现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit3(供参考)

1、Unit3Task1【答案】A.1)F2)T3)T4)F5)T6)TB.1) ShetakescareoftheJotmsons'childrenwhentheirmotherissick.2) Whentheygottothetheater,theyfoundthattheGmoviewasn'tthereanymoreThetheaterwasshowinganX-ratedmoviecallecGIRLS.3) Sinceshedidn'tknowwhatXmeant,shethoughtamovieabout"girls"wouldbefin

2、eforlittlegirls.【原文】Jack:DidyouhearwhathappenedtoHelga?Shealmostlostherjob.Mary:Ididn'tknowshehadone.Jack:Well,it'sjustapart-timejob.HelgatakescareoftheJotmsons'childrenwhentheirmotherissick.Mrs.Johnsonhasn'tbeenwelllately.Mary:Whathappened?WhydidHelgaalmostloseherjob?Jack:Well,there

3、wasachildren'smovieadvertisedattheneighborhoodtheaterlastSaturday.ItwasoneofthoseGmovies,forgeneralaudiences.Mary:IsupposeHelgatooktheJohnsonchildrentothemovie.Wasn'tthatallright?Jack:Yes,buthereiswhathappened.Whentheygottothetheater,theyfoundthattheGmoviewasn'tthereanymore.Thetheaterwas

4、showinganX-ratedmoviecalledGIRLS.Mary:X-ratedmoviesarereallybad,aren'tthey?Jack:They'reevenworsethanR-ratedoneswhichteenagersaren'tsupposedtosee.ButHelgadidn'tknowwhatXmeant,andshethoughtamovieabout"girls"wouldbefineforlittlegirls.Mary:Didthetheaterletherin?Jack:No,butHelga

5、triedtomakethemletherin.ThemanagerhadtocallMrs.Johnson.That'showshealmostlostherjob.Task2【答案】A.1)F2)T3)T4)F5)F6)FB.JudywatchedabitofTVlastnight.Beforethefootballcameon,sheswitchedoverjusttoprotest,forshecouldn'tbearfootball,andthusshesawtheendofthefilmTheGraduate.Whenthefootballcameon,shetur

6、nedovertoaprogrammeonfoxes.Afterthefoxes,sheturnedoverbacktoseewhowonthefootball,butonlysawthebeginningoftheNews.Thenshepackedupandwenttobed.【原文】Stuart:Whatdidyoudolastnightthen?Didyouworkallnight?Judy:Yes,Ididsomework,butIwatchedabitofTV.Gottorelax,youknow.Stuart:Didyouwatchthefootball?Judy:No,noId

7、idn't.Ican'tbearfootball.Stuart:Really?Judy:Yes.Ireallyhateit.Well,actually,justbeforethefootballcameon,Iswitchedoverjustto.justtoprotest.Stuart:Whatdidyouseethen?Judy:Well,Isawtheprogrammebefore.justtheendofafilmthatwasonbeforethefootball.Itlookedquitegoodactually.It'sashameIdidn'ts

8、witchonearlier.Itwassomekindoflovestory.withDustinHoffman,youknow,Theerm.Stuart:TheGraduate?Judy:That'sit.TheGraduateStuart:Yes.Iknow.I'veseenthat.Yes,goodfilm.Judy:Yes,andnicemusic.Andthen,whenthefootballcameonIturnedover.Stuart:Terrible,terrible!Judy:Ihateit!Ireallycan'tstandit.Stuart:

9、Itwasagreatgame!Judy:Yes?Whowasplaying?Stuart:England,ofcourse.Whatdidyouseethen,thatwasmoreimportantthanfootball?Judy:Foxes.Yes,agoodprogrammeonfoxes.Yes,theyspentageswatchingthesefoxesinahouse.Theywerewatchingthemallnightandtheselittlebabyfoxes.Itwastremendous.Stuart:Yes,soundsallright.Judy:Yes,it

10、wasgoodbetterthanfootball.andthen,thenIturnedover,backtotheotherchanneltoseewhowonthefootball,butImisseditandIjustsawthebeginningofthenewsandpackedupandwenttobed.Stuart:Well,I'msorryyoumissedit.Itwasagoodgame.Judy:Whodidwin?Stuart:England,ofcourse.Whodoyouthink?Sixnil.Yes.Judy:Musthavebeenquiteg

11、oodthen!Stuart:Yes,itwasgood,actually.Itwasverygood.Task3【答案】A. 1)b)2)c)B. 1)F2)F3)FC.Topic:HowthemoviesareproducedThesis:Therearesixbasicstepsthatarenormallyfollowedintheproductionofafull-lengthfilm.Steps:Firststepfindingaproperty;twotypesofproperties1) Anoriginalstorye.g.StarWars,BacktotheFuture,R

12、ocky2) Apropertyfromanovel,play,ormusicale.g.TheSoundofMusic,Tess,TheGodfatherSecondstep-writingthescript;twooptions1) Theoriginalwhtertakespartintheproductionofthescript2) DirectorswritethescriptsthemselvesIGoodmorning,ladiesandgentlemen!Let'sstartthisintroductiontofilmmakingwithasimplequestion

13、:Howmanyofyouhaveseenamoviethisweek?Itdoesn'tmatterifitwasatthetheaterorjustonyourownTV.Uhhuh,justasIthought,almostallofyouhave.Ofcourse,mostofuslovethemoviesthemagic,theescapethattheyprovide,butmostofusrarelystoptothinkabouttheprocessofmakingamovie.Justwhatdoesittaketogetthatmoviefromtheideasta

14、getothefinalproduct?Whatarethedecisionsthatmustbemade?Whatproblemsareencountered?Exactlyhowdoesamoviestudiogoaboutmakingamovie?Thesearepreciselythetopicsthatwewillbeexploringtoday.Therearesixbasicstepsthatarenormallyfollowedintheproductionofafull-lengthfilm.I'lloutlinethemforyou.Thefirststepisra

15、therobvious-tomakeafilmyoumusthaveanidea.,astory.sometopicfortheproject.Thestudiomustfindaproperty.That'sakeyword,folksproperty,p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y.Youallknowthecommonmeaningofthisword,ofcourse,butinfilmmakingtheword"property"hasaveryspecificmeaning.Apropertyisthestoryonwhichthemoviewillbe

16、based.Okay,it'sthestoryonwhichthemovieisbased.Youareprobablywonderingwhywecallitaproperty.Well,itbelongstosomeone;itisthatperson's"property"andmustbeacquiredbythestudio,sometimesforquitealargesumofmoney.Therearebasicallytwokindsofproperties.Thefirstisanoriginalstorythathasneverappe

17、aredanywherebeforeneverbeeninabook,ormagazine,oranotherfilm.Inotherwords,thestoryisintendedfromtheverybeginningtobemadeintoamovie.StarWarsisonegoodexampleofthistypeofpropertyyoudorememberthatfamoussciencefictionfilm,don'tyou?AnotherexampleisBacktotheFutureoh,andalsoRocky.Allofthesewerebasedonast

18、orywrittenonlyforthepurposeofmakingamovie.Actuallythough,themajorityofproperties,forfamousfilmsatleast,comefromnovels,plays,ormusicalsthatarealreadypublished.ExamplesofthistypeofpropertyincludeTheSoundofMusic,whichwasoriginallyaplay,Tess,afamousnovel,andTheGodfather,whichwasalsofirstanovel.Okay,that

19、'sstepnumberonefindingaproperty.Well,nowwehavetheproperty.Thenextstepistoprepareascriptfromthatproperty.Thispartoftheprocesscantakeseveralmonthsorsometimesevenayearormore.It'squitealengthyandtime-consumingprocess.Duringthistime,thescriptwriter,producer,anddirectorusuallyworkverycloselywithea

20、chother.Recently,therehasbeenatrendtoalsohavetheoriginalwritertheoriginalpropertyownertakepartintheproductionofthescript.Thismeansthatifthepropertyistakenfromabookorplay,theoriginalauthorofthebookorplayisinvolvedinwritingthescript.Thisisagoodtrend,Ithink.Whocouldpossiblyknowthestorybetterorunderstan

21、ditmoreclearlythanitsoriginalcreator?Anotheroption,however,isfordirectorstowritescriptsthemselves.Thisoftenoccursbecausescriptwritersarenotonlyresponsibleforthedialog,buttheyalsomustspecifywhatkindofcamerashotstheywantused.Forinstance,inallscenes,andespeciallylongscenesthatdon'thaveanydialog,the

22、scriptwritermustdescribewhatthecamerashouldfocuson,whatshouldbeinthecenteroftheshot,whatmoodtheimageshouldpresent.Directorshavemuchmoreexperiencewithcameraworkandoftenprefertowritethescriptthemselvesforthisreason.Sothat'sstepnumbertwowritingthescript.Task4【答案】A. 1)a)2)a)B. 1)F2)F3)TC.Topic:Howmo

23、viesareproducedThesis:Therearesixbasicstepsthatarenormallyfollowedintheproductionofafull-lengthfilm.Steps:Thirdstepcastingthefilm;twotypesofcasting1) BuildingthemoviearoundafamousstarAdvantages:Afamoussta门sagreatassettothefilm.Itattractsfansautomatically.Financialsuccessofthemoviedependsonhowmanypeo

24、plecometoseeit.Disadvantages:Famousstarareveryexpensive.TheytakeattentionawayfromthestoryIself.Theydistracttheaudience.2) CastingmovieswithunknownactorsandactressesAdvantages:Moviecentersaroundthestory计self.Makethemoviemorebelievable.Fourthstepfilmingthemovie;doneintwotypesofplaces1) Soundstages-bot

25、hpicturesanddialogsarerecorded.2) Partiallyfilmedonlocationinarealsetting.Note:allthesceneswithabigstarcandonefirst,orallthescenesshotatthesamelocationcanbefilmedatthesametime.【原文】Okay,nowthescriptisfinishedandapproved,andwearereadyforthenextstepaverycriticalstepindeedthecastingofthefilm.Thesuccesso

26、rfailureofamoviecandependontheabilityoftheactorsandactressestoconvinceusthattheyreallyarethecharactersthattheyareportraying.Theproducerandthedirectormustchoosethecastvery,verycarefully.Thisstepofchoosingtheactorsandactressesiscalledcasting.Gotit?Castingischoosingtheactorsandactresses,thecastofthemov

27、ie.Thereare,ingeneral,twotypesofcasting.Thefirstandthemostcommonapproachistobuildthemoviearoundafamousstar.Itisobviousthathavingawell-recognizednameinthecastisagreatassettothefilm.Havingsomeone,likeTomCruise,MerylStreep,orHarrisonFordwillautomaticallyattractlargenumbersoftheirfanstothemovie.Andofcou

28、rse,thefinancialsuccessofthemoviedependsonhowmanypeoplecometoseeit.Now,thereisalsoasecondtypeofcasting,andithasworkedverywellattimes.Althoughitistruethattopstarscanattractaudiences,theyarealsovery,veryexpensive.Withthisinmind,someproducersanddirectorscasttheirmovieswithunknownactorsandactresses,conc

29、entratingonwhofitsthepartthebest,notwhohasthebiggestname.Actually,thisapproach,asIsaid,canworkquitewellbecausesometimesabigstarcanactuallytakeattentionawayfromthestoryitself.Inotherwords,thestarsdistracttheaudience!Theaudiencefocusesonthestar,notonthestory.Oneexampleofthissecondtypeofcastingisthemov

30、ieE.T.,whichis,infact,oneofthemostpopularmoviesofalltime.Unknownchildactorsandactresseswerehiredandthemoviecenteredaroundthestoryitself.Theproduceranddirectorprobablythoughtthatunknownactorswouldmakethemoviemorebelievable.Abigstarmightactuallyhurtthatmovie.Well,ontothenextstep.Afterthecastinghasbeen

31、completed,thefourthstep,filmingthemovie,canbegin.Filminganykindofmajormotionpictureusuallytakesaboutsixtoeightmonths.Now,youmightnotknowthis,butfilmingrarelytakesplaceinthesameorderasthestory.Thereasonforshootinginadifferenttimeorderisthatallthesceneswithabigstarcanbedonefirst,orallthescenesshotatth

32、esamelocationcanbefilmedatthesametime.Sowhathappensisthis:Theorderscenesarefilmedinandtheordertheyappearinthemoviearealmostalwayscompletelydifferent.Itwouldbeinconvenientandcostswouldincreasedramaticallyifsceneswerefilmedintheorderthatweseetheminthefinishedmovie.Thefilmingitselfisdoneintwotypesofpla

33、ces.Thefirstisstudiobuildingscalledsoundstages.Theyweregiventhisnamebecausebothpicturesanddialogsarerecordedthere.Thesesoundstagescanbemadetoappearlikealmostanythingfromafourteenth-centurytowntoasmallhotelroom.Inadditiontosoundstages,mostmoviesarepartiallyfilmedonlocationinarealsetting.Onlocationmea

34、nsthattheactors,actresses,filmcrew,andothernecessarypersonnelmusttraveltoaplacelike,maybe,aSouthAmericanjungleordowntownParis,orwherever,forfilmingcertainscenes.Thismakesthemoviemoreinterestingandrealistic.Indoorscenescaneasilybefilmedonasoundstage,butscenesthatrequireextensiveuseofoutdoorsceneryoru

35、sefamousplacesasbackgroundsmustbedoneonlocationtoberealistic.Asyoucanimagine,thecostsoffilmingonlocationareenormous.Peopleandequipmentmustbeflowntotheplace,livingaccommodationsmustbefound,andfoodhastobeprovidedforalargenumberofpeople.Therearelotsofpracticalproblemslikethese.Theaddedrealismoffilmingo

36、nlocationaddsalotofexpensetoafilm.Task5【答案】2) weneverfonditdifficulttooccupyoursparetime3) Weusedtoenjoycivilizedpleasures4) AllourfreetimeisregulatedbyTV5) Itdemandsandobtainsabsolutesilenceandattention6) Wholegenerationsaregrowingupaddictedtoit7) Itisauniversalpacifier8) rubbishycommercialsorspect

37、aclesofsadismandviolence9) vastquantitiesofcreativework10) theycantkeeppacewiththedemandandmaintainhighstandardlslaswe11) becomesavillage,isreducedtopreliteratecommunities,utterlydependentonpicturesandthespokenword12) Itencouragespassiveenjoyment13) Itcutsusofffromtherealworld14) fromcommunicatingwi

38、theachother15) howtotallyirrelevanttelevisionistorealliving【原文】“Yes,buwthatdidweusetodobeforetherewastelevision?”Howoftenwehearstatementslikethis!Televisionhasnbteenwithusallthatlong,butwearealreadybeginningtoforgetwhattheworldwaslikewithoutit.Beforeweadmittedtheone-eyedmonsterintoourhomes,weneverfo

39、nditdifficulttooccupyoursparetime.Weusedtoenjoycivilizedpleasures.Forinstance,weusedtohavehobbies;weusedtoentertainourfriendsandbeentertainedbythem;weusedtogooutsideforouramusementstotheatres,cinemas,restaurantsandsportingevents.Weevenusedtoread books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasion

40、ally. All that belongs to thepast. Now all our free time is regulated by theegorugsghlehboomxe ”or.gWulp10downourmealstobeintimeforthisorthatprogramme.Wehaveevengivenupsittingattableandhavingaleisurelyeveningmeal,exchangingthenewsoftheday.Asandwichandaglassofbeerwilldoanything,providingitdoesnnterfe

41、rewiththetiprogramme.Themonsterdemandsandobtainsabsolutesilenceandattention.Ifanymemberofthefamilydarestoopenhismouthduringaprogramme,heisquicklysilenced.Wholegenerationsaregrowingupaddictedtothetelly.Foodisleftuneaten,homeworkundoneandsleepislost.Thetellyisauniversalpacifier.Itisnowstandardpractice

42、formothertokeepthechildrenquietbyputtingthemintheliving-roomandturningontheset.Itdoesntmatterthatthechildrenwbilbliwshaytcchormumercialsorspectaclesofsadismandviolence-solongastheyarequiet.Thereisalimittotheamountofcreativetalentavailableintheworld.Everyday,televisionconsumesvastquantitiesofcreative

43、work.Thatiswhymostoftheprogrammesaresobad:itisimpossibletokeeppacewiththedemandandmaintainhighstandardsaswell.Whenmillionswatchthesameprogrammes,thewholeworldbecomesavillage,andsocietyisreducedtotheconditionswhichobtaininpreliteratecommunities.Webecomeutterlydependentonthetwomostprimitivemediaofcomm

44、unication:picturesandthespokenword.Televisionencouragespassiveenjoyment.Webecomecontentwithsecond-handexperiences.Itissoeasytositinourarmchairswatchingothersworking.Littlebylittle,televisioncutsusofffromtherealworld.Wegetsolazywechoosetospendafinedayinsemi-darkness,gluedtooursets,ratherthangooutinto

45、theworlditself.Televisionmaybessplendidmediumofcommunication,butitpreventsusfromcommunicatingwitheachother.Weonlybecomeawarehowtotallyirrelevanttelevisionistoreallivingwhenwespendaholidaybytheseaorinthemountains,farawayfromcivilization.Inquiet,naturalsurroundings,wequicklydiscoverhowlittlewemisstheh

46、ypnotictyrannyofKingTelly.Task6【答案】A.1) ItcamefromAlanseldestson.2) BecausetherewerelotsofchildreninafilmaboutgangstersinNewYork.3) TheyvisitedordinaryschoolsandstageschoolsandChristmasshowsalloverAmerica,andlookedforAmericanchildreninBritain,too.Alansawabout100videosofChristmasshowsandauditionedove

47、r10,000children.4) Alltheclotheshadtobeintherightstylebutinsmallsizes,eventhegangsterhats.B.1)c2)e3)a4)b5)f6)d【原文】Mike:WelcometoRadioTime,andthismonth'seditionofFilmWorld.I'mverypleasedtohaveAlanParkerwithmefortoday'sprogram.Alan,youmadeoneofthemostfamousandpopularchildren'sfilmsofal

48、ltimeBugsyMalone.Tellme,whendidyoufirstthinkoftheideaforBugsyMalone?Alan:Well,IhavetosaythatIdidn'tthinkoftheideamyself.Itcamefrommyeldestson.Mike:Ah,soyouknewitwasagoodideaforachildren'sfilm.Alan:Yes.Itooktheideaandwrotethefullstory.Thatwasin1973.Mike:Wasitdifficulttowrite?Alan:No,itwasmore

49、difficulttogetthemoneytomakethefilm.AlotofpeoplethoughtitwasastrangeidealotsofchildreninafilmaboutgangstersinNewYork.Mike:Isitatruestory?Alan:Notquite.ButthereweretwogangsinNewYorkin1929,theyearofmystory.Mike:Howdidyouchoosetheactors?Alan:Thatwasalotofwork.WevisitedordinaryschoolsandstageschoolsandC

50、hristmasshowsalloverAmerica.AndwelookedforAmericanchildreninBritain,too.Isawabout100videosofChristmasshows,andweauditionedover10,000childrenforthecast.Mike:Sotherewasalotofcompetitiontogetapart?Alan:Ohyes,buttherealwaysis.Mike:HowlongdidittaketofilmBugsyMalone?Alan:Elevenweeks.Thefilmingwasquitequic

51、kinfact.Butwehadtodoalotofworkfirst.Weneeded300costumes,Iremember.Andalltheclotheshadtobeintherightstylebutinsmallsizes,eventhegangsterhats.Task7【答案】A.1)T2)F3)T4)T5)F6)F7)F8)FB.1)a)2)b)3)a)4)c)5)b)6)b)7)b)8)c)【原文】Matthew:Televisionisundoubtedlyagreatinvention,butoneofthemaincriticismsofitisthatpeopl

52、ejustaren'tselectiveenough.Lesley,youvegotatelevision;howdoyoupickoutthesortsofprogrammesyouwanttowatch?Lesley:Itryandlookattheprograxnmesthatareontodecidewhichparticularonesinterestme,ratherthanyouturningitonaseveno'clockandyouleavingitonuntilhalf-pastelevenwhentheprogrammesfinish.Matthew:D

53、oyouthinkoftelevisionthoughasagreattime-waster?Lesley:Un.Ithinkitcanbeatimewasteranditdependsonhowparticularpeopleareaboutwhatyouknowwhattheywanttosee.Um,itcanjustbeasortoftotalamusementforsomeoneandtotallyconsumingwithoutreallyconsideringwhatitisthey'rewatching.Matthew:Aha,buthowdoyoupreventitc

54、omingintoyourlifeandtakingoveryoureveningsandatthesametimeperhapsgetgetouttefethieionsomeofthesortofbestthingsbestprogrammesthat.thatundoubtedlyareontelevision?Lesley:Well,Isupposeoneoftheproblemsis.willdependonwhataperson'slifestyleis,andthatifhehasotheroutsideinterestswhichareequallyimportantt

55、ohimastelevision,hewillthen,youknow,bemorecarefulaboutwhichprogrammeshewantstowatchbecausehehastimewhichheuseswantstousefootherthings.Matthew:Doyouthinkthoughthat.thatininasensetelevisioliedhaieople'sowner.sortof,creativityortheirabilitytoentertainthemselvesbecausewell,ifthey'reboredalltheyd

56、oisjustturnonthetelevision?Lesley:Yes,Ithinkthatisadanger,andIthinkthat'sfnctiswhatishappeningtoalotofpeoplewhouseitastheir.theirmainfieldofamusementand.becausetheydon'thaveotheroutsideinterestsandevenwhenpeoplecomeround,they'llleavethetelevisiononandnotbe,youknow,particularlyinterestedi

57、ntalkingtothem.Youknowthetelevisionwillbethemainthingintheroom.Matthew:Henrietta,wouldyouletyourchildrenspendmanyafternoonsandeveningswatchingtelevisionorwouldyouencouragethemtogooutandplay?Henrietta:Well,itsinteresting.inThfiasc.t.,wereallyhavehadapolicyofum.almosttotalrestrictionofviewing.Imean,my

58、childrenareverysmall,they'refour-and-a-halfandtwo-and-a-half,andit'sonlyveryrecentlythatwehaveevengotintothehabitofwatchingPlayschool.Idotendto.um.Idotryto.infactIsucceedinrestrictingtheirviewingsolelytothatandacoupleofprogrammesthatfollowit,butIdon'tliketoseeachildsitwithanopenmouthinfr

59、ontofatelevisionsethourafterhour,butI'mnotanti-televisionatall.Imyselfwatchquitealot;Iwatchsomecomedy,Iwatchum.serials.,umtherecentserializationofJaneEyrewasbeautifullydoneandveryinteresting.Iwatchthenewsavidly.Matthew:Peter,haveyougotatelevision?Peter:Ihave,infactI'vegottwotelevisions.Matthew:Doyouwatchthemalot?Peter:Er.noI.Iwatchveryseldom.Infact,IfindthatIwatchtelevisionmostwhenI'mmostwhenI