UNIT 3
Section 1 Tactics For Listening
Part 1 Phonetics
Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, fink-ups and contractions.
Friend: Hi, Linda. I hear you and John got married (1)last month.
Linda: Yeah, we did, (smiling) Three weeks (2) ago.
Friend: Well. Congratulations!
Linda: Thank you.
Friend: Did you (3) have a big wedding
Linda: No, we got (4) married at City Hall. We didn't want to spend very much because (5) we're saving to buy a house.
Friend: Where did you (6) have the reception
Linda: Oh~ we (7) did n’t have a reception. We just (8) invited a few friends over for drinks afterwards.
Friend: What (9) did you wear'
Linda: Just a skirt and blouse
Friend: Oh!
Linda: And John wore a (10) jacket and jeans.
Friend: Where did you (11) go for your honeymoon
Linda: We (12) didn't have a honeymoon. We went back to work the next day Ah, here comes (13) my bus.
Friend: Listen. (14) I'd love to help celebrate. Why don't you two (15) come over for a drink next week'
Linda: Sure. We'd love to. (16)I’ll talk to John and (17) call you Monday.
Friend: Great. See you (18) n ext week.
Linda: Bye.
PART 2 Listening and Note-taking
Bob: Look at that Angela. True-Value are going to sell hi-fi's for pounds, I’m going to buy one. We can save at least 20 pounds.
Angela: Yes, and look at the washing machines. They're going to sell some washing machines for 98 95 pounds, go we can save 22 pounds. A washing machine is more important than a hi-fi.
Bob: By the way. Angela. Do you know how much money we've got About 200 pounds, I hope.
Angela: Here's the bank statement. I didn't want to open it. Oh, dear.
Bob: What's the matter
Angela: We haven't got 200 pounds, I'm afraid.
Bob: We!l, come on. How much have we got
Angela: Only 150 pounds 16.
Exercise A: Bob and Angela are window-shopping. The shop is closed, but they are talking about the sales next week. They are planning to buy a lot of things. Listen to the conversation and take notes on the following items:
the things they want to buy the price money they can save
1 a hi-fi 72~64 pounds at least 20 pounds.
2. a washing machine pounds 22 pounds~
Exercise B: Complete the following Sentences.
The amount of money they should pay for the things they want to buy: 171 pounds 59.
The amount of money they think they can save: 42 pounds.
The amount of money they think they can have: 21}0 pounds,
The amount of money they actually have: 150 pounds 16.
Section 2 Listening Comprehension
PART 1 Dialogues
Dialogues 1 what’s he like
A: Tell me about your new manager. What's he like
B: Oh, terrific. He's tall, good looking.., well, I think he's good looking, anyway ...
and he's about 35 or 36. He's very interested iii all kinds of sports -- football, basketball ... oh, and tennis. My friend told me he's very good at tennis. He plays at the same tennis club ... the club where she plays ... you know.
A: Oh, is he friendly I mean, in the office ...
B: Well, I don't know him very well. He's a bit ... shy I think. He isn't married, he lives in a flat on his own ... well, just him and his dog.
Exercise A: Listen to the conversation and complete the following blanks.
Age: 35 or 36
Appearance: good-looking
Hobbies: sports football basketball and tennis
Marriage status: single / not married
Exercise B: Listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions. 1. What is he good at' How does his friend know that
(He is good at tennis. His friend knows that because he plays at the same tennis club where she plays.)
2. Does he live alone Has he got a companion
(Yes, he lives alone. But he has a companion, his dog.)
Dialogue 2 how old are you
Man: All right. Keith. How old me you
Woman: Thirty-seven.
Man: Thirty-seven, yeah' And, erm you married
Woman: Yes.
Man: Yeah. Have you got children'
Woman: Two.
Man: Yeah. What are their names
Woman: Toby and Lucy.
Man: Toby and Lucy How old arc they
Woman: One's 11, that's Lucy; and Toby's 13.
Man: Yeah. Tell me about your job, Keith.
Woman: Well, I work at the Oxford University Press. I'm a printer's reader and copy editor.
Man: Erin, what sort of hours of work do you have'
Woman: Erm, in the morning.
Man: You start work at
Woman: Yes. I start at in the morning and finish at . That's with a 45-minute
lunch break.
Man: Yeah. Do you like it that way Do you like starting very early
Woman: No, I don't. No.
Man: How do you go to work
Woman: Er, well, I cycle from here to Didcot station, and then catch the train and return journey.
Man: Tell me one or two things you like doing, and one or two things you don't like doing. What do you like doing What do you do for enjoyment Woman: Weil, I'm quite interested in antiques*.
Man: Yes.
Woman: Things I don't like I don't like decorating. I'm not awfully keen on gardening.
Man: OK.
Woman: What reading -- what sort of-- what newspaper do you read
Man.' The Times.
Woman: The Times, yeah.
Man: And The Sunday Times.
Woman: Yeah. And what kind of books do you read
Man: Erm-- tends to be more along history lines. Not novels, generally, more general history. Local history especially.
Woman: Yeah, OK. Do you smoke, Keith
Man: No.
Woman: You drink
Man: Occasionally.
Woman: Yeah. Do you go to church
Man: Not very often, no.
Woman: Right. Thank you very much indeed.
Exercise: Listen to the interview and complete the following report.
Name of the interviewee: Keith.
Keith is (1) 37 years old. She's got (2) two children. One is (3)11 and the other is (4)13. She is a (5) p rinter’s reader and copy editor at the (6) Oxford University Press. She starts work at (7) 7:30~and finishes at (8) with a (9) 45-minute lunch break. She goes to work by (10) bicycle and train.
She is interested in (11) antiques. She dislikes (E2) decorating and is not awfully (13) keen on gardening. She reads quite a lot, (14) newspapers, books, especially (15) books of history.
She doesn't (16) smoke and drinks (17) only occasionally. She doesn't (18) go to the church often. .
Part 2 Passage
Informational interviewing
Informational interviews are one of the most beneficial ways through which to learn about a career field; they can also serve as a place to begin networking. Their purpose is to explore a particular field or organization and learn the "ins and outs*" of that field from a practitioner*. Rather than being asked questions, you are the questioner, gathering information that will help you evaluate* your interest in and suitability for a particular opportunity.
An informational interview is a fine place to raise doubts you might have. explore the compatibility* of your work values with those expressed in the field and ask for advice. An individual whom you interview for information can also critique your resume.
Although you may not specifically find out about a job opening, informational
interviewing will often provide leads* as to where to begin a successful job search and will help you choose between fields you are considering. If you are unable to find your former students or parents to meet for an informational interview, try contacting employers or organizations found in one of the closed stack*directories in the CRC* library.
Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. B
Part 3 News
News item 1
This presidential election is creating unusual interest and excitement across America, especially with young people and Democrats.
The Democrats hope to reclaim the White House after eight years of Republican presidency. Yet candidates from both parties are promising change.
There are major issues facing Americans: the weakening economy, the Iraq war. Other concerns include the troubled housing market, high costs of health care and energy, and the debate over illegal immigration.
But interest in the election is also being driven by the candidates themselves. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would become America's first female or first black president. Republican John McCain would become, at age seventy-two, the oldest president elected to a first term.
Ex. A: Summarize the news
This news item is about the presidential election in the USA.
Ex. B: choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
2. B
3. B
4. A
News item 2
The space shuttle Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center in the state of Florida last month. It was the one hundred twentieth shuttle flight and the twenty-third to the International Space Station.
The United States space agency had two main goals for this flight of Discovery. First, the crew was to move a structure from one side of the space station to the other. And then they were to add a new room to the space station.
NASA calls the new addition to the space station the Harmony connecting module. It is the first new room added to the space station since two thousand one. Harmony is about seven meters long and about four meters wide. It will be a passageway between the laboratories and the rest of the space station.
Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary,
This news item is about the 120th flight of the space shuttle Discovery.
Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and complete the following passage. Landing time: last month
Landing site: Kennedy Space Center in the state of Florida
It was the one hundred twentieth shuttle flight and the twenty-third to the International Space Station.
Two main goals for this flight:
1. The crew was to move a structure from one side of the space station to the other.
2. They were to add a new room—Harmony—to the space station.
connecting;
the first new room; 2001;
seven meters; four meters;
passageway; the rest
News item 3
The World Health Organization is urging countries to follow six policies to prevent millions of tobacco-related deaths. The six policies are known as MPOWER, spelled M-P-O-W-E-R.
The M is for monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies. The P is for protecting people by establishing smoke-free areas. The O stands for offering services to help people stop smoking. The W is for warning people about the dangers of tobacco. The E is for enforcing bans on tobacco advertising and other forms of marketing. And R is for raising taxes on tobacco.
The says tobacco now causes more than five million deaths a year. It predicts this number will rise to more than eight million by the year two thousand thirty. By the end of the century, it says, tobacco could kill one billion people -- ten times as many as in the twentieth century.
Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.
This news item is about tobacco risk to a billion lives this century, as predicted by the WHO.
Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and answer the following questions.
1. The World Health Organization is urging countries to follow six policies to prevent millions of tobacco-related deaths.
2. The M is for monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies. The P is for protecting people by establishing smoke-free areas. The O stands for offering
services to help people stop smoking. The W is for warning people about the dangers of tobacco.
The E is for enforcing bans on tobacco advertising and other forms of marketing. And the R is for raising taxes on tobacco.
3. The WHO says tobacco now causes more than five million deaths a year.
4. Yes. The WHO predicts this number will rise to more than eight million by the year 2030.
5. By the end of the century, tobacco could kill one billion people- ten times as many as in the twentieth century.
Section 3 Oral Work
Mrs White: How did your writing go this morning Is the book coming along all right'
Mr White: l’m not sure. I thin k the rest of it will be difficult to write. There are still some problems to solve.
Mrs White: I expect you'll find the answers interesting to work out.
Mr White: If I can work them out. Thank goodness the house is easy to work in.
I shall at leastha able to think.
Mrs White: You've forgotten something. Peace and quiet will ha difficult to guarantee much
longer.
Mr White: Good, heavens, yes. The school holidays start in a week, don't they The house will be impossible to work in while they last.
Mrs White: Well, some extra noise is hard to avoid. But I'll keep them away from the study as much as I can. That'll be all right to work
in.
Mr White: What about the garden It was beautifully peaceful and quiet out there this morning.
Mrs White: Well, you'd better make the most of it while it lasts. Peace and quiet will ha hard to find in the garden pretty soon, I'm afraid.
Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and then answer some questions about it. You will hear the dialogue and the questions only once. Answer each question with a complete sentence after you have heard it.
Questions:
] What was Mr White doing this morning
'He was writing his book this morning4
2. According to Mr White. was the book coming along all right
(No, he thought the rest of the book would be difficult to write.)
3 What did Mrs White expect
(She expected that Mr White would find the answers to some problems occurred in his book.~
4. Why did Mr White think the house was easy ro work in
(Because he would at least be able to think )
5 When would the school holidays start
(They would start in a week I
6. Was it possible for Mr White to work in the house during the school holidays
(No, it was impossible for him to work in the house,
7. Could Mr White work in the garden this morning
.Yes. he could work in the garden this morning.)
Why (Because it was peaceful and quiet)
8. Why should Mr White make most of it while the garden was peaceful and quiet
(Because peace: and quiet would hard to find in the garden pretty soon.)
Part 2 Retelling
To the American people, education is very important. The first twelve years of public school are free of charge. As a result, about 93 percent of the teenagers from fourteen to seventeen years old are in high school.
However, 200 years ago, education was not free. American elementary schools were only for rich people. Most young people were not in school.
The first public high school was in 1832. The purpose of the school was to prepare students for college. Its most important subjects were mathematics and foreign languages.
Nowadays, American education is a big business. There are about 45 million students in the
nation's elementary schools and high schools, Each year there are about three million high school graduates.
The main purpose of high school is still to prepare students for college. There are also job training programmes in high school and programmes to teach useful skills for everyday life – for example, driver training, first aid, and even cooking.
Exercise: Listen to the passage and then retell il in your own words. You will hear the
passage only once.
Section 4 Supplementary Exercises
Part I Listening Comprehension
Passage 1 British postmen and milkmen
British postmen and milkmen have a reputation for being cheerful. As they both arrive very early in the morning, when you are perhaps not feeling very good-tempered, their brisk* knocking and bright whistling may get on your nerves. Of course, there are some gloomy postmen, who make you think that every letter contains tragic news, but the majority are jolly and good-humoured. This is quite surprising, because delivering the mail each morning is a job which is not very well paid and there are a great many problems.
The city postman has to go on foot, not only along streets but also up and down stairs, as many blocks of flats still have no lifts and no downstairs letterbox. If he has a registered letter to deliver, he has to wait for someone to come to the door to sign for it. That person may greet him in a most unfriendly way if he has just been woken from a deep sleep very early in the morning.
In the country, a postman may have a bicycle or a small van, so he does not have to walk so far, but nevertheless he has his problems too. It is very annoying to be compelled* to go all the way to an isolated house simply to deliver a postcard or a circular, when this makes the journey half an hour longer. In winter, weather conditions are bad, but the postman must carry on in the rain or the snow.
Sometimes it is impossible to use a van or a bicycle in these conditions, and he has to do his round*on foot, like his city colleague. Most country people keep a dog. Although there may be a notice on the gate, "BEWARE OF THE DOG," this is of little help to the postman~ He is forced to go in, whether the dog is dangerous or not. So every day the country postman knows that, if the dog is not safely tied up, it may bite him on the leg or tear* the seat* out of his trousers.
Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences,
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. B
Passage 2 Study in the United States
The latest report from the Institute for International Education gives information from the school year that began in September of last year and ended in May of this year. It says more than 500,000 foreign college students attended American schools during that school year.
New York University in New York City had the largest number of foreign students. Almost
5,000 foreign students attended NYU last year. The University of Southern California at Los Angeles had the second largest number of students, about 4,500.
The report says the State of California had the most foreign students, with about 66,000 living there last year. New York State was next, with about 55,000 foreign students.
China sent the most foreign students to the United States last year. More than 54,000 Chinese students attended American schools. Japan sent the next highest number of students, almost 47,000. India was next, with about 42,000. And Korea was fourth, sending more than 41,000 students to the United States.
The report says the most popular subjects of study for international students in the United States last year were business and management. Twenty percent of all foreign students were studying those subjects. Fifteen percent studied engineering. Nineteen percent studied mathematics and computer science.
Exercise A: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.
F 1. The school year in the United States begins in September of this year and ends
in June of next year. (The school year in the United States begins in September of this year and ends in May of the next year.)
F 2. New York University in the State of New York had the largest number of foreign students. (New York University in New York City had the largest number of foreign students.)
T 3. The State of California had the most foreign students living there last year. (The report says the State of California had the most foreign students, with about 66,000 living there last year.)
F 4. More than 50,000 foreign college students attended American schools during
that school year. (More than 500,000 foreign college students attended American schools during that school year.)
F 5. Last year the most popular subject of study for international students in the
United States was computer science. (Last year the most popular subject of study for international stu- dents in the United States was business and management.)
Exercise B: Listen to the report again and match the number of students with the corresponding country.
54,000 India
47,000 China
421000 Korea
41 000 Japan
Part 2 Oral Work
In a recent broadcast, I heard a woman say that she felt guilty because she spent
~20 at an auction sale. She was afraid her husband might accuse her of being extravagant. I find this attitude difficult to understand, for, obviously a married woman has as much right to spend ~20 as her husband. Sometimes both husband and wife go out to work. But, in a case where the woman stays at home to look after the children, it is still unfair that she should feel guilty about spending a small sum of money on herself.
Exercise: Listen to the passage and then give your opinion on the following topic. Do you agree with the speaker that the woman's attitude is wrong
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U n i t1 1.在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。 2.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。 3.有各种各样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。 4.在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。 5.人们越来越担心，很多学生将背负沉重的债务从大学毕业。 News Item 1 A: …about China’s ambitious space program. B: 1. Landing spot: in the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia 2. Significance: a source of national pride and international prestige (威望) Future plan 1. 1) Time: 2007 2) Goal: The astronauts will attempt a space walk. 2. Focus of further development: the capability to rendezvous and dock with other spacecraft 3. Recruitment of astronauts: to recruit female astronauts in the near future. News Item 2 There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property* sector* is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies* for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support. Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for the first time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport. A: … about the growth of China’s economy. News Item 3 A: … about China’s large and growing trade with and aid to Africa. B： 1.In many African capitals, the main football stadium is likely to have been built with Chinese aid money. 2.It is estimated that Sino-African trade, and aid, amounts to as high as 12 billion dollars a year. 3.The links between China and Africa could grow to challenge the post- colonial links between Europe and Africa. 4.On the meeting in Addis Ababa, China promised to cancel debts, grant duty-free access into China for African products and increase Chinese investments in Africa.
A Listening Course 4 施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版)答案 Unit 3 Section One: Tactics for Listening Part 1: Listening and Translation score higher than boys in almost every country. 几乎在所有国家里，女孩子都比男孩子得分高。 2. Differences between males and females are a continuing issue of fierce debate. 男女差异一直是激烈争论的焦点。 3. Cultural and economic influences play an important part.. 文化和经济影响起着重要的作用。 4. But recent findings suggest that the answer may lie in differences between the male and female brain. 但是最新的发现提示，答案也许在男女大脑的差异。 5. These include differences in learning rates. 这些包括学习速度上的差异。 Section Two Listening Comprehension Part 1 Dialogue Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and filling the blanks with the missing information. Serenading Service was founded three years ago when the singer
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)
UNIT 6 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Spot Dictation Wind and Spirit We do notice the wind when it seems (1) cruel, when the trees turn away from it, and it (2) cuts into our hearts. "Certain winds will make men's (3) temper bad", said George Eliot. In Southern California, the Santa Ana is (4) associated with an increase in depression and domestic (5) violence. Scientists have tried (6)without success to identify physiological reasons for these (7) reactions. Everyone agrees, however, that (8)dry winds like the Santa Ana, the mistral in France and the foehn* in Germany and Switzerland seem to have (9) negative effects on our mental and physical (10) well-being. On windy days, playground fights, (11) suicides and heart failures are more (12) frequent. In Geneva, traffic accidents (13) increase when a wind called the bise* blows. At the (14) request of patients, some Swiss and German hospitals (15) postpone surgery during the foehn. It is human to ask what is (16) behind the wind. It is easy to personify the wind as the (17) breath of God. The act of taking wind into our lungs is what (18) gives us life. The Jews, Arabs, Romans and Greeks all took their word for (19) spirit from the word for wind. But our day-to-day lives are no longer (20 blown on the winds. We do not
Unit Two Section 1 Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape~ Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions. Woman: Good evening. Man: Good evening. Can you ( 1 ) make up this prescription, please? Woman: Certainly. (2) Would you like to wait? Man: How long (3) will it take? Woman: (4)It'll be ready in twenty minutes. Man: Oh, (5) I'll come back later. Woman: All right, sir, Man: (6) Shall I pay now or later? Woman: (7) Later'll be all right. Part 2 Listening and Note-taking Exercise A: Listen to the conversation and take notes. Exercise B: Use the information from your notes to mark the places and streets mentioned in the conversation on the sketch map. Man: Excuse me. How can I get to the station please? Woman: The station, the station, the station ...let me see. Ah, yes. You can go down ... no. Go straight on until you come to a cinema. Let's see now-- that's the second turn on your right. The cinema's on the corner. Turn right at the cinema and you'll be in Bridge Street. I think it's Bridge Street. Go along Bridge Street for a few minutes and then take the second -- no, not the second, the first, that's fight, the first turning. On your left. The station is straight ahead, right in front of you. Man: So that's second right and first left. Thank you very much. That's very kind of you. Woman: Don't mention it. go up vs. go down Go up上坡，往北，从小地方往大地方（如城市，尤其是首都） Go down下坡，往南，从大地方往小地方（如农村） Go up: 1) go up to a place: go to college, go to the town/capital . He will go up to Cambridge next term. 2) go up to sb.向。。。走去/靠近
施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版) 答案 UNIT 1 Section One Part 1 Spot Dictation Houses in the Future Well, I think houses in the future will probably be (1) quite small but I should think they'll be (2) well-insulated so that you don't need so much (3) heating and (4) cooling as you do now, so perhaps very economical (5) to run. Perhaps they will use (6) solar heating, although I don't know, in this country, perhaps we (7) won't be able to do that so much. Yes, I think they'll be full of (8) electronic gadgets: things like very advanced televisions, videos, perhaps videos which take up ... the screen (9) takes up the whole wall. I should think. Yes, you'll have things like (10) garage doors which open automatically when you (11) drive up, perhaps electronic (12) sensors which will (13) recognize you when you, when you come to the front door even. Perhaps (14) architects and designers will be a bit more (15) imaginative about how houses are designed and perhaps with the (16) shortage of space people will think of putting gardens (17) on the roof and, and maybe rooms can be (18) expanded and, and (19) contracted* depending on what you use them for, so perhaps there'll be a bit more (20) flexibility about that. Part 2 Listening for Gist Dialogue：I Want to See Dr Milton
Keys to Unit 11 Section I 1.“国家成人读写能力评估”是检测美国成年人阅读能力的一项主要测试。 2.该测试检测的是参加者阅读和理解日常生活信息的能力 3.这项调查发现有1,100万，即百分之五的成年人看不懂英语。 4.研究人员说，问题的部分原因在于很多美国年轻人作为消遣所进行的阅读已经不 太多了。 5.人们发现阅读水平高的人比那些不具备阅读能力的人的年收入多28,000美元。Section II Dialogue Great leaders in history: military chiefs/ national heroes/ dreaded tyrants see these so-called great leaders in the same light spiritual leaders Characteristics: what they want to achieve lose sight of their objectives/ work towards them/ what obstacles they may come up against the end justifies the means the will of the people/ improve their lot be successful Passage 1.Going to the library or locking yourself in your room with no aim other than reading for a predetermined time is likely to lead to boredom. 2.One way round this problem when you encounter it is to set yourself really small and manageable reading tasks. 3.The task should be one that is useful towards your final aim of getting your essay or paper or dissertation written, or revising for your exam. 4.In devising such tiny but “do-able”tasks for yourself you are using your creativity, making the reading a personal task to you and breaking a large endeavor up into small and attainable steps. 5.Often the motivation supplied by an assignment or essay will help you to focus your reading in helpful ways. T T T F T F T F Ex.2 1) We can set ourselves a particular period of time in which to assess the relevance of a number of books or articles for our purposes, to understand an important but difficult argument and to locate material in and take notes about a source that we have good reasons to believe can help us to answer a particular question. 2)To get started with reading should not be difficult. And once you have made a beginning, the next day or the next time you come to this piece of reading, you will
A Liste ning Course 4 施心远主编《听力教程》4 （第2版）答案 Unit 2 Secti on One: Tactics for Liste ning Part 1: Listening and Translation 1. Girls score higher tha n boys in almost every coun try. 几乎在所有国家里，女孩子都比男孩子得分高。 2. Differences between males and females are a continuing issue of fierce debate. 男女差异一直是激烈争论的焦点。 3. Cultural and econo mic in flue nces play an importa nt part.. 文化和经济影响起着重要的作用。 4. But rece nt findings suggest that the an swer may lie in differe nces betwee n the male and female brai n. 但是最新的发现提示，答案也许在男女大脑的差异。 5. These in clude differe nces in lear ning rates. 这些包括学习速度上的差异。 Secti on Two Liste ning Comprehe nsion Part 1 Dialogue
Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and filling the blanks with the miss ing in formati on. Seren adi ng Service was foun ded three years ago whe n the sin ger realize that British people were desperate for roma nee. He thought there would be a elientele for a hired serenader . The idea came from his studies of Renaissanee music , which is full of serenades. Over the eenturies, university students have turned the sere nade into an art form for hire ______ . Usually he is hired by men to si ng love songs to women Occasi on ally he is asked to sing to men The service is really a form of in timate alfresco theatre with love songs. Heusually wears a white tie a nd tails a nd sings amorous Italian songs. He will carry chocolate hearts or flowers a nd whe nthere is no bale ony available he will si ng from trees or fire escapes ! The fee depends on whether a musician comes along or not. The basic rate is ￡ 450 but it can cost a lot more especially if he takes a gondola and a group of musicians along. Someoeople are so moved that they burst in to tears , but some react badly. They try to find out as much as they can about their clients to avoid unpleasant situations . They have to be very careful
UNIT 2 Section One Tactics for listening Part 1 Sport Dictation My Mother My mother was an efficient (1) taskmaster who cooked, cleaned and shopped for nine people (2) on a daily basis. She was a disciplinarian* who would (3) make us seven kids walk up and down the stairs a hundred times if we clumped like (4)field hands to-dinner. She also enlisted us to help her in the day's (5) chores. My mother believed that each of her children had a special (6)knack that made him or her invaluable on certain (7)missions.My brother Mike, for example, was believed to have especially (8) keen eyesight. He was hoisted up as a human (9)telescope whenever she needed to see something (10) far away. John was the climber when a kite (11) got caught. My own job was navigator for our (12) gigantic old Chrysler. But my mother's (13) ability to get work done well was only (14) one side. She also had an (15) imagination that carried her in different directions. That (16) allowed her to transcend her everyday life. She did not (17) believe in magic as portrayed on a stage, but (18) valued instead the sound of a metal bucket being (19) filled by a hose, or the persistence of a dandelion at the (20) edge of a woodpile. Part 2 Listening for Gist For hundreds of years man has been fascinated by the idea of flying. One of the first men to produce designs for aircraft was Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist who lived in the fifteenth century. However, it was not until the eighteenth century that people began to fly, or perhaps it would be better to say float, across the countryside in balloons. The first hot-air balloon was made in April 1783 by the Montgolfier brothers in France. In the following years many flights were made by balloon. Some of the flights were for pleasure and others were for delivering mail and for military purposes, such as observation and even bombing. However, in the late nineteenth century, airship s superseded balloons as a form of transport. Airships came after balloons. The first powered and manned flight was made by a Frenchman, Giffard, in September 1852. His airship, powered by steam, traveled twenty-seven kilometers from Paris to Trappes at a speed of eight kilometers per hour. However the days of the airship were numbered as the aero- plane became increasingly safe and popular. Exercise Directions: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide. 1.This passage is about the early history of flying.
【最新整理，下载后即可编辑】 UNIT 1 Section One Part 1 Spot Dictation Houses in the Future Well, I think houses in the future will probably be (1) quite small but I should think they'll be (2) well-insulated so that you don't need so much (3) heating and (4) cooling as you do now, so perhaps very economical (5) to run. Perhaps they will use (6) solar heating, although I don't know, in this country, perhaps we (7) won't be able to do that so much. Yes, I think they'll be full of (8) electronic gadgets: things like very advanced televisions, videos, perhaps videos which take up ... the screen (9) takes up the whole wall. I should think. Yes, you'll have things like (10) garage doors which open automatically when you (11) drive up,
Unit 12 Section One T actics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions. [Sound of busy street] Jeff: Hi, Carl, (I) What’s up? Carl: Hey, Jeff. We're (2) on our way to see that new comedy Running From the Mob. Want to (3) go with us? Jeff: I (4) hear it's really funny. Carl: Y eah, it's got a lot of good (5) people in it. Should be great. Let's go. Jeff: Ah, I (6) wish I could, but I've got to study. Carl: Well, maybe next time. Y ou're (7) missing a good thing. Jeff: I know. (8) Got to go. See you. Carl: Bye. Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking TAPESCRIPT Exercise: Complete the passages as you listen to it. The (1) first thing I do at the office is to (2) open all the boss?s letters, I (3) answer the easy ones and I (4) leave the difficult ones on the (5)
施心远主编《听力教程》1(第2版)Unit8听力原文和答案第八单元 第一部分语音吉尔和莫妮卡去了一家旅行社。 xx:我们想预订一个长周末假期。 职员:夫人，您想去哪里？xx:xx。 职员:你想在xx呆在哪里？ 莫妮卡:我们不确定。你会推荐哪家酒店？职员:洋红色住宅非常好，而且很便宜。我建议你呆在那里。 莫妮卡:吉尔，你觉得怎么样？吉尔:好的。这就是我们要做的。 职员:请填写这张表格好吗？吉尔:我们用支票支付可以吗？职员:当然，没关系。听力和笔记它有四个轮子，通常可以载一个人，但也可以载两个人。它的最高速度约为每小时6公里，重量约为15公斤。 它价值72英镑。 B.这辆车大约值50英镑 5000。它的时速可达160公里，可以舒适地搭载四个人。空的时候它重695公斤。有四个轮子。 C.这些两轮车很受青少年的欢迎。它们速度很快，但远不如汽车A或b安全。这款车的最高时速为224公里，重量为236公斤。它可以载一两个人，价值1700英镑。 D.这辆车，多少钱 65，000，通常用于公共交通。它有两层甲板，或者说两层楼，满员时可以载72人。它的最大速度是每小时110公里，但通常不会超过80公里。它有六个轮子，重9000公斤。
E.这辆车是由两个国家合作制造的。它以每小时2160公里的速度行驶，比声音传播速度快，最多可载100人。当它满载乘客和燃料时，它重175，000公斤。它有十个轮子。每辆车的生产成本都高达数亿英镑——具体成本是多少还不得而知。 F.“车轮怎么可能”“两个” “它有多重？”“十三公斤半。”“多少钱？”“140英镑” “它能载多少人？”“只有一个”“最高速度？” “这要看情况。对大多数人来说，大约每小时25公里。”练习B轮子的数量它能承载多少人？最高速度(以kph为单位)重量(以千克为单位)价格(以磅为单位)A 4 1-2 6 15 72 B 4 4 160 695 C 2 1-2 224236D 6 72 110 9，000 E 10 100 2，160 175，000 / F 2 1 25 13.5 140 5，000 1，700 65，000第二部分听力理解第一部分对话1 记者:那么你是从xx来的？ 女人:没错。我们已经在这里呆了大约两个半星期，在我们回去之前还有三天时间。 记者:你去过这里的剧院吗？？ 女人:哦，是的。剧院、歌剧、音乐会等等。我们在剧院看到了一些壮观的东西，非常精彩——表演、舞台布景、整个气氛，真的，太棒了。 记者:你认为你最喜欢哪部戏？女:很难说。呃，莎士比亚的戏剧，非常精彩，然后我们昨晚看了一部喜剧，非常有趣，我喜欢。我不知道，这是非常有趣的两周，我想我已经享受了我所看到的大部分事情。 记者:那么接下来是什么？ 女人:银行！明天早上我打算再兑现一些旅行支票。你知道，在伦敦你可以花很多钱。没关系，这是值得的。这是我很久以来最激动人心的两周。我想如果可以的话，我明年会回来的。如果我还有足够的钱，那就是！
施心远主编《听力教程》3_(第2版)_unit_2答案.doc 《听力教程》3(第二版)第二单元答案第一部分听力策略第一部分体育用语我母亲是一位高效率的工头，每天为九个人做饭、打扫卫生和购物。她是一个纪律严明的人，如果我们像野外手一样聚在一起吃饭，她会让我们七个孩子走上走下楼梯上百次。她还邀请我们帮她做一天的家务。我母亲相信她的每个孩子都有一种特殊的诀窍，这种诀窍使他或她在某些任务中成为无价之宝。例如，我的哥哥迈克被认为有特别敏锐的视力。每当她需要看远处的东西时，他就像人类的望远镜一样被举起来。当一只风筝被抓住时，约翰正在爬山。我自己的工作是为我们巨大的旧克莱斯勒汽车导航。但是我母亲把工作做好的能力只是一方面。她还有一种不同方向的想象力，这种想象力让她超越了日常生活。她不相信舞台上描绘的魔法，而是看重一个装满软管的金属桶的声音，或者一朵蒲公英在柴堆边缘的持久性。 9第2部分倾听要点 几百年来，人类一直对飞行的概念着迷。生活在十五世纪的意大利艺术家列奥纳多·达·芬奇是第一批为飞机设计的人之一。然而，直到18世纪，人们才开始乘着气球飞越乡村，或者说乘着气球飘游更好。第一个热气球是1783年4月由法国的蒙戈尔菲埃兄弟制造的。在接下来的几年里，许多飞行都是由气球完成的。有些飞行是为了娱乐，有些是为了投递邮件和军事目的，比如观察甚至轰炸。然而，在十九世纪末，飞艇取代了气球成为一种运输方式。
9飞艇是在气球之后出现的。1852年9月，法国人吉法德进行了第一次动力载人飞行。他的飞艇由蒸汽驱动，以每小时8公里的速度从巴黎到特拉普斯飞行了27公里。然而，飞艇的日子屈指可数了，因为一架ero飞机变得越来越安全和受欢迎。练习 方向:听短文，写下有助于你决定的要点和关键词。1.这篇文章是关于飞行的早期历史。 2。关键词是设计，意大利艺术家，十五世纪，十八世纪，飞翔，漂浮，气球，热气球，1783年4月，飞艇，1852年9月，飞机。 第二部分听力理解 第一部分对话 买车 A:早上好，我能帮你吗？是的，我对买车感兴趣。你有什么想法吗？不完全是。你想出什么价格？ B:不超过13，500英镑。 A:现在让我们看看...在蓝旗亚和沃尔沃之间是一辆迷你车。它售价12，830英镑，而且跑起来很便宜:每加仑能跑38英里。或者是迷你车后面的雪铁龙。它的价格为12070英镑，甚至比迷你车还便宜:每