听力原文UNIT 3
Unit 3 教材听力原文及译文
Unit 3 How do you get to school?Section A1b Listen and write the numbers next to the correct students in the picture above.Boy: How do Bob and Mary get to school?Girl: Bob takes the train and Mary takes the subway. Boy: How does John get to school?Girl: He takes the bus.Boy: How do Paul and Yang Lan get to school?Girl: They walk. Look, there they are now!Boy: Does Jim walk to school?Girl: No, he doesn’t. He rides his bike.2a Listen and repeat. Then write the correct number next to the word.61,72,84,99,105,2002b Listen and complete the chart. Conversation 1Mary: How do you get home from school, Tom? Tom: I walk.Mary: How long does it take?Tom: It takes about 20 minutes.Mary: Wow! That’s quick! How far is it from the school to your home?Tom: Only about two kilometers.Conversation 2Peter: How do you get home from school, Jane? Jane: I take the bus.Peter: How long does it take?Jane: Oh, about one hour and 30 minutes.Peter: Wow! That’s a long time!Jane: Yes, I only go home on weekends.Peter: How far is it from your home to school? Jane: It’s about 60 kilometers.2c Listen again. Check your answers in 2b. 听录音，并在上面图片中正确的学生旁标上数字。
英语高级视听说-听力原文-Unit-3-New-orleans-is-sinking
英语高级视听说-听力原文-Unit-3-New-orleans-is-sink ingUnit 3 New orleans is sinkingFor 300 years, the sea has been closing in on New Orleans. As the coastal erosion continues, it is estimated the city will be off shore in 90 years. Even in good weather, New Orleans is sinking. As the city begins what is likely to be the biggest demolition project in U.S. history, the question is, can we or should we put New Orleans back together again?Life has been returning to high and dry land on Bourbon Street, but to find the monumental challenge facing the city you have to visit neighborhoods you have never heard of. On Lizardi Street, 60 Minutes took a walk with the men in charge of finishing what Katrina started.Correspondent Scott Pelley reports.Before Katrina, "There would be noise and activity and families and people, and children, and, you know, I haven't seen a child in a month here," says Greg Meffert, a city official who, with his colleague Mike Centineo, is trying to figure out how much of the city will have to be demolished.Meffert, who is in charge of city planning, says it is "very possible" up to 50,000 houses will have to be bulldozed. Right now, most of the homes in the city are uninhabitable.Meffert faces a difficult task. Every time he goes to a house site here, he says, "It's one more knife in me that says, 'She did another one. She did another one,'" explains Meffert, "she" meaning Hurricane Katrina.When you walk through these neighborhoods and you see the houses, you get a sense of the pain of the individual families. But you don't get a sense of what has happened to the city of New Orleans itself.It is estimated that there were 200,000 homes in New Orleans, and 120,000 of them were damaged by the flood.The part of the city known as the lower Ninth Ward received some of the heaviest flooding. The houses are splintered block after block after block, almost as if the city had been carpet-bombed in war.Meffert says that before the storm, New Orleans had a population of470,000-480,000 people. Realistically, he thinks that half of those residents won't be coming back.The possessions of thousands of families, the stuff collected over lifetimes is suddenly garbage, clawed up into mountains in city parks. With so much gone already, should New Orleans pick up right where it was?"We should be thinking about a gradual pullout of New Orleans, and starting to rebuild people's homes, businesses and industry in places that can last more than 80 years," says Tim Kusky, a professor of earth sciences at St. Louis University.Kusky talks about a withdrawal of the city and explains that coastal erosion was thrown into fast forward by Katrina. He says by 2095, the coastline will pass the city and New Orleans will be what he calls a "fish bowl.""Because New Orleans is going to be 15 to 18 feet below sea level, sitting off the coast of North America surrounded by a 50- to 100-foot-tall levee system to protect the city," explains Kusky.He says the city will be completely surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico just 90 years from now.Since this story aired on Nov. 20, there has been considerable discussion about whether New Orleans really is sinking, including on CBS News' blog, Public Eye."That's the projection, because we are losing land on the Mississippi Delta at a rate of 25 to 30 square miles per year. That's two acres per hour that are sinking below sea level," says Kusky.That process could only be slowed, in theory, by massive restoration of wetlands. In the meantime, while Kusky's advice is to head for the hills, some New Orleans residents are hoping to head home.Vera Fulton has lived most of her 81 years on Lizardi Street and returned to her home recently for the first time since being evacuated."When they say 'storm,' I leave. I can't swim and I can't drink it. So what I do, I leave," says Vera, who has lost her home to two hurricanes.Vera is intent on coming back. "I don't have no other home, where I'mThree generations of Fultons, Vera's son Irvin Jr., his wife Gay and their son Irvin, 3rd, live around Lizardi Street.Irvin says his house is "just flat" and he didn't have insurance.That's the dilemma. The only thing they have left is land prone to disaster. They want to rebuild, and the city plans to let them.At Vera's house, Mike Centenio, the city's top building official, told 60 Minutes homes can go up as long as they meet what is called the "100-year flood level."The federal government had set a flood-level, but didn't figure on a levee failure that would flood parts of the city.The official level is several feet off the ground. If people meet the requirement, they can rebuild their homes, despite the fact that we saw, for example, a refrigerator lifted to the top of a carport by the floodwaters.Asked whether allowing people to rebuild makes sense, Centenio says it is "going to take some studying."Right now, he says the flood level requirement is the law.Twelve weeks after the storm hit, no one has an answer to where people should go. An estimated 80,000 homes had no insurance, and for now, the biggest grant a family can get from the federal government is $26,200. Those without flood insurance face an uncertain road ahead, trying to piece their lives and homes back together."I don't think any of us get to be made whole. I don't know of anybody that's even getting back to where they were. It's just a matter of how much you lost," says Meffert.No one wants to risk more losses until the levees are fixed but there is not a lot of confidence in that. There's evidence some of the levee walls may have failed from bad design or lousy workmanship.Fixing them is up to Colonel Richard Wagenaar, who told 60 Minutes, that by next summer, the levees will withstand a Category 3 storm. But for a Category 5 storm, Congress would have to double the levee height to 30Col. Wagenaar says building a 30-foot flood control system around the city could take five to ten years, and cost billions of dollars.Asked whether he would live in New Orleans if the levees were restored to pre-Katrina levels, Col. Wagenaar said he would, after a long pause."There's a lot of long pauses in things I think about these days," Wagenaar added.Another thing that gives you pause is the fact that one of the world's largest pumping systems can't keep the city dry with broken levees.60 Minutes was there in September during Hurricane Rita. Crews were fighting with everything they had, cooling a pump with a hose and a coat hanger. When the station flooded during Katrina, Gerald Tilton dove under water to open valves.Since then, Tilton and his men have been living at the station. "Most of us, our homes have been destroyed but a large number of us are still here doing the job that we get paid to do," says Tilton.Tilton says he hasn't seen his home since the storm hit and only took one thing from the house when he left: his diploma. "I graduated from Tulane last year and that was the one thing that I wanted. I know it might sound crazy."But sharp minds and heroism couldn't stop a second flood.It took another two weeks to dry out and count the losses. Now, inspectors with laptops are identifying ruined houses."Every house in New Orleans is loaded into this database," explains Centineo. The reports are sent instantly to a computer at city hall, where the database is linked to aerial images of every address, both before and after.When the reports are in, they will know how many billions it will take to rebuild, but not where that money is coming from.Mike Centineo showed us, at his house, that you can't appreciate the loss until you walk through the door. He lost pretty much everything in his home. "We've lost a lot. What hurts is family photos. They went under water and I pulled them out to try to salvage what I could," Centineo says.Centineo says he understands, probably better than any building official ever has, what the victims of Katrina are going through. "I'm one of them, that's true, I'm one of them."He is one of about 400,000 people still unable to come home. That's the worst part now, the deflation of the Big Easy.There are too few people to pay taxes or keep businesses going. The world's largest domed stadium doesn't have a football team; In New Orleans, these days, not even the Saints go marching in.Meffert has some clear feelings on whether the nation should commit billions of dollars and several years to protect the city."Is it commit or invest? I mean this is the thing that that people miss. The country has to decide whether it really is what we tell the world what we are. Or are we just saying that? Because if we are that powerful, if we are that focused, if we are that committed to all of our citizens, then there is no decision to make. Of course you rebuild it," says Meffert.。
现代大学英语听力一Unit3和Unit4听力原文(完整版)
Unit31【原文】My hobby is sky-diving. Do you know what that is? I jump from an aeroplane and fall through the air. I open my parachute only when I‟m very close to the ground. Of course it‟s rather dangerous. Perhaps that‟s why I enjoy it. I think it‟s fun. Very few women do it. But we‟re just as good at it as men.I‟m very interested in music. In my free time I play and listen to it. I can play the guitar and the flute. I enjoy all kinds of music but my favorite is folk music. Good folk music. I like classical music, too. But I prefer folk music. I‟d like to have my own group some day.I love all kinds of sports but my favorite is tennis. But I don‟t enjoy watching it. I only enjoy playing it. And when I play I want to win. That‟s very important. I hate losing!2【原文】I made my first parachute jump because I had read an article about it and I had always wanted to try it.Before the jump I went to six training classes. I was taught where to sit in the aeroplane, how to jump out, how to guide the parachute, and how to land on the ground safely.On the big day I was very nervous. The weather was cloudy, but the pilot thought it was all right, so the two of us (the instructor and I) got into the aeroplane with the pilot, and Helen Gray got into the other. (She wanted to take some parachuting photographs.) We took off and climbed to 1000 metres. I was really very frightened waiting for the big moment! Then the instructor told me to jump. I looked out of the open door and saw the ground below. It was the most terrifying moment of my life! I closed my eyes and jumped.It was a great relief when the parachute opened! I looked up and saw the orange canopy. Below me was the landing area. It was really beautiful falling peacefully through the air. I landed well and waited for the instructor. Then we picked up our parachutes and went off to have a coffee and talk about the jump.Parachuting is definitely more exciting than other things I have done before — like mountain climbing and sailing —and it‟s more fun, too. I‟m going to make my second jump next week.3【原文】When I was seven years old, my family grew our first square watermelon. No one had ever seen a square watermelon before, so it became an instant celebrity. People visited our garden to see the unusual fruit, and I even took it to school for show-and-tell.What‟s so great about square watermelons? Well, besides their odd shape, the melons stack nicely, fit in the refrigerator, and won‟t roll off the table.Whenever people ask how they can grow their own square watermelons, my dad tells them to “use square seeds”. Truthfully, though, my dad discovered the key to square fruit by accident.Every summer we plant a small vegetable garden. To keep the young fruit from rotting on the moist ground, my dad props them on cinder blocks. In 1996, we returned from vacation to find a young melon stuck in the centre of a cinder block. The watermelon had grown inside the block until it was wedged too tightly to remove.“We didn‟t want to kill it, so we just left it there,” my father remembers. “At harvest timewhen we broke the cinder block, we found a perfectly healthy melon — but it was also perfectly square.”Since that summer my family has been growing square watermelons on purpose.4【原文】Philip: My special visitor today is Matthew Treharn e, one of this year‟s Children of Courage. Good afternoon, Matthew.Matthew: Good afternoon.Philip: Where do you come from, Matthew?Matthew: From Cambridgeshire, in the east of England.Philip: Now you‟ve got a black belt for karate, haven‟t you?Matthew: Yes.Philip: And you‟re the first ten-year-old with a black belt?Matthew: Yes, that‟s right.Philip: That‟s fantastic. When did you start karate?Matthew: Six years ago. When I was four.Philip: Only four? Why did you choose karate?Matthew: Because I liked it. And because I wanted to be strong.Philip: Weren‟t you strong?Matthew: Oh no. I had a hole in my heart when I was born. So I was very ill. Then I had a big preparation in hospital. But I was still weak and tired all the time. So I started karate. Philip: Was it difficult at first?Matthew: Well, at the beginning, yes, it was. But my parents always encouraged me to go on.Philip: When did you get your black belt?Matthew: I got it this summer.Philip: What a wonderful fight against a handicap! Now you are strong and a champion! Matthew: Oh, it‟s just fun now. I play other sports too.Philip: Do you play football?Matthew: Yes, and rugby.Philip: You give special karate shows, don‟t you?Matthew: Yes, I give local karate shows. Near my home in Cambridgeshire.Philip: So you are rich too?Matthew: Oh no. I give the money away.Philip: Do you?Matthew: Yes. I gave ￡1,000 to a hospital in Peterborough.Philip: What did they buy with the money?Matthew: They bought a heart ventilator —that‟s a special machine for people with weak hearts.Philip: So they can help other people with problems like yours?Matthew: Yes, and then they can learn karate too!Philip: What a splendid story! Thank you Matthew. And enjoy your special day in London. Matthew: Thanks. Goodbye.5原文】My hobbies are collecting stickers and writing songs. I like collecting stickers because someare cool and if I collect enough I can fill up my wall with stickers. I also like writing songs, like “Baby,Don‟t Leave Me”, because I always think of them in the shower.My favorite hobby is stargazing, because I think it is a challenge to look for the Big Dipper, Little Dipper, and all those other constellations. I think it is almost like doing a word search because you have to concentrate and look carefully for the constellations.One of our favorite hobbies is looking for license plates of other states. So far, we have seen 22 different sta tes, and we‟ve also seen Guam, a territory of the United States. We enjoy this hobby because we usually see Texas, so it‟s fun to see another kind of license plate.I have many different hobbies. But my favorite hobby is writing. I have dreams of becoming an author, novelist, or journalist. I enjoy writing stories and poems the most. I love writing because there are so many different styles and because writing is the best way for me to express myself and to get my troubles out. I don‟t really like to talk in front of a lot of people or about serious matters. So that‟s where writing comes in handy.Dancing is my favorite hobby. I have given three to four stage performances. I have also participated in the inter-school competitions, and I have won first prize for my school. Winning prizes and dancing on stage encourages me to learn more.6【原文】David was a young man who worked in an office in a big city. His hobby was fishing, but he didn‟t often get a chance to practice it.Then one summer he decided to have a holiday in a beautiful place in the mountains where there were a lot of streams. “I ought to be able to have some good fishing there, “he said to himself.The first morning after he arrived, he walked to the nearest stream with his fishing rod. He saw an old man standing beside the water, so he asked him whether it was a private stream. The old man answered it was not, so David then said to him,”Well, then it won‟t be a crime if I catch some fish here, will it?”“Oh, no.” answered the old man. “It won‟t be a crime, but it will certainly be a miracle.”7【原文】Joe was going to his usual bar before lunch when he saw a poorly dressed man fishing in a small pool of rain-water about five centimeters deep outside it.Joe stopped and watched the poor man for a few minutes. He saw that most of the people who passed by him believed he was mad.Joe pitied the man, so after a few minutes he went up to him and said: “Hello. Would you like to come into the bar and have a drink with me?”The fisherman was delighted to accept his offer and the two men went into the bar together. Joe bought the fisherman a few drinks, and finally said to him, “You‟ve been fishing outside here, haven‟t you? How many did you manage to catch this morning, if I may ask?”“You are the eighth,” the fisherman answered merrily.8【原文】Journalist: Er… roughly, when did you begin collecting badges?Simpson: At my primary school, I think. The teachers used to give out badges to pupils who were particularly good at certain things. So I got a little blue badge with the word“swimming” on it, and then another one I remember — it was green — which had theword “tidy” on it! Ha!Journalist: And have you still got those badges in your collection?Simpson: No… well, I‟ve got the swimming badge, but I think I was so untidy that I must have lost the tidy badge years ago!Journalist: And you started collecting badges, then, from that, the age of about nine? Simpson: Er, yeah, I guess so… eight or nin e or so. That‟s right. In those days — we‟re talking about the early 50s — there weren‟t so many cars around as there are today. So fillingstations didn‟t have so many customers. So the petrol companies used to give outbadges. I suppose they thought that kids whose parents had a car would keep askingthem to go to a particular filling station so that they could get another free badge. Mydad bought our first car in 1956 — I think it was a black Ford Popular—and every timeI went out with him in it I used to ask him to go to a different petrol station so that Icould add more to my growing badge collection. Actually, he was a very shy man, myfather, and I‟m sure he didn‟t like asking for free thingd.Journalist: So petrol company badges were the first ones in your collection, weren‟t they? Simpson: After “swimming” and “tidy”, yeah. But soon all sorts of companies started making badges to advertise their products, even cigarette companies. I‟ve got one in mycollection f or Will‟s Woodbines — they were the cheapest cigarettes in those days —and on the badge, at the bottom, it says, “Smoked by Millions”— no health warningsin those days.9【原文】In the United States a university professor is granted a few months of freedom from his duties approximately every seventh year for travel or advanced study. This period of freedom from teaching is called a “sabbatical” leave.Few sabbatical leaves are interesting enough to be described in national newspapers and magazines. Recently, however, there was an exception. The public learned how Dr. John R. Coleman, president of Haverford College, had spent his sabbatical leave.“I wanted to get away from the world of words and politics and parties—the things a president does,” Dr. Coleman later explained to reporters. “As a college president you begin to take yourself very seriously and to think you have power you don‟t. You forget things about people. I wanted to relearn things I‟d forgotten.”Telling no one of his plans, Dr. Coleman started his sabbatical leave on a farm in Canada, hundreds of miles from his college. Getting up at 4:30 each morning, working 13 hours a day in fields and barns, he prepared himself physically for his next job, digging ditches, in Atlanta, Georgia. After that, the college president washed dishes in a Boston restaurant. During the last ten days of his leave, he worked as a garbage collector.This unusual sabbatical leave was conducted in great secrecy. Coleman telephoned his family once a week, “just to let someone know where I was and that I was healthy.”None of his students or co-workers at Haverford College knew what their president was doing. On each job he avoided letting people know who he was. “When people would ask me about myself, I‟d try to turn the conversation back to them,”he explained. “Some co-workersmight have thought I was a little different, a little quiet maybe, but I doubt anyone knew I was a college president.”There was only one employer who sensed something unusual. “At a restaurant in Boston, I had been on the job exactly one hour — I was washing dishes — when the boss came over and said, …I‟m afraid you won‟t do.‟ and handed me two dollars. ““Immediately I asked him why, but he just said, …It‟s not your work. Sorry.‟”That was the first time in more than 30 years as a job holder that Coleman had heard such words. It helped him understand how a man of his age might feel when he suddenly realized he had lost his job.After two months of working with his hands, Coleman returned from his unusual sabbatical leave, convinced that the experience had been worthwhile. He had some good things to say about people who do hard physical work. “A lot of my co-workers would complain when the work was too heavy,” he said, “but they‟d complain a lot more when there was nothing to do.”He found that pride and satisfaction came chiefly in the form of praise from co-workers. Even though pay was important, what brought the greatest satisfaction was knowing that someone had noticed how a job was being done.Unit 41【原文】A strange thing happened to Henri yesterday. He was on a bus and wanted to get off. So he stood up and rang the bell. To make sure the driver heard him he rang it twice, but the bus didn‟t stop, and the conductor came and shouted at him.The conductor was so annoyed, and spoke so fast, that Henri didn‟t understand a word. The bus stopped at the next bus stop and Henri got off. As he got off he heard someone say, “I think he‟s a foreigner.”When Henri got home, he told his landlady about the incident.“How many times did you ring the bell?” she asked.“Twice,” said Henri.“Well, that‟s the signal for the driver to go on,” his landlady explained. “Only the conductor is allowed to ring the bell twice. That‟s why he got so annoyed.”Henri nodded. “I see,” he said.2【原文】The Taylor family, who live in North London, are planning to spend a day in Norwich. They can‟t agree how to get ther e.Mr. Taylor: I don‟t want to drive all that way. Let‟s go by train.Mrs. Taylor: But that‟s so expensive. It‟s much cheaper for a family to go by car.Peter: Why not try the coach? It‟ll be cheaper than the train, and Daddy won‟t have to drive.Al ison: But I‟ll be sick! I hate traveling by coach.Mrs. Taylor: Which is the quickest way to get there?Mr. Taylor: Well, it‟ll take at least three hours by car.Peter: No, it won‟t. Not if we take the motorway out of London.Alison: I‟m sure there‟s a fast train service.Mrs. Taylor: But we‟ll have to get to Liverpool Street first. And then there‟s the tube fares at this end, and bus or taxi fares at the other.Alison: And the coach station is at Victoria, so that‟s an extra journey too.Mr. Taylor: I t hink there are some special family rail fares. Perhaps that‟ll be the cheapes t way.Peter: But it won‟t be the most convenient.Mrs. Taylor: Why don‟t we check all the facts and then decide?Peter: OK.3【原文】The United States is full of automobiles. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbors‟ children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and use less gasoline. Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars4【原文】Mr. Fine: Can anyone in the class explain some differences between a zip code and an area code?Mary: Both of them are numbers.Mr. Fine: That‟s how they are alike. But how are they different?Mary: A zip code is for mailing letters. An area code is for making phone calls,Mr. Fine: What kind of phone calls?Mary: Long distance calls.Mr. Fine: All right. And what is a zip code?Mary: When I write a letter to my friends in New York City, I write 10027 on the envelope.That‟s their zip code. I have some other friends in New York City, but their zip code is10003.Mr. Fine: In a big city there are different zip codes for different parts of the city. What about area codes?Mary: Sometimes a whole small city has the same area code.Mr. Fine: That‟s right. And sometimes a whole state has the same area code if it doesn‟t have many telephones. For example, the area code for the whole state of Arizona is 802. Mary: But New York State has millions of telephones, so it has more than one area code.5【原文】James wrote a play for television about an immigrant family who came to England from Pakistan, and the problems they had settled down in England. The play was surprisingly successful, and it was bought by an American TV company.James was invited to go to New York to help with the production. He lived in Dulwich,which is an hour‟s journey away from Heathrow. The flight was due to leave at 8:30 am, so he had to be at the airport about 7:30 in the morning. He ordered a mini-cab for 6:30, set his alarm for 5:45, and went to sleep. Unfortunately he forgot to wind the clock, and it stopped shortly after midnight. Also the driver of the mini-cab had to work very late that night and overslept.James woke with that awful feeling that something was wrong. He looked at his alarm clock. It stood there silently, with the hands pointing to 12:10. He turned on the radio and discovered that it was, in fact, ten to nine. He swore quietly and switched on the electric kettle.He was just pouring the boiling water into the teapot when the nine o‟clock pips sounded on the radio. The announcer began to read the news, “... reports are coming in of a crash near Heathrow Airport. A Boeing 707 bound for New York crashed shortly after taking off this morning. Flight number 2234...” James turned pale.6【原文】According to the American Automobile Association, since 1964 all cars sold in the United States have been equipped with seat belts. (These are also called safety belts.) Many studies of automobile accidents have shown that safety belts can save lives. One study showed that 40 percent of those killed in auto accidents could have been saved if they had been wearing seat belts.Unfortunately belts are worn only by a small percentage of drivers and passengers — about 15 percent in cities, and only 9 percent in small towns. And safety belts cannot protect people who do not wear them.In order to find out what kinds of people do wear seat belts a study was made in seven cities in the United States. The following facts were learned about those who use their safety belt:1. They do not smoke while driving.2. They have had more education than non-users.3. They know someone who was injured (but not killed) in an automobile accident.Advertisements based on these facts have been printed in newspapers and magazines in order to teach people the importance of using seat belts. But these advertisements have not helped much. Some people believe there should be a law requiring drivers and passengers to use safety belts. In Australia, where there is such a law, deaths in auto accidents have decreased 24 percent.7【原文】PartⅠ(Telephone ringing constantly. Sound of key turning in lock, door opening.)Miss Brown: (answering telephone) Good morning. Blue Star Travel Agency. Can I help you? Mr. Phillips: Is that you, Miss Brown? I‟ve been ringing the office for 10 minutes. Where have you been?Miss Brown: Sorry, Mr. Phillips. I‟ve just arrived. The traffic was terrible this morning.Mr. Phillips: The traffic is still terrible. I’ve been in a traffic jam for more than an hour. Look after the office until I get there. It may take a long time.Miss Brown: certainly, Mr. Phillips. Good luck.(Sound of hanging up.)(to herself) Thank goodness the boss is late too! The first thing I‟m going to do istake my coat off. Then I‟m going to sit down and have a cup of coffee. I think I‟llswitch the radio on too.PartⅡ(Radio being switched on.)Radio: Here is a message for all motorists. Most major roads leading in and out of London are congested. Motorists should use alternative routes wherever possible. The time isnow 9:30. Here is the local traffic news.Announcer: Heavy rain during the night has flooded parts of the South Circular Road. An articulated lorry has broken down on the M1. Traffic is now only 2 lane and movingvery slowly. Strong winds during the night have blown down a number of trees on theM6 and many sections are not in use. That is the end of the local traffic news. Formore news listen again at 10 o‟clock.(Sound of radio being switched off and door opening.)Betty: (breathless) Hello, Carol. Sorry, but I couldn‟t get here earlier.Miss Brown: Never mind, Betty. Have a cup of coffee and relax.Part III(Door open and slammed. Background of typing.)Miss Brown: Oh, it‟s you Mr. Phillips. We‟ve been worried about you. Are you all right? Would you like a cup of coffee?Mr. Phillips: I‟m going straight to my office. Are my letters waiting for me? Yes, I would. And some biscuits.(Door slams.)Mi ss White: Phew. What‟s the matter with him? Why is he in such a bad mood?Miss Brown: Let‟s make a cup of coffee for him and find out. If you make the coffee, I‟ll sp eak to Mr. Phillips.(Polite knock at door, door opening.)Miss Brown: We‟re making some coffee Mr. Phillips. Would you like to have it with us? You could tell us about your awful journey.(Background sound of cups.)Miss White: Was the traffic bad, Mr. Phillips?Mr. Phillips: Was the traffic bad? We were in traffic jams for three hours. I left home at the usual time and decided to use a new route. For the first time, I used the M4. Never again.That was because of the storms last night. Then the traffic lights were out of order.After that there was a breakdown and.., finally, I ran out of petrol.(Giggles from Miss W. and Miss B. Footsteps. Door slams.)8【原文】Calgary is an oil town. It is home for more than half a million Canadians, and this population may well be much closer to three quarters of a million or more by the end of the century. Downtown Calgary is famous: the tall office buildings in the center of the city were in the “Superman” mov ies. But Calgary is also the home of a very modern transport system, and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) is part of it.The rail system was chosen because the cost of energy is not so great as with a bus system, because it is much easier to carry a greater number of passengers by train than by bus or car, and because the noise and pollution is not so great as with buses and cars.But what is the LRT? It is a 12.5-kilometre route, above and below ground. The light train cars are made in Germany and Canada. In Germany they are made by Siemens in Dusseldorf, and then taken to Canada where final assembly is done in Calgary. Each car is just over 24 metres long,and each train is operated by only one man — the driver. The driver is in a separate cabin, and he can‟t talk to passengers.The trains stop for about 30 seconds at each station, and passengers who want to get in or out must open the doors themselves.Automatic ticket machines are placed on the platforms. Passengers can buy a ticket from these, or they can buy special monthly tickets called zipcards. However, if passengers are caught without a ticket they may get a $25 fine.9【原文】There are far too many road accidents in this country: too many deaths and too many people injured. One wonders who are most to blame: drivers or pedestrians. Some people say that the blame cannot be put fairly without considering the state of the roads and the whole transport system. In crowded cities like London, Birmingham or Manchester, road conditions are so chaotic that both driver and pedestrian often endanger lives through no fault of their own. Such deficiencies as too many road signs, faulty traffic lights, sudden narrowing of a street, congested parking are all a sure indication of bad road conditions.On the other hand, many experts are convinced that the larger part of the blame for the death toll must be put on persons and persons alone: drivers who drive too fast and without any consideration for others, drivers who think they are safe at the wheel even though they have drunk too much alcohol, drivers who, out of some curious sense of power, are incapable of understanding that their car is a lethal weapon if improperly used. Pedestrians, likewise, must share the guilt: stepping off the pavement without first looking to the left or right, crossing roads when the traffic lights are against them, jumping off a moving bus. To be fair, pedestrians, drivers and road conditions are all to blame.One looks forward to the day when the motor car has been replaced by some less dangerous means of transport.10【原文】It‟s a holiday weekend. The police officers were sitting in a hot room receiving instructions from their captain. One of these officers was Ed Williams. He and ten other officers were on special duty. This weekend alone, over 400 people are going to die from accidents caused by drunk drivers. Over 4,000 people are going to receive serious injuries, all caused by drunk drivers. The officers are going to try to prevent these accidents before they happen．Meanwhile, Joe Forest is enjoying himself at a family party. It‟s getting late and he‟s telling his sister that he‟s going to leave. She‟s asking him to stay and wait a few hours before he drives. “Don‟t worry. I‟m going to be fine. I‟m going to drive slowly. I only had a few drinks.”Officer Williams is at a toll booth, watching cars enter the area. A green Ford is approaching, weaving from left to right. Officer Williams stops the car and tells Joe to get out. He asks Joe to walk along the white line. Joe can‟t do it. Joe also fails the breath test. Officer Williams is telling Joe that he‟s going to issue him a summons. And he can‟t drive his car home. Joe calls his sister. She‟s going to come and drive him home.This was Joe‟s first offense. He‟s going to appear in court next week. He is going to receive a $400 fine. The judge is also going to suspend his license for 60 days. This first time, other drivers were lucky. Joe didn‟t kill them. But what about the future, is Joe going to stop drinking and driving?。
英语听力(一)unit 3 原文及答案
Friend: Where did you (6)have the reception?
Linda: Oh, we (7) did not have a reception. We just (8) invited a few friends over for drinks afterwards.
Bob: By the way, Angela. Do you know how much money we’ve got/？About 200 pounds, I hope.
Angela: Here ‘s the bank statement. I didn’t want to open it. Oh, dear.
( Yes, he lives along. But he has a companion, his dog.)
Dialogue 2 How Old Are You?
TAPESCRIPT
Man: All right. How old are you?
Woman: Thirty-seven.
Linda: Thank you.
Friend：Did you (3) have a big wedding?
Linda: No, we got（4）married at City Hall. We did not want to spend very much because (5) we are saving to buy a house.
Linda: Sure. We’d love to. (14) I’ll talk to John and (17) call you Monday.
Friend: Great. See you (18) next week.
人教版英语七年级下册Unit 3听力原文及翻译
Unit 3 How do you get to school?Section A, 1bBoy：How do Bob and Mary get to school?鲍勃和玛丽怎么去学校？Girl：Bob takes the train and Mary takes the subway.鲍勃坐火车，玛丽坐地铁。
Boy：How does John get to school?约翰怎么去学校？Girl：He takes the bus.他坐公交。
Boy：How do Paul and Yang Lan get to school?保罗和杨兰怎么去学校？Girl：They walk. Look, there they are now!他们走路。
看，他们在那！Boy：Does Jim walk to school?吉姆也走去学校吗？Girl：No, he doesn’t. He rides his bike.不是。
他骑自行车。
Section A, 2b, 2cConservation 1Mary：How do you get home from school, Tom?汤姆，你怎么从学校回家？Tom：I walk.走路。
Mary：How long does it take?要花多长时间？Tom：It takes about 20 minutes.大约20分钟。
Mary：Wow! That’s quick! How far is it from the school to your home?很快啊！从学校到你家有多远？Tom：Only about two kilometers.只有两公里左右。
Conservation 2Peter：How do you get home from school, Jane?简，你怎么从学校回家？Jane：I take the bus.我坐公交。
Peter：How long does it take?要花多长时间？Jane：Oh, about one hour and 30 minutes.大约一个半小时。
《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案unit3
《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit 3Unit 3Task 1【答案】A.1) Stress on the job costs American companies as much as $150 billion a year in lower productivity, unnecessary employee sick leave, and higher medical costs.2) The most stressful professions are those that involve danger and extreme pressure and those that carry a lot of responsibility without much control.3) The best way to deal with stress is through relaxation, but sometimes the only answer is to fight back or walk away.B.1) Three-quarters2) psychologists, doctors3) nervousness, anger, frequent illness, forgetfulness, mental problems【原文】Stress on the job costs American companies as much as $150 billion a year in lower productivity, unnecessary employee sick leave, and higher medical costs. Three-quarters of the office workers today say they suffer from stress at work. Recently, psychologists and doctors have begun to study the problem more closely. They have discovered that the most stressful professions are those that involve danger, extreme pressure and those that carry a lot of responsibility without muchcontrol.The sign of stress range from nervousness, anger, and frequent illness to forgetfulness or even mental problems. The best way to deal with stress is through relaxation, but sometimes the only answer is to fight back or walk away.Task 2【答案】A.1)give in so easily to hijackers’ demandsa) threaten to blow up a plane, commit some other outageb) hold out against this kind of blackmail, always have terrorists, Start executingterrorists automaticallyc)be prepared to face the consequences of evil2)a) It’s the lesser of two evils. Terrorists have proven often enough that they really mean business.b)Innocent lives, threatening the innocent will achieve its ends.B.She implies that if the first speaker was one of the victims of terrorism, she would want the government to give in to the demands so that she wouldn’t die.【原文】Margaret: Governments give in so easily to hijackers’ demands. A hijacker only has to threaten to blow up a plane or commit some other outrage, and a government gives in to his demands.Valerie: Naturally. It’s the less er of the two evils. What government would risk innocent lives just to see if terrorists will really do what they threaten to do Terrorists have proven often enough that they really mean business. Margaret: Yes, but i f a government doesn’t hold out against this kind of blackmail,we will always have terrorists. Governments are afraid to punish these people. They almost always let them go free. Start executing terrorists automatically wherever they land, and terrorism will stop.Valerie: And what about the innocent lives that will be lost in the process Terrorism is based on the simple idea that threatening the innocent will achieve its ends.Margaret: You can’t get rid of evil without being prepared to face the consequences of evil.Valerie: So long as you’re not one of the victims!Task 3【答案】A.1)thirty-five, natural light, a small window, hot, airless, very noisy2) Mexico3) ought to, shouldn’tB.1)It is located in a narrow street with five-and six-storey buildings eightkilometers from downtown Los Angeles.2) This factory makes shirts and jeans3) She’s already been working for ten hours, but won’t stop for another two hours.4) She can’t complain about those things because she is an illegal immigrant.【原文】Eight kilometers from downtown Los Angeles there is a narrow street with five- and six-storey buildings. Inside one of these buildings there is a small factory making shirts and jeans. The women working in the factory sit close together, each with a small table, each with their own sewing machine. The women say nothing, and work hard. In one of the rooms there are thirty-five women. There is only a littlenatural light, and this comes from a small window in the roof. The room is hot, airless, and very noisy. On the left-hand side of the room there is a young girl sitting next to the wall. Every now and again she closes her eyes, and her fingers stop working. She's already been in her chair for ten hours, but she'll be here until the bell rings — and that won't be for another two hours. Her name is Maria, and she comes from Mexico. She won't complain about her work. She won't say that the working hours ought to be changed; she won't say that the working conditions shouldn't be permitted.Task 4【答案】A.Every year the British government publishes statistics about social trends. Their findings show definite patterns in the British way of life.1)marked differencesa)one hour more every day, three hours more every weekb) 1 percent, cleaning and ironing, keep household accounts, do repairs orimprovementsc)30 percent2)leisure activities, watching television, 20 hours a week, going for walks,Swimming, British womenB.Unlike the other couples, Carla has always kept her won accounts and Adrian has always done his own housework. Neither of them like watching television very much and they both like swimming.【原文】When Adrian Hutton and Carla Leone get married they will move into a new housethat they have bought. But what sort of life will they have What can they expect in modern Britain Every year the British government publishes statistics about social trends. Their findings show definite patterns in the British way of life.In most marriages there are some marked differences between husbands and wives. Working wives, for example, sleep (on average) one hour more a day than working husbands. Housewives, on the other hand, sleep only about three hours more every week than their working husbands. And what about housework The government survey showed that only 1% of men do the household chores — like cleaning and ironing. But they do usually keep household accounts and it is always men who do repairs or improvements in the house. 30% of all marriages end in divorce.The government survey also looked at leisure activities. They found that the two most popular leisure activities in Britain are watching television (the average family spends 20 hours a week in front of the TV set) and going for walks. Swimming is an especially popular activity among British women.Carla and Adrian's life, though, will probably be different from the average marriage. In the first place Carla has always kept her own accounts and Adrian has always done his own housework. Neither of them like watching television very much and they both like swimming.Task 5【答案】A.Topic: How a city in Japan solve the problem of garbage disposal.Supporting details: 160 million, every year, 10 percent, 10 percent, the rest, public cooperation1) garbage that can be easily burned, kitchen and garden trash2) electrical appliances, plastic tools, plastic toys3) are poisonous, cause pollution, batteries4) bottles and glass containers that can be recycled5) metal containers that can be recycled6) furniture and bicycledon different days, on request, fertilizer, to produce electricity, recycled, cleaned, repaired, resold cheaply, give awayB.1) The garbage will be taken to a center that looks like a clean new office buildingor hospital. Inside the center, special equipment is used to sort and process the garbage.2) Official from cities around the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some of these ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage disposal problems.【原文】Disposing of the garbage we produce every day is a major problem in cities around the world. In the United States, over 160 million tons of garbage are produce every year. Ten percent is recycled, ten percent is burned, and the rest is put in landfills. But finding land for new landfills is becoming more difficult.A city that has solved this problem in an unusual way is Machida, in Tokyo, Japan. They have developed a totally new approach to garbage disposal. The key to the operation is public cooperation. Families must divide their garbage into six categories:1. garbage that can be easily burned (that is, combustible garbage) such as kitchen and garden trash ;2. noncombustible garbage, such as small electrical appliances, plastic tools, and plastic toys ;3. products that are poisonous or that cause pollution, such as batteries and fluorescent lights ;4. bottles and glass containers that can be recycled ;5. metal containers that can be recycled ;6. large items, such as furniture and bicycles.The items in categories1 to 5 are collected on different days. Large items are only collected upon request. Then the garbage is taken to a center that looks like a clean new office building or hospital. Inside the center, special equipment is used to sort and process the garbage. Almost everything can be reused: garden or kitchen trash becomes fertilizer; combustible garbage is burned to produce electrical; metal containers and bottles are recycled; and old furniture, clothing, and other useful items are cleaned, repaired, and resold cheaply or given away. The work provides employment for handicapped person and gives them a chance to learn new skills.Nowadays, officials from cities around the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some of these ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage disposal problems.Task 6【答案】1) They were talking about Mrs. Carter.2) She was a tall, handsome woman who used to come into the shop at least twice a week.3) She lived alone in a large house on an old farm---about three miles from the shop.4) He was absolutely certain, otherwise he would never call the police. His evidence was this: First, he saw her do it; second, he found the things in her bag; third, she had done it before.5) Because two young people saw her. The shopkeeper believed that if they didn’t punish her, young people would think that stealing didn’t matter.6) The judge thought that it was difficult case from a humanitarian point of view. The excuses her found for her were: First, the woman was old and she livedalone---she was lonely. Second, she wasn’t poor---she was well-known for her generosity to charities and she didn’t need to steal. Te items were only worth a pound or two. Third, she pleaded not guilty and she didn’t know that she had done it.【原文】Shopkeeper: I knew Mrs. Carter very well. She was a tall, handsome woman who used to come into the shop at least twice a week. She lived alone in a largehouse on an old farm — about three miles from here. People ask me if Iam certain she did it. The answer is yes. I was absolutely certain,otherwise I would never have called the police. In the first place, I sawher do it. I watched her put the things into her bag and I watched her walkout of the store. In the second place, we found the things in her bag, andfinally, she had done it before. It wasn't the first time. I think she wasin such a confused state that she didn’t know what she was doing, but twoother people say her —two young people. We had to punish her, otherwiseyoung p eople would think that stealing didn’t matter.Judge: It was a difficult case from a humanitarian point of view. The woman was old and she lived alone —she was lonely. She wasn’t poor— she was well-known for her generosity to charities and she didn’t nee d to steal. The items were only worth a pound or two. She pleaded not guilty and said she didn’t know that she had done it. From the legal point of view the case was straightforward.The woman stole; she was caught and reported. There were witnesses. She had to be punished or else no one could be punished for stealing.Task 7【答案】A. not all modern cities are alike; modern city.1) a single high-density center, skyscrapers, motorways, as far as you can see2) the low-density multi-center city, a large collection of a number of small centers, shopping centers, factories, businesses, skyscrapersB.1) He thinks that the second type( the Los Angeles model) is more sensible.2) He considers it highly likely that the kind of city we know now will completely disappear.【原文】Interviewer: Would you say then that all modem cities are pretty much alike Urban Planner: Quite definitely not. There seem to be two types of modem city. In type one there is a single high-density centre, and that's where you'llfind the skyscrapers. This is surrounded by motorways. And all aroundthis centre, low-density suburbs stretch as far as you can see. Thisis like Houston, or Calgary, or Toronto. Interviewer: And the secondtypeUrban Planner: The other type is like Los Angeles — the low-density multi-centre city. As I'm sure you know Los Angeles is really a large collectionof a number of small centres, each with its shopping centres, factories,businesses, and skyscrapers scattered everywhere. In a way it's almostone enormous suburb.Interviewer: Do you. think one type is better than the otherUrban Planner: I think the Los Angeles model is more sensible.Interviewer: And so do you think Los Angeles is the city of the futureUrban Planner: Well, it is arguable that the next step after Los Angeles is the complete disappearance of the city, with no real centre, wherewell-designed forms of urban life-modem factories and office blockswhich are clean and quiet, and beautiful forms of rural life — thetrees and parks of suburbs, live side by side.Interviewer: So are you saying that the city as we know it will disappear...Task 8【答案】A.1) He thinks that this country’s problems all come from inflation, which is theresult of the Democrat’s careless spending.2) No, she doesn’t agree with Ned. She believes that the problem is unemployment.If the government cuts spending too much, people will fall into a vicious circle of more unemployment and fewer taxpayers to share the burden.3) She agrees with Barbara. She believes that unemployment is a big problem, especially in the big industrial cities. And the government isn’t doing very much to help the big industries out.4) He believes in the free market system rather than government regulation or protection. He thinks that without a lot of government interference everything will be okay.5) No, they think it’s bad for the weak, the poor and the unprotected/ it’s bad for the underprivileged.B.more and more money, come from somewhere, higher taxes and higher prices【原文】Ned: ... you know, I think this country's problems all come from inflation. That's the main cause of our troubles right now. And what's causing the inflation It's the reckless spending of the Democrats! Every year they spend more and more money, and that money has to come from somewhere. So we pay it in the form of higher taxes and higher prices on the goods we buy.Barbara: Well, I'm not sure that I agree with you. It seems to me that inflation is only one of our problems. What about unemployment If people don't havejobs because the government cuts spending too much, they can't buy things;and then you have a vicious circle of more unemployment and fewer taxpayersto share the burden.Ellen: You know, I think Barbara may have something there. Unemployment is a big problem, especially in the big industrial cities. The auto industry isfighting for its life right now, and the government isn't doing very muchto help it.Ned: Well, it's true that the auto industry is in a mess, but I don't think the answer is in government regulation or protection. I believe in the freemarket system —let the system work without a lot of government interference, and everything will be okay.Ellen: So the strong will win, and the weak will be defeated. Is that what you meanNed: Well, that's the way it goes. The survival of the fittest.Barbara: And too bad about the weak, the poor, the unprotected...Ned: Now you're getting emotional. You have to remain objective about these things. Let me give you an example of what I'm talking about...Task 9【答案】A.1) The problem is whether or not the inner city — the core of most urban areas —will manage to survive at all.2) They moved to the suburbs in search of fresh air, elbow room, and privacy.3) As a result, suburbs began to sprawl out across the countryside. Many cities beganto fall into disrepair. And many downtown areas existed for business only.4) The result was that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expanded still more.5) Because from the decision of the Taylors and many other young couples, we cansee that some people may be tired of spending long hours commuting, and they may have begun to miss the advantages of culture and companionship provided by city life.B.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T 6) TC.1) middle-class, tax money, neighborhoods2) Crime, public transportation3) housing construction costs, was allowed to, constructed【原文】A few years ago, Ann and Walter Taylor thought it might be time to move out of their New York City apartment to the suburbs. They had one young son and another child on the way. But after months of looking, they became discourage and decided to buy an old townhouse right in the middle of Brooklyn, which is a part of New York City. To their delight, they discovered that they weren’t the only young couple to have made such a decision. In fact, their entire area in Brooklyn had been settled by young families. And as a result, the neighborhood, which had been declining for years, was now being restored.Brooklyn isn’t the only city in the United States to experience this kind of renewal. So are Philadelphia and . And Charleston, South Carolina, has so successfully rebuilt its old central area that it now ranks as one of America’s most charming cities. The restoration of the old port city of Savannah, Georgia, is also living proof that downtown areas do not need to die. But encouraging as these developments may be, they are among the few bright spots in a mass of difficulties that today’s cities face. Indeed, their woes are so many that it is fair to ask whether or not the inner city the core of most urban areas will manage to surviveat all.In the 1940s, urban Americans began a mass move to the suburbs in search of fresh air, elbow room, and privacy. Suburbs began to sprawl out across the countryside. Since most of those making the move were middle-class, they took with them the tax money the cities needed to maintain the neighborhoods in which they had lived. The people left in the cities were often those who were too old or too poor to move. Thus, many cities began to fall into disrepair. Crime began to soar, and public transportation was neglected.( In the past sixty years San Francisco is the only city in the United States to have completed a new mass transit system.) Meanwhile, housing construction costs continued to rise higher and higher. Middle-class housing was allowed to decay, and little new housing was constructed.Eventually, many downtown areas existed for business only. During the day they would be filled with people working in offices, and at night they would be deserted. Given these circumstances, some business executives began asking, “Why bother with going downtown at all Why not move the offices to the suburbs so that we can live and work in the same area” Gradually, some of the larger companies began moving out of the cities, with the result that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expanded still more. This movement of business to the suburbs is not confined to the United States. Businesses have also been moving to the suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden, in Bonn, Germany, and in Brussels, Belgium, as well.But it may well be that this movement to the suburbs has reached its peak. Some people may be tired of spending long hours commuting, and they may have begun to miss the advantages of culture and companionship provided by city life. Perhaps the decision made by the Taylors is a sign that people will return to the cities and begin to restore them. It begins to look as if suburban sprawl may not have been the answer to man’s need to create an ideal environment in which to live and work.Task 10【答案】A.1) 54, 20, 1980, £70,000.2) 30, 19803) a newspaper article, to research the market4) another few months, in April 1981, a 1,500 sq ft5) third, Canada, America, 20 percent, £1 million6) 20, 70, 3B.1) F 2) T 3) F 4)F 5)TC.1) He was deeply involved in the present job and rather enjoyed himself. He thoughtthe shop was his own little baby and thought it was fun to serve behind the counter.However, he also thought that there was a lot more hard work than he was used to; he was working over the weekend doing his books. He called his old job “boring trips to Manchester to sell vast quantities of PVC”.2) He thought that there are far more job satisfaction; and believed that he wasmaking money, rather than making money for other people.3) He was about to diversify into commercial distribution of imported anddomestically produced wine and wines he’s produced himself.【原文】William Rudd, 54, worked for ICI petrochemicals for 20 years until 1980 when he took early retirement with &70,000. He opened his own delicatessen and butcher's shop in Kensington and has just bought a second London shop.I knew about a year before I left that I was going to go, so I looked around for office jobs. I had one of those frustrating periods where I nearly got some jobsbut then I didn't. Actually it was a dinner party conversation which got me into the shop. A woman I knew said she was going to open a delicatessen and thought it sounded fun. So ! said, "Super, I'll come in with you." I'd always thought retailing would be amusing, after a lifetime of industrial selling.We found that the lease of the building stipulated we had to keep it as a butcher's and I added fish and cheese and things like that. I ended up spending far more than I'd ever intended.I didn't really do much research, except for fish, about which I knew nothing.I was clearly going to be the person standing behind the counter filleting, so I talked to one person who showed me a little, supplied me, and kept me under his wing for a little while. But it's quite easy to learn about fish; once you get used to gutting salmon you're on your way. Meat is more difficult; the skill is in the butchery, so I employ people for that. I had to learn about equipment by trial and error.I started in July — the worst time of the year for a shop like this — and the overdraft kept going up. That was rather frightening because there was no one between me and the bank manager. My reaction early on was that it was bound to come right. At the same time I was deeply involved and rather enjoying myself. It was my own little baby and it was fun to serve behind the counter —completely different from boring trips to Manchester to sell vast quantities of PVC. There was a lot more hard work than I was used to; I was working over the weekend doing my books.I remember my accountant saying to me when I was starting up, "What are you going to do for mental stimulation" In fact there's quite a lot of mental stimulation in the sheer terror of losingmoney: I couldn't have conceived of doing this 20 years ago. It was a great leap in the dark. I don'tknow if I'm brave or foolish, or a bit of both I suppose. But I do know that if I'dlistened to anyone I would never have done it.Les Shield, 30, a boiler technician, was made redundant from British Steel at Consett in 1980. 145'th Mike Heywood, a Consett transport manager made redundant at the same time, he started British Brewing Products, manufacturing beer kits and now diversifi2ing into wine production.I read a newspaper article about a company which had done quite well in home brew, and I started to research the market 18 months before the closure at Consett. By the time the steelworks were due to close I had a business plan ready. We bought some products which we had made for us and went out into the wilds of Yorkshire and Lancashire and sold them as a test. It took two months before we got any repeat business and that was a nail-biting period. It took another few months to fend premises and to get financial assistance from BSC industry and the bank. We went into production in April 1981 manufacturing home-brewing kits in a 1,500 sq ft factory.Let's face it, in this area, there wasn't a lot of choice. You could sit and vegetate and spend your redundancy money, you could move away and find new employment, or you could use your redundancy money to sink or swim.We're swimming. We're actually doing very well. I like being self-employed; there's far more job satisfaction. You know that at the end of the day you're getting the full value, personally, of the work you do. That's what you're in business for —to make money, rather than make money for other people. It was obviously a strain when I spent 5 days a week training, but after 18 months, we were able to afford our first salesman.I think my wife was happy for me to do what I've done. She accepted that there would be a certain amount of stress during the early days, but she probably realized that if I was successful the rewards would be there at the end of the day.We're now in our third factory since we started. We export our products to theRepublic of Ireland, Canada and America; exports account for 20 percent of production. Our turnover will exceed &1 million for the first time this year.We're about to diversify into commercial distribution of imported and domestically produced wine and wines we're producing ourselves. We employ 20 people at the moment but that will rise to 70 in the next 3 months.Task 11【原文】I could hear the guard blowing his whistle, so I ran onto the platform and upto the train. Luckily someone saw me coming, a door opened, and I jumped on while the train was mov ing out of the station. “Phew!” I thought. “That was hard work!” I was sure the other passengers could hear my heart beating; it was so loud, and I was in a cold sweat.After a while, I recovered, and had a look at the other passengers. The compartment was full, but I was the only one standing. The people in the carriage turned their eyes away as they noticed me looking at them; all except one, a beautiful woman sitting in the corner. I saw her watching me in the mirror.Automatically, I adjusted my tie. She had seen me running for the train: maybe this was my lucky day after all. I prepared to say hello.She spoke first, however. “Would you like my seat” she asked. “You look rather ill.” That was the day on which I realized I was getting middle-aged.。
人教版英语九年级全一册Unit 3听力原文及翻译
Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?Section A, 1bConversation 1Girl：Excuse me, could you tell me where I can buy some stamps?打扰一下，你能告诉我哪儿能买些邮票吗？Boy：Yes. There’s a post office on Center Street.可以。
在中央大街有个邮局。
Girl：Oh, could you tell how to get to Center Street?哦，你能告诉一下怎么去中央大街吗？Boy：Sure. You see that bank there?当然。
你看到那边的银行了吗？Girl：Hmm…oh, yes.嗯，看到了。
Boy：Just go past the bank and then turn right. The post office is on the right, next to the library.就经过那个银行，然后向左转。
邮局就在右边，图书馆的旁边。
Girl：Thanks a lot!非常感谢！Conversation 2Boy：Excuse me, do you know where I can get a dictionary?打扰一下，你知道哪儿能买到字典吗？Girl：Sure. There’s a bookstore on Main Street.当然。
在主街有个书店。
Boy：Oh, could you please tell me how to get there?哦，你能告诉我怎么去那儿吗？Girl：Yes. Go along Center Street and then turn left on Main Street. Then you will see the bookstore on the other side of the street.可以。
现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit3(供参考)
Unit 3Task 1【答案】A. 1) F 2) T 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) TB.1) She takes care of the Jotmsons' children when their mother is sick.2) When they got to the theater, they found that the G movie wasn’t there any more. The theater was showing an X-rated movie called GIRLS.3) Since she didn’t know what X meant, she thought a movie about "girls" would befine for little girls.【原文】Jack: Did you hear what happened to Helga? She almost lost her job.Mary: I didn't know she had one.Jack: Well, it's just a part-time job. Helga takes care of the Jotmsons' children when their mother is sick. Mrs. Johnson hasn't been well lately.Mary: What happened? Why did Helga almost lose her job?Jack: Well, there was a children's movie advertised at the neighborhood theater last Saturday. It was one of those G movies, for general audiences.Mary: I suppose Helga took the Johnson children to the movie. Wasn't that all right? Jack: Yes, but here is what happened. When they got to the theater, they found that theG movie wasn't there any more. The theater was showing an X-rated moviecalled GIRLS.Mary: X-rated movies are really bad, aren't they?Jack: They're even worse than R-rated ones which teenagers aren't supposed to see.But Helga didn't know what X meant, and she thought a movie about "girls"would be fine for little girls.Mary: Did the theater let her in?Jack: No, but Helga tried to make them let her in. The manager had to call Mrs.Johnson. That's how she almost lost her job.Task 2【答案】A. 1) F 2) T 3) T 4) F 5) F 6) FB.Judy watched a bit of TV last night. Before the football came on, she switched over just to protest, for she couldn’t bear football, and thus she saw the end of the film The Graduate. When the football came on, she turned over to a programme on foxes. After the foxes, she turned over back to see who won the football, but only saw the beginning of the News. Then she packed up and went to bed.【原文】Stuart: What did you do last night then? Did you work all night?Judy: Yes, I did some work, but I watched a bit of TV ... Got to relax, you know. Stuart: Did you watch the football?Judy: No, no I didn't. I can't bear football.Stuart: Really?Judy: Yes. I really hate it. Well, actually, just before the football came on, I switched over just to ... just to protest.Stuart: What did you see then?Judy: Well, I saw the programme before ... just the end of a film that was on beforethe football. It looked quitegood actually. It's a shame I didn't switch on earlier. It was some kind of love story ... with Dustin Hoffman, you know, The erm ...Stuart: The Graduate?Judy: That's it. The Graduate.Stuart: Yes. I know. I've seen that. Yes, good film.Judy: Yes, and nice music. And then, when the football came on I turned over. Stuart: Terrible, terrible!Judy: I hate it! I really can't stand it.Stuart: It was a great game!Judy: Yes? Who was playing?Stuart: England, of course. What did you see then, that was more important than football?Judy: Foxes. Yes, a good programme on foxes. Yes, they spent ages watching these foxes in a house. They werewatching them all night and these little baby foxes. It was tremendous. Stuart: Yes, sounds all right.Judy: Yes, it was good—better than football ... and then, then I turned over, back to the other channel to see whowon the football, but I missed it and I just saw the beginning of the news and packed up and went to bed.Stuart: Well, I'm sorry you missed it. It was a good game.Judy: Who did win?Stuart: England, of course. Who do you think? Six nil. Yes.Judy: Must have been quite good then!Stuart: Yes, it was good, actually. It was very good.Task 3【答案】A. 1) b) 2) c)B. 1) F 2) F 3) FC.Topic: How the movies are producedThesis:There are six basic steps that are normally followed in the production of a full-length film.Steps: First step—finding a property; two types of properties1) An original storye.g. Star Wars, Back to the Future, Rocky2) A property from a novel, play, or musicale.g. The Sound of Music, Tess, The GodfatherSecond step—writing the script; two options1) The original writer takes part in the production of the script2) Directors write the scripts themselves【原文】Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Let's start this introduction to filmmaking with a simple question: How many of you have seen a movie this week? It doesn't matter if it was at the theater or just on your own TV... Uhhuh, just as I thought, almost all of you have.Of course, most of us love the movies—the magic, the escape that they provide, but most of us rarely stop to think about the process of making a movie. Just whatdoes it take to get that movie from the idea stage to the final product? What are the decisions that must be made? What problems are encountered? Exactly how does a movie studio go about making a movie? These are precisely the topics that we will be exploring today.There are six basic steps that are normally followed in the production of a full-length film. I'll outline them for you.The first step is rather obvious--to make a film you must have an idea.., a story...some topic for the project. The studio must find a property. That's a key word, folks—property, p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y. You all know the common meaning of this word, of course, but in filmmaking the word "property" has a very specific meaning. A property is the story on which the movie will be based. Okay, it's the story on which the movie is based. You are probably wondering why we call it a property. Well, it belongs to someone; it is that person's "property" and must be acquired by the studio, sometimes for quite a large sum of money.There are basically two kinds of properties. The first is an original story that has never appeared anywhere before—never been in a book, or magazine, or another film. In other words, the story is intended from the very beginning to be made into a movie.Star Wars is one good example of this type of property—you do remember that famous science fiction film, don't you? Another example is Back to the Future—oh, and also Rocky. All of these were based on a story written only for the purpose of making a movie.Actually though, the majority of properties, for famous films at least, come from novels, plays, or musicals that are already published. Examples of this type of property include The Sound of Music, which was originally a play, Tess, a famous novel, and The Godfather, which was also first a novel.Okay, that's step number one—finding a property.Well, now we have the property. The next step is to prepare a script from that property. This part of the process can take several months or sometimes even a year or more. It's quite a lengthy and time-consuming process. During this time, the scriptwriter, producer, and director usually work very closely with each other.Recently, there has been a trend to also have the original writer—the original property owner—take part in the production of the script. This means that if the property is taken from a book or play, the original author of the book or play is involved in writing the script. This is a good trend, I think. Who could possibly know the story better or understand it more clearly than its original creator?Another option, however, is for directors to write scripts themselves. This often occurs because scriptwriters are not only responsible for the dialog, but they also must specify what kind of camera shots they want used. For instance, in all scenes, and especially long scenes that don't have any dialog, the scriptwriter must describe what the camera should focus on, what should be in the center of the shot, what mood the image should present. Directors have much more experience with camera work and often prefer to write the script themselves for this reason.So that's step number two—writing the script.Task 4【答案】A. 1) a) 2) a)B. 1) F 2) F 3) TC.Topic: How movies are producedThesis:There are six basic steps that are normally followed in the production of a full-length film.Steps: Third step—casting the film; two types of casting1) Building the movie around a famous starAdvantages: A famous star is a great asset to the film. It attracts fansautomatically. Financial success of the movie depends onhow many people come to see it.Disadvantages: Famous star are very expensive. They take attentionaway from the story itself. They distract the audience.2) Casting movies with unknown actors and actressesAdvantages: Movie centers around the story itself. Make the movie more believable.Fourth step—filming the movie; done in two types of places1) Soundstages—both pictures and dialogs are recorded.2) Partially filmed on location—in a real setting.Note: all the scenes with a big star can done first, or all the scenes shot at the same location can be filmed at the same time.【原文】Okay, now the script is finished and approved, and we are ready for the next step—a very critical step indeed—the casting of the film.The success or failure of a movie can depend on the ability of the actors and actresses to convince us that they really are the characters that they are portraying. The producer and the director must choose the cast very, very carefully. This step of choosing the actors and actresses is called casting. Got it? Casting is choosing the actors and actresses, the cast of the movie.There are, in general, two types of casting. The first and the most common approach is to build the movie around a famous star. It is obvious that having a well-recognized name in the cast is a great asset to the film. Having someone, like Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, or Harrison Ford will automatically attract large numbers of their fans to the movie. And of course, the financial success of the movie depends on how many people come to see it.Now, there is also a second type of casting, and it has worked very well at times. Although it is true that top stars can attract audiences, they are also very, very expensive. With this in mind, some producers and directors cast their movies with unknown actors and actresses, concentrating on who fits the part the best, not who has the biggest name.Actually, this approach, as I said, can work quite well because sometimes a big star can actually take attention away from the story itself. In other words, the stars distract the audience! The audience focuses on the star, not on the story. One example of this second type of casting is the movie E. T., which is, in fact, one of the most popular movies of all time.Unknown child actors and actresses were hired and the movie centered around the story itself. The producer and director probably thought that unknown actors would make the movie more believable. A big star might actually hurt that movie.Well, on to the next step.After the casting has been completed, the fourth step, filming the movie, can begin. Filming any kind of major motion picture usually takes about six to eight months. Now, you might not know this, but filming rarely takes place in the same order as the story. The reason for shooting in a different time order is that all the scenes with a big star can be done first, or all the scenes shot at the same location canbe filmed at the same time. So what happens is this: The order scenes are filmed in and the order they appear in the movie are almost always completely different. It would be inconvenient and costs would increase dramatically if scenes were filmed in the order that we see them in the finished movie.The filming itself is done in two types of places. The first is studio buildings called soundstages. They were given this name because both pictures and dialogs are recorded there. These soundstages can be made to appear like almost anything—from a fourteenth-century town to a small hotel room.In addition to soundstages, most movies are partially filmed on location—in a real setting. On location means that the actors, actresses, film crew, and other necessary personnel must travel to a place like, maybe, a South American jungle or downtown Paris, or wherever, for filming certain scenes.This makes the movie more interesting and realistic. Indoor scenes can easily be filmed on a soundstage, but scenes that require extensive use of outdoor scenery or use famous places as backgrounds must be done on location to be realistic.As you can imagine, the costs of filming on location are enormous. People and equipment must be flown to the place, living accommodations must be found, and food has to be provided for a large number of people. There are lots of practical problems like these. The added realism of filming on location adds a lot of expense to a film.Task 5【答案】2) we never fond it difficult to occupy our spare time3) We used to enjoy civilized pleasures4) All our free time is regulated by TV5) It demands and obtains absolute silence and attention6) Whole generations are growing up addicted to it7) It is a universal pacifier8) rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism and violence9) vast quantities of creative work10) they can’t keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as we ll11) becomes a village, is reduced to preliterate communities, utterly dependent on pictures and the spoken word12) It encourages passive enjoyment13) It cuts us off from the real world14) from communicating with each other15) how totally irrelevant television is to real living【原文】“Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television?” How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn’t been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never fond it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies; we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them; we used to go outside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events. We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally. All that belongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the “goggle box”. W e rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or that programme. We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal, exchanging the news of the day. Asandwich and a glass of beer will do anything, providing it doesn’t i nterfere with the programme. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme, he is quickly silenced.Whole generations are growing up addicted to the telly. Food is left uneaten, homework undone and sleep is lost. The telly is a universal pacifier. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living-room and turning on the set. It doesn’t matter that the children will watch ru bbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism and violence – so long as they are quiet. There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world. Every day, television consumes vast quantities of creative work. That is why most of the programmes are so bad: it is impossible to keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well. When millions watch the same programmes, the whole world becomes a village, and society is reduced to the conditions which obtain in preliterate communities. We become utterly dependent on the two most primitive media of communication: pictures and the spoken word.Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second-hand experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us off from the real world. We get so lazy – we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness, glued to our sets, rather than go out into the world itself. Television may be s splendid medium of communication, but it prevents us from communicating with each other. We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains, far away from civilization. In quiet, natural surroundings, we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King Telly.Task 6【答案】A.1) It came from Alan’s eldest son.2) Because there were lots of children in a film about gangsters in New York.3) They visited ordinary schools and stage schools and Christmas shows all overAmerica, and looked forAmerican children in Britain, too. Alan saw about 100 videos of Christmas shows and auditioned over 10,000children.4) All the clothes had to be in the right style but in small sizes, even the gangster hats.B. 1) c 2) e 3) a 4) b 5) f 6) d【原文】Mike: Welcome to Radio Time, and this month's edition of Film World. I'm very pleased to have Alan Parker with me for today's program. Alan, you made one of the most famous and popular children's films of all time—Bugsy Malone.Tell me, when did you first think of the idea for Bugsy Malone?Alan: Well, I have to say that I didn't think of the idea myself. It came from my eldest son.Mike: Ah, so you knew it was a good idea for a children's film.Alan: Yes. I took the idea and wrote the full story. That was in 1973.Mike: Was it difficult to write?Alan: No, it was more difficult to get the money to make the film. A lot of people thought it was a strange idea—lots of children in a film about gangsters in NewYork.Mike: Is it a true story?Alan: Not quite. But there were two gangs in New York in 1929, the year of my story. Mike: How did you choose the actors?Alan: That was a lot of work. We visited ordinary schools and stage schools and Christmas shows all over America. And we looked for American children in Britain, too. I saw about 100 videos of Christmas shows, and we auditioned over 10,000 children for the cast.Mike: So there was a lot of competition to get a part?Alan: Oh yes, but there always is.Mike: How long did it take to film Bugsy Malone?Alan: Eleven weeks. The filming was quite quick in fact. But we had to do a lot of work first. We needed 300 costumes, I remember. And all the clothes had to be in the right style but in small sizes, even the gangster hats.Task 7【答案】A.1)T 2)F 3)T 4)T 5)F 6)F 7)F 8)FB.1) a) 2) b) 3) a) 4) c) 5) b) 6) b) 7) b) 8) c)【原文】Matthew: Television is undoubtedly a great invention, but one of the main criticisms of it is that people just aren't sel ective enough. Lesley, you’ve got atelevision; how do you pick out the sorts of programmes you want towatch?Lesley: I try and look at the prograxnmes that are on to decide which particular ones interest me, rather than you turning it on a seven o'clock and youleaving it on until half-past eleven when the programmes finish. Matthew: Do you think of television though as a great time-waster?Lesley: Un ...I think it can be a time waster and it depends on how particular people are about…what you know, what they want to see. Um, it can just be a sortof total amusement for someone and totally consuming without reallyconsidering what it is they're watching.Matthew: Aha, but how do you prevent it coming into your life and taking over your evenings and at the same time perhaps get…get out of the television someof the sort of best things—best programmes that... that undoubtedly are ontelevision?Lesley: Well, I suppose one of the problems is...will depend on what a person's life style is, and that if he has other outside interests which are equallyimportant to him as television, he will then, you know, be more carefulabout which programmes he wants to watch because he has time which heuses…wants to use for other things.Matthew: Do you think thoug h that... that in…in a sense television has killed people's own er...sort of , creativity or their ability to entertain themselvesbecause…well, if they're bored all they do is just turn on the television? Lesley: Yes, I think that is a danger, and I thi nk that’s…in fact…is what is happening to a lot of people who use it as their...their main field ofamusement and... because they don't have other outside interests and evenwhen people come round, they'll leave the television on and not be, youknow, particularly interested in talking to them. You know the televisionwill be the main thing in the room.Matthew: Henrietta, would you let your children spend many afternoons and evenings watching television or would you encourage them to go out and play?Henr ietta: Well, it’s interesting. This... in fact, we really have had a policy of um...almost total restriction of viewing. I mean, my children are very small,they're four-and-a-half and two-and-a-half, and it's only very recently thatwe have even got into the habit of watching Playschool. I do tend to... um...I do try to... in fact I succeed in restricting their viewing solely to that and acouple ofprogrammes that follow it, but I don't like to see a child sit with anopen mouth in front of a television set hour after hour, but I'm notanti-television at all. I myself watch quite a lot; I watch some comedy, Iwatch um... serials.., um the recent serialization of Jane Eyre wasbeautifully done and very interesting. I watch the news avidly.Matthew: Peter, have you got a television?Peter: I have, in fact I've got two televisions.Matthew: Do you watch them a lot?Peter: Er...no I...I watch very seldom. In fact, I find that I watch television most when I'm most when I'm working hardest and I need some sort of passiveway of relaxing, something which requires nothing of me, then I watchtelevision a lot. When I've got more energy left...um ...in my own privatetime, in my free time, then I find I do more different things. I do things likeum reading, or going out, or working on anything…my hobbies.Matthew: Do you think though that people can live a perfectly happy life if they haven't got a television?Peter: Oh, yes, I think people who don't have a television or people who don’t watch television can be expected to be happier. You can…if they neverwatch television, you can assume, I think, or you can guess that they arehappier people than the people who watch a lot of television, because Ithink that television goes with the kind of life which leaves you withnothing to spare, nothing left. You have to be given potted, passiveentertainment.Matthew: But in that case you ...you seem as though you're completely against television. Is that true?Peter: No, it's not. I...I have a television, in fact I have two as I said, but I...I ...I think there's a dilemma, a difficult situation. Television in itself is very good;a lot of the information and a lot of the programmes are very instructive;they introduce you to things you may never have thought of before or neverhave heard about before. But in watching, it makes you very passive; you sitfor hour after hour and you get very receptive and very unquestioning and itseems to me the important thing in life is to be active, to do things, to thinkthings and to be as creative as possible, and television prevents this.Task 8【答案】1) d) 2) d) 3) c) 4) b) 5) a)【原文】Michael: I want to do something tonight for a change, let's go out.Brian: All right, let's go to the movies.Jane: In this heat? Are you joking?Brian: We can go to an outdoor movie. Do you think I'd suggest an indoor one in the middle of the summer inSan Diego?Michael: I'd rather go out for a meal.Jane: Yes, that sounds a better idea. The outdoor movies are so uncomfortable. Brian: Why don't we do both at the same time? We could pick up some take-away food and eat it in the movie.Michael: That sounds like fun. What a good idea.Jane: But they never show any good films in the summer. At least not any of the new ones. All you get is the oldclassics.Brian: And what's wrong with them?Jane: Oh nothing, it's just that we've seen them all half a dozen times.Brian: But that's why they're classics. They're worth seeing again and again. Michael: You've got a point there, Brian. My main objection to outdoor movies is that you can never hear properly.You hear all the traffic from outside.Brian: Well, we can find a foreign film with subtitles; then you don't need to hear the sound.Jane: Supposing it's a musical.Brian: Oh, trust you to say that! I think it would be fun to sit watching an old film and eating a meal at the sametime.Jane: Last time I went to an outdoor movie, I bought a bar of chocolate to eat as I went in. It was a horror filmand I was so shocked I just sat there holding my bar of chocolate until the interval when I found it hadmelted in my hand and run all down my dress. That was an expensive evening out.Michael: Well, we won't go and see a horror film, darling, and take-away meals don't melt.Task 9【答案】1) It is taken from a Greek word and a Latin word.2) TV provides jobs for hundreds of thousands who make TV sets and broadcasting equipment. It also provides work for actors, technicians, and others who put on programs.3) Some hospitals use TV to allow medical students to get close-up view of operations.4) By the mid-1960s, 90 percent of the households in the United States had at least one TV set5) Communications satellites televise programs “live” from all over the world.6) By the middle 1960s, the national networks were broadcasting most of their programs in color.【原文】Television, or TV, the modern wonder of electronics, brings the world into your own home in sight and sound. The name television comes from the Greek word tele, meaning “far”, and the Latin word videre, meaning “to see”. Thus, television means “seeing far”. In Great Britain, the popular word for television is “telly”.As an industry, TV provides jobs for hundreds of thousands who make TV sets and broadcasting equipment. It also provides work for actors, technicians, and others who put on programs. As an art, television brings the theater and other cultural eventsinto the homes. Its influence on the life of average Americans is calculable: It can influence their thoughts, their likes and dislikes, their speech, and even their dress. It can also add to their store of knowledge. Through advertising television helps businesses and manufacturers sell their products to millions of persons. Television has brought political campaigns closer to the voters than in former days. Educational TV stations offer teaching in various subjects ranging from home nursing to art appreciation. Many large schools and universities have “closed—circuit” television equipment that will telecast lectures and demonstrations to hundreds of students in different classrooms; and the lecture can be put on video tape to be kept for later use. Some hospitals use TV to allow medical students to get close-up view of operations.In 1946, after World War II, TV began to burst upon the American scene with a speed unforeseen even by the most optimistic leaders of the industry. The novelty of seeing TV pictures in the home caught the public’s fancy and began a revolution in the world of entertainment. By 1950, television had grown into a major part of show business. Many film and stage stars began to perform on TV as television audiences increased. Stations that once telecast for only a few hours a day sometimes telecast around the clock in the 1960s.With the development of programming also came the introduction of television in full color. By the middle 1960s, the national networks were broadcasting most of their programs in color. The obvious appeal of television, whether in color or black-and-white, can be documented by the increasing number of TV sets in homes around the country. By the mid-1960s, 90 percent of the households in the United States had at least one TV set, and 12 percent had two or more sets. TV had become a part of the daily life of the adults and children of America.The programs that people watch are not only local and national ones. Since the launching of the first communications satellite, more and more programs are televised “live” from all over the world. Television viewers i n San Francisco were able to watch the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo by means of a communication satellite named Syncom. The Olympic Games in Mexico City and in Munich, Germany, were also telecast live as were parts of the historic visit of President Nixon t o the People’s Republic of China.It looks as if the uses of television—in education, entertainment, and communication—appear to be endless. Certainly it is one of the major modern wonders of electronics in our changing world.Task 10【原文】Watching television is the most popular leisure-time activity in Britain. Peak viewing time is between 7:30 and 10 o’clock in the evenings.The two age groups which watch television most are children between 5 and 14 and people over 50. Children aged 5 to 14 watch television on average for 23 hours a week. The over-fifties watch on average for 17 hours a week.Television is divided between BBC1, BBC2 and the commercial station, ITV. There is no great difference between BBC1 and BBC2 and ITV, but programmes on BBC2 tend to be of a more intellectual or cultural nature.Programmes before 9 pm are also suitable for children, so programmes with scenes of violence or sex are usually shown after this time. Most viewers in Britain switch off the television after about 10:30 and go to bed. Those who want to stay up can often watch a film or a "chat show", an interview with a famous personality, until 1 am.。
英语听力教程(第2册)Unit 3 听力原文
Unit 3 听力原文Part IBSam: I won’t be able to do the exam tomorrow. I just don’t feel that I’m ready.Counselor: You say that you don’t feel ready for tomorrow’s exam ... what do you feel like right now?Sam: Well, I’m angry with myself because I’m going to have to quit the exam and, well, I guess I’m anxious. Yes, I feel very anxious.Counselor: When you think about this anxiety, what image do you have of yourself?Sam: Well, I see myself trying to explain to my Dad why I didn’t make the grade on this course ... and I see him getting angry ... and, well, I start to feel I’ve let him down again.Counselor: You don’t feel ready for your exam, you feel anxious and you don’t want to let your Dad down again. Tell me about the last time you let your Dad down.Sam: Oh, well, it was a year ago ... He’d entered me for a chess competition and I got knocked out in the first match ... he was angry because he’d told all his friends how good I was. Counselor: What did you tell him ... as an explanation when you lost the chess game?Sam: I told him that I wasn’t ready to play in that league.Counselor: And now you are preparing to tell him that you’re not ready to sit this examination? Sam: Yes, I suppose I am.Counselor: O.K. Sam, so what you are saying to me is that you feel reluctant to take the exam tomorrow because you do not like the thought of having to explain a poor grade or a failure to your father. Is that right, Sam?Sam: Yes. That’s exactly it.C1. A: When I read in English, I always want to understand every single word and so I spend a lot of time looking words up in my dictionary. This makes reading difficult for me because by the time I’ve looked up the word in my dictionary, I’ve forgotten what the rest of the sentence was about. That’s my trouble really — I rely too much on my dictionary.B: Well, why don’t you try to read a text without using your dictionary the first time you read it? You’ll probably be able to understand most of it and guess what some of the words mean.2. A: I have to read a lot of books and articles in English for my work —I’m a consultant in business management. What I find most difficult is finding the main point in an article or a paragraph. I always try to take notes when I’m reading and so sometimes I find that I’m almost copying out the whole article because I can’t decide what the really important points are.B: It might help if you read through the book or article very quickly first just to get an idea of what it’s about. I think it’s difficult to read something for the first time and take notes as well.3. A: I like reading novels and short stories in my own language and in English, but there’s one thing I find very difficult in English. I’m never quite sure if the writer is being serious or not. Several times I’ve read something I thought was serious and later I’ve found out it was supposed to be funny.B: I have exactly the same problem. I suppose the only thing to do is to read as much as possible. Then one day perhaps we’ll understand the British sense of humor.4. A: I have to read a lot in English in my studies and this is causing me problems. I read too slowly in English. Do you think I can train myself to read quickly and at the same time understandwhat I’m reading?B: Well, there are special courses in speed reading, I think. But you could probably help yourself if you set yourself a time limit and try to read as much as you can within the time. I’ve done that and it’s helped me a lot.Par tⅡ(Part I)Yes, the teacher I remember best was a teacher I had for French when I was at school ... er ... er ... Many years ago - more years than I care to remember, I’m afraid. Yes, I studied French with him for, um, ooh, let me see, it must have been five years, because I had him when I was in my first year there, when I was thirteen, and he was the main French teacher till I left. It was mainly because of him that I went on to study languages — French and German — at university. I mean, French was really the first language I ever learned. Well, I don’t count Latin, because I never managed to speak any Latin at all. Er, well, this ... this teacher didn’t make it easy ... he didn’t make it easy at all, but I found that with him I really learned a lot.When I think back, I ... don’t really know why I liked him so much, because he was very strict with us. He made us work very hard — I mean, lots of grammar exercises, vocabulary tests, that sort of thing — er, and he wasn’t very friendly either, for the first two or three years. Oh, as well as that, he didn’t really try to make the classes interesting —I mean, no ... no video, of course, in those days, no cassettes ... but, er, we had a few films in French every term. No, in fact, the only time we really practiced trying to speak French was, er, was with the wife of one of the music teachers, who was French, er, and she gave us an hour’s conversation class every week. But, you know, because of that man — some people might say in spite of him ... no, that wouldn’t be fair, no — but quite a lot of us began to like France and the French a lot, and, er, to visit France in the summer holidays to see it for ourselves.(Part II)Yes, I think with him I learned that when you learn a foreign language ... it’s, it ... well, it’s like opening a door or a ｗｉｎｄｏｗinto a foreign country. And that’s good for you, I think, because you begin to see that the way they do things and think in your country is, um, isn’t necessarily the only way or, indeed, the best way.It’s funny, I still have a very clear picture of that teacher. He was English but he didn’t look English somehow, ‘cos he had very, very black hair and very dark eyes, and he wore glasses with black frames, but you could see his eyes very well, and everyone in the class always had the feeling that he was looking at them. And he had very thick, bushy eyebrows that made him look very, er, very serious.Yes, I remember he was very musical —played the piano very well and sang. Now, he was quite a good rugby and tennis player. Great family man, too. He had three children and a very interesting wife. I suppose he must have been in his thirties when I knew him ...PartⅢChildren of a Decadekeep in touch with：保持联系soak：浸泡come to：到达;共计;突然想起put sb. off：使人离开、气馁bring tears to：使落泪emblazon：颂扬，盛饰decade：十年teddy：妇女连衫衬裤chap：小伙子，小家伙，家伙Lake District：湖区porridge：粥;麦片粥;稀饭incident：事件，事变goody-goody：会巴结的人hymn：赞美诗;圣歌homesick：思乡病favorite：中意的worst：最坏的marvelous：非凡的;神乎其神shy：害羞的stupid：笨Presenter: In this edition of our series “Children of a Decade” I’ll be talking to Jack Thompson, who was born in 1940, and to Shirley Sutton, who was born in 1930. First of all, Jack, thanks for joining us. Perhaps ...Jack: Not at all.Presenter: Perhaps you’d tell us about your memories of your first holiday away from home? Jack: Oh ... yes ... um ... at age ten I think it was, yes, I went to stay with an aunt at the seaside. Well, it wasn’t a very happy experience. I felt very homesick at first.Presenter: Mmm. And what about your first day at school, can you remember that?Jack: Yes, I can. Er ... er ... I was five years old and I wanted to take all my toys with me but ... er ... they wouldn’t let me. In the end it was agreed that I could take my teddy ... er ... but only on the first day.Presenter: Oh, I see. Your school days, were they happy ones?Jack: Well ... er ... I didn’t have a very good time at school — I wasn’t very bright, you see. And the teachers didn’t seem to like me, but ... er ... I made a lot of friends and some of them I still keep in touch with. One of them I married.Presenter: Oh, that’s wonderful. Well, did you have a favorite teacher?Jack: Miss Robinson ... or was it ... no, it was Miss Robson. My first teacher, that’s right yeah ...very kind. Marvelous storyteller.Presenter: And who was your worst teacher?Jack: Mr. Goodman, that’s right. We used to call him “Goody”. Yeah, he pulled your ear if you made a mistake or talked in class. Yeah, my left ear is still bigger, look.Presenter: Ha ha. Perhaps you can tell us about your last day at school?Jack: My last day, oh yeah, that’s emblazoned on my mind. Oh, I wanted to get my own back you see on old Mr. Goodman — the chap we used to call ... er ... “Goody”— so I put this bucket of water over the classroom door but it fell on him and he got soaked, you see. Ha ha. I’ve never seen anyone so angry. Oh, it was a good one, that.Presenter: Thank you very much, Jack. And now Shirley.Shirley: Yes.Presenter: Now, can you tell me about your first holiday away from home?Shirley: Oh yes ... er ... yes ... er ... at the age of eight it was. We went on holiday to the Lake District. We stayed at a little guest house, just me and my parents. Er ... I remember we had ... er ... honey for breakfast with ... er ... the toast and ... oh ... and porridge — I hated it.Presenter: That sounds lovely? Oh, porridge, you hated it?Shirley: Ha ha.Presenter: Well, what about your first day at school?Shirley: Well, I ... I ... I don’t remember any special incidents ... er .... Oh, I was very frightened and shy at first ... er ... I ... I know that, I can remember, but I soon came to enjoy school. Presenter: So your school days, were they happy?Shirley: Oh yes, I loved school! Oh, I was sorry when half-term came and... and when the holidays came. Oh, perhaps this was because I was a bit of a goody-goody.Presenter: And what about your teachers? Did you have a favorite?Shirley: I did, yes. I remember her well, she was called Miss Brown and she was our history teacher. Oh, she really made history come to life, she really did.Presenter: Were there any bad moments? Did you have a worst teacher?Shirley: Aye, I did and I can remember her name too. Her name was Mrs. Sharpe and she taught math. Oh, she had no patience. I wasn’t all that good at math and she always said to me, “You stupid girl!” It put me off math for life.Presenter: Oh, what a shame.Shirley: I know.Presenter: Perhaps you could tell me about your last day at school?Shirley: Oh yes, well, I’m afraid I cried. We sang our favorite hymn at the end of the term and I cried. It brought the tears to my eyes.Presenter: Oh, and it’s bringing a tear to my eye now. Thank you very much.Shirley: Thank you.Presenter: And thank you too, Jack Thompson, thank you very much. Next week we’ll be hearing from two people who were born in 1920 and 1910. So from me, Libby Freeman, good-bye.PartⅣSchool reportschool report：学生成绩报告单safety：安全quality：质量empowered：授权;准许;使能够involvement：投入，介入guarantee：保障superior：（级别、地位）较高的;（在质量等方面）较好的;（数量）较多的;上... concentrate：集中comment：评论intelligent：聪明的;[计]智能的give up on sb：放弃biology：生物学;生物well above：好于guide back：保证geography：地理（学）oral：口头go to pieces：零散average：平均positive：积极come bottom：打底attitude：态度look on the bright side：看好的一面hockey：曲棍球Mrs. Daniels: Oh, hello, you must be Tracey’s parents? Mr. Thompson: Er, yes. Are you her class teacher, Mrs. Daniels?Mrs. Daniels: Yes, that’s right. Now, just let me find my notes. As you know I don’t actually teach Tracey, but I do see her every day before classes begin. Is there anything you want to ask me? Mr. Thompson: Well, yes, to be honest we’re a bit worried about her last report -- she doesn’t seem to be doing as well as she was.Mrs. Daniels: Well now, let’s see. Oh, yes, her math teacher says she’s finding the work more difficult now that they’re getting near to the exams. Mrs. Thompson: I was never any good at math.Mrs. Daniels: And Dr. Baker feels that Tracey isn’t concentrating very hard in biology lessons. Mrs. Thompson: Oh, but she really likes biology and she’s so good at drawing.Mrs. Daniels: Yes, but even in art her teacher thinks she tends to spend too much time talking to her friends. In fact, several of her teachers have told me that she isn’t giving in her homework. Mr. Brock has complained to me that he hasn’t had a single piece of geography homework from her all term.Mr. Thompson: Yes, we don’t know what to do about it. She doesn’t seem to be interested in school any more.Mrs. Daniels: I don’t think we should give up on her. Tracey’s a very intelligent girl. In English her marks are well above the average and her teacher says she always has a lot to say in lessons. Mrs. Thompson: Yes, that’s part of Tracey’s trouble. She talks too much.Mrs. Daniels: Well, nevertheless, oral skills are very important and if we can all guide her back to a more positive attitude to school work, she’ll do very well.Mr. Thompson: Well I hope so. I’m very disappointed in her. She was doing so well, especially in English and French, and now everything seems to be going to pieces. She came bottom of the class in French this term.Mrs. Daniels: Well it’s not because she can’t do French — she just prefers to chat in English! At least she’s doing well in sport. She’s in the hockey team and you know we haven’t lost a single match this year!Mr. Thompson: Well, it’s nice to know she does something well.Mrs. Daniels: Oh, come now, Mr. Thompson, let’s look on the bright side.Part V Memory test: Study HabitsMan: Do you find that you get a lot of students asking you for advice about revision techniques? Woman: Well, yes, I mean, they do, but, when they’ve got quite big exams coming up, (yeah), you know I really find it quite a problem because (pause) (laugh) well, I don’t have to revise myself very often these days, and ... but when I ... when I was at university, erm I mean, well, it just seems to be a matter of what suits one person doesn’t suit another. (Oh yeah) I mean, because,well, the girl I shared a house with at university. Now she worked, erm, she used to get up amazingly late, and, er, she didn’t really start work until, er, in the evening I think, an’, then she liked to have rock music on really loud an’ she used to, you know, play records really loud right through until sort of very late at night, you know, into the small hours (Oh God!) and I was, sort of, well I was just the opposite and er, well, the only way I could ever get any work done was to make myself wake up incredibly early and well, then work a bit and have some breakfast and, then, well, you know, I’d sort of potter about a bit and then I’d go and do my shopping and things, well that’d be about getting on towards midday, but then in the afternoon I’d have a rest and when I woke up I’d think about eating and I suppose I’d call that my supper, and but, er, I mean she was, I mean, it was her lunch or even her brunch that she was having at that time.Man: Yeah, yeah, I suppose I’m a bit like you really. I like to get up fairly early, say around seven, might have a cup of coffee, and... before I started get myself totally organized so that I knew ... exactly what I was doing, get it all organized, and then work solidly, well maybe do six hours revision without stopping and that was the only way I could do it.Woman: Yes, yes, and would you say to yourself, you know, er, “well, I’m gonna do six hours today and I’m not gonna, go, I’m not gonna have any fun until I’ve done six hours,”?Man: Yeah, it was very much like that, erm, an unpleasant thing that you had to regulate. Woman: Mmm. I mean, well, I just hate revising anyway, I mean, you know I hate that sort of thing, I mean, and in fact, I did very little solid, sensible work, and, er ... what I’d do is, because I was doing literature, I used to re-read the novels, you know, on the course, and I’d have ... erm ... classical music on the radio, because well I used to find that I used to get very bored if there was just nothing, you know nothing at all in the background.Man: Yes, I think of the people who do revise, there are two sorts, there are those who ... work almost by topic, they select a topic, and plough through it regardless, and then, there are, there are those who set themselves a time limit of an amount to be done rather than working through a specific topic regardless of the limit ... of time ... as I say ...。
大学听力Unit 3原文
Unit 3 Traveling from Place to PlacePart I ABA912/11:20/17 BA877/11:20/14 BA292/11:25/19 TW695/11:30/16 4 EA831/11:35/24BA838/9 IB290/11:35/15 LH039/11:40/9 BA666/11:40/18 AI141/6 BA560/22 Tapescript:Last call for British Airways flight BA912 for Tokyo. BA912 for Tokyo due to depart at 11:20 boarding at gate 17.British Airways flight BA877 to Boston. British Airways flight BA877 to Boston due to depart at-11:20 boarding at Gate 14.British Airways flight BA292 for Frankfurt, Athens and Karachi. Flight BA292 for Frankfurt, Athens and Karachi due to depart at 11:25 now board at Gate 19.TWA flight, TW695 to New York. TW695 to New York departing at 11:30 now boarding at Gate 16.British Airways passengers for the British Airways Super Shuttle flight to Edinburgh: this flight is now boarding at gate No. 4.East African Airlines flight EA831 to Nairobi, EA831 to Nairobi due to depart at 11:35 boarding gate 24.British Airways passengers wishing to travel to Cork -- flight No. BA 838 -- this flight is now checking in at gate No.9. British Airways passengers to Cork on flight No.BA 838: this flight is now checking in at gate No.9.Iberia flight IB290 to Madrid, Iberia flight to Madrid due to depart at 11:35 boarding Gate 15.Lufthansa flight LH0390 to Hamburg, Lufthansa flight LH0390 to Hamburg departing at 11:40 boarding at Gate 9.Passengers for British Airways flight BA666 to Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, BA666 for Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore due to depart at 11: 40 boarding Gate 18.Aer Lingus passengers to Dublin---flight No. AL141: this flight is now closing at gate No.6.British Airways passengers for flight number BA560 to Athens: this flight is now closing at gate No. 22.Part I BTea, soft drinks, coffee, Egg and tomato, ham and tomato, egg and chips, roast chicken, cheeseburgersTapescript:Chief Steward: may I have your attention please, ladies and gentlemen? This is the chief steward speaking. We would like to inform all passengers that the buffet car is now open. The buffet car is situated towards the middle of the train. On sale are tea, coffee and soft drinks, a selection of fresh and toasted sandwiches including egg and tomato, ham and tomato, egg and cress, roast chicken and toasted cheese; cheeseburgers, beef burgers and sausages and a licensed bar. The buffet car is situated towards the middle of the train. Thank you.Part II A9:15/10:30 10:30/13:30Quick/beautiful view /frequent service (hourly)/modern/comfortable/lovely view from dining carHave to get Gatwick airport/ expensive quite crowded/quite expensive Tapescript:A-Annabel C-Charles D-DouglasD: Ah! That’s much better!C: Ah! That’s yours, I think…er…Doug.D: Thank you very much, Charles.C: Right. You have a good journey then, Douglas?D: Yes I did, I did. I must say the plane was marvelous, marvelous.C: Very quick, then?D: Er…the plane journey was terrifically quick…er…I mean, you…er…what…you met me about 9…er…what…er…10…10:45.C: About 10:30.D: Yes, the plane got in at…er…10:30 and we left at 9:15.C: What time didi you have to start though in the morning?D: Well, that…er…that wa a different story, because I had to get to Victoria…um…at…you know, to get to Gatwick and it’s…er…from…er…Victoria to Gatwick three quarters of an hour. Then I had to leave home at 7:30 and get up at 6:30. C: Oh, gracious me!D: So I’m not sure if you save much really.C: Jet travel, my goodness me! It was worth the experience, though?D: Oh, I mean, you know, I’ve never flown across the south of England and it really looked absolutely fantastic, especially as we approach…approached Plymouth, you know, with this sunshine and it looked really marvelous…marvelous.C: Well, when you come up next time, would you be coming the same way?D: Oh, t don’t think so. I don’t…to be honest…hallo, isn’t that…Annabel!C: Oh it is. It’s Annabel!D: Over here, over here!A: Hallo!C: Nice to see you, my dear.A: Hallo there, how are you?C: Want a drink, my dear?A: Yes, please.C: Right, I’ll..er…fix them. You had a good journey?A: Ye s, I had a lovely time, I came by train…er…it was…er…C: What time did you start then?A: Oh, about 10:30 I think. Got here about 1:30. so it’s only…what …three hours. Very quick.C: Very good. Douglas came up by plane!A: Oh, how fancy! Well, this was …er…this was a nice train, you know, very modern and comfortable. And of course loads of trans-about every hour I think.C: Oh, great. Did you get something to eat on the train?A: Yes thanks, yes. Had a nice lunch. Oh, it’s wonderful, you can sit there drink ing your soup and watching the view go by. I like it…D: I bet it’s a …it’s a hell of a lot of cheaper than the plane.A: Well, actually, I thought it was quite expensive…um…unless you’ve got, you know, a student card or something.D: Oh, those days are long gone!A: But it was quite…quite…crowded. I was…I was glad I’d booked a seat, you know. D: Yes, yesPart Ⅲ ASep.4-sep.17/aug.5-aug.182double and 1single/1double and 1 big bedroom with 2single beds and a sofa 3/1full bathroom3 (kitchen, dining room, sitting-room)/2kitchen, living-sitting room √/×√(six days a week)/× ￡80 for a fiesta/ ￡98 for a fiesta √/√￡570/￡270Part Ⅲ Bb. terrace/ sea view d. swimming-poolTapescript:Conversation 1T- Travel agent C1-customer 1 (Telephone ringing)T: Hello, villa rentals, can t help you?C1: Oh, hello. I do hope so. You see my husband and I are looking for a holiday villa and we’ve heard that you have some nice places in Italy, Iniscia.T: Oh yes, madam. We’ve got several villas on offer in Iniscia. How many people would there be in your party?C1: Well, it’s just the family. You know, my husband and …the three chil dren.T: A party of five then, yes. And er…when would you want to be there?C1: When? Erm… oh well, it would have to be in September.T: In September. Uh-huh.and for how many weeks?C1: For two actually, the first two in September.T: The first two in Sept ember. Oh, well, we’ve only got one place free then, madam. Oh, but it’s a very beautiful one, the villa Delmonti. C1: And it’s nice, is it?T: Oh, it’s an absolute dream, madam. It’s set on a hilltop with a big garden and beautiful view out over the sea t owards Naples. C1: It sounds as if you’ve been there. T: Yes, for a couple of days last October on an inspection tour. And I fell in love with it at first sight. C1: Er, how many rooms has it got?T: Well, on the ground floor there are two double bedrooms, both of them beautifully decorated, a single bedroom and all three have their own bathroom and toilet facilities. Then still on the ground floor there’s a large kitchen, a large dining room and a very big outside terrace. And then upstairs it’s got a very large sitting-room with windows all around and a back garden with a big swimming pool.C1: Mm, it dose sound nice, yes. There is a maid or cleaner or something, is there? T: Oh, yes, madam, six days a week.C1: Oh, well, I dare say we can manage for the s eventh. Em… what about distances? Is it far from the town and all that? Do you think we’d need a car?T: Actually we do normally advise people to hire a car.C1: And how much would a smallish car cost?T: Oh well for a …C1: You know, for a metro or a Renault five or a ford fiesta, nothing grand.T: Ah, for a fiesta, it would be about ￡80 a week.C1: And for the house for those two weeks?T: For the period of September 4th till the 17th inclusive, it would cost, mm, you’re five people, let me see, um, ￡570 per person for the two weeks, including the return airfare.C1: Mm, well, it woul d be worse. Yes well, I’d really like to see some photographs of this place or something. Can you arrange that?T: Oh, of course, madam. We’ve got a video of it, so any time you care to come in, you could see it.C1: Oh, right. I’ll be in this afternoon. Thank you for your help.T: Don’t mention it, Madam. I’ll look forward to seeing you.C1: Good-bye. T: Bye.Conversation 2T- Travel agent C2-customer 2(Telephone ringing)T: Hello, villa rentals. Can I help you?C2: Oh, hello. Em…I…I…I’m just calling because I’ve, er…I’ve just seen your advert about apartments and villas for rent. And erm…what …could you tell me more about them please?T: Of course, madam. But could you tell me something about what you’re looking for? And…where’d you like to go? How many bedrooms you would need and so on ?C2: Ah, yes, well, erm. There’ll be the five of us. I mean, er, my husband and I and the two kids and my mother because she lost dad last year and it’s her first year without.T: Fine, I see. And would you want a house or an apartment?C2: Well, we’d like a house of course, if we can afford one, but I…T: And whereabouts? Did you have any particular place in mind?C2: Well, we wanted the Mediterranean, like Spain. Actually we thought of Minorca. T: Well, we’ve got some lovely places in Minorca, madam. C2: Oh!T: For five you said? C2: Uh-huh.T: And when would you want to be there?C2: Well, it would have to be in august because we are both off work then and it’s the school holidays, too. T: Well, how about this?C2: Uh-huh? T: Minorca, adia. Oh, that’s a beautiful place. C2: Oh.T: A little fishing village. A house for five for two weeks in august from august 5th to august 18th inclusive (uh-huh) per person, ￡270 including return flight from Gatwick.C2: Oh! Well, that’s not bad. Ho…how many rooms has it got?T: One double bedroom, then a big bedroom with two single beds and a sofa, you know, a convertible divan downstairs, full bathroom, kitchen and a large living-sitting room, and a beautiful terrace with a sea view.C2: Oh! Have you got any photographs of it?T: Yes! Actually we’ve got a video of it. So if you’d like to come into the agency…C2: Yes, I would. In fact I’ll drop in this afternoon. Mm, when are you open until?T: We close at eight tonight, madam.C2: Right. I’ll be in about six, I expect. Oh, um, just one more thing. To hire a car on the island, how much would it cost, you know, for…for a smallish one?T: Well, for a fiesta. It would cost you ￡98 a week.C2: Phew! Well, it’s probably worth it if you’re five. Well, I’ll… I’ll be in this afternoon then. Er, see you then. Er, bye-bye. Oh, and er, thanks.T: Not at all, madam. Bye.。
unit3听力原文
录音11) M:Good afternoon. I’d like to check in, please.W: Sure. May i have your passport, please?M: Here you are.W: OK. Here is your passport and the boarding pass.2)W: Good morning. I’d like to buy a return ticket toShanghai.M: Which class would you like and when are you leaving?W: Economy class and I’m leaving next Monday. M: That’s 800 yuan.3) W: Good evening. I’d like to book a double room. M: When do you need the room, Ma’am?W: The day after tomorrow.M: Yes. We have a double room that day and it is 180 yuan per night.4) W: Excuse me, can you tell me where the HolidayInn Hotel is?M: Turn left at the second light, and then go straight for two blocks.W: Thanks a lot.录音 2W:Hi，Mr Thompson. I come to talk about the tour plan for tomorrow.M:Fine. Will there be any change?W:No.Hardly any change at all. We’ll just go over it again.M:All right.W:We’ll leave the hotel at 7:30 tomorrow morning. We will meet at the lobby bar of the hotel. Is that OK for you?M:No problem. We’ll visit the Shanghai Zoo first tomorrow morning.W:Yes. Then we will go to Zhujiajiao - a water town at about 9:00.M:How long will it take to go to Zhujiajiao from the Zoo?W:About an hour. We may arrive at Zhujiajiao about 10:00 and you will have one and a half hour there. M:That means we will leave there at 11:30. Where will we have lunch?W:We will have lunch at the town, so that you can taste some local food.M:Good! Do we have any chance to row a boat?W:Yes. After lunch you can have a boat rowing when we visit Zhouzhuang.M:That means we will stay at Zhouzhuang for a long time.W:Yes. We will stay there till 4:00 in the afternoon, so that you can have enough time to enjoy the beauty of the town and do something you are interested in. M:That’s great!录音3W:It’s so nice to enjoy the sunshine on such a beautiful beach.M:Yes.It has been two years since we came here last time.W:The kids Ware very excited today.M:Yes. I do love relaxing on the beach with a nice cool drink.W:Right. And the hotel restaurant is quite nice.M:The kids love the restaurant too. Where are they now?W:They are enjoying themselves in the swimming pool.What shall we do this evening?M:I’ve no idea yet, but the kids said that they wanted to go a party at the hotel.W:The one just for kids?M:Yes. So, we could try the local restaurant recommended in the guidebook.W:How about going to a club? We haven’t been to one for ages.M:That’s a great idea. We can really enjoy ourselves without worrying about the kids.W:Now, let’s go for a swim in the sea!M:OK. Let’s go.。
英语听力（一）unit3原文及答案
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新编大学英语视听说教程第六册听力原文Unit3
新编大学英语视听说教程第六册听力原文Unit3如题Unit 3ViewScene 1: In a park(Lillian and Barbara are sitting at a table, talking to each other.) ...Barbara: So your first grandchild is coming. That's fantastic!Lillian: Oh, yes! It's an exciting time. We're really looking forward to it.Barbara: How are you and Danny planning to celebrate?Lillian: Uh, we're planning to have a family reunion next month. You and Larry willcome, won't you?Barbara: Sure! A big reunion to welcome a new member ―and you'll be a grandma. That'llbe great!Lillian: You know, Danny and I have been married for 27 years. We raised fourchildren and are now welcoming a grandchild. I just couldn't ask for more. ButDanny always feels like there's something missing. He told me that there wassome kind of secret his parents knew but that he never found out about. I justdon't know how to help him.Barbara: “Something missing?" ( She says hesitantly.) Well, there is a secret, you know.Do you know that both Danny and Larry are adopted?Lillian: What? Are you kidding?Barbara: Well, Larry was with his parents the day they adopted Danny. He was sworn tosecrecy because their mom didn't want anyone to know she couldn't havechildren. And now that both of the parents have passed away, Larry wants meto keep the secret. But I didn't promise him I'd keep it a secret forever, andI don't think there's any reason to hide the facts from you and Danny.Lillian: Wow, I just can't believe it! It's incredible. Now what should I do? Should Itell Danny that his parents had concealed the truth from him so many years?Barbara: I found out about all this only a month ago. When Larry was 10 years old, hismom let it slip that he was adopted. The truth pained him so much that hedidn't want Danny to have to go through the same thing. But if not knowing thetruth only makes Danny feel upset, maybe...Lillian: Oh, thanks, Barbara! I'm so glad you let me know the truth. Danny has enduredthis lie all his life! I think learning the truth would finally set him free fromhis restlessness. He deserves to know the truth. But how am I going to tell himhe's adopted? I'll have to think about it...Barbara: It'll be OK!Scene 2: In the sitting room如题(Lillian and Danny are sitting on the couch, looking at the photos taken at theirgrandson's party.)such a miracle, isn't he? Lillian: Oh, Danny! You looked really pleased with that little one in your arms. He'sDanny: Yeah. And you looked pretty pleased that day too.Lillian: Oh, everybody did. We all love you. And don't you ever forgetthat, you hear? Danny: (After a pause, he changes the subject.) Honey, is there anything wrong? Ithought you acted just a little bit funny today.Lillian: Well, actually, I received a letter this morning―from the Bureau of VitalStatistics. I contacted them about a month ago.Danny: You did? What for?Lillian: Sweetheart, the other day I found out something from Barbara. She told methat both you and Larry are adopted. So I needed some proof. And here theysent me the document.(She hands a letter over to Danny and he begins to read eagerly.)is unbelievable! Why didn't anyone tell me before? But if Barbara told you,somebody had to know.Lillian: They chose not to let you know the truth then. I think they had their reasons. Danny: You know, growing up, I never felt like I belonged. I didn't look like any of myrelatives. I was six years old, I guess, when Larry blurted out that I was adopted. Both my parents denied it at the time, but deep inside me, there wasthis shadow of doubt. Larry's words kind of haunted me, you know.Lillian: Dear, try not to feel that way! Larry has always loved you. I've talked withLarry about this and he mentioned that story too. Your mom made him swearnot to tell the truth after that incident. When he was 10, Mom let it slip thathe was adopted, too. The truth made him feel like a throwaway then, and hedidn't want you to feel that way. He wanted to protect you.Danny: Larry! But why did my parents do this to me? But they never lied to me in mymemory, and they taught me not to lie. How could they do this? I just feel likemy world is turned upside down completely. I really feel let down. It might notbe so important whether I was adopted or not, dear, but it'sjust―how couldthey hide the truth from me for 50 years? That... really hurts.Lillian: I've got to fix this. Maybe we can find the missing pieces of the puzzle. Wouldit help if we looked for your birth family? We could comb the Internet,newspaper archives and census records looking for them.Danny: I'm just a throwaway by my birth family...Lillian: If you're a throwaway, then I'm the catcher's mitt! Larry also told me thatonce your parents mentioned that you had been born in Georgia, so we inquiredabout you through the Georgia Adoption Reunion Registry. We are trying tofind your family and the truth.Danny: "Danny Schick, on December 14, 1953, you joined your adoptive parents..." This如题Danny: I have a beautiful wife, four wonderful children, and an adorable grandchild. Ihave all the family I need. However, if I am not Danny Schick, who am I then?Scene 3: In the same sitting room(Lillian just puts down the phone and comes to Danny.)Lillian: Danny, they finally located your family! You have a sister! She is still alive! Danny: (He says gruffly.) Why should we look for them when they aren't looking forme?Lillian: (She replies gently.) Maybe she didn't know about you. The important thing iswe found her! And guess what? Your last name is O'Hara. You're Irish!Danny: You've got her telephone number? Let's contact her immediately.Scene 4: In Louise's house(When the door opens... Danny and Louise blink in amazement.)Danny: So, you are Louise.Louise: And you must be Danny, and Lillian, (She hugs Lillian.) It's so good to see you.Please come in.Lillian: Oh, it's incredible. It's like looking in the mirror! You two have the same eyes,and the same smile... everything!(Louise throws her arms around Danny.)found each other.Danny: I... I just don't know what to say.Louise: Well, come in; we have a lot of catching up to do.(The three sit down in the sitting room.)when we were just babies. They were British. I was adopted by an Americancouple and I always knew I was adopted. You were adopted by aBritish familyand I guess they must not have told you that you were adopted.Danny: No, they, they didn't. I suppose their generation was more secretive aboutadoption, and I, but I don't know why. They loved me, but they couldn't tell methe truth. And now they're dead, and I can never tell them that it wouldn'thave made any difference.Louise: Yes, it wouldn't have made any difference for me, either. Adoptive parentslove their children just as much as birth parents.Danny: So if it wasn't for you, Lillian, I would never have found my whole family again.And I would never have found myself again, either. Lillian, darling, Louise, mydear sister, I am such a lucky man. (Danny clutches Louise and Lillian's hands Louise: Danny, my parents―my adoptive parents told me that our birth parents died Louise: I always knew I had a brother. I just never knew where he was. I'm so glad wetightly.)Lillian: And we're lucky too, Danny. Don't forget that if you've found asister, I've如题found a sister-in-law.Louise: And a good friend!(They laugh happily.)Listen1-1Very often, newborn babies are not beautiful. They are wrinkled or bald, or they have angry expressions on their faces that seem to say, "Go away! I hate everybody." But to a parent, that bald, wrinkled, mean-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world. When that proud father or mother asks you, "Well, what do you think―isn't she beautiful?", what are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth? Of course not! You look that proud father in the eye and say, "Yes, she is! She's a real beauty. She's one in a million. She's going to be a movie star! I can tell! She's as pretty as a picture." This is what we call in English a white lie. White lies don't hurt people; they aren't cruel or angry words. People use them to make a difficult situation a little easier. When people refuse dates, forget their homework, or taste something new that they don't especially like while eating at a friend's house, they tell a white lie. They are trying to be kind. They don't want to hurt someone's feelings. It is important to be honest. But many people feel that being kind and considerate is sometimes more important.Listen1-2Listen2-1What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say that we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you and you say, "I wish I could help you butI'm short of cash right now." In fact, you are not short of cash, but your friend is in the habit of forgetting to pay his debts and you don't want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Does this qualify as a lie?A scientific study of lying shows women are better liars than men, particularly when telling a "white lie". When a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress, she might really think it looks terrible. However, this is only one side of the story. Other如题research shows that men are more likely to tell more serious lies. They tend to make promises which they have no intention of fulfilling. This is the kind of lies politicians and businessmen are particularly skilled at. They hope to profit from these lies in some way. Research has also been done into the way people's behavior changes in a number of small, apparently unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that, if they sit down, they tend to move about in their chair more than usual. It seems as if they were saying to themselves "I wish I were somewhere else now." It has also been observed that in extreme situations, people who have lied perspiremore than usual and they blink more often.Listen2-2Questions:1. Why don't you lend your friend money?2. In which way are women better than men?3. Why do businessmen tell lies?4. Which of the following is mentioned as a change in the behavior of people who lie?5. Which of the four statements is true according to the passage?Mlisten1-1(A news anchor at "Radio News" in Des Moines, Iowa is reporting on alocal news event.)realizations Tuesday that strikes the split second you realize somethingvery, very bad has happened. At noon Scanlon thought he'd pull in for aburger at McDonald's. He reached for his wallet, and then rememberedthat all of his cash, $2,000, was in the black leather bag that he hadmistakenly left in a shopping cart in the middle of a parking lot, outsidethe Menards Store. He hurried back to the place outside the storewhere he had unloaded some wood about 45 minutes earlier, before pushing the cart into its storage slot. The cart and the black bag were gone. We have Scanlon here with us to tell what happened next. News Anchor: Austin Scanlon of Des Moines had one of those heart-stoppingScanlon: I was hoping an employee of the store had found the bag. I thought if acustomer found it, it was probably lost for good. I ran inside and acustomer service worker asked me to describe the bag and contents.Then he told me it had been turned in to the store manager. Another employee told me who had found it.News Anchor: This is Scott Betts, the honest Menards worker who found the bag and如题turned it in to the store manager. Scott, tell us about it.Scott Betts: I went out to pull some carts back into the store. There was a black bagin one of them. I took it to the manager and really didn't have any ideaabout what was in it. Later I heard that it was a lot of money.Scanlon: I told Betts he wasn't being paid enough, and I wanted people to knowhow honest he is. I just walked around the store telling everyone I saw what a great worker they have. I am also sending a letter to the CEO ofthe Menards company telling them about this experience.News Anchor: Scott, did Scanlon give you a reward for your good deed?Scott Betts: He offered me a reward, but I wouldn't take it. I told him I did only whatany honest person would do.News Anchor: I wish all our news stories could end as positively as this.Mlisten1-2Questions:1. Where did Mr. Scanlon mistakenly leave the cash?2. Whom did Mr. Scanlon hope had found the bag?3. Whom did Mr. Scanlon go to first after he realized he had lost the cash?4. What did Mr. Scanlon do after he got the cash back?Mlisten2-1Suzanne: Hello, Product Development Department, Suzanne speaking.Darrow: Hello, my name is Darrow Thomas, and I am with LAD. Oneof my clients hasan opening for Director of Research and Development at a well-known foodprocessor. In discussions with people in the industry, your name was recommended as a likely candidate. I was...Suzanne: Who recommended that you call me?Darrow: I'm awfully sorry, but we treat references and candidates with the utmostconfidentiality. I cannot reveal that name. But rest assured, he thought youwere ready for a more challenging job.Suzanne: Well, OK.Darrow: Good. How many people do you supervise?Suzanne: Three professionals, seven technicians, and two clerks.如题Darrow: Approximately how large a budget are you responsible for?Suzanne: Oh, it's about three-quarters of a million dollars a year.Darrow: What degree do you hold, and how many years have you been AssistantDirector?Suzanne: My undergraduate degree and master's are in nutrition science. After Igraduated in 1988, I came to work as an Applications Researcher. In 1993, Iwas promoted to Chief Applications Researcher. In 2022年, I was appointedAssistant Director of Product Development.Darrow: Good career progress, two degrees, and managerial experience. Yourbackground sounds great! This is a little personal, but would you tell me yoursalary?Suzanne: I make $51,000 a year.Darrow: Oh, that is disappointing. The opening I have to fill is for $70,000. That wouldbe such a substantial jump that my client would probably assume your pastexperience and responsibility are too limited to be considered.Suzanne: What do you mean?Darrow: Well, the ideal candidate would be making about $62,000 a year. That wouldindicate a higher level of responsibility than your present low salary. We couldget around that problem.Suzanne: How?Darrow: On the data sheet I have filled out, I could put down that you are making, oh,say, $65,000. That sure would increase my client's interest, then my clientwould think a salary of $70,000 was needed to attract you.Suzanne: Wow! But that's not fair. If they checked on my salary history, they'd knowthat $65,000 was an inflated figure.Darrow: No, they wouldn't. They wouldn't check. And even if they did, companies neverreveal the salary information of past employees. Besides, they are anxious tofill the job. I'll tell you what, let me send them the data sheet. I'm sure they'll be interested. Then we can talk about more of this, OK?Suzanne: Sorry, I don't think I can do that. Thank you for calling anyway.Mlisten2-2Mlisten3-1如题He was 11 years old and went fishing with his father from the dock at his family's cabin on the day before the bass season opened, catchingsunfish and perch with worms. After many efforts of sitting, casting and waiting, finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 p.m.―two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy."You'll have to put it back, Son," he said."Dad!" cried the boy."There will be other fish," said his father."Not as big as this one," cried the boy.He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father's voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish in his later life. But he does see that same fish―again and again―every time he comes up against a question of honesty.Do we do right when no one is looking? Do we refuse to cut corners to get the design in on time? We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. Thedecision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. Not about how we had a chance to beat the system and took it, but about how we did the right thing and were forever strengthened.Mlisten3-2Mlisten4-1(In an American elementary school auditorium, a noted specialist on behavior of children is giving a lecture to a group of parents of students who attend that school.)如题A writer once observed that the first casualty in war is "truth". Although this observation concerned armed conflicts, the same observation applies to family problems. Before conflicts within families erupt, one of the first things to go is "truth".Truth is often replaced with secrets, myths or fantasies. When the fantasy is heard often enough, it is accepted as "true" within the family.Parents can take action to develop an atmosphere in the home where "honesty" and "truth" occur on a regular basis. When children are raised with falsehoods, they often do not recognize truth when they see it. Creating an atmosphere of truthfulness and honesty requires a daily effort. It requires being able to speak honestly and to hear others speak honestly as well. When families are not used to such practices, they may exhibitstrong reactions to hearing others' opinions and honesty. For this reason, attention must be given to how the honesty is communicated. An ancient writer once emphasized the need to "speak the truth in love". Honesty is great within the home when it is delivered in love. Honesty without love is cruelty. Someone may say, "I'm just speaking the plain truth," but the way they deliver it is designed to hurt and inflict pain.Although truth is important within families, some truths may hurt or worry family members. Parents need to consider what information is appropriate for their children's age. If the information would cause more hurt than healing, it is best not disclosed. The rule I use is that if the person is not part of the problem or part of the solution, it is best not shared. Subjects like money, sexual matters and religious beliefs are best left to parental judgment.For families to develop a home atmosphere with honesty also requires emotional safety. Honesty thrives where people feel safe. In families where threats and angry words predominate, honesty is difficult to find.It is up to the parents to initiate honesty within the home. Children often follow the parental lead either toward truthfulness or falsehood.Questions:1. To whom is the speech targeted?2. What will a fantasy become when it is heard often in a family?3. What can parents do to help children recognize truth easily?4. What is the best policy when the information seems not appropriate enough to share with the children?5. Which of the following is helpful in creating an honest atmosphere?Mlisten4-2Quiz1-1如题I knew something was wrong because my son always seemed happier than this after spending time with his friends; so I asked him about it. They had just finished playing a game of basketball and were getting on their bikes in a park to head home. As he was unlocking his, it tipped over, scratching and denting a nearby car. The sullen look on his face indicated he had come home without telling this to anyone.I asked him if he wanted to run errands with me. As we were driving to the store together, I explained the choice that he would have to make and the consequences of his decision. On the way home, I asked him if he wanted to stop at the park and he sheepishly answered, "No." "Do you want some lunch?" I asked then as we pulled over.The restaurant hadn't changed a bit since I had worked there so many years ago. I recognized the voice of my old boss, Fred, coming from the kitchen, and asked one of the waitresses if I could speak to him. He didn't remember me at first but that soon changed; I was something of asuperstar in the field of dishwashing back in those days. "I owe you some money, Fred. I ate lots of burgers in between washes and I never paid you for them." Fred looked surprised and refused to take any money, but he expressed his gratitude to me, and said it was the first time anyone had returned after so many years to pay a debt.Walking from the store, I smiled as my son asked, "Why did you do that, Dad?" The answer was easy: "I was tired of feeling guilty every time I drove past the restaurant. It's never too late to try and fix a mistake." I asked. "Do you want to stop by the park again?"You'll never guess what he said. "I think I like the values you've shown me."Quiz2-1One morning, just before Christmas vacation, I was selling tickets to our grade school's last evening performance of The Nutcracker. The evening before had been a sellout.One of my customers that day was a parent. "I think it's awful that I have to pay to see my own child perform," she announced, yanking a wallet from her purse."The school asks for a voluntary donation to help pay for scenery and costumes," I explained, "but no one has to pay. You're welcome to all the tickets you need.""Oh, I'll pay." She grumbled. "Two adults and a child."如题She plunked down a 10-dollar bill. I gave her the change and her tickets. She stepped aside, fumbling with her purse, when the boy waiting behind her emptied a pocketful of change onto the table."How many tickets?" I asked."I don't need tickets," he said. "I've already seen the show."I pushed the pile of nickels, dimes and quarters back. "You don't have to pay to see the show with your class," I told him, "That's free.""No," the boy insisted, "I saw it last night. My brother and I arrived late. We couldn't find anyone to buy tickets from, so we just walked in."Lots of people in that crowd had probably "just walked in". The few volunteers present couldn't check everyone for a ticket. Who would argue, anyway?I hated to take his money. Being late, they must have squeezed into the crowd and couldn't possibly have seen the whole show. Besides, a pile of coins in a kid's hand is usually carefully saved allowance money."Nobody knows the difference," I assured him. "Don't worry about it.""I know the difference."For one silent moment our hands bridged the money.Then I spoke, "Two tickets cost two dollars. Thank you."The boy smiled, turned away and was gone."Excuse me."I looked up, surprised to see the woman who had bought her own tickets moments earlier. "Why don't you keep this change?" She said quietly and handed me a few dollar bills, and left. Little did that boy know that he had given us both our first gift of the Christmas season.Quiz3-1"You've got an honest face," says the merchant, and accepts the stranger's check. Apparently some faces really are more honest-looking than others, according to recent research, and the qualities that make for an honest face are easy to identify.如题Psychologists George Rotter and Naomi Rotter reasoned that if people could agree that one person is more honest-looking than another, and if a consensus could be reached, then it might be possible to compare honest and dishonest faces and see what gives each its distinctive look.The researchers cut 341 black-and-white portraits of men and women from a college yearbook and asked six people to sort them into three piles: those who looked honest, those who looked dishonest and those whose honesty or dishonesty was uncertain. This led to the selection of 80 faces: half honest-looking and half dishonest-looking. The researchers shuffled these photos and asked another group to sort them, as in the first round, into three piles. This resulted in the selection of 24 faces: 12 honest-looking and 12 dishonest-looking.At this point, yet another group of people evaluated the 24 faces. They examined each photograph and rated various facial features, such as the slant eyebrows and the small eyes. They also indicated whether each face looked honest, dishonest or ambiguous. After this last round of ratings, there was considerable agreement that the honest- and dishonest-looking faces were quite different. Most of the honest faces had broad smiles, while most of the dishonest ones wore grim expressions.Gaze was also important, but its meaning depended upon sex. Men were more likely to be rated honest-looking if they had looked directly into the camera, while women in this pose were more likely to be thought dishonest. The quality of the eyes and eyebrows did not distinguish honest from dishonest faces."We expected to find that subtle differences in features helped convey honesty," George Rotter says. "Instead we found that obvious differences accounted for the ratings. The message seems to be: Smile and the world will trust you."The researchers caution, however, that nothing in their research demonstrates that people can accurately distinguish between honest and dishonest people. The stranger may have an honest face, but the check may still bounce.。
大学听力Unit 3原文
Unit 3 Traveling from Place to PlacePart I ABA912/11:20/17 BA877/11:20/14 BA292/11:25/19 TW695/11:30/16 4 EA831/11:35/24BA838/9 IB290/11:35/15 LH039/11:40/9 BA666/11:40/18 AI141/6 BA560/22 Tapescript:Last call for British Airways flight BA912 for Tokyo. BA912 for Tokyo due to depart at 11:20 boarding at gate 17.British Airways flight BA877 to Boston. British Airways flight BA877 to Boston due to depart at-11:20 boarding at Gate 14.British Airways flight BA292 for Frankfurt, Athens and Karachi. Flight BA292 for Frankfurt, Athens and Karachi due to depart at 11:25 now board at Gate 19.TWA flight, TW695 to New York. TW695 to New York departing at 11:30 now boarding at Gate 16.British Airways passengers for the British Airways Super Shuttle flight to Edinburgh: this flight is now boarding at gate No. 4.East African Airlines flight EA831 to Nairobi, EA831 to Nairobi due to depart at 11:35 boarding gate 24.British Airways passengers wishing to travel to Cork -- flight No. BA 838 -- this flight is now checking in at gate No.9. British Airways passengers to Cork on flight No.BA 838: this flight is now checking in at gate No.9.Iberia flight IB290 to Madrid, Iberia flight to Madrid due to depart at 11:35 boarding Gate 15.Lufthansa flight LH0390 to Hamburg, Lufthansa flight LH0390 to Hamburg departing at 11:40 boarding at Gate 9.Passengers for British Airways flight BA666 to Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, BA666 for Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore due to depart at 11: 40 boarding Gate 18.Aer Lingus passengers to Dublin---flight No. AL141: this flight is now closing at gate No.6.British Airways passengers for flight number BA560 to Athens: this flight is now closing at gate No. 22.Part I BTea, soft drinks, coffee, Egg and tomato, ham and tomato, egg and chips, roast chicken, cheeseburgersTapescript:Chief Steward: may I have your attention please, ladies and gentlemen? This is the chief steward speaking. We would like to inform all passengers that the buffet car is now open. The buffet car is situated towards the middle of the train. On sale are tea, coffee and soft drinks, a selection of fresh and toasted sandwiches including egg and tomato, ham and tomato, egg and cress, roast chicken and toasted cheese; cheeseburgers, beef burgers and sausages and a licensed bar. The buffet car is situated towards the middle of the train. Thank you.Part II A9:15/10:30 10:30/13:30Quick/beautiful view /frequent service (hourly)/modern/comfortable/lovely view from dining carHave to get Gatwick airport/ expensive quite crowded/quite expensive Tapescript:A-Annabel C-Charles D-DouglasD: Ah! That’s much better!C: Ah! That’s yours, I think…er…Doug.D: Thank you very much, Charles.C: Right. You have a good journey then, Douglas?D: Yes I did, I did. I must say the plane was marvelous, marvelous.C: Very quick, then?D: Er…the plane journey was terrifically quick…er…I mean, you…er…what…you met me about 9…er…what…er…10…10:45.C: About 10:30.D: Yes, the plane got in at…er…10:30 and we left at 9:15.C: What time didi you have to start though in the morning?D: Well, that…er…that wa a different story, because I had to get to Victoria…um…at…you know, to get to Gatwick and it’s…er…from…er…Victoria to Gatwick three quarters of an hour. Then I had to leave home at 7:30 and get up at 6:30. C: Oh, gracious me!D: So I’m not sure if you save much really.C: Jet travel, my goodness me! It was worth the experience, though?D: Oh, I mean, you know, I’ve never flown across the south of England and it really looked absolutely fantastic, especially as we approach…approached Plymouth, you know, with this sunshine and it looked really marvelous…marvelous.C: Well, when you come up next time, would you be coming the same way?D: Oh, t don’t think so. I don’t…to be honest…hallo, isn’t that…Annabel!C: Oh it is. It’s Annabel!D: Over here, over here!A: Hallo!C: Nice to see you, my dear.A: Hallo there, how are you?C: Want a drink, my dear?A: Yes, please.C: Right, I’ll..er…fix them. You had a good journey?A: Ye s, I had a lovely time, I came by train…er…it was…er…C: What time did you start then?A: Oh, about 10:30 I think. Got here about 1:30. so it’s only…what …three hours. Very quick.C: Very good. Douglas came up by plane!A: Oh, how fancy! Well, this was …er…this was a nice train, you know, very modern and comfortable. And of course loads of trans-about every hour I think.C: Oh, great. Did you get something to eat on the train?A: Yes thanks, yes. Had a nice lunch. Oh, it’s wonderful, you can sit there drink ing your soup and watching the view go by. I like it…D: I bet it’s a …it’s a hell of a lot of cheaper than the plane.A: Well, actually, I thought it was quite expensive…um…unless you’ve got, you know, a student card or something.D: Oh, those days are long gone!A: But it was quite…quite…crowded. I was…I was glad I’d booked a seat, you know. D: Yes, yesPart Ⅲ ASep.4-sep.17/aug.5-aug.182double and 1single/1double and 1 big bedroom with 2single beds and a sofa 3/1full bathroom3 (kitchen, dining room, sitting-room)/2kitchen, living-sitting room √/×√(six days a week)/× ￡80 for a fiesta/ ￡98 for a fiesta √/√￡570/￡270Part Ⅲ Bb. terrace/ sea view d. swimming-poolTapescript:Conversation 1T- Travel agent C1-customer 1 (Telephone ringing)T: Hello, villa rentals, can t help you?C1: Oh, hello. I do hope so. You see my husband and I are looking for a holiday villa and we’ve heard that you have some nice places in Italy, Iniscia.T: Oh yes, madam. We’ve got several villas on offer in Iniscia. How many people would there be in your party?C1: Well, it’s just the family. You know, my husband and …the three chil dren.T: A party of five then, yes. And er…when would you want to be there?C1: When? Erm… oh well, it would have to be in September.T: In September. Uh-huh.and for how many weeks?C1: For two actually, the first two in September.T: The first two in Sept ember. Oh, well, we’ve only got one place free then, madam. Oh, but it’s a very beautiful one, the villa Delmonti. C1: And it’s nice, is it?T: Oh, it’s an absolute dream, madam. It’s set on a hilltop with a big garden and beautiful view out over the sea t owards Naples. C1: It sounds as if you’ve been there. T: Yes, for a couple of days last October on an inspection tour. And I fell in love with it at first sight. C1: Er, how many rooms has it got?T: Well, on the ground floor there are two double bedrooms, both of them beautifully decorated, a single bedroom and all three have their own bathroom and toilet facilities. Then still on the ground floor there’s a large kitchen, a large dining room and a very big outside terrace. And then upstairs it’s got a very large sitting-room with windows all around and a back garden with a big swimming pool.C1: Mm, it dose sound nice, yes. There is a maid or cleaner or something, is there? T: Oh, yes, madam, six days a week.C1: Oh, well, I dare say we can manage for the s eventh. Em… what about distances? Is it far from the town and all that? Do you think we’d need a car?T: Actually we do normally advise people to hire a car.C1: And how much would a smallish car cost?T: Oh well for a …C1: You know, for a metro or a Renault five or a ford fiesta, nothing grand.T: Ah, for a fiesta, it would be about ￡80 a week.C1: And for the house for those two weeks?T: For the period of September 4th till the 17th inclusive, it would cost, mm, you’re five people, let me see, um, ￡570 per person for the two weeks, including the return airfare.C1: Mm, well, it woul d be worse. Yes well, I’d really like to see some photographs of this place or something. Can you arrange that?T: Oh, of course, madam. We’ve got a video of it, so any time you care to come in, you could see it.C1: Oh, right. I’ll be in this afternoon. Thank you for your help.T: Don’t mention it, Madam. I’ll look forward to seeing you.C1: Good-bye. T: Bye.Conversation 2T- Travel agent C2-customer 2(Telephone ringing)T: Hello, villa rentals. Can I help you?C2: Oh, hello. Em…I…I…I’m just calling because I’ve, er…I’ve just seen your advert about apartments and villas for rent. And erm…what …could you tell me more about them please?T: Of course, madam. But could you tell me something about what you’re looking for? And…where’d you like to go? How many bedrooms you would need and so on ?C2: Ah, yes, well, erm. There’ll be the five of us. I mean, er, my husband and I and the two kids and my mother because she lost dad last year and it’s her first year without.T: Fine, I see. And would you want a house or an apartment?C2: Well, we’d like a house of course, if we can afford one, but I…T: And whereabouts? Did you have any particular place in mind?C2: Well, we wanted the Mediterranean, like Spain. Actually we thought of Minorca. T: Well, we’ve got some lovely places in Minorca, madam. C2: Oh!T: For five you said? C2: Uh-huh.T: And when would you want to be there?C2: Well, it would have to be in august because we are both off work then and it’s the school holidays, too. T: Well, how about this?C2: Uh-huh? T: Minorca, adia. Oh, that’s a beautiful place. C2: Oh.T: A little fishing village. A house for five for two weeks in august from august 5th to august 18th inclusive (uh-huh) per person, ￡270 including return flight from Gatwick.C2: Oh! Well, that’s not bad. Ho…how many rooms has it got?T: One double bedroom, then a big bedroom with two single beds and a sofa, you know, a convertible divan downstairs, full bathroom, kitchen and a large living-sitting room, and a beautiful terrace with a sea view.C2: Oh! Have you got any photographs of it?T: Yes! Actually we’ve got a video of it. So if you’d like to come into the agency…C2: Yes, I would. In fact I’ll drop in this afternoon. Mm, when are you open until?T: We close at eight tonight, madam.C2: Right. I’ll be in about six, I expect. Oh, um, just one more thing. To hire a car on the island, how much would it cost, you know, for…for a smallish one?T: Well, for a fiesta. It would cost you ￡98 a week.C2: Phew! Well, it’s probably worth it if you’re five. Well, I’ll… I’ll be in this afternoon then. Er, see you then. Er, bye-bye. Oh, and er, thanks.T: Not at all, madam. Bye.。
新通用大学英语综合教程第三册听力原文unit3
新通用大学英语综合教程第三册听力原文Unit 3Lesson 1Part 1 Meeting on the StreetSue: You look like you’re in a hurry!Kim: I am. I’ve got to get 50 color copies made I hope they can do a rush job.Sue: They must get requests like that all the time.Kim: I sure hope so. B ut that’s not all.Sue: What elseKim: Then I’ve got to get it all air expressed so it arrives in Singapore first thing Monday morning.Sue: I won’t keep you then. Actually, I’m in a bit of a hurry myself. I need to have the tailor putnew buttons on this jacket.Kim: OK. I’ll call you tonight.Sue: Great.Part 2 Items and ServicesConversation 1M1: Can you recommend a good dry-cleaner I want to get my shirts done and I don’tlike the place I’m for a good tailor. My new pants are too short.F2: You should take them to mine. I’m sure you could get them lengthened there. Conversation 3M: I wonder if you could help me with something. My camera isn’t working right. Do you know a goodplace for repairsF: You can try Hoyt Camera. People say they’re very good.Conversation 4M: That’s a terrific painting. Where’d you get itF: Oh, we bought that on our trip to New Zealand.M: Really! You should get it framed.F: I’d like to. Got any suggestions where to get that doneM: I’ll ask around.Part 3 Where to Get the ServicesJulia: Hi, I’m your new neighbor. I just moved into apartment number twelve. I’m Julia Frost.Mark: I’m Mark Fines. Welcome to the neighborhood. Let me know if you need anything. Julia: Actually, can you recommend a housecleaning service I’d like to get the apartment cleanedbefore I unpack.Mark: Sure. Almost everyone in the building uses Maid to Clean. They’re very honest. Julia: Great. And what about a copy service I have to get some things copied before Monday.Mark: Go to Edison’s. It’s just down the street. They’re really fast.Julia: Edison’s for coping. And can you tell me where you get your car repairedMark: I always go to Tony’s Auto Repair. They’re not very efficient, but they’re extremely helpful.They’re around the corner.Julia: And just one more question. Can you recommend a tailorMark: Sure. Sew Good is great for tailoring. Their work is excellent, and they’re very reasonable.They’re across the street.Julia: Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate it.Mark: No problem. See you around!Part 4 Having Things DonePassage 1 Paoding Carves up a CowOne time, a butcher named Paoding was commissioned to butcher a cow for King Hui. As he worked,his movements were graceful and faultless. The sound of the knife between the bones was like a whisper inthe night. When Paoding was finished, the cow didn’t even know it was dead. The king said, “Your skill isamazing”. Paoding said, “It was nothing really. When I butcher a cow, it’s notskill that I use, it is the Dao.When I first took up th e butcher’s trade, what I saw was the whole cow. But after I had been at it for a fewyears and butchered a good number of cows, what I saw was no longer the whole cow, but just its skeletalstructure. Ever since then, I stopped using my eyes and used my mind instead, tointuit my way around thecow. The good cook changes knives every year, because he merely chops but doesn’t hack. Because I neitherhack nor chop, I have used this same knife for 19 years, and it’s still like new. My knife glides in and outbetween the bone joints, moving as it pleases; so, the cow suffers no pain and in the end, doesn’t even knowit is dead.” The king was enlightened. He understood the good way of living one’s life. The complexities oflife are like the skeletal structure of the cow, and those who don’t understand how to approach them end uprunning around in circles, wasting all their energy.Passage 2 The Beginning of StampsRowland Hill, a schoolmaster in England, was the first to put forward a proposal to use stamps. Hethought it would be much easier for people to use stamps to cover postage. They could go to the nearby postoffice to buy stamps and put them on envelops before they sent the letters. The post office could simply putseals on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not needto send postmen to collect postage. It only needed to send postmen to deliver letters. That was a good ideaand the government finally accepted it.Passage 3 “Dry” CleaningDespite its name, dry cleaning is actually not a dry process. Clothes are washed in liquid chemicals, butwithout water, and that is why the process became known as dry cleaning. But who came up with this idea,and how did it happenThe invention of dry cleaning was an accident. In 1855, a Frenchman named Jean Baptiste Jolly made adiscovery: a lamp filled with kerosene fell on a greasy cloth in his home. Kerosene is a type of oil that burnswell. When the kerosene dried, the cloth was cleaner where the liquid had been.Based on this discovery, people began to use chemicals to clean clothes. But most of these chemicals,such as kerosene and gasoline, could easily catch on fire, so dry cleaning was very dangerous.In the 1930s, people started to use a new chemical called perchloroethylene, or perc for short. This chemicaldidn’t catch on fire easily, so it was much safer than the earlier ones. It is still used today by most drycleaners.Lesson 2Part 1 Find a Good Courier ServiceSteve: Hey, Maya, can you recommend a courier service I need to send this package. Maya: Sure, Steve. Why don’t you have Pack Express take care of itSteve: Do you think that they can get it to Lima overnightMaya: They must be able to. They have service all over South America. They’re really reliable.Steve: I should have asked you for a recommendation earlier! Last week I used Aero Fast, but theywere expensive and not very efficient.Part 2 It is Urgent.Anna: Hello. Can I help youGreg: I hope so. This photo is too small. Can you enlarge itAnna: Absolutely.Greg: I need this done right away. Do you have express serviceAnna: Sure. When do you need itGreg: Well, can you do it in an hour It’s urgent.Anna: Let me see…is 4:30 OKGreg: It is great. Thanks. I really appreciate it.Part 3 News and IntroductionPassage 1 Book of the MonthHome and Family magazine talked to Pamela Darby, author of the new book Time Management. Here’ssome of the advice that she gives:Making time for special treatments and things you enjoy is important. You make time for a lot of thingsthat you don’t enjoy, like work and housecleaning. Choose something that you really like to have done,make an appointment, and go. You could get your nails done or have someone massage your back. Theimportant thing is to choose something that you enjoy having done.Accept offers of help. People are so used to doing things on their own, that they don’t think aboutletting people help them. If someone asks, “How can I help” tell them what you need done! For example,if you’re planning a class party for one of your children, get some of the other parents to bring food. Whensomeone offers to watch the kids, let them do it.But, you don’t have to wait for people to offer to help. Assign responsibilities to other family members.Have your spouse drop off the dry cleaning on the way to work. Get your kids to help around the house.Even young children can be responsible for certain tasks, such as putting away their toys or setting the table.Passage 2 The Beginnings of Mass ProductionUntil the early twentieth century, the normal method of manufacturing was that one person produceda whole item. This system was transformed by Frederick W. Taylor, an American engineer who developedthe theory of scientific management. His aim was to make factory work as fast and efficient as possible: increasing workers’ productivity in this way would mean that large quantities of goods could bemanufactured cheaply.Taylor recommended that the manufacturing process should be broken down into tasks, and that workersshould specialize in particular tasks, instead of making the whole item. Through this division of labor, eachworker would become very good at certain activities. Henry Ford, the American car manufacturer, was thefirst industrialist to base product ion on Taylor’s ideas. Although this approachkeeps production costs to aminimum, it has been blamed for making factory work boring.Passage 3 Lost LuggageApproximately one airline passenger in every thousand arrives at their destination to find that some orall of their baggage has not arrived with them. For many passengers this means a waitof hours or days,with all the associated inconvenience, whilst the missing item is being located and forwarded. Others, lessfortunate still, have to resign themselves to the fact that their bags are actuallylost and, as the days turn intoweeks, face the fact that they are unlikely ever to see them again.To prevent loss, or at least assist recovery, passengers are urged to make sure that identification tags aresecure and up-to-date, an itinerary with addresses is enclosed and that bags are distinguishable from othersof the same make. Airlines recommend the use of colored tape or large elasticatedstraps made specificallyfor this purpose.Lost or delayed luggage actually costs the world’s airlines over £ 6 billion per year. They get some ofthis back, however, by selling off those lost items which are never claimed by their rightful owners. Aftermonths of intensive tracking, airlines send hopelessly lost luggage to companies which sort the contentsand then put them on sale at bargain prices. At one such company in Alabama, the leftovers of flying are laidout in a vast store, which has itself now become an attraction for tourists from all over the world. Whoknows, they may even come across some of their own stuff.。
unit3 to the rescue听力原文
unit3 to the rescue听力原文Dear uncle of the people's Liberation Army:How do you do! First of all, I want to pay high tribute to you, the most lovely people in the new era!I believe you must not forget the unforgettable day of May 12, when a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province. When you hear this news, you may be taking care of your sick child; You may be celebrating your parents' birthdays; You may be happy Watch TV... But you didn't hesitate, and immediately rushed to the disaster area day and night with nostalgia for your family. I was deeply moved by your spirit of giving up your family.When you arrived in the disaster area, you didn't even stop. You began to rescue the people under the ruins regardless of your own life. When I saw on TV that you were dancing and ecstatic to save one life after another; When I saw that you were injured but did not receive treatment, but waved your hands to continue to rescue the victims; When I saw you parachuting to the disaster area without fear of danger... My eyes were wet - yes! You won't hesitate when danger comes, but you are the first to rush to the front. Isn't your spirit of selfsacrifice worth moving?When people are in danger, they see orange helmets, green camouflage suits and red five stars, which means they see the hope of life and their great Savior!Here I want to give you my most sincere wishes - I wish you all the best!A pupil who cares about you.。
Unit Three 听力原文
Unit ThreePart OneListening“Hi! How are you?” The woman smiled as she took the seat beside me. She had to lower herself slowly, squeezing her huge bottom into the seat, filling all available space.“My name is Laura. I’m from Britain.” Laura started a conversation with me. She was an interesting conversationalist. She was well read in many subjects from philosophy to science.When a flight attendant was clearing our plates, Laura told several jokes about her size. The flight attendant burst out laughing as she held Laura’s arm, “You really make my day!”For the next few minutes, Laura listened attentively and gave pointers to the flight attendant’s weight problems. The grateful attendant said before she rushed off, “I’ve got to work. I’ll talk to you later.”I asked Laura, “Have you ever thought about losing some weight?”“No. I have worked hard to get this way. Why would I want to give it up?”“Aren’t you worried about cardiovascular diseases that come with being overweight?”“Not at all. You only get the disease if you’re worried about your weight all the time. You see advertisements from slimming centers that say, ’Liberate yourself from your extra baggage so that you are free to be yourself.’ It’s rubbish. You’re liberated only if you’re comfortable about who you are, and what you look like any time of the day and any time of the year. Why would I want to waste my time on slimming regimes when I have so many other important things to do and so many people to be friends with? I eat healthily and walk regularly; I’m this size because I am born to be big. There is more to life than worrying about weight all day long.”She sipped her wine. “Besides, God gives me so much happiness that I need a bigger body to hold all of it. Why would I lose weight to lose my happiness?” Taken aback by her reasoning, I laughed.Laura continued. “Folks often see me as a fat lady that no man would even bother to cast a glance at. They think I’m lazy and have no willpower. They’re wrong.” She held up her glass to a passing flight attendant. “More of this magnificent wine please.”She turned to me, “I’m actually a slim person inside. I’m so full of energy that people won’t be able to keep up with me. This extra flesh is h ere to slow me down. Otherwise, I’ll be running everywhere chasing after men.”“Do men chase after you?” I asked jokingly.“Of course they do. I’m happily married but men still keep proposing to me.”“Most of them have relationship problems and t hey need someone to confide in. For some reason, they like to talk to me. I think I should have been a counselor instead of a school teacher.”Laura’s interesting conversation had turned the flight into something thoroughly enjoyable. I was also attracted by the way people were drawn to her. By the end of the flight, almost half the cabin crew was standing by us, laughing and joking with Laura. The passengers around us joined in the merry-making too. Laura was the centre of attention, filling the cabin with delightful warmth.When we waved goodbye to each other at the arrival lounge at Hong Kong’s KaiTak airport, I watched her walking towards a big group of adults and kids. Cheers sounded as the group hugged and kissed Laura. She turned around and winked at me.I was greatly surprised, as the realization set in: Laura was the most beautiful woman I had ever met in my life.Additional ListeningFor our 10th annual meeting on consumer health related issues, our guest is research scientist Dr. Thomas Stone. Dr. Stone has recently written his book The Hidden Dangers of Cell phones. The book discusses the controversies surrounding the use of cell phones and personal health. So, without further ado, let’s welcome Dr. Stone (Applause)Dr. Stone: Thank you ladies and gentlemen for your warm welcome. Usually the first question people ask is how I became interested in this area of research and what Ifound. Should my findings be of concern; are they credible; and what could be done? I’ll c over all of these questions. Firstly, let me start out by explaining what led me to do this type of research. It probably started when I was in high school. Throughout the years we heard of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, yet it wasn’t until I actually saw photos of the victims that it dawned on me how devastating radiation is. In addition to the long term effects on the Japanese people who were exposed, I studied the lasting effects on the American military personnel and civilians who were used as test subjects by the U.S. government. Radiation is dangerous and it is real. Of course, this is extreme exposure versus a hand held device. So, let’s have a look at what radiation is capable of from the equipment we commonly use nowadays. I think that by using everyday examples, people can get a better idea of what I meanThink of the last time you had dental x-rays. What did they put on you before they took their x-rays and why? A lead apron –right? And notice that the technician most always stands behind a wall designed to stop those rays when the x-rays are taken. Everyday ultrasounds are performed on women who are pregnant. If you look close, you may notice that the unborn baby responds to the invading radiation by trying to move away from it. The body is reacting naturally to get away from danger and to protect itself. If exposed long enough to the ultrasound, the cells will start to thicken as s defense mechanism. The cells may mutate into abnormal cells, which is defined as cancerous cells.This leads me to the final example. Do any of you remember the police men who came down with testicular cancer by using their radar guns? Radar guns use an energy signal to calculate the speed of moving cars. In order for the officers to quickly spot and read the speed of moving vehicles. They kept their radar guns on throughout the day. While waiting in their squad cars, many of them simply placed those guns on their lap instead of on the seat next to them. The pulsating radiation affected their healthy cells and then became abnormal-and caused cancerThis is likely to happen to people who use cell phones often. It all has to do with the length of time they are in use, and the distance from the body. And as we know, phones are always pressed up against a perso n’s ear. It is radio frequency radiationthat is transmitted and concentrated directly a centimeter to two from your brain. Without going into details of my research and statistics, these are the most basic examples I can provide in laymen’s terms. My sources of other people’s studies are quite detailed, and so is my personal research in the lab.Now ,everyone who owns a cell phone enjoys the freedom and convenience of using their cell. That includes me. I wouldn’t know what to do without it. But my concern is of those that almost live to be on their phone-as if it is a part of their life they could not live without it. But my study simply mentions the hazards that may happen if we are not aware of the dangers involved. My suggestion is to use a cell phone in moderation-perhaps no more than 15 to 30minutes per day. Most people can get their business done within that time frame.I thank you all for your time.Part TwoListeningRenee Montaigne: Our parents said it; so did our teachers in health class: To grow up big and strong and to stay healthy, you needed to eat something each day from each of the four basic food groups — meat, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, and bread and cereal. For thirty-five years, the food groups remained unchallenged that is, until the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine stepped in. Dr. Neal Barnard is president of the organization, and he joins us now in our studio. Good morning.Dr. Neal Barnard: Good morning.Montaigne:You’re recommending four new food gro ups to replace the ones that we all grew up with. What are they?Barnard:The new four food groups are grains, legumes —meaning beans and related foods — vegetables, and fruits. And as a group, there is no cholesterol in the new four food groups, and th ey’re very high in fiber.Montaigne: Now, grains — I always think of bread and cereal, but. . .Barnard: It’s —It’s really more than that. It’s not only the breads and the cereals. It’s rice — all the grains. The legume group is beans and lentils and peas — anythingin a pod. And what we’ve found is that groups that — population groups that center their diet on these new four food groups live years longer and have much healthier lives.Montaigne: You’ve left out some dairy products. Why?Barnard: Really, for a couple of reasons. First is: People have the hope that if they consume dairy products, they’ll have strong bones. Well, for years researchers have measured the bone density of postmenopausal women who are developing osteoporosis, and they found that dairy products just don’t work if the goal is to prevent osteoporosis. It just doesn’t work. And it turns out that what’s more important is actually moderating one’s protein intake. In other words, if we’re on a high-meat diet, the large amount of protein that people are eating actually leeches calcium out of the bones, and it’s lost in the urine. If you reduce your protein intake, the calcium stays in the bones and that’s what seems to be more important in maintaining strong bones. The milk just wasn’t doing the job at all.taught was mammograms. Well, when I was in medical school, breast cancer claimed one in eleven women. And when I was a resident, it was one in ten. Now it’s one in nine. But it was ten years ago that the National Research Council issued a report showing that dietary factors lead to breast cancer, let’s —let’s get them off the four food groups. People don’t need to eat them. If they skip them, they’ll be healthier. Montaigne:The American Farm Bureau — Federation — obviously, is opposed to your proposals. So is a former agriculture secretary, John Clark. Do you really think — and just very briefly — the U. S. Department of Agriculture will set these new —will adopt your recommendations?Barnard:It will take time for the Department of Agriculture to change, but medically, we’ve got no choice. The medical leaders are now united in the fact that we’ve got to change and change dramatically, and change particularly for our children.Montaigne: Thank you very much. Dr. Neal Barnard is president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit advocacy group based here in Washington, D. C.Additional ListeningTable MannersSusan: I’m Susan Stamberg. We begin with Craig Claiborne. He has been with us for several weeks now, offering ideas on summer eating. Now the food editor of the New York Times has something else on his mind: The manners we use at the table. Craig Claiborne see a decline in our manners.Craig: Uh … I’ll tell you, Susan, it disturbs me a little bit. I would never go in public with … with dirty fingernails. And I would not go out if I had my tie at half-mast, uh … in uh … proper … company. Uh … I wouldn’t go out without brushing my teeth, and I think all these things are just the niceties of life. I like a casual life style and I lead a very casual life style. I can laugh as hard as anybody else about a good dirty joke. But I think when you are at table, there’s so many nice things that can be done that uh … uh … are ignored by the masses of people when they do entertain. For example, you should never uh … put a candle … uh … candles on a table that will impair the flow of vision.Susan: Mm-hm.Craig:Uh … if you and I are sitting across from each other, the candles should be so low that you and I can look at each other –in each other’s eyes –without being … having our … our vision marred by the candle flame.Susan: And what about flowers? Same thing …Craig: The same thing is true. You should always have … uh … if you have flowers on the table, there should be an arrangement low enough so that … uh … you and I don’t have to peek a-boo, looking around the flower arrangement to see each other.Susan: Mm.Craig:Uh … one of the uh … the things that I uh … also that I … uh am a little bit nuts over on is wine service. Uh … I see people setting a table, they’ll take their fingers, and either put them inside of a glass in order to put’em on the table, or they’ll put their fingers on the rim. I think this is not only unsightly, it’s … it’s terribly unsanitary.Susan: But it … oh, it’s so convenient, though. I’m guilty of this …Craig: No, you can hold the wine – a good wine glass always has a stem – and you can hold thewine glass by the stem, which you should, and you should never touch that rim with another part of your body except your lips.Susan: Mm.Craig: And it’s also very fine, I think, to always wipe your lips before you … before you … take a sip of wine. There’s nothing uh … uh …Susan: What – each time?Craig: Each time!Susan: What, you just sit there, dabbing your lips – with a napkin, or your sleeve –Craig:Well, oh, no, you don’t … oh, you don’t have to be neurotic about it. But, uh … lip sta ins around the rim of the glass, I think they’re very unsightly things to see. Uh, there’s one … one thing that bothers me, uh … and you hear it everywhere. Someone will come up and say, “Would you care for a glass of wine, or do you ca … like champagne?” that is the most annoying thing I can imagine. What do they think champagne is? Champagne is wine! So the proper way to … to phrase that, “Would you care for a glass of still wine, or would you care for a glass of champagne?”Susan: Still wine or champagne? That’s the distinction!Craig:It’s also important when you pour wine; you should always hold the wine bottle by the label, because if it … if you drip, if it’s a red wine especially, if it’s drips down … uh … unless you’re got that label held firmly in your … in your … uh … hand, the wine’s going to drip down onto the label, and it’s very, again, it’s something very unsightly.Susan: I thought you held it that way to cover up how cheap a bottle wine it was.Craig: No, no. You should … you should always show the … show the wine to your guest …uh …before they start to drink.Susan: Huh. But just peel off the price tag, that’s what we do at our house. Craig Claiborne, thank you very much.Craig: I thank you, Susan.Part ThreeListeningJason:My name is Jason Gaes. I live at 1109 Omaha Avenue in Worthington, Minnesota.Montaigne:Jason is now nine years old. He’s written a book. It’s been printed in his own handwriting, titled My Book for Kids with Cancer. In the book, Jason describes how he was treated for cancer diagnosed when he was six years old.Jason: Radiation is really easy. All you have to do is lay there, and they put straps around your head so you don’t move. And then it’s over, and you come back tomorrow. But don’t wash the Xs off your head until they’re done.Montaigne: Jason, that’s page three of the book, and there’s a picture here, of, I guess it’s you …Jason: Yeah.Montaigne:… lying on a table …Jason: Mm-hm.Montaigne:… and the word radiation. Who drew the picture?Jason: My two brothers, Adam and Tim. They’re better than me, so I let them draw the pictures.Montaigne: But you wrote the whole book.Jason: Yeah.Montaigne: There are books out for kids with cancer. You must have seen them when you first found out you had cancer?Jason:One time I came home with a … a book, and it was called Hang Tough, and I thought it was really neat because that boy was going through the same … same things as I was going through, and the last two or three pages it told about … he died, and … and it stunk.Montaigne: It stunk?Jason: Uh-huh.Montaigne: Cause he died?Jason: Uh-huh. I didn’t plan for that boy to die because he wrote such a nice book and all. When I wrote this book, I … uh … I kinda insteada tellin’ about Jason Gaes died … uh… said tha t Jason Gaes lived.Montaigne:In one page you write that having cancer isn’t fun.Jason:It ain’t no party.Montaigne: But you … you point out a couple of fun things.Jason:Uh … I get lotsa nice presents, and your mom almost does anything you want her to do.Montaigne:You also write about the different things that a kid would have to go through.Jason: Mm-hm.Montaigne:What were the parts that weren’t so easy?Jason: The bone marrow and the spinals and the leg pains are probably the worst of it all. I h ad to have lots of help for the … for the bone marrow. cause it hurt so much. Montaigne: Mrs. Gaes, Jason, in his book, writes about some bad moments.Mrs. Gaes: Mm-hm.Montaigne: How did he hold up?Mrs. Gaes:For the most part, very, very well. Jason … uh… insisted on not being treated as a sick child. There were times when he needed me and I needed him, when, you know, like right in middle of a spinal. But otherwise he came right out of the room and went bake to his normal activities.Montaigne: Jason, you wrote this book because you said you were tired of reading books about kids who had cancer and who died in the end. Was there any time during all this treatment when you thought maybe dying wouldn’t be so bad?Jason: when it was all over with, cause I thought I like, I would die if, urn, right in the middle of a bone marrow.Mrs. Gaes: About six months into treatment, Jason had had a lot of very aggressive treatment that left him very weak and very sick. And he just looked at me and said, ”Mom, I don’t want to do this anymore.” And I told him, “ Well, you… you know what will happen. Jason, if we don’t do this.” And he told me, “Yeah, but there are worse things than dying.” And when I read his book, I was stunned. If you read his book, you’ll see that he compares death to coming out of my womb. He says “When I was a baby in my mom’s stomach, I didn’t want to come out. The doctor hand to givemy mom a shot to make me come out. But now that I’m outside, I would never want to go back in my mom’s stomach.” And he said, ”I think going to heaven is like that. Once we get there, we won’t want to come back here.” So he had no paralyzing fear of dying. It was the treatment, the pain that they would inflict upon him that he was afraid of.Jason: If you get scared and can’t quit, go and talk to your mom, and she can rock you or rub your hair. Or if you want, you can call me. My number is 507-376-3824. And when you feel really bad, it’s OK to cry.Montaigne: Jason, have kids called you?Jason:Yeah, you bet! Lots of kids have called me. One little girl was gonna have … well. She’s about my age, she’d be seven right now, and she asked me, um, what she should do cause she was gonna have a treatment the day after she called me, and I kinda told he r that you can’t feel anything after the … thing is done. You’ll feel a little dry, and sick to your stomach, but to me there was really nothin’ wrong with the operation.Montaigne: Has anyone called you back to tell you that it helped to talk to you before they had something done?Jason: Yeah, this, matter of fact, the same little girl. She said that it really worked. Montaigne: Jason Gaes, along with his mother Sissy. Jason is the author of My Book for Kids with Cancer. Doctors have now told Jason that his cancer is completely cured and that there’s no chance for a relapse.Jason: And the rest of the days, when you don’t have treatment, try to forget you have cancer and think about something else. Shoot baskets, or go swimming.Additional ListeningIntroductionIt is often argued that no one no earth is equipped to judge the proper moment to end a life. But, in fact, people make those decisions every day. And commentator Philip Gerard found sometimes they live to regret their choices.CommentaryJust over a year ago, after fighting Parkinson’s disease for almost ten years, my mother suffered a massive heart attack. She survived it only because she was already in the hospital. She stopped breathing for at least eight minutes, possibly as long as half an hour, before she was revived by extraordinary means. My father got a phone call demanding that he make an immediate choice: put my mother on a respirator or let her die right then. Under pressure and unprepared for the awful circumstances, my father made the instinctive human choice: try to save her.At the hospital, the doctors gave us their prognosis. For my mother to come out of her coma would be a miracle. The massive brain damage would leave her in a constant vegetative state. Then, the family decided to unhook the machines and let her die. Impossible, the doctors said. Under state law, once my mother was hooked up to the machine, she could not be unhooked without a court order. She might live for as long as a decade. My father would have to request the court to allow his wife of forty years to die.When I first heard the word “coma”, I imagined being asleep. But my mother’s coma began as constant convulsions. With each breath the respirator shoved into her lungs, her body shook. She frothed at the mouth. Her eyeballs rolled back, white, into her head. She was strapped down to the bed or she would have fallen to the floor. This lasted day and night for three days. After that, her nervous system was virtually destroyed by the constant shock and pain, she quieted. My sisters and I took turns sleeping on a cot in my mother’s room. We didn’t want her to be alone when she died. After a week of that, I recalled lying awake into the small hours of a snowy morning, listening to the hum of the monitors and the mechanical breathing of the respirator. I prayed for the courage to turn off the machine and let her die in peace. It would have been easy just flip the switch. No one would have known for hours. I didn’t have the courage.。
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UNIT 3Section 1 Tactics For ListeningPart 1 PhoneticsExercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, fink-ups and contractions.Friend: Hi, Linda. I hear you and John got married (1)last month.Linda: Yeah, we did, (smiling) Three weeks (2) ago.Friend: Well. congratulations!Linda: Thank you.Friend: Did you (3) have a big wedding?Linda: No, we got (4) married at City Hall. We didn't want to spend very much because (5) we're saving to buy a house.Friend: Where did you (6) have the reception?Linda: Oh~ we ( 7 ) didn’t have a reception. We just (8 ) invited a few, friends over for drinks afterwards.Friend: What (9) did you wear'?Linda: Just a skirt and blouseFriend: Oh!Linda: And John wore a ( l O) jacket and jeans.Friend: Where did you (l 1 ) go for your honeymoon?Linda: We (12) didn't have a honeymoon. We went back to work the next day Ah, here comes (13) my bus.Friend: Listen. (14) I'd love to help celebrate. Why don't you two (15) come over for a drink next week'?Linda: Sure. We'd love to. (16)I’ll talk to John and (17) call you Monday.Friend: Great. See you (18) next week.Linda: Bye.PART 2 Listening and Note-takingBob: Look at that Angela. True-Value are going to sell hi-fi's for 72.64 pounds, I’m going to buy one. We can save at least 20 pounds.Angela: Yes, and look at the washing machines. They're going to sell some washing machines for 98 95 pounds, go we can save 22 pounds. A washing machine is more important than a hi:fi.Bob: By the way. Angela. Do you know how much money we've got? About 200 pounds, I hope.Angela: Here's the bank statement. I didn't want to open it. Oh, dear.Bob: What's the matter?Angela: We haven't got 200 pounds, I'm afraid.Bob: We!l, come on. How much have we got?Angela: Only 150 pounds 16.Exercise A: Bob and Angela are window-shopping. The shop is closed, but they are talking about the sales next week. They are planning to buy a lot of things. Listen to the conversation and take notes on the following items:the things they want to buy the price money they can save1 a hi-fi 72~64 pounds at least 20 pounds.2. a washing machine 98.95 pounds 22 pounds~ Exercise B: Complete the following Sentences.The amount of money they should pay for the things they want to buy: 171 pounds 59.The amount of money they think they can save: 42 pounds.The amount of money they think they can have: 21}0 pounds,The amount of money they actually have: 150 pounds 16.Section 2 Listening ComprehensionPART 1 DialoguesDialogues 1 what’s he like ?A: Tell me about your new manager. What's he like?B: Oh, terrific. He's tall, good looking.., well, I think he's good looking, anyway ... and he's about 35 or 36. He's very interested iii all kinds of sports -- football, basketball ... oh, and tennis. My friend told me he's very good at tennis. He plays at the same tennis club ... the club where she plays ... you know.A: Oh, is he friendly? I mean, in the office ...B: Well, I don't know him very well. He's a bit ... shy I think. He isn't married, he lives in a flat on his own ... well, just him and his dog.Exercise A: Listen to the conversation and complete the following blanks.Age: 35 or 36Appearance: good-lookingHobbies: sports football basketball and tennisMarriage status: single / not marriedExercise R: Listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions.1. What is he good at'? How does his friend know that?(He is good at tennis. His friend knows that because he plays at the same tennis club where she plays.)2. Does he live alone? Has he got a companion?(Yes, he lives alone. But he has a companion, his dog.)Dialogue 2 how old are youMan: All right. Keith. How old me you?Woman: Thirty-seven.Man: Thirty-seven, yeah'? And, erm you married?Woman: Yes.Man: Yeah. Have you got children'?Woman: Two.Man: Yeah. What are their names?Woman: Toby and Lucy.Man: Toby and Lucy How old arc they?Woman: One's 11, that's Lucy; and Toby's 13.Man: Yeah. Tell me about your job, Keith.Woman: Well, I work at the Oxford University Press. I'm a printer's reader and copy editor.Man: Erin, what sort of hours of work do you have'?Woman: Erm, 7.30 in the morning.Man: You start work at 7.30?Woman: Yes. I start at 7.30 in the morning and finish at 4.15. That's with a 45-minute lunch break.Man: Yeah. Do you like it that way? Do you like starting very early?Woman: No, I don't. No.Man: How do you go to work?Woman: Er, well, I cycle from here to Didcot station, and then catch the train and return journey.Man: Tell me one or two things you like doing, and one or two things you don't like doing. What do you like doing? What do you do for enjoyment?Woman: Weil, I'm quite interested in antiques*.Man: Yes.Woman: Things I don't like I don't like decorating. I'm not awfully keen on gardening.Man: OK.Woman: What reading -- what sort of-- what newspaper do you read?Man.' The Times.Woman: The Times, yeah.Man: And The Sunday Times.Woman: Yeah. And what kind of bonks do you read?Man: Erm-- tends to be more along history lines. Not novels, generally, more general history. Local history especially.Woman: Yeah, OK. Do you smoke, Keith?Man: No.Woman: You drink?Man: Occasionally.Woman: Yeah. Do you go to church?Man: Not very often, no.Woman: Right. Thank you very much indeed.Exercise: Listen to the interview and complete the following report.Name of the interviewee: Keith.Keith is (1) 37 years old. She's got (2) two children. One is (3)11 and the other is (4)13. She is a (5) printer’s reader and copy editor at the (6) Oxford University Press. She starts work at (7) 7:30~and finishes at (8) 4.15 with a (9) 45-minute lunch break. She goes to work by (10) bicycle and train.She is interested in (11) antiques. She dislikes (E2) decorating and is not awfully (13) keen on gardening. She reads quite a lot, (14) newspapers, books, especially (15) books of history.She doesn't (16) smoke and drinks (17) only occasionally. She doesn't (18) go to the church often. .Part 2 PassagesPassage 1 Informational interviewingInformational interviews are one of the most beneficial ways through which to learn about a career field; they can also serve as a place to begin networking. Their purpose is to explore a particular field or organization and learn the "ins and outs*" of that field from a practitioner*. Rather than being asked questions, you are the questioner, gathering information that will help you evaluate* your interest in and suitability for a particular opportunity.An informational interview is a fine place to raise doubts you might have. explore me compatibility* of your work values with those expressed in the field and ask lot advice. An individual whom you interview for information can also critique your resume.Although you may not specifically find out about a job opening, informational interviewing will often provide leads* as to where to begin a successful job search and will help you choose between fields you are considering. If you are unable to find your former students or parents to meet for an informational interview, try contacting employers or organizations found in one of the closed stack*directories in the CRC* library.Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.1.D2. A3.C4.B5.C6.A7. B8.D Passage 2 British postmen and milkmenBritish postmen and milkmen have a reputation for being cheerful. As they both arrive very early in the morning, when you are perhaps not feeling very good-tempered, their brisk* knocking and bright whistling may get on your nerves. Of course, there are some gloomy postmen, who make you think that every letter contains tragic news, but the majority are jolly and good-humoured. This is quite surprising, because delivering the mail each morning is a job which is not very well paid and there are a great many problems.The city postman has to go on foot, not only along streets but also up and down stairs, as many blocks of flats still have no lifts and no downstairs letterbox. If he has a registered letter to deliver, he has to wait for someone to come to the door to sign for it. That person may greet him in a most unfriendly way if he has just been woken from a deep sleep very early in the morning.In the country, a postman may have a bicycle or a small van, so he does not have to walk so far, but nevertheless he has his problems too. It is very annoying to be compelled* to go all the way Io an isolated house simply to deliver a postcard or a circular, when this makes the journey half an hour longer. In winter, weather conditions are bad, but the postman must carry on in the rain or the snow. Sometimes it is impossible to use a van or a bicycle in these conditions, and he has to do his round*on foot, like his city colleague. Most country people keep a dog. Although there may be a notice on the gate, "BEWARE OF THE DOG," this is of little help to the postman~ He is forced to go in, whether the dog is dangerous or not. So every day the country postman knows that, if the dog is not safely tied up, it may bite him on the leg or tear* the seat* out of his trousers.Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences,I.B 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.A 7.D 8. BSection 3 Oral WorkMrs White: How did your writing go this morning? Is the book coming along all right'?Mr White: l’m not sure. I think the rest of it will be difficult to write. There are still some problems to solve.Mrs White: I expect you'll find the answers interesting to work out.Mr White: If I can work them out. Thank goodness the house is easy to work in. I shall at leastha able to think.Mrs White: You've forgotten something. Peace and quiet will ha difficult to guarantee muchlonger.Mr White: Good, heavens, yes. The school holidays start in a week, don't they? The house will be impossible to work in while they last.Mrs White: Well, some extra noise is hard to avoid. But I'll keep them away from the study as much as I can. That'll be all right to work in.Mr White: What about the garden? It was beautifully peaceful and quiet out there this morning.Mrs White: Well, you'd better make the most of it while it lasts. Peace and quiet will ha hard to find in the garden pretty soon, I'm afraid.Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and then answer some questions about it. You will hear the dialogue and the questions only once. Answer each question with a completesentence after you have heard it.Questions:] What was Mr White doing this morning?'He was writing his book this morning42. According to Mr White. was the book coming along all right?(No, he thought the rest of the book would be difficult to write.)3 What did Mrs White expect?(She expected that Mr White would find the answers to some problems occurred in his book.~4. Why did Mr White think the house was easy ro work in?(Because he would at least be able to think )5 When would the school holidays start?(They would start in a week I6. Was it possible for Mr White to work in the house during the school holidays?(No, it was impossible for him to work in the house,7. Could Mr White work in the garden this morning?.Yes.he could work in the garden this morning.)Why? (Because it was peaceful and quiet)8. Why should Mr White make most of it while the garden was peaceful and quiet?(Because peace: and quiet would hard to find in the garden pretty soon.)Part 2 RetellingTo the American people, education is very important. The first twelve years of public school are free of charge. As a result, about 93 percent of the teenagers from fourteen to seventeen years old are in high school.However, 200 years ago, education was not free. American elementary schools were only for rich people. Most young people were not in school.The first public high school was in 1832. The purpose of the school was to prepare students for college. Its most important subjects were mathematics and foreign languages.Nowadays, American education is a big business. There are about 45 million students in thenation's elementary schools and high schools, Each year there are about three million high school graduates.The main purpose of high school is still to prepare students for college. There are also job training programmes in high school and programmes to teach useful skills for everyday life – for example, driver training, first aid, and even cooking.Exercise: Listen to the passage and then retell il in your own words. You will hear the passage only once.Section 4 Supplementary ExercisesPart I Listening ComprehensionThe latest report from the Institute for International Education gives information from the school year that began in September of last year and ended in May of this year. It says more than 500,000 foreign college students attended American schools during that school year.New York University in New York City had the largest number of foreign students. Almost5,000 foreign students attended NYU last year. The University of Southern California at Los Angeles had the second largest number of students, about 4,500.The report says the State of California had the most foreign students, with about 66,000 living there last year. New York State was next, with about 55,000 foreign students.China sent the most foreign students to the United States last year. More than 54,000 Chinese students attended American schools. Japan sent the next highest number of students, almost 47,000. India was next, with about 42,000. And Korea was fourth, sending more than 41,000 students to the United States.The report says the most popular subjects of study for international students in the United States last year were business and management. Twenty percent of all foreign students were studying those subjects. Fifteen percent studied engineering. Nineteen percent studied mathematics and computer science.Exercise A: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.F 1. The school year in the United States begins in September of this year and ends in June of next year. (The school year in the United States begins in September of this year and ends in May of the next year.)F 2. New York University in the State of New York had the largest number of foreign students. (New York University in New York City had the largest number of foreign students.)T 3. The State of California had the most foreign students living there last year. (The report says the State of California had the most foreign students, with about 66,000 living there last year.)F 4. More than 50,000 foreign college students attended American schools during that school year. (More than 500,000 foreign college students attended American schools during that school year.)F 5. Last year the most popular subject of study for international students in the United States was computer science. (Last year the most popular subject of study for international stu- dents in the United States was business and management.)Exercise B: Listen to the report again and match the number of students with the corresponding country.54,000 India47,000 China421000 Korea41 000 JapanPart 2 Oral WorkIn a recent broadcast, I heard a woman say that she felt guilty because she spent ~20 at an auction sale. She was afraid her husband might accuse her of being extravagant.I find this attitude difficult to understand, for, obviously a married woman has as much right to spend ~20 as her husband. Sometimes both husband and wife go out to work. But, in a case where the woman stays at home to look after the children, it is still unfair that she should feel guilty about spending a small sum of money on herself. Exercise: Listen to the passage and then give your opinion on the following topic. Do you agree with the speaker that the woman's attitude is wrong?。