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u校园视听说4听力原文

u校园视听说4听力原文[1]男：听说你最近在参加打工实习呢？女：是的，我在一家咖啡馆做服务员。

男：听起来很有趣，你觉得怎么样？女：嗯，工作很累，但我学到了很多东西，特别是关于人际交往和团队合作方面的技巧。

[2]男：我听说你报名参加了学校的夏令营。

女：没错，这是一个为期两周的夏令营。

我们会学习各种课程，还有户外活动和游览景点。

男：听起来很有趣，你期待什么？女：我期待结识新朋友，学习新知识，同时还能在美丽的自然风景中放松身心。

[3]男：你昨晚去参加校园音乐会了吗？女：是的，我去了。

表演者们都非常优秀，特别是那个钢琴家，他的演奏太精彩了。

男：听起来很不错，你享受了这次音乐会吗？女：是的，我非常享受。

音乐会给了我很多美好的回忆，我已经迫不及待地想参加下一次了。

[4]男：听说你最近开始学习摄影了？女：是的，我对摄影很感兴趣，所以报名参加了摄影班。

男：那很好啊！学习摄影需要什么技巧吗？女：摄影需要一些基础知识和技巧，但重要的是培养审美观和创造力。

[5]男：你喜欢在网上购物吗？女：是的，网上购物很方便，我可以在家里找到很多喜欢的商品。

男：但是网上购物也有一些风险吧？女：是的，有时候会遇到退货问题或者收到与图片不符的商品，但总体来说，我还是喜欢这种购物方式。

[6]男：你听说过网红经济吗？女：当然听说过，现在很多人通过直播、博客或者社交媒体赚钱。

男：你觉得网红经济会持续发展吗？女：我认为会持续发展，因为越来越多的人追求独立和自由的工作方式，并且网红可以通过创意和个人魅力吸引粉丝，赚取更多的收入。

[7]男：你最喜欢的电影是哪部？女：我最喜欢的电影是《霸王别姬》，因为它有深刻的人际关系和情感的描写。

男：你觉得这部电影有什么教育意义？女：这部电影告诉我们面对生活的困难和选择时，要坚持自我，不要轻易放弃。

[8]男：你喜欢旅游吗？女：是的，我喜欢旅游，可以感受不同城市和国家的文化和风景。

男：你觉得旅游对个人有什么好处？女：旅游可以开拓视野，增长见识，同时也可以放松身心，摆脱日常的压力。

新编大学英语视听说教程4听力原文与答案

新编⼤学英语视听说教程4听⼒原⽂与答案视听说4 听⼒原⽂及答案Unit 1 Leisure activitiesPart 1 listening oneEver wish you could do magic tricks, or introduce yourself as “magician” at a party? Imagine, everybody wants to have fun, but nothings’ really happening, it’s time for you to show one of your ne w tricks. Here, you can learn how, and without any need for special materials or much practice.A trick with a coin, a handkerchief and a friend:Put the coin on your palm. Cover the coin with the handkerchief. Ask several people to put their hands beneath the handkerchief and feel the coin, to make sure that it is still there. Then take the corner of the handkerchief and pull it rapidly off your hand. The coin has gone! How? You must make sure the last friend who feels the coin knows the trick and removes the coin when he seems to be just feeling it. And nobody knows where it has gone!A trick with a piece of paper and a pencil:Tell your friend that you can communicate your thoughts without speaking to other people. Write on the piece of paper the word No. Don't let your friends see what you have written. Say, "Now I will communicate this word into your minds." Pretend to concentrate. Ask them if they know what is written on the paper. They will say, "No!" And you say, "Quite correct! I wrote No on the paper!"A trick with an egg and some salt:Ask your friends to stand the egg upright on the table. They won't manage to do it. Say that you can speak to the chicken inside. Say, "Chicken! Can you hear me? Get ready to balance your egg!"When you first get the egg back from your friends, pretend to kiss the egg at the base. Make the base wet. Then put the base into salt which is in your other hand. The salt will stick to the egg. Then put the egg on the table. Twist the egg around a few times as this will arrange the grains of salt. Then it will stand up. Don't forget to thank the chicken.Questions:1.What does the magician ask people to do in the first trick2.What happens to the coin?3.How does the magician prove that he can communicate histhoughts to the audience in the second trick?4.What is the first step to make the egg stand upright?5.What else is needed to make the egg stand upright?Keys: 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. DPart 1 listening two(The following is an interview from a weekly sports program.) Presenter: Good morning, listeners. Welcome to our weekly sports programaimed at all those underactive youngsters with time on their hands!Listen to what our two guests have to say about their hobbies andhow their hobbies have made a difference to their lives. Adriennefirst, then, Jonathan.Adrienne: I collect very interesting jewelry. I tend to travel a lot as most of my family do, so whenever I have a holiday, I like to go traveling.Whenever I travel somewhere, I like to pick up something to remindme of the place that I visited. And, the easiest thing to do is to pickup a small piece of jewelry instead of getting a poster or a T-shirtthat won’t last. I like the idea of having something small and also, Ifind whenever I wear jewelry from somew here, it’s a goodconversation piece. Usually people ask you, “Where did you getthis?” I then have a story to tell, and it’s a good way to meet and talkto people. It’s just interesting. I have jewelry that I picked up when Itraveled to Thailand, when I traveled to Africa and when I traveled toEurope.Presenter: Wow! Sounds nice. You’ll have to show your collections to us. Adrienne: I’d love to.Presenter: Thank you, Adrienne. Now Jonathan.Jonathan: I prefer canoeing because you've always got the water there for support. If you're a good swimmer, have a good sense of balanceand strong arms, you'll like canoeing! The main trouble istransporting your canoe to the right places—my father takes it onthe roof of the car—or sometimes I put it on the roof of the club’sLand Rover. What it has taught me most is to be independent. It'sjust you and the canoe against the wind, the weather and the water.It gives you a lot of self-confidence and it can be really exciting aslong as you don't mind getting soaked, of course! It makes you feelclose to nature somehow. Last year, when I was qualified, I began torun my own canoeing center.Presenter: So you are making your hobby work for you.Jonathan: People are usually very skilled at their hobbies. The combination of interest and skills is a very compelling reason to choose a particularcareer.Presenter: Then, Adrienne, do you have a similar plan?Adrienne: Yes, I love making beaded jewelry. I’ve decided to get some formal training. I want to learn how to be a jewelry designer. Questions:1. Who is the target audience in the program?2. What is Adrienne’s hobby?3. What does Adrienne usually buy when she visits a place?4. How does Jonathan benefit from canoeing?5. What should be the major concern in choosing a career according to Jonathan?Keys: 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. BPart 1 listening threeGerry: I've just been to see Gone with the Wind. It was fantastic. Well worth seeing. Have you ever seen it?Judy : No, but I've read the book. I don't think I would like to see the film really. It would spoil the story for me.Gerry: Really? Oh, give me a film any day. Honestly, if I had to choose between the film of a story and the book of it, I'd go for the film. Judy : Would you?Gerry: Yes. It's much more real. You can get the atmosphere better. You know, the photography and location shots, period costumes, theright accents. Don't you think so?Judy : Not really. I much prefer to use my own imagination. I can imagine how I want it, rather than how someone makes me see it. Anyway, I think you get much more insight into the characters when you read a book. Part of a person's character is lost on film because you never know what they are thinking.Gerry: True, but I don't know. It's much easier going to the cinema. It takes less time. I can get the whole story in two hours but it might take mea week to read the book.Judy : I know, but it's so expensive to go to the cinema nowadays.Gerry: I know, but it's a social event. It's fun. You can go with your friends.When you read a book you have to do it on your own.Judy : All right. Let's agree to differ. I'll get some coffee.Keys:1.1.s poil the story 1.2. and day1.3. Honestly choose the film1.4.Atmosphere photography location period1.5.insight into the characters 1.6. social event1.7. agree to differ2.Films: get the atmosphere better---photography/locationshots/period costumes/right accenteasiertake less time: two hoursan social event: fun, go with friendsBooks: take more time: one weeknot a social event: do it on your ownbooks: use readers’ own imaginationget much more insight into the charactersfilms: spoil the storyexpensivePart 1 listening fourSally Marino gets married. After the wedding, there is a big party—a wedding reception. All the guests eat dinner. There is a band and, after dinner, everyone dances. Sally's mother and father pay for everything. At the end of the reception, Sally andher new husband cut the wedding cake and all the guests get a piece.Pete and Rose buy a new house. After moving in, they invite their friends and family to a party—a housewarming party. Everybody comes to see the new house. They look at the bedrooms, the dining room, even the garage. Pete and Rose serve drinks, sandwiches, and snacks. The party is on a Saturday afternoon.It is Christmas time. Ted and Sarah Robinson want to see many of their friends over the holiday. So they invite their friends to an open house. The hours of the party are from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. The guests arrive and leave whenever they want. The Robinsons serve sandwiches, drinks, and snacks. Some guests stay for just 20 minutes, others stay for 3 hours. About fifty people come to the open house.Mr. and Mrs. Todd ask their neighbors to come to an evening party. They don't serve much food, just snacks—pretzels, chips, peanuts and many types of drinks. No one dances. Conversation is important with people asking questions like "What's new with you?".。

视听说英语四参考答案

视听说英语四参考答案一、听力理解1. 短对话理解- 问题1：What is the man going to do next?答案：He is going to the bookstore.- 问题2：What does the woman mean?答案：She means she has already finished her homework.2. 长对话理解- 问题3：What is the main topic of the conversation?答案：The main topic is about planning a trip.- 问题4：Why does the man suggest going to the beach?答案：The man suggests going to the beach because it is a good place for relaxation.3. 短文理解- 问题5：What is the speaker mainly talking about?答案：The speaker is mainly talking about the importance of environmental protection.4. 复合式听写- 问题6-10：[填空题答案]二、词汇与结构1. 词汇题- 问题11：The correct word to fill in the blank is"exhausted".- 问题12：The correct word to fill in the blank is "innovative".2. 结构题- 问题13：The correct sentence structure is "Although he is young, he is very experienced."- 问题14：The correct sentence structure is "If it were not for your help, I would not have succeeded."三、完型填空1. 完型填空题- 问题15：The correct answer is "concerned".- 问题16：The correct answer is "beneficial".- 问题17-20：[具体答案根据上下文分析]四、阅读理解1. 快速阅读- 问题21：The answer is "T" for true.- 问题22：The answer is "F" for false.2. 深度阅读- 问题23：The best title for the passage is "The Power of Positive Thinking".- 问题24：According to the passage, the main idea is that perseverance is key to success.3. 信息匹配题- 问题25-30：[根据文章内容匹配信息]五、翻译1. 英译汉- 问题31：Translate the following sentence into Chinese.答案：这个项目的成功依赖于团队成员的共同努力。

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大学英语视听说4听力原文及答案-Unit1

大学英语视听说4听力原文及答案-Unit1大学英语视听说4听力原文及答案-Unit1 Uint1II. Basic Listening Practice1. ScriptM: I’m beside myself with joy. I’m so lucky. Guess what? I’ve won a lit of money in the lottery. W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right? Q: What does the woman mean?2. ScriptW: Mary was furious. Her son wrecked up her car. M: He shouldn’t have driven a car without a driver’s license. He‘s still taking driving lesson. Q: What do we know about Mary’s son?3. ScriptM: Susan, I hear you’re going to marry t hat guy. Some people think you’ll regret it.W: Is that so? Only time tell.Q: What does the woman imply?4. ScriptM: Mary, I just want to say how sorry I was to learn of your mother’s passing. I know how close you two were?W: Thank you. It was so s udden. I’M still in a state of shockI don’t know what to do. Q: Which of following is true?5. ScriptW: I get furious at work when my opinions aren’t considered just becau se I’m a woman.M: You should air your view more emphatically and demand that your vice be heard.Q: What is the woman complaining about?Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. D 4.A 5.DIII. Listening InTask 1: Soft answers turn away wrath.Mary: Dam! You’re spilled red wine on me. My new dress is ruined. John: I’ m terrible sorry! What can I do to help? Here’s some water to wash it off. Mary: Stop splashing water on me! Oh, this is so embarrassing! I’m a mess.John: Well, you do look a little upset. Please don’t blow up.Don’t lose your cool.Mary: Hmm, you’ve got the nerve talking like that! Who shouldn’tfly off the handle? This dress cost a fortune.John: You look really cute when you’re mad. I kid you not. Some people do look attractive whenthey are in a rage.Mary: This is very expensive dress. I saved for months to buy it, and now it’s ru ined. Look at this stain!John: Accidents do happen. Give me your dress, and I’ll take it to the cleaners. Mary: Sure! You want me to take it off right here inpublic and give it to you? I don’t even knowyou!John: This might be a really goof time to g et acquainted. I’m John Owen.Mary: Mmm, at least you’re polite. I guess I really shouldn’t have flared up. After all, it was anaccident. I’m Mary Harvey.John: Come on. I’ll take you ho me. You can change your clothes, and I’ll get the dress cleaned fo r you.Mary: Now you’re talking. Thanks. You’re a real gentleman.John: You’d better believe it. I’m glad to see that you’ve cooled down. Feel look a bite to eat afterward? I’m starving.Ma ry: Ok. You’re pretty good. I’m not nearly as mad. If you cange t this stain out, I’ll be veryhappy.John: I’ll try my best. But if I can’t get the stain out, please don’t let your happiness turn to wrath.1. Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog?2. Why does the woman get angry?3. What does the man say to please the woman when she looks angry?4. Why does the woman say the man is a real gentleman?5. What is theman’s final proposal?Keys: 1D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.CTask 2: Big John is coming!ScriptA bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. This (S1) owner of the establishmentis giving his new hire some instructions on (S2) running the place. He tells the timid man, “If youever hear that Big John is coming to town, (S3) drop everything and run for the hills! He’s theb iggest, nastiest (S4) outlaw who’s ever lived!”A few weeks pass (S5) uneventfully. But one afternoon, a local cowhand comes running throughtown (S6) yelling, “Big John is coming! Run for your (S7) l ives!”When the bartender leaves the bar to start running, he is knocked to the ground by severaltownspeople rushing out of town. (S8) As he’s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall. He’s muscular, and is growing as he approaches the bar. He steps up to the door, orders the poor ba rkeep inside, and demands, “I want a beer NOW!”He strikes his heavy fist on the bar, splitting it in half. (S9) The bartender nervously hands the bigman a beer, hands shaking. He takes the beer, bites the top of the bottle off, and downs the beer inone gulp.As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar, the big man gets up to leave, “Do you wantanother beer?” the bartender asks in a trembling voice.“Dang it, I don’t have time!” the big man yells, (S10) “I got to get out of town! Don’t you hearBig John is coming?”Task3: A View of HappinessScriptDr. Smith has proposed a reasonable, if perhaps somewhat oversimplifies, view of happiness. According to his theory, happiness might be described as a state if balance. And when human or certain animals achieve that balance, they rend to remain in that condition in order to repeat the happy feeling.To illustrate this, we may study two magnets. When their positive and negative poles meet, they are comfortably joined, and they remain there. In other words, they have attained a balance or state of happiness. If on the other hand, one of the poles is reversed, and positive pole is presses against positivepole, there is resistance, instability, imbalance a state of unhappiness. Animals with some degree of intelligence seem to find happiness in reinforcement. Once they have gained one or more of their goals such as food, and water, they learn to repeat the actions that led to satisfaction of those goals. This repetition or reinforcement produces a state of balance or sense of happiness.According to this theory, only animals with a significant capacityto learn should be able to experience happiness. But in truth learning can take place through surprisingly simple short-term action such asscratching an itch, followed by pleasure, followed by more scratching,and so on. Thus learning can occur with almost no conscious thought.For human beings, blessed with the ability to reason, goals are not limited to the short-term satisfaction of needs. Indeed, there is astrong link between happiness and the fulfillment of long-term goals. Even if human strive for goals that are more complex and longer-termthan the animals’ goals, once those goals are gained, happiness is reinforced.1. Why does the speaker menti on “magnets”?2. According to the passage, what may animals do after they have got food?3. Which of the following is true according to the speaker?4. What does the speaker say is special about the goals of human beings?5. Which of the following best captures the main idea of the passage?Keys: 1D 2.C3. B 4.D 5.AIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 Don’t let it get to you!Susan: You look so angry. What happened?Chris: Nothing I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’t ask.Susan: Come on. Relax. Talk to me.Chris: All right. This morning I took my car to the garage to checkthe air conditioner. They only gave it a quick look, refilled it with some Freon, and charged me 300bucks!Susan: No wonder you’re livid. I’d be mad to o if someone ripped me off like that.Chris: Yeah. And they were rude. They said I didn’t know anything about cars, which I don’t, butthey didn’t have to be blunt!Susan: Sounds like you got a raw deal!Chris: What’s worse, as I was leaving, I herd then s aying, “Don’t trust that guy. He looks broke.”When I heard that, I almost hit the roof.Susan: Don’t let it get to you. Better ignore them. Chris: I agree.I did manage to keep my cool. Susan: Well, the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Agency.Chris: sounds like a good idea.MODEL2 I’m too depressed.ScriptSusan: Chris, I hear you’ve been down in the dumps, soI’ve come to cheer you up. Chris: It’s not gong o work. I’m too depressed Susan: Come, on. Tell me what’s on your mind.Chris: Everything. My girlfriend left me; my dog ran away; my wallet was stolen.Susan: Don’t worry. I’ll help you solve the biggest problem: finding you a new girlfriend.Chris: Forget it. Anyway, I’m getting bad grades, and I was told that I’d have to repeat a lot of courses next year. When I heard that, I almost lost it. Susan: Look, relax. I’ll help you with those courses.Chris: Yeah, but I also have three week’s laundry to do., and my room is a pigsty. Susan: Forget it. You’re on your ow n.Chris: Come, on. What are friends for?Susan: To keep you in high spirits; not to do your laundry.MODEL3 You seem to be on top of the world. ScriptNora: Oh, hey, John!John: Hey!Nora: You seem to be on top of the world tonight. What’s up?John: I’m so happy I’m about to burst. Guess what?Nora: You’ve got me.John: It might be true that misfortunes never come singly, but you can also have a “doubleblessing”. And that’s what I had.Nora: You mean you’ve had two happy events in your life? John: Exactly. You know, I was strong in all subjects except physics. NowI’ve finally passed thetest--the one I needed to qualify for a Bachelor’s degree.Nora: Congratulations! You’d failed it three times. Nowyou’re beaming. What’s theother good news?John: The multinational I was dong my field project at offered me a job at a good staring salary.Nora: Wow, wonderful, simple wonderful.John: I feel like celebrating. Shall we go to a bar?Nora: Why not?Now Your TurnTask 1SAMPLE DIALOGA: You look furious. What happened?B: Nothing. I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’t ask.A: Come on. You shouldn’t keep your feeling to yourself. You need to let off some stream. So, talk tome.B: All right. This morning I went to a shop to buy a digital camera, I only need an ordinary one. Itis enough for my tours in the summer vacation. Buy they persuaded me to buy a professional camera, which cost three times as much.A: But you were willing to buy for it. Anyway, it must work better. B: You see, I know next to nothing about photography. So they simply tricked me into buying anexpensive one.A: No wonder you’re livid with rage. I’d be mad too if I were robbed like that. What are you going to do?B: I already went back to them and asked to exchange it for a cheaper one. A: What did they say?B: Oh, they were rude. They insisted that they hadn’t encouraged me to buy a professional camera, and that I boughtA: Sounds like you got a raw deal!B: What’s worse, as I was leaving, I heard they say, “T hat guy looks broke. He shouldn’t havebought any camera.”A: Don’t let it get to you. Better ignore their rude remarks.B: I agree. I did manage to keep my cool.A: Well, the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Agency. Ifthey talk to the shop, maybe they will give you a refund.B: Sounds too good to be true.V. Let’s TalkScriptHello, everyone. Today I invite you to join me in an exploration off the causes of depression. There ate many factors involved, but I believe some deserve special attention. Heredity certainly plays a role. .The tendency to develop depression may be inherited; there is evidence that this disorder may run in families.Physiology is another factor related to depression. There may be changes or imbalances in chemicals which transmit information in the brain called neurotransmitters. Many modern antidepressant drugs attempt to increase levels of certain neurotransmitters so as to increase brain communication. While the causal relationship is unclear; it is knownthat antidepressant medications do reliever certain symptoms of depression.Researchers also study psychological factors. They include the complex development of one’spersonality and how one has learned to cope with externalenvironmental factors, such as stress. It is freeqently observed that low self-esteem and self-defeating thinking are connected with depression. While it is not clear which is the cause and which is the effect, it is known that sufferers who are able to make corrections to their thinking patterns can show improved mood and self-esteem.Another factor causing depression is one’s early experiences. Events such as the death of a parent,the divorce of the parents, neglect, chronic illness, and severe physical abuse can also increase the likelihood of depression later in life.Some present experiences may also lead to depression. Job loss, financial difficulties, long periods of unemployment, the loss of a spouse or other family member, or other painful events may trigger depression. Long-term stress at home, work, or school can also be involved.It is worth nothing that those living with someone suffering from \depression experience increased anxiety which adds to the possibility of their also becoming depressed.Depression-causing Factors Problem Description SolutionHeredity It is inherited and run in families.Physiology changes or imbalances in chemicals called neurotransmitters, which transmit information in the brain Antidepressant drugs relieve certain symptoms of depression. Psychological Factors Low self-esteem and self-defeating thinking are connected with depression. Sufferers who make correction to their thinking patterns can show improved mood and self-esteem.Early Experiences Event like the death of a parent, the divorce of parents, neglect, chronic illness, and severe physical abuse canincrease the likelihood of depression.Present Experiences Job loss, financial difficulties, long periods of unemployment, the loss of a spouse or other family member, or long-term stress may trigger depression.Living with somebody with depression This causes increased anxiety, which adds to the possibility of their also becoming depressed.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Reason and EmotionScriptEmotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason; s is suggested by phrase such as”appeal to emotions rather than reason” and “don’t let your emotions take over”. Emotionalreactions sometimes produce consequences or thoughts which people may later regret or disagree with; but during an emotional state, theycould not control their actions. Thus, it is generally believed that one of the most distinctive facts about human beings is a contradiction between emotion and reason.However, recent empirical studies do not suggest there is a clear distinction between reason and emotion. Indeed, anger or fear can often be thought of as an instinctive response to observed fact. The human mind possesses many possible reactions to the external world. Those reactions can lie on a continuum, with some of them involving the extreme of pure intellectual logic, which is often called “cold”, and others involving the extremes of pure emotion not related to logical agreement, which is called “the heat of passion”. The relation logic and emotion merits careful study. Passion, emotion, orfeeling can reinforce an argument, event one based primarily on reason. This is especially true in religion or ideology, which frequently demands anall-or-nothing rejection or acceptance. In such areas of thought, human beings have to adopt a comprehensive view partly backed by empirical argument and partly by feeling and passion. Moreover, several researchers have suggested that typically there is no “pure” decision or thought; that is, no thought is based“purely”” on intellectual logic or “purely” on emotion—most decisions are founded on amixture of both.1. What results does the speaker may some from emotional reactions?2. What is the popular belief about reason and emotion?3. What does the speaker mean by “cold “?4. According to the passage, what should people do in religious matters?5. What is the speaker’s conclusion?Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.DTask 2: DepressionScriptPat: You look depressed. Are you feeling blue? I’ve come to cheer you up.Ted: But there’s nothing that can cheer me up. I’m down in the dumps. Life’s miserablePat: You have to try to get your mind off things.Ted: But I can’t. I just feel there’s too much pressure on me sometimes!Pat: You can’t let things get you down. Learn to relax andstop worryin g all the time. What’s yourproblem?Ted: I failed my last exam, and another exam is coming, I get bored. Pat: If I were you, I’d start working hard. If you work hard for a long time, you’re bound t o getbetter grades. You see, “no pain, no gain”.Ted: It’s easier said than done! If I read for fifteen minutes, I get bored. Pat: You have to learn some self-discipline.But how can I stay cheerful all the time?Ted: Worse than that! If I read for half an hour, I get a headache. Then I start to worry aboutpassing the next exam.Pat: It’s all in your mind. If you stay cheerful like me,everything will soon be OK. Ted: But how can I stay cheerful all the time?Pat: Try to look on the bright side of things.Ted: But what if there isn’t a bright side?Pat: You know the saying: Every cloud has a silver lining. It means there’re always tow sides toeverything—both the dark and the bright sides. So, try to identify your strengths and bring theninto full play.Ted: Oh, no! Your corny old sayings are making me even more depressed.Keys: TFFTFTask3: AngerScriptAnger is an emotion that can be hard to control. Despite this, we should learn how to manage anger in a constructive manner. In the most intense moments of anger, we usually have twochoices: to fight or to run. Some choose the option of violence, which is a negative reaction to anger; and others choose to run. Some may think running means you are a coward. But the option of walking away and claiming down is the moreproductive method of handling anger. It is difficult to walk away, especially when your heart is racing, and your anger is boiling over. There are constructive ways of handling anger in any situation. First, you have to stop for a brief moment and think before you act. Take that moment and calm down id you feel yourself being pushed.At that moment you should admit you are angry. If you refuse toadmit you’re angry or hurt, or ifyou make it appear that everything is peaches and cream, you are not managing angry in a productive way. You should first admit you are angry and let your feelings out before you blow up. Foe example, you can stay in a quiet place by yourself and shout; or you can talk to a closefriend to vent your rage. If you do not acknowledge your anger, it only builds up inside you and will eventually explode like a volcano Then, in order to manage your angry, you can ask yourself an important question that we all must ask ourselves, “What made me angry?” When you get the answer, and then ask yourself, “Why did that made me angry?” Thro ugh such logical reasoning, one tends to calm down and move toward a sensible solution.News ReportU.S. Roller CoasterScriptThe world’s first 4D roller coaster, “X”, took on its firstpassengers last week at the Six FlagsMagic Mountain theme park, just outside Los Angeles.After climbing on board and properly securing their safety harnesses, “X” riders are first to aheight of over 66meters. At the top, the passenger train is released and builds up enough speed to race and plummet around the track at speeds of over 130km an hour.The rider takes the daring passengers down an incredible 66m diveand over the top of a 62m loop, in cars that spin independently of the roller coaster train. This unique design allows riders to spin360degree, both forwards and backwards, through the entire ride.Passengers hurtle through this ride often moving in many different directions at the same time ad the cars somersault back and forth andthe roller coaster twists, loops, and dives. The complicated series of maneuvers includes two raven turn, one front flip, one twisting front flip, and two back flips.Since passengers aren’t always facing the right direction to see what’s coming up next, theelement of surprise is high. For “X” riders, this adds to the thrill of the ride.The track of this newest roller coaster runs a total length of a little over1, 100meters. The passenger trains measure 6meters wide and21meters long, large enough to carry 28 passengers at a time. At full capacity, the trains can take 1,600passengers for the ride of theirlives each hour. The entire ride lasts for only a total about2minutes,but you can tell from the exhilarated faces of passengers returning to the boarding dock that they were two of the most thrilling minutes ofheir lives.Uint2II. Basic Listening Practice1. ScriptW: Did you hear? Helen got modeling jib! She’s going to be sashaying down the catwalk.M: Wow, that’s great! All that walking prac tice really paid off.And foe once she won’t becomplaining about being so tall.Q: Why did Helen get modeling job?2. ScriptM: Julia, come and see the Miss America contest on TV. All those beautiful girls are walking around in bathing suits, so the judges can decide who has the best figure.W: Bah! That’s the worst kind of exploitation. They are treating women like toys for people toenjoy. I would never take part in this kind of contest.Q: What do the man and the woman think about the beautify contest? 3. ScriptW: What shall I do? I’m fat. I want to be slim and beauty, but I’m fat. I’ve tri ed all the new ideas,high carb and low carb, but nothing works.M: Those diets are just fads, popular for a while and then forgotten. Just follow the usual diet withfruits, vegetables, fish, water, and get plenty of exercise.Before long you’ll see resul ts.Q: What has the woman tried?4. ScriptW1: I think Lily is really attractive. She’s half Spanish and hasthis really sultry look about her. W2: That explains why she tans so well. I’ve always been jealous of her skin color in the summer. Q: Which of following is true of Lily?5. ScriptM: Trust me, it was tight there on the Internet: “Plastic Surgery Increasing at a Faster Rate Among Men”. Apparentl y more and more menare trying to improve their appearance. W: I saw it too on the news. Face-lifts, nose jobs, and box to hide wrinkle are now very popular with men. Men say it’s for business reasons, but we know it’s vanity.Q: What does the woman think the real reason is that men haveplastic surgery?Keys: 1.B 2.A 3. C 4D 5BIII. Listening InTask 1: A Friendly StylistStylist: Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you? Nick: A simple haircut: short on the back and sides.。

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英语高级视听说上册听力原文上外版Unit 4For much of 2005, the news out of Iraq has overshadowed what has been going on in Afghanistan, where 18,000 U.S. troops are still fighting and dying along the Pakistan border in battles with the Taliban, al Qaeda and other Muslim extremist groups.The rest of Afghanistan, at least compared to Iraq, appears relatively peaceful. But the country is facing another threat to its stability — its growing addiction the production and trafficking of heroin, which is controlled by some of the most powerful people in the country.Correspondent ,Steve Kroft, reports.Afghanistan is now the world's largest exporter of heroin, and the opium used to produce it, supplying 87 percent of the world market. And it is creating an infrastructure of crime and corruption that threatens the government of President Hamid Karzai.The heroin trade begins with fields of opium poppies grown in almost every province of Afghanistan. Last year, according to the U.S. state department, 206,000 hectares were cultivated, a half a million acres, producing 4,000 tons of opium, most of which was converted into 400 tons of illegal morphine and heroin in laboratories around the country.How much opium and heroin is that?"It is not only the largest heroin producer in the world, 206,000 hectares is the largest amount of heroin or of any drug that I think has ever been produced by any one country in any given year," says Robert Charles, who until last spring was assistant secretary of state for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, overseeing anti-drug operations in Afghanistan.Charles says Afghanistan is producing more heroin than Colombia is producing cocaine.After 25 years of war, it is the country's main cash crop, contributing nearly three billion dollars a year in illegal revenues to the Afghan economy, which equals 50 percent of the gross national product.The laundered proceeds are no doubt funding much of the rebuilding of Kabul, which is experiencing a major construction boom.But the best way to illustrate the sheer volume of the drug trade is to tour the basement vault underneath Afghanistan's Counter Narcotics police in Kabul, whereone and a half tons of heroins, just seized in the provinces, was awaiting destruction. One and a half tons of pure heroin is much larger than the biggest shipment ever seized in the United States, and once cut and repackaged it is worth hundreds of millions of dollars on the streets of a western city.Y et the seizure is less than one percent of all the heroin produced in Afghanistan last year, production which has increased more than 2,000 percent since 2001."That acceleration should be sending a blinking red light to all of us right now. Drug money is going to accelerate the disintegration of democratic institutions," warns Charles.What is happening, Charles says, is the transformation of a poor, war torn country struggling with democracy into a narco state where power emanates from a group of drug kingpins far more powerful than the new government.The process began in 2001 when the United States forged military alliances with powerful warlords and used their private armies to drive al Qaeda and the Taliban out of the country.But some of Afghanistan's biggest warlords also happen to be some of the countries biggest drug lords. Now that they are part of the government, often in high places, a few are even charged with eradicating the drug traffic that many people believe they're still involved in.One former warlord suspected of being involved in the opium trade is Hazrat Ali, whose private army fought against al Qaeda at the battle of Tora Bora. In appreciation of his efforts, he was placed in charge of security for Nangahar province until he resigned recently to run for parliament.He also happens to be named in a United Nations report as one of the provincial officials suspected of being heavily involved in drug trafficking.Ali doesn't deny that the heroin business flourishes in the region but denied that he is involved in the trade. "No. Y ou can ask anyone. I am opposed to drugs. If everyone was like me, there wouldn't be an opium plant in Afghanistan."60 Minutes had no difficulty finding people to make the allegations; proving them is another matter since there is virtually no criminal justice system in place to pursue them.In all of Afghanistan there are barely 100 people in jail for drug offenses, most of them small time players.Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, who is considered honest and well intentioned, outlawed the cultivation and trafficking of opium three years ago, but has neither the power nor the prosecutors to enforce it."It is the top priority. Not one of the top — the top priority now," says Karzai."There have been lots of reports that many of the people in the provinces, many o f the former commanders, have been involved with drug trafficking in the past. And some believe still continue to be involved in drug trafficking," Kroft says.Karzai agrees. "A lot of people are still involved in drug trafficking," he says. "Maybe even there are people in the government who may be involved in drug trafficking. Drug trafficking, drug cultivation, poppy cultivation, was a major way of life in this country. Now that the country's going back toward stability, now that we have a better hope for tomorrow, that we have hope for tomorrow, the Afghan people have begun to distance themselves. Slowly, slowly."Things are moving much too slowly for the country's top law enforcement officer, interior minister Ali Amad Jalali, who resigned last month after complaining about the lack of progress in stemming the opium trade, and bringing government officials involved in it to justice.Last June, his elite Afghan anti-drug force, trained and assisted by the British, raided the offices of Sher Muhammed Akhundzada, the Governor of Helmand Province, another warlord widely suspected of being involved in the drug trade.They seized nine and a half tons on opium, but the investigation went nowhere. Governor Akhunzada said the drugs were not his but that they had been seized by police and were just being stored at his headquarters.He showed 60 Minutes a locker now loaded with another two and a half tons of opium. "This is opium that we confiscated. We have to keep the confiscated opium in a safe place. And this is where we keep it," says Akhunzada, through a translator.Not everyone bought that argument, especially the chief counter-narcotics officer for Helmand Province. When the investigation stalled, Abdul Samad Haqqani went on Radio Liberty, which is funded by the U.S. Congress, and denounced the governor as a major narcotics trafficker.Haqqani has since disappeared and President Karzai says he would look into the matter.As for the tons of opium in the Governor's administrative office, Karzai wasn't the least bit surprised"It's almost half of the economy," he says. "Why would it surprise me if there was poppy found in a governor's office? Or administrative offices? Whether they were confiscated or whether they belonged to somebody. In both cases, it doesn't surp rise me."Asked how his government would deal with the governor amid these allegations, Karzai says the governor asked to be removed."This governor of Helmand, he has come to me a number of times to say that he is tired of working in Helmand precisely because of these allegations," Karzai says. "He says, 'Well remove me' and we have not removed him. Because right now, under thecircumstances, any replacement would find it difficult to continue the fight against terrorism the way he's doing it there — in that province and at the borders."Karzai went on to say that no investigation was needed and that the governor could be removed and assigned to other government work."We don't need an investigation on him," Karzai says. "We will remove him from his place and bring him to do some other government work. Maybe he should become a senator or something."Antonio Maria Costa, director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, says he has pleaded with Karzai to do something about senior officials and governors involved in the drug business."These people who have been involved, senior officials and governors who were involved in the drug economy should be removed," says Costa. "Removed from office and possibly removed from the country."Costa says the need to fight terrorism and defeat the insurgency should not be used as an excuse to ignore the opium trade. "I think it is the responsibility of the Afghan government and the foreign powers assisting it to fight both narcotics and the insurgency. I will say that fighting one is equal to fighting the other."The British, who have overall responsibility for counter narcotics in Afghanistan, and the Americans, have limited their role to assisting the Karzai government in training anti-drug units and providing occasional logistical support for their missions to confiscate opium and destroy drug labs. So far they have destroyed 150 labs.The American military has no direct role in counter narcotics. Its responsibility is fighting terrorism and providing security and stability. If U.S. troops come across opium they can take action but it is not part of their mission.Robert Charles says the U.S. military has limited resources to commit to the effort and feels that aggressive action could disrupt the flow of intelligence. "It is easy to say, 'We will get to this issue in time' the way we get to other social issues. But we don't have time."And Charles doesn't think it is just a threat to the mission. "I think it is a threat to the Democracy. Why is it a threat to democracy? First, it has a potential for public corruption. Second, it funds the violent elements in society. Finally, it sends a signal that the rule of law doesn't matter."One U.S. counter-narcotics official told Kroft that corruption is worse in Afghanistan than it is in Colombia, and estimated that 90 percent of the police chiefs are either directly involved in the drug business or protecting those who are.The British trained mobile unit says it is under orders to stop police cars and official motorcades as well as ordinary buses. Official vehicles are the preferred means of transporting opium.There have been a few small successes. The government has stepped up a modest poppy eradication program, and with the help of the U.S. state department is trying to persuade farmers to grow alternative crops.The number of acres of poppy under cultivation actually dropped 20 percent in 2005, although opium and heroin production remained about the same.In the village of Kushkak, farmers told 60 Minutes that they voluntarily quit growing opium poppy after the government promised to build them health clinics, schools and roads. But the promises have not materialized and they are growing impatient."We did promise them alternative livelihoods," says Karzai. "We have told them that they should stop growing poppy that we'll be there to help them. And if we don't do that, people out of desperation will go back to poppies, and we should not allow that."But illegal profits from the opium and heroin trade are not only helping warlords and corrupt officials expand their influence over the government. There is evidence that some of the money is ending up with the Taliban and al Qaeda, who elicit tolls, protection money and drugs from traffickers in areas they control."Narcotics is such an insidious, creeping, potentially lethal problem in that country that it needs to be elevated to a rank that is commensurate with that threat," says Charles.Asked whether he is saying that this issue is as important as fighting terrorism, he said, "I am."。

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英语高级视听说上册听力原文上外版Unit 4For much of 2005, the news out of Iraq has overshadowed what has been going on in Afghanistan, where 18,000 U.S. troops are still fighting and dying along the Pakistan border in battles with the Taliban, al Qaeda and other Muslim extremist groups.The rest of Afghanistan, at least compared to Iraq, appears relatively peaceful. But the country is facing another threat to its stability — its growing addiction the production and trafficking of heroin, which is controlled by some of the most powerful people in the country.Correspondent ,Steve Kroft, reports.Afghanistan is now the world's largest exporter of heroin, and the opium used to produce it, supplying 87 percent of the world market. And it is creating an infrastructure of crime and corruption that threatens the government of President Hamid Karzai.The heroin trade begins with fields of opium poppies grown in almost every province of Afghanistan. Last year, according to the U.S. state department, 206,000 hectares were cultivated, a half a million acres, producing 4,000 tons of opium, most of which was converted into 400 tons of illegal morphine and heroin in laboratories around the country.How much opium and heroin is that?"It is not only the largest heroin producer in the world, 206,000 hectares is the largest amount of heroin or of any drug that I think has ever been produced by any one country in any given year," says Robert Charles, who until last spring was assistant secretary of state for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, overseeing anti-drug operations in Afghanistan.Charles says Afghanistan is producing more heroin than Colombia is producing cocaine.After 25 years of war, it is the country's main cash crop, contributing nearly three billion dollars a year in illegal revenues to the Afghan economy, which equals 50 percent of the gross national product.The laundered proceeds are no doubt funding much of the rebuilding of Kabul, which is experiencing a major construction boom.But the best way to illustrate the sheer volume of the drug trade is to tour the basement vault underneath Afghanistan's Counter Narcotics police in Kabul, whereone and a half tons of heroins, just seized in the provinces, was awaiting destruction.One and a half tons of pure heroin is much larger than the biggest shipment ever seized in the United States, and once cut and repackaged it is worth hundreds of millions of dollars on the streets of a western city.Y et the seizure is less than one percent of all the heroin produced in Afghanistan last year, production which has increased more than 2,000 percent since 2001."That acceleration should be sending a blinking red light to all of us right now. Drug money is going to accelerate the disintegration of democratic institutions," warns Charles.What is happening, Charles says, is the transformation of a poor, war torn country struggling with democracy into a narco state where power emanates from a group of drug kingpins far more powerful than the new government.The process began in 2001 when the United States forged military alliances with powerful warlords and used their private armies to drive al Qaeda and the Taliban out of the country.But some of Afghanistan's biggest warlords also happen to be some of the countries biggest drug lords. Now that they are part of the government, often in high places, a few are even charged with eradicating the drug traffic that many people believe they're still involved in.One former warlord suspected of being involved in the opium trade is Hazrat Ali, whose private army fought against al Qaeda at the battle of Tora Bora. In appreciation of his efforts, he was placed in charge of security for Nangahar province until he resigned recently to run for parliament.He also happens to be named in a United Nations report as one of the provincial officials suspected of being heavily involved in drug trafficking.Ali doesn't deny that the heroin business flourishes in the region but denied that he is involved in the trade. "No. Y ou can ask anyone. I am opposed to drugs. If everyone was like me, there wouldn't be an opium plant in Afghanistan."60 Minutes had no difficulty finding people to make the allegations; proving them is another matter since there is virtually no criminal justice system in place to pursue them.In all of Afghanistan there are barely 100 people in jail for drug offenses, most of them small time players.Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, who is considered honest and well intentioned, outlawed the cultivation and trafficking of opium three years ago, but has neither the power nor the prosecutors to enforce it."It is the top priority. Not one of the top — the top priority now," says Karzai."There have been lots of reports that many of the people in the provinces, many o f the former commanders, have been involved with drug trafficking in the past. And some believe still continue to be involved in drug trafficking," Kroft says.Karzai agrees. "A lot of people are still involved in drug trafficking," he says. "Maybe even there are people in the government who may be involved in drug trafficking. Drug trafficking, drug cultivation, poppy cultivation, was a major way of life in this country. Now that the country's going back toward stability, now that we have a better hope for tomorrow, that we have hope for tomorrow, the Afghan people have begun to distance themselves. Slowly, slowly."Things are moving much too slowly for the country's top law enforcement officer, interior minister Ali Amad Jalali, who resigned last month after complaining about the lack of progress in stemming the opium trade, and bringing government officials involved in it to justice.Last June, his elite Afghan anti-drug force, trained and assisted by the British, raided the offices of Sher Muhammed Akhundzada, the Governor of Helmand Province, another warlord widely suspected of being involved in the drug trade.They seized nine and a half tons on opium, but the investigation went nowhere. Governor Akhunzada said the drugs were not his but that they had been seized by police and were just being stored at his headquarters.He showed 60 Minutes a locker now loaded with another two and a half tons of opium. "This is opium that we confiscated. We have to keep the confiscated opium in a safe place. And this is where we keep it," says Akhunzada, through a translator.Not everyone bought that argument, especially the chief counter-narcotics officer for Helmand Province. When the investigation stalled, Abdul Samad Haqqani went on Radio Liberty, which is funded by the U.S. Congress, and denounced the governor as a major narcotics trafficker.Haqqani has since disappeared and President Karzai says he would look into the matter.As for the tons of opium in the Governor's administrative office, Karzai wasn't the least bit surprised"It's almost half of the economy," he says. "Why would it surprise me if there was poppy found in a governor's office? Or administrative offices? Whether they were confiscated or whether they belonged to somebody. In both cases, it doesn't surp rise me."Asked how his government would deal with the governor amid these allegations, Karzai says the governor asked to be removed."This governor of Helmand, he has come to me a number of times to say that he is tired of working in Helmand precisely because of these allegations," Karzai says. "He says, 'Well remove me' and we have not removed him. Because right now, under thecircumstances, any replacement would find it difficult to continue the fight against terrorism the way he's doing it there — in that province and at the borders."Karzai went on to say that no investigation was needed and that the governor could be removed and assigned to other government work."We don't need an investigation on him," Karzai says. "We will remove him from his place and bring him to do some other government work. Maybe he should become a senator or something."Antonio Maria Costa, director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, says he has pleaded with Karzai to do something about senior officials and governors involved in the drug business."These people who have been involved, senior officials and governors who were involved in the drug economy should be removed," says Costa. "Removed from office and possibly removed from the country."Costa says the need to fight terrorism and defeat the insurgency should not be used as an excuse to ignore the opium trade. "I think it is the responsibility of the Afghan government and the foreign powers assisting it to fight both narcotics and the insurgency. I will say that fighting one is equal to fighting the other."The British, who have overall responsibility for counter narcotics in Afghanistan, and the Americans, have limited their role to assisting the Karzai government in training anti-drug units and providing occasional logistical support for their missions to confiscate opium and destroy drug labs. So far they have destroyed 150 labs.The American military has no direct role in counter narcotics. Its responsibility is fighting terrorism and providing security and stability. If U.S. troops come across opium they can take action but it is not part of their mission.Robert Charles says the U.S. military has limited resources to commit to the effort and feels that aggressive action could disrupt the flow of intelligence. "It is easy to say, 'We will get to this issue in time' the way we get to other social issues. But we don't have time."And Charles doesn't think it is just a threat to the mission. "I think it is a threat to the Democracy. Why is it a threat to democracy? First, it has a potential for public corruption. Second, it funds the violent elements in society. Finally, it sends a signal that the rule of law doesn't matter."One U.S. counter-narcotics official told Kroft that corruption is worse in Afghanistan than it is in Colombia, and estimated that 90 percent of the police chiefs are either directly involved in the drug business or protecting those who are.The British trained mobile unit says it is under orders to stop police cars and official motorcades as well as ordinary buses. Official vehicles are the preferred means of transporting opium.There have been a few small successes. The government has stepped up a modest poppy eradication program, and with the help of the U.S. state department is trying to persuade farmers to grow alternative crops.The number of acres of poppy under cultivation actually dropped 20 percent in 2005, although opium and heroin production remained about the same.In the village of Kushkak, farmers told 60 Minutes that they voluntarily quit growing opium poppy after the government promised to build them health clinics, schools and roads. But the promises have not materialized and they are growing impatient."We did promise them alternative livelihoods," says Karzai. "We have told them that they should stop growing poppy that we'll be there to help them. And if we don't do that, people out of desperation will go back to poppies, and we should not allow that." But illegal profits from the opium and heroin trade are not only helping warlords and corrupt officials expand their influence over the government. There is evidence that some of the money is ending up with the Taliban and al Qaeda, who elicit tolls, protection money and drugs from traffickers in areas they control."Narcotics is such an insidious, creeping, potentially lethal problem in that country that it needs to be elevated to a rank that is commensurate with that threat," says Charles.Asked whether he is saying that this issue is as important as fighting terrorism, he said, "I am."。

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1. Listening 1OK, everyone, what I want to do today is continue our discussion about cities and the challenges they face, and, I ’d like to focus on the city of Venice, in Italy, which is an extraordinary example. So, to begin with, let extraordinary example. So, to begin with, let’’s review a few of the points we s review a few of the points we’’ve discussed so far. Remember that, for centuries, the city has been struggling with the problem of flooding. As you know, the regular floodwaters As you know, the regular floodwaters——called the acqua alta called the acqua alta——are a big problem in the city. You may also recall （想起）that the government has started the innovative （创新的） MOSE project to build water barriers and stop flooding from the ocean. Now, flooding is an important issue, but many Venetians say that the city has more serious problems than the acqua alta or the MOSE project. And most of these problems have to do with tourism. Of course, tourism has both the positive and negative side course, tourism has both the positive and negative side——tourism is extremely profitable. But the problem in Venice is too many tourists.For example, in 2007 the number of Venetian residents was 60,000. And what do you think the number of visitors to Venice was in that year? Twenty-one million! Recently, on a single holiday weekend in May, 80,000 tourists visited the city. Public parking lots filled up and were closed. And tourists walked through the streets eating and drinking and leaving a lot of trash behind.The result is that Venice The result is that Venice’’s city services just can s city services just can’’t handle t handle（处理，应对（处理，应对（处理，应对) so many people. ) so many people. The city has to pay more and more money for garbage collection to clean up all of the trash. In addition, public transportation on the famous boats and gondolas(In addition, public transportation on the famous boats and gondolas(平底船平底船平底船) is so crowded ) is so crowded that Venetian residents that Venetian residents（居民）（居民）can barely find room to get on. Along with trash and crowded transportation, city residents also have to deal with higher prices for food and for housing. Food prices continue to rise around the city. Some caf és charge as much as 13 U.S. dollars for a soft drink! In the Rialto Market —an area with many shops and stores shops and stores——some of the grocery （食品，杂货）stores have been replaced by souvenir shops, which means that Venetians have fewer places to buy their groceries. In popular tourist areas, rent has almost tripled(areas, rent has almost tripled(三倍三倍三倍), and many small local businesses ), and many small local businesses ), and many small local businesses——for example, toy for example, toy（玩（玩具） stores and hardware stores and hardware（五金）（五金） stores stores——can can’’t afford to pay.Let me add that there is a serious housing problem in Venice. At one time, there were regulations regulations（规章）（规章） making it illegal to convert making it illegal to convert（改装）（改装）residential buildings into hotels. But a law in 1999 removed those regulations, and the housing problem got even worse. Since then, the number of hotels and guesthouses has increased by 600 percent, and the number of houses that are available for local residents has gone down.These days, housing is only affordable for the very rich or for people who already own houses because they houses because they’’ve been passed down by family. Young Venetians simply can ve been passed down by family. Young Venetians simply can’’t afford to buy any property buy any property（财产）（财产）in the city. This has forced a huge number of Venetian residents to move out of the city. Thirty years ago, the population of Venice was around 120,000. Now it it’’s less than 60,000.So, why does Venice continue to encourage tourism when it causes so many problems? Mainly it Mainly it’’s because tourism in Venice generates s because tourism in Venice generates（产生）（产生）more than two billion U.S. dollars a year in revenue year in revenue（税）—（税）—（税）—and many think that the amount is much higher. and many think that the amount is much higher.Also, there there’’s a lot of financial pressure on Venice. The cleaning of canals canals（水道）（水道）（水道）, , restoration restoration（恢复）（恢复）of old structures, and the MOSE project are all very expensive. Tourism brings in money to help the city solve these problems.Another point I want to make is that many people in Venice have jobs related to tourism. As more tourists come to the city, hotels, restaurants, and museums need to hire more workers. In fact, the city of Venice has a lower unemployment rate than the rest of Italy, and it it’’s likely a result of the tourism industry.Some people think that Venice is to blame for its own problems —that these problems are the result of greed for tourists are the result of greed for tourists’’ money. There There’’s a lot of talk about limiting tourists, taxing tourists, and even asking tourists to avoid the busy seasons of Easter and Carnival. However, as you can see, maximizing the number of tourists in Venice is also necessary. So, there seem to be no simple solutions to Venice to be no simple solutions to Venice’’s tourism problem.好,大家,我今天要做的就是继续讨论城市和他们面临的挑战,我想把重点放在意大利的威尼斯市,这是一个非常好的例子。

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全新版大学英语（第二版）听说4(上外）部分答案（选择题和复合式听写）UNIT 1One WorldPart C1) unique 2) globe 3) simultaneously 4) terrorist 5) remembrance6) appropriate 7) sharing8) The material can be submitted to the project organizers in Scotland9) It will allow a voice to all people regardless of nationality, religion, race, political viewpoint, gender or age.10) Contributors will be invited to attend the first public performance of the film in their respective countriesUNIT 2Anti-smokingPart BExercise 1 1-5 dcbaaPart C 1-4 ddaaUNIT 3Part BExercise 1 1-4 dcacPart C 1-3 adbUNIT 4Part BExercise 1 1-6 dbdcdaPart C 1-3 cdbUNIT 5Part BExercise 1 1-3 bcaPart C 1-5 cdcabUNIT 6Part BExercise 1 1-6 addbcdPart C 1-4 bcbaUNIT 7Part BExercise 1 1-6 dcbbabPart C 1-4 cabbUNIT 8Part BExercise 1 1-5 bcbadPart C 1-6 bdcdcbUNIT 9Part BExercise 1 1-5 ccdcdPart C1) opportunities2) services3) longevity4) specialty5) structure6) existences7) complicated8) the elderly must rely on a fixed income9) While some live with their children, many more live by themselves, with a friend or in a nursing home.10) They have formed organizations to voice their own needs and concerns to local state and federal agencies.UNIT 10Part BExercise 1 1-4 bdacPart C 1-4 abccUNIT 11Part BExercise 1 1-5 acbbcPart C 1-4 accaUNIT 12Part BExercise 1 1-6 cbddddPart C 1-5 abbddUNIT 13Part BExercise 1 1-6 caccaaPart C 1-4 dcbdUNIT 14Part BExercise 1 1-5 bddccPart C 1-4 cbbaTest 1 answers1-15 ACBCA BCDCD ABDBC16-22 warned cigarette disease extremely kick attempt quit23. They hope this will eventually enable many people to permanently kill the habit24. Smokers also can call a special telephone number to hear recorded messages by doctors.25. Americans who do not smoke are being asked to help just one person quit smoking during the 24-hours campain.26-35 ADA BDA CACDTest2 answers1-15 BBDDD DCBDD CADAB16-22 regularly measure range media preferences appeal strategies23. polls are used to obtain information about voters’attitudes toward issues and candidates,24. it is often possible to determine the probable winner even before the voting booths close.25. The public’s attitude toward various social,economic,and international issues is also considered newsworthy.26-35 CDBB CDA CDC。

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Unit 1 AnnouncementsPart A Exercise 1Exercise 21. At 17:00.2. The one to Chicago.3. The 9:25 train to Oxford.4. Platform 3.5. At 10:30.Part B Announcement 1Exercise 1 1. c 2. a 3. c 4.dWe Wish You a Pleasant flightGood evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain speaking. Onbehalf of the crew, let me extend a very warm welcome to all of you who havechosen to fly Air China. Our plane is bound for New York on the east coast ofthe United States. Ours is a direct flight. It will take thirteen and a half hours toreach our destination on July 19, at 1: 30 p.m. local time.May I draw your attention to the Safety Flight leaflet which you’ll find in thepocket at the back of the seat in front of you? We do ask that you read it. You’llalso find an Air China magazine which you may find of interest. For those ofyou not familiar with this type of aircraft, let me inform you that smoking isstrictly prohibited at any time during the flight.Nor is the use of mobile phonesallowed on board of our aircraft We have a duty-free bar on board andcigarettes, spirits, beer and mineral water will be on sale during the flight. Wewill serve three meals during the entire flight, lunch, dinner and breakfast. Forthose of you who are vegetarian, please contact a member of the cabin crew beforehand. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask a memberof the cabin crew. Our plane will take off shortly. Would you now please makesure that your seat belts are securely fastened in preparation for take-oft’? MayI wish you a pleasant flight! Thank you. Exercise 2Announcement 2Exercise 1 1. d 2. b 3. c 4. aHere Is Your Weekend GuideHere is your weekend guide to what is going on at the University ofColorado.And it is a good weekend for basketball. The Colorado Buffaloes will playthe Oklahoma Sooners Friday night at Oklahoma, and they will return home toface the Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday night on the University of Coloradocourt. The Buffaloes are expected to win both games and fans. Tickets areavailable from the ticket office at the sports arena.There are also a few tickets available for the Saturday night concert byWalter Murphy and the Big Apple Band. Most of the tickets are ten dollars,although a very few live- dollar seats are still on sale. To reserve seats, call theStudent Union at 666-5771, or stop by the box office.The university museum will be open from 10: 00 am. until 5: 00 p.m.Saturday and Sunday. In addition to the famous rock and mineral collectionand the exhibits of early people, there will be a special exhibit of AmericanIndian pottery and sand painting. Admission is free.And now a report on snow conditions at ski resorts. Steamboat Springs isreporting good conditions with six inches of new snow in the last twenty-fourhours; Aspen is reporting good conditions with eight inches of new snow; andVail is reporting very good conditions with nine inches of new snow.This has been the weekend guide. Thank you for listening.Exercise 2Unit 2 Celebrities Part A Exercise 1Exercise 21. public figures2. chief3. is admired for doing something4. noble or brave5. is admired for the accomplishment6. enduring efforts7. great courage8. confidence in oneself9. fills people’s minds with respect10. entertainment or business circles, may sometimes inspire envyPart B Conversation 1Exercise 1 1. d 2. a 3. d 4. bThe Person I Admire MostM: Can you think of a person you admire? W: A person I admire? Hmn. Yes, I think the person I admire most isSteven Hawking.M: Is n’t he the professor at Cambridge with motor neurone disease?W: That’s right. He’s spent most of his life fighting the disease. He foundout that he’d got it when he was a student. He was at the time only about 20.M: Goodness. What did he do then?W: Well, he stopped wasting time. And he started applying himself to hisstudies. He knew that he risked dying young, but he became a leadingcosmologist.M: Where have I heard of him? I know nothing about cosmology.W: He wrote a book about it for the average person. In fact I rememberseeing it on your bookshelves.M: Oh, right. “A Brief History of Time”, is that it?W: Yes, it was a real bestseller, mostly to people who put it on theirbookshelves and didn’t read it.M: Yeah. How old is he now?W: He’s in his sixties; I think He’s succeeded in living far longer thananyone expected him to.M: But what kind of life can you have with a disease like that?W: He’s managed to lead a fairly normal life. He has married twice andhas three children and a grandchild now. I think he needs to use a computer foralmost everything now, you know, eating, speaking, writingM: Mmm. It’s very sad, isn’t it?W: Well, in a way. He considers himself lucky. You see, despite hisdisability, he is recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time.Exercise 2 1. …a professor…2. …fighting motor neurone disease3. …he was about 204. …A Brief History of Time….average person…bestseller5. …twice…three…grandchild6. …a computer….eating, speaking, writing…Conversation 2Exercise 1 1. c 2. c 3. d 4. dInterview with a CelebrityW: Could you tell us a little bit about yourself? M: Sure.W: First of all, where were you born?M: I was born in London, but I’m living in Madrid now.W: Oh, really? How long have you been there? M: Not long. I moved from London with my two daughters about sixmonths ago.W: Are you happy there?M: Yeah, very happy. We love the outdoor life. Also, my mother's Spanish.W: And what do you do in your free time? M: I love reading. Sometimes I feel like wanting to buy every book in abookstore. I’m crazy about books. And I’m a fast reader.W: Do you ever feel the need to take a breakso you can recharge yourbatteries?M: All the time. There’s always so much more to learn. Going away helps.W: You’ve obviously traveled a lot, too. What’s your favorite place in theworld?M: That’s a difficult question because I’ve been to so many amazingplaces, but I think Hawaii is my favorite. The children love it there too.W: All of us are concerned with what kind of world our kids are going tolive in. How do you give your children a semblance of a normal life?M: By living a normal life.W: But as a superstar, you live at a level that’s different from most people.M: To a degre e. yes. But we’ve all got to figure out how to raise our kids tobe happy, responsible people.W: One last question. What else do you wantto do in your life?M: Oh, there’s so much I want to do. I feel a lot of personal responsibilitybecause of how much I’ve been blessed. I do volunteer work for Children’sFund. I do a lot of fund-raising events for them. And I look forward to creating opportunities for young people.Exercise 2Unit 3 AdvertisingPart A Exercise 1Brand name Canon A95 Advantages1) simple to use;2) can create images of true color with terrific quality;3) can capture beautiful pictures;4) can satisfy the needs of more experienced users.Exercise 21.A dvertising is a way of informing people of something. This can range from telling them a product for sale, or a service, or urging them to do something, or even making someone’s name known to the public.2.A dvertising is intended to appeal to consumers to buy a certain product, but it does not force them to buy the product. Consumers still control the final buying decision.Part B A PassageExercise 1 1. c 2. b 3. d 4. dSuccessful AdvertisingOne of the keys to successful advertising is to catch the interest of readers.In your busy life, there is little time to read every page in front of you, so youhave to be very selective. Being aware of this, advertisers go to great lengthsto arouse your curiosity in what they have tosay. You should know whenadvertisers are trying to catch your interest so that you keep in mind that theyare attempting to influence you.Advertisers always have an intended audience targeted for theirmessages — men, women, or children of specific ages, from various ethnicgroups, and with certain interests. It is important that you know to whom an advertisement is designed to appeal so that you can decide whether or not youshould spend your time giving serious consideration to what it has to say. Obviously the whole point of a given advertisement is to get you topurchase a product, take a certain action, or thinkIn a certain way. An effective advertisement is very specific about thebenefit to readers as a result of their buying, doing, or thinking whatever isbeing urged by theAdvertisement. It is extremely important that you recognize the benefitstressed by an advertisement so that you can make a sound decision as towhether or not to follow its advice.Exercise 21.…men, women, children of specific ages, from various ethnic groups, …certain interests2.…what benefit customers will get…buying, doing, thinking3.…seriously …it is designed to appealA ConversationExercise 1 1. b 2. a 3. d 4. cWe Were Born to Help You Do ItBetterJoyce: Dad!Father: Yes? …What‟s the matter, Joyce?Joyce: I‟m wondering if I should buy a pair of tennis shoes. I‟m going tojoin the tennis club in school.Father: Why not? It‟s good that you finally play sports.Joyce: But I‟d like to have Adidas. Father: Adidas? It‟s too expensive. They are for professional athletes.Joyce: But all the guys in the school tennis team are wearing Adidas, boysas well as girls.Father: But none of us has ever had Adidas and we used to play quite OK.Joyce: Here is an ad about Adidas. Can I read it to you?Father: Go ahead.Joyce: “Over fifty-five years ago, Adidas gave birth to a new idea in sportsshoes. And the people who wear our shoes have been running and winningever since. In fact,Adidas has helped them set over 400 worldrecords in track and fieldalone.”Father: Nonsense the players have to go through a lot of hard training andpractice. It has nothing to do with the shoes. They may be comfortable, butJoyce: You‟re right, Dad. The ad goes on to say, “You‟re born to run. Andwe were born to HELP YOU DO IT BETTER.”Father: 11mm. It may be good for running, but you don‟t run.Joyce: Listen, Dad. The ad says, “... Maybe that‟s why more and morefootball, soccer, basketball and tenn is ...“see? “TENNIS players are turning toAdidas. They know that, whatever their game, they can rely on Adidasworkmanship and quality in every product we make.”Father: OK, OK, dear. I know Adidas is good. But how much is a pair ofyour shoes?Joyce: You don‟t have to worry about that, Dad. I‟ve saved some moneysince last Christmas. I just want to hear your opinion.Father: That‟s good.Exercise 2 1. …sports shoes 2. …in making sports shoes over fifty-five years ago3. …running shoes4. …football, soccer, basketball and tennis players5. …workmanship and quality6. …comfortable….expensiveUnit 4 CulturePart A Exercise 1 1. b 2. b 3. d Exercise 2Part B Passage 1Exercise 1 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. dWhat Are Good Manners?People in different countries have different standards for good manners.Before entering a house in some Asian countries it is necessary to take offone’s shoes. InEuropean countries even though shoes sometimes become very muddy,this is not done. A guest in a Chinese house never finishes a drink. He leaves alittle to show that he has had enough. In a Malay house, a guest always leavesa little food. In England, a guest always finishes a drink or eats up his food toshow that he has enjoyed it.Here are some examples of the things that awell- mannered person doesor does not do no matter whether he is an oriental or a westerner.He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tries tohelp them. He is always kind whether to people or to animals. When he iswaiting for a bus, he takes his turn and never pushes to the front of the line. Inthe bus, he gives his seat to an old person, or a disabled person or a lady whois standing. When talking to people, he never tells heavy people they are fat,but says that they are losing weight for he knows everyone is weight consciousand wants to be thin. He never asks people, women inParticular, their age. Everyone wants to be young. If he is invited to adinner party at seven, he is sure to be there by seven, knowing how peoplerespect time and expect everyone to be “ontime”. If he smokes, he neverlights his cigarette before getting the permission from people around them.He says “Please” when making a request and “Thank you” when hereceives something. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person,and he does not sit down until the other person is seated.Exercise 2 1. …laugh at people2. …animals, with kindness3. …push to the front…waiting for a bus4. …the old, disabled5. …they are “losing weight”6. …women … their age/weight7. …time8. …getting permission from people around9. …Please …Thank you10. …a lady or an older person … the other is seatedPassage 2 Exercise 1 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. dTea Ceremony in JapanThe tea ceremony in Japan, or Chanoyu, is a special form ofentertainment for distinguished guests. The tradition started in the 15th centuryand has existed for about 600 years, and it has very special and strict rulesthat must be followed.There are many different kinds of tea ceremonies, from the informal to thequite formal. But all Chanoyu ceremonies have one thing in common, that is,guests are invited to enjoy a moment of peace and calm.Traditionally a Chanoyu ceremony takes place in a tea room which isusually not very big. The guests take off their street shoes and put on specialbamboo shoes. Then they cross a beautifulgarden. They stop for a moment ata rock water basin, where they wash their hands. Then they enter the tea roomthrough a small low door.The inside of the tea room is simple but beautiful. The room is notfurnished at all. The floor is covered with a kind of bamboo mats which arecalled ‘Tanami” There are flowers and some traditional decorations like tea setof ancient times, landscape painting, national costumes, etc. The guests sit inthe traditional way, on their knees on the floor. In formal ceremonies, smallcakes are also sewed. The tea master, a man or a woman, follows a certainprocedure in making the tea and then serves it to the guests in turn, startingfrom the most distinguished. The guests are not supposed to drink the tea atone go. They should sip bit by bit and at the same time appreciate the designsof the bowl and the dish. From time to time the host and the guests would bowto each other. When the guests finally leave the tea room, put on their shoesand leave the house, they feel happy and peaceful.Exercise 21.T he tea roomNot big; ( √)Simple but beautiful; ( √)Not furnished; ( √)Its floor covered with tatami; ( √)Traditionally decorated; ( √)Decorated with fresh flowers and traditional artistic works; ( √)2.T he tea ceremonyThe guests take off their shoes and put on bamboo shoes before entering the tea room; ( √)The guests wash their hands in a rock water basin before entering the tea room; ( √)The guests sit in the traditional way----on their knees; ( √)The guests praise the design of the tea set they are using; ( √)The tea master serves the tea to the guests in turn, starting from the most distinguished; ( √)The tea master and guests bow to each other from time to time during the ceremony. ( √)Unit 5 OpinionsPart A Exercise 1Conversation 1Q1. She thought it was terrible.Q2. He thought it was great. Conversation 2Q1. He thinks it is superficial.Q2. She thiks it is quite well-written.Exercise 2Part B Forum 1Exercise 1 1. a 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. dIs It Stupid to Say So?Nancy Rodgers is a law student. Last week her lecturer advised her tochange to a more suitable course. He said that a career in law was unsuitablefor women.Nancy: I was shocked. At first I thought he was joking. Of course, it was astupid thing to say. Women are as intelligent as men. There are some excellentwomen lawyers. If he doesn’t want to teach me, he should change his job. Ihave a right to study law.Andrew: Nancy, you’re wasting your time studying law. ‘When you aremarried and have children you’ll be too busy to work. Anyway, women can’tdecide anything properly because they’re too emotional. You should studycooking and sewing in order to become a good wife and mother.Paul: As I see it, an intelligent woman can succeed in any career if shehas enough strength to overcome male prejudice. But Nancy has to decidefirst whether or not she wants to have children. It’s impossible to have asuccessful career and to be a good mother at the same time. That’s why all the professions are dominated by men.Betty: Well, I can’t understand why Nancy wants to study law, or any othercourse. For myself, I really enjoy being a wife and a mother. I have two lovelylittle boys and I have a good husband who works hard to pay for everything weneed. I couldn’t do his work and he certainly couldn’t do mine. We’re bothhappy with our work. Women’s liberation should stop interfering.Chris: Until I find a job that pays me more money than my wife’s gettingnow, I will do all the housework. Some men might laugh at me, but I’m quitehappy with this arrangement. And of course it leaves me so much free time forhobbies. They say that housework is awoman’s job. That’s stupid. Men alwaysdo their own housework when they’re single, don’t they? If Nancy wants tohave a career in law, why should anybody try to stop her?Exercise 2Forum 2 Exercise 1 1. d 2. a 3. dHandgunsChairman: Good e vening. It’s Bob Smith. As we know, the question ofhandguns always raises a lot of discussion in our country. Tonight we’ll haveopinions from all of you, as people from different countries. Our guests tonightare Roger from Canada, Reiko from Japan, Yu Fen from China, and Antoniofrom Italy. Roger, let’s start with you. Roger: In my opinion, the laws on handguns should be changed. Do youknow more than 40,000 people a year are killed with handguns? It’s crazy.Guns should be outlawed immediately. Chairman: Yu Fen, what’s your opinion?Yu Fen: Well, I don’t really like guns, but we have to ask who is doing thekilling. I think most of the killers are criminals.I hate to say it, but I think peopleshould be allowed to own guns. Ordinary people have to be able to protectthemselves and their families.Chairman: People in Japan can’t have guns at home. What do you think ofall this, Reiko?Reiko: I also hate to say it, but I agree with Yu Fen. A violent person mightuse anything as a weapon. Roger said around 40,000 people get killed withguns each year. I think more than a million people have a gun at home. All gunowners are not crazy killers. In my opinion people should be allowed to ownguns.Chairman: That’s a very good point, Reiko. It’s like traffic acci dents. Manypeople get killed in car accidents, but we don’ttalk about the millions andmillions of people who drive their cars every day and never have an accident.Antonio? What do you think of it? Do you agree with Reiko or not?Antonio: I see her poin t. But I’ve heard that there are close to 20,000accidents in the home every year that happen because of guns. Childrenwatch TV and see people shooting other people, but they are too young to understand what happens in real life. So I think it is very dangerous to allowpeople to possess guns. I think the law should be changed, and no one exceptthe police should be able to carry guns. Chairman: Thank you, guests. So, listeners, you’ve heard some opinionsfrom around the world. Now we want to hear your opinion. Please call us ore-mail us.Exericse 2Unit 6 MoneyPart A Exercise 11.S he thinks a lot of them are in financial difficulties.2.S he thinks the government should give thema monthly allowance.3.H e thinks it’s not a good idea because some of them would want to be students all their lives.4.H e thinks that the government can get thosestudents an interest-free loan and let them pay back in ten years.5.Y es. She also finds it a good idea.Part B Passage 1Exercise 1 1. b 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. dBanksNearly every adult has some business with a bank. Most people havesavings accounts where they deposit their money. Many also have checkingaccounts which permit them to write a check against the hinds in theiraccounts. A lot of people pay their bills by check rather than in cash. It is more convenient and the cancelled check is a receipt of payment. Banks do morethan offer savings and checking accounts to their customers. A bank willgenerally cash acheck for you and will change large bills foryou:When the bank accepts money for deposit it pays interest on the moneydeposited. Thus your money in the bank is earning money. Normally the bankpays about 3% interest.The bank also provides security for one’s special papers and valuables.Most banks have a safe deposit section. Here you can rent a box (made ofmetal) in which you store your valuables and important papers. You are givena key to the box and only you can open the box.One of the most important functions of a bank is to make loans. This is theway the bank makes its money. If you want to buy an expensive object (car,house, etc.) you may have to borrow the money from the bank. You go to thebank and make an application for a loan. After the bank examines yourapplication to insure that you are a good risk they then will give you the money.You then have to repay the bank the amount of the loan plus interest over aperiod of time.Exercise 2Passage 2 Exercise 1 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. dWhat Is Money?Money is a medium of exchange that is widely accepted in payment forgoods and services and in settlement of debts. Money also serves as astandard of value for measuring the relative worth of different goods andservices.The functions of money as a medium of exchange and a measure of valuegreatly facilitate the exchange of goods and services and the specialization of production. Without the use of money, trade would be reduced to barter, or thedirect exchange of one commodity for another; this was the means used byprimitive people. In a barter economy, a person having something to trademust find another who wants it and has something acceptable to offer in exchange. In a money economy, the owner of a commodity may sell it formoney, which is acceptable in payment forgoods. Money may therefore beregarded as a keystone of modem economic life.Most of the money circulating today is made of metal, paper or plastics.But in ancient times, people actually used various kinds of things as exchangemedia, such as knives, cloth, rice, gold and silver. In China, for instance, clothand metals were used as money for thousands of years. In southwest Asia andparts of Africa, rice and other things were used as money for a long time.Today everybody knows that the first metal coins were made in China.England used tin to make its first coins. Russia and some other countries usedcopper to make their money. Later, a number of countries began to make coinsof gold and silver. Again the Chinese people thought of a way to improve theirmoney. As the metal money wasInconvenient if you wanted to buy something expensive, paper currencycame into existence, though the first paper money looked more like a notefrom one person to another than the paper currency we use today.Exercise 21.…medium of exchange …payment for goods and services ….settlement of debts2.…standard of value …relative worth3.…the exchange of goods and services …the specialization of production4.…keystone of modern economic lifeUnit 7 EnvironmentPart A Exercise 1Exercise 21) noticeable 2) trip 3) results 4) typically 5) layers 6) excessive 7) effects8) we should try to avoid excessive packaging wherever possible9) to encourage consumers to bring their own bags and to choose products that involve less packaging10) We should do away with the practice so as to conserve resources and protect our environment.Part B Passage 1Exercise 1 1. d 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. bExercise 2 1. Plastic bags, household waste,poisonous factory waste, etc.2. They think the earth will forever take care of us no matter how we treat it in return.3. The water, the food, the animals, and ourselves.Passage 2 Exercise 1 1. d 2. d 3.a 4. a 5. dExercise 2 1. Use scrap paper for notes;Reuse paper by making completely new paper from old paper/recycling old paper.2. Get rid of all our old and useless books; Save space in our homes;Buy the books that we want at much lower prices;Raise money for charities.Unit 8 Story TimePart A Exercise 1 1. d 2. c Exercise 2 cPart B Story 1 Exercise 1 1. c 2. d 3. b 4. a 5. dExercise 2 1. Near the wine section.2. On the handle of the trolley.3. She wanted to open it but she couldn’t and she got bored playing with it.4. At the exit of the supermarket.5. Go and talk to the manager of the supermarket.Story 2 Exercise 1 1. d 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. bExercise 2 1. An orange and some grapes.2. She gave the surface of the orange in minute detail.3. One of them painted it as ashapeless yet pleasing massof colors, another hadpresented it with perfectroundness. Some painted itin strange shapes and somemade it look very real.4. The artists had seen the fruitfrom different perspectives.Unit 9 Food and DrinksPart A Exercise 11.T here are lots of vegetables in Chinese food. And the speaker loves vegetables.2.A full English breakfast.3.G o to the pub with friends from work and have a few beers, then go to an Indian restaurant.Exercise 21.M r Davis is a big cheese in his company so you should be very nice to him. (a big cheese---an important person)2.W e stayed up very late last night chewing the fat about our sightseeing during the summer vacation. (chew the fat---chat)3.D on’t cry over spilt milk. The past is past and you can’t do anything to change it. (cry over spilt milk---complain about something that has already happened)4.G oing to the galleries is my cup of tea. I can spend a whole day there, looking at thepaintings. (cup of tea---something one enjoys)5.R ecently Tom has been working very hard trying to bring home the bacon. He has no time to do anything else. (bring home the bacon---be the bread earner of one’s family) Part B Passage 1Exercise 1 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. b Exercise 2 1. Green vegetables of all kinds(a d f g)2. Other vegetables (k l m)3. Fruits(i o s)4. Meat, fish, eggs(b c e)5. Dairy products(h j q r)6. Bread, cereal, rice (n p t)Passage 2 Exercise 1 1. b 2. d 3.d 4. c 5. a。

英语视听说4级听力原文以及答案

Unit 3 Gender DifferencesPart 1 listening oneThree guys are out having a relaxing day fishing. Out of the blue, they catch a mermaid who begs to be set free in return for granting each of them a wish.One of the guys just doesn't believe it, and says, "OK, if you can really grant wishes, then double my IQ." The mermaid says, "Done." Suddenly, the guy starts to recite Shakespeare flawlessly and then make an extremely insightful analysis of it. The second guy is so amazed that he says to the mermaid, "Hey, triple my IQ." The mermaid says, "Done." The guy begins pouring out all the mathematical solutions to problems that have puzzled scientists in all fields.The last guy is so impressed by the changes in his friends that he says to the mermaid, "Quintuple my IQ." The mermaid looks at him and says, "You know, I normally don't try to change people's minds when they make a wish, but I really wish you'd reconsider."The guy says, "No, I want you to increase my IQ five times, and if you don't do it, I won't set you free." "Please," says the mermaid, "you don't know what you're asking for. It'll change your entire view of the universe. Won't you ask for something else? A million dollars or anything?"But no matter what the mermaid says, the guy insists on having his IQ increased by five times its usual power. So the mermaid sighs and says, "Done." And he becomes a woman.Keys: 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T2.1. set free in return2.2 recite extremely insightful analysis2.3 pouring out, puzzled, in all fields2.4 normally, change people’s minds, reconsider2.5 usual powerPart 1 listening two(Dr. Herring, author of a book on language and communication, is being interviewed by Bob White, a writer for an academic journal on communication.Bob White: Good morning, Dr. Herring! We both know that many communication specialists believe that gender bias exists in language, culture andsociety. Do you think this is really so?Dr. Herring: Yes, I certainly do. How we talk and listen can be strongly influenced by cultural expectations, and these begin during childhood. Childrenusually play together with other children of the same gender, and thisis where our conversational style is learned.Bob White: Can you give some specific examples?Dr. Herring: Certainly. We find that girls use language mainly to develop closenessor intimacy as a basis for friendship. Boys, on the contrary, uselanguage mainly to earn status in their group.Bob White: But, in communication through electronic devices like e-mail discussion groups, there should be no gender distinction if writers'names are not used in the messages.Dr. Herring: One might think so, but in fact, email writing style is more comparable with spoken language, so basic language styles are stillevident.Bob White: I thought e-mail messages were gender neutral!Dr. Herring: No. While theoretical gender equality exists for the Internet, in reality women are not given equal opportunity because of differentcommunication and language styles between the sexes.Bob White: How does that happen? Do you have any hard facts to back up this impression?Dr. Herring: Yes. I've done a research project using randomly selected e-mail messages from online discussion groups. I found that females uselanguage that is more collaborative and supportive such as "Thanksfor all your tips on...", "Good point." and "Hope this helps!". Mentend to use more aggressive or competitive language such as "Do youunderstand that?", "You should realize that...", "It is absurd tothink...".Bob White: How great are these gender differences?Dr. Herring: Males write messages using aggressive, competitive language more than twice as often as females did, while females use collaborativeand supportive language three times as often as males did. In thisstudy, it is clear that there is a gender difference in e-mail messagesjust as in other communication media.Bob White: So the "battle of the sexes" is still with us, even online.Questions:1. According to Dr. Herring, when is children’s conversational style learned?2. Which of the following is most similar to e-mail writing in style?3. Why is there still no equality on the Internet?4. What comparison did Dr. Herring make in her research?Keys: 1. C2. B3.A4. B2.1. language, culture, society, cultural expectations2.2 closeness, intimacy, earn status2.3 collaborative supportive, aggressive competitivePart 1 listening threeJohn: Cathy, do you think it's appropriate for females to continuously expect guys to behave in a standard gentlemanly fashion like opening car doors?Cathy: Well, I think it would be nice if men could do such things.John: My side of the theory is that we all have to admit that we are living in theworld of change. Right? Sometimes the equation changes if the driver is a girl and the passenger is a guy who doesn't drive. So what happens? Should the girl open the door for the guy or should the guy open the door for the girl?Maybe we should just adopt an "open your own door" policy.Cathy: Yes, I agree, John. But...sometimes it's just a matter of courtesy. It doesn't matter who opens the door for whom. Maybe females just should not expect too much. Life isn't a fairy tale after all.John: That's absolutely true. Sometimes I feel that there isn't any difference in the roles both genders can perform. Of course I'm not saying that men can give birth. Rather what I meant was except for the physical and natural differences between both sexes, there isn't much difference between them.Cathy: But honestly, although I don't expect guys to open doors for me, or to pull outa chair for me, I am usually quite impressed if they do so, as many guys don'tdo it nowadays. If the guy was walking in front of me and went through thedoor first, I'd appreciate it if he could hold the door and not let it slam in myface.John: Well, if I'm the one walking in front, I will open the door and hold it for the people behind me, be it a girl or a boy. I actually had the door slam right in my face a number of times though, when the person walking closely in front of me didn't hold the heavy glass door and let it swing back in my face. Of course, I tried to hold the door, but it was too heavy and too late. But I think it was more embarrassing for him than me as everyone was looking at him, while I was rubbing my squashed nose.Cathy: So being a gentleman does not stop at opening doors. There are many other aspects I believe.Keys:1. T T F F T2. D A B A BPart 1 listening fourDo you know how you learned to be a woman? Do you know how you learned to be a man? What makes the difference in terms of gender and our roles in society? Even when our physical structures are revealed to be really similar, women and men "tend" to play different roles in society. In an article in the latest issue of Psychology Today, we find a study that reflects how parents of 15 girl babies and 15 boy babies differed in their descriptions of their babies. Despite the fact that objective data such as birth length, weight, irritability, etc. did not differ, when the parents were asked to describe their babies, they said that girl babies were softer, littler, more beautiful, prettier, cuter than boy babies. Based on these facts, we could conclude that parents' attitudes are influencing their children.Our parents and later our school, television and the Internet are showing us a whole set of expected behaviors that create our patterns. Thus, a simple cartoon can suggest to children how they are supposed to act. Male cartoon characters are not only more prominent than female characters, but they also portray a broader range of masculine traits. Male characters are powerful, strong, smart and aggressive.Of course roles have been changing over the past decades. Women are not necessarily expected to stay home raising their family and supporting their husbands. In the same way, men are no longer expected to be the only breadwinners like they used to be; now women and men share these responsibilities. But traditional roles still have a big influence.Keys:1. 1.F F T T F2.12.1reflects descriptions2.22.2parents’ attitudes2.32.3suggest, act2.42.4raising their family, supporting their husbands2.52.5 used to be, share these responsibilitiesPart 4 Further speaking and listeningListening 1"Equal" does not always mean "the same". Men and women are created equally but boys and girls are not born the same.You throw a little girl a ball, and it will hit her in the nose. You throw a little boy a ball, and he will try to catch it, then it will hit him in the nose.A baby girl will pick up a stick and look in wonder at what nature has made. A baby boy will pick up a stick and turn it into a gun.When girls play with Barbie dolls, they like to dress them up and play house with them. When boys play with Barbie dolls, they like to tear their hair off.Boys couldn't care less if their hair is untidy. But for girls, if their hair got cut a quarter-inch too short, they would rather lock themselves in their room for two weeks than be seen in public.Baby girls find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting their face. Baby boys find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting the walls.Boys grow their fingernails long because they're too lazy to cut them. Girls grow their fingernails long—not because they look nice—but because they can dig them into a boy's arm.Girls are attracted to boys, even at an early age. At an early age, boys are attracted to dirt.Most baby girls talk before boys do. Before boys talk, they learn how to make machine-gun noises.Girls turn into women. Boys turn into bigger boys.Keys: 1. 1 hit1.2 try to catch1.3 in wonder1.4 turn…into1.5 dress, play house1.6 tear…off1.7 care less1.8 lock, in public1.9 painting their face1.10 painting the walls1.11 lazy, cut1.12 dig…into1.13 boys1.14 dirt1.15 talk1.16 make machine-gun noisesListening 2In order to understand this story, you have to know the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock. In this nursery rhyme, the words in the title have no meaning. The rhyme goes like this:Hickory Dickory Dock,The mouse ran up the clock.The clock struck one,The mouse ran down!Hickory Dickory Dock.Here is the story:One day I took my seven-year-old son with me to buy an electric wall clock for the kitchen and found a whole counter full of them on sale at a discount store. I had trouble deciding which clock to buy. While I held one clock in my hand and looked at anoth er, I asked my son which one he liked best. He said,“The one you’re holding with the mouse in it, Mom,”.Before I understood his words, a real, live mouse jumped out onto the counter and ran away. I screamed so loud everyone turned to see what was wrong. I was so embarrassed. I tried to make my way quietly out of the store but my delighted son recited Hickory Dickory Dock. What a naughty boy!Questions:1. 1.Where did the story take place?2. 2.Why did the mother ask her son which clock he liked better?3. 3.Which clock did the boy like best?4. 4.Why did the mother feel embossed?5. 5.Why did he boy recite Hickory Dickory Dock?Keys:1. 1.B2. D3. A4. C5. DListening 3Men, it is said, are generally more aggressive than women and enjoy taking risks. They play fighting games and enjoy "dares". More men than women are convicted for crimes, especially crimes of violence.Some say that this is simply a matter of biology; others suggest that it is a function of the way we organize the sex and gender roles in our society. In fact, many of the findings, in this area, have turned out to be unsatisfactory, and often there turns out to be very small differences with a large degree of overlap.Biologically, men certainly seem to be the weaker sex. On average, men experience heart attacks 10 years earlier than women, but have a better rate of survival if they survive the first year after an attack. Symptoms also vary by sex: Women experience shortness of breath, fatigue, and chest pain; most male heart attacks come on as a sudden, striking pain in the chest. In adulthood, men are more likely to be infected with viruses and have a shorter average lifespan.In recent years, a great many biological sex differences have been found throughout the body, including the brain. However, regardless of the findings that sex differences really do exist after all and despite the pressure to deny them, socially, we still expect women to behave like women and men like men.Keys:1) aggressive 2) taking risks 3) crimes 4) biology 5) function 6) roles7) unsatisfactory 8) weaker 9) heart attacks 10) rate of survival 11) vary 12) be infected with 13) average lifespan 14) do exist 15) deny16) behaveListening 4It is my belief that gender stereotypes are very real gender characteristics that are exaggerated to the extreme ends with no gray areas. So in truth a woman is "weak" physically only because a man is in reality "stronger". A woman is "submissive" only because a man in reality is more "aggressive". A woman is "emotional" only because a man is "less emotional". All these are observed facts.Are there ways to avoid the stereotyping? This is hard to do. We as males and females love to exaggerate our differences. It seems we love to do this in many ways. We love to exaggerate gender traits as if to say "Look how female I am" or "Look how male I am". Do we go so far as to actually create differences that do not exist? Not from what I see. I think we like to exaggerate our differences because the more male we feel or the more female we feel, the more attractive we feel.So all in all I believe stereotypes are true differences that are exaggerated. I don't think stereotypes should be avoided because they are real. I do think that we should not attribute extremes of a trait to a gender as a whole, and most certainly not limit someone's potential abilities based on a stereotype. Stereotypes should apply in general but not to an individual. They should serve to help make judgment but not as an absolute.Keys:1. 1.T F F F T T2.1 physically, in reality, aggressive2.2 avoid, differences, attractive2.3 extremes, potential abilitiesUnit 4 CreativityPart 1 Listening, Understanding and SpeakingListening IIn China, education is considered a race. Students have to begin as early as possible and have to proceed as quickly as possible around the track. Success is measured by how many students cross the finish line in the short time. In America, we recognize the race too, but we feel that the students have a chance to explore things for themselves, even if not all of them reach the finish line. As a result of their exploring, some of the participants may have more to offer by the end of the race.The advantage of the Chinese way is that more students become proficient and reach the finish line. The disadvantage is that they may have less to say or to show once they get there. The disadvantage of the American way is that some students never finish the race. The advantage, however, is that some who do go "all the way" have very interesting and original things to say when they get there.1. 1.F T T T F F2. 2.1) race 2) race 3 ) proceed 4) explore things for themselves 5)proficient 6)interesting 7) original 8) less 9) finish the raceListening IIOnce Wealth and Poverty approached a merchant and introduced themselves as Goddesses. The merchant greeted both of them and said, "May I ask why you have come to my humble house?" The Goddess of Wealth said, "We want you to judge between us who is the most beautiful."The merchant did not know what to say. He knew he was between the devil and the deep blue sea: If he said that Wealth was more beautiful than Poverty, Poverty would curse him. If he said that Poverty was more beautiful than Wealth, Wealth would abandon him. However, he became calm and said, "I have great respect for you both. Would you please do what I ask of you? It is the only way I can judge properly." The Goddesses agreed. He said, "Mother Wealth, would you please walk towards my house? Mother Poverty, Would you please walk away from my house? This way I can see you both better, from near and far." The two Goddesses did what the merchant had asked them to do. Then the merchant confidently declared, "Mother Wealth! You appear most beautiful when you are nearest my house. Mother Poverty! You look most beautiful when you are farthest from my house." The Goddesses appreciated the wit and wisdom of the merchant. The Goddess of Wealth happily stayed in his house while the Goddess of Poverty cheerfully departed.Whenever we have a serious problem, if we look within and think calmly, a solution will come in answer to the problem.1. 1.F T F F F2. 2.1. Why did the two Goddesses go to the merchant’s place? CListening IIIThere is an old and common saying in the United States that "There is nothing new under the sun."I thought of that today while reading an article in a magazine. The article tells about the growing number of people who are building earth-sheltered houses, which are partly underground. I had known about modern earth-sheltered houses, but I had never thought about their roofs before. Instead of having metal or tiles on the roofs, many of these houses now have living roofs. The wooden top of the house is covered with a special waterproof plastic material. On top of this there is soil, in which grass and flowers are planted. Such a roof can be very beautiful. But this really is not a new idea. When the early settlers came to the United States, they often made their houses by digging into the ground. Their roofs were made of wood, and then covered by large areas of soil with grass or turf. They were warm, though not always waterproof. People replaced these houses and roofs as soon as they could live in regular wooden homes with wooden or metal roofs. Now, 200 years later, some people think of this as a new idea. But I think, "There is nothing new under the sun."1. 1) partly underground 2) living 3 ) digging into the ground 4) grass waterproof2.Questions:1. What does the speaker mean by saying "There is nothing new under the sun"?2. What makes the speaker think of "earth-sheltered houses"?3. What is a living roof?4. How many years ago did the early settlers first build earth-sheltered houses?5. Why did People replace these earth-sheltered houses with regular wooden ones?Key: C D A B DListening IVMan: It is said that the first sandwich was made in 1762 by the Earl of Sandwich. He didn't want to take time away from his card games to eat, so he ordered his butler to makesandwiches instead.Woman: Is that so? Hey, look at this. The first beauty contest was held in Belgium in 1888.Why in Belgium of all places?Man: Why not? Oh, here's one I bet you're proud of. The electric chair was used for the first time in 1890, in the United States. Yes, you're first to diagnose AIDS, too. The firstrecorded case was in New York.Woman: Plus and minus signs were used in 1514 in Holland. Yeah, there was no way we could have guessed that one. And the equals sign, you'll be pleased to hear, was first used inOxford, in 1557. You'd have thought they'd all have been invented at the same time.Man: Well, we both got these right. Coffee was in Arabia around 1,000 AD, and just before that, playing cards were invented in China.Woman: Well, I got this one right. First diagram of a flying machine was drawn by Leonardo da Vinci, as I said, in 1492.Man: Yeah, but the first air flight wasn't made until 1903, and it was in the United States. Woman: But that wasn't the question, was it? Also, England was also the first to transmit television.Man: Garbage! It was the Italians.Woman: No, it says here, the first TV transmission was in London, 1925. And here we are again, the first traffic lights were in London, in 1868.Man: But they didn't even have cars then, so why would they have needed traffic lights? 1．D A A F C E A B B2．1)1762 2)1888/Belgium 3)1890/the United States 4)New York5)1514/Holland 1557 6) 1492/1903 7) 1925/1868Part 4 Further ListeningListening IJuan comes up to the Mexican border on his bicycle. He's got two large bags over his shoulders. The guard stops him and says, "What's in the bags?""Sand," answers Juan.The guard says, "We'll just see about that. Get off the bike." The guard takes the two bags and rips them apart; he empties them out and finds nothing in them but sand.He detains Juan overnight and has the sand analyzed, only to discover that there is nothing but pure sand in the bags.The guard releases Juan, puts the sand into new bags, hefts them onto the man's shoulders and lets him cross the border.A week later, the same thing happens. The guard asks, "What have you got?""Sand," says Juan.The guard does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags contain nothing but sand. He gives the sand back to Juan, and Juan crosses the border on his bicycle.This sequence of events is repeated every week for three years. Finally, Juan doesn't show up one day and the guard meets him in a bar in Mexico."Hey, buddy," says the guard. "I know you are smuggling something. It's driving me crazy. It's all I think about. I can't sleep. Just between you and me, what are you smuggling?"Juan sips his beer and says, "Bicycles."1) border 2) rips 3) overnight 4) analyzed 5) release 6) cross7) weekly 8 ) thorough 9) show up 10) bicyclesListening IIPottery has been found in the remains of every ancient civilization. The oldest known piece of pottery was found in China and dates back to 7,900 BC. That's almost 10,000 years ago!The first pots were large bowls, formed by taking a lump of clay and making a bowl shape. Pottery doesn't just include pots, but anything made from clay that can hold things, such as jugs, vases and cups. Pottery was used to hold water, milk, seeds and grains.Later, people learned to mix different clays together to make stronger pottery and to put the pottery in a fire oven so that the clay would harden faster. The potter's wheel was invented in China around 3100 BC. The wheel spins clay like a top. It allowed people to make pottery much more quickly and made shapes that were perfectly symmetrical—bowls that were really round, rather than lumpy or uneven. Pottery is not only considered one of the first inventions but also one of the first art forms. Most types of pottery have been painted with figures or designs; some even tell a story!1. B A C2. 1.The oldest known piece of pottery was found in china and dates back to 7900 BC(and wasmade almost 10,000 years ago).2. It was used for holding water, milk, seeds and grains.3. To make stronger pottery and to make the clay harden faster.4. It allowed people to make pottery much more quickly and to make symmetrical shapes.5. Because most types of pottery have been painted with figures or designs; some even tell astory.Listening III(Students are in the classroom waiting for the teacher to arrive. Two are talking.)Cathy: I've enjoyed talking about creativity in our English class. I wish I had been encouraged more when I was in elementary school.Michael: I know what you mean. I always liked drawing, but my teachers and parents insisted I was just wasting my time with it. My father said I should work onmathematics.Cathy: Maybe you will still use your artistic talent some day.Michael: Oh, I don't know. After all, I'm in university now. Perhaps I'm too old to be creative.Cathy: I don't think so. I read an interesting article about a lady who wanted to be an artist but the whole family wanted her to work in their candy business.Michael: What happened?Cathy: Well, Jean, the lady, knew painting was what she wanted to do, not making candy. After graduating from college she tried various jobs to support herself,though none of her jobs was in the candy business. And she kept painting in herspare time.Michael: Then what?Cathy: About 20 years ago a worker in the family candy business quit aroundValentine's Day, one of their busiest seasons. Her father needed Jean to come tohelp with the business.Michael: Did she?Cathy: Yes, although she didn't like it.Michael: So, how did she cope?Cathy: She got an idea of putting art and candy together.Michael: How?Cathy: First she experimented with making an edible paint. She found that powdered food coloring mixed with vodka would work.Michael: That's quite a combination.Cathy: Then, for her "canvas", she melted white chocolate and molded it flat. She even learned how to make chocolate frames.Michael: What kind of art did she create?Cathy: She copied the works of famous painters. She displayed her candy art in the candy shop and customers would come in just to look at the art.Michael: What did her family think then?Cathy: They didn't take her seriously until the Toledo Museum of Art heard about her works and paid her to paint 77 reproductions of works in their collection. Thatwas her first big job. Now she works full-time on her candy creations.Michael: Does she do anything besides copying art masterpieces?Cathy: Yes, she's done some portraits. However, people love her reproductions.Michael: What are the prices for her candy art creations?Cathy: From $150 to $200 each.Michael: Well, her creativity has brought her success.1. 1.What did the male speaker like to do ? B2. 2.How did Jean make a living right after graduating from college? B3. 3.Why did she begin to help with the family business? C4. 4.How did she paint? A5. 5.In what way was she successful? AListening IVFor over 30 years, "Sesame Street" has been the most popular TV program for young children in the United States. The characters on this show are mainly puppets, and probably the most loved of the puppets is a gigantic yellow bird called "Big Bird".Caroll Spinney has played Big Bird all the years of Big Bird's existence on American television. Spinney's love of puppets and his own creativity led him to this career. When he was five years old, he saw his first puppet show. He loved the show and never forgot it. When he was seven he bought a used monkey puppet for five cents. His mother had made him a stuffed snake from green material, so he got the idea of making his own puppet show. He made a stage from wooden orange boxes and his mother's old curtains. He charged 2 cents for admission and earned 32 cents for his first performance.Spinney's family liked his creativity and encouraged him to do more. For Christmas when he was nine, his older brother made him a better puppet theater and his mother secretly sewed eight colorful puppets for him. Spinney later wrote, "The more I gave shows, the more I felt the power that one has when performing. All these people would sit in a room and listen to everything I said.I did all the character voices: little girl voices, an old lady voice, and a ghost voice. The audience listened and clapped at the end, and also paid me to do it. What could be a better way to make a living than to perform? I knew that I would wind up in the world of entertainment."Spinney continued giving puppet shows. When he decided to go to art school, puppet shows helped him pay for his tuition. Even when he was in the army, he managed to continue giving puppet shows. He knew he wanted to do this as his life's work and that he wanted his audience to be children. When he was given the opportunity to create the character of Big Bird on "Sesame Street", he accepted it and over the years has made Big Bird one of the most beloved characters on American television.1-5 T T T F F6-10 T T T F FUnit 5 AthletesPart 1 Listening, Understanding and SpeakingListening II'm Ted. Well, I've been playing it since I was quite young. My father was very keen on it and he used to give me lessons. We didn't have to go far to play, so we used to play together quite a lot. Unless you have to join a club, it's not an expensive sport. You just need a racket and some balls. When I was in university, I played for an hour or so every morning. Sometimes it was not easy for us to book a court because it was so popular. For most people, it’s great exercise and requires a lot of energy. Of course, you have to be fit, as it demands a lot of running and speed around the court. Usually, there’s not a lot of standing around; one is constantly moving. But that’s why it’s a sport I like to play and watch so much.I'm Mike. I think I've been playing it for nearly 40 years now, ever since I was a little kid. It has always been a great interest of mine. When I watch a game, I appreciate the athletic skills of the players: the strategies of the manager or coach; and the excitement of the uncertainty. I enjoy not knowing how the game is going to end, even when a very strong team is playing against a very weak team. There's always that possibility of surprise, and of the unexpected changing the game.I'm Lisa. Well, I've been doing it every winter holiday for as long as I can remember. I love doing it because you can get better every time. It's fast and exciting and although it's really cold, you can still get a tan. Of course, the scenery is beautiful and it's really nice when you're tired to go and have a hot drink afterwards. The problem is that it's very expensive and really dangerous. But apart from getting hurt occasionally, I still thoroughly enjoy it.1. 1) tennis 2 ) quite young 3)soccer 4) a little kid 5) nearly 40 years6)skiing 7) remember。

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英语高级视听说上册听力原文上外版Unit 4For much of 2005, the news out of Iraq has overshadowed what has been going on in Afghanistan, where 18,000 U.S. troops are still fighting and dying along the Pakistan border in battles with the Taliban, al Qaeda and other Muslim extremist groups.The rest of Afghanistan, at least compared to Iraq, appears relatively peaceful. But the country is facing another threat to its stability — its growing addiction the production and trafficking of heroin, which is controlled by some of the most powerful people in the country.Correspondent ,Steve Kroft, reports.Afghanistan is now the world's largest exporter of heroin, and the opium used to produce it, supplying 87 percent of the world market. And it is creating an infrastructure of crime and corruption that threatens the government of President Hamid Karzai.The heroin trade begins with fields of opium poppies grown in almost every province of Afghanistan. Last year, according to the U.S. state department, 206,000 hectares were cultivated, a half a million acres, producing 4,000 tons of opium, most of which was converted into 400 tons of illegal morphine and heroin in laboratories around the country.How much opium and heroin is that?"It is not only the largest heroin producer in the world, 206,000 hectares is the largest amount of heroin or of any drug that I think has ever been produced by any one country in any given year," says Robert Charles, who until last spring was assistant secretary of state for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, overseeing anti-drug operations in Afghanistan.Charles says Afghanistan is producing more heroin than Colombia is producing cocaine.After 25 years of war, it is the country's main cash crop, contributing nearly three billion dollars a year in illegal revenues to the Afghan economy, which equals 50 percent of the gross national product.The laundered proceeds are no doubt funding much of the rebuilding of Kabul, which is experiencing a major construction boom.But the best way to illustrate the sheer volume of the drug trade is to tour the basement vault underneath Afghanistan's Counter Narcotics police in Kabul, whereone and a half tons of heroins, just seized in the provinces, was awaiting destruction. One and a half tons of pure heroin is much larger than the biggest shipment ever seized in the United States, and once cut and repackaged it is worth hundreds of millions of dollars on the streets of a western city.Yet the seizure is less than one percent of all the heroin produced in Afghanistan last year, production which has increased more than 2,000 percent since 2001."That acceleration should be sending a blinking red light to all of us right now. Drug money is going to accelerate the disintegration of democratic institutions," warns Charles.What is happening, Charles says, is the transformation of a poor, war torn country struggling with democracy into a narco state where power emanates from a group of drug kingpins far more powerful than the new government.The process began in 2001 when the United States forged military alliances with powerful warlords and used their private armies to drive al Qaeda and the Taliban out of the country.But some of Afghanistan's biggest warlords also happen to be some of the countries biggest drug lords. Now that they are part of the government, often in high places, a few are even charged with eradicating the drug traffic that many people believe they're still involved in.One former warlord suspected of being involved in the opium trade is Hazrat Ali, whose private army fought against al Qaeda at the battle of Tora Bora. In appreciation of his efforts, he was placed in charge of security for Nangahar province until he resigned recently to run for parliament.He also happens to be named in a United Nations report as one of the provincial officials suspected of being heavily involved in drug trafficking.Ali doesn't deny that the heroin business flourishes in the region but denied that he is involved in the trade. "No. You can ask anyone. I am opposed to drugs. If everyone was like me, there wouldn't be an opium plant in Afghanistan."60 Minutes had no difficulty finding people to make the allegations; proving them is another matter since there is virtually no criminal justice system in place to pursue them.In all of Afghanistan there are barely 100 people in jail for drug offenses, most of them small time players.Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, who is considered honest and well intentioned, outlawed the cultivation and trafficking of opium three years ago, but has neither the power nor the prosecutors to enforce it."It is the top priority. Not one of the top — the top priority now," says Karzai."There have been lots of reports that many of the people in the provinces, many of the former commanders, have been involved with drug trafficking in the past. And some believe still continue to be involved in drug trafficking," Kroft says.Karzai agrees. "A lot of people are still involved in drug trafficking," he says. "Maybe even there are people in the government who may be involved in drug trafficking. Drug trafficking, drug cultivation, poppy cultivation, was a major way of life in this country. Now that the country's going back toward stability, now that we have a better hope for tomorrow, that we have hope for tomorrow, the Afghan people have begun to distance themselves. Slowly, slowly."Things are moving much too slowly for the country's top law enforcement officer, interior minister Ali Amad Jalali, who resigned last month after complaining about the lack of progress in stemming the opium trade, and bringing government officials involved in it to justice.Last June, his elite Afghan anti-drug force, trained and assisted by the British, raided the offices of Sher Muhammed Akhundzada, the Governor of Helmand Province, another warlord widely suspected of being involved in the drug trade.They seized nine and a half tons on opium, but the investigation went nowhere. Governor Akhunzada said the drugs were not his but that they had been seized by police and were just being stored at his headquarters.He showed 60 Minutes a locker now loaded with another two and a half tons of opium. "This is opium that we confiscated. We have to keep the confiscated opium in a safe place. And this is where we keep it," says Akhunzada, through a translator.Not everyone bought that argument, especially the chief counter-narcotics officer for Helmand Province. When the investigation stalled, Abdul Samad Haqqani went on Radio Liberty, which is funded by the U.S. Congress, and denounced the governor as a major narcotics trafficker.Haqqani has since disappeared and President Karzai says he would look into the matter.As for the tons of opium in the Governor's administrative office, Karzai wasn't the least bit surprised"It's almost half of the economy," he says. "Why would it surprise me if there was poppy found in a governor's office? Or administrative offices? Whether they were confiscated or whether they belonged to somebody. In both cases, it doesn't surprise me."Asked how his government would deal with the governor amid these allegations, Karzai says the governor asked to be removed."This governor of Helmand, he has come to me a number of times to say that he is tired of working in Helmand precisely because of these allegations," Karzai says. "He says, 'Well remove me' and we have not removed him. Because right now, under thecircumstances, any replacement would find it difficult to continue the fight against terrorism the way he's doing it there — in that province and at the borders."Karzai went on to say that no investigation was needed and that the governor could be removed and assigned to other government work."We don't need an investigation on him," Karzai says. "We will remove him from his place and bring him to do some other government work. Maybe he should become a senator or something."Antonio Maria Costa, director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, says he has pleaded with Karzai to do something about senior officials and governors involved in the drug business."These people who have been involved, senior officials and governors who were involved in the drug economy should be removed," says Costa. "Removed from office and possibly removed from the country."Costa says the need to fight terrorism and defeat the insurgency should not be used as an excuse to ignore the opium trade. "I think it is the responsibility of the Afghan government and the foreign powers assisting it to fight both narcotics and the insurgency. I will say that fighting one is equal to fighting the other."The British, who have overall responsibility for counter narcotics in Afghanistan, and the Americans, have limited their role to assisting the Karzai government in training anti-drug units and providing occasional logistical support for their missions to confiscate opium and destroy drug labs. So far they have destroyed 150 labs.The American military has no direct role in counter narcotics. Its responsibility is fighting terrorism and providing security and stability. If U.S. troops come across opium they can take action but it is not part of their mission.Robert Charles says the U.S. military has limited resources to commit to the effort and feels that aggressive action could disrupt the flow of intelligence. "It is easy to say, 'We will get to this issue in time' the way we get to other social issues. But we don't have time."And Charles doesn't think it is just a threat to the mission. "I think it is a threat to the Democracy. Why is it a threat to democracy? First, it has a potential for public corruption. Second, it funds the violent elements in society. Finally, it sends a signal that the rule of law doesn't matter."One U.S. counter-narcotics official told Kroft that corruption is worse in Afghanistan than it is in Colombia, and estimated that 90 percent of the police chiefs are either directly involved in the drug business or protecting those who are.The British trained mobile unit says it is under orders to stop police cars and official motorcades as well as ordinary buses. Official vehicles are the preferred means of transporting opium.There have been a few small successes. The government has stepped up a modest poppy eradication program, and with the help of the U.S. state department is trying to persuade farmers to grow alternative crops.The number of acres of poppy under cultivation actually dropped 20 percent in 2005, although opium and heroin production remained about the same.In the village of Kushkak, farmers told 60 Minutes that they voluntarily quit growing opium poppy after the government promised to build them health clinics, schools and roads. But the promises have not materialized and they are growing impatient."We did promise them alternative livelihoods," says Karzai. "We have told them that they should stop growing poppy that we'll be there to help them. And if we don't do that, people out of desperation will go back to poppies, and we should not allow that."But illegal profits from the opium and heroin trade are not only helping warlords and corrupt officials expand their influence over the government. There is evidence that some of the money is ending up with the Taliban and al Qaeda, who elicit tolls, protection money and drugs from traffickers in areas they control."Narcotics is such an insidious, creeping, potentially lethal problem in that country that it needs to be elevated to a rank that is commensurate with that threat," says Charles.Asked whether he is saying that this issue is as important as fighting terrorism, he said, "I am."。

视听说4听力原文

视听说4听力原文Unit1Part11.W: Hi, this is Lily. I’m calling about the room you advertised.Q: What are the speakers talking about?Hello, everyone. Welcome to the first day of our Chinese History course. In this course, you will learn the important events and figures in Chinese history. We will start with the legendary Emperor Huang Di, known as the Yellow Emperor. He ruled for a hundred years and was known for his wise leadership and many innovations in agriculture, medicine and culture. Another important figure is Confucius, who lived during the Spring and Autumn period. His teachings on ethics, morality and respect have influenced Chinese society for centuries. The Han Dynasty, which lasted for over 400 years, is often considered a golden age in Chinese history. The Silk Road, a famous trade route connecting China with the Mediterranean, was established during this time. Finally, we will also discuss the modern era of China, including the Opium War and the rise of communism. I hope this course will be informative and interesting for you all.Directions：Listen to the conversation between a mother and her daughter and choose the best answer to each question you hear.W：Like what, Mom?W：That doesn’t sound very exciting.。

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MODEL TEST 1Marco PoloMarco Polo was an Italian traveler. He went with his father and uncle on many business trips, one of which was to China. They arrived in China in 1275 and stayed until when they left the country as escorts for a Mongol princess traveling by sea to Persia. In 1298 when Venice was at war, Marco Polo was taken prisoner. During his imprisonment, he dictated to a fellow prisoner the detailed accounts of his travels. His literary work, The Travels of Marco Polo , is perhaps the most famous and influential travel book in history. With a wealth of vivid details, it gave medieval Europe its first consequential knowledge of China and other countries. For a long time it was the only existing source in Europe for information on geography and life in the Far East. The book became the basis for some of the first accurate maps of Asia made in Europe.答案:CBCCA BCDBA CDAAB CDDAA BCACC CACBBMODEL TEST 2In general, the universal language on the Internet is English, or more exactly avague collection of languages called "English" because their common origin is the national language spoken in England by the English. That national language has spread over the world, and several variants such as American English, Australian English, exist. A great number of people whose native language is none of the variants know English as a foreign language. They typically use a more or less simplified variant, e.g. excluding most of the idioms of British, American, and Australian English. Of course, they ma ke mistakes, and sometimes the "English”used by people as a foreign language on the Internet is almost incomprehensible to anyone else. In addition, people who use English as their native language do not know how to spell difficult words, since they basically know English as a spoken language. Thus, roughly speaking, the universal language of the Internet is clumsy,coarse and misspelled “English”.答案:DCDBA CDDCA BCDBD ACCBA ACDCB CDADCMODEL TEST 3Honey, the wonderfully rich golden liquid, is the miraculous product of honey bees. The fascinating process of making honey begins when the bees feast on flowers. Although it is available throughout the year, it is an exceptional treat in the summer and fall when it has just been harvestedand is at its freshest. For many centuries, honey was regarded as sacred due to its wonderfully sweet properties as well as its rarity. It was used mainly in religious ceremonies to pay tribute to the gods. Honey was also used for a variety of medicinal and cosmetic purposes. In the time of the ancient Olympics, athletes were reported to eat honey to enhance their sports performance. Althogh honey makes a good replacement for sugar in most recipes, for a long time in history, its use in cooking was reserved only for the wealthy since it was so expensive that only they could afford it.答案:BDDCD ABCDA DDCCD CCDCC CBADB BBCCC。

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视听说4答案（交大版）此版本为详细版，(完整版)Unit13/19his meetingAt a juiceA soccer8/19The company wants him to be in a commercial.he wants to help T alia figure out how he was trickedshe's working on a story about a soccer star.He had to wear the shoes when he plays and let the company use his name for advertising.They met in the lobby,when out to lunch,and discussed a buessiness deal.10/19What does Talia→选最长According to →Probaly sometime next yearWhat is→He likes the ideaJack has→Nick sits on a park11/19From→wants Nick to agreeNick's→TheseWhen→surprisedAfter→realizes12/19Hang on leave out the deal wear ads Sounds good work out appear Cool In fact Picture So far so good comes up like that What else all edited accepting a bribefriendship?→Happyfamily?→She feelsnow?→They e-mailtogether?→......or just talkShe first→elementaryfirst time?→There were on1B/5in a show my age get to went away meet up together sort of like hung outhate talking back and forth keep this friendship going a long way away2A/5Nick was→OneWe arranged→We setNick is→HeWe talked→We didI can't→It's all2B/5看见下面单词选之independent，insane，unlikely，illegal，irregular，unsuitable 3/5thinking ,have we ,have been working ,had ,shouldn't ,are going to have ,isn't4/5noc cre mer a or5A/5What's...... 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