全新版大学英语听说教程3课文原文

Unit 1 Parents
Part B
Listening Tasks
Passage 1
Dating with My Mother (Part One)
Script:
After 22 years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. I started dating with another woman.
It was P eggy’s idea. One day she said to me, “Life is too short, you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably won’t believe me, but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, it will make us closer.”
The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to date is my mother, a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father died 20 years ago. Right after his death, I moved 2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career. When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. But with the demands of my job and three kids, I never got around to seeing her much beyond family get-togethers and holidays.
Mom was surprised and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.
“What’s wrong?” she asked.
“I thought it would be nice to spend some time with you,” I said. “Just the two of us.”
“I would like that a lot,” she said.
When I pulled into her driveway, she was waiting by the door with her coat on. Her hair was curled, and she was smiling. “I told my lady friends I was going out with my son, and they were all impressed. They can’t wait to hear about our evening,” Mother said.
Exercise 1
Listen to the recording and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
1. What would make the speaker closer to his wife, Peggy?
a. Never dating another woman.
b. Asking his mother to live with his family.
c. Seeing more of his mother.
d. Taking his wife and children to a dinner and a movi
e.
2. What do you know about the speaker’s mother?
a. She has lived a lonely life for many years.
b. She has got three children.
c. She does not get on well with her daughter-in-law.
d. She often goes out with her lady friends.
3. Which of the following adjectives best describes Peggy?
a. Understandable.
b. Caring.
c. Sympathetic.
d. Friendly.
Exercise 2
Listen again and complete the answers to the following questions.
1. What was Peggy’s idea? What did she say to her hus band?
She suggested that her husband spend more time with his mother. She said to her husband, “Life is too short, you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably won’t believe me, but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, it will make us closer.”
2. How do you know that the mother was excited about the date with her son?
1) When the speaker drove into his mother’s driveway, she was waiting by the door with her coat on and she had her hair curled.
2) She had told her lady friends about this.
Passage 2
Dating with My Mother (Part Two)
Script:
We didn’t go anywhere fancy, just a neighborhood place where we could talk. Since her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows, I had to read the menu for both of us.
“I used to be the reader when you were little,” she said.
“Then it is time for you to relax and let me return the favor,” I said.
We had a nice talk over dinner, just catching up on each other’s lives. We talked for so long that we missed the movie.
“I’ll go out with you again,” my mother said as I dropped her off, “but only if you let me buy dinner next time.”
I agreed.
“How was your date?” my wife asked when I got home that evening.
“Nice … nicer than I thought it would be,” I said.
Mom and I get out for dinner a couple of times a month. Sometimes we take in a movie, but mostly we talk. I tell her about my trails at work and brag about the kids and Peggy. Mom fills me in on family gossip and tells me about her past. Now I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War. I know how she met my father there, and know how they went through the difficult times. I can’t get enough of these stories. They are important to me, a part of my history. We also talk about the future. Because of health problems, my mother worries about the days ahead.
Spending time with my mom has taught me the importance of slowing down. Peggy was right. Dating another woman has helped my marriage.
Exercise 1
Listen to the recording and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
1. What does the story mainly tell us?
a. Learning about one’s family history is more important than work.
b. One should spend time catching up on missing links in one’s family history.
c. Spending tim e with one’s aged mother is a rewarding experience.
d. Life will be more meaningful if you can balance work and family.
2. Which of the following is true?
a. The speaker finds his dates with his mother as rewarding as he had expected.
b. The speaker cares little about his family history.
c. The speaker knows nothing about his parents’ past.
d. The speaker is proud of his wife and children.
3. What can you learn from the story?
a. The speaker’s marriage is in crisis.
b. The speaker must be a workaholi
c.
c. The speaker’s mother won’t have to worry about her future any more.
d. The speaker’s family life becomes happier after his regular outings with his mother.
Exercise 2
Listen to the recording once again. Then complete the answers to the following questions.
1. What did the speaker do when he had the first date with his mother?
He took his mother out to dinner in a neighborhood place.
2. What did the speaker think of the date with his mother?
He thought it was nicer than he expected.
3. How often do the speaker and his mother meet every month?
A couple of times.
4. What does the speaker think of spending time with his mother?
He thinks that 1) spending time with his mother has taught him the importance of slowing down;
2) dating with his mother has helped his marriage.
Part C
Test Your Listening
Short Conversations
Listen to five short conversations between two speakers and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
1. a. Parents should deal with teenage drinking seriously.
b. Parents shouldn’t allow their children too much freedom.
c. Children should be aware of the consequences of too much drinking.
d. Children should not drink too much.
2. a. The value of money.
b. How to budget their expenses wisely.
c. Monthly allowances for children.
d. A good way to spend money.
3. a. Happy. b. Worried.
c. Unhappy.
d. Proud.
4. a. Her father’s accident.
b. Her father’s injuries after the accident.
c. Her father’s poor health.
d. Her father’s operation.
5. a. Mothers decorate their houses with flowers to celebrate the occasion.
b. Mothers wear pink carnations on that day.
c. Children buy their mothers carnations of different colors.
d. Children send their mothers flowers and cards.
Script:
1. W: You know, many American parents are now wondering why they can’t keep their teenage
children from drinking.
M: I know. To my mind, it’s the permissive attitude of the parents that is to blame.
Q: What can you learn from the man’s response?
2. M: Don’t you think it’s good to give our children a monthly allowance?
W: I think so. It can teach them the value of money. With a monthly allowance they can learn to budget their expenses wisely.
Q: What are they talking about?
3. M: Mom, I’ve got a part-time job at a supermarket. Three hours a day weekdays and all day
Saturday.
W: Congratulations, Tom. But are you sure you can handle it? What about your homework and your piano lessons?
Q: How does the mother feel about Tom’s part-time job at the supermarket?
4. M: Hey, Mary, you look so upset. What happened?
W: My father had an accident the other day. He is now in hospital and will have an operation tomorrow. You see, his heart is rather weak. I really don’t know whether he can survive it. Q: What’s the woman worried about?
5. W: Mother’s Day is coming soon. Could you tell me what sons and daughters do in your
country on that day?
M: Well, they send their mothers flowers and cards to celebrate the occasion. Besides, it is a common practice for them to wear pink carnations on that day.
Q: Which of the following is true of the customs of Mother’s Day in the man’s country?
Unit 2 Coincidence
Part B
Listening T asks
Passage 1
What a Coincidence! (Part One)
Script:
Andrew had always wanted to be a doctor. But the tuition for a medical school in 1984 was 15,000 dollars a year, which was more than his family could afford. To help him realize his dream, his father, Mr. Stewart, a real estate agent, began searching the house-for-sale ads in newspapers in order to find extra business. One advertisement that he noted down was for the sale of a house in a nearby town. Mr. Stewart called the owner, trying to persuade him to let him be his agent. Somehow he succeeded and the owner promised that he would come to him if he failed to get a
good deal with his present agent. Then they made an appointment to meet and discuss the thing.
As good things are never easy to acquire, the time for the appointment had to be changed almost ten times. On the day when they were supposed to meet at 3 o’c lock in the afternoon, Mr. Stewart received another call from the owner. His heart sank as he feared there would be another change of time. And so it was. The owner told him that he couldn’t make it at three but if he would come right then, they could talk it over. Mr. Stewart was overjoyed. Leaving everything aside, he immediately set out to drive t o the house.
As he approached the area, he had a strange feeling of having been there before. The streets, the trees, the neighborhood, all looked familiar to him. And when he finally reached the house, something clicked in his mind. It used to be the house of his father-in-law! The old man had died fifteen years ago but when he was alive, he had often visited him with his wife and children. He remembered that, like his son Andrew, his father-in-law had also wanted to study medicine and, failing to do so, had always hoped that one of his two daughters or his grandchildren could someday become a doctor.
Exercise 1
Listen to the story and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
1. Who are the two main characters in the story you have just heard?
a. Mr. Stewart and his son.
b. Mr. Stewart and his client.
c. Mr. Stewart and his father-in-law.
d. Mr. Stewart’s father-in-law and the owner of the hous
e.
2. How did Mr. Stewart get to know the owner of the house?
a. From a house-for-sale advertisement in a newspaper put up by the owner.
b. Through the introduction of Mr. Stewart’s father-in-law.
c. They attended the same medical school.
d. They lived in the same neighborhood.
3. What problem did Mr. Stewart have?
a. He had no house to live in.
b. He had lost his job.
c. He was disappointed with his son.
d. He did not have enough funds for his son’s college education.
4. What is the coincidence in the story you have just heard?
a. His client’s house was the one that once belonged to a friend of his.
b. His client’s house was the one his family once lived in.
c. His client’s house was the one his father-in-law once lived in.
d. His client’s house was the one he once wanted to buy.
Exercise 2
Listen to the story again and fill in the blanks with the missing information.
The story happened in 1984. Mr. Stewart, a real estate agent, had a son whose name was Andrew. The young man wanted to go to a medical school. But the tuition was so high that his father couldn’t afford it. In order to help his son realize
his dream, M r. Stewart searched newspaper ads, hoping to find extra business. One advertisement caught his eye. It was for the sale of a house near where he lived. But although he succeeded in persuading the owner of the house to let him be his agent, the appointment time was changed again and again. At last, he received a phone call from the owner, asking him to go and discuss the matter with him right away. Mr. Stewart put aside everything he was doing and left immediately for the house. When he approached the area, he fo und everything there looked familiar to him. And when he saw the house, he realized it was his father-in-law’s old house. He had visited it many times years ago when his father-in-law was still alive. What a coincidence!
Passage 2
What a Coincidence! (Part Two)
Script:
When he entered the house, Mr. Stewart was even more amazed to find that the house was decorated exactly as he had remembered it. He told the owner about this and the latter became intrigued too. However, they were in for even greater surprises. It so h appened that in the middle of their discussion, a postman came to deliver a letter. And the letter was addressed to Mr. Stewart’s father-in-law! Were it not for Mr. Stewart’s presence there and then, the letter would be returned as no person of that name l ived in the house any longer. As the postman demanded a signature on the receipt slip, Mr. Stewart signed for his long-deceased father-in-law. Mystified, the owner urged Mr. Stewart to open the letter and see what it contained. The letter was from a bank. When he opened it, two words immediately met his eye —“For education”. It was a bank statement of an amount his father-in-law had put in years ago for his grandchildren’s education needs. With the interest it had earned over the years, the standing value of the amount came to a little over $15,000, just enough money to cover the tuition of Andrew’s first year at a medical college!
Another thing that is worth mentioning is about the postman. The original postman, who had worked in this neighborhood, called in sick that day. So the postman, who was new to the area, came to deliver mail in his place. Had it been the old postman, the letter w ould undoubtedly have been returned to the sender, as he knew full well that no person bearing that name lived in that house any longer.
The miracle was a blessing for Andrew. With the money given to him by his grandfather he was able to study medicine. Now he is a doctor in Illinois.
Exercise 1
Listen to the recording and write down the coincidences mentioned in the text.
1. The house was decorated exactly the same as Mr. Stewart remembered it.
2. Mr. Stewart happened to be in the house when a postman came to deliver a letter to his father-in-law who had died 15 years ago.
3. The old postman had called in sick that day, and the postman who came in his place was not familiar with the neighborhood. Otherwise the letter would have been returned to its sender.
Exercise 2
Listen to the recording again and write down answers to the following questions.
1. How did the owner feel about the fact that Mr. Stewart’s father-in-law once lived
in the house?
He was intrigued.
2.What was inside the letter delivered by the postman?
A bank statement.
3. What did Mr. Stewart learn from the letter?
His father-in-law had put an amount of money in the bank for his grandchildren’s education.
4.What was the standing value of the amount of money fifteen years later?
A little over $15,000.
5.What could Andrew do with the money?
He could use the money to cover the tuition of his first year at a medical college.
6.What do you know about Andrew now?
He is a doctor in Illinois.
Part C
Test Your Listening
A Compound Dictation
Listen to the passage three times and supply the missing information.
One of the best-known 1) collections of parallels is between the careers of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Both were 2) shot on a Friday, in the 3) presence of their wives; both were succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson; both their killers were themselves killed before they could be brought to 4) justice. Lincoln had a secretary called Kennedy; Kennedy a secretary called Lincoln. Lincoln was killed in the Ford 5) Theater; Kennedy met his death while riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company — and so on.
Similar coincidences often 6) occur between twins. A news story from Finland reported of two 70-year-old twin brothers dying two hours apart in separate accidents, with both being hit by trucks while crossing the same road on bicycles. According to the police, the second 7) victim could not have known about his brother’s death, as 8) officers had only managed to identify the first victim minutes before the second accident.
Connections are also found between identical twins who have been separated at birth. Dorothy Lowe and Bridget Harrison were separated in 1945, and did not meet until 1979, when they were flown over from Britain for an investigation by a psychologist at the University of Minnesota. They found that when they met they were both wearing seven rings on their hands, two bracelets on one wrist, a watch and a bracelet on the other. 9) They married on the same day, had worn identical wedding dresses and carried the same flowers. Dorothy had named her son Richard Andrew and her daughter Catherine Louise; Bridget had named her son Andrew Richard and her daughter Karen Louise. In fact, she had wanted to call her Catherine. Both had a cat called Tiger. They also had a string of similar mannerisms (习惯性的举止) when they were nervous.
10) How can we explain the above similarities?
Unit 3 Courage
Part B
Listening Tasks
Passage 1
Krimali (Part One)
Script:
On the morning of the devastating earthquake that struck India in 2001, Krimali, a girl of 17, had just left home to go to an interview for a position of a sales clerk. She was pleased with her green and yellow flowered dress, but felt something wasn’t quite right about her hair. She returned home, removing her shoes and leaving them at the door.
Moments later, the earthquake struck. Ceilings and walls in the building shook in the deafening noise. Then everything began crashing down.
Krimali and her immediate family escaped serious injury but were unable to make their way out. The ceiling of an entire room towered above the only possible escape route. Completely detached on three sides, the huge slab clung to an outside wall on its fourth side. To an observer, it could drop at any moment.
People were screaming and didn’t know what to do. Kr imali decided to act. Carefully she climbed barefoot up and down the debris until she reached a point just beneath the swaying ceiling. About four meters below were uneven pieces of concrete, broken glass and smashed furniture, all mixed with sharp spikes of iron. She knew if she could manage to get down to the ground level, she could make her way to safety. She paused to figure out the best way down. As there wasn’t any good place to jump, she just jumped. Luckily, she landed in a crouch, her feet missing any sharp edges. Emboldened by her good fortune, Krimali knew it was up to her to persuade others to follow.
Exercise 1
Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
1. What does the passage mainly tell us?
a. A serious earthquake struck India and many people were trapped in a building.
b. A young girl behaved courageously during an earthquake and tried her best to save people trapped in a
building.
c.Krimali was very brave and managed to make her way out of a building damaged by a serious
earthquake.
d.Krimali remained calm when the earthquake struck while others panicked and did not know what to do.
2. What can be said about Krimali?
a.She was confident and clever.
b.She was brave but not very careful.
c.She was willing to take risks.
d.She was stronger than most girls of her ag
e.
Exercise 2
Listen again and decide whether the statements you hear are true (T) or false (F).
1. Krimali wanted to make a good impression at the job interview. (T)
2. Krimali returned home because her interview was cancelled. (F)
3. Krimali came home only to find it destroyed by a powerful earthquake. (F)
4. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured when the building collapsed. (F)
5. The entire ceiling of a room fell down and blocked the only escape route. (F)
6. It was especially risky for Krimali to jump because she was not wearing shoes. (T)
7. It was by mere luck that Krimali landed onto the ground level without hitting any sharp edges. (T)
8. Krimali knew if she could make a safe escape, others would be only too willing to follow her. (F)
Passage 2
Krimali (Part Two)
Script:
Krimali planned to rescue her family first, but just then she heard a woman from two storeys above screaming for someone to save her two-month-old baby.
“Throw the baby to me,” Krimali shouted. “I can catch her!”
The woman refused. Krimali told the woman to wrap the baby in bed sheets and then toss her down. Crying uncontrollably, the mother wrapped the little girl but still would not part with her baby. As the mother tried to decide what to do, Krimali intently watched the concrete ceiling hanging above her. Finally the mother tossed the baby. Krimali made a clean catch. A bright smile lit up the woman’s face. “I’ll be back!” Krimali called out, hugging the child to her as she hurriedly picked her way out to where survivors had gathered.
She gave up the baby, then asked if any of the men there would come back with her to help others trapped in the building. No one came forward, for they were all afraid of that swaying ceiling. But for Krimali, a small girl of 154 centimeters in height and weighing about 50 kilos, her fears had been lifted by what she had accomplished.
On her way back into the ruins, she saw part of a large door. It was extremely heavy but she managed to drag it to the spot just below the hanging ceiling. By placing it on the ruins, she created something like a sliding board. With Krimali coaching her, the baby’s mother partly jumped and partly rolled down the board to the ground level. Krimali led her through the debris to her baby.
In the hours that followed Krimali made countless rescue missions into the building, each time in the shadow of the huge ceiling. Thanks to her courage, about two dozen men, women and children were saved.
Exercise 1
Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
1. Which of the following can be a proper title for the passage?
a. A Lonely Rescuer.
b. Mission Impossible.
c. Mother and Baby Save
d. d. Krimali’s Rescue Missions.
2. How w ould you describe the speaker’s attitude toward Krimali?
a. Neutral.
b. Admiring.
c. Approving.
d. Worshipping.
Exercise 2
Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions.
1. Why did the woman refuse to throw the baby girl to Krimali at first?
Because she was afraid Krimali might not be able to catch the baby.
2. Why did Krimali ask the woman to wrap the baby in bed sheets?
Because she thought the bed sheets could somehow protect the baby from being hurt if she failed to catch her.
3. Why did the men standing outside the building refuse to help?
Because they were afraid of the swaying ceiling.
4. Why did Krimali make a sliding board?
To make it easier and safer for the baby’s mother to get down.
5. How many lives were saved by Krimali?
About two dozen.
Part C
Test Your Listening
A Passage
Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
1. Where was the speaker’s office?
a. The 88th floor, north tower.
b. The 78th floor, north tower.
c. The 88th floor, south tower.
d. The 78th floor, south tower.
2. Why did the speaker and others escape into a corner office?
a. The corridors were full of flames and everything was on fire.
b. They heard that the stairwells were gone.
c. They didn’t want to mak e their way down on foot.
d. The corner offices were safe as the carpets there were fire-proof.
3. What happened to the speaker and others when they reached the 40th floor?
a. The firemen came up and stopped them.
b. They were told to stop to make way for the firefighters.
c. They stopped to help the firemen carry the heavy equipment.
d. They came to a complete stop as a great many people were ther
e.
4. What can be inferred from the passage?
a. The speaker was the last to escape from the building because he had an artificial leg.
b. The building collapsed immediately after the speaker got out.
c. Many people died because they got trapped in elevators.
d. During the journey down, many people showed care and concern for others.
Script:
When the first plane s lammed into the World Trade Center’s north tower, I was already at my desk on the 88th floor. Then I felt the whole building bouncing, shaking. My instinct told me that
there was an explosion above us and that we should try to get out, but the corridors were full of flames.
Knowing that the furniture and the carpets were fire-resistant, I figured that everything wasn’t going to burn. Then I heard someone yell that the stairwells (楼梯井) were gone. So about 40 of us escaped into a corner office. We put papers and rags under the door to keep out the smoke as best we could. We stayed calmly in the office for about 10 minutes, thinking we were safe and secure. Then someone came in to tell us that he had found a stairwell open but we had to move fast. We all filed out orderly and headed for the stairwell.
Going down the stairs was not easy for me for I had lost a leg to cancer when I was 16 and wore an artificial limb. More or less, I used my arms to get down.
When we reached the 40th floor, we came to a complete stop. There was a jam of people. The firemen were coming up the stairs, carrying their equipment. Some 100 firefighters must have walked past us. Some of them looked so young that they seemed hardly out of high school. But they were great, assuring us that they would take care of everything. Eventually we kept moving and got out.
The journey down took about 40 minutes.
Unit 4 Marriage
Part B
Listening Tasks
Conversation 1
A Marriage Agreement (Part One)
Script:
(Tom and Linda have signed a marriage agreement. Both agree not to break the rules outlined in the agreement. John, a reporter, is talking to them about the agreement.) John: Tom, Linda, first I’d like to ask you why you decided to write this unusual agreement.
Tom: We found that many problems are caused when a person has different expectations from his or her spouse. We wanted to talk about everything openly and honestly before we started living together.
Linda: Also we both know how important it is to respect each other’s pet peeves.
Like, I can get very annoyed if others leave stuff — clothing, papers,
everything! —lying around on the floor. It really bugged me, so we put that in the agreement.
John: This is mentioned in Article 1: Cleaning Up, isn’t it? It says, “Nothing will be left on the floor overnight. Everything must be cleaned up and put away before going to bed.”
Tom: Then I’ll know clearly what Linda’s expectations are.
John: I see. What about Article 2: Sleeping? It says, “We will go to bed at 11 p.m.
and get up at 6:30 a.m. except on weekends.”I’m sure some people hearing this will think that this agreement isn’t very romantic.
Tom: Well, we disagree. We think it’s very romantic. This agreement shows that we sat down and talked, and really tried to understand the other person. A lot of problems occur in a marriage when people don’t talk about what they want. Linda: That’s right. When we disagreed about something, we worked out a solution that was good for both of us. I would much rather have Tom really listen to me and understand my needs than give me a bunch of flowers or a box of candy.
Exercise 1
Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
1. Which statement best summarizes the marriage agreement between Tom and Linda?
a. It is a set of rules that will restrict their personal freedom to a certain extent.
b. It is a set of rules that will enable them to live up to each other’s expectations.
c. It is a set of rules that will prevent them from getting a divorce.
d. It is a set of rules that will save their marriag
e.
2. According to Tom, what will give rise to problems in a marriage?
a. Different interests.
b. Different pet peeves.
c. Different expectations.
d. Different sleeping habits.
3. What can be inferred about Linda from the conversation?
a. She is sensible and well-organized.
b. She doesn’t like flowers or candy very much.
c. She is too practical to be a good wife.
d. She is quick-tempered and domineering.
Exercise 2
Listen to the conversation again and complete the answers to the following questions.
1. Why did Tom and Linda decide to sign the agreement?
Because they wanted to understand each other’s expectations so that potential problems could be avoided and they could live happily together.
2. What is Article 1 about?
Cleaning up. Everything must be cleaned up and put away before going to bed. 3. What is Article 2 about?
Sleeping. Time for bed: 11 p.m.; time to get up: 6:30 a.m. except on weekends.
Conversation 2
A Marriage Agreement (Part Two)
Script:
John: Linda, do you spend a lot of time checking to see if the other person is following the rules? Arguing?
Linda: No, not at all.。