新标准大学英语视听说教程2 听力原文

1、.新标准大学英语视听说教程2 听力原文 Unit 1 College cultureInside viewConversation 1Janet ：So this is the Cherwell Boathouse its lovely! And look at those people punting! It looksquite easy.Mark ：Im not so sure about that! Janet, theres something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you.Some people in college are organ

2、izing charity events this term. Weve decided to get involved.Janet ：Raising money for charity? Right. In China, people raise money for charity but studentsdont usually do that.Mark ：Students often do that here. Anyway, were thinking of doing sponsored punting. Janet ：Sponsored punting! Whats that?Ka

3、te ：Sponsoring is when people pay you to do something like run a long distance. So peoplewould be sponsoring students to punt.Janet ：What a great idea! Id love to join you!Mark ：Thats why were telling you about it. So thats decided then. Lets make a list of thingswe need to do.Kate ：Ill do that. One

4、 of the first things we should do is choose the charity.Mark ：Yes. And choose a day for the event. And we need to design the sponsorship form. Ive gotone here.Kate ：That looks fine, but we must change the wording. Who wants to do that?Mark ：Ill do that. What have we got so far?Kate ：Choose a charity

5、. Also a day for the event. Change the wording on the sponsorship form Um We have to decide where the punt will start from.Mark ：Cherwell Boathouse, no question! Its a very beautiful route from here, apparently. Kate ：Im with you on that.Janet ：Me too Conversation2Janet ：Im not used to boats Woah!Ma

6、rk ：Whoops!Kate ：Watch out! You nearly hit me with that thing!Mark ：Sorry! I didnt mean to. OK, were off!Kate ：Maybe I should do the punting.Mark ：Its fine. Ive got the hang of it now give me a chance.Kate ：Well, Id like to have a go.Mark ：Supposing I do the first hour. Then you can take over for a

7、while, if you want to. Kate ：Yes, great.Janet ：Youre really good at it, Mark! This is fantastic! Its exactly how I imagined lifehere! Look over there isnt it lovely!Kate ：Yes, it is.Janet ：Kate, everythings organized, isnt it, for collecting the sponsorship money?Kate ：Yes, Ive arranged for people t

8、o get the money to me by next Friday if they havent paidonline. Ill count it all up.Janet ：Good. Wed better have a meeting soon after that, dont you think? How much have weraised?Kate ：About 600.Janet：Fantastic! Im so enjoying this!Mark ：Hey guys, Ive got a suggestion how about moving over to the ba

9、nk and we can have ourpicnic! Hey, look, theres Louise and Sophie!Mark ：Whoo Girls： Mark!Janet ：Are you all right?Mark ：Er Of course Im all right. Kate, I think its your turn to punt!Outside viewV/O （画外音）Harvard University in Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world. We spoke to Alex J

10、ude, the universitys Head of Communications. He explained that Harvard looks for the best and most talented students from around the world.AlexHarvard actually seeks students from around the world, the best students that we can find, to study chemistry, or study literature, or study government, or b

11、usiness. Our business school is particularly well-known around the world, as is the medical school and law school, so, um, and, and the Kennedy School of government, for the John F. Kennedy School of Government, so, er, we do seek very, very talented students and we have open doors for them.V/O （画外音

12、）We asked five students at Harvard to tell us what kind of social life they have.AshleyUm, well relaxing is a little hard to do around here, but basically, I mean, I still, I, I live nearby anyway, so I see a lot of my friends, and Um, theres a good social life here if you look for it. I go to the g

13、ym, run. So thats what I do.AdamIt is whatever you want it to be. Its good. If you wanna go out party, do anything you can. If you wanna sit in your room and study all night like my friend over here, you can also do that. BrianSocially, like you said, its, its a lot of what you make it. Um, we dont

14、have fraternities here, and so, you know, thats, its obviously not as social. Theres not as many parties as there would be on another campus. Um, but on a Friday or Saturday night, there, there, there will be a party. Usually we end up studying until about 10 oclock. And then we, and then well go ou

15、t and have fun maybe, or just watch a movie with friends, or, you know, whatever is going on for the night. JodieNot everyone would agree with me, obviously, but its, I think its a fun place to be.Interviewer: Have you made a lot of friends?Jodie : Oh, definitely.Interview. ：Mm.Jodie: Many.Interview

16、er: What, what do you do with your friends?Jodie: Um, well, I like to go to concerts. Im in three music groups, so I have lots of rehearsalsduring the week for that. Um, just do, you know, some fun things, on the weekend.V/O （画外音）We asked the Harvard students if they use the Internet.Ashley: Um, I,

17、I use it a fairly good amount. Um, our library system is online, so I use that a lot.And a lot of my classes, you know, have to do research papers. You can find a lot of information on there, so.Interviewer: So how often do you use it, a week, a day?Ashley: Um, I use it probably on more of a weekly

18、basis. Maybe three or four times a week.Brian: Oh yes, definitely. We live through the Internet actually. Well, I do a lot of researchthrough the Internet, follow my stocks on the Internet. Um, well, even though e-mail is not officially Internet, we, thats how we communicate a lot at college, so, th

19、rough the e-mail.John: Um, I use the internet mostly for, er, Id say, sort of leisure purposes. I mean, I play, um, I use it for a lot of, I dont, we dont have TV in my room, so I use it, uh, uh, go to the CNN website, keep up on current events, things like that. Uh, I also, uh, you know, theres som

20、e little games to play over the Internet. Um, just um, I go to to see whats happening, follow the Boston Red Sox, things like that. Um, I think a lot of courses use it to post things, but I, I dont usually use it that much for research, or things. I tend to use the libraries for such things

21、, so.Listening inPassage 1Voice-overHi, Im Nick Carter, and this is SUR, your university radio station. This morning we went around campus to ask freshers now half-way through their first year the question, How are you finding uni? Here are some of the answers we got.Speaker 1Its cool. Its everythin

22、g I hoped it would be. Im very ambitious, I want to be a journalist and I want to get to the top of the profession. Ive started writing for the university newspaper so Ive got my foot on the ladder already.Speaker 2Im working hard and the teaching is as good as I expected. And Ive made some good fri

23、ends. But Im very homesick. Im Nigerian and my familys so far away. I went home at Christmas for a month that really helped, but man, I miss my family so much.Speaker 3“How am I finding uni? Its great. Its not perfect, nothing is, but, like, Ive got a brilliant social life, just brilliant, and Ive m

24、ade lots of friends. For the first few months I just didnt do, really enough work. But I I talked about it with my parents and Im working harder now and getting good grades.Speaker 4Actually, Ive been quite lonely to be honest. Im a bit shy everyone else seemed to find it so easy to make friends str

25、aight away. But things have been better recently yeah, they have. Ive joined a couple of clubs and like, it really helps to get to know people when you have shared interests. So, yeah Im feeling a lot happier now.Speaker 5Unis great, I love it. My only problem and its quite a big problem is money. M

26、y parents are both unemployed so, you know, they cant help me financially. My grant just isnt its just not enough for me to live on, so Ive taken a part-time job as a waitress a lot of people I know, like a lot, have had to do the same. I dont want to have huge debts at the end.Speaker 6I love my su

27、bject, History, and Im, Im getting fantastic teaching here. I want to be a university lecturer and that means I have to get a first. I have a good social life but work definitely comes first for me.Passage 2Oxford and Cambridge two universities so similar that they are often spoken of together as “O

28、xbridge. Theyre both in the UK, fairly near London, and both regularly come top in any ranking of the worlds best universities.The two universities began within a century of each other. Oxford University, now 900 years old, was founded towards the end of the 11th century. In 1209 there was a dispute

29、 between the university and the townspeople of Oxford. As a result, some of the Oxford teachers left and founded a university in the town of Cambridge, some 84 miles away. Ever since then, the two institutions have been very competitive.Unlike most modern universities, both Oxford and Cambridge cons

30、ist of a large number of colleges. Oxford has 39 and Cambridge 31. Many of these colleges have old and very beautiful architecture, and large numbers of tourists visit them.In all UK universities, you need good grades in the national exams taken at 18. But to get into Oxford and Cambridge, its not e

31、nough to get A grades in your exams. You also have to go for a long interview. In these interviews, students need to show that they are creative and capable of original thinking.Through the centuries, both universities have made huge contributions to British cultural life. They have produced great w

32、riters, world leaders and politicians. Cambridge, in particular, has produced scientists whose discoveries and inventions have changed our lives.Among the great university institutions is the worlds most famous debating society, the Oxford Union, where undergraduates get a chance to practise speakin

33、g in public. Cambridges comedy clubFootlights has produced many first-class comedians, while some of the UKs most famous actors and actresses began their careers at The Oxford University Dramatic Society, known as OUDS. Then theres the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which takes place every year in

34、March or April, and is watched on television all over the UK.So with all this excellence in so many fields, its not surprising that the ambition of clever students all over the world is to attend either one of these great universities.Unit 2 Mixed feelingsInside viewConversation 1Kate ：Come in. Hey,

35、 Janet.Janet ：Hi Kate, are you busy?Kate ：Yes, Im just doing an essay. But its great to see you. So whats new?Janet ：Well, nothing much.Kate ：You look a bit fed up. Whats bugging you?Janet ：Well, I had a phone call from my parents and it made me feel homesick. It happens everytime they call, and it

36、gets me down.Kate ：Im sorry to hear that. I know how you feel. I love speaking to my mum and dad, but Ialways feel miserable after the call.Janet ：My dad doesnt say much, and I want to speak to him, but I wish I knew what to say. Kate ：Dont let it get to you. My dad doesnt say much on the phone eith

37、er. I call, he answersthe phone, and says, Hi, Ill pass you to your mother. Its really irritating.Janet ：But I miss him and my mother a lot, and I like to hear his voice.Kate ：Just tell him what youre up to.Janet ：Sometimes I feel as if I made a mistake leaving home and coming to Oxford.Sometimes I

38、feel like a moody teenager.Kate ：Try not to worry about it, Janet. Its normal to feel like that. I understand how you feel, butI bet everything will be fine next term. Youll get used to it. Hey, why dont you do what I do?Janet ：Whats that?Kate ：When my dad calls, I ask him for more money! He usually

39、 says no, but at least I getto hear his voice!Janet ：Maybe. Im sorry to take up your time, Kate, but I must go now. Bye!Kate ：Wait a minute !Conversation 2Kate ：I think I may have upset Janet last night.Mark : What happened?Kate ：She came to see me. I was busy doing an essay but I was really pleased

40、 to see her. Shedhad a call from home, and said she was feeling homesick.Mark : Poor kid! It must be tough on you guys, living so far away from home.Kate ：I tried to make her laugh, told her not to worry about it, and that it was normal to feelmiserable. Suddenly she looked miserable, and then she g

41、ot up and said, I must go now and left my room. It was really sudden. I felt as if Id said something wrong.Mark ：Maybe she was just being polite. It was probably because she realized you were workingand didnt want to disturb you.Kate ：I just wonder if she found it difficult to talk about her feeling

42、s with me. Maybe I shouldnthave tried to make her laugh? Perhaps she thought I wasnt taking her seriously.Mark ：I wouldnt worry about it. Put yourself in her shoes. How would you feel if you were astudent at college in China?Kate ：I know. Thats why I feel bad. If only she had stayed longer! I wish I

43、 could have helped her more.Janet ：Hey, everyone!Mark ：Hi Janet, you look cheerful!Janet ：Yes, Ive just got my essay back. I got an alpha minus!Kate ：What an amazing grade! Well done.Mark ：Im really happy for you, Janet.Janet ：I feel on top of the world!Outside viewSebastienHi. Im Sebastien. Im from

44、 Germany. Um, the idea of IQ of a measure of your brain power has been around for a while, but recently theres been this new idea of the EQ your emotional quotient. And by now, its actually almost being regarded as more important. If you look at it, businesses will Well, they will prefer employing p

45、eople with great EQ. Well, of course, IQ cannot be disregarded, but um, EQ does have its importance as well. Uh, I believe that, um, I mean, people, most people will have, um, their basic means of communicating with other people. Most people are somewhat socially adept, and just like most people hav

46、e, you know, a basic general knowledge. But then, what I think really is the difference betweenIQ and EQ, I mean, you can have a brainiac, and they will be great at most things they do, but if you just cant get along with him, if you just cant communicate with him, I mean, you know, hes not really t

47、hat useful.KimHi. This is Kim. Im originally from Korea, and I was raised in California. And today, we are going to talk about the differences between IQ and EQ IQ meaning your intelligence, EQ meaning your emotions. Now, in When I was, when I was a little, little boy in Korea, I had to take I think

48、 Id taken like two or three IQ tests before the age of ten, which is when I moved to California. So, I guess we stress a lot of importance on intelligence, on having great IQ scores. But after I moved to the States, I learnt how to associate with people, and along the lines that this word EQ came up

49、, you know, emotional, caring about Its basically how you deal with people, how you make people feel, and how people make you feel. I think theyre equally as, as important, but it seems that in the Eastern world they kind of stress on that a lot more back in the days. But I think again, you know, no

50、w that with Internet and people are communicating so much faster, theres a better mixture of the two I think. Theres a stress on EQ in Korea as well, and a stress on IQ in the States. Thank you.TedHello. My name is Ted, and Im from the United States of America. Today, Im going to talk a little bit a

51、bout IQ or EQ which is most important, or which is more important. Now, for a long time when I was growing up, people said, IQ. Whats your IQ? Take an IQ test. But then EQ, your emotions, how you interact with people, that became very important. And I think theyre that people might be onto something

52、 with that, because your EQ how you deal with people, how you interact with people is important. Now, a big part of this, in my opinion, is listening. I know Im talking a lot right now, but if you want to get along well with people, you have to listen to them, so just take a minute, maybe shut your

53、mouth for a minute, and listen to others, and then you can understand and communicate with them in a better way. So, part of EQ, I think, is listening listening to others and it can be more important than IQ.Listening inPassage 1Presenter: Were fortunate to have as our guest today Dr Jenna Hudson, w

54、ho has just written a book about how colours affect us in our surroundings, especially in the world of advertising. Its called Market Colours. Dr Hudson, which are the most common colours in advertising and marketing?Dr Hudson :Well, of course, it depends what image the marketing team wish to projec

55、t with their products. So for example, we often think of blue as a cold colour, but it also makes you feel peaceful, quiet, and it doesnt suggest strong emotions. So its a favourite for banks and insurance companies, who wish to suggest the image that they are trustworthy. And for selling products,

56、its often used to suggest something is pure and fresh.Presenter: What about red?Dr Hudson: You can sell almost anything with red. Its a hot colour, which suggests a feeling of energy and even passion. It grabs your attention, and can make people buy almost anything. You often see red on magazine cov

57、ers. But if you use it too much, it looks cheap and may make people tired. And orange has a similar effect to red, its upbeat and happy, it suggests pleasant feelings and images. Most people react well to orange, and its especially popular in advertising and on packaging for baked food.Presenter: Wh

58、at about yellow, for instance?Dr Hudson: Yellow is the colour of sunshine and its a positive, happy colour, so its used a lot in advertising. But its also often used for warning signs, direction signs, and so on, where you have to read the message quickly and at a distance.Presenter: What about less popular colours for advertising?D