全新版大学英语听说教程4听力原文

1、全新版大学英语听说教程第四册 听力原文（ Part B ， C 部分）Unit 1Part BBirthday Celebrations Around the WorldChairman: Welcome to this special birthday edition of One World. Yes, folks, we've been on the air for exactly one year now, and we thought it would be a nice idea to have a special program dedicated to birthday

2、 celebrations around the world. With us in the studio tonight we have Shaheen Hag and Pat Cane, who have a weekly column on birthdays in the Toronto Daily Star. Shaheen: Good evening.Pat: Good evening.Chairman: Shaheen, perhaps we could begin with you. How are birthdays celebrated in India?Shaheen:

3、Well, perhaps we're all assuming that everyone in the world celebrates their birthday. This just isn't the case. Low-income families in India, for instance, simply can't afford any festivities. And most Muslims don't celebrate their birthdays.Pat: I think Shaheen has raised an intere

4、sting point here. The Christian church, too, was actively against celebrating birthdays, and in any case most people, until a couple of hundred years ago, couldn't even read and wouldn't have even been able to spot their birthday on a calendar anyway. Shaheen: Of course some Muslims do celeb

5、rate their birthdays. In Egypt, Turkey and Indonesia, for example, the rich people invite friends and families around. But not in small villages.Chairman: Here in England your twenty-first used to be the big one. But now it seems to have moved to eighteen. Is that true?Pat: Yes, in most parts of the

6、 West eighteen is now the most important birthday. In Finland, for example, eighteen is the age when you can vote, you know, or buy wines, drive a car and so on. But in Japan I think you have to wait till you're twenty before you can smoke or drink.Shaheen: I know in Senegal, which is another Mu

7、slim country, girls get to vote at sixteen and boys at eighteen. And in Bangladesh, girls at eighteen and boys at twenty-one.Chairman: That's interesting. I mean is it typical that around the world girls are considered to be more mature than boys?Shaheen: Yes, I think so, and there are some coun

8、tries, particularly in South America, which have a big party only for girls. In Mexico and Argentina, for example, they have enormous parties for 15-year-old girls.Pat: You know in Norway they have a great party for anyone who's not married by the time they're thirty. It's kind of embarr

9、assing. I mean you get pepper thrown at you.Chairman: Pepper? Why pepper?Pat: I'm not really sure.Shaheen: So does that mean that on your 29th birthday you can start thinking 'God I better get married'?Pat: Well, I'm not sure how seriously they take it.Chairman: In England we have qu

10、ite big parties for your fortieth, fiftieth, sixtieth and so on.Pat: Well, in Japan your eighty-eighth is considered .Chairman: Eighty-eighth?Pat: . to be the luckiest birthday. Eight is a very lucky number in Japan.Part CUnit 2Part BLast Gasp for SmokersIt was a normal day and in their New York off

11、ice, Ken and his colleagues stopped for their coffee break. But while his colleagues were able to sit at their desks and drink their coffee, Ken had to go outside. He couldn't stay inside, because he wanted to smoke. If the smokers of the Big Apple want to enjoy a cigarette, the authorities have

12、 decided they must go out into the street or up onto the rooftops.Throughout the United States, the number of places where people are allowed to smoke has gradually dwindled. First it was banned on trains, buses, and planes, then in public places such as theaters and airports. Now you can't smok

13、e in any workplace. Nonsmokers are definitely winning the battle. "Why should we breathe their smoke?" they say.If they're lucky, smokers can still find some bars and restaurants or parks and recreation centers where they can light up a cigarette, but it may soon be banned there, too.

14、In fact, smoking in parks and recreation centers is already banned in California. On August 9, 2001, Los Angeles City and County officials announced the implementation of a smoke-free park policy, officially designating smoke-free zones in all 375 parks and recreation centers in the city. And since

15、January 1, 2002 all parks in California have become smoke-free to safeguard children from the harmful effects of secondhand tobacco smoke and dangerous tobacco waste. Anti-smoking groups even think that smoking ought to be banned in people's homes. Under new plans you won't be able to smoke

16、in any house where there are more than ten visitors in a week, or where there are children.In 1996, nicotine was classed as a drug, like cannabis, cocaine or heroin. And scientists all over the world agree that exposure to secondhand smoke poses a serious health risk and there is no safe level of ex

17、posure. It is especially dangerous for children because when they are exposed to tobacco smoke, they have much higher rates of lung diseases such as bronchitis and pneumonia and are also at greater risks of developing asthma.In the country that gave tobacco to the world, smoking might one day be ill

18、egal. And then Ken will have to give up.Part C8Part CVwr Liste城啊W： Hey. Eric, you read that letter in the paper about smoking th讴侬而阴？r you 小ink theperson who wrote that has gone too 指？M： t dMt 中汕k so, R。. lb 可 mind Che government should do everything it can to 小就05“ people froir smoking, espcdalty t

19、he youngsfers,W Maybe so. But it a law banning cigarettes would do no good,M； No. You can,t suddenJy make smoking illegal. Bur the xovemment coutd prohibit smoking in pub lie places like cjneiras and theatres.W： I quire agree that smoking should he banned in public places. I don't smoke my self

20、and cigarette smoking boihers me. But I don't know if it will work. You know, if you ban smoking in all public plaoe$, many smokers will want to do it. People always warn t。do things that they are not allowed to do.M： that 5 true.W： But I think people should be allowed to smoke in the street. Do

21、n't you think so?Mr Not ar 洲 F皿kiy ”hink smoking should be banned altogether iji public and private places. In the hrst place lt，s 5 由曲 habit Jn the second place ifs dangerous to yOU 皿曲.Questions；does the letter in rhe paper suggest that the government do? £ What do the two speakers have in

22、 common?3，What do you know about the woman?4. Which of the following is tnte of the man?Unit 3Part BHow Our Memory WorksTry to imagine a life without a memory. It would be impossible. You couldn't use a language, because you wouldn't remember the words. You couldn't understand a film, be

23、cause you need to hold the first part of the story in your mind in order to understand the later parts. You wouldn't be able to recognize anyone - even members of your own family. You would live in a permanent present. You would have no past and you wouldn't be able to imagine a future.Human

24、 beings have amazing memories. Apart from all our personal memories about our own lives, we can recall between 20,000 and 100,000 words in our own language as well as possibly thousands more in a foreign language. We have all sorts of information about different subjects such as history, science, an

25、d geography, and we have complex skills such as driving a car or playing a musical instrument. All these things and countless others depend on our memory.How well you remember things depends on many different factors. Firstly, some people naturally have better memories than others, in just the same

26、way as some people are taller than others, or have different color eyes. Some top chess players, for example, can remember every move of every game that they have ever seen or played.Secondly, research shows that different things are stored in different parts of the brain. Ideas,words, and numbers a

27、re stored in the left-hand side, while the right-hand side remembers images, sounds, and smells. In most people one side of the brain is more developed than the other, and this may explain why some people can remember people's faces easily, but can't remember their names.Thirdly, we all reme

28、mber exciting, frightening, or dramatic events more easily. This is because these experiences produce chemicals such as adrenaline, which boost your memory. They say that anyone who is old enough to remember knows exactly where they were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when radio and TV programs aro

29、und the world were interrupted with the shocking news that the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York were hit.Fourthly, the context in which you learn something can affect how well you remember it. Tests on divers, for example, showed that when they learned things underwater, they could

30、also remember those things best when they were underwater.Lastly, the more often you recall a memory the more likely you are to remember it. If you don't use it, you'll lose it. A telephone number that you dial frequently will stay in your memory easily, but you will probably have to write d

31、own one that you use only now and again.Part CTesf ftur ListeningT«p*icript7b niAEiy people adYWing age meanii ius- ing your hair and your inennjryr Rur is it true that the older you get, the you reinemher?Aauahy, in healthy people, memory doesn't deteriorate as quickly as manv of us think.

32、 As we age, our memory mechanhin isn't broken, it's just different. The brain's processing time slows down over the years. Kecent research gCStS that nervtf cells lose efficiency and that there'ji less activity in the part of the brain ihar decider whether to stnre infonnation or not

33、.There are steps you can take to improve your memory; though you luve to work to keep your brain in hape.meiiiury crthanctment experts Bug- gest we pay attention io what we want ro remember. Then give suine meaning tc it. Wc remember things when we fotuf an them, whether we inLerd tn or not.Basic or

34、gdnizjtiori helps us rerrieiiiber thr boring stuff Fur example, r&rher than trying to ecmll a random list of groceries, we can divide It.由 H J Marnwvthem intosuch as dairy. mc；n. andproduce. For important things like keys and money, we ran seT up a 'Torct-ine-rtCt spot where we itlways keep

35、themWfe can also eat to aid our memory power Whole grainy fruits and vegetables are excellent sniircefi of glucose, the brains preferred fiiel.Tb get ad?c|U3tt rest is 司 low-tech wsy to improve memory. Sleep may allow our brain time to enecde memories.Interest in friends, amily and hobbies does woii

36、deri fnr nur memory. A scuse nf passion or purpose helps us renieniber. Memciry re quires u$ to pay attention to our lives, allowing us to discover in them everything worth remeinbeTiiig.Queitions! Which of the following 诵n we learn from the passage?L Wliicli of the fallowing can help improve our me

37、 mo ry acco rdi ng tu the passage?3. What should wt do to aid our memory puw- er according to the passage?Unit 4Part BEmbarrassing ExperiencesInterviewer: Rob, you went to Brazil, didn't you?Rob: Yes, I did.Interviewer: So, what happened?Rob: Well, I went into this meeting and there were about,

38、er. seven or eight people in there and I just said 'Hello' to everybody and sat down. Apparently, what I should have done is to go round the room shaking hands with everyone individually. Well, you know, it's silly of me because Ifound out later it upset everyone. I mean, I think they fe

39、lt I was taking them for granted.Kate: Well, I know that because when I was in France the first time, I finished a meeting , with 'Goodbye, everyone!' to all the people in the room. There were about half a dozen people there but I was in a hurry to leave, so I just said that and left. Well,

40、I later found out that what I should have done is shake hands with everyone in the group before leaving. Now, apparently, it's the polite thing to do.Interviewer: Well, people shake hands in different ways, don't they?Rob: Oh, yes, that's right, they do. See, normally I shake hands quite

41、 gently when I meet someone. So when I went to the US for the first time, I think people there thought my weak handshake was a sign of weakness. Apparently, people there tend to shake hands quite firmly.Kate: Oh, gosh, you know, that reminds me: on my first trip to Germany, it was a long time ago, I

42、 was introduced to the boss in the company when he passed us in the corridor. Well, I wasn't prepared, and I mean, I had my left hand in my pocket. And when we shook hands I realized my left hand was still in my pocket. Well, that was, you know, very bad manners and I was quite embarrassed.Inter

43、viewer: And how about using first names? Have you made any mistakes there?Rob: Oh, yes, I have! When I first went to Italy I thought it was OK to use everyone's first name so as to seem friendly. And I later discovered that in business you shouldn't use someone's first name unless you ar

44、e invited to. Oh, and you should always use their title as well.Kate: Hm, yeah, well, when I met people in Russia, you know, they seemed to be puzzled when I shook hands with them and said 'How do you do?' Well, what they do when they greet a stranger is to say their own names, so I had that

45、 all wrong!Rob: Oh, yes, I agree with that. Remembering names is very important.Interviewer: Shall we take a break? When we come back we'll move on to our next topic. Kate & Rob: OK.Part CTest Your Listeningtn many cuuntriies,什 is not customary W cad someone very edrly in the morning, f you

46、ca early in the day. white he k shaving or hav' ing breakfast, the time of the 匚mil shows that The matter is very important and requires immediate attention. Thw same meaning is atuched to telephone calls after H：00 p.m. IF someone receives a cd 11 during sleeping huur专* he assumes it is a matte

47、r of life and deadi. The time chosen for the call ccnimunictes iis imparrnce.In social life, time pfay舌 a very imporEant pmrt,the U.S. guests tend to feel they are highly regarded if the rnvitatian ta a dinner party is extended three or faur days before the parry date. But it is not true in other ca

48、untrics. ht seme countries it may be considered foolish to inake appointment too far 诩 advance be- pJans that are m«ide for a dzt® more than IHf 4 Dealing wtlti Cufiuial Otfeien网石 week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misutiderst

49、anding arises between people frvm different： countries that treat rime differ einly. Fmagine yoi have arranged a meeting at 4 o'clock. What time should you expect your foreign business colleagues to arrive? If they're German, they'll be bang on time. If they-ri! American they'll prob

50、ably bt 15 minutes early. IF they're British, they'll be 15 minutes lag and you should allow up ro an hour for the Italians,Questions1 - What have you learned about the time for telephone calls in many countries?2 , Wliy is it considered foolish to nuke an appoint- nm too fur in advance in s

51、ome countries?3 . Which nationalities are most punctual and which are punctual?Unit 5 FriendshipPart BThe Hospital WindowJack and Ben, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. Jack, whose bed was next to the room's only window, was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each aftern

52、oon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. But Ben had to spend all day and night flat on his bed. To kill time the two men began to talk. They talked for hours about their wives, families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, and where they had been on vacation. As d

53、ays went by, a deep friendship began to develop between them.Every afternoon when Jack could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to Ben all the things he could see outside the window. And Ben began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all th

54、e activity and color of the world outside.The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees beautified the landscape, and a fine view

55、 of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.As Jack described all this in exquisite detail, Ben would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scenes.One warm afternoon Jack described a parade passing by. Although Ben couldn't hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as Jac

56、k portrayed it with descriptive words.Days and weeks passed. One morning the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of Jack, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.Ben was heart broken.

57、Life without Jack was even more unbearable. How he longed to hear Jack's voice and his melodious descriptions of the outside world! As he looked at the window, an idea suddenly occurred to him. Perhaps he could see for himself what it was like outside. As soon as it seemed appropriate, Ben asked

58、 if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself! H

59、e strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall!'What could have compelled my roommate to describe such wonderful things outside this window?' Ben asked the nurse when she returned.'Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you to live on,' she said. 'You know, he was blind and could not even see the wall.'Part CIfejf Yow ListeningT