新编英语教程_第三版_梅德明、李观仪_听力答案

1、UintlThe most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Sullivan, came to me. It was the third of March,1887, three months before I was seven years old. On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant, I guessed from my mother s signs a

2、nd from the hurrying in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the steps. Hanging down from the porch was sweet-smelling honeysuckle. My fingers lightly touched the familiar leaves and the blossoms which had just come forth to greet the sweet southe

3、rn spring I did not know what surprise the future held for me.I felt approaching footsteps, I stretched out my hand as I supposed to my mother. Someone took it, and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who had come to help me discover all things to me, and, more than anything else, to l

4、ove me.Unit 2It seems that marriage and money dont mix, because marriage isa sexy rose-colored event that seems as wonderful as a cake without calories. Money, on the other hand, is the oil that greasesthe wheel. Money means business and it s usually the last topic you want to discuss when you annou

5、nce your engagement.Beyond the expenses that you 1l incur with your wedding and honeymoon, money may provide most of the contention withinyour marriage. While discussions about money might seem unromantic at this moment, it s best to talk about the future now before that marriage makes you legally b

6、ound to each other. Once you ve said, Ido, some things can t be undone.Unit 3The Globe Theater is a playhouse built just outside London in 1599. It is the most famous theater in history: on its stage Shakespeare s greatest plays were first performed. Big enough to hold about 2,500 people, the Globe

7、had three levels of galleries surrounding an unroofed yard. Extending from one side of the yard to the center was an open stage. From the stage floor roseheavenstwo posts to support an overhanging canopy known as the.The Gtafc built in London by the Burbage brothers in 1599. At the same time, wishin

8、g to bind the Lord Chamberlain company closely to the new playhouse, they planned a novel partnership in which the brothers divided ownership of the Globe among themselves and five of the actors in the company, one ofwhom was Shakespeare. After 1609, when the company opened a second theater, the Glo

9、be became less important. On June 29, 1613, during a performance of Shakespeare Kings Henry the Eighth, fire destroyed the Globe. It was rebuilt within a year but was destroyed forever by the Puritans in 1644.Unit 4Throughout the long period, the French showed noticeably more enthusiasm for a Channe

10、l tunnel than the British. This may seem curious, seeing that France already has many land frontiers, whereas for Britain a tunnel would be its first fixed link with the Continent, and thus more valuable. But the British were held back by their insularity, and especially by fears that an invader mig

11、ht be able to make use of the scheme. Happily, all that is past. Today Britain s politicians and business circles have shown themselves as eager as the French.Those who take a wider and longer-term view believe that these possible drawbacks for Britain will be far outweighed by the advantages. Passe

12、ngers by express train will be able to do the journey at least an hour faster than by air, city center to city center, and without any tedious waits at airports. Also the fares will be cheaper. So the tunnel will probably stimulate a vast increase intourism and business travel between London and Par

13、is.Unit 5Man has a big brain. He can think, learn, and speak. Scientists used to think that humans were different from animals because they can think and learn. They know now that animals can learn-dogs, rats, birds and even worms can learn. Scientists are now beginning to understand that humans are

14、 different from animals because they can speak. Animals cannot speak. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry, or unhappy. Apes are our nearest cousins. They can understand some things more quickly than human beings, and one or two have learned a few words, but they are still different from

15、us. They cannot join words or make sentences. They cannot think like us because they have no language, as we mean it. They can never think about the past or the future. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been able to develop civilization largely because he has language. Every child can speak his

16、 own language very well when he is four or five-but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn? Scientists do not really know. What happens when we speak? Scientists dont know. They only know that man can speak because he has a big brain.Unit 5Many students who call themselves bad readers neve

17、rtheless do read some things successfully. They may read novels or they may read the sports page every day. But a textbook is a different matter. A textbook gives them a lot of troubles. Why is that? One reason is lack of interest. Another is that they are often unfamiliar with the subject about whi

18、ch they are reading. But a third reason is that they try to read a textbook as if it were a novel or a sports story or a problem to be solved by Ann landers. They respond to the textbook inappropriately.How you read something depends on the author s purpose in writing. There are basically four purposes for writing. Some authors write to tell a story; others write to create an image in your mind; some authors