施心远主编听力教程1第2版-Unit-2-原文及问题详解

Unit Two

Section 1 Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics

Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape~ Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions.

Woman: Good evening.

Man: Good evening. Can you ( 1 ) make up this prescription, please

Woman: Certainly. (2) Would you like to wait

Man: How long (3) will it take

Woman: (4)It'll be ready in twenty minutes.

Man: Oh, (5) I'll come back later.

Woman: All right, sir,

Man: (6) Shall I pay now or later

Woman: (7) Later'll be all right.

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Exercise A: Listen to the conversation and take notes.

Exercise B: Use the information from your notes to mark the places and streets mentioned in the conversation on the sketch map.

Man: Excuse me. How can I get to the station please

Woman: The station, the station, the station ...let me see. Ah, yes. You can go down ...

no. Go straight on until you come to a cinema. Let's see now-- that's the

second turn on your right. The cinema's on the corner. Turn right at the

cinema and you'll be in Bridge Street. I think it's Bridge Street. Go along

Bridge Street for a few minutes and then take the second -- no, not the

second, the first, that's fight, the first turning. On your left. The station is

straight ahead, right in front of you.

Man: So that's second right and first left. Thank you very much. That's very kind of you.

Woman: Don't mention it.

go up vs. go down

Go up上坡，往北，从小地方往大地方（如城市，尤其是首都）

Go down下坡，往南，从大地方往小地方（如农村）

Go up: 1) go up to a place: go to college, go to the town/capital

. He will go up to Cambridge next term.

2) go up to sb.向。。。走去/靠近

Section 2 Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogue

Dialogue 1: Where are you living now

Exercise A:

F 1. The man lives in Hampstead now. (The man used to live in Hampstead.)

T 2. The man has changed his job.

(He worked for an advertising agency five years ago but now he works for a newspaper.)

F 3. The place where the man lives now is about 15 miles away from London. (The

nearest station is rather far about 15 miles away, but the village is fairly close to London, about 40 miles.)

Exercise B:

1. Why did the man move out of London

Because he finds that London is so dirty and there's so much stress.

或Because it is dirty and stressful.

2. Where does he live now

He lives in a village in the country, about 40 miles away from London.

3. How did he use to go to work

He used to go to work by bicycle.

4. How does he go to work now (inference, the last sentence)

Most likely he goes to work by car now because he said that it takes him less than an hour and a half, door to door, to get to work.

door-to-door ['dɔ:tə'dɔ:]

adj.[美国英语]

1) (为兜售、调查、募捐、拉选票等)挨家挨户的

2) 送货上门的；从门到门的，自发货点(或起点)至收货人(或终点)的，全程运输的adv.

1) 挨家挨户地，挨户

2) 送货上门地；从门到门地，自起点至终点地，全程地

5.Where does he work now

Teacher’s book: He works for a newspaper now.

或者He works in London.

Interviewer: You say you moved out of London five years ago