施心远主编听力教程1第2版unit8原文及答案

Unit 8Section 1 Tactics for listeningPart 1 PhoneticsJill and Monica go to a travel agency.long weekend holiday, please.Jill: Paris.Monica: We're not sure. Which hotel would you suggestI recommend you stay there.Clerk: Would you complete this form, pleasePart 2 Listening and Note-talkingA.It’s got four wheels, and usually carries one person, but it can carry two. Its top speedis around 6 kms an hour, and it weighs about 15 kilos. It costs ￡72.B. This vehicle costs about ￡5,000. It can go up to 160 kp h, and can carry four people in comfort. It weighs 695 kilos when it’s empty. There are four wheels.C. These two-wheeled vehicles are very popular with teenagers. They are fast, but much less safe than vehicle A or B. This model has a maximum speed of 224 KPH, and weighs 236 kilos . It can carry one or two people, and costs ￡1,700.D. This vehicle, which cots ￡65,000, is commonly used for pub lic transport. It has two decks, or floors, and can carry 72 people when full. Its maximum speed is 110 kms an hour, bu t it doesn’t usually go faster than 80. It has six wheels, and weighs 9,000kilos.E. This vehicle was built by two countries working in collabor ation. It travels at 2, 160 kph- faster than sound-carrying a maximum of 100 people. When it is fully loaded with passenge rs and fuel, it weighs 175,000 kilograms. It has ten wheels. Each of these vehicles cost hundreds of millions of pounds to produce- it is impossible to say exactly how much.F. "How many wheels""T w o"What does it weigh'"'Thirteen and a half kilos.""How much does it cost'"￡140"How many people can it carry'""Just one.""Top speed""It depends. For most people, perhaps about 25kph.'A: Listen to the conversation and take notes.B: Fill in the following table with relevant information. Exercise BQuestion: What vehicles are they What’s their nameSection 2 Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialoguesDialogue 1: Have You Been to the Theatre HereInterviewer: So you're over from the StatesWoman: That's right. We've been here about er, two and a half weeks and we've got another three days before we go back. Interviewer: Have you been to the theatre hereWoman: Oh, yes. Theatre, opera, concerts, the lot. We've seen some magnificent things at the theatre, really excellent -- the acting, the stage sets, the whole atmosphere, really, it was fantastic.Interviewer: Which do you think was your favorite playWoman: It's hard to say. Er, the Shakespeare play, that was br illiant, and then we saw a comedy lastnight. that was really funny, I loved that. I don't know. It’s been a veryentertaining two weeks. I think I've enjoyed most things I've s een.Interviewer: And what's next, thenWoman: The bank! Tomorrow morning I'm going to cash some more traveler’s cheques. You can spend quite a lot of money in Lon don, you know. Never mind, it's been worth it. The most entert aining two weeks I’ve had for a long time. And Ithink I'll come back next year if I can. If I have enough m oney left that is!A: Listen to the interview and answer the following questions.1. Where are they now (They are in London.)2. Where is the woman from (She is from the Unites States.)3. How long has she been here (She has been there for two a nd a half weeks.)B: true or falseF F F TDialogue 2 Are You Free for Lunch TodayPay attention to the expressions to give directions.Stuart: Woodside 8432.Margaret: Hello again, Stuart. What can I do for youStuart: Are you free for lunch todayMargaret: Yes, I think so. What timeStuart: One o’clockMargaret: OK. WhereStuart: Lacy’s,in Marston Street. Do you know where it is Margaret: No.Margaret:But I won’t be coming from the office. I’ve got a meeting at the town hall; I’ll be coming straight from there.Margaret: No, I bet. Did you say one o’clockStuart: Yes. Is that OKMargaret: No, on second thoughts, can we make it a bit earlier Say a quarter toStuart: Quarter to one, OK.Margaret: All right. See you then. Macy’s,in Caxton Street, rightStuart: No!Blank filling:Stuart asked Margaret to have (1) lunch together. They wil l meet at Lucy’s,in (2) Marston Street at (3) a quarte r to one. Margaret can take a (4) 47 bus from the (5) office, gets off at (6) Grange Square, (7) cross the road , turns (8) left, takes the (9) first on her (10) right, and Lacy’s is a few yards down the road on the (11) left, opposite a (12) church. However, Margaret won’t be coming from the office. She’s got a meeting at the (13 ) town hall. She’ll be coming straight from there. Then she can get a number (14) 17, gets off in front of the (15) cathedral, walk through the (16) park, then go along the (17) canal to the (18) right and over the (19) fi rst bridge, and she’ll come out (20) opposite Marston Str eet. Lacy’s is down at the (21) other end on the (22) right.Part 2 PassageIf you ask some people "How did you learn English so well" yo u may get a surprising answer: "In my sleep!" These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test methods, which are now being tried in several countries, and wi th several subjects, of which English is only one.Specialists say that this sleep-study method speeds language lear ning tremendously. They say that the average person can learn t wo or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day and this does not affect his rest in any wa y. A word of warning, however: sleep teaching will only hammer into* your head what you have studied while you are awake.In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio at intervals* of a fortnight. Each lesson lasted twelve hours --from 8 . to 8 . The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary were given with the student awake. At 11 ., a soothing* lullaby* was broadcast to send the student to sleep a nd for the next three hours the radio whispered the lesson aga in into his sleeping ears. At 2 . a sharp noise was sent ov er the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes of revision. Then he was lulled* back to rest again while t he radio purred on. At 5 o'clock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before his ha rd-earned breakfast.Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of t he following questions.1-4: A B D D5-8: C C A BNews Item 1In many developing countries, weather reports remain trapped in th e capital. National weather services have the information, but no way to get it to farmers andother people in rural communities.This is the job of an international project called RANET--Rural C ommunications using Radio and the Internet. RANET works with natio nal weather services to improve their reach.The project develops networks of satellite receiver systems, communi ty radio stations and other technologies. Communities often are pr ovided with some equipment, but the systems are locally owned and supported. RANET is working to improve communications in countrie s with limited power supplies.A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary. This news item is about getting weather reports to rural communities.B: Listen to the news item again and answer the questions1. The first paragraph. Or the 1st sentence of the 1st paragraph.2. Rural Communications using Radio and the Internet.3.RANET aim at working with national weather services to improve their reach.4. The local communities.5. Community radio stations and other technologies.News Item 2A government report says climate change is already affecting Ameri can agriculture. The news report is from the Climate Change Scien ce Program, which brings together the research efforts of thirteen federal agencies.Much of the East and South now gets more rain than a century a go. But the report says there is some evidence of increased drou ght conditions in the West and Southwest. Western states have les s snow and ice on the mountains and earlier melting in the spri ng.Grain and oilseed crops are likely to develop faster with increas ed carbon dioxide the atmosphereBut higher temperatures will increase the risk of crop failures. Also, horticultural crops such as tomatoes, onions and fruit are more easily affected by climate change than grain and oilseed cro ps.The Department of Agriculture was the lead agency for the new re port.A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary. This news item is about the effect of climate change on American agriculture.B: Listen to the news item again and answer the questions.1.It is from the Climate Change Science Program.2.Thirteen federal agencies conducted the research.3.The Department of Agriculture is the lead agency for the report .4.Grain and oilseed crops are likely to develop faster if carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing.5.Horticultural crops such as tomatoes, onions and fruit are more easily affected by climate change.C: Complete the following form.Much of the East and South: now gets more rain than a century ago.the West and Southwest: have some evidence of increased drought conditionsNews Item 3piezoelectricity [pi:'eizəui,lektrisiti; pai'i:-]n. 【物理学】压电性；压电(现象)；压电学Science has made it possible to harvest energy from the wind, su n and water. All these renewable resources are used today to pow er an energy-hungry world. But imagine harvesting energy from crow ds of people moving to and from work every day. That is one of the possibilities of piezoelectricity, the science of gaining pow er from motion.James Graham and Thaddeus Jusczyk are two graduate students at th e Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology in Cambridge. They designed a way to capture the energ y of people' footsteps. They created a design for a special fl oor covering that moves a little when people step on it. The movement would create an electrical current that could be capturedto provide electrical power.Gathering power from the movements of large groups of people is called "crowed farming." And interest in crowd farming continues t o grow.Exercise A:This news item is about gathering electrical power from the movem ents of people.Exercise B:Piezoelectricity: the science of gaining power from motionCrowd farming: gathering power from the movements of large groups of peopleExercise C:1. graduate students ;2. capture; ; 4. floor covering; 5. step on; 6. electrical current; 7. capturedSection Three Oral WorkPart 1 Questions and AnswersRadio: Good afternoon. This is Radio Brighton. It’s two o’clock and time for “On the Town”and this is Judy Nash introducing the program.Judy: Hello. I’m here on Palace Pire and it’s a beautiful holi day. The pier is crowed with visitors.Let’s talk to some of them. Where do you come from, sirBen: Montreal.Judy: All the way from CanadaBen: That’s right.Judy: Are you enjoying yourself here in BrightonBen: Yes. It’s a lovely day and there’s lots to do.Judy: How much of Brighton have you seenBen: Not very much—we’ve only been here for an hour.Judy: Where are you going nowBen: We’re going to Royal Pavilion.Judy: And after thatBen: We haven’t decided yet.Judy: What about tonightBen: We’ll probably go to a restaurant and then catch the last train back to London.Judy: Well, thanks for talking to us, and have a good time.Exercise:1. Where is JudyShe is on Palace Pier.2. Whom is she talking toShe is talking to a visitor.3. Where does he come fromHe comes from Montreal, Canada.4. Is he enjoying himself in BrightonYes. It’s a lovely day and there’s lots to do.5. How much of Brighton has he seenHe hasn’t seen much of Brighton.6. How long has he been thereHe has been there for an hour.7. Where is he going nowHe is going to the Royal Pavilion.8. Which train will he catch back to LondonHe will catch the last train back to London.Part 2 Retelling a bad storyOne cold winter afternoon, a postman was slowly pushing his bicyc le up the hill. He had only one letter to deliver: this was fo r an old lady who lived at the top of the hill. The old lady had lived alone ever since her daughter had moved to Australia many years before. She always invited the postman in for a cup of tea whenever he took her a letter and told him about her two grandchildren inAustralia, whom she had never seen.Just as the postman went towards her gate, a small boy came run ning down the hill. Suddenly the boy slipped on the icy road an d fell. The postman hurried across the road to help the boy. Af ter a quick examination, he found that the boy hurt his leg bad ly. So the postman decided to send the boy to the hospital firs t. He carried the boy onto his bicycle and took him to the hos pital.Section Four Supplementary ExercisesPart 1 Listening ComprehensionPassage 1 RunningWhen I started running seven years ago, I could manage only abou t a quarter of mile before I had to stop. Breathless and aching , I walked the next quarter of a mile, then I jogged the next quarter of a mile, alternating these two activities for a coupl e of miles. Within a few weeks I could jog half way round Hamp stead Heath withoutstopping. Soon I started to run up the quarter -mile slope to the top of Parliament Hill, although I had to st op at the top to get my breath back. Eventually I found that I could even manage to get up the hill comfortably.I started to run because I felt desperately unfit. But the bigge st pay-off for me was- and still is- the deep relaxation that I achieve by taking exercise. It tires me out but I find that i t does calm me down.In those early days I saw few other runners. Now there are many more- and not just the macho* sports freaks*. Men and women of all ages have now taken up running. Some 25,000 runners aged 5 to 85 are attracted each year to the Sunday Times Fun Run in Hyde Park.In the last two years the London Marathon has become the biggest British sporting event —overtaking the boat race and the Derb y* in the number of spectators it attracts. When I started to j og I never dreamt of running of a marathon, but in 1982 I real ized that if I trained for it, it would be with in my reach, and after a slow, six-month build-up I managed the miles in ju st four hours. A creditable performance for a first-timer and afar cry from those days when I had to stop for breath after a quarter of a mile.1-5: C D B A A6-9: C C A APassage2 Cats in AmericaAn old expression says “Man’s best friend is his dog.”Today, however, it seems that cats have replaced dogs as the most pop ular pets in American homes. Americans have more than 62 million pet dogs. But even more cats—more than 64 million—live in Ame rican homes.These pet cats may have long hair or short hair. They are of d ifferent colors and sizes. Some are costly animals that take part in competitions. Many more are common American mixtures of sever al kinds of cats.Most house cats live a good life. They are not expected to work for their food. Instead, they rule their homes like furry kings and queens. They wait for their owners to serve them, America ns are increasingly serious about their cats. These concerns have made the care of cats into big business.Each year, cat owners buy tons of food especially prepared for c ats. They buy toys and other equipment. They buy jewelry and clothes for themselves with images of cats on them. Some owners eve n bury their dead pets in special burial grounds.Animal experts offer several reasons why cats have become so popu lar as house pets. They say cats need less care than dogs. And cats do not seem to suffer as much as dogs from being alone if the owners are away.Still millions of other people do not like cats at all. They sa y dogs are better and more loving pets. They say cats do not h ave much feeling. They believe cats stay with people only to be fed.Cat owners defend their pets against such criticism. They say cat s are just much more independent than dogs.A student of animal medicine explains the situation this way: Dog follow you around. They want you to talk to them and play wit h them a lot of the time. Cats like more space and more privac y. This does not mean they do not love their owners.Cat owners often like to read about cats. Many books about cats are in American libraries and bookstores. Cats also appear as t he heroes of newspaper comics, television programs and movies. Amo ng the most famous is Garfield. He is an orange, striped tiger cat.Garfield eats too much. His owner, John, is always trying to get the cat to lose weight. However, Garfield usually eats what he wants. He often shows more intelligence than his owner.Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.1. More than sixty-four million cats live in American homes as p ets.2. American homes keep costly cats in order to let them take pa rt in competitions.3. They are not expected to work for their food and they wait for their owners to serve them.4. Americans are increasingly serious about their cats.5. Cat owners buy tons of food, toys and other equipment.6. They need less care and they do not seem to suffer a lotfro m being alone when the owner are away.7. Cats like more space and more privacy.8. Garfield is an orange, striped tiger cat. He often shows his intelligence and does many clever things.Part 2 Oral WorkWhen you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you of ten see a lot of people walking dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world, but the reason why people keep a dog has changed. In the old days, people used to train dogs to protect themselves against animalattacks. And later they came to realize that a dog was not only useful for protection but willing to obey his master. But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery. But the most important reason i s for companionship. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friend to play with. For young couples, a dog is t heir child when they have no children. For old couples, a dog i s also their child when their children have grown up.。