全新版大学英语听说教程3听力原文

全新版大学英语听说教程3听力原文Unit 1 Parents

[00:04.58]Part B Listening Tasks

[00:11.63]Passage 1

[00:14.25]Dating with My Mother (Part One)

[00:17.81]Exercise 1

[00:20.81]Listen to the recording

[00:22.55]and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. [00:26.00]After 22 years of marriage,

[00:30.70]I have discovered the secret

[00:32.83]to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. [00:36.99]I started dating with another woman.

[00:40.18]It was Peggy's idea.

[00:42.76]One day she said to me,

[00:44.75]"Life is too short, you need to spend time with the people you love. [00:49.67]You probably won't believe me,

[00:51.84]but I know you love her

[00:53.46]and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, [00:56.60]it will make us closer."

[00:58.71]The "other" woman my wife was encouraging me to date is my mother, [01:04.27]a 72-year-old widow

[01:06.55]who has lived alone since my father died 20 years ago. [01:10.59]Right after his death,

[01:12.66]I moved 2,500 miles away

[01:15.60]to California and started my own life and career.

[01:19.72]When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, [01:23.40]I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. [01:27.15]But with the demands of my job and three kids, [01:30.84]I never got around to seeing her much

[01:33.29]beyond family get-togethers and holidays.

[01:36.03]Mom was surprised and suspicious

[01:39.17]when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.

[01:43.24]"What's wrong?" she asked.

[01:45.89]"I thought it would be nice to spend some time with you,"

I said. [01:49.71]"Just the two of us."

[01:51.46]"I would like that a lot," she said.

[01:54.11]When I pulled into her driveway,

[01:56.26]she was waiting by the door with her coat on.

[01:58.81]Her hair was curled, and she was smiling.

[02:01.94]"I told my lady friends I was going out with my son, [02:05.44]and they were all impressed.

[02:07.59]They can't wait to hear about our evening," Mother said. [02:10.72]Questions

[02:14.32]1. What would make the speaker closer to his wife, Peggy? [02:20.32]2. What do you know about the speaker's mother?

[02:25.99]3. Which of the following adjectives best describes Peggy? [02:33.76]Exercise 2

[02:37.40]Listen again and complete the answers to the following questions. [02:42.12]After 22 years of marriage,

[02:46.59]I have discovered the secret

[02:48.61]to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. [02:53.02]I started dating with another woman.

[02:55.97]It was Peggy's idea.

[02:58.43]One day she said to me,

[03:00.64]"Life is too short, you need to spend time with the people you love. [03:05.47]You probably won't believe me,

[03:07.59]but I know you love her

[03:09.30]and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, [03:12.43]it will make us closer."

[03:14.35]The "other" woman my wife was encouraging me to date is my mother, [03:19.88]a 72-year-old widow

[03:22.33]who has lived alone since my father died 20 years ago. [03:26.33]Right after his death,

[03:28.37]I moved 2,500 miles away

[03:31.43]to California and started my own life and career.

[03:35.49]When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, [03:39.11]I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. [03:42.73]But with the demands of my job and three kids, [03:46.51]I never got around to seeing her much