施心远主编听力教程1第2版Unit2原文与答案

1、Unit TwoSection 1 Tactics for ListeningPart 1 PhoneticsExercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape- Pay specialattention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractionsWoman: Good eveningMan: Good evening. Can you ( 1 ) make up this prescription, please?Woman: Certainly. (

2、2) Would you like to wait?Man: How long (3) will it take?Woman: (4)Itll be ready in twenty minutesMan: Oh, (5) Ill come back laterWoman: All right, sir,Man: (6) Shall I pay now or later?Woman: (7) Later 11 be all right.Part 2 Listening and Note-taldngExercise A: Listen to the conversation and take n

3、otes.Exercise B: Use the information from your notes to mark the placesand streets mentioned in the conversation on the sketch map Man:Excuse me. How can I get to the station please?Woman:The station, the station, the station .let me see. Ah, yes. You can go down no. Go straight on until you come to

4、 a cinema. Lets see now thats the second turn on your right. The cinema on the corner Turn right at the cinema and youll be in Bridge Street I think its Bridge Street Go along Bridge Street for a few minutes and then take the second 一 no, not the second, the first, thats fight, the first turning. On

5、 your left. The station is straight ahead, right in front of you.Man:So that/s second right and first left. Thank you very much.Thats very land of you.Woman: Don*t mention it.go up vs. go downGo up坡，往北，从小地方往方（如城市，尤其是首都）Go down下坡，往南，从方往小地方（如农村）Go up: 1） go up to a place: go to college, go to the town

6、/capitalE.g. He will go up to Cambridge next term.2) go up to sb向。走去/靠近Section 2 Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueDialogue 1: Where are you living now?Exercise A:F 1. The man lives in Hampstead now(The man used to live inHampstead.)T 2 The man has changed his job.(He worked for an advertising a

7、gency five years ago but now he works for a newspaper.)F 3. The place where the man lives now is about 15 miles away from London(The nearest station is rather far about 15 miles away, but the dllage is fairly close to London, about 40 miles.)Exercise B:1. Why did the man move out of London?Because h

8、e finds that London is so dirty and there*s so much stress或 Because it is dirty and stressful.2. Where does he live now?He lives in a village in the country, about 40 miles away from London3. How did he use to go to work?He used to go to work by bicycle4. How does he go to work now? （inference, the

9、last sentence）Most likely he goes to work by car now because he said that it takes him less than an hour and a half, door to door, to get to work.door-to-door rdo :ta do :Qdj美国英语1）（为兜售、调査、募捐、拉选票等）挨家挨户的2）送货上门的；从门到门的，自发货点（或起点）至收货人（或终点）的，全程运输的Qdv1）挨家挨户地，挨户2）送货上门地；从门到门地，自起点至终点地，全程地5. Where does he work

10、now?TeacherJ s book: He works for a newspaper now或者 He works in London.Interviewer: You say you moved out of London five years ago?Alistair: Yes, I did. I lived in Hampstead*Interviewer: Thats very close to the centre, isnt 辻？Alistair: Yes, quite close I went to work by bicycle I worked in OxfordStr

11、eet It took about half an hour.Interviewer: And why did you move? Did you change jobs?Alistair: Well, yes, I did. I worked for an advertising agency then Now I work for a newspaper. But that isnt the reason I moved because London is so dirty and theres so much stressInterviewer: And now you live in

12、Alistair: Oh, right in the country The nearest station is rather far, about 15 miles away, but the village is fairly close to London, about 40 miles I still work in LondonInterviewer: So how long does it take you to get to work?Alistair: Oh, less than an hour and a half, door to doorDialogue 2 Have

13、you ever lived abroadInterviewer: Have you ever lived abroad, Phyllis?Phyllis: Yes, I have actually What about you?Interviewer: No, unfortunately I haven*t.Phyllis: Oh, what a shame!Interviewer: Where did you live when you were abroad?Phyllis: I lived in AustraliaInterviewer: Really? Thats a long wa

14、y away.Phyllis: Uhm, uhm, yes!Interviewer: How long were you there for?Phyllis: I was there for twelve yearsInterviewer: Oh! What a long time!Phyllis: Yes. Rather,Interviewer: Erin. So how long have you been back in the UK?Phyllis: Ive been back about, erm ten years now,Interviewer: Uhm, uhm, When y

15、ou were in Australia, did you think of 辻Phyllis:as your home?Well, it depends on what, you mean by home When 1 was.home to me is being near the people you*re fond of.Interviewer: Uhm uhm yeah So does that mean that your family were with you in Australia?Phyllis: Yes, they were there with me.Intervie

16、wer: And presumably theyve they came back to the UK?Phyllis: Yes, they did. They came back with me,Interviewer: Uhm, uhm Erin, if you had a choice, where do you thinkyoud be living now?Phyllis: Oh I would really like to go back to AustraliaInterviewer: Oh, yeah? Whys that?Phyllis: Well, for one thin

17、g, its the climateInterviewer: UhmPhyllis: And er. secondly, its very relaxedInterviewer: Oh? In what way?Phyllis: Well, you lmow the wave of life, nobody hurries.Interviewer: Uhm Is that at work as well as socially?Phyllis: Thats right, everythingExercise: Listen to the interview and complete the f

18、ollowing questionnaire.Name: PhyllisNationality: BritishBeing Abroad: YesCountry: Australia, Length: 12yearsWhere: They were with her.Advantages: good climate; relaxed at work as well as sociallyTime: 10 years agoPart 2 PassageWelcome to LondonWelcome to London! You and seven million other tourists

19、will fill Britain*s capital city this season, jostling each other along Oxford Street, getting lost on the Underground, staring at Buckingham Palace, and complaining about the food and the weatherWhat can you do when you*re here? There are the obvious tourist attractions of royal London, the London

20、of pageantry and soldiers in fancy uniforms There is historical London, with the ancient buildings and magnificent churches A good introduction to all this can be found in the London Museum in the BarbicanYou can spend a lot of money, in shops from aristocratic Knightsbridge to democratic Marks and

21、Spencer, all of them anxious to receive travellers1 cheques in almost any currency. There are many hotels at your service, and your chambermaid may well be able to talk to you in your own language though probably not in English Restaurants are here by the hundred You can eat your way round the world

22、 in London, from China to Argentina, though you may have a bit of a job finding good English food.Exercise:1-4: A AD D 5-8： B C ABPart 3 NewsNews Item 1New research says 35% of all child deaths worldwide are caused by under-nutritionhunger. The Lancet, the British medical magazine, just published a

23、series of five studies The answer, they suggest, is greater investment in nutr辻ional services and improvements to health systemThe research involved poor to middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin AmericaRobert Black from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopldns University in

24、 Maryland was the lead author of the series He says more than three and a half million mothers and children under 5 die in poor countries each year because of under-nutrition.A: This news item is about Q new research that says 35% of q11 child deaths worldwide Qre caused by under-nutrition hunger.Ne

25、ws Item 2A: This news 辻em is about the retirement of Eill Gates as the head of worlds biggest computer software company, Microsoft.B: 1) Laist week, Eill Gates retired from full-time work Qt the world s biggest computer software company, Microsoft. He will remain chairman of the company 2) he establ

26、ished with Paul Allen in 1975.Mr. Gates left Microsoft at a time of change in the computing industry Early on, Microsoft understood the importance of the network effect” That is, 3)software is the kind of product that increases in vailue as more people buy and use itAt 52 years old, Bill Gates is cu

27、rrently the third richest man in the world. He is worth about 58 billion dollars. 4) Mr. Gates will now spend most of his time working Qt his charity organization, the Eill and Nlelinda Gates Foundation. The foundation is the world s largest charity with 5) over 37 billion dollars. It proxddes money

28、 for 6) health, education and other projects，mostly in developing countriesScript:Last week, Bill Gates retired from full-time work at the worldJ s biggest computer software company, Microsoft He will remain chairman of the company he established with Paul Allen in 1975Mr. Gates left Microsoft at a

29、time of change in the computing industry Early on, Microsoft understood the importance of the network effect” That is, software is the kind of product that increases in value as more people buy and use itAt 52 years old, Bill Gates is currently the third richest man in the world. He is worth about 5

30、8 billion dollars Mr. Gates will now spend most of his time worldng at his charity organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The foundation is the worldJ s largest charity with over 37 billion dollars It provides money for health, education and other projects, mostly in developing countrie

31、sNews Item 3The competition between Microsoft and Google took a new turn on February first Microsoft made a public offer to buy the Internet company Yahoo. Microsoft says the combined companies would be in a better position to compete against Google in the online services marketThis week, Yahoo reje

32、cted the offer. Its board of directors said the price undervalued the company The offer was worth almost 45 billion dollars in cash and stock, or 31 dollars per Yahoo share Yahoo is said to want 40 dollars a shareMicrosoft says 辻 offered a full and fair price It says moving forward quicldy with the

33、deal would be in the best interest of shareholders Yet since February first, the value of MicrosoftJ s offer has fallen to 29 dollars a share because of a drop in its stock.Microsoft thinks it could better compete against Google with YahooJ s expert knowledge. Microsoft could attempt a hostile takeo

34、ver But that is not the way it normally does business, and there is risk of angering YahooJ s employees A: This news item is about Microsoft，s plan to purchase Yahoo to compete with GoogleB:TFTFTSection Three Oral WorkMan: Are you ready to order?Woman: Er, yes, please Til have the roast beef.Man: Uh

35、m, Would you like a starter?Woman:No thanks, oh, why not? Ill have the garlic mushroomsplease Man: And would you like salad or vegetables with your roast beef?Woman: Er, what vegetables have you got?Man: Cauliflower and carrots,Woman: Er, have you got any cabbage?Man: No, Im afraid not.Woman: Oh, we

36、ll, never mind, I 11 have the carrots.Man: Carrots Can I get you anything to drink?Woman: Er, just a glass of waterMan: And would you like anything for dessert?Woman: No thankswoman: Excuse me?Man: Yes?Woman: Fm afraid this bread is stale.Man: Oh, Im terribly sorry, Ill get you some fresh, madamExer

37、cise: Listen to the dialogue and then answer some questions about it You will hear the dialogue and the questions only once Answer each question with a complete sentence after you have heard it.Questions:1. What did the woman order?(She ordered the roast beef.)2. What would the woman like to have as

38、 a starter?(She would like to have the garlic mushrooms.)3. What vegetables does the restaurant offer?(It offers cauliflower and carrots.)4. What vegetable did the woman order?(She ordered carrots.)5. What sort of drink did she order? 1(She ordered a glass of water.)6 She ordered a dessert, didnt sh

39、e?(No, she did not order any dessert.)7. Did the woman like the bread served?(No, she didnt like it.)8. Why didnt she like the bread?(Because 辻 was stale / not fresh-)PART 2 ReteUingIt was Monday morning. Betty left home early that day because she was going to start work at an office She was only si

40、xteen and this was her first job. Unfortunately, the traffic was so dense that she was a fewminutes late When she arrived at the office.When she entered the office, she saw Mr. Cramp, her boss, speaking to the people in an angty voice She was very afraid and didnt dare to say anythingLater that day,

41、 she found out what had happened, As a rule, Mr.Crump came to the office at about 9:30, because he lived a long way out in the country and came up by train every day. That morning, however, he happened to catch an earlier train, and when he arrived at the office, he was greatty annoyed to see that n

42、o one was working. All the clerks were standing around, smoldng, laughing and telling jokesExercise: Listen to the passage and then retell 辻 in your own words. You will hear the passage only onceSection 4 Supplementary ExercisesPART 1 Listening ComprehensionPassage 1Entertainments in LondonYou come,

43、 of course, from all over the world, attracted by the comparative cheapness of London and its relatively new reputation as a good place to have fun 一 a reputation which really only dates from the mid1960s, that era* of Swinging London/* of pop stars and fashion photographers and dress designers Ther

44、es certainly no lack of entertainment. The British Theatre is world famous, and offers everything from Shakespeare to West End comedy* Theres a large number of cinemas presenting films from all over the world. Every night of the week there are concerts Classical or pop, take your choice And of cours

45、e night clubs will be happy to take large quantifies of cash from you in return for the illusion* of being sophisticated* and perhaps slightly wicked* When it rains (and it will rain) there are museums and art galleries to give you shelter and theyre free! When 辻s fine, take a boat trip along the Ri

46、ver Thames, downstream to Greenwich* or upstream to Hampton Court*.You may be exhausted by London; you may be cheated in London; you may not be able to get a drink when you want one, thanks to the ridiculous licensing laws; you may get wet and catch a cold; but youre not likely to be bored.Exercise:

47、 Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions l. C2. A3. D4. B5. D6. C7. B8. DPassage 2Health InsuranceMost full-time students at American universities must have health insurance. This is because health costs in the United States are high Colleges are not able

48、to pay the costs if students suffer serious accidents or siclmess,Many American colleges have health centers where doctors and nurses treat students1 medical problems. This service may be included in the cost of attending college Health insurance is usually needed for extra servicesStudents may alre

49、ady be protected under their parents1 health insurance policies*. If not, many colleges offer their own insurance plans For example, students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor are treated without charge the minor medical problems at the university health center But the university suggests t

50、hat students buy 辻s health insurance plan It costs about 800 dollars a year. The insurance pays or hospital services, emergency room care and visits to doctors. It also pays for laboratory tests and x rays And it pays ninety percent of the cost of drugs prescribed by a doctor The plan does not pay f

51、or birth control, care of the teeth or eyeglasses And it does not pay for preventive care such as injections* that prevent disease.Students at Boston College in Massachusetts are required to have their own health insurance plan or lo buy the college accident and sickness insurance. The college plan

52、costs about 500 dollars a year It pays for any medical care needed within a/line period It does not pay for eye glasses, hearing aids*, or dental* treatment.Students can also buy independent insurance policies from insurance companies The details of such policies are different, depending on where th

53、e student lives Usually, these policies pay for doctor visits, treatment of injuries and hospital costs Sometimes foreign students do not understand the need for health insurance, especially if they do net need such insurance in their own countries. However, people in the Urdted States are responsible for their own medical costs These can be extremely high in cases of serious illness or accidents. The purpose of health insurance is to make sure that thes