施心遠主編《聽力教程》1-(第2版)Unit-3文本和答案(共11頁)

1、UNIT 3Section 1 Tactics For ListeningPart 1 PhoneticsExercise: 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 wee

2、ks (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) didnt have a re

3、ception. We just (8) invited a few friends over for drinks afterwards.Friend: What (9) did you wear'?Linda: Just a skirt and blouseFriend: 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

4、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)Ill talk to John and (17) call you Monday.Friend: Great. See you (18) next week.Linda: Bye. PART 2 List

5、ening and Note-taking Bob: Look at that Angela. True-Value are going to sell hi-fi's for 72.64 pounds, Im 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

6、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.B

7、ob: 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 thing

8、s they want to buy the price money they can save1 a hi-fi 7264 pounds at least 20 pounds.2. a washing machine 98.95 pounds 22 poundsExercise 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

9、save: 42 pounds.The amount of money they think they can have: 210 pounds,The amount of money they actually have: 150 pounds 16.Section 2 Listening Comprehension PART 1 DialoguesDialogues 1 whats he like ?A: Tell me about your new manager. What's he like?B: Oh, terrific. He's tall, good looki

10、ng., 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 h

11、e 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 36Appearance: good-lookingHob

12、bies: sports football basketball and tennisMarriage status: single / not marriedExercise 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

13、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 child

14、ren'?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 ed

15、itor.Man: Erin, what sort of hours of work do you have'?Woman: Erm, 7.30 in the morning. Man: You start work at 7.30?Woman: Yes. I start at 7.30 in the morning and finish at 4.15. That's with a 45-minute lunch break.Man: Yeah. Do you like it that way? Do you like starting very early?Woman: N

16、o, 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: W

17、eil, 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: Yea

18、h. 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:

19、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) printers reader and copy editor at the (6) Oxford Universi

20、ty Press. She starts work at (7) 7:30and finishes at (8) 4.15 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, especi

21、ally (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 interviewingInformational interviews are one of the most beneficial ways through which to learn about a career field; they can also ser

22、ve 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

23、 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

24、.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 inf

25、ormational 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.1.D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. B 8.DPart 3 NewsNews item 1This pres

26、idential 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 Ame

27、ricans: 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 wo

28、uld 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 newsThis news item is about the presidential election in the USA.Ex. B: choose the best answer to complete each

29、of the following sentences.1.D 2. B 3. B 4. A 5.DNews item 2The 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 m

30、ain 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 t

31、o 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 fligh

32、t of the space shuttle Discovery.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and complete the following passage.Landing time: last monthLanding site: Kennedy Space Center in the state of FloridaIt was the one hundred twentieth shuttle flight and the twenty-third to the International Space Station.Two

33、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 roomHarmonyto the space station.connecting;the first new room; 2001;seven meters; four meters;passageway; the restNews item 3The World Health Organization is urgin

34、g 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 service

35、s 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 W.H.O. says tobacco now causes more than five million deaths a year. It predicts this n

36、umber 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 tobacc

37、o 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 us

38、e 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 th

39、e 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 twen

40、tieth century. Section 3 Oral WorkMrs White: How did your writing go this morning? Is the book coming along all right'?Mr White: lm not sure. I think 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 w

41、ork 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 muchlonger.Mr White: Good, heavens, yes. The school holidays start in a week, don't th

42、ey? 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 morni

43、ng.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 questi

44、on with a complete sentence after you have heard it.Questions: What was Mr White doing this morning? 'He was writing his book this morning42. 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?

45、 (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 I6. Was it possible for Mr White to work

46、 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 peace

47、ful 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 ol

48、d 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 m

49、athematics and foreign languages. Nowadays, American education is a big business. There are about 45 million students in thenation'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 fo

50、r 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 thepassage only once.Section 4 Supple

51、mentary ExercisesPart I Listening ComprehensionPassage 1 British postmen and milkmenBritish 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

52、 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 probl

53、ems.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

54、 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

55、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

56、, 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 safel

57、y 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,I.B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. BPassage 2 Study in the United StatesThe 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 f