英语视听说上册参考答案

Unit 1 Pirates of the Internet

Task I Global Listening

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. D

5. C

6. A

7. D

8. D

Task II Listen for Details

Episode 1

1. T

2. F

3. T

4. F

5. T

Episode 2

1. √

2. √

3. √

Episode 3

(1) technology always wins (2) software

(3) advertising supported (4) radio

(5) Ten million people (6) music

(7) video games (8) not liable for

(9) typo (10) control

(11) fig leaf (12) facilitating

(13) steal (14) comfortable

Episode 4

1. Following the music industry and begin to sue individuals who download

movies;

2. Airing ads about people whose jobs are at risk because of the piracy;

3. Keeping copies of movies from leaking in the first place;

4. Hiring people to hack the hackers / serve up thousands of fake copies of new

movies.

Episode 5

1. Downloading off the Internet.

2. 60 million.

3. Embrace it and get paid too.

4. A bunch of crooks.

5. 3 – 5 dollars.

6. Stopping piracy.

Unit 2 The New Space Race

Task I Global Listening

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. D

5. C

6. A

7. D

8. D

Task II Listen for Details

Episode 1

1. F

2. T

3. T

4. F

5. F

6. T

Episode 2

(1) operable space plane (2) at a cost

(3) monopoly on (4) incentive

(5) business (6) dream

(7) contests (8) a trophy

(9) stunning looks (10) technological sophistication

Episode 3

1. Nearly a decade ago.

2. Turning his designs into models and testing them.

3. He sought investment from Paul Allen.

4. The vote of confidence.

5. Gluing carbon fabric together with epoxy.

6. Flying badminton shuttlecocks.

Episode 4

1 —— (J)

2 —— (A)

3 —— (C, F)

4 —— (B,H)

5 —— (D)

Episode 5

1. It has proved that the small guys can build a space ship and go to space.

2. The deal is to invest $120 million to build five spaceships for paying customers.

Flights are expected to begin in 2008.

3. Yes. According to Virgin Galactic, 38,000 people have put down a deposit for a

seat, and 90 people have paid the full price of $200,000.

4. His next goal is affordable travel above low-Earth orbit, i.e., affordable travel to

the moon.

Unit 3 New Orleans is Sinking

Task I Global Listening

1. B

2. C

3. A

4. C

5. C

6. D

7. D

Task II Listen for Details

Episode 1

1. F

2. F

3. T

4. F

5. F

6. F

Episode 2

1. √ 5. √ 6. √

Episode 3

(1) 81 years; Two times.

(2) Three generations.

(3) It’s flat.

(4) Land is all that the Fultons have, yet it is prone to disaster.

(5) Several feet off the ground.

(6) 80,000; $26,200.

Episode 4

(1) bad design (2) workmanship

(3) fixed (4) next summer

(5) withstand (6) Category 5

(7) doubled (8) billions

Episode 5

1. They made the assessment on the site and then Wi-Fied the reports to a city hall

database, which is linked to aerial images of every single address, both before and after.

2. The total cost of reconstruction will be given to the city authorities.

3. Because his own home was flooded and ruined.

4. It means that there are too few people to pay taxes or keep business going.

5. He is asking the nation to commit billions of dollars and many years to protect

the city.