听说教程1——5单元听力原文.doc

7.Un it1Warming upM: Youre telling me that youd rather be famous than be respected as a good person?W: Well, I dont know. Its just that I see all these famous people on TV, and, well, its hard not to want the same thing for myself 一 attention，love from millions of people.M: Love? Do you think people actually love celebrities? I dorVt think so! The public enjoys watching famous people get into trouble even more than they like watching them succeed. Besides, being a famous person means never having time to yourself appearing before crowds, having people follow you around 24-7. Believe me, it isnt fun.W: You talk as if you know something about celebrity. Were you ever famous?M: You know the old saying, Everyone has his 15 minutes of fame? Well, I expect to have my 15 minutes someday. But I dont expect to like itShort conversation1W: You dont really seem interested in painting pictures, so why did you apply to this artprogram?M: To be honest, I thought that through art I could become famous. Pretty stupid, huh?Q: What can be inferred from this conversation?2.W: You have everything you ever wanted! But why do you look so blue?M: Ah, man, I discovered that all those things money, fame, and the lot are all empty. And in trying to get them, I ignored my art.Q: Why is the man not happy?3.W: Hey, Marty. Whats the matter, pal? When you first started writing, you did so much better work. Are you bored or something?M: I know my work is suffering, but I dont know the reason. I dont seem so interested anymore. Maybe, as you said, I am bored. Who knows?Q: What are the speakers talking about?4.W: Is it true what they say about the director? Does he realty work for art, not for fame?M: Thats what people say and Im inclined to believe them. He certainly hasnt sold out to the cheap film companies.Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?5.W: Whats on the schedule for tonights show? Something fm likely to enjoy?M: You might like it 一 a story about a dancer who sells his soul to become famous and then kDses his friends, family, and everything important.Q: What is tonights show about?6.W: Isnt that the man who won an Academy Award for his cartoon artwork?M: What? That tramp? Hey, you know, I think youre right. Man, what happened to him? He was really famous!Q: What happened to the artist at last?7.W: Look! Look! Look! Look at me, Dad! Fve done it! Success, money, popularity. The world is at the tip of my fingers and I feel like a queen!M: Sweetheart, I think you need to cool down a bit Dont let all of this success go to yourhead.Q; What has happened to the woman?8.W: Get a grip on yourself! Dont you dare quit your job! You really think you can succeed as an actor? Do you realty think you can become famous?M: I dorVt think I need to be famous to succeed. Im sure I can get work as an extra and then maybe move onto more interesting roles.Q: What are the speakers talking about?9.M: Hey, you! Watch out! Wheres your head? Walking in front of cars like that?W: Huh? Ah! Oh! Sorry,丨 meanthanks. I just received word from my agent that my book is to be published. Isnt it wonderful? Sorry I was daydreaming about the fame to come and forgot to took at the traffic.Q; Where is the conversation taking place? 10.10.W: Thanks for coming in. I loved your work, but I wish it looked more like your previouspieces.M: God! I knew it! Complaints from my teacher, my mother. even my doctor! And now, my boss? Since I became famous, no one will let me change!Q: What is the relationship between the speakers?Long conversationsM: Theres only one thSng in llife worse than being talked about, and thats not benng talked about.W: That was said by Oscar WSIde, wasnt it?hA: Thats right. Youre pretty smart.W: 1 have my moments. But Im afraid that I wont remember anything else for your test tomorrow.M: We III, lets have a run-through. First, what can you remember about Wilde?W: The basics, obviously - British, 1 9th century writer一一 He was gay, wasnt he?tA: Thats right. And he actually went to jail for it.W: Why? 丁here mustve been many gays in England at the time. Why was he singled out to be put in prison? Or, were the English throwing all gays in jail?M: No, not everyone . But things were different for Wilde. A famous person, like him, isnt free to do what he likes. People paid more attention to his actions. There were reporters, and everything that he said and did was watched carefulllfy.W: Yeah? It mightve been better for him if he wasnt famous,M: Maybe, But, then again, if he wasnt well-known, we might not have his wonderful storiies today1.What are the speakers talking about?2.What did Oscar Wifde say?3, What is the probabfe relationship between the speakers?4, Why was Oscar Wifde treated differently?5, What can be inferred from the conversation?PassageYou young people go crazy over famous people. Will you listen to me when I tell you your generation is wrong about this? Let me use an example to illustrate my point to you.Marifyn Monroe, you might not even know who she is. Back in my day, when I was your age, she was a big movie star. But she wasnt born a movie star, no sir. She was a simple girl with beauty and innocence until she went to Hollywood to make movies. Thats right. Instead of living out a simple life of integrity and hard work or trying to develop a respectable name in her profession, she sought fame. Well, Ill tell you, she got her wish. She made her movies AH About Eve in 1950, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953, Some Like ft Hot in 1959, and more. She got into trouble throughout drugs, abuse. All of this came crashingdown on her head, and she died at an early age in 1962. Sad, realty. I hope that this example shows you the dangers of fame. Believe me, its best just to live a simple life, 1.What is the speaker talking about?2. What is TRUE according to what you hear?3. Why did Monroe go to Hollywood?4. When was Some Like it Hot made?5. Why is the speaker telfing this story?Taskl 第 12 页W: How important are friends to you, Bill?M: Thats kind of a strange question for this settling, dont you thSnk so?W: Wellll, the teacher hasnt come in yet, cllass hasnt begun, and II was just wondering about it. So3 what do you think about friends?M: Ive never regarded them as particularfry important. Perhaps thats because II come from a big familty two brothers and three sisters, and lots of cousins. Thats whats really important to me. What about you, Emma?W: My situation，you know, is different, so 1 have diifferent iideas. To mefriendship. havirrg friends,- peoplle I know I can realllty count on. to me thats the most important thing in llife- fts more important even than love- If you love someone, you can always fallll out of Hove again, and that can leaid to a lot of hurt feelings and bitterness. But a good friend iis a friend for lliife.M: In my mind, a friiend iis someone who likes the same things as you do, with whom you can argue without losing your temper, even Sf you dont always agree wiith him.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1, What are the speakers talking about?2.What has the man always thought?3. What can be iinferred from the conversatiion?4. What does the man think about friends?5. Where iis the co nve its atii o n taking pi ace 7Task2 第 13 页At the age of 41, Clark Gable, one of Hollywoods biggest actors, enlisted in the army, serving in World War II, Gables postwar films were, for the most part, disappointing, as was his 1949 marriage. Dropped by both his wife and his studio, Gable ventured out as a freelance actor in 1955, quickiiy becoming the highest paid actor in Hollywood, He again found happiness with his fifth wife and continued his career in such critical failures as Teachers Pet released in 1958, In 1960，Gable was signed for the modern Western, The Misfits. The troubled and tragic history of this film has been well documented, but, despite the on-set tension, Gable took on the task uncomplainingly, going so far as to perform several grueling stunt scenes involving wild horses. The strain of filming, however, coupled with his ever-robust lifestyle, proved too much for the actor, Clark Gable suffered a heart attack two days after the completion of The Misfits and died in 1960 at the age of 59, just a few months before the biiirth of his first son. Most of the nations newspapers announced the death of Clark Gable with a four-word headline: The King is Dead广Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard.1, What is this passage about?2, When did Gable become a freelance actor?3, What can we know about Gable from the passage?4, What is described as being tragic11 in the passage?5, What can be inferred from the passage?Unit2Warming upM: Ladies and gentle men, novelist and poet Sandra Marie W: Thank you, thank youM: Thank you for joining us.W: Its a pleasure to be here. You know1 I watch your show every day.M: Do you re ally? Well, these days there are many people watching you,W: Yes, Ive gotten a lot of attention lately thats true all because of my little book,M: Ohdont be modest! Your book is amazingly bold, one of the most original pieces offiction ive ever read-W: Originality is Simportant for sure, in fact, I think it ns the most important part of being acreative person. Surely, it doesnt make much sense to write something, or do something, that has been done before or even that is similar in style to anything else already put out there,M: Well put! Thank you! Sandra Marie.everybodylShort conversations1.W: I dont quite understand what made Charlie Chaplin such a popular movie star.M: Serious? Look at his work and compare it to other films of the time. He was so original that people were realty surprised by his films.Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?2.W; My dranna teacher said Chaplin is an excaitem modal fora youJTg actor to pattern himseff on.y： rd be hard-pressed to argue with Ifial. The guy was innovative and possessed such a crealive mind. Yeah, try to be tike him.Q: What are the speakers talking about?3.W: Ive given some thought to entering politics when I get older you know, maybe working behind the scenes to help someone get a position in government.M: Why not run for office yourself? Are you afraid of standing out as a female politician?Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?4.W: I admire her, not because shes a woman in the tough, male world of international politics, but because shes so honest.M: Yeah, I feel the same way. Certainly, there arent many people as true to their word as sheis.Q: What does the man think about the politician?5.W: You know, our family is really special. Many of our ancestors are remembered as great inventors and scientists who contributed new ideas to society.M: Yes, thats what Ive also heard from Uncle Marty. He said our family tree was full of geniuses.Q: What are the speakers talking about?6.W: Did you see what I made? Its a light bulb thatll never burn out M: Thats amazing! A thing like that could make you famous. You should contact a patent office as soon as possible and register a claim!Q: What will make the woman famous?7.W: No matter what a person says about me, no one can say that Im not original.M: For sure, thats one criticism that no one will hit you with. Your artwork is definitely unique.And I think thats realty important.Q: According to the man, what should be valued above all else?8.W: What do you think? Is it dangerous to be unlike other people sometimes?M: Nah. I think its more dangerous to be similar to others - thats when you run the risk of becoming insignificant and forgotten.Q: According to the man, what is dangerous?9.M: I suppose I couldVe been successful by being like other people, but I felt that I should express my own original ideas. And I think this is a lesson you should learn.W: Ma says the same thing about her success. I guess thinking the same about that is what first brought you two together?Q; What is the relationship between the speakers?10.W: Fm not saying that your work is poor, just that it lacks imagination. You havent done anything to set yourself apart from your classmates.M: If my assignments look so much like others, why do you give me lower grades than you give them?Q; What is the relationship between the speakers?Long conversationsLook at you, a III dressed up in a bowller hat, looking all dapper like Charlie Chaplin, Its not Halloween though- Are you going to leave the house looking like that?Would you believe that Im going to a party?If there was a party tonight I wouldve heard about it by now. So whats the deal? rm auditioning for a film, I thought, welllL this Ibok worked well for Chap IS a So you thought itd work for you, I don_t think much of that idea.Why not? Chaplin got a lot of success because of his Little Tramp costume. And fve copied it exactly,Chaplin did very well 一 but thats because the look was originalL He di dnt copy anyone inHW: But look, Im a woma a woman dressed like Chaplin, Thats original, isnt it?M: rm afraid not, fm pretty sure that Ive seen other women do the same thing. If you really want to succeed like Chaplin did, you should do what he did. Try to invent and develop something people haverVt seen before,W; I guess youre right. 111 go back up to my room and change,1, What are the speakers talking about?2, Why is the woman dressed like Chaplin?3, What can be inferred from the conversation?4, Besides hbe originar, what advice does the man have for the woman?5, Where is the conversation takmg place?PassagSome people stand out as tryliy special and one of a kind. Charlie Chaplin, a superstar of silent comedies and one of the great icons of the 20th-century film, is one of those unique people, Chapin had a rotten childhood and an earty start on stage, performing even as a child in vaudeville. He went to Hollywood in 1914 and began acting in silent comedies- By 1915, he controlled most aspects of his films, in which he usually appeared! as a character called simply the Little Tramp*: a lovabfyshabby direamer with a bushy moustache, bowler hat and cane, Chapin was one of the founders of United Arti sts Studios and was one of the first movie makers to have complete control over his features. His best-known films include 1925s The Gold Rush 1931fs City Lights, and 1936s Modern Times. Famouslyoutspoken and sympathetic to communism, Chaplin left the United States in 1952 because of increased political piressun He settled in Switzeirlandi where he and his wife Oona raised eight children, including actress Geraldine Chaplin. In 1972 he returned to the United States to accept a special Oscar, and in 1975, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth IL1, What is this passage about?2. What did Chaplin do when he went to Hollywood?3. What did the Little Tramp* look like?4, What can be inferred firom the passage?5- When did the Queen make Chapilin a kniight?Home work Taskl 第 29 页W; My friends have compared my film to the best of Orson Welles works. How can you criticize it?M: YouWelles? I, well, urn, I appreciate your confidence in yourselif But you do know who Wellies was, right?W: Nah, I dont watch films by British directors.M: You really dont know who Wellies was at all! Welles was American! Do you even pay attention to my lectures?W; I dont listen to people talk about films; I make films,m a doer,M: You really have to pay attention from now oa Welles first became famous on the radio, especially for his reading of War of the Worlds in 1938. Three years later, he made his first movie, Citizen Kane, in 1941 Other films of hiis include The Magnificent A m bersons in 1942 and The Lady From Shanghai in 1948, People consider Kane to be his best film,W: That must be the one that Iooks like my film.M: People consider it not only his best film, but the best film in movie history. Do you realty think your film is that good?W: My mom seems to think so.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard-1, What are the speakers talking about?2, What can be inferred from the conversation?3, Why doesnt the woman listen to the man more?4, When was Citizen Kane made?5, What is the relationship between the speakers?Task2 第 30 页When Eli vis Presley died on August 16s 1977, radio and television programs a I over the world we ire interrupted to give the news of his death.President Carter was asked to declare a day of national mourning. Eighty thousand people attended his funeralIn the summer of 1953 ElMs paid four dollars and recorded two songs for his mothers birthday at Sam Phillips Sun Records Studio, Sam Philips heard Elvis and asked him to record Thats All! Righf in Julh/, 1954, Twenty thousand copies were solid, mainly in and around Memphis, On January 10, 1956, Elivis recorded Heartbreak Hotel and a million copies were sold in the next fourteen months he made a no their fourteen records1 and they were all big hits.In 1956 he also made his first film in Hollywood,In 1972 his wife left him, and they were divorced in October, 1973, Elvis died from a heart attack in 1977, He had been abusing his body for several years by eating and drinking too much and taking a cocktail of medicines and possibly drugs. He left all his money to his onty daughter, Lisa Marie Presley- She became one of the richest people in the world when she was only nine years old.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard,1, What is the speaker talking about?2, Why were news programs interrupted?3, When was Heartbreak H