新视界大学英语视听说教程第一册听力原文

1、Unit 1 A new startInside viewConversation 1Porter Good afternoon.Janet Good afternoon.Porter New student?Janet Yes.Porter Welcome to Hertford College.Janet Thank you.Porter Can I have your family name, please?Janet Yes, it's Li.Porter Er, L-double E?Janet No, L-I.Porter And what's your first

2、 name, Ms Li?Janet Janet.Porter Janet Li. ah yes, there you are. Here are your keys. Janet Where's my room? Porter You're in Staircase 6 Room 5. Janet Who am I sharing with? Porter Nobody. You have your own room. Er.there's a Ms Santos in the room next to you. Janet Oh. My own room? In C

3、hina we usually have several people in a dormitory. Porter Well, here you don't have to share with anyone. Janet Thank you Sir. Porter No need to call me sir, Ms Li. Everyone calls me Stewart. Janet Please call me Janet! Porter OK, Janet, um, can you just sign for your keys, please?Conversation

4、2Kate Hi, have you just arrived too?Janet Yes!Kate I guess we're neighbours. My name's Kate Santos. Janet I'm Janet Li. Where are you from? Kate From New York. How about you? Janet I'm from Anshan in China. Kate Is Janet your real name? Janet No, it's my English name. My Chinese

5、name is Li Hui. Is Kate your full name?Kate No, it's short for Catherine.Janet So do I call you Catherine or Kate?Kate Everyone calls me Kate.Janet Nice to meet you.Kate OK, Janet. See you later.Janet Bye!Conversation 3Kate Hey! This is awesome! Look at the size of this dining hall. Janet Is thi

6、s where we have all our meals? Kate I guess. Mark You just arrived? Girls Yes! Mark Me too. By the way, I'm Mark. Nice to meet you. Kate Hi, I'm Kate.Mark Hi Kate, I guess you're from the States. Kate Right! How can you tell? You're British, huh? Mark Yes, I'm from London. And yo

7、u are .? Janet I'm Li Hui. I'm from China. But you can call me Janet. Mark Hi Janet. Welcome to England. What are you reading? Janet English. Mark How about you, Kate? Kate My major is law. And you? Mark I'm studying PPE.Kate That's a special Oxford subject, isn't it?Outside view

8、Julie My name's Julie Dearden, and I'm the Director of International Programmes here at Hertford College.Eugene My name's Eugene Berger, I studied here in Oxford for four years er, studying modern languages at Somerville College.Julie Oh, there are many Oxford traditions. Oxford is a ver

9、y old university, the oldest English-speaking university in the, in the world. And so there are many traditions which are associated with the colleges, with the times of the year, and with sport, and with eating, for example.Eugene Each college is very different um, from um, the others, and it has i

10、ts own character. Some colleges are very conservative, and some are much more liberal and have a tradition of um, kind of liberal politics. But there are also some specific traditions.Julie Formal Hall is when we all eat together here in college, the professors and the students. Usually it takes pla

11、ces at seven o'clock in the evening, and the professors sit on high table which is the table over here, and the students sit on common table, which are the tables here. But everybody eats together. It's a very beautiful evening because there are, there's a special meal and we eat by cand

12、lelight.Eugene I think er, the traditions that make Oxford so unique are firstly the Oxford Union and er, secondly, May Day. The Oxford Union being a debating society where speakers come from all around the world to address the students and even allow themselves to be questioned by the students, mak

13、ing it a very interesting forum.Julie My favourite is er, May Day. And May Day is the first day of May, and we have a tradition called May Morning, and on May Morning everybody gets up very early and the students have a celebration. There is a choir which sings on top of the tower at Magdalen Colleg

14、e and all the people of the town and all the students go to listen to the singing. So it's very nice.Eugene The tradition that er, was most important to me was probably Summer Eights. I was a rower. And Summer Eights is a rowing competition, held in May in the summer term. And in this competitio

15、n, each college is trying to improve its place which it won the previous year and gradually work its way up the river.Julie When the students take exams, they must go to a special building and it's called Examination Schools. And also they must wear a special uniform, so they wear e. gown like m

16、ine, a black gown, and they wear a white shirt, arid the men wear a white tie and black trousers. The women wear a white shirt and a black skirt or black trousers. And they must wear this uniform, which has a Latin name - sub fuse and they must wear this uniform in order to take their examinations.E

17、ugene I think the Oxford traditions lend character to the place and it's such an old institution, it should have traditions, but they can be very inconvenient. For example, sub fuse. This is the uniform that we are required according to the university rules, to wear.Julie They also wear flowers

18、in their buttonholes, and those flowers are carnations. And they wear different colours, the students wear different coloured flowers for different examinations. So when you take your first exam you wear a white flower, and when you take your second exam you wear a pink flower, and when you take you

19、r final examination you wear a red carnation.Eugene So we have to dress up in a full black suit, starched collar, white bow tie and carry a mortarboard. And to write an exam in the summer heat whilst wearing all that which you're not allowed to take off is um, uncomfortable.Julie I really like t

20、he Oxford traditions, I think it's part of our history, and part of um, being a student or a teacher here at Oxford University.Unit 2 Food for thoughtInsideview Conversation 1Kate:  Oh, this looks nice. Mark:  Cool. Waitress:  Good afternoon, table for three? Come this way. Mark:&

21、#160; Let's have a look at the menu. Mark:  Thank you. Janet:  Thank you. Waitress:  The specials are on the board. Kate:  So, what sorts of food do you like, Janet? Janet:  Well, I like spicy food. And I'm not very fond of raw food! What would you recommend? Mark:&#

22、160; Why don't you try the chicken curry? That's nice and spicy. Janet:  What's in it? Mark:  Chicken cooked in tomatoes and onions with Indian spices. Janet:  I'll try it. Do we all choose a selection of dishes to share or only one dish per person? Mark:  Usually

23、 one dish per person. Kate:  Or the moussaka looks good. Janet:  What's it made with? Kate:  It's made with lamb and eggplant. It's a Greek dish. Janet:  How is it cooked? Kate:  It's baked in the oven. Janet:  Mm, that sounds good too. Kate:  And a

24、s a starter? Janet:  What's minestrone soup? Mark:  It's an Italian soup with vegetables and pasta. It's delicious! Janet:  OK, I'll have that. Kate:  Waitress? Waitress:  What can I get for you? Kate:  Well, for the starter, can we have two minestrone s

25、oups, and for the main course, one moussaka and one curry, please. What about you, Mark? Mark:  I'll have the prawns with garlic and the chilli con carne. And could you bring us some water, please? Waitress:  OK. Mark:  Thank you. Waitress:  Thanks. Janet:  What's ch

26、illi con carne? Mark:  It's a spicy Mexican dish with beef and beans. It's very hot! Conversation 2Janet:  That was great! Except I don't like cold water. I usually drink hot water. Kate:  Hot water? We never drink hot water except with tea. Let's have a dessert.

27、What would you like, Janet? Janet:  Any suggestions? Kate:  Well, why don't you try the apple strudel? It's an Austrian dish. It's made with apple, pastry and spices. Janet:  No, I'm not so keen on pastry. .What's a chocolate brownie? Mark:  It's a kind of

28、 chocolate cake. Janet:  How is it made? Kate:  It's made with flour, eggs and butter. Mark:  And lots of chocolate! Kate:  You'll love it. Janet:  What kind of ice cream is there? Kate:  I'll ask . Excuse me . What flavor ice cream do you have? Waitress:

29、60; Strawberry, vanilla and chocolate. Janet:  I'll just have a fruit salad, I think. Mark:  And Kate, what are you going to have? Kate:  Same for me. Mark:  Could you bring us two fruit salads, and a chocolate brownie? Waitress:  Sure.Unit 3 Learning to think Inside vie

30、wConversation 1Mark Hi, what're you doing?Janet Oh, nothing much . Well, I'm just doing this quiz here in the newspaper. Mark Let's have a look then. Janet Here. It's called, "How much do you know about memory?" I've just done it. Do you want to have a go? Mark OK, migh

31、t as well. I'm not busy. Janet Right. Look, I'll read the statements. Then you have to answer "true" or "false". Ready? Mark Yea. Janet OK. Physical exercise improves your memory. True or false? Mark True, I suppose. It sounds like the right answer. Janet You're right

32、, exercise does improve your memory. Next statement: 30 per cent of people have a visual memory. Mark That sounds about right. True? Janet No, wrong, I'm afraid. In fact, 60 per cent of people have a visual memory. Mark Really? Actually, I've got a pretty good memory. Janet Have you? OK . Ne

33、xt one . When you're tired, it's more difficult to remember things. Mark That's true, obviously. I can't remember a thing when I'm tired. Janet Correct! If you do one activity for a long time, your memory will improve. Mark I'm not sure . True?Janet Actually, it's false.M

34、ark Oh!Janet Eating fruit and vegetables can improve your memory. Mark I read something in The Times about that. True. Janet True, it says here. Mark Oh, no! I've got a lecture. I'd forgotten. I'd better get going! Janet Oh, Mark! What a good memory you have!Conversation 2Kate You're

35、 looking a bit down, Janet. What's up? Janet Well. I'm finding studying at Oxford quite hard. Kate You're telling me! There's so much work! Janet It's not the amount of work - but everything's so different. In China, generally we have large classes, we don't have tutorial

36、s. And mostly, our teacher tells us what we should do. So I'm not used to asking questions or discussing things. I find it difficult. Kate You have to memorize a lot, don't you? Janet Yes, but I'm good at that. Kate You're lucky. There's so much to remember studying law! I have d

37、ifficulty sometimes, I really do.Janet Yes, well, we've been trained to do that. But we don't have so much training in critical thinking. Kate What do you mean by critical thinking? Janet Let me think . I think it's giving your opinion and then justifying it. Kate Yes, I suppose that'

38、;s what our teachers have always encouraged us to do. Janet I am getting better at it, I suppose. Kate Hey! How about this? Let's pretend I'm your tutor. I'll make a statement. Your task is to examine it and then ask questions. Janet OK. Kate Everyone is capable of learning a second lang

39、uage. Go on, ask a question! Janet Why do you say that? Kate That's what the research tells us. Now ask another one. Janet Can you give an example of some research?Kate Um . No! Look, I'm starving and I can't think at all when I'm hungry.Outside viewPart 1Teacher Good morning, class.

40、Students Good morning.Teacher What we're going to do today is start off looking at mind maps or mind mapping. Now have any of you heard about mind maps before?Students Yes . No .Teacher Yes. Some of you have, some of you haven't. OK. Have any of you actually used mind maps in the past?Studen

41、ts No .Teacher No? OK. Who can tell me what a mind map is?Student 1 It's a way of thinking.Teacher It is a way of thinking. Mind maps are diagrams which help us to generate ideas, and also to organize or structure our ideas related to a topic. What I'd like to do next is look at some of the

42、uses or the reasons for using mind maps. What are some of the reasons for using mind maps?Student 2 To make a list?Teacher To make a list? Yes. We could say to brainstorm ideas. Everyone contributes then-ideas as many ideas as quickly as possible, from everyone in a shorter time, er, as, as we can m

43、anage. OK, brainstorming is one of the most important um, um, uses of mind maps. What might be another use or another reason for using mind maps?Student 3 It can help me take notes in the class.Teacher OK, for the note-taking, a very good reason. Mind maps help us to get an overview or a, a quick un

44、derstanding about a subject. By using mind maps to collect the main ideas from what the teacher says, you can keep a, a very general understanding of a topic and understand connections quite easily and um, quickly. What are some other uses of mind maps?Student 4 Preparing for exams?Teacher OK. Prepa

45、ring for exams. That's a, a very good reason. We might call this, er, revision. Before an exam, after having studied for many, many days or even weeks, you might want to capture the, the, the very general understanding about the subject. Are there any other uses that you can think of for mind ma

46、pping?Student 5 We can also use it for finding answers.Teacher For finding answers. That's, that's a very good, good answer. We could call this problem-solving. We can use mind maps to, to see other possible alternatives, or options to, to, to solve a problem. OK. Next, I'd like us to ta

47、lk about some of the advantages or the benefits of using mind maps instead of just writing everything on a piece of paper. One of the most obvious advantages, as you can see, is that mind maps are very visual. They give us um, almost a picture, a, a different perspective in terms of a picture, or a

48、diagram of understanding information or understanding connected ideas, which is very helpful for people who like to learn from a different way. Are there any other advantages that you can think of for mind mapping?Student 4 It lists the main points.Teacher They do. They do list the main points. We c

49、ould call this um, a quick summary. As you can see, we have main ideas throughout our mind map, not long texts. And in this way, it helps us to grasp the, the key ideas and the key connections for mind maps or for our given subject. Are there any other advantages you can think of?Student 1 To think

50、creatively.Teacher To think creatively. That's, that's a very good point. We could call this creative thinking. And what we mean here is basically thinking outside of the box or thinking laterally. Mind maps are illogical and by being illogical they encourage us to think creatively, you migh

51、t say.Part2Teacher Next, I'd like us to think about aspects of design or constructing mind maps. So far we have completed three quarters of our mind map about mind maps. And then I'd just like you to have a look at this mind map and tell me what some of the most noticeable or striking featur

52、es are that we can talk about.Student 2 There is a centre.Teacher There is a centre. There is what we call a central word, a central word or a phrase. It might also be a sentence or a question. You might have that in the centre of the board and your related thoughts spiraling or radiating out. What

53、else do you notice about the design of this mind map?Student 1 There are only words, not sentences.Teacher Exactly. There are many what we call key words as they capture the main thought of, of an issue rather than a long sentence or, or a passage. This helps us to concentrate on the main issues and

54、 find connections between these issues as well. What other aspects of design do you notice here?Student 5 It looks like a tree.Teacher It does look like a tree because it has branches. By having branches, it shows how, um, thinking is radiating out or spiraling out from key ideas or central ideas to

55、 key words to sub-words and, and so forth. Are there any other aspects of design which you notice in this particular map?Student 2 You used a lot of colours.Teacher I did. I perhaps use too many colours. I have used different colour to show the different key words or different aspects of mind mappin

56、g. You might like to use different colours to highlight different sections of a mind map or key information. Or you may, you may choose to have it all in one colour. It's very much a personal choice, depending on how you like to, to think and, and plan your thinking. You might also like to use i

57、mages or pictures related to some of the key words. Or you might even use symbols. We'll put a question mark because this again is a personal choice and how you like to design your mind maps. For example, I might choose to use a thought bubble as a symbol, highlighting or identifying my central

58、phrase, mind maps. This could be a, a feature of my own mind maps. Whenever I design a mind map, I highlight my central thought using a speech bubble symbol.Listening inPassage 1Interviewer With us today is Martin Downes, a carpenter, who's 51. A year ago, Martin had a stroke. But he's been

59、lucky enough to make a full recovery from it. Can you tell us how it all began, Martin?Martin I'm very happy to - not that I remember much at all. I was at a customer's house, building a cupboard, and the next thing I knew, I woke up in hospital with people in white coats bending over me.Int

60、erviewer It must have been very frightening.Martin It was. But what was really frightening was that I couldn't speak. I couldn't say a word. And I couldn't understand much that people said to me.Interviewer How awful!Martin Yeah! I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn&

61、#39;t had my family. But they were there for me, they really were. I had something called aphasia, where the part of your brain gets damaged that affects your speech and language. But they started treatment for the condition almost immediately. This speech and language therapist came to see me every day for 12