朗文英语听说教程1口语考试简短对话.doc

Dialogue 1 HappinessA：Hello,Good afternoon!B：Good afternoon！Lets talk about happiness today.A:OK!How happy are you today-very happy,a little happy,or unhappy?why?B:A little happy.Bcause I slept not very well last light.A:So you feel tired today.B:Of course,due to the speaking test.A:All right.So what do you think make you happy.B:Money,If I have much money,I can buy many things.A:What do you want to buy?A good sleep?or you can use money to pass the exam?B:Emmm,maybe I cant buy it by using money.so what makes people happy than others?A:We can see three personality factors that psychologists find in happy people.First,happy people are satisfied with themselves. B:What does it mean?A:It means that they like themselves as they are,and they are happy with what they have.B:Its right. What are other two personality factors.A:Happy people are optimistic and they have good relationship with other people.B:So what does this tell us?A:Well,If you want to be happier,dont assume that winning lottery will help.there are more important factors for achieving happiness.B:Thats gerat!Dialogue 2 New kinds of FoodA:Good afternoon!How is it going?B:Good!A:All right!Have you heard about “GM” food?B:Yes,it means genetically modified food.A:Sure,it is food-either a plant or animal- that has been altered in the laboratory by scientists.B:Well,how did scientists modifie food by using gene?A:The scientists take something from one plant or animal，and add it to a different plant or an-mal to make it grow in a different way.B:It is amazing that transporting gene from a animal to a plant.A:A kind of GM tomato, using the gene from a kind of bacteria,can grow in cold.B:It is interisting.what are other benefits of GM food.A:For example,genetically modified corn kill insects that eat the plants，so it needs fewer pesti-cide than normal plants.genetically modified tomato stay fresh for two months,so it has long Time to be sold.B:It is really better than normal food.but is it have no risks?A:Also it has.Genetically modified corn also kill butterflies.And genetically modified tomato may Dominate other plants.B:So,there are some important benefits to genetically modified food but also some risks.A:Yeah,by the way.would you eat a tomato with a gene from a baceria？B：impossible.it would make me feel disgusting.Maybe I think I eat a kind of bacteria，but inReality，I eat a tomato.A:OK,you maybe cant accept the GM food.Dialogue 3 Public ArtA：Good afternoon！How is it going？B:Good!A:OK!Do you like the scupture?why or why not ?B:Yes,its so beautiful and become more and more popular.A:Youre right.Many business and city leaders are putting up art in public places.B:So why do they do it?A:Art helps to make our cities look more beautiful and interisting . People can look it and Enjoy it every day.B:Would you like to give a example of public art?A:You can see the scupture in the front of the library.Two dolphins.Its 1.2 feet wide and 2 feet Long.Its made of metal-steel and cuprum.B:I cant interpret this scupture. I dont know what the scupture means.A:The dolphin symbolizes harmony and wisdom.B:Its great！So its in the front of the liabry.But I have a different point.I think the dlphinsSymbolizes love.And its place for couple which there are many bunches.A:Maybe youre right.Different people interpret the purpose differently.DIalogue 4 Journey to AntarcticaA:Good afternoon!How is it going?B:Good!A:OK,what do you konw about exporlation in Antarcica?B:Its a very cold place.Shackleton has been arrived there.A:Yes,imgine that you are part of Shackletons crew .You need to decide which supplies to save From your ship before it sinks.You already have the food and water you need.You can take five More supplies.B:Well,I will chose tents.sleeping bags . sled dogs. Maps. Extra clothing.A:What do you think is most impotant?B:Tents and sleeping bags.If I dont have those,I think I will die due to the tempture.A:You are right.So why do you chose sled dogs and maps ?B:Sled dogs can become my transportation on ice.I maybe lost without the maps.A:So extra clothing also is your weapon to defeat the cold.Right?B:No,just a change of clothes.A:You mean you will take a shower in the travel,then change clothes.B:Yes,I hate dirty clothes.A:Its interesting.Good luck for you to find hot water.Dialogue 5 Violence on TelevisionA:Good afternoon!How is it going?B:Good.A:What do you think watching TV?B:I think that watching TV is interesting and exciting.A:So what did you watch on TV.B:I never watch TV now. I mean that I always watch series on my mobilephone.A:Well,what did you watch on your mobilephone.B:Day and Night.ZhouShutong is so beautiful.A:Is the show for children or adults?B:It is for adults.Because it is a detective thriller.A:How many acts of violence do you see?B:I cant calculate,there were dead people in each set.A:Do you think children should watch this show.B:Must not.It involves many factors of killing.Children maybe imitatethe behaviors.A:Well,Do you think children should be protected from violence on TV.If so,who should protectThem?B:Yes.The SARFT protect them for forbiding the show.Dialogue 6 Too Old to LearnA:Good afternoon!How is it going?B:Good!A:OK,what age do you think children should study.B:Maybe 6 years old.Most children study in this age in China.A:Well,what is different about how adults and children learn?B:Adults may not have much time to learn.they need to work.A:OK,do you agree that “Too old to learn”?B:No,learnning is the most important thing in ones life.Never too old to learn.A：But for a old man,he maybe have sutdied more knowledges when he was young.B:its wrong.the world keeps changing on and on.there is always something new for them to learnA:So,they must be aware that they should stick to learning throughout their lives.B:Yeah,thais all right.A:Well,what are the banefits?B:Constant learning can make people become more learned and experienced so that they can suit the changing world better.Dialogue 7 Are We Alone?A:Good afternoon!How is it going?B:Good!A:Do you think there is intelligent life on other planets?B:I believe intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe.A:why?B:The universe is about 12 billion years old,This is long enough for other planets to haveintelligent life.A:How can we look for other intelligent life in the universe?B:In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe.But now, powerful telescopes allow scientists to discover smaller planets just like Earth.A:Only way?B:No,We can also contact intelligent life in other way, such as radio signals.A:They may be trying to communicate with us now.B:We dont know that its a disaster or revolution.A:Youre right.Dialogue 8 Do the right ThingA:Good afternoon!How is it going?B:Good!A:OK,How do you decide what is right and wrong?B:Usually I decide what is right and wrong by personal feelings and law.A:Ok,For example,A man drops 50 dollars on the floor.You pick it up.When he looks for money,you Say you havent seen it.B:I think its wrong to lie to the man.its illegal.A:So you justify your answers by law in this example.B:Yes,and if my friend gets a ugly haircut,I will tell him its really ugly.A:Its interesting.So you dont worry about you dont have a friend?B:No,In my oppion,true friend shouldnt lie to the others,except joking.A:So being your friend is terrible.B:Maybe.Dialogue 9