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Before You ListenCommunicate:任填Vocabulary: A C B A B C B A C AListenListen For Main Ideas: unique function adaptListen for key terms:surfaces layer covers skin layer film surfaces Listen for Detail: scales diamond bacteria wallsdry wet insects stickingExtended ListeningPassage 1ExerciseA:C B B AExerciseB: emulating in nature travel faster noise heardhundreds of meters away air pressure waterhead and beak streamlined long, pointedExerciseC:C D A BExerciseD: appearance performance all-electric mechanical structure control system 22 25 two to three hours 90 commercialize ExerciseE:C A BExerciseF : TFFTTExerciseG:B B DExerciseH : A bionic robot Chinese scientists Nov.21stick to surfaces 5kilograms 1 meterscanning, detecting, and monitoringcleaning glass walls visual navigation 2018Speakingspeaking skill:A :B A A CTEDVocabulary:jfbahciedgfor main idea:E :2、4Recognize key terms: move mobility move Jumping get aroundjumping run crawl jump rollG :A 划So B 划So C 划SoWatch for details: (very)tiny an ant sizerigid soft Hard Soft motorssurvivors a bridge safe cutExpand your Vocabulary: figure out C. semi-intelligent B.rough terrain A. set off A. destination C.Self test:1-5 BACCB 6-10DABDA听力: CCB DCDD CBCII. Listening Skills1. M: The police gave a few tickets out last week along Highway 15.W: In fact, quite a few tickets were given on that road.Q: What does the woman mean?2. M: Who do you think is the smartest student in the class?W: Mary is second to none.Q: What does the woman say about Mary?3. W: What are you so happy about?M: Instead of being given an even dozen, we’ve been given a baker’s dozen.Q: Why is the man so happy?4. M: We have had a lot of rain over the last few years.W: But nothing like this.Q: What does the woman mean?5. M: What effect has the booming economy had on interest rates for loans?W: The interest rates have skyrocketed!Q: What does the woman mean?1. A2. B3.B4.D5.CIII. Listening InTask 1: Dogs aren’t allowed here!Manager: I’m sorry. Miss, but dogs aren’t allowed in this theater.Mary: But I have a ticket for him.Manager: I’m very sorry, but animals aren’t permitted.Mary: You don’t understand. This is a special case. My dog is so well trained and so intelligent that he’s almost human.Manager: I see that you have an exceptional animal, but…Mary: I promise you that if there is any problem we’ll leave the theater immediately. I promise you that this dog isn’t like any other dog you’ve ever seen.Manager: Well…all right. I’ll let you go in, since the theater is almost empty tonight. But your dog will have to behave himself, or you will have to leave.Mary: Thank you very much.1. allowed movie theater2. a ticket3. well trained intelligent human4.any problem leave the theater any other dog seen5. almost emptyTask 2: Put the cat out!A couple was going out for the evening to celebrate the wife’s birthday. While they were getting ready, the husband put the cat out. The taxi arrived, and as the couple walked out of their home, the cat ran back into the house. Not wanting their car to have free run of the house while they were out, the husband went back upstairs to chase the cat out. The wife, not waiting it known that the house would be empty, explained to the taxi driver, “He’s just going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother.” A few minutes later, the husband got into the car, and said, “Sorry it took it so long. The stupid old thing was hiding under the bed, and I had to poke her with a stick to get her to come out!”4-1-3-5-2-6 D) She was ill-treated at home.Task 3: A Sudden Change in the Parrot’s AttitudeA young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of this bird’s mouth was rude. John tried every method to change the bird’s attitude by constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, and anything he could think of to set a good example. Nothing worked. Finally, John got fed up and he yelled at the parrot. And the bird yelled back. John shook the parrot, and the bird got angrier and ruder. Finally, in a moment of desperation, John put the bird in the refrigerator freezer. For a few minutes, John heard the bird scream and kick. Then suddenly there was silence. Not a sound for over a minute.Fearing that he’s hurt the bird, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out and said, “I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I am truly sorry, and I will do everything I can to correct my poor behavior.”John was greatly surprised at the bird’s change of attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had caused such a sudden change in his behavior, the bird continued, “May Ii ask why you put the chickens there and what they did wrong?”1.C2.D3.B4.C5.AIV. Speaking OutModel 1 The dog will be company for her.John: Se-Jin, come shopping with me. I’m buying a present for my mother.Se-Jin: What are you getting her?John: I’ve got just the perfect idea. A dog.Se-Jin: A dog? Would she like that?John: She’ll love it. My dad works long hours each day, and I think with me away at school, she is a bit lonely. And I’ll just get a small one, a Pekinese.Se-Jin: Good idea! The dog will be company for her.Now Your TurnA: Hi, come shopping with me. I want to buy a gift for my neighbor.B: What for?A: His wife died a couple of weeks ago, and he is feeling lonely. He’s been kind to us. I want to buy something to cheer him up.B: What do you want to get for him?A: I’m thinking of buying a bunch of flowers for him.B: But I’ve got a perfect idea. A dog.A: A dog? Why?B: He’ll be crazy about it. He’s so lonely; he needs company rather than beautiful flowers. A: Good thinking! The dog can keep him company.Model 2 Where to walk dogs?Bob: There’s some talk of a businessman building a dog park in Shanghai.Laura: Really, what on earth for?Bob: Apparently there is a law against having dogs on the streets.Laura: Does it mean that the dogs have to stay inside apartments at all times?Bob: It sounds pretty cruel, doesn’t it? Maybe the park is a good idea.Laura: Maybe they should just allow people to walk their dogs on the streets.Bob: But in many large cities where dogs can be walked, the streets are a mess. I heard Paris is the worst.Laura:Couldn’t people just clean up after their dogs?Bob:Would they?Now Your TurnA: Have you heard the city has passes a law against walking dogs in the streets?B: Sure, it’s published in the newspapers.A: It means that dogs have to be kept inside all the time.B: It’s rather cruel, isn’t it? We shouldn’t be so cruel to dumb animals.A: But dogs often leave a mess from their dogs.B: But owners can clean up the mess from their dogs.A: Would they?B: Perhaps the best solution is to build a dog park. Then people can walk their dogs there. A: Sounds too good to be realistic. The city is already too crowed without the dogs.Model 3 What does having a few fish do for you?Philip: Wow! I see you’ve bought an aquarium. Nice!Peter: You should get one too. I highly recommend it.Philip: Why? What does having a few fish do for you?Peter: I find it relaxing just to sit down and watch tropical fish at the end of a tiring day. Philip: I can understand. I like to take it easy after work , too.Peter: There’s more than that. They’re really fascinating. They give you hours of entertainment, believe me.Philip: Perhaps I should give it a try.Peter: OK, I can lend you a couple of good reference books.Philip: Great! Any other tips on getting started?Now Your TurnA: Wow! You’ve bought a discman! It does look nice!B: You’d better buy one as well. I strongly recommend it.A: Why? What can it do for you?B: I find it relaxing to listen to music on it.A: I can understand. After a day’s work I like to relax a bit myself.B: Not only that. Some music cheers you up and makes you forget all your troubles.A: Maybe I should have a try, but I don’t know how to use the diskman.B: OK, I can lend you this manual.A: Wonderful! Any other tips on getting starded?V. Let’s Tal kAn Intelligent DogA black dog walked into a butcher’s shop with a five-dollar bill in his mouth. He spent several minutes looking at the meat on display. He finally fixed his eyes on the lamb chops and barked, showing that he wanted to buy some of them. The butcher, thinking the dog wouldn’t know the difference, picked out the worst chops. The dog barked angrily and continued to bark until the butcher selected the finest chops. After the butcher took the money from the dog’s mouth, the dog picked up the chops and left the shop.The butcher was deeply impressed and decided that he would like to own a clever dog like that. He closed up shop and followed the dog to see where it went. The dog entered an apartment house, climbed to the third floor, and began to scratch on the door. With that, the door opened and an angry man started yelling at the dog. As he did so, the butcher stepped forward to ask the man to stop. “What are you doing?” That’s the smartest animal I’ve ever seen! Surely it doesn’t deserve this kind of treatment.” The butcher then went on to explain how the dog had bought the best lamb chops in the shop. The man looked at the butcher from the corner of his eye and said, “I don’t think he’s so intelligent. You see, this is third time this week he’s forgotten hisVI. Furthering Listening and SpeakingTask 1: A Birthday PresentMary: David, how did your mom like the dog you gave her for a birthday gift?David: Oh, Mary, she was delighted. It licked her hand and wagged its tail and she was hooked. Mary: What did she call it?David: She’s calling it “Brian”, after a friend of hers.Mary: Your mom always did have a sense of humor. I read somewhere that dogs can become very close to their owners.David: I’ve heard that. I saw an interview on TV with a man who had epileptic attacks, and his dog would warn him before he would have an attack.Mary: Really? I wonder how they can do that1David: It ahs something to do with the dog’s sense of smell. It’s very keen.Mary: Do you think Brian will be able to foretell when your mom is going to roast a chicken?After David gave his mom a dog as a birthday present, she was very pleased, for the dog licked her hand and wagged its tail. She called it Brian after one of her friends. Mary read an article which says that dogs can be faithful to their owners/masters. David agreed, for he saw a TV interview which introduced a dog that could warn its master of an epileptic attack. He explained that this ability of the dog’s has something to do with its keen sense of smell. Jokingly, Mary said she wounded whether the dog Brian can foretell/predict when David’s mom is going to roast a chicken.Task 2: 100 Percent Polar BearOne afternoon in the Arctic, a father polar bear and his son polar bear were sitting in the snow. The son turned to his father and asked, “Dad, am I 100 percent polar bear?”“Of course, son, you’re 100 percent polar bear.”A few minutes passed, and the bear turned to his father again and said, “Dad, tell me the truth.I can take it. Am I 100 percent polar bear? No brown bear or panda bear?”“Son, I’m 100 percent polar bear and your mother is 100 percent polar bear, so you’re certainly 100 percent polar bear.”A few minutes passed, and the son polar bear again turned to his father and asked, “Dad, don’t worry. But it’ll hurt my feelings if it’s not true. I really need to know…am I really 100 percent polar bear?”Somewhat angered by this continued questioning, the father polar bear yelled at his son, “Why on earth do you keep asking is you’re 100 percent polar bear?”“Because I’m freezing to death out here!”1.T2.F3.F4.T5.FTask 3: An Introduction to Advertising“Are you ready to go to work?”a woman asks her dog Sydney. The dog was her tail. Then she starts sniffing around inside the house. Sydney is hunting for mold. When she sits down, that means she smells mold nearby. Usually mold is found within three or four feet. A boy who lives in this house has epileptic attacks. It could be from mold. His mother wanted to find the mold. She tried other ways to find it, but they didn’t work. She said she trusted the dog more than the other ways. Workers found mold near where Sydney sat. Nobody had thought to look for mold there before. Now it can be cleaned out and the boy will feel much better.Sydney is very special. Only about ten animals in the U.S. can do this. She spent hundreds of hours with a police dog trainer in Florida to learn how. In the U.S., people have used dogs to find drugs and bombs for a long time, but dogs that find mold are something new.People in Europe have used mold-sniffing dogs for many years. Dogs are cheaper to use than human trackers and can find exactly where the mold is. They also do it quickly and for less than %500. Other methods may cost thousands of dollars and take many weeks.1.D2.C3.B4.A5.DSpeakingA Funeral for a Dead FishNancy: Westerners often take pets as their friends, even their family members. Especially dogs They think dogs are man’s best friends.Michael: What pets do people usually keep?Nancy: A lot. Fish, cats, horses… anything could be a pet.Michael: Do you have a pet?Nancy: I have three fish. One day, the fish called Susan died. We even had a funeral for her. Michael: A funeral?Nancy: Yes, usually it’s a ceremony for dead people. But we had a funeral for the dead fish. Michael: Sounds interesting.Nancy: Well, I need to go back to feed my fish. Talk to you later.Michael: OK, bye.。

英语听力教程2 (Unit 1- 5) 的答案

英语听力教程2 (Unit 1- 5) 的答案

Unit 1Part I Getting readyC: 1. He's a cook.2. There are six people in my family.3. She turned twenty in August.4. They live in Tokyo.5. I have two brothers and one sister.6. His name is David.7. She works in a hospital.8. Since 1994.9. Yes, two daughters and one son.10. We met at my best friend's birthday party.Part II Changing rolesA. 1. The parents. 2. The children. 3. Different but equal.4. Women's.5. You know that you have to work at it to create love.6. Helping people learn to work at their relationships to make their relationship work.B. Children have no rightschildren are the bosses; they allowed to do whatever they want to; parents run around behind themWomen demand a freer choice about who they are and how they can be1) being bread-winner and providers for families 2) being more involved with their childrenYou have to work at it to create the loveYou don't know how to work at itWhen it gets tricky, and you are more easily to opt outPart III Family life then and nowA 1. Separate 2. Smoking, drinking 3. Collecting 4. On the railway 5. Easy6. Play a lot of games7. Go out, 18B 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. TPart IV Father's DayA1)wise, knows 2). Thankless, provider, enemy 3) poorest, richest 4) educate5)fourteen, ignorant, stand, around, twenty-one, astonished, learned6)Hard, hardships, hardships, through, started7)Realizes, right, wrong8)baby, woman, woman, back9)Need, strong, protectionBDad, Daddy, meal, greeting card, see, 24%, 1960, 8%, married, poor, leave school, crime, large, ended, 50%, 1960, 6%, 70%, 8%, 15%, different, 1960s, involved, love, unemotional, leaders, punished, Most, cleaning, 1960s, 1970s, interested, wives, housework, earns, several, health, fatherhoodPart V Brothers and Sisters1. 22. Jealous 3 He got very angry 4 15 5 In Brazil 6 They young lady's brotherUnit 2Part I Getting readyB trouble, obeyed, play with, wine, wise, dear, often, results, stopped, wanted, allowedPart II Radio phone-in A1. 22. Student Medical Adviser3. 22221224. Fifteen5. About ten minutes6.Christine7. Worried8. Go out again9. Sit downB1.Writer2. 013. Before ten o'clock4. Brighton5. Persuade her dad to pick her upPart III Family disciplineANotes: discipline, talk, solution, talk much, dawn-out moan, alternatives, spankParent or Kid: K, P, P, K, P, Padopted, born, accept, cruel, particular, parents, directly, great, biological, same, due to, early, hear, sad, told, person, shock, left, teenagers, trust, deceived, suggests, felt, thought, closely, suitable, suitablePart V Freedom or Discipline?A 1. Two TV plays 2. At least 45 minutes 3. Yes 4. Doing piano lessons and reading a bookB 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4(F)Unit 3Part I Getting ready B1.Foldaway double bed and mattress 5. Fitted wardrobe2.Coffee table 6. Electric cooker3.Refrigerator 7. Sofa4.Bathroom 8. Tumble dryerPart II The dream house A1.a canal boat2.a detached modern house3.a cottage in a small village by the sea4.a white-walled villa in Spain5.a big old family house in the country6.an enormous castle on an isolated islandB1.Bright red.2.On a little roof-garden3.White pillars4.Cliffs and trees5.Plunge into the sea6.Its heat.7.A dry-stone wall.8.By a boat.Part III Flat huntingA Things That Will Be Taken Away: fridge, washing machineThings That Will Be Left Behind: gas cooker/ stove, gas fire, plumbing, electric shower, oven1.F2. F3. T4. F5. TPart IV Changes in the American Family45% married parents 18 25% population live changes occupyone parent not married related family members same sax decreasedin a hurry financial security later having children longer left homeliving alone 27 000 000 26% choose failed 65 died 100 000 000 households 25% 7 000 000 high rate unmarried one third 2 000 000 increase effects government added social service two-parentPart V Memory test: Looking for an Apartment: F T F F T T F TUnit 4Part I Getting readyB :T F T F T T F F FC: 1. b. 2. c. 3. a. c. f. 4. c. e. f. g. h. i. l. 5. d. 6. a. 7. c. 8. b.Part II The teacher I remember best A:1. The French teacher.2. For five years.3. 13 years old.4. French and German5. Grammar and vocabulary.6. Video and cassettes.7. Conversation class.8. Visit France. B: English; black; dark; very thick and bushy; glasses with black frames; playing piano; singing; rugby; tennis; three children and an interesting wifeC: serious; friendly; learned a lot; strict; work very hard; interesting; France and the French; languages; university; foreign language; opening a door; a window; foreign country; do things; think; only way; best wayPart III Teachers and pupilsA : Advantages: unexpected; entertaining/ funnyDisadvantages: terribly hard; physically; emotionallyB: human, open, to know more about them; open, relaxed, formal; progress, assessmentC: unexpected; trust, person; the big world, relationships, values; properly, appropriate; magic,exciting; cares; relaxed, friendly, supportive; individuals; allows, individual; voice, feedback, valuable, planning, developing; respect, relaxedPart IVcolleges; universities; brains; information; libraries; solve; problems; reports; letters; 1000 million; 900 million; require; own; give; e-mail; communicate;; receive; friends; family; research; learn; grades; sign; classes; come; communications; organization; English; history; 5000; 1985; information; day; night; requirements; professor; students; much; more; two; three; four; admits; limits; computer-based; older; job; family; 40%; non-traditionalUnit 5Part I Getting readyB Problems: 1. Rely, dictionary; 2. main point; article; paragraph; 3. sure, serious; 4. slowly Advices: 1. dictionary, first 2. Read through, what it's about, take notes; 3. as much as; 4. time limitC: Pros: information, textbooks, educational equipment; teachers, time; computer programs, interest, math, understand; computer, secondary, colleges;Cons: better, books, sports, educational visits; Space Invader; school time, electronic games; learn;Part II School reportA Good qualities: 1.intelligent, 2. good at drawing, 3, good in English 4. strong oral skills 5. good in sport;Shortcoming: 1. not concentrating in class 2. talking too much in class 3. not giving in homeworkB intelligent, talk/ chat, harder; difficult; concentrate; drawing, talking; homework, term; plenty, say; more, bottom; important, hockeyPart III Visiting BritainA1. Give you a list of courses and some general advice2. 1) Write to schools, 2) Ask people who've been on a course.3. 1) Private language schools.2) Further education colleges.3) Universities.4. practice English.5. hardly speak to you, you don't get on with6. it rains, the weather turns cold, one's money gets stolen.B1. advanced, elementary, finding out, British Council2. find out, various addresses3. accommodation, English family,4. at classes, real life situation, far and away, acquiring5. personal recommendation, stayed with, heard about, metPart IV More about the topic: Personal Aims and Valuesaims, values, indicate, personally, skilled, authority, Influencing, Changing, Raising, active, backgrounds, responsibility, rich, difficulty, contribution, original, owing, Creating, political, successful, environment, philosophy, community, married, very important, seven, percentage, keeping up, 52%, social life, 59%, field 62%, friends, 64%, family, 66%, Helping, 70%, Developing, 75%Part V Memory test: Study HabitsWOMAN: Wake up, Work, breakfast, Potter about, shopping, a rest, supperMAN: Get up, seven, a cup of coffee, totally organized, six hours。

英语听力教程2 (Unit 1- 5) 的答案

英语听力教程2 (Unit 1- 5) 的答案

Unit 1Part I Getting readyC: 1. He's a cook.2. There are six people in my family.3. She turned twenty in August.4. They live in Tokyo.5. I have two brothers and one sister.6. His name is David.7. She works in a hospital.8. Since 1994.9. Yes, two daughters and one son.10. We met at my best friend's birthday party.Part II Changing rolesA. 1. The parents. 2. The children. 3. Different but equal.4. Women's.5. You know that you have to work at it to create love.6. Helping people learn to work at their relationships to make their relationship work.B. Children have no rightschildren are the bosses; they allowed to do whatever they want to; parents run around behind themWomen demand a freer choice about who they are and how they can be1) being bread-winner and providers for families 2) being more involved with their childrenYou have to work at it to create the loveYou don't know how to work at itWhen it gets tricky, and you are more easily to opt outPart III Family life then and nowA 1. Separate 2. Smoking, drinking 3. Collecting 4. On the railway 5. Easy6. Play a lot of games7. Go out, 18B 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. TPart IV Father's DayA1)wise, knows 2). Thankless, provider, enemy 3) poorest, richest 4) educate5)fourteen, ignorant, stand, around, twenty-one, astonished, learned6)Hard, hardships, hardships, through, started7)Realizes, right, wrong8)baby, woman, woman, back9)Need, strong, protectionBDad, Daddy, meal, greeting card, see, 24%, 1960, 8%, married, poor, leave school, crime, large, ended, 50%, 1960, 6%, 70%, 8%, 15%, different, 1960s, involved, love, unemotional, leaders, punished, Most, cleaning, 1960s, 1970s, interested, wives, housework, earns, several, health, fatherhoodPart V Brothers and Sisters1. 22. Jealous 3 He got very angry 4 15 5 In Brazil 6 They young lady's brotherUnit 2Part I Getting readyB trouble, obeyed, play with, wine, wise, dear, often, results, stopped, wanted, allowedPart II Radio phone-in A1. 22. Student Medical Adviser3. 22221224. Fifteen5. About ten minutes6.Christine7. Worried8. Go out again9. Sit downB1.Writer2. 013. Before ten o'clock4. Brighton5. Persuade her dad to pick her upPart III Family disciplineANotes: discipline, talk, solution, talk much, dawn-out moan, alternatives, spankParent or Kid: K, P, P, K, P, Padopted, born, accept, cruel, particular, parents, directly, great, biological, same, due to, early, hear, sad, told, person, shock, left, teenagers, trust, deceived, suggests, felt, thought, closely, suitable, suitablePart V Freedom or Discipline?A 1. Two TV plays 2. At least 45 minutes 3. Yes 4. Doing piano lessons and reading a bookB 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4(F)Unit 3Part I Getting ready B1.Foldaway double bed and mattress 5. Fitted wardrobe2.Coffee table 6. Electric cooker3.Refrigerator 7. Sofa4.Bathroom 8. Tumble dryerPart II The dream house A1.a canal boat2.a detached modern house3.a cottage in a small village by the sea4.a white-walled villa in Spain5.a big old family house in the country6.an enormous castle on an isolated islandB1.Bright red.2.On a little roof-garden3.White pillars4.Cliffs and trees5.Plunge into the sea6.Its heat.7.A dry-stone wall.8.By a boat.Part III Flat huntingA Things That Will Be Taken Away: fridge, washing machineThings That Will Be Left Behind: gas cooker/ stove, gas fire, plumbing, electric shower, oven1.F2. F3. T4. F5. TPart IV Changes in the American Family45% married parents 18 25% population live changes occupyone parent not married related family members same sax decreasedin a hurry financial security later having children longer left homeliving alone 27 000 000 26% choose failed 65 died 100 000 000 households 25% 7 000 000 high rate unmarried one third 2 000 000 increase effects government added social service two-parentPart V Memory test: Looking for an Apartment: F T F F T T F TUnit 4Part I Getting readyB :T F T F T T F F FC: 1. b. 2. c. 3. a. c. f. 4. c. e. f. g. h. i. l. 5. d. 6. a. 7. c. 8. b.Part II The teacher I remember best A:1. The French teacher.2. For five years.3. 13 years old.4. French and German5. Grammar and vocabulary.6. Video and cassettes.7. Conversation class.8. Visit France. B: English; black; dark; very thick and bushy; glasses with black frames; playing piano; singing; rugby; tennis; three children and an interesting wifeC: serious; friendly; learned a lot; strict; work very hard; interesting; France and the French; languages; university; foreign language; opening a door; a window; foreign country; do things; think; only way; best wayPart III Teachers and pupilsA : Advantages: unexpected; entertaining/ funnyDisadvantages: terribly hard; physically; emotionallyB: human, open, to know more about them; open, relaxed, formal; progress, assessmentC: unexpected; trust, person; the big world, relationships, values; properly, appropriate; magic,exciting; cares; relaxed, friendly, supportive; individuals; allows, individual; voice, feedback, valuable, planning, developing; respect, relaxedPart IVcolleges; universities; brains; information; libraries; solve; problems; reports; letters; 1000 million; 900 million; require; own; give; e-mail; communicate;; receive; friends; family; research; learn; grades; sign; classes; come; communications; organization; English; history; 5000; 1985; information; day; night; requirements; professor; students; much; more; two; three; four; admits; limits; computer-based; older; job; family; 40%; non-traditionalUnit 5Part I Getting readyB Problems: 1. Rely, dictionary; 2. main point; article; paragraph; 3. sure, serious; 4. slowly Advices: 1. dictionary, first 2. Read through, what it's about, take notes; 3. as much as; 4. time limitC: Pros: information, textbooks, educational equipment; teachers, time; computer programs, interest, math, understand; computer, secondary, colleges;Cons: better, books, sports, educational visits; Space Invader; school time, electronic games; learn;Part II School reportA Good qualities: 1.intelligent, 2. good at drawing, 3, good in English 4. strong oral skills 5. good in sport;Shortcoming: 1. not concentrating in class 2. talking too much in class 3. not giving in homeworkB intelligent, talk/ chat, harder; difficult; concentrate; drawing, talking; homework, term; plenty, say; more, bottom; important, hockeyPart III Visiting BritainA1. Give you a list of courses and some general advice2. 1) Write to schools, 2) Ask people who've been on a course.3. 1) Private language schools.2) Further education colleges.3) Universities.4. practice English.5. hardly speak to you, you don't get on with6. it rains, the weather turns cold, one's money gets stolen.B1. advanced, elementary, finding out, British Council2. find out, various addresses3. accommodation, English family,4. at classes, real life situation, far and away, acquiring5. personal recommendation, stayed with, heard about, metPart IV More about the topic: Personal Aims and Valuesaims, values, indicate, personally, skilled, authority, Influencing, Changing, Raising, active, backgrounds, responsibility, rich, difficulty, contribution, original, owing, Creating, political, successful, environment, philosophy, community, married, very important, seven, percentage, keeping up, 52%, social life, 59%, field 62%, friends, 64%, family, 66%, Helping, 70%, Developing, 75%Part V Memory test: Study HabitsWOMAN: Wake up, Work, breakfast, Potter about, shopping, a rest, supperMAN: Get up, seven, a cup of coffee, totally organized, six hours。

全新版大学英语第二版听说教程2答案及听力翻译

全新版大学英语第二版听说教程2答案及听力翻译

Unit 1 SportsPart CShort Conversations1. W: I like playing basketball, volleyball and table tennis. What about you?M: Well, tennis is my favorite sport.Q: Which sport does the man like?2. W: You don’t like boxing very much, do you?M: It’s far f rom being my kind of sport.Q: What does the man mean?3. W: I think yesterday’s football game was quite exciting. What about you, John?M: You said it. But it was a bit long.Q: What does the man think about the football game?4. W: Do you like to play chess?M: I like the game, but I don’t play it often enough. I’m afraid I’m not a very good chess player.Q: What does the man mean?5. M: I knew the names of all the football players and the dates of all the games in my high school days. Butrecently I have failed to keep up with football.W: Now you’re busy with your golf games.Q: What do you know about the man from the conversation?Unit 2 Food and DrinksPart cA: Well, here we are, not too crowded.B: Great! Let’s order quickly so we c an chat a little.A: OK. What are you in the mood for?B: Something light. I had a huge breakfast and I’m still full.A: There are three salads. Or you could have soup and a sandwich.B: What are you having? A hamburger, I suppose.A: No, actually I ate out last night. We had pizza at Pizza Hut, then a late snack at Kentucky Fried Chicken. B: Oh, dear. Well, maybe you should have a salad.A: Yes, I think so. Look, the daily special is spaghetti. That sounds good.B: Oh, the prices are great too. I’l l have that as well.A: Now let’s decide on drinks.B: I’ll just have coffee and a glass of iced water.A: Italian food needs red wine, you know.B: But we have to go back to work.A: OK, a Coke for me then.B: Here comes the waitress. Let me order first.Unit 3 WeatherPart CShort Conversations1. W: It’s been freezing for the last few days.M: Yes. And the forecast says there will be more snow next week, accompanied by strong winds.Q: What will the weather be like next week?2. M: We haven’t had such a severe winter for a long time, have we?W: No, and the forecast says it’s going to get worse before it warms up.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?3. W: What if it rains hard? What are we going to do?M: I think it will clear up soon. But if it keeps raining, the whole thing will have to be cancelled.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?4. M: How was the weather when you left New York?W: It was very much like the weather in Beijing. You don’t have to take a lot of cloth es.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?5. W: If it is this hot tomorrow, we may have to give up the idea of playing tennis in the afternoon.M: The weather forecast says it will cloud over by noon.Q: What does the man mean?Unit 4 MusicPart CA Compound DictationCeline Dion is the youngest of 14 children in a working-class family in Quebec, Canada. Her parents, who both loved music, 1) encouraged her to develop her musical 2) talent. At 12, Celine had 3) composed the song “It Was Only a Dre am”. Her mother and brother helped her to make a recording of that song and sent it off to anaddress they found on an album of a popular French singer. The address was that of Rene Angelil, who became her first 4) conquest, but there would be millions more.Celine’s rise from a teenage singer to a pop superstar has been 5) steady, but not without difficulties. Record companies were at first less 6) enthusiastic about 7) investing in a teenager than Angelil, who mortgaged his own home to pay for her first album. But her first two albums won a great success. And by 1983 she became the first Canadian ever to have a gold record in France.In 1990, Celine made her first English language record with Unison but 8) her real breakthrough in America came when she was selected by Disney to sing the theme song of Beauty and the Beast. The song went to No.1 on the chart and won both a Grammy and an Academy award. 9) In 1996 she performed at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and in 1997 she recorded the theme song for Titanic, and her name became synonymous with the enormously successful film.Celine Dion’s favorite theme is love.10) She sings the depth and the power of love in a great many of her hits such as “Love Can Move Mountains”, “Because You Loved Me”, “The Power of Love” and, of course, the theme song of Titanic, “My Heart Will Go On”.Unit 5 HealthPart CShort Conversations1. W: Jane kept coughing and couldn’t go to sleep all night.M: She must be sick. I hope she’s better today.Q: What do you know about Jane?2. M: I haven’t seen Jack for ages.W: Neither have I. But I heard he had been in hospital for three weeks.Q: What do you learn from the conversation?3. W: Doctor, I’ve been suffering from a stomachache for quite a long time.M: Tell me what you usually eat. You know eating properly is very important for health.Q: What does the doctor say about the possible cause of the woman’s illness?4. M: How is your son Peter feeling today?W: Much better than yesterday. But he still needs to rest for a couple of days before going to school.Q: What does the woman say about Peter?5. M: How is your husband after the operation?W: He’s getting better. But he still needs to go to the hospital for a checkup in a week.Q: What does the woman say about her husband?Unit 6 BusinessPart CA PassageMr. Stevenson was the owner of a general appliance store. He had seen many newly-weds coming into his store to shop for their first refrigerator, washer and dryer, and air-conditioner. Pen and pencil in hand, they would ask him a lot of questions about price, features and after-sales services, but they would usually walk away at the end of their inquiry. 史蒂文森先生是通用电器商店的主人。

全新版大学英语听说教程5(第二版)答案

全新版大学英语听说教程5(第二版)答案

全新版大学英语听说教程5(第二版)参考答案Unit 1 StrangersPart BText 1dbcab(o:old man; m:mother) o m o m o m oText 2babacigarette smoke; middle; bar; drink; pound; change; drank in one go; hat; coat; hat; coat; rack; umbrellas; a tall thin man; in an opposite direction.Part CdadacUnit 2 UFOsPart BText 1FTFTTFskipped a beat; strange lights; the yards; were day; 50 feet; 300-400 feet; aluminum; the top; bottom; glass-like material;white; glowed yellow.Text 2accbaa;sleeping; the aliens; the saucer; their will; from my family; family; hovering so close to; the strange light; crazy; drinking;Part CcdbaUnit 3 Overseas StudyPart Bdacaaplane journey; supposed; residence hall; luggage; somehow; mumble; journalism; scholarship; strange; foreign; looking right; soccer; Scottish influences; locals; experience; lifetime; decision; semester.Part CcbdcaUnit 4 Laughter: the Best MedicinePart Bimmune system; stress hormones; blood pressure; laughter began; comedy videos; 30 percent; second attack; inner jogging; immune system; humour; comedies; collections of jokes; 20; 3; hard rowing; sitting down; equipment; skill; workout; regular fitness program; breath; smile; exhale; muscles; cells; memory.Part CcbadUnit 5 NeighborsPart BFFFTTFTblue-collar; employee; rotted; threw them back; common driveway open; military uniform; charged; answering complaints that the other’s TV was too loud, her car was blocking the driveway or her kids were unruly; insisted that they submit their dispute to mediation.Part CcbcdUnit 6 Finders KeepersPart BTFFTTTFFTLatin America; unsuspecting people; 1,100 wallets; 44; varied widely;80 wallets; 65; honest; Australia; India; diverse cultures; things; faith;Text 28-year-old boy; theirs; resort; fashionable cab; daughter; looking on; palace; pulling up; Her son; woman; fruit stall; waver; Mexico; elderly people; cross; peeking; waiter; returned; Canada; out of work; cash; booth.dbaaPart CFFTFTUnit 7 The Skeptical MindPart Bbacdaincredible; swirled; an hour; interviews; faked; discrepancies; imagery; stars; lunar; bending; waving; giant leap for mankind; immortal.Part CcbbcUnit 8 Heroes in EducationPart Baadbcthe new principal; need repair; truancy; dropout rate; incentive programs; useful skills; 90 percent; $ 9 million; academic achievements; diploma; erupted in cheers; her beliefs about renovating the lives of students who have been worn down or broken; something in every young person that can be cultivated into greatness.Part CFTTFFFFTUnit 9 Role ModelsPart BFTTFTFFFcrime; boxing couch; stole his bike; remained; amateur boxing career; easy-to-get-along-with; handle; wonderful; smoke; drink; shy; girls; obsessed with boxing.Part CacacUnit 10 Plastic SurgeryPart BTFTTF FTTFTValentine’s Day; their bodies; anticipation of the big day; very romantic and old-fashioned; strict physical exercise plan at the gym; wedding ring; bandages still on her stomach; baffled wedding audience; bridal veil; room and broad costs; regrets; underwear; inspirationPart CcacdUnit 11 Speed DatingPart Badccdbreak the ice; motherly charm; executive; 23-year-old mother; usual circle; have a relationship; 30-year-old labourer; smallish chair; great concept; boring; booming; magic; successful that Ann is even thinking she might try this out in Singapore.Part CbadcdUnit 12 DivorcePart Bcacbdthe police; something must have happened; first couple of years; peddles and the four kids were the ball; custody of all of us; split children up; hurt him; big mouth; good to me; being slapped across the face.Part CbabdUnit 13 Man VS. MachinePart Bacdbcworld chess champion; computer chess program; making moves with subtlety; achieve consciousness; stronger; ordinary players; adapt; tactical error; one error; imagination; pieces; combinationsPart CbdccUnit 14 CloningPart Bcadbadistrict; career; decent; pregnant; sperm count; fertilize; distress; special; successful; consent; donation; quiet violated; hairs; impression; give birth.Part Ccbaa。

新视野大学英语听说教程2(第二版)听力原文及答案110全.pdf

新视野大学英语听说教程2(第二版)听力原文及答案110全.pdf

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全新版大学英语第二版听说教程2听力原文及答案

全新版大学英语第二版听说教程2听力原文及答案

全新版大学英语第二版听说教程2听力原文及答案全新版大学英语(第二版)听说教程2Unit 1 Sports Part A]Listening StrategyIdentifying NumbersNumbers appear very often in every kind of listening material. The ability to catch the exact num bers spoken in English is an important but difficult skill for a Chinese learner. A good way is to pra ctice over and over again the pronunciation of the numbers, particularly the different ways to say thirteen and thirty, fourteen and forty, etc. It also helps to practice writing down the numbers yo u hear quickly in numerical forms, without translating them into Chinese. You're going to hear a p assage about Michael Jordan, a retired American professional basketball player.Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the missing numbers.Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. He was born on Feb.17, 1963, in Broo klyn, New York. He is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 216 pounds. Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls tea m for the 1984 season. In the 1986 season he shot 3041 points, the third highest score ever. He w as named NBA Slam Dunk Champion(扣篮冠军)in 1987 and won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1988, an honor repeated four times in the next ten years to 1998. Jordan guided his team to win six NBA championships during the 1990s, s coring 45 points during the sixth and last game of the 1998 NBA finals. In 1999, he was named th e greatest North American athlete of the 20th century. Jordan left the NBA at the beginning of th e 1993-1994 NBAseason to pursue a career in baseball. Since his baseball game wasn't quite as g ood as his basketball games, he finally gave it up to rejoin the Bulls in 1995. Yet, after playing for f ive more years, he once again announced his retirement in 1999. But he returned for two more N BA games in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards.[ti:Unit 1 Part B]Listening Tasks A ConversationWhy Don't You Join Me at the Gym Sometime?Exercise 1Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.Peter: Hi Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag?Laura: Hi, Peter. I'm off to the gym. I've got to stay in shape, you know. I try to go three times a w eek, but I'm busy so I can't always make it.Peter: I know more women who work out than men. What's the main reason you work out? For y our health, or to look good?Laura: To be honest, for both. With women, good looks are always a very important consideration . Peter: If they were honest, most men who work out would admit that they also do it to look bett er, and not merely for health reasons.Laura: How about you? Do you get any regular exercise?Peter: I do a lot of walking, for exercise and enjoyment sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a ti me but I never go to the gym like you do.Laura: Well, walking is good exercise. How about sports?Peter: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball, but it's impossible to get enough people together for a game now. Mostly I just watch sports on TV.Laura: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends, and sometimes go swimming and cycling by m yself.Peter: Oh, I forgot about that. I go cycling sometimes too. And I often go swimming on vacation, b ut only recreational swimming.Laura: Why don't you join me at the gym sometime? I can get you a guest pass. Peter: Well, maybe someday, but I'm pretty lazy about things like that. Questions1. What do you know about Peter?2. Where might the two speakers be having this conversation?Speaking Tasks Pair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner.Conversation 1A: What's your plan for this evening?B: Well, there's a good game at the stadium but I haven't got a ticket yet.A: I'm going to the gym. Would you like to come along? I can get a guest pass for you. B: That's w onderful. I'd always wanted to work out in the new gym. Thank you very much. Conversation 2 A: Hi, Xiao Wang. Fancy meeting you here! How are you doing?B: Can't complain. I'm busy with my experiments in the lab. But after work I often play some spor ts.A: Like what?B: Like swimming, running and sometimes tennis.A: Tennis? That's my favorite game. Say, what're you doing this weekend? B: Nothing particular. I guess I'll probably just work in the lab. A: Come on. You need to relax. What about a game of ten nis? B: OK.Conversation 3A: Are you doing anything special tomorrow, Bob? B: Not really. Why do you ask?A: Some of us are going motorcycling. Would you like to join us? B: Motorcycling? I've never done that. Isn't it a bit dangerous? A: Maybe, but it's really exciting.B: I enjoy jogging. It's more relaxing.A: That's a good form of exercise. It can help you stay in shape. B: Yes, it's also safer.Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and express ions above in your conversations where appropriate[ti:Unit 1 Part C]Test Your ListeningYou're going to hear five short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.1. W: I like playing basketball, volleyball and table tennis. What about you? M: Well, tennis is my f avorite sport. Q: What sport does the man like?2. W: You don't like boxing very much, do you? M: It's far from being my kind of sport. Q: What d oes the man mean?3. W: I think yesterday's football game was quite exciting. What about you, John?M: You said it. But it was a bit long.Q: What does the man think about the football game? 4. W: Do you like to play chess?M: I like the game, but I don't play it often enough. I'm afraid I'm not a very good chess player. Q: What does the man mean?5. M: I knew the names of all the football players and the dates of all the games in my high schooldays. But recently I have failed to keep up with football. W: Now you are busy with your golf gam es.Q: What do you know about the man from the conversation?Unit 2 Food and Drinks Part AListening StrategyListening "Between the Lines"People do not always say directly what they mean. Very often, we have to listen "between the lin es". The English language offers many ways for people to imply, rather than directly state, their m eaning. To find out what a speaker really means, we can rely on such things as the context, the m eaning of an idiom, and the intonation used. For example, if someone says "I have an essay to wri te" in answer to an invitation to go somewhere, we can infer from the context that he cannot acc ept the invitation. And if someone says "Andrew passed with flying colors" in reply to an inquiry a bout how Andrew did on a test, we can infer from the meaning of the idiom "to pass with flying c olors" that Andrew did very well on the test. Often, intonation also helps to reveal the real meani ng of a message. For example, "He is very clever" said with an ironic tone means just the opposite . You are going to hear eight short conversations between two speakers.Listen carefully and write down "Yes" or "No" to each of the following questions. 1. M: Have you ever been to that big restaurant opposite the school gate? W: Yes, many times.Whenever my friends come to visit me, I'll take them there to eat. 2. W: Is there something wron g, sir?M: My wife and I have been kept waiting for nearly an hour for our meal. 3. W: Where is the cake I made this morning?M: We ate it, mom. Can you make another one for us?4. W: I hear you like chicken very much.M: Next to beef.5. M: Have you tried this wine before?W: No, never. It's my first time, but it's really to my taste. 6. W: John, do you want a soda? M: Sod a? I think it tastes like medicine. 7. W: Why, the fish is left almost untouched. M: Well, it would be good if it were less salty. 8. M: Hi, Sue, would you like to eat out tonight?W: Oh, I'd really like to, but my sister may come to visit me this evening..[ti:Unit 2 Part B] Listening Tasks A ConversationWhat About Dining Out?Exercise 1Listen to the conversation and complete the following sentences. Peter: Hi, Kate.Kate: Hi, Peter. How have you been? Peter: Oh, OK, I guess. And you?Kate: Not too bad. We haven't seen each other for a while, have we?Peter: No, we haven't. So that makes me ask. Do you have any plan for this Saturday? Kate: No, n ot yet, I don't think so. Why?Peter: What do you think about getting together and going out to dinner this weekend? Kate: Tha t would be great. Do you have any particular place in mind?Peter: Well, I think I'd like to eat something that's not too heavy. I've been eating a little too much lately.Kate: Me too.Peter: I love Italian food, but maybe we should skip that this time. They always seem to serve somuch food in Italian restaurants, and you end up eating morethan you wanted to.Kate: Chinese food would be good.Peter: Yes, or maybe some Japanese sushi. That style uses a lot of natural flavors, and not much o il or cream or heavy sauces.Kate: Yes, either of those choices would be good. Let's just meet on Saturday night, and decide th en where to eat.Peter: That's fine by me.Speaking Tasks Pair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner.Conversation 1(At the school canteen) A: What a crowd!B: This is the worst time. The morning classes are just over. Everybody is hungry and rushes here t o have lunch.A: That's true. I'm starving and I can't wait. I'd rather not stand in a long line. B: Why don't we hav e some fried noodles?A: Noodles are sold at No. 2 Box. No queue there, you see. B: That's great. (At No. 2 Box) Counter hand: What can I get you? A: One plate of fried noodles, please. B: Make it two. Counter hand: OK. Two plates of fried noodles. Anything else? A: How much is the tomato soup? Counter hand: It's free. It goes with the noodles. A: I see. (to B) Do you want any soup? B: Yes. A: (to counter hand) Two bowls of soup, please. Conversation 2(At a fast food restaurant)Counter hand: What can I do for you?Customer: I'll have one order of chicken nuggets and a chicken sandwich. Counter hand: Anything to drink? Customer: A small Sprite. No ice, please. Counter hand: Okay. For here or to go? Custo mer: For here. Conversation 3(At a Chinese restaurant)Waiter: Are you ready to order?A: Do you have any recommendations?Waiter: Yes. The Sichuan style crispy whole fish is very good. It's today's special.A: Mary, would you like to try that? I hear it's very good.B: Why not? And I'd like shrimp in black bean sauce, too. It's my favorite. Waiter: Okay. Anything else?A: What about some vegetables, Mary? B: Yes. How about spinach? A: Spinach is fine with me. W aiter: Anything to drink?A: Yes. I'd like one Bud Light, please. What'll you have, Mary? B: Orange juice, please. Waiter: One Bud Light and one orange juice. Is that right? A: Right.Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and express ions above in your conversations where appropriate[ti:Unit 2 Part C]Test Your ListeningListen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. A: Well, here we are, not too crowded.B: Great! Let's order quickly so we can chat a little. A: OK. What are you in the mood for?B: Something light. I had a huge breakfast and I'm still full. A: There are three salads. Or you could have soup and a sandwich. B: What are you having? A hamburger, I suppose.A: No, actually I ate out last night. We had pizza at Pizza Hut, then a late snack at Kentucky Fried C hicken.B: Oh, dear. Well, maybe you should have a salad.A: Yes, I think so. Look, the daily special is spaghetti. That sounds good. B: Oh, the prices are great too. I'll have that as well. A: Now let's decide on drinks.B: I'll just have coffee and a glass of iced water. A: Italian food needs red wine, you know. B: But w e have to go back to work. A: OK, a Coke for me then.B: Here comes the waitress. Let me order first. Questions1. What is the relationship between the two speakers?2. Where does the conversation take plac e?3. What will they order?Unit 3 Weather Part AListening StrategyListening for Important DetailsBesides understanding the main idea of a listening text, we often find it necessary to grasp the im portant details as well. What counts as important details depends on the kind of information we want. Generally speaking, if we are listening to the narration of an event, we need to sharpen our ears not only for what happened, but also when and where, how and why it happened. In listeni ng to a weather report, on the other hand, the important details we should watch out for are the current weather conditions, temperature, and weather outlook. You're going to hear two short p assages about weather. While listening, pay attention to such details as the weather conditions, t emperature, weather outlook, damage caused by bad weather and so on, and write them down i n note form.Then complete the exercises in your book.1. The weather today: a fine day is in store nearly everywhere, with the best of the sunshine in so uthern and central areas of Britain. A pleasant day, then, with long sunny periods developing. Th ere will be light winds with a maximum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, 64 degrees Fahrenheit . Look at the outlook for the next few days: it will become mostly cloudy with heavyshowers mov ing in from the west.2. A storm in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin Province, claimed four lives on Sunday. The storm lasted about three hours from around 8 p.m. The winds reached speeds of over a hund red miles an hour, causing serious damage and a widespread power failure.[ti:Unit 3 Part B] Listening Tasks A ConversationDid You Hear the Forecast?Exercise 1Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. Alan: Oh, look at the sky, Michelle! It's starting to get cloudy.Michelle: I see it. I hope it doesn't rain. I thought it was going to be a fine day today.Alan: That's certainly what the department was hoping for when they chose today as the date for the annual picnic.Michelle: You can't have a picnic without good weather. You need sunshine for all the eating and games and entertainment.Alan: Yeah, sunshine — but not too much! Do you remember last year?Michelle: I sure do. It was so hot all we did was look for shade, look for ways to escape from the s un.Alan: And no one wanted to participate in any of the planned activities. All we wanted was cold d rinks. And then we dozed off.Michelle: If there had just been the tiniest breeze to cool us off.Alan: But there wasn't. Just that burning sun, without a cloud in the sky, and the temperature just seemed to climb higher and higher.Michelle: Well, we don't have that problem this year,apparently.Alan, did you hear the weather forecast? Is it supposed to rain?Alan: I don't know. I didn't catch the weather report. But maybe if it rains, it will only be a short s hower which cools things off a little. That might not be bad. Questions1. What are Alan and Michelle mainly doing?2. What do you know about Alan?3. What can you infer from the conversation?Speaking TasksListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner. Conversation 1A: What lovely weather we're having! Nice and cool. B: Yeah, I really like this kind of weather. A: What's the temperature today?B: The high is 26 and the low is 20. The weather forecast says the good weather is likely to last, to o.A: I hope so.Conversation 2A: It seems to be clearing up. All the dark clouds are gone and the sun is coming out. B: Yes. Let's j ust hope it stays this way.I hate rainy days.A: I think it will continue to be fine for the next few days. Anyhow, that's what the weatherman sa ys.B: That's great. Let's go for a walk, shall we? A: All right.Conversation 3A: It's hot and humid, isn't it? I can hardly breathe. B: Yeah. I feel suffocating too.A: Are summers always this hot here? It's almost like in the desert. B: Yes, especially in July and A ugust. A: Well, what did theweatherman say? B: He said another heat wave is on the way. A: Oh no! I hope not.B: How about going out to the beach to cool off?A: Good idea. Maybe it's the only place for this sort of weather.Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and express ions above in your conversations where appropriate..[ti:Unit 3 Part CTest Your ListeningYou're going to hear five short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.1. W: It's been freezing for the last few days.M: Yes. And the forecast says there will be more snow next week, accompanied by strong winds. Q: What will the weather be like next week?2. M: We haven't had such a severe winter for a long time, have we? W: No, and the forecast saysit's going to get worse before it warms up. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?3. W: What if it rains hard? What are we going to do?M: I think it will clear up soon. But if it keeps raining, the whole thing will have to be cancelled. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?4. M: How was the weather when you left New York?W: It was very much like the weather in Beijing. You don't have to take a lot of clothes. Q: What c an we learn from the conversation?5. W: If it is this hot tomorrow, we may have to give up the idea of playing tennis in the afternoon . M: The weather forecastsays it will cloud over by noon. Q: What does the man mean?Unit 4 Music Part AListening StrategyListening for Signal WordsThe ability to identify signal words can help us follow the thread of the speaker's thought. People often use signal words or phrases like "but", "therefore" and "as a result" to add a comment that contrasts with what has just been said or to signal what they are about to say is the result or caus e of their previous remarks. Similarly, words and phrases like "for example", "most importantly", " first", "second", "finally" and "then" usually signal that the speaker is going to provide an illustrati on or emphasize a certain point or discuss several aspects of a certain topic. So we should pay att ention to signal words in listening as they will prepare us for what is going to be said. You're going to hear four short passages.Listen carefully and write down the signal word(s) in each passage. Then choose a, b, c or d to ind icate the function of the signal word(s) used in each of the passages.1. Most people like music. In fact, we are surrounded by it. It's on the radio and television and ca n be heard in stores and restaurants. However, not everyone likes the same kind of music.2. The manager of the music shop was called Brian Epstein. Because so many people had asked fo r a record by the Sun, Epstein decided to go and listen to the group himself.3. Firstly I would like to talk about classical music and its representative composers, then I will mo ve on to jazz music, and finally I will focus on pop music in the last century.4. We listen to exciting music and our hearts beat faster, our blood pressure rises, and our blood f lows more quickly. In short,we're stimulated.[ti:Unit 4 Part B] Listening Tasks A PassageBackground MusicExercise 1Listen to the passage. As you listen, read the signal words in your book and put a tick () in the bra ckets after the ones you have heard.Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. V ery soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music. To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing atmosphere. Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost sales or increase factory production by as much as a third. But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spo t items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sale s. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving —unless, of course,the resulting indigestion leads to complaints. Questions1. Where was recorded background music first used?2. What was the original purpose of backgr ound music?3. What kind of music can have a powerful effect oncustomers in shops?4. Why doesn't the same kind of music work in restaurants according to the passage? Speaking TasksPair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner. Conversation 1A: Do you like English songs? B: I'm crazy about them.A: What's your favorite song?B: It's hard to say. There are so many beautiful songs. A: Who's your favorite singer then?B: Sarah Brightman, undoubtedly. I do admire her, you know.I love all her songs. A: I like her, too, but not that much. Conversation 2A: Do you care for opera?B: Yes, I do, very much.A: Which do you like better, opera or musical?B: Opera.A: Do you just listen to it or go to performances?B: I prefer going to a performance. It has everything, color and spectacle and great music. A: Why don't we go and see Aida together? It's being performed at the Grand Theater. B: I've seen it alre ady. It's excellent.A: Oh, lucky you! Conversation 3A: Do you enjoy listening to music?B: Yes, very much. I enjoy listening to music more than any other pastime.A: What's your favorite music?B: It depends. When I am in a good mood, I'd prefer something exciting, with a fast rhythm. But if I feel low, I can onlylisten to something soft and quiet. A: Mm, me too.Now make similar conversations. Use the structures and expressions above where appropriate. Y our conversations should include the following points.[ti:Unit 4 Part C] Test Your ListeningListen to the passage three times and supply the missing information.Celine Dion is the youngest of 14 children in a working-class family in Quebec, Canada. Her pare nts, who both loved music, encouraged her to develop her musical talent. At 12, Celine had comp osed the song "It Was Only a Dream". Her mother and brother helped her to make a recording of that song and sent it off to an address they found on an album of a popular French singer. The ad dress was that of Rene Angelil, who became her first conquest, but there would be millions more. Celine's rise from a teenage singer to a pop superstar has been steady, but not without difficultie s. Record companies were at first less enthusiastic about investing in a teenager than Angelil, wh o mortgaged his own home to pay for her first album. But her first two albums won a great succe ss. And by 1983 she became the first Canadian ever to have a gold record inFrance. In 1990, Celine made her first English language record with Unison but her real breakthrough in America came when she was selected by Disney to sing the theme song of Beauty and the Beast. The song went to No.1 on the chart and won both a Grammy and an Academy award. In 19 96 she performed at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and in 1997 she r ecorded the theme song for Titanic, and her name became synonymous with the enormously suc cessful film. Celine Dion's favorite theme islove. She sings the depth and the power of love in a gr eat many of her hits such as "Love Can Move Mountains", "Because You Loved Me", "The Power of Love" and, of course, the theme song of Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On".Unit 5 Health Part AListening StrategyIdentifying the Relationship Between the Speakers in a ConversationIdentifying the relationship between the speakers in a conversation is an important skill in liste ning comprehension. Although sometimes the conversation itself does not contain words that sa y exactly what the relationship is, we can rely on contextual clues to find it out. Such clues includ e the degree of intimacy (e.g., how intimately the speakers address each other, what endearment s are used), the degree of politeness (strangers tend to be more polite towards each other than fr iends or family members), and the particular situation (at a doctor's consulting room, at a shop, e tc.).Listen to the following conversations and choose the right answers to the questions that follow the conversations.1. M: What's the trouble?W: I feel dizzy and my whole body aches. M: How long have you been sick? W: Two or three days now.M: How's your appetite?W: I've got no appetite. The sight of food simply turns my stomach. What's wrong with me? M: Y ou seem to be generally run-down.Q: What is the mnost probable relationship between the two speakers? 2. W: What's the matter, Jack? You look pale. M: Oh, Ifeel terrible.W: Why? What's the matter?M: I have a splitting headache and a sore throat. W: Why didn't you tell me?M: I thought they might go away, but I feel worse this morning. I'm aching all over.W: Hmm. You feel warm, too. You must have got a fever. There's a pretty bad flu going around, yo u know.Q: What's the most probable relationship between the two speakers?[ti:Unit 5 Part B]Listening TasksA ConversationGoing to See the DoctorExercise 1Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to complete the statements. D: So what's your trouble?P: Well, doctor, I haven't been feeling well lately. My biggest problem is that I'm having trouble sl eeping.D: Have you tried any of the sleeping medications available? P: I've tried one or two, but they don 't seem to help. D: How long have you had this problem?P: Three or four months — it's been rather a long time now.D: Are you suffering from an unusual level of stress in your life lately? P: Not more than usual. My biggest worry is the fact I can't sleep. D: Well, some people don't need as much sleep as others. P: But I feel tired all day, so it is a problem for me. D: Have you been experiencing any other symp toms? P: I've also had a lot of indigestion lately.D: Well, you are a little overweight, aren't you?P: Yes. And I've gained about seven kilograms this past year.D: You really should try to lose at least that extra weight. Do you get much exercise? P: No, not ve ry much.D: Physical activity is very important.P: So what do you recommend, doctor?D: I will give you some medications for your insomnia and your indigestion. But I also recommend that you begin a regular exercise program.P: But I have neither the time nor the money to go to a gym.D: You don't need to go to a gym. A simple walking program would be very beneficial for you. I thi nk you'll find that diet and exercise will be very helpful in taking care of your recent complaints. Speaking TasksPair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner. Conversation 1D: What's wrong with you?P: I have a burning stomachache. And I feel like vomiting, too. D: How long has it been like this? P: Since yesterday.D: What did you eat yesterday? Did you eat seafood? P: Yes.I had some crabs at lunch and then I just felt terrible. D: Yours seems to be a minor case of food poisoning.P: What do you think I should do, doctor?D: I'll give you some medications for your stomachache and indigestion. And don't eat any seafoo d for the next week or so.P: I won't, doctor. Thank you.Conversation 2D: What seems to be the problem?P: I hurt my left foot yesterday. I missed one step while。

新世纪大学英语视听说教程第二版第二册OL听力原文unit_5

新世纪大学英语视听说教程第二版第二册OL听力原文unit_5

Unit 5, Book 2Optional Listening 1Mike: …So, we can look forward to warmer temperature. It’ll be a good weekend for the beach. Over to you, Alexa.Alexa: Thank you for that weather report, Mike. And finally, this story just in. … We have a report that a local man, Nick Brown, saw some strange lights. He was driving home at about 10 p.m. He said the lights were bright and they moved across the sky. He stopped at a gas station and talked to a police officer about the lights. The police officer had seen the lights, too.M: Hmmm, … that’s strange story. What happened next?A: Well, Mr. Brown took some pictures, but there was no film in his camera. Finally, he called his wife on his cell phone. But by that time, the lights were gone.M: Well, I know that there is a legend around here about mysterious lights … a lot of local people have seen the lights. It’s starting to seem like those lights really exist.. What do you think, Alexa? A: I don’t believe it. I think it’s some kind of hoax!Optional Listening 2It was raining heavily. I couldn’t see clearly. I drove slowly. Suddenly, I saw a young girl. She was dressed neatly and standing in the middle of the road. I was surprised! Somehow, I stopped the car quickly. “What are you doing?〞I asked. She looked at me strangely but didn’t answer. “Are you OK?〞I asked. “I’m fine,〞she answered. Then she smiled happily and walked away quietly. Nervously, I drove to my hotel and checked in. I told the clerk about the little girl. “Do you know her?〞I asked. “Oh yes,〞he said calmly. “That’s Mary Anne. She died five years ago on that road. It was a car accident during a rainstorm.〞Optional Listening 3A. The Tunguska mysteryIt was early morning, June 30, 1908, in eastern Russia. Suddenly, a terrible explosion rocked the forest in Tunguska. People fell to the ground, and all the trees for 2000 square kilometers were down. People heard the explosion 800 kilometers away, and the fire burned for many weeks.B. What caused this terrible explosion? A century later, scientists are still trying to find theanswer. Here are some possible explanations.1. An asteroid: Asteroids are very large pieces of rock that goes around in space and sometimes hit the planet. They can cause lots of damage. Some of them weigh as much as 100,00 tons. If an asteroid hit the earth, it would cause a huge explosion.2. A comet: Comets are giant balls of gas, ice., and rock with long tails. They travel through space in a regular pattern. Encke’s Comet was near Earth in1908, and it’s possible that a part of it broke off and hit the earth.3. An UFO accident: Some people believe that a spaceship crashed into the ground in Siberia and its engine exploded.4. An extraterrestrials might have wanted to destroy the earth, so they aimed their weapons at Earth and set fire to the forest.5. A scientific experiment: Another idea is that scientists made a mistake during an experiment with electricity. A man named Nikola Tesla tried to build a “supergun〞that used electricity. Maybe it was a test of his gun and it didn’t work correctly.Optional Listening 4Q. Where is Marfa and what exactly is it famous for?A. Marfa is a small town in west Texas in the United States. It’s famous for the “Marfa mystery lights〞Q. What are the mystery lights exactly?A. No one knows for sure. There are many different ideas about that.Q. Can you describe them?A. That’s a difficult question. Different people see different lights. They are not always the same. I can say that they appear after sunset in the sky. They dance mysteriously in air and vanish. Then they suddenly reappear.Q. Some people say they are car headlights. Do you think so?A. No. I don’t. A man first saw the mystery lights over 100 years ago. The man was Robert Ellison and the year was 1883. Of course we didn’t have cars in 1883.Q. What do you think causes the lights?A. There are many theories. The Native Americans thought the lights were stars falling to Earth. Some people think uranium gas causes the lights. Other people suggest that ball lightning does it. Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle. It often appears just after a rainstorm.Q What are some of the weirdest ideas about the lights?A. Well, some people call them “ghost lights〞. They think ghosts do it. That’s the strangest idea. Some say they are UFOs. I don’t think so.Q. What do the experts say?A. They can’t figure it out. Some engineers even came from Japan one time. They studied the lights, but couldn’t solve the mystery.Q. Are the local people scared?A. No, actually, they aren’t. They like the lights. And every year in early September there is a big town festival to celebrate the mystery lights.KeysOL1:A.从左至右:4-5-1-2-3 B. Nick Brown, police officer, local peopleOL 2:A. 1. A young girl standing in the middle of the road; 2. Because it was raining heavily3. He stopped the car quickly;4. She said “I’m fine.〞and walked away quietly.5. He said the girl was Mary Anne and was killed in a car accident five years ago.B. heavily; clearly; slowly; neatly; quickly; strangely; happily; quietly; Nervously; calmly;OL3A. 1. A terrible explosion; 2. In eastern Russian; 3. June 30, 1968.B. (first row) 4, 1, 3 (second row) 5, 2C. 1. a part of it broke off 2. lots of damage 3. its engine exploded 4. used electricity 5. set fire to the forestOL 4A. 2. a 3. h 4. d 5. g 6. e 7. b 8. cB. 1. different people see different lights 2. Robert Ellison saw the lights in 1883.3. The Native Americans thought the light were stars failing to the Earth4. A team from Japan studied the lights, but couldn’t solve the mystery.OL 51. solve; 2. it’s very likely; 3. stole; 4. apartment; 5. showing; 6. has an alibi; 7. it isn’t true; 8. walks in; 9. take out; 10. thief.贵州大学法学院法学102班梁江维上传QQ:342113906。

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百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我Unit5 Section One Tactics for ListeningPart2 listening and Note-taking ReadingB: When should a child start learning to read and write? This is one of the questions I am most frequently asked. There is no hard and fast rule, for no two are alike, and it would be wrong to set a time when all should start being taught the ins and outs of reading letters to form words.If a three-year-old wants to read (or even a two-year-old for that matter), the child deserves to be given every encouragement. The fact that he or she might later be "bored" when joining a class of non-readers at infant school is the teacher's affair. It is up to the teacher to see that such a child is given more advanced reading material.Similarly, the child who still cannot read by the time he goes to junior school at the age of seven should be given every help by teachers and parents alike. They should make certain that he is not dyslexic*. If he is, specialist help should immediately be sought.Although parents should be careful not to force youngsters aged two to five to learn to read (if badly done it could put them off reading for life) there is no harm in preparing them for simple recognition of letters by labelling various items in their room. For instance, by a nice piece of cardboard tied to their bed with BED written in neat-big letters.Should the young child ask his parents to teach him to read, and if the parents11百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我are capable of doing so, such an appeal should not be ignored. But the task should be undertaken gently, with great patience and a sense of humour. Reading should never be made to look like a chore and the child should never be forced to continue, should his interest start to flag*. Exercise A: 1. There is no hard and fast rule, for no two are alike. 2. The fact that he or she might later be "bored" when joining a class of non-readers atinfant school is the teacher's affair. 3. If badly done it could put them off reading for life 4. But the task should be undertaken gently. 5. Reading should never be made to look like a chore. Exercise B:It would be wrong to set a time when a child should start learning to read and write. Parents should encourage youngsters aged two to five to read if they show interests in it, but never force them to learn to read. He or she might later be "bored" when joining a class of non-readers at infant school. Then it is up the teacher to see that such a child is given more advanced reading material.Similarly, if a child cannot read at the age of seven teachers and parents should make certain that he is not dyslexic. If he is, specialist help should immediately be soughtParents should not ignore the young child's appeal to teach him to read. But the task should be undertaken gently, with great patience and a sense of humour Reading should never be made to look like a chore and the child should never be forced to continue, if his interests start to falgSection Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialoguesDialogue 1 Digital Sound {Music} MIKE: Wow! Nice. CDs have such good sound. Do you ever wonder how theymake CDs? KATHY: Well, they get a bunch of musicians together, and they sing and play. MIKE: Come on. You know what I mean. Why is the sound quality so good? I mean,why do CDs sound so much clearer than cassette tapes? KATHY: Actually, I do know that. MIKE: Really'? KATHY: It's all based on digital sound. CDs are digital. Digital sound is like severalphotos, all taken one after another. It's kind of like pictures of sound. The intensity of the sound – how strong it is -- is measured very quickly. Then it's measured again and again. When we hear the sound, it all sounds like one long piece of sound, but it's really lots of pieces close together. And each piece is really clear.22百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我M1KE: So digital is like lots of short "pieces" of sound. KATHY. Exactly. This is different from analog* -- that's how they used to record.Analog is more like one wave of sound. It moves up and down with volume and pitch. Anyway, analog is like a single wave. Digital is like a series of pieces. MIKE: OK, I understand that. But how do they make the CDs? KATHY: I told you, Mike. They get a bunch of musicians together, and they singand play. MIKE: Kathy !KATHY: No. What really happens is first they do a digital recording -- onvideotape.MIKE: On videotape. KATHY: Yeah, they use videotape. So then the videotape is played through acomputer. MIKE: OK. What does the computer do? KATHY: Well, the computer is used to figure out the "pieces" of sound we weretalking about; how long everything is, how far apart spaces are. MIKE: OK. So the computer is figuring out those separate "pieces" of sound. KATHY: Yeah. They need to do that to make the master. MIKE: The master? KATHY: The master is the original that all the other CDs are copied from. It's madeof glass. It's a glass disk that spins around -- just like a regular CD. And the glass disk is covered with a chemical. They use a laser to bum the signal, or the song, into the glass plate. The laser burns through the chemical, but not through the glass. MIKE: So the laser cuts the sound into the plate. KATHY: Right. What it's doing is cutting little holes . into the back of the disk. Those holes are called "pits." The laser puts in the pits.MIKE: So CDs really have little holes on the back? I didn't know that.KATHY: Yeah. Tiny pits. They're too small to see. [Pause.] Anyway, then they've got the master, and they make copies from it. Then you buy your copy and put it in the CD player.MIKE: Put it in the CD player ... That part I understand. KATHY: There's another laser in your CD player. The light of the laser reflects offthe CD. The smooth part of the CD reflects straight back, like a mirror. But the light that bounces off the pits is scattered. Anyway, the computer in your CD player reads the light that bounces off the pits. And you get the music. MIKE: Reflected light, huh? ... Uh ... you knew what I like? Just relaxing, listening to music, and not really worrying about how it gets on the disk. KATHY: You want me to explain it again?33百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我「Music」 A: Digital soundAnalogical soundQuality Much clearerRecording technique Digital sound is like several photos all taken one after another. It's Kind of like pictures of sound, Digital is like a series of pieces. Aanlog is more like one wave of sound. It moves up and down with volume and pitch. Analog is like a single waveB: I. The making of the CDs A. Recording a. They get a bunch of musicians together, singing and playing. b. First they do a digital recording -- on videotape. c. Then the videotape is played through a computer. d. The computer figures out those separate "pieces" of sound to make the master. B. The making of the master a. The master is the original that all the other CDs are copied from. b. It's made of glass, covered with a chemical. c. They use laser to burn the signal, or the song, into the glass plate. The laser bums through the chemical, but not through the glass. d. It cuts little holes into the back of the disk. Those holes are called "pits." e. They make copies from it. II. Playing back A. You buy the copy and put it in the CD player. B. The light of the laser reflects off the CD. a. The smooth part of the CD reflects straight back, like a mirror. b. But the light that bounces off the pits is scattered. c. The computer in your CD player reads the light that bounces off the pits. d. You get the music.Dialogue 2 Lost in TranslationMan: Here's one I wouldn't have thought of. You know those "before and after" commercials for laundry soap? Woman: The ones with a pile of dirty clothes on one side and then the same clothes after they'vebeen washed? Sure. Man: There was an American company that had one of those ads. It was really successful in44百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我North America. In the ad there was a pile of dirty clothes on the left, a boxof the laundry soap in the middle, and a pile of clean clothes on the right.So, the message was that a box of this detergent* would make really dirtyclothes clean.Woman: Yeah?Man: So what do you think happened when they used the ad in the Middle East?Woman: I don't know.Man: Think about it. In the Middle East, languages are written from right to left.People look at things from right to left.Woman: So it looked like the soap made the clothes dirty?Man: "Our soap will make your clothes dirty !" Not a very smart ad campaign.Woman: They should have changed the order of the pictures. They should have putthe picture of the clean clothes on the left side and the dirty clothes on theright.Man: Really.Man:Oh, here's another one. Some shirt maker put an ad in a Mexicanmagazine.Woman: And?Man: Well, the ad was supposed to say, "When I wore this shirt, 1 felt good."But they made a translation mistake.Woman: What did they say?Man: Instead of "When I wore this shirt," the ad said, "Until 1 wore this shirt, Ifelt good."Woman: "Until I wore this shirt, I felt good"? Gee, changing one little word gave itthe oppositemeaning.Man : The article says sometimes it's not just the advertising slogan that getscompanies into trouble. Sometimes the company name can scare offbusiness.Woman: What do you mean?Man: Well, there was a large oil company in the United States called Enco:E-N-C-O.Woman: Yeah, I remember them.Man: They opened some gas stations in Japan, and they advertised using theirAmerican name. Unfortunately, they didn't know what the word means inJapanese.Woman: What does it mean?Man: "Enco" is a short way of saying "Engine stop" in Japanese.Woman: Great. Would you buy gasoline from a company that said your car enginewouldstop?Man : No, and neither did the Japanese.55百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我Exercise: Product advertised detergentshirtDescription of the ad MessageMistake madeIn the ad there was a pile of dirty clothes on the left, a box of the laundry soap in the middle, and a pile of clean clothes on the right.This detergent would make really dirty clothes clean.When I wore this shirt, I felt good.In the Middle East, they should have changed the order of the pictures.They made a translation mistake, which changed the meaning into "until I wore this shirt, I felt good."gasThey advertisedusing their Americanname. Unfortunately,which is a short wayof saying "Enginestop" in Japanese.Part 2 Passages Passage 1 Toothbrush Brushing our teeth -- such a commonplace activity today, has been around for a long time. Imagine: the ancient Egyptians were already concerned about their dental hygiene! We know this today because they also had the good habit of being entombed* with all their treasures ... So we were able to discover that tombs from 3,000 years before Christ contained small tree branches whose ends had been frayed* into soft fibers. It's comical to imagine an Egyptian stopping to brush his teeth after a meal, on his break from building a pyramid! The true ancestor of our toothbrush, however, was invented by the Chinese in the 15th century and brought back to Europe by travellers. This toothbrush was made of hairs from the neck of a Siberian wild boar which were fixed to a bamboo or bone handle. The people of the Occident*, however, found the wild boar hairs too stiff. At the time, very few people in the Western world brushed their teeth, and those who did preferred horse hairs, which were softer than those of the wild boar! In Europe, it was more customary after meals to use a goose feather toothpick, or one made of silver or copper. Other animals' hair was also used for dental care, right up until this century. But it was the poor Siberian wild boar that took the brunt of it. The animal was66百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我imported for its neck hairs for a long, long time ... in fact, until nylon was invented, in the 20th century!In 1937, in the Du Pont laboratories in Nemours, U.S., nylon was invented by Wallace . In 1938, this new material became a symbol of modernism and prosperity through the commercialization of nylon stockings and of Dr. West's miracle toothbrush with nylon bristles. The wild boars were finally off the hook!At first, even if there were many advantages to using this new brush instead of the one made with wild boar hairs (which fell out, wouldn't dry very well or became full of bacteria), the consumers were not entirely satisfied. This is because the nylon bristles were very stiff and hurt the gums. In 1950, Du Pont improved their toothbrush by giving it softer bristles.Today the brands, types, and colours of toothbrushes on the market are almost endless. In spite of this, certain African and American populations still use tree branches to care for their teeth! Exercise A: First, the toothbrush was made of hairs from the neck of a Siberian wild boar. Second, the toothbrush was made of horse hairs and other animals' hairs. In the 20th century, the toothbrush was made of nylon bristles. Exercise B:2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. D Exercise C: 1. In Egypt, tombs from 3,000 years before Christ contained small tree brancheswhose ends had been frayed into soft fibers. 2. In the 15th century, Europeans usually use a goose feather toothpick, or one madeof silver or copper to care for their teeth. 3. People used animals' hair for dental care right up until the 20th century when nylonwas invented. 4. In 1937, in the Du Pont laboratories in Nemours, U.S., nylon was invented byWallace H. Carothers. 5. Certain African and American populations still use tree branches to care for theirteeth. Part 3 News77百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我News Item 188百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我99百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我1010Section Three Oral WorkRetellingScheduled to address the nation one day, Winston Churchill, running unusually late, hailed a cab in London's West End and ordered him to drive to the BBC as quickly as possible."Sorry, sir," the driver replied. "You'll have to find yourself another cab.""And why is that?" Churchill asked."Ordinarily it wouldn't be a problem, sir," the driver apologetically explained, "but Mr Churchill is broadcasting at six o'clock and I want to get home in time to hear him."Churchill, greatly flattered, took a pound note from his wallet and handed it to the cabbie. The man gladly took the tip: "Hop in, sir? he exclaimed. "The devil with Mr Churchill!"Section Four Supplementary ExercisesReading RecoveryMore than 1 million school children in the United States have gone through a program called Reading Recovery. The program is for six-year-olds who are struggling to learn to read,The Reading Recovery Council of North America says more than one-fifth of United States public schools with first grades use the program.The Reading Recovery method calls for a specially trained reading teacher to work With children one at a time. The lessons take a half-hour each school day. They employ reading, writing and the study of the letters of the alphabet.Reading Recovery came to the United States in 1984. Education expert Marie (pronounced MAHR-ee) Clay of New Zealand developed the program. A number of other countries also use this method. Programs can differ from school to school.Reading Recovery lessons take place for twelve to twenty weeks. During the lessons, the teacher looks for ways that the child seems to learn best. Then the teacher works to help the student develop these strategies to solve problems in reading. The idea is for the student to continue to use and extend these strategies each time he or she reads.Reading Recovery students read many short books. Some of the books are written in a way similar to spoken language. Children also read and write stories or messages in their own words. The material gets harder with time.The lessons end when the student's reading ability is within the average level of the class. The Reading Recovery Council of North America says eighty percent of students who finish the lessons can read and write within their class average.The council is a group with 11,000 members. The group named a new president this month. Mary Jackson is director of special programs for the Fort Bend public school system in Sugar Land, Texas. Mizz Jackson says more than 99 percent of the Reading Recovery students in the schools passed the state reading examination.Some administrators* may not like the higher cost of the Reading Recoverymethod compared to other interventions*. Teachers, after all, work with only small numbers of first graders. But supporters say it saves money in the end. They say ithelps prevent the sad results and expense of letting children fail in school.Name of the program Reading RecoveryTarget group Six-year-old children who are struggling to learn to read Type of teacher required Speciallv trained reading teachersLength of each lesson Half a hour each school dayLength of the whole lessons Twelve to twenty weeksThings learned during the lessons Reading. writing and the study of the letters of alphabetThe outcome of the program Eighty percent of Reading Recovery students can read andwrite within their class average. (More than 99 percent ofthe Reading Recovery students in the schools passed thestate reading examination.)Reading Recovery is a program developed by a New Zealand education expert MarieClay. It aims at first graders who fail to learn to read at school. This program came tothe US in 1984and up to now more than one million school children have gonethrough this program. During the lessons, the teacher works with the children one at atime. He/she looks for ways that the child seems to learn best. Then the teacher worksto help the student develop these strategies to solve problems hi reading. When thestudent's reading ability is within the average level of the class, the lessons end. Some administrators may not like the higher cost of the program but supporters say it savesmoney in the end. It helps prevent the sad results and expense of letting children failin school.Exercise C:Your opinionDirections: Listen to the passage again and give your opinion on the following topic. "Children also read and write stories in their own words."1. What are the advantages of reading and writing stories in one's own words?Passage 2 Internet Overtaking TV among Consumers。

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