大学英语听力5原文1--5课

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