新視野視聽(tīng)說(shuō)B1U聽(tīng)力原文

1、新視野視聽(tīng)說(shuō)（第三版）B1U聽(tīng)力原文Unit 4 Getting from A to BListening to the worldSharingScriptsF = Finn; M1 = Man 1, etc.; W1 = Woman 1, etc.Part 1F: I usually get to work by bus. It takes about half an hour. Sometimes I read abook on the way. bpox6Z3 qdb2FZRHow about you? How do you get to work?M1: I travel by bu

2、s. Um, it s only one bus to work. It takes about 15 minutes. FEgEr0IIXcYJB8。M2: I get to work by car.W1: Bus.W2: I walk to work.M3: I get to work on the tube and I walk some of the way.NK01IL2。qROixjB。W3: About five minutes walk to the station, Waterloo Station, and then I get on abus which takes PE

3、8YvXb 4aTSL5Vabout 20 25 minu tes.M4: On most days I use the tube my journey into work and my journey home at the end of the UOOfIbP Qj4vXzs day.M5: I cycle to work. Thats the quickest and easiest way.dmCiQJR 78GdGgDW4: I cycle in to work every day on my bike.Part 2F: What do you do on your journey

4、to work?M3: I usually listen to music or read.M1: Sometimes I listen to music and sometimes I read a book.A54mebU wsqMGc8M4: I either read the newspaper or I read books.W4: Take in the fresh air, the scenery, um and try to avoid holes in the roadwhich are quite UOvoUM3371WOhMdangerous.W3: I listen t

5、o my iPod.M5: Well, sometimes, if if its a bit of a quietroad, I can think about whatIm going to do that eXx9r8F 8K6xT6s day.W1: 1 1dream, usually.I just1, I love I love journeys.I love just lookingout of thenBrjntx。K0BpXazwindow.M2: Well, its so short; I dont actually do very much at all, apart fro

6、m makingsure I dont have 7UfQU6a。0nA3fty 。an accident.Part 3F: What do you like about it?新視野視聽(tīng)說(shuō) （第三版 ）B1U 聽(tīng)力原文M4: It s fairly short, so my journey to work is only 30 minutes.iXMWPb5 Q4kAZaQW3: It s quick.M2: It s short. It only takes me seven or eight minutes.kzzjhTR j6RMgfF。W1: Seeing how the lands

7、cape changes through the seasons.CwpSu32 S53rPvk。M3: I like listening to music and having some time to think before work.a28KeLc。Bwght3d。M1: It s quite early in the morning, which means that the bus is always quite quiet, so um, I don tQ4sgTKP。 5S9uIXf 。have to fight for a seat.M5: I like to have so

8、me fresh air and the exercise.0aKRc9o ytiFGbx。W4: I just like the exercise that I get from it and being outside in the open. MHlKrGV。P9EYEUFW2: It s not too far. I can walk or run. It s about a quarter of an hour s walk, so I feel very healthy.a5iSvxg 。 Sx46Yti 。I don t have to catch a bus.Part 4F:

9、What don t you like about your journey to work?M3: Um, I don t like it when it s very busy in the mornings and I don t like i t when it s hot and 23N0kqb。 yV3FEfR。sweaty on the tube.W1: It s a very full bus. It s packed with people because it s the “work bus”.cS7jgs4 。 00uEUjR。M5: There are some ver

10、y bad drivers on the road.W3: Sometimes the buses get overcrowded and a lot of people are going to the same place. t46IQSm。 fhB4oQ5。W4: I really don t like cycling to work when it s raining because I get wet, (and) all my books get C1ZmAbb3TfS4Bc。wet.M1: In the winter itI miss the first bus s very c

11、old that early in the morning and um, sometimes if dWGETHf IC4FqrC。I have to wait about 20 minutes for the next one to come along.e5A94yc。 HGYIBz0。W2: In winter it s very windy coming over the bridge and it makes my eyeswater. BNwBXwbl3K1Tqi。M2: It s so short; there s nothing to like or dislike abou

12、t it.w6eyr9k。 vT93HUU。ListeningScriptsG = Guide; V1 = Visitor 1; V2 = Visitor 2; V3 = Visitor 3yjZMfga。 SeiPPel。G: So, ladies and gentlemen. Let s move into the transport section now. Could you all come overdx1SdUc。 GiosQ70。this way? Let s look at these photos. As you can see, these early methods of

13、transport haveKPOJQkS j45RiLo。two things in com mon They re all great ideas, great ways to travel through theair ratherBhDqfAd。 T208DV2。than on the ground but they weren t successful! There wasa big problem with新視野視聽(tīng)說(shuō)（第三版）B1U聽(tīng)力原文each one. Hrq86EB tyRkOie。V1: But the mono rail- that was successful.G:

14、 Well, yes and no. Look at this photo on the left. Its from the World Fair inSeattle. That waslzzsPOQ。 EZpyZOA。in 1962. Monorails were a very popular idea in America at that time. People wantedto leave TMDAOuRN8leafe。their cars at home and go to work by public transport. But they werent successfulM7

15、VillS。BkboeVRmonorails are difficult to build and expensive to keep in good condition.So youreright. 6cp26mO。 57f5sEG。There are some mono rails in the worldbut not very many!eaux9kp。HDAHvLgV2: Hey. Look at this photo. Is that a car under a plane?Num55wj Xqjgmxv。G: Oh, yes. This was a very interestin

16、g idea. People wanted to fly from Los Angeles to New 68SQnlh。 eJ6Jm6w。York and then drive straight into the city center from the airport. hEQmjY2 6c63pLx。 V2: No way! How?G: Well, the idea was that the car came off the bottom of the plane and then yougot in and droveJxOavm。1dFTQAqaway. This was in t

17、he 194Os. Ah , yes. Look. Heres the date: 1948. It was a niceidea - no12fNVAj。SWvdZPQairports or waiting around but it wasn t successful. vzhVEBt HaxXji3。V2: Why not?G: There was an engineering problem. The car was too heavy and small planes werent strong eGCkMmQp9MbEPGQQ enough to carry them (it).V

18、3: Whats this? A helicopter in the garage?G: Yes, indeed. We laugh at this now, but people were very serious about it at thetime. People RuLP7OQe 5xHJe86Qwanted to leave home in the morning, say goodbye to the family and go to work byprivate cXiWI2uQmmH1MQ2nhelicopter. The idea was very popular, but

19、, of course, it was impossible. Helicopters are very 3tvWqOBQGNNBNsQ8difficult to fly and can you imagine the traffic problems in the sky? Sonoisy! JgH6DyQQ upi3lw5 QV2: Yes. Very noisy. Theres far too much traffic thesedays in my opinion. E5LEZZyQF529vEnQG: I agree. People should go to work by bike

20、 or on foot- by far the best way totravel. As youqrZVBDsQ DjbeAHfQsee, all theseViewingScriptsP = Presenter; W1 = Woman 1, etc.; M1 = Man 1, etc.osVoFebQXIccZyFQPart 1P: Heathrow Airport is having a bad day. Hundreds of passengers can t fly because新視野視聽(tīng)說(shuō)（第三版）B1U聽(tīng)力原文of a 9XBJ3o1。rYputer prob

21、lem in air traffic control. In Terminal 1, things are getting worse.More and hsfoGaQ。 RA1xaLC。more passengers are arriving. Some airplanes are leaving, but many flights arecanceled. kNlmGR3 ludaeUu。Everyone is hoping to find a flight. Some of the waiting passengers are having asnack while 4cvLaCZ Uu

22、XnSu9others are spending their time outside. lt s a hot summer day. Back inside thetermin al, it s XANup1。jSLTUAwgetting hotter and hotter. Some people came here five hours ago.xY2qcec。wmc977TW1: l m here with my grandmother and my parents and it s terrible for us to wait here for such aZzWF1kA。 FF9

23、g8iv。long time now. We have to sleep at the airport because no hotel is available. So,it S just DtFmTjO YjDxjO9。terrible.M1: Have a look at this. lmprovisation at its best. lm glad theyre sleeping now.I was hoping toxQfOYyF。pN3IQaget to Berlin soon.P: People are still trying to find a flight.W2: Ive

24、 had my son go on the Internet, my daughter be in one queue, me be in theother queue tP3Krfs。iiGbSU7。and on the mobile, all at the same time, trying to get to Amsterdam for 9:30tomorrow Dg3DH8。vmnIXkmmorning.M2: After five hours queuing, you you really become really Zen, you know . and here it s HKH

25、xqSG43NSQnapretty calm.P = PresenterPart 2P: The airport managers find an interesting solution to one of the problems: garden chairs. With 1EdLXDd geoxOvRthe chairs to relax in, some passengers are finding new ways to pass the time. Inside Terminal EgAT9NC NnRCglt。1, it s late at night, after midnig

26、ht. And many passengers are still here, waiting for their flight.VKcgRms OWXLOQwAround 300 flights left Heathrow that day, but 319 flights were canceled, and over500 people lccBE8s。gTDIzn3。spent the night in the terminal.Speaking for communicationRole-playScriptsB = Boss; S = Secretary; D = David; G

27、 = GeorgeB: Where are the other people? We were supposed to start 15 minutes ago!1mWh6oieKllLVW。S: Alex called and said he d be here in a second. He said he got tied up with acustomer. wDgHLWJh2hWCtdB: That s all right. I know what Alex s customer is like.KxaqxcE。Ln4jPF&D: Morning, ever yone! Please

28、 forgive me. I didn t mean to come so late. I was just gett ing a cup7mdXYAJR3e5FI4S。of coffee at the coffee shop and the line was way too long. I had to wait for 20 minutes to getDVU8evM。 D6Zdrwr。my coffee!B: David, this is not acceptable. If I say the meeting starts at 10, the meeting starts at 10

29、. NotCLUo1QN jEYpiEO。ten-o-one! And definitely not ten-twenty!D: Yes, sir. It won t happen again, I promise.B: I hope so, David. All right. Let s get started. So the first thing I want totalk about is our .QFrexk5N EEHAGQNzG: I m really sorry, everyone! I know I m late. But really, it s not myfault.

30、AiCAnjv N dyyxRzPNB: OK, what s the story this time, George?G: The railway service was delayed this morning. You know what happened? They saya train hitGqy3KpDN bLmKwzNya cow that got on to the line betwee n two stati ons aaYxNop xMjH5MZB: A cow? George, do you expect me to believe that?uOusivC。2oop

31、Av2。Group discussionScriptsA = Attendant; P = PassengerA: Your meal, sir.P: Thank you. Um, excuse me.A: Yes, can I help you?P: Hope so! I m sorry, but there s a small problem here. I ordered a vegetarianmeal but this is 2wZjeDw 6tx3deX。meat.A: Oh, just a moment. I checked and we don t have a record

32、of your order.fqI64H10Eu2k9aP: What?! But I a lways order vegetarian. I m a frequent flyer.N4HxlKq a6ABSX8A: I understand, sir, but we don t have any more vegetarian meals.QRCqN6v 9bAMwJWP: I don t believe it! You always have extra meals in business class. LVgDV8R i2shVJ5 A: Yes, but this is economy

33、 class.P: You don t understand. Let meexplain one more time. I don t eat meat. I ordered vegetarian. I afY58kI fnw5A6vcan t fly to Tokyo without dinner. It s your job to bring me a meal. A businessclass vegetarian 7srEqjb 08csLYgmeal is fine.A: Just a moment. Here you are, sir. A vegetarian meal.Hnx

34、dNDr 4fzZYEcP: Thank you, but this is already open. And it s cold. Um, can I speak to the person in charge, 3UBhv2U hcCU8w5please?Further practice in listeningShort conversationsScriptsConversation 1M: Would you like to share a taxi with me to the airport? We can save money thatway. yZGAXL。orMZ7gL。W

35、: Actually, I m not flying.I m going to the conference by train. I was thinkingof driving, but ituuHBrOB。 GZlwbo3。will be too tiring.Q: How is the woman going to travel?Conversation 2W: I have to catch the 10:45 train. I think Id better get to the station by halfpast 10. hzLkAbc。Mzq7HM。M: Oh, it s j

36、ust a small station. It ll be fine if you arrive there five minutes before the trainEFfZD0M。 5j6IFYP 。departs.Q: According to the man, at what time could the woman arrive at the station?1i3k3t3rykMN4g。Conversation 3M: Did you say I should take the No. 46 bus to your house? Because I remember going t

37、here once BTb4vVk。 OkRJ6yW。on the No. 28.W: The No. 28 bus has been canceled. It used to run straight to my house and it was faster than therdaDPJZ。 2AtF1hI 。No. 46. It s too bad.Q: What does the woman say about the bus services?Conversation 4W: Many people would rather take the bus or the subway th

38、an drive by themselves.Parking is gYooSbb。 lB3DQZo。getting to be a real headache.M: That doesn t surprise me, for more and more people are buying their owncars. fExqEZ5。eQ3WPx2Q: What does the man mean?Conversation 5M: Excuse me, could you please tell me whe n the next train to London is?TKwAAHjPUGp

39、bjr。W: Sure. The next train to London is two hours from now, but if you do not mindconnecting at t3WB0S。HwzpHG5Manchester, there is one indirect train leaving in 10 minutes.KINyaVp。 vfxs8sN 。Q: What information about train services does the woman provide?83H2RYs Wyaq7jmLong conversationScriptsM: Did

40、 you hear? The new high-speed train around the capital is almost finished.It will travel atyMeKEO。cKvHPyX180 miles per hour!W: I know! I saw it on Channel 6 this morning on TV. I cant wait! It will changemy work traveluLiJKKA。 nNMykLf。time from 2 hours each way to just 45 minutes each way.Nio4rxe。bY

41、KiHso。M: Wow! Rachel! That s way too long to spend traveling to work.jAbt50r。LcriGdu。W: Well, John, I leave home in the morning at 6 and arrive at work at 8. Leave work at 5 and lLh5PzB。 1F1yicp 。arrive back home at 7. During my 2-hour travel time on the subway, I do catch upOn emails 9wsK07G GLyOQG

42、uand try to read and rest a little.M: So, the new high-speed train will be a big help for you then, Rachel!m7GMd1mETPZKtMW: Yes! Nowmy travel time to work is so long that any extra time like for shopping-can be oh37Gs3 moyghpyreally tough. The new high-speed train will connect our office in the old

43、part ofthe city with FinOYGL RGabQJqall the new shopping areas. So, I will be able to do my shopping on the way homefrom work! f0p8w3W mHXtcQGM: Oh, that s great. And the new high -speed train will make a circle around the entire city. It willrO2x0Pp hkn6FEnconnect my neighborhood with the airport.

44、I will be able to ride it from my neighborhood to 4gc0MYN 4jmYArKthe airport in 20 minutes and save money on parking my car!v24loR7 KfNDdpnQ1: How long will the woman spend on her way to and from work by high-speed train? A41Fb30 iQjMNClQ2: When does the woman arrive back home by subway? HaNmlu8 3RQ

45、yN6TQ3: According to the woman, in what way will the new high-speed train be a big help to her? rBlriBS f68ENUsQ4: How will the new high-speed train affect the man?aaOFmxL zvYeCv5Passage 1ScriptsStudies show Americans spend more time than ever commuting. The averageone-way LK08hkM 1Z6qnrDcommute has

46、 grown by 13 percent to 25 minutes. For a growing number of people, getting to FKYBCUG6N2YMtCwork takes more than an hour. In 2000, only in NewYork State did more than 10 percent ofNs4l3EP o28eKOrworkers spend more than an hour getting to work. Now that situation can be foundin several other jVGxlsc

47、 2aV2PWestates as well. Two point eight million people have so-called extreme commutesbecause they puSIqf6 4fftEtispend more than 90 minutes on their way to work.Steven, an electrical engineer, has an extreme commute between home and work. He新視野視聽(tīng)說(shuō)（第三版）B1U聽(tīng)力原文leaves mXlgto7。kyJRaql。home before dawn

48、and returns after dark, but as tiring or boring as Stevens tripmay sou nd, he YFGvwLc yiomVnMsays it s the way to keep the home and job he loves.“I have the balance rightnow,” Steven said. I TxxAj2v。0M1O3vKcould do similar jobs closer, but not with the work rewards and job satisfactionI have now. An

49、d I5Ar4WsT。 hxBk8lP。could live closer, but I wouldnt have the lifestyle that I desire. ” hm8Z38j。 ubtCoHh。 Longer commutes frequently involve people who live at one end of the city and workat sUpTzEq。 pCcBcXk。another. Such a pattern probably begins with companies moving away from the city center, 34

50、Apoc8。 R3HIzLH。attracting workers to move to less expensive areas farther away from the city center. People see f2Y8zl4 。 VIUrdMc。this as an opportunity because such a move may provide more affordable housing or better schools. QkSFEyz htThT2h。Steven spends about $185 a week on gas. Even high fuel c

51、osts can pay off in a better quality ofGARi8FA。 QnHxQID。life.Added to long commutes are increased traffic jams, however. Commuters typicallyspend 47 ghROIZz。2RM8R3hihours a year in traffic jams, up from 40 hours a decade earlier.P1PAznB cvWZhF3Q1: How much time on average do America ns spe ndon thei

52、r way to work? 3N8Vfgm ipKzGcg。Q2: What is the prese nt situati on about America ns commuti ng to work? 2qyKOO2 ARE2crq Q3: Why does Steven choose to have an extreme commute?ELq91h6。 kfzeUlD。Q4: Which of the following is the disadvantage of long commutes?Q9IaUcc。 gGdjAqQ。Passage 2Scripts and answersHumans first means of transportation were walking and swimming. 1)Gradually,humansGXagB4k hJVuSetlearned to use animals for transportation. The use of animals not