施心远主编《听力教程》3 (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
Woman：Surgery. Can I help you?
Stone：Good afternoon. My name’s Frank Stone. I want to make an appointment to see Dr Milton, please.
Woman: Yes, of course, Mr Stone. May I have your address, please?
Stone: 118 Hill Road, London S.E. 18.
Woman: Yes, we have you on the records. Can you manage this afternoon at 5:30?
Stone: I’m afraid not. I can manage tomorrow.
Woman: I’m afraid Dr Milton’s not on duty tomorrow. He’ll be here the day after tomorrow. That’s Thursday, March 27th.
Stone: Fine.
Woman: Will 5:30 be all right?
Stone: Well, yes. But I’d prefer a later time so I can come along after work. Woman: Then what about 6:15?
Stone: Well, that’s fine. Thank you. Goodbye.
Woman: 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 appointment
2.The key words are Tuesday. Thursday. two fifteen. three fifteen. Monday morning. nine o'clock.
Section Two Listening comprehension
Part 1 Dialogue
I'm terribly sorry I'm late.
Woman: Listen! I'm terribly sorry I'm late. Man:
Man: Oh, that's all right. It doesn't really matter, does it? I haven't got anything better to do, have I?
Woman: Just let me explain, will you?
Man: I've only been waiting for over an hour. That's all.
Woman: Yes. I know, and I would have ...
Man: After all, my time isn't really that important, is it?
Woman: Please don't be like that. Just let me explain.
(Silence. Man says nothing.)
Woman: I ... I tried to get here in time but just after I left home, the car broke down.
Man: The car broke down?
Woman: Yes, and ... well ... luckily ... there was a garage near me. And ... and it took them a while
to repair it.
Man: Why didn't you at least phone?
Woman: I would have! But I didn't know the number of the restaurant. Man: You could have looked it up in the telephone book!
Woman: Yes, but ... you'll never believe this ... I couldn't remember the name of the restaurant. I knew where it was, but forgot the name.
Man: I see. Well, at least it was lucky you found a garage to repair your car. Woman: Yes. It was something I couldn't do myself. It didn't take too long, but that's why I'm late,
you see.
Man: Uh-huh. Which garage, by the way?
Woman: Pardon?
Man: Which garage did you take it to?
Woman: Uh ... the one near my flat. You know. Lewis Brothers.
Man: Yes, I know that garage. It's the only one near your flat.
Woman: Hmm, well now, let's have something to eat. Uh, what about some ... Man: I know the garage very well!
Woman: Yes. Let's see now. Yes, I think I'll have some ...
Man: A pity it's Sunday.
Woman: Pardon?
Man: A pity it's Sunday. That garage is closed on Sunday!
Exercise Directions: Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions.
1.They are possibly boyfriend and girlfriend.
2.In a restaurant.
3."It doesn't really matter, does it? I haven't got anything better to do, have I?"
"I've only been waiting for over an hour. That's all" "After all, my time isn't really that important, is it?" "Well, at least it was lucky you found a garage to repair your car."
4.Because she wants to stop the conversation like this.
5. Because he knows the girl is lying.
Part 2 Passage
The Oscar Statuette
1 Industry insiders and members of the press called the award "the Academy statuette", "the golden trophy" or "the statue of merit", but the term never stuck.
2. No hard evidence exists to support that tale, but in any case, by the sixth Awards Presentation in 1934, a Hollywood columnist used the name in his column.
3. Walt Disney was honored with one full-size and seven miniature statuettes on behalf of his animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
4. If the statuettes don't meet strict quality control standards, they are immediately cut in half and melted down.
5. The large boxes are shipped to the Academy offices via air express, with no identifiable markings.
The Oscar statuette, designed by MGM's* chief art director Cedric Gibbons, depicts* a knight holding a crusader's* sword, standing on a reel of film with five spokes, signifying the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians.
Born in 1928, years would pass before the Academy Award of Merit was officially named "Oscar". Industry insiders and members of the press called the award "the Academy statuette", "the golden trophy" or "the statue of merit". The entertainment trade paper, Weekly Variety, even attempted to popularize "the iron man". The term never stuck.
A popular story has been that an Academy librarian and eventual executive director, Margaret Herrick, thought the statuette resembled her uncle Oscar and said so, and that as a result the Academy staff began referring to it as Oscar.
No hard evidence exists to support that tale, but in any case, by the sixth Awards Presentation in 1934, Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used the name in his column in reference to Katharine Hepburn's first Best Actress win. The Academy itself didn't use the nickname officially until 1939.
Since its conception, the Oscar statuette has met exacting uniform standards - with a few notable exceptions.In the 1930s, juvenile players received miniature replicas* of the statuette; a ventriloquist* Edgar Bergen was presented with a wooden statuette with a moveable mouth; and Walt Disney was honored with one full-size and seven miniature statuettes on behalf of his animated feature
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Between 1942 and 1944, in support of the war effort, Oscars were made of plaster. After the War, winners turned in the temporary awards for golden Oscar statuettes.
The traditional Oscar statuette, however, hasn't changed since the 1940s, when the base was made higher. In 1945, the base was changed from marble to metal and in 1949, Academy Award statuettes began to be numbered, starting from No. 501.
Approximately 50 Oscars are made each year in Chicago by the manufacturer, R. S. Owens. If they don't meet strict quality control standards, the statuettes are immediately cut in half and melted down.
Each award is individually packed into a Styrofoam* container slightly larger than a shoebox.
Eight of these are then packed into a larger cardboard box, and the large boxes are shipped to the Academy offices in Beverly Hills via air express, with no identifiable markings.
On March 10, 2000, 55 Academy Awards mysteriously vanished en route from the Windy City* to the City of Angels.Nine days later, 52 of stolen statuettes were discovered .
For eight decades, the Oscars have survived war, weathered earthquakes, and even managed to escape unscathed* from common thieves.Since 1995, however, R. S. Owens has repaired more than 160 statuettes. "Maybe somebody used chemicals on them to polish them and the chemicals rubbed right through
the lacquer* and into the gold," explains the company president. "Or maybe people stored them someplace where they corroded." Although he stresses that the statuette is made to endure, Siegel offers this sage advice to all Oscar winners: "If it gets dusty, simply wipe it with a soft dry cloth."
Exercise A Pre-listening Question
Every January, the attention of the entertainment community and of film fans around the world turns to the upcoming Academy Awards, the highest honor in filmmaking. The annual presentation of the Oscars has become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' most famous activity. The Oscar Statuette is a knight holding a crusader's sword, standing on a reel of film with five spokes.
Exercise B Sentence Dictation
Directions: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.
Exercise C Detailed Listening
Directions: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements
are true (T) or false (F). Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.
1. There were five original branches of the Academy.
(Because the five spokes on the reel of film signify the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians.) ____T___ 2. The Academy Award of Merit was officially named "Oscar" in 1928.
(Born in 1928, years would pass before the Academy Award of Merit was officially named "Oscar.") ____F___ 3. The Academy staff began referring to the Academy statuette as Oscar because Margaret Herrick said the statuette was like her uncle Oscar.
(An Academy librarian and eventual executive director, Margaret Herrick, thought the statuette resembled her uncle Oscar and said so, and as a result the Academy staff began referring to it as Oscar.) ___T__ 4. Since its conception, the Oscar statuette has met exacting uniform standards. (There were a few notable exceptions. In 1930s, juvenile players received miniature replicas of the statuette and a ventriloquist Edgar Bergen gained a wooden statuette with a moveable mouth. Walt Disney was honored with one full-size and seven miniature statuettes. ) ——F——
5. Oscars were made of plaster in the 1940s because of the War.
(Between 1942 and 1944, in support of the war effort, Oscars were made of plaster.) ———T——6. The manufacturer, R. S. Owens makes about 50 Oscars each year in Chicago. (Approximately 50 Oscars are made each year in Chicago by the manufacturer, R. S. Owens.) ———T——
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7. 55 Academy Awards were stolen by a mysterious person en route from the Windy City to the City of Angels on March 10, 2000. ——F——(On March 10,2000,55 Academy Awards just mysteriously vanished en route from the Windy City to the City of Angels, but how and by whom was unknown.)
8. For eighty years, the Oscars have survived war, weathered earthquakes, managed to escape unscathed from common thieves and even chemical corrosion.
(Since 1995, however, R. S. Owens has repaired more than 160 statuettes. "Maybe somebody used chemicals on them to polish them and the chemicals rubbed right through the lacquer and into the gold." ——F——
Exercise D After-listening Discussion
Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.
1.The traditional Oscar statuette hasn't changed since the 1940s, when the base was made higher.
In 1945, the base was changed from marble to metal and in 1949, Academy Award statuettes began to be numbered, starting with No.501.
2.(Open)
Section Three News
News Item 1
Beijing Olympics End, Paralympics Set to Begin The Beijing Olympics ended Sunday night with a grand closing ceremony.
Beijing's organization, infrastructure, and iconic sports venues（标志性体育场馆）for the games were widely praised during two weeks of competition.
Beijing is now gearing up to host the Paralympics - the world's biggest sporting event for those with physical disabilities.
As part of its Olympics preparations, Beijing has made all of its subway stops accessible to wheelchairs. During the Paralympics, there will be 16 dedicated public bus lines for the disabled and 400 shuttle buses.
More than 4,000 athletes will compete in the Paralympics, which begin September 6 and last 12 days. The athletes will compete in and stay in the same facilities used for Olympics, including the popular Water Cube and Bird's Nest stadium.
Ex. A: Summarize the news
This news item is about the coming Paralympics 2008.
Ex. B: Answer the questions
1.The Beijing Olympics ended Sunday night with a grand closing ceremony.
2. Beijing's organization, infrastructure, and iconic sports venues for the games drew widely praised during two weeks of competition..
3. Beijing is now gearing up to host the Paralympics - the world's biggest sporting event for those with physical disabilities.
4. During the Paralympics, there will be 16 dedicated public bus lines for the disabled and 400 shuttle buses.
5. Yes, they will compete in and stay in the same facilities used for Olympics,
including the popular Water Cube and Bird's Nest stadium.
News Item 2
Obama Opens High-Level US-China Talks
President Obama says Washington and Beijing must cooperate to tackle the big problems facing the world.
Mr. Obama spoke to a group of high-level American and Chinese officials as they launched a two-day meeting in Washington. The U.S. China Strategic and Economic Dialogue is to discuss a broad agenda from currency concerns to foreign policy.
The president said the officials must work together to tackle worldwide challenges, including the global economic recession, climate change, and the spread of nuclear weapons.
The president said he is under no illusion the United States and China will agree on every issue, or always see the world in the same way. And he made clear that he would continue to speak out about human rights.
President Obama stressed that it is these differences that make dialogue even more important. He said these discussions give the two sides a chance to get to know each other better and communicate with candor.
Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summary
This news item is about the high-level US-China talks that Obama opens.
Ex. B:
President Obama says Washington and Beijing must cooperate to tackle the big problems facing the world.
Mr Obama spoke to high-level American and Chinese officials as they launched a two-day meeting in Washington. The U.S. China Strategic and Economic Dialogue is to discuss a broad agenda from currency concerns to foreign policy.
The president said the officials must work together to tackle worldwide challenges, including the global economic recession, climate change, and the spread of nuclear weapons.
The president said he is under no illusion the United States and China will agree on every issue, or always see the world in the same way. And he made clear that he will continue to speak out about human rights.
President Obama stressed that it is these differences that make dialogue even more important. He said these discussions give the two sides a chance to get to know each other better and communicate with candor.
News Item 3
Russia to Supply China with Significant Portion of Oil Needs The oil Russia pumps from its frozen, Siberian fields, with one energy deal, will soon provide a significant amount of China's daily needs, about four percent. Russia will deliver about 300,000 barrels of crude a day. In return, China will finance the pipeline Russia will build from its eastern Siberian oil fields to the Chinese border.
Energy analysts say the deal is another indication of Russia's eagerness to shift some of its energy exports from its main market, Europe.
Russia's state-owned petroleum company Rosneft, will get $15 billion of the work and the state pipeline owner Transneft, is set to receive $10 billion.
Construction has been delayed repeatedly as the two countries bargained over the cost of transporting crude oil to the border.
But the Russian oil industry, which for decades has been a main source of revenue for the country, has suffered a dramatic shortfall as the price of oil fell during the global economic crisis.
Energy analysts say the economy is pushing Russia to build closer ties with the Chinese. They say Russia also is seeking allies in the East where the Kremlin is seen more favorably than in the West.
Exercise A
Directions: Listening to the news item and complete the summary.
This news item is about the oil supply from Russia to China and the relationship between the two countries.
Exercise B
1.T
2. F
3.F
4.T
5.T
6.F
7.T
8.F
Section Four Supplementary Exercises
Part 1 Feature report
China's Main Concern at G-20 is Domestic
China is a world growth leader. Its cheap, manufactured exports power economies around the globe.
This means, though, China is not immune to the global economic malaise. Chinese exports have slowed and its bull market dropped sharply in the wake of the credit crisis in the United States.
The government bought up stocks and lowered trading taxes to boost the market, but trading remains volatile.
Just ahead of the G-20 meeting, China also lowered interest rates and announced a $586 billion spending package on infrastructure, social services and tax rebates.
The world is now waiting to see whether Beijing's actions will help restore global economic stability.
Li Wan-Yong, a researcher on economics at South Korea's Hyundai Research Institute. "China has the most foreign currency reserves in the world and the second most U.S. debt after Japan. In those terms, China can play an important role to overcome the global economic crisis and the Asian economic crisis."
China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei says China can best help the world economy by stabilizing its own. "China's economy makes up a large part of the world economy," he said. "Whether or not China's economy is able to maintain stability and continue growing, whether or not China's domestic economy is stable, is very important not only to China's but also to the world's economy."
Analysts say the government spending package will to some degree help exporters, but it is mainly aimed at increasing domestic consumption.
Bill McCahill is with China-based research firm J. L. McGregor and Company. "This is a leadership, after all, that is composed, the better ones are good engineers. These are not people who are terribly outward looking and outward focused. They get up in the morning wondering how they're going to take care of 1.4 or 1.5 billion people in their home country, not homeowners in
Los Angeles."
Slowing demand from the US and other countries has forced thousands of Chinese factories to close and raised fears of unrest as millions are expected to lose their jobs.
Chinese officials warn exports will continue to suffer because of the global slump, indicating the worst may be yet to come.
Ex. A:
This news report is about China’s main concern at the G-20 meeting which is aimed at increasing domestic consumption.
Ex. B:
Just ahead of the G-20 meeting, China also lowered interest rates and announced a $586 billion spending package on infrastructure, social services and tax rebates.
The world is now waiting to see whether Beijing's actions will help restore global economic stability.
China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei says China can best help the world economy by stabilizing its own. "China's economy makes up a large part of the world economy," he said. "Whether or not China's economy is able to maintain stability and continue growing, whether or not China's domestic economy is stable, is very important not only to China's but also to the world's economy."
Analysts say the government spending package will to some degree help exporters, but is mainly aimed at increasing domestic consumption.
Part 2 Passage
Rise and Fall of Egypt
The Nile River* was a kind friend but occasionally it was a hard taskmaster*. It taught the people who lived along its banks the noble art of "teamwork". They depended upon each other to build their irrigation trenches and keep their dikes in repair. In this way they learned how to get along with their neighbors and their mutual-benefit-association quite easily developed into an organized state.
Then one man grew more powerful than most of his neighbors and he became the leader of the community and their commander-in-chief when the envious neighbors of western Asia invaded the prosperous valley. In due course of time he became their King and ruled all the land from the Mediterranean to the mountains of the west.
But these political adventures of the old pharaohs* (the word meant "the Man who lived in the Big House") rarely interested the patient and toiling peasant of the grain fields. Provided he was not obliged to pay more taxes to his King than he thought just, he accepted the rule of pharaoh as accepted the rule of Mighty Osiris *.
It was different however when a foreign invader came and robbed him of his possessions.
After twenty centuries of independent life, a savage Arab tribe of shepherds,
called the Hyksos*, attacked Egypt and for five hundred years they were the masters of the valley of the Nile. They were highly unpopular and great hate was also felt for the Hebrews who came to the land of Goshen* to find a shelter after their long wandering through the desert and who helped the foreign usurper* by acting as his tax-gatherers and his civil servants.
But shortly after the year 1700 B.C., the people of Thebes* began a revolution and after a long struggle the Hyksos were driven out of the country and Egypt was free once more.
A thousand years later, when Assyria* conquered all of western Asia, Egypt became part of the empire of Sardanapalus*. In the seventh century B.C., it became once more an independent state, which obeyed the rule of a king who lived in the city of Sais in the delta of the Nile. But in the year 525 B.C., Cambyses, the king of the Persians, took possession of Egypt and in the fourth century B.C., when Persia was conquered by Alexander the Great, Egypt too became a Macedonian province. It regained a semblance of independence when one of Alexande r’s generals set himself up as a king of a new Egyptian state and founded the dynasty of the Ptolemies, who resided in the newly-built city of Alexandria.
Finally, in the year 39 B.C., the Romans came. The last Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, tried her best to save the country. Her beauty and charm were more dangerous to the Roman generals than half a dozen Egyptian army corps. Twice she was successful in her attacks upon the hearts of her roman conquerors. But
in the year 30 B.C., Augustus, the nephew and heir of Caesar, landed in Alexandria. He destroyed her armies, but spared her life that he might make her march in his triumph as part of the spoils of war. When Cleopatra heard of this plan, she killed herself by taking poison. And Egypt became a Roman province.
Exercise A Pre-listening Question
It is the Great Pyramid of Giza probably. The great pyramid is believed to have been built over a 20-year period. The site was first prepared, and blocks of stone were transported and placed. An outer casing (which disappeared over the years) was then used to smooth the surface. Although it is not known how the blocks were put in place, several theories have been proposed. One theory involves the construction of a straight or spiral ramp that was raised as the construction proceeded. This ramp, coated with mud and water, eased the displacement of the blocks which were pushed (or pulled) into place. A second theory suggests that the blocks were placed using long levers with a short angled foot.
1.Exercise B Sentence Dictation
Directions: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.
1.The Nile River was a kind friend but occasionally a hard taskmaster of the
people who lived along its banks.
2.In due course of time, one man who grew more powerful than most of his
neighbors became their King.
3.Provided he was not obliged to pay more taxes to his King than he thought
just, he accepted the rule of pharaoh as accepted the rule of Mighty Osiris. 4.It was different however when a foreign invader came and robbed him of his
possessions.
Egypt regained a semblance of independence when one of Alexander's generals set himself up as king of a new Egyptian state.
Exercise C Detailed listening
Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. C
2.B
3.B
4.A
5.A
6.B
7.D
8.C
Exercise D After-listening Discussion
Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.
1.The last Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, tried her best to save the country when the Romans came in the year 39 B. C. Her beauty and charm were more dangerous to the Roman generals than half a dozen Egyptian army corps. She was successful twice in her attacks upon the hearts of her Roman conquerors. In the year 30 B.C., Augustus landed in Alexandria and destroyed her armies. She killed herself by taking poison.