Unit 12
Section One Tactics for listening
Part one spot dictation
Dangers in Your Garage
Imagine that your home contained a small factory with high explosives, dangerous industrial tools and potentially lethal* (1) energy sources. Sound far-fetched? Not really, because this "factory" is your (2) garage.
The National Safety Council (NSC) says that each year (3) household accidents kill about 20,000 Americans and injure another (4) three million. The culprits* in many of these mishaps* are the modem (5) equipment and supplies we keep casually in our garages and tend to (6) take for granted.
Last November, in a suburb of Chicago, three toddlers* (7) spilled a can of gasoline stored in a garage. One of the children dropped a tool that (8) struck a spark when it landed on the concrete floor.
Violet flames flashed in a loud (9) blast. Two of the children were hideously (10) burned and later died. The other child needed (11) extensive skin grafts* and plastic (12) surgery*.
A Wisconsin man was (13) cutting wood last fall. To move a (14) log, he set his chain saw down on the ground but (15) left it running. When he
returned for the saw, he (16) stepped on a branch that flipped the spinning (17) saw blade up toward his head. The cutting bits ripped his face from mouth to ear, (18) knocked out four teeth and left his lower lip hanging. It took more than (19) 180 stitches to close the wounds, and later he required neurosurgery* and extensive (20) dental work.
Part two Listening for gist
What is love? And what causes it? An American professor, Charles Zastrow, offers an interesting answer, particularly to the second question. He argues that there are many kinds of love and that particularly in one kind, which he calls "romantic love", we are strongly influenced not so much by what we actually feel but by what we tell ourselves about the way we feel. He calls this "self-talk" .
For example, say a woman is strongly attracted to a man. (It could just as easily happen to a man attracted to a woman.) She tells herself things like "He is all I have ever wanted in a man! He is warm, kind and affectionate and will understand all my needs." But when she discovers that he is, like all of us, just an ordinary human being with both strong and weak points, she is bitterly disappointed.
He points out that this kind of love often begins to fade and die as soon as the problems and obstacles which separate the two people are removed and a normal relationship begins.
He contrasts romantic love with what he calls "rational love". This is based on such things as:
- an accurate, objective idea of the other person's strengths as well as their weaknesses;
- the ability to communicate with each other openly and honestly, so that you can deal with problems as they arise;
- the ability to show affection openly to each other and to give as well as receive;
- a clear knowledge of your own goals in life;
- realistic and rational "self-talk", so that your feelings are not based on fantasy.
This kind of love is far more likely to lead to a lasting, satisfying relationship. But it is much more difficult to achieve, and is not as frequent as romantic love.
Exercise
Directions: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide.
1.This passage is about two kinds of love - romantic love and rational love.
2.The key words are "romantic love". influenced. "self-talk". fade and die. problems and obstacles. removed. normal relationship: "rational love". accurate. objective. strengths. weaknesses. / communicate. show
affection openly. a clear knowledge. goals in life. realistic and rational. lasting. satisfying relationship. difficult. achieve.
Section Two Listening Compression
Part 1 Dialogue
The Teacher
Interviewer: I recently read an article which said that in primary schools in particular chances of promotion of women
teachers are less than men, that men generally get
promoted far quicker than women in primary education.
Is this something you've noticed or is this something you
feel?
Mary: N o, this is something that is so. And we come back full circle really because it's not just teaching. I mean it's everything that
men are getting promotion more quickly than women. In the
primary sector there are far more women teachers than men but
there are more headmasters than headmistresses. Interviewer: So where does that leave someone like you? I mean what, what are the possibilities of your promotion in
primary education? At the moment you're in charge of a
section of the school.
Mary: Yes, I'm ... I'm in charge of the infant department which goes from the children who are three to the children who are seven.
And they transfer when they are seven to higher up the school
which is called the junior department. So I'm in charge of the
Lower School if you like.
Interviewer: And do you have ambition in that sense? I mean would you like to be a headmistress?
Mary: No, I would not. I would not like to be a headmistress at all. I mean this is the next stage of my career were I
ambitious urn ... but I basically enjoy being a
classroom teacher. Now perhaps this gives a clue to
why there are not more women heads. I don't know I
mean in the past it may have been that, and it may still
be, that because boys are brought up to be more
ambitious, that they're the ones who are going for
promotion and quick promotion, I mean, rapid
promotion so that they are heads by the time they're
thirty and they start out in their career thinking that
whereas I enjoy being a class teacher and urn ... I was a
deputy head before I got this post but I prefer to be in
the classroom with the children than sitting at a desk
doing administration which is what being a head means
if you're a head of a largish* school.
Interviewer: Are you pleased that you chose primary teaching as a
career and, and if someone came up to you at
school-leaving age and was wondering about what they
were going to do would you advise them to follow in
your footsteps?
Mary: I'm very pleased that I did - well I'm pleased most of the time.
Monday mornings I'm not pleased; some mornings during the
week and the end of the holidays I'm not pleased I'm a primary
teacher at all but I mean basically I am, 'cos I left teaching once
and then went back into it. So I think that shows that I am
committed to be a primary teacher.
Exercise
Directions: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
l. F 2. T 3.T 4.T 5.F 6 T 7.F 8.F
Part 2 Passage
Voice
1.To sing with a choir or to hear a choir singing can be deeply moving. Voices go deeper into us than other things.
2.Early attempts at language are praised and encouraged, then, on
growing up, voice and talking take a practical place as we learn from, and respond to, those around us.
3.Talking is central to our existence. As human beings we talk with
friends and family and at work.
4.Many teachers and professionals, such as lawyers, managers,
marketing salesmen, who depend on their voices for work, rarely
consider their voices until they lose them.
5.There are many factors that affect our voices, such as home environment and culture, physical build and well-being, thought and emotion, social stance, experience and occupation.
Allowing voice to ring with joy creates joy in the listener. To sing with a choir or to hear a choir singing can be deeply moving. George Eliot* said that she thought voices go deeper into us than other things. Thomas Hardy* in his poem The Voice describes the depth of feeling experienced in recalling the voice of his late wife.
When all is well our voices cry out at birth, and develop without effort. Parents respond to happy sounds and interpret the cries. Early attempts at language are praised and encouraged, then, on growing
up, voice and talking take a practical place as we learn from, and respond to, those around us. / Talking is central to our existence, with telephone, radio, television,
video conferences, videophones and computers to process and print what the owners say, but as human beings we talk with friends and family and at work. Voice becomes our unique sound. As the most portable and one of the most subtle instruments it is rarely fully exercised or explored, and loss of voice can be seen by other people as merely irritating.
An infant teacher was the first of several teachers in the 1990s to appeal to a Social Security Tribunal about loss of work (the last 10 years of teaching in primary school) caused by loss of voice at work. She told me how it affected her. Shopkeepers asked her husband what she needed rather than try to make out what she said. At social gatherings it was impossible for her to talk over the hubbub* of voices. Severe restrictions like this diminish a person, and their social identity.
The onset of voice problems can be gradual or sudden. Teachers have been known to open their mouths to talk and find no sound came. Many voice difficulties arise from unknowing misuse of the vocal mechanism. It is easy to take our voices for granted. Many teachers and professionals such as lawyers, managers, marketing and salesmen; preachers and call centre agents who depend on their voices for work, rarely consider their voices until they lose them.
There are many factors that affect our voices, such as home environment and culture, physical build and well-being, thought and
emotion, social stance, experience and occupation.
Actors in training explore all aspects of a character they play, especially those affecting body and voice. Teaching is also a form of performance to be explored and researched. What kind of teacher are you? What kind of teaching will the pupils respond to? The inadequacy of a young teacher, who is timid and self-conscious, is immediately recognized by the class, while the stress and demands of challenging pupils can stimulate a teacher to negative reactions of anger and shouting. Using a strong "teacher voice", raising the pitch or voice to top noise, or to deepen it unnaturally to demonstrate authority can become a habit.
Exercise A Pre-listening Question
Voice, or phonation, is the sound produced by the expiration of air through vibrating vocal cords. Voice is defined in terms of pitch, quality, and intensity, or loudness.
In the frequency domain we can define voice as a series of harmonically related sine waves, starting with a fundamental frequency of about 100 hz for males and about 200 hz for females and extending throughout the 3,000 hz or so frequency range.
Exercise B Sentence Dictation
Directions: Listening to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.
Exercise C Detailed Listening
Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
1 .D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.C
Exercise D After-listening Discussion
Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.
1.Allowing your voice to ring with joy creates joy in the listener. Loss of voice may lead to the loss of work, and may diminish a person, and their social identity. Actors in training explore all aspects of a character they play, especially those affecting body and voice. Teaching is also a form of performance to be explored and researched.
2. (Open)
Section Three News
News Item 1
President Obama says high-speed rail could do for America what it is already doing for other countries, including China and Spain.
"A high-speed line between Madrid and Seville is so successful that more people travel between those cities by rail than by car and airplane combined. China, where service began just two years ago, may have more miles of high-speed rail service than any other country just five years from now."
High-speed rail only serves America's Northeast corridor, between Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts. But plans are under way to extend the rapid transit to other areas of the country.
Congress included $8 billion for rail development in the economic stimulus legislation it passed in February. Mr. Obama is including another $5 billion for high-speed rail in his federal budget.
High-speed rail has had mixed political support in the past. But President Obama says it could strengthen the U.S. economy, in addition to improving the country's transportation system. He says the United States should not be left behind while other nations are moving ahead with high-speed rail.
Exercise A
Directions: Listening to the news item and complete the summary.
This news item is about the U.S. plan for high-speed rail.
Exercise B : Directions: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage.
President Obama hopes the high-speed rail could do in the U.S. as it has already done in China and Spain.
Mr. Obama says High-speed rail cannot only strengthen the U.S. economy, but also improving the country's transportation system.
In the economic stimulus legislation Congress included $8 billio n for rail development, and President Obama is including another $5 billion for it in his federal budget.
The first high-speed rail in theU.S.is only between Washington, D.C. and Boston. In the future the service will cover other parts of the country.
While other nations are moving ahead with high-speed rail, the United States Mr. Obama says, should not be left behind.
News Item 2
Children Authors
Over 100 first-time authors are writing books for elementary school students in North Platte, Nebraska, a small town in the middle of the USA. These authors know what interests kids, because they're only 13 years old themselves. Rachael Anderson is a typical student at Adams Middle School in North Platte. The slender red head takes math and science
classes, hangs out with her friends, and writes books. "My book is Polar Bullies and Snow Bears. In the very cold, very icy Arctic, Nan the smallest polar bear of all was building a snow bear," she says.
Rachael is one of 104 eighth graders taking language arts this semester. As part of the class, students create their own hardback books.
Allison Davis started the project nine years ago. The teacher says initially, it was just a way to give kids something fun to do before the school year ended.
Exercise A
Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.
This news item is about the educational value of children s
book-writing proiect.
Exercise B
Directions: Listen to the news again and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1.B
2.A
3.D
4.B
News Item 3
The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable statues in the world. It is also a major tourist attraction.
But ever since the 2001 terrorist attacks at New Y ork's World Trade Center, a small part of this structure - Lady Liberty's crown - has been closed to the public.
Due to security and safety concerns, the crown has been off limits to visitors for nearly 8 years. But on July 4, known as U.S. Independence Day, the Crown will once again be open to the public.
A journey to the top is not for everyone. First visitors have to climb more than200 steep steps through the center of the statue. Then when you get to the top the experience is cramped and the views a little limited but that has not stopped people from trying to book their place in line in advance. The number of people who can climb to the crown will be limited. Details have yet to be finally decided, but visitors are expected to be limited to about 150 visitors a day.
Exercise A: summary
It’s about t he plan to reopen Lady Liberty’s crown of the Statue of Liberty on July 4.
Exercise B: Answer the following questions.
1. What is one of the most recognizable statues in the world according to the news item?
The Statue of Liberty.
2. When did terrorists attack New York’s World Trade Center?
In 2001.
3. Why has the crown been closed to the public since the terrorist attacks? Due to security and safety concerns, the crown has been off limits to visitors for nearly 8 years.
4. When will the crown once again be open to the public?
On July 4.
5. How do visitors get to the top?
They have to climb more than 200 steep steps through the center of the statue.
6. How many people are allowed every day?
Visitors are expected to be limited to about 150 a day.
Section Four Supplementary Exercises
Part 1 Feature Report
Life in a Nursing Home
Life in a nursing home or an assisted living facility has improved tremendously over the years. However, loneliness and boredom are rampant among some nursing home residents. In her third and final dateline report on this topic, Nina Keck looks at life in a long-term care facility in the northeastern state of Vermont.
NK: Mountain View Center in Rutland, Vermont, looks like a lot of American nursing homes. There are long hallways with clusters of people in wheelchairs. Staff members hustle from one room to the next and there's lots of background noise, moaning, talking, shouting, snoring. Seventy-two-year-old Dolores King sits in her bed with the television on but the sound turned off. Her ninety-two-year-old roommate is sound asleep.
"The days I feel good I get up in my chair and watch television ... I just don't have the ambition to do anything. I just sit and I watch television. I've got a roster of programs that I watch, and that's my day and night."
NK: Ms King has advanced multiple sclerosis*, which has paralyzed much of her body. A heart attack and cancer treatments have left her too weak to remain at her home and she's been in a nursing home since November.
NK: Eighty-six-year-old Ruth Helm is one of those people who finds happiness no matter where she is. She savors* the positives. At her last nursing home, for instance, she wrote personal histories of some of her fellow residents.
"People in that home had such interesting backgrounds, just like the people here have all got something to be memorized, so I asked each one if they would mind if I'd write their history up ... One was a navy
man who'd been all over the world. Another was a mountain man that had cut wood and it's just almost unbelievable. It's so interesting."
NK: Ms Helm would probably like to meet eight-nine-year-old Chet Eaton another one of those people who seizes the day.
NK: Industry experts say there will be big changes in long-term care over the next twenty years.
More people will opt for home-based care or assisted living facilities so traditional nursing homes will be filled with much sicker and older patients. Long-term care facilities will also better address the psycho-social needs of residents so that feelings of loneliness and boredom will, finally be addressed. Someone at the Vermont Council on Aging pointed out another big change that will likely take effect as more baby boomers enter nursing homes.
Exercise A
Directions: Listen to the news report and complete the summer
This news report is about life in a US nursing home.
Exercise B
Directions: Listen to the news again and fill in the blanks fill with details of the nursing home.
General feeling about the nursing homes: lonely and boring
Scene at Mountain View Center:
It looks like a lot of American nursing homes. There are long
hallways with clusters of people in wheelchairs. Staff
members hustle from one room to the next and there's lots of
background noise, moaning. talking. shouting. snoring.
Two people staying at a nursing home:
Dolores King: 72 years old, with advanced multiple sclerosis, which has paralyzed much of her body. A heart attack and cancer
treatments have left her too weak to remain at her home and
she's been in a nursing home since November.
Ruth Helm: 86 years old, one of those people who finds happiness no matter where she is. She savors the positives. At her last
nursing home, she wrote personal histories of some of her
fellow residents.
Chet Eaton: 89 years old
Future: There will be big changes in long-term care over the next twenty years. More people will opt for home-based care or assisted living
facilities so traditional nursing homes will be filled with much
sicker and older patients. Long-term care facilities will also better
address the psycho-social needs of residents so that feelings of
loneliness and boredom will finally be addressed
Part 2 Passage
Family Life Education *
1.Couples and families can learn to improve understanding and teamwork between spouses, to guide their children to reach their fullest potential.
2.An important outcome of the CFLE program has been its influence on the content of the university programs that prepare family life educators.
3.It is likely that these technologies will enhance rather than replace more traditional family life education approaches.
4.School boards and community interest groups may place restriction on the content taught in schools, thereby failing to meet some important needs of this age group.
5.Through educational programs, family life education makes an important contribution toward/ strengthening families to fulfill their significant role as the basic unit of society.
Family Life Education builds upon the strengths that families already have. Couples and families can learn to improve understanding and teamwork between spouses, to guide their children to reach their fullest potential, and survive the challenges of family life.
Qualified educators are central to the success of family life education,
as it is these individuals who bear major responsibility for shaping the educational experience and interacting with participants. Despite their importance, however, few guidelines are available to help prepare family educators. In 1985, the National Council on Family Relations established a certificate program to help improve the training and qualifications of family life educators. Through this program, recognition is given to individuals who hold a baccalaureate* or advanced degree in specified fields of study, have a minimum level of postsecondary education in the content areas of the Framework for Family Life Education, and have completed a specified level of related work experience. The Certificate in Family Life Education (CFLE) is a voluntary credential*, and has been granted to individuals in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico*, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Singapore. An important outcome of the CFLE program has been its influence on the content of the college/university programs that prepare family life educators.
The Internet and the World Wide Web present new challenges for
family life education.
Information technologies make it possible to provide family-related information twenty-four hours a day, every day,. and may help facilitate the preparation of professionals through on-l1ne courses and chat rooms. Although it is likely that these technologies will enhance rather than replace more traditional family life education approaches, important
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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.
Unit 3 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent 1. A: Do you want some grapes? B: No, thanks, I don’t like them. 2. A: What do you think of Scotland? B: I’ve never been there. 3. A: My son’s called David. B: How old is she? 4. A: Can I book a table for tonight, please? B: Certainly. How many is it for? A: There’ll be three of them. 5. A: Can you get some cornflakes? B: Do you want a large or small packet? A: A small one. 1. A: a. want b. grapes B: a. like b. them 2. A: a think b. Scotland B: a. been b. there 3. A: a. call b. David B: a. old b. he 4. A: a. book b. tonight B: a. certainly b. many A: a. three b. them 5. A: a. get b. cornflakes B: a. large or small b. packet A: a. small b. one Part 2 Listening and Note-taking A Territory When we talk about a territory, we mean a defended space. Animals have their territories, which they mark out with their personal scent. The scent is their territorial signal. Human beings have other territorial signals. There are three kinds of human territory, marked by different territorial signals. First, there are the Tribal Territories, which in modem terms are known as countries. Countries have a number of territorial signals. The borders are often
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 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
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Unit 12 Section One 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. [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: Yeah, 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. You'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,
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
Unit 2 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics--Stress, Intonation and Accent 1. Did you want tea without milk? With milk, please. (f) 2. See you at ten past one. At five past one. (c) 3. Where’s the newspaper? It’s on top of the bookcase . (e) 4. Did you want tea with lemon? With milk, please. (b) 5. I thought I put the newspaper on the bookcase. It’s on top of the bookcase. (a) 6. See you at five to one. At five past one. (d) Part 2 Listening and Note-taking Ralph Nader Ralph Nader is a man of few possessions. He owns very little and lives in a small apartment. He doesn’t have a car or a TV set. He doesn’t have many clothes and he doesn’t care about money when he makes a lot of money, he gives it away. He doesn’t smoke and he works from six in the morning until late at night, seven days a week: he is paying back to America his debt as a citizen. When he went to parties as a young man, people complained that all he talked about was the dangers of cars, and how bad car design caused the deaths of so many people each year. After he graduated from Harvard, he published an article entitled “Unsafe at Any Speed,” which was about a car called Corvair. Later, he made a big attack on the car industry and showed how many deaths in car accidents were because of badly-made cars. He said new laws were needed to make cars safer. In 1966, because of Nader’s work, a law was passed to make car safer. After this success, Nader became interested in something very different. This was the quality of meat and the amount of meat that is put into foods like sausages and hamburgers. A year later, in 1967, again because of Nader’s work, a law was passed to ensure that products like sausages and hamburgers contained the right amount of meat. In 1968, three more laws were passed because of Nader’s efforts. The first was to
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 1 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent 1. We haven’t got any in dark blue. 2. We can’t make it at nine tomorrow. 3. My telephone number is not 65031609. 4. I don’t like the black jumper. 5. He won’t come by the 7:30 train. (The word or digit in bold has the most stress)
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Part2 Listening and Note-talking Driving Carefully
Drive carefully and slowly when pedestrians are about, particularly in crowded shopping streets, when you see a bus stopped, or near a parked mobile shop. Watch out for pedestrians coming from behind parked or stopped vehicles, or from other places where you might not be able to see them.
Three out of four pedestrians killed or seriously injured are either under fifteen or over sixty. The young and elderly may not judge speeds very well, and may step into the road when you do not expect them. Give them, and the infirm,
【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)
Unit3 Section One Tactics for Listening Part2 Listening and Note-taking A Territory When we talk about a territory, we mean a defended space. Animals have their territories, which they mark out with their personal scent. The scent is their territorial signal. Human beings have other territorial signals. There are three kinds of human territory, marked by different territorial signals. First, there are the Tribal Territories, which in modem terms are known as countries. Countries have a number of territorial signals. The borders are often guarded by soldiers and they usually have customs barriers, flags, and signs. Other signals of the tribal territory are uniforms and national anthems. These signals are important, because they warn the visitor that he is entering a foreign country and, while he is there, he must behave like a visitor. Second, there is the Family Territory, at the center of which is the bedroom. This is usually as far away as possible from the front door. Between the bedroom and the front door are the spaces where visitors are allowed to enter. People behave differently when they're in someone else's house. As soon as they come up the driveway or walk through the front door -- the first signals of family territory -- they are in an area which does not belong to them. They do not feel at home, because it is full of other people's belongings -- from the flowers in the garden to the chairs, tables, carpets, ornaments, and other things in the house. In the same way, when a family goes to the beach or to the park for a picnic, they mark out a small territory with towels, baskets, and other belongings; other families respect this, and try not to sit down right beside them. Finally, there is the Personal Territory. In public places, people automatically mark out an area of personal space. If a man enters a waiting room and sits at one end of a row of chairs, it is possible to predict where the next man will sit. It won't be next to him or at the other end of the room, but halfway between. In a crowded space like a train, we can't have much personal territory, so we stand looking straight in front of us with blank faces. We don't look at or talk to anyone around us. Exercise A: 1. When we talk about a territory, we mean a defended space. 2. These signals are important, because they warn the visitor that he is entering a foreign country. 3. People behave differently when they're in someone else's house.
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！