英语听力教程第三版(张民伦主编)Unit 8 The Sound of Music听力原文

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Unit 8Part BText 1Why Are Some People Left-handed?Research has shown that 90% of people naturally use their right hands for most tasks. But hundreds of millions of people use their left hands. Then why are some people left-handed? Scientists have been trying to answer that question for many years. A study done in 1992 found that men are more likely to be left-handed than women. It also found that Asian or Hispanic people are less likely to be left-handed than white people, black people or North American Indians. Some cultures accept people who do things mostly with their left hands. Others do not.Scientists want to know the reason for left-handedness because it is closely linked to mental problems and language difficulties. One idea about the cause of left-handedness is the genetic theory. It says that people are right- or left-handed because of genes passed to them by their parents. For example, it has been shown that the handedness of adopted children is more likely to follow that of their birth parents than their adopted parents. Other evidence of genetic involvement can be found in some families. One famous example is the left-handed members of the present British royal family. These include Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Prince William.Another idea is that right-handed people are born with the gene for it. But about 20% of people do not have the right-handed gene. These people could be either left- or right-handed. This idea may explain why two babies who have the same genes use different hands. In 18% of identical twins one twin is right-handed, and the other is left-handed. Probably both twins lack the right-handed gene so each has a chance to be either right- or left-handed.Some scientists believe that the cause of handedness could include both genetics and development.Questions:1. What is the passage mainly about?2. Which of the following topics is discussed in more detail in the passage?3. What did the speaker want to convey by an example of the present British royal family?4. What conclusion can you draw from the passage?Text 2Does Being Left-handed Affect One's Life?There are approximately 30 million left-handed people in the United States, and several hundred million more around the world. Most right-handed people have never even considered the possibility that there might be any serious issues affecting left-handers. Even among all of these left-handed people, there are many different opinions about what these issues are and which issuesmight be most important to them.Some left-handers think that being left-handed is a positive factor in their lives, and they feel that there are no serious issues affecting them. Others think that being left-handed is not a significant factor and has not affected their lives one way or another. There are also some left-handers who have no opinion and have never given any thought to what being left-handed has meant to them. But the majority of left-handed people find that being left-handed is at least a small disadvantage and a minor source of frustration in their lives.There are many things that right-handed people take for granted that are quite difficult for left-handers. These include many basic skills like learning to write, learning to use scissors and other hand tools and utensils, and learning various crafts and other activities. Sometimes left-handers are puzzled by equipment designed for right-handers, and other times they are confused by instructors and instructions geared toward teaching right-handers. For some left-handed people this amounts to occasional difficulties and minor inconveniences. For other left-handers it is a lifetime full of failures and frustrations that may lead to much more serious problems.Questions:1. What is the speaker's attitude toward left-handers?2. What can be inferred from the passage about right-handers?3. How do the majority of left-handers feel about their left-handedness?Part CLeft-handedness and Right-handedness in BabiesApproximately 90% of people in the world are naturally right-handed. Why is this so, and are we born one way or the other? The answer to this question is rather complicated.In babies and young children, no single side becomes dominant until around the age of eight. At 12 weeks, babies usually use both hands equally, but by 16 weeks, they mostly use the left hand for touching. By 24 weeks, they have changed again and start using both hands. Then at 28 weeks, they become one-handed again, although this time it is the right hand that is used more. At 32 weeks, they start using both hands again. When they reach the age of 36 weeks, there is another change, with most babies now preferring to use the left hand. Between 40 and 44 weeks, the right hand is once again more used. At 48 weeks, babies switch to using their left hands again, and then between 52 and 56 weeks, the right hand takes over.There are further changes still. At 80 weeks, the right hand loses control, and both are used again equally. When the young child reaches the age of two, the right hand takes over again, but between two and a half and three years, both hands are used equally. Things finally become stable at around four years and stay the same until, by the age of eight, one hand is strongly dominant over the other.Statements:1. At 12 weeks, both hands become dominant.2. By 24 weeks, right hand becomes dominant.3. By 36 weeks, left hand becomes dominant.4. Between 40 and 44 weeks, both hands become dominant.5. At 48 weeks, left hand becomes dominant.6. Between 52 and 56 weeks, both hands becomes dominant.7. At 80 weeks, both hands become dominant.8. At the age of two, right hand becomes dominant.9. Between two and a half and three years, both hands become dominant.10. By the age of eight, one hand is strongly dominant over the other.Part DBrain Organization and HandednessScientific studies during the 1970s and early 1980s suggested that differences in left- and right-handers' patterns of brain organization may be associated with differences in skills, abilities, and perhaps even personalities. In the large majority of right-handers, about 98 or 99 percent, speech is controlled by the left side of the brain.The right side of the brain, however, is usually used for recognizing and remembering faces and understanding relationships in space. In left-handers, it is difficult to know exactly their patterns of brain organization. About 65 to 70 percent of left-handers have speech controlled by the left side of the brain, which is also true of right-handers. But in 30 to 35 percent of left-handers speech is controlled by the right side of the brain. In some left-handers, both sides of the brain are capable of controlling speech.重点单词及词组Part BHispanic 西班牙的genetic 遗传的adopted 被收养的evidence 明显,痕迹approximately 大概地possibility 可能性positive 肯定的,实际的significant 重要的,有意义的frustration 挫败,挫折utensil 器具scissors 剪刀take for granted 想…当然Part Ccomplicated 复杂的dominant 占优势的lose control 失去控制Part Dassociate with 联合majority 多数,大半personality 个性,性格。

英语听力教程第三版(张民伦主编)Unit_6_Find_the_Right_Words听力原文

Listen this way听力教程第三册-6Unit 6 Find the Right Words Part I Getting ready Audioscript:The English language can be traced back to prehistoric Indo-European through the West Germanic line. However, many other influences have shaped the development of Modern English. We will review some important dates in the history of the English language. The first three are Latin influences:1. In 5,5 B.C. Caesar conquered Britain and the Celtic people.2. In 43. B.C. Rome colonized the island.3. The Romans remained for 400 years (the first four centuries of the Christian Era).The next significant dates were:4. The year 499 (which was the year of the Anglo-Saxon conquest of the island).5. From 500 on, the West Germanic language was the basic language of Britain (or England).Influences from other languages continued however.6. In the sixth and seventh centuries England was Christianized by missionaries sent by the Pope (so that Latin influence continued).Then,7. In the eig11th and ninth centuries the Norsemen (Vikings), invaded England with their Old Norse language.8. In 1066. the Norman Conquest brought French linguistic influence.9. The French influence continued for 300 years (the ninth century through the 11th century).10. And finally, in the fifteen and sixteen hundreds, when classical learning was revived, there was continued Latin language influence.Audioscript:1. People are delighted if you can speak their language, and they don't care how well you speak it. They are not upset when you make mistakes. I think in order to learn, you mustn't be afraid of making mistakes.2. I'm a very shy person and it's not easy for me to talk to strangers. But you have to force yourself to talk to people. That's what I did and it really helped me.3. I think the best language learners are people with a sense of humor. Try to laugh at your own mistakes and don't take yourself too seriously. You'll find that other people will be sympathetic when you make mistakes.4. I took two courses in business studies. I read, studied, listened to lectures and took notes in English. It was a very good experience for me because I didn't have time to think about the language. I recommend forgetting about the grammar and thinking about the meaning instead.5. In my experience, learning a foreign language always involves a lot of time, a lot of boring work and lots of problems! In short, if you want to learn another language you have to work hard.6. Try to read as much as you can. I think that's the best way to improve your English and to learn more new words.I always try to read something in English everyday.Part II Skills to communicate badnewsAudioscript:Avi Arditti：I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: giving doctors better skills tocommunicate bad news.Rosanne Skirble：Anthony Back is a medical oncologist at the University of Washington and the FredHutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Heand four colleagues are in the fifth year leadinga program funded with one and one-half milliondollars from the National Cancer Institute.Avi Arditti：Doctor Back says specially trained actors play cancer patients to help oncologists learn how toavoid sounding insensitive when the prognosis isgrim.Anthony Back：Probably the biggest misconception I face is that you're either born with this or you're not. Infact, what the research shows is that people learnto do this over time. And the way they learn to doit is they see good role models, they practice, theyget specific feedback on what they're doing, theytry-out new things, they innovate and develop newconversational practices for themselves.Avi Arditti：Can you give us some examples of those conversational practices -- what are some ways toimpart bad news?Anthony Back：Here's an example: The patient has had cancer in the past, has been doing well and is coming infor some routine follow-up tests. The routinefollow-up tests unexpectedly show the cancer hasstarted to come back.The doctor will typically go in and say to thepatient, "Guess what, your cancer's back." And thepatient will be just blown away, right? There area couple of practices there that doctors can do thatcan help. One is to start with -- especially if youdon't know the patient -- asking what the patientexpected, what did they understand about theircancer, what were they expecting with this test.Because if the patient says to you "You know, theydidn't tell me anything. I'm just here because I gotthis appointment in the mail," that's one whole kindof comprehension level. Whereas if the patient says"I had a Tl Nl MO lung cancer and they told me I hada fifty-five percent chance of disease recurrencein the next two years," that's a whole differentstory, right?The second thing is that after you give thisdifficult news, then I think it's really importantto address both the cognitive reaction and also thekind of the emotional side of it.Rosanne Skirble： What are some of the phrases or the ways in which you can couch this news?Anthony Back：You know, the way to make it easier is to make sure that you are going from the context the patientdrew for you. So you go from what the patientunderstands and you try to use their words as muchas possible. And then, when you get to the reallybad part of the news, I think it's actuallyimportant to be direct and concrete and not to couchthe news. It's better to say "The cancer has comeback" than to say "There are hypo-densities in yourliver on the CT" (or) "You have a malignancy." Allthose euphemisms force patients to struggle tounderstand what's happening to them, and it adds totheir confusion and distress.Rosanne Skirble: ：Well, should they say things like "I wish things were different" or "I hope for the best," orshould a doctor kind of maintain a distance? Anthony Back：You know, my thought about that actually is that the more skilled the physician, the less theyhave to distance themselves. There are some phrasesthat we use, and the most important ones are reallythe ones that are about empathy for the patient. Youknow, "I see this is a difficult situation, I seethis is not what you expected, I'm hoping for thebest." And I think it's fine for doctors to talkabout hope, and I think it's important actually. AviArditti：Let me ask you, have you seen any cultural differences come up in the training programs asyou've had doctors go through?Anthony Back：You know, we have actually a verymulticultural group of physicians who come, andthey all bring in all their own different valuesabout how frank should people be. Because theAmerican standard, of course, is that patientsthemselves get all the information, they make thedecision themselves, and there's this very strongemphasis on autonomy. And in a lot of other culturesthat's really not the case.Rosanne Skirble：And what got you started in the first place?Anthony Back：What got me started was, when I was an oncology trainee, and this was after a personal experience-- my mother had died of a pre-leukemia kind of thing-- I remember walking around in the bone-marrowtransplant wards with this experienced -- it wasthis other, older senior physician -- going aroundhaving these life-and-death conversations withpatients and thinking, God, there has got to be abetter way to do this.Avi Arditti：The result, says Doctor Anthony Back in Seattle, is a program that has now trained about onehundred-eighty oncologists at retreats held twicea year. The program Web site is --that's o-n-c-o-t-a-l-k dot i-n-f-o.Part III Foreign accentsAudioscript:Section IAs far as I'm concerned, I do tend to judge people I meet by their accents. I don't mean that I'm a sort of snob, and only like people with posh accents, but I never feel comfortable with a new person until I've been able to place them from the way they speak. If it's an English person, I feel much more at ease if I can say "Ah, he comes form Liverpool", or "He's probably been to public school". I suppose then I know what to talk about and what to expect from the other person.The same is true of foreigners. Personally, I prefer a foreigner to speak with a recognizable foreign accent, so that I know that I'm talking to a Frenchman, a Ghanaian, a Pole, and so on. So for me, it seems a bit pointless for foreigners to try desperately hard to get rid of their national accent and try to speak BBC English. If someone is clearly French, I know there's no point in talking about cricket or making jokes about the Irish. And frankly, I think it even sounds more attractive. I can't really explain why, but if a person has a foreign accent, they seemto be more interesting, even if they are saying the most ordinary things.Audioscript:Section IIMind you, there is a limit to intelligibility. If the accent is so strong that you have a struggle to understand what they are saying, then that gets in the way of the conversation, and the flow is broken while you try to sort out the sounds into meaningful bits. I don't mean an accent as strong as that. I'm talking about the kind of accent where you can tell immediately which country the person comes from, but where they've got enough English to carry on a good conversation without searching for words, or messing up the grammar so that you lose the thread. I suppose it's the kind of accent most foreigners have, really. To be honest, it's only a very few who have such a good ear that they produce more or less genuine British English, and even then it can be quite amusing because they may have picked up a clearly regional accent, or even a very upper-class accent which doesn't fit in with their character at all. But most foreigners who learn English aredesperately keen to get rid of their foreign accents and waste a lot of time trying to do so.Part IV More about the topic: Love and GrammarAudioscript:Are you looking for love? When you want to impress a potential girlfriend or boyfriend, you take great care with your appearance and try to be on your best behaviour. But . . . what about your grammar? Do you check if you are using verbs and commas properly?If not, you'd better think again. The research arm of dating site OKCupid has suggested that bad grammar can ruin your love life. It looked at 500 000 first contacts on the site and concluded that "netspeak, bad grammar and bad spelling are huge turn-offs".On the other hand, the correct use of apostrophes seems to be quite an aphrodisiac. Using "don't" and "won't" caused better than average response rates says the research.American writer Twist Phelan, who went on 100 online dates in 100 days and later married someone she met online, believes that grammar is an important "filter system" for prospective partners. She says: "If you're trying to date a woman, I don't expect flowery Jane Austen prose. But aren't you trying to put your best foot forward?" Perhaps you think you are ready to start looking for an English-speaking girlfriend or boyfriend. Am I right? You go online, look at the picture and start calling him or her "beautiful", "gorgeous" and "sexy" before you meet. Will it work? The research says it won't! The wrong adjective can put a full stop on a potential relationship. People enjoy receiving compliments but not when they sound like a pick-up line.General compliments such as "cool", "it's nice that ..." and "awesome" got good responses from the dating site users.So now you are ready. Keep your wits about you because many things online are not what they seem; and watch your vocabulary and punctuation.Some say that a comma might even save lives -- as in the example: "Let's eat, my darling!" as opposed to "Let's eat my darling!"Can you see which one would grant you a meal with your date and which one would land you in jail?Part V Do you know ...? Audioscript:Alex：Hello, Carole? Is that you?Carole：Alex! What on earth are you doing ... a stupid question, you're doing the same as I am.Alex：What are you laughing at?Carole： Well, actually I'm just reading this article in Punch. It's the Franglais column. It's very funny. Alex：Oh, yes, yes, er ...Carole：I know this is only a spoof, but I think these adaptions of English into French or French intoEnglish can be very funny. How does it occuractually?Alex：Oh, I suppose it came after the war, you know when the Americans were in France and a lot of Englishwords and expressions came into French. Er ... Carole：Oh, I see, yes, so ...Alex：But after that there was a strong reaction against it, I think.Carole：You mean people don't... aren't very keen on it.A sort of linguistic imperialism.Alex：Exactly, yes, er, take the ex ... example like "lift"you see. We've got no, no word in French for "lift". Carole：You mean "lift", the thing that goes up and down ... Alex：No, no. No, no, I mean, erm, would you like a lift home or something like that.Carole： Mm.Alex：Would you like a lift. What would you say in French?You would say something like, er, can I take you homewith my car?Carole：Oh, I see, so ...Alex：It's so much easier to say er, would you like a lift, you see.Carole：... I see, so in fact it's often for words that there's no equivalent for in...Alex：Yes, that... that's it, yes.Carole：... in French.Alex：Yes.Carole：Or something ... I suppose the same would apply to something like erm, "le weekend".Alex：Yes, yes. That goes a bit ... that goes back a bit.Yes, I suppose it was something er, before, evenbefore the first World War.Carole：Oh, that one's really old. Are there any more recent examples?Alex：Er, oh yes. "Speakerine" is a good example. Carole：Speakerine?Alex：Speakerine, yes.Carole：That doesn't even sound French. That sounds more German.Alex：Yes, it's a bit of a monster actually. You know, it means an announcer or a, a newsreader.Carole：Oh, I see, on the, on the box!Alex：Yes.Carole：And there are other things, aren't there, that are distortions like that. Erm ... oh, what's the oneI can, erm ... "le smoking" ...Alex：Ah, le smoking, yes.Carole：... which means, er, dinner jacket in English ... Alex：And we say smoking in French. It's very strange, in fact. But you've got another one, "the training",the training. And you ...Carole：What's that?Alex：Oh, it's like, it's like a pyjama in French. And you will say, I don't know, er...Carole：The pyjama?Alex：... children it's getting late, erm, put, put your training on and go to bed.Carole：How peculiar, because I mean, training means something quite different. Are there any otherreasons why we borrow, why the French borrow words,borrow English words?Alex：Er, snob value, I suppose.Carole：Oh, really.Alex：Oh, yes. Er ...Carole：You mean English words are snobbish in French? Alex：Yes. They would, they would take a word like "building" and think it's much better to live in abuilding than to be -- to live in a house. Carole：How strange, because building is such ... Alex：So we say building; we are living in the building.Carole：It's such a mundane word in English. I mean, it sounds just so ordinary.Alex：Yes, it is.Carole：But surely, I mean something like "le parking" which is very common, that, that can't have snob value,can it?Alex：No, no, of course, I mean just the French is cumbersome.Carole： Mm. Receptionist: Mrs. Harding, could you go through now please?Carole：Oh dear! I've got to go.Alex：Bye, bye, Carole.Carole：I hope it's not too painful, Alex. Thanks, bye.Part VII Watch and enjoy Videoscript:-- Jove! Good heavens!-- Oh, sir. Is there any sign of it stopping?-- I'm afraid not. It's worse than before.-- Oh, dear.-- If it's worse, it's a sign it's nearly over. Cheer up, captain. Buy a flower off a poor girl?-- I'm sorry. I haven't any change.-- Oh, I can change half a crown. Here, take this for tuppence.-- I told you, I'm awfully sorry. I haven't ... Oh, wait a minute. Oh, yes. Here's three pence, if that's any use to you.-- Thank you, Sir.-- Hey, you, be careful. Better give him a flower for it. There's a bloke here behind that pillar, taking down every blessed word you're saying.-- I ain't done nothing wrong by speaking to the gentleman. I've a right to sell flowers if I keep off the curb. I'm a respectable girl, so help me. I never spoke to him except to ask him to buy a flower off me!-- Oh, don't start!-- What's all the b100ming noise?-- There's a "tec" taking her down.-- Well, I'm making an honest living!-- Who's doing all that shouting?-- Where's it coming from?-- Oh, sir. Don't let him charge me! You don't know what it means to me! They'll... They'll take away me character and drive me on the streets for ... for speaking to gentlemen!-- There, there, there, there. Who's hurting you, you silly girl? What do you take me for?-- On my Bible oath, I never spoke a word.-- Oh, shut up, shut up. Do I look like a policeman?-- Then what do you take down me words for? How do I know you took me down right? You just show me what you wrote about me. Oh. What's that? That ain't proper writing. I can't read it.-- I can. I say, captain, now buy you a flower off a poor girl.-- Oh, it's cause I called him "captain". I meant no harm. Oh, sir. Don't let him lay a charge against me for a word like that!-- Charge? I'll make no charge. Really, sir. If you are a detective, you needn't begin protecting me against molestation from young women until I askyou. Anyone can tell the girl meant no harm.He ain't no "tec". He's a gentleman. look at his boots. How are all your people down at Selsey?Who told you my people come from Selsey?Never mind. They do. How do you come to be up so far east? You wereborn in Lisson Grove.Oh. What harm is there in my leaving Lisson Grove? It weren't fit for apig to live in and I had to pay four and six a week. Oh, live where you like, but stop that noise.Come, come. He can't touch you. You have a right to live where youplease.I'm a good girl, I am!Yes, dear. Yes.Where do I come from?Hoxton.Well, who said I didn't? Blimey, you know everything, you do.You, sir. Do you think you could find me a taxi?I don't know whether you've noticed it, madam, but it's stopped raining.You can get a motorbus to, uh, Hampton Court. Well, that's where youlive, isn't it?What impertinence!Hey, uh, tell him where he comes here, you want to go fortune telling.Cheltenham, Harrow, Cambridge and, uh, India?Quite right!Blimey, he ain't a "tec". He's a b100ming busybody. That's what he is.If I may ask, sir, do you do this sort of thing for a living at a music hall?Well, I have thought of it. Perhaps I will one day.He's no gentleman. He ain't, to interfere with a poor girl! How do you do it, may I ask?Simple phonetics. The science of speech. That's my profession. Also myhobby. Anyone can spot an Irishman or Yorkshireman by his brogue, butI can place a man within six miles. I can place him within two miles inLondon. Sometimes within two streets.He ought to be ashamed of himself, unmanly coward!Is there a living in that?Oh, yes. Quite a fat one.Let him mind his own business and leave a poor girl alone ... Woman! Cease this detestable "boohooing" instantly ... or else seek theshelter of some other place of worship.-- I've a right to be here if I like, same as you.-- A woman who utters such disgusting and depressing noise has no right to be anywhere, no right to live. Remember that you're a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech, that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and the Bible. Don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.-- Oh!-- You see this creature with her curbstone English, the English that'll keep her in the gutter till the end of her days? Well, sir. In six months, I could pass her off as a duchess at an Embassy ball. I could even get her a job as a lady's maid or a shop assistant, which requires better English.-- Here, what's that you say?-- Yes, you squashed cabbage leaf; you disgrace to the noble architecture of these columns; you incarnate insult to the English language. I could pass you off as, uh, the Queen of Sheba.-- Oh! You don't believe that, captain?-- Anything's possible. I, myself, am a student of Indian dialects.-- Are you? Do you know Colonel Pickering, the author of Spoken Sanskrit?-- I am Colonel Pickering. Who are you?-- I'm Henry Higgins, author of Higgins' Universal Alphabet. -- I came from India to meet you.-- I was going to India to meet you!-- Higgins!-- Pickering!。

新视野大学英语视听说教程3(第三版)Unit text Uint 8 听力原文和答案

Unit 8 testNextDirections: Click on the speaker to the left to start playing the audio recordings for Parts I, II and III. They will be played continuously. Once the recording starts playing, please do NOT click on either the speaker icon or the 'Unit Quiz' link in the menu bar above. Otherwise, you may lose the chance of hearing the complete recording.Part IDirections: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. It is important to offer an online friend a drink.B. It is delightful to get a drink from an online friend.C. Ensure that nobody puts anything harmful into your drink.D. Be sure to shake the drink before you take it.2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. She will run as fast as she can.B. She will defend herself.C. She will be scared to death.D. She will buy a can of hairspray.3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Her bicycle.B. Her sunglasses.C. Her cell phone.D. Her wallet.4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Mom and son.B. Teacher and student.C. Colleagues.D. Strangers.5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. His father.B. His sister.C. His teacher.D. The woman speaker.Part IIDirections: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers.How can a teen be convinced to stop smoking—or persuaded never to take up the (1) at all?Those questions became even more (2) last week when the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that tobacco use (3) teenagers increased by nearly one-third in the last (4). In 1994, 27.5% of teens used cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or cigars. In 2004, 36.4% (5).Teens have their own (6), their own pressures. What works for (7) smokers may not work for adolescents.To survey the teens, the questions must be carefully phrased because "(8)", says April Roeseler, a health educator and chief of local programs for the Tobacco Control Section of the California Department of Health Services, which runs the California Smokers' Helpline. With teenagers, counselors aim to be more conversational.(9). In the next few weeks, the counselor sets up additional telephone appointments, with up to a total of eight sessions.(10), says Lester Brown, assistant professor of family and preventative medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the principal investigator for the project. Researchers want to see whether the teens who quit remain non-smokers."Things are looking promising," he says, but he could offer no success-rate figures.Part IIIDirections: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. World day against child labor.B. The worst forms of child labor.C. The reasons for child labor.D. The solutions to child labor.2. About how many children are doing dangerous jobs?A. About 120 million.B. Over 180 million.C. About 250 million.D. Nearly 750 million.3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned among the worst forms of child labor?A. Illegal sex trade.B. Illegal drug trade.C. Robbery.D. Wars.4. Where are the most children forced to work?A. In Asia and Latin America.B. In Asia and Africa.C. In Africa and Latin America.D. In Asia, Africa and Latin America.5. What should be governments' first step to reduce and end child labor?A. To find out the worst forms of child labor.B. To identify the worst areas of child labor in the world.C. To punish governments that do not fight against child labor.D. To carry out special programs with time limits.Part IVDirections: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements.1. Believe me, I'll never again be a slave ____ smoking.A. atB. inC. toD. with2. It's the local youth throwing firecrackers. Don't go out. They're likely to throw one _____ you if you bother them.A. toB. atC. forD. through3. The beggars really _________. I can't help but feel sorry for them. They look so miserable.A. get to meB. get in meC. make to meD. make in me4. Someone must have made a copy of your credit card. You'll have to cancel it at once and get a new one. Hopefully, the bank will ______ the damage.A. includeB. embraceC. coverD. pay with5. My accountant is preparing my income tax ______, and I need to go over some of the receipts with her.A. turnB. returnC. payD. report6. The government just squanders our ___________ tax money on some unnecessary projects.A. hard-earnedB. hardly-earnedC. hard-earningD. hardly-earning7. Start-up companies, particularly those _______ new technology, sometimes produce huge returns to their creators and investors.A. associating withB. associated withC. associates withD. associate with8. You can't understand gambling as an addiction unless you've been _______.A. attractedB. attachedC. hookedD. booked9. _____ every student the school had in the ESL and Limited English Proficiency Program, they would receive $400.A. ToB. InC. AtD. For10. You don't have money you need to buy the equipment to be competitive. You have just _____ enough funds to cover your day-to-day operational expenses.A. merelyB. surelyC. barelyD. rarely。

大学英语听力教程上册unit8原文及答案

Unit EightPart One StatementsComplete each of the statements with what you hear and choose A or B that explains theword or phrase in bold.1. He was caught when he was pinching a few valuable items from the big department store.(A)2. The police officers thought that they were pulling over a suspected drunk driver earlyTuesday morning. ( A )3. If the thief is not stealing something valuable, I will mind my own business. ( A )4. The swimmers saw a storm arising and made for the shore. ( B )5. The murderer confessed his guilt to the police after he was arrested. ( B )6. The child ought to be punished. You shouldn't let him get away with the theft. ( A )7. The report of his crime was circulating quickly through the town. ( A )8. Harry was trying to trick the old lady out of her money. ( A )9. The burglary took place when the old lady was at home. ( A )10. We wondered why they were checking on the man who was so kind and honest. ( A )Part Two DialoguesDialogue oneTricksFred: Are you sure this is the fight house?Harry: Of course I'm sure. I used to live next door, didn't I? It's easy and safe. She's not been out for twenty years. Frightened to go out in case someone pinches her money.Fred: That's just what we're going to do, isn't it? Except she's in. What if she hears us?Harry: She won't. Deaf as a post. Probably half blind, too. Living in the dark all those years.Come on, get in this window. Stand on my back and give me a hand up. Right, nowcome on. Let's have a look around.Wendy: Ah, good evening, you've come at last.Fred: Blimey.Harry: Oh,... er... good evening. Yeah...er... sorry to be late.Wendy: Late! Oh, you are naughty. Keeping me waiting here twenty years. And then trying to surprise me by coming in the window. And you've brought a friend, I see. Goodevening. I hope you didn't damage your clothes coming into the window like that.Harry is such a silly boy. Still up to his tricks. Do take a chair. And you Harry, sitdown and we can all have a nice cup of tea. You'd like that, wouldn't you?Fred: Oh,... er... yeah, er... thanks very much. Er... thank you.Harry: Wendy, I want to talk to you about money.Wendy: Ah yes, Harry. I wondered. I wasn't going to mention it quite so soon, but that ten thousand pounds I lent you must have acquired quite a lot of interest by now, andtimes are rather hard. Now, drink your tea like a good boy and we'll discuss how youcan pay it back. Twenty years is a long time to wait, after all. Harry? Harry, what areyou doing? Come back here at once. Oh dear. He is a naughty boy. But I know he'llcome back. Always did. But I'm afraid his tea will be cold. Ah...I. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.1. What do Harry and Fred plan to do in Wendy's house? ( C )2. Why has the woman not been out of her house for twenty years? ( B )3. How does Fred get into the house? ( A )4. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned? ( B )5. What is Harry doing after Wendy ask him to pay back her money? ( A )II. Listen to the dialogue again and answer the following questions with Yes or No.1. Does Harry live in the same neighbourhood as the woman? ( No )2. Has the woman not been out of her house because she has been blind for twentyyears? ( No )3. Do Harry and Fred get into the house through the window with a ladder? ( No )4. Does the woman recognize Harry immediately because she still remembers thenaughty boy next door? ( Yes )5. Did Harry borrow one thousand pounds from the woman twenty years ago? ( No ) Dialogue TwoThe Wanted PersonA: No luck then, John?B: Afraid not, Sir. Not yet, anyhow. We're still checking on stolen cars.A: Mm.B: Where do you think Michael will head for, Sir?A: Well, he definitely won't try to leave the country yet. He may try to get a passport, and he'll certainly need clothes and money. He'll probably get in touch with his wife for those, so I expect he'll make for Birmingham.B: Right, I'll put some men in the house.A: Yes, do that. Mind you. I doubt if he'll show up there in person. Michael is no fool, you know. I should think he'll probably telephone.B: What about his wife?A: Mm. I shouldn't think he'll go anywhere near her though he might get her to join him after he's left the country. And when he does leave, he probably won't use a major airport, either. So you'd better alert the guards and keep an eye on the private airfields. B: Right Sir, I'd better get his pictures circulated.A: Yes. And John be careful. He could be armed. And if I know him, he certainly won't give himself up without a fight.I. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.1. What is the person wanted by the police named? ( C )2. Where will the wanted person probably first go, according to the police? ( C )3. Which of the following things will the man probably not go for? ( A )4. How will the man probably get in touch with his wife? ( A )5. How will the man probably try to leave the country? ( B )II. Listen to the dialogue again and write T for True or F for False for each statement you hear.1. The man escaped in a stolen car. ( T )2. The police will keep an eye on the man's wife because he is likely to come back. ( T )3. The police will send his photos to different parts of the country. ( T )4. The man might get his wife to join him after he has left the country. ( T )5. The man will kill himself before he is caught. ( F )Dialogue ThreeShopliftingWoman: Well, I'm not sure what I would have done. I mean, it would have depended on various things.Interviewer: On what, for instance?Woman: Well, on how valuable the things the boys stole were. I think I would have told the shopkeeper if they had stolen something really valuable. Otherwise, I wouldhave just minded my own business.Man: Well, if you let boys or anybody else get away with the theft, they'll just go on stealing! So, I think the woman should have told, er, the shopkeeper.Interviewer: Mr. Patel.Man: Patel. She should have told him and if necessary she should have held the boys while he got the police, or she should have gone for the police herself.Interviewer : So you're saying that that's what you would have done?Man: Exactly. If I had been in that situation, that's exactly what I would have done.I. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.,!1. Which of the following questions are they expected to answer? ( C )2. How did the woman answer the question? ( C )3. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned by the man? ( B )4. Who is Mr. Patel? ( D )5. Why should the woman have told the shopkeeper according to the man? ( B )II. Listen to the dialogue again and fill in the blanks with the information you hear.The woman said she would have told the shopkeeper if the boys had stolen something really valuable, otherwise, she would have minded her own business. But the man believed that if she let the boys or anybody else get away with the theft, they would just go on stealing. Therefore, she should have told the shopkeeper.Part Three PassagesPassage oneMurderer Wants Movie MadeA man killed three women. He confessed to the crimes. He is now in jail. A reporter wanted to talk to the man about the murders. He agreed to talk if the reporter would do something for him. He wanted the reporter to put him in contact with people in Hollywood.This confessed murderer wants a movie made about his crimes. He wants to talk to people in Hollywood, so he can tell them everything that happened. He hopes to become very famous. Many people have said that police and investigators did not do a good job in this case. Police did not think this man was the killer. Someone gave the man's name and picture to the media who showed it on television.Someone recognized the man's picture. She called the police. Police then arrested the man ant he later confessed.I. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.1. Why was the man sent to jail? ( B )2. What did the man want the reporter to do before he agreed to talk with him? ( A )3. Why did the man want to talk with people in Hollywood? ( C )4. Which of the following facts led to his arrest? ( D )5. How does the man feel about his action? ( D )II. Listen to the passage again and complete the following sentences with the informationyou hear.1. He wanted the reporter to put him in contact with people in Hollywood.2. This confessed murderer wants a movie made about his crimes.3. Many people have said that police and investigators did not do a good job in the case.4. Someone gave the man's name and picture to the media who showed it on television.5. Someone recognized the man's picture.Passaic TwoPolice Arrest ParentsSometimes kids skip school. This means that they do not go. Kids need to go to school to learn. People from the schools call the parents of these kids. They want to let parents know that their kids are regularly missing school. Some parents do not seem to care.People from the schools also try to set up meetings with these parents. They often do not show up. They do not seem to be worded that their kids are skipping school.The police and workers at the schools are frustrated. They think that parents should be responsible for keeping their kids in school. They have decided to do something.One day officers went out to look for these parents. Many of them were found. They were arrested.I. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions your hear.1. What is meant by the phrase "skipping school" ? ( C )2. Why do people from the school call the parents? ( B )3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the parents? ( D )4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the school workers and the police? ( D )5. What's the purpose of the police arresting some parents? ( A )II. Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions.1. What do kids sometimes do?They sometimes skip school.2. What do people from the school want parents to know?Their kids are regularly missing school.3. Who should be responsible for keeping kids in school, according to the passage?The parents.4. How do the police and workers at the school feel about parents' irresponsibility?They are frustrated.5. What do the police decide to do with parents' irresponsibility?To look for and arrest them.Passage ThreePolice Find DrugsPolice officers saw someone driving badly. They decided to pull the driver over. They thought it was a drunk driver.The officers turned on their sirens. The driver was pulled over. The officers walked up to the car. They spoke to the driver of the car. They searched the driver. One of the officers found some drugs in the driver's pocket.The officers arrested the person. While they are making the arrest one of the officers looked into the back of the car. He saw supplies for making a lot of drugs.It is illegal to have drug making supplies. The driver was taken to jail. This person is in a lot of trouble.I. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear1. Why did police officers decide to pull the driver over? ( B )2. What did one of the police officer find? ( D )3. What else did the officers discover in the back of the car? ( A )4. What can you infer about the driver from this passage? ( A )5. What was the driver's trouble ? ( D )II. Listen to the passage again and write T for True or F for False for each statement you hear.1. Police officers saw someone driving mad. ( F )2. The officers turned off their sirens and pulled the driver over. ( F )3. Some drugs were found in the driver's pocket. ( T )4. It's legal to have drug making supplies. ( F )5. The driver was arrested and taken to jail. ( T )Part Four Idioms and ProverbsI. In this part, you will be presented with ten sentences. Listen carefully and write them down.1. Love sees no fault.2. There is nothing constant except change.3. Tomorrow is another day.4. Prevention is better than cure.5. Live and Learn.6. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.7. As soon as man is born he begins to die.8. If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.9. He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.10. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.II. In this part, you will hear ten sentences. In each sentence there is one idiom that is given below. Listen and guess its meaning from the context.Script:1. The child was shaking like a leaf while he was meeting with the principal.2. A: How are your final exams?B: So far so good, but I have two more tests tomorrow. They are the most difficult ones.3. The tickets for the ceremony were sold out in 60 minutes.4. Speak of the devil! We were just talking about you! How did you know that?5. The students stayed up late last night to prepare for the final exam.6. I will take a leaf out of his book. It's clear to see how he learned to become a fluentEnglish teacher.7. Don't worry too much about the exam. Take it easy everything will be okay.8. Sam is really a natural programmer. He took to programming like a duck to water evenbefore he graduated from elementary school.9. That movie was really a tearjerker.10. A: I wish I didn't have to take so many final exams this week.B: Yeah, that makes two of us.Keys:1. be shaking your body a lot because you are cold, nervous, or frightened2. Things have been going on well until now.3. Nothing is left to sell.4. You say "speak of the devil" when someone you have been talking about comes unexpectedly5. not go to bed at a time when most people are in bed or when you would be normally in b~6. behave like him/her7. Relax; Don't worry.8. to learn how to do something very easily, quickly and well9. a movie, book, or story that makes you sad and cry10. I agree with you; I understand what you feel.Part Five Exercises for HomeworkI. Short ConversationsIn this part, you will hear ten short conversations. Each of them is followed by a question After the question, you are supposed to choose a correct answer from the four choices1. W: Did you graduate when your sister did in 1970?M: No, I finished school a year before she did.Q: When did the man graduate? ( C )2. W: John, you did quite well on the test last time?M: I did?Q: What's John's reaction to the news? ( D )3. W: I can't seem to find Waterloo Station on the map.M: Why not ask someone where it is?Q: What does the man mean? (B)4. W: Good Afternoon. May I help you?M: Yes, I'd like to cash these traveler's checks first and then open a saving's account.Q: Where does the conversation probably take place? ( C )5. W: Jane is supposed to be here at the meeting today. Where is she?M: She came down with the flu and had to stay home.Q: Why didn't Jane attend the meeting? ( A )6. W: What'll you do with your dog when you leave for vacation?M: I'm having my neighbor take care of it.Q: What'll happen to the man's dog? ( C )7. W: What would you recommend for a cough?M: Well, I can give you some cough medicine, but if it's very bad, you ought to see a doctor.Q: What is the man most likely? ( B )8. W: Hello, Dave, pleased to meet you. Welcome to the company. My name's Kate andI'm going to show you around the office.M: Hello, Kate! Thank you very much.Q: What's the probable relationship between the man and the woman? ( C )9. W: How long did it take you to finish the homework?M: Ages. What about you?Q: What do we learn from the dialogue? ( C )10. W: When do you leave for holiday?M: On the fifteenth. We're flying. We'll be back on the twenty-fourth.Q: How many days will the man be traveling? ( A )II, PassagesPassage OneLanguage Schools200,000 students come every year to one of Britain's 650 language schools, and they bring with them a total of 600 million pounds! 60% of the students come from Europe, mainly Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. 30% are from the Middle East, Iran and North Africa, and 10% are from Japan and Thailand.There were some language schools in Britain before 1939, but the number of them really began to grow after the end of the Second World War. The South of England became the most popular place for language schools.Usually, the towns with language schools welcome the students. Many language schools are only open in the summer, and all of them find that the summer months are the most popular. Some of Britain's language schools are very good indeed, but some are very bad! Sometimes students are unlucky and stay with a family they don't like. It's fair to say, though, the most students enjoy themselves and work hard at a good school.Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear.1. How many students come to Britain to learn English every year? ( C )2. Where do 10% of the students come from? ( B )3. Which part of England became the most popular place for language schools? ( D )4. When are language schools open? ( A )5. According to the passage, what can you say about the language schools?( C ) Passage TwoAdvertisement for Burglar AlarmNewsradio KYN 1060 Philadeplphis:Homeowners: are you aware that there's an all-new way to stop burglars from breaking into your home? Now there's an advanced detection system that sets off the alarm before the burglar enters your home. This remarkable invention is sensitive to the sounds of a burglar at a door or window. Before the burglar can enter your house or apartment house, he's met with the warning, and lights on inside and outside the house. Now the surprise and shock of this alarm would frighten off any burglar. Just one burglar alarm can protect up to 2,500 square feet. It's no longer necessary to wire up every window and door or fix individual alarms to every window and door. You can fix it by yourself in a matter of minutes. So if you're worried that your home is not equipped to stop an burglar from breaking in, call 800 331-1002.Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences with the information you hear.1. The homeowners are told that there is an all-new way to stop burglars from breaking intotheir houses.2. According to the advertisement, the burglar alarm is an advanced detection system that setsoff the alarm before the burglar enters your home.3. It is said that the surprise and shock of this alarm would frighten off any burglar.4. According to the advertisement, the homeowners don't have to wire up every window anddoor or fix individual alarms to every window and door.5. The advertisement tries very hard to persuade people to buy the burglar alarms.Passage ThreeWriters of AdviceMost Americans don't like to get advice from members of their family. When they need advice they usually don't ask people they know. Instead, many Americans write letters to newspapers and magazines which give advice on many different subjects, including family problems, sex, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and how to buy a house or a car.Most newspapers regularly print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, and others are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special training for this kind of work. One of them answers the letters addressed to "Dear Abby". The other answers those addressed to "Dear Ann Landers". Experience is their preparation for giving advice.Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.1. From whom do most Americans NOT like to get advice?From members of their family.2. From whom do most Americans get advice according to the passage?From strangers.3. Why do Americans write to newspapers or magazines?They can give advice on many kinds of subjects.4. How do newspapers deal with the letters written by those people with problems?They regularly print the letters with some answers by famous people.5. Who are Abby and Ann Landers according to the passage?The well-known writers who give advice.III A Starry for RetellingHere is a funny story. Listen and retell it.JackMy friend, Dick, has a large police dog named Jack. Every Sunday Dick takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.One afternoon a young man came to visit my fried. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for Dick to take Jack for a walk. But the visitor was still there. Jack became very worded. He walked about the room for some time and then sat down fight in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor seemed not to notice him. He kept talking. At last Jack couldn't stand it any longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he held the visitor's hat in his mouth.。

英语听力教程第三版(张民伦主编)Unit-9-Romancing-the-Stone听力原文

Listen this way 听力教程第三册-9Unit 9 Romancing the StonePart I Getting readyA museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in smaller cities, towns and even the countryside. The city with the largest number of museums is Mexico City with over 128 museums. According to the World Museum Community, there are more than 55,000 museums in 202 countries.Audioscript：1. The LouvreParis is an ancient city, witness to revolution, celebration and war. At its center stands the Louvre, once a royal palace and now one of the world's greatest museums. The Louvre is home to the mostfamous painting in human history -- The Mona Lisa. Her enigmatic smile is said to conceal many secrets.2. The Vatican MuseumIn the middle of Rome stands the Vatican, the epicenter of Catholicism. It is both a fortified city and a place the Pope calls home. <Gracias. Gracias.> It also houses one of the most famous museums in the world, full of timeless treasures, each one with a story to tell. Of all of these none are more famous than the Sistine Chapel. All who enter here gaze up at the luminous frescos of Michelangelo.3. Toronto's Royal Ontario MuseumIt's an eye-popping Canadian landmark, a national treasure chest and a place of mystery. This is the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the ROM. For every object on display, thousands more are hidden in backrooms far from public view. Enter the hall of Ancient Egypt, and the hair stand up on the back of your neck. You feel a presence of the ghosts. How did they live and how did they die? If only the mummies could speak.4. Cairo's Egyptian MuseumEgypt, here the towering monuments of the Pharaohs stand silent amid the roar of a modern city. Cairo is the largest metropolis in Africa, home to more than 20 million people. But at its center is a refugee from urban chaos. This is the museum of Egyptian antiquities, the treasure chest of Asian civilization and one of the most spectacular museums in the world. Visitors flock here by the millions to gaze into the eyes of long dead Pharaohs and marvel at their dazzling sarcophagi of silver and gold.5. London's Natural History MuseumThe Natural History Museum in London, England, it's a cathedral of nature housing over 70 million specimens. During the day, thousands of visitors tour the galleries. But at night, when they've all gone home, this place seems to come alive with unforgettable stories about where we came from and where we are going. The galleries and dark passage ways invite those who dare to venture behind the scenes. Take a closer look and discover secrets that are disturbing and sometimes brutal.Part II "The Scream"Painting is a fascinating subject. Every time when you visit a museum, you will find something new even in the same painting.While looking at a painting, you can enjoy it for its beauty alone. Its lines, forms, colors, and composition may appeal to your senses and linger in your memory. Apart from that, you can also try to figure out what the painting describes. Does it describe the artist's impression of a scene or a person? Or does it describe the artist's feeling about the art of painting itself?Audioscript：Speaker 1: This picture is "The Scream" by Edvard Munch, and it's a very powerful picture, it's in black and white as, as you see it here. And um I think it's particularly powerful because mainly because of that figure who um, who is, who seems to be running off this bridge here holding his or her head in her hands and screaming. And um, what's very interesting about the picture are the two, the two figures at the end of the bridge or further up this road. And it's difficult to understand whether the person is running from them or whether they're just er innocent bystanders.Um, so the reason I, I like this picture, the reason I find it powerful is because I think that the person is not actually running from the two dark figures at the end of the bridge, but in fact the person is suffering er perhaps some kind of terrible loneliness or sadness, and is, actually seems to be trying to hide that feeling from those people.And I think this is a common feeling, I think this is something which we all do sometimes when, when we feel some feeling, usually a bad feeling, something like loneliness or terrible unhappiness, we don't want other people to see that, and er so we, we have to try and hide that feeling from, from other members of the, of the public. And I feel that's what this man or woman is doing in the picture here. Audioscript：Speaker 2: As a design, the picture's very strong as well. The, the bridge or the street is a very strong diagonal line which goes through the, the picture. And then to the, to the right of the screamer's head there's a series of dark vertical lines -- it's difficult to know what that is, perhaps it's a field or maybe it could be a wall, it's difficult to know exactly what it is, but those dark vertical lines somehow depress the picture, which is exactly what the artist wanted. And then at the, at the top, you have the sky, which the artist has, has er made in the form perhaps of clouds, which are very strong horizontal lines, very, very bold black lines which again seem to push the whole picture down, and add to the depression of the, the experience which the, the screamer is er, is feeling.Part III Taj MahalThe Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Mogul emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage.Audioscript：There's no building more romantic or more tragic than the Taj Mahal. On June the 17th, 1631, Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of the Mogul Emperor, Shah Jahan, died while giving birth to her fourteenth child. So, in response to the death of his wife, Shah Jahan created one of the most famous buildings in the world, the Taj Mahal, a vision of perfection, of paradise on Earth. The emotional power of the Taj Mahal comes not just from its ruthless symmetry and its dazzling white material, but also from the purity and simplicity really of its forms. In line with Islamic thinking, it is not loaded with images of living beings, banned in the Koran, but by simple abstract decoration, lettering. In this sense very much less ornamentation gives more emotional power.As you approach nearer, the Taj Mahal, its scale, its craftsmanship become almost overwhelming. It took twenty thousand people twenty years to complete this great structure and its white marble is inlaid with twenty-eight different sorts of precious andsemi-precious stones. But, this isn't a palace or a mosque. It's a mausoleum. It's a monument to grief. At this level and so near, I can see just how exquisite and subtle the Taj Mahal is. The inlay is amazing, like a jewel box. And the white marble is carved and the surface is mottled in architectural detail. It was a great surprise, being inside the Taj Mahal is like being inside a living being. It moans and it groans. There's no question about it, as a monument to grief and to heartbreak and the expression of agony and pain that lost all that was precious in this world and longing for the next, the Taj Mahal has no equal. It's unsurpassed.Audioscript：The twist to the story of the Taj Mahal is in the nearby Red Fort where the final tragic episode of Shah Jahan's life was played out.It's here that the myth of the Taj was born, where it enters the world of legend.Shah Jahan, the great emperor, became ill. He suffered a stroke and this provoked a ruthless, vicious struggle for power among his foursons. They fought, they battled and Aurangzeb, the most skilful, the most vicious I suppose of the four sons, prevailed. He killed his three brothers in battle and by treachery and when he had his father, Shah Jahan in his power, he imprisoned him here in the Fort. So for Shah Jahan his great empire had been reduced to the area of this courtyard, and he would stand where I am standing now, contemplating the view, looking at the great mausoleum over there. This is a spectacular view, but it could have been more spectacular still. It is said that Shah Jahan, if he hadn't lost control of his empire, would have built himself a mausoleum opposite that of his wife, and his one would have been clad in black marble, to match the white marble of the Taj Mahal.The story of the black Taj is an invention of the 18th century, but one that reflects, reinforces the fantasy surrounding a building dedicated to love and to what could have been.Part IV More about the topic: British Sculptures Now and Then Sculpture has changed more radically in the past 100 years than in the preceding 30 000. British sculptors have led the way thanks to their restless originality. Today British sculpture is a hugely expressive medium with almost limitless possibilities.Sometimes that sheer variety can be a bit bewildering but in British sculpture's long history, this may turn out to be the greatest chapter yet.Audioscript：Welcome to the British Museum, London, home to ancient art, and the unlikely birthplace of modern sculpture. Throughout the 19th century, British sculptors came here to study the famous ancient Greek marbles that once adorned the Parthenon in Athens. They went on show at the British Museum at the start of 1817 and were soon considered the epitome of what sculpture could and should be. Classical, heroic forms, they're naturalistic, harmoniously proportioned, completely devoid of distortion. They offer a vision of a highly sophisticated society -- the bedrock, if you like, of Western civilization.But at the beginning of the 20th century, a group of bohemian, bold, renegade young sculptors began to look elsewhere in the museum for inspiration. The hieratic art of Ancient Egypt, carved direct into stone. The carving of the Pacific, free of classical proportions. The reliefs of ancient Assyria, so different from the Parthenon. And the sculpture of Central America -- full of sex and death. Early in the20th century, non-European works like these kick-started a revolution in British sculpture.Since then, in the search for new forms of self-expression, British sculptors have broken all the old rules. There's been controversy as their vision has clashed with convention.TV news: The sculptor of a house who won this year's Turner Art Prize has watched her work being demolished.There's been conservatism, whimsy, mass-production. But in a golden age of creativity, our artists have often led the way -- making British sculpture part of a new, international language. Instead of gods or heroes, they project their own inner world, leaving us to decide what their sculptures mean. They've pushed the boundaries so far, we're no longer even sure what sculpture is.It's been a story of revolution and liberation of the sculptor free to soar unfettered into the realm of the imagination, to the point where the concept behind the work, not the skill of its execution, has become king. Today, the sculptor isn't someone chipping away at a block of marble, but a kind of sage who can spot beauty and meaning in the world around us, and bring it to our attention in the gallery.Part V Do you know ...?Most of us like to hang beautiful things on our walls. They're statements of our personal taste or reflections of the things we love. But few of us can afford to go to swanky Mayfair galleries or posh auction houses to buy art. 1.5 million quid for a slice of abstract expressionism is a bit beyond most pockets in these recessionary times. In fact, half of Britain's living rooms have art on the walls which has been bought on the high street from stores like Ikea, Habitat, B&Q or Argos.Audioscript：Aside：Nowadays, art is all around us. It's in the streets, and it's part of the modern landscape. In the past few years, we've builtgreat temples to art up and down the country, whether it'sthe Baltic in Gateshead or the Tate Modern in London. Artgalleries have become people-friendly places drawing hugecrowds. Modern art is now something we can all participatein. It's fashionable, it's cool. Its artists are superstars. Butwhat sort of art do we want in our living rooms?Hostess：I'm going to venture into the domestic art galleries we all inhabit. It's a world where individuality meets mass marketand personal taste is more important than art history.Man 1：Yeah, I don't know anything about the history of these ...these pictures, but I just like the colors. Colors repre ...They're superb for what we wanted. WoMan 1：Natural landscapes I really like, so stormy seas and skies with wintry trees, just the skeletons, but I think they're moreeffective in black and white. Girl: It's the ... The sky's likein a nice color, and the sea is very beautiful.Man 2：I like mountains. I'm a mountain guy, so I like pictures with mountains on it. WoMan 2：I don't like Pollock, because it just seems a bit messy, but I do like that wild flinging, painter to canvas.Aside：If you want to buy art for your home, you could start at the top. This is London's Mayfair, where you can spendsquillions on an original work of art. Down the road at TateModern, things are a little bit more user-friendly. There'sfun to be had for all the family. And in the shop, there's avending machine where you can order your own personalmasterpiece to take home. The mass reproduction of art isnow big business, and one of the biggest players in town isthe Art Group, which supplies art galleries, shops andsuperstores around the world from its factory inNorthampton. The Art Group started off with just a singlestall on Camden Market 25 years ago. Its slogan was, "Artfor all." Now it runs a 24-hour production line and is amultimillion-pound business employing 300 people. Hostess：So when people think of art, they think of these perfect white spaces, silent, contemplative, and here you've got thethunder of machinery, the vaulted warehouse ... DarrenBooker <Operation Director>: Absolutely.Hostess：I like it, actually.Darren：This is ... This is art on a big scale. It doesn't matter if you make ten a day or 10 000 a week. It still has to be perfect. Hostess：Amazing how recognizable all these images are. I don't have any, I don't own any, but they've sort of seeped intomy consciousness from, you know, trips to Ikea or Habitator Argos or wherever. So what's the effect of the price ofthis sort of art coming down?Darren：I think the real effect is that it's now in ... in more reach of everyone. People are now able to afford this, and in manyways it now becomes a disposable piece of artwork. Art'sbecoming more fashionable, and people will tend todecorate more frequently, change their art more frequently,which is all so great for us.Hostess：Because they can.Hostess：I can see Klimt hanging on the wall. Is this a big ... is Klimt a big guy for you?Darren：Yeah, he's a very successful artist, very well known, a good seller.Hostess：Do you think Klimt would have ever thought, as he anguished over that picture, that years later people in afactory would be nailgunning it to a piece of MDF? It's artas lifestyle, I guess.Part VII Watch and enjoyThe Sistine Chapel is a large and renowned chapel of the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescosthat decorate the interior, and most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment by Michelangelo. The fame of Michelangelo's paintings has drawn multitudes of visitors to the chapel, ever since they were revealed five hundred years agoVideoscript：In the middle of Rome stands the Vatican, the epicenter of Catholicism. It is both a fortified city and a place the Pope calls home. <Gracias. Gracias.> It also houses one of the most famous museums in the world, full of timeless treasures, each one with a story to tell. Of all of these none are more famous than the Sistine Chapel.All who enter here gaze up at the luminous frescos of Michelangelo. What few people know is that his masterpiece was an afterthought. When the chapel was constructed the walls were filled with monumental murals. But the ceiling was just decorated with a simple field of stars. Thirty years later Pope Julius II decided it needed a new paint job. When he gave the task to Michelangelo, he took a leap of faith because the artist was not then a famous painter, but an upcoming sculptor of the human form. His transformation of the ceiling, an area the size of two basketball courts, would becompleted in just four years. How did a brilliant but inexperienced painter complete the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in such a short time? Five hundred years later when Vatican's staff embarked on the restoration project, they got the chance to uncover this museum secret.The restoration team spent nine years up onto the ceiling in the 1980s. It took them twice as long to clean the ceiling as it did Michelangelo to paint it.The largest figures on the ceiling are nearly 20 feet across. Michelangelo did not attempt to paint them freehand. Each figure started as a sketch or cartoon, followed by a procedure that art experts like William Wallace refer to as pouncing.Wallace: Pouncing is the means of transferring the cartoon to the plaster, so the cartoon is actually being pricked with little tiny holes and charcoal dust in a bag is actually pounced or pounded onto the cartoon. Okay. We see the head beautifully pounced and the hand beautifully pounced.But pouncing was a slow process and Michelangelo was under pressure for an aging Pope who wanted to see the ceiling completed before he died. So Michelangelo exchanged the charcoal for a blade,allowing him to quickly incise the lines of the sketch directly onto the plaster.On a scaffold 18 hours a day, seven days a week, constantly craning his neck up, paint dripping into his eyes, no one can say Michelangelo didn't suffer for art. In the fourth year of his labor, he even described it in a poem:"With my neck puffed out like a pigeon,Belly hanging like an empty sack,Beard pointed at the ceiling and,My brain fallen back within my head."Michelangelo kept going because he was tough and determined, but that doesn't explain how he could work on a scaffold just a few feet from the ceiling and yet paint figures in perfect perspective when seeing from far below. The answer may be because he started his career as a sculptor.Elizabeth <Art historian>: When Michelangelo imagines a figure moving, it's moving inwards, outwards and space, and therefore creates this wonderful perspective. People ask all the time, "Is thatreal? Is the architecture real? Are they sticking out the ceiling? Are they 3D?"If one removes the frescos from the ceiling, Michelangelo's mastery of perspective becomes even more impressive. He works magic with his paints, creating lifelike 3 D figures even when the background tilts the wrong way.Elizabeth <Art historian>: Jonah was painted on a piece of plaster that tilts towards us, and yet looking at the figure Jonah appears to tilt backwards. It was something that he knew would fly in the face of all the people that criticized him at the beginning of the assignment say, "Oh, but Michelangelo doesn't know anything about painting." Michelangelo denies the laws of physics through his painting. It's the same kind of special effect that people marvel at in something like Avatar.So how did Michelangelo complete his masterpiece in just 4 years? Determination, physical endurance and 3D virtualosity are only part of the answer. The rest is surely quite simply, genius.Every morning when the gates open, thousands of visitors head straight to the Sistine Chapel. To stand for a moment in a place that combines the power of god and the genius of man.。

大学英语听力教程第三册听力原文（第二版_张民伦主编）.第八单元

大学英语听力教程第三册听力原文（第二版_张民伦主编）.第八单元Unit 8Part1Tom: What kind of school did you go to, Ann?Ann: Well, I went to a public primary school and then to a private high school.Tom: So which do you think is better?Ann: Actually, I prefer private schools because of the smaller classes and ... usually you have a wider choice of subjects.Tom: Yeah, I suppose that's true.Ann: And then there are usually better sports facilities. For example, the school I went to had a swimming pool and a huge gym.Tom: Yeah ... well, the public high school I went to had great sports facilities. Besides, private schools are really expensive.Ann: Yeah, but I think they're worth it.Tom: I don't know. I think you have to judge every school individually, whether it's public or private.Ann: That may be true ... but children generally get a better, more ... well-rounded education in a private school.Tom: Maybe, but I'm not totally convinced. By the way, Ann, were you on the debating team in high school, by any chance?Ann: I sure was! I was the captain!Part2Although education is compulsory in the United States, it is not compulsory for all children to get their education at school.A number of parents believe that they can provide a better education for their children at home. Children who are educatedat home are known as "home-schoolers." There are about 300 000 home-schoolers in the United States today.Interestingly, results show that home-schooled children tend to do better than average on national tests in reading and math.David Guterson is an American writer. He and his wife teach their three children themselves. Guterson says that his children learn very differently from children in a regular school. Learning starts with the children's interests and questions. For example, when there is heavy snowfall on a winter day, it may start a discussion or reading about climate, snow removal equipment, Alaska, polar bears, and winter tourism. Or a spring evening, when the family is watching the stars, is a good time for setting up a telescope and asking questions about satellites, comets, meteors, and the space program. At dinner, if the Brazilian rain forests are on the news, it could be a perfect time to get out the atlas and encyclopedia. Then there might be two hours or more of eating, asking questions, looking up answers, discovering how rain forests influence the climate, what the "greenhouse effect" is, how deserts are formed and how the polar ice caps affect ocean levels.Although home schooling offers an experience that is often more interesting than regular schools, critics point out that home-schoolers miss out on many important things. The home-schooler is an outsider who, because he or she never attended school, might be uncomfortable mixing with other people in adult life. Critics also say that most parents are not well qualified to teach their children and may pass on their own narrow views to their children. However, most parents don't have the time or desire to teach their children at home, so schools will continue to be where most children get their formal education.Part3John James: I disagree, Peter. I don't think it really matters what your educational background is. Anyone who is bright enough is going to do well whatever their education.Peter Davies: But John, ...John James: In fact, I think some people carry on with their education when they would do a lot better to get out and start building their own careers by learning things in real life.Peter Davies: Yes, but the whole point is, life is getting so much more complicated these days that unless you carry on with your studies you just can't cope.John James: For certain things, and certain people, OK, but to my mind, the big problem in education is that you specialize too quickly. I mean, in England, you start specializing from the third year in secondary school, when you're about 14. And it gets steadily narrower until you do your "A" levels in only two or three subjects. You either do languages, or natural sciences, or social sciences.Peter Davies: But surely these days you have to, John —you can't possibly study everything because there's just too much.John James： Yes, but how many kids at the age of sixteen really know what they want to do? How many of them are convinced that the three subjects they've chosen, or have been recommended, are the ones that will let them follow the careers they eventually decide on?Peter Davies: Oh, I think most young people who stay on at school have a fair idea of what they want to do.John James： I'm not so sure, Peter. And after all, that'snot the end of it. When they get to university in England, the subjects they study are so narrow that they are only good for onething, so they are stuck with it.Peter Davies: But I don't really see that there is any alternative if people are going to learn enough to be competent in their subject. They've got to specialize early, and I suppose those that realize they've made a mistake can always swap to something else.John James： Ah, but that's just it. You can't. Suppose you study languages at university and then decide that you are not cut out for it and would like to be a doctor. You've burnt your bridges. You can't just change horses in midstream; you've got to go right back to the beginning and you lose years.I think the American system is much better.John James: ... I think the American system is much better.Peter Davies: In what way?John James: Well, for your first degree you've got to study a fairly wide range of subjects, and you can choose them yourself, within certain limits.Peter Davies: Fine, but doesn't that mean that American students with a first degree don't have the depth of knowledge they should have?John James: Should have for what?Peter Davies: Well, they often aren't accepted for postgraduate work in England with just a first degree.John James: Maybe not, but I don't really think that's important. They come out with a pretty good general knowledge in a wide area. After all, when you think about a lot of the stuff English students have to study, what good is it to them afterwards? I'm sure the majority of British students never use 90 percent of what they studied at university.Peter Davies: That may be true of some arts subjects, butwhat about the sciences?John James: Even there, a lot what they do at university is so academic and abstruse that they will never be able to put it to any practical use. I'm sure they would benefit far more from on-the-job experience. And if they've had a broader course of study they've got two advantages.Peter Davies: How do you mean?John James: First of all, they will have a better understanding of the world in general, so they will be more flexible in their jobs, and then if things do go wrong they will be able to switch jobs easily.Peter Davies: That all sounds very simple, but I think you're still underestimating the amount of pure learning that you need these days, particularly in technical and scientificareas. I mean even at school these days, children have to learn far more things than we did when we were at school.John James: All the more reason we should not try to concentrate on such a few things at such an early age. Things are changing so rapidly these days that we have to change with them. When we were younger, there was a pretty good chance that we would be able to carry on in the profession we'd chosen until we retired. But these days, people have got to be prepared to change their jobs and learn new skills as technology moves ahead. Take just the area of the office, for example. How many offices ...Part4Imagine being asked to spend twelve or so years of your life in a society which consisted only of members of your own sex. How would you react? Unless there was something definitely wrong with you, you wouldn't be so happy about it, to say the least. It is all the more surprising therefore that so many parentsin the world choose to impose such abnormal conditions on their children —conditions which they themselves wouldn't put up with for one minute!Any discussion of this topic is bound to question the aims of education. Stuffing children's head full of knowledge is far from being foremost among them. One of the chief aims of education is to equip future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock.A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in miniature. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of academic ability, athletic achievement and many of the extra-curricular activities which are part of school life. What a practical advantage it is (to give just a small example) to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls! When segregated, boys and girls are made to feel that they are arace apart. In a co-educational school, everything falls into its proper place.But perhaps the greatest contribution of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. Boys don't grow up believing that women are mysterious creatures. Girls don't grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together dispel illusions of this kind. The awkward stage of adolescence brings into sharp focus some of the physical andemotional problems involved in growing up. These can better be overcome in a co-educational environment. When the time comes for the pupils to leave school, they are fully prepared to enter society as well-adjusted adults. They have already had years of experience in coping with many of the problems that face men and women.Part5An encyclopedia is a collection of information about people, places and things. A general encyclopedia includes all areas of knowledge. Special encyclopedias discuss just one area, like art or medicine. The ancient great philosopher Aristotle was perhaps the first to try to bring all existing knowledge together in a series of books. Others in different times and places did the same. The Roman writer Pliny the Elder and the Chinese expert Tu Yu are two of them. The first work similar to modern encyclopedia books was published in 1704 in Britain. Its stories were listed in order of subject from A to Z. It was the first encyclopedia whose reports were written by different experts. The first encyclopedia to include life stories of living people was published in 1732. Two French writers published an encyclopedia in their country in 1751. It continued to be published until 1780. Some history experts say the ideas presented in this encyclopedia help start the movement that led to the French Revolution. The first modern encyclopedia was the Encyclopedia Britannica written in Scotland in 1768. That provided information about almost any subject and listed its reports in alphabetical order. Through the years, Britannica articles have been written by well-known experts like scientists Marie Curie and Albert Einstein. T oday, similar encyclopedias are published by many different companies all over the world. All have been books until recently. The first electronic encyclopediaappeared in 1986.Many companies now produce computer encyclopedias while they continue to publish books. The electronic versions provide the same information as the books but also include sounds and moving pictures. The Britannica company says its new electronic encyclopedia has 72 000 reports, including 7 000 not found in its book form. It also has more than 8 000 pictures and more than 1 000 maps. These new electronic encyclopedias cost about 70 to 125 dollars. That is much less than you would pay for the books. However, you need a computer to be able to read the electronic versions.。

英语听力教程第三版unit8thesoundofmusic听力原文

Unit 8 The Sound of MusicPart I Getting readyA quiz game show is a type of radio or television programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes.A The following words will appear in this unit. Listen carefully and study the definitions.1. panel：a group of specialists who give their advice or opinion about something2. contender：a person who takes part in a competition or tries to win something3. nomination：the act of suggesting or choosing somebody asa candidate in an election, or for a job or an award4. cinematography：the art or process of making films5. score：the music written for a film/movie or play6. audition：take part in a practical test for performing applicants7. choreography：the arranging or inventing of dances, especially ballet8. pantomime：traditional Christmas musical show for children9. scherzo：a short, lively piece of music, that is often part of a longer piece10. lyrics：the words of a songListen to the following radio quiz game. Who are those people on the panel Supply the missing information.Now listen again. Put a mark beside each question. Put a tick if it is true. If it is false, put a cross. Finally write down who that person is.Audioscript::A - Announcer M - MaxineQ - Quizmaster L - LauraT-Tim D-David Radio Bristol. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for "Alive or Dead" our exciting quiz game about famous people alive or dead. Before I tell you the rules, let's meet our panel for tonight. From right to left we have that famous sportsman and racing driver, Tim Brown. T:. Evening everyone. Next to Tim, is that lovely star of the American cinema, who is now here in Bristol at the Opera House, Maxine Morgan. Hi there! Next we have novelist, David Walker. Good evening. And last but not least, composer and singer, Laura Dennison. Hello. So let's get with the game. I have the name of a famous person -- alive or dead -- in this envelope. The panel will try to guess who it is. But they can only ask questions which have a "yes" or "no" answer. Are we ready Well, yes. Are you alive No, I'm not. Now Maxine, let's have your question. You're not alive. So you are a famous person who is dead. Oh, I know. Are you a person in a book -- a fictional character -- somebody who isn't real No, I'm not fictional. David, can we have your question So you're a real, dead person That's right, I am. Good, now we want to know where you come from. Are you British No, I'm not British. Are you from Europe No, I'm not. T: Are you Australian No, Tim, I'm not. I'm not Australian. Oh, then I know, you're American. You're a real American person, butyou're dead. Now let me think. Ah, yes, are you a writer of any sort No, I'm not. Are you anything to do with peace, you know someone like Martin Luther King A good guess, Laura, but I'm nothing to do with peace. Well, that's a difficult one, really. I think the answer is half "Yes" and half "No". No, I'll say "No". T: Mm, funny, half "Yes", half "No", but finally "No". Well, well, are you famous as an entertainer of any sort, you know a film star, or pop singer, or an actor, you know what I mean Ask one question at a time, Tim, please. The answer to your question is "No". I've got it, I've got the answer.I know, I'm right. Careful now, Maxine. Say the wrong answer and I win the game. Are you sure you know who I am Yes, you're dead, you're famous, you're American, you are sort of famous for peace work. You're not an entertainer -- you're not an American film star. I don't think you were famous as a soldier.I think you were a politician, I think you died in think you were married to a very beautiful woman ... I think you are very close, Maxine. I think you are almost there. I think you once went to Berlin. I think you are President John Kennedy, President of the United States of America. And congratulations to you and the panel, Maxine. Yes, you are right, the name of the famous person in my envelope isPresident Kennedy, born in 1917 and died in 1963, on November 22nd to be exact. Now for my next famous person ...Part II Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire is a 2000 British drama film. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and exceeds people's expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of cheating. It was widely acclaimed, being praised for its plot, soundtrack and directing. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2009, winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.A Listen to the first news report broadcasted when Slumdog Millionaire won 10 Academy Award nominations. Note down the key words in the notes column. Then complete the storyline of the movie.Audioscript:One of the strongest contenders for the Best Picture Oscar this year is Slumdog Millionaire.Set in Mumbai, India, it is a story about destiny. Jamal Malik, a young man from the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian reality show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Based on its American equivalent, the Indian show offers 20 million rupees ($400 000) to the winner.Few expected this independent production directed by filmmaker Danny Boyle to make it to the Oscars. But Slumdog is no longer an underdog. It has won viewers' hearts and gained critical acclaim. With ten Academy Award nominations, it is a serious Oscar contender. (Movie) Host: Jamal Malik, you 're absolutely right!Jamal Malik is not knowledgeable. He just happens to know the answers to the specific questions he's been asked. Each question is somehow related to an event that has defined his life.With their mother dead, Jamal and his brother Salim begin to steal, trade and sleep wherever they can to survive.But the defining moment in Jamal's life is when an orphan girl named Latika tags along with them.Latika is taken by gangsters and Jamal will not rest until he sees her again.Years later, as a young adult, he finds her at a gangster's house. She is locked up, and her only pastime is the Indian TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Jamal gets on the show so she can watch him. (Movie) Two of the musketeers are called Athos and Porthos. What was the name of the third musketeer Danny: I'd like to phone a friend. Host: Here we go. Latika: Hello.Latika answers the phone. When they were kids, she was the third musketeer. Jamal and Salim were Athos and Porthos. Director Danny Boyle's love story is influenced by Bollywood where everything is extreme.Like most Indian films, Slumdog Millionaire offers upall-consuming passion, tear-jerking drama and a happy ending. The film's dynamic music and vivid colors enhance the emotions. Its fairytale quality does not undermine Danny Boyle's gritty look at today's India, a country of extremes itself. (Movie) Danny: Latika.Slumdog Millionaire's exuberance is contagious. We leave the theater love-struck, exhilarated.And, as in Jamal's case, we can't help but root for the Oscar nominee regardless of the odds.Now listen to the second news report broadcasted on the day when Slumdog Millionaire finally earned 8 Oscars. After listening, match the awards with the corresponding names. Audioscript:Slumdog Millionaire was expected to win big. And, it did, earning Oscars for its cinematography, film editing, sound mixing, and bringing two of the golden statuettes to composer A. R. Rahman for his score and an original song.Steven Spielberg announced the top award of the evening. "And, the Oscar goes to Slumdog Millionaire, Christian Colson, producer."The man behind the movie, Danny Boyle, was named best director.Slumdog Millionaire was a collaboration between the British filmmaker, an Indian cast and crew and a Hollywood distributor. Backstage, Boyle said joint efforts like this will become more common."You know, there's all sorts of people gonna work there. These things are gonna come together. The world's shrinking a bit in a ... in a wonderful way and it will benefit from it because, in ... in culture, fusion is a wonderful thing."The film is set in the slums of Mumbai and features two professional actors with a cast of unknown youngsters from the Mumbai slums. Young cast members came to Hollywood for the Oscars.The story revolves around a teenager who hopes to win riches on a quiz show. Writer Simon Beaufoy, who won an Oscar for his adapted screenplay, says the story is appropriate in a recession."A film comes out that is ostensibly about being a millionaire, and actually what it's about is, it's a film that says there are more important things than money. There's love and faithand your family, and that struck a chord with people, I think, right now."Part III Karen Kain -- a Canadian ballerina The beautiful prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Canada, Karen Kain, was for five years the partner of Rudolph Nureyev and has danced most of the major classical ballet roles all over the world, since her debut in the demanding role of Odile/Odette in Swan Lake at the age of nineteen. She was born in Hamilton, Ontario, not far from Toronto, the home of the National Ballet of Canada. She and her husband now live in Cabbagetown, one of the oldest districts in central Toronto. In this section, you are going to hear an interview during which Karen Kain, a Canadian ballerina, talks about her work and how she first became interested in the ballet. While listening for the first time, add more key words in the left column. After the second listening, answer the questions. Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the interview and then do the multiple choice.Audioscript:Well, I actually saw Celia Franka dance, and now she founded the National Ballet of Canada. And she was dancingin my hometown -- Giselle, and I was taken for my birthday, and I saw her dance, (I) fell in love with it, and I started taking ballet lessons, and then at one point ... I think it was around ten ... my teacher said that I should audition for the National Ballet School, which is a full-time academic and ballet training facility here in Toronto. It's one of (I)think it's the only one in North America. I mean, it's the same set-up as the Paris Opera, the Bolshoi, the Leningrad ... you know, that they have the school affiliated with the Company. And you take all your academic training as well as your dance training. So she told me that I should audition for that, and I did. And when I was eleven years old I went to the ballet school for seven years till I was eighteen, graduated from high school and I joined the National Ballet. Now you were married fairly recently, weren't you It'll be three years next month, yes. Is touring and so forth hard on married life I believe your husband's an actor, isn't he Yes, he is. So you're probably both away quite a lot. We've been very fortunate. We've managed to stay together most of the time. The longest we were separated was when I was on tour with the National Ballet in Europe last spring, and I was gone for six weeks, and he was making a television series and hewas in Australia for six weeks. So we have been separated a few times, but most of the time we manage to be together. We've just been very fortunate. Throughout the year ... how much time do you have off away from the dance Very little. I'm trying to make sure that I get one week in June this year, because I have not had more than two days free since a year ago January. So I've been working very very hard, and I feel that I really need one week free, you know. Tom Boyd: How long can a ballerina go on before she should start thinking of retiring I hope that I have another ten years at the most to dance. Tom Boyd: What would you do after that Would you leave the ballet completely or go into teaching, or choreography I don't think choreography, I don't think I have any talent in ... you know ... I have no desire, no talent. I like to teach, I like to coach young dancers. I don't think I would leave the ballet world entirely, but I may try something else. You never know. I'm interested in other things and I have done some sorts of musical comedy work, and I've enjoyed it very much -- just to expand myself a little and to look around. And this Christmas again I'll be playing Cinderella in an English pantomime -- which is great fun for me. I really have fun and it's not serious dancing, you know, and I get to speakand act and everything. So I don't know. I would also like to have a family, so I have lots of things that I may do.Part IV More about the topic:Beethoven VBeethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphnies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets. The Symphony No. 5 in C minor was written in 1804 - 1808. It is one of the most frequently played symphonies.Listen to the recording. Learn to appreciate Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with the speakers. While listening, complete the following outline.Audioscript:"" The most famous four-note sequence in music, instantly recognizable to us today as Beethoven's Fifth and full of associations. Fate knocking at the door. "V" for victory. But how must it have sounded to that original audience Beethovenpresented it as pure music. No clue to its significance or meaning. Well, Beethoven, as a personality, was so tricky and so uncouth in so many ways, and had such a difficult, troubled childhood, that the adult that gave us some of these pieces was a man so often at odds with the world around him. Born in poverty in the German town of Bonn, he was bullied as a child by his alcoholic father and in his 20s realized he was going deaf, surely the crudest of tragedies for a musician. But Beethoven was a man with a will of iron, and, in the Fifth, he harnesses the power of the orchestra to an insistent propulsive rhythm, forcing the symphony to articulate the profoundest personal drama. Host: The story of a soul struggling against implacable fate and emerging incandescently victorious. One of the great contrasts available to a composer are the contrasts of darkness and lightness. And in his Fifth Symphony, builds up from hesitant darkness into the radiant blaze of optimism, confidence, whatever. Now he does this through the simplest of means. At the end of the third movement, which is the rather shadowy, dark scherzo, his plan is to burst us into the light without stopping. Now he does this by making the orchestra play as quietly as it can, all the strings just plucking very, veryquietly. Then comes the heartbeat of the drum, very, very quiet and distant and the strings just moving up and down, uncertain about which way they're going to go. And then suddenly, very quickly, the whole orchestra comes in, and, without stopping, we burst into the final movement. This is in the major key. Lights full on, after lights hardly on at all. The symphony is a masterpiece of storytelling without words. When the French Revolution erupted, Beethoven was a teenager, struggling to support his family after the death of their mother, and the concept of individual liberty became a lifelong issue. And we, the listeners, are compelled to share his battle against fate. Although Beethoven wanted to write something that was comprehensible at first hearing, he wasn't writing simply to give pleasure. He wanted it to be a potentially life-changing experience, music that would resonate in the mind long after the last note had sounded.Part V Do you know ...What is a musical According to one definition, it is a stage, television or film production utilizing popular-style songs and dialogue to either tell a story and/or showcase the talents of varied performers. Musicals are not just written-- they are collaborative creations that are put together piece by piece. Then what is the Broadway musical When was it bornA Spot dictation. Listen to a passage about the birth of the Broadway musical. Fill in the blanks with the words you hear. Audioscript:Most scholars believe that The Black Crook in 1866 marked the beginning of the musical comedy, integrating music, dance and comedy, with an emphasis on beautiful women and spectacular scenery. But it was during World War One and after, that the musical developed as a uniquely American idiom.Song-and-dance man George M. Cohan exploited Americans' sense of patriotism, moving away from European influences. In the 1920s. songwriters who include Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, brought the musical to maturity with their meticulous crafting of music and lyrics to create the American popular song.The modern musical was born in 1943 with Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma, which revolutionized the way dance, music and dialogue were used to develop the plot andcharacters. Other songwriters of the 1940s, 50s and 60s capitalized on that winning formula to write so many hit musicals, that that era is now referred to as "Broadway's Golden Age." Since then, American musicals have been translated and produced on stages all over the world. The music has become a mainstay among vocalists and jazz musicians, making clear the expression that the music of Broadway is truly "America's classic music."Foreigners call Americans Yankees. Southerners say that Yankees are Northerners. Northerners say that Yankees are from the New England states. People in New England say it is the Vermonters who are Yankees. Vermonters reply that a Yankee is just someone who eats pie for breakfast. It seems that the origin of this term defies detection.B1 Listen to the passage. Focus on what the word "Yankee" refers to at different times. Supply the missing information. B2 Now listen to the passage again. Complete the summary. Our question this week asks about the song Yankee Doodle. To explain, we must go back more than 200 years. The American colonies had not yet won independence from England. The British used the word "Yankee" to describe colonists in thenortheast part of America. That area was known as New England. After the War for Independence, the British used the word to mean all Americans. And during both World Wars American soldiers were known as Yankees or just Yanks.That was the song Yankee Doodle. History experts do not know exactly when it was written. Some research shows the date may have been during the 1750s. Many stories say a British army doctor wrote the song when England was fighting the French and the Indians in North America. There is little confirmation of these stories. We do know, however, that Yankee Doodle was sung by the British to make the colonial people of North America look foolish. And we know the song became popular among the colonists themselves. Many knew at least some of the words.The British continued to use the song to make Yankees look foolish until the early days of the War for Independence in the 1770s. Stories say, British soldiers marching out of the city of Boston stepped in time to the music of Yankee Doodle. Those same soldiers were defeated by colonial troops at the town of Concord singing the same song. Since then, Yankee Doodle has been a song that represents the United States.Part VII Watch and enjoyMagic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means. These feats are called magic tricks, effects, or illusions. A professional who performs such illusions is called a magician or an illusionist. Watch the video clip from the movie Illusionist. After watching, answer the following questions. Videoscript:Announcer：Life and death, space and time, fate and chance.These are the forces of the universe. Tonight, ladies and gentleman, I present to you a man who has unlocked these mysteries. From the furthest corners of the world where the dark arts still hold sway, he returns to us todemonstrate how nature's laws may be bent. I give you ...Eisenheim.Eisenheim：Might I borrow a handkerchief from someone You, Madam. Thank you. Ah, be patient. Now, if you please, I would like to continue with an examination of time. From the moment we enter this life we are in the flow of it.We measure it and we mark it but we cannot defy it. We cannot even speed it up or slow it down. Or can we Have we not each experienced a sensation that a beautiful moment seemed to pass too quickly And wished that we could make it linger Or felt time slow on a dull day and wished that we could speed things up a bit I assure you, they're quite real. Audience: Is it realEisenheim： And you, Madam, where is your handkerchief Audience: Bravo! Very good.。

英语听力教程第三版张民伦主编UnitAKaleidoscopeofCulture听力原文

英语听力教程第三版张民伦主编UnitAKaleidoscopeofCulture听力原文Unit 7 A Kaleidoscope of CulturePart I Getting readyMew York is one of the most important cities in the world. It is not only a center for business, but also a center for music and art. It has many famous buildings and places of interest. And it, too, has jot its nickname. What is itAudioscript：A：Are you ready for the trip to the museum in "the Big Apple" I can hardly wait.B："The Big Apple" What are you talking aboutA："The Big Apple" is the nickname for New York City. You are going to New York with us, aren't youB：Yes, I'm going. I'm especially looking forward to seeing the Museum of Modern Art. There's a special show of 20th centuryAmerican painters there. But, tell me, where did the nickname"the Big Apple" come fromA：The jazz musicians of the 1920s are responsible for the name.When they played a concert in a city, they called that city an apple.Of course New York was the biggest city in the country and best place for a jazz concert. So the musicians called it "The Big Apple".B：Amazing! New York is such a fascinating place and it even has an interesting nickname, one that it's had for more than 50years. Britain is famous for its pubs, where you can sample a pint of British beer, enjoy good-value bar meals and savor the friendly atmosphere. The pub boasts an excellent range of hot and cold bar snacks or a wide selection of home-cooked meals with a warm and relaxed atmosphere.Audioscript：There are visitors who come to England and leave thinking they have never been inside a pub. They don't realize that the words "pub" or "public house" are rarely included in the title of the place. So how do you know whether a building is a pub and what does a pub offer the visitorThe first thing to look for is a large sign either hanging over the street or placed on a pole outside the building. This sign may have a name like The Kings Arms, The Black Rabbit or The Duke ofKendal or an appropriate picture. Many pubs have names linked to royalty, popularheroes, sports or great occasions. There is a pub called The Concorde after the new airliner.On the doors of a pub you may see the words Saloon Bar or Public Bar. The Saloon Bar is more comfortably furnished. Occasionally the words Free House can be seen beside the name of the pub. This doesn't mean they serve free food and drink; it refers to the fact that the pub doesn't buy its drinks from one particular brewery only. It isn't a "tied house" -- tied to a brewery.The services a pub offers vary around the country. The basic service is the sale of alcoholic drink at certain times of the day. Opening times, as these periods are often called, are usually from 10.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays. On Sundays the opening times are 12 noon until 2 p.m. and 7-10.30 p.m. although these times can vary slightly according to theregion. Pubs can also offer food and accommodation. To help visitors, an experimental system of symbols has been tried out in Southern England and East Anglia. These symbols indicate just what is available from a particular pub.Part II Times squareTimes Square is in the heart of New York City. Every year, Times Square is the center of worldwide attention on New Year's Evebecause of the rooftop celebrations to usher in the New Year. Apart from that, there are some other things that make Times Square famous.Audioscript："Times Square is New York." Those are the words of the head of the Times Square Alliance, a coalition of area businesses. The millions of visitors to Times Square each year would probably agree. The area has one of the most recognizable names in the world. But, Times Square is not really a square. It is the name for the area around where Broadway crosses 42nd Street in Manhattan. The Times Square area stretches more than ten blocks north to south. The borders to the east and west are uneven. Some people call the shape of the area a bow tie.Times Square gets its name from The New York Times newspaper. In 1904, the newspaper began to build its headquarters in what was then called Long Acre Square. The city's underground train system built a stop under the Times Tower. The city renamed the area Times Square. On December 31st, 1904, the newspaper held a big celebration in Times Square to welcome the New Year. Fireworks lit the sky. Celebrations have taken place every year since then. Now, crowds also watch a big glass ball slide down a pole as the New Year arrives.Hundreds of businesses are in Times Square. The alliance says twenty percent of all hotel rooms in New York City are in Times Square. It says Times Square also has about six and one-half million square meters of office space. And more is being built.Times Square is home to famous Broadway theaters. And several television companies have studios there. MTV is one of them. Times Square is probably most famous for its huge colorful signs. The alliance says Times Square is the only place in New York where businesses are required to use them.Audioscript：It is another typical morning in Times Square: Taxi cabs blare their horns, 15 foot billboards look down over throngs of people hurrying by, and in the middle of it all, members of a smash Broadway musical climb up on a stage to dance and sing for the tourists.The entertainment is being organized by the Times Square Business Improvement District, the people responsible for making the area as welcoming to tourists as possible. Right now, the square is crowded and business is booming. So much so, in fact, that several sidewalks had to be widened recently to cope with the increase in visitors. Andsome New Yorkers are even pushing for the entire area to be off limits to traffic: modeling Times Square after a European plaza.It has not always been this way. Until a decade or so ago, Times Square had the well-deserved reputation of a seedy neighborhood teeming with prostitutes and drug dealers. A sizeable part of the area's economy came from stores selling pornography or cheap knock-off goods. The city government neglected the area, spending little of its tourism budget on improvements.But today, theaters, restaurants and upscale stores have replaced the sex shops. A thriving partnership between City Hall and private businesses, such as Disney Company, has revitalized Times Square.The current mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, has made it a priority to clean up the area. Crime rates have declined and visitors feel a lot safer on the square. Part of that effort has involved the Times Square Business Improvement District and its President, Brendan Sexton.Mr. Sexton and his colleagues are launching a new line of Times Square clothing and accessories which, they hope, will compete with everything else on offer to visitors to New York. Instead of just passing through Times Square and stopping only to take a picture of all theflashing lights and neon signs, Mr. Sexton hopes tourists will stop and shop, and bring a little piece of the revitalized Times Square home with them.Part III Americans love chocolate Chocolate is one of the most popular holiday gifts. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays. Chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, chocolate coins on Hanukkah, snowmen and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and chocolate hearts or chocolate in heart-shaped boxes on Valentine's Day. Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown color.Audioscript：Chocolate is as big a part of American culture as baseball and apple pie. But its roots run much deeper.Cheri Friedman knows how much America loves chocolate.She isco-owner of Kron Chocolatiers, a small, gourmet chocolate shop that opened 32 years ago in Washington, D.C."I think it's one of the best comfort foods there is. It's easy to eat. It melts in your mouth. There's a warm sensation. "Friedman says she takes pride in the fact that Kron's chocolates are made with the finest ingredients, right on the premises.Americans' love of chocolate has helped to make it a big business in this country. Mark Sesler is senior vice president of marketing at Russell Stover Candies, one of the largest manufacturers of chocolate in the United States.According to Sesler, the industry got its start in the early 1900s with small-scale chocolatiers such as Steven Whitman, and Claire and Russell Stover. They started with small stores -- much like Kron -- but soon expanded their business into broader markets -- thanks, Sesler notes, to an important technological advance."It's the advent of refrigeration that has really made the availability of chocolate very prevalent throughout the United States. I think chocolate has secured its place as a delectable treat for a number of societies and a number of countries. So I think we're just one of many countries who enjoy the delicacy that is chocolate."Susan Fussell is spokesperson for the National Confectioner's Association, a trade group that represents virtually everyone who's involved in the production and sale of candy in the United States.And why does Fussell think chocolate is so universally popular"Well there's really nothing like chocolate ... One of the main ingredients in chocolate is cocoa butter. And cocoa butter melts at body temperature. So when you put chocolate in your mouth, it has a mouth feel that's unlike any other food that you eat. It has thatmelt-in-your-mouth sensation right there on your tongue, and it is very hard to approximate that with any other food."Audioscript：Chocolate is as big a part of American culture as baseball and apple pie. But its roots run much deeper.Made from the seed of the tropical cacao tree, chocolate dates back at least 3 000 years to the ancient civilizations of Central and South America, where the cacao tree is native. The Aztec people valued the tree's cocoa beans so much, they used them as currency.In what is now Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, in the southwestern United States, new archaeological evidence shows that people were eating chocolate here more than 1 000 years ago.And they're still at it. Today, the average American eats almost 5 kilograms of chocolate each year.Cheri Friedman knows how much America loves chocolate. She isco-owner of Kron Chocolatiers, a small, gourmet chocolate shop that opened 32 years ago in Washington, D.C."I think it's one of the best comfort foods there is. It's easy to eat. It melts in your mouth. There's a warm sensation. "Friedman says she takes pride in the fact that Kron's chocolates are made with the finest ingredients, right on the premises.Americans' love of chocolate has helped to make it a big business in this country. Mark Sesler is senior vice president of marketing at Russell Stover Candies, one of the largest manufacturers of chocolate in the US.According to Sesler, the industry got its start in the early 1900s with small-scale chocolatiers such as Steven Whitman, and Claire and Russell Stover. They started with small stores -- much like Kron -- butsoon expanded their business into broader markets -- thanks, Sesler notes, to an important technological advance."It's the advent of refrigeration that has really made the availability of chocolate very prevalent throughout the United States. I think chocolate has secured its place as a delectable treat for a number of societies and a number of countries. So I think we're just one of many countries who enjoy the delicacy that is chocolate."Susan Fussell is spokesperson for the National Confectioner's Association, a trade group that represents virtually everyone who's involved in the production and sale of candy in the US.Fussell says that although the US is the largest total consumer of chocolate, it is not first in terms of per-capita consumption."In fact, we come in somewhere around No. 12, and that's because, of course, there are so many countries in Europe that have even more of an established culture around chocolate -- if you can imagine -- than we do in the United States."And why does Fussell think chocolate is so universally popular "Well there's really nothing like chocolate ... One of the main ingredients in chocolate is cocoa butter. And cocoa butter melts at bodytemperature. So when you put chocolate in your mouth, it has a mouth feel that's unlike any other food that you eat. It has thatmelt-in-your-mouth sensation right there on your tongue, and it is very hard to approximate that with any other food."But that melt-in-your-mouth sensation comes at a price. Chocolate as we know it today is made with lots of sugar and milk, both very high in calories. That's given chocolate a rather bad reputation among nutritionists.In recent years, however, research has proved that chocolate, particularly dark chocolate, is also naturally rich in cancer-fighting antioxidants -- a fact that chocolate manufacturers like Russell Stover are happily promoting.But no matter the preference, Fussell says when it comes to holidays, chocolate is king, especially on Valentine's Day, every February 14th. That's a day when people all across the country express their love for one another with gifts, flowers, cards and -- more often than not -- chocolates."Valentine's Day itself, February 14th, is the single largest sales day during the year for sales of boxed chocolates."Part IV More about the topic:BullfightingSpain has become internationally known for its bullfighting, a tradition that spawns debate in many parts of the world and within Spain itself. Fans of bullfighting claim that it is a culturally important tradition, while animal rights activists argue that it is a blood sport due to the suffering of bulls involved.Audioscript：Bullfighting is seen as a symbol of Spanish culture.It traces its roots to prehistoric worshiping and sacrificing of bulls.A carpenter's assistant from the town of Ronda, Spain, Francisco Romero invented the "muleta," or red cape, used to lure the bull past the matador's body. Legend has it Romero rescued a young nobleman by using his flat-brimmed Andalusian hat to lure away an irate bull. Thus was born the modern bullfight. He was the founding father of a bullfighting dynasty, fundamental for bullfighting history. He was apparently the inventor of several characteristics that started to be used in a key period for bullfighting when the modern on foot system was defined, as the use of the cape and sword to kill the bull face to face.The bullfight, known in Spain as the "corrida," was first launched as an official spectacle sport in 1133. at the coronation of King Alfonso VIII, and steadily gained in popularity through the years of the Reconquest of Moorish Spain.A typical Spanish bullfight requires six bulls and three matadors, and is divided into three parts. If the matador has done exceptionally well, the audience will give a standing ovation and throw hats and roses into the arena. The matador will also receive one or two severed ears and the tail of the bull, depending on the quality of his performance. Bullfighting has always been controversial in Spain. Supporters of bullfighting regard it as a deeply ingrained, integral part of their national culture, but it is criticized by animal rights activists as a pointless and cruel blood sport.In fact, bullfighting is not just a Spanish tradition; Portugal, Latin America and a few cities in southern France also have a history of bullfighting.Audioscript：Over 1000 people have demonstrated in Madrid to go for anend to bullfighting in Spain. Though small, the protest comes amid reneweddebate in the country about bullfighting, which many see as inhumane but others consider an integral part of Spanish culture.Carrying banners reading "Abolish bullfighting" and comments disparaging bullfighters, the coalition of animal rights activists and ecologists gathered in Madrid's central Puerta del Sol square. The Madrid regional government's decision to officially declare the sport part of Spain's cultural heritage has intensified opposition：Male protestor (voice of translator):"I feel very ashamed. I feel ashamed of being Spanish when I hear of these crimes, and people say this torture is culture. For me it is savage, more appropriate to other centuries."The centuries-old spectacle, whose ritual includes implanting barbed sticks into the bull before a matador kills it with a sword, draws thousands to the country's bullrings and, matadors receive celebrity media coverage. Many Spaniards reject accusations of cruelty: Madrid resident (in Spanish)This Madrid resident insists those who want to watch bullfighting should be allowed to continue doing so, as it is part of the nation's culture.But support for bullfighting varies across the country, with parliament in the autonomous Catalan region recently debating a possible ban, and a vote there on the issue is expected soon. In Spain's Canary Islands, the sport is already outlawed.Part V Do you know ...A name is a word or term used for identification. So a name can be given to a person, a place or a thing. But do names have meanings Many people tend to be unaware of the specificmeaning of a name unless it happens to be their own name. Many names originally had meanings, but you can't assume that that meaning was intended in any given case.Audioscript：An American town called Boring has voted in favour of pairing with a village by the name of Dull in Scotland.This means the two of them will participate in joint activities, such as the promotion of tourism and cultural exchange. Boring decided in favour of the move after being approached by the residents of Dull. But what's in a name Is Boring really tiresome and is Dull tedious Are these places in themselves humdrum and insipid or is it just their names which suggest they are drab The village of Dull consists of just one row of houses on the north side of a river valley, which means that it must be very peaceful but probably rather stale and monotonous for young people looking for exciting nightlife. It should also be said that the origin of the name Dull is from the Gaelic language, which was spoken in Scotland before the arrival of the English. Therefore it probably means "meadow" rather than mundane.Boring, on the other hand, was named after an early resident of the town, William H. Boring, though whether he was a wearisome fellow himself is not known. The town lies in the state of Oregon, about 30 kilometres from the city of Portland. Is it flat Not in a literal sense. Oregon is a mountainous state. And Boring's residents insist that the town is "The most exciting place to live". However, in comparison to Seattle, the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, Boring must be at least a little lifeless.However exciting the communities may or may not be, they are both planning events to celebrate their pairing. The Dull andWeem Community Council intends to mark the partnership with a new road sign and street party.Part VII Watch and enjoyChinese cuisine is certainly a part of Chinese culture. In the following video clip, a woman will teach you how to cook a Chinese dish -- steamed sea bass. The steps of the cooking and the making of the sauce have been listed below. Arrange them in the correct order. The first ones have been done for you.Videoscript：In China it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true. And this is certainly a dream recipe. I want to cook you my steamed sea bass in a ginger, lime beer sauce, and it couldn't be simpler.Slice a few slits. One side, and then the other. And I'm going to keep the head on because in Chinese tradition, that is a sign of unity and balance. Next, slice some ginger. Just big enough so they fit into the slits of the fish. And this is going to impart a delicious, aromatic heat, and it's going to taste fantastic. And on the other side, so the ginger's gone into the slits. And now all we do is just place it on a heat-proof plate in the bamboo steamer. Before we steam the fish, I'm going to add a little bit of Shaoxing rice wine. So about a tablespoon. In Chinese cooking, Shaoxing rice wine is a classic seasoning for fish and meat dishes, adding bitter-sweet flavors. Next, lay some finely sliced spring onion on the fish. Steam over boiling water for seven to eight minutes until the fish is opaque. In Chinese culture, we try to balance opposite influences, known as Tin and Yang. They are the controlling elements in nature which should be balanced for a harmonious life. This dish, it's got those elements. The sea bass is very yin, and the ginger and rice wine which I have had a splash of that,they are very, very yang. This is the perfect balanced dish, and in Chinese cooking, we're always trying to achieve this perfect balance. Let's just check on the sea bass. The sea bass is lovely and it's cooked. You can see the meat has turned opaque, the eyes have turned white, and the flesh is lovely and flaky-ish. It just gives as you give it a slight poke.And for the sauce, finely grate some ginger. This is the hot, or yang to the fish's cool yin. For additional freshness, some zingy lime zest, two tablespoons should be about right. What we want to do now is get the wok nice and hot. And I'm just going to place the sea bass ... here. Just let that plate cool slightly. My special ingredient for this dish is Chinese beer. This is really going to add a delicious sweetness and really compliment the sea bass. If you can't get Chinese beer, then you can just use a light lager.So, wok lovely and hot, in with some groundnut oil, about a tablespoon or two. And then give this a good swirl. Then very, very quickly, in with the ginger. Before the ginger burns, put the fish carefully into the wok. Add a drop more rice wine or dry sherry, some light soy sauce。

英语听力教程第三版（张民伦主编）Unit_8_The_Sound_of_Music听力原文

英语听力教程第三版（张民伦主编）Unit_8_The_Sound_of_Music听力原文Listen this way听力教程第三册-8Unit 8 The Sound of MusicPart I Getting readyA quiz game show is a type of radio or television programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes.A The following words will appear in this unit. Listen carefully and study the definitions.1. panel：a group of specialists who give their advice or opinion about something2. contender：a person who takes part in a competition or tries to win something3. nomination：the act of suggesting or choosing somebody asa candidate in an election, or for a job or an award4. cinematography：the art or process of making films5. score：the music written for a film/movie or play6. audition：take part in a practical test for performing applicants7. choreography：the arranging or inventing of dances, especially ballet8. pantomime：traditional Christmas musical show for children9. scherzo：a short, lively piece of music, that is often part ofa longer piece10. lyrics：the words of a songListen to the following radio quiz game. Who are those people on the panel? Supply the missing information.Now listen again. Put a mark beside each question. Put a tick if it is true. If it is false, put a cross. Finally write down who that person is.Audioscript::A - Announcer M - MaxineQ - Quizmaster L - LauraT-Tim D-David Radio Bristol. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for "Alive or Dead?" our exciting quiz game about famous people alive or dead. Before I tell you the rules, let's meet our panel for tonight. From right to left we have that famous sportsman and racing driver, Tim Brown. T:. Evening everyone. Next to Tim, is that lovely star of the American cinema, who is now here in Bristol at the Opera House, Maxine Morgan. Hi there! Next we have novelist, David Walker. Good evening. And last but not least, composer and singer, Laura Dennison. Hello. So let's get with the game. I have the name of a famous person -- alive or dead -- in this envelope. The panel will try to guess who it is. But they can only ask questions which have a "yes" or "no" answer. Are we ready? Well, yes. Are you alive? No, I'm not. Now Maxine, let's have your question. You're not alive. So you are a famous person who is dead. Oh, I know. Are you a person in a book -- a fictional character -- somebody who isn't real? No, I'm not fictional. David, can we have your question? So you're a real, dead person? That's right, I am. Good, now we want to know where you come from. Are you British? No, I'm not British. Are you from Europe? No, I'm not. T: Are you Australian? No, Tim, I'm not. I'm not Australian.Oh, then I know, you're American. You're a real American person, butyou're dead. Now let me think. Ah, yes, are you a writer of any sort? No, I'm not. Are you anything to do with peace, you know someone like Martin Luther King? A good guess, Laura, but I'm nothing to do with peace. Well, that's a difficult one, really. I think the answer is half "Yes" and half "No". No, I'll say "No". T: Mm, funny, half "Yes", half "No", but finally "No". Well, well, are you famous as an entertainer of any sort, you know a film star, or pop singer, or an actor, you know what I mean? Ask one question at a time, Tim, please. The answer to your question is "No". I've got it, I've got the answer. I know, I'm right. Careful now, Maxine. Say the wrong answer and I win the game. Are you sure you know who I am? Yes, you're dead, you're famous, you're American, you are sort of famous for peace work. You're not an entertainer -- you're not an American film star. I don't think you were famous as a soldier. I think you were a politician, I think you died in 1963.1 think you were married to a very beautiful woman ... I think you are very close, Maxine. I think you are almost there. I think you once went to Berlin. I think you are President John Kennedy, President of the United States of America. And congratulations to you and the panel, Maxine. Yes, you are right, the name of the famous person in myenvelope is President Kennedy, born in 1917 and died in 1963, on November 22nd to be exact. Now for my next famous person ...Part II Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire is a 2000 British drama film. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be aMillionaire? and exceeds people's expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of cheating. It was widely acclaimed, being praised for its plot, soundtrack and directing. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2009, winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.A Listen to the first news report broadcasted when Slumdog Millionaire won 10 Academy Award nominations. Note down the key words in the notes column. Then complete the storyline of the movie.Audioscript:One of the strongest contenders for the Best Picture Oscar this year is Slumdog Millionaire.Set in Mumbai, India, it is a story about destiny. Jamal Malik, a young man from the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian reality show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Based on its American equivalent, the Indian show offers 20 million rupees ($400 000) to the winner.Few expected this independent production directed by filmmaker Danny Boyle to make it to the Oscars. But Slumdog is no longer an underdog. It has won viewers' hearts and gained critical acclaim. With ten Academy Award nominations, it is a serious Oscar contender. (Movie) Host: Jamal Malik, you 're absolutely right!Jamal Malik is not knowledgeable. He just happens to know the answers to the specific questions he's been asked. Each question is somehow related to an event that has defined his life.With their mother dead, Jamal and his brother Salim begin to steal, trade and sleep wherever they can to survive.But the defining moment in Jamal's life is when an orphan girl named Latika tags along with them.Latika is taken by gangsters and Jamal will not rest until he sees her again.Years later, as a young adult, he finds her at a gangster's house. She is locked up, and her only pastime is the Indian TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jamal gets on the show so she can watch him. (Movie) Two of the musketeers are called Athos and Porthos. What was the name of the third musketeer? Danny: I'd like to phone a friend. Host: Here we go. Latika: Hello.Latika answers the phone. When they were kids, she was the third musketeer. Jamal and Salim were Athos and Porthos. Director Danny Boyle's love story is influenced by Bollywood where everything is extreme.Like most Indian films, Slumdog Millionaire offers upall-consuming passion, tear-jerking drama and a happy ending. The film's dynamic music and vivid colors enhance the emotions. Its fairytale quality does not undermine Danny Boyle's gritty look at today's India, a country of extremes itself. (Movie) Danny: Latika.。

新视野大学英语视听说教程3（第三版）UnittextUint8听力原文和答案

Unit 8 test Next Direc ons: Click on the speaker to the le to start playing the audio recordings for Parts I, II and III. They will be played con nuously. Once the recording starts playing, please do NOT click on either the speaker icon or the 'Unit Quiz' link in the menu bar above. Otherwise, you may lose the chance of hearing the complete recording. Part I Direc ons: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the ques ons. You will hear the recording recording twice. twice. twice. A er A er A er the the ﬁrst ﬁrst playing, playing, playing, there there there will will be me me for for for you you you to to to choose choose choose the the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. (Listen to the audio recording for the ques on.) A. It is important to oﬀer an online friend a drink. B. It is deligh ul to get a drink from an online friend. C. Ensure that nobody puts anything harmful into your drink. D. Be sure to shake the drink before you take it. 2. (Listen to the audio recording for the ques on.) A. She will run as fast as she can. B. She will defend herself. C. She will be scared to death. D. She will buy a can of hairspray. 3. (Listen to the audio recording for the ques on.) A. Her bicycle. B. Her sunglasses. C. Her cell phone. D. Her wallet. 4. (Listen to the audio recording for the ques on.) A. Mom and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Colleagues. D. Strangers. 5. (Listen to the audio recording for the ques on.) A. His father. B. His sister. C. His teacher. D. The woman speaker. Part II Direc ons: Listen to the passage three mes. When the passage is read for the ﬁrst me, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second me, ﬁll in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third me, check your answers. How can a teen be convinced to stop smoking —or persuaded never to take up the (1) at all? Those Those ques ons ques ons ques ons became became became even even even more more more (2) (2) (2) last last last week week week when when when the the the Center Center Center for for for Disease Disease Disease Control Control Control and and Preven on reported that tobacco use (3) teenagers increased by nearly one-third in the last (4). In 1994, 27.5% of teens used cigare es, smokeless tobacco or cigars. In 2004, 36.4% (5). Teens Teens have have have their their their own own (6), their own pressures. pressures. What What works works for for for (7) (7) smokers smokers may may may not not work work for for adolescents. To survey the teens, the ques ons must be carefully phrased because "(8)", says April Roeseler, a health health educator educator educator and and and chief chief chief of of of local local local programs programs programs for for for the the the Tobacco Tobacco Tobacco Control Control Control Sec on Sec on Sec on of of of the the the California California Department Department of of of Health Health Health Services, Services, Services, which which which runs runs runs the the the California California California Smokers' Smokers' Smokers' Helpline. Helpline. Helpline. With With With teenagers, teenagers, counselors aim to be more conversa onal. (9). In the next few weeks, the counselor sets up addi onal telephone appointments, with up to a total of eight sessions. (10), says Lester Brown, assistant professor of family and preventa ve medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the principal inves gator for the project. Researchers want to see whether the teens who quit remain non-smokers. "Things are looking promising," he says, but he could oﬀer no success-rate ﬁgures. Part III Direc ons: Direc ons: Listen Listen Listen to to to the the the following following following recording, recording, recording, and and and then then then choose choose choose the the the correct correct correct answers answers answers to to to the the ques ons. You will hear the recording twice. A er the ﬁrst playing, there will be me for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. Which of the following would be the best tle for the passage? A. World day against child labor. B. The worst forms of child labor. C. The reasons for child labor. D. The solu ons to child labor. 2. About how many children are doing dangerous jobs? A. About 120 million. B. Over 180 million. C. About 250 million. D. Nearly 750 million. 3. Which of the following is NOT men oned among the worst forms of child labor? A. Illegal sex trade. B. Illegal drug trade. C. Robbery. D. Wars. 4. Where are the most children forced to work? A. In Asia and La n America. B. In Asia and Africa. C. In Africa and La n America. D. In Asia, Africa and La n America. 5. What should be governments' ﬁrst step to reduce and end child labor? A. To ﬁnd out the worst forms of child labor. B. To iden fy the worst areas of child labor in the world. C. To punish governments that do not ﬁght against child labor. D. To carry out special programs with me limits. Part IV Direc ons: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements. 1. Believe me, I'll never again be a slave ____ smoking. A. at B. in C. to D. with 2. It's the local youth throwing ﬁrecrackers. Don't go out. They're likely to throw one _____ you if you bother them. A. to B. at C. for D. through 3. The beggars really _________. I can't help but feel sorry for them. They look so miserable. A. get to me B. get in me C. make to me D. make in me 4. Someone must have made a copy of your credit card. You'll have to cancel it at once and get a new one. Hopefully, the bank will ______ the damage. A. include B. embrace C. cover D. pay with 5. My accountant is preparing my income tax ______, and I need to go over some of the receipts with her. A. turn B. return C. pay D. report 6. The government just squanders our ___________ tax money on some unnecessary projects. A. hard-earned B. hardly-earned C. hard-earning D. hardly-earning 7. 7. Start-up Start-up Start-up companies, companies, companies, par cularly par cularly par cularly those those those _______ _______ _______ new new new technology, technology, technology, some mes some mes some mes produce produce produce huge huge returns to their creators and investors. A. associa ng with B. associated with C. associates with D. associate with 8. You can't understand gambling as an addic on unless you've been _______. A. a racted B. a ached C. hooked D. booked 9. _____ every student the school had in the ESL and Limited English Proﬁciency Program, they would receive $400. A. To B. In C. At D. For 10. You don't have money you need to buy the equipment to be compe ve. You have just _____ enough funds to cover your day-to-day opera onal expenses. A. merely B. surely C. barely D. rarely 。

听力教程第三册答案UNIT8

UNIT 8Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Spot DictationOnce upon a time, all—or almost all—businesses were (1) greedy and rapacious，sparing a thought for their (2) workers or the environment only in order to (3) work out how to exploit them. Then bosses found their (4）consciences，guided (or sometimes forced）by （5）customers or critics from the （6) non—profit world. They discovered the idea that companies should not exist only to make a profit but to (7) serve society. Thus corporate social responsibility (CSR) got its (8）start as a business fashion，and it is now hard to find a firm that has not (9) come up with an earnest (10) statement about its relations with the wider world. Thanks to this development，everyone，both （11) within and outside the business, will live happily （12）ever after。

Or will they? In the past two （13) decades, as CSR has become more and more popular, its (14) virtues have passed more or less (15）unquestioned。

音乐之声TheSoundofMusic中英对照剧本

音乐之声The Sound of Music中英对照剧本(1)群山因为音乐...The hills are alive(2)充满生气With the sound of music(3)唱了...With songs they have sung(4)千年的歌For a thousand years(5)群山让我的心中...The hills fill my heart(6)充满了音乐With the sound of music(7)要唱出每支歌My heart wants to sing Every song it hears(8)我心震荡像鸟儿翅膀My heart wants to beat like the wings Of the birds that rise(9)由湖边飞上树From the lake to the trees(10)我心叹息My heart wants to sigh Like a chime that flies(11)像钟声飘扬From a church on a breeze(12)笑声像小溪流过石头To laugh like a brook When it trips and falls(13)跌荡抑扬Over stones on its way(14)夜晚歌唱To sing through the night(15)像云雀祈祷Like a lark who is learning to pray(16)当我奔向山里I go to the hills(17)心情落寞When my heart is lonely(18)我听到...I know I will hear(19)昔日歌声What I've heard before(20)我心就会歌唱My heart will be blessed(21)因为音乐的响起With the sound of music(22)我要再度...And I'll sing...(23)歌唱...once more(24)哈利路亚哈利路亚Hallelujah, hallelujah(25)哈利路亚哈利路亚Hallelujah, hallelujah(26)院长柏尼丝修女Reverend Mother. Sister Bernice.(27)我找不到她玛利亚I simply cannot find her. Maria?(28)她又不见了She's missing again.(29)也许我们该在她脖子上挂个牛铃We should've put a cowbell around her neck.(30)你找过仓了吗她很喜欢动物Have you tried the barn? You know how much she adoresthe animals.(31)我到处都找过了I have looked everywhere. In all of the usual places.(32)修女你要知道她是玛利亚...Sister, considering it's Maria...(33)我建议你找不寻常的地方...I suggest you look in someplace unusual.(34)院长...Well, Reverend Mother...(35)我希望这次违规会结束...I hope this new infraction ends whatever doubts...(36)你对她在这里会有未来的疑虑...you may still have about Maria's future here.(37)我对疑虑仍常保持信心I always try to keep faith in my doubts, Sister Berthe.(38)毕竟黑羊的毛也是会温暖After all, the wool of a black sheep is just as warm.(39)我们不是争论绵羊颜色We are not talking about sheep, black or white, Sister Margaretta.(40)所有修女的候选人中她最糟Of all the candidates for the novitiate, Maria is the least...(41)各位...Children, children.(42)我们想了解在修道院的各人表现如何We were speculating about the qualifications ofour postulants.(43)见习修女和修道院修女的主管The Mistress of Novices and the Mistress of Postulants...(44)表达了不同的意见来协助我...were trying to help me by expressing opposite points of view.(45)凯萨琳修女告诉我你认为玛利亚如何Tell me, Sister Catherine, what do you think ofMaria?(46)她有时候是个好女孩She's a wonderful girl, some of the time.(47)雅嘉佛修女玛利亚讨人喜欢Sister Agatha? It's very easy to like Maria...(48)但有时候却不易相处...except when it's difficult.(49)苏菲亚修女你呢我喜欢她And you, Sister Sophia? Oh, I love her very dearly.(50)但她爱惹麻烦But she always seems to be in trouble, doesn't she?(51)这就是我要说的Exactly what I say.(52)她会爬树伤了膝盖She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee(53)衣服裂开Her dress has got a tear(54)在往弥撒的路上跳华尔兹在阶梯上吹口哨She waltzes on her way to Mass And whistleson the stair(55)帽巾下头发会卷着发卷And underneath her wimple She has curlers in her hair(56)她会在修道院内唱歌I've even heard her singing In the abbey(57)她上教堂总是迟到She's always late for chapel(58)可是悔却出自真心But her penitence is real(59)她做什么都迟到She's always late for everything(60)但每餐饭从不迟到Except for every meal(61)我不愿说但我深深觉得I hate to have to say it But I very firmly feel(62)玛利亚不适合修道院Maria's not an asset to the abbey(63)我愿为她说句好话I'd like to say a word in her behalf(64)请说犸格丽特修女Say it, Sister Margaretta.(65)玛利亚令我发笑Maria makes me laugh(66)你要如何处理像玛利亚这样的问题人物How do you solve a problem like Maria?(67)你要如何摘下浮云然后钉牢How do you catch a cloud And pin it down?(68)你要如何用言语形容她How do you find a word That means Maria?(69)捣蛋鬼A flibbertigibbet(70)鬼灵精小丑A willo'thewisp A clown(71)许多事你们想告诉她Many a thing you know You'd like to tell her(72)许多事她该明了Many a thing she ought to understand(73)但如何使她停下听你说完But how do you make her stay And listen to all you say?(74)如何使海浪停留在沙滩上How do you keep a wave upon the sand?(75)你要如何处理像玛利亚这样的问题人物How do you solve a problem like Maria?(76)如何使月光在...How do you hold a moonbeam...(77)掌中停留...in your hand?(78)当我和她同处就糊涂When I'm with her I'm confused Out of focus and bemused(79)茫然不知身在何处And I never know exactly where I am(80)如天气难测像羽毛飘忽Unpredictable as weather She's as flighty as a feather(81)她很可人她是恶魔She's a darling She's a demon(82)她是羔羊She's a lamb(83)她让瘟神烦恼把黄蜂赶出巢She'll out pester any pest Drive a hornet from its nest(84)她能使僧侣昏头转向She can throw a whirling dervish Out of whirl(85)她本性善良却又狂野她是迷一般的孩子She is gentle, she is wild She's a riddle, she's achild(86)她令人头痛她是天使She's a headache She's an angel(87)她只是个女孩She's a girl(88)你要如何处理像玛利亚这样的问题人物How do you solve a problem like Maria?(89)你要如何摘下浮云然后钉牢How do you catch a cloud And pin it down?(90)你要如何用字眼来形容她How do you find a word That means Maria?(91)捣蛋鬼鬼灵精A flibbertigibbet A willo'thewisp(92)小丑A clown(93)许多事你觉得要告诉她Many a thing you know You'd like to tell her(94)许多事她应该明了Many a thing she ought to understand(95)但如何使她停下听你说完But how do you make her stay And listen to all you say?(96)如何使海浪停留在沙滩上How do you keep a wave upon the sand?(97)你要如何处理像玛利亚这样的问题人物How do you solve a problem like Maria?(98)如何使月光在...How do you hold a moonbeam...(99)掌中停留...in your hand?(100)你可以进去了玛利亚You may go in now, Maria.(101)过来吧孩子Come here, my child.(102)坐下吧Now sit down.(103)院长我真抱歉我只是无法自制Reverend Mother, I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. (104)山峦在呼唤我...亲爱的The hills were beckoning and before... Dear.(105)我不是要你来此道歉的I haven't summoned you for apologies.(106)请让我忏悔吧Please let me ask for forgiveness.(107)如果会让你好过些的话If you'll feel better.(108)是的今日的天空如此蔚蓝Yes, you see, the sky was so blue today...(109)万物如此碧绿芬芳我必须成为其中一份子...and everything was so green and fragrant, I had to be a part of it.(110)安特斯让我愈爬愈高好像要我跟它穿过云霄The Untersberg led me higher like it wanted me to go through the clouds.(111)万一你在天黑时迷路怎么办Suppose darkness had come and you were lost? (112)院长我绝对不会迷路的Mother, I could never be lost up there.(113)那是我的山我在那儿长大的That's my mountain. I was brought up on it.(114)就是那座山使我来找你的It was the mountain that led me to you.(115)小时我常爬山When I was a child, I would come down and climb a tree...(116)眺望你的花园...and look in your garden.(117)看着修女们工作听着她们晚祷的歌咏I'd see the sisters at work and hear them sing.(118)院长我今天违反规定Which brings me to another transgression, Reverend Mother. (119)未得准许唱歌I was singing out there today.(120)在修道院只禁止见习修女唱歌Only in the abbey do we have rules about postulants singing.(121)不论在何处我似乎都无法停止唱歌I can't stop wherever I am.(122)更糟的是我似乎也无法停止说话Worse, I can't seem to stop saying things. (123)所有我想的和我的感觉Everything I think and feel.(124)有人会认为这是诚实Some call that "honesty."(125)但这是很糟糕的院长Oh, but it's terrible, Reverend Mother!(126)你知道贝诗修女总在争论之后要我吻地板You know how Sister Berthe makes me kiss the floor after a disagreement?(127)所以现在我看到她来就吻地板以节省时间Lately, I kiss the floor when I see her coming to save time.(128)玛利亚Maria...(129)当你看到修道院的一切时想要成为一员...when you saw us over the wall and longed to be with us...(130)那并不表示你已经准备好...that didn't mean you were prepared(131)要过这种生活方式对不对for the way we live here, did it?(132)不院长但我祷告我努力尝试No, Mother, but I pray and I try.(133)我也在学习我真的要做好And I am learning. I really am.(134)你在这里学到了最重要的事是什么What is the most important lesson you have learned here?(135)找出上帝的旨意全心全意地侍奉主To find out what is the will of God and do it wholeheartedly.(136)玛利亚Maria...(137)似乎是上帝的意旨你要离开我们...it seems to be God's will that you leave us. (138)离开只是短暂的时间而已Leave? Only for a while.(139)不院长别送我走No, Mother! Please don't send me away!(140)这里是我的家我的家庭我的生命This is where I belong. It's my home, my family.It's my life.(141)你真预备献身上帝我是的Are you truly ready for it? Yes, I am.(142)或许如果你到外面去看看If you go out into the world for a time,(143)就明白我们对你的期望knowing what we expect of you...(144)你就有机会找出你对你自己的期望...you will find out if you can expect it of yourself.(145)我知道你期望什么院长我相信我可以做得到I know what you expect, Mother, and I can do it! I promise I can!(146)是的院长Yes, Mother.(147)如果是上帝的旨意If it is God's will.(148)萨尔斯堡有个家庭需要家庭教师一直到九月There is a family near Salzburg that needs a governess until September.(149)到九月照料七个孩子September? For seven children.(150)七个孩子Seven children?!(151)你喜欢孩子吗Do you like children?(152)是的但七个...Well, yes, but seven!(153)我会告诉范崔普舰长你明天去I will tell Captain von Trapp to expect you tomorrow. (154)舰长Captain?(155)他是皇家海军的退役军官人很好又很勇敢A retired officer of the Imperial Navy. Afine man and a brave one.(156)他太太数年前去世留下那些孩子给他His wife died, and he is alone with the children.(157)我明白他要留住那些家庭教师会有些困难I understand he has had a difficult time keeping a governess there.(158)为何会有困难院长Why difficult, Reverend Mother?(159)在适当的时机上帝会让你明白的The Lord will show you in His own good time. (160)当主关上门时When the Lord closes a door...(161)他会在某处打开窗子的...somewhere He opens a window.(162)这天会是如何What will this day be like?(163)我怀疑I wonder(164)我的未来呢What will my future be?(165)我怀疑I wonder(166)外边的自由逍遥世界It could be so exciting(167)应该令人兴奋To be out in the world To be free(168)我的心该狂欢愉悦My heart should be wildly rejoicing(169)我到底是怎么回事Oh, what's the matter with me?(170)我一向渴望着冒险I've always longed for adventure(171)做我不敢做的事To do the things I've never dared(172)现在我面对着冒险Now here I'm facing adventure(173)为何我如此害怕Then why am I so scared?(174)一位舰长和七位孩子A captain with seven children(175)有何可怕What's so fearsome about that?(176)我必须停止多疑和忧虑I must stop these doubts and worries(177)不然我会回到原点If I don't I just know I'll turn back(178)我必须梦想我所追求的事物I must dream of the things I am seeking(179)我在追求我所欠缺的勇气I am seeking the courage I lack(180)有勇气信赖他们The courage to serve them With reliance(181)虚心面对我的错误Face my mistakes without defiance(182)让他们知道我的好处Show them I'm worthy(183)同时也让自己看见And while I show them(184)自己的好处I'll show me(185)让他们提出他们的问题So let them bring on All their problems(186)我会做得比最好还要更好I'll do better than my best(187)我有信心让他们来考验我吧I have confidence They'll put me to the test(188)我会让他们明白我充满信心But I'll make them see I have confidence in me (189)我要使他们印象深刻Somehow I will impress them(190)我会坚决而和善I will be firm but kind(191)上苍祝福那些孩子们And all those children Heaven bless them(192)他们会以我为榜样听我的话They will look up to me And mind me(193)每走一步我更确信With each step I am more certain(194)一切事情都会好转Everything will turn out fine(195)我有信心世界会由我掌握I have confidence The world can all be mine(196)因为我对自己有信心They'll have to agree I have confidence in me(197)我对阳光有信心I have confidence in sunshine(198)我对雨水有信心I have confidence in rain(199)我深信春天会再来I have confidence That spring will come again(200)我对自己更有信心Besides which you see I have confidence in me(201)力量不存在于数字里Strength doesn't lie in numbers(202)力量不存在于财富中Strength doesn't lie in wealth(203)力量存在于静夜的酣睡中Strength lies in nights Of peaceful slumbers(204)当你醒来就充满精神When you wake up, wake up It's healthy(205)我信任心中的指引All I trust I leave my heart to(206)就会成为我的All I trust becomes my own(207)我对信心更有信心I have confidence in confidence alone(208)救命Oh, help.(209)我对信心更有信心I have confidence in confidence alone(210)况且你看我对自己...Besides which you see I have confidence...(211)充满信心...in me(212)你好我来了Hello. Here I am.(213)我从修道院来的我是新的家教舰长I'm from the convent. I'm the new governess, captain.(214)而我是老管家小姐And I'm the old butler, fraulein.(215)你好Well, how do you do?(216)请你在此稍候You'll wait here, please.(217)以后请记住这里有些房间是不能乱闯的In future, remember certain rooms in this house are not to be disturbed.(218)是的舰长先生Yes, captain, sir.(219)你为何如此看着我Why do you stare at me that way?(220)你看起来一点都不像海上的舰长You don't look like a sea captain.(221)我也认为你一点都不像个家庭教师I'm afraid you don't look very much like a governess.(222)请转身什么Turn around. What?(223)转身Turn.(224)拿下帽子Hat off.(225)你和孩子见面前最好先换衣服Put on another dress before meeting the children. (226)但我没有衣服换了But I don't have another.(227)我进入修道院时将所有衣服送给穷人了When we enter the abbey, our worldly clothes go to the poor.(228)这一件呢What about this one?(229)穷人不要这一件The poor didn't want it.(230)我本想为自己做新衣服的但时间不够There wasn't time to make a new dress. (231)我会自己做衣服I can make clothes.(232)我会确定你有一些布料的I'll see that you get some material.(233)今天如果可能的话Today, if possible.(234)现在...小姐玛利亚Now, fraulein... Maria.(235)我不知道院长告诉了你多少I don't know how much the abbess told you.(236)在许多家教中你是第位了You are the twelfth governess...(237)自从他们的母亲去世后来此照料他们...to look after my children since their mother died.(238)我相信你会比上一个更好I trust you will be an improvement on the last one. (239)她只停留了两小时She stayed only two hours.(240)孩子们有何不对吗What's wrong with the children, sir?(241)孩子们都很正常是家庭教师的错Nothing is wrong with the children, only the governesses.(242)她们完全无法维持纪律They could not maintain discipline,(243)没有纪律就不能管好这个家without which the house cannot be run.(244)你得督促孩子学习Drill them in their studies.(245)我不准他们虚度假期I will not permit them to dream away their summer holidays. (246)下午他们要在庭院操练Each afternoon, they march, breathing deeply.(247)还要严守就寝时间Bedtime is to be strictly observed.(248)请问他们何时玩耍When do they play?(249)你要看着他们确定他们循规蹈矩You will see to it that they conduct themselves with the utmost decorum.(250)我要你负责这一切是的先生I am placing you in command. Yes, sir.(251)现在...Now...(252)这位是你们的新家教玛利亚小姐...this is your new governess, Fraulein Maria. (253)当我吹你们的讯号时你们踏前一步报出名字Give your name at your signal. (254)而你要仔细注意那讯号以便日后召唤他们Fraulein, listen carefully. Learn their signals so you can call them.(255)莉莎Liesl.(256)费瑞克Friedrich.(257)露易莎Louisa.(258)寇特Kurt.(259)碧姬塔Brigitta.(260)犸塔Marta.(261)葛特儿Gretl.(262)现在看看你的耳力如何Now, let's see how well you listened.(263)我想我不用哨子的舰长I won't need to whistle for them, Reverend Captain. (264)我会叫他们的名字尤其是有如此美的名字I mean, I'll use their names. Such lovely names.(265)小姐这是座大房子地方很宽广Fraulein, this is a large house. The grounds are extensive.(266)而我不容许任何人在此喊叫And I will not have anyone shouting.(267)请你拿这个学习使用它You will take this, please. Learn to use it.(268)孩子们也会帮你的The children will help you.(269)我要找你你会听到这个讯号Now, when I want you, this is what you will hear. (270)不很抱歉先生Oh, no, sir. I'm sorry, sir!(271)我绝不会听哨子回报的I could never answer to a whistle.(272)哨子是用来召唤动物的但绝不是对孩子Whistles are for animals, not for children. (273)而且绝对不会是我And definitely not for me.(274)这是种很大的侮辱It would be too humiliating.(275)小姐你在修道院也是如此麻烦的吗Fraulein, were you this much trouble at the abbey?(276)麻烦得多先生Oh, much more, sir.(277)我不知道你的讯号I don't know your signal.(278)你可以叫我舰长You may call me "captain."(279)稍息At ease.(280)现在只剩下我们Now that there's just us...(281)请再一次告诉我你们的名字还有你们的年龄...would you please tell me all your names again and how old you are.(282)我叫莉莎我岁我不需要家教I'm Liesl. I'm years old, and I don't need a governess.(283)莉莎很高兴你告诉我我们可以做好朋友I'm glad you told me, Liesl. We'll just be good friends.(284)我叫费瑞克我岁我是朽木I'm Friedrich. I'm . I'm impossible.(285)真的谁告诉你的费瑞克Really? Who told you that, Friedrich?(286)约瑟芬小姐前四任教师Fraulein Josephine. Four governesses ago.(287)我叫碧姬塔I'm Brigitta.(288)你没告诉我你多大露易莎You didn't tell me how old you are, Louisa.(289)我叫碧姬塔她叫露易莎I'm Brigitta. She's Louisa.(290)她岁而你很聪明She's years old, and you're smart.(291)我岁而我认为你的衣服是我见过最丑的I'm , and I think your dress is the ugliest one I ever saw.(292)碧姬塔你不该这样说的为何Brigitta, you shouldn't say that. Why not?(293)你不认为很丑当然Don't you think it's ugly? Of course.(294)但赫德小姐才是最丑的But Fraulein Helga's was ugliest.(295)我是寇特岁我很任性I'm Kurt. I'm . I'm incorrigible.(296)恭喜你什么是任性Congratulations. What's "incorrigible"?(297)那表示你希望被人当作是小男孩I think it means you want to be treated like a boy. (298)我是犸塔星期二我就岁了I'm Marta, and I'm going to be seven on Tuesday. (299)我爱粉红色阳伞I'd like a pink parasol.(300)纷红色也是我的颜色Pink's my favorite color too.(301)是的你是葛特儿Yes, you're Gretl.(302)而你已经岁了And you're five years old?(303)天啊你几乎快成为淑女了My, you're practically a lady.(304)现在我要告诉你们一个秘密我从未当过家庭教师I have to tell you a secret. I've never been a governess.(305)你一点也不懂如何当家庭教师You don't know anything about being a governess? (306)一点也不懂我需要许多建议Nothing. I'll need lots of advice.(307)首先就是告诉父亲要他少管闲事The best way to start is to tell Father to mind his own business.(308)你绝对不能准时来用餐Never come to dinner on time.(309)喝汤也不要太小声Never eat your soup quietly.(310)吃甜点时要擤鼻子During dessert, always blow your nose.(311)别听他们说的话玛利亚小姐Don't you believe a word they say, Fraulein Maria.(312)为什么因为我喜欢你Oh, why not? Because I like you.(313)孩子们出去散步Children, outside for your walk.(314)父亲的命令快点Father's orders. Hurry up.(315)快...Quick, quick, quick.(316)玛利亚小姐我是蒙思蜜德女管家Fraulein Maria, I'm Frau Schmidt, the housekeeper.(317)你好How do you do.(318)我带你去房间跟我来I'll show you to your room. Follow me.(319)可怜的小东西Poor little dears.(320)你运气很好赫德小姐拿到的是条蛇You're very lucky. With Fraulein Helga it was a snake.(321)晚安Good evening.(322)晚安孩子们晚安玛利亚小姐Good evening, children. Good evening, Fraulein Maria.(323)很独特的举止Enchanting little ritual.(324)是在修道院学来的吗Something you learned at the abbey?(325)不No.(326)是风湿Rheumatism.(327)对不起舰长我们是否忘了向主祷告Excuse me, captain. Haven't we forgotten to thank the Lord?(328)感谢上帝赐给我们一切For what we receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful. (329)阿门阿门Amen. Amen.(330)我要感谢各位I'd like to thank you all...(331)今天放在我口袋中的珍贵礼物...for the precious gift you left in my pocket today. (332)是什么礼物What gift?(333)这是我和孩子们之间的秘密It's a secret between the children and me.(334)那我建议你就留着让我们可以吃饭Then I suggest you keep it, and let us eat. (335)我了解陌生人在新家庭里Knowing how nervous I must have been...(336)会是有多么紧张...a stranger in a new household...(337)了解能被接受会是多么重要的事...knowing how important it was for me to feel accepted...(338)你们使我感到多么温暖...it was so kind and thoughtful of you to make my first moments here...(339)快乐和......so warm and happy...(340)欢悦...and pleasant.(341)犸塔你怎么了没事What is the matter, Marta? Nothing.(342)小姐Fraulein...(343)是不是每餐饭...is it to be at every meal or merely at dinnertime...(344)你都想要让我们...that you intend leading us through this rare and wonderful new world...(345)消化不良...of indigestion?(346)不舰长他们只是很高兴They're all right, captain. They're just happy.(347)劳夫晚安晚安福兰斯Rolfe, good evening. Good evening, Franz.(348)一切正常吗是的I trust everything is under control? Yes, yes.(349)有何进展吗或许Are there any developments? Perhaps.(350)舰长在不在他在用晚餐Is the captain home? He's at dinner.(351)和他的家人是的With the family? Yes.(352)请立刻把电报交给他Give him this telegram at once.(353)没问题Certainly.(354)您的电报先生A telegram for you, sir.(355)福兰斯谁送来的Franz? Who delivered it?(356)当然是劳夫了That young lad Rolfe, of course.(357)父亲我能先告退吗Father, may I be excused?(358)孩子们明早我必须去维也纳Children, in the morning I shall be going to Vienna. (359)怎么又来了父亲Not again, Father!(360)这次你要去多久父亲How long will you be gone this time?(361)我不确定葛特儿I'm not sure, Gretl.(362)是不是去看史蕾特男爵夫人少管闲事To visit Baroness Schraeder again? Mind your own business!(363)事实上是的露易莎As a matter of fact, yes, Louisa.(364)为何我们总见不到男爵夫人呢为何她要见你Why can't we ever see the baroness?Why would she want to see you?(365)你会见到她的You are going to see the baroness.(366)我要带她回来这里和大家认识I'm bringing her back with me to visit.(367)还有麦斯伯伯And Uncle Max.(368)麦伯伯Uncle Max!(369)劳夫Rolfe!(370)哦劳夫Oh, Rolfe!(371)不莉莎我们不能为何傻瓜No, Liesl. We mustn't! Why not, silly?(372)我不知道你在此不是为了等我吗I don't know... Isn't this why you're waiting? (373)是的当然Yes, of course.(374)我想你莉莎有吗有多想I've missed you, Liesl. You have? How much? (375)好多我甚至想给你送电报让我好来此地I even thought of sending a telegram, so I'd be able to deliver it here.(376)那是很美好的想法你为何不做呢就现在吧Oh, that's a lovely thought! Why don't you, right now?(377)但是我就在此啊拜托劳夫送给我电报吧But I'm here! Please, Rolfe. Send me a telegram.(378)我为你起稿"亲爱的莉莎..."I'll start it for you. "Dear Liesl..."(379)亲爱的莉莎我很想要告诉你..."Dear Liesl: I'd like to be able to tell you...(380)我对你的感觉完结...how I feel about you. Stop.(381)很不幸电报费用太贵了Unfortunately, this wire is already too expensive.(382)真挚的劳夫Sincerely, Rolfe."(383)真挚衷心的"Sincerely"? Cordially.(384)衷心的深情的"Cordially"? Affectionately?(385)会不会有回电Will there be any reply?(386)亲爱的劳夫完结"Dear Rolfe: Stop.(387)不要完结你的莉莎Don't stop! Your Liesl."(388)如果我们不用等别人给父亲打电报才能见面就好了If only we didn't have to wait for someone to send Father a telegram.(389)我如何知道何时才能见到你How do I know when I'll see you again?(390)让我想想看Well, let's see...(391)我可以因为搞错而来I could come here by mistake.(392)要给史奈德上校电报With a telegram for Colonel Schneider!(393)他从柏林来此停留在...He's here from Berlin staying with...(394)没有人知道他在此的别告诉你父亲No one knows he's here. Don't tell your father. (395)为何不因为你父亲自视为奥地利人Why not? Your father's so Austrian.(396)我们都是奥地利人We're all Austrian.(397)而那些认为该自视为德国人的Some think we ought to be German,(398)他们不希望这样and they're very mad at those who don't.(399)他们已准备好...They're getting ready to...(400)我希望你父亲不会惹上麻烦Let's hope your father doesn't get into trouble. (401)别担心父亲他是海军大英雄Don't worry. He's a big naval hero.(402)他甚至由国王亲自授动He was even decorated by the emperor.(403)我不担心他但我却担心他的女儿I don't worry about him. I worry about his daughter.(404)我为什么Me? Why?(405)你是那样...什么Well, you're so... What?(406)你是如此地年轻You're such a baby!(407)我岁了一点都不年轻了I'm . What's such a baby about that?(408)小女孩在空虚的舞台等待You wait, little girl On an empty stage(409)等待命运的开始For fate to turn the light on(410)你的生命目前是空白的一页Your life, little girl Is an empty page(411)男人希望在上面书写That men will want to write on(412)书写To write on(413)你岁快岁了You are going on(414)宝贝该去思考了Baby, it's time to think(415)应当警觉谨慎和当心Better beware Be canny and careful(416)宝贝你正在边缘Baby, you're on the brink(417)你是岁快岁You are going on(418)男孩们会排队等候Fellows will fall in line(419)很积极的年轻人和一些鲁莽小人Eager young lads And roues and cads(420)会向你献酒和美食Will offer you food and wine(421)你完全没有心理准备Totally unprepared are you(422)去面对男人的世界To face a world of men(423)怯懦和害羞你会如此的畏惧Timid and shy and scared are you(424)事情全在你知识范围以外Of things beyond your ken(425)你需要一位成熟和有智慧的人You need someone older and wiser(426)告诉你怎么做Telling you what to do(427)我岁快岁了I am going on(428)我能够照顾你I'll take care of you(429)我岁快岁了I am going on(430)我知道我很天真I know that I'm naive(431)我遇上的男孩或会说我很甜美Fellows I meet May tell me I'm sweet(432)我会心甘情愿地相信And willingly I believe(433)我岁快岁了I am going on(434)如玫瑰般无邪Innocent as a rose(435)那些喝着白兰地的单身男子Bachelor dandies Drinkers of brandies(436)我对此毫无认识What do I know of those?(437)完全没有心理准备Totally unprepared am I(438)去面对男人的世界To face a world of men(439)我是如此怯懦害羞和害怕Timid and shy and scared am I(440)事情全在我知识范围以外Of things beyond my ken(441)我需要一位成熟和有智慧的人I need someone older and wiser(442)告诉我怎么做Telling me what to do(443)你岁快岁了You are going on(444)我会完全信赖你I'll depend on you(445)请进Come in.(446)思蜜德小姐Frau Schmidt.(447)这是给你做新衣服的For your new dresses.(448)舰长从城里买来的多么美的布料The captain had these sent from town. Oh, how lovely!(449)我可以缝制出最漂亮的衣裳These will make the prettiest clothes I've ever had. (450)告诉我如果我再要求多点布料的话Do you think he would get me more material (451)他会肯吗if I asked?(452)家庭教师需要多少衣服不是为我是为了孩子How many dresses do you need?Not for me, for the children.(453)我要为他们做点游戏服I want to make them some play clothes.(454)范崔普的孩子不玩游戏他们只做操练The von Trapp children don't play. They march.(455)所以你不赞成了Surely you don't approve of that.(456)自从舰长失去他太太后Ever since the captain lost his poor wife...(457)他管理家事就好像管军舰般...he runs this house as if on one of his ships.(458)哨音命令Whistles, orders.(459)再也没有音乐没有欢笑了No more music, no more laughing.(460)不愿接触任何能让他想起她的事物孩子们也一样Nothing that reminds him of her. Even the children.(461)那太不对了But that's so wrong.(462)可以怎样Oh, well.(463)你喜欢你的房间吗你会有新的窗帘How do you like your room? There'll be new drapes at the windows.(464)它们还好好地Bu these are fine.(465)反正新的已经订了New ones have been ordered.(466)我真的不需要它们晚安But I really don't need them. Good night, now.(467)思蜜德小姐你想如果明天我要求他布料的事Frau Schmidt, if I asked the captain about the material?(468)他明早就离开去维也纳是他要去多久呢He's leaving in the morning. Of course.How long will he be gone?(469)那得看情况上次他在男爵夫人It depends. The last time he visited the baroness, (470)那儿停留了一个月he stayed for a month.(471)我本不该说这些的我们还不很熟悉I shouldn't be saying this to you. I don't know you that well.(472)但如果你问我的话舰长是很认真地...But if you ask me, the captain's thinking seriously...(473)想娶这女人...of marrying her before summer's over.(474)那太好了孩子们会有新母亲了Wonderful! The children will have a mother again. (475)是的Yes.(476)晚安Well, good night.(477)晚安Good night.(478)亲爱的天父我现在知道为何你要我来此了Dear Father, now I know why You sent me here.(479)是帮助这些孩子准备接受他们的新母亲To help these children prepare for a new mother.(480)而我也祈祷它将会是个快乐的家庭And I pray this will become a happy family in Thy sight.(481)主保佑舰长莉莎费瑞克God bless the captain. God bless Liesl and Friedrich. (482)还有露易莎碧姬塔犸塔和小葛特儿God bless Louisa, Brigitta, Marta and little Gretl.(483)我忘了个男孩他叫什么名字And I forgot the other boy. What's his name? (484)总之主保佑他Well, God bless what'shisname.(485)求主赐福院长犸格丽特修女God bless the Reverend Mother and Sister Margaretta...(486)和在修道院的每位修女...and everybody at the abbey.(487)还有主啊有关莉莎And now, dear God, about Liesl.(488)让她知道我是她的朋友Help her know that I'm her friend...(489)让她告诉我她在干什么...and help her tell me what she's been up to.(490)你会去告密吗Are you going to tell on me?(491)协助我能了解让我能指引她Help me to be understanding so I may guide her footsteps.(492)因父及子及圣神之名In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. (493)我出去散步而大门提前关I was out walking and somebody locked the doors early. (494)我不想吵醒大家I didn't want to wake everybody,(495)所以当我看见你的窗户是开着时...so when I saw your window open...(496)你不会向父亲告密吧You're not going to tell Father, are you?(497)你是如何攀上来的How did you climb up?(498)我们常这样进来戏弄家教It's how we always got in to play tricks on the governess. (499)露易莎能手拿一罐的蜘蛛单手爬上来呢Louisa can make it with a whole jar of spiders in her hand.(500)蜘蛛Spiders?(501)你是独自出去散步吗Were you out walking all by yourself?。

(完整word版)英语听力教程第三版(张民伦主编)Unit 1 The Earth at Risk听力原文

Unit 1 The Earth at RiskPart Ⅰ Getting readyenvironment：环境natural：自然globe：地球protecting：保护attempt：尝试，打算，企图Amazon/'m z n/：亚马逊cut down：砍伐burning：烧荒tree removal：砍树The World Wildlife Fund：世界野生动物基金会rain forest：雨林towels：毛巾nylon：尼伦，化纤defrost：去霜boil away：煮干cut out：关掉full load：满载fridge：冰箱lighting：灯（光）iron：熨斗；熨（衣服）Rough-dry：晾干(不熨）kettle：烧水壶thermostat：恒温（设置）器brim：壶口；注满wall fire：壁炉ring：（烧烤）环grill：烧烤架satellite：卫星The environment is the natural world of land, sea, air, plants, and animals that exists around towns and cities. Since there is only one globe where we're living, more and more people have come to realize the importance of protecting the total global environment.A The following words and phrases will appear in this unit. Listen carefully and study the definitions.1. vicious circle：a set of events in which cause and effect'follow each other in a circular pattern2. monsoon season：the season of heavy rains that fall in India and neighboring countries3. hygiene：the study and practice of how to keep good health, esp. by paying attention to cleanliness4. accelerate：(cause to) move or go faster5. fossil fuel：any naturally occurring carbon or hydrocarbon fuel, such as coal, petroleum, peat, and natural gas, formed by the decomposition of prehistoric organisms6. latitude：a measure of relative position north or south on the Earth's surface, measured in degrees from the equator, which has a latitude of 0°, with the poles having a latitude of 90° north and south.7. contamination：the act of polluting or the state of being polluted8. hierarchy：a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance9. priority：something given special or prior attention10. watershed：a ridge of high ground forming a divide between two different drainage basins or river systems or the region enclosed bysuch a divide and draining into a river, river system, or other body of water.B You are going to hear a short speech. Listen carefully and write down the environmental issues mentioned in the speech.burning of the forests/tree removal (deforestation)/reduction of the world's rain forestsAudioscript:The Amazon forests are disappearing because of increased burning and tree removal. In September, satellite pictures showed more than 20 000 fires burning in the Amazon. Experts say most of these fires were set by farmers. The farmers were attempting to clear land to grow crops. The World Wildlife Fund says another serious problem is that too many trees in the Amazon rain forest are being cut down. World Wildlife Fund says the fires show the need for urgent international action to protect the world's rain forests. The group warns that without such action some forests could be lost forever. Nowadays energy is too expensive to waste. It costs the country, and you, too much. What have you done to conserve existing energy resources? Here are some tips to help you slim yourwaste — save energy. Always remember that energy sense is common sense.C Now listen to some simple tips to help you save energy.Complete the dos and don'ts.Audioscript:● Don't attempt to iron everything. Rough-dry your towels and nylon things. Trust the thermostat on your iron — don't turn it up too high.● Don't leave the kettle to boil away. And don't fill it to the brim for only a cup of tea!● Cut out unnecessary lighting. Every little helps.● Save it on he ating. Do without a wall-fire if you can.● Defrost the fridge regularly. Ice build-up wastes fuel. Don't put hot food in either — if you do, the fridge has to work overtime.● It makes energy sense to wait until you've a full load before using your washing machine.● Cook a complete meal in the oven and save it on the rings and grill. Roast chicken, veg, and baked sweet to follow?It all adds up. The more energy you save, the more money you save. That's good housekeeping!When we listen to the weather forecasts, we often come across some terms related with the weather. For example, what is a cyclone? What is a hurricane? Are they the same? Here is the explanation.D Listen to the explanation about different weather terms.Complete the information in the chart.Audioscript:Major ocean storms in the northern part of the world usually develop in late summer or autumn over waters near the equator. They are known by several different names. Scientists call these storms cyclones when they happen just north or south of the equator in the Indian Ocean. In the western Pacific Ocean or the China Sea, these storms are called typhoons. In the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, they are called hurricanes.Part II The Earth at Risk (I) chopped down：砍倒nutrients：养分，养料instantly：立即，马上recycled：回收利用clear-cut：砍光soil：土壤dries up：（晒）干washes the soil away：把土壤冲走ｄｏｃｕｍｅｎｔaries：纪录片expand：扩展continent：大陆at risk：有危险stabilize：（使）稳定impact：冲击，撞击;影响at an alarming rate：以惊人的速度blow away：吹掉the Sahara Desert：撒哈拉沙漠（非洲北部）unproductive：不毛的;没有产物的cut down：砍伐consequently：所以，因此available：可获得的Mali：马里grasslands：草原intensive：集约的；加强的agriculture：农业intensive agriculture：集约农业region：地区tropical：热带ranches：大牧场cattle：牛，牲口;畜生be raised：饲养export：出口tinned meat：罐头肉Brazil：巴西the size of Britain and France combined：大小是英法两国合起来jungle：丛林an iron ore mine：铁矿hardwood：硬木luxury furniture：豪华家具domestic animals：家畜firewood：柴火;劈柴vicious circle：恶性循环make way for：让路convert：（使）转变plant species：植物物种rare plant：珍稀植物rainfall：降雨extinct：灭绝的;绝种的carbon dioxide：二氧化碳oxygen：氧century：世纪interview：采访Do you know what happens to a rain forest when the trees are chopped down? About 80% of the rain forests nutrients come from trees and plants. That leaves 20% of the nutrients in the soil. The nutrients from the leaves that fall are instantly recycled back into the plants and trees. When a rain forest is clear-cut, conditions change very quickly. The soil dries up in the sun. When it rains, it washes the soil away.A Listen to the first part of an interview. Note down the key words in the notes column. Then answer the questions. Questions:1. What is the vicious circle mentioned by Brian Cowles?More people ——>. more firewood ——> fewer trees{ More domestic animals —> more plants —> fewer available plants} —>more desert —> move south —>desert expanding south —> no grass2. Why is the rain so important to soil?Growing crops stabilize soil, without them the top soil just blows away. But if there isn't enough rain the crops don't grow.3. What are some of the reasons that tropical forests are being cut down?People try to grow food to support themselves or to create ranches where cattle can be raised, or to get hardwood for export, or to make way for mines.Audioscript:I — Interviewer B — Brian CowlesI:Brian Cowles is the producer of a new series of ｄｏｃｕｍｅｎｔaries called "The Earth at Risk" which can be seen onChannel 4 later this month. Each program deals with a different continent, doesn't it, Brian?B:That's right. We went to America, both North and South and then we went over to Africa and Southeast Asia.I: And what did you find in each of these continents?B:Starting with Africa, our film shows the impact of the population on the environment. Generally speaking, this has caused theSahara Desert to expand. It's a bit of a vicious circle we find.People cut down trees for firewood and their domestic animals eat all the available plants — and so consequently they have to move south as the Sahara Desert expands further south. I mean, soon the whole of Mali will become a desert. And in EastAfrica: here the grasslands are supporting too many animalsand the result is, of course, there's no grass — nothing for the animals to eat.I: I see. And the next film deals with North America?B:That's right. In the USA, as you know, intensive agriculture requires a plentiful supply of rain for these crops to grow, Imean if there isn't enough rain the crops don't grow. Andgrowing crops stabilize soil, without them the top soil justblows away. This is also true for any region that is intenselyfarmed — most of Europe, for example.I: And what did you find in South America?B:In South America (as in Central Africa and Southern Asia) tropical forests are being cut down at an alarming rate. This is done so that people can support themselves by growing food or to create ranches where cattle can be raised to be exported toEurope or America as tinned meat. The problem is that the soil is so poor that only a couple of harvests are possible before this very thin soil becomes exhausted. And it can't be fed withfertilizers like agricultural land in Europe.For example, in Brazil in 1982 an area of jungle the size ofBritain and France combined was destroyed to make way for an iron ore mine. Huge numbers of trees are being cut down forexport as hardwood to Japan, Europe, USA to make things like luxury furniture. These forests can't be replaced — the forestsoil is thin and unproductive and in just a few years, a junglehas become a waste land. Tropical forests contain rare plants(which we can use for medicines, for example) and animals —one animal or plant species becomes extinct every half hour.These forest trees also have worldwide effects. You know, they convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. The consequence ofdestroying forests is not only that the climate of that regionchanges (because there is less rainfall) but this change affects the whole world. I mean, over half the world's rain forest has been cut down this century (20th century).B Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the first part of the interview. Complete the outline.Outline (1)I. Environmental problems in different continentsA. Africa1. Sahara Desert expansion2. no grass for animals to eat (East Africa)B. North America & most of Europe1. situation — intensive farming/agriculture2. potential problem —top soil blowing awayC. South America, Central Africa & Southern Asia1. problem —tropical forests destruction2. consequencesa. soil —> thin —> unproductive —>wastelandb. animal/plant species becoming extinctc. climate change for the whole world Audioscript:I — Interviewer B — Brian CowlesI:Brian Cowles is the producer of a new series of ｄｏｃｕｍｅｎｔaries called "The Earth at Risk" which can be seen onChannel 4 later this month. Each program deals with a different continent, doesn't it, Brian?B:That's right, yes, we went to ... er ... we went to America, both North and South and then we went over to Africa andSoutheast Asia.I: And what did you find in each of these continents?B:Well ... er ... starting with ... er ... Africa, our film shows the impact of the population on the environment. Generallyspeaking, this has caused the Sahara Desert to expand. It's a bit of a vicious circle ... er ... we find, people cut down trees forfirewood and their domestic animals eat all the available plants — and so consequently they have to move south as the Sahara Desert expands further south. I mean, soon the whole of Mali will become a desert. And ... er ... in East Africa: here thegrasslands are supporting too many animals and the result is, of course, there's no grass— nothing for the animals to eat.I:Mm, yes, I see. Um ... and the ... the next film deals with North America?B:That's right. In the ... er ... USA, as you know, intensive agriculture requires a plentiful supply of rain for these crops to grow, I mean if there isn't enough rain the crops don't grow.And growing crops stabilize soil, without them the top soiljust... it just blows away. I mean, this is also true for any region that is intensely farmed — most of Europe, for example.I: And what did you find in South America?B:In South America (a ... as in Central Africa and Southern Asia) tropical forests are being cut down at an alarming rate. Th ...this is done so that people can support themselves by growing food or to create ranches where cattle can be raised to exp ... to be exported to Europe or America as tinned meat. The problemis that the s ... the soil is so poor that ... um ... that only a couple of harvests are possible before this very thin soil becomes exhausted. And it can't be fed with fertilizers like agricultural land in Europe.Um ... for example, in Brazil in 1982 an area of jungle the size of Britain and France combined was destroyed to make way for an iron ore mine. I mean, huge numbers of trees are being cut down for export as hardwood to Japan, Europe, USA (I)mean ... to make things like luxury furniture. These forests can't ... er ... they can't be replaced — the forest soil is thin and unproductive and in just a few years, a ... a jungle has become a waste land. Tropical forests contain rare plants (which ... er ... we can use for medicines, for example) and animals — one animal or plant species becomes extinct every half hour. These ... er ... forest trees ... I mean ... also have worldwide effects. You know, they convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. The consequence of destroying forests is not only that the climate of that region changes (because there is less rainfall) but this change affects the whole world. I mean, over half the world's rain forest has been cut down this century (20th century).Part III The Earth at Risk (II)agency：局，机关Conservation of Nature：自然保护the United Nations Earth Summit：联合国地球峰会Rio de Janeiro/[美]'ri de'ner u，[英]'ri ded 'ni r u/：里约热内卢（巴西港市，州名）in tackling：着手处理issues：问题man-made：人造，人为flooding：洪水natural disasters：自然灾害by and large：总的来说，大体而言obviously：明显hurricanes：飓风earthquakes：地震Bangladesh：孟加拉共和国Nepal：尼泊尔India：印度Himalayas：喜马拉雅山monsoon season：季风季节the river Ganges /'g nd iz/：恒河Sudan：苏丹the Nile：尼罗河Ethiopia /i: i'upi/：埃塞俄比亚terribly：很;非常;极;非常糟糕地depressing：使沮丧;使萧条;使跌价national governments：中央政府forward-looking：有远见的，向前看的policies：政策;策略as far ahead as：远至the next election：下届大选on an international basis：在国际上；以国际为基础presumably：据推测;大概;可能;想来As early as in 1984, the United Nations created a special environmental agency, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In 1992, the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro aroused great media interest in tackling difficult global environmental issues.A Listen to the second part of the interview. Note down the key words in the notes column. Then answer the questions. Questions:1. Why is some flooding man-made?Trees would hold rainfall in their roots. When forests in the higher up-river have been destroyed by men, all the rain that falls in the monsoon season flows straight into the river and starts the flooding.2. What does Brian imply when he says the national governments have to be forward-looking?He implies that some national governments just consider the results of their policies in the near future, or just think as far ahead as the next election.Audioscript:I — Interviewer B — Brian CowlesI:So, Brian, would you agree that what we generally think of as natural disasters are in fact man-made?B:Yes, by and large. I mean, obviously not hurricanes or earthquakes, but take flooding, for example. Practically every year, the whole of Bangladesh is flooded and this is gettingworse. You know, the cause is that forests have been cut down up in Nepal and India, I mean, higher up—river in theHimalayas. Trees would hold rainfall in their roots, but ifthey've been cut down all the rain that falls in the monsoonseason flows straight into the river Ganges and floods thewhole country. The reason for flooding in Sudan is the same —the forests higher up the Blue Nile in Ethiopia have beendestroyed too.I:Well, this all sounds terribly depressing. What is to be done? I mean, can anything be done, in fact?B:Yes, of course it can. First, the national governments have to be forward-looking and consider the results of their policies in ten or twenty years, not just think as far ahead as the next election.Somehow, all the countries in the world have to work together on an international basis. Secondly, the population has to becontrolled in some way: there are too many people trying tolive off too little land. Thirdly, we don't need tropicalhardwood to make our furniture — it's a luxury people in the West must do without. Softwoods are just as good, lessexpensive and can be produced on environment-friendly "tree farms", where trees are replaced at the same rate that they are cut down.I:And, presumably, education is important as well. People must be educated to realize the consequences of their actions.B:Yes, of course.I: Well, thank you, Brian.Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the second part of the interview. Complete the outline.Outline (II)II. Reasons for some "natural" disasters — mainly man-madeA. flooding in BangladeshB. flooding in SudanIII. Action to be takenA. national governments — forward-lookingB. population controlC. stopping using hardwood for furniture-makingD. educating people to realize the consequences Audioscript:I — Interviewer B — Brian CowlesI:So, Brian, would you agree that what we generally think of as ...er ... as er ... natural disasters are in fact man-made?B:Yes, by and large ... er ... I mean, obviously not hurricanes or earthquakes, but take flooding, for example. I mean, practically every year, the whole of Bangladesh is flooded and this isgetting worse. You know, the cause is that forests have beencut down up in Nepal and India ... I mean ... higher up—riverin the Himalayas. Trees ... er ... would hold rainfall in theirroots, but if they've been cut down all the rain that falls in themonsoon season flows straight into the river Ganges and floods the whole country. The reason for flooding in Sudan is thesame — the forests higher up the Blue Nile in Ethiopia havebeen destroyed too.I: Well, this all sounds terribly depressing. Um ... what is to be done? I mean, can anything be done, in fact?B:Yes, of course it can ... er ... first, the national governments have to be forward-looking and consider the results of their policies in ten or twenty years, not just think as far ahead as the nextelection. Somehow, all the countries in the world have to worktogether on an international basis. Secondly, the population has to be controlled in some way: there are too many people trying to live off too little land. Thirdly, we don't need tropicalhardwood to make our furniture — it's a luxury people in theWest must do without. Softwoods are just as good, lessexpensive and can be produced on environment-friendly "tree farms", where trees are replaced at the same rate that they arecut down.I: And, presumably, education is important as well. People must be educated to realize the consequences ... um ... of their actions.B: Yes, yes of course.I: Well, thank you, Brian.Part IV More about the topic:The Effect of Global WarmingIt matters：重要average：平均temperatures：温度Britain's Climate Prediction Center：英国气候预测中心trapped：受限gases：气体atmosphere：大气industrial processes：工业过程the earth's surface：地表fossil fuels：化石燃料the sea level：海平面ice caps：冰顶melt：融化latitudes：纬度lower/higher latitude：高/低纬度equator：赤道drought：干旱Hygiene：卫生，卫生学;保健法insects：昆虫bacteria：细菌expect：期待includes：包括distribution：分配，分布infective agents：传染媒heat-related food poisoning：与热有关的食物中毒contamination：污染;弄脏;毒害;玷污diarrhea：腹泻sensitively：敏感地;易受伤害地;易生气地;慎重地worldwide：世界范围；全世界economies：经济politicians：政客；政治家put stress on：强调warming：变暖potential：潜在的，有可能的global warming：全球变暖accelerate：加速poles：（地）极take action：采取行动decline：下降environmental refugee：环境难民The world is getting warmer. It matters because it changes a lot of things to do with our everyday life. We can also say because the Earth is warming up we could simply not have enough to eat. Do you know what some of the effects of global warming are? Listen to the material. Complete the outline.OutlineI. Wanning up of the worldA. average temperatureB. yearly increaseII. Causes of global warmingIII. Effects of global warmingA. great changes in rainfallB. rise in the sea levelC. reduced potential for food productionD. health and social problems1. environmental refugees2. change of patterns of distribution of insects andinfective agents3. change of patterns of heat-related foodpoisoning, etc.IV. Time to take actionAudioscript:The world is warming up. We know this because average temperatures are the highest since scientists started measuring them600 years ago. The increase is about 0.2 °C every year. This may seem very slight, but we know that slight changes in temperature can have a big effect on other things. Most scientists now believe this global warming is due to human activity.Jeff Jenkins is head of Britain's Climate Prediction Center. He explains how global warming can happen."Sunlight strikes the earth and warms it up. At the same time heat leaves the earth, but part of that is trapped by carbon dioxide and other gases in the earth's atmosphere. That has been happening ever since the earth was formed. But the fear is that increasing amounts of carbon dioxide produced by industrial processes and transport and so on will lead to a greater warming of the earth's surface. So that's the global warming that people are concerned about."People are most concerned about the use of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are oil, coal, wood and so on. When these burn, they produce the gas carbon dioxide. Many scientists agree that an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and some of the gases in the atmosphere will increase the amount of warming. Computers are being used to predict what this may mean. They showed that there could be great changes in rainfall and the rise in the sea level as ice caps in thenorth and south poles melt. This could have a serious effect on agriculture according to Prof. Martin Perry of University College in London. He says it could become more difficult to grow food in the tropics at lower latitudes nearer to the equator."The most clear pattern emerging is the possibility of reduced potential production in lower latitude regions, and most generally speaking, increased potential in higher latitude regions. Lower latitude regions are already warm, to put it extremely simply, and plants there are quite near their limits of heat and drought stress. An increase in temperature or reduction in moisture would place limits on crop growth."Woman:Global warming could reduce food production in lower latitude regions. Lower latitude regions are already warm.Global warming could put more stress on plants and placelimits on crop growth.Food production is only one area that could be affected. There could also be health and social problems. Prof. Antony McMichael of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine believes that some rural areas are already suffering. And the insects and bacteria could spread disease more easily."Already a number of rural populations around the world are suffering from the decline of agricultural systems. Climatic change would add to this. And we would expect that it would accelerate the flood of environmental refugees around the world. But it includes not just the food production systems, but the patterns of distribution of the insects and infective agents around the world. It includes likely effects on patterns of heat-related food poisoning, water contamination and diarrhea diseases, lots of things like this that would respond very sensitively to changes in climate."Woman:Global warming could affect the distribution of insects.Global warming could change patterns of heat-related foodpoisoning.Many countries now agree that something must be done to reduce the danger of global warming. But a worldwide agreement on lowering the production of carbon dioxide has been difficult to reach. This is because many economies depend on fossil fuels like oil. Scientists believe it's now the politicians in every region of the world who need to take action.Part V Do you know ……？composed of：组成broad-leaved trees：阔叶树tropical regions：热带awareness：知道diminish：消失Indonesia：印尼humid：潮湿的variation：变化，变动see ... as：看作hierarchy：分层，层次;等级制度;统治集团as far as：只要;远到…;据…;直到…为止campaigning organization：活动的组织（者）in different ways：不同方式in different types：不同型号make changes：变更a critical period：养分阶段in terms of：依据；按照；在…方面；以…措词depend on：依靠flexibility：柔韧性，机动性，灵活性;伸缩性;可塑度;柔度and so on：等等write off：流利地写下;损失掉;毁掉; 结束掉priority：优先，优先权;（时间，序上的）先，前at international level：国际水平livelihood：生活，生计;谋生之道;营生prime：最好的;首要的;最初的;基本的watersheds：流域;分水岭( watershed的名词复数);分水线;转折点the biological richness：生物多样性a genetic treasure chest：遗传的宝藏climatic patterns：气候型tribal people：部落，部族，土著民Rain forests are generally composed of tall, broad-leaved trees and usually found in wet tropical regions around the equator. Despite increased awareness of the rainforests' importance during the late 20th century, they continue to diminish. Rainforests grow mainly in South and Central America, West and Central Africa, Indonesia, parts of Southeast Asia, and tropical Australia, where the climate is relatively humid with no marked seasonal variation.Listen to the interview. Complete the outline.OutlineI. The most important environmental issuesA. difficult to make a hierarchy of worryB. rain forests concentrated on most by thecampaigning organizationII. Importance of rain forestsA countries depending on theme.g. people depending on them for their livelihood andthe quality of their environmentB. the biological richness of the rain forestse.g. more than 60% of the world's species found in therain forestsC. impact on climatic patternsAudioscript:A:About big international issues: what do you see as the most important environmental issues of the moment?B:It's quite difficult to make a kind of hierarchy of worry here, because so many issues are there, and so ... and they're all very very important. But I think it has to be said that as far as wewe're concerned, as a campaigning organization, it really is the rain forest that we are concentrating on most. If we don't take action on that issue within the next five years, thenenvironmental pressure groups won't have anything to do in ten years' time, because there won't be any rain forests, really, for them to campaign about. So this is a critical period for the rain forests, the next five years, and there is enough flexibility in the system to allow us to hope that we're going to be able to make some changes during that time. So that's why we've made it our priority.A:What's so important about the rain forests, then? Er, what's, what's the difference between having them or not having them?Isn't it just, you know, basically either there are a lot of treesthere or there aren't a lot of trees there?B:Uhh ... well that's what some people would like to think. Um, there, it's important in many different ways, important firstlyfor the countries themselves, in terms of the fact that millions of people depend on the rain forests for their livelihood, and for their ... the quality of their environment, through the protection of watersheds, and so on. Secondly, they're important because of the biological richness of the rain forests. Um, a genetic。

英语听力教学教程第三版(张民伦主编)Unit8TheSoundofMusic听力原文

Listen this way听力教程第三册-8Unit 8 The Sound of MusicPart I Getting readyA quiz game show is a type of radio or television programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes.A The following words will appear in this unit. Listen carefully and study the definitions.1. panel：a group of specialists who give their advice or opinion about something2. contender：a person who takes part in a competition or tries to win something3. nomination：the act of suggesting or choosing somebody as a candidate in an election, or for a job or an award4. cinematography：the art or process of making films5. score：the music written for a film/movie or play6. audition：take part in a practical test for performing applicants7. choreography：the arranging or inventing of dances, especially ballet8. pantomime：traditional Christmas musical show for children9. scherzo：a short, lively piece of music, that is often part ofa longer piece10. lyrics：the words of a songListen to the following radio quiz game. Who are those people on the panel? Supply the missing information.Now listen again. Put a mark beside each question. Put a tick if it is true. If it is false, put a cross. Finally write down who that person is.Audioscript::A - Announcer M - MaxineQ - Quizmaster L - LauraT-Tim D-David Radio Bristol. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for "Alive or Dead?" our exciting quiz game about famous people alive or dead. Before I tell you the rules, let's meet our panel for tonight. From right to left we have that famous sportsman and racing driver, Tim Brown. T:. Evening everyone. Next to Tim, is that lovely star of the American cinema, who is now here in Bristol at the Opera House, Maxine Morgan. Hi there! Next we have novelist, David Walker. Good evening. And last but not least, composer and singer, Laura Dennison. Hello. So let's get with the game. I have the name of a famous person -- alive or dead -- in this envelope. The panel will try to guess who it is. But they can only ask questions which have a "yes" or "no" answer. Are we ready? Well, yes. Are you alive? No, I'm not. Now Maxine, let's have your question. You're not alive. So you are a famous person who is dead. Oh, I know. Are you a person in a book -- a fictional character -- somebody who isn't real? No, I'm not fictional. David, can we have your question? So you're a real, dead person? That's right, I am. Good, now we want to know where you come from. Are you British? No, I'mnot British. Are you from Europe? No, I'm not. T: Are you Australian? No, Tim, I'm not. I'm not Australian. Oh, then I know, you're American. You're a real American person, but you're dead. Now let me think. Ah, yes, are you a writer of any sort? No, I'm not. Are you anything to do with peace, you know someone like Martin Luther King? A good guess, Laura, but I'm nothing to do with peace. Well, that's a difficult one, really. I think the answer is half "Yes" and half "No". No, I'll say "No". T: Mm, funny, half "Yes", half "No", but finally "No". Well, well, are you famous as an entertainer of any sort, you know a film star, or pop singer, or an actor, you know what I mean? Ask one question at a time, Tim, please. The answer to your question is "No". I've got it, I've got the answer. I know, I'm right. Careful now, Maxine. Say the wrong answer and I win the game. Are you sure you know who I am? Yes, you're dead, you're famous, you're American, you are sort of famous for peace work. You're not an entertainer -- you're not an American film star. I don't think you were famous as a soldier. I think you were a politician, I think you died in 1963.1 think you were married to a very beautiful woman (I)think you are very close, Maxine. I think you are almost there.I think you once went to Berlin. I think you are President JohnKennedy, President of the United States of America. And congratulations to you and the panel, Maxine. Yes, you are right, the name of the famous person in my envelope is President Kennedy, born in 1917 and died in 1963, on November 22nd to be exact. Now for my next famous person ...Part II Slumdog MillionaireSlumdog Millionaire is a 2000 British drama film. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and exceeds people's expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of cheating. It was widely acclaimed, being praised for its plot, soundtrack and directing. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2009, winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.A Listen to the first news report broadcasted when Slumdog Millionaire won 10 Academy Awardnominations. Note down the key words in the notes column. Then complete the storyline of the movie.Audioscript:One of the strongest contenders for the Best Picture Oscar this year is Slumdog Millionaire.Set in Mumbai, India, it is a story about destiny. Jamal Malik, a young man from the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian reality show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Based on its American equivalent, the Indian show offers 20 million rupees ($400 000) to the winner.Few expected this independent production directed by filmmaker Danny Boyle to make it to the Oscars. But Slumdog is no longer an underdog. It has won viewers' hearts and gained critical acclaim. With ten Academy Award nominations, it is a serious Oscar contender. (Movie) Host: Jamal Malik, you 're absolutely right!Jamal Malik is not knowledgeable. He just happens to know the answers to the specific questions he's been asked. Each question is somehow related to an event that has defined his life.With their mother dead, Jamal and his brother Salim begin to steal, trade and sleep wherever they can to survive.But the defining moment in Jamal's life is when an orphan girl named Latika tags along with them.Latika is taken by gangsters and Jamal will not rest until he sees her again.Years later, as a young adult, he finds her at a gangster's house. She is locked up, and her only pastime is the Indian TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jamal gets on the show so she can watch him. (Movie) Two of the musketeers are called Athos and Porthos. What was the name of the third musketeer? Danny: I'd like to phone a friend. Host: Here we go. Latika: Hello.Latika answers the phone. When they were kids, she was the third musketeer. Jamal and Salim were Athos and Porthos.Director Danny Boyle's love story is influenced by Bollywood where everything is extreme.Like most Indian films, Slumdog Millionaire offers upall-consuming passion, tear-jerking drama and a happyending. The film's dynamic music and vivid colors enhance the emotions. Its fairytale quality does not undermine Danny Boyle's gritty look at today's India, a country of extremes itself. (Movie) Danny: Latika.Slumdog Millionaire's exuberance is contagious. We leave the theater love-struck, exhilarated.And, as in Jamal's case, we can't help but root for the Oscar nominee regardless of the odds.Now listen to the second news report broadcasted on the day when Slumdog Millionaire finally earned 8 Oscars. After listening, match the awards with the corresponding names.Audioscript:Slumdog Millionaire was expected to win big. And, it did, earning Oscars for its cinematography, film editing, sound mixing, and bringing two of the golden statuettes to composer A. R. Rahman for his score and an original song.Steven Spielberg announced the top award of the evening."And, the Oscar goes to Slumdog Millionaire, Christian Colson, producer."The man behind the movie, Danny Boyle, was named best director.Slumdog Millionaire was a collaboration between the British filmmaker, an Indian cast and crew and a Hollywood distributor. Backstage, Boyle said joint efforts like this will become more common."You know, there's all sorts of people gonna work there. These things are gonna come together. The world's shrinking a bit in a ... in a wonderful way and it will benefit from it because, in ... in culture, fusion is a wonderful thing."The film is set in the slums of Mumbai and features two professional actors with a cast of unknown youngsters from the Mumbai slums. Young cast members came to Hollywood for the Oscars.The story revolves around a teenager who hopes to win riches on a quiz show. Writer Simon Beaufoy, who won an Oscar for his adapted screenplay, says the story is appropriate in a recession."A film comes out that is ostensibly about being a millionaire, and actually what it's about is, it's a film that says there aremore important things than money. There's love and faith and your family, and that struck a chord with people, I think, right now."Part III Karen Kain -- a CanadianballerinaThe beautiful prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Canada, Karen Kain, was for five years the partner of Rudolph Nureyev and has danced most of the major classical ballet roles all over the world, since her debut in the demanding role of Odile/Odette in Swan Lake at the age of nineteen. She was born in Hamilton, Ontario, not far from Toronto, the home of the National Ballet of Canada. She and her husband now live in Cabbagetown, one of the oldest districts in central Toronto.In this section, you are going to hear an interview during which Karen Kain, a Canadian ballerina, talks about her work and how she first became interested in the ballet. While listening for the first time, add more key words in the left column. After the second listening, answer the questions.Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the interview and then do the multiple choice.Audioscript: Well, I actually saw Celia Franka dance, and now she founded the National Ballet of Canada. And she was dancing in my hometown -- Giselle, and I was taken for my birthday, and I saw her dance, (I) fell in love with it, and I started taking ballet lessons, and then at one point ... I think it was around ten ... my teacher said that I should audition for the National Ballet School, which is a full-time academic and ballet training facility here in Toronto. It's one of... I think it's the only one in North America. I mean, it's the same set-up as the Paris Opera, the Bolshoi, the Leningrad ... you know, that they have the school affiliated with the Company. And you take all your academic training as well as your dance training. So she told me that I should audition for that, and I did. And when I was eleven years old I went to the ballet school for seven years till I was eighteen, graduated from high school and I joined the National Ballet. Now you were married fairly recently, weren't you? It'll be three years next month, yes. Is touring and so forth hard on married life? I believe your husband's an actor, isn't he? Yes, he is. So you'reprobably both away quite a lot. We've been very fortunate. We've managed to stay together most of the time. The longest we were separated was when I was on tour with the National Ballet in Europe last spring, and I was gone for six weeks, and he was making a television series and he was in Australia for six weeks. So we have been separated a few times, but most of the time we manage to be together.We've just been very fortunate. Throughout the year ... how much time do you have off away from the dance? Very little. I'm trying to make sure that I get one week in June this year, because I have not had more than two days free since a year ago January. So I've been working very very hard, and I feel that I really need one week free, you know. Tom Boyd: How long can a ballerina go on before she should start thinking of retiring? I hope that I have another ten years at the most to dance. Tom Boyd: What would you do after that? Would you leave the ballet completely or go into teaching, or choreography? I don't think choreography, I don't think I have any talent in ... you know ... I have no desire, no talent. I like to teach, I like to coach young dancers. I don't think I would leave the ballet world entirely, but I may try something else. You never know. I'm interested in otherthings and I have done some sorts of musical comedy work, and I've enjoyed it very much -- just to expand myself a little and to look around. And this Christmas again I'll be playing Cinderella in an English pantomime -- which is great fun for me. I really have fun and it's not serious dancing, you know, and I get to speak and act and everything. So I don't know. I would also like to have a family, so I have lots of things that I may do.Part IV More about the topic:Beethoven VBeethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphnies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets. The Symphony No. 5 in C minor was written in 1804 - 1808. It is one of the most frequently played symphonies.Listen to the recording. Learn to appreciate Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with the speakers. While listening, complete the following outline.Audioscript:"" The most famous four-note sequence in music, instantly recognizable to us today as Beethoven's Fifth and full of associations. Fate knocking at the door. "V" for victory. But how must it have sounded to that original audience? Beethoven presented it as pure music. No clue to its significance or meaning. Well, Beethoven, as a personality, was so tricky and so uncouth in so many ways, and had such a difficult, troubled childhood, that the adult that gave us some of these pieces was a man so often at odds with the world around him. Born in poverty in the German town of Bonn, he was bullied as a child by his alcoholic father and in his 20s realized he was going deaf, surely the crudest of tragedies for a musician. But Beethoven was a man with a will of iron, and, in the Fifth, he harnesses the power of the orchestra to an insistent propulsive rhythm, forcing the symphony to articulate the profoundest personal drama. Host: The story of a soul struggling against implacable fateand emerging incandescently victorious. One of the great contrasts available to a composer are the contrasts of darkness and lightness. And in his Fifth Symphony, builds up from hesitant darkness into the radiant blaze of optimism, confidence, whatever. Now he does this through the simplest of means. At the end of the third movement, which is the rather shadowy, dark scherzo, his plan is to burst us into the light without stopping. Now he does this by making the orchestra play as quietly as it can, all the strings just plucking very, very quietly. Then comes the heartbeat of the drum, very, very quiet and distant and the strings just moving up and down, uncertain about which way they're going to go. And then suddenly, very quickly, the whole orchestra comes in, and, without stopping, we burst into the final movement. This is in the major key. Lights full on, after lights hardly on at all. The symphony is a masterpiece of storytelling without words. When the French Revolution erupted, Beethoven was a teenager, struggling to support his family after the death of their mother, and the concept of individual liberty became a lifelong issue. And we, the listeners, are compelled to share his battle against fate. Although Beethoven wanted to write something that was comprehensible at first hearing, hewasn't writing simply to give pleasure. He wanted it to be a potentially life-changing experience, music that would resonate in the mind long after the last note had sounded.Part V Do you know ...?What is a musical? According to one definition, it is a stage, television or film production utilizing popular-style songs and dialogue to either tell a story and/or showcase the talents of varied performers. Musicals are not just written -- they are collaborative creations that are put together piece by piece. Then what is the Broadway musical? When was it born?A Spot dictation. Listen to a passage about the birth of the Broadway musical. Fill in the blanks with the words you hear.Audioscript:Most scholars believe that The Black Crook in 1866 marked the beginning of the musical comedy, integrating music, dance and comedy, with an emphasis on beautiful women and spectacular scenery. But it was during World War Oneand after, that the musical developed as a uniquely American idiom. Song-and-dance man George M. Cohan exploited Americans' sense of patriotism, moving away from European influences. In the 1920s. songwriters who include Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, brought the musical to maturity with their meticulous crafting of music and lyrics to create the American popular song.The modern musical was born in 1943 with Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma, which revolutionized the way dance, music and dialogue were used to develop the plot and characters. Other songwriters of the 1940s, 50s and 60s capitalized on that winning formula to write so many hit musicals, that that era is now referred to as "Broadway's Golden Age." Since then, American musicals have been translated and produced on stages all over the world. The music has become a mainstay among vocalists and jazz musicians, making clear the expression that the music of Broadway is truly "America's classic music."Foreigners call Americans Yankees. Southerners say that Yankees are Northerners. Northerners say that Yankeesare from the New England states. People in New England say it is the Vermonters who are Yankees. Vermonters reply that a Yankee is just someone who eats pie for breakfast. It seems that the origin of this term defies detection.B1 Listen to the passage. Focus on what the word "Yankee" refers to at different times. Supply the missing information. B2 Now listen to the passage again. Complete the summary.Our question this week asks about the song Yankee Doodle. To explain, we must go back more than 200 years. The American colonies had not yet won independence from England. The British used the word "Yankee" to describe colonists in the northeast part of America. That area was known as New England. After the War for Independence, the British used the word to mean all Americans. And during both World Wars American soldiers were known as Yankees or just Yanks.That was the song Yankee Doodle. History experts do not know exactly when it was written. Some research shows the date may have been during the 1750s. Many storiessay a British army doctor wrote the song when England was fighting the French and the Indians in North America. There is little confirmation of these stories. We do know, however, that Yankee Doodle was sung by the British to make the colonial people of North America look foolish. And we know the song became popular among the colonists themselves. Many knew at least some of the words.The British continued to use the song to make Yankees look foolish until the early days of the War for Independence in the 1770s. Stories say, British soldiers marching out of the city of Boston stepped in time to the music of Yankee Doodle. Those same soldiers were defeated by colonial troops at the town of Concord singing the same song. Since then, Yankee Doodle has been a song that represents the United States.Part VII Watch and enjoyMagic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means.These feats are called magic tricks, effects, or illusions. A professional who performs such illusions is called a magician or an illusionist. Watch the video clip from the movie Illusionist. After watching, answer the following questions.Videoscript:Announcer：Life and death, space and time, fate and chance. These are the forces of the universe. Tonight, ladies and gentleman, I present to you a man who has unlocked these mysteries. From the furthest cornersof the world where the dark arts still hold sway, hereturns to us to demonstrate how nature's laws maybe bent. I give you ... Eisenheim.Eisenheim：Might I borrow a handkerchief from someone?You, Madam. Thank you. Ah, be patient. Now, if youplease, I would like to continue with an examinationof time. From the moment we enter this life we are in the flow of it. We measure it and we mark it but wecannot defy it. We cannot even speed it up or slow it down. Or can we? Have we not each experienced asensation that a beautiful moment seemed to pass_ too quickly? And wished that we could make it linger?Or felt time slow on a dull day and wished that wecould speed things up a bit? I assure you, they'requite real. Audience: Is it real?Eisenheim：And you, Madam, where is yourhandkerchief? Audience: Bravo! Very good.。

张民伦英语听力教程book I unit8

Language Points
transfer: invoice: account estate： cerdit:
转账
发票 enquiry : 账户查询
房地产
信用
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Spanish
pesetas: 西班牙比索汇率转换
conversion:
Task 3: Micro-Listening
Teaching Focus
The teaching focus of Unit 8 is bank details, currency codes and price.

Task 2: Pre-listening
Though price are written in much the same way as decimal numbers, they are pronounced differents “one five”, “one dollar five ”, or, one dollar five cents
Task 3: Micro-Listening
Part I: warming-up exercises
Language Points

interest rate: 利息
charge：收费
deposit/ withdraw：存/取 identification card：身份证 loan : 借款

Task 3: Micro-Listening
Part III- Making phone calls to chase late payments
Background Information
Cash payment is not popular in modern society. The most common bill of exchange is the cheque. But every coin has two sides. Sometimes, something unexpected will happen

大学英语听力教学课件第三册答案主编张民伦

《英语听力教程3》答案与听力材料呵呵....考试一路顺风......UNIT 1A.B. Keys:Part I Getting ready1: burning of the forests/tree removal (deforestation)/reduction of the world's rain forests2: global warming/greenhouse effect/emissions of CO2Part II The Earth at risk (I)A. Keys:1.a. More people--------?more firewood----?fewer treesb. More domestic animals------?more plants-----?fewer available plantsa, b--? More desert----?move south-----?desrtt expanding south----?no grass2. Growing crops stabilize soil, without them the top soil just blows away. But if there isn't enough rain the crops don't grow.3. People try to grow food to support themselves or to create ranches where cattle can be raised, or to get hardwood for export,or to make way for an iron ore mineB. Keys:1: Sahara Desert2: North America & most of Europe3: top soil blowing away4: tropical forests destruction5: animal/plant species becoming extinct6: climate change for the whole worldPart III The Earth at risk (II)A. Keys:1: Trees would hold rainfall in their roots. When forests in the higher up-river have been destroyed, all the rain that falls in the monsoon season flows straight into the river and starts the flooding.2: He implies that some national governments just consider the results of their policies in the near future, or just think as far ahead as the next election.B. Keys:1: flooding in Bangladesh2: Action to be taken3: population controlPart IV More about the topic: The Effects of Global Warming Keys:1: Warming up of the world2: Effects of global3: reduced potential for food production4: change of patterns of hear-related food poisoning, etc.Part V Do you know…?A. Keys:1: F 2: F 3: F 4: F 5: TB. Keys:Dos 1: your towels 2: Cut out 3: a wall-fire 4: fridge 5: wait until you've a full load6: a complete mealDon’ts 7: iron everything 8: the iron up 9: the kettle 10: to the brim11: hot foodUnit 2Part I Getting readyA.B. Keys:1: International Union for the Conservation of Nature,United Nations, wildlife, policies2: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, trade, animals and plants, 1975, prohibits, 8000, controls,300003: United Nations Environmental Program,leadership, environment, quality of life4: World Wide Fund for Nature(formerly World Wildlife Fund) , 1961, Sahara Desert, North America & most of Europe,top soil blowing awayC. Keys:1: 2 2: 4 3: 5 4: 1,6 5: 3Questions:1: They work to conserve natural areas that contain endangered wildlife2: They are campaigning to provide sea sanctuaries for some of these endangered species.Protected-nesting sites for turtles have been set up3: It refers to the places of safety in the sea where sea animals are protected and allowed to live freelyPart II Christmas bird countsA. Keys:1: Jan. 3rd 2: more than 40 000 volunteers 3: 1 600 4: a 15 mile diameter5: an American artist 6: their natural habitats 7: the late 1800sB. Keys:1: start 2: sponsored 3: outside counting birds 4: experienced bird watchers5: anyone that is interested or concerned 6: scheduled 7: 10 people taking part8: 15 mile diameter circle 9: the total bird populations 10: the number of birds11: the longest-running bird census 12: undefinedPart III Dolphin captivityA.B. Keys:1: 1 2: 3 3: 4 4: 5 5: 26: Dolphins should be kept in captivity.7: There are educational benefits of keeping marine mammals in captivity.C. Keys:1: stress (family-oriented) 2: sonar bouncing off3: average age of death; life getting better for captive dolphins4: natural behabior patterns-altered5: suffering from fractured skulls, ribs or jaws6: can't learn from animals in the wild how they operate, breed, what they need, etc.Part IV More about the topic: Birds----A Source of WealthKeys:1：9300 2：Habitat 3：warmer climates 4：300 different species 5：colder climates 6：habitat alteration 7：esthetic value 8：Birds' populationPart V Do you know…?Keys:1: one and one-half million 2: 20 times3: 100 4: 40000 5: 65 million6: 3500 7: 2 million square miles 8: 3%9: 200 animal species 10: 100011: a third 12: two-thirds 13: three-quartersUnit 3 El Nino? La Nina? Part ID. warmer/ green house effect / sea levels/ climate zonesAs 1998 ends and people look forward to the last year of the century, the World Almanac spoke with experts about what comes next. Almanac editorial director says the experts believe the next century will bring lots of changes.Warm, of course, that our climate is going to continue getting warmer. That’s the subject, by the way, of another new article on the 1999 World Almanac. The greenhouse effect, exactly what causes it, and what steps to be taken to, perhaps to alleviate global warmings. I’ve seen recently that 1998 is goin g to go down as the warmest year ever on record. And so that’s going to be a major issue of the next century, and possible tremendous consequences of the global warmings, whether it is rising sea levels affecting the coastal areas; changes in climate zones affecting what crops can be grown, and in what regions. This is potentially a very significant trend to be watched.E. Cyclone: North or south of equator / Typhoon:/ Hurricane: Eastern PacificMajor ocean storms in the northern part of the world usually develop in late summer or autumn over waters near the equator. They are known by several different names. Scientists call these storms cyclones when they happen just north or south of the equator in the Indian Ocean. In the western Pacific Ocean or the China Sea, thesestorms are called typhoons. In the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, they are called hurricanes.Part IIA. Outline 1. A. weather pattern/ global climateB. 1. twice a decade 2. 12-18 monthsC. 1. warmer weather/2. wetter than usual/ drier D. the decline of winds II. 1. droughtsB. a cyclic weather pattern/ about twice a decade/ wetter/ drier/ cold water away from South America’s west/ to expand eastward toward the America’s / move eastward too/ the weather around the world/ droughts/ rains and flooding/ on the South American fishing industry/ to become depletive/ the strength of it/Part III Lick ObservatoryB. location: an hour’s drive/ summit/Origin of the name: a wealthy businessmanSize: one meter diameter/ secondTime: 1888Present function: research/ an educational toolC. way of observation: human eyes; in the cold/ TV screen Gains and losses: Romance/ the sky/ efficiency/ reality/ universeQuestions:1. Because lick Observatory is near “Silicon Valley”, a region of the states high-technology.2. Because Lick Observatory was built on his estate and he was buried at the base of the telescope at this won request.3. By using the 19th century telescope, you have a feeling of romance with direct viewing with the human eyes. By sing the modern devices, you lose that romance but gain the efficiency. That’s an exchange.Part IV. The national climatic Data Center.A. OutlineI. A. 1951 B. headquarters C. satellites, radar, solar radiation system, airplanes, shipsII. B. collecting weather records from around the world D. publications about earth environment. E. requests fro information from all over the world.B. questions.1. The Department of Defense, the National Weather Service, the coastguard2. The office has written weather observations made by early American diplomat Benjamin Franklin and by the third President of the U.S.3. You can get the information by computer, microfilm and telephone4. American cities. Another publication has monthly reports from 1500 observation stations around the world.5.The center had more than 900,000 requests from government officials, business owners,Unit 4 Reports on Disasters & AccidentsPart I.1. firebomb/ shopping/ several /2. 1,000 tornadoes3. car ferry/ taken over/ Green Action Front4. South Korea/ 270/ thousands5. robbed/ 5/ lunchtime/ 10,0006. hurricane/ 100/ twenty/ 1007. Hijacked/ TuesdayPart II. Hurricanes & tornadoesA. 1. a storm 2. about 2000 3. the winds were up to 75 miles an hour 4. the Indian army 5. destroyed/ links / collapsed 6. more than 40 people 7. over 100,000 peopleLarge numbers of villages have been completely cut off. The officialsaid the death toll could reach 2000. the Indian army has been called into help the relief effort. From Deli. Here is David Willis.The storm with winds of up to 75 miles an hour struck India’s southeast coast, flattening homes, destroying crops and cutting transport links. Eyewitnesses reported tidal waves more than 12 feet high. The storm was followed by torrential rains, which swept away roads and railway lines, and flooded low lying areas. More than 40 people are thought to have died when a ferry sank. But most of the deaths have been due to flooding, houses collapsing or electrocutions. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and are taking shelter in relief camps. After surveying the flooded area by helicopter, the chief minister said it resembled a burial ground. He’s appealed to the federal government to tr eat the incident as a national calamity. David Willis.B. 1. The worst of the heavy rains and thunderstorms appears to be over2. in parts of Europe3. During the past week4. Affected5. At least five6. because emergency warnings were issued before.C. 1. c 2 b 3. d 4. bNine hours Greenwich Mean Time. The news read by Wendy Gordon. The worst of the heavy rains and thunderstorms that have been sweeping parts of Europe during the past week appears to be over. Exceptionally heavy rainfall brought flooding to many parts of Germany, Switzerland, Northern Italy and France and chaos to rail and road transport. Although most flights are expected to be back to normal by this time tomorrow, there are expected to be serious delays on the German and Italian motorways over the forthcoming holiday weekend and train services are unlikely to be normalized for several days. A government spokeswoman in France announced that the damage to homes and property is expected to be at least four thousand million francs. It is reported that at least five people have lost their lives. Experts agree that casualty figures are low because emergency warnings were issued on the day before the storms began. The federal government in Switzerland has urged motorists and rail travelers not to travel during the next few days and no international traffic will be allowed on the main north-south motorway routes across the country until next Tuesday.Part III. EarthquakesA. Another earthquake, the fifth in three days, hit Japan last night. Hundreds of homes have now been destroyed or badly damaged, and thousands have been made homeless since the earthquakes started.Many of the homeless have begun to make themselves makeshift shelters from the rubble. Electricity, gas and water supplies have also been seriously disrupted. Experts believe that the country will be hit by more quakes during the next 48 hours.C.I. A. Sunday/ the 23rd B. in southern ItalyII. A. at least 400 B. many more than 400III. A. in small towns and villages outside Naples 1. hospital 2. church 3. private homesB. 1. eight or nine 2. in the streets or squares 3. countryside/ traffic jams 4. telephone lines/ 5. electricity and waterIV. A. 1. the fog 2. the cold weather B. roadrt.Part IV Earthquake TipsDuring an earthquakeA1. Main idea: to remember Tsunami victims2. Time : midday/ 3 minutes of silence/ people stopped/ flags lowered to half staff.3. Purpose: giving people a chance to remember all those who died.4. 1) Sweden/ 700+1200 Germany: +1000B1. large earthquake/ epicenter under water2. no/ most quakes no tsunamis3. depending on distance/ near the earthquake/ immediately / hardest hit area/ two hours away.4. a. water/ seriously withdrawing or coming in for no apparent reasonb. feeling an earthquake / witnessing a landslide at the coast Unit 5 People & Places (I) Part I1. Australia is the world’s largest island and its smallest continent. Its total area of 3,000,000 square miles is about the same as that of the continental United States (excluding Alaska)2. the area of Nepal is about 54,000 square miles. Within its borders are five of the world’s highest peaks.3. Switzerland is a small, landlocked country, 15,944 square miles in area. It’s bordered by France, Austria, a nd Italy.4. more than 20,000,000 people live in Argentine. About 97 percent are of European stock. Most argentines live on the eastern plains. Fewer than 19% live in the dry western and northwestern provinces.5. Austria is 32,376 square miles in area. This makes it twice thesize of neighboring Switzerland. There are about 7,150,000 people living in Austria. More than one third of the people live in or near Vienna, the capital city.6. Colombia is the only country in South America with a coastline on the both sides of the continent. It is a big country with an area of 439,828 square miles and about 16,300,000persons live in Colombia.7. Saudi Arabia’s area is estimated to be about 830,000 square miles. Almost all of Saudi Arabia’s 7,000,000 people are A rabs. Today Saudi Arabia’s vast oil resources are paying for the modernization of the country. Conditions there are changing more rapidly than they have for centuries.8. Denmark proper has an area of only 16,575 square miles. It is the smallest of the Scandinavian countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. But Denmark’s population of over 4,600,000 is greater than that of Norway and more than half that of Sweden. Part II CanadaB. outlineI. A. second only/ B. 26 million people C. 1 the Great Lakes 2 the Rocky Mountains 3 the Arctic islandsII. A. 1. 2. overcoat/ a fur hatIII. A. 1. American Indians 2 Germans 3 Italians, / Inuit B.English and FrenchIV. A. seafood B. meat dishes D. the sweet course E. good beer but not good local wines.V. A. most modern shopping centers B. 1 2. woolen 3. wood 4 leather 5 mapleVI. A. the Canadian dollar B. 10 am to 3pm Monday to Thursday, till later on Fridays.Part III Traveling around AustraliaA. Sydney: harbor: take a boat trip in an old sailing ship/ at a backpacker’s hotelThe Sydney Opera House: see concertsThe great Barrier Reef: tropical fish/ glass bottom/ at a resort hotel or at a guesthouseAyers Rock in Ulura National park: go hiking/ see cave paintings/ colors /at sunrise and sunsetKakadu National Park: go hiking/ wildlife / waterfalls/ in one of the campsites.B. 1. T 2 F 3 F 4. T 5 F 6. T 7. FStatements:1. When David was in Sydney, he didn’t stay there for night.2. The Great Barrier Reef is in South Queensland in Australia3. From what Nancy says, one can know that she is fond of swimming4. In Uluru national Park, Nancy can see the largest rock in the world.5. If Nancy likes to walk around the base of the rock, she has to walk about five miles.6. Nancy will bring her camera with her when she travels in Australia.7. There are no crocodiles in the tropical forest in Australia.Part IV. The Story of DenverOutlineI. A. 1l6 kilometers/ one mile above the sea levelB. population:C. 1. 300 days of sunshine a year2. about 35 centimetersII. Business and Marketing centerA. more than 1500 manufacturing companies1. Main activity: food processing2. other factories making equipment for the defense, space, high technology and transportation industries.3. gold productionB. the computer and communications industriesC. 1. offering the third highest number/ 2. that do business in other countriesIII. A. History B. Natural History C. North America/ 90,000 E. city park system F. a business area filled with old buildings, gas lights and vehicles pulled by horsesPart V. Do you Know…?ICELAND----- in the Atlantic/ a small population / an island countryBrazil----- a newly-built capital / a pretty large country/ famous for its jungles/ a South American countryNew Zealand----- hotter than Britain / a small population / a mountainous country/ a wet climate/ divided into two islands. Unit6People and Places (II)Part IPart II New ZealandersOutlineI. A. an island country in the South Pacific Ocean B. 2,575,000 II. A. free education for children from ages 3 to 19B. for children between the ages of 7 and 15C. The Government Correspondence School:III. A. one of the highest in the worldB. mainly one-story wooden homesC. meat and butterIV. Recreation B. musical / D. Concerts/ E operaV. A. camping/ fishing C. Rugby football D. soccer/ basketballB. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6 FStatements:1. New Zealand is about 1,400 miles from Australia2. More people live on the larger South Island than the North Island in New Zealand3. Most New Zealanders are of British origin.4. Children in New Zealand usually go to school at the age of5.5. Not many New Zealanders have their own cars.6. New Zealanders are fond of drinking a lot of tea.Part III. What do you think of Britain?Weather Food people Way of lifePaul Changeable; depressing;The best word: bleak Boring/ flavor$ taste/ enjoy it Snobbish;/ alive/ on fireCindy Cloudy/ sunshine D ull, / sweets Difficult/ reserved relaxed Usha Changeable/ OK Healthy/ bland Reserved/ friendly Fast Spiro Depressing / long; pleasant All right/ limited Friendly sincere Awful; / tiringB. 1. It must be tasty and full of flavor2. Spring and autumn3. Because the city life is fast4. for seven years5. there is a wider selection of dishes in Greek food.6. Usha is very good at making friends.Part IV Native peoples of AlaskaOutline1. A. 1 sea 2 fish 3 4 reindeerB 1 frame houses 2 hutsC 1 hunting 2. carvingII. A related/ differentB. 1 the sea 2 fishing boats 3 working inIII. Indians A. the interior 1. Canada 2 fishing, trappingB. near the sea 1. 2 means of livelihood: c. loggingPart V. Do you know…?1. T 2 T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. FStatements:1. The city of London is quite dirty.2. the speed of life in the countryside is relatively low.3. companies remain in the city despite high rents and office costs.4. the company selling office equipment had no choice but to close down its London office.5. shortly after the company closed down its London office, it went bankrupt.6. more and more fields in the countryside are being used for housing.7. with less land to farm, people now get fewer farming products.Unit7Part I Getting readyA.B. Keys:1: delighted 2: care 3: afraid 4: shy 5: strangers 6: really 7: laugh at 8: seriously9: sympathetic 10: lectures 11: experience 12: think 13: grammar 14: meaning 15: time16: work 17: problems 18: read19: improve 20: somethingPart II Are you a good language leaner?A. Keys:1: instrumental 2: examinations 3: integrative 4: immigration 5: marry 6: confident7: a good ear 8: revision 9: monitor 10: organization 11: teacher 12: classroom 13: 24 hours 14: responsibilityB. Keys:1: eternal 2: solution 3: out-of-classroom 4: in-classroom 5: responsibility6: failed 7: blame 8: blamePart III Foreign accentsA. Keys:1: judge 2: accents 3: snobbish 4: posh 5: foreign6: talk 7: expect 8: BBCB. Keys: 1: strong 2: struggle 3: broken 4: sort 5: tellPart IV More about the topic: How to Enlarge your V ocabulary? Keys: (the red numbers after the statements mean that you should tick Women 1, 2 or 3 in the form)1. learn new words by reading, e.g. newspapers, magazines: 1、32. learn new words from TV, films, etc.: 23. look up new words in a dictionary: 1、24. ask a native speaker of English what a new word means: 25. keep vocabulary cards or a vocabulary notebook: 2、36. try to use new words in conversations or when writing letters: 27. guess the meaning of new words: 38. group words related to one topic: 39. figure out the words from the pronunciation: 210. do crossword puzzles: 1Part V Do you know…?B. Keys: 1: lift, weekend 2: announcer or newsreader, smoking, training3: building 4: parkingUnit8Part I Getting readyA.B. Keys:1 : √2 : 03 : 04 : √5 : 0Part II Home schoolingA. Keys:1: About 300000 2: In reading and math 3: interests, questions 4: outsider,mixing with, well qualified, narrow views 5: time, desireB. Keys:1: snowfall, climate, Alaska, tourism2: spring, stars, telescope, satellites, space3: dinner, atlas, influence, greenhouse, deserts, ice capsPart III UK or US education?A. Keys:1: everything 2: fair idea, want to do 3: competent, narrow, one thing 4: beginning, lose yearsB. Keys:1: depth, general, wide 2: 90% 3: pure, technical, scientific, academic, practical use4: flexible, switch 5: far more, prepared, new skillsPart IV More about the topic: Co-educational or Segregated Schools Keys:1：to equip 2：require 3：shock 4：apart 5：true 6：get to know 7：live together8：compare 9：male 10：female 11：healthy attitude 12：mysterious creatures13：romantic heroes 14：physical 15：emotionalPart V Do you know…?Keys:1 : similar, Britain2 : 1732, life stories3 : 1751, Frenchmen4 : 1768, Scotland5 : 72000, 70006 : 8000, 10007 : 70 to 125 Unit9Part I Getting readyA.B. Keys:1: F 2: T 3: F 4: FC. Keys:1: comedy 2: women 3: scenery 4: One 5: American 6: patriotism 7: European8: 1920s 9: maturity 10: popular 11: 1943 12: plot 13: hit 14: golden age15: all over the world 16: mainstay 17: music of Broadway 18: classicPart II Times SquareA. Keys:1: Because it is the name for the area around where Broadway crosses Forty-Second Street in Manhattan2: In 1904, it got its name in an area which was then called Long Acre Square.3: New York Times newspaper, New Year celebrations, Entertainment, Its huge colorful signsB. Keys:1: seedy, drug dealers, pornography or cheap knock-off,2: be widened, declined, upscale, Times Square clothing and accessoriesPart III What is a pub?A. (Outline) Keys:1: sign 2: name 3: sale of alcoholic drinks 4: 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 5: 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.6: Sundays 7: 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. 8: accommodationB. Keys:1: That is because they seldom find the word "pub" in the name of a pub. Very often many pubs have names linked to royalty, sports, popular heroes or great occasions.2: The first thing to look for is a large sign either hanging over the street or placed on a pole outside the building.3: "Saloon Bar" is more comfortably furnished.4: That means the pub doesn't buy its drinks from one particular brewery only. It isn't tied to a brewery.C. Keys:1: coaches welcomed by appointment 2: bar food - lunchtimes only 3: pub accommodation 4: facilities for the disabled 5: a pub of historic interestPart IV More about the topic: The Song Yankee DoodleA. Keys:1: Colonists in the northeast part of America2: All Americans 3: American soldiersB. Keys:1: little 2: British 3: British 4: foolish 5: colonists 6: words 7: 1770s 8: soldiers 9: music 10: defeated 11: same 12: representsPart V Do you know…?A. Keys:1：It's Christmas Eve supper.2：There are 12 traditional dishes on the table.3：They just break wafers with each other, wishing each other good luck.4：The children go to the other room, where the big Christmas tree stands. Under the tree there are some Christmas presents.5：They go to church at midnight.B. Keys: 1：c 2：a 3：b 4：b 5：cUnit10Part I Getting readyA.B. Keys:1: July 20. 1969 2: U.S. 3: descended 4: the first person5: step 6: leap7: two-and-a-half hour 8: flag 9: a phone called 10: feat11: heavens 12. world 13: moment 14: people 15: pride16: astronauts 17: module 18. legacy19: demonstration 20: chained 21: further 22: unlimitedPart II Standing on the moonA. Keys:1: the fifth person 2: nine hours and twenty-three minutes3: gather and photograph 4:peacefull, insignificantB. Keys:1: F 2: F 3: F 4: TPart III Grand projects of the ageA. Keys: 4, 2, 5, 3, 1, 6B. Keys:1: 1931, 102-floor high, 42 years, its limestone majesty2: 2009, $24 billion, electrity3: $330 billion, (still counting), 4300 miles, (still counting), automobile society, jobs, trade4: 1994, 24 miles, England, the Continent5: 1914, $380 million, 7800 milesPart IV More about the topic: World Wars (I& II)Missing…Part V Do you know…?Keys: 1: T 2: F 3: F 4: F 5: T 6: FUnit11Part I Getting readyA.B. Keys:1: Tuesday, March 1st 2: Arts 3: Sciences 4: industry 5: technicians 6: 30 7: recognize 8: create 9: vote 10: 70 11: Album 12: gold 13: players 14: short 15: nominated 16: six 17: Pop Male 18: country singer19: The Hard WayPart II Karen Kain—a Canadian ballerinaA. Keys:1: In her hometown.2: When she was eleven years old.3: She also got academic training.4: When she was eighteen years old.5: He is an actor.6: For six weeks.7: For another ten years at the most.8: She will be playing Cinderella in an English pantomime.B. Keys:1: c 2: d 3: d 4: a 5: d 6: cPart III “The Scream”A. Keys:1: powerful 2: black 3: white 4: bridge 5: screaming6: at the end 7: loneliness 8: sadnness 9: hideB. Keys:1: For painting the bridge or the street2: For painting a field or a wall3: They somehow depress the picture4: For painting clouds5: They add to the depression of the screamerPart IV More about the topic: The Oscar Award and OthersKeys:I. 1: Oscar 2: motion pictures 3: Academy 4: 1929 5: ten6: gold 7: the statuette 8: librarian 9: director 10: first cousinII. 1: the theater 2: Theater Wing 3: 1947 4: actress-director 5: nicknameIII. 1: mystery writing 2: Mystery Writers 3: miniature 4: father 5: detectiveIV. 1: Science Fiction Convention 2: science fiction 3: silver4: rocket ships 5: founder 6: Amazing StoriesPart V Do you know…? Keys:1: T 2: F 3: F 4: F 5: T 呵呵....祝你考试顺利！加油！。