新编实用英语视听说初级教程(上)原文
新编实用英语(第四版)视听说基础教程This gray tie is nice
They’re in the _g_r_e_e_n_ _f_o_ld_e_r_ .
Task 3 b. Watch from 00:25 to 01:11 again and fill in the missing words.
Task 6 Watch from 01:48 to 02:08. What’s in the boxes? Check the correct items.
Task 7
Watch from 02:08 to the end of the episode. What do Len and Tracy think about the ties? Complete the bubbles with the words in the box.
1. What’s in the folder?
2. What’s is in the Pictures Len is holding?
Suggested answers
1. Pictures. 2. Purses, sunglasses, umbrellas and bags. 3. The models and the clothes for the fashion show.
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Look at these pictures from the episode. Len and Tracy are talking about a fashion show on Channel TV. Guess the answers to the following questions.
新视野大学英语视(第二版)听说教程第一册Passage原文讲课稿
新视野大学英语视(第二版)听说教程第一册P a s s a g e原文PassageUnit1: The first requirement for my online language class was to meet in an online forum. I entered the forum early and saw students appear on the screen one after another. Strangely enough, when it was time to begin, the teacher still hadn’t shown up. However, we began sharing information and talking about the new class. Unlike me, all of the other students were new to the online class. I told them about my experiences and my thoughts. Then I noticed something. There were 27 people in the forum. This was strange because I know there were only 26 people in the class. “Hey,” I wrote, “which one of you is the teacher?” The teacher made herself known at last. She said that she wanted to get our honest opinions about the online class. Also, she wanted to have a little fun with us. “Humor will be important in my class,” she said.Q1: What was the first requirement of the online class? AQ2: What was strange about the beginning of the online class? AQ3: How were the other students different than the speaker? CQ4: What did the speaker notice? DQ5: Why did the teacher NOT make herself known to the class at first? DUnit2:“Educator methods”, such as not buying toys for children who act up, do not always work. I personally think that even though parents teach their children many things, they should not act like teachers all the time. After my “educator methods” failed, I spent some quality one-on-one time with my daughter with NO lecturing about her behavior. For example, we went out for ice cream. While we sat and ate, we spent a long time watching other people and talking about the things around us. Then we went to a bookstore where she looked for a book to buy. It took her a long time, but I was patient. We finally bought her a book and finished our outing together. At the end, we decided to have similar outings once a month, because It really was fun. My main goal was to let her know thatI love her. Qs: 1. What did the speaker do to his daughter when his “educator methods” failed? D2. What did the speaker and his daughter do while having ice cream? B3. What happened at the bookstore? A4. How often did the speaker and his daughter decide to go out together? C5. What was the main purpose for the speaker’s outing with his daughter? AUnit3:The friendship and sympathy of a special person changed my life, and I’d like to tell you about it. Looking at me now, you might not guess that I was not very popular when I started my university studies. I was thin and didn’t look very handsome with my glasses. In fact, my classmates still laughed at me, just as they did in high school. One day, when I was leaving the science building, someone ran past me and knocked the books out of my hands. I was feeling sad and lonely. But then, someone else approached me and helped me pick up my books. That day, I made my first university friend. Suddenly, life improved. I helped him with his studies. And he helped me with everything else. He taught me how to dress right, how to talk to girls, and above all, how to be social.Q1: What changed the speaker’s life? BQ2: How was the life at the university similar to the speaker’s life in high school? CQ3: What happened when the speaker was leaving the science building? AQ4: What did the speaker help his friend with? CQ5: What did the speaker’s friend help him with? BUnit4:There are simple rules for an interview, and it seems that everyone knows them. So, as an interviewer for my company, I expect people to be clean, well dressed, and show confidence when they see me. This is basic. But there is something else you must know. To leave a good impression in an interview, you must be able to talkabout the company. Before you see the interviewer, do some reading. Understand the company’s special needs, so you can tell your interviewer how you can fill those needs. And then, you can explain why you should get the job.I see smart, good-looking people every day, but the ones that leave me with the most remarkable impression are those who know about the company. Do this, and you’ll be in good shape!Qs: 1. What does the speaker do for his company? C2. What should a person do before the interview? A3. Why should you learn about the company’s special needs? B4. Who does the speaker see every day? D5. What kind of people impress the speaker the most? DUnit5:A young man with AIDS refuses to take medicine that could make his life longer and more comfortable, because he’s afraid the medicine will kill him. Incorrect beliefs about AIDS are common, and they cause greater pain and help to spread the disease. This is why the United Nations sends educators to the world’s poorest places, where people have the least education about AIDS. Once there, they talk with people, giving classes and meeting in clinics to discuss living with AIDS. They tell people what doctors have discovered about the disease, and ask them to trust AIDS medicines. In order to stop the spread of AIDS, education must reach more people. It is not enough only for money to be spent. And more medicines won’t solve all of the problems.Qs: 1. Why does the young man NOT want to take his medicine? A2. What is the result of NOT taking AIDS medicine? C3. Who goes to the world’s poorest places for the battle against AIDS? C4. What are people told to trust? D5. What must be done for AIDS to stop spreading? AUnit6:There was a time when I was afraid to tell people I am a construction worker. Nowadays, I’m proud of it. In fact, I boast about it. My life changed one day when my daughter came home from school and told me that I had a better job than any of the parents of her classmates. At first, I was surprised. I knew many of her classmates had parents who were important business people. I reminded her that business people get more respect from society, often make more money and work in an office . She told me that I didn’t understand what was important in life. Respect, money and office aren’t as important as time. Businessmen must work long hours, so they can’t see their children as much. Building houses, I only work six hours a day. This gives me more free time to spend with her. Qs: 1. What does the man boast about? B2. What did his daughter tell him about being a construction worker? D3. What did the man know about some of her classmates’ parents? C4. According to his daughter, what was most important is life? A5. What does the construction worker do when he is free? BUnit7:Millions of people live in fear of being a victim of gun violence, and many of them think guns should be destroyed.I understand how they feel, but I don’t share their opinion. Since I’ve owned guns my entire life, my thoughts on this issue are different. The reality of the situation is that guns don’t kill people. People kill people. So we should think less about the problems of guns, and think more about the problems of people. We should think about joblessness and poor education, which are at the foundation of this issue. And we should act to reduce these problems by promoting better schools. Education shows us how to rise above violence, teaching us how t be responsible and how support ourselves by our work. More people need to learn these important lessons, and then we can reduce gun violence in society.Qs: 1. What are millions of people afraid of? D2. What are the real gun problems according to the speaker? C3. What is at the foundation of gun violence according to the speaker? C4. How can we reduce problems behind the gun violence according to the speaker? A5. Which important lesson do we need to learn? CUnit8:Do you think that creative ideas come easily, that they just flash into the mind without hard work? Hardly! Sure, creative ideas come all of a sudden. But the fact remains that those sudden thoughts most often come after a person has worked, studies, and tries several other solutions to whatever question he is trying to answer. Most often, even after he ahs come up with his creative idea, the person will have to test it and then think more about it. Sometimes this can take decades.If you want to invent a creative idea of your own, you must be active! Learn as much as possible and try out many solutions. After trying out countless other ideas, the perfect, most creative idea will certainly come to you. Qs: 1. How do creative ideas come? C2. When do creative ideas come? B3. Most often, what will a person do after having a creative idea? A4. What does the speaker say is necessary for having a creative idea? A5. When will the perfect, most creative answer occur to you? DUnit9:You might think that studying in school is something you should be doing on your own without assistance from others. In a way, you’re right. You are responsible for your own success and failure in school. This is why you must, by yourself, plan your time well and do your best to pass your exams. Still, there are people who can help you with your studies.For example, your professor can be of great help. She is not only at the school to supply you information in lectures, but to help in other ways too. No doubt, she even has office hours for students who have questions about the material given in class. By talking to her about your questions, you can improve your knowledge of whatever subject you’re studying. This information, in turn, will help you earn higher grades in your class.Qs:1. What does the speaker think about students working alone? A2. What is a student responsible for? B3. What must a student try his best to do? B4. When can you ask your professor questions according to the professor? A5. Why is asking questions useful? CUnit10:You might think that studying in school is something you should be doing on your own without assistance from others. In a way, you’re right. You are responsible for your own success and failure in school. This is why you must, by yourself, plan your time well and do your best to pass your exams. Still, there are people who can help you with your studies.For example, your professor can be of great help. She is not only at the school to supply you information in lectures, but to help in other ways too. No doubt, she even has office hours for students who have questions about the material given in class. By talking to her about your questions, you can improve your knowledge of whatever subject you’re studying. This information, in turn, will help you earn higher grades in your class.Qs:1. What does the speaker think about students working alone? A2. What is a student responsible for? B3. What must a student try his best to do? B4. When can you ask your professor questions according to the professor? A5. Why is asking questions useful? CVOAUNIT1:Answers: 1. add 2. agreed 3. create 4. increasingly important 5. graduate 6. expanded 7. included 8. the most commonly taught language 9. followed 10. language programUNIT2:1. free, 2.sales, 3.prepare 4.needs, 5.supplies,6.average,7.increase,puter,9.teenaged children, 10.save moneyUNIT3:1. designed, 2.show, 3.experienced anize, 5.pilot6.observe,7.expert,8.emergency,9.beating, 10.outdoorUNIT4:1. ruled, 2.require, 3.equal 4.acceptable, 5.provides,6.private,7.poor quality,8.needed,9.supported and improved, 10.a majority ofUINT5: 1.efforts 2.living 3.central, 4.extended 5.violence,6.appears,7.questioned,8.culturally unacceptable,9.media, 10.entertainmentUNIT6: 1.political, 2.lower, 3.angry, 4.expected, 5.exporting,6.economy,7.praise,8.seek,9.resulted from, 10.new opportunitiesUNIT7: 1.Threat, 2.native, 3.appeared, 4.air, 5.powerful,6.including,7.taste,ter,9.fear 10.surviveUNIT8: 1.honors, 2.record, 3.entered, 4.mathematics, 5.invited,6.creativity,7.faster,8.advance,9.75,000, 10.excellentUNIT9: 1.college, 2.many students graduate, 3.17,000 dollars, 4.the full picture, 5.borrowing by their parents, 6.about ten years, 7.high paying jobs, 8.other public service, 9.their first house, 10.earn very muchUNIT10: 1.results, 2.welcomed, 3.forced, 4.theater, 5.cure,6.painful,7.responsibilities,8.in person,9.as clear as, 10.cannot be hidden。
新编实用英语听力教程1参考答案Unit 13 PPT
Apologies
I do apologize for that. Please forgive me Forgive me for interrupting(打断) you again. I’m very sorry that I’ve forgot the class meeting. I apologize that I couldn’t reply(回复) to your e-mail sooner.
Please forgive my rudeness(粗鲁的) I will forgive you.
Section 3 task 4
• I really appreciate(感激) your valuable(有价值的) advice.
• We appreciate your efforts(努力) for the development of the company.
flowers. • I’m awfully(非常) sorry. • Excuse me for interrupting(打断) you. • I’m really happy for you! 1. I’m sorry, but I can’t help it.
• You’ve been a great help. • It’s my fault.(过错,缺点) • Please forgive my rudeness. • I’m sorry to trouble you. • I’m sorry to be late again. • Thank you for your support. • Please accept my heartiest congratulation. • We’re happy you got the promotion. • Congratulations on entering Zhejiang University. • Please accept my sincere(真诚的) apology.
《大学英语视听说课程实训手册第1册》听力原文
Unit 1 Stay Hungry, Stay FoolishLesson OneAudio StudioTask 1 Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2 Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.Lesson TwoAudio StudioTask 1 Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2 Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and fill in the blanks according to what you have heard. Repeat theUnit 2 The Internet: A Double-Edged SwordLesson OneAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.Lesson TwoAudio StudioTask 1 Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and fill in the blanks according to what you have heard. Repeat the sentences after you have completed them.Unit 3 Animation WorldLesson OneAudio StudioTask 1 Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2 Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.Lesson TwoAudio StudioTask 1 Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and fill in the blanks according to what you have heard. Repeat the sentences after you have completed them.Unit 4 Financial IntelligenceLesson OneAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.Lesson TwoAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and fill in the blanks according to what you have heard. Repeat the sentences after you have completed them.Unit 5 Public TransportLesson OneAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and fill in the blanks according to what you have heard. Repeat the sentences after you have completed them.Lesson TwoAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questionsTask 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.Unit 6 Post-Olympic AgeLesson OneAudio StudioTask 1 Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2 Checking the FactsListen to the clip again and decide if the following statements are true or false.Lesson TwoAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and fill in the blanks according to what you have heard. Repeat the sentences after you have completed them.Unit 7 Body LanguageLesson OneAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and fill in the blanks according to what you have heard. Repeat the sentences after you have completed them.Lesson TwoAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.Unit 8 Beyond the BluesLesson OneAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.Lesson TwoAudio StudioTask 1Identifying the GistListen to the audio clip, and choose the right answers to the questions.Task 2Checking the FactsListen to the audio clip again and fill in the blanks according to what you have heard. Repeat the sentences after you have completed them.10。
视听说教程例文unit1book1
Unit 1 book 11.听力原文（Active Listening and Speaking 1）Hi, I’m Donna Bones, life and relationship coach here in New York City, and the author of It’s All About You.In this program, we’ll talk about how to make a good first impression in college. And the first thing is really just the basics. Make sure that you dress nice. You know, just because you can doesn’t mean you should wear sweat pants, and be really casual when you go to class.Be on t ime. Being on time just shows respect and it’s a good habit to get into for your whole life. If you can sit near the front where you can participate and ask questions, then that’s a good way to make a good impression.And, really study. I know it’s temptin g，but you are in college to learn. So, if you can, really make your studies a priorityand do that first.So the best way to make a good impression is to make school your top priority, dress nice, ask questions in class, show up on time, and really dedicateyourself to learning. I promise you as you get older and go through life, yes, you’ll look back at the great times you had in college. But the most important thing is the education that you got at college.And as far as to the other students, if you want to make a good impression, maybe, you know, go join a fraternity or sorority or something. And join a club, orsomething else to get you involved with other people, because then you can get to meet other people and make new friends.So I think, as long as you’re true to yourself, and confident in yourself, and proud of yourself, you’ll always make a good first impression no matter where you go.2.words bankSome examples for your reference:WordsSentences casual I had no idea what Sunday lunch meant in French terms, whether it wasformal or casual .priority His first priority was to find someone who could aid him in his search. dedicate Divide up what you have to learn into manageable parts and thendedicate one day to one part.involvePeople should note that health funds are not morally acceptable as theymay include companies involved in animal testing. confident There were times when I’d done both those things, but still wasn't very confident .participate The athlete refused to participate in the games for political reasons.3.how to start a conversationExpression for starting a conversation at a Party or Club:—What an amazing party! Hi, my name’s Mark.Expression for starting a conversation in a Public Place:—Hi, my name's Penny. I’d offer to shake your hand, but I broke my arm while rock climbing last weekend.Expression for starting a conversation at a Music Venue:— What do you think of the concert?prehensiveSydney White (2007)Clip OneDad:Sydney! Time to get a move on, sweetheart! Wow. You know, if Mom was here, she’d know exactly what to say. She'd be so excited you're going to her school, gonna join her sorority.Sydney: I’m not in yet, Dad.Dad:Girl, you’re gonna fit into that place like a... overflow tube in a pressure tank. Sydney:Come on, Dad. We said no mushy stuff.Dad:Right. No mushy stuff. Come here.Sydney: I love you, Dad.Mom:Dear Sydney, I love you so much. I’m so sorry I’m not there to see you off to college. But since I can’t be, I've put some of my favorite memories in this box. Live every moment, Sydney. Grabevery opportunity. And have fun in everything you do. The friends you meet in college will be your friends for life. Perhap s you’ll fill this box with your own memories to pass on to your daughter someday. And know that though I can't be there with you now, I'm always right by your side every step of the way.Clip TwoProfessor:We live in a country that’s considered to be t he ultimate model of government. By the people, for the people, and of the people. But most Americans would be surprised to find how afraid the Founding Fathers were of what a direct democracy could do to the country. Can anyone tell me why? The young man snoring there, perhaps?Student 1:The Founding Fathers were afraid that direct democracy would do to America what it did to Rome. Alexander Hamilton even advocated a monarchy. (snores)Professor:Exactly. We are trained to think the more power the people have, the better. Can any of you tell me some reasons why this isn’t necessarily true? Ah, Terrence. Still here after eight years. What do you say we give someone else a chance to respond this time, huh? Um... Ms. Witcburn?Ms. Witchburn:Most Amer icans don’t educate themselves about the issues. There are some valid arguments for keeping things a little bit more... elite. You could even argue a case for certain types of oligarchy.Professor:Interesting. Let's hear from someone else. How about... you? Ms?Sydney:White.Professor:Ms. White. Any thoughts?Sydney:Um... I guess I think that's... underestimatingthe masses a bit. Not to mention overestimatingthe elites. Apartheid was an oligarchy, and no one wants that again. Professor:Excellent.5.词汇1.适应大学fit into the college2.不要伤感。
新编实用英语(第四版)视听说基础教程What did John Logie Baird invent
Task 3 Watch from 00:40 to 02:01 and answer the following questions.
1. When did Baird invent the television? a. In 1926. b. In 1928. c. In 1936. 2. What is Hoover’s first name? a. Willis. b. Walter. c. William. 3. Mary is sure about her answers to questions a. 1 and 2. b. 1 and 3. c. 2 and 3.
Task 4 Watch from 02:01 to the end of the episode and decide if the following statements are True or False.
1. They never have money prizes on Quiz time.
CONTENTS
WARM-UP
NOW WATCH FOLLOW-UP SUM-UP
1 WARM-UP
The words you need
Look at the pictures, read the speech bubbles and guess the meaning of the words in bold.
1. What is the woman’s name? __M__a_ry_.__________________________________ 2. When did she last appear on Len’s quiz show? __F_o_u_r_m__o_n_t_h_s_a_g_o_.________________________ 3. How much did she win? __$_2_0_0_.__________________________________
新编实用英语(第四版)视听说初级教程(上)课件U10
next to ATM English shopping mall café museum university
across the street drug store practice book store movie theater subway station corner of
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asking too many questions across from next to practising her English
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Unit Ten Is there an ATM around here?
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What You Should Learn to Do 1. Ask questions about
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A. PREDICT. Study the picture, and circle an answer to give your predictions. Then watch the video to check your predictions.
Questions and Responses with There Is and There Are; Prepositions of Location: Across from, Next to, Between
新编实用英语听力教程 Unit 1 Meetings Task 1 Interpretation
16. Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. We would like to begin the present session(会议，会期 immediately. 会议， 会议 会期) 17. Good morning. It looks like everyone’s here, so let’s get started. 18. The present convention is our fourth convention. 19. If you don’t mind, I’d like to call this meeting to begin. 20. At the outset, may I suggest that we follow the same procedure as last year?
11. I should like to end these words of welcome with an earnest prayer for the great success of this convention. 12. As we convene this meeting, I appeal to(向...呼吁 恳求 呼吁,恳求 向 呼吁 恳求)everyone present for your heartfelt cooperation and support. 13. Since I am appointed to be Chairman of this meeting, I would like to ask for your kind cooperation. 14. According to the agenda of our program, I will be responsible for this session. 15. Attention, please. We shall now turn to the main topic of the meeting.
新编实用英语(第四版)视听说基础教程Why did you go there
Look and predict
Look at this picture from the episode. The man in the picture went camping and during the night something strange happened to him. Guess the answer to the following question.
Focal point
why引导的疑问句
在回答由 why 引导的疑问句时，通常要求对事件的原 因进行解释说明，回答时可以以连词 because 开头，引出 原因， 也可以直接回答。在解释原因时，需要注意事情发生的时 间，对时态进行合理使用。 如果是对过去发生事件的解释说明，可以用一般过去时态， 如：“Why are you late today?”。回答针对昨天发生的 状况，可以是“because I played too late last night.”。 如果是对现在的状况进行说明，则可以用现在时态。如： — Why do you like playing football? 你为什么喜欢踢足球？ — I think it is a very interesting game. 我认为它是一项非常有趣的活动。
2. A: Why did you close the window? B: _B_e_c_a_u_se_ I’m cold. A: I can’t _b_e_l_ie_v_e_i_t__ ! It’s a hot day and you are cold. Are you sick? B: No, I’m not __a_n_d__ it’s not a hot day. It’s cold.
Notes
新编实用英语(第四版)视听说初级教程(上)教学课件U12
stylish suit sweater tie T-shirt What's up with the. . . You're kidding.
Grammar Point:
Present Progressive Tense Examples: I am wearing a shirt today. She is not wearing high heels. They are wearing athletic shoes.
Visual Audio Oral
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C. MATCH. Who are they talking about? Watch the video again and write the name of the person being described next to each statement. Write P for Paul and B for Ben.
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新实用英语视听说教程第一册
第一单元：打招呼与自我介绍1. Greetings (问候)Greetings are important in any social interaction. They help to create a friendly atmosphere and establish a connection between people. In English, we have various ways to greet someone, depending on the time of day and the situation.- Good morning! (早上好！)- Good afternoon! (下午好！)- Good evening! (晚上好！)- Hello! (你好！)- Hi! (嗨！)2. Introducing Yourself (自我介绍)When meeting new people, it is necessary to introduce yourself. This allows others to know who you are and start a conversation. Here are some phrases to help you introduce yourself in English:- My name is [name]. (我的名字是...)- Nice to meet you. (很高兴见到你。
)- I'm from [place]. (我来自...)- I'm a student/teacher/engineer, etc. (我是学生/教师/工程师等。
)3. Asking and Answering Personal Questions (询问和回答个人问题)During conversations, it is common to ask and answer questions about personal information. Here are some examples of common personal questions and how to respond to them:- Where are you from? (你来自哪里？)- I'm from [place]. (我来自...)- What do you do? (你是做什么的？)- I'm a student/teacher/engineer, etc. (我是学生/教师/工程师等。
新编实用英语(第四版)视听说基础教程How do we get to the Elks Club
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Task 4 a. Watch from 01:15 to 02:10 and answer the following questions.
1. How does the woman know Tracy? a. The woman works for Channel TV. b. The woman and Tracy are old friends. c. The woman watches Tracy’s show.
Task 4
b. Watch from 01:15 to 02:10 again and listen carefully to the woman’s directions. Draw arrows to indicate the route and label the places A, B and C on the map below.
1. Where do Tracy and the cameraman want to go? _T_o__th_e__E_lk_s_C__lu_b_._______________________________
2. Where is it? __O_n_t_h_e__co__rn_e_r_o_f__M_a_p_l_e_S_t_re_e_t_a_n_d__T_h_i_rd__A_v_e_n_u_e_. ____
Look and predict
Look at this picture from the episode. Guess the answers to the following questions
1. Who is the man in picture A? 2. Why does Tracy look worried? 3. What does Tracy ask the man and woman in pictures B and
新标准大学英语-视听说教程第一册Listening-in听力原文
新标准大学英语-视听说教程第一册Listening-in听力原文新标准大学英语-视听说教程第一册Listening-in 听力原文Unit 1 Starting outListening inPassage 1Interviewer Can you tell me something about the Ivy League? You're a professor at Harvard, is that right?Professor That's right, yes.Interviewer Tell me how many universities are there? How many institutions?Professor In total there are eight institutions: There's Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania.Interviewer Ah, OK. And what's the sporting ... I believe there's some link with sports.Professor There certainly is, yes. Originally the Ivy League referred to the sports teams from the universities which competed against each other, especially in football, basketball and ice hockey. Nowsometimes these universities, institutions, chose their students on the basis of their skills at these particular sports. But in the last 50 years, Ivy League schools have accepted a wider range of students because it wasn't possible to be both world-famous for research and also top class in sport.Interviewer And what about their academic importance? I gather they're academically very, very important, they're very well-known.Professor Absolutely at the top. They're near or at the top ofthe USA colleges and university rankings. And they're almost always in the top one per cent of the world's academic institutions for financial resources.Interviewer And what does it mean socially to go to an Ivy League university?Professor Certainly if you've been to one of these institutions, you are presumed or assumed to be at the top end of the scale. The Ivy League institutions have a reputation for social elitism, many of the students are rich, intellectual, white Anglo-Saxon, protestants. Not all of them of course, but quite a lot of them.Interviewer And do you know ... why's it called the Ivy League, what's the origin of the name?Professor There are a number of stories, derivations, but possibly it's based on four universities, and IV, the letters IV, that's the Roman numeral for four. Another more likely story is that ivy plants, which are symbolic of the age of the universities, you know, would be grown at the walls of these universities, these institutions, they cover the walls of the buildings. The term was created by a sports journalist, I think in the 1930s.Interviewer Right, OK. And which is the oldest university?Professor The oldest goes back to the 17th century, that's Harvard which was founded in 1636. And the youngest of the institutions is Cornell which was founded in 1865.Interviewer And which has the largest number of undergraduates?Professor Cornell has the largest number, about 13,000, 13,500 undergraduates. The institution with the smallest number is Dartmouth College with a little over 4,000.Interviewer And what about the acceptance rate? Is it hard to get into?Professor That ranges from about seven per cent to 20 per cent.Interviewer And any famous alumni? Famous old boys?Professor Hundreds! Hundreds of them. But I suppose worldwide, the two that would be definitely known all over the world would certainly be George Bush who went to Yale, and John F Kennedy, President Kennedy, who was at Harvard.Interviewer Thank you.Passage2Andy Did you see the film on television last night?Jane No, I was out. What was it?Andy A Beautiful Mind. It's about John Forbes Nash, the mathematician who won the Nobel Prize.Jane rve heard about that film, yes. He's played by Russell Crowe, isn't he? I like Russell Crowe, he's great.Andy That's the one, yes.Jane What's it about?Andy Well, the story begins in the early years of Nash's life at Princeton University as a graduate student.Jane That's one of the Ivy League schools, isn't it?Andy Yes, it's all set in New England, lovely old buildings, beautiful autumn colours. It's lovely to look at.Anyway, Nash meets his roommate Charles, a literature student, who soon becomes his best friend.Nash admits to Charles that he is better with numbers than people, and the main thing he's looking for is a truly original idea for his thesis paper.Jane So he's not interested in having fun?Andy Well, yes, but he's not very good with people or successful with women, that's all. But, you know, it's one of thesebad experiences with people which ultimately inspires his brilliant work in mathematics.Jane No good at relationships, so he becomes a genius at maths?Andy That's about right, yes. So when he finishes his studies at Princeton, he accepts a job at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Five years later, he meets Alicia, a student who he falls in love with and eventually marries.Jane Ah! At last, the love interest!Andy Yes, but wait a moment. Nash believes that he's been asked to work by William Parcher for the US Department of Defense on breaking Soviet codes. At one point he's chased by the Russians, and it's after this that he becomes mentally ill.Jane I think I've seen this in the trailer to the film.Andy So when he's put in a psychiatric hospital, he thinks the Soviets have captured him. He's given this painful treatment which affects his relationship with his wife. And his intellectual skills. So he stops taking the medicine. Jane It sounds quite hard to watch.Andy Well, it is, but it's well acted and directed, and so, you know, there's a-bit of distance between the audience and what's happening on film.Jane So what happens next?Andy Well, then his illness returns, so he and his wife decide to try and live with it. It all gets a bit complicated, because we're no longer sure if Charles, you know, his old friend, or even Parcher were real, or if they were just people that existed only in Nash's mind.Jane That sounds awful. He must have been so ill,Andy Actually, I'm kind of giving away the twist in the story.Anyway, later in his life, while he's using the library at Princeton again, he asks his rival Martin Hansen if he can start teaching again. And so the story ends when he goes on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics.Jane Well, it sounds like a great film.Andy Yes, you should see it sometime.Unit 3 Learning to thinkListening inPassage 1Interviewer With us today is Martin Downes, a carpenter, who's 51. A year ago, Martin had a stroke. But he's been lucky enough to make a full recovery from it. Can you tell us how it all began, Martin?Martin rm very happy to - not that I remember much at all. I was at a customer's house, building a cupboard, and the next thing I knew, I woke up in hospital with people in white coats bending over me.Interviewer It must have been very frightening.Martin It was. But what was really frightening was that I couldn't speak. I couldn't say a word. And I couldn't understand much that people said to me.Interviewer How awful!Martin Yeah! I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't had my family. But they were there for me, they really were.I had something called aphasia, where the part of your brain gets damaged that affects your speech and language. But they started treatment for the condition almost immediately. This speech and language therapist came to see me every day for 12 weeks. They made me do all these exercises.Interviewer What kind of exercises?Martin I had to match words and pictures and say their names. You see, I'd also forgotten the names of a lot of things. She had this thing called a word board and I could point to words and phrases on it that Iwanted to say. I had to repeat words up to 20 times - boy, it was hard, so hard.Interviewer Could you say anything to begin with?Martin I could say three words. "Hi", "Yes" and "No". That was all. And there were a lot of words I couldn't understand -1 had to learn their meanings all over again.Interviewer It must have been very frustrating.Martin It was, but I was determined to get better. I was in hospital for three and a half months. When I got home I got a special computer programme that I worked with every day. And slowly my language came back to me. It was a struggle, a big struggle. I had to learn to read and write again too.Interviewer Why do you think that you were able to recover completely? It's not that common, is it?Martin I was lucky. I was given the right drug at the right time. And I had 12 weeks of therapy, five days a week. That's very important, apparently.Interviewer And now that you're better how do you feel about your life?Martin What can I say? rm just grateful to have my life back.Passage 2Interviewer In 1907 an Italian educator called Maria Montessori opened a school in Rome that taught young children using methods that were very different from traditional teaching. Today, the Montessori method, as it's known, is used in nurseryschools in countries such as America, Canada, Britain and Germany. Recent research shows that children educated at a Montessori nursery do better later on at school than other children in all subjects. We asked two Montessori teachers, Claudia Rosella and Sarah Harrington, to explain what makes their nursery school different. Sarah...Sarah I think the first thing to say is that a Montessori classroom is very quiet, very clean. Everything stays in the same place. Sothe children are calm and quiet as a result.Interviewer So they're not encouraged to be noisy.Sarah No, definitely not...Interviewer Claudia?Claudia Yes, the classroom's very important. Another important principle is that children direct their own learning. They choose what they want to do.Interviewer So the teacher doesn't tell the child what to do?Sarah Not at all. While a child is doing an activity we observe them. Then we work with the child for a short time and then leave them to work on their own.Interviewer That sounds excellent. And what about your equipment? It's often made of wood, isn't it?Sarah Yes, and a piece of equipment is often designed for one activity only.Claudia Right. It's so that the child can see if they're getting something right or wrong.Interviewer So they don't need the teacher so much"?Sarah That's right. Another Montessori principle is the importance of physical activity. Children learn by doing, so when they're learning to read, for example, the letters are made ofsandpaper so that children can feel the shape of the letter.Interviewer Do you think there are disadvantages with Montessori methods?Claudia Yes, there are. Maria Montessori didn't understand how important it is for children to use their imagination. If she was alive today, she would recognize that. But still, the fact is, her methods are very successful.Unit 4 Person to personListening inPassage 1John Are you packed?Mike Yup. Everything's there.John Sure you've packed your mobile?Mike r II look again, John ... yes.John Well, we've got another ten minutes before we need to leave, so we might as well relax. You know someone told me an amazing story yesterday about these Australians who got completely lost in some national park.Mike And don't tell me, they used their mobile to get help?John That's right!Mike So what happened?John Well, it was this guy with his son and niece -I think she was about 14 - and they were hiking in this really rugged country and they got completely lost - no idea where they were at all.Mike That's not going to happen to us.John No, it isn't. Anyway, the guy had his mobile and he phoned the emergency services —it wasn't dark yet - and they sent out a search party, but they couldn't find them. And then -this is the interesting bit - the guy sent photos of the place where they were.Mike I'd have thought of that.John Yes, well it's pretty obvious, really. And in the photos there were mountains in the background, and the staff at the emergency service centre were able to identify exactly which mountains they were. And they used the photos to pinpoint their location, you know, to get the exact location.Mike How did they do that?John They used mapping software.Mike Right.John Anyway, by then it had got dark and really freezing. So they slept behind this ridge and covered themselves with leaves. Andyou know what the young girl said afterwards? She said, "It was quite fun."Mike Really, wasn't she frightened?John I don't think so.Mike So - is there a happy ending?John Yes, well they sent out helicopters as soon as it was daylight and the helicopter hovered over the area, and the man kept talking to them till they were able to pinpoint his location. And when they finally found them they were only 400 metres away from where they'd expected them to be.Mike Amazing!John And that's because they'd moved 400 metres away from where they'd taken their photos because the ground was too rough to sleep on.Mike Incredible!John And the moral of the story is-Mike Always take your mobile phone with you when you go hiking.John And take one that has a camera.Mike Hey, I think we should go, John.John Yes, OK. You think we're going to get lost?Mike No chance, mate!Passage2Social networking - it's the 21st century way of having fun - online. And if you're under 40, you probably use a social networking site - maybe when you should be working. It's well-known that -. office workers spend up to two hours a day on a site, exchanging messages and photos. And do students ever do anything else? Different social networking sites are used by different age groups.For people in their 20s, the most popular site is Facebook, the online phenomenon started by an American student in 2004. It's taken only four years to make Facebook a huge success - and the website's made its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, a very rich man indeed.What's extraordinary about Zuckerburg is that he started Facebook when he was only 18. He was a student at Harvard, one of America's top universities, when he launched the Facebook website, working from his college room. In only two weeks, more than two-thirds of his college had signed up and in a year, thousands of colleges were using it. T oday, Facebook has millions of users. More than half of them visit the site at least once a day.So what makes Facebook so special? Like other networking sites, you create a profile with photos, you list your interests, you exchange messages and join groups of friends. But where Facebook is different is that it gives you a privacy that you just don't get on other sites. Unlike other sites, you have a lot of control over what users can see about you. As a result, one-thirdof Facebook users give out their mobile numbers - they know it's safe to do so.But you still need to be careful about what you think is safe to show people. One reason is that more and more employers are using Facebook to check out potential employees. Is the person you've just interviewed as good as he seems? Facebook can provide the answer. If a 26-year-old man says on Facebook that he's been travelling round the world for the last three years, and in his interview he said he'd been working in an office - well, he probably won't get the job.Unit 5 All you need is loveListening inPassage 1Interviewer So - tell us about how you first met.Amy How we first met... Oh, it wasn't very romantic.David I thought it was very romantic.Interviewer Why don't you begin at the beginning?Amy Good idea. Well, I was 22 and rd just left uni and I went on holiday to the French Alps with a girlfriend. And someone invited us to go climbing. But my friend got ill so I went without her. There was this group of about eight guys and two girls.David There were four girls.Amy Alright! Well, anyway, no one had told me that the mountain we were going to climb was - vertical - and that we were climbing with ropes! I was terrified, absolutely terrified, I just really hadn't expected it.David She was terrified! I noticed her immediately. She looked so scared -she was wearing this great hat ——but she was white as a sheet.Amy Oh, I don't know about that, but I remember I wasshaking all over. David came over and started talking to me and telling me how safe it was with the ropes. And he was so sweet, you know I think I fell in love with him right then.David Yeah, it was the same with me ... We roped up and I made sure I stayed next to her ... I kept talking to her and encouraging her.Amy It really helped. I think I would have fallen off the mountain if you hadn't done that.David Rubbish! You were perfectly safe. Anyway, we got to the summit —it was a kind of flat area - and Amy just collapsed - she couldn't stand up!Amy It's true, I couldn't. I felt -1 was just - everyone ignored me except David - everyone.David Quite a few people came to talk to you.Amy They didn't!David They did!Amy Well, you talked to me, and that's all that mattered.David Thank you!Amy So-David So we climbed back down the mountain.Amy which was just as bad -David and we headed for the nearest village and we both had huge pizzas.Amy I didn't eat a thing! I was still feeling too sick.David You did, you know.Amy You know, you have a terrible memory sometimes.David So do you! ... To cut a long story short, we got married six months later and went on a three-week honeymoon to Barbados. Amy Two weeks!David And we've lived happily ever after.Passage2Presenter And now let's move on to online dating, a way of meeting a potential partner that's becoming more and more popular.James O'Hanlan and Claire Goodall are two online dating experts who are going to give all you listeners advice about how to use online dating safely and successfully. James ...James OK. The first thing to say is, don't be nervous. A lot of people are and it's very understandable. But there's no need to be, provided you follow the rules, which we're going to tell you right now. Isn't that right, Claire?Claire Absolutely.James So, let's begin at the beginning. When you join an online dating site, the first thing you do is give some basic information about yourself. Now, don't be tempted to lie - about your age, for example. If you want a good relationship, you need to be honest. If you're not, you'll get found out and that could be painful.Claire Another thing - it's a good idea to use a photo, you'll get many more replies than if you don't.James But use a recent photo, not one that was taken ten years ago!Claire Let's move on to the next stage. You've had some responses 响应and chosen one or two people you'd like to chat with.Now, the most important advice here is, don't give out any personal information until you're 100 per cent sure you're that happy to do so. That includes your real name, your phone numbers, your workplace address and your email address. Use the email facility 设备at the website and only give out your emailaddress when you feel completely safe.James And email for as long as you want, it's a great way of getting to know a person. Then, the next stage is to talk on the phone. Now that's very revealing, because you'll hear the person's voice, and also because people have to be spontaneous on the phone - they can't think about what they're going to say for half a day, unlike emails.Claire Then, if you're feeling really comfortable, agree to meet. But always choose a public place. Don't go to someone's home.James A cafe or bar is the best choice.Claire And don't forget to tell a friend where you're going and what time you expect to be back. That's important.James Another good idea is to ask the same friend to call you during the meeting so that if you want to leave quickly you can say that something urgent's come up and you have to go.Claire That's everything! If you follow this advice you should be perfectly safe. And you may find the man -James ... or woman —Claire ... of your dreams!James & Claire Happy hunting!Unit 6 Shop fill you drop!Listening inPassage 1Speaker 1 ]Interviewer So, how are you enjoying yourself in St Petersburg? What's it like?Speaker 1 Oh, I think it is a very beautiful place.Interviewer What sort of... Is it good for shopping? What do you buy in St Petersburg?Speaker 1 Yes, there are things you should buy. Of course, vodka is very good here and the other thing very expensive is the caviar. It is beautiful. Then there are the dolls. What have do they say? Matrioshka dolls.Interviewer Matrioshka dolls. Those wooden dolls that go inside each other?Speaker 1 Yes, you take one out and open the top and there is another one. You take off the top and there is another. They get very very small inside. Very small.Interviewer OK.Speaker 1 And of course, the chess. Because they are very famous here in this part of the world to play the chess.Interviewer Yes. And what sort of shops are there? Where's it best to shop?Speaker 1 Oh, here there are very good department stores, where you can buy everything that you like, clothes and everything.And also, lots of small kiosks that are very unique 独一无二的,owned by different shopkeepers, you know. And they are all over St Petersburg. Little kiosks and also markets that are very good. And there is a very good museum shop at the museum - at the Hermitage Museum.Interviewer And what are the opening hours?Speaker 1 At the museum?Interviewer Well, all shops, generally. What are the opening hours ... for shopping?Speaker 1 Yes. Usually, they open at around 10 o'clock in the morning and I think they are open to 7 o'clock at night; sometimes even longer, to 8 o'clock.Interviewer And how do you, how do you actually buy things?How do you pay for things? I think, there is a slightly different way of。
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Lesson 1 NapoleonToday, I’m going to talk to you about one of the most important historical figures in European history: Napoleon Bonaparte. Let ’s start by talking about his early life. Napoleon was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica. When he was only 10 years old, his father sent him to military school in France. Napoleon was not a very good student in most of his classes, but he excelled in mathematics and military science. When he was 16 years old,he joined the French army. In that year 1785,he began the military career that would bring himfame ,power,riches and finally defeat. Napoleon became a general in the French army at the young age of 24. Napoleon had many victories on the battlefield but he also became involved in French law and politics. And in 1804, at the age of 35,he became the first emperor of the France.Napoleon was many things. He was, first of all, a brilliant military leader. His soldiers were ready to die for him. As a result, N.won many military victories. At one time he controlled most of Europe, but some countries, including England, Russia, and Austria fought fiercely against him. His defeat —“his end”came when he decided to attack Russia. In this military campaign against Russia, he lost most of his army.The great French conqueror died alone – deserted by his family and friends in 1821. Napoleon was only 51 years old when he died.=========================================================== Lesson 2 PompeiiThe lecture for this class is about the city of Pompeii. A natural disaster occurred there almost 2000 years ago.Today many rich people who live in large metropolitan areas such as Beijing, Paris and New York leave the city in the summer. They go to the mountains or to the seashore to escape the city noise and heat.2,000 years ago, wealthy Romans did the same thing.They left the city of Rome in the summer. Many of these wealthy Romans spent their summers in the city of Pompeii, a beautiful city, located on the Bay of Naples.In the summer of the year 79 C.E., a young Roman boy who later became a very famous Roman historian was visiting his uncle in P.. The boy’s name was Pliny the Younger. One day Pliny was looking up at the sky. He saw a frightening sight. It was a very large dark cloud. This black cloud rose high into the sky. What Pliny saw was the eruption of the volcano called Mount Vesuvius.Rock and ash flew through the air. The city of P . was at the foot of Mt. V.. When the volcano first erupted, manypeople were able to get out of the city and to escape death. In fact, 18,000 people escaped the terrible disaster. Unfortunately, there was not enough time for everyone to escape. More than 2,000 people died. These unlucky people were buried alive under the volcanic ash.The eruption lasted for about 3 days. When the eruption was over, P . was buried under 20 feet of volcanic rock and ash. The city of P . was forgotten for almost 1,700 years.In the year of 1748 an Italian farmer was digging on his farm. As he was digging, he uncovered a part of a wall of the ancient city of P.. Soon archaeologists began to dig in the area. As time went by, much of the ancient city of P. was uncovered. Today tourists come from all over the world to see the ruins of the famous city of Pompeii.===========================================================Lesson 4 Roller CoasterLet's talk about the physics involved in a ride on a roller coaster. I'm sure many of you have taken a ride on a roller coaster. A simple roller coaster consists of a frame with a track on it. The track is very much like a train track, this track goes over a series of hills and around curves. It follows a path that ends at the same place it started. A trainof cars travels around on this track, very fast. The cars have two sets of wheels. One set of wheels rolls on top of the track, and the others set of wheels rolls below the track. The wheels below the track keep the fast moving cars from coming off the track, roller coaster cars as you probably know don't have any motors or engines. Instead, a chain pulls the cars up the first, tallest and steepy staff hill, this is how the ride begins. Then, at the top of the hill the chain comes off the cars and gravity takes over. gravity pushes the cars down the other side of the hill. the taller and steeper the first hill is, the faster the ride will be. And the farther the cars will travel. as the cars rolled downhill they gained speed. the cars have enough speed and energy to send them up the next hill. as the cars near the top of the second hill they begin to slow down. but then, the cars reached the top of that hill, and start down the other side. gravity again pushes them toward the ground. this process repeats on each hale. Okay, so let's go over this process again. first, the cars are pulled by a chain up the first highest hill. then they go down a very steep slope, at this point, there is enough energy to pull the cars up and over the next hill. when they reached the bottom of that hill, there is enough energy to climb the next hill, the roller coaster cars lose energy as the ride continues. so, the hills have to be smaller toward the end of the track, finally we roll to a stop on ground level right where we began.======================================================== Lesson 5 Language: How Children Acquire TheirsWhat I’d lie to talk to you about today is the topic of child language development. I know that you all are trying to develop a second language, but for a moment, let’s think about a related topic, and that is: How children develop their first language.What do we know about how babies develop their language and communication ability? Well, we know babies are able to communicate as soon as they are born,even before they learn to speak their first language. At first, they communicate by crying. This crying lets their parents know when they are hungry, or unhappy, or uncomfortable. However, they soon begin the process of acquiring their language. The first state of language acquisition begins just a few weeks after birth. At this stage, babies start to make cooing noises when they are happy. Then, around four months of age they begin to babble. Babies all over the world begin to babble around the same age, and they all begin to make the same kinds of babbling noises. Now, by the time they are ten months old, however, the babbling of babies from different language backgrounds sounds different. For example, the babbling of a baby in a Chinese-speaking home sounds different from the babbling of a baby in an English-speaking home. Babiesbegin a new stage of language development when they begin to speak their first words. At first, they invent their own words for things. For example, a baby in an English-speaking home may say ―baba‖for the word ―bottle‖or ―kiki‖for ―cat.‖In the next few months, babies will acquire a lot of words. These words are usually the names of things that are in the baby’s environment, words for food or toys, for example. They will begin to use these words to communicate with others. For example, if a baby holds up an empty juice bottle and then says ―juice,‖to his father, the baby seems to be saying, ―I want more juice, Daddy‖or ―May I have more juice, Daddy?‖This word ―juice‖is really a one-word sentence.Now, the next stage of language acquisition begins around the age of 18 months, when the babies begin to say two-word sentences. They begin to use a kind of grammar to put these words together. The speech they produce is called ―telegraphic‖speech because the babies omit all but the most essential words. An English-speaking child might say something like ―Daddy, up‖which actually could mean ―Daddy, pick me up, please.‖Then, between two and three years of age, young children begin to learn more and more grammar. For example, they begin to use the past tense of verbs. The children begin to say things such as ―I walked home‖and ―I kissed Mommy.‖They also begin toovergeneralize this new grammar rule and make a log of grammar mistakes. For example, children often say such thins as ―I goed to bed‖instead of ―I went to bed,‖or ―I eated ice cream‖instead of ―I ate ice cream.‖In other words, the children have learned the past tense rule for regular verbs such as ―walk‖and ―kiss,‖but they haven’t learned that they cannot use this rule for all verbs. Some verbs like ―eat‖are irregular, and the past tense forms for irregular verbs must be learned individually. Anyway, these mistakes are normal, and the children will soon learn to use the past tense for regular and irregular verbs correctly. The children then continue to learn other grammatical structures in the same way.If we stop to think about it, actually it’s quite amazing how quickly babies and children all over the world learn their language and how similar the process is for babies all over the world.Do you remember anything about how you learned your first language during the early years of your life? Think about the process for a minute. What was your first word? Was it ―mama‖or maybe ―papa‖? Now think also about the process of learning English as a second language. Can you remember the first word you learned in English? I doubt that it was ―mama.‖Now, think about some of the similarities anddifferences involved in the processes of child and adult language learning. We’ll talk about some similarities and differences in the first and second language learning processes tomorrow. See you then.===========================================================Lesson 7 RobotsWhen people think about a robot,they often picture a machine that look s something like a human being.However,that’s not always the case.Mo st robots do not look much like a human being at all,they look like machi nes because that’s what most of them are-industrial machines.Today,I’m going to talk mostly about industrial robots used in industry. These are robots that do work that for humans would be physically dema nding,repetitive,dangerous or very boring.Most industrial robots work on in an assembly line in a factory.For example,a robot might put liz on j ars of fruits or start boxesfor shaping.In a car factory,robotic arms on an assembly line join the parts of a car together;other robots tighten the b oats on the car’s wheelsor paint the car.There are thousands of robots p utting cars together in___plan.These robots are very precise when repe ating a task.For example,they always tighten boats with the same exact amount of force.They always move a heavy engine to exactly where it should be and they always put ahold in the exact same place in every car d oor hour after hour.These are examples of robots doing the work human s could do but the robots are doing the work more efficiently and precise ly.So,just how do robots work?To do its job a robot first needs a control s ystem.This control system directs the robots mechanical parts.The contr ol system of a robot is sort of speak--a robot brain.So how does a robot learn which action to do first and whi ch of its moving part needs to do that action?A robot learns its job with the help and guidance of a human being.To teach an industrial robot to do something,first a person must use a hand-held computer.The computer is used to guide the robot’s arm and hand through the motions it needs to do.Then,the robot stores exact movem ent in its computer memory.The robot has sensors to gather information ,so now the robot will use its sensors to direct its actions.The robot tells its moving part what to do and then it performs the action.For example, to pick up and move a box,the robot first finds the box,next it decides t he weight of the box.Then it decides how much force is needed to lift an d move the box,and finally,it finds the correct place to put the box dow n.It repeats the process over and over until it's turned off.It does the sa me job until it is given the job and new program to follow.Some scientists think that robots of the future will be smarter than today's robots.They may also look more human like or even animal like.In fact,they may wo rk and think more like humans do.The industrial robots we've been talki ng about so far today are automatic robots.They are known as automatic robots because they have program to follo w a specific series of ually,they have parts that move but t hey really don't travel around.On the other hand,an autonomous machi ne can change itsbehavior in relation to its surroundings.For example,an autonomous robot with wheelsor legs to move around can change direc tion when it senses that there are something in its way.A robot such as …can detect the movement of people nearby.It can move to avoid bump ing into ing toward it.Asthma can even learn to dance by followi ng the movements of a dancer next to it.I don't know whether or when people would welcome autonomousmachines or human like robots.I gu ess that we will not only think about that in the future.We need to think about how we will interact with our global doctor:robal teacher,robal p et,or even our robal friend.===========================================================Lesson 8 A Tidal WaveA tidal wave is a very large and very destructive wall of water that rushesin from the ocean towards the shore. Many scientists call these waves tsunami. In Japanese tsunami means “storm wave.” But do you know that tidal are not caused by storms and that they are not true tidal at all? A true tidal is the regular rise a waves and fall of ocean waters, at definite times each day, but a tidal wave comes rushing in suddenly and unexpectedly. A tidal wave is caused by an underwater earthquake. The word “seaquake” is made up of two words, the word “sea” which means “ocean” and the word “quake”. “To quake” means “to shake” or “to tremble.” When a seaquake takes place at the bottom of the ocean, the ocean floor shakes and trembles, and sometimes the ocean floor shifts. It is this shaking that produces the tidal wave. The tidal wave begins to move across the sea at great speed.Tidal waves have taken many human lives in the past. Today scientists can predict when a tidal wave will hit land. They use a seismograph to do this.A seismograph is an instrument that records the strength, the direction, and the length of time of an earthquake or seaquake. It is not possible to hold back a tidal wave, but it is possible to warn people that a tidal wave is coming. This warning can save many lives.===========================================================Lesson 9 Levels of LanguageToday I want to talk about levels of language usage. You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, depending on the situation they are in. This is very natural. All languages have two general, broad categories, or levels of usage: a formal level and an informal level. English is no exception. I’m not talking about correct and incorrect English. What I’m talking about are two levels of correct English. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a particular level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, reference books such as encyclopedias, and in business letters. For example, a letter to a university would be in formal style. You would also use formal English in compositions and essays that you write in school. People usually use formal English when they give classroom lectures or speeches and at ceremonies such as graduations. We also tend to use formal language in conversations with persons we don’t know well or with people we have a formal relationship with, such as professors, bosses, doctors, friends of our parents’, strangers, etc. Informal language is used in conversations with colleagues, family and friends, and when we write personal notes or letters to close friends, as well as in diaries, etc. Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. However, today I’m going to talk only about a couple of ways. First of all, formal language tends to be more polite. Interestingly, it usually takes more words to be polite. For example, I might say to a friend or familymember, "Close the door, please", but to a stranger or someone in authority I probably would say "Would you mind closing the door" or "Excuse me, could you please close the door" Using words like "could" and "would" makes my request sound more polite, but also more formal. Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. There are some words and phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal. Let me give you a couple of examples of what I mean. Let’s say "I’m just crazy about soccer!" But if I were talking to my supervisor or a friend of my parents’, I would probably say "I really enjoy soccer" or "I like soccer very much". Let’s say I’m telling someone some news I heard about the police arresting a criminal. To my friend I might say "The cops bagged the crook". To my parents’ friend I might say "The police arrested the thief".Although the line between formal and informal language is not always clear and although people are probably less formal today than in the past, it is useful to be aware that these two levels, or categories, do exist. The best way for a non-native speaker of English to learn the difference is to observe the different ways English speakers speak or write in different situations. Television newscasters, your college professors in class, your doctors in their offices, etc, will usually speak rather formally. However, your classmates, teammates, family members, friends, etc. will generally speak in an informal fashion. The difference can be learned over time byobserving and interacting with native speakers.===========================================================Lesson 10 Power: The Kinds People Use and Abuse John Mack, who is the author of a book about power, says that the need for a sense of personal power is one of the primary forces in human life. On the other hand, he also says that a feeling of powerlessness is one of the most disturbing of human emotions ―a feeling to be avoided at all costs. Just what is power?Psychologists define power as the ability to determine or to change the actions or behavior of other people. Psychologists are trying to identify different kinds of power so that they can better understand how people use these different kinds of power to gain control over other people. They are trying to understand how people manipulate other people for good and evil purposes. Psychologists have identified five basic types of power, and I’d like to talk about each of these briefly in the next few minutes.The first type of power is called information power. Some psychologist believe that information power is one of the mosteffective types of power and control. The person who has information that other people want and need, but do not have, is in a position of power. Why is this? Well, most people like to receive and have information. Having information increases a person’s own sense of power. People who provide information can manipulate those who do not have information. Often, when people receive information, they do not know that they are being manipulated by those who provided the information. The psychologist named Edwards says, for example, that newspapers provide a lot of information to their readers, and that these newspaper readers generally believe the information they read. Readers do not question the accuracy of the reports about world events they read in the newspapers.A second type of power is called referent power. For example, a person may want to behave like the members of a particular group, such as a soccer team ( or a group of classmates), or a person may identify with and want to be like a certain teacher, a friend, or say , a rock star. If you identify with another person, that person has power over you, and that person can influence your actions and behavior. Many people imitate and are controlled by the people they identify with. Let me give you a sad example ofthe use of this type of power for evil purposes. In the 1970s in Jonestown, Guyana, more than 900 people committed suicide when their religious leader Jim Jones told them to kill themselves. They did what he told them to do because he had referent power over them. They identified with him; they believe him, and they did what he told them to do. More recently a man named David Koresh controlled the lives and destinies of a small community of men, women, and children in Waco, Texas. Most people in his community died in a fire, along with their leader, during a confrontation with U.S. government agents.A third kind of power is classified as legitimate power. Government officials, according to Edwards, have a lot of legitimate power. When the government decides to raise taxes or make people go to war, most people will do what their government officials tell them to do. One psychologist reported on an experiment that showed an example of this type of power. In this experiment, a researcher asked people on the street to move away from a bus stop. When he was dressed as a civilian, few people moved away from the bus stop. When the researcher was dressed as a guard, most people moved away from the bus stop.The guard’s uniform seemed to give the researcher a look of legitimate power.A fourth kind of power is called expert power. An expert is a person who is very skilled in some area, such as sports, or who knows a lot about something, such as computers. Most people are impressed by the skills or knowledge of an expert. Some of these “experts” use their skills at playing sports or knowing about computers to gain power and influence ―and t o gain money or admiration, according to Edwards. In other words, they use their expertise to gain power.Finally, reward or coercive power is used by people who have the power to reward or punish another person’s actions or behavior. Giving a reward will change people’s behavior because it offers people a chance for gain. Giving a punishment may or may not cause the people to do what the powerful person wants them to do, but the changes may not last for a long time. The person who uses coercive power may also have to carefully watch thatthe less powerful person does, in fact, change his or her actions or behavior.To sum up, then, power may be gained in many ways. It may come from having information that other people want or need; it may come from being a referent for other people to identify with or to imitate; it may come from having an official, or legitimate, position of authority; it may come from having skills or expertise; or it may come from having the power to reward or punish people. We all exercise one or more of these various kinds of power over other people, and other people will try to exercise one or more of these kinds of power over us throughout our lives.==================================================Lesson11 Asian and African Elephants:Similarities and Diff erencesThe African and the Asian elephants are the largest land animals in the w orld.They are really enormous animals.The African and the Asian elepha nts are alike,or similar,in many ways,but there are differences between the2types of elephants,too.What are some of the similarities between the African and the Asian ele phant?Well,for one thing,both animals have long noses,called trunks. An elephant sometimes uses its trunk like a third hand.Both kinds of ele phants use their trunks to pick up very small objects and very large,heavy objects.They can even pick up trees with their trunks.For another thin g,both the African and the Asian elephants have very large ears,althoug h the African elephant’s ears are considerably larger.In addition,both animals are intelligent.They can be trained to do heavy work.They can also be trained to do tricks to entertain people.In other words,they both work for people,and they entertain people also.As I said before,the African and Asian elephants are alike in many ways, but they are also quite different,too.Let me explain what I mean.The Af rican elephant is larger and heavier than the Asian n eleph ants reach a height of about 10 feet, and African elephants reach about 13 feet tall.The African male elephant weighs between12,000and14,000pounds.I n contrast,the average Asian male elephant weighs between7,000and1 2,000pounds.So one is bigger than the other, but as you can see,both are still enormous animals.Another difference between the2kinds of elephants is the size of the ea n elephants have smaller ears than African elephants.The Africa n elephant has2very large teeth.These teeth are called tusks.The Asian elephanthowever sometimes does not have any tusks at all.The elephants differ i n color,too.The African elephant is dark gray in color while the Asian ele phant is light gray.Occasionally an Asian elephant is even white!The lastbig difference between the2 typesof elephants is their temperament.The Asian elephant is tamer than the African elephant, orin another way,the African elephant is much wilder than the Asian eleph ant.As a result,it’s more difficult to train the African elephant to perfor m tricks to entertain people.That’s why the elephants you see in the circ us are probably Asian elephants and not African elephants.Yes,there certainly are differences between the African and the Asian el ephants,but as I mention at the start of mytall,there is one big similarity between the2animals:they are both fasci nating and enormous animals.===========================================================Lesson 13 Lincoln and KennedyJohn F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln lived in different times and had very different family and educational backgrounds. K ennedy lived in the 20th century; Lincoln lived in the 19th cen tury. Kennedy was born in 1917, whereas Lincoln was born m ore than a hundred years earlier, in 1809. As for their family b ackgrounds, Kennedy came from a rich family, but Lincoln’s f amily was not wealthy. Because Kennedy came from a wealthy family, he was able to attend expensive private schools. He graduated from Harvard University. Lincoln, on the other hand, had only one year of formal schooling. In spite of his lack of f ormal schooling, he became a well-known lawyer. He taught himself law by reading law books. Li ncoln was, in other words, a self-educated man.In spite of these differences in Kennedy and Lincoln’s backgr ounds, some interesting similarities between the 2 men are ev ident. In fact, books have been written about the strange coin cidences in the lives of these 2 men. Take forexample ,their political careers. Lincoln began his political car eer in congress. Similarly, Kennedy also began his political car eer in congress. Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Repr esentatives in 1847, and Kennedy was elected to the House in 1947. So they were elected to congress exactly 100 years apart. Another interesting coincidence is that each man was e lected president of the United States in a year ending with the number 60. Lincoln was elected president in 1860, and Kenne dy was elected in 1960; furthermore, both men were presiden t during years of civil unrest in the country. Lincoln was presid ent during the American Civil War. At the time Kennedy became president,African-Americans were fighting for theircivil rights ,unrest took the form of civil rights demonstrations.Times change and it’s just over 15 more years,the United States elected its first African-American president Barack Obama. President Obama was elected in 2008 and…,but let me get back to talk about Lincoln and Kennedy.Another striking similarity between these 2 men was that, as y ou probably know, neither president lived to complete his ter m in office. Lincoln and Kennedy were both assassinated whil e in office. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 inDallas, Texas, after only 1,000 days in office. Lincoln was assas sinated in 1865 a few days after the end of the American Civil War. It’s rather curious to note that both presidents were sh ot while they were sitting next to their wives.These are only a few examples of the unusual similarities in th e destinies of these 2 Americans – men who had a tremendou s impact on the social and political life in the United States an d the imagination of the American people.。
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新编实用英语视听说初级教程（上）原文Unit 1ICON THEATER: TouristsDon: Here we are!Kate: Finally!Don: Let’s find a hotel. I’m tired.Kate: NO. I’m hungry! Let’s find a restaurant first.Don: OK, OK. Well, there are a lot of restaurants here. Let’s go to the Bombay Palace.Kate: No way! Ｉdon’t like Indian food. It’s too spicy!Don: I love Indian food! Spicy food is delicious.Kate: How about that restaurant? Let’s have crepes!Don: What are crepes?Kate: crepes? Crepes are a French dish.Don: French dish? Oh, French food is expensive.Kate: No, it’s not. French food is delicious!Don: Look at that restaurant! The Milano! Let’s have Italian food!Kate: Oh, I don’t know. Italian food is very heavy! I’m on a diet.Don: So what’s your suggestion?Kate: Um…I’m not sure. Uh … I don’t know.Don: Japanese food?Kate: No way! I don’t like Japanese food. Let’s have sushi.Don: Sushi is Japanese food.Kate: Is sushi Japanese? Really?Don: How about Chinese food?Kate: Yes, good idea! Let’s have Chinese food. Chinese food is delicious, and it isn’t expensive.Don: Ok. Let’s go to that Chinese restaurant.Kate: Oh, no! It’s closed!Don: Oh, it’s late! Look! The French restaurant is closed! Look. The Brazilian restaurant is closed! Brazilian restaurant is closed!Kate: All the restaurants are closed!Don: Let’s find a hotel.Kate: Yes.Don: Where can we go?Kate: Let’s go to the Glitz Hotel. Oh, no, it’s too small. How about the Plaza Hotel? No, it’s expensive! Hey! How about the Grand Hotel? No, it’s ugly!Don: Oh, no! Not again!ICON INTERVIEWS: What are your favorite kinds of food?Interviewer: So, what are your favorite kinds of food?Loy: I like … uh … hamburgers, uh … pasta, and pizza.Doug: I would say my favorites are Thai food and Italian food.Hailey: Uh … my favorite dish is hot pot. Do you know that?Craig: Pizza and pretzels and probably donuts.Interviewer: What’s your favorite kind of food?Roxanne: My favorite kind of food is Chinese food, yes.Interviewer: What’s your favorite Chinese dish?Roxanne: My favorite Chinese dish, I would say … um…moo-shoo pork. Yeah.Interviewer: Is that spicy?Roxanne: No, it’s not spicy.Interviewer: What are your favorite kinds of food?Martin: My favorite kinds of food are Indian food, and I would say Japanese food.Interviewer: What’s a good Japanese dish?Martin: If you like fish, then sushi is a great Japanese dish.Interviewer: So what’s in sushi?Martin: Sushi is usually made up of raw fish, uncooked fish, and some rice as well as some vegetables.Interviewer: So what are your favorite kinds of food?Gabrielle: I love Indian food, uh, Thai food, pizza.Interviewer: Is …Is Thai food spicy?Gabrielle: It can be, um … but I do like …uh …I like spice a lot. So …Interviewer: What’s a good Thai dish?Gabrielle: Pad Thai is my favorite, uh …Interviewer: What’s in it?Gabrielle: peanuts, uh, vegetables a variety of vegetables.Unit 2ICON THEATER: The GymReceptionist (Jenny): Ok. We’ll see you then. Hi. Welcome to City Gym. Can I help you?Mom (Susan): Yes. My son wants to join. He wants to play sports.Bob: I don’t want to play sports. I don’t like sports.Mom: You have to play sports. You are too lazy.Bob: I don’t like sports.Mom: Shh! Sports are important!R: So, what sports do you like?Bob: Well, I like golf …R: Good.Bob: … on TV. I like watching TV.R: How about soccer?Mom: You think soccer is exciting.Bob: Yes, I do … on TV!R: How about basketball?Mom: Yes, Bob. Basketball is fun. And it is relaxing! A lot of your friends play basketball.Bob: I’m not sure. Basketball is difficult.Mum: How come?Bob: I’m bad, very bad.R: OK. How about volleyball or skiing?Mom: Oh, how about surfing, ice hockey? Those are popular sports, too.Bob: No, thanks.Bill: Hi, can you please turn on the TV? I want to watch the baseball game.R: Sure.Bill: Thanks.Bob: Hey, I like that.Mom and receptionist: Baseball!Bob: No, watching TV.Mom: Oh, no.Bob: I want to join the gym!Receptionist: Sure. Welcome to City Gym.ICON INTERVIEWERS: What’s your favorite sport?Interviewer: What’s your favorite sport?James: I like baseball. I like baseball a lot.Gene: Well, I’d have to say … uh …football.Interviewer: What are your favorite sports?Edwin: Um … My favorite sports are baseball and basketball.Rydia: My favorite sports are basketball and football.Interviewer: What’s your favorite sport?Doug: I think my favorite sport is soccer. Yeah.Interviewer: Is soccer popular in the United States?Doug: Soccer is more popular in the United States now, but it’s not as popular as it is everywhere else in the world.Interviewer: Is soccer difficult?Doug: I think soccer is very difficult sport.Interviewer: What’s your favorite sport?Albert: Tennis.Interviewer: So, is tennis difficult?Albert: Yes.Interviewer: Where is tennis popular?Albert: Um … tennis is popular probably in everywhere else in the world except for North America.Interviewer: So tennis is not popular in the U.S.?Albert: I wouldn’t rank it as one of the top five most popular sports in the U.S.Interviewer: So ... So, what’s popular in the U.S.?Albert: Oh, that would be baseball, basketball, and, of course, football.Interviewer: What’s your favorite sport?Philip: Um … fencing, I suppose.Interviewer: Fencing?Philip: Yes, indeed.Interviewer: Well, that’s interesting. Is fencing dangerous?Philip: It’s not too dangerous assuming you’re wearing the right protection, yes.Interviewer: Where is fencing popular?Philip: Fencing is really popular in Europe, as well as America, all round!Unit 3ICON THEATER: Cell PhonesLiz: Hello!Julie: HI, Liz!Liz: Julie! It’s Julie! Where are you?Julie: I’m in Hawaii. How about your?Liz: I’m in Paris sitting at an outdoor café.Julie: How wonderful!Liz: Julie? Can … Can you hear me?Julie: Yes, I can. So, how is Paris?Liz: Oh, it’s so beautiful! It’s really romantic! How are things there?Julie: Oh, not bad!Liz: Very bad? Really? Why?Julie: What? I can’t hear you very well. What’s that noise?Liz: Oh, it’s just the traffic in Paris. How’s the weather in Hawaii?Julie: The weather? It’s always sunny. I can’t complain!Liz: What? What? Did you say “rain”？What a pity!Julie: What did you say?Liz: What?David: It’s noisy!Liz: So … um …how are the beaches?Julie: The beaches? Ah, they’re really pretty!Liz: Dirty? The beaches are dirty.Julie: No, they’re not dirty. They’re pretty.Liz: I understand! The beaches in Hawaii are dirty.David: Oh, yeah?Liz: Uh … how are the nightclubs? How is the nightlife?Julie: Wonderful! Everything is incredible.Liz: Very … everything is terrible?Julie: I’m really glad!Liz: You’re sad? I’m so sorry.Julie: What did you say?Liz: Excuse me?Julie: Listen, Liz, I’ll talk to you later. I’m going out with a friend.Liz: You’ll never come to Hawaii again? Really?Julie: I’m very happy! Good bye!Liz: You’re happy? Why? You just … You said you were sad. Hello? Hello? Julie is crazy!David: How come?Liz: She is in Hawaii. The weather is awful. The beaches are dirty. The nightlife is terrible. And she’s happy.David: What did you say?Liz: What?David: Excuse me?Liz: I’m happy we’re in Paris. The city is beautiful. The shopping is fantastic. The people are wonderful. And it’s so quiet.David: What?Liz: What?ICON INTERVIEWS: What’s your favorite city?Interviewer: What’s your favorite city?Doug: My favorite city … in the whole world?Interviewer: Yes.Doug: Well, I’d like to say Paris is my favorite city.Interviewer: And how is the weather?Doug: The weather in Paris is sometimes rainy, but it’s mostly warm and pleasant. So, it’s reasonable.Interviewer: How are the restaurants in Paris?Doug: You can find really inexpensive food in Paris or every expensive food, but it’s all good.Interviewer: What’s your favorite city?Gabrielle: In the U.S. or in the world?Interviewer: In the world.Gabrielle: Um … I love Seoul, South Korea.Interviewer: How is the traffic in Seoul?Gabrielle: Awful, the traffic in Seoul is awful like most major cities.Interviewer: How are the restaurants?Gabrielle: Very good.Interviewer: How about the nightlife? How is the nightlife?Gabrielle: The nightlife in Seoul is very exciting.Interviewer: What’s your favorite city?Martin: My favorite city is probably Boston.Interviewer: How is the weather in Boston?Martin: It’s not that great. It usually is very cold, but sometimes during the spring and fall the weather can be nice.Interviewer: How about the public transportation?Martin: The public transportation is very good. The train system is great in Boston.Interviewer: And the nightlife?Martin: The nightlife is, is fun in Boston as well.Interviewer: How about the restaurants?Martin: The restaurants are good in Boston. There’re many different types of food, restaurants in Boston … Japanese food, Indian food, um, South American food … all different types of food in Boston.Interviewer: Is Boston your favorite city?Maddy: No, my favorite city is New York city.Interviewer: What’s that?Maddy: New York is so much fun. There is so much to do, there is always places to go, always new areas to see.Interviewer: And how is the weather?Maddy: The weather in New York is so-so, sometimes it can be bright and beautiful, and sometimes is can be really cold and rainy or snowy.Interviewer: How is the shopping?Maddy: The shopping in New York is the bestUnit 4ICON THEATER: The Quiz ShowAnnouncer: Welcome to the TV game show “Different Countries, Different People.” Let’s meet today’s contestants. Contestant number 1. Hello, Jerry.Jerry: Hi, hi. It’s good to be here! Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad! Uncle Harold! Cousin Linda!Announcer: Contestant number 2. Hello, Susan.Susan: Uh …uh … Hello.Announcer: And contestant number 3. Hello, Chuck!Chuck: HI. I’m here to win!Announcer: Well, good luck to you all.Jerry, Susan and Chuck: Thank you!Announcer: And let’s start the game! Jerry, this type of music is very popular in Brazil. What is it?Jerry: I know! I know! It’s really cool. It’s … uh…Announcer:Sorry, time is up.Jerry: Oh, Hi, David. He’s my brother.Announcer: Susan.Susan: Uh … uh…Announcer: What kind of music is popular in Brazil?Susan: Uh…Announcer: Chuck? Do you know the answer?Chuck: Of course, I know. I know everything about music. It’s reggae.Announcer: No, sorry, you’re wrong. It’s samba!Chuck: Of course! I knew that! Aw, shucks!Announcer: Question 2, Chuck. It’s a typical Italian dish. What is it?Chuck: I know everything about food. It’s sushi.Announcer: No, I’m sorry. Susan?Susan: Uh … uh… uh…Announcer: It’s a typical Italian dish. What is it?Susan: Uh…Announcer: Sorry, time is up! Jerry？Jerry: Mom, I really love your spaghetti!Announcer: What did you say?Jerry: Spaghetti?Announcer: That’s the correct answer! Spaghetti is a typical Italian dish! You won 500 dollars!Jerry: Wow! Mom, look at me! I won!Announcer: And now the last question. Susan?Susan: Uh … yes?Announcer: This sport is very popular in the United States. What is it?Susan: Uh …uh ….uh…Announcer: Sorry, time is up! Chuck?Chuck: I know everything about sports. It’s rugby.Announcer: No, I’m sorry. Jerry.Jerry: Hello, friends from school. Let’s play baseball tomorrow!Announcer: What did you say?Jerry: Baseball?Announcer: You’re right again. Baseball is a very popular sport in the U.S. You won another 500 dollars.Jerry: Yeah! Yeah!Announcer: Now, that’s the end of our show, everyone. Well done, Jerry! Tune in again tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen!ICON INTERVIEWS: What’s your favorite type of music?Interviewer: What’s your favorite type of music?Collneth: I like hip-hop and reggae.Marilyn: I like… uh… reggae music, meringue and salsa.Interviewer: What’s your favorite type of music?Doug: Classical music. I really like classical music. I like going to classical concerts. Um … I listen to CDs in the car when I’m driving to and from work.Maddy: I like rock music.Interviewer: What’s your favorite type of music?Jeannie: There’re so many types of music. It depends. Um … I like to dance a lot, so I like dance music. When I like to relax I like classical music, but I also like a lot of international music as well.Interviewer: What kind of international music?Jeannie:Um… for example, a lot of pop from different countries.Interviewer: So, you like pop music?Jeannie: I do like pop music, yes.Interviewer: Do you like classical music?Jeannie: I do like classical music. Um…do you want specifics? Um… I like Chopin a lot. Um … I like opera. Uh… I used to play a lot of classical music, so, piano music and orchestral music.Interviewer: What do you play?Jeannie: The piano.Interviewer: What’s your favorite type of music?Wayne: My favorite type of music, believe it or not, is classical music. I’m a real big fan of Mozart and Beethoven and composers of that era.Interviewer: Do you like opera?Wayne: Uh… opera is… is OK. It’s Ok. I’m not a huge fan of it, but more of the instrumental music I like.Interviewer: How about your wife? Does she like opera?Wayne: She does not like opera. She likes country music, believe it or not. So, we clash in that aspect, a lot.Interviewer: Do you like rock?Wayne: Rock’n’roll is nice too. It’s a little too loud for my taste though.Unit 5ICON THEATER: The MoviesJason: Here we are! Just in time!Jill: Yeah. I heard this movie is great.Jason: We’ll see.Jill: And Brad Fitts is in it. He’s so handsome!Jason: Is it really a drama?Jill: Well…uh…it is.Jason: You know I love dramas.Jill: I know! And I love action movies.Jason: I hate action movies!Jill: Why do you hate action movies?Jason: I don’t know. They’re not my thing.Jill: Well, this isn’t an action movie. It’s a drama.Jason: What’s the name of the movie again?Jill: The Power Game.Jason: The power Game and it’s a drama, or is it an action movie?Jill: Well, it’s a drama, of course. Well, what’s wrong with action movies? They’re exciting. Everybody likes action movies.Jason: Not me! I think they’re boring. I like musicals, and I like dramas. They’re really cool.Jill: Well, relax. The Power Game is a drama.Jason: Are you sure?Jill: Of course, I’m sure.Jason: Look at this! It’s an action movie!Jill: Oh, my! I can’t believe it!Jason: Let’s go! Let’s find a drama!Jill: Oh, no. Let’s stay. It’s 8 o’clock. We don’t have time to find another movie.Jason: No! Let’s go! I want to see a drama.Jill: You want drama? OK. Oh, my! Oh, my! Oh, my!Jason: Jill, stop it! People are looking. Stop it!Jill: I know.Jason: What?Jill: I don’t want to watch a movie.Jason: You don’t?Jill: No, I don’t want to watch a movie. I want to be in movies. I want to be an actress. Hollywood, here I come!Jason: Jill, come back! Come back! Come back!ICON INTERVIEWS: What’s your favorite kind of movie?Interviewer: What’s your favorite kind of movie?Collneth: I like action, mystery, thrillers.James: I like comedies. I like to laugh a lot.Interviewer: What’s your favorite kind of movie?Gene: Favorite kind of movie… Probably… um… an action movie.Interviewer: What are your favorite kinds of movies?Rydia: My favorite kinds of movies are probably action, fantasy of comedy.Ian: Thrillers…pretty much everything, I mean thrillers, comedies… uh… dramas, action…Interviewer: Do you like comedies?Collneth: Yeah, I enjoy comedies.Gene: Oh, yes. Comedies I …I really like, yes.Interviewer: Do you like comedies?Martin: I like some comedies. My favorite recent comedy would probably be something like There’s Something About Mary.Ryan: Comedies? Love comedies. Yeah, totally…um …humor’s definitely needed in life.Interviewer: What’s your favorite kind of movie?Roxanne: My favorite kind of movie is, uh, romantic comedy, yeah.Interviewer: Do you like dramas?Roxanne: Yes. Yes, I like some dramas…mm-hmm.Interviewer: And how about science fiction movies?Roxanne: Yes, I like science fiction adventure kind of movies, yes.Interviewer: Mm… How about musicals?Roxanne: Um… yeah, I love musicals too, I …I watched them a lot when I was a kid. Yeah.Interviewer: Do you have a favorite?Roxanne: My favorite would have to be Singing in the Rain. Yeah.Interviewer: And what is your all-time favorite movie?Roxanne: All-time favorite movie, wow. Um…I guess…I guess my all-time favorite movie would have to be Holiday.Interviewer: And what type of movie is that?Roxanne: It’s comedy. It was made back in 1938, I think, with um…Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant in it. I love that movie.Unit 6ICON THEATER: The Compatibility TestLaura: Hey, look! This magazine has a test for couples!Sam: What kind of test?Laura: A compatibility test. “This test will show if you and yourhusband are compatible.”Sam: We are compatible. We are perfect for each other.Laura: I know. Let’s do it just for fun.Sam: OK.Laura: “Question number 1. Do you prefer to go to the movies or to stay home and watch videos?” Well, I prefer to go to the movies.’Sam: I prefer to stay home and watch videos. Movie theatres are crowded.Laura: Well…“Question number 2. Do you prefer to eat out at a restaurant or to eat take-out food at home?”Well, you prefer to eat take-out food at home.Sam: And you prefer to eat at a restaurant.Laura: Maybe we aren’t compatible.Sam: Of course we are. This test is stupid. Forget it!Laura: No, let’s do it just for fun!Sam: Fun?Laura: Aren’t you having fun?Sam: Yes.Laura: “Question number 3. Do you prefer to go to a concert or go to a sports event?”Sam: A concert, of course!Laura: You prefer to go to a concert?Sam: No, honey, I’m talking about you. I prefer sports events.Laura: I know. We aren’t compatible. We aren’t compatible!Sam: Take it easy. Look, forget the stupid test. Let’s go to a restaurant now.Laura: Now?Sam: Yes. Just you and me.Laura: Oh, how romantic! Oh, but do you have any money? I’m broke.Sam: Don’t worry. It’s on me.Laura: Oh, honey, let’s go then. Where are we going?Sam: How about that Italian restaurant?Laura: No way! I hate Italian restaurants. Let’s go to a French restaurant.Sam: A French restaurant? Are you crazy? French food is expensive!Laura: How about an Indian restaurant?Sam: No, Indian food is spicy. I don’t like it.Laura: Let’s have a hamburger.Sam: Yes! Let’s have a hamburger.Laura: You like hamburgers.Sam: And you like hamburgers.Laura: See? We are compatible! We are perfect for each other.Sam: Yes, we are, honey.Laura: Let’s go.ICON INTERVIEWS: What do you like to do for fun?Interviewer: What do you like to do for fun?Craig: I like to go to the movies. I like to go to the ba…go to baseball games. Um… I like to hang out with friends.Anne: Um… for fun I love to spend time with my friends just to…to go dancing, or listen to music or go to the movies.Interviewer: What are some fun activities you like to do in your free time?Philip: Uh…I like to go out dancing. L like to play sports with other people, or just… uh… go to a friend’s house an hang out.Interviewer: What do you want to do tonight?Anne: Tonight? Um… tonight a movie sounds really good. I think, with some of my friends, I’ll probably go to the movie theater just to have a relaxing evening.Craig: Oh, I’ll probably to home, and take a nap and probably to the movies.Ian: Uh…I’d like to call some of my friends, hang out with them, you know, go out to dinner maybe.James: Tonight? I’m gonna go dancing.Interviewer: What do you want to do tonight?Philip: Tonight? I think I’d like to go to a movie.Interviewer: What kind of movie?Philip: I like a lot of action films or… or comedy films a lot.Interviewer: Do you prefer to go to the movies or stay home andwatch videos?Philip: I think I like to go out to the movies.Interviewer: Do you like to eat out?Philip: I do like to eat out. I like… uh… Italian restaurants a lot. I think Italian’s probably my…my favorite. And um…I like sushi, actually, quite a bit.Interviewer: Do you like to go to sports events?Philip: I do like to go to sports events, especially if they’re sports events of my friends who are playing. So…Interviewer: Do you like to go to concerts?Philip: I do like concerts a lot. I like a lot of different kinds of music. And, so, concerts are really good to see the bands live.Unit 7ICON THEATER: The ActorGreg: Come in!Reporter: Good evening, Greg. I’m a reporter from Celebrity Weekly.Greg: Yes, yes. OK, I don’t have much time. The play starts in 15 minutes.Reporter: I know. Could you tell me about your daily routine?Greg: My daily routine?Reporter: What do you do every day?Greg: Well, let me think.Reporter: For example, do you usually get up early?Greg: No, I never get up before noon.Reporter: I see. Why?Greg: Well, I usually work at night.Reporter: What time do you usually go to bed?Greg: I usually go to bed after 3 A.M. I always sleep 8 hours a night, and I always eat a big breakfast.Reporter: I see. What do you do after breakfast?Greg: I exercise to keep in good shape.Reporter: You exercise every day?Greg: Every day, I always think about my body.Reporter: Of course. And when do you get to the theater?Greg: I usually get to the theater 2 hours before the show, and then I have my good luck routine.Reporter: Good luck routine?Greg: Yes. I always do the same thing. It’s like a superstition.Reporter: Uh-uh, what do you do?Greg: I get to the theater and I eat 2 bananas.Reporter: Two bananas? Ah, that’s interesting. And then?Greg: Thirty minutes before the show I get dressed. Look! And then I put on my make-up.Reporter: I see.Greg: And then I’m ready to start.Reporter: That’s cool.Greg: Yes. Now, excuse me. It’s time to start.Reporter: Sure. Thanks a lot for the interview.Greg: You’re welcome.Reporter: Good luck!Greg: No! No!Reporter: What?Reporter: Never say “good luck” to an actor before a play. It’s bad luck!Reporter: Bad luck?Greg: Yes! Say, “Break a leg.” It means “good luck” in the theater.Reporter: Break a leg.Greg: Ah! Help! Help! Call a doctor! I think I broke my leg!ICON INTERVIEWS: What time do you usually get up?Interviewer: And what time do you get up usually?Rachel: Usually I get up around 8 o’clock in the morning.Aaron: During the week, I get up about… at 8:30, ‘cause I have to get to work at 10.Loy: I usually get at 6 A.M.Sui Wai: Um… usually when my kids get at about quarter of 6.Interviewer: What’s your daily routine in the morning?Collneth: I wake up about 6:30, take a shower, brush my teeth.Shave if I have to, and take the train into work.Aaron: Well, I wake up. I grab some breakfast; I eat it. Then I brush my teeth. And then I take a shower and get dressed. And I go off to work.Interviewer: What is your daily routine?Anne: When I wake up, I turn off my alarm. I take a shower and brush my teeth, um…usually check Email, and slowly, slowly get dressed, and dry my hair and get awake for the day.Loy: In the morning, I wake up early. I go to the gym, exercise. And then I get ready for work.Interviewer: What do you so after dinner?Anne: After dinner… um… on week nights, usually, go back to the library and spend time studying.Aaron: Sometimes I’ll watch TV or just talk with some friends, pretty much just relaxing.Loy: I spend time with my sister and my brother and my little niece and nephew.Sui Wai: I am usually… uh… either helping my daughter with her homework or… um… starting to get ready for the next day.Interviewer: What time do you usually go to bed?Aaron: Around midnight or 1, 1 in the morning.Collneth: I go to bed by 2 in the morning.Loy: I go to bed around 9:30.Anne: During the week, usually about 2… 2 A.M.Chris: Late, Um… probably after midnight.Interviewer: After midnight, OK.Sui Wai: Usually 1 or 2 o’clock in the morning.Unit 8ICON THEATER: Doctor and PatientDr. Wellls: Sally Johnson?Sally: Yes, good morning, Dr. Wells.D: Yes, good morning. So, how are you doing?Sally: Oh, Doctor, I feel very tired. I’m tired.D: Do you get enough sleep?Sally: Not really. I’m very busy. I work a lot.D: Do you smoke?Sally: Smoke? No way! Smoking is really bad for you!D: Of course it is. Do you exercise every day?Sally: Not really. I’m not into exercise.D: It’s important to exercise, Sally.Sally: I know, Doctor.D: Do you eat fruits and vegetables every day?Sally: No, I don’t. I eat a lot of junk food.D: Oh, I’m sorry. I see. Hmm… What do you do to relax?Sally: Nothing. I don’t have time to relax. I work a lot!D: Listen, Sally! That’s your problem.Sally: What?D: You work too much. You need to relax more.Sally: Do you think so?D: I’m sure. You don’t get enough sleep; you eat junk food; you don’t exercise. That’s why you’re tired.Sally: Are you OK, Doctor?D: No, I’m not. I’m very tired. I work a lot. And I’m very busy, too.Sally: Do you get enough sleep?D: No, I don’t. I go to bed late, and I get up early.Sally: Do you eat healthy food?D: I don’t have time. I eat junk food every day.Sally: Doctor, you need to relax more!D: What? I know! Let’s go out!Sally: Go out?D: Yes. Let’s take the day off. Let’s spend time outdoors. Let’s eat good food. Let’s talk. Let’s have a good time.Sally: But…D: Oh, we both need that. Let’s go.Sally: Yes, sure.D: Good bye. See you tomorrow.Patient 1: Doctor Wells, I have an appointment.Patient 2: I need to see you, Doctor. I’m hurt.D: Come back tomorrow, please.Patient 1: Doctor Wells!Patient 2: Wait!ICON INTERVIEWS: Do you have a healthy life style?Interviewer: Do you have a healthy lifestyle?Albert: I do. Um… I try and exercise regularly. Um… I play tennis.I jog. Um… I don’t smoke, I don’t drink.Aaron: I’d say I have a healthy lifestyle. I eat well. I exercise.Interviewer: What kind of exercise do you do?Aaron: Well, I bike. I also rock climb. I play basketball.Interviewer: Do you have a healthy lifestyle?Maddy: I think I have a healthy lifestyle. I eat lots of fruits and vegetables. I exercise. I try not to eat junk food or fatty foods.Interviewer: Do you have a healthy lifestyle?Craig: Not practically. I eat a lot of junk food. I stay out late, and I smoke cigarettes.Interviewer: You smoke?Craig: Unfortunately, I do.Interviewer: Do you think you have a healthy lifestyle?Doug: Actually, I have a pretty healthy lifestyle, other than not taking enough time to relax.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Maddy: Well, I don’t think I get enough sleep.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Craig: Well, I try to, but unfortunately I stay up late watching TV. I get really hooked on the old shows that are on late at night.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Doug: No, I don’t get enough sleep. I usually go to bed at about 10 o’clock at night.Interviewer: And you get up at 4:30, so, wow!Doug; So, I only get a little over 6 hours of sleep usually.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Albert: I try and get about 7 to 8 hours a night.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Marilyn: Not lately.Interviewer: Do you take vitamins?。
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新编实用英语视听说初级教程（上）原文Unit 1ICON THEATER: TouristsDon: Here we are!Kate: Finally!Don: Let’s find a hotel. I’m tired.Kate: NO. I’m hungry! Let’s find a restaurant first.Don: OK, OK. Well, there are a lot of restaurants here. Let’s go to the Bombay Palace.Kate: No way! Ｉdon’t like Indian food. It’s too spicy!Don: I love Indian food! Spicy food is delicious.Kate: How about that restaurant? Let’s have crepes!Don: What are crepes?Kate: crepes? Crepes are a French dish.Don: French dish? Oh, French food is expensive.Kate: No, it’s not. French food is delicious!Don: Look at that restaurant! The Mil ano! Let’s have Italian food!Kate: Oh, I don’t know. Italian food is very heavy! I’m on a diet.Don: So what’s your suggestion?Kate: Um…I’m not sure. Uh… I don’t know.Don: Japanese food?Kate: No way! I don’t like Japanese food. Let’s have sushi.Don: Sushi is Japanese food.Kate: Is sushi Japanese? Really?Don: How about Chinese food?Kate: Yes, good idea! Let’s have Chinese food. Chinese food is delicious, and it isn’t expensive.Don: Ok. Let’s go to that Chinese restaurant.Kate: Oh, no! It’s closed!Don: Oh, it’s late! Look! The French restaurant is closed! Look. The Brazilian restaurant is closed! Brazilian restaurant is closed!Kate: All the restaurants are closed!Don: Let’s find a hotel.Kate: Yes.Don: Where can we go?Kate: Let’s go to the Glitz Hotel. Oh, no, it’s too small. How about the Plaza Hotel? No, it’s expensive! Hey! How about the Grand Hotel? No, it’s ugly!Don: Oh, no! Not again!ICON INTERVIEWS: What are your favorite kinds of food?Interviewer: So, what are your favorite kinds of food?Loy: I like … uh … hamburgers, uh … pasta, and pizza.Doug: I would say my favorites are Thai food and Italian food.Hailey: Uh … my favorite dish is h ot pot. Do you know that?Craig: Pizza and pretzels and probably donuts.Interviewer: What’s your favorite kind of food?Roxanne: My favorite kind of food is Chinese food, yes.Interviewer: What’s your favorite Chinese dish?Roxanne: My favorite Chinese d ish, I would say … um…moo-shoo pork. Yeah.Interviewer: Is that spicy?Roxanne: No, it’s not spicy.Interviewer: What are your favorite kinds of food?Martin: My favorite kinds of food are Indian food, and I would say Japanese food.Interviewer: What’s a g ood Japanese dish?Martin: If you like fish, then sushi is a great Japanese dish.Interviewer: So what’s in sushi?Martin: Sushi is usually made up of raw fish, uncooked fish, and some rice as well as some vegetables. Interviewer: So what are your favorite kinds of food?Gabrielle: I love Indian food, uh, Thai food, pizza.Interviewer: Is …Is Thai food spicy?Gabrielle: It can be, um … but I do like …uh …I like spice a lot. So …Interviewer: What’s a good Thai dish?Gabrielle: Pad Thai is my favorite, uh …Interviewer: What’s in it?Gabrielle: peanuts, uh, vegetables a variety of vegetables.Unit 2ICON THEATER: The GymReceptionist (Jenny): Ok. We’ll see you then. Hi. Welcome to City Gym. Can I help you?Mom (Susan): Yes. My son wants to join. He wants to play sports.Bob: I don’t want to play sports. I don’t like sports.Mom: You have to play sports. You are too lazy.Bob: I don’t like sports.Mom: Shh! Sports are important!R: So, what sports do you like?Bob: Well, I like golf …R: Good.Bob: … on TV. I like watching TV.R: How about soccer?Mom: You think soccer is exciting.Bob: Yes, I do … on TV!R: How about basketball?Mom: Yes, Bob. Basketball is fun. And it is relaxing! A lot of your friends play basketball.Bob: I’m not sure. Basketball is diffic ult.Mum: How come?Bob: I’m bad, very bad.R: OK. How about volleyball or skiing?Mom: Oh, how about surfing, ice hockey? Those are popular sports, too.Bob: No, thanks.Bill: Hi, can you please turn on the TV? I want to watch the baseball game.R: Sure.Bill: Thanks.Bob: Hey, I like that.Mom and receptionist: Baseball!Bob: No, watching TV.Mom: Oh, no.Bob: I want to join the gym!Receptionist: Sure. Welcome to City Gym.ICON INTERVIEWERS: What’s your favorite sport?Interviewer: What’s your favorite sport?James: I like baseball. I like baseball a lot.Gene: Well, I’d have to say … uh …football.Interviewer: What are your favorite sports?Edwin: Um … My favorite sports are baseball and basketball.Rydia: My favorite sports are basketball and football.Interviewer: What’s your favorite sport?Doug: I think my favorite sport is soccer. Yeah.Interviewer: Is soccer popular in the United States?Doug: Soccer is more popular in the United States now, but it’s not as popular as it is everywhere else in the world.Interviewer: Is soccer difficult?Doug: I think soccer is very difficult sport.Interviewer: What’s your favorite sport?Albert: Tennis.Interviewer: So, is tennis difficult?Albert: Yes.Interviewer: Where is tennis popular?Albert: Um … tennis is popular probably in everywhere else in the world except for North America. Interviewer: So tennis is not popular in the U.S.?Albert: I wouldn’t rank it as one of the top five most popular sports in the U.S.Interviewer: So ... So, what’s popular in the U.S.?Albert: Oh, that would be baseball, basketball, and, of course, football.Interviewer: What’s your favorite sport?Philip: Um … fencing, I suppose.Interviewer: Fencing?Philip: Yes, indeed.Interviewer: Well, that’s interesting. Is fencing dangerous?Philip: It’s not too dangerous assuming you’re wearing the right protection, yes.Interviewer: Where is fencing popular?Philip: Fencing is really popular in Europe, as well as America, all round!Unit 3ICON THEATER: Cell PhonesLiz: Hello!Julie: HI, Liz!Liz: Julie! It’s Julie! Where are you?Julie: I’m in Hawaii. How about your?Liz: I’m in Paris sitting at an outdoor café.Julie: How wonderful!Liz: Julie? Can … Can you hear me?Julie: Yes, I can. So, how is Paris?Liz: Oh, it’s so beautiful! It’s r eally romantic! How are things there?Julie: Oh, not bad!Liz: Very bad? Really? Why?Julie: What? I can’t hear you very well. What’s that noise?Liz: Oh, it’s just the traffic in Paris. How’s the weather in Hawaii?Julie: The weather? It’s always sunny. I can’t comp lain!Liz: What? What? Did you say “rain”？What a pity!Julie: What did you say?Liz: What?David: It’s noisy!Liz: So … um …how are the beaches?Julie: The beaches? Ah, they’re really pretty!Liz: Dirty? The beaches are dirty.Julie: No, they’re not dirty. They’re pretty.Liz: I understand! The beaches in Hawaii are dirty.David: Oh, yeah?Liz: Uh … how are the nightclubs? How is the nightlife?Julie: Wonderful! Everything is incredible.Liz: Very … everything is terrible?Julie: I’m really glad!Liz: You’re sad? I’m so sorry.Julie: What did you say?Liz: Excuse me?Julie: Listen, Liz, I’ll talk to you later. I’m going out with a friend.Liz: You’ll never come to Hawaii again? Really?Julie: I’m very happy! Good bye!Liz: You’re happy? Why? You just … You said you were sad. Hello? Hello? Julie is crazy!David: How come?Liz: She is in Hawaii. The weather is awful. The beaches are dirty. The nightlife is terrible. And she’s happy. David: What did you say?Liz: What?David: Excuse me?Liz: I’m happy we’re in Paris. The city is beautiful. The shopping is fantastic. The people are wonderful. And it’s so quiet.David: What?Liz: What?ICON INTERVIEWS: What’s your favorite city?Interviewer: What’s your favorite city?Doug: My favorite city … in the wh ole world?Interviewer: Yes.Doug: Well, I’d like to say Paris is my favorite city.Interviewer: And how is the weather?Doug: The weather in Paris is sometimes rainy, but it’s mostly warm and pleasant. So, it’s reasonable. Interviewer: How are the restaurants in Paris?Doug: You can find really inexpensive food in Paris or every expensive food, but it’s all good.Interviewer: What’s your favorite city?Gabrielle: In the U.S. or in the world?Interviewer: In the world.Gabrielle: Um … I love Seoul, South Ko rea.Interviewer: How is the traffic in Seoul?Gabrielle: Awful, the traffic in Seoul is awful like most major cities.Interviewer: How are the restaurants?Gabrielle: Very good.Interviewer: How about the nightlife? How is the nightlife?Gabrielle: The nightlife in Seoul is very exciting.Interview er: What’s your favorite city?Martin: My favorite city is probably Boston.Interviewer: How is the weather in Boston?Martin: It’s not that great. It usually is very cold, but sometimes during the spring and fal l the weather can be nice. Interviewer: How about the public transportation?Martin: The public transportation is very good. The train system is great in Boston.Interviewer: And the nightlife?Martin: The nightlife is, is fun in Boston as well.Interviewer: How about the restaurants?Martin: The restaurants are good in Boston. There’re many different types of food, restaurants in Boston … Japanese food, Indian food, um, South American food … all different types of food in Boston.Interviewer: Is Boston your favorite city?Maddy: No, my favorite city is New York city.Interviewer: What’s that?Maddy: New York is so much fun. There is so much to do, there is always places to go, always new areas to see. Interviewer: And how is the weather?Maddy: The weather in New York is so-so, sometimes it can be bright and beautiful, and sometimes is can be really cold and rainy or snowy.Interviewer: How is the shopping?Maddy: The shopping in New York is the bestUnit 4ICON THEATER: The Quiz ShowAnnouncer: Welcome to the TV game show “Different Countries, Different People.” Let’s meet today’s contestants. Contestant number 1. Hello, Jerry.Jerry: Hi, hi. It’s good to be here! Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad! Uncle Harold! Cousin Linda!Announcer: Contestant number 2. Hello, Susan.Su san: Uh …uh … Hello.Announcer: And contestant number 3. Hello, Chuck!Chuck: HI. I’m here to win!Announcer: Well, good luck to you all.Jerry, Susan and Chuck: Thank you!Announcer: And let’s start the game! Jerry, this type of music is very popular in B razil. What is it?Jerry: I know! I know! It’s really cool. It’s … uh…Announcer:Sorry, time is up.Jerry: Oh, Hi, David. He’s my brother.Announcer: Susan.Susan: Uh … uh…Announcer: What kind of music is popular in Brazil?Susan: Uh…Announcer: Chuck? Do you know the answer?Chuck: Of course, I know. I know everything about music. It’s reggae.Announcer: No, sorry, you’re wrong. It’s samba!Chuck: Of course! I knew that! Aw, shucks!Announcer: Question 2, Chuck. It’s a typical Italian dish. What is it?Chuck: I know everything about food. It’s sushi.Announcer: No, I’m sorry. Susan?Susan: Uh … uh… uh…Announcer: It’s a typical Italian dish. What is it?Susan: Uh…Announcer: Sorry, time is up! Jerry？Jerry: Mom, I really love your spaghetti!Announcer: What did you say?Jerry: Spaghetti?Announcer: That’s the correct answer! Spaghetti is a typical Italian dish! You won 500 dollars!Jerry: Wow! Mom, look at me! I won!Announcer: And now the last question. Susan?Susan: Uh … yes?Announcer: This sport is very popular in the United States. What is it?Susan: Uh …uh ….uh…Announcer: Sorry, time is up! Chuck?Chuck: I know everything about sports. It’s rugby.Announcer: No, I’m sorry. Jerry.Jerry: Hello, friends from school. Let’s play baseball tomorrow!Announcer: What did you say?Jerry: Baseball?Announcer: You’re right again. Baseball is a very popular sport in the U.S. You won another 500 dollars.Jerry: Yeah! Yeah!Announcer: Now, that’s the end of our show, everyone. Well done, Jerry! Tune in again tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen!ICON INTERVIEWS: What’s your favorite type of music?Interviewer: What’s your favorite type of music?Collneth: I like hip-hop and reggae.Marilyn: I like… uh… reggae musi c, meringue and salsa.Interviewer: What’s your favorite type of music?Doug: Classical music. I really like classical music. I like going to classical concerts. Um … I listen to CDs in the car when I’m driving to and from work.Maddy: I like rock music.Interviewer: What’s your favorite type of music?Jeannie: There’re so many types of music. It depends. Um … I like to dance a lot, so I like dance music. When Ilike to relax I like classical music, but I also like a lot of international music as well.Interviewer: What kind of international music?Jeannie:Um… for example, a lot of pop from different countries.Interviewer: So, you like pop music?Jeannie: I do like pop music, yes.Interviewer: Do you like classical music?Jeannie: I do like classical mu sic. Um… do you want specifics? Um… I like Chopin a lot. Um … I like opera. Uh… I used to play a lot of classical music, so, piano music and orchestral music.Interviewer: What do you play?Jeannie: The piano.Interviewer: What’s your favorite type of musi c?Wayne: My favorite type of music, believe it or not, is classical music. I’m a real big fan of Mozart and Beethoven and composers of that era.Interviewer: Do you like opera?Wayne: Uh… opera is… is OK. It’s Ok. I’m not a huge fan of it, but more of the instrumental music I like. Interviewer: How about your wife? Does she like opera?Wayne: She does not like opera. She likes country music, believe it or not. So, we clash in that aspect, a lot. Interviewer: Do you like rock?Wayne: Rock’n’roll is nice too. It’s a little too loud for my taste though.Unit 5ICON THEATER: The MoviesJason: Here we are! Just in time!Jill: Yeah. I heard this movie is great.Jason: We’ll see.Jill: And Brad Fitts is in it. He’s so handsome!Jason: Is it really a drama?Jill: Well…uh…it is.Jason: You know I love dramas.Jill: I know! And I love action movies.Jason: I hate action movies!Jill: Why do you hate action movies?Jason: I don’t know. They’re not my thing.Jill: Well, this isn’t an action movie. It’s a drama.Jason: What’s the name of the movie again?Jill: The Power Game.Jason: The power Game and it’s a drama, or is it an action movie?Jill: Well, it’s a drama, of course. Well, what’s wrong with action movies? They’re exciting. Everybody likes action movies.Jason: Not me! I think they’re boring. I like musicals, and I like dramas. They’re really cool.Jill: Well, relax. The Power Game is a drama.Jason: Are you sure?Jill: Of course, I’m sure.Jason: Look at this! It’s an action movie!Jill: Oh, my! I can’t believe it!Jason: Let’s go! Let’s find a drama!Jill: Oh, no. Let’s stay. It’s 8 o’clock. We don’t have time to find another movie.Jason: No! Let’s go! I want to see a drama.Jill: You want drama? OK. Oh, my! Oh, my! Oh, my!Jason: Jill, stop it! People are looking. Stop it!Jill: I know.Jason: What?Jill: I don’t want to watch a movie.Jason: You don’t?Jill: No, I don’t want to watch a movie. I want to be in movies. I want to be an actress. Hollywood, here I come! Jason: Jill, come back! Come back! Come back!ICON INTERVIEWS: What’s your favorite kind of movie?Interviewer: What’s your favorite kind of movie?Collneth: I like action, mystery, thrillers.James: I like comedies. I like to laugh a lot.Interviewer: What’s your favorite kind of movie?Gene: Favor ite kind of movie… Probably… um… an action movie.Interviewer: What are your favorite kinds of movies?Rydia: My favorite kinds of movies are probably action, fantasy of comedy.Ian: Thrillers… pretty much everything, I mean thrillers, comedies… uh… dramas, action…Interviewer: Do you like comedies?Collneth: Yeah, I enjoy comedies.Gene: Oh, yes. Comedies I …I really like, yes.Interviewer: Do you like comedies?Martin: I like some comedies. My favorite recent comedy would probably be something like There’s Something About Mary.Ryan: Comedies? Love comedies. Yeah, totally… um … humor’s definitely needed in life.Interviewer: What’s your favorite kind of movie?Roxanne: My favorite kind of movie is, uh, romantic comedy, yeah.Interviewer: Do you like dramas?Roxanne: Yes. Yes, I like some dramas…mm-hmm.Interviewer: And how about science fiction movies?Roxanne: Yes, I like science fiction adventure kind of movies, yes.Interviewer: Mm… How about musicals?Roxanne: Um… yeah, I love musicals too, I …I watched them a lot when I was a kid. Yeah.Interviewer: Do you have a favorite?Roxanne: My favorite would have to be Singing in the Rain. Yeah.Interviewer: And what is your all-time favorite movie?Roxanne: All-time favorite movie, wow. Um… I guess… I guess my all-time favorite movie would have to be Holiday.Interviewer: And what type of movie is that?Roxanne: It’s comedy. It was made back in 1938, I think, with um…Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant in it. I love that movie.Unit 6ICON THEATER: The Compatibility TestLaura: Hey, look! This magazine has a test for couples!Sam: What kind of test?Laura: A compatibility test. “This test will show if you and your husband are compatible.”Sam: We are compatible. We are perfect for each other.Laura: I know. Let’s do it just for fun.Sam: OK.Laura: “Question number 1. Do you prefer to go to the movies or to stay home and watch videos?” Well, I prefer to go to the movies.’Sam: I prefer to stay home and watch videos. Movie theatres are crowded.Laura: Well… “Questi on number 2. Do you prefer to eat out at a restaurant or to eat take-out food at home?” Well, you prefer to eat take-out food at home.Sam: And you prefer to eat at a restaurant.Laura: Maybe we aren’t compatible.Sam: Of course we are. This test is stupid. Forget it!Laura: No, let’s do it just for fun!Sam: Fun?Laura: Aren’t you having fun?Sam: Yes.Laura: “Question number 3. Do you prefer to go to a concert or go to a sports event?”Sam: A concert, of course!Laura: You prefer to go to a concert?Sam: No, honey, I’m talking about you. I prefer sports events.Laura: I know. We aren’t compatible. We aren’t compatible!Sam: Take it easy. Look, forget the stupid test. Let’s go to a restaurant now.Laura: Now?Sam: Yes. Just you and me.Laura: Oh, how romantic! Oh, but do you have any money? I’m broke.Sam: Don’t worry.It’s on me.Laura: Oh, honey, let’s go then. Where are we going?Sam: How about that Italian restaurant?Laura: No way! I hate Italian restaurants. Let’s go to a French restaurant.Sam: A French restaurant? Are you crazy? French food is expensive!Laura: How about an Indian restaurant?Sam: No, Indian food is spicy. I don’t like it.Laura: Let’s have a hamburger.Sam: Yes! Let’s have a hamburger.Laura: You like hamburgers.Sam: And you like hamburgers.Laura: See? We are compatible! We are perfect for each other.Sam: Yes, we are, honey.Laura: Let’s go.ICON INTERVIEWS: What do you like to do for fun?Interviewer: What do you like to do for fun?Craig: I like to go to the movies. I like to g o to the ba… go to baseball games. Um… I like to hang out with friends.Anne: Um… for fun I love to spend time with my friends just to… to go dancing, or listen to music or go to the movies.Interviewer: What are some fun activities you like to do in your free time?Philip: Uh…I like to go out dancing. L like to play sports with other people, or just… uh… go to a friend’s house an hang out.Interviewer: What do you want to do tonight?Anne: Tonight? Um… tonight a movie sounds really good. I think, with some of my friends, I’ll probably go to the movie theater just to have a relaxing evening.Craig: Oh, I’ll probably to home, and take a nap and probably to the movies.Ian: Uh… I’d like to call some of my friends, hang out with them, you know, go out to dinner maybe.James: Tonight? I’m gonna go dancing.Interviewer: What do you want to do tonight?Philip: Tonight? I think I’d like to go to a movie.Interviewer: What kind of movie?Philip: I like a lot of action films or… or comedy films a lot.Interviewer: Do you prefer to go to the movies or stay home and watch videos?Philip: I think I like to go out to the movies.Interviewer: Do you like to eat out?Philip: I do like to eat out. I like… uh… Italian restaurants a lot. I think Italian’s probably my… my favori te. And um… I like sushi, actually, quite a bit.Interviewer: Do you like to go to sports events?Philip: I do like to go to sports events, especially if they’re sports events of my friends who are playing. So…Interviewer: Do you like to go to concerts?Philip: I do like concerts a lot. I like a lot of different kinds of music. And, so, concerts are really good to see the bands live.Unit 7ICON THEATER: The ActorGreg: Come in!Reporter: Good evening, Greg. I’m a reporter from Celebrity Weekly.Greg: Ye s, yes. OK, I don’t have much time. The play starts in 15 minutes.Reporter: I know. Could you tell me about your daily routine?Greg: My daily routine?Reporter: What do you do every day?Greg: Well, let me think.Reporter: For example, do you usually get up early?Greg: No, I never get up before noon.Reporter: I see. Why?Greg: Well, I usually work at night.Reporter: What time do you usually go to bed?Greg: I usually go to bed after 3 A.M. I always sleep 8 hours a night, and I always eat a big breakfast. Reporter: I see. What do you do after breakfast?Greg: I exercise to keep in good shape.Reporter: You exercise every day?Greg: Every day, I always think about my body.Reporter: Of course. And when do you get to the theater?Greg: I usually get to the theater 2 hours before the show, and then I have my good luck routine.Reporter: Good luck routine?Greg: Yes. I always do the same thing. It’s like a superstition.Reporter: Uh-uh, what do you do?Greg: I get to the theater and I eat 2 bananas.Reporter: Two bananas? Ah, that’s interesting. And then?Greg: Thirty minutes before the show I get dressed. Look! And then I put on my make-up.Reporter: I see.Greg: And then I’m ready to start.Reporter: That’s cool.Greg: Yes. Now, excuse me. It’s time to sta rt.Reporter: Sure. Thanks a lot for the interview.Greg: You’re welcome.Reporter: Good luck!Greg: No! No!Reporter: What?Reporter: Never say “good luck” to an actor before a play. It’s bad luck!Reporter: Bad luck?Greg: Yes! Say, “Break a leg.” It means “good luck” in the theater.Reporter: Break a leg.Greg: Ah! Help! Help! Call a doctor! I think I broke my leg!ICON INTERVIEWS: What time do you usually get up?Interviewer: And what time do you get up usually?Rachel: Usually I get up around 8 o’cloc k in the morning.Aaron: During the week, I get up about… at 8:30, ‘cause I have to get to work at 10.Loy: I usually get at 6 A.M.Sui Wai: Um… usually when my kids get at about quarter of 6.Interviewer: What’s your daily routine in the morning?Collneth: I wake up about 6:30, take a shower, brush my teeth. Shave if I have to, and take the train into work. Aaron: Well, I wake up. I grab some breakfast; I eat it. Then I brush my teeth. And then I take a shower and get dressed. And I go off to work.Interviewer: What is your daily routine?Anne: When I wake up, I turn off my alarm. I take a shower and brush my teeth, um…usually check Email, and slowly, slowly get dressed, and dry my hair and get awake for the day.Loy: In the morning, I wake up early. I go to the gym, exercise. And then I get ready for work.Interviewer: What do you so after dinner?Anne: After dinner… um… on week nights, usually, go back to the library and spend time studying.Aaron: Sometimes I’ll watch TV or just talk with some friends, p retty much just relaxing.Loy: I spend time with my sister and my brother and my little niece and nephew.Sui Wai: I am usually… uh… either helping my daughter with her homework or… um… starting to get ready for the next day.Interviewer: What time do you usually go to bed?Aaron: Around midnight or 1, 1 in the morning.Collneth: I go to bed by 2 in the morning.Loy: I go to bed around 9:30.Anne: During the week, usually about 2… 2 A.M.Chris: Late, Um… probably after midnight.Interviewer: After midnight, OK.Sui Wai: Usually 1 or 2 o’clock in the morning.Unit 8ICON THEATER: Doctor and PatientDr. Wellls: Sally Johnson?Sally: Yes, good morning, Dr. Wells.D: Yes, good morning. So, how are you doing?Sally: Oh, Doctor, I feel very tired. I’m tired.D: Do you get enough sleep?Sally: Not really. I’m very busy. I work a lot.D: Do you smoke?Sally: Smoke? No way! Smoking is really bad for you!D: Of course it is. Do you exercise every day?Sally: Not really. I’m not into exercise.D: It’s important to exer cise, Sally.Sally: I know, Doctor.D: Do you eat fruits and vegetables every day?Sally: No, I don’t. I eat a lot of junk food.D: Oh, I’m sorry. I see. Hmm… What do you do to relax?Sally: Nothing. I don’t have time to relax. I work a lot!D: Listen, Sal ly! That’s your problem.Sally: What?D: You work too much. You need to relax more.Sally: Do you think so?D: I’m sure. You don’t get enough sleep; you eat junk food; you don’t exercise. That’s why you’re tired. Sally: Are you OK, Doctor?D: No, I’m not. I’m very tired. I work a lot. And I’m very busy, too.Sally: Do you get enough sleep?D: No, I don’t. I go to bed late, and I get up early.Sally: Do you eat healthy food?D: I don’t have time. I eat junk food every day.Sally: Doctor, you need to relax more!D: What? I know! Let’s go out!Sally: Go out?D: Yes. Let’s take the day off. Let’s spend time outdoors. Let’s eat good food. Let’s talk. Let’s have a good time. Sally: But…D: Oh, we both need that. Let’s go.Sally: Yes, sure.D: Good bye. See you tomorrow.Patient 1: Doctor Wells, I have an appointment.Patient 2: I need to see you, Doctor. I’m hurt.D: Come back tomorrow, please.Patient 1: Doctor Wells!Patient 2: Wait!ICON INTERVIEWS: Do you have a healthy life style?Interviewer: Do you have a healthy lifestyle?Albert: I do. Um… I try and exercise regularly. Um… I play tennis. I jog. Um… I don’t smoke, I don’t drink. Aaron: I’d say I have a healthy lifestyle. I eat well. I exercise.Interviewer: What kind of exercise do you do?Aaron: Well, I bike. I also rock climb. I play basketball.Interviewer: Do you have a healthy lifestyle?Maddy: I think I have a healthy lifestyle. I eat lots of fruits and vegetables. I exercise. I try not to eat junk food or fatty foods.Interviewer: Do you have a healthy lifestyle?Craig: Not practically. I eat a lot of junk food. I stay out late, and I smoke cigarettes.Interviewer: You smoke?Craig: Unfortunately, I do.Interviewer: Do you think you have a healthy lifestyle?Doug: Actually, I have a pretty healthy lifestyle, other than not taking enough time to relax.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Maddy: Well, I don’t think I get enough sleep.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Craig: Well, I try to, but unfortunately I stay up late watching TV. I get really hooked on the old shows that are on late at night.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Doug: No, I don’t get enough sleep. I usually go to bed at about 10 o’clock at night.Interviewer: And you get up at 4:30, so, wow!Doug; So, I only get a little over 6 hours of sleep usually.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Albert: I try and get about 7 to 8 hours a night.Interviewer: Do you get enough sleep?Marilyn: Not lately.Interviewer: Do you take vitamins?Aaron: I take vitamins daily, also, vitamin C. That’s real good so you don’t get sick.Interviewer: Do you take vitamins?Maddy: I take vitamins Um… I usually remember to take them, but sometimes I forget.Interviewer: What about vitamins? Do you take vitamins?Marilyn: Yes, I do.Interviewer: Do you take vitamins?Ryan: Yes, I take vitamins. Uh, forget today, but, I do take my vitamins.Interviewer: You have any unhealthy habits?Aaron: Um… well, I guess I go to sleep late. That could be unhealthy if you don’t get enough sleep. Interviewer: What time do you usually go to sleep?Aaron: Well, 1 A.M. on week days and then depends how long I’m hanging out with friends on week ni-…or weekend nights.Interviewer: Do you have any unhealthy habits?Albert: Um… I might… maybe I eat too much, but it doesn’t actu ally show on me.。