剑桥国际英语教程4光盘1听力原文精编版
College English Listening and Speaking Course 4 - Unit 1听力原文(完整版)
Unit One FriendshipPart A Pre-listening TaskAdditional questions for discussion1. How valuable is friendship in a person's life?I believe friendship is very valuable in a person's life. Just imagine what life would be if you had no friend to talk to, no friend to share your joy or celebrate your success with, no friend to comfort and cheer you up when you were having a hard time, no friend to lend you a hand when you needed help. Life without friends is unthinkable. So, we should treasure the friendship given to us by our friends and at the same time return true friendship to our friends.2. "In prosperity our friends know us, in adversity we know our friends." Please comment. This popular saying describes a common phenomenon. When you are rich and successful, many people would want to make friends with you. When you are poor or in trouble, your friends would go away. So at this time, go and seek help from your friends and you would find out who your real friends are. Sounds kind of snobbish (势利的), isn't it? But it is human nature. Of course, we should not be only fair-weather friends with other people. However, we mustn't be so naive (天真的) as to forget what the real world is like.Part B Listening Taskdrain v. 使……渐渐流出fluid n. 液体broaden v. 使……开阔enliven v. 使……有生气overlook v. 俯视swan n. 天鹅skyline n. (城市建筑物)在空中的轮廓线exquisite a. 精致的picturesque a. 景色如画的portray v. 描述sadden v. 使伤心melodious a. 动听的prop v. 支撑strain v. 尽全力compel v. 强迫sit up 坐起来kill time 消磨时间model boat 模型船in one's mind's eye 在心灵的眼睛中occur to 被想到The Hospital WindowJack and Ben, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. Jack, whose bed was next to the room's only window, was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. But Ben had to spend all day and night flat on his bed. To kill time the two men began to talk. They talked for hours about their wives, families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, and where they had been on vacation. As days went by, a deep friendship began to develop between them.Every afternoon when Jack could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to Ben all the things he could see outside the window. And Ben began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees beautified the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.As Jack described all this in exquisite detail, Ben would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scenes.One warm afternoon Jack described a parade passing by. Although Ben couldn't hear the band -- he could see it in his mind's eye as Jack portrayed it with descriptive words.Days and weeks passed. One morning the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of Jack, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.Ben was heart broken. Life without Jack was even more unbearable. How he longed to hear Jack's voice and his melodious descriptions of the outside world! As he looked at the window, an idea suddenly occurred to him. Perhaps he could see for himself what it was like outside. As soon as it seemed appropriate, Ben asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself! He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall!'What could have compelled my roommate to describe such wonderful things outside this window?' Ben asked the nurse when she returned.'Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you to live on,' she said. 'You know, he was blind and could not even see the wall.'Listen to the story and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. Questions:1. What does the story mainly tell us?How Jack and Ben became friends when they shared a room in hospital.How Jack gave Ben strength and courage to live on.How Jack helped Ben survive his illness.How Jack persuaded Ben not to be pessimistic.正确答案：How Jack gave Ben strength and courage to live on.2. Which of the following adjectives can best describe Jack?Friendly.Observant.Caring.Understanding.正确答案：Caring.3. What did Jack describe to Ben according to the story?He described to Ben the things he imagined happening outside the window.He described to Ben what happened in the park outside the hospital.He described to Ben a parade that went past the hospital.He described to Ben the things he could see outside the window.正确答案：He described to Ben the things he imagined happening outside the window.Listen to the story again and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Statements:(F)1. Both Jack and Ben were suffering from serious lung trouble.(T)2. Both Jack and Ben had served in the army.(F)3. Ben could only lie on his back day and night whereas Jack could sit up and walk about for a brief period every day.(F)4. There was a park outside the hospital room where Ben and Jack stayed.(F)5. Jack's descriptions of the outside world helped Ben to recover from illness.(F)6. It can be inferred from the story that Jack lost his eyesight during his army days.(T)7. It can be learned that Jack died peacefully in his sleep.(F)8. Ben asked to be moved to Jack's bed immediately after Jack's death because he was eager to see for himself what was happening outside.(T)9. Jack was a man full of imagination.(T)10. It can be inferred from the story that a life cut off from the outside world is painful.Part B Speaking TaskWhat do you think of the story you've just heard? Exchange views with your partner.Reflections:Comment on the friendship between the two patients. You may include the following points in your discussion.1. the painful life of the two patients -- cut off from the outside world2. the window -- only link to the world outside3. Jack -- a man of great compassion, of vivid imagination, a man with a noble heartThe story we've just heard is a moving account of the deep friendship between two terminally ill patients. Ben and Jack were both confined to bed, cut off from the outside world. Except for the visits from the day nurse, their only link to the busy world outside is the window in their room. Yet their hearts were still burning with a longing for life.Compared to Ben, Jack seemed to be a little luckier, for his bed was next to the window and he was supposed to be able to see what was happening outside it during the hour when he was allowed to sit up. Knowing how painful it was for Ben to have to spend all his time lying flat on his back, John tried to cheer up his friend by painting a world of vigorous life and laughter outside the window. His vivid description of scenes outside the window gave him hope and courage to live on.It was only revealed at the end of the story that Jack was actually blind and what the window faced was a blank wall. Suddenly his simple descriptions took on a new meaning. They were no longer merely factual accounts of some everyday activities but carefully worded messages of love and friendship.Jack is the kind of friend we would all like to have. He is really a fine friend.Hu is my best friend. There are several things about him that I admire. First, he is very athletic. As he works in a business office, his daily responsibilities do not provide him with any physical exercise to keep him healthy and strong. Therefore, he spends two to three evenings a week working out in a gym. On weekends he and I often go swimming, cycling, playing tennis or football together. These exercises help him keep fit and feel relaxed.Second, he is capable. Being good with his hands, he seems to be able to fix almost anything from changing a fuse and mending a broken piece of furniture to repairing TV sets, recorders and even computers. Imagine that! Besides, he is also a person of good taste. He can speak eloquently on music and art.But above all he is sympathetic and helpful. He is always ready to give a helping hand to others, especially the elderly and disabled. He donates blood and gives money to charitable causes. He has a heart of gold, I think. I'm proud of having him as my friend.Part C Additional ListeningListen to five short conversations between two speakers and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.Conversation 1:M: How do you like your roommate, Debby?W: Ever since we met on the first day of college, we've been inseparable.Q: What do you know about Debby and her roommate?They are no longer friends.They have never been very close.They are always together.They have inseparable friends of their own.正确答案：They are always together.Conversation 2:M: Have you heard from Linda lately? You two were so intimate in college.W: Well, honestly, I haven't heard from her as much as I used to since she moved to the east coast two months ago. But I'm sure the friendship between us is as strong as it was before. Q: What can you infer from the woman’s response?Linda doesn't contact her anymore because they're not in the same city.Linda is too busy moving house to contact her.The woman is afraid that she will lose touch with Linda.The woman believes that she and Linda are still close friends.正确答案：The woman believes that she and Linda are still close friends.Conversation 3:W: Do you keep in touch with your old friends back home now that you don't see them regularly?M: Frankly, after I moved to this city, I'm out of touch with most of them except a few close ones.Q: What does the man mean?He lost touch with all his old friends after he moved to the city.He doesn't have the time to keep in touch with all his old friends.He still keeps in contact with a few close friends back home.Heas made a lot of new friends in the city.正确答案：He still keeps in contact with a few close friends back home.Conversation 4:W: It's polite to call a friend before we visit, isn't it?M: You're right. People usually don't like surprise visits. But close friends often drop in on each other.Q: What does the man mean?Surprise visits are acceptable among close friends.Surprise visits are not welcome, even among close friends.People usually expect their close friends to call before their visits.Dropping in on your friends is considered good manners.正确答案：Surprise visits are acceptable among close friends.Conversation 5:M: Cathy, it seems that you and Sally do almost everything together.W: That's true. You see, we were born on the same day. We both majored in fashion designing. And we even have the same love for using bright-colored material in our designs. Isn't it amazing!Q: What can we learn from the conversation?Cathy and Sally are twin sisters.Cathy and Sally are both fashion designers.Cathy and Sally have the same likes and dislikes.Cathy and Sally both like to wear bright-colored dresses.正确答案：Cathy and Sally are both fashion designers.Part B Leisure TimeA PoemI Need You NowMy friend, I need you now --Please take me by the hand.Stand by me in my hour of need,Take time to understand.Take my hand, dear friend,And lead me from this place.Chase away my doubts and fears,Wipe the tears from off my face.Friend, I cannot stand alone.I need your hand to hold,The warmth of your gentle touchIn my world that's grown so cold.Please be a friend to meAnd hold me day by day.Because with your loving hand in mine,I know we'll find the way.Part C Additional ListeningMovie TimeFriendshipIn "Central Station", there are a million stories, stories of hopes and sorrows, joys and dreams. But today, an act of destiny will bring two strangers together in "Central Station", winner of best picture at the Berlin Film Festival, the story of an unmarried woman and a little boy in search of the father he has never known. Together they will share a journey that will bring them together, tear them apart and forge a remarkable friendship you'll never forget. From the Academy-award-winning producer of "The Garden of the Finzi Continis" and "Black and White in Color" and starring the extraordinary Fernando Montenegro, winner of the BestActress Award at the Berlin Film Festival. "Central Station", an unforgettable emotional experience from Sony Pictures Classics.Part C Additional ListeningTime to TalkLook at these pictures and describe them one by one. If possible, try also to find something relevant to talk about.It's a beautiful picture, isn't it? Green trees and a blue river are set in the background. Some young people are standing on a big balcony, talking excitedly. Being close friends, they spend a holiday together in this beautiful place. To me, close friends are like the sun and water to plants. I would rather be without money than without friends. With friends you share your joys and tears. Sometimes you tell your friends things you would not even tell your family. And to be with friends on such a beautiful day is my idea of having a good time.In this picture a bunch of young people are sitting at a round table, all facing the camera. Apparently, they are having a dinner in someone's apartment as we can see the cupboard and some cooking utensils. These people could be workmates or classmates but above all they are friends. Although the room is by no means luxurious and looks a bit too small for such a crowd, they are happy together. Look at their smiling faces. Friends get together to talk, share feelings as well as a meal, and laugh wholeheartedly. If you can do all these with your friends, what else do you desire?This picture shows a cute-looking girl with her dog. It's a big, strong, white dog with pointed ears, and it's about the same size as the girl. In western culture the dog is regarded as "man's best friend". The dog is the most useful and loyal of all pets. Moreover the dog seems to be able to understand not only human speech, but also human emotions. Therefore, people may develop a keen friendship with their dogs. Wherever you go, you'll see people walking or playing with their dogs in parks or in the streets. The dog will never abandon its master, no matter how poor or how weak he is. And that's what I call a real friend.Part D Home ListeningI. The Colors of FriendshipLegend has it that the colors of the world started to quarrel one day. All claimed that they were the best, the most beautiful.Green said: "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would die."Blue interrupted: "You only think about the earth, but have you ever considered the color of the sky and the sea?"Hearing this, Yellow chuckled: "You are all so serious. I bring laughter, gaiety and warmth into the world. I am the color of the sun, the moon and all the stars. Without me there would be no fun."Orange started next to blow her trumpet: "I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious, for I serve the needs of human life."At this, Red could stand it no longer. He shouted: "I am the ruler of all of you. I am the color of blood -- life's blood! I am also the color of danger and bravery, of passion and love."Purple rose up to his full height: "I am the color of royalty and power. I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me! They listen and obey."Finally Indigo spoke: "Think of me. I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection."And so the colors went on boasting. Their quarrelling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightning, followed by a roll of thunder. Rain started to pour down. The colors crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort.Just then rain began to speak: "You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me."Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands.Then rain continued: "From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky to form a great bow of colors as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow."And so, whenever a good rain washes the world, a rainbow appears in the sky, to let us remember to appreciate one another.II. Friends and BuddiesA famous writer once wrote, "A woman's friendship borders more closely on love than a man's. Men affect each other in the reflection of noble or friendly acts while women ask fewer proofs and more signs and expressions of attachment."On the whole, men have buddies while women have friends. Buddies bond, but friends love. Buddies face adversity together, but friends face each other. There is something different in the way they spend their time. Buddies seem to "do" things together; friends simply "are" together.Buddies come linked to one activity or another. People have sports buddies and business buddies, college buddies and club buddies. Men often keep their buddies in these categories, while women keep a special category for friends.It is said that men are not real friends until they have been "through the wars" together -- whether they were corporate, athletic or military. They have to fight together. Women, on the other hand, don't count themselves as friends until they've shared three confidences.Buddies hang tough together; friends hang onto each other.Statements:(T)1. According to the passage, women and men seem to interact with their friends in different manners.(F)2. In the writer's opinion, there are two categories of friends: male friends and female friends.(F)3. In difficult times, men would show more love for their friends than women do.(T)4. According to the quoted famous writer, more love is expressed in women's friendship than in men's friendship.(T)5. According to the passage, men usually develop their friendships through activities together while women develop theirs through intimate communication.(T)6. Compared to men, women tend to depend more on their friends psychologically in certain situations.(F)7. As a rule, men never share any confidences with their buddies.types of friends.。
剑桥国际少儿英语KB4 Unit1-8 学生用书听力文本Listening Script
KB4Pupil's BookUnit 1Page 82.Listen and check.NARRATOR: Simon and Alex are in their Art class. They're making bowls and they can't stop. They're busy.SIMON: Oooh. My bowl's terrible!NARRATOR: Alex is careful and slow. His bowl's good. NARRATOR: Stella and Lenny are in their Maths lesson. Stella's very happy because she loves Maths and thinks it's easy. Lenny doesn't think Maths is easy. He thinks it's difficult.LENNY: I can't do this Maths problem. It's difficult.STELLA: Come on, Lenny. You can do it. It's easy.NARRATOR: ... It's 73-72. What an exciting game! Meera's got the ball and she's running with it. Meera's quick. The boy's slow.GIRL: This is really boring. I don't like basketball.Pupil's BookUnit 1Page 109.Listen and check.SIMON: Hey! The school show's really exciting, Dad.MR STAR: Yes, it is ... and it's good to see your teachers. Who are they all?SIMON: Well, the man who's talking to Mum is my Maths teacher.He's called Mr Newton.MR STAR: Right. Is the man who's singing your Music teacher? SIMON: No, he's Mr Burke, our sports teacher. Miss Flower's our Music teacher.She's the woman who's wearing the long green skirt. They do the 'After school club'.MR STAR: The 'After school club'? What's that?SIMON: It's a new club where we can do lots of exciting things on Thursday afternoons And can you guess who my Art teacher is?MR STAR: Ooh, Simon, that's difficult. Is it the woman who's playing the guitar?SIMON: Very funny, Dad. No, that's Mrs Robinson, our English teacher. Our Art teacher's over there. He's the one who's carrying theMR STAR: Is his name Mr Strong? Ha ha ha.SIMON: No, Dad. His name's Mr Turner.Pupil's BookUnit 2Page 162.Listen and check.SIMON: Look, this is the new activity centre which is opening in the village next to ours.SUZY: What does 'activity centre' mean?SIMON: It's a place where you can learn to do lots of exciting sports. Look. It's got rock climbing. I'd like to learn to climb.STELLA: Hmm. It's not nice when it's cold, wet and raining. SIMON: No, it's OK. They've got a climbing wall inside and outside. SUZY: Look! There's a lake too.SIMON: Yes, you can do water sports. You can learn to sail and fish, and you can go swimming there when it's hot.SUZY: I don't want to sail or climb. What can I learn to do? STELLA: Hmmm. Let's see. You can learn to skate, Suzy.SUZY: Hmm, skating. That's exciting, but I haven't got any skates. STELLA: That's OK. They've got skates at the centre. And they do dancing. I can learn to dance.Pupil's BookUnit 2Page 188.Listen and check.MR STAR: Hello.GRANDPA: Hello, son. Where are you?MR STAR: Hi, Dad. I'm inside, watching Simon and Alex. They're climbing really well. Simon's climbing quickly and he's near the top of the wall. Alex is climbing slowly and carefully. Where are you, Dad? GRANDPA: I'm outside with Suzy. She's learning to skate.MR STAR: How's she doing?GRANDPA: Well, she isn't doing badly. She doesn't want to fall, so she's skating slowly.SUZY: Look at me, Grandpa! I can skate really well now, but I'm tired. Let's go inside and watch Simon.GRANDPA: Good idea, Suzy. See you in a minute, son. We're comingPupil's BookUnit 3Page 262.Listen and check.ALEX: You weren't at school last week, Simon. Where were you? SIMON: I was at home because I wasn't well.ALEX: What was the matter?SIMON: I was ill. Last Monday I had a temperature. It was 39 degrees. ALEX: Wow. What was the matter?SIMON: I don't know. I drank lots of water, but on Tuesday I was worse and I had a bad headache too.ALEX: Were you better on Wednesday?SIMON: No, I wasn't. I had a terrible cough, so I saw the doctor. He gave me some medicine.ALEX: Were you better after you took the medicine?SIMON: No, I wasn't. On Thursday I went to the hospital with Mum and had some tests.ALEX: So, what was the matter?SIMON: Er, I had a cold ..., but I wasn't ill on Friday afternoon. I was fine! I ate a big dinner ... and then I had a really good weekend! Pupil's BookUnit 3Page 288.Listen and check.STELLA: I'm really tired this morning.MEERA: Really? Why? Were you awake all night?STELLA: No, I had a terrible dream.MEERA: Oooh, what was your dream about?STELLA: I was a doctor in a big hospital. I had a long white coat ... and I had lots of doctor's things, but I didn't have time to stop! MEERA: Oh?How many people did you see?STELLA: I saw lots. I saw a man who had a cough, but he didn't have a temperature so I gave him some medicine ... And there was a woman with a bad headache. And then, there was a girl who had a bowl on her head!MEERA: A bowl on her head! How did you take it off?STELLA: It was really difficult, but in the end I took it off and ... do you know who was under the bowl?MEERA: No.STELLA: It was Suzy!Pupil's BookUnit 4Page 342.Listen and check.MR STAR: What did you do yesterday afternoon at the After school club, kids?SIMON: Well, first we helped Mr Burke.Alex and I cleaned the chairs and then we carried them into the hall.MR STAR: And what did you do, Stella?STELLA: I played chess with Meera and then we all started to think about our school show.SIMON: Yes, Mr Burke wanted us to do a musical. We had tosing.And we danced!MRS STAR: Did you dance, Simon?SIMON: Well, I didn't dance, but I hopped, skipped and jumped to the music ... and Meera and Stella laughed a lot.STELLA: Well, Simon, you were funny. Mr Burke watched us dancing and listened to us singing, but then he stopped us!MR STAR: So what now?STELLA: Mr Burke doesn't want us to do a musical this year. SIMON: It's great! I don't have to sing and dance!Pupil's BookUnit 4Page 369.Listen and check.NARRATOR: It's Saturday morning and the children are going to Alex's new flat.LENNY: Which floor does Alex live on?STELLA: I think he lives on the fifteenth floor.SIMON: Wow, the fifteenth floor. That's exciting!MEERA: Yeah, he says he can see the city from his bedroom window. Oh, no! The lift isn't working!LENNY: That's OK. There are some stairs.We can walk up. STELLA: Lenny, we have to walk up to the fifteenth floor!SIMON: That's no problem. Lenny and I love climbing. Come on, Lenny. Let's see who gets there first!LENNY: Yeah!STELLA: First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor, fifthfloor ...I'm so tired!ALEX: Hello.What's the matter?EVERYONE ELSE: The lift isn't working.ALEX: But it's only the fifth floor!LENNY: Yeah, but we went up to the fifteenth floor because Stella thinks you lived there!ALEX: Well, it's good you didn't want to see my uncle.He lives on the twentieth floor!Pupil's BookUnit 5Page 468.Listen and check.ALEX: Hi, Simon.Did you finish your homework yesterday? SIMON: Yeah, I wrote about Shackleton.Who did you write about? ALEX: Jacques Cousteau. He was a French explorer. Shackleton's adventures were more difficult than Cousteau's, but I think Cousteau is more famous.SIMON: Really. What did he do?ALEX: He sailed in his ship, the Calypso, and explored sea life. SIMON: But Shackleton's life was more exciting. Why was Cousteau famous?ALEX: Because he helped us to understand our world. He made 120 TV programmes and films and he was one of the first people to tell us to be more careful with the sea.SIMON: Yeah, that's true. We have to look after our world. STELLA: Huh, our homework was more boring than theirs.LENNY: Yes, but ours was easier than theirs, so I had time to watch TV after I finished mine.STELLA: Yeah!Pupil's BookUnit 6Page 522.Listen and check.GRANDMA: We want to buy a computer so we can use the Internet. I'd like to email my old friend in Australia.SUZY: Do you know how to use a computer, Grandma? GRANDMA: No, not really. Can you show us, please?STELLA: Yeah, first you have to turn the computer on. Push this button here. Then you have to turn on the screen. That's this button here. Now you hold the mouse in your hand and ...GRANDMA: What mouse?SUZY: This here, Grandma. It's called a mouse because it's got a longtail. Look.GRANDMA: Oh, I see.STELLA: Then you click on this program, and you can write your email. SIMON: OK. What do you want to do, Grandpa? GRANDPA: I want to go on the Internet. I want to buy a DVD or a video about fishing.SIMON: You don't want a video, Grandpa. A DVD's better because you can watch it on your new computer. Now, you need an MP3 player, Grandpa.GRANDPA: No, Simon. Now I need a cup of tea.Pupil's BookUnit 6Page 547.Listen and check.GRANDPA: Oh, I'm tired today. We went shopping yesterday. SIMON: Oh, really? What did you buy?GRANDPA: We bought a computer.SIMON: How exciting, Grandpa! Which computer did you get? GRANDMA: We got a really good one. It's a KBX4.SIMON: Why did you choose that one?GRANDPA: Well, we chose it because your grandma read about it and the man in the shop said it was a good one.GRANDMA: Yes, he thought it was better than the others.SIMON: Did you bring it home with you?GRANDMA: Oooh, no. The nice man from the shop brought the computer home later.GRANDPA: Yes, he took it out of the box, put it on the table and said goodbye.GRANDMA: Yes, he thought that we knew something about computers, but we don't.We don't know how to turn it on!Pupil's BookUnit 7Page 622.Listen and check.MR BURKE: Welcome to the Kid's Box Quiz.Let's hear it for these two clever kids in today's big final: Lenny and Stella.LENNY AND STELLA: Hello, Mr Burke.MR BURKE: Look at the animals on the wall behind me. Lenny, which do you think is the most exciting?LENNY: Er, I think the most exciting animal is the tiger.MR BURKE: Great. Now tell us about tigers.You get five points for each fact.LENNY: Well, the Siberian tiger's the biggest and the strongest animal in the cat family. It's not the quickest cat, but it can run at 55 km an hour. The heaviest Siberian tiger weighed 465 kilograms.MR BURKE: Very good. That's 15 points.Now, Stella, which animal do you think is the most beautiful, and what can you tell us about it? STELLA: I think the most beautiful animal is the dolphin. It's one of the cleverest animals and I also think dolphins are the best parents - they look after their young for more than three years ...Erm ... oh, yes, and do you know that dolphins can't drink sea water? They have to get water from their food.MR BURKE: Very good, Stella. That gives you 15 points. Now, put your hands on the buttons. The quickest person to press the button and answer the question correctly gets five points. Which animal is the loudest in the world?LENNY: Is it the elephant?MR BURKE: Sorry, Lenny. It isn't.STELLA: Is it the blue whale?MR BURKE: Yes, that's right, Stella. Five points for you. The blue whale is the loudest animal in the world. And now for my next question ...Pupil's BookUnit 7Page 647.Listen and check.SUZY: Here's a picture for you, Mum. I drew it at the city zoo before we came home.SIMON: Yes, Dad drove us there this morning.STELLA: It was great. We saw the dolphins.They swam round the pool and jumped out of the water to eat fish from a man's hand. SUZY: Look, it's here in the picture. And we saw some baby lions, Mum. They ran in a big square cage, but their parents slept all day. STELLA: After we saw the lions, we went into the parrots' cage and they flew round our heads.SUZY: They were the most beautiful animals. Dad bought me a toy parrot. Look, it's over there on the table.MRS STAR: Mmm!SIMON: A parrot sat on Dad's head. It was really funny, but thelizard was the best. It caught a fly. Ffphffkkk. And ate it for its lunch. Pupil's BookUnit 8Page 702.Listen and check.NARRATOR: It's Simon's birthday. The grown ups are making food for his party.MR STAR: Angelina, can you take a bowl of salad to the table, please? MRS STAR: Yes. Can you pass me a bowl of cold pasta, too, please? GRANDMA: What do you want me to do?MR STAR: Er, could you put these cheese sandwiches on the table please, Mum?GRANDPA: Where's the lemonade, son?MR STAR: There are some bottles in that box next to the door.MRS STAR: Who'd like a cup of tea?GRANDPA: Oooh, no, thank you. But I am thirsty. I need a glass of lemonade!GRANDMA: Do you want a cheese sandwich too?GRANDPA: Oh, no, thank you. I don't like party food. Bruce made some nice vegetable soup yesterday. I can have some of that later. GRANDMA: Hmm.Vegetable soup. Oh, no, dear. We had it for dinner last night. We finished it all when you were out with your friends. It was lovely. Now, would you like a cheese sandwich?GRANDPA: Oooohhh ... yes, please.Pupil's BookUnit 8Page 728.Listen and check.GRANDPA: And here we are at the Star House Birthday Race. The explorer's first at the moment.He's jumping best.The clown's jumping the most quickly, but not the most carefully.Oh, he's got problems.I think he's falling.MR STAR: Oh, dear!He's going down!GRANDPA: And the pirate and the robot are both trying to get third place.Ooh, this is very exciting.And the doctor's jumping the worst, but she's laughing the most.The artist is jumping the most slowly, but she's doing very well.MR STAR: Er, she isn't jumping, Dad.She's walking.GRANDPA: Hmm!She's doing very well.She has got the shortest legs.。
剑桥国际少儿英语KB4 Unit1-8 学生用书听力文本Listening Script.doc
KB4Pupil's BookUnit 1Page 82.Listen and check.NARRATOR: Simon and Alex are in their Art class. They're making bowls and they can't stop. They're busy.SIMON: Oooh. My bowl's terrible!NARRATOR: Alex is careful and slow. His bowl's good. NARRATOR: Stella and Lenny are in their Maths lesson. Stella's very happy because she loves Maths and thinks it's easy. Lenny doesn't think Maths is easy. He thinks it's difficult.LENNY: I can't do this Maths problem. It's difficult.STELLA: Come on, Lenny. You can do it. It's easy.NARRATOR: ... It's 73-72. What an exciting game! Meera's got the ball and she's running with it. Meera's quick. The boy's slow.GIRL: This is really boring. I don't like basketball.Pupil's BookUnit 1Page 109.Listen and check.SIMON: Hey! The school show's really exciting, Dad.MR STAR: Yes, it is ... and it's good to see your teachers. Who are they all?SIMON: Well, the man who's talking to Mum is my Maths teacher. He's called Mr Newton.MR STAR: Right. Is the man who's singing your Music teacher? SIMON: No, he's Mr Burke, our sports teacher. Miss Flower's our Music teacher.She's the woman who's wearing the long green skirt. They do the 'After school club'.MR STAR: The 'After school club'? What's that?SIMON: It's a new club where we can do lots of exciting things on Thursday afternoons.... And can you guess who my Art teacher is? MR STAR: Ooh, Simon, that's difficult. Is it the woman who's playing the guitar?SIMON: Very funny, Dad. No, that's Mrs Robinson, our English teacher. Our Art teacher's over there. He's the one who's carrying the lorry. MR STAR: Is his name Mr Strong? Ha ha ha.SIMON: No, Dad. His name's Mr Turner.Pupil's BookUnit 2Page 162.Listen and check.SIMON: Look, this is the new activity centre which is opening in the village next to ours.SUZY: What does 'activity centre' mean?SIMON: It's a place where you can learn to do lots of exciting sports. Look. It's got rock climbing. I'd like to learn to climb.STELLA: Hmm. It's not nice when it's cold, wet and raining. SIMON: No, it's OK. They've got a climbing wall inside and outside. SUZY: Look! There's a lake too.SIMON: Yes, you can do water sports. You can learn to sail and fish, and you can go swimming there when it's hot.SUZY: I don't want to sail or climb. What can I learn to do? STELLA: Hmmm. Let's see. You can learn to skate, Suzy.SUZY: Hmm, skating. That's exciting, but I haven't got any skates. STELLA: That's OK. They've got skates at the centre. And they do dancing. I can learn to dance.Pupil's BookUnit 2Page 188.Listen and check.MR STAR: Hello.GRANDPA: Hello, son. Where are you?MR STAR: Hi, Dad. I'm inside, watching Simon and Alex. They're climbing really well. Simon's climbing quickly and he's near the top of the wall. Alex is climbing slowly and carefully. Where are you, Dad? GRANDPA: I'm outside with Suzy. She's learning to skate.MR STAR: How's she doing?GRANDPA: Well, she isn't doing badly. She doesn't want to fall, so she's skating slowly.SUZY: Look at me, Grandpa! I can skate really well now, but I'm tired. Let's go inside and watch Simon.GRANDPA: Good idea, Suzy. See you in a minute, son. We're coming in now.Pupil's BookUnit 3Page 262.Listen and check.ALEX: You weren't at school last week, Simon. Where were you? SIMON: I was at home because I wasn't well.ALEX: What was the matter?SIMON: I was ill. Last Monday I had a temperature. It was 39 degrees. ALEX: Wow. What was the matter?SIMON: I don't know. I drank lots of water, but on Tuesday I was worse and I had a bad headache too.ALEX: Were you better on Wednesday?SIMON: No, I wasn't. I had a terrible cough, so I saw the doctor. He gave me some medicine.ALEX: Were you better after you took the medicine?SIMON: No, I wasn't. On Thursday I went to the hospital with Mum and had some tests.ALEX: So, what was the matter?SIMON: Er, I had a cold ..., but I wasn't ill on Friday afternoon. I was fine! I ate a big dinner ... and then I had a really good weekend!Pupil's BookUnit 3Page 288.Listen and check.STELLA: I'm really tired this morning.MEERA: Really? Why? Were you awake all night?STELLA: No, I had a terrible dream.MEERA: Oooh, what was your dream about?STELLA: I was a doctor in a big hospital. I had a long white coat ... and I had lots of doctor's things, but I didn't have time to stop! MEERA: Oh?How many people did you see?STELLA: I saw lots. I saw a man who had a cough, but he didn't have a temperature so I gave him some medicine ... And there was a woman with a bad headache. And then, there was a girl who had a bowl on her head!MEERA: A bowl on her head! How did you take it off?STELLA: It was really difficult, but in the end I took it off and ... do you know who was under the bowl?MEERA: No.STELLA: It was Suzy!Pupil's BookUnit 4Page 342.Listen and check.MR STAR: What did you do yesterday afternoon at the After school club, kids?SIMON: Well, first we helped Mr Burke.Alex and I cleaned the chairs and then we carried them into the hall.MR STAR: And what did you do, Stella?STELLA: I played chess with Meera and then we all started to think about our school show.SIMON: Yes, Mr Burke wanted us to do a musical. We had to sing.And we danced!MRS STAR: Did you dance, Simon?SIMON: Well, I didn't dance, but I hopped, skipped and jumped to the music ... and Meera and Stella laughed a lot.STELLA: Well, Simon, you were funny. Mr Burke watched us dancing and listened to us singing, but then he stopped us!MR STAR: So what now?STELLA: Mr Burke doesn't want us to do a musical this year. SIMON: It's great! I don't have to sing and dance!Pupil's BookUnit 4Page 369.Listen and check.NARRATOR: It's Saturday morning and the children are going to Alex's new flat.LENNY: Which floor does Alex live on?STELLA: I think he lives on the fifteenth floor.SIMON: Wow, the fifteenth floor. That's exciting!MEERA: Yeah, he says he can see the city from his bedroom window. Oh, no! The lift isn't working!LENNY: That's OK. There are some stairs.We can walk up. STELLA: Lenny, we have to walk up to the fifteenth floor!SIMON: That's no problem. Lenny and I love climbing. Come on, Lenny. Let's see who gets there first!LENNY: Yeah!STELLA: First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor, fifth floor ...I'm so tired!ALEX: Hello.What's the matter?EVERYONE ELSE: The lift isn't working.ALEX: But it's only the fifth floor!LENNY: Yeah, but we went up to the fifteenth floor because Stella thinks you lived there!ALEX: Well, it's good you didn't want to see my uncle.He lives on the twentieth floor!Unit 5Page 468.Listen and check.ALEX: Hi, Simon.Did you finish your homework yesterday? SIMON: Yeah, I wrote about Shackleton.Who did you write about? ALEX: Jacques Cousteau. He was a French explorer. Shackleton's adventures were more difficult than Cousteau's, but I think Cousteau is more famous.SIMON: Really. What did he do?ALEX: He sailed in his ship, the Calypso, and explored sea life. SIMON: But Shackleton's life was more exciting. Why was Cousteau famous?ALEX: Because he helped us to understand our world. He made 120 TV programmes and films and he was one of the first people to tell us to be more careful with the sea.SIMON: Yeah, that's true. We have to look after our world. STELLA: Huh, our homework was more boring than theirs. LENNY: Yes, but ours was easier than theirs, so I had time to watch TV after I finished mine.STELLA: Yeah!Pupil's BookUnit 6Page 522.Listen and check.GRANDMA: We want to buy a computer so we can use the Internet. I'd like to email my old friend in Australia.SUZY: Do you know how to use a computer, Grandma? GRANDMA: No, not really. Can you show us, please?STELLA: Yeah, first you have to turn the computer on. Push this button here. Then you have to turn on the screen. That's this button here. Now you hold the mouse in your hand and ...GRANDMA: What mouse?SUZY: This here, Grandma. It's called a mouse because it's got a longGRANDMA: Oh, I see.STELLA: Then you click on this program, and you can write your email. SIMON: OK. What do you want to do, Grandpa?GRANDPA: I want to go on the Internet. I want to buy a DVD or a video about fishing.SIMON: You don't want a video, Grandpa. A DVD's better because you can watch it on your new computer. Now, you need an MP3 player, Grandpa.GRANDPA: No, Simon. Now I need a cup of tea.Pupil's BookUnit 6Page 547.Listen and check.GRANDPA: Oh, I'm tired today. We went shopping yesterday. SIMON: Oh, really? What did you buy?GRANDPA: We bought a computer.SIMON: How exciting, Grandpa! Which computer did you get? GRANDMA: We got a really good one. It's a KBX4.SIMON: Why did you choose that one?GRANDPA: Well, we chose it because your grandma read about it and the man in the shop said it was a good one.GRANDMA: Yes, he thought it was better than the others.SIMON: Did you bring it home with you?GRANDMA: Oooh, no. The nice man from the shop brought the computer home later.GRANDPA: Yes, he took it out of the box, put it on the table and said goodbye.GRANDMA: Yes, he thought that we knew something about computers, but we don't.We don't know how to turn it on!Pupil's BookUnit 72.Listen and check.MR BURKE: Welcome to the Kid's Box Quiz.Let's hear it for these two clever kids in today's big final: Lenny and Stella.LENNY AND STELLA: Hello, Mr Burke.MR BURKE: Look at the animals on the wall behind me. Lenny, which do you think is the most exciting?LENNY: Er, I think the most exciting animal is the tiger.MR BURKE: Great. Now tell us about tigers.You get five points for each fact.LENNY: Well, the Siberian tiger's the biggest and the strongest animal in the cat family. It's not the quickest cat, but it can run at 55 km an hour. The heaviest Siberian tiger weighed 465 kilograms.MR BURKE: Very good. That's 15 points.Now, Stella, which animal do you think is the most beautiful, and what can you tell us about it? STELLA: I think the most beautiful animal is the dolphin. It's one of the cleverest animals and I also think dolphins are the best parents - they look after their young for more than three years ...Erm ... oh, yes, and do you know that dolphins can't drink sea water? They have to get water from their food.MR BURKE: Very good, Stella. That gives you 15 points. Now, put your hands on the buttons. The quickest person to press the button and answer the question correctly gets five points. Which animal is the loudest in the world?LENNY: Is it the elephant?MR BURKE: Sorry, Lenny. It isn't.STELLA: Is it the blue whale?MR BURKE: Yes, that's right, Stella. Five points for you. The blue whale is the loudest animal in the world. And now for my next question ...Pupil's BookUnit 77.Listen and check.SUZY: Here's a picture for you, Mum. I drew it at the city zoo before we came home.SIMON: Yes, Dad drove us there this morning.STELLA: It was great. We saw the dolphins.They swam round the pool and jumped out of the water to eat fish from a man's hand. SUZY: Look, it's here in the picture. And we saw some baby lions, Mum. They ran in a big square cage, but their parents slept all day. STELLA: After we saw the lions, we went into the parrots' cage and they flew round our heads.SUZY: They were the most beautiful animals. Dad bought me a toy parrot. Look, it's over there on the table.MRS STAR: Mmm!SIMON: A parrot sat on Dad's head. It was really funny, but the lizard was the best. It caught a fly. Ffphffkkk. And ate it for its lunch.Pupil's BookUnit 8Page 702.Listen and check.NARRATOR: It's Simon's birthday. The grown ups are making food for his party.MR STAR: Angelina, can you take a bowl of salad to the table, please? MRS STAR: Yes. Can you pass me a bowl of cold pasta, too, please? GRANDMA: What do you want me to do?MR STAR: Er, could you put these cheese sandwiches on the table please, Mum?GRANDPA: Where's the lemonade, son?MR STAR: There are some bottles in that box next to the door. MRS STAR: Who'd like a cup of tea?GRANDPA: Oooh, no, thank you. But I am thirsty. I need a glass of lemonade!GRANDMA: Do you want a cheese sandwich too?GRANDPA: Oh, no, thank you. I don't like party food. Bruce madesome nice vegetable soup yesterday. I can have some of that later. GRANDMA: Hmm.Vegetable soup. Oh, no, dear. We had it for dinner last night. We finished it all when you were out with your friends. It was lovely. Now, would you like a cheese sandwich?GRANDPA: Oooohhh ... yes, please.Pupil's BookUnit 8Page 728.Listen and check.GRANDPA: And here we are at the Star House Birthday Race. The explorer's first at the moment.He's jumping best.The clown's jumping the most quickly, but not the most carefully.Oh, he's got problems.I think he's falling.MR STAR: Oh, dear!He's going down!GRANDPA: And the pirate and the robot are both trying to get third place.Ooh, this is very exciting.And the doctor's jumping the worst, but she's laughing the most.The artist is jumping the most slowly, but she's doing very well.MR STAR: Er, she isn't jumping, Dad.She's walking.GRANDPA: Hmm!She's doing very well.She has got the shortest legs.。
剑桥少儿英语第4册听力原文
剑桥少儿英语第4册听力原文旁白:西蒙和阿列克谢在他们的艺术课上。
他们正在做碗，他们不能停下来。
他们很忙。
西蒙:哦，我的弓是特雷尔！旁白:斯特拉和莱尼正在上数学课。
斯特拉非常高兴，因为她喜欢数学，认为它很容易。
莱尼认为数学不容易。
他认为这很难。
莱尼:我不会做这道数学题。
这很难。
斯特拉:来吧。
兰尼，你能做到的。
很简单。
旁白:...是73-72。
多么激动人心的比赛！米拉拿到球了，她正带着它跑。
米拉很快。
这个男孩很慢。
199女生:这真是天生的。
我很小心。
这部电影怎么样？真的很无聊。
3什么是397和79？哦，我不知道，那很难。
这场足球赛怎么样？这真是令人兴奋！来吧，玛丽。
别这么慢。
我不慢！6什么是2和2？这很简单。
已经4点了。
我能和你谈谈吗？不，对不起。
我很忙。
公共汽车来了，快点！9天气太糟糕了！哦不！看看我们的食物。
光盘1，12盘磁带1。
西蒙:嘿！爸爸，学校的表演非常精彩。
颗星:是的...很高兴见到你的老师。
他们都是谁？西蒙:嗯，和妈妈说话的那个人是我的数学老师。
他叫牛顿先生。
明星先生:对，唱这首歌的人是你的音乐老师吗？西蒙:不，他是伯克先生，我们的体育老师。
弗劳尔小姐是我们的音乐老师。
她就是穿绿色长裙的那个女人。
他们参加“课后俱乐部”。
明星先生:“课后俱乐部”？那是什么？西蒙:这是一个新的俱乐部，我们可以在周四下午做很多令人兴奋的事情。
...你能猜出我的美术老师是谁吗？颗星:哦，西蒙，这很难。
是那个弹吉他的女人吗？西蒙:非常有趣。
爸爸。
不，那是罗宾逊夫人。
我们的英语老师。
我们的美术老师在那里，他是那个搬运卡车的人。
明星先生:他的名字是斯特朗先生吗？哈哈。
西蒙:不，爸爸，他的名字叫特纳先生。
爱迪生先生是谁？他是在黑板上写字的人。
他穿什么？他穿着一件绿色的毛衣，灰色的裤子和蓝色的鞋子。
保罗是谁？他是正在看书的男孩，他穿着一条红色的短袖圆领汗衫和蓝色的裤子。
3谁是玛丽？她是那个长着金色卷发的女孩，她穿着一件粉红色的连衣裙，她穿着一件粉红色的连衣裙。
剑桥国际英语教程第四册Uint1-Uint5听力
Luis:Well, I guess the biggest change in my life over the last five years is that I got married. I used to be single, and now I’m not! I used to enjoy going out with friends every weekend- I liked to stay at home, watch TV- that kind of thing. It’s not so bad. I guess you could say that I grew up- I was tired of going out all the time and ready to settle down and start a family.Celine: for me the change has been with my work. I used to work in a large company. I worked in their corporate headquarters downtown in the accounting department. It was a great job- good money, decent benefits. When I first started at that company, I was very young and very ambitions. But after a while, I got tired of it. I was so unhappy there, and the commute was killing me! But one evening two years ago, I attended a seminar on working for yourself-you know, being self-employed and starting your own company. So I quit my job and gave it a try. It was scary at first, but after a little while I could see it was going to work out just fine for me. I couldn’t be happier.Diana: Gosh, five years ago I was a completely different person. You would n’t have recognized me if you’d seen me then! I talk a lot now, but I was more reserved then. And I hardly exercised at all.I never played any sports and rarely spent time outside. I was in terrible shape and worried about my health. But all that changed when I met my friend Judy. See, she convinced me to start slowly, you know, by walking every morning before work and swimming twice a week. Well, now I spend most of my free time outside- hiking, swimming when the weather’s good, playing tennis or racquetball- those kinds of things. I’m in pretty good shape now and feeling wonderful.Luis: Well, my wife is always saying that I’m not very good with money, not practical at all. She’s always teasing me about spending habits, but she’s right. When I see something I want, I just go and buy it, even if it is something I don’t really need. I guess I waste a lot of our money. We’re expecting our first child in December, and now that there’s going to be three of us, well , I think I do need to be more careful.Celine: working at home has been a real struggle. It’s been a lot harder than I imagined. I need to be more organized, that’s for sure. So, I’ve decide to hire at a part-time secretary- you know, someone who can come in couple of times a week and help out with me phones, the filing, and just clean up in general. I’m so busy that sometimes I kind of let things get out of hand- the office gets really messy! I sure could use some help.Diana: Well, I started mountain climbing a year and a half ago, and I just love it. Well, the next step for me is to concentrate on that sport and see where I can go with it. I’d love to someday- say, five or ten years form now- go mountain climbing in the Himalayas. They have some of the highest and most beautiful mountains in the world. That would be a real adventure! But before I do anything like that, I have to practice, practice, practice! And I have to get stronger –mentally as well as physically.Paul: So, Andrea, you going home for the holidays?Andrea: I sure am. I’ve booked a fight for tomorrow afternoon and I can’t wait!Paul: That sounds great.Andrea: What about you? Going home, too?Paul: I haven’t decide yet. I ‘m still debating…Andrea: Haven’t decide? Oh, you’re never going to get a flight out of there. I’m sure all the seats have been reserved by now. It’s the holiday season, after all!Paul: Well, it’s not such a big deal for me. My family only lives about a hundred and fifty miles from here. I usually drive or take the train. It’s a short trip.Andrea: You don’t sound very excited about it.Paul: Well, we are not really a very close-knit family. I have three brothers, and they’re spread out all over the place. One lives on the East Coast and the other on the West Coast. I even have a brother in Montreal!Andrea: oh, wow! What does he do?Paul: Translation work! It’s kind of strange, but we rarely get together as family anymore. Andrea: Well, I try to get home as much as possible. We’re a big family- there are six of us children- so it’s always a lot of fun.Paul: Six children?Andrea: Yep! And we’re all really close. You should see it- most of us are married, too, so it makes for a very crowded house over the holidays.Paul: I can imagine.Andrea: of course. There are too many people to cook dinner for. It’s a real headache for my parents. So we end up going out to dinner a lot. It’s pretty crazy.Paul: Well, at my house my mother loves to cook. So, when all of us do get home- which isn’t that often- she always cooks big, homemade meals. We have leftovers for days!。
剑桥国际少儿英语1-4单元听力文本
NARRATOR: aSTELLA: Hello, I’m Stella. I’m nine. I’ve got a brother and a sister. This is my favorite computer game. It’s called ‘Brainbox’.NARRATOR: bHello, I’m Suzy. I’m five. I’ve got a big dog. She’s black and white and she’s called Dott y.NARRATOR: cHi, I’m Simon. I’m eight. I like reading comics. My favorite comic’s called ‘Lock and Key’.CD1,03 磁带1 Ad-o-l-lb-i-k-eT-r-a-i-nm-o-n-s-t-e-rg-a-m-ec-o-m-p-u-t-e-rk-i-t-ec-a-m-e-r-al-o-r-r-yh-e-l-i-c-o-p-t-e-rShe’s d rinking orange juice.She’s jumping.He’s eating an apple.He’s showing Lenny his new school bag.She’s reading a book.He’s playing football.CD1,09 磁带1 A1 frog2 dress3 hit4 box5 watch6 friend7 swim8 man9 bread 10 egg 11 milk 12 flat 13 in 14on 15 hat 16 drinkCD1,12 磁带1 ASTELLA: Hi, everyone.This is my project. Here’s my family tree. There are my parents, Mr and Mrs. Star.And look, here are Grandma and Grandpa Star. They’re my grandparents and they’ve got two children: a son and a daughter.T heir son’s my dad and their daughter’s my Aunt May. I’ve got one aunt and one uncle: Aunt May and Uncle Fred. Aunt May’s my dad’s sister. Uncle Fred’s my mum’s brother. Grandma and Grandpa Star have got three children: one grandson, Simon, and two granddaughters, Suzy and me.This person’s taking a photo of his son.This person’s playing football with his uncle.This person’s reading a book to her daughter.This person’s playing a game with her aunt.This person’s painting a picture of her gran ddaughter.CD1,15 磁带1 AGrandma Star’s painting a picture of her [beep].Simon’s playing football with his [beep].Mrs. Star’s reading a book to her [beep].Grandpa Star’s taking a photo of his [beep].Stella’s playing a game with her [beep].Mr. and Mrs. Star are Simon’s [beep].CD1,19 磁带1 A1 chicken2 clothes3 purple4 crocodile5 smile6 tree7 cousin8 tomato9 sausage 10 coconut 11 cupboard 12 lemonade 13 chips 14 mirror 15 hall 16 pineappleMEERA: We’ve got a new flat. We’re movin g from our house in the country to a flat in the town.ALEX: Do you like living in the country?MEERA:I love the country. At the moment I live in a small village. It’s quiet and there are a lot of trees.LENNY: Has your house got a basement under the floor?MEERA: Yes, it’s full of boxes and old toys.ALEX: And what about your new flat?MEERA: Well, it hasn’t got a basement or a garden, but it’s got a beautiful balcony for my parents.ALEX: Cool.What else?MEERA: The house in the village has got stairs to go up and down but the flat in the city is different. There are five floors so we go upstairs and downstairs in a lift!LENNY: Wow! I want to live in a flat!CD1,24 磁带1,Ba basement, a village, a lift, upstairs, a balcony, a town, downstairsMay lives at number seventy-two.Tom lives at number ninety-eight.Jack lives at number twenty-three.Daisy lives at number forty-one.Peter lives at number sixty-four.Mary lives at number eighty-five.Sally lives at number thirty-seven.Vicky lives at number fifty-nine.CD1,33 磁带1,BStella wakes up at seven o’clock every day.Stella gets up.Stella has a shower.Then Stella gets dressed. She puts on her skirt and her T-shirt. Stella catches the bus to school.Stella does her homework.Before dinner, Stella washes her hands.Stella gets undressed. She takes off her skirt and her T-shirt. Stella goes to bed at nine o’clock.Have breakfast. Go to bed. Have lunch. Put on your jacket.Take off your shoes. Wake up. Have a shower. Put on your T-shirt. Get up. Wash your hands. Have dinner. Catch the bus.CD1,38 磁带2,ALENNY: How often do you play in the park, Simon? Do you play every day?SIMON: Well, no.I never plays in the park on Mondays.LENNY: Yes, we always have lots of homework on Mondays. SIMON: I sometimes play in the park after school on Wednesdays, but I sometimes go swimming with Dad.LENNY: And what about at the weekend?SIMON: I always play in the park on Sundays. It’s my favorite day. LENNY: Simon...What day is it today?SIMON: It’s Sunday! Let’s go to the park!CD1,44 磁带2,AWho is it?This person works in a hospital and looks after you when you’re not well. This person uses water to stop big fires.This person works in a school and helps children to learn.This person knows a lot about teeth.MEERA: Look at this map. My new flat’s on it.ALEX: Cool! Is there a sports centre near you?MEERA: Yes, look.It’s over here, next to the bus station.SIMON: Wow! And there’s a really big swimming pool behind it! STELLA: Oh, look. He re’s Park Road. There’s a big library...Mum. Lots of books there.MEERA: Yes, that’s next to the bank, where my dad works.LENNY: Mum.What’s this, next to the cinema?MEERA: That’s the market. We get our fruit there.ALEX: Oh, we go to the supermarket to get our food.SIMON: Mum...Food. Come on! Let’s go for lunch.ALEX AND LENNY: Yeah, good idea, Simon.See you, Meera! See you, Stella!MEERA: See you!STELLA: So where is your flat, Meera?MEERA: It’s here, behind the park, next to the library.Where’s the park?Where’s the bus station?Where’s the hospital?Where’s the supermarket?Where’s the sports centre?Where’s the cinema?Where’s the bank?Where’s the swimming pool?CD1,47 磁带2,ANARRATOR: The children are in the library, looking at books. LENNY: Look at this book, Stella! It’s about football.STELLA: Shh, Lenny! We’re in a library. We must be quite.LENNY: Meera, look what I’ve got.MEERA: That’s nice, Lenny.LENNY: It’s about football! It’s got lots of pictures of pictures of my favorite players!MEERA: Shah, Lenny. You must be quite in the library!ALEX: Hey, Lenny.What has you got?LEENY: It’s a book about football.SIMON: Cool! That’s GREAT! Can I see? Look, it says football is...STELLA, MEERA: SHHHH, SIMON! YOU MUST BE QUIET IN THE LIBRARY!GRANDPA: Come on, everybody.It’s five o’clock. We must go and catch the bus now.LENNY: OK, OK.Can we come back next week?GRANDPA: Yes, I think so...but you must be quiet!CD1,48 磁带2,A1 The children are at the bank.2 You must be quiet in the library.3 Lenny’s got a book about art.4.The book’s got lots of pictures of Lenny’s favorite football players.5.Grandpa Star and the children must catch a plane.6.The children want to come back next week.CD1,53 磁带2,A1 radio,2 school,3 playground,4 park,5 cinema,6 station,7 map,8 city,9 street,10 afternoon,11 question, 12 motorbike, 13 dirty, 14 walk, 15 fruit, 16beautifulCD2,03 磁带2,B1 Do you play in the park on Saturday, Jack?No. I always go out with my mum on Saturday?Oh, that’s nic e! Where do you go?We go to the cinema.2 Do you finish school at three o’clock, Daisy?Yes, but I don’t come home then.Really? Why not? Where do you go?I go to the swimming pool after school.So, what time do you come home?I come home at five o’clock.3. When do you do your homework, Paul?I do it before dinner.What do you do after dinner?I always watch TV.4. Do you walk to school, Vicky?No. I never walk to school. I catch the bus everyday.Oh, do you go to the bus station every morning?No, I catch the bus in the front of my house.5 Are you going into town, John?Yes. I need a new book.Are you going to the library?精品文档. No. I’m going to that big new bookshop next to the hospital. Oh, can I come with you?。
剑桥国际少儿英语KB4Unit1-8学生用书听力文本Listening.doc
KB4Pupil's BookUnit 1Page 82.Listen and check.NARRATOR:Simon and Alex are in their Art class. They're making bowls and they can't stop. They're busy.SIMON: Oooh. My bowl's terrible!NARRATOR: Alex is careful and slow. His bowl's good.NARRATOR:Stella and Lenny are in their Maths lesson. Stella's very happy because she loves Maths and thinks it's easy. Lenny doesn't think Maths is easy. He thinks it's difficult.LENNY: I can't do this Maths problem. It's difficult.STELLA: Come on, Lenny. You can do it. It's easy.NARRATOR:... It's 73-72. What an exciting game! Meera's got the ball and she's running with it. Meera's quick. The boy's slow. GIRL: This is really boring. I don't like basketball.Pupil's BookUnit 1Page 109.Listen and check.SIMON: Hey! The school show's really exciting, Dad.MR STAR: Yes, it is ... and it's good to see your teachers. Who are theyallSIMON:Well, the manwho's talking to Mumis my Maths teacher. He's called Mr Newton.MR STAR: Right. Is the man who's singing your Music teacher SIMON:No, he's Mr Burke, our sports teacher. Miss Flower's our Musicteacher.She's the woman who's wearing the long green skirt. They dothe 'After school club'.MR STAR: The 'After school club' What's thatSIMON:It's a new club where we can do lots of exciting things on Thursday afternoons.... And can you guess who my Art teacher isMR STAR: Ooh, Simon, that's difficult. Is it the woman who's playing the guitarSIMON:Very funny, Dad. No, that's Mrs Robinson, our English teacher.Our Art teacher's over there. He's the one who's carrying the lorry.MR STAR: Is his name Mr Strong Ha ha ha.SIMON: No, Dad. His name's Mr Turner.Pupil's BookUnit 2Page 162.Listen and check.SIMON: Look, this is the new activity centre which is opening inthe village next to ours.SUZY: What does 'activity centre' meanSIMON: It's a place where you can learn to do lots of exciting sports.Look. It's got rock climbing. I'd like to learn to climb.STELLA: Hmm. It's not nice when it's cold, wet and raining.SIMON: No, it's OK. They've got a climbing wall inside and outside.SUZY: Look! There's a lake too.SIMON: Yes, you can do water sports. You can learn to sail and fish,and you can go swimming there when it's hot.SUZY: I don't want to sail or climb. What can I learn to doSTELLA: Hmmm. Let's see. You can learn to skate, Suzy.SUZY: Hmm, skating. That's exciting, but I haven't got any skates.STELLA: That's OK. They've got skates at the centre. And they do dancing.I can learn to dance.Pupil's BookUnit 2Page 188.Listen and check.MR STAR: Hello.GRANDPA: Hello, son. Where are youMR STAR: Hi, Dad. I'm inside, watching Simon and Alex. They're climbing really well.Simon's climbing quickly and he's near the top of the wall. Alex is climbing slowly and carefully. Where are you, DadGRANDPA: I'm outside with Suzy. She's learning to skate.MR STAR: How's she doingGRANDPA: Well, she isn't doing badly. She doesn't want to fall, so skating slowly.SUZY: Look at me, Grandpa! I can skate really well now, but I'm tired.Let's go inside and watch Simon.GRANDPA:Good idea, S uzy. See you in a minute, son. We're coming in she's now.Pupil's BookUnit 3Page 262.Listen and check.ALEX: You weren't at school last week, Simon. Where were youSIMON: I was at home because I wasn't well.ALEX: What was the matterSIMON: I was ill. Last Monday I had a temperature. It was 39 degrees.ALEX: Wow. What was the matterSIMON: I don't know. I drank lots of water, but on Tuesday I was worseand I had a bad headache too.ALEX: Were you better on WednesdaySIMON: No, I wasn't. I had a terrible cough, so I saw the doctor. He gave me some medicine.ALEX: Were you better after you took the medicineSIMON: No, I wasn't. On Thursday I went to the hospital with Mum and hadsome tests.ALEX: So, what was the matterSIMON: Er, I had a cold ..., but I wasn't ill on Friday afternoon. I wasfine! I ate a big dinner ... and then I had a really good weekend!Pupil's BookUnit 3Page 288.Listen and check.STELLA: I'm really tired this morning.MEERA: Really Why Were you awake all nightSTELLA: No, I had a terrible dream.MEERA: Oooh, what was your dream aboutSTELLA: I was a doctor in a big hospital. I had a long white coat ... and I had lots of doctor's things, but I didn't have time to stop! MEERA: OhHow many people did you seeSTELLA: I saw lots. I saw a man who had a cough, but he didn't have a temperature so I gave him some medicine ... And there was a womanwith a bad headache. And then, there was a girl who had a bowl on herhead! MEERA: A bowl on her head! How did you take it offSTELLA: It was really difficult, but in the end I took it off and ...do you know who was under the bowlMEERA: No.STELLA: It was Suzy!Pupil's BookUnit 4Page 342.Listen and check.MR STAR: What did you do yesterday afternoon at the After school club,kidsSIMON: Well, first we helped Mr Burke.Alex and I cleaned the chairsand then we carried them into the hall.MR STAR: And what did you do, StellaSTELLA: I played chess with Meera and then we all started to thinkabout our school show.SIMON:Yes, Mr Burke wanted us to do a musical. Wehad to sing.And we danced!MRS STAR: Did you dance, SimonSIMON: Well, I didn't dance, but I hopped, skipped and jumped to themusic ... and Meera and Stella laughed a lot.STELLA: Well, Simon, you were funny. Mr Burke watched us dancingand listened to us singing, but then he stopped us!MR STAR: So what nowSTELLA: Mr Burke doesn't want us to do a musical this year.SIMON: It's great! I don't have to sing and dance!Pupil's BookUnit 4Page 369.Listen and check.NARRATOR:It's Saturday morning and the children are going to Alex's new flat.LENNY: Which floor does Alex live onSTELLA: I think he lives on the fifteenth floor.SIMON: Wow, the fifteenth floor. That's exciting!MEERA:Yeah, he says he can see the city from his bedroom window. Oh, no! The lift isn't working!LENNY: That's OK. There are some stairs.We can walk up.STELLA: Lenny, we have to walk up to the fifteenth floor!SIMON:That's no problem. Lenny and I love climbing. Comeon, Lenny. Let's see who gets there first!LENNY: Yeah!STELLA: First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor,fifth floor ...I'm so tired!ALEX: Hello.What's the matterEVERYONE ELSE: The lift isn't working.ALEX: But it's only the fifth floor!LENNY: Yeah, but we went up to the fifteenth floor because Stella thinksyou lived there!ALEX: Well, it's good you didn't want to see my uncle.He lives onthe twentieth floor!Pupil's BookUnit 5Page 468.Listen and check.ALEX: Hi, Simon.Did you finish your homework yesterdaySIMON: Yeah, I wrote about Shackleton.Who did you write aboutALEX: Jacques Cousteau. He was a French explorer. Shackleton's adventures were more difficult than Cousteau's, but I think Cousteau is more famous. SIMON: Really. What did he doALEX: He sailed in his ship, the Calypso , and explored sea life.SIMON: But Shackleton's life was more exciting. Why was Cousteau famous ALEX: Because he helped us to understand our world. He made 120 TV programmes and films and he was one of the first people to tell us to bemore careful with the sea.SIMON: Yeah, that's true. We have to look after our world.STELLA: Huh, our homework was more boring than theirs.LENNY: Yes, but ours was easier than theirs, so I had time to watchTV after I finished mine.STELLA: Yeah!Pupil's BookUnit 6Page 522.Listen and check.GRANDMA: We want to buy a computer so we can use the Internet. I'd liketo email my old friend in Australia.SUZY: Do you know how to use a computer, GrandmaGRANDMA: No, not really. Can you show us, pleaseSTELLA: Yeah, first you have to turn the computer on. Push this buttonhere. Then you have to turn on the screen. That's this button here. Nowyou hold the mouse in your hand and ...GRANDMA: What mouseSUZY: This here, Grandma. It's called a mousebecause it's got a long tail. Look.GRANDMA: Oh, I see.STELLA: Then you click on this program, and you can write your email.SIMON: OK. What do you want to do, GrandpaGRANDPA:I want to go on the Internet. I want to buy a DVDor a video about fishing. SIMON: You don't want a video, Grandpa. A DVD's better because youcan watch it on your new computer. Now, you need an MP3 player,Grandpa. GRANDPA: No, Simon. Now I need a cup of tea.Pupil's BookUnit 6Page 547.Listen and check.GRANDPA: Oh, I'm tired today. We went shopping yesterday.SIMON: Oh, really What did you buyGRANDPA: We bought a computer.SIMON: How exciting, Grandpa! Which computer did you getGRANDMA: We got a really good one. It's a KBX4.SIMON: Why did you choose that oneGRANDPA:Well, we chose it because your grandma read about it and the man in the shop said it was a good one.GRANDMA: Yes, he thought it was better than the others.SIMON: Did you bring it home with youGRANDMA: Oooh, no. The nice man from the shop brought the computerhome later.GRANDPA:Yes, he took it out of the box, put it on the table and said goodbye. GRANDMA: Yes, he thought that we knew something about computers, but wedon't.We don't know how to turn it on!Pupil's BookUnit 7Page 622.Listen and check.MRBURKE:Welcometo the Kid's Box Quiz.Let's hear it for these two clever kids in today's big final: Lenny and Stella.LENNY AND STELLA: Hello, Mr Burke.MR BURKE: Look at the animals on the wall behind me. Lenny, which doyou think is the most excitingLENNY: Er, I think the most exciting animal is the tiger.MR BURKE: Great. Now tell us about tigers.You get five points foreach fact.LENNY: Well, the Siberian tiger's the biggest and the strongest animalin the cat family. It's not the quickest cat, but it can run at 55 km anhour. The heaviest Siberian tiger weighed 465 kilograms.MR BURKE: Very good. That's 15 points.Now, Stella, which animal do youthink is the most beautiful, and what can you tell us about itSTELLA: I think the most beautiful animal is the dolphin. It's one of the cleverest animals and I also think dolphins are the best parents - theylook after their young for more than three years ...Erm ... oh, yes, anddo you know that dolphins can't drink sea water They have to get water from their food.MRBURKE:Very good, Stella. That gives you 15 points. Now, put your hands on the buttons. The quickest person to press the button and answer thequestion correctly gets five points. Which animal is the loudest in theworldLENNY: Is it the elephantMR BURKE: Sorry, Lenny. It isn't.STELLA: Is it the blue whaleMR BURKE: Yes, that's right, Stella. Five points for you. The blue whale is the loudest animal in the world. And now for my next question ...Pupil's BookUnit 7Page 647.Listen and check.SUZY: Here's a picture for you, Mum. I drew it at the city zoo before wecame home.SIMON: Yes, Dad drove us there this morning.STELLA: It was great. We saw the dolphins.They swam round the pool andjumped out of the water to eat fish from a man's hand.SUZY: Look, it's here in the picture. And we saw some baby lions, Mum.They ran in a big square cage, but their parents slept all day.STELLA: After we saw the lions, we went into the parrots' cage and theyflew round our heads.SUZY: They were the most beautiful animals. Dad bought me a toy parrot. Look, it's over there on the table.MRS STAR: Mmm!SIMON: A parrot sat on Dad's head. It was really funny, but the lizardwas the best. It caught a fly. Ffphffkkk. And ate it for its lunch.Pupil's BookUnit 8Page 702.Listen and check.NARRATOR: It's Simon's birthday. The grown ups are making food forhis party.MR STAR: Angelina, can you take a bowl of salad to the table, pleaseMRS STAR: Yes. Can you pass me a bowl of cold pasta, too, please GRANDMA: What do you want me to doMR STAR: Er, could you put these cheese sandwiches on the table please,MumGRANDPA: Where's the lemonade, sonMR STAR: There are some bottles in that box next to the door.MRS STAR: Who'd like a cup of teaGRANDPA:Oooh, no, thank you. But I amthirsty. I need a glass of lemonade! GRANDMA: Do you want a cheese sandwich tooGRANDPA:Oh, no, thank you. I don't like party food.Bruce made some nice vegetable soup yesterday. I can have some of that later.GRANDMA:Hmm.Vegetable soup. Oh, no, dear. Wehad it for dinner last night. We finished it all when you were out with your friends. It was lovely.Now, would you like a cheese sandwichGRANDPA: Oooohhh ... yes, please.Pupil's BookUnit 8Page 728.Listen and check.GRANDPA: And here we areat the Star House Birthday Race. The explorer's first at the moment.He's jumping best.The clown's jumping the most quickly, but not the most carefully.Oh, he's got problems.I think he's falling.MR STAR: Oh, dear!He's going down!GRANDPA:And the pirate and the robot are both trying to get third place.Ooh, this is very exciting.And the doctor's jumping the worst, but she's laughing the most.The artist is jumping the most slowly, but she's doing very well.MR STAR: Er, she isn't jumping, Dad.She's walking.GRANDPA: Hmm!She's doing very well.She has got the shortest legs.。
剑桥国际少儿英语KB4 Unit1-8 学生用书听力文本
Unit 1Page 10Part 2: Listen and check.NARRATOR:Simon and Alex are in their Art class. They're making bowls and they can't stop. They're busy.SIMON: Oooh. My bowl's terrible!NARRATO R: Alex is careful and slow. His bowl's good.NARRATOR:Stella and Lenny are in their Maths lesson. Stella's very happy because she loves Maths and thinks it's easy. Lenny doesn't think Maths is easy. He thinks it's difficult. LENNY: I can't do this Maths problem. It's difficult. STELLA: Come on, Lenny. You can do it. It's easy.NARRATOR: ... It's 73-72. What an exciting game! Meera's got the ball and she's running with it. Meera's quick. The boy's slow.GIRL: This is really boring. I don't like basketball.Page 12Part 9: Listen and check.SIMON: Hey! The school show's really exciting, Dad.MR STAR: Yes, it is ... and it's good to see your teachers. Who are they all?SIMON: Well, the man who's talking to Mum is my Maths teacher. He's called Mr Newton.MR STAR: Right. Is the man who's singing your Music teacher? SIMON: No, he's Mr Burke, our sports teacher. Miss Flower's our Music teacher.She's the woman who's wearing the long green skirt. They do the 'After school club'.MR STAR: The 'After school club'? What's that?SIMON: It's a new club where we can do lots of exciting things on Thursday afternoons.... And can you guess who my Art teacher is?MR STAR: Ooh, Simon, that's difficult. Is it the woman who's playing the guitar?SIMON: Very funny, Dad. No, that's Mrs Robinson, our English teacher. Our Art teacher's over there. He's the one who's carrying the lorry.MR STAR: Is his name Mr Strong? Ha ha ha.SIMON: No, Dad. His name's Mr Turner.Unit 2Page 18Part 2:Listen and check.SIMON: Look, this is the new activity centre which is opening in the village next to ours.SUZY: What does 'activity centre' mean?SIMON: It's a place where you can learn to do lots of exciting sports. Look. It's got rock climbing. I'd like to learn to climb. STELLA: Hmm. It's not nice when it's cold, wet and raining. SIMON:No, it's OK. They've got a climbing wall inside and outside.SUZY: Look! There's a lake too.SIMON: Yes, you can do water sports. You can learn to sail and fish, and you can go swimming there when it's hot.SUZY: I don't want to sail or climb. What can I learn to do? STELLA: Hmmm. Let's see. You can learn to skate, Suzy. SUZY:Hmm, skating. That's exciting, but I haven't got any skates.STELLA: That's OK. They've got skates at the centre. And they do dancing. I can learn to dance.Page 20Part 8: listen and checkMR STAR: Hello.GRANDPA: Hello, son. Where are you?MR STAR:Hi, Dad. I'm inside, watching Simon and Alex. They're climbing really well. Simon's climbing quickly and he's near the top of the wall. Alex is climbing slowly and carefully. Where are you, Dad?GRANDPA: I'm outside with Suzy. She's learning to skate.MR STAR: How's she doing?GRANDPA: Well, she isn't doing badly. She doesn't want to fall, so she's skating slowly.SUZY: Look at me, Grandpa! I can skate really well now, but I'm tired. Let's go inside and watch Simon.GRANDPA: Good idea, Suzy. See you in a minute, son.We're coming in now.Unit 3Page 28Part 2:Listen and check.ALEX:You weren't at school last week, Simon. Where were you?SIMON: I was at home because I wasn't well.ALEX: What was the matter?SIMON: I was ill. Last Monday I had a temperature. It was 39 degrees.ALEX: Wow. What was the matter?SIMON: I don't know. I drank lots of water, but on Tuesday I was worse and I had a bad headache too.ALEX: Were you better on Wednesday?SIMON: No, I wasn't. I had a terrible cough, so I saw the doctor. He gave me some medicine.ALEX: Were you better after you took the medicine? SIMON: No, I wasn't. On Thursday I went to the hospital with Mum and had some tests.ALEX: So, what was the matter?SIMON: Er, I had a cold ..., but I wasn't ill on Friday afternoon.I was fine! I ate a big dinner ... and then I had a really good weekend!P30Part 7:Listen and check.STELLA: I'm really tired this morning.MEERA: Really? Why? Were you awake all night? STELLA: No, I had a terrible dream.MEERA: Oooh, what was your dream about?STELLA: I was a doctor in a big hospital. I had a long white coat ... and I had lots of doctor's things, but I didn't have time to stop!MEERA: Oh?How many people did you see?STELLA: I saw lots. I saw a man who had a cough, but he didn't have a temperature so I gave him some medicine ... And there was a woman with a bad headache. And then, there was a girl who had a bowl on her head!MEERA: A bowl on her head! How did you take it off? STELLA:It was really difficult, but in the end I took it off and ... do you know who was under the bowl?MEERA: No.STELLA: It was Suzy!Unit 4Page 36Part 2: listen and checkMR STAR: What did you do yesterday afternoon at the after school club, kids?SIMON: Well, first we helped Mr Burke.Alex and I cleaned the chairs and then we carried them into the hall.MR STAR: And what did you do, Stella?STELLA: I played chess with Meera and then we all started to think about our school show.SIMON: Yes, Mr Burke wanted us to do a musical. We had to sing. And we danced!MRS STAR: Did you dance, Simon?SIMON: Well, I didn't dance, but I hopped, skipped and jumped to the music ... and Meera and Stella laughed a lot.STELLA: Well, Simon, you were funny. Mr Burke watched us dancing and listened to us singing, but then he stopped us!MR STAR: So what now?STELLA: Mr Burke doesn't want us to do a musical this year. SIMON: It's great! I don't have to sing and dance!Page 38part 8: listen and checkNARRATOR: It's Saturday morning and the children are going to Alex's new flat.LENNY: Which floor does Alex live on?STELLA: I think he lives on the fifteenth floor.SIMON: Wow, the fifteenth floor. That's exciting!MEERA: Yeah, he says he can see the city from his bedroom window. Oh, no! The lift isn't working!LENNY: That's OK. There are some stairs.We can walk up. STELLA: Lenny, we have to walk up to the fifteenth floor! SIMON: That's no problem. Lenny and I love climbing. Come on, Lenny. Let's see who gets there first!LENNY: Yeah!STELLA: First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor, fifth floor ...I'm so tired!ALEX: Hello.What's the matter?EVERYONE ELSE: The lift isn't working.ALEX: But it's only the fifth floor!LENNY: Yeah, but we went up to the fifteenth floor.Unit 5Page 48Part 8: listen and checkALEX: Hi, Simon.Did you finish your homework yesterday? SIMON:Yeah, I wrote about Shackleton.Who did you write about?ALEX:Jacques Cousteau. He was a French explorer. Shackleton's adventures were more difficult than Cousteau's, but I think Cousteau is more famous.SIMON: Really. What did he do?ALEX: He sailed in his ship, the Calypso, and explored sea life. SIMON:But Shackleton's life was more exciting. Why was Cousteau famous?ALEX: Because he helped us to understand our world. He made 120 TV programmes and films and he was one of the first people to tell us to be more careful with the sea.SIMON: Yeah, that's true. We have to look after our world. STELLA: Huh, our homework was more boring than theirs. LENNY: Yes, but ours was easier than theirs, so I had time to watch TV after I finished mine.STELLA: Yeah!Unit 6Page 54part 2: Listen and check.GRANDMA:We want to buy a computer so we can use the Internet. I'd like to email my old friend in Australia.SUZY: Do you know how to use a computer, Grandma? GRANDMA: No, not really. Can you show us, please? STELLA: Yeah, first you have to turn the computer on. Push this button here. Then you have to turn on the screen. That's this button here. Now you hold the mouse in your hand and ... GRANDMA: What mouse?SUZY: This here, Grandma. It's called a mouse because it's got a long tail. Look.GRANDMA: Oh, I see.STELLA: Then you click on this program, and you can write your email.SIMON: OK. What do you want to do, Grandpa? GRANDPA: I want to go on the Internet. I want to buy a DVD or a video about fishing.SIMON:You don't want a video, Grandpa. A DVD's better because you can watch it on your new computer. Now, you need an MP3 player, Grandpa.GRANDPA: No, Simon. Now I need a cup of tea.Page 56Part 8: Listen and check.GRANDPA: Oh, I'm tired today. We went shopping yesterday. SIMON: Oh, really? What did you buy?GRANDPA: We bought a computer.SIMON: How exciting, Grandpa! Which computer did you get? GRANDMA: We got a really good one. It's a KBX4. SIMON: Why did you choose that one?GRANDPA:Well, we chose it because your grandma read about it and the man in the shop said it was a good one. GRANDMA: Yes, he thought it was better than the others. SIMON: Did you bring it home with you?GRANDMA:Oooh, no. The nice man from the shop brought the computer home later.GRANDPA: Yes, he took it out of the box, put it on the table and said goodbye.GRANDMA:Yes, he thought that we knew something about computers, but we don't.We don't know how to turn it on!Unit 7Page 64Part 2:listen and checkMR BURKE: Welcome to the Kid's Box Quiz.Let's hear it for these two clever kids in today's big final: Lenny and Stella. LENNY AND STELLA: Hello, Mr Burke.MR BURKE: Look at the animals on the wall behind me. Lenny, which do you think is the most exciting?LENNY: Er, I think the most exciting animal is the tiger.MR BURKE:Great. Now tell us about tigers.You get five points for each fact.LENNY: Well, the Siberian tiger's the biggest and the strongest animal in the cat family. It's not the quickest cat, but it can run at 55 km an hour. The heaviest Siberian tiger weighed 465 kilograms.MR BURKE:Very good. That's 15 points.Now, Stella, which animal do you think is the most beautiful, and what can you tell us about it?STELLA: I think the most beautiful animal is the dolphin. It's one of the cleverest animals and I also think dolphins are the best parents -they look after their young for more than three years ...Erm ... oh, yes, and do you know that dolphins can'tdrink sea water?They have to get water from their food.MR BURKE: Very good, Stella. That gives you 15 points. Now, put your hands on the buttons. The quickest person to press the button and answer the question correctly gets five points. Which animal is the loudest in the world?LENNY: Is it the elephant?MR BURKE: Sorry, Lenny. It isn't.STELLA: Is it the blue whale?MR BURKE: Yes, that's right, Stella. Five points for you. The blue whale is the loudest animal in the world. And now for my next question ...Page 66Part 7: Listen and check.SUZY: Here's a picture for you, Mum. I drew it at the city zoo before we came home.SIMON: Yes, Dad drove us there this morning.STELLA: It was great. We saw the dolphins.They swam round the pool and jumped out of the water to eat fish from a man's hand.SUZY:Look, it's here in the picture. And we saw some baby lions, Mum. They ran in a big square cage, but their parentsslept all day.STELLA: After we saw the lions, we went into the parrots' cage and they flew round our heads.SUZY: They were the most beautiful animals. Dad bought me a toy parrot. Look, it's over there on the table.MRS STAR: Mmm!SIMON: A parrot sat on Dad's head. It was really funny, but the lizard was the best. It caught a fly. Ffphffkkk. And ate it for its lunch.Unit 8Page 72Part 2:Listen and check.NARRATOR: It's Simon's birthday. The grown ups are making food for his party.MR STAR: Angelina, can you take a bowl of salad to the table, please?MRS STAR: Yes. Can you pass me a bowl of cold pasta, too, please?GRANDMA: What do you want me to do?MR STAR: Er, could you put these cheese sandwiches on the table please, Mum?GRANDPA: Where's the lemonade, son?MR STAR: There are some bottles in that box next to the door. MRS STAR: Who'd like a cup of tea?GRANDPA:Oooh, no, thank you. But I am thirsty.I need a glass of lemonade!GRANDMA: Do you want a cheese sandwich too? GRANDPA: Oh, no, thank you. I don't like party food. Bruce made some nice vegetable soup yesterday. I can have some of that later.GRANDMA: Hmm.Vegetable soup. Oh, no, dear. We had it fordinner last night. We finished it all when you were out with your friends. It was lovely. Now, would you like a cheese sandwich? GRANDPA: Oooohhh ... yes, please.Page 74Part 7: Listen and check.GRANDPA: And here we are at the Star House Birthday Race. The explorer's first at the moment.He's jumping best.The clown's jumping the most quickly, but not the most carefully.Oh, he's got problems.I think he's falling.MR STAR: Oh, dear!He's going down!GRANDPA: And the pirate and the robot are both trying to get third place.Ooh, this is very exciting.And the doctor's jumping the worst, but she's laughing the most.The artist is jumping the most slowly, but she's doing very well.MR STAR: Er, she isn't jumping, Dad.She's walking. GRANDPA:Hmm!She's doing very well.She has got the shortest legs.。
（完整版）国际交流英语视听说4第一单元听力原文及翻译（修正版）
1. Listening 1OK, everyone, what I want to do today is continue our discussion about cities and the challenges they face, and, I ’d like to focus on the city of Venice, in Italy, which is an extraordinary example. So, to begin with, let extraordinary example. So, to begin with, let’’s review a few of the points we s review a few of the points we’’ve discussed so far. Remember that, for centuries, the city has been struggling with the problem of flooding. As you know, the regular floodwaters As you know, the regular floodwaters——called the acqua alta called the acqua alta——are a big problem in the city. You may also recall （想起）that the government has started the innovative （创新的） MOSE project to build water barriers and stop flooding from the ocean. Now, flooding is an important issue, but many Venetians say that the city has more serious problems than the acqua alta or the MOSE project. And most of these problems have to do with tourism. Of course, tourism has both the positive and negative side course, tourism has both the positive and negative side——tourism is extremely profitable. But the problem in Venice is too many tourists.For example, in 2007 the number of Venetian residents was 60,000. And what do you think the number of visitors to Venice was in that year? Twenty-one million! Recently, on a single holiday weekend in May, 80,000 tourists visited the city. Public parking lots filled up and were closed. And tourists walked through the streets eating and drinking and leaving a lot of trash behind.The result is that Venice The result is that Venice’’s city services just can s city services just can’’t handle t handle（处理，应对（处理，应对（处理，应对) so many people. ) so many people. The city has to pay more and more money for garbage collection to clean up all of the trash. In addition, public transportation on the famous boats and gondolas(In addition, public transportation on the famous boats and gondolas(平底船平底船平底船) is so crowded ) is so crowded that Venetian residents that Venetian residents（居民）（居民）can barely find room to get on. Along with trash and crowded transportation, city residents also have to deal with higher prices for food and for housing. Food prices continue to rise around the city. Some caf és charge as much as 13 U.S. dollars for a soft drink! In the Rialto Market —an area with many shops and stores shops and stores——some of the grocery （食品，杂货）stores have been replaced by souvenir shops, which means that Venetians have fewer places to buy their groceries. In popular tourist areas, rent has almost tripled(areas, rent has almost tripled(三倍三倍三倍), and many small local businesses ), and many small local businesses ), and many small local businesses——for example, toy for example, toy（玩（玩具） stores and hardware stores and hardware（五金）（五金） stores stores——can can’’t afford to pay.Let me add that there is a serious housing problem in Venice. At one time, there were regulations regulations（规章）（规章） making it illegal to convert making it illegal to convert（改装）（改装）residential buildings into hotels. But a law in 1999 removed those regulations, and the housing problem got even worse. Since then, the number of hotels and guesthouses has increased by 600 percent, and the number of houses that are available for local residents has gone down.These days, housing is only affordable for the very rich or for people who already own houses because they houses because they’’ve been passed down by family. Young Venetians simply can ve been passed down by family. Young Venetians simply can’’t afford to buy any property buy any property（财产）（财产）in the city. This has forced a huge number of Venetian residents to move out of the city. Thirty years ago, the population of Venice was around 120,000. Now it it’’s less than 60,000.So, why does Venice continue to encourage tourism when it causes so many problems? Mainly it Mainly it’’s because tourism in Venice generates s because tourism in Venice generates（产生）（产生）more than two billion U.S. dollars a year in revenue year in revenue（税）—（税）—（税）—and many think that the amount is much higher. and many think that the amount is much higher.Also, there there’’s a lot of financial pressure on Venice. The cleaning of canals canals（水道）（水道）（水道）, , restoration restoration（恢复）（恢复）of old structures, and the MOSE project are all very expensive. Tourism brings in money to help the city solve these problems.Another point I want to make is that many people in Venice have jobs related to tourism. As more tourists come to the city, hotels, restaurants, and museums need to hire more workers. In fact, the city of Venice has a lower unemployment rate than the rest of Italy, and it it’’s likely a result of the tourism industry.Some people think that Venice is to blame for its own problems —that these problems are the result of greed for tourists are the result of greed for tourists’’ money. There There’’s a lot of talk about limiting tourists, taxing tourists, and even asking tourists to avoid the busy seasons of Easter and Carnival. However, as you can see, maximizing the number of tourists in Venice is also necessary. So, there seem to be no simple solutions to Venice to be no simple solutions to Venice’’s tourism problem.好,大家,我今天要做的就是继续讨论城市和他们面临的挑战,我想把重点放在意大利的威尼斯市,这是一个非常好的例子。
剑桥国际少儿英语KB4Unit1-8学生用书听力文本ListeningScript
剑桥国际少儿英语KB4Unit1-8学生用书听力文本ListeningScriptKB4Pupil's BookUnit 1Page 82.Listen and check.NARRATOR: Simon and Alex are in their Art class.They're making bowls and they can't stop.They're busy.SIMON: Oooh.My bowl's terrible!NARRATOR: Alex is careful and slow.His bowl's good. NARRATOR: Stella and Lenny are in their Maths lesson.Stella's very happy because she loves Maths and thinks it's easy.Lenny doesn't think Maths is easy.He thinks it's difficult.LENNY: I can't do this Maths problem.It's difficult.STELLA: Come on, Lenny.You can do it.It's easy.NARRATOR: ... It's 73-72.What an exciting game!Meera's got the ball and she's running with it.Meera's quick.The boy's slow.GIRL: This is really boring.I don't like basketball.Pupil's BookUnit 1Page 109.Listen and check.SIMON: Hey!The school show's really exciting, Dad.MR STAR: Yes, it is ... and it's good to see your teachers.Who are they all?SIMON: Well, the man who's talking to Mum is my Mathsteacher.He's called Mr Newton.MR STAR: Right.Is the man who's singing your Music teacher? SIMON: No, he's Mr Burke, our sports teacher.Miss Flower's our Music teacher.She's the woman who's wearing the long green skirt.They do the 'After school club'.MR STAR: The 'After school club'?What's that?SIMON: It's a new club where we can do lots of exciting things on Thursday afternoons.... And can you guess who my Art teacher is? MR STAR: Ooh, Simon, that's difficult.Is it the woman who's playing the guitar?SIMON: Very funny, Dad.No, that's Mrs Robinson, our English teacher.Our Art teacher's over there.He's the one who's carrying thelorry.MR STAR: Is his name Mr Strong?Ha ha ha.SIMON: No, Dad.His name's Mr Turner.Pupil's BookUnit 2Page 162.Listen and check.SIMON: Look, this is the new activity centre which is opening in the village next to ours.SUZY: What does 'activity centre' mean?SIMON: It's a place where you can learn to do lots of exciting sports.Look.It's got rock climbing.I'd like to learn to climb. STELLA: Hmm.It's not nice when it's cold, wet and raining. SIMON: No, it's OK.They've got a climbing wall inside and outside. SUZY: Look!There's a lake too.SIMON: Yes, you can do water sports.You can learn to sailand fish, and you can go swimming there when it's hot.SUZY: I don't want to sail or climb.What can I learn to do? STELLA: Hmmm.Let's see.You can learn to skate, Suzy.SUZY: Hmm, skating.That's exciting, but I haven't got any skates. STELLA: That's OK.They've got skates at the centre.And they do dancing.I can learn to dance.Pupil's BookUnit 2Page 188.Listen and check.MR STAR: Hello.GRANDPA: Hello, son.Where are you?MR STAR: Hi, Dad.I'm inside, watching Simon and Alex.They're climbing really well.Simon's climbing quickly and he's near the top of the wall.Alex is climbing slowly and carefully.Where are you, Dad? GRANDPA: I'm outside with Suzy.She's learning to skate.MR STAR: How's she doing?GRANDPA: Well, she isn't doing badly.She doesn't want to fall, so she's skating slowly.SUZY: Look at me, Grandpa!I can skate really well now, but I'm tired.Let's go inside and watch Simon.GRANDPA: Good idea, Suzy.See you in a minute, son. We're coming in now.Pupil's BookUnit 3Page 262.Listen and check.ALEX: You weren't at school last week, Simon.Where were you? SIMON: I was at home because I wasn't well.ALEX: What was the matter?SIMON: I was /doc/6dd438f7370cba1aa8114431b90d6c 85ec3a8899.htmlst Monday I had a temperature.It was 39 degrees. ALEX: Wow.What was the matter?SIMON: I don't know.I drank lots of water, but on Tuesday I was worse and I had a bad headache too.ALEX: Were you better on Wednesday?SIMON: No, I wasn't.I had a terrible cough, so I saw the doctor.He gave me some medicine.ALEX: Were you better after you took the medicine?SIMON: No, I wasn't.On Thursday I went to the hospital with Mum and had some tests.ALEX: So, what was the matter?SIMON: Er, I had a cold ..., but I wasn't ill on Friday afternoon.I was fine!I ate a big dinner ... and then I had a really good weekend! Pupil's BookUnit 3Page 288.Listen and check.STELLA: I'm really tired this morning.MEERA: Really?Why?Were you awake all night?STELLA: No, I had a terrible dream.MEERA: Oooh, what was your dream about?STELLA: I was a doctor in a big hospital.I had a long white coat ... and I had lots of doctor's things, but I didn't have time to stop! MEERA: Oh?How many people did you see?STELLA: I saw lots.I saw a man who had a cough, but he didn't have a temperature so I gave him some medicine ...And there was a woman with a bad headache.And then, there was a girl who had a bowl on her head!MEERA: A bowl on her head!How did you take it off?STELLA: It was really difficult, but in the end I took it off and ... do you know who was under the bowl?MEERA: No.STELLA: It was Suzy!Pupil's BookUnit 4Page 342.Listen and check.MR STAR: What did you do yesterday afternoon at the After school club, kids?SIMON: Well, first we helped Mr Burke.Alex and I cleaned the chairs and then we carried them into the hall.MR STAR: And what did you do, Stella?STELLA: I played chess with Meera and then we all started to think about our school show.SIMON: Yes, Mr Burke wanted us to do a musical.We had to sing.And we danced!MRS STAR: Did you dance, Simon?SIMON: Well, I didn't dance, but I hopped, skipped and jumped to the music ... and Meera and Stella laughed a lot.STELLA: Well, Simon, you were funny.Mr Burke watched us dancing and listened to us singing, but then he stopped us!MR STAR: So what now?STELLA: Mr Burke doesn't want us to do a musical this year.SIMON: It's great!I don't have to sing and dance!Pupil's BookUnit 4Page 369.Listen and check.NARRATOR: It's Saturday morning and the children are going to Alex's new flat.LENNY: Which floor does Alex live on?STELLA: I think he lives on the fifteenth floor.SIMON: Wow, the fifteenth floor.That's exciting!MEERA: Yeah, he says he can see the city from his bedroom window.Oh, no!The lift isn't working!LENNY: That's OK.There are some stairs.We can walk up. STELLA: Lenny, we have to walk up to the fifteenth floor!SIMON: That's no problem.Lenny and I love /doc/6dd438f7370cba1aa8114431b90d6c 85ec3a8899.htmle on, Lenny.Let's see who gets there first!LENNY: Yeah!STELLA: First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor, fifth floor ...I'm so tired!ALEX: Hello.What's the matter?EVERYONE ELSE: The lift isn't working.ALEX: But it's only the fifth floor!LENNY: Yeah, but we went up to the fifteenth floor because Stella thinks you lived there!ALEX: Well, it's good you didn't want to see my uncle.He lives on the twentieth floor!Pupil's BookUnit 5Page 468.Listen and check.ALEX: Hi, Simon.Did you finish your homework yesterday? SIMON: Yeah, I wrote about Shackleton.Who did you write about? ALEX: Jacques Cousteau.He was a French explorer.Shackleton's adventures were more difficult than Cousteau's, but I think Cousteau is more famous.SIMON: Really.What did he do?ALEX: He sailed in his ship, the Calypso, and explored sea life. SIMON: But Shackleton's life was more exciting.Why was Cousteau famous?ALEX: Because he helped us to understand our world.He made 120 TV programmes and films and he was one of the first people to tell us to be more careful with the sea.SIMON: Yeah, that's true.We have to look after our world. STELLA: Huh, our homework was more boring than theirs. LENNY: Yes, but ours was easier than theirs, so I had time to watch TV after I finished mine.STELLA: Yeah!Pupil's BookUnit 6Page 522.Listen and check.GRANDMA: We want to buy a computer so we can use the Internet.I'd like to email my old friend in Australia.SUZY: Do you know how to use a computer, Grandma? GRANDMA: No, not really.Can you show us, please?STELLA: Yeah, first you have to turn the computer on.Pushthis button here.Then you have to turn on the screen.That's this button here.Now you hold the mouse in your hand and ...GRANDMA: What mouse?SUZY: This here, Grandma.It's called a mouse because it's got a long tail.Look.GRANDMA: Oh, I see.STELLA: Then you click on this program, and you can write your email. SIMON: OK.What do you want to do, Grandpa?GRANDPA: I want to go on the Internet.I want to buy a DVD or a video about fishing.SIMON: You don't want a video, Grandpa.A DVD's better because you can watch it on your new computer.Now, you need an MP3 player, Grandpa.GRANDPA: No, Simon.Now I need a cup of tea.Pupil's BookUnit 6Page 547.Listen and check.GRANDPA: Oh, I'm tired today.We went shopping yesterday. SIMON: Oh, really?What did you buy?GRANDPA: We bought a computer.SIMON: How exciting, Grandpa!Which computer did you get? GRANDMA: We got a really good one.It's a KBX4.SIMON: Why did you choose that one?GRANDPA: Well, we chose it because your grandma read about it and the man in the shop said it was a good one.GRANDMA: Yes, he thought it was better than the others.SIMON: Did you bring it home with you?GRANDMA: Oooh, no.The nice man from the shop broughtthe computer home later.GRANDPA: Yes, he took it out of the box, put it on the table and said goodbye.GRANDMA: Yes, he thought that we knew something about computers, but we don't.We don't know how to turn it on!Pupil's BookUnit 7Page 622.Listen and check.MR BURKE: Welcome to the Kid's Box Quiz.Let's hear it for these two clever kids in today's big final: Lenny and Stella.LENNY AND STELLA: Hello, Mr Burke.MR BURKE: Look at the animals on the wall behind me.Lenny, whichdo you think is the most exciting?LENNY: Er, I think the most exciting animal is the tiger.MR BURKE: Great.Now tell us about tigers.You get five points for each fact.LENNY: Well, the Siberian tiger's the biggest and the strongest animal in the cat family.It's not the quickest cat, but it can run at 55 km an hour.The heaviest Siberian tiger weighed 465 kilograms.MR BURKE: Very good.That's 15 points.Now, Stella, which animal do you think is the most beautiful, and what can you tell us about it? STELLA: I think the most beautiful animal is the dolphin.It's one of the cleverest animals and I also think dolphins are the best parents - they look after their young for more than three years ...Erm ... oh, yes, and do you know that dolphins can't drink sea water? They have to get water from their food.MR BURKE: Very good, Stella.That gives you 15 points.Now, put your hands on the buttons.The quickest person to press the button and answer the question correctly gets five points.Which animal is the loudest in the world?LENNY: Is it the elephant?MR BURKE: Sorry, Lenny.It isn't.STELLA: Is it the blue whale?MR BURKE: Yes, that's right, Stella.Five points for you.The blue whale is the loudest animal in the world.And now for my next question ... Pupil's BookUnit 7Page 647.Listen and check.SUZY: Here's a picture for you, Mum.I drew it at the city zoo before we came home.SIMON: Yes, Dad drove us there this morning.STELLA: It was great.We saw the dolphins.They swam round the pool and jumped out of the water to eat fish from a man's hand. SUZY: Look, it's here in the picture.And we saw some baby lions, Mum.They ran in a big square cage, but their parents slept all day. STELLA: After we saw the lions, we went into the parrots' cage and they flew round our heads.SUZY: They were the most beautiful animals.Dad bought me a toy parrot.Look, it's over there on the table.MRS STAR: Mmm!SIMON: A parrot sat on Dad's head.It was really funny, but the lizardwas the best.It caught a fly.Ffphffkkk.And ate it for its lunch.Pupil's BookUnit 8Page 702.Listen and check.NARRATOR: It's Simon's birthday.The grown ups are making food for his party.MR STAR: Angelina, can you take a bowl of salad to the table, please? MRS STAR: Yes.Can you pass me a bowl of cold pasta, too, please? GRANDMA: What do you want me to do?MR STAR: Er, could you put these cheese sandwiches on the table please, Mum?GRANDPA: Where's the lemonade, son?MR STAR: There are some bottles in that box next to the door. MRS STAR: Who'd like a cup of tea?GRANDPA: Oooh, no, thank you.But I am thirsty. I need a glass of lemonade!GRANDMA: Do you want a cheese sandwich too?GRANDPA: Oh, no, thank you.I don't like party food.Bruce made some nice vegetable soup yesterday.I can have some of that later. GRANDMA: Hmm.Vegetable soup.Oh, no, dear.We had it for dinner last night.We finished it all when you were out with your friends.It was lovely.Now, would you like a cheese sandwich?GRANDPA: Oooohhh ... yes, please.Pupil's BookUnit 8Page 728.Listen and check.GRANDPA: And here we are at the Star House Birthday Race.The explorer's first at the moment.He's jumping best.Theclown's jumping the most quickly, but not the most carefully.Oh, he's got problems.I think he's falling.MR STAR: Oh, dear!He's going down!GRANDPA: And the pirate and the robot are both trying to get third place.Ooh, this is very exciting.And the doctor's jumping the worst, but she's laughing the most.The artist is jumping the most slowly, but she's doing very well.MR STAR: Er, she isn't jumping, Dad.She's walking.GRANDPA: Hmm!She's doing very well.She has got the shortest legs.。
剑桥雅思4听力原文加翻译
test1_section1test1_section1M: Good morning!M:早上好!W: Good morning! How can I help you?W:早上好!我如何帮助你?M: I understand that the school organizes … umm, trips to different…M:我知道学校组织…嗯,去不同的…W: Yes. We run five every month, three during weekends and two Wednesday afternoon trips.W:是的。
我们每月运行五,三个在周末和两个周三下午的旅行。
M: What sort of places?M:什么样的地方?W: Well. Obviously, it varies, but always places of historical interest and also which offers a variety of W:好。
显然,它不同,但总是名胜古迹,也提供各种各样的shopping, because our students always ask about that. And then we go for ones where we know there 购物,因为我们的学生总是问。
然后我们去的,我们知道are guided tours because this gives a good focus for the visit.导游,因为这给了一个很好的集中访问。
M: Do you travel far?M:你旅行远吗?W: Well, we are lucky here obviously because we are able to say that all our visits are less than threeW:好吧,显然我们很幸运,因为我们能说,我们所有的访问都是不到三个小时hours drive.小时车程。
剑桥少儿英语第4册听力原文
第8页【1】CD 1,10 磁带1.ANARRA TOR:Simon and Alex are in their Art class.They’re making bowls and they can’t stop.They’re busy.SIMON:Oooh.My bowl’s terrible!NARRA TOR:Stella and Lenny are in their Maths lesson.Stella’s very happy because she loves Maths and thinks it’s easy.Lenny doesn’t think Maths is easy.He thinks it’s difficult.LENNY:I can’t do this Maths problem.It’s difficult.STELLA:Come on.Lenny.You can do it.It’s easy.NARRA TOR:...It’s 73-72.What an exciting game!Meera’s got the ball and she’s running withit.Meera’s quick.The boy’s slow.GIRL:This is really boring.I don’t like basketball.CD 1,11 磁带1，A1 Be careful with those glasses,Sally!I am being careful.2 What was the film like?It was really boring.3 What’s 397 and 79?Oh, I don’t know,That’s difficult.4 What was the football match like?It was really exciting!5 Come on,Mary.Don’t be so slow.I’m not slow!6 What’s 2 and 2?That’s easy.It’s 4.7 Can I talk to you?No,sorry.I’m busy.8 The bus is coming,Be quick!9 The weather’s terrible!Oh no!Look at our food.CD 1,12 磁带1.ASIMON:Hey!The school show’s really exciting,Dad.MR STAR:Yes ,It is...and it’s good to see your teachers.Who are they all?SIMON:Well,the man who’s talking to Mun is my Maths teacher.He’s called Mr Newton.MR STAR:Right,Is the man who’s singing your Music teacher?SIMON:No,he’s Mr Burke,our sports teacher.Miss Flower’s our Music teacher.She’s the woman who’s wearing the long green skirt.They do the‘after school club’.MR STAR:The ‘After school club’?What’s that?SIMON:It’s a new club where we can do lots of exciting things on Thursday afternoons. ...Andcan you guess who my Art teacher is?MR STAR:Ooh,Simon,that’s difficult.Is it the woman who’s playing the guitar?SIMON:Very funny.Dad.No,that’s Mrs Robinson.our English teacher.Our Art teacher’s overthere,He’s the one who’s carrying the lorry.MR STAR:Is his name Mr Strong?Ha ha ha.SIMON:No.Dad,His name’s Mr Turner.CD 1,13 磁带1，A1 Who’s Mr Edison?He’s the man who’s writing on the board.What’s he wearing?He’s wearing a green a sweater,grey trousers and blue shoes.2 Who’s Paul?He’s the boy who’s reading a book,He ‘s wearing a red T-short and blue trousers.3 Who’s Mary?She’s the girl who’s got long blonde curly hair,She’s wearing a pink dress,She’s wearing apink dress.She’s talking to Peter.4 Who is Jim?He’s the boy who’s sharpening his pencil,He’s wearing a brown shirt and grey trousers.CD 1,20 磁带1，A1 Six hundred and eighty-seven metres twenty-two centimetres.2 Thirty-nine metres sixty-seven centimetres.3 Eight hundred and twenty-four metres forty-three centimetres.4 Seventy-five metres twelve centimetres.5 Five hundred and sixty-two metres thirty-five centimres.6 Ninety-three metres fifty-six centimres.7 Seven hundred and forty-one metres fifty-eight centimetres.8 Nine hundred and thirty-eight metres seventy-nine centimetres.第16页CD 1, 21 磁带1，BSIMON:Look,this is the new activity centre which is opening in the village next to ours. SUZY:What does ‘activity centre ’mean?SIMON:It’s a plane where you can learn to do lots of exciting sport.Look.It’s got rockclimbing,I’d like to learn to climb.STELLA:Hmm.It’s not nice when it’s cold,wet and raining.SIMON:No,it’s OK.They’ve got a climbing wall inside and outside.SUZY:Look!There’s a lake too.SIMON:Yes,you can do water sport,You can learn to sail and fish,and you can go swimming there when it’s hot.SUZY:I don’t want to sail or climb.What can I learn to do？STELLA:Hmmm,Lets’s see.You can learn to skate,Suzy.SUZY:Hmm,skating.That’s exciting,but I haven’t got any skates.STELLA:That’s OK.They’ve got skates at the centre,And they do dancing.I can learn to dance.CD 1, 24 磁带1，BMR STAR:Hello.CRANDPA:Hello,son.Where are you?MR STAR:Hi,Dad.I’m inside,watching Simon and Alex.They’re climbing really well.Simon’sclimbing quickly and he’s near the top of the wall.Alex is climbing slowly andcarefully.Where are you,Dad?GRANDPA:I’m outside with Suzy.She’s learning to skate.MR STAR:How’s she doing?GRANDPA:Well,she isn’t doing badly.She doesn’t want to fall.so she’s skating slowly.SUZY:Look at me,Grandpa!I can skate really well now,but I’m tired.Let’s go inside and watchSimonGRANDPA:Good idea,Suzy.See you in a minute,son.We’re coming in now.CD 1, 32 磁带1，BALEX:You weren’t at school last week,Simon.Where were you?SIMON:I was st Monday I had a temperature.It was 39 degrees.ALEX:Wow.What was the matter?SIMON:I don’t know. I drank lots of water,but on Tuesday 1 was worse and I had a bad headache Too.ALEX:Were you batter on Wednesday?SIMON:No, I wasn’t. I had a terrible cough,so I saw the doctor. He gave me some medicine. ALEX:Were you batter after you took your medicine?SIMON:No I wasn’t .On Thursday I went to the hospital with mun and had some tests.ALEX:So,what was the matter?SIMON:Er I had a cold...,but I wasn’t ill on Friday afternoon.I was fine!I ate a big dinner...andthen I had a really god weekend!CD 1, 34 磁带1，BSTELLA:I’m really tired this morning.MEERA:Really?Why?Were you awake all night?STELLA:No,I had a terrible dreamMEERA: Oooh,what was your dream about?STELLA:I was a doctor in a big hospital.I had a long white coat...and I had lots of doctor’sthings,but I didn’t hae time to stop!MEERA:Oh?How many people did you see?STELLA:I saw lots.I saw a man who had a cough,but he didn’t have a tempreture so I gave him some medicine...And there was a woman with a bad headache.And then,there was agirl who had a bowl on her head!8CD2, 02 磁带2，AMR STAR:What did you do yesterday afternoon at the after school club,kids?SIMON:Well,first we helped Mr Burke.Alex and I cleaned the chairs and then we carried them into the hall.MR STAR:And what did you do,Stella?STELLA:I played chess with Meera and then we all started to think about our school show. SIMON:Yes,Mr Burke wanted us to do a musical.We had to sing.And we danced!MRS STAR:Did you dance,Simon?SIMON:Well,I didn’t dance,but I hopped,skipped and jumped to the music...and Meera andStellalaughed a lotSTELLA:Well,Simon,you were funny.Mr Burke watched us dancing and listened to us singing,but then he stopped us!MR STAR:So what now?STELLA:Mr Burke doesn’t want us to do a musical this year.SIMON:It’s great!I don’t have to sing and dance!CD2, 05 磁带2，ANARRA TOR:It’s Saturday morning and the children are going to Alex’s new flat.LENNY:Which floor does Alex live on?STELLA:I think he lives on the fifteenth floor.SIMON:Wow,the fifteenth floor,That’s exciting!MEERA:Yeah,he says he can see the city from his bedroom window.Oh,no!The lift isn’t working! LENNY:That’s OK.There are some stairs.We can walk up.STELLA:Lenny,we have to walk up to the fifteenth floor!SIMON:That’s no problem.Lenny and I love e on.Lenny.Let’s see who gets therefirst!LENNY:Yeah!STELLA:First floor,second floor,third floor,fourth floor,fifth floor...I’m so tired!ALEX:Hello.What’s the matter?EVERYONR ELS E:The lift isn’t working.Alex:But it’s only the fifth floor!LENNY:Yeah,but we went up to the fifteenth because Stella thinks you live there!ALEX:Well,It’s good you didn’t want to see my uncle.He lives on the twentieth floor!CD2,11 磁带2，ACan you see the line from the word Tuesday?On Tuesday,Mary went to the library to take her books back.Now you listen and draw lines.1 Did you do a lot of things last week,Mary?Yes I did.I had a very busy week.What was the first thing you did?On Monday I went to see my grandma because she wasn’t well.She had a tempera.Oh,dear.Is she better now?Yes, thanks,She’s a lot better.2 What next?Well,on Wednesday I went shopping with my mum.What did you buy?I had to get some new school shoes.3 What did you do on Thursday?I did my Maths homework.Was it difficult?No, it was OK.I like Maths.4 Did you have to do your homework on Friday?No,I didn’t.I had my music lesson on Friday.Really?What do you play?I play the piano.5 And tell me,did you do anything interesting at the weekend?At the weekend?Well,not on Sunday,but on Saturday I cleaned my bedroom.Oh dear!Do you do that every week?Yes I do.I enjoy cleaning my bedroom!CD2,19 磁带2，AGRANDMA:We want to buy a computer so we can use the internet.I’d like to email my old friend in Australia.SUZY:Do you know how to use the computer,Grandma?GRANDMA:No,not really.Can you show us,please?STELLA:Yeah,first you have to turn the computer on.Push this button here.Then you have to turn on the screen..That’s the button here.Now you hold the mouse in your hand and... GRANDMA:What mouse?SUZY:This here,Grandma.It’s called a mouse because It’s got a long tail.Look.GRANDMA:Oh,I see.STELLA:Then you click on this program,and you can write you email.SIMON:OK.What do you want to do Grandpa?GRANDPA:I want to go on the internet. I want to buy a DVD or a video about fishing. SIMON:You don’t want a video,Grandpa.A DVD’s better,because you can watch it on your new computer.Now, you need an MP3 player,Grandpa.GRANDPA:No Simon.Now I need a cup of tea.CD2,23 磁带2，AHi,John,Did you go shopping yesterday?Yes.I did.I went with my mum and my dad.What did you buy?We bought a new computer.Really?That’s nice.Is the computer for you?No,it isn’t.What’s it for?It’s for my brother.I see.Why does your brother need a compute,John?Well,he needs it for two things.What’s the first?First,he need the internet to help him with his homework.Did you say there were two things he needs a computer for?That right.What’s the second thing?He wants to watch DVDs.Oh, I see.Was it a lot of money?Yes,it was.How much was it?It was six hundred and ninety-nine pounds.Oh,that is a lot of money.Does your brother work at the weekends?Yes.He works in a cafe on Saturdays.CD2,29 磁带2，B1 What did you do last week,Fred?Last week I did lots of things.I don’t know where to start.Tell me what you did on...Thursday. On Tuesday I went to the park with my dad.He took a photo of me on my bike.2 Did you go shopping last week?Yes.On Monday I went shopping with my mum and she bought me a new DVD.Really?Yes.It’s great.It’s great.It’s called Box of Tricks.3 What other things did you do?Well,at the weekend I had a great time.It was Grandma’s birthday on Saturday.We gave her a Present.What did you get her?We got her an MP3 player.Great!4 On Sunday afternoon we went to the countyside and I found a mobile phone under a tree.What did you do with it ?The woman who lost it phoned the number and I gave it back to her.5 What about Wednesday?Let me think.Oh,yes.On Wednesday I took some photos of my little sister.She was in the school Play.That’s nice.Did she like the photos?She loved them!6 Oh,and on Friday we went to the cinema.Which film did you see?We saw Lost on the Internet.Really?I saw that last week.It’s really exciting!Yes,it is.We chose that one because we love films of computer games.CD2,30 磁带2，BMR BURKE:Welcome to the Kids Box Quiz.Let’s hear it for these two clever kids in today’s big final:。
【雅思】剑桥雅思4听力原文
W:And then there’s a London trip on the 16th of February. And we will be taking a medium sizecoach so there will be 45 places on that. And let’s see the optional extra is the Tower of London.
W:You’re welcome. I hope you’ll enjoy the trips.
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Good afternoon everybody and welcome to Riverside Industrial Village. To start your visit, I'm just going to give you a brief account of the history of the museum before letting you roam about on your own. I won't keep you long. OK?
M:And where’s the optional visit?
W:It’s to the American Museum, well worth visit.
M:Okay, that’s great. And thanks all that.
W:My pleasure. Oh by the way, if you want more information about any of the trips, have a look in the student newspaper.
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想出来的智慧2018年1月10日Unit 1Luis: Well, I guess the biggest change in my life over the last five years is that I got married. I used to be single, and now I’m not! I used to enjoy going out with friends every weekend- you know I was a lot more sociable. Now a more of own body, I liked to stay at home, watch TV- that kind of thing. It’s not so bad. I guess you could say that I grew up- I was tired of going out all the time and ready to settle down and start a family.Celine: For me the change has been with my work. I used to work in a large company. I worked in their corporate headquarters downtown in the accounting department. It was a great job- good money, decent benefits. When I first started at that company, I was very young and very ambitions. But after a while, I got tired of it. I was so unhappy there, and the commute was killing me! But one evening two years ago, I attended a seminar on working for yourself-you know, being self-employed and starting your own company. So I quit my job and gave it a try. It was scary at first, but after a little while I could see it was going to work out just fine for me. I couldn’t be happier.Diana: Gosh, five years ago I was a completely different person. You wouldn’t have recognized me if you’d seen me then! I talk a lot now, but I was more reserved then. And I hardly exercised at all. I never played any sports and rarely spent time outside. I was in terrible shape and worried about my health. But all that changed when I met my friend Judy. See, she convinced me to start slowly, you know, by walking every morning before work and swimming twice a week. Well, now I spend most of my free time outside- hiking, swimming when the weather’s good, playing tennis or racquetball- those kinds of things. I’m in pretty good shape now and feeling wonderful.Luis: Well, my wife is always saying that I’m not very good with money, not practical at all. She’s always teasing me about spending habits, but she’s right. When I see something I want, I just go and buy it, even if it is something I don’t really need. I guess I waste a lot of our money. We’re expecting our first child in December, and now that there’s going to be three of us, well , I think I do need to be more careful.Celine: working at home has been a real struggle. It’s been a lot harder th an I imagined. I need to be more organized, that’s for sure. So, I ’ve decide to hire at a part-time secretary- you know, someone who can come in couple of times a week and help out with me phones, the filing, and just clean up in general. I’m so busy that sometimes I kind of let things get out of hand- the office gets really messy! I sure could use some help. Diana: Well, I started mountain climbing a year and a half ago, and I just love it. Well, the next step for me is to concentrate on that sport and se e where I can go with it. I’d love to someday- say, five or ten years from now- go mountain climbing in the Himalayas. They have some of the highest and most beautiful mountains in the world. That would be a real adventure! But before I do anything like that, I have to practice, practice, practice! And I have to get stronger –mentally as well as physically.Paul: So, Andrea, you going home for the holidays?Andrea: I sure am. I’ve booked a fight for tomorrow afternoon and I can’t wait!Paul: That sounds great.Andrea: What about you? Going home, too?Paul: I haven’t decide d yet. I ‘m still debating…Andrea: Haven’t decide? Oh, you’re never going to get a flight out of there. I’m sure all the seats have been reserved by now. It’s the holiday season, after all!Paul: Well, it’s not such a big deal for me. My family only lives about a hundred and fifty miles from here. I usually drive or take the train. It’s a short trip.Andrea: You don’t sound very excited about it.Paul: Well, we are not really a very close-knit family. I have three brothers, and they’re spread out all over the place. One lives on the East Coast and the other on the West Coast. I even have a brother in Montreal! Andrea: oh, wow! What does he do?Paul: Translation work! It’s kind of strange, but we rarely get together as family anymore.Andrea: Well, I try to get home as much as possible. We’re a big family- there are six of us children- so it’s always a lot of fun.Paul: Six kids?Andrea: Yep! And we’re all really close. You should see it- most of us are married, too, so it makes for a very crowded house over the holidays.Paul: I can imagine.Andrea: O f course. There are too many people to cook dinner for. It’s a real headache for my parents. So we end up going out to dinner a lot. It’s pret ty crazy.Paul: Well, at my house my mother loves to cook. So, when all of us do get home- which isn’t that often- she always cooks big, homemade meals. We have leftovers for days!Unit 2 Carol: Well, I went away to college when I was seventeen. I’d never lived away from my parents before, and I was really looking forward to it. But I was also scared because I was leaving my friends behind, and I didn’t know anyone when I first arrived. I lived in a really big dormitory and shared a room with two other girls. I guess the thing I learned the most was how to get along with other- you know, how to respect other people’s opinions and property- stuff like that. At home I’d always had my own room. This was the first time I’d had to live with other people in the same room.We were all really different-I mean, our personalities and lifestyles were completely opposite in some ways! Anyway, at first it really caused problems, but we learned how to get along living in those tight quarters. Three seventeen-year-olds living in one room- can you imagine? I’m surprised we survived it at all.Michael: I think, for myself, the hardest thing was learning how to manage my owe time better. I used to stay up late watching TV a lot, didn’t eat well, often went to class unprepare d, and things liked that. My grades were really suffering, and I could hardly keep my eyes open in class! It was a drag! Somehow, midway through the semester, I changed and started to do well.Organizing my time was a real challenge. In high school, I did n’t have to worry- I had the same schedule every day, and at night my parents were pushing me to study. But it’s different when you go away to college. You have to learn to take responsibility for your actions. No one is going to tell you what to do. You have to figure it out yourself.Frank: I’m having some trouble with chemistry this year. It’s hard. The teacher acts like we’re so smart- that we ought to have no trouble learning it. I find the textbook confusing, and then I get discouraged. Well, some of us got together and formed a study group. It seems to work ok most of the time- we compare notes and then go over the discussion questions in each chapter. The only problem is that sometimes one of my friends will come to the study group unprepared. He’ll forget his notes or he won’t have read the book beforehand. That really bothers me and I guess those guys who don’t prepare are going to have hard time on the final exam.Regina: I’m trying to learn this new computer program at school. It’s kind of embarrassing- most of the other kids have already picked it up, and I just can’t get it. There’s this software manual at school- I borrowed the book and took it home to read, but it didn’t seem to help. There was simply too much information for me to remember. My problem is that I don’t have enough time to sit down and learn it properly. I’m not sure that what to do next.Sonia: I’m going to France next summer, so I want to learn as much French as I can. So, I started taking a French class at the local community center. Well, the great thing is the class is free. The problem is it’s not very easy. Well, you see, it’s supposed to be beginning –level class- no way! I’m telling you, most of the person in there- they already knew how to speak French when they started the class. They can say basic conversational phrases, and they know how to pronounce the words. I am complete beginner! I did not know one word of French when I started this class! So I always feel lost- even from day one, I had no idea what was going on. Now, the teacher is nice, but he’s not very good! He gets off the topic, and he’ll get stuck on some tiny, little point for like half an hour at a time. But I really shoul dn’t complain because after all, this class is free!Unit 3Andy: Well, this is Andy Wong, and we’re just about at the end of another episode of “Where in the world…?” But before we sign off, I’d like to tell you a little about tomorrow’s program. Tomorrow we have a very interesting report on two very exciting cities that I’m sure you won’t want to miss. Our reporters in the field, Deborah and Todd, are standing by to fill us in on the details. Deborah! Can you hear me?Deborah: Yes, Andy, loud and clear.Andy: Well, where are you?Deborah: You know I can’t tell you that, Andy! You have to watch tomorrow’s program to get the answer.Andy: oh, right! That’s right. Well, tell us about the place anyway.Deborah: ok. This city is a very exciting place to visit. First of all, it is one of the ten largest metropolitan areas in the world. It is a very cosmopolitan city with a strong identity of its own. And the local food is unique. I really am enjoying the restaurants that serve barbecued beef, which is grilled right at your table. But I must warn you, much of the food is extremely spicy, so come prepared. Do you like spicy food, Andy?Andy: Love it!Deborah: Well, you should come on over, then! Andy, this city is very old! It was founded in the fourteenth century and is divided by the Han River. The city has a striking combination of modern and ancient architecture. In fact, most of the traditional architecture is located on the northern side of the river- when I am now. With its efficient subway syst em, it’s very easy to get around and see the sights.Andy: Great, Deborah. Thanks so much for…Deborah: oh, wait, Andy! One more thing I forgot to mention! The shopping- the street vendors here sell everything from shoes to electronics to furniture- all at discounted prices! Oops, have I said too much?Andy: No, no, not at all! Sounds like you’re having a fantastic time. We’re looking forward to hearing your full report tomorrow, and finding out just where in the world you are right now! Before we run out of time, though, let me turn it over to Todd. Todd? Are you there?Todd: I sure am. Hello, everyone. Well, my city is very old. It was founded in fifteen forty-nine by the Portuguese. It is now the third largest city in the country, with about two milli on inhabitants. It’s quite fascinating. Believe it or not, it’s built into a cliff, and it overlooks a beautiful bay. It’s actually on two levels. To get to the upper level you can take an elevator. From there you have a wonderful view of the bay. And if you enjoy swimming, there are beautiful beaches.Andy: well, Todd! I guess we know where you’re been the last few days! On the beach!Todd: Well, not exactly! Andy. There’s so much to see and do here. By the way, this city also has a strong African influence: you can see it in the music, food, and dance styles of the region.Andy: Mm-hmm. What do people like to do there?Todd: many people enjoy watching a special kind of dance that’s a mixture of dancing and fighting with an African origin. For those of you who enjoy nightlife, this city can’t be beat. It has several different street festivals during the year, each one like a mini-carnival of its own.Andy: Great! Thanks a lot, Todd. Well, that certainly has given our listeners plenty to think about, but I’m sorry to say we’re out of time. That’s it, folks. This is Andy Wong reminding you to tune in tomorrow for the next installment of our travel show,” where in the World…?” Goodnight, everybody!Interviewer: Hi, guys!Jose and Vicki: Hi.Interviewer: Thanks for agreeing to meet me here on such short notice.Jose: No problem.Interviewer: Well. Listen, as I said to you on the phone, I’m doing a story for the campus newspaper. I’m interviewing foreign students to get their impressions of our city. Um, this should only take about ten minutes or so. Let’s see…Uh, do you mind if I tape-record our interview?Vicki: Oh no, not at all.Interviewer: OK, then. Jose, why don’t we start with you. What do you think of San Francisco? How do you like it here so far?Jose: It’s OK! I guess.Interviewer: Oh, you don’t sound very enthusiastic.Jose: No, no. I like it. It’s just that I’ve been so busy studying. I haven’t had much time to explore the city. Interviewer: Oh. That’s too bad.Jose: Yeah. And when I have the time, well, it’s so cloudy and foggy here- especially in the summer. I never thought I’d be wearing a sweater in July!Interviewer: Well, this is Northern California. Hey, maybe you should move south. I hear Los Angeles is warmer. Vicki?Vicki: Oh, I love it here. I think this is a beautiful city. The rolling hills, the views of the bay- it’s very romantic.Interviewer: Yeah. So how do you guys spend your free time?Jose: Well, I’m studying architecture and am somewhat of a photographer……Interviewer: Really?Jose: Oh, I’m just an amateur. Anyway, I …I’m always taking pictures of the building in this city. You know, the Victorians, the modern skyscrapers downtown, MOMA ……Interviewer: MOMA. You mean , the Museum of Modern Art?Jose: Right. There’s such a variety of buildings in this city. The architecture is really great. I also have taken pictures of other structures, like the Golden Gate Bridge- it looks totally different when the weather changes. Interviewer: Wow! T hat’s interesting. Ah, well, Vicki, it’s your turn. What do you like to do?Vicki: I like to explore the different neighborhoods. Yesterday I went to the Italian neighborhood, North Beach, to buy some pastries and have a cup of espresso. Today I’m going d own to the Mission District to get a burrito for lunch.Interviewer: Hey, sounds like you like to eat!Vicki: Yes. Actually, I like the Mission a lot. It’s a Hispanic neighborhood. We don’t have anything like that where I come from.Interviewer: Uh, wel l, that’s about it. Any final comments?Jose: No, not really.Vicki: I just like to say that this is the great place to live，It’s small after get around easy but big enough to offer all the advantages of large cities，I’m glad I got the chance to study he reLindsay: So, Eric, how long have you lived in New York?Eric: All my life. I was born here. Sounds like you’re new in town.Lindsay: Two months. I just moved here from Michigan,Eric: Wow! That’s a big change. New York must be quite a shock.Lind say: Well, not exactly. I lived here once before, when I went to graduate school. So, I …I guess you could say that I’m used to life in N ew York, if that’s possible.Eric: when did you live here?Lindsay: Oh, let’s see, …it must have been about eight yea rs ago. Boy, the city sure has changed since then. Eric: I supposed so. I mean, they’re really cleaned up Times Square. It used to be so me dirty. I mean, now it’s just full of tourists.Lindsay: Yeah. And the subways seem to run more on schedule now.\\Eric: Basically, I think the city is safer anywhere you go, probably because we have so many more police officers on the street.Lindsay: Oh, that’s for sure! You know, though, one thing I can’t get used to is the noise- especially those garbage trucks! They come at five in the morning and are so loud. The noise wakes me up every time!Eric: I guess I’ve lived here so long I don’t hear it anymore. I can sleep through just about anything. You know the one thing I am tired of –the weather. I mean, I’m not sick and tired of these long, cold winters. I’m thinking about moving next year. Lindsay: Really?Eric: Yeah. I mean, like I said, I’ve live here all my life, and I feel like I need some kind of change. You know, a new environment. it’s time to get out of New York.Lindsay: Hmm. Not me! I love the nightlife: the theater and the great restaurants. I can’t wait to get out and discover all that New York is offering!Unit 4 Lisa: Uh, well, I'm a freelance writer, and that means that I work at home. And a lot of people think my job is easier because I don't have to go the office every day. And I don't have to deal with office politics. But, you know, the truth is, my job is very hard. I have to be very organized and very disciplined. and pretty self-motivated. And when I have a problem, there is no one around to help me- I have to solve it myself. And sometimes I worry about money. So when I get stressed, I take a hot bath to relax, and then I curl up in front of the TV with a cup of hot tea. And that usually does the trick at the end of a long and very hard day.Sean: Traffic stresses me out. I do a lot driving to school and to my part-time job. Drivers can be so rude, especially during rush hour. I try to ignore them by listening to my favorite music in the car. Then, when I get home, I try to something fun to relax. I'll watch a funny movie or go to a friend's house- something like that. Anything to take my mind off school and work. Victor: I work in the hospital emergency room. You can imagine how stressful that is! Everyone is in a hurry and under tremendous pressure. The doctors are demanding, and there's always too much to do. I cope with all this stress by going to the gym at least four times a week. My friend got me started weight lifting, and now I'm addicted. When I feel especially frustrated, it feels good to go to the gym and throw those weights around. The other thing I do it is get out of the city. Every month or so, I go for a drive in the country. The fresh air and the quite do wonders for me.Lucia: I have this recurring dream. I'm back in high school, and in my dream, the school I looks mostly the same as it did, but m uch bigger. The weird thing is ……that although I'm now twenty years old, I had to go back to high school and study with all these fifteen-year-olds. It's very embarrassing. No one seems to notice that I'm much older and shouldn't be there in the first place. But still, it's very uncomfortable. I keep thinking. "What am I doing here?" Well, I think it must be a couple of weeks into school, and I've lost my class schedule. I start walking through the halls trying to find the main office. I can't find it. No matter how far, how many hallways, I just can't find it. I know I'm late for class, and this really worries me. Finally , I wind up in my math class, but it's almost over- so I've missed most of it, and I don't know what the homework is, and I think I've missed an important test, or something. Basically, that's the dream. I think I have that dream when I am worried or overwhelmed about something that is happening in my life at the time.Rick: my name is Rick, and I sometimes have this dream, this bad dream. Really it's a nightmare. I'm in danger, but I'm not sure from what, and I can't move or scream or anything. I can feel something coming closer and closer to me, and, you know, it's really strange because usually in the dream I am exactly where I am in real life- like in my own bed in my bedroom- and everything is very realistic. The only part is dreamlike is that I can't move. Sometimes I can't even open my eyes, or I can open one eye, usually I have to alert someone, or possible save someone, although the person often changes. Anyway, I can't do anything because I can't move. It's really terrifying. You know, I think the dream means that I'm feeling there's something in my life that I can't control, although I should be able to. Once I had the dream when one of mychildren was very sick, and I just felt completely helpless. I hate feeling that way.Unit 5 Yoshiko: In some ways, I'm a typical Japanese teenager. I go to a public high school and wear a uniform, just like everyone else. I go to school five and a half days a week- I get Sundays off. I have interests similar to most of my friends: I like to play video games and am a big fan of American movies. Brad Pitt is one of my favorite actors. There's one big way I'm different, though. I spent almost six years living outside Japan. My father's company transferred him overseas, and of course we went with him. Living in a foreign culture was really tough at first, but I guess I'm lucky in a way. I learned to speak English, and I made a lot of new friends. So you can see that I'm really quite a bit different from my classmates!Renato: My life is pretty typical, I think. I head off school at seven in the morning, and school finishes at midday. After school, I usually study or play soccer. On weekends, I like to get together with my friends. We usually hang out in one of the shopping centers. Everyone just shows up there on Saturdays and Sundays. It's a lot of fun……most of the time. I think one way I am different is that I like to do my own thing sometimes. I don't always want to hang out with the group. There's a lot of peer pressure to spend time with my friends, but I don't listen to what they say. I guess you could say that I think for myself. Sometimes it makes my friends angry, but that's just the way I am.Suzanne: I guess I worry about the same things other kids my age to do ……you know, grades, getting alo ng with my parents…… I am doing OK in school, but I have to study really hard. I want to make sure that my grades are good enough so I can get into a decent university. I am pretty typical: I go to classes, attend club meetings after school, and do homework at night. Weekends are great because I get to sleep late. Oh yeah, I am also a member of the orchestra at school. I pay the violin. My school is different from a typical school in the United States. We study all the core subjects- like most other students- in the morning: science, math, English, history-the usual stuff. In the afternoon, though, we study things like music, dance, and art. You see, I go to a special school for the arts. A lot of us have dreams of becoming dancers or singers someday. That's why we spend so much time learning about the arts.Dominique: You see, I find making an expensive purchase quite difficult. Probably because I don't want to make a mistake and get stuck, especially for something that costs a lot of money, like a car. You see, when I bought my car, I knew I just couldn't go into a showroom and choose a car! No impulse purchases for me! I needed a lot of time to think it over and consider the options. So, I read consumer magazines to see how they rated their cars. I wanted to know the average prices and safety records of different cars. I mean, you never know...I also talked to people in the field who are knowledgeable. You know, the guy down the street who works in the garage, oh, and, uh, also, my brother-in-law--he's a car fanatic.And once I decided which one I liked, I finally went to the showroom to test-drive the car. I suppose you could say that my approach takes a lot of time, but I feel secure in my decisions.Carla: I'm in charge of hiring new staff for my department at work. I mean, several of us do the interviews, but I'm the person who gives the final approval. If I say "no," then the person isn't hired. It's a lot of pressure! Sometimes I get stressed out about it. I have to admit that I hate to waste time making decisions. It's funny, my boss does it completely differently. She just likes to sit and think, you know, mull over the information and let the decision "come to her." We have completely different styles! I think I've learned a lot from my previous mistakes: You just have to go with your instincts--that is, do what you think is best and then just hope that it works out. I mean, we all get strong feelings about things, and usually those feeling are right. The important thing is to act quickly! Up until now I've been pretty lucky. The people I've hired have all worked out--no major problems so far.Wayne: When I have to make an important decision, I find I need to talk to a lot of people, get their input. If I have to do it myself, I get confused. It's like the more I think about something and consider all the options, the more frustrated I get. I could sit and analyze something forever. My friends say that I can always see both sides of everything, which makes it hard to decide on anything! You can imagine how irritated my friends must get. When I was deciding where to spend my long Christmas holidays last year, I asked everyone for help. Basically what I did was pose this question: "Where would you go in December if you had three weeks?" I listened to all the answers and then made my decision. You might think I'm strange,but it worked. Based on everyone's advice, I went to Miami. I had an amazing vacation!Unit 6 Unit6: Lesson A: ListeningFirst conversationLiz: Hi,...Pete?Pete: Yes. Hello.Liz: I'm Liz, Donna's mother. Donna has told me all about you.Pete: Nice to meet you, Mrs. Morton.Liz: It's nice to meet you, too. So, are you enjoying the party?Pete: Yeah, it's great. This might be the last time I see some of these people for a long time, so I've been pretty busy. I haven't had much time to sample the food.Liz: I know what you mean. I can't believe that all you kids are finally graduating. Donna has grown up so fast! Do you have any plans after graduation?Pete: Well, I've applied for a teaching job overseas. I guess I'll probably find out if I got the job or not next week.Liz: You’re more adventurous than Donna. She's going to take a job rig ht here in town, at least for the summer. After that, who knows?Pete: Well, you might be seeing me around here for a while longer, too. Oh,...wait a minute. I'm sorry. I think Dan is leaving the party. Excuse me, Mrs. Morton, I've got to talk to him before he goes.Liz: Certainly. It was nice meeting you, Pete.Pete: Same here.Liz: Oh, and good luck with your job search.Pete: Thanks. Thanks a lot.Second conversationMan 1: You know, I...uh...I kind of like this music.Man 2: Well, it is lively. I'll say that for it.Man 1: Great music for dancing.Man 2: Dancing? Yeah. I guess. For young people, anyway.Man 1: What? What, you think we're too old?Man 2: Oh, no. You're not thinking..Man 1: And why not? It looks like fun! Why should we sit here while everyone else is having a great time?Man 2: If you start dancing to this music, you're going to make a fool out of yourself.Man 1: Hmm. That's what you think.Man 2: Anyway, who would you dance with?Man 1: Oh? Is that a challenge?Man 2: Oh, no. Woman: Hey, there. Want to dance?Man 1: Uh,...why...why, yes, I would, young lady. (turns to Man 2) Uh, excuse me. It's been real nice talking to you, but, uh, I've got to go.Third conversationWoman 1: Mmmm,...this is delicious. I love stuffed grape leaves.Woman 2: Ummm. Me, too. It all tastes delicious. Do you think they made all this themselves? Or did they have it catered? Woman 1: Oh, no. George is a great cook. Why would they cater it?Woman 2: Really?Woman 1: Oh, yeah.Woman 2: George cooks?Woman 1: You didn't know that? Lynn's always saying that's half the reason she married him!Woman 2: Well, that is a good reason. She is really lucky. I wish my husband liked to cook. He completely avoids anything that has to do with the kitchen.Woman 1: You know, my husband's talking about signing up for an Italian cooking class on Saturdays. Oh, I hope he does it. Woman 2: Oh. I wonder if I could convince my husband to do that. I'd sure love being the taste tester for his recipes. Woman 1: Exactly what I was thinking. Well, I'll let you know when the class starts.Woman 2: Great! Please do. In the meantime, I think I'll go mention it to him. Talk to you soon.Woman 1: OK. Bye.Unit6: Lesson B: ListeningNicole: I got some incredible news over the weekend!Man: Yeah? What happened?Nicole: Well, my sister is finally getting married.Man: Really? Well, that is exciting! How long have they been seeing each other?Nicole: Oh, I mean, it's been over four years. We all knew that they would get married someday, but no one expected it to happen now. And you know what? Yhe funny part is how it happened.Man: Yeah?Nicole: Yeah. OK, listen. They were on a cruise, and one night while they were sitting on the deck of the ship, looking at the stars... Man: Ah,...let me guess. He pulled out a ring and asked her to marry him.Nicole: No, smarty. The other way around. She asked him! She got right down on one knee and proposed.Man: Yeah?Nicole: Yeah! And he was pretty surprised, I think, but of course he immediately said"yes." Listen, they're planning a wedding. I'm going to be a birdesmaid in the wedding, so, you know, I have to buy a dress and then...Woman: Why the long face, Tony?Tony: Oh, I just got some bad news today.Woman: What happened?Tony: Well, you know my job at the design studio?Woman: Yes.Tony: Well,..Woman: Oh, no! Tony: Oh, yes. Today the boss called me into his office and told me they had to lay me off indefinitely. That means as of April thirtieth, I'm out of work. Woman: Oh! Tony: No more job. Woman: Tony, I am so sorry. You really liked working there.Tony: Yeah, well, it's not all bad news today.Woman: What happened?Tony: Well, you know my job at the design studio?Woman: Yes. Tony: Well,...Woman: Oh, no!Tony: Oh, yes. Today the boss called me into his office and told me they had to lay me off indefinitely, That means as of April thirtieth, I'm out of work.Woman: Oh!Tony: No more job.Woman: Tony, I am so sorry. You really liked working there.Tony: Yeah, well, it's not all bad news. There's still a small chance that the company will call me back in the summer if the work picks up. You never know what'll happen. They may still need me then.。