课文听力文本 Unit 7 This Way or That Way
人教版九年级英语（上）Unit7教材听力原文及汉语翻译
人教版九年级英语（上）Unit7教材听力原文及汉语翻译精品资料UNIT 7Section A1b Listen and T for true or F for false. Anna: Mom, can I go to the shopping centerwith John? He just got his driver’s license. Mom: No way! I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive. They aren’t seriousenough. I’m worried about your safety.A nna: But Gaby’s getting her ears pierced at theshopping center and I want to watch.Mom: Sixteen-year-olds shouldn’t be allowe d to get their ears pierced eithe r. They’re tooyoung.Anna: I agree, but it’s fun to watch. Can I take the bus then?Mom: Well, OK.[来源:/doc/b27939627.html,]Anna: Great! I want to buy a ne w skirt, too. Mom: What kind of skirt? Maybe I should go with you.Anna: Aww, Mom. I’m not a child. I think teenagers should be allowed to choose theirown clothes.Mom: Well, I just want to make sure you get something nice.2a What does Molly think of Kathy’s statements? Listen and A for Agree, D fo r Disagree or DK for Doesn’t Know.Kathy: Hi, Molly. Where’s your brother Larry? I thought he was joining us.Molly: Hi, Kathy. I’m sorry. Lar ry can’t join us after all. Heis working l ate tonight.Kathy: Oh, Larry’s working late again?Molly: Yeah, he is.Kathy: I see…I really don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to work at night. Youngpeople need to sleep.Molly: Oh, I disagree with you. Teenage boys never get tired.Kathy: Well, maybe. But Larry shouldn’t work 听录音，正确的圈T，错误的圈F。
英语初级听力原文（listentothis1）7课
7课原文—I s tha t Mrs. Bro wn? —No, it i sn't. It's Mrs. Brig ht. —Isshe E nglis h?—No,she i sn't. Sheis Am erica n.—Is t hereany c reamin th e ref riger ator?—N o. Th ere i sn'tany,I'm a fraid.—Is th ere a ny mi lk, t hen?—Ye s, th ere i s ple nty o f mil k.—Wher e doe s Ped ro co me fr om? —Hecomes from Mexi co Ci ty. —Wha t lan guage does he s peak, then? —He sp eaksSpani sh. —Wha t doe s you r fri end d o?—He i s a b ank c lerk.—W heredoeshe wo rk? —Atthe M iddle landBankin Bi rming ham.—Do youlikeyourapple?—Yes.It'sniceand s weet. Is y ourssweet, too? —No. M ine i s rat her s our.—Oh, I'm sorr y abo ut th at. —Can I he lp yo u, Ma dam?—Ye s. Iwantto se e som e car digan s.—What size do y ou ta ke, M adam?—A boutfourt een i nches, I t hink.—W hereis Su san n ow? —She is i n Gla sgow.—I s Gla sgowin En gland?—No. I t's i n Sco tland.—Who i s the manoverthere?—It'sMr. W atson.—Is he a te acher?—No. H e isa doc tor.—My bag, plea se. H ere i s myticke t.—Than k you, Mad am. H ere's your bag.—T his i s not my b ag. I t's M rs. B rown's. —I'msorry, Mad am. I s thi s you rs? —Yes, itis. T hankyou.—Ex cuseme. I s thi s you r boo k?—No.It'snot m ine.—Wh ose b ook i s it, then?—It'sPedro's, I thin k.—Whos e bic ycleis th at? —Whi ch on e?—Theold g reenone.—Oh, tha t's R obert's. —Wha t are youlooki ng at?—I'm l ookin g ata pho togra ph. —Isit in teres ting?—Y es, i t's a pict ure o f mygirlf riend.—Are t hereany o range s inthe k itche n?—No,I'm s orry. Ther e are n't a ny. —Are ther e any bana nas,then?—Y es. T hereare p lenty of b anana s.—I wa nt so me bu tter, plea se. —How much do y ou wa nt, M adam?—H alf a poun d, pl ease.—T hankyou,Madam.1. I r eally need some newcurta ins b ut I'm afr aid I can't sew.2. Myprobl em is that I ca n't f ind a job. Mana gersalway s say my h air i s too long.3. I d o lov e lis tenin g tothe r adiobut I'm af raidmy ra dio i sn'tworki ng. 4. J ust l ook a t the se sh oes.Theycostforty-five poun ds la st ye ar an d the y hav e hol es in them now.5. Do y ou kn ow an ythin g abo ut ca rs? M y car is u singtoo m uch p etrol.J ohn H aslam is t alkin g abo ut hi s gar den.You know, I d on'treall y lik e the coun try.It'stoo q uiet. Ther e's n ot en oughmovem ent,not e nough acti on, n ot en oughto do. But I'mlikemostother peop le: I need some peac e and quie t som etime s, an d thi s lit tle g arden is m y pea ce an d qui et. I t's b ig en oughfor m e. Du ringthe s ummer I ma y spe nd th ree o r fou r hou rs ou t her e. Bu t eve n inthe w inter Ima y com e out here foran ho ur or twoat th e wee kends, ifthe w eathe r's g ood.It'sa goo d pla ce to sitwithmy ty pewri ter.And i t's a good plac e tosit w ith a book anda dri nk. A nddo youknowsomet hing? I sp end a s muc h tim e out of t he ho use n ow as I di d whe n I l ivedin th e cou ntry. Funn y, is n't i t?(Soun d ofradio play ing.Telep honerings.)Betty: Lis ten,Mum.The p hone's rin ging. CanI ans wer i t?Julie: Yes, ofcours e. Bu t ple ase a nswer corr ectly.(Recei ver b eingpicke d up.)B etty: (exc ited) Hell o. Th is is Bett y.MaleVoice; (co nfuse d pau se) U h ... good even ing.Is th at 789-6 d ouble 4 3?Be tty:Yes,it is. Wou ld yo u lik e totalkto my moth er? Male Voic e: We ll ... I'd like to t alk t o Mrs. Hen derso n ...Be tty:Justa mom ent.I'lltellher.Jul ie: M rs. H ender son s peaki ng. W ho'scalli ng pl ease?Ma le Vo ice:Thisis Br ian M urphy, Mrs. Hen derso n. I'm you r new neig hbor. I mo ved i n yes terda y.Julie: Oh, good even ing,Mr. M urphy. Wel cometo Oa k Lan e. Ca n wegiveyou a nyhe lp? Male Voic e: So rry t o bot her y ou, M rs. H ender son,but I'd li ke to askyou s ome q uesti ons.Jul ie: I'm ne ver t oo bu sy to help a ne ighbo r, Mr. Mur phy.Whatwould youliketo kn ow? 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现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit7
Unit 7Task 1【答案】A.1) In a mental asylum.2) He was a member of a committee which went there to show concern for the pertinents there.3) They were cants behaving like humans.4) He was injured in a bus accident and became mentally ill.5) He spent the rest of his life in comfort.B.painter, birds, animals, cats, wide, published, encouragement, A year or two, The Illustrated London News, cats' Christmas party, a hundred and fifty, world famous 【原文】Dan Rider, a bookseller who loved good causes, was a member of a committee that visited mental asylums. On one visit he noticed a patient, a quiet little man, drawing cats. Rider looked at the drawings and gasped."Good lord, man," he exclaimed. "You draw like Louis Wain!""I am Louis Wain," said the artist.Most people today have never heard of Louis Wain. But, when Rider found him in 1925, he was a household name."He made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world," said H. G. Wells in a broadcast appeal a month or two later. "British cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves."Before Louis Wain began drawing them, cats were kept strictly in the kitchen if they were kept at all. They were useful for catching mice and perhaps for keeping the maidservant company. Anyone else who felt affection for cats usually kept quiet about it. If a man admitted that he liked cats, he would be laughed at. The dog was the only domestic animal that could be called a friend.Louis Wain studied art as a youth and became quite a successful newspaper and magazine artist. He specialized in birds and animals, including dogs, but never drew a cat till his wife was dying. They had not been married long, and during her illness a black-and-white cat called Peter used to sit on her bed. To amuse his wife, Louis Wain used to sketch and caricature the cat while he sat by her bedside. She urged him to show these-drawings to editors, fie was unconvinced, but wanted to humour her.The first editor he approached shared his lack of enthusiasm. "Whoever would want to see a picture of a cat?" he asked, and Louis Wain put the drawings away. A year or two later he showed them to the editor of The Illustrated London News, who suggested a picture of a cats' Christmas party across two full pages. Using his old sketches of Peter, Louis Wain produced a picture containing about a hundred and fifty cats, each one different from the rest. It took him a few days to draw, and it made him world famous.For the next twenty-eight years he drew nothing but cats. He filled his house with them, and sketched them in all their moods. There was nothing subtle about his work. Its humour simply lay in showing cats performing human activities; they followed every new fashion from sea bathing to motoring. He was recognized, somewhat flatteringly, as the leading authority on the feline species. He became President of the National Cat Club and was eagerly sought after as a judge at cat shows.Louis Wain's career ended abruptly in 1914, when he was seriously injured in abus accident and became mentally ill. Finally, he was certified insane and put in an asylum for paupers.After Dan Rider found him, appeals were launched and exhibitions of his work arranged, and he spent the rest of his life in comfort. He continued to draw cats, but they became increasingly strange as his mental illness progressed. Psychiatrists found them more fascinating than anything he had done when he was sane.Task 2【答案】A.1) Because he was always trying new things and new ways of doing things just like a young painter.2) It didn’t look like her.3) It was the only picture she knew that showed her as she really was.4) People from the poorer parts of Paris, who were thin, hungry, tired, and sick.B. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) TC. 1881, 1973, Malaga, Spain, ninety-one yearsD. fifteen, nineteen, twenty-three, colors, darker, change, soft-colored, strange,shape, human face and figure, strange【原文】Pablo Picasso was born in 1881. So probably you are wondering why we call him "the youngest painter in the world". When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old. But even at that age, he was still painting like a young painter.For that reason, we have called him the "youngest" painter. Young people are always trying new things and new ways of doing things. They welcome new ideas. They are restless and are never satisfied. They seek perfection. Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best, riley prefer to repeat their successes, rather than risk failure. They have found their own place in life and don't like to leave it. We know what to expect from them.When he was over ninety, this great Spanish painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still looking for new ideas and for new ways to use his artistic materials.Picasso's figures sometimes face two ways at once, with the eyes and nose in strange places. Sometimes they are out of shape or broken. Even the colors are not natural. The title of the picture tells us it is a person, but it may look more like a machine.At such times Picasso was trying to paint what he saw with his mind as well as with his eyes. He put in the side of the face as well as the front. He painted the naked body and the clothes on it at the same time. He painted in his own way. He never thought about other people's opinions.Most painters discover a style of painting that suits them and keep to it, especially if people like their pictures. As the artist grows older his pictures may change, but not very much. But Picasso was like a man who had not yet found his own style. He was still looking for a way to express his own restless spirit.The first thing one noticed about him was the look in his large, wide-open eyes. Gertrude Stein, a famous American writer who knew him when he was young, mentioned this hungry look, and one can still see it in pictures of him today. Picasso painted a picture of her in 1906, and the story is an interesting one.According to Gertrude Stein, she visited the painter's studio eighty or ninety times while he painted her picture. While Picasso painted they talked about everything inthe world that interested them. Then one day Picasso wiped out the painted head though he had worked on it for so long. "When I look at you I can't see you any more!" he remarked.Picasso went away for the summer. When he returned, he went at once to the picture left in the comer of his studio. Quickly he finished the face from memory. He could see the woman's face more clearly in his mind than he could see it when she sat in the studio in front of him.When people complained to him that the painting of Miss Stein didn't look like her, Picasso would reply, "Too bad. She'll have to look like the picture." But thirty years later, Gertrude Stein said that Picasso's painting of her was the only picture she knew that showed her as she really wasPicasso was born in Malaga, Spain, a pleasant, quiet town. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son his first lessons in drawing.Young Pablo did badly at school. He was lazy and didn't listen to what the teachers were saying. He had confidence in himself from the beginning. But it was soon clear that the boy was an artist and deserved the best training he could get. Not even his earliest drawings look like the work of a child.One can say that Picasso was born to be a painter. He won a prize for his painting when he was only fifteen. He studied art in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all he wanted to know. When he was nineteen he visited Paris.Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Most painters went there sooner or later to study, to see pictures, and to make friends with other painters. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of painting happened there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso returned there to live, and lived in France for the rest of his life.He was already a fine painter. He painted scenes of town life—people in the streets and in restaurants, at horse races and bull fights. They were painted in bright colors and were lovely to look at.But life was not easy for him. For several years he painted people from the poorer parts of the city. He painted men and women who were thin, hungry, tired, and sick. His colors got darker. Most of these pictures were painted in blue, and showed very clearly what the artist saw and felt. The paintings of this "blue period" are full of pity and despair.Picasso did not have to wait long for success. As he began to sell his pictures and become recognized as a painter, his pictures took on a warmer look. At the same time he began to paint with more and more freedom. He began to see people and places as simple forms or shapes. He no longer tried to make his pictures true to life.The results at first seemed strange and not real. The pictures were difficult to understand. His style of painting was known as Cubism, from the shape of the cube. Many people did not like this new and sometimes frightening style. But what great paintings give us is a view of life through one man's eyes, and every man's view is different.Some of Picasso's paintings are rich, soft-colored, and beautiful. Others are strange with sharp, black outlines. But such paintings allow us to imagine things for ourselves. They can make our own view of the world sharper. For they force us to say to ourselves, "What makes him paint like that? What does he see?"Birds, places, and familiar objects play a part in Picasso's painting. But, when one thinks of him, one usually thinks of the way he painted the human face and figure. It is both beautiful and strange. Gertrude Stein wrote, "The head, the face, the human body--these are all that exist for Picasso. The souls of people do not interest him. The reality of life is in the head, the face, and the body."Task 3【答案】American Decorative Arts and Sculpture:colonial period, furniture, ceramics, ship modelsAmerican Art:The Far East, Islam, scroll painting, Buddhist sculpture, prints, the third millennium European Decorative Arts and Sculpture:Western, the fifth century, Medieval art, decorative arts, English silver, porcelain, the musical instrumentsPaintings:11th century, 20th century, impressionists, Spanish, DutchTextiles and Costumes:high quality, a broad selection, weavings, laces, costumes, accessories【原文】Welcome to the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston has long been recognized as a leading center for the arts. One of the city's most important cultural resources is the Museum of Fine Arts, which houses collections of art from antiquity to the present day, many of them unsurpassed. Now let me introduce to you some of the collections here.The Museum's collections of American decorative arts and sculpture range from the colonial period to the present time, with major emphasis on pre-Civil War New England. Furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and sculpture are on exhibition, as well as an important collection of ship models. Favorite among museum-goers are the collection of 18th-century American furniture, the period rooms, and the superb collection of silver.The Boston Museum's Asiatic collections are universally recognized as the most extensive assemblage to be found anywhere under one roof. Artistic traditions of the Far East, Islam, and India are represented by objects dating from the third millennium B.C. to the contemporary era. The collections of Japanese and Chinese art are especially noteworthy. The variety of strengths in the collection are reflected in such areas as Japanese prints, Chinese and Japanese scroll painting, Chinese ceramics, and a renowned collection of Buddhist sculpture.The Department of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture houses Western European works of art dating from the fifth century through 1900. Outstanding among these holdings are the collection of medieval art and the collection of French 18th-century decorative arts. Also of exceptional importance are the English silver collection, the 18th-century English and French porcelain, and the collection of musical instruments.The Museum has one of the world's foremost collections of paintings ranging from the 11th century to the early 20th century. This department is noted for French paintings from 1825 to 1900, especially works by the impressionists. The Museum's great collection of paintings by American artists includes more than 60 works by John Singleton Copley and 50 by Gilbert Stuart. There is also a strong representation of paintings from Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands.The collection of textiles and costumes is ranked among the greatest in the world because of the high quality and rarity of individual pieces and because it has a broad selection of representative examples of weavings, embroideries, laces, printed fabrics, costumes, and costume accessories. The textile arts of both eastern and western cultures are included, dating from pre-Christian times to the present.Apart from what I have mentioned, the Museum has got much more to offer, for example, the collections of classical art, Egyptian and ancient Near Eastern art, and 20th-century art. I'll leave you to explore by yourselves and enjoy your time here.Task 4【答案】A.1) specialists, specialized settings, money, sharp division2) conventions, some societies and periods3) commodityB.1) Because they lacked opportunity: The necessary social, educational, and economic conditions to create art rarely existed for women in the past.2) Because the art of indigenous peoples did not share the same expressive methods or aims as Western art.C. 1) F 2) T【原文】The functions of the artist and artwork have varied widely during the past five thousand years. It our time, the artist is seen as an independent worker, dedicated to the expression of a unique subjective experience. Often the artist's role is that of the outsider, a critical or rebellious figure. He or she is a specialist who has usually undergone advanced training in a university department of art or theater, or a school with a particular focus, such as a music conservatory. In our societies, works of art are presented in specialized settings: theaters, concert halls, performance spaces, galleries, and museum. There is usually a sharp division between the artist and her or his audience of non-artists. We also associate works of art with money: art auctions in which paintings sell for millions of dollars, ticket sales to the ballet, or fundraising for the local symphony.In other societies and parts of our own society, now and in the past, the arts are closer to the lives of ordinary people. For the majority of their history, artists have expressed the dominant beliefs of a culture, rather than rebelling against them. In place of our emphasis on the development of a personal or original style, artists were trained to conform to the conventions of their art form. Nor have artists always been specialists; in some societies and periods, all members of a society participated in art. The modern Western economic mode, which treats art as a commodity for sale, is not universal. In societies such as that of the Navaho, the concept of selling or creating a salable version of a sand painting would be completely incomprehensible. Selling Navaho sand paintings created as part of a ritual would profane a sacred experience.Artists' identities are rarely known before the Renaissance, with the exception of the period of Classical Greece, when artists were highly regarded for their individual talents and styles. Among artists who were known, there were fewer women than men. In the twentieth century, many female artists in all the disciplines have been recognized. Their absence in prior centuries does not indicate lack of talent, but reflects lack of opportunity. The necessary social, educational, and economic conditions to create art rarely existed for women in the past.Artists of color have also been recognized in the West only recently. The reasons for this absence range from the simple--there were few Asians in America and Europe prior to the middle of the nineteenth century--to the complexities surrounding African Americans. The art of indigenous peoples, while far older than that of the West, did not share the same expressive methods or aims as Western art. Until recently,such art was ignored or dismissed in Western society by the dominant cultural gatekeepers.Task 5【答案】A.1) a) 2) c) 3) b)B.Ⅰ. observant, a dog, Leather BarⅡ. Magnificent visual memory, essentialsⅢ. Rhythm, DustmenⅣ. everyday scenes, Her salty sense of humourC. 1) T 2) F 3) T 4) T【原文】Few artists can have made such an immediate impact on the public as Beryl Cook. At one moment she was completely unknown; at the next, so it seemed, almost everyone had heard of her. First, a few paintings appeared quietly in the window of a remote country antique shop. Then there were exhibitions in Plymouth, in Bristol, in London; an article in a colour supplement, a television programme, a series of greetings cards and a highly successful book. Her rise was all the more astonishing since she was completely untrained, and was already middle-aged by the time she began to paint.Faced with such a series of events, the temptation is to discuss Beryl's art in the context of naive art. This seems to me a mistake, for she is a highly sophisticated and original painter, whose work deserves to be taken on its own terms.What are those terms? If one actually meets Beryl, one comes to understand them a little better. The pictures may seem extrovert, but she is not. For example, she is too shy to turn up at her own private viewings. Her pleasure is to stay in the background, observing.And what an observer Beryl Cook is! It so happens that I was present when the ideas for two of the paintings in the present collection germinated. One is a portrait of my dog, a French bulldog called Bertie. When Beryl came to see me for the first time, he jumped up the stairs ahead of her, wearing his winter coat which is made from an old scarf. A few days later his picture arrived in the post. The picture called Leather Bar had its beginnings the same evening. I took Beryl and her husband John to a pub. There was a fight, and we saw someone being thrown out by the bouncers.The point about these two incidents is that they both happened in a flash. No one was carrying camera; there was no opportunity to make sketches. But somehow the essentials of the scene registered themselves on Beryl, and she was able to record them later in an absolutely convincing and authoritative way.The fact is she has two very rare gifts, not one. She has a magnificent visual memory, and at same time she is able to rearrange and simplify what she sees until it makes a completely convincing composition. Bertie's portrait, with its plump backside and bow legs, is more like Bertie than reflection in a mirror—it catches the absolute essentials of his physique and personality.But these gifts are just the foundation of what Beryl Cook does. She has a very keen feeling for pictorial rhythm. The picture of Dustmen, for instance, has a whirling rhythm which is emphasized by the movement of their large hands in red rubber gloves—these big hands are often a special feature of Beryl's pictures. The English artist she most closely resembles in this respect is Stanley Spencer.Details such as those I have described are, of course, just the kind of thing toappeal to a professional art critic. Important as they are, they would not in themselves account for the impact she has had on the public.Basically, I think this impact is due to two things. When Beryl paints an actual, everyday scene—and I confess these are the pictures I prefer—the smallest detail is immediately recognizable. Her people, for example, seem to fit into a kind of Beryl Cook stereotype, with their big heads and fat and round bodies. Yet they are in fact brilliantly accurate portraits. Walking round Plymouth with her, I am always recognizing people who have made an appearance in her work. Indeed, her vision is so powerful that one tends ever after to see the individual in the terms Beryl has chosen for him/her.The other reason for her success is almost too obvious to be worth mentioning—it is her marvelous sense of humour. My Fur Coat is a picture of a bowler-hatted gentleman who is being offered an unexpected treat. What makes the picture really memorable is the expression on the face of the man. The humour operates even in pictures which aren't obviously "funny". There is something very endearing, for instance, in the two road sweepers with Plymouth lighthouse looming behind them.A sense of humour may be a good reason for success with the public. It is also one which tends to devalue Beryl's work with professional art buffs. Her work contains too much life to be real art as they understand it.This seems to me nonsense, and dangerous nonsense at that. Beryl does what artists have traditionally done—she comments on the world as she perceives it. And the same time she rearranges what she sees to make a pattern of shapes and colours on a flat surface—a pattern which is more than the sum of its individual parts because it has the mysterious power to enhance and excite our own responses to the visible.I suspect Beryl's paintings will be remembered and cherished long after most late 20th-century art is forgotten. What they bring us is a real sense of how ordinary life is lived in our own time, a judgment which is the more authoritative for the humour and lightness of touch.Task 6【答案】A. objects, action or story, painted and composed, interestingB.Plate 1: symmetrical, more interesting designPlate 2: asymmetrical, shapes, colorsPlate 3: extends, the left side, pointC.Plate 4: c) d)Plate 5: a) b) d)Plate 6: a) b) d)【原文】The six pictures in your book are all what we call still life paintings—that is to say, they pictures of ordinary objects such as baskets of fruit, flowers, and old books. There is no “action”, there is no "story" being told in any of these paintings. Yet we find these paintings interesting because of the way they have been painted, and especially because of the way they have been composed.The picture in PLATE 1 was painted by the seventeenth-century Spanish master Zurbaran. How simply Zurbaran has arranged his objects, merely lining them up in a row across the table! By separating them into three groups, with the largest item in thecenter, he has made what we call a symmetrical arrangement. But it is a rather free kind of symmetry, for the objects on the left side are different in shape from those on the right. Furthermore, the pile of lemons looks heavier than the cup and saucer. Yet Zurbaran has balanced these two different groups in a very subtle way. For one thing, he has made one of the leaves point downward toward the rose on the saucer, and he has made, the oranges appear to tip slightly toward the right. But even by themselves, the cup and saucer, combined with the rose, are more varied in shape than the pile of lemons on the left. All in all, what Zurbarran has done is to balance the heavier mass of lemons with a more interesting design on the right.We find a completely different sort of balance in a still life by the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Pieter Claesz (see PLATE 2). Objects of several different sizes are apparently scattered at random on a table. Claesz has arranged them asymmetrically, that is, without attempting to make the two halves of the picture look alike. The tall glass tumbler, for instance, has been placed considerably off-center, weighing down the composition at the left. Yet Claesz has restored the balance of the picture by massing his most interesting shapes and liveliest colors well over to the right.PLATE 3, a still life by the American painter William M. Harnett, seems even more heavily weighted to one side, for here two thick books and an inkwell are counterbalanced merely by a few pieces of paper. But notice the angle at which Harnett has placed the yellow envelope: How it extends one side of the pyramid formed by the books and inkwell way over to the left edge of the picture, like a long cable tying down a ship to its pier. Both the newspaper and the quill pen also point to this side of the painting, away from the heavy mass at the right, thus helping to balance the whole composition.Now turn to a still life by one of Harnett's contemporaries, the great French painter Paul Cezanne (see PLATE 4). Here the composition is even more daringly asymmetrical, for the climax of the entire picture is the heavy gray jug in the upper fight comer. Notice that Cezanne has arranged most of the fruit on the table, as well as a fold in the background drapery, so that they appear to move upward toward this jug. Yet he has balanced the composition by placing a bright yellow lemon at the left and by tipping the table down toward the lower left corner.Our next still life (see PLATE 5), by the famous Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, seems hardly "still" at all. As we view this scene from almost directly above, the composition seems to radiate in all directions, almost like an explosion. Notice that Van Gogh has painted the tablecloth with short, thick strokes which seem to shoot out from the very center of the picture.Finally, let us look at a painting by Henri Matisse (see PLATE 6). Here we see a number of still life objects, but no table to support them. Matisse presents each form by itself, in a world of its own, rather than as part of a group of objects in a realistic situation. But he makes us feel that all these forms belong together in his picture simply by the way he has related them to one another in their shapes and colors.Task 7【原文】Frank Lloyd Wright did not call himself an artist. He called himself an architect. But the buildings he designed were works of art. He looked at the ugly square buildings around him, and he did not like what he saw. He wondered why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones.Frank Lloyd Wright lived from 1869 to 1959. When he was young, there were nocourses in architecture, so he went to work in an architect's office in order to learn how to design buildings. Soon he was designing buildings that were beautiful.He also wanted to make his buildings fit into the land around them. One of the houses he designed is on top of a high hill. Other people built tall, square houses on hills, but Wright did not want to lose the beauty of the hill. He built the house low and wide.Now other architects know how to design buildings to fit into the landscape. Frank Lloyd Wright showed them how to do it.。
研究生英语综合教程UNIT7课文及翻译(含汉译英英译汉)
UNIT71. Several leading modern business leaders seem, surprisingly, to downplay the importance of strategy. You can make too much fuss about strategy, they imply--- you have a few clear options; just choose one and get on with it. is it really that simple?2. “Strategy is straightforward---just pick a general direction and implement like hell.”Jack Welch, for example---the chairman and CEO of the USA’s General Electric Company; the man who grow the company from a market capitalization of $27 billion to a $140 billion, making GE the largest and most valuable company in the world. he must know a thing or two about strategy. But here’s what he says: “In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and you implement like hell.”Or Allan leighton, the man who was recruited by Archie Norman to help res cue the UK’s ailing Asda supermarket chain, and went on to build the company into one of Britain’s most successful retailers. “Strategy is important,” says Leighton, “but it is a compass, not a road map. It tells you in which direction you are heading, but the important bit is how you get there.”Or Louis Gerstner, the man who rescued IBM in the 1990’s when the struggling mainframe supplier was about to be driven into extinction by the new, smaller and more agile personal computer manufacturers. “It is extremely difficult to develop a unique strategy for a company; and if the strategy is truly different, it is probably highly risky. Execution really is the critical part of a successful strategy. Getting it done, getting it done right, getting it done better than the next person is far more important than dreaming up new visions of the future.”3. So strategy is simple. And having an ingenious new strategy is less important than carrying it out successfully. In fact it might be dangerous. It that right?Let’s look at one last quote from Mr. Welch. “When I became CEO in 1981, we launched a highly publicized initiative: be number one or number two in every market, and fix, sell or close to get there. This was not our strategy, although I’ve often heard it descri bed that way.It was a galvanising mantra to describe how we were going to do business going forward. Our strategy was much more directional. GE was going to move away from businesses that were being commoditized toward businesses that manufactured high-value technology products or sold services instead of things.”Grand strategy versus strategy4. I would argue that these CEO’s blue chip corporations are taking a slightly Olympian view of the concept of “strategy.” Let’s call what hey are talking about “grand strategy” a strategy, but in the overarching sense, like the American car industry saying that they are going to move out gas-guzzlers and into smaller, more fuel-efficient models. 1.一些领先的现代企业领导人似乎，奇怪的是，淡化战略的重要性。
新视野大学英语视听说教程第三版第一册Unit 7 Weird, wild and wonderful录音文本(完全版)
Unit 7 Weird, wild and wonderfulListening to the worldSharingScriptsF = Finn; M1 = Man 1, etc.; W1 = Woman 1, etc.Part 1F: I like being in the countryside, but I’m always happy to come back to the city. How about you?M1: I actually really love the countryside. I grew up on a farm.W1: I love being in London. I have loved my time in London, but as I’m getting older, I increasingly want to visit the countryside more and more.M2: It’s nice; it’s, it’s quiet – you know, you can forget about the city.W2: I love it. I was brought up in the countryside.M3: I love being in the countryside. I love the quiet; I love the fresh air. It’s great.W3: I love being in the countryside. Um, I’ve come, I come from Hertfordshire, so, although it’s not … where I live isn’t actually directly in the countryside. If you drive for 10 minutes, you’re in it and it’s beautiful.W4: I love the countryside. It’s a nice change to living in London and I enjoy taking weekends out. Um I enjoy camping.M4: I enjoy the countryside be cause I’ve,I’ve lived there for about 37 years. And particularly I enjoyed (enjoy) gardening – growing a lot of vegetables.Part 2F: The thing I like most about being in the countryside is watching animals and birds. How about you? Do you like wildlife?W1: Well, I am, er, an animal lover. Er, I’m a vegetarian as well.W4: I like wildlife and animals. Er, since I was a little girl, I’ve always really liked foxes for some reason. And I know a lot of people don’t, but foxes have always been my favorite animal.M1: I love wildlife. Er, I really, sort of, enjoy things that you don’t see every day –um … enjoy sort of very exotic wildlife that I haven’t seen before.M4: I like, um, watching them on the telly.W2: I think, I think animals are living beings and should be treated as so – should be treated with respect.M3: I like, um, big cats. They’re very graceful;they’re very beautiful. Um, and um, something I’ve, I’ve always just had a fascination with from an early age. Er, I also quite like large snakes. A friend of mine used to keep them.W3: My nephew and niece have a guinea pig, which I love.Part 3F: Are there any animals you’re frightened of?M2: Snakes and scorpions. Um, just ’cause I know that usually one bite could mean that’s the end.W3: I don’t like spiders. It’s not really an animal – but I hate spiders.M1: I am very scared of spiders. Um, and even though in Australia, we get some very small but very dangerous spiders –I’m afraid of very big spiders.M4: I don’t particularly like horses because they’re big, and they frighten our dog.W1: I’m not really frightened of any animals. I love them all.M3: There’s nothing that scares me –that I haven’t got any memories of animals scaring me as a child.W4: I’m quite scared of sharks. I don’t really like the sea and so whales and um, animals such as that, I don’t really like. Um, I suppose because it’s the unknown, I just find it quite scary.ListeningScriptsPart 1Welcome to Save the Planet where we talk about the world’s environmental problems. Now, did you know there are more than six billion people on the planet, and by 2050 there might be more than nine billion? People are living longer and healthier lives than ever before, but a big population means big problems for the planet.Part 2Let’s look at three of the most important problems. The first problem is water. Many people in the world can’t get enough water. But in some countries we use too much. A person in Gambia, Africa, for example, uses much less water than someone in the United States. In Gambia, one person uses four and a half liters of water a day. But in the US it’s 600 liters. And to make the problem worse, the deserts are gettingbigger. The Sahara Desert is one of the hottest places in the world, and is already the largest desert. But each year it gets bigger than before, so it gets more difficult to find clean water. Our second problem is the animals. There are more people on the earth than ever before. This means we use more space. And for the animals this means that there is less space than before. One example is the Amazon Rainforest. It has the highest number of plant and animal species in the world, but it’s getting smaller every year. People are destroying the rainforest to make more space for houses, roads and farms. In the last 10 years we have destroyed more than 150,000 square kilometers of forest –that’s an area larger than Greece! So in the future, many plants and animal species will become extinct. And the last problem on our list, but not the least important, is the weather. The world is getting warmer. The ice in Greenland is melting faster than ever before. Also sea levels are rising. This means that soon some of the world’s most important cities, like New York, London, Bangkok, Sydney and Rio de Janeiro might all be under water.ViewingScriptsJL = Joanna Lumley; T = Tura; KS = Kjetil SkoglieJL: The far north. Fairytale mountains. It’s just fabulously beautiful. The land of the magical Northern Lights is somewhere I’ve longed for all my life. As a little girl I lived in the steamy heat of tropical Malaysia. I used to yearn to be cold. I’d never even seen snow. But my storybooks were full of snow queens, and now I’m enteringthat world. This is the journey I’ve always dreamt of making. I feel I’ve come into another world now. No people except you and us. And if we’re very lucky we might see the elusive Northern Lights. I pack up things that are going to be essential on every trip. So in here I’ve got, for instance, oil-based pastels; and I’ve got a lovely little drawing book, but I’ve got that colored pages so that you can draw in different colors; a lovely old guidebook –it’s called The Land of the Vikings. It’s got beautiful old maps. Look at that. But if it wasn’t for one item in my case, I wouldn’t be on this journey at all. This is the book: Ponny the Penguin. This is when I first heard of the Northern Lights. And there was this picture which haunted me of a sort of rippling curtain and a little tiny penguin. This is not your average taxi rank at the station. I’m in the hands of Tura Christiansen and his team of 11 sled dogs. Good morning. I’m Joanna.T: Tura.JL: Tura. How nice to see you, Tura.T: Yes.JL: These are wonderful dogs.T: They like to … to, er …JL: They like to run?T: Yes.JL: The weather near Troms? is uncertain. But local guide, Kjetil Skoglie, promises me we’ll track down the lights even if it takes till morning. I can’t see anything, Kjetil.KS: No, it’s … it’s nothing yet. You just have to be patient.JL: OK, so I just wait here.KS: Yeah, you just wait here.JL: Yeah.KS: Good luck.JL: Thanks, Kjetil. I stand in the pitch-black by the side of the fjord, and wait. Look, much brighter there. Oh, something’s happening there. Oh … Look up here! Look what’s happening here! Look at that! Oh … Oh!Look at this! And it just keeps changing and changing. I can’t believe I’m seeing this. It’s fantastic and it’s coming back again. I have been waiting all my life to see the Northern Lights. I’m as happy as can be. This is the most astonishing thing I have ever, ever seen.Speaking for communicationRole-playScriptsPart 1A: The best sense of direction? Perhaps it’s the butterfly.B: Er … I’m not sure.A: It’s hard to say. Well, it could be sea turtles.B: Maybe.A: They swim everywhere, don’t they?B: Um, i t might be, but I think it’s the butterfly.It can’t be the taxi driver, can it?A: It’s definitely not the taxi driver.C: OK, here are the answers. Sea turtles travel 3,000 miles a year. And when they lay eggs, they go back to the place where they were born. So they have a great sense of direction. New York taxi drivers drive 37,500 miles a year. They know the fastest way to any address in New York. But sea turtles and taxi drivers do not have the best sense of direction!B: So it must be the butterfly.C: The winner is the monarch butterfly. At the end of every summer, they fly from Canada to Mexico. And no one knows how they do it.Part 2A: Er, so who’s the best athlete? That’s a good question.B: I’m not sure.A: It could be triathletes.B: Or rats?C: Rats are the winners. A rat is the superman of animals. Rats can kill animals that are much bigger than they are, and they can eat electric wires. They can swim a mile and survive in water for 3 days. They can also jump 3 feet and fall 45 feet and survive.A: That’s amazing.Part 3B: Who sleeps the most? Let me think. Um, it can’t be the human baby, can it? And it’s not the black bear.A: It must be the sloth. They spend most of their lives asleep.B: So what’s the answer?C: Well, the black bear sleeps for about 7 months a year. The females are even half asleep when they have their babies.B: Wow.C: Human babies usually sleep about 18 hours a day, but only in their first few months. So sloths are the winner. They sleep 15 to 18 hours a day for their whole life.Group discussionScriptsA: OK, the most beautiful place I’ve been to … Well, a few years ago I went to Fish River Canyon.B: Where?A: Fish River Canyon. It’s the second biggest canyon in the world.B: After the Grand Canyon?A: After the Grand Canyon.B: Where is it?A: It’s in Namibia, in Africa.B: Wow. And what did you think of it?A: Ah, it was amazing! The first thing you notice is how big it is, of course.B: Of course.A: It just goes on and on as far as your eye can see. But the best thing about it was thesilence.B: Right.A: It was so amazingly quiet. We went there in August and there weren’t many tourists and it was just so quiet.B: Would you like to go back?A: I would love to go back. One day!B: One day.Further practice in listeningShort conversationsScriptsConversation 1W: We offer some very exciting tours plus the best luxury hotels. The most popular places are Thailand and India. Have you got any idea of where you’d like to go?M: Well, we were thinking of flying to a small island where we can enjoy some special local food.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?Conversation 2M: Have you ever tried diving in the sea? No words can describe the beauty of the sea. You lose track of time down there!W: No, I’m kind of frightened. I mean I hear all these stories about getting sick from going up too fast to the surface and dangerous fish.Q: What makes the woman scared of diving?Conversation 3W: Many people are concerned about the rising costs of fuel.M: I think they are a little short-sighted; they should look on the bright side. With higher costs, people will be forced to use less energy. We can thus save more energy, which is good for the environment.Q: What does the man think of the rise of fuel costs?Conversation 4M: I’ve never been to the mountains before. I’m not much of an adventurer, you know.W: Well, join us. It’s great spending some time with friends and just being close to nature. And when you come back, you’ll be a new person, relaxed and ready to study again.Q: According to the woman, what can the man benefit from going to the mountains? Conversation 5M: Look! The sun is shining. We haven’t seen the sun for ages. It’s been raining for a week! It’s much too beautiful a day to waste indoors reading, cooking or cleaning. W: You are right. Let’s make the most of it.Q: What are the man and woman probably going to do?Long conversationScriptsW: I just saw a great movie about the true story of Christopher McCandless’ trip to the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. It was so inspiring! His love of nature was so beautiful.M: Well, I read about his story. He was foolish and just threw his life away!W: Why would you say that? It’s a shame that he died, but at least he lived doing what he loved. Can you imagine living in Alaska alone, eating only the plants you can gather and the animals you can hunt?M: No, that’s just it! He died in the wilderness because he thought nature was magical and kind. He needed to realize that nature is powerful and full of risks! Christopher was completely unprepared for the many dangers of the Alaskan wilderness.W: Like what? He found shelter and he had a gun to hunt!M: He did not use his map of the area – there was a boat where he could get help only a quarter of a mile away! H e didn’t have any emergency food supplies! Most of all, he had no emergency communication equipment. Any one of those three things would have saved his life!W: Yes, he should have been more prepared, but I still admire what he was trying to do.M: It’s no t romantic! Five famous outdoor specialists were interviewed. They all said he should have lived. He died because he was unprepared!W: Still, I admire his spirit for trying!Q1: What are the man and woman talking about?Q2: What can we learn about Christopher?Q3: What does the woman think about Christopher taking the trip to Alaska?Q4: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as something that would have saved Christopher’s life?Passage 1ScriptsWithin five seconds of taking off, an avalanche can move at 80 miles an hour, so people rarely have time to run out of the way. But these days, avalanches don’t often strike skiers at official skiing zones because the ski patrol makes sure the skiing areas are safe.An avalanche occurs when one entire area or layer of snow slides off another layer below it. When a layer starts to slide, anything on top is carried along, and the avalanche picks up whatever lies in its path as it moves down a slope, including rocks, trees and people. When a person starts to travel across an area of unstable snow, their weight can start a slide.As long as skiers stay in the official ski areas, they don’t have to worry. “We control the hazard, so it is unlikely you’ll get caught,” explains Mike, a snow safety expert. “We do that by p ressing the snow together to make it more solid, and we use explosives to make an avalanche move or to test an area to see if it is unstable.” This work can be dangerous, so ski patrol members look out for each other and keep the public at a safe distance.Mike and his colleagues also dig holes in the snow to study the layers. After they go back, they enter measurements into a computer; a special software creates a chart showing how the different layers are holding up. If an area looks risky, the ski patrol closes it.Q1: What speed can an avalanche reach within five seconds of taking off?Q2: According to the passage, under what circumstances may an avalanche occur?Q3: What are skiers advised to do to avoid being caught in an avalanche?Q4: Why does the ski patrol use explosives?Passage 2Scripts and answersAnna was awarded a special day out for herself and her family after taking part in a competition run by a magazine in April, beating over 2,000 people who 1) participated in the event.Anna’s wild day out will include a special tour of the city’s nature park, with exclusive 2) access to areas of the site that are not usually available to the public. During her visit, Anna is likely to see some natural wonders including rare birds feeding their young and a 3) tremendous number of newly hatched chicks. Anna may also see a great flamingo 4) currently nesting at the nature park after it escaped from the zoo last year.The most 5) incredible thing is that Mike Dilger, a well-known wildlife reporter for BBC, will 6) accompany the family throughout the day. Mike is an experiencedbiologist, so he is ready to share his experiences and knowledge of the natural world every step of the way.Henry, manager of the nature park, says, “Visiting a nature park is a 7) remarkable way to learn more about types of wildlife that you just can’t see in your daily life. It’s an 8) amazing time of year for a visit –the hatching season is well underway, so there are lots of chicks hatching across the park, and as parents take regular trips to find food for their young, there is a very good chance of 9) catching a glimpse of some of our very rare birds. Anna will have a great day; we are really 10) looking forward to her visit.”。
Unit7教材听力原文及译文
UNIT 7Section A1b Listen and write these city names in the boxes above.Conversation 1Tom: Hey,Peter.Peter: Hi, Tom.Tom: How’s the weather down there in Shanghai? Peter. It’s cloudy. How’s the weather in Moscow? Tom: It’s snowing right now.Conversation 2Peter: Hi,Aunt Sally.Aunt Sally: Hello, Peter.Peter: How’s the weather in Boston?Aunt Sally: Oh, it’s windy.Conversation 3Peter: So, how’s the weather in Beijing?Julie: It’s sunny.Conversation 4Peter: Hi, Uncle Bill.Uncle Bill: Hello, Peter.Peter: How’s the weather in Toronto?Uncle Bill: It’s raining, as usual!2a Listen and number the pictures［1-4］. Jim: Hello, Linda. This is Jim.Linda:Hello, Jim!Jim: Is Uncle Joe there?Linda: No, he isn’t. He’s outside.Jim: Out side? It’s cold, is n’t it?Linda: No, it’s sunny and really warm.Jim: What’s Uncle Joe doing?Linda: He’s playing basketball.Jim: Is Aunt Sally there?Linda: Yes, she is, but she’s busy right now.Jim: What’s she doing?Linda: She’s cooking.Jim: How abo ut Mary? What’s she doing?Linda: Not much. She’s only watching TV. You want to talk to her, don’t you?听录音，在上面方框中写出这些城市的名字。
新人教版七年级(上册)Unit 3 听力文本及翻译
新人教版七年级（上册）Unit 3 听力文本及翻译My School我的学校BIG Question. What do you like about your school?大问题。
你喜欢你的学校什么？In this unit, you will:在本单元中，你将：1. talk about places in school.谈论学校里的地方。
2. describe locations using there be structure and prepositions of position.使用there be结构和位置介词描述位置。
3. introduce and talk about your school.介绍并谈论你的学校。
4. describe the places you like in your school and explain why. 描述你喜欢的学校里的地方并解释原因。
Look and share看并分享1. What is this place in the photo?照片中的这个地方是什么？2. What are the people doing on the sports field?人们在运动场上做什么？3. What do you like to do at school?你在学校喜欢做什么？SECTION AA节What is your school like?你的学校怎么样？1a. Look at the picture. Talk about the positions of the places with the words in the box.1a. 看图。
用框中的词语谈论各个地方的位置。
Where’s the dining hall?餐厅在哪里？It’s in front of the art building.在艺术楼的前面。
in front of. behind. next to. between. across from在...前面。
Uint 7 This Way or That Way
Keys toUnit7Part 1B 1.get to from here Stay on get to take a left Left Stay on three blockscome to turn right Left right2.turn right Keep straight turn next light mean Turn right3.from here five hours best get there fastest4. Tuesday birthday get to turnright on your left TuesdayC Map1 1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.T 8.F 9.T 10.TMap2 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.T 8.F 9.T 10.FPart 2B 1.leave turn left into walk to turn right on walk turn left on near onyour left2.leave turn left on walk for 10 to turn right walk across on your right3.leave turn right on walk half a to turn right walk two turn left on your ight4.turn right outside walk past reach number six opposite on your right5.go out of turn right go along turn right at go up past cross at straight ahead on your rightPart 3AB1-n 2-d 3-a 4-f 5-k 6-m/o 7-g 8-b 9.e/l 1.-i 11-j 12-h 13-cC 1.Illinois,Missouri,Kansas,Oklahoma,Texas,New Mexico,Arizona,California2.Because many new interstae highways are biult.3.Because more kilometers of the road are in Oklahoma than in any other state.4.A rich farmer and collector/5.A large ,costly American automobile.Part 4without two more pleasure necessary business offices factories other jobs sent carry supplies school buses mile turns Mondays neighbors’Tuesdays Wednsdays car three four formed automobiles Parking in around SomethingPart5A 1.b.7 2.c.19 3.d.22 4.a.13 5.b.9B 1.Young’s shoe store⑥2.Post office②3.Palace Restaurant④4.Hospital⑧5.Meter’sJewellery Store⑨THE END。
新视野大学英语第三版第一册视听说 Unit 7 听力原文(课堂PPT)
Q1: What speed can an avalanche reach within five seconds of taking off? Q2: According to the passage, under what circumstances may an avalanche occur? Q3: What are skiers advised to do to avoid being caught in an avalanche? Q4: Why does the ski patrol use explosives?
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• As long as skiers stay in the official ski areas, they don’t have to worry. “ We control the hazard, so it is unlikely you’ll get caught,” explains Mike, a snow safety expert.” We do that by pressing the snow together to make it more solid, and we use explosives to make an avalanche move or to test an area to see if it is unstable.” This work can be dangerous, so ski patrol members look out for each other and keep the public at a safe distance.
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• An avalanche occurs when one entire area or layer of snow slides off another layer below it. When a layer starts to slide, anything on top is carried along, and the avalanche picks up whatever lies in its path as it moves down a slope, including rocks, trees and people. When a person starts to travel across an area of unstable snow, their weight can start a slide.
新编大学英语视听说4 听力原文及答案unit7
Unit 7 in Book 4Part 1Listening 1Ex 1: FFTTFEx 2: 1. neighborhood, drop by 2. hectic, relax 3. for sure, travel agency 4. landing a job, as difficult5. working your way throughScripts:Maria: Oh, hi Dave. Long time no see!Dave:Hi Maria. I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd drop by.Maria:Come in. Have a seat. Would you like something to drink? I have Sprite and orange juice.Dave:Sprite would be fine. Uh, so, how have you been?Maria:Oh, not bad. And you?Dave:Oh, I'm doing OK, but school has been really hectic these days, and I haven't had time to relax.Maria:What's your major anyway?Dave:Hotel management.Maria:Well, what do you want to do after graduation?Dave:Uh...I haven't decided for sure, but I think I'd like to work for a hotel or travel agency in this area. How about you?Maria:Well, when I first started college, I wanted to major in French, but then I realized I might have a hard time finding a job, so I changed to computer science. With theright skills, landing a job in the computer industry shouldn't be as difficult.Dave:So, do you have a part-time job to support yourself through school?Maria:Well, fortunately, I received a four-year academic scholarship that pays for all my tuition and books.Dave:Wow, that's great.Maria:Yeah. How about you? Are you working your way through school?Dave:Yeah. I work three times a week at a restaurant near campus.Maria:Oh, what do you do there?Dave:I'm a cook.Maria:How do you like your job?Dave: It's OK. People there are friendly, and the pay isn't bad.Listening 2Ex 1: BDACEx 2: 1. Jazz Society. 2. Cave Club. 3. Juggling Club. 4. The Food and Wine Club.Scripts:1. Do you need a place where you can juggle without breaking furniture? Our club offers a place to practice your skills and has equipment members can use. No experience is necessary to join.2 . If you play or just love listening to jazz, this is the club for you. Membership includes free entry to jazz concerts. The club also offers classes with well-known musicians for members who want to improve their playing.3 . A good cave exploration trip includes all those things your mother didn't like you doing when you were small—getting wet and dirty, jumping off things, and swinging on ropes. Our members explore dark and mysterious caves with underground rivers and noisy waterfalls. The club explores new caves in Britain and travels to other countries such as Spain.4 . The Food and Wine Club offers a variety of social events every year, including holiday parties, wine tastings, and our annual Oktoberfest trip to Munich. One of our past dinners has been described as "the best meal I've ever had".Listening 3Ex 1: AACBEx 2:TFTFFScripts:Well, I think first of all for first-time students, coming and living on campus in dormitories can provide a certain level of security as well as convenience because it's close to campus facilities and commuting without a car can be quite an experience, especially when you have to commute long distances. Also meals are usually provided on campus so students can devote more time to their studies, rather than to housekeeping. But, of course, students should also be aware that they'll have to obey the rules and regulations relating to student conduct. This is part of the contract with the university for living on campus.Another option is living off campus in apartments. Like living in dormitories, living in an apartment requires little or no maintenance mainly because that is usually handled by the owner or someone else. Also, if you live off campus, there might be a great amount of flexibility in choosing roommates that you might not have when living on campus. But you should be aware that tenants may be responsible for furnishing their own apartments.Well, of course, the choice is up to you, but be careful to review both the advantages and disadvantages of living on and off campus. Good luck.Listening 4Ex 1: F T T T FEx 2: 1. had a flower painted on her face 2. wore air-conditioned blue jeans / jeans with lot of holes in them3.had his hair down to his waistScripts:The following is a conversation between one woman, Grace, and two men, Martin and Curtis.)Grace: Martin, what do you remember most about our college days?Martin: What do I remember most?Grace: Curtis' hair: It was down to his waist.Curtis: I remember how Grace looked. She always had a flower painted on her face, remember that?Martin: Oh, yes.Grace: Now wait. Let's not forget Martin’s air-conditioned blue jeans. I never saw anybody with more holes in their jeans.Martin: They're a classic now. I still have those blue jeans!Grace: You still have them? I don't believe it. That's incredible!Martin: And I still wear them, too.Curtis: You know, I was just thinking about the most important thing that happened in college.Martin: The most important thing? You mean, the time we got arrested?Curtis: Mm.Grace: Yeah. You know, that's my best memory, going on that peace demonstration. You know, somehow getting arrested for something you believe in isn't scary at all.Curtis: No, it isn't at all. But it did help that there were 500 other students getting arrested along with us. Martin: That's true.Curtis: That was a great day, though.Grace: Hey, you all remember our last day of college?Curtis: Graduation? What's to remember? None of us went to graduation.Martin: Do you regret now, after all these years, that we skipped the ceremony?Grace: Not me. I don't think we missed anything that day.Curtis: No, nothing at all. And that picnic that the three of us had by the stream, remember?Grace: That was great.Curtis: Drinking wine, playing the guitar, singing. Oh, that was worth more to me than any graduation ceremony.Martin: That was the best graduation ceremony there could have been.Curtis: Mm-hmm.Part 4Further ListeningListening 1Ex: college Sunday ringing/calling end exams staying last/on terribly/badly/poorly courses help testing Marketing two stay holiday projectScripts:( Justin is twenty, and studying away from home in the north of England. He never writes home, but often calls his parents on Sunday evenings.)Mother: Hello. Bedford 21698.Justin: Hello, Mum. It's me, Justin.Mother: Hello, love. How are you?Justin: I'm fine, but I'm really tired.Mother: Oh, what have you been doing?Justin: Well, we've just started exams, so I've been staying up late, erm, it was 3 o'clock last night.Yeah, I've been studying really hard.Mother: Of course, it's exam time. When did they start?Justin: Last Thursday. We had our first one on Thursday morning. It was terrible. I don't want to talk about it.Mother: OK. What else have you been doing?Justin: Not a lot. I've been working too hard. Sometimes I go round to Lucinda's place and we study together.Mother: Lucinda? I haven't heard about her before. Who is she?Justin: You know. Lucinda, I'm sure I've told you about her. She's doing the same courses as I am.I've known her for ages. We often help each other with work. Sometimes we go to the pub orcook a meal together. Today, we've been testing each other on Economics and Marketing.She's just gone out to get a Chinese takeaway.Mother: Oh, yes. When exactly are you coming home?Justin: In two weeks. Term ends on the 30th. Oh, Mum, would it be OK if Lucinda came to stay for the holiday? Erm, we have to do a project together.Mother: That's fine, love. She's very welcome to stay. We'd like to meet her.Justin: Thanks, Mum. Lucinda's just come back with the food. I'll ring again before I come home.Love to Dad.Mother: Bye, love. And good luck in the exams.Justin: Thanks. I need all the luck I can get. Bye.Mother: Take care of yourself and work hard. Bye.Listening 2Ex 1: CBADScripts:College students must be mature enough to assume responsibilities for their own education. First, they must make themselves attend class. Many college instructors do not take roll, and many others don't penalize students for not going to class. A student who would rather sit in the bar than go to class has the option to do so. A student must be mature enough to realize that he needs to go to class. Second, college students have to motivate themselves to do their assignments. Many students are away from home, so the old enforcers, their parents, aren't there to ask if their reading is finished. No college teacher hounds a student for his homework. He simply puts down a zero and says nothing. It's up to the student to get the work done. Finally, college students are responsible for taking the required exams. A student who misses a test can't expect a professor even to mention it. It is totally his responsibility to arrange to make up the exam. Only students mature enough to accept these responsibilities are ready for college.Listening 3Scripts:Man: So you were studying for how long --let me see-- for four years altogether? Can you tell me a little about that course?Woman: Well, it was a very difficult, very tough course. I did English for the entire four years, so by the end, I was quite good. As for the Business Correspondence part, which I did in the second year andthird year, it was really mostly English too. I also did one year of French, in the fourth year,learning to meet people, or answer the telephone. Then there were three years of SecretarialPractice, starting in the second year; and three years of Shorthand, though I never got very good atit. And, well, I suppose the other subjects just fitted around that: Accounting in year three and four,Economics in the first and second and Bookkeeping in the third...no, no, in the second year, beforewe started Accounting.Listening 4The Bully Asleepby John WalshOne afternoon, when grassyScents through the classroom crept,Bill Craddock laid his headDown on his desk, and slept.The children came round him:Jimmy, Roger, and Jane;They lifted his head timidlyAnd let it sink again."Look, he's gone sound asleep, Miss,"Said Jimmy Adair;"He stays up all the night, you see.His mother doesn't care.""Stand away from him, children."Miss Andrews stooped to see."Yes, he's asleep; go onWith your writing and let him be.""Now's a good chance!" whispered Jimmy;And he snatched Bill's pen and hid it."Kick him under the desk hard;He won't know who did it.""Fill all his pockets with rubbish—Paper, apple-cores, chalk."So they plotted, while JaneSat wide-eyed at their talk.Not caring, not hearing,Bill Craddock he slept on;Lips parted, eyes closed—Their cruelty gone."Stick him with pins!" muttered Roger. "Ink down his neck!" said Jim.But Jane, tearful and foolish,Wanted to comfort him.。
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视听说原文Unit 4 The World of WorkAudio Track 4-4-1/Audio Track 4-4-2Alice: I work six days a week. My shift is from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. I’m on my feet all day long. It,s a very active job. Most of my customers are nice. I try to be friendly to everyone, but it,s difficult sometimes. My customers give me good tips. That,s nice. Diane: I,m very punctual 一actually, I can,t be late! You know what they say, “The show must go on!” I like being on stage. Something always happens, though. During the show last we ek, the lights went out. I couldn't believe it! You definitely have to be flexible.Mimi: My students are eight years old. I have to be careful about what I say and do. They are always watching me and copying my behavior. I,m like a big sister. The kids ha ve a lot of energy. I need patience in this job, thafs for sure!Audio Track 4-4-3/Audio Track 4-4-4Man: So, I see here that you went to college.Camille: Yes, sir. For two years. I didn,t graduate.Man: Do you speak any languages besides English?Camille: Yes, I speak conversational French. Man: Any other languages?Camille: No, thafs it.Man: Well, thafs great. As you know, we fly to Paris twice a week. We always need people who can speak French. Let,s see …have you worked for an airline before? Camille: No. I have no job experience.Man: So, this would be your first job. Camille: Yes.Man: Well, I only have two more questions. Are you healthy and physically fit? Can you lift heavy objects?Camille: Yes, I think so.Man: Well, the emergency window exit on the plane weighs about 50 pounds. And the meal cart is very heavy, too. You need to move those objects sometimes. Camille: I think I can do that.Man: Wonderful. Let me tell you about the next step. We have a six-week training program that takes p lace in the summer. You have to …Audio Track 4-4-5I plan to become a teacher after I finish my studies. I decided to study at this university because the teaching program is very good. We have a lot of practice working with children. I love to work with young kids. I expect to graduate from the university next June, and I hope to find a job in a kindergarten. I5ll try to start working in September.Audio Track 4-4-6Mr. Grant: Hello, Ms. Hale. I,m Mr. Grant, the advertising manager for the compan y. Do you have a resume or curriculum vitae to give to me?Ms. Hale: Yes, Mr. Grant. Here it is.Mr. Grant: Thank you. Now, let me tell you a little bit about the job. We need someone to design brochures on the computer. Do you have up-to-date computer skills?Ms. Hale: Yes, I do. In my present position I use computer graphics all the time. I have experience with animation as well.Mr. Grant: Oh, that,s very good. We hope to launch a new group of animated ads next spring. Can you work with others in a pleasant manner, Ms. Hale?Ms. Hale: My co-workers seem to think so. I can also work independently by myself. Mr. Grant: That,s necessary, too. What about flexibility in working long hours on a project?Ms. Hale: I have a lot of energy and I,m willing to get th e job done. The work I did last year won two awards at a national conference.Mr. Grant: Excellent. That,s very impressive. By the way, did I mention that we need someone to start next week?Ms. Hale: No, you didn,t, but it might be possible.Mr. Grant: Go od. Thank you for coming today. We'll be in touch soon.Audio Track 4-4-7/Audio Track 4-4-8You,ve never met Melissa Hayes, and you don,t know her name, but you know her voice. Melissa records information messages for the telephone company. When you he ar “The number you c alled has been changed …”一 thafs Melissa!“Yes, it,s true,” she says. 'Tm the voice talent for National Telephone.” At least50,000 people hear her voice every day. “I try to sound warm and friendly, even when I,m saying, I,m sorry, that number is incorrect. Please try again.”Melissa works only three days a week, but she has to practice a lot. “My voice has to sound the same at the end of eight hours.” She,s very careful about her voice. “I don't go outside in cold weather, and I hav e to drink lots of hot water with honey. I can,t go to horror movies because I always scream, and I might hurt my voice!”How did she get her job? “A friend told me about it. I listened to all the telephone company messages on my phone, and then I recorded a cassette of those messages. After I sent it to the company, I called them every day for a month!”She,s done this work for three years now, and she loves it. “It,s fun! And I,m helping people by using my voice.” Plus, people are always surprised when th ey hear aboutM elissa,s job. They say, “You,re a real person? I thought it was a computer!”Audio Track 4-4-9/Audio Track 4-4-10Interview 1Interviewer: What is your job, Ken?Ken: I,m a V. J. or “video jockey.”Interviewer: How would you describe your job?Ken: I,m on TV. I introduce music videos and talk about them. I also interview singers who appear in videos.Interviewer: What is the best part of your job?Ken: I get to meet a lot of famous people. Thafs very exciting. Also, I love music, so i t,s a lot of fun.Interviewer: What is the worst part of your job?Ken: I get to meet a lot of famous people. Some of them are not very nice. They think they are better than me. They can be very demanding.Interviewer: What was your most memorable moment?Ken: Last year, I presented an award on TV at a video music awards show. I couldn't believe it. They flew me out to Los Angeles and I stayed in Beverly Hills. I was on the TVshow for a whole 45 seconds! I got to meet a lot of stars.Interviewer: I want to be a V. J. How do I get the job?Ken: Well, first you have to make a videotape about yourself. You need to talk about certain things on the video. In my case, there was a list of questions, like “What did you do last weekend?” and “What,s in your CD player right now?” After you talk about yourself, you send the videotape in to the TV station. They call you if they like the tape.Interview 2Interviewer: What is your job, Steven?Steven: I,m a car courier.Interviewer: How would you describe your job?Steven: Sometimes a person or a company needs a car moved from one place to another. They may not have time to do it themselves. They hire me to drive the car. Interviewer: What is the best part of your job?Steven: I like to drive, so it,s fun for me. Last sum mer, I drove all the way from New York to California. The weather was great. I had the radio on and enjoyed my trip very much.Interviewer: What is the worst part of your job?Steven: I have to be very punctual. If I say I,ll arrive on Monday at 6:00, I ha ve to be there by Monday at 6:00. I have to be dependable. It,s stressful at times. Interviewer: What was your most memorable moment?Steven: I drove across the desert as the sun was setting. It was incredible! Interviewer: I want to be a car courier. How do I get the job?Steven: Thafs a good question. My mother started this business, so she hired me. You'd have to call my mother to find out!Audio Track 4-4-111.My father has worked there for decades.2.I,ve lived in the same city for my entire life.3.I,ve lived in this neighborhood for five years.Audio Track 4-4-121. He,s been sick for two days.1.1haven,t eaten for six hours.3.She,s taught school for years.4.I haven,t seen him for months.Speaking & CommunicationAudio Track 4-4-13Juan: Greg? Greg Anderson?Greg: Juan Torres! How are you!Juan: Great. How about you?Greg: Just fine. What are you doing now?Juan: Well, I just came back from Asia.Greg: What were you doing there?Juan: I was working in Osaka and studying Japanese.Greg: Wow! Can you speak Japanese now?Juan: Yes, I can ... What,s new with you?Greg: Do you remember Kathy Morris?Juan: Of course. She sat next to me in biology class.Greg: Well, we got married. We,ve been married fOr two years now.Audio Track 4-4-14For me, the most suitable job is desktop publisher. That,s because I can type and spell very well, and I,ve got excellent computer skills. Although I cannot currently design with a computer, I am a fast learner and could brush up my skills on the job.Audio Track 4-4-15Conversation 1A:Do you know how to type?B:I know how to type, but I,m not very good at it. I get bored easily, having to sit at a desk for a long period of time.A:Well, what are you good at?B:I'm an excellent cook. I coo k for my friends all the time.A:Great! Would you say you are good with people?B:Sure. I,m often told I,m a good listener.A: In that case, you would be most suited to the role of personal home care assistant. Conversation 2A:Can you cook?B:I can cook, but I dislike doing it. To be specific, I dislike doing the washing up afterwards.A:Are you good at using computers?B:I am very capable. I can type really well. I,m fast and accurate.A:Great! Are you able to design with a computer?B:Absolutely, I took some graphic design courses in college.A:I think it,s obvious. The role you are most suited for is desktop publisher. Conversation 3A: You are interested in sport and fitness, right?B:It sure is. I,m an expert yoga teacher. I,ve been taking my own class for quite a few years now.A:Well, I guess you,re good at encouraging others?B:I sure am. I,d say I,m good at motivating others, giving them encouragement.A: Well, there is no question about it. You are most suited to the role of a fitness instructor. Audio Track 4-4-161.Teachers must be able to encourage others to learn. They must also be observant and able to identify and solve their students, problems.2.Being a flight attendant is not as glamorous as it looks. You are always on the move. You travel to many places but you don,t have time to visit and enjoy the sights.3.It goes without saying that accountants must be good with numbers and very analytical. They also need good memories, so they can remember the laws of financial reporting.4.Obviously, a computer programmer needs to excel at computing. In addition to this, they need to be able to follow instructions well.5.Police officers ensure the safety of society. In combating crime, they must be courageous and willing to face danger almost every day.Video CourseVideo Track 4-4-1Natalie: I work for a television station that was launched ten years ago and I have been working there for about a year.Dan: I work with computers at a hospital and I have been doing that for three years. Gian: I am a marketing manager. I make brochures, I send out e-mails, and I work on the web.Video Track 4-4-2Kumiko: I have two ideal jobs and teaching Japanese is one of them. The other one is training dogs. I like working with dogs because they give me unconditional love all the time.Dave: My ideal job would be designing movie posters and CD covers. To do this job, I need a strong foundation in art, and it helps to be able to speak two languages.Jackie: Teaching is an ideal job for me because I enjoy being around children and I want to help them learn.Vanessa: My dream job is to be a photographer because I love taking pictures. Dayanne: I would like to help people in developing countries. In order to do this job well you need to be passionate, you need to be able to listen, and you need to communicate.Jonathan: My future plans are to get into computer animation …and hopefully become an animator in movies or video games. To be a computer animator, you have to be patient, work hard, and be creative.Calum: My ideal job would be a reporter or to work for a newspaper, and that way I could see the world, and also keep up-to-date with events. For my job you should be able to write well, and you should be well-informed, and you should be able to communicate well.Video Track 4-4-3Dave: My ideal job would be designing movie posters and CD covers. To do this job, I need a strong foundation in art, and it helps to be able to speak two languages. Jonathan: My future plans are to get into computer animation … and hopefully become an animator in movies or video games. To be a computer animator, you have to be patient, work hard, and be creative.Calum: My ideal job would be a reporter or to work for a newspaper, and that way I could see the world, and also keep up-to-date with events. For my job you should be able to write well, and you should be well-informed, and you should be able to communicate well. Video Track 4-4-4Ms. Li: Hi, I,m Yvonne Li. Welcome.Claudia: Hi, Claudia Oliveira.Ms. Li: Please have a seat. Thanks very much for coming in. Did you bring your resume? Claudia: Yes. Here you are.Ms. Li: Great. Thanks. First let me tell you a little bit about the job. We,re looking for someone to sell our new software product internationally. The job requires flexibility, independence, and most importantly, a pleasant manner with customers.Claudia: I agree …that,s important. I,ve worked in sales for years and have always tried to really listen to my customers to find out what they nee d. I think I,m really good at that.Ms. Li: Thafs great. So tell me a little bit about your experience with software programs.Claudia: Well, I've trained people how to use a similar software product for the past two years at my current job, so I really feel I know the product and customer needs. Ms. Li: Hmm …interesting, and your sales experience?Claudia: I,ve been with my present company for three years and in my present position since last year. In that time, I,ve been named salesperson of the month t hree times, and have taken top sales awards several times as well.Ms. Li: Impressive …Claudia: I,m also taking graduate courses right now in marketing. I feel it really helps me understand the market better, especially the competition.Ms. Li: You,ve bee n very busy, Ms. Oliveira! Well, thanks very much for coming in. We,ll be in touch.Ms. Li: Hey, Bill, I just interviewed a woman for that software sales position.Mr. Howard: How did it go?Ms. Li: Very well.Mr. Howard: Do you think she,s right for the j ob?Ms. Li: I think so. She has a high energy level and a lot of experience.Mr. Howard: OK. Let,s offer her the job.Ms. Li: Great.Tara: Hello?Ms. Li: Hello, Claudia Oliveira, please.Tara: She can,t come to the phone right now. May I take a message?Ms. Li: Yes, please tell her Yvonne Li called.Tara: OK.Claudia: (enters from bedroom) Come on. We,re going to be late for our aerobics class!Tara: Oh, by the way there was a phone call from some woman called … Yvonne …Yvonne something … (door closes)Claudia: (Opens door and runs for phone) Ah!Video Track 4-4-5Ms. Li: Hi, I,m Yvonne Li. Welcome.Claudia: Hi, Claudia Oliveira.Ms. Li: Please have a seat. Thanks very much for coming in. Did you bring your resume? Claudia: Yes. Here you are.Ms. Li: G reat. Thanks. First let me tell you a little bit about the job. We,re looking for someone to sell our new software product internationally. The job requires flexibility, independence, and most importantly, a pleasant manner with customers.Claudia: I agree …that,s important. I,ve worked in sales for years and have always tried to really listen to my customers to find out what they need. I think I,m really good at that.Ms. Li: That,s great. So tell me a little bit about your experience with software programs.Claudia: Well, I've trained people how to use a similar software product for the past two years at my current job, so I really feel I know the product and customer needs.Ms. Li: Hmm …interesting, and your sales experience?Claudia: I,ve been with my present company for three years and in my present position since last year. In that time, I,ve been named salesperson of the month three times, and have taken top sales awards several times as well.Ms. Li: Impressive …Claudia: I,m also taking graduate co urses right now in marketing. I feel it really helps me understand the market better, especially the competition.Ms. Li: You,ve been very busy, Ms. Oliveira! Well, thanks very much for coming in. We,ll be in touch.Video Track 4-4-6Ms. Li: Hey, Bill, I just interviewed a woman for that software sales position.Mr. Howard: How did it go?Ms. Li: Very well.Mr. Howard: Do you think she,s right for the job?Ms. Li: I think so. She has a high energy level and a lot of experience.Mr. Howard: OK. Let,s off er her the job.Ms. Li: Great.Tara: Hello?Ms. Li: Hello, Claudia Oliveira, please.Tara: She can,t come to the phone right now.May I take a message?Ms. Li: Yes, please tell her Yvonne Li called.Tara: OK.Claudia: (enters from bedroom) Come on. We,re g oing to be late for our aerobics class! Tara: Oh, by the way there was a phone call from some woman called … Yvonne …Yvonne something … (door closes)Claudia: (Opens door and runs for phone) Ah!。
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Unit1Part 2 PassagesPassage 1 SnackIt’s 3:15 in the afternoon and half the office just stepped out* for a coffee break. Your eyelids are starting to close and 7-11 is just around the corner. A soda or a bag of chips would be just the thing to perk you up*. So you, too, go out for an afternoon snack.Sometimes we eat simply because everyone else is doing it. Other times we eat when we feel tired, bored or depressed. Snacking for the wrong reasons can lead to overeating and unhealthy diet.Of course, there are times when our bodies really need extra energy. Here are four tips to keep your snacking on the right track.1. Know why you’re eating. Using food to change your feelings can be a dangerous habit. An order of French fries might distract* you from feeling sad for a while, but it’s only a temporary cure. Once the fries are gone, the problem is still there. If you’re feeling lonely, don’t reach into the refrigerator. Call a friend. If you’re feeling stressed, take a 10-minute walk.2. Find a healthy pick-me-up*. If you’re truly hungry, a healthy snack can give you the boost of energy you need. If you like fresh foods, bring a small bag of tomatoes or apples slices to work whit you. To tame your sweet tooth, try a handful of dried fruit. A serving of nuts can be a perfect pick-me-up. They have the right combination of nutrients to give you the energy you need. But wait until you’re hungry to find something to eat. Plan ahead and bring something healthy whit you.3. Eat just one serving. Don’t open up a whole box of crackers and start munching away. Instead, pull out just one serving and put away the box.4. Think of snacks as mini-meals. Eating small, healthy snack can keep you from stuffing yourself at the next meal. Instead of eating three big meals each day, split them into four or five mini-meals. You may actually eat less food overall.Use these tips to help you plan snacks ahead of time. The next time you have a snack attack, tame your hunger the healthy way.Exercise A:a soda or a bag of chips; a piece of cake; a sandwich; a small bag of tomatoes; a small bag of apple slices; a serving of nuts; a glass of low-fat-milk; a serving of crackers, etc.Exercise B:1. A2. D3. B4. C5. D6. B7. C8. AUnit2Part 2 passagespassage 1 Why Shouldn't you Go by First Impressions?One shouldn't always go by* first impressions. In my hometown there lived a giant of a man with huge hands and a manner so fierce and unfriendly that he always sat alone in any public place. Yet to those who knew him, he wasa kind and generous friend. In the same way one should never assume* thatsomebody who looks inoffensive is always going to behave in an inoffensive manner.Recently my young brother, who works for a famous American airline, was reminded of this truth. The plane was overbooked and for once all the passengers turned up. So my brother had thedifficult task of choosing three passengers and informing them that they couldn't travel on the flight in question*.question*.Knowing that the young are generally impatient and often aggressive, my brother chose three elderly travellers, an English couple and a little old American lady.The English couple accepted the situation and went to have a drink while waiting for the next flight. Then my brother approached the American lady, whose name was Mrs Pepper, with a sad smile on his face, "Mrs Pepper? May I have a few words? I'm afraid we have a problem.""A problem? What de you mean, we have a problem, young man?"“Would you like to come into the office” asked my brother, sensing that this was not going to be easy."Oh, very well, but only for a moment. I have a plane to catch, you know.""Er ... yes." My brother explained the position.The little lady looked at him with steely, blue eyes. "Young man," she said. "I don't believe you are aware that you are talking to Mrs Katherine Pepper, widow of General Arnold Pepper, of the United States Army Air Force and I'd like to inform you, further, that the President of your airline was a personal friend of the General's. In the circumstances I'd advise you to sort this out* right away, otherwise you're going to be in a lot of trouble. Do I make myself clear?"Exercise A:Appearances are often deceptive. In this passage, the two examples tell us the reason why we shouldn't go by first impressions.Exercise B:I.C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. BUnit3Dialogue 2 Card Insurances—I'll tell you about one awful experience that happened to me, erm, I took out, erm ... one of these card insurances that cover all your cards (Mm.) should your cards be stolen and I had my handbag snatched* in a store and immediately got thestore security, who were very quick, got me into their office and we phoned all of the credit cards that I had on me, within ten minutes.—Which is what they tell you to do?—Yeah. When, I suppose by the time we’d got to all of them it about half an after the bag had been snatched. Got up to the top floor of the office, started ringing round, and the whole thing was done within half an hour. Erm, when the bag was snatched it went through apparently a chain of people, out of the store, and it went two miles away and they managed to ... three different people had spent over ￡2,000 on four of my cards ...—But you're only liable* for the first 50.—I wasn't liable for any of it. Because thank goodness I had this insurance.—None of it. Yeah.—But ...—Touch wood* quick. That was ...—.. They'd spent it within twenty minutes of stealing.—That's incredible, isn't it?—And the thing that absolutely horrified me was I was close to limits on two of the cards, the ones that I do clear every month (Mm – mm.) I was close to the limit I'm allowed on those, and they, both of those cards they went into banks, said they were me, and got (No!) well over what the top limit would have been.—Really! Well it just goes to show, you could walk into a bank and get more than you could possibly ever pay off*!—I couldn't probably, because I go in, and they say, "No, you've spent it all already? —Right, right.1. F2. F 3, F 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. F 8.TPassage 1 Credit CardsThe system of bank credit cards operates in much the same way as a store credit account except that the holder is not restricted to making purchases in one place.Cards can be presented at any place where the bank card sign is displayed, and that could be at a shop, a service station, a hotel, a restaurant or in fact at all kinds of businesses.The sales assistant imprints the card details onto a sales voucher* which the customer signs, and the card is then returned to the customer. Each month the bank sends the holder a credit card statement setting out where purchases were made and totalling what is owing. A payment has to be made within 25 days of the date of the statement, but not necessarily the full amount. If the customer pays in full within this time the use of the card does not cost anything, But if he decides to pay only the minimum repayment shown on the statement –￡5 or 5% of the outstanding* balance*, which- ever is the greater -- he automatically chooses to use the system's extended repayment facility. The remaining balance is then carried forward and attracts interest at the rate of 2.25% per month.Bank credit cards are more versatile than store credit accounts in that they also enable people to obtain cash .Any bank displaying the bank card sign will arrange a cash advance* for a card holder, whether or not be is one of their own customers. Formoney drawn in this way the bank makes a charge at the rate of 2 25% a month calculated. cash advances appear on the monthly bank card statement.The bank credit card system operates entirely separately from cheque accounts but nevertheless it is a customer's previous relationship with his bank that is used as a guide to the amount of credit he will be extended. When a card is issued a personal credit limit is imposed indicating the maximum that can be owing at any one time. This is confidential* between customer and bank and does not appear on the card. Exercise A:The system of bank credit cards operates in much the same way as a store credit account except that the holder is not restricted to making purchases in one place. Bank credit cards can be presented at any place where the bank card sign is displayed and in fact at all kinds of businesses. Bank credit cards also enable people to obtain cash. Exercise B:1. A2. C3. C4. B5. D6. D7.B8. BUnit6Passage 1 The Loch Ness MonsterOne of the strangest and most fascinating things about Scotland* is the Loch* Ness Monster, Some people believe in the monster's existence. Many do not! However, very important bodies of people do believe there is some truth in the famous monster story: experts from Britain's Royal Air Force*, scientists from the Boston Academy of Applied Science* and computer specialists from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S.A.), to mention but a few!Loch Ness is an enormous lake in Northern Scotland. It is about twenty-four miles long and one mile wide, and has an approximate depth of 1,000 feet, which makes it very difficult for anybody to find and examine the highly elusive* monster. In fact the first convincing reports of people seeing the monster date from only about six years before the beginning of the Second World War. Since then there have been other sightings, and photographs of the monster have been taken! Many of these photographs have later been recognised as fakes -- silly jokes played on an unsuspecting public! However, other photographs have amazed the most searching scientific minds. In fact, it seems certain that something (and probably several of them) does exist in the deep waters of Loch Ness. The most amazing photographs show a flipper* -- the flipper perhaps of a very large animal (twenty or thirty feet long, it is imagined).From these photos British specialist in animal life, Sir Peter Scott, who is also an artist, hasconstructed this picture of what he believes the monster might look like.But where did the monster come from? Did it mysteriously climb out of a prehistoric world beneath the earth's crust*? Did it originally swim into the lake from the sea? Before the Ice Age, Loch Ness opened into the sea. Was the young monster's egg frozen into the ice of the Ice Age? And somehow did the monster come aliveagain when the ice went away? We just do not know! Can we ever find the answers to all the questions surrounding the legend* of the Loch Ness Monster, do you think? Exercise A:Loch Ness is an enormous lake in Northern Scotland. It is about twenty-four miles long and one mile wide, and has an approximate depth of 1,000 feet.Exercise B:1.C *2. A3. D4. A5. B6. B7. C8. DExercise C:l. One of the strangest and most fascinating things about Scotland is the Loch Ness Monster.2. They are Britain's Royal Air Force, the Boston Academy of Applied Science and NASA.3. Because the most amazing photographs show a flipper -- the flipper perhaps of a very large animal (twenty or thirty feet long, it is imagined).4. Because before the Ice Age, Loch Ness opened into the sea.5. Sir Peter Scott is a British specialist in animal life and also an artist.Unit7Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dialoguesco Dialogue 1 Stressed OutFriend: Are you OK, Mia? You look beat. You look really tired.Mia: I am. I can't seem to sleep at night. I've been under a lot of pressure lately --a lot of stress.Friend: What's up?Mia: I've got a million things to do. I'm busy at work. I'm working on the house too, you know. I'm trying to fix it up. I need to finish it beforewinter. Just lots of deadlines.Friend: Any way I can help?Mia: Thanks, but not really. It's just things l have to do.Friend: Well, you need to manage that stress a little better. Are you getting any exercise?Mia: Who has time?Friend: You really should ride a bicycle to the store, or walk to work a couple of days a week, or go swimming at the community center. It helps me to getexercise when I'm busy. You don't have to beme a fitness nut*, you know. Mia: That is a good suggestion. It's just the time, you know. I'm always thinking of what Ishould be doing.Friend: No wonder you can't sleep. A lot of people learn to meditate* or learn yoga.Meditation and yoga are supposed to be good ways to deal with stress. Theyhelp you relax.Mia: Yoga? Maybe I'll call the community center. They might have some classes there.Friend: You know, another thing you can do is to take vitamins. You use up a lot of vitamins andyou don't get them in your meals all the time. They won't help the stress, but they mighthelp your body handle it better. You really should take vitamins every day. Mia: Yeah, I should get some. Thanks.Friend: How about going out with Rosa and me this Friday? It'll do you good. We could see amovie, make you forget your problems. Have a little fun.Mia: You know, you're right about all of this. Let's go somewhere Friday night, have dinner, see a movie. That'll be fun.Friend: Now you're talking!Mia: OK. See you Friday. Got to get back to work!Friend: Mia, you're hopeless, truly hopeless.Exercise A:F I. Mia looks fired and beaten. (You look beat means you look tired.)T 2. Mia has been under a lot of pressure probably because she finds it difficult to meet thedeadlines. (Mia: I've g6t a million things to do .... Just lots of deadlines.) T 3. She is repairing her house herself. (Mia: I'm working on the house too, you know. I'mtrying to fix it up.)T 4. Her friend believes exercise can help you relax.T 5. Her friend also believes that if you get regular exercises you will probably become afitness nut. (Friend: Well, you need to manage that stress a little better. Areyou gettingany exercise?)T 6. Mia has insomnia. (Mia: I can't seem to sleep at night.)T 7. Meditation and yoga are supposed to be good ways to deal with stress. (Friend: A lot ofpeople learn to meditate or learn yoga. Meditation and yoga are supposed to be goodways to deal with stress.)F 8. Medication can also relieve stress. (Friend: They won't help the stress, but they mighthelp your body handle it better.)T 9. Mia will go out with her friend Friday evening. (Mia: OK. See you Friday.) T 10. Mia is probably a workaholic. (Mia: ... Got to get back to work! / Friend: Mia, you'rehopeless, truly hopeless.)unit9Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart t DialoguesDialogue 1 BrainA: A brain is like a walnut, with two halves, a left side and a right side. The left-hand side we use for language, we speak with that side, we read, we make sums, do calculations, keep time, allthe kind of practical sides, and as a result that's the side most people use most of the time. The right-hand side is the imaginary side, the side we use for dreaming, for (urn) enjoying abstract things maybe like colours and nature, and that kind of things. It's also the side we use for drawing. What you must learn to be able to see like an artist is to shift from the left side to the right side, and that is something everybody can learn.B: So how do you move from using one side of the brain to using the other side? A: Well, it's just a question of learning to reuse that side, because we all used the right side when we were children, and everybody could draw without worry everything that they wanted to draw. And then when you're about 12 suddenly you want to draw it exactly right, as what you think is exactly right, and discover you can't do it any more, and stop drawing, so you have to learn again to use your brain in that free and open way.B: Why is it that children stop using that side of the brain? What happens to them at that age to make them stop using both sides of their brain?A: They go to secondary school, and they suddenly have to do lots of homework, lots of mathematical things, and their whole education is geared towards* using the left side, and the right side is simply not considered important.Exercise:F 1. Mathematicians use the right-hand side of the brain a lot, (The left-hand side we use ... do calculations.)T 2. There is a special part in the brain that controls language learning. (The left-hand side we use for language, we speak with that side ...)T 3. You have to use your imagination when enjoying abstract paintings. (The right-hand side is the imaginary side, for um enjoying abstract things ...) T 4. People use left-hand side of the brain for dreaming. (The right-hand side is the imaginary side, the side we use for dreaming ...)F 5. Everyone can be an artist if you have learnt to shift from the left side to the right side. (What you must learn to be able to see like an artist is to shift from the left side to the right side, and that is something everybody can learn.)T 6. The best time for human beings m learn drawing is when they are children. (We all used the right side when we were children, and everybody could draw without worry every- thing that they wanted to draw.)T 7. Children begin to use left-hand side more at the age of 12. (B: ... What happens to them at that age to make them stop using both sides of their brain? / A: They go to secondary school, and they suddenly have to do lots of homework, lots of mathemati- cal things.)T 8. It seems that something has to be done so that children can develop both sides of their brain. (,,. their whole education is geared towards using the left side, and the right side is simply not considered important.)Part 2 PassagesPassage 1 The Office LadyAn estimated 70% of single working women in Tokyo live with their parents and only about half pay some rent. These women did not return to the nest after college, they never left. Their incomes are mostly disposable and spent on leisure and luxury. The main reason for this phenomenon is that life at home is comfortable. They don't cook, do laundry or housework. Their mothers take care of them.These young women are in no hurry to get married. Getting mamed means less money and lower standard of living. "The problem with marriage is that the husband usually doesn't want the wife to work," says 26 year old Yuriko Kuramochi, who is employed by a movie distributor*. "In the United States and Europe, it's possible to pursue a career even after marriage, even after having a baby," added Tamako Sarada, a writer. "But in Japan, if after marrying a woman then realizes there is something she wants to do, she has almost no chance to come back to it." / This is the first significant group of Japanese women to stay single beyond their early twenties. In the past 15 years, the number of women who are single into their late twenties has risen to 50%. They are targeted by the travel market as "Office Ladies." According to the JTB,in 1998 they held an impressive 11% share of the total outbound* leisure travel market from Japan.Miki Takasu is a typical "Office Lady." She is 26, drives a BMW*, carries a $2,800 Chanel* purse, and vacations in Switzerland, Thailand, Los Angeles, New York and Hawaii. She earns $28,000 a year and frequently makes quick shopping trips to South Korea, Hawaii, Malaysia and ~ Egypt, traveling with her girlfriends, who are also "Office Ladies."In the spring of 1998, the JTB* organized a shopping tour of Italy that attracted 800 "Office Ladies" in three months. The tour concentrated solely on shopping at Italian outlets*, and featured none of Italy's famous tourist attractions. The participants didn't even partake of Italy's celebrated food, but grabbed snacks onthe run.The Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel offers the popular Cinderella Night* that includes a deluxe* room, aromatherapy* session, use of the pool, gym and sauna, and room service breakfast for $225 per person.Exercise A:These office ladies with good education usually have their own life-style. They prefer freedom and spontaneity, privacy and leisure. They aim high and work diligently. They are smart and intelligent with firm determination.Exercise B:1B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. DExercise C:1. About 70%.2. Because they were taken care of by their mothers.3. 11% share.4. $2,8005. Because they were interested only in shopping in Italy.Uint13Dialogue 2 Sub-aqua DivingInterviewer: Well, Mr McKenzie is here this afternoon to tell us a little bit about sub-aqua* diving. We may have heard it under the name of scubadiving*. But recently I understand it's become a very popular sport.Would you tell us how you first became involved in it?Mr McKenzie: Surely. I started diving on the western islands of Scotland in the early fifties, I was brought into it by a cousin who was ... Interviewer: So you were very young at the time. What age was this, about?Mr McKenzie: Well, you make me blush now, but I must have been about fourteen or fifteen years old.Interviewer: Oh really? So young children can start at that age?Mr McKenzie: Well, yes, they can now because of the improvement of diving techniques, equip-ment and instruction.Interviewer: What was the main purpose of your doing sub-aqua diving, was it for catching fish or the adventure involved ... ?Mr McKenzie: Well, as I said, I got dragged into it by this cousin who said they wanted someone to help them at the fishing. He was, at the time,fishing for shellfish* and flying them direct from the heart of theHebrides*, would you believe, to Paris. It was only forcommercial interest that I got involved. But from day one I lovedit and I've been in sub-aqua or, as you say, scuba or skin divingever since.Interviewer: And what about the equipment you need? Is it very expensive?Mt McKenzie: Well, it's no more expensive than ... er ... than skiing; and certainly less expensivethan a full set of golf clubs*. You basically need just a bottle and atube from the bottle to your mouth and the rest of it is simply leadweights and rubber.Interviewer: And this equipment can be obtained from sports shops or do you have to send offfor it ...?Mr McKenzie: Well, because of the increase of the er ... er... the development of the sport you can find it in many, many sports centres. Further,because of the number of people who are now scuba diving, you'llfind that the price of equipment has decreased in the last ten yearsto make it really quite reasonable as an expense.Interviewer: And what about training for this sport?Mr McKenzie: Well, training in the UK is very extensive. We have a national sub-aqua club. That club will take you from the age of abouttwelve and will train you from day one in a swimming pool andsome six months later you will find that you are in the sea, divingand enjoying it in a ... what we claim to be perfect safety. Interviewer: Yes, this brings me (fade) to my final point er ...Exercise:1. B2. C3. D4. D5. A6. B7. C8. APart 2 PassagesPassage 1 Fascinating BubblesWhat is so fascinating about bubbles? The precise sphericaI shape, the incredibly fragile nature of the microscopically* thin soap film, the beautiful colors that swirl* and shimmer*, or most likely, a combination of all these phenomena? Why does a bubble form a sphere at all? Why not a cube*, tetrahedron*, or other geometrical figure? Let's look at the forces that mold bubbles.When I was a young boy, wonderful free gifts came in cereal boxes. Things like Flash Gordon space rings and Dick Tracy detective membership cards.One morning while emptying the cereal box a strange object fell out. It looked like a flattened gray colored ice cream cone. Little did I know what magic was in store for me.I popped open the absorbent* paper object into a funnel or cone shape and then mixed up a soap solution as instructed on the cereal box.I was familiar with the bubble blowing solution sold with a plastic or wire blowing ring available at our neighborhood corner store, I was an expert at blowing bubbles, nothing could surprise me.I submerged the funnel into the bowl of soap solution and started blowing a bubble. At first everything was normal, I blew what I thought were large 15 cm bubbles and set them floating in the air separating them from the funnel with a snap of the wrist. Soon I was blowing larger bubbles 20, 25 and 30 cm bubbles. I learned that as the bubbles became larger, the slower your movements must be so as not to dislodge* the bubble from the cone. I soon was blowing 60 cm diameter, long lasting bubbles with no problem at all.Exercise A:One of the most effective ways is to use soap solution.Exercise B:1.D2. C3. A4. B5. C6. A7. D8. DExercise C:l, The spherical shape, the incredibly fragile nature, the beautiful colours, and a combination of allthese phenomena are so fascinating.2. He noticed them when he was a very young boy.3. A strange object fell out, looking like a flattened gray coloured ice cream cone.4. He did it as instructed on the cereal box.5. He learned that as the bubbles became larger, the slower the movements must be so as not todislodge the bubble from the cone,unit14Dialogue I Mixed MarriageA: I'm married to a Russian who is naturalized* British ... I had this thing, I never really thought of my husband as Russian. Then I don't think of myself as totally, as British, as being absolutelytypical. When I went to the Soviet Union for the first time I tried to imagine him there, and puthim into this environment, and I couldn't see him there at all.B: Could I just ask, what did his parents think about you marrying ... their son?A: They, er, they wanted to know, his mother's a very, very practical Russian lady and she wanted to know everything about me and she was very worried as to what my parents would think about me being with him. Er, that was her greatest concern. And, erm, she couldn't understand, really, couldn't he find a nice Russian girl ... (laughter) that he wanted to be with, and then erm, I was able to go into the Soviet Union and visit and they met me, and gave me the going-over* and, er, within a few hours I was in, I knew I was in. They're a very lovely family and they were very very nice to me. And she wasn't troubled by it at all. She couldn't understand, she was very concerned that I, I wouldn't be able to totally understand him, but exm, we ... she's happy now, especially since she was able to visit, it made a great difference to her.Exercise:T 1. The woman's husband is a Russian British.(I'm married to a Russian who is naturalizedBritish.)F 2. Her husband still keeps his Russian tradition. (When I went to the SovietUnion for the first time I tried to imagine him there, and put him into thisenvironment, and I couldn't see him there at all.)F 3. Her Russian mother-in-law's greatest concern was the harmony of the young couple. (Shewas very worried as to what my parents would think about me being withhim. Er, that was her greatest concern.)T 4. Her mother-in-law wanted her son to marry a Russian girl. (She couldn't understand whyhe couldn't find a nice Russian girl)T 5. The woman was probably asked a lot of questions when she first visited her in-laws.(They met me, and gave me the going-over.)F 6. She was let into the house after a few hours. (Within a few hours I was in, I knew I wasin = I was accepted by the family.)T 7. She was probably feeling a little bit nervous when she visited her mother-in-law. (They'rea very lovely family and they were very nice to me. And she wasn't troubledby it at all.)T 8. Her mother-in-law is happy now because she has the opportunity to visit Britain. (She'shappy now, especially since she was able to visit, it made a great difference to her.)。
大学英语教材听力文本
大学英语教材听力文本Unit 1: Making FriendsPart 1: IntroductionWelcome to Unit 1 of the English Language Learning Program. In this unit, we will focus on the topic of making friends. The aim is to enhance your listening skills, improve your vocabulary, and provide you with practical examples of conversations related to this theme.Part 2: Dialogue 1A: Hi, my name is Lisa. What's your name?B: Hi Lisa, I'm John. Nice to meet you.A: Nice to meet you too, John. Are you a new student here?B: Yes, I just transferred to this university last semester. How about you?A: I'm also new. I just enrolled this semester. Do you know anyone here?B: Not yet, but I'm hoping to make friends. Maybe we can hang out sometime?Part 3: Vocabulary ExpansionNow, let's take a look at some vocabulary words related to making friends:1. introduce: to make someone known to others2. transfer: to move from one place to another3. enroll: to officially join a course or program4. hang out: to spend time relaxing or socializing with friendsPart 4: Dialogue 2A: Excuse me, can I sit here?B: Of course, go ahead.A: Thanks. So, what's your major?B: I'm studying psychology. How about you?A: I'm majoring in business administration. Do you have any tips for making friends on campus?B: Sure. One thing I've learned is to join clubs or organizations that align with your interests. It's a great way to meet like-minded people.Part 5: Listening ComprehensionNow, you will listen to a conversation between two students discussing their strategies for making friends on campus. After listening, you will answer a set of questions regarding the conversation.Part 6: ConclusionIn this unit, we have explored the topic of making friends. Through various dialogues, vocabulary expansion, and listening comprehension exercises, you have gained valuable insights into effective ways of connecting with others in a university setting. Developing strong relationships with fellow students is not only crucial for social integration but also enhances the overall learning experience.Remember to practice actively and engage in conversations with your peers. This will help you improve your listening and spoken English skills. Stay tuned for the next unit, where we will delve into the theme of academic success.Thank you for your participation, and best of luck with your language learning journey!。
九年级英语Unit7课文听力材料
九年级英语Unit7课文听力材料中考频道在考试后及时公布各科中考试题答案和中考作文及试卷专家点评，请广大考生家长关注。
时光飞逝，暑假过去了，新学期开始了，不管情愿与否，无论准备与否，我们已走进初三，走近我们的梦!祝愿决战2014中考的新初三学员能加倍努力，在2014年中考中也能取得优异的成绩。
Unit 7: Where would you like to visit?Section A, lbSam: Look at those travel posters. I'd love to go on a vacation.Gina: Where would you like to go, Sam?Sam: I'd love to go trekking in the Amazon jungle in Brazil.Gina: You would?Sam: Sure. I like exciting vacations.Gina: Wouldn't that be dangerous?Sam: No, not really. How about you, Gina? Where would you like to go?Gina: Oh, I'm stressed out. I'd just like to relax on a beach... You know, a beautiful beach inFlorida.Sam: That sounds peaceful.2a,2bBoy 1: Wouldn't it be great if we could go on a vacation together?Girl 1: Yeah. That would be wonderful!Boy 1: Where would we go?Girl 1: Well, I hope to visit Hawaii one day. Would you be interested in going there?Boy 2: Sure! I like places where the weather is always warm.Boy 1: But Hawaii is too touristy. Maybe we could go to Mexico. I love places where the peopleare really friendly.Boy 2: Well, Mexico would be nice, but we don't know the language. I hope to see Niagara Fallssome day. What about going there?Girl 1: Niagara Falls would be beautiful, but there not much to do there. Why don't we all go toSan Francisco together? It has everything - beautiful views, friendly people, exciting things to do ....Boy 2: That's not a bad idea. . . if you pay for it!Section B, 2a, 2bWoman 1: Jeff, I have to go out for half an hour. Could you please answer the phone? Just takemessages and I'll call people backJeff: Sure...Jeff: Hello, Ace Travel. Jeff Marino speaking. How may I help you?Woman 2: I'd like some information on vacation packages, please.Jeff: My boss is out of the office for half a hour. Could she call you back?Woman 2: Actually, I'd like to get some information now, if you wouldn't mind...Jeff: Oh, well, I guess it would be OK. So where would you like to go?Woman 2: Oh, I don't know. Somewhere warmJeff: Somewhere warm... How about HawaiiWoman 2: Oh... no ... I ... I don't like flying.Jeff: OK. Well, there's always.Jeff: Hi, Ace Travel. Jeff Marino speaking.Man: Hello. I'd like to find out about your vacation packages.Jeff: Sure. What kind of vacation are you looking for?Man: Well, I hope to go on a nature tour.Jeff: Well, we have a great whale watch tour. You might like that.Man: Hmmmm... It depends on where it is. I don't want to go anywhere cold.Jeff. Hmmm ... let's see. Yes, we have a summer whale watch tour...Jeff. Hi, Ace Travel. May I help you?Woman 3: I hope so. I saw your advertisement for vacations in California. We'd like to gosomewhere that's fun for kids.Jeff. Fun for kids... hmmm ... How about Los Angeles? Kids love visiting Hollywood. Woman 3: Oh, but we don't really like big cities.Jeff. I see. Then maybe you'd enjoy...。
现代大学英语听力3原文及其规范标准答案unit7
Unit 7Task 1【答案】A.1) In a mental asylum.2) He was a member of a committee which went there to show concern for the pertinents there.3) They were cants behaving like humans.4) He was injured in a bus accident and became mentally ill.5) He spent the rest of his life in comfort.B.painter, birds, animals, cats, wide, published, encouragement, A year or two, The Illustrated London News, cats' Christmas party, a hundred and fifty, world famous 【原文】Dan Rider, a bookseller who loved good causes, was a member of a committee that visited mental asylums. On one visit he noticed a patient, a quiet little man, drawing cats. Rider looked at the drawings and gasped."Good lord, man," he exclaimed. "You draw like Louis Wain!""I am Louis Wain," said the artist.Most people today have never heard of Louis Wain. But, when Rider found him in 1925, he was a household name."He made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world," said H. G. Wells in a broadcast appeal a month or two later. "British cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves."Before Louis Wain began drawing them, cats were kept strictly in the kitchen if they were kept at all. They were useful for catching mice and perhaps for keeping the maidservant company. Anyone else who felt affection for cats usually kept quiet about it. If a man admitted that he liked cats, he would be laughed at. The dog was the only domestic animal that could be called a friend.Louis Wain studied art as a youth and became quite a successful newspaper and magazine artist. He specialized in birds and animals, including dogs, but never drew a cat till his wife was dying. They had not been married long, and during her illness a black-and-white cat called Peter used to sit on her bed. To amuse his wife, Louis Wain used to sketch and caricature the cat while he sat by her bedside. She urged him to show these-drawings to editors, fie was unconvinced, but wanted to humour her.The first editor he approached shared his lack of enthusiasm. "Whoever would want to see a picture of a cat?" he asked, and Louis Wain put the drawings away. A year or two later he showed them to the editor of The Illustrated London News, who suggested a picture of a cats' Christmas party across two full pages. Using his old sketches of Peter, Louis Wain produced a picture containing about a hundred and fifty cats, each one different from the rest. It took him a few days to draw, and it made him world famous.For the next twenty-eight years he drew nothing but cats. He filled his house with them, and sketched them in all their moods. There was nothing subtle about his work. Its humour simply lay in showing cats performing human activities; they followed every new fashion from sea bathing to motoring. He was recognized, somewhat flatteringly, as the leading authority on the feline species. He became President of the National Cat Club and was eagerly sought after as a judge at cat shows.Louis Wain's career ended abruptly in 1914, when he was seriously injured in abus accident and became mentally ill. Finally, he was certified insane and put in an asylum for paupers.After Dan Rider found him, appeals were launched and exhibitions of his work arranged, and he spent the rest of his life in comfort. He continued to draw cats, but they became increasingly strange as his mental illness progressed. Psychiatrists found them more fascinating than anything he had done when he was sane.Task 2【答案】A.1) Because he was always trying new things and new ways of doing things just like a young painter.2) It didn’t look like her.3) It was the only picture she knew that showed her as she really was.4) People from the poorer parts of Paris, who were thin, hungry, tired, and sick.B. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) TC. 1881, 1973, Malaga, Spain, ninety-one yearsD. fifteen, nineteen, twenty-three, colors, darker, change, soft-colored, strange,shape, human face and figure, strange【原文】Pablo Picasso was born in 1881. So probably you are wondering why we call him "the youngest painter in the world". When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old. But even at that age, he was still painting like a young painter.For that reason, we have called him the "youngest" painter. Young people are always trying new things and new ways of doing things. They welcome new ideas. They are restless and are never satisfied. They seek perfection. Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best, riley prefer to repeat their successes, rather than risk failure. They have found their own place in life and don't like to leave it. We know what to expect from them.When he was over ninety, this great Spanish painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still looking for new ideas and for new ways to use his artistic materials.Picasso's figures sometimes face two ways at once, with the eyes and nose in strange places. Sometimes they are out of shape or broken. Even the colors are not natural. The title of the picture tells us it is a person, but it may look more like a machine.At such times Picasso was trying to paint what he saw with his mind as well as with his eyes. He put in the side of the face as well as the front. He painted the naked body and the clothes on it at the same time. He painted in his own way. He never thought about other people's opinions.Most painters discover a style of painting that suits them and keep to it, especially if people like their pictures. As the artist grows older his pictures may change, but not very much. But Picasso was like a man who had not yet found his own style. He was still looking for a way to express his own restless spirit.The first thing one noticed about him was the look in his large, wide-open eyes. Gertrude Stein, a famous American writer who knew him when he was young, mentioned this hungry look, and one can still see it in pictures of him today. Picasso painted a picture of her in 1906, and the story is an interesting one.According to Gertrude Stein, she visited the painter's studio eighty or ninety times while he painted her picture. While Picasso painted they talked about everything inthe world that interested them. Then one day Picasso wiped out the painted head though he had worked on it for so long. "When I look at you I can't see you any more!" he remarked.Picasso went away for the summer. When he returned, he went at once to the picture left in the comer of his studio. Quickly he finished the face from memory. He could see the woman's face more clearly in his mind than he could see it when she sat in the studio in front of him.When people complained to him that the painting of Miss Stein didn't look like her, Picasso would reply, "Too bad. She'll have to look like the picture." But thirty years later, Gertrude Stein said that Picasso's painting of her was the only picture she knew that showed her as she really wasPicasso was born in Malaga, Spain, a pleasant, quiet town. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son his first lessons in drawing.Young Pablo did badly at school. He was lazy and didn't listen to what the teachers were saying. He had confidence in himself from the beginning. But it was soon clear that the boy was an artist and deserved the best training he could get. Not even his earliest drawings look like the work of a child.One can say that Picasso was born to be a painter. He won a prize for his painting when he was only fifteen. He studied art in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all he wanted to know. When he was nineteen he visited Paris.Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Most painters went there sooner or later to study, to see pictures, and to make friends with other painters. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of painting happened there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso returned there to live, and lived in France for the rest of his life.He was already a fine painter. He painted scenes of town life—people in the streets and in restaurants, at horse races and bull fights. They were painted in bright colors and were lovely to look at.But life was not easy for him. For several years he painted people from the poorer parts of the city. He painted men and women who were thin, hungry, tired, and sick. His colors got darker. Most of these pictures were painted in blue, and showed very clearly what the artist saw and felt. The paintings of this "blue period" are full of pity and despair.Picasso did not have to wait long for success. As he began to sell his pictures and become recognized as a painter, his pictures took on a warmer look. At the same time he began to paint with more and more freedom. He began to see people and places as simple forms or shapes. He no longer tried to make his pictures true to life.The results at first seemed strange and not real. The pictures were difficult to understand. His style of painting was known as Cubism, from the shape of the cube. Many people did not like this new and sometimes frightening style. But what great paintings give us is a view of life through one man's eyes, and every man's view is different.Some of Picasso's paintings are rich, soft-colored, and beautiful. Others are strange with sharp, black outlines. But such paintings allow us to imagine things for ourselves. They can make our own view of the world sharper. For they force us to say to ourselves, "What makes him paint like that? What does he see?"Birds, places, and familiar objects play a part in Picasso's painting. But, when one thinks of him, one usually thinks of the way he painted the human face and figure. It is both beautiful and strange. Gertrude Stein wrote, "The head, the face, the human body--these are all that exist for Picasso. The souls of people do not interest him. The reality of life is in the head, the face, and the body."Task 3【答案】American Decorative Arts and Sculpture:colonial period, furniture, ceramics, ship modelsAmerican Art:The Far East, Islam, scroll painting, Buddhist sculpture, prints, the third millennium European Decorative Arts and Sculpture:Western, the fifth century, Medieval art, decorative arts, English silver, porcelain, the musical instrumentsPaintings:11th century, 20th century, impressionists, Spanish, DutchTextiles and Costumes:high quality, a broad selection, weavings, laces, costumes, accessories【原文】Welcome to the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston has long been recognized as a leading center for the arts. One of the city's most important cultural resources is the Museum of Fine Arts, which houses collections of art from antiquity to the present day, many of them unsurpassed. Now let me introduce to you some of the collections here.The Museum's collections of American decorative arts and sculpture range from the colonial period to the present time, with major emphasis on pre-Civil War New England. Furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and sculpture are on exhibition, as well as an important collection of ship models. Favorite among museum-goers are the collection of 18th-century American furniture, the period rooms, and the superb collection of silver.The Boston Museum's Asiatic collections are universally recognized as the most extensive assemblage to be found anywhere under one roof. Artistic traditions of the Far East, Islam, and India are represented by objects dating from the third millennium B.C. to the contemporary era. The collections of Japanese and Chinese art are especially noteworthy. The variety of strengths in the collection are reflected in such areas as Japanese prints, Chinese and Japanese scroll painting, Chinese ceramics, and a renowned collection of Buddhist sculpture.The Department of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture houses Western European works of art dating from the fifth century through 1900. Outstanding among these holdings are the collection of medieval art and the collection of French 18th-century decorative arts. Also of exceptional importance are the English silver collection, the 18th-century English and French porcelain, and the collection of musical instruments.The Museum has one of the world's foremost collections of paintings ranging from the 11th century to the early 20th century. This department is noted for French paintings from 1825 to 1900, especially works by the impressionists. The Museum's great collection of paintings by American artists includes more than 60 works by John Singleton Copley and 50 by Gilbert Stuart. There is also a strong representation of paintings from Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands.The collection of textiles and costumes is ranked among the greatest in the world because of the high quality and rarity of individual pieces and because it has a broad selection of representative examples of weavings, embroideries, laces, printed fabrics, costumes, and costume accessories. The textile arts of both eastern and western cultures are included, dating from pre-Christian times to the present.Apart from what I have mentioned, the Museum has got much more to offer, for example, the collections of classical art, Egyptian and ancient Near Eastern art, and 20th-century art. I'll leave you to explore by yourselves and enjoy your time here.Task 4【答案】A.1) specialists, specialized settings, money, sharp division2) conventions, some societies and periods3) commodityB.1) Because they lacked opportunity: The necessary social, educational, and economic conditions to create art rarely existed for women in the past.2) Because the art of indigenous peoples did not share the same expressive methods or aims as Western art.C. 1) F 2) T【原文】The functions of the artist and artwork have varied widely during the past five thousand years. It our time, the artist is seen as an independent worker, dedicated to the expression of a unique subjective experience. Often the artist's role is that of the outsider, a critical or rebellious figure. He or she is a specialist who has usually undergone advanced training in a university department of art or theater, or a school with a particular focus, such as a music conservatory. In our societies, works of art are presented in specialized settings: theaters, concert halls, performance spaces, galleries, and museum. There is usually a sharp division between the artist and her or his audience of non-artists. We also associate works of art with money: art auctions in which paintings sell for millions of dollars, ticket sales to the ballet, or fundraising for the local symphony.In other societies and parts of our own society, now and in the past, the arts are closer to the lives of ordinary people. For the majority of their history, artists have expressed the dominant beliefs of a culture, rather than rebelling against them. In place of our emphasis on the development of a personal or original style, artists were trained to conform to the conventions of their art form. Nor have artists always been specialists; in some societies and periods, all members of a society participated in art. The modern Western economic mode, which treats art as a commodity for sale, is not universal. In societies such as that of the Navaho, the concept of selling or creating a salable version of a sand painting would be completely incomprehensible. Selling Navaho sand paintings created as part of a ritual would profane a sacred experience.Artists' identities are rarely known before the Renaissance, with the exception of the period of Classical Greece, when artists were highly regarded for their individual talents and styles. Among artists who were known, there were fewer women than men. In the twentieth century, many female artists in all the disciplines have been recognized. Their absence in prior centuries does not indicate lack of talent, but reflects lack of opportunity. The necessary social, educational, and economic conditions to create art rarely existed for women in the past.Artists of color have also been recognized in the West only recently. The reasons for this absence range from the simple--there were few Asians in America and Europe prior to the middle of the nineteenth century--to the complexities surrounding African Americans. The art of indigenous peoples, while far older than that of the West, did not share the same expressive methods or aims as Western art. Until recently,such art was ignored or dismissed in Western society by the dominant cultural gatekeepers.Task 5【答案】A.1) a) 2) c) 3) b)B.Ⅰ. observant, a dog, Leather BarⅡ. Magnificent visual memory, essentialsⅢ. Rhythm, DustmenⅣ. everyday scenes, Her salty sense of humourC. 1) T 2) F 3) T 4) T【原文】Few artists can have made such an immediate impact on the public as Beryl Cook. At one moment she was completely unknown; at the next, so it seemed, almost everyone had heard of her. First, a few paintings appeared quietly in the window of a remote country antique shop. Then there were exhibitions in Plymouth, in Bristol, in London; an article in a colour supplement, a television programme, a series of greetings cards and a highly successful book. Her rise was all the more astonishing since she was completely untrained, and was already middle-aged by the time she began to paint.Faced with such a series of events, the temptation is to discuss Beryl's art in the context of naive art. This seems to me a mistake, for she is a highly sophisticated and original painter, whose work deserves to be taken on its own terms.What are those terms? If one actually meets Beryl, one comes to understand them a little better. The pictures may seem extrovert, but she is not. For example, she is too shy to turn up at her own private viewings. Her pleasure is to stay in the background, observing.And what an observer Beryl Cook is! It so happens that I was present when the ideas for two of the paintings in the present collection germinated. One is a portrait of my dog, a French bulldog called Bertie. When Beryl came to see me for the first time, he jumped up the stairs ahead of her, wearing his winter coat which is made from an old scarf. A few days later his picture arrived in the post. The picture called Leather Bar had its beginnings the same evening. I took Beryl and her husband John to a pub. There was a fight, and we saw someone being thrown out by the bouncers.The point about these two incidents is that they both happened in a flash. No one was carrying camera; there was no opportunity to make sketches. But somehow the essentials of the scene registered themselves on Beryl, and she was able to record them later in an absolutely convincing and authoritative way.The fact is she has two very rare gifts, not one. She has a magnificent visual memory, and at same time she is able to rearrange and simplify what she sees until it makes a completely convincing composition. Bertie's portrait, with its plump backside and bow legs, is more like Bertie than reflection in a mirror—it catches the absolute essentials of his physique and personality.But these gifts are just the foundation of what Beryl Cook does. She has a very keen feeling for pictorial rhythm. The picture of Dustmen, for instance, has a whirling rhythm which is emphasized by the movement of their large hands in red rubber gloves—these big hands are often a special feature of Beryl's pictures. The English artist she most closely resembles in this respect is Stanley Spencer.Details such as those I have described are, of course, just the kind of thing toappeal to a professional art critic. Important as they are, they would not in themselves account for the impact she has had on the public.Basically, I think this impact is due to two things. When Beryl paints an actual, everyday scene—and I confess these are the pictures I prefer—the smallest detail is immediately recognizable. Her people, for example, seem to fit into a kind of Beryl Cook stereotype, with their big heads and fat and round bodies. Yet they are in fact brilliantly accurate portraits. Walking round Plymouth with her, I am always recognizing people who have made an appearance in her work. Indeed, her vision is so powerful that one tends ever after to see the individual in the terms Beryl has chosen for him/her.The other reason for her success is almost too obvious to be worth mentioning—it is her marvelous sense of humour. My Fur Coat is a picture of a bowler-hatted gentleman who is being offered an unexpected treat. What makes the picture really memorable is the expression on the face of the man. The humour operates even in pictures which aren't obviously "funny". There is something very endearing, for instance, in the two road sweepers with Plymouth lighthouse looming behind them.A sense of humour may be a good reason for success with the public. It is also one which tends to devalue Beryl's work with professional art buffs. Her work contains too much life to be real art as they understand it.This seems to me nonsense, and dangerous nonsense at that. Beryl does what artists have traditionally done—she comments on the world as she perceives it. And the same time she rearranges what she sees to make a pattern of shapes and colours on a flat surface—a pattern which is more than the sum of its individual parts because it has the mysterious power to enhance and excite our own responses to the visible.I suspect Beryl's paintings will be remembered and cherished long after most late 20th-century art is forgotten. What they bring us is a real sense of how ordinary life is lived in our own time, a judgment which is the more authoritative for the humour and lightness of touch.Task 6【答案】A. objects, action or story, painted and composed, interestingB.Plate 1: symmetrical, more interesting designPlate 2: asymmetrical, shapes, colorsPlate 3: extends, the left side, pointC.Plate 4: c) d)Plate 5: a) b) d)Plate 6: a) b) d)【原文】The six pictures in your book are all what we call still life paintings—that is to say, they pictures of ordinary objects such as baskets of fruit, flowers, and old books. There is no “action”, there is n o "story" being told in any of these paintings. Yet we find these paintings interesting because of the way they have been painted, and especially because of the way they have been composed.The picture in PLATE 1 was painted by the seventeenth-century Spanish master Zurbaran. How simply Zurbaran has arranged his objects, merely lining them up in a row across the table! By separating them into three groups, with the largest item in thecenter, he has made what we call a symmetrical arrangement. But it is a rather free kind of symmetry, for the objects on the left side are different in shape from those on the right. Furthermore, the pile of lemons looks heavier than the cup and saucer. Yet Zurbaran has balanced these two different groups in a very subtle way. For one thing, he has made one of the leaves point downward toward the rose on the saucer, and he has made, the oranges appear to tip slightly toward the right. But even by themselves, the cup and saucer, combined with the rose, are more varied in shape than the pile of lemons on the left. All in all, what Zurbarran has done is to balance the heavier mass of lemons with a more interesting design on the right.We find a completely different sort of balance in a still life by the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Pieter Claesz (see PLATE 2). Objects of several different sizes are apparently scattered at random on a table. Claesz has arranged them asymmetrically, that is, without attempting to make the two halves of the picture look alike. The tall glass tumbler, for instance, has been placed considerably off-center, weighing down the composition at the left. Yet Claesz has restored the balance of the picture by massing his most interesting shapes and liveliest colors well over to the right.PLATE 3, a still life by the American painter William M. Harnett, seems even more heavily weighted to one side, for here two thick books and an inkwell are counterbalanced merely by a few pieces of paper. But notice the angle at which Harnett has placed the yellow envelope: How it extends one side of the pyramid formed by the books and inkwell way over to the left edge of the picture, like a long cable tying down a ship to its pier. Both the newspaper and the quill pen also point to this side of the painting, away from the heavy mass at the right, thus helping to balance the whole composition.Now turn to a still life by one of Harnett's contemporaries, the great French painter Paul Cezanne (see PLATE 4). Here the composition is even more daringly asymmetrical, for the climax of the entire picture is the heavy gray jug in the upper fight comer. Notice that Cezanne has arranged most of the fruit on the table, as well as a fold in the background drapery, so that they appear to move upward toward this jug. Yet he has balanced the composition by placing a bright yellow lemon at the left and by tipping the table down toward the lower left corner.Our next still life (see PLATE 5), by the famous Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, seems hardly "still" at all. As we view this scene from almost directly above, the composition seems to radiate in all directions, almost like an explosion. Notice that Van Gogh has painted the tablecloth with short, thick strokes which seem to shoot out from the very center of the picture.Finally, let us look at a painting by Henri Matisse (see PLATE 6). Here we see a number of still life objects, but no table to support them. Matisse presents each form by itself, in a world of its own, rather than as part of a group of objects in a realistic situation. But he makes us feel that all these forms belong together in his picture simply by the way he has related them to one another in their shapes and colors.Task 7【原文】Frank Lloyd Wright did not call himself an artist. He called himself an architect. But the buildings he designed were works of art. He looked at the ugly square buildings around him, and he did not like what he saw. He wondered why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones.Frank Lloyd Wright lived from 1869 to 1959. When he was young, there were nocourses in architecture, so he went to work in an architect's office in order to learn how to design buildings. Soon he was designing buildings that were beautiful.He also wanted to make his buildings fit into the land around them. One of the houses he designed is on top of a high hill. Other people built tall, square houses on hills, but Wright did not want to lose the beauty of the hill. He built the house low and wide.Now other architects know how to design buildings to fit into the landscape. Frank Lloyd Wright showed them how to do it.。
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Unit 7 This Way or That Way?PartⅠGetting readyExercise B1.Woman: Do you know how to get to Jane's house from here?Man: Yeah. Stay on this road until you get to 21st Street. Then take a left. Woman: Left on 21st Street. OK ...Man: Stay on 21st Street for about three blocks until you come to Main Street. Then turn right.Woman: Left on 21st, right on Main Street.Man: He lives at 476 Main Street. It's on the right side of the street.2.Man: Should I turn right here?Woman: No. Keep going straight and turn at the next light.Man: Do you mean at Scott Road?Woman: That's right. Turn right there.3.Man: How far is it from here to Los Angeles?Woman: Oh,about five hours by car.Man: What's the best way to get there?Woman: I-10 is the fastest.4.Peter: We're having a party on Tuesday. It's Jenny's birthday. Would you like to come? Joe: Sure. How do I get to your house?Peter: Well, turn right after the hospital and we're on your left.Joe: OK. See you on Tuesday.PartⅡGiving directionsExercise A1. When you leave Town Hall, turn left into Cotton Street and walk to the corner. Turn right on South Park Street and walk about a block. Then turn left on Twist Avenue. The museum's on that avenue, near the next cross-roads, on your left.2. When you leave the bank, turn left on Central Avenue and walk for about ten minutes to South Park Street. Turn right and walk one block. The Department Store is on your right, across Main Street.3. When you leave MacDonald's, turn right on Queen's High Street and walk about half a block to Main Street. Turn right and walk two blocks to the end of Main Street. Then turn left. The train station is on that street, on your right.4.David: Hello? 6939822.Paul: Hello? Can I speak to David, please?David: This is David speaking. Who's that?Paul: David, this is Paul.David: Hello, Paul. How are you?Paul: Fine, thanks, but I can't remember how to get to your house.David: Where are you now?Paul: I'm phoning from the Post Office.David: South Park Street or Queen's High Street?Paul: Queen's High Street. I don't know which bus to take.David: Take a number six (bus) from the terminus. It goes to Portland Plaza.Paul: Where's the terminus?David: Turn right outside the Post Office and walk past the Twist Avenue until you reach the Big Church. The bus terminus is opposite the Church on your right.Paul: Thanks very much. See you soon. Goodbye.5.Tourist: Excuse me.Jane: Yes?Tourist: Can you tell me the way to the Art Gallery, please?Jane: Certainly. Go out of the Agency, turn right, and go along Main Street. Tourist: Along Main Street.Jane: Yes, and turn right at the Hilton Hotel.Tourist: Right at the Hilton.Jane: Then go up Queen's High Street past the Grand Cinema.Tourist: The Grand Cinema.Jane: Yes. Then cross the road at the next traffic lights. The Art Gallery is straight ahead, on your right. You can't miss it.Tourist: That's very kind of you. Thank you. Er ... have you got a pencil? (Do you have a pencil?)Jane: Yes. Why?Tourist: Can you repeat all that? I think I'd better write it down.Part ⅢRoute 66Exercise AThe idea for Route 66 started in the state of Oklahoma. Citizens wanted to link their state with states to the east and west. By the 1920s, Federal officials wanted to connect state roads to provide a shorter, faster way across the country. So a plan was developed to connect existing state roads into one long national road.United States Highway 66 opened in 1926. It was one of America’s first national road systems. It crossed eight American states. It was three thousand eight hundred kilometers long.People soon began calling Route 66 “the Main Street of America”. It became the most famous road in America. The road traveled through the centers of many American cities and towns. It crossed deserts, mountains, valleys and rivers.In the 1960s, the Federal Government began building huge road systems through a number of states. Cars and trucks could travel at very high speeds. People started driving on these new interstate highways instead of on Route 66. In 1962 parts of Route 66 were closed because they were in bad condition. Then in 1985, Route 66 was officially removed from the national highway system.During the past few years, however, people living near the old Route 66 have formed organizations. They have succeeded in saving parts of the road. They also are saving parts of the road. They also are saving hundreds of eating places, places to stay and interesting places to visit along the way.Exercise CNow it is our turn to take a trip on Route 66. We will have to search for it at times. Many parts of it have new names or numbers. Some parts of it are included in other interstates highways.Our trip begins in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is America’s third largest city. It has almost million people. From Chicago, the road goes through many small towns in Illinois. One of them is Springfield, the home of America’s sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln.Now we drive through Saint Louis, Missouri, a city of nearly four-hundred thousand people. Saint Louis is called “the Gateway to the West”. Missouri has many natural wonders. One if the most famous on Route 66 is Meramec Caverns in Stanton.Next, we drive for a very short time through the state of Kansas. Then we enter the states of Oklahoma. Oklahoma remains the heart and soul of Route 66. That is because more kilometers of the road are in Oklahoma than in any other state.In Claremore, Oklahoma, a statue honors a famous American, Will Rogers. Rogers was born in Claremore. He became the most popular actor in Hollywood in the 1930s. We pass through many historic towns in Oklahoma. In Oklahoma City, we can visit the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center. And in Clinton, we can see the new Route 66 Museum. It is the first official museum that tells the complete history of the road and its importance to America.Now we drive through the northern part of the sate of Texas. We stop near the worn of Amarillo to look at an unusual kind of art that celebrates Route 66. It is called “Cadillac Ranch”.A Cadillac is a large, costly American automobile. “Cadillac Ranch”has ten Cadillac cars half buried in the ground. Stanley Marsh, a rich farmer and art collector, create it to honor America’s roads.Continuing west, we travel through the states of New Mexico and Arizona. We pass through some of the most beautiful country in the southwest. Petrified Forest National Park is one of the wonders of Arizona. Trees that are hundreds of years old have been turned to stone in unusual shapes. North of Route 66 is the Painted Desert. It is named for the colorful red and yellow sand and rocks.We continue on our trip. We arrive at the town of Oatman, Arizona. Long ago, Oatma was a rich gold-mining town. But everyone left the town when the mining ended. Today Oatman still looks like it did in the past.Now we enter the state of California. We pass through the Mohave Desert, some mountains and several interesting towns. But Route 66 becomes lost among the large roads systems of Los Angeles. This “Main Street of America”ends at the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica.Part IV More about the topic: Automobiles in the USAThe United States is full of automobiles. There are still families without cars, but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbours' children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and to use less gasoline. Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will be done about the use of cars.PartⅤMemory test: Reading MapsExercise A1. Walk down Green Street for two blocks. Turn right and the bank is the third building on the left side.2. Go straight down Yellow Street until Blue Street. The school is on the corner of Yellow Street and Blue Street.3. Drive along Green Street to White Street and turn right. Then go straight one block, cross Brown Street, and the library is the first building on the right corner.4. Go down Yellow Street for one block, turn left, and then go to the first intersection. Keep going straight, and the hotel is the second building on the left.5. Walk along Green Street until Black Street. Turn right and go straight, and the church is the last building at the end of the street on the left.Exercise BA policeman stands on the corner of Grand Avenue and Main Street. Throughout the day he is asked to give directions. Listen to some of the exchanged carefully and mark on the map each place that is mentioned.1.Man: Excuse me, officer. Can you direct me to Young’s Shoe Store?Policeman: Certainly. Go straight up this street for two blocks. There’s a traffic light there. Turn right. It’s in the middle of the block on the left. You can’t miss it.Man: Thank you.Policeman: You’re very welcome.2.Woman: I beg your pardon. I’m stranger here. Can you tell me how to get the post office?Policeman: Yes, it’s right over there. You can see it from here. It’s that red building on the road the other side of the street.Woman: Oh, thank you very much.Policeman: Don’t mention it.3.Woman: Do you know where the Palace Restaurant is?Policeman: Yes, it’s next to the theater and opposite the drugstore. You can’t miss it.4.Man: How far is it to the hospital?Policeman: It’s not fat. Walk west on Grand Avenue until you come to Pine Street. That’s about four or five blocks. Turn right on Pine and go two blocks. You’ll be able to see the hospital then.Man: Thank you very much.Policeman: Not at all.5.Woman: Do you know where Mercer’s Jewelry Store is?Policeman: Yes, it’s in the 300 block on Cedar Street.Woman: How do I get there?Policeman: Walk over one block to Cedar Street. Turn left there and go two blocks. Mercer’s is in the next block. It’s either the fourth or fifth store on your left-hand side. Woman: Oh, thank you very much.Man: You’re welcome.。
九年级-UNIT 7 SECTION A 听力文本,课文基础字词句填空训练文库
九年级-UNIT 7 SECTION A U7听力文本SECTION A 1b----听力1轮，填单词：Mom, can I go to the shopping __________ with John? He just got his driver’s __________. No way! I don't think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive. They aren't__________enough. I'm __________ about your ___________.But Gaby’s getting her ears __________ at the __________ center and I want to watch. Sixteen-year-olds shouldn't be allowed to __________ their ears pierced , __________. They're too young. I agree, but it's __________to watch. Can I take the bus then? Well, OK.Great! I want to buy a new__________, too. What kind of skirt?__________ I should go with you. Aww, Mom. I'm not a child. I think teenagers should be allowed to __________ their own clothes. Well, I just want to make __________you get something nice.9-SECTION A 1b----听力2轮，填词组：Mom, can I go to the ___________________ with John? He just got his_____________________. No way! I don't think sixteen-year-olds_____________________to drive. They aren't _____________________. I'm_______________ your safety.But Gaby’s _______________________ at the shopping center and I _______________. Sixteen-year-olds shouldn't be allowed to get their ears pierced , either. They're too young. I agree, but it's_____________________. Can I take the bus then? Well, OK.Great! I want to buy a new skirt, too. _______________ skirt? Maybe I should go with you. Aww, Mom. I'm not a child. I think teenagers should be allowedto___________________________.Well, I just want to _____________________ you get _____________________.9-SECTION A, 听力2a, 2b---1轮，填单词：Hi, Molly. Where's your brother Larry? I __________ he was joining us. Hi, Kathy. I'm sorry. Larry can't join us after all. He is working late __________. Oh, Larry’s working late again? Yeah, he is. I see ...I really don't think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to work at night. Young people need to __________. Oh, I __________ with you. Teenage boys never get__________. Well, maybe. But Larry shouldn't work every night.That's __________. He__________ time to do homework. And you know, Molly ... he should really __________ his hair. Oh, I don't know. Do you think it's too long? Yes, I do. It doesn't look __________. And I think he should stop __________ that silly __________. Hmm ... I disagree. I __________like it. It __________ cool! You know __________thing that __________me? Larry doesn't __________ to have many friends. Yeah, I know. I think he shouldn't work on __________. That’s right. He needs to spend time with friends.9-SECTION A, 听力2a, 2b---2轮，填词组：Hi, Molly. Where's your brother Larry? I thought he _________________ us.Hi, Kathy. I'm sorry. Larry can't join us_________________. He is _________________tonight. Oh, Larry’s working_______________? Yeah, he is. I see ...I really don't think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to work at night. Young people _________________. Oh, I_________________ you. Teenage boys _________________. Well, maybe. But Larry shouldn't work every night. _________________. He _________________ to do homework. And you know, Molly ... he should really _________________. Oh, I don't know. Do you think it's too long? Yes, I do. It _________________. And I think he should_________________that silly earring. Hmm ... I disagree. I _________________ it. It looks cool! You know another thing _______________? Larry doesn't_________________many friends. Yeah, I know.I think he shouldn't work_________________. That’s right. He needs to ______________ friends.9-U7-SECTION A-2d-读1---填单词：Sandy: I’m really __________激动about seeing the famous __________画作by Picasso. Wu Lan: Me, too! I’m glad Mr. Smith _____________选择the art museum for our school______________旅行this year.Sandy: I’m going to bring my new ___________相机to take lots of ____________照片! Wu Lan: Oh, no. Mr. Smith says we must not______________拍photos. It’s not allowed in the ______________博物馆. Sandy: That’s too bad! Do you think we may be allowed to take photos if we don’t use a ______________闪光灯?Wu Lan: Hmm … I think they ju st want to ______________保护the paintings. So if you don’t use a flash, then it may be OK.Sandy: Yeah. I think we should be allowed to do that. I’ll bring my camera ______________不管怎么样.9-U7-SECTION A-2d-读2---单词适形填空：Sandy: I’m really _____________(excite) about_____________ (see) the famous paintings by Picasso. Wu Lan: Me, too! I’m glad Mr. Smith _____________(choose) the art museum for _____________(we) school trip this year. Sandy: I’m going to bring_____________(I) new camera_____________(take) lots of photos! Wu Lan: Oh, no. Mr. Smith. _____________(say) we must not take photos. It’s not _____________(allow) in the museum.Sandy: That’s too bad! Do you think we may be allowed to take _____________(photo) if we don’t use a flash?Wu Lan: Hmm … I think they just want_____________(protect) the paintings. So if you don’t use a flash, then it may be OK.Sandy: Yeah. I think weshould______________(allow) to do that. I’ll bring my camera anyway.9-U7-SECTION A-2d-读3---填词组短语：Sandy: I’m really _______________对...激动seeing the _________________画作Picasso. Wu Lan: Me, too!_________________我很高兴Mr. Smith_______________________选择了美术博物馆for our _________________学校旅行this year. Sandy: I’m going to____________________带我的新相机to _______________________________拍很多照片! Wu Lan: Oh, no. Mr. Smith says we must not take photos. It’s _________________不允许in the museum.Sandy: That’s too bad! Do you think we may be allowed to take photos if we don’t_____________________用闪光灯? Wu Lan: H mm … I think theyjust____________________想保护the paintings. So if you don’t use a flash, thenit_______________可能OK. Sandy: Yeah. I think we should be allowed to do that. I’ll ___________________________________不管怎样我都带我的相机.9-U7-SECTION A-2d-读4---完成句子：Sandy: ________________________________________________看到著名的画作我感到很激动by Picasso. Wu Lan: Me,too!____________________________________________________________. (我很高兴史密斯先生为我们今年的学校旅行选择了美术博物馆) Sandy: I’m going to bringmy new camera to take lots of photos! Wu Lan: Oh,no._________________________________________.（史密斯先生说我们绝不可以拍照）__________________________________________________________ .(博物馆不允许) Sandy: That’s too bad! ________________________________________________ ?（你认为我们如果不用闪光灯，可能被允许拍照吗？）Wu Lan: Hmm … I t hink they just want ____________________________________.保护那些绘画作品So if you don’t use a flash, then it may be OK.Sandy: Yeah. ___________________________________________________________. (我认为我们应该被允许那样做) I’ll bring my camera anyway.9-U7-SECTION A-3a-读1---填单词：Mom Knows BestWhen I was a ____________小小的baby crying all night, my mom sang to me and stayed by my ____________边.When I was tired and hungry, she gave me food and warm arms to sleep in.When I was two running through the ____________田野, she made sure I was____________安全and kept me from ____________危险.When I fell and hurt myself, she gave me a ____________拥抱and ____________扶me up. When I was seven ____________咳嗽____________严重的, she said no ice- cream for me. But I talked back ____________大声, “I should be allowed to eat some! Give it to me now!”When I was nine watching scary movies, she said it’d give me ____________可怕的dreams. But I shouted back ____________生气的, “I should be allowed to watch it! I’m not a baby!” When I was a ____________青少年going out with friends, she said, “Please be back by ten!”But I talked back again —“I should not be told what to do! I’m seventeen now!”Now I’m an ____________成人, thinking back to those times. I coughed for days after eating that ice-cream And had ____________恐怖的dreams after watching that film. I was late for school from staying out ____________过了ten. I ____________后悔talking back, not listening to Mom. Mom knows best, and for me she wanted only the best!9-U7-SECTION A-3a-读2---单词适形填空：10-Mom Knows Best When I was a tiny baby ___________(cry) all night, my mom sang to me and stayed by my side. When I was tired and hungry, she gave me food and warm arms to sleep in. When I was two ___________(run) through the ②(田野), she made sure I was ___________(save) and kept me from ___________(dangerous). When I fell and hurt ___________(I), she gave me a hug and lifted me up. When I was seven__________(cough)___________(bad), she said no ice-cream for me. But I talked back___________(loud), “I should be allowed to eat some! Give it to me now!”When I was nine watching ___________(scare) movies, she said it’d give me awful dreams. But I shouted back ___________(angry), “I should be allowed to watch it! I’m not a baby!” WhenI was a ___________(teen) going out w ith friends, she said, “Please be back by ten!” But I talked back again —“I should not be___________( tell) what to do! I’m seventeen now!”Now I’m an adult, _____________(think) back to ___________(that) times.I coughed for _____________(day) after ___________(eat) that ice-cream. And had___________(scared) dreams after ___________(watch) that film. I was late for school from ___________(stay) out past ten. I regret ___________(talk) back, not_____________(listen) to Mom. Mom knows ___________(good), and for me she wanted only the best!9-U7-SECTION A-3a-读3---填词组短语：Mom Knows BestWhen I was a tiny baby ______________________整晚哭, my mom sang to meand________________________待在我身边. When I was tired and hungry, she gave me food and warm arms to sleep in. When I was two ________________________跑步穿越田野, she ____________确保I ____________是安全的and ________________________ 保护我远离危险. . When I fell and ____________伤了自己, she ___________________给我一个拥抱and________________________把我扶起来.When I was seven ________________________咳嗽的很厉害, she said no ice-cream for me. But I _____________________大声的犟嘴, “I should be allowed to eat some!____________给我now!” When I was nine ________________________看恐怖电影, she said it’d give me __________________可怕的梦. But I ________________________生气的犟嘴, “I should be allowed to watch it! I’m not a baby!” When I was a teen____________出去with friends, she said, “Please __________________到...前回来ten!” But I talked back again —“I should not be told_________________做什么! I’m seventeen now!”Now I’m an adult, _________________回想those times.I coughed ____________好几天after eating that ice- cream. And had ____________噩梦after watching that film. I____________...迟到school from staying out past ten. Iregret______________犟嘴, not listening to Mom.Mom ____________最懂, and for me she wanted only the best!9-U7-SECTION A-3a-读4---完成句子：Mom Knows Best When I was a tiny baby crying all night, mymom___________________________________________________________给我唱歌并待在我身边. When I was tired and hungry, she______________________________________________给我食物和温暖的臂膀让我入睡. When I was two ____________________________________在田野里奔跑, she____________________________________确保我是安全的and____________________________________保护我远离危险. WhenI________________________摔倒并弄伤自己, she________________________________________________给我一个拥抱扶我起来.When I was seven ________________________咳嗽的很厉害, she said no ice-cream for me. But I ________________________大声犟嘴, “I ____________________________________应该被允许吃some! Give it to me now!” When I was nine ________________________看恐怖片, she said________________________________________________它将给我可怕的梦.But I ______________________________生气的喊回去, “I should be allowed to watch it! I’m not a baby!” When I was ____________________________________一个青少年跟朋友一起出去, she said, “Please ____________________________________十点前回来!”But I talked back again —“I ____________________________________不应该被告知做什么! I’m seventeen now!”Now I’m an adult,____________________________________回想起那些时候. I____________________________________________________________吃了那个冰淇淋我咳嗽了好多天. And ________________________做噩梦after watching that film. I________________________________________________________因为在外逗留过了十点上学迟到. I ________________________后悔犟嘴, not listening to____________________________________妈妈最懂, and for me___________________________________她只想要最好的!。
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Unit 7 This Way or That Way?PartⅠGetting readyExercise B1.Woman: Do you know how to get to Jane's house from here?Man: Yeah. Stay on this road until you get to 21st Street. Then take a left. Woman: Left on 21st Street. OK ...Man: Stay on 21st Street for about three blocks until you come to Main Street. Then turn right.Woman: Left on 21st, right on Main Street.Man: He lives at 476 Main Street. It's on the right side of the street.2.Man: Should I turn right here?Woman: No. Keep going straight and turn at the next light.Man: Do you mean at Scott Road?Woman: That's right. Turn right there.3.Man: How far is it from here to Los Angeles?Woman: Oh,about five hours by car.Man: What's the best way to get there?Woman: I-10 is the fastest.4.Peter: We're having a party on Tuesday. It's Jenny's birthday. Would you like to come? Joe: Sure. How do I get to your house?Peter: Well, turn right after the hospital and we're on your left.Joe: OK. See you on Tuesday.PartⅡGiving directionsExercise A1. When you leave Town Hall, turn left into Cotton Street and walk to the corner. Turn right on South Park Street and walk about a block. Then turn left on Twist Avenue. The museum's on that avenue, near the next cross-roads, on your left.2. When you leave the bank, turn left on Central Avenue and walk for about ten minutes to South Park Street. Turn right and walk one block. The Department Store is on your right, across Main Street.3. When you leave MacDonald's, turn right on Queen's High Street and walk about half a block to Main Street. Turn right and walk two blocks to the end of Main Street. Then turn left. The train station is on that street, on your right.4.David: Hello? 6939822.Paul: Hello? Can I speak to David, please?David: This is David speaking. Who's that?Paul: David, this is Paul.David: Hello, Paul. How are you?Paul: Fine, thanks, but I can't remember how to get to your house.David: Where are you now?Paul: I'm phoning from the Post Office.David: South Park Street or Queen's High Street?Paul: Queen's High Street. I don't know which bus to take.David: Take a number six (bus) from the terminus. It goes to Portland Plaza.Paul: Where's the terminus?David: Turn right outside the Post Office and walk past the Twist Avenue until you reach the Big Church. The bus terminus is opposite the Church on your right.Paul: Thanks very much. See you soon. Goodbye.5.Tourist: Excuse me.Jane: Yes?Tourist: Can you tell me the way to the Art Gallery, please?Jane: Certainly. Go out of the Agency, turn right, and go along Main Street. Tourist: Along Main Street.Jane: Yes, and turn right at the Hilton Hotel.Tourist: Right at the Hilton.Jane: Then go up Queen's High Street past the Grand Cinema.Tourist: The Grand Cinema.Jane: Yes. Then cross the road at the next traffic lights. The Art Gallery is straight ahead, on your right. You can't miss it.Tourist: That's very kind of you. Thank you. Er ... have you got a pencil? (Do you have a pencil?)Jane: Yes. Why?Tourist: Can you repeat all that? I think I'd better write it down.Part ⅢRoute 66Exercise AThe idea for Route 66 started in the state of Oklahoma. Citizens wanted to link their state with states to the east and west. By the 1920s, Federal officials wanted to connect state roads to provide a shorter, faster way across the country. So a plan was developed to connect existing state roads into one long national road.United States Highway 66 opened in 1926. It was one of America’s first national road systems. It crossed eight American states. It was three thousand eight hundred kilometers long.People soon began calling Route 66 “the Main Street of America”. It became the most famous road in America. The road traveled through the centers of many American cities and towns. It crossed deserts, mountains, valleys and rivers.In the 1960s, the Federal Government began building huge road systems through a number of states. Cars and trucks could travel at very high speeds. People started driving on these new interstate highways instead of on Route 66. In 1962 parts of Route 66 were closed because they were in bad condition. Then in 1985, Route 66 was officially removed from the national highway system.During the past few years, however, people living near the old Route 66 have formed organizations. They have succeeded in saving parts of the road. They also are saving parts of the road. They also are saving hundreds of eating places, places to stay and interesting places to visit along the way.Exercise CNow it is our turn to take a trip on Route 66. We will have to search for it at times. Many parts of it have new names or numbers. Some parts of it are included in other interstates highways.Our trip begins in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is America’s third largest city. It has almost million people. From Chicago, the road goes through many small towns in Illinois. One of them is Springfield, the home of America’s sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln.Now we drive through Saint Louis, Missouri, a city of nearly four-hundred thousand people. Saint Louis is called “the Gateway to the West”. Missouri has many natural wonders. One if the most famous on Route 66 is Meramec Caverns in Stanton.Next, we drive for a very short time through the state of Kansas. Then we enter the states of Oklahoma. Oklahoma remains the heart and soul of Route 66. That is because more kilometers of the road are in Oklahoma than in any other state.In Claremore, Oklahoma, a statue honors a famous American, Will Rogers. Rogers was born in Claremore. He became the most popular actor in Hollywood in the 1930s. We pass through many historic towns in Oklahoma. In Oklahoma City, we can visit the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center. And in Clinton, we can see the new Route 66 Museum. It is the first official museum that tells the complete history of the road and its importance to America.Now we drive through the northern part of the sate of Texas. We stop near the worn of Amarillo to look at an unusual kind of art that celebrates Route 66. It is called “Cadillac Ranch”.A Cadillac is a large, costly American automobile. “Cadillac Ranch”has ten Cadillac cars half buried in the ground. Stanley Marsh, a rich farmer and art collector, create it to honor America’s roads.Continuing west, we travel through the states of New Mexico and Arizona. We pass through some of the most beautiful country in the southwest. Petrified Forest National Park is one of the wonders of Arizona. Trees that are hundreds of years old have been turned to stone in unusual shapes. North of Route 66 is the Painted Desert. It is named for the colorful red and yellow sand and rocks.We continue on our trip. We arrive at the town of Oatman, Arizona. Long ago, Oatma was a rich gold-mining town. But everyone left the town when the mining ended. Today Oatman still looks like it did in the past.Now we enter the state of California. We pass through the Mohave Desert, some mountains and several interesting towns. But Route 66 becomes lost among the large roads systems of Los Angeles. This “Main Street of America”ends at the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica.Part IV More about the topic: Automobiles in the USAThe United States is full of automobiles. There are still families without cars, but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbours' children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and to use less gasoline. Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will be done about the use of cars.PartⅤMemory test: Reading MapsExercise A1. Walk down Green Street for two blocks. Turn right and the bank is the third building on the left side.2. Go straight down Yellow Street until Blue Street. The school is on the corner of Yellow Street and Blue Street.3. Drive along Green Street to White Street and turn right. Then go straight one block, cross Brown Street, and the library is the first building on the right corner.4. Go down Yellow Street for one block, turn left, and then go to the first intersection. Keep going straight, and the hotel is the second building on the left.5. Walk along Green Street until Black Street. Turn right and go straight, and the church is the last building at the end of the street on the left.Exercise BA policeman stands on the corner of Grand Avenue and Main Street. Throughout the day he is asked to give directions. Listen to some of the exchanged carefully and mark on the map each place that is mentioned.1.Man: Excuse me, officer. Can you direct me to Young’s Shoe Store?Policeman: Certainly. Go straight up this street for two blocks. There’s a traffic light there. Turn right. It’s in the middle of the block on the left. You can’t miss it.Man: Thank you.Policeman: You’re very welcome.2.Woman: I beg your pardon. I’m stranger here. Can you tell me how to get the post office?Policeman: Yes, it’s right over there. You can see it from here. It’s that red building on the road the other side of the street.Woman: Oh, thank you very much.Policeman: Don’t mention it.3.Woman: Do you know where the Palace Restaurant is?Policeman: Yes, it’s next to the theater and opposite the drugstore. You can’t miss it.4.Man: How far is it to the hospital?Policeman: It’s not fat. Walk west on Grand Avenue until you come to Pine Street. That’s about four or five blocks. Turn right on Pine and go two blocks. You’ll be able to see the hospital then.Man: Thank you very much.Policeman: Not at all.5.Woman: Do you know where Mercer’s Jewelry Store is?Policeman: Yes, it’s in the 300 block on Cedar Street.Woman: How do I get there?Policeman: Walk over one block to Cedar Street. Turn left there and go two blocks. Mercer’s is in the next block. It’s either the fourth or fifth store on your left-hand side. Woman: Oh, thank you very much.Man: You’re welcome.。