《听力教程》2第二版第二单元文本

Unit 2

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent

a. It’s on top of the bookcase.

b. With milk, please.

c. At five past one.

d. At five past on

e.

e. It’s on top of the bookcase.

f. With milk, please.

Exercise:

1. f

2. c

3. e

4. b

5. a

6. d

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader is a man of few possessions. He owns very little and lives in a small apartment. He doesn't have a car or a TV set. He doesn't have many clothes and he doesn't care about money when he makes a lot of money, he gives it away. He doesn't smoke and he works from six in the morning until late at night, seven days a week: he is paying back to America his debt as a citizen.

When he went to parties as a young man, people complained that all he talked about was the dangers of cars, and how bad car design caused the deaths of so many people each year. After he graduated from Harvard, he published an article entitled "Unsafe at Any Speed," which was about a car called Corvair. Later, he made a big attack on the car industry and showed how many deaths in car accidents were because of badly-made cars. He said new laws were needed to make cars safer. In 1966, because of Nader's work, a law was passed to make car safer.

After this success, Nader became interested in something very different. This was the quality of meat and the amount of meat that is put into foods like sausages and hamburgers. A year later, in 1967, again because of Nader's work, a law was passed to ensure that products like sausages and hamburgers contained the right amount of meat. In 1968, three more laws were passed because of Nader's efforts. The first was to ensure the safety of gas pipelines -- these are the pipes that take gas across the country from one town to another. The second was to protect people from radiation --that is, the dangerous radiation which may leak from nuclear sources. The third was to ensure the proper standard of poultry -- that is, the chicken and turkey meat.

Ralph Nader, now one of the most influential people in the United States, has set a wonderful example of what determined men and women can do to improve the quality of life in their country.

Exercise A:

1. Ralph Nader is a man of few p ossessions.

2. He is paying back to America his debt as a citizen.

3. He said new laws were needed to make cars safer.

4. A law was passed to ensure that products like sausages and hamburgers contained

the right amount of meat.

5. Ralph Nader has set a wonderful example of what determined men and women can

do to improve the quality of life in their country.

Exercise B:

Ralph Nader

I.Ralph Nader, a man of few possessions

A. He owns very little and lives in a small apartment.

B. He doesn't have a car or a TV set.

C. He doesn't have many clothes.

D. He doesn't care about money.

II. His early efforts to make car safer

A.He talked about the dangers of car, and how bad car design caused the deaths of

so many people each year at parties.

B.After he graduated from Harvard, he published an article entitled "Unsafe at Any

speed.

ter, he made a big attack on the car industry and showed how many deaths in

car accidents were because of badly-made cars.

D. In 1966, because of Nader's work, a law was passed to make car safer.

III

His interests in something very different

A. The quality of meat and the amount of meat that is put into foods like sausages

and hamburgers

B. In 1968, three more laws were passed because of Nader's efforts.

a. The first was to ensure the safety of gas pipelines.

b. The second was to protect people from radiation.

c. The third was to ensure the proper standard of poultry.

IV. Ralph Nader. one of the most influential people in the United States

A. He has set a wonderful example of what determined men and women can do to improve the quality of life in their country.

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1Give Them Time to Get to Know Y ou

Father: Well, whose fault do you think it is, then?

Daughter: I don't know.

Father: It couldn't be yours?

Daughter: What? That I feel lonely because I haven't any friends there?

Father: No, that you haven't got any friends.

Daughter: But I've told you! They're not very friendly there. They never talk

to me! They just leave me alone.