英语四级听力第一课
utalk四级基础听力答案
utalk四级基础听力答案一、听力第一节(共5小题，每小题1分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的'相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1、Who is the man talking about now？A.His girlfriend.B.His sister.C.His mother.2、What are they talking about？A.A traffic accident.B.A fire.C.A crime.3、Where does the conversation most probably take place？A.At a bookshop.B.At a kitchen.C.At a bank.4、Who was injured？A.George.B.George’s wife.C.George’s wife’s father.5、What do we learn from the conversation？A.Tony could not continue the experiment.B.Tony finished the experiment last night.C.Tony will go on with his experiment.第二节(共15小题，每小题1分)听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6、Where does this conversation most likely take place？A.In the street.B.At the woman’s home.C.Over the phone.7、What is the woman going to do tonight？A.Help her sister with English.B.Meet her friend at the station.C.Go to an exhibition with her parents.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
大学英语(四)听说 Test 1讲稿
Tapescript of Test 1Part ADirections: you’re going to hear eight short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you hear. (8 points)1.M: What was it like growing up in Market Street, San Francisco? Was it safe?W: I think so. My mom used to send me to the supermarket nearby and I’d go and shop when i was about 14 year’s old.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?2.M: Have your parents approved of your engagement to Jack, Mary?W: Well, my mom agrees to think about it. But my dad says he won’t give it a thought.Q: What does the woman mean about her parents’ attitude?3.M: I’ve never heard such a fascinating lecture on solar energy. But you don’t seem impressed. Don't you like it, Sally?W: Well, i must admit that i dozed off most of the time. I think it’s too difficult for me to understand.Q: How did the woman feel about the lecture?4.W: I hear that you work part-time at a supermarket. What do you do there?M: I work in the produce section. I also stock shelves. Sometime when it really gets busy, i help at the checkout counter.Q: What does the man occasionally do at the supermarket?5.W: Have you got a job, Phil?M: Yeah, i do yard work for the people in the neighborhood, cutting grass, raking fallen leaves, planting trees and pulling out weeds, things like that?Q: What does Phil do?6.M: The trees on our campus are really beautiful.W: You’re right, and they are useful, too. They cut down on our need for air conditioning, don’t you think?Q: What does the woman mean?7.W: Professor Webster has a class this afternoon from 2:30 to 4. But he won’t be able to make it because he’s lost his voice.M: Does he want me to try to find somebody else to take his place?Q: What does the man mean?8.M: Can you come to the concert to me this weekend, or do you have to prepare for the exams nest week?W: Frankly speaking i still have a lot to do for the exams but maybe a break would do me good.Q: What will the woman probably do?Part BDirections: You’ll hear two conversations. Each will be read once. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. (7 points)Conversation 1M: Have you ever heard about reality TY, Sally?W: Reality TV? What’s that?M: Reality TV refers to a new kind of TV program, it involves ordinary people who participate in a certain contest. It’s fun.W: I don’t care for it, Tom. What I enjoy most is knitting and reading books.M: Well, I like watching TV a lot and I learn a lot from it.W: It doesn’t teach you to do anything, does it? You just sit there and stare at TV. That’s not learning.M: But I do learn. And I fell relaxed while watching it. Life’s not all work, you know. W: But I like doing things while I rest. Life’s too short for us to waste time.M: Dear, as I’ve said many times, we’re different. There are two kinds of people in the word...W: I know, I know. Those who are never happy unless they’re running about doing things...M: That’s right, and those who are never happy unless they’re doing nothing. I’m one of the latter and you...W: I’m one of the former. And I’m proud of it.M: So now we agree. Live, and let live. Now you can go peacefully back to your knitting, and I can watch TV.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conservation you’ve just heard.9.What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?10.What are they mainly talking about?11.Which of the following is true of the woman?12.What can we learn about the man from the conversation?Conversation 2Tim: Hello?Alice: Hello. Tim. This is Alice. I’m in a bit of a crisis.Tim: What happened?Alice: I’m afraid I won’t be on the flight this afternoon. I got held up in the traffic on the way to the airport here and, basically by the time I got here there were no seats left. The airline had oversold the seats. I don’t know what to do. What do you think I should do?Tim: Will, the best thing to do is to get a seat on another airline. You could ask your airline to arrange for it. There might be a later flight tonight, or a flight tomorrow morning.Alice: Well, if I have to stay overnight at the airport, I don’t think I have enough cashto pay bills. I seemed to have left my credit card at home.Tim: Oh, that’s unfortunate.Alice: So ,what do you think I should do ?Tim: Well, the only thing to do is ... Er... For us to pay for your room and you can pay us back later. I could probably authorize payment over phone. I’ll give them my credit card number and they’ll charge it to me.Alice: Thank you so much, Tim.Tim: It’s a pleasure.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.13.Why couldn’t Alice get on her flight?14.What would be the problem if Alice had to stay overnight at the airport?15.What did Tim suggest as a solution to the problem?Part CDirections: Listen to the passage three times and fill in the blanks with the missing words. (10 points)Health experts have warned for many years that cigarette smoking can lead to heart disease, cancer and other medical problems. But smokers still find it extremely difficult to stop. The American Cancer Society decided to do something to help them kick this bad habit.Every year the group organizes a national non-smoking day in an attempt to get smokers to quit smoking. The organization is asking all smokers to stop smoking at least for 24 hours. They hope this will eventually enable many people to permanently kill the habit.The cancer society officials will give telephone callers advice on how to stop smoking. Smokers also can call a special telephone number to hear recorded messages by doctors.Some businesses will offer their workers candy or chewing gum to help them fight down the carve for smoking. Some companies are offering special gifts and lower prices to people who sign an agreement to stop smoking. And Americans who do not smoke are being asked to help just one person quit smoking during the 24-hour campaign.Part DDirections: You’re going to hear three passages. Each will be read once. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. (10 points) Passage 1In many ways ours is a world without boundaries. Being a citizen of a particular nation is almost as much as being a resident of a particular town or province. Boundaries between countries are fading. People are free to move from one country to another due to the relaxation of immigration laws in the last century. Nowadays manycountries have fairly simple requirements for obtaining citizenship and voting rights.In Europe, for example, the European Union’s membership has grown to 27countires. It has developed a common body of laws, common policies and practices, and a great deal of cooperation among its members. The adoption of the single currency, the euro, by 16 of its 27 member countries and the circulation of euro cash in January 2002 have enabled citizens in these countries to move about even more freely.In addition, all of the major organized religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam, are alive and well, but less clearly and exclusively identified with specific cultures and geographic regions. People everywhere feel free to convert to other religions, and many people identify themselves with more than one religion.Since 1995, which is called the Year of the Internet, cyberspace has become a rich and realistic realm of experience. Communications among people among the world have never been so easy and so fast. The world in cyberspace is truly without boundaries.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.26.What is the passage mainly about?27.How many members did the European Union have when this passage was written?28.What can you learn from the passage?Passage 2Twenty years ago when i studied in New York, i began studying how people became millionaires. Surveying residents of stylish neighborhoods across the country, i discovered something very odd. Quite a lot who live in expensive homes and drive luxury cars don’t have much wealth. They may earn a fair amount of money, but they spend it all.Then i discovered something much odder: many who have a great deal of wealth don’t live in stylish neighborhoods. They don’t drive luxury cars. In one large metropolitan area i surveyed, fewer than half the millionaires lived in high-rent districts.That small insight changed my life. It led me out of an academic career, and inspired me to write. I wrote three books on affluence in two years. And it made me an adviser to corporations that sell products to individuals with high net wealth.What most people don’t realize is that wealth isn’t the same as income. If you made $1 million a year and spend $1 million, you’re not getting wealthier, you’re just living high. So if you ask me what is wealth, I can say wealth is what you accumulate, not what you spend.Question 29 to 31 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.29.What did the speaker do originally?30.Who most likely live in expensive houses according to the passage?31.What can we learn from the passage?Passage 3When it comes to leisure activities, Americans aren’t quite the fun-seekers they’ve been supposed to be. For one out of five, weekends and vacations are consumed by such drudgeries as house-cleaning, yard-working and cooking; only one-third of them enjoy the luxury of relaxing in the sun, going camping, playing sports, or simply relaxing. These are among the conclusions reached by a recent poll in which more than 1,120 employed Americans were asked how they occupy themselves on days they are not at work. According to the poll, older people, the rich, and the well-educated are most apt to spend their spare time doing the things they “want to do” rather than those they “have to do”.Overall, high-salaried people were more active then those with lower incomes---they reported watching less television and were more likely to engage in social and cultural activities. Furthermore, those with college degrees were about twice as likely as those with no more than a high school education to spend time playing sports (42% compared with 23%)On the subject of vacations, the study found that college graduates were more likely than those with only high school degrees to have vacation plans (80% versus 60%). Of those who did intend to take some time off, 46% planned a sightseeing vacation (34% in the United States, 12%abroad), 34%expected to visit friends or relatives, 22% headed for the beach or lake, and 12% intended to relax at home. People who are divorced, widowed, or separated, the survey concluded, are the least likely of any group to take a vacation---and the least likely to attach any importance to it.Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.32.What is the passage mainly about?33.How do most people in the US spend their vacation according to the passage?34.Which of the following adjectives best describes the passage?35.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?。
大学英语4 听说教程听力原文1——1
[al:全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程4][ti:Unit1 PartB][ar:上海外语教育出版社][by:上海外语教育出版社][00:00.00]Unit 1 One World[00:06.44]Part B[00:08.41]Listening Tasks[00:10.35]A Conversation[00:13.56]Birthday Celebrations Around the World[00:19.38]Exercise 1[00:21.83]Listen to the conversation and write down answers to the questions you hear. [00:28.42]Chairman: Welcome to this special birthday edition of One World.[00:32.21]Tonight we have a special program dedicated to birthday celebrations[00:36.50]around the world.[00:38.40]With us in the studio we have Shaheen Hag and Pat Cane,[00:43.10]who have a weekly column on birthdays in the Toronto Daily Star.[00:48.70]Shaheen: Good evening.[00:49.83]Pat: Good evening.[00:51.16]Chairman: Shaheen, perhaps we could begin with you.[00:54.14]How are birthdays celebrated in India?[00:57.75]Shaheen: Well, perhaps we're all assuming that[01:00.02]everyone in the world celebrates their birthday.[01:03.25]This just isn't the case.[01:05.33]Low-income families in India, for instance,[01:07.95]simply can't afford any festivities.[01:11.11]And most Muslims don't celebrate their birthdays.[01:14.40]Pat: I think Shaheen has raised an interesting point here.[01:17.70]The Christian church, too, was actively against celebrating birthdays.[01:22.76]Shaheen: Of course some Muslims do celebrate their birthdays.[01:26.28]In Egypt, Turkey and Indonesia,[01:29.05]for example, the rich people invite friends and families around.[01:33.16]But not in small villages.[01:36.05]Chairman: Here in England your twenty-first used to be the big one.[01:39.88]But now it seems to have moved to eighteen.[01:42.62]Is that true?[01:43.80]Pat: Yes, in most parts of the West eighteen is now the most important birthday. [01:48.94]In Finland, for example, eighteen is the age when you can vote,[01:53.62]you know, or buy wines, drive a car and so on.[01:57.59]But in Japan I think you have to wait till you're twenty[02:00.70]before you can smoke or drink.[02:03.95]Shaheen: I know in Senegal, which is another Muslim country,[02:07.47]girls get to vote at sixteen and boys at eighteen.[02:11.58]And in Bangladesh, girls at eighteen and boys at twenty-one.[02:16.64]Chairman: That's interesting.[02:17.95]I mean is it typical that around the world girls[02:21.03]are considered to be more mature than boys?[02:24.46]Shaheen: Yes, I think so, and in Mexico and Argentina,[02:28.59]for example, they have enormous parties for fifteen-year-old girls.[02:32.83]Pat: You know in Norway they have a great party[02:35.50]for anyone who's not married by the time they're thirty.[02:38.66]It's kind of embarrassing.[02:40.27]I mean you get pepper thrown at you.[02:42.71]Chairman: Pepper? Why pepper?[02:45.01]Pat: I'm not really sure.[02:46.91]Shaheen: So does that mean that on your twenty-ninth birthday[02:49.50]you can start thinking "God I better get married"?[02:52.66]Pat: Well, I'm not sure how seriously they take it.[02:55.69]Chairman: In England we have quite big parties for your fortieth, fiftieth, [03:00.06]sixtieth and so on.[03:02.32]Pat: Well, in Japan your eighty-eighth is considered ...[03:05.44]Chairman: Eighty-eighth?[03:06.61]Pat: ... to be the luckiest birthday.[03:07.92]Eight is a very lucky number in Japan.[03:13.43]Questions[03:15.91]1. What is One World?[03:21.15]2. What is the topic of the program?[03:27.06]3. What do Shaheen Hag and Pat Cane do?[03:33.65]4. Why don't some people in India celebrate their birthdays?[03:41.54]5. Why is the eighteenth birthday so important in Finland?[03:48.25]6. Why can girls in some countries get to vote at an earlier age than boys? [03:57.40]7. Which of the countries mentioned in the conversation are Muslim countries? [04:06.09]Exercise 2[04:07.58]Listen to the conversation again and decide if each of the statements you hear [04:11.82]is true (T) or false (F).[04:18.56]Chairman: Welcome to this special birthday edition of One World.[04:22.35]Tonight we have a special program dedicated to birthday celebrations[04:26.60]around the world.[04:28.45]With us in the studio we have Shaheen Hag and Pat Cane,[04:33.17]who have a weekly column on birthdays in the Toronto Daily Star.[04:39.58]Shaheen: Good evening.[04:40.58]Pat: Good evening.[04:41.75]Chairman: Shaheen, perhaps we could begin with you.[04:44.96]How are birthdays celebrated in India?[04:47.62]Shaheen: Well, perhaps we're all assuming that[04:50.83]everyone in the world celebrates their birthday.[04:54.08]This just isn't the case.[04:56.15]Low-income families in India, for instance,[04:58.82]simply can't afford any festivities.[05:01.84]And most Muslims don't celebrate their birthdays.[05:05.36]Pat: I think Shaheen has raised an interesting point here.[05:08.47]The Christian church, too, was actively against celebrating birthdays.[05:13.39]Shaheen: Of course some Muslims do celebrate their birthdays.[05:17.05]In Egypt, Turkey and Indonesia,[05:19.68]for example, the rich people invite friends and families around.[05:23.88]But not in small villages.[05:26.88]Chairman: Here in England your twenty-first used to be the big one.[05:30.58]But now it seems to have moved to eighteen.[05:33.47]Is that true?[05:34.56]Pat: Yes, in most parts of the West eighteen is now the most important birthday. [05:39.79]In Finland, for example, eighteen is the age when you can vote,[05:44.56]you know, or buy wines, drive a car and so on.[05:48.30]But in Japan I think you have to wait till you're twenty[05:51.60]before you can smoke or drink.[05:54.71]Shaheen: I know in Senegal, which is another Muslim country,[05:58.14]girls get to vote at sixteen and boys at eighteen.[06:02.16]And in Bangladesh, girls at eighteen and boys at twenty-one.[06:06.98]Chairman: That's interesting.[06:09.02]I mean is it typical that around the world girls[06:11.95]are considered to be more mature than boys?[06:15.56]Shaheen: Yes, I think so, and in Mexico and Argentina,[06:19.33]for example, they have enormous parties for fifteen-year-old girls.[06:23.98]Pat: You know in Norway they have a great party[06:26.53]for anyone who's not married by the time they're thirty.[06:29.37]It's kind of embarrassing.[06:31.36]I mean you get pepper thrown at you.[06:33.80]Chairman: Pepper? Why pepper?[06:36.15]Pat: I'm not really sure.[06:37.95]Shaheen: So does that mean that on your twenty-ninth birthday[06:40.57]you can start thinking "God I better get married"?[06:43.75]Pat: Well, I'm not sure how seriously they take it.[06:46.64]Chairman: In England we have quite big parties for your fortieth, fiftieth, [06:51.29]sixtieth and so on.[06:53.41]Pat: Well, in Japan your eighty-eighth is considered ...[06:56.62]Chairman: Eighty-eighth?[06:57.91]Pat: ... to be the luckiest birthday.[06:59.21]Eight is a very lucky number in Japan.[07:04.63]Statements[07:07.16]1. The program is broadcast in Canada every day.[07:14.11]2. People everywhere in the world celebrate their birthdays.[07:21.08]3. Many Muslims do not celebrate their birthdays for religious reasons.[07:29.11]4. In England, the twenty-first birthday is very important,[07:34.34]which is unusual in the West.[07:38.41]5. The twenty-first birthday is very important in Japan.[07:45.13]6. In Norway, young men and women usually get married[07:49.89]before thirty to avoid having pepper thrown at them.[07:55.67]7. Eighteen is a very lucky number in Japan.[08:02.03]8. It can be concluded that our world is made more colorful[08:07.00]by the many different ways birthdays are observed in different countries. [08:14.17]Speaking Tasks[08:17.46]Pair Work[08:19.45]A. Reflections on the text[08:23.78]You have just heard a program about birthday celebrations around the world. [08:28.39]What do you think of the celebrations?[08:31.45]Why is it that some people do not celebrate their birthdays?[08:35.87]What does your birthday mean to you?[08:38.31]Exchange views with your partner.[08:41.06]You may mention the following points in your discussion.[08:44.95]○what birthdays mean to you[08:48.06]○how birthdays are observed around the world[08:51.94]○why some people don't celebrate their birthdays[08:56.57]B. Picture talk — Talking about wedding customs[09:01.90]A Sample[09:03.75]Most people in the world hold a wedding ceremony when they get married. [09:08.40]However, like birthday celebrations,[09:11.11]wedding celebrations are conducted in different ways,[09:14.61]depending on where you live, which religion you believe in,[09:18.31]and how good is your financial situation.[09:21.74]The following are three groups of pictures showing three wedding ceremonies [09:25.62]held in different places and at different times.[09:30.36]Give a brief description of each picture[09:32.88]and then make a comparison between the three weddings.[09:38.67]Possible Description (for reference)[09:42.42]Pictures (a) — (c) show a typical wedding ceremony held in a church[09:47.43]in a Western country.[09:49.60]In the first picture, the bride is seen walking down the aisle,[09:53.66]leaning on her father's arm.[09:56.01]She is wearing a white wedding gown[09:58.18]and holding a bouquet of flowers in her right hand.[10:01.92]All eyes turn to her as she slowly moves forward to[10:05.45]take her place beside the bridegroom in front of the clergyman.[10:10.53]In Picture (b) we can see the clergyman presiding over the wedding ceremony. [10:16.17]He is asking the bride and the bridegroom the usual questions[10:19.87]on such an occasion.[10:22.04]In Picture (c) the parents of the bride[10:25.02]and the bridegroom are giving a large party in a garden.[10:28.99]Guests arrive in formal evening dress.[10:32.30]There is music and dancing.[10:36.54]Pictures (d) — (e) present a traditional Chinese wedding held at home.[10:41.95]In Picture (d), we can see a hall thronged with people.[10:46.20]There are red lanterns hanging on both sides of the hall.[10:50.38]On the lanterns are written the Chinese character "double happiness".[10:54.80]In Picture (e) we can see the bridegroom's parents seated in high-backed chairs. [11:01.15]The bride and bridegroom are bowing to them.[11:04.44]The bridegroom in his long gown looks very respectful.[11:08.78]The bride is dressed in bright red[11:11.03]but we can't see her face since it is covered with a piece of red cloth.[11:16.04]Along the two sides of the wedding hall stand the family members,[11:19.61]relatives and friends.[11:22.73]Pictures (f) — (h) show a wedding banquet held in a big restaurant in China. [11:28.41]In Picture (f), we can see the bride[11:31.30]and the bridegroom standing at the entrance greeting the guests.[11:35.64]The bride wears a long white dress, and the bridegroom is in a tuxedo.[11:41.23]In Picture (g), we find ourselves in a large banquet hall,[11:45.73]decorated with the cheerful colors of a wedding party.[11:49.25]About a hundred guests are seated around tables that[11:52.41]are graced with all kinds of delicious food and drinks.[11:56.07]The host, who is the father of the bridegroom, is making a speech,[12:00.40]expressing his thanks to the guests for coming to his son's wedding.[12:05.41]In Picture (h) the bride has changed to a traditional Chinese red gown, or qipao, [12:11.91]which is elegantly cut and shows her fine figure.[12:15.75]She and the bridegroom are going round the tables,[12:18.73]exchanging toasts and sharing a joyful moment with the guests.[12:25.86]Comparing[12:27.48]From the pictures, we can see that a wedding is an important event[12:31.39]everywhere in the world.[12:33.69]It has been so in China, for example,[12:36.26]from the old days to the present and the same holds true in Western countries. [12:41.73]As a rule, there is a big ceremony,[12:44.79]attended by family members, relatives and friends,[12:48.64]who have come to share the joy of this special occasion[12:51.79]in the lives of two people in love.[12:54.82]Food is plentiful and laughter fills the air.[12:58.66]To all those present, the ceremony is both sacred and joyous.[13:03.80]However, while sacredness and joy are the spirit of all weddings,[13:08.23]the way people observe the occasion varies from place to place[13:12.11]and changes over time.[13:14.16]This is reflected in various respects.[13:17.10]First, in Western countries,[13:18.95]many people get married in a church while in China this is rare.[13:24.09]Second, Western people often choose a scenic spot to hold wedding parties[13:29.11]whereas most people in China give their wedding parties either at home [13:33.58]or in a restaurant.[13:35.83]Third, in Western countries, the color of the bride's dress is white, [13:40.69]which is a symbol of purity, while in China, traditionally,[13:44.75]the color of the bride's dress is red, which is a symbol of happiness. [13:49.13]***** ***** ***** *****[13:51.25]Now use the above sample as your model[13:54.36]and carry on similar activities with your partner[13:57.16]according to the pictures given below.。
《英语听力教程4》答案及原文-新编英语听力教程4听力原文答案
Unit 1 Shopping and Banking OlinePart I Getting readyB. Keys:1: drop 2: shopping 3: mouse 4: feet 5: retailing 6: street 7: get 8: down 9: third-party 10: online 11:30% 12: malls 13: Britain 14: gift-buying 15:50% 16: net 17: peroidC. Keys:1 : the site2 : merchant, addresses/phone numbers/call up3 : strict safety measuresPart II Net shopping under fireA. Keys:1 : delivery, delivery2 : delivery charges3 : personal information, 87%4 : returning goods, 47%5 : order, 35%, dispatch, 87%6 : money back, twoB. Keys:1 : convenience2 : choice3 : obstacles4 : complete trust5 : build consummers' trust6 : mature7 : payment8 : servicePart III Banking at homeA. Keys:1 : limited opening hours2 : Online banking services3 : getting current information on products4 : e-mailing questions to the bank5 : competing for customers6 : having no computers at homeB. Keys:1 : It is banking through the Internet.2 : 'Online banking' offers convenience which appeals to the kind of customer banks want to keep.3 : Banks most want to keep peoplewho are young, well-educated, and have good incomes.Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer ServiceB. Keys:English Good Customer Service(Harrods)1 : in a pleasant environment2 : Second to none3 : different customers, take a look at everything, alternatives, come to sales assistants4 : first contact with the customer American Good Customer Service(Saks)1 : human side, family, occasions in life, a partnership2 : repeat business, salesPart V Do you know…?Keys:1 : c2 : a、b、c3 : a、b、c4 : c5 : c6 : bTape scriptPart I Getting readyC.Consumers who want to shop online are suggested to bear the following things in mind:Evaluate the site. Always buy goods from well-known and trustworthy companies. Deal with companies which offer customer service, a complaints procedure and have a refund policy.Talk to merchant. E-mail and wait for reponses. Take down the addresses and phone numbers of those companies and make sure they are real by calling them up before buying any products and services.Ensure secure connection. Since buyers must submit personal information like number and expiry date of the card there are fears over security. Deal with sites that apply strict safety measures that require shoppers to givespecific data known only to card holders before making the transaction.Be extra careful at a cybercafe or other public connection.Part II Net shopping under fireThere is an urgent need for e-commerce rules to boost confidence in buying online. Consumers International, a federation of 245 consumer organizations — including the UK's Consumers Association — said its survey showed that there were still obatacles to shopping online with complete trust.The study, funded by the European Union, involved buying more than 150 items from 17 countries. Each consumer organization taking part tried to find one site in its own country and one abroad to buy a selection of items. These included a dictionary, a doll, jeans, a hairdryer, computer software and hardware, chocolates and champagne.The key findings were:Eight of the items ordered took more than a month to reach their destination and at least 11 (eight percent) never arrived.Many sites did not give clear information about delivery charges.Only 13% of the sites promised that they would not sell customers' personal information on to a third party.Only 53% of the companies had a policy on returning goods.Only 65% of the sites provided confirmation of the order and only 13% told customers when their goods had been dispatched.In two cases,customers are still waiting for their money back more than four months after returning their goods.Louis Sylvan, vice-president of Consumers International, said, "This study shows that, although buying items over the Internet can benefit the consumer by offering convenience and choice, there are still many obstacles that need to be overcome before consumers can shop in cyberspace with complete trust."Chris Philips, Marketing Manager at a London based e-commerce security company commented, "This study confirms the difficulties of establishing consumers' trust in the Internet as a shopping experience. With statistics like these and Visa claiming 47% of disputes and fraud cases were Internet-related, it is little wonder that Internet commerce is not producing the profits predicted two or three years ago. Trust takes time to build, and the Internet will not mature as a retail channel until trusted brands, like the banks for example, start to offer ways of supporting trust relationships with guarantees payment and service."In September, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will hold a meeting to discuss a set of international guidelines for electronic commerce.Part III Banking at homeMany people dislike walking to the bank, standing in long lines, and running out of checks. They are dissatisfied with their bank's limited hours, too. They want to do some banking at night, and on weekends. For such people, their problems may soon be over. Before long, they may be able to do their banking from the comfort of their own home, any hour of the day, any day of the week.Many banks are preparing "online branches," or Internet offices, which means that people will be able to take care of much of their banking business through their homecomputers. This process is called interactive banking. At these online branches, customers will be able to view all their accounts, move money between their accounts, apply for a loan, and get current information on products such as credit cards. Customers will also be able to pay their bills electronically, and even e-mail questions to the bank.Banks are creating online services for several reasons. One reason is that banks must compete for customers, who will switch to another bank if they are dissatisfied with the service they receive. The convenience of online banking appeals to the kind of customer banks most want to keep —people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes. Banks also want to take advantage of modern technology as they move into the twenty-first century.Online banking may not be appropriate for everyone. For instance, many people do not have computers at home. Other people prefer to go to the bank and handle their accounts the traditional way. Even though online banking may never completely replace a walk-in bank, it is a service that many customers are going to want to use.Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer ServiceIn Britain they ask you, "Are you being served?" Whilst in America they tell you to "Have a nice day." But what is the secret of good customer service? From Harrods in London and Saks New York, we're going to find out the dos and don'ts of selling protocol.The reason that Harrods has been so successful over a hundred and fifty years is two fold. First of all they've offered their customers the products they want to buy in a pleasant environment. But secondly and more importantly, the level of customer servicethat they've given their customers, before sale, during sale and after sale, has been second to none. I think it's fair to say that if you compare the British with our cousins elsewhere in the world that we are actually quite a reserved lot. To a certain extent there are a lot of shrinking violets in this country who would rather just do their own thing. They'd rather wander around and browse and if they do need any help eventually, ask for it. So I think the way that we approach our own U.K. based customers is actually slightly different to the way we know we need to approach. For example, an American customer, or indeed a Japanese customer, or a Middle Eastern customer, who all have different ways of doing things.Well in serving different, I guess, nationalities, you do take very different approaches. With Europeans, for example, you do kind of let them take a look at everything. See what's being on offer and then ask them if they need any help. I think they'd probably much more prefer to come to you, rather than you so much to go to them. The American customer very much expects you to go to them, approach them, show them alternatives. Well I think maybe the more European or British customer can be almost turned off by that if someone is seen to be too aggressive, maybe too anxious to make a sale.It's most important that the first contact, the first initial meeting with the customer is a good and successful one because on that basis, the customer will make up their mind what they want to do next.I quite like the English sales assistants because they definitely have better thing to do than talk to you, which I like. It's very terrifying when you go to America. "Can I helpyou?" they're like licking you. You're just like, "No, I'm fine. I just want to look." That puts me off. I love the English sales assistant.So where have you experienced the very best in customer service?Umm, probably America. In terms of best as in, they give you so much attention it's almost embarrassing. They treat you, you know, the "have a nice day" thing. They' want to help you. They want you to buy, 'cause they often work on a commission basis. That's if you like best. But I prefer the ... like, being ignored.Tamara:I think England's still way behind in terms of, like America for example. I can call in America from London and they'll track the item down. It's not like, "Sorry madam we don't have that in your size." I just got the Gucci boots, which mine had actually broken. And in England they said, "Sorry" you know, that's it. So this woman in Los Angeles tracked them down and, in fact got them for me. That's because they work on commission. And the sooner we learn that, the better the service will get.So what do the Americans have to say? They may speak with a different accent. But is the sales pitch a foreign language to the rest of the world?I think part of the reason Americans are known as experts is that we tend to focus a lot more in the human side of selling, not the mechanical side, which is the register and knowing about the product. We really want to know about your lifestyle. We want to know about your family. We want to know about your income. We want to know about your occasions in your life. And that's very different outside of the United States. Our consumer actually is comfortable with forming a partnership with a sales associate andgiving up that information, very personal information, very personal information. I think that best part about Saks sales associate training that we actually develop customers, five different types of customers and we videotape them and put them up in front of every new sales associate and say, "This is our customers." They're very different. Each one of them is a top customer at Saks but they shop in a very different way. A lot of stores in this industry really measure selling effectiveness by sales and quite frankly that's not what Saks is about. I think the way you measure good quality staff is by repeat business. Obviously if you have someone on your selling floor that has a clientele, that is the measure of a good sales associate.Part V Do you know…?"Everybody loves a bargain, "this is a common American saying. A bargain is something you buy for less than its true vale. It is something you might not buy if it costs more.One person's useless ugly object can be another person's bargain. So many Americans put it outside with a "for sale" sign on it and they have a yard sale.Just about anything can be sold at a yard sale: clothing, cooking equipment, old toys, tools, books and chairs, even objects you think are extremely ugly or useless. You may have an electric light shaped like a fish. You may greatly dislike its looks, but it may be beautiful to someone else. Usually the seller puts a price on each object. But the price can almost always be negotiated. The price of a table, for example, might be marked $10. But the seller may accept 8. If the table has not been sold by the end of the day, the seller probably will take much less.Some people go to yard sales because it is part of their job. They earn their livingsby buying old things at low prices then selling them at higher prices. Many others, however, go to yard sales just to have fun. They say it is like going on a treasure hunt. Sometimes they really do find the treasure.Ned Jaudere did. The Boston Globe newspaper says Mr. Jaudere has been collecting native American Indian objects since he was a young man. Last year, he stopped at a yard sale in the northeastern city of Worcester, Massachusertts. He paid $125 for what everyone thought was an old wooden club. Mr. Jaudere thought it was something else. Two days later, he confirmed that the club had been used by the Wampanoag Indian leader known as King Philip. King Philip used it during his war with the white settlers at eastern Massachusetts in 1675. The historic weapon had been stolen from a museum in 1970 and had been missing ever since. Mr. Jardere learnt the war club was valued at about $150 000 but he did not sell it or keep it. Mr. Jaudere returned the club to the museum near Boston Massachusetts from which it was stolen.Questions:1. Which of the following is a common American saying?2. What can be sold at a yard sale?3. Why do people go to a yard sale?4. When was the old wooden club stolen?5. What was the real value of the club?6. Why was the club at a great value?Unit 2 Hotel or B&BPart I Getting readyB. Keys:1 : 35%, 60%2 : 45%, 20%3 : 60%, 80%4 : 30%, 15%5 : 50%, 70%6 : 30%, 20%C. Keys:(1)1 : ￡30/single; ￡60/double, children under 12 2 : ￡29/full board3 :￡28/double+bath, excluded(2) 1 : hot food, fried egg 2 : coffee, tea, jam, cooked 3 : dinner, bed and breakfast 4 : the room plus all meals 5 : Value Added TaxPart II A touch of homeOutline I : bed and breakfast, 15 000, advantages over big hotels II : meeting different people III : features, 1883, guests IV : B&Bs not suitable for some people Part III Renting a carA. Keys: 1 : three 2 : Mon. July 10th 3 : station wagon 4 : $79.95 5 : $59.95 6 : 4 p.m. 7 : 10 a.m. 8 : ' free 9 : 12 cents 10 : $10 11 : 8% 12 : '$100B. Keys: a compact car/a station wagon/ automatic transmission/ current models/ pick up/return the car/special weekend rate/regular rate/ unlimited mileage/ insurance/ sales tax/ a full tank of gas/ deposit/ lowest rates.Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You Want?A. Keys: 1: 5 2: 2 3: 6 4: 4 5: 3 6: 1B. Keys: 1 : ￡40, all grades 2 : ￡55, Sales 3 : ￡150, Managerial, entertaining private guest, the lake 4: ￡220, privacy, country-side, kitchen Part V Do you know…?A. Keys: (France)Italy, (2)3, (3)2, (4)8 (Loudon,UK)Paris,France, (8)4B. Keys:1 : F2 : T3 : F4 : F5 : TTape scriptPart I Getting readyB.A: Good morning. I'd like some information about tourist figures, please. First, about accommodation. What proportion of tourists stay in hotels? B: Well, in an average year 60% of tourists stay in hotels, but this year 35% are staying in hotels. A: What proportion of tourists stay in holiday camps? B: Well, in an average year 20% of tourists stay in holiday camps, but this year 45% are staying in holiday camps. A: Now, about places visited. What proportion of tourists visit Europe? B: Well, in an average year 80% of tourists visit Europe, but this year 60% are visiting Europe.A: And what proportion of tourists visit the U.S.A.? B: Well, in an average year 15% of tourists visit the U.S.A., but this year 30% are visiting the U.S.A.. A: Now, about methods of transport. What proportion of tourists go by plane? B: Well,in an average year about 70% of tourists go by plane, but this year about 50% are going by plane. A: What proportion of tourists take their own car? B: Well, in an average year about 20% of tourists take their own car, but this year about 30% are taking their own car. A: Thank you very much for your help.C.C:… so here's a brochure with the hotels in Midford. It gives you all the rates …T:I'm sorry, my English isn't so good. Can you explain this to me?C:Yes, of course. First of all we have the Castle Inn …here …it's the cheapest.It will cost you only ￡12 for a single room and ￡15 for a double. The price includes continental breakfast. If you want a full English breakfast you'll have to pay extra …T:What is this "English breakfast"?C:Oh, you know, hot food: fried egg, fried bacon, porridge … whereas the continental breakfast is coffee, tea, rolls, jam and honey — nothing cooked, you see.T:I think I would prefer the continental breakfast.C:Well, yes, that's included. And then we have the Dalton Hotel, more expensive, but very nice, a bathroom attached to every room. The Dalton charges ￡30 for a single room and ￡60 for a double. But there is no charge for children under 12 who stay in the same room as their parents.T:I won't have my children with me. But maybe my husband will come a little later …C:Well, the Park Hotel is very reasonably priced. ￡16 per person. Every room has a bath. There's a special rate of ￡25 which includes dinner, bed and breakfast —what we call half board. Or you can have full board, that's the room plus all meals for ￡29 per person per night.T:We would only want breakfast.C:I see. Mm …you could try the fourth hotel here, the Phoenix. It will cost you ￡28 for a double room with bath. Breakfast is ￡5 per person.T:Yes. But what about the extra money, what do you call it in English, the service...C:All these rates include a service charge of 10%. They also include VAT - that's Value Added Tax.T:If we come later in the year will it be cheaper?C:Yes. These are the rates for June to September. You would pay less at other times of the year.T:I'll talk about it with my husband. Thank you for explaining everything to me.C:You're very welcome.Part II A touch of homeBev Rose is a very good hostess. She tells the guests in her home there are sodas in the refrigerator, snacks in the kitchen, and videos next to the TV.But Rose's guests aren't out-of-town family or friends. Her guests are from all over the world. Rose's house is like a small hotel. It is called a bed and breakfast or B&B for short. The name of Rose's B&B is Suits Us.Rose and her husband have joined a growing number of people who are operating B&Bs in their homes. B&Bs offer the charm, comfort, and hospitality that is often missing in big hotels. That's why there are many people who would rather stay at a B&B than a hotel when they travel.There are about 15 000 B&Bs across the U.S. Each year they welcome millions of visitors. And the number is increasing. "I think guests are looking for the personal touch," said Pat Hardy, the director of the American Bed and Breakfast Association. "In a B&B, you don't have a room number. The owner knows who you are and helps you enjoy your trip," Hardy said. Travelers often want more than just a place to sleep. They like B&Bs because the owner takes a personal interest in them.Rose said one of the best things about owning a B&B is meeting all the differentpeople. She loves watching the guests meet each other for the first time at breakfast. "It's really fun to stand in the kitchen and talk with my guests. Even though most of them have just met for the first time, the conversations at the breakfast table are really interesting and lively."Many B&Bs are older homes with interesting histories. Suits Us was built in 1883. The rooms are filled with antiques and 19th-century decorations. The Roses rent three of the upstairs bedrooms to guests. Every room at Suits Us has its own personality. The Roses have named several of the rooms for previous guests. For example, one of the rooms is named the Woodrow Wilson Room because the former U.S. President stayed there. Another room is called the Annie Oakley Room because the famous cowgirl was once a guest there.Bed and breakfasts aren't for everyone. Some people aren't comfortable staying in someone else's home. And other people don't care for the personal interaction. But for a quiet, romantic place to stay, many people are checking into bed and breakfasts instead of hotels. Once people have stayed in a B&B, they often find it hard to go back to hotels.Part III Renting a carA:Good afternoon. U-Drive-It rentals. May I help you?C:Hi, yeah. I'm interested in, uh, renting a car for the weekend, and I'm wondering if you have a special weekend rate?A:Yes, we do. [Mm-hmm.] Uh … what sort of car were you interested in?C:Well, we're a family of three and we have camping equipment. Now, I'm used to driving a small car, but I might need something a little larger because of the family and,uh … all the equipment that we have.A:Well, um … I could suggest a compact car for/to you. [Mm-hmm.] Some of our compacts have … have large trun ks, [OK.] or,uh … Oh, better yet, why not a small station wagon? [Oh, good.] Um … all our cars are current models and, uh, have automatic transmission.C:Oh, well, I'm used to driving a standard, but I guess there's no problem with automatic transmission.A:No, no. If you can drive a standard you can drive an automatic. [Mh-hmm.] Uh, now, listen, when were you … uh … interested in … in renting this?C:Uh, well, we'll be leaving on a Friday, that's the … let's see, that's Friday, July 7th, and then returning on the Monday. That would be the tenth.A:Mm-hmm. Well, let's see … uh … we have … uh … Oh! We have a Pinto station wagon for those dates. [Mm-hmm. Good.] Um … yeah, I think … I think that's your best bet.C:OK. Uh … well, then when would we have to pick up the car and when would we have to return the car to get that special weekend rate?A:Well, for the weekend rate you have to pick up the car after four o'clock on Friday afternoon [Uh-huh.] and then return it by ten o'clock on Monday morning.C:After four on Friday and returning by ten o'clock on Monday morning.[Mm-hmm.] OK. What … uh … uh, what would be the price for that?A:OK, now, our … our regular rate is seventy-nine ninety-five. [Ooh!] but the special weekend rate w… you can get that for fifty-nine ninety-five. [Oh, Great.] Um … now the first three hundred miles are free, [Mm-hmm…] after that it's twelve cents permile.C:Oh, so it's twelve cents a mile extra after the first three hundred miles?A:That's right.C:OK. Uh … do you have any … um … re ntals with unlimited mileage?A:Well, we do, but you can't get that special weekend rate.C:Uh-huh. OK. Well, then does the fifty-nine ninety-five - that was the rate, right? [Mm-hmm.] — does that include insurance?A:No … um … the insurance is ten dollars more, but I really recommend it.C:Yeah.A:OK, now there's a … there's a sales tax of eight percent, [Mm-hmm…] and … um … you have to return the car with a full tank of gas. [Uh-huh.] Also, we require a deposit of a hundred dollars.C:Oh boy. It sure adds up!A:Well, our rates are still the lowest in town.C:Uh-huh. OK. Well, I tell you what. I'd like to think about it, if that's right, and then I'll call you back…uh…A:Sure, that's fine. Uh, listen, when you … when you do call back, ask for Doug. That's me.C:OK. Well, thanks a lot. Doug. Goodbye.A:Take care.Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You Want?S: If the terms are favorable, we could come to an arrangement for regularaccommodation. Now, I wanted to discuss the types of room with you, and rates for their use.M:Certainly. The rates I’ll quote to you first of all are what we call "rack rates" , that is the normal rates quoted to the public. But obviously we would discuss a discount rate for you. Now, as regards the rooms, they are all of a very high standard. All our rooms have central heating. Most of them are with bathroom, and they all have a washbasin and a toilet.S:That sounds fine. Can you tell me about your single rooms?M:Yes. Our single rooms are very comfortable, and the rates are very reasonable. I think you'd find them suitable for visiting staff of all grades. The rack rate is ￡40 a night.S: ￡40 a night …M:Yes. Or for real economy, let's suppose you have a sales conference. You could double up your sales staff and put them into twin rooms. That would work out very cheaply. The normal rate is ￡55 per twin or double room per night.S: Well, we might consider that possibility. But we also have some quite important visitors sometimes. Have you any really special accommodation we can offer them?M: Well, suppose you have visiting managerial staff. For something more luxurious, we can offer our Delphos Suite. It's delightful, and convenient for entertaining private guests. It has its own private terrace where guests can sit outside and enjoy the view over the lake …S: That sounds most attractive …M: The normal rate is ￡150 per night …S: ￡150.M: … but for total luxury, the finest accommodation of any hotel in this area, I can recommend our Bella Vista Penthouse. From the balcony, there's a magnificent view over the whole countryside.S: Oh, lovely.M: It has a bedroom connecting to a large sitting room, with a separate study, a bathroom, and a fully-fitted kitchen. It combines total luxury with total privacy. For example, if your Company Director and his wife wanted to stay for a few days it would be ideal.S: And the rate?M: The normal rate would be ￡220 a night.Part V Do you know…?Five U.S. hotels were voted among the world's top ten, with the Halekulani in Honolulu ranking first, a survey of Gourmet magazine readers released last Friday said.Coming in second was the Oriental, in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by Villa d'Este, Cernobbio, Italy; The Regent Hong Kong, and Hotel Ritz, Paris.The Greenbriar, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia ranked No. 8. The10th-ranked hotel was the Four Seasons Resort Nevis, in Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies.More than 150 hotels, resorts and inns in 27 countries and regions were ranked in general and specific categories that rated such things as dining, bars, pools, workoutcenters and romantic atmosphere. This is the third year that Gourmet, which has more than 5 million readers, has conducted the survey.Another U.S. hotel, the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, topped the list for restaurant dining, beating out the Connaught in London, Italy's Villa d'Este and Bangkok's the Oriental. The Four Seasons in Philadelphia was No. 5.In the specific category of best business hotels, the Regent Hong Kong ranked first as it has for the past three years. In other categories, Paris' Hotel Ritz with its Roman thermal baths was voted to have the best pools and The Green- briar in West Virginia was found to have the best workout center, golf and tennis.Unit 3 “Planting” MoneyPart I Getting readyC. Keys:1 : Sincere; Y 2 : Doubtful; N 3 : Sarcastic; N 4 : Doubtful; N 5 : Sincere; Y 6 : Skeptical; N 7 : Surprised; Y 8 : Sincere; Y 9 : Emphatic; Y 10 : Sarcastic; N Part II National teach children to save dayA. Keys: 1 : Thursday, April 17 2 : teaching children how to save money 3 : 2 500 4 :5 000 presentationsB. Keys:1: 4; 2: 3; 3: 2; 4: 1Part III Credit cardsKeys: 1 : importance 2 : later 3 : The potential disadvantages 4 : lots of purchases 5 : interest 6 : The benefits 7 : emergencies 8 : travelPart IV More about the topic: Gulf Between the Rich and PoorA. Keys: 1 : 3 2 : 1 3 : 2 4 : so much of their income 5 : ever larger houses and cars。
四级听力第一部分技巧
四级听力第一部分技巧
四级听力第一部分的技巧包括：
1. 审题：在听力开始之前，快速浏览选项，并做记号，标出共同词汇和不同词汇，以预测文章的主题和问题。
2. 预测答案：根据选项中的信息，预测可能的问题，并猜测答案。
3. 定位关键信息：在听力开始时，特别注意第一句话，因为这通常是第一个问题的答案。
同时，注意听与问题相关的关键信息和细节。
4. 排除干扰项：在选择答案时，排除与听到的内容不符或与问题无关的选项。
5. 预测下一问题：在播放问题的时间，可以利用这段时间来熟悉下一题的选项，预测下一题可能的问题。
6. 边听边选边记：不要听完再写答案，边听边选边记，以免错过重要信息或忘记答案。
7. 注意数字和否定词：对于涉及到数字或否定词的问题，要特别注意听清楚相关的信息。
8. 确认答案：在选完答案后，一定要仔细检查并确认答案是否与听到的内容相符。
以上技巧可以帮助你在四级听力第一部分中获得更好的成绩。
当然，听力技能的提高还需要长期的训练和积累。
大学英语听力四答案Lesson 1
By 1969 the plan was well advanced and by August 1970 the Open University, as it is now called, had received forty thousand applicants. But only twenty-four thousand could be accepted then for the four introductory courses: social sciences, arts, science and mathematics. Many clerks, farm workers, housewives, teachers, policemen attended the first class over the radio or on TV in January 1971. Meanwhile study centers were set up all over the country so that students could spend one week a year at one of the university’s summer schools. It is probably the cheapest and most farreaching method to promote education.
The ideal teacher should see his students as individuals and acknowledge their differences. He must know how to encourage the selfdevelopment and growth of each of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, learns, and improves himself along with his students. So what about the teachers around you?
大学体验英语听说教程听力原文【第四册unit1】identity
Scripts for Unit OneListening Task 1The neighborhood children my age played together: either active, physical games outdoors or games of dolls-and-house indoors. I, on the other hand, spent much of my childhood alone. I’d curl up in a chair reading fairytales and myths, daydreaming, writing poems or stories and drawing pictures. Sometimes around the fourth grade, my “big” (often critical, judgmental) Grandma, who’d been visiting us said to me, “What’s wrong with you Why don’t the other children want to play with you”I remember being startled and confused by her question. I’d never been particularly interested in playing with the other children. It hadn’t, till then, occurred to me that that was either odd or something with me. Nor had it occurrred to me that they didn’t “want to play with”me. My first conscious memory of feeling different was in the fourth grade. At the wardrobe, listening to classmates joking, chattering and laughing with each other, I realized I hadn’t a clue about what was so funny or of how to participate in their easy chatter. They seemed to live in a universe about which I knew nothing at all. I tried to act like others but it was so difficult.I felt confused and disoriented. I turned back to my inner world: reading books, writing and daydreaming. My inwardness grew me in ways that continued to move me further away from the world of my age peers. The easy flow of casual social chat has remained forever beyond my reach and beyond my interest, too.Listening Task 2The greatest difficulty for me is that as a person of mixed origin I am at home neither here nor there. Wherever I am, I am regarded as being foreign, either “white” or “blac k”. It happens to me when I live in my mother’s country of origin, in Switzerland, and it happened to me when I was living in my father’s country, Ivory Coast. I would feel at home where I could feel that people accept me just the way I am! When you are a small child you first do not feel that you are different fromthe others. But soon the others will make you feel different – and children too can be very cruel in their behavior against the “strange child”. Sometimes incredible incidents happen. Some time ago I was riding my bike somewhere in a little place in Switzarland nearby to where I live. A car drove by, and the male driver opened the window and yelled at me: “Scheiss – Neger – dirty nigger!” I almost froze. I felt helpless and unable to defend myself. When I looked at the number plate, I saw that it was a German number plate. This means that the insulting person himself was a foreigner in this country! How could he dare insult me like this I felt that I wanted to kill this man. When I recovered I was able to think about it more clearly. These racist people are just stupid and do not know anything about life.Scripts for Unit TwoListening Task 1Everybody cheats. Whether it’s the taxi driver who tricks a visitor and takes hime the long way round, or the shop assistant who doesn’t give the correct change, or the police officer who accepts a bribe – everybody’s at it. Cheats in the news include the scientist whose research was based on fake data, the game show contestant who collaborated with a friend in the audience to win a million pounds, and the doctor who forged his qualifications and wasn’t really a doctor at all. Everybody cheats; nobody’s playing the game.Is cheating acceptable, a natural way of surviving and being successful Or is it something that should be frowned on, and young people discouraged from doing If it’s the latter, how can we explain to children why so many bend the rulesTake sport for example. The pinnacle of football, the World Cup, was rife with cheating. Whether pretending to be hurt or denying a handball, footballers will do anything for a free-kick or a penalty shot. French player Henry denied cheating to win the free-kick which led to his side’s second goal in their 3-1 victory over Spain. Whatever the nationality there’s one common strategy: the player rolls overholding his leg, ankle or head seeming to be in great pain. As a result a yellow card or free-kick is given for the foul and then, a few seconds later, the player is up and about as if nothing had happened!Of course it’s not just the footballers. In 1998 the Tour of France, the world’s greatest cycling event, was hit by a drug-taking scandal. Forty bottles of drugs found with a team triggered a massive investigation that almost caused the cycling tour to be abandoned. One rider was banned for nine months.Listening Task 2A climate of mistrust surrounds everyone.In the field of business, Enron, America’s seventh largest company, could serve as an unfortunate example. Its collapse in 2001 caused thousands of people to lose their jobs and life savings. The company had fooled investors into believing it was healthier than it really was. One boss now faces the rest of life in prison. Meanwhile companies around the world are losing billions of dollars to the counterfeit trade. From cut-price CDs and DVDs to sportswear and cosmetics, cheap fake products are everywhere. It has become socially acceptable to buy fake Gucci bags and illegal copies of films. If parents are doing this, their children will follow.So perhaps it’s not surprising that around the world more pupils than ever are caught cheating during exams. In one case keys to exam papers were put up for sale on the Internet. In another, widespread cheating took place by pupils using their mobile phones to receive texted answers. In a third case, pupils admitted to candidate substitution. They blame the pressure put on them to do well in exams. It doesn’t help that their role models are also cheats. Surely we can’t complain when we’re setting such a bad example.Unit 3 LifestyleListening task 1When she has young children, a stay-at-home mom has two jobs. Her house and her kids.A stay-at-home mom is expected to do all the house cleaning. She is expected to always be the one to get up in the middle of the night, do the school things –room-mother, baker, coordinator, chauffeur and carpooler, etc. often, a stay-at-home mom is expected to take over “daddy-type”chores such as lawn-mowing and taking cars for repair. Imagine sitting in a repair shop with two squirmy toddlers! The worst thing is that the stay-at-home mom is made to feel guilty for saying “no”. The reason the stay-at-home mom does not get her nails done or have a spa day is she feels guilty for spending family money on herself.Gosh, you all have such hectic lives. I’m dizzy just hearing your daily activities.I guess I have it nice. I have no schedule at all! I get up whn I want. I work my business when I want. I shop when I want to. I wash my hair when I bathe or I don’t wash my hair. When I go to work all I have to do is open up my office door in my house and I’m at work already. No traffic to deal with and there can be 10 feet of snow on the ground and I wouldn’t have to walk an inch of it because my house connects directly to my warehouse! If I get up and don’t feel like working I don’t.Listening task 2I took my first drink and smoked my first marijuana cigarette when I was 12 years old. In high school, I used all kinds of drugs. After high school until I was 21, I did a lot of binge drinking. When I was 31, I started using crack cocaine. That’s when the real problems began.I was addicted to alcohol and cocaine, and my life was a wreck. I tried to quit a number of times. I moved to Mexico and gave up cocaine. I still drank and smoked marijuana, but for the time I lived there, I was off cocaine. I thought that that time off cocaine would completely cure me of any desire for it, but when I got back in town two years later, I started using it again only five days later. Every partof my life was messed up. I remember my oldest son being embarrassed to be seen with me. He would pass me on the street with his friends but he wouldn’t even speak to me. The bottom came for me when I was finally evicted from my apartment. I lost my car, my home and my sons. I looked in the mirror that day, and I couldn’t look myself in the eyes. The next morning, I showed up at the treatment center. The first few days of detox and treatment were hard, but I was convinced that I needed help, so I stayed. I’ve been clean now for five years, and I have a new life.Unit Four FamilyListening Task OneThe traditional American family is a “nuclear family”. A nuclear family refers to a husband and wife and their children. The average American family today has two or three children. In some cultures, people live close to their extended family. Several generations may even live together. In America, only in a few cases does more than one household live under one roof.American values are valued in the home. Many homes are run like a democracy. Each family member can have a say. A sense of equality often exists in Amercan homes. Husbands and wives often share household chores. Often parents give children freedom to make their own decisions. Preschoolers choose what clothes to wear or which toys to buy. Young adults generally make their own choices about what career to pursue and whom to marry.Families in America, like those in every culture, face many problems. Social pressures are breaking apart more and more American homes. Over half of US marriages now end in divorce. More than one in four American children are growing up in single-parent homes. As a result, many people believe the American family is in trouble.Even so, there is stll reason for hope. Many organizations are working hard to strengthen families. Americans almost unanimously believe that the family is oneof the most important parts of life. They realize that problems in family life in recent years have brought serious consequences. As a result, more and more people are making their family a priority. Many women are quitting their jobs to stay home with their children. Families are going on vacations and outings together. Husbands and wives are making a concentrated effort to keep their marriages solid.The United Naitions has declared 1994 the “International Year of Family”. Not just in America, but all over the world, people recognize the importance of a strong family bond.Listening Task TwoWomen are beginning to rise steadily to the top in the workplace all over the developed world, but in the US they are forging ahead. New figures show that in almost a third of American households with a working wife, the woman brings home more money than her husband. They are gaining more college degrees and Masters of Business Administration qualifications than men and now occupy half the country’s high-paying, executive administrative and managerial occupations, compared with 34 per cent 20 years ago.The trend is caused by two main factors, experts say –a growing acceptance of men as househusbands and mass redundancy of male white-collar workers from the technology, finance and media industries in the last three years.The University of Maryland has produced a report that shows women to be the family’s bread-earner-in-chief in 11 per cent of all US marriages. And where bothe spouses work, she now brings in 60 per cent or more of the family income in per cent of the households.An economist at the University of Wisconsin said that ambitious women are increasingly looking for househusbands and leave men at the kitchen sink.Unit Five Health and DietListening Task 1I had just turned 40, and has spent most of my adult life working as a public relations consultant with little time to cook, let alone learn how to cook. But a few years ago I made a resolution to start writing down the recipes I had grown up with and posting them to my website. I come from a big family –six kids –and thought what a terrific family project to document our family recipes! Both my mother and father are excellent home cooks; mom raises us all, and dad loves to eat well and enjoys the experimentation of trying out new recipes. I’m spending a lot of time with my parents lately; we cook a meal and then over dinner discuss the finer points of the proper way to prepare the dishes, and whether or not a new recipe was worth the effort. Many of the recipes are family recipes, and many of them are those that we pick from cookbooks, magazines, and newspaper clippings we’ve collected over 30 years. But sometimes it’s hard when you only have a clipping. The recipes shown here use mostly whole food ingredients and only occasionally a few things from cans or prepared foods. We believe in a varied, healthy diet, using real butter, real cream, eggs, and protein from meat, fish, and cheese.About me, my name is Alice Bauer and I am a partner in a consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. I maintain several weblogs in addition to Simply Recipes as part of .Thanks so much for visiting Simply Recipes!Listening Task 2One of my most favorite breakfast is a poached egg on toast, with a side of papaya and lime, including some prosciutto with the papaya. Papaya is filled with enzymes that help digestion, and is even used to tenderize meat. The ingredients you need include: 1 firm but ripe papaya, 2 ounces of thinly sliced prosciutto, and 1/2 lime, cut and sliced into a few wedges. Now let’s go!First, using a vegetable peeler, peel away the outer skin of the papaya. Then cut the papaya in half. Using a metal spoon, scoop out and discard the seeds. By theway, the seeds are edible. They taste peppery, like nasturtium flowers, and can be used in salads. Next, slice the papaya halves into wedges lengthwise. Arrange them on a plate. Now what you need to do is to roll up thin sheets of prosciutto and place them between the papaya wedges. Remember the last thing, squeeze fresh limejuice over the papaya and prosciutto.If you would like to serve the papaya as an appetizer, cut the papaya into 1-inch pieces, sprinkle on some lime juice, wrap each piece with some prosciutto, and secure with a tooth pick. It serves 2-4.Unit Six TravelListening Task 1I was spending my summer in a remote village in Ghana. I got afflicted with “the runny stomach”, as the family I lived with called it. After 5 days of the runny stomach, we left the village and took a 12-hour car ride to the capital city. Needless to say, 12-hour car rides and runny stomachs aren’t compatible. Once we had to stop in a village, greet the 20 or so people that were there, give a detailed explanation of my condition, and then I was allowed to use a brand-new porcelain toilet. I was very embarrassed because they had someone clean the toilet and stand outside while I did my noisy business. Through a crack in the bathroom wall I could hear some kids washing the dishes. I was splendid entertainment for the kids. Each time I let out some gas, I heard squeals of delight and hysterical laughter. They also muttered about “runny stomach”. But the highlight of my sickness had to be the wedding we attended in the capital. There I was greeted by countless guests. They asked about the details of my stomach condition. On my 8th day of sickness, we went to a private hospital and for the next two weeks I took lots of prescribed antibiotics and drank bottles of oral rehydration salts. My condition began improving in about two days. Much to my disappointment, the stool and blood samples came back negative, so my condition was a result of a change of diet. Needless to say, I learned not to beshy about stomach conditions.Listening Task 2When he realized that his short-term memory was failing, my husband decided to wear a multi-pocketed vest. The vest, with its 17 pockets each serving a purpose, did work for a while. Things were going so well that he started to relax a little and one day he turned back to his traditional pants-pocket wallet.Just seconds after boarding the crowded Rome subway, a pickpocket was attracted by the familiar bulge. My husband stared at him for a moment. Finally the would-be thief withdrew and joined the crowd.My partner became more careful, and the next time he was better organized, all the essentials in their assigned pockets. We had checked in for our flight to Athens. Before boarding I casually asked where his Swiss army knife was. His hand immediately went to the pocket designated for the knife, and found it safe there. Then his face fell: safe, that is , for anything but air travel.Realizing that his precious knife would be taken away at security, he returned to the check-in counter. Fortunately, the frowning attendant agreed to pack his knife in a little box and check it separately.By the time we got to Athens at midnight we were both exhausted. Our luggage emerged and all the other passengers were gone. My husband was still watching the carousel going round and round and round. Finally, he went to find a baggage handler and a half hour later reappeared triumphantly with his knife.Unit Seven LanguageListening Task 1Jessica Bucknam shouts “tiao!” and her fourth-grade students jump. “Dun!” she commands, and they crouch. They giggle as the commands keep coming in Mandarin Chinese. Most of the kids have studied Chinese since they were in kindergarten.They are part of a Chinese-immersion program at Woodstock Elementary School, in Portland, Oregon. Bucknam, who is from China, introduces her students to approximately 150 new Chinese characters each year. Students read stories, sing songs and learn math and science, all in Chinese.Half of the students at the school are enrolled in the program. They can continue studying Chinese in middle and high school. The goal: to speak like natives. About 24,000 American students are currently learning Chinese. Most are in high school. But the number of younger students is growing in response to China’s emergence as a global superpower. The government is helping to pay for language instruction. Recently, the Defense Department gave Oregon schools $700,000 for classes like Bucknam’s. The Senate is considering giving $ billion for Chinese classes in public schools.“China has become a stong partner of the United States,” says Mary Patterson, Woodstock’s principal. “Children who learn Chinese at a young age will have more opportunities for jobs in the future.” Isabel Weiss, 9, isn't thinking about the future. She thinks learning Chinese is fun. “When you hear people speaking in Chinese, you know what they’re saying,”she says. “And they don’t know that you know.”Want to learn Chinese You have to memorize 3,500 characters to really know it all! Start with these Chinese characters and their pronunciations.Listening Task 2An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definitions and the arrangement of its parts, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through conventional use. In the English expression to kick the bucket, a listener knowing only the meaning of kick and bucket would be unable to deduce the expression’s actual meaning, which is to die. Although kickthe bucket can refer literally to the act of striking a bucket with a foot, native speakers rarely use it that way.Idioms hence tend to confuse those not already familiar with them; students of a new language must learn its idiomatic expressions the way they learn its other vocabulary. In fact many natural language words have idiomatic origins, but have been sufficiently assimilated so that their figurative senses have been lost. Interestingly, many Chinese characters are likewise idiomatic constructs, as their meanings are more often not traceable to a literal meaning of their assembled parts, or radicals. Because all characters are composed from a relatively small base of about 214 radicals, their assembled meanings follow several different modes of interpretation –from the pictographic to the metaphorical to those whose original meaning has been lost in history.Real world listeningQ: Why are some idioms so difficult to be understood outside of the local culture A: Idioms are, in essence, often colloquial metaphors – terms which requires some foundational knowledge, information, or experience, to use only within a culture where parties must have common reference. As cultures are typically localized, idioms are more often not useful for communication outside of that local context.Q: Are all idioms translatable across languagesA: Not all idioms are translatable. But the most common idioms can have deep roots, traceable across many languages. To have blood on one’s hands is a familiar example, whose meaning is obvious. These idioms can be more universally used than others, and they can be easily translated, or their metaphorical meaning can be more easily deduced. Many have translations in other languages, and tend to become international.Q: How are idioms different from others in vocabularyA: First, the meaning of an idiom is not a straightforward composition of the meaning of its parts. For example, the meaning of kick the bucket has nothing to do with kicking buckets. Second, one cannot substitute a word in an idiom with a related word. For example, we can not say kick the pail instead of kick the bucket although bucket and pail are synonyms. Third, one can not modify an idiom or apply syntactic transformations. For example, John kicked the green bucket or the bucket was kicked has nothing to do with dying.Unit 8 ExaminationListening Task 1At first, fifth-grader Edward Lynch didn’t pay much attention to his teacher’s warnings about the big tests the class would take at the end of the school year. But two weeks before North Carolina’s first-ever elementary-promotion exams, Edward says he’s scared. He’s a B student but an erratic test taker. “The other night I had a dream my books were squishing me and pencils were stabbing me,”says the 11-year-old. His classmate West Bullock says, “I have friends who throw up the night before tests.” Their teacher, Kelly Allen, worries that half of her 21 students are at risk of failing next week’s multiple-choice tests on math and reading. If they fail, they won’t be able to graduate to middle school.In 1996 the state of North Carolina launched its ABCs testing program, a carrot-and-stick approach that holds schools responsible for their students’educational progress. Over the next four years, scores on statewide tests rose 14%. But critics of the program say the cost has been high, in ways that range from stomachaches to insomnia and depression.Schools, also, are sacrificing important lessons in science, social studies and foreign languages to focus on concepts that will be tested. Thus the harmful practices such as retention in grade and tracking are encouraged. High school biology students no longer dissect frogs. A history teacher doesn’t assign research papersbecause they don’t help him prepare students for state-mandated tests. Lisa, a mother of a struggling fifth-grader said. “If they have kids with straight A’s, they think it’s fine, but I think there’s too much pressure with this pass-fail system.”She views the accountability system as a social experiment whose outcome is not yet known.Listening Task 2No one wants to be tested. We would all like to get a driver’s license without answering questions about right of way or showing that we can parallel park a car. Many future lawyers and doctors probably wish they could join their profession without taking an exam.But tests and standards are a necessary fact of life. They protect us – most of the time – from inept drivers, hazardous products and shoddy professionals. In schools too, exams play a constructive role. They tell teachers what their students have learned –and have not. They tell parents how their children are doing compared with others their age. They encourage students to exert more effort.Therefore, formal testing has its place in the overall scope of education. The test data can be very useful in making decisions for the upcoming school year as well as for long term planning. Besides, the parents need accountability to themselves. Welcome the opportunity to discover their child’s strengths and weaknesses and to ascertain needs that should be addressed or pieces that are missing in the student’s academic training.However, all tests have a margin of error. Several factors will affect tests scores, including rapport established with examiner, health of students, lack of sleep the night before, temperature of testing room, attention span, and many other variables. In other words, don’t fall apart if the scores aren’t what you think they should have been. They are just test scores and tests are not infallible.。
四级考试听力流程
四级考试听力流程一、短对话（Short Conversations）短对话是四级听力中的第一部分，共有20道题目。
每个题目都是一个独立的对话，包括一问一答。
听力播放两遍。
听力流程：1. 首先，在播放前几秒钟会先有一个题目的提示，例如“What does the woman want to do?”（女士想做什么？）。
2.立即开始播放对话，每个对话持续10-20秒，有一问一答的形式。
3.第一次播放结束后，会有5-8秒的时间让你选择答案或者记笔记。
4.第二遍播放与第一遍类似，但是此次没有题目提示。
5.第二遍播放后，会有20秒的时间用于选择答案或记笔记。
二、长对话（Long Conversations）长对话是四级听力中的第二部分，共有6道题目。
每个题目有一个较长的对话段落。
听力播放两遍。
听力流程：1. 首先，在播放前几秒钟会先有一个题目的提示，例如"What are the speakers mainly discussing?"（对话的主要内容是什么？）。
2.立即开始播放对话，每个对话段落持续约2分钟。
3.第一次播放结束后，会有5-8秒的时间让你选择答案或者记笔记。
4.第二遍播放与第一遍类似，但是此次没有题目提示。
5.第二遍播放后，会有20秒的时间用于选择答案或记笔记。
三、短文听力（Passages）短文听力是四级听力中的第三部分，共有4篇短文。
每篇短文后面有5道题目。
听力播放两遍。
听力流程：1. 首先，在播放前几秒钟会先有一个题目的提示，例如"What is the main purpose of the passage?"（文章的主要目的是什么？）。
2.立即开始播放短文，每篇短文持续约2-3分钟。
3.第一次播放结束后，会有5-8秒的时间让你选择答案或者记笔记。
4.第二遍播放与第一遍类似，但是此次没有题目提示。
5.第二遍播放后，会有30秒的时间用于选择答案或记笔记。
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Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• Vowels: /i:/, /i/, /e/, /æ/, / ə /, / ə ：/, /u:/, /u/, /ɔ: /, / ɔ /, /ʌ /, /ɑ: /,/ ei/ ,/ɑi /, /ɔi /, /əu /, /ɑu /, /eə /, /iə /, /uə /(4+2+6+8=20)
Sweet is the song
• It has more strength than hundred men It has more power in the end Than our greatest nation's army So come sit down and listen to me Sweet is the song that I'm singing Precious is all that I get
• Consonants: /f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /θ /, /δ /, /h/, /r/, /ʃ /, /ʒ /, /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/,/g/,/m,/ /n/, /ŋ /,/w/,/j/,/l/,/ts/, /dz/,/tʃ /,/dʒ /,/tr/,/dr/(10+6+6+3+2+1=28)
Sweet is the song
• Sweet is the song that I'm singing Precious is all that you get Peace for this world's what he's bringing Jesus, your savior, is back The morning came, I realized It was just a dream, but how could I Ever forget that little baby-boy
CET-4 Listening---Lecture 1
Introduction
• 1. Section A: Short conversation& Long conversation • 2. Section B: Passages • 3. Section C: Compound dictation
Sweet is the song
• Sweet is the song that I'm singing Precious is all that I get Peace for this world's what he's bringing Jesus, my savior, is back See him in every smile of a child Hear him when nightingales sing in the night Feel him in every heartbeat Jesus, my savior, is back
Lecture 1----Pronunciati--HARDEST
• 1. atmosphere 2. celebrity 3. affluent • 4. photography [fəˈt grəfi] 5. economic ɔ • 6. gorgeous 7. unique 8. resource
Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• • • • • • • 听力的中同音词 Break---brake sail---sale dyeing---dying sight---site for---four Steal---steel threw---through weather---whether fare---fair wood---would passed---past hear---here flew---flu sauce---source floor---flaw bread---bred sent---cent hour---our
Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• Test2---HARDER
• 1. newspaper 2. industry 3. quiet---quite • 4. temperature 5. sandwich • 6. thought • 7. clothes [kləuðz] 8. kind 9. comfortable 10. loose----lose
Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• • • • • • A Pop Quiz on Pronunciation Test1---EASY 1. beach 2. because 3. yesterday 4. famous 5. invite 6. library 7. night---light 8. slow---snow 9. thick----sick 10. said---sad
Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• • • • • 3. 四级中的变音特点 /t/+/j/=/tʃ / /d/+/j/=/dʒ / /s/+/j/=/ ʃ / /z/+/j/= /ʒ / Won’t you don’t you didn’t you haven’t you Hadn’t you last year next year not yet Did you would you suit [ʃ u:t, sju:t] because you how’s your I use your
Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• • • • • • 2. 近音词 Fair---fire find---fine cut---cart Hut---heart----hat loose---lose Track---truck pull---pool Appeal--- a pill bald---board Avoid---award pass---path poor—pour
Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• 3)如果前一个词是以字母r或re结尾，后一个词以 元音开始，为了便于连读起见，可以将r与后面词 首的元音连读。 • There is / ð ɛəriz/ for us/fɔ: rəs / after all/ˈ ɑ:ftərɔ:l /
Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• Liaison • (1)在同一个意群：结尾辅音+开头元音：Think of/ pick up/ fed up with/ end up with/ cut it out停止、住嘴/ check it out/ tired of it/ look at it • 真题中的听力原文: • What do you think of my paper? • What did you find out about it? • It can be seen everywhere and on everyone. • I am afraid it’s out of stock.
Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• (2)不完全爆破：结尾爆破音+开头辅音：Hard time/let me/ first love/ get to/ next door/ front desk • 如果单词结尾音为爆破音，则该单词在句子中轻读：What do you want? He is just a child. It can’t make bad work good.
• Issue [ˈi u:, ˈisju:] ʃ • I advise you
Sweet is the song
• I was alone out in the night I saw a house, I walked inside I didn't know what I would find there A little child among the sheep Lying so fragile, looked at me I heard an angel's voice beside me, That told me
The key is to persist, persist and persist!
• Why is it such a challenge for you? • 1. Speed • 2. Vocabulary • 3. Phrase • 4. pronunciation • 5. Lack of effective practice
Sweet is the song
• Peace for this world's what he's bringing Jesus, my savior, is back See him in every smile of a child Hear him when nightingales sing in the night Feel him in every heartbeat Jesus, my savior, is back
Lecture 1----Pronunciation & Listening
• • • • • • • • 英美音的比较和四级中的变音特点 1. 英美音在元音上的差别 /ɑ: /-----/æ/： dance path bath Can’t [kɑ:nt] [kænt] Sam can drive. Sam can’t drive. 2.英美音在辅音上的差别 /t/------/d/：water letter rating lasting 在美音中，当/t/后跟有元音时，/t/被浊化，是介于/t/和/d/ 之间的一个音。