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UNIT 5Section One Tactics for listeningPart 1 Sport DictationWindIn the past we watched the wind closely. (1) Hunters knew that game moved (2) with the winds, that keeping the wind in (3) one's face was essential to a successful (4) stalk. Farmers knew that changing winds brought (5) rain or drought.Polynesian* sailors could find islands beyond the (6) horizon by lying on their backs in their (7) canoes and feeling the swells* caused by winds (8) rushing onto islands many miles away. Eskimos could (9) navigate in Arctic whiteouts*, when fog or snow (10) obscured all landmarks, by following remembered currents of air over the snow and ice.Today few people can tell where the wind comes from. We live inside walls, (11) surrounded by chrome and glass, and the winds outside are often (12) gusts of our own making - the wake of (13) rushing automobiles, the tunneling of air down narrow city streets. We get our weather (14) from the news, not from the wind behind us. We hear the wind as house sounds: the (15)rattle of windows, the scratching of branches at a window (16) screen, the moan of a draft under the (17) hall door. These are popmusic, not the (18) classical style of the wind, which is the collision of leaf and blade, the (19) groan of branches under stress, the (20) stirring of ocean waves.Part 2 Listening for GistEleven years ago, a US Congressman from the state of Michigan introduced legislation asking Congress to study slavery reparations(赔偿款). Since then, the cities of Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, Dallas and now Chicago have called on（请求） Congress to consider such payments. Chicago aldermen（市议会长老议员） voted 46-1 in support of the resolution. Alderman Freddrenna Lyle is the descendant of a slave. She says blacks in the United States are still at a disadvantage（处于不利地位） because of slavery."Today, when I am walk across the street and go down the street and go to (the department store) Sak's and people follow me through the store. It is because slavery has taught people to treat us differently based on skin color. So it lives and breathes with us. It is with us every single day."Alderman Ed Smith says there is not enough money in the universe to compensate blacks for what they have suffered because of slavery, but he says it is time for the country to try.Directions: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide.1. This passage is about slavery reparations.2. The key words are slavery reparation, payments, vote, resolution, descendant, disadvantage, skin color, compensate, blacks, suffer.Section two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueCheapo TicketTerri: Did you see that television series with Michael Palin? Simon: The one where he went around the world(环游世界)in eighty days? Terri: Yeah.Simon: Yeah, it was really good. You know, that's something I've always wanted to do.Terri: Me too. Mind you, you have to put up with a lot of hassles（麻烦事） *. I mean. I went to Hong Kong last year and it was onelong disaster!Simon: Really?Terri: Yeah, I was stuck in Moscow for three days!Simon: How on earth did that happen?Terri: Well, it was like one of those bucket shop（低价位的旅行社）*tickets, you know, from the back of a magazine. I went down tothis little place in central London, in Soho and paid cash. Simon: But they're usually OK, aren't they?Terri: That's what I thought at the time. Now I know better! I mean the plane was delayed two hours leaving Heathrow and we were doinga stopover at Moscow. It was Aeroflot*. So we arrived late atMoscow, in the middle of the night, and we all went into thetransit lounge（转机候机室） and after about two hours thisofficial came in and told us we'd missed the connection（误了联运的车、船、飞机）to Hong Kong; We’d have to stay the nightin the airport hotel ...Simon: But why?Terri: The late departure from Heathrow apparently.Simon: So, what was the hotel like?Terri: Grim* ... more like a prison really. Anyway, the next morningI went down to reception and asked what was happening. Disaster!They'd checked my ticket or something and decided it wasn't aproper Aeroflot one, only valid for the twice-a-week flight, notthe daily flight. So I had to sit there and watch all the otherpassengers go off to catch the next plane to Hong Kong while Iwas stuck in this terrible hotel.Simon: Well, a good chance to explore Moscow.Terri: No way! I didn't have a Russian visa, of course, so they wouldn't let me out. I had to stay there for three days. The pits（条件太恶劣）! No TV, no newspapers, no phone lines and the food wasgross. All because I had this cheapo ticket,Simon: I guess you won't be buying cheap tickets again.Terri: You're not wrong!Directions: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).l.T 2. T 3.F 4.F 5. F 6.F 7.F 8. T Part 2 PassageFrozen Ethnic Foods（冷冻的民族食品）1）T wo years ago, there were three freezers in the store that catered to people from the Indian subcontinent and now there are 55.2）A few blocks away at the Pacific Supermarket, which specializes in Chinese and Thai food, frozen dinners fill two long aisles.3）Other ethnic groceries are enjoying explosive growth in sales of frozen meals to immigrant and second-generation customers with less time, inclination or ability to cook the foods of their homeland.4）B y 2010, the Hispanic-American population in the United States is expected to grow 96 percent and the Asian-American population is expected to grow 110 percent.5）E urope is ahead of the United States in terms of big companies but the trend could grow here.At Patel Brothers' grocery, you can almost get lost these days in the frozen food section. Two years ago, there were three freezers in the store that catered to（为…服务） people from the Indian subcontinent in New York's Jackson Heights neighborhood. Now, there are 55, aisle after aisle crammed with inexpensive, ready-to-eat versions of chicken, chickpeas （鹰嘴豆） and vegetable balls in sauces and spices.A few blocks away at the Pacific Supermarket, which specializes in Chinese and Thai food, frozen dinners fill two long aisles.Other ethnic groceries, including those offering Mexican food, are enjoying explosive growth in sales of frozen meals to immigrant and second-generation customers with less time, inclination or ability to cook the foods of their homeland.Filling the frozen food racks are rapidly growing food companies, many of them local or regional, which find that serving ethnic shops is easier and more profitable than selling to grocery chains. As their profits increase, they are attracting the attention of major corporations.The market for ethnic frozen foods reached US$2.2 billion in 2001, according to the American Frozen Food Institute.The biggest market is for Italian food, totaling US$1.28 billion in 2001, up 6.1 percent from 2000. The overall frozen food market also grew by 6.1 percent, totaling US$26.6 billion.But Mexican frozen food sales grew 20.6 percent to US$488 million. Asian frozen entrees, which include Chinese, Thai and Indian, were up 12.3 percent, totaling US$463 million.The steady growth in popularity of ethnic frozen foods is partly a result of changing demographics* - by 2010, the Hispanic-American population in the United States is expected to grow 96 percent and the Asian-American population is expected to grow 110 percent.But other Americans are also enjoying dishes once considered exotic. The busy lives of many people help sales.Making the food are mostly small businesses closely linked to immigrant populations from Asia, Latin America and Africa. Still, some are expanding beyond their own ethnic origins.Deep Foods* of Union, New Jersey, is adding frozen Thai and Chinese entrees even as it markets its Green Guru* line of Indian dishes.Deep Foods started out in the late 1970s as a family-owned snack business, and then started making vegetarian frozen food in the mid-1980s. It has since diversified into non-vegetarian, natural and low-sodium*dishes.Heinz sees frozen dishes as a growth area along with organic and natural foods. Just before acquiring Ethnic Gourmet*, Heinz bought a Mexican food manufacturer, Delimex.Europe is ahead of the United States in terms of big companies. But the trend could grow here.A: Pre-listening QuestionThe development and diversity of the delights of Chinese cuisine are representative of China's long history. With each dynasty new recipes were created until the art of food preparation reached its peak during the Qing Dynasty. The dinner called Man Han Quan Xi that incorporates all the very best of Man and Han Cuisines is held in high esteem as it does countless dishes, each with its own distinctive flavor and appeal.The diversity of geography, climate, customs and products have led to the evolution of what are called the "Four Flavors" and "Eight Cuisines".Cuisine in China is a harmonious integration of color, redolence, taste, shape and the fineness of the instruments. Among the many cooking methods they use are boiling, stewing, braising, frying, steaming, crisping, baking, and simmering and so on.Cuisine can rise to many different occasions from luxury court feasts,fetes, holy sacrificial rites, joyous wedding ceremonies to simple daily meals and snacks. The art of a good cook is to provide a wholesome and satisfying dish to suit the occasion.Besides the various Han cuisines, the other 55 ethnic groups each have their own. With their peculiar religions and geographical zones, their diets differ respectively and are full of interest.B: Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.C: Detailed ListeningDirections: Listen to the passage and fill in the following chart about the growth of the ethnic foods' market shares in the United States in 2001 and then answer the questions.1.Making the food are mostly small businesses closely linked to immigrantpopulations from Asia, Latin America and Africa.2.Deep Foods started out in the late 1970s as a family-owned snack business,then started making vegetarian frozen food in the mid-1980s. It has since diversified into non-vegetarian, natural and low-sodium dishes and is now adding frozen Thai and Chinese entrees even as it markets its Green Guru line of Indian dishes.D: After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1)First, the steady growth in popularity of ethnic frozen food is partlya result of changing demographics - by 2010, the Hispanic-Americanpopulation in the United States is expected to grow 96 percent and the Asian-American population is expected to grow 110 percent. And the Americans are also enjoying dishes once considered exotic and the busy lives of many people help sales.Second, many food companies find that serving ethnic shops is easier and more profitable than selling to grocery chains. As their profits increase, they are attracting the attention of major corporations.Heinz sees frozen dishes as a growth area along with organic and natural foods.2)(Open)Section Three NewsNews Item 1Therapy Dogs at Ground ZeroJean Owen is a dog trainer and volunteer with Therapy Dogs International, an organization that provides specially trained dogs and their handlers for visits to nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions. Therapy Dogs International, based in New Jersey, is one of a growing number of organizations that believes that the comfort and love of a pet can increase a person's physical and emotional well-being, promote healing and improve the quality of life.Therapy Dogs International was founded in 1976 by Elaine Smith, a registered nurse who observed the benefits of pets interacting with patients. Studies have shown that holding or petting an animal can lower a person's blood pressure, release tension and ease loneliness and depression. Since September (terrorist attacks), dog trainer Jean Owen has spent a lot of time visiting firehouses and Red Cross respite* centers for workers at Ground Zero.In New York City, there continues to be a need for specially trained dogs to comfort people who have been traumatized* by disaster. One victim remarked, "With people, you have to talk about your feelings. But a dog knows how you're feeling."Exercise ADirections: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the therapy dogs that are used to increase a person's physical and emotional well-being. promote healing and improve the quality of life.B: Directions: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage.Therapy Dogs International, located in New Jersey,was founded in1976 by Elaine Smith, a registered nurse who observed the benefits of pets interacting with patients. Studies have shown that holding or petting an animal can lower a person's blood pressure, release tension and ease loneliness and depression.Since September (terrorist attacks), dog trainer Jean Owen has spent a lot of time visiting firehouses and Red Cross respite centers for workers at Ground Zero. In New York City, there continues to be a need for specially trained dogs to comfort people who have been traumatized by disaster. One victim remarked, "With people, you have to talk about your feelings. But a dog knows how you're feeling."News Item 2RobotsThe new SDR4.X stands only 60 centimeters tall, but Sony still says it could be part of the family. But it will have to be a wealthy family. Its creators say it will cost as much as a luxury car!Electronics companies across the globe are racing to develop the next great robot for use around the home. Some, such as the SDR4X, are humanoid* robots meant to entertain their owners with their walking, talking and tricks. Others are made to do chores, such as mow the lawn or wash the car.Robots could help kids do their homework, or make learning fun, for example. Rodney Brooks is the Artificial Intelligence Director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His company, Robot (eye-robot) Corporation, has developed what it calls "remote presence" robots. They allow their owners to control them from anywhere in the world by using the Internet. He calls this "rebottling".As for the fun side, the industry is developing companion robots for elderly people who are lonely. And Sony expects to put its SDR4X on the market by the end of the year.A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary. This news item is about the latest development in robots for use around the home.B: Directions: Listen to the news again and discuss the following questions.1. It costs as much as a luxury car.2. Sony made it.3. They will entertain their owners with their walking, talking and tricks.4. It means that these robots allow their owners to control them from anywhere in the world by using the Internet.5. Sony will put SDR4X on the market by the end of the year.News Item 3RoboticsThe sophisticated combination of electronics and software empowering today's toys may run tomorrow's household robots, according to engineer Pradeep Khosla, at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.Mr Khosla is presently working on programming robots to duplicate human response, so that in the future robots might be able to function as helpers for the elderly or the. handicapped.He says he has made some gains - robots that respond to hand signals, voice commands, light and darkness and those gains are visible on today's toy market.Jeff Burnstein of the Robotics Industries Association says a robot, by definition, is a piece of equipment that is multifunctional, one that can be reprogrammed to do many different tasks.Home robot helpers may be a distant dream, he says, but industrial robots are an essential part of most factories today.As for the future, Pradeep Khosla says a person will be able to turn to his or her robot helper and say - Get me a Coca Cola. That robot will then walk to the refrigerator and open the door.That future is about 20 years off, Mr. Khosla estimates. The children playing with robot toys today could be the first generation to live with robots in their homes as adults.A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary. This news item is about the present achievements of robotics and the home robot helper in the future.B: Directions: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage.Future robots will be able to duplicate human response, so that they might be able to function as helpers for the elderly or the handicapped. Researchers have already made some gains - robots tha t respond to hand signals,voice commands, light and darkness and those gains are visible on today's toy market.In about 20 years, the children playing with robot toys today could be the first generation to live with robots in their homes as adults.Section Four Supplementary ExercisesPart 1 Feature ReportScratchTwo years ago, computer software engineers at The Media Lab, MIT's innovative technology research center, launched a new and easy-to-use programming language they called Scratch. Since its launch, Scratch has quickly found its way over the Internet into classrooms and homes around the world, and it’s putting the creative power of software design into the hands of some very young users.Jeff Elkner's students are creating animated stories using Scratch. Most of them, like Lydia Melgar from El Salvador are learning English as a second language. Elkner, a computer science teacher in Arlington, Virginia, introduced Scratch to his students in March.“At first, I wanted to introduce Scratch to teach programming. And what we found when we were working with Scratch was that it was actually amazingly good at teaching language skills."Scratch is an object-oriented language designed to be simple enough for anyone to use. Instead of writing commands out, users choose from commands that come with the program."We were really inspired by Lego bricks and how you build things in the physical world, how could you apply that to a digital space? So we have these bricks or blocks that you snap together. So you have 100 different blocks that you can choose from.”There is also a library of visual elements included in the program:characters, interior and exterior settings to put them in, and objects they can manipulate.Anyone can download Scratch for free from the MIT-sponsored Website at . Brennan says they knew from the start that they wanted Scratch to be easy to use, but they didn't want its simple interface to limit how it was used. Everyone who uses Scratch is encouraged to share their projects. More than 400,000 have been posted on the Website in the past two years.Changing, adapting and re-mixing projects is also encouraged. There have even been some collaborations. Brennan says a game called "Night at Dreary Castle" was the creation of an 8-year-old, a 13-year-old, and a 15-year-old from different countries.Today, there are one quarter of a million registered Scratch users. On Saturday, May 16, many of them will celebrate Scratch's second anniversary with World Scratch Day. More than 80 events are scheduled in 30 different countries, from the United States to Iran.A: Directions: Listen to the science report and complete the summary.This science report is about a new and easy-to-use programming language called scratch.B: Directions: Listen to the report again and complete the following sentences.1. Two years ago, computer software engineers at The Media Lab, MIT's innovative technology research center, launched a new and easy-to-use programming language they called Scratch.2.Elkner,a computer science teacher in Arlington, Virginia, introduced Scratch to his students in March.3. Scratch is an object-oriented language designed to be simple enough for anyone to use.4.There are characters, interior and exterior settings to put them in, and objects they can manipulate.5. Anyone can download Scratch for free from the MIT-sponsored Website at .6Everyone who uses Scratch is encouraged to share their projects. More than 400,000 have been posted on the Website in the past two years. 7. Brennan says a game called "Night at Dreary Castle" was the creation of an 8-year-old, a 13-year-old, and a 15-year-old from different countries.8. More tha n 80 events are scheduled in30 different countries, from the United States to Iran.Part 2 passageMcDonald’s Co rp1. Revenue, which includes sales and franchise fees, rose 5.6 percent to US$3.8 billion from US$3.6 billion.2. Investors say he is getting a grip on the troubles he inherited, especially a two-year sales slump.3. McDonald's had wanted to sell 50 percent to 60 percent of the chains while retaining managerial control.4. He will be paid a salary of US$I.4 million this year and has options on 600,000 shares if he agrees to take the job.5. Franchisees run 85 percent of McDonald's US outlets, while the company operates the other 15 percent.McDonald's Corp is toasting hamburger buns six seconds longer to make them tasty. That's just one way new Chief Executive Officer James Cantalupo is shifting toward improving the fast-food giant's products rather than adding restaurants.In late April, McDonald's reported its first-quarter profit increased as sales rose at the fastest pace in more than a year, helped by the strengthening of the euro.Net income rose 29 percent to US$327.4 million, or 26 US cents a share, from US$253.1 million, or 20 US cents a share, a year earlier, after the world's largest hamburger chain posted in the red ink for the fourth quarter, its first loss ever.Revenue, which includes sales and franchise* fees, rose 5.6 percent to US$3.8 billion from US$3.6 billion.Investors say Cantalupo is getting a grip on the troubles he inherited, especially a two-year sales slump. The company had strayed by focusing on expansion instead of quality control.After about 100 days on the job, Cantalupo says he will spend 40 percent less on new restaurants and renovation this year.McDonald's will add 360 outlets, down from 1,000 last year. It will be "better, not just bigger", the 28-year McDonald's veteran told investors at an April 7 meeting in New York.McDonald's had wanted to sell 50 percent to 60 percent of the chains while retaining managerial control.Last year, shares of McDonald's plummeted* 39 percent, making it the third-biggest decliner in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.Cantalupo, 59, signed up* actor Paul Newman to supply Newman's own dressings for salads that McDonald's is adding for a healthier menu. McDonald's also will offer yogurt and fruit in kids' Happy Meals and try new seasonings for hamburgers.Longer toasting is just part of the effort to make the buns taste better. McDonald's also changed the recipeExecutives also told investors at the meeting that McDonald's will serve appetizing food quickly and in a clean, friendly environment. The company will train staff to smile more, handle irate* customers politely and reduce the wait at counters.McDonald's has about 30,000 outlets worldwide, including 13,000 in the US. Franchisees, who were hurt as former CEO Jack Greenberg's expansion strategy eroded* sales at existing restaurants, said Cantalupo's plan requires little capital to attract more customers.Franchisees run 85 percent of McDonald's US outlets, while the company operates the oth15 percent.A: Pre-listening QuestionTaco Bell will expand across China in the near future. Pizza Hut will step up its home deliveries. And McDonald's is adding 100 more restaurants to the 560 it already has in the country. KFC is opening its 1,000th outlet in China.As China increasingly embraces the outside world and its snack food, US fast-food chains are kicking off a high-speed expansion in the world's biggest market.Gearing fast food toward local stomachs while retaining its prestige as a foreign brand is a delicate balance.KFC has adapted with fare like the "Old Beijing Twister" - a wrap modeled after the way Peking duck is served, but with fried chicken inside. Plans are also under way for more sites of the Chinese version of Taco Bell, which currently has one location - in Shanghai. grow with the affluence of the Chinese people.Yum! is also planning a slower expansion for Pizza Hut. Yum! expects the pizza market to grow with the affluence of the Chinese people.B: Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.C: Detailed ListeningDirections: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.T 1. McDonald's Corp is shifting from fast expansion toward quality control.(McDonald's Corp is toasting hamburger buns six seconds longer to make them tasty. That's just one way new Chief Executive Officer James Cantalupo is shifting toward improving the fast-food giant's products rather than adding restaurants.)F2. In late April, McDonald's reported its first-quarter profit increased as sales rose for more than a year.(In late April, McDonald's reported its first-quarter profit increased as sales rose at the fastest pace in more than a year.)F 3. Net income rose more than US$100 million.(Net income rose from US$253.1 million to US$327.4 million, or US$74.3 millions.)T 4. The company's two-year sales slump is due to a shrift of business focus. (Investors say Cantalupo is getting a grip on the troubles he inherited, especially a two-year sales slump. The company had strayed by focusing on expansion instead of quality control.)F 5. Mr Cantalupo has been on the job for exactly three months. (Cantalupo is about 100 days on the job, over three months.)T 6. Last year, shares of McDonald's plunged 39 percent, making it the third-biggest decliner in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.(Last year, shares of McDonald’s plummeted 39 percent, making it the third-biggest decliner in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.)F 7. McDonald's is adding new dressings and seasonings for all items in its menu.(McDonald's is adding dressings for salads and try new seasonings for hamburgers.)T8. McDonald's will improve its service by serving food more quickly in a clean and friendly environment.(Executives told investors that McDonald's wil~ serve appetizing food quickly and in a clean, friendly environment. The company will train staff to smile more, handle irate customers politely and reduce the wait at counters.)T 9. Over 40% of McDonald's outlets are in the United States. (McDonald's has about 30,000 outlets worldwide. Including 13,000 in the US.)T 10. Cantalupo retired as president in January 2002.(Cantalupo stepped down as president in January 2002.)D: After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1.New Chief Executive Officer James Cantalupo is shifting towardimproving the fast-food giant's products rather than adding restaurants. Former CEO Jack Greenberg's expansion strategy eroded sales at existing restaurants. The company had strayed by focusing on expansion instead of quality control. Franchisees, who were hurt most, said Cantalupo's plan requires little capital to attract more customers.2. (Open)。
施心远主编《听力教程》3_(第2版)Unit_5答案
UNIT 5Section One Tactics for listeningPart 1 Sport DictationWindIn the past we watched the wind closely. (1) Hunters knew that game moved (2) with the winds, that keeping the wind in (3) one's face was essential to a successful (4) stalk. Farmers knew that changing winds brought (5) rain or drought.Polynesian* sailors could find islands beyond the (6) horizon by lying on their backs in their (7) canoes and feeling the swells* caused by winds (8) rushing onto islands many miles away. Eskimos could (9) navigate in Arctic whiteouts*, when fog or snow (10) obscured all landmarks, by following remembered currents of air over the snow and ice.Today few people can tell where the wind comes from. We live inside walls, (11) surrounded by chrome and glass, and the winds outside are often (12) gusts of our own making - the wake of (13) rushing automobiles, the tunneling of air down narrow city streets. We get our weather (14) from the news, not from the wind behind us. We hear the wind as house sounds: the (15) rattle of windows, the scratching of branches at a window (16) screen, the moan of a draft under the (17) hall door. These are pop music, not the (18) classical style of the wind, which is the collision of leaf and blade, the (19) groan of branches under stress, the (20) stirring of ocean waves.Part 2 Listening for GistEleven years ago, a US Congressman from the state of Michigan introduced legislation asking Congress to study slavery reparations(赔偿款). Since then, the cities of Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, Dallas and now Chicago have called on（请求）Congress to consider such payments. Chicago aldermen（市议会长老议员）voted 46-1 in support of the resolution. Alderman Freddrenna Lyle is the descendant of a slave. She says blacks in the United States are still at a disadvantage（处于不利地位）because of slavery."Today, when I am walk across the street and go down the street and go to (the department store) Sak's and people follow me through the store. It is because slavery has taught people to treat us differently based on skin color. So it lives and breathes with us. It is with us every single day."Alderman Ed Smith says there is not enough money in the universe to compensate blacks for what they have suffered because of slavery, but he says it is time for the country to try.Directions: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide.1. This passage is about slavery reparations.2. The key words are slavery reparation, payments, vote, resolution, descendant, disadvantage, skin color, compensate, blacks, suffer.Section two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueCheapo TicketTerri: Did you see that television series with Michael Palin?Simon: The one where he went around the world (环游世界)in eighty days? Terri: Yeah.Simon: Yeah, it was really good. You know, that's something I've always wanted to do.Terri: Me too. Mind you, you have to put up with a lot of hassles（麻烦事）*. I mean. I went to Hong Kong last year and it was one long disaster! Simon: Really?Terri: Yeah, I was stuck in Moscow for three days!Simon: How on earth did that happen?Terri: Well, it was like one of those bucket shop（低价位的旅行社）* tickets, you know, from the back of a magazine. I went down to this little place incentral London, in Soho and paid cash.Simon: But they're usually OK, aren't they?Terri: That's what I thought at the time. Now I know better! I mean the plane was delayed two hours leaving Heathrow and we were doing a stopover atMoscow. It was Aeroflot*. So we arrived late at Moscow, in the middle ofthe night, and we all went into the transit lounge（转机候机室）and afterabout two hours this official came in and told us we'd missed the connection（误了联运的车、船、飞机）to Hong Kong; We’d have to stay the nightin the airport hotel ...Simon: But why?Terri: The late departure from Heathrow apparently.Simon: So, what was the hotel like?Terri: Grim* ... more like a prison really. Anyway, the next morning I went down to reception and asked what was happening. Disaster! They'd checked myticket or something and decided it wasn't a proper Aeroflot one, only validfor the twice-a-week flight, not the daily flight. So I had to sit there andwatch all the other passengers go off to catch the next plane to Hong Kongwhile I was stuck in this terrible hotel.Simon: Well, a good chance to explore Moscow.Terri: No way! I didn't have a Russian visa, of course, so they wouldn't let me out.I had to stay there for three days. The pits（条件太恶劣）! No TV, nonewspapers, no phone lines and the food was gross. All because I had thischeapo ticket,Simon: I guess you won't be buying cheap tickets again.Terri: You're not wrong!Directions: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statementsare true (T) or false (F).l.T 2. T 3.F 4.F 5. F 6.F 7.F 8. TPart 2 PassageFrozen Ethnic Foods（冷冻的民族食品）1）T wo years ago, there were three freezers in the store that catered to people from the Indian subcontinent and now there are 55.2）A few blocks away at the Pacific Supermarket, which specializes in Chinese and Thai food, frozen dinners fill two long aisles.3）Other ethnic groceries are enjoying explosive growth in sales of frozen meals to immigrant and second-generation customers with less time, inclination or ability to cook the foods of their homeland.4）B y 2010, the Hispanic-American population in the United States is expected to grow 96 percent and the Asian-American population is expected to grow 110percent.5）E urope is ahead of the United States in terms of big companies but the trend could grow here.At Patel Brothers' grocery, you can almost get lost these days in the frozen food section. Two years ago, there were three freezers in the store that catered to（为…服务）people from the Indian subcontinent in New York's Jackson Heights neighborhood. Now, there are 55, aisle after aisle crammed with inexpensive, ready-to-eat versions of chicken, chickpeas（鹰嘴豆）and vegetable balls in sauces and spices.A few blocks away at the Pacific Supermarket, which specializes in Chinese and Thai food, frozen dinners fill two long aisles.Other ethnic groceries, including those offering Mexican food, are enjoying explosive growth in sales of frozen meals to immigrant and second-generation customers with less time, inclination or ability to cook the foods of their homeland.Filling the frozen food racks are rapidly growing food companies, many of them local or regional, which find that serving ethnic shops is easier and more profitable than selling to grocery chains. As their profits increase, they are attracting the attention of major corporations.The market for ethnic frozen foods reached US$2.2 billion in 2001, according to the American Frozen Food Institute.The biggest market is for Italian food, totaling US$1.28 billion in 2001, up 6.1 percent from 2000. The overall frozen food market also grew by 6.1 percent, totaling US$26.6 billion.But Mexican frozen food sales grew 20.6 percent to US$488 million. Asian frozen entrees, which include Chinese, Thai and Indian, were up 12.3 percent, totaling US$463 million.The steady growth in popularity of ethnic frozen foods is partly a result ofchanging demographics* - by 2010, the Hispanic-American population in the United States is expected to grow 96 percent and the Asian-American population is expected to grow 110 percent.But other Americans are also enjoying dishes once considered exotic. The busy lives of many people help sales.Making the food are mostly small businesses closely linked to immigrant populations from Asia, Latin America and Africa. Still, some are expanding beyond their own ethnic origins.Deep Foods* of Union, New Jersey, is adding frozen Thai and Chinese entrees even as it markets its Green Guru* line of Indian dishes.Deep Foods started out in the late 1970s as a family-owned snack business, and then started making vegetarian frozen food in the mid-1980s. It has since diversified into non-vegetarian, natural and low-sodium* dishes.Heinz sees frozen dishes as a growth area along with organic and natural foods. Just before acquiring Ethnic Gourmet*, Heinz bought a Mexican food manufacturer, Delimex.Europe is ahead of the United States in terms of big companies. But the trend could grow here.A: Pre-listening QuestionThe development and diversity of the delights of Chinese cuisine are representative of China's long history. With each dynasty new recipes were createduntil the art of food preparation reached its peak during the Qing Dynasty. The dinner called Man Han Quan Xi that incorporates all the very best of Man and Han Cuisines is held in high esteem as it does countless dishes, each with its own distinctive flavor and appeal.The diversity of geography, climate, customs and products have led to the evolution of what are called the "Four Flavors" and "Eight Cuisines".Cuisine in China is a harmonious integration of color, redolence, taste, shape and the fineness of the instruments. Among the many cooking methods they use are boiling, stewing, braising, frying, steaming, crisping, baking, and simmering and so on.Cuisine can rise to many different occasions from luxury court feasts, fetes, holy sacrificial rites, joyous wedding ceremonies to simple daily meals and snacks. The art of a good cook is to provide a wholesome and satisfying dish to suit the occasion.Besides the various Han cuisines, the other 55 ethnic groups each have their own. With their peculiar religions and geographical zones, their diets differ respectively and are full of interest.B: Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.C: Detailed ListeningDirections: Listen to the passage and fill in the following chart about the growth of the ethnic foods' market shares in the United States in 2001 and then answer the questions.1.Making the food are mostly small businesses closely linked to immigrantpopulations from Asia, Latin America and Africa.2.Deep Foods started out in the late 1970s as a family-owned snack business, thenstarted making vegetarian frozen food in the mid-1980s. It has since diversified into non-vegetarian, natural and low-sodium dishes and is now adding frozen Thai and Chinese entrees even as it markets its Green Guru line of Indian dishes.D: After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1)First, the steady growth in popularity of ethnic frozen food is partly a result ofchanging demographics - by 2010, the Hispanic-American population in the United States is expected to grow 96 percent and the Asian-American population is expected to grow 110 percent. And the Americans are also enjoying dishes once considered exotic and the busy lives of many people help sales.Second, many food companies find that serving ethnic shops is easier and more profitable than selling to grocery chains. As their profits increase, they are attracting the attention of major corporations. Heinz sees frozen dishes as a growth area along with organic and natural foods.2)(Open)Section Three NewsNews Item 1Therapy Dogs at Ground ZeroJean Owen is a dog trainer and volunteer with Therapy Dogs International, an organization that provides specially trained dogs and their handlers for visits to nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions. Therapy Dogs International, based in New Jersey, is one of a growing number of organizations that believes that the comfort and love of a pet can increase a person's physical and emotional well-being, promote healing and improve the quality of life.Therapy Dogs International was founded in 1976 by Elaine Smith, a registered nurse who observed the benefits of pets interacting with patients. Studies have shown that holding or petting an animal can lower a person's blood pressure, release tension and ease loneliness and depression. Since September (terrorist attacks), dog trainer Jean Owen has spent a lot of time visiting firehouses and Red Cross respite* centers for workers at Ground Zero.In New York City, there continues to be a need for specially trained dogs to comfort people who have been traumatized* by disaster. One victim remarked, "Withpeople, you have to talk about your feelings. But a dog knows how you're feeling."Exercise ADirections: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the therapy dogs that are used to increase a person's physical and emotional well-being. promote healing and improve the quality of life.B: Directions: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage.Therapy Dogs International, located in New Jersey,was founded in1976by Elaine Smith, a registered nurse who observed the benefits of pets interacting with patients. Studies have shown that holding or petting an animal can lower a person's blood pressure, release tension and ease loneliness and depression. Since September (terrorist attacks), dog trainer Jean Owen has spent a lot of time visiting firehouses and Red Cross respite centers for workers at Ground Zero. In New York City, there continues to be a need for specially trained dogs to comfort people who have been traumatized by disaster. One victim remarked, "With people, you have to talk about your feelings. But a dog knows how you're feeling."News Item 2RobotsThe new SDR4.X stands only 60 centimeters tall, but Sony still says it could be part of the family. But it will have to be a wealthy family. Its creators say it will costas much as a luxury car!Electronics companies across the globe are racing to develop the next great robot for use around the home. Some, such as the SDR4X, are humanoid* robots meant to entertain their owners with their walking, talking and tricks. Others are made to do chores, such as mow the lawn or wash the car.Robots could help kids do their homework, or make learning fun, for example. Rodney Brooks is the Artificial Intelligence Director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His company, Robot (eye-robot) Corporation, has developed what it calls "remote presence" robots. They allow their owners to control them from anywhere in the world by using the Internet. He calls this "rebottling".As for the fun side, the industry is developing companion robots for elderly people who are lonely. And Sony expects to put its SDR4X on the market by the end of the year.A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the latest development in robots for use around the home. B: Directions: Listen to the news again and discuss the following questions.1. It costs as much as a luxury car.2. Sony made it.3. They will entertain their owners with their walking, talking and tricks.4. It means that these robots allow their owners to control them from anywhere in the world by using the Internet.5. Sony will put SDR4X on the market by the end of the year.News Item 3RoboticsThe sophisticated combination of electronics and software empowering today's toys may run tomorrow's household robots, according to engineer Pradeep Khosla, at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.Mr Khosla is presently working on programming robots to duplicate human response, so that in the future robots might be able to function as helpers for the elderly or the. handicapped.He says he has made some gains - robots that respond to hand signals, voice commands, light and darkness and those gains are visible on today's toy market.Jeff Burnstein of the Robotics Industries Association says a robot, by definition, is a piece of equipment that is multifunctional, one that can be reprogrammed to do many different tasks.Home robot helpers may be a distant dream, he says, but industrial robots are an essential part of most factories today.As for the future, Pradeep Khosla says a person will be able to turn to his or her robot helper and say - Get me a Coca Cola. That robot will then walk to the refrigerator and open the door.That future is about 20 years off, Mr. Khosla estimates. The children playing with robot toys today could be the first generation to live with robots in their homesas adults.A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the present achievements of robotics and the home robot helper in the future.B: Directions: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage. Future robots will be able to duplicate human response, so that they might be able to function as helpers for the elderly or the handicapped. Researchers have already made some gains - robots tha t respond to hand signals,voice commands, light and darkness and those gains are visible on today's toy market.In about 20 years, the children playing with robot toys today could be the first generation to live with robots in their homes as adults.Section Four Supplementary ExercisesPart 1 Feature ReportScratchTwo years ago, computer software engineers at The Media Lab, MIT's innovative technology research center, launched a new and easy-to-use programming language they called Scratch. Since its launch, Scratch has quickly found its way over the Internet into classrooms and homes around the world, and it’s putting the creative power of software design into the hands of some very young users.Jeff Elkner's students are creating animated stories using Scratch. Most of them, like Lydia Melgar from El Salvador are learning English as a second language. Elkner,a computer science teacher in Arlington, Virginia, introduced Scratch to his students in March.“At first, I wanted to introduce Scratch to teach programming. And what we found when we were working with Scratch was that it was actually amazingly good at teaching language skills."Scratch is an object-oriented language designed to be simple enough for anyone to use. Instead of writing commands out, users choose from commands that come with the program."We were really inspired by Lego bricks and how you build things in the physical world, how could you apply that to a digital space? So we have these bricks or blocks that you snap together. So you have 100 different blocks that you can choose from.”There is also a library of visual elements included in the program: characters, interior and exterior settings to put them in, and objects they can manipulate.Anyone can download Scratch for free from the MIT-sponsored Website at . Brennan says they knew from the start that they wanted Scratch to be easy to use, but they didn't want its simple interface to limit how it was used. Everyone who uses Scratch is encouraged to share their projects. More than 400,000 have been posted on the Website in the past two years.Changing, adapting and re-mixing projects is also encouraged. There have even been some collaborations. Brennan says a game called "Night at Dreary Castle" was the creation of an 8-year-old, a 13-year-old, and a 15-year-old from differentcountries.Today, there are one quarter of a million registered Scratch users. On Saturday, May 16, many of them will celebrate Scratch's second anniversary with World Scratch Day. More than 80 events are scheduled in 30 different countries, from the United States to Iran.A: Directions: Listen to the science report and complete the summary.This science report is about a new and easy-to-use programming language called scratch.B: Directions: Listen to the report again and complete the following sentences. 1. Two years ago, computer software engineers at The Media Lab, MIT's innovative technology research center, launched a new and easy-to-use programming language they called Scratch.2.Elkner, a computer science teacher in Arlington, Virginia, introduced Scratch to his students in March.3. Scratch is an object-oriented language designed to be simple enough for anyone to use.4.There are characters, interior and exterior settings to put them in, and objects they can manipulate.5. Anyone can download Scratch for free from the MIT-sponsored Website at .6Everyone who uses Scratch is encouraged to share their projects. More than400,000 have been posted on the Website in the past two years.7. Brennan says a game called "Night at Dreary Castle" was the creation of an 8-year-old, a 13-year-old, and a 15-year-old from different countries.8. More tha n 80 events are scheduled in 30 different countries, from the United States to Iran.Part 2 passageMcDonald’s Co rp1. Revenue, which includes sales and franchise fees, rose 5.6 percent to US$3.8 billion from US$3.6 billion.2. Investors say he is getting a grip on the troubles he inherited, especially a two-year sales slump.3. McDonald's had wanted to sell 50 percent to 60 percent of the chains while retaining managerial control.4. He will be paid a salary of US$I.4 million this year and has options on 600,000 shares if he agrees to take the job.5. Franchisees run 85 percent of McDonald's US outlets, while the company operates the other 15 percent.McDonald's Corp is toasting hamburger buns six seconds longer to make them tasty. That's just one way new Chief Executive Officer James Cantalupo is shifting toward improving the fast-food giant's products rather than adding restaurants.In late April, McDonald's reported its first-quarter profit increased as sales roseat the fastest pace in more than a year, helped by the strengthening of the euro.Net income rose 29 percent to US$327.4 million, or 26 US cents a share, from US$253.1 million, or 20 US cents a share, a year earlier, after the world's largest hamburger chain posted in the red ink for the fourth quarter, its first loss ever.Revenue, which includes sales and franchise* fees, rose 5.6 percent to US$3.8 billion from US$3.6 billion.Investors say Cantalupo is getting a grip on the troubles he inherited, especially a two-year sales slump. The company had strayed by focusing on expansion instead of quality control.After about 100 days on the job, Cantalupo says he will spend 40 percent less on new restaurants and renovation this year.McDonald's will add 360 outlets, down from 1,000 last year. It will be "better, not just bigger", the 28-year McDonald's veteran told investors at an April 7 meeting in New York.McDonald's had wanted to sell 50 percent to 60 percent of the chains while retaining managerial control.Last year, shares of McDonald's plummeted* 39 percent, making it thethird-biggest decliner in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.Cantalupo, 59, signed up* actor Paul Newman to supply Newman's own dressings for salads that McDonald's is adding for a healthier menu. McDonald's also will offer yogurt and fruit in kids' Happy Meals and try new seasonings for hamburgers.Longer toasting is just part of the effort to make the buns taste better. McDonald's also changed the recipeExecutives also told investors at the meeting that McDonald's will serve appetizing food quickly and in a clean, friendly environment. The company will train staff to smile more, handle irate* customers politely and reduce the wait at counters.McDonald's has about 30,000 outlets worldwide, including 13,000 in the US. Franchisees, who were hurt as former CEO Jack Greenberg's expansion strategy eroded* sales at existing restaurants, said Cantalupo's plan requires little capital to attract more customers.Franchisees run 85 percent of McDonald's US outlets, while the company operates the oth15 percent.A: Pre-listening QuestionTaco Bell will expand across China in the near future. Pizza Hut will step up its home deliveries. And McDonald's is adding 100 more restaurants to the 560 it already has in the country. KFC is opening its 1,000th outlet in China.As China increasingly embraces the outside world and its snack food, USfast-food chains are kicking off a high-speed expansion in the world's biggest market.Gearing fast food toward local stomachs while retaining its prestige as a foreign brand is a delicate balance.KFC has adapted with fare like the "Old Beijing Twister" - a wrap modeled after the way Peking duck is served, but with fried chicken inside. Plans are alsounder way for more sites of the Chinese version of Taco Bell, which currently has one location - in Shanghai. grow with the affluence of the Chinese people.Yum! is also planning a slower expansion for Pizza Hut. Yum! expects the pizza market to grow with the affluence of the Chinese people.B: Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.C: Detailed ListeningDirections: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.T 1. McDonald's Corp is shifting from fast expansion toward quality control. (McDonald's Corp is toasting hamburger buns six seconds longer to make them tasty. That's just one way new Chief Executive Officer James Cantalupo is shifting toward improving the fast-food giant's products rather than adding restaurants.)F 2. In late April, McDonald's reported its first-quarter profit increased as sales rose for more than a year.(In late April, McDonald's reported its first-quarter profit increased as sales rose at the fastest pace in more than a year.)F 3. Net income rose more than US$100 million.(Net income rose from US$253.1 million to US$327.4 million, or US$74.3 millions.) T 4. The company's two-year sales slump is due to a shrift of business focus. (Investors say Cantalupo is getting a grip on the troubles he inherited, especially a two-year sales slump. The company had strayed by focusing on expansion instead of quality control.)F 5. Mr Cantalupo has been on the job for exactly three months.(Cantalupo is about 100 days on the job, over three months.)T 6. Last year, shares of McDonald's plunged 39 percent, making it the third-biggest decliner in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.(Last year, shares of McDonald’s plummeted 39 percent, making it the third-biggest decliner in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.)F 7. McDonald's is adding new dressings and seasonings for all items in its menu. (McDonald's is adding dressings for salads and try new seasonings for hamburgers.) T 8. McDonald's will improve its service by serving food more quickly in a clean and friendly environment.(Executives told investors that McDonald's wil~ serve appetizing food quickly and in a clean, friendly environment. The company will train staff to smile more, handle irate customers politely and reduce the wait at counters.)T 9. Over 40% of McDonald's outlets are in the United States.(McDonald's has about 30,000 outlets worldwide. Including 13,000 in the US.)T 10. Cantalupo retired as president in January 2002.(Cantalupo stepped down as president in January 2002.)D: After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1.New Chief Executive Officer James Cantalupo is shifting toward improving thefast-food giant's products rather than adding restaurants. Former CEO Jack Greenberg's expansion strategy eroded sales at existing restaurants. The company had strayed by focusing on expansion instead of quality control. Franchisees, who were hurt most, said Cantalupo's plan requires little capital to attract more customers.2. (Open)。
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Done To be done Relevant information
The place The hall has been hired.
The disco To find someone to do it.
The equipment The sound system and records will be delivered by a local company next week.
Three out of four pedestrians killed or seriously injured are either under fifteen or over sixty. The young and elderly may not judge speeds very well, and may step into the road when you do not expect them. Give them, and the infirm, orblind, or disabled people, plenty of time to cross the road.
B: Er, well Monday to Friday when I’m working er, yeah every day, um but not…not usually at the weekends.
. Coming to a zebra crossing
A.Slow down or stopto let people cross.
B.Signal toother drivers that you mean to slow down or stop.
C.Neverovertakejust before a zebra crossing.
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A L i s t e n i n g C o u r s e4施心远主编《听力教程》 4 (第2 版)答案Unit 2Section One: Tactics for ListeningPart 1: Listening and Translation1.Girls score higher than boys in almost every country.几乎在全部国家里，女孩子都比男孩子得分高；2. Differences betweenmales andfemales are acontinuing issueof fierce debate.男女差异始终是猛烈争辩的焦点；3. Cultural and economic influences play an important part..文化和经济影响起着重要的作用；4. But recent findings suggest that the answer may lie in differences between the male and female brain.但是最新的发觉提示，答案或许在男女大脑的差异；5. These include differences in learning rates.这些包括学习速度上的差异；Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueExercise: Listen to the dialogue and filling the blanks with the missing information.Serenading Service was founde t h d ree year s ago when the singer realizethat British people weredesperate for romanc.eHe thought there would be a clientele for a hired The idea came from his studies of Renaissance mu s,i c which is full of serenade s O. ver the centuries,university students haveturned the serenade into an art form for hire . Usually he is hired by men to sing love songs towomen. Occasionally he is asked to sing to men.The service is really a form of intimate alfres c t o heatre with love song.s He usually wears a white tie and tails and sings amorou s Italian song s.He will carry chocolate hear t o s r flowers and when there is no balcon y available he will sing from trees or fire escape.sThe fee depends on whether a musician comes along or n T o h t e.basic rate is￡45b0ut it can cost a lot more especially if he tak e a s gondola and a group of musicians along. Some people are so moved that they burst into tears, but some react badly. They try to find out as much as they can about their clients to avoid unpleasan t s ituation s. They have to be very careful these days because a serenade can c o b m e pletely misinterprete.dPart 2 PassageEx. A. Pre-listening QuestionWhat memory strategies do you know that can help you remember things better.1) Brain prioritizes by meaning, value and relevance.2) Your attitude has much to do with whether you remember something or not.3) Your understanding of new materials depends on what you already know.4) You can learn and remember better if you can group ideas into some sort of meaningful categories or groups.5) The brain's quickest and probably the longest-lasting responseis to images.6) Memory is increased when facts to be learned are consciously associated with something familiar to you.Ex. B: Sentence Dictation1.Mnemonicsare methods f or rememberinginformation that is otherwise quite difficult to recall.2. Our brains evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli such as images, colors, structures, sounds, smells, tastes, t ouch, positions, emotions and language.3. While language is one of the most important aspects of human evolution, it is only one of the many skills and resources available to our minds.4. Association is the method by which you link a thing to be remembered toa way of remembering it..5. Location gives you two things: a coherent context into which you can place information, and a way of separating one mnemonic from another.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1. Mnemonics are tools which can help you to improve your memory.T. (Memory tools can help you to improve your memory. "Mnemonic"is another word for memory tool.)2. The fundamental principle of mnemonics is to make full use of the best functions of the brain to store information.T (The basic principle of mnemonics is to use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information.)3. Information we have to remember is almost always presented in different ways.F (Unfortunately information we have to remember is almost always presented in only one way--as words printed on a page.)4. We can do four things to form striking images, which will help to makeour mnemonics more memorable.T ( Use positive, pleasant images; use vivid, colorful, sense-laden images; use all your senses to code information or dress up an image; give our image three dimensions, movement and space.)5. There is one basic principle in the use of mnemonics.F (There are three fundamental principles underlying the use of mnemonics: imagination, association and location)6. Association is what we use to create and strengthen imagination.F (Imagination is what you use to createand strengthen the associations needed to create effective mnemonics.)7. You can choose the imagery in your mnemonics as you likeT (The imagery you use in your mnemonics can be as violent, vivid, or sensual as you like, as long as it help you to remember.)8. You can create associations by linking things using the same stimuli.T. (You can create associations by linking them using the same color, smell, shape, or feeling.)Ex. D: After-listening Discussion1. What is the basic principle of mnemonics. Why can we improve our memory by following the principle.To use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information.Evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli. Use these to make sophisticated models of the world.Our memories store all of these effectively.However, information is presented in only one way. Language is only one of the many skills and resources available to our minds.By coding languagesand numbers in striking images,/ can reliable code both information and structure of information. Then easily recall theselater.2. Why is a good memory important to us.Open.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is abou t he Somali pirate’s strike.Ex. B: Listen to the news again and answer the questions.1. Whether this latest attempted hijacking was the promised revenge for thekilling of three Somali pirates by the US navy isn't clear.No, the pirates haven’t been deferred.2.3. Because the financial rewards for a successful hijacking remain so greatand Somalia remains so lawless.4. At any one time there are only fifteen to eighteen international warshipsin the area to police an expanseof seacovering more than a million square kilometres.5. It may be because of the relatively small scale of the problem.Tape script of News Item One:The piracy problem looks like it's here to stay despite the recentmuscular interventions by the French and American navies. Whether this latest attempted hijacking was the promised revenge for the killing of three Somali pirates by the US navy isn't clear. But it does suggest at the very least that the pirates haven't been deterred.So why does the problem persist. Put simply maritime security analysts say piracy will continue as long as the financial rewardsfor a successful hijacking remain so great and Somaliaremains theinternational effort to thwart the problem is relatively limited. At any one time there are only fifteen to eighteen international warships in the area to police an expanseof seacovering more than a million squarekilometres. Although it has been suggested that raids could be mounted on the pirates' home towns, it seems unlikely there'll be any major increase in the military effort unlessthere's a spectacularhijacking involving the deaths of many crew members.The reluctance to mount a major international naval operation in the area may also be down to the relatively small scale of the problem. Last year, according to figures from the International Maritime Bureau, nearly twenty three thousandships passedthrough the Gulf of Aden. Only ninety two were hijacked.Rob Watson, BBC NewsNews Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis news item is abou O t bama’s military plan in Afghanistan.Ex. B: True or false.1. The President is considering leaving Afghanistan.F. (The Presidentis making it clear that leaving Afghanistan is not anoption.)2. Obama wouldn’t shrink the number of troops in Afghanistan, neither would he deploy more military troops.T.3. President Obama thought his assessmentwould be "rigorous and deliberate".T.4. Opinions against Obama are not heard.F. ( some Republicans and members of the President's own party are dubious about committing more resourcesand military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight.)5. The conflict in Afghanistan seems to be over soon.F. ( about committing more resourcesand military personnelto a conflict where there is no end in sight.)6. Afghanistan can be the second Vietnam.T. (The word 'Vietnam' is heard more and more on Capitol Hill.)Script of News Item Two:The President is making it clear that leaving Afghanistan is not an option. It's not on the table. According to one White House source, he told the meeting that he wouldn't shrink the number of troops in Afghanistan or opt for a strategy of merely targeting al-Qaeda leaders. But he wouldn't be drawn on the military request for more troops.There appearsto be a frustration that the review of strategy has sometimes been portrayed in black-and-white terms of a massive increase or reduction of troop numbers.President Obama told the group made up of the most senior Republican and Democrat senatorsand congressmenthat his assessment would be "rigorous and deliberate".But it's going on too long for some Republicans and members of the President's own party are dubious about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight. The word 'Vietnam' is heard more and more on Capitol Hill.The President was certainly right when he said his final decision wouldn't make everyone in the room, or the country, happy.Mark Mardell, BBC News, WashingtonNews Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is abou f t ragile peace that returns to Gaza .Ex. B: Listen again and fill in the blanks.There were traffic jams on the road north, families headingto GazaCity to reunite with friends and relative.sLong lines of cars backed up at the makeshift roadblocks the Israelis have left behind. But the tanks are gone, only thedeep tracksremain.There were buildings pitted with Israeli tank rounds; from the holesthat have been punched in the walls it was clear there had also been snipers waiting for them. North of Khan Younis we saw some of the Qassam fightersreturning home, their rifles slung lazily around their shoulders.For three weeks the Israelis pounded th e tunnels that run beneath the perimeter wall but last night we met people who insist that some of these tunnels are stillopen and still somefuel is being pumped from the Egyptian sider. If the border crossings remain close, say the Palestinians, these tunnels are theironly link to the outside world.Script of News Item 3There were traffic jams on the road north, families heading to GazaCity to reunite with friends and relatives. Long lines of cars backed up at the makeshift roadblocks the Israelis have left behind. But the tanks are gone,only the deep tracks remain.There were buildings pitted with Israeli tank rounds; from the holes that have been punched in the walls it was clear there had also been snipers waiting for them. North of Khan Younis we saw some of the Qassam fighters returning home, their rifles slung lazily around their shoulders.The destruction we've seenhas largely been inflicted on the Hamas infrastructure: police stations, military outposts, government buildings, sofar the most extensive damage - that at the border in Rafah where nothing was spared.For three weeks the Israelis pounded the tunnels that run beneath the perimeter wall but last night we met people who insist that some of these tunnels are still open and still some fuel is being pumped from the Egyptian side; impossible for us to verify independently, but they say they are determined to reopen them and to dig them deeper. If the border crossings remain close, saythe Palestinians,thesetunnels are their only link to the outside world.Christian Fraser, BBC News, GazaSection FourPart 1 Feature reportExercise A:This news report is aboutthe recreation of the prehistoric world in Liaoning,China, based on the scientific findings on fossils discoveredExercise B:1. 35 prehistoric animals were created.2. They recreated the extinct beasts through the marriage of science, art andtechnology.3. The exhibit is not behind the glass or otherwise enclosed, so visitors areeye to eye with extinct beasts. It is displayed in this way so that visitors will feel as if they’ve stepped into a Chinese forest 130 million years in the past.He saysit ’s a ccurate becauseevery single plant,every insect, every4.organic feature in it actually represents something that has been found asa fossil in northeastern China.5. The only thing scientistshad to make up is what color some of theanimals were.6. According to Michael Novacek, birds are living dinosaurs.7. They study the movements of commonplace turkeys, chickens andostriches to learn how similarly-built dinosaurs would stand or walk.8. By using high-tech imagery, fossils, and the knowledge gained from thebiology of barnyard animals, scientists now estimate the giant T-Rexcould reach speeds of 16 kilometers per hour, far slower that the more than 70 kilometers per hour previously thought.Script：Dinosaur Discoveries Made Possible through Art, Technology,Modern LivestockThe rolling hills of a province in northeastern China are now terraced for farming, but beneath that farmland are clues to a prehistoric world unlikeany seenby human eyes - until this week. Some 130 million years after dinosaurs roamed the Liaoning forest, the world has been painstakingly recreated in New York City's American Museum of Natural History.The sound of the prehistoric forest is one of the few things that has been imagined in this 65 square-meterdiorama. The gingko leaves,piney treesand life-sized models of 35 prehistoric animals were created through the marriage of science, art and technology, as every detail, down to the sleeping pose of a dinosaur, is based on scientific findings.The exhibit is not behind glass or otherwise enclosed, so visitors areeye-to-eyewith extinct beasts,feeling as if they've steppedinto a Chinese forest 130 million years in the past.Mark Norell is a paleontologist who has worked in Liaoning, searching for clues to recreate this prehistoric world."It's accurate because every single plant, every insect, every organic feature in it actually represents something that has been found as a fossil innortheastern China," he explained, "so the only thing that we had to sort of make up a little bit is what color some the animals were. Even though we know some of theme were patterned, but we know definitely that they were patterned, because we can see that is the soft tissue remains, but we don't know what color they were but we try to be a little conservativein that regard, but nevertheless all the feathers you see, all the weird tail structures you see, is all stuff we found as fossils."Underneath the gingko trees, a feathered bird-like dinosaur chases on two legs after a large winged insect, the dinosaur's beak-like mouth open to reveal rows of jagged teeth. A sleeping dinosaur tucks its head beneath its arm, much as a modern goose tucks its head beneath its wing.The museum's curator of paleontology, Michael Novacek, explains that it is necessaryto understand birds in order to better understand extinct creatures."The reason birds are so important to us is really a fact we weren't so aware of 10, 20 years ago is that birds are living dinosaurs. They're not just related to dinosaurs. They are dinosaurs," he stressed. "They're a branch of dinosaurs,so convenientlyenough dinosaursdidn't go completely extinct. One group, the birds, survived."Scientists study the movements of commonplace turkeys, chickens and ostriches to learn how similarly built dinosaurs would stand or walk. Researchers even created a computer model of a giant chicken to learn more about the movements of the ever popular Tyrannosaurus Rex.By using high tech imagery,fossils, and the knowledge gainedfrom the biology of barnyard animals, scientists now estimate the giant T-Rex could reach speeds of 16 kilometers per hour, far slower than the more than 70 kilometers per hour previously thought.Thesescientific findings are passed alongto model designers,such as t he creator of a six-foot-long mechanical T-Rex, a highlight of the new exhibit. The menacing skeleton's tail sways and its head bobs as the extinct dinosaur shifts its weight, plodding in place - yet another example of the never-before-seenbecoming altogether real when scienceand technology meet art.Part 2 PassageExercise Bthis study was to determine what type of “gaze ”is1. The goal ofrequired to have this effect.2. The Queen’ sstudy showed that the total amount of gaze receivedduring a group conversation is more important than when the eyecontact occurs.3. The eye contact experiment used computer-generatedimages formactors who conveyed different levels of attention.4. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak upmore if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group members.5. The effect of eye gaze has literally fascinated people throughout the ages.6. Exercise C1. A2. D3. A4. D5. A6. C7. B8. BExercise D1. The eye contact experiment used computer-generatedimages fromactors who conveyed different levels of attention (gazing at the subject, gazing at the other actor, looking away, and looking down). These images were presentedto the subjects, who believed they were in an actualthree-way video conferencing situation, attempting to solve language puzzles. Two conditions were studied: synchronized (where eye contact is made while the subject is speaking) and random contact, received at any time in the conversation. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak up more if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group membersand the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contact occurs.2. Open.Script:Eye Contact Shown To Affect Conversation Patterns, GroupProblem-Solving AbilityNoting that the eyes have long been described as mirrors of the soul, a Queen's computer scientist is studying the effect of eye gaze on conversationand the implications for new-agetechnologies,ranging from video conferencing to speech recognition systems.Dr. Roel Vertegaal,who is presenting a paper on eye gaze at an international conference in New Orleans this week, has found evidence to suggest a strong link between the amount of eye contact people receive and their degree of participation in group communications. Eye contact is known to increase the number of turns a person will take when part of a group conversation. The goal of this study was to determine what type of "gaze" (looking at a person's eyes and face) is required to have this effect.Two conditions were studied: synchronized (where eye contact is made while the subject is speaking) and random contact, received at any timienthe conversation. The Queen's study showed that the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contact occurs.The findings have important implications for the design of future communication devices, including more user-friendly and sensitivevideoconferencing systems–a technology increasinglychosen in businessforreasons –economic and time-saving and Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) which support communication between people and machines. Dr. Vertegaal'sgroup is also implementing these findings to facilitate user interactions with large groups of computers such as personal digital assistants and cellular phones.The eye contact experiment used computer-generatedimages f rom actors who conveyed different levels of attention (gazing at the subject, gazing at the other actor, looking away, and looking down). These images were presented to the subjects, who believed they were in an actual three-way video conferencing situation, attempting to solve language puzzles. The researchersconcluded that people in group discussionswill speakup more if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group members. There was no relationship between the impact of the eye contact and when it occurred."The effect of eye gaze has literally fascinated people throughout the ages," says Dr. Vertegaal, whose paper, Explaining Effects of Eye Gaze on Mediated Group Conversations: Amount or Synchronization. was presentedthis week at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work."Sumerian clay tablets dating back to 3000 BC already tell the story of Ereshkigal, goddess of the underworld, who had the power to kill Inanna,goddess of love, with a deadly eye," says Dr. Vertegaal. "Now that we are attempting to build more sophisticated conversational interfaces that mirror the communicative capabilities of their users, it has become clear we need to learn more about communicative functions of gaze behaviors."。
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施心远主编《听力教程》4(第2版)答案UNIT1SectionOnePart1SpotDictationHousesintheFutureWell,Ithinkhousesinthefuturewillprobablybe(1)quitesmallbutIshouldthinkthey'llbe(2) well-insulatedsothatyoudon'tneedsomuch(3)heatingand(4)coolingasyoudonow,soperhapsve ryeconomical(5)torun.Perhapstheywilluse(6)solarheating,althoughIdon'tknow,inthiscountr y,perhapswe(7)won'tbeabletodothatsomuch.Yes,Ithinkthey'llbefullof(8)electronicgadgets:t hingslikeveryadvancedtelevisions,videos,perhapsvideoswhichtakeup...thescreen(9)takesupt garagedoorswhichopenautomaticallywhenyou(11)driveup,perhapselectronic(12)sensorswhi chwill(13)recognizeyouwhenyou,whenyoucometothefrontdooreven.Perhaps(14)architectsan ddesignerswillbeabitmore(15)imaginativeabouthowhousesaredesignedandperhapswiththe( 16)shortageofspacepeoplewillthinkofputtinggardens(17)ontheroofand,andmayberoomscan be(18)expandedand,and(19)contracted*dependingonwhatyouusethemfor,soperhapsthere'll beabitmore(20)flexibilityaboutthat.Part2ListeningforGistDialogue：IWanttoSeeDrMiltonWoman：Surgery.CanIhelpyouStone：Goodafternoon.Myname’sFrankStone.IwanttomakeanappointmenttoseeDrMilton,please. Woman:Yes,ofcourse,MrStone.MayIhaveyouraddress,pleaseWoman:Yes,wehaveyouontherecords.Canyoumanagethisafternoonat5:30Stone:I’mafraidnot.Icanmanagetomorrow.Woman:I’mafraidDrMilton’snotondutytomorrow.He’llbeherethedayaftertomorrow.That’s Thursday,March27th.Stone:Fine.Woman:Will5:30beallrightStone:Well,yes.ButI’dpreferalatertimesoIcancomealongafterwork.Woman:Thenwhatabout6:15Woman:Goodbye.Exercise.Directions:Listentothedialogueandwritedownthegistandthekeywordsthathelpyoud ecide.1.ThisdialogueisaboutmakinganappointmentWoman:Listen!I'mterriblysorryI'mlate.Man:Man:Oh,that'sallright.Itdoesn'treallymatter,doesitIhaven'tgotanythingbettertodo,haveI Woman:Justletmeexplain,willyouMan: I'veonlybeenwaitingforoveranhour.That'sall.Woman:Yes.Iknow,andIwouldhave...Man: Afterall,mytimeisn'treallythatimportant,isitWoman:Pleasedon'tbelikethat.Justletmeexplain.(Silence.Mansaysnothing.)Woman:I...ItriedtogethereintimebutjustafterIlefthome,thecarbrokedown.Man: ThecarbrokedownWoman:Yes,and...well...luckily...therewasagaragenearme.And...andittookthemawh iletorepairit.Man: Whydidn'tyouatleastphoneWoman:Iwouldhave!ButIdidn'tknowthenumberoftherestaurant.Man: Youcouldhavelookeditupinthetelephonebook!Woman:Yes,but...you'llneverbelievethis...Icouldn'trememberthenameoftherestaur ant.Iknewwhereitwas,butforgotthename.Man: Isee.Well,atleastitwasluckyyoufoundagaragetorepairyourcar.Woman:Yes.ItwassomethingIcouldn'tdomyself.Itdidn'ttaketoolong,butthat'swhyI' mlate,yousee.Man: Uh-huh.Whichgarage,bythewayWoman:PardonMan: WhichgaragedidyoutakeittoWoman:U2.ThekeywordsareTuesday.Thursday.twofifteen.threefifteen.Mondaymorning.nineo'clock. SectionTwoListeningcomprehensionPart1DialogueI'mterriblysorryI'mlate.Woman:Listen!I'mterriblysorryI'mlate.Man:Man: Oh,that'sallright.Itdoesn'treallymatter,doesitIhaven'tgotanythingbettertodo,haveI Woman:Justletmeexplain,willyouMan: I'veonlybeenwaitingforoveranhour.That'sall.Woman:Yes.Iknow,andIwouldhave...Man: Afterall,mytimeisn'treallythatimportant,isitWoman:Pleasedon'tbelikethat.Justletmeexplain.(Silence.Mansaysnothing.)Woman:I...ItriedtogethereintimebutjustafterIlefthome,thecarbrokedown.Man: ThecarbrokedownWoman:Yes,and...well...luckily...therewasagaragenearme.And...andittookthemawhile torepairit.Man: Whydidn'tyouatleastphoneWoman:Iwouldhave!ButIdidn'tknowthenumberoftherestaurant.Man: Youcouldhavelookeditupinthetelephonebook!Woman:Yes,but...you'llneverbelievethis...Icouldn'trememberthenameoftherestaurant.Ikne wwhereitwas,butforgotthename.Man: Isee.Well,atleastitwasluckyyoufoundagaragetorepairyourcar.Woman:Yes.ItwassomethingIcouldn'tdomyself.Itdidn'ttaketoolong,butthat'swhyI'mlate,yousee.Man: Uh-huh.Whichgarage,bythewayWoman:PardonMan: WhichgaragedidyoutakeittoWoman:UMan: Yes,Iknowthatgarage.It'stheonlyonenearyourflat.Woman:Hmm,wellnow,let'shavesomethingtoeat.Uh,whataboutsome...Man: Iknowthegarageverywell!Woman:Yes.Let'sseenow.Yes,IthinkI'llhavesome...Man: Apityit'sSunday.Woman:PardonMan: Apityit'sSunday.ThatgarageisclosedonSunday!ExerciseDirections:Listentothedialogueandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Theyarepossiblyboyfriendandgirlfriend.2.Inarestaurant.3."Itdoesn'treallymatter,doesitIhaven'tgotanythingbettertodo,haveI""I'veonlybeenwaitingforoveranhour.That'sall""Afterall,mytimeisn'treallythatimportant,isi t""Well,atleastitwasluckyyoufoundagaragetorepairyourcar."4.Becauseshewantstostoptheconversationlikethis.5.Becauseheknowsthegirlislying.Part2PassageTheOscarStatuette1Industryinsidersandmembersofthepresscalledtheaward"theAcademystatuette","thegolde ntrophy"or"thestatueofmerit",butthetermneverstuck.2.Nohardevidenceexiststosupportthattale,butinanycase,bythesixthAwardsPresentationin19 34,aHollywoodcolumnistusedthenameinhiscolumn.3.WaltDisneywashonoredwithonefull-sizeandsevenminiaturestatuettesonbehalfofhisanimat edfeatureSnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarfs.4.Ifthestatuettesdon'tmeetstrictqualitycontrolstandards,theyareimmediatelycutinhalfandm elteddown.5.ThelargeboxesareshippedtotheAcademyofficesviaairexpress,withnoidentifiablemarkings. TheOscarstatuette,designedbyMGM's*chiefartdirectorCedricGibbons,depicts*aknighthold ingacrusader's*sword,standingonareeloffilmwithfivespokes,signifyingtheoriginalbrancheso ftheAcademy:Actors,Writers,Directors,Producers,andTechnicians.Bornin1928,yearswouldpassbeforetheAcademyAwardofMeritwasofficiallynamed"Oscar".I ndustryinsidersandmembersofthepresscalledtheaward"theAcademystatuette","thegoldent rophy"or"thestatueofmerit".Theentertainmenttradepaper,WeeklyVariety,evenattemptedt opopularize"theironman".Thetermneverstuck. ApopularstoryhasbeenthatanAcademylibrarianandeventualexecutivedirector,MargaretHer rick,thoughtthestatuetteresembledheruncleOscarandsaidso,andthatasaresulttheAcademyst affbeganreferringtoitasOscar.Nohardevidenceexiststosupportthattale,butinanycase,bythesixthAwardsPresentationin 1934,HollywoodcolumnistSidneySkolskyusedthenameinhiscolumninreferencetoKatharineH epburn'sfirstBestActresswin.TheAcademyitselfdidn'tusethenicknameofficiallyuntil1939.Sinceitsconception,theOscarstatuettehasmetexactinguniformstandards-withafewnotableexc eptions.In the1930s,juvenileplayersreceivedminiaturereplicas*ofthestatuette;aventriloquist* EdgarBergenwaspresentedwithawoodenstatuettewithamoveablemouth;andWaltDisneywas honoredwithonefull-sizeandsevenminiaturestatuettesonbehalfofhisanimatedfeatureSnowW hiteandtheSevenDwarfs.Between1942and1944,insupportofthewareffort,Oscarsweremadeof plaster.AftertheWar,winnersturnedinthetemporaryawardsforgoldenOscarstatuettes.ThetraditionalOscarstatuette,however,hasn'tchangedsincethe1940s,whenthebasewasm adehigher.In1945,thebasewaschangedfrommarbletometalandin1949,AcademyAwardstatue ttesbegantobenumbered,startingwithNo.501.EachawardisindividuallypackedintoaStyrofoam*containerslightlylargerthanashoebox.Eightofthesearethenpackedintoalargercardboardbox,andthelargeboxesareshippedtothe AcademyofficesinBeverlyHillsviaairexpress,withnoidentifiablemarkings.OnMarch10,2000,55AcademyAwardsmysteriouslyvanishedenroutefromtheWindyCity *totheCityofAngels.Ninedayslater,52ofstolenstatuetteswerediscovered.ExerciseAPre-listeningQuestionEveryJanuary,theattentionoftheentertainmentcommunityandoffilmfansaroundtheworld turnstotheupcomingAcademyAwards,thehighesthonorinfilmmaking.Theannualpresentatio noftheOscarshasbecometheAcademyofMotionPictureArtsandSciences'mostfamousactivity. TheOscarStatuetteisaknightholdingacrusader'ssword,standingonareeloffilmwithfivespokes. ExerciseBSentenceDictationDirections:Listeningtosomesentencesandwritethemdown.Youwillheareachsentencethreetim es.ExerciseCDetailedListeningDirections:Listentothepassageanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F ).Discusswithyourclassmateswhyyouthinkthestatementistrueorfalse.1.TherewerefiveoriginalbranchesoftheAcademy. (BecausethefivespokesonthereeloffilmsignifytheoriginalbranchesoftheAcademy:Actors,Wri ters,Directors,Producers,andTechnicians.)____T___2.TheAcademyAwardofMeritwasofficiallynamed"Oscar"in1928.(Bornin1928,yearswouldpassbeforetheAcademyAwardofMeritwasofficiallynamed"Oscar." )____F___3.TheAcademystaffbeganreferringtotheAcademystatuetteasOscarbecauseMargaretHerrick saidthestatuettewaslikeheruncleOscar. (AnAcademylibrarianandeventualexecutivedirector,MargaretHerrick,thoughtthestatuetter esembledheruncleOscarandsaidso,andasaresulttheAcademystaffbeganreferringtoitasOscar. )___T__4.Sinceitsconception,theOscarstatuettehasmetexactinguniformstandards. (Therewereafewnotableexceptions.In1930s,juvenileplayersreceivedminiaturereplicasofthest atuetteandaventriloquistEdgarBergengainedawoodenstatuettewithamoveablemouth.WaltD isneywashonoredwithonefull-sizeandsevenminiaturestatuettes.)——F——5.Oscarsweremadeofplasterinthe1940sbecauseoftheWar.(Between1942and1944,insupportofthewareffort,Oscarsweremadeofplaster.)———T—————T———7.55AcademyAwardswerestolenbyamysteriouspersonenroutefromtheWindyCitytotheCityo fAngelsonMarch10,2000.—————F(OnMarch10,2000,55AcademyAwardsjustmysteriouslyvanishedenroutefromtheWindyCity totheCityofAngels,buthowandbywhomwasunknown.)8.Foreightyyears,theOscarshavesurvivedwar,weatheredearthquakes,managedtoescapeunsc athedfromcommonthievesandevenchemicalcorrosion.————F——ExerciseDAfter-listeningDiscussionDirections:Listentothepassageagainanddiscussthefollowingquestions.1.ThetraditionalOscarstatuettehasn'tchangedsincethe1940s,whenthebasewasmadehigher.In1945,thebasewaschangedfrommarbletometalandin1949,AcademyAwardstatuettesbega ntobenumbered,startingwithNo.501.2.(Open)SectionThree NewsNewsItem1BeijingOlympicsEnd,ParalympicsSettoBeginTheBeijingOlympicsendedSundaynightwithagrandclosingceremony.Beijing'sorganization,infrastructure,and iconicsportsvenues（标志性体育场馆）forthegameswerewidelypraisedduringtwoweeksofcompetition.BeijingisnowgearinguptohosttheParalympics-theworld'sbiggestsportingeventfort hosewithphysicaldisabilities.AspartofitsOlympicspreparations,Beijinghasmadeallofitssubwaystopsaccessibleto wheelchairs.DuringtheParalympics,therewillbe16dedicatedpublicbuslinesforthedisabl edand400shuttlebuses.Morethan4,000athleteswillcompeteintheParalympics,whichbeginSeptember6andl ast12days.TheathleteswillcompeteinandstayinthesamefacilitiesusedforOlympics,includ ingthepopularWaterCubeandBird'sNeststadium.Ex.A:SummarizethenewsThisnewsitemisaboutthecomingParalympics2008.Ex.B:Answerthequestions1.TheBeijingOlympicsendedSundaynightwithagrandclosingceremony.2.Beijing'sorganization,infrastructure,andiconicsportsvenuesforthegamesdrewwidelypraise dduringtwoweeksofcompetition..3.BeijingisnowgearinguptohosttheParalympics-theworld'sbiggestsportingeventforthosewith physicaldisabilities.4.DuringtheParalympics,therewillbe16dedicatedpublicbuslinesforthedisabledand400shuttle buses.5.Yes,theywillcompeteinandstayinthesamefacilitiesusedforOlympics,includingthepopularW aterCubeandBird'sNeststadium.NewsItem2ObamaOpensHigh-LevelUS-ChinaTalksPresidentObamasaysWashingtonandBeijingmustcooperatetotacklethebigproblemsfaci ngtheworld.Mr.ObamaspoketoagroupofThepresidentsaidtheofficialsmustworktogethertotackleworldwidechallenges,includingt heglobaleconomicrecession,climatechange,andthespreadofnuclearweapons.ThepresidentsaidheisundernoillusiontheUnitedStatesandChinawillagreeoneveryissue,o ralwaysseetheworldinthesameway.Andhemadeclearthathewouldcontinuetospeakoutabouth umanrights.PresidentObamastressedthatitisthesedifferencesthatmakedialogueevenmoreimportant. Hesaidthesediscussionsgivethetwosidesachancetogettoknoweachotherbetterandcommunicat econcernswithcandor.Ex.A:ListentothenewsandcompletethesummaryThisnewsitemisaboutthehigh-levelUS-ChinatalksthatObamaopens.Ex.B:PresidentObamasaysWashingtonandBeijingmustcooperateto tacklethebigproblems faci ngtheworld.MrObamaspoketohigh-levelAmericanandChineseofficialsastheylaunchedatwo-daymeet inginWashington.istodiscussabroadagendafrom currencyconcerns to foreignpolicy.Thepresidentsaidtheofficialsmustworktogethertotackleworldwidechallenges,inclu dingthe globaleconomicrecession,climatechange,andthespreadofnuclearweapons.Thepresidentsaidheis undernoillusion theUnitedStatesandChinawillagreeon everyiss ue,oralwaysseetheworld inthesameway.Andhemadeclearthathewillcontinuetospeakout abouthumanrights.PresidentObamastressedthatitisthesedifferencesthatmakedialogue evenmoreimporta nt.Hesaidthesediscussionsgivethetwosidesachanceto gettoknoweachotherbetter andc ommunicateconcernswithcandor.NewsItem3RussiatoSupplyChinawithSignificantPortionofOilNeeds TheoilRussiapumpsfromitsfrozen,Siberianfields,withoneenergydeal,willsoonprovideasi gnificantamountofChina'sdailyneeds,aboutfourpercent.Russiawilldeliverabout300,000barr elsofcrudeaday.Inreturn,ChinawillfinancethepipelineRussiawillbuildfromitseasternSiberia noilfieldstotheChineseborder.EnergyanalystssaythedealisanotherindicationofRussia'seagernesstoshiftsomeofitsenerg yexportsfromitsmainmarket,Europe.Russia'sstate-ownedpetroleumcompanyRosneft,willget$15billionoftheworkandthestate pipelineownerTransneft,issettoreceive$10billion.Constructionhasbeendelayedrepeatedlyasthetwocountriesbargainedoverthecostoftrans portingcrudeoiltotheborder.ButtheRussianoilindustry,whichfordecadeshasbeenamainsourceofrevenueforthecountr y,hassufferedadramaticshortfallasthepriceofoilfellduringtheglobaleconomiccrisis.EnergyanalystssaytheeconomyispushingRussiatobuildclosertieswiththeChinese.Theysa yRussiaalsoisseekingalliesintheEastwheretheKremlinisseenmorefavorablythanintheWest. ExerciseADirections:Listeningtothenewsitemandcompletethesummary.Thisnewsitemisabout theoilsupplyfromRussiatoChinaandtherelationshipbetweenthetwocou ntries.ExerciseB1.TSectionFourSupplementaryExercisesPart1FeaturereportChina'sMainConcernatG-20isDomesticChinaisaworldgrowthleader.Itscheap,manufacturedexportspowereconomiesaroundthegl obe.Thismeans,though,Chinaisnotimmunetotheglobaleconomicmalaise.Chineseexportshaves lowedanditsbullmarketdroppedsharplyinthewakeofthecreditcrisisintheUnitedStates.Thegovernmentboughtupstocksandloweredtradingtaxestoboostthemarket,buttradingre mainsvolatile.Justaheadof theG-20meeting,Chinaalsolowered interestrates andannounceda$586billions pendingpackage oninfrastructure,socialservicesand taxrebates.TheworldisnowwaitingtoseewhetherBeijing'sactions willhelprestoreglobaleconomicstabil ity.LiWan-Yong,aresearcheroneconomicsatSouthKorea'sHyundaiResearchInstitute."Chi nahasthemostforeigncurrencyreservesintheworldandthesecondmostU.S.debtafterJapan.Int hoseterms,ChinacanplayanimportantroletoovercometheglobaleconomiccrisisandtheAsianec onomiccrisis."China's ViceForeignMinister HeYafeisaysChinacanbesthelptheworldeconomyby stabilizingit sown."China'seconomymakesup alargepartoftheworldeconomy,"hesaid."WhetherornotChi na'seconomy isabletomaintainstability andcontinuegrowing,whetherornot China'sdomesticec onomy isstable,isveryimportantnotonlyto China's butalsoto theworld'seconomy."Analystssaythegovernment spendingpackage willtosomedegreehelpexporters,butitismain lyaimedat increasingdomesticconsumption.aregoodengineers.SlowingdemandfromtheUSandothercountrieshasforcedthousandsofChinesefactoriesto closeandraisedfearsofunrestasmillionsareexpectedtolosetheirjobs.Chineseofficialswarnexportswillcontinuetosufferbecauseoftheglobalslump,indicatingth eworstmaybeyettocome.Ex.A:Thisnewsreportisabout China’smainconcernattheG-20meetingwhichisaimedatincreasin gdomesticconsumption.Ex.B:Justaheadof theG-20meeting,Chinaalsolowered interestrates andannounceda$586billion spendingpackage oninfrastructure,socialservicesand taxrebates.TheworldisnowwaitingtoseewhetherBeijing'sactions willhelprestoreglobaleconomicstabil ity.China's ViceForeignMinister HeYafeisaysChinacanbesthelptheworldeconomyby stabiliz ingitsown."China'seconomymakesup alargepartoftheworldeconomy,"hesaid."Whetherorno tChina'seconomy isabletomaintainstability andcontinuegrowing,whetherornot China'sdomes ticeconomy isstable,isveryimportantnotonlyto China's butalsoto theworld'seconomy." Analystssaythegovernment spendingpackage willtosomedegreehelpexporters,butismainlyai medat increasingdomesticconsumption.Part2PassageRiseandFallofEgyptTheNileRiver*wasakindfriendbutoccasionallyitwasahardtaskmaster*.Ittaughtthepeopl ewholivedalongitsbanksthenobleartof"teamwork".Theydependeduponeachothertobuildthe irirrigationtrenchesandkeeptheirdikesinrepair.Inthiswaytheylearnedhowtogetalongwiththe irneighborsandtheirmutual-benefit-associationquiteeasilydevelopedintoanorganizedstate.Thenonemangrewmorepowerfulthanmostofhisneighborsandhebecametheleaderoftheco mmunityandtheircommander-in-chiefwhentheenviousneighborsofwesternAsiainvadedthep rosperousvalley.InduecourseoftimehebecametheirKingandruledallthelandfromtheMediterr aneantothemountainsofthewest.Butthesepoliticaladventuresoftheoldpharaohs*(thewordmeant"theManwholivedintheB igHouse")rarelyinterestedthepatientandtoilingpeasantofthegrainfields.Providedhewasnoto bligedtopaymoretaxestohisKingthanhethoughtjust,heacceptedtheruleofpharaohasacceptedt heruleofMightyOsiris*.Itwasdifferenthoweverwhenaforeigninvadercameandrobbedhimofhispossessions.Aftertwentycenturiesofindependentlife,asavageArabtribeofshepherds,calledtheHyksos* ,attackedEgyptandforfivehundredyearstheywerethemastersofthevalleyoftheNile.Theywere highlyunpopularandgreathatewasalsofeltfortheHebrewswhocametothelandofGoshen*tofin dashelteraftertheirlongwanderingthroughthedesertandwhohelpedtheforeignusurper*byact ingashistax-gatherersandhiscivilservants.Butshortlyaftertheyear1700B.C.,thepeopleofThebes*beganarevolutionandafteralongst ruggletheHyksosweredrivenoutofthecountryandEgyptwasfreeoncemore.Athousandyearslater,whenAssyria*conqueredallofwesternAsia,Egyptbecamepartofthe empireofSardanapalus*.IntheseventhcenturyB.C.,itbecameoncemoreanindependentstate,w hichobeyedtheruleofakingwholivedinthecityofSaisinthedeltaoftheNile.Butintheyear525B.C.,Cambyses,thekingofthePersians,tookpossessionofEgyptandinthefourthcenturyB.C.,whenPe rsiawasconqueredbyAlexandertheGreat,EgypttoobecameaMacedonianprovince.Itregained asemblanceofindependencewhenoneof Alexander’s generalssethimselfupasakingofanewEgyp tianstateandfoundedthedynastyofthePtolemies,whoresidedinthenewly-builtcityofAlexandri a.Finally,intheyear39B.C.,theRomanscame.ThelastEgyptianqueen,Cleopatra,triedherbe sttosavethecountry.HerbeautyandcharmweremoredangeroustotheRomangeneralsthanhalfa dozenEgyptianAugustus,thenephewandheirofCaesar,landedinAlexandria.Hedestroyedhera rmies,butsparedherlifethathemightmakehermarchinhistriumphaspartofthespoilsofwar.Wh enCleopatraheardofthisplan,shekilledherselfbytakingpoison.AndEgyptbecameaRomanpro vince.ExerciseAPre-listeningQuestionItistheGreatPyramidofGi1.ExerciseBSentenceDictationDirections:Listentosomesentencesandwritethemdown.Youwillheareachsentencethreetimes.1.TheNileRiverwasakindfriendbutoccasionallyahardtaskmasterofthepeoplewholivedalongitsbanks.2.Induecourseoftime,onemanwhogrewmorepowerfulthanmostofhisneighborsbecametheirKing.3.ProvidedhewasnotobligedtopaymoretaxestohisKingthanhethoughtjust,heacceptedtheruleofpharaohasacceptedtheruleofMightyOsiris.4.Itwasdifferenthoweverwhenaforeigninvadercameandrobbedhimofhispossessions.EgyptregainedasemblanceofindependencewhenoneofAlexander'sgeneralssethimselfupaskin gofanewEgyptianstate.ExerciseCDetailedlisteningDirections:Listentothepassageandchoosethebestanswertocompleteeachofthefollowingsenten ces.ExerciseDAfter-listeningDiscussionDirections:Listentothepassageagainanddiscussthefollowingquestions.1.ThelastEgyptianqueen,Cleopatra,triedherbesttosavethecountrywhentheRomanscameinth .,AugustuslandedinAlexandriaanddestroyedherarmies.Shekilledherselfbytaki ngpoison.2(Open)。
听力教程第二册听力原文及答案(施心远)
Unit 1Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent1. We haven’t got any in dark blue.2. We can’t make it at nine tomorrow.3. My telephone number is not 65031609.4. I don’t like the black jumper.5. He won’t come by the 7:30 train.(The word or digit in bold has the most stress)Exercise:1. a2. b3. a4. b5. bPart2 Listening and Note-talkingDriving CarefullyDrive carefully and slowly when pedestrians are about, particularly in crowded shopping streets, when you see a bus stopped, or near a parked mobile shop. Watch out for pedestrians coming from behind parked or stopped vehicles, or from other places where you might not be able to see them.Three out of four pedestrians killed or seriously injured areeither under fifteen or over sixty. The young and elderly may not judge speeds very well, and may step into the road when you do not expect them. Give them, and the infirm, or blind, or disabled people, plenty of time to cross the road.Drive slowly near schools, and look out for children getting on or off school buses. Stop when signalled to do so by a school crossingpatrol showing a Stop-Children sign. Be careful near a parked ice-cream van—children are more interested in ice-cream then in traffic.When coming to a zebra crossing. be ready to slow down or stop tolet people cross. You must give way once they have stepped onto a crossing. Signal to other drivers that you mean to slow down or stop. Give yourself more time to slow down or stop on wet or icy roads. Never overtake just before a zebra crossing.Exercise A:1. Drive carefully and slowly when pedestrians are about.2. Three out of four pedestrians killed are either under fifteen or over sixty.3. Be careful near a parked ice-cream van—children are more interested in ice-cream than in traffic.4. When coming to a zebra crossing, be ready to slow down or stopto let people cross.5. You must give way once they have stepped onto a crossing.Exercise B:Driving Carefully. Look out for pedestriansA. Drive carefully at crowded shopping streets.B. Drive carefully near a bus stop.C. Drive carefully near a parked mobile shop.. Look out for the young, the old and the disabledA. Three out of four pedestrians killed or seriously injured are either under fifteen or over sixty.B. The young and the elderly may not judge speeds very well.C. Give them, and the infirm, or blind, or disabled people, plenty of time to cross the road.. Look out for childrenA. Stop at a Stop—Children signB. Drive slowly near a parked ice-cream van. Coming to a zebra crossingA. Slow down or stop to let people cross.B. Signal to other drivers that you mean to slow down or stop.C. Never overtake just before a zebra crossing.Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialoguesDialogue 1 Making ArrangementsMum: Hello.Tessa: Hi, Mum. It’s me. How are you?Mum: Oh, I’m fine, Tessa. I except you’re phoning to find out how the arrangements for your party are going?Tessa: Yes. That’s right. You know, it’s really good of you and Dad to make all the arrangements while I’m away. I really don’t know what I’d do without you!Mum: Oh, there is not that much to do really. In fact, yourfather and I are quite enjoying itTessa: Good. So how are thing going?Mum: Well, let’s see. I’ve already hired the hall, so that’s OK.Tessa: Have you found anyone to do the disco yet?Mum: No, not yet, dear.Tessa: Well, do you think you could do that soon, Mum? It might not be easy. What about the equipment?Mum: Well, we’re having the sound system and records delivered by a local company next week.Tessa: Good. That should be all right. What about the bar?Mum: That’s all under control. We’re having the drinksdelivered next week.Tessa: Great! Have you organised the food? Are you cooking it?Mum: What, for 70 people? You must be joking! No, I think I’ll have it done by the caterers* in the village.Tessa: You’ll do that soon, won’t you? They’ll need a bit of notice.Mum: Mmm. Of course. Now, I had the invitations printed last week. The stationer’s did them, but I haven’t had time to send them yet…Tessa: Oh, Mum, but the party’s in ten days! Send them soon,will you, or we’ll have no guests!Mum: Yes, I’m sorry, dear. Look, I’ll phone everyone too. I’ve been so busy with all the arrangements…Exercise:Done To be done Relevant informationThe placeThe hall has been hired.The discoTo find someone to do it.The equipmentThe sound system and records will be delivered by a local company next week.The barThe drinks will be delivered next week.The foodTo have it done by the caterers in the village.The invitationsThey are printed and will be sent soon.Dialogue 2 Fast Food SurveyA: Excuse me, do you mind answering a few questions?B: No.A: Um firstly, do you ever eat fast food.B: Yes, yes, I do.A: What kind of fast food do you normally eat?B: Oh, er you know, burgers, sandwiches, well sometimes like a pizza or, you know, kebabs*.A: Oh, right. And how often do you eat fast food? Every day, more than once a week or less than once a week?B: Er, well Monday to Friday when I’m working er, yeah every day, um but not…not usually at the weekends.A: And what time of day do you eat fast food?B: Well, at work as I said, you know at lunchtime, um you know, I sort of go out and get a burger or sandwich. Sometimes, you know, if, if I’m going out and I’ve no time to cook in the evenings then I’ll,I’ll send out for a pizza.A: Oh, right. Do you only eat it as a main meal or do you snack between meals?B: No, only as a main meal, you know lunch or, or in the evening.A: And what do you think of fast food? Which statements do you think are true? Um, either“It’s convenient”B: Oh, definitely. I mean, that’s sort of the main reason that I eat it.A: Right. How about “It tastes good”?B: Yeah. Um, I mean, not as good as food like in a, in a good restaurant, but it’s not bad.A: “It’s good for you”?B: No. Sort of eating q uickly and standing up. It’s sort of bad for you. The food itself isn’t very good for you, you know there’s not enough greens, um you know, vegetables or salad.A: Mm. How about “It’s an expensive way of eating”? What do you think of that?B: Oh, yes i t is, er but you’re paying for the convenience, you know the speed of it. Er, well, I certainly think that it’s cheaper than you know cooking your own food.A: Er, and what about lastly “It creates litter.” Do you think that’s true?B: Yes, yes, it does. Only I, I always put mine in a you know in a litter bin, but er unfortunately a lot of people don’t, um but in the packaging there is a lot of paper involved and plastic and sometimes polystyrene*.Exercise A:How often do you eat fast food?Every day Every weekdays At the weekends OccasionallyAt what time of the day do you eat fast food?Breakfast Lunch Dinner Between mealsExercise B:It is convenient and fast, thought it doesn’t taste as good as food in good a restaurant. However it is bad to one’s health because there are not enough vegetables. It is also quite an expensive way of eating, but you’re paying for the convenience. And it creates litter because in the packaging there is a lot of paper, plastic and sometimes polystyrene involved.Part 2 PassagesPassage 1 SnackIt’s 3:15 in the afternoon and half the office just stepped out*for a coffee break. Your eyelids are starting to close and 7-11 is just around the corner. A soda or a bag of chips would be just the thing to perk you up*. So you, too, go out for an afternoon snack.Sometimes we eat simply because everyone else is doing it. Other times we eat when we feel tired, bored or depressed. Snacking for the wrong reasons can lead to overeating and unhealthy diet.Of course, there are times when our bodies really need extra energy. Here are four tips to keep your snacking on the right track.1. Know why you’re eating. Using food to change your feelings can be a dangerous habit. An order of French fries might distract* you from feeling sad for a while, but it’s only a temporary cure. Once the fries are gone, the problem is still there. If you’re feeling lonely, don’t reach into the refrigerator. Call a friend. If you’re feeling stressed, take a 10-minute walk.2. Find a healthy pick-me-up*. If you’re truly hungry, a healthy snack can give you the boost of energy you need. If you like fresh foods, bring a small bag of tomatoes or apples slices to work whit you. To tame your sweet tooth, try a handful of dried fruit. A serving of nuts can be a perfect pick-me-up. They have the right combination of nutrients to give you the energy you need. But wait until you’re hungry to find something to eat. Plan ahead and bring something healthy whit you.3. Eat just one serving. Don’t open up a whole box of crackers and start munching away. Instead, pull out just one serving and put away the box.4. Think of snacks as mini-meals. Eating small, healthy snack can keep you from stuffing yourself at the next meal. Instead of eating three big meals each day, split them into four or five mini-meals. You may actually eat less food overall.Use these tips to help you plan snacks ahead of time. The next time you have a snack attack, tame your hunger the healthy way.Exercise A:a soda or a bag of chips; a piece of cake; a sandwich; a small bag of tomatoes; a small bag of apple slices; a serving of nuts; a glass of low-fat-milk; a serving of crackers, etc.Exercise B:1. A2. D3. B4. C5. D6.B 7.C 8. AExercise C:1. A soda or a bag of chips would be just the thing to perk you up.2. Using food to change your feeling can be a dangerous habit.3. If you’re feeling lonely, don’t reach into the refrigerator. Call a friend.4. A serving of nuts can be a perfect pick- me-up.5. Eating small, healthy snacks can keep you from stuffing yourself at the next meal.Passage 2 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical ActivityBreakfast fills your “empty tank”to get you going after a long night without food. And it can help you do better in school. Easy-to-prepare breakfasts include cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, yogurt *with fruit, whole-grain waffles or even last night’s pizza!It’s easy to fit phy sical activities into your daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to see friends. Take a 10-minute activity break every hour while you read, do homework or watch TV. Climb stairs instead of taking an escalator or elevator. Try to do these things for a total of 30 minutes every day.Snacks are a great way to refuel. Choose snacks from different food groups—a glass of low-fat milk and a few graham* crackers, an apple or celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins*, or some dry cereal. Ifyou eat smart at other meals, cookies, chips and candy are OK for occasional snacking.Vigorous work-outs*—when you’re breathing hard and sweating—help your heart pump better, give you more energy and help you look and feel best. Start with a warm-up that stretches your muscles. Include 20 minutes of aerobic activity, such as running, jogging, or dancing.Follow up with activities that help make you stronger such as push-ups or lifting weights. Then cool down with more stretching and deep breathing.Being active is much more fun with friends or family. Encourage others to join you and plan one special physical activity event, like a bike ride or hiking, with a group each week.You don’t have to give up foods like hamburgers, French fries and ice cream to eat healthy. You just have to be smart about how often and how much of them you eat. Your body needs nutrients like protein*, carbohydrates*, fat and many different vitamins and minerals such as vitamins C and A, iron and calcium* from a variety of foods. Balancing food choices from the Food Guide Pyramid and checking out the Nutrition Facts panel on food labels will help you get all these nutrients.Eat more grains, fruits and vegetables. These foods give you carbohydrates for energy, plus vitamins, minerals and fiber. Besides, they taste good! Try breads such as whole-wheat, bagels* and pita*. Spaghetti and oatmeal are also in the grain group.Bananas, strawberries and melons are some great tasting fruits. Try vegetables raw, on a sandwich or salad.A healthy eating style is like a puzzle with many parts. Each part—or food—is different. Some foods may have more fat, sugar or salt while others may have more vitamins or fiber. There is a place for all these foods. What makes a diet good or bad is how foods fit together. Balancing your choices is important. Fit in a higher-fat food, like pepperoni* pizza, at dinner by choosing lower-fat foods at other meals.And don’t forget about moderation. If two pieces of pizza fill you up, you don’t need a third.Exercise A:People should eat natural foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today. Eat more grain fruits and vegetables.To keep fit, you should do regular physical exercise every day, such as running, jogging, dancing or riding a bike, etc.Exercise B:1. B2. C3. D4. A5. A6.D 7. B 8. DExercise C:1. Breakfast fills your “empty tank” to get you going after a long night without food and it can help you do better in school.2. Walking, biking or jogging is easy to fit into your daily routine.3. You must be smart about how often and how much of them you eat.4. Grains, fruits and vegetables give you carbohydrates for energy, plus vitamins, minerals and fiber.5. To make a good diet you should fit foods together and balance your choices.Part 3 NewsNews Item 1In China the economy expanded at the rate of more than 9% between July and September. The government says China’s total output goods and services was 9.1% higher compared to the same period last year. The strong growth surprises most experts. They have expected expansion to slow earlier this year as the effects of disease SARS curbed* China’s transportation and travel industry. Experts now say they expect the economy to grow by 8.5% for all of this year. China has the worldfastest growing major economy.Exercise A:This news item is about the rapid growth of China’s economy.Exercise B:1. F2. F3. F4. TNews Item 2World Trade Organization ministers are meeting in Montreal*, Canada. The trade ministers have been debating the issue of reducing importtaxes and government aid for certain services, especially farming. Major agricultural exporters like the United States, Australia and Brazil want all import duties cut to an average of 25%. Importers such as the European Unions, Japan and some developing countries say import taxes should be cut by some reasonable percentage based on the country. TheUnited States and European Unions are under pressure to reach a farming agreement that other WTO members can support. The WTO is also divided on the issue of providing necessary drugs to poor countries.Exercise A:This news item is about a world trade organization meeting on reducing taxes and government aid for certain services.Exercise B:The trade ministers have been debating the issue of reducing import taxes and government aid for certain services, especially farming. Major agricultural exporters like the United States, Australia and Brazil want all import duties cut to an average of 25%. Importers such as the European Unions, Japan and some developing countries say import taxes should be cut by some reasonable percentage based on the country.News Item 3United Nation’s secretar y General Kofi Annan has sharplycriticized wealthy countries for their trade policy. His statements were read in a letter to delegates Wednesday at the World Trade Organization meeting in Cankon, Mexico. In the letter Mr Annan urged wealthy countries to lower trade barriers* and to approve new ways to develop the world for all countries. He said the delegates decision could make difference between life and death for millions of people. The meeting brings together representatives from almost 150 countries. The WTO delegates are expected to discuss agricultural, trade and other issues. The delegates hope the talk will lead to a trade agreement by the end of2004. Protestors have demonstrated around the world against the five-day meeting.Exercise A:This news item is about the WTO meeting being held in Mexico.Exercise B:Directions: Listen to the news item again and answer the questions.1. What has Mr Kofi Annan sharply criticized?Mr Kofi Annan has sharply criticized wealthy countries for their trade policy.2. What did Mr Annan urge in the letter to delegates of WTO meeting?In the letter Mr Annan urged wealthy countries to lower trade barriers and to approve new ways to develop the world for all countries.3. What are the WTO delegates expected to discuss?The WTO delegates are expected to discuss agricultural, trade and other issues.4. What do the delegates hope?The delegates hope the talk will lead to a trade agreement by the end of 2004.5. Are there any people who are against the meeting?Yes, protestors have demonstrated around the world against thefive-day meeting.Section Three Oral WorkHow long can anyone live in Germany without a purchase of either a cold stein *of beer or a clock? It didn’t take long for the beer, but my search for just the right clock took a few years.In my search I found a cuckoo clock, an old French Tic-Tac clock, and a gold time piece giving the precise time anywhere in the world. Than came the grandmother clock with the lovely crystal panes*—butstill no chiming grandfather clock.Suddenly I received a phone call from a friend. She knew a man whose mother had to move out of her home and furniture was being sold. She asked whether I was interested in a very old clock.I made the trip into the countryside and found a small German home with lovely flower gardens.The family greeted me as a long-lost friend. We had coffee and apple cakes and then we headed for the attic.I knew the minute I saw him—the old grandfather. Surely he would be expensive! I said, “Yes!”We returned to our coffee and I asked the big question. “How much?”I paid 45 German Marks in cash, one large can of peaches, a poundof coffee, and a box of Lipton Tea.Section Four Supplementary ExercisesAn estimated 135 million people have low vision.40 to 50 million others cannot see at all. Healthy experts warm that the number of blind people will increase sharply as the world population grows, and grows older. They say the number of blind people could almost double by 2020.Yet the World Healthy Organization says that in eight out of ten cases, blindness can be cured or avoided. October the ninth was World Sight Day. A campaign called vision 2020 released* materials to help government and health workers develop national plans to prevent blindness.Vision 2020 is a joint effort of the WHO and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. The goal is to end prevention blindness by 2020. The campaign targets four main causes.Cataracts cause the lens of the eye to become cloudy. In most of Africa and Asia, cataracts cause at least half the cases of blindness that can be cured. A simple operation can remove cataracts*.Trachoma* is an infectious disease spread person-to-person and by insects. Trachoma causes about 15 percent of all cases of blindness. Most of the cases are in Africa. The disease can be treated with antibiotic medicines and an operation to correct the damage.The disease known as river blindness is also found mostly in Africa. Flies spread the infection. A yearly treatment of the drug Mectizan can control the disease.Finally, a lack of vitamin A as a result of poor nutrition is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children.Vision 2020 says that every five seconds another person in theworld goes blind. Most blind people live in developing, nations. India has at least nine million. About six million are in China, and seven million in Africa. Officials estimate that the world economy loses about 28,000 million dollars each year from curable blindness.A resolution passed by the World Health Assembly in May urges all governments to develop national plans to prevent blindness.Exercise A:1. The world Sight Day is on October the ninth.2. The World Health Organization says in eight out of ten cases, blindness can be cured or avoided.3. A campaign called Vision 2020 aims at the prevention of blindness.4. The blindness that can be cured or avoided mostly occurs in developing nations.Exercise B:1. Name: CataractsTreatment: A simple operation can remove cataracts.2. Name: TrachomaTreatment: Antibiotic medicines and an operation can correct the damage.3. Name: River blindnessTreatment: The drug Mectizan can control the disease.4. Malnutrition leads to a lack of vitamin A.Treatment: Food and medicine with ample vitamin A can cure the disease.Exercise C:Your opinionDirections: Listen to the passage again and give your opinion on the following topics.“Most blind people live in developing nations. About six million are in China.”1. What part of area in China do you think most blind people live?2. What suggestions could you put forward to prevent blindness?Unit 2Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent1. A: My brother is an accountant. He builds bridges. B: But engineers (↘) build bridges (↗).2. A: When are you going to New York? ;B: I' m flying ( ↗ ) at ten o'clock ( ↘).3.A: How long have you been able to speak French?B: I've been learning French (↗) for six years (↘), 4.A: When did you last see Mike?B: Tuesday (↘) was the last time I saw him (↗).5.A: Do I turn it on with this switch?B: Press the red one (↘) not the black one (↗). Exercise:1.a2.b3.b4.a5.a Part2 Listening and Note-takingRalph NaderRalph Nader is a man of few possessions. He owns very little and lives in a small apartment. He doesn't have a car or a TV set. Hedoesn't have many clothes and he doesn't care about money when he makesa lot of money, he gives it away. He doesn't smoke and he works from six in the morning until late at night, seven days a week: he is paying back to America his debt as a citizen.When he went to parties as a young man, people complained that all he talked about was the dangers of cars, and how bad car design caused the deaths of so many people each year. After he graduated from Harvard, he published an article entitled "Unsafe at Any Speed," which was abouta car called Corvair. Later, he made a big attack on the car industryand showed how many deaths in car accidents were because of badly-made cars. He said new laws were needed to make cars safer. In 1966, because of Nader's work, a law was passed to make car safer.After this success, Nader became interested in something very different. This was the quality of meat and the amount of meat that is put into foods like sausages and hamburgers. A year later, in 1967,again because of Nader's work, a law was passed to ensure that products like sausages and hamburgers contained the right amount of meat. In 1968, three more laws were passed because of Nader's efforts. The first was to ensure the safety of gas pipelines -- these are the pipes that take gas across the country from one town to another. The second was to protect people from radiation --that is, the dangerous radiation which may leak from nuclear sources. The third was to ensure the proper standard of poultry -- that is, the chicken and turkey meat.Ralph Nader, now one of the most influential people in the United States, has set a wonderful example of what determined men and women can do to improve the quality of life in their country.Exercise A:1. Ralph Nader is a man of few possessions.2. He is paying back to America his debt as a citizen.3. He said new laws were needed to make cars safer.4. A law was passed to ensure that products like sausages and hamburgers contained the right amount of meat.5. Ralph Nader has set a wonderful example of what determined men and women can do to improve the quality of life in their country.Exercise B:Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialoguesDialogue 1Give Them Time to Get to Know YouFather: Well, whose fault do you think it is, then?Daughter: I don't know.Father: It couldn't be yours?Daughter: What? That I feel lonely because I haven't any friends there?Father: No, that you haven't got any friends.Daughter: But I've told you! They're not very friendly there. They never talk to me! They just leave me alone.Father: But why?Daughter: How should I know?Father: Isn't it possible it's because you're not very friendly towards them?Daughter: What do you mean?Father: Have you talked to them? Have you tried to make conversation?Daughter: I've told you! They're not interested in talking to me.Father: How do you know?Daughter: Because ... for example ... at lunch time, they all sit together in v groups!Father: Yes, but why don't you sit with one of the groups?Daughter: Don't be silly. I couldn't. It would be awful!Facher: why?Daughter: It just would. That's all.Father: How do you know?Daughter: I just do!Father: Well, you'll never make friends if you don't try, will you? I mean, you've got to meet them, too, at least half way.Daughter: It just wouldn't work!Father: You know what I think. I think you're just saying that because you're impatient.Daughter: Impatient? Me?Father: Yes, impatient. You always have been, ever since you were a child. If you don't get what you want immediately, you get depressed and you give up too easily!Daughter: Look, if you came with me some morning, you'd understand ...Father: You've only been there for four weeks. These things take time.Daughter: I know, but I still feel ...Father: Listen, give them time to get to know you ... and give yourself time get to know them, and things will change. Believe me!1.T2.T3.F4.T5.T 6 .TDialogue 2 GesturesNumber 1Woman: You know, a "nod" -- moving your head up and down -- means “yes” in most places, but not everywhere. D id you know that in Greece a nod means "no"?Man: It means "no" in Greece? I'm surprised.Number 2Man: I didn't know "raised eyebrows" means "yes" in Tonga. It means something very different in Peru.Woman: Yeah? What does it mean there?Man: Money. "Raised eyebrows" is a gesture for money in Peru.Woman: Hmm.Number 3Woman: Um, Alberto, you said that "tapping your head" means "I'm thinking" in Argentina.Man: That's right.Woman: You'd better be careful about using that gesture here in Canada. It means someone is crazy.Man: Oh, it means "crazy" in Canada? I didn't know that. I'll be careful.Number 4Man: You know, it's interesting that in the Netherlands, "tapping your elbow" means you can't depend on someone. In Colombia, they use the same gesture, but it has a different meaning.Woman: What does it mean in Colombia?Man: Well, it means someone is cheap. That person doesn't like to spend money.Woman: Oh.。
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施心远主编《听力教程》4-(第2版)Unit-5答案
A Listening Course 4施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版)答案Unit 5Section One: Tactics for ListeningPart 1: Listening and Translation1.Stocks, bonds, land--people invest in different things and for differentreasons.股票、债券、土地--人们由于不同原因进行不同的投资。
2. But all investors share the same goal.但是所有的投资者都有一个共同的目标。
3. They want to get more money out of their investment than they put into it.他们希望通过投资获得比所有投入的资金更多的货币回报。
4. The money they invest today provides capital for future growth in the economy.他们今天的投资为将来经济的发展提供了资金。
5. Investors have to decide how much risk they are willing to take and for how long.投资者必须决定自己愿意在多长的时间范围内承受多大的风险。
Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueThe Bank ManagerExercise: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to completeeach of the following sentences.1.D2. A3. D4. B5. C6. C7. A8. CPart 2 Passage Stock Market: How it WorksEx. A. Pre-listening QuestionWhat do you know about stock market in China?The Shanghai Stock Exchange was founded on November 26th, 1990 and in operation on December 19th the same year, and Shenzhen Stock Exchange was established on December 1st, 1990.Ex. B: Sentence Dictation1. A wave of selling triggered widespread price declines in stock markets from New York to Australia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points in the panicked rush to sell.2. The stock market is the means through which previously issued corporate stocks, shares of ownership in a corporation, are traded.3. However, the forces influencing the prices of corporate stocks are quite different from those influencing the prices of goods and services.4. People and organizations who buy and hold stock do so for the incomes they hope to earn.5. When Black Monday finally reeled to a close, many a portfolio had lost over a fifth of the value it had the day before.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1. B2. A3. D4. B5. B6. D7. C8. CEx. D: After-listening Discussion1.What is“Black Monday〞?On October 19, 1987, a wave of selling triggered widespread declines in st ock markets from New York to Australia. That day is “Black Monday〞. On that day, there were hardly any buy orders, and the markets were flooded with sell orders. Over 600 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange---more than twice the NYSE’s average sales volume. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of the prices of 30 stocks of major US companies lost 22.6 percent of its value on that memorable day, plunging 508 points in the panicked rush to sell. When Black Monday finally reeled to a close, many a portfolio had lost over a fifth of the value it had the day before.2. Do you like to be a broker? Why?Open.Script of Passage:Stock Market: How It WorksOn Monday, October 19,1987, a wave of selling triggered widespread price declines in stock markets from New York to Australia. ON that day, now infamous as “Black Monday〞, over 600 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange---more than twice the NYSE’s average sales volume. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of theprices of 30 stocks of major US companies lost 22.6 percent of its value on that memorable day, plunging 508 points in the panicked rush to sell.What is the stock market, and how is it affected by the forces of supply and demand? The stock market is the means through which previously issued corporate stocks, shares of ownership in a corporation, are traded. Stock exchanges are organizations whose members act as intermediaries to buy and sell stocks for their clients. About 80 percent of all stock trading in the United States takes place at the New York Stock Exchange. There are other stock exchanges in the United States as well as in Paris, London, Sydney and Tokyo.How are stock prices determined? The answer, as you might expect, is by supply and demand. However, the forces influencing the prices of corporate stocks are quite different from those influencing the prices of goods and services. People and organizations who buy and hold stock do so for the incomes they hope to earn. The incomes depend on dividends paid to stockholders, changes in the incomes they hope to earn. The incomes depend on dividends paid to stockholders, changes in the price of stock over time, and the expected return compared to the return on alternative investments.On any given day in the stock market, there are orders to buy and orders to sell. The orders to buy constitute the quantity of a stock demanded at the current (or anticipated) price per share, while theorders to sell constitute the quantity supplied at that price. The chief influence on both the supply of and demand for stocks is the income potential of holding the stock compared to the income potential of holding alternative assets such as bonds, other types of securities, or real property like buildings and land.On the New York Stock Exchange, trading in all stocks is continuous.A specialist is assigned to oversee trading in each stock. This specialist is a “broker’s broker〞who tries to adjust the price of the stock so that quantity demanded equals quantity supplied. However, the specialist is also allowed to purchase the stock to hold as a personal investment if no buyer can be found. In this way the specialist can exert some influence on the supply of and demand for stocks, and will do so if it’s profitable.On October 19, 1987, there were hardly any buy orders, and the markets were flooded with sell orders. Because of the tremendous surplus of stocks at the prevailing prices, specialists and call clerks lowered prices until quantity demanded equaled quantity supplied. When Black Monday finally reeled to a close, many a portfolio had lost over a fifth of the value it had the day before.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about the fact that Arctic is the warmest in twomillennia.Ex. B: Listen again and fill in the blanks.Scientists have produced evidence showing dramatically that the current temperature rise there is highly unusual. For most of the last two thousand years, the Arctic slowly cooled, a consequence of variations i n the Earth’s orbit.But over the last century, the cooling abruptly reversed, and the region is now warmer than at any time in the 2,000 year record. Writing in the journal Science, the researchers say this shows how quickly the Arctic responds to climatic changes.News Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis item is about WWF's accusation against European toilet and tissue paper manufacturers of contributing to global deforestation by not using enough recycled material.Ex. B: Listen to the news again and answer the questions.1. How many trees are being discarded as tissue paper each day?More than a quarter of a million trees.2. What did the report find?The report found alarmingly low levels of recycled fibers in the vastmajority of products by European toilet and tissue paper manufacturers.3. Where are the fibers used by European toilet and tissue paper companies taken from?The fibers are taken from natural forests in South Africa, Asia, Europe and across the Americas.4. What have most of the toilet and tissue paper manufacturers failed to do?Most of the companies have failed to take effective measures to prevent illegal or controversial timber from being used in their products.Script of News Item Two:The international conservation group, WWF, has accused European toilet and tissue paper manufacturers of contributing to global deforestation by not using enough recycled material. A spokesman said more than a quarter of a million trees were in fact being flushed down toilets or discarded as rubbish each day.The report found alarmingly low levels of recycled fibers in the vast majority of products and said the fibers were instead being taken from natural forests in South Africa, Asia, Europe and across the Americas. Using virgin forest to make toilet paper, says the report, is wasteful andunnecessary. The report also warns that illegal and unsustainable logging and conflicts over land rights still exist in many of these areas and that all but one of the companies have so far failed to take effective measures to prevent illegal or controversial timber from being used in their products. News Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about the warnings from specialists that climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction.Ex. B Listen to the news and complete the following outline Findings: Climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction.Reason: Birds, mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migrating patterns.Examples:1. The spreading SaharaDesertcould make it impossible for swallows to make the epic journey from Southern Africa.2. Rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading birds.3. Warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species becoming entirely female.Script of News Item 3Scientists are warning that climate change could drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction. A report by European ornithologists and zoologists say that birds, mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migration patterns.This report by ornithologists and zoologists warns that global warming will cause increasing problems for many migrating species. For example, the spreading SaharaDesert could make it impossible for swallows to make their epic journey from Southern Africa, and rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading birds. The study even suggests that warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species becoming entirely female. The selection of sex is closely linked to sea temperature.Section FourPart 1 Feature reportScript：Money,Fame,Power Don't Motivate Most Workers In his new book, titled Drive, author Daniel Pink says there's a big gap between what science knows and what business leaders know about how to motivate a workforce.Pink says most businesses operate today on the carrot-and-stick system of rewards and punishments. Employees are rewarded for goodperformance, and penalized for performing badly.According to Pink, the carrot-and-stick approach usually works well in situations where workers are performing simple, routine tasks, like checking products on an assembly line or packing boxes. But for jobs that require creativity, and deeper, more complex thinking, such as writing or designing, employers need to take a different approachPink says it is important to recognize people are not as motivated by external factors like cash rewards as they areby things that interest them. He calls these intrinsic or internal motivators. “Intrinsic motivatoris doing something for the sake of the activity itself. So you play the banjo because you like to play the banjo. Extrinsic motivatoris doing something in order to get a reward. So I might work really hard because whoever with the most sales will get a $100 gift card.〞According to Pink, intrinsic motivators can be broken down into three components: The first is autonomy, that is, self-direction. Another one is mastery, that is, our desire to become better at something that matters,and finally, purpose, which is to do what we do in service of something larger than ourselves."Those are really the pathway to high performance on a whole range of things," says Pink, "especially on the more creative, conceptual, complex things that more and more people in this country, in the United States, in Western Europe, in Canada, in Australia, in Japan in much ofthe industrialized world are doing."Pink goes on to explain the importance of autonomy in situations where people are in restricted environments:"The history of humans of all kinds of societies -- western, eastern, modern, ancient -- is that human beings typically resist control."Pink believes the greatest things that have happened in human civilization have been the result of people being able to do what they wanted to do and how they wanted to do it:"Most great pieces of art, most great pieces of music, many great architectural triumphs, many great technological innovations, the things that last and endure, are often the product, obviously, of human ingenuity, but also the product of the autonomy that allowed people to be ingenious," he says.Another element of intrinsic motivation, says Pink, is the mastery."What the greatest motivator we have is the desire to get better at stuff. There is a Harvard business school research that the biggest motivator at work - by far - is making progress. That are the days that people feel most engaged, most motivated, are the days when they've made some progress in their work."Pink says that’s why it is so important managers recognize and validate progress in their employee’s work.“In my view, the manager's great roles is to help people see theirprogress, and to recognize progress and celebrate progress. Making progress is one of those things that [make up] the virtuous circle, so that if you make progress one day, you're more likely to be motivated, which makes it more likely that you'll make progress the next day."And beyond progress, says Pink, there's a third element of intrinsic motivation, the universal human desire for a sense of purpose."We tend to work better when we know what we're doing matters in some way," he says. "Not necessarily matters in some super transcendent eliminate-green-house-gases from the atmosphere way, but can be simply writing a great story that helps people understand their world a little bit better; or creating a product that makes people live their lives a little easier, or creating something that brings beauty to somebody's life."Daniel Pink believes that as we learn more about the science of human motivation, society will adapt.Author Daniel Pink says today's business managers, facing the increasingly competitive pressures of a global marketplace, may be more inclined than ever before to question traditional attitudes about what motivates, and ultimately fulfills us, as humans.Part 2 PassageExercise BDictation1. Agreements among parties in a competing relationship can raise antitrust suspicions. Competitors may be agreeing to restrict competition among themselves.2. Antitrust authorities must investigate the effect and purpose of an agreement to determine its legality.3. Prices may increase if consumer demand for a product is particularly high and the supply is limited.4. Recent cases involved a group of physicians charged with using a boycott to prevent a managed care organization from establishing a competing health care facility in Virginia.5. The FTC recently charged a group of auto dealers with restricting comparative and discount advertising to the detriment of consumers. Exercise C1.T2.T3.F4.F5.F6.F7.T8.FScript:Agreements among parties in a competing relationship can raise antitrust suspicions. Competitors may be agreeing to restrict competition among themselves. Antitrust authorities must investigate the effect and purpose of an agreement to determine its legality.竞争者间的横向协定：相互之间有竞争关系的市场主体间的协定很可能引起反托拉斯当局的怀疑。
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UNIT 5Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 PhoneticsExercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions.Woman 1: Oh did he? I don't (1) believe it!Woman 2: And so I said...Waiter: Yes, what (2) would you like?Woman 2: Oh, I don't know. Just let me (3) have a look at the menu. Let me see ...Woman 1: Erm. I'll have a cheeseburger, chips (4) and a large coke. Woman 2: Ugh! I hate cheese. (5) I'll have a beefburger and chips. Waiter: Anything else?Woman 2: (6) Have you got any orange juice?Waiter: Large (7) or small?Woman 2: Small, please. So anyway, (8) and then l said...Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking1. Prices on a Tokyo stock market rose more than 5%. The Nikkei closed at 17,686 points.2. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up a modest 14 points to10.699 -- a fractional gain for the "blue-chips." The Standard andPoor's 500 index closed 10points higher -- less titan 1%. The technology-weighted Nasdaq composite gained about 40 points over 1%.The US economy may be slowing, but the latest data shows it is still vibrant. US consumer confidence bounced back this month. And sales of existing homes in June rose a surprising 2.8% -- a stronger-than-expected jump.Exercise: Listen to some statements. Fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialoguesDialogue 1 With Casual Clothes…Woman: Hey Dan, where are you going?Dan: I’m going to work.Woman: To work? Look at you. You’re not wearing a suit. You’re wearing … well, just regular clothes.Dan: We don’t have to wear suits wear suits on Fridays anymore.There are new rules at work. We can wear whatever we want. Woman: That’s great!Dan: Yeah. And believe it or not, casual clothes are good for the environment.Woman: Good for environment? Stopping pollution?Dan: Yeah. Casual clothes actually stop pollution.Woman: How?Dan: Well, people don’t dry-clean casual clothes. You have to dry-clean suits. Dry leaning uses chemicals. Some chemicals arebad for the environment.Woman: Fewer chemicals. I never thought of that.Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions:1.What day is it today?2.What is the change in the rules at work?3.Why is it that casual clothes are good for the environment?4.Where does the man probably work?Dialogue 2 two 74s pleaseAt MacArthur's, a hamburger restaurant in Putney, near Wandsworth.Dave: I still don't understand why you had to see your grandmother on Saturday evening.Carol: Well, it was a sort of family thing. Everyone was there. I'd completely forgotten about the concert. Anyway, my mumwould have been upset if I hadn't gone.Dave: She wouldn't have been, surely? She would have understood.You could have told her you had tickets.Carol: 1 said I forgot.Waitress: Are you ready to order now?Dave: Yes. Two 74s, please -- one medium and one rare – Oh---and two salads.Waitress: And to drink?Carol: Coffee for me.Dave: Two coffees, please.Carol: And you haven't phoned me at all during the week. You're too busy with your cycle club. If you'd phoned me onFriday night, 1 wouldn't have forgotten.Dave: But you know I ~o training every Friday night.Carol: I'm sorry but it's just that ...Dave: What?Carol: Well. I wish you wouldn't take me for granted so much.Dave: I don't! Anyway, you wanted to go to the concert. You bought the tickets months ago.Anyway, we always go out on Saturdays.Carol: That's just it.Dave: That's just what?Waitress: Did you want dressing with your salad'?Dave: What? Oh, no. thanks.Waitress: OK. No dressing.Carol: Oh. 1 don't know. It's just ...Dave: It's just what?Waitress: Two 74s. Whose is the rare?Dave: Mine.Carol: Oh, sometimes I wish I'd never started going out with you.You act as if you own me. If only you were a bit more ...Waitress: Is everything all right?Dave: Fine, everything's fine.Exercise A: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.F 1. They were supposed to go to the theatre on Saturday evening.(They were supposed to go to the concert on Saturdayevening.)F 2. The girl didn't go to meet the boy because she had to see hergrandmother. (The girl didn't go to meet the boy because shehad forgotten.)T 3. The boy was a member of a cycle club. (Carol: You're too busy with your cycle club.)F 4. The boy phoned tile gift on Friday night. (The boy didn'tphone the girl on Friday night.)T 5. The boy thought the girl would remember everything. (Carol: Well I wish you wouldn't take tile for granted so much.)Exercise B: Listen to the dialogue again and answer the questions.1. What does "Two 74s' mean?74 probably is the number of the dish on the menu, presumably beef.~they ordered the same dish -- one medium and the other rare.2. What else did they order?They ordered salad and coffee also.Part 2 PassageInstant CoffeeWhen coffee arrives at an instant coffee factory it has already been roasted and ground. In the factory, water is slowly passed through the coffee. The resulting* liquid is then repeatedly pumped through tubes at a very high temperature and pressure. The liquid is boiled and sugar, salt and a variety of chemicals are carefully added. This makes some of water evaporate*, leaving very strong coffee liquor*.To make instant coffee powder, the coffee liquor is poured through large cylindrical* driers at a temperature of 250~C. The heat evaporates the liquid, leaving instant coffee powder, which is collected and put into jars.Granulated* coffee is made by freeze-drying, The process is a secret one and is passed from one family of manufacturers to the next. The coffee liquor is rapidly frozen into blocks. After these have been broken up into very small pieces, they are dried in a vacuum. This removes thewater without heat, leaving instant coffee granules*.Part 3 NewsNews Item 1The leaders of North and South Korea met this week. It was the first such meeting in 7 years, and only the second since Korea was divided in 1953.South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korea’s Kim Jong Ⅱended three days of talks in Pyongyang on Thursday. They signed a joint declaration to support peace and economic growth on the Korea Peninsula.It says the South and the North will closely cooperate to end military hostilities and ease tensions. The two Koreas have been increasingly cooperative, but technically they are still at war.Earlier this week, North Korea agreed to disable its main nuclear centers and document all of its programs by the end of the year. The agreement came in the six-party talks with China, South Korea, Japan, Russia and the United States.News Item 2Reports say a civilian was at one of the controls of the nuclear submarine that hit a Japanese fishing boat last week. The Navy said thereis no evidence that the civilian was directly involved in the accident. Nine Japanese students and crew members from the fishing boat are still missing. Twenty-six other people survived the accident. The Navy has sent a deep-sea vehicle to the sunken wreckage. It also will decide if the boat can be raised. On Tuesday, President Bush told Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori that he greatly regretted sinking the boat. The president spoke to Mr. Mori by telephone.News Item 3South Korea’s government has issued a stern warning in reaction to Saturday night protests that left more than 100 people injured. Officials say police will take every necessary measure to track down violent protesters, and will consider resuming the use of tear gas for the first time in nearly a decade.Saturday’s day-long protest escalated into clashes between police and demonstrators by nightfall. Police say the demonstrators vandalized busses authorities and set up as barricades. Authorities say some of the protesters attacked by throwing stones, swinging steel pipes, and even shooting acid from squirt guns at police. More than 50 protesters were taken into custody.Section 3 Oral WorkPart 1 Questions and AnswersMan: Hello. Could I speak to Miss Appleby, please? This is John Blofeld.Woman: One moment, please. I'm afraid she's out at tile moment. She's visiting a factory.Man: I see. Will she be back in her office at 10.30?Woman: Let me see, Uhm. Well, she might be late because of the traffic.Man: All right. She's a difficult person to get hold of, isn't she?What about lunch time? Is she free then?Woman: Yes, I'm awfully sorry. Just one moment. I'll check. No, she's having flinch with a designer.Man: Oh, dear. What time will she be back?Woman: Erin ... At two o'clock. She's seeing a customer here in her office.Man: Ah. So what time can I phone back'?Woman: Any time after 2.30.Man: Are you sure?Woman: Definitely. She will be in her office for the rest of the afternoon.Man: OK. I'll phone back then. Thank you.Woman: That's ~dl right. Goodbye.Exercise: Listen to a dialogue and then answer some questions about it. You will hear the dialogue and the questions only once. Answer each question in complete sentence after you have heard it.Questions:1. Was Miss Appleby in?(No, she was out.)2. Where was she?(She was at a factory.)3. Would she be back at 10:30?(No. she would be back later than that.)4. Why would she be back late?(The traffic was busy.)5. Would she be free at lunch time?(No, she would be having lunch with a designer.)6. What would she do at two o'clock?(She would see a customer in her office.)7, She was a person who was hard to get hold of, wasn't she?(Yes. she was a difficult person to get hold of.)8. When could John Blofeld phone back?(He could phone back anytime after 2.30.)Part 2 RetellingJimmy left home when he was fifteen and went to London He did lots of different jobs and always got tip very early, at about 6.30. He went to work on a bicycle and always crossed a vet? busy main road to work.One Monday morning he had an accident. He crossed the road carelessly and a car hit him. He fell off his bike and hit his head on the pavement. He was sent to hospital in an ambulance. When he was in hospital he did a lot of thinking about this life and his work.When he left hospital, he went straight to a second-hand shop and got all old electric guitar for 25 pounds. He forgot about his job in the factory? and never went back to it again. He lost his job but he found another work and a better way of life. He often thinks, “I’m glad I had that accident."Exercise: Listen to the passage and then retell it in your own words. You will hear the passage only once.Section Four Supplementary exercisePart 1 Listening ComprehensionPassage 1 Tinned Tomato SoupTinned tomato soup is horrible. Why not make your own? It's dead easy, and it tastes delicious.You need some onions*, some tomatoes, butter or margarine*, salt, pepper*, some wine, and any herbs* that you feel like putting in.The first thing to do is to pour yourself a glass of wine. Then chop* the onions up small, wash the tomatoes carefully ----- you don't know what sort of chemicals they've had on them, do you? -- and cut them into quarters. Then you ---- I'm sorry, I didn't say how many tomatoes, did I? My book says 700 grams for four to six people, but I don't find that's enough, because the soup's so good that everybody asks for more. So I usually make twice as much. If they don't eat it all you can always freeze it. I use about one and a half kilos of tomatoes, and two or three big onions, or five or six small ones. You must have enough onions -- that's what makes the soup taste good,OK, so you chop the onions and cut the tomatoes into quarters. When you've done that, you put some butter in a big saucepan -- or you can use margarine or oil instead, if you prefer put it on a low heat and fry* the onions and garlic gently for three or four minutes. Yeah, sorry, 1 should have said -- you need two cloves* of garlic, chopped up small orcrushed*. You might like to throw in a piece of bacon rind* as well. Keep stirring* everything gently while it's frying.After three or four minutes, put the tomatoes into tile saucepan, and pour in some water about a quarter of a litre. A bit more if the tomatoes aren't very juicy. Add plenty of salt and pepper, and herbs if you want to.Stir everything thoroughly, put the lid on the saucepan, and bring it to the boil* Then leave it to cook slowly over a low heat for an hour or so. Pour yourself another glass of wine.When it's ready -= you can tell if it's ready, because everything's soft and it smells terrific --when it's ready, take it off the cooker and strain* it carefully through a sieve*. Actually, it's best if you've got one of those little machines where you turn a handle and it pushes everything through a round metal plate with little holes in -- you know what I mean?Put the soup back into the saucepan and see whether it needs any more salt. Then bring it to the boil again. Cook it gently for two or three minutes; keep stirring it. When you serve it, you can mix in some milk if you like, but I don't bother--- I think it's nice as it is. You're supposed to make croutons* as well -- you know, little squares of toast or fried bread--- but I don't bother about that either. It's too much trouble. Do try it. You'll thank me.Exorcise A: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each ofthe following questions.1.B2. D3. A4. C5. D6. D7. A8. BExercise B: Listen to the passage again and complete the following outline.1.PreparationA. ingredientsa. onionsb. tomatoes, about 700 grams for four to six peoplec. butter or margarined. herbs (optional)e. two cloves of garlicB. Preparationa. chop the onionsb. wash and cut the tomatoes into quartersc. chop or crush the garlicIl. CookingA. Put some butter or margarine or oil in a big saucepan.B. Put it on a low heat.C. Fry the onions and garlic gently for three or four minutes. Keepstirring everything gently while it's frying.D. Put the tomatoes into the saucepan, and pour in some water---about a quarter of a litre. Add plenty of salt and pepper, andherbs if you want to.E. Stir everything thoroughly, put the lid on the saucepan, and bring it to the boil.F. Leave it to cook slowly over a low heat for an hour or so.G. When it's ready, take it off' the cooker and strain it carefully through a sieve.H. Put the soup back into the saucepan and add more salt if necessary.I. Then bring it to the boil again. Cook it gently for two or three minutes: keep stirring~ it.J. Serve it, you can mix in some milk if you like.Passage 2 WHO Medical Training CenterThe World Health Organization bas opened a new medical training center to help developing countries identify and control diseases. The center opened last month in Lyons*, France. It will help poor countries set up laboratories to quickly identify and control infectious diseases.The WHO already operates an international system that watches for major health threats that could develop into world problems. The WHO executive director for communicable diseases is David Heymann. DoctorHeymann says the new medical center in France will help strengthen public health laboratories and services in developing countries.Doctor Heymann says there is a great need for this. In Africa, for example, he says only one laboratory can identify tile Ebola* or Marburg* viruses that cause serious diseases. It is the WHO laboratory in South Africa.Bacteria or other substances that are collected in any country in Africa are sent to the laboratory in South Africa. Or they are sent to laboratories in Europe, North America or Asia. Doctor Heymann says Ebola is an example of a very complex disease that is hard to identify. But many countries, he says, do not even have the ability to identify more commonly known diseases, such as cholera* or yellow fever*.The World Health Organization estimates that diseases spread to other people kill more than 13,000,000 people around the world each year. Most of the victims are poor people in developing countries.To help solve this problem, the WHO hopes to train people from 45 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, The first training class begins in April in Lyons. Laboratory experts from eight countries in West Africa and Central Africa will take part. The programme will offer the medical experts and, scientists new skills to identify diseases. They also will learn how to use communications equipment, the Internet and electronic mail. This technology will help them respond quickly topossible medical problems.The WHO says the purpose of the project is to build a system that will help countries identify diseases. With these skills, the WHO says countries will be able to react more quickly to fight the spread of disease.Part 2 Oral WorkLast Christmas Professor Smith wanted to show his family that he was young and fashionable at heart, so he decided to give them clothes as Christmas presents.For his twelve-year old nephew he thought a pair of shorts would be suitable. Unfortunately the pair he got didn't fit him at all. They were much mo big. His brother was very keen on swimming so he got him a pair of swimming trunks. They were a size too small, however, and so were much too tight. But that was the last mistake the poor professor made, because while he was picking out a bright pink summer dress for his daughter, she happened to see him in the shop and managed to persuade him that the colour didn't go with the colour of her hair, She was quite relieved to open her Christmas present the next week and find a book on wild flowers.Exercise: Listen to the passage and then give your opinion on thefollowing topics,I. Wily do you think Professor Smith couldn't buy the right presents for his children?2. Have things of this kind ever happened in your family?。
施心远听力教材1第二版Unit 5教案答案
Nasdaq composite : 纳斯达克综合指数 主要由美国的数百家发展最快的先进技术、电信 和生物公司组成，包括微软、英特尔、美国在线、 雅虎这些家喻户晓的高科技公司，因而成为美国 “新经济”的代名词。纳斯达克综合指数相比标 准普尔500指数、道· 琼斯工业指数（它仅包括30 个著名大工商业公司，20家运输业公司和15家公 用事业大公司）更具有综合性。纳斯达克综合指 数包括5000多家公司，超过其他任何单一证券市 场。因为它有如此广泛的基础，已成为最有影响 力的证券市场指数之一。
the Standard and Poor’s 500 index: 标准普尔指数 the S & P’s 500 index 除了道· 琼斯股票价格指数外，标准· 普尔股票价格 指数(Standard and Poor’s Composite Index) 在美 国也很有影响，它是美国最大的证券研究机构即标 准· 普尔公司编制的股票价格指数。 标准· 普尔混合指数包括的500种普通股票总价值很 大，其成分股有90%在纽约证券交易所上市，其中 也包括一些在别的交易所和店头市场交易的股票， 所以它的代表性比道—琼斯平均指数要广泛很多， 故更能真实地反映股票市价变动的实际情况。
fractional:adj. so small as to be unimportant极小的，极少的 vibrant: forceful；powerful and exciting充满生气的;活跃的 The city is vibrant with life. 这城市充满生机。 bounce back: restore; improve 受挫折后恢复原状 The consumers’ confidence bounced back.
听力教程第二版第二册Unit5答案解析
Unit5Section One Tactics for ListeningPart2 listening and Note-takingReadingB: When should a child start learning to read and write? This is one of the questions I am most frequently asked. There is no hard and fast rule, for no two are alike, and it would be wrong to set a time when all should start being taught the ins and outs of reading letters to form words.If a three-year-old wants to read (or even a two-year-old for that matter), the child deserves to be given every encouragement. The fact that he or she might later be "bored" when joining a class of non-readers at infant school is the teacher's affair. It is up to the teacher to see that such a child is given more advanced reading material.Similarly, the child who still cannot read by the time he goes to junior school at the age of seven should be given every help by teachers and parents alike. They should make certain that he is not dyslexic*. If he is, specialist help should immediately be sought.Although parents should be careful not to force youngsters aged two to five to learn to read (if badly done it could put them off reading for life) there is no harm in preparing them for simple recognition of letters by labelling various items in their room. For instance, by a nice pieceof cardboard tied to their bed with BED written in neat-big letters. Should the young child ask his parents to teach him to read, and if the parents are capable of doing so, such an appeal should not be ignored. But the task should be undertaken gently, with great patience and a sense of humour. Reading should never be made to look like a chore and the child should never be forced to continue, should his interest start to flag*. Exercise A:1. There is no hard and fast rule, for no two are alike.2. The fact that he or she might later be "bored" when joining a class of non-readers at infant school is the teacher's affair.3. If badly done it could put them off reading for life4. But the task should be undertaken gently.5. Reading should never be made to look like a chore.Exercise B:It would be wrong to set a time when a child should start learning to read and write. Parents should encourage youngsters aged two to five to read if they show interests in it, but never force them to learn to read. He or she might later be "bored" when joining a class of non-readers at infant school. Then it is up the teacher to see that such a child is given more advanced reading material.Similarly, if a child cannot read at the age of seven teachers and parents should make certain that he is not dyslexic. If he is, specialist help should immediately be soughtParents should not ignore the young child's appeal to teach him to read. But the task should be undertaken gently, with great patience and a sense of humour Reading should never be made to look like a chore and the child should never be forced to continue, if his interests start to falgSection Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialoguesDialogue 1 Digital Sound{Music}MIKE: Wow! Nice. CDs have such good sound. Do you ever wonder how they make CDs?KATHY: Well, they get a bunch of musicians together, and they sing and play.MIKE: Come on. You know what I mean. Why is the sound quality so good?I mean, why do CDs sound so much clearer than cassette tapes? KATHY: Actually, I do know that.MIKE: Really'?KATHY: It's all based on digital sound. CDs are digital. Digital soundis like several photos, all taken one after another. It's kindof like pictures of sound. The intensity of the sound –how strongit is -- is measured very quickly. Then it's measured again andagain. When we hear the sound, it all sounds like one long pieceof sound, but it's really lots of pieces close together. And eachpiece is really clear.M1KE: So digital is like lots of short "pieces" of sound.KATHY. Exactly. This is different from analog* -- that's how they used to record. Analog is more like one wave of sound. It moves up anddown with volume and pitch. Anyway, analog is like a single wave.Digital is like a series of pieces.MIKE: OK, I understand that. But how do they make the CDs? KATHY: I told you, Mike. They get a bunch of musicians together, and they sing and play.MIKE: Kathy !KATHY: No. What really happens is first they do a digital recording -- on videotape.MIKE: On videotape.KATHY: Yeah, they use videotape. So then the videotape is played througha computer.MIKE: OK. What does the computer do?KATHY: Well, the computer is used to figure out the "pieces" of sound we were talking about; how long everything is, how far apartspaces are.MIKE: OK. So the computer is figuring out those separate "pieces" of sound.KATHY: Yeah. They need to do that to make the master.MIKE: The master?KATHY: The master is the original that all the other CDs are copied from.It's made of glass. It's a glass disk that spins around -- justlike a regular CD. And the glass disk is covered with a chemical.They use a laser to bum the signal, or the song, into the glassplate. The laser burns through the chemical, but not throughthe glass.MIKE: So the laser cuts the sound into the plate.KATHY: Right. What it's doing is cutting little holes . into the back of the disk.Those holes are called "pits." The laser puts in the pits. MIKE: So CDs really have little holes on the back? I didn't know that. KATHY: Yeah. Tiny pits. They're too small to see. [Pause.] Anyway, thenthey've got the master, and they make copies from it. Then youbuy your copy and put it in the CD player.MIKE: Put it in the CD player ... That part I understand.KATHY: There's another laser in your CD player. The light of the laser reflects off the CD. The smooth part of the CD reflects straightback, like a mirror. But the light that bounces off the pitsis scattered. Anyway, the computer in your CD player reads thelight that bounces off the pits. And you get the music.MIKE: Reflected light, huh? ... Uh ... you knew what I like? Just relaxing, listening to music, and not really worrying about howit gets on the disk.KATHY: You want me to explain it again?「Music」B:I. The making of the CDsA. Recordinga. They get a bunch of musicians together, singing and playing.b. First they do a digital recording -- on videotape.c. Then the videotape is played through a computer.d. The computer figures out those separate "pieces" of sound tomake the master.B. The making of the mastera. The master is the original that all the other CDs are copiedfrom.b. It's made of glass, covered with a chemical.c. They use laser to burn the signal, or the song, into the glassplate. The laser bums through the chemical, but not throughthe glass.d. It cuts little holes into the back of the disk. Those holesare called "pits."e. They make copies from it.II. Playing backA. You buy the copy and put it in the CD player.B. The light of the laser reflects off the CD.a. The smooth part of the CD reflects straight back, like amirror.b. But the light that bounces off the pits is scattered.c. The computer in your CD player reads the light that bouncesoff the pits.d. You get the music.Dialogue 2 Lost in TranslationMan: Here's one I wouldn't have thought of. You know those "before and after" commercials for laundry soap?Woman: The ones with a pile of dirty clothes on one side and then the same clothes after they'vebeen washed? Sure.Man: There was an American company that had one of those ads. It was really successful inNorth America. In the ad there was a pile of dirty clothes on the left, a box of the laundry soap in the middle, and a pileof clean clothes on the right. So, the message wa s that a boxof this detergent* would make really dirty clothes clean. Woman: Yeah?Man: So what do you think happened when they used the ad in the Middle East?Woman: I don't know.Man: Think about it. In the Middle East, languages are written from right to left. People look at things from right to left. Woman: So it looked like the soap made the clothes dirty?Man: "Our soap will make your clothes dirty !" Not a very smart ad campaign.Woman: They should have changed the order of the pictures. They should have put the picture of the clean clothes on the left side andthe dirty clothes on the right.Man: Really.Man: Oh, here's another one. Some shirt maker put an ad in a Mexican magazine.Woman: And?Man: Well, the ad was supposed to say, "When I wore this shirt, 1 felt good." But they made a translation mistake.Woman: What did they say?Man: Instead of "When I wore this shirt," the ad said, "Until 1 wore this shirt, I felt good."Woman: "Until I wore this shirt, I felt good"? Gee, changing one little word gave it the oppositemeaning.Man : The article says sometimes it's not just the advertising slogan that gets companies into trouble. Sometimes the company namecan scare off business.Woman: What do you mean?Man: Well, there was a large oil company in the United States called Enco: E-N-C-O.Woman: Yeah, I remember them.Man: They opened some gas stations in Japan, and they advertised using their American name. Unfortunately, they didn't know what theword means in Japanese.Woman: What does it mean?Man: "Enco" is a short way of saying "Engine stop" in Japanese. Woman: Great. Would you buy gasoline from a company that said your car engine wouldstop?Man : No, and neither did the Japanese.Part 2 PassagesPassage 1 ToothbrushBrushing our teeth -- such a commonplace activity today, has been around for a long time. Imagine: the ancient Egyptians were already concerned about their dental hygiene! We know this today because they also had the good habit of being entombed* with all their treasures ... So we were able to discover that tombs from 3,000 years before Christ contained small tree branches whose ends had been frayed* into soft fibers. It's comical to imagine an Egyptian stopping to brush his teeth after a meal, on his break from building a pyramid!The true ancestor of our toothbrush, however, was invented by the Chinese in the 15th century and brought back to Europe by travellers. This toothbrush was made of hairs from the neck of a Siberian wild boar which were fixed to a bamboo or bone handle. The people of the Occident*, however, found the wild boar hairs too stiff. At the time, very few people in the Western world brushed their teeth, and those who did preferred horse hairs, which were softer than those of the wild boar! In Europe, it was more customary after meals to use a goose feather toothpick, or one made ofsilver or copper. Other animals' hair was also used for dental care, right up until this century. But it was the poor Siberian wild boar that took the brunt of it. The animal was imported for its neck hairs for a long, long time ... in fact, until nylon was invented, in the 20th century! In 1937, in the Du Pont laboratories in Nemours, U.S., nylon was invented by Wallace H.Carothers. In 1938, this new material became a symbol of modernism and prosperity through the commercialization of nylon stockings and of Dr. West's miracle toothbrush with nylon bristles. The wild boars were finally off the hook!At first, even if there were many advantages to using this new brush instead of the one made with wild boar hairs (which fell out, wouldn't dry very well or became full of bacteria), the consumers were not entirely satisfied. This is because the nylon bristles were very stiff and hurt the gums. In 1950, Du Pont improved their toothbrush by giving it softer bristles.Today the brands, types, and colours of toothbrushes on the market are almost endless. In spite of this, certain African and American populations still use tree branches to care for their teeth!Exercise A:First, the toothbrush was made of hairs from the neck of a Siberian wild boar. Second, the toothbrush was made of horse hairs and other animals' hairs. In the 20th century, the toothbrush was made of nylon bristles. Exercise B:1.A2. B3. C4. B5. A6. D7. C8. D Exercise C:1. In Egypt, tombs from 3,000 years before Christ contained small tree branches whose ends had been frayed into soft fibers.2. In the 15th century, Europeans usually use a goose feather toothpick, or one made of silver or copper to care for their teeth.3. People used animals' hair for dental care right up until the 20th century when nylon was invented.4. In 1937, in the Du Pont laboratories in Nemours, U.S., nylon was invented by Wallace H. Carothers.5. Certain African and American populations still use tree branches to care for their teeth.Part 3 NewsNews Item 1Section Three Oral WorkRetellingScheduled to address the nation one day, Winston Churchill, running unusually late, hailed a cab in London's West End and ordered him to drive to the BBC as quickly as possible."Sorry, sir," the driver replied. "You'll have to find yourself another cab.""And why is that?" Churchill asked."Ordinarily it wouldn't be a problem, sir," the driver apologetically explained, "but Mr Churchill is broadcasting at six o'clock and I want to get home in time to hear him."Churchill, greatly flattered, took a pound note from his wallet and handed it to the cabbie. The man gladly took the tip: "Hop in, sir? he exclaimed. "The devil with Mr Churchill!"Section Four Supplementary ExercisesReading RecoveryMore than 1 million school children in the United States have gone through a program called Reading Recovery. The program is for six-year-olds who are struggling to learn to read,The Reading Recovery Council of North America says more than one-fifth of United States public schools with first grades use the program.The Reading Recovery method calls for a specially trained reading teacher to work With children one at a time. The lessons take a half-hour each school day. They employ reading, writing and the study of the letters of the alphabet.Reading Recovery came to the United States in 1984. Education expert Marie (pronounced MAHR-ee) Clay of New Zealand developed the program. A number of other countries also use this method. Programs can differ from school to school.Reading Recovery lessons take place for twelve to twenty weeks. During the lessons, the teacher looks for ways that the child seems to learn best. Then the teacher works to help the student develop these strategies to solve problems in reading. The idea is for the student to continue to use and extend these strategies each time he or she reads. Reading Recovery students read many short books. Some of the books are written in a way similar to spoken language. Children also read and write stories or messages in their own words. The material gets harder with time.The lessons end when the student's reading ability is within the average level of the class. The Reading Recovery Council of North America says eighty percent of students who finish the lessons can read and writewithin their class average.The council is a group with 11,000 members. The group named a new president this month. Mary Jackson is director of special programs for the Fort Bend public school system in Sugar Land, Texas. Mizz Jackson says more than 99 percent of the Reading Recovery students in the schools passed the state reading examination.Some administrators* may not like the higher cost of the Reading Recovery method compared to other interventions*. Teachers, after all, work with only small numbers of first graders. But supporters say it saves money in the end. They say it helps prevent the sad results and expense of letting children fail in school.Reading Recovery is a program developed by a New Zealand education expert Marie Clay. It aims at first graders who fail to learn to read at school. This program came to the US in 1984 and up to now more than one million school children have gone through this program. During the lessons, the teacher works with the children one at a time. He/she looks for ways that the child seems to learn best. Then the teacher works to help the student develop these strategies to solve problems hi reading. When the student's reading ability is within the average level of the class, the lessons end. Someadministrators may not like the higher cost of the program but supporters say it saves money in the end. It helps prevent the sad results and expense of letting children fail in school.Exercise C:Your opinionDirections: Listen to the passage again and give your opinion on the following topic."Children also read and write stories in their own words."1. What are the advantages of reading and writing stories in one's own words?Passage 2 Internet Overtaking TV among Consumers。
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听力教程第二版施心远unit5答 案
Section One Tactics for Listening
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