施心远主编《听力教程》1-(第2版)Unit-3文本和答案

UNIT3

Section1TacticsForListening

Part1Phonetics

Exercise:Completethefollowingshortdialogueasyoulistentothetape.Pay

specialattentiontotheweakforms,fink-upsandcontractions.

Friend:Hi,Linda.IhearyouandJohngotmarried(1)lastmonth.

Linda:Yeah,wedid,(smiling)Threeweeks(2)ago.

Friend:Well.Congratulations!

Linda:Thankyou.

Friend:Didyou(3)haveabigwedding

Linda:No,wegot(4)marriedatCityHall.Wedidn't

because(5)we'resavingtobuyahouse.

wanttospendverymuch

Friend:Wheredidyou(6)havethereception

Linda:Oh~we(7)didn’thaveareception.Wejust(8)invitedafewfriendsover

fordrinksafterwards.

Friend:What(9)didyouwear'

Linda:Justaskirtandblouse

Friend:Oh!

Linda:AndJohnworea(10)jacketandjeans.

Friend:Wheredidyou(11)goforyourhoneymoon

Linda:We(12)didn'thaveahoneymoon.WewentbacktoworkthenextdayAh,

herecomes(13)mybus.

Friend:Listen.(14)I'dlovetohelpcelebrate.Whydon'tyoutwo(15)

foradrinknextweek'

comeover

Linda:Sure.We'dloveto.(16)I’lltalktoJohnand(17)callyouMonday.

Friend:Great.Seeyou(18)nextweek.

Linda:Bye.

PART2ListeningandNote-taking

Bob:LookatthatAngela.True-Valuearegoingtosellhi-fi'sforpounds,I

buyone.Wecansaveatleast20pounds.

’mgoingto

Angela:Yes,andlookatthewashingmachines.They'regoingtosellsomewashing

machinesfor9895pounds,gowecansave22pounds.Awashingmachineis

moreimportantthanahi-fi.

Bob:Bytheway.Angela.Doyouknowhowmuchmoneywe'vegotAbout200

pounds,Ihope.

Angela:Here'sthebankstatement.Ididn'twanttoopenit.Oh,dear.

Bob:What'sthematter

Angela:Wehaven'tgot200pounds,I'mafraid.

Bob:We!l,comeon.Howmuchhavewegot

Angela:Only150pounds16.

ExerciseA:BobandAngelaarewindow-shopping.Theshopisclosed,butthey

aretalkingaboutthesalesnextweek.Theyareplanningtobuyalotofthings.

Listentotheconversationandtakenotesonthefollowingitems:

thethingstheywanttobuythepricemoneytheycansave

1ahi-fi

72~64pounds

atleast20

pounds.

2.awashingmachine

pounds

22pounds~

ExerciseB:CompletethefollowingSentences.

Theamountofmoneytheyshouldpayforthethingstheywanttobuy:171

pounds59.

Theamountofmoneytheythinktheycansave:42pounds.

Theamountofmoneytheythinktheycanhave:21}0pounds,

Theamountofmoneytheyactuallyhave:150pounds16.

Section2ListeningComprehension

PART1Dialogues

Dialogues1what’shelike

A:Tellmeaboutyournewmanager.What'shelike

B:Oh,terrific.He'stall,goodlooking..,well,Ithinkhe'sgoodlooking,anyway...

andhe'sabout35or36.He'sveryinterestediiiallkindsofsports--football,

basketball...oh,andtennis.Myfriendtoldmehe'sverygoodattennis.He

playsatthesametennisclub...theclubwheresheplays...youknow.

A:Oh,ishefriendlyImean,intheoffice...

B:Well,Idon'tknowhimverywell.He'sabit...shyIthink.Heisn'tmarried,he

livesinaflatonhisown...well,justhimandhisdog.

ExerciseA:Listentotheconversationandcompletethefollowingblanks.

Age:

35or36

Appearance:

Hobbies:

good-looking

sportsfootballbasketballandtennis

single/notmarried

Marriagestatus:

ExerciseB:Listentotheconversationagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.Whatishegoodat'Howdoeshisfriendknowthat

(Heisgoodattennis.Hisfriendknowsthatbecauseheplaysatthesame

tennisclubwheresheplays.)

2.DoeshelivealoneHashegotacompanion

(Yes,helivesalone.Buthehasacompanion,hisdog.)

Dialogue2howoldareyou

Man:Allright.Keith.Howoldmeyou

Woman:Thirty-seven.

Man:Thirty-seven,yeah'And,ermyoumarried

Woman:Yes.

Man:Yeah.Haveyougotchildren'

Woman:Two.

Man:Yeah.Whataretheirnames

Woman:TobyandLucy.

Man:TobyandLucyHowoldarcthey

Woman:One's11,that'sLucy;andToby's13.

Man:Yeah.Tellmeaboutyourjob,Keith.

Woman:Well,IworkattheOxfordUniversityPress.I'maprinter's

copyeditor.

readerand

Man:Erin,whatsortofhoursofworkdoyouhave'

Woman:Erm,inthemorning.

Man:Youstartworkat

Woman:Yes.Istartatinthemorningandfinishat.That'swith

a45-minute

lunchbreak.

Man:Yeah.DoyoulikeitthatwayDoyoulikestartingveryearly

Woman:No,Idon't.No.

Man:Howdoyougotowork

Woman:Er,well,IcyclefromheretoDidcotstation,andthencatchthetrainand

returnjourney.

Man:Tellmeoneortwothingsyoulikedoing,andoneortwothingsyoudon't

likedoing.WhatdoyoulikedoingWhatdoyoudoforenjoyment

Woman:Weil,I'mquiteinterestedinantiques*.

Man:Yes.

Woman:ThingsIdon'tlike

gardening.

Idon'tlikedecorating.I'mnotawfullykeenon

Man:OK.

Woman:Whatreading--whatsortof--whatnewspaperdoyouread

Man.'TheTimes.

Woman:TheTimes,yeah.

Man:AndTheSundayTimes.

Woman:Yeah.Andwhatkindofbooksdoyouread

Man:Erm--tendstobemorealonghistorylines.Notnovels,generally,more

generalhistory.Localhistoryespecially.

Woman:Yeah,OK.Doyousmoke,Keith

Man:No.

Woman:Youdrink

Man:Occasionally.

Woman:Yeah.Doyougotochurch

Man:Notveryoften,no.

Woman:Right.Thankyouverymuchindeed.

Exercise:Listentotheinterviewandcompletethefollowingreport.

Nameoftheinterviewee:Keith.

Keithis(1)37yearsold.She'sgot(2)twochildren.Oneis(3)11andtheother

is(4)13.Sheisa(5)printers’readerandcopyeditoratthe(6)OxfordUniversity

Press.Shestartsworkat(7)7:30~andfinishesat(8)witha(9)45-minutelunch

break.Shegoestoworkby(10)bicycleandtrain.

Sheisinterestedin(11)antiques.Shedislikes(E2)decoratingandisnot

awfully(13)keenongardening.Shereadsquitealot,(14)newspapers,books,

especially(15)booksofhistory.

Shedoesn't(16)smokeanddrinks(17)onlyoccasionally.Shedoesn't(18)

gotothechurchoften..

Part2Passage

Informationalinterviewing

Informationalinterviewsareoneofthemostbeneficialwaysthroughwhichto

learnaboutacareerfield;theycanalsoserveasaplacetobeginnetworking.Their

purposeistoexploreaparticularfieldororganizationandlearnthe"insandouts*"

ofthatfieldfromapractitioner*.Ratherthanbeingaskedquestions,you

arethequestioner,gatheringinformationthatwillhelpyouevaluate*your

interestinandsuitabilityforaparticularopportunity.

Aninformationalinterviewisafineplacetoraisedoubtsyoumighthave.

explorethecompatibility*ofyourworkvalueswiththoseexpressedinthefieldand

askforadvice.Anindividualwhomyouinterviewforinformationcanalsocritique

yourresume.

Althoughyoumaynotspecificallyfindoutaboutajobopening,informational

interviewingwilloftenprovideleads*astowheretobeginasuccessfuljobsearch

andwillhelpyouchoosebetweenfieldsyouareconsidering.Ifyouareunableto

findyourformerstudentsorparentstomeetforaninformationalinterview,try

contactingemployersororganizationsfoundinoneoftheclosedstack*directories

intheCRC*library.

Exercise:Listentothepassageandchoosethebestanswertocompleteeachof

thefollowingsentences.

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

Part3News

Newsitem1

Thispresidentialelectioniscreatingunusualinterestandexcitement

acrossAmerica,especiallywithyoungpeopleandDemocrats.

TheDemocratshopetoreclaimtheWhiteHouseaftereightyearsof

Republicanpresidency.Yetcandidatesfrombothpartiesarepromisingchange.

TherearemajorissuesfacingAmericans:theweakeningeconomy,theIraq

war.Otherconcernsincludethetroubledhousingmarket,highcostsofhealth

careandenergy,andthedebateoverillegalimmigration.

Butinterestintheelectionisalsobeingdrivenbythecandidatesthemselves.

DemocratsHillaryClintonandBarackObamawouldbecomeAmerica'sfirstfemale

orfirstblackpresident.RepublicanJohnMcCainwouldbecome,atageseventy-two,

theoldestpresidentelectedtoafirstterm.

Ex.A:Summarizethenews

ThisnewsitemisaboutthepresidentialelectionintheUSA.

Ex.B:choosethebestanswertocompleteeachofthefollowingsentences.

2.B3.B

4.A

Newsitem2

ThespaceshuttleDiscoverylandedatKennedySpaceCenterinthestateof

Floridalastmonth.Itwastheonehundredtwentieth

shuttleflightandthe

twenty-thirdtotheInternationalSpaceStation.

TheUnitedStatesspaceagencyhadtwomaingoalsforthisflightofDiscovery.

First,thecrewwastomoveastructurefromonesideofthespacestationtothe

other.Andthentheyweretoaddanewroomtothespacestation.

NASAcallsthenewadditiontothespacestationtheHarmonyconnecting

module.Itisthefirstnewroomaddedtothespacestationsincetwothousandone.

Harmonyisaboutsevenmeterslongandaboutfourmeterswide.Itwillbea

passagewaybetweenthelaboratoriesandtherestofthespacestation.

ExerciseA:Listentothenewsitemandcompletethefollowingsummary,

Thisnewsitemisaboutthe120thflightofthespaceshuttleDiscovery.

ExerciseB:Listentothenewsitemagainandcompletethefollowingpassage.

Landingtime:lastmonth

Landingsite:KennedySpaceCenterinthestateofFlorida

Itwastheonehundredtwentieth

InternationalSpaceStation.

shuttleflightandthetwenty-thirdtothe

Twomaingoalsforthisflight:

1.Thecrewwastomoveastructurefromonesideofthespacestationtothe

other.

2.Theyweretoaddanewroom—Harmony—tothespacestation.

connecting;

thefirstnewroom;2001;

sevenmeters;fourmeters;

passageway;therest

Newsitem3

TheWorldHealthOrganizationisurgingcountriestofollowsixpoliciesto

preventmillionsoftobacco-relateddeaths.ThesixpoliciesareknownasMPOWER,

spelledM-P-O-W-E-R.

TheMisformonitoringtobaccouseandpreventionpolicies.ThePisfor

protectingpeoplebyestablishingsmoke-freeareas.TheOstandsforoffering

servicestohelppeoplestopsmoking.TheWisforwarningpeopleaboutthe

dangersoftobacco.TheEisforenforcingbansontobaccoadvertisingandother

formsofmarketing.AndRisforraisingtaxesontobacco.

Thesaystobacconowcausesmorethanfivemilliondeathsayear.Itpredicts

thisnumberwillrisetomorethaneightmillionbytheyeartwothousandthirty.By

theendofthecentury,itsays,tobaccocouldkillonebillionpeople--tentimesas

manyasinthetwentiethcentury.

ExerciseA:Listentothenewsitemandcompletethefollowingsummary.

Thisnewsitemisabouttobaccorisktoabillionlivesthiscentury,aspredictedby

theWHO.

ExerciseB:Listentothenewsitemagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.TheWorldHealthOrganizationisurgingcountriestofollowsixpoliciesto

preventmillionsoftobacco-relateddeaths.

2.TheMisformonitoringtobaccouseandpreventionpolicies.ThePisfor

protectingpeoplebyestablishingsmoke-freeareas.TheOstandsforoffering

servicestohelppeoplestopsmoking.TheWisforwarningpeopleaboutthe

dangersoftobacco.

TheEisforenforcingbansontobaccoadvertisingandotherformsof

marketing.AndtheRisforraisingtaxesontobacco.

3.TheWHOsaystobacconowcausesmorethanfivemilliondeathsayear.

4.Yes.TheWHOpredictsthisnumberwillrisetomorethaneightmillionby

theyear2030.

5.Bytheendofthecentury,tobaccocouldkillonebillionpeople-tentimesas

manyasinthetwentiethcentury.

Section3OralWork

MrsWhite:HowdidyourwritinggothismorningIsthebookcomingalongall

right'

MrWhite:l’mnotsure.Ithinktherestofitwillbedifficulttowrite.Thereare

stillsomeproblemstosolve.

MrsWhite:Iexpectyou'llfindtheanswersinterestingtoworkout.

MrWhite:IfIcanworkthemout.Thankgoodnessthehouseiseasytoworkin.

Ishallatleasthaabletothink.

MrsWhite:You'veforgottensomething.Peaceandquietwill

guaranteemuch

hadifficultto

longer.

MrWhite:Good,heavens,yes.Theschoolholidaysstartinaweek,don'tthey

Thehousewillbeimpossibletoworkinwhiletheylast.

MrsWhite:Well,someextranoiseishardtoavoid.ButI'llkeepthemawayfrom

thestudyas

in.

muchasIcan.That'llbeallrighttowork

MrWhite:WhataboutthegardenItwasbeautifullypeacefulandquietoutthere

thismorning.

MrsWhite:Well,you'dbettermakethemostofitwhileitlasts.Peaceandquiet

willhahardtofindinthegardenprettysoon,I'mafraid.

Exercise:Listentothedialogueandthenanswersomequestionsaboutit.Youwill

hearthedialogueandthequestionsonlyonce.Answereachquestionwitha

completesentenceafteryouhaveheardit.

Questions:

]WhatwasMrWhitedoingthismorning

'Hewaswritinghisbookthismorning4

2.AccordingtoMrWhite.wasthebookcomingalongallright(No,

hethoughttherestofthebookwouldbedifficulttowrite.)

3WhatdidMrsWhiteexpect

(SheexpectedthatMrWhitewouldfindtheanswerstosomeproblems

occurredinhisbook.~

4.WhydidMrWhitethinkthehousewaseasyrowork

in(Becausehewouldatleastbeabletothink)

5Whenwouldtheschoolholidaysstart

(TheywouldstartinaweekI

6.WasitpossibleforMrWhitetoworkinthehouseduringtheschool

holidays(No,itwasimpossibleforhimtoworkinthehouse,

7.CouldMrWhiteworkinthegardenthismorning

.Yes.hecouldworkinthegardenthismorning.)

Why(Becauseitwaspeacefulandquiet)

8.WhyshouldMrWhitemakemostofitwhilethegardenwaspeacefulandquiet

(Becausepeace:andquietwouldhardtofindinthegardenprettysoon.)

Part2Retelling

TotheAmericanpeople,educationisveryimportant.Thefirsttwelveyearsof

publicschoolarefreeofcharge.Asaresult,about93percentoftheteenagers

fromfourteentoseventeenyearsoldareinhighschool.

However,200yearsago,educationwasnotfree.Americanelementary

schoolswereonlyforrichpeople.Mostyoungpeoplewerenotinschool.

Thefirstpublichighschoolwasin1832.Thepurposeoftheschoolwasto

preparestudentsforcollege.Itsmostimportantsubjectsweremathematicsand

foreignlanguages.

Nowadays,Americaneducationisabigbusiness.Thereareabout45

millionstudentsinthe

nation'selementaryschoolsandhighschools,Eachyearthereareaboutthree

millionhighschoolgraduates.

Themainpurposeofhighschoolisstilltopreparestudentsforcollege.There

arealsojobtrainingprogrammesinhighschoolandprogrammestoteachuseful

skillsforeverydaylife–forexample,drivertraining,firstaid,andevencooking.

Exercise:Listentothepassageandthenretellilinyourownwords.Youwill

hearthe

passageonlyonce.

Section4SupplementaryExercises

PartIListeningComprehension

Passage1Britishpostmenandmilkmen

Britishpostmenandmilkmenhaveareputationforbeingcheerful.Astheyboth

arriveveryearlyinthemorning,whenyouareperhapsnotfeelingvery

good-tempered,theirbrisk*knockingandbrightwhistlingmaygetonyournerves.

Ofcourse,therearesomegloomypostmen,whomakeyouthinkthateveryletter

containstragicnews,butthemajorityarejollyandgood-humoured.Thisisquite

surprising,becausedeliveringthemaileachmorningisajobwhichisnotvery

wellpaidandthereareagreatmanyproblems.

Thecitypostmanhastogoonfoot,notonlyalongstreetsbutalsoupand

downstairs,asmanyblocksofflatsstillhavenoliftsandnodownstairsletterbox.If

hehasaregisteredlettertodeliver,hehastowaitforsomeonetocometothedoor

tosignforit.Thatpersonmaygreethiminamostunfriendlywayifhehasjust

beenwokenfromadeepsleepveryearlyinthemorning.

Inthecountry,apostmanmayhaveabicycleorasmallvan,sohedoesnot

havetowalksofar,butneverthelesshehashisproblemstoo.Itisveryannoyingto

becompelled*togoallthewaytoanisolatedhousesimplytodeliverapostcardor

acircular,whenthismakesthejourneyhalfanhourlonger.Inwinter,weather

conditionsarebad,butthepostmanmustcarryonintherainorthesnow.

Sometimesitisimpossibletouseavanorabicycleintheseconditions,andhe

hastodohisround*onfoot,likehiscitycolleague.Mostcountrypeoplekeepadog.

Althoughtheremaybeanoticeonthegate,"BEWAREOFTHEDOG,"thisisof

littlehelptothepostman~Heisforcedtogoin,whetherthedogisdangerousornot.

Soeverydaythecountrypostmanknowsthat,ifthedogisnotsafelytiedup,itmay

bitehimonthelegortear*theseat*outofhistrousers.

Exercise:Listentothepassageandchoosethebestanswertocompleteeach

ofthefollowingsentences,

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.B

Passage2StudyintheUnitedStates

ThelatestreportfromtheInstituteforInternationalEducationgivesinformationfrom

theschoolyearthatbeganinSeptemberoflastyearandendedinMayofthisyear.

Itsaysmorethan500,000foreigncollegestudentsattendedAmericanschools

duringthatschoolyear.

NewYorkUniversityinNewYorkCityhadthelargestnumberofforeign

students.Almost

5,000foreignstudentsattendedNYUlastyear.TheUniversityofSouthern

CaliforniaatLosAngeleshadthesecondlargestnumberofstudents,about4,500.

ThereportsaystheStateofCaliforniahadthemostforeignstudents,with

about66,000livingtherelastyear.NewYorkStatewasnext,withabout55,000

foreignstudents.

ChinasentthemostforeignstudentstotheUnitedStateslastyear.Morethan

54,000ChinesestudentsattendedAmericanschools.Japansentthenexthighest

numberofstudents,almost47,000.Indiawasnext,withabout42,000.AndKorea

wasfourth,sendingmorethan41,000studentstotheUnitedStates.

Thereportsaysthemostpopularsubjectsofstudyforinternationalstudents

intheUnitedStateslastyearwerebusinessandmanagement.Twentypercentof

allforeignstudentswerestudyingthosesubjects.Fifteenpercentstudied

engineering.Nineteenpercentstudiedmathematicsandcomputerscience.

ExerciseA:Listentothepassageanddecidewhetherthefollowingstate