新标准大学英语视听说教程第三册听力原文

1、5557 新标准大学英语视听说教程第三册听力材料文本Unit 1Listening in Passage oneInterviewer: Can you tell mehow do you think you have changed as you have matured?What things have had a major influence on you?Speaker 1 : Well, let me think I suppose going to university had a big impact on my life. It made me much more open-

2、minded. I met so many different types of people there with weird and wonderful ideas and it changed the way I see the world. I ' much more tolerant now It made me a mororeunded person.Interviewer: Great, and had any particular person had a central role in forming your character?Speaker 1: I gues

3、s that 'hdave to be my grandfather. I was very close to him, and he taught me to stand up for my beliefs. He was always telling me about thisInterviewer: So what people or events have had an impact on your life?Speaker 2: I think that traveling my gap year made me grow up and see both the beauty

4、 of the world and, well just the generosity of ordinary people. I traveled a lot around Asia and you know, I found that in some of the poorest countries, like Cambodia and Laos, people share whatever little they have, and they possess a real joy for life. It 'psrobably made me a less selfish per

5、son.Interviewer: Interestingso you would recommend that youngpeople take a gap year to discover themselves and the world?Speaker 2: Definitely. It gives you an opportunity to learn about the world beyond the one you grew up in and I found it reallyInterviewer:Could you tell me what things in your li

6、fe havehad the greatest influence in forming your personality?(Speaker 3: Well a couple of years ago I was on a reality TV show where a group of young people all lived in a house together. Each week some one was voted off by the audience. I got down to the final three! I suppose being on the show an

7、d seeing how the other contestants behaved made me realize how selfish and spiteful some people can be just to get what they want. I also realized it ' best to just be yourself in life. If you pretend to be someone different people will eventually see through the lies.Interviewer: Right And how

8、did you feel when you were eventually voted off?Speaker 3: Relieved, to be honest with you. But you know, aslight regret that I didn' t win because I kind ofInterviewer:So you can tell me, what one thing do you thinkthat has had the biggest impact on your life?Speaker 4:Hmm, that 'asdifficul

9、t question. But I thinkhelping victims of the tsunami in 2004 had a very great impact on me. I ' nlnalf Thai and I ' dust arrived in Thailand for a family Christmas holiday. When I heard the news I knew I had to help-you couldn ' t not. I ended up acting as an interpreter for a group of

10、volunteer doctors. It was an incredibly difficult time but you know, even in the middle of such a horrific tragedy there is still a huge amount of genuine human kindness.Interviewer: That ' amazing! And has it changed the way you view your future Passage twoTony: Talking to us today in our Life

11、Choices series is Joan Robinson, an academic counselor at Manchester University. She gives advice to school students on choosing the right subject to study at university. Joan, welcome to the show.Joan: Thanks Tony.Tony: So Joan, what do our listeners need to think about whenchoosing a course? It

12、9;s a huge, poten4Chyngfi©gdecision, isn ' t it?Joan: Yes. I generally give students advice in two areas. Firstly,know yourself, and secondly, think to the future.Tony: When you say “ know yourself ” what do you mean?Joan: Basically, I mean evaluate your own personal strengths and weaknesse

13、s, your personality traits （特质）and the things you like.Tony: I see So how can our listeners do this?Joan: Well, start by asking yourself questions to help reflect on your life so far. For example, what subjects are you good at? Are you an organized and self-disciplined person? Are you confident and

14、outgoing? Do you like working with others in a team or do you prefer working alone? These kinds of questions will help you discover more about yourself.Tony: Sounds like good advice. How about your second point regarding the future?Joan: Well, your choice of major subject is likely to have a signifi

15、cant impact on your future career so it ' s important to look into this carefully. I recommend you check not only which academic subjects will help you get into a particular area of work , but also look carefully at what universities offer. Each university has its strengths so try to choose one

16、that is the best in your chosen field. Find out what links the department has to related industries and leading companies in it.Tony: Good point. Now I ' d like to take some calls from our listeners. First up we have James on the line. Hi, James! How can we help?James: Hi. I ' m interested i

17、n career in IT and I' d like to askwhether she thinks it' s better to go to a highly respecteduniversity, like Oxford, or to study somewhere that has more of a vocational focus?Joan: Well, James, you know it really depends on what you expect to get out of a university and how you see yourfut

18、ure. Basically a handful of the brightest graduates are picked from the top universities around the world to join the leading IT companies. So I' d say if ycflyer ' re a highthen this is the route that might be for you. But if you are looking for a more mainstream(主流)career then youshould co

19、nsider a course that helps you acquire practical, transferable skills that you can use in the workplace look at which universities have the best levels of graduate recruitment for the kind of job you are aiming for.James I see! Thanks a lot. That really helps me outUNIT3Listening in conversation 1Li

20、ly:So what was the highlight of your trip to (South)Korea?Hugh:LilyWell that'slet me see.it's got to be going to see Nanta.What on earth is Nanta?Hugh : It's this amazing live show-part theater-part dance-part music.Lily:Sounds really interesting. But why' s it so brilliant?Hugh:I th

21、ink it's the energy of the performers. Also it has a unique concept. It's a mixture of traditional Korean music, percussion and drums, into a western style performanceLily:I've never heard of it. Has it ever been performed in theWest?Hugh: Yeah, it's been a sell-out. They've tour

22、ed in over 30 countries since the show began in 1997t's a non-verbal performance so there are no language barriers. That's what's made it an international success.Lily:What else makes it so special then?Hugh:Well.the other thing is that all the action takes place in the kitchen. You see

23、these four chefs preparing the food for a wedding reception. The performers use knives, dustbin lids and various other kitchen utensils to create a hypnotic soundtrack. The food literally flies everywhere! It's hilarious.Lily:That sounds quite funny I must admit. Is there an actualstory though?H

24、ugh: Oh yes, there is a story. The four chefs have to prepare the meal by 6 o'clock and they also have to give the manager's nephew cooking lessons too, which adds to the fun. There ' loads of audience participation and despite there being no language involved you get completely engrosse

25、d. It's really quite wacky!Lily:And what about the audience? I suppose they startthrowing food around ？Hugh: Not quite! But they are totally involved in what's going on-everyone loves it. It's a really great family show. In fact it's one of the best shows rve ever seen. Jim, my frien

26、d, says he takes all his visitors. He's seen it about eight times and still loves it.Lily:I bet it's popular with tourists then.Hugh: Well apparently over a million foreign tourists in (South)Korea have seen the show and it's had a run on Broadway too. It first got popular after they app

27、eared at the Edinburgh Festival. Now they are planning to tour more cities in Asia where (South) Korean popular culture is becoming incredibly trendy.Lily : By the way what does “ Nanta ” mean?Hugh : It means random drumming in Korean. The English name for the show is Cookin' , which gives you a

28、 clearer ideaof what it's all about.Lily : You've got me interested now. I 'll have to check it out on the internet.Listening in Conversation 2Interviewer: Kathy Richards is a specialist art tour guide. Kathy-can you tell us what trends you've noticed in recent years?Kathy:Well, one

29、of the biggest phenomena r ve noticed is ahuge increase in visitors to galleries-and a growing interest in modern art in general.Interviewer: What do you think the reason is for that?Kathy:Well, there are several reasons, I think. The most important ones are firstly, that some new contemporary art g

30、alleries have opened which have had a lot of publicity, and secondly the younger generation feel more comfortable with modern art so the kind of people visiting galleries is changing. Finally, the new generation of galleries have become destinations in themselvesthey tend to be housed in amazing bui

31、ldings.Interviewer: So which are the most popular new galleries?Kathy:Well, the Tate Modern in London has had over 30 million visitors since it opened in 2000.The annual average is now over 4.5 million. The Museum of Modern Art, or MoMA in New York is an older gallery, it was founded in 1929 but has

32、 been recently reno vated and expanded. This work was finished in 2006 and it had over 2.5 million visitors in the first year after reopening. Another very successful new gallery is the Guggenheim in Bilbao in Spain. It opened in 1997 and now gets about a million visitors a year.Interviewer: Those a

33、re pretty impressive figures. Maybe the factKathy:that the Tate Modern is free to visit might have something to do with it?It's true that entrance to the permanent collection is free but the numbers of people visiting the temporary exhibition are also high-and the entrance fee is usually about t

34、en pounds.Interviewer: Do you have to pay to get into the other galleries you mentioned?Kathy:Oh yes. You do. Admission to MoMA is 20 US dollars and the Guggenheim in Bilbao costs eight euros.Interviewer: Do people mind paying, do you think?Kathy:No, I don't think they do mind. Most people feel

35、the fees are reasonabl e considering the outstandingcollections of priceless works of art that they get to see.Interviewer: You mentioned that the buildings that art galleries are in can be an attraction themselves these days. Kathy:Well, yes, the Guggenheim has literally revitalizedthe whole city a

36、nd put Bilbao on the tourist map. It's got a futuristic, curvy metallic structure and people love it. The Tate Modern has helped redevelop an old industrial area beside the River Thames. The gallery itself is actually inside a huge , old, brick power station. And MoMA is interesting as it's

37、in downtown New York.Interviewer: And who visits these galleries? What's the profile of the average art lover?Kathy:Well, in the past museums and galleries were seen asappealing to the older generation. But in fact, 48 percent of visitors to the Tate Modern are under 35.UNIT5Listening in 1Today

38、we' ll focus on two aspects of group behaviour.Firstly,how groups develop,and secondly,the roles individuals play within a groupt wictely acknowledged that the performance of effective groups is often greater than the sum of the individuals in the group.This is due to what we call synergy-in oth

39、er words,the extra energy and effevtiveness that people create when they work together.Early research in this field carried out in the 1930s by Elton Mayo discovered something that he called the “ Hawthorne effect ” .The idea is that when individual know they are part of a study,their productivity a

40、utomatically increases regardless of other factors,such as how much time or money they are given,for example.The research suggests that things like personal identity ,self-esteem and the social context in which a group is working are really very important factors in improving the performance of indi

41、viduals.If we move on to look at the nature of groups more closely,we find that groups have natural phasese that can help us understand their effectiveness.You have probably all had experience of working with other people in a group that,at firsl,wasn,t very productive.This phenomenon was studied by

42、 Tuckman in the 1960s,and he created a model to describe the stages of a group.The first stage is known as Forming " which is when individual members get to know each other.This is followed by ” Storming ” whedividual start to share their ideas and creative energy.The third phase is ” Norming ”

43、 wheae group identity begins to form.The final stage is Performing ” when individuals within the group work together.And it is at this stage that the group achieves results.Understanding these phases can help us ensure that members of a group work together to overcome early loner.The” Resource inves

44、tigator ” is the group member who is always curious and explores new ideas and the ” Monitorevaluator ” is calm and serous and makes good,balanced decisions.The” Teamworker ” ieontrast is a socially orientated and sensitive member of the team who is able to encourage a team spirit.And the ” Corfiiei

45、eier” is a conscientious perfectionistwho follows through on the details and ties up and loose ends.To be effective,a team needs to have a variety of members who can fulfill all these different roles.Listening in 2Today rm reporting from Phuket in Southern Thailand.Parts of the island were devastate

46、d by the tsunami in 2004,and over 250 people lost their lives here. I've come back to see how one community has recovered.Here in the village of The Chat Chai,the rebuilding of the destroyed homes has been led by the international organazition Habitat for Humanity.About a year after the tsunami

47、occurred,volunteers began building 36 new homes for local families.One villager,Somwang,is certainly very happy with the results.He used to live in a small hut on his two square metre plot of land near the sea.The local community wanted him to have a bigger home and despite the small size of his plo

48、t of land,they built him a three-storey house,which is now the tallest in the village. A happy ending to such a horrific tragedy.The rebuilding here has also had a positive effect on the local economy,because the earth bricks that were used to build the homes were produced in Khao Lakanother tsunami

49、 hit islandall part of a post-tsunami livelihood developmentproject.Talking to people here,I've discovered that the project not only provided them with much needed shelter,but also the process has helped rebuild a spirit of community amongst them.A host of foreign as well as local volunteers joi

50、ned together to work in rebuilding the villagers' homes and lives,and even an American TV celebrity volunteered.The project has also been visited by former US president Jimmy Carter,who is an active supporter of Habitat for Humanity.He and his wife offer one week of their time every year to volu

51、nteer on construction projects around the world.It's certainly encouraging to see the strength of the human spirit and generosity of people who help others in times of need.Habitat for Humanity is continuing their work in the south of Thailand,helping poor local families and communities to impro

52、ve their lives.Their "Save&Bulid"scheme encouragesfamilies to save 30 per cent of the cost of building or rebuilding their home.The charity then lends the family the rest of the money they need,and helps in the building of their new homet's then paid for in monthly repayments of un

53、der $ 30,which supports those who want to build a better life for themselves.This is Marianne Harper reporting from Southern Thailand.Uint 9Listening inPart 1OK,so a little test .Coca-ColaNikeferrari.Think!What image did you get as I said these very famous brand names?Wait a moment.There ' s no

54、real need to answer,is there,because we know,more or less,don-Ctolwe(thDciadelicious fizzy drink,ice cold,on a summer' s day. Nike, runningshoes for strong,beautiful bodies.Ferrari an attractive,powerful car for attractive,powerful people.The fact, the names, the brand names say it all.what'

55、 s in a brandname?ldeally,everything!Everything the manufacturer wants you to think of when you hear the name.that ' s certainly what both customers ' exeprience and research tells us.it' s the rewhy manufacturers attach such importance to choosing the right name for their products.Let &

56、#39; s have a look at some of the qualities a good brand name should have.Firstly ,it should be simple and easy to rememberm agine if Coca-Cola had been namd“ Cocafantaslicola It ' ” just too lort§r,take other name starbucks,the name of a famous coffee shop.now,that' san easy name to re

57、member,starbucks.Second point,the brand name should be different,unique,something you can' t confuse with anythingelseLike Coca-Cola.Or let ' s take another famous brand name Microsoftt combines two words, micro ,meaning very small,and the word soft.Two words that together make a unique name

58、 Microsoft.Thirdly,if the word is a real word,it should be strong,positive associations.Take the name Alfa Romeo,Alfa is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and hasthe association of the best or the strongest.Romeo is the name of the most romantic lovers of all in a famous Shakespeare play.Alfa R

59、omeo strong,romantic.The words have great association,don' t they?Forth point,the sound of the name is very important.take Ferrari.The word has a long vowel sound “ aaari 'th makes it sound luxurious .So Ferrari must be a luxurious car.How about Coca-Cola?lt ' s got a sharp,fizzy sound,just like the drink.So all these things are what you should be looking for when choosing a brand name something simple,memorable,unique,with positive association and a great sound.whew!lt ' s not easy,is it,to choose a name that does all t