现代大学英语听力2Unit-7

赫伯特· 乔治· 威尔斯(Herbert George Wells 1866-1946)，英国著名小说 家，尤以科幻小说创作闻名于世。毕业于英国皇家理学院，任教于伦敦大 学，曾在赫胥黎的实验室工作，后转入新闻工作，从事科学和文学的研究 ，是英国费边社的成员和代表人物。1895年出版《时间机器》一举成名， 随后又发表了《莫洛博士岛》、《隐身人》、《星际战争》、《当睡着的 人醒来时》、《不灭的火焰》等多部科幻小说。他曾于1920年、1930年两 次访问苏联，先后会晤过列宁和斯大林，撰写了《基普斯》、《托诺-邦盖 》、《波里先生和他的历史》、《勃列林先生看穿了他》、《恩惠》、《 预测》、《世界史纲》等大量关注现实，思考未来的作品。 ​ 《世界史纲》是作者于1918年开始撰写的一部人类历史的百科全书，曾 在世界范围内产生广泛影响。此书于1920年出版，后于1923~1930年间几 次修订再版，内容写到第一次世界大战。此书最初由谢冰心等人翻译并介 绍到我国。
checked:格子花纹的 profile: A side view of an object.
【原文】
If you came into his studio in the evening as the sun was setting you could see him. You would notice how the soft light coming through the long windows fell on his left profile as he stood in front of his easel. He was tall; his shoulders were narrow; his head was large with an abundance of dark, tousled hair. He surveyed the canvas in front of him and half-closed his eyes. His cheek bones were high and prominent, and accentuated the line of the jaw. This in turn set off his long neck. He stepped back, taking a long stride, and remained with one foot in front of the other. He wore sandals without socks and you could see that a big toe had developed a blister where a leather strap cut across it. He had short, strong, capable fingers and he used his broad, flexible thumb to smooth some of the paint on the still life he was busy finishing. The jeans he wore were faded and frayed; paint rags hung from each pocket. His shirt was a checked one of many colors, mainly purple, blue and yellow. It contrasted peculiarly with the ephemeral colors on the canvas. He tilted his head to one side, smiled, walked forward and brought his brush slowly towards the bottom of the canvas, and with a flourish signed his name. ephemeral 短暂的，极短的，瞬息的；昙花一现的checked格子花纹的
Task 1
H.G.Wells: (1866-1946) Herbert George Wells, British writer. He is the son of an unsuccessful tradesman. After a basic education at a local school, Wells was apprenticed as a drape布料商. Wells disliked the work and in 1883 became a pupil-teacher at Midhurst Grammar School. While at Midhurst, Wells won a scholarship to the School of Science. Wells was disappointing with the teaching he received in the second year and so in 1887 he left without obtaining a degree. Wells spent the next few years teaching and writing and In 1895 Wells established himself as a novelist with his science fiction story, The Time Machine. This was followed by two more successful novels, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) and The War of the Worlds (1898).
3 Make inferences
4 Summarize main ideas and supporting details
Task 1 Did you watch The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine?
Do you know who is the author?
Unit 7 People
Unit 7 People
Objectives: 1 Understand descriptions of famous personalities and their achievements 2 Follow discussions of cause and effect, advantages and disadvantages
easel:
An upright frame for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist‘s canvas.画架
flourish: To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence; To make bold, sweeping movements



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Task 2
Can you describe this artist who is at work? You can choose some action verbs and adjectives.
Task 2
Words: blister: A local swelling of the skin that contains watery fluid and is caused by burning or irritation水泡
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Keys
A. 1) b 2) c 3) c 4) a B. 1) tall; narrow; large; tousled 2) surveyed; half-closed 3) taking a long stride 4) capable; flexible; still life 5) faded; frayed 6) tilted his head; smiled; walked forward; with a flourish
【原文】
H. G. Wells was born in 1866. His energy must have been enormous, for he wrote an astonishing number of books. Many of the later ones were concerned with his idea that mankind would have to create a world state, if it was not to end up by destroying itself. There we're novels like Kipps, Love and Mr. Lewisham and The History of Mr. Polly. The best of these are now recognized as classics. But in addition, this incredible man somehow found the time and inspiration to write the stories forecasting future events that entitle him to be known as the father of science fiction. When The War in the Air appeared in 1908, how many people could have foreseen that within thirty years great cities were going to be destroyed by bombs dropped from aeroplanes? The First Men in the Moon was published in 1901. How many of those who read it realized that men really were going to walk on the moon within their lifetime? And what about The Time Machine and The Invisible Man? Are we going to wake up one morning and find that here too Wells was forecasting events which were going to come true?
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Task 1
Keys
1) Because he wrote an astonishing number of books. 2) Mankind would have to create a world state. 3) No. 4) Cities were destroyed by bombs dropped from aero planes. 5) Any two of the following: The War in the Air, The First Men in the Moon, The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man. 6) Events forecast in Well’s books might come true.
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fray:
quarrel ;To wear away (the edges of fabric, for example) by rubbing
prominent: Projecting outward or upward from a line or surface; 突出的Widely known tousle: stride: tilt:: To disarrange or rumple, as of hair糟乱 To walk with long step. To cause to slope.