施心远主编《听力教程》3_(第二版)unit_3答案

Unit 3

Section One Tactics for listening

Part 1 Spot Dictation

Wildlife

Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect (1) dies out for ever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) extinct twenty years from now.

The seas are in danger. They are being filled with (3)poison: industrial and nuclear waste, chemical fertilizers and (4) pesticides, sewage. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to (5) live in the seas.

The tropical rain (6) forests which are the home of half the earth's living things are (7)being destroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have (8) nearly disappeared in twenty years. The effect on the world's (9) climate- and on our agriculture and food (10) supplies - will be disastrous.

(11) Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the (12) World Wildlife Fund was founded - a small group of people who wanted to (13) raise money to save animals and plants (14)from extinction. Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large (15) internationa l organization. It has raised over (16) £35 million for

(17) conservation projects, and has created or given support to the National Parks in

(18) five continents. It has helped 30 (19) mammals and birds - including the tiger -to (20) survive.

Part 2 Listening for Gist

Mrs. Bates: Hullo. Is that Reception? .

Reception: Yes, madam

Mrs. Bates: This is Mrs. Bates. Room 504. I sent some clothes to the laundry this morning, two of my husband's shirts and three of my blouses. But they're

not back yet. You see, we're leaving early tomorrow morning. Reception: Just a moment, madam. I'll put you through to the housekeeper. Housekeeper: Hullo. Housekeeper.

Mrs. Bates: Oh, hullo. This is ... I'm phoning from Room 504. It's about some clothes

I sent to the laundry this morning. They're not back yet and you see ... Housekeeper: They are, madam. You'll find them in your wardrobe. They're in the top drawer on the left.

Mrs. Bates: Oh, I didn't look in the wardrobe. Thank you very much. Sorry to trouble you.

Housekeeper: That's quite all right. Goodbye.

Mrs. Bates: Goodbye.

Exercise

Directions: Listen to the dialogue and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide.

1)This dialogue is about making an inquiry about the laundry.

2)The key words are reception. laundry. shirts. blouses. wardrobe.

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogue

A UN Interpreter

Interviewer: ... so perhaps you could tell us how exactly you became so proficient at language learning, Suzanne.

Suzanne: Well, I think it all started with a really fortunate accident of birth. You know I was born in Lausanne*, Switzerland; my father was Swiss-French

Swiss and my mother was American, so, of course, we spoke both

languages at home and I grew up bilingual. Then, of course, I learnt

German at school - in Switzerland that's normal. And because I was already

fluent in English, my second language at school was Italian. So I had a real

head start (有利的开端)!

Interviewer: So that's ... one, two, three, four - you had learnt four languages by the time you left school? How fluent were you?

Suzanne: Urn, I was native speaker standard in French and English, but I'd become a bit rusty* in German and my Italian was only school standard. I decided the

best option was to study in the UK, and I did Hispanic Studies at university,

studying Spanish and Portuguese, with some Italian, and living in

Manchester. Then I went to live in Brazil for two years, teaching English. Interviewer: So by this time you must have been fluent in six languages? Suzanne: Nearly. My Italian wasn't perfect, but I had a boyfriend from Uruguay* while I was there, so my Spanish also became pretty good!