听力教程4 U11 施心远
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A Listening Course 4施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版)答案Unit 3Section One: Tactics for ListeningPart 1: Listening and Translationscore higher than boys in almost every country.几乎在所有国家里，女孩子都比男孩子得分高。
2. Differences between males and females are a continuing issue of fierce debate.男女差异一直是激烈争论的焦点。
3. Cultural and economic influences play an important part..文化和经济影响起着重要的作用。
4. But recent findings suggest that the answer may lie in differences between the male and female brain.但是最新的发现提示，答案也许在男女大脑的差异。
5. These include differences in learning rates.这些包括学习速度上的差异。
Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueExercise: Listen to the dialogue and filling the blanks with the missing information.Serenading Service was founded three years ago when the singerrealize that British people were desperate for romance. He thought there would be a clientele for a hired serenader. The idea came from his studies of Renaissance music, which is full of serenades.Over the centuries, university students have turned the serenade into an art form for hire. Usually he is hired by men to sing love songs to women. Occasionally he is asked to sing to men.The service is really a form of intimate alfresco theatre with love songs. He usually wears a white tie and tails and sings amorous Italian songs. He will carry chocolate hearts or flowers and when there is no balcony available he will sing from trees or fire escapes!The fee depends on whether a musician comes along or not. The basic rate is ￡450but it can cost a lot more especially if he takes a gondola and a group of musicians along. Some people are so moved that they burst into tears, but some react badly. They try to find out as much as they can about their clients to avoid unpleasant situations. They have to be very careful these days because a serenade can be completely misinterpreted.Part 2 PassageEx. A. Pre-listening QuestionWhat memory strategies do you know that can help you remember thingsbetter1) Brain prioritizes by meaning, value and relevance.2) Your attitude has much to do with whether you remember something or not.3) Your understanding of new materials depends on what you already know.4) You can learn and remember better if you can group ideas into some sort of meaningful categories or groups.5) The brain's quickest and probably the longest-lasting response is to images.6) Memory is increased when facts to be learned are consciously associated with something familiar to you.Ex. B: Sentence Dictationare methods for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall.2. Our brains evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli such as images, colors, structures, sounds, smells, tastes, touch, positions, emotions and language.3. While language is one of the most important aspects of human evolution, it is only one of the many skills and resources available to our minds.4. Association is the method by which you link a thing to be remembered to a way of remembering it..5. Location gives you two things: a coherent context into which you can place information, and a way of separating one mnemonic from another.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1. Mnemonics are tools which can help you to improve your memory. T. (Memory tools can help you to improve your memory. "Mnemonic" is another word for memory tool.)2. The fundamental principle of mnemonics is to make full use of the best functions of the brain to store information.T (The basic principle of mnemonics is to use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information.)3. Information we have to remember is almost always presented in different ways.F (Unfortunately information we have to remember is almost always presented in only one way--as words printed on a page.)4. We can do four things to form striking images, which will help to make our mnemonics more memorable.T ( Use positive, pleasant images; use vivid, colorful, sense-laden images; use all your senses to code information or dressup an image; give our image three dimensions, movement and space.)5. There is one basic principle in the use of mnemonics.F (There are three fundamental principles underlying the use of mnemonics: imagination, association and location)6. Association is what we use to create and strengthen imagination.F (Imagination is what you use to create and strengthen the associations needed to create effective mnemonics.)7. You can choose the imagery in your mnemonics as you likeT (The imagery you use in your mnemonics can be as violent, vivid, or sensual as you like, as long as it help you to remember.)8. You can create associations by linking things using the same stimuli.T. (You can create associations by linking them using the same color, smell, shape, or feeling.)Ex. D: After-listening Discussion1. What is the basic principle of mnemonics Why can we improve our memory by following the principleTo use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information.Evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli. Use these to makesophisticated models of the world.Our memories store all of these effectively.However, information is presented in only one way. Language is only one of the many skills and resources available to our minds.By coding languages and numbers in striking images,/ can reliable code both information and structure of information. Then easily recall these later.2. Why is a good memory important to usOpen.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about the Somali pirates’ strike.Ex. B: Listen to the news again and answer the questions.1.Whether this latest attempted hijacking was the promised revengefor the killing of three Somali pirates by the US navy isn't clear.2.No, the pirates haven’t been deferred.3.Because the financial rewards for a successful hijacking remainso great and Somalia remains so lawless.4.At any one time there are only fifteen to eighteen internationalwarships in the area to police an expanse of sea covering more than a million square kilometres.5.It may be because of the relatively small scale of the problem.Tape script of News Item One:The piracy problem looks like it's here to stay despite the recent muscular interventions by the French and American navies. Whether this latest attempted hijacking was the promised revenge for the killing of three Somali pirates by the US navy isn't clear. But it does suggest at the very least that the pirates haven't been deterred.So why does the problem persist Put simply maritime security analysts say piracy will continue as long as the financial rewards for a successful hijacking remain so great and Somalia remains so lawless. Certainly the international effort to thwart the problem is relatively limited. At any one time there are only fifteen to eighteen international warships in the area to police an expanse of sea covering more than a million square kilometres. Although it has been suggested that raids could be mounted on the pirates' home towns, it seems unlikely there'll be any major increase in the military effort unless there's a spectacular hijacking involving the deaths of many crew members.The reluctance to mount a major international naval operation in the area may also be down to the relatively small scale of the problem. Last year, according to figures from the International Maritime Bureau, nearly twenty three thousand ships passed through the Gulf of Aden. Only ninety two were hijacked.Rob Watson, BBC NewsNews Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis news item is about Obama’s military plan in Afghanistan.Ex. B: True or false.1.The President is considering leaving Afghanistan.F. (The President is making it clear that leaving Afghanistan isnot an option.)2. Obama wouldn’t shrink the number of troops in Afghanistan, neither would he deploy more military troops.T.3. President Obama thought his assessment would be "rigorous and deliberate".T.4. Opinions against Obama are not heard.F. (…some Republicans and me mbers of the President's own party are dubious about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight.)5. The conflict in Afghanistan seems to be over soon.F. (…about committing more resources and military per sonnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight.)6. Afghanistan can be the second Vietnam.T. (The word 'Vietnam' is heard more and more on Capitol Hill.) Script of News Item Two:The President is making it clear that leaving Afghanistan is not an option. It's not on the table. According to one White House source, he told the meeting that he wouldn't shrink the number of troops in Afghanistan or opt for a strategy of merely targeting al-Qaeda leaders. But he wouldn't be drawn on the military request for more troops.There appears to be a frustration that the review of strategy has sometimes been portrayed in black-and-white terms of a massive increase or reduction of troop numbers.President Obama told the group made up of the most senior Republican and Democrat senators and congressmen that his assessment would be "rigorous and deliberate". But it's going ontoo long for some Republicans and members of the President's own party are dubious about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight. The word 'Vietnam' is heard more and more on Capitol Hill.The President was certainly right when he said his final decision wouldn't make everyone in the room, or the country, happy.Mark Mardell, BBC News, WashingtonNews Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about fragile peace that returns to Gaza.Ex. B: Listen again and fill in the blanks.There were traffic jams on the road north, families heading to Gaza City to reunite with friends and relatives. Long lines of cars backed up at the makeshift roadblocks the Israelis have left behind. But the tanks are gone, only the deep tracks remain.There were buildings pitted with Israeli tank rounds; from the holes that have been punched in the walls it was clear there had also been snipers waiting for them. North of Khan Younis we saw some of the Qassam fighters returning home, their rifles slung lazilyaround their shoulders.For three weeks the Israelis pounded the tunnels that run beneath the perimeter wall but last night we met people who insist that some of these tunnels are still open and still some fuel is being pumped from the Egyptian sider. If the border crossings remain close, say the Palestinians, these tunnels are their only link to the outside world.Script of News Item 3There were traffic jams on the road north, families heading to Gaza City to reunite with friends and relatives. Long lines of cars backed up at the makeshift roadblocks the Israelis have left behind. But the tanks are gone, only the deep tracks remain.There were buildings pitted with Israeli tank rounds; from the holes that have been punched in the walls it was clear there had also been snipers waiting for them. North of Khan Younis we saw some of the Qassam fighters returning home, their rifles slung lazily around their shoulders.The destruction we've seen has largely been inflicted on the Hamas infrastructure: police stations, military outposts, government buildings, so far the most extensive damage - that at the border in Rafah where nothing was spared.For three weeks the Israelis pounded the tunnels that runbeneath the perimeter wall but last night we met people who insist that some of these tunnels are still open and still some fuel is being pumped from the Egyptian side; impossible for us to verify independently, but they say they are determined to reopen them and to dig them deeper. If the border crossings remain close, say the Palestinians, these tunnels are their only link to the outside world.Christian Fraser, BBC News, GazaSection FourPart 1 Feature reportExercise A:This news report is about the recreation of the prehistoric world in Liaoning, China, based on the scientific findings on fossils discovered there.Exercise B:1.35 prehistoric animals were created.2.They recreated the extinct beasts through the marriage of science,art and technology.3.The exhibit is not behind the glass or otherwise enclosed, sovisitors are eye to eye with extinct beasts. It is displayed in this way so that visitors will feel as if they’ve stepped intoa Chinese forest 130 million years in the past.4.He says it’s accurate because every single plant, every insect,every organic feature in it actually represents something that has been found as a fossil in northeastern China.5.The only thing scientists had to make up is what color some ofthe animals were.6.According to Michael Novacek, birds are living dinosaurs.7.They study the movements of commonplace turkeys, chickens andostriches to learn how similarly-built dinosaurs would stand or walk.8.By using high-tech imagery, fossils, and the knowledge gainedfrom the biology of barnyard animals, scientists now estimate the giant T-Rex could reach speeds of 16 kilometers per hour, far slower that the more than 70 kilometers per hour previously thought.Script：Dinosaur Discoveries Made Possible through Art, Technology,Modern LivestockThe rolling hills of a province in northeastern China are now terraced for farming, but beneath that farmland are clues to a prehistoric world unlike any seen by human eyes - until this week.Some 130 million years after dinosaurs roamed the Liaoning forest, the world has been painstakingly recreated in New York City's American Museum of Natural History.The sound of the prehistoric forest is one of the few things that has been imagined in this 65 square-meter diorama. The gingko leaves, piney trees and life-sized models of 35 prehistoric animals were created through the marriage of science, art and technology, as every detail, down to the sleeping pose of a dinosaur, is based on scientific findings.The exhibit is not behind glass or otherwise enclosed, so visitors are eye-to-eye with extinct beasts, feeling as if they've stepped into a Chinese forest 130 million years in the past.Mark Norell is a paleontologist who has worked in Liaoning, searching for clues to recreate this prehistoric world."It's accurate because every single plant, every insect, every organic feature in it actually represents something that has been found as a fossil in northeastern China," he explained, "so the only thing that we had to sort of make up a little bit is what color some the animals were. Even though we know some of theme were patterned, but we know definitely that they were patterned, because we can seethat is the soft tissue remains, but we don't know what color they were but we try to be a little conservative in that regard, but nevertheless all the feathers you see, all the weird tail structures you see, is all stuff we found as fossils."Underneath the gingko trees, a feathered bird-like dinosaur chases on two legs after a large winged insect, the dinosaur's beak-like mouth open to reveal rows of jagged teeth. A sleeping dinosaur tucks its head beneath its arm, much as a modern goose tucks its head beneath its wing.The museum's curator of paleontology, Michael Novacek, explains that it is necessary to understand birds in order to better understand extinct creatures."The reason birds are so important to us is really a fact we weren't so aware of 10, 20 years ago is that birds are living dinosaurs. They're not just related to dinosaurs. They are dinosaurs," he stressed. "They're a branch of dinosaurs, so conveniently enough dinosaurs didn't go completely extinct. One group, the birds, survived."Scientists study the movements of commonplace turkeys, chickens and ostriches to learn how similarly built dinosaurs would stand or walk.Researchers even created a computer model of a giant chicken to learn more about the movements of the ever popular Tyrannosaurus Rex. By using high tech imagery, fossils, and the knowledge gained from the biology of barnyard animals, scientists now estimate the giant T-Rex could reach speeds of 16 kilometers per hour, far slower than the more than 70 kilometers per hour previously thought.These scientific findings are passed along to model designers, such as the creator of a six-foot-long mechanical T-Rex, a highlight of the new exhibit. The menacing skeleton's tail sways and its head bobs as the extinct dinosaur shifts its weight, plodding in place - yet another example of the never-before-seen becoming altogether real when science and technology meet art.Part 2 PassageExercise B1.The goal of this study was to determine what type of “gaze” isrequired to have this effect.2.The Queen’s study showed that the total amount of gaze receivedduring a group conversation is more important than when the eye contact occurs.3.The eye contact experiment used computer-generated images formactors who conveyed different levels of attention.4.The researchers concluded that people in group discussions willspeak up more if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group members.5.The effect of eye gaze has literally fascinated people throughoutthe ages.6.Exercise C1. A2. D3. A4. D5. A6. C7. B8. BExercise D1.The eye contact experiment used computer-generated images fromactors who conveyed different levels of attention (gazing at the subject, gazing at the other actor, looking away, and looking down). These images were presented to the subjects, who believed they were in an actual three-way video conferencing situation, attempting to solve language puzzles. Two conditions were studied: synchronized (where eye contact is made while the subject is speaking) and random contact, received at any time in the conversation. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak up more if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group members and the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contact occurs.2.Open.Script:Eye Contact Shown To Affect Conversation Patterns, GroupProblem-Solving AbilityNoting that the eyes have long been described as mirrors of the soul, a Queen's computer scientist is studying the effect of eye gaze on conversation and the implications for new-age technologies, ranging from video conferencing to speech recognition systems.Dr. Roel Vertegaal, who is presenting a paper on eye gaze at an international conference in New Orleans this week, has found evidence to suggest a strong link between the amount of eye contact people receive and their degree of participation in group communications. Eye contact is known to increase the number of turns a person will take when part of a group conversation. The goal of this study was to determine what type of "gaze" (looking at a person's eyes and face) is required to have this effect.Two conditions were studied: synchronized (where eye contact is made while the subject is speaking) and random contact, received at any time in the conversation. The Queen's study showed that the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contact occurs.The findings have important implications for the design offuture communication devices, including more user-friendly and sensitive video conferencing systems – a technology increasingly chosen in business for economic and time-saving reasons – and Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) which support communication between people and machines. Dr. Vertegaal's group is also implementing these findings to facilitate user interactions with large groups of computers such as personal digital assistants and cellular phones.The eye contact experiment used computer-generated images from actors who conveyed different levels of attention (gazing at the subject, gazing at the other actor, looking away, and looking down). These images were presented to the subjects, who believed they were in an actual three-way video conferencing situation, attempting to solve language puzzles. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak up more if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group members. There was no relationship between the impact of the eye contact and when it occurred."The effect of eye gaze has literally fascinated people throughout the ages," says Dr. Vertegaal, whose paper, Explaining Effects of Eye Gaze on Mediated Group Conversations: Amount or Synchronization was presented this week at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Computer SupportedCooperative Work."Sumerian clay tablets dating back to 3000 BC already tell the story of Ereshkigal, goddess of the underworld, who had the power to kill Inanna, goddess of love, with a deadly eye," says Dr. Vertegaal. "Now that we are attempting to build more sophisticated conversational interfaces that mirror the communicative capabilities of their users, it has become clear we need to learn more about communicative functions of gaze behaviors."。
听力教程4答案全主编施心远
Unit 1Sectio n 1Listen ing and Transl ation1. A colleg e educat ion can be very costly in the United States.2.Rising costshave led more and more famili es to borrow moneyto help pay for colleg e.3.Thereare differ ent federa l loansand privat e loansfor studen ts.4.Intere st rateson some of theseloanswill go up on July 1st.5.Thereare growin g concer ns that many studen ts gradua te with too much debt.1.在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。
2.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。
3.有各种各样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。
4.在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。
5.人们越来越担心，很多学生将背负沉重的债务从大学毕业。
Sectio n 2Part 1 Dialog ue1-8 A C D C B C B APart 2 passag e Ex C: 1-8 F F T T F T T FSectio n 3News Item 1China's wasted no time insett ing put the latest plansfor its ambiti ous spaceprogra m. A senior offici al said the next manned missio n will be in 2007, when the astron autswill attemp t a spacewalk. Afterthat, scient istswill focuson develo pingthe capabi lityto rendez vous* and dock* with otherspacec raft. He addedthat Chinaalso wanted to recrui t female astron autsin the near future.The announ cemen t comesjust hoursafterthe countr y's second manned spacemissio n touche d down in the remote grassl andsof InnerMongol ia. The return ing astron autshave been givena hero's welcom e, riding in an open car in a nation allytelevi sed parade. Thousa nds of soldie rs and groups of school child ren linedthe route, waving Chines e flags. It's a sign of the greatimport anceChinaattach es to its spaceprogra m, viewin g it as a source of nation al prideand intern ation al presti ge.A: …aboutChina’sambiti ous spaceprogra m.B:1. Landin g spot: in the remote grassl andsof InnerMongol ia2. Signif icanc e: a source of nation al prideand intern ation al presti ge (威望)Future plan1. 1) Time: 20072) Goal: The astron autswill attemp t a spacewalk.2. Focusof furthe r develo pment: the capabi lityto rendez vousand dock with otherspacec raft3. Recrui tment of astron auts:to recrui t female astron autsin the near future.News Item 2China's econom y has recove red earlie r and more strong ly than any other. This latest data is furthe r eviden ce of that trend.The rise in indust rialoutput confir ms what factor y owners have been saying for some time now, that custom ers have been restoc king*theirinvent ories and confid enceis return ing.Thereare stillquesti on marksthough over the stabil ity of the recove ry. The proper ty* sector* is showin g signsof overhe ating. The govern mentthis week announ ced measur es to try to cool it. At the same time offici als decide d to extend tax subsid ies* for purcha ses of smallvehicl es and applia ncessugges tingthat some here stillbeliev e Chines e manufa cture rs need govern mentsuppor t.Growth was strong est in heavyindust riessuch as coal, steel,powergenera tionand automo biles. Consum er prices rose in Novemb er for the firsttime sinceFebrua ry. But the rise was smalland probab ly reflec ted higher food prices caused by earlysnowst ormswhichdestro yed cropsand disrup ted transp ort.A: …aboutthe growth of China’seconom y.News Item 3If you visitalmost any market place in Africa, many of the consum er goodson sale, from bucket s to razorblades to hurric ane lamps, are likely to be Chines e. In a very largenumber of Africa n capita ls, the main footba ll stadiu m is likely to have been builtwith Chines e aid money.Sino-Africa n trade, and aid, is largeand growin g. Some estima tes put it as high as 12 billio n dollar s a year. Althou gh direct compar isons are diffic ult, the linksbetwee n the world's larges t develo pingcountr y, China, and the world's larges t develo pingcontin ent couldgrow to challe nge the post-coloni al linksbetwee n Europe and Africa. The meetin g in AddisAbaba*had heardChines e promis es to cancel debts,grantduty-free access into Chinafor Africa n produc ts and increa se Chines e invest ments in Africa.A: …aboutChina’slargeand growin g tradewith and aid to Africa.B：1.In many Africa n capita ls, the main footba ll stadiu m is likely to have been builtwith Chines eaid money.2.It is estima ted that Sino-Africa n trade, and aid, amount s to as high as 12 billio n dollar s a year.3.The linksbetwee n Chinaand Africa couldgrow to challe nge the post-coloni al linksbetwee nEurope and Africa.4.On the meetin g in AddisAbaba, Chinapromis ed to cancel debts, grantduty-free access intoChinafor Africa n produc ts and increa se Chines e invest ments in Africa.Unit 2Sectio n 1Listen ing and Transl ation1.Some people fear they do not get enough vitami ns from the foodsthey eat.2.So they take produc ts with largeamount s of vitami ns.3.They thinkthesevitami n supple ments will improv e theirhealth and protec t agains t diseas e.4.Medica l expert s foundlittle eviden ce that most supple ments do anythi ng to protec t or improv ehealth.5.but they notedthat some do help to preven t diseas e.1.有些人担心他们并未从所吃的食物中获取足够的维生素。
听力教程4第三版施心远听力原文
听力教程4第三版施心远听力原文The neighborhood children my age played together: either active, physical games outdoors or games of dolls- and-house indoors. I, on the other hand, spent much of my childhood alone. I'd curl up in a chair reading fairytales and myths, daydreaming, writing poems or stories and drawing pictures.和我同龄的邻里孩子们一起玩：要么在户外进行体育活动，要么在室内玩玩偶和房子。
一、另一方面，我的童年大部分时间是独自度过的。
我会蜷缩在椅子上读童话和神话，做白日梦，写诗歌或故事，画画。
Sometimes around the fourth grade, my“big”(often critical, judgmental) Grandma, who'd been visiting us said to me,“"What's wrong with you? Why don't the other children want to play with you?" I remember being startled and confused by her question.有时在四年级的时候，我的“大”奶奶（经常是挑剔的、挑剔的）来看望我们，她对我说：“你怎么了？为什么其他孩子不想和你一起玩呢？”我记得被她的问题吓了一跳，弄糊涂了。
I'd never been particularly interested in playing with the other children. It hadn't, till then, occurred to me that that was either odd or something with me. Nor had it occurred to me that they didn't“want to play with"me. My first conscious memory of feeling different was in the fouth grade.我从来没有对和其他孩子一起玩特别感兴趣。
听力教学教程第三版Unit4施心远学生用书答案解析
Unit 4Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 PhoneticsStress, Intonation and AccentScriptListen to some short conversations. Has the second speaker finished talking? Tick the right box.1. A: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the secretary’s office is, please?B: Yes. It’s up the stairs, then turn left, …↗2. A: Excuse me. Can you tell me where the toilets are?B: Yes, they’re at the top of the stairs. ↘3. A: What did you do after work yesterday?B: Ah, well, I went for a drink in the pub opposite the carpark. ↘4. A: What did you do after work yesterday?B: Oh, I ran into Jane and Tom, …↗5. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how the machine works?B: Certainly. Erm, first of all you adjust the height of the stool, and then put four 10-pence pieces there, ... ↗6. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how the machine works?B: Yes. You put 30 pence in the slot and take the ticket out here. ↘KeyPart 2 Listening and Note-TakingFrog LegsScriptA. Listen to some sentences and fill in the blanks with the missing words.1. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries.2. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians.3. Indian scientists have described as “disastrous”the rate at which frogsare disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands.4. The United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frogmeat each year between 1981 and 1984.5. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the price.B. Listen to a talk about frog legs. Take notes and complete the following summary.People want frogs mostly for food. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries —or at least until they have run out of frogs. But the most famous frog-eaters, and the people who inspired frog-eating in Europe and the United States are the French. By 1977 the French government, so concerned about the scarcity of its native frog, banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians*. So the French turned to India and Bangladesh for frogs.As happened in France, American frog-leg fanciers and restaurants also turned increasingly to frozen imports. According to figures collected from government agencies, the United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat each year between 1981 and 1984.So many frozen frog legs were exported from India to Europe and the United States. One of the attractions of Indian frogs, apart from the fact that they have bigger legs than French frogs, was the price. In London, a pound of frozen frog’s legs from India cost about £1.75, compared with £3.75 for the French variety.Indian scientists have described as “disastrous”the rate at which frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands, where they protect crops by devouring* damaging insects.Since the India and Bangladesh frog-export bans, Indonesia has become the major exporter of frog legs to the United States and Europe. But no matter what country the legs come from, one thing is usually constant: The legs once belong to frogs that are taken from the wild, not from farms. Frogs are nearlyimpossible to farm economically in the countries where frogs are commercially harvested from the wild.KeyA. 1. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries.2. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians.3. Indian scientists have described as “disastrous”the rate at which frogsare disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands.4. The United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frogmeat each year between 1981 and 1984.5. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the price.B. Frog LegsPeople want frogs mostly for food. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries. The most famous frog-eaters, and thepeople who inspired frog-eating in Europe and the United States are theFrench. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of itsown amphibians. So the French turned to India and Bangladesh for frogs.And the United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozenfrog meat each year between 1981 and 1984. One of the attractions ofIndian frogs was the price.Indian scientists have described as “disastrous”the rate at which frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands, where they protectcrops by devouring damaging insects.Since the India and Bangladesh frog-export bans, Indonesia has become the major exporter of frog legs to the United States and Europe.But no matter what country the legs come from, one thing is usuallyconstant: The legs once belong to frogs that are taken from the wild, notfrom farms.Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Sentence IdentificationScriptIdentify each sentence as simple (S), compound (CP), complex (CPL) or compound-complex (C-C). You will hear each sentence twice. Write the corresponding letter(s) in the space provided.1. I told them what I thought; moreover, I will tell anyone else who wants to know.2. When the timer rang, she was in the living room talking to the neighborswho had dropped in.3. Downstairs in a flash, she hurriedly dialed 999, and gave her name andaddress in clear, concise tones.4. As a minister’s wife, she has more than her fair share of telephone calls.5. That polish makes the floor dangerously slick; we will have to be carefuluntil it wears down.Key1. C-C2. CPL3. S4. S5. C-CPart 2 DialoguesDialogue 1 Health ClubScriptA. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following chart.Interviewer: Lorna, you and your husband opened this healthclub here last summer. Can you tell me something about theclub?Lorna: Yes, well we offer a choice of facilities —gym, sunbed*,sauna* and Jacuzzi* —that’s also from Scandinavia —aswell as our regular fitness classes, that is. And there’s awholefood bar for refreshments afterwards.Interviewer: And does it cost a lot? I mean, most people thinkhealth clubs are really expensive.Lorna: Actually our rates are really quite competitive. Since we onlystarted last July, we’ve kept them down to attract customers.It’s only £30 a year to join. Then an hour in the gym costs£2.50 —the same as half an hour on the sunbed. Sauna andJacuzzi are both £1.50 for half an hour.Interviewer: And is the club doing well?Lorna: Well, so far, yes, it’s doing really well. I had no idea it was going to be such a success, actually. We’re both very pleased.The sunbed’s so popular, especially with the over 65s, thatwe’re getting another one in August.Interviewer: What kind of people join the club?Lorna: We have people of all ages here, from small children to old-age pensioners, though of course the majority, aboutthree-quarters of our members, are in their 20s and 30s. Theycome in their lunch hour, to use the gym, mostly, or after work,while the youngsters come when school finishes, around halfpast three or four. The Jacuzzi’s very popular with the littleones.Interviewer: What about the old-age pensioners?Lorna: They’re usually around in the mornings, when we offer them special reduced rates —for the Jacuzzi or sauna, plus sunbed,it’s only £2, which is half price, actually. It doesn’t affect ourprofits really —only about 5% of our members are retired.B. Listen to an extract from the dialogue and complete the followingsentences with the missing words.Interviewer: What about the old-age pensioners?Lorna: T hey’re usually around in the mornings, when we offer themspecial reduced rates —for the Jacuzzi or sauna, plus sunbed,it’s only £2, which is half price, actually. It doesn’t affect ourprofits really —only about 5% of our members are retired.KeyA.B. Interviewer: W hat about the old-age pensioners?Lorna: They’re usually around in the mornings, when we offer themspecial reduced rates—for the Jacuzzi or sauna, plus sunbed,it’s only £2, which is half price, actually. It doesn’t affect ourprofits really —only about 5% of our members are retired.Dialogue 2 SkiingScriptA. Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questionsSimon: This one shows the view from the top of the mountain.Sally: Oh, it’s lovely!Teresa: That’s me with the red bobble hat.Sally: Is it?Teresa: Yet, it looks kind of silly, doesn’t it?Sally: Yes, it does rather.Teresa: Oh, don’t worry. I know it looks ridiculous.Simon: Look. That’s our instructor, Werner.Teresa: Yeah, we were in the beginners’class.Sally: Well, everyone has to start somewhere.Simon: Ah, now, this is a good one.Sally: What on earth is that?Simon: Can’t you guess?Sally: Well, it looks like a pile of people. You know, sort of on top of each other.Teresa: It is!Sally: How did that happen?Simon: Well, you see we were all pretty hopeless at first. Every day Werner used to take us to the nursery slope* to practise, and to get to thetop you had to go up on a ski lift*.Teresa: Which wasn’t really very easy.Simon: No, and if you fell off you’d start sliding down the slope, right into all the people coming up!Sally: Mmm.Simon: Well, on that day we were all going up on the ski lift, you know, we were just getting used to it, and, you see there was this onewoman in our class who never got the hang of* it. She didn’t haveany sort of control over her skis and whenever she started sliding,she would sort of stick her ski sticks out in front of her, you know,like swords or something.Teresa: I always tried to avoid her, but on that day I was right behind her on the ski lift and just as she was getting to the top, she slippedand started sliding down the slope.Sally: Did she?Simon: Mmm, with her ski sticks waving around in front of her!Teresa: So of course everyone sort of let go and tried to jump off the ski lift to get out of the way.Simon: And that’s how they all ended up in a pile at the bottom of the slope —it was lucky I had my camera with me.Sally: I bet that woman was popular!Simon: Oh, yes, everybody’s favourite!B. Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following passage.C. Listen to some extracts from the dialogue and complete the followingsentences with the missing words.1. Teresa: That’s me with the red bobble hat.Sally: Is it?Teresa: Yet, it looks kind of silly, doesn’t it?Sally: Yes, it does rather.2. Simon: Mmm, with her ski sticks waving around in front of her!Teresa: So of course everyone sort of let go and tried to jump off theski lift to get out of the way.Simon: And that’s how they all ended up in a pile at the bottom ofthe slope —it was lucky I had my camera with me.KeyA. 1. They are looking at some pictures.2. A ski class for beginners.3. Two.B. Everyday the coach took them to a nursery slope. They got to the top on aski lift. In their class, there was one woman who could never learn how to ski.She couldn’t control her skis and whenever she started sliding, she would stick her ski sticks out in front of her. People always tried to avoid her.One day as she was getting to the top, she slipped and started sliding down the slope. Everyone tried to jump off the ski lift to get out of the way and they all slid down the slope and ended up in a pile at the bottom.C. 1. Teresa: That’s me with the red bobble hat.Sally: Is it?Teresa: Yet, it looks kind of silly, doesn’t it?Sally: Yes, it does rather.2. Simon: Mmm, with her ski sticks waving around in front of her!Teresa: So of course everyone sort of let go and tried to jump off theski lift to get out of the way.Simon: And that’s how they all ended up in a pile at the bottom ofthe slope —it was lucky I had my camera with me.Part 3 PassageThe Truth about the French!ScriptB. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of thequestions you will hear.Skiing in France is heaven on Earth for a dedicated skier. There are resorts where you can access skiing terrain that is larger than all the ski resorts in Utah* and Colorado* combined.The larger resorts have an adequate number of restaurants and discos. It isa good idea to eat a good lunch because the mountain restaurants arenormally much better than the restaurants in the ski stations.French resorts are mostly government owned and operated. The social system puts a high percentage of money back into the areas. This provides state-of-theart* lifts, snow making and snow grooming. In general, anintermediate skier who can read a lift map will easily be able to ski all day avoiding lift lines and crowds, even during the busiest season.The French school systems have a staggered* two-week winter vacation period. When the snow is good, nearly all of France migrates to the mountains for this period. The break usually covers the last two weeks of February and the first week of March. The time to absolutely avoid is the “Paris school holiday week”which will always be in the middle period of the vacation time but alternates starting the first or second week of the break.No one has a more undeserved* reputation about his or her character than the French. The French are not generally arrogant and rude. True, in large tourist centers there are unpleasant people and if you’re looking for or expecting rudeness, you may just provoke* it. Generally the French, especially in the countryside, are as kind as you wish and you will find warmth and acceptance. The most fractious* Frenchman is easily disarmed by a little sincerity*.When greeting someone or saying good-bye, always shake hands. Don’t use a firm, pumping handshake, but a quick, slight pressure one. When you enter a room or a shop you should greet everyone there. If you meet a person you know very well, use their first name and kiss both cheeks. Men don’t usually kiss unless they are relatives. Good topics of conversation include food, sports, hobbies and where you come from. Topics to avoid are prices, where items were bought, what someone does for a living, income and age.Questions about personal and family life are considered private. Expect to find the French well-informed about the history, culture and politics of other countries. To gain their respect, be prepared to show some knowledge of the history and politics of France.France is generally a very safe country to visit. Pickpockets, however, are not unheard of. In large cities particularly, take precautions against theft.Always secure your vehicles, leave nothing of value visible and don’t carry your wallet in your back pocket. Beware of begging children!Questions:1. How large are the ski resorts in France?2. Why do people prefer to eat lunch at the mountain restaurants?3. How do most of the French resorts operate?4. What kind of vacation do French students usually have?5. What kind of unfair reputation do the French have?6. What is recommended when greeting someone or saying good-bye?7. What are good topics of conversation?8. What is still necessary when visiting France?C. Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.KeyA. Skiing can be divided into cross-country skiing and alpine skiing. Cross-country skiing is a low-impact, aerobic activity. It is becoming increasingly popular. It can be enjoyed even if you have a relatively low skill level. It does not require exorbitant lift fees, and it has a relatively low injury rate (cross-country skiing has an injury rate about 10 times less than alpine skiing). Skiing uses more muscles than running and is less stressful on the legs.Alpine or downhill skiing is a popular family sport shared by people of all ages and athletic abilities. It has less benefits for aerobic fitness than cross-country skiing because activity is usually in short bursts, but it is good for strengthening muscles particularly those in the upper leg. Alpine skiing is also a tough sport, particularly demanding on the legs.B. 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. DC. 1. Because there are resorts where you can access skiing terrain that islarger than all the ski resorts in Utah and Colorado combined.2. Because in a French resort an intermediate skier who can read a lift mapwill easily be able to ski all day avoiding lift lines and crowds, even during the busiest season.3. This staggered two-week winter vacation period usually covers the lasttwo weeks of February and the first week of March.4. The French are not generally arrogant and rude. Generally they are askind as you wish.5. In large cities in France, always secure your vehicles, leave nothing ofvalue visible and don’t carry your wallet in your back pocket. Beware ofbegging children!D. 1. When the snow is good, nearly all of France migrates to the mountainsfor this period. The break usually covers the last two weeks of Februaryand the first week of March.2. Generally the French, especially in the countryside, are as kind as youwish. The most fractious Frenchman is easily disarmed by a littlesincerity.Part 4 NewsNews item 1 India’s Selfie CampaignScriptA. Listen to the news item and answer the following questions. Then givea brief summary about the news item.Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a campaign on social media. The campaign is aimed at recognizing and celebrating the lives of girls. It is part of the Indian government’s “Save Daughter, T each Daughter”movement, which began earlier this year.The Indian leader used a radio broadcast last Sunday to urge people topublish photographs taken with their daughters on social media. He expressed hope that this could revolutionize the movement to save the country’s girls.Sexual inequality has long been a major problem in India’s highly patriarchal* society. For years, Indian families have wanted boys more than girls.In India, many girls are considered inferior to boys. Some are even killed before they are born or as newborns because they are thought to be less desirable. For every 1,000 boys up to the age of six years, India has 914 girls.It was not just fathers in India who answered Mr. Modi’s call. Fathers in countries as far away as Sweden also posted pictures with daughters.Social activists hope this campaign will not just be another public relations effort, but will support India’s push to give its daughters the same positions as its sons.B. Listen to the news item again and complete the following sentences.KeyA. 1. The Prime Minister launched the campaign on social media.2. The movement began earlier this year.3. The Prime Minister urge people to publish photographs taken with theirdaughters on social media.4. Social activists hope the campaign will not just be another publicrelations effort, but will support the appeal for giving the daughters thesame position as the sons.5. Fathers in countries such as Sweden also posted pictures with daughters.This news item is about a campaign launched by Indian Prime Minister onrecognizing and celebrating the lives of girls.B. 1. Sexual inequality has been a major problem in India’s patriarchal society.2. Many girls are considered inferior to boys in India, therefore some areeven killed before they are born or as newborns.3. For every 1,000 boys up to the age of six, there are only 914 girls in India.C. 1. Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a campaign onsocial media. The campaign is aimed at recognizing and celebrating thelives of girls.2. It was not just fathers in India who answered Mr. Modi’s call. Fathers incountries as far away as Sweden also posted pictures with daughters.3. Social activists hope this campaign will not just be another publicrelations effort, but will support India’s push to give its daughters thesame positions as its sons.News item 2 100-Year-Old Japanese Woman’s Swimming Record ScriptA. Listen to the news item and fill out the following chart. Then give abrief summary about the news item.As we age, we often take longer to recover from injuries. That is, for some people.After a Japanese woman suffered a knee injury, she became a competitive swimmer —at age 88.Nearing the age of 101 has not slowed down one Japanese woman. In fact, in the swimming pool —she is only getting faster.Recently, a 100-year-old Japanese woman became the world’s first centenarian* to complete a 1,500-meter freestyle swimming competition in a 25-meter pool. Her name is Mieko Nagaoka. Ms. Nagaoka set a world record for her age group at a recent Japan Masters Swimming Association event in the western city of Matsuyama. She swam the race in one hour, 15 minutes and 54 seconds.And Ms. Nagaoka was not competing against others. In fact, Ms. Nagaoka was the only competitor in the 100–104 year old category*. Her race was not a race of speed but of endurance*, or not giving up.In 2002, at a masters swim meet in New Zealand, Ms. Nagaoka took the bronze medal in the 50-meter backstroke. In 2004, she won three silver medals at an Italian swim meet.B. Listen to the news item again and complete the following sentences.KeyA.This news item is about a 100-year-old Japanese woman who sets theswimming record.B. 1. Recently, a 100-year-old Japanese woman became the world’s firstcentenarian to complete a 1,500-meter freestyle swimming competition.2. Her race was not a race of speed but of endurance, or not giving up.3. After suffered a knee injury, Ms. Nagaoka became a competitiveswimmer —at age of 88.C.In 2002, at a masters swim meet in New Zealand, Ms. Nagaoka took thebronze medal in the 50-meter backstroke. In 2004, she won three silver medals at an Italian swim meet.Section Three Oral WorkRetellingThe StrandScriptListen to a story and then retell it in your own words. You will hear the story only once. You can write down some key words and phrases.There is a street called “The Strand”in Galveston, where hundreds of thousands of tourists visit today. This street was Mama’s stomping* ground asa kid. Before Mama died, we took a streetcar around Galveston to see all thelovely, restored homes. What a great day. She knew more than the tour guide.As we sat enjoying the sights, Mama said, “Liz, do you know why my nose is a little crooked*?”(I thought, “Where did that come from?”) “No, Mama, you haven’t ever mentioned it,”I replied.“Well,”said mother, “one day I followed my brothers to The Strand, anda streetcar ran over me. I put myself flat down between the rails and pushed myface in the ground so hard that I broke my nose! It sure caused a lot of chaos*.People screamed, the police came, and I just crawled out, brushed myself offand went home. The only thing I ever noticed different about me was a crooked nose.”I just looked at her nose and looked at Mama in utter disbelief!Section Four Supplementary ExercisesPart 1 PassageBabies and IntelligenceScriptA. Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.Some people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life.Research scientists at the National Institute of Child Health and Development note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment.They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregiver. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other humans. This ability to learn exists in a baby even before birth. They say newborn babies can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were still developing inside their mothers.The Finnish researchers used devices to measure the babies’brain activity.The researchers played recordings of spoken sounds for up to one hour whilethe babies slept.The head of the study believes that babies can learn while asleep because the part of their brains called the cerebral cortex* remains active at night. The cortex is very important for learning. This part of the brain is not active in adults while they sleep.Many experts say the first years of a child’s life are important for all later development. An American study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children. The study involved more than 1,200 mothers and children. Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. They observed the mothers playing with their children four times during this period.The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old.The children of depressed women did not do as well on tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression. The children of depressed women did poorly on tests of language skills and understanding what they hear. These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people.Another study suggests that babies who are bigger at birth generally are more intelligent later in life. It found that the intelligence of a child at sevenyears of age is directly linked to his or her weight at birth. Study organizers say this is probably because heavier babies received more nutrition* during important periods of brain development before they were born.The study involved almost 3,500 children. Researchers in New York City used traditional tests to measure intelligence. Brothers and sisters were tested so that the effects of birth weight alone could be separated from the effects of diet or other considerations.The researchers found that children with higher birth weights generally did better on the intelligence tests. Also, the link between birth weight and intelligence later in life was stronger for boys than for girls.B. Listen to the passage again and complete the chart.KeyA. 1. Some people thought babies were able to learn things when they werefive or six months old.2. Doctors think babies begin learning things on their first day of life.3. Babies communicate with other people by smiling.4. They can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they werestill developing inside their mothers.5. Babies can learn while asleep.6. They are important for a child’s all later development.B. Study 1Study 2Part 2 VideoHaiti Amputee Soccer TeamScriptWatch the video film and answer the questions.In Haiti there is a soccer team unlike any you have ever seen. It is made up of players who have lost legs and arms, mostly during the earthquake in 2010.Just as the players are different, so is their field, called a “pitch”. People live near it. There are pools of water on it. And cows walk by. The players kick with the same leg they stand on. Goalies defend with the only arm they have. The team is called Zaryen. That is Creole for “tarantula’—a spider that can live without one of its legs. A balcony collapsed on Judithe Facile during the earthquake. She was near death. Soccer has brought her back to life.“Now I feel like I’m alive. Because, before that, after I lost my leg, I didn’t have any hope for the future, even though I was walking on the crutches.”。
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Unit 4Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 PhoneticsStress, Intonation and AccentScriptListen to some short conversations. Has the second speaker finished talking? Tick the right box.1. A: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the secretary’s off ice is, please?B: Yes. It’s up the stairs, then turn left, …↗2. A: Excuse me. Can you tell me where the toilets are?B: Yes, they’re at the top of the stairs. ↘3. A: What did you do after work yesterday?B: Ah, well, I went for a drink in the pub opposite the carpark. ↘4. A: What did you do after work yesterday?B: Oh, I ran into Jane and Tom, …↗5. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how the machine works?B: Certainly. Erm, first of all you adjust the height of the stool, and then put four 10-pence pieces there, ... ↗6. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how the machine works?B: Yes. You put 30 pence in the slot and take the ticket out here. ↘KeyPart 2 Listening and Note-TakingFrog LegsScriptA. Listen to some sentences and fill in the blanks with the missing words.1. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries.2. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians.3. Indian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which frogs aredisappearing from the rice fields and wetlands.4. The United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat eachyear between 1981 and 1984.5. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the price.B. Listen to a talk about frog legs. Take notes and complete the following summary.People want frogs mostly for food. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries —or at least until they have run out of frogs. But the most famous frog-eaters, and the people who inspired frog-eating in Europe and the United States are the French. By 1977 the French government, so concerned about the scarcity of its native frog, banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians*. So the French turned to India and Bangladesh for frogs.As happened in France, American frog-leg fanciers and restaurants also turned increasingly to frozen imports. According to figures collected from government agencies, the United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat each year between 1981 and 1984.So many frozen frog legs were exported from India to Europe and the United States.One of the attractions of Indian frogs, apart from the fact that they have bigger legs than French frogs, was the price. In London, a pound of frozen frog’s legs from India cost about £1.75, compared with £3.75 for the French variety.Indian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at whic h frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands, where they protect crops by devouring* damaging insects.Since the India and Bangladesh frog-export bans, Indonesia has become the major exporter of frog legs to the United States and Europe. But no matter what country the legs come from, one thing is usually constant: The legs once belong to frogs that are taken from the wild, not from farms. Frogs are nearly impossible to farm economically in the countries where frogs are commercially harvested from the wild.KeyA. 1. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries.2. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians.3. Indian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which frogs aredisappearing from the rice fields and wetlands.4. The United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat eachyear between 1981 and 1984.5. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the price.B. Frog LegsPeople want frogs mostly for food. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries.The most famous frog-eaters, and the people who inspiredfrog-eating in Europe and the United States are the French. By 1977 the Frenchgovernment banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians. So the French turned toIndia and Bangladesh for frogs. And the United States imported more than 6.5 millionpounds of frozen frog meat each year between 1981 and 1984. One of the attractions ofIndian frogs was the price.In dian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands, where they protect crops by devouringdamaging insects.Since the India and Bangladesh frog-export bans, Indonesia has become the major exporter of frog legs to the United States and Europe. But no matter what country thelegs come from, one thing is usually constant: The legs once belong to frogs that aretaken from the wild, not from farms.Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Sentence IdentificationScriptIdentify each sentence as simple (S), compound (CP), complex (CPL) or compound-complex (C-C). You will hear each sentence twice. Write the corresponding letter(s) in the space provided.1. I told them what I thought; moreover, I will tell anyone else who wants to know.2. When the timer rang, she was in the living room talking to the neighbors who haddropped in.3. Downstairs in a flash, she hurriedly dialed 999, and gave her name and address inclear, concise tones.4. As a minister’s wife, she has more than her fair share of telephone calls.5. That polish makes the floor dangerously slick; we will have to be careful until itwears down.Key1. C-C2. CPL3. S4. S5. C-CPart 2 DialoguesDialogue 1 Health ClubScriptA. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following chart.Interviewer: Lorna, you and your husband opened this health club here last summer.Can you tell me something about the club?Lorna: Yes, well we offer a choice of facilities —gym, sunbed*, sauna* andJacuzzi* —that’s also from Scandinavia — as well as our regular fitnessclasses, that is. And there’s a wholefood bar for refreshments afterwards.Interviewer: And does it cost a lot? I mean, most people think health clubs are reallyexpensive.Lorna: Actually our rates are really quite competitive. Since we only started lastJuly, we’ve kept them down to attract customers. It’s only £30 a year tojoin. Then an hour in the gym costs £2.50 — the same as half an hour onthe sunbed. Sauna and Jacuzzi are both £1.50 for half an hour.Interviewer: And is the club doing well?Lorna: Well, so far, yes, it’s doing really well. I had no idea it was going to besuch a success, actually. We’re both very pleased. The sunbed’s sopopular, espe cially with the over 65s, that we’re getting another one inAugust.Interviewer: What kind of people join the club?Lorna: We have people of all ages here, from small children to old-agepensioners, though of course the majority, about three-quarters of ourmembers, are in their 20s and 30s. They come in their lunch hour, to usethe gym, mostly, or after work, while the youngsters come when schoolfinishes, around half past three or four. The Jacuzzi’s very popular withthe little ones.Interviewer: What about the old-age pensioners?Lorna: They’re usually around in the mornings, when we offer them specialreduced rates —for the Jacuzzi or sauna, plus sunbed, it’s only £2, whichis half price, actually. It doesn’t affect our profits really — only about 5%of our members are retired.B. Listen to an extract from the dialogue and complete the following sentences withthe missing words.Interviewer: What about the old-age pensioners?Lorna: T hey’re usually around in the mornings, when we offer them specialreduced rates —for the Jacuzzi or sauna, plus sunbed, it’s only £2,which is half price, actually. It doesn’t affect our profits really — onlyabout 5% of our members are retired.KeyA.B. Interviewer: What about the old-age pensioners?Lorna: They’re usually around in the mornings, when we offer them specialreduced rates—for the Jacuzzi or sauna, plus sunbed, it’s only £2,which is half price,actually. It doesn’t affect our profits really — onlyabout 5% of our members are retired.Dialogue 2 SkiingScriptA. Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questionsSimon: This one shows the view from the top of the mountain.Sally: Oh, it’s lovely!Teresa: That’s me with the red bobble hat.Sally: Is it?Teresa: Yet, i t looks kind of silly, doesn’t it?Sally: Yes, it does rather.Teresa: Oh, don’t worry. I know it looks ridiculous.Simon: Look. That’s our instructor, Werner.Teresa: Yeah, we were in the beginners’ class.Sally: Well, everyone has to start somewhere.Simon: Ah, now, this is a good one.Sally: What on earth is that?Simon: Can’t you guess?Sally: Well, it looks like a pile of people. You know, sort of on top of each other.Teresa: It is!Sally: How did that happen?Simon: Well, you see we were all pretty hopeless at first. Every day Werner used to take us to the nursery slope* to practise, and to get to the top you had to go upon a ski lift*.Teresa: Which wasn’t really very easy.Simon: No, and if you fell off you’d start sliding down the sl ope, right into all the people coming up!Sally: Mmm.Simon: Well, on that day we were all going up on the ski lift, you know, we were just getting used to it, and, you see there was this one woman in our class whonever got the hang of* it. She didn’t h ave any sort of control over her skis andwhenever she started sliding, she would sort of stick her ski sticks out in frontof her, you know, like swords or something.Teresa: I always tried to avoid her, but on that day I was right behind her on the ski lift and just as she was getting to the top, she slipped and started sliding down theslope.Sally: Did she?Simon: Mmm, with her ski sticks waving around in front of her!Teresa: So of course everyone sort of let go and tried to jump off the ski lift to get out of the way.Simon: And that’s how they all ended up in a pile at the bottom of the slope — it was lucky I had my camera with me.Sally: I bet that woman was popular!Simon: Oh, yes, everybody’s favourite!B. Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following passage.C. Listen to some extracts from the dialogue and complete the following sentenceswith the missing words.1. Teresa: That’s me with the red bobble hat.Sally: Is it?Teresa: Yet, it looks kind of silly, doesn’t it?Sally: Yes, it does rather.2. Simon: Mmm, with her ski sticks waving around in front of her!Teresa: So of course everyone sort of let go and tried to jump off the ski lift toget out of the way.Simon: And that’s how they all ended up in a pile at the bottom of the slope — itwas lucky I had my camera with me.KeyA. 1. They are looking at some pictures.2. A ski class for beginners.3. Two.B. Everyday the coach took them to a nursery slope. They got to the top on a ski lift. Intheir class, there was one woman who could never learn how to ski. She couldn’t control her skis and whenever she started sliding, she would stick her ski sticks out in front of her. People always tried to avoid her.One day as she was getting to the top, she slipped and started sliding down the slope.Everyone tried to jump off the ski lift to get out of the way and they all slid down the slope and ended up in a pile at the bottom.C. 1. Teresa: That’s me with the red bobble hat.Sally: Is it?Teresa: Yet, it looks kind of silly, doesn’t it?Sally: Yes, it does rather.2. Simon: Mmm, with her ski sticks waving around in front of her!Teresa: So of course everyone sort of let go and tried to jump off the ski lift to getout of the way.Simon: And that’s how they all ended up in a pile at the bottom of the slope — itwas lucky I had my camera with me.Part 3 PassageThe Truth about the French!ScriptB. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions you willhear.Skiing in France is heaven on Earth for a dedicated skier. There are resorts where you can access skiing terrain that is larger than all the ski resorts in Utah* and Colorado* combined.The larger resorts have an adequate number of restaurants and discos. It is a good idea to eat a good lunch because the mountain restaurants are normally much better than the restaurants in the ski stations.French resorts are mostly government owned and operated. The social system puts a high percentage of money back into the areas. This provides state-of-theart* lifts, snow making and snow grooming. In general, an intermediate skier who can read a lift map will easily be able to ski all day avoiding lift lines and crowds, even during the busiest season.The French school systems have a staggered* two-week winter vacation period. When the snow is good, nearly all of France migrates to the mountains for this period. The break usually covers the last two weeks of February and the first week of March. The time to absolutely avoi d is the “Paris school holiday week” which will always be in the middle period of the vacation time but alternates starting the first or second week of the break.No one has a more undeserved* reputation about his or her character than the French.The French are not generally arrogant and rude. True, in large tourist centers there are unpleasant people and if you’re looking for or expecting rudeness, you may just provoke* it.Generally the French, especially in the countryside, are as kind as you wish and you will find warmth and acceptance. The most fractious* Frenchman is easily disarmed by a little sincerity*.When greeting someone or saying good-bye, always shake hands. Don’t use a firm, pumping handshake, but a quick, slight pressure one. When you enter a room or a shop you should greet everyone there. If you meet a person you know very well, use their first name and kiss both cheeks. Men don’t usually kiss unless they are relatives. Good topics of conversation include food, sports, hobbies and where you come from. Topics to avoid are prices, where items were bought, what someone does for a living, income and age. Questions about personal and family life are considered private. Expect to find the French well-informed about the history, culture and politics of other countries. To gain their respect, be prepared to show some knowledge of the history and politics of France.France is generally a very safe country to visit. Pickpockets, however, are not unheard of.In large cities particularly, take precautions against theft. Always secure your vehicles, leave nothing of value visible and don’t carry your wallet in your back pocket. Beware of begging children!Questions:1. How large are the ski resorts in France?2. Why do people prefer to eat lunch at the mountain restaurants?3. How do most of the French resorts operate?4. What kind of vacation do French students usually have?5. What kind of unfair reputation do the French have?6. What is recommended when greeting someone or saying good-bye?7. What are good topics of conversation?8. What is still necessary when visiting France?C. Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.KeyA. Skiing can be divided into cross-country skiing and alpine skiing. Cross-country skiingis a low-impact, aerobic activity. It is becoming increasingly popular. It can be enjoyed even if you have a relatively low skill level. It does not require exorbitant lift fees, and it has a relatively low injury rate (cross-country skiing has an injury rate about 10 times less than alpine skiing). Skiing uses more muscles than running and is less stressful on the legs.Alpine or downhill skiing is a popular family sport shared by people of all ages and athletic abilities. It has less benefits for aerobic fitness than cross-country skiing because activity is usually in short bursts, but it is good for strengthening muscles particularly those in the upper leg. Alpine skiing is also a tough sport, particularly demanding on the legs.B. 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. DC. 1. Because there are resorts where you can access skiing terrain that is larger than all theski resorts in Utah and Colorado combined.2. Because in a French resort an intermediate skier who can read a lift map will easily beable to ski all day avoiding lift lines and crowds, even during the busiest season.3. This staggered two-week winter vacation period usually covers the last two weeks ofFebruary and the first week of March.4. The French are not generally arrogant and rude. Generally they are as kind as youwish.5. In large cities in France, always secure your vehicles, leave nothing of value visibleand don’t carry your wallet in your back pocket. Beware of begging children!D. 1. When the snow is good, nearly all of France migrates to the mountains for this period.The break usually covers the last two weeks of February and the first week of March.2. Generally the French, especially in the countryside, are as kind as you wish. The mostfractious Frenchman is easily disarmed by a little sincerity.Part 4 NewsNews item 1 India’s Selfie CampaignScriptA. Listen to the news item and answer the following questions. Then give a briefsummary about the news item.Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a campaign on social media.The campaign is aimed at recognizing and celebrating the lives of girls. It is part of the Indian government’s “Save Daughter, Teach Daughter” movement, which began earlier this year.The Indian leader used a radio broadcast last Sunday to urge people to publish photographs taken with their daughters on social media. He expressed hope that this could revolutionize the movement to save the country’s girls.Sexual inequality has long been a major problem in India’s highly patria rchal* society.For years, Indian families have wanted boys more than girls. In India, many girls are considered inferior to boys. Some are even killed before they are born or as newborns because they are thought to be less desirable. For every 1,000 boys up to the age of six years, India has 914 girls.It was not just fathers in India who answered Mr. Modi’s call. Fathers in countries as far away as Sweden also posted pictures with daughters.Social activists hope this campaign will not just be another public relations effort, but will support India’s push to give its daughters the same positions as it s sons.B. Listen to the news item again and complete the following sentences.KeyA. 1. The Prime Minister launched the campaign on social media.2. The movement began earlier this year.3. The Prime Minister urge people to publish photographs taken with their daughters onsocial media.4. Social activists hope the campaign will not just be another public relations effort, butwill support the appeal for giving the daughters the same position as the sons.5. Fathers in countries such as Sweden also posted pictures with daughters.This news item is about a campaign launched by Indian Prime Minister on recognizingand celebrating the lives of girls.B. 1. Sexual inequality has been a major problem in India’s patriarchal society.2. Many girls are considered inferior to boys in India, therefore some are even killedbefore they are born or as newborns.3. For every 1,000 boys up to the age of six, there are only 914 girls in India.C. 1. Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a campaign on social media.The campaign is aimed at recognizing and celebrating the lives of girls.2. It was not just fathers in India who answered Mr. Modi’s c all. Fathers in countries asfar away as Sweden also posted pictures with daughters.3. Social activists hope this campaign will not just be another public relations effort, butwill support India’s push to give its daughters the same positions as its sons.News item 2 100-Year-Old Japanese Woman’s Swimming RecordScriptA. Listen to the news item and fill out the following chart. Then give a brief summaryabout the news item.As we age, we often take longer to recover from injuries. That is, for some people.After a Japanese woman suffered a knee injury, she became a competitive swimmer —at age 88.Nearing the age of 101 has not slowed down one Japanese woman. In fact, in the swimming pool — she is only getting faster.Recently, a 100-year-old Japanese w oman became the world’s first centenarian*to complete a 1,500-meter freestyle swimming competition in a 25-meter pool. Her name is Mieko Nagaoka. Ms. Nagaoka set a world record for her age group at a recent Japan Masters Swimming Association event in the western city of Matsuyama. She swam the race in one hour, 15 minutes and 54 seconds.And Ms. Nagaoka was not competing against others. In fact, Ms. Nagaoka was the only competitor in the 100–104 year old category*. Her race was not a race of speed but of endurance*, or not giving up.In 2002, at a masters swim meet in New Zealand, Ms. Nagaoka took the bronze medal in the 50-meter backstroke. In 2004, she won three silver medals at an Italian swim meet.B. Listen to the news item again and complete the following sentences.KeyThis news item is about a 100-year-old Japanese woman who sets the swimming record.B. 1. Recently, a 100-year-old Japanese woman became the world’s first centenarian tocomplete a 1,500-meter freestyle swimming competition.2. Her race was not a race of speed but of endurance, or not giving up.3. After suffered a knee injury, Ms. Nagaoka became a competitive swimmer —at ageof 88.C.In 2002, at a masters swim meet in New Zealand, Ms. Nagaoka took the bronze medal inthe 50-meter backstroke. In 2004, she won three silver medals at an Italian swim meet.Section Three Oral WorkRetellingThe StrandScriptListen to a story and then retell it in your own words. You will hear the story only once. You can write down some key words and phrases.There is a street called “The Strand” in Galveston, where hundred s of thousands of tourists visit today. This street was Mama’s stomping* ground as a kid. Before Mama died, we took a streetcar around Galveston to see all the lovely, restored homes. What a great day.She knew more than the tour guide. As we sat enjoying the sights, Mama said, “Liz, do you know why my nose is a little crooked*?” (I thought, “Where did that come from?”) “No, Mama, you haven’t ever mentioned it,” I replied.“Well,” said mother, “one day I followed my brothers to The Strand, and a streetcar ran over me. I put myself flat down between the rails and pushed my face in the ground so hard that I broke my nose! It sure caused a lot of chaos*. People screamed, the police came, and I just crawled out, brushed myself off and went home. The only thing I ever noticed different about me was a crooked nose.”I just looked at her nose and looked at Mama in utter disbelief!Section Four Supplementary ExercisesPart 1 PassageBabies and IntelligenceScriptA. Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.Some people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life.Research scientists at the National Institute of Child Health and Development note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregiver. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other humans. This ability to learn exists in a baby even before birth. They say newborn babies can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were still developing inside their mothers.The Finni sh researchers used devices to measure the babies’ brain activity.The researchers played recordings of spoken sounds for up to one hour while the babies slept.The head of the study believes that babies can learn while asleep because the part of their brains called the cerebral cortex* remains active at night. The cortex is very important for learning. This part of the brain is not active in adults while they sleep.Many experts say the first years of a child’s life are important for all later development.An American study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children. The study involved more than 1,200 mothers and children.Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. They observed the mothers playing with their children four times during this period.The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old.The children of depressed women did not do as well on tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression. The children of depressed women did poorly on tests of language skills and understanding what they hear. These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people.Another study suggests that babies who are bigger at birth generally are more intelligent later in life. It found that the intelligence of a child at seven years of age is directly linked to his or her weight at birth. Study organizers say this is probably because heavier babies received more nutrition* during important periods of brain development before they were born.The study involved almost 3,500 children. Researchers in New York City used traditional tests to measure intelligence. Brothers and sisters were tested so that the effects of birth weight alone could be separated from the effects of diet or other considerations.The researchers found that children with higher birth weights generally did better on the intelligence tests. Also, the link between birth weight and intelligence later in life was stronger for boys than for girls.B. Listen to the passage again and complete the chart.KeyA. 1. Some people thought babies were able to learn things when they were five or sixmonths old.2. Doctors think babies begin learning things on their first day of life.3. Babies communicate with other people by smiling.4. They can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were stilldeveloping inside their mothers.5. Babies can learn while asleep.6. They are important for a child’s all later development.B.Part 2 VideoHaiti Amputee Soccer TeamScriptWatch the video film and answer the questions.In Haiti there is a soccer team unlike any you have ever seen. It is made up of players who have lost legs and arms, mostly during the earthquake in 2010. Just as the players are different, so is their field, called a “pitch”. People live near it. There are pools of water on it.And cows walk by. The players kick with the same leg they stand on. Goalies defend with the only arm they have. The team is called Zaryen. That is Creole for “tarantula’ — a spider that can live without one of its legs. A balcony collapsed on Judithe Facile during the earthquake.She was near death. Soccer has brought her back to life.“Now I feel like I’m alive. Because, before that, after I lost my leg, I didn’t have any hope for the future, even t hough I was walking on the crutches.”Cedieu Fortilus says the players have changed the way Haitians think about the disabled.“When I see they are playing like that, I’m so proud. I’m so proud. I think I’m doing a good job. So, I see so many people, even Haitian, if they are crossing the street, they take time to look at them because they are doing something very strange. Something many Haitians have never seen in their life.”Several organizations in the United States give money to the team, and pay for artificial arms and legs for all Haitians who need them.Cindy Orange says: “Soccer has taught me to do a lot of things on one leg that I wasn’t used to doing before. I feel comfortable when I’m playing.”Key1. That’s because this soccer team in Haiti is formed by those players who have losttheir legs and arms.2. They kick with the same leg they stand on and the goalkeepers defend with the onlyarm they have.3. That’s because only soccer saved her from depression. After she had lost her leg, shedidn’t have any hope for the future, even though she was able to walk on the crutches.4. That’s because the players are doing something very strange. That is to say, they areplaying soccer in their own ways.5. Several organizations in the United States give money to the soccer teams in Haitiand pay for artificial arms and legs for all Haitians who need them.。
听力教程4_答案_施心远（1—13）
听力教程4 答案施心远（1—13）Unit 1Section 1Listening and Translation1. A college education can be very costly in the United States.2.Rising costs have led more and more families to borrow money to help pay forcollege.3.There are different federal loans and private loans for students.4.Interest rates on some of these loans will go up on July 1st.5.There are growing concerns that many students graduate with too much debt.1.在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。
2.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。
3.有各种各样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。
4.在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。
5.人们越来越担心，很多学生将背负沉重的债务从大学毕业。
Section 2Part 1 Dialogue1-8 A C D C B C B APart 2 passage Ex C: 1-8 F F T T F T T FSection 3News Item 1China's wasted no time insetting put the latest plans for its ambitious space program. A senior official said the next manned mission will be in 2007, when the astronauts will attempt a space walk. After that, scientists will focus on developing the capability to rendezvous* and dock* with other spacecraft. He added that China also wanted to recruit female astronauts in the near future.The announcement comes just hours after the country's second manned space mission touched down in the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia. The returning astronauts have been given a hero's welcome, riding in an open car in a nationally televised parade. Thousands of soldiers and groups of schoolchildren lined the route, waving Chinese flags. It's a sign of the great importance China attaches to its space program, viewing it as a source of national pride and international prestige.A: …about China’s ambitious space program.B:1. Landing spot: in the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia2. Significance: a source of national pride and international prestige (威望) Future plan1. 1) Time: 20072) Goal: The astronauts will attempt a space walk.2. Focus of further development: the capability to rendezvous and dock withother spacecraft3. Recruitment of astronauts: to recruit female astronauts in the near future. News Item 2China's economy has recovered earlier and more strongly than any other. This latest data is further evidence of that trend. The rise in industrial output confirms what factory owners have been saying for some time now, that customers have been restocking* their inventories and confidence is returning.There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property* sector* is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies* for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for the first time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport.A: … about the growth of China’s economy.News Item 3If you visit almost any marketplace in Africa, many of the consumer goods on sale, from buckets to razor blades to hurricane lamps, are likely to be Chinese. In a very large number of African capitals, the main football stadium is likely to have been built with Chinese aid money.Sino-African trade, and aid, is large and growing. Some estimates put it as high as 12 billion dollars a year. Although direct comparisons are difficult, the links between the world's largest developing country, China, and the world's largest developing continent could grow to challenge the post-colonial links between Europe and Africa. The meeting in Addis Ababa* had heard Chinese promises to cancel debts, grant duty-free access into China for African products and increase Chinese investments in Africa.A: … about China’s large and growing trade with and aid to Africa.B：1.In many African capitals, the main football stadium is likely to have been builtwith Chinese aid money.2.It is estimated that Sino-African trade, and aid, amounts to as high as 12 billiondollars a year.3.The links between China and Africa could grow to challenge the post-coloniallinks between Europe and Africa.4.On the meeting in Addis Ababa, China promised to cancel debts, grant duty-freeaccess into China for African products and increase Chinese investments in Africa.Unit 2Section 1Listening and Translation1.Some people fear they do not get enough vitamins from the foods they eat.2.So they take products with large amounts of vitamins.3.They think these vitamin supplements will improve their health and protectagainst disease.4.Medical experts found little evidence that most supplements do anything toprotect or improve health.5.but they noted that some do help to prevent disease.1.有些人担心他们并未从所吃的食物中获取足够的维生素。
Unit-11听力教程4-施心远
Unit 11Section 1Listening and Translation1. The National Assessment of Adult Literacy is the most important test of how well adult Americans can read.2. Those who took part were tested on how well they could read and understand information used in everyday life.3. The study found that 11 million adults, or five percent, cannot read English.4. Researchers say part of the problem is that many young Americans do not read as much for pleasure anymore.5. The best readers were found to earn up to 28,000 dollars a year more than those who lacked simple reading skills.1. “国家成人读写能力评估”是检测美国成年人阅读能力的一项主要测试。
2. 该测试检测的是参加者阅读和理解日常生活信息的能力。
3. 这项调查发现有1,100万，即百分之五的成年人看不懂英语。
4. 研究人员说，问题的部分原因在于很多美国年轻人作为消遣所进行的阅读已经不太多了。
5. 人们发现阅读水平高的人比那些不具备基本阅读能力的人的年收入多28,000美元。
Section 2Part 1 DialogueLeadershipOutlineThe subject is “leadership”1. Great leaders in history2. Characteristics all great leaders have in commonFor a start, Secondly, The third, the fourth, FinallyGreat leaders in history1. … military chiefs1) … nati onal heroes；dreaded tyrants2) …2. … spiritual leadersCharacteristics all great leaders have in common1. … what they want to achieve2. … work towards themwhat obstacles they may come up against3. …the end justifies the means4. … the will of the peop le; improve their lot5. … be successfulPart 2 PassageEx. B:1. Going to the library or locking yourself in your room with no aim other than reading for a predetermined预先确定的time is likely to lead to boredom.2. One way round this problem when you encounter it is to set youeself really small and manageable可做到的reading tasks.3. The task sould be one that is useful towards your final aim of getting your essay or paper or dissertation学位论文written, or revising for为…而复习your exam.4. In devising设计such tiny but doable可行的tasks for yourself you are using your creativity, making the reading a personal task to you and breaking a large endeavor努力up分解into small and attainable可到达的steps.5. Often the motivation动力;动机supplied by an assignment作业or essay will help you to focus your reading in helpful ways.Ex. C: 1-4 T T T F 5-8 T F T F1. T (Reading for the sake of reading has no value whatever.)2. T (Unless it is combined with a thoughtful choice of predetermined预定的reading task, or a particularly wise or fortuitous幸运的choice of reading material, going to the library or locking yourself in your room with no aim other than 除了reading for a predetermined time is likely to lead to boredom, so that you end up mindlessly不用心地staring at the text, without engaging运用your brain. )3. T (On the other hand, setting yourself a particular period in which to accomplish a reading task can be helpful as a way of getting yourself to focus. )4. F (If you try this tactic方法to help you focus as a reader, don’t be despondent沮丧的if, as may well happen, you get so absorbed 专心致志的that you overrun超过the time you have set yourself. This could well be a positive thing.)5.T (Sometimes the difficulty with reading, as with many other jobs, is simply how to get started.)6. F (All are suggested in the passage except the preface序言, 前言.)7. T (The task should be one that is useful towards youe final aim of getting your essay or paper or dissertation written, or revising for your exam, but small enough for it to be hardly conceivable 可想像的that you could not complete it however tired, depressed, lonely or bored you are.)8. F (When you are reading at other times—for examle, in an attempt to expand on进一步阐述ideas and information that you have picked up 学会in lectures or seminars—inventing possible essay topics for yourself will often be a good way of structiing your reading.)Section 3News Item 1A: about a fat man’s walk from California to Manhattan.B:The hero : Steve Vaught , a 40-year-old father of twoTime spent : a year and a monthLength of the journey : nearly 4,800 kilometersStarting point :his home in CaliforniaDeatination :ManhattanHis original aim : to lose weight after falling into a depression and developing an eating disorder His achievement :1. He arrived 100 pounds or 45 kilomgrams lighter2. He realized weight loss was more about the state of mind 心境,心情;精神状态than body and the secret to becoming thinner was being happier.His websie :A Fat Man WalkingHis future plan :to publish a book about his experiencesScript :A 40-year-old father of two, Steve Vaught, took the final steps of his epic史诗般的journey as he crossed the George Washington Bridge into Manhattan. It took him a year and a month to walk the nearly 4,800 kilometers from his home in California.His original aim had been to lose weight after falling into a depression and developing an eating disorder. He did arrive 100 pounds or 45 kilograms lighter but said he had learned that weight loss was more about the state of mind than body. He now realized the secret to becoming thinner was being happier.His voyage of self-discovery 自我发现was viewed by millions around the world on his webside ‘‘A Fat Man Walking’’, and he now plans to publish a book about his experiences. But before disappearing into a hotel, he told reporters his first plan was to put on穿上some new socks 短袜.News Item 2A: about the first atheist无神论者summer camp in the UKB:the US, atheism, what they think, philosophy, logical fallacies谬论, the Invisible Unicorn Challenge, live in the area around their tents,they don’t exi st, a negative, thinking, philosophy, scientific and critical thinkingCamp QuestScript :‘‘It’s beyond belief !’’超越信仰is the motto座右铭of the organization, which was set up in the United States to counter the influence of faith-based 以信仰为基础的summer camps run by the Scouts and church groups.But the director of the camp in the UK, Samamtha Stein, says its purpose is not to spread atheism无神论—rather to encourage thinking.(Samamtha Stein) ‘‘The idea of Camp Quest is really to let the children decide what they think. So we’re going to run some activities on philosophy人生观for children. And we’ll run activities on logical fallacies逻辑的推理谬误. So it’s really a way of getting the kids interested in thinking, interested in philosophy and questions of religion and all sorts of scientific and crtical thinking.’’One of the games played at Camp Quest is called the Invisible Unicorn Challenge. Campers are told that unicorn live in the area around their tents, and are then asked to prove that they don’t exist. The aim is to illustrate the difficulty of proving a negative. But any children who manage the feat will win a ten-pound note signed by the author of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins, whose money also helps fund the camp.News Item 3A: about the new compulsory citizenship ceremony and test in Britain. 英国新公民强制性的入籍宣誓仪式和入籍考试B:Old practiceswear an oath of allegiance拥护, 忠诚, lawyer, certificateNew Practice1. 2004, compulsory citizenship ceremony, a broader oath, respect Britain’s rights, freedoms, laws, civic公民dignitaries权贵2. a test, establish knoeledge of the country, its language1) 24, life in the United kindom, 45 minutes2) try again and again3) simple tests of knowledge, more complex cultural issues3. Purpose1)feel they belong2)ease racial tensionControversy1. have similar schemes, the United States, citizenship classes, ceremonies2. nationalistic, undue pressure, conform, build a multi-culture society in Britain.Script :For years those becoming British citizens simply had to swear an oath of allegiance in front of a lawyer and then receive a certificate in the post. But in 2004 Britain introduced a compulsorycitizenship ceremony, which required new citizens to take a broader oath promising to respect Britain’s rights, freedoms and laws, and all of this in front of civic dignitaries dressed infull regalia Now the government is going even further : It’s launching a test designed to establish knowledge of the country and its language.The test contains 24 questions on life in the United Kingdom and will last for 45 minutes. If applicants don’t pass the first time, they can try again and again. The questions range from simple tests of knowledge such as ‘‘What’s the minimum age for buying alcohol ?’’to exploring more complex cultural issues—‘‘How interested are young people in politics?’’The government believes the test is part of a process that will help new citizens to feel they belong and ease舒缓racial种族的tension紧张的状态by removing除去suspicion of immigrants移民.Supporters point to other countries which have similar schemes, particularly the United States where citizenship classes and ceremonies have long been common practice. Opponents反对者however, say it’s all too nationalistic民族主义的and puts undue过分的pressure on newcomers to conform, working against the efforts to build a multi-cultural society in Britain.多年来那些申请入籍英国的人只需简单地在律师面前宣誓效忠，然后领到一份邮寄的入籍证书就可以了。
Unit-11听力教程4-施心远.doc
Unit 11Section 1Listening and Translation1.The National Assessment of Adult Literacy is the most important test of how well adult Americans can read.2.Those who took part were tested on how well they could read and understand information usedin everyday life.3. The study found that 11 million adults, or five percent, cannot read English.4. Researchers say part of the problem is that many young Americans do not read as much for pleasure anymore.5.The best readers were found to earn up to 28,000 dollars a year more than those who lacked simple reading skills.1.国“家成人读写能力评估”是检测美国成年人阅读能力的一项主要测试。
2.该测试检测的是参加者阅读和理解日常生活信息的能力。
3.这项调查发现有 1,100 万，即百分之五的成年人看不懂英语。
4.研究人员说，问题的部分原因在于很多美国年轻人作为消遣所进行的阅读已经不太多了。
5. 人们发现阅读水平高的人比那些不具备基本阅读能力的人的年收入多28,000 美元。
1.Great leaders in history2.Characteristics all great leaders have in commonFor a start, Secondly, The third, the fourth, FinallyGreat leaders in historyitary chiefs1)national heroes； dreaded tyrants2) 2.spiritual leaders1.what they want to achieve2.work towards themwhat obstacles they may come up against3.the end justifies the means4.the will of the people; improve their lot5.be successfulPart 2 PassageEx. B:1.Going to the library or locking yourself in your room with no aim other than reading for apredetermined 预先确定的 time is likely to lead to boredom.2.One way round this problem when you encounter it is to set youeself really small andmanageable 可做到的reading tasks.3. The task sould be one that is useful towards your final aim of getting your essay or paper ordissertation 学位论文written, or revising for为而复习your exam.4. In devising 设计 such tiny but doable 可行的 tasks for yourself you are using your creativity,making the reading a personal task to you and breaking a large endeavor 努力 up 分解 into smalland attainable 可到达的 steps.5.Often the motivation 动力 ;动机 supplied by an assignment 作业 or essay will help you to focusyour reading in helpful ways.Ex. C: 1-4 T T T F 5-8 T F T F1.T (Reading for the sake of reading has no value whatever.)2. T (Unless it is combined with a thoughtful choice of predetermined预定的reading task, or aparticularly wise or fortuitous幸运的choice of reading material, going to the library or lockingyourself in your room with no aim other than除了reading for a predetermined time is likely tolead to boredom, so that you end up mindlessly不用心地staring at the text, without engaging运用 your brain. )3.T (On the other hand, setting yourself a particular period in which to accomplish a readingtask can be helpful as a way of getting yourself to focus. )4. F (If you try this tactic 方法 to help you focus as a reader, don ’tbe despondent 沮丧的 if, as maywell happen, you get so absorbed 专心致志的 that you overrun 超过 the time you have set yourself.This could well be a positive thing.)5.T (Sometimes the difficulty with reading,as with many other jobs , is simply how to get started.)6.F (All are suggested in the passage except the preface 序言 , 前言 .)7.T (The task should be one that is useful towards youe final aim of getting your essay or paper ordissertation written, or revising for your exam, but small enough for it to be hardly conceivable 可想像的 that you could not complete it however tired, depressed, lonely or bored you are.)8. F (When you are reading at other times—for examle, in an attempt to expand on进一步阐述ideas and information that you have picked up学会in lectures or seminars—inventing possibleessay topics for yourself will often be a good way of structiing your reading.)Section 3News Item 1A:about a fat man’ s walk from California to Manhattan.B:The hero : Steve Vaught , a 40-year-old father of twoTime spent : a year and a monthLength of the journey : nearly 4,800 kilometersStarting point : his home in CaliforniaDeatination : ManhattanHis original aim : to lose weight after falling into a depression and developing an eating disorder His achievement :1. He arrived 100 pounds or 45 kilomgrams lighter2. He realized weight loss was more about the state of mindC:心境,心情 ;精神状态 than body and the secret to becoming thinner was being happier. Hiswebsie : A Fat Man WalkingHis future plan : to publish a book about his experiencesScript :A 40-year-old father of two, Steve Vaught, took the final steps of his epic史诗般的journey as he crossed the George Washington Bridge into Manhattan. It took him a year and a month to walk the nearly 4,800 kilometers from his home in California.His original aim had been to lose weight after falling into a depression and developing an eating disorder. He did arrive 100 pounds or 45 kilograms lighter but said he had learned that weight loss was more about the state of mind than body. He now realized the secret tobecoming thinner was being happier.His voyage of self-discovery 自我发现 was viewed by millions around the world on his webside ‘‘AFat Man Walking ’’,and he now plans to publish a book about his experiences. But before disappearing into a hotel, he told reporters his first plan was to put on 穿上 some new socks 短袜 .News Item 2A: about the first atheist 无神论者summer camp in the UKB:the US, atheism, what they think, philosophy, logical fallacies 谬论 , the Invisible Unicorn Challenge, live in the area around their tents,they don ’exit st, a negative, thinking, philosophy, scientific and critical thinkingCamp QuestScript :‘‘It’s beyond belief ! ’’超越信仰 is the motto 座右铭 of the organization, which was set up in the United States to counter the influence of faith-based 以信仰为基础的 summer camps run by the Scouts and church groups.But the director of the camp in the UK, Samamtha Stein, says its purpose is not to spreadatheism 无神论— rather to encourage thinking.(Samamtha Stein) ‘‘The idea of Camp Quest is really to let the children decide what theythink. So we ’re going to run some activities on philosophy 人生观 for children. And we ’ll runactivities on logical fallacies 逻辑的推理谬误 . So it’s really a way of getting the kids interested inthinking, interested in philosophy and questions of religion and all sorts of scientific and crticalthinking. ’’One of the games played at Camp Quest is called the Invisible Unicorn Challenge. Campers aretold that unicorn live in the area around their tents, and are then asked to prove that they don ’texist. The aim is to illustrate the difficulty of proving a negative. But any children who manage the featwill win a ten-pound note signed by the author of The God Delusion , Richard Dawkins, whose moneyalso helps fund the camp.News Item 3A: about the new compulsory citizenship ceremony and test in Britain . 英国新公民强制性的入籍宣誓仪式和入籍考试B:Old practiceswear an oath of allegiance 拥护 , 忠诚 , lawyer, certificateNew Practice1. 2004, compulsory citizenship ceremony, a broader oath, respect Britain,’ s rights, freedoms, l civic 公民dignitaries 权贵2. a test, establish knoeledge of the country, its language1) 24, life in the United kindom, 45 minutes2) try again and again3) simple tests of knowledge, more complex cultural issues3. Purpose1)feel they belong2)ease racial tensionControversy1. have similar schemes, the United States, citizenship classes, ceremonies2. nationalistic, undue pressure, conform, build a multi-culture society in Britain.Script :For years those becoming British citizens simply had to swear an oath of allegiance in frontof a lawyer and then receive a certificate in the post. But in 2004 Britain introduced acompulsorycitizenship ceremony, which required new citizens to take a broader oath promising torespect Britain ’s rights, freedoms and laws, and all of this in front of civic dignitaries dressed infull regalia Now the government is going even further : It ’s launching a test designed to establish knowledge of the country and its language.The test contains 24 questions on life in the United Kingdom and will last for 45 minutes. If applicants don ’tpass the first time, they can try again and again. The questions range from simple tests of knowledge such as ‘‘What ’s the minimum age for buying alcohol ? ’’to exploring more complex cultural issues—‘‘How interested are young people in politics ?’’The government believes the test is part of a process that will help new citizens to feel they belong and ease 舒缓racial 种族的tension 紧张的状态 by removing 除去 suspicion of immigrants 移民 .Supporters point to other countries which have similar schemes, particularly the United States where citizenship classes and ceremonies have long been common practice. Opponents反对者 however, say it ’s all too nationalistic 民族主义的 and puts undue 过分的 pressure on newcomers to conform, working against the efforts to build a multi-cultural society in Britain.多年来那些申请入籍英国的人只需简单地在律师面前宣誓效忠，然后领到一份邮寄的入籍证书就可以了。
施心远主编听力教程第版Unit答案优选稿
施心远主编听力教程第版U n i t答案文件管理序列号：[K8UY-K9IO69-O6M243-OL889-F88688]UNIT 6Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Spot DictationWind and SpiritWe do notice the wind when it seems (1) cruel, when the trees turn away from it, and it (2) cuts into our hearts. "Certain winds will make men's (3) temper bad", said George Eliot. In Southern California, the Santa Ana is (4) associated with an increase in depression and domestic (5) violence.Scientists have tried (6) without success to identify physiological reasons for these (7) reactions. Everyone agrees, however, that (8)dry winds like the Santa Ana, the mistral in France and the foehn* in Germany and Switzerland seem to have (9) negative effects on our mental and physical (10) well-being.On windy days, playground fights, (11) suicides and heart failures are more (12) frequent. In Geneva, traffic accidents (13) increase when a wind called the bise* blows. At the (14) request of patients, some Swiss and German hospitals (15) postpone surgery during the foehn.It is human to ask what is (16) behind the wind. It is easy to personify the wind as the (17) breath of God. The act oftaking wind into our lungs is what (18) gives us life. The Jews, Arabs, Romans and Greeks all took their word for (19) spiritfrom the word for wind.But our day-to-day lives are no longer (20 blown on the winds. We do not identify wind with spirit anymore.Part 2 Listening for GistA cat got on to a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Nairobi yesterday and cost the company about ￡10,000. One of the 66 passengers heard a strange "miaow" when the plane landed in Copenhagen. Mechanics arrived immediately and the airline company phoned for an animal ambulance. The mechanics found the cat after eight hours' work. It had got into the air-conditioning system in Nairobi. The plane was twelve hours late leaving for Tokyo, costing the company ￡10,000. The cat was quite well after its experience and was given a large bowl of milk and a plate of fish.ExerciseDirections: Listen to the passage and find its topic sentence. The topic sentence is "A cat got on to a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Nairobi yesterday and cost the company about￡10.000."Section TwoListening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueWhat a Coincidence!Storyteller: Talking of coincidences, did I tell you about what happened to me and Jeannie last holidayFriend(s): No.Storyteller: We went on holiday in the States and we went to Mexico. Well, we were driving down to Mexico City. We weregoing to spend a few days in Palm Beach ... see the sea, lookup an old friend, you know. As we left there we stopped at a garage for a car check ... oil, the water, the tires, allthat ... petrol. And the mechanics spotted something. They said that our fuel pump was not working properly and it was quite serious ... it would cost a lot of money ... well, we were very worried.Friend(s): Were you insuredStoryteller: Well, no, we weren't and I didn't have that much money on me, you know. It was meant to be a cheap holiday. Well, just then, two men drove up and they said what's the problem And, do you know They were mechanics - it was such good luck. They looked at our car and they said, "There's nothing wrongwith your car. Don't spend money on it. Just forget about it."Well, naturally, we were worried, but ... er, I thought ...I'll trust them, I think they're right. So, we drove on, we crossed the Mexican border and had a marvelous few days sightseeing there round Monterey.Friend(s):Oh, oh, brilliant ... jealous ...Storyteller: And then we went on and on to Mexico City. We drove about forty kilometers and then we saw a car with the same US number plates as the other car we'd seen in Palm Beach. Friend(s): You're joking!Storyteller: It was parked by the road, and the same two men who gave us the advice about our car were stuck with their car. Friend(s): Oh, no!Storyteller: So, we stopped and asked them what was wrong. And do you know Their car had broken down for exactly the same reason: The fuel pump wasn't working! It was quite extraordinary.ExerciseDirections: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)l. T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.T 8.FPart 2 PassageCorporate Culture1.How well the employee "fits" the culture can make the difference between job-search success and failure.2.It guides how employees think, act, and feel.3.The amount of time outside the office you're expected tospend with co-workers is part of the corporate culture.4.The truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you have worked at the company for a number of months.5.It should be a place where you can have a voice, be respected, and have opportunities for growth.Why should jobseekers care about a potential employer's corporate culture Aren't there more important factors to consider, such as the job itself, salary and bonuses, and fringe benefits（附加福利） These factors are indeed important, but increasingly career experts are talking about the importance of employee-employer fit in terms of culture, with the idea that how well the employee "fits" the culture can make the difference between job-search success and failure.What is corporate culture At its most basic, it's described as the personality of an organization, or simply as "how things are done around here". It guides how employees think, act, andfeel. Corporate culture is a broad term（广义的术语） used to define the unique personality or character of a particular company or organization, and includes such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate ethics（企业伦理，公司道德）, and rules of behavior. Corporate culture can be expressed in the company's mission statement（宗旨）and other communications, in the architectural style or interior decoration of offices, by what people wear to work, by how people address each other, and in the titles given to various employees.How does a company's culture affect you In many, many ways.For instance:The hours you work per day, per week, including optionssuch as flextime and telecommuting.The work environment, including how employees interact,the degree of competition, and whether it's a fun orhostile environment - or something in-between.The dress code, including the accepted styles of attire*and things such as casual days.The office space you get, including things such ascubicles*, window offices, and rules regarding display ofpersonal items.The training and skills development you receive, which youneed both on the job and to keep yourself marketable forfuture jobs and employers.Onsite perks（特别的待遇）, such as break rooms, gyms andplay rooms, daycare facilities, and more.The amount of time outside the office you're expected to spend with co-workers.Interaction with other employees, including managers and top management.How do you uncover the corporate culture of a potential employer The truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you have worked at the company for a number of months, but you can get close to it through research and observation. Understanding culture is a two-step process, starting with research before the interview and ending with observation at the interview.If you get a chance to meet with other employees, you canask some questions to try and get a handle on an organization's corporate culture. Such as:What's it really like to work here?What skills and characteristics does the company valueHow do people get promoted around hereThe bottom line is that you are going to spend a lot oftime in the work environment ---and to be happy,successful and productive, you’ll want to be in a placewhere you fit the culture, a place where you can have avoice, be respect and have opportunity for growth.A：Pre-listening QuestionMany articles and books have been written in recent years about culture in organizations, usually referred to as "Corporate Culture". The dictionary defines culture as "the act of developing intellectual and moral faculties, especially through education". Some people define it as "the moral, social, and behavioral norms of an organization based on the beliefs, attitudes, and priorities of its members".Every organization has its own unique culture or value set. Most organizations don't consciously try to create a certain culture. The culture of the organization is typically created unconsciously, based on the values of the top management or the founders of an organization.B：Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. Youwill hear each sentence three timesC：Detailed ListeningDirections: Listen to the passage and complete the following paragraphsAt its most basic, corporate culture is described as the personality of an organization. It guides how employees think, act, and feel. Corporate culture is a broad term used to define the unique personality or character of a particular company or organization, and includes such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate ethics, and rules of behavior.Corporate culture can also be expressed in the company's mission statement and other communications, in the architectural style or interior decoration of offices, by what people wear to work, by how people address each other, and in the titles given to various employees.A company's culture affects you in many ways, such as the working hours, the work environment, the dress code, the office space you get, the training and skills development you receive, onsite perks, the amount of time outside the office you're expected to spend with co-workers and interaction with other employees, including managers and top management.D：After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1. The truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you have worked at the company for a number of months, but you can get close to it through research and observation. Understanding culture is a two-step process, starting with research before the interview and ending with observation at the interview.If you get a chance to meet with other employees, you can ask some questions to try and get a handle on an organization's corporate culture. Such as: What's it really like to work here What skills and characteristics does the company value How do people get promoted around here2.(Open)Section ThreeNewsNews Item 1News Item 1英巴首脑就巴冲突问题举行会谈On his way home from his first official visit to the United States, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari stopped in London for two days of discussions. 在首次正式访问美国之后的返回途中，巴基斯坦总统扎尔达里在英国停留两天，讨论问题。
施心远主编《听力教程》4_(第2版)Unit_1答案
A Listening Course 4施心远主编《听力教程》4 答案Unit 1Part 1: Listening and Translation1. A college education can be very costly in the United States.在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。
2. Rising costs have led more and more families to borrow money to help pay for college.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。
3. There are different federal loans and private loans for students.有各种个样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。
4. Interest rates on some of these loans will go up on July 1st.在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。
5. There are growing concerns that many students graduate with too much debt.人们越来越担心，很多学生将背着沉重的债务从大学毕业。
Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dialogue Social Grouping1.A2. C3. D4. C5. B6. C7. B8. APart 2 Passage Community CollegesEx. B: Sentence Dictation1. Great challenges faced the United States in the early 20th century, including global economic competition.2. During the same period, the country’s rapidly growing public high schools were seeking new ways to serve their communities.3. It offered a program of solid academics as well as a variety of students activities.4. A distinctive feature of the institutions was their accessibility to women, attributable to the leading role the colleges played in preparing grammar school teachers.5. The breadth of programming and the var iety of students’ goals make it difficult to accurately quantify community college performance.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1. The leaders of the US realized that a skilled workforce was needed in the country’s key economic sectors.F. National and local leaders realized that a more skilled workforce was key to the country’s continued economic strength.)2. Three-quarters of high school graduates could not further their education because there were not enough higher education facilities available in the early 20th century.F. (Yet three-quarters of high school graduates were choosing not to further their education, in part because they were reluctant to leave home for a distant colleg.)3. It was common for public high schools to add a teacher institute, manual learning division or citizenship school to the diploma program in the early 20th century.T. (During the same period,…public high schools were seeking new ways to serve their communities. It was common for them to add a teacher institute, manual learning division or citizenship school to the dimploma program.)4. During the same time, small private colleges had formed an effective model of higher education based on the principles of small classes and close student-faculty relations.T. (Meanwhile, small, private colleges had fashioned an effective model of higher education grounded on the principles of small classes, close student-faculty relations...)5. The typical early community college rarely enrolled over 115 students.F. (The typical early community college was small, rarely enrolling more than 150 students.)6. Community colleges were good places for women to get education needed to be primary school teachers.T. (in such states as Missouri, which did not yet require K-8 teachersto have a bachelor's degree, it was common for more than 60 percent of community college students to be women, virtually all of them preparing to be teachers.)7. Community colleges, which appeared a century ago, make it possible for anyone who wants to learn to get publicly funded higher education close to their homes.T. (More than 100 years ago, this unique, American invention put publicly funded higher education at close-to-home facilities and initiated a practice of welcoming all who desire to learn, regardless of wealth, heritage or previous academic experience.)8. The success of community colleges can be defined as granting students associate degrees or certificates they need to find a job.F. (But success at community colleges must be broadly defined to include not just those who attain associate degrees and those who earn certificates, but also the millions who take noncredit and workforce training classes.)Ex. D: After-listening Discussion1. How do community colleges benefit their students according to research?education pays.Students with associate degrees and certificates /more likely / higher-status management /professional positions with higher earnings investment / pay lifelong dividendsstudents who earn associate degrees average lifetime earnings of $250,000 ≥people without degrees.2. What do you think about higher education in China?Open.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about China's latest plans for its ambitious space program.Ex. B: Complete the following outline.China's second manned space mission1. Landing spot:In the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia.2. Significance:A source of national pride and international prestige.Future plan1. The next manned mission.1) Time: 20072) Goal: The astronauts will attempt a space walk.2. Focus of further development:The capability to rendezvous and dock with other spacecraft.3. Recruitment of astronauts:To recruit female astronauts in the near future.News Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis news item is about the growth of China’s economy.Ex. B: Fill in the blanks with the missing information.There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property sector is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for thefirst time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport.News Script•China's economy has recovered earlier and more strongly than any other. This latest data is further evidence of that trend. The rise in industrial output confirms what factory owners have been saying for some time now, that customers have been restocking their inventories and confidence is returning.•There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property sector is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.•Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for the first time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport .News Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about China's large and growing trade with and aid to Africa.Ex. B: Listen again answer the following questions.1. How has the main football stadium been built in many African capitals?In many capitals, the main football stadium is likely to have been built with Chinese aid money.2. How much does Sino-African trade--and aid--amount to?It is estimated that Sino-African trade--and aid--amounts to as high as 12 billion dollars a year.3. How is the relationship between China and Africa compared with that between Europe and Africa?The links between China and Africa could grow to challenge the post-colonial links between Europe and Africa.4. What did China promise on the meeting in Addis Ababa?China promised to cancel debts, grant duty-free access into Chinafor African products and increase Chinese investments in Africa.Section FourPart 1 Feature ReportA.1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. TB.1. It has been established for 11 years.2. It takes place every April.3. Because they glorify violence and foster unhealthy eating habits.4. They should have a wide variety of experiences, such as interactingwith other people, playing games, sports, music and reading.5. The Network is lobbying for better regulation of the use oftelevision in public spaces.Part 2 PassageScript:Paying the Price for Tuition IncreasesSomething has gone wrong at Wright State University.Just ask David A. Green, a native of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, who graduated from Wright State in June.The son and grandson of factory workers, he was exactly the type of student that Wright State had been established to serve -- and the type that it is having more and more trouble serving.Mr. Green says he could not have stayed in his hometown and found work because too many of the local factories have closed and "there are no jobs."He saw earning a degree in management-information systems as the key to making a decent living, and he had come to Wright State because it was more affordable than the other colleges that he considered.The problem for many Wright State students is that "affordable" is becoming a relative term in public higher education. As is generally the case in periods of economic stagnation, even the least-expensive public colleges have been hitting their students with one hefty tuition increase after another.Wright State still charges less than 9 of Ohio's 13 public universities, and its recent tuition increases are in line with those adopted by other public four-year colleges around the nation. But after several consecutive years of double-digit or near-double-digit tuition increases, it costs nearly 50 percent more for in-state undergraduates to enroll here than it did four years ago. Most will pay over $6,000 in tuition for the 2004-5 academic year, which gets under way this week.The easiest choices for policy makers in an economic downturn are often the ones that cause tuition to rise. Lawmakers would much rather reduce state spending than raise taxes to close budget gaps caused by a sour economy. And because public colleges have an alternative source of revenue -- tuition -- it is easier for lawmakers to cut spending on higher education than on most other public services. Meanwhile, many public colleges seem convinced that it is much better to raise tuition than to eliminate academic programs, trim salaries, or lay off employees.It takes visiting a fairly typical public college like Wright State to see that relying on such tuition increases to finance such institutions has real costs, extending well beyond the dollar figures that show up on students' tuition bills. In an interview here last spring, Mr. Green said he expected to graduate with $25,000 in college-related debt. He was working 30 hours a week on campus just to make ends meet, and his efforts to finance his college education were getting in the way of his efforts to learn. "I …Exercise B:1.David Green saw earning a degree in management-informationsystems as the key to making a decent living.2.The problem for many Wright State students is that "affordable" isbecoming a relative term in public higher education.3.After several consecutive years of double-digit or near-double-digittuition increases, it costs nearly 50 percent more for in-stateundergraduates to enroll here than it did four years ago.4.Most of the other students here seemed quietly resigned to coveringthe rising costs any way they could, often at the expense of theirstudies.5.Tuition increases jeopardize the "heart-and -soul mission" of WrightState, which is to provide people from modest backgrounds “a ticket up and out”.Exercise C:1.A2. D3. C4. D5. C6. A7. B8. DExercise D:1.The only thing that separated him from many other students was hiseagerness, as a member of the college’s student government, tospeak out against tuition increases and cuts in higher-educationspending. Most of the other students seemed quietly resigned to covering the rising costs any way they could, which generally meantworking long hours at low-paying jobs, often at the expense of their studies.2.Open.。
【精品】施心远主编《听力教程》3_(第2版)Unit_11文本和答案
施心远主编《听力教程》3_(第2版)U n i t_11文本和答案Unit 11Section One Tactics for listeningPart1 Spot DictationGive your child the happiness traitHappiness is both a "state" and a "trait". The state of happiness is a (1) mood that comes and goes. I can (2) induce it in my two-year-old daughter simply by making a (3) silly face.The trait of happiness is more (4) stable. I see it in my daughter when she gets out of bed with a smile, eager to (5) take on the day. Even when life isn't so pleasant, she can sustain her (6) optimism and hopefulness.A recipe for a happy disposition through life is harder to (7) come by, but researchers have identified key (8) ingredients. By focusing on these, parents are more likely to raise children with the (9) trait of happiness built into their (10) character.1)Give your child choices.2)Resist the urge to (11) spoil. Common sense suggests that people with (12) adequate incomes are happier than those (13) without. The key word is "adequate". What is important is having enough to (14) provide for basic needs and feeling content with what you have.3) (15) Encourage broad interests.4)Teach resilience*. Everyone has ways to (16) cope with bad days. A child should be taught to find solace in things that will (17) restore his sense of well-being.5) (18) Promote a happy home. One of the best ways to help a child find (19) enduring happiness is for the parents to (20) look for it in their own lives.Part 2 Listening for GistOld and young, single and married, rich and poor - anyone can be lonely, irrespective of the number of friends, family and social contacts they actually have. Women, the elderly, the young, the single parent, the widowed and the unemployed are most at risk.Young mothers at home with children under five are particularly vulnerable to loneliness and depression because of the transition from working wife to housebound mother. Elderly people, particularly those who move toa new area on retirement, may be isolated from theirfamilies and friends. Illness, disability and fear of going out alone also combine to turn many pensioners into prisoners in their own homes. Teenagers' natural shyness and self-consciousness may make them awkward in the company of their peers and the opposite sex. Single parents feel cut off from a couple-orientated society. Divorce can be shattering to the self-esteem. With so many social contacts being made through work, unemployment can also lead to loneliness.ExerciseDirections: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide.1)This passage is about various reasons for loneliness and depression.2)The key words are young mothers. transition. working wife. housebound mother: elderly people. isolated. illness. disability. fear of going out alone: teenagers. natural shyness. self-consciousness: single parents. cut off. a couple-orientated society. divorce. self-esteem: social contacts. work. unemployment.Section two Listening for ComprehensionDeputy EditorRay Jones: You know, a lot of people who read newspapers have no idea how they're put together. I'm often asked to talk to groups of people about my work, and it's incredible how many ofthem think either that reporters write the headlines and take their own pictures or, conversely, that the Editor writes and prints everything in the paper. They fail to realizethat producing a newspaper is really very much a team effort.Mary Keen: Ray, you're Deputy Editor of the Evening Post. What exactly does that entail?Ray Jones: Well, the work of a Deputy Editor varies from paper to paper depending on the Editor. No two Editors work the same way. Some delegate all the administration to a deputy. Others take on all the admin themselves and concentrate on the management side of running the newspaper rather than on the editorial side. Our Editor here is the sort who likes getting involved in the editorial side of the paper, so he'll often come, sit down with the reporters and work on a story with them. But then once or twice a week he'll leave that and get on with the admin ...Mary Keen: So what are your responsibilities as Deputy?Ray Jones: I supervise the reporters, sports writers and sub-editors and try to see that everyone knows what everyone else is doing so that it all runs smoothly. And, of course,I also stand in* for the Editor when he's at meetings, conferences, or whatever.Mary Keen: And what is Ray Jones' typical working day?Ray Jones: Well, it starts at about 7: 15, and the first thing I have to do is to find out what's going on in the newsroom, what are the best stories of the day, who's going tocover them, and so on. Quite often it's not immediately obvious what's going to be the front page lead*, and that's a major headache at the start of the day. Once that's been sorted out and I've checked that there's nothing distasteful or unethical going intothe paper, then I come back to my office to get on with my Deputy Editor tasks.Mary Keen: Which are?Ray Jones: Taking care of readers' letters, for instance, and editing our Mailbag column. That can be great fun - we have a spiendidly eccentric bunch of regular readers, and, given the right subject, they often produce an extremely entertaining and well-written set of letters. Of course, dealing with the correspondence has its tedious side as well - Ihave to read every letter we get, and some of them, as you can imagine, are a bit of a pam.Mary Keen: What else do you have to do?Ray Jones: I also write the Leader column each day. That means I have to compose 300 words on some matter of public concern expressing the newspaper's opinion. And sometimes this, too, can be a real problem. More than once I've found myself half an hour before thedeadline with no idea what my opfnion was going to be on what subject.Mary Keen: How did you get into journalism, Ray?Ray Jones: As an errand boy, actually, at the age of 15. I left school with no qualifications and was lucky enough to get a job with the Liverpool Echo, making tea, polishing floors and so on. After a year I became a junior reporter. I did the usual sort of training by attending day-release classes, gained some more experience as a reporter and then went from the Echo to the Birmingham Mail where I became a sub-editor, and then a chiefreporter. I've been on a couple of other papers since the mail - I was News Editor on my last paper - and I moved to the Evening Post three years ago.ExerciseDirections: Listen to the dialogue and complete the following grids.A. Ray Jones' Job DescriptionB. Ray Jones' Career ExperiencePart2 PassageBuilding Friendships with Your Young Children1.Footings are cement piers upon which the entire building rests. They are crucial to thestrength of the finished structure.2.In a similar way in these brief early years, parents of young children have the challengingjob of laying the foundation that will support family friendships in later years.3.Physical affection and verbal affirmation are necessary in laying a strong foundation forfriendship. Kids need the warmth of physical contact and so do you.4.A young child will try to manipulate and be in charge. While the child may not beconsciously trying to control, this is what he is doing.5.These early years are similar to taking out a savings bond. We put much into our children'slives, but we don't see much return on our initial investment for several years.Several years ago, we began construction on a new church building. In the beginning, the workmen dug a big pit in the ground and then they began to pour footings. Footings are cement piers upon which the entire building rests. They are crucial to the strength of the finished structure. After the foundation hole is dug, the footings must be poured quickly, before the composition of the soil is changed by the wind, air, or water.In a similar way in these brief early years, parents of young children have the challenging job of laying the foundation that will support family friendships in later years.Here are eight "foundation builders" to help parents as they seek to cultivate strong friendships with their young children.Physical affection and verbal affirmation are necessary in laying a strong foundation for friendship. Hug, hug, hug. Even if you were not raised in a hugging family, hug your kids anyway. They need the warmth of physical contact and so do you.Say "I love you" and say it often. When we talk with our children, it's meaningful if we look them in the eyes. So squat down to their level when you truly want to communicate with them, and let them know that what you are saying to one another is important.A young child will try to manipulate and be in charge. He will attempt to get his own way. While the child may not be consciously trying to control, this is what he is doing. A wise parent must not permit this to happen. When a child respects his parents, he will also respect others.Tradition and discipline are related, for tradition begins with a regularly scheduled event and the repetition, time after time, of that event. Discipline, too, is the repetition of many small acts until they become ingrained as part of the way in which a child relates to the world. Small children need a schedule—a routine. Schedules build confidence in children because they know what to expect and when to expect it.Parents of young children sometimes feel much like those workers. We work and work anddon't see much progress. Or make progress in one area and then have a setback in another. It's easy to lose our perspective and become discouraged. We have to remember that we are laying the foundation for a child's future life and friendships, and it can be a tedious process. Our children are tender shoots full of the promise of great things. As we gently train and steer them, we need a long-range perspective.In a way, these early years are similar to taking out a savings bond. We put much into our children's lives, but we don't see much return on our initial investment for several years. In the same way we expect our monetary investments to pay off in the future, we have to remember we are building for our children's futures.Exercise C:1.B2. A3. D4. C5. B6. A7. A8.DExercise D After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1)It is a metaphor. Laying a solid foundation is crucial to building a church. The author compares the process of building friendships with children to that of constructing a newchurch building. If the foundation is strong since inception then when storms hurricanes and earthquakes hit it will surely hold and the building will be safe and sound.2)(Open)Section Three NewsNews Item 1The donors’ conference on Somalia is fraught with concerns that do not directly deal with the problem at hand - bolstering security in the Horn of Africa country. Donors are worried about the rampant piracy off Somalia’s shores. Potential donors are also financially strapped from fighting the global economic crisis.Still, the United Nations which is co-sponsoring the conference with the European Union hopes to raise about 166 million to beef up Somalian security and to help understaffed African Union peacekeepers in the conflict-torn country.The United Nations also wants representatives from some 30 nations expected at the conference to come up with a 100-day plan to rebuild stability in Somalia.Among those expected at the conference are Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed along with the heads of the African Commission and Arab League and representatives of nearly three dozen nations.Exercise A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the donors’ conference on Somalia.Exercise B: Directions: Listen to the news again and answer the following questions.1. What are donors worried about?They are worried about the rampa nt piracy off Somalia’s shores.2. How much does the UN hope to raise to beef up Somalian security?The UN hopes to raise about $166 million to beef up Somalian security.3. What is the problem that potential donors are faced with?They are financially strapped from fighting the global economic crisis.4. What does the UN expect representatives at the conference to do?The UN expects representatives at the conference to come up with a 100-day plan to rebuild stability in Somalis.5. Who are expected at the conference?They are Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, along with the heads of the African Commission and Arab League and representatives of nearly three dozen nations.News Item2Sales of existing homes rose sharply in July surpassing expectations and fueling optimism that the U.S. economy is on the right track.The higher demand is just part of the larger picture. Although the increase was thelargest in ten years average homeowners have lost about 15 percent of the value of their homes.Critics of the government's plan, aimed at helping struggling homeowners modify loans to make them more affordable, say fewer than ten percent of eligible loans have been changed. That means many homeowners will continue paying high interest rates on loans worth more than their homes.Last month, more than 360,000 homeowners were foreclosed, an increase of more than 30 percent since last year. Part of the problem is that banks are still reluctant to lend. And with unemployment expected to peak next year, the worry is that foreclosures will continue to rise, making prospects for an economic recovery more elusive.Exercise A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the improvement of the U.S. housing market.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.1. F2. F3. F4. T5.T6.FNews Item 3Trinity University economics professor Jorge Gonzalez says these immigrant remittances* exceed the international development assistance available to Latin American countries.And ironically, Mr Gonzalez says, in some ways, this haphazard form of financial aid may be even more effective than government-to-government assistance.Penn State anthropology professor Jeffrey Cohen, who works with several rural communities in Mexico, agrees the effects of the immigrant remittances are generally beneficial.However, he says, they can change the nature of a local economy. In previously cashless communities, which had only traded goods, he says, the sudden arrival of dollars can disadvantage residents who do not have relatives working in the United States.Fortunately, he says, many Latin American immigrant workers in the United States are not only sending money to their families, but are also uniting to fund community-wide projects.In fact, Economist Jorge Gonzalez says, immigrant remittances to Latin America are giving governments there a free welfare system.大学经济学教授三位一体乔治冈萨雷斯说这些移民汇款*超过国际发展援助提供给拉丁美洲的国家。
施心远主编《听力教程》3_(第2版)Unit_11文本和答案
Unit 11Section One Tactics for listeningPart1 Spot DictationGive your child the happiness traitHappiness is both a "state" and a "trait". The state of happiness is a (1) mood that comes and goes. I can (2) induce it in my two-year-old daughter simply by making a (3) silly face.The trait of happiness is more (4) stable. I see it in my daughter when she gets out of bed with a smile, eager to (5) take on the day. Even when life isn't so pleasant, she can sustain her (6) optimism and hopefulness.A recipe for a happy disposition through life is harder to (7) come by, but researchers have identified key (8) ingredients. By focusing on these, parents are more likely to raise children with the (9) trait of happiness built into their (10) character.1)Give your child choices.2)Resist the urge to (11) spoil. Common sense suggests that people with (12) adequate incomes are happier than those (13) without. The key word is "adequate". What is important is having enough to (14)provide for basic needs and feeling content with what you have.3) (15) Encourage broad interests.4)Teach resilience*. Everyone has ways to (16) cope with bad days. Achild should be taught to find solace in things that will (17) restore his sense of well-being.5) (18) Promote a happy home. One of the best ways to help a child find (19) enduring happiness is for the parents to (20) look for it in their own lives.Part 2 Listening for GistOld and young, single and married, rich and poor - anyone can be lonely, irrespective of the number of friends, family and social contacts they actually have. Women, the elderly, the young, the single parent, the widowed and the unemployed are most at risk.Young mothers at home with children under five are particularly vulnerable to loneliness and depression because of the transition from working wife to housebound mother. Elderly people, particularly those who move toa new area on retirement, may be isolated from their families and friends. Illness, disability and fear of going out alone also combine to turn many pensioners into prisoners in their own homes. Teenagers' natural shyness and self-consciousness may make them awkward in the company of their peers and the opposite sex. Single parents feel cut off from a couple-orientated society. Divorce can be shattering to the self-esteem. With so many social contacts being made through work, unemployment can also lead to loneliness.ExerciseDirections: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide.1)This passage is about various reasons for loneliness and depression.2)The key words are young mothers. transition. working wife. housebound mother: elderly people. isolated. illness. disability. fear of going out alone: teenagers. natural shyness. self-consciousness: single parents. cut off. a couple-orientated society. divorce. self-esteem: social contacts. work. unemployment.Section two Listening for ComprehensionDeputy EditorRay Jones: You know, a lot of people who read newspapers have no idea how they're put together. I'm often asked to talk to groups of people about my work, and it's incredible how many of them think either that reporters write the headlines and take their own pictures or, conversely, that the Editor writes and prints everything in the paper. They fail to realize that producing a newspaper is really very much a team effort.Mary Keen: Ray, you're Deputy Editor of the Evening Post. What exactly does that entail?Ray Jones: Well, the work of a Deputy Editor varies from paper to paper depending on the Editor. No two Editors work the same way. Somedelegate all the administration to a deputy. Others take on all the admin themselves and concentrate on the management side of running the newspaper rather than on the editorial side. Our Editor here is the sort who likes getting involved in the editorial side of the paper, so he'll often come, sit down with the reporters and work on a story with them. But then once or twice a week he'll leave that and get on with the admin ... Mary Keen: So what are your responsibilities as Deputy?Ray Jones: I supervise the reporters, sports writers and sub-editors and try to see that everyone knows what everyone else is doing so thatit all runs smoothly. And, of course, I also stand in* for theEditor when he's at meetings, conferences, or whatever.Mary Keen: And what is Ray Jones' typical working day?Ray Jones: Well, it starts at about 7: 15, and the first thing I have to do is to find out what's going on in the newsroom, what are the beststories of the day, who's going to cover them, and so on. Quiteoften it's not immediately obvious what's going to be the frontpage lead*, and that's a major headache at the start of the day.Once that's been sorted out and I've checked that there'snothing distasteful or unethical going into the paper, then Icome back to my office to get on with my Deputy Editor tasks. Mary Keen: Which are?Ray Jones: Taking care of readers' letters, for instance, and editing ourMailbag column. That can be great fun - we have a spiendidlyeccentric bunch of regular readers, and, given the right subject,they often produce an extremely entertaining and well-writtenset of letters. Of course, dealing with the correspondence hasits tedious side as well - I have to read every letter we get, andsome of them, as you can imagine, are a bit of a pam.Mary Keen: What else do you have to do?Ray Jones: I also write the Leader column each day. That means I have to compose 300 words on some matter of public concernexpressing the newspaper's opinion. And sometimes this, too,can be a real problem. More than once I've found myself halfan hour before the deadline with no idea what my opfnion wasgoing to be on what subject.Mary Keen: How did you get into journalism, Ray?Ray Jones: As an errand boy, actually, at the age of 15. I left school with no qualifications and was lucky enough to get a job with theLiverpool Echo, making tea, polishing floors and so on. After ayear I became a junior reporter. I did the usual sort of trainingby attending day-release classes, gained some more experienceas a reporter and then went from the Echo to the BirminghamMail where I became a sub-editor, and then a chief reporter.I've been on a couple of other papers since the mail - I wasNews Editor on my last paper - and I moved to the EveningPost three years ago.ExerciseDirections: Listen to the dialogue and complete the following grids. A. Ray Jones' Job DescriptionB. Ray Jones' Career ExperiencePart2 PassageBuilding Friendships with Your Young Children1.Footings are cement piers upon which the entire building rests.They are crucial to the strength of the finished structure.2.In a similar way in these brief early years, parents of youngchildren have the challenging job of laying the foundation that will support family friendships in later years.3.Physical affection and verbal affirmation are necessary in laying astrong foundation for friendship. Kids need the warmth of physical contact and so do you.4.A young child will try to manipulate and be in charge. While thechild may not be consciously trying to control, this is what he is doing.5.These early years are similar to taking out a savings bond. We putmuch into our children's lives, but we don't see much return on our initial investment for several years.Several years ago, we began construction on a new church building. In the beginning, the workmen dug a big pit in the ground and then they began to pour footings. Footings are cement piers upon which the entire building rests. They are crucial to the strength of the finished structure. After the foundation hole is dug, the footings must be poured quickly, before the composition of the soil is changed by the wind, air, or water.In a similar way in these brief early years, parents of young children have the challenging job of laying the foundation that will support family friendships in later years.Here are eight "foundation builders" to help parents as they seek to cultivate strong friendships with their young children.Physical affection and verbal affirmation are necessary in laying a strong foundation for friendship. Hug, hug, hug. Even if you were not raised in a hugging family, hug your kids anyway. They need the warmthof physical contact and so do you.Say "I love you" and say it often. When we talk with our children,it's meaningful if we look them in the eyes. So squat down to their level when you truly want to communicate with them, and let them know that what you are saying to one another is important.A young child will try to manipulate and be in charge. He will attempt to get his own way. While the child may not be consciously trying to control, this is what he is doing. A wise parent must not permit this to happen. When a child respects his parents, he will also respect others.Tradition and discipline are related, for tradition begins with a regularly scheduled event and the repetition, time after time, of that event. Discipline, too, is the repetition of many small acts until they become ingrained as part of the way in which a child relates to the world. Small children need a schedule—a routine. Schedules build confidence in children because they know what to expect and when to expect it.Parents of young children sometimes feel much like those workers. We work and work and don't see much progress. Or make progress in one area and then have a setback in another. It's easy to lose our perspective and become discouraged. We have to remember that we are laying the foundation for a child's future life and friendships, and it can be a tedious process. Our children are tender shoots full of the promise of great things.As we gently train and steer them, we need a long-range perspective.In a way, these early years are similar to taking out a savings bond. We put much into our children's lives, but we don't see much return on our initial investment for several years. In the same way we expect our monetary investments to pay off in the future, we have to remember we are building for our children's futures.Exercise C:Exercise D After-listening DiscussionDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1)It is a metaphor. Laying a solid foundation is crucial to building a church. The author compares the process of building friendships with children to that of constructing a new church building. If the foundation is strong since inception then when storms hurricanes and earthquakes hit it will surely hold and the building will be safe and sound.2)(Open)Section Three NewsNews Item 1The donors’ conference on Somalia is fraught with concerns that do not directly deal with the problem at hand - bolstering security in the Horn of Africa country. Donors are worried about the rampant piracy offSomalia’s shores. Potential donors are also financially strapped from fighting the global economic crisis.Still, the United Nations which is co-sponsoring the conference with the European Union hopes to raise about 166 million to beef up Somalian security and to help understaffed African Union peacekeepers in the conflict-torn country.The United Nations also wants representatives from some 30 nations expected at the conference to come up with a 100-day plan to rebuild stability in Somalia.Among those expected at the conference are Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed along with the heads of the African Commission and Arab League and representatives of nearly three dozen nations.Exercise A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the donors’ conference on Somalia.Exercise B: Directions: Listen to the news again and answer the following questions.1. What are donors worried about?They are worried about the rampant piracy off Somalia’s shores.2. How much does the UN hope to raise to beef up Somalian security? The UN hopes to raise about $166 million to beef up Somalian security.3. What is the problem that potential donors are faced with?They are financially strapped from fighting the global economic crisis.4. What does the UN expect representatives at the conference to do?The UN expects representatives at the conference to come up with a 100-day plan to rebuild stability in Somalis.5. Who are expected at the conference?They are Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, along with the heads of the African Commission and Arab League and representatives of nearly three dozen nations.News Item2Sales of existing homes rose sharply in July surpassing expectations and fueling optimism that the U.S. economy is on the right track.The higher demand is just part of the larger picture. Although the increase was the largest in ten years average homeowners have lost about 15 percent of the value of their homes.Critics of the government's plan, aimed at helping struggling homeowners modify loans to make them more affordable, say fewer than ten percent of eligible loans have been changed. That means many homeowners will continue paying high interest rates on loans worth more than their homes.Last month, more than 360,000 homeowners were foreclosed, an increase of more than 30 percent since last year. Part of the problem is that banks are still reluctant to lend. And with unemployment expected to peak next year, the worry is that foreclosures will continue to rise, making prospects for an economic recovery more elusive.Exercise A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the improvement of the U.S. housing market.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.1. F2. F3. F4. T5.T6.FNews Item 3Trinity University economics professor Jorge Gonzalez says these immigrant remittances* exceed the international development assistance available to Latin American countries.And ironically, Mr Gonzalez says, in some ways, this haphazard form of financial aid may be even more effective thangovernment-to-government assistance.Penn State anthropology professor Jeffrey Cohen, who works with several rural communities in Mexico, agrees the effects of the immigrant remittances are generally beneficial.However, he says, they can change the nature of a local economy. In previously cashless communities, which had only traded goods, he says, the sudden arrival of dollars can disadvantage residents who do not have relatives working in the United States.Fortunately, he says, many Latin American immigrant workers in the United States are not only sending money to their families, but are also uniting to fund community-wide projects.In fact, Economist Jorge Gonzalez says, immigrant remittances to Latin America are giving governments there a free welfare system.大学经济学教授三位一体乔治冈萨雷斯说这些移民汇款*超过国际发展援助提供给拉丁美洲的国家。
施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版)Unit 4答案
A Listening Course 4施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版)答案Unit 4Section One: Tactics for ListeningPart 1: Listening and Translation1.Clara Barton made a big difference in many lives.克拉拉·巴顿极大地改变了许多人的生活。
2.She went to the fields of battle to nurse the wounded.她前往战场护理伤员。
3.She wrote letters in support of an American Red Cross organization.她写信支持建立美国红十字会组织。
4.The United States Congress signed the World's Treaty of the International Red Cross.美国国会签署了国际红十字公约。
5.Today her work continues to be important to thousands of people in trouble.今天，她的工作对于成千上万遭遇困难的人来说仍然很重要。
Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dialogue How to Be a Good InterviewerExercise: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.1. A2. D3. C4. D5. A6.B7. D8. A9. D 10. A 11. CScript of the dialogue:prerequisitesomething that is required in advance先决条件,前提tombstonea stone that is used to mark a grave墓碑aidesomeone who acts as assistant 助手aforesaidbeing the one previously mentioned or spoken of;上述的,前述的spin有倾向性地陈述；（尤指）以有利于自己的口吻描述Interviewer: With all your experience of interviewing, Michael, how can you tell if somebody is going to make a good interviewer?Parkinson: Oh, I say, what a question! I’ve never been asked that before. Urn, I think that the prerequisite obviously is curiosity. I think that’s the, er, a natural one, not an assumed one. I think the people who have, um, done my job—and the graveyard of the BBC is littered with them, their tombstones are there, you know—who failed to have been because basically they’ve not been journalists. Um, my training was in journalism. I’ve been 26 years a journalist and er, to be a journalistargues that you like meeting people to start with, and also you want to find out about them. So that’s the prerequisite. After that, I think there’s something else that comes into it, into play, and I think, again, most successful journalists have it—it’s a curious kind of affinity with people, it’s an ability to get on with people, it’s a kind of body wa rmth, if you like. If you knew the secret of it and could bottle it and sell it, you’d make a fortune.Interviewer: When you’ve done an interview yourself, how do you feel whether it’s been a good interview or not a good interview?Parkinson: I can never really tell, er, on air. I have to watch it back, because television depends so much on your director getting the right shot, the right reaction. You can’t; it’s amazing. Sometimes I think “Oh, that’s a boring interview” and just because of the way my direc tor shot it, and shot reaction, he’s composed a picture that’s made it far more interesting than it actually was.Interviewer: How do you bring out the best in people, because you always seem to manage to, not only relax them, but somehow get right into the depths of them.Parkinson: By research, by knowing, when you go into a television studio, more about the guest in front you than they’ve forgotten about themselves. And, I mean that’s pure research. I mean, you probably use…in a 20-minute interview, I probably use a 20th of the researchmaterial that I’ve absorbed, but that’s what you’re gonna have to do. I mean I once interviewed Robert Mitchum for 75 minutes and the longest reply I got from him was “yes”. And that…that’s the only time I’ve used every ou nce of research and every question that I’d ever thought of, and a few that I hadn’t thought of as well. But that really is the answer—it’s research. When people say it to you, you know, “Oh you go out and wing it, I mean that’s nonsense. If anybody ever t ries to tell you that as an interviewer just starting, that you wing it, there’s no such thing. It’s all preparation; it’s knowing exactly what you’re going to do at any given point and knowing what you want from the person.Interviewer: And does that include sticking to written questions or do you deviate?Parkinson: No, I mean what you do is you have an aide memoir. I have, my…my list of questions aren’t questions as such, they’re areas that I block out, and indeed, I can’t remember, I can’t recall, apart from the aforesaid Mr. Mitchum experience, when I’ve ever stuck to that at all. Because, quite often you’ll find that they spin off into areas that you’ve not really thought about and perhaps it’s worth pursuing sometimes. The job is very much like, actua lly, traffic cop; you’re like you’re on point duty and you’re…you know, you’re directing the flow of traffic when you’re directing the flow of conversation. That’s basically what you’re doing, when you’re doing a talk-show, in my view.Interviewer: Have you got a last word of encouragement for any young people setting out on what they’d like to be a career as an interviewer?Parkinson: I, I, envy them, I mean, I really do. I mean I’d go back and do it all again. I think it’s the most perfect job for any you ng person who’s got talent and ambition and energy. And the nice thing about it is that the proportion of talent is only five percent; the other 95 percent is energy and no examinations to pass. I’d love to do it over again.Part 2 Passage Emily DavisonEx. A. Pre-listening QuestionWhat do you know about the Women’s Rights Movement?It was launched in 1848 at the world’s first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York.Ex. B: Sentence Dictation1. So dearly did she love women that she offered her life as their ransom.2. Emily found work as a school teacher and eventually she raised enough money to return to university education.3. In 1909, Emily gave up full-time teaching so that she could devote more of her time to the WSPU.4. The scale of her militant acts increased and in December 1911 she was arrested for setting fire to pillar boxes.5. Once she had recovered her health, Emily began making plans tocommit an act that would give the movement maximum publicity.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1872; literature; leave; find the £20-a-term-fees; 1906; one of the chief stewards; hand a petition; March 1909; two months; stone throwing; setting fire to pillar boxes1913; ran out; grab the bridle; fractured her skull; died; consciousnessEx. D: After-listening Discussion1. Why did Emily jump down an iron staircase and run out on the course at the derby?Because Emily was convinced that women would not win the vote until the suffragette movement had a martyr. She therefore committed those acts in order to give the movement more publicity.2. What do you think about Emily Davison?Open.Script of Passage:So greatly did she care for freedom that she died for it. So dearly did she love women that she offered her life as their ransom. That is the verdict given at the Great Inquest of the Nation on the death of Emily Wilding Davison.Emily Davison was born at Blackheath in 1872. Successful at school she won a place at Holloway College to study literature. But two years later she was forced to leave after her recently widowed mother was unable to find the 20-a-term fees. Emily found work as a schoolteacher in Worthing. Eventually she raised enough money to return to university education. After graduating from London University she obtained a post teaching the children of a family in Berkshire.Emily joined the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1906 and in June 1908 she was one of the chief stewards at a WSPU demonstration in London. The following year Emily gave up full-time teaching so that she could devote more of her time to the WSPU.In March1909, Emily was arrested while attempting to hand a petition to the Prime Minister. Emily was found guilty of causing a disturbance and sentenced to one-month imprisonment. In September 1909 she received a sentence of two months for stone throwing. She was released after going on hunger strike. A few days after leaving prison, Emily Davison, Mary Leigh and Constance Lytton were caught throwing stones at a car taking David Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to a meeting in Newcastle. The women were sentenced to one month’s hard labor. The women went on hunger strike but this time the prison authorities decided to force-feed the women. In an attempt to avoid force-feeding, Emily used prison furniture to barricade the door of her prison cell. Aprison officer climbed a ladder and after forcing the nozzle of a hosepipe through a window, filled up the cell with water. Emily was willing to die, but before the cell had been completely filled with water the door was broken down.The scale of her militant acts increased and in December 1911 she was arrested for setting fire to pillar boxes. She was sentenced to six months and during her spell in prison she went on two hunger strikes. Emily Davison was now convinced that women would not win the vote until the suffragette movement had a martyr. Emily took the decision to draw attention to the suffragette campaign by jumping down an iron staircase. Emily landed on wire netting, 30 feet below. This prevented her death but she suffered severe spinal injuries.Once she had recovered her health, Emily Davison began making plans to commit an act that would give the moment maximum publicity. In June 1913, at the most important race of the year—the Derby, Emily ran out on the course and attempted to grab the bridle of Anmer, a horse owned by King George V. The horse hit Emily and the impact fractured her skull and she died without regaining consciousness.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about a bomb attack in Russia.Ex. B: Listen again and fill in the blanks.Incident: In the Ingush capital of Nazran, a bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the gates of local police headquarters when the policemen were standing to attention in the courtyard to receive their orders for the dayImpact: The blast set the building alight destroying much of it and many of the vehicles parked there. It also damages the Kremlin's claims that the Republic's new president is bringing the region under control.The Ingush president’s claim: He said that the West was behind the blast. He said that western powers would never allow Russia to reclaim its status as a world power.Tape script of News Item One:This morning in the Ingush capital of Nazran, local police were standing to attention in the courtyard of their headquarters to receive their orders for the day, when a bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the gates of the building.The blast set the building alight destroying much of it and many of the vehicles parked there. Local officials have warned that the number ofdead could still rise as local apartment blocks were also hit and children were amongst the wounded. The bombing is one of the deadliest in months and damages the Kremlin's claims that the Republic's new president is bringing the region under control.The Ingush president Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, who was still convalescing after surviving an assassination attempt in June, spoke about the attack this morning. He pointed the finger at the West saying that it was behind the blast. He said that western powers would never allow Russia to reclaim its status as a world power.News Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis news item is about Malaysia’s street crime problem.Ex. B: Listen to the news again and answer the questions.1.Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, announced ambitious targetslast week to tackle street crime2.He wants a 20% fall by this time next year.3.Retired policemen are being brought back and members of Malaysia'speople's volunteer corps are being enlisted to fight on the frontline.They'll join police on street patrols.4.Of 500 volunteers who were sent for assessment, just 142 were fitenough.5.The rest were too fat, unfit or had poor overall presentation andgrooming.6.Street crime, particularly mugging, is seen as a serious problem inMalaysia's major cities.7.The opposition has called for the country's top policeman to bereplaced because of the failure to tackle the issue.Script of News Item Two:Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, announced ambitious targets last week to tackle street crime. He wants a 20% fall by this time next year. Retired policemen are being brought back and members of Malaysia's people's volunteer corps are being enlisted to fight on the frontline. They'll join police on street patrols.The problem is though, most of the first batch were not considered up to it. Of 500 volunteers who were sent for assessment, just 142 were fit enough. The rest were too fat, unfit or had what the head of the corps told an English language newspaper was poor overall presentation and grooming. Corps members wear military uniforms but most of them are unpaid volunteers with limited powers.Street crime, particularly mugging, is seen as a serious problem in Malaysia's major cities.The opposition has called for the country's top policeman to be replaced because of the failure to tackle the issue.News Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about a group of terrorist suspects arrested last week in Sydney and Melbourne who might have intended to attack a nuclear reactor.Ex. B: Listen again and choose the best answer.1. C2. A3. C4. B5. AScript of News Item 3Australian police say a nuclear reactor may have been the intended target of a group of terrorist suspects arrested last week in Sydney and Melbourne. The suspects were among a group of 18 Muslims charged with terrorism-related offences.This is the first official indication as to what the target of this alleged plot might have been. The Lucas Hieghts nuclear facility is on the outskirts of Sydney and is Australia's only reactor. In documents released today the police have said that three of the suspects were stopped and questioned near the plant last December. It's claimed that the defendants have been trying to stockpile large quantities of chemicals. Itis also alleged they attended military style training camps in the Australia outback. Lawyers for the accused have insisted that the case against them was weak and politically motivated.Section FourPart 1 Feature reportScript：Susie Salmon seems like a typical teenager on the brink of a life filled with so many experiences like the blush of first love.But fate has a different plan for her. On the way home from school she takes a short cut through a barley field where she is startled by a neighbor, Mr. Harvey.It will be her last encounter on this Earth. Caught in some in-between place, Susie's spirit watches as her family copes with their loss and her murderer goes on with his life. The title comes from one of her thoughts during this time: "These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections - sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent - that happened after I was gone."Saoirse Ronan stars as Susie Salmon. The Irish actress, now 16 years old,first gained international acclaim for her performance in the 2007 drama Atonement."I have never felt so much responsibility with a character as I have with TheLovely Bones," Ronan says.She explains that not only is her character seen or heard in just about every scene of the film, but also there was the original novel's worldwide legion of fans to consider."More than anything else I was just worried that I wasn't portraying her to her full potential," explains Ronan. "I think it's important for everyone that Susie is the way she should be. Of course, people are going to have different ideas of what she should be like &hellip the readers, really. It was something that was always on my mind."American actor Stanley Tucci co-stars as the murderer: a mundane character almost invisible to his neighbors."The more real he is and the more subtle he is then the more terrifying he is," says Tucci. "The more banal he is, the more terrifying he is. There is no doubt and I'll say without question that it was the most difficultthing I've ever done as an actor."Peter Jackson directs and is also the co-writer of the film script, which he admits is no substitute for the vastly more detailed novel by Alice Seybold."To me, to adapt a book is not a question of producing a carbon copy of the book," he notes. "It is a personal impression that Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh and myself - the three of us wrote the screenplay. We read the book; we responded to aspects of the book, especially emotional themes and things it had to say about the afterlife &hellip that aspect of it, which is very personal to anybody. That's what we responded to. So to me, no adaptation can ever be perfect. It is impossible. You don't make a movie for the fans of the book. You just can not do that."The Lovely Bones also features Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's bereaved parents. Rose McIver is her younger sister, who uncovers the truth about Susie's fate; and Susan Sarandon plays their flamboyant grandmother. The film's Earthly locations were shot in the US state of Pennsylvania; director Jackson used his native New Zealand for the ethereal scenes of the world beyond.Part 2 PassageExercise B Dictation1. During his training he became aware that his calling was to convert pagans to Christianity.2. But two years later, Patrick, having adopted that Christian name earlier, was appointed as second bishop to Ireland.3. His mission in Ireland lasted for 30 years. After that time, Patrick retired to County Down.4. He died on March 17 in AD 461. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since.5. Though originally a Catholic holy day, S t. Patrick’s Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday.Exercise C1.C2.B3.C4.D5.A6.B7.C8.AExercise D1.Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolvedinto more of a secular holiday. Today, people celebrate the day with parades, wearing of the green, and drinking beer. One reason St.Patrick's Day might have become so popular is that it takes place justa few days before the first day of spring. One might say it has becomethe first green of spring. Open.Script:The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron saint ofIreland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn, and he almost didn't get the job of bishop of Ireland because he lacked the required scholarship.Far from being a saint, until he was 16, he considered himself a pagan. At that age, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders that raided his village. During his captivity he became a Christian and adopted the name Patrick.He escaped from slavery after six years and went to Gaul where he studied in the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre for a period of twelve years. During his training he got the notion that his calling was to convert the pagans to Christianity.His wishes were to return to Ireland, to convert the native pagans to Christianity. But his superiors instead appointed St. Palladius. But two years later, Palladius transferred to Scotland. Patrick was then appointed as second bishop to Ireland.Patrick was quite successful at winning converts. And this fact rightfully upset the Celtic Druids, who had their own native religion. Patrick was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries across the country. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his indoctrination of the Irish country into Christianity.His mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. After that time, Patrickretired to County Down. He died on March 17 in AD 461. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since.Much Irish folklore surrounds St. Patrick's Day. Not much of it is actually substantiated. Some of this lore includes the belief that Patrick raised people from the dead. He also is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Of course, no snakes were ever native to Ireland, and some people think this is a metaphor for the conversion of the pagans. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday.One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock. And this stems from a more bona fide Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.The St. Patrick's Day custom came to America in 1737. That was the first year St. Patrick's Day was publicly celebrated in this country, in Boston.Today, people celebrate the day with parades, wearing of the green, and drinking beer. One reason St. Patrick's Day might have become so popular is that it takes place just a few days before the first day of spring. One might say it has become the first green of spring.。
施心远主编听力教程4(第2版)Unit4答案
A Listening Course 4施心远主编《听力教程》 4 （第 2 版）答案Unit 4Section One: Tactics for ListeningPart 1: Listening and Translation1. Clara Barton made a big difference in many lives.克拉拉•巴顿极改变了许多人的生活。
2. She went to the fields of battle to nurse the wounded. 她前往战场护理伤员。
3. She wrote letters in support of an American Red Cross organization. 她写信支持建立美国红十字会组织。
4. The United States Congress signed the World's Treaty of the International Red Cross.美国国会签署了国际红十字公约。
5. Today her work continues to be important to thousands of people in trouble. 今天，她的工作对于成千上万遭遇困难的人来说仍然很重要。
Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dialogue How to Be a Good InterviewerExercise: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.1. A2. D3. C4. D5. A6.B7. D8. A9. D 10. A 11. CScript of the dialogue:prerequisitesomething that is required in advance 先决条件, 前提tombstonea stone that is used to mark a grave 墓碑aidesomeone who acts as assistant 助手aforesaidbeing the one previously mentioned or spoken of; 上述的, 前述的spin 有倾向性地述；（尤指）以有利于自己的口吻描述Interviewer: With all your experience of interviewing, Michael, how can you tell if somebody is going to make a good interviewer?Parkinson: Oh, I say, what a question! I 've never been asked that before. Urn, I think that the prerequisite obviously is curiosity. I think that 's the, er, a natural one, not anassumed one. I think the people who have, um, done my job —and the graveyard of the BBCis littered with them, their tombstones are there, you know—who failed to have been because basically they 've not been journalists. Um, my training was in journalism. I 've been 26 years a journalist and er, to be a journalist argues that you like meeting people to start with, and also you want to find out about them. So that ' s the prerequisite. After that, I think there 's something else that comes into it, into play, and I think, again, most successful journalists have it —it 's a curious kind of affinity withpeople, it 's an ability to get on with people, it 's a kindof body warmth, if you like. If you knew the secret of it and could bottle it and sell it, you 'd make a fortune.Interviewer: When you 've done an interview yourself, how do you feel whether it 's been a good interview or not a good interview?Parkinson: I can never really tell, er, on air. I have towatch it back, because television depends so much on your director getting the right shot, the right reaction. You can't; it 's amazing. Sometimes I think “Oh, that ' s a boring interview ” and just because of the way my direc tor shot it,and shot reaction, he's composeda picture that 's madeit far more interesting than it actually was.Interviewer: How do you bring out the best in people, because you always seem to manageto, not only relax them, but somehow get right into the depths of them.Parkinson: By research, by knowing, when you go into a television studio, more about the guest in front you than they 've forgotten about themselves. And, I mean that 's pure research. I mean, you probably use …in a 20-minute in terview, I probably use a 20th of the research material that I 've absorbed, but that 's what you 're gonna have to do. I mean I once interviewed Robert Mitchum for 75 minutes and the longest reply I got from him was “yes”. And that … that 's the onlytime I 've used every ounce of research and every question that I 'd ever thought of, and a few that I hadn 't thought of as well. But that really is the answer—it 's research. When people say it to you, you know, “Oh you go out and wing it,I meanthat 's nonsense. If anybody ever tries to tell you that as an interviewer just starting, that you wing it, there 's no such thing. It 's allpreparation; it 's knowing exactly whatyou're going to do at any given point and knowing what you want from the person.Interviewer: And does that include sticking to writtenquestions or do you deviate?Parkinson: No, I meanwhat you do is you have an aide memoir.I have, my •…my list of questions aren ' t questions as such, they ' re areas that I block out, and indeed, I can' t remember, I can' t recall, apart from the aforesaid Mr. Mitchum experience, whenI ' ve ever stuck to that at all. Because, quite often you ' ll find that they spin off into areas that you ' ve not really thought about and perhaps it ' s worth pursuing sometimes. The job is very much like, actually, traffic cop;you' re like you' re on point duty and you' re …you know, you' re directing the flow of traffic when you ' re directingthe flow of conversation. That' s basically what you' re doing, when you' re doing a talk -show, in my view.Interviewer: Have you got a last word of encouragement forany young people setting out on what they ' d like to be a career as aninterviewer?Parkinson: I, I, envy them, I mean, I really do. I meanI ' d go back and do it all again. I think it ' s the most perfect job for any young person who' s got talent and ambition and energy. And the nice thing about it is that the proportion of talent is only five percent; the other 95 percent is energy and no examinations to pass. I ' d love to do it over again.Part 2 Passage Emily DavisonEx. A. Pre-listening QuestionWhat do you know about the Women ' s Rights Movement?It waslaunched in 1848 at the world 's first Wome'n s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York.Ex. B: Sentence Dictation1. So dearly did she love women that she offered her life as their ransom.2. Emily found work as a school teacher and eventually she raised enough money to return to university education.3. In 1909, Emily gave up full-time teaching so that she could devote more of her time to the WSPU.4. The scale of her militant acts increased and in December1911 she was arrested for setting fire to pillar boxes.5. Once she had recovered her health, Emily began making plans to commit an act that would give the movementmaximumpublicity. Ex. C:Detailed Listening.1872; literature; leave; find the £ 20-a-term-fees; 1906;one of the chief stewards; hand a petition; March 1909; two months; stone throwing; setting fire to pillar boxes1913; ran out; grab the bridle; fractured her skull; died;consciousnessEx. D: After-listening Discussion1. Whydid Emily jump down an iron staircase and run out on the course at the derby?Because Emily was convinced that women would not win the vote until the suffragette movementhad a martyr. She therefore committed those acts in order to give the movement more publicity.2. What do you think about Emily Davison?Open.Script of Passage:So greatly did she care for freedom that she died for it. So dearly did she love women that she offered her life as their ransom. That is the verdict given at the Great Inquest of the Nation on the death of Emily Wilding Davison.Emily Davison was born at Blackheath in 1872. Successful at school she won a place at Holloway College to study literature. But two years latershe was forced to leave after her recently widowed mother was unable to find the 20-a-term fees. Emily found work as a schoolteacher in Worthing. Eventually she raised enough money to return to university education. After graduating from London University she obtained a post teaching the children of a family in Berkshire.Emily joined the Wome'n s Social and Political Union (WSPU)in 1906 and in June 1908 she was one of the chief stewards at a WSPUdemonstration in London. The following year Emily gave up full-time teaching so that she could devote more of her time to the WSPU.In March1909, Emily was arrested while attempting to hand a petition to the Prime Minister. Emily was found guilty of causing a disturbance and sentenced to one-month imprisonment. In September 1909 she received a sentence of two months for stone throwing. She was released after going on hunger strike.A few days after leaving prison, Emily Davison, Mary Leigh and Constance Lytton were caught throwing stones at a car takingDavid Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to a meeting in Newcastle. The womenwere sentenced to one month's hard labor. The women went on hunger strike but this time the prison authorities decided to force-feed the women. In an attempt to avoid force-feeding, Emily used prison furniture to barricade the door of her prison cell. A prison officer climbed a ladder and after forcing the nozzle of a hosepipe through awindow, filled up the cell with water. Emily was willing to die, but before the cell had been completely filled with water the door was broken down. The scale of her militant acts increased and in December1911 she was arrested for setting fire to pillar boxes. She was sentenced to six months and during her spell in prison she went on two hunger strikes. Emily Davison was now convinced that womenwould not win the vote until the suffragette movementhad a martyr. Emily took the decision to draw attention to the suffragette campaign by jumping down an iron staircase. Emily landed on wire netting, 30 feet below. This prevented her death but she suffered severe spinal injuries.Once she had recovered her health, Emily Davison began making plans to commit an act that would give the momentmaximum publicity. In June 1913, at the most important race of the year —the Derby, Emily ran out on the course and attempted to grab the bridle of Anmer, a horse owned by King George V. The horse hit Emily and the impact fractured her skull and she died without regaining consciousness.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis n ews item is about a bomb attack in RussiaEx. B: Liste n aga in and fill in the bla nks.In cide nt: In the In gush capital of Nazra n, a bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the gates of local police headquarters when the policemen were standing to attention in the courtyard to receive their orders for the dayImpact: The blast set the build ing alight _______ d estro ying much ofit and many of the vehicles parked there. It also damages the Kremli n's claims that the Republic's new preside nt is bringing the regi on un der con trolThe In gush preside nt ' s claim: He said that the West was beh ind the blast . He said that western powers would never allow Russia to reclaim its status as a world power ______________ .Tape script of News Item One:This morni ng in the In gush capital of Nazra n, local police were sta nding to atte nti on in the courtyard of their headquartersto receive their orders for the day, when a bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the gates of the build ing.This n ews item is about a bomb attack in RussiaThe blast set the building alight destroying muchof it and manyof the vehicles parked there. Local officials have warned that the number of dead could still rise as local apartment blocks were also hit and children were amongst the wounded. The bombing is one of the deadliest in mon ths and damages the Kremli n's claims that the Republic's newpresident is bringing the region un der con trol.The In gush preside nt Yunu s-Bek Yevkurov, who was stillconv alesc ing after surv iving an assass in ati on attempt in June, spoke about the attack this morning. He poin ted the fin ger at the West say ing that it was behi nd the blast. He said that western powers would n ever allow Russia to reclaim its status as a world power.News Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis news item is about Malaysia ' s street crime problem.Ex. B: Liste n to the n ews aga in and an swer the questio ns.1. Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, announced ambitious targetslast week to tackle street crime2. He wants a 20% fall by this time next year.3. Retired policemen are being brought back and members of Malaysia'speople's volunteer corps are being enlisted to fight on the frontline.They'll join police on street patrols.4. Of 500 volunteers who were sent for assessment, just 142 were fitenough.5. The rest were too fat, unfit or had poor overall presentation andgrooming.6. Street crime, particularly mugging, is seen as a serious problem inMalaysia's major cities.7. The opposition has called for the country's top policemanto be replaced because of the failure to tackle the issue.Script of News Item Two:Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, announced ambitious targets last week to tackle street crime. He wants a 20%fall by this time next year. Retired policemen are being brought back and membersof Malaysia's people's volunteer corps are being enlisted to fight on the frontline. They'll join police on street patrols.The problem is though, most of the first batch were not considered up to it. Of 500 volunteers who were sent for assessment, just 142 were fit enough. The rest were too fat,unfit or had what the head of the corps told an English Ianguage n ewspaper was poor overall prese ntati on and groo ming. Corps members wear military uni forms but most of them are un paid volun teers with limited powers.Street crime, particularly mugging, is seen as a seriousproblem in Malaysia's major cities.The oppositi on has called for the coun try's top policema nto be replaced because of the failure to tackle the issue.News Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about a group of terrorist suspects arrestedlast week in Sydney and Melbour ne who might have inten ded to attack a nu clear reactorEx. B: Liste n aga in and choose the best an swer.1. C2. A3. C4. B5. AScript of News Item 3Australia n police say a nu clear reactor may have bee n the intended target of a group of terrorist suspects arrested last week in Sydney and Melbo urne. The suspects were among a group of 18 Muslims charged with terrorism-related offen ces.This is the first official indication as to what the target of this alleged plot might have been. The Lucas Hieghts nuclear facility is on the outskirts of Sydney and is Australia's only reactor. In documents released today the police have said that three of the suspects were stopped and questioned near the plant last December. It's claimed that the defendantshave been trying to stockpile large quantities of chemicals. It is also alleged they attended military style training camps in the Australia outback. Lawyers for the accused have insisted that the case against them was weak and politically motivated.Section FourPart 1 Feature reportScript ：Susie Salmon seems like a typical teenager on the brink of a life filled with so many experiences like the blush of first love.But fate has a different plan for her. On the way home from school she takes a short cut through a barley field where she is startled by a neighbor, Mr. Harvey.It will be her last encounter on this Earth. Caught in some in-between place, Susie's spirit watches as her family copes with their loss and her murderer goes on with his life. The title comes from one of her thoughts during this time: "These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections - sometimes tenuous, sometimes madeat great cost, but often magnificent - that happened after I was gone."Saoirse Ronan stars as Susie Salmon. The Irish actress, now 16 years old, first gained international acclaim for her performance in the 2007 drama Atonement."I have never felt so much responsibility with a character asI have with TheLovely Bones," Ronan says.She explains that not only is her character seen or heard in just about every scene of the film, but also there was the original novel's worldwide legion of fans to consider."More than anything else I was just worried that I wasn't portraying her to her full potential," explains Ronan. "I think it's important for everyone that Susie is the way she shouldbe. Of course, people are going to have different ideas of what she should be like &hellip the readers, really. It was something that was always on my mind."American actor Stanley Tucci co-stars as the murderer: a mundane character almost invisible to his neighbors."The more real he is and the more subtle he is then the more terrifying heis," says Tucci. "The more banal he is, the more terrifying he is. There is no doubt and I'll say without question that it was the most difficult thingI've ever done as an actor."Peter Jackson directs and is also the co-writer of the film script, which he admits is no substitute for the vastly more detailed novel by Alice Seybold."To me, to adapt a book is not a question of producing a carbon copy of the book," he notes. "It is a personal impression that Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh and myself - the three of us wrote the screenplay. We read the book; we responded to aspects of the book, especially emotional themes and things it had to say about the afterlife &hellip that aspect of it, which is very personal to anybody. That's what we responded to. So to me, no adaptation can ever be perfect. It is impossible. Youdon't make a movie for the fans of the book. You just can not do that."The Lovely Bones also features Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's bereaved parents. Rose McIver is her younger sister, who uncovers the truth about Susie's fate; and Susan Sarandon plays their flamboyant grandmother. The film's Earthly locations were shot in the US state of Pennsylvania; director Jackson used his native NewZealand for the ethereal scenes of the world beyond.Part 2 PassageExercise B Dictation1. During his training he became aware that his calling was to convert pagans to Christianity.2. But two years later, Patrick, having adopted that Christian name earlier, was appointed as second bishop to Ireland.3. His mission in Ireland lasted for 30 years. After that time, Patrick retired to County Down.4. He died on March 17 in AD461. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since.5. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick 's Dayhas evolved into more of a secular holiday.Exercise C1.C2.B3.C4.D5.A6.B7.C8.AExercise D1. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolvedinto more of a secular holiday. Today, people celebrate the day with parades, wearing of the green, and drinking beer. Onereason St.Patrick's Daymight have become so popular is that it takes place justa few days before the first day of spring. One might say it has becomethe first green of spring. Open.Script:The person who was to becomeSt. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn, and he almost didn't get the job of bishop of Ireland because he lacked the required scholarship.Far from being a saint, until he was 16, he considered himself a pagan. At that age, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders that raided his village. During his captivity he became a Christian and adopted the name Patrick.He escaped from slavery after six years and went to Gaul where he studied in the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre for a period of twelve years. During his training he got the notion that his calling was to convert the pagans to Christianity.His wishes were to return to Ireland, to convert the native pagans to Christianity. But his superiors instead appointed St. Palladius. But two years later, Palladius transferred to Scotland. Patrick was then appointed as second bishop to Ireland.Patrick was quite successful at winning converts. And this fact rightfully upset the Celtic Druids, who had their own native religion. Patrick was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries across the country. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his indoctrination of the Irish country into Christianity.His mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. After that time, Patrick retired to County Down. He died on March 17 in AD461. That day has been commemoratedas St. Patrick's Day ever since.Much Irish folklore surrounds St. Patrick's Day. Not much of it is actually substantiated. Someof this lore includes the belief that Patrick raised people from the dead. He also is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Of course, no snakes were ever native to Ireland, and some people think this is a metaphor for the conversion of the pagans. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday.One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock. And this stems from a more bona fide Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.The St. Patrick's Day custom cameto America in 1737. That was the first year St. Patrick's Day was publicly celebrated in this country, in Boston.Today, people celebrate the day with parades, wearing of the green, and drinking beer. Onereason St. Patrick's Day might have become so popular is that it takes place just a few days before the first day of spring.One might say it has becomethe first green of spring.。
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Keys to Unit 11Section I1.“国家成人读写能力评估”是检测美国成年人阅读能力的一项主要测试。
2.该测试检测的是参加者阅读和理解日常生活信息的能力3.这项调查发现有1,100万，即百分之五的成年人看不懂英语。
4.研究人员说，问题的部分原因在于很多美国年轻人作为消遣所进行的阅读已经不太多了。
5.人们发现阅读水平高的人比那些不具备阅读能力的人的年收入多28,000美元。
Section IIDialogueGreat leaders in history:military chiefs/ national heroes/ dreaded tyrantssee these so-called great leaders in the same lightspiritual leadersCharacteristics:what they want to achievelose sight of their objectives/ work towards them/ what obstacles they may come up againstthe end justifies the meansthe will of the people/ improve their lotbe successfulPassage1.Going to the library or locking yourself in your room with no aim other than reading fora predetermined time is likely to lead to boredom.2.One way round this problem when you encounter it is to set yourself really small andmanageable reading tasks.3.The task should be one that is useful towards your final aim of getting your essay orpaper or dissertation written, or revising for your exam.4.In devising such tiny but “do-able”tasks for yourself you are using your creativity,making the reading a personal task to you and breaking a large endeavor up into small and attainable steps.5.Often the motivation supplied by an assignment or essay will help you to focus yourreading in helpful ways.T T T F T F T FEx.21) We can set ourselves a particular period of time in which to assess the relevance ofa number of books or articles for our purposes, to understand an important butdifficult argument and to locate material in and take notes about a source that we have good reasons to believe can help us to answer a particular question.2)To get started with reading should not be difficult. And once you have made abeginning, the next day or the next time you come to this piece of reading, you willalready have achieved something with this text and so the next stage should follow more easily.Section IIIItem 1:A.a fat man’s walk from California to Manhattan.B.40-year-old father of twoA year and a monthNearly 4,800 kilometersHis home in CaliforniaManhattanTo lose weight after falling into a depression and developing an eating disorderHe arrived 100 pounds or 45 kilograms lighter / He realized weight loss was more about the state of mind than body and the secret to becoming thinner was being happier.“A Fat Man Walking”To publish a book about his experiencesItem 2:A.the first atheist summer camp in the UK.B. the US/atheism/what they think/philosophy/logical fallacies/the Invisible Unicorn Challenge/live in the area around their tents/they don’t exist/a negative/thinking/philosophy /scientific and critical thinkingItem 3: the new compulsory citizenship ceremony and test in Britain.Old practice:Swear an oath of allegiance/ lawyer/ certificateNew practice:1.2004/ compulsory citizenship ceremony/ a broader oath/ respect Britain’s rights,freedoms and laws/ civic dignitaries2.establish knowledge of the country/ its language1)24/ life in the United Kingdom/ 45 minutes2)Try again and again3)Simple tests of knowledge/ more complex cultural issues3.feel they belong/ ease racial tensionControversy1.have similar schemes/ the United States/ citizenship classes/ ceremonies2.nationalistic/ undue pressure/ conform/ build a multi-cultural society in Britain. Section IVPart I:A. CB. 1. Six basic ingredients of explosives.2. Because the dogs are very reliable. They have never had a dog out working in a field,where they had to evacuate a building because a dog made an incorrect assessment.3. In 1990.4. 474.5. For six weeks.6. It can be for life.7. Trust of each other and training, on which their lives depend.8. Safe practices and the handler is required not to put themselves into a harmfulsituation.Part IIDictation:1.People whose parents or other close realties have allergic diseases have a greatertendency than others to develop an allergy at some time in their lives.2.It is predicted that a similar pattern will develop there as Third World countriesdevelop.3.The World Health Organization has labeled allergy “the number one environmentaldisease”.4.Although as many as 20% of the population believe that they are allergic to one or morefoods, in reality only about 2-3% have true food allergy.5.Natural antioxidants and vitamins, which are thought to protect a number of conditions– including allergic diseases, are abundant in fresh fruit and vegetables.B C A C A B C A。