CET-4 Lecture 3
cet4技巧
CET4技巧1、听力，有三种题型，dialogue(十个对话)，passage(三个短文)，compound dictation(复合式听写，也就是传说中的段子题)，第一种每年必考，后两种逐年交替，其中考passage的次数相对较多。
最容易得分的是dialogue和passage，只要记住一个超级技巧即可：对话所述事情总是向不好的方面发展。
举几个例子：比如对话里问教授的讲座lecture难不难，记住一定难，老师的作业assignment多不多，一定多，男士发出的邀请，女士会答应吗，永远不会，永远是一个傻哥们发出邀请，邀请的对象是Mary，问我们游泳好吗，滑冰好吗，跳舞好吗，吃饭好吗，Mary的回答永远是，我非常的想去，but不去，四级考了十几年了，Mary从来没有去过，今年照样不会。
所以大家记住，只要是对话，必然会发生意外的事情，再举个例子，两个选项，A火车准时，B火车晚点如果你是出题老师，你怎么设置对话，当然是晚点了，准时有什么好说的，总不能两个神经病，或者是两人刚谈恋爱，来到车站，没话找话，男的说，哇，火车准时了，女的说，咿！还真准时了耶！所以准时是不可能的，不好的事情一般都是最后的答案！对于compound dictation，上学期偶运气好没有考这个，但是偶觉得这种题确实比较难，只能竖直耳朵专心听了，即使听不懂，也要根据上下文瞎猜一个，空着肯定没分，瞎猜说不定老师看错了还会给你一分！我想补充的是，千万不要听历年真题，不管是磁带还是MP3，这些只会让你觉得更烦，偶当时就只是在偶mp3里面存了一些BACK STREET BOY的as long as you love me，I PROMISE YOU 等和Mariah carey的Always Be My Baby等等，当偶困了的时候就在自习室里假寐一会儿，听歌养神！2、阅读，这是我们应考的重点，阅读题得分的高低直接影响到你是否能过，在这里我针对每种题型谈一谈，㈠事实细节题，据偶的观察，每年必考地方是列举处，即有first，sceond，in addition……的地方，还有举例与打比方的地方，即有as，such ，for instance等出现的地方，有几个应考规律，大家记住，1)选项中照抄或似乎照抄原文的一般不是答案，而同义词替换的是正确答案，2)选项中表达意义较具体，也就是句子较长的一般不是答案而概括性的，抽象的是答案，3)选项中有绝对语气词的比如must，never，merely等不是答案而有不十分肯定语气词的是正确答案，比如could，might，possible等。
新编大学英语(第三版浙江大学编著)4视听说教程原文Unit 3
新编大学英语（第三版/浙江大学编著）4视听说教程原文Unit3Part1Listening 1Three guys are out having a relaxing day fishing. Out of the blue, they catch a mermaid who begs them to set her free in return for granting each of them a wish.One of the guys just doesn’t believe it, and says, “OK, if you can really grant wishes, then double my IQ.” The mermaid says, “Done!” Suddenly, the guy starts to recite Shakespeare flawlessly and then make an extremely insightful analysis of it. The second guy is so amazed that he says to the mermaid, “Hey, triple my IQ.”The mermaid says, “Done!”The guy begins pouring out all the mathematical solutions to problems that have puzzled scientists in all fields.The last guy is so impressed by the changes in his friends that he says to the mermaid, “Quintuple my IQ.” The mermaid looks at him and says, “You know, I normally don’t try to change people’s minds when they make a wish, but I really wish you‘d reconsider.”The guy says, “No, I want you to increase my IQ by five times, and if you don’t do it, I won’t set you free.”“Please,” says the mermaid, “you don’t know what you’re asking for. It’ll change your entire view of the universe. Won’t you ask for something else? A million dollars or anything?”But no matter what the mermaid says, the guy insists on having his IQ increased by five times its usual power. So the mermaid sighs and says, “Done!” And he becomes a woman.Listening2Dr. Rose Herring, author of a book on language and communication, is being interviewed by Bob White, a writer for an academic journal on communication.Bob White: Good morning Dr. Herring! We both know that many communication specialists believe that gender bias exists in language, culture and society. Do you think this is really so? Dr. Herring: Yes, I certainly do. How we talk and listen can be strongly influenced by cultural expectations, and these begin during childhood. Children usually play together with other children of the same gender, and this is where our conversational style is learned.Bob White: Can you give some specific examples?Dr. Herring: Certainly. We find that girls use language mainly to develop closeness or intimacy as a basis for friendship. Boys, on the contrary, use language mainly to earn status in their group. Bob White: But, in communication through electronic devices like e-mail discussion groups, thereshould be no gender distinction if writers’ names are not used in the messages.Dr. Herring: One might think so, but in fact, e-mail writing style is more comparable with spoken language, so basic language styles are still evident.Bob White: I thought e-mail messages were gender neutral!Dr. Herring: No. while theoretical gender equality exists for the Internet, in reality women are not given equal opportunity because of different communication and language styles between the sexes.Bob White: How does that happen? Do you have any hard facts to back up this impression?Dr. Herring: Yes. I’ve done a research project using randomly selected e-mail messages from online discussion groups. I found that females use language that is more collaborative and supportive, such as “Thanks for all the tips on…”,”Good point.” and “Hope this helps!”. Men tend to use more aggressive or competitive language such as “Do you understand that?”, “You should realize that…”, “It is absurd to think…”.Bob White: How great are these gender differences?Dr. Herring: Males write messages using aggressive, competitive language more than twice as often as females do, while females use collaborative and supportive language three times as often as males do. In this study, it is clear that there is gender difference in e-mail messages just as in other communication media.Bob White: So the “battle of the sexes” is still with us, even online.Listening3John: Cathy, do you think it’s appropriate for females to continuously expect guys to behave in a standard gentlemanly fashion like opening car doors?Cathy: Well, I think it would be nice if men could do such things.John: My side of the theory is that we all have to admit that we are living in a changes world. Right? Sometimes the equation changes if the driver is a girl and the passenger is a guy who doesn’t drive. So what happens? Should the girl open the door for the guy or should the guy open the door for the girl? Maybe we should just adopt an “open your own door” policy. Cathy: Yeah, I agree, John. But…sometimes it’s just a matter of courtesy. It doesn’t matter who opens the door for whom. Maybe females just should not expect too much. Life isn’t a fairy tale after all.John: That’s absolutely true. Sometime I feel that there isn’t any difference in the roles both genders can perform. Of course I’m not saying that men can give birth. Rather what I meant was that except for the physical and natural differences between both sexes, there isn’t much difference between them.Cathy: But honestly, although I don’t expect guys to open doors for me, or to pull out a chair for me, I’m usually quite impressed if they do so, as many guys don’t do it. If the guy was walking in front of me and went through the door first, I’d appreciate it if he could hold the door and not let it slam in my face.John: Well, if I’m the one walking in front, I will open the door and hold it for the people behind me, be it a girl or a boy. I’ve actually had the door slammed right in my face a number of timesthough, when the person walking closely in front of me didn’t hold the heavy glass door and let it swing back in my face. Of course, I tried to hold the door, but it was too heavy and too late. But I think it was more embarrassing for him than me as everyone was looking at him, while I was rubbing my squashed nose.Cathy: So, being a gentleman does not stop at opening doors. There are many other aspects I believe.Listening4Do you know how you learned to be a woman? Do you know how you learned to be a man? What makes the difference in terms of gender and our roles in society? Even when our physical structures are revealed to be really similar, women and men “tend”to play different roles in society. In an article in the latest issue of Psychology Today, we find a study that reflects how parents of 15 girl-babies 15 boy-babies differed in their descriptions of their babies. Despite the fact that objective data such as birth length, weight, irritability, etc. did not differ, when the parents were asked to describe their babies, they said that girl-babies were softer, litter, more beautiful, prettier, cuter than boy-babies. Based on these facts, we could conclude that parents’attitudes are influencing their children.Our parents and later our school, television and Internet all show us a whole set of expected behaviors that create our patterns. Thus, a simple cartoon can suggest to children how they are supposed to act. Male cartoon characters are not only more prominent than female characters, but they also portray a broader range of masculine traits. Male characters are powerful, strong, smart and aggressive.Of course roles have been changing over the past decades. Women are not necessarily expected to stay home raising their family and supporting their husbands. In the same way, men are no longer expected to be the only breadwinner like they used to be; now women and men share these responsibilities. But traditional roes still have a big influence.Part2Listening 1“Equal” does not always mean “the same”. Men and women are created equally but boys and girls are not born the same.You throw a little girl a ball, and it will hit her in the nose. You throw a little boy a ball, and he will try to catch it, then it will hit him in the nose.A baby girl will pick up a stick and look in wonder at what nature has made. A baby boy will pickup a stick and turn it into a gun.When girls play with Barbie dolls, they like to dress them up and play house with them. When boys play with Barbie dolls, they like to tear their hair off.Boys couldn’t care less if their hair is untidy. If their hair got cut a quarter-inch too short, girls would rather lock themselves in their room for two weeks than be seen in public.Baby girls find mommy’s makeup and almost instinctively start painting their face. Baby boys find mommy’s makeup and almost instinctively start painting the walls.Boys grow their fingernails long because they’re too lazy to cut them. Girls grow their fingernails long—not because they look nice—but because they can dig them into a boy’s arm.Girls are attracted to boys, even at an early age. At an early age, boys are attracted to dirt.Most baby girls talk before boys do. Before boys talk, they learn how to make machine-gun noises.Girls turn into women. Boys turn into bigger boys.Listening 2In order to understand this story, you have to know the nursery rhyme Hickory, Dickory, Dock. In this nursery rhyme, the words in the title have no meaning. The rhyme gone like this:Hickory, Dickory, Dock,The mouse ran up the clock.The clock struck one,The mouse ran down!Hickory, Dickory, Dock.Here is the story:One day I took my seven-year-old son with me to buy an electronic wall clock for the kitchen, and found a whole counter full of them on sale at a discount store. I had trouble deciding which clock to buy. While I held one clock in my hand and looked at another, I asked my son which one he liked best. He said, “The one you’re holding with the mouse in it, Mom.”Before I understood his words, a real, live mouse jumped out onto the counter and ran away. I screamed so loud that everyone turned to see what was wrong. I was so embarrassed. I tried to make my way quietly out of the store, but my delighted son recited Hickory, Dickory, Dock. What a naughty boy!Listening 3Men, it is said, are generally more aggressive than women and enjoy taking risks. They play fighting games and enjoy “dares”. More men than women are convicted for crimes, especiallycrimes of violence.Some say that this is simply a matter of biology; others suggest than it is a function of the way we organize the sex and gender roles in our society. In fact, many of the findings, in this area, have turned out to be unsatisfactory, and often there turns out be very small differences with a large degree of overlap.Biologically, men certainly seem to be the weaker sex. On average, men experience heart attacks 10 years earlier than women, but have a better rate of survival if they survive the first year after an attack. Symptoms also vary by sex:Women experience shortness of breath, fatigue, and chest pain; most male heart attacks come on as sudden, striking pain in the chest. In adulthood, men are more likely to be infected with viruses and have a shorter average lifespan.In recent years, a great many biological sex differences have been found throughout the body, including the brain. However, regardless of the findings that sex differences really do exist after all and despite the pressure to deny them, socially, we still expect women to behave like women and men like men.Listening 4It is my belief that gender stereotypes are very real gender characteristics that are exaggerated to the extreme ends with no gray areas. So in truth a woman is “weak” physically only because a man is in reality “stronger”. A woman is “submissive”only because a man in reality is more “aggressive”. A woman is “emotional”only because a man is “less emotional”. All these are observed facts.Are there ways to avoid the stereotyping? This is hard to do. We as males and females love to exaggerate our differences. It seems we love to do this in many ways. We love to exaggerate gender traits as if to say “Look how female I am” or “Look how male I am”. Do we go so far as to actually create differences that do not exist? Not from what I see. I think we like to exaggerate our differences because the more male we feel or the more female we feel, the more attractive we feel.So, all in all, I believe stereotypes are true differences that are exaggerated. I don’t think stereotypes should be avoided because they are real. I don’t think that we should be attribute extremes of a trait to a gender as a whole, and most certainly not limit someone’s potential abilities based on a stereotype. Stereotypes should apply in general but not to an individual. They should serve to help make judgments but not as an absolute.。
新英语四级考试CET-4听力讲座PPT课件
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新编大学英语视听说教程 4 script unit 3听力原文及答案
Unit 3 Gender DifferencesPart 1 listening oneThree guys are out having a relaxing day fishing. Out of the blue, they catch a mermaid who begs to be set free in return for granting each of them a wish.Now one of the guys just doesn't believe it, and says, "OK, if you can really grant wishes, then double my IQ." The mermaid says, "Done." Suddenly, the guy starts to recite flawless Shakespeare followed by a short pause and an extremely insightful analysis of it. The second guy is so amazed that he says to the mermaid, "Hey, triple my IQ." The mermaid says, "Done." The guy begins pouring out all the mathematical solutions to problems that have puzzled scientists in all fields.The last guy is so impressed by the changes in his friends that he says to the mermaid, "Quintuple my IQ." The mermaid looks at him and says, "You know, I normally don't try to change people's minds when they make a wish, but I really wish you'd reconsider."The guy says, "No, I want you to increase my IQ five times, and if you don't do it, I won't set you free." "Please," says the mermaid, "you don't know what you're asking... It'll change your entire view of the universe. Won't you ask for something else? A million dollars or anything?"But no matter what the mermaid says, the guy insists on having his IQ increased by five times its usual power. So the mermaid sighs and says, "Done." And he becomes a woman.Keys: 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T2.1. set free in return 2.2 extremely insightful analysis2.3 pouring out, puzzled, in all fields2.4 normally, change people’s minds, reconsider 2.5 usual powerPart 1 listening two(Dr. Rosa Herring, author of a book on language and communication, is being interviewed by Bob White, a writer for an academic journal on communication.) Bob White: Good morning, Dr. Herring! We both know that many communication specialists believe that gender bias exists in language, culture andsociety. Do you think this is really so?Dr. Herring: Yes, I certainly do. How we talk and listen can be strongly influenced by cultural expectations, and these begin during childhood. Childrenusually play together with other children of the same gender, and thisis where our conversational style is learned.Bob White: Can you give some specific examples?Dr. Herring: Certainly. We find that girls use language mainly to develop closeness or intimacy as a basis for friendship. Boys, on the contrary, uselanguage mainly to earn status in their group.Bob White: But, in communication through electronic devices like e-mail discussion groups, there should be no gender distinction if writers'names are not used in the messages.Dr. Herring: One might think so, but in fact, email writing style is more comparable with spoken language, so basic language styles are stillevident.Bob White: I thought e-mail messages were gender neutral!Dr. Herring: No. While theoretical gender equality exists for the Internet, in reality women are not given equal opportunity because of differentcommunication and language styles between the sexes.Bob White: How does that happen? Do you have any hard facts to back up this impression?Dr. Herring: Yes. I've done a research project using randomly selected e-mail messages from online discussion groups. I found that females uselanguage that is more collaborative and supportive such as "Thanksfor all your tips on...", "Good point." and "Hope this helps!". Mentend to use more aggressive or competitive language such as "Do youunderstand that?", "You should realize that...", "It is absurd tothink...".Bob White: How great are these gender differences?Dr. Herring: Males write messages using aggressive, competitive language more than twice as often as females did, while females use collaborativeand supportive language three times as often as males did. In thisstudy, it is clear that there is a gender difference in e-mail messagesjust as in other communication media.Bob White: So the "battle of the sexes" is still with us, even online.Questions:1. According to Dr. Herring, when is children’s conversational style lear ned?2. Which of the following is most similar to e-mail writing in style?3. Why is there still no equality on the Internet?4. What comparison did Dr. Herring make in her speech?Keys: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B2.1. language, culture, society, cultural expectations2.2 closeness intimacy, earn status2.3 collaborative supportive, aggressive competitivePart 1 listening threeJohn: Cathy, do you think it's appropriate for females to continuously expect guys tobehave in a standard gentlemanly fashion like opening car doors?Cathy: Well, I think it would be nice if men could do such things.John: My side of the theory is that we all have to admit that we are living in the world of change. Right? Sometimes the equation changes if the driver is a girl and the passenger is a guy who doesn't drive. So what happens? Should the girl open the door for the guy or should the guy open the door for the girl?Maybe we should just adopt an "open your own door" policy.Cathy: Yes, I agree, John. But...sometimes it's just a matter of courtesy. It doesn't matter who opens the door for whom. Maybe females just should not expect too much. Life isn't a fairy tale after all.John: It's absolutely true. Sometimes I feel that there isn't any difference in the roles both genders can perform. Of course I'm not saying that men can give birth.Rather what I meant was except for the physical and natural differences between both sexes, there isn't much difference between them.Cathy: But honestly, although I don't expect guys to open doors for me, or to pull outa chair for me, I am usually quite impressed if they do so, as many guys don'tdo it nowadays. If the guy was walking in front of me and went through thedoor first, I'd appreciate it if he could hold the door and not let it slam in myface.John: Well, if I'm the one walking in front, I will open the door and hold it for the people behind me, be it a girl or a boy. I actually had the door slam right in my face a number of times though, when the person walking closely in front of me didn't hold the heavy glass door and let it swing back in my face. Of course, I tried to hold the door, but it was too heavy and too late. But I think it was more embarrassing for him than me as everyone was looking at him, while I was rubbing my squashed nose.Cathy: So being a gentleman does not stop at opening doors. There are many other aspects I believe.Keys:1. T T F F T 2. D A B A BPart 1 listening fourDo you know how you learned to be a woman? Do you know how you learned to be a man? What makes the difference in terms of gender and our roles in society? Even when our physical structures are revealed to be really similar, women and men "tend" to play different roles in society. In an article in the latest issue of Psychology Today, we find a study that reflects how parents of fifteen girl babies and fifteen boy babies differed in their descriptions of their babies. Despite the fact that objective data such as birth length, weight, irritability, etc. did not differ, when the parents were asked to describe their babies, they said that girl babies were softer, littler, more beautiful, prettier, cuter than boy babies. Based on these facts, we could conclude that parents' attitude is influencing their children.Our parents and later our school, television and the Internet are showing us a whole set of expected behaviors that create our patterns. Thus, a simple cartoon can suggestto children how they are supposed to act. Male cartoon characters are not only more prominent than female characters, but they also portray a broader range of masculine traits. Male characters are powerful, strong, smart and aggressive.Of course roles have been changing over the past decades. Nowadays, women are not necessarily expected to stay home raising their family and supporting their husbands. In the same way, men are no longer expected to be the only breadwinners like they used to be; now women and men share these responsibilities. But traditional roles still have a big influence.Keys:1. F F T T F2.1reflects descriptions 2.2 parents’ attitudes2.3suggest, act 2.4 raising their family, supporting their husbands2.5used to be, share these responsibilitiesPart 4 Listening 1"Equal" does not always mean "the same". Men and women are created equally but boys and girls are not born the same.You throw a little girl a ball, and it will hit her in the nose. You throw a little boy a ball, and he will try to catch it. Then it will hit him in the nose.A baby girl will pick up a stick and look in wonder at what nature has made. A baby boy will pick up a stick and turn it into a gun.When girls play with Barbie dolls, they like to dress them up and play house with them. When boys play with Barbie dolls, they like to tear their hair off.Boys couldn't care less if their hair is untidy. But for girls, if their hair got cut a quarter-inch too short, they would rather lock themselves in their room for two weeks than be seen in public.Baby girls find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting their faces. Baby boys find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting the walls.Boys grow their fingernails long because they're too lazy to cut them. Girls grow their fingernails long—not because they look nice—but because they can dig them into a boy's arm.Girls are attracted to boys, even at an early age. At an early age, boys are attracted to dirt.Most baby girls talk before boys do. Before boys talk, they learn how to make machine-gun noises.Girls turn into women. Boys turn into bigger boys.Keys: 1. 1 hit 1.2 try to catch 1.3 in wonder 1.4 turn…into1.5 dress, play hous e 1.6 tear…off 1.7 care less 1.8 lock, in public1.9 painting their face 1.10 painting the walls 1.11 lazy, cut 1.12 dig…into 1.13 boys 1.14 dirt 1.15 talk 1.16 make machine-gun noisesListening 2In order to understand this story, you have to know the nursery rhyme HickoryDickory Dock. In this nursery rhyme, the words in the title have no meaning. The rhyme goes like this:Hickory Dickory Dock,The mouse ran up the clock.The clock struck one,The mouse ran down!Hickory Dickory Dock.Here is the story:One day I took my seven-year-old son with me to shop for an electric wall clock for the kitchen and found a whole counter full of them on sale at a discount store. I had trouble deciding which clock to buy. While I held one clock in my hand and looked at another, I asked my son which one he liked better.“The one you’re holding with the mouse in it, Mom,” he said.Before I understood his words, a real, live mouse jumped out onto the counter and ran away. I screamed so loud everyone turned to see what was wrong. I was so embarrassed. I tried to make my way quietly out of the store. Everyone was looking at me. On the way out the door, my delighted son recited Hickory Dickory Dock. What a naughty boy!Questions:1.Where did the story take place?2.Why did the mother ask her son which clock he liked better?3.Which clock did the boy like best?4.Why did the mother feel embossed?5.Why did he boy recite Hickory Dickory Dock?Keys:1. B2. D3. A4. C5. DListening 3Men, it is said, are generally more aggressive than women and enjoy taking risks. They play fighting games and enjoy "dares". More men than women are convicted for crimes, especially crimes of violence.Some say that this is simply a matter of biology; others suggest that it is a function of the way we organize the sex and gender roles in our society. In fact, many of the findings, in this area, have turned out to be unsatisfactory, and often there turns out to be very small differences with a large degree of overlap.Biologically, men certainly seem to be the weaker sex. On average, men experience heart attacks 10 years earlier than women, but have a better rate of survival if they survive the first year after an attack. Symptoms also vary by sex: Women experience shortness of breath, fatigue, and chest pain; most male heart attacks come on as a sudden, striking pain in the chest. In adulthood, men are more likely to be infected with viruses and have a shorter average lifespan.In recent years, a great many biological sex differences have been found throughout the body, including the brain. However, regardless of the findings that sex differencesreally do exist after all and despite the pressure to deny them, socially, we still expect women to behave like women and men like men.Keys:1) aggressive 2) taking risks 3) crime 4) biology 5) function 6) roles7) unsatisfactory 8) weaker 9) heart attacks 10) rate of survival 11) vary 12) be infected with 13) average lifespan 14) do exist 15) deny16) behaveListening 4It is my belief that gender stereotypes are very real gender characteristics that are exaggerated to the extreme ends with no gray areas. So in truth a woman is "weak" physically only because a man is in reality "stronger". A woman is "submissive" only because a man in reality is more "aggressive". A woman is "emotional" only because a man is "less emotional". All these are observed facts.Are there ways to avoid the stereotyping? This is hard to do. We as males and females love to exaggerate our differences. It seems we love to do this in many ways. We love to exaggerate gender traits as if to say "Look how female I am" or "Look how male I am". Do we go so far as to actually create differences that do not exist? Not from what I see. I think we like to exaggerate our differences because the more male we feel or the more female we feel the more attractive we feel.So all in all I believe stereotypes are true differences that are exaggerated. I don't think stereotypes should be avoided because they are real. I do think that we should not place extremes of a trait to a gender as a whole and most certainly not limit someone's potential abilities based on a stereotype. Stereotypes should apply in general but not to an individual. They should serve to help make judgment but not as an absolute.Keys:1.T F F F T T2.1 physically, in reality, aggressive2.2 avoid, differences, attractive2.3 extremes, potential abilities。
大学英语视听说4第三版答案完整版
新视野大学英语(第三版)视听说4答案Unit 1Sharing3.Answers： b-e-f-d-c-a4. 2 45.anti-socialaware ofappreciateattitudetolerantcome to an endwalk awayimpressListening2.22.3 peaceful beautiful lovely part partywith apassion last secondwalkingtheir dogswith abounceawaythe bestpart of the day thinkingstraightat mysharpestwe hadchildrenin themorningsin theeveningsView it2.2 2 4Role-playing1.2 Answers：g-a-f-h-b-d-c-eConversations1.DABCC2.CBDAPassages1.ACDC2.distressing desperate urgeacquirearetotally unaware of areisolated from affirm interactwith impulseare convinced ofUnit test1.DDBCD2.CAAAD3.CBDDC4.atsection connectsat the bottomof shiningAscrossrunning awayfrom running awayfrom destroyedUnit 2Sharing2.excitedon the banks beachpartiesfind out lookingforward to3. Answers： f-a-d-c-e-b4.1 2 3 8 105.1 2 4Listening2.1A:2 3 4 5B:1 62.2Thursday,20/5/20041620by the riverrainingfanciedhave theguts to tell himgood-looking,romantic and intelligent threechildrenI'm happyfeel goodabout who I wasGood luckfor the futurebe happywith who you areViewing2.1 3 62.2thelongest-living communities900go abouttheir businessfruit andvegetableingredientscell damage highquantities healthprotective120020 percentlessgetting morefor their money health'sworthRole-playing1.21 3 4 5 7 8 10Conversations1.ADCBD2.CBADPassages1.BCDA2.Proportion3.estimated4.haveprofound impacts on5.potential6.economically7.pensions8/originatefrom9.residential10.poses achallenge to11.betransformed intoUnit test1.BDCBC2.DCCBA3.BCAADunched5.corner6.bankruptcy7.virtually8.directing9.dischargedfrom10.secured11.substantial12.Notsurprisingly13.fashion accessoriesunit 3SharingTask 1(1) free time(2) how they spend their free time,how they would spend thei r freetime differently if they had more time or money or opportUNITy,and what are the benefits to society if people are giv en more freetime or holidaysTask 2(1) enjoy(2) free(3) music(4)internationally(5)festivals your free timeTask 3d-e-g-h-b-a-c-fTask 42 3 5 6Task 52 4 5 8 1 2.ListeningTask 2Activity 1a-d-g-e-b-f-cActivity 21 3 6 8Activity 3(1)She feels it seems very shallow,(2)She has now grown up and matured.(3)She is very happy with where she is now./She doesn't thin k lifehas to be the perfect image she pictured.ViewingTask 2 Activity 1(1)husky sledding(2)38(3)wing-walking(4)3(5)driving on Route66 /driving on Route Sixty-six(6) 19(7)queue-jumping(8) 17(9)swimming with dolphins(10) 1Task 2 Activity 22 4 7 8 9Role-PlayingTask 1Activity :(1)Four /4(2)a swimming pool(3)covered by another “wall"(4)the same position as the shape in the hole(5)what shape the holewill be until the last moment(6) Not to get knocked into the pool(7)gets through the most shapesTask 1Activity 21 3 4 7PresentingGet ideas 1partly disagree with the writer's view that today most people spendtheir free time doing things that do not contribute to t heirdevelopment and are essentially unproductive.In my opinion ,manypeople today actually use the additional free time that t echnology hascreated for working more,rather than for intera cting with net friendsor for other leisure activities.For instance ,many people have formedthe habit of checking company emails frequently even durin g theiroff-work hours; they are disturbed by cell phone calls concerning work wherever they are even on weekends; they are obliged t o bringtheir computers with them even when going on a vaca tion.They neverseem to have real freedom after work owing t o the advancement oftechnology and the popularization of modern communicatio ns devices.However,although they live in such constant chaos, the truth is,thiskind of life allows them no chance to spend time wastefully,and it often contributes to their career develop ment and makes them moreproductive.Organize ideasMeaningful leisure activities Reasons for being meaningful 1Outdoor activities such as going to parks,mountains and beac hes• build health• prevent and reduce stress• improve social life2• Surfing the Internet• keep people well-informed• communicate with people all over the world easilyget entertainment through watching TV series or movies onli ne3• Reading books• make people think more deeply • improve concentration4• Playing chess• make people smarter• relieve stress and bring fun More practice in listeningShort conversationD D C B ALong conversationDDBCPassages: Passage 1BCACPassages: Passage 21.resorts2.sprung up3.dramatically4.having an adverse effect onbat6.wilderness7.unspoiled8.streams of9.guidelines10.auction offUNIT testPART IABBBCPart IICCDDBPart IIIDABCDPart IV23.audience24.teenage25.celebrate26.Popular27.conquers28.columns29.is central to30.a private arrangement31.to choose32.apart fromUNIT4SharingTask 1(1) money and happiness(2) whether they think money makes them happy, what things are moreimportant than money, and whether wealthy people should be taxed more tosupport the poorTask 2(1)She is a producer for the BBC.(2) She likes living in London, but it can be quite expensive.(3) Money andhappiness.Task 3d-f-a-e-b-g-cTask 4(1) brightenyour mood(2) a nurturing environment(3) a stable family(4) health(5) Feelcontentment/Feel contentment(6) makes the difference(7) feeling satisfiedwithTask 5略ListeningTask 2Activity 1Activity 2(1) hotels or even cities(2) make money(3) has doubled(4) wherever he goes(S)what kind of food she eats(6) junk mail or adverts(7) robbed(8) more crimes(9) have no need to worry(10) be more careful(11) sent to the newspapers(12) posted onlineViewingTask 2Activity 1D B A C DTask 2 Activity 2(1) rethinkeverything(2) Give itup(3) transform(4) standardof living(5)diminished(6)commutefurther(7) theopposite(8) slowdown(9)takemoreleisure(10)economicgrowth(11)consumergoods(12)materialpossessions Role-PlayingTask1Activity1(1) Cosmetic surgery(2) Against(3) dangerous(4) frozensolid(5) For(6) health(7) Downloading music for free(8) Against(9) theft(10) stealingfromthem(11) withoutpaying(12) makeanymoney(13) For(14)CDsales(15) filesharing(l6) concerts(17)Banningcarsfromcitycenter (l8)Against(l9) pollutingthancars(20)areductioninshopsales(21)perfectlyfine(22) For(23)the environment(24)electric buses(25)pollutedTask1 Activity21 3 4 6 7 9 10PresentingGet ideas1Organize ideas 21.Introductionto the survey (purpose, method, etc.):1) Purpose: To find outwhat college students think of happiness and how they evaluate their own senseof happiness.2) Method: By interviewing four of myclassmates with five questions.2. Findingsand analysis:1) Most of them definedhappiness as something related to one's state of mind.2) Regarding the two things most difficult tolive without, most of them chose health, friendship, free time, or sport, butone chose good food and money.3) All of them rated their level of happinessas three or four.4) Their answers to the last two questionswere surprisingly the same. All of them said that they lacked money and thatthey felt less happy than they were five years ago,probably because of thepressure associated with study and career choice.3.Conclusions from the survey:1) Students have a properunderstanding of happiness.2) They value health, friendship and free timemore than material things.3) They are fairly satisfied with theircurrent situation.4) They want to have more money.5) They feel less happy nowadays.More practiceinlisteningShort conversationCABCDLong conversationBABDPassages:Passage1ADDCPassages:Passage21.prevalent2. scary3. beclassifiedas4.epidemic5. ratio6. diagnosed7. keepingtrackof8. wasstillassociatedwith9. affirm10. intermsofNews report1.A D2.A CUNIT testPARTIDBACDPartIICDACBPartIIIABABDPartIV1.overpanionship3.lover4.definition5.scarce6.diary7.Thesightof8.defeated9.madeup10.philosophersandscientist UNIT5SharingTaskl(1) thearts(2) what areas of the arts they enjoy, what exhibition or performance they vent to recently, and whether they think the arts are importantTask2(1) Photographyanddance.(2)Thesmall,intimateexhibitions.(3)Thearts.Task3d-h-a-f-b-e-c-gTask420.146Task5(1)enrich(2)expandourhorizons(3) Terribly(4)intellect(5) specific(6)learn throughart(7)allaspects(8) a live(9) performance(10)intenseemotionsListeningTask2 ActivitylSarah(Woman)A.BotanicalgardenTimB.CinemaNigelC.Theater"workshopspaceActivity2(1) gets yourvote(2)infavorof(3)usefulandbeneficial(4)bringjobs(5) entertainment and activities(6) concernme(7)expensive(8)I personally would prefer(9) with disabilities(10) excellent(11) enjoy gardens(l2) mentioned youth(13) involved(l4) not so sure(15)costs(l6) myvotewouldgoto(17)1eaveout(l8)hanging around(l9)routine(20) bringingalong (2l) theoldergenerationViewingTask2Activity1134Task2Activity2(l)A(2)makesamss(3) public buildings(4) wrong(5)V(6) definitely(7)A(8) quiteexciting(9)Y(10) A(11) pleasingtotheeye (l2) positive(l3) environment(l4) A(15) nicepicture(l6) offensiveRole-PlayingTask1 Activity1c-a-b-dTask1 Activity2(l)extendsoutv.1est(2) northabove(3) goup(4) aroundthecorner(5) overthere(6) aroundtheneighborhood(7) ontheleft(8)hangoutandhead(9) headoverto(10)circleback(11) walkingby(l2)acentero f(13) attracted(14)folkmusic(l5)lookslike(l6)modeledon(l7) thehundredthanniversaryPresenti ngGet ideas 1(1) Setting of themovie(2)Actor(s)/Actress(es)(3)Plotsumn1ary(4) Recommendation(5) Director(6) Reviewer'sopinionofdifferentelementsGetideas 2(1)skillfully(2) gripping(3) shocking(4) hilarious(5) sensational(6)electrifying(7) poignantly(8) moving(9) breathless(10) hard-hitting(11) emotionally-draining(12)thoroughlyOrganizeideasMovie AMovie BTitleFindingNemo ThePursuitofHappinessGenre(体裁) AnimationBiographySettingOcean SanFrancisco,USMaincharacters•Marlin(aclownfish,anoverprotectivefather)•Nemo(sonofMarlin)• Dory (agood-heartedbluefish.withshort-termmemoryloss) •ChrisGardner(asales1nanandlaterastockbroker,afather) • Linda(Chris‘wife)•Christopher(sonofChris)•JayThistle(an1anagerforDeanWitter)Actors/Actresses •AlbertBrooks(asMarlin)•AlexanderGould(asNemo)• EllenDeGeneres(asDory)•WillSmith(asChrisGardner)•ThandieNewton(asLinda)•JadenSmith(asChristopher)• BrianHowe(asJayTwistle)Director(s) •AndrewStantonGabrieleMuccino•Plotsummary(12) atmysharpest(13)wehadchildren(14) inthe1nornings(15) intheeveningsViewingTask2 Activity1(I)Becausehewasfascinatedwiththeirbodylanguage.(2)A"man watcher".(3)0ver60countries.(4) Thedifferentwaysofshakinghands,andthedifferentwaysof saying“You are crazy”Task2Activity2Role-PlayingTask2Activity1(l)Becausehewantstoaskhertopaybackthemoneyshehasborrow edfromhim.(2) Sheexplainsthatsheisterriblewithmoneyand that shejustforgetsaboutit.(3) Shesaysshewill paybackthemoneythefollowing weekwhen shegetspaid.(4) Hefeelsannoyedaboutthesituation.(5)Hesuggeststhatthewomanpaybackalittlean1ountofthemon eyeachweek.Task2Activity2g-a-f-h-b-d-c-ePresentingGet ideas1(1) Thestory is about a couple who were ordered to return a large a1nount of lottery prizemoney.The movie tells the story of a father's courage and love. Nemo runs awayfrom school, ventures into the open sea, captured onto a boat, and sent to a dentist'soffice. Marlin andDory go to search for him and bring him hon1e. They go all theway to Sidney 1-larbor. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and finally allowsNemo to take care of himself. The story is about a salesman, Chris. who strives to build a future for himselfand his five-year-old son. Although he works hard. he n1akes little n1oney. He raiseshis son on his own after his wife walks out. However, he never gives up. With diligenceand the love for his son, he becon1es a successful stockbroker.Opinions•Abri11iantly animated masterpiece• Fullofhumor•Stunningvisualeffects•Perfectlycastvoice•Hilarious• Asimplebut enchanting story• Richdetailsandlavishcolors•Channingcharacters• Favoritescenes:underwaterworld-theocean,thefish,andthe • coral reef•Areal,heavy,andinspirationalstory •ActingofWillSmithisshockinglygood •Actingofthesonisperfect•Touchingandpowerful scenes• Unconventionalapproachestotellaninspirationalstory • Favoritescene:interviewfor internship• A remarkable movieRecommendationYes,stronglyrecom1nend.Yes,defi『1itelyamust-see.More practiceinlisteningShortconversationLongconversation BDCA Passages:Passage1 CADB Passages:Passage245.anticipation46.glamorous47.beconferredupon48. collective49.nominatefor50. exceptionsto51. accomplished52. absolute53.recipients54.isentitledto55Part ICCBBDPart IIABDCAPart IIIDBACCPartIV43.tremendous44.strategic45.applied46. honored/honored47.escape48.defeated49. reflecting50. aseriesof51. strongrelationship52. awiderangeofUNIT 6SharingTask 1(1) the media and news(2) how they usually get their news,what kind of news storie sinterest hem the most,how modern technology and new me diahas changed their relationship with the news,and whether themedia uses its power responsiblyTask 2(1)quite late(2) go on(3) important(4)going on(5)the media andthe newsTask 3(1)Interne(2)Television(3) Internet(4) Radio(5)NewspapersTelevision(6) Newspapers InternetTask 4e -c-b a-f-dTask 5(1)laptop(2) latest headlines(3)real time(4)sources(5)media(6)have to pay(7)discriminate(8)outlets(9)speed(10) riskTask 61 2 3 2 8. ListeningTask 2Activity 1f-e-d-g-c-a-bActivity 2(1)hear this story(2)about this guy(3)what happenedwas(4)remember all the details(5)recall(6)the firstchallenge(7)then from that(8)something to do(9)the nextthing(10)according to the report(11)a part in his film(12)myimpression was that(13)ended up(14)that's what happenedViewingTask 2 Activity 1BAADCCCTask 2 Activity 2(1)starts going wrong(2)fill an awful lot oftime(3)deeplyembarrassing for us(4)champion of the Wrong Guest division(5)charming but inappropriate(6) living the celebritylifestyle(7) love a good news blunderRole-PlayingTask 1Activity 1b-a-d-cTask 1Activity 2A B B A B A A B B APresenting。
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新编大学英语视听说教程4scriptunit3听力原文及答案
Unit 3 Gender DifferencesPart 1 listening oneThree Three guys guys guys are are are out out out having having having a a a relaxing relaxing relaxing day day day fishing. fishing. fishing. Out Out Out of of of the the the blue, blue, blue, they they they catch catch catch a a mermaid who begs to be set free in return for granting each of them a wish. Now one of the guys just doesn't believe it, and says, "OK, if you can really grant wishes, then double my IQ." The mermaid says, "Done." Suddenly, the guy starts to recite recite flawless flawless flawless Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare followed followed followed by by by a a a short short short pause pause pause and and and an an an extremely extremely extremely insightful insightful analysis of it. The second guy is so amazed that he says to the mermaid, "Hey, triple my IQ." The mermaid says, "Done." The guy begins pouring out all the mathematical solutions to problems that have puzzled scientists in all fields. The last last guy guy guy is is is so so so impressed impressed impressed by by by the the the changes changes changes in in in his his his friends friends friends that that that he he he says says says to to to the the mermaid, mermaid, "Quintuple "Quintuple "Quintuple my my my IQ." IQ." IQ." The The The mermaid mermaid mermaid looks looks looks at at at him him him and and and says, says, says, "You "You "You know, know, know, I I normally don't try to change people's minds when they make a wish, but I really wish you'd reconsider." The guy says, "No, I want you to increase my IQ five times, and if you don't do it, I won't set you free." "Please," says the mermaid, "you don't know what you're asking... It'll It'll change change change your your your entire entire entire view view view of of of the the the universe. universe. universe. Won't Won't Won't you you you ask ask ask for for for something something something else? else? else? A A million dollars or anything?" But no matter what the mermaid says, the guy insists on having his IQ increased by by five five five times times times its its its usual usual usual power. power. power. So So So the the the mermaid mermaid mermaid sighs sighs sighs and and and says, says, says, "Done." "Done." "Done." And And And he he becomes a woman. Keys: 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T2.1. set free in return 2.2 extremely insightful analysis2.3 pouring out, puzzled, in all fields2.4 normally, change people’s minds, reconsider 2.5 usual powerPart 1 listening two(Dr. Rosa Herring, author of a book on language and communication, is beinginterviewed by Bob White, a writer for an academic journal on communication.) Bob White: Good morning, Dr. Herring! We both know that many communication specialists specialists believe believe believe that that that gender gender gender bias bias bias exists exists exists in in in language, language, language, culture culture culture and and society. Do you think this is really so? Dr. Herring:Y es, I certainly do. How we talk and listen can be strongly influenced Yes, I certainly do. How we talk and listen can be strongly influenced by cultural expectations, and these begin during childhood. Children usually play together with other children of the same gender, and this is where our conversational style is learned. Bob White: Can you give some specific examples? Dr. Herring:Certainly. We find that girls use language mainly to develop closeness or or intimacy intimacy intimacy as as as a a a basis basis basis for for for friendship. friendship. friendship. Boys, Boys, Boys, on on on the the the contrary, contrary, contrary, use use language mainly to earn status in their group. Bob White:But, in communication through electronic devices like e-mail discussion discussion groups, groups, groups, there there there should should should be be be no no no gender gender gender distinction distinction distinction if if if writers' writers' names are not used in the messages. Dr. Herring:One might think so, but in fact, email writing style is more comparable comparable with with with spoken spoken spoken language, language, language, so so so basic basic basic language language language styles styles styles are are are still still evident. Bob White:I thought e-mail messages were gender neutral! Dr. Herring: No. While theoretical gender equality exists for the Internet, in reality women are not given equal opportunity because of different communication and language styles between the sexes. Bob White:How does that happen? Do you have any hard facts t o to to back up this back up this impression? Dr. Herring: Yes. I've I've done done done a a a research research research project project project using using using randomly randomly randomly selected selected selected e-mail e-mail messages messages from from from online online online discussion discussion discussion groups. groups. groups. I I I found found found that that that females females females use use language language that that that is is is more more more collaborative collaborative collaborative and and and supportive supportive supportive such such such as as as "Thanks "Thanks for for all all all your your your tips tips tips on...", on...", on...", "Good "Good "Good point." point." point." and and and "Hope "Hope "Hope this this this helps!". helps!". helps!". Men Men tend to use more aggressive or competitive language such as "Do you understand that?", "You should realize that...", "It is absurd to think...". Bob White:How great are these gender differences? Dr. Herring: Males Males write write messages messages messages using using using aggressive, aggressive, aggressive, competitive competitive competitive language language language more more than than twice twice twice as as as often often often as as as females females females did, did, did, while while while females females females use use use collaborative collaborative and and supportive supportive supportive language language language three three three times times times as as as often often often as as as males males males did. did. did. In In In this this study, it is clear that there is a gender difference in e-mail messages just as in other communication media. Bob White:So the "battle of the sexes" is still with us, even online. Questions:1. According to Dr. Herring, when is children’s conversational style lear ned? 2. Which of the following is most similar to e-mail writing in style? 3. Why is there still no equality on the Internet? 4. What comparison did Dr. Herring make in her speech? Keys: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B2.1. language, culture, society, cultural expectations 2.2 closeness intimacy, earn status2.3 collaborative supportive, aggressive competitivePart 1 listening threeJohn: John: Cathy, do you think it's appropriate for females to continuously expect guys to Cathy, do you think it's appropriate for females to continuously expect guys to behave in a standard gentlemanly fashion like opening car doors? Cathy: Cathy: Well, I think it would be nice if men could do such things. Well, I think it would be nice if men could do such things. John: John: My My side side of of of the the the theory theory theory is is is that that that we we we all all all have have have to to to admit admit admit that that that we we we are are are living living living in in in the the world of change. Right? Sometimes the equation changes if the driver is a girl and the passenger is a guy who doesn't drive. So what h appens? Should the happens? Should the girl open the door for the guy or should the guy open the door for the girl? Maybe we should just adopt an "open your own door" policy. Cathy: Cathy: Yes, Yes, I I agree, agree, agree, John. John. John. But...sometimes But...sometimes But...sometimes it's it's it's just just just a a a matter matter matter of of of courtesy. courtesy. courtesy. It It It doesn't doesn't matter who opens the door for whom. Maybe females just should not expect too much. Life isn't a fairy tale after all. John: It's absolutely true. Sometimes I feel that there isn't any difference in the roles both genders can perform. Of course I'm not saying that men can give birth. Rather Rather what what what I I I meant meant meant was was was except except except for for for the the the physical physical physical and and and natural natural natural differences differences between both sexes, there isn't much difference between them. Cathy: Cathy: But honestly, although I don't expect guys to open doors for me, or to pull out But honestly, although I don't expect guys to open doors for me, or to pull out a chair for me, I am usually quite impressed if they do so, as many guys don't do it nowadays. If the guy was walking in front of me and went through the door first, I'd appreciate it if he could hold the door and not let it slam in my face. John: Well, if I'm the one walking in front, I will open the door and hold it for the people behind me, be it a girl or a boy. I actually had the door slam right in my face a number of times though, when the person walking closely in front of me didn't hold the heavy glass door and let it swing back in my face. Of course, I tried tried to to to hold hold hold the the the door, door, door, but but but it it it was was was too too too heavy heavy heavy and and and too too too late. late. late. But But But I I I think think think it it it was was more embarrassing for him than me as everyone was looking at him, while I was rubbing my squashed nose. Cathy: Cathy: So being a gentleman does not stop at opening doors. There are many other So being a gentleman does not stop at opening doors. There are many other aspects I believe. Keys:1. T T F F T 2. D A B A BPart 1 listening fourDo you know how you learned to be a woman? Do you know how you learned to be be a a a man? man? man? What What What makes makes makes the the the difference difference difference in in in terms terms terms of of of gender gender gender and and and our our our roles roles roles in in in society? society? Even when our physical structures are revealed to be really similar, women and men "tend" to play different roles in society. In an article in the latest issue of Psychology Today , we find a study that reflects how parents of fifteen girl babies and fifteen boy babies differed in their descriptions of their babies. Despite the fact that objective data such such as as as birth birth birth length, length, length, weight, weight, weight, irritability, irritability, irritability, etc. etc. etc. did did did not not not differ, differ, differ, when when when the the the parents parents parents were were asked asked to to to describe describe describe their their their babies, babies, babies, they they they said said said that that that girl girl girl babies babies babies were were were softer, softer, softer, littler, littler, littler, more more beautiful, prettier, cuter than boy babies. Based on these facts, we could conclude that parents' attitude is influencing their children. Our parents and later our school, television and the Internet are showing us a whole set of expected behaviors that create our patterns. Thus, a simple cartoon can suggest to children how they are supposed to act. Male cartoon characters are not only more prominent than female characters, but they also portray a broader range of masculine traits. Male characters are powerful, strong, smart and aggressive. Of course roles have been changing over the past decades. Nowadays, women are not not necessarily necessarily necessarily expected expected expected to to to stay stay stay home home home raising raising raising their their their family family family and and and supporting supporting supporting their their husbands. In the same way, men are no longer expected to be the only breadwinners like they used to be; now women and men share these responsibilities. But traditional roles still have a big influence. Keys:1. F F T T F2.1 reflects descriptions 2.2 parents’ attitudes2.3 suggest, act 2.4 raising their family, supporting their husbands2.5 used to be, share these responsibilitiesPart 4 Listening 1 "Equal" does not always mean "the same". Men and women are created equally but boys and girls are not born the same. You throw a little girl a ball, and it will hit her in the nose. You throw a little boy a ball, and he will try to catch it. Then it will hit him in the nose. A baby girl will pick up a stick and look in wonder at what nature has made. A baby boy will pick up a stick and turn it into a gun. When girls play with Barbie dolls, they like to dress them up and play house with them. When boys play with Barbie dolls, they like to tear their hair off. Boys couldn't couldn't care care care less less less if if if their their their hair hair hair is is is untidy. untidy. untidy. But But But for for for girls, girls, girls, if if if their their their hair hair hair got got got cut cut cut a a quarter-inch too short, they would rather lock themselves in their room for two weeks than be seen in public. Baby girls find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting their faces. Baby boys find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting the walls. Boys grow their fingernails long because they're too lazy to cut them. Girls grow their their fingernails fingernails fingernails long long long——not not because because because they they they look look look nice nice nice——but but because because because they they they can can can dig dig dig them them into a boy's arm. Girls are attracted to boys, even at an early age. At an early age, boys are attracted to dirt. Most baby baby girls girls girls talk talk talk before before before boys boys boys do. do. do. Before Before Before boys boys boys talk, talk, talk, they they they learn learn learn how how how to to to make make machine-gun noises. Girls turn into women. Boys turn into bigger boys. Keys: 1. 1 hit 1.2 try to catch 1.3 in wonder 1.4 turn…into1.5 dress, play hous e 1.6 tear…off 1.7 care less 1.8 lock, in public 1.9 painting their face 1.10 painting the walls 1.11 lazy, cut 1.12 dig…into1.13 boys 1.14 dirt 1.15 talk 1.16 make machine-gun noisesListening 2In order to understand this story, you have to know the nursery rhyme HickoryDickory Dock . . In In In this this this nursery nursery nursery rhyme, rhyme, rhyme, the the the words words words in in in the the the title title title have have have no no no meaning. meaning. meaning. The The rhyme goes like this: Hickory Dickory Dock,The mouse ran up the clock.The clock struck one,The mouse ran down! Hickory Dickory Dock.Here is the story: One day I took my seven-year-old son with me to shop for an electric wall clock for the kitchen and found a whole counter full of them on sale at a discount store. I had had trouble trouble trouble deciding deciding deciding which which which clock clock clock to to to buy. buy. buy. While While While I I I held held held one one one clock clock clock in in in my my my hand hand hand and and looked at another, I asked my son which one he liked better. “The one you’re holding with the mouse in it, Mom,” he said.Before Before I understood his I understood his w ords, words, a real, live mouse jumped out onto onto the counter the counter and ran away. I screamed so loud everyone turned to see what was wrong. I was so embarrassed. I tried to make my way quietly out of the store. Everyone was looking at me. On the way out the door, my delighted son recited Hickory Dickory Dock . What a . What a naughty boy! Questions: 1. Where did the story take place? 2. Why did the mother ask her son which clock he liked better? 3. Which clock did the boy like best? 4. Why did the mother feel embossed? 5. Why did he boy recite Hickory Dickory Dock ? ? Keys:1. B2. D3. A4. C5. DListening 3Men, Men, it it it is is is said, said, said, are are are generally generally generally more more more aggressive aggressive aggressive than than than women women women and and and enjoy enjoy enjoy taking taking taking risks. risks. They play fighting games and enjoy "dares". More men than women are convicted for crimes, especially crimes of violence. Some say that this is simply a matter of biology; others suggest that it is a function of the way we organize the sex and gender roles in our society. In fact, many of the findings, in this area, have turned out to be unsatisfactory, and often there turns out to be very small differences with a large degree of overlap. Biologically, men certainly seem to be the weaker sex. On average, men experience heart attacks 10 y ears earlier than women, but years earlier than women, but have a better rate of survival if they survive the first year after an attack. Symptoms also vary by sex: Women experience shortness shortness of of of breath, breath, breath, fatigue, fatigue, fatigue, and and and chest chest chest pain; pain; pain; most most most male male male heart heart heart attacks attacks attacks come come come on on on as as as a a sudden, striking pain i n in in the chest. the chest. In In adulthood, men are more likely to adulthood, men are more likely to be infected with viruses and have a shorter average lifespan. In recent years, a great many biological sex differences have been found throughout the body, including the brain. However, regardless of the findings that sex differences really do exist after all and despite the pressure to deny them, socially, we still expect women to behave like women and men like men. Keys:1) aggressive 2) taking risks 3) crime 4) biology 5) function 6) roles 7) unsatisfactory 8) weaker 9) heart attacks 10) rate of survival 11) vary 12) be infected with 13) average lifespan 14) do exist 15) deny 16) behave Listening 4 It is is my my my belief belief belief that that that gender gender gender stereotypes stereotypes stereotypes are are are very very very real real real gender gender gender characteristics characteristics characteristics that that that are are exaggerated to the extreme ends with no gray areas. So in truth a woman is "weak" physically only because a man is in reality "stronger". A woman is "submissive" only because a man in reality is more "aggressive". A woman is "emotional" only because a man is "less emotional". All these are observed facts. Are there there ways ways ways to to to avoid avoid avoid the the the stereotyping? stereotyping? stereotyping? This This This is is is hard hard hard to to to do. do. do. We We We as as as males males males and and females love to exaggerate our differences. It seems we love to do this in many ways. We love to e xaggerate exaggerate exaggerate gender traits gender traits as as if to if to say say "Look how female "Look how female I am" or I am" or "Look "Look how male I am". Do we go so far as to actually create differences that do not exist? Not from what I see. I think we like to exaggerate our differences because the more male we feel or the more female we feel the more attractive we feel. So all in all I believe stereotypes are true differences that are exaggerated. I don't think stereotypes should be avoided because they are real. I do think that we should not not place place place extremes extremes extremes of of of a a a trait trait trait to to to a a a gender gender gender as as as a a a whole whole whole and and and most most most certainly certainly certainly not not not limit limit someone's someone's potential potential potential abilities abilities abilities based based based on on on a a a stereotype. stereotype. stereotype. Stereotypes Stereotypes Stereotypes should should should apply apply apply in in general but not to an individual. They should serve to help make judgment but not as an absolute. Keys:1. T F F F T T2.1 physically, in reality, aggressive2.2 avoid, differences, attractive2.3 extremes, potential abilities。
新视野大学英语视听说教程第四册答案Unit3
Uint3II. Basic Listening Practice1.ScriptW: Did you see the paper today? There was an earthquake in Brazil.M: Yes, but it only measured 3.5 on the Richter scale. I don’t think there were any casualties.Q: What is the result of the earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale according to the man?2. ScriptW: I’d a bit worried about Suzie traveling to southern India. It’s the rainy season there, and there may be landsides.M: Suzie can take care of herself; she won’t go anywhere too risky. Besides, you can always e-mail her if it makes you feel better.Q: What is Suzie doing?3. ScriptM: Hi, I thought you were on holiday in Asia! Back already?W:we never got there! Our travel agent cancelled our arrangements because the whole region is flooded. We were so disappointed; we won’t get another chance to go this year.Q: What is the woman doing?4. ScriptM: Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. Can you believe it? A typhoon hit the east coast and it was chaos.W: I saw it on the news. The flooding and damage were terrible. I don’t think anyone was hurt though.Q: What is the consequence of the typhoon?5. ScriptW: Did you see the program last night about volcanoes? It was fascinating!M: Yes, the weird thing is the molten lava looks so beautiful, yet it’s so destructive. And I couldn’t believe how far the ash can travel. I’m glad we don’t have any volcanoes here!Q: What does the man think the volcano is?Keys: 1.D 2.A 3. C 4.B 5.CIII. Listening InTask 1: Soft answers turn away wrath.Son:Hi, mom, what are we having for dinner tonight?Mom: I haven’t started yet. Why, have you any requires?Son:How about tsunami for a change—I don’t know what is, but I heard some Japanese people using the word on the bus the other day. Sounds like a food.Maybe it’s similar to sushi.Mom: Nonsense. Tsunami comes from Japanese words meaning harbor and wave. If we had a tsunami, it would be the other way around, young man.Son: Why? What is it?Mom:I mean it may swallow you up. A tsunami is an enormous series of very powerful waves.Son: Could you surf on them? That could be cool.Mom: They’re not cool. They are very destructive. When they pound the shore of populated areas, they cause tremendous damage. They destroy everything in their path.Son:What causes them?Mom: I think they are caused by some sort of shock, like an earthquake, volcano, or landside that starts a chain reaction in the ocean.Son: Do the waves get to big that they crush buildings?Mom: Easily. They can be dozens of meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were children’s toys.Son: Can you see them coming?Mom: You can see them at quite a distance. But there’s not much you can do. In the open ocean they move at up to 800km per hour, but when it reaches the shore, the system slows down and the waves get bigger.Son:How big?Mom: They can reach 30 meters. Big enough to finish you off in one gulp.1.What the son think a tsunami is?2.What does Mom imply by saying, “If we had a tsunami, it would be the other wayaround”?3.What does the son think surfing on tsunami waves would be like?4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the cause of a tsunami?5.How high can tsunami waves reach?Keys: 1B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.CFor Reference1. In the open ocean they move at up to 800km per hour, but when it reaches the shore,the system slows down and the waves get bigger.2. They can reach 30 meters. Big enough to finish you off in one gulp.Task 2: Flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic ScriptThe death too continues to (S1)climb from last week’s flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The U.S. Agency for International Development (S2)reports that at least1,068 people are dead, 1,600 are (S3) missing, and 25,000 are in need of emergency food and other forms of (S4)assistance. In Dominican Republic, 414 are dead and 274 are missing, all from the town of Jimani.A key(S5) factor in the widespread destruction is the extensive deforestation and the (S6) presence of settlements along the floodplains of rivers.The flooding was driven by intense rainfall. A low-pressure system (S7) originating in Central America brought exceptionally heavy rain and thunderstorms to Haiti and the Dominican Republic from May 18 t o25. (S8) Rainfall exceeded 500 mm (or 19.7 inches) along the border areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic during that period. At the town of Jimani, Dominican Republic, 250mm (or 10 inches) of rain fell in just 24 hours, causing the Solie River to overflow its banks from May24 to 25.The heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding and extensive debris flowed over the entire region. Swollen rivers and debris cut off many of the roads traversing the area along the base of the mountains. (S9) This made it difficult for humanitarian relief worker to rescue stranded people and deliver badly. Now people want to know: How often do floods and related landmass movement also caused landsides in a few places.(S10)Analysis of the past date shows that major floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti are now a near-annual event. Since 1986, twelve lethal events have occurred on the island.Task3: A BlizzardScriptA blizzard is a sever weather condition characterized by low temperatures and strong winds, greater than 15 miles per hour, bearing a great amount of snow.Because the factors for classifying winter storms are complex, there are many different definitions of what a blizzard truly is. But it is generally agreed that in order to be classified as a blizzard, as opposed to merely a winter storm, the weather must meet several conditions. The storm must decrease visibility to a quarter of a mile for three hours running. Include snow or ice as precipitation, and have wind speed of at least 32 miles per hour, which means Force 7 or more on the Wind Scale.Another standard, according to Environment Canada, is that the winter storm musthave winds of 40 kilometers per hour or mi=ore, plenty of snow, visibility less than 1 kilometer, a temperature of less than -25 degrees Celsius, and all of these conditions must last for 4 hours or more, before the storm can properly be called a blizzard. When all these conditions continue after snow has stopped falling, the storm is referred t o as a ground blizzard.An extensive form of blizzard is a whiteout, when the downdrafts, together with snowfall, become so sever that it is impossible to distinguish the ground from the air. People caught in a whiteout can quickly become disoriented, losing their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction. Severe blizzard can also occur along with arctic cyclones.1.What is the passage mainly about?2.Which of the following is true of a blizzard according to the first standard?3.Which of the following is true of a blizzard according to the second standard?4.What is a ground blizzard?5. Which of the following is in the order of increasing force?Keys: 1A 2.B3. C 4.D 5.CFor ReferenceThey can quickly become disoriented, losing their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction.IV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 It was a strong earthquakeAmy: Bill, it was a strong earthquake! The house was shaking, the window breaking!Terrible.Bill: I know, it was terrible. I saw your face turn whit as you ran and got under the table.Amy: I admit I panicked. But it wasn’t an occasion for us to be careless. It’s better to be cautious. There might be aftershocks.Bill: Or an even bigger quake!Amy: To play it safe, let’s turn off the gas and electricity.Bill: Right. Let’s get the emergency earthquake kit already. It’s in the kitchen. It has food, flashlights, and a first-aid kit.Amy: Let’s turn on the radio for news. I guess the quake measures at least 5 on the Richter Scale.Bill: Who know what might happen tomorrow, next month or next year? After all, this city is said to be located in an earthquake zoneAmy: There hasn’t been much activity for dozens of yearsBill: But a major quake may hit at any time.Amy: I think we’d better move to an earthquake-proof house.Bill: Smart thinking!MODEL2 Things are a bit out of balance.ScriptJohn:The seventh straight day of rain. It’s too much. Things are a bit out of balance. Susan: Yeah, too much rain here, too little there. Last summer firestorms destroyed many parts of the globe.John: Firestorms are a pretty interesting phenomenon. They generate so much heat that they create their own weather. Nothing you can do about it.Susan:Once a fire developed into a firestorm, there’s no stopping it. Some people think we should n’t try.John: You mean, just let the forests burn? How can we watch people’s homes on fire with folded arms?Susan: Some experts argue that forest fires are part of nature, and that we shouldn’t try to interfere, except, of course, to save homes and lives.John: It seems wrong to let all good timber burn. What a waste that would be! Susan:But that’s nature’s way of cleaning up the debris that collects on the forest floor and creating new kind of growth.John: Maybe so, but it still seems wrong to just let fires burn.Susan: After all, there have been verdant forests for millions of years without man’s help fighting the fires.John: That may be true, but I still think it’s wrong to not put out forest firesMODEL3 This is the island that disappearedScriptSusan: Just look at that sky. Aren’t the twilight colors beautiful?John: Um. Even heard of the famous sunsets that followed the Krakatoa volcano eruption?Susan: Do you mean the Pacific island that blew up in the eighteen hundreds? John: Yeah. Deep red sunsets appeared on the horizon for the three years after the explosion.Susan: They were caused by the fine dust that spread through the earth’s atmosphere. John: People 5,000 kilometers away from Krakatoa reported hearing the enormous blast.Susan: And ashes even fell on Singapore, more than 500 kilometers to the north. John: As I remember, two thirds of the island simply disappeared, blown to bits. Susan: And then giant sea waves followed, killing more than 40,000 people who lived there. John:Apparently the biggest of those waves traveled 4,000 kilometers in just 12 hours. Susan: I don’t think there’s ever been another natural disaster quite like it, do you? John:A mountain called V esuvius erupted, burying the nearby town of Pompeii in ashes; but that was in a smaller scale.Now Your TurnTask 1SAMPLE DIALOGJosh: Maggie, I’ve just read a fire destroyed much of the forest on Day Mountain in Hong Kong the other day.Maggie: I’ve heard that too. The local government sent firefighters and even helicopters to try to put out the fire. But I think they shouldn’t have tried. Josh: You mean, they should just let the forests burn? How can they stand by and watch people’s homes go up in flames?Maggie: Some experts argue that forest fires are a phase in the cycle of nature, and we shouldn’t interfere. Except, of course, to save lives.Josh: It seems wrong to allow fires to burn up good timber. What a waste that would be! You see, the fire-hit area extends nearly 4,00 square meters.Maggie: But that’s nature’s way of cleaning up the debris that collects on the forest floor and creating space for new growth.Josh: That may be true, but it still seems wrong to just let fires burn. They destroyed not only timber, but many rare butterflies living thereMaggie: Anyway, there have been verdant forests for millions of years without man’s help in combating fires.Josh: You may be correct, but I still think it’s wrong to not put out forest fires. If too many trees are destroyed, the very existence of human beings is threatenedV. Let’s TalkScriptA natural disaster is the consequence of a hazardous event, occurring when human activities are affected by adverse natural phenomena such as flood, drought, hailstorm, heat wave, forest fore, hurricanes or typhoons, tornado, tsunami, landsides and mudslides, or volcanic eruption. The resulting deaths or property damages depend on the human ability to resist the disasters.Sometimes two seemingly different disasters may be related to each other. For example, an undersea earthquake may result in a tsunami. While there is a long dry spell in one area, there may be a great flood in another. It is necessary for human beings to understand and combat natural disasters.A drought is a long-lasting weather pattern consisting of dry conditions with very little or no precipitation. During this period, food and water supplies can run low, and other condition, such as famine, can result. Drought can last for several years and are particularly damaging in areas in which the residents depend on agriculture for survival.A flood follows too much rain or water in a location, and could be the result of many different conditions. Floods can be caused by heavy rainfall from a storm, including thunderstorms, rapid melting of a large amounts of snow, or rivers which swell from too much precipitation upstream, causing widespread damage to areas downstream. Another possible cause of a flood is the bursting of man-made dams.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Description of a TsunamiScriptA strange hissing noise filled the air, said witnesses to the disaster, and that was followed by an ear-shattering roar. Racing toward the shore at speed of 450 kilometers per hour was a vast black wall of water more than 20 meters high.For sunbathers on the beaches and diners at outdoor beachfront cafes there was no escape. Along with fishing boats, automobiles, trams, trains, early-morning shoppers and beach bungalows they were smashed to the ground and swept as far as two kilometers inland by the force of the tsunami that came after a force 9 earthquake deep under the sea off the coast of Sumatra.Many local residents, including numerous children, rushed onto the beach to pick up fish thrown ashore by the first giant wave. Before they could return to safety, a second powerful wave struck and swept them to their deaths at sea.When the worst of the waters finally retreated back into the ocean, bodies lay everywhere, and many hung from trees. At least 140,000 people died in the flooding around the rim of the Indian Ocean and as far away as Kenya and Somalia. Still missing are more than a thousand people, among then 200 Indonesian fishmen. Hundreds of fishing village in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand are cut off from supplies of clean water, food and medicines. Relief efforts from across the globe are rushing towards the disaster area. Whether they will be able to prevent further deaths from disease remain to be seen.1.What happened after shoppers were smashed to the ground?2.According to the passage, what happened after the first giant wave?3.How many people are missing in the disaster?4.What may follow immediately after the disaster, according to the passage?5.What id the passage mainly about?Keys: 1.A 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.ATask 2: Drought in South AfricaScriptSouth Africa is heading for a disaster in the new year because of a drought. The water level at some dams have dropped below 20% while the ground water table has dropped by as much s 30 metersEmergency measure have been introduced ensure that millions of people have enough water to survive. In rural areas without dams, the government has to send water by truck and sink new, deeper wells to provide drinking water. Tanked water is provided about 3.5 million South Africans. People here normally use barely 30 liters a day, and is impossible to further limit their usage. That is why agricultural use has to be restricted.More than 100,000 farm workers might lose their jobs if it does not rain soon. Water restrictions, which have a negative influence on the agricultural sector in particular, have already been imposed in several districts. Farmers have been forced to stop irrigating their crops to ensure that enough water is available for domestic use. Maize farmers in the eastern parts of the country have almost no hope of planting their crop in time. They need rain within the next two weeks to be able to start planting. Where farmers did sow, the seedlings have been scorched under the sun.An estimated 40,000 head of livestock have died because of the dry spell. Thousands of stock farmers will have to slaughter their livestock on a large scale because there is no grass left.The parts suffering the most were rural areas without dams. If it does not rain, the people there will face a huge crisis.Keys: FFTFTTask3: Brave firemenScriptA fire started on some grassland near a farm in Alberta, Canada. The fire department from the nearby town was called to put the fire out. The fire proved to be more than the small town fire department could handle, so someone suggested that a rural volunteer fire company be called. Since the company was composed entirely of men over65, there was doubt that they would be of assistance. But with no other help available, the farmer called the fire company away.The volunteer fire company’s men arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. The truck drove straight toward the fire and, instead of stopping in front of the fire, drove right onto the middle of the flames. The volunteer firemen jumped off the truck and started spraying water in all directions. Soon they had put out the center of the fire, breaking the blaze into two easily controllable parts. After an hour of intense fighting, they had extinguished the fire.The farmer was impressed by the brave volunteer firemen and their work. He was so grateful that his farm had been spared that he presented the volunteer company wit ha check for $10,000.A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire captain what the company planned to do with the funds. The fireman looked him right in the eye and said, “That should be obvious. The first thing we’re going to do is to get the brakes fixed on that stupid fire truck.”For Reference1.Since the company was composed entirely of men over65, there was doubt thatthey would be of assistance. But the farmer called the fire company away because the fire proved to be more than the small town fire department could handle, and there was no other help available.2.The truck drove straight toward the fire and, instead of stopping in front of the fire,drove right onto the middle of the flames.3.After an hour of intense fighting, they had extinguished the fire.4.He presented the volunteer company wit ha check for $10,000.The captain said, “The first thing we’re going to do is to get the brakes fixed on that stupid fire truck.”That suggests that they drove right into the middle of the flames because of useless brakes rather bravery.News ReportAustralian WaterspoutScriptA big twister struck the Sydney to Hobart yacht race late on Wednesday, nearly knocking out the team highly favored to win, Nicorette.Disaster struck the Swedish maxi yacht off the east coast of Australia, tearing its mainsail and nearly carrying away skipper Ludde Ingvall.When asked about his encounter with the waterspout, Ingvall described the experience as “surreal”.Ingvall, a seasoned sailor, said that he’s seen twisters before but had always managed to avoid them. This one, however, seemed to be following them and they had no choice but to go right through the middle of it.The encounter with the twister forced Nicorette to drop into fifteenth place overnight. Crew member valiantly battled extreme weather while attempting to keep the yacht o course.Skipper Ingvall reported that the team was now in sixth place and making up ground with the use of its backup mainsail.Nicorette managed to get back on track on Thursday, closing the gap on team Illbruck of Germany, the current leader.This footage from video taken aboard the Nicorette shows the terrible conditions they experienced as they struggled to stay in the race.It took real teamwork to get the unlucky yacht back into this position. Even under these harshest of conditions, the Nicorette team managed to work together to make a miraculous recovery. But the team has a history of successful teamwork.Last year, Nicorette achieved the second-fastest line honors victory in the 57-year history of the 630 nautical mile Sydney to Hobart race. The only yacht to surpass Nicorette’s time was the 60-foot Danish Nokia, setting the record of 1day, 19 hours, 48 minutes, and 2 seconds in 1999.Earlier on Thursday, 8 of the 75 entrants dropped out of the race after a night of thunderstorm activity and winds of up to 30 knots.Team Illbruck is the overall winner so far after two legs o the race, but there is still more race to go.Boat are currently en route to Auckland, New Zealand as they begin the third leg of the around the world race.Nicorette still has a chance to finish in one of the top spots despite the incredible obstacle that almost stopped them..。
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严复 信 忠实原文 （真） 达 译文通顺 （至） 雅 文采 （文学性）
信达最主要
大学英语四级段落翻译lecture专家讲座
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翻译方法
1. 阅读原文，了解原文，取得总体印象。 2. 翻译原文句子，找框架（主谓宾+定状补）+ 词汇/固定搭配+时态。正确断句，合句，找准主 语。了解原文中语言现象和逻辑关系，注意汉英 两种语言不一样表示习惯，综合翻译技巧进行翻 译。
Many people enjoy Chinese food. Cooking is looked upon as an art as well as a skill in China. A carefully prepared Chinese dish is not only delicious to eat
大学英语四级段落翻译lecture专家讲座
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8分（7-9分）：译文勉强表示了原文意思。用词欠 准确，语言错误相当多，其中有些是严重语言错 误。（5个句子正确或基本正确，9分；4个句子正 确或基本正确，8分；3个句子正确或基本正确，7 分）。
（8分参考译文） Many people love Chinese food. In China, cooking is
广泛使用 差异很大 至关主要 独特
use widely differ greatly/ vary widely be vital to…/ be of great significance distinctive/ unique / typical
3.修改，对译文修正、加工、润饰。 第一步：对照原文修改，思想是否准确表示；有 没有漏译、错译、曲解地方；译文语言是否通顺。
(完整版)新视野大学英语4第三版第四册第三单元教案
a。(only before nouns） ill or injured, esp. permanently。
He had kept house for an invalid woman for years untl she died
他给一位病弱的妇女做了好多年管家，直到她去世.
b。 not legally effective
Theyhaven’t been able to quantify the loss yet, as the statistics were kept a secret。
他们一直都不能测定损失，因为统计数据是保密的。
8。touch down；
（of an aircraft etc.） land on the ground
12。take/have/make a stab at sth。：
try to do sth。 even though you do not have the necessary skills or you have never done it before
I’d like to take a stab at answering that question.
1。 What do you know aboutexpresscompaniesor shippers inChina?
Shentong， Yuantong, Shunfeng， etc。
2。Whatare the benefits those companies provide you？
Highspeed，convenientshopping…
b。go or cause to go in different directions。
大学英语视听说第四册第三章小结的答案
Part IDirections: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Forest fire is very bad this year.B. Forest fires will be worse next year.C. Forest fire will be brought under control next year.D. Forest fire has been brought under control.2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The earthquake was not as strong as the Tokyo one.B. The earthquake was stronger than the Tokyo one.C. The two of them were lucky enough to live in anearthquake-proof hotel.D. The earthquake has leveled the house to the ground.3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. There will be a volcanic eruption on La Palma island.B. La Palma island will be completely submerged.C. Tidal waves will strike the coasts of two continents.D. Tidal waves will die down along the coasts of Africa andNorth America.4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. She knows a lot about floods.B. She is an earthquake expert.C. She is interested in meteorites.D. She is worried about natural disasters.5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The man thinks modern technology can tame nature whilethe woman does not.B. The woman thinks modern technology can tame naturewhile the man does not.C. Both the man and woman think mankind can conquernature.D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks mankind canconquer nature.Part IIDirections: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (S1)high mountain.between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started towas raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurantinstead. (S8)going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked.were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees.After a few m inutes, the flood’s flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on.burst as the rain started.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)ten minuteslaterTen minutes later, as we werelooking out the window, we saweveryone was running away fromsomething.(9)A huge flood was streaming downthe mountain. We were standingon a higher place, so we couldsee everything.(10)It was reported that the flooddestroyed a big area andapproximately 300 people werekilled or disappeared that day.Part IIIDirections: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.1. Why was the door to the balcony wide open?A. The weather was hot.B. It was too moist inside.C. It was too dry inside.D. The scene outside was beautiful.2. Why was the man unable to shut the windows?A. The window was deformed.B. The wind was too strong.C. He was scared stiff by the loud thunder.D. He was frightened by the lightning.3. How did he manage to close the window?A. He asked his wife to close it together.B. He used a mop to close it.C. He waited until the wind was less strong.D. He waited until the hail was over.4. What did the speaker do after seeing the lightning?A. He closed the window.B. He turned off the TV.C. He turned off the lights.D. He pulled out the electrical plugs5. What is the sequence of the events?A. Sun---wind---thunder and lightning---sun---hail.B. Sun---hail---thunder and lightning---wind---sun.C. Sun---wind---thunder and lightning---hail---sun.D. Sun---wind---hail---thunder and lightning---sun.Part IVDirections: Choose the right answer.1. Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. A typhoon________________ the east coast, and it was chaos.B. hitC. struck atD. attacked on2. Tsunami waves can be ________________ meters high. Theytoss cars and houses around as though they were children's toys.A. a dozen ofB. dozen ofC. dozensD. dozens of3. It is reported that at least 1,068 people are dead, 1,600 are________________, and 25,000 are in need of emergency food and other forms of assistance.A. missingB. missedC. losingD. loss4. A key factor in the widespread destruction is the extensivedeforestation and the ________________ of settlementsalong the floodplains of rivers.B. presenceC. absentD. absence5. The flood ________________ for humanitarian relief workersto rescue stranded people and deliver badly needed food,medicine and supplies to residentsA. found difficultB. found it difficultC. made difficultD. made it difficult。
大学英语听力四答案Lesson 3
7. This is the final call for Olympic Airways to Athens, Flight Number 260. Any remaining passengers must go immediately to Gate 2 where the flight is about to depart. 8. Your attention, please. Midwestern Airlines announces the departure of Flight Number 74 to Boston. Will passengers for this flight please go to Gate 24?
1) sports
5) music
6) concert
8) 9) American museum Indian pottery and exhibits sand painting
And now a report on snow conditions at area ski resorts. Snow Valley is reporting good conditions with six inches of new snow in the last twenty-four hours; Pine Mountain is reporting good conditions with eight inches of new snow; and the Oak Creek Canyon Resort is reporting very good conditions with nine inches of new snow. This has been the weekend guide. Thank you for listening.
新编大学英语视听说教程4第三版答案第三单元part2
新编大学英语视听说教程4第三版答案第三单元part21、78．—Welcome to China. I hope you'll enjoy the ________.—Thank you. [单选题] *A．tour(正确答案)B．sizeC．nameD．colour2、What do you think of the idea that _____ honest man who married and brought up a large family did more service than he who continued single and only talked of _____ population. [单选题] *A. a, /B. an, /C. a, theD. an, the(正确答案)3、_______, making some DIY things is fashionable. [单选题] *A. Stand outB. In ones opinionC. In my opinion(正确答案)D. Out of fashion4、Reading（）the lines, I dare say that the government are more worried than they admitted. [单选题] *A. behindB. between(正确答案)C. alongD. among5、What’s the price and what sort of _______ do you offer? [单选题] *A. advantageB. accountC. displayD. discount(正确答案)6、—______ do you play basketball?—Twice a week.（）[单选题] *A. How often(正确答案)B. How muchC. How manyD. How long7、The market economy is quickly changing people’s idea on_____is accepted. [单选题] *A.what(正确答案)B.whichC.howD.that8、Online shopping _______ very popular now. [单选题] *A. is(正确答案)B. areC. wasD. were9、If you get _______, you can have some bread on the table. [单选题] *A. happyB. hungry(正确答案)C. worriedD. sad10、6．—How can we get to the school?—________ bus. [单选题] * A．ToB．OnC．By(正确答案)D．At11、77．You can watch TV when you finish________ your homework. [单选题] * A．to doB．doC．to doingD．doing(正确答案)12、Our school is beautiful. How about _______? [单选题] *A. theirs(正确答案)B. theirC. theyD. them13、28．The question is very difficult. ______ can answer it. [单选题] * A．EveryoneB．No one(正确答案)C．SomeoneD．Anyone14、Every means _____ but it's not so effective. [单选题] *A. have been triedB. has been tried(正确答案)C. have triedD. has tried15、You cannot see the doctor _____ you have made an appointment with him. [单选题] *A. exceptB.evenC. howeverD.unless(正确答案)16、_____he was seriously ill, I wouldn’t have told him the truth. [单选题] *A.If I knewB.Had I known(正确答案)C.Did I knowD.Were I known17、The firm attributed the accident to（）fog, and no casualties have been reported until now. [单选题] *A. minimumB. scarceC. dense(正确答案)D. seldom18、26．—Mary, is this your pen?—No, it isn't. ________ is black. [单选题] * A．MyB．IC．MeD．Mine(正确答案)19、—______some nice crayons. I think they are ______.（）[单选题] *A. Here is; Betty’sB. Here are; BettyC. Here is; BettyD. Here are; Betty’s(正确答案)20、I was astonished when I heard that Louise was getting married. [单选题] *A. 惊讶(正确答案)B. 气愤C. 高兴D. 想念21、3．—Will you buy the black car?No, I won't. I will buya(n) ________ one because I don't have enough money. [单选题] *A．cheap(正确答案)B．expensiveC．highD．low22、The car _______ after forty minutes driving, so he didn’t have the interview on time. [单选题] *A. broke down(正确答案)B. broke inC. broke outD. broke up23、I am so excited to receive a _______ from my husband on my birthday. [单选题] *A. present(正确答案)B. percentC. parentD. peace24、Tom is ____ honest man, so we all like to work with him. [单选题] *A. aB. an(正确答案)C. /D. any25、It is reported that the fire caused serious（）to that school building. [单选题] *A. damage(正确答案)B. destroyC. harmD.hurt26、( ). The old man enjoys ______ stamps. And now he has1300 of them [单选题] *A. collectB. collectedC. collecting(正确答案)D. to collect27、Neither she nor her friends ______ been to Haikou. [单选题] *A. have(正确答案)B. hasC. hadD. having28、We have ______ homework today. （）[单选题] *A. too manyB. too much(正确答案)C. much tooD. very much29、They returned successfully from ______ moon to _____ earth. [单选题] *A. /; /B. /; theC. the; the(正确答案)D. the; /30、Tom is very _______. He never cleans his room. [单选题] *A. lazy(正确答案)B. activeC. shyD. healthy。
CET-4 lecture共34页
• promotion（09-6/12连续考到）
• 2009-6 I heard about your promotion, you must be thrilled.(我听说你升职了，你开心死了吧)
• not really, the new office is huge, but the work load has doubled.
车旅行的机会)
• tell me about your present job...
• 2019-12
• There were about 20 candidates competing for the sales manager's job. And finally
• it was down to three of us, but the other two seemed better qualified（合格）.
• 搭配词汇: hardly/barely stay awake （无法保持清醒。三次考到，最新106考点)
• 09年以来的一些新课程名称 • advanced physics (高级物理) data
processing (数据处理) computer programming (计算机程序) • biology 生物
CET- 4
• 8：40-9：00 入场，三证：准考证、身份证、 学生证；带手表，关闹铃；试耳机，最好 带两个
• 9：00-9：10 打铃，发卷，答题卡I和II，老 师宣读考场规定，作文打腹稿
• 9：10-9：40 打铃，作文，30分钟，15分， 建议25分钟之内完成，绝对不要占用快阅 的时间
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第四步：复查
意思明晰、逻辑通顺、语法正确 （包括词性、时态、主谓一致、名词单复数、 常用搭配等）
不要盲目选 把握住方向后再做选择
Section A (选词填空 15个词选10个)
Section B: 篇章阅读
Section B: 篇章阅读 之
养成正确的阅读习惯
平视: 主视线居中，余光覆盖两侧 扫描: 目光向下移动扫描 只有遇到关键词时才能动手做标记
实例讲解 第一步：浏览单词
A) percent
B) remained
F) counted
G) relieved
K) forcing
L）improve
C) rose
D) rates E) percentage
H) present
I) believing J) released
M) styles
CET-4 Training Course
Lecture Three
Reading in Depth
(Ⅰ)
Reading in Depth
Main Contents
Ⅰ 题型构成及特征
Ⅱ 选词填空：方法技巧 Ⅲ 选词填空：实战练习 Ⅳ篇章阅读：题型解析
四级阅读之深入阅读
Section A: Section A
第三步：做出选择
依据词类、词义、时态、单复数及常用结构
If our society ever needed a reading renaissance（复 兴）, it’s now. The National Endowment for the Arts released “Reading at Risk” last year, a study showing that adult reading 47 have dropped 10 percentage points in the past decade, with the steepest drop among those 18 to 24. “Only one half of young people read a book of any kind in 2002. We set the bar almost on the ground. If you read one short story in a teenager magazine, that would have 48 ,” laments a director of research and analysis. He 49 the loss of readers to the booming world of technology, which attracts would-be leisure readers to E-mail, IM chats, and video games and leaves them with no time to cope with a novel.
实例讲解
In fact, fewer kids are reading for pleasure. According to data 53 last week from the National Center for Educational Statistic’s long-term trend assessment, the number of 17-year-olds who reported never or hardly ever reading for fun 54 from 9 percent in 1984 to 19 percent in 2004. At the same time, the 55 of 17-yearolds who read daily dropped from 31 to 22. This slow but ady retreat from books has not yet taken a toll on reading ability. Scores for the nation’s youth have 56 constant over the past two decades (with an encouraging upswing among 9-year-olds). But given the strong apparent correlation between pleasure reading and reading skills, this means poorly for the future.
选词填空 15个词选10个
深入阅读
Section B: Section B
2 passages
在25分钟内完成三篇阅读
Section A: 选词填空阅读15选10
Section A (选词填空 15个词选10个) 做题步骤
浏览可供选择的单词 分词类 （动词、名词、形容词、副词） 辩词义 （在语境中词的意义、辩近义词） 看时态 （动词一般现在时、进行时、过去时、完成时） 明单复 （包括动词与主语的主谓一致、名词的单复数） 顺结构 （常用的固定搭配结构） 通读文章 选择单词：依据词类、词义、时态、单复数及常用结构选词 复查： 意思明晰、逻辑通顺、语法正确（包括词性、时态、 主谓一致、名词单复数、常用搭配等）
实例讲解
In fact, fewer kids are reading for pleasure. According to data 53 last week from the National Center for Educational Statistic’s long-term trend assessment, the number of 17-year-olds who reported never or hardly ever reading for fun 54 from 9 percent in 1984 to 19 percent in 2004. At the same time, the 55 of 17-yearolds who read daily dropped from 31 to 22. This slow but steady retreat from books has not yet taken a toll on reading ability. Scores for the nation’s youth have 56 constant over the past two decades (with an encouraging upswing among 9-year-olds). But given the strong apparent correlation between pleasure reading and reading skills, this means poorly for the future.
第二步：通读文章
实例讲解
If our society ever needed a reading renaissance（复 兴）, it’s now. The National Endowment for the Arts released “Reading at Risk” last year, a study showing that adult reading 47 have dropped 10 percentage points in the past decade, with the steepest drop among those 18 to 24. “Only one half of young people read a book of any kind in 2002. We set the bar almost on the ground. If you read one short story in a teenager magazine, that would have 48 ,” laments a director of research and analysis. He 49 the loss of readers to the booming world of technology, which attracts would-be leisure readers to E-mail, IM chats, and video games and leaves them with no time to cope with a novel.
N) building O) attributes
第一步：浏览单词—按照词类、词义、时态、单复数分类
分词类: 分类时先按照词性分，即动/动名词、名词、形容词、副词 同时把词义相近的、时态一样的、单复数一样的排一起 名词 percent percentage styles rates 动词 remained rose counted relieved released improve present attributes 动名词或分词 believing forcing building 形容词 副词
实例讲解
“These new forms of media undoubtedly have some benefits,” says Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You. Video games 50 problem-solving skills; TV shows promote mental gymnastics by 51 viewers to follow complex story lines. But books offer experience that can’t be gained from these other sources, from 52 vocabulary to stretching the imagination. “If they’re not reading at all,” says Johnson, “that’s a huge problem.”