新视野大学英语教材2-听力原文+部分答案

1、Unit ILife is a learning curveListe ning to the worldShari ngScriptsH = Hi na; W1 = Woman 1, etc.; M1 = Man 1, etc.Part 1H: I have a full-time job but I like lear ning new things in my spare time. Atthe moment, I m studying Spanish. I m enjoying it but I m finding it quite difficult. Today we re ask

2、ing people about learning new things.Part 2W1: I m learningto speak another Ianguage, actually. I m learningFrench.I m also learning, er, to drive.W2: I m learning to play golf at the moment. Um, my husband and my son playgolf, and when we go on holiday, I feel that I want to be able to play with th

3、em.W3: I m learning to speak Spanish.W4: I am lear ning Arabic.M1: Well, I ve beenlearning to play the guitar for about 50 years now. Andi t s a constant process, so still learning bits, yes.W5: I m learning yoga at the moment, and I m finding it quite hard.M2: The courses I m taking are, are traini

4、ngcourses forleadership, er,n egotiatio n, (and) evaluati on.M3: I m learning Swahili.W6: At the moment, I m learningto paint and draw in evening classes foradults.W7: I m studying part -time after work.M4: I ve er, just learned how to er, do a lot of kayaking.W8: I am learning how to design a websi

5、te at the moment.W9: I m in a choir so singing, I guess, is pretty much the only thing I m doing at the mome nt.M5: At the moment, I m takingup a new instrument. It s a traditionalinstrument from Zimbabwe, and it s called the mbira. Er, let me show you.Part 3H: What s the most difficult thing you ve

6、 ever learnedM5: Patie nee, I thi nk.W4: Arabic.M2: Courage.W3: Lear ning a Ian guage is particularly difficult for myself (me), so probably lear ning the Spani sh.W6: The most difficult thing I have ever lear ned is Man dari n Chin ese. I did it in evening classes a few years ago and I found it rea

7、lly, really difficult.W5: Probably capoeira, which is a Braziliandance, martial art, fightthing.It s a comb in ati onof all of thesethin gs.And yes, that was verydifficult because there were lots of unu sual body moveme nts to learn.W1: Lear ning to drive was the most difficult thing.M3: Well, I lea

8、rnedsome Sanskrit,and that s got um, nine cases, two moretha n Lat in .It s quite difficult by most sta ndards.M4: I think I found French very hard at school.W2: Um, I learned to play the trumpet at school.That was pretty difficult.Er . and maybe learning to drive. I hated learning to drive.Liste ni

9、ngScriptsP = presenter; S = SallyP: Hi.You relisteningto Ask thetalkingabout Ianguages and how toSally Parker, who is a teacher. Hi Sally.Expert and in today s program we relearn a Ianguage. Our expert today isS: Hello.P: Sally, our first question today is from Andy. He says,“ I ve just startedlearn

10、ingEnglish.My problem is that I m too frightened to speak. Mygrammar is not very good, so I m worried about saying the wrong thing. Have you got any advice for AndyS: OK. Well, the first thing is I think Andy should practicespeakingtohimself.P: Sp eaking to himself Im not sure thats a good idea.S: I

11、 know it sounds silly, but talk ing to yourself in a foreig n Ian guage is areally good way to practice.You dont haveto feelembarrassed,becausenobody can hear you. You cantalk toyourself aboutanything youlike -what you had for breakfast, where you re going for the weekend - anything. And the more yo

12、u do it, the more you will get used to heari ng your own voiceand your pronunciation,so you won t feel so frightened in the classroom.Andy should try it.P: Hm, I suppose so. Anything else What about his grammarS: He has only just started lear ning En glish, so he is going to make lots ofmistakes, bu

13、t that s not a problem. That s how he lllearn.Andyshouldn t worry about making mistakes.P: You re right. So Andy, trytalkingto yourself, and don t worry aboutmaking mistakes. Our next problem comes from Oliviain Brazil. She isworried about pronunciation. She says,“The problem is I can t understandn

14、ativespeakers. They speak so fast and I can tun dersta ndtheirpronunciation. So Sally, any ideas for Olivia S: Well, first of all it s a good idea for her to practice her listening skills. She should listen toEn glish as much as possible to get used to how it soun ds. Liste n to the n ews,liste n to

15、 podcasts, (and) watch En glish televisi on.P: OK - that s a good idea.S: And ano ther thing she should do is to focus on liste ning and read ing at thesame time. If you listen to something on the Internet,you can often readthe transcript. If you listen and read at the same time, it ll help you seew

16、hat the words sound like and how the words sound whe n a n ative speaker istalk ing.P: Great. Thank you, Sally. Well, huh, I m afraid that s all we have time fortoday, but next week we ll be Viewi ngScriptsN = Narrator; I = Ian Deary; W1 = Woman 1, etc.; M1 = Man 1, etc.N: Recent research into the h

17、istory of IQ tests in Scotlandsuggests your IQscore might predict, to an exte nt at least, your health and eve n your life expecta ncy.W1: You have 45 minu tes to do the test, OKM1: OK.N: Bill and Davina are 79 years old. This is the second time they ve done thistest. The first time was in 1932, whe

18、n every 11-year-old in Scotland was put through an intelligeneetest. It s the only time t his kind of masstesting has ever been done in the UK. The results were rediscovered recen tly in an Edi nburgh baseme nt. If you want to know how our in tellige neechanges as we get older, these results are a p

19、otential goldmine.I: We brought hundreds of people back and we got them to sit the exact same test that they had sat when they were aged 11. Now, these people are now 79or 80 years old. We gave the same in struct ions. We gave the same test. Andwe gave the same time limit.M2: It was a little stickie

20、r than I thought it would be.M3: I walked through it quite happily, quite hon estly.W2: I felt I must have bee n very bright at 11 if I sat that exam and passed.N: There were some in trigu ing results. Almost every one had a better score at 80thanthey did at 11. But some had gone from being just ave

21、ragelyin tellige nt to a much higher level.I: Now, that s what really drives our research. We re interested in: Why havethose people who ve gone (people gone) from IQ 100, at age 11, up to 110or 120 What have they done right What can be the recipe for successful aging We re finding that the person w

22、ith more education, even though theyhad the same IQ in childhood, is doing slightly better in old age, on average. The pers on who had a more professi onal job, in old age, is doingslightly better on average than the person who had a manual job, despite the fact that they started at the same level.

23、The people who smoked have got slightly less good men tal ability tha n you would expect.N: What s even more rem arkable is that the kids who had higher IQ scores at 11are the very ones still alive today. So it seems high IQ in childhood is good for survival.Speak ing for com muni cati onRole-playSc

24、riptsA: Ah, OK, so we n eed to think of the best ideas for tak ing tests.B: Yep.A: Er, well, how about this one It s a good idea to study with friends at thesame time each day.B: Mm, in my opinion,this is a really good idea. You can make it a regularpart of your daily life.A: You mean likehaving bre

25、akfast at the same time, lunch at the same time,study ing at the same time.B: Yes. And also I think it helps whe n you study with frien ds.A: Yeah, I, I think it s more motivating.B: And you can actually talk to some one, not just look at books. I find that ifI m only reading my notes it s easy to l

26、ose concentration.I startthinking about other thin gs. But whe n you are talk ing to some on e, it reallyhelps you concen trate. So, yes, I agree with this one.A: OK. Ano ther idea is not to eat too much before the exam.B: Oh, reallyA: Mm, whe n I eat a lot, I get sleepy.B: Oh, I see. I thi nk it de

27、pe nds. Because if you don t eat eno ugh, you startto feel hungry in the middle of the exam.A: Mm, that s true.B: And then you can t concentrate.A: Yeah, that s true.B: So, I m not sure about this advice, for me. As I said, I think it depends.I always try to eat a good meal before an exam. I m so ne

28、rvous that I neverget sleepy.A: Hm. OK. What other ideas do you haveB: Well, there s one thing I al ways do before an exam.A: What s thatB: I go to bed early the ni ght before.A: Right.B: I always try to sleep for eight hours the ni ght before the exam.Further practice in liste ningShort con versati

29、 onsScriptsCon versati on 1W: It is thethirdtime my paper hasbeen rejected by journals because ofIan guage problems.M: You know,thereis a writing center on campus.I had nevergot a gradebetter tha n C for any of my term papers before they helped me out.Q: What can we lear n from the con versati onThe

30、 woman should seek help from the writing centerCon versati on 2M: You said you would choose Spanish as your sec ond foreig n Ian guage. Why did you fin ally choose French in steadW: My gra ndfatherspeaks flue ntFrench and he says that French is a Ian guagethat any truly cultured pers on must know.Q:

31、 Why does the woma n choose to lear n FrenchShe thinks speak ing French is a must for cultured people.Con versati on 3W: You seem to have no problem un dersta nding n ative speakers now. How about Dr.Brow n s speech last ni ghtM: Excellent. But it was still too fast for me to follow, especially when

32、 Dr.Brow n talked about those abstract theories.Q: What did the man do last ni ghtHe atte nded a speech.Con versati on 4M: It seems to me that Mel issa is in a bad mood today. What s wrong with herW: Melissa forgot to bring her identificationcard yesterday and she was notallowed to en ter the con te

33、st. You know she had prepared for the con test for mon ths.Q: What made Melissa un happyThat she lost her cha nee to en ter the con test.Con versati on 5W: I think my time at school is wasted because it is just study ing books and doing tests.M: But you also lear n new ideas and new ways of thinking

34、. And more importa ntly you meet people and develop your un dersta nding of people at school.Q: What does the man think of the woman s opinionIt is on e-sided.Long con versati onScriptsM: Miranda,let s speak about yourperformaneein class. You re notparticipating; you re careless with your assignment

35、s and often hand them inlate. You don t want to be here, do youW: I m sorry Dr. Smith. It s just I ve got lots of things to do. I mstudyingWeb design and I m a first - class player on our golf team. It shard to see why I n eed to take a Spanish Ian guage class!M: Well, I m sorry you feel that way, b

36、ut learninganother Ianguagecanimprove your performa nee in all of your efforts. And it can be very useful sometimes, for in sta nee, whe n you visit your father in Mexico.W: Gosh! What do you mean, professor Just because my father does bus in ess in Mexico I m supposed to learn Spanish on top of eve

37、rything else I have to lear n It s justtoo much! And if I don t spe nd eno ugh time on the golfcourse,I won trema in a first -class player on the golf team. I stilldon t see why I should learn a Ianguage that s so hard for me. There areno verb ten ses on the golf course or in Web desig n!M: Listen M

38、iranda, I ve known your father since we were students at university20 yearsago - and have known you since you were a little girl. Of course, there are no verb tenses in golf or Web design.But I am givingyou goodadvice. Please liste n.W: Yes, of course, you re like my favorite uncle.M: Your brain isn

39、 t like a cup that has water flowing over its edge when it isfull. In stead, it s like a muscle. Lear ning Spanish exercises your brain in new ways, making it stronger. It will strengthen your critical thinking skills and creativity.W: Really! Then I guess I can give it a try.Q1 How was the woman do

40、ing in the man s classShe often fails to turn in her homework on time.Q2What does the woma n think of lear ning SpanishIt prese nts great difficulty for her.Q3What do we know from this con versati on about the manHe has a good pers onal relati on ship with the woma n.Q4What is the woman most likely

41、to do after talking to the manWork harder in her Spanish class.Passage 1ScriptsIbegan learningSpanish when I was in high school, using a traditionalacademic method of studyingverbs, sentence structures, and grammar by usingtextbooks and not much else. I found it very easy to lear n, but was frustrat

42、ed with the slow pace and repetitive n ature of all my Spanish classes. So I workedextra hard in my spare time and asked my teacher if I could skip a level by the end of the semester.This was un successful, however, because the school was not willi ng to test me or otherwise prove that I could be su

43、ccessful in the top level after skipp ing a level. This made things even more frustrati ng, as the n I was stuck in a class where I already knew the material!Then I went on to college where I the n used the Ian guage exte nsively both in and out of the classroom. I studied Spanish literature, cultur

44、e, and lin guistics and very much enjoyed the cultural and linguistic elements, but found the indepth study of literature a very un bala need way to study Spani sh.I got a lot out of using my Spanish outside of the classroo m, in cludi ng a trip to Mexico with a church group, where I found myself ac

45、ting as an in terpreter. It was certa inly challe nging, but it was also a lot of fun.I then also volunteered to be an interpreter in the community schools and also used my Spanish to teach Englishto some Spanish speakers.This isprobably where I lear ned the most!Q1: What do we know about the speake

46、r s Spanish learningexperieneein highschoolShe showed dissatisfact ion with the slow pace of her class.Q2: What made the speaker feel frustrated while lea ning Spanish in high schoolShe had to lear n the material that she already kn ew.Q3: What did the speaker say about her study of Spanish literatu

47、re in collegeIt proved to be an un bala need way to lear n the Ian guage.Q4: Which experie nee ben efited the speaker most i n terms of her use of Spanish She taught Spanish speakers how to speak En glish.Passage 2Scripts and an swersHave you ever heard of homeschoolingIt is a legal choice forparent

48、sinmost coun tries to provide their childre n with a lear ning en vir onment as an 1) alter nativeto public or private schools outside the home. Parents cite 2)nu merous reas ons for homeschooli ng their childre n. The three reas ons that are selected by the majority of pare nts in the Un ited State

49、s are the concern about the 3) traditi onal school environment, the lack of religious or moral in struct ion, and the dissatisfact ion with the 4) academic in structi on at public and private schools. Homeschooling may also be a factor in the choice of parenting style. Homeschooling can be a choice

50、for families living in isolated 5) coun tryside or livi ng briefly abroad. Also many young 6) athletes and actors are taught at home.Homeschoolers ofte n 7) take adva ntage of educati onalopport un itiesatmuseums, libraries,community centers, athletic clubs, after-school programs,churches, parks, an

51、d other com mun ity resources. 8) Secon dary school levelstude ntsmay take classes atadmissi on munitycolleges,whichtypicallyhave openGroups ofhomeschooli ngfamiliesofte njoinuptogetherto createhomeschool co-ops. These groups typicallymeet once aweek andprovide aclassroom en viro nment.

52、 These are family- cen tered support groups whose membersseek to pool their talents and resources 9) in a collectiveeffort to broaden the scope of their children s education. They provide a classroom environmentwhere stude nts can do han ds-on and group lear ning such as perform ing, scie nee experi

53、me nts, art projects, foreig n Ian guage study,spelli ngcon tests,discussions, etc. Parents whose children take the classes 10) serve as volun teers to keep costs low and make the program a success.Un it 2 Jour ney into the unknownListe ning to the worldShari ngScriptsF = Fi nn; W1 = Woman 1, etc.;

54、M1 = Man 1, etc.Part 1F: I ve spent a lot of time living in different countries so there isn t oneplace I think of as home. I ve lived in Scotlandand Poland and China.Ilove going to new places and learning about new cultures. Today, I m askingpeople about travel.Part 2W1: I love travel. It s one of

55、my passions.M1: Well, I enjoy it a lot. I have traveled to India several times. I lived there, and I ve lived here, and I ve been to Istanbul once and I enjoyed that very much.W2: I ve done quite a bitof traveling onholidays and stuff. I think it sgood, good experie nee.W3: You get to meet different

56、people coming from differentbackgrounds,andthat s really important to get an understanding.M2: It s always just nice to get out and experieneea differentculture anddiffere nt lifestyle.W4: I get very excited about the thought of going to most countries,anycoun try.W5: I love to travel to differe nt

57、coun tries.M3: Absolutely love traveling.I ve been travelingfor about two and a halfyears solid now.W6: I ve been to Turkey. I ve been to Egypt. I ve been to Malta.M4: I work as an expeditionleader and so I actually operate indifferentcoun tries around the world, many places outside the Un ited Kin gd