施心远主编《听力教程》3-(第2版)Unit-11答案.doc

1、施心远主编听力教程 3-( 第 2 版)Unit-11 答案Unit 11Section OneTactics for listeningPart 1 spot dictationGive your child the happiness traitHappiness is both a state and a trait. The state of happinessis a (1) mood that comes and goes. I can (2) induce it in my two-year-old daughter simply by making a (3) silly fa

2、ce.The trait of happiness is more (4)stable. I see it in my daughterwhen she gets out of bed with a smile, eager to (5)take on the day.Even when life isnt so pleasant, she can sustain her (6)optimism andhopefulness.A recipe for a happy disposition through life is harder to (7)comeby, but researchers

3、 have identified key (8) ingredients. By focusing on these, parents are more likely to raise children with the (9) trait of happiness built into their (10) character.1) Give your child choices.2) Resist the urge to (11) spoil. Common sense suggests that people with (12) adequate incomes are happier

4、than those (13) without . The key word is adequate. What is important is having enough to (14) provide for basic needs and feelingcontent with what you have.3) (15) Encourage broad interests.4) Teach resilience*. Everyone has ways to (16) cope with bad days. A child should be taught to find solace i

5、n things that will (17) restore his sense of well-being.5) (18) Promote a happy home. One of the best ways to help a child find (19) enduring happiness is for the parents to (20) look for it in their own lives.Part 2 Listening for GistOld and young, single and married, rich and poor - anyone canbe l

6、onely, irrespective of the numberof friends, familyand socialcontacts they actually have. Women, the elderly, the young, the singleparent, the widowed and the unemployed are most at risk.Young mothers at home with children under five are particularly vulnerable to loneliness and depression because o

7、f the transition from working wife to housebound mother. Elderly people, particularly those who move to a new area on retirement, may be isolated from their families and friends. Illness, disability and fear of going out alone also combine to turn many pensioners into prisoners in their own homes. T

8、eenagers natural shyness and self-consciousness maymake them awkward in the company of their peers and the opposite sex. Single parents feel cut off from a couple-orientated society. Divorce can be shattering to the self-esteem. With so many social contacts being made through work, unemployment can

9、also lead to loneliness.Directions: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide.1) This passage is about various reasons for loneliness and depression.2) The key words are young mothers, transition, working wife, housebound mother: elderly people. isolated. i

10、llness. disability. fear of going out alone: teenagers. natural shyness. self-consciousness: single parents. cut off. a couple-orientated society. divorce. self-esteem: social contacts. work. unemployment.Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueDeputy EditorRay Jones: You know, a lot of pe

11、ople who read newspapers have no idea how theyre put together.Im often asked to talk to groups of people about my work, and itsincredible how many of them think either that reporters write the headlines and take their own pictures or, conversely, that the Editor writes and prints everything in the p

12、aper. They fail to realize that producing a newspaper is really very much a team effort.Mary Keen: Ray, youre Deputy Editor of the Evening Post. What exactly does that entail?Ray Jones: Well, the work of a Deputy Editor varies from paper to paper depending on the Editor.No two Editors work the same

13、way. Some delegate all the administration to a deputy. Others take on all the admin themselves and concentrate on the management side of running the newspaper rather than on the editorial side. Our Editor here is the sort who likes getting involved in the editorial side of the paper, so hell often c

14、ome, sit down with the reporters and work on a story with them. But then once or twice a week hell leave that and get on with the admin .Mary Keen: So what are your responsibilities as Deputy?Ray Jones: I supervise the reporters, sports writers and sub-editors and try to see that everyone knows what

15、 everyone else is doing so that it all runs smoothly. And, of course, I also stand in* for the Editor when hes at meetings, conferences, or whatever.Mary Keen: And what is Ray Jones typical working day?Ray Jones: Well, it starts at about 7: 15, and the first thing I have to do is to find out whats g

16、oing on in the newsroom, what are the best stories of the day, whos going to cover them, and so on. Quite often its not immediately obvious whats going to be the front page lead*, and thats a major headache at the start of the day. Once thats been sorted out and Ive checked that theres nothing dista

17、steful or unethical going into the paper, then I come back to my office to get on with my Deputy Editor tasks.Mary Keen: Which are?Ray Jones: Taking care of readers letters, for instance, and editingour Mailbagcolumn. That can be great fun - we have asplendidly eccentric bunch of regular readers, an

18、d, giventherightsubject,theyoftenproduceanextremelyentertainingand well-writtenset of letters.Ofcourse,dealing with the correspondence has its tedious side as well- I have to read every letter we get, and some of them, as you can imagine, are a bit of a pain.Mary Keen: What else do you have to do?Ra

19、y Jones: I also write the Leader column each day. That means I have to compose 300 words on some matter of publicHis responsibilities as a Deputy Editorconcern expressing the newspapers opinion. And sometimes this, too, can be a real problem. More than once Ive found myself half an hour before the d

20、eadline with no idea what my opinion was going to be on what subject.Mary Keen: How did you get into journalism, Ray?Ray Jones: As an errand boy, actually, at the age of 15. I left school with no qualifications and was lucky enough to get a job with the Liverpool Echo, making tea, polishing floors a

21、nd so on. After a year I became a junior reporter. I did the usual sort of training by attending day-release classes, gained some more experience as a reporter and then wentfrom the Echo to the Birmingham Mail where I became a sub-editor, and then a chief reporter. Ive been on a couple of other pape

22、rs since the mail - I was News Editor on mylast paper - and I moved to the Evening Post three years ago.Directions: Listen to the dialogue and complete the following grids.A. Ray Jones Job DescriptionSupervisesthe reporters, sports writers and sub-editors; Stands in for the Editor sometimes.Starts a

23、t about 7: 15, and finds out whatsgoing on in the newsroom, what are the bestRay Jones typicalstories of the day, and whats going to be theworking dayfront page lead. Gets on with the DeputyEditor tasks.Takes care of readers letters. That can beMailbag columngreat fun. Of course, dealing with the co

24、rrespondence has its tedious side as well.Each day there will be an article about300Leader columnwords on some matter of public concern ,which expresses the newspapers opinion .B. Ray Jones Career ExperienceNewspaperTimeWorkAt the age ofWorked as an errand boy, making15tea, polishing floors and so o

25、n.Liverpool EchoBecame a junior reporter ; gainedAfter a yearsome more experience as areporter by attending day-releaseclasses.Birmingham MailBecame a sub-editor, and then achief reporter.(A couple of otherBecame News Editor on the lastpapers)paper.Evening PostDeputy EditorPart 2 passageBuilding fri

26、endships with Your Young ChildrenSeveral years ago, we began construction on a new church building. In the beginning, the workmen dug a big pit in the ground and then they began to pour footings. Footings are cement piers upon which the entire building rests. They are crucial to the strength of the

27、finished structure. After the foundation hole is dug, the footings mustbe poured quickly, before the composition of the soil is changed by the wind, air, or water.In a similar way in these brief early years, parents of young children have the challenging job of laying the foundation that will suppor

28、t family friendships in later years.Physical affection and verbal affirmation are necessary in laying a strong foundation for friendship. Hug, hug, hug. Even if you were not raised in a hugging family, hug your kids anyway. They need the warmth of physical contact and so do you.Say I love you and sa

29、y it often. When we talk with our children, its meaningful if we look them in the eyes. So squat down to their level when you truly want to communicate with them, and let them know that what you are saying to one another is important.A young child will try to manipulate and be in charge. He will att

30、empt to get his own way. While the child may not be consciously trying to control, this is what he is doing. A wise parent must not permit this to happen. Letting a child manipulate or control puts an awful, unfair burden on the child. Firm discipline relieves a child of this burden and builds respe

31、ct for the parent. When a child respects his parents, he will also respect others.Tradition and discipline are related, for tradition begins with a regularly scheduled event and the repetition, time after time, of thatevent. Discipline, too, is the repetition of many small acts until they become ing

32、rained as part of the way in which a child relates to theworld. Small children need a schedule a routine. Schedules build confidence in children because they know what to expect and when to expect it.Parents of young children sometimes feel much like those workers. We work and work and dont see much

33、 progress. Or make progress in one area and then have a setback in another. Its easy to lose our perspective and become discouraged. We have to remember that we are laying the foundation for a childs future life and friendships, and it can be a tedious process. Our children are tender shoots full of

34、 the promise of great things. As we gently train and steer them, we need a long-range perspective.In a way, these early years are similar to taking out a savings bond. We put much into our childrens lives, but we dont see much return on our initial investment for several years. In the same way we ex

35、pect our monetary investments to pay off in the future, we have to remember we are building for our childrens futures. A: pre-listening questionThere are many effective ways to build friendship s with young children. Learning together is one of them. For example, by playing together, parents can lea

36、rn more about their children while theirchildren will also learn a lot from them. Another effective way is that once parents make a promise to their children, they should keep it, because their children are dying for it. That parents should be honest to their children when they are not present is al

37、so very important. Inother words, when parents talk about their children s weaknesses, they do not feel ashamed if their children overhear it.B: Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.1. Footings are cement piers upon which

38、 the entire building rests. They are crucial to the strength of the finished structure.2. In a similar way in these brief early years, parents of young children have the challenging job of laying the foundation that will support family friendships in later years.3. Physical affection and verbal affi

39、rmation are necessary in laying a strong foundation for friendship. Kids need the warmth of physical contact and so do you.4. A young child will try to manipulate and be in charge. While the child may not be consciously trying to control, this is what he is doing.5. In a way, these early years are s

40、imilar to taking out a savings bond. We put much into our childrens lives, but we dont see much returnon our initial investment for several years.C: Detailed ListeningDirections: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer tocomplete each of the following sentences.1.B2. A3. D4. C5. B6. A7. A8.

41、 DDirections: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.1. It is a metaphor. Laying a solid foundation is crucial to building a church. The author compares the process of building friendshipswith children to that of constructing a new church building. If the foundation is stron

42、g since inception, then when storms, hurricanes and earthquakes hit, it will surely hold and the building will be safe and sound.2. (Open)Section Three NewsNews Item 1Th e donors conference on Somalisa fraught with concerns that do not directly deal with the problem at hand - bolstering security in

43、the Horn of Africa country. Donors are worried about therampant piracy off Somalias shores. Potential donors are also financially strapped from fighting the global economic crisis.Still, the United Nations, which isco-sponsoring the conferencewith the European Union, hopes to raise about $166 millio

44、n to beef up Somalian security and to help understaffed African Union peacekeepers in the conflict-torn country.The United Nations also wants representatives from some 30 nations expected at the conference to come up with a 100-day plan to rebuild stability in Somalia.Among those expected at the con

45、ference are Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, along with the heads of the African Commission and Arab League and representatives of nearly three dozens nations.A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary. This news item is about the donors conference on Somalia.B: Directions:

46、 Listen to the news again and answer the following questions.1. They are worried about the rampant piracy offSomalia sshores.2. The U.N. hopes to raise about $166 million to beef up Somalian security.3. They are financially strapped from fighting the global economic crisis.4. The U.N. expects repres

47、entatives at the conference to come up with a 100-day plan to rebuild stability in Somalia.5. They are Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, along with the heads of the African Commission and Arab League and representatives of nearly three dozens nations.News Item2Sales of existing homes rose sharpl

48、y in July, surpassing expectations and fueling optimism that the U.S. economy is on the right track.The higher demand is just part of the larger picture. Although the increase was the largest in ten years, average homeownershave lost about 15 percent of the value of their homes.Critics of the govern

49、ments plan, aimed at helping strugglinghomeowners modify loans to make them more affordable, say fewerthan ten percent of eligible loans have been changed.That means many homeowners will continue payinghigh interestrates on loans worth more than their homes.Last month, more than 360,000 homeowners w

50、ere foreclosed, an increase of more than 30 percent since last year. Part of the problem is that banks are still reluctant to lend. And with unemployment expected to peak next year, the worry is that foreclosures willcontinue to rise, making prospects for an economic recovery more elusive.A: Directi

51、ons: Listen to the news item and complete the summary. This news item is about the improvement of the U.S. housing market.B: Directions: Listen to the news again and decide the following sentences are true or false.1.F2.F3.F4.T5.T6.FNews Item 3Immigrant RemittancesTrinity University economics profes

52、sor Jorge Gonzalez says these immigrant remittances* exceed the international development assistance available to Latin American countries.And ironically, Mr. Gonzalez says, in some ways, this haphazard form of financial aid may be even more effective than government-to-government assistance.Penn St

53、ate anthropology professor Jeffrey Cohen, who works with several rural communities in Mexico, agrees the effects of the immigrant remittances are generally beneficial.However, he says, they can change the nature of a local economy. In previously cashless communities, which had only traded goods, hes

54、ays, the sudden arrival of dollars can disadvantage residents who do not have relatives working in the United States.Fortunately, he says, many Latin American immigrant workers in the United States are not only sending money to their families, but are also uniting to fund community-wide projects.In

55、fact, Economist Jorge Gonzalez says, immigrant remittances to Latin America are giving governments there a free welfare system.A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the effects of immigrant remittances in Latin American countries.B: Directions: Listen to the news again and fill in the blanks.The Immigrant RemittancesEffects: generally beneficialInfluence on local economy: changing the nature of a local economyMethods: