现代大学英语听力2听力原文及题目答案unit3

《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案

《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案

《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案

Unit 3Unit 3

Task 1

【答案】

A.

1) Stress on the job costs American companies as much as $150 billion a year in lower productivity, unnecessary employee sick leave, and higher medical costs.

2) The most stressful professions are those that involve danger and extreme pressure and those that carry a lot of responsibility without much control.

3) The best way to deal with stress is through relaxation, but sometimes the only answer is to fight back or walk away.

B.

1) Three-quarters

2) psychologists, doctors

3) nervousness, anger, frequent illness, forgetfulness, mental problems

【原文】

Stress on the job costs American companies as much as $150 billion a year in lower productivity, unnecessary employee sick leave, and higher medical costs. Three-quarters of the office workers today say they suffer from stress at work. Recently, psychologists and doctors have begun to study the problem more closely. They have discovered that the most stressful professions are those that involve danger, extreme pressure and those that carry a lot of responsibility without much control.

The sign of stress range from nervousness, anger, and frequent illness to forgetfulness or even mental problems. The best way to deal with stress is through relaxation, but sometimes the only answer is to fight back or walk away.

Task 2

【答案】

A.

1)give in so easily to hijackers’ demands

a) threaten to blow up a plane, commit some other outage

b) hold out against this kind of blackmail, always have terrorists, Start executing terrorists

automatically

c)be prepared to face the consequences of evil

2)

a) It’s the lesser of two evils. Terrorists have proven often enough that they really mean business.

b)Innocent lives, threatening the innocent will achieve its ends.

B.

She implies that if the first speaker was one of the victims of terrorism, she would want the government to give in to the demands so that she wouldn’t die.

【原文】

Margaret: Governments give in so easily to hijackers’ demands. A hijacker only has to threaten to blow up a plane or commit some other outrage, and a government gives in to his

demands.

Valerie: Naturally. It’s the less er of the two evils. What government would risk innocent lives just to see if terrorists will really do what they threaten to do Terrorists have proven often enough that they really mean business.

Margaret: Yes, but i f a government doesn’t hold out against this kind of blackmail, we will always have terrorists. Governments are afraid to punish these people. They almost always let

them go free. Start executing terrorists automatically wherever they land, and

terrorism will stop.

Valerie: And what about the innocent lives that will be lost in the process Terrorism is based on the simple idea that threatening the innocent will achieve its ends.

Margaret: You can’t get rid of evil without being prepared to face the consequences of evil. Valerie: So long as you’re not one of the victims!

Task 3

【答案】

A.

1)thirty-five, natural light, a small window, hot, airless, very noisy

2) Mexico

3) ought to, shouldn’t

B.

1)It is located in a narrow street with five-and six-storey buildings eight kilometers from

downtown Los Angeles.

2) This factory makes shirts and jeans

3) She’s already been working for ten hours, but won’t stop for another two hours.

4) She can’t complain about those things because she is an illegal immigrant.

【原文】

Eight kilometers from downtown Los Angeles there is a narrow street with five- and six-storey buildings. Inside one of these buildings there is a small factory making shirts and jeans. The women working in the factory sit close together, each with a small table, each with their own sewing machine. The women say nothing, and work hard. In one of the rooms there are thirty-five women. There is only a little natural light, and this comes from a small window in the roof. The room is hot, airless, and very noisy. On the left-hand side of the room there is a young girl sitting next to the wall. Every now and again she closes her eyes, and her fingers stop working. She's already been in her chair for ten hours, but she'll be here until the bell rings — and that won't be for another two hours. Her name is Maria, and she comes from Mexico. She won't complain about her work. She won't say that the working hours ought to be changed; she won't say that the working conditions shouldn't be permitted.

Task 4