听力教程第四册答案Unit-5

1、Unit FiveListening Course (4)2022/9/31Section One Tactics for Listening2022/9/32Listening and TranslationTraining Focus: Global understanding of simple and short sentences 2022/9/33Exercise: Listen to each of the following sentences one time and then translate them. Warming-up: The topic for the mat

2、erial is about the investment. Do you have any idea about the ways of investing money? 2022/9/34Tapescript and key1. Stocks, bonds, land-people invest in different things and for different reasons. 股票、债券、土地-人们由于不同原因进行不同的投资。2. But all investors share the same goal. 但是所有的投资者都有一个共同的目标。3. They want to g

3、et more money out of their investment than they put into it.他们希望通过投资获得比所有投入的资金更多的货币汇报。4. The money they invest today provides capital for future growth in the economy. 他们今天的投资为将来经济的发展提供了资金。5. Investors have to decide how much risk they are willing to take and for how long. 投资者必须决定自己愿意在多长的时间范围内承受多大的风

4、险。2022/9/35Section Two Listening Comprehension2022/9/36Part I Dialogue The Bank ManagerFocus: Global understanding of the sentences and interpreting. 2022/9/37Section Two / Part 1 Dialogue2022/9/38Vocabulary1) call in: pay a brief visit We could call in on Patrick on the way to your mothers. 我们到你母亲家

5、去, 不妨顺路到帕特里克家串个门儿.2) overdraw: draw more money from than is availableHe has a huge overdraft to pay off.他有一大笔透支要偿还. I took out an overdraft to pay for my new car. 2022/9/393) facility: a service that an organization offers A free bus to the airport is a facility offered only by this hotel. 只有这家旅店提供免

6、费乘车去机场的服务。 overdraw facility 有关透支的业务 You havent actually made arrangements with us for any overdraft facility. 你没有与我们商定透支服务。2022/9/3104) M.O.T. Test: Ministry of Transportation Test, a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumesMy car failed its M.O.T. Test. 我的汽车未通过检验

7、旧车性能测试。5) loft: 阁楼,顶楼6) I kept meaning to ring you or drop in to explain.I had been thinking about calling you or visiting you to explain.I do appreciate your problems. I do understand your problems.2022/9/3117) If only because there was the possibility, in the absence of any prior arrangement for a

8、n overdraft facility, that we would stop your cheques. If you had not made an arrangement with us for an overdraft service beforehand, and overdraft did take place, then we would stop your cheques.8) acquaint you. with a couple of services the bank offers. introduce you a couple of services that ban

9、k offers9) you may avail yourself of: you may make use of He availed himself of the opportunity to speak to her. 他利用这机会和她说话。2022/9/31211) buget account 预算帐户12) direct debit: 直接借记13) outlay:费用, 支出, 经费 spending of money; expenditure e.g. Weekly outlay on grociersa large outlay on for scientific resear

10、ch科学研究的大量经费14) Barminster loans: a service offered by the bank15) trade-in: a merchandise accepted as partial payment for the purchase of a new one2022/9/31315) leaflets: a printed folded handbill for free distribution2022/9/314Warming up questionCan you name some of the banking services you are fam

11、iliar with?Open a savings account, credit card, debit card, mortage loan (抵押贷款；按揭贷款), etc.2022/9/315Ex. A: Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions:1. Wy has Mr. Watson come to see the bank manager? He has some problems with his bank account.2. What problem does Mr. Watson have witht he bank?

12、He has overdraft on his account without prio-arrangement with the bank for any overdraft facility.3. Why didnt Mr. Watson come to see the manager earlier?difficult weeks. failed the MOT test the cold water tank burst gas bill, electricity bill, telephone bill 2022/9/3164) Is this the only purpose th

13、at the bank manager wants to talk with Mr. Watson? introduce some of the banking services 5) What are services that the bank manager want to introdue to Mr. Watson? Budget account and Barminster loans.6) What is Budget account? The customer pays into his Budgetplan Account a fixed amount each month

14、by direct debit and in return the customer can draw on the account up to a limit of 30 times the monthly payment. For example, if he pays 50 pounds a month, he can have immediate access to an overdraft to 1,500 pounds.Then the he is allowed to repay the amount over a few months.It is particularly co

15、nvenient for those who may have bills arrive at onece or unexpected problems.2022/9/3177) What is Barminster loans?Barminster loans are money the bank lends to the customer for the purchase of cars or houses when a big sum of money is needed. But of course the customer need pay interest. It is benef

16、itial for the customer because he doesnt have to wait for a long time until he has saved up enough money when the prices for the things have already gone up. 2022/9/318ExB: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.1. D 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. C 7.

17、A 8. C 2022/9/319Part 2 PassageStock Market: How it Works Training focus: 1. Sentence dictation 2. Note-taking skills:2022/9/320New York Stock Exchange2022/9/3212022/9/322Vocabulary:trigger: set up or initiate; cause sth. to happen2) Dow Jonese Industrial Average: 道琼斯工业平均指数3) plunge: decrease dramat

18、ically e.g. Stock prices plunged during the bank crisis.4) panic: a sudden overwhelming fear5) portfolio: list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution; 证券投资组合 6) They were disappointed by the poor returns on their stock portfolio. 2022/9/323 7) sales vo

19、lume: 销售额；销售量 8) intermediatary: one that acts as an agent between persons or things; a means. 中介 Corporation Stock exchanges Stock buyers sell intermediary buy 9) New York Stock Exchange: 纽约股票交易市场 10) dividend: 红利;股息 The company declared a large dividend at the end of the year. 公司在年底宣布红利甚丰。2022/9/3

20、2411) bond; security 证券,债券 He traded in securities and became rich. 他做证券交易发了财。12) real property=real estate 房地产13) broker 股票(或证券)经纪人(=stockbroker)2022/9/325 Pre-listening Question 1. What do you know about stock market in China? The Shanghai Stock Exchange was founded on November 26th, 1990 and in o

21、peration on December 19th the same year, and Shenzhen Stock Exchange was extablished on December 1st, 1990. 2022/9/326Ex. B: Sentence Dictation1. A wave of selling triggered a widespread price declines in stock markets from New York to Australia that Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points i

22、n a panic rush to sell. 2. The stock market is the means through which the previously issued corporation stocks, shares of ownership of a corporation are traded. 3. However, the forces influencing the prices of corporate stocks are quite different from those influencing the prices of goods and servi

23、ces. 4. People or organizations who buy and hold stock do so for the incomes they hope to earn. 5. When Black Monday finally reeled to a close, many a portfolio had lost over a 5th of the value it had the day before.2022/9/327Ex. C: Detailed Listening1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. C2022/9/328

24、Section Three NewsTraining Focus: 2. Summarizing news;3. Selecting specific information.2022/9/329News Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the news itemThis news item is about the fact that Arctic is the warmest in two millennia.2022/9/330News Item 1Produced evidenceTemperature riseHighly unusualSlowly cooledAbr

25、uptly reversedAt any timeClimatic changes2022/9/331News Item 2Vocabulary:deforestation: the cutting down of trees in a large area; the destruction of forests.tissue paper: 纸巾flush: clean a toilet with a rapid flow water2022/9/332WWF world wildlife fund 世界野生动物基金Recycled fiber 再生纤维Sustainable developm

26、ent 可持续发展可持续发展战略The strategy of sustainable developmentnatural forest自然森林virgin forest原始森林2022/9/333Exercise A. SummaryThis item is about WWFs accusation against European toilet and tissue paper manufacturers of contributing to global deforestation by not using enough recycled material. a.2022/9/334

27、Ex. B. Listen to the news and answer the questions1. How many trees are being discarded as tissue paper each day? More than a quarter of a million trees.2. What did the report find? The report found alarmingly low levels of recycled fibers in the vast majority of products by European toilet and tiss

28、ue paper manufacturers.3. Where are the fibers used by European toilet and tissue paper companies taken from? The fibers are taken from natural forests in South Africa, Asia, Europe and across the Americas.4. What have most of the toilet and tissue paper manufacturers failed to do? Most of the compa

29、nies have failed to take effective measures to prevent illegal or controversial timber from being used in their products.2022/9/335News ScriptThe international conservation proup, WWF, has accused Euripean toilet and tissue paper manufacturers of contributing to global deforestation by not using eno

30、ugh recycled material. A spokesman said more than a quarter of a million trees were in fact being flushed down toilets or discarded as rubbish each day.The report found alarmingly low levels of recycled fibers in the vast majority of products and said the fibers were instead being taken from natural

31、 forests in South Africa, Asia, Europe and across the Americas. using virgin forest to make toilet paper, says the report, is wasteful and unnecessary. The report also warns that illegal and unsustainable logging and conflicts over land rights sitll exist in many of these areas and that all but one

32、of the companies have so far failed to take effective measures to prevent illegal or controversial timber from being used in their products.2022/9/336News Item 3Background informationspecies of mammals and reptiles 2022/9/337reptile reptailn.爬行动物, 爬虫Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles.蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物

33、。habitathbitt n. 自然环境,栖息地(native environment)coastal habitat 海岸栖息地2022/9/338Vocabulary:ornithologist: a scientist who studies birds: Ex. A. Summary This news item is about warnings from specialists that climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction. 2022/9/339Ex. B Li

34、sten to the news and complete the following outlineFindings: Climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction.Reason: Birds, mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migrating patterns. Examples: 1. The spreading Sahara Desert could make it impossible for swallows to make the epic journey from Southern Africa. 2. Rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading birds. 3. Warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species becoming entirely female.2022/9/340News ScriptScientists are warning that