新视野大学英语视听说第4册听力原文及答案Unit8
新视野大学英语视听说教程第四册听力原文及答案
新视野大学英语视听说教程第四册听力练习录音文本和答案Uint1II. Basic Listening Practice1. ScriptM: I’m beside myself with joy. I’m so lucky. Guess what? I’ve won a lit of money in the lottery. W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right?Q: What does the woman mean?2. ScriptW: Mary was furious. Her son wrecked up her car.M: He shouldn’t have driven a car without a driver’s license. He‘s still taking driving lesson.Q: What do we know ab out Mary’s son?3. ScriptM: Susan, I hear you’re going to marry that guy. Some people think you’ll regret it.W: Is that so? Only time tell.Q: What does the woman imply?4. ScriptM: Mary, I just want to say how sorry I was to learn of your mother’s pass ing. I know how close you two were?W: Thank you. It was so sudden. I’M still in a state of shock I don’t know what to do.Q: Which of following is true?5. ScriptW: I get furious at work when my opinions aren’t considered just because I’m a woman.M: You should air your view more emphatically and demand that your vice be heard.Q: What is the woman complaining about?Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. D 4.A 5.DIII. Listening InTask 1: Soft answers turn away wrath.Mary: Dam! You’re spilled red wine on me. My new dress is ruined.John: I’ m terrible sorry! What can I do to help? Here’s some water to wash it off.Mary: Stop splashing water on me! Oh, this is so embarrassing! I’m a mess.John: Well, you do look a little upset. Please don’t blow up. Don’t lose your co ol.Mary: Hmm, you’ve got the nerve talking like that! Who shouldn’t fly off the handle? This dress cost a fortune.John: You look really cute when you’re mad. I kid you not. Some people do look attractive when they are in a rage.Mary: This is very expens ive dress. I saved for months to buy it, and now it’s ruined. Look at this stain!John: Accidents do happen. Give me your dress, and I’ll take it to the cleaners.Mary: Sure! You want me to take it off right here in public and give it to you? I don’t even know you!John: This might be a really goof time to get acquainted. I’m John Owen.Mary: Mmm, at least you’re polite. I guess I really shouldn’t have flared up. After all, it was an accident. I’m Mary Harvey.John: Come on. I’ll take you home. You can change your clothes, and I’ll get the dress cleaned for you.Mary: Now you’re talking. Thanks. You’re a real gentleman.John: You’d better believe it. I’m glad to see that you’ve cooled down. Feel look a bite to eat afterward? I’m starving.Mary: Ok. You’re pretty good. I’m not nearly as mad. If you can get this stain out, I’ll be very happy.John: I’ll try my best. But if I can’t get the stain out, please don’t let your happiness turn to wrath.1. Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog?2. Why does the woman get angry?3. What does the man say to please the woman when she looks angry?4. Why does the woman say the man is a real gentleman?5. What is the man’s final proposal?Keys: 1D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.CTask 2: Big John is coming!ScriptA bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. This (S1) owner of the establishment is giving his new hire some instructions on (S2) running the place. He tells the timid man, “If you ever hear that Big John is coming to town, (S3) dr op everything and run for the hills! He’s the biggest, nastiest (S4) outlaw who’s ever lived!”A few weeks pass (S5) uneventfully. But one afternoon, a local cowhand comes running through town (S6) yelling, “Big John is coming! Run for your (S7) lives!”When the bartender leaves the bar to start running, he is knocked to the ground by several townspeople rushing out of town. (S8) As he’s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall. He’s muscular, and is growing as he approaches the bar.He steps up to the door, orders the poor barkeep inside, and demands, “I want a beer NOW!”He strikes his heavy fist on the bar, splitting it in half. (S9) The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking. He takes the beer, bites the top of the bottle off, and downs the beer in one gulp.As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar, the big man gets up to leave, “Do you want another beer?” the bartender asks in a trembling voice.“Dang it, I don’t have time!” the big man yells, (S10) “I got to get out of town! Don’t you hear Big John is coming?”Task3: A View of HappinessScriptDr. Smith has proposed a reasonable, if perhaps somewhat oversimplifies, view of happiness. According to his theory, happiness might be described as a state if balance. And when humanor certain animals achieve that balance, they rend to remain in that condition in order to repeat the happy feeling.To illustrate this, we may study two magnets. When their positive and negative poles meet, they are comfortably joined, and they remain there. In other words, they have attained a balance or state of happiness. If on the other hand, one of the poles is reversed, and positive pole is presses against positive pole, there is resistance, instability, imbalance a state of unhappiness.Animals with some degree of intelligence seem to find happiness in reinforcement. Once they have gained one or more of their goals such as food, and water, they learn to repeat the actions that led to satisfaction of those goals. This repetition or reinforcement produces a state of balance or sense of happiness.According to this theory, only animals with a significant capacity to learn should be able to experience happiness. But in truth learning can take place through surprisingly simple short-term action such as scratching an itch, followed by pleasure, followed by more scratching, and so on. Thus learning can occur with almost no conscious thought.For human beings, blessed with the ability to reason, goals are not limited to the short-term satisfaction of needs. Indeed, there is a strong link between happiness and the fulfillment of long-term goals. Even if human strive for goals that are more complex and longer-term than the animals’ goals, once those goals are gained, happiness is reinforce d.1. Why does the speaker mention “magnets”?2. According to the passage, what may animals do after they have got food?3. Which of the following is true according to the speaker?4. What does the speaker say is special about the goals of human beings?5. Which of the following best captures the main idea of the passage?Keys: 1D 2.C3. B 4.D 5.AIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 Don’t let it get to you!Susan: You look so angry. What happened?Chris: Nothing I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’t ask.Susan: Come on. Relax. Talk to me.Chris: All right. This morning I took my car to the garage to check the air conditioner. They only gave it a quick look, refilled it with some Freon, and charged me 300bucks!Susan: No wonder you’re livid. I’d be mad too if someone ripped me off like that.Chris: Yeah. And they were rude. They said I didn’t know anything about cars, which I don’t, but they didn’t have to be blunt!Susan: Sounds like you got a raw deal!Chris: What’s worse, as I was leaving, I herd then saying, “Don’t trust that guy. He looks broke.” When I heard that, I almost hit the roof.Susan: Don’t let it get to you. Better ignore them.Chris: I agree. I did manage to keep my cool.Susan: Well, the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer ProtectionAgency.Chris: sounds like a good idea.MODEL2 I’m too depressed.ScriptSusan: Chris, I hear you’ve been down in the dumps, so I’ve come to cheer you up.Chris: It’s not gong o work. I’m too depressedSusan: Come, on. Tell me what’s on your mind.Chris: Everything. My girlfriend left me; my dog ran away; my wallet was stolen.Susan: Don’t worry. I’ll help you solve the biggest problem: finding you a new girlfriend. Chris: Forget it. Anyway, I’m getting bad grades, and I was told that I’d have to repeat a lot of courses next year. When I heard that, I almost lost it.Susan: Look, relax. I’ll help you with those courses.Chris: Yeah, but I also have three week’s laun dry to do., and my room is a pigsty.Susan: Forget it. You’re on your own.Chris: Come, on. What are friends for?Susan: To keep you in high spirits; not to do your laundry.MODEL3 You seem to be on top of the world.ScriptNora: Oh, hey, John!John: Hey!Nora: You seem to be on top of the world tonight. What’s up?John: I’m so happy I’m about to burst. Guess what?Nora: You’ve got me.John: It might be true that misfortunes never come singly, but you can also have a “double blessing”. And that’s what I had.Nora: You mean you’ve had two happy events in your life?John: Exactly. You know, I was strong in all subjects except physics. Now I’ve finally passed the test--the one I needed to qualify for a Bachelor’s degree.Nora: Congratulations! You’d failed it three times. Now wonder you’re beaming. What’s the other good news?John: The multinational I was dong my field project at offered me a job at a good staring salary. Nora: Wow, wonderful, simple wonderful.John: I feel like celebrating. Shall we go to a bar?Nora: Why not?Now Your TurnTask 1SAMPLE DIALOGA: You look furious. What happened?B: Nothing. I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’t ask.A: Come on. You shouldn’t keep your feeling to yourself. You need to let off some stream. So, talk tome.B: All right. This morning I went to a shop to buy a digital camera, I only need an ordinary one. It is enough for my tours in the summer vacation. Buy they persuaded me to buy a professional camera, which cost three times as much.A: But you were willing to buy for it. Anyway, it must work better.B: You see, I know next to nothing about photography. So they simply tricked me into buying an expensive one.A: No wonder you’re livid with rage. I’d be mad too if I were robbed like that. What are you going to do?B: I already went back to them and asked to exchange it for a cheaper one.A: What did they say?B: Oh, they were rude. They insisted that they hadn’t encouraged me to buy a professional camera, and that I bought it myself.A: Sounds like you got a raw deal!B: What’s worse, as I was leaving, I heard they say, “That guy looks broke. He shouldn’t have bought any camera.”A: Don’t let it get to you. Better ignore their rude remarks.B: I agree. I did manage to keep my cool.A: Well, the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Agency. If they talk to the shop, maybe they will give you a refund.B: Sounds too good to be true.V. Let’s TalkScriptHello, everyone. Today I invite you to join me in an exploration off the causes of depression. There ate many factors involved, but I believe some deserve special attention.Heredity certainly plays a role. .The tendency to develop depression may be inherited; there is evidence that this disorder may run in families.Physiology is another factor related to depression. There may be changes or imbalances in chemicals which transmit information in the brain called neurotransmitters. Many modern antidepressant drugs attempt to increase levels of certain neurotransmitters so as to increase brain communication. While the causal relationship is unclear; it is known that antidepressant medications do reliever certain symptoms of depression.Researchers also study psychological factors. They include the complex development of one’s personality and how one has learned to cope with external environmental factors, such as stress. It is freeqently observed that low self-esteem and self-defeating thinking are connected with depression. While it is not clear which is the cause and which is the effect, it is known that sufferers who are able to make corrections to their thinking patterns can show improved mood and self-esteem.Another factor causing depression is one’s early experiences. Events such as the death of a parent, the divorce of the parents, neglect, chronic illness, and severe physical abuse can also increase the likelihood of depression later in life.Some present experiences may also lead to depression. Job loss, financial difficulties, long periods of unemployment, the loss of a spouse or other family member, or other painful events may trigger depression. Long-term stress at home, work, or school can also be involved.It is worth nothing that those living with someone suffering from \depression experience increased anxiety which adds to the possibility of their also becoming depressed.Depression-causing Factors Problem Description SolutionHeredity It is inherited and run in families.Physiology changes or imbalances in chemicals called neurotransmitters, which transmit information in the brain A ntidepressant drugs relieve certain symptoms of depression. Psychological Factors Low self-esteem and self-defeating thinking are connected with depression. Sufferers who make correction to their thinking patterns can show improved mood and self-esteem.Early Experiences Event like the death of a parent, the divorce of parents, neglect, chronic illness, and severe physical abuse can increase the likelihood of depression.Present Experiences Job loss, financial difficulties, long periods of unemployment, the loss of a spouse or other family member, or long-term stress may trigger depression.Living with somebody with depression T his causes increased anxiety, which adds to the possibility of their also becoming depressed.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Reason and EmotionScriptEmotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason; s is suggested by phrase such as” appeal to emotions rather than reason” and “don’t let your emotions take over”. Emotional reactions sometimes produce consequences or thoughts which people may later regret or disagree with; but during an emotional state, they could not control their actions. Thus, it is generally believed that one of the most distinctive facts about human beings is a contradiction between emotion and reason.However, recent empirical studies do not suggest there is a clear distinction between reason and emotion. Indeed, anger or fear can often be thought of as an instinctive response to observed fact. The human mind possesses many possible reactions to the external world. Those reactions can lie on a continuum, with some of them involving the extreme of pure intellectual logic, which is often called “cold”, and others involving the extremes of pure emotion not related to logical agreeme nt, which is called “the heat of passion”. The relation logic and emotion merits careful study. Passion, emotion, or feeling can reinforce an argument, event one based primarily on reason. This is especially true in religion or ideology, which frequently demands an all-or-nothing rejection or acceptance. In such areas of thought, human beings have to adopt a comprehensive view partly backed by empirical argument and partly by feeling and passion. Moreover, several researchers have suggested that typically there is no “pure” decision or thought; that is, no thought is based “purely”” on intellectual logic or “purely” on emotion—most decisions are founded on a mixture of both.1. What results does the speaker may some from emotional reactions?2. What is the popular belief about reason and emotion?3. What does the speaker mean by “cold “?4. According to the passage, what should people do in religious matters?5. What is the speaker’s conclusion?Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.DTask 2: DepressionScriptPat: Yo u look depressed. Are you feeling blue? I’ve come to cheer you up.Ted: But there’s nothing that can cheer me up. I’m down in the dumps. Life’s miserablePat: You have to try to get your mind off things.Ted: But I can’t. I just feel there’s too much press ure on me sometimes!Pat: You can’t let things get you down. Learn to relax and stop worrying all the time. What’s your problem?Ted: I failed my last exam, and another exam is coming, I get bored.Pat: If I were you, I’d start working hard. If you work hard for a long time, you’re bound to get better grades. You see, “no pain, no gain”.Ted: It’s easier said than done! If I read for fifteen minutes, I get bored.Pat: You have to learn some self-discipline.But how can I stay cheerful all the time?Ted: Worse than that! If I read for half an hour, I get a headache. Then I start to worry about passing the next exam.Pat: It’s all in your mind. If you stay cheerful like me, everything will soon be OK.Ted: But how can I stay cheerful all the time?Pat: Try to look on the bright side of things.Ted: But what if there isn’t a bright side?Pat: You know the saying: Every cloud has a silver lining. It means there’re always tow sides to everything—both the dark and the bright sides. So, try to identify your strengths and bring then into full play.Ted: Oh, no! Your corny old sayings are making me even more depressed.Keys: TFFTFTask3: AngerScriptAnger is an emotion that can be hard to control. Despite this, we should learn how to manage anger in a constructive manner. In the most intense moments of anger, we usually have two choices: to fight or to run. Some choose the option of violence, which is a negative reaction to anger; and others choose to run. Some may think running means you are a coward. But the option of walking away and claiming down is the more productive method of handling anger. It is difficult to walk away, especially when your heart is racing, and your anger is boiling over.There are constructive ways of handling anger in any situation. First, you have to stop for a brief moment and think before you act. Take that moment and calm down id you feel yourself being pushed.At that moment you should admit you are angry. If you refuse to admit you’re angry or hurt, or if you make it appear that everything is peaches and cream, you are not managing angry in a productive way. You should first admit you are angry and let your feelings out before you blow up. Foe example, you can stay in a quiet place by yourself and shout; or you can talk to a close friend to vent your rage. If you do not acknowledge your anger, it only builds up inside you and will eventually explode like a volcanoThen, in order to manage your angry, you can ask yourself an important question that we all must ask ourselves, “What made me angry?” When you get the answer, and then ask yourself, “Why did that made me angry?” Through such logical reasoning, one tends to calm down and move toward a sensible solution.News ReportU.S. Roller CoasterScriptThe world’s first 4D roller coaster, “X”, took on its first passengers last week at the Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park, just outside Los Angeles.After climbing on board and properly securing their safety harnesses, “X” riders are first to a height of over 66meters. At the top, the passenger train is released and builds up enough speed to race and plummet around the track at speeds of over 130km an hour.The rider takes the daring passengers down an incredible 66m dive and over the top of a 62m loop, in cars that spin independently of the roller coaster train. This unique design allows riders to spin360degree, both forwards and backwards, through the entire ride.Passengers hurtle through this ride often moving in many different directions at the same time ad the cars somersault back and forth and the roller coaster twists, loops, and dives.The complicated series of maneuvers includes two raven turn, one front flip, one twisting front flip, and two back flips.Since passengers aren’t always facing the right direction to see what’s coming up next, the element of surprise is high. For “X” riders, this adds to the thrill of the ride.The track of this newest roller coaster runs a total length of a little over1, 100meters. The passenger trains measure 6meters wide and 21meters long, large enough to carry 28 passengers at a time. At full capacity, the trains can take 1,600passengers for the ride of their lives each hour.The entire ride lasts for only a total about 2minutes, but you can tell from the exhilarated faces of passengers returning to the boarding dock that they were two of the most thrilling minutes of heir lives.Uint2II. Basic Listening Practice3. ScriptW: Did you hear? Helen got modeling jib! She’s going to be sashaying down the catwalk.M: Wow, that’s great! All that walking practice really paid off. And foe once she won’t be complaining about being so tall.Q: Why did Helen get modeling job?4. ScriptM: Julia, come and see the Miss America contest on TV. All those beautiful girls are walking around in bathing suits, so the judges can decide who has the best figure.W: Bah! That’s the worst kind of exploitation. They are treating women like toys for people to enjoy. I would never take part in this kind of contest.Q: What do the man and the woman think about the beautify contest?3. ScriptW: What shall I do? I’m fat. I want to be slim and beauty, but I’m fat. I’ve tried all the new ideas, high carb and low carb, but nothing works.M: Those diets are just fads, popular for a while and then forgotten. Just follow the usual diet with fruits, vegetables, fish, water, and get plenty of exercise. Before long you’ll see results.Q: What has the woman tried?4. ScriptW1: I think Lily is really attractive. She’s half Spanish and has this really sultry look about her.W2: That explains why she tans so well. I’ve always been jealous of her skin color in the summer.Q: Which of following is true of Lily?5. ScriptM: Trust me, it was tight there on the Internet: “Plastic Surgery Increasing at a Faster Rate Among Men”. Appare ntly more and more men are trying to improve their appearance.W: I saw it too on the news. Face-lifts, nose jobs, and box to hide wrinkle are now very popular with men. Men say it’s for business reasons, but we know it’s vanity.Q: What does the woman think the real reason is that men have plastic surgery?Keys: 1.B 2.A 3. C 4D 5BIII. Listening InTask 1: A Friendly StylistStylist: Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you?Nick: A simple haircut: short on the back and sides.Stylist: Very good. I can, of course, do something fashionable for only $60.Nick: 60 dollars! That’s highway robbery—twice what I ordinarily pay.Stylist: Perhaps, sir. But your haircuts haven’t been in harmony with your character. Your hair is at war with your soul.Nick: I’ve never heard of such a thing.Stylist: If I may say, I’m an expert at matching hairstyle to personalities. Believe me; you’re suffering a “disjunction”.Nick: A disjunction? What the devil is a disjunction?Stylist: Your hair does not match you.Nick: This is utter nonsense. However, I’d like to hear how you’d solve this so-called problem. Stylist: Your character is artistic, imaginative. But your hair is dull. I can correct that imbalance in seconds.Nick: Okay, let me see what can you do about t he…uh…disjunction, as you call it.Stylist: We’re going to use scissors to create peaks, which we’ll keep in place with a liberalhelping of gel….This tuft in the back we’ll braid into a pigtail. Now, it’s the new you!Nick: I love it. It’s just like me: imaginative and artistic. Now what are you doing? What’s wrong? Don’t you see harmony in my new hairstyle?Stylist: Something’s preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashionable statement.Nick: For heaven’s sake, tell me what’s missing.Stylist: Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair, it will become a work of art. Streaking will cost you more, but…Nick: Do it. Forget the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid disjunction?Stylist: That’s…$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.6. When the stylist mentions $60, what does the customer say?7. What does the stylist think about the customer’s hairstyle?8. What will the stylist do with the customer’s hair?9. What will streaking d o to the man’s hair according to the stylist?10. What is the passage mainly about?Keys: 1C.A 3.D4.B 5.AFor Reference:1. It means there is no match between you and your hair.2. That’s…$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.Task 2: The Voice LiftScriptAfter the face-lift, the forehead tightened, and the (S1) nose job, something still might be revealing your age: your (S2) voice.For patients who think their trembly, hoarse words don’t (S3) match their newly face and figure, there’s a proc edure that claims to make them (S4) sound younger too: the voice lift.There are two general kinds of voice lifts. In some cases, implants (S5) inserted through an incision in the (S6) neck bring the vocal cords closer together. Doctors also use injections of (S7) fat or other substances to plump up the cords, so that the voice sounds younger.(S8) The voice lift is becoming more widely known among an aging population, who try to make themselves sound younger.“I speak in a great deal, or I was shouting, on a particular day, at the end of the day, I would feel exhausted,” said Robert Brown, 75, (S9) a retired construction engineer who underwent the voice lift several years ago, “I don’t know if I sound younger, but the hoarseness is gone, which is such a gre at improvement.”(S10) Voice lift can also benefit people like performers, lawyers, teachers, and telephone operators who need to have a strong voice and hope to shave years off the sound of their voice.Task3: A View of HappinessScriptMen are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to brighten up their appearances at a faster rate than women, according to a survey released on Wednesday.Men’s use of fat injections to soften deep wrinkles leaped 47 percent last year from theprevious year. Wo men’s use of the injections fell 36 percent, according to a survey by the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons.Men’s use of botox injections to eliminate frown lines rose 88 percent, while women’s botox use fell 8 percent.And for smoothing skin, the use of laser resurfacing among men rose 13percent, the survey showed. Meanwhile, women’s use of laser resurfacing dropped 38 percent during the same time period.The number of men getting nose jobs rose 47 percent, while the number of women doing so rose 5 percent.Typically, men and women visiting plastic surgeons for cosmetic reasons were age 40 to 59. The study said 44 percent of men and 57 percent of women tell their doctor that looking younger is the reason they are choosing cosmetic surgery.By about 18 percent, men are more likely than women to say they want facial cosmetic surgery for work-related reasons.The study was conducted by written questionnaires from January 20 to March 3 among more than 2,600 members of the association, who focus on treatment of the face, head, and neck. By comparison, in the previous year, women’s use of botox rose 60 percent while men’s fell 14 percent; women’s use of laser resurfacing rose 13 percent while men’s fell 19 percent; women’s us e of fat injections fell17 percent and men’s fell 54 percent.6. What is true of men and women’s use of fat injections?7. While of the following is true of nose jobs?8. How much greater is the percentage of women choosing cosmetic surgery to look younger than the percentage of men?9. What is true of men and women using botox in the previous year?10. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?Keys: 1C 2.C3. B 4.B 5.DIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 She’s having some cosmetic surgery.A my: Did you hear Nora’s off to Korea?Bill: why is she going to Korea?Amy: She is having some cosmetic surgery.Bill: I’m floored! I thought she was beautiful already.Amy: I know what you mean. She’s having her nose fixed.Bill: Was it broken?Amy: No, stupid, she’s having it made smaller.Bill: If she wasn’t beautiful already, I could understand getting surgery. But she already has a nice nose.Amy: But not a fashionable one. She’s also having her teeth straighten. She wants to have a perfect smile.Bill: What for?Amy: She believes a better physical appearance will improve her chance of getting a good job.。
U校园新视野大学英语(第三版视听说4教程Unit8答案
U校园新视野大学英语(第三版视听说4教程Unit8答案) 1. Section 1: Vocabulary1.1. Wordlist•immigrant (n.): a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country•evolve (v.): develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form•flock (n.): a large group of people or birds or animals of one kind moving or living together•melting pot (n.): a place where races, ideas, etc. are mixed together•segregation (n.): the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart•integration (n.): the action or process of integrating •diverse (adj.): showing a great deal of variety•demographic (adj.): relating to the structure of populations•multicultural (adj.): relating to or containing several different cultures or cultural groups1.2. Definitions and Examples1.immigrant (n.): a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country–Example: A large number of immigrants moved to the United States in search of better opportunities.2.evolve (v.): develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form–Example: Over time, the technology evolved into a more user-friendly and efficient system.3.flock (n.): a large group of people or birds or animals of one kind moving or living together–Example: Tourists flocked to the beach during the summer vacation.4.melting pot (n.): a place where races, ideas, etc. are mixed together–Example: New York City is often described as a melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities.5.segregation (n.): the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart–Example: Segregation was a common practice in the United States during the era of racialdiscrimination.6.integration (n.): the action or process of integrating–Example: The government implemented policies to promote integration and equality amongdifferent social groups.7.diverse (adj.): showing a great deal of variety–Example: The city is known for its diverse population, with people from various culturalbackgrounds living together.8.demographic (adj.): relating to the structure of populations–Example: Marketers study demographic trends to understand the preferences and behaviors ofdifferent consumer groups.9.multicultural (adj.): relating to or containing several different cultures or cultural groups–Example: The school aims to create amulticultural learning environment where studentscan learn from each other’s cultural perspectives.2. Section 2: Listening2.1. Listening ComprehensionAnswer the following questions based on the listening.1.What is the topic of the conversation?2.What is the main characteristic of immigration in the United States?3.What does the term。
新视野大学英语视听说第4册听力原文及答案Unit8
Uint8II. Basic Listening Practice1.ScriptM:Scentists claim the world population has 99.5% of the same DNA. W: But this doesn’t tell us there is no such thing as race.Q: What is true of the DNA of difference races?2.ScriptW: With the advent of the genetic map we know where everything is, but do we know where to go with it?M: Your map seems to differ largely from my geographical map!Q: What does the man imply?3.ScriptM: As you know, it has taken millions of years of evolution and natural selection to get us where we are today.W: Yes, but now that we have genetic engineering, we seem to have decided that we want to be God.Q: What does the woman imply?4.ScriptM: I think the research into cloning will lead us into dangers, filling us with false hopes of perfection.W: It’s too late to turn back the clock. We’ll just have to depend on common sense to solve uncommon problems.Q: What does the woman mean?5.ScriptW: In America, many prisoners are having their cases reviewed, and some have even been freed through DNA testing.M: Except for the ones whose death sentence has already been carried out.Q: What can we learn about DNA testing from the dialog?Keys: 1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.CIII. Listening InTask 1: Stem Cell ResearchScriptGregory: The Republican party in America is opposing stem cell research.I find ithard to believe that in this day and age, someone would do that. Lillian: Stem cell research sounds pretty impressi ve, I’ll admit. But just what is it?Gregory: Well, a stem cell is a special type of cell. It is a general cell that, when itdevides, can become any specific type of cell.Lillian: You mean, a stem cell can become a heart cell? Or a brain or a kidney cell?Gregory: That’s about it. Stem cells are a part of the body’smaintenance and repairsystem. When they divide, they can become any cell type. Lillian: I guess there would be some tremendous medical advantages in that sort ofresearch.Gregory: You’ve said a mouthful. Recently, scientists were able to help a man wholost a jawbone for cancer. They recreated bone material for hisjaw from stem cells. What it means is that since the new bone wascreated out of the person’s own cells, there was no problemwith rejection because the DNA was the same.Lillian: I bet the person was delighted. Why would anyone oppose that sort of research? It would seem to have endless potential tobenefit the human race.Gregory: I agree, but there are people who think we should not interfere with nature and manipulate “what is natural”.Lillian: It’s easier to hold such a narrow view if you’re not in a position to need the benefits of the research. If you’re missing a jawbonebecause of cancer, you probably support the research.1.What is the passage mainly about?2.Who is against stem cell research?3.What is special about a stem cell?4.When can a stem cell become another cell type?5.According to the passage, why do some people oppose stem cellresearch?Keys: 1.B 2.A 3.A 4.A 5.DTask 2: The Improvement of RiceScriptScientists now know a lot more about a grain that people have eaten for ten thousand years. (S1) Research teams around the world have completed a map of the (S2) genes of rices. The findings appeared last week in the (S3) journal Nature.The aim is to speed up the improvement of rice. The scientists (S4) warn that the kinds of rice plants used now have reached the limit of their (S5) productivity. Yet world rice production must (S6) grow by an estimated 30 percent in the next twenty to meet demand. By 2025, as many as 4.6 billion people will depend on rice for (S7) survival. There is a lot of pressure on breeders to improve the crop, and the rice genome is a valuable tool to do that. (S8) Plant breeders have already used preliminary information from the rice genome to create experimental strains of rice that better resist cold and pests.The researchers also say rice is an excellent choice for genetic mapping and engineering. Rice genes have only about 390 million chemical bases.That maight sound like a lot. But other major food grains have thousands of millions. (S9) The new map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal crops. Because rice is the first cereal crop to be fully analyzed, researchers expect that sufficient knowledge of its genetic information will reveal the heredity of more complex grains, including corn, wheat and barley.(S10) While significant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome, the mapping of human genes is also making headway. When scientists can identify and manipulate genes that cause certain diseases, mankind will cure them easily. The human genetic map may help us control a person’s height, weight, appearance and even length of life.Task3: The First Cloned CatScriptIn the age-old battle of cats and dogs, score one for the cats. Researchers at Texas A&M University recently announced that they have successfully cloned a cat name Rainbow—the first pet ever cloned—after several years of unsuccessful efforts to clone a dog name Missy.The ork, financed by a company hoping to provide pet-cloning services to wealthy owners, adds cats to a growing list of successfully cloned animals that includes pigs, sheep, cattle and mice.The success demonstrates cloning is a technology that could betransferred to other animal families as well. The accomplishment may provide new tools for studying diseases such as cats’ AIDS, a valuable research model for AIDS in humans.Research into animal cloning remains an important scientific alternative until the issue of human cloning is settled. And that seems unlikly in the immediate future, for it involves religious and moral principles. There are, for example, groups that insist no one should be allowed to take on the role of God the Creator.To create cloned cat embryos for the experiment, researchers transferred DNA from adult cat cells into egg cells stripped of their own genetic information. Out of 82 attempts with cloned embryos, one attempt resulted in a failed pregnancy, and another yielded a kitten named CC, delivered from a surrogate mother on December 22. The kitten’s name refers to “Carbon Copy” and “Copycat”, the name of the cloning project.Cloning attempts with dogs have proven unsuccessful in part because dogs’reproductive cycles are more complicated.The technique may also work with endangered cats such as the African wildcat, fishing cat and blackfooted cat.Ironically, the increased knowledge of cat reproduction may best be suited for developing cat contraceptives to control the U.S. cat population.1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?1.What did researchers at Texas A&M University recently announce?2.Which animals are NOT mentioned in the passage as having beencloned?3.According to the passage, why is human cloning unlikely to happen inthe near future?4.What does the passage say about the pregnancy and birth in catcloning?Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.CIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 Why are people protesting againstgenetically modified foods?Susan:With so many people suffering from malnutrition around the world,why are people protesting against genetically modified foods?Chris: Some people are protesting about genetically modified foods, but even more people are protesting the fact that processed foods containing these ingredients aren’t labeled.Susan: But why should they be labeled?Chris: Not everyone is sure that genetically modified foods are safe. They want to be certain that biotech foods have the sme composition as organic foods.Susan: But there are more urgent problems in this world. Many people are dying of starvation.Chris: But those who aren’t starving may want genetically modified foods to be labeled so they know what foods they should andd shouldn’t eat.Susan: Y ou know, I heard of a genetically modified fish that grew to be ten times its normal size.Chris: That sure sounds abnormal.Susan: Yeah, it does sound a bit strange , but that fish could feed ten times as many people.Chris: You’re right; genetically modified food might help solve world hunger. But I think we have a right to know what we are eating.MODEL2 Do you think the cloning of humansshould be forbidden by law?ScriptSusan: After the cloning of Dolly the sheep, I think human cloning is next.John: Whoa. I have some reservations about it. There are stll many scientific problemsto solve before human cloning starts.Susan: There’s an easier way. The Clonaid Company says they’vecloned humans.John: Oh, my God! These guys claim aliens from another planet taught them humancloning.Susan: A woman gave them half a million dollars to clone her dead daughter.John: Clearly that woman doesn’t know much about cloning. How risky it is!Susan: I know it’s inefficient. It took 276 tries to produce Dolly. But why is it risky?John: Cloned animals grow abnormally large and age unnaturally fast. Susan: In other words, that woman may not be happy with her cloned daughter.John: Then there are the emotions. No one knows if cloning damages the mind.Susan: Do you think the cloning of humans should be forbidden by law? John: To my mind, the cloning of human organs shouldn’t be prohabited. It may helpsolve medical problems.Susan: I see your point: cloning should be regulated if it’s to benefit humanity.MODEL3 Is it interfering with nature?ScriptNora: Some religious groups are opposed to genetic research. They believe it’s interfering with nature.John: I know. But nature can be pretty hard-nosed too, so we often need to interfere with her—we build dams to control flooding.Nora: There’re many diseases that are a part of nature, and they cause people a great deal of misery: cancer and diabetes, for example. John: A better understanding of the genetic code that controls our body would be a great help in curing many diseases.Nora: The project to map the human genetic code…what’s that called? John: The genome project. As you say, it has tremendous promise to make our lives better—just in the ability to identify and correct genetically-caused diseases like Alzheimer’s.Nora: Some diseases like cancer are also believed to have a genetic switch.John: That’s right, and once researchers identify the switch, perhaps they can turn o ff cancer or Alzheimer’s.Nora: People are also concerned that science will enable us to determine such qualities as intelligence and height.John: You know it’s going to happen—it’s just a matter of when. Nora: Imagine if everyone was a combination of Yao Ming and AlbertEinstein.John: But what if they get it wrong, and you wind up with Yao Ming’s knowledge of nuclear physics and Albert Einstein’s height? Nora: All those religious groups would say that it served you right.Now Your TurnTask 1SAMPLE DIALOGJane: Some countries are suffering from crop failure and famine, but why do they refuse genetically modified crops and foods?Bob: And many Europeans insist that processed foods containing GM ingredients belabeled.Jane: Why should they be labeled?Bob: Not everyone is sure that genetically modified foods are safe. They want to certain that biotech foods have the same composition as traditional foods.Jane: But there are more urgent problems in this world. Many people are dying of famine.Bob: But th ose who aren’t hungry may want all genetically modified products to be labeled so they know exactly what they’re eating. Jane: You know, I’ve heard of a GM fish that was ten times larger than anormal fish.Bob: That really sounds abnormal.Jane: Some famine-stricken people are afraid GM crops will overpower and eliminate their native crops.Bob: Sounds alarming.Jane: Yeah, but GM foods can feed many people.Bob: You’re right; they could solve the problem of starvation in the world. But I think we have a right to know what we are eating. GM food should be labeled.V. Let’s TalkScriptCorrespondent: In the U.S. what percentage of people support biotech crops? And do those who support biotech crops also eatbiotech foods? What percentage of food on the markethas genetically modified ingredients?Professor: U.S. consumers have been exposed to a very effective anti-biotechnology propaganda campaign for the last fewyears, but according to polls, over 70% supportbiotechnology. For example, in a recent referendum inOregon, voters rejected a proposal to require speciallabels on all products containing biotech ingredients byan overwhelming 73% to 27%. That’s probably becauseconsumers know that we have an effective administrativesystem. Many may also know that 70-80% of theprocessed food products on supermarket shelves containone or more ingredients from biotech crops. AllAmericans eat biotech foods unless they deliberately seekout products that are labeled otherwise. Evidencesuggests that this is less than 5% of consumers. Correspondent: Chinese scientists have used biotechnology to create a new type of tomato, which contains the vaccine againsthepatitis B. What’s your take on this?Professor: It’s a great example of how this technology can be use d to save lives, ease pain and suffering and improve thehuman condition. How can anyone be opposed to that?My only hope is that the clinical trials of this new tomatogo well, and that it is quickly delivered to health-careproviders who will use it to vaccinate people againsthepatitis. By the way, please note that I do think that suchnew pharmaceutical foods need to be handled asmedicines by professionals and not as conventional foods.You will never see these tomatoes in the supermarket. In asense, the tomato plant is just being used to manufacturea vaccine in a very safe and economical manner.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Confident enough to control your fate? ScriptSome people are born with the belief that they are masters of their own lives. Others feel they are at the mercy of fate. New research shows that part of those feelings are in the genes.Psychologists have long known that people confident in their ability to control their fates are more likely to adjust well to growing old than those who feel they drift on the currents of fate.Two researchers who questioned hundreds of Swedish twins report that such confidence, or lack of it, is partly genetic and partly drawn from experience.They also found that the belief in blind luck—a conviction that chance plays a big role in life—is something learned in life and has nothing to do with heredity.The research was conducted by Nancy Pedersen, a professor of psychology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The results were recently published in the United States in the Journal ofGerontology.People who are confident of their ability to control their lives have an “internal locus of control”, and have a better chance of being well adjusted in their old age, said Pedersen. An “external locus of control”,believing that outside fo rces determine the course of life, has been linked to depression in latter years, she said.“We are trying to understand what makes people different. What makes some people age slowly and others have a more difficult time?” she said.The study showed that while people have an inborn tendency toward independence and self-confidence, about 70 percent of this personality trait is affected by a person’s environment and lifetime experiences. Pedersen’s studies, with various collaborators, investigate the aging process by comparing sets of twins, most of whom were separated at an early age.The subjects were drawn from a list first compiled about 30 years ago, registering all twins born in Sweden since 1886. The complete list, which was extended in 1971, has 95,000 sets of twins.1.Which of the following is concerned with blind luck?2.Which of the following is related to an external locus of control?3.According to the passage, what is true of one’s inborn tendencytowards self-confidence?4.What subjects were mostly us ed in Pedersen’s studies?5.What is the main idea of the passage?Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.DTask 2: Is it moral to clone humans?ScriptLaura: Did you hear about that peculiar cult that claimed to have created the world’s first human clone?Ian: Yeah, I did! They also said that it was aliens that created life on earth over 25,000 years ago. What are they on?Laura: I know! It was so obviously just part of an elaborate hoax to bring publicity to their crazy movement. But I don’t think the truth can be far off. Scientists have been working on it for years.Ian: Sure, but most scientists are working on cloning human cells or body parts that can be used to repair or replace damaged organs.Not complete human beings! That’s just science fiction! Laura: Well, the science may seem to be very advanced, but the idea is not a new one. In A Journey to the West, Sun Wu-kung, the Monkey King, can clone himself from the hairs on his head. He just plucks a few hairs, chews them a bit, and when he spits them out, they change into replicas of him!Ian: Really? Now that would be cool! You could send your clone toschool while you went to the cinema, and then it could do your homework! Wow! Now that I think of it, it would be kind of fun to have a clone!Laura: You woul d say that! Don’t you think it’s slightly immoral? I mean, it’s just like having a slave. Doesn’t the clone deserve a life of his own?Ian: Sure, but human beings must learn to strike a balance between the welfare of a patient and of a clone.Keys: 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.TTask3: A Drunkard’s ArgumentScriptHere’s drunkard’s argument in favor of heavy drinking.We would learn more about human bihavior if we paid closer attention to the laws at work in the animal kingdom.“Only the fittest survive” is a law that is apparent everywhere in the natural world. Human beings could certainly benefit from a close study of how this law operates among, for example, the wild buffalo.A herd of buffalo moves only as fast as the slowest buffalo. When the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest animals at the back that are killed first. This is natural selection, and it is good for the herd. The general speed and health of the group keeps improving with regularkilling of the weaker memebers.The same process of survival of the fittest is to be observed by looking closely at the human brain, which can operate only as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive consumption of alcohol, as we all know, kills brain cells. Just like the less vigorous buffalo at the back of the herd, the weakest and slowest brain cells are destroyed first.In this way the principles of natural selection become evident. Regular consumption of large amounts of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. It is therefore not suprising that one also feels smarter after drinking several glasses of beer.News ReportBioinformaticsScriptIt’s a complex name for a complex subject. Bioinformatics is the key to figuring out the wealth of information in the human genome project. Researchers have nearly mapped out all of the 30,000 genes that make up human DNA, but making sense of useful data is not easy.The company Double Twist is a pioneer in the business of bioinformatics.［SOUND BITE］Double Twist works mainly with information that is also available to the public,sifting through data to find what may help link a biological problem like cancer, to its possible cure.［SOUND BITE］The company then sells software and data to pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, and academic institutions, which use them in their work. This provides a solution to help people better understand data from the human genome project.［SOUND BITE］Bioinformatics speeds up drug development and provides more accurate research.［SOUND BITE］Human Genome Sciences takes the process one step further. It uses bioinformatics to develop drugs using its own genomic information.［SOUND BITE］Right now, Human Genome Sciences has four new drugs being tested that are the results of genomic research. Bioinformatics systems developed within the company played an important role in discovering these drugs.［SOUND BITE］Bioinformatics can also bring much quicker returns for investors.［SOUND BITE］-------------精选文档-----------------Even though its role is crucial, bioinformatics if only a small part of the overall$305 billion biotech sector, accounting for only about $2.23 billion.But some investors believe that bioinformatics has great potential.［SOUND BITE］So unless drug companies start developing their own bioinformatics systems or partner with companies that can provide them, they may get left behind in the race to discover new drugs.可编辑。
绝对!新视野大学英语视听说教程4听力原文与答案
那些看起来就很逗比的肯定都是第一帅翻的。
逗比的格式和正常人的一眼就能认出来。
鉴于是两个英语学渣翻的。
大家就凑活着看吧。
PS：考试范围之外的基本已经去掉，有些出入的注意看红字。
绝对最新！新视野大学英语视听说教程4（第二版）听力原文与答案Unit 1 Enjoy your feelings!Hit the roof-AngerII(1)M:I'm beside myself with joy. I'm so lucky. Guess what I've won a lotof money in the lottery.W:Really Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right Q:What does the woman mean我很高兴。
我是如此幸运。
你猜怎么着我买彩票赢了很多钱。
真的吗好吧，你知道钱权是一切罪恶的根源吗(2)W:Mary was furious when her son wrecked up her car.M:He shouldn't have driven a car on his own without a driver's license. He's still taking driving lessons.Q:What do we know about Mary's son玛丽非常生气，当她的儿子弄坏了她的车了。
他不应该自己一个人开车，在他还没有的驾照的时候。
他还在上驾驶课。
(3)M:Susan, I hear you're going to marry that guy. Maybe you'll regretit.W:Is that so Only time will tell.Q:What does the woman imply苏珊，我听说你要嫁给那个家伙。
新视野大学英语视听说教程第四册答案
新视野大学英语视听说教程第四册答案(总11页)-本页仅作为预览文档封面，使用时请删除本页-新视野大学英语视听说教程第四册答案Unit 1 Enjoy you feelings!II. Basic Listening Practice;1. C2. B3. D4. A5. DIII. Listening in;1. D2. A3. C4. B5. CS1. owner; S2. running; S3. drop; S4. outlaw; S5. uneventfully; S6. yelling; S7. lives; S8. As he’s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall. H e’s muscular, and is growling as he approaches the bar; S9. The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking; S10. I got to get out of town! Didn’t you hear Big John is coming.1. D2. C3. B4. D5. AVI. Further Listening and Speaking1. A2. B3. C4. C5. D1.T2. F3. F4. T5. F1.We usually have two choices: to fight or to run;2.The writer says the option of walking away and calming down is the moreproductive method of handling anger;3.The writer says, “If you refuse to admit that you’re angry or hurt, or if you makeit appear that everything is peaches and cream, you are not managing anger in a productive way.”4.We must ask ourselves, “What made me angry?”5.Finally you can ask yourself, “Why did that make me angry?” Through suchlogical reasoning, one tends to calm down and move toward a sensible solution. News Report:1.passengers;2. height;3. released;4. dive;5. independently;6. 360;7. backand forth; 8. facing; 9. adds; 10. length; 11. measure; 12. capacity; 13 thrilling.Unit 2 Beauty can be boughtII. Basic Listening Practice1. B2. A3. C4. D5. BIII, Listening In1. C2. A3. D4. B5. AS1. nose; S2. voice; S3. match; S4. sound; S5. inserted; S6. neck; S7. fat; S8. The voice lift is becoming more widely known among an aging population, who try tomake themselves sound younger; S9. a retired construction engineer who underwent the voice lift several years ago; S10. Voice lift can also benefit people like performers, lawyers, teachers, and telephone operators who need to have a strong voice.1. C2. C3. B4. B5. DVI. Further Listening and Speaking1. A2. C3. D4. B5. A1. F2. T3. F4. T5. F1.It is a quick and easy way to freshen up your looks—and boost your confidence;2.Clients often says, “I want to cut my hair, but I should lose weight first. “But thepopular stylist says, “That’s not the right sequence; it’s the other way around.”3.The speaker says that if you have a round face, you may look better with shorterhair;4.That depends on the length of your neck. The longer the neck, the shorter youcan go;5.They change the shape of your face, making it seem shorter.News Report1.finals2. billion3. hosted4. one-time5. winners6. white7. dominated8.majority 9. charm 10. personality 11. figure 12. title 13. represented 14. went15. fierce 16. turn 17. waved 18. celebrationsUnit 3 Watch out when nature strikes backII. Basic listening practice1.D2. A3. C4. B5. CIII. Listening In1.B2. C3. A4. D5. CS1. climb S2. reports S3. missing S4. assistance S5. factor S6. presence S7. originating S8. Rainfall exceeded 500mm(or inches) along the border areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic during that period; S9. This made it difficult for humanitarian relief workers to rescue strandedpeople and deliver badly-needed food, medicine and supplies to residents; S10. Analysis of the past data shows that major floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti are now a near-annual event.1.A2. B3. C4. D5. CVI. Further Listening and Speaking1.A2. C3. B4. D5. A1 F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. TNew Report1.knocking2. coast3. tearing4. described5. managed6. following7. drop 8. battled 9. making up ground 10. leader 11. struggled 12.teamwork 13. recovery 14. setting 15. winds 16. legs 17. chance18. despiteUnit 4 Is work just another four-letter word?II. Basic Listening Practice1.C2. B3. A4. B5. D1.C2. B3. D4. A5. AS1. shortened S2. known S3. independent S4. enterprises S5. spread S6. nearly S7. so S8. the acronym SOHO have been used to a great extent by companies that sell products to large numbers of small businesses with a small-sized office; S9. Many books are written andsold specifically for this type of office to tell people how to equip a small office; S10. In the field of software development, engineers often have to work 20 hours or more at a stretch, so they can hardly adapt to normal office hours.1.B2. D3. D4. A5. CVI. Further Listening and Speaking1.D2. B3. C4. A5. C1.F2. T3. F4. T5. FNews Reporttravelers, past, behind, translation, voice, combine, portable packaging, general idea, assist, available, communicate.Unit 5 Distant pastures are always greenerII. Basic Listening Practice1.B2. D3. A4. C5. D1.B2. D3. A4. C5. CS1. watched S2. when S3. pile S4. around S5. leaned S6. hiding S7. indifferently S8. Stone rushed into the cashier’s office, took ＄250 from the cash box, and returned, “Take it,” he said, “and get out! Don’t let me see you around here again!”S9. Seeing the young man showed no sign of embarrassment, Stone got furiousS10. He was waiting for the 20 dollars we owe him for lunch. He works for the coffee shop around the corner.1.D2. C3. B4. C5. AVI. Further Listening and Speaking1.A2. B3. C4. D5. A1.T2. T3. F4. F5. FNew Reportannounced, massive, surprise, rescue, 22,00; discontinued, salary, turnaround, profit, hit hard, closings, emotion, quality and productivity.Unit 6II. Basic listening practice1.C2. C3. A4. D5. B1.C2. B3. A4. D5. CS1. terrible S2. misfortune S3. reflection S4. damaged S5. heaven S6. pick S7. washed S8. Some people claim that the numbers is bad luck because thirteen people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucified;S9. Friday the thirteenth of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the thirteenth of March is the worst of them all;S10. when people talk about the “seven-year itch” they mean that every seven year a person undergoes a complete change in personality.1.A2. B3. D4. D5. BVI. Further Listening and Speaking1.A2. C3. D4. C5. B1.T2. T3. F4. F5. TNews Reportdate back, ancient, modern, inspection, covers, rights, opened, downtown, below, account, damaged, uncovered, questions, significance, worthwhile.Unit 7 What shall we do when there’s nothing to do?II. Basic Listening Practice1.A2. A3. D4. B5. CIII. Listening in1.A2. B3. C4. D5. CS1. audience S2. tricks S3. whenever S4. parrot S5. magician S6. hat S7. cardsS8. The magician was furious. Each time the parrot revealed one of his secrets, the audience roared with laugher;S9. He dreamed of various ways he could do away with the troublesome bird. But he didn’t dare to touch it. It was the captain’s parrot after all; S10. They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for several days.1.C2. A3. B4. B5. DVI. Further Listening and Speaking1.D2. A3. C4. B5. D1.F2. T3. T4. F5. FNews Reportspace walk, install, moved, first attempt, temporary, goal, extended, equipment, positions, relocation, living quarters, complained, sound, cause, solution, on board.Unit 8 Is biotechnology our friend or enemy?II. Basic Listening Practice1.B2. C3. D4. A5. CIII. Listening in1.B2. A3. A4. A5. DS1. Research S2. genes S3. journal S4. warn S5. productivity S6. grow S7. survivalS8. Plant breeders have already used preliminary information from the rice genome to create experimental strains of rice that better resist cold and pests;S9. The new map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal crops;S10. While significant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome, the mapping of human genes is also making headway. 1.A 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. CVI. Further Listening and Speaking1. A2. B3. C4. C5. D1. T2. T3. F4. F5. TNews Reportinformation, mapped, sense, pioneer, link, software, understand, accurate, drugs, discovering, returns, overall, potential, developing, race.Unit 9 You can learn how to ride the business cycleII. Basic Listening Practice1.A2. C3. D4. B5. A1.C2. D3. C4. A5. BS1. downtown S2. loan S3. security S4. agreed S5. against S6. proceeded S7. settleS8. That will be ＄5,000 in principal, and ＄ in interest,” the loan officer said. The woman wrote out a check and started to walk away;S9. We’re very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled;S10. Where else in Manhattan can I park my car for two weeks for only ＄ and expect it to be there when I return1.D2. B3. C4. A5. DVI. Further Listening and Speaking1.C2. D3. D4. A5. B1.F2. T3. F4. T5. TNews Reporton display, 90 percent, largest, city and country, folded, side doors, outdoors, shower, top, ride, cells, innovative.Unit 10 Culture makes me what I amII. Basic Listening Practice1.C2. A3. D4. B5. A1.C2. A3. C4. B5. DS1. roots S2. what S3. moral S4. diligence S5. sin S6. teachings S7. centuriesS8. Even as children they were taught, “If it’s worth doing at all, it’s worth doing well;S9. In English a new word has been created to describe people who work compulsively;S10. Others hold that workaholics are valuable members of society because they are extremely productive.1.C2. A3. D4. B5. CVI. Further Listening and Speaking1.C2. B3. A4. C5. D1.T2. F3. T4. F5. 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新视野大学英语视听说4听力答案(全).pdf
新视野大学英语视听说教程4第二版答案Unit 1 enjoy your feelings!Basic listening practiceKeys: CBDADl Listening InTask 1 what a clumsy man!Keys: ACDCBTask 2 causes of depressionKeys:(1)families (2)chemicals (3)information (4)certain symptoms (5)self-esteem (6)thinking patterns (7)mood (8)divorce (9)physical abuse (10)financial difficulties (11)stress (12)anxietyTask 3 happiness indexKeys: BDAACl Let’s TalkKeys: (1) shy (2) crying (3)scared (4) came down (5) fun (6) nice (7) two sisters (8) argue (9) touch (10) bad time (11) speak (12) comfortable (13) brother (14) adults (15) children (16) secondary (17) growing up (18) learnl Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1(S1) owner(S2) running(S3) drop(S4) run(S5) local(S6) yelling(S7) lives(S8) As he’s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall.(S9) The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking.(S10) “I got to get out of town! Don’t you hear Big John is coming?”Task 2 Reason and emotionKeys: ABCCDTask 3 Every cloud has a silver liningKeys: TFFTFl Viewing and speakingKeys：(1) Seven (2) 150 (3) favourite (4) bridge (5) 111 (6) fast (7) Simple (8) trusted (9) stupid (10) did (11) No way (12) ultimate (13) limits (14) skywards (15)60 (16)cheapUnit1 Unit testCDBCD(1)over (2) companionship (3) lover (4) definition (5) scarce (6) diary (7) sight(8)Thank God, I've done my duty(9)In a workforce made up entirely of happy people, the competitive edge would soon be lost(10)It may take centuries before philosophers and scientists can arrive at a clear definition of happinessBADCCADCAB CBDAAUnit 2IKeys：f d a e h i b c jIIKeys：BACDBIII 1Keys：CAADB2the end discounts T-shirts big-name brands Interchangeable pieces black trousers several times simplest stylish and fashionable3Keys: ABACDV Let’s talkTask 1 wealthy clothing styles figure slimmer construction light larger formal brightly colored the rich and the poor one class occasions Poorer peopleFurther listening > Task 1CAABATask 2BABABTask 31 She chose two colors, then built her wardrobe around them.2 She has a pair of black dress slacks, with black shoes to match. If she wears that with her turquoise silk blouse and a matching necklace and earrings, she will look dressed up.3 If she wears a T-shirt with the black dress slacks, she is more casual.4 If she brings a pashmina, or another dress scarf, she can dress up the T-shirt into casual chic.5 Her suitcase will be nearly empty, with lots of room for shopping.Viewing and speakingcombining clothing with new technology brand-new stylenew industrial design solutionselectronics and fashion into your collar went into partnership with bring them together the modern-day worker 600 pounds to what we might expectUnit 2 Unit testCBCBD(1)-(7) contest queens outgoing cheers title tours performed(8)A beautiful woman has very great powers to convince, and we have seen many misses who have done a great job(9)Women's liberation organizations in the United States regularly demonstrate in protest outside Miss America and Miss World contests(10)All the same, some Australians were hoping the two-hour show would draw world attention to the beauty of their country and attract touristsADCBBCDADD BCBDBUnit 3Lead indrought earthquake flood forest fire landslide snowstorm tsunami typhoon volcanic eruptionBasic listeningKeys: DACBCListening inTask 1 BCADCTask 2 BBABATask 3 drought tsunami undersea result in dry spell flood water supplies famine agriculture heavy rainfall melting swell man-made damsLet’s talkTask1 erupted burying few overseas rescue injured damaged islanders seven biggest close aftershocks trap 20 million pounds diseaseFurther listeningTask 1 BADACTask 21. Since the company was composed entirely of men over 65, there was doubt that they would be of any assistance.But the farmer called the company anyway because the fire proved to be more than the small town fire department could handle, and there was no other help available.2. The truck drove straight toward the fire and, instead of stopping in front of the fire, drove right into the middle of the flames.3. After an hour of intense fighting, they had extinguished the fire.4. After an hour of intense fighting, they had extinguished the fire.5. The captain said, "The first thing we're going to do is to get the brakes fixed on that stupid fire truck." That suggests that they drove right into the middle of the flames because of useless brakes rather than bravery.Task 3 ABCDCViewing and speakingTask 1 rescued worst flooding surprise flooded my son's crews burst hit save high tide furniture normal computer system drugs heavyUnit 3 Unit testACCDD(1)-(7)at section connects bottom shining As cross(8)Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something(9)A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything(10)It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that dayABBDCBDACC DABDAUnit 4Lead inc d a e h f i g bBasic listeningCBABDListening inTask l CBDAATask 2 1.Relationships 2.marketing manager 3.in conflict with 4.expenses 5.ended in vain 6.training administrator 7.visited 8. establish closer relationships 9.long-term 10.picked upTask 3 CDDCALet's talkTask1 16 features brief eight paper guidelines interviews treatment come back Deadlines meet guidance scaryFurther listeningTask 1 DBCACTask 2 BABABTask 31. They gathered for lunch to welcome the new Chief Executive Officer, Carl Martin, and say goodbye to the departing CEO, Dick Jackson.2. The departing CEO left three numbered envelopes for the new CEO.3. The message read, "Blame your predecessor." So, the new CEO held a press conference and tactfully laid the blame at the feet of the previous CEO.4. The message read, "Reorganize." The new CEO did it, and the company quickly rebounded.5. The message said, "Prepare three envelopes." It implied that it was time for Carl to leave and give three similar envelopes to the next CEO.Viewing and speakingTask 1 earning live on frustrating head chasing television editor launching basis privilegedUnit 4 Unit testDDADD(1)-(7) expensive declined averaged compared agency floor accommodation (8)But the biggest climber of all was Dublin, with the Irish capital jumping nine places to the tenth among the world's most expensive office locations(9)Globally, most office locations continued to register declines in occupancy costs last year, reflecting the weak and uncertain global economic environment(10)In Euro terms, London is some 17 percent cheaper than last year, but in dollar terms it is virtually unchangedDCADBABDCA DDCCDUnit 5Lead in DADBBasic Listening Practice BCACDListening inTask1 BACCDTask2 BABABTask3 DCBCALet’s talk supermarkets a factory capacity kitchen commercial 6 againstmy own appeal larger high-risk gamble one-man supportFurther listening and speakingTask 1 ABCDATask 2 AABBBTask 31. She had experience as a career counselor who had counseled hundreds of people about career changes. But when her husband lost his job, they were both caught unprepared.2. They were unprepared to tell their children, unprepared for the mix of emotions, and most dramatically, unprepared for the sudden loss of routine in their lives.3. She saw her husband sitting in their home office patting his forehead and muttering to himself, "Now what am I supposed to do?"4. In the bookstore they found lots of books about job search, but not asingle book on the day-to-day challenges people face when they get laid-off.5. They had gathered enough interesting material for a book on career transitions—the book they needed but couldn't find last July.Viewing and speaking turn things around suggestions expectations how many three million target salespeople market brand problems challenges money hard task salesmen investment experienced negotiationUnit 5 Unit testCDCBD(1)-(7)positive reasons try figure maintain curve path(8)It's clear that job hopping benefits the employee, not the employer(9)the trick with job hopping is to make sure your resume always shows that you make a huge contribution wherever you go(10)You can show that you are loyal to a company by exceeding their expectations with your outstanding performanceCBDACABDCD CDBBAUnit 6Lead inBasic listeningCCADBListening inTask 1 CBADCTask 2 terrible misfortune reflection damaged heaven pick washedSome people claim that the number is bad luck because 13 people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucifiedFriday the 13th of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the 13th of March is the worst of them allthey mean that every seven years a person undergoes a complete change in personality Task 3 falling stock markets even more superstitious much less constructive action less lucky worked more satisfied exams trust revisionLet's talkTask 1 mystery inside out largest three million outside inner his theory used up the base 137-meter purpose tall, narrow 100,000 or so radar Further listening and speakingTask 1ABDDBTask 2AABBATask 31. The magician did the same tricks over and over again.2. The captain's parrot watched every show and began to understand what the magician did in each trick. Once he understood that, he started shouting in the middle of the show.3. Each time the parrot revealed one of his secrets, the audience roared with laughter. The performance he intended to be dark and mysterious turned into a comedy.4. The ship collided with an enormous iceberg and sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and the parrot was by his side.5. He said, "OK, I give up. But I hope you'll tell me what trick you are going to do with the boat."Viewing and speakingTask 1 feet shapes theory man-made look after experts a million outer space extraterrestrial conceivable circle maker image explain genuine lifting out of rubbish mystery mysterious farmers catch appear landscapeUnit 6 Unit testDACCC(1)-(7)discovered eager died convincing writing Indians taught(8)The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they farmed.These sweet potatoes came from the Americas(9)Remember that the distances involved were great, further than the distance from Europe to the closest place in the Americas(10)a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island, because of a storm, and brought the seeds of sweet potatoes with themBDACDADDDC ABCCCUnit 7Basic listeningAADBCListening inTask 1DCAABTask 2DCAABTask 3 rest Sunday industrial revolution God six-day work week late 19th and early 20th relaxation great boon consumer spending Second World War two days do not work religious activitiesLet's talkTask 1 held back transport highest subsistence lower 2，000-kilometer minerals potential development number one tourism only two landscapes fascinating commuting tourist ruined history traditional mistakesFurther listening and speakingFurther listening > Task 1AABBBTask 2Task 3ABCDCViewing and speakingTask 1 book search engines real customers judge 250 pounds two days partying click targetingUnit 7 Unit testCABDD(1)-(7)when competitiveness unmanned regularly extra households Previously (8)To serve these new shoppers it is also necessary for more stores to remain open and thus more people to work on weekends(9)Weekends are days when people can safely sleep in and also not have to worry as much about the ill effects of a hangover(10)One area in which the weekend has remained unaffected is education, where schools are shut on Saturdays and SundaysCABDDCACDB AACBBUnit 8Lead inTask1 c a f d g b eTask2GM cropsstem cellgenetic mapcloningBasic listening BCDACListening inTask 1 BAAADTask 22.genes3.journal4.warn5.productivity6.grow7.survival8.Plant breeders have already used preliminary information from the rice genome to create experimental strains of rice that better resist cold and pests9.The new map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal crops10.While significant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome, the mapping of the human genes is also making headwayTask 3 CBDADLet’s talk kitchens opposed labeled completely law no wayGM ingredients choice Tougher any content the public fear safer naturally cheap decideFuther listeningTask 1 biotechnology rejected special labels 73% to 27%a new type of tomato against save lives improve the human condition medicines conventional foodsTask 2AABBATask 3 DBACCTask 3 trees native genes black onion taste poisonous testedtoxic fish popular bigger food normally larger threefold genes originally different risks laboratory environmentUnit 8 Unit testCBDBD(1)-(7)yield identify central abnormal how to signals(8)The most important potential application of human stem cells is perhaps the generation of cells and tissues(9)Stem cells, directed to differentiate into specific cell types, will offer a source of replacement cells and tissues(10)it may become possible to generate healthy heart muscle cells in the laboratory and then transplant those cells into patients with chronic heart diseaseBDCACBDCAC ABBADUnit 9Lead ind f a h g c b eBasic listening practiceACDBAListening inTask 1 ACDCBTask 2 CDCABTask 3 downtown loan security agreed against underground settle That’ll be $5000 in principal and $20.30 in interest.We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little confused.Where else in Manhattan can I park my car for two weeks for only $20.30 and expect it to be there where I return?Let’s talktrouble sales save backedsalary private medical 100,000 pounds anothermoney hire debt face the factssecuring difficult contacts schoolboy excuse Further listening and speakingTask 1 environment economy minus enterprise's benefits demands balanced, sustainable generationsTask 2 CDDABTask 3 BABAAViewing and speakingTask1marketing campaign huge challenge market football eight new teams time-consuming the marketing and the organisationUnit 9 Unit testACDCD(1)-(7)measure modest showed weakest reluctant economist Analysts(8)Inflation rose at a relatively speedy 3.3 percent rate in the second quarter, the same as at the start of the year(9)Other data on Friday showed consumer spirits have brightened a bit this month while business activity has picked up in the Midwest(10)When you combine the first quarter and the second quarter, we're growing at 3.75 percent, which is a very strong, sustainable growth rateBCDACADDAA DCBBAUnit 10Basic listeningDCABCListening inTask 1 future needs shares risk banks 30 a half rate capital loss interchangeably savingsTask 2DBCCATask 3ABBAALet's talkTask 11) they must sort out their cash flow problem by selling a part of the business to investors.2) it's a realistic amount to take this manufacturing business forward.3) they must update their initial business plan4) it's time to put on the suit and try to sell part of Cyclepods to an investor.5) so I'll have to... maybe get the heavies in or something.6) The most important thing James needs to do over the next two months is to raise cash7) Cyclepods can't do anything without an updated business plan.8) it's back to basics for a fun evening of number crunching and spread sheets,9) it's time for a professional and considered rehearsal to get his sales pitch just right.10) Presentation skills are going to be crucialFurther listening and speakingFurther listeningTask 1ABDBCTask 2CBDACTask 31. He has been following the roller coaster ride of his stock portfolio and it's driving him mad.2. Stocks are pretty hard to predict. So she has put her money into hedge funds.3. A hedge is a way of reducing risk. A hedge fund is a company that creates a stock portfolio that tries to balance the market activity.4. Analysts examine stocks to assess which ones are likely to go up, and which will likely go down.5. He says that if he leaves his money with a fund manager, perhaps the manager can trade his stocks in a more profitable way.Viewing and speakingTask 1 cash easy results pay bills head 26% close the deal figures idea plan fine business guide voting rights say strong point investment 150000 26%Unit 10 Unit testBDCDB(1)-(7)individual owned managed invest ownership shareholders investors (8)shareholders are often able to own a greater and more diverse number of stocks than if they invested directly in the stock market(9)the investment management company sponsoring the fund issues new shares to investors and buys back shares from investors wishing to leave the fund(10)The sponsor does not buy back or issue shares after a closed-end fund is launched, so the investor must trade them through a brokerCDCAABCADB CDADB。
新视野大学英语视听说4听力答案
新视野大学英语视听说4听力答案(全)(共18页)-本页仅作为预览文档封面，使用时请删除本页-新视野大学英语视听说教程4第二版答案Unit 1 enjoy your feelings!Basic listening practiceKeys: CBDADl Listening InTask 1 what a clumsy man!Keys: ACDCBTask 2 causes of depressionKeys:(1)families (2)chemicals (3)information (4)certain symptoms (5)self-esteem (6)thinking patterns (7)mood (8)divorce (9)physical abuse (10)financial difficulties (11)stress (12)anxietyTask 3 happiness indexKeys: BDAACl Let’s TalkKeys: (1) shy (2) crying (3)scared (4) came down (5) fun (6) nice (7) two sisters (8) argue (9) touch (10) bad time (11) speak (12)comfortable (13) brother (14) adults (15) children (16) secondary (17) growing up (18) learnl Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1(S1) owner(S2) running(S3) drop(S4) run(S5) local(S6) yelling(S7) lives(S8) As he’s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall.(S9) The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking.(S10) “I got to get out of town! Don’t you hear Big John is coming”Task 2 Reason and emotionKeys: ABCCDTask 3 Every cloud has a silver liningKeys: TFFTFl Viewing and speakingKeys： (1) Seven (2) 150 (3) favourite (4) bridge (5) 111 (6) fast (7) Simple (8) trusted (9) stupid (10) did (11) No way (12) ultimate (13) limits (14) skywards (15)60 (16)cheapUnit1 Unit testCDBCD(1)over (2) companionship (3) lover (4) definition (5) scarce (6) diary (7) sight(8)Thank God, I've done my duty(9)In a workforce made up entirely of happy people, the competitive edge would soon be lost(10)It may take centuries before philosophers and scientists canarrive at a clear definition of happinessBADCCADCAB CBDAAUnit 2IKeys：f d a e h i b c jIIKeys：BACDBIII 1Keys：CAADB2the end discounts T-shirts big-name brands Interchangeable pieces black trousers several times simplest stylish and fashionable3Keys: ABACDV Let’s talkTask 1 wealthy clothing styles figure slimmer constructionlight larger formal brightly colored the rich and the poor one class occasions Poorer peopleFurther listening > Task 1CAABATask 2BABABTask 31 She chose two colors, then built her wardrobe around them.2 She has a pair of black dress slacks, with black shoes to match. If she wears that with her turquoise silk blouse and a matching necklace and earrings, she will look dressed up.3 If she wears a T-shirt with the black dress slacks, she is more casual.4 If she brings a pashmina, or another dress scarf, she can dress up the T-shirt into casual chic.5 Her suitcase will be nearly empty, with lots of room for shopping.Viewing and speakingcombining clothing with new technology brand-new stylenew industrial design solutionselectronics and fashion into your collar went into partnership with bring them together the modern-day worker 600 pounds to what we might expectUnit 2 Unit testCBCBD(1)-(7) contest queens outgoing cheers title tours performed(8)A beautiful woman has very great powers to convince, and we have seen many misses who have done a great job(9)Women's liberation organizations in the United States regularly demonstrate in protest outside Miss America and Miss World contests(10)All the same, some Australians were hoping the two-hour show would draw world attention to the beauty of their country and attract touristsADCBBCDADD BCBDBUnit 3Lead indrought earthquake flood forest fire landslide snowstorm tsunami typhoon volcanic eruptionBasic listeningKeys: DACBCListening inTask 1 BCADCTask 2 BBABATask 3 drought tsunami undersea result in dry spell flood water supplies famine agriculture heavy rainfall melting swell man-made damsLet’s talkTask1 erupted burying few overseas rescue injured damaged islanders seven biggest close aftershocks trap 20 million pounds diseaseFurther listeningTask 1 BADACTask 21. Since the company was composed entirely of men over 65, there was doubt that they would be of any the farmer called the company anyway because the fire proved to be more than the small town fire department could handle, and there was no other help available.2. The truck drove straight toward the fire and, instead of stopping in front of the fire, drove right into the middle of the flames.3. After an hour of intense fighting, they had extinguished the fire.4. After an hour of intense fighting, they had extinguished the fire.5. The captain said, "The first thing we're going to do is to get the brakes fixed on that stupid fire truck." That suggests that they drove right into the middle of the flames because of useless brakes rather than bravery.Task 3 ABCDCViewing and speakingTask 1 rescued worst flooding surprise flooded my son's crews burst hit save high tide furniture normal computer system drugs heavyUnit 3 Unit testACCDD(1)-(7)at section connects bottom shining As cross(8)Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something(9)A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing ona higher place, so we could see everything(10)It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that dayABBDCBDACC DABDAUnit 4Lead inc d a e h f i g bBasic listeningCBABDListening inTask l CBDAATask 2 manager conflict with in vain administrator 8. establish closer relationships upTask 3 CDDCALet's talkTask1 16 features brief eight paper guidelinesinterviews treatment come back Deadlines meet guidance scaryFurther listeningTask 1 DBCACTask 2 BABABTask 31. They gathered for lunch to welcome the new Chief Executive Officer, Carl Martin, and say goodbye to the departing CEO, Dick Jackson.2. The departing CEO left three numbered envelopes for the new CEO.3. The message read, "Blame your predecessor." So, the new CEO held a press conference and tactfully laid the blame at the feet of the previous CEO.4. The message read, "Reorganize." The new CEO did it, and the company quickly rebounded.5. The message said, "Prepare three envelopes." It implied that itwas time for Carl to leave and give three similar envelopes to thenext CEO.Viewing and speakingTask 1 earning live on frustrating head chasing television editor launching basis privilegedUnit 4 Unit testDDADD(1)-(7) expensive declined averaged compared agency floor accommodation(8)But the biggest climber of all was Dublin, with the Irish capital jumping nine places to the tenth among the world's most expensiveoffice locations(9)Globally, most office locations continued to register declines in occupancy costs last year, reflecting the weak and uncertain global economic environment(10)In Euro terms, London is some 17 percent cheaper than last year, but in dollar terms it is virtually unchangedDCADBABDCA DDCCDUnit 5Lead in DADBBasic Listening Practice BCACDListening inTask1 BACCDTask2 BABABTask3 DCBCALet’s talk supermarkets a factory capacity kitchen commercial6 againstmy own appeal larger high-risk gamble one-man supportFurther listening and speakingTask 1 ABCDATask 2 AABBBTask 31. She had experience as a career counselor who had counseledhundreds of people about career changes. But when her husband losthis job, they were both caught unprepared.2. They were unprepared to tell their children, unprepared for themix of emotions, and most dramatically, unprepared for the suddenloss of routine in their lives.3. She saw her husband sitting in their home office patting his forehead and muttering to himself, "Now what am I supposed to do"4. In the bookstore they found lots of books about job search, butnot asingle book on the day-to-day challenges people face when they getlaid-off.5. They had gathered enough interesting material for a book on careertransitions—the book they needed but couldn't find last July.Viewing and speaking turn things around suggestionsexpectations how many three million target salespeoplemarket brand problems challenges money hard task salesmen investment experienced negotiationUnit 5 Unit testCDCBD(1)-(7)positive reasons try figure maintain curve path(8)It's clear that job hopping benefits the employee, not theemployer(9)the trick with job hopping is to make sure your resume alwaysshows that you make a huge contribution wherever you go(10)You can show that you are loyal to a company by exceeding their expectations with your outstanding performanceCBDACABDCD CDBBAUnit 6Lead inBasic listeningCCADBListening inTask 1 CBADCTask 2 terrible misfortune reflection damaged heaven pick washedSome people claim that the number is bad luck because 13 people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucifiedFriday the 13th of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the 13th of March is the worst of them allthey mean that every seven years a person undergoes a complete change in personalityTask 3 falling stock markets even more superstitious much less constructive action less lucky worked more satisfied exams trust revisionLet's talkTask 1 mystery inside out largest three million outside inner his theory used up the base 137-meter purpose tall, narrow 100,000 or so radarFurther listening and speakingTask 1ABDDBTask 2AABBATask 31. The magician did the same tricks over and over again.2. The captain's parrot watched every show and began to understandwhat the magician did in each trick. Once he understood that, hestarted shouting in the middle of the show.3. Each time the parrot revealed one of his secrets, the audience roared with laughter. The performance he intended to be dark and mysterious turned into a comedy.4. The ship collided with an enormous iceberg and sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and the parrot was by his side.5. He said, "OK, I give up. But I hope you'll tell me what trick you are going to do with the boat."Viewing and speakingTask 1 feet shapes theory man-made look after experts a million outer space extraterrestrial conceivable circle maker image explain genuine lifting out of rubbish mystery mysterious farmers catch appear landscapeUnit 6 Unit testDACCC(1)-(7)discovered eager died convincing writing Indians taught(8)The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they sweet potatoes came from the Americas(9)Remember that the distances involved were great, further than the distance from Europe to the closest place in the Americas(10)a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island, because of a storm, and brought the seeds of sweet potatoes with themBDACDADDDC ABCCCUnit 7Basic listeningAADBCListening inTask 1DCAABTask 2DCAABTask 3 rest Sunday industrial revolution God six-day work week late 19th and early 20th relaxation great boon consumer spending Second World War two days do not work religious activitiesLet's talkTask 1 held back transport highest subsistence lower 2，000-kilometer minerals potential development number one tourism only two landscapes fascinating commuting tourist ruined history traditional mistakesFurther listening and speakingFurther listening > Task 1AABBBTask 2CABBDTask 3ABCDCViewing and speakingTask 1 book search engines real customers judge 250 pounds two days partying click targetingUnit 7 Unit testCABDD(1)-(7)when competitiveness unmanned regularly extra households Previously(8)To serve these new shoppers it is also necessary for more stores to remain open and thus more people to work on weekends(9)Weekends are days when people can safely sleep in and also not have to worry as much about the ill effects of a hangover(10)One area in which the weekend has remained unaffected is education, where schools are shut on Saturdays and SundaysCABDDCACDB AACBBUnit 8Lead inTask1 c a f d g b eTask2GM cropsstem cellgenetic mapcloningBasic listening BCDACListening inTask 1 BAAADTask 2breeders have already used preliminary information from the rice genome to create experimental strains of rice that better resist cold and pestsnew map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal cropssignificant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome, the mapping of the human genes is also making headwayTask 3 CBDADLet’s talk kitchens opposed labeled completely law no wayGM ingredients choice Tougher any content the public fear safer naturally cheap decideFuther listeningTask 1 biotechnology rejected special labels 73% to 27%a new type of tomato against save lives improve the human condition medicines conventional foodsTask 2AABBATask 3 DBACCTask 3 trees native genes black onion taste poisonous testedtoxic fish popular bigger food normally largerthreefold genes originally different risks laboratory environmentUnit 8 Unit testCBDBD(1)-(7)yield identify central abnormal how to signals(8)The most important potential application of human stem cells is perhaps the generation of cells and tissues(9)Stem cells, directed to differentiate into specific cell types, will offer a source of replacement cells and tissues(10)it may become possible to generate healthy heart muscle cells in the laboratory and then transplant those cells into patients with chronic heart diseaseBDCACBDCAC ABBADUnit 9Lead ind f a h g c b eBasic listening practiceACDBAListening inTask 1 ACDCBTask 2 CDCABTask 3 downtown loan security agreed against underground settleThat’ll be $5000 in principal and $ in interest.We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little confused.Where else in Manhattan can I park my car for two weeks for only$ and expect it to be there where I return?Let’s talktrouble sales save backedsalary private medical 100,000 pounds anothermoney hire debt face the factssecuring difficult contacts schoolboy excuseFurther listening and speakingTask 1 environment economy minus enterprise's benefits demands balanced, sustainable generationsTask 2 CDDABTask 3 BABAAViewing and speakingTask1marketing campaign huge challenge market football eight new teamstime-consuming the marketing and the organisationUnit 9 Unit testACDCD(1)-(7)measure modest showed weakest reluctant economist Analysts(8)Inflation rose at a relatively speedy percent rate in the second quarter, the same as at the start of the year(9)Other data on Friday showed consumer spirits have brightened a bit this month while business activity has picked up in the Midwest(10)When you combine the first quarter and the second quarter, we're growing at percent, which is a very strong, sustainable growth rateBCDACADDAA DCBBAUnit 10Basic listeningDCABCListening inTask 1 future needs shares risk banks 30 a half rate capital loss interchangeably savingsTask 2DBCCATask 3ABBAALet's talkTask 11) they must sort out their cash flow problem by selling a part of the business to investors.2) it's a realistic amount to take this manufacturing business forward.3) they must update their initial business plan4) it's time to put on the suit and try to sell part of Cyclepods to an investor.5) so I'll have to... maybe get the heavies in or something.6) The most important thing James needs to do over the next two months is to raise cash7) Cyclepods can't do anything without an updated business plan.8) it's back to basics for a fun evening of number crunching and spread sheets,9) it's time for a professional and considered rehearsal to get his sales pitch just right.10) Presentation skills are going to be crucialFurther listening and speakingFurther listeningTask 1ABDBCTask 2CBDACTask 31. He has been following the roller coaster ride of his stock portfolio and it's driving him mad.2. Stocks are pretty hard to predict. So she has put her money into hedge funds.3. A hedge is a way of reducing risk. A hedge fund is a company that creates a stock portfolio that tries to balance the market activity.4. Analysts examine stocks to assess which ones are likely to go up, and which will likely go down.5. He says that if he leaves his money with a fund manager, perhaps the manager can trade his stocks in a more profitable way.Viewing and speakingTask 1 cash easy results pay bills head 26% close the deal figures idea plan fine business guide voting rights say strong point investment 150000 26%Unit 10 Unit testBDCDB(1)-(7)individual owned managed invest ownership shareholders investors(8)shareholders are often able to own a greater and more diverse number of stocks than if they invested directly in the stock market(9)the investment management company sponsoring the fund issues new shares to investors and buys back shares from investors wishing to leave the fund(10)The sponsor does not buy back or issue shares after a closed-end fund is launched, so the investor must trade them through a brokerCDCAABCADB CDADB。
新视野大学英语视听说第4册答案(全)-连同听力原文(2020年7月整理).pdf
Uint1II. Basic Listening Practice1.ScriptM: I’m beside myself with joy. I’m so lucky. Guess what? I’ve won a lit of money in the lottery.W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right? Q: What does the woman mean?2.ScriptW: Mary was furious. Her son wrecked up her car.M: He shouldn’t have driven a car without a driver’s license. He‘s still taking driving lesson.Q: What do we know about Mary’s son?3. ScriptM: Susan, I hear you’re going to marry that guy. Some people think you’ll regret it.W: Is that so? Only time tell.Q: What does the woman imply?4. ScriptM: Mary, I just want to say how sorry I was to learn of your mother’s passing. I know how close you two were?W: Thank you. It was so sudden. I’M still in a state of shock I don’t know what to do.Q: Which of following is true?5. ScriptW: I get furious at work when my opinions aren’t considered just because I’m a woman.M: You should air your view more emphatically and demand that your vice be heard.Q: What is the woman complaining about?Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. D 4.A 5.DIII. Listening InTask 1: Soft answers turn away wrath.Mary: Dam! You’re spilled red wine on me. My new dress is ruined. John: I’ m terrible sorry! What can I do to help? Here’s some water to wash it off.Mary:Stop splashing water on me! Oh, this is so embarrassing! I’m a mess.John: Well, you do look a little upset. Please don’t blow up. Don’t lose your cool.Mary: Hmm, you’ve got the nerve talking like that! Who shouldn’t fly off the handle? This dress cost a fortune.John: You look really cute when you’re mad. I kid you not. Some peopledo look attractive when they are in a rage.Mary: This is very expensive dress. I saved for months to buy it, and now it’s ruined. Look at this stain!John: Accidents do happen. Give me your dress, and I’ll take it to the cleaners.Mary: Sure! You want me to take it off right here in public and give it to you? I don’t even know you!John: This might be a really goof time to get acquainted. I’m John Owen. Mary: Mmm, at least you’re polite. I guess I really shouldn’t have flared up. After all, it was an accident. I’m Mary Harvey.John: Come on. I’ll take you home. You can change your clothes, and I’ll get the dress cleaned for you.Mary: Now you’re talking. Thanks. You’re a real gentleman.John: You’d better believe it. I’m glad to see that you’ve cooled down.Feel look a bite to eat afterward? I’m starving.Mary: Ok. You’re pretty good. I’m not nearly as mad. If you can get this stain out, I’ll be very happy.John: I’ll try my best. But if I can’t get the stain out, please don’t let your happiness turn to wrath.1.Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog?2.Why does the woman get angry?3.What does the man say to please the woman when she looks angry?4.Why does the woman say the man is a real gentleman?5.What is the man’s final proposal?Keys: 1D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.CTask 2: Big John is coming!ScriptA bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. This (S1) owner of the establishment is giving his new hire some instructions on (S2) running the place. He tells the timid man, “If you ever hear that Big John is coming to town, (S3) drop everything and run for the hills! He’s the biggest, nastiest (S4) outlaw who’s ever lived!”A few weeks pass (S5) uneventfully. But one afternoon, a local cowhand comes running through town (S6) yelling, “Big John is coming! Run for your (S7) lives!”When the bartender leaves the bar to start running, he is knocked to the ground by several townspeople rushing out of town. (S8) As he’s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall. He’s muscular, and is growing as he approaches the bar.He steps up to the door, orders the poor barkeep inside, and demands, “I want a beer NOW!”He strikes his heavy fist on the bar, splitting it in half. (S9) The bartendernervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking. He takes the beer, bites the top of the bottle off, and downs the beer in one gulp.As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar, the big man gets up to leave, “Do you want another beer?”the bartender asks in a trembling voice.“Dang it, I don’t have time!” the big man yells, (S10) “I got to get out of town! Don’t you hear Big John is coming?”Task3: A View of HappinessScriptDr. Smith has proposed a reasonable, if perhaps somewhat oversimplifies, view of happiness. According to his theory, happiness might be described as a state if balance. And when human or certain animals achieve that balance, they rend to remain in that condition in order to repeat the happy feeling.To illustrate this, we may study two magnets. When their positive and negative poles meet, they are comfortably joined, and they remain there. In other words, they have attained a balance or state of happiness. If on the other hand, one of the poles is reversed, and positive pole is presses against positive pole, there is resistance, instability, imbalance a state of unhappiness.Animals with some degree of intelligence seem to find happiness in reinforcement. Once they have gained one or more of their goals such as food, and water, they learn to repeat the actions that led to satisfaction of those goals. This repetition or reinforcement produces a state of balance or sense of happiness.According to this theory, only animals with a significant capacity to learn should be able to experience happiness. But in truth learning can take place through surprisingly simple short-term action such as scratching an itch, followed by pleasure, followed by more scratching, and so on. Thus learning can occur with almost no conscious thought.For human beings, blessed with the ability to reason, goals are not limited to the short-term satisfaction of needs. Indeed, there is a strong link between happiness and the fulfillment of long-term goals. Even if human strive for goals that are more complex and longer-term than the animals’goals, once those goals are gained, happiness is reinforced.1.Why does the speaker mention “magnets”?2.According to the passage, what may animals do after they have gotfood?3.Which of the following is true according to the speaker?4.What does the speaker say is special about the goals of human beings?5.Which of the following best captures the main idea of the passage?Keys: 1D 2.C3. B 4.D 5.AIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 Don’t let it get to you!Susan: You look so angry. What happened?Chris: Nothing I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’t ask.Susan: Come on. Relax. Talk to me.Chris: All right. This morning I took my car to the garage to check the air conditioner. They only gave it a quick look, refilled it with some Freon, and charged me 300bucks!Susan: No wonder you’re livid. I’d be mad too if someone ripped me off like that.Chris: Yeah. And they were rude. They said I didn’t know anything about cars, which I don’t, but they didn’t have to be blunt!Susan: Sounds like you got a raw deal!Chris: What’s worse, as I was leaving, I herd then saying, “Don’t trust that guy. He looks broke.” When I heard that, I almost hit the roof. Susan: Don’t let it get to you. Better ignore them.Chris: I agree. I did manage to keep my cool.Susan:Well, the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Agency.Chris: sounds like a good idea.MODEL2 I’m too depressed.ScriptSusan:Chris, I hear you’ve been down in the dumps, so I’ve come to cheer you up.Chris: It’s not gong o work. I’m too depressedSusan: Come, on. Tell me what’s on your mind.Chris: Everything. My girlfriend left me; my dog ran away; my wallet was stolen.Susan: Don’t worry. I’ll help you solve the biggest problem: finding youa new girlfriend.Chris: Forget it. Anyway, I’m getting bad grades, and I was told that I’d have to repeat a lot of courses next year. When I heard that, I almost lost it.Susan: Look, relax. I’ll help you with those courses.Chris: Yeah, but I also have three week’s laundry to do., and my room isa pigsty.Susan: Forget it. You’re on your own.Chris: Come, on. What are friends for?Susan: To keep you in high spirits; not to do your laundry.MODEL3 You seem to be on top of the world.ScriptNora: Oh, hey, John!John: Hey!Nora:You seem to be on top of the world tonight. What’s up?John:I’m so happy I’m about to burst. Guess what?Nora:You’ve got me.John: It might be true that misfortunes never come singly, but you can also have a “double blessing”. And that’s what I had.Nora: You mean you’ve had two happy events in your life?John:Exactly. You know, I was strong in all subjects except physics. Now I’ve finally passed the test--the one I needed to qualify for a Bachelor’s degree.Nora: Congratulations! You’d failed it three times. Now wonder you’re beaming. What’s the other good news?John: The multinational I was dong my field project at offered me a job at a good staring salary.Nora: Wow, wonderful, simple wonderful.John:I feel like celebrating. Shall we go to a bar?Nora: Why not?Now Your TurnTask 1SAMPLE DIALOGA: You look furious. What happened?B:Nothing. I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’t ask.A: Come on. You shouldn’t keep your feeling to yourself. You need to let off some stream. So, talk tome.B: All right. This morning I went to a shop to buy a digital camera, I only need an ordinary one. It is enough for my tours in the summer vacation. Buy they persuaded me to buy a professional camera, which cost three times as much.A: But you were willing to buy for it. Anyway, it must work better.B: You see, I know next to nothing about photography. So they simply tricked me into buying an expensive one.A: No wonder you’re livid with rage. I’d be mad too if I were robbed like that. What are you going to do?B: I already went back to them and asked to exchange it for a cheaper one.A: What did they say?B: Oh, they were rude. They insisted that they hadn’t encouraged me to buy a professional camera, and that I bought it myself.A: Sounds like you got a raw deal!B:What’s worse, as I was leaving, I heard they say, “That guy looks broke. He shouldn’t have bought any camera.”A: Don’t let it get to you. Better ignore their rude remarks.B: I agree. I did manage to keep my cool.A: Well, the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Agency. If they talk to the shop, maybe they will give you a refund.B: Sounds too good to be true.V. Let’s TalkScriptHello, everyone. Today I invite you to join me in an exploration off the causes of depression. There ate many factors involved, but I believe some deserve special attention.Heredity certainly plays a role. .The tendency to develop depression may be inherited; there is evidence that this disorder may run in families. Physiology is another factor related to depression. There may be changes or imbalances in chemicals which transmit information in the brain called neurotransmitters. Many modern antidepressant drugs attempt to increase levels of certain neurotransmitters so as to increase brain communication. While the causal relationship is unclear; it is known that antidepressant medications do reliever certain symptoms of depression.Researchers also study psychological factors. They include the complex development of one’s personality and how one has learned to cope withexternal environmental factors, such as stress. It is freeqently observed that low self-esteem and self-defeating thinking are connected with depression. While it is not clear which is the cause and which is the effect, it is known that sufferers who are able to make corrections to their thinking patterns can show improved mood and self-esteem.Another factor causing depression is one’s early experiences. Events such as the death of a parent, the divorce of the parents, neglect, chronic illness, and severe physical abuse can also increase the likelihood of depression later in life.Some present experiences may also lead to depression. Job loss, financial difficulties, long periods of unemployment, the loss of a spouse or other family member, or other painful events may trigger depression. Long-term stress at home, work, or school can also be involved.It is worth nothing that those living with someone suffering from \depression experience increased anxiety which adds to the possibility of their also becoming depressed.Depression-causinProblem Description Solutiong FactorsHeredity It is inherited and run infamilies.Physiology changes or imbalances inchemicals calledneurotransmitters, whichtransmit information in thebrain Antidepressant drugs relieve certain symptoms of depression.Psychological Factors Low self-esteem andself-defeating thinking areconnected with depression.Sufferers who makecorrection to theirthinking patterns canshow improvedmood andself-esteem.Early Experiences Event like the death of aparent, the divorce ofparents, neglect, chronicillness, and severe physicalabuse can increase thelikelihood of depression.Present Experiences Job loss, financial difficulties, long periods of unemployment, the loss of a spouse or other family member, or long-term stressmay trigger depression.Living with somebody with depression This causes increased anxiety, which adds to the possibility of their also becoming depressed.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Reason and EmotionScriptEmotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason; s is suggested by phrase such as” appeal to emotions rather than reason” and “don’t let your emotions take over”. Emotional reactions sometimes produce consequences or thoughts which people may later regret or disagree with; but during an emotional state, they could not control their actions. Thus, it is generally believed that one of the most distinctive facts about human beings is a contradiction between emotion and reason.However, recent empirical studies do not suggest there is a clear distinction between reason and emotion. Indeed, anger or fear can often be thought of as an instinctive response to observed fact. The human mind possesses many possible reactions to the external world. Thosereactions can lie on a continuum, with some of them involving the extreme of pure intellectual logic, which is often called “cold”, and others involving the extremes of pure emotion not related to logical agreement, which is called “the heat of passion”. The relation logic and emotion merits careful study. Passion, emotion, or feeling can reinforce an argument, event one based primarily on reason. This is especially true in religion or ideology, which frequently demands an all-or-nothing rejection or acceptance. In such areas of thought, human beings have to adopt a comprehensive view partly backed by empirical argument and partly by feeling and passion. Moreover, several researchers have suggested that typically there is no “pure” decision or thought; that is, no thought is based “purely””on intellectual logic or “purely”on emotion—most decisions are founded on a mixture of both.1.What results does the speaker may some from emotional reactions?2.What is the popular belief about reason and emotion?3.What does the speaker mean by “cold“?4.According to the passage, what should people do in religious matters?5. What is the speaker’s conclusion?Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.DTask 2: DepressionScriptPat: You look depressed. Are you feeling blue? I’ve come to cheer you up.Ted: But there’s nothing that can cheer me up. I’m down in the dumps.Life’s miserablePat: You have to try to get your mind off things.Ted: But I can’t. I just feel there’s too much pressure on me sometimes! Pat: You can’t let things get you down. Learn to relax and stop worrying all the time. What’s your problem?Ted: I failed my last exam, and another exam is coming, I get bored. Pat: If I were you, I’d start working hard. If you work hard for a long time, you’re bound to get better grades. You see, “no pain, no gain”. Ted: It’s easier said than done! If I read for fifteen minutes, I get bored. Pat: You have to learn some self-discipline.But how can I stay cheerful all the time?Ted: Worse than that! If I read for half an hour, I get a headache. Then I start to worry about passing the next exam.Pat: It’s all in your mind. If you stay cheerful like me, everything will soon be OK.Ted: But how can I stay cheerful all the time?Pat: Try to look on the bright side of things.Ted: But what if there isn’t a bright side?Pat: You know the saying: Every cloud has a silver lining. It means there’re always tow sides to everything—both the dark and the bright sides. So, try to identify your strengths and bring then into full play.Ted: Oh, no! Your corny old sayings are making me even more depressed.Keys: TFFTFTask3: AngerScriptAnger is an emotion that can be hard to control. Despite this, we should learn how to manage anger in a constructive manner. In the most intense moments of anger, we usually have two choices: to fight or to run. Some choose the option of violence, which is a negative reaction to anger; and others choose to run. Some may think running means you are a coward. But the option of walking away and claiming down is the more productive method of handling anger. It is difficult to walk away, especially when your heart is racing, and your anger is boiling over. There are constructive ways of handling anger in any situation. First, youhave to stop for a brief moment and think before you act. Take that moment and calm down id you feel yourself being pushed.At that moment you should admit you are angry. If you refuse to admit you’re angry or hurt, or if you make it appear that everything is peaches and cream, you are not managing angry in a productive way. You should first admit you are angry and let your feelings out before you blow up. Foe example, you can stay in a quiet place by yourself and shout; or you can talk to a close friend to vent your rage. If you do not acknowledge your anger, it only builds up inside you and will eventually explode like a volcanoThen, in order to manage your angry, you can ask yourself an important question that we all must ask ourselves, “What made me angry?” When you get the answer, and then ask yourself, “Why did that made me angry?”Through such logical reasoning, one tends to calm down and move toward a sensible solution.News ReportU.S. Roller CoasterScriptThe world’s first 4D roller coaster, “X”, took on its first passengers last week at the Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park, just outside Los Angeles.After climbing on board and properly securing their safety harnesses, “X”riders are first to a height of over 66meters. At the top, the passenger train is released and builds up enough speed to race and plummet around the track at speeds of over 130km an hour.The rider takes the daring passengers down an incredible 66m dive and over the top of a 62m loop, in cars that spin independently of the roller coaster train. This unique design allows riders to spin360degree, both forwards and backwards, through the entire ride.Passengers hurtle through this ride often moving in many different directions at the same time ad the cars somersault back and forth and the roller coaster twists, loops, and dives.The complicated series of maneuvers includes two raven turn, one front flip, one twisting front flip, and two back flips.Since passengers aren’t always facing the right direction to see what’s coming up next, the element of surprise is high. For “X” riders, this adds to the thrill of the ride.The track of this newest roller coaster runs a total length of a little over1, 100meters. The passenger trains measure 6meters wide and 21meters long, large enough to carry 28 passengers at a time. At full capacity, thetrains can take 1,600passengers for the ride of their lives each hour.The entire ride lasts for only a total about 2minutes, but you can tell from the exhilarated faces of passengers returning to the boarding dock that they were two of the most thrilling minutes of heir lives.Uint2II. Basic Listening Practice3.ScriptW: Did you hear? Helen got modeling jib! She’s going to be sashaying down the catwalk.M: Wow, that’s great! All that walking practice really paid off. And foe once she won’t be complaining about being so tall.Q: Why did Helen get modeling job?4.ScriptM:Julia, come and see the Miss America contest on TV. All those beautiful girls are walking around in bathing suits, so the judges can decide who has the best figure.W: Bah! That’s the worst kind of exploitation. They are treating women like toys for people to enjoy. I would never take part in this kind of contest.Q: What do the man and the woman think about the beautify contest? 3. ScriptW: What shall I do? I’m fat. I want to be slim and beauty, but I’m fat.I’ve tried all the new ideas, high carb and low carb, but nothing works.M: Those diets are just fads, popular for a while and then forgotten. Just follow the usual diet with fruits, vegetables, fish, water, and get plenty of exercise. Before long you’ll see results.Q: What has the woman tried?4. ScriptW1: I think Lily is really attractive. She’s half Spanish and has this really sultry look about her.W2: That explains why she tans so well. I’ve always been jealous of her skin color in the summer.Q: Which of following is true of Lily?5. ScriptM: Trust me, it was tight there on the Internet: “Plastic Surgery Increasing at a Faster Rate Among Men”. Apparently more and more men are trying to improve their appearance.W: I saw it too on the news. Face-lifts, nose jobs, and box to hide wrinkle are now very popular with men. Men say it’s for business reasons, but we know it’s vanity.Q: What does the woman think the real reason is that men have plastic surgery?Keys: 1.B 2.A 3. C 4D 5BIII. Listening InTask 1: A Friendly StylistStylist: Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you?Nick: A simple haircut: short on the back and sides.Stylist: Very good. I can, of course, do something fashionable for only $60.Nick: 60 dollars! That’s highway robbery—twice what I ordinarily pay. Stylist: Perhaps, sir. But your haircuts haven’t been in harmony with your character. Your hair is at war with your soul.Nick: I’ve never heard of such a thing.Stylist: If I may say, I’m an expert at matching hairstyle to personalities.Believe me; you’re suffering a “disjunction”.Nick: A disjunction? What the devil is a disjunction?Stylist: Your hair does not match you.Nick: This is utter nonsense. However, I’d like to hear how you’d solve this so-called problem.Stylist: Your character is artistic, imaginative. But your hair is dull. I can correct that imbalance in seconds.Nick: Okay, let me see what can you do about the…uh…disjunction, as you call it.Stylist: We’re going to use scissors to create peaks, which we’ll keep in place with a liberal helping of gel….This tuft in the back we’ll braid intoa pigtail. Now, it’s the new you!Nick: I love it. It’s just like me: imaginative and artistic. Now what are you doing? What’s wrong? Don’t you see harmony in my new hairstyle?Stylist:Something’s preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashionable statement.Nick: For heaven’s sake, tell me what’s missing.Stylist: Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair, it will become a work of art. Streaking will cost you more, but…Nick: Do it. Forget the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid disjunction?Stylist: That’s…$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.6.When the stylist mentions $60, what does the customer say?7.What does the stylist think about the customer’s hairstyle?8.What will the stylist do with the customer’s hair?9.What will streaking do to the man’s hair according to the stylist?10.W hat is the passage mainly about?Keys: 1C.A 3.D4.B 5.AFor Reference:1.It means there is no match between you and your hair.2.That’s…$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.Task 2: The Voice LiftScriptAfter the face-lift, the forehead tightened, and the (S1) nose job, something still might be revealing your age: your (S2) voice.For patients who think their trembly, hoarse words don’t (S3) match their newly face and figure, there’s a procedure that claims to make them (S4) sound younger too: the voice lift.There are two general kinds of voice lifts. In some cases, implants (S5) inserted through an incision in the (S6) neck bring the vocal cords closer together. Doctors also use injections of (S7) fat or other substances to plump up the cords, so that the voice sounds younger.(S8) The voice lift is becoming more widely known among an aging population, who try to make themselves sound younger.“I speak in a great deal, or I was shouting, on a particular day, at the end of the day, I would feel exhausted,” said Robert Brown, 75, (S9) a retired construction engineer who underwent the voice lift several years ago, “I don’t know if I sound younger, but the hoarseness is gone, which is such a great improvement.”(S10) V oice lift can also benefit people like performers, lawyers, teachers, and telephone operators who need to have a strong voice and hope to shave years off the sound of their voice.Task3: A View of HappinessScriptMen are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to brighten up their appearances at a faster rate than women, according to a survey released on Wednesday.Men’s use of fat injections to soften deep wrinkles leaped 47 percent last year from the previous year. Women’s use of the injections fell 36 percent, according to a survey by the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons.Men’s use of botox injections to eliminate frown lines rose 88 percent, while women’s botox use fell 8 percent.And for smoothing skin, the use of laser resurfacing among men rose 13percent, the survey showed. Meanwhile, women’s use of laser resurfacing dropped 38 percent during the same time period.The number of men getting nose jobs rose 47 percent, while the number of women doing so rose 5 percent.Typically, men and women visiting plastic surgeons for cosmetic reasons were age 40 to 59.The study said 44 percent of men and 57 percent of women tell their doctor that looking younger is the reason they are choosing cosmetic surgery.By about 18 percent, men are more likely than women to say they wantfacial cosmetic surgery for work-related reasons.The study was conducted by written questionnaires from January 20 to March 3 among more than 2,600 members of the association, who focus on treatment of the face, head, and neck.By comparison, in the previous year, women’s use of botox rose 60 percent while men’s fell 14 percent; women’s use of laser resurfacing rose 13 percent while men’s fell 19 percent; women’s use of fat injections fell17 percent and men’s fell 54 percent.6.What is true of men and women’s use of fat injections?7.While of the following is true of nose jobs?8.How much greater is the percentage of women choosing cosmeticsurgery to look younger than the percentage of men?9.What is true of men and women using botox in the previous year?10.W hich of the following would be the best title for the passage?Keys: 1C 2.C3. B 4.B 5.DIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 She’s having some cosmetic surgery.Amy: Did you hear Nora’s off to Korea?Bill: why is she going to Korea?。
新视野大学英语视听说第4册听力原文及答案
Uint1II. Basic Listening PracticeM: I‟m beside myself with joy. I‟m so lucky. Guess what? I‟ve won a lit of money in the lottery. W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right?Q: What does the woman mean?W: Mary was furious. Her son wrecked up her car.M: He shouldn‟t have driven a car without a driver‟s license. He…s still taking driving lesson.Q: What do we know about Mary‟s son?3.M: Susan, I hear you‟re going to marry that guy. Some people think you‟ll regret it.W: Is that so? Only time tell.Q: What does the woman imply?4. M: Mary, I just want to say how sorry I was to learn of your mother‟s passing. I know how close you two were?W: Thank you. It was so sudden. I‟M still in a state of shock I don‟t know what to do.Q: Which of following is true?5. W: I get furious at work when my opinions aren‟t considered just because I‟m a woman.M: You should air your view more emphatically and demand that your vice be heard.Q: What is the woman complaining about? Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. D 4.A 5.DIII.Listening inTask 1.What a clumsy man!Maria: Jack, can you help me move this heavy box?Jack: No problem, Maria. Here let me lift this end... Oops!Maria: Ouch! My foot! Come on, can't you be a little more cautious?Jack: I'm so sorry. It was an accident. No need to be furious!Maria: You're always so clumsy, Jack. I'm really losing my patience with all the stupid mistakes you make around the office.Jack: Calm down, Maria; I'll certainly be more careful next time. This was just an accident.Maria: If you aren't more careful, then next time someone could be badly hurt. Oh, look! The glass in the box is all broken now. Mr. Johnson is going to fly into a rage.Jack: Oh no! What can I do to keep him from hitting the roof?Maria: Well, you can begin by helping me clean up the mess and then honestly tell him about your mistake.Jack: Maybe if I offer to pay for the damage, he won't be so angry. What do you think?Maria: That might help solve the problem, though it could be quite expensive to replace it.Jack: Well, I'm willing to do what it takes to keep Mr. Johnson from exploding. I need to keep my job!Page 4 ——Task 1 ACDCBTask 3.Happiness indexAustralians were the happiest people in the world according to a survey undertaken by two market researchers. They conducteddoor-to-door surveys and interviews with nearly 30,000 people in 30 countries. They asked respondents how satisfied they were with their overall quality of life. Forty-six percent of Australians proclaimed to be "very happy" and expressed optimism about their future. Following them in the "very happy" group was the USA (40 percent), Egypt (36 percent), India (34 percent) and the UK and Canada (32 percent). Hungary got the wooden spoon, finishing bottom of the happiness chart. Thirty-five percent of its citizens said they were either "disappointed" or "very unhappy", followed by Russians at 30 percent.The research demonstrated that money and age were key determinants in how happy people are. Although the study did not indicate money could buy happiness, it did reveal a link between a lack of money and unhappiness. Less happy populations were found among lower-income groups or the unemployed.The study also suggested that on the whole, the older we become, the less happy we are. Globally, teenagers are the happiest people. The age group with the lowest levels of happiness was 50-59. Only 16 percent of those in their 50s said they were very happy.The factors that make us happy include good health, financial security and a happy marriage. Material comforts such as cars, clothes and gadgets ranked comparatively low.Page 6 ——Task 3 BDAACVI.Further listening and speakingTask 1: Big John is coming!A bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. The owner of the establishment is giving his new employee some instructions on running the place. He tells the timid man, “If you ever hear that Big John is coming to town, drop everything and run for the hills! He‟s the bigge st, nastiest outlaw who‟s ever lived!”A few weeks pass uneventfully. But one afternoon, a local cowhand comes running through town yelling, “Big John is coming to town! Run for your lives!”When the bartender left the bar to start running, he was knocked to the ground by several townspeople rushing out of town. As he was picking himself up, he saw a large man, almost seven feet tall. He was muscular, and was growling as he approached the bar.He steped up to the door, ordered the poor barkeep inside, and d emanded, “I want a beer NOW!”And with one strike of his heavy fist, he split the bar in half. The bartender nervously handed the big man a beer, hands shaking. He took the beer, bit the top of the bottle off, and downed the beer in one gulp.As the terrif ied bartender hid behind the bar, the big man got up to leave, “Do you want another beer?” the bartender asked in a trembling voice.“Dang it, I don‟t have time!” the big man yelled, “I got to get out of town! Don‟t you hear Big John is coming?”Page 16 ——Task 1S1：owner；S2：running；S3：drop；S4：run；S5：local；S6：yelling；S7：lives；S8：As he was picking himself up, he saw a large man, almost seven feet tall.S9: The bartender nervously handed the big man a beer, hands shaking.S10: I got to get out of town! Didn’t you hear Big John is coming?Task2: Reason and EmotionEmotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason; s is suggested by phrase such as” appeal to emotions rather than reason” and “don‟t let your emotions take over”. Emotional reactions sometimes produce consequences or thoughts which people may later regret or disagree with; but during an emotional state, they could not control their actions. Thus, it is generally believed that one of the most distinctive facts about human beings is a contradiction between emotion and reason.However, recent empirical studies do not suggest there is a clear distinction between reason and emotion. Indeed, anger or fear can often be thought of as an instinctive response to observed fact. The human mind possesses many possible reactions to the external world. Those reactions can lie on a continuum, with some of them involving the extreme of pure intellectual logic, which is often called “cold”, and others involving the extremes of pure emotion not related to log ical agreement, which is called “the heat of passion”. The relation logic and emotion merits careful study. Passion, emotion, or feeling can reinforce an argument, event one based primarily on reason. This is especially true in religion or ideology, which frequently demands an all-or-nothing rejection or acceptance. In such areas of thought, human beings have to adopt a comprehensive view partly backed by empirical argument and partly by feeling and passion. Moreover, several researchers have suggested that typically there is no “pure” decision or thought; that is, no thought is based “purely”” on intellectual logic or “purely” on emotion—most decisions are founded on a mixture of both.What results does the speaker may some from emotional reactions?What is the popular belief about reason and emotion?What does the speaker mean by “cold “?According to the passage, what should people do in religious matters?What is the speaker‟s conclusion?Page 17 ——Task 2 ABCCDUnit2.Beauty can be bought.II.Basic listening practice.1.W: Did you hear? Helen got modeling jib! She‟s going to be sashaying down the catwalk.M: Wow, that‟s great! All that walking practice really paid off. And foe once she won‟t be complaining about being so tall.Q: Why did Helen get modeling job?2.M: Julia, come and see the Miss America contest on TV. All those beautiful girls are walking around in bathing suits, so the judges can decide who has the best figure.W: Bah! That‟s the worst kind of exploitation. They are treating women like to ys for people to enjoy. I would never take part in this kind of contest.Q: What do the man and the woman think about the beautify contest?3. W: What shall I do? I‟m fat. I want to be slim and beauty, but I‟m fat. I‟ve tried all the new ideas, high carb and low carb, but nothing works.M: Those diets are just fads, popular for a while and then forgotten. Just follow the usual diet with fruits, vegetables, fish, water, and get plenty of exercise. Before long you‟ll see results.Q: What has the woman tried?4. W1: I think Lily is really attractive. She‟s half Spanish and has this really sultry look about her. W2: That explains why she tans so well. I‟ve always been jealous of her skin color in the summer. Q: Which of following is true of Lily?5. M: Trust me, it was tight there on the Internet: “Plastic Surgery Increasing at a Faster Rate Among Men”. Apparently more and more men are trying to improve their appearance. Keys: B A C D BW: I saw it too on the news. Face-lifts, nose jobs, and box to hide wrinkle are now very popular with men. Men say it‟s for business reasons, but we know it‟s vanity.Q: What does the woman think the real reason is that men have plastic surgery?Page 21 ——Task 1 BACDBIII.Listening inTask1.How do women use cosmetics?Susan: Rebecca, nice to run into you here. Shopping for anything special?Rebecca: Yes, Susan, makeup. You know, there's a new boy in my law class and I want to make an impression on him.Susan: I'm the one who wears makeup, not you. I've always thought you looked very attractive without makeup—you know, sort of natural.Rebecca: Well, thanks, Susan, but most girls wear makeup these days and I want to compete.Susan: Maybe I can help. My suggestion is that you start with a good makeup base. Look here, this one is made from natural products from the Dead Sea, so it won't irritate your skin.Rebecca: OK. A bit expensive, but I guess I'm worth it. What's next?Susan: You want to give a good overall impression. You have beautiful eyes, so you should highlight them with some mascara to make your eyelashes look fuller and thicker.Rebecca: I'll buy this one—also made from natural products. How about eyeliner too?Susan: Yes, but you want a subtle color to bring out the green in your eyes... without looking like a clown!Rebecca: That's what I want... to make other girls into green-eyed monsters. How does this one look?Susan: Good choice. Now if we can add a bit of color to your cheeks, you will be the classiest of the class.Rebecca: Thanks! But you haven't said anything about lipstick. I'll need a tube of that, too.Susan: This color will perfectly complement to the rest of your makeup. You look elegant and classy.Page 22 ——Task 1 CAADBT ask 3.Beauty contestsA beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is based mainly, though not only, on the physical beauty ofthe contestants. But often it also includes personality, talent demonstration, and question responses as criteria of judgment.The origin of modern beauty pageants can be traced to the Miss America Pageant, which was first held in Atlantic City in 1921. This pageant eventually included preliminary eliminations, an evening gown competition, musical variety shows, and judging by the panel. Still, the contests were at first shunned by middle-class society. Pageants did not become respectable until World War II, when beauty queens were recruited to sell bonds and to entertain the troops. The Miss America Pageant is the largest provider of college scholarships for women in the world.Many trade associations have multi-level beauty contests which select queens as ceremonial representatives. The queens may appear at official receptions to present awards, to represent the industry in festivals, to present consumer information to the public, or even to lobby for the industry. For example the South Carolina Watermelon Queen may do a tour of supermarkets to do tastings of different varieties of watermelons. With the increasing popularity of beauty contests, winners have become role models for many young girls. They aspire to become a beauty queen one day.However, there are also criticisms of beauty contests. Although some contests are not based purely on physical appearance, "unattractive" contestants are unlikely to win, no matter how talented, intelligent, kind-hearted and educated they are. In addition, since "beauty" in these pageants is usually represented by unusually thin women, some people question this concept of beauty. Worse still, if a pageant violates the religious or cultural practices of a country, it may cause protests and demonstrations.Page 24 ——Task 3 ABACDVI. Task1. A friendly stylist.Stylist: Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you?Nick: A simple haircut—short on the back and sides.Stylist: Very good. I can, of course, do something more fashionable for only $60.Nick: Sixty dollars! That's highway robbery—twice what I ordinarily pay.Stylist: Perhaps, sir. But your haircuts haven't been in harmony with your character. Your hair is at war with your soul.Nick: I've never heard of such a thing.Stylist: I'm an expert at matching hairstyles to personalities, if I may say. Believe me, you're suffering a "disjunction".Nick: A disjunction? What the devil is a disjunction?Stylist: Your hair does not match you.Nick: This is utter nonsense. However, I'd like to hear how you'd solve this so-called problem.Stylist: Your character is artistic, imaginative. But your hair is dull. I can correct that imbalance in seconds.Nick: OK, let me see what you can do about the... uh... disjunction, as you call it.Stylist: We're going to use scissors to create peaks, which we'll keep in place with a liberal helping of gel... This tuft in the back we'll braid into a pigtail. Now, it's the new you!Nick: I love it. It's just like me: imaginative and artistic. Now what are you doing? What's wrong?Stylist: Something's preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashion statement.Nick: For heaven's sake, tell me what's missing.Stylist: Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair, it will become a work of art.Streaking will cost you more, but...Nick: Do it. Forget the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid the disjunction?Stylist: That's... $135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.Page 34 ——Task 1 CAABAUnit3. Watch out when nature strikes back.II Basic Listening Practice1.W: Did you read the paper today? There was an earthquake in Brazil.M: Yes, but it only measured 3.5 on the Richter scale. I don't think there would be any casualties.Q: What is the man's opinion of the result of the earthquake?2. W: I‟d a bit worried about Suzie traveling to southern India. It‟s the rainy season there, and there may be landsides.M: Suzie can take care of herself; she won‟t go anywhere too risky. Besides, you can always e-mail her if it makes you feel better.Q: What is Suzie doing?3. M: Hi, I thought you were on holiday in Asia! Back already?W: we never got there! Our travel agent cancelled our arrangements because the whole region is flooded. We were so disappointed; we won‟t get another chance to go this year.Q: What is the woman doing?4.M: Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. Can you believe it? A typhoon hit the east coast and it was chaos.W: I saw it on the news. The flooding and damage were terrible. I don‟t think anyone was hurt though.Q: What is the consequence of the typhoon?5. W: Did you see the program last night about volcanoes? It was fascinating!M: Yes, the weird thing is the molten lava looks so beautiful, yet it‟s so destructive. And I couldn‟t believe how far the ash can travel. I‟m glad we don‟t have any volcanoes here!Q: What does the man think the volcano is?Page 39 ——Task 1 DACBCIII.Task1. Is tsunami delicious?Son: Hi, mom, what are we having for dinner tonight?Mother: I haven't started yet. Why, have you any requests?Son: How about tsunami for a change—I don't know what it is, but I heard some Japanese people using the word on the bus the other day. Sounds like a food. Maybe it's similar tosushi.Mother: Nonsense. Tsunami comes from Japanese words meaning harbor and wave. If we had a tsunami, it would be the other way around, young man.Son: Why? What is it?Mother: I mean it could swallow you up. A tsunami is an enormous series of very powerful waves.Son: Could we surf on them? That would be cool!Mother: They're not cool. They are very destructive. When they pound the shores of populated areas, they cause tremendous damage. They destroy everything in their path.Son: What causes them?Mother: I think they are caused by some sort of shock, like an earthquake, volcano, or landslide, that starts a chain reaction in the ocean.Son: Do the waves get so big that they crush buildings?Mother: Easily. They can be dozens of meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were children's toys.Son: Can you see them coming?Mother: You can see them at quite a distance. But there's not much you can do. In the open ocean they move at up to 800 kilometers per hour, but when it reaches the shore, the systemslows down and the waves get bigger.Son: How big?Mother: They can reach 30 meters, big enough to finish you off in one gulp.Page 40 ——Task 1 BCADCVI. Task1. Typhoon hits Guangdong Province.A typhoon lashed southern China on Thursday with strong winds and heavy rain, killing two people.The typhoon hit the coastal areas of Guangdong Province at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, with wind speeds up to 126 kilometers per hour. It came as the nation was still fighting its worst flooding in 10 years, which is expected to continue as the typhoon season gains pace.The Guangdong provincial flood-control headquarters said the typhoon had caused economiclosses of more than two billion yuan in the province, damaging more than 2,000 houses.The strong winds, up to 35 meters a second, blew down many trees and billboards in the urban areas, paralyzing local traffic. Electricity, telecommunications and water services were cut in some areas. A local resident said he saw the raincoats of many pedestrians lifted by the gale, while many umbrellas were blownaway. Two people were killed by the storm in the western part of the province.Before this typhoon, the province had already been plagued by torrential rains and subsequent flooding, which has killed hundreds of people over the past several weeks and caused dozens of rivers and lakes across the region to reach danger levels.Meteorologists forecast that six to eight major typhoons are expected in the coming months and told people to avoid unnecessary trips outdoors until the all-clear is given.To prepare for the typhoons, the government issued emergency notices to its subordinate departments, urging them to take effective measures to protect people's lives and try to keep economic losses to aminimum. Priorities have been given to protect agriculture, reservoirs, dams, and coastal and river dikes in the flood-hit cities. More than 30,000 boats were required to return to ports to avoid the disaster while over 7,000 fishermen were evacuated to safety areas. At least 26 flights have been canceled at the airport.Page 52 ——Task 1 BADACTask 3. A blizzard.A blizzard is a severe weather condition characterized by low temperatures and strong winds, greater than 35 miles per hour, bearing a great amount of snow.Because the factors for classifying winter storms are complex, there are many different definitions of what a blizzard truly is. But it is generally agreed that in order to be classified as a blizzard, as opposed to merely a winter storm, the weather must meet several conditions. The storm must decrease visibility to a quarter of a mile for three hours running, include snow or ice as precipitation, and have wind speeds of at least 32 miles per hour, which means force seven or more on the wind scale.Another standard, according to Environment Canada, is that the winter storm must have winds of 40 kilometers per hour or more, plenty of snow, visibility less than one kilometer, a temperature of less than minus 25 degrees Celsius, and all of these conditions must last for four hours or more, before the storm can properly be called a blizzard.When all of these conditions continue after snow has stopped falling, the storm is referred to as a ground blizzard.An extreme form of blizzard is a whiteout, when the downdrafts, together with snowfall, become so severe that it is impossible to distinguish the ground from the air. People caught in a whiteout can quickly become disoriented, losing their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction. Severe blizzards can also occur along with arctic cyclonesPage 54 ——Task3 ABCDC.Unit 4.II.1. M: Do you see yourself as a leader or more of a team player?W: Well, it depends on the circumstances. I usually enjoy working as part of a team and helping everyone work together. But if the leadership is weak, I‟m not afraid to take over in order to achieve the goal at hand.Q: What does the woman want to be?2. W: Good morning, I have an appointment with Mr. Davies at 11o‟ clock.M: Yes, he left a message for you saying he‟s terribly sorry but he‟s stuck in traffic and is running 15 minutes late. Please take a seat and he‟ll be here as soon as possible. Would you like tea or coffee?Q: Where is the conversation probably taking place?3. W: You don‟t happy. Did you get that promotion?M: No, they brought in some new guy. I‟m not going to hang around for much longer, I can‟t assure you.Q: Why is the man unhappy?4. W: Mr. Jones is a self-made millionaire, and I‟m honored to have worked for him for the past thirty years as his accountant.M: He must be pleased to have a loyal and faithful employee such as yourself.Q: What is true of the woman?5. W: Jane, we‟re considering you for the new office manager‟s position. We‟ve been very pleased with your work.M: Thank you very much. I‟ve always enjoyed working here, and I would welcome an opportunity for more responsibility.Q: Which of the following is true?Page 57 ——Task 1 CBABDIII. Task 1.You’re fired!Joan: Come in, come in. Have a seat. Ah... uh... I want you to know this is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you.Carl: Yes, ma'am. But I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.Joan: You're fired. That's what I'm talking about.Carl: I find that surprising, Miss Jackson. After all, I sold 25 percent more of our products than any other salesperson.Joan: Look, I'm not here to argue. You're fired. Understand?Carl: Well, I just wonder what's going to happen to the contract I've been arranging. It would bea shame to lose it; it could mean a lot to our company. And I'm the only one who knows thedetails.Joan: No one is indispensable. Just clear out your desk and that's the end of it. Do I make myself clear, Mr. Westlake?Carl: Crystal clear, apart from one small detail.Joan: And what is that detail?Carl: I'm not Mr. Westlake. I'm Carl Smith.Joan: Well then, that's a different kettle of fish, Mr. Smith. I know you've been working late almost every night and coming in on Saturdays to get work done. The company is veryhappy with your progress.Carl: That's good to know. I was beginning to think that I wasn't appreciated.Joan: You're doing well. We have approved your first salary increase.Carl: That's great! Thank you! I'll certainly try to live up to the trust you have demonstrated in me with this raise in pay.Page 58 ——Task 1 CBDAATask 3.Working from home.With the invention of modern laptops and the advances in broadband Internet access and communication software, there is no longer a need to work in the office. More and more people are starting to work from home. Opinions on this new trend vary as there are both pros and cons of working from home.The disadvantages are obvious. To begin with, you may feel lonely at home since you lack social interaction and face-to-face communication with colleagues. Besides, there are many distractions at home: Your wife and kids may knock on your door or call you any time. You yourself may want to stop and have a cup of coffee or find something to eat from time to time. Without the office discipline, you may even be tempted to play computer games. What's more, it may be very monotonous if you have to stay at home all day long.On the other hand, many people think the pros of working at home outweigh the cons. The most obvious benefit is flexibility. You don't have to wake up to an alarm clock early in the morning, and you can work any time you want and in any way you want. For those who are more productive at night, working from home must be a paradise. Moreover, without a boss supervising you over your shoulder, you feel less stress. Like to work in pajamas? Fine. Like to listen to heavy metal at the highest volume while you are designing? Go for it. Also, people that work in the home environment value immensely the extra time they can spend with their loved ones. As a mom or dad, you will be in a much better position to educate and take care of your children. Page 60 ——Task 3 CDDCAVI. Task 1.A small misstip can become a big career trap.George Adams, a market researcher at a company, finally printed his marketing report. After months of research, hundreds of surveys, and several boring drafts, his report was complete, and just in time. He was going away for the weekend. He wanted to relax because his report was a success. He carefully proofread his document and then delivered copies to all the executives on his distribution list.When he returned to his desk, he discovered his boss, the department manager, was livid. At first he did not realize he had accidentally gone over his head. Anyway, his boss had given him the distribution list in the first place. So he thought he was just following orders. But the boss was furious that she hadn't seen the final document.The boss asked Adams to get back all the copies, but it was too late. When Adams got to the CEO's office, he was already reading the report.Adams had felt friction with his boss before. She was overbearing and tended to find fault with his work after he'd broken his back to meet deadlines. In this instance, however, he realized he had made a serious error. His boss was extremely upset, for his mistake made her look as though she wasn't in control of her department.From the boss's point of view, Adams was usurping her authority. The result was simple and natural: Adams left his job soon afterward.Adams's story illustrates a fundamental truth about the workplace: Small, seemingly innocent missteps can sometimes become a big career destroyer.Page 70 ——Task 1 DBCACUnit 5.II.1. W: Why do some people stay in one job for life while others switch jobs from time to time? M: Some people want a fixed routine so that they don‟t have to adapt tot new circumstances over and over again, while others think variety is the spice of life.Q: why do some people stick to one job for life?2.M:Cathy,you‟ve been late for work so many times lately that I have to warn you tha t any repetition will result in your dismissal.W:I‟m sorry.I promise to be on time from now on. Perhaps I could work later to make up for the time I‟ve lost.Q:What does the women say?3. M: Mr. Brown, my time here has been frustrating for me. I have a better opportunity with another firm, and I‟m taking it.W: We won‟t be sorry to see you leave, Richard. You‟ve done your best to make everyone here as miserable as you are.Q: How does the woman feel about the man‟s leaving?4. W: Mr. Stone, I wanted to te ll you in person that at the end of this month I‟ll be leaving the company.M: Well, Jane, we are certainly going to miss you here, but I wish you the best of luck.Q: What does the woman going to do?5. W: Tim, I hate to tell you this, but we‟re caught in a budget crunch, and we must lay you off. I‟m sorry.M: I understand. I‟ve enjoyed my time here,Don‟t worry about me. I‟m confident I can find something else.Q: What is the man‟s response?Page 75 ——Task 1 BCACDIII.Task 1. How to avoid bankruptcy?Manager: Adam! Have you any suggestions about how we can avoid bankruptcy?Adam: Downsizing would certainly reduce our operating costs. You know, lean and mean, the way you have to be in today's market.Manager: Where do you suggest we start making these staff cuts?Adam: The logical place to start would be in administration. They're usually overstaffed.Manager: That's not going to go over very well with our employees. Some of them have been with the company for years.Adam: It's a painful process, but there's no other choice. They'll just have to accept the idea.。
新视野大学英语视听说教程第二版4Unit8答案
Unit 8 Is biotechnology our friend or enemy?Done with this task. Your current score: 96%Unit 8 testNextDirections: Click on the speaker to the left to start playing the audio recordingsParts I, II and III. They will be played continuously. Once the recording starts playiplease do NOT click on either the speaker icon or the 'Unit Quiz' link in the menuabove. Otherwise, you may lose the chance of hearing the complete recording.Part I ScriptDirections: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answersto 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 playingto check your answers.1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. He does not want to eat GM food.B. He wants GM food labeled.C. He does not care if GM food is labeled.D. He agrees with the woman.2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The man is against organ cloning.B. The woman is against organ cloning.C. The man is a scientist devoted to organ cloning.D. The woman will let her organ clones once it fails.3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. She wants the man to go to the meeting.B. She wants the man to pick up the children.C. She wants to clone the man.D. She does not want a clone of the man.4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The two speakers have a lot of common interests.B. The two speakers have both chosen Mr. Green's elective course.C. The woman has a lot of knowledge on genetics.D. The man is beginning to like genetics.5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Both the man and the woman are against GM food.B. Both the man and the woman are for the GM food.C. The woman is probably a consumer of GM foods.D. The man is probably a consumer of GM foods.Part II ScriptDirections: 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 (1) to (7) with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from (8) to (10), 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.There are many ways in which human stem cells can be used in basic research and in clinical research.Studies of human stem cells mayevents that occur during human development. A primary goal of this work is to分化).Scientists know that turning genes on and off isthis process.Some of the most serious medical conditions, such as cancer and birth defects, are due tounderstanding of the genetic and molecular controls of these processes may yield information aboutstrategies for therapy. A significant barrieruse and most usesof stem cells is that scientists do not yet fully understand thethat turn specific genes on and off to influence the differentiation of the stem cell.(8)that could be used for cell-based therapies. Today, donated organs and tissues are often used to replace ailing or destroyed tissue, but the need for transplantable tissues and organs far outweighs the available supply.(9)to treat diseases including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease and diabetes.For example,(10)(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)Part III ScriptDirections: 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. What is the Iceland company doing?A. Creating a detailed map of the genes of the Icelandic people.B. Creating a detailed map of all human genes.C. Creating a map as detailed as those by some other projects.D. Creating a map less detailed than that by the American company.2. Why do the people of Iceland present a special opportunity to study the humangenome?A. Iceland has a small population.B. Most of the Icelanders have a small group of ancestors.C. Plenty of records of their ancestors are available.D. All of the above.3. Why is the Iceland genome project superior to the American genome project?A. Because it observes 200 million people.B. Because it observes 14 large families.C. Because it observes more families than any other project.D. Because it observes more families than many other projects.4. Why can the study of genes help to identify the causes of diseases?A. Small genetic differences may be related to some diseases.B. Large genetic differences may be related to some diseases.C. The genetic similarity may throw light on some diseases.D. Similar genes will cause similar diseases.5. What is the passage mainly concerned about?A. Finding out the history of Irish families.B. Finding out the special genes of Irish people to cure their diseases.C. Creating a detailed human genetic map to identify disease-causinggenes.D. Creating a detailed human genetic map to identify abnormally smallgenes.Part IVDirections: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements.1.With the advent of the genetic map we know what everything is, but do weknow where to ___________?A. go for itB. go with itC. get for itD. get with it2.As you know, it has taken millions of years of evolution and naturalselection to get us _________ we are today.A. howB. whoC. whatD. where3.It's too late to _______ the clock. We'll just have to depend on commonsense to solve uncommon problems.A. returnB. turn aroundC. turn backD. turn round4.Many prisoners have been freed through DNA testing, except for the oneswhose death sentence has already been __________.A. carried outB. carried onC. carried forwardD. carried away5.—I guess there would be some tremendous medical advantages in that sortof research.—You've said _________.A. a mouthB. the mouthC. a mouthfulD. the mouthful6.Plant breeders have already used preliminary information from the ricegenome to create experimental strains of rice that better ______ cold and pests.A. resistB. resist toC. resist withD. resist against7.When scientists can identify and manipulate genes that cause certaindiseases, ______ will cure them easily.A. the mankindB. mankindC. the manD. human race8.All Americans eat biotech foods unless they deliberately seek out productsthat are labeled ___________.A. othersB. otherwiseC. through other waysD. in other methods9.Human beings must learn to _______ a balance between the welfare of apatient and that of a clone.A. strikeB. hitC. beatD. access10.Do you think it's wrong to _______ with nature by biotechnology?A. interactB. interconnectC. interfaceD. interfere∙ ∙Search onliWord tipsLanguage and culture tipsOverviewLearning strategiesScriptQuestion 1W: I think all GM foods should be labeled, so we can make intelligent choicesabout whether to eat them. M: We're already eating a lot of GM food without knowing it. It has quietlybecome a part of our reality. Q: What do we learn about the man from the dialog?Question 2M: Mary, I hear that many scientists are devoted to human organ clones inthe hope of replacing malfunctioning organs to make people live better and longer. I think that's desirable. W: Well, Mike, I don't think so. Since illness and death are natural processesof life, we should obey nature's rules. Q: Which of the following is true according to the dialog?Question 3M:I have a meeting this afternoon, and I'm supposed to pick up the children from school at the same time. I need another one of me.W:There's a new movie called Multiplicity where a company clones copies of people. Believe me, you don't want that. One of you is more than enough.Q:What does the woman mean?Question 4W:I've chosen Mr. Green's The Secret of Cloning as my elective this semester.M:Wow, fantastic! I'm excited that we share something in common at last.I'd like to learn some knowledge on genes and cells, what about you?Q:What can we infer from the dialog?Question 5W:I'm worried about the safety of GM foods. I strongly suggest consumers be informed of the ingredients of all the food.M:Don't suffer from imaginary fears. We have no evidence that GM foods can definitely harm our health. But we do know foods with chemicals can.Q:Which of the following is true according to the dialog?There are many ways in which human stem cells can be used in basic research and in clinical research.Studies of human stem cells may yield information about the complex events that occur during human development. A primary goal of this work is to identify how stem cells become divided or differentiated. Scientists know that turning genes on and off is central to this process. Some of the most serious medical conditions, such as cancer and birth defects, are due to abnormal cell division and differentiation. A better understanding of the genetic and molecular controls of these processes may yield information about how such diseases arise and suggest new strategies for therapy. A significant barrier to this use and most uses of stem cells is that scientists do not yet fully understand the signals that turn specific geneson and off to influence the differentiation of the stem cell.The most important potential application of human stem cells is perhaps thegeneration of cells and tissues that could be used for cell-based therapies. Today, donated organs and tissues are often used to replace ailing or destroyed tissue, but the need for transplantable tissues and organs far outweighs the available supply. Stem cells, directed to differentiate into specific cell types, will offer a source of replacement cells and tissues to treat diseases including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease and diabetes.For example, it may become possible to generate healthy heart muscle cells in the laboratory and then transplant those cells into patients with chronic heart disease.Genes are the parts of cells that control the growth of living things, including people. Now, a company in Iceland is working to create the most detailed map yet of all known human genes.Doctor Karl Stefansson, head of the company, believes that the people of Iceland present a special chance to study the human genome and how some genes cause disease. Iceland has a very small population—about 280,000 people. The majority of the population shares a small group of common ancestors who lived thousands of years ago. The people of Iceland keep extensive records of their ancestors. In addition, Iceland has an excellent healthcare system. Doctor Stefansson says his researchers are studying genetic diseases in many families over hundreds of years.So far, researchers have examined the genes of at least 146 families. The Iceland genome project is using a much larger group of individuals to observe differences in human genes than any other project. For example, American scientists made a genetic map based on only eight large families in France. Human beings have almost exactly the same genes. Small genetic differences make us look different from each other. These differences can also make us more likely to get some diseases.The company's main project is to identify genes that cause disease. Scientists believe most common diseases are caused by several abnormal genes working together. The company claims to have already found threedisease-causing genes, linking to a mental disease and two kinds of strokes.。
新视野大学英语视听说教程4答案(含8-10单元)
新视野大学英语视听说教程第四册听力练习录音文本和答案Uint5B D AC DIII. Listening InB D AC CTask 2: A Hard-nosed Boss(S1) watched(S2) when(S3) pile(S4) around(S5) leaned(S6) hiding(S7) indifferently(S8) Stone rushed into the cashier’s office, took$250 from the cash box, and returned. “Take it,”he said, “and get out! Don’t let me see you around here again!”(S9) Seeing the young man showed no sign of embarrassment, Stone got furious.(S10)He was waiting for the 20 dollars we owe him for lunch. He works for the coffee shop around the corner.”Task3: Layoffs can be predicted.D C B C AIV. Speaking OutSusan: Excuse me, Helen, do you have a minute to talk?Helen:That question always carries some weigh t, Sue.What’s up?Susan: Well, uh…Here goes…My university wants me to go back to update the university website.Helen: So what? You can go back on the weekend, or in the evening.Susan:But it’s a large project. So I’m afraid I have to terminate my work here before my internship is over. I have to go back next Thursday.Helen:Oh? This is quite a surprise, Sue. I’m sad that you’ll be leaving us. You run this place with clockwork efficiency, you know. We’re going to miss you.Susan: I hope this one-week notice will give you time to hire and train a replacement.Helen:Thanks for the notices, Sue.Assistants like you are one in a million. I guess we’d better start looking as soon as possible.Susan: With your approval, I’ll put out notice today and screen the application myself.Helen:That would be great. Schedule them in as you see fit. Oh, Sue, things certainly won’t be the same withoutyou around here.Susan: Thank you for your kind words. If you have any problem, please feel free to call me.MODEL2 We have to let you go.ScriptHelen: Tom, the reason I called you into my office is your work.Tom: Really?Helen: The truth is ..I’m not satisfied with your job performance.Tom: Are you sure I haven’t been doing a good job?Helen: Tom, you’ve been reprimanded a number of times for being late and for using company time for personal matters. What’s more, you use the company phone to talk with your friends for hours.Tom:I know I’ve been late a couple of times; my motorcycle has been breaking down. I’m really sorry. I promise to do better in the future.Helen: I’m afraid it’s too late. Right now, your tardiness is the least of my problems.Tom: What do you mean?Helen: My secretary has proof that you have misappropriated company funds on several occasions. We won’t be prosecuting, but this simply can’t be allowed.Tom:: I didn’t steal any money! Your secretary is lying!Helen: I’m sorry, we have to let you go.Tom: You’re firing me? You are giving me my pink slip?Helen: Exactly. I’m sorry it had to turn out this way. Your termination is effective immediately.MODEL3 I’m the one you’ve been looking for.ScriptHelen: So, Bill, tell me about your last job. What kinds of work did you do?Bill: Market investigation, sales promotion, after-sale services, risk analysis, investment planning –to name just a few.Helen: Why did you leave?Bill:Downsizing. The company wasn’t performing efficiently. It’s been operating at a loss. So the only way out was to lay off redundant employees.Helen:Why do you think our corporation makes a good career move for you?Bill: My experience at the last company is completely transferable to your company, since you deal in the same products.Helen: Go on.Bill:What’s even better, your corporation is a well-known multinational, and it’s working to become an industry leaser. I like that.Helen: And that would be a real boost to your career?Bill: Definitely. My last employer dealt with only small investments. But your company is handling large projects. That will help me grow professionally.Now Your TurnTask 1V. Let’s TalkVI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Problems of JoblessnessA B C D ATask 2: Before the cutbackT T F F FTask3: Career TransitionsScriptFord Motor Company has announced plans to close plants ns cut more than 35,000 jobs as part of massive restricting[SOUND BITE]The announcement didn’t seem to come as a surprise to many Ford employees..[SOUND BITE]Ford Chief Executive, Bill Ford, Jr., called the cuts painful, but necessary to rescue the world’s number two carmaker from going under.The planned cuts include22, 000 jobs in the U.S. and Canada.Certain U.S. models, such as the Cougar, Escort, Villager, and Lincoln Continental will be discontinued due to plant closings.Ford, Jr. said he would receive no salary until the company recovered.[SOUND BITE]Ford’s recent financial troubles reflect a complete turnaround from last year, when the company reported a profit of more than $6 billion for the year2000.The company was hit hard in 2001, when they spent $3 billion during a safety recall.When news of the plant closings and job cuts the workers, many reacted with emotion.[SOUND BITE]Chairman Ford, Jr. says that recovery will be based on getting back to basics in product development and on improving quality and productivity.Uint6II. Basic Listening Practice10. ScriptCCADBIII. Listening InCBADCTask 2: Is it really bad luck?Script(S1) terrible (S2) misfortune. (S3) reflection (S4) damaged (S5) heaven (S6) pick (S7) washed(S8) Some people claim that the number is bad luck because thirteen people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucified(S9) Friday the thirteenth of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the thirteenth of March is the worst of the all.(S10)When people talk about the “seven-year itch”they mean that every seven years a person undergoes a complete change in personality.Task3: The Status on Easter Island ABDDBIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1This is a custom that dates back to the ancient Celts.Chris: Sue, do you know why people say, “knock on wood” when they want to avoid bad luck?Susan: It sounds a bit funny. As far as I know, it has a lot to do with ancient Celtic people. They worshipped trees.Chris: Sounds interesting.Susan: They thoughts trees would suck demons back into the ground.Chris:Well, when you think about the deep roots,their belief seems to make some senses.Susan:What’s more, knocking on wood was a way to brag without being punished. People once thought that evil spirits would becomejealous if good fortune was pointed out to themChris: Uh, yes, go on.Susan: well, by knocking on wood three times, the noise could frightened away the evil spirits, and they couldn’t have to robthe braggart of that good fortuneChris: I’m afraid those who don’t know this superstition might be frightened away as well.Susan: Now here’s a test. Do you know how the custom of kissing under the mistletoe originated?Chris:I haven’t the slightest idea, but I’m all ears.Susan: Again this is a custom that dates back to the ancient Celts. Since they worshipped trees, they conductedmany of their ceremonies in the woods in the shade of trees.Chris: Now I see. Probably it’s under these mistletoe trees that weddings took place.Susan: I wish you were standing under some mistletoe right now.Chris: Luckily I’m not. Touch wood.MODEL2 Is there any relationship between superstitions and real life?ScriptChris: It’s strange that so many people are superstitious.There must be some relationship between superstitions and reallife.Susan:You know, Richard Wiseman, a British psychologist researched the relationship between superstition and luck.Chris: What did he find? Most people would be interested. At least I wouldSusan: He polled ,000 people and fond that people who believe themselves to be lucky tend to go for positive superstitions .They may wear a ring as a talisman or often say,” touch wood”for good luck.Chris: Then, what about the unlucky people? Do you mean if they think they ate unlucky, they tend to believe in superstitions abut bad luck.Susan: Yeah. They worry a lot about a broken mirror, a black cat running across their path, and so on.Chris: So what is his point?Susan: His point is that people make their own luck by their attitude to life. So, 49 percent of lucky people regularly cross their fingers, compared to 30 percent of unlucky people. And only18 percent of lucky people are anxious if they break a mirror.Chris: So, our fate is linked to our attitude rather than to our superstitions.Susan: I think that’s what he is suggesting.Chris: This research seems too complicates. If I were a psychologist, I would conduct a survey to find whether 13 really is an unlucky number. I f there ere traffic accidents or murders on the 13th than on other days, then we have to believe in superstitions.Susan: What if there weren’t?Chris: Then I wouldn’t be superstitious.Susan: What a brilliant idea! I never expected you to be as wise as Solomon.Chris: Well as long as you don’t think I’m a fool.MODEL3 I believe ETs have visited the earth before.ScriptNora: Hey, what’s this picture of yours? It looks like a flying saucer.Chris: It is. I was visited by aliens last week and this isa picture of their spacecraft.Nora: When I look closer, it resembles a liver Frisbee.Chris: But it could have been aliens. I believe ETs have visited the earth befor e. What do you think?Nora:It would be hard to believe otherwise. Projects like the pyramids are difficult to explain away,given the level of technology that was available at the timeChris: That’s for sure. They are mysterious.Nora: When you consider all those “impossibilities, it’s tempting to infer that some highly advanced civilization assisted humans in their construction.Chris: Think about this: if you were abducted by aliens and taken up to their spaceship or something …well…Nora: What do you mean?Chris: I mean, who would believe you? You’d go nuts telling everyone: “It’s true! I was abducted by aliens!”Nora: And everyone would think you were crazy, or just making up a story to get attention.Chris: From what I understand, sometimes these people do go crazy, trying to convince people about their experiences.Nora: I believe that in some cases they offer pretty good evidence.Chris: So, take a closer look at this picture. Do you still think it’s a Frisbee?Now Your TurnTask 1V. Let’s TalkVI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Horseshoes as a Sign of Good LuckACDCBTask 2: Superstitions or real bad lucks?TTFFTTask3: Career TransitionsNews ReportEgyptian TombsScriptArchaeologist have uncovered two tombs that date back more than 2,500 years in the part of Cairo where the ancient city of Heliopolis once stood, according to Egyptian antiquity authorities.Although there is a modern suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo southeast of its ancient namesake, the original Heliopolis was known as a center of learning and academic study in ancient Mediterranean times.The 26-century-old tombs that date back to the years 664 to 625 BC were developed during a routine archaeological inspection of an empty plot of land in the Eins Shams district of northwestern Cairo. This district covers part of the ground that used to be the ancient city of Heliopolis.The owner of the land was seeking construction rights and by law, construction cannot begin without a permit certifying that the site has no historical significance.The first of the two limestone tombs to be opened contained a sarcophagus and sixteen statuettes, said the chief state archaeologist for the Cairo-Giza area, Zahi Hawass.Hawass said in a statement that the tombs were found in a d owntown residential area, three meters below the ground.[SOUND BITE]Hawass went on to give a more detailed account of the important find.[SOUND BITE]It appears that the tombs have not been raided by grave robbers, but they have been damaged by leaking sewage water.The first tomb to be uncovered belonged to a builder named Waja-Hur. His name was engraved on the statuettes, which the ancient Egyptians placed in tombs to answer questions for them in the afterlife.Te process of recovering these artifacts can be long and tedious, but the historical significance of these pieces makes the painstaking work worthwhile.[SOUND BITE]Egyptian archaeologists plan to open the second tomb on Sunday.Uint7II. Basic Listening PracticeAADBCIII. Listening InTask 1: I’m doing a lot of things on the computer!ABCDCTask 2: A Magician and a Parrot(S1) audience(S2) tricks(S3) whenever(S4) parrot(S5) magician(S6) hat(S7) cards(S8) The magician was furious. Each time the parrot revealed one of his secrets, the audience roared with laughter.(S9)He dreamed of various ways he could do away with the troublesome bird. But he didn’t dare to touch it. It was the captain’s parrot after all.(S10) They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for several days.Task3: The Modern CircusCABBDIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 Would you like to do anything?Amy:Would you like to go to see a movie tonight, say, The Lord of the Rings?Bill: Thanks for asking, but there’s too much violence in those blockbusters.Amy: Then, let’s go roller-skating.Bill:I don’t really like to now that I’m not so young any more. You know, my knees ache terribly.Amy:I’m sorry to hear that. Hey, let’s go to see a country singer tonight?Bill: No. I’m not really in the mood.Amy: Well, would you like to do anything?Bill: Sure, let’s stay home and watch TV.Amy:Is there anything worth watching tonight?Bill: Let me look at the TV Guide first.Well, Survivor’s on Channel 3 at 7:30.Amy: If I remember correctly, there’s a documentary about animals on another channel.Bill: Yes, on Channel 10. Do you want to watch it?Amy: Do you mind if we watch it?Bill: Well. I really wanted to watch the Rocket game tonight.MODEL2 I can’t make up my mind!ScriptJohn: Hey!Nora: Hey!John:I see you’re reading travel brochures. Planning a holiday trip somewhere?Nora: Once the warms up. I get itchy feet. I think about going places.John:Will this be a trip abroad or some excursion close to home?Nora:Two tours are offered in May: one to big American cities;one to Europe.John: Are these whirlwind tours that allow you a few hours in each place?Nora: Oh, no, no, they’re both three-week three-city tours, with a week in each city.John: That’s more like it. You can look around and not feel rushed. What cities?Nora: I can’t make up my mind: London, Paris and Rome or New York, San…?John: Stop there. Europe’s more interesting. America’s OK, but it’s all the same.Nora: You didn’t let me finish. San Francisco and Chicago, a modern Nora: All right. You convinced me. They say variety’s the spice of life. Variety, here I come.MODEL3 You’d better get more exercise in your leisure time.ScriptAmy:Look at you! You’re fat and flabby. You’d better get more exercise in your leisure time, or you’ll never be Governor of California.Bill: That’s right. I’m no Schwarzenegger, no Mr. Universe, so don’t bug me.Amy: He shows what exercise can do. He used to be a skinny kid from Austria.Bill: He likes exercise; I don’t. I was born tired, and I’ve been resting ever since.Amy: Seeing a fine specimen like him, don’t you feel like exercising vigorously to stay in good shape?Bill: Whenever I feel like exercising, I lie down and rest until the feeling passes.Amy: Ha, ha, very funny. Surely you’ve read about the dangers of obesity.Bill: Scientists constantly find dangers: smoking, cholesterol. What else is new?Amy:You must know an exercise like walking benefits the mind and body.Bill: I do, and I walk every day—from my office to the parking lot, not-stop.Amy: OK, have it your way. Eventually you’ll be a burden on our health system.Bill: And just what do you mean by that? I’m not sick. My appetite is good.Amy: If you stay fat, heart trouble or high blood pressure could hospitalized you.Bill: Well, you may have a point there. I suppose we could go for a walk after dinner, slowly.Now Your TurnTask 1V. Let’s TalkVI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: The History of Chinese AcrobaticsDACBDTask 2: Exercise to RelaxFTTFFTask3: How Americans Use Their TimeNews ReportLatest Space Walk from Space StationScriptAmerican astronaut Carl Walz and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Onufrienko took their first space walk outside of an international space station on Monday. Their mission was to move a construction crane and install a radio antenna outside the space station.Walz, Onufrienko, and American astronaut Daniel Bursch first moved into the space station last month. This was their first attempt since then to exit the station.As Bursch monitored from outside, Walz and Onufrienko exited the station 400 km above the Pacific Ocean. Their main task was to move a Russian-built crane from its temporary home on the U.S. side of the space station to a permanent home on the Russian side. Their plan was to use another similar Russian-built crane to help them carry out the job. The goal was for both cranes to eventually be located on the Russian side of the space station, which was launched in September.The job was not an easy one, considering that the crane they were in charge of moving is nearly 15 meters long when fully extended and able to move more than three tons of equipment when in use. The two men worked together to maneuver the two large cranes into the correct positions. The complicated job took several hours to complete, but their hard work resulted in the successful relocation of the crane to the Russian side of the space station.The men were also given the task of installing the first of four radio antennas on the living quarters of the space station.During the space walk, the two men complained of a continual high-pitched beeping sound that distracted them as they floated in space.Russian engineers attempted to find the cause of the noise the men were hearing inside their spacesuits, but could not provide an immediate solution.The three-man crew is the fourth crew to live on the space station and will remain on board there until MayUint8II. Basic Listening PracticeKeys: 1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.CIII. Listening InKeys: 1.B 2.A 3.A 4.A 5.DTask 2: The Improvement of RiceScriptScientists now know a lot more about a grain that people have eaten for ten thousand years. (S1) Research teams around the world have completed a map of the (S2) genes of rices. The findings appeared last week in the (S3) journal Nature.The aim is to speed up the improvement of rice. The scientists (S4)warn that the kinds of rice plants used now have reached the limit of their (S5) productivity. Yet world rice production must (S6) grow by an estimated 30 percent in the next twenty to meet demand. By 2025, as many as 4.6 billion people will depend on rice for (S7) survival. There is a lot of pressure on breeders to improve the crop, and the rice genome is a valuable tool to do that. (S8) Plant breeders have already used preliminary information from the rice genome to create experimental strains of rice that better resist cold and pests.The researchers also say rice is an excellent choice for genetic mapping and engineering. Rice genes have only about 390 million chemical bases. That maight sound like a lot. But other major food grains have thousands of millions. (S9) The new map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal crops. Because rice is the first cereal crop to be fully analyzed, researchers expect that sufficient knowledge of its genetic information will reveal the heredity of more complex grains, including corn, wheat and barley.(S10) While significant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome, themanipulate genes that cause certain diseases, mankind will cure them easily. Themapping of human genes is also making headway. When scientists can identify andeven length of life.human genetic map may help us control a person’s height, weight, appearance andTask3: The First Cloned CatIV. Speaking OutKeys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.CSusan:With so many people suffering from malnutrition around the world,why are people protesting against genetically modified foods?Chris: Some people are protesting about genetically modified foods, but even more people are protesting the fact that processed foods containing these ingredients aren’t labeled.Susan: But why should they be labeled?Chris: Not everyone is sure that genetically modified foods are safe. They want to be certain that biotech foods have the sme composition as organic foods.Susan: But there are more urgent problems in this world. Many people are dying of starvation.Chris: But those who aren’t starving may want genetically modified foods to be labeled so they know what foods they shouldandd shouldn’t eat.Susan: Y ou know, I heard of a genetically modified fish that grew to be ten times its normal size.Chris: That sure sounds abnormal.Susan:Yeah, it does sound a bit strange , but that fish could feed ten times as many people.Chris: You’re right; genetically modified food might help solve world hunger. But I think we have a right to know what weare eating.should be forbidden by law?MODEL2 Do you think the cloning of humansScriptSusan: After the cloning of Dolly the sheep, I think human cloning is next.John: Whoa. I have some reservations about it. There are stll many scientific problemsto solve before human cloning starts.Susan: There’s an easier way. The Clonaid Company says they’ve cloned humans.John: Oh, my God! These guys claim aliens from another planet taught them humancloning.Susan: A woman gave them half a million dollars to clone her dead daughter.John: Clearly that woman doesn’t know much about cloning. How risky it is!Susan: I know it’s inefficient. It took 276 tries to produce Dolly. But why is it risky?John: Cloned animals grow abnormally large and age unnaturally fast.Susan: In other words, that woman may not be happy with her cloned daughter.John: Then there are the emotions. No one knows if cloning damages the mind.Susan: Do you think the cloning of humans should be forbidden by law?John: To my mind, the cloning of hu man organs shouldn’t be prohabited. It may helpsolve medical problems.Susan: I see your point: cloning should be regulated if it’s to benefit humanity.MODEL3 Is it interfering with nature?ScriptNora: Some religious groups are opposed to genetic research.They believe it’s interfering with nature.John: I know. But nature can be pretty hard-nosed too, so we often need to interfere with her—we build dams to control flooding.Nora: There’re many diseases that are a part of nature, and they cause people a great deal of misery: cancer and diabetes, for example.John: A better understanding of the genetic code that controls our body would be a great help in curing many diseases.Nora: The project to map the human genetic code…what’s that called?John: The genome project. As you say, it has tremendous promise to make our lives better—just in the ability to identify and correct genetically-caused diseases like Alzheimer’s.Nora: Some diseases like cancer are also believed to have a genetic switch.John: That’s right, and once researchers identify the switch, perhaps they can turn off cancer or Alzheimer’s.Nora: People are also concerned that science will enable us to determine such qualities as intelligence and height.John: You know it’s going to hap pen—it’s just a matter of when.Nora: Imagine if everyone was a combination of Yao Ming and Albert Einstein.John: But what if they get it wrong, and you wind up with Yao Ming’s knowledge of nuclear physics and Albert Einstein’s height?Nora: All those religious groups would say that it served you right.V. Let’s TalkU.S. Consumer’s attitude to BiotechOver 70% of U.S.consumers support biotechnology.ExamplesIn a recent referendum in Oregon, voters rejected a proposal to require special labels on all products containing biotech ingredients by an overwhelming 73% to 27%.Chinese Progress in BiotechChinese scientists have used biotechnology to create a new type of tomato, which contains the vaccine against hepatitis B.Significance of the ProgressThis technology can be used to save lives,ease pain and suffering and improve the human condition.The Professor’s AdviceI do think that such new pharmaceutical foods need to be handled as medicines by professionals and not as conventional foods.Task 2: Is it moral to clone humans?Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.DKeys: 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.TTask3: A Drunkard’s ArgumentIt’s a complex name for a complex subject. Bioinformatics is the key to figuring out the wealth of information in the human genome project.Researchers have nearly mapped out all of the 30,000 genes that make up human DNA, but making sense of useful data is not easy.The company Double Twist is a pioneer in the business of bioinformatics.［SOUND BITE］Double Twist works mainly with information that is also available to the public,sifting through data to find what may help link a biological problem like cancer, to its possible cure.［SOUND BITE］The company then sells software and data to pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, and academic institutions, which use them in their work. This provides a solution to help people better understand data from the human genome project.［SOUND BITE］Bioinformatics speeds up drug development and provides more accurate research.［SOUND BITE］Human Genome Sciences takes the process one step further. It uses bioinformatics to develop drugs using its own genomic information.［SOUND BITE］Right now, Human Genome Sciences has four new drugs being tested that are the results of genomic research. Bioinformatics systems developed within the company played an important role in discovering these drugs.［SOUND BITE］Bioinformatics can also bring much quicker returns for investors.［SOUND BITE］Even though its role is crucial, bioinformatics if only a small part of the overall $305 billion biotech sector, accounting for onlyabout $2.23 billion.But some investors believe that bioinformatics has great potential.［SOUND BITE］So unless drug companies start developing their own bioinformatics systems or partner with companies that can provide them, they may get left behind in the race to discover new drugs.Uint9II. Basic Listening PracticeKeys: 1.A 2.C 3. D 4.B 5.AKeys: 1.C 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.BIII. Listening InScriptBefore going to Europe on business, a woman drove her new Rolls-Royce to a (S1) downtown bank in New York City and went in to ask for a (S2) loan of $5,000. The bank officer said the bank would need some kind of (S3) security for the loan, so the women handed over the keys to her Rolls-Royce.The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The bank (S4) agreed to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank’s president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the woman for using a $250,000 Rolls-Royce as collateral (S5) against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then (S6) proceeded to drive the Rolls intothe bank’s underground garage and parked it there.Two weeks later, the woman walked throuh the bank’s doors and asked to (S7) settle up her loan and get her car back. “(S8) That will be $5,000 principal, and $20.30 in interest,” the loan officer said. The woman wrote out a check and started to walk away.“Wait, Miss,” the loan officer said, “(S9) We’re very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000.”The woman replied: “(S10) Where else in Manhattan can I park my car for two weeks for only $20.30 and expect it to be there when I return?”。
【大学】新视野大学英语视听说4听力答案全
【关键字】大学新视野大学英语视听说教程4第二版答案Unit 1 enjoy your feelings!Basic listening practiceKeys: CBDADl Listening InTask 1 what a clumsy man!Keys: ACDCBTask 2 causes of depressionKeys:(1)families (2)chemicals (3)information (4)certain symptoms (5)self-esteem (6)thinking patterns (7)mood (8)divorce (9)physical abuse (10)financial difficulties (11)stress (12)anxietyTask 3 happiness indexKeys: BDAACl Let’s TalkKeys: (1) shy (2) crying (3)scared (4) came down (5) fun (6) nice (7) two sisters (8) argue (9) touch (10) bad time (11) speak (12) comfortable (13) brother (14) adults (15) children (16) secondary (17) growing up (18) learnl Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1(S1) owner(S2) running(S3) drop(S4) run(S5) local(S6) yelling(S7) lives(S8) As he’s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall.(S9) The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking.(S10) “I got to get out of town! Don’t you hear Big John is coming?”Task 2 Reason and emotionKeys: ABCCDTask 3 Every cloud has a silver liningKeys: TFFTFl Viewing and speakingKeys：(1) Seven (2) 150 (3) favourite (4) bridge (5) 111 (6) fast (7) Simple (8) trusted (9) stupid (10) did (11) No way (12) ultimate (13) limits (14) skywards (15)60 (16)cheapUnit1 Unit testCDBCD(1)over (2) companionship (3) lover (4) definition (5) scarce (6) diary (7) sight(8)Thank God, I've done my duty(9)In a workforce made up entirely of happy people, the competitive edge would soon be lost(10)It may take centuries before philosophers and scientists can arrive at a clear definition of happinessBADCCADCAB CBDAAUnit 2IKeys：f d a e h i b c jIIKeys：BACDBIII 1Keys：CAADB2the end discounts T-shirts big-name brands Interchangeable pieces black trousers several times simplest stylish and fashionable3Keys: ABACDV Let’s talkTask 1 wealthy clothing styles figure slimmer construction light larger formal brightly colored the rich and the poor one class occasions Poorer peopleFurther listening > Task 1CAABATask 2BABABTask 31 She chose two colors, then built her wardrobe around them.2 She has a pair of black dress slacks, with black shoes to match. If she wears that with her turquoise silk blouse and a matching necklace and earrings, she will look dressed up.3 If she wears a T-shirt with the black dress slacks, she is more casual.4 If she brings a pashmina, or another dress scarf, she can dress up the T-shirt into casual chic.5 Her suitcase will be nearly empty, with lots of room for shopping.Viewing and speakingcombining clothing with new technology brand-new stylenew industrial design solutionselectronics and fashion into your collar went into partnership with bring them together the modern-day worker 600 pounds to what we might expectUnit 2 Unit testCBCBD(1)-(7) contest queens outgoing cheers title tours performed(8)A beautiful woman has very great powers to convince, and we have seen many misses who have done a great job(9)Women's liberation organizations in the United States regularly demonstrate in protest outside Miss America and Miss World contests(10)All the same, some Australians were hoping the two-hour show would draw world attention to the beauty of their country and attract touristsADCBBCDADD BCBDBUnit 3Lead indrought earthquake flood forest fire landslide snowstorm tsunami typhoon volcanic eruptionBasic listeningKeys: DACBCListening inTask 1 BCADCTask 2 BBABATask 3 drought tsunami undersea result in dry spell flood water supplies famine agriculture heavy rainfall melting swell man-made damsLet’s talkTask1 erupted burying few overseas rescue injured damaged islanders seven biggest close aftershocks trap 20 million pounds diseaseFurther listeningTask 1 BADACTask 21. Since the company was composed entirely of men over 65, there was doubt that they would be of any assistance.But the farmer called the company anyway because the fire proved to be more than the small town fire department could handle, and there was no other help available.2. The truck drove straight toward the fire and, instead of stopping in front of the fire, drove right into the middle of the flames.3. After an hour of intense fighting, they had extinguished the fire.4. After an hour of intense fighting, they had extinguished the fire.5. The captain said, "The first thing we're going to do is to get the brakes fixed on that stupid fire truck." That suggests that they drove right into the middle of the flames because of useless brakes rather than bravery.Task 3 ABCDCViewing and speakingTask 1 rescued worst flooding surprise flooded my son's crews burst hit save high tide furniture normal computer system drugs heavyUnit 3 Unit testACCDD(1)-(7)at section connects bottom shining As cross(8)Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something(9)A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything(10)It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that dayABBDCBDACC DABDAUnit 4Lead inc d a e h f i g bBasic listeningCBABDListening inTask l CBDAATask 2 1.Relationships 2.marketing manager 3.in conflict with 4.expenses 5.ended in vain 6.training administrator 7.visited 8. establish closer relationships 9.long-term 10.picked upTask 3 CDDCALet's talkTask1 16 features brief eight paper guidelines interviews treatment come back Deadlines meet guidance scaryFurther listeningTask 1 DBCACTask 2 BABABTask 31. They gathered for lunch to welcome the new Chief Executive Officer, Carl Martin, and say goodbye to the departing CEO, Dick Jackson.2. The departing CEO left three numbered envelopes for the new CEO.3. The message read, "Blame your predecessor." So, the new CEO held a press conference and tactfully laid the blame at the feet of the previous CEO.4. The message read, "Reorganize." The new CEO did it, and the company quickly rebounded.5. The message said, "Prepare three envelopes." It implied that it was time for Carl to leave and give three similar envelopes to the next CEO.Viewing and speakingTask 1 earning live on frustrating head chasing television editor launching basis privilegedUnit 4 Unit testDDADD(1)-(7) expensive declined averaged compared agency floor accommodation (8)But the biggest climber of all was Dublin, with the Irish capital jumping nine places to the tenth among the world's most expensive office locations(9)Globally, most office locations continued to register declines in occupancy costs last year, reflecting the weak and uncertain global economic environment(10)In Euro terms, London is some 17 percent cheaper than last year, but in dollar terms it is virtually unchangedDCADBABDCA DDCCDUnit 5Lead in DADBBasic Listening Practice BCACDListening inTask1 BACCDTask2 BABABTask3 DCBCALet’s talk supermarkets a factory capacity kitchen commercial 6 againstmy own appeal larger high-risk gamble one-man supportFurther listening and speakingTask 2 AABBBTask 31. She had experience as a career counselor who had counseled hundreds of people about career changes. But when her husband lost his job, they were both caught unprepared.2. They were unprepared to tell their children, unprepared for the mix of emotions, and most dramatically, unprepared for the sudden loss of routine in their lives.3. She saw her husband sitting in their home office patting his forehead and muttering to himself, "Now what am I supposed to do?"4. In the bookstore they found lots of books about job search, but not asingle book on the day-to-day challenges people face when they get laid-off.5. They had gathered enough interesting material for a book on career transitions—the book they needed but couldn't find last July.Viewing and speaking turn things around suggestions expectations how many three million target salespeople market brand problems challenges money hard task salesmen investment experienced negotiationUnit 5 Unit testCDCBD(1)-(7)positive reasons try figure maintain curve path(8)It's clear that job hopping benefits the employee, not the employer(9)the trick with job hopping is to make sure your resume always shows that you make a huge contribution wherever you go(10)You can show that you are loyal to a company by exceeding their expectations with your outstanding performanceCBDACABDCD CDBBAUnit 6Lead inBasic listeningCCADBListening inTask 2 terrible misfortune reflection damaged heaven pick washedSome people claim that the number is bad luck because 13 people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucifiedFriday the 13th of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the 13th of March is the worst of them allthey mean that every seven years a person undergoes a complete change in personality Task 3 falling stock markets even more superstitious much less constructive action less lucky worked more satisfied exams trust revisionLet's talkTask 1 mystery inside out largest three million outside inner his theory used up the base 137-meter purpose tall, narrow 100,000 or so radar Further listening and speakingTask 1ABDDBTask 2AABBATask 31. The magician did the same tricks over and over again.2. The captain's parrot watched every show and began to understand what the magician did in each trick. Once he understood that, he started shouting in the middle of the show.3. Each time the parrot revealed one of his secrets, the audience roared with laughter. The performance he intended to be dark and mysterious turned into a comedy.4. The ship collided with an enormous iceberg and sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and the parrot was by his side.5. He said, "OK, I give up. But I hope you'll tell me what trick you are going to do with the boat."Viewing and speakingTask 1 feet shapes theory man-made look after experts a million outer space extraterrestrial conceivable circle maker image explain genuine lifting out of rubbish mystery mysterious farmers catch appear landscapeUnit 6 Unit test(1)-(7)discovered eager died convincing writing Indians taught(8)The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they farmed.These sweet potatoes came from the Americas(9)Remember that the distances involved were great, further than the distance from Europe to the closest place in the Americas(10)a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island, because of a storm, and brought the seeds of sweet potatoes with themBDACDADDDC ABCCCUnit 7Basic listeningAADBCListening inTask 1DCAABTask 2DCAABTask 3 rest Sunday industrial revolution God six-day work week late 19th and early 20th relaxation great boon consumer spending Second World War two days do not work religious activitiesLet's talkTask 1 held back transport highest subsistence lower 2，000-kilometer minerals potential development number one tourism only two landscapes fascinating commuting tourist ruined history traditional mistakesFurther listening and speakingFurther listening > Task 1AABBBTask 2CABBDTask 3Viewing and speakingTask 1 book search engines real customers judge 250 pounds two days partying click targetingUnit 7 Unit testCABDD(1)-(7)when competitiveness unmanned regularly extra households Previously (8)To serve these new shoppers it is also necessary for more stores to remain open and thus more people to work on weekends(9)Weekends are days when people can safely sleep in and also not have to worry as much about the ill effects of a hangover(10)One area in which the weekend has remained unaffected is education, where schools are shut on Saturdays and SundaysCABDDCACDB AACBBUnit 8Lead inTask1 c a f d g b eTask2GM cropsstem cellgenetic mapcloningBasic listening BCDACListening inTask 1 BAAADTask 21.Research2.genes3.journal4.warn5.productivity6.grow7.survival8.Plant breeders have already used preliminary information from the rice genome to create experimental strains of rice that better resist cold and pests9.The new map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal crops10.While significant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome, the mapping of the human genes is also making headwayTask 3 CBDADLet’s talk kitchens opposed labeled completely law no wayGM ingredients choice Tougher any content the public fear safer naturally cheap decideFuther listeningTask 1 biotechnology rejected special labels 73% to 27%a new type of tomato against save lives improve the human condition medicines conventional foodsTask 2AABBATask 3 DBACCTask 3 trees native genes black onion taste poisonous testedtoxic fish popular bigger food normally larger threefold genes originally different risks laboratory environmentUnit 8 Unit testCBDBD(1)-(7)yield identify central abnormal how to signals(8)The most important potential application of human stem cells is perhaps the generation of cells and tissues(9)Stem cells, directed to differentiate into specific cell types, will offer a source of replacement cells and tissues(10)it may become possible to generate healthy heart muscle cells in the laboratory and then transplant those cells into patients with chronic heart diseaseBDCACBDCAC ABBADUnit 9Lead ind f a h g c b eBasic listening practiceACDBAListening inTask 1 ACDCBTask 2 CDCABTask 3 downtown loan security agreed against underground settle That’ll be $5000 in principal and $20.30 in interest.We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little confused.Where else in Manhattan can I park my car for two weeks for only $20.30 and expect it to be there where I return?Let’s talktrouble sales save backedsalary private medical 100,000 pounds anothermoney hire debt face the factssecuring difficult contacts schoolboy excuse Further listening and speakingTask 1 environment economy minus enterprise's benefits demands balanced, sustainable generationsTask 2 CDDABTask 3 BABAAViewing and speakingTask1marketing campaign huge challenge market football eight new teams time-consuming the marketing and the organisationUnit 9 Unit testACDCD(1)-(7)measure modest showed weakest reluctant economist Analysts(8)Inflation rose at a relatively speedy 3.3 percent rate in the second quarter, the same as at the start of the year(9)Other data on Friday showed consumer spirits have brightened a bit this month while business activity has picked up in the Midwest(10)When you combine the first quarter and the second quarter, we're growing at 3.75 percent, which is a very strong, sustainable growth rateBCDACADDAA DCBBAUnit 10Basic listeningDCABCListening inTask 1 future needs shares risk banks 30 a half rate capital loss interchangeably savingsTask 2DBCCATask 3ABBAALet's talkTask 11) they must sort out their cash flow problem by selling a part of the business to investors.2) it's a realistic amount to take this manufacturing business forward.3) they must update their initial business plan4) it's time to put on the suit and try to sell part of Cyclepods to an investor.5) so I'll have to... maybe get the heavies in or something.6) The most important thing James needs to do over the next two months is to raise cash7) Cyclepods can't do anything without an updated business plan.8) it's back to basics for a fun evening of number crunching and spread sheets,9) it's time for a professional and considered rehearsal to get his sales pitch just right.10) Presentation skills are going to be crucialFurther listening and speakingFurther listeningTask 1ABDBCTask 2CBDACTask 31. He has been following the roller coaster ride of his stock portfolio and it's driving him mad.2. Stocks are pretty hard to predict. So she has put her money into hedge funds.3. A hedge is a way of reducing risk. A hedge fund is a company that creates a stock portfolio that tries to balance the market activity.4. Analysts examine stocks to assess which ones are likely to go up, and which will likely go down.5. He says that if he leaves his money with a fund manager, perhaps the manager can trade his stocks in a more profitable way.Viewing and speakingTask 1 cash easy results pay bills head 26% close the deal figures idea plan fine business guide voting rights say strong point investment 150000 26%Unit 10 Unit testBDCDB(1)-(7)individual owned managed invest ownership shareholders investors (8)shareholders are often able to own a greater and more diverse number of stocks than if they invested directly in the stock market(9)the investment management company sponsoring the fund issues new shares to investors and buys back shares from investors wishing to leave the fund(10)The sponsor does not buy back or issue shares after a closed-end fund is launched, so the investor must trade them through a brokerCDCAABCADB CDADB此文档是由网络收集并进行重新排版整理.word可编辑版本！。
新视野大学英语视听说第4册听力原文及答案
Uint1II. Basic Listening PracticeM: I?m beside myself with joy. I?m so lucky. Guess what? I?ve won a lit of money in the lottery. W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right?Q: What does the woman mean?W: Mary was furious. Her son wrecked up her car.M: He shouldn?t have driven a car without a driver?s license. He,s still taking driving lesson.Q: What do we know about Mary?s son?3.M: Susan, I hear you?re going to marry that guy. Some people think you?ll regret it.W: Is that so? Only time tell.Q: What does the woman imply?4. M: Mary, I just want to say how sorry I was to learn of your mother?s passing. I know how close you two were?W: Thank you. It was so sudden. I?M still in a state of shock I don?t know what to do.Q: Which of following is true?5. W: I get furious at work when my opinions aren?t considered just because I?m a woman.M: You should air your view more emphatically and demand that your vice be heard.Q: What is the woman complaining about? Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. D 4.A 5.DIII.Listening inTask 1.What a clumsy man!Maria: Jack, can you help me move this heavy box?Jack: No problem, Maria. Here let me lift this end... Oops!Maria: Ouch! My foot! Come on, can't you be a little more cautious?Jack: I'm so sorry. It was an accident. No need to be furious!Maria: You're always so clumsy, Jack. I'm really losing my patience with all the stupid mistakes you make around the office.Jack: Calm down, Maria; I'll certainly be more careful next time. This was just an accident.Maria: If you aren't more careful, then next time someone could be badly hurt. Oh, look! The glass in the box is all broken now. Mr. Johnson is going to fly into a rage.Jack: Oh no! What can I do to keep him from hitting the roof?Maria: Well, you can begin by helping me clean up the mess and then honestly tell him about your mistake.Jack: Maybe if I offer to pay for the damage, he won't be so angry. What do you think?Maria: That might help solve the problem, though it could be quite expensive to replace it.Jack: Well, I'm willing to do what it takes to keep Mr. Johnson from exploding. I need to keep my job!Page 4 ——Task 1 ACDCBTask 3.Happiness indexAustralians were the happiest people in the world according to a survey undertaken by two marketresearchers. They conducteddoor-to-door surveys and interviews with nearly 30,000 people in 30 countries. They askedrespondents how satisfied they were with their overall quality of life. Forty-six percent ofAustralians proclaimed to be "very happy" and expressed optimism about their future. Followingthem in the "very happy" group was the USA (40 percent), Egypt (36 percent), India (34 percent)and the UK and Canada (32 percent). Hungary got the wooden spoon, finishing bottom of thehappiness chart. Thirty-five percent of its citizens said they were either "disappointed" or "veryunhappy", followed by Russians at 30 percent.The research demonstrated that money and age were key determinants in how happy people are.Although the study did not indicate money could buy happiness, it did reveal a link between a lackof money and unhappiness. Less happy populations were found among lower-income groups orthe unemployed.The study also suggested that on the whole, the older we become, the less happy we are. Globally,teenagers are the happiest people. The age group with the lowest levels of happiness was 50-59.Only 16 percent of those in their 50s said they were very happy.The factors that make us happy include good health, financial security and a happy marriage.Material comforts such as cars, clothes and gadgets ranked comparatively low.Page 6 ——Task 3 BDAACVI.Further listening and speakingTask 1: Big John is coming!A bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. The owner of the establishment isgiving his new employee some instructions on running the place. He tells the timid man, “ever hear that Big John is coming to town, drop everything and run for the hills! He?s the bigge st,nastiest outlaw who?s ever lived! ”A few weeks pass uneventfully. But one afternoon, a local cowhand comes running through townyelling, “Big John is coming to town! Run for your lives! ”When the bartender left the bar to start running, he was knocked to the ground by severaltownspeople rushing out of town. As he was picking himself up, he saw a large man, almost sevenfeet tall. He was muscular, and was growling as he approached the bar.He steped up to the door, ordered the poor barkeep inside, and demanded, “I want a beer NOW! ”And with one strike of his heavy fist, he split the bar in half. The bartender nervously handed thebig man a beer, hands shaking. He took the beer, bit the top of the bottle off, and downed the beerin one gulp.As the terrif ied bartender hid behind the bar, the big man got up to leave, “Do you want another beer? ”the bartender asked in a trembling voice.“Dang it, I don?t have time! ”the big man yelled, “I got to get out of town! Don?t you hear BigJohn is coming? ”Page 16 ——Task 1S1：owner；S2：running；S3：drop；S4：run；S5：local；S6：yelling；S7：lives；S8：As he was picking himself up, he saw a large man, almost seven feet tall.S9: The bartender nervously handed the big man a beer, hands shaking.S10: I got to get out of town! Didn ’t you hear Big John is coming?Task2: Reason and EmotionEmotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason; s is suggested by phrase suchas ”to emotions rather than reason ”a nd “don?ltet your emotions take over ”E.motional reactionssometimes produce consequences or thoughts which people may later regret or disagree with; butduring an emotional state, they could not control their actions. Thus, it is generally believed thatone of the most distinctive facts about human beings is a contradiction between emotion andreason.However, recent empirical studies do not suggest there is a clear distinction between reason andemotion. Indeed, anger or fear can often be thought of as an instinctive response to observed fact.The human mind possesses many possible reactions to the external world. Those reactions can lieon a continuum, with some of them involving the extreme of pure intellectual logic, which is oftencalled “cold ”, and others involving the extremes of pure emotion not related t o i c l o a g l agreement,which is called “the heat of passion ”. The relation logic and emotion merits careful study. Passion, emotion, or feeling can reinforce an argument, event one based primarily on reason. This is especially true in religion or ideology, which frequently demands an all-or-nothing rejection or acceptance. In such areas of thought, human beings have to adopt a comprehensive view partlybacked by empirical argument and partly by feeling and passion. Moreover, several researchershave suggested that typically there is no “pure ” decision or thought; that is, no thought is based “purely ””on intellectual logic or “puremlyos”t d e o c n i s e i o m n s o t a i o r n e fou—nded on a mixtureof both.What results does the speaker may some from emotional reactions?What is the popular belief about reason and emotion?What does the speaker mean by “cold “?According to the passage, what should people do in religious matters?What is the speaker?s conclusion?Page 17 ——Task 2 ABCCDUnit2.Beauty can be bought.II.Basic listening practice.6.W: Did you hear? Helen got modeling jib! She?s going to be sashaying down the catwalk.M: Wow, that?s great! All that walking practice really paid off. And foe once she won?t be complaining about being so tall.Q: Why did Helen get modeling job?7.M: Julia, come and see the Miss America contest on TV. All those beautiful girls are walkingaround in bathing suits, so the judges can decide who has the best figure.W: Bah! That?s the worst kind of exploitation. They are treating women like to ys for people toenjoy. I would never take part in this kind of contest.Q: What do the man and the woman think about the beautify contest?8. W: What shall I do? I?m fat. I want to be slim and beauty, but I?m fat. I?ve tried all the newideas, high carb and low carb, but nothing works.M: Those diets are just fads, popular for a while and then forgotten. Just follow the usual diet withfruits, vegetables, fish, water, and get plenty of exercise. Before long you?ll see results.Q: What has the woman tried?9. W1: I think Lily is really attractive. She?s half Spanish and has this really sultry look about her.W2: That explains why she tans so well. I?ve always been jealous of her skin color in the summer. Q: Which of following is true of Lily?10.M: Trust me, it was tight there on the Internet: “PlasticSurgery Increasing at a Faster Rate Among Men”. Apparently more and more men are trying to improve their appearance. Keys: B A C D BW: I saw it too on the news. Face-lifts, nose jobs, and box to hide wrinkle are now very popularwith men. Men say it?s for business reasons, but we know it?s vanity.Q: What does the woman think the real reason is that men have plastic surgery?Page 21 ——Task 1 BACDBIII.Listening inTask1.How do women use cosmetics?Susan: Rebecca, nice to run into you here. Shopping for anything special?Rebecca: Yes, Susan, makeup. You know, there's a new boy in my law class and I want to make an impression on him.Susan: I'm the one who wears makeup, not you. I've always thought you looked very attractive without makeup —you know, sort of natural.Rebecca: Well, thanks, Susan, but most girls wear makeup these days and I want to compete.Susan: Maybe I can help. My suggestion is that you start with a good makeup base. Look here, this one is made from natural products from the Dead Sea, so it won't irritate your skin.Rebecca: OK. A bit expensive, but I guess I'm worth it. What's next?Susan: You want to give a good overall impression. You have beautiful eyes, so you should highlight them with some mascara to make your eyelashes look fuller and thicker.Rebecca: I'll buy this one —also made from natural products. How about eyeliner too?Susan: Yes, but you want a subtle color to bring out the green in your eyes... without looking like a clown!Rebecca: That's what I want... to make other girls into green-eyed monsters. How does this one look?Susan: Good choice. Now if we can add a bit of color to your cheeks, you will be the classiest of the class.Rebecca: Thanks! But you haven't said anything about lipstick. I'll need a tube of that, too.Susan: This color will perfectly complement to the rest of your makeup. You look elegant and classy.Page 22 ——Task 1 CAADBT ask 3.Beauty contestsA beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is based mainly, though not only, on the physical beauty ofthe contestants. But often it also includes personality, talent demonstration, and question responses as criteria of judgment.The origin of modern beauty pageants can be traced to the Miss America Pageant, which wasfirst held in Atlantic City in 1921. This pageant eventually included preliminary eliminations, an evening gown competition, musical variety shows, and judging by the panel. Still, the contestswere at first shunned by middle-class society. Pageants did not become respectable until World War II, when beauty queens were recruited to sell bonds and to entertain the troops. The Miss America Pageant is the largest provider of college scholarships for women in the world.Many trade associations have multi-level beauty contests which select queens as ceremonial representatives. The queens may appear at official receptions to present awards, to represent the industry in festivals, to present consumer information to the public, or even to lobby for the industry. For example the South Carolina Watermelon Queen may do a tour of supermarkets todo tastings of different varieties of watermelons. With the increasing popularity of beauty contests, winners have become role models for many young girls. They aspire to become a beauty queen one day.However, there are also criticisms of beauty contests. Although some contests are not based purely on physical appearance, "unattractive" contestants are unlikely to win, no matter how talented, intelligent, kind-hearted and educated they are. In addition, since "beauty" in these pageants is usually represented by unusually thin women, some people question this concept of beauty. Worse still, if a pageant violates the religious or cultural practices of a country, it maycause protests and demonstrations.Page 24 ——Task 3 ABACDVI. Task1. A friendly stylist.Stylist: Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you?Nick: A simple haircut —short on the back and sides.Stylist: Very good. I can, of course, do something more fashionable for only $60.Nick: Sixty dollars! That's highway robbery —twice what I ordinarily pay.Stylist: Perhaps, sir. But your haircuts haven't been in harmony with your character. Your hair is at war with your soul.Nick: I've never heard of such a thing.Stylist: I'm an expert at matching hairstyles to personalities, if I may say. Believe me, you're suffering a "disjunction".Nick: A disjunction? What the devil is a disjunction?Stylist: Your hair does not match you.Nick: This is utter nonsense. However, I'd like to hear how you'd solve this so-called problem.Stylist: Your character is artistic, imaginative. But your hair is dull. I can correct that imbalance in seconds.Nick: OK, let me see what you can do about the... uh... disjunction, as you call it.Stylist: We're going to use scissors to create peaks, which we'll keep in place with a liberal helping of gel... This tuft in the back we'll braid into a pigtail. Now, it's the new you!Nick: I love it. It's just like me: imaginative and artistic. Now what are you doing? What's wrong?Stylist: Something's preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashion statement.Nick: For heaven's sake, tell me what's missing.Stylist: Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair, it will become a work of art.Streaking will cost you more, but...Nick: Do it. Forget the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid the disjunction?Stylist: That's... $135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.Page 34 ——Task 1 CAABAUnit3. Watch out when nature strikes back.II Basic Listening Practice11.W: Did you read the paper today? There was an earthquake in Brazil.M: Yes, but it only measured 3.5 on the Richter scale. I don't think there would be any casualties.Q: What is the man's opinion of the result of the earthquake?12.W: I?d a bit worried about Suzie traveling to southern India. It?s the rainy season there, and there may be landsides.M: Suzie can take care of herself; she won?t go anywhere too risky. Besides, you can always e-mail her if it makes you feel better.Q: What is Suzie doing?13. M: Hi, I thought you were on holiday in Asia! Back already?W: we never got there! Our travel agent cancelled our arrangements because the whole region is flooded. We were so disappointed; we won?t get another chance to go this year.Q: What is the woman doing?14.M: Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. Can you believe it? A typhoon hit the east coast and it was chaos.W: I saw it on the news. The flooding and damage were terrible. I don?t think anyone was hurt though.Q: What is the consequence of the typhoon?15. W: Did you see the program last night about volcanoes? It was fascinating!M: Yes, the weird thing is the molten lava looks so beautiful, yet it?s so destructive. And I couldn?t believe how far the ash can travel. I?m glad we don?t have any volcanoes here!Q: What does the man think the volcano is?Page 39 ——Task 1 DACBCIII. Task1. Is tsunami delicious?Son: Hi, mom, what are we having for dinner tonight?Mother: I haven't started yet. Why, have you any requests?Son: How about tsunami for a change —I don't know what it is, but I heard some Japanese people using the word on the bus the other day. Sounds like a food. Maybe it's similar tosushi.Mother: Nonsense. Tsunami comes from Japanese words meaning harbor and wave. If we had a tsunami, it would be the other way around, young man.Son: Why? What is it?Mother: I mean it could swallow you up. A tsunami is an enormous series of very powerful waves.Son: Could we surf on them? That would be cool!Mother: They're not cool. They are very destructive. When they pound the shores of populated areas, they cause tremendous damage. They destroy everything in their path.Son: What causes them?Mother: I think they are caused by some sort of shock, like an earthquake, volcano, or landslide, that starts a chain reaction in the ocean.Son: Do the waves get so big that they crush buildings?Mother: Easily. They can be dozens of meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were children's toys.Son: Can you see them coming?Mother: You can see them at quite a distance. But there's not much you can do. In the open ocean they move at up to 800 kilometers per hour, but when it reaches the shore, the systemslows down and the waves get bigger.Son: How big?Mother: They can reach 30 meters, big enough to finish you off in one gulp.Page 40 ——Task 1 BCADCVI. Task1. Typhoon hits Guangdong Province.A typhoon lashed southern China on Thursday with strong winds and heavy rain, killing two people.The typhoon hit the coastal areas of Guangdong Province at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, with wind speeds up to 126 kilometers per hour. It came as the nation was still fighting its worst flooding in10 years, which is expected to continue as the typhoon season gains pace.The Guangdong provincial flood-control headquarters said the typhoon had caused economiclosses of more than two billion yuan in the province, damaging more than 2,000 houses.The strong winds, up to 35 meters a second, blew down many trees and billboards in the urban areas, paralyzing local traffic. Electricity, telecommunications and water services were cut in some areas. A local resident said he saw the raincoats of many pedestrians lifted by the gale, while many umbrellas were blownaway. Two people were killed by the storm in the western part of the province.Before this typhoon, the province had already been plagued by torrential rains and subsequent flooding, which has killed hundreds of people over the past several weeks and caused dozens of rivers and lakes across the region to reach danger levels.Meteorologists forecast that six to eight major typhoons are expected in the coming months andtold people to avoid unnecessary trips outdoors until the all-clear is given.To prepare for the typhoons, the government issued emergency notices to its subordinate departments, urging them to take effective measures to protect people's lives and try to keep economic losses to aminimum. Priorities have been given to protect agriculture, reservoirs, dams, and coastal and river dikes in the flood-hit cities. More than 30,000 boats were required to returnto ports to avoid the disaster while over 7,000 fishermen were evacuated to safety areas. At least26 flights have been canceled at the airport.Page 52 ——Task 1 BADACTask 3. A blizzard.A blizzard is a severe weather condition characterized by low temperatures and strong winds, greater than 35 miles per hour, bearing a great amount of snow.Because the factors for classifying winter storms are complex, there are many different definitionsof what a blizzard truly is. But it is generally agreed that in order to be classified as a blizzard, as opposed to merely a winter storm, the weather must meet several conditions. The storm must decrease visibility to a quarter of a mile for three hours running, include snow or ice as precipitation, and have wind speeds of at least 32 miles per hour, which means force seven or more on the wind scale.Another standard, according to Environment Canada, is that the winter storm must have winds of40 kilometers per hour or more, plenty of snow, visibility less than one kilometer, a temperature of less than minus 25 degrees Celsius, and all of these conditions must last for four hours or more, before the storm can properly be called a blizzard.When all of these conditions continue after snow has stopped falling, the storm is referred to as a ground blizzard.An extreme form of blizzard is a whiteout, when the downdrafts, together with snowfall, becomeso severe that it is impossible to distinguish the ground from the air. People caught in a whiteoutcan quickly become disoriented, losing their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction. Severe blizzards can also occur along with arctic cyclonesPage 54 ——Task3 ABCDC.Unit 4.II.1. M: Do you see yourself as a leader or more of a team player?W: Well, it depends on the circumstances. I usually enjoy working as part of a team and helping everyone work together. But if the leadership is weak, I?m not afraid to take over in order to achieve the goal at hand.Q: What does the woman want to be?16. W: Good morning, I have an appointment with Mr. Davies at 11o? clock.M: Yes, he left a message for you saying he?s terribly sorry but he?s stuck in traffic and is running15 minutes late. Please take a seat and he?ll be here as soon as possible. Would you like tea or coffee?Q: Where is the conversation probably taking place?17. W: You don?t happy. Did you get that promotion?M: No, they brought in some new guy. I?m not going to hang around for much longer, I can?t assure you.Q: Why is the man unhappy?18. W: Mr. Jones is a self- made millionaire, and I?m honored to have worked for him for the past thirty years as his accountant.M: He must be pleased to have a loyal and faithful employee such as yourself.Q: What is true of the woman?19. W: Jane, we?re considering you for the new office manager?s position. We?ve been very pleased with your work.M: Thank you very much. I?ve always enjoyed working here, and I would welcome an opportunity for more responsibility.Q: Which of the following is true?Page 57 ——Task 1 CBABDIII. Task 1.You ’re fired!Joan: Come in, come in. Have a seat. Ah... uh... I want you to know this is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you.Carl: Yes, ma'am. But I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.Joan: You're fired. That's what I'm talking about.Carl: I find that surprising, Miss Jackson. After all, I sold 25 percent more of our products than any other salesperson.Joan: Look, I'm not here to argue. You're fired. Understand?Carl: Well, I just wonder what's going to happen to the contract I've been arranging. It would bea shame to lose it; it could mean a lot to our company. And I'm the only one who knows thedetails.Joan: No one is indispensable. Just clear out your desk and that's the end of it. Do I make myself clear, Mr. Westlake?Carl: Crystal clear, apart from one small detail.Joan: And what is that detail?Carl: I'm not Mr. Westlake. I'm Carl Smith.Joan: Well then, that's a different kettle of fish, Mr. Smith. I know you've been working late almost every night and coming in on Saturdays to get work done. The company is veryhappy with your progress.Carl: That's good to know. I was beginning to think that I wasn't appreciated.Joan: You're doing well. We have approved your first salary increase.Carl: That's great! Thank you! I'll certainly try to live up to the trust you have demonstrated in me with this raise in pay.Page 58 ——Task 1 CBDAATask 3.Working from home.With the invention of modern laptops and the advances in broadband Internet access and communication software, there is no longer a need to work in the office. More and more peopleare starting to work from home. Opinions on this new trend vary as there are both pros and consof working from home.The disadvantages are obvious. To begin with, you may feel lonely at home since you lack social interaction and face-to-face communication with colleagues. Besides, there are many distractionsat home: Your wife and kids may knock on your door or call you any time. You yourself may want to stop and have a cup of coffee or find something to eat from time to time. Without theoffice discipline, you may even be tempted to play computer games. What's more, it may be very monotonous if you have to stay at home all day long.On the other hand, many people think the pros of working at home outweigh the cons. The most obvious benefit is flexibility. You don't have to wake up to an alarm clock early in the morning,and you can work any time you want and in any way you want. For those who are more productive at night, working from home must be a paradise. Moreover, without a boss supervising you over your shoulder, you feel less stress. Like to work in pajamas? Fine. Like to listen to heavy metal at the highest volume while you are designing? Go for it. Also, people that work inthe home environment value immensely the extra time they can spend with their loved ones. As a mom or dad, you will be in a much better position to educate and take care of your children.Page 60 ——Task 3 CDDCAVI. Task 1.A small misstip can become a big career trap.George Adams, a market researcher at a company, finally printed his marketing report. After months of research, hundreds of surveys, and several boring drafts, his report was complete, and just in time. He was going away for the weekend. He wanted to relax because his report was a success. He carefully proofread his document and then delivered copies to all the executives on his distribution list.When he returned to his desk, he discovered his boss, the department manager, was livid. At firsthe did not realize he had accidentally gone over his head. Anyway, his boss had given him the distribution list in the first place. So he thought he was just following orders. But the boss was furious that she hadn't seen the final document.The boss asked Adams to get back all the copies, but it was too late. When Adams got to the CEO's office, he was already reading the report.Adams had felt friction with his boss before. She was overbearing and tended to find fault with his work after he'd broken his back to meet deadlines. In this instance, however, he realized he had made a serious error. His boss was extremely upset, for his mistake made her look as though she wasn't in control of her department.From the boss's point of view, Adams was usurping her authority. The result was simple and natural: Adams left his job soon afterward.Adams's story illustrates a fundamental truth about the workplace: Small, seemingly innocent missteps can sometimes become a big career destroyer.Page 70 ——Task 1 DBCACUnit 5.II.1. W: Why do some people stay in one job for life while others switch jobs from time to time?M: Some people want a fixed routine so that they don?t have to adapt tot new circumstances over and over again, while others think variety is the spice of life.Q: why do some people stick to one job for life?20.M:Cathy,you?ve been late for work so many times lately that I have to warn you that any repetition will result in your dismissal.W:I?m sorry.I promise to be on time from now on. Perhaps I could work later to make up for the time I?ve lost.Q:What does the women say?21.M: Mr. Brown, my time here has been frustrating for me. I have a better opportunity with another firm, and I?m taking it.W: We won?t be sorry to see you leave, Richard. You?ve done your best to make everyone here as miserable as you are.Q: How does the woman feel about the man?s leaving?22. W: Mr. Stone, I wanted to te ll you in person that at the end of this month I?ll be leaving the company.M: Well, Jane, we are certainly going to miss you here, but I wish you the best of luck.Q: What does the woman going to do?23. W: Tim, I hate to tell you this, but we?re caught in a budget crunch, and we must lay you off. I?m sorry.M: I understand. I?ve enjoyed my time here,Don?t worry about me. I?m confident I can find something else.Q: What is the man?s response?Page 75 ——Task 1 BCACDIII.Task 1. How to avoid bankruptcy?Manager: Adam! Have you any suggestions about how we can avoid bankruptcy?Adam: Downsizing would certainly reduce our operating costs. You know, lean and mean, the way you have to be in today's market.Manager: Where do you suggest we start making these staff cuts?Adam: The logical place to start would be in administration. They're usually overstaffed.Manager: That's not going to go over very well with our employees. Some of them have been with the company for years.Adam: It's a painful process, but there's no other choice. They'll just have to accept the idea.。
视听说第四册第八单元B
Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear several conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.1.A) The boy didn't break the cup.B) The boy didn't tell her about the cup.C) The boy was probably lying.D) The boy didn't know how to trust people. 答案：C2.A) He doesn't like the game.B) He knows nothing about the game.C) He doesn't know whether the game is good.D) He has played it for some time. 答案：CQuestions 3 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard.3.A) write an emailB) make a phone callC) use James's laptopD) borrow a book答案：C4.A) he has got a new jobB) he has lost his jobC) he will go to collegeD) he lives with Bob 答案：A5.A) lie for JamesB) write a letter for JamesC) talk to James's parentsD) keep James's secret答案：DSection BDirections: In this section, you will hear several short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Passage OneQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the passage you have just heard.6.A) Earning one's income by fair methods.B) Living among honest people.C) Telling the truth all the time in one's life.D) Being honest with anyone in one's life.答案：A7.A) fairnessB) virtuesC) moralsD) wisdom 答案：D8.A) not to fail the examination in mathB) not to fail the examination in honestyC) to fail the examination in mathD) to fail the examination in honesty 答案：B9.A) farmersB) pigsC) Jesus ChristD) saints答案：B10.A) the people showed no interest in his interesting storyB) the people didn't agree with what he said about Jesus ChristC) the people were wide awake when he was telling a lieD) the people didn't believe him when he was telling the truth答案：CPassage TwoQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) 1525 ADB) 1548 ADC) 1582 ADD) 1593 AD 答案：C12.A) 12 amB) 4 pmC) 9 pmD) 12 pm答案：A13.A) calling them "noodles"B) sending surprise giftsC) putting coin in their foodsD) taping a paper fish to their friends' backs 答案：D14.A) "You're a fool!"B) "April Fool!"C) "Got you!"D) "Ta-dah!"答案：B15.A) apple housesB) paper flowersC) city volcanoesD) pizza trees答案：DSection ADirections: True or False. Watch the video clip and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).16. Sun-hee and Tara are watching TV.Sun-hee and Tara are watching TV.A) TB) F答案：B17. In 1996 Belinda Soszyn ran up 1,576 steps in 20 minutes and 19 seconds.In 1996 Belinda Soszyn ran up 1,576 steps in 20 minutes and 19 seconds.A) TB) F答案：B18. Sun-hee could balance on one foot for 76 hours and 40 minutes.Sun-hee could balance on one foot for 76 hours and 40 minutes.A) TB) F答案：B该题共9人答题，答对9人，答错0人，正确率为100%，错误率为0%19. Garry Kasparov became the world's chess champion at age 20.Garry Kasparov became the world's chess champion at age 20.A) TB) F答案：B20. Claudia is good at doing magic.Claudia is good at doing magic.A) TB) F答案：BSection BDirections: Fill in the blanks. Watch the video clip a and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.Tara: Like ... I could 21) at age three.Claudia: I could, too ... and in 22) . Claudia: And what can you do now?Tara: I can 23) for ninety seconds, see?Claudia: That's 24) . I can tap dance — and 25)! Look!Sun-hee: I can 26) and rub my stomach and hum, all 27).Tara: 28) ! I've got one. I can do magic! See this quarter? Watch!Sun-hee: Wow! It 29) ! That's cool! You're 30), Tara.答案：21) read and write22) two languages23) hold my breath24) nothing25) really well26) pat my head27) at the same time28) Hold it29) disappeared30) pretty talented。
新视野大学英语视听说教程4听力原文与答案
新视野大学英语视听说教程4听力原文与答案新视野视听说教程第四册原文Uint1II. Basic Listening Practice1.ScriptM: I’m beside myself with joy. I’m so lucky. Guess what? I’ve won a lit of money in the lottery.W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right?Q: What does the woman mean?2.ScriptW: Mary was furious. Her son wrecked up her car.M: He shouldn’t have driven a car without a driver’s license. He‘s still taking driving lesson.Q: What do w e know about Mary’s son?3. ScriptM: Susan, I hear you’re going to marry that guy. Some people think you’ll regret it.W: Is that so? Only time tell.Q: What does the woman imply?4. ScriptM: Mary, I just want to say how sorry I was to learn of your moth er’s passing.I know how close you two were?W: Thank you. It was so sudden. I’M still in a state of shock I don’t know what to do.Q: Which of following is true?5. ScriptW: I get furious at work when my opinions aren’tconsidered just because I’ma woman.M: You should air your view more emphatically and demand that your vice be heard.Q: What is the woman complaining about? Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. D 4.A 5.D III. Listening InTask 1: Soft answers turn away wrath.Mary: Dam! You’re spilled red wine on me. My new dress is ruined. John: I’ m terrible sorry! What can I do to help? Here’s some water to wash it off.Mary: Stop splashing water on me! Oh, this is so embarrassing! I’m a mess. John: Well, you do look a little upset. Please don’t blow up. Don’t lose yo ur cool.Mary: Hmm, you’ve got the nerve talking like that! Who shouldn’t fly off the handle? This dress cost a fortune.John: You look really cute when you’re mad. I kid you not. Some people do look attractive when they are in a rage.Mary: This is very expensive dress. I saved for months to buy it, and now it’sruined. Look at this stain!John:Accidents do happen. Give me your dress, and I’ll take it to the cleaners.Mary: Sure! You want me to take it off right here in public and give it to you?I don’t e ven know you!John: This might be a really goof time to get acquainted. I’m John Owen. Mary: Mmm, at least you’re polite. I guess I really shouldn’t have flared up.After all, it was an accident. I’m Mary Harvey.John: Come on. I’ll take you home. You can change yourclothes, and I’ll get the dress cleaned for you.Mary: Now you’re talking. Thanks. You’re a real gentleman.John: You’d better believe it. I’m glad to see that you’ve cooled down. Feel look a bite to eat afterward? I’m starving.Mary: Ok. You’re pretty good. I’m not nearly as mad. If you can get this stain out, I’ll be very happy.John: I’ll try my best. But if I can’t get the stain out, please don’t let your happiness turn to wrath.1.Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog?2.Why does the woman get angry?3.What does the man say to please the woman when she looks angry?4.Why does the woman say the man is a real gentleman?5.What is the man’s final proposal? Keys: 1D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.CTask 2: Big John is coming!ScriptA bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. This (S1) owner of the establishment is giving his new hire some instructions on (S2) running the place. He tells the timid man, “If you ever hear that Big John is coming to town, (S3) drop everythin g and run for the hills! He’s the biggest, nastiest (S4) outlaw who’s ever lived!”A few weeks pass (S5)uneventfully. But one afternoon, a local cowhand comes running through town (S6) yelling, “Big John is coming! Run for your (S7) lives!”When the bartender leaves the bar to start running, he is knocked to the ground by several townspeople rushing out of town. (S8) As he’s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall. He’s muscular, and is growing as he approaches the bar.He steps up to the door, orders the poor barkeep inside, anddemands, “I want a beer NOW!”He strikes his heavy fist on the bar, splitting it in half. (S9) The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking. He takes the beer, bites the top of the bottle off, and downs the beer in one gulp.As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar, the big man gets up to leave, “Do you want another beer?” the bartender asks in a trembling voice.“Dang it, I don’t have time!” the big man yells, (S10) “I got to get out of to wn! Don’t you hear Big John is coming?”Task3: A View of HappinessScriptDr. Smith has proposed a reasonable, if perhaps somewhat oversimplifies, view of happiness. According to his theory, happiness might be described as a state if balance. And when human or certain animals achieve that balance, they rend to remain in that condition in order to repeat the happy feeling. To illustrate this, we may study two magnets. When their positive and negative poles meet, they are comfortably joined, and they remain there. In other words, they have attained a balance or state of happiness. If on the other hand, one of the poles is reversed, and positive pole is presses against positive pole, there is resistance, instability, imbalance a state of unhappiness. Animals with some degree of intelligence seem to find happiness in reinforcement. Once they have gained one or more of their goals such as food, and water, they learn to repeat the actions that led to satisfaction of those goals. This repetition or reinforcement produces a state of balance or sense of happiness.According to this theory, only animals with a significant capacity to learn should be able to experience happiness. But in truth learning can take place through surprisingly simple short-term action such as scratching an itch, followed by pleasure,followed by more scratching, and so on. Thus learning can occur with almost no conscious thought.For human beings, blessed with the ability to reason, goals are not limited to the short-term satisfaction of needs. Indeed, there is a strong link between happiness and the fulfillment of long-term goals. Even if human strive forgoals that are more complex and longer-term than the animals’ goals, once those goals are gained, happiness is reinforced.1.Why does the spea ker mention “magnets”?2.According to the passage, what may animals do after they have got food?3.Which of the following is true according to the speaker?4.What does the speaker say is special about the goals of human beings?5.Which of the following best captures the main idea of the passage? Keys: 1D 2.C3. B 4.D 5.AIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 Don’t let it get to you!Susan: You look so angry. What happened?Chris: Nothing I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’t ask.Susan: Come on. Relax. Talk to me.Chris: All right. This morning I took my car to the garage to check the air conditioner. They only gave it a quick look, refilled it with some Freon, and charged me 300bucks!Susan: No wonder you’re livid. I’d be mad too if someone ripped me off like that.Ch ris: Yeah. And they were rude. They said I didn’t know anything about cars, which I don’t, but they didn’t have to be blunt!Susan: Sounds like you got a raw deal!Chris: What’s worse, as I was leaving, I herd then saying, “Don’t trust that guy.He looks broke.” When I heard that, I almost hit the roof.Susan: Don’t let it get to you. Better ignore them.Chris: I agree. I did manage to keep my cool.Susan:Well, the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Agency.Chris: sounds like a good idea.MODEL2 I’m too depressed.ScriptSusan: Chris, I hear you’ve been down in the dumps, so I’ve come to cheer you up.Chris: It’s not gong o work. I’m too depressedSusan: Come, on. T ell me what’s on your mind.Chris: Everything. My girlfriend left me; my dog ran away; my wallet was stolen.Susan: Don’t worry. I’ll help you solve the biggest problem: finding you a new girlfriend.Chris: Forget it. Anyway, I’m getting bad grades, and I was told that I’d have to repeat a lot of courses next year. When I heard that, I almost lost it. Susan: Look, relax. I’ll help you with those courses.Chris: Yeah, but I also have three week’s laundry to do., and my room is a pigsty.Susan: Forget it. You’re on your own.。
新视野大学英语视听说第四册unit8quiz答案
Unit 8 Quiz单元小测验Part IDirections: Listen to the short dialogs, 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. He does not want to eat GM food.B. He wants GM food labeled.C. He does not care if GM food is labeled.D. He agrees with the woman.Your answer Correct answerC C2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. She agrees with the man.B. GMO spreads diseases.C. GM fish are abnormally large.D. Trees grow too fast.Your answer Correct answerA A3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. She wants the man to go to the meeting.B. She wants the man to pick up the children.C. She wants to clone the man.D. She does not want a clone of the man.Your answer Correct answerD D4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Evolution is more efficient than lab experiments.B. Evolution is less efficient than lab experiments.C. Evolution produces better strains.D. Lab experiments produce more strains.Your answer Correct answerB B5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The woman wants to be coaxed to clone herself.B. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.C. Love is blind.D. The man wants copies of the girl through cloning.Your answer Correct answerD DPart IIDirections: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for 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 for the third time, check your answers.There are many ways in which human stem cells can be used in basic research and in clinical research.Studies of human stem cells may (S1)(1)information about the complex events that occur during human development. A primary goal of this work is to (S2)(2)how stem cells become divided or differentiated. Scientists know that turning genes on and off is (S3)(3)to this process. Some of the most serious medical conditions, such as cancer and birth defects, are due to (S4)(4)cell division and differentiation. A better understanding of the genetic and molecular controls of these processes may yield information about (S5)(5)such diseases arise and suggest new strategies for therapy. A significant barrier (S6) (6)this use and most uses of stem cells is that scientists do not yet fully understand the (S7) (7)that turn specific genes on and off to influence the differentiation of the stem cell.(S8) (8)that could be used for cell-based therapies. Today, donated organs and tissues are often used to replace ailing or destroyed tissue, but the need for transplantable tissues and organs far outweighs the available supply. (S9)(9)to treat diseases including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease and diabetes.For example, (S10) (10).YourCorrect answeranswer(1) yeild yield(2) identify identify(3) central central(4) abnormal abnormal(5) how how(6) to to(7) signals signals(8)The most important potentialapplication of human stem cells isperhaps the generation of cells andtissues(9)Stem cells, directed to differentiateinto specific cell types, will offer asource of replacement cells and tissues(10)it may become possible to generatehealthy heart muscle cells in thelaboratory and then transplant thosecells into patients with chronic heartdiseasePart IIIDirections: Listen to the following recording, 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. What is the Iceland company doing?A. Creating a detailed map of the genes of the Icelandicpeople.B. Creating a detailed map of all human genes.C. Creating a map as detailed as those by some other projects.D. Creating a map less detailed than that by the Americancompany.Your answer Correct answerB B2. Why do the people of Iceland present a special opportunity tostudy the human genome?A. Iceland has a small population.B. Most of the Icelanders have a small group of ancestors.C. Plenty of records of their ancestors are available.D. All of the above.Your answer Correct answerD D3. Why is the Iceland project superior to the American genomeproject?A. Because it observes 200 million people.B. Because it observes 14 large families.C. Because it observes more families than any other project.D. Because it observes more families than many otherprojects.Your answer Correct answerC C4. Why can the study of genes help to identify the causes ofdiseases?A. Small genetic differences may be related to some diseases.B. Large genetic differences may be related to some diseases.C. The genetic similarity may throw light on some diseases.D. Similar genes will cause similar diseases.Your answer Correct answerA A5. What is the passage mainly concerned about?A. Finding out the history of Irish families.B. Finding out the special genes of Irish people to cure theirdiseases.C. Creating a detailed human genetic map to identifydisease-causing genes.D. Creating a detailed human genetic map to identifyabnormally small genes.Your answer Correct answerC CPart IVDirections: Choose the right answer.1. With the advent of the genetic map, we know whereeverything is, but do we know where to ________________?A. go for itB. go with itC. get for itD. get with itYour answer Correct answerC B2. As you know, it has taken millions of years of evolution andnatural selection to get us ________________ we are today.A. howB. whoC. whatD. whereYour answer Correct answerC D3. It's too late to ________________ the clock. We'll just have todepend on common sense to solve uncommon problems.A. returnB. turn aroundC. turn backD. turn roundYour answer Correct answerB C4. Many prisoners have been freed through DNA testing, exceptfor the ones whose death sentence has already been________________.A. carried outB. carried onC. carried forwardD. carried awayYour answer Correct answerC A5. "I guess there would be some tremendous medical advantagesin that sort of research." "You've said ________________."A. a mouthB. the mouthC. a mouthfulD. the mouthfulYour answer Correct answerC CSubmit。
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Uint8II. Basic Listening Practice1.ScriptM:Scentists claim the world population has 99.5% of the same DNA.W: But this doesn’t tell us there is no such thing as race.Q: What is true of the DNA of difference races?2.ScriptW: With the advent of the genetic map we know where everything is, but do we know where to go with it?M: Your map seems to differ largely from my geographical map!Q: What does the man imply?3.ScriptM: As you know, it has taken millions of years of evolution and natural selection to get us where we are today.W: Yes, but now that we have genetic engineering, we seem to have decided that we want to be God.Q: What does the woman imply?4.ScriptM: I think the research into cloning will lead us into dangers, filling us with false hopes of perfection.W: It’s too late to turn back the clock. We’ll just have to depend on common sense to solve uncommon problems.Q: What does the woman mean?5.ScriptW: In America, many prisoners are having their cases reviewed, and some have even been freed through DNA testing.M: Except for the ones whose death sentence has already been carried out.Q: What can we learn about DNA testing from the dialog?Keys: 1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.CIII. Listening InTask 1: Stem Cell ResearchScriptGregory: The Republican party in America is opposing stem cell research. I find ithard to believe that in this day and age, someone would do that.Lillian: Stem cell research sounds pretty impressi ve, I’ll admit. But just what is it?Gregory: Well, a stem cell is a special type of cell. It is a general cell that, when itdevides, can become any specific type of cell.Lillian: You mean, a stem cell can become a heart cell? Or a brain or a kidney cell?Gregory: That’s about it. Stem cells are a part of the body’s maintenance and repa system. When they divide, they can become any cell type.Lillian: I guess there would be some tremendous medical advantages in that sort of research.Gregory: You’ve said a mouthful. Recently, scientists were able to help a man who lost a jawbone for cancer. They recreated bone material for his jaw from stemcells. What it means is that since the new bone was created out of theown cells, there was no problem with rejection because t he DNAperson’swas the same.Lillian: I bet the person was delighted. Why would anyone oppose that sort ofresearch? It would seem to have endless potential to benefit the human race.Gregory: I agree, but there are people who think we should not interfere with natureand manipulate “what is natural”．Lillian: It’s easier to hold such a narrow view if you’re not in a position to need the benefits of the research. If you’re missing a jawbone because of cancer, youprobably support the research.1.What is the passage mainly about?2.Who is against stem cell research?3.What is special about a stem cell?4.When can a stem cell become another cell type?5.According to the passage, why do some people oppose stem cell research?Keys: 1.B 2.A 3.A 4.A 5.DTask 2: The Improvement of RiceScriptScientists now know a lot more about a grain that people have eaten for ten thousandyears. (S1) R esearch teams around the world have completed a map of the (S2) genesof rices. The findings appeared last week in the (S3) journal Nature.The aim is to speed up the improvement of rice. The scientists (S4) warn that thekinds of rice plants used now have reached the limit of their (S5) productivity. Yetworld rice production must (S6) grow by an estimated 30 percent in the next twenty tomeet demand. By 2025, as many as 4.6 billion people will depend on rice for (S7)survival. There is a lot of pressure on breeders to improve the crop, and the ricegenome is a valuable tool to do that. (S8) Plant breeders have already usedpreliminary information from the rice genome to create experimental strains of ricethat better resist cold and pests.The researchers also say rice is an excellent choice for genetic mapping and engineering. Rice genes have only about 390 million chemical bases. That maight sound like a lot. But other major food grains have thousands of millions. (S9) The new map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal crops. Because rice is the first cereal crop to be fully analyzed, researchers expect that sufficient knowledge of its genetic information will reveal the heredity of more complex grains, including corn, wheat and barley.(S10) While significant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome, the mapping of human genes is also making headway. When scientists can identify and manipulate genes that cause certain diseases, m ankind will cure them easily. The human genetic map may help us control a person’sheight, weight, appearance a nd even length of life.Task3: The First Cloned CatScriptIn the age-old battle of cats and dogs, score one for the cats. Researchers a t Texas A&M University recently announced that they have successfully cloned a cat name Rainbow—the first pet ever cloned—after several years of unsuccessful efforts to clone a dog name Missy.The ork, financed by a company hoping to provide pet-cloning services to wealthy owners, adds cats to a growing list of successfully cloned animals that includes pigs, sheep, cattle and mice.The success d emonstrates c loning is a technology that could be transferred to other animal families as well. The accomplishment may provide new tools for studyingS in humans.diseases such as cats’ AIDS, a valuable research model for AIDResearch into animal cloning remains an important scientific alternative until the issue of human cloning is settled. And that seems unlikly in the immediate future, forit involves religious and moral principles. There are, for example, groups that insist no one should be allowed to take on the role of God the Creator.To create cloned cat embryos for the experiment, researchers transferred DNA from adult cat cells into egg cells stripped of their own genetic information. Out of 82 attempts with cloned embryos, one attempt resulted in a failed pregnancy, and another yielded a kitten named CC, delivered from a surrogate mother on December 22. Thethe name of the cloning kitten’sname refers to “Carbon Copy” and “Copycat”,project.Cloning attempts with dogs have proven unsuccessful in part because dogs’reproductive cycles are more complicated.The technique may also work with endangered c ats such as the African wildcat, fishing cat and blackfooted cat.Ironically, the increased knowledge of cat reproduction may best be suited fordeveloping cat contraceptives to control the U.S. cat population.1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?1.What did researchers at Texas A&M University recently announce?2.Which animals are NOT mentioned in the passage as having been cloned?3.According to the passage, why is human cloning unlikely to happen in the nearfuture?4.What does the passage say about the pregnancy and birth in cat cloning? Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B5.CIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 Why are people protesting againstgenetically modified foods?Susan: With so many people suffering from malnutrition around the world, why are people protesting against genetically modified foods?Chris: Some people are protesting about genetically modified foods, but even more people are protesting the fact that processed foods containing these.ingredients aren’t labeledSusan: But why should they be labeled?Chris: Not everyone is sure that genetically modified foods are safe. They want to be certain that biotech foods have the sme composition as organic foods. Susan: But there are more urgent problems in this world. Many people are dying of starvation.Chris: But those who aren’t starving may want genetically modified foods to be labeled so they know what foods they should andd shouldn’t eat. Susan: You know, I heard of a genetically modified fish that grew to be ten times its normal size.Chris: That sure sounds abnormal.Susan: Yeah, it does sound a bit strange , but that fish could feed ten times as many people.Chris: You’re right; genetically modified food might help solve world hunger. But I think we have a right to know what we are eating.MODEL2 Do you think the cloning of humansshould be forbidden by law?ScriptSusan: After the cloning of Dolly the sheep, I think human cloning is next.John: Whoa. I have some reservations about it. There are stll many scientific problemsto solve before human cloning starts..says t hey’ve cloned humansSusan: There’s an easier way. The Clonaid CompanyJohn: Oh, my God! These guys claim a liens from another planet taught them human cloning.Susan: A woman gave them half a million dollars to clone her dead daughter.risky it is!John: Clearly that woman doesn’t know much about cloning. HowIt took 276 tries to produce Dolly. But why is it risky?Susan: I know it’s inefficient.John: Cloned animals grow abnormally large and age unnaturally fast.Susan: In other words, that woman may not be happy with her cloned daughter.John: Then there are the emotions. No one knows if cloning damages the mind.Susan: Do you think the cloning of humans should be forbidden by law?. It may helpJohn: To my mind, the cloning of human organs shouldn’t be prohabited solve medical problems..Susan: I see your point: cloning should be regulated if it’s to benefit humanity MODEL3 Is it interfering with nature?ScriptNora: Some religious groups are opposed to genetic research. They believe it’s interfering with nature.John: I know. But nature can be pretty hard-nosed too, so we often need to interfere with her—we build dams to control flooding.Nora: There’re many diseases that are a part of nature, and they cause people a great deal of misery: cancer and diabetes, for example.John: A better understanding of the genetic code that controls our body would be a great help in curing many diseases.Nora: The project to map the human genetic code…what’s that called?John: The genome project. As you say, it has tremendous promise to make our lives better—just in the ability to identify and correct genetically-caused diseaseslike Alzheimer’s..Nora: Some diseases like cancer are also believed to have a genetic switchffJohn: That’s right, and once researchers identify the switch, perhaps they can turn o cancer or Alzheimer’s.Nora: People are also concerned that science will enable us to determine such qualities as intelligence and height..John: You know it’s going to happen—it’s just a matter of whenNora: Imagine if everyone was a combination of Yao Ming and Albert Einstein.John: But what if they get it wrong, and you wind up with Yao Ming’s knowledge of nuclear physics and Albert Einstein’s height?Nora: All those religious groups would say that it served you right.Now Your TurnTask 1SAMPLE DIALOGJane: Some countries are suffering from crop failure and famine, but why do they refuse genetically modified crops and foods?Bob: And many Europeans insist that processed foods containing GM ingredients be labeled.Jane: Why should they be labeled?Bob: Not everyone is sure that genetically modified foods are safe. They want to certain that biotech foods have the same composition as traditional foods.Jane: But there are more urgent problems in this world. Many people are dying of famine.Bob: But th ose who aren’t hungry may want all genetically modified products to be labeled so they know exactly what they’re eating.Jane: You know, I’ve heard of a GM fish that was ten times larger than a normal fish. Bob: That really sounds abnormal.Jane: Some famine-stricken people are afraid GM crops will overpower and eliminate their native crops.Bob: Sounds alarming.Jane: Yeah, but GM foods can feed many people.Bob: You’re right; they could solve the problem of starvation in the world. But I think we have a right to know what we are eating. GM food should be labeled.V. Let’s TalkScriptCorrespondent: In the U.S. what percentage of people support biotech crops? And do those who support biotech crops also eat biotech foods? Whatpercentage of food on the market has genetically modifiedingredients?Professor: U.S. consumers have been exposed to a very effectiveanti-biotechnology propaganda campaign for the last few years, butaccording to polls, over 70% support biotechnology. For example, ina recent referendum in Oregon, voters rejected a proposal to requirespecial labels on all products containing biotech ingredients by anoverwhelming 73% to 27%. That’s probably because consumersknow that we have an effective administrative system. Many mayalso know that 70-80% of the processed food products onsupermarket shelves contain one or more ingredients from biotechcrops. All Americans eat biotech foods unless they deliberately seekout products that are labeled otherwise. Evidence suggests that thisis less than 5% of consumers.Correspondent: Chinese scientists have used biotechnology to create a new type oftomato, which contains the vaccine against hepatitis B. What’s yourtake on this?Professor: It’s a great example of how this technology can be used to save lives,ease pain and suffering and improve the human condition. How cananyone be opposed to that? My only hope is that the clinical trials ofthis new tomato go well, and that it is quickly delivered tohealth-care providers who will use it to vaccinate people againsthepatitis. By the way, please note that I do think that such newpharmaceutical foods need to be handled as medicines byprofessionals and not as conventional foods. You will never seethese tomatoes in the supermarket. In a sense, t he tomato plant isjust being used to manufacture a vaccine in a very safe andeconomical manner.U.S. Consumer’s attitude to Biotech Over 70% of U.S.consumers support biotechnology.Examples In a recent referendum in Oregon, voters r ejected a proposal to require s pecial labels on all products containing biotech ingredients by an overwhelming 73% to 27%.Chinese Progress in Biotech Chinese scientists have used biotechnology tocreate a new type of tomato, which contains thevaccine against hepatitis B.Significance of the Progress This technology can be used to save lives,easepain and suffering and improve the humancondition.The Professor’s Advice I do think that such new pharmaceutical foods need to be handled as medicines by professionals and not as conventional foods.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Confident enough to control your fate?ScriptSome people are born with the belief that they are masters of their own lives. Othersfeel they are at the mercy of fate. New research shows that part of those feelings are inthe genes.Psychologists have long known that people confident in their ability to control theirfates are more likely to adjust well to growing old than those who feel they drift onthe currents of fate.Two researchers who questioned hundreds of Swedish twins report that suchconfidence, or lack of it, is partly genetic and partly drawn from experience.They also found that the belief in blind luck—a conviction that chance plays a bigrole in life—is something learned in life and has nothing to do with heredity.The research was conducted by Nancy Pedersen, a professor of psychology at theUniversity of Southern California in Los Angeles. The results were recently publishedin the United States in the Journal of Gerontology.People who are confident of their ability to control their lives have an “interna of control”,and have a better chance of being well adjusted in their old age, saidPedersen. An “external locus of control”,believing that outside forces determine thecourse of life, has been linked to depression in latter years, she said.“We are trying to understand what makes people different. What makes some peopleage slowly and others have a more difficult time?” she said.The study showed that while people have an inborn tendency toward independenceand self-confidence, about 70 percent of this personality trait is affected by a personenvironment and lifetime experiences.Pedersen’sstudies, with various collaborators, investigate the aging process bycomparing sets of twins, most of whom were separated at an early age.The subjects were drawn from a list first compiled about 30 years ago, registering alltwins born in Sweden since 1886. The complete list, which was extended in 1971, has95,000 sets of twins.1.Which of the following is concerned with blind luck?2.Which of the following is related to an external locus of control?3.According to the passage, what is true of one’s inborn tendency towardsself-confidence?4.What subjects were mostly us e d in Pedersen’s studies?5.What is the main idea of the passage?Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.DTask 2: Is it moral to clone humans?ScriptLaura: Did you hear about that peculiar cult that claimed to have created the world first human clone?Ian: Yeah, I did! They also said that it was aliens that created life on earth over 25,000 years ago. What are they on?Laura: I know! It was so obviously just part of an elaborate hoax to bring publicity to their crazy movement. But I don’t think the truth can be far off. Scientists have been working on it for years.Ian: Sure, but most scientists are working on cloning human cells or body parts that can be used to repair or replace damaged organs. Not complete humanbeings! That’s just science fiction!Laura: Well, the science may seem to be very advanced, but the idea is not a new one.In A Journey to the West, Sun Wu-kung, the Monkey King, can clone himselffrom the hairs on his head. He just plucks a few hairs, chews them a bit, andwhen he spits them out, they change into replicas of him!Ian: Really? Now that would be cool! You could send your clone to school while you went to the cinema, and then it could do your homework! Wow! Now thatI think of it, it would be kind of fun to have a clone!you think it’s slightly immoral? I mean, it’s just Laura: You woul d say that! Don’tlike having a slave. Doesn’t the clone deserve a life of his own?Ian: Sure, but human beings must learn to strike a balance between the welfare ofa patient and of a clone.Keys: 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.TTask3: A Drunkard’s ArgumentScriptHere’s drunkard’s argument in favor of heavy drinking.We would learn more about human bihavior if we paid closer attention to the laws atwork in the animal kingdom.a law that is apparent everywhere in the natural world.“Only the fittest survive” isHuman beings could certainly benefit from a close study of how this law operatesamong, for example, the wild buffalo.A herd of buffalo moves only as fast as the slowest buffalo. When the herd is hunted,it is the slowest and weakest animals at the back that are killed first. This is naturalselection, and it is good for the herd. The general speed and health of the group keeps improving with regular killing of the weaker memebers.The same process of survival of the fittest is to be observed by looking closely at the human brain, which can operate only as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive consumption of alcohol, as we all know, kills brain cells. Just like the less vigorous buffalo at the back of the herd, the weakest and slowest brain cells are destroyed first. In this way the principles of natural selection become evident. Regular consumptionof large amounts of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. It is therefore not suprising that one also feels smarter after drinking several glasses of beer.News ReportBioinformaticsScriptIt’s a complex name for a complex subject. Bioinformatics is the key to figuring out the wealth of information in the human genome project.Researchers have nearly mapped out all of the 30,000 genes that make up human DNA, but making sense of useful data is not easy.The company Double Twist is a p ioneer in the business of bioinformatics.［SOUND BITE］Double Twist works mainly with information that is also available to the public,sifting through data to find what may help link a biological problem like cancer, to its possible cure.［SOUND BITE］The company then sells software and data to pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, and academic institutions, which use them in their work. This provides a solution to help people better u nderstand data from the human genome project. ［SOUND BITE］Bioinformatics speeds up drug development and provides more accurate research.［SOUND BITE］Human Genome Sciences takes the process one step further. It uses bioinformatics to develop drugs using its own genomic information.［SOUND BITE］Right now, Human Genome Sciences has four new drugs being tested that are the results of genomic research. Bioinformatics systems developed within the company played an important role in discovering these drugs.［SOUND BITE］Bioinformatics can also bring much quicker r eturns for investors.［SOUND BITE］Even though its role is crucial, bioinformatics if only a small part of the overall $305 billion biotech sector, accounting for only about $2.23 billion.But some investors believe that bioinformatics has great potential.［SOUND BITE］So unless drug companies start developing their own bioinformatics systems or partner with companies that can provide them, they may get left behind in the race to discover new drugs.11 / 11。