第二版新视野视听说第二册听力原文

Unit1Task1

M:Whydon，twegototheconcerttoday?

W:r11gogetthekeys.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?

Unit1Task1

W:Ican，tfindmypurseanywhere.Theoperaticketsareinit.

M:Haveyoucheckedinthecar?

Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?

Unit1Task1

M:AreyougoingtobuythatpiratedCD?

W:DoIlooklikeathief?

Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?

Unit1Task1

M:Doyouthinkthesingerispretty?

W:Let'sjustsaythatIwouldn'tvoteforherinthelocalbeautycontest.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanimplyaboutthesinger?

Unit1Task1

M:HaveyouseenTom?Ican，tfindhimanywhere.

W:Thelightinhisdormwasonjustafewminutesago.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

Unit1Task2.1Encore!

Assoonasthesingercompletedthesong,theaudiencecried,“Encore!Encore!，/The

singerwasdelightedandsangthesongagain.Shecouldn，tbelieveitwhentheaudience

shoutedforhertosingitagain.Thecycleofshoutsandsongswasrepeatedtenmore

times.Thesingerwasoverjoyedwiththeresponsefromtheaudience.Shethankedthem

andaskedthemwhytheyweresointerestedinhearingthesamesongagainandagain.

Oneofthepeopleintheaudiencereplied,〃Wewantedyoutoimprove.Nowit'smuch

better.

Unit1Task2.2Whatareyourfavoritesongs?

W:Hi,Bob!Doyouwanttogotoaconcertwithme?

M:Aconcert?What'sitabout?

W:Itfeaturesrecentpopsongs.Areyouinterested?

M:Hmm,IwascrazyaboutpopsongswhenIwasinhighschool,butnowI'mnolonger

abigfan.Popsongsgooutoffashiontooquickly.I'mbeginningtopreferoldfolk

songs.

W:Manyolderpeoplefindthosesongscool,andmyparentsarehookedonthemtoo.

Bytheway,aprogramofgoldenoldieswasonTVyesterdayevening.

M:Oh,whatapity!Imissedit.

W:IhaveaDVDofoldies.Icanlendittoyouifyouwant.

M:Oh,thatwouldbegreat.I'mdyingtohearthem.Manythanks.

Questions:

1.Whatdoestheconcertfeature?

2.Whatdidthemanlikewhenhewasinhighschool?

3.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutolderpeople?

4.Whatdoesthewomanoffertodowhenshelearnsthemanmissedtheprogramofgolden

oldiesonTV?

5.Whichofthefollowingcanweinferfromthedialog?

Unit1Task2.3Musicandyourmood

Musiccaninfluenceouremotions,thoughtsandbehaviortoagreatdegree.Itcan

makeussadorhappy,relaxedorfullofenergy.

Slowmusiccalmspeople.Balladsandsomeformsofclassicalmusicoftencreatea

peacefulatmospherethatisgoodforrelaxingafterabusyday.Ifthemusicisslowed

below50beatsperminute,itcancreateanatmosphereofsadness.Thiskindofslow

musiccanbefoundinmanytypesofmusic,suchasjazzandblues.Manypeoplelisten

toslowmusic.Itsuitstheirmoodwhentheyarealoneatnight.

Fastermusic,suchasrock,heavymetalanddancemusic,tendstogiveusenergyand

makesusfeelfulloflife.Thistypeofmusicisoftenplayedatsportingevents

tostirupthefansandtheteams.

Rock,popmusicandrapareplayedatparties.Theycanprovideenergytothegathering.

Sincemostrock,pop,andrapsongsareeasytolistento,theyaresuitablefor

parties.Rockmusicissometimesusedtoaccompanyphysicallabor.Itsheavyfast

tempospeedsuptheheart,andonealmostworksintimetothemusic,makingthework

moreenjoyable.

Somepeoplethinkthatrockmusiccancauseroadaccidents.Driverscouldbecome

excitedbythespeedofthemusicanddrivetoofast.Buttherearesomanythings

todistractadriver，sattentionthatitdoesnotmakesensetoblamerockmusic.

Unit1Task4.1Theoriginofthesong"HappyBirthdaytoYou”

Thestoryofthesong"HappyBirthdaytoYou"beganasasweetone,butlaterbecame

bitter.Twosisters,MildredHill,ateacheratakindergarten,andDr.PattyHill,

theprincipalofthesameschool,wroteasongforthechildren,entitled"GoodMorning

toAll/Z.WhenMildredcombinedhermusicaltalentswithhersister，sknowledgein

theareaofkindergarteneducation,“GoodMorningtoAll"wassuretobeasuccess.

Thesisterspublishedthesonginacollectionentitled"SongStoriesofthe

Kindergarten”in1893.Thirty-oneyearslater,afterDr.PattyHillbecamethehead

oftheDepartmentofKindergartenEducationatColumbiaUniversity，sTeacher，s

College,agentlemanbythenameofRobertColemanpublishedthesong,withoutthe

sisters'permission.Headdedasecondpart,whichisthefamiliar"HappyBirthday

toYou〃・Mr.Coleman，sadditionofthesecondpartmadethesongpopularandeventually

thesisters，originalfirstpartdisappeared."HappyBirthdaytoYou"hadaltogether

replacedthesisters'originalsong"GoodMorningtoAll”.In1916Pattytooklegal

actionagainstMr.Coleman.Incourt,shesucceededinprovingthattheywerethe

realownersofthesong.

Unit1Task5.1Thankyouforthemusic.

rmnothingspecial,infactI'mabitofabore

IfItellajoke,you，veprobablyhearditbefore

ButIhaveatalent,awonderfulthing

'CauseeveryonelistenswhenIstarttosing

rmsogratefulandproud

AllIwantistosingitoutloud

SoIsay

Thankyouforthemusic,thesongsI'msinging

Thanksforallthejoythey，rebringing

Whocanlivewithoutit,Iaskinallhonesty

Whatwouldlifebe

Withoutasongoradancewhatarewe

SoIsaythankyouforthemusic

Forgivingittome

MothersaysIwasadancerbeforeIcouldwalk

ShesaysIbegantosinglongbeforeIcouldtalk

Andrveoftenwondered,howdiditallstart

Whofoundoutthatnothingcancaptureaheart

Likeamelodycan

Well,whoeveritwas,I'mafan

SoIsay

Thankyouforthemusic,thesongsI'msinging

Unit1Task5.2Mozart

Mozartwasagreatmusicianandcomposerwhosefamecontinuestogrowmorethantwo

centuriesafterhisdeath.HewasborninSalzburg,Austria,1756.Beforetheage

offour,hewasalreadyshowinggreatmusicaltalent.Hisfatherthendecidedtolet

himstarttakingmusiclessons.Theboy'sreputationasamusicalprodigygrewfast.

Atfive,hewascomposingmusic.Fromthattimeon,Mozartwasperforminginconcerts

andwritingmusic.Byhisearlyteens,hehadmasteredthepianoandtheviolin,and

waswritingsymphoniesandoperas.HisfirstmajoroperawasperformedinMilanin

1770whenhewasonly14.At15,Mozartbecametheconductorforanorchestrain

Salzburg.In1781,heleftforVienna,wherehewasingreatdemandasbothaperformer

andacompositionteacher,andhisfirstoperawasasuccess.Butlifewasnoteasy

becausehewasapoorbusinessman,andhisfinanceswerealwaysinabadstate.His

musicfromthenextdecadewasnotverypopular,andheeventuallyfellbackonhis

teachingjobsforaliving.In1788hestoppedperforminginpublic,preferringto

compose.Hediedin1791attheageof35.Althoughhelivedonlyashortlife,he

composedover600works.

Questions:

1.Whichofthefollowingistrueofthefour-year-oldMozart?

2.WhatcouldMozartdoattheageofsix?

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasoneofMozart'saccomplishmentswhile

hewasinhisearlyteens?

4.WhichofthefollowingistrueofMozart?

5.Whichofthefollowingcouldbethemostappropriatetitleforthepassage?

Unit1Task5.3Karaoke

Dalin:It'sMike'sbirthdayonFriday,soabunchofusaregoingtogotothekaraoke

bar.Wouldyouliketocomewithus?

Laura:Akaraokebar?Youhaveaspecialplacejustforsinging?InAmerica,bars

sometimeshaveakaraokenight,wherethecustomerscansingsongs,butwedon，thave

specialkaraokebars!

Dalin:Really?InChina,karaokeisaverypopularwayforfriendstospendtime

together.Wecanselectthemusicthatourgroupenjoys.Wemostlysingpopsongs.

Laura:Doyousingindividuallyoringroups?Singingisnotaveryinthing,soI

don，tsingverywell.

Dalin:I'msurprisedthatyoudon'tsingmuchinAmerica.Somanyreallycoolgroups

comefromthere.

Laura:Yeah,musicispopular,butmostlywejustlistentoit.

Dalin:Ifyoujustlistentoit,you，11missoutonalotoffun.

Laura:Well,wesometimesdancetothemusic.

Unit1Task5.4Musicalmemories

Unit2Task1

W:FromwhatIcanremember,thedirectoraskedustorehearsethis100times.

M:Ahundredtimes?Isthedirectoroutofhismind?

Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?

Unit2Task1

M:Whatdidyouthinkaboutthemovieyousawlastnight?

W:Ishouldhavestayedathome.Itwasacompletewasteofmoney.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?

Unit2Task1

W:Shesaidshemightbecomeafamousmoviestar.

M:Yes,andpigsmightfly.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

Unit2Task1

M:Soifyougiveme20dollarsforthreetickets,Icangiveyoueightdollarschange.

W:Oh,that'scheaperthanIexpected.

Q:Howmuchisaticket?

Unit2Task1

W:She，sthebestwomandirectorever.I'veseenallhermovies.

M:Areyousure?She，sneverwonanyawards.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

Unit2Task2.1Finally,we'vefoundsomethingincommon.

Amy:Whatdidyouthinkofthemovie,Peter?Didyoulikeit?

Peter:Notreally,Amy.Itseemedthatthedirectorwasjusttryinghardtoimpress

uswithstrangeclose-upsandspecialsoundeffects,butheforgottoincludeagood

story.

Amy:Themoviemadeyouthink.Itwasdifferentfromthesuperficialdialogsyou

usuallyseeinfilmsthesedays.

Peter:Butthemovieseemedtobetoodarkandsad.Whydoesamoviehavetobesad

tobedeep?

Amy:Butitisbetterthansomeviolentmovieswithnothingbutgunfightsandexploding

cars.Ipreferthought-provokingmovies.

Peter:Sometimesyoudon，twanttothink.Youjustwantlight-heartedmovies.Bythe

way,didyouseethenewmysterymovieshownatthelocalcinemayesterday?

Amy:Oh,itwassosuspenseful.Iwasontheedgeofmyseatthewholetime.

Peter:Ilovedittoo.Theplotwasgreat,andtheactingwasunbelievable.

Amy:Nowwe'vefoundsomethingincommon.Iguesswecanwatchmysteriestogether

inthefuture.

Unit2Task2.2Anactorforgettinghisline

Therewasonceanactorwhocouldnolongerrememberhislines.Afterseveralyears

ofsearching,hefinallyfoundatheaterthatwaswillingtogivehimatry.The

directorsaid,“Thisisthemostimportantpart,andithasonlyoneline.Atthe

openingyouwalkontostagecarryingarose.Youholdtherosetoyournosewithjust

onefingerandthumb,smellitdeeplyandthensaythislineinpraiseoftherose:

'Ah,thesweetsmellofmylove.Theactorwasexcited.Alldaylongbeforethe

playhepracticedhislineoverandoveragain.Finally,thetimecame.Thecurtain

wentup.Theactorwalkedontothestage,lookedattheaudience,andwithgreatemotion

saidtheline,〃Ah,thesweetsmellofmylove.Theaudienceexplodedinlaughter.

Onlythedirectorwasfurious!”Youdamnedfool!”hecried."You'veruinedmyplay!

You，veruinedme!”Theactorwaspuzzled,“Whathappened?DidIforgetmyline?”"No!"

shoutedthedirector."Youforgottherose!”

Questions:

1Whatwastheproblemwiththeactor?

2Whatjobdidthedirectorofferhim?

3WhatwastheactorNOTexpectedtodowiththerose?

4Whatdidtheactordoafterhewalkedontothestage?

5Whywasthedirectorextremelyangry?

Unit2Task2.3TheAcademyAwards

TheAcademyAwards,popularlyknownastheOscars,arepresentedeveryyearbythe

AmericanAcademyofMotionPictureArtsandSciencestorecognizeexcellent

professionalsinthefilmindustry,includingdirectors,actors,andwriters.

Theformalceremonyatwhichtheawardsarepresentedisoneofthemostimportant

awardceremoniesintheworld.ItistelevisedliveintheUnitedStates,Canada,

theUnitedKingdom,andgatherslargenumbersofviewerselsewherethroughoutthe

world.Thisyear，sceremonywaswatchedbymorethan40millionAmericans.Itissaid

thatonlytheSuperBowl,theOlympicOpeningCeremonies,andtheFootballWorldCup

FinaldrawmoreviewersintheUnitedSates.

However,theAcademyAwardsarenotwithoutcriticism.Ithasbeenobservedthat

severaloftheAcademyAwardwinnershavenotstoodthetestoftime.Criticsclaim

thatmanyfilmswithartisticvalue,culturalinfluenceandinnovativequalitieshave

notreceivedenoughattention.Sincethe1980s,money-makingblockbustershaveoften

beenBestPicturewinners,buttheyarenotnecessarilygreatfilmswithdepth.The

AcademyAwardshavealsobeencriticizedforfavoringcertaintypesoffilmsand

neglectingothertypes.TheBestPictureprizehasrarelybeengiventoananimated

filmorasciencefictionfilm,withAvatarasanexception.

Unit2Task4.1AlfredHitchcock

AlfredHitchcockwasaBritishdirector.Hismoviesfrequentlyshowinnocentpeople

caughtupinsituationsbeyondtheircontrolorevenunderstanding.

Hitchcockpreferredtheuseofsuspensetosurpriseinhismovies.Insurprise,the

directorprovidestheviewerswithfrighteningthings.Insuspense,thedirectortells

orshowsthingstotheaudiencewhichthecharactersinthemoviedonotknow,and

thenskillfullybuildsuptensionaroundwhatwillhappenwhenthecharactersfinally

learnthetruth.

Hitchcockhadagreatsenseofhumor.OnceataFrenchairport,asuspiciouscustoms

officiallookedatHitchcock，spassport,whichwasmarkedsimplyPRODUCER.Thecurious

officialasked,“Andwhatdoyouproduce?”"Gooseflesh,〃repliedHitchcock.

AlfredHitchcockalwaysmanagedtomakeabriefappearanceinhismovies:Hewas

sometimesgettingonabus,orcrossingastreet,orwalkinginfrontofastore,

oracrossthecourtyardinanapartment.However,forthemovieLifeboatin1944,

hewasfacedwithadifficultproblem.Theentiremoviewassetinalifeboatout

atsea,andtherewereonlyafewcharactersintheboat.Originally,hewantedto

floatbyasadeadbody,buthewasafraidhe'dsink!Hiscleversolutionwastoplace

aphotographofhimselfinanewspaperthatoneofthecharactersreadsduringthe

courseofthemovie.

Questions:

1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacharacteristicofHitchcockandhismovies?

2.Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutsuspenseinamovie?

3.WhenHitchcocktoldthecustomsofficialheproduced"gooseflesh”,whatdidhe

mean?

4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofAlfredHitchcockinhismovies?

5.HowdidHitchcockmanagetomakeanappearanceinthefilmLifeboat?

Unit2Task5.1Onlyoneline

Peterhadalwayswantedtobeanactor,butneversucceededbecausehehadahard

timememorizinglines.Afriendofhistoldhimaboutasmallpartinaplay.Hepromised

Peterthathecoulddoitbecausehe，donlyhavetorememberoneline.Peterdecided

totakethepart.Hisonlylinewas,“Listen,Ihearthegunsroar!”Peterpracticed

andpracticed,“Listen,Ihearthegunsroar!”OntheopeningnightoftheplayPeter

wasverynervous.Backstage,hepracticedhisline,overandoveragain,“Listen,

Ihearthegunsroar!Listen,Ihearthegunsroar!”Finallycamehisturn.Peter

wentontostage.HeheardaloudBOOMandcriedoutinspiteofhimself,〃WHATTHE

HELLWASTHAT?”

Unit2Task5.2Moviereviews

Ilovemovies!AndafterIseethem,Iliketocommentonthem.Thesearethemovies

IsawthisyearthatIwouldliketorecommend:AmongcomediesIhighlyrecommend

MonsoonWedding.It'sanIndianmovie.ThestoryisaboutanIndianwedding.

Preparationsfortheweddingbringoutfunnyandsadsituationstouchingonloveand

apastrape.ThismovieshowssomeofthewonderfulcustomsofIndia,andtheimportance

offamilyandlove.It，sgreat!

Amongdramas,IlikeAdaptation.Itisanexcellentmovie!Butformethefirstpart

ofthemoviewastoofasttofollow.IhopetoseeitagainonDVDwithcaptions.

ThePianistissetintheSecondWorldWar.It'saboutayoungPolish-Jewishpianist,

wholivesinWarsawwithhisfamily.TheNazissendhisfamilytodieinthe

concentrationcamps.Heissafe,butwouldhavediedwithoutunusuallygoodluckand

thekindnessofafewnon-Jews.Thisisapowerfulmoviewiththought-provokingthemes.

Rabbit-ProofFenceissetinthe1930sinAustralia,andit'sbasedonrealevents.

Itisaboutthreenativegirlswhoareseparatedfromtheirfamiliesbyracistpolice.

Afterthishappens,thepolicesendthemtospecialcenters.Therethegirlsaretaught

practicalskills,andthegovernmenttriestointegratethemintowhiteAustralian

society.Theyrunawayfromthecampandwalk1,500milestofindtheirmothers.This

isasad,touchingstorythatyoushouldnotmiss.

Questions:

1.WhatdoesthespeakerimplybysayinghewantstoseethemovieAdaptationagain

onDVD?

2.WhathappenedtotheyoungPolish-JewishpianistinthemovieThePianist?

3.WhichofthefollowingistrueofthethreenativegirlsinthemovieRabbit-Proof

Fence?

4.Howmanycomediesdoesthespeakerrecommend?

5.Whichofthefollowingcouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

Unit2Task5.3Let'sgoandseethemovie.

Lisa:Whatkindofmoviedoyouwanttosee,Nick?

Nick:IreallywanttoseeMonsterNight,thehorrormovieadvertisedinnewspapers.

Lisa:MonsterNight?Itsoundsscary.Idon'tlikehorrorfilms.

Nick:OK.It'snotyetintheatersanyway.Itwon，tbecomingoutuntilnextweek.

Whatmoviesareplayingnow?

Lisa:Letmecheck...There，sanactionfilmstarringJetLi,and...MonsterNight!

It'salreadyintheaters.

Nick:What?Itis?Whichtheaterisitplayingat?

Lisa:It'sshowingatthetheaterinthemall.ButIreallydon，twanttoseeit.

Nick:AllthecriticshavegivenMonsterNightgreatreviews.Whattimeisthenext

showing?

Lisa:Well,ifwehurry,wecanmakethethreeo'clockshow.Theshowafterthatis

at4:30.Butrmtoofrightenedtoseethisone.

Nick:Comeon,Lisa!Don，tbeachicken.Let'sgo!Wehavetogetticketsbeforethey

sellout!

Unit2Task5.4Viewsonmovies

Unit3Task1

M:Willyoulovehim,honorhim,comforthimandkeephiminsicknessandinhealth,

aslongasyoubothshalllive?

W:Iwill.

Q:Whoisthewoman?

Unit3Task1

W:Mike,wakeup!It'stimetogotoschool.Hurryuporyou，regoingtobelate!

M:Don，tworry.Icansleepalldaylong.DidyouforgettodayisMartinLutherKing，s

birthday?

Q:Whoisthewomanmostlikelytobe?

Unit3Task1

M:CouldIseeyourdriver'slicenseandregistration,please?

W:What'sthematter,officer?

Q:Whoistheman?

Unit3Task1

M:rdliketoaskyouabouttheresearchpaperyouassignedthatwehavetodoby

theendofthesemester.

W:OK.Whatwouldyouliketoknow?

Q:Whoisthewomanmostlikelytobe?

Unit3Task1

W:rvecleanedthewindows,moppedthefloorsandfoldedthelaundry.Isthere

anythingelsethatyouwouldlikemetodobeforeIcallitaday?

M:Didyoudothelivingroomyet?

Q:Whoisthewomanmostlikelytobe?

Unit3Task2.1Don，tbeachicken!

Gilbert:Hey,Henry,isSarahcomingwithus?

Henry:Yes.Why?

Gilbert:Nothing.I'mjustasking.

Henry:Justasking?Butwhyisyourfaceflamingred?Aha!Someonehasacrushon

Sarah,doesn，the?

Gilbert:Whohasacrush?!

Henry:Comeon,Gilbert,don，tbesuchachicken.Ifyoulikeher,justgoandtell

her.Maybeshelikesyou.

Gilbert:ButIdon，thavethegutstoaskherout.

Henry:Whatareyousoafraidof?

Gilbert:I'dtotallydieifsheturnedmedown.

Henry:Butthat'sbetterthankeepingeverythingtoyourself.You，vegottolether

know.Comeon!You'vegottotakeachance.

Gilbert:Idon，tknow...Well,maybe,you，reright,buthowamIgoingtotellher

Ilikeher?

Unit3Task2.2DatinginAmerica

Beforemarriage,youngerAmericansdateeachother,thatis,theyoftengoout

together.Casualdatingusuallybeginsintheearlyteens,andinthelateteensa

patternofsteadydatingdevelops.Thereisagreatpossibilitythatonegoestoa

dancewithoneperson,toafootballgamewithanother,andtoapicnicwithathird.

Sometimestwocouplesgoouttogether.Thisisknownas"double-dating”.Groupdating

isalsopopularamongyoungpeople.Largegroupsofboysandgirlsmaygoaround

together.Youngpeoplemaygoouttogetherforalongtime,whichis,ineffect,a

publicstatementoftheirintentiontomarry.Menandwomengoouttogetheragreat

deal,especiallythoseincities.Thisis"adultdating”.Theyskitogetherandthey

dinetogether,eitheratrestaurantsorineachother，shomes.TheAmericandating

systemisarathercasualone.OftenyoungAmericanswhohardlyknoweachothergo

outondates.