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新编英语教程第2册workbook 听力与翻译答案Unit 1Dictation AEver since the modern Olympic Games began in 1896, they’ve had their critics. Every form of competitive activity attracts trouble. But part of the aim of the Games, when they were first held in Ancient Greece, was to discourage war between states by engaging them in a friendlier kind of competition.The spirit of competition in the Games does a lot of good, getting people to forget their differences in a communal activity. Any competitor or spectator at the Games or in the Olympic Village will tell you that the atmosphere of friendship there is unforgettable, as if the world were one big family.These Games are the biggest international gathering of any kind in the world. Not only do they bring sportsmen together, but they unite a world public. Isn’t this a sufficient reason for continuing them? As long as the majority wants it, these Games will continue.B: Association football, also known as soccer, is an 11-a-side team game played on a grass field. At each end of the field is a goal net. The object is to move the ball around the field, with the feet or head, until a player is in a position to put the ball into the net and score a goal. The goalkeeper defends the goal, and he is the only person allowed to touch the ball with his hands while it is in play. The ancient Greeks, Chinese, Egyptians and Romans all played a form of football. In the early 19th century it became an organized game in Britain, and was played in most universities and public schools. In 1863 the Football Association was formed. The first FA Cup final was played in 1872. The first World Cup was organized in Uruguay in 1930. The European Governing body, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), was formed in 1954, and it controls the major European club competitions.Listening comprehensionAn American Sightseeing in AthensOne Sunday, Nick Tyler went with his aunt and uncle to see the Acropolis, the famous hill in the city of Athens. On their way they stopped at a large white marble stadium that the Greeks had built in 330 B.C.. The Greek nation had rebuilt it in 143 A.D., and then again in 1896 for the first modern Olympic Games. How thrilled the athletes must have been, Nick thought, to perform in such a stadium!Soon the Tylers arrived at the Acropolis itself. They climbed many steps to reach the top, and there they stood before the ruins of the beautiful Parthenon. Nick had seen pictures of the temple before, but the actual sight of the structure gave him an unexpected pleasure. Its design and proportion were perfect.The Greeks had built the Parthenon during their Golden Age, and it should have lasted fro thousands of years, but it didn’t. According to one of the guides near the gate, an army had once used the temple as a store house for ammunition; then, during a battle, it had exploded and left the building in ruins. Nick thought the soldiers ought not to have put the ammunition there; surely they could have kept it in another place. However, they probably never imagined that there would be such an explosion. Or perhaps they might not have appreciated the beautiful design of the fine structure.Nick and his relatives also visited one of the smaller structures on the Acropolis, and then theywent down to the marketplace of old Athens. The early Greeks must have liked to buy things in the shops there; they could always look up and see the beautiful temple on the hill. Afterwards, the Tylers stopped at a place which some people believe is the actual building where Socrates spent his last days. Nick felt sad when he thought of the death of that great teacher. Socrates, however, would have been very happy to know that many of his ideas still live today. When they returned home, Nick thanked his aunt and uncle for the interesting afternoon. They had been glad to show him the most famous monuments in their city. They had wanted to take him to other places that day, but there was not enough time. However, Nick would be in Athens for a whole year, and he would have many more Sundays for sightseeing and such experiences. TranslationThe transport problem in Lavenport has been growing because in this cosmopolitan city there are too many people but there is not enough space. The population has been increasing very quickly in recent years and now Lavenport has become very crowded. Hardly any city/ Very few cities in the world is/ are as crowded ad Lavenport. Since 1851 the people in this port city have been claiming land from the sea and today it is difficult to imagine what the original shoreline looked like. But over the years, reclamation schemes have been growing more and more expensive and today there is hardly any place left where reclamation is possible. The streets are becoming more and more crowded with buses, trams, cars and taxis. The harbor is one of the busiest in the world. Each day about five million passengers make use of some kind of public transport or other in Lavenport.Unit 2DictationA.The motion picture is a highly complex art form which combines many other arts.The filmmaker is a writer using language, a musician using music. He is a painter concerned with composition, light, and color. He is a sculptor molding (or moulding) forms in space, a choreographer shaping human movement. With the camera as the major tool, the filmmaker recreates the external world. Using the camera and putting pieces of film together or separating them in the editing process, the filmmaker powerfully controls time and space. A gunfight can become a ballet in slow motion. The act of climbing a short flight of stairs can be extended to seem like an endless journey, and an airplane can be made to cross continents in seconds. In the theatrical film, the filmmaker uses these and many other artistic techniques to tell a story.B.An opera is a play with music. The actors sing some of the words instead ofspeaking them. In grand opera, they sing all the words. The music and singing portray the moods of the story and the feelings of the characters in it.To appreciate an opera, you should go and see one. Listening to opera on the radio or on records does not give much idea of what it is really like. Going to an opera can be very exciting. There is usually a large orchestra, and a chorus of singers as well as the leading singer. The scenery is colorful and the stage lighting often very dramatic. Although parts of an opera are treated in such detail that the action is rather slow, the beauty of the songs compensates for the breaks in the action.However, it is not always easy to appreciate opera. Sometimes the words are in aforeign language, often Italian. Even if the opera is sung in English, it is sometimes difficult to make out the words. It helps if you get to know the story first. The programme always contains an outline of the story, so make sure you buy one at the opera house or theatre and read it before the curtain goes up. Translation B (Pay attention to the underlined parts)Where did movies begin? It’s often said they are American invention, but this is not entirely true. The motion picture has always been the most international of arts. At the end of the 19th century, inventors in France, England, and the United States were among the dozens of men who were trying to develop ways of using photographs to create the effect of motion.Soon after 1889, when the famous American inventor Thomas Edison first show motion pictures through a device called Kinetoscope, other devices for the same purposes appeared all over the world. Edison had solved certain problem, making it possible for other inventors to develop their own devices. One other important contribution by Edison was the introduction of 35mm. as the international standard film width. When it became possible to use any 35mm. machine for showing movies from any parts of the world, the international trading of films began to take place. Samples of retelling Retelling of dialogue I in unit 1Grandpa is emotional when he sees Chinese athletes doing well at the Olympic Games. He tells Linlin about the Chinese athletes’ experience at the thr ee Olympics before 1949 (what happened to the Chinese athletes when he was young, and china’s participation in the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Olympic Games) and attributes the sad experience to the then government.Retelling of reading I in unit 1This is an introduction to two kinds of football in the United States, namely American football and football, which is known to the Americans as “soccer”. The former is introduced by the first three paragraphs and the latter the fourth and the fifth paragraphs.•The first paragraph introduces the origin of American football and illustrates the enthusiasm the national sport inspires across the United States.•The second paragraph introduces the scoring method of American football as similar to that of rugby,•and the third shows the difference between the two games in terms of the physical protection offered to their players.•The fourth paragraph illustrates how soccer gains in popularity among the American public •and the fifth, as a conclusion of the fourth paragraph, points out the fact that soccer beats baseball in terms of the size of the audience and the brilliant promotion of the game.Retelling of dialogue I in unit 2A andB are talking about a four-act English play to celebrate Hong Kong’s return to the motherlan d. Since it’s the first time for the college to stage such a grand performance, a lot of students are involved in the rehearsal, and they have to sacrifice Friday evening for the rehearsal.B is eventually persuaded to play a role in the drama.Retelling of reading I in unit 2•The article is an informative analysis of the various stunts usually employed by filmmakers in shooting to make the actions more thrilling and lifelike. The stuntmen and stunts are involved infights, bullet firing, air rifles and other dangerous stunts like explosives, fire stunts, horse-riding, hand falls, climbing on aeroplanes and speeding motor vehicles.•The paragraphs are organized into a clear-cut three parts: the introduction in the first paragraph, the conclusion in the last paragraph and the body specifying different stunts.Retelling of dialogue I in unit 3A comes to school every day by bus so he tellsB that sometimes it is a very horrible experience. In the rush hour, too many people want to get on the bus, and A describes to B a terrible scene on a bus terminal. B also recalls a similar scene he saw the other day on bus where the seat for the aged is occupied by young guy. Then they talk about other rude manners they have seen in public. At last, they agree that it is time to quit those rude behaviors.Retelling of reading I in unit 3This article describes a story of the bad treatment the writer has received in a store. The writer came to a store to exchange a jumper, which was given by his friend as a gift, for a larger one. But the store didn’t have a larger size. When he was about to leave, two detectives mistakenly took him as a shoplifter. Under the writer’s continuous and strong protest, the manager and the two detectives in the store were reluctant to find out the truth after a long period of insensitivity. Although he proved his innocence at last with the one shop assistance as his witness, the ruthless treatment he had received made him very uncomfortable.Unit 3DictationA: Specialists in marketing have studied how to make people buy more food in a supermarket. They do all kinds of things that you do not even notice. For example, the simple, ordinary food that everybody must buy, like bread, milk, flour and vegetable oil, is spread all over the store. You have to walk by all the more interesting things in order to find what you need. The more expensive food is in packages with bright-colored pictures. This food is placed at eye level so you see it and want to buy it. The things that you have to buy anyway are usually located on a higher or lower shelf. However, candy and other things that children like are on lower shelves. The store has a comfortable temperature in summer and winter, and it plays soft music. It is a pleasant place for people to stay and spend more money.So be careful in the supermarket. You may go home with a bag of food you were not planning to buy. The supermarket, not you, decided you should buy it.B: While I was shopping in a large department store, I stopped in the book department. I spent at least 30 minutes there because I was looking for a number of books which I wanted to give to people as presents. I found quite a few of them so I put them in a pile beside me. I was standing there and reading the books quietly, choosing some and putting some others back, when an elderly lady came up to me, pushed a book at me and said, “I’ll take this.” I replied to her, “Go ahead, madam, but you had better pay for it first.” Then I realized that because I was standing by a great pile of books, she thought I was a shop assistant. I was starting to explain when she interrupted me and complained about the service in the shop. I said nothing and walked away.TranslationA. 1. The stuntman’s breathtaking performance left the audience panic-stricken (in panic).2. Since his health is deteriorating (worsen), I think it is time he got out of the bad habit of smoking.3. When Bill is preoccupied with his experiment, he has no idea of what is going on around him.4. Tom proposed to exchange this stamp of his for tha t book of John’s, but John refused.5. He accused his neighbor of playing the records too loudly at night.6. He is not such a fool as you assume him to be.B. On many occasions we may hear people say that men are superior to women. Actually this is a manifestation of chauvinism.Admittedly (Truly/ Of course/ Certainly), men are doing (performing/behaving/ achieving) better than women in most fields, but this is not women’s fault. The old (outmoded) traditions (conventions/ or The conventional ideas) which prevent women from enjoying equal opportunities with men have a lot to do with the problem (phenomenon).There is yet another invisible (unobvious/intangible) form of discrimination. That is the deep-rooted (deep-seated) prejudice that sees ignorance as a woman’s virtue. But of course it is true (can not be denied) that in our country women’s status has been greatly raised in the past fifty years.A main obstacle that often holds women back is fear (cowardliness), which results from social prejudice and keeps women from doing anything significant. To root out (break down/eliminate/eradicate) the conventional prejudices, women should hold to the belief that they can catch up with and surpass men. This belief will build up women’s confidence, overcome their fear, and shatter the myth that men are superior to women.Unit 4DictationA: The price of gasoline should have been set at ten dollars a gallon in 1918 when Henry Ford introduced the Model T. Consider what would have happened. If the price of gas had been too expensive for the average person, then there never would have been such serious pollution problems in every major American city. Moreover, there would be no need to rehabilitate our cities, because large numbers of people would never have left them for the suburbs. Finally, if the price had been set at ten dollars a gallon, there would have been enough gasoline reserves to last for centuries. Instead, the low price of gas helped to exhaust the supply and create over-dependence upon foreign sources of oil.B: People used to think that the Mississippi was too big to be polluted. But today it is in trouble. In the past half century or so hundreds of factories have been built on the banks of the river. As pollution has increased, so has the amount of harmful waste been discharged into the river. In many places the water can no longer be safely used for drinking or irrigation. Birds and fish have been killed off in large numbers by water pollution. A New York paper reported on February 8, 1972, “The Missis sippi has now been made so dirty that swimming and fishing in it are almost out of the question.”unit 5New and key words: LS (giggle, decay, up and down, stiff, bristle, silicon); Dia. I(it’s time since, upset, it feels good to, vague, deposit, rate, slot, run out of, hang up); (Dia. II(hitch, hike, polytechnic, rucksack, draught); Reading I(priority, preservation, conservation, appeal, fringe, glide, graze, devastate, nuisance)DictationA: A national Park is an area where natural scenery and wildlife is protected by law to preserve them for future generations. It is only recently that man has realized that he must make a positive effort if many species of wildlife and areas of great beauty are not to disappear forever.There are many kinds of areas of conservation and their central priorities may differ slightly. In the U.S.A., a national park such as Yellowstone safeguards natural features and wildlife in a way that will contribute to public enjoyment. In Africa generally, the chief purpose is the preservation of the remnants of the great herds of animals which once wandered around the country.National Parks depend on tourists for income but the animals must remain unharmed. National Parks may be small or large, privately or government owned.B: We’re trying to decide where to go on our vacation this summer. We usually go to Lake Arrowhead for a couple of weeks, but we’d like to go somewhere else this year. We’re tired ofdoing the same thing summer after summer. Some friends of ours suggested that we go to Hawaii. That would be wonderful! I’m sure we’d enjoy a trip like that, but of course it’s out of the question. In the first place, it would be terribly expensive, and in the second place, there wouldn’t be enough time. As a matter of a fact, if we wanted to plan a trip like that, it might be advisable to stay home this summer and not go any place. That’s one way we could begin to save money for next year’s trip. Also, if we were to stay here, I could offer to work instead of taking two weeks off; then maybe my boss would recommend that I be given four weeks’ vacation next summer instead of two weeks.Guided writing of Unit 6I do not quite recall what my grandma was like as she died when I was not yet ten. I only know that she was quite a scholar. The impression she left me was that of a frail, pale and smiling old lady. However, there is one thing that I remember very well. She always ate sparingly, and no meat at all, not even milk or eggs, which always surprised me. She was a vegetarian, my father told me, and a very thorough one, too. The result was disastrous: she was highly weakened by not absorbing proteins, the body-building elements, which are found much more abundantly in animal meat, milk and eggs than in vegetables. It is evident that without meat, milk and eggs, a human being cannot live a full and active life. It was really a pity that my grandma chose to be a vegetarian; otherwise I would have learned more of her and from her.Dictation of unit 6A: there are three main kinds of food. Sugar and starch are grouped together as carbohydrates: they are found in bread, potatoes and rice. These are mainly energy-giving food which the muscles and other tissues use. Fats are also energy-giving foods but do not give it as quickly as the sugars and starches as they have to be broken up in the liver and made into sugar before they can be burnt by the body. The other class known as proteins are the main solid part in all living cells. They are found in milk, meat and fish, and are necessary to the body to enable it to build new cells and repair old ones. For this reason growing children need more proteins than adults. As children are much more active than adults and use more energy for their size they need a lot of energy-giving foods, the carbohydrates. Children cannot get much of their energy from fat because it makes them unwell if they eat too much of it. A specially fine thing about the body is that it uses the things you like better than the things you do not like, so giving truth to the old saying “A little of what you fancy does you good.”B: As the number of people in the world increases, people face more and more serious problems. Food, clothing and shelter are what we need most, but we will not have enough materials to provide people with all the necessaries.How are we trying to avoid these problems? One solution is that we should have smaller families and lower the birth rate. Many nations have plans to limit their population. Another solution is that we should improve our food supply. Farmers are experimenting with ways to increase the amount of food that they grow on each piece of land. Another solution that may help is to plan places for people to live. Many countries are limiting the size of their large cities and trying to make people live in small towns and in the countryside.Translation in unit 6China has long been looked upon as a land of many famous craftsmen whose artistic works are treasured to this day. The most famous of all was a man called Lu Ban. He lived many centuries ago, but people still remember the marvelous houses and palaces he planned and built even thoughthe buildings themselves have long disappeared. Lu Ban’s skill was so remarkable that people even used to wonder if he was immortal. Although it is a long time since Lu Ban left this world, old men in Beijing say that Lu still has the welfare of all craftsmen in his heart. Whenever craftsmen find themselves in difficulty, they pray to Lu Ban for help. There are many stories in Beijing about the occasions on which Lu Ban gave his help to ordinary craftsmen.Unit 7DictationA. What is communication? The dictionary defines it: “giving or explaining information by speaking or writing.” Animals can’t read or write or speak a human language but they do communicate. Animals exchange information about food, about territory, about danger and safety. They express fear, hunger, anger, pleasure and recognition.Animals messages are not always expressed in sounds. Animals mark their territory in different ways. The scratches on the trees or the smell that remains on the stones tell other animals that the territory is occupied. Some animals communicate by touching. Lions, tigers, and other members of the cat family show friendliness by rubbing their heads or necks together. Color is sometimes very important in animal communication. Some kinds of fish change color when they are angry or frightened. A peacock displays the beautifully colored feathers in his tail when he wants to attract a female.The next time you are walking in a forest or a field, look and listen for animal signals.B. Training a dog to be a watchdog often produces unexpected results. Some dogs quickly learn the difference between unwanted people and friends. This is because their masters welcome friends and invite them into their houses. However, some dogs will always attack the postman who comes to deliver letters. One explanation for this behavior is that, although the postman comes to the house often, he never enters the house. Therefore, the dog thinks the postman is someone who is not wanted, but keeps coming back anyway.Masters of dogs who attack postmen can easily show the dog that the postman is a friend and that the dog does not need to treat him as an unwanted person. A dog is quite ready to do what his master wishes. And a dog is always happy when he is praised for understanding correctly.Unit 8DictationA. Imagine sitting on the smooth floor of a dark room. There are no windows or doors. The walls are so thick that no noise from outside can reach you. At first, you might enjoy the restfulness. There would be nothing for you to do. If you were tired, you might fall asleep after a while. But how would you feel when you woke up?If you couldn’t see or hear or smell anything, you wouldn’t know where you were. You wouldn’t know what time it was. Soon, you might start to see things which are not there. You might see flashing lights, hear dog barking, or smell a cake baking. You might imagine that the floor or the walls were moving. You might feel very warm or very cold. You might even shout to the people outside the room, asking them to let you out.What has been happening? The human mind is deprived of external stimuli it’s used to. It manufactures its own.B. Most people rarely think about how or why they sleep. We need to sleep to rest our bodies and our minds. Both are important in order for us to be healthy. It seems there are two purposes ofsleep: physical rest and emotional rest.Each night we alternate between two kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep. Passive sleep gives our body the rest that is needed, and prepares us for active sleep, in which dreaming occurs. In passive sleep, the body is at rest, and the brain becomes very inactive. If we continue to sleep, we will enter a more active stage, in which the brain goes from being very inactive and being active and the eyes begin to move rapidly. The eye movement signals that the person is dreaming. This alternating cycle is repeated several times throughout the night. During eight hours of sleep, we dream for a total of one and a half hours, on the average.Many people say that they do not dream, or that rarely dream. This is not what actually happens, because everyone dreams and in fact, everyone needs to dream in order to stay healthy. The truth is we need both kinds of sleep: we need passive sleep to rest our bodies, and active sleep in order to dream. Dreaming helps us to rest our minds.Unit 9DictationA. Vending machines sell many different types of items. Some of them sell cold drinks like soda, or hot drinks like coffee or hot chocolate. Others sell candy, stamps, tickets, newspapers, and other types of small things.These machines have been successful for two reasons. They save time and they are convenient. Besides, they need no salesclarks or cashiers. In many places the customer can use the machines at any time of day or night.Although there are many different sizes and types of vending machines, they all work in basically the same way. The customer puts a coin into the machine and then pushes a button, pulls a lever, or opens a door to receive the merchandise. Some machines will also return change to the customer, and a few will make change for paper money. But the basic idea is the same. Customers like to save time and are usually willing to pay a higher price for this.B. The robot is with us already. Robot devices have appeared quite innocently and we are so familiar with them that we no longer even notice their existence. We drive along the road and we obey the signals given to us by the robot traffic signals which replace the policeman waving his arms. One thing that amuses foreigners is that the Englishman still obeys the signals given by these robots even if it is two o’clock in the morning when there is little or no traffic on the ro ads. In the kitchen the housewife passes on some of her chores to her robot washing machine and to her robot dish-washer. We make a telephone call to Europe, and the switching is completely handled by robots. In some cases programmes produced by a computer are being used to control the operation of machine tools in the factory.。

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•9 • .W: Do you think our son is getting into trouble陷入麻烦? Is he violent(暴力的)?
• M: Our son? No way! He knows right from wrong. We’ve made it clear to him that violence is never the answer to a problem.
• Q:What is the relationship between the two speakers?
• 10. • W: How’s your reading on teenage behavior going? Have you learned anything? • M: Yeah. It says here that 50 percent of all teenagers are from broken homes(破碎的家庭)and that these children are 73 percent more likely to commit crimes(犯罪).
• 8. M:My parents are very generous大方with me. Sometimes i wonder if their generosity has been bad for my character. • W: You seem all right--not too greedy or selfish. I don’t know it has done you any harm. (do harm 损害) • Q: How does the woman feel about the man’s parents?

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全新版大学英语听说教程2unit5原文1. Most people like music. In fact, we are surrounded by it. It's on the radio and television and can be heard in stores and offices. 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 for a record by the Beatles, 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 move 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 flows more quickly. In short, we're stimulated.2-5-B Background MusicBackground 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 spot items they would like to buy. Y et, slow musicisn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. 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.Celine DionCeline Dion is the youngest of 14 children in a working-class family in Quebec, Canada. Her parents, who both loved music, encouraged her to develop her musical talent. At 12, Celine had composed 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 address 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 difficulties. Record companies were at first less enthusiastic about 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 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 1996 she performed at the opening ceremonies 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. She sings the depth and the power of love in a great many of her hits such as "Love CanMove Mountains", "Because Y ou Loved Me", "The Power of Love" and, of course, the theme song of Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On".。

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[00:23.29]Recently the trend of pop stars wearing less clothing to promote their images has caused quite a stir.
[00:30.70]Will the sexy image help artists gain more popularity or lose existing fans?
[01:13.06]Mothers looked to her as a role model for their daughters.
[01:16.68]As she gained popularity she decided to reinvent herself with every album.
[00:48.77]On the cover of Rolling Stone Spears appears topless, and on the cover of Esquire,
[00:55.64]she's wearing nothing but a suit jacket.
[00:58.17]She is following along the path of other pop stars whose magazine covers
[02:38.78]She says she feels comfortable in her skin.
[02:41.63]She thinks it okay to express oneself, and be the way they want to be.
[02:46.46]Despite the criticisms, some people feel that Spears will be around for years to come.

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新标准大学英语视听说教程(2)听力原文_U n i t5n e wUnit 5-Conversation 1Mark: Have you got your tickets for the play? Kate: What play?Mark: The play which OUDS are producing. You know, the play I'm in at the Oxford Playhouse. Kate: Oh, that play! Well, er ...Mark: What about you, Janet?Janet: What's the play called?Mark: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett. You are coming, aren't you?Kate: Beckett?Janet: Why not?Kate: Well, um, I'm sure you'll be totally brilliant, Mark ... but I wish I could understand the play. It doesn't make sense.Mark: If only you were more patient, Kate. Beckett's a fascinating writer. You'll come though, won't you, Janet? You really ought to see something like this at least once during your stay in Oxford.Janet: Well, I'm not sure.Mark: Oh, come on! Please!Jan et: But if Kate doesn't understand the play, there's no way I'll be able to follow it.Kate: Do you want to go?Janet: Well, I love going to the theatre, and I'd really like to see Mark acting. And actually, yes, I think I should see a play by Samuel Beckett.M a rk: Good! So you're coming, Janet. I wish you'd come, too, Kate. It's a really good performance. Kate: Well, OK, but I'm only doing it because you're in it. When is it on?Mark: Next Tuesday to Saturday.Janet: How about going Friday night?Mark: That's great. But you'd better get your tickets soon, because we're expecting a full house.Unit 5-Conversation 2Kate: Well, what did you think?Janet: It was ... very interesting.Kate: Ididn't have a clue what was going on. Absolutely nothing happened! I don't know why I bothered coming to see itJanet: I thought Mark was brilliant.Kate: Yes, I did too, of course ...Janet: But I wish I had read the play before I saw it. If only I had known the story, it might have been easier to follow it. How long do you think Mark will be?Janet: I guess he needs to get changed first. He said he'd join us as soon as possible.Kate: Here he is. Hi Mark!Mark: Hi, what did you think? How was I? Janet: It was ... very challenging.Kate: It was so-so. Janet: But you were brilliant! Well done.Kate: You were awesome, Mark. Everyone adored your performance. Darling, you were to die for! Mark: OK, OK, don't exaggerate. I wasn't that good! Anyway, I've got some great news!Janet: Tell us!Mark: We've started talking about next term's OUDS play.Kate: What's it going to be?Mark: Hamlet, by William Shakespeare!Janet: Great! And who's going to play Hamlet? Kate: Don't tell me, let me guess!Mark: To be or not to be, that is the question! Janet: I don't believe it. You're going to play Hamlet? Kate: Come on, let's celebrate ... from Beckett to Shakespeare. Today Oxford, tomorrow, Hollywood! Unit 5-Outside viewPart 1Viewer 1 So, what do you guys want to watch? Viewer 2 Uh, I don't know. What's on?Viewer 3 How about a documentary on the History Channel? I like watching history programmes.Viewer 2 I don't really like watching the History Channel.Viewer 1 How about a baseball game? From 1973 ? Viewer 3 No thanks! How about a cooking show? Viewer 1 Yeah, I love watching cooking shows. Viewer 2 What?Viewer 1 I do!Viewer 2 Uh, I don't like cooking shows. Uh, let's watch some music videos.Viewer 1 This is awful!Vie we r 3 Can you see what's on another channel? Viewer 1 Yeah, sure. What channel?Viewer 3 Uh, anything but this.Voice-over These television viewers are trying to decide on a programme to watch, by clicking on channels, and seeing what's on. This practice isknown as channel surfing. In the past, it was not difficult to decide what to watch on TV. There were only three channels to choose from. Cable television has changed all that. There are so many channels, and so many different kinds of programmes to watch, many viewers find it difficult to decide what to watch, even when they are watching by themselves. This business traveller doesn't like anything. Many people like a particular type of programme.Speaker 1 TV programmes I like watching are cooking shows, um, comedy shows.Speaker 2 I usually watch dramas, murder mystery programmes, quizzes, comedies.Speaker 3 I like watching talk shows.Speaker 4 I guess of all my favourite TV showsI'd like news programmes.Speaker 5 I like to watch soap operas and news. Speaker 6 I like to watch comedy shows.Speaker 7 Well, I like good drama, I like a lot ofthe cop shows, um ... I like a lot of the sciencefiction shows and good history.Speaker 8 TV programmes I like to watch are like sports, automotive. Discovery, that type of thing.Part 2Voice-over Cartoons have always been popular. This brother and sister are watching their favourite DVD. Mum Turn that down!Boy OK, Mum.Voice-over He, he turns it down. Now the volume is too low. For couples, deciding what to watch can require some very careful negotiation.Woman Oh, look! Pretty Woman is on! I love watching that movie.Joe Pretty Woman! Oh, no, not Pretty Woman! Woman Joe, you know it's my favourite movie. It's on in five minutes. I'll be right back. I'm just going to get some coffee.Joe I don't like watching that kind of movie. Plus I don't like Julia Roberts. Actually, I really hate that movie. Voice-over Joe realizes that there's a basketball game on tomorrow night. He wants to ask his friends over to watch it. Woman You're so sweet to watch this with me. I know you probably don't want to see it again.Joe Oh, sure. I don't mind. There's nothing else on anyway. Not tonight,Viewer 1 Hey, look. Swordfish is on. John Travolta and Halle Berry?Viewer 2 No, I've already seen that twice.Viewer 3 I hate that movie.Viewer 1 OK. How about The Matrix?Viewer 3 That's OK. But I've seen it too many times.Viewer 2 Yeah, me too. But I love that movie. Viewer3 You guys, there's nothing on.Viewer2 Yeah, you're right.Viewer 1 Hey, how about we go out and get some pizza?Viewer 3 That's a good idea. Turn that off.Mum I told you to turn it down. Now I'm going to turn it off.Woman Oh, it's over. I just love that movie! Thanks for putting up with it again. I know it's not your favourite.Joe That's OK. But tomorrow's my turn. I'm asking the guys over to watch the basketball game. Woman Oh, that's fine. I won't be here anyway remember? I' m going to visit my sister? Joe Oh, yeah. That's right.Voice-over The business traveller seems to have found what he was looking for, a programme that puts him to sleep. And that's all for tonight, folks! Be sure to tune in tomorrow!Unit 5-Listening inNews ReportA new craze is sweeping the city of Toronto, Canada. More and more board game cafes are opening in different neighborhoods.In some of cafes, customers pay an hourly rate to play tabletop games; in others a flat fee allows them to play for an unlimited time. On top of the fee, the cafes also require customers to purchase food and drinks. Most cafes offer hundreds of games, varying from classics like “Monopoly” and “Battleship” to European strategy games like “Settlers of Catan” and “Agricola”. They also have staff members to teach customers the rules of the game if necessary. This means that players are more comfortable exploring games that they haven’t played before.People enjoy going to these cafes because they can try out the games. It is cheaper than buying the games and then deciding they don’t like them. Also, it’s like having a party with your friends—but not at your own house!1.What do we learn about board game cafes from the newsreport?2.Why do people enjoy going to board game cafes? Passage 1Announcer1：Thanks for the news update. And it'sThursday evening, time to startplanning the weekend, and time to hearfrom Jenny with our weekly update,What's On in Town.Announcer2：Thanks, Mark.Announcer1：What’s it going to be Jenny? Aweekend in front of the television, orout on the town?Announcer2：Definitely out on the town, Mark. It's afun-filled weekend, with something foreveryone. For anyone who likesclassical music, there's Beethoven'sNinth Symphony in the WestgateConcert Hall on Friday evening. Announcer1：That's the one with that catchy tuneAnnouncer2：I don't think the Southbank Choir willlet you join in with a voice like that!Tickets are£10, with concessions forstudents and senior citizens, and itstarts at 8 pm.Announcer1：OK, and what's on at the cinema?Announcer2：I’ve got a couple of suggestions. Forthose of you who like Chinese movies,there's a retrospective on ZhangYimou's films beginning with TheHouse of the Flying Daggers at theArthouse Cinema in North Street. Ifyou haven't seen, it’s amazing. It's onat 7 pm on Saturday night. And otherfilms showing next week include Hero,and Raise the Red Lantern. Tickets are£12, with the usual concessions. Announcer1：How about a Hollywood blockbuster?Announcer2：Not sure Td call it a blockbuster, butthe next part of Lord of the Rings isshowing at Globe Cinema. It's onFriday and Saturday at 7.30 pm, tickets£8.Announcer1：OK, Lord of the Rings, that’s a greatseries. Now, how about somethingmore cultural?Announcer2：There's a fabulous exhibition at theSmith Museum called, “The Art ofVenice”, with a collection of paintingsfrom all over the world. It's open from10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Sundayand entrance is free.Announcer1：OK, sounds good. And what about themusic scene?Announcer2：Friday night is open mic night at theGeorge Inn. It you want to hear somegreat music, it starts at 8.30 pm Fridaynight. But if you want to find out whatit’s like to perform in front of a liveaudience, book a slot with theorganizers and they 11 sing, play,dance, whatever ... Nice friendlyatmosphere, but make sure you've gota five or ten minute act before youoffer to try it out onstage. No entrancefee, but you’ll need to buy a round ortwo of drinks.Announcer1：Anything else?Announcer2：Yes, it's jazz at the Jam Factory onSaturday night from 10 pm, with theSteve Reid Trio playing Afro- Cubanjazz. With tickets at £20 I guess theJam Factory is going to be the coolestplace in town. So I advise you to bookin advance.Announcer1：Sounds like a great weekend, thanksJenny.Passage 2Speaker 1Interviewer Tell me about leisure activities in the States. What kind of spectator and participation sports are there?Speaker 1 OK, well, the four most popular ones are baseball, basketball, American football of course, and ice hockey.Interviewer Yeah, and what about - em – indoor activities, rather than sports. The kind of things that you do inside?Speaker 1 Well, you could say, could say martial arts. That's very popular. Tae Kwon Do -that sort of thing. Bowling. And movies.Interviewer Yeah.Speaker 1 Watching television, of course. TheaverageAmerican, I think, watches television about two and a halfhours a day.Interviewer And, apart from sports, what otheroutdooractivities are there?Speaker 1 Cycling, tennis, golf, walking and jogging of course and now, more and more people are playing soccer.Interviewer Right. And what kind of cultural activities are very popular in the States?Speaker 1 We all like going to concerts, I think. Er, a lot of people now are joining book clubs.Interviewer Book clubs?Speaker 1 To be a member of a book club, dosomething ...Interviewer So just local groups ... with friends? Speaker 1 Yes, local groups.Interviewer And you discuss books?Speaker 1 Yes, you take a book each, each week or eachmonth. You read it and then you go back and discuss it. That'svery popular now.Interviewer And how about weekend and holidayactivities?Speaker 1 Some people like hunting. I'm not one of those at all. I don't like that. But that's very popular in, in the rural areas. Then, of course there's camping and hiking, also. A lot of Americans volunteer for a wide range of causes — from raising funds to helping people who are less fortunate, tutoring students, or leading Scout troops or doing youth sports, that sort of thing.Interviewer Right, yeah.Speaker 2Interviewer Tell me about leisure activities and sports in Russia. What do you like doing?Speaker 2 Well, football is the favourite sport. But, er, we like also ice hockey in the winter. Winter sports.Interviewer And what about indoor sports? Or indooractivities other than ...?Speaker 2 We like very much playing chess. And we are very good at playing chess. Also, television is very common and, in the cities - Moscow and St Petersburg – we like to club, go dancing. Interviewer Oh, right. Yeah. OK. Yeah. And what about outdoor activities?Speaker 2 Well, believe it or not, collecting mushrooms. In the autumn, we like it very much. And also the skiing. Again, the ice hockey in the winter. Very popular.Interviewer And I believe cultural activities are very important to you? What kind of things do you like doing?Speaker 2 In particular, the ballet.Interviewer Yeah.Speaker 2 And of course, the opera as well. Even the small towns have theatres and a cinema. We like the country people, the rural people, they like to watch films. They call it a "Palace of culture". Interviewer Right. Yeah.Speaker 2 Yes.Interviewer And what kind of weekend and holiday activities do you enjoy? Speaker 2 Well, you find the rich Russians, theyvery often have a dacha, which is a cottage.Interviewer Right.Speaker 2 In the country.Interviewer Right.Speaker 2 You go there for a holiday and maybeforthe weekend.Interviewer Right. Thank you.Speaker 3Interviewer Tell me about leisure activities in Australia. What kind of sports do you enjoy?Speaker 3 Well, Australian rules football is ourmain spectator sport. Of course, we also love ourrugby and our cricket. You know, our national teamsare definitely now among the best in the world. Interviewer Yeah.Speaker 3 What else? We have association football. And also very popular now is horse racing.Interviewer Right. And what kind of indoor activities, other than sports, do you like doing?Speaker 3 We're very much an outdoor nation but when we're inside I think we like to watch TV and,you know, go to the movies.Interviewer So, what kind of outdoor activities are there?Speaker 3 Well, for this we like our cycling. Some people play golf and some play tennis. And some play lawn bowls.Interviewer Right, yeah.Speaker 3 Of course, you know, most Australiansdo live near the coast and we love to do sailing and surfing; very, very keen on our swimming and I knowa lot of people do fishing as well.Interviewer Right. And what about culture? Do youdo any cultural activities?Speaker 3 Oh yes, no, no, Australia does have its culture. We've got our aboriginal music and ourdancing and a lot of art. And of course, we've got our very, very famous Sydney Opera House - you know,best in the world.Interviewer Yes. And what about weekend andholiday activities? What do you like doing then? Speaker 3 I think people like to be very social. Wedo a lot of barbies - you know -barbecues in the back garden and some people like to go bushwalking aswell.Interviewer Great. Thank you.Speaker 3 You're welcome.。

新编大学英语听力2原文

Section 1Good Old DaysLife was very different in the 1950s than it is today．Divorce was not common. Husbands went to support the whole family．Most women didn’t work and depended on their husbands’incomes for living．Children didn’t come home after school to an empty house as many do today. Families did more things together. One of the favorite family pastimes was a drive in the country. Gas was cheap．People had big cars，and the whole family could ride comfortably．Before TV became popular, people talked to each other more．Children didn’t have as many toys, and they played more games together. On Saturdays the neighborhood theaters had special movies for children. The shows cost only 25 cents．People stayed at one job for most of their lives．They didn’t change jobs every year like they do today．They also lived in the same house for a long time. They didn’t move as much．Services were better in the 1950s．Doctors often came to a sick person’s house, especially if you were “sick in bed"．Milkmen delivered fresh dairy products daily to homes．There were no self-service gas stations, and attendants used to wash your car windows and check your oil free of charge.Section 2East Meets West and Loves It Hisham and I will have been married for twenty years this February．Everybody said it would not work．He is Jordanian, Muslim, and I am Italian，Catholic．We met in Florida twenty-two years ago．What we had in common was nothing except youth．He could barely speak the English language, and I thought Arabs were from India. Within a year I found out where Jordan was exactly and he could say “ I love you" in broken English．When we got married people actually placed bet、at our small wedding in my family’s dining room. They thought our relationship would not last a year. Hisharn did not tell his parents he was married for almost five years．He felt that if he failed at school his family would blame the marriage. Of course everybody, from Arabs to Americans，thought he married me to get a green card．1 knew he didn’t.I lived in his country for six years after graduation and had a son there. Through Hisham’s eyes I saw the beauty of his culture and religion and the simple ways of his people．Being from New York and living in Amman，Jordan，I still had my Christmas tree each year, my Easter eggs and even Halloween pumpkin in the window．I also took some of their ways 一cooking, methods of mothering，socializing 一and it enhanced my own character in the long run．Throughout the years，I was not the Italian girl from New York, not the American married to the Arab; I was a beautiful blended person with two children and a man who loves me．Section 3Love You and Love Your WeaknessA man had two large pots for carrying water. One pot had a crack in it, while the other was perfect. At the end of the long walk from the stream to his house, the cracked pot arrived only half full ．For two years the man had been delivering only one and a half pots full of water everyday to his house. Of course，the perfect pot was proud of itself. And the cracked pot felt ashamed and miserable because it was able to do only half of the work. After two years of failure, it spoke to the man one day．“I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you．I have been able to deliver only half my load because of this crack in my side,”the pot said. The man felt sorry for it and said, “As we return to the house, 1 want you to look at the beautiful flowers along the path．”Indeed，as they went up the hill，the cracked pot saw the sun warming the beautiful flowers on the side of the path. But it still felt bad because half of the water had run away，and again it apologized．Then the man said to the pot,“Did you see that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about you and planted flower seeds on your side of the path，and every day you’ve watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the house.. Without you, the house would not look so beautiful．”Section 1Learning to communicate in another language may be very difficult and frustrating at times, but it can also be one of the most rewarding experiences inyour life. Being able to communicate in another language will open doors for you to experience a world of new people, places, and ideas. It will offer you a look at cultures from every part of the earth. And if you have the opportunity to live in another culture, the experience will show you many things—above all, about your own culture. It will reveal cultural similarities and differences that you have never noticed in the past. In addition, the experience can also show you a great deal about your own personal beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions. Within a short time in another culture, you will find that you begin to learn a great deal about yourself and your own country and culture. Section 2My wife and I visited her family in Mexico ten months after we were married. I had been working on my Spanish and was looking forward to practicing it. On our first evening there, the entire family held a party for us. I spent a lot of time entertaining the children, one of whom enjoyed explaining to me in great detail.Later I said to my wife, “I really thought my Spanish had improved, but when I was talking with Rolando, no matter how hard I concentrated, I couldn't understand a thing he was saying.”“No one can,” she replied, “he's still learning how to talk.”Section 3At an early age, little girls' conversation is less definite and expresses more doubts, while little boys use conversation to establish status with their listeners.These differences continue into adult life. In public conversations, men talk more and interrupt other speakers more. In private conversations, men and women speak in equal amounts, although they say things in a different style. For women, private talking is a way to establish and test intimacy. For men, private talking is a way to explore the power structure of a relationship.Teaching is one job which shows the differences between men's and women's ways of talking. When a man teaches a woman, he wants to show that he has more knowledge, and hence more power in conversation. He uses his language to show this. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to take a sharing approach and to encourage her student to join in. But it doesn't suggest that women are naturally more helpful. Actually, women feel they achieve power by being able to help others.Section 1Is winning everything? Ask kids and the answer is probably “No”. Ask adults and the answer is probably “Yes”. And it is adults who control sports for young people—with terrible results for many kids.Twenty million children between the ages of eight and sixteen play organized sports outside school. Their experiences are sometimes very bad. Why? Because of the adults, often their parents, who watch the games.Children's sports are organized like professional sports. Children play baseball and football. They wear all the equipment that professional athletes wear. They have almost everything that adult players have. And many people come to watch their games, especially the families of the players, their parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters. Because the children's games are like adult, professional games, their parents want adult, professional competition. When a child drops a ball, his father becomes angry. When a child doesn't run fast, his mother might shout, “Run faster! Run faster!”And the child? With an angry father and a shouting mother, this is not a happy time. Unhappy and nervous, the child wants to stop playing. The game is not fun now. But he or she can't stop, because the competition is not finished.Section 2(Three students, Sarah, Tom and Jen, are sitting in the student center having a coke. They have been discussing the 100th anniversary of flight.) Sarah: I'm tired of hearing so much about what winners the Wright brothers were with their first plane flight.Tom: Why do you say that, Sarah?Sarah: I have always thought the female pilot Amelia Earhart as even more of a winner.Jen: I admire her too but she failed to fly around the world in 1937.Tom: She crashed into the Pacific Ocean, didn't she?Sarah: No one ever knows for sure, but that probably is what happened.Tom: Then how is she a winner?Sarah: She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. She did this in 1932 in a small plane.Jen: That's true.Sarah: Until then, many people said that a woman wasn't strong enough mentally or physically to make such a trip alone. Well, not only did she do it, but she also made the trip faster than anyone had before.Jen: Good for her!Sarah: Then in 1935 she flew alone from Hawaii to California, the very first person to be successful in making the trip.Tom: But, as I said before, she failed to fly around the world.Sarah: I don't think Amelia would think that she had really failed.Jen: Why?Sarah: She had written a letter to her husband in which she said, “I am q uite aware of the dangers. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” Jen: And you are saying that she has challenged others.Sarah: Right!Section 3Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. He was the seventh child of Joseph and Catherine Jackson. Joseph, a steel-mill worker, encouraged his three sons, Sigmund, Toriano, and Jermaine, to practice the guitar and write songs. This trio performed at nightclubs and talent shows.Young Michael loved to imitate his brothers' dancing and singing. His parents were often amused to find him imitating a song and his brothers' dance steps. As he grew older, they found that he had a natural talent for singing.He sang his first solo in front of his entire school, the song “Climb Every Mountain”, which was a popular number from the musical The Sound of Music.By the early 1960s, Joseph decided that Michael and his elder brother, Marlon, should join their older siblings and form a group. The result was “Jackson Five”. This group performed in nightclubs and talent shows. Despite his young age of six, Michael soon distinguished himself as a singer and dancer of unusual ability.Section 1(Three students, Janice, Sue, and Kelly, are looking at magazines in the library and commenting on some articles they see.)Janice: I think I've seen everything now!Sue: What do you mean?Janice: Have you ever heard of psycho-geometrics?Sue: No.Janice: I hadn't either. It's a new way of identifying personalities.Kelly: How?Janice: You think of the four basic shapes—square, triangle, circle and rectangle and decide which shape you like best.Sue: I like triangles. They make me think of the ancient Egyptian pyramids. What does that say about me?Janice: The triangle stands for ambition and high achievement.Sue: I like that. What else?Janice: You like to achieve. Once you decide what you want, nothing will stop you. Also you like to give big parties for friends and love being in the center of the crowd.Sue: That fits me.Kelly: What about me? I like circles. That's why I wear my blouse with the dots on it so often. Janice: The circle is a symbol of unity. Getting along with others is most important to you. You're friendly, caring and a good listener. No wonder you're so popular!Kelly: That's nice to know. What about you? Janice: I like squares. This is supposed to mean that I like things to be planned and structured, and also that finishing things is important to me.Kelly: What else?Janice: It says that I prefer being with just a few friends rather than with a big group. That's really true.Sue: Do you believe all of this?Janice: I don't know but it's fun to think about. Section 2Bob had finally made it to the last round of the $64,000 Question. The night before the big question, he told the host that he desired a question on American history. The big night had arrived. Bob made his way on stage in front of the studio and TVaudience. He had become the talk of the week. He was the best guest this show had ever seen. The host stepped up to the mike.“Bob, you have chosen American history as your final question. You know that if you correctly answer this question, you will walk away $64,000 richer. Are you ready?”Bob nodded with confidence. The audience went nuts. He hadn't missed a question all week. “Bob, your question on American history is a two-part question. As you know, you may answer either part first. As a rule, the second half of the question is always easier. Which part would you like to answer first?”Bob was now becoming very nervous. He couldn't believe it, but he was drawing a blank. American history was his easiest subject, but he played it safe. “I'll try the easier part first.”The host nodded approvingly. “Here we go, Bob. I will ask you the second half first, then the first half.”The audience silenced with great anticipation. “Bob, here is your question: And in what year did it happen?”Section 3(Joan, Kristen and Shelly are discussing their evening plans while having lunch.)Joan: I'm so stressed out! I just can't get that new computer program written. I wonder if I'll ever finish it. I'm supposed to have dinner with my best friend from college tonight but I think I should call her and say I can't.Kristen: No, Joan, don't call her. Have dinner with her and have a good time.Shelly: I agree with Kristen. Have dinner and talk about what fun you two had in college. Tomorrow you'll feel less stressed.Joan: How do you know, Shelly?Shelly: I recently read an article in the magazine Psychology Today. It said social support, especially with old and good friends, can help you keep down your stress level. It can actually slow your heart rate and reduce your blood pressure.Kristen: I read that too. It also said that making time for close relationships is vital to helping you have good health. Some research suggests that people who are socially connected get a better night's rest too.Joan: OK, I'll go. I really wanted to, but, well, you know... By the way, Kristen, your job is stressful too. What are you doing tonight?Kristen: I've joined a book discussion group. We're meeting tonight. I always enjoy the discussion and social interaction, so I go home afterwards, feeling relaxed.Shelly: I'm going to call my sister. We don't live close to each other so we phone when we can and laugh a lot. I always feel great afterwards.Joan: Sounds like we'll all be “distressing” tonight. I'm glad we talked.7、Section 1Customs differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or on the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn't it matter? What about table manners? Should you use both hands when you are eating? Should you leave one in your lap, or on the table?The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seat to a woman, and so will most Americans. Promptness is important both in England and in America. That is, if one is invited to a dinner at 7 o'clock, the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay.The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable—especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a normal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were surprised, but the host quietly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.Section 2Throughout the world children are taught not to stuff their mouths with food, to eat politely at the table and not to be “piggish” with their eating habits. However, more and more countries have eating contests in which as much food is eaten as fast as possible, and no one cares about manners. Today, eating contests have become a sport in many countries including Japan, the U.S., Canada,Germany, Thailand, England, Russia and Scotland. In the U.S., the best known eating contest is Nathan's Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. Each Fourth of July contestants gather at Nathan's restaurant in Coney Island, New York City's popular beach and amusement park. The contest was first held in 1916 and has been held each year except 1941 and 1971. The all-time world record is held by Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, who ate 50 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. Recently, a tiny Korean American woman, Sonya Thomas, came in fourth, eating 25 hot dogs in 12 minutes. This broke the women's record.Sonya Thomas holds several eating records. She ate 23 pork sandwiches in 10 minutes at a contest in Mississippi, and at a competition in Indiana, she shocked the crowd by eating 65 hard-boiled eggs in only six minutes and 40 seconds. She thinks her biggest win was when she ate 36 dozen oysters in 10 minutes. Despite all the food she eats, Sonya weighs less than 45kg. She keeps fit by eating lots of rice, vegetables and chicken and walks on a treadmill four times a week. She also says that when she is not competing in a contest she likes leisurely meals.Section 3“You're going to the United States to live? How wonderful! You're really lucky!”Does this sound familiar? Is your life in this new country always wonderful and exciting? It is not easy to adjust to life in a new culture. These feelings are called culture shock.There are three stages of culture shock. In the first stage, the newcomers like their environment. Then, when the newness wears off, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people etc. in the new culture. In the final stage of culture shock, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and again enjoy their life.Some of the factors in culture shock are obvious. Maybe the weather is unpleasant. Perhaps the customs are different. Perhaps public service systems such as the telephone, post office, or transportation are difficult to figure out and you make mistakes. The simplest things seem difficult. The language may be difficult. The food may seem strange to you and you may miss the familiar smells of the food of your own country. If you don't look like the natives, you may feel strange. You may feel like everyone is watching you. In fact, you are just self-conscious.Culture shock may produce a feeling of homesickness, imagined illness, or even unreasonable fear. When people have such feelings, they sometimes feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the unfamiliar environment. This solves the problem of culture shock for a short while, but it does nothing to help the person learn the culture. Familiarity and experience are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.。

全新版大学英第二版语综合教程2听力原文Unit 5

Unit 5 Unsolved MysteriesListening and SpeakingAudio Track 2-5-1In the picture on the left, a criminal is breaking a law; he is committing a crime.In the picture on the right, the detective is catching and arresting the criminal.In the picture in the center, the detective is questioning the criminal but he is not making a confession.Audio Track 2-5-2/Audio Track 2-5-3The greatest detectiveSherlock Holmes is probably the greatest detective ever known —well, at least he’s one of the most famous. Bu t he never actually existed … he’s an imaginary detective who appears in sixty stories created by the Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Doyle was not always a writer. He started his career as a doctor. Fortunately for us, he did not have many patients. He needed money and so he started to write stories.The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in 1887, and was called A Study in Scarlet. Later, a magazine published The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and readers loved it!What makes Sherlock Holmes so special? Well, he was very intelligent and successful. He always arrested the criminal — every single time — with the help of his partner, Dr. Watson.In the stories, Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London, England. Thousands of people visit that address every year. There’s also a Sherlock Holmes Museum in London.Audio Track 2-5-4/Audio Track 2-5-5/Audio Track 2-5-6 Mike: … So, we can look forward to warmer temperatures. It’ll be a good weekend for the beach. Over to you, Alexa.Alexa: Thank you f or 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.Mike: Hmm … that’s a strange story. What happened next?Alexa: 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.Mike: 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. Wha t do you think, Alexa?Alexa: I don’t believe it. I think it’s some kind of hoax!Audio Track 2-5-7/Audio Track 2-5-8It 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.”Audio Track 2-5-9The 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 knocked down. People heard the explosion 800 kilometers away, and the fire burned for many weeks.Audio Track 2-5-10/Audio Track 2-5-11What caused this terrible explosion? A century later, scientists are still trying to find the answer. Here are some possible explanations.1. An asteroid: Asteroids are very large pieces of rock that go around in space and sometimes hit the planet. They can cause lots of damage. Some of them weigh as much as 100,000 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 in 1908, and it’s possible that a part of it broke off and hit the earth.3. A UFO accident: Some people believe that a spaceship crashed into the ground in Siberia and its engine exploded.4. An extraterrestrial attack: Another idea is that extraterrestrials, that is, people from other planets, attacked the earth. 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 hi s gun and it didn’t work correctly.Audio Track 2-5-12/Audio Track 2-5-13Q: 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 t he 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’s a big town festival to celebrate the mystery lights.Audio Track 2-5-14Q: 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’s a big town festival to celebrate the mystery lights.Audio Track 2-5-151. That man seems angry.2. She speaks French.3. Your sister looks tired.4. He practices the piano every day.5. My aunt always watches the news.6. My friend knows the answer.Audio Track 2-5-16/Audio Track 2-5-17Stye: Do you know the Dodd Diamond?Frye: Of course! The museum owns it.Stye: Not anymore! Someone stole it last night!Frye: Really? How did it happen?Stye: Well, it’s unlikely the criminal walked into the room. There’s an alarm on the floor.Frye: But there’s no a larm for the skylight.Stye: You’re right! I bet the criminal climbed down a rope. Then he took the diamond without touching the floor!Audio Track 2-5-18A: I love chocolate.B: There's a good chance that's true. I know you like sweets. You probably like chocolate, too. A: My family has moved house six times.B: It doesn't seem possible.A: Why do you say that?B: I've known you since we were kids.Audio Track 2-5-19A: Do you believe that Bruno Hauptmann was the real kidnapper?B: I doubt that he was. Nobody's likely to be so silly to leave all the evidence there for people to find. Besides, he never made a confession, did he?A: If it wasn’t him … it could have been Betty Gow. What do you think?B: Well, it’s unlikely that she did it. She loved the baby. She even fainted at the trial.A: That’s true. Then it could have been Ernie Brinkert.B: Why do you think it could be him?A: Well, he’s Violet Sharpe’s boyfriend. He knew about the Lindberghs. It’s quite possible that he made a secret plan with his girlfriend to kidnap the baby for money.B: That’s nonsense. His girlfriend had an alibi. She wasn’t in the house on the day the baby was kidnapped.A: Maybe that was part of the secret plan. Perhaps she was purposefully out of the house.B: Well, possibly. B ut Ernie’s handwriting didn’t match the kidnapper’s note. How can you explain that?A: I dare say that was also part of the plan. He could have deliberately written the note in a handwriting that is different to normal.B: It doesn’t seem possible. He couldn’t possibly have fooled the court.Video CourseVideo Track 2-5-1Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event. It wasn’t raining and the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall. And that night it rained.Dave: There’s a strange tale in Mexico about La Llorona who is a woman who wanders the streets weeping for her dead sons. When there is a strong wind they say you can hear La Llorona . Catherine: In New Jersey there’s a thing or a monster called the “Jersey Devil.” They say it’s very big and hairy but also very sneaky and that it moves from tree to tree.Lourdes: My favorite mysteries are about UFOs, which means Unidentified Flying Objects. I’m not sure if the UFOs are real or if they are a hoax, but I would like to think that they are real. Alejandra: One of the mysteries that I find interesting and has not been solved yet is the one of the Pyramids. How they made them. How they brought in those very heavy pieces of stone to build the Pyramids.Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary.Video Track 2-5-2Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event. It wasn’t raining and the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall. And that night it rained.Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary.Video Track 2-5-3Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to come here today?Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal.Claudia: Arresting a criminal?Tara: Yes, a criminal.Takeshi: Hey, Tara. Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has committed a crime.All: What? Come on. What are you talking about?Tara: A theft. Someone ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Sun-hee: Well, my y ogurt is missing. But it’s OK. It’s only yogurt.Tara: It starts with yogurt. Next time it’s your cookies, your ice cream … who knows where it will end?Sun-hee: OK ... OK. Go on.Tara: It’s very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartment.Takeshi: I only use my key for emergencies. And besides, you live here, you have a key … maybe you took it …Tara: I’m the detective, I didn’t do it. Now. The thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. Note the weapon. (holds up spoon) Clean and dry.Roberto: I didn’t do it. I have an alibi. I was out of town last week … just got home last night. Tara: I know you didn’t do it, Roberto. I asked you to come here today because you are a friend of the thief — Claudia!Claudia: What?Tara: Confess! You’re always too busy to go shopping! You didn’t have any yogurt. You were hungry. It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and — very quietly — opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It’s not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key)Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks. Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What’s up?Video Track 2-5-4Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to come here today?Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal.Claudia: Arresting a criminal?Tara: Yes, a criminal.Takeshi: Hey, Tara. Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has committed a crime.All: What? Come on. What are you talking about?Tara: A theft. Someone ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Sun-hee: Well, my yogurt is missing. But it’s OK. It’s only yogurt.Tara: It starts with yogurt. Next time it’s your cookies, your ice cream … who knows where it will end?Sun-hee: OK … OK. Go on.Video Track 2-5-5Tara: It’s very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartment.Takeshi: I only use my key for emergencies. And besides, you l ive here, you have a key … maybe you took it …Tara: I’m the detective, I didn’t do it. Now. The thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. Note the weapon. (holds up spoon) Clean and dry.Roberto: I didn’t do it. I have an alibi. I was out of town last week … just got home last night. Tara: I know you didn’t do it, Roberto. I asked you to come here today because you are a friend of the thief — Claudia!Video Track 2-5-6Claudia: What?Tara: Confess! You’re always too busy to go shopping! You didn’t ha ve any yogurt. You were hungry. It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and — very quietly— opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It’s not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key)Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks. Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What’s up?Audio Track 2-5-20One day, Tara found that someone had eaten Sun-hee’s yogurt without notice. So, she asked everyone to help her solve this “crime.” She thought that it was very likely that one of her friends stole Sun-hee’s yogurt because they all had a key to the apartment. While Sun-hee the owner was quite calm and generous about the missing yogurt, Tara got serious about the matter. She warned everyone that a misdemeanor might gradually become a real crime if it were not checked at the start. She seemed to be determined to solve the crime, though in a humorous way. She accused Takeshi first, but he denied it. While Tara was showing everyone the “weapon” — a clean, dry spoon —Roberto said that he had an alibi and hadn’t done it. Tara said she knew he hadn’t done it and that Claudia had done it! Just as Claudia was protesting that it wasn’t true, Mike suddenly walked in. He calmly went to the refrigerator, took out some yogurt, and ate it! Finally everyone came to know who the “thief” really was.。

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performance. Darling, you were to die for! Unit 5-Conversation 1Mark: OK, OK, don't exaggerate. I wasn't that good!Anyway, I've got some great news! Have you got your tickets for the play? Mark:Janet Kate: What play? : Tell us!Mark: We've started talking about next term's OUDS play. Mark: The play which OUDS are producing. You know, theplay I'm in at the Oxford Playhouse. Kate: What's it going to be?Mark: Kate: Oh, that play! Well, er ... Hamlet, by William Shakespeare!Janet: Great! And who's going to play Hamlet? Mark: What about you, Janet?Kate: What's the play called? Don't tell me, let me guess! Janet:MarkBeckett. Mark: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel You are : To be or not to be, that is the question! Janet: coming, aren't you? I don't believe it. You're going to play Hamlet?Kate: Come on, Beckett? Kate: let's celebrate ... from Beckett toShakespeare. Today Oxford, tomorrow, Hollywood!Janet: Why not?Well, um, I'm sure you'll be totally brilliant, Mark ... : Katebut I wish I could understand the play. It doesn't make sense. Unit 5-Outside viewa Kate. Beckett's If Mark: only you were more patient,fascinating writer. You'll come though, won't you, Janet? You Part 1Viewer 1ought during So, what do you guys want to watch? this to see something like at least once reallyVieweryour stay in Oxford. 2 Uh, I don't know. What's on?Viewer : Janet Well, I'm not sure. 3 How about a documentary on the HistoryChannel? I like watching history programmes.Mark: Oh, come on! Please!Viewer 2 I don't really like watching the History Channel. the if But Kate doesn't understand play, there's no Janet:Viewer 1 way I'll be able to follow it. How about a baseball game? From 1973 ?Viewer 3 Kate: Do you want to go? No thanks! How about a cooking show?Viewer 1 Well, I love going to the theatre, and I'd really like to Yeah, I love watching cooking shows. : JanetViewer 2 see Mark acting. And actually, yes, I think I should see a play What? Viewer 1 by Samuel Beckett. I do!Viewerrk: Ma Good! So 2 Uh, I don't like cooking shows. Uh, let's watch wish you're coming, Janet. I you'd come,some music videos.too, Kate. It's a really good performance.Viewer 1 Well, OK, but I'm only doing it because you're in it. : Kate This is awful!Viewer 3 When is it on? Can you see what's on another channel?Viewer 1Next Tuesday to Saturday. : Mark Yeah, sure. What channel?Viewer 3 Uh, anything but this.Janet: How about going Friday night?V oice-over These television viewers are trying to decide on That's great. But you'd better get your tickets soon, : Marka programme to watch, by clicking because we're expecting a full house.on channels, and seeingwhat's on. This practice is known as channel surfing. In the Unit 5-Conversation 2 past, it was not difficult to decide what to watch on TV. ThereKate: Well, what did you think? were only three channels to choose from. Cable television has Janet: It was ... very interesting. changed all that. There are so many channels, and so many Kate: Ididn't have a clue what was going on. Absolutely different kinds of programmes to watch, many viewers find itnothing happened! I don't know why I bothered coming to see when they are to decide what to watch, even difficultitdoesn't themselves. This business traveller like watching byJanet: I thought Mark was brilliant. anything. Many people like a particular type of programme. Kate: Yes, I did too, of course ... Speaker 1 TV programmes I like watching are cooking Janet: shows, um, comedy shows. But I wish I had read the play before I saw it. If onlyI had known the story, it might have been easier to follow it. watch I usually dramas, murder mystery Speaker 2How long do you think Mark will be? programmes, quizzes, comedies.Janet: I guess he needs Speaker 3 I like watching talk shows. to get changed first. He said he'd join us as soon as possible. Speaker 4I guess of all my favourite TV shows I'd likeKate: Here he is. Hi Mark! news programmes.Mark: Hi, what did you think? How was I? I like to watch soap operas and news. Speaker 5 Janet: I like to watch comedy shows. Speaker 6 It was ... very challenging.Kate: lot a I drama, good I Well, 7 Speaker like like It was so-so. of theJanetcop shows, um ... I like a lot of the science fiction shows : But you were brilliant! Well done. Kateand good history. : You were awesome, Mark. Everyone adored your1Speaker 8 TV programmes I like to watch are likesports, automotive. Discovery, that type of thing. In some of cafes, customers pay an hourly rate to play tabletop games; in others a flat fee allows them to play for anunlimited time. On top of the fee, the cafes also require Part 2V oice-over Cartoons have always been popular. customers to purchase food and drinks.This brother and sister are watching their favourite DVD.Mum Turn that down! Most cafes offer hundreds of games, varying from classicslike “Monopoly”and “Battleship”to European strategy OK, Mum. BoyV oice-over He, he turns it down. Now the volume is too games like “Settlers of Catan”and “Agricola”. They alsolow. For couples, deciding what to watch can require some have staff members to teach customers the rules of the gamevery careful negotiation. if necessary. This means that players are more comfortableWoman Oh, look! Pretty Woman is on! I love watching exploring games that they haven't playedbefore.that movie.Joe Pretty Woman! Oh, no, not Pretty Woman! People enjoy going to these cafes because they can try out theWoman Joe, you know it's my favourite movie. It's on in games. It is cheaper than buying the games and then decidingfive minutes. I'll be right back. I'm just going to get some they don't like them. Also, it's like having a party with yourcoffee. friends—but not at your own house!Joe I don't like watching that kind of movie. Plus Idon't like Julia Roberts. Actually, I really hate that movie. 1.What do we learn about board game cafes from the newsV oice-over Joe realizes that there's a basketball game on report?tomorrow night. He wants to ask his friends over to watch it. 2.Why do people enjoy going to board game cafes?know I with me. so sweet to watch this Woman You'reyou probably don't want to see it again. Passage 1 Joe Oh, sure. I don't mind. There's nothing else onAnnouncer1：Thanks for the news update. And it's Thursdayanyway. Not tonight, evening, time to start planning the weekend,Viewer 1 Hey, look. Swordfish is on. John Travolta andand time to hear from Jenny with our weeklyHalle Berry? update, What's On in Town. Viewer 2 No, I've already seen that twice. Announcer2：Thanks, Mark.Viewer 3 I hate that movie.Announcer1：What's it going to be Jenny? A weekend in frontViewer 1 OK. How about The Matrix?of the television, or out on the town?Viewer 3 That's OK. But I've seen it too many times.Announcer2：Definitely out on the town, Mark. It's aViewer 2 Yeah, me too. But I love that movie. fun-filled weekend, with something forViewer 3 You guys, there's nothing on. everyone. For anyone who likes classicalViewer 2 Yeah, you're right. music, there's Beethoven's Ninth Symphony inViewer 1 Hey, how about we go out and get some pizza?the Westgate Concert Hall on Friday evening.Viewer 3 That's a good idea. Turn that off. Announcer1：That's the one with that catchy tuneMum I told you to turn it down. Now I'm going to turnAnnouncer2：I don't think the Southbank Choir will let youit off. join in with a voice like that! Tickets are￡10,Woman Oh, it's over. I just love that movie! Thanks forwith concessions for students and seniorputting up with it again. I know it's not your favourite. citizens, and it starts at 8 pm.Joe That's OK. But tomorrow's my turn. I'm askingAnnouncer1：OK, and what's on at the cinema? the guys over to watch the basketball game. Announcer2：I've got a couple of suggestions. For those ofWoman Oh, that's fine. I won't be here anyway remember?you who like Chinese movies, there's aI' m going to visit my sister? retrospective on Zhang Yimou's filmsJoe Oh, yeah. That's right. beginning with The House of the FlyingV oice-over The business traveller seems to have found whatDaggers at the Arthouse Cinema in Northhe was looking for, a programme that puts him to sleep. AndStreet. If you haven't seen, it's amazing. It's onthat's all for tonight, folks! Be sure to tune in tomorrow!at 7 pm on Saturday night. And other filmsshowing next week include Hero, and RaiseUnit 5-Listening inthe 12, with Lantern. Red Tickets are ￡theusual concessions. News Report Announcer1：How about a Hollywood blockbuster? A new craze is sweeping the city of Toronto, Canada. More Announcer2：Not sure Td call it a blockbuster, but the next and more board game cafes are opening in different part of Lord of the Rings is showing at Globe neighborhoods. Cinema. It's on Friday and Saturday at 7.30 pm,2tickets ￡8.very popular in the States?Speaker 1 We all like going to concerts, I think. Er, a lot series.the Rings, that's a great Announcer1：OK, Lord ofof people now are joining book clubs. Now, how about something more cultural?Interviewer Book clubs?Smiththe Announcer2：There's a fabulous exhibition atSpeaker 1The Museum called, “Art of Venice”, with a To be a member of a book club, do something ...Interviewercollection of paintings from all over the world. So just local groups ... with friends? Speaker 1It's open from 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Yes, local groups.Interviewer Sunday and entrance is free.And you discuss books?Speaker 1 Yes, you take a book each, each week or each musicabout the And Announcer1：OK, sounds good. whatmonth. You read it and then you go back and discuss it. That's scene?very popular now.Friday night is open mic night at the George Inn.Announcer2：InterviewerIt you want to hear some great music, it starts And how about weekend and holiday activities?Speaker 1 if But you want to Some people like hunting. I'm not one of those at 8.30 pm Friday night.at all. I don't like that. But that's very popular in, in the rural find out what it's like to perform in front of aareas. Then, of course there's camping and hiking, also. A lot live audience, book a slot with the organizersof and they 11 sing, play, dance, whatever ... Nice Americans volunteer for a wide range of causes —fromraising funds to helping people who friendly atmosphere, but make sure you've got are less fortunate, tutoring students, or a five or ten minute act before you offer to try leading Scout troops or doing youth sports, that sort of thing. ll need it out onstage. No entrance fee, but you'Interviewerto buy a round or two of drinks.Right, yeah.Anything else?：Announcer1Speaker 2Saturdayon at Yes, it's jazz the Jam Factory ：Announcer2Interviewer Trio Tell me about leisure activities and sports in Steve 10 night from pm, with the ReidRussia. What do you like doing?playing Afro- Cuban jazz. With tickets at ￡20 ISpeaker 2 be going to the Well, football is the favourite sport. But, er, we Factory guess the Jam is like also ice hockey in the winter. Winter sports.coolest place in town. So I advise you to bookInterviewer in advance.And what about indoor sports? Or indooractivities other than ...?Sounds like a great weekend, thanks Jenny.Announcer1：Speaker 2 We like very much playing chess. And we arevery good at playing chess. Also, television is very commonand, in the cities - Moscow and St Petersburg –we like toclub, go dancing.Interviewer Oh, right. Yeah. OK. Yeah. And whatabout outdoor activities?Passage 2Speaker 2 Well, believe it or not, collecting mushrooms. Inthe autumn, we like it very much. And also the skiing. Again, 1Speaker the ice hockey in the winter. Very popular.States. leisure me Tell about activities the in Interviewer Interviewer And I believe cultural activities are very What kind of spectator and participation sports are there? important to you? What kind of things do you like doing? are Speaker 1 OK, most popular ones four well, the Speaker 2 In particular, the ballet. ice football basketball, baseball, American of and course, Interviewer Yeah. hockey.Speaker 2 And of course, the opera as well. Even the activities, indoor –em - what Yeah, Interviewer and about small towns have theatres and a cinema. We like the country rather than sports.The kind of things that you do inside?people, the rural people, they like to watch films. They call it arts. could could Well, 1Speaker you say, martial say a Palace of culture.thing. -that Do Kwon popular. That's very Tae sort of Interviewer Right. Yeah. Bowling. And movies. Speaker 2 Yes.Yeah.Interviewer Interviewer And what kind of weekend and holiday Speaker 1Watching television, of course. The averageactivities do you enjoy?American, I think, watches television about two and a half Speaker 2 Well, you find the rich Russians, they very hours a day.often have a dacha, which is a cottage. Interviewer And, apart from sports, what other outdoor Interviewer Right.activities are there?Speaker 2 In the country. of golf, Cycling, 1Speaker tennis, jogging and walking Interviewer Right.course and now, more and more people are playing soccer. You go there for a holiday and maybe for Speaker 2 Right. And what kind of cultural activities areInterviewer3the weekend.Interviewer Right. Thank you.Speaker 3Interviewer Tell me about leisure activities in Australia.What kind of sports do you enjoy?Speaker 3 Well, Australian rules football is our mainspectator sport. Of course, we also love our rugby and ourcricket. You know, our national teams are definitely nowamong the best in the world.Interviewer Yeah.Speaker 3 What else? We have association football. Andalso very popular now is horse racing.Interviewer Right. And what kind of indoor activities, otherthan sports, do you like doing?Speaker 3 We're very much an outdoor nation but whenwe're inside I think we like to watch TV and, you know, go tothe movies.Interviewer So, what kind of outdoor activities are there?Speaker 3 Well, for this we like our cycling. Somepeople play golf and some play tennis. And some play lawnbowls.Interviewer Right, yeah.Speaker 3 Of course, you know, most Australians do live near the coast and we love to do sailing and surfing; very, very keen on our swimming and I know a lot of people do fishing as well.Interviewer Right. And what about culture? Do you do any cultural activities?Speaker 3 Oh yes, no, no, Australia does have its culture. We've got our aboriginal music and our dancing and a lot of art. And of course, we've got our very, very famous Sydney Opera House - you know, best in the world.Interviewer Yes. And what about weekend and holiday activities? What do you like doing then?Speaker 3 I think people like to be very social. We do a lot of barbies - you know -barbecues in the back garden and some people like to go bushwalking as well.Interviewer Great. Thank you.Speaker 3You're welcome.4。

全新版大学英第二版语综合教程2听力原文Unit5

Unit 5 Unsolved MysteriesListening and SpeakingAudio Track 251In the picture on the left, a criminal is breaking a law; he is mitting a crime 、In the picture on the right, the detective is catching and arresting the criminal 、In the picture in the center, the detective is questioning the criminal but he is not making a confession、Audio Track 252/Audio Track 253The greatest detectiveSherlock Holmes is probably the greatest detective ever known —well, at least he 's one of the most famous、But he never actually existed … he ' s an imaginary detective who appears in sixty stories created by the Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 、Doyle was not always a writer 、He started his career as a doctor、Fortunately for us, he did not have many patients、He needed money and so he started to write stories、The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in 1887, and was called A Study in Scarlet 、Later, a magazine published The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and readers loved it!What makes Sherlock Holmes so special? Well, he was very intelligent and successful、He always arrested the criminal —every single time —with the help of his partner, Dr 、Watson、In the stories, Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London, England 、Thousands of people visit that address every year、There 's also a Sherlock Holmes Museum in Londo、nAudio Track 254/Audio Track 255/Audio Track 256Mike: … So, we can look forward to warmer temperatures、It ' Ibe a good weekend for thebeach、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、Mike: Hmm … that 's a strange、storWy hat happened next?Alexa: 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 、Mike: 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 exi、st What do you think, Alexa? Alexa: I don 't beli、eveIi t hink it 's some kind of hoax!Audio Track 257/Audio Track 258It was raining heavily 、I couldn 't see cle、arlyI 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 ask、edShe looked at me strangely but didn 't a、ns“weArre you OK?”I asked、“I 'f m ine, ”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 ask、ed “ Oh yes, ” he said ca、lmly“That'sMary Anne、She died five years ago on that road、It was a car accident during a rainstorm 、”Audio Track 259The Tunguska Mystery It 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 knocked down 、People heard the explosion 800 kilometers away, and the fire burned for many weeks、Audio Track 2510/Audio Track 2511What caused this terrible explosion? A century later, scientists are still trying to find the answer 、Here are some possible explanations、1、An asteroid: Asteroids are very large pieces of rock that go around in space and sometimes hit the planet、They can cause lots of damage、Some of them weigh as much as 100,000 tons、If an asteroid hit the earth, it would cause a huge explosion 、2、 A et: ets are giant balls of gas, ice, and rock with long tails 、They travel through space in aregular pattern 、Encke ' s et was near Earth in 1908, and it 's possible that a part of it broke off andhit the earth 、3、 A UFO accident: Some people believe that a spaceship crashed into the ground in Siberia andits engine exploded 、4、An extraterrestrial attack: Another idea is that extraterrestrials, that is, people from other planets, attacked the earth、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 u、sed electricity Maybe it was a test of his gun and it didn 't work、correctlyAudio Track 2512/Audio Track 2513Q: 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 mysterylights 、”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 questio、n 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 、'A t man first saw the mystery lights over 100 years ago 、The man was RobertEllison and the year was 1883 、Of course we didn ' t have cars in、1883Q: What do you think causes the lights?A: There are many theories 、The Native Americans thought the lights were stars falling to Earth 、Some peoplethink 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 “ g、h”ostTlhigehytsthink ghosts do it、That 's the strangest id、ea Some say they are UFOs、I don't think s、oQ: 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 myste、ryQ: Are the local people scared?A: No, actually, they aren 、They'li t ke the lights 、And every year in early September there ' s abig town festival to celebrate the mystery lights 、Audio Track 2514Q: 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 “ ghos、t”lighTthsey think ghosts do it、That 's the strangest id、ea Some say they are UFOs、I don ' t think、soQ: 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 myste、ryQ: Are the local people scared?A: No, actually, they aren 、They'li t ke the lights 、And every year in early September there ' s abig town festival to celebrate the mystery lights 、Audio Track 25151、That man seems angry、2、She speaks French、3、Your sister looks tired 、4、He practices the piano every day 、5、My aunt always watches the news 、6、My friend knows the answer 、Audio Track 2516/Audio Track 2517Stye: Do you know the Dodd Diamond?Frye: Of course! The museum owns it 、Stye: Not anymore! Someone stole it last night!Frye: Really? How did it happen?Stye: Well, it ' s unlikely the criminal walked into the、roomThere ' s an alarm on the flo、orFrye: But there ' s no alarm for the sk、ylightStye: You ' re right! I bet the cmriinal climbed down a rope 、Then he took the diamond without touching the floor! Audio Track 2518A: I love chocolate 、B: There's a good chance that's true、I know you like sweets 、You probably like chocolate, too 、A: My family has moved house six times 、B: It doesn't seem possible 、A: Why do you say that?B: I've known you since we were kids 、Audio Track 2519A: Do you believe that Bruno Hauptmann was the real kidnapper?B: I doubt that he was 、Nobody's likely to be so silly to leave all the evidence there for people to find 、Besides, he never made a confession, did he?A: If it wasn ' t him …it could have been Betty GWOW do you think?B: Well, it ' s unlikely that she、didSithe loved the baby、She even fainted at the trial、A: That ' s t、rueThen it could have been Ernie Brinkert 、B: Why do you think it could be him?A: Well, he ' s Violet Sharpe '、s bHoeyfrkineenwd about the Lindberghs 、It ' s quite possible thathe made a secret plan with his girlfriend to kidnap the baby for money 、B: That ' s nonse、nsHeis girlfriend had an alibi 、She wasn ' t in the house on the day the baby was kidnapped、A: Maybe that was part of the secret plan 、Perhaps she was purposefully out of the house、B: Well, possibly 、But Ernie ' s handwriting didn ' t match the kidnapp、erHow ca'n syonuote explain that?A: I dare say that was also part of the plan、He could have deliberately written the note in a handwriting that is different to normal 、B: It doesn ' t seem po、ssibHlee couldn ' t possibly have fooled the co、urtVideo CourseVideo Track 251Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event 、It wasn' t rainingand the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall 、And that night it rained 、Dave: There ' s a strange tale in MexicooaubtLa Llorona who is a woman who wanders the streets weeping for her dead sons、When there is a strong wind they say you can hear La Llorona 、Catherine: In New Jersey there ' s a thing or a monster called the 、” They s“ayJiet rsey'Desvvilerybig and hairy but also very sneaky and that it moves from tree to tree 、Lourdes: My favorite mysteries are about UFOs, which means Unidentified Flying Objects 、I ' mnot sure if the UFOs are real or if they are a hoax, but I would like to think that they are real 、Alejandra: One of the mysteries that I find interesting and has not been solved yet is the one of thePyramids 、 How they made them 、How they brought in those very heavy pieces of stone to build the Pyramids 、 Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary 、Video Track 252Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I witnessed a very strange event wasn 't ra in g and the women of the village went to a special place to make the rain fall、 that night it rained 、Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite scary 、 Video Track 253Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to e here today?Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal 、Claudia: Arresting a criminal?Tara: Yes, a criminal 、Takeshi: Hey, Tara 、 Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has mitted a crime 、All: What? e on 、 What are you talking about?Tara: A theft 、 Someone ate Sunhee 's yogurt!Sunhee: Well, my yogurt is missing 、 But it ' s 、OKIt 's only yogu 、rtTara: It starts with yogurt 、 Next time it ' s your cookies, your ice cream… who knows where it will end?Sunhee: OK 、、、 OK 、 Go on 、Tara: It 's very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartm 、entTakeshi: I only use my key for emergencies And besides, you live here, you have a key … maybe you took it … Tara: I 'm the detective, I didn 、 N o 'w 、t d oT iht e thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly 、 Note the weapon 、 (holds up spoon) Clean and dry 、Roberto: I didn '、tdohtave an alibi 、 I was out of town last week ust got-h^me last night 、Tara: I know you didn 't do it, R 、obI earstoked you to e here today because you are a friend of the thief — Claudia! Claudia: What?Tara: Confess! You 're always too busy to go shopping! You didn '、t hYaovuewaenryeyogurt hungry 、 It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and — very quietly — opened the refrigerator door and ate Sunhee's yogurt! Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It 's not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key) Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks 、 Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What 's up?It AndVideo Track 254Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to e here today?Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and arresting a criminal 、Claudia: Arresting a criminal?Tara: Yes, a criminal、Takeshi: Hey, Tara、Nice hat!Tara: Someone in this room has mitted a crime 、All: What? e on 、What are you talking about?Tara: A theft、Someone ate Sunhee 's yogurt!Sunhee: Well, my yogurt is missing 、But it ' s、OKIt 's only yogu、rtTara: It starts with yogurt、Next time it ' s your cookies, your ice cream … who knows where it will end?Sunhee: OK … O、K Go on、Video Track 255Tara: It 's very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartm、entTakeshi: I only use my key for emergencies And besides, you live here, you have a key … maybe you took it …Tara: I 'm the detective, I didn 、N o 'w 、t d oT iht e thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly 、Note the weapon、(holds up spoon) Clean and dry、Roberto: I didn '、tdoIhitave an alibi、I was out of town last week … just got home 、last night Tara: I know you didn 't do it, R、obI earstoked you to e here today because you are a friend of the thief —Claudia! Video Track 256Claudia: What?Tara: Confess! You 're always too busy to go shopping! You didn '、t hYaovuewaenryeyogurthungry、It was late! You waited until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon and —very quietly —opened the refrigerator door and ate Sunhee 's yogurt!Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It 's not true!Mike: (enters apartment using key) Hey, everyone! (to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks 、Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What's up?Audio Track 2520One day, Tara found that someone had eaten Sunhee's yogurt without notice、So, she asked everyone to help her solve this 、“”crSimh e thought that it was very likely that one of her friendsstole Sunhee 's yobgeucratuse they all had a key to the apartment、While Sunhee the owner was quite calm and generous about the missing yogurt, Tara got serious about the matter、She warned everyone that a misdemeanor might gradually bee a real crime if it were not checked at the start 、She seemed to be determined to solve the crime, though in a humorous way、She accused Takeshi first, but he denied it 、While Tara was showing everyonethe “weapoanc”lean—,dry spoon —Roberto said that he had an alibi and hadn it、Tar'a st adiodnsehe knew he hadn 't done it and thatClaudia had done it! Just as Claudia was protesting that it wasn't true, Mike suddenly walked in、He calmly went to the refrigerator, took out some yogurt, and ate it! Finally everyone came to know who the “thief ” rea、lly was。

新编大学第二册英语听力原文1

Unit 1 . LovePart One.Viewing , Understanding, and SpeakingDifferent Way of DatingEpisode 1:Kevin: Hey, girl, come on. Good to see you.Heather: How are you?Kevin: What happened today?...Kevin: That's fine. So what do you want to order? You like the pepperoni, yeah? ... (to the waitress) OK. So two Greek islands, one egg torte and one chilled juice and milk. Thank you.Heather: Do you realize that we've been together for two months now? Who would have thought that when we happened to sit next to each other in Asian History class it would lead to this!Kevin: Yeah, and this is a real change for me.Heather: Oh? You didn't date anyone steadily in high school?Kevin: No, I didn't. I was too busy with sports. My high school was so small that any of us who liked to play and wanted to could be on almost all of the teams. I played football in the fall, basketball in the winter, and baseball in the spring.Heather: But you're not playing football this fall.Kevin: No, I'm going to try out for baseball in the spring. That's what I like the best. So, when a very interesting and intelligent girl happened to sit next to me in Asian History, I decided it was time to date some if she was interested too. (He smiles broadly.)Heather: I'm glad you did. (She returns a smile.)Kevin: Did you date much in high school?Heather: Yes, I did. In fact, I had a steady boyfriend for almost two years.Kevin: What happened to him?Heather: During our senior year we both decided that since we were going to attend college in different parts of the country we should stop dating. I guess we realized that we were really quite different from each other. He wanted to get away from home, so he's in a large university out East. I wanted a small college near home, so here I am.Kevin: Lucky me! So were your parents happy with your steady boyfriend?Heather: They liked him OK, but I know they thought we spent too much time together. I think they were happy when we broke up. They really didn't say much though. They usually trust my judgment.Kevin: Had you dated much before that?Heather: A little, for school parties, movies etc., nothing serious. I usually spent more time with the girl friends. My parents didn't think I should date until I was sixteen.Kevin: Yes, I think some kids do start dating too young these days. My sister, she is fourteen and thinks she has a boyfriend. My parents tell her she's really too young to date, but they think it's OK if she goes out in a group where he's included. Heather: I guess you were around guys most of the time with all of your sports activities, but you seem comfortable being with me.Kevin: Well, I did date occasionally, but I didn't find anyone really interesting until now. (He smiles meaningfully.) Besides, I usually have to spend most of my money keeping my old car running.Heather: Would it help if we go Dutch tonight?Kevin: No, after all I invited you. Besides, I had a really good job at the gasoline station near my home last summer and was able to save up quite a bit for nights like this. So, it's my treat!Heather: OK. That's nice of you.Kevin: After we eat, are you willing to drive around the lake with me and just talk some more? Or would you rather go to a movie?Heather: It's a beautiful night so let's go for a drive. I don't think we'd like the movies that are on anyway. They're all just too silly.Kevin: Fine with me. Oh, here comes the pizza, so let's eat. (to the waitress) Thank you. Thank you.Episode 2:Xiao Mei: You are late. You've never been late before. What happened to you today?Da Ming: Oh, Xiao Mei. It's so nice to see you. I can tell you that I would not be here at all if I hadn't jumped down from the second-floor window.Xiao Mei: You jumped from the window? Tell me exactly what happened? Did you hurt yourself?Da Ming: No, I am fine, I am fine. Mum shut me up in the room. She wants me to meet her friend's daughter, the girl I mentioned to you before. She is coming and I'm supposed to see her. Mum probably thinks I am still in my room.Xiao Mei: Your mum wants you to make friends with her, then marry her, doesn't she?Da Ming: Yes, I'm afraid so, but I'm interested only in you. I think about you all the time. I will never agree to meet any other girl. I would rather die than leave you.Xiao Mei: I love you too, Da Ming. I can't imagine what my life will be like without you.Da Ming: But I don't have a cent. My family is poor and I'm penniless. I have nothing with me except for a poem I wrote for you.Xiao Mei: You wrote a poem for me? How sweet!Da Ming: Would you like me to read it to you?Xiao Mei: Of course. Please.Da Ming:It's called: “Love Is...”Listen:Love is the greatest feeling;Love is like a play;Love is what I feel for youEach and every day;Love is like a smile;Love is like a song;Love is a great emotionThat keeps us going strong.I love you with my heart,My body and my soul.I love the way I keep loving,Like a love I can't control.So remember when your eyes meet mine,I love you with all my heart,And I have poured my entire soul into you,Right from the very start.Do you like it, Xiao Mei?Xiao Mei: Yes, I like it very much. I don't need anything else as long as you keep writing poems for me.Da Ming: I will write you poems as long as I live.Xiao Mei: Now we have nothing but each other...Da Ming: But we have love. Isn't that enough?Xiao Mei: As long as we have love we'll manage somehow.Part Two.Listening, Understanding and SpeakingListening I*Where do I begin to tell the story of how great love can be,The sweet love story that is older than the sea,The simple truth about the love she brings to me?Where do I start?With her first hello, she gave a meaning to this empty world of mine.There'll never be another love another time.She came into my life and made the living fine.She fills my heart, she fills my heart,With very special things, with angel's songs, with wild imaginings.She fills my soul with so much love,That anywhere I go, I'm never lonelyWith her along, who could be lonely?I reach for her hand, it's always there.(Repeat the part marked with “*”.)How long does it last?Can love be measured by the hours in a day?I have no answers now but this much I can say.I know I need her till the stars all burn away,And she'll be there.Listening II.Traditionally the heart is the part of the body where emotions come from. If you are awarm-hearted person, for example, you are kind and thoughtful towards others. If you have a heart of gold, you are a very generous person. But if you are heartless, you are cruel and unfeeling.Of all the emotions, it is love that is the most associated with the heart. In love songs, all over the world, love almost always goes together with the heart. As the song from Titanic says, “You are here in my heart and my heart will go on and on. Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime, and never let go till we're gone.”Perhaps the role of the heart in love comes from what happens to it when you feel really attracted to someone. The strong feelings of attraction make your breathing speed up and your heart beat faster.Listening III.In past generations, the challenge of dating was different. Men and women wanted a partner who could fulfill their basic needs for security and survival. Women looked for a strong man who would be a good bread-winner; men searched for a nurturing woman to make a home. This practice that worked for thousands of years has suddenly changed.The new challenge of dating is to find a partner who not only will be supportive of our physical needs for survival and security but will support our emotional and spiritual needs. Today we want more from our relationships. Millions of men and women around the world are searching for a soul mate to experience lasting love, happiness, and romance.It is no longer enough to just find someone who is willing to marry us, and we want partners who will love us more as they get to know us: We want to live happily ever after. To find and recognize partners who can fulfill our new needs for increased closeness, good communication, and a great love life, we need to update our dating skills.Part ThreeMore ListeningPractice OneA Mother’s LoveA Mother's LoveYou can see it in her eyes—in her gaze and in her sighs.It is a mother's love.You can feel it in her touch—in her tender hugs and such.It is a mother's love.You can hear it in her words—in her praises and bywords.It is a mother's love.She cares. She understands.She lends an ear and holds our hands.She gives us a mother's love.Practice TwoTalks to Kids(Part I)My son's primary school celebrates Valentine's Day in a wonderful way. Each day throughout the month of February, the school honors each student in informal ceremonies. At the ceremony, classmates, teachers and parents get together to deliver compliments to that particular child. They believe that a child's emotional and social skills should be developed alongside their intellectual skills. Learning to acknowledge qualities and strengths in others—and receiving that acknowledgment gracefully—is a very important learning lesson.I know I compliment my son frequently, and certainly try to make sure he knows he is loved. But I realize that I have never actually pointed out, one by one, specific qualities that make him unique and so special to me. And how infrequently we really point out what is special in others. Sure, we say “I love you” or “thanks” regularly, but when do we take the opportunity to really and truly examine what makes a person special? What is unique and different about them?This year, the time was scheduled for my son to receive more than 40 compliments from his peers, teachers, parents, and himself. Each child had their day at the center of the circle, their friends coming up one by one to give a gift of powerful words. This year, my son heard that his thoughtfulness was appreciated, his ideas important, his expressions inspiring. He was also expected to write and deliver a compliment to each of his classmates.Practice ThreeTalks to Kids (Part II)In the end, I had to ask my husband to read my Valentine compliment to our son. I was simply crying too hard to get the words out. Witnessing the tenderness of school-age children saying what they thought was special about my little boy proved too much for me. But I was not alone. When I warned my son I might get emotional, he said, “That's OK. Lots of parents cry.” He was right.This is what my husband read to our son on my behalf:Dear Cole:Your love of language and information has always amazed me. I love learning from you and with you. I admire how new words are so easily incorporated into your vocabulary. I think you are fresh and eager and loving.I admire that relationships are important to you. I like to listen to the connections you make with past experiences. I think you are good at remembering.I love how you are proud of yourself when you try something new. I feel proud, too.I like how your whole body tells a story, and your expressions make me feel good. I am proud of your willingness to express your fears and appreciate the reminder that you will grow at the pace that suits you best. I love your jokes and your fondness for telling them over and over—so I will laugh. I think you are fun to be with.I love that you are my son.I am really grateful to this school for creating a learning environment. These exercises benefit the parents as well as the kids. That, to me, is a Valentine worth giving. Practice ThreeMy FamilyI grew up in a family with six sisters. In my lifetime I have seen all of them abused by various men in their lives. Even my mother has the scars from two unsuccessful marriages.When I was a teenager, my mother shared some insights into all of their failed relationships. She explained that they really weren't expecting to be treated as queens, but they did desire two things from the men in their lives: to be told frequently that they are loved and to be shown often that they are special. It was at that point that I decided I would be the sort of husband my mom and sisters had dreamed of but never had.When I was dating my wife-to-be I remembered those two points my mother shared with me years earlier. I admit that I struggled trying to be able to express my love in words and in action. For most men, it isn't natural for us to be romantics. But then again, it isn't natural for us to be millionaires or sports superstars. It does take effort, practice and diligence. But the rewards are there.Now we've been married for nine years. I really, truly, deeply love my wife and let her know it every day by what I say and what I do. Our friends and family members all admire us and want to know our secret.Part FourTesting YourselfSection 1Good Old DaysLife was very different in the 1950s than it is today. Divorce was not common. Husbands went out to work to support the whole family. Most women didn't work and depended on their husbands' incomes for living. Children didn't come home after school to an empty house as many do today. Families did more things together. One of the favorite family pastimes was a drive in the country. Gas was cheap. People had big cars, and the whole family could ride comfortably. Before TV became popular, people talked to each other more. Children didn't have as many toys, and they played more games together. On Saturdays the neighborhood theaters had special movies for children. The shows cost only 25 cents.People stayed at one job for most of their lives. They didn't change jobs every year like they do today. They also lived in the same house for a long time. They didn't move as much.Services were better in the 1950s. Doctors often came to a sick person's house, especially if you were “sick in bed”. Milkmen delivered fresh dairy pro ducts daily to homes. There were no self-service gas stations, and attendants used to wash your car windows and check your oil free of charge.Section II.East Meets West and Loves ItHisham and I will have been married for twenty years this February. Everybody said it would not work. He is Jordanian, Muslim, and I am Italian, Catholic. We met in Florida twenty-two years ago. What we had in common was nothing except youth. He could barely speak the English language, and I thought Arabs were from India. Within a year I found out where Jordan was exactly and he could say “I love you” in broken English.When we got married people actually placed bets at our small wedding in my family's dining room. They thought our relationship would not last a year. Hisham did not tell his parents he was married for almost five years. He felt that if he failed at school his family would blame the marriage. Of course everybody, from Arabs to Americans, thought he married me to get a green card. I knew he didn't.I lived in his country for six years after graduation and had a son there. Through Hisham's eyes I saw the beauty of his culture and religion and the simple ways of his people. Being from New York and living in Amman, Jordan, I still had my Christmas tree each year, my Easter eggs and even a Halloween pumpkin in the window. I alsotook some of their ways—cooking, methods of mothering, socializing—and it enhanced my own character in the long run.Throughout the years, I was not the Italian girl from New York, not the American married to the Arab; I was a beautiful blended person with two children and a man who loves me.Section III.Love You and Love Your WeaknessA man had two large pots for carrying water. One pot had a crack in it, while the other was perfect. At the end of the long walk from the stream to his house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For two years the man had been delivering only one and a half pots full of water everyday to his house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of itself. And the cracked pot felt ashamed and miserable because it was able to do only half of the work. After two years of failure, it spoke to the man one day.“I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you. I have been able to deliver only half my load bec ause of this crack in my side,” the pot said. The man felt sorry for it and said, “As we return to the house, I want you to look at the beautiful flowers along the path.” Indeed, as they went up the hill, the cracked pot saw the sun warming the beautiful flowers on the side of the path. But it still felt bad because half of the water had run away, and again it apologized.Then the man said to the pot, “Did you see that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about you and planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the house. Without you, the house would not look so bea utiful.”。

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Unit 5 DreamsB2U5_NCE_VLS_ListenSpeak_Listen1Let's look at the different kinds of sleep. They're quite different. In passive sleep, the body is at rest. The heart slows down. The body processes become very slow. We move very little, and the brain becomes very inactive. If a person continues to sleep, she or he enters a new stage, a more active stage. The body goes through several changes: The brain temperature rises, the amount of blood in the brain increases, the body becomes very, very still, and the brain goes from being very inactive to being active. And as the brain becomes more active, the eyes begin to move rapidly. Eye movement is a sign of another change—that of a person dreaming.Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active sleep. The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. This cycle is repeated several times throughout the night. During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total of one and a half hours on the average.Doctors have studied the sleep cycle and have found that everyone dreams—in fact, everyone needs to dream in order to stay healthy. It appears we need both kinds of sleep. We need passive sleep in order to rest our bodies. We need active sleep in order to dream. And dreaming helps us to rest our minds.B2U5_NCE_VLS_ListenSpeak_Listen2Part I(Jennifer is talking to an interviewer about her nightmare.)Jennifer: It was always the same. Always. I was in a house, a strange house, and I knew somehow that I shouldn't have gone in. But there was some strange force pulling me. There were some stairs... very steep stairs... and I started to climb them, and... and then, suddenly I fell. Then when I was at the bottom of the stairs, I suddenly realized that there was someone... or something else in the house with me, and that these eyes had been watching me all the time, and... I knew then that something terrible... was going to happen to me... that I was going to be punished... because I'd done something I shouldn't have done. I didn't know what it was, but I knew it was wrong, very wrong.Then I could hear it... whatever it was in the house with me... coming closer in the darkness, because everything was dark, you see, and it came closer and closer. And I was scared... and there was nothing, nothing I could do to avoid it... nothing. I was trapped! Trapped in that dark house at the bottom of the stairs. There was no way out.Interviewer: And how often...Jennifer: No way out!Part IIInterviewer: How often did you have this nightmare?Jennifer: When I was in college, just about every time I had an exam. And then, a few years later, when I was taking an intensive Italian course in Italy, I had the same dream again. Just the same as before.Interviewer: And you discussed it with a psychoanalyst?Jennifer: Yes, later, after I came back to Los Angeles, I started therapy, and this dream came up, and we discussed it quite a bit.Interviewer: And what did the psychoanalyst say?Jennifer: He said...uh...“We have to be very careful about interpreting dreams” But we both agreed that the dream was a symbol of my fear of failure...of disappointing my parents when I was in college, for example, by failing my exams, or...or when I was taking that Italian course. I remember how scared I was sometimes.Interviewer: Scared of what?Jennifer: Of making mistakes in class, in front of the teacher or the other students, for example. I was always in fear.Interviewer:I see.Jennifer: And the dream was a kind of classic symbol of that fear...of the fear of failure. Falling down stairs in a dream is a symbol of that. The two words are very similar.Interviewer: Which...which two words? Oh, you mean...Jennifer: Yes, fall—fail—falling—failure. Very similar, aren't they?B2U5_NCE_VLS_MoreListen_Practice1Sleep is something we generally associate with living creatures. Of course, it is true that a lot of animals sleep, but zoologists are not certain that primitive forms of animal life, like worms and snails, ever really sleep. On the other hand, animals such as bears sleep for 4 or 5 months every year.The amount of sleep a human being needs depends on age, the individual and possibly race. For example, doctors think that pre-school children need between 10 and 12 hours a night; school children between 9 and 11 hours; and adults between 7 and 9 hours. There are exceptional cases of old people who sleep only between 2 and 3 hours a day and continue to be active and healthy. The sleep requirements of different races also appear to be different. Japanese people, for example, sleep fewer hours than Europeans.It is not known for certain if mental activity (apart from dreaming) occurs when a person is asleep. However, it is certainly true that some people can wake up at a specific, pre-determined time. There are also stories about mathematicians who solve difficult problems during sleep, because their subconscious minds continue working on the problem.Some types of unpleasant dreams (or “nightmares”) are quite common; the dreamer is taking a test, but is not properly prepared; he is falling from a tree; or an animal or thing is chasing him. Some people say these last two occur because man's ancestors lived in trees and were in constant danger from wild animals.B2U5_NCE_VLS_MoreListen_Practice2A Dream Within a Dreamby Edgar Allan PoeTake this kiss upon the brow!And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow—You are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been a dream;Yet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less gone?All that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream.I stand amid the roarOf a surf-tormented shore,And I hold within my handGrains of the golden sand—How few! yet how they creepThrough my fingers to the deep,While I weep—while I weep!O God! can I not graspThem with a tighter clasp?O God! can I not saveOne from the pitiless wave?Is all that we see or seemBut a dream within a dream?B2U5_NCE_VLS_MoreListen_Practice3Almost all people daydream during a normal day. We tend to daydream the most during those quiet times when we are alone in our cars, sitting in waiting rooms, or preparing for bed. Daydreaming or fantasizing is not abnormal; it is a basic human characteristic. Most people have reported that they enjoy their daydreams. Some people have very probable and realistic daydreams while others have unrealistic fantasies such as inheriting a million dollars.Psychologists report that men daydream as much as women, but the subject of their daydreams or fantasies is different. Men daydream more about being heroes and good athletes while women tend to daydream about fashions and beauty. As people grow older, they tend to fantasize less, although it is still common in old age. Older people tend to daydream a lot about the past. Daydreaming or fantasizing enters into the games of children. Psychologists believe that it is very important for children toparticipate in fantasy play. It is a normal part of their development. It helps children develop and explore their imagination.Daydreaming has advantages and disadvantages. In some situations it can reduce a person's fear or anxiety. It can also keep us entertained or awake under dull or boring conditions. Unfortunately, to engage in a daydream or fantasy, we must divert part of our attention from our environment. When it is important for us to remain alert and pay attention to what is going on around us, daydreaming can cause problems.B2U5_NCE_VLS_MoreListen_Practice4New research shows that dreams are often distorted reflections of our daily life. Many experts now believe our dreams are so closely related to our waking lives that we can use them to help us recognize our inner conflicts.According to some experts, men and women dream differently because of biological and social conditioning. In a study of 1,000 dreams, half from each sex, experts found that men more often have action dreams. Usually these dreams are set outdoors or in unfamiliar surroundings. Women dream more about emotional struggles with loved ones, usually in indoor settings. As more women have careers, their dreams might become more like men's. Researchers have found that while housewives dream more about children, women in the workplace dream about bosses and colleagues. Small children who are easily scared dream about frightening animals and monsters that chase and attack them. Teenagers dream about romance and sex.Some dream researchers found in a study that people between 21 and 34 have more anxiety over issues of right and wrong in their dreams, possibly because they are making important decisions about career, marriage and life direction. People of ages 35 to 49 are much less hostile towards others in their dreams, perhaps because they're reaching their greatest achievement, and have less need for aggression while awake. After age 65, anxiety about aging appears much more often in people's dreams.If life stages affect our dreams, so do our attitudes. Studies show that angry people act out their anger in their dreams, and depressed people sometimes dream they are victims of rejection.Creative people often use their dreams to solve problems. According to the author Naomi Epel, when some writers, artists or scientists go to sleep, they ask their subconscious for a dream that will help them solve problems.B2U5_NCE_VLS_Quiz_Test1In 1865, in a small town in Germany, a little boy was very sick. His name was Max Hoffman.“Will our son die?” Max's parents asked the doctor.“Maybe,” the doctor said quietly. “Stay with Max. Keep him warm. T hat's all you can do.”For three days Max lay in his bed. Then he died. He was only five years old.Max's parents buried their son in the town cemetery. That night Max's mother had a terrible dream. She dreamed that Max was moving in his coffin. She screamed in her sleep.“Sh, sh,” her husband said. “It's all right. You had a bad dream.”The next night Max's mother screamed in her sleep again. She had the same terrible dream.On the third night Max's mother had another bad dream. She dreamed that Max was crying. She got out of bed and got dressed. “Quick! Get dressed,” she told her husband. “We're going to the cemetery. I want to see Max. I want to dig up his coffin.”At four o'clock in the morning Max's parents and a neighbor hurried to the cemetery. They dug up Max's coffin and opened it. There was Max. He looked dead. But he wasn't lying on his back. He was lying on his side.Max's father carried Max home. Then he ran to get the doctor. For an hour the doctor rubbed whiskey on Max's lips and warmed his body. Then Max opened his eyes. Max was alive! A week later he was playing with his friends.Max Hoffman died—really died—in the United States in 1953. He was 93 years old. B2U5_NCE_VLS_Quiz_Test2(A couple is talking about their 8-year-old daughter, Debbie. They also have a son, Barry, who is 16.)Mother: I had to go in to Debbie twice last night. She was having these terrible nightmares! She was screaming and shouting and she kept trying to push me away. She was yelling, “Don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!”Father: What was wrong with her then?Mother: I don't know. I couldn't get a word out of her when she woke up this morning.Father: Does Barry know anything about it? Didn't she go with him to his friend's house yesterday afternoon? Wait a minute, I'll give him a shout. Barry! Come here, Will you?Barry: What's up?Father: Didn't you say you were going to watch a video at your friend's yesterday?Barry: Yes, I told you! You said it was OK.Mother: Well, what exactly did you watch? Debbie's been having the most terrible nightmares.Barry: Oh, I don't know! Some film his dad had left lying around. About a man who had been burned to death in a car crash, who came back from the dead to take revenge on young girls. He tears them to bits and eats them. It was a young girl, see, who ran in front of his car and made him crash. Don't know why it's giving her nightmares. It was really stupid, if you ask me! Anyway, she didn't have to watch it, did she?Mother: You should have more sense at your age. You should have stopped her watching it.Father: I blame the people who make films like that. They shouldn't be allowed to make them. They must be really sick! All they care about is making money—they don't care what they are doing to kids' minds.B2U5_NCE_VLS_Quiz_Test3Dear Editor,Your paper is great. I read with great interest your interpretation of dreams of teeth falling out. It is the same interpretation that many others use as well: needing to be heard etc. I myself had this dream repeatedly and was dying to know what it meant, as it was always confusing and disturbing. However, I was always unsatisfied with the “needing to be heard” thing.You might note that many people who have this dream are feeling worried, depressed or frightened as their teeth are falling out painlessly. Sometimes they even try to keep the teeth from falling out. Finally I came up with a different interpretation, which fitted me much better. In fact, I've had fewer dreams of this sort now. So I thought you might be interested. For me, the dream means I am talking TOO MUCH. It means thoughtlessness, telling secrets, gossiping unwisely. And it's my subconsciouswarning me. Now, if I have this dream, I know I have been unwise with my big mouth! Trying to cram the teeth back in, or stop them falling out, or trying to find a dentist, actually means trying to stop the words or gossip from coming out, and the feelings of depression are reflecting the regret of being too revealing—usually to an enemy. I am much more aware of this now and not such a big mouth! Maybe you could add this to your interpretations.Best,Katie。