课文听力文本 Unit 7 This Way or That Way

Unit 7 This Way or That Way?PartⅠGetting readyExercise B1.Woman: Do you know how to get to Jane's house from here?Man: Yeah. Stay on this road until you get to 21st Street. Then take a left. Woman: Left on 21st Street. OK ...Man: Stay on 21st Street for about three blocks until you come to Main Street. Then turn right.Woman: Left on 21st, right on Main Street.Man: He lives at 476 Main Street. It's on the right side of the street.2.Man: Should I turn right here?Woman: No. Keep going straight and turn at the next light.Man: Do you mean at Scott Road?Woman: That's right. Turn right there.3.Man: How far is it from here to Los Angeles?Woman: Oh,about five hours by car.Man: What's the best way to get there?Woman: I-10 is the fastest.4.Peter: We're having a party on Tuesday. It's Jenny's birthday. Would you like to come? Joe: Sure. How do I get to your house?Peter: Well, turn right after the hospital and we're on your left.Joe: OK. See you on Tuesday.PartⅡGiving directionsExercise A1. When you leave Town Hall, turn left into Cotton Street and walk to the corner. Turn right on South Park Street and walk about a block. Then turn left on Twist Avenue. The museum's on that avenue, near the next cross-roads, on your left.2. When you leave the bank, turn left on Central Avenue and walk for about ten minutes to South Park Street. Turn right and walk one block. The Department Store is on your right, across Main Street.3. When you leave MacDonald's, turn right on Queen's High Street and walk about half a block to Main Street. Turn right and walk two blocks to the end of Main Street. Then turn left. The train station is on that street, on your right.4.David: Hello? 6939822.Paul: Hello? Can I speak to David, please?David: This is David speaking. Who's that?Paul: David, this is Paul.David: Hello, Paul. How are you?Paul: Fine, thanks, but I can't remember how to get to your house.David: Where are you now?Paul: I'm phoning from the Post Office.David: South Park Street or Queen's High Street?Paul: Queen's High Street. I don't know which bus to take.David: Take a number six (bus) from the terminus. It goes to Portland Plaza.Paul: Where's the terminus?David: Turn right outside the Post Office and walk past the Twist Avenue until you reach the Big Church. The bus terminus is opposite the Church on your right.Paul: Thanks very much. See you soon. Goodbye.5.Tourist: Excuse me.Jane: Yes?Tourist: Can you tell me the way to the Art Gallery, please?Jane: Certainly. Go out of the Agency, turn right, and go along Main Street. Tourist: Along Main Street.Jane: Yes, and turn right at the Hilton Hotel.Tourist: Right at the Hilton.Jane: Then go up Queen's High Street past the Grand Cinema.Tourist: The Grand Cinema.Jane: Yes. Then cross the road at the next traffic lights. The Art Gallery is straight ahead, on your right. You can't miss it.Tourist: That's very kind of you. Thank you. Er ... have you got a pencil? (Do you have a pencil?)Jane: Yes. Why?Tourist: Can you repeat all that? I think I'd better write it down.Part ⅢRoute 66Exercise AThe idea for Route 66 started in the state of Oklahoma. Citizens wanted to link their state with states to the east and west. By the 1920s, Federal officials wanted to connect state roads to provide a shorter, faster way across the country. So a plan was developed to connect existing state roads into one long national road.United States Highway 66 opened in 1926. It was one of America’s first national road systems. It crossed eight American states. It was three thousand eight hundred kilometers long.People soon began calling Route 66 “the Main Street of America”. It became the most famous road in America. The road traveled through the centers of many American cities and towns. It crossed deserts, mountains, valleys and rivers.In the 1960s, the Federal Government began building huge road systems through a number of states. Cars and trucks could travel at very high speeds. People started driving on these new interstate highways instead of on Route 66. In 1962 parts of Route 66 were closed because they were in bad condition. Then in 1985, Route 66 was officially removed from the national highway system.During the past few years, however, people living near the old Route 66 have formed organizations. They have succeeded in saving parts of the road. They also are saving parts of the road. They also are saving hundreds of eating places, places to stay and interesting places to visit along the way.Exercise CNow it is our turn to take a trip on Route 66. We will have to search for it at times. Many parts of it have new names or numbers. Some parts of it are included in other interstates highways.Our trip begins in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is America’s third largest city. It has almost million people. From Chicago, the road goes through many small towns in Illinois. One of them is Springfield, the home of America’s sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln.Now we drive through Saint Louis, Missouri, a city of nearly four-hundred thousand people. Saint Louis is called “the Gateway to the West”. Missouri has many natural wonders. One if the most famous on Route 66 is Meramec Caverns in Stanton.Next, we drive for a very short time through the state of Kansas. Then we enter the states of Oklahoma. Oklahoma remains the heart and soul of Route 66. That is because more kilometers of the road are in Oklahoma than in any other state.In Claremore, Oklahoma, a statue honors a famous American, Will Rogers. Rogers was born in Claremore. He became the most popular actor in Hollywood in the 1930s. We pass through many historic towns in Oklahoma. In Oklahoma City, we can visit the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center. And in Clinton, we can see the new Route 66 Museum. It is the first official museum that tells the complete history of the road and its importance to America.Now we drive through the northern part of the sate of Texas. We stop near the worn of Amarillo to look at an unusual kind of art that celebrates Route 66. It is called “Cadillac Ranch”.A Cadillac is a large, costly American automobile. “Cadillac Ranch”has ten Cadillac cars half buried in the ground. Stanley Marsh, a rich farmer and art collector, create it to honor America’s roads.Continuing west, we travel through the states of New Mexico and Arizona. We pass through some of the most beautiful country in the southwest. Petrified Forest National Park is one of the wonders of Arizona. Trees that are hundreds of years old have been turned to stone in unusual shapes. North of Route 66 is the Painted Desert. It is named for the colorful red and yellow sand and rocks.We continue on our trip. We arrive at the town of Oatman, Arizona. Long ago, Oatma was a rich gold-mining town. But everyone left the town when the mining ended. Today Oatman still looks like it did in the past.Now we enter the state of California. We pass through the Mohave Desert, some mountains and several interesting towns. But Route 66 becomes lost among the large roads systems of Los Angeles. This “Main Street of America”ends at the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica.Part IV More about the topic: Automobiles in the USAThe United States is full of automobiles. There are still families without cars, but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbours' children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and to use less gasoline. Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will be done about the use of cars.PartⅤMemory test: Reading MapsExercise A1. Walk down Green Street for two blocks. Turn right and the bank is the third building on the left side.2. Go straight down Yellow Street until Blue Street. The school is on the corner of Yellow Street and Blue Street.3. Drive along Green Street to White Street and turn right. Then go straight one block, cross Brown Street, and the library is the first building on the right corner.4. Go down Yellow Street for one block, turn left, and then go to the first intersection. Keep going straight, and the hotel is the second building on the left.5. Walk along Green Street until Black Street. Turn right and go straight, and the church is the last building at the end of the street on the left.Exercise BA policeman stands on the corner of Grand Avenue and Main Street. Throughout the day he is asked to give directions. Listen to some of the exchanged carefully and mark on the map each place that is mentioned.1.Man: Excuse me, officer. Can you direct me to Young’s Shoe Store?Policeman: Certainly. Go straight up this street for two blocks. There’s a traffic light there. Turn right. It’s in the middle of the block on the left. You can’t miss it.Man: Thank you.Policeman: You’re very welcome.2.Woman: I beg your pardon. I’m stranger here. Can you tell me how to get the post office?Policeman: Yes, it’s right over there. You can see it from here. It’s that red building on the road the other side of the street.Woman: Oh, thank you very much.Policeman: Don’t mention it.3.Woman: Do you know where the Palace Restaurant is?Policeman: Yes, it’s next to the theater and opposite the drugstore. You can’t miss it.4.Man: How far is it to the hospital?Policeman: It’s not fat. Walk west on Grand Avenue until you come to Pine Street. That’s about four or five blocks. Turn right on Pine and go two blocks. You’ll be able to see the hospital then.Man: Thank you very much.Policeman: Not at all.5.Woman: Do you know where Mercer’s Jewelry Store is?Policeman: Yes, it’s in the 300 block on Cedar Street.Woman: How do I get there?Policeman: Walk over one block to Cedar Street. Turn left there and go two blocks. Mercer’s is in the next block. It’s either the fourth or fifth store on your left-hand side. Woman: Oh, thank you very much.Man: You’re welcome.。