现代大学英语听力Unit 6 Book 1答案

1、Unit 6 Houses and HomesTask 1Script My dream house is not very big but not very small. It is very quiet and it is near the centre of the city. I imagine a large garden with pets including three dogs and two cats. I dream of a large kitchen and a comfortable living room with a big sofa and big window

2、s. I like brightly-lit rooms. There are only two floors, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The furniture is modem and not dark. I would like to have a hobbies room with plenty of books and maps on the walls. Finally, I would like to have a small swimming pool for the summer and a good sauna for t

3、he winter. This is my dream house. KeyFill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.See the Script.Task 2Script Rod: Hello. Is that Oxford 40414? Mary: Yes it is. Rod: Erm. I'm enquiring about the flat which was advertised in the local paper. Mary: Oh yes? Rod: Wonder if you could tell me, h

4、ow much is the rent a month, please? Mary: It's 112. Rod: I see. Is it fairly near the city centre? Mary: Yes, it's only about a kilometre away. Rod: I see. Is it quite handy for the shops? Mary: Yes, within a minute or two on foot. Rod: What about a garden? Mary: Well you have the use of th

5、e garden. Rod: I see. And central heating, is there? Mary: Yes, yes. Gas central heating. Rod: I see. Erm. how many rooms are there, please? Mary: Well, there's one very large bed-sitting room, a kitchen and bathroom and a small hall. Rod: I see. Erm. which floor is it on? Mary: On the first flo

6、or. Rod: Oh good. Erm. would it be possible for me to visit it tomorrow, say about 5 o'clock?Mary: Yes, certainly.Rod: Oh good. That's fine. Could you just give me your name, please?Mary: Yes. The name is Mary Jones Yes. and the address is 41 North Parade. Rod: 41 North Parade. Fine. Thanks

7、ever so much. I'll see you tomorrow at 5 o'clock then. Mary: Yes. OK? Good. Rod: Bye-bye. Mary: Goodbye. KeyA. Fill in the following chart.Some features of the flat: 1) Including one large bed-sitting room, a kitchen and bathroom and a small hall 2) Near the city centre and shops 3) With gas

8、 central heating Rent per month: 112 pounds Floor: first Name of landlady: Mary Jones Address: 41 North Parade Telephone No.: 40414B. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. l) Rod has learnt something about the flat from an advertisement in a local newspaper.

9、T 2) Rod will have no access to the garden when he moves in. F 3) It's a two-bedroom flat. F 4) Rod says he will go and visit the landlady tomorrow morning. FTask 3ScriptMr. Henschel is talking about his house.Interviewer: Mr. Henschel, you're from Germany, and you're now living in Thail

10、and.Mr. Henschel: Yes, that's right. I built this house eight years ago.Interviewer: Why did you choose a traditional Thai house?Mr. Henschel: Because I collect Thai antiques and I think they look best in a traditional house.Interviewer: It's really very beautiful. And very cool here in the

11、garden. What's above us?Mr. Hensche: There's a large, open verandah above us. See? There's an opening here. You can see the sky.Interviewer: And someone on the verandah can look into the garden.Mr. Henschel: That's right. That's the living room, at the front of the house, with th

12、e stairs next to it. There's a toilet under the stairs and next to that is the study.Interviewer: What else is there on the ground floor?Mr. Henschel: There's a dining room at the back of the house, across from the study. Interviewer: And upstairs?Mr. Henschel: The bedrooms, and the verandah

13、. The main bedroom is above the living room. But I don't need a lot of bedrooms. I just need room for my antiques.Interviewer: But where's the kitchen?Mr. Henschel: The kitchen is outside, there, in the other building. Thai houses are often like that. Then the heat and the cooking smells are

14、n't in the house. KeyChoose the best answer to each of the following questions.l) Mr. Henschel is from (b)a) England b) Germany c) Thailand d) America2) The word "verandah" in the interview most likely means (c) a) a window through which one can look into the garden b) a special type o

15、f bedroomc) an open area with a floor and a roof that is built on the side of a housed) a kitchen separate from the main building3) Why did Mr. Henschel choose a traditional Thai house? (d) a) The kitchen is outside the main building b) He tries to look like a native Thai. c) A Thai house is very be

16、autiful and coold) The Thai antiques he has collected will look best in such a house.4) Which of the following statements is NOT true? (d)a) There are some stairs next to the living room. b) The study is next to the toilet.c) There is a dining room at the back of the house.d) The bedrooms are on the

17、 ground floor.Task 4Script Electricity comes through an underground cable. Then a thin cable enters your home through a special box, called a fuse box, and a meter. This meter counts units of electricity, and at the end of a month or a quarter your parents pay their electricity bill. Different wires

18、 go from the meter to all the rooms in your house or flat. You cannot see these wires because they are under the floors or in the walls. Some wires are for the lights in the ceiling, and others are for all our machines. We use electricity for refrigerators, cookers, water heaters and washing machine

19、s. What does your family use electricity for? KeyAnswer the following questions.l) Describe how electricity comes into home. Key: Electricity comes through an underground cable. Then a thin cable enters our home through a fuse box and a meter.2) What is the use of a meter?Key: The meter counts units

20、 of electricity.3) Can you normally see the wires? Why or why not? Key: No. Because they are normally under the floors or in the walls.4) What do we often use electricity for? Key: Usually for refrigerators, cookers, water heaters and washing machines.Task 5Script1) Something's definitely wrong.

21、 It's not cooling properly. The food that I put in it yesterday was spoiled by today.2) It's been out of order for several hours. I cant get a dial tone. I'd like to get it fixed as soon as possible because I have to make some important business calls.3) I wish you could fix the central

22、heating in there. When I go to bed at night it's so cold that I can't get to sleep.4) It hasn't been heating right for some time. Sometimes it gets too hot and burns everything. Other times it doesn't get hot enough, and things don't get cooked.5) It's been driving me crazy a

23、ll summer! It keeps breaking down and it doesn't keep the room cool. It's so hot in this room most of the time that I can hardly breathe. KeyWhat is each speaker talking about? Choose the best answer.1) a) stove b) refrigerator c) air conditioner (b)2) a) radio b) telephone c) television (b)

24、3) a) bedroom b) living room c) kitchen (a)4) a) stove b) dryer c) central heating (a)5) a) central heating b) lamp c) air conditioner c)Task 6Script When Mrs. Kienast's quintuplets were born, they were too small to leave the hospital. They couldn't leave the hospital until they weighed enou

25、gh. During the time when the babies were in the hospital, Mrs. Kienast was busy at home. After the Kienasts' neighbors learned of the quintuplets' birth, they decided to add some extra rooms to the family's house. The house was too small for a big family. It had only five rooms. The neig

26、hbors decided to add seven more. They are giving their labor without pay because they want to help. KeyAnswer the following questions.1) Give a title to the story.Key: The House Was Not Big Enough/The Kienasts' Housing Problem2) Can you tell us what the word "quintuplets" probably mean

27、s in context?Key: It means five (or several) children born of the same mother at the same time.3) Why did Mrs. Kienast's babies have to stay in the hospital for some days?Key: They were too small to leave the hospital.4) What did the neighbors decide to do when knowing the babies' birth?Key:

28、 They decided to add some extra rooms to the Kienasts' house.5) How many rooms would the house have after being rebuilt?Key: 12.6) Will the Kienasts pay their neighbors? Why or why not?Key: No. The neighbours want to help them.Task 7ScriptMary Fargo and Pete Russell are talking about how they fe

29、el about their house, now that they've finished renovating it.Mary: Yes, yes. I really feel that it was all worth it now. When people come to see it, they always say they love it, and that we've done a super job, and it's good to hear that.Pete: I sometimes walk around and just touch var

30、ious things-some of these books are very rare and they're lovely to hold-here, feel this leather cover. I think a house should be all about the senses. I hear Mary working out in the morning on her exercise bar, or playing the piano. It really sounds like a home as well.Mary: I think I have two

31、favourite rooms-the music room is here. We had the carpet specially made. You can feel the thickness of it, even in shoes. It's an informal sitting room, really. A lot of our favourite things are in this room. Sometimes, after a heavy day, I like to just sit here and look at the paintings, or pl

32、ay the piano, or listen to music. My other favourite is the breakfast room because it's so bright and cheery, and in the summer we throw the windows open and I can hear the birds, or Pete playing with the dog.Pete: Someone asked me the other day if I could bear to do it all again.Interviewer: An

33、d what did you say?Pete: Well of course, it's all worthwhile in the end. But to tell you the truth, I was almost sad when it was finished. Well, you know that, I wondered what I was going to do next. I loved designing the curtains for example. And I liked doing the wallpaper. And it was especial

34、ly good because we were doing it for ourselves. I hated doing some of the mundane things, though.Mary: I think it's a question of degree, really. I like some types of shopping. I love shopping for antiques, for example. And choosing furniture and fabrics. I like doing that. What I hate doing is

35、ordinary day-to-day shopping. I love shopping for a dinner party, for example. Going into all the small speciality shops, the cheese shop, the fishmonger's and so on. But I hate shopping for washing powder, for example. I don't like doing the ordinary boring things. KeyAnswer the following q

36、uestions:1) Why does Mary say, "I really feel that it was all worth it now"?Key: She and Pete have worked hard for renovating their house. Now it's finished, and looks nice. Others say they have done a good job. So she thinks it's worthwhile.2) Pete says "a house should be all

37、 about the senses." In his opinion, is their house a good one by this standard? Why or why not?Key: Yes, he thinks so. In the house, he can touch various things (e.g. the leather cover of a rare book), and hear Mary working out in the morning, or playing the piano.3) What are Mary's two fav

38、ourite rooms?Key: The music room and the breakfast room.4) Why was Pete almost sad when the renovation was finished?Key: He loved doing those interesting things, such as designing curtains, but hated doing ordinary, uninteresting things. Perhaps, after the renovation, there wouldn't be so many i

39、nteresting things.5) What's Mary's attitudes towards shopping?Key: She likes some kinds of shopping, like buying antiques, but hates ordinary day-to-day shopping.Task 8ScriptIn recent years, there have been important social and economic changes in the United States. And, these changes have a

40、ffected almost all of America's housing system, from home building to home buying.First of all, American families are growing smaller. People today are having fewer children, or choosing not to have children at all. Many people are marrying later in life. And, about 40 percent of all American ma

41、rriages end in divorce.All this means that many Americans now want smaller houses. And, a larger percentage are buying apartments.This has created a shortage of rental housing in many parts of the country. It has caused special difficulties for those who are old or poor, and do not have the money to

42、 buy a place of their own.Some people are solving this problem by forming cooperatives. In a cooperative, everyone in an apartment building joins together and buys a share of the building. If 20 percent of those living in the cooperative have low earnings, then the group can get a low-interest loan

43、from the government. If people want to sell their share in the cooperative, they cannot receive more than they paid for it. This helps keep the cost of cooperatives low.Recent concern over the cost of energy also has brought changes in American housing. Some people are moving back to the cities, to

44、save the cost of driving long distances to work. And, many Americans have begun to seek homes that cost less to heat and light. Some homes are being built underground. They cost almost nothing to heat, because the temperature of the earth changes very little as the seasons change.Other new houses ge

45、t their energy from the sun. During the day, heat from sunlight is collected through windows on the south side of the house. At night, the windows are covered, and the collected warmth heats the home.Recently, the American economy has also had a major effect on American housing. Inflation has pushed

46、 the cost of homes higher and higher. And, interest rates have become very high. Buyers now must pay as much as 18 percent interest for housing loans.Americans with just moderate earnings now find it very difficult to make monthly payments on a new home. In the last few months, even apartments have

47、grown too costly for most people to buy. KeyA. Fill in the missing words in the outline,Main idea: Effects of social and economic changes on America's housing system.1. Impact of increasingly smaller families: 1) greater demand for smaller houses or apartments; 2) a shortage of rental housing;3)

48、 people solving the problem by forming cooperatives.2. Impact of the rising energy prices: 1) some people moving back to cities;2) many seeking homes that cost less to heat and light;3) some homes built underground;4) other houses getting their energy from the sun.3. Impact of economy/economic facto

49、rs: 1) the cost of homes getting higher and higher due to inflation; 2) higher interest for housing loans.B. Answer the following questions.1) What is a cooperative?Key: It is a way of solving housing problem and helping keep the cost low. In the cooperative, everyone buys a share of an apartment bu

50、ilding. If a low-earning requirement is met, the buyers can get a low-interest loan from the government.2) How can houses get energy from the sun?Key: During the day, heat from sunlight is collected through windows on the south side of the house. At night, the windows are covered, and the collected

51、warmth heats the home.Task 9ScriptMike: Hello everyone, and welcome to this month's edition of Debate on Radio Time, the programme for students of English round the world. With me in the studio today I have four guests, James and Alice from Sheffield, and David and Louise from a small village in

52、 Yorkshire. How does living in a town compare with living in the country? What do they all think? Let's start with you, James. James: Living in a town like Sheffield is wonderful. There is so much to do. My parents often go to the theatre or the cinema. I belong to a youth club and go to lots of

53、 discos. There's a good swimming pool at the Sports Centre and a large library. Public transport is good, so it's easy to get from one place to another. I live very near my school, so I can walk there, and it's easy to visit my friends.Mike: So you're very happy. What about you, Alic

54、e?Alice: Well, James is right in many ways. But I don't like living in town. It's very noisy with all the traffic, and rather dirty. I like going for long walks in the fresh air, but we've only got parks. I cycle to School to get some exercise but it's rather dangerous, and car drive

55、rs shout at you. I don't really like discos or cinemas. I like open fields and a peaceful life.Mike: So you're a country girl at heart? Do you agree with her, David?David: Yes, I do. You're closer to nature in the country and it's much quieter. You can watch the plants and animals ch

56、ange with the seasons, and there's more room to play out of doors. And people are more friendly. They seem to have more time, so they stop and talk to you. There's less traffic too, so the air stays fresh.Mike: Do you agree with David, Louise?Louise: Not really. I think life in the country is very dull. It's too quiet. And you can't really play anywhere because the fields are full of crops and animals. There is less traffic, but people drive v