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新标准大学英语视听说教程听力原文Unit1
Unit 1-Conversation 1**（1）Janet:So this is the Cherwell Boathouse —it's lovely! And look at those people punting! It looks quite easy.Mark:I'm not so sure about that! Janet, there's something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you. Some people in college are organizing charity events this term. We've decided to get involved. Janet:Raising money for charity? Right. In China, people raise money for charity but students don't usually do that.Mark:Students often do that here. Anyway, we're thinking of doing sponsored punting.Janet:Sponsored punting! What's that?Kate:Sponsoring is when people pay you to do something —like run a long distance. So people would be sponsoring students to punt.Janet: What a great idea! I'd love to join you! Mark:That's why we're telling you about it. So that's decided then. Let's make a list of things we need to do.Kate: I'll do that. One of the first things we should do is choose the charity.Mark: Yes. And choose a day for the event. And we need to design the sponsorship form. I've got one here.Kate:That looks fine, but we must change the wording. Who wants to do that?Mark: I'll do that. What have we got so far? Kate: Choose a charity. Also a day for the event. Change the wording on the sponsorship form... Um ... We have to decide where the punt will start from.Mark: Cherwell Boathouse, no question! It's a very beautiful route from here, apparently.Kate: I'm with you on that.Janet: Me tooJanet: I'm not used to boats — Woah!Mark: Whoops!Kate: Watch out! You nearly hit me with that thing! Mark: Sorry! I didn't mean to. ... OK, we're off! Kate: Maybe I should do the punting.Mark:It's 've got the hang of it now —give me a chance.Kate: Well, I'd like to have a go.Mark: Supposing I do the first hour. Then you can take over for a while, if you want to.Kate: Yes, great.Janet: You're really good at it, Mark! This is fantastic! It's exactly how I imagined life here! Look over there —isn't it lovely!Kate: Yes, it is.Unit 1-Conversation 2Janet: Kate, everything's organized, isn't it, for collecting the sponsorship money?Kate: Yes, I've arranged for people to get the money to me by next Friday — if they haven't paidonline. I'll count it all up.Janet: Good. We'd better have a meeting soon after that, don't you think? How much have we raised?Kate: About 600.Janet: Fantastic! I'm so enjoying this!Mark: Hey guys, I've got a suggestion —how about moving over to the bank and we can have our picnic! Hey, look, there's Louise and Sophie! Mark: Whoo ...Girls: Mark!Janet: Are you all right?Mark: Er .Of course I'm all right. Kate, I think it's your turn to punt!Unit 1-Outside ViewVoice-over Harvard University in Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world. We spoke to Alex Jude, the university's Head of Communications. He explained that Harvard looks for the best and most talented students from around the world. Alex Harvard actually seeks students from around theworld, the best students that we can find, to study chemistry,or study literature, or study government, or business.Ourbusiness school is particularly well-known around the world, as is the medical school and law school, so, um, and, and theKennedy School of Government, or the John F KennedySchool of Government, so, er, we do seek very, very talentedstudents and we have open doors for them.Voice-over We asked five students at Harvard to tell uswhat kind of social life they have.Ashley Um, well relaxing is a little hard to do around here, but basically, I mean, I still, I, I live nearby anyway, so I see a lot of my friends, and ... Um, there's a good social life here if you look for it. I go to the gym, run. So that's what I do.Adam It's, it's whatever you want it to be. It's good. Ifyou wanna go out party, do anything you can. If you wannasit in your room and study all night like my friend over here,you can also do that.Brian Socially, like you said, it's, it's a lot of what youmake it. Um, we don't have fraternities here, and so, youknow, that's, it's obviously not as social. There's not as manyparties as there would be on another campus. Um,but on aFriday or Saturday night, there, there, there will be a party.Usually we end up studying until about 10 o'clock.And thenwe, and then we'll go out and have fun maybe, or just watch amovie with friends, or, you know, whatever is going on forthe night.Jodie Not everyone would agree with me, obviously, but it's, I think it's a fun place to be. Interviewer Have you made a lot of friends?Jodie Oh, definitely.Interviewer Mm.Jodie Many.Interviewer What, what do you do with your friends?Jodie Um, well, I like to go to concerts. I'm in threemusic groups, so I have lots of rehearsals during the week forthat. Um, just do, you know, some fun things, on the weekend.Voice-over We asked the Harvard students if they use theInternet.Ashley Um, I, I use it a fairly good amount. Um, our library system is online, so I use that a lot. And a lot of myclasses, you know, have to do research papers. You can find alot of information on there, so.Interviewer So how often do you use it, a week, a day?Ashley Um, I use it probably on more of a weekly basis. Maybe three or four times a week. Brian Oh yes, definitely. We live through the Internetactually. Well, I do a lot of research through the Internet,follow my stocks on the Internet. Um, well, even thoughe-mail is not officially Internet, we, that's how we communicate a lot at college, so, through the e-mail.John Um, I use the internet mostly for, er, I'd say,sort of leisure purposes. I mean, I play, um, I use it for a lotof, I don't, we don't have TV in my room, so I use it, uh, uh,go to the CNN website, keep up on current events, things likethat. Uh, I also, uh, you know, there's some little games toplay over the Internet. Um, just um, I go to to seewhat's happening, follow the Boston Red Sox, things likethat. Um, I think a lot of courses use it to post things, but I, Idon't usually use it that much for research, or things.I tend touse the libraries for such things, so.Unit 1-Listening inNews reportStanford University has recently changed its financial aid policy for students to make the university more affordable and accessible. Students who don’t have financial aid pay about $46,000 a year just for tuition. It’s not unusual for students to be forced to decline an offer because they can’t afford to go to their dream school. The new policy means that for students whose families earn less than $125,000, tuition is fully covered by scholarship and grant aid. Those with a family income below $65,000 are not expected to pay for either tuition, or room and board. This is great news for talented students who are concerned about fees.However, Stanford is not the only top university in the United States that makes tuition affordable for students. Ivy League schools, such as Harvard, Princeton and Yale, also offer free tuition plans to students from low-income and middle-class families.Stanford and Ivy League schools can offer generous financial aid packages because they are very wealthy. They receive large annual donations that can be used for specific purposes, such as financial aid.1 What has Stanford University done recently?2 How much is the tuition a year at Stanford if students don’t receive financial aid?3 Why is Stanford University so wealthy? Passage 1Voice-over Hi, I'm Nick Carter, and this is SUR, your university radio station. This morning we went around campus to ask freshers -now half-way through their first year -the question, "How are you finding uni?" Here are some of the answers we got. Speaker 1It's cool. It's everything I hoped it would be. I'mvery ambitious, I want to be a journalist and I want to get to the top of the profession. I've started writing for the university newspaper so I've got my foot on the ladder already.Speaker 2I'm working hard and the teaching is as good as I expected. And I've made some good friends. But I'm very homesick. I'm Nigerian and my family's so far away. I went home at Christmas for a month -that really helped, butman, I miss my family so much.Speaker 3"How am I finding uni?" It's great. It's not perfect, nothing is, but, like, I've got a brilliant social life, just brilliant, and I've made lots of friends. For the first few months I just didn't do, really enough work. But I -1 talked about it with my parents and I'm working harder now and getting good grades.Speaker 4Actually, I've been quite lonely to be honest. I'm a bit shy ... everyone else seemed to find it so easy to make friends straight away. But things have been better recently - yeah, they have. I've joined a couple of clubs and like, it really helps to get to know people when you have shared interests. So, yeah - I'm feeling a lot happier now.Speaker5 Uni's great, I love it. My only problem -and it'squite a big problem - is money. My parents are both unemployed so, you know, they can't help me financially. Mygrant just isn't - it's just not enough for me to live on, so I'vetaken a part-time job as a waitress — a lot of peopleI know,like a lot, have had to do the same. I don't want to have hugedebts at the end.Speaker 6I love my subject. History, and I'm, I'm getting fantastic teaching here. I want to be a university lecturer andthat means I have to get a first. I have a good social life butwork definitely comes first for me.Passage 2Oxford and Cambridge - two universities so similar that they are often spoken of together as "Oxbridge". They're both in the UK, fairly near London, and both regularly come top in any ranking of the world's best universities.The two universities began within a century of each other. Oxford University, now 900 years old, was founded towards the end of the 11th century. In 1209 there was a dispute between the university and the townspeople of Oxford. As a result, some of the Oxford teachers left and founded a university in the town of Cambridge, some 84 miles away. Ever since then, the two institutions have been very competitive.Unlike most modem universities, both Oxford and Cambridge consist of a large number of colleges. Oxford has 39 and Cambridge 31. Many of these colleges have old and very beautiful architecture, and large numbers of tourists visit them.In all UK universities, you need good grades inthe national exams taken at 18. But to get into Oxford and Cambridge, it's not enough to get A grades in your exams. You also have to go for a long interview. In these interviews, students need to show that they are creative and capable of original thinking.Through the centuries, both universities have made huge contributions to British cultural life. They have produced great writers, world leaders and politicians. Cambridge, in particular, has produced scientists whose discoveries and inventions have changed our lives.Among the great university institutions is the world's most famous debating society, the Oxford Union, where undergraduates get a chance to practise speaking in public. Cambridge's comedy club Footlights has produced many first-class comedians, while some of the UK's most famous actors and actresses began their careers at The Oxford University Dramatic Society, known as OUDS. Then there's the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which takes place every year in March or April, and is watched on television all over the UK.So with all this excellence in so many fields, it's not surprising that the ambition of clever students all over the world is to attend either one of these great universities.。
新标准大学英语视听说教程听力原文
Unit 6-Conversation 1Janet: What are you reading, KateKate:Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Do you know itJanet: I've heard of it, yes, but I've never read it. It's a 19th century children's story, isn't it K a te: That's right. It's very famous. It's set in Oxford. It starts with this young girl sitting on a river bank. The interesting thing is, the author, Lewis Carroll, he was an Oxford professor and he used to have tea with the girl's family on this river bank. Ja net: Oh, that's fascinating! I'll put it into my diary.Kate: Is that what you're writing I know you've been keeping a diary all the year.Janet: It's been a great year. I've had such a good time — so lucky to have Mark and Kate as friends. Feel I've been doing well with work. Much happier about asking questions in tutorials.Janet: My screen's gone dark.Mark: You're using the battery, remember. It's run out, obviously.Janet: It can't be the battery. It's still charged. Oh no it's still black. Oh dear, I hope it's nothing serious. I haven't backed anything up recently. Kate: That's not like you, Janet.Janet:I know, but I lost my memory stick. I really should have backed things up. How stupid of me not to do that! Supposing I've lost everything!Mark: Let me take a look. The power is still on. And also the operating system still seems to be working ...I think it has to be the graphics card ... But maybe that's not the problem ...Janet: If only I'd backed things up!Kate: Relax, Janet! We'll take it to the computer shop this afternoon. I'm sure it'll be OK.Janet: I hope so.Unit 6-Conversation 2Janet: Tell me about Alice in Wonderland.Kate: I tell you what, I'll read it to you. Kate: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and having nothing to do: Once or twice, she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid) ...Janet: Kate, Mark, where are you going You've got my laptop!Kate: It's all right, Janet, we're taking it to the computer shop. We'll be back soon.Mark: It's not like Janet to forget to back up her work.Kate: She should have been more careful.Janet: It was stupid of me, I know! Stupid, stupid! Janet: Oh! It was a dream! What a relief!Kate: You were talking in your sleep.Janet: What was I sayingKate: "Stupid, stupid."M ark: I've sorted out your computer.Janet: Have you Oh, thank goodness! What was the problemMark:It was the graphics card, as I predicted ... Janet: Is that what it was! I'm so relieved! Thanks, Mark.Kate: He's great, isn't heJanet: Yes. So are you, Kate.Kate: You're such a good friend.Unit 6-Outside viewComputers are a very important part of our lives. They tell us about delays to transport. They drive trains, analyze evidence and control buildings. Did you know that 60 per cent of homes in Britain have got a PC (a personal computer) For many young people, playing computer games is their favorite way of spending spare time. Computers are a very important part of most areas of life in Britain-libraries, the police and in school. But they are becoming more important in our homes as well. They’ll even control the way we live-in “smart homes” or computer-controlled houses. The smart home is now a real possibility. It will become very common. A central computer will adjust the temperature, act as a burglar alarm and switch on lights, ready for you to come back home. And of course you will be able to give new instructions to the computer from your mobile phone. So if your plans change, your home will react to match. Many homes have got lots of televisions and several computers. The smart home will provide TV and Internet sockets in every room, so you’ll be able to do what you want whenever you want. If the temperature outside changes, the smart home will adjust the temperature levels inside. The computer will also close the blinds when it gets dark or to stop so much sun from entering a room. And if you want to eat when you get home, the computer will turn the oven on for you! Are computers taking over our lives In a survey, 44 per cent of young people between 11 and 16 said their PC was a trusted friend. Twenty per cent said they were happier at their computer than spending time with family or friends. Another survey found that people in Britain spend so much time on the phone, texting and reading emails that they no longer have time for conversation. What do you think about thatUnit 6-Listening inNews ReportUS Scientists have announced the discovery of gravitational waves, which are tiny waves produced by massive objects moving very quickly. Two black holes produced the waves when they crashed into each other about billion years ago. A black hole is a place in space where the gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape. This announcement of the discovery comes a century after Albert Einstein first predicted gravitational waves would exist.The discovery was made possible by using a highly sensitive instrument designed to detect signals of gravitational waves and identify their sources. This discovery proves that there are gravitational waves, and strongly confirms the existence of black holes.With this discovery, scientists are given a new tool to study and understand the universe. The waves could help scientists learn more about what happened immediately after the universe began and how the universe expanded. Scientists hope that they may be able to observe parts of the universe that were previously undetectable.1.What discovery have US scientists made2.What features do black holes have according to thenews report3.Why is the discovery importantPassage 1When you have a biscuit with your cup of tea, do you dunk it And if so, what’s the perfect way to do it That’s the subject of today’s Science in Action report. It may be hard to believe but scientists at the University of Bristol have been analyzing this question. And after a two-month study they devised a mathematical formula for dunking biscuits. So no more melting chocolate, or biscuit crumbs in the bottom of your cup, which is the fate of one in four biscuits that are dunked in tea, according to research by a biscuit manufacturer. Doughnut dunkers don’t face the same problems because doughnuts are held together with an elastic net of protein, gluten. This substance allows the doughnut to absorb liquid without breaking down its structure. The structure of a biscuit, however, is held together by sugar which melts when placed in hot tea or coffee.So what is the answer The researcher, let by Dr. Len Fisher, discovered that holding the biscuit in a horizontal position – or “flat-on”– has a significant effect on the amount of time that a biscuit can stay in hot liquid before falling apart. In fact this horizontal dunking results in a dunking time up to four times longer than traditional vertical dunking.What’s the reason for this It seems that the answer is related to diffusion, in other words, the length of time it takes for the liquid to penetrate the structure of the biscuit. Basically, it takes longer for the liquid to travel through the channels of a biscuit when it is laid flat on the surface of the liquid. Also the fact that when a biscuit is dunked horizontally, with the biscuit submerged in the liquid, and the chocolate coating staying out of the liquid, the chocolate helps hold the biscuit together. Another factor influencing the equation is the temperature of the tea –the hotter the tea, the faster the sugar melts.Researchers also found that by dunking a biscuit into tea or coffee, up to ten times more flavor is release than it the b iscuit is eaten dry. So it’s worth experimenting yourself. If you are wondering how you can perfect the horizontal dunk, the researchers have come up with an idea for a biscuit-holding device to make dunking biscuits easier. They are even mow working on producing a table giving guidelines on dunking times for different types of biscuit. On that note, I think it’s time to go off to the canteen for a tea break!Passage 2Peter: Hey Louise, look at this book about crop circles - some of the photos are absolutelyunbelievable.Louise: You don t believe in all that stuff, do you PeterPeter: I'm not saying I believe in UFOs and things, but some of the formations are fascinating.They’re made up of lots of interconnectedcircles and geometrical shapes. You know, inthe past few years, there have been morereports of them. The circles are gettinglarger and the designs are getting moreintricate... I'm sure that they can't all beman-made. Think about it - they're socomplicated, and they appear at night in themiddle of fields of wheat barley or corn.It’s definitely pretty weird!Louise: I know, but l saw a TV documentary about it, and they showed how a group of hoaxers madean elaborate crop circle in a field at nightusing wooden plank, ropes, plastic tubes anda garden roller. They even fooled some of thepeople who believe in the paranormal-alienscoming down in UFOs and aliens coming downin UFOs and creating them, and so on. Peter: I'm sure lots of them are created by people just to get publicity but look here-it says,“The first records of crop circles go backas far as the 17th century. Since the 1970sthere have been over 12,000 reports fromcountries all around the world includingItaly, America, South Africa, Australia andBrazil.” Most reports are from here inEngland though.Louise: B ut surely that’s just because they get so much media coverage these days, so morepeople are making them.Peter: Perhaps, but how do you explain the fact that the actual chemical composition of thegrains of corps inside the circles changesScientific tests have found they have ahigher protein level. The stems of the grainshave often been exposed to high temperatures.And they found that the soil within thecircles contains more iron than the soiloutside. So far, the hoaxers haven't beenable to copy all these features.Louise: W ell, I'm not a scientist but I'm pretty sceptical about all these so-calledparanormal explanations. I remember in theprogramme I watched, the researchers foundsigns of human interference, such as holesin the earth and footprints!Peter: Come on… you must admit, that still leavesa lot which is unexplained!Louise: T here's lots of things that are hard to explain but this really...。
新标准大学英语视听说教程听力原文
新标准⼤学英语视听说教程听⼒原⽂Unit 6-Conversation 1Janet: What are you reading, KateKate:Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Do you know itJanet: I've heard of it, yes, but I've never read it. It's a 19th century children's story, isn't it K a te: That's right. It's very famous. It's set in Oxford. It starts with this young girl sitting on a river bank. The interesting thing is, the author, Lewis Carroll, he was an Oxford professor and he used to have tea with the girl's family on this river bank. Ja net: Oh, that's fascinating! I'll put it into my diary.Kate: Is that what you're writing I know you've been keeping a diary all the year.Janet: It's been a great year. I've had such a good time — so lucky to have Mark and Kate as friends. Feel I've been doing well with work. Much happier about asking questions in tutorials.Janet: My screen's gone dark.Mark: You're using the battery, remember. It's run out, obviously.Janet: It can't be the battery. It's still charged. Oh no it's still black. Oh dear, I hope it's nothing serious. I haven't backed anything up recently. Kate: That's not like you, Janet.Janet:I know, but I lost my memory stick. I really should have backed things up. How stupid of me not to do that! Supposing I've lost everything!Mark: Let me take a look. The power is still on. And also the operating system still seems to be working ...I think it has to be the graphics card ... But maybe that's not the problem ...Janet: If only I'd backed things up!Kate: Relax, Janet! We'll take it to the computer shop this afternoon. I'm sure it'll be OK.Janet: I hope so.Unit 6-Conversation 2Janet: Tell me about Alice in Wonderland.Kate: I tell you what, I'll read it to you. Kate: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and having nothing to do: Once or twice, she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid) ...Janet: Kate, Mark, where are you going You've got my laptop!Kate: It's all right, Janet, we're taking it to the computer shop. We'll be back soon.Mark: It's not like Janet to forget to back up her work.Kate: She should have been more careful.Janet: It was stupid of me, I know! Stupid, stupid! Janet: Oh! It was a dream! What a relief!Kate: You were talking in your sleep.Janet: What was I sayingKate: "Stupid, stupid."M ark: I've sorted out your computer.Janet: Have you Oh, thank goodness! What was the problemMark:It was the graphics card, as I predicted ... Janet: Is that what it was! I'm so relieved! Thanks, Mark.Kate: He's great, isn't heJanet: Yes. So are you, Kate.Kate: You're such a good friend.Unit 6-Outside viewComputers are a very important part of our lives. They tell us about delays to transport. They drive trains, analyze evidence and control buildings. Did you know that 60 per cent of homes in Britain have got a PC (a personal computer) For many young people, playing computer games is their favorite way of spending spare time. Computers are a very important part of most areas of life in Britain-libraries, the police and in school. But they are becoming more important in our homes as well. They’ll even control the way we live-in “smart homes” or computer-controlled houses. The smart home is now a real possibility. It will become very common. A central computer will adjust the temperature, act as a burglar alarm and switch on lights, ready for you to come back home. And of course you will be able to give new instructions to the computer from your mobile phone. So if your plans change, your home will react to match. Many homes have got lots of televisions and several computers. The smart home will provide TV and Internet sockets in every room, so you’ll be able to do what you want whenever you want. If the temperature outside changes, the smart home will adjust the temperature levels inside. The computer will also close the blinds when it gets dark or to stop so much sun from entering a room. And if you want to eat when you get home, the computer will turn the oven on for you! Are computers taking over our lives In a survey, 44 per cent of young people between 11 and 16 said their PC was a trusted friend. Twenty per cent said they were happier at their computer than spending time with family or friends. Another survey found that people in Britain spend so much time on the phone, texting and reading emails that they no longer have time for conversation. What do you think about thatUnit 6-Listening inNews ReportUS Scientists have announced the discovery of gravitational waves, which are tiny waves produced by massive objects moving very quickly. Two black holes produced the waves when they crashed into each other about billion years ago. A black hole is a place in space where the gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape. This announcement of the discovery comes a century after Albert Einstein first predicted gravitational waves would exist.The discovery was made possible by using a highly sensitive instrument designed to detect signals of gravitational waves and identify their sources. This discovery proves that there are gravitational waves, and strongly confirms the existence of black holes.With this discovery, scientists are given a new tool to study and understand the universe. The waves could help scientists learn more about what happened immediately after the universe began and how the universe expanded. Scientists hope that they may be able to observe parts of the universe that were previously undetectable.1.What discovery have US scientists made2.What features do black holes have according to thenews report3.Why is the discovery importantPassage 1When you have a biscuit with your cup of tea, do you dunk it And if so, what’s the perfect way to do it That’s the subject of today’s Science in Action report. It may be hard to believe but scientists at the University of Bristol have been analyzing this question. And after a two-month study they devised a mathematical formula for dunking biscuits. So no more melting chocolate, or biscuit crumbs in the bottom of your cup, which is the fate of one in four biscuits that are dunked in tea, according to research by a biscuit manufacturer. Doughnut dunkers don’t face the same problems because doughnuts are held together with an elastic net of protein, gluten. This substance allows the doughnut to absorb liquid without breaking down its structure. The structure of a biscuit, however, is held together by sugar which melts when placed in hot tea or coffee. So what is the answer The researcher, let by Dr. Len Fisher, discovered that holding the biscuit in a horizontal position – or “flat-on”– has a significant effect on the amount of time that a biscuit can stay in hot liquid before falling apart. In fact this horizontal dunking results in a dunking time up to four times longer than traditional vertical dunking.What’s the reason for this It seems that the answer is related to diffusion, in other words, the length of time it takes for theliquid to penetrate the structure of the biscuit. Basically, it takes longer for the liquid to travel through the channels of a biscuit when it is laid flat on the surface of the liquid. Also the fact that when a biscuit is dunked horizontally, with the biscuit submerged in the liquid, and the chocolate coating staying out of the liquid, the chocolate helps hold the biscuit together. Another factor influencing the equation is the temperature of the tea –the hotter the tea, the faster the sugar melts. Researchers also found that by dunking a biscuit into tea or coffee, up to ten times more flavor is release than it the b iscuit is eaten dry. So it’s worth experimenting yourself. If you are wondering how you can perfect the horizontal dunk, the researchers have come up with an idea for a biscuit-holding device to make dunking biscuits easier. They are even mow working on producing a table giving guidelines on dunking times for different types of biscuit. On that note, I think it’s time to go off to the canteen for a tea break!Passage 2Peter: Hey Louise, look at this book about crop circles - some of the photos are absolutelyunbelievable.Louise: You don t believe in all that stuff, do you PeterPeter: I'm not saying I believe in UFOs and things, but some of the formations are fascinating.They’re made up of lots of interconnectedcircles and geometrical shapes. You know, inthe past few years, there have been morereports of them. The circles are gettinglarger and the designs are getting moreintricate... I'm sure that they can't all beman-made. Think about it - they're socomplicated, and they appear at night in themiddle of fields of wheat barley or corn.It’s definitely pretty weird!Louise: I know, but l saw a TV documentary about it, and they showed how a group of hoaxers madean elaborate crop circle in a field at nightusing wooden plank, ropes, plastic tubes anda garden roller. They even fooled some of thepeople who believe in the paranormal-alienscoming down in UFOs and aliens coming downin UFOs and creating them, and so on. Peter: I'm sure lots of them are created by people just to get publicity but look here-it says,“The first records of crop circles go backas far as the 17th century. Since the 1970sthere have been over 12,000 reports fromcountries all around the world includingItaly, America, South Africa, Australia andBrazil.” Most reports are from here inEngland though.Louise: B ut surely that’s just because they get so much media coverage these days, so more people are making them.Peter: Perhaps, but how do you explain the fact that the actual chemical composition of the grains of corps inside the circles changesScientific tests have found they have ahigher protein level. The stems of the grainshave often been exposed to high temperatures.And they found that the soil within thecircles contains more iron than the soiloutside. So far, the hoaxers haven't beenable to copy all these features.Louise: W ell, I'm not a scientist but I'm pretty sceptical about all these so-called paranormal explanations. I remember in theprogramme I watched, the researchers foundsigns of human interference, such as holesin the earth and footprints!Peter: Come on… you must admit, that still leavesa lot which is unexplained!Louise: T here's lots of things that are hard to explain but this really...。
新标准大学英语视听说教程3听力原文
Unit 1Passage oneInterviewer: Can you tell me…how do you think you have changed as you have matured?What things have had a major influence on you?Speaker 1 : Well, let me think…I suppose going to university had a big impact on my life. It made me much more open-minded. I met so many different types of people there withweird and wonderful ideas and it changed the way I see the world. I’m much moretolerant now… It made me a more rounded person.Interviewer: Great, and had any particular person had a central role in forming your character? Speaker 1: I guess that’d have to be my grandfather. I was very close to him, and he taught me to stand up for my beliefs. He was always telling me about this…Interviewer: So what people or events have had an impact on your life?Speaker 2: I think that traveling my gap year made me grow up and see both the beauty of the world and, well…just the generosity of ordinary people. I traveled a lot around Asiaand you know, I found that in some of the poorest countries, like Cambodia and Laos,people share whatever little they have, and they possess a real joy for life. It’sprobably made me a less selfish person.Interviewer: Interesting…so you would recommend that young people take a gap year to discover themselves and the world?Speaker 2: Definitely. It gives you an opportunity o learn about the world beyond the one you grew up in and I found it really…Interviewer: Could you tell me what things in your life have had the greatest influence in forming your personality?Speaker 3: Well…a couple of years ago I was on a reality TV show where a group of young people all lived in a house together. Each week some one was voted off by theaudience. I got down to the final three! I suppose being on the show and seeing howthe other contestants behaved made me realize how selfish and spiteful some peoplecan be just to get what they want. I also realized it’s best to just be yourself in life. Ifyou pretend to be someone different people will eventually see through the lies. Interviewer: Right…And how did you feel when you were eventually voted off?Speaker 3: Relieved, to be honest with you. But you know, a slight regret that I didn’t win because I kind of…Interviewer: So you can tell me, what one thing do you think that has had the biggest impact on your life?Speaker 4: Hmm, that’s a difficult question. But I think helping victims of the tsunami in 2004 had a very great impact on me. I’m half Thai and I’d just arrived in Thailand for afamily Christmas holiday. When I heard the news I knew I had to help-you couldn’tnot. I ended up acting as an interpreter for a group of volunteer doctors. It was anincredibly difficult time but you know, even in the middle of such a horrific tragedythere is still a huge amount of g kindness.Interviewer: That’s amazing! And has it changed the way you view your future…Passage twoTony: Talking to us today in our Life Choices series is Joan Robinson, an academic counselor at Manchester University. She gives advice to school students on choosing the right subject to study at university. Joan, welcome to the show.Joan: Thanks Tony.Tony: So Joan, what do our listeners need to think about when choosing a course? It’s a huge, potentially life-changing decision, isn’t it?Joan: Yes. I generally give students advice in two areas. Firstly, know yourself, and secondly, think to the future.Tony: When you say “know yourself” what do you mean?Joan: Basically, I mean evaluate your own personal strengths and weaknesses, your personality traits and the things you like.Tony: I see…So how can our listeners do this?Joan: Well, start by asking yourself questions to help reflect on your life so far. For example, what subjects are you good at? Are you an organized and self-disciplined person? Are you confident and outgoing? Do you like working with others in a team or do you prefer working alone? These kinds of questions will help you discover more about yourself. Tony: Sounds like good advice. How about your second point regarding the future?Joan: Well, your choice of major subject is likely to have a significant impact on your future career so it’s important to look into this carefully. I recommend you check not only which academic subjects will help you get into a particular area of work, but also look carefully at what universities offer. Each university has its strengths so try to choose one that is the best in your chosen field. Find out what links the department has to related industries and leading companies in it.Tony: Good point. Now I’d like to take some calls from our listeners. First up we have James on the line. Hi, James! How can we help?James: Hi. I’m interested in career in IT and I’d like to ask Joan whether she thinks it’s better to go to a highly respected university, like Oxford, or to study somewhere that has more of a vocational focus?Joan: Well, James, you know it really depends on what you expect to get out of a university and how you see your future. Basically a handful of the brightest graduates are picked from the top univer sities around the world to join the leading IT companies. So I’d say if you’re ahigh-flyer then this is the route that might be for you. But if you are looking for a moremainstream career then you should consider a course that helps you acquire practical,transferable skills that you can use in the workplace…and look at which universities have the best levels of graduate recruitment for the kind of job you are aiming for.James: I see! Thanks a lot. That really helps me out…Unit 2Passage1One of the strangest feelings I’ve ever had was when I returned by chance to a place where I’d been happy as a child. My husband and I were visiting some friends for the weekend-----they lived about 200 kilometers away. We were driving along when I suddenly saw a church in the distancethat I recognized. My favorite aunt had lived very near it on a farm that my brother and I used to visit once a year with our parents.We were city kids, brought up in the middle of London, and this was a working farm-----the real thing-----with cows in cowsheds, fields with ponds and a muddy yard full of smelly pigs-----we had the run of the whole place-----it was just paradise for us.And then-----there was the food-----home-made jam and bread and cakes, milk fresh from the cow. And my aunt Lottie-----a farmer’s wife-----and her husband, uncle George and their kids, Katie and Ben, our two cousins who my brother and I really got on with. It was heaven that week we used to spend there. They moved from the farm when I was… how old? ----- about 14. So I’d never been back or seen it again.Anyway, there we were, and I’d just seen the church-----, so we turned off and drove down this really narrow lane. And before I knew it we were in front of Aunt Lottie’s farm. The extraordinary thing was that it hadn’t changed------ not one tiny bit.It was a lovely old place with a typical country cottage garden, full of flowers. There were lots of barns and sheds-----they were next to-----next to the farm. And you know, I can’t even begin to describe the feeling I had standing there. It was-----oh, what was it? an incredibly powerful feeling of longing-----nostalgia for the past-----for times I’d been very very happy. But it was the past. I hadn’t been there for 20 years and I couldn’t go back, so also I had a feeling of huge sadness, that I couldn’t have those times again. And-----at the same time-----great sweetness, because those times had been so happy, so innocent-----because I was a child. So there was this extraordinary mix-----of longing, sadness and sweetness, all at the same time. It was the strangest feeling I’ve ever had.Passage2ScriptInterviewer: So what's your first memory of school, Kevin?Kevin: I was really looking forward to school, I remember that, I just couldn't wait. Yeah, Johnny, my brother, was a year older than me and he seemed so grown-up, with his red blazer and smart shoes. And I wanted to go to school and be grown-up too. I don't remember much of the first day actually, apart from this little boy lying on the floor and screaming and screaming and me thinking what a baby he was.Interviewer: Right! What about you, Eva?Eva: I just have this one memory of this coat rack with all our coats. And I was looking for my peg which had a little picture of an elephant next to it. I remember I was crying because I wanted to go home and I couldn't get my coat on. I was crying so much and then the teacher came and helped me.Interviewer: OK, so what about your first best friend at school?Kevin: Oh, yeah, well, Steve, I remember him, because he's still my best friend!Interviewer: Still your best friend!Eva: That's so great!Kevin: Yeah, we didn't know each other before we started school but we became really good friends and so did our mums. Our families ended up going on holiday together and that kind of thing. But we used to fight a lot, Steve and I, and the teachers used to get very cross with us. But we were just having fun.Interviewer: Cool! And what about you, Eva?Eva: My best friend was a girl called Robina. She had short blond hair, I remember I thought she looks like an angel. We sat next to each other and held hands and played fairies in the playground. She left in Year 3 and I cried for days.Interviewer: Oh, how sad! So what about the day you left school? How was that?Eva: I had a lot of mixed feelings, I remember walking home with this amazing feeling of freedom, you know, no more rules, no more bossy teachers. But I also felt pretty sad, because I'd had some good times. I was in a group of girls who were so supportive of each other.Kevin: I couldn't wait to leave, I was counting the days.I just wanted to get a job, get a life, earn some cash. The day I left, I went out to celebrate with a couple of my mates and--had a very good time!Unit 6Passage1A US Airways jet landed in the icy Hudson River in New York this afternoon after apparently hitting a flock of geese.Miraculously,no one was killed and there were few injuries.James Moore,our correspondent at the scene,has more.An Airbus 330 took off from La Guardia Airport.New York,at 3:26pm this afternoon,bound for Charlotte Airport in North Carolina.It had 155 people aboard.Thirty to 45 seconds after take-off,a flock of geese apparently flew into the plane,causing it to lose power in both engines and one engine to catch fire.Without power the plane was unable to return to La Guardia Airport and the pilot decided to land in the Hudson River in order to avoid crashing in a populated area. Two minutes later the plane made a successful landing in the Hudson and passengers were able to climb out through the emergency exits.The plane immediately started taking in water but fortunately water taxis and boats that had seen the crash were waiting by the aircraft. Passengers and crew stood on the wings of the plane in the icy cold water and were helped into the boats.Over the next hour,as New York watched the event on television,everyone on the plane,including a baby,were taken to hospitals for treatment,mostly because of the extreme cold,Their injuries are not reported to be serious.One of the passengers,Alberto Panero,said people had bugun praying as the plane approached the river but that everyone had stayed clam.The pilot of the plane has been named as Chesley Sullenberger.Aged 57,he has 29 years experience of flying and at one time had been a US fighter pilot.Sullenberger was the last to leave the plane and walked up and down it twice to make sure it was empty before climbing out.He has already been described as a hero.The Governer of New York,David patersm,said at a news confe rence this afternoon,“I believe now we've had a miracle on the Hudson.This pilot,somehow without any engines,was somehaw able to land this plane and perhaps without any injuris to the passengers.”It is thought that the survival of all on board is because the plane did not break up when it hit water and because of the immediately arrival of the water taxis and boats.Passage 2Streets Full of HeroesA:Hi,we are asking people who their personal hero is. Someone they really admire and who’sinspired them in some way.B:Oh,right.Interesting.A:Can you tell us a bit about yourself?B:Sure.My name is Paul Smith. I worked at London zoo.A:London zoo? Really?B:Yes,I’m a zoo keeper. I look after the elephants.A:Elephants?what a great job! So who is your hero, Paul?B:I’ve got quite a few heroes. But I guess my biggest hero is Al Gore.A:The American politician. So why him?B:Well,he is the guy who made people take climate change seriously.A:You are referring to the film An Inconvenient Truth, I take it?B:That’s right. That film proved to people with statistics and graphs, that kind of thing---that climate change was happening and that it’s man-made. Before that ,most people believed it was just a few crazy scientists who thought it was happening.A:You work with animals. Do you worry about the effect of the climate on animals?B：Sure，I do. All these species are going to become extinct. It’s terrible.A：It is. Would you say Al Gore’s been an inspiration to you?B:Yes,I would. He’s taught me about importance of taking action when you see something that needs to be done. I do volunteer work for Greenpeace---quite a lot actually. That’s the way I do my bit.A:Greenpeace?Excellent.Thanks,Paul.Hi,what’s your name?C:Clare hope.A:What do you do?C:Well,I’m a mum with two young kids and I work part-time as an accountant for the Red Cross.A:We’re asking people who their personal hero is and if they’ve inspired them in any way.C:That’s an easy one. Melinda Gates, she’s my hero.A:Why is that?C:Well,she is Bill Gates’wife, one of the richest people in the world. You know ,she could so easily do nothing, just enjoy her money. And instead she co-founded the um… Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and I think that it’s called---and it is one of the biggest private charity organization in the world. It’s donated more than 280 million dollars to various good causes.A:More than 280 million dollars? Now that’s a lot of money. She is very active in it, isn't she? C:Oh yeah, she is a director. Flies all over the world.A:Do you do any work for charity?C:I make phone calls for Save the Children, asking people to donate. She is a real inspiration, Melinda gates。
新标准视听说1 听力原文
新标准视听说1 听力原文Unit 1。
Part A。
1. W: Excuse me, what’s your name?M: My name is Tom. Nice to meet you.2. W: What’s this in English?M: It’s a map.3. W: Is this your pencil?M: No, it isn’t. It’s my eraser.4. W: What’s her name?M: Her name is Linda.5. W: Is that your bag?M: No, it isn’t. It’s my sister’s.Part B。
1. M: Excuse me, are you a new student?W: Yes, I am. My name is Alice.2. M: What’s this in English?W: It’s a book.3. M: Is this your pen?W: No, it isn’t. It’s my friend’s.4. M: What’s her name?W: Her name is Mary.5. M: Is that your ruler?W: No, it isn’t. It’s my brother’s. Unit 2。
Part A。
1. W: What’s your telephone number? M: It’s 123-4567.2. W: How do you spell your name?M: M-I-K-E.3. W: What’s your father’s job?M: He’s a teacher.4. W: How old are you?M: I’m twelve years old.5. W: What’s your favorite subject? M: My favorite subject is English. Part B。
新标准视听说1听力原文
新标准视听说1听力原文Unit 1。
Part A。
1. M: Good morning, Mrs. Smith. How are you today?W: Good morning, Mr. Johnson. I'm fine, thank you. And you?M: Not bad, thank you.2. W: Excuse me, can you tell me where the nearest post office is?M: Sure. Go straight ahead and turn left at the second traffic light. It's on your right. W: Thank you very much.3. M: What's your favorite sport, Linda?W: I like swimming. It's good for my health and I enjoy it.M: That's great. I like swimming, too.4. W: What's the weather like in Beijing today?M: It's sunny and warm. A perfect day for outdoor activities.W: That sounds nice. I wish I could be there.5. M: How do you usually go to work, Mary?W: I usually take the subway. It's fast and convenient.M: I see. I prefer riding a bike. It's good for the environment.Part B。
新标准大学英语1第三单元听力原文
The U.S. already has high-speed trains: the Acela Express has been carrying millions of riders between Washington D.C., New Y ork, and Boston since 2000. It zips along at 150 miles per hour for relatively short distances —just over 25 miles per hour faster than its conventional counterparts. But compare it with high-speed trains in Europe and Asia that can reach speeds over 200 miles per hour on hundreds of miles of track. The problem is: tracks in the U.S. are not designed to support high-speed travel. Plus, any new express trains might have to share those lines with slower freight traffic. So is high-speed train travel even possible in the U.S.? W ell, the Obama administration hopes to make it so, setting aside $8 billion to create 10 high-speed lines between cities in the East, Southeast, Midwest, and West Coast. But it will take a lot more money to bring the U.S. passenger rail system up to the standards of, say, the French T rain àGrande Vitesse, which runs on delicate tracks and holds the record for the fastest train at 357 miles per hour. And Amtrak has proven woefully inadequate at providing passenger rail service in its three decades of existence, requiring constant infusions of government cash and rarely keeping to schedule. So do not expect high-speed trains to show up fast at your local station.Obama’s Stimulus Plan on High-Speed RailThe president joined vice president Biden in Florida to announce the administration’s biggest stimulus project of all. “Right here, in T ampa, we are going to start b uilding a new high rail line.” $8 billion to begin a European-style, clean energy, high-speed rail system. Planners hope it will eventually connect cities across the country, [the] largest infrastructure project since the interstate highway system. The White House claims it will create tens of thousands of jobs. The announcement is one of many plans in coming months to convince Americans —“Jobs must be our No. 1 focus in 2010” — that the president was dead serious last night when he said he’s pivoting to j obs.“It was rhetoric about a pivot, but no pivot at all.” But Republican critics say, despite all the post-speech fanfare, the president spent only about five minutes of a 70- minute speech on specific proposals to create jobs in the short term. And Republicans say the centerpiece of the plan, a second stimulus expected to cost about $80 billion, is a non-starter. “One more so-called stimulus bill built on the same failed policies of the last stimulus bill.” The president also proposed tax breaks for small business to encourage job creation. But critics say they are too narrow to do much good. “I think they could be much much better and I think the net job creation from these tax cuts is going to be relatively small.”The president is not entirely pivoting to jobs. Today in Tampa he repeatedly brought up health care reform and his intention to keep fighting until it’s law.Competition between airlines and rail operators will further heat up thanks to the launch of China’s longest high-speed train link between Wuhan and Guangzhou. The line stretches more than 1 ,000 km and will slash the travel time from Wuhan to Guangzhou from 10 hours to just three. The link, on which trains will reach a top speed of 350 km per hour, is expected to pose a real threat to a irlines. “High-speed rail has three advantages over air travel: it is more convenient, more punctual and has a better safety record. This could help erode the airlines’ market share,”said Si Xianmin, chairman of China Southern Airlines. To deal with this threat, China Southern Airlines has unveiled several counter measures, including cutting ticket prices from Wuhan to Guangzhou by almost half for purchases made in advance.“If railway chiefs cut the number of low-cost tickets on slower trains too sharply, as they did when the country’s first high-speed link opened between Beijing and Tianjin last year, the airlines could win more passengers with their cheap offers. But whichever side wins, passengers will be the ultimate winner.” said Zhao Jian, a profess or at Beijing Jiaotong University. Wu Wenhua, a researcher with the National Development and Reform Commission’s comprehensive transport institute, says that “developing high-speed rail networks is in line with the demand for high-efficiency, low-emissions transport.” By 2020 China plans to have high-speed rail services running between 70 percent of its key cities, covering more than 80 percent of the present airline network.High-Speed Rail Boost T ravelNow travel agents in Fujian are also getting in on the action. They’ve got big plans for the World Expo, even those taking place in Shanghai. The province has just begun a special high speed rail travel package to bring in Taiwan tourists, just across the Strait. Let’s take a look.High-speed rail service between Fuzhou and Shanghai takes only five hours. The Fujian branch of China Travel Service has exclusive rights to the High Speed Rail Tours for the World Expo. And it’s counting on its location to bring in tourists from Taiwan.[Wang Ying, vice General Manager of Inbound Tours, CTS:] “Once in Fujian, they can stay in the region for two to three days. And then they can take the high-speed rail to Shanghai for the World Expo.” Packages range from 900 yuan to 3,000 yuan each. The tour operator says it’s already signed cooperative deals with some travel firms in Taiwan. Island residents can apply with them. [Wang Ying:] “Travel agencies in Taiwan are already estimating that the event could help Fujian attract 800,000 to one million Taiwan touris ts this year.” Tour operators say World Expo theme travel services are extremely popular in Taiwan. Fujian tourism authorities are also planning more World Expo tour packages to attract overseas Chinese from south-east Asian countries like the Philippines and Malaysia.。
新标准大学英语视听说教2听力原文(1)
Unit 1-- Conversation 1Janet: So this is the Cherwell Boathouse ¡ª it's lovely! And look at those people punting! It looks quite easy.Mark: I'm not so sure about that! Janet, there's something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you. Some people in college are organizing charity events this term. We've decided to get involved. Janet: Raising money for charity Right. In China, people raise money for charity but students don't usually do that. Mark: Students often do that here. Anyway, we're thinking of doing sponsored punting.Janet: Sponsored punting! What's thatKate: Sponsoring is when people pay you to do something ¡ª like run a long distance. So people would be sponsoring students to punt.Janet: What a great idea! I'd love to join you!Mark: That's why we're telling you about it. So that's decided then. Let's make a list of things we need to do.Kate: I'll do that. One of the first things we should do is choose the charity.Mark: Yes. And choose a day for the event. And we need to design the sponsorship form. I've got one here.Kate: That looks fine, but we must change the wording. Who wants to do thatMark: I'll do that. What have we got so farKate: Choose a charity. Also a day for the event. Change the wording on the sponsorship form... Um ... We have to decide where the punt will start from.Mark: Cherwell Boathouse, no question! It's a very beautiful route from here, apparently. Kate: I'm with you on that.Janet:Metoo Unit 1--Conversation 2Janet: I'm not used to boats ¡ª Woah! Mark: Whoops!Kate: Watch out! You nearly hit me with that thing! Mark: Sorry! I didn't mean to. ... OK,we're off! Kate: Maybe I should do the punting.Mark:It's 've got the hang of it now ¡ªgive me a chance. Kate: Well, I'd like to have a go. Mark: Supposing I do the first hour. Then you can take over for a while, if you want to. Kate: Yes, great.Janet: You're really good at it, Mark! This is fantastic! It's exactly how I imagined life here! Look over there ¡ªisn't it lovely!Kate: Yes, it is.Janet: Kate, everything's organized, isn't it, for collectingthe sponsorship moneyKate: Yes, I've arranged for people to get the money to me by next Friday ¡ª if they haven't paid online. I'll count it all up. Janet: Good. We'd better have a meeting soon after that, don't you think How much have we raised Kate: About 600.1Janet: Fantastic! I'm so enjoying this!Mark: Hey guys, I've got a suggestion ¡ª how about moving over to the bank and we can have our picnic! Hey, look, there's Louise and Sophie! Mark: Whoo ... Girls: Mark!Janet: Are you all rightMark: Er .Of course I'm all right. Kate, I think it's your turn to punt!Unit 1-Outside ViewVoice-over Harvard University in Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world. We spoke to Alex Jude, the university's Head of Communications. He explained that Harvard looks for the best and most talented students from around the world.Alex Harvard actually seeks students from around the world, the best students that we can find, to study chemistry, or study literature, or study government, or business. Our business school is particularly well-known around the world, as is the medical school and law school, so, um, and, and the Kennedy School of Government, or the John F Kennedy School of Government, so, er, we do seek very, very talented students and we have open doors for them. Voice-over We asked five students at Harvard to tell us what kind of social life they have. Ashley Um, well relaxing is a little hard to do around here, but basically, I mean, I still, I, I live nearby anyway, so I see a lot of my friends, and ... Um, there's a good social life here if you look for it. I go to the gym, run. So that's what I do.Adam It's, it's whatever you want it to be. It's good. If you wanna go out party, do anything you can. If you wanna sit in your room and study all night like my friend over here, you can also do that.Brian Socially, like you said, it's, it's a lot of what you make it. Um, we don't have fraternities here, and so, you know, that's, it's obviously not as social. There's not as many parties as there would be on another campus. Um, but on a Friday or Saturday night, there, there, there will be a party. Usually we end up studying until about 10 o'clock. And then we, and then we'll go out and have fun maybe, or just watch a movie with friends, or, you know, whatever is going on for the night.Jodie Not everyone would agree with me, obviously, but it's, I think it's a fun place to be. Interviewer Have you made a lot of friends Jodie Oh, definitely.Interviewer Mm. Jodie Many.Interviewer What, what do you do with your friends Jodie Um, well, I like to go to concerts. I'm in three music groups, so I have lots of rehearsals during the week for that. Um, just do, you know, some fun things, on the weekend.。
外研社初中英语新标准听力
外研社初中英语新标准听力The Importance of Listening Skills in Learning English。
Listening is one of the four language skills, along with speaking, reading, and writing. It plays a crucial role in language learning, especially when it comes to learning English as a second language. In this article, we will explore the importance of listening skills in learning English and discuss some effective strategies to improve listening proficiency.First and foremost, listening skills are essential for effective communication. When we communicate in English, whether it's in a classroom setting or real-life situations, we need to be able to understand what others are saying. By developing good listening skills, learners can comprehend spoken English accurately, which enables them to respond appropriately and engage in meaningful conversations.Furthermore, listening skills are closely related to other language skills. When we listen to English, we are exposed to the natural flow of the language, including pronunciation, intonation, and rhythm. This exposure helps learners improve their speaking skills by imitating and replicating the sounds and patterns they hear. Additionally, listening comprehension is closely linked to reading comprehension. By listening to English texts, learners can enhance their reading skills as they become more familiar with vocabulary, sentence structures, and context.In today's globalized world, English is widely used in various fields, such as business, technology, and academia. Therefore, having good listening skills is crucial for success in these areas. In business settings, for example, professionals need to be able to understand and interpret spoken English during meetings, negotiations, and presentations. Likewise, in academic settings, students need to listen attentively to lectures and discussions to grasp the content and participate actively in class.Now that we understand the importance of listening skills in learning English, let's explore some effective strategies to improve listening proficiency. First, it is essential to expose oneself to a variety of authentic listening materials. This can include listening topodcasts, watching movies or TV shows in English, and listening to English songs. By exposing oneself to different accents, speeds, and topics, learners can develop their ability to understand English in various contexts.Second, it is crucial to practice active listening. Active listening involves focusing on the speaker, paying attention to the main ideas, and taking notes if necessary. One effective technique is to listen for specific information or keywords while listening to a passage or conversation. This helps learners filter out irrelevant information and focus on the essential points.Another useful strategy is to engage in extensive listening practice. This can be done by regularly listening to audio materials, such as news broadcasts, podcasts, or audiobooks. By immersing oneself in English listening activities, learners can improve their listening comprehension skills, expand their vocabulary, and develop a better understanding of the language.In conclusion, listening skills are vital for learning English as a second language. They are essential for effective communication, improving other language skills, and achieving success in various fields. By employing effective strategies, such as exposing oneself to authentic materials, practicing active listening, and engaging in extensive listening practice, learners can enhance their listening proficiency and become more confident in their English abilities. So, let's embrace the power of listening and unlock the doors to successful English language learning.。
新标准大学英语视听说教程2 听力原文
新标准大学英语视听说教程2 听
力原文
新标准大学英语视听说教程2 听力原文
新标准大学英语视听说教程2 听力原文（New Standard College English Listening and Speaking Course 2 Listening Text）是一本由北京外国语大学出版的练习册，旨在帮助学生掌握和提高英语口头及听力能力。
本教材主要以听力原文为基础，并结合录音、翻译和答案，让学生学习英语口语和听力。
本书共分为两个部分，第一部分收录了18篇听力原文，给予学生全面的英语听力训练，帮助学生在英语听力中取得成功;第二部分是练习，收录了30道听力训练题，以此来检测学生对听力原文的理解能力。
听力原文部分由18篇组成，涉及多个话题，包括家庭、社会、文化、政治、经济、教育、媒体和旅游等，结构灵活，词汇量适中，十分适合于英语学习者的听力训练。
每篇文章前面还配有精美的图片，有助于学生更好地理解文章的内容。
第二部分练习部分是由30道听力训练题组成的，主要考察学生对听力原文的理解能力。
题目分为三种类型：单
选题、多选题和判断题。
其中，单选题考查学生对听力原文中某一特定信息的理解能力；多选题考查学生对听力原文中某一特定问题的理解能力；判断题考查学生对听力原文整体内容的理解能力。
新标准大学英语视听说教程2 听力原文内容丰富，让学生在不同的情境中学习英语，有助于学生提高英语听力及口语水平。
本书中所提供的听力原文和练习题都是经过严格的审查的，可以满足学生的学习需求，使学生在听力方面取得显著的进步。
新标准大学英语视听说教程3听力原文
Unit 1Passage oneInterviewer: Can you tell me…how do you think you have changed as you have matured?What things have had a major influence on you?Speaker 1 : Well, let me think…I suppose going to university had a big impact on my life. It made me much more open-minded. I met so many different types of people there withweird and wonderful ideas and it changed the way I see the world. I’m much moretolerant now… It made me a more rounded person.Interviewer: Great, and had any particular person had a central role in forming your character? Speaker 1: I guess that’d have to be my grandfather. I was very close to him, and he taught me to stand up for my beliefs. He was always telling me about this…Interviewer: So what people or events have had an impact on your life?Speaker 2: I think that traveling my gap year made me grow up and see both the beauty of the world and, well…just the generosity of ordinary people. I traveled a lot around Asiaand you know, I found that in some of the poorest countries, like Cambodia and Laos,people share whatever little they have, and they possess a real joy for life. It’sprobably made me a less selfish person.Interviewer: Interesting…so you would recommend that young people take a gap year to discover themselves and the world?Speaker 2: Definitely. It gives you an opportunity o learn about the world beyond the one you grew up in and I found it really…Interviewer: Could you tell me what things in your life have had the greatest influence in forming your personality?Speaker 3: Well…a couple of years ago I was on a reality TV show where a group of young people all lived in a house together. Each week some one was voted off by theaudience. I got down to the final three! I suppose being on the show and seeing howthe other contestants behaved made me realize how selfish and spiteful some peoplecan be just to get what they want. I also realized it’s best to just be yourself in life. Ifyou pretend to be someone different people will eventually see through the lies. Interviewer: Right…And how did you feel when you were eventually voted off?Speaker 3: Relieved, to be honest with you. But you know, a slight regret that I didn’t win because I kind of…Interviewer: So you can tell me, what one thing do you think that has had the biggest impact on your life?Speaker 4: Hmm, that’s a difficult question. But I think helping victims of the tsunami in 2004 had a very great impact on me. I’m half Thai and I’d just arrived in Thailand for afamily Christmas holiday. When I heard the news I knew I had to help-you couldn’tnot. I ended up acting as an interpreter for a group of volunteer doctors. It was anincredibly difficult time but you know, even in the middle of such a horrific tragedythere is still a huge amount of g kindness.Interviewer: That’s amazing! And has it changed the way you view your future…Passage twoTony: Talking to us today in our Life Choices series is Joan Robinson, an academic counselor at Manchester University. She gives advice to school students on choosing the right subject to study at university. Joan, welcome to the show.Joan: Thanks Tony.Tony: So Joan, what do our listeners need to think about when choosing a course? It’s a huge, potentially life-changing decision, isn’t it?Joan: Yes. I generally give students advice in two areas. Firstly, know yourself, and secondly, think to the future.Tony: When you say “know yourself” what do you mean?Joan: Basically, I mean evaluate your own personal strengths and weaknesses, your personality traits and the things you like.Tony: I see…So how can our listeners do this?Joan: Well, start by asking yourself questions to help reflect on your life so far. For example, what subjects are you good at? Are you an organized and self-disciplined person? Are you confident and outgoing? Do you like working with others in a team or do you prefer working alone? These kinds of questions will help you discover more about yourself. Tony: Sounds like good advice. How about your second point regarding the future?Joan: Well, your choice of major subject is likely to have a significant impact on your future career so it’s important to look into this carefully. I recommend you check not only which academic subjects will help you get into a particular area of work, but also look carefully at what universities offer. Each university has its strengths so try to choose one that is the best in your chosen field. Find out what links the department has to related industries and leading companies in it.Tony: Good point. Now I’d like to take some calls from our listeners. First up we have James on the line. Hi, James! How can we help?James: Hi. I’m interested in career in IT and I’d like to ask Joan whether she thinks it’s better to go to a highly respected university, like Oxford, or to study somewhere that has more of a vocational focus?Joan: Well, James, you know it really depends on what you expect to get out of a university and how you see your future. Basically a handful of the brightest graduates are picked from the top univer sities around the world to join the leading IT companies. So I’d say if you’re ahigh-flyer then this is the route that might be for you. But if you are looking for a moremainstream career then you should consider a course that helps you acquire practical,transferable skills that you can use in the workplace…and look at which universities have the best levels of graduate recruitment for the kind of job you are aiming for.James: I see! Thanks a lot. That really helps me out…Unit 2Passage1One of the strangest feelings I’ve ever had was when I returned by chance to a place where I’d been happy as a child. My husband and I were visiting some friends for the weekend-----they lived about 200 kilometers away. We were driving along when I suddenly saw a church in the distancethat I recognized. My favorite aunt had lived very near it on a farm that my brother and I used to visit once a year with our parents.We were city kids, brought up in the middle of London, and this was a working farm-----the real thing-----with cows in cowsheds, fields with ponds and a muddy yard full of smelly pigs-----we had the run of the whole place-----it was just paradise for us.And then-----there was the food-----home-made jam and bread and cakes, milk fresh from the cow. And my aunt Lottie-----a farmer’s wife-----and her husband, uncle George and their kids, Katie and Ben, our two cousins who my brother and I really got on with. It was heaven that week we used to spend there. They moved from the farm when I was… how old? ----- about 14. So I’d never been back or seen it again.Anyway, there we were, and I’d just seen the church-----, so we turned off and drove down this really narrow lane. And before I knew it we were in front of Aunt Lottie’s farm. The extraordinary thing was that it hadn’t changed------ not one tiny bit.It was a lovely old place with a typical country cottage garden, full of flowers. There were lots of barns and sheds-----they were next to-----next to the farm. And you know, I can’t even begin to describe the feeling I had standing there. It was-----oh, what was it? an incredibly powerful feeling of longing-----nostalgia for the past-----for times I’d been very very happy. But it was the past. I hadn’t been there for 20 years and I couldn’t go back, so also I had a feeling of huge sadness, that I couldn’t have those times again. And-----at the same time-----great sweetness, because those times had been so happy, so innocent-----because I was a child. So there was this extraordinary mix-----of longing, sadness and sweetness, all at the same time. It was the strangest feeling I’ve ever had.Passage2ScriptInterviewer: So what's your first memory of school, Kevin?Kevin: I was really looking forward to school, I remember that, I just couldn't wait. Yeah, Johnny, my brother, was a year older than me and he seemed so grown-up, with his red blazer and smart shoes. And I wanted to go to school and be grown-up too. I don't remember much of the first day actually, apart from this little boy lying on the floor and screaming and screaming and me thinking what a baby he was.Interviewer: Right! What about you, Eva?Eva: I just have this one memory of this coat rack with all our coats. And I was looking for my peg which had a little picture of an elephant next to it. I remember I was crying because I wanted to go home and I couldn't get my coat on. I was crying so much and then the teacher came and helped me.Interviewer: OK, so what about your first best friend at school?Kevin: Oh, yeah, well, Steve, I remember him, because he's still my best friend!Interviewer: Still your best friend!Eva: That's so great!Kevin: Yeah, we didn't know each other before we started school but we became really good friends and so did our mums. Our families ended up going on holiday together and that kind of thing. But we used to fight a lot, Steve and I, and the teachers used to get very cross with us. But we were just having fun.Interviewer: Cool! And what about you, Eva?Eva: My best friend was a girl called Robina. She had short blond hair, I remember I thought she looks like an angel. We sat next to each other and held hands and played fairies in the playground. She left in Year 3 and I cried for days.Interviewer: Oh, how sad! So what about the day you left school? How was that?Eva: I had a lot of mixed feelings, I remember walking home with this amazing feeling of freedom, you know, no more rules, no more bossy teachers. But I also felt pretty sad, because I'd had some good times. I was in a group of girls who were so supportive of each other.Kevin: I couldn't wait to leave, I was counting the days.I just wanted to get a job, get a life, earn some cash. The day I left, I went out to celebrate with a couple of my mates and--had a very good time!Unit 6Passage1A US Airways jet landed in the icy Hudson River in New York this afternoon after apparently hitting a flock of geese.Miraculously,no one was killed and there were few injuries.James Moore,our correspondent at the scene,has more.An Airbus 330 took off from La Guardia Airport.New York,at 3:26pm this afternoon,bound for Charlotte Airport in North Carolina.It had 155 people aboard.Thirty to 45 seconds after take-off,a flock of geese apparently flew into the plane,causing it to lose power in both engines and one engine to catch fire.Without power the plane was unable to return to La Guardia Airport and the pilot decided to land in the Hudson River in order to avoid crashing in a populated area. Two minutes later the plane made a successful landing in the Hudson and passengers were able to climb out through the emergency exits.The plane immediately started taking in water but fortunately water taxis and boats that had seen the crash were waiting by the aircraft. Passengers and crew stood on the wings of the plane in the icy cold water and were helped into the boats.Over the next hour,as New York watched the event on television,everyone on the plane,including a baby,were taken to hospitals for treatment,mostly because of the extreme cold,Their injuries are not reported to be serious.One of the passengers,Alberto Panero,said people had bugun praying as the plane approached the river but that everyone had stayed clam.The pilot of the plane has been named as Chesley Sullenberger.Aged 57,he has 29 years experience of flying and at one time had been a US fighter pilot.Sullenberger was the last to leave the plane and walked up and down it twice to make sure it was empty before climbing out.He has already been described as a hero.The Governer of New York,David patersm,said at a news confe rence this afternoon,“I believe now we've had a miracle on the Hudson.This pilot,somehow without any engines,was somehaw able to land this plane and perhaps without any injuris to the passengers.”It is thought that the survival of all on board is because the plane did not break up when it hit water and because of the immediately arrival of the water taxis and boats.Passage 2Streets Full of HeroesA:Hi,we are asking people who their personal hero is. Someone they really admire and who’sinspired them in some way.B:Oh,right.Interesting.A:Can you tell us a bit about yourself?B:Sure.My name is Paul Smith. I worked at London zoo.A:London zoo? Really?B:Yes,I’m a zoo keeper. I look after the elephants.A:Elephants?what a great job! So who is your hero, Paul?B:I’ve got quite a few heroes. But I guess my biggest hero is Al Gore.A:The American politician. So why him?B:Well,he is the guy who made people take climate change seriously.A:You are referring to the film An Inconvenient Truth, I take it?B:That’s right. That film proved to people with statistics and graphs, that kind of thing---that climate change was happening and that it’s man-made. Before that ,most people believed it was just a few crazy scientists who thought it was happening.A:You work with animals. Do you worry about the effect of the climate on animals?B：Sure，I do. All these species are going to become extinct. It’s terrible.A：It is. Would you say Al Gore’s been an inspiration to you?B:Yes,I would. He’s taught me about importance of taking action when you see something that needs to be done. I do volunteer work for Greenpeace---quite a lot actually. That’s the way I do my bit.A:Greenpeace?Excellent.Thanks,Paul.Hi,what’s your name?C:Clare hope.A:What do you do?C:Well,I’m a mum with two young kids and I work part-time as an accountant for the Red Cross.A:We’re asking people who their personal hero is and if they’ve inspired them in any way.C:That’s an easy one. Melinda Gates, she’s my hero.A:Why is that?C:Well,she is Bill Gates’wife, one of the richest people in the world. You know ,she could so easily do nothing, just enjoy her money. And instead she co-founded the um… Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and I think that it’s called---and it is one of the biggest private charity organization in the world. It’s donated more than 280 million dollars to various good causes.A:More than 280 million dollars? Now that’s a lot of money. She is very active in it, isn't she? C:Oh yeah, she is a director. Flies all over the world.A:Do you do any work for charity?C:I make phone calls for Save the Children, asking people to donate. She is a real inspiration, Melinda gates。
新标准大学英语视听说教程听力原文_Unit
Unit 5-Conversation 1Mark: Have you got your tickets for the play Kate: What playMark: The play which OUDS are producing. You know, the play I'm in at the Oxford Playhouse.Kate: Oh, that play! Well, er ...Mark: What about you, JanetJanet: What's the play calledMark: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett. You are coming, aren't youKate: BeckettJanet: Why notKate: Well, um, I'm sure you'll be totally brilliant, Mark ... but I wish I could understand the play. It doesn't make sense.Mark: If only you were more patient, Kate. Beckett's a fascinating writer. You'll come though, won't you, Janet You really ought to see something like this at least once during your stay in Oxford.Janet: Well, I'm not sure.Mark: Oh, come on! Please!Jan et: But if Kate doesn't understand the play, there's no way I'll be able to follow it.Kate: Do you want to goJanet: Well, I love going to the theatre, and I'd really like to see Mark acting. And actually, yes, I think I should see a play by Samuel Beckett.M a rk: Good! So you're coming, Janet. I wish you'd come, too, Kate. It's a really good performance. Kate: Well, OK, but I'm only doing it because you're in it. When is it onMark: Next Tuesday to Saturday.Janet: How about going Friday nightMark: That's great. But you'd better get your tickets soon, because we're expecting a full house.Unit 5-Conversation 2Kate: Well, what did you thinkJanet: It was ... very interesting.Kate: Ididn't have a clue what was going on. Absolutely nothing happened! I don't know why I bothered coming to see itJanet: I thought Mark was brilliant.Kate: Yes, I did too, of course ...Janet: But I wish I had read the play before I saw it. If only I had known the story, it might have been easier to follow it. How long do you think Mark will beJanet: I guess he needs to get changed first. He said he'd join us as soon as possible.Kate: Here he is. Hi Mark!Mark: Hi, what did you think How was IJanet: It was ... very challenging.Kate: It was so-so.Janet: But you were brilliant! Well done.Kate: You were awesome, Mark. Everyone adored your performance. Darling, you were to die for!Mark: OK, OK, don't exaggerate. I wasn't that good! Anyway, I've got some great news!Janet: Tell us!Mark: We've started talking about next term's OUDS play.Kate: What's it going to beMark: Hamlet, by William Shakespeare!Janet: Great! And who's going to play Hamlet Kate: Don't tell me, let me guess!Mark: To be or not to be, that is the question! Janet: I don't believe it. You're going to play HamletKate: Come on, let's celebrate ... from Beckett to Shakespeare. Today Oxford, tomorrow, Hollywood!Unit 5-Outside viewPart 1Viewer 1 So, what do you guys want to watch Viewer 2 Uh, I don't know. What's onViewer 3 How about a documentary on the History Channel I like watching history programmes.Viewer 2 I don't really like watching the History Channel.Viewer 1 How about a baseball game From 1973 Viewer 3 No thanks! How about a cooking show Viewer 1 Yeah, I love watching cooking shows. Viewer 2 WhatViewer 1 I do!Viewer2 Uh, I don't like cooking shows. Uh, let's watch some music videos.Viewer 1 This is awful!Vie we r 3 Can you see what's on another channel Viewer 1 Yeah, sure. What channelViewer 3 Uh, anything but this.Voice-over These television viewers are trying to decide on a programme to watch, by clicking on channels, and seeing what's on. This practice is known as channel surfing. In the past, it was not difficult to decide what to watch on TV. There were only three channels to choose from. Cable television has changed all that. There are so many channels, and so many different kinds of programmes to watch, many viewers find it difficult to decide what to watch, even when they are watching by themselves. This business traveller doesn't like anything. Many people like a particular type of programme. Speaker 1TV programmes I like watching are cooking shows, um, comedy shows.Speaker 2 I usually watch dramas, murder mystery programmes, quizzes, comedies.Speaker 3 I like watching talk shows.Speaker 4 I guess of all my favourite TV shows I'd like news programmes.Speaker 5 I like to watch soap operas and news. Speaker 6 I like to watch comedy shows.Speaker 7 Well, I like good drama, I like a lotof the cop shows, um ... I like a lot of the science fiction shows and good history. Speaker 8 TV programmes I like to watch are like sports, automotive. Discovery, that type of thing. Part 2 Voice-over Cartoons have always been popular. This brother and sister are watching their favourite DVD. Mum Turn that down! Boy OK, Mum. Voice-over He, he turns it down. Now the volume is too low. For couples, deciding what to watch can require some very careful negotiation. Woman Oh, look! Pretty Woman is on! I love watching that movie. Joe Pretty Woman ! Oh, no, not Pretty Woman ! Woman Joe, you know it's my favourite movie. It's on in five minutes. I'll be right back. I'm just going to get some coffee. Joe I don't like watching that kind of movie. Plus I don't like Julia Roberts. Actually, I really hate that movie. Voice-over Joe realizes that there's a basketball game on tomorrow night. He wants to ask his friends over to watch it. Woman You're so sweet to watch this with me. I know you probably don't want to see it again. Joe Oh, sure. I don't mind. There's nothing else on anyway. Not tonight, Viewer 1 Hey, look. Swordfish is on. John Travolta and Halle BerryViewer 2 No, I've already seen that twice.Viewer 3 I hate that movie.Viewer 1 OK. How about The MatrixViewer 3 That's OK. But I've seen it too manytimes.Viewer 2 Yeah, me too. But I love that movie.Viewer 3 You guys, there's nothing on.Viewer 2 Yeah, you're right.Viewer 1 Hey, how about we go out and get some pizzaViewer 3 That's a good idea. Turn that off.Mum I told you to turn it down. Now I'm going toturn it off.Woman Oh, it's over. I just love that movie! Thanksfor putting up with it again. I know it's not yourfavourite.Joe That's OK. But tomorrow's my turn. I'masking the guys over to watch the basketball game.Woman Oh, that's fine. I won't be here anywayremember I' m going to visit my sisterJoe Oh, yeah. That's right.Voice-over The business traveller seems to have foundwhat he was looking for, a programme that puts himto sleep. And that's all for tonight, folks! Be sureto tune in tomorrow!Unit 5-Listening in News ReportA new craze is sweeping the city of Toronto, Canada. More and more board game cafes are opening in different neighborhoods. In some of cafes, customers pay an hourly rate to play tabletop games; in others a flat fee allows them to play for an unlimited time. On top of the fee, the cafes also require customers to purchase food and drinks.Most cafes offer hundreds of games, varying from classics like “Monopoly ” and “Battleship ” to European strategy games like “Settlers of Catan ” and “Agricola ”. They also have staff members to teach customers the rules of the game if necessary. This means that players are more comfortable exploring games that they haven’t played before.People enjoy going to these cafes because they can try out the games. It is cheaper than buying the games and then deciding they don’t like them. Also, it’s like having a party with your friends —but not at your own house! 1. What do we learn about board game cafes from the news report 2. Why do people enjoy going to board game cafes Passage 1 Announcer1：Thanks for the news update. And it's Thursday evening, time to start planningthe weekend, and time to hear from Jennywith our weekly update, What's On inTown. Announcer2：Thanks, Mark.Announcer1：What ’s it going to be Jenny A weekend in front of the television, or out on thetown Announcer2：Definitely out on the town, Mark. It'sa fun-filled weekend, with something for everyone. For anyone who likes classicalmusic, there's Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in the Westgate Concert Hall on Friday evening.Announcer1：That's the one with that catchy tuneAnnouncer2：I don't think the Southbank Choir willlet you join in with a voice like that! Tickets are£10, with concessions forstudents and senior citizens, and it starts at 8 pm.Announcer1：OK, and what's on at the cinemaAnnouncer2：I ’ve got a couple of suggestions. Forthose of you who like Chinese movies,there's a retrospective on Zhang Yimou'sfilms beginning with The House of theFlying Daggers at the Arthouse Cinema inNorth Street. If you haven't seen, it’s amazing. It's on at 7 pm on Saturdaynight. And other films showing next weekinclude Hero, and Raise the Red Lantern.Tickets are £12, with the usualconcessions.Announcer1：How about a Hollywood blockbuster Announcer2：Not sure Td call it a blockbuster, butthe next part of Lord of the Rings isshowing at Globe Cinema. It's on Fridayand Saturday at pm, tickets £8. Announcer1：OK, Lord of the Rings, that’s a greatseries. Now, how about something moreculturalAnnouncer2：There's a fabulous exhibition at theSmith Museum called, “The Art ofVenice”, with a collection of paintingsfrom all over the world. It's open from10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday andentrance is free.Announcer1：OK, sounds good. And what about the musicsceneAnnouncer2：Friday night is open mic night at theGeorge Inn. It you want to hear somegreat music, it starts at pm Fridaynight. But if you want to find out whatit’s like to perform in front of a liveaudience, book a slot with theorganizers and they 11 sing, play, dance,whatever ... Nice friendly atmosphere,but make sure you've got a five or tenminute act before you offer to try it outonstage. No entrance fee, but you’llneed to buy a round or two of drinks. Announcer1：Anything elseAnnouncer2：Yes, it's jazz at the Jam Factory onSaturday night from 10 pm, with the SteveReid Trio playing Afro- Cuban jazz. Withtickets at £20 I guess the Jam Factoryis going to be the coolest place in town.So I advise you to book in advance. Announcer1：Sounds like a great weekend, thanksJenny.Passage 2Speaker 1Interviewer Tell me about leisure activities in the States. What kind of spectator and participation sports are there Speaker 1 OK, well, the four most popular ones are baseball, basketball, American football of course, and ice hockey.Interviewer Yeah, and what about - em –indoor activities, rather than sports. The kind of things that you do insideSpeaker 1 Well, you could say, could say martial arts. That's very popular. Tae Kwon Do -that sort of thing. Bowling. And movies.Interviewer Yeah.Speaker 1Watching television, of course. The averageAmerican, I think, watches television about two anda halfhours a day.Interviewer And, apart from sports, what other outdooractivities are thereSpeaker 1Cycling, tennis, golf, walking and jogging of course and now, more and more people are playing soccer.Interviewer Right. And what kind of cultural activities are very popular in the StatesSpeaker 1 We all like going to concerts, I think. Er, a lot of people now are joining book clubs. Interviewer Book clubsSpeaker 1To be a member of a book club, do something ...Interviewer So just local groups ... with friends Speaker 1 Yes, local groups.Interviewer And you discuss booksSpeaker 1 Yes, you take a book each, each week or eachmonth. You read it and then you go back and discuss it. That'svery popular now.Interviewer And how about weekend and holiday activitiesSpeaker 1 Some people like hunting. I'm not one of those at all. I don't like that. But that's very popular in, in the rural areas. Then, of course there's camping and hiking, also. A lot of Americans volunteer for a wide range of causes —from raising funds to helping people who are less fortunate, tutoring students, or leading Scout troops or doing youth sports, that sort of thing.Interviewer Right, yeah.Speaker 2Interviewer Tell me about leisure activities and sports in Russia. What do you like doingSpeaker 2 Well, football is the favourite sport. But, er, we like also ice hockey in the winter. Winter sports.Interviewer And what about indoor sports Or indoor activities other than ...Speaker 2 We like very much playing chess. And weare very good at playing chess. Also, television is very common and, in the cities - Moscow and St Petersburg – we like to club, go dancing. Interviewer Oh, right. Yeah. OK. Yeah. And what about outdoor activities Speaker 2 Well, believe it or not, collecting mushrooms. In the autumn, we like it very much. And also the skiing. Again, the ice hockey in the winter. Very popular. Interviewer And I believe cultural activities are very important to you What kind of things do you like doing Speaker 2 In particular, the ballet. Interviewer Yeah. Speaker 2 And of course, the opera as well. Even the small towns have theatres and a cinema. We like the country people, the rural people, they like to watch films. They call it a "Palace of culture". Interviewer Right. Yeah. Speaker 2 Yes.Interviewer And what kind of weekend and holiday activities do you enjoySpeaker 2 Well, you find the rich Russians, they very often have a dacha, which is a cottage. Interviewer Right.Speaker 2 In the country. Interviewer Right.Speaker 2 You go there for a holiday and maybe for the weekend.Interviewer Right. Thank you.Speaker 3Interviewer Tell me about leisure activities in Australia. What kind of sports do you enjoySpeaker 3 Well, Australian rules football is our main spectator sport. Of course, we also love our rugby and our cricket. You know, our national teams are definitely now among the best in the world. Interviewer Yeah.Speaker 3 What else We have association football. And also very popular now is horse racing. Interviewer Right. And what kind of indoor activities, other than sports, do you like doingSpeaker 3 We're very much an outdoor nation but when we're inside I think we like to watch TV and, you know, go to the movies.Interviewer So, what kind of outdoor activities are thereSpeaker 3 Well, for this we like our cycling. Some people play golf and some play tennis. And some play lawn bowls.Interviewer Right, yeah.Speaker 3 Of course, you know, most Australians do live near the coast and we love to do sailing and surfing; very, very keen on our swimming and I know a lot of people do fishing as well.Interviewer Right. And what about culture Do you doany cultural activitiesSpeaker 3 Oh yes, no, no, Australia does have its culture. We've got our aboriginal music and our dancing and a lot of art. And of course, we've got our very, very famous Sydney Opera House - you know, best in the world.Interviewer Yes. And what about weekend and holiday activities What do you like doing then Speaker 3 I think people like to be very social. We do a lot of barbies - you know -barbecues in the back garden and some people like to go bushwalking as well. Interviewer Great. Thank you. Speaker 3 You're welcome.。
新标准大学英语 视听说教程 听力原文及翻译
Unit 1Inside ViewConversation 1Janet: Hi, it’s me again, Janet Li. I’m still a student at the University of Oxford in England. But I’m not in Oxford right now. And I haven’t gone back home to China either. It’s the long vacation now, and believe it or not, it’s the middle of summer. I’m spending my summer in one of the world’s greatest cities. I’m in London, home to the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Tower Bridge…and the double-decker bus. I want to find out what it’s like to live in this busy, lively city. So I’m working for London Time Off, a website about what’s on in London. This is Joe…, he’s my boss, and this is Andy, who is a reporter. And what’s my job?Well, I don’t know yet, because it’s my first day. But I’m meant to be shadowing Andy, oh, what I mean is, I’m going to be helping him. So can you tell me something about London, Andy?Andy: It’s the greatest city in the world. .Joe: Except for New York!Andy: New York? Don’t make me laugh!Joe: And your point is…?Andy: Look, if you want my opinion, London is greater than New York…Joe: No, I don’t want your opinion, thank you very much. It’s a fact.Andy: A fact! Are you serious?\Janet: And here we are in London, probably the greatest city in the world.Andy: What? Probably? Excuse me, I prefer to deal with this myself…Joe: Ah, dream on, Andy………珍妮特：嗨，又是我，珍妮特.李。
2023北师大版新教材高一英语必修二全册听力材料
2023北师大版新教材高一英语必修二全册听力材料Unit 1 优秀的学生1.1 听力材料1. A: Hello, Sarah. How was your summer vacation?B: Hi, Mark. It was great! I did a lot of traveling with my family. We visited several countries in Europe.A: That sounds amazing. Which countries did you go to?B: We went to France, Italy, and Spain. Each country had its own unique charm.B: Thank you, Jane. It was tough, but I studied hard and practiced a lot. I'm really happy with the result.B: I joined a math club and had extra tutoring. Plus, I solved a lot of practice problems.3. A: Hi, Lily. I heard you were chosen as the class monitor. That's great!B: Thanks, Tom. I feel honored to have been selected. I'll do my best to fulfill my duties.A: I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job. What responsibilities do you have as the class monitor?B: I have to help maintain discipline in the classroom, collect homework, and represent the class in meetings.1.2 听力理解1. What did Sarah do during her summer vacation?- She traveled to several countries in Europe with her family.- He joined a math club, had extra tutoring, and solved practice problems.3. What responsibilities does Lily have as the class monitor?- She has to help maintain discipline in the classroom, collect homework, and represent the class in meetings.。
新标准大学英语视听说听力原文（5）
新标准大学英语视听说听力原文（5）Tricia ：Well, it’s true, yes.Karen ：I agree with Rick.Presenter ：So, next question …Unit 5 WarListening inPassage1There are many war novels but the novel I’m going to talk about today is unusual because it’swar seen through the eyes of a child. The “eyes” are those of J G Ballard, one of Britain’s most respected novelists.Let’s begin with some information about Ballard. He was born in 1930, in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman, and he was only 11 years old when the city was occupied during World War II. Ballard and his family were placed in a prison camp and he has said that his experiences there affected him so deeply that it was 40 years before he felt able to write about them. “Twenty years to forget and 20 years to remember.”The result of Ballard’s experiences was a semi-autobiographical novel called Empire of the Sun, published in 1984. It quickly became a success and in 1987 it was made into a movie by Hollywood director, Steven Spielberg.Let’s move on to the novel itself. Empire of the Sun tells the story of how a young boy, Jim Graham, survives the Japanese occupation. Interestingly, Jim is J G Ballard’s first name and his second name is Graham.Also, Jim is the same age as Ballard –11 –when the occupation begins. At the start of the story, Jim is living with his parents in a wealthy part of Shanghai. When the invasion begins,many of Shanghai’s inhabitants flee from the city and Jim’s parents do the same. But theboy becomes separated from them and finds himself all alone. He goes back to their empty home and lives alone there. Inevitably, he’s found and then he’s sent to a prison camp.It’s a terrible four years, but the boy somehow surviv es. He steals food, finds ways of getting in and out of the camp, and is befriended by some Americans and a Japanese boy.Is there a happy ending? Yes and no. Jim sees many people die; his Japanese friend is killed by the Americans. But at the end of the war, he gets back to Shanghai and is reunited with his parents.Jim’s experiences are terrible, as a child who discovers the depths of human cruelty. But he learnsalso about the strength and courage that is possible, even in these circumstances. Both the great power and the truth of the novel come from the fact that it’s based on the author’s own experiences. The general opinion of critics is that Empire of the Sun is one of the best war novels ever written – so read it, it’s worth it.Passage2HostOn Women’s World today, we look at women’s role in the Second World War and the important part they played in it. In the First World War, women had worked in factories and as nurses, both at home and at the front. In the Second World War, women were even more essential to the war effort. Doris Watts was just 18 when the war began and Mavis Grey was only 20.HostDo you remember how you felt, Doris, the day the war wasdeclared?DorisOh yes … of course I do. I felt frightened of course, but we had known it would happen. The first thing, more than anything I think, that I felt was … was that I wanted to do something! You know, do something useful, so I joined the Land Girls.HostAh, yes, the Women’s Land Army. That was an organization started in the First World War. Women worked in agriculture as the men were away fighting. Did you enjoy the experience?Sporting life Unit 6DorisNot really. It was very hard work, very physical. You never saw anybody except the officer coming to inspect your work. So when I heard about the WAAF I signed up.HostThat’s the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. WAAF, for short. So why the WAAF?DorisI’d always thought planes were very exciting. And it’s silly but I liked the light blue uniforms.HostThat’s a good enough reason! Now, Mavi s, you were in the WAAF at the same time as Doris. Can you tell us more about it?MavisYes. Organizations like the WAAF were a way for women to join the armed forces, since they weren’t allowed to fight. Instead, the army, the navy and the air force all had support services, which women could join.HostAnd Doris. What kind of things did you have to do?Doris Oh, well, a lot of different things. I worked in transport and catering. We were very young but we were given a lot of responsibility.Host大学英语。
新标准大学英语-视听说教程第一册Listening-in听力原文
新标准大学英语-视听说教程第一册Listening-in听力原文新标准大学英语-视听说教程第一册Listening-in 听力原文Unit 1 Starting outListening inPassage 1Interviewer Can you tell me something about the Ivy League? You're a professor at Harvard, is that right?Professor That's right, yes.Interviewer Tell me how many universities are there? How many institutions?Professor In total there are eight institutions: There's Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania.Interviewer Ah, OK. And what's the sporting ... I believe there's some link with sports.Professor There certainly is, yes. Originally the Ivy League referred to the sports teams from the universities which competed against each other, especially in football, basketball and ice hockey. Nowsometimes these universities, institutions, chose their students on the basis of their skills at these particular sports. But in the last 50 years, Ivy League schools have accepted a wider range of students because it wasn't possible to be both world-famous for research and also top class in sport.Interviewer And what about their academic importance? I gather they're academically very, very important, they're very well-known.Professor Absolutely at the top. They're near or at the top ofthe USA colleges and university rankings. And they're almost always in the top one per cent of the world's academic institutions for financial resources.Interviewer And what does it mean socially to go to an Ivy League university?Professor Certainly if you've been to one of these institutions, you are presumed or assumed to be at the top end of the scale. The Ivy League institutions have a reputation for social elitism, many of the students are rich, intellectual, white Anglo-Saxon, protestants. Not all of them of course, but quite a lot of them.Interviewer And do you know ... why's it called the Ivy League, what's the origin of the name?Professor There are a number of stories, derivations, but possibly it's based on four universities, and IV, the letters IV, that's the Roman numeral for four. Another more likely story is that ivy plants, which are symbolic of the age of the universities, you know, would be grown at the walls of these universities, these institutions, they cover the walls of the buildings. The term was created by a sports journalist, I think in the 1930s.Interviewer Right, OK. And which is the oldest university?Professor The oldest goes back to the 17th century, that's Harvard which was founded in 1636. And the youngest of the institutions is Cornell which was founded in 1865.Interviewer And which has the largest number of undergraduates?Professor Cornell has the largest number, about 13,000, 13,500 undergraduates. The institution with the smallest number is Dartmouth College with a little over 4,000.Interviewer And what about the acceptance rate? Is it hard to get into?Professor That ranges from about seven per cent to 20 per cent.Interviewer And any famous alumni? Famous old boys?Professor Hundreds! Hundreds of them. But I suppose worldwide, the two that would be definitely known all over the world would certainly be George Bush who went to Yale, and John F Kennedy, President Kennedy, who was at Harvard.Interviewer Thank you.Passage2Andy Did you see the film on television last night?Jane No, I was out. What was it?Andy A Beautiful Mind. It's about John Forbes Nash, the mathematician who won the Nobel Prize.Jane rve heard about that film, yes. He's played by Russell Crowe, isn't he? I like Russell Crowe, he's great.Andy That's the one, yes.Jane What's it about?Andy Well, the story begins in the early years of Nash's life at Princeton University as a graduate student.Jane That's one of the Ivy League schools, isn't it?Andy Yes, it's all set in New England, lovely old buildings, beautiful autumn colours. It's lovely to look at.Anyway, Nash meets his roommate Charles, a literature student, who soon becomes his best friend.Nash admits to Charles that he is better with numbers than people, and the main thing he's looking for is a truly original idea for his thesis paper.Jane So he's not interested in having fun?Andy Well, yes, but he's not very good with people or successful with women, that's all. But, you know, it's one of thesebad experiences with people which ultimately inspires his brilliant work in mathematics.Jane No good at relationships, so he becomes a genius at maths?Andy That's about right, yes. So when he finishes his studies at Princeton, he accepts a job at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Five years later, he meets Alicia, a student who he falls in love with and eventually marries.Jane Ah! At last, the love interest!Andy Yes, but wait a moment. Nash believes that he's been asked to work by William Parcher for the US Department of Defense on breaking Soviet codes. At one point he's chased by the Russians, and it's after this that he becomes mentally ill.Jane I think I've seen this in the trailer to the film.Andy So when he's put in a psychiatric hospital, he thinks the Soviets have captured him. He's given this painful treatment which affects his relationship with his wife. And his intellectual skills. So he stops taking the medicine. Jane It sounds quite hard to watch.Andy Well, it is, but it's well acted and directed, and so, you know, there's a-bit of distance between the audience and what's happening on film.Jane So what happens next?Andy Well, then his illness returns, so he and his wife decide to try and live with it. It all gets a bit complicated, because we're no longer sure if Charles, you know, his old friend, or even Parcher were real, or if they were just people that existed only in Nash's mind.Jane That sounds awful. He must have been so ill,Andy Actually, I'm kind of giving away the twist in the story.Anyway, later in his life, while he's using the library at Princeton again, he asks his rival Martin Hansen if he can start teaching again. And so the story ends when he goes on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics.Jane Well, it sounds like a great film.Andy Yes, you should see it sometime.Unit 3 Learning to thinkListening inPassage 1Interviewer With us today is Martin Downes, a carpenter, who's 51. A year ago, Martin had a stroke. But he's been lucky enough to make a full recovery from it. Can you tell us how it all began, Martin?Martin rm very happy to - not that I remember much at all. I was at a customer's house, building a cupboard, and the next thing I knew, I woke up in hospital with people in white coats bending over me.Interviewer It must have been very frightening.Martin It was. But what was really frightening was that I couldn't speak. I couldn't say a word. And I couldn't understand much that people said to me.Interviewer How awful!Martin Yeah! I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't had my family. But they were there for me, they really were.I had something called aphasia, where the part of your brain gets damaged that affects your speech and language. But they started treatment for the condition almost immediately. This speech and language therapist came to see me every day for 12 weeks. They made me do all these exercises.Interviewer What kind of exercises?Martin I had to match words and pictures and say their names. You see, I'd also forgotten the names of a lot of things. She had this thing called a word board and I could point to words and phrases on it that Iwanted to say. I had to repeat words up to 20 times - boy, it was hard, so hard.Interviewer Could you say anything to begin with?Martin I could say three words. "Hi", "Yes" and "No". That was all. And there were a lot of words I couldn't understand -1 had to learn their meanings all over again.Interviewer It must have been very frustrating.Martin It was, but I was determined to get better. I was in hospital for three and a half months. When I got home I got a special computer programme that I worked with every day. And slowly my language came back to me. It was a struggle, a big struggle. I had to learn to read and write again too.Interviewer Why do you think that you were able to recover completely? It's not that common, is it?Martin I was lucky. I was given the right drug at the right time. And I had 12 weeks of therapy, five days a week. That's very important, apparently.Interviewer And now that you're better how do you feel about your life?Martin What can I say? rm just grateful to have my life back.Passage 2Interviewer In 1907 an Italian educator called Maria Montessori opened a school in Rome that taught young children using methods that were very different from traditional teaching. Today, the Montessori method, as it's known, is used in nurseryschools in countries such as America, Canada, Britain and Germany. Recent research shows that children educated at a Montessori nursery do better later on at school than other children in all subjects. We asked two Montessori teachers, Claudia Rosella and Sarah Harrington, to explain what makes their nursery school different. Sarah...Sarah I think the first thing to say is that a Montessori classroom is very quiet, very clean. Everything stays in the same place. Sothe children are calm and quiet as a result.Interviewer So they're not encouraged to be noisy.Sarah No, definitely not...Interviewer Claudia?Claudia Yes, the classroom's very important. Another important principle is that children direct their own learning. They choose what they want to do.Interviewer So the teacher doesn't tell the child what to do?Sarah Not at all. While a child is doing an activity we observe them. Then we work with the child for a short time and then leave them to work on their own.Interviewer That sounds excellent. And what about your equipment? It's often made of wood, isn't it?Sarah Yes, and a piece of equipment is often designed for one activity only.Claudia Right. It's so that the child can see if they're getting something right or wrong.Interviewer So they don't need the teacher so much"?Sarah That's right. Another Montessori principle is the importance of physical activity. Children learn by doing, so when they're learning to read, for example, the letters are made ofsandpaper so that children can feel the shape of the letter.Interviewer Do you think there are disadvantages with Montessori methods?Claudia Yes, there are. Maria Montessori didn't understand how important it is for children to use their imagination. If she was alive today, she would recognize that. But still, the fact is, her methods are very successful.Unit 4 Person to personListening inPassage 1John Are you packed?Mike Yup. Everything's there.John Sure you've packed your mobile?Mike r II look again, John ... yes.John Well, we've got another ten minutes before we need to leave, so we might as well relax. You know someone told me an amazing story yesterday about these Australians who got completely lost in some national park.Mike And don't tell me, they used their mobile to get help?John That's right!Mike So what happened?John Well, it was this guy with his son and niece -I think she was about 14 - and they were hiking in this really rugged country and they got completely lost - no idea where they were at all.Mike That's not going to happen to us.John No, it isn't. Anyway, the guy had his mobile and he phoned the emergency services —it wasn't dark yet - and they sent out a search party, but they couldn't find them. And then -this is the interesting bit - the guy sent photos of the place where they were.Mike I'd have thought of that.John Yes, well it's pretty obvious, really. And in the photos there were mountains in the background, and the staff at the emergency service centre were able to identify exactly which mountains they were. And they used the photos to pinpoint their location, you know, to get the exact location.Mike How did they do that?John They used mapping software.Mike Right.John Anyway, by then it had got dark and really freezing. So they slept behind this ridge and covered themselves with leaves. Andyou know what the young girl said afterwards? She said, "It was quite fun."Mike Really, wasn't she frightened?John I don't think so.Mike So - is there a happy ending?John Yes, well they sent out helicopters as soon as it was daylight and the helicopter hovered over the area, and the man kept talking to them till they were able to pinpoint his location. And when they finally found them they were only 400 metres away from where they'd expected them to be.Mike Amazing!John And that's because they'd moved 400 metres away from where they'd taken their photos because the ground was too rough to sleep on.Mike Incredible!John And the moral of the story is-Mike Always take your mobile phone with you when you go hiking.John And take one that has a camera.Mike Hey, I think we should go, John.John Yes, OK. You think we're going to get lost?Mike No chance, mate!Passage2Social networking - it's the 21st century way of having fun - online. And if you're under 40, you probably use a social networking site - maybe when you should be working. It's well-known that -. office workers spend up to two hours a day on a site, exchanging messages and photos. And do students ever do anything else? Different social networking sites are used by different age groups.For people in their 20s, the most popular site is Facebook, the online phenomenon started by an American student in 2004. It's taken only four years to make Facebook a huge success - and the website's made its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, a very rich man indeed.What's extraordinary about Zuckerburg is that he started Facebook when he was only 18. He was a student at Harvard, one of America's top universities, when he launched the Facebook website, working from his college room. In only two weeks, more than two-thirds of his college had signed up and in a year, thousands of colleges were using it. T oday, Facebook has millions of users. More than half of them visit the site at least once a day.So what makes Facebook so special? Like other networking sites, you create a profile with photos, you list your interests, you exchange messages and join groups of friends. But where Facebook is different is that it gives you a privacy that you just don't get on other sites. Unlike other sites, you have a lot of control over what users can see about you. As a result, one-thirdof Facebook users give out their mobile numbers - they know it's safe to do so.But you still need to be careful about what you think is safe to show people. One reason is that more and more employers are using Facebook to check out potential employees. Is the person you've just interviewed as good as he seems? Facebook can provide the answer. If a 26-year-old man says on Facebook that he's been travelling round the world for the last three years, and in his interview he said he'd been working in an office - well, he probably won't get the job.Unit 5 All you need is loveListening inPassage 1Interviewer So - tell us about how you first met.Amy How we first met... Oh, it wasn't very romantic.David I thought it was very romantic.Interviewer Why don't you begin at the beginning?Amy Good idea. Well, I was 22 and rd just left uni and I went on holiday to the French Alps with a girlfriend. And someone invited us to go climbing. But my friend got ill so I went without her. There was this group of about eight guys and two girls.David There were four girls.Amy Alright! Well, anyway, no one had told me that the mountain we were going to climb was - vertical - and that we were climbing with ropes! I was terrified, absolutely terrified, I just really hadn't expected it.David She was terrified! I noticed her immediately. She looked so scared -she was wearing this great hat ——but she was white as a sheet.Amy Oh, I don't know about that, but I remember I wasshaking all over. David came over and started talking to me and telling me how safe it was with the ropes. And he was so sweet, you know I think I fell in love with him right then.David Yeah, it was the same with me ... We roped up and I made sure I stayed next to her ... I kept talking to her and encouraging her.Amy It really helped. I think I would have fallen off the mountain if you hadn't done that.David Rubbish! You were perfectly safe. Anyway, we got to the summit —it was a kind of flat area - and Amy just collapsed - she couldn't stand up!Amy It's true, I couldn't. I felt -1 was just - everyone ignored me except David - everyone.David Quite a few people came to talk to you.Amy They didn't!David They did!Amy Well, you talked to me, and that's all that mattered.David Thank you!Amy So-David So we climbed back down the mountain.Amy which was just as bad -David and we headed for the nearest village and we both had huge pizzas.Amy I didn't eat a thing! I was still feeling too sick.David You did, you know.Amy You know, you have a terrible memory sometimes.David So do you! ... To cut a long story short, we got married six months later and went on a three-week honeymoon to Barbados. Amy Two weeks!David And we've lived happily ever after.Passage2Presenter And now let's move on to online dating, a way of meeting a potential partner that's becoming more and more popular.James O'Hanlan and Claire Goodall are two online dating experts who are going to give all you listeners advice about how to use online dating safely and successfully. James ...James OK. The first thing to say is, don't be nervous. A lot of people are and it's very understandable. But there's no need to be, provided you follow the rules, which we're going to tell you right now. Isn't that right, Claire?Claire Absolutely.James So, let's begin at the beginning. When you join an online dating site, the first thing you do is give some basic information about yourself. Now, don't be tempted to lie - about your age, for example. If you want a good relationship, you need to be honest. If you're not, you'll get found out and that could be painful.Claire Another thing - it's a good idea to use a photo, you'll get many more replies than if you don't.James But use a recent photo, not one that was taken ten years ago!Claire Let's move on to the next stage. You've had some responses 响应and chosen one or two people you'd like to chat with.Now, the most important advice here is, don't give out any personal information until you're 100 per cent sure you're that happy to do so. That includes your real name, your phone numbers, your workplace address and your email address. Use the email facility 设备at the website and only give out your emailaddress when you feel completely safe.James And email for as long as you want, it's a great way of getting to know a person. Then, the next stage is to talk on the phone. Now that's very revealing, because you'll hear the person's voice, and also because people have to be spontaneous on the phone - they can't think about what they're going to say for half a day, unlike emails.Claire Then, if you're feeling really comfortable, agree to meet. But always choose a public place. Don't go to someone's home.James A cafe or bar is the best choice.Claire And don't forget to tell a friend where you're going and what time you expect to be back. That's important.James Another good idea is to ask the same friend to call you during the meeting so that if you want to leave quickly you can say that something urgent's come up and you have to go.Claire That's everything! If you follow this advice you should be perfectly safe. And you may find the man -James ... or woman —Claire ... of your dreams!James & Claire Happy hunting!Unit 6 Shop fill you drop!Listening inPassage 1Speaker 1 ]Interviewer So, how are you enjoying yourself in St Petersburg? What's it like?Speaker 1 Oh, I think it is a very beautiful place.Interviewer What sort of... Is it good for shopping? What do you buy in St Petersburg?Speaker 1 Yes, there are things you should buy. Of course, vodka is very good here and the other thing very expensive is the caviar. It is beautiful. Then there are the dolls. What have do they say? Matrioshka dolls.Interviewer Matrioshka dolls. Those wooden dolls that go inside each other?Speaker 1 Yes, you take one out and open the top and there is another one. You take off the top and there is another. They get very very small inside. Very small.Interviewer OK.Speaker 1 And of course, the chess. Because they are very famous here in this part of the world to play the chess.Interviewer Yes. And what sort of shops are there? Where's it best to shop?Speaker 1 Oh, here there are very good department stores, where you can buy everything that you like, clothes and everything.And also, lots of small kiosks that are very unique 独一无二的,owned by different shopkeepers, you know. And they are all over St Petersburg. Little kiosks and also markets that are very good. And there is a very good museum shop at the museum - at the Hermitage Museum.Interviewer And what are the opening hours?Speaker 1 At the museum?Interviewer Well, all shops, generally. What are the opening hours ... for shopping?Speaker 1 Yes. Usually, they open at around 10 o'clock in the morning and I think they are open to 7 o'clock at night; sometimes even longer, to 8 o'clock.Interviewer And how do you, how do you actually buy things?How do you pay for things? I think, there is a slightly different way of。
新标准Unit 1听力原文
Unit 1Inside ViewConversation 1Janet: Hi, it’s me again, Janet Li. I’m still a student at the University of Oxford in England. But I’m not in Oxford right now. And I haven’t gone back home to China either. It’s the long vacation now, and believe it or not, it’s the middle of summer. I’m spending my summer in one of the world’s greatest cities. I’m in London, home to the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Tower Bridge…and the double-decker bus. I want to find out what it’s like to live in this busy, lively city.So I’m working for London Time Off, a website about what’s on in London. This is Joe…, he’s my boss, and this is Andy, who is a reporter. And what’s my job?Well, I don’t know yet, because it’s my first day. But I’m meant to be shadowing Andy, oh, what I mean is, I’m going to be helping him. So can you tell me something about London, Andy?Andy: It’s the greatest city in the world.Joe: Except for New York!Andy: New York? Don’t make me laugh!Joe: And your point is…?Andy: Look, if you want my opinion, London is greater than New York…Joe: No, I don’t want your opinion, thank you very much. It’s a fact.Andy: A fact! Are you serious?\Janet: And here we are in London, probably the greatest city in the world.Andy: What? Probably? Excuse me, I prefer to deal with this myself…Joe: Ah, dream on, Andy………Conversation 2Janet：So when did you start working at London Time Off?Andy: About a year ago.Janet: And I hope you don’t mind my asking, but do you like working here?Andy: Yes, I love it. I mean, Joe and I get along quite well. He drives me crazysometimes, because he’s my boss, and I wish I earned a bit more money, but (I)think my job is really cool, because I get to see everything that’s happening in London. And I didn’t want to join the rat race.Janet: What do you mean by the rat race?Andy: You know, doing the same thing day in day out, and not doing anything creative, or having any time to enjoy life. It’s the last thing I want to do.Janet: So do you mind telling me what you do exactly?Andy: Basically, we check out new events on the London music scene, you know, new clubs, the latest plays and films, as well as exhibitions in galleries and museums.Then we go and film interviews with the musicians or the actors, or anyone who has anything to do with the event.Janet: Ok, then what happens?Andy: We edit the interviews, and then we upload it all onto the website. We get 200,000 hits a week. We’re London’s biggest listings site.Janet: Can I ask you something else?Andy: Fire away.Janet: What are we going to do now?Andy: I need to go back to my flat, and get my research. Then we’ve got an interview to do. Let’s get the tube back to my place.Janet: And what about Joe?Andy: Well, he’s supposed to be on his way to the National Theatre, to do an interview with the director of a new play. But I kind of hope he gets lost on the way. Then he’ll discover what a great place London is.Janet: I don’t understand.Andy: I’m joking! Come on, let’s go!Outside viewPresenter:Happiness is not what most students have in mind when they think of school.Yet a school in Germany has developed a novel way to raise the morale of itsstudents, by teaching happiness in classes. Students at Heidelberg’s WillyHellpach School of Economics are learning how to achieve happiness as anofficial subject, alongside mathematics and languages. This is the first schoolin Germany to develop a happiness course, intended for 17- to 19-year-oldspreparing for university entrance exams. Ernst Fritz-Schubert, the school’sprincipal, is on a mission to change things.Ernst: It was my idea – I’ve been at this school for 31 years, and I feel that school and happiness have to be reunited. These are two terms which are notconsidered together, because one does not connect school with happiness. Insome cases school comes behind the dentists on the popularity scale and weshould try to push schools’ popularity a bit.It has been proved by science thata happy student can learn more than an unhappy one, Unhappy students canconcentrate for a while but do not use all their potential. The happinessclasses are intended to help students fulfill their potential. They will help thestudents live happy and prosperous lives.Presenter: The classes aim to help students in achieving a positive state of mind, by using all their own resources and boosting their self-esteem. In addition, theyhope classes will increase self-awareness and physical comfort. Happinessclasses are also intended to make students more aware about theirenvironment and society as a whole. During classes students are encouragedto express themselves and observe their peers’ behavior. The classes aretaught by Bjoern Bonn, an actor and visiting lecturer.Bjoern Bonn: One of the exercises I do is to have one of the students walk across the classroom, with the others copying his walk. Through this exercise, I hopethey learn something about themselves. Why do I move like this? How doothers see my way of walking? I hope that with a higher body awareness theyideally –of course it will take time-achieve a higher self-consciousness whichcould lead to happiness.Wolfgang: We give these classes to students to help them find happiness. Now the question is: How do I define happiness? Happiness is for example astrengthening of the personality. We are providing helpful suggestions tomake stronger people. People that ask “Who am I as a person? Am I reallyhappy?”Pascal: It takes time and everybody has to find happiness for themselves. You cannot go into a coaching lesson and say teach me happiness. One can only getindications from teachers or the visiting lecturers. There are also happinessscientists, if we could talk to one of those, I am sure he would have somehints.Yosma: You would think that the teachers are writing definitions on the board. Not true. Those who want happiness have to find it for themselves, you cannotreally learn that.Presenter: So what does it take to be happy and can you learn it at school?Listening inPassage oneInterviewer: Can you tell me…how do you think you have changed as you have matured? What things have had a major influence on you?Speaker 1: Well, let me think…I suppose going to university had a big impact on my life. It made me much more open-minded. I met so many different typesof people there with weird and wonderful ideas and it changed the way Isee the world. I’m much more tolerant now… It made me a more roundedperson.Interviewer: Great…and had any particular person had a central role in forming your character?Speaker 1: I guess that’d have to be my grandfather. I was very close to him, and he taught me to stand up for my beliefs. He was always telling me about this…Interviewer: So what people or events have had an impact on your life?Speaker 2: I think that traveling my gap year made me grow up and see both the beauty of the world and, well…just the generosity of ordinary people. Itraveled a lot around Asia and you know, I found that in some of the poorestcountries, like Cambodia and Laos, people share whatever little they have,and they possess a real joy for life. It’s probably made me a less selfishperson.Interviewer: Interesting…So you would recommend that young people take a gap year to discover themselves and the world?Speaker 2: Definitely. It gives you an opportunity to learn about the world beyond the one you grew up in and I found it really…Interviewer: Could you tell me what things in your life have had the greatest influence in forming your personality?Speaker 3: Well…a couple of years ago I was on a reality TV show where a group of young people all lived in a house together. Each week some one was votedoff by the audience. I got down to the final three! I suppose being on theshow and seeing how the other contestants behaved made me realize howselfish and spiteful some people can be just to get what they want. I alsorealized it’s best to just be yourself in life. If you pretend to be someonedifferent people will eventually see through the lies.Interviewer: Right…And how did you feel when you were eventually voted off? Speaker 3: Relieved, to be honest with you. But you know…a slight regret that I didn’t win because I kind of…Interviewer: So you can tell me, what one thing do you think that has had the biggest impact on your life?Speaker 4: Hmm, that’s a difficult question. But I think helping victims of the tsunami in 2004 had a very great impact on me. I’m half Thai and I’d just arrivedin Thailand for a family Christmas holiday. When I heard the news I knewI had to help-you couldn’t not. I ended up acting as an interpreter for agroup of volunteer doctors. It was an incredibly difficult time but you know,even in the middle of such a horrific tragedy there is still a huge amount ofgenuine human kindness.Interviewer: That’s amazing! And has it changed the way you view your future…Passage twoTony: Talking to us today in our Life Choices series is Joan Robinson, an academic counselor at Manchester University. She gives advice to school students onchoosing the right subject to study at university. Joan, welcome to the show. Joan: Thanks Tony.Tony: So Joan, what do our listeners need to think about when choosing a course? It’sa huge, potentially life-changing decision, isn’t it?Joan: Yes. I generally give students advice in two areas. Firstly, know yourself, and secondly, think to the future.Tony: When you say “know yourself” what do you mean?Joan: Basically, I mean evaluate your own personal strengths and weaknesses, your personality traits and the things you like.Tony: I see…So how can our listeners do this?Joan: Well, start by asking yourself questions to help reflect on your life so far. For example, what subjects are you good at? Are you an organized and self-disciplined person? Are you confident and outgoing? Do you like working with others in a team or do you prefer working alone? These kinds of questions will help you discover more about yourself.Tony: Sounds like good advice. How about your second point regarding the future? Joan: Well, your choice of major subject is likely to have a significant impact on your future career so it’s important to look into this carefully. I recommend youcheck not only which academic subjects will help you get into a particular area of work, but also look carefully at what universities offer. Each university hasits strengths so try to choose one that is the best in your chosen field. Find out what links the department has to related industries and leading companies in it. Tony: Good point. Now I’d like to take some calls from our listeners. First up we have James on the line. Hi, James! How can we help?James: Hi. I’m interested in career in IT and I’d like to ask Joan whether she thinks it’s better to go to a highly respected university, like Oxford, or to studysomewhere that has more of a vocational focus?Joan: Well, James, you know it really depends on what you expect to get out of a university and how you see your future. Basically a handful of the brightestgraduates are picked from the top universities around the world to join theleading IT companies. So I’d say if you’re a high-flyer then this is the route that might be for you. But if you are looking for a more mainstream career then you should consider a course that helps you acquire practical, transferable skills that you can use in the workplace…and look at which universities have the bestlevels of graduate recruitment for the kind of job you are aiming for.James: I see! Thanks a lot. That really helps me out…。
新标准大学英语视听说听力原文（6）
新标准大学英语视听说听力原文（6）And what did you do, Mavis?MavisVarious jobs but eventually I worked on a ighter station, tracking the German bombersas they flew towards London. It was very exciting.HostWas it ever dangerous?DorisYes, we were always in danger of being bombed. They tell me that over 1,500 young women lost their lives. I was lucky.HostAnd what about social life?MavisWe did have some wonderful parties. And of course I met my husband, Eric. He was an electrician at the station.HostOne last question, Doris. Do you think women’s work in the forces changed things for women?DorisWithout a doubt. Oh absolutely! After the war the position of women could never be the same again –we’d contributed so much.HostDoris and Mavis, thank you both.Unit 6 Sporting lifeListening inPassage1Speaker 1And David Seaman is in goal for the England team down to our right … it’s difficult to get used to the change of team colours here … I’m looking at the white shorts and thinking they’re English players, but they’re not. For this match it’s the Germans who are wearing white. I hope the English players don’t have the same problem, we don’t want them to pass the ball to the Germans. Now Gascoigne for England passes to McManaman for the first time … McManaman is immediately surrounded by three German defenders … he brings the ball to the near side of the pitch … still McManaman for England, crosses the ball to Pearce … Pearce takes a shot! … saved by the German Ziegler, and picked up by Ince only 25 yards away from the German goal … good effort by Ince, aims at the goal! … and Kopke, the German goalkeeper pushes the ball over the top of the goal. So a corner kick for England.Speaker 2A grea t shot by Ince, I’m sure he knows that Pearce set that up for him, but Kopke put the shot out of danger.Speaker 1He does like to punch the ball, that Kopke in the German goal … England’s first corner of this semi-final … Gascoigne will take it …Here com es the corner kick from Gascoigne … and Shearer’s there and Alan Shearer scores for England … England have scored after only two minutes’ play … with a corner kick by Gascoigne … aimed at the near post, and Alan Shearer heads the ball into the German goal … It’s an absolute dream start for the semi-final … Shearer has got his fifth goal of the tournament … Would you believe it? It’s England one, Germany nil!Passage2Matt ：Now it’s time for Critic’s Choice, with news and reviews about the latest films. Good evening, Jack, seen anything good at the cinema this week?Jack ：Good evening Matt, yes, I’ve seen one of the best sports films of recent years.Matt ：Sports films? That’s not usually a type of film which appeals to you.Jack ：You’re right, but this time it’s different. I’ve been to see a film about mountain climbing, it’s not really your typical sports film. It’s more man against the mountain.Matt ：Tell us more.Jack ：I’ve been to see T ouching the Void, which is the story of a pair of mountain climbers in thePeruvian Andes.Matt ：Is it a true story?Jack ：Yes, it is. In 1985, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb the 7,000-metre Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian Andes. Simpson and Yates were young, fit and confident they would succeed.Matt ：So what happens?Jack ：Simpson and Yates’ style of climbing involved moving quickly up a mountain with very few supplies and no base camps, which is risky. You can’t make any mistakes.Matt ：I think I can guess what happens next.Jack ：And sure enough after climbing well for three and a half days, disaster strikes. Simpson falls and breaks his right leg. With no food or water, the climbers know they have to get off the mountain – fast. Yates is determined to find a way to get his friend home, and he has to lower Simpson down themountain. Simpson is in agony, but Yates has no choice except to ignore his partner’s cries of pain because otherwise he’ll die. Well, for a while, things go well. But suddenly Simpson, at the end of the rope, fails to respond to Yate s’ signal. Yates is unable to move any further and has no idea why Simpson is not responding. So Yates holds on with all of his strength, all too aware that eventually his strength would give out and both would fall. But what Yates doesn’t know is that he has lowered Simpson over the edge of a crevasse. Simpson is hanging in mid-air from the vertical face of the mountain. He’s unable to climb back up the rope and he’s got frostbitten fingers and can’t communicate大学英语。
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Unit 1 College cultureConversation1Janet ：So this is the Cherwell Boathouse –it’s lovely! And look at those people punting! It looks quite easy.Mark ：I’m not so sure about that! Janet, there’s something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you. Some people in college are organizing charity events this term. We’ve decided to get involved. Janet ：Raising money for charity? Right. In China, people raise money for charity but students don’t usually do that.Mark ：Students often do that here. Anyway, we’re thinking of doing sponsored punting.Janet ：Sponsored punting! What’s that?Kate ：Sponsoring is when people pay you to do something – like run a long distance. So people would be sponsoring students to punt.Janet ：What a great idea! I’d love to join you!Mark ：That’s why we’re telling you about it. So that’s decided then. Let’s make a list of things we need to do.Kate ：I’ll do that. One of the first th ings we should do is choose the charity.Mark ：Yes. And choose a day for the event. And we need to design the sponsorship form. I’ve got one here.Kate ：That looks fine, but we must change the wording. Who wants to do that?Mark ：I’ll do that. What have we got so far?Kate ：Choose a charity. Also a day for the event. Change the wording on the sponsorship form …Um … We have to decide where the punt will start from.Mark ：Cherwell Boathouse, no question! It's a very beautiful route from here, apparently.Kate ：I’m with you on that.Janet ：Me too …Passage2Oxford and Cambridge –two universities so similar that they are often spoken of together as “Oxbridge”. They’re both in the UK, fairly near London, and both regularly come top in any ranking o f the world’s best universities.The two universities began within a century of each other. Oxford University, now 900 years old, was founded towards the end of the 11th century. In 1209 there was a dispute between the university and the townspeople of Oxford. As a result, some of the Oxford teachers left and founded a university in the town of Cambridge, some 84 miles away. Ever since then, the two institutions have been very competitive.Unlike most modern universities, both Oxford and Cambridge consist of a large number of colleges. Oxford has 39 and Cambridge 31. Many of these colleges have old and very beautiful architecture, and large numbers of tourists visit them.In all UK universities, you need good grades in the national exams taken at 18. But to get into Oxford and Cambridge, it’s not enough to get A grades in your exams. You also have to go for a long interview. In these interviews, students need to show that they are creative and capable of original thinking.Through the centuries, both universities have made huge contributions to British cultural life. They have produced great writers, world leaders and politicians. Cambridge, in particular, has produced scientists whose discoveries and inventions have changed our lives.Among the great uni versity institutions is the world’s most famous debating society, the Oxford Union, where undergraduates get a chance to practise speaking in public. Cambridge’s comedy club Footlights has produced many first-class comedians, while some of the UK’s most fa mous actors and actresses began their careers at The Oxford University Dramatic Society, known as OUDS. Then there’s the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which takes place every year in March or April, and is watched on television all over the UK.So with all this excellence in so many fields, it’s not surprising that the ambition of clever students all over the world is to attend either one of these great universities.Unit 2Conversation2Kate ：I think I may have upset Janet last night.Mark ：What happened?Kate ：She came to see me. I was busy doing an essay but I was really pleased to see her. She’d had a call from home, and said she was feeling homesick.Mark ：Poor kid! It must be tough on you guys, living so far away from home.Kate ：I tried to make her laugh, told her not to worry about it, and that it was normal to feel miserable. Suddenly she looked miserable, and then she got up and said, “I must go now” and left my room. It was really sudden. I felt as if I’d said something wrong.Mark ：Maybe she was just being polite. It was probably because she realized you were working and didn’t want to disturb you.Kate ：I just wonder if she found it difficult to talk about her feelings with me. Maybe I shouldn’t have tried to make her laugh? P erhaps she thought I wasn’t taking her seriously.Mark ：I wouldn’t worry about it. Put yourself in her shoes. How would you feel if you were a student at college in China?Kate ：I know. That’s why I feel bad. If only she had stayed longer! I wish I could have helped her more.Janet ：Hey, everyone!Mark ：Hi Janet, you look cheerful!Janet ：Yes, I’ve just got my essay back. I got an alpha minus!Kate ：What an amazing grade! Well done.Mark ：I’m really happy for you, Janet.Janet ：I feel on top of the world!Listening inPassage1PresenterWe’re fortunate to have as our guest today Dr Jenna Hudson, who has just written a book about how colours affect us in our surroundings, especially in the world of advertising. It’s called Market Colours. Dr Hudson, which are the most common colours in advertising and marketing? Dr HudsonWell, of course, it depends what image the marketing team wish to project with their products. So for example, we often think of blue as a cold colour, but it also makes you feel peaceful, quiet, and it doesn’t suggest strong emotions. So it’s a favourite for banks and insurance companies, who wish to suggest the image that they are trustworthy. And for selling products, it’s often used to suggest something is pure and fresh.What about red?You can sell almost anything with red. It’s a hot colour, which suggests a feeling of energy and even passion. It grabs your attention, and can make people buy almost anything. You often see red on magazine covers. But if you use it too much, it looks cheap and may make people tired. And orange has a similar effect to red, it’s upbeat and happy, it suggests pleasant feelings and images. Most people react well to orange, and it’s especially popular in advertising and on packaging for baked food.What about yellow, for instance?Yellow is the colour of sunshine and it’s a positive, happy colour, so it’s used a lot in advertising. But it’s also often used for warning signs, direction signs, and so on, where you have to read the message quickly and at a distance.What about less popular colours for advertising?Surprisingly, green isn’t used much in advertising except for garden products. It’s friendly and restful. It can be cool and soothing, the colour of apples and mint, but it can also be quite strong and many people associate it with unpleasant ideas of decay or slimy creatures. But most colours are not primary colours, they’re a combination. Absolutely. So yellow-orange is common, and often used to give an impression of style and class, i t looks like gold. But it’s not often used in letters because it’s not very strong. And yellow-green reminds people of feeling sick.Blue-green works well as a cool colour, suggesting freshness, and is sometimesused for toothpaste products, bathroom products, food and household cleaning products. It has many of the advantages of blue without the disadvantages of green.Fascinating.Thank you very much, Dr Hudson. Market Colours by Dr Jenna Hudson is on sale from next week, priced ￡15.99 …Unit 3 Crime watchConversation1Kate ：So, what did you think of the movie?Mark ：It was good but I thought it was too long.Kate ：Yes, me too.Kate ：Hey, where’s my bike? I don’t believe it! It’s gone!Mark ：It was next to mine, you chained it up!Kate ：Someone’s stolen it! Oh, how could they!Mark ：Oh, Kate!Kate ：How could someone have done this! The creep!Mark ：It’s a really mean thing to do, steal a bike.Kate ：It was a mountain bike and it cost a fortune –I don’t have the money to buy another one. Mark ：Listen, I’ll go down the street and see if I can see anyone with it. Why don’t you go into that shop and see if they’ve seen anything suspicious? I’ll be back in a minute.Kate ：OK.…Kate ：Well?Mark ：No luck. What did they say in the shop?Kate ：I asked the shopkeeper if she’d seen anything –Mark ：And?Kate ：She said she hadn’t. I guess it was a long shot. She advised me to report it to the police.But according to her, bikes get stolen all the time around here.Mark ：Listen, let’s get back s o you can report it.Kate ：I’ve got no bike. I’m just so upset!Mark ：It’s not far to college. Come on!Listening inPassage1Patrick ：I read a funny story today in the paper – true story.Steve ：Go on, then.Patrick ：OK. This 72-year old guy stole a pair of trousers from a department store in Paris. A security man saw him and alerted the police and they were waiting for him when he came out of the shop. The shoplifter started running, but the policeman soon caught up with him. The man thenbit the policeman on his arm several times.Steve ：He bit the policeman?Patrick ：Yes – you have to remember, he was 72.Steve ：I’d forgotten that.Patrick ：Problem was, it didn’t hurt the policeman at all, ’cause the guy had forg otten to put his false teeth in before he left home.Steve ：Very funny!Patrick ：And the moral of the story is –Steve ：Always remember to wear your false teeth if you’re going to bite someone.Patrick ：That’s good. I read a funny crime story the other day. Let’s see … yeah … this guy … this guy robbed a supermarket somewhere in America –I can’t remember where exactly – anyway, he got away with about 4,000 dollars. The next week the local newspaper reported the story but said he’d stolen 6,000 dollars. The thief rang the newspaper office to complain. He said, “Look, I only took 4,000 dollars. I’m wondering if the supermarket manager took another 2,000 and said I’d taken it. I did not take 6,000, I promise you.”Steve ：He was probably telling the truth.Patrick ：He probably was. Anyway, the newspaper managed to keep the guy talking while they rang the police. And the police traced the call – the guy was ringing from a phone booth – and they arrested him while he was still talking to the newspaper.Steve ：That’s good. Stupid guy! I’ve got another true story … This – this – old guy was in court for some crime –and he fell asleep. His case began and his lawyer stood up and said, “My client pleads not guilty.” The man suddenly woke up, but wasn’t sure what was happening. He jumped up and shouted, “I plead guilty! I plead guilty!”Patrick ：So what happened?Steve ：The judge allowed him to plead not guilty.Patrick ：That’s the best, I think.Unit 4Conversation2V oice on radio ：The news at one o’cl ock.Tornadoes have damaged homes in Northern England.There is still no news of missing company director, Alan Marsden.Scientists claim that global warming is accelerating. There are reports coming in of more fighting in …Mark ：Do you mind if I turn it off?Janet ：It’s fine, I wasn’t listening.Mark ：Do you follow the news?Janet ：Yeah, I do. But I don’t often listen to the radio, I mostly get my news online.Kate ：Do you?Janet ：Yes, I read articles from different papers.Kate ：My dad does that.Mark ：Well, I’ve got used to reading real newspapers.Janet ：You should try reading the news online. You get lots of different views, it’s very stimulating.Mark ：True, it is stimulating. But I’ve got into the habit of reading t he papers in the JCR – ina comfortable armchair, with lots of black coffee.Kate ：Don’t either of you listen to the radio? It’s a great way to wake up.Mark ：Yeah, I do that. And I download podcasts. And I watch the news on telly.Kate ：You’re a news addict. We all know that.Mark ：You have to be if you read PPE. You have to be really knowledgeable about current affairs.Janet ：You are.Kate ：Well, I’m a TV addict. I spend too much time watching the soaps. I love British TV. Janet ：We’ve noticed, K ate. Are you going to watch Friends with me tonight?Kate ：You bet!Listening inPassage1Phil ：Hello.Tony ：Hello, is that Phil Taylor?Phil ：Speaking.Tony ：Hi, Phil, my name’s Tony, and I’m a reporter for SUN.Phil ：The uni paper! I suppose you want to talk to me about the fire.Tony ：Yes, if it’s OK with you. We’d like to do a piece on the fire for next week’s paper. Can you tell people how it happened?Phil ：Yeah, OK, it probably is a good idea.Tony ：So when can I come and see you?Phil ：Um … Wednesday afternoon? Three o’clock? I’m in South Block, Room 18.Tony ：OK, I’ll be there.…Tony ：OK, so let’s get started. When did the fire happen?Phil ：Two days ago.Tony ：November the 10th. OK, so tell me how ithappened.Phil ：Um … It was about 11 pm. I decided to fry some chips, I used quite a lot of oil – I was deep-frying. Um … And I put the chips in. And then my girlfriend rang.Tony ：OK.Phil ：We’d had a quarrel, and I was pretty upset, so we started talking, and I completely forgo t about the chips and went back to my room.Tony ：You fool!Phil ：Thanks. We talked for a quite long time. Next thing I knew, there was this smell of smoke, and someone was shouting, “Fire! Fire!” And I realized immediately of course, it was my chips! And I rushed out of my room – the kitchen was next door –and … well … there were flames all over one wall.Tony ：And it was all your fault!Phil ：It was. But people were in the kitchen throwing blankets over the flames, and someone had already called the fire brigade and they came – in ten minutes I think – and put it out very quickly. Tony ：So what was the damage?Phil ：They’re gonna to have to replace the cooker, two kitchen units, repaint one wall.Tony ：Sounds pretty bad.Phil ：It could have been a lot worse.Tony ：Can I take a photo of you for the paper?Phil ：Do you have to? Oh, OK.Tony ：Thanks. It’ll be front page news.Phil ：Oh dear! Haven’t you got anything else to write about?Tony ：Not this week. There’s not much happening on campus. I’m joking. You’re on Page 2. Phil ：Thanks!Unit 7 Animal planetConversation1Mark ：Hey, what’s a cat doing in college? We’re not supposed to have cats here.Kate ：No! What a lovely pussycat! I adore cats.Mark ：I can’t stand them. I find them really boring.Kate ：But she’s gorgeous! Aren’t you, my darling? I wonder where she’s come from, maybe she’s wandered in from outside.Mark ：Actually, I remember, I saw her the other day. Maybe she belongs to someone in college –she hasn’t got a name tag on her.Kate ：We’re not allowed to keep pets in college.Mark ：Maybe someone’s breaking the rules.Kate ：Could be. So – is it just cats you hate or all animals?Mark ：No, I don’t hate animals. We’ve go t three dogs at home.Kate ：Three!Mark ：Yeah, labradors.Kate ：Oh, they’re very lovable, labradors. So you like animals then – apart from cats.Mark ：Yes, I love them. That reminds me, there’s a programme on tonight about snakes. I really enjoy watching nature programmes.Kate ：So do I, but snakes –They’re so scary. How can you like them?Mark ：I just do. Hey, what are we going to do about this horrible cat?Kate ：She’s not horrible. I think she wants to come into my room. Do you want t o come in? Such a sweetie!Mark ：I’ll say goodbye. See you later. You’d better not keep her, Kate!Listening inPassage1It’s hard to believe but in America there are 68 million dog owners and 73 million cat owners. Inthe UK, which has a human population of 61 million, there are 6.8 million dogs and 9.58 million cats.All over the developed world, the pet population is increasing. At the same time, people are spending more and more money on their pets, particularly on their dogs.The most extraordinary example to date is that of Leonara Helmsley, a childless American billionaire. When she died, she left her dog, a white Maltese called Trouble, 12 million dollars. While Helmsley was alive, nothing was too good for her little dog. He shared her bed, was dressed in expensive clothes and wore a diamond collar. His meals were prepared by a chef and presented to him on a silver tray.The problem was that Trouble lived up to his name and bit people. But Leonara didn’t mind – she loved him and he loved her. And so after her death, he got his reward – a lot of money that he didn’t know he had and couldn’t use anyway.Americans were shocked by this story, but the fact is that more and more rich Americans are leaving their dogs money when they die –250,000 dollars is not unusual. In Britain, people don’tspend as much money on their dogs as Americans but they do spoil them. At Christmas, 46 per cent of dogs can expect to receive toys, and biscuits. And one in ten dog owners say they dress their pet up for the special day.One woman was in the news in America for designing 120 outfits for her dog, which has its own wardrobe, and a $17,000 bed that it doesn’t actually sleep in. Its owner has a very successful dog boutique that sells – yes, you guessed it – designer clothes for dogs.Now dogs may enjoy all this attention, but spoilt dogs can create problems for their owners. Dogs need a master and if their master acts like their friend or parent, they start behaving badly, attacking other animals, and damaging property –often their owner’s homes. Yet, often, this doesn’t make their owners love them less – dogs are their children, after all.Unit 8 Time offConversation2Kate ：Well, what did you think?Janet ：It was … very interesting.Kate ：I didn’t have a clue what was going on. Absolutely nothing happened! I don’t know why I bothered coming to see it.Janet ：I thought Mark was brilliant.Kate ：Yes, I did too, of course …Janet ：But I wish I had read the play before I saw it. If only I had known the story, it might have been easier to follow it. How long do you think Mark will be?Janet ：I guess he needs to get changed first. He said he’d join us as soon as possible.Kate ：Here he is. Hi Mark!Mark ：Hi, what did you think? How was I?Janet ：It was … very challenging.Kate ：It was so-so.Janet ：But you were brilliant! Well done.Kate ：You were awesome, Mark. Everyone adored your performance. Darling, you were to die for!Mark ：OK, OK, don’t exaggerate. I wasn’t that good! Anyway, I’ve got some great news! Janet ：Tell us!Mark ：We’ve started talking about next term’s OUDS play.Kate ：What’s it going to be?Mark ：Hamlet, by William Shakespeare!Janet ：Great! And who’s going t o play Hamlet?Kate ：Don’t tell me, let me guess!Mark ：To be or not to be, that is the question!Janet ：I don’t believe it. You’re going to play Hamlet?Kate ：Come on, let’s celebrate … from Beckett to Shakespeare. Today Oxford, tomorrow, Hollywood!Passage2Speaker 1InterviewerTell me about leisure activities in the States. What kind of spectator and participation sports are there?Speaker 1 ：OK, well, the four most popular ones are baseball, basketball, American footballof course, and ice hockey.Interviewer ：Yeah, and what about – em – indoor activities, rather than sports. The kind of things that you do inside?Speaker 1 ：Well, you could say, could say martial arts. That’s very popular. Tae Kwon Do –that sort of thing. Bowling. And movies.Interviewer ：Yeah.Speaker 1 ：Watching television, of course. The average American, I think, watches television about two and a half hours a day.Interviewer ：And, apart from sports, what other outdoor activities are there?Speaker 1 ：Cycling, tennis, golf, walking and jogging of course and now, more and more people are playing soccer.Interviewer ：Right. And what kind of cultural activities are very popular in the States? Speaker 1 ：We all like going to concerts, I think. Er, a lot of people now are joining book clubs. Interviewer ：Book clubs?Speaker 1 ：To be a member of a book club, do something …Interviewer ：So just local groups … with friends?Speaker 1 ：Yes, local groups.Interviewer ：And you discuss books?Speaker 1 ：Yes, you take a book each, each week or each month. You read it and then you goback and discuss it. That’s very popular now. And how about weekend and holiday activities?Some people like hunting. I’m not one of those at all. I don’t like that. But that’s very popular i n, in the rural areas. Then, of course there’s camping and hiking, also. A lot of Americans volunteer for a wide range of causes – from raising funds to helping people who are less fortunate, tutoring students, or leading Scout troops or doing youth sports, that sort of thing.Right, yeah.Tell me about leisure activities and sports in Russia. What do you like doing?Well, football is the favourite sport. But, er, we like also ice hockey in the winter.Winter sports.And what about indoor sports? Or indoor activities other than …?We like very much playing chess. And we are very good at playing chess. Also, television is very common and, in the cities – Moscow and St Petersburg – we like to club, go dancing.Oh, right. Yeah. OK. Yeah. And what about outdoor activities? Well, believe it or not, collecting mushrooms. In the autumn, we like it very much. And also the skiing. Again,the ice hockey in the winter. Very popular.And I believe cultural activities are very important to you? What kind of things do you like doing? In particular, the ballet.Yeah.And of course, the opera as well. Even the small towns have theatres and a cinema. We like the country people, the rural people, they like to watch films. They call it a “Palace of culture”. Right. Yeah.Interviewer ：And what kind of weekend and holiday activities do you enjoy?Speaker 2 Well, you find the rich Russians, they very often have a dacha, which is a cottage. Interviewer ：Right.Speaker 2 ：In the country.Interviewer ：Right.Speaker 2 ：You go there for a holiday and maybe for the weekend.Interviewer ：Right. Thank you.Speaker 3Interviewer ：Tell me about leisure activities in Australia. What kind of sports do you enjoy? Speaker 3 ：Well, Australian rules football is our main spectator sport. Of course, we also love our rugby and our cricket. You know, our national teams are definitely now among the best in the world.Interviewer ：Yeah.Speaker 3 ：What else? We have association football. And also very popular now is horse racing. Interviewer ：Right. And what kind of indoor activities, other than sports, do you like doing? Speaker 3 ：We’re very much an outdoor nation but when we’re inside I think we like to watch TV and, you know, go to the movies.Interviewer ：So, what kind of outdoor activities are there?Speaker 3 ：Well, for this we like our cycling. Some people play golf and some play tennis. And some play lawn bowls.Interviewer ：Right, yeah.Speaker 3 ：Of course, you know, most Australians do live near the coast and we love to do sailing and surfing; very, very keen on our swimming and I know a lot of people do fishing as well. Interviewer ：Right. And what about culture? Do you do any cultural activities?Speaker 3 ：Oh yes, no, no, Australia does have its culture. We’ve got our aboriginal music and our dancing and a lot of art. And of course, we’ve got our very, very famous Sydney Opera House – you know, best in the world.Interviewer ：Yes. And what about weekend and holiday activities? What do you like doing then? Speaker 3 ：I think people like to be very social. We do a lot of barbies – you know – barbecues in the back garden and some people like to go bushwalking as well.Interviewer ：Great. Thank you.Speaker 3 ：You’re welcome.。