2B.Listen plete the sentences with the correct city.Track1-2-OL-3A.Listen to some travel tips for Thailand.How many tips are mentioned?Travel tips for ThailandThailand is a nice country in Southeast Asia,with something for every visitor.There is a lot for you to discover there.But before you go,you should make a plan to help you be better prepared. Here are some tips.Firstly,the weather in Thailand is hot and humid all year,so you should pack sunglasses,T-shirts, and sandals with you.Secondly,you should buy your plane ticket early.Thailand is a very popular place for a vacation,and the planes are very full.Thirdly,the traffic in this country is very bad and people drive really fast,so you should rent a car.Another tip is that you should drink a lot of water and juice to stay cool.Finally,and this is a very important tip,you shouldn’t take photos outside in afternoon.It’s too sunny and bright!Remember these tips and you’ll have a great time there.Have fun in Thailand!Track1-2-OL-5A.Listen to the first part of a talk about the weather in some vacation spots.Then fill in the chart with information you hear.For each place,write the best time for a vacation and the reason. Watch the Weather!Most people plan their vacations very carefully.They think a lot about plane tickets,passports, and hotel reservations.But they often forget about one important thing–the weather.You should learn about the right time to visit your vacation spot.Here is some information to help you plan your next vacation.Italy.The weather is sunny all year,but it’s sometimes cold in winter.April and May are warm and beautiful.From June to September,it’s very hot.Australia.Summer here is from December to April.It sometimes rains,but the weather is usually very good.In winter,it snows a little in some places,but most of Australia isn’t very cold. Track1-2-OL-6B.Now listen to the second part of the talk.Then fill in the rest of the chart with information you hear.Hong Kong,China.The Weather is hot and very humid here a lot of the year.In July and August, it’s sometimes very windy,and there are bad storms.October and November are warm and not so humid,but in December and January,it gets very chilly sometimes.Germany.From November to April,the weather is cold,cloudy,and snowy.In spring it’s warm, but there’s a lot of rain,July and August are usually warm and sunny.India.You shouldn’t travel to India from June to September.There is a lot of rain everywhere. From November to April,after the rainy season,the weather is nice and cool.In April and May,it often gets very hot.Track1-2-OL-7A.Study the pictures of these items.Then listen to the passage.How are these five things related to each other?In Tokyo,it’s an envelope with$850,000in cash.At Florida’s Disney World,it’s a glass eye.At a hotel in England,it’s a goat and a false leg.How are all of these things similar?They are unusual things that people leave in hotel rooms,in airports,and on city streets.Irish Martino works in the Lost and Found Center at an airport in a U.S.city.“Sure,we find the usual stuff—cell phones, keys,sunglasses and wallets,”she says.“But people also forget some weird things at the airport,too.”What does Ms.Martino find?A woman’s false teeth in the bathroom.A mannequin in an airport waiting area.“How do you forget those things?”Martino wonders.Nobuo Hasuda works for the Lost and Found Center in downtown Tokyo.The Center has almost800,000items.Three hundred thousand of them are umbrellas!There are also many other things—jewelry and briefcases,snowshoes and musical instruments.Mr.Hasuda keeps the lost items for six months and two weeks.After this time,the finder can take the item.This is good luck for some people. Remember the envelope in Tokyo with$850,000?The owner did not claim it.Now the money belongs to the finder!Track1-2-OL-8B.Listen again.Then complete each sentence with the correct word or number.Unit2,Lesson BGlobal ViewpointsThe weatherJennifer:In my hometown it’s usually hot and sunny,but sometimes it rains.Dan:I grew up in central Texas where the weather is very hot.There are a lot of rainstorms,and in the wintertime it gets into the40s and50s.Dayanne:In Brazil we basically have two seasons—summer and winter.In the summer it’s very, very hot.But in the winter it’s not so cold.But we do have some rain sometimes.Alyssa:Where I live the weather changes throughout the year.There are four seasons:summer, fall,winter and spring.I don’t like the winter very much because I don’t like to be cold. Daniel:In Jamaica it’s pretty warm year round.There’s a rainy month–September.My favorite season is winter because I like winter sports,which is strange because I’m from Jamaica.What should I do?Dayanne:When visiting Brazil you should bring your bathing suit and your sun lotion and definitely visit the beaches in Brazil because they are beautiful.Dan:If you come to Texas you should visit San Antonio where the Alamo is located because it’s a historical site.Jennifer:When you visit Florida you should bring a swimming suit,sun block,and a beach towel. You should also bring lots of shorts and T-shirts.And you should visit the Everglades where you can see alligators.Alejandra:In Argentina,you should visit lguazu Falls and the glaciers in the south of the country. You should also watch a tango performance and in a restaurant you should order Argentine beef.It is delicious!City LivingAnother souvenir?Mike:Roberto,why are you bringing a sweater to Mexico City?It’s summer there,so it’s really hot,right?Roberto:It’s usually hot in the day but sometimes at night it gets chilly.Mike:Oh.Well,what about the business suit?Isn’t it a vacation?Roberto:Yes and no.I have a big meeting on Tuesday,so I’m bringing the suit.But after Tuesday, it’s vacation time!Mike:Who are all the gifts for?Roberto:Oh,my family lives in Mexico City so I’m bringing them some souvenirs from New York.Mike:And,who’s the book for?Roberto:It’s for Maria,my niece.She’s ten years old.Mike:Ten?You should get her something more fun—like a video game!Roberto:Maria is young,but she loves books.She’s really smart.Mike:Huh.What about this?Is this hers too?Roberto:Oh that?That belongs to my Dad.It’s a souvenir from his New York visit,but he forgot it.Do you think I should get him another present?Mike:Well,that already belongs to him.Hey you should get him a New York T-shirt or maybe a Yankees cap?Roberto:Good idea.I can get that at the airport.That’s it.Mike:Do you have your plane ticket and passport?Roberto:Yes.And I have my hotel information,my car rental in formation…my camera’s in my briefcase…Mike:(holding stuffed toy)Hey,whose is this?Another souvenir?Roberto:Umm…no…it’s mine.Mike:it’s yours?Roberto:It was a good-luck present from Claudia.I always travel with it.Mike:Ah…don’t be embarrassed,he’s very cute.(laughing)And I’m sure he makes a great travel partner!Track1-2-OL-9Listen to the story summary.Fill in the blanks with what you hear.Roberto is packing for a trip and Mike is helping him.Mike asks about the souvenirs that Roberto is bringing for his family.Roberto explains that book is for his niece and the small Statue of Liberty belongs to his father.Roberto says that he’s ready to go,but then Mike finds a teddy bear and asks whose it is.Roberto says that it belongs to him and explains that it was a gift from Claudia so he always travels with it.Mike says he thinks the bear makes a cute travel partner for Roberto.Unit3,Lesson ATrack1-3-1A.Listen.Circle the correct answer to complete the sentence.Ted:Hey,Mike.Whose trophies（奖品，奖杯）are these?Mike:They belong to my parents and my brother and sister.Ted:Really?Mike:Yeah.My family loves sports.Ted:I see.So,who plays basketball?Mike:My brother Tim.He’s great at it.Ted:And your sister?Mike:She’s on the swimming team at school.She’s always training--even on the weekends. Ted:What about your parents?Mike:My dad plays tennis,and my mom plays golf.Ted:And what about you,Mike?Do you play any sports?Mike:Me?No,not really.I like to surf and ski,but just for fun.Track1-3-2B.Listen again.Which sports do they play?Check the correct box or boxes.Track1-3-3B.Listen to the conversation.Underline Gina’s invitation（邀请）.Circle the words Connie uses to accept Gina’s invitation.Connie:So,Gina,are you planning to join a team or club this semester（学期）?Gina:Yeah.I want to work for the school newspaper and maybe join the tennis team. Connie:The tennis team?Gina:Uh-huh.Do you like tennis?Connie:Yes.I love it.Gina:Really?Me too.Do you want to play tennis this afternoon?Connie:Sure,I’d love to!There are tennis courts（场）near the student union（联合，工会）.Let’s play there.Track1-3-4C.Listen to two people talking about what they like to do.Then tell your partner about what you like to do.1.One of my favorite pastimes is to go to the gym.I like to go to the gym about three or four times a week.2.In my free time I enjoy hanging（悬挂，紧握着）out with some friends and going to the movies.I go to the movies at least once a week.Track1-3-OL-1A.Listen.What are Ashley and her dad talking about?Check the answer. Dad:Ashley?Ashley:Yeah,Dad!I’m in my room.I’m packing.Dad:Hi,honey.I can’t believe you’re going to college!Ashley:I know.Dad:So,what do you want to study?Ashley:Art.Dad:Art?!Come on,Ashley.Be serious.Ashley:I am serious,Dad.Dad:I think you should study business wo you can get a good job.Ashley:Business!?Dad:Yes,you’re a smart,organized young woman.It’s perfect for you.Ashley：But,Dad…there’s a lot I can do with an art degree.The business world is very competitive…Dad:I don’t know,Ashley..Ashley:Come on Dad.Let’s look at the university website.There’s more in formation there.Track1-3-OL-2B.Listen plete the sentences.Track1-3-OL-3A.Listen to a conversation between two interviewers.What are they talking bout?Circle the answer.A:I interviewed Sara Foxx.She likes sales,but wants to work part time.B:Hmm….I spoke with Jason Gray,and he wants to work at home but likes responsibility.A:Does he want to work full time?B:Yes,he does.How about Sara?A:Well,she wants to work part time,but she plans to stay at the sales position for at least two years.And she loves people.B:What does she plan to do in two years’time?A:She expects to go to grad school in the future,but she likes the job.B:Jason likes the job too.He wants to make a good salary and he loves to travel.A:Well,Sara hates to fly.It seems Jason would be the person we need.B:Unfortunately,he doesn’t have any sales experience.Track1-3-OL-4B.Now listen again.Then fill in the chart below about which descriptions are true for Sara and Jason.Check the boxes.Track1-3-OL-5A.Listen to the following famous people talking about the right personality needed for success.Do you have the right personality for these jobs?I’m Don Pierce.A good actor works very,very hard.People think that actors spend their time at a lot of parties and nightclubs,but that isn’t true.Actors spend hours--many hours--studying their lines for each movie.And you really have to understand people so that you can understand your character in the movie.I’m Janice.I think the most important thing for a good doctor is being a good listener.You have to understand people and their problems.A good doctor likes to solve problems and always wants to help his or her patients.And you can’t be impulsive--you should always be careful.Sometimes the first answer you think of isn’t the right answer.Doctors need a lot of energy,because they are usually hardworking.He,I’m Daniel.To be a success in business,you have to work well with groups of people.At the same time,you need to have strong opinions and be able to explain your opinions clearly.Good business-people always like to make new things and try new ideas.They are very organized,and they work very long hours.Track1-3-OL-6B.Now listen again.Then fill in the chart below about which things are important for the jobs listed.Check the boxes.Track1-3-OL-7C.Listen to a recording and complete the following e words from the box.A good athlete is hardworking.He or she practices for many hours before every game.Athletes should also be competitive.They should always think about their team,and how to win.Good athletes are also independent.They practice alone,even when the coach isn’t there.They are very careful about their health,and they don’t do dangerous things.And they are very serious about their sport--it it’s the most important thing in their life!Track1-3-OL-8A.Now listen to the passage about four personality types：The Dreamer,The Partner,The Thinker,and The Artist.Which personality type best describes you?The DreamerA dreamer thinks there is a“right”way to do things.This person wants to live in the“perfect world.”A Dreamer is often hardworking and organized.Many are good listeners and like to help others.Many Dreamers work as teachers,lawyers,and in leadership roles.The PartnerA Partner wants to be in a group.For this person,rules and group harmony are important.These rules keep peace in the group.Partners are often serious,careful people.Many do well as teachers, managers,police officers,and politicians.For Thinkers,understanding things is very important.They like to solve problems and make new things.Thinkers can also be competitive.They like to win.They are independent and often have very strong opinions.Many Thinkers work as scientists,inventors,politicians,and engineers.The ArtistArtists want to be free.They don’t want to follow the rules all the time.Artists like action and are often impulsive.They also like trying new things.Like Thinkers,many Artists have strong opinions.Many Artists are creative and do well as musicians,actors,fashion designers,and athletes.Track1-3-OL-9B.Listen again.Circle D for Dreamer,P for Partner,T for Thinker,or A for Artist for each sentence.Sometimes,more than one answer is possible.Unit3,Lesson BGlobal viewpointsSports and pastimesDan:One of my favorite pastimes is to go to the gym.I like to go to the gym about three or four times a week.Dayanne：In my free time I enjoy hanging out with some friends and going to the movies.I go to the movies at least once a month.Jonathan:My favorite pastime is playing drums because it helps clear my mind and I try to play as often as I can.Miyuki:One of my favorite pastimes is going to a coffee shop to hang out with friends.And some of my roommates like to run or go to the gym.Daniel:I like snowboarding a lot.I go snowboarding every two weeks except on vacation I go snowboarding every day.Agnes：My favorite pastime is swimming.I go to the pool twice a week with a friend of mine.And, I just like the water so for me it’s the best sport to do.Alyssa：I like to play the piano,I like to go see concerts and when it’s nice outside I like to go hiking.Woo Sung:I like to play basketball,tennis,and football.I play basketball twice a week.I play tennis three times a month and football once a month.Gian:I love to play basketball.I’m very competitive and very hardworking.When I play,I play really strong defense.Jennifer：I don’t really like team sports.I prefer individual activities.I’m very independent.City LivingI’m very athletic!Claudia:That looks so fun!I want to play.。

全新版大学英语第三册听说教程Unit1 There are two opposite views in this debating part: one is positive and the other, negative. Express and defend your views from the perspectives given in the card. Then select either Card A or Card B and carry on similar debates with your partner.POSITIVEI think this long holiday gives us an excellent opportunity to visit our hometown and spend more time with our parents. We miss them and I'm sure they miss us even more. It'll give them so much pleasure if we can stay at home for a whole week. However, some people might argue that it's a waste of time and money to make the trip now. They think we should spend some of the time learning more and wait until the long school vacation to go home. To my mind, going home won't interfere with our studies. We can certainly take some books with us and study in the company of our parents. As for the money, it does seem to pose a problem if we can't afford the fare. But if we plan early, we'll be able to earn the money for the trip by taking some part-time jobs. Remember, life is short and our parents are getting on in years. And a visit is worth a thousand phone calls.NEGATIVEI don't think we should take a long trip home during the National Day holiday week. Of course, we miss our parents and would like to spend the holiday with them. But the new semester has only just started and it's unwise to break the continuity of our studying for a whole week. At college,with the easy access to the library and other facilities, we can devote part of the holiday time to study even though there are no classes. That'll still leave us plenty of time for relaxation and fun.Besides, the trip home is costly. We certainly wouldn't want to ask our parents to send us money for that. It'll be an extra burden for them. Some people might argue that we can pay for the trip ourselves by taking part-time jobs. But we all know finding suitable part-time jobs is not easy. And the hard-earned money could be put to better use than the travelling expenses. We can call or write to our parents to express our love for them. If we explain the reasons to our parents I think they'll understand. They'll be glad to hear that we're going to take the opportunity to get plenty of rest and to make some headway in our studiesUnit2 There are two opposite views in this debating part: one is positive and the other, negative. Express and defend your views from the perspectives given in the card. Then select either Card A or Card B and carry on similar debates with your partner.POSITIVEA lot of strange things happen around us. And so far science hasn't been able to provide answers to them. For example, a friend of mine told me that he dreamed that his uncle had died and the death was confirmed by a phone call he received the next morning immediately after he woke up. Wasn't that odd? There was no way he could have known about his uncle'sdeath beforehand. My friend believed that it was his uncle coming to bid him farewell before he left the world for good. And I don't know whether he is right or not. It couldn't be just a coincidence, I think. There seems to be some mysterious forces at work. If not, how can we explain it? NEGATIVEI don't think there are mysterious forces at work when coincidences occur. Most coincidences are simply the result of pure chance. And some coincidences, unusual though they may be, can actually be explained. Take coincidental birth date for example. An experiment mentioned in an article by a professor at the University of Virginia shows that if you randomly select a group of 23 persons, there is a 50 per cent chance that at least two of them celebrate the same birth date. Unbelievable, isn't it? Few people would have guessed that could be so common. If that's the case with birth dates, isn't it likely that many other coincidences are probable as well?This experiment proves that it is possible to calculate the probabilities of some seemingly improbable happenings. In real life, however, we tend to give coincidences a lesser probability than they deserve.U3 There are two opposite views in this debating part: one is positive and the other, negative. Express and defend your views from the perspectives given in the card. Then select either Card A or Card B and carry on similar debates with your partner.POSITIVENowadays, some young people consider economic status the most important factor when they choose a spouse. They think money can bring everything they want, like a big apartment, a car, or a trip abroad. However, can these material things really ensure happiness? I don't think so. A marriage based solely on material wealth will not necessarily be a happy one. A happy marriage is built on a deep love and affection between husband and wife, which can not be bought by money.NEGATIVEI think it is very natural for people to give first priority to economic status in choosing a spouse. We all know how important money is. Without money, we can hardly do anything. Lack of money in a marriage will cause problems to the couple. Even though the couple may have married for love, being always hard-pressed for money, love will soon be replaced by quarrels and endless worries over money matters. If this happens, can they live happily together? So I think it is very important to first consider if your future spouse is able to share the responsibility of supporting a family. If not, just wait.I'm not against stress before job interviews. When we finish college we'll have to face intense激烈competition in the job market. We all want to give a presentation展示that demonstrates our abilities and our potentials潜在的before interviewers. And that requires an alert警惕的mind to prepare准备it well. A certain amount of 一定数量stress is necessary to make usmore energetic and therefore more productive富有成效.NEGATIVEPersonally I don't think stress before a job interview is a good thing. If you've made the best of your school years to seek寻求knowledge, if you've prepared your presentations介绍well, there is no need for you to feel stressed. Stress before a job interview will have a negative effect on you. Life becomes very unpleasant不愉快, because you put enormous pressure 巨大压力on yourself. You find it hard to get to sleep, have no appetite ['æpətaɪt]食欲for food, and are not in a mood for anything interesting. Eventually it will damage your health and interfere with your ability to perform执行，演出well at the interview. The best policy政策is relax and face the interview confidently.U3 There are two opposite views in this debating part: one is positive and the other, negative. Express and defend your views from the perspectives given in the card. Then select either Card A or Card B and carry on similar debates with your partnerPOSITIVEI am not against voluntary work in general but I don't think it is proper for college students to be volunteers for the preparation and day-to-day work of an international conference. Their main task is to study. When they goand do voluntary work for such a conference, they will have to miss classes, or fail to do their assignments. Eventually they will fall behind in their studies.I think the government or the organizer of the conference should employ professionals to do the work, rather than asking students at college to volunteer.NEGATIVEI don't think I can agree with the above view. I'd like to be a volunteer for the international conference to be held soon in our region. This is an important meeting and many world leaders are going to be present. It will bring honor to our country and to our region. To make the conference successful, a lot of work needs to be done and I'll be only too glad to do something for my country when it needs me.Meanwhile, I believe the voluntary work will enable me to put into practice what I've learned at college. I believe too that I'll be able to learn many new things, things that I can not learn from books.I know that I may have to miss some classes, but my teachers and my friends are all very supportive. I'm sure I'll be able to make up for the lost time with their help.U5 There are two opposite views in this debating part: one is positive and the other, negative. Express and defend your views from the perspectives given in the card. Then select either Card A or Card B and carry on similar debates with your partner.NEGATIVEI don't think it is a good idea to create more parks in downtown areas. These areas should be reserved for businesses, which are the main sources of the government's revenue (税收). And money received through taxation of businesses can be used by the government to invest in various useful projects. But what can the green fields produce? Nothing at all.What is more, to make way for the parks, stores, houses and buildings will have to be torn down, which will cause much inconvenience to the people who live there, not to mention the huge cost in relocating them.Even if we do develop more parks in downtown areas, it's unlikely they can keep their beauty long. I'm afraid they will soon be destroyed by people who do not cherish (爱惜) public property. So the project will turn out to be a big waste of money and useful land!POSITIVEI think it is a very good idea to develop parks in downtown areas. They will create a better environment, which is good for business. As more people will be drawn to these areas, there will be more business opportunities for shops, restaurants, hotels, and entertainment centers that line the busy streets of downtown areas. So it is profitable to the government, to businesses and also to the people who work there.Besides, as residents, we can also benefit from the parks. Not only will the green grass and trees provide a good view for us to enjoy, they willclean the air and reduce pollution. So our living conditions will be improved and our life will be happier and healthier.U7 1. From the perspective of an onlooker (negative)I admire the young man's courage and his willingness志愿to help others. But he really didn't have to do that. It was not his job to save the people trapped in there. It was the job of the firefighters. K, And chances are high that they would not be of much practical help and would only risk their lives in vain. I'm not against heroism, but I do think you need to be very careful and consider the cost before you act. Unnecessary risks are not worth taking2. From the perspective of a newspaper reporter (positive)I agree that we should avoid unnecessary risks, but I would not call the young man's attempt to save lives an unnecessary risk. Yes, we need to be careful in the face of danger but we mustn't allow calculations of personal gain or loss to stand in the way of saving lives. The young man saw the urgency of the situation and risked his life for the benefit of others. His selfless action reflects the true spirit of heroism.It is true that without training and proper equipment, nonprofessionals may not be as efficient as trained rescue workers. But we value such people because their actions demonstrate a sense of responsibility to society and a deep respect for human life. It does not require a uniform or formaltraining for one to be able to care about other people's lives. Moreover, there are many examples of nonprofessionals successfully helping and saving other people, of which the story of Krimali, the heroine in the listening texts, is a case in point.U8 There are two opposite views in this debating part: one is positive and the other, negative. Express and defend your views from the perspectives given in the card. Then select either Card A or Card B and carry on similar debates with your partner.1. From the perspective of a customer (positive)One out of every ten people walking down the street is a person with some special needs. But everywhere they go, they come across foods, tools, or garments, etc. that are not designed for their use. These may be people in wheelchairs who can't climb upstairs, people with various diseases who can't take certain foods, people who are left-handed and can't comfortably handle tools that are meant for right-handers and people who are extremely tall or big and have a tough time trying to find clothes, shoes or beds that match their sizes. The list could go on and on.It is true that something has been done in recent years to meet the needs of these groups of people but it is not enough. I think more manufacturers should be involved in designing more products to satisfy the special needs of these people. The market is probably not so large, but ifmarket research is efficiently carried out, there will be sufficient rewards. The biggest reward, however, will come from knowing how much their efforts will mean to those with special needs. No longer will these people feel neglected and their lives will not be full of disappointments and frustrations.2. From the perspective of a private company owner (negative)Some people suggest that we design products for those who have special physical needs. I think this is an important issue and that society as a whole should be responsible for looking after the welfare of these people.Our company will certainly do everything to satisfy their needs if we can. However, as a small company, we lack the financial and technological resources to design and produce products aimed at a relatively small number of customers. As the markets for special needs products are not large, producing such products is rather risky. If a lot of companies should start making such products all at once, the intense competition will soon drive a company like ours to bankruptcy. The best way, I think, is for the central government to take action and assign certain state-owned enterprises to make such products. Backed by government funding, I'm sure they will be able to meet people's special needs.U9Topic: Arguments for or against the view that the global economy is harming our national culture1. From the perspective of some students (positive)I think the global economy is doing us more harm than good. It's true that as a result of the increasing operations of foreign businesses in China, Chinese consumers now have a much greater choice of goods. But, the sad fact is that many people, especially the young, have come to worship everything foreign. They drink Coca-Cola, eat Italian pizzas, wear Nike sneakers (耐克运动鞋), watch Hollywood movies. The danger is they'll gradually adopt western values and western ways of life and forget their own culture. To some extent, this has already become a reality. Things like dating at an early age, going to all-night parties, marrying in white (新娘着白色婚纱), and having cereal (麦片) for breakfast instead of porridge (稀饭) are not uncommon among the young, but they are not part of our national traditions. So what happens is our national culture is losing ground due to the influence of the global economy。

e时代大学英语视听说教材Final Test听力原文Modern technologyI really don‘t know a lot about electronics but I think that new phones new cell phones with ah cameraswhi ch have digital cameras are very cool and they‘re so easy to use. And you don‘t have to think all the time that you forgot the came ra you know? Because you always have it with you and that‘s so s mart.I like the laptop because it‘s very, very thin.现代技术我真的不太了解电子产品，但我认为新手机新手机有啊相机，有数码相机，非常酷，它们非常易于使用。

而且您不必一直认为您忘记了您知道的相机？因为你总是随身携带它，这太聪明了。

我喜欢笔记本电脑，因为它非常非常薄。

It‘s maybe less than one inch and it‘s about four pounds and I can carry it anywhere I want.My favorite feature of my compute r is the Instant Messenger. The reason for this is that it‘s very affo rdable, fun and convenient and allows me to chat with my friends f rom all over the world.I stay in touch with my family in Brazil with li ke Instant Messenger.I use the computer for chatting online, searc hing the web, and downloading music.它可能不到一英寸，大约四磅，我可以随身携带它。

Unit 3, Lesson A, 2 Listening,Activity1-5Audio Track 3-3-1A. Listen to Ellie and Lee's conversation. Circle the correct answers Lee: Hi, Ellie.Ellie: Hi, Lee. How are you?Lee: Good. Hey there. Brandon. He's so cute. And you're such a good mother.Ellie: Thanks. Everyone says. "It's not always easy with your first child." You know, I agree with them.Lee: How old is he now?Ellie: He just turned two a month ago.Lee: Oh, no… The "terrible twos." Right?Ellie: Yep. It s so e xhausting… for both of us!Lee: Does he throw things around? And cry a lot more?Ellie: Yes, exactly. Sometimes he hits me. I don't know. He was so well-behaved before.Lee: It happens to most babies. They turn two and their personality changes.Ellie: It sounds like you have some experience with "the terrible twos."Lee: I certainly do. My children are five and eleven now. but I still remember when they were young.Ellie: What can I do?Lee: Well, remember that it will pass… it won't last forever. Try to be patient.Audio Track 3-3-2B. Listen again. Cricle…Audio Track 3-3-3A. Mandy is working…Audio Track 3-3-4B. Listen again. Check…Audio Track 3-3-5A.Listen to Mike…Audio Track 3-3-6B.Listen to Kaithlyn’s…Audio Track 3-3-7A.Listen to a passage…Audio Track 3-3-8B.Now listen…Audio Track 3-3-9B. Listen to the…Audio Track 3-3-10 C.Listen to the…Audio Track 3-3-11 D.Listen to the…Unit 4 Lesson A, 2 Listening,Activity1-5Audio Track 3-4-2A. Listen and circle the best headline for the news story you hear. Female Newscaster(F): Well, Jim, our next story is a strange one, isn't it?Male Newscaster (M): Yes, Irene, it sure is. It surprised everyone. Almost 200 people on a two-week holiday trip to Saint Martin became sick. They're calling it the "holidav cruise disease."F：It sounds scary. What caused it?M: The doctors aren't exactly sure, but they know it was something in the food the passengers ate.F: OK, gwe us the details.M: All right, here's the story: On Friday night, the ship departed around 10 p.m. with 300 passengers on board. By Sunday morning, some people reported feeling lightheaded. They stayed in bed. By that afternoon, more than half of the passengers had severe indigestion. Some of them got very sick. We spoke to one woman about her experience.Woman: Everyone was complaining. My stomach hurt so much I couldn't eat anything. It was really terrible!F: What's the situation now?M: Well, the ship had to return home on Monday---- after only two and a half days at sea---- and most of the passengers went straight to the hospital then.F: How are they doing now?M: They're exhausted---- many haven't slept for 48 hours---- but they’re doing fine.F: That's good news. It's too bad they couldn't enjoy their vacation. M: Yes, it is. And that’s the next problem. The passengers are asking for their money back, but the company doesn't want to refund the full amount.F: What's going to happen then?M: Nobody knows. I'll keep following the story, though, and I'll have more details for you tomorrow.Audio Track 3-4-3B. Listen again. Put the events in the order that they happened. Audio Track 3-4-4C. Listen again and complete the summary with information you hear.Audio Track 3-4-5A. Listen. What is Bill…Audio Track 3-4-6B. Listen again. Check…Audio Track 3-4-7C. Listen again and answer the questions.Audio Track 3-4-8A. Listen to the conversation and choose the picture…Audio Track 3-4-9B. Listen to another person giving…Audio Track 3-4-10A. Listen to the health talk…Audio Track 3-4-11B. Listen again. According to …Audio Track 3-4-12A.Listen to the passage about…Audio Track 3-4-13B.Listen again. Then…。

大学英语5听力上海外语教育出版社lesson 1partAproblems facing foreign studentsToday I'd like to talk about some of the problems that students face when they follow a cource of study through the medium of English--if English is not their mother tongue.The problems can be divided into three broad categories: psychological ,cultural and linguistic. The first two categories mainly affect those who come to study in Britain from Asia and Africa.I'll come to comment only briefy on these two categories and then spend most of the time looking at linguistic difficulties which apply to everyone. some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of unknown: for example,whether one's academic studies will be too difficult.Looking at the cultural problems,we can see that some of them are very practical nature, for example , arranging satisfactory accommodation.Others are less easy to define.The largest category seems to be linguistic. let's look at this in some details.Most students,in their own countries,will have little opportunity to practise using English.Where foreign learners first have the opportunity to speak to an English-speaking person then may have a shock"they often have great difficulty in understanding!I'll just mention three of the possible reasons for this.First, it seems to students that English people speak very quickly . Second,they speak with a variety of accents.Third, different styles of speech are used.For all of these reasons students will have difficulty,mainly because they lack everyday practice in listening to English people speaking English.What can a student do then to overcome these difficulties?Obviously,attend English class and, if a language laboratory is available,use it as much as possible.He should also listen to programs in English on the radio and TV.Perhaps most important of all,he should take every opportunity to meet and speak with native English-speaking people.In addition,the student probably has difficulty in speaking English fluently.The advice here will seem difficult to follow but it's necessary.Firstly, he must simplify what he wants to say so that he can express himself reasonably clearly.Secondly,he must try to think in English, not translate from his mother tongue.This will begin to take place only when his use of English becomes ing a language laboratory and listening to English as mush as possible will help.I:question:1.what does the lecture mainly disscuss? [d]2.what kind of students is the speaker referring to? [b ]3. why do students have difficulties in understanding English speech?[a]4.how,according to the speaker, can foreign students learn to speak English fluently?[b]5.which of the followong statements can be inferes from the passage?[c]Part CAt the age of 64 and having only a 1937 diploma from an apprentice training school,I decided to enroll in an new weekend college program at Findley College in Ohio-now the University of Findley. The result is I was granted dual B.A.diploma in 1985 at the age of 69.My degrees are in business adminstration and information systems analysis, which means computers.My 'excuse' for going to college at that age was to find what i did right in business for 33 years.The second reason was to prove to myself that i was an 'A'student-which i accomplished by making the dean's list the second semester.Because the dean of the college knew that i expected to be treated like any other student. we both laughed about the professor who rushed into the dean's office and explained,'i have a trustee of the college in my class! what do i do?' when the dean told me about it, my response was,'i hope you told him to fail me if i didn't do the work.' the dean replied,'that is exactly what i told him.'the dean's list : 学院院长公布的优秀学生名单trustee:董事question: 1. when did the speaker receive his diplomas?[a]2.the speaker received two B.A.degrees after a five-year study at a college. what subjects are these degrees in?[d]3.what was one of the reasons why the speaker went to college?[c]4.why did the professor feel so nervous when he found the speaker sitting in his class as one of his students?[b]5.what is the main lesson to be drawn from the passage?[b]Lesson2PART AAmerican Marriage CustomsPeople in the U.S.,when they attain legal age and meet certain medical requirements,are free to choose their own mates. Once a couple has decided to get married, the mancustomarily gives the girl a diamond ring. The use of ring comes from the ancient custom of using a ring to settle an important agreement. When the wedding day is decided upon, the girl sends out wedding announcements or friends and relatives. The then send wedding gifts to the girl’s home.On the wedding day it is supposed to be bad luck for the bride and groom to see each other before the wedding. Another ole custom that people believe will bring good luck to the marriage is for the bride to wear’ something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue’.Before the wedding day the groom always chooses a ‘best man’, a good friend to help him and stand beside him during the wedding ceremony.the custom of having a’best man’is thought to have come from ancent times when a strong friend helped the groom escape from the bride’s father.When a couple marries, the groom gives his bride a wedding ring. Many marriages are double ring ceremonies ---that is, the bride and thegroom exchange rings. The wedding ring is customarily a simple plain gold band. The roundness of the ring symbolizes eternity and announces that the couple is united for life. The wedding ring is worn on the third finger of the left hand. People believe that a vein from the third finger runs directly to the heart.Near the end of the recepition, which is offered by the brid e’s the parents,the bride throws her bouquet flowers to the unwed bridemaids. The luckly girl who catches it is supposed to be the next in the group to the married. As the bride and the groom leave for their honeymoon, the guests all throw confetti on them. This id a symbol of joy and happiness.I答案1-5c b a c c II 答案“FFFFTPART CIn many homes, divorce is caused by the‘battle between the sexes’.to understand the problem, one must remember the mordern American woman is freed. During childhood and adolescence, the American girl is given freedom and educationwhich is equal to a boy’s. after completing school, she is able to get a job and support herself. She doesn’t have to marry for finanical security. She considers herself an independent, self-sufficient person. She wants a husband whom she can respect, but she doesn’t want to be dominated by him. She want a democratic household in which she has a voice in making decisions. When a husband and wife are able to share decision making, their marriage is probably closer, stronger, and more satisfying. Otherwise, the couple is likely to wind up in the divorce court.When a couple gets divorced, the court usually requires the man to pay his former wife a monthly sum of money. If the couple has children,they usually remain with the mother, and the father is expected to pay for their support.Although divorced is quite common in the united states,80 percent of those who get divorced remarry. The remarriages allow thousands of people, especially children, to enjoy family life again, but at the same time many troubles have arisen. A well-known American joke tells of a wife calling to her second husand,‘Quick, John! Come here and help me! Your children and my children are beating up our children!’答案：1-5dbcbdLesson 3PART A Telephone message for Mr Drawson9:00Amanda Mr Dawson's office.Jenny oh,it's Jenny . can you give Mr Dawson a message? I won't be in till Friday. I've got the flu. I saw the doctor this morning.Amanda OK, jenny. I'll pass the massage on. I hope you'll feel better soon,9:40Amanda Mr Dawson's office. can i help you ?Mr Watkins may i speak to Mr Dawson's ,please?Amanda I'm afaid he's away in business. he'll be back tomorrow. can i take a message?Mr Watkins Please. it's Tom Datkins here. look. i can't make the meeting on Tuesday afternoon. something important's come up. i'll ring Peter on Wednessday.11:30Amanda hello, godfrey. what can i do for you?Godfrey Mr Dawson isn't here, is he?Amanda No, not till tomorrow.Godfrey Ah ... it's just that i want friday off. you see. my grandmother died yesterday. i'll have to go to the funeral.Amanda Oh, i am sorry. how old was she?Godfrey 92.12:15Amanda Mr Dawson's office.Salesman can you put me to through to Mr Dawson?Amanda I'm afraid he isn't here today. would you like to leave a message?Salesman Oh, right, wadley's garage here. it's about his new car. it isn't ready yet. there's a strike at he factory today.2:10Amanda Good afternoon. Mr Dawson's office.Miss Dobson Good afternoon. this is Juliet Dobson from western Video Syetems. Mr Dawson's at the trade fair in Lyon, isn't he?Amanda yes. that's right. he should be here tomorrow.Miss Dobson well, cam you give him this message first thing in the morning? I'm afraid we must cancel our last order. the customers have changed their minds again!3:20Amanda Good afternoon. Mr Dawson's office.Mr Gonzalez hello, this is Miguel Gonzalez speaking. is Peter there?Amanda No,i'm afraid he's away on business today. can i pass on a message .Senor Gonzalez?Mr Gonzalez yes, i may be in London from 21st to 25st. i want to see Peter then, if possible. it's about the agency in Mexico.4:35Amanda Mr Dawson's office.Mrs Ellis My name's Samantha Ellis. can you get Mr Dawson to phone me as soon as he gets back from Lyon? it really is very urgent.4:55Amanda Mr Dawson's office.Mr Berry Ah, Miss Hayward. this is Charles Berry.Amanda Oh, good afternoon, sir.Mr Berry I've got an important message for Mr Dawson. give it to him the minute he comes in. just say, 'Don't supply Mason and Company until further notice'. I'll explain later.(It's Tuesday morning.Peter Dawson has returned to the office after his business trip to Lyon.)Peter Good morning, Amanda. could you come in for a minute, please?Amanda Good morning , Mr Dawson. did you have a good trip?Peter Yes, thank you. were there any messages for me yesterday?Amanda yes, quite a few. shall i just run through them?Peter please.Amanda Jenny phoned. she said she would be in till Friday.Peter Oh, why's that?Amanda she said she had the flu. she'd seen the doctor.Peter Right, go on.Amanda Then Mr Watkins called, he said he couldn't make the meeting this afternoon but would ring you on Wednesday.Peter OK.Amanda Godfrey came in looking for you. he said he wanted Friday off.Peter Did he?Amanda yes, he told me his grandmother had died and he'd have to go to the funeral.Peter Oh, dear. I'd better see him later.Amanda And Wadley's Garage called. they said you new car wasn't ready.Peter Oh,no... why on earth not?Amanda they said there was a strike at the factory yesterday.Peter Again!Amanda After lunch Miss Dobson phoned. she said that Western Video Systems had to cancel their last order because their customers had changed their minds.Peter Pity!Amanda Mr Gonzalez called from Mexico to say he might be in London from 21st to 25th. he said he wanted to see you then.Peter Oh, good. I hope he can make it.Amanda then a lady phoned, Samantha,Ellis. she asked you to phone her as soon as possible. she said it was urgent.Peter Ah, Samantha. i wonder what she wants.Amanda Oh and just before five. Mr Berry phoned . he told us not to supply Mason&Co.until further notice. he said it was important and that he would explain later.Peter Anything else?Amanda No, that's it. Coffee?Peter Please,, that would be nice.答案 1-5 cbccdPART CThe United States is a telephone land. Almost everyone uses the telephone to make or break social engagements, to say their 'thank you's', to do their shopping and ordering (even from food and drug stores),and to obtain all kinds of information. telephones are save you feet and endless amounts of time----not to mention multiple bus or subway fares!Different countries put their telephones in different places. in the U.S they are so widespread that you will find them in buses and air terminals, rainroad stations, stores, hotels, the lobbies of many office buildings, restaurants and in small booths along streets and highways.It is simple and quick to have a private phone installed. you just call the telephone company and they will come to install it on a special day by appointment, when it is convenient for you. you fill out a form and pay a deposit of some 40 dollars for the phone and, if you are formally employed, you may even be freed from this fee.答案：1-5 dbbac大学英语精读5听力原文 LESSON42009-03-17 21:48PART A Dr Coleman's Sabbatical LeaveIn the United States a university professor isgranted a few months of freedom from his duties approximatelyevery seventh year for travel or advanced study. this period offreedom from teaching is called a 'sabbatical leave'.Few sabbatical leaves are interesting enough to bedescribed in national newspapers and magazines. recently,however, there was an exception. the public learned how Dr JohnR.Coleman, president of Haverford College. had spent hissabbatical leave.At the age of 51 Dr Coleman was determined to escape fromuniversity life for a few months and to get a variety ofexperiences in the world of work.he especially wanted to learn about people. people who do hard physical labor were particularly interesting to him.Telling no one of his plans. Dr Coleman started his sabbatical leave on a farm in Canada, hundreds of miles from his college. Getting up at 4:30 each morning, working thirteen hours a day in fields and barns, he prepared himself physically for his next job, digging ditches, in Atlanta, Georgia, after that, the college president washed dishes in a boston restaurant, during the last ten days of his leave, he worked as a garbage collector.This unusual sabbatical leave was conducted in great secrecy. Coleman telephoned his family once a week,'just to let some know where i was and that i was healthy.' none of his students or co-workers at Haverford College knew what their president was doing. on each job he avoided letting people know who he was. 'when people would ask me about myself, i'd try to turn the conversation back to them,' he explained. 'some co-workers might have thought i was a little different, a little quiet maybe, but i doubt anyone knew i was a college president.'there was only one employer who sensed somethingunusual. 'at a restaurant in boston, i had been on the job exactly one hour-- i was washing dishes--when the boss came over and said,'I'm afraid you won't do.' and handed me two dollars. immediately i asked him why, but he just said,' it's mot your work. sorry.'that was the frist time in more than thirty years as a job holder that Coleman had heard such words. it helped him understand how a man of his age might feel when he suddenly realizeed he had lost his job.after two months of working with his hands,Coleman returned from his unusual sabbatical leave, convinced that the experience had been worthwhile. he had some good things to say about people who do hard physical work.'a lot of my co-workers would complain when the was too heavy,' he said, 'but they'd complain a lot more when there was nothing to do.'he found that pride and satisfaction came chiefly in the form of praise from co-workers. even though pay was important, what brought the greatest satisfaction was knowin that someone had noticed how a job was being done.at the end of the sabbatical leave Dr Coleman feltthat his time had been well spent. he now believes that every young person should be required to spend at least half a year in the world of work before starting university studies.1.what do professors usually do during their sabbatical leave?[c]2.which of the following jobs hadn't Dr Coleman taken during his sabbatical leave?[a]3.how did he feel when the restaurant owner gave him two dollars?[d]4.which of the following is not true about Dr Coleman?[b]5.what can you infer from the passage?[c]PART CI arrived in the United States on February 6,1991, but i remember my first day here very clearly. my friend Tom was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at two o'clock in the afternoon. it was freezing that day but i was too excited to mind. from the airport. Tom drove me to the hotel. on the way, I saw the skyline of Manttan for the first time and i stared in astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and their man made beauty. Tom helped me unpack at the hotel and then left mebecause he had to go back to work. he promised to return the next day.shortly after Tom left. i went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. because i couldn't speak a word of English. I couldn't tell the waiter what i wanted. i was very upset and started to make some gestures. but the waiter failed to understand me. i was really at a loss what to do. finally, i ordered the samething the man at the next table was eating. after dinner, i started to walk along Broadway until i came to Times Square with its movie theaters. neon lights, and huge crowds of people. i didn't feel tired so i continued to walk around the city.i wanted to see everything on my first day. i knew it was impossible. but i wanted to try.when i returned to the hotel. i was exhausted, but i couldn't sleep because i kept hearing the noise and police sirens during the night, i lay awake and thought about New York. it was really a very big and fascinating city with so many tall buildings and big cars, and full of noise and busy people. i also decided right then that i would learn to speak English.1.when did the speaker arrive in New York?[d]2.what impressed the speaker most on her way to the hotel?[d]3.what did the speaker do immediately after her friend left?[b]4.what do we know about the speaker?[c]5.what can we infer from the passage?[a]Lesson 5PART A Sleeping HabitsWoman good morning, sir.Man Er, good morning.Woman i wonder if you'd like to answer a few questions. Man well er...Woman we're doing a market survey.Man that depends, what sorts of questions are they, eh? Woman well, it's questions about your sleeping habits. Man sleeping habits?Woman Mm.Man well, i suppose that's all right. yes , well, what do you want to know?Woman right, Um, what would you do if you heard a strange noise in the middle of the night?Man i'd wonder what it was, er, i suppose, and then i'd um, see if it happened again.Woman Mm.Man i would lie awake a little while. waiting to see if it happened again, and if it did ----i suppose i'd get up... Woman Mm.Man and go and see what it was.Woman very courageous.um, if you, if you can't get to sleep at night, er, what do you, what do you do?have you a special method? Man well, i generally go to sleep straight away. i don't have any trouble getting to sleep.Woman Mm.Man well. if i do have... occasionally, happens about once every six months, i suppose, that i can't go to sleep and then i, er, i lie awake and i, um, think about things.Woman Mm, Mm. think about things. and, er, what about before going to bed? what do you do before you go to bed?Man well. i , it all depends, er. if i 've been out i, i, don't do anything. i just come home and go straight to bed. i clean my teeth, ha , ha.Woman Mm, good, good.Man that's one thing i do before i go to bed. Um, well, i occasionally read a bit but if i read i go, i tend to go straight to sleep. i , i, can usually read about a page and then i go to straight off.Woman Mm, yes, me too. yeah, and, um, when you dream, what do you dream about?Man Aah! now that's a very interesting question.Woman Mm.Man yes, i have been dreaming a great deal recently as it happens.Woman have you?Man Mm.Woman have you?Man Um, i've had dream every single...all, all the way through my holidays. i've just come back from my holiday and i' ve been dreaming every single night. quite worrying dreams, very worrying dreams. for example, i had a dream about parrots the other night.Woman parrots?Man yes, green parrots. i mean, they shouldn't have been there because we weren't in any tropical country or anything. Woman er, no. no.Man it was a flock of parrots.Woman a flock?Man a flock. a whole flock of parrots.Woman that's funny.Man and there i was climbing up this stream bed... Woman yes, Um.Man with these parrots flying around. ha, most extraordinary.Woman really. yes, would you describe that as a nightmare? Man well, it's rathere worrying, don't you think?Woman very--well, um, another question, sir, how much time do you spend making you bed every day?Man i don't spend any time at all. i just get out and then i get back in, in the evening.Woman i see. so no time at all. and, Um yes, the last question,Um ,have you had any people complaining about your sleeping habits?Man complaining?Woman yes, that's to say...Man what would they complain of?Woman do you, perhaps you snore at night?Man no, i don't snore.Woman perhaps you talk in your sleep.Man no , i , i tend to take up rather a lot of room, though. Woman yes, i can see that.Man yes, yes, i do tend to use up more than my fair share of the bed, yes.Woman but you...Man roll around a bit.Woman but you've had no complaints?Man well, i occasionally get complaints but i don't take much notice of them, what can you do?Woman yes. quite so. well um, thank you very much indeed, sir, you've been very cooperative and helpful.Man yes, well. thank you. yes, it was quite interesting speaking to you actually. ha, ha.Woman good-bye.Man bye, bye.答案：1-5 cabcdPART CCats are creatures of habits. they like to fo to sleep about the same time everyday and for a certain length of time. they seem to have a national clock inside them that tells them when to sleep. cats supplement their regular sleep with occasional cat naps. some experts feel that humans could also benefit from this habit. cat naps help to build up energy in the body. they are also a good way to overcome boredom. since cats have moods similar to those of humans, some experts believe that people can improve their moods and attitudes by catnapping. people might become happier;a number of famous people have copied cats by taking cat naps during the day. the naps would usually last from 15 to 30 minutes. winston churchill took cat naps. so did president harry truman. john kennedy and so on. there famous people were known for their energy. they were also able to work long hours. often late into the night. and napping was their secret. perhaps more people could learn from cats and take naps to feel better and live longer.答案1-5dcabc。

新标准大学英语-视听说教程第一册Listening-in听力原文新标准大学英语-视听说教程第一册Listening-in 听力原文Unit 1 Starting outListening inPassage 1Interviewer Can you tell me something about the Ivy League? You're a professor at Harvard, is that right?Professor That's right, yes.Interviewer Tell me how many universities are there? How many institutions?Professor In total there are eight institutions: There's Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania.Interviewer Ah, OK. And what's the sporting ... I believe there's some link with sports.Professor There certainly is, yes. Originally the Ivy League referred to the sports teams from the universities which competed against each other, especially in football, basketball and ice hockey. Nowsometimes these universities, institutions, chose their students on the basis of their skills at these particular sports. But in the last 50 years, Ivy League schools have accepted a wider range of students because it wasn't possible to be both world-famous for research and also top class in sport.Interviewer And what about their academic importance? I gather they're academically very, very important, they're very well-known.Professor Absolutely at the top. They're near or at the top ofthe USA colleges and university rankings. And they're almost always in the top one per cent of the world's academic institutions for financial resources.Interviewer And what does it mean socially to go to an Ivy League university?Professor Certainly if you've been to one of these institutions, you are presumed or assumed to be at the top end of the scale. The Ivy League institutions have a reputation for social elitism, many of the students are rich, intellectual, white Anglo-Saxon, protestants. Not all of them of course, but quite a lot of them.Interviewer And do you know ... why's it called the Ivy League, what's the origin of the name?Professor There are a number of stories, derivations, but possibly it's based on four universities, and IV, the letters IV, that's the Roman numeral for four. Another more likely story is that ivy plants, which are symbolic of the age of the universities, you know, would be grown at the walls of these universities, these institutions, they cover the walls of the buildings. The term was created by a sports journalist, I think in the 1930s.Interviewer Right, OK. And which is the oldest university?Professor The oldest goes back to the 17th century, that's Harvard which was founded in 1636. And the youngest of the institutions is Cornell which was founded in 1865.Interviewer And which has the largest number of undergraduates?Professor Cornell has the largest number, about 13,000, 13,500 undergraduates. The institution with the smallest number is Dartmouth College with a little over 4,000.Interviewer And what about the acceptance rate? Is it hard to get into?Professor That ranges from about seven per cent to 20 per cent.Interviewer And any famous alumni? Famous old boys?Professor Hundreds! Hundreds of them. But I suppose worldwide, the two that would be definitely known all over the world would certainly be George Bush who went to Yale, and John F Kennedy, President Kennedy, who was at Harvard.Interviewer Thank you.Passage2Andy Did you see the film on television last night?Jane No, I was out. What was it?Andy A Beautiful Mind. It's about John Forbes Nash, the mathematician who won the Nobel Prize.Jane rve heard about that film, yes. He's played by Russell Crowe, isn't he? I like Russell Crowe, he's great.Andy That's the one, yes.Jane What's it about?Andy Well, the story begins in the early years of Nash's life at Princeton University as a graduate student.Jane That's one of the Ivy League schools, isn't it?Andy Yes, it's all set in New England, lovely old buildings, beautiful autumn colours. It's lovely to look at.Anyway, Nash meets his roommate Charles, a literature student, who soon becomes his best friend.Nash admits to Charles that he is better with numbers than people, and the main thing he's looking for is a truly original idea for his thesis paper.Jane So he's not interested in having fun?Andy Well, yes, but he's not very good with people or successful with women, that's all. But, you know, it's one of thesebad experiences with people which ultimately inspires his brilliant work in mathematics.Jane No good at relationships, so he becomes a genius at maths?Andy That's about right, yes. So when he finishes his studies at Princeton, he accepts a job at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Five years later, he meets Alicia, a student who he falls in love with and eventually marries.Jane Ah! At last, the love interest!Andy Yes, but wait a moment. Nash believes that he's been asked to work by William Parcher for the US Department of Defense on breaking Soviet codes. At one point he's chased by the Russians, and it's after this that he becomes mentally ill.Jane I think I've seen this in the trailer to the film.Andy So when he's put in a psychiatric hospital, he thinks the Soviets have captured him. He's given this painful treatment which affects his relationship with his wife. And his intellectual skills. So he stops taking the medicine. Jane It sounds quite hard to watch.Andy Well, it is, but it's well acted and directed, and so, you know, there's a-bit of distance between the audience and what's happening on film.Jane So what happens next?Andy Well, then his illness returns, so he and his wife decide to try and live with it. It all gets a bit complicated, because we're no longer sure if Charles, you know, his old friend, or even Parcher were real, or if they were just people that existed only in Nash's mind.Jane That sounds awful. He must have been so ill,Andy Actually, I'm kind of giving away the twist in the story.Anyway, later in his life, while he's using the library at Princeton again, he asks his rival Martin Hansen if he can start teaching again. And so the story ends when he goes on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics.Jane Well, it sounds like a great film.Andy Yes, you should see it sometime.Unit 3 Learning to thinkListening inPassage 1Interviewer With us today is Martin Downes, a carpenter, who's 51. A year ago, Martin had a stroke. But he's been lucky enough to make a full recovery from it. Can you tell us how it all began, Martin?Martin rm very happy to - not that I remember much at all. I was at a customer's house, building a cupboard, and the next thing I knew, I woke up in hospital with people in white coats bending over me.Interviewer It must have been very frightening.Martin It was. But what was really frightening was that I couldn't speak. I couldn't say a word. And I couldn't understand much that people said to me.Interviewer How awful!Martin Yeah! I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't had my family. But they were there for me, they really were.I had something called aphasia, where the part of your brain gets damaged that affects your speech and language. But they started treatment for the condition almost immediately. This speech and language therapist came to see me every day for 12 weeks. They made me do all these exercises.Interviewer What kind of exercises?Martin I had to match words and pictures and say their names. You see, I'd also forgotten the names of a lot of things. She had this thing called a word board and I could point to words and phrases on it that Iwanted to say. I had to repeat words up to 20 times - boy, it was hard, so hard.Interviewer Could you say anything to begin with?Martin I could say three words. "Hi", "Yes" and "No". That was all. And there were a lot of words I couldn't understand -1 had to learn their meanings all over again.Interviewer It must have been very frustrating.Martin It was, but I was determined to get better. I was in hospital for three and a half months. When I got home I got a special computer programme that I worked with every day. And slowly my language came back to me. It was a struggle, a big struggle. I had to learn to read and write again too.Interviewer Why do you think that you were able to recover completely? It's not that common, is it?Martin I was lucky. I was given the right drug at the right time. And I had 12 weeks of therapy, five days a week. That's very important, apparently.Interviewer And now that you're better how do you feel about your life?Martin What can I say? rm just grateful to have my life back.Passage 2Interviewer In 1907 an Italian educator called Maria Montessori opened a school in Rome that taught young children using methods that were very different from traditional teaching. Today, the Montessori method, as it's known, is used in nurseryschools in countries such as America, Canada, Britain and Germany. Recent research shows that children educated at a Montessori nursery do better later on at school than other children in all subjects. We asked two Montessori teachers, Claudia Rosella and Sarah Harrington, to explain what makes their nursery school different. Sarah...Sarah I think the first thing to say is that a Montessori classroom is very quiet, very clean. Everything stays in the same place. Sothe children are calm and quiet as a result.Interviewer So they're not encouraged to be noisy.Sarah No, definitely not...Interviewer Claudia?Claudia Yes, the classroom's very important. Another important principle is that children direct their own learning. They choose what they want to do.Interviewer So the teacher doesn't tell the child what to do?Sarah Not at all. While a child is doing an activity we observe them. Then we work with the child for a short time and then leave them to work on their own.Interviewer That sounds excellent. And what about your equipment? It's often made of wood, isn't it?Sarah Yes, and a piece of equipment is often designed for one activity only.Claudia Right. It's so that the child can see if they're getting something right or wrong.Interviewer So they don't need the teacher so much"?Sarah That's right. Another Montessori principle is the importance of physical activity. Children learn by doing, so when they're learning to read, for example, the letters are made ofsandpaper so that children can feel the shape of the letter.Interviewer Do you think there are disadvantages with Montessori methods?Claudia Yes, there are. Maria Montessori didn't understand how important it is for children to use their imagination. If she was alive today, she would recognize that. But still, the fact is, her methods are very successful.Unit 4 Person to personListening inPassage 1John Are you packed?Mike Yup. Everything's there.John Sure you've packed your mobile?Mike r II look again, John ... yes.John Well, we've got another ten minutes before we need to leave, so we might as well relax. You know someone told me an amazing story yesterday about these Australians who got completely lost in some national park.Mike And don't tell me, they used their mobile to get help?John That's right!Mike So what happened?John Well, it was this guy with his son and niece -I think she was about 14 - and they were hiking in this really rugged country and they got completely lost - no idea where they were at all.Mike That's not going to happen to us.John No, it isn't. Anyway, the guy had his mobile and he phoned the emergency services —it wasn't dark yet - and they sent out a search party, but they couldn't find them. And then -this is the interesting bit - the guy sent photos of the place where they were.Mike I'd have thought of that.John Yes, well it's pretty obvious, really. And in the photos there were mountains in the background, and the staff at the emergency service centre were able to identify exactly which mountains they were. And they used the photos to pinpoint their location, you know, to get the exact location.Mike How did they do that?John They used mapping software.Mike Right.John Anyway, by then it had got dark and really freezing. So they slept behind this ridge and covered themselves with leaves. Andyou know what the young girl said afterwards? She said, "It was quite fun."Mike Really, wasn't she frightened?John I don't think so.Mike So - is there a happy ending?John Yes, well they sent out helicopters as soon as it was daylight and the helicopter hovered over the area, and the man kept talking to them till they were able to pinpoint his location. And when they finally found them they were only 400 metres away from where they'd expected them to be.Mike Amazing!John And that's because they'd moved 400 metres away from where they'd taken their photos because the ground was too rough to sleep on.Mike Incredible!John And the moral of the story is-Mike Always take your mobile phone with you when you go hiking.John And take one that has a camera.Mike Hey, I think we should go, John.John Yes, OK. You think we're going to get lost?Mike No chance, mate!Passage2Social networking - it's the 21st century way of having fun - online. And if you're under 40, you probably use a social networking site - maybe when you should be working. It's well-known that -. office workers spend up to two hours a day on a site, exchanging messages and photos. And do students ever do anything else? Different social networking sites are used by different age groups.For people in their 20s, the most popular site is Facebook, the online phenomenon started by an American student in 2004. It's taken only four years to make Facebook a huge success - and the website's made its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, a very rich man indeed.What's extraordinary about Zuckerburg is that he started Facebook when he was only 18. He was a student at Harvard, one of America's top universities, when he launched the Facebook website, working from his college room. In only two weeks, more than two-thirds of his college had signed up and in a year, thousands of colleges were using it. T oday, Facebook has millions of users. More than half of them visit the site at least once a day.So what makes Facebook so special? Like other networking sites, you create a profile with photos, you list your interests, you exchange messages and join groups of friends. But where Facebook is different is that it gives you a privacy that you just don't get on other sites. Unlike other sites, you have a lot of control over what users can see about you. As a result, one-thirdof Facebook users give out their mobile numbers - they know it's safe to do so.But you still need to be careful about what you think is safe to show people. One reason is that more and more employers are using Facebook to check out potential employees. Is the person you've just interviewed as good as he seems? Facebook can provide the answer. If a 26-year-old man says on Facebook that he's been travelling round the world for the last three years, and in his interview he said he'd been working in an office - well, he probably won't get the job.Unit 5 All you need is loveListening inPassage 1Interviewer So - tell us about how you first met.Amy How we first met... Oh, it wasn't very romantic.David I thought it was very romantic.Interviewer Why don't you begin at the beginning?Amy Good idea. Well, I was 22 and rd just left uni and I went on holiday to the French Alps with a girlfriend. And someone invited us to go climbing. But my friend got ill so I went without her. There was this group of about eight guys and two girls.David There were four girls.Amy Alright! Well, anyway, no one had told me that the mountain we were going to climb was - vertical - and that we were climbing with ropes! I was terrified, absolutely terrified, I just really hadn't expected it.David She was terrified! I noticed her immediately. She looked so scared -she was wearing this great hat ——but she was white as a sheet.Amy Oh, I don't know about that, but I remember I wasshaking all over. David came over and started talking to me and telling me how safe it was with the ropes. And he was so sweet, you know I think I fell in love with him right then.David Yeah, it was the same with me ... We roped up and I made sure I stayed next to her ... I kept talking to her and encouraging her.Amy It really helped. I think I would have fallen off the mountain if you hadn't done that.David Rubbish! You were perfectly safe. Anyway, we got to the summit —it was a kind of flat area - and Amy just collapsed - she couldn't stand up!Amy It's true, I couldn't. I felt -1 was just - everyone ignored me except David - everyone.David Quite a few people came to talk to you.Amy They didn't!David They did!Amy Well, you talked to me, and that's all that mattered.David Thank you!Amy So-David So we climbed back down the mountain.Amy which was just as bad -David and we headed for the nearest village and we both had huge pizzas.Amy I didn't eat a thing! I was still feeling too sick.David You did, you know.Amy You know, you have a terrible memory sometimes.David So do you! ... To cut a long story short, we got married six months later and went on a three-week honeymoon to Barbados. Amy Two weeks!David And we've lived happily ever after.Passage2Presenter And now let's move on to online dating, a way of meeting a potential partner that's becoming more and more popular.James O'Hanlan and Claire Goodall are two online dating experts who are going to give all you listeners advice about how to use online dating safely and successfully. James ...James OK. The first thing to say is, don't be nervous. A lot of people are and it's very understandable. But there's no need to be, provided you follow the rules, which we're going to tell you right now. Isn't that right, Claire?Claire Absolutely.James So, let's begin at the beginning. When you join an online dating site, the first thing you do is give some basic information about yourself. Now, don't be tempted to lie - about your age, for example. If you want a good relationship, you need to be honest. If you're not, you'll get found out and that could be painful.Claire Another thing - it's a good idea to use a photo, you'll get many more replies than if you don't.James But use a recent photo, not one that was taken ten years ago!Claire Let's move on to the next stage. You've had some responses 响应and chosen one or two people you'd like to chat with.Now, the most important advice here is, don't give out any personal information until you're 100 per cent sure you're that happy to do so. That includes your real name, your phone numbers, your workplace address and your email address. Use the email facility 设备at the website and only give out your emailaddress when you feel completely safe.James And email for as long as you want, it's a great way of getting to know a person. Then, the next stage is to talk on the phone. Now that's very revealing, because you'll hear the person's voice, and also because people have to be spontaneous on the phone - they can't think about what they're going to say for half a day, unlike emails.Claire Then, if you're feeling really comfortable, agree to meet. But always choose a public place. Don't go to someone's home.James A cafe or bar is the best choice.Claire And don't forget to tell a friend where you're going and what time you expect to be back. That's important.James Another good idea is to ask the same friend to call you during the meeting so that if you want to leave quickly you can say that something urgent's come up and you have to go.Claire That's everything! If you follow this advice you should be perfectly safe. And you may find the man -James ... or woman —Claire ... of your dreams!James & Claire Happy hunting!Unit 6 Shop fill you drop!Listening inPassage 1Speaker 1 ]Interviewer So, how are you enjoying yourself in St Petersburg? What's it like?Speaker 1 Oh, I think it is a very beautiful place.Interviewer What sort of... Is it good for shopping? What do you buy in St Petersburg?Speaker 1 Yes, there are things you should buy. Of course, vodka is very good here and the other thing very expensive is the caviar. It is beautiful. Then there are the dolls. What have do they say? Matrioshka dolls.Interviewer Matrioshka dolls. Those wooden dolls that go inside each other?Speaker 1 Yes, you take one out and open the top and there is another one. You take off the top and there is another. They get very very small inside. Very small.Interviewer OK.Speaker 1 And of course, the chess. Because they are very famous here in this part of the world to play the chess.Interviewer Yes. And what sort of shops are there? Where's it best to shop?Speaker 1 Oh, here there are very good department stores, where you can buy everything that you like, clothes and everything.And also, lots of small kiosks that are very unique 独一无二的,owned by different shopkeepers, you know. And they are all over St Petersburg. Little kiosks and also markets that are very good. And there is a very good museum shop at the museum - at the Hermitage Museum.Interviewer And what are the opening hours?Speaker 1 At the museum?Interviewer Well, all shops, generally. What are the opening hours ... for shopping?Speaker 1 Yes. Usually, they open at around 10 o'clock in the morning and I think they are open to 7 o'clock at night; sometimes even longer, to 8 o'clock.Interviewer And how do you, how do you actually buy things?How do you pay for things? I think, there is a slightly different way of。

大学英语听说教程1听力原文Unit 1Text 1M: Hello, my name is Jack. I'm a freshman here. What about you? W: Hi Jack, nice to meet you. I'm Lily, also a freshman.M: It’s a pleasure to meet you too, Lily. Which department are you in?W: I'm in the department of economics. What about you?M: I'm studying computer science. So, what do you think of our campus?W: Oh, I think it's amazing. The buildings are so beautiful.M: I agree. And the library is really big. I can't wait to start studying here.W: Me too. Have you met our professors yet?M: Not yet. Have you?W: Yes, I've met a couple of them. They seem really nice.M: That's good to hear. I hope I'll have good professors too.W: I'm sure you will, Jack. Everyone here is so friendly and helpful.M: That's great to know. I'm really excited about the next four years.W: Me too, Jack. Let's make the most of it.Text 2M: Excuse me, is this seat taken?W: No, it's not. You can sit here.M: Thank you. My name is Peter. What's your name?W: I'm Sarah. Nice to meet you, Peter.M: Nice to meet you too, Sarah. Are you new here?W: Yes, I just arrived yesterday. How about you?M: I've been here for a week. Are you excited about starting college?W: Yes, I'm really looking forward to it. How about you?M: I am too. I can't wait to start learning new things and making friends.W: Same here. I hope we can become good friends.M: Me too, Sarah. Where are you from?W: I'm from a small town in Kansas. How about you?M: I'm from New York City.W: That's cool. I've always wanted to visit New York.M: You should come visit sometime. It's a great city.W: I will definitely consider it.M: Great, let's exchange phone numbers so we can keep in touch. W: That's a good idea, Peter. Here's my number.M: Thanks, Sarah. I'll message you later.。

Unit 6 foodPart one food likes and dislikesVideo scriptWaitress: Good evening, sir. Good evening, madam.James: Good evening. Give a table for four, please.Waitress: Certainly. Would you like to sit by the window or further back?James: By the window, please. I think it’s much quieter.Waitress: Sure. This way, please.All: Thank you.(The waitress shows the customers to a table by the window.)Waitress: Is this all right?All: All right. Wonderful, thank you. Thanks.W: Hello, I’ll give you a few minutes to look at the menus.J: Thank you. Yeah, we should be ready in a few minutes. Thank you.W: I’ll be back then.(The waitress leaves.)J: So, should I just order for every one? Is there anything particular that anyone does not want to eat?Laura: Well, yea, I don’t eat lamb. My family influenced me. My parents never eat lamb. They think it smells. So I don’t eat it either. I don’t even know how lamb tastes like. Maybe it doesn’t taste so bad, but we won’t just try it.Charlie: Oh, I see. I thought that had something to do with religious beliefs.L: Oh, no, not in my case. But you know religion plays an important role in people’s choice of food. For example, Muslims don’t eatpork. C: Yeah, and in China devout Buddhists think it’s sinful to eat animals.J: Oh, Charlie, I almost forgot. You just got back from China. What was the food like in Sichuan where you were working?C: It’s very spicy. People in Sichuan won’t eat food without chilies and hot peppers.Lisa: Do you like spicy foods?C: I didn’t at the very beginning. But I remember at first I could only eat a little bit of it. Then gradually I got used to it and realized it’s quite good, and now I like it.J: Lisa, you were in China for several years. Which part were you in?L: The southeast part.C: I heard people there are brought up on sweet, not so spicy food. Is that so?L: Yes, everything fixed there is sweet. People even add sugar to meat.J: That sounds interesting. Were you worried about putting on weight when you were there? Some women, in order to keep their figures slim, do not eat sweet food even though they like chocolate and desserts very much.L: No, I actually love eating sweet food. I don’t care whether it’s fattening or not. For me, taste is mote important than my figure. Laura: Yeah. Sometimes, people’s likes and dislikes of foods are related to one’s opinions about health and nutrition. For instance, some people like rich food, while others prefer vegetables, green food and salads.J: Sure, and nowadays with the development of sciences, people know more about food. Something that used to be thought of as disgusting now seems delicious and nutritious.C: I think it’s also related to the cultures and traditions of the country. The Chinese people like food with that smells good, tastes good, looks good. Oh, they also like food to have a pleasant and nice sounding name.W: Excuse me. Are you ready to order?J: Yes. Erm…can I get the 24-ounce porterhouse? Can I get that done medium rare, please?W: Certainly.J: And can I just get a Miller light to go with that?W: Miller light. OK.…KEY TO EXERCISE TWO:A.B.D.F.G.H.Part two:Listening IGuest: Hello, Room Service. This is Room 226. We’d like to order breakfast for tomorrow.Floor waitress: Yes, sir. What would you like?G: We’d like to state with fruit juice, orange for me and grapefruit for my wife. Fresh juice, please. Not canned or frozen.F: Right, sir. One fresh orange and one fresh grapefruit.G: Good. And then bacon, eggs, and tomato for me and two soft-boiled eggs for my wife, and toast, butter, and marmalade. Do you have different marmalades?F: Yes, sir. We’ll put a selection of preserves on your tray. And would you prefer tea or coffee?G: Tea, please, but with lemon, not milk.F: Very good. And when is it for?G: Oh, about 7:30 would be fine.F: Fine, and could you give me your name, sir?G: It’s Sands. Mr. and Mrs. Sands, Room 226.F: Thank you, sir.Key to exercise 1: B. D. A. C. B.Listening IIPart IThe American passion of speed has now hit the food business. Many restaurants, in particular the great chain restaurant company, Mc Donald’s, specialized in “fast food”, food which is served at the counter ready to go, or “take out”. The food, cooked and hot, is packed into cardboard and plastic containers, and hot drinks go into plastic cups with tight-fitting lids. There are also drive-in fast-food restaurants, where customers do not have to leave their cars. They first stop at a board where the menu is displayed, give an order through a microphone and then drive another twenty yards, where a girl hands them the meal ready cooked and packed. People who prefer to eat at a table in the restaurant also receive their food in cardboard or plastic container, and the knives, forks and spoons are plastic, too. When they have finished, customers throw everything except the tray into a trashcan.Part iiIn most cities, large and small, you ca eat Mexican or Italian food. And even small towns have coffee shops serving simple meals, drinks of all kinds, and excellent, freshly make coffee, you sit at the counter, or at served at a table. Service in restaurants and coffee shops is efficient and friendly. Waiter and waitresses often introduce themselves, “Hi, I’m Don (or Debbie). What can I get you folks?” this friendliness is natural and not entirely influenced by the hope of a high tip. In any case, people usually tip 15 percent of the check. One of the most pleasant things about waiters and waitresses is that they refill your coffee cup several times for no extra chargKey to exercise 2: F. T. F. F. T.LISTENING III1.The big baker bakes black bread.2.“The bun is better buttered,” Bill muttered.3.Cheryl’s cheap chip shop sells cheap chips.4.you can have: Fried fresh fish, Fish fried fresh, Fresh fried fish, Fresh fish fried, Or fish fresh fried5.All I want is a proper cup of coffee ,Made in a proper coffeepot.,You can believe it or not----,I want a cup of coffe ,In aproper coffeepot. Tin coffeepots or Iron coffeepots,They’re no use to me.If I can’t have a Proper cup of coffee ,In aproper copper coffeepot,I’ll have a cup of tea.Part three Practice one:An old man and a young man worked in an office next to each other. The young man had noticed that the old man always seemed to have a jar of peanuts on his desk. The young man loved peanuts. One day while the old man was away from his desk, the young man couldn’t resist and went to the old man’s jar and ate over half the peanuts. When the old man returned, the young man felt guilty and confessed to taking the peanuts. The old man responded, “ That’s Ok since I lost my teeth. All I can do is lick the chocolatetheM&Ms.”Key to ex1: T. F. T. F. T. T. Key to ex 2: B. C. C. A. C.Practice two:Dan: Here’s a quiz on how much you know about chili. Are you ready? Ellen: Okay, I’m ready.D: Questions1: Where did chilies come from originally? E: Easy! They came form Mexico.D: That’s right. It came form Mexico and Central America 900 years ago. Question2: Who brought chilies to Spain in 1493?E: I’ll make a guess…Christopher Columbus?D: Well done. Question 3: What other foods did Columbus bring form Mexico to Spain?E: I have no idea. Uh, maybe corn…or sweet potato?D: Well done. Yes, corn, sweet potato and pineapple. Question 4: Do chilies make you fat?E: Impossible! They are very hot and you can’t eat many.D: Actually, eating chilies makes some people eat more food. They don’t realize their stomach is already full. And the last question: Are chilies good for athletes? E: I have no idea. I’ll say “no”.D: Wrong! A study has found that if you eat chilies before exercise, you’ll perform better because you burn carbohydrates better.Key to exercise 1: F. T. T. F. T.PRACITICE THREEIn the past ten years or so, America’s most popular export to Britain has been the HAMBURGER. One very well-known American company, which has restaurants all over the world, even has its own “university”. Here, if you fancy becoming an expert in the subject, you can take a ten-day course leading to the “degree”, Bachelor of Hamburgerology. If you get really interested in the subject, you can even go on to do your master’s degree----but that takes longer!Hamburgers are, of course, fast food: They don’t take long to cook and they take even less time to eat. Next time you are in one of those fast-food restaurants, look around. You’ll notice that they aren’t usually very comfortable (they don’t want to encourage you to hang around for too long). And they are normally decorated in bright colors because psychological tests show that is supposed to make people hungrier.Keen students of English should read the menus in these places. If you think you could do with improving your vocabulary, especially adjectives, study them with care. Key to ex 1: C. A. B. D. Key to ex 2: T. F. T. F. T.Practice four:All right! Enough biscuits, cola, and chips! It seems that junk food is all that the children want to eat these days. Television controls their tastes. The kids see well-known personalities eating potato chips, candy, and other processed food, and they want to be like their heroes. How do they do it? They eat the same food. I wish there were more characters like old Popeye the sailor, who ate spinach and not chips.Just because I like brown rice, beans, and fresh vegetables, I don’t expect my children to eat this “health food”. I’m glad to cook traditional meals of meat and potatoes for them. I really can’t be too upset with the kids because most adults aren’t careful about what they eat. The other night, my wife and I went to a party where there was plenty to drink but very little for us to eat. They served hot dogs and hamburgers. I can’t eat hot dogs, with all those preservatives, and hamburgers are filled with chemicals so that they look good. Besides the meat, they had sugar-filled biscuits and cake, and, of course, chips. Terrible! I don’t want the world to change because of me, but I think that people should realize that there are alternatives to eating meat. They always tell me that I probably don’t get my essential proteins. But I feel better than ever and I’m sure that it’s because I’m vegetarian. I would really like to see more television advertisements which show the benefits of good, healthy, natural food. Key to ex 1: C. E. F.PART FOUR: Section I :M: What do you want to have for supper tonight?W: Well, the refrigerator is empty, so we’ll have to go to the supermarket.M: Well, how about going out to eat to save the trouble? But…let’s not go to the French restaurant on Broadway. Maybe it’s the best in town but it’s too expensive.W: There’s a new Mexican place called Tortilla Flat. I don’t know about the prices, though.M: But we both love hot food. Why not take a chance? Where is the place?W: It’s on Hope Street, just past the high school.M: Oh, we’d better hurry. It’ll take us a half hour to get there. It’s already eight, and most restaurants around here stop serving sinner by nine or so.W: Relax! I can be ready in five minutes. We’ll get there in plenty of time.Key to part A: T. F. F. T. T.Key to part B: D. C. C. B. B.Section IIDr. Young: Here’s your diet, Simon. Remember to follow it carefully.Simon: Is this all I can eat? One small glass of juice, one hard-boiled egg… That isn’t enough! I’m going to be hungry all day! Can’t I have any fried food?D: I’m sorry, Simon. Not when you’re on a diet.S: Can’t I even eat bread?D: You can have some bread, but you can’t have any butter.S: How about fruit?D: Fruit is OK, but don’t eat too much because it’s too sweet.S: What about pizza and spaghetti?D: No pizza and no spaghetti.S: How about potatoes? Can I have potatoes?D: No, potatoes are also fattening food.S: Oh, boy! It’s going to be a long six weeks.Key to part A: 1. 2. 4. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12Key to part B: 1. 2. 7. 11Section III:Visitors to Britain are always complaining about English food. But they do not really know what they are talking about because they rarely get a chance to eat it. Most of the restaurants in large towns have foreign owners and serve foreign food.When visitors are invited to eat in an English home, their hosts often feel they must offer them something foreign and exotic. Those of us who do know English food are aware that at its best it can be really very good. On the other hand it is true to say that sometimes it is terrible. Part of the problem is that we are not really interested in food----we eat to live; we do not live to eat. So we don’t generally spend the necessary time and effort needed to cook really good meals. We prefer food that is simple and easy to cook, or ready prepared food which only needs heating up before eating. You can find the best English food in the country away from the large towns, where life is slower and people are not in such a hurry. But, of course, most visitors come to London. They come because they are interested in shopping and sightseeing. They do not come because of food, so why should they complain about it?Key to part A: T. F. T. F. T. T.。

全新版大学英语听说教程2-t e s t1-2听力原文本页仅作为文档页封面，使用时可以删除This document is for reference only-rar21year.March大学英语（第二版）听说教程听力原文Test 1Part ADirections: You are going to hear eight short conversations between two speakers. Each will be read only once. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what you have heard. Listen once and choose the right answer to the question you hear. (8 points)1.M: You like music, don’t you, Sally?2.W: Yes. Classical and light music. But now what you hear everywhere is only noisy music. I can’t stand it.Q: What does the woman mean?3.W: I think I’ll wear my red blouse to the party tonight.M: Why don’t you wear the blue oneI think you look in better in it.Q: What does the man mean?4.W: How do you like the pie you’ve had?5.M: Never have I had such a delicious pie.Q: What does the man mean?6.W: Oh, Peter. I’m hungry. I can’t walk any further.M: How about getting something to eat in the restaurant just round the corner by the parking lot?Q: Where are the two speakers?7.W: Nice day, isn’t it8.Want to join us for a swim?M: Would you mind waiting for a minute while I get prepared?Q: What does the woman mean?9.W: Hi, Tony. Haven’t seen you for some time. How have you been?10.M: I have a car accident last week, but only some minor injuries.Q: What happened to Tony?11.W: Maggie, could you forward this mail to Professor Wang?12.M: Sorry, Phil. My computer has broken down. But I’ll do it as soon as I have it fixed.Q: What does the woman mean?13.W: I’ve been under the weather for quite a few days. I thought my cold was goingaway. But it seems to get worse now.M: You’ve been complaining too much. Why didn’t you make an appointmentwith the doctor earlier?Q: What does the man mean?Part BDirections: You’ll hear two conversations. Each will be read once. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. (7 points)Conversation 1Alan: Are you going to the football game today, Betty?Betty: No, Alan. But I’ll be watching it on television with some friends.Alan: Weren’t you able to get any tickets?Betty: I didn’t try. I really don’t go to games so often.Alan: But don’t you enjoy goingDon’t you find it exciting to be part of the crowd?Betty: Oh, that’s for sure. Nothing beats the atmosphere at a sporting event: the cheering, all that energy. But sometimes it’s just too inconvenient getting into and out of the stadium before and after the game. And if you watch the game with friends, or at a bar or restaurant…Alan: …you’ve basically created your own crowd.Betty: That’s right. Another reason why I like to watch games on television is that I simply find it easier to follow the action on TV.Alan: Yeah, sometimes it is a little difficult to keep track of the ball when you’re sitting in the stands.Betty: Especially when your seats are high up in the grandstand and far from the field.Alan: It’s like you’re watching from an airplane, sometimes.Betty: Also, good sports commentators on television can add to your understanding and enjoyment of the game.Alan: After listening to you, I’m starting to wonder how they are able to sell any tickets to these games!Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.14.What do you know about the two speakers?15. What are the two speakers talking about?16.17. Why does Betty prefer to watch games on TV?18.19. What can you learn from the conversation?20.Conversation 2W: OK, everyone. Please be quiet. Today we’re so pleased to have Tom Johnson here to talk to us. He is going to share some safety tips with us. OK, Tom,they’re all yours.Tom: Thanks. Good morning everyone! I’m Tom Johnson, and I’m a firefighter at Station 11. Well, we live in California. As we know there are a lot ofearthquakes here. Many are small. But, if there’s a strong earthquake, what should we doDoes anyone know?Girl: I know! I know! Get under a strong piece of furniture—like a desk or a table. Tom: That’s right. What else?Boy: Move away from the windows. They are so dangerous because they can break. Tom: Good, good. What about after an earthquake thenWhat should you do?Boy: Well, we shouldn’t use matches.Tom: Why not?Boy: Because many terrible fires start after an earthquake.Girl: Yeah, and when the shaking stops, don’t go outside.Tom: Exactly. A lot of people run to the stores for food and water after an earthquake. But it’s not safe. It’s better to stay indoors.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you’ve heard.21. What is the speaker talking about?22.23. Which of the following are the students advised to do if there’s a strongearthquake?24.25. What are the students advised to do after an earthquake?26.Part CWhat do twenty million people around the world have in common The answer is they all use the Internet.In fact from your desk, you can check the weather in Rio, buy stocks in Hong Kong, or see the latest exhibition in the Louvre museum in Paris. Also, specialist users like language teachers can discuss the latest classroom techniques and activities. On a more serious note, doctors in African can get up-to-the-second information on medical research around the world.All you need is a basic computer, a modem and the software to a phone line. With a single key stroke you’re online and you don’t have to wait long for information. Delivery time for e-mail from Europe to the USA is about 10 seconds. But is it expensiveNot really – a typical online monthly charge fee in the US can be as low as$10.What’s really extraordinary about the Internet is the amount and variety of information available. You can find out about kite flying in Korea, the prices of hotels in Pakistan, and the best plays on Broadway. You can use electronic bulletin boards to join in political debates, get advice about love, or even analyze your favoritesports teams’ performance. Services are available that allow you to do your banking, reserve airline tickets, and even shop for a Mother’s Day gift.Part DPassage 1In some countries video games are fast becoming a social problem. They are banned in the Philippines and Indonesia. In Japan, those who are under 15 years old are forbidden to use the public machines at night. City elders across the United States are campaigning to restrict their numbers, while the Hong Kong government is proposing to license their operation. These video games are causing children to waste their money on them. Even adults are lured into spending working hours playing them.In Singapore, the battle of man against the machines takes place in licensed amusement centers, mostly located in shopping centers. According to one estimated, each establishment can make between ＄250 and ＄1,500 a day. The schoolchildren in uniforms there are not allowed into these centers. However, one cannot help noticing that the majority of those who are often found in these places are youngsters. Many of them are schoolchildren who have changed out of their uniforms. Some play for the fun of it, others have turned them into a form of gambling, and some are hopelessly addicted to them.Now kids and adults alike play these games in the privacy of their homes. Video game sets have invaded most homes. The question that must be asked is: Have they any education valuePassage 2Amy Johnson was a pioneer airwoman in Britain. She was born on July 1, 1903, in Yorkshire and lived there until 1923 when she went to Sheffield University to study for a BA. After graduation she took a job as a secretary to a London lawyer. Atthe same time she became interested in flying. Soon her hobby became a determination, not simply to make a career in aviation, but to succeed in some project which would prove to the world that women could be as competent as men in a male-dominated field in those days.Early in 1930, she chose her objective: to fly to Australia all by herself and to break the previous record of 16 days. Her parents and some of her friends lent her money to buy a used airplane.Amy set off on May 5, 1930. Her route took her over Vienna and Baghdad. She was caught in a sandstorm and had to make an emergency landing in the desert. Six days later she landed in India. After experiencing much hardship, she finally reached Australia on May 24, completing a flight of 11,000 miles. She was the first woman to fly alone to Australia. In later years, she set several other records in flight history.During World WarⅡ, Amy joined other professional pilots to serve her country. Her flying duties consisted of transporting aircraft from factories to British air bases. It was during one of those flights in 1941 that Amy crashed into a river and was drowned, a tragic and early end to the life of Britain’s most famous women pilot.Passage 3Bargaining customs are very different around the world. Few tourists would go shopping in another country without knowing the exchange rate. However, many travelers do not learn anything about the local shopping customs the place they are visiting before spending money. Understanding when it is OK to bargain can save you a lot of money and make your shopping experience much more enjoyable.In some countries, bargaining is an important of part of the shopping culture. In others, bargaining is not done at all. Here is a bargaining guide for some countries around the world:Morocco: Bargaining is always expected in the shopping markets. Here bargaining is more than just getting the best price. If you go into a shop and agree to the first price a seller offers, the seller may not be happy. For Moroccans, bargainingis a form of entertainment; it is a game of skill, a little bit of acting, and it is a chance to chat about the weather, business, and family. So be sure to have fun and try to get a better price!Switzerland: Bargaining is not the custom here. Shop clerks can almost never give you a lower price. However, some hotels may give you a lower rate during the less popular times of the year. It cannot hurt to ask.Tahiti: Bargaining is not appropriate in the South Pacific. In fact, it is considered disrespectful to ask for a better price. In the food markets, sellers will even take their fruits and vegetables back home with them, rather than give a discount!Test 2Part ADirections: You are going to hear eight short conversations between two speakers. Each will be read only once. After each conversation, a question will be asked aboutwhat you have heard. Listen once and choose the right answer to the question you hear. (8 points)1.M: Do you feel like jogging with me this afternoon?W: I’d love to, but I have to go to my cousin’s. She’s got the flu and I have to look after her baby.Q: What will the woman do?2.M: What a remarkable performance the young pianist gave inCarnegie Hall!W: I felt the same way.Q: How did the woman think of the performance?3.M: Is it going to be a warm day tomorrow, Bill?W: A warm day Haven’t you listened to the weather forecast?Q: What does Bill think of the weather tomorrow?4.M: The food in this restaurant is really horrible. I wish we’d go to the schoolcanteen.W: Well, food isn’t everything, is itIt’s so nice to get away from the noise once in a while.Q: What does the woman mean?5.M: Would you like to try some banana pie6.It’s very good.W: I’m sorry but I don’t care much for dessert.Q: What does the woman mean?7.M: I can’t figure out why those youngsters are so eager to go afterbrand name clothing. It really doesn’t make sense to spend so much moneyon it.W: You’re right. Especially nowadays when styles change so quickly.Q: On what do the two speakers agree?8.M: The flowers are so lovely. And I like the music too. Thanking youfor inviting me here.W: It’s a pleasure. Shall we order some soup first?Q: Where does the conversation take place?9.M: You know I’m majoring in business and I really need to take acourse in computer science. But the trouble is I hate the computer.It’s so complicated.W: You need to know something about the computer first. You’ll find it very useful once you understand how it works. I can guarantee you that.Q: What can you learn from the conversation?Part BDirections: You’ll hear two conversations. Each will be read once. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. (7 points)Conversation 1W: Ah, Mr. Stone. Do come in and sit down.M: Thank you.W: How are you Are you still feeling very tired all the time?M: Yes, I am. Occasionally I have a pain in the chest.W: Well, your blood pressure is very high. And if you don’t change your lifestyle, you’re going to have a heart attack sooner or later.M: Oh, dear. What do I have to do?W: Well, there are three things that you ought to do. First, stop smoking. Secondly, you really must lose weight, and you must reduce the amount of fat that you eat.And lastly, you must take more exercise.M: What sort of exercise should I do?W: Walking is best. You should walk about three miles four or five times a week. M: But I don’t have time. I’m just so busy at work.W: That’s another thing. You mustn’t work so hard. Look, take this information and read it through. Then make an appointment to see our lifestyle consultant. She will work out a full diet and exercise program for you. And don’t worry. That’s the last thing you should do. I’ll see you again next month.M: OK, Thank you, Doctor. Goodbye.W: Goodbye.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.10.What cause the man’s problem according to the doctor?11.12. Which of the following does the doctor tell the man to do?13.14. What do you know about the man?15.Conversation 2M: Hi, Marry. Do you like music?W: Yes, very much, especially classical music.M: Do you like rock music?W: No, it’s too noisy. What about you?M: I like it very much. You know rock stars play exciting music and their unusual clothes impress me a lot. I often go to their concerts.W: I don’t understand why rock stars are so famous.M: It’s because of their fans. They go to their concerts, buy their records and wear the same kind of clothes.W: I see. Did you watch TV last night?M: No, I didn’t. What was on?W: Zed Hawks was interviewed on TV.M: ReallyHe’s one of my favorite stars and he’s world famous. At least I suppose so. He’s given concerts in 12 countries and sold over 20 million records. What did he say in the TV interview?W: He didn’t say anything actually. During the interview the hostess suggested that Zed should behave better because his fans imitate him. Believe it or not. Hereacted very angrily. And he walked out. The interview lasted less than twominutes.M: He really behaved badly. I’m so disappointed. Doesn’t he know rock stars need the publicThey earn money from the public. So why shouldn’t the public criticize themThey shouldn’t complain when they are criticized. If they do, they’ll lose their fans. W: You said it.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.16. What do you know about the woman?17.18. Why are rock stars famous according to the man?19.20. What did Zed Hawks do during the TV interview?21.22. Which of the following is true of the man?23.Part CThe weather changes so frequently that it is difficult to forecast. It is not unusual for people to complain that the weathermen were wrong. Fortunately, as Britain does not experience extreme weather conditions, it is never very cold or very hot. The temperature rarely rises above 32℃ in summer, or falls below—10℃ in winter.Summers are generally cool, but due to global warming they are starting to get drier and hotter. Hot weather causes terrible jams on the roads as Britons rush to the coastal resorts.Winters are generally mild, with the most frequent snowfalls in the Scottish Highlands, where it is possible to go skiing. People enjoy discussing the snow, complaining about the cold and comparing the weather conditions with previous winters.Contrary to the popular opinion, it does not rain all the time. There is certainly steady rainfall throughout most of the year, but the months from September to January are the wettest. Thanks to the rain, Britain has a richly fertile countryside which is famous for its deep green colour.Part DPassage 1People's understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today, health means the well-being of your body, your mind and your relationship with other people. Thisnew concept of health is closely related to another term-quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of a person's lifeOne reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900. You could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to live to the age of 75.Passage 2I often dreamed about what the world would be like one hundred years from now. I’m sure it will have changed a lot. For example, I think many people will be living in space. In fact, I imagine that all the advanced countries will have established space cities by then. On Earth, in my opinion, most people will be communicating in English “online” by computers and videophones.As for my country, I think life will have also changed in many ways. First of all, the population will be decreasing. People will have fewer children and everyone will be living in smaller, high-tech communities. In general, cities will have become much smaller. I also think most of the environmental and transportation problems of today’s big cities will have been solved. In fact, I think life in my country will be a lot healthier. If I’m lucky, maybe I’ll still be living.Passage 3Earthquakes are something that most people fear. In the world there are some places that have few or no earthquakes. However, most places in the world have earthquakes regularly. Some places, like Iran and Guatemala, have them frequently. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.The most talked about earthquake in the United Stated was the one that hit San Francisco in 1906. But the strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.Strong earthquakes can kill a great many people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded happened in Portugal. Around 20, 000 people died. And in 1923, the great Kanto Earthquake in Japan claimed 142,000 lives.Earthquakes are not the only acts of nature which we fear. Floods, tidal waves and bad storms also cause us to be afraid, as they often claim many lives and do great damage to the environment. But they probably do not worry us as much as earthquakes, especially in modern times. The reason is that we often know they are coming. We have some warning. Someday we may be able to know when an earthquake is coming. However, so far no sure way is known to predict an earthquake. When one comes, it is a surprise. People cannot prepare for it, so hundreds of lives may be lost in earthquakes such as those in China in 1976 and in 2008.。