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Lesson Eight YouthListen to the tape carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard. 1. M: My chemistry project is in trouble. My partner and I have totally different ideas about how to proceed. W: You should try to meet each other halfway. Q: What does the woman suggest? a. They should find a better lab for the project. b. The man should meet his partners needs. c. They should come to a compromise. d. The man should work with somebody else.He agreed to meet them half- way. 他同意对他们作一定的妥协。2. M: Whats the matter? Youve been sitting there for ages just staring into space. W: I told the Brownings Id send them a postcard. Now I dont know what to say. Q: What is the woman doing? a. Looking for a postcard. b. Visiting the Brownings. c. Filling in a form. d. Writing a postcard.3. M: Ive noticed that you get letters from Canada from time to time. Would you mind saving the stamps for me? My sister collects them. W: My roommates already asked for them. Q: What will the woman probably do? a. She will no longer get letters from Canada. b. She will not give the stamps to the mans sister. c. She will save the stamps for the mans sister. d. She will give the stamps to the mans roommates. 4. M: Next, shouldnt we get a telephone installed in the hall? W: Fixing the shower pipe is far more important. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? a. The mans attitude is more sensible than the womans. b. They have different opinions as to what to do next. c. They have to pay for the house by installments. d. They will fix a telephone in the bathroom. 5. M: I hope I wont oversleep. Ive simply got to catch the first flight to New York. W: If I were you, Id request a wake-up call from the hotel reception. Q: What does the woman advise the man to do? a. To ask for a wake-up call. b. To catch a later flight. c. To go to bed early. d. To cancel his trip. 6. W: You know some TV channels have been rerunning a lot of comedies from the sixties. What do you think of those old shows? M: So-so, but the new ones arent so great either. Q: What is the mans opinion on the new TV comedies? a. New TV comedies are not so good as old ones. b. New TV comedies are much better than old ones. c. TV comedies havent improved since the sixties. d. TV comedies have improved a lot since the sixties.7. M: I heard that Park Electronics is going to be holding interviews on campus next week. W: Yeah. What day? Id like to talk to them and drop off my resume. Q: What does the woman want to do? a. Get a job on campus. b. Take an electronics course. c. Visit the electronics company. d. Apply for a job with the electronics company.Ill drop this off on my way to the supermarket. 我在去超级市场的途中将信寄出去。 8. M: I knew Laurie played the piano, but I didnt know she played the guitar. W: Neither did I. It seems she just picked it up on her own over the summer. Q: What does the woman mean? a. Laurie doesnt have much musical talent. b. Laurie taught herself to play the guitar. c. Laurie wants to play music with other people. d. Laurie has a summer job playing the guitar. 9. M: Its so mild today, wanna go for a bike ride after your last class? W: When is the latest time we could start? My last class is a chem. lab and it often runs late. Q: What is likely to happen to the woman? a. She might be late for her chemistry class. b. Shell borrow a bike after class. C. She might be delayed in the lab. d. She might ride her bike to the lab.10. W: Arent you leaving tomorrow on vacation? All packed and ready to go? M: Not quite. I still have to stop by the drugstore and get my allergy prescription refilled. Q: What does the man have to do for the vacation? a. He has to postpone the vacation. b. He needs to take his medicine with him on vacation. c. He is going to change his allergy medicine. d. He has to order tickets by telephone.11. W: The floor is awfully wet. What happened? M: No sooner had I gotten into the shower than the phone rang. Q: What was the man doing when the phone rang? a. He was taking a shower. b. He was repairing the shower. c. He was cooking. d. He was leaving the house.12. M: Mary, did you drop off the roll of film for developing? W: No. I got Susan to do it. Q: What happened to the roll of film? a. It fell out of the camera. b. Mary developed it in photography class. c. Susan took it to be developed. d. The man gave it to Susan.Eddie, I just came by to drop off your tank. 艾迪，我只是把你的鱼缸送过来。13. M: Could you please tell me where to find running shoes? W: Yeah. They are on the second floor, in sporting goods. Q: Where was this conversation probably taking place? a. In a locker room. b. In a department store. c. In a shoe-repair shop. d. At a track. 14. M: That leaky faucet is starting to get to me. W: What should we do about it? Q: What does the woman want to know? a. What is causing the problem? b. When the faucet started leaking. c. How old the faucet is. d. How to deal with the problem. 15 M: Hello. Id like two seats for the evening show. W: Sorry, but the performance is already sold out. Would you be interested in something later this week? Q: What does the woman imply? a. Tickets are available for future performances. b. The performance has been canceled. c. She wants to see the show the next day. d. The performance has already started.Part BPassage One Youth in the US Young people in the United States have a wide variety of interests apart from their school work. As children, both boys and girls play many of the same games. They swim, play baseball and basketball, go boating and camping, and have fun in many kinds of sports and outdoor activities. Many youth organizations give young people a chance to develop and broaden their interests, and to gain experience in working with others. Among these groups are the Boy Scouts, 男童子军 which serves more than four million boys, the Girl Scouts, with nearly three million girls, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, with over one million participants. These and other groups are guided by adults who volunteer their services. Civic, cultural and religious groups also sponsor special programs for young people. In farm areas, boys and girls learn to work together in agriculture, homemaking and citizenship activities. They compete for prizes in raising farm animals and growing crops. Secondary schools offer students a wide variety of activities to develop talents and skills. There are clubs for photography, music, theater, art, stamp collecting, natural science and debating. Often schools have orchestras, bands and singing groups as well as a variety of competitive sports for both boys and girls. Most schools and colleges have some form of student government with elections to choose class representatives. These elected officers speak for their fellow students at student council meeting with teachers and school officials. They also organize social activities and take part in such community projects as fund raising for charity. Many young people hold part-time jobs after school hours. Thousands earn money by delivering newspapers or helping look after young children in private homes. Later, when they go to college, many youths continue to work part-time at a variety of jobs to help pay their expenses. For several weeks during the summer vacation, about five million school-age children go to camps where they get plenty of recreational activities and learn various skills. There are more than 10,000 camps operated by private citizens and organizations. College students often work as counselors at these camps.ii. Listen to the passage again and write T (true) or F (false) for each statement you have heard. 1. (F) American boys play different games than girls. 2. (T) Many youth organizations have been set up to help young people develop and broaden their interests. 3. (T) Student representatives are elected to speak for their fellow students and organize social activities. 4. (F) School-age children usually do not hold part-time jobs. 5. (F) Millions of college students go to summer camps for recreational activities and to learn skills.Professional Advice for Young People Most worthwhile careers require some kind of special training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an occupation should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, however, most people make several job choices during their working lives, partly because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve their positions. The one perfect job does not exist. Young people should therefore enter into a broad flexible training program that will fit them for a field of work rather than for a single job. Unfortunately many young people, knowing little about the job market or themselves for that matter就此而言, choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss basis漫无目的. Some drift from job to job. Others stick to work which they neither like nor suit. (It was a very hit-or-miss affair, totally lacking any kind of organization. 那是一件毫无计划的事情，完全连一点儿条理也没有。) One common mistake is choosing an occupation for its real or imagined prestige声誉. Too many high-school students (or their parents) choose a professional field, disregarding both the relatively small proportion of workers in the profession and the