听力教程 Unit 6
听力教程(二)Unit 6答案
Unit 6Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Phonetics---- Stress, Intonation and AccentPeter: You've been to Zanada, haven't you?Peter: Oh yes, I remember. You went a couple of years ago, didn't you ?Peter: Now, let's see ... It's er, it's a mainly agricultural country, isn't it?Peter: Well yes, I know, but there's not much industry once you've left the coast, is there?Peter: I see ... Mm, so the North would be the best place to go to, wouldn't it?Peter: Yeah. Mind you, I should think the South is very beautiful, isn't it?Peter: (laughs) Yeah. That's right. Oh and what about transport? It'd be better to hire a car, wouldn't it?Peter: Really? That's cheap. It costs that much a day here, doesn't it? Peter: Yeah, well that's fine, Maggie. Thanks a lot. Bye.Part 2 Listening and Note-takingIdentifying CriminalsCan computers help the police to identify criminals? Experts nowthink computers can make it easier for the police to find people they want to question.At the present, the system most widely used by the British police is called Photofit. Witnesses describe a suspect and then a picture is built up like a jigsaw(锯曲线机), using five different sets of features. These are: hairs, eyes, nose, mouth and chin. This system can be very useful in finding criminals, but only in one case out of twenty. Quite often, almost half the time, in fact, Photofit pictures are misleading. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, the picture may look nothing at all like the suspect. Secondly, likeness may be so general that it is not at all helpful. And unfortunately, a bad likeness can lead to the arrest of an innocent person.Witness’s attitudes can influence their descriptions. In a recent experiment, a group of people was shown a picture of a man and told that he was a mass murderer. When asked to produce Photofit pictures of this man, they made pictures that showed a murderous-looking individual. But at the same time, a second group was shown the same picture and told that the same man was a lifeboat captain who had received a medal for bravery. When the second group produced Photofit pictures, these showed a man who was handsome and well-groomed.The police have another way of identifying criminals. Policerecords contain tens of thousands of photographs of people convicted of crimes. Witnesses can look through these in the hope of recognising suspects; however, it has been discovered that a witness begins to forget the culprit's (criminal) features after spending a long time looking through these photographs.The computer system called FRAME (Face Retrieval and Matching Equipment) combines the best features of both methods. All the photographs on record are put on the computer file. When a witness describes a suspect, the computer searches the file for photographs that fit the description.. The witness is then presented with a small number of photographs to look through.Of course, this system, as it exists at present, will only help to identify people whose photographs are already on police files. So now, experts have to work on the problem of getting accurate descriptions from witnesses. One thing they have discovered is that witnesses give better descriptions when they are encouraged to recall the scene of the crime. They do not need to go there: just imagining the scene works just as well.Exercise A:1. Computers can make it easier for the police to find people theywant to question.2. A bad likeness can lead to the arrest of an innocent person.3. A witness begins to forget the culprit's features after spending a long time looking through these photographs.4. Experts have to work on the problem of getting accurate descriptions from witnesses.5. Witnesses give better descriptions when they are encouraged torecall the scene of the crime.Exercise B:Identifying CriminalsI. The Photofit systemA. Witnesses describe a suspect.B. Then a picture is built up, using five different sets of features.1. Hair.2. Eyes.3. Nose.4. Mouth.5. Chin.C. Advantage1. This system can be very useful in finding criminals.D. Disadvantage1. But only in one case out of twenty the method is accurate.2. Almost half the time Photofit pictures are misleading.3. There are two reasons for misleading.i. Firstly, the picture may look nothing at all like the suspect.ii. Secondly, the likeness may be so general that it is not at all helpful.E. Witnesses' attitudes can influence their descriptions.II. Another way of identifying criminalsA. Police records tens of thousands of photographs of peopleconvicted of crimes.B. Witnesses look through these in the hope of recognisingsuspects.III. FRAME (Face Retrieval and Matching Equipment)A. A computer system combines the best features of bothmethods.B. All the photographs on record are put on the computer file.C. The computer searches the file for photographs that fit thedescription.D. The witness is then presented with a small number ofphotographs to look through.E. Disadvantage1. The system will only help to identify people whosephotographs are already on police files.2. Descriptions from witnesses must be accurate.Section Two Listening ComprehensionDialogue 1 I Don’t Believe It!A: No, I think it’s a load of rubbish myself. I mean, some people believe anything, don’t they? Well, it doesn't make sense, does it?Things flying around in the sky, coming down from another planet and all that? No, I think when the scientists say it's happened and we can explain how it happened -- I mean, when we have some real proof, then I'll believe it.B: There could be some truth in it, but I tend to think it's just a tourist attraction. I can't explain the photographs. And then there are the photographs of "Bigfoot," the erm, er, Abominable Snowman* in the mountains of India. Well, that's the same sort of thing. I suppose it could be true, but it's the same with all these stories, you'd like to see it for yourself before you believe it.C:Oh, yes. They definitely exist. Yes, I believe that some people come back to haunt* us. I mean, we've all had strange feelings about people who are no longer with us, or strange feelings about certain places. I think those feelings are a kind of ghost. We don't always see something, you know, in a long white dress going "whooo-ooo" in the middle of the night, but we can have strong feelings about the past. Some people have very strong feelings so they actually begin to see things, something moving, a shape, alight, I don't know. Scientific facts can't explain everything in this world, you know.ExerciseA:1.Probably some photographs of mysterious shapes, footprints or that sort of things.2. The first speaker.Exercise B:1. I only believe things when there is real proof or scientificexplanation.2. People sometimes just duplicate old mysterious stories in a newsetting to attract tourists.3. There do exist ghosts. When people have a very strong feelingabout the past, they begin to see ghosts.Dialogue 2 Unidentified Flying ObjectsInterviewer: Mr Burton, you say that you have seen a UFO. Is that right?Mr Burton: Yes, absolutely right. It happened just over a year ago. Interviewer: And where was this?Mr Burton: Near my home in Aldershot, in the south of England. I live near the big military base in Aldershot. Interviewer: What time of day was it?Mr Burton: It was about one o'clock in the morning. I was out fishing.The weather forecast said it was going to be a warm, clearnight with no clouds, and that's perfect for fishing. Interviewer: And what happened?Mr Burton: Well, I saw a bright light coming towards me at about three hundred feet, and then itstarted to land. It was behind some trees, but I could seeit clearly because there was a full moon. Then I saw twoforms coming towards me, and when they were about fivefeet away, they just stopped and looked at me for a goodten or fifteen seconds.Interviewer: What did they look like?Mr Burton: They were quite small, about four feet tall, dressed in green suits from head to foot, and they had helmets of thesame colour with a red visor*, so I couldn't see their faces.They both carried space guns.Interviewer: Did they speak to you?Mr Burton: Yes. The one on the right said "Come this way, please." Interviewer: Weren't you frightened? ... I mean, weren't you surprised that they spoke English.Mr Burton: They spoke in a funny accent. It sounded more like a machine talking than a person.No, I wasn't frightened. I don't know why. The one whospoke started to walk towards the light, and I followedhim, with the other one behind me. We got to a wall andthe first "form" just walked through it! I couldn't believeit! 1 had to climb over it, and then we got to thespaceship.Interviewer: What did that look like?Mr Burton: It was about forty-five feet across, and silver, very, very shiny, and there were round windows all round the side. Interviewer: Did you go inside?Mr Burton: Yes, I did. There were steps going up, and we went into an octagonal* room. I stood there for about ten minutes.The walls, the floor, and the ceiling were all black, lcouldn't see any controls or instruments, but there was acentral column going up from the floor to the ceiling,about four feel wide, right in the middle of the room. Interviewer: Were there any more of these "forms"?Mr Burton: No, just the two. Suddenly, one of them said "Stand under the red light." I couldn'tsee any red light, but then 1 moved to the right and 1could see it up on the wall, justunder the ceiling. I stood there for about five minutes,and then a voice said "What is your age?" I said"Seventy-four." Then they told me to turn around. Afterabout five more minutes one of them said "You can go.You are too old and ill for our purposes." So I left andwent back, to the river.Interviewer: Did the spaceship take off?Mr Burton: Yes, I heard a very high-pitched noise, like a scream, and the thing took off straight into the sky anddisappeared. I sat by the river and watched it go. Thiswas about two o'clock.Interviewer: Then what did you do'?Mr Burton: Next morning I went to the police, and in the afternoon someone from the Ministry ofDefense came to my house to interview me.He told me to keep quiet about the whole thing, andtell absolutely no one. I thought this was verystrange, but I did as he told me.Interviewer:Why have you decided to tell people about it now?Mr Burton: Because I want people to know what happened to me.I didn't use to believe in UFOs, but now I know theyexist. I think governments are trying to hide something,but people have a right to know.Interviewer:Thank you, Mr Burton, very much. A fascinating story.Passage 1 The Loch Ness MonsterThe Loch Ness is an enormous lake in Northern Scotland. It is about 24 miles long and one mile wide, and has an approximate depth of 1000 feet.One of the strangest and most fascinating things about Scotland* is the Loch* Ness Monster. Some people believe in the monster's existence. Many do not! However, very important bodies of people do believe there is some truth in the famous monster story: experts from Britain's Royal Air Force*, scientists from the Boston Academy of Applied Science* and computer specialists from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S.A.), to mention but a few!Loch Ness is an enormous lake in Northern Scotland. It is about twenty-four miles long and one mile wide, and has an approximate depth of 1,000 feet, which makes it very difficult for anybody to find and examine the highly elusive* monster. In fact the first convincing reports of people seeing the monster date from only about six years before the beginning of the Second World War. Since then here have been other sightings, and photographs of the monster have been taken ! Many of these photographs have later been recognized asfakes(捏造的报道)--silly jokes played on an unsuspecting public! However, other photographs have amazed the most searching scientific minds. In fact, it seems certain that something (and probably several of them) does exist in the deep waters of Loch Ness. The most amazing photographs show a flipper* -- the flipper perhaps of a very large animal (twenty or thirty feet long, it is imagined).From these photos British specialist in animal life, Sir Peter Scott, who is also an artist, has constructed this picture of what he believes the monster might look like.But where did the monster come from? Did it mysteriously climb out of a prehistoric world beneath the earth's crust*? Did it originally swim into the lake from the sea? Before the Ice Age, Loch Ness opened into the sea. Was the young monster's egg frozen into the ice of the Ice Age? And somehow did the monster come alive again when the ice went away? We just do not know! Can we ever find the answers to all the questions surrounding the legend* of the Loch Ness Monster, do you think?Exercise A:Loch Ness is an enormous lake in Northern Scotland. It is about twenty-four miles long and one mile wide, and has an approximate depth of 1,000 feet.Exercise B:l. C 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. D Exercise C:1. One of the strangest and most fascinating things about Scotland is the Loch Ness Monster.2. They are Britain's Royal Air Force, the Boston Academy of Applied Science and NASA.3. Because the most amazing photographs show a flipper -- the flipper perhaps of a very large animal (twenty or thirty feet long, it is imagined).4. Because before the Ice Age, Loch Ness opened into the sea.5. Sir Peter Scott is a British specialist in animal life and also an artist.Passage 2 FossilFossil*, remains or traces of prehistoric plants and animals, buried and preserved in sedimentary* rock, or trapped in organic matter. Fossils representing most living groups have been discovered as well as many fossils representing groups that are now extinct. Fossils range in age from 3.5 billion-year-old traces of microscopic cyanobacteria* (blue-green algae) to lO,O00-year-old remains of animals preserved during the last Ice Age.Fossils are most commonly found in limestone, sandstone, and shale (sedimentary rock). Remains of organisms can also be foundtrapped in natural asphalt, amber, and ice. The hard, indigestible skeletons and shells of animals and the woody material of plants are usually preserved best. Fossils of organisms made of soft tissue that decays readily are more rare. Paleontologists* (scientists who study prehistoric life) use fossils to learn how life has changed and evolved throughout earth's history.Many factors can influence how fossils are preserved. Remains of an organism may be replaced by minerals, dissolved by an acidic solution to leave only their impression, or simply reduced to a more stable form. The fossilization of an organism depends on the chemistry of the environment and on the biochemical makeup of the organism. As a result, not all organisms in a community will be preserved.Plants are most commonly fossilized through carbonization. In this process, the mobile oils in the plant's organic matter are leached out* and the remaining matter is reduced to a carbon film. Plants have an inner structure of rigid organic walls that may be preserved in this manner, revealing the framework of the original cells. Animal soft tissue has a less rigid cellular structure and is rarely preserved through carbonization. Although paleontologists have found the carbonized skin of some ichthyosaurs*, marine reptiles from the Mesozoic* Era (240 to 65 million years before present), themicroscopic structure of the skin was not preserved.Different types of fossils are found in different geological formations, depending on the prehistoric environment represented and the age of the rock. Older rocks are found on low, eroded continents near the edges of large oceans. Younger rocks are found more commonly where there is active mountain building and volcanic activity. Old fossils are most commonly found where an old mountain range has eroded, such as in eastern North America and northern Europe, or where two old continents have collided, such as in Russia. Younger fossils are found at the ocean side of young mountains where an ocean plate is colliding with a continental plate, such as in western North and south America and in New Zealand.Exercise A:Plants are most commonly fossilized through carbonization. In this process, the mobile oils in the plant's organic matter are leached out and the remaining matter is reduced to a carbon film.Exercise B:1. A2. B3.C4. B5. D6. A7. C8. DExercise C:1. Fossil, remains or traces of prehistoric plants and animals, buried and preserved in sedimentary rock, or trapped in organic matter.2. Paleontologists use fossils to learn how life has changed andevolved throughout earth's history.3. The remains of an organism may be replaced by minerals or dissolved by an acidic solution.4. Old fossils are most commonly found where an old mountain range had eroded, such as in eastern North America and northern Europe, or where two old continents have collided, such as in Russia.5. Younger fossils are found at the ocean side of young mountains where an ocean plate is colliding with a continental plate, such as in western North and South America and in New Zealand.News Item 1The Philippine government has barred further workers from traveling to Iraq after one of its 5tizens was kidnapped in Baghdad. The group threatened to kill the hostage within 72 hours unless he Philippine government withdraws its troops from Iraq.The Philippine Labor Secretary ordered an immediate halt in the deployment* of any further Filipino workers to Iraq. Some 4,000 Filipino civilians are working in U.S. military bases in Iraq as cooks, mechanics or in other jobs. The government has offered help for any workers who want to come home.EX A: This news item is about the Philippine government’s prohibitionagainst deploying any further workers to Iraq.EX B:The Philippine government has barre d further workers from traveling to Iraq after one of its citizens was kidnapped in Baghdad. The group threatened to kill the hostage within 72 hours unless the Philippine government withdraws its troops from Iraq. The Philippine Labor Secretary ordered an immediate halt in the deployment of any further Filipino workers to Iraq. Some 4,000 Filipino civilians are working in U.S. military bases in Iraq as cooks, mechanics or in other jobs. The government has offered help for any workers who want to come home.│News Item 2A new round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program will be held next week in Beijing.The talks involving China, Russia, Japan, the United States, and North and South Korea have been scheduled for June 23-26. Working group talks set for June 21-22 will lay the groundwork for discussions later in the week.Beijing has already hosted two rounds of the so-called six-party talks, but both have made little headway into resolving the standoff*. China hopes all sides will deepen their discussions based onpeacefully through dialogue and reaching the final goal of a nuclear freed Korean Peninsula.The United States and its key Asian allies, South Korea and Japan, have been pushing Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program since the extent of the program became known in December 2002. Exercise A: This news item is about a new round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programExercise B:1. What kind of talks will be held next week in Beijing?A new round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program will be held next week in Beijing.2. When have the talks been held?They have been scheduled for June 23-26.3. Which countries are involved?The talks involve China, Russia, Japan, the United States and North and South Korea.4. Has much headway been made into resolving the standoff after two rounds of six-party talks?No. little headway has been made into resolving the standoff.5. What does China hope?China hopes all sides will deepen their discussions based onpeacefully through dialogue and reaching the final goal of nuclear freed Korean Peninsula.News Item 3The Bush administration has claimed victory in a dispute with China over semiconductors. The settlement brought a swift close to the World Trade Organization complaint filed March 18 against China, the first such suit against Beijing since it joined the WTO in 2001.The pact* will help U.S. companies expand what was a $2 billion semiconductor market opportunity last year. A 17-percent value-added tax on U.S. integrated circuits also will be eliminated*.The U.S. semiconductor industry, with about 255,000 domestically based workers, applauded the deal.In April, China and the United States sorted out another semiconductor-related trade dispute that related to a proprietary security technology that China had planned to impose on wireless networking chips.Ex A: This news item is about the semiconductor-related trade dispute between the U.S. and China.Exercise B:1. F2. T3. F4. F5. T。
(全新版)大英4新视野视听说教程听力答案Unit6
Uint6II. Basic Listening Practice1.ScriptW: Wha t’s that? Is it a toy? Did it get chewed by a dog?M: Hey, that’s my mascot! My uncle gave it to me when I was five, and it’s been with me ever since. It brought me luck in all my college exams. I can’t bring myself to part with it.Q: What does the man say about his lucky charm?2.ScriptW: Wish me luck; I’ve got a job interview this afternoon. I’m really nervous. M: Stay calm, best of luck! I’ve got my finger crossed for you.Q: What does the woman say he has crossed his fingers for the woman? 3. ScriptW: Oh no! Did you see that black cat walk right in front of me? That’s unlucky! M: Really? I guess it depends on where you come from. In my hometown it’s the opposite: It’s lucky to see a black cat cross your path. So no need to worry!Q: What do the man and the woman think about a black cat crossing their path?4. ScriptM: Guess what I did this morning? I smashed my mirror. A great way to start the day!W: Oh no, seven years’ bad luck, isn’t it?Q: What happened in the morning?5. ScriptM: I can’t believe this rain; it’s been pouring for hours! Where can I dry my umbrella?W: Not in here please! It’s unlucky to open an umbrella indoors. You can put it on the porch.Q: Where does the woman ask the man do to open his umbrella?Keys: 1.C2.C3. A 4.D 5.BIII. Listening InTask 1: David Copperfield is coming.W:My brother is going to pick up some tickers for the David Copperfield show. You interested in coming with us?M:I don’t know. I’ve been card tricks before, and rabbits from hats. I even do tricks myself—watch me change this coin into an ice creamcone.W:Very funny. David Copperfield is the world’s greatest magician; he’scertainly worth a look.M:Actually, I have seen him on television. He pulls off some pretty amazing stunts. I wish I knew how he performed his tricks. Then Icould also make a person float in the air. I could pull a rabbit out ofmy hat. I could escape from a straitjacket and handcuffs—allunderwater. And I could saw a woman in half.W: A magician never tells his secrets. David attempts the impossible and no one has any idea how he does it. I saw him on TV when hewalked through the Great Wall of China.M:How could he do that?W: I have no idea, but I know what I saw: He entered a canvas shelter on one side of the wall, and he came out of a canvas shelter on theother side.M:yes, bur was he always in full view of the camera, or did they cut toa commercial or something else?W:Not only was the camera running all the time, but he was hooked up a heart monitor, and you could track his progress as he movedthrough the wall.M:It’s difficult to know what to believe. I know it’s not possible for him to do that, but…W: It sounds to me like it’s a show worth watching.M: Count me in. Instead of an ice cream cone, I’ll turn my money into aticket.1.What is the dialog mainly about?2.Which of the following DOESN’T the man mention?3.What did David Copperfield do at the Great Wall of China, according tothe woman?4.Under what condition did David Copperfield go through the Great Wall?5.What does the man finally decide to do?Keys: 1C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.CFor Reference1. He could make a person float in the air, pull a rabbit out of his hat, escapefrom a straitjacket and handcuffs—all underwater, and saw a woman in half.2. She thinks Davis Copperfield in the world’s greatest magician and he’scertainly worth a look.Task 2: Is it really bad luck?ScriptAre you worried because you have just broken a mirror? Some people believe that breaking a mirror is a (S1) terrible thing to do. They say it will bring you seven years of (S2) misfortune. The reason behind this belief stems the old idea that a person’s soul is in their (S3) reflection, so that if you smash your mirror, you soul will be (S4) damaged too, dooming you do an early death, and not giving you entry to (S5) heaven. Is there any way to reverse this bad luck? Yes—if you very carefully (S6) pick up all the broken pieces of the mirror and throw them into a river or stream, then the bad luck will be”(S7) washed away”..Of all number, 13 is the most associated with bad luck. (S8) Some people claim that the number is bad luck because thirteen people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucified, and with this in mind few hosts will serve dinner with thirteen at the table. And according to an ancient Norwegian tale, twelve gods had gathered for a feast when a thirteenth, Loke, entered. After the meal, Loke killed Balder, who was the most beloved of all the gods.(S9) Friday the thirteenth of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the thirteenth of March is the worst of them all .The number seven also has some superstition connected to it. It is said thatGod created the world in seven days, and any association with the number is luck. The seventh son of the seventh son is said to be the luckiest of men, and (S10)when people talk about the "seven-year itch" they mean that every seven years a person undergoes a complete change in personalityTask3: The Status on Easter IslandScriptOne of the greatest mysteries on Earth is the statues on Easter Island. The island is one of the most remote places on Earth, located in the southern Pacific Ocean. It was almost uninhabited when it was discovered on Easter Day in 1722 by a Dutch captain, but it is covered with hundreds of giant statues, each weighing several tons and some standing more than 30 feet tall. Who carved these statures, and how and why were they put there? Nobody knows the answer for sure, but many ate trying to find out. There are many theories to explain this mystery. It has even been suggested the space aliens may have played a role regarding these giant statues. Another theory relates to the fact that Easter Island was inhabited by Polynesian seafarers, who traveled thousand of miles in their canoes, guided by the stars, the colorof sky and the sun , the shapes of clouds, and the presence of birds making flights out to sea seeking food. The Polynesians first arrived on the island in 499A.D.However, the ocean currents which carried them there would mot take them back. They were trapped and, having arrived there, could not leave. The Polynesians probable cared the statues themselves, perhaps as religious symbols.To date, 887 statues have been discovered on the island. However, only a few statues were carried intended destination. The rest were abandoned along the way.The statues appear to have been carved out of the top edge of walls of a volcano on the island. After a statue was carved, it may have been rolled or dragged down to the base of the volcano. Then it was put upright, and ropes were tied around it. Using a pulley system, the statue was moves to its intended destination.At its peak, the population of Eater Island is believed to have reached 11,000. Eventually, the resources of the island were exhausted, and the people resorted to cannibalism, eating one another. Work on the statues stopped and the statues were knocked over. When the first Europeans finally arrived on the island, most of the people lad died out.1.When and by whom was the island discovered?2.Who are mentioned in the passage as possible builders of the statues?3.What is true of the Polynesians on the island according to the passage?4.How many statues ere carried to their intended destination?5. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage? Keys: 1A 2.B3. D 4.D 5BFor ReferenceThe resources of the island became exhausted, and the people resorted to cannibalism, eating each other. When the first Europeans finally arrived on the island, most of the people had died out.IV. Speaking OutMODEL 1This is a custom that dates back to the ancient Celts. Chris: Sue, do you know why people say, “knock on wood” when they want to avoid bad luck?Susan: It sounds a bit funny. As far as I know, it has a lot to do with ancientCeltic people. They worshipped trees.Chris: Sounds interesting.Susan: They thoughts trees would suck demons back into the ground. Chris: Well, when you think about the deep roots, their belief seems to make some senses.Susan: What’s more, knocking on wood was a way to brag without being punished. People once thought that evil spirits would become jealous if good fortune was pointed out to themChris: Uh, yes, go on.Susan: well, by knocking on wood three times, the noise could frightened away the evil spirits, and they couldn’t have to rob the braggart of that good fortuneChris: I’m afraid those who don’t know this superstition might be frightened away as well.Susan: Now here’s a test. Do you know how the custom of kissing under the mistletoe originated?Chris:I haven’t the slightest idea, but I’m all ears.Susan: Again this is a custom that dates back to the ancient Celts. Since they worshipped trees, they conducted many of their ceremonies inthe woods in the shade of trees.Chris: Now I see. Probably it’s under these mistletoe trees that weddings took place.Susan: I wish you were standing under some mistletoe right now. Chris: Luckily I’m not. Touch wood.MODEL2 Is there any relationship between superstitions and real life?ScriptChris: It’s strange that so many people are superstitious. There must be some relationship between superstitions and real life.Susan:You know, Richard Wiseman, a British psychologist researched the relationship between superstition and luck.Chris: What did he find? Most people would be interested. At least I would Susan: He polled ,000 people and fond that people who believe themselves to be lucky tend to go for positive superstitions .They may wear a ring as a talisman or often say,” touch wood” for good luck.Chris: Then, what about the unlucky people? Do you mean if they think they ate unlucky, they tend to believe in superstitions abut bad luck. Susan: Yeah. They worry a lot about a broken mirror, a black cat running across their path, and so on.Chris: So what is his point?Susan: His point is that people make their own luck by their attitude to life.So, 49 percent of lucky people regularly cross their fingers, compared to 30 percent of unlucky people. And only 18 percent of lucky people are anxious if they break a mirror.Chris: So, our fate is linked to our attitude rather than to our superstitions. Susan: I think that’s what he is suggesting.Chris: This research seems too complicates. If I were a psychologist, I would conduct a survey to find whether 13 really is an unlucky number. I f there ere traffic accidents or murders on the 13th than on other days, then we have to believe in superstitions.Susan: What if there weren’t?Chris: Then I wouldn’t be superstitious.Susan: What a brilliant idea! I never expected you to be as wise as Solomon. Chris: Well as long as you don’t think I’m a fool.MODEL3 I believe ETs have visited the earth before. ScriptNora: Hey, what’s this picture of yours? It looks like a flying saucer. Chris: It is. I was visited by aliens last week and this is a picture of theirspacecraft.Nora: When I look closer, it resembles a liver Frisbee.Chris: But it could have been aliens. I believe ETs have visited the earth befor e. What do you think?Nora:It would be hard to believe otherwise. Projects like the pyramids are difficult to explain away,given the level of technology that was available at the timeChris: That’s for sure. They are mysterious.Nora: When you consider all those “impossibilities, it’s tempting to infer that some highly advanced civilization assisted humans in their construction.Chris: Think about this: if you were abducted by aliens and taken up to their spaceship or something …well…Nora: What do you mean?Chris: I mean, who would believe you? You’d go nuts telling everyone: “It’s true! I was abducted by aliens!”Nora: And everyone would think you were crazy, or just making up a story to get attention.Chris: From what I understand, sometimes these people do go crazy, trying to convince people about their experiences.Nora: I believe that in some cases they offer pretty good evidence. Chris: So, take a closer look at this picture. Do you still think it’s a Frisbee?Now Your TurnTask 1SAMPLE DIALOGSimon: Eliza, do you know why people say” keep your fingers crossed” when they want to wish others luck?Eliza: It sounds a bit funny. As far as I know, it’s a lot to do with an ancient Christian belief.Simon: Uh, go on.Eliza:In the Christian belief “making the sign of the cross” would keep away evil spirits and bad luck.Simon: I see. When you think about the cross, sign of Christianity, that belief seems to make some sense.Eliza:That’s true. That’s why children often cross their fingers when they tella small lie. They want to keep bad luck away, or to avoid beingpunished.Simon: Sounds interesting. So, I’ll cross my fingers for you before you take the final examination.Eliza:Thank you.Simon: But those who don’t understand this superstition might be puzzled Eliza:With interesting communications among nations, more and morepeople can understand it now.V. Let’s TalkScriptThanks, perhaps, to falling stock markets and unrest in the Middle East, Britons have become even more superstitious than usual, according to a report published today. “There has been a significant increase in superstition over the last month, possible as a result of current economic and political uncertainties,” stated Dr. Dick Armstrong. He launched an Internet Survey of national superstition, and found it to be surprisingly high, even among those with a scientific background. Only more in ten of those surveyed claimed not to be superstitious at all. Three out of four people in Britain feel the need to touch wood, and 65% cross their fingers.It is interesting to note that lucky people were much less superstitious and tended to take constructive action to improve their lives. Conversely, superstitious people tended to regard themselves as among the less lucky, worried about life, had a strong need for control, and could not tolerate ambiguity.The survey also revealed some unexpected beliefs. For example, one respondent could not stay in the bathroom once a toilet had been flushed. There was no evidence that superstitious ever worked, even, when peoplewere instructed to carry lucky charms for a week. They didn’t feel any luckier or more stratified with their lives at the end of that week than when they started.Armstrong attempted to explain this phenomenon: “When students are preparing for exams with a lucky charm, they may trust the charm, rather than doing some extra revision.”VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Horseshoes as a Sign of Good LuckScriptHorseshoes are a traditional sign of good luck. Most people believe this comes from the fact that the horseshoe is shaped like the crescent moon, a period of prosperity and good fortune. One legend has it that the Devil was in disguise and wandering at large, looking for trouble. He happened to call on St. Dunstan, who ea skilled in shoeing horses. St. Dunstan recognized the Devil and tied him to a wall with only his feet free to move. He then set to work shoeing him as though he were a horse, but with such roughness the Devil cried out for mercy. St. Dunstan stopped his work and released the Devil after making him promise never to enter a home on which a horseshoe was fixed. Witches fear horses, so they are also turned away by a door with a horseshoe mounted on it. The big issue regarding horseshoes is whether they should be hung points up or points down.The original superstition was that the horseshoe is points up to keep the luck from pouring out. Despite this view most buildings with horseshoes in their sign hang them the opposite way. The Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas hangs its horseshoe with the arc on top. They may be hoping their customers’luck runs out, but this is usually not something you advertise in your sign. Finger rings made of horseshoe nail are said to keep away bad luck. Also, robbing two horseshoes together is said to bring good luck.1.According to the passage, what does the crescent moon represent?2.What did St. Dunstan do to the Devil?3.What did the Devil promise?4.What is the big issue concerning the horseshoe?5.Why is the arc of the horseshoe up at the casino in Las Vegas? Keys: 1.A 2.C 3.D 4.C5.BTask 2: Superstitions or real bad lucks?ScriptJoan: Pass me that mirror, would you? I’ll see if my makeup is OK.Dick: OOOPS!! Sorry I dropped it…but is it you or me that gets the seven years of bad luck?Joan: You, I hope, but probable neither of us. I wonder where that “old wives’tale” originated anyway.Dick: There used to be a lot of superstitions: black cats, ladders, numbers.My parent and grandparents are full of them.Joan: I agree. People today are much more educated than before. These superstitions are just amusing pieced of history rather than beliefs, don’t you think so?Dick: Perhaps, but some people today still go for them. People whose livelihoods depend more on luck—like professional athletes, or fishermen—often they have superstitious routines.Joan: It’s rue. I have heard of athletes who wear lucky socks or a treasured medal to bring them good fortune.Dick: And let’s not forget lucky numbers. We all know about the number4,6, and 8 in China.Joan: I know 4 is death and 8 is wealth, but what is the significance of 6? Dick: 6 means good luck. Some people include 6 in their e-mail address just for luck.Joan: Maybe we are not as smart as we think we are.Dick: Well, there are many things in the universe that we cannot control, and that’s why people are superstitious.Keys: TTFFTTask3: Career TransitionsScriptThere was a king in Africa who has a close friend that he grew up with. The friend has a habit of looking at every situation in his life and saying, “This is good!”One day the king and his friend were out hunting. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off. Examining the situation, the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and proceeded to send his friend to jail.About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. Theytied him to a stake surrounded by wood. As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king had but one thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that was less than whole. So they set the king free. As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb off and felt badly sorry about his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good for my thumb was blown off.” Then he apologized, “I’m very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”“What do you mean, ‘this is good’? How could it be good that I sent you, my good friend, to jail for all this time?”“If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you—and eaten.!”For Reference1.He had a habit of looking at every situation in his life and saying, “This isgood!”2.After taking the gun, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.3.They set the king free, because being superstitious, they never ate anyonethat was less than whole4.He felt sorry for his friend and went to the jail to apologize to him.5. If he had not been in jail, I would have been with you—and eaten.News ReportEgyptian TombsScriptArchaeologist have uncovered two tombs that date back more than 2,500 years in the part of Cairo where the ancient city of Heliopolis once stood, according to Egyptian antiquity authorities.Although there is a modern suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo southeast of its ancient namesake, the original Heliopolis was known as a center of learning and academic study in ancient Mediterranean times.The 26-century-old tombs that date back to the years 664 to 625 BC were developed during a routine archaeological inspection of an empty plot of land in the Eins Shams district of northwestern Cairo. This district covers part of the ground that used to be the ancient city of Heliopolis.The owner of the land was seeking construction rights and by law, construction cannot begin without a permit certifying that the site has no historical significance.The first of the two limestone tombs to be opened contained a sarcophagus and sixteen statuettes, said the chief state archaeologist for the Cairo-Giza area, Zahi Hawass.Hawass said in a statement that the tombs were found in a d owntown residential area, three meters below the ground.[SOUND BITE]Hawass went on to give a more detailed account of the important find. [SOUND BITE]It appears that the tombs have not been raided by grave robbers, but they have been damaged by leaking sewage water.The first tomb to be uncovered belonged to a builder named Waja-Hur. His name was engraved on the statuettes, which the ancient Egyptians placed in tombs to answer questions for them in the afterlife.Te process of recovering these artifacts can be long and tedious, but the historical significance of these pieces makes the painstaking work worthwhile. [SOUND BITE]Egyptian archaeologists plan to open the second tomb on Sunday.。
听力教程第二版施心远unit6答案
Spaceship: It was about 45 feet across, and silver, very, very shiny, and there were round windows all round the side. There were steps going up. The interior of the spaceship is an octagonal room. The walls, the floor, and the ceiling were all black. There were no controls or instruments, but there was a central column going up from the floor to the ceiling, about four feet wide, right in the middle of the room.
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听力教程第二版施心远unit6答案
An American film star is talking about his likes and dislikes. Has he finished speaking? Tick the right box.
A bright light was coming towards me at about three hundred feet. and it landed behind some trees. Then I saw two forms coming towards me Life form: They were quite small about four feet tall, dressed in green suits from head to foot, and they had helmets of the same colour with a red visor. They both carried space guns.
新标准大学英语视听说教程听力原文
Unit 6-Conversation 1Janet: What are you reading, KateKate:Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Do you know itJanet: I've heard of it, yes, but I've never read it. It's a 19th century children's story, isn't it K a te: That's right. It's very famous. It's set in Oxford. It starts with this young girl sitting on a river bank. The interesting thing is, the author, Lewis Carroll, he was an Oxford professor and he used to have tea with the girl's family on this river bank. Ja net: Oh, that's fascinating! I'll put it into my diary.Kate: Is that what you're writing I know you've been keeping a diary all the year.Janet: It's been a great year. I've had such a good time — so lucky to have Mark and Kate as friends. Feel I've been doing well with work. Much happier about asking questions in tutorials.Janet: My screen's gone dark.Mark: You're using the battery, remember. It's run out, obviously.Janet: It can't be the battery. It's still charged. Oh no it's still black. Oh dear, I hope it's nothing serious. I haven't backed anything up recently. Kate: That's not like you, Janet.Janet:I know, but I lost my memory stick. I really should have backed things up. How stupid of me not to do that! Supposing I've lost everything!Mark: Let me take a look. The power is still on. And also the operating system still seems to be working ...I think it has to be the graphics card ... But maybe that's not the problem ...Janet: If only I'd backed things up!Kate: Relax, Janet! We'll take it to the computer shop this afternoon. I'm sure it'll be OK.Janet: I hope so.Unit 6-Conversation 2Janet: Tell me about Alice in Wonderland.Kate: I tell you what, I'll read it to you. Kate: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and having nothing to do: Once or twice, she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid) ...Janet: Kate, Mark, where are you going You've got my laptop!Kate: It's all right, Janet, we're taking it to the computer shop. We'll be back soon.Mark: It's not like Janet to forget to back up her work.Kate: She should have been more careful.Janet: It was stupid of me, I know! Stupid, stupid! Janet: Oh! It was a dream! What a relief!Kate: You were talking in your sleep.Janet: What was I sayingKate: "Stupid, stupid."M ark: I've sorted out your computer.Janet: Have you Oh, thank goodness! What was the problemMark:It was the graphics card, as I predicted ... Janet: Is that what it was! I'm so relieved! Thanks, Mark.Kate: He's great, isn't heJanet: Yes. So are you, Kate.Kate: You're such a good friend.Unit 6-Outside viewComputers are a very important part of our lives. They tell us about delays to transport. They drive trains, analyze evidence and control buildings. Did you know that 60 per cent of homes in Britain have got a PC (a personal computer) For many young people, playing computer games is their favorite way of spending spare time. Computers are a very important part of most areas of life in Britain-libraries, the police and in school. But they are becoming more important in our homes as well. They’ll even control the way we live-in “smart homes” or computer-controlled houses. The smart home is now a real possibility. It will become very common. A central computer will adjust the temperature, act as a burglar alarm and switch on lights, ready for you to come back home. And of course you will be able to give new instructions to the computer from your mobile phone. So if your plans change, your home will react to match. Many homes have got lots of televisions and several computers. The smart home will provide TV and Internet sockets in every room, so you’ll be able to do what you want whenever you want. If the temperature outside changes, the smart home will adjust the temperature levels inside. The computer will also close the blinds when it gets dark or to stop so much sun from entering a room. And if you want to eat when you get home, the computer will turn the oven on for you! Are computers taking over our lives In a survey, 44 per cent of young people between 11 and 16 said their PC was a trusted friend. Twenty per cent said they were happier at their computer than spending time with family or friends. Another survey found that people in Britain spend so much time on the phone, texting and reading emails that they no longer have time for conversation. What do you think about thatUnit 6-Listening inNews ReportUS Scientists have announced the discovery of gravitational waves, which are tiny waves produced by massive objects moving very quickly. Two black holes produced the waves when they crashed into each other about billion years ago. A black hole is a place in space where the gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape. This announcement of the discovery comes a century after Albert Einstein first predicted gravitational waves would exist.The discovery was made possible by using a highly sensitive instrument designed to detect signals of gravitational waves and identify their sources. This discovery proves that there are gravitational waves, and strongly confirms the existence of black holes.With this discovery, scientists are given a new tool to study and understand the universe. The waves could help scientists learn more about what happened immediately after the universe began and how the universe expanded. Scientists hope that they may be able to observe parts of the universe that were previously undetectable.1.What discovery have US scientists made2.What features do black holes have according to thenews report3.Why is the discovery importantPassage 1When you have a biscuit with your cup of tea, do you dunk it And if so, what’s the perfect way to do it That’s the subject of today’s Science in Action report. It may be hard to believe but scientists at the University of Bristol have been analyzing this question. And after a two-month study they devised a mathematical formula for dunking biscuits. So no more melting chocolate, or biscuit crumbs in the bottom of your cup, which is the fate of one in four biscuits that are dunked in tea, according to research by a biscuit manufacturer. Doughnut dunkers don’t face the same problems because doughnuts are held together with an elastic net of protein, gluten. This substance allows the doughnut to absorb liquid without breaking down its structure. The structure of a biscuit, however, is held together by sugar which melts when placed in hot tea or coffee.So what is the answer The researcher, let by Dr. Len Fisher, discovered that holding the biscuit in a horizontal position – or “flat-on”– has a significant effect on the amount of time that a biscuit can stay in hot liquid before falling apart. In fact this horizontal dunking results in a dunking time up to four times longer than traditional vertical dunking.What’s the reason for this It seems that the answer is related to diffusion, in other words, the length of time it takes for the liquid to penetrate the structure of the biscuit. Basically, it takes longer for the liquid to travel through the channels of a biscuit when it is laid flat on the surface of the liquid. Also the fact that when a biscuit is dunked horizontally, with the biscuit submerged in the liquid, and the chocolate coating staying out of the liquid, the chocolate helps hold the biscuit together. Another factor influencing the equation is the temperature of the tea –the hotter the tea, the faster the sugar melts.Researchers also found that by dunking a biscuit into tea or coffee, up to ten times more flavor is release than it the b iscuit is eaten dry. So it’s worth experimenting yourself. If you are wondering how you can perfect the horizontal dunk, the researchers have come up with an idea for a biscuit-holding device to make dunking biscuits easier. They are even mow working on producing a table giving guidelines on dunking times for different types of biscuit. On that note, I think it’s time to go off to the canteen for a tea break!Passage 2Peter: Hey Louise, look at this book about crop circles - some of the photos are absolutelyunbelievable.Louise: You don t believe in all that stuff, do you PeterPeter: I'm not saying I believe in UFOs and things, but some of the formations are fascinating.They’re made up of lots of interconnectedcircles and geometrical shapes. You know, inthe past few years, there have been morereports of them. The circles are gettinglarger and the designs are getting moreintricate... I'm sure that they can't all beman-made. Think about it - they're socomplicated, and they appear at night in themiddle of fields of wheat barley or corn.It’s definitely pretty weird!Louise: I know, but l saw a TV documentary about it, and they showed how a group of hoaxers madean elaborate crop circle in a field at nightusing wooden plank, ropes, plastic tubes anda garden roller. They even fooled some of thepeople who believe in the paranormal-alienscoming down in UFOs and aliens coming downin UFOs and creating them, and so on. Peter: I'm sure lots of them are created by people just to get publicity but look here-it says,“The first records of crop circles go backas far as the 17th century. Since the 1970sthere have been over 12,000 reports fromcountries all around the world includingItaly, America, South Africa, Australia andBrazil.” Most reports are from here inEngland though.Louise: B ut surely that’s just because they get so much media coverage these days, so morepeople are making them.Peter: Perhaps, but how do you explain the fact that the actual chemical composition of thegrains of corps inside the circles changesScientific tests have found they have ahigher protein level. The stems of the grainshave often been exposed to high temperatures.And they found that the soil within thecircles contains more iron than the soiloutside. So far, the hoaxers haven't beenable to copy all these features.Louise: W ell, I'm not a scientist but I'm pretty sceptical about all these so-calledparanormal explanations. I remember in theprogramme I watched, the researchers foundsigns of human interference, such as holesin the earth and footprints!Peter: Come on… you must admit, that still leavesa lot which is unexplained!Louise: T here's lots of things that are hard to explain but this really...。
英语新闻听力教程unit6原文及答案.doc
英语新闻听力教程unit6原文及答案.doc Unit 6Public HealthSection A warming up1. life expectancy2. regulators abortion3. rabies4. infected withcases 5. bird flu immune 6. outbreaks-borne 7. prescription medicines 8. AIDS 9. antiviral10. MedicareSection B 1. BTapescript: 1. The problem of obesity is spreading into many different aspects of Americans ’ lives. Now researchers have confirmed that some children are so fat they can’ t fit into car safety seats designed fordski.2. Two more Indian states have banned the sale of soft drinks produced by . giantsCoca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showed highpesticide levels. This brings the total number of states to six where there is a partialor full ban of the soft drinks.3.An Asian expert says disease and natural disasters may pose a great securitythreat to the region than conventional political conflicts.4.The United Nations say opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declined for the firsttime since 2022 as tens of thousands of farmers have given up opium poppies forlegal crops.5.The authorities in Iran have warned that if the dangerously high level of airpollution in the capital‘’ Teheran continues, there could be thousandsiesof. casualt Section CItem 1 1. ATapescript: The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS,is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for the first time. The UnitedNations said there had been five million new infections this year and warned thatAIDS was outstripping global and national efforts to contain it.Sub-Saharan Africaremains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than eight million people are infected, the UN says infection rates are rising sharply. It warned that Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidemic.Item 2 Task 11. TTask 2 1. international conference malaria West African state scientific findingsin lost GDP3. world population’s is transmittedTapescript: The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in theWest African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease which kills more than million people worldwide each year. 75 percent of those victimsare African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde, 80% arefrom Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in lost GDPeach year. The latest research suggests that 41% ofthe world ’ s population live inareas where malaria is transmitted.Item 3 1. Whether more than one food company is responsible for anoutbreak of E.coli bacteria. 2. Bad spinach from Natural Selection foods 3. Earth Bound Farm 4. It has recalled the spinach. 5. get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. 6.One person died and dozens were sick in 19 states.Tapescript: The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more thanone food company is responsible for an outbreak of bacteria. Officials have linkedbad spinach from natural Selection Foods as one source of the . the company saysthe products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor DavidAtchison with the FDA says Natural Selection Foods has voluntarily recalled thespinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or othercontainers. At least one person has died. Dozens of others have gotten sick in atleast 19 states.Section D EU Health Experts Meet to (1) Formulate Measures to contain the (2)Bird FluRecent outbreaks (3)German authorities confirmed the (4) presence of the H5N1virus in (5) wild swans. Outbreaks have also been reported in (6) the Balkans, (7)Turkey, the Caspian Sea areascountermeasures Increase surveillance and (8) toughen import bans (9) dedicatean additional million dollars for surveillance and (10) testing programsorder farmers to keep poultries indoors (11) to prevent transmission of the disease.Tapescript: European health experts have gathered in Bussel to formulate a responseto recent bird flu outbreaks among migratory birds. The Panel today endorsedmeasures that would increase surveillance and toughen import bans, such as theEuropean Union ’plan,s suspending the imports of untreated feathe rs from non-EUcountries. The European Commission has dedicated an additional million dollars forbird surveillance and testing programs. German authorities today confirmed thepresence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on an island in the Baltic Sea.Outbreaks have been confirmed in the Balkans, Turkey, the Caspian Seas andelsewhere. Several EUcountries have ordered farmers to keep poultries indoors toprevent transmission of the disease. But the World Organization for Animal Health inParis says this is not necessary at the present time.Item 2Task 11. DTask 21. F 3. TTapescript: A week after a toxic waste scandal brought down the government ofIvory Coast teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactlywhat the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped inleaking drums in at least 11 open air locations in Ivory Coast’ s biggest city Abidja Our correspondent James Copnall is there. The latesthealth ministry figures showthat nearly 16,000 people have sought treatment and 6 have died as a result of thetoxic waste. The numbers increased dramatically each day. This does notnecessarily mean that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, astate of panic seems to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian expertswere attempting to find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of.Item 31.It has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possibleinfluence pandemic.2.The updated strategy needs cities, states, and businesses to prepare now tokeep operating on their own and not on federal help.3.It could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time. The infection could remain active in a community for up to two months.4.The pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in theUnited States.5.it tends to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus startspassing from person to person.Tapescript: The White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst place, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemic tend to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus.Section E1.The move is expected to reduce expenses involved in the drug that has been hailed as a life-saving treatment.2.in the study patients who cut their smoking in half also cut their risk of lungcancer by 27%.3.European Union officials continue to reassure the public that the apparentspread of the avian flu virus is at this point a threat to animals not humans.4. One hundred and twenty-three identification cards had been issued to patients who need them to prove to law enforcement personnel that they used marijuana for medical purposes.5.Analysts say total spending on research into malaria last year accounted for only about one third of one percent of total medical research and development funding.文档内容到此结束,欢迎大家下载、修改、丰富并分享给更多有需要的人。
听力教程第三册答案UNIT6
UNIT 6Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Spot DictationWind and SpiritWe do notice the wind when it seems (1) cruel, when the trees turn away from it, and it (2) cuts into our hearts. "Certain winds will make men's (3) temper bad", said George Eliot. In Southern California, the Santa Ana is (4) associated with an increase in depression and domestic (5) violence.Scientists have tried (6) without success to identify physiological reasons for these (7) reactions.Everyone agrees, however, that (8) dry winds like the Santa Ana, the mistral in France and the foehn* in Germany and Switzerland seem to have (9) negative effects on our mental and physical (10) negative effects.On windy days, playground fights, (11) suicides and heart failures are more (12) frequent. In Geneva, traffic accidents (13) increase when a wind called the bise* blows. At the (14) request of patients, some Swiss and German hospitals (15) postpone surgery during the foehn.It is human to ask what is (16) behind the wind. lt is easy to personify thewind as the (17) breath of God. The act of taking wind into our lungs is what (18) gives us life. The Jews, Arabs, Romans and Greeks all took their word for (19) spirit from the word for wind.But our day-to-day lives are no longer (20 spirit the winds. We do not identify wind with spirit anymore.Part 2 Listening for GistA cat got on to a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Nairobi yesterday and cost the company about £10,000. One of the 66 passengers heard a strange "miaow" when the plane landed in Copenhagen. Mechanics arrived immediately and the airline company phoned for an animal ambulance. The mechanics found the cat after eight hours' work. It had got into the air-conditioning system in Nairobi. The plane was twelve hours late leaving for Tokyo, costing the company £10,000. The cat was quite well after its experience and was given a large bowl of milk and a plate of fish.ExerciseDirections: Listen to the passage and find its topic sentence.The topic sentence is "A cat got on to a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Nairobi yesterday and cost the company about £10.000."Section TwoListening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueWhat a Coincidence!Storyteller: Talking of coincidences, did I tell you about what happened to me and Jeannie last holiday?Friend(s):No.Storyteller: We went on holiday in the States and we went to Mexico. Well, we were driving down to Mexico City. We were going to spend a few days in Palm Beach ... see the sea, look up an old friend, you know. As we left there we stopped at a garage for a car check ... oil, the water, the tires, all that ... petrol. And the mechanics spotted something. They said that our fuel pump was not working properly and it was quite serious ... it would cost a lot of money ... well, we were very worried.Friend(s): Were you insured?Storyteller: Well, no, we weren't and I didn't have that much money on me, you know. It was meant to be a cheap holiday. Well, just then, two men drove up and they said what's the problem? And, do you know? They were mechanics - it was such good luck. They looked at our car and they said, "There's nothing wrong with your car. Don't spend money on it. Just forget about it." Well, naturally, we were worried, but ... er, I thought ... I'll trust them, I think they're right. So, we drove on, we crossed the Mexican border and had a marvelous few dayssightseeing there round Monterey.Friend(s):Oh, oh, brilliant ... jealous ...Storyteller: And then we went on and on to Mexico City. We drove about forty kilometers and then we saw a car with the same US number plates as the other car we'd seen in Palm Beach.Friend(s): You're joking!Storyteller: It was parked by the road, and the same two men who gave us the advice about our car were stuck with their car.Friend(s): Oh, no!Storyteller: So, we stopped and asked them what was wrong. And do you know? Their car had broken down for exactly the same reason: The fuel pump wasn't working! It was quite extraordinary .ExerciseDirections: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)l.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.F 5.T 6.F 7.T 8.FPart 2 PassageCorporate Culture1.How well the employee "fits" the culture can make the difference betweenjob-search success and failure.2.It guides how employees think, act, and feel.3.The amount of time outside the office you're expected to spend with co-workers is part of the corporate culture.4.The truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you have worked at the company for a number of months.5.It should be a place where you can have a voice, be respected, and have opportunities for growth.Why should jobseekers care about a potential employer's corporate culture? Aren't there more important factors to consider, such as the job itself, salary and bonuses, and fringe benefits? These factors are indeed important, but increasingly career experts are talking about the importance of employee-employer fit in terms of culture, with the idea that how well the employee "fits" the culture can make the difference between job-search success and failure.What is corporate culture? At its most basic, it's described as the personality of an organization, or simply as "how things are done around here". It guides how employees think, act, and feel. Corporate culture is a broad term used to define the unique personality or character of a particular company or organization, and includes such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate ethics, and rules of behavior. Corporate culture can be expressed in the company's mission statement and other communications, in the architecturalstyle or interior decoration(室内装饰) of offices, by what people wear to work, by how people address each other, and in the titles given to various employees.How does a company's culture affect you? In many, many ways. Forinstance:•The hours you work per day, per week, including options such as flextime and telecommuting.•The work environment, including how employees interact, the degree of competition, and whether it's a fun or hostile environment - or something in-between.•The dress code, including the accepted styles of attire* and things such as casual days.•The office space you get, including things such as cubicles*, window offices, and rules regarding display of personal items.•The training and skills development you receive, which you need both on the job and tokeep yourself marketable for future jobs and employers.•Onsite perks, such as break rooms, gyms and play rooms, daycare facilities, and more.perk=perquisite n. 特殊待遇,特权;工资外收入•The amount of time outside the office you're expected to spend withco-workers.• Interaction with other employees, including managers and topmanagement.How do you uncover the corporate culture of a potential employer? The truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you have worked at the company for a number of months, but you can get close to it through research and observation. Understanding culture is a two-step process, starting with research before the interview and ending with observation at the interview.If you get a chance to meet with other employees, you can ask somequestions to try and geta handle on an organization's corporate culture. Such as:•What's it really like to work here?•What skills and characteristics does the company value?•How do people get promoted around here?•The bottom line is that you are going to spend a lot of time in the work environment ---and to be happy ,successful and productive, you’ll want tobe in a place where you fit the culture ,a place where you can have avoice ,be respect and have opportunity for growth .Exercise A Pre-listening QuestionMany articles and books have been written in recent years about culture in organizations, usually referred to as "Corporate Culture". The dictionary defines culture as "the act of developing intellectual and moral faculties, especially through education". Some people define it as "the moral, social, and behavioral norms of an organization based on the beliefs, attitudes, and priorities of its members".Every organization has its own unique culture or value set. Most organizations don't consciously try to create a certain culture. The culture of the organization is typically created unconsciously, based on the values of the top management or the founders of an organization.Exercise B Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three timesExercise C Detailed ListeningDirections: Listen to the passage and complete the following paragraphs At its most basic, corporate culture is described as the personality of anorganization. It guides how employees think, act, and feel. Corporate culture is a broad term used to define the unique personality or character of a particular company or organization, and includes such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate ethics, and rules of behavior. Corporate culture can also be expressedin the company's mission statement and other communications, in the architectural style or interior decoration of offices, by what people wear to work,by how people address each other, and in the titles given to various employees.A company's culture affects you in many ways, such as the working hours,the work environment, the dress code, the office space you get, the training andskills development you receive, onsite perks, the amount of time outside theoffice you're expected to spend with co-workers and interaction with other employees, including managers and top management.Exercise D After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1.The truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until youhave worked at the company for a number of months, but you can get close to it through research and observation. / Understanding culture is a two-step process, starting with research beforethe interview and ending with observation at the interview.If you get a chance to meet with other employees, you can ask some questions to try and get a handle on an organization's corporate culture. Such as:What's it really like to work here? What skills and characteristics does the company value? How do people get promoted around here?2.(Open)Section ThreeNewsNews Item 1On his way home from his first official visit to the United States, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari stopped in London for two days of discussions.His first meeting was with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at his official residence.At a joint news conference, Mr. Brown praised the current Pakistani army offensive against Taliban targets in the Swat valley.Because of this, Mr. Brown said Britain is pledging $18 million worth of additional humanitarian aid in the form of food, water, shelter and sanitation that will directed at those being displaced in the northwest.In addition to the aid, the prime minister said he expects much more cooperation between Britain and Pakistan over a wide range of issues.Mr. Brown said helping the effort to tackle terrorism in Pakistan and improving health and education there were important priorities for his government.Mr. Zardari said the fight against extremists in particular is a struggle that will not be solved overnight.Islamabad says 15,000 security troops have moved into the tribal areas. A.anti-Taliban campaign that British and Pakistani leaders discussed B. 1. He stopped in London for two days of discussions.2. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown3. He praised the current Pakistani army offensive against Taliban targets in the Swat valley.4. It included food, water, shelter and sanitation that will directed at those being displaced in the northwest.5. He said he expects much more cooperation between Britain and Pakistan over a wide range of issues.6. Helping the effort to tackle terrorism in Pakistan and improving health and education there were important priorities for his government.7. 15,000 security troops have moved into the tribal areas.News Item 2Israel-PalestinePalestinian witnesses and security sources said some 30 tanks and armored personnel carriers drove into the Tulkarem refugee camp around 3 a.m. The army did not say whether the gunman responsible for the attack on the kibbutz* was among those detained.The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement claimed responsibility for the killings. Mr Arafat says he has formed a committee to investigate the attack on the kibbutz.In Tuesday's action, the Israeli military also demolished the home of a Palestinian militant (Mohammed Naifan) they say is responsible for sending the gunman into Kibbutz Metzer.Israeli officials say the gunman came from Tulkarem but that he was following orders of AIAqsa leaders in Nablus. By midday Tuesday Palestinian witnesses were reporting that Israeli troops were gathering outside the West Bank town.Israeli authorities say Palestinian militants from Fatah and Hamas in Nablus are behind a series of attacks against Israelis over the past few months.The latest violence comes as US envoy* David Satterfield begins a visit to the region to work on a peace plan. He arrived in Israel Monday for separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials.Exercise ADirections: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about Israel's response to Palestinian gunman's attack on the kibbutz.Exercise BDirections: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage.Palestinian witnesses and security sources said some 30 tanks and armored personnel carriers drove into the Tulkarem refugee camp around 3 a.m. The army did not say whether the gunman responsible for the attack on the kibbutz was among those detained.In Tuesday's action, the Israeli military also demolished the home of a Palestinian militant (Mohammed Naifan) they say is responsible for sending the gunman into Kibbutz Metzer.The latest violence comes as US envoy David Satterfield begins a visit to the region to work on a peace plan. He arrived in Israel Monday for separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials.News Item 3Officials say there are no easy, quick or purely military solutions to the Somali piracy problem. But the top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, told ABC's Good Morning America television program Tuesday the taking and rescue of the American cargo ship captain led him to order a new effort to find ways to effectively deal with the pirates. Admiral Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates say there is no purely militarysolution to the Somali piracy problem. Piracy continues to rise, even as navy ships from 16 nations patrol the area. And Gates said Monday that the problem is "probably going to get worse" until the international community can, in his words, "get something on land that begins to change the equation" for the "incredible number of poor people" in Somalia, some of whom turn to piracy.Efforts by some ship owners to secure their ships have had some success. They have installed barbed wire, removed ladders and changed their routes, among other steps. But there has been resistance to proposals to put armed guards on commercial ships. Corporations have paid tens of millions of dollars for the safe return of ships and their crews in the area in recent years. Last year, there were 111 piracy incidents in the region, triple the number the previous year. And this year, there have already been nearly 70 incidents.A. the US looking for new approaches to Somali piracyB.F, T ,F ,T ,FSection FourSupplementary ExercisePart1 Feature ReportIranian government TV says that the country's new nuclear energy chief, Ali Akbar Salehi is urging the West to end hostilities with Tehran and to start building trust."Legal and technical discussions about Iran's nuclear case have finished," he insists, "and there is no room left to keep this case open.""We hope," he added, "that more efforts will be made [by the West] to obtain mutual confidence, instead of the last six years of hostility."They were Salehi's first comments to the media, since being appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Friday, following the resignation of veteran nuclear negotiator Gholam Reza Aghazadeh.The soft-spoken Salehi was educated at the American University of Beirut and holds a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Salehi is Iran's former envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency and signed a protocol allowing for freer inspections of Iran's nuclear sites. His appointment appears to be something of a gesture to the U.S.Neither the U.S., nor the other members of the so-called Group of five-plus-one, including the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany, however, are likely to agree with Salehi about the closure of Tehran's nuclear file.U.S. President Barack Obama warned Tehran, during the G-8 summit in Italy, that the world is giving it until September to comply with U.N. resolutions over its controversial nuclear program.Iran has persistently refused to stop enriching uranium, and the West fears that it will use highly enriched uranium to build atomic weapons.The Iranian government, however, continues to insist that its nuclear program is intended for peaceful, civilian purposes, alone.Iran analyst Meir Javedanfar of the MEEPAS (Middle East Economic and Political Analysis) center in Tel Aviv argues that Tehran is hardening its position over its nuclear dossier, in response to Western criticism over its violent crackdown against its own people following the June 12 presidential elections."I think Ayatollah Khamenei is sending the message that the more we are pushed on other fronts, the more we're going to adjust the balance in our favor, and one area is the nuclear program, because Khamenei knows how important the nuclear program is to the West, especially to President Obama," he said."So, I think this is kind of a backlash against what Iran sees as Western interference in its own affairs. I also think that the Iranian government still sees the West as divided and there's not much the West can do at the moment to stop Iran's nuclear program, so they're toughening their policy and they want to see what the reaction will be, if the reaction is going to be hard or if the West is going to come up with an even [better] offer," he added.Javedanfar, however, believes that those who are seeking a compromise with Iran should not despair completely, because Iranian leaders are pragmatists, and may at the end of the day be ready for an agreement.Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki said one week ago that Tehran was preparing to present a "new package" of proposals, concerning what he called "international, security and political issues," to the West for talks.Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has also warned the West that Tehran would weigh their criticism over its crackdown on protesters following the June 12 election, in assessing future relations with their countries. A.This news report is about Salehi’s and the Iranian government’s attitude towards nuclear case.B: Directions: Listen to the program again and complete the followin g sentences.Iranian Nuclear energy ChiefName: Ali Akbar SalehiEducation:Salehi was educated at the American university of Beirut and holds a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPrevious positionSalehi is Iran’s former envoy to the international Atomic Energy Agency.His comments on Iranian nuclear programLegal and technical discussions about Iran's nuclear case have finishe d. And there is no room left to keep this case open.We hope that more efforts will be made [by the West] to obtain mutu al confidence, instead of the last six years of hostility.1. The so-called Group of five-plus-one are not likely to agree with Sa lehi about the closure of Tehran’s nuclear file.2. U.S. president Barak Obama warned Tehran that the world is givi ng it untilSeptember to comply with U.N. resolutions over its controversial nucl ear program during the G-8 summit in Italy.3. Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki said one week ago th at Tehran was preparing to present a "new package" of proposals, co ncerning what he called "international, security and political issues," to the West for talksPart 2 PassageGlobalization1)The World Trade Organization is among the most powerful, and one of themost secretive international bodies on earth.2)Globalization is not a phenomenon. It is not just some passing trend.3)Used properly, fire can cook food, sterilize equipment, form iron, and heatour homes. Used carelessly, it can destroy lives, towns and forests in aninstant.4)Globalization has dangers and an ugly dark side. But it can also bringtremendous opportunities and benefits.5)They will see globalization not as something to worship or demonize. Instead,they will see it as something to mold, shape and manage for the betterment of everyone.Globalization is the present worldwide drive toward a globalized economic system dominated by supranational* corporate trade and banking institutions that are not accountable to democratic processes or national governments.The World Trade Organization (WTO) is among the most powerful, and one of the most secretive international bodies on earth. It is rapidly assuming the role of global government, as 134 nation-states, including the US, have ceded* to its vast authority and powers. The WTO represents the rules-based regime of the policy of economic globalization. The central operating principle of the WTO is that commercial interests should supersede* all others. Any obstacles in the path of operations and expansion of global business enterprise must be subordinated. In practice these "obstacles" are usually policies or democratic processes that act on behalf of working people, labor rights, environmental protection, human rights, consumer rights, social justice, local culture, and national sovereignty.Globalization is not a phenomenon. It is not just some passing trend. Today it is an overarching international system shaping the domestic politics and foreign relations of virtually every country, and we need to understand it as such.As thoughtful people concerned about world affairs, our job is to pick up "globalization", examine it from all sides, dissect* it, figure out what makes it tick, and then nurture and promote the good parts and mitigate* or slow down the bad parts. Globalization is much like fire.Fire itself is neither good nor bad. Used properly, it can cook food, sterilize equipment, form iron, and heat our homes. Used carelessly, fire can destroy lives, towns and forests in an instant. As Friedman* says:"Globalization can be incredibly empowering and incredibly coercive*. It can democratize opportunity and democratize panic. It makes the whales bigger and the minnows* stronger. It leaves you behind faster and faster, and it catches up to you faster and faster. While it is homogenizing* cultures, it is also enabling people to share their unique individuality farther and wider."Globalization has dangers and an ugly dark side. But it can also bring tremendous opportunities and benefits. Just as capitalism requires a network of governing systems to keep it from devouring societies, globalization requires vigilance and the rule of law.Antitrust laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission, labor unions, charities, the Federal Trade Commission, and countless other agencies and organizations keep American capitalism in check. Similar transparent mechanisms are needed to make sure globalization is a positive force in the world.Globalization will always have cheerleaders who are blind to the destructionglobalization can cause. And it will always have strident* opponents blind to the way globalization gives some people their first opportunity to fulfill basic aspirations.As with most issues, the majority of people will be in the middle. They will see globalization not as something to worship or demonize. Instead, they will see it as something to mold, shape and manage for the betterment of everyone.Exercise D After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1. Milton Friedman says, "Globalization can be incredibly empowering and incredibly coercive. It can democratize opportunity and democratize panic. It makes the whales bigger and the minnows stronger. It leaves you behind faster and faster, and it catches up to you faster and faster. While it is homogenizing cultures, it is also enabling people to share their unique individuality farther and wider."2.(Open)。
英语新闻听力教程unit6原文及答案.doc
Unit 6Public HealthSection A warming up1. life expectancy2. regulators abortion3. rabies4. infected withcases 5. bird flu immune 6. outbreaks-borne 7. prescription medicines 8. AIDS 9. antiviral10. MedicareSection B 1. BTapescript: 1. The problem of obesity is spreading into many different aspects of Americans ’ lives. Now researchers have confirmed that some children are so fat they can’ t fit into car safety seats designed fordski.2. Two more Indian states have banned the sale of soft drinks produced by . giantsCoca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showed highpesticide levels. This brings the total number of states to six where there is a partialor full ban of the soft drinks.3.An Asian expert says disease and natural disasters may pose a great securitythreat to the region than conventional political conflicts.4.The United Nations say opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declined for the firsttime since 2001 as tens of thousands of farmers have given up opium poppies forlegal crops.5.The authorities in Iran have warned that if the dangerously high level of airpollution in the capital‘’ Teheran continues, there could be thousandsiesof. casualt Section CItem 1 1. ATapescript: The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS,is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for the first time. The UnitedNations said there had been five million new infections this year and warned thatAIDS was outstripping global and national efforts to contain it. Sub-Saharan Africaremains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than eight million people are infected, the UN says infection rates are rising sharply. It warned that Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidemic.Item 2 Task 11. TTask 2 1. international conference malaria West African state scientific findingsin lost GDP3. world population’s is transmittedTapescript: The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in theWest African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease which kills more than million people worldwide each year. 75 percent of those victimsare African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde, 80% arefrom Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in lost GDPeach year. The latest research suggests that 41% ofthe world ’ s population live inareas where malaria is transmitted.Item 3 1. Whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E.coli bacteria. 2. Bad spinach from Natural Selection foods 3. Earth Bound Farm 4. It has recalled the spinach. 5. get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. 6.One person died and dozens were sick in 19 states.Tapescript: The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more thanone food company is responsible for an outbreak of bacteria. Officials have linkedbad spinach from natural Selection Foods as one source of the . the company saysthe products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor DavidAtchison with the FDA says Natural Selection Foods has voluntarily recalled thespinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or othercontainers. At least one person has died. Dozens of others have gotten sick in atleast 19 states.Section D EU Health Experts Meet to (1) Formulate Measures to contain the (2)Bird FluRecent outbreaks (3)German authorities confirmed the (4) presence of the H5N1virus in (5) wild swans. Outbreaks have also been reported in (6) the Balkans, (7)Turkey, the Caspian Sea areascountermeasures Increase surveillance and (8) toughen import bans (9) dedicatean additional million dollars for surveillance and (10) testing programsorder farmers to keep poultries indoors (11) to prevent transmission of the disease.Tapescript: European health experts have gathered in Bussel to formulate a responseto recent bird flu outbreaks among migratory birds. The Panel today endorsedmeasures that would increase surveillance and toughen import bans, such as theEuropean Union ’plan,s suspending the imports of untreated feathe rs from non-EUcountries. The European Commission has dedicated an additional million dollars forbird surveillance and testing programs. German authorities today confirmed thepresence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on an island in the Baltic Sea.Outbreaks have been confirmed in the Balkans, Turkey, the Caspian Seas andelsewhere. Several EUcountries have ordered farmers to keep poultries indoors toprevent transmission of the disease. But the World Organization for Animal Health inParis says this is not necessary at the present time.Item 2Task 11. DTask 21. F 3. TTapescript: A week after a toxic waste scandal brought down the government ofIvory Coast teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactlywhat the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped inleaking drums in at least 11 open air locations in Ivory Coast’ s biggest city Abidja Our correspondent James Copnall is there. The latest health ministry figures showthat nearly 16,000 people have sought treatment and 6 have died as a result of thetoxic waste. The numbers increased dramatically each day. This does notnecessarily mean that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, astate of panic seems to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian expertswere attempting to find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of.Item 31.It has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possibleinfluence pandemic.2.The updated strategy needs cities, states, and businesses to prepare now tokeep operating on their own and not on federal help.3.It could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time. The infection could remain active in a community for up to two months.4.The pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States.5.it tends to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus startspassing from person to person.Tapescript: The White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst place, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemic tend to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus.Section E1.The move is expected to reduce expenses involved in the drug that has been hailed as a life-saving treatment.2.in the study patients who cut their smoking in half also cut their risk of lungcancer by 27%.3.European Union officials continue to reassure the public that the apparentspread of the avian flu virus is at this point a threat to animals not humans.4. One hundred and twenty-three identification cards had been issued to patients who need them to prove to law enforcement personnel that they used marijuana for medical purposes.5.Analysts say total spending on research into malaria last year accounted for only about one third of one percent of total medical research and development funding.。
大学英语听力教程上册unit6原文及答案
Unit SixPart One StatementsComplete each of the statements with what you hear and choose A or B that explains the word or phrase in bold.1. I can't hear you, the noise of the traffic is absolutely awful. ( A )2. I'm going away to New Y ork for a few days and I'd like you to keep an eye on my homewhile I'm away. ( B )3. Ask them to give us a ring if they see or hear anything suspicious. ( A )4. Smoking has the highest percentage of deaths compared to other addictive drugs andalcohol. (A)5. In my opinion, smokers should quit smoking as soon as possible. ( B )6. Many people tried to tell the Freemen to give up, but the Freemen group did not want to bearrested. ( B )7. The group of Freemen will still be charged with writing bad checks and threatening ajudge. ( A )8. The six children are happy to be with the policemen, and they are not afraid of being takenaway and split up again. ( A )9. They split the brothers up among three foster homes. This upset the children very much. ( B )10. The company that makes the electricity wants to charge people more money for it. ( A )Part Two DialoguesDialogue OneHave Y ou Gone Deaf or Something?M: Oh, there you are. I've been waiting for you half an hour. What have you been doing?W: I've been shopping. I've bought a new hat. Do you like it?M: It's all right. I met the Popes' son, Norman, while I was waiting for you. He's just come back from France.W: Yes, I know. Mrs. Pope told me. She's very proud of him. She says he speaks French fluently.M: How long has he been learning it?W" I'm not sure.M: What did you say?W: I said I'm not sure. I think he's been studying French since he was twelve.M: Who's been studying French?W: Norman has. The Popes's son. Have you gone deaf or something?M: I can't hear you. The noise of the traffic is absolutely awful,W: Yes, it is, isn't? Goodness, I'm tired. I've been walking round the shops for nearly three hours.I. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear,1. Where does this conversation take place? ( A )2. What's the relationship between the two speakers? ( B )3. Who speaks French fluently? ( C )4. How long has Norman been learning French? ( C )5. How long has the woman been walking round? ( B )I. Listen to the dialogue again and write T for True or F for False for each statement youhear.1. The woman bought a lot of things. ( F )2. They met with the Popes' son while they were shopping. ( F )3. Mrs. Pope was very proud of her son because he spoke French fluently. ( T )4. The man couldn't hear the woman because she didn't speak loudly. ( F )5. The woman wasn't fired even though she had been shopping for a long time. ( F ) Dialogue TwoThe Journey to ParisM: Good morning. Can you tell me the times of morning flights to Paris. Please?W: Yes, certainly. There are daily flights at 8:30 and 10:20.M: And when do they arrive in Paris?W: The early flight arrives at 20:40 and the mid-morning one at 22:30.M: So the journey takes twelve hours and ten minutes?W: Yes, that's correct. But remember, you must be at the airport one hour before.M: Of course. And in Pairs, is there a bus to the city center?W: Yes, there are buses every half an hour and the journey takes about 40 minutes.M: Fine. How much is a single air ticket?W: Single (450)M: Right. I'd like to book two tickets, please, on the early morning flight to Pairs on May 2lth.W: Two tickets. OK, fine.I. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.1. When does this conversation take place? ( A )2. Where does this conversation take place? ( A )3. What can we learn about the flights to Paris? ( B )4. How long does the journey to Paris take? ( C )5. How much does the man pay for his tickets? ( B )II, Listen to the dialogue again and write T for True or F for False for each statement you hear.1. The early flight arrives at 8:30 and the mid-morning one at 10:20. ( F )2. The man must be at the airport half an hour before. ( F )3. There are buses to the airport every half hour. ( F )4. The journey to the city center takes about 40 minutes. ( T )5. The man booked two tickets on the mid-morning flight to Paris on May 21st. ( F ) Dialogue ThreeI'd Like Y ou to Keep an Eye on My Home While I'm AwayW: I'm going away to New Y ork for a few days and I'd like you to keep an eye on my home while I'm away.M: Certainly. Madam. What's your name and address?W: The name's Martha, and the address is 26, Spring V ale.M: Thank you. Y ou'll lock all the doors, and make sure all the windows are shut, won't you?W: Of course.M: And you'll remember to cancel the milk.W: Yes, I've already done that.M: And the paper.W: Yes.M: And you won't leave any ladders about.W: No, we haven't got a big ladder.M: That's fine. Are you friendly with the people next door?W: Yes, we are.M: Well, I think you' d better tell them you're going away, too. Ask them to give us a ring if they see or hear anything suspicious.W: Yes, I will. Thank you.I. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each of questions you hear.1. What is the woman going to do? ( A )2. What does she want the man to do? ( A )3. What does the man ask the woman to cancel? ( B )4. Does the woman get along well with the people next door? ( B )5. What does the man ask her neighbor to do? ( C )II. Listen to the dialogue again and fill in the blanks with the information you hear.The woman is leaving for New Y ork, so she asks the man to keep an eye on her home whileshe is away. Then the man gets her name and address and gives her some suggestions: to lock allthe doors, to shut all the windows, to cancel the milk and the paper, and not to leave any ladders about And at last the man also advises her to tell her neighbours that she is away, so they can give them a ring if they see or hear anything suspicious.Part Three PassagesPassages OnePower ProtestThe state of California has a problem. They can not produce enough electricity for everyone. Many people want something done about it. The company that makes electricity wants to charge people more money for it.Some people meet to talk about the increase in the cost of electricity. Some people put their names on a letter to protest it. Other people want to pay only part of their electric bills.Some people who meet want to stop paying so much money for electricity. They are afraidthat they will have to pay even more money later. They think that if they pay more now, the power company will charge them more later.The letter they signed went to the governor. They sent one to the power company as well.Most people in California think that the problem with the power comes from the electric companies who want more money.I. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.1. What's the problem in the state of California? ( B )2. What does the power company want to do? ( C )3. Why do some people want to stop paying money for electricity? ( D )4. Where was the letter sent? ( A )5. From where do most people in California think the problem with the power comes? (C)II. Listen to the passage again and complete the following sentences with the information you hear.1. The state of California has a problem. They cannot produce enough electricity for everyone.2. Some people meet to talk about the increase in the cost of electricity, some people put theirnames on a letter to protest it.3. Other people want to pay only part of their electric bills.4. Some people who meet want to stop paying so much money for electricity. They are afraidthat they will have to pay even more money later.5. Most people in California think that the problem with the power comes from the electriccompanies who want more money.Passage T woFreemen Surrender to F.B.I.A group of people decided that the American government was not acting like they should. Theyfelt the government was breaking their own laws. The group decided to make their own government.They called themselves the Freemen group.The Freemen wrote bad checks. They wanted to have a judge killed. These were against the law.The EB.I. wanted to arrest these people. But the Freemen group went to a ranch in Montana. They protected themselves with guns and would shoot anyone who came near.The EB.I. did not want anyone killed or hurt. They talked to the Freemen about what they did.Many people tried to tell the Freemen to give up. The Freemen group did not want to be arrested.They thought that they did not do anything wrong.The Freemen decided to give up after staying on the ranch for 81 days. The F.B.I. director was glad that no one was hurt. The U.S. president asked people at his dinner party to say a prayer for everyone involved.The group of Freemen will still be charged with writing bad checks and threatening a judge.I. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.l. Why did the group decide to make their own government? ( C )2. Why did the F.B.I want to arrest the Freemen? ( D )3. Where did the Freemen group go when the F.B.I wanted to arrest them? ( D )4. Why didn't the Freemen group want to be arrested? ( B )5. What was the result? ( A )I. Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions.l. What did the group of people call themselves?The Freemen group.2. How did the group of people protect themselves?They protected themselves with guns and would shoot anyone who came near.3. Did the F.B.I want to kill them?No. They did not want anyone killed or hurt.4. After how many days did the freemen decide to give up?81 days.5. How many people were hurt in the end?No one.Passage ThreeCouple Adopts Six Children in One DayA family went from zero to six children in one day. Sarah and Jim Cole adopted six brothers and sisters from the family. On adoption day, they went on TV and then to the courthouseto sign papers. Four years ago, government workers took all six children away from their real parents. They said the parents were not taking care of them. They split the children up amongthree foster homes. This upset the children very much.At first, the Coles wanted to take only two children. But the government workers wanted allthe brothers and sisters together again. Finally the Coles agreed to take all of them.It was hard in the beginning. But it slowly got easier. The children got older. The Coles got used to taking care of the six children.The Coles are not rich people. The government has a program to help people who adopt children. They pay them money for each child each month.The children are happy to be with the Coles. They are getting to know each other again.They are not afraid of being taken away and split up again.I. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.1. How many children did Sarah and Jim have at first? ( D )2. On adoption day, what did they do first? ( B )3. Why were the six children taken away from their real parents? ( C )4. Why did the Coles agree to take all of the six children? ( A )5. How are they getting along now? ( B )II. Listen to the passage again and write T for True or F for False for each statement youhear.1. Sarah and Jim Cole adopted six brothers and sisters from several families. ( F )2. The real parents split the children up among 3 foster homes. ( F )3. The Coles wanted to adopt only one child at first. ( F )4. The Coles felt it was hard to take care of six children even though they got older. ( T )5. The government would pay the couples money for each child each month to help them. ( T )Part Four Idioms and ProverbsI. In this part, you will be presented with ten sentences. Listen carefully and write them down.1. All is fair in love and war.2. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.3. V ictory lies in desperate position.4. Truth will prevail.5. There is no smoke without fire.6. The used key is always bright.7. Slight negligence may lead to great disaster.8. Pride goes before, and shame follows after.9. Ring out the old, ring in the new.10. There is no rose without thorns.II. In this part, you will hear ten sentences. In each sentence there is one idiom that is given below.Listen and guess its meaning from the context.Script:1. Linda and Jerry met two years ago at a party. They have been head over heels in lovesince then.2. My son was very worded about his final exams. I told him to keep his chin up.3. A: Forget all your mistakes and start it over!B: I'll try, but that's easier said than done.4. I have already gone out on a limb; there is nothing more I can do for you.5. He has been in hot water with his boss. He might get fired.6. I love these shoes, but they were really expensive. I bought them even though they cost anarm and a leg.7. Now that she has five children, she has her hands full.8. Sue hadn't planned to take a trip, she just left for New Y ork on the spur of the moment.9. After a hard year at school, summer vacation was a bed of roses. Justin spent most of histime relaxing at the beach.10. My boss is really mean and unfair, working for him is a bed of thorns.Keys:1. very much in love2. face something difficult with courage3. It is easy to suggest, but hard to do4. to put yourself in a isolated situation5. be in trouble6. be very expensive7. be extremely busy8. without a lot of thought or planning, spontaneously9. a good, easy situation in life10. a difficult or unhappy situationPart Five Exercises for HomeworkI. Short ConversationsIn this part, you will hear ten short conversations. Each of them is followed by a question.After the question, you are supposed to choose a correct answer from the four choices.1 W: What a waste of time! I'll never go there again.M: I had no way of knowing it would be so bad.Q: What does the man mean? ( B )2. M: Is there a Miss Smith in the house? Here is a package for her, but I need her signature.W: Miss Smith is not here fight now. Can I sign the receipt for her?Q: What is the man probably doing? ( A ) "3. M: Brenda, before you answer my questions, I want you to know that all we care about ishelping people to get well.W: Yes, I know. But still, I am afraid of the surgery.Q: What's the man's profession? ( C )4. W: I admire your success, Mr. Fiske. And I especially admire those who made it to the topthrough life-long hard work.M: Thank you, Miss Walker. I, too, believe in hard work, even though luck may sometimes play a part.Q: What do we learn about Mr. Fiske from the conversation? ( A )5. W: Excuse me, could you help me find "The Sun Also Rises", a novel by Ernest Hemingway.M: Why don't you search for it on the computer over there? It's much easier than you look at the titles on the shelves.Q: Where does the conversation mostly take place? ( A )6. M: Next time you see Ted, please don't forget to give him my best regards.W: Sure, but he has been assigned to a New Y ork office now. I don't know when I can see him again.Q: What can we infer from the conversation? ( D )7. M: Will Flight 998 arrive on time at 2:00?W: I'm sorry Flight 998 is delayed due to a storm. We will announce its time of arrival as soon as we get notice.Q: What do we learn about Flight 998 from the conversation? ( D )8. M: Jessica, I am sorry I have to leave fight now. I have a dinner appointment with an oldclassmate of mine whom I haven't seen for years.W: That's fine with me. There isn't much left for us to do anyway. But I think you'd bette~ tell the office manager that you are leaving.Q: What is the relationship between the man and the woman? ( A )9. W: Jimmy, I know you were born and brought up in America. How can you have such astrong British accent?M: My family lived for some years in London, where my father worked as arepresentative of a large American business. And I went to a public school there.Q: What do we learn from this conversation about Jimmy? ( D )10. W: Daddy, how many kilometers is a mile?M: Cathy, this is the third time you have asked me this question. If you are too forgetful to remember the exact answer, you can find it in the dictionary on yourdesk. Don't bother me with such a question again and again.O : What does the man tell his daughter to do? ( C )II. PassagesPassage OneMilk PricesThe price of milk may be going up. There was not enough rain in some parts of the country last year.This may mean that a gallon of milk will cost 41 cents more after October 1st.A California court wants to keep the cost down. California already has high milk prices. The court does not want the cost to go any higher.Higher milk prices will be very hard for some people. Families with many children buy a 10t of milk.The poor and old people without much money will also be hurt by higher prices.The court said that more milk from other states could be sold in California. The price of milk from other states might not be as high. Some states got enough rain so that their cost did not go up.People will buy the cheaper milk. This will make all the milk sellers lower their prices. If they do not, their milk will not sell.Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.1. Why may the price of milk be going up? ( A )2. How much will a gallon of milk cost after October 1st? ( D )3. For whom will high milk prices be very hard? ( D )4. Why did the price of milk not go up in some states? ( B )5. Why will the milk sellers lower their prices? ( D )Passage T woGirl DiesSome people had a party. A little girl ended up missing. Many people looked for her.The little girl had been dead when she was found in a swimming pool.Police officers wanted to tell everyone that was at the party. They hoped to find more clues, They needed to know what happened.The girl's body was examined. The person who examined her stated that she did not drown. She was murdered.Police were not saying much to the public. They had not named anyone as a suspect. They need to find out more about what happened on the day of the party.Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.1. What happened at the party,?A little girl ended up missing.2. Where was the little girl found?In the swimming pool.3. Who wanted to tell everyone that was at the party'?Police officers.4. What can we learn after the girl's body was examined?The girl did not drown but was murdered.5. What did the police do? Why?Police didn't say much to the public because they need to find out more about what happened on the day of the party.Passage ThreeAlcohol Can Be DangerousI went to a presentation on alcohol. Most people like alcohol all over the world. Drinking alcohol is a social activity for people. But alcohol can be dangerous if people drink too much. A little alcohol is good for health and mind, but too much alcohol can cause damage to our minds and bodies. I learned that people should drink a glass of water for every drink of alcohol they have. This will help prevent dehydration, and perhaps stop a hang-over. I also learned that if someone's blood alcohol concentration goes over the 4.5 point, he or she might stop breathing and die. I think alcohol is a good drink because usually everyone feels good, and they can enjoy talking. However, people must take responsibility for their actions and drink responsibly.Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences with the information you hear.1. I went to a presentation on alcohol.2. Drinking alcohol is a social activity for people.3. A little alcohol is good for health and mind, but too much alcohol can cause damage toour minds and bodies.4. I learned that people should drink a glass of water for every drink of alcohol they have.This will help prevent dehydration, and perhaps stop a hang-over.5. However, people must take responsibility for their actions and drink responsibly.III.A S tory for RetellingHere is a story. Listen and retell it.Because I Don't Want Him to Join the Army Two soldiers who had been in the army for many years went home to their village and decided to drink a little in the bar there. When they had drunk enough, they came out into the street to look for something interesting to do, but it was a very quiet place, and there was nothing interesting at all, so they could not find anything there.But at last, while they were standing in the market near the bar, they saw a village boycoming down the street. He was leading a dog by a rope, so the soldiers decided to have a joke with him.“hello.”One of the soldiers said to the boy, “why does your brother have to have a rope around his neck when he goes for a walk with you?”“Because I don’t want him to join the army.” The boy answered at once.。
新编大学英语视听说教程第五册听力原文Unit 6
Unit 6Listen1-1Early one morning, my husband turned on the radio. Suddenly he exclaimed, "That has to be Rod. No one else talks like that!" We listened attentively and heard the announcer say, "You've just been listening to an interview with Dr. Rod Smith, who has been telling you about a breakthrough in AIDS research that he and his colleagues have made."We both had Rod as a student and agreed that he was absolutely the slowest student we had ever had. He spoke slowly, moved slowly, and wrote slowly. We suspected that he thought slowly. When he took an examination, he could never finish it. The unanswered questions kept him from having high marks.During his senior year, Rod announced that he wanted to go to graduate school, but no graduate school would accept him. He kept trying and a year or so later the biology department of a large university allowed him to enroll in a few classes on a trial basis. They discovered that he was talented in basic research. He was then allowed to enter the master's degree program, and later the Ph.D. program. He cheerfully persevered. In six years he could proudly add the title of "Doctor" to his name. His professional career began and we lost track of him, until we heard his slow, steady voice that morning.There is no great moral to our story, except that many times persistence does pay. We'd like to hope there will be more institutions that will look beyond test scores and consider the other personal strengths that prospective students may have. We thus urge all young students to remember the old saying, "If at first you don't succeed, try, and try again."Listen1-2Early one morning, my husband turned on the radio. Suddenly he exclaimed, "That has to be Rod. No one else talks like that!" We listened attentively and heard the announcer say, "You've just been listening to an interview with Dr. Rod Smith, who has been telling you about a breakthrough in AIDS research that he and his colleagues have made."We both had Rod as a student and agreed that he was absolutely the slowest student we had ever had. He spoke slowly, moved slowly, and wrote slowly. We suspected that hethought slowly. When he took an examination, he could never finish it. The unanswered questions kept him from having high marks.During his senior year, Rod announced that he wanted to go to graduate school, but no graduate school would accept him. He kept trying and a year or so later the biology department of a large university allowed him to enroll in a few classes on a trial basis. They discovered that he was talented in basic research. He was then allowed to enter the master's degree program, and later the Ph.D. program. He cheerfully persevered. In six years he could proudly add the title of "Doctor" to his name. His professional career began and we lost track of him, until we heard his slow, steady voice that morning.There is no great moral to our story, except that many times persistence does pay. We'd like to hope there will be more institutions that will look beyond test scores and consider the other personal strengths that prospective students may have. We thus urge all young students to remember the old saying, "If at first you don't succeed, try, and try again."Listen2-1Tom: Hi, John, haven't seen you for a long time. What have you been doing these days? John: I'm involved in launching a campaign for a new product.Tom: Oh! How's it going?John: Not as well as I'd hoped.Tom: What went wrong?John: Can you imagine, Tom? I lost my tongue when I was giving one of the most important presentations. It was really a nightmare. Everyone was staring at me with unblinking eyes, and I really wished for a quick and merciful death.Tom: Well... But probably it wasn't as bad as you think. This kind of thing happens to everyone. Have you ever heard the story of a British diplomat? Just before this very proper British career diplomat was to give a speech, he saw his fly was open.He quickly sat back down again and yanked the zipper shut but jammed his silk tie into the tiny steel teeth.John: Poor man! What happened then?Tom: Well, within hours, the entire diplomatic community heard the tie-in-the-zipper story. From that point on, whenever he was on official business, people gazed down at his fly and usually chuckled.John: Believe me, I felt no better than the poor British diplomat that day.Tom: I think I know what you went through. But remember others do not always see you in a negative light when you make a public mistake. The mortification is mostly in your own mind. Most onlookers are actually very sympathetic when othersembarrass themselves.John: They should be. Mark Twain once said: "Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to." No person is immune to embarrassment.Tom: I guess that's why people who are embarrassed, and simply admit to it, and then stalwartly carry on, are tremendously well liked. It seems to make them more human. Actually, when you admit to embarrassment, you show the incident is not shameful. Nor does it show any defect in your character. It only shows the embarrassing incident is nothing more than a brief lapse.John: You mean next time when I commit a bad faux pas, I should just shrug my shoulders and say "I blew it! Am I ever embarrassed!"Tom: Absolutely. By doing that you can usually save face.Questions:1. What has John been doing these days?2. What happened when he was giving a presentation?3. What happened to the British diplomat when he was about togive a speech?4. How do people react when they see someone make a publicmistake according to Tom?5. How can a person save face when he makes a mistake?Listen2-2Tom: Hi, John, haven't seen you for a long time. What have you been doing these days? John: I'm involved in launching a campaign for a new product.Tom: Oh! How's it going?John: Not as well as I'd hoped.Tom: What went wrong?John: Can you imagine, Tom? I lost my tongue when I was giving one of the most important presentations. It was really a nightmare. Everyone was staring at me with unblinking eyes, and I really wished for a quick and merciful death. Tom: Well... But probably it wasn't as bad as you think. This kind of thing happens to everyone. Have you ever heard the story of a British diplomat? Just before this very proper British career diplomat was to give a speech, he saw his fly was open.He quickly sat back down again and yanked the zipper shut but jammed his silk tie into the tiny steel teeth.John: Poor man! What happened then?Tom: Well, within hours, the entire diplomatic community heard the tie-in-the-zipper story. From that point on, whenever he was on official business, people gazeddown at his fly and usually chuckled.John: Believe me, I felt no better than the poor British diplomat that day.Tom: I think I know what you went through. But remember others do not always see you in a negative light when you make a public mistake. The mortification is mostly inyour own mind. Most onlookers are actually very sympathetic when othersembarrass themselves.John: They should be. Mark Twain once said: "Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to." No person is immune to embarrassment.Tom: I guess that's why people who are embarrassed, and simply admit to it, and then stalwartly carry on, are tremendously well liked. It seems to make them morehuman. Actually, when you admit to embarrassment, you show the incident is notshameful. Nor does it show any defect in your character. It only shows theembarrassing incident is nothing more than a brief lapse.John: You mean next time when I commit a bad faux pas, I should just shrug my shoulders and say "I blew it! Am I ever embarrassed!"Tom: Absolutely. By doing that you can usually save face.Mlisten1-1The term "moral hazard" can be used to refer to a situation in which people engage in riskier behavior than they would otherwise when the costs of doing so are lowered. This may sound like a rather dry concept, but it can be applied to many of the everyday activities in which we all engage.Many different studies have been done on the overall impact of airbags, and we have all heard the news reports about how dangerous they sometimes prove to be for children and small adults. If we apply the concept of moral hazard to airbags we assume that people drive more recklessly when they think their cars are safer. What if you knew you were driving a dangerous car? Would you be that much more careful when you were driving? Statistics show that airbag-equipped cars made between 1989 and 1993 had higher personal injury claims and collision claims than non-airbag models for the same years.A recent study done in Europe has shown that children who use liberal amounts of sunscreen tend to develop skin cancer more often. What? Using sunscreen causes cancer? Well, OK, not quite. It is the moral hazard attached to using the sunscreen that leads to higher amounts of skin cancer. Those who use lots of sunscreen tend to think they are "safe" and can stay in the sun longer. Those who use less sunscreen will tend to hang out in the shade. It's the prolonged exposure to the sun that is leading to increased incidence of skin cancer.Economic theory says that when things cost less, we consume more. This holds true for low-fat products. The cost, i.e. fat content, is lowered and so we eat more. Studies have shown that people have actually gained weight eating all those low-fat foods because they are so high in calories.Note that often the overall effect of certain types of precaution is positive. Using sunscreen leads to a decreased cancer rate overall. Airbags have saved more lives than they have ended. The point to studying incidents of moral hazard is the unintended consequences. It is interesting to look at the other side of the argument and realize that sometimes too much of a good thing can actually be bad.Mlisten1-2The term "moral hazard" can be used to refer to a situation in which people engage in riskier behavior than they would otherwise when the costs of doing so are lowered. This may sound like a rather dry concept, but it can be applied to many of the everyday activities in which we all engage.Many different studies have been done on the overall impact of airbags, and we have all heard the news reports about how dangerous they sometimes prove to be for children and small adults. If we apply the concept of moral hazard to airbags we assume that people drive more recklessly when they think their cars are safer. What if you knew you were driving a dangerous car? Would you be that much more careful when you were driving? Statistics show that airbag-equipped cars made between 1989 and 1993 had higher personal injury claims and collision claims than non-airbag models for the same years.A recent study done in Europe has shown that children who use liberal amounts of sunscreen tend to develop skin cancer more often. What? Using sunscreen causes cancer? Well, OK, not quite. It is the moral hazard attached to using the sunscreen that leads to higher amounts of skin cancer. Those who use lots of sunscreen tend to think they are "safe" and can stay in the sun longer. Those who use less sunscreen will tend to hang out in the shade. It's the prolonged exposure to the sun that is leading to increased incidence of skin cancer.Economic theory says that when things cost less, we consume more. This holds true for low-fat products. The cost, i.e. fat content, is lowered and so we eat more. Studies have shown that people have actually gained weight eating all those low-fat foods because they are so high in calories.Note that often the overall effect of certain types of precaution is positive. Using sunscreen leads to a decreased cancer rate overall. Airbags have saved more lives than they have ended. The point to studying incidents of moral hazard is the unintendedconsequences. It is interesting to look at the other side of the argument and realize that sometimes too much of a good thing can actually be bad.Statements:1. The concept of moral hazard can be applied to many of the everyday activities in which we all engage.2. Statistics show that airbag-equipped cars made between 1989 and 1993 had lower personal injury claims and collision claims than non-airbag models.3. Those who use lots of sunscreen tend to think they are "safe" and can stay in the sun longer.4. According to economic theory, when things cost less, we consume more.5. Eating more low-fat foods is an effective way to reduce weight.6. The overall effect of certain types of precaution is, in general, positive.Mlisten2-1He's a sports nut; she's a bookworm. He's a Republican; she's a Democrat. Do opposites really attract? Is it good if they do?It depends on what you mean by "opposite". Relationships are about getting our own needs met, often on an unconscious basis. In other words, we try to find someone who is complementary to us and can help us learn, heal, and grow.In a study, researchers quizzed 978 residents in New York, between the ages of 18 and 24. First, the participants rated the importance of 10 attributes of a long-term partner, and then rated themselves on the same scale. The results showed self-perception was very similar to mate perception.The conclusion was: In Western society, humans do not use an "opposites-attract" rule in their choice of long-term partners, but rather a "likes-attract" rule based on a preference for partners who are similar to themselves across a number of characteristics.It is true that in the real world, one may find more appeal in someone who is different in some ways. The key is, which ways?What might be a bad way to be opposite? If one was an avid sports fan, and the mate likes only to read, that couple might have difficulties.might be a better set of opposites.If the couple's values and ways they want to spend time are different, this could lead to big trouble.As for physical appearances, people think they deserve a mate as attractive as themselves.Questions:1. What did the participants of the study rate in the research survey?2. What was very similar to mate perception according to the results of the survey?3. What rule do people in Western society use in their choice of long-term partners?4. In the real world, what type of person do people find more appealing?5. What kind of partner do people prefer under the "opposites-attract" rule? Mlisten2-2He's a sports nut; she's a bookworm. He's a Republican; she's a Democrat. Do opposites really attract? Is it good if they do?It depends on what you mean by "opposite". Relationships are about getting our own needs met, often on an unconscious basis. In other words, we try to find someone who is complementary to us and can help us learn, heal, and grow.In a study, researchers quizzed 978 residents in New York, between the ages of 18 and 24. First, the participants rated the importance of 10 attributes of a long-term partner, and then rated themselves on the same scale. The results showed self-perception was very similar to mate perception.The conclusion was: In Western society, humans do not use an "opposites-attract" rule in their choice of long-term partners, but rather a "likes-attract" rule based on a preference for partners who are similar to themselves across a number of characteristics.It is true that in the real world, one may find more appeal in someone who is different in some ways. The key is, which ways?What might be a bad way to be opposite? If one was an avid sports fan, and the mate likes only to read, that couple might have difficulties.might be a better set of opposites.If the couple's values and ways they want to spend time are different, this could lead to big trouble.As for physical appearances, people think they deserve a mate as attractive as themselves.Mlisten3-1Part IJason: Carol, I'm told that you fell in love with Bob at first sight. Is that true? Carol: Skeptics will tell you that love at first sight doesn't exist, but for me, it's something real. Love at first sight can strike any time, any place.Jason: How did it happen to you, then?Carol: There I was, one day, sitting quietly at my favorite coffee shop, slowly sipping hot chocolate and allowing the spring sun to caress my face. Suddenly I wasinterrupted by a burst of laughter. I looked up and there Bob was. Wow! Mypulse quickened, my stomach tightened and I felt shivers passing through mybody. I had never believed in love at first sight, you know, but there Bob was,only three tables away—the man of my dreams.Jason: Then what did you do?Carol: Knowing that it's now or never, with great excitement I quickly mapped out a plan—I would begin by drawing him into an innocent conversation, and end withthe two of us falling madly in love and spending every minute of our lives in eachother's arms.Mlistwn3-2Part IIJason: How did Bob react?Carol: Oh, it was really a miracle! When I gazed in his direction, for a fleeting moment our eyes locked and we became soul mates for life. It's as if we had known eachother all our lives. Once again, chills raced down my spine and I started to feelweak. I looked away.Jason: It does sound like what we often read in a fairy tale.Carol: It's a fairy tale except that it's one that has happened in the real world. As soon as I regained the strength and courage to look up again, miracle of miracles, hewas looking right at me, flashing a brilliant smile.Jason: Then?Carol: For a moment, I just did not know how I should go about talking to him. Where should I start a conversation? I was trying hard not to panic, racking my brains for a good opening line when I saw him get up to leave.Jason: What if he took off and you never saw him again?Carol: That's exactly what I was thinking about. Thankfully, he briefly sat back down, pretending to be busy finishing up some last-minute business with a check. I realized it was my final opportunity so I went over and said hello to him. Jason: Naturally, you arranged to see each other again?Carol: Yes, of course. And we discovered a whole range of common interests. We started talking on the phone for hours and hours. Finally, we fell in love, head over heels. Life, I think, is beautiful. I had never met a man who was so considerate, communicative, sensitive and self-confident... All that was left to do was to live out the rest of this fairytale relationship.Statements:1. Carol and Bob had never met each other before.2. At first, Bob did not seem to be interested in Carol.3. Carol finally went over to Bob and said hello to him.4. Carol and Bob shared a common interest in fairy tales.5. Carol and Bob wanted to spend the rest of their lives together.Mlisten3-3Part IJason: Carol, I'm told that you fell in love with Bob at first sight. Is that true? Carol: Skeptics will tell you that love at first sight doesn't exist, but for me, it's something real. Love at first sight can strike any time, any place.Jason: How did it happen to you, then?Carol: There I was, one day, sitting quietly at my favorite coffee shop, slowly sipping hot chocolate and allowing the spring sun to caress my face. Suddenly I was interrupted by a burst of laughter. I looked up and there Bob was. Wow! My pulse quickened, my stomach tightened and I felt shivers passing through my body. I had never believed in love at first sight, you know, but there Bob was, only three tables away—the man of my dreams.Jason: Then what did you do?Carol: Knowing that it's now or never, with great excitement I quickly mapped out a plan—I would begin by drawing him into an innocent conversation, and end withthe two of us falling madly in love and spending every minute of our lives in eachother's arms.Part IIJason: How did Bob react?Carol: Oh, it was really a miracle! When I gazed in his direction, for a fleeting moment our eyes locked and we became soul mates for life. It's as if we had known eachother all our lives. Once again, chills raced down my spine and I started to feelweak. I looked away.Jason: It does sound like what we often read in a fairy tale.Carol: It's a fairy tale except that it's one that has happened in the real world. As soon as I regained the strength and courage to look up again, miracle of miracles, hewas looking right at me, flashing a brilliant smile.Jason: Then?Carol: For a moment, I just did not know how I should go about talking to him. Where should I start a conversation? I was trying hard not to panic, racking my brainsfor a good opening line when I saw him get up to leave.Jason: What if he took off and you never saw him again?Carol: That's exactly what I was thinking about. Thankfully, he briefly sat back down, pretending to be busy finishing up some last-minute business with a check. Irealized it was my final opportunity so I went over and said hello to him. Jason: Naturally, you arranged to see each other again?Carol: Yes, of course. And we discovered a whole range of common interests. We started talking on the phone for hours and hours. Finally, we fell in love, headover heels. Life, I think, is beautiful. I had never met a man who was soconsiderate, communicative, sensitive and self-confident... All that was left todo was to live out the rest of this fairytale relationship.Mlisten4-1Who best exemplifies the basic essence of human nature: greedy executives engaged in corporate fraud, Mike Tyson, the aggressive boxer, or the courageous firefighters who risk their lives to save strangers?According to Shelley Taylor, a psychology professor, nurturing others and caring for their needs are as wired into our behavior as our aggressive and competitive nature.Taylor has conducted 25 years of research and analyzed more than 1,000 studies. She originally assumed that one's genes largely determine one's behavior, and so it has been a great surprise for her to see how clearly social relationships forge our biology,even at the level of gene expression. Chief among these social forces are the ways in which people take care of one another and tend to one another's needs.Taylor has found that the benefits that tending provides to children, especially those with genetic risks, are substantial. Children who are well tended in early childhood grow up with better social and emotional ways of meeting the world. Even in adult relationships, we tend to each other's needs in ways that sustain long and healthy lives."Tending is instinctive, and affects our biology at every stage of life," she says. "How people get along in times of stress—from how calm they are to their likelihood of becoming ill—depends on the quality of the tending they receive."What role does our genetic makeup play in determining our behavior? According to Taylor, "The genome is like an architect's first plan, a rough projection of how a person may turn out. This plan is revised during the course of the building process. Who we are—our character, even our physical health—depends on the people who tend to us and how well we get along with them—our mothers, fathers, friends and lovers."Mlisten4-2Who best exemplifies the basic essence of human nature: greedy executives engaged in corporate fraud, Mike Tyson, the aggressive boxer, or the courageous firefighters who risk their lives to save strangers?According to Shelley Taylor, a psychology professor, nurturing others and caring for their needs are as wired into our behavior as our aggressive and competitive nature.Taylor has conducted 25 years of research and analyzed more than 1,000 studies. She originally assumed that one's genes largely determine one's behavior, and so it has been a great surprise for her to see how clearly social relationships forge our biology, even at the level of gene expression. Chief among these social forces are the ways in which people take care of one another and tend to one another's needs.Taylor has found that the benefits that tending provides to children, especially those with genetic risks, are substantial. Children who are well tended in early childhood grow up with better social and emotional ways of meeting the world. Even in adult relationships, we tend to each other's needs in ways that sustain long and healthy lives. "Tending is instinctive, and affects our biology at every stage of life," she says. "How people get along in times of stress—from how calm they are to their likelihood of becoming ill—depends on the quality of the tending they receive."What role does our genetic makeup play in determining our behavior? According to Taylor, "The genome is like an architect's first plan, a rough projection of how a person may turn out. This plan is revised during the course of the building process. Who we are—our character, even our physical health—depends on the people who tend to us and how well we get along with them—our mothers, fathers, friends and lovers." Questions:1. What factor plays an important role in the shaping of ourbiology according to the research of Taylor?2. How will children be able to grow up with better socialand emotional ways of meeting the world?3. What determines people's reaction in times of stress inTaylor's view?4. What does the "genome" mean according to Taylor?5. What is the aim of this passage?Quiz1-1A man from the office was going to give me a ride home one day, so we walked through an empty lot with high grass to get to his car. A few minutes later, we were driving along a major street when I felt some creature going up my leg under my pants. Like many women, I hate most bugs. However, whatever was there was climbing higher and higher. I couldn't bear it any longer. I screamed to the driver to stop the car while I frantically started to pull down my pants.He was surprised, but he screeched to a stop next to a very busy sidewalk. I jumped out of the car. I pulled down my pants in front of a rather surprised group of pedestrians.A very large grasshopper came out. I jumped back in the car and we left again. It was embarrassing, but I was glad it wasn't a spider.Statements:1. When the speaker was walking through an empty lot, she felt there was something going up her leg.2. She told the driver to stop the car because she wanted to buy something.3. The driver was surprised and refused to stop the car.4. The speaker pulled down her pants in front of a group of pedestrians.5. The speaker was glad that they left before the spider could get into the car.Quiz2-1When I met my boyfriend, Robert, one of the first things he said to me was, "You look like that actress... Oh, what's her name..." At the time, I was flattered. I just assumed he was thinking of someone attractive. But as I got to know Robert, I realized that I was probably lucky he couldn't think of the woman's name.I quickly learned that Robert had this strange habit of comparing the people he met to celebrities, and it didn't always come across as a compliment.When I introduced him to my friend, Tim..."You look like Billy Bob Thornton!" Robert said. I was embarrassed. Not that Billy Bob Thornton is bad-looking, but who wants to be told they look like Billy Bob? Tim didn't seem too happy.Another friend was told he was the spitting image of Bill Murray. Let's just say, he wasn't laughing.Finally, I'd had enough. I couldn't take the tension anymore. So I sat Robert down. "Don't tell anyone that they look like anyone famous—not if you want to look at me and still see your girlfriend," I said firmly."OK," Robert agreed. But, as they say, habits are hard to break.Not long after, we were introduced to a couple, Robert took one look at the woman and said, "Wow, you look just like..."I held my breath."Jennifer Aniston!" Robert exclaimed. I could see she was happy, and so was I!That time! But I feared I would face a lifetime of living on pins and needles. Then... We were at a party and our host introduced us to a friend of his. Before Robert could say a word, the guy said, "Hey, you look like Ben Stiller!"Robert smiled and said, "Thank you."Did he really take it as a compliment? All I can tell you is that he's been doing a lot less star-gazing these days!Questions:。
英语听力教程第三版(张民伦主编)Unit 6 Find the Right Words听力原文
Listen this way听力教程第三册-6Unit 6 Find the Right WordsPart I Getting ready Audioscript:The English language can be traced back to prehistoricIndo-European through the West Germanic line. However, many other influences have shaped the development of Modern English. We will review some important dates in the history of the English language. The first three are Latin influences:1. In 5,5 B.C. Caesar conquered Britain and the Celtic people.2. In 43. B.C. Rome colonized the island.3. The Romans remained for 400 years (the first four centuries of the Christian Era).The next significant dates were:4. The year 499 (which was the year of the Anglo-Saxon conquest of the island).5. From 500 on, the West Germanic language was the basic language of Britain (or England).Influences from other languages continued however.6. In the sixth and seventh centuries England was Christianized bymissionaries sent by the Pope (so that Latin influence continued). Then,7. In the eig11th and ninth centuries the Norsemen (Vikings), invaded England with their Old Norse language.8. In 1066. the Norman Conquest brought French linguistic influence.9. The French influence continued for 300 years (the ninth century through the 11th century).10. And finally, in the fifteen and sixteen hundreds, when classical learning was revived, there was continued Latin language influence. Audioscript:1. People are delighted if you can speak their language, and theydon't care how well you speak it. They are not upset when you make mistakes. I think in order to learn, you mustn't be afraid of making mistakes.2. I'm a very shy person and it's not easy for me to talk to strangers. But you have to force yourself to talk to people. That's what I did and it really helped me.3. I think the best language learners are people with a sense of humor. Try to laugh at your own mistakes and don't take yourself too seriously. You'll find that other people will be sympathetic when you make mistakes.4. I took two courses in business studies. I read, studied, listened tolectures and took notes in English. It was a very good experience for me because I didn't have time to think about the language. I recommend forgetting about the grammar and thinking about the meaning instead.5. In my experience, learning a foreign language always involves a lot of time, a lot of boring work and lots of problems! In short, if you want to learn another language you have to work hard.6. Try to read as much as you can. I think that's the best way to improve your English and to learn more new words. I always try to read something in English everyday.Part II Skills to communicate badnewsAudioscript:Avi Arditti:I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: giving doctors better skills to communicatebad news.Rosanne Skirble:Anthony Back is a medical oncologist at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson CancerResearch Center in Seattle. He and four colleagues are inthe fifth year leading a program funded with one andone-half million dollars from the National Cancer Institute. Avi Arditti:Doctor Back says specially trained actors play cancer patients to help oncologists learn how to avoid soundinginsensitive when the prognosis is grim.Anthony Back:Probably the biggest misconception I face is that you're either born with this or you're not. In fact, what theresearch shows is that people learn to do this over time.And the way they learn to do it is they see good role models,they practice, they get specific feedback on what they'redoing, they try-out new things, they innovate and developnew conversational practices for themselves.Avi Arditti:Can you give us some examples of those conversational practices -- what are some ways to impart bad news? Anthony Back:Here's an example: The patient has had cancer in the past, has been doing well and is coming in for some routinefollow-up tests. The routine follow-up tests unexpectedlyshow the cancer has started to come back.The doctor will typically go in and say to the patient,"Guess what, your cancer's back." And the patient will bejust blown away, right? There are a couple of practicesthere that doctors can do that can help. One is to start with-- especially if you don't know the patient -- asking what thepatient expected, what did they understand about theircancer, what were they expecting with this test. Because ifthe patient says to you "You know, they didn't tell meanything. I'm just here because I got this appointment in themail," that's one whole kind of comprehension level.Whereas if the patient says "I had a Tl Nl MO lung cancerand they told me I had a fifty-five percent chance of diseaserecurrence in the next two years," that's a whole differentstory, right?The second thing is that after you give this difficult news,then I think it's really important to address both thecognitive reaction and also the kind of the emotional side ofit.Rosanne Skirble:What are some of the phrases or the ways in which you can couch this news?Anthony Back:You know, the way to make it easier is to make sure that you are going from the context the patient drew for you.So you go from what the patient understands and you try touse their words as much as possible. And then, when youget to the really bad part of the news, I think it's actuallyimportant to be direct and concrete and not to couch thenews. It's better to say "The cancer has come back" than tosay "There are hypo-densities in your liver on the CT" (or)"You have a malignancy." All those euphemisms forcepatients to struggle to understand what's happening to them,and it adds to their confusion and distress.Rosanne Skirble: :Well, should they say things like "I wish things were different" or "I hope for the best," or should a doctorkind of maintain a distance?Anthony Back:You know, my thought about that actually is that the more skilled the physician, the less they have to distancethemselves. There are some phrases that we use, and themost important ones are really the ones that are aboutempathy for the patient. You know, "I see this is a difficultsituation, I see this is not what you expected, I'm hoping forthe best." And I think it's fine for doctors to talk about hope,and I think it's important actually.AviArditti:Let me ask you, have you seen any cultural differences come up in the training programs as you've had doctors gothrough?Anthony Back:You know, we have actually a very multicultural group of physicians who come, and they all bring in alltheir own different values about how frank should peoplebe. Because the American standard, of course, is thatpatients themselves get all the information, they make thedecision themselves, and there's this very strong emphasison autonomy. And in a lot of other cultures that's really notthe case.Rosanne Skirble:And what got you started in the first place? Anthony Back:What got me started was, when I was an oncology trainee, and this was after a personal experience -- mymother had died of a pre-leukemia kind of thing -- Iremember walking around in the bone-marrow transplantwards with this experienced -- it was this other, older seniorphysician -- going around having these life-and-deathconversations with patients and thinking, God, there has gotto be a better way to do this.Avi Arditti:The result, says Doctor Anthony Back in Seattle, is a program that has now trained about one hundred-eightyoncologists at retreats held twice a year. The program Website is -- that's o-n-c-o-t-a-l-k dot i-n-f-o.Part III Foreign accents Audioscript:Section IAs far as I'm concerned, I do tend to judge people I meet by their accents. I don't mean that I'm a sort of snob, and only like people with posh accents, but I never feel comfortable with a new person until I've been able to place them from the way they speak. If it's an English person, I feel much more at ease if I can say "Ah, he comes form Liverpool", or "He's probably been to public school". I suppose then I know what to talk about and what to expect from the other person.The same is true of foreigners. Personally, I prefer a foreigner to speak with a recognizable foreign accent, so that I know that I'm talking to a Frenchman, a Ghanaian, a Pole, and so on. So for me, it seems a bit pointless for foreigners to try desperately hard to get rid of their national accent and try to speak BBC English. If someone isclearly French, I know there's no point in talking about cricket or making jokes about the Irish. And frankly, I think it even sounds more attractive. I can't really explain why, but if a person has a foreign accent, they seem to be more interesting, even if they are saying the most ordinary things.Audioscript:Section IIMind you, there is a limit to intelligibility. If the accent is so strong that you have a struggle to understand what they are saying, then that gets in the way of the conversation, and the flow is broken while you try to sort out the sounds into meaningful bits. I don't mean an accent as strong as that. I'm talking about the kind of accent where you can tell immediately which country the person comes from, but where they've got enough English to carry on a good conversation without searching for words, or messing up the grammar so that you lose the thread. I suppose it's the kind of accent most foreigners have, really. To be honest, it's only a very few who have such a good ear that they produce more or less genuine British English, and even then it can be quite amusing because they may have picked up a clearly regional accent, or even a very upper-class accent which doesn't fit in with their character at all. But most foreigners who learn English aredesperately keen to get rid of their foreign accents and waste a lot of time trying to do so.Part IV More about the topic:Love and Grammar Audioscript:Are you looking for love? When you want to impress a potential girlfriend or boyfriend, you take great care with your appearance and try to be on your best behaviour. But . . . what about your grammar? Do you check if you are using verbs and commas properly?If not, you'd better think again. The research arm of dating site OKCupid has suggested that bad grammar can ruin your love life. It looked at 500 000 first contacts on the site and concluded that "netspeak, bad grammar and bad spelling are huge turn-offs".On the other hand, the correct use of apostrophes seems to be quite an aphrodisiac. Using "don't" and "won't" caused better than average response rates says the research.American writer Twist Phelan, who went on 100 online dates in 100 days and later married someone she met online, believes that grammar is an important "filter system" for prospective partners. Shesays: "If you're trying to date a woman, I don't expect flowery Jane Austen prose. But aren't you trying to put your best foot forward?" Perhaps you think you are ready to start looking for anEnglish-speaking girlfriend or boyfriend. Am I right? You go online, look at the picture and start calling him or her "beautiful", "gorgeous" and "sexy" before you meet. Will it work? The research says it won't! The wrong adjective can put a full stop on a potential relationship. People enjoy receiving compliments but not when they sound like a pick-up line.General compliments such as "cool", "it's nice that ..." and "awesome" got good responses from the dating site users.So now you are ready. Keep your wits about you because many things online are not what they seem; and watch your vocabulary and punctuation.Some say that a comma might even save lives -- as in the example: "Let's eat, my darling!" as opposed to "Let's eat my darling!"Can you see which one would grant you a meal with your date and which one would land you in jail?Part V Do you know ...?Audioscript:Alex:Hello, Carole? Is that you?Carole:Alex! What on earth are you doing ... a stupid question, you're doing the same as I am.Alex:What are you laughing at?Carole:Well, actually I'm just reading this article in Punch. It's the Franglais column. It's very funny.Alex:Oh, yes, yes, er ...Carole:I know this is only a spoof, but I think these adaptions of English into French or French into English can be veryfunny. How does it occur actually?Alex:Oh, I suppose it came after the war, you know when the Americans were in France and a lot of English words andexpressions came into French. Er ...Carole:Oh, I see, yes, so ...Alex:But after that there was a strong reaction against it, I think.Carole:You mean people don't... aren't very keen on it. A sort of linguistic imperialism.Alex:Exactly, yes, er, take the ex ... example like "lift" you see.We've got no, no word in French for "lift".Carole:You mean "lift", the thing that goes up and down ... Alex:No, no. No, no, I mean, erm, would you like a lift home or something like that.Carole:Mm.Alex:Would you like a lift. What would you say in French? You would say something like, er, can I take you home with mycar?Carole:Oh, I see, so ...Alex:It's so much easier to say er, would you like a lift, you see. Carole:... I see, so in fact it's often for words that there's no equivalent for in...Alex:Yes, that... that's it, yes.Carole:... in French.Alex:Yes.Carole:Or something ... I suppose the same would apply to something like erm, "le weekend".Alex:Yes, yes. That goes a bit ... that goes back a bit. Yes, I suppose it was something er, before, even before the first WorldWar.Carole:Oh, that one's really old. Are there any more recent examples?Alex:Er, oh yes. "Speakerine" is a good example.Carole:Speakerine?Alex:Speakerine, yes.Carole:That doesn't even sound French. That sounds more German. Alex:Yes, it's a bit of a monster actually. You know, it means an announcer or a, a newsreader.Carole:Oh, I see, on the, on the box!Alex:Yes.Carole:And there are other things, aren't there, that are distortions like that. Erm ... oh, what's the one I can, erm ... "lesmoking" ...Alex:Ah, le smoking, yes.Carole:... which means, er, dinner jacket in English ...Alex:And we say smoking in French. It's very strange, in fact. But you've got another one, "the training", the training. Andyou ...Carole:What's that?Alex:Oh, it's like, it's like a pyjama in French. And you will say, I don't know, er...Carole:The pyjama?Alex:... children it's getting late, erm, put, put your training on and go to bed.Carole:How peculiar, because I mean, training means something quite different. Are there any other reasons why we borrow,why the French borrow words, borrow English words? Alex:Er, snob value, I suppose.Carole:Oh, really.Alex:Oh, yes. Er ...Carole:You mean English words are snobbish in French?Alex:Yes. They would, they would take a word like "building" and think it's much better to live in a building than to be -- tolive in a house.Carole:How strange, because building is such ...Alex:So we say building; we are living in the building.Carole:It's such a mundane word in English. I mean, it sounds just so ordinary.Alex:Yes, it is.Carole:But surely, I mean something like "le parking" which is very common, that, that can't have snob value, can it?Alex:No, no, of course, I mean just the French is cumbersome. Carole:Mm. Receptionist: Mrs. Harding, could you go through now please?Carole:Oh dear! I've got to go.Alex:Bye, bye, Carole.Carole:I hope it's not too painful, Alex. Thanks, bye.Part VII Watch and enjoy Videoscript:-- Jove! Good heavens!-- Oh, sir. Is there any sign of it stopping?-- I'm afraid not. It's worse than before.-- Oh, dear.-- If it's worse, it's a sign it's nearly over. Cheer up, captain. Buy a flower off a poor girl?-- I'm sorry. I haven't any change.-- Oh, I can change half a crown. Here, take this for tuppence.-- I told you, I'm awfully sorry. I haven't ... Oh, wait a minute. Oh, yes. Here's three pence, if that's any use to you.-- Thank you, Sir.-- Hey, you, be careful. Better give him a flower for it. There's a bloke here behind that pillar, taking down every blessed word you're saying.-- I ain't done nothing wrong by speaking to the gentleman. I've a right to sell flowers if I keep off the curb. I'm a respectable girl, so help me. I never spoke to him except to ask him to buy a flower offme!-- Oh, don't start!-- What's all the b100ming noise?-- There's a "tec" taking her down.-- Well, I'm making an honest living!-- Who's doing all that shouting?-- Where's it coming from?-- Oh, sir. Don't let him charge me! You don't know what it means to me! They'll... They'll take away me character and drive me on the streets for ... for speaking to gentlemen!-- There, there, there, there. Who's hurting you, you silly girl? What do you take me for?-- On my Bible oath, I never spoke a word.-- Oh, shut up, shut up. Do I look like a policeman?-- Then what do you take down me words for? How do I know you took me down right? You just show me what you wrote about me. Oh. What's that? That ain't proper writing. I can't read it.-- I can. I say, captain, now buy you a flower off a poor girl.-- Oh, it's cause I called him "captain". I meant no harm. Oh, sir. Don't let him lay a charge against me for a word like that!-- Charge? I'll make no charge. Really, sir. If you are a detective, you needn't begin protecting me against molestation from youngwomen until I askyou. Anyone can tell the girl meant no harm.He ain't no "tec". He's a gentleman. look at his boots.How are all your people down at Selsey?Who told you my people come from Selsey?Never mind. They do. How do you come to be up so far east? You wereborn in Lisson Grove.Oh. What harm is there in my leaving Lisson Grove? It weren't fit for apig to live in and I had to pay four and six a week.Oh, live where you like, but stop that noise.Come, come. He can't touch you. You have a right to live where you please.I'm a good girl, I am!Yes, dear. Yes.Where do I come from?Hoxton.Well, who said I didn't? Blimey, you know everything, you do. You, sir. Do you think you could find me a taxi?I don't know whether you've noticed it, madam, but it's stopped raining.You can get a motorbus to, uh, Hampton Court. Well, that's where youlive, isn't it?What impertinence!Hey, uh, tell him where he comes here, you want to go fortune telling.Cheltenham, Harrow, Cambridge and, uh, India?Quite right!Blimey, he ain't a "tec". He's a b100ming busybody. That's what he is.If I may ask, sir, do you do this sort of thing for a living at a music hall?Well, I have thought of it. Perhaps I will one day.He's no gentleman. He ain't, to interfere with a poor girl!How do you do it, may I ask?Simple phonetics. The science of speech. That's my profession. Also myhobby. Anyone can spot an Irishman or Yorkshireman by his brogue, butI can place a man within six miles. I can place him within two miles inLondon. Sometimes within two streets.He ought to be ashamed of himself, unmanly coward!Is there a living in that?Oh, yes. Quite a fat one.Let him mind his own business and leave a poor girl alone ... Woman! Cease this detestable "boohooing" instantly ... or else seek theshelter of some other place of worship.-- I've a right to be here if I like, same as you.-- A woman who utters such disgusting and depressing noise has no right to be anywhere, no right to live. Remember that you're a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech, that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and the Bible. Don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.-- Oh!-- You see this creature with her curbstone English, the Englishthat'll keep her in the gutter till the end of her days? Well, sir. In six months, I could pass her off as a duchess at an Embassy ball. I could even get her a job as a lady's maid or a shop assistant, which requires better English.-- Here, what's that you say?-- Yes, you squashed cabbage leaf; you disgrace to the noble architecture of these columns; you incarnate insult to the Englishlanguage. I could pass you off as, uh, the Queen of Sheba.-- Oh! You don't believe that, captain?-- Anything's possible. I, myself, am a student of Indian dialects. -- Are you? Do you know Colonel Pickering, the author of Spoken Sanskrit?-- I am Colonel Pickering. Who are you?-- I'm Henry Higgins, author of Higgins' Universal Alphabet.-- I came from India to meet you.-- I was going to India to meet you!-- Higgins!-- Pickering!。
全新版《大学英语听说教程》第一册Unit 6听力原文、答案及综合教程练习答案
Unit 6VocabularyⅠ1.1)Fertile2)Reflected3)Overseas4)Slim5)Split6)Sustained7)Glow8)Thrust9)Keen10)B ud11)P revious12)W hichever2.1) The sickly smell of carpets and furniture in the bedroom disgusts me.2) Mary stopped corresponding with Henry after the death of her mother.3) A radio transmitter is best located at an isolated place far fromcities.4) I was so absorbed in the game on TV that I didn’t hear Martin come in.5) The rough surface of the basketball helps players grip the ball.3.1) to broaden; make their way2) disgusts; take a chance on3) the grand; and overseas; reflectedⅡ1. 1) frightened 2) afraid/ frightened2. 1) alike/similar 2) similar3. 1) alive 2) living4. 1) sleeping 2) asleepⅢ1.1) disappointed 2) disappointment 3) disappointing 4)disappoint 5) disappointingly 6) disappointing2. 1) attractive 2) attract 3) attraction 4) attractively 5) unattractively 6) unattractiveComprehension ExercisesⅠCloze1.Text-related1)Identifying 2) gripped 3) margins 4)corresponding 5)overseas 6)little 7)hesitate8)grateful 9) made my way 10) going my way2. Theme-related1)first 2)ring 3)Nor 4) another 5) threw 6) deliberately 7) reasoned 8) himself9) restaurant 10) matterⅡTranslation1.1) Before I went off to university, my grandfather gave me a few words of wisdom which impressed me deeply.2)Never tell my parents about my injuries and I’ll be very gratefulto you (for it).3)At the meeting some of our colleagues put forward sensiblesuggestions about improving our working environment.4)The management has/have agreed to grant the workers a 10% payrise in response to union pressure.5)It was very thoughtful of the hostess to give the house a thoroughcleaning before we arrived.2.Not rich himself, Uncle Li never hesitates to help others. Previousto/Before his retirement, through Project Hope he located the addresses of two country kids who grew up in poor families but had a keen desire to study. From then on he sent them moneyregularly. Later the two made their way to college, and even got a chance to study overseas.Unit 6Part A1. He wants to know where he can buy a painting.2. He found out how much the dress cost as well as where he could buy it.3. She suggests that the man buy a tie for his cousin.1. $20.502. $50.953. 175.404. $50.805. $594Part BTapescript Where Can We Find Women’s Wear?Mark: Excuse me, where can we find women’s wear?Receptionist: On the second floor. You can take the escalator on your right.Mark: Thank you.Salesperson: Good morning. Can I help you?Ann: No, thanks. We’re just looking.Mark: How about this red dress, Ann? It’s very fashionable.Ann: I don’t know. I’m not crazy about red. I think it’s a bit too bright for me. Salesperson: How about this white dress? It’s a new arrival for the season.Ann: Is it? it looks pretty. But is it very expensive?Mark: Let me see the price tag. It says $299.Ann: That’s too expensive for me. I’d like something below $200.Salesperson: What about this blue dress? It’s on sale. It’s 10% off, so it’s only $126/Ann: Mmm. I like the color. Do you think it’ll look good on me, Mark?Mark: I think so. Why don’t you try it on?Salesperson: What size do you take?Ann: Medium.Salesperson: Here’s a medium in blue. The fitting room is right behind you.Ann: (wearing the dress) What do you think of it, Mark?Mark: It’s very nice. I think blue suits you. And it fits perfectly.Ann: Great. I think I’ll take it.Mark: That’s a good deal.Salesperson: Will that be cash or charge?Ann: Cash, please.Exercise 1: 1. In a department store. 2. There were four people speaking in the conversation. They were the receptionist, the salesperson, Ann and Mark. 3. To buy a dress for Ann.Exercise 2: a d b d cDialogue 1: 1. Can I help you, ladies 2. Yes, please. (We are looking for a backpack) 3. Sporting goods, 5th (floor) all the way in the back. 4. Betty. 5. Backpacks. Goodness, (they have all sizes and c0lors!) What do you want 6. Big enough for weekend travel home, (but that I can) use 7. I have a large travel one already, so I basically want a book bag. 8. smaller ones… (I’m getting a) black 9. Cheerful-red, (I think). And I want waterproof, so my books stay dry. 10. That’s a really good idea. 11. If we’re going travelling, we can’t spend too muchDialogue 2: 1. Oh, let’s just go in the store a minute 2. Ok, but just a snack 3.some milk… bread 4. milk. How about a soda 5. Coca Cola makes you fat. Milk 6. yoghurt…those butter cookies 7. Alright… some fruit (or) some juice… this bread 8. fresh 9. bread…at the bus stop 10. The juice 11. ThanksPart CTapescript Defective GoodsThe other day, Mrs. White bought some bed linen at a small store near her home. The store had a good reputation, and Mrs. White had often shopped there before. But when she got home and examined the sheets, Mrs. White was shocked. One of them had a big hole in the middle, and another was badly stained. And two others were frayed at the edges.As you can imagine, Mrs. White was very angry and she went back immediately to complain. When she arrived, the store was closed and the two other angry ladies were waiting outside. One of them told Mrs. White that she had bought some towels that morning, and the other lady said that she had purchased a linen tablecloth. In both cases the goods were defective. A little later some other women joined them, and they all told the same story.Finally the storekeeper appeared and let them in. The poor man looked very worried. He became very nervous when the ladies threatened to call the police, but he denied trying to cheat them. Then he explained what had happened. In his absence, the driver of a delivery truck had mistaken his shop for a secondhand goods store and had delivered a load of used material from a nearby hotel. The sales clerk had not bothered to check the delivery and had started selling the defective goods right away.The storekeeper apologized for the mis take and promised to exchange the ladies’ purchases and to refund half the price. Needless to say he fired the careless assistant.。
施心远主编《听力教程》1 (第2版)Unit 6课件
Part I Phonetics 1. would you 2. do you 3. What’s 4. must have 5. it’s 6. with
7. come of 8. can’t 9. That’s 10. mind if 11. for a 12. Over there
Vocabulary cozy: enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space; comfortable pop: come, go, move (突然地,迅速地)行动,来,去 He popped in to say hello. 他匆匆进来说声你好。
1. Jack and Rebecca live in the country.
F They live in a flat, so probably they live in the city.
2. The guests are surprised to see that Jack and Rebecca live in such a nice place. T Ann: What a super flat you have, Jack! Sheila: Yes, you never told us you lived in such a luxury. It’s so cozy. 3. Jack's spaghetti is very delicious.
5. T Emma: I’m always doing the ironing. 6. T Emma: I had a lot of homework to do. Cathy: I’ve got exams this year. 7. T Emma: I’m trying to lose some weight. 8. T Clive: Girls, girls that’s enough. Either of you eaten yet? Emma: I’ve got a sandwich. Cathy: And I don’t feel hungry. Clive: Well, I do. In future, make sure one of you makes a meal. 9. T Cathy: Look, Emma, why don’t we make a list of jobs and put it on the wall?
(全新版)大英4新视野视听说教程听力答案 Unit6
Uint6II. Basic Listening Practice1.ScriptW: Wha t’s that Is it a toy Did it get chewed by a dogM: Hey, that’s my mascot! My uncle gave it to me when I was five, and it’s been with me ever since. It brought me luck in all my college exams. I can’t bring myself to part with it.Q: What does the man say about his lucky charm2.ScriptW: Wish me luck; I’ve got a job interview this afternoon. I’m really nervous.M: Stay calm, best of luck! I’ve got my finger crossed for you.Q: What does the woman say he has crossed his fingers for the woman;3. ScriptW: Oh no! Did you see that black cat walk right in front of me That’s unlucky!M:Really I guess it depends on where you come from. In my hometown it’s the opposite: It’s lucky to see a black cat cross your path. So no need to worry!Q: What do the man and the woman think about a black cat crossing their path4. ScriptM: Guess what I did this morning I smashed my mirror. A great way to start the day! W: Oh no, seven years’ bad luck, isn’t itQ: What happened in the morning5. ScriptM: I can’t believe this rain; it’s been pouring for hours! Where can I dry my umbrella |W: Not in here please! It’s unlucky to open an umbrella indoors. You can put it on the porch.Q: Where does the woman ask the man do to open his umbrellaKeys: AIII. Listening InTask 1: David Copperfield is coming.`W:My brother is going to pick up some tickers for the David Copperfield show.You interested in coming with usM:I don’t know. I’ve been card tricks before, and rabbits from hats. I even do tricks myself—watch me change this coin into an ice cream cone.W:Very funny. David Copperfield is the world’s greatest magician; he’s certainly worth a look.M:Actually, I have seen him on television. He pulls off some pretty amazing stunts. I wish I knew how he performed his tricks. Then I could also make aperson float in the air. I could pull a rabbit out of my hat. I could escapefrom a straitjacket and handcuffs—all underwater. And I could saw awoman in half.W: A magician never tells his secrets. David attempts the impossible and no one has any idea how he does it. I saw him on TV when he walked throughthe Great Wall of China.M:How could he do thatW: I have no idea, but I know what I saw: He entered a canvas shelter on one side of the wall, and he came out of a canvas shelter on the other side.M:yes, bur was he always in full view of the camera, or did they cut to a commercial or something elseW:Not only was the camera running all the time, but he was hooked up a heart monitor, and you could track his progress as he moved through thewall.M:It’s difficult to know what to believe. I know it’s not possible for him to do that, but….W: It sounds to me like it’s a show worth watching.M: Count me in. Instead of an ice cream cone, I’ll turn my money into a ticket.1.What is the dialog mainly about2.Which of the following DOESN’T the man mention3.What did David Copperfield do at the Great Wall of China, according to thewoman4.Under what condition did David Copperfield go through the Great Wall5.What does the man finally decide to do:Keys: 1CFor Reference1. He could make a person float in the air, pull a rabbit out of his hat, escape from astraitjacket and handcuffs—all underwater, and saw a woman in half.2. She thinks Davis Copperfield in the world’s greatest magician and he’s certainlyworth a look..Task 2: Is it really bad luckScriptAre you worried because you have just broken a mirror Some people believe that breaking a mirror is a (S1) terrible thing to do. They say it will bring you seven years of (S2) misfortune. The reason behind this belief stems the old idea that a person’s soul is in their (S3) reflection, so that if you smash your mirror, you soul will be (S4) damaged too, dooming you do an early death, and not giving you entry to (S5) heaven. Is there any way to reverse this bad luck Yes—if you very carefully (S6) pick up all the broken pieces of the mirror and throw them into a river or stream, then the bad luck will be”(S7) washed away”..Of all number, 13 is the most associated with bad luck. (S8) Some people claim that the number is bad luck because thirteen people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucified, and with this in mind few hosts will serve dinner with thirteen at the table. And according to an ancient Norwegian tale, twelve gods had gathered for a feast when a thirteenth, Loke, entered. After the meal, Loke killed Balder, who was the most beloved of all the gods.(S9) Friday the thirteenth of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the thirteenth of March is the worst of them all .The number seven also has some superstition connected to it. It is said that God created the world in seven days, and any association with the number is luck. The seventh son of the seventh son is said to be the luckiest of men, and (S10)when people talk about the "seven-year itch" they mean that every seven years a person undergoes a complete change in personality—Task3: The Status on Easter IslandScriptOne of the greatest mysteries on Earth is the statues on Easter Island. The island is one of the most remote places on Earth, located in the southern Pacific Ocean. It was almost uninhabited when it was discovered on Easter Day in 1722 by a Dutch captain, but it is covered with hundreds of giant statues, each weighing several tons and some standing more than 30 feet tall.Who carved these statures, and how and why were they put thereNobody knows the answer for sure, but many ate trying to find out. There are many theories to explain this mystery. It has even been suggested the space aliens may have played a role regarding these giant statues. Another theory relates to the fact that Easter Island was inhabited by Polynesian seafarers, who traveled thousand of miles in their canoes, guided by the stars, the color of sky and the sun , the shapes of clouds, and the presence of birds making flights out to sea seeking food. The Polynesians first arrived on the island in the ocean currents which carried them there would mot take them back. They were trapped and, having arrived there, could not leave. The Polynesians probable cared the statues themselves, perhaps as religious symbols.To date, 887 statues have been discovered on the island. However, only a few statues were carried intended destination. The rest were abandoned along the way.The statues appear to have been carved out of the top edge of walls of a volcano on the island. After a statue was carved, it may have been rolled or dragged down to the base of the volcano. Then it was put upright, and ropes were tied around it. Using a pulley system, the statue was moves to its intended destination.At its peak, the population of Eater Island is believed to have reached 11,000. Eventually, the resources of the island were exhausted, and the people resorted to cannibalism, eating one another. Work on the statues stopped and the statues were knocked over. When the first Europeans finally arrived on the island, most of the people lad died out.[1.When and by whom was the island discovered2.Who are mentioned in the passage as possible builders of the statues3.What is true of the Polynesians on the island according to the passage4.How many statues ere carried to their intended destination5. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passageKeys: 1A . D 5B;For ReferenceThe resources of the island became exhausted, and the people resorted to cannibalism, eating each other. When the first Europeans finally arrived on the island, most of the people had died out.IV. Speaking OutMODEL 1This is a custom that dates back to the ancient Celts.Chris: Sue, do you know why people say, “knock on wood” when they want to avoid bad luck@Susan: It sounds a bit funny. As far as I know, it has a lot to do with ancient Celtic people. They worshipped trees.Chris: Sounds interesting.Susan: They thoughts trees would suck demons back into the ground.Chris: Well, when you think about the deep roots, their belief seems to make some senses.Susan: What’s more, knocking on wood was a way to brag without being punished.People once thought that evil spirits would become jealous if good fortunewas pointed out to themChris: Uh, yes, go on.Susan: well, by knocking on wood three times, the noise could frightened away the evil spirits, and they couldn’t have to rob the braggart of that good fortune Chris: I’m afraid those who don’t know this superstition might be frightened away as well.Susan:Now here’s a test. Do you know how the custom of kissing under the mistletoe originatedChris:I haven’t the slightest idea, but I’m all ears.、Susan:Again this is a custom that dates back to the ancient Celts. Since they worshipped trees, they conducted many of their ceremonies in thewoods in the shade of trees.Chris: Now I see. Probably it’s under these mistletoe trees that weddings took place. Susan: I wish you were standing under some mistletoe right now.Chris: Luckily I’m not. Touch wood.MODEL2 Is there any relationship between superstitions and real lifeScript$Chris: It’s strange that so many people are superstitious. There must be some relationship between superstitions and real life.Susan:You know, Richard Wiseman, a British psychologist researched the relationship between superstition and luck.Chris: What did he find Most people would be interested. At least I wouldSusan:He polled ,000 people and fond that people who believe themselves to be lucky tend to go for positive superstitions .They may wear a ring as a talisman or often say,” touch wood” for good luck.Chris: Then, what about the unlucky people Do you mean if they think they ate unlucky, they tend to believe in superstitions abut bad luck.Susan: Yeah. They worry a lot about a broken mirror, a black cat running across their path, and so on.Chris: So what is his pointSusan: His point is that people make their own luck by their attitude to life. So, 49 percent of lucky people regularly cross their fingers, compared to 30 percent of unlucky people. And only 18 percent of lucky people are anxious if they break a mirror.Chris: So, our fate is linked to our attitude rather than to our superstitions.Susan: I think that’s what he is suggesting.^Chris: This research seems too complicates. If I were a psychologist, I would conducta survey to find whether 13 really is an unlucky number. I f there ere trafficaccidents or murders on the 13th than on other days, then we have to believe in superstitions.Susan: What if there weren’tChris: Then I wouldn’t be superstitious.Susan: What a brilliant idea! I never expected you to be as wise as Solomon. Chris: Well as long as you don’t think I’m a fool.MODEL3 I believe ETs have visited the earth before.《ScriptNora: Hey, what’s this picture of yours It looks like a flying saucer.Chris: It is. I was visited by aliens last week and this is a picture of their spacecraft. Nora: When I look closer, it resembles a liver Frisbee.Chris: But it could have been aliens. I believe ETs have visited the earth befor e. Whatdo you thinkNora:It would be hard to believe otherwise. Projects like the pyramids are difficult to explain away, given the level of technology that was available at the time Chris: That’s for sure. They are mysterious.Nora: When you consider all those “im possibilities, it’s tempting to infer that some highly advanced civilization assisted humans in their construction.Chris: Think about this: if you were abducted by aliens and taken up to their spaceship or something …well…Nora: What do you mean"Chris: I mean, who would believe you You’d go nuts telling everyone: “It’s true! I was abducted by aliens!”Nora: And everyone would think you were crazy, or just making up a story to get attention.Chris: From what I understand,sometimes these people do go crazy, trying to convince people about their experiences.Nora: I believe that in some cases they offer pretty good evidence.Chris: So, take a closer look at this picture. Do you still think it’s a FrisbeeNow Your TurnTask 1SAMPLE DIALOG`Simon: Eliza, do you know why people say” keep your fingers crossed”when they want to wish others luckEliza: It sounds a bit funny. As far as I know, it’s a lot to do with an ancient Christian belief.Simon: Uh, go on.Eliza:In the Christian belief “making the sign of the cross”would keep away evil spirits and bad luck.Simon: I see. When you think about the cross, sign of Christianity, that belief seems to make some sense.Eliza:That’s true. That’s why children often cross their fingers when they tell a small lie. They want to keep bad luck away, or to avoid being punished. Simon: Sounds interesting. So, I’ll cross my fingers for you before you take the final examination.Eliza:Thank you.Simon: But those who don’t understand this superstition might be puzzledEliza:With interesting communications among nations, more and more people can understand it now.—V. Let’s TalkScriptThanks, perhaps, to falling stock markets and unrest in the Middle East, Britons have become even more superstitious than usual, according to a report published today. “There has been a significant increase in superstition over the last month, possible as a result of current economic and political uncertainties,” stated Dr. Dick Armstrong. He launched an Internet Survey of national superstition, and found it to be surprisingly high, even among those with a scientific background. Only more in ten of those surveyed claimed not to be superstitious at all. Three out of four people in Britain feel the need to touch wood, and 65% cross their fingers.It is interesting to note that lucky people were much less superstitious and tended to take constructive action to improve their lives. Conversely, superstitious people tended to regard themselves as among the less lucky, worried about life, had a strong need for control, and could not tolerate ambiguity.The survey also revealed some unexpected beliefs. For example, one respondent could not stay in the bathroom once a toilet had been flushed.There was no evidence that superstitious ever worked, even, when people were instructed to carry lucky charms for a week. They didn’t feel any luckier or more stratified with their lives at the end of that week than when they started. Armstrong attempted to explain this phenomenon: “When students are preparing for exams with a lucky charm, they may trust the charm, rather than doing some extra revision.”VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Horseshoes as a Sign of Good LuckScriptHorseshoes are a traditional sign of good luck. Most people believe this comes from the fact that the horseshoe is shaped like the crescent moon, a period of prosperity and good fortune. One legend has it that the Devil was in disguise and wandering at large, looking for trouble. He happened to call on St. Dunstan, who ea skilled in shoeing horses. St. Dunstan recognized the Devil and tied him to a wall with only his feet free to move. He then set to work shoeing him as though he were a horse, but with such roughness the Devil cried out for mercy. St. Dunstan stopped his work and released the Devil after making him promise never to enter a home on which a horseshoe was fixed. Witches fear horses, so they are also turned away by a door with a horseshoe mounted on it. The big issue regarding horseshoes is whether they should be hung points up or points down.…The original superstition was that the horseshoe is points up to keep the luck from pouring out. Despite this view most buildings with horseshoes in their sign hang them the opposite way. The Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas hangs its horseshoe with the arc on top. They may be hoping their customers’ luck runs out, but this is usually not something you advertise in your sign. Finger rings made of horseshoe nail are said to keep away bad luck. Also, robbing two horseshoes together is said to bring good luck.1.According to the passage, what does the crescent moon represent2.What did St. Dunstan do to the Devil3.What did the Devil promise4.What is the big issue concerning the horseshoe5.Why is the arc of the horseshoe up at the casino in Las Vegas。
英语新闻听力教程unit6原文及答案
Unit 6 Public HealthSection A warming up1. life expectancy2. regulators abortion3. rabies4. infected with cases5. bird flu immune6. outbreaks -borne7. prescription medicines8. AIDS9. antiviral 10. Medicare Section B 1. BTapescript: 1. The problem of obesity is spreading into many different aspects of Americans’ lives. Now researchers have confirmed that some children are so fat they can’t fit into car safety seats designed for kids.2. Two more Indian states have banned the sale of soft drinks producedby . giants Coca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showed high pesticide levels. This brings the total number of states tosix where there is a partial or full ban of the soft drinks.3. An Asian expert says disease and natural disasters may pose a great security threat to the region than conventional political conflicts.4. The United Nations say opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declinedfor the first time since 2001 as tens of thousands of farmers have givenup opium poppies for legal crops.5. The authorities in Iran have warned that if the dangerously high levelof air pollution in the capital ‘’Teheran continues, there could be thousands of casualties. Section CItem 1 1. ATapescript: The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that canlead to AIDS, is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for thefirst time. The United Nations said there had been five million new infections this year and warned that AIDS was outstripping global and national efforts to contain it. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than eight million people are infected, the UN says infection rates are rising sharply. It warned that Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidemic.Item 2 Task 1 1. TTask 2 1. international conference malaria West Africanstate scientific findingsin lost GDP3. world’s population is transmittedTapescript: The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in the West African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease which kills more than million people worldwide each year. 75 percent of those victims are African children.Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde, 80% are from Africa.The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in lost GDPeach year. The latest research suggests that 41% of the world’s population live in areas where malaria is transmitted.Item 3 1. Whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E. coli bacteria. 2. Bad spinach from Natural Selection foods 3. Earth Bound Farm 4. It has recalled the spinach. 5. get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. 6. One person died and dozens were sick in 19 states.Tapescript: The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of bacteria. Officials have linked bad spinach from natural Selection Foods as one source of the . the company says the products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor David Atchison with the FDA says Natural Selection Foods has voluntarily recalled the spinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. At least one person has died. Dozens of others have gotten sick in at least 19 states.Section D EU Health Experts Meet to (1) Formulate Measures to contain the (2) Bird FluRecent outbreaks(3)German authorities confirmed the (4) presence of the H5N1 virus in (5) wild swans. Outbreaks have also been reported in (6) the Balkans, (7) Turkey, the Caspian Sea areascountermeasures Increase surveillance and (8) toughen import bans (9) dedicate an additional million dollars for surveillance and (10) testing programsorder farmers to keep poultries indoors (11) to prevent transmission of the disease. Tapescript:European health experts have gathered in Bussel to formulate a response to recent bird flu outbreaks among migratory birds. The Panel today endorsed measures that would increase surveillance and toughen import bans, such as the European Union’s plan, suspending the imports of untreated feathers from non-EU countries. The European Commission has dedicated an additional million dollars for bird surveillance and testing programs. German authorities today confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on an island in the Baltic Sea. Outbreaks have been confirmed in the Balkans, Turkey, the Caspian Seas and elsewhere. Several EU countries have ordered farmers to keep poultries indoors to prevent transmission of the disease. But the World Organization for Animal Health in Paris says this is not necessary at the present time.Item 2Task 1 1. DTask 2 1. F 3. TTapescript:A week after a toxic waste scandal brought down the government of Ivory Coast teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactly what the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped in leaking drums in at least 11 open air locations in Ivory Coast’s biggest city Abidjan. Our correspondent James Copnall isthere. The latest health ministry figures show that nearly 16,000 people have sought treatment and 6 have died as a result of the toxic waste. The numbers increased dramatically each day. This does not necessarily mean that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, a state of panic seems to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian experts were attempting to find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of.Item 31. It has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influence pandemic.2. The updated strategy needs cities, states, and businesses to prepare now to keep operating on their own and not on federal help.3. It could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time. The infection could remain active in a community for up to two months.4. The pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States.5. it tends to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person.Tapescript: The White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst place, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemic tend to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus.Section E1. The move is expected to reduce expenses involved in the drug that has been hailed as a life-saving treatment.2. in the study patients who cut their smoking in half also cut their risk of lung cancer by 27%.3. European Union officials continue to reassure the public that the apparent spread of the avian flu virus is at this point a threat to animals not humans.4. One hundred and twenty-three identification cards had been issued to patients who need them to prove to law enforcement personnel that they used marijuana for medical purposes.5. Analysts say total spending on research into malaria last year accounted for only about one third of one percent of total medical research and development funding.。
施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版)Unit 6答案
A Listening Course 4施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版)答案Unit 6Section One: Tactics for ListeningPart 1: Listening and Translation1. Blogs are being used more and more by teachers.老师对博客的使用越来越多。
2. Many Internet services now offer free and easy ways to create personal Web pages.现在很多因特网服务商都提供免费、便捷的制作个人网页的方式。
3. Educators did not become involved with blogging right away.教育工作者并不是从一开始就涉足博客的。
4. Many were concerned with privacy issues and security.很多人担心隐私和安全问题。
5. But now, thousands of teacher blogs can be found on the Internet.但是现在在因特网上可以找到成千上万个教师博客网页。
Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueEx. : Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true or false.1. T. I put a big value on being current with my friends.2. F. She and her friends take turns to call each other.3. F. Her phone bills are high, but she considers it's just like one of her living expenses.4. T. She says, "there's something about throwing away a letter thatI just can't do it."5. T. They met when they worked at the same place. Then he went to Taiwan for two years and they wrote letters. They didn't know each other very well, but they got to know each other through letters over the first two years and then they are good friends ever since.6. F. They met when they worked at the same place.7. F. When she first saw him after writing him for two years, she wasa little nervous that they wouldn't be able to function without a pen and paper between them.8. T. She has a friend who got on-line and email is her thing. Since she got her email address recently, she is able to hear from her twice a week.9. F. She thinks that friends should provide comfort and support and adventure and jokes.10. T. She says, "I feel like one thingI want my friends to do is call me on things, you know, to let me know if I do something that upsets them from whatever reason. I think that's one thing friends, you know, do for each other.11. F. Sometimes friendship can get prickly and hard. You can fight,but in her view, fighting was never bad.12. T You share jokes that you've created together that you've understood and all you have to do is say one word, and the other person can go off into peals of laughter.Part 2 PassageEx. B: Sentence Dictation1. Negotiating isn't always done with a hammer in hand. But you should become a better negotiator if you want to succeed in business.2. In the art of negotiating, facts and figures play a role, but what may tip the balance is the emotional factor.3. Good negotiations--in business as well as in personal or family situations--hinge on respect for others, and respect for your own feelings.4. If someone is getting angry at you, there can be all sorts of reasons for that.5. Both sides have an ongoing relationship that can be damaged by a lopsided agreement.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1. Directions: Listen to the passage and answer the following questions 1) What makes the difference between success and failure in a negotiation?How you deal with emotions, your own and those on the other side,makes the difference between success and failure in a negotiation.2) What does the notion of a lack of power and self-respect lead to in negotiation?The negotiator with this notion is often immediately put at an disadvantage.3) What do positive emotions and negative emotions bring about in a negotiation?Positive emotions elicit good feelings and often lead to good solutions; negative ones cloud the brain and reduce our capacity to think, learn and remember.Exercise 21) Appreciation: Un derstanding the other side’s point of view, finding merit in their ideas and communicating your understanding.2) Affiliation: Try to build genuine connections with the other side as human beings, not merely as adversaries.3) Autonomy: The recognition that both you and the other side are free to affect or make decisions.4) Status: Competition over status is a dead end. Appreciating the status of both sides leads to the mutual respect necessary for a successful negotiation.5) Role: Don’t needlessly limi t yourself. The activities in your work and negotiations can often be expanded to be more fulfilling andmeaningful.Ex. D: After-listening Discussion1. What is one of the best soothing methods? Why?One of the best soothing methods is to ask yourself, "How important is this issue to me?" Some negotiators, just like some married couples, are at risk of making every issue a big issue. We can get worked up about issues that are of little importance. As Aristotle pointed out, "One can become angry; that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose--that is not easy."2. How do you deal with emotions in negotiations?Open.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about the world’s first commercially cloned dog.Ex. B: Listen to the news again and decide T or F.1.F Several years ago Edgar and Nina Otto froze the DNA of their dog,Lancelot.2.T The couple were sad and they decided to get a clone producedby a South Korean laboratory.3.F Lancelot Encore, the new puppy, is the world's first commerciallycloned dog.4.F The new owners here in Florida say they're happy with their newdog and don't plan to clone any others.5.TTape script of News Item One:Several years ago Edgar and Nina Otto froze the DNA of their dog, Lancelot. When he died last year, the couple were devastated and they decided to get a clone produced by a South Korean laboratory.几年前, Edgar和Nina Otto将他们的爱犬Lancelot的DNA进行了冷藏。
致用英语听力教程第二版unit6studies
致用英语听力教程第二版unit6studiesUnit 6: StudiesIn this unit, we will discuss various aspects related to studying. Let's explore some key topics, tips, and strategies to improve our study skills.1. Effective Study Habits:- Establish a dedicated study space: Find a quiet and well-lit area where you can concentrate and minimize distractions.- Plan a study schedule: Create a timetable that includes specific time slots for studying different subjects or topics.- Set goals: Clearly define what you want to achieve and break down your study tasks into manageable chunks.- Use active learning techniques: Engage in activities like summarizing information, creating flashcards, or teaching the material to someone else.- Take regular breaks: Allow yourself short breaks every hour or so to rest and recharge your brain.2. Note-Taking Strategies:- Cornell Method: Divide your note paper into three sections - a narrow left column for cues and main ideas, a larger right section for detailed notes, and a bottom space to summarize the main points.- Mind Mapping: Use visual diagrams to connect ideas and concepts, starting with a central topic and branching out into subtopics.- Outline Method: Organize your notes hierarchically, using headings and subheadings to capture the structure of theinformation.- Annotation: Write additional comments, questions, or reactions in the margins of your notes to aid comprehension and stimulate thinking.3. Time Management:- Prioritize tasks: Identify the most important and urgent tasks and tackle them first.- Break tasks into smaller steps: Dividing larger tasks into smaller, more manageable steps can make them less overwhelming.- Use a planner or digital tools: Keep track of assignments, deadlines, and upcoming exams using a planner, calendar app, or other digital tools.- Avoid procrastination: Start early and spread your workload evenly to avoid last-minute cramming and stress.4. Active Reading Techniques:- Preview the material: Skim through the headings, subheadings, and any graphics or illustrations to get an overview of the content. - Highlight key information: Use colored markers or underlining to mark important ideas or concepts.- Take margin notes: Write down questions, thoughts, or summaries in the margins to enhance comprehension and engagement with the material.- Review and reflect: After reading a section or chapter, take a few minutes to review and summarize the main points in your own words.5. Preparation for Exams:- Review your notes regularly: Consolidate your learning byreviewing your class notes and supplementing them with additional resources.- Practice past exams or sample questions: Familiarize yourself with the format and types of questions that could be asked.- Create a study group: Collaborate with classmates to discuss and explain difficult concepts, solve problems, and quiz each other.- Get enough rest: Ensure you have adequate sleep before an exam to enhance concentration and cognitive function.Remember, everyone's study habits and preferences may vary, so it's important to find the techniques and strategies that work best for you. Keep trying different methods and approaches until you find your optimal study routine.。
英语听力教程UNIT6答案
Unit 6 People and Places (II)China hopes to have consultation and deeper mutual understanding with Japan to properly resolve the difference between the two countries on the East China Sea issue. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman says China and Japan have different views on the demarcation of the ECS. She says the two countries should take the overall situation into consideration and find a proper solution to the issue.China’s President and Premier are urging local officials to do all they can to save the lives of the miners stranded in the local mine in central China, where a gas explosion has killed at least 60 people . 88 people are still stranded in the mine in XILIng City in Henan Province. The cause of the blast is being investigated.DemarcationPart IPresenter: Today Selina Kahn is in the arrival area at Gatwick Airport checking out today’s topic—national stereotypes. Selina…Selina: Thanks, John. I have with me Eric, who’s just flown in with Virgin Atlantic from the USA. Eric: That’s right. I’ve just come back from New York.Selina: is it as dangerous as they say?Eric: No, New York isn’t dangerous, no more than any other big city, especially if you’re careful and don’t advertise the fact that you’re a tourist.Selina: And is it true what they say about New Yorkers, that they’re rude, and that they only care about themselves?Eric: Well, I found the people were very friendly. However, they do have a reputation for not caring about other people. I think the reason for this is that life in New York is incredibly stressful. People just don’t have the time to think about anybody else. It isn’t that they don’t care. Selina: Is there anything else you noticed about New Yorkers?Eric: Two things I had heard about before I went to New York did seem to be true, though. First is that they are always talking about money and how much things cost. Secondly, it’s that people eat all the time as they go about their daily lives, you know they “graze on the hoof” as they walk about the streets.Selina: Thanks Eric, and now I have with me, Sue, who’s been to the south of France…Part II New ZealandersOutlineI. A. an island country in the South Pacific Ocean B. 2,575,000II. A. free education for children from ages 3 to 19B. for children between the ages of 7 and 15C. The Government Correspondence School:III. A. one of the highest in the worldB. mainly one-story wooden homesC. meat and butterIV. Recreation B. musical / D. Concerts/ E operaV. A. camping/ fishing C. Rugby football D. soccer/ basketballB. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6 FNew Zealand is an island country in the South pacific Ocean about 1200 miles southeast of Australia. It has about 2,575,000 people. Two thirds live on the North Islands, and one third on the larger South Island. Most of them are of British descent.Almost everyone in New Zealand knows how to read and write. The government provides free education for children from ages 3 to 19. education is compulsory for children between the ages of 7 and 15, but most enter school by the age of 5. Young children who live far from schools belong to the Government Correspondence School and listen to daily school broadcasts on the radio.New Zealanders enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world. There are no people of great wealth, but poverty is practically unknown. The majority of families live in one-story wooden homes. Most families have an automobile, and many have modern home appliances. Because the country is a major producer of sheep and dairy products, meat and butter form a larger share of the diet than is common in other countries. The people are among the world’s greatest tea drinkers.Many of the books, magazines, and movies in New Zealand come from the United Kingdom or the United States. But the number of books published in the country is growing rapidly. Musical and theatrical groups come from Europe and North America to perform. The larger cities have radio and television stations. The National Symphony Orchestra gives concerts throughout the country , and there are also opera and ballet companies.New Zealanders enjoy the outdoors, and people of all ages take part in sports. Favorite holiday activities are camping, boating, hunting and fishing. Horse racing draws large crowds to racetracks. Rugby football is a national game. Other team sports are soccer, cricket, basketball, and field hockey.Statements:1.New Zealand is about 1,400 miles from Australia2.More people live on the larger South Island than the North Island in New Zealand3.Most New Zealanders are of British origin.4.Children in New Zealand usually go to school at the age of5.5.Not many New Zealanders have their own cars.6.New Zealanders are fond of drinking a lot of tea.B. 1. It must be tasty and full of flavor2. Spring and autumn3. Because the city life is fast4. for seven years5. there is a wider selection of dishes in Greek food.6. Usha is very good at making friends.Tapescript:Paul comes from Jamaica.Interviewer: what do you think of English Food?Paul: English food—right now, I can enjoy it, but when I first came up from the West Indies, I found it rather distasteful, rather boring, no flavor, no taste.I: What do you think of the English weather?P: the English weather—I do not think there are enough adjectives to describe—miserable, cold , damp, changeable, depressing. I think bleak is the best word.I: Now what do you think abut English people and their way of life?P: The older generation of English people are really snobbish—the snob-nosed English. But the youth of England today—they’re really alive, you know, they’re more vibrant, on the fire, alive. They are much more free than their parents, crazy!Cindy comes from Los Angeles.I: What do you think of the English weather?Cindy: Well, it’s rather cloudy and depressing. I get tired of all these “sunny intervals.” There’s not enough sunshine. Other than that, it’s all right. It’s not too cold, nor too warm.I: And have you had much opportunity to eat English food?C: yes, I avoid it, because it’s dull. I think it’s dull. And I think the English eat a lot of sweets and greasy food like chips.I: and what about the English way of life? What do you think of that?C: Well, it’s certainly more relaxed, but I think that the English people are—tend to be—difficult to get to know. They’re reserved. The cities are safer and I also think they’re much cleaner than the American cities, which makes it much more pleasant to live there.Usha comes from Madras, in India.I: Would you like to tell me what you think of the English weather?Usha: Well, the English weather is very changeable, but it’s OK. Well, I like spring and autumn best. I think they are the loveliest time of the year.And what about English food? What do you think of that?Well, English food is healthy. But I wouldn’t like to have it every day. It’s rather—I wouldn’t say dull—but too bland for my taste.And what about English people? How have you found them?Well, in the beginning, they are rather reserved, but once you get to know them, they are veryfriendly, and I’ve got many English friends now in England.And how have you found the English way of life?Well, city life is fast of course everywhere, but I like the countryside very much. I like it very much, yes.Spiro comes from Salonika, in Greece.Interviewer: you’ve lived in England for about seven years. What do you think of English weather?Spiro: Well, I think the English winter is very depressing at times, especially when it drizzles all the time, and also the other thing that makes it depressing is the long nights. It gets dark very early ad you wake up and it’s pitch black again, and so you go to work and it’s very dark and you come home and it’s dark again. But in the summer, I think, when the sun’s shining, it’s very pleasant indeed, with green parks, trees, very pleasant.And what about English food? What do you think of that?Well, I think English food is all right. But there’s a very limited selection of dishes. It’s mostly roast and offhand, there’s only about five typically English dishes I can think of, whereas compare that to Greek food, there’s an enormous selection of dishes one could cook.And what do you think of the English people?I find them very reserved, but it seems that when you get to know them, they’re quite friendly and sincere. But it usually takes some time to actually open an English person up—if you like.And what do you think of the English way of life?Pretty awful, actually. It’s the speed of life really that I find rather tiring.Part IV Native peoples of AlaskaOutline1. A. 1 sea 2 fish 3 4 reindeerB 1 frame houses 2 hutsC 1 hunting 2. carvingII. A related/ differentB. 1 the sea 2 fishing boats 3 working inIII. Indians A. the interior 1. Canada 2 fishing, trappingB. near the sea 1. 2 means of livelihood: c. loggingWhen the Russian discovered Alaska in 1741, they found it occupied by three groups of native peoples—Eskimos, Aleuts, and Indians. Descendants of these natives still live in Alaska.Most scientists think that the native peoples migrated originally from Asia to North America, not all at once but in wave after wave over thousands of years. Probably the last to enter Alaska were the ancestors of the northern Eskimos.Eskimos Of the different groups of Native peoples, the Eskimos are the most numerous. From earliest times the Eskimos depended upon sea mammals, fish, and caribou for their living. In the 1890’s reindeer were brought from Siberia to start herds as an additional means of livelihood.Many Eskimos now live in frame houses heated by fuel oil, but they once lived n sod and driftwood huts heated by sea-oil lamps. They did not build snow igloos, as some of the Canadian Eskimos still do, except for emergency shelter.The Eskimos are superb hunters. They are an energetic people who have long been known for their ivory carving and other arts and crafts. Their way of life is changing as they find opportunities for schooling and for employment in trades and professions.Aleuts The Aleutian Islands and the Alaska Peninsula are the homelands of the Aleuts. The Aleut language is related to the language of the Eskimos, and yet it is very different. Like the Eskimos, the Aleuts have always depended on the sea for food and other needs. Some of the present-day Aleuts operate fishing boats. Others work in fish canneries. Many Aleuts have Russian names, which go back to the time of the Russian occupation of Alaska.Indians There are two major groups of Indians—the Indians of the Interior Plateau and the Indians of Southeaster Alaska.The Indians who live in the interior came to Alaska from Canada. Originally they were hunters. Some of them still live by hunting, fishing, and trapping. Others have moved to towns, where they live and work as do other present-day Alaskans.The Indians of Southeastern Alaska are sometimes known as the maritime Indians, or Indians who live near the sea. They have been in Alaska for hundreds of years. Carving and basket making are among the crafts of the maritime Indians. They are known for their totem poles. From earliest times they depended on fish, especially salmon, for their living. Today they are efficient business people who operate commercial fishing boats and canneries. They also follow other occupations such as logging, shopkeeping, and working in government offices.Part V. Do you know…?1. T 2 T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. FNow, if we could turn our attention to home, what about the trend of people moving out of the cities like London?Ah! We should be a bit careful about saying people are moving out of London. Another way of looking g at it is to say London itself is moving into the country.How do you mean?With improved transport and better living standards, people can actually afford to spread out far more than they did before and commute into town from greater distances. People can travel to work from distances that would have been inconceivable even 20 years ago.All the same, isn’t there a drift away from the capital?Oh, certainly, but it shouldn’t be exaggerated. Lots of people have got fed up with the dirt and the hassle and the higher levels of crime, and have moved to the country because it’s more peaceful and less stressful. And its’ true companies have moved out to escape high rents and office costs, particularly in the service industries like insurance.Are there any specific things which have allowed this to happen?One of the things which has given people more choice in where they live is the new technology. People can communicate with each other through computer networks from anywhere in the country and to work form home in the spare bedroom.And how has business coped with this kind of change?Well, to give you one example, a company selling office equipment took the brave step of closing down its London office and allowing its ex-employees, its sales people, to set up businesses on their own account from home but using the old company just as their supplier. What happened was that turnover increased dramatically, doubled in fact and everyone was happy. And in this case thenew technology was crucial for fast and efficient ordering.Finally, what about the impact of this trend on agriculture? Assuming that people are moving into the country, doesn’t this mean that there is less land to farm?Yes, indeed. And there’s no doubt that we’re losing fields for housing. But this doesn’t matter too much as we have in recent times been over producing and also yields from the land have increased with modern, scientific farming methods. So what’s happening is that we are getting more from less.Statements:1.The city of London is quite dirty.2.the speed of life in the countryside is relatively low.panies remain in the city despite high rents and office costs.4.the company selling office equipment had no choice but to close down its London office.5.shortly after the company closed down its London office, it went bankrupt.6.more and more fields in the countryside are being used for housing.7.with less land to farm, people now get fewer farming products.。
英语听力教程(第2册)Unit 6 听力原文
Unit 6 听力原文Part IB1。
Tell me about yourself。
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What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses?3。
We have a lot of applicants for this job, why should we appoint you?4。
What has been your most valuable experience?5。
How would you describe your personality?6。
When did you last lose your temper?Describe what happened。
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Which is more important to you:status or money?8。
How long do you think you’d stay with us if you were appointed?9。
Why do you want to leave your present job?10。
What makes you think you’d enjoy working for us?11。
Are you an ambitious person?12。
What would you like to be doing ten years from now?13。
What are you most proud of having done in your present job?14。
What was the worst problem you have had in your present job and how did you solve it?15。
What is the best idea you’ve had in the past month?16。
听力教程第三册答案UNIT6
UNIT 6Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Spot DictationWind and SpiritWe do notice the wind when it seems (1) cruel, when the trees turn away from it, and it (2) cuts into our hearts. "Certain winds will make men's (3) temper bad", said George Eliot. In Southern California, the Santa Ana is (4) associated with an increase in depression and domestic (5) violence.Scientists have tried (6) without success to identify physiological reasons for these (7) agrees, however, that (8) dry winds like the Santa Ana, the mistral in France and the foehn* in Germany and Switzerland seem to have (9) negative effects on our mental and physical (10) negative effects.On windy days, playground fights, (11) suicides and heart failures are more (12) frequent. In Geneva, traffic accidents (13) increase when a wind called the bise* blows. At the (14) request of patients, some Swiss and German hospitals (15) postpone surgery during the foehn.It is human to ask what is (16) behind the wind. lt is easy to personify the wind as the (17) breath of God. The act of taking wind into our lungs is what (18) gives us life. The Jews, Arabs, Romans and Greeks all took their word for (19) spirit from the word for wind.But our day-to-day lives are no longer (20 spirit the winds. We do not identify wind with spirit anymore.Part 2 Listening for GistA cat got on to a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Nairobi yesterday and cost the company about £10,000. One of the 66 passengers heard a strange "miaow" when the plane landed in Copenhagen. Mechanics arrived immediately and the airline company phoned for an animal ambulance. The mechanics found the cat after eight hours' work. It had got into the air-conditioning system in Nairobi. The plane was twelve hours late leaving for Tokyo, costing the company £10,000. The cat was quite well after its experience and was given a large bowl of milk and a plate of fish.ExerciseDirections: Listen to the passage and find its topic sentence.The topic sentence is "A cat got on to a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Nairobi yesterday and cost the company about £."Section TwoListening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueWhat a Coincidence!Storyteller: Talking of coincidences, did I tell you about what happened to me and Jeannie last holiday?Friend(s):No.Storyteller: We went on holiday in the States and we went to Mexico. Well, we were driving down to Mexico City. We were going to spend a few days in Palm Beach ... see the sea, look up an old friend, you know. As we left there we stopped at a garage for a car check ... oil, the water, the tires, all that ... petrol. And the mechanics spotted something. They said that our fuel pump was not working properly and it was quite serious ... it would cost a lot of money ... well, we were very worried.Friend(s): Were you insured?Storyteller: Well, no, we weren't and I didn't have that much money on me, you know. It was meant to be a cheap holiday. Well, just then, two men drove up and they said what's the problem? And, do you know? They were mechanics - it was such good luck. They looked at our car and they said, "There's nothing wrong with your car. Don't spend money on it. Just forget about it." Well, naturally, we were worried, but ... er, I thought ... I'll trust them, I think they're right. So, we drove on, we crossed the Mexican border and had a marvelous few days sightseeing there round Monterey.Friend(s):Oh, oh, brilliant ... jealous ...Storyteller: And then we went on and on to Mexico City. We drove about fortykilometers and then we saw a car with the same US number plates as the other car we'd seen in Palm Beach.Friend(s): You're joking!Storyteller: It was parked by the road, and the same two men who gave us the advice about our car were stuck with their car.Friend(s): Oh, no!Storyteller: So, we stopped and asked them what was wrong. And do you know? Their car had broken down for exactly the same reason: The fuel pump wasn't working! It was quite extraordinary .ExerciseDirections: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)Part 2 PassageCorporate Culturewell the employee "fits" the culture can make the difference betweenjob-search success and failure.guides how employees think, act, and feel.amount of time outside the office you're expected to spend with co-workers is part of the corporate culture.truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you have worked at the company for a number of months.should be a place where you can have a voice, be respected, and have opportunities for growth.Why should jobseekers care about a potential employer's corporate culture? Aren't there more important factors to consider, such as the job itself, salary and bonuses, and fringe benefits? These factors are indeed important, but increasingly career experts are talking about the importance of employee-employer fit in terms of culture, with the idea that how well the employee "fits" the culture can make the difference between job-search success and failure.What is corporate culture? At its most basic, it's described as the personality of an organization, or simply as "how things are done around here". It guides how employees think, act, and feel. Corporate culture is a broad term used to define the unique personality or character of a particular company or organization, and includes such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate ethics, and rules of behavior. Corporate culture can be expressed in the company's mission statement and other communications, in the architectural style or interior decoration(室内装饰) of offices, by what people wear to work, by how people address each other, and in the titles given to various employees.How does a company's culture affect you? In many, many ways. For instance:•The hours you work per day, per week, including options such as flextime and telecommuting.•The work environment, including how employees interact, the degree of competition, and whether it's a fun or hostile environment - or something in-between.•The dress code, including the accepted styles of attire* and things such as casual days.•The office space you get, including things such as cubicles*, window offices, and rules regarding display of personal items.•The training and skills development you receive, which you need both on the job and tokeep yourself marketable for future jobs and employers.•Onsite perks, such as break rooms, gyms and play rooms, daycare facilities, and more.perk=perquisite n. 特殊待遇,特权;工资外收入•The amount of time outside the office you're expected to spendwith co-workers.• Interaction with other employees, including managers and topmanagement.How do you uncover the corporate culture of a potential employer? The truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you have worked at the company for a number of months, but you can get close to it through research and observation. Understanding culture is a two-step process, starting with research before the interview and ending with observation at the interview.If you get a chance to meet with other employees, you can ask somequestions to try and geta handle on an organization's corporate culture. Such as:•What's it really like to work here?•What skills and characteristics does the company value?•How do people get promoted around here?•The bottom line is that you are going to spend a lot of time in the work environment ---and to be happy ,successful and productive, you’ll want to be in a place where you fit the culture ,a place where you can have avoice ,be respect and have opportunity for growth .Exercise A Pre-listening QuestionMany articles and books have been written in recent years about culture in organizations, usually referred to as "Corporate Culture". The dictionary defines culture as "the act of developing intellectual and moral faculties, especially through education". Some people define it as "the moral, social, and behavioral norms of an organization based on the beliefs, attitudes, and priorities of its members".Every organization has its own unique culture or value set. Most organizations don't consciously try to create a certain culture. The culture of the organization is typically created unconsciously, based on the values of the top management or the founders of an organization.Exercise B Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three timesExercise C Detailed ListeningDirections: Listen to the passage and complete the following paragraphs At its most basic, corporate culture is described as the personality of an organization. It guides how employees think, act, and feel. Corporate culture is a broad term used to define the unique personality or character of a particular company or organization, and includes such elements as core values and beliefs,corporate ethics, and rules of behavior. Corporate culture can also be expressedin the company's mission statement and other communications, in the architectural style or interior decoration of offices, by what people wear to work,by how people address each other, and in the titles given to various employees.A company's culture affects you in many ways, such as the working hours,the work environment, the dress code, the office space you get, the training andskills development you receive, onsite perks, the amount of time outside theoffice you're expected to spend with co-workers and interaction with other employees, including managers and top management.Exercise D After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you haveworked at the company for a number of months, but you can get close to itthrough research and observation. / Understanding culture is a two-step process, starting with research beforethe interview and ending with observation at the interview.If you get a chance to meet with other employees, you can ask some questions to try and get a handle on an organization's corporate culture. Such as:What's it really like to work here? What skills and characteristics does the company value? How do people get promoted around here?2.(Open)Section ThreeNewsNews Item 1On his way home from his first official visit to the United States, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari stopped in London for two days of discussions.His first meeting was with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at his official residence.At a joint news conference, Mr. Brown praised the current Pakistani army offensive against Taliban targets in the Swat valley.Because of this, Mr. Brown said Britain is pledging $18 million worth of additional humanitarian aid in the form of food, water, shelter and sanitation that will directed at those being displaced in the northwest.In addition to the aid, the prime minister said he expects much more cooperation between Britain and Pakistan over a wide range of issues. Mr. Brown said helping the effort to tackle terrorism in Pakistan and improving health and education there were important priorities for his government.Mr. Zardari said the fight against extremists in particular is a struggle that will not be solved overnight.Islamabad says 15,000 security troops have moved into the tribal areas. A.anti-Taliban campaign that British and Pakistani leaders discussed B. 1. He stopped in London for two days of discussions.2. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown3. He praised the current Pakistani army offensive against Taliban targets in the Swat valley.4. It included food, water, shelter and sanitation that will directed at those being displaced in the northwest.5. He said he expects much more cooperation between Britain and Pakistan over a wide range of issues.6. Helping the effort to tackle terrorism in Pakistan and improving health and education there were important priorities for his government.7. 15,000 security troops have moved into the tribal areas.News Item 2Israel-PalestinePalestinian witnesses and security sources said some 30 tanks and armored personnel carriers drove into the Tulkarem refugee camp around 3 a.m. The army did not say whether the gunman responsible for the attack on the kibbutz*was among those detained.The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement claimed responsibility for the killings. Mr Arafat says he has formed a committee to investigate the attack on the kibbutz.In Tuesday's action, the Israeli military also demolished the home of a Palestinian militant (Mohammed Naifan) they say is responsible for sending the gunman into Kibbutz Metzer.Israeli officials say the gunman came from Tulkarem but that he was following orders of AIAqsa leaders in Nablus. By midday Tuesday Palestinian witnesses were reporting that Israeli troops were gathering outside the West Bank town.Israeli authorities say Palestinian militants from Fatah and Hamas in Nablus are behind a series of attacks against Israelis over the past few months.The latest violence comes as US envoy* David Satterfield begins a visit to the region to work on a peace plan. He arrived in Israel Monday for separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials.Exercise ADirections: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about Israel's response to Palestinian gunman's attack on the kibbutz.Exercise BDirections: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage.Palestinian witnesses and security sources said some 30 tanks and armored personnel carriers drove into the Tulkarem refugee camp around 3 a.m. The army did not say whether the gunman responsible for the attack on the kibbutz was among those detained.In Tuesday's action, the Israeli military also demolished the home of a Palestinian militant (Mohammed Naifan) they say is responsible for sending the gunman into Kibbutz Metzer.The latest violence comes as US envoy David Satterfield begins a visit to the region to work on a peace plan. He arrived in Israel Monday for separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials.News Item 3Officials say there are no easy, quick or purely military solutions to the Somali piracy problem. But the top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, told ABC's Good Morning America television program Tuesday the taking and rescue of the American cargo ship captain led him to order a new effort to find ways to effectively deal with the pirates. Admiral Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates say there is no purely military solution to the Somali piracy problem. Piracy continues to rise, even as navy ships from 16 nations patrol the area. And Gates said Monday that the problem is "probably going to get worse" until the international community can, in his words, "get something on land thatbegins to change the equation" for the "incredible number of poor people" in Somalia, some of whom turn to piracy.Efforts by some ship owners to secure their ships have had some success. They have installed barbed wire, removed ladders and changed their routes, among other steps. But there has been resistance to proposals to put armed guards on commercial ships. Corporations have paid tens of millions of dollars for the safe return of ships and their crews in the area in recent years. Last year, there were 111 piracy incidents in the region, triple the number the previous year. And this year, there have already been nearly 70 incidents.A. the US looking for new approaches to Somali piracyB.F, T ,F ,T ,FSection FourSupplementary ExercisePart1 Feature ReportIranian government TV says that the country's new nuclear energy chief, Ali Akbar Salehi is urging the West to end hostilities with Tehran and to start building trust."Legal and technical discussions about Iran's nuclear case have finished," he insists, "and there is no room left to keep this case open.""We hope," he added, "that more efforts will be made [by the West] to obtain mutual confidence, instead of the last six years of hostility."They were Salehi's first comments to the media, since being appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Friday, following the resignation of veteran nuclear negotiator Gholam Reza Aghazadeh.The soft-spoken Salehi was educated at the American University of Beirut and holds a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Salehi is Iran's former envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency and signed aprotocol allowing for freer inspections of Iran's nuclear sites. His appointment appears to be something of a gesture to the U.S.Neither the U.S., nor the other members of the so-called Group of five-plus-one, including the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany, however, are likely to agree with Salehi about the closure of Tehran's nuclear file.. President Barack Obama warned Tehran, during the G-8 summit in Italy, that the world is giving it until September to comply with . resolutions over its controversial nuclear program.Iran has persistently refused to stop enriching uranium, and the West fears that it will use highly enriched uranium to build atomic weapons.The Iranian government, however, continues to insist that its nuclear program is intended for peaceful, civilian purposes, alone.Iran analyst Meir Javedanfar of the MEEPAS (Middle East Economic and Political Analysis) center in Tel Aviv argues that Tehran is hardening its position over its nuclear dossier, in response to Western criticism over its violent crackdown against its own people following the June 12 presidential elections."I think Ayatollah Khamenei is sending the message that the more we are pushed on other fronts, the more we're going to adjust the balance in our favor, and one area is the nuclear program, because Khamenei knows how important the nuclear program is to the West, especially to President Obama," he said."So, I think this is kind of a backlash against what Iran sees as Western interference in its own affairs. I also think that the Iranian government still sees the West as divided and there's not much the West can do at the moment to stop Iran's nuclear program, so they're toughening their policy and they want to see what the reaction will be, if the reaction is going to be hard or if the West is going to come up with an even [better] offer," he added.Javedanfar, however, believes that those who are seeking a compromise with Iran should not despair completely, because Iranian leaders are pragmatists, and may at the end of the day be ready for an agreement.Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki said one week ago that Tehran was preparing to present a "new package" of proposals, concerning what he called "international, security and political issues," to the West for talks.Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has also warned the West that Tehran would weigh their criticism over its crackdown on protesters following the June 12 election, in assessing future relations with their countries. A.This news report is about Salehi’s and the Iranian government’s attitude towards nuclear case.B: Directions: Listen to the program again and complete the followin g sentences.Iranian Nuclear energy ChiefName: Ali Akbar SalehiEducation:Salehi was educated at the American university of Beirut and holds a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Previous positionSalehi is Iran’s former envoy to the international Atomic Energy Agency.His comments on Iranian nuclear programLegal and technical discussions about Iran's nuclear case have finishe d. And there is no room left to keep this case open.We hope that more efforts will be made [by the West] to obtain mutu al confidence, instead of the last six years of hostility.1. The so-called Group of five-plus-one are not likely to agree with Sa lehi about the closure of Tehran’s nuclear file.2. U.S. president Barak Obama warned Tehran that the world is givi ng it untilSeptember to comply with . resolutions over its controversial nuclear program during the G-8 summit in Italy.3. Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki said one week ago th at Tehran was preparing to present a "new package" of proposals, co ncerning what he called "international, security and political issues," to the West for talksPart 2 PassageGlobalization1)The World Trade Organization is among the most powerful, and one of themost secretive international bodies on earth.2)Globalization is not a phenomenon. It is not just some passing trend.3)Used properly, fire can cook food, sterilize equipment, form iron, and heatour homes. Used carelessly, it can destroy lives, towns and forests in aninstant.4)Globalization has dangers and an ugly dark side. But it can also bringtremendous opportunities and benefits.5)They will see globalization not as something to worship or demonize. Instead,they will see it as something to mold, shape and manage for the betterment of everyone.Globalization is the present worldwide drive toward a globalized economic system dominated by supranational* corporate trade and banking institutions that are not accountable to democratic processes or national governments.The World Trade Organization (WTO) is among the most powerful, and one of the most secretive international bodies on earth. It is rapidly assuming the role of global government, as 134 nation-states, including the US, have ceded* to its vast authority and powers. The WTO represents the rules-based regime of the policy of economic globalization. The central operating principle of the WTO is that commercial interests should supersede* all others. Any obstacles in the path of operations and expansion of global business enterprise must be subordinated. In practice these "obstacles" are usually policies or democratic processes that act on behalf of working people, labor rights, environmental protection, human rights, consumer rights, social justice, local culture, and national sovereignty.Globalization is not a phenomenon. It is not just some passing trend. Today it is an overarching international system shaping the domestic politics and foreign relations of virtually every country, and we need to understand it as such.As thoughtful people concerned about world affairs, our job is to pick up "globalization", examine it from all sides, dissect* it, figure out what makes ittick, and then nurture and promote the good parts and mitigate* or slow down the bad parts. Globalization is much like fire.Fire itself is neither good nor bad. Used properly, it can cook food, sterilize equipment, form iron, and heat our homes. Used carelessly, fire can destroy lives, towns and forests in an instant. As Friedman* says:"Globalization can be incredibly empowering and incredibly coercive*. It can democratize opportunity and democratize panic. It makes the whales bigger and the minnows* stronger. It leaves you behind faster and faster, and it catches up to you faster and faster. While it is homogenizing* cultures, it is also enabling people to share their unique individuality farther and wider."Globalization has dangers and an ugly dark side. But it can also bring tremendous opportunities and benefits. Just as capitalism requires a network of governing systems to keep it from devouring societies, globalization requires vigilance and the rule of law.Antitrust laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission, labor unions, charities, the Federal Trade Commission, and countless other agencies and organizations keep American capitalism in check. Similar transparent mechanisms are needed to make sure globalization is a positive force in the world.Globalization will always have cheerleaders who are blind to the destruction globalization can cause. And it will always have strident* opponents blind to the way globalization gives some people their first opportunity to fulfill basicaspirations.As with most issues, the majority of people will be in the middle. They will see globalization not as something to worship or demonize. Instead, they will see it as something to mold, shape and manage for the betterment of everyone.Exercise D After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1. Milton Friedman says, "Globalization can be incredibly empowering and incredibly coercive. It can democratize opportunity and democratize panic. It makes the whales bigger and the minnows stronger. It leaves you behind faster and faster, and it catches up to you faster and faster. While it is homogenizing cultures, it is also enabling people to share their unique individuality farther and wider."2.(Open)。
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《听力教程》新闻部分
Unit 6 News
News Item 1
Vocabulary:
Bahrain
Brunei
Background Information
Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa(哈马德·本·伊萨阿勒哈利法)is the king of Bahrain. Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.
This news item is about _________________________________________________.
Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and complete the following passage. Voters have approved (1)_____________ that will establish an elected parliament. State television said (2)______________ approved the proposal for democratic reforms. The measures also will give women (3)_____________ and to be candidates for office, making Bahrain (4)_______________ Gulf Arab states to do so. And (5)______________ will be guaranteed among (6)_______________ in Brunei. The Emir of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (7)_________________. The changes are expected (8)_______________ by the year 2004 at the latest.
News Item 2
Vocabulary:
council
Yemen
Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.
This news item is about _________________________________________________.
Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1.Opposition Parties are demanding _______________ after a violent protest
over voting problems Tuesday.
A. a new election
B. a new selection
C. a new elector
D. a new selector
2.There were at least _____________ killed and __________ injured during the
voting.
A. six people…many
B. some people…many
C. six people…s ome
D. many people…some
3.People at more than 100 voting places ______________.
A. were not able to vote Thursday
B. were not able to vote Tuesday
C. won’t be able to vote today
D. won’t be able to vote
4.Official said Wednesday that _____________ would be open in a short time.
A. those vote centers
B. those voter centers
C. those voting centers
D. these voting sites
5.______________ show the ruling General People’s Congress Party in the lead.
A. Final election results
B. Final results
C. Early elections
D. Early election results
6._____________ are competing for 7,000 seats in local council in Yemen.
A. More than 2,000 candidates
B. More than 20,000 candidates
C. More than 200,000 candidates
D. More than 2,000,000 candidates
News Item 3
Vocabulary:
oust
ban
Background Information
Joseph Estrada was elected vice president of the Philippines in 1992 and president in 1998. A corruption scandal forced him from office in January 2001.
Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.
This news item is about _________________________________________________.
Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false. Write T or F in the space provided.
_______ 1. The Supreme Court has been asked to permit ousted president Joseph Estrada to continue as president.
_______ 2. The lawyers say Philippines had two presidents during the Japanese occupation in two World Wars.
_______ 3. Mr. Estrada says he is still the president of Philippines, but he is going to resign document.
_______ 4. Earlier the Supreme Court demanded government lawyers not to bring criminal charges against him for the next 30 days.
_______ 5. The high court ordered the government lawyer not to make public statements about the case.。