施心远主编听力教程1第2版Unit8原文及答案

1、UnitsSection 1 Tactics for listeningPart1 PhoneticsJilland Monica goto a travel agency.Jill:We'd like tomake a bookingforlongweekend holiday,please.Clerk: Where (2) would you liketogo,madamJill: Paris.Clerk: And irfiere do you wanttostay in ParisMonica: We' re notsure.Whichhotelwould yousugg

2、estClerk: The Residence Magenta is verygood and it' s quite cheap.I reccanmend youstay there.Monica: What (5)Jill:Ok. That'Clerk:WouldyouJill:Is itClerk:Of coursedo you think, Jillcomplete this form.all right if we pay(8) that， s quites what (6) we' 11 do.pleaseby checkall right.Part 2 L

3、isteningand Note-talkingA.It' s got four wheels, and usually carries one person, but itcan carry two. Its top speedis around 6 kms an hour, and it weighs about 15 kilos. Itcosts £72.B, This vehicle costs about £ 5,000. It can go up to 160 kph> and can carry four people in comfort. I

4、t weighs 695 kiloswhen it' s empty. There are four 曲eels.C. These two-wheeled vehicles are very popular with teenagers.They are fast, but much less safe than vehicle A or B. Thismodel has a maximum speed of 224 KPH> and weighs 236 kilosIt can carry one or two people, and costs £ 1,700.D.

5、 This vehicle, 站ich cots £ 65,000, is commonly used forpublie transport. It has two decks, or floors, and can carry72people when full. Its maximum speed is 110 kms an hour,but it doesn t usually go faster than 80. It has six 站eels.and weighs 9, OOOkilos.E. This vehicle was built by two countrie

6、s working in collaboration. It travels at 2,160 kph- faster than sound-carrying amaximum of 100 people. When it is fully loaded with passengers and fuel, it weighs 175,000 kilograms. It has ten wheels.Each of these vehicles cost hundreds of millions of pounds toproduce- it is impossible to say exact

7、ly how much.E "ffcjw many 站eels胪"What does it weigh*"' Thirteen and a half kilos.""How much does it cost'"£140"How many people can it carry""Just one.""Tcp speed"'"It depends. For most people, perhaps about 25kph.'

8、A: Listen to the conversation and take notes.B: Fill in the following table with relevant information.Exercise BABCDEFwheels4426102people1-241-2721001Speed(inkph)6s160224no2, 16025Weight (i n kilos)156952369, 000)175,000Price(in pounds)725, 0001,70065, 000/140Question: What vehicles are they What

9、9; s their nameSection 2 Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialoguesDialogue 1： Have You Been to the Theatre HereInterviewer: So you're over frcan the Stateser, two and a halfWoman: That's right. We've been here aboutweeks and we've got another three days before we go back.Interviewer: H

10、ave you been to the theatre hereWoman: Oh, yes. Theatre,opera, concerts,the lot. We* ve seenthesome magnificent things at the theatre, really excellentacting, the stage sets, the whole atmosphere, really, it wasfantastic.Interviewer: Which do you think was your favorite playWoman: It's hard to s

11、ay. Er, the Shakespeare play, that was brilliant, and then we saw a comedy lastnight, that was really funny, I loved that. I don't know. It*s been a veryentertaining two weeks. I think I've enjoyed most things I've seen.Interviewer: And what* s next, thenWoman: The bank! Tomorrow morning

12、 I'm going to cash some moretraveler' s cheques. You can spend quite a lot of money in London, you know. Never mind, it* s been worth it. The most ent er taining two weeks I* ve had for a long time. And Ithink r 11 come back next year if Ican.If I have enough tnoney left that is!A： Listen to

13、 the interview and answer the following questions.Where are they now (They are in London.) 2. Where is the woman from (She is from the Unites States.)3.How long has she been here (She has been there for two anda half weeks,)B：true or falseFFFTDialogue 2 Are You Free for Lunch TodayPay attention to t

14、he ejressiais to give directiois.Stuart: Woodside 8432.Margaret: Hello again, Stuart. What can I do for youStuart: Are you free for lunch todayMargaret: Yes, I think so. What timeStuart: One o* clockMargaret: OK. WhereStuart: Lacy' s, in Marston Street. Do you know where it isMargaret: No.Stuart

15、: Well, you take a 47 bus from the office, get off atGrange Square, cross the road, turnleft, take the first on your right, and Lacy' s is a few yards downtheroad onyourleft,opposite a church. You can' t miss it.Margaret:ButI won* tbecaningfrom the office. T ve got ameetingatthe townhall：r 1

16、1be coming straight fromthere.Stuart:CSCThen geta number17, get off in front ofthe cathedral,walk throughthepark,then go along the canalto the right and over the first bridge, and you' 11 come out opposi te Marston Street. Lacy' s is down at the other end on the ri ght. You can' t miss i

17、t.Margaret: No, I bet. Did you say one o' clockStuart: Yes. Is that OKMargaret: No, on second thoughts, can we make it a bit earlierSay a quarter toStuart: Quarter to one, OK.in Caxton Street,Margaret: All right. See you then. Macy* s, rightStuart: No!Blank filling：Stuart asked Margaret to have

18、(1) lunch together. They wilin (2) Marston Street at (3) a quarte1 meet at Lucy' s,r to one. Margaretcantakea (4)47busfromthe(5)office, gets off at(6)Grange Square,cross theroad,turns (8) left,takesthe(9) firstonher(10)right,and Lacy' s is afewyardsdown theroadonthe(11)left, opposite a (12)

19、church. However, Margaret won' t becoming from the office. She' s got a meeting at the (13town hall. She' 11 be coming straight from there. Thenshe can get a number (14)17, gets off in front of the(15) cathedral, walk through the (16) park, then go alonthe (19) fig the (17) canal to the

20、(18) right and over rst bridge, and she' 11 come out (20) opposite Marston Str eet. Lacy' s is down at the (21) other end on the (22) right.Part 2 PassageIf you ask some people "How did you leam English so well" yo u may get a surprising answer: "In my sleep!" These are p

21、eoplewho have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test methods, which are now being tried in several countries, and wi th several subjects, of which English is only one.Specialists say that this sleep-study method speeds language lear ning tremendously. They say that the average person ca

22、n learn t wo or three times as much during sleep as in the same periodduring the day and this does not affect his rest in any wa y. A word of warning, however: sleep teaching will only hammerinto* your head what you have studied 曲ile you are awake.In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over t

23、he radio atintervals* of a fortnight. Each lesson lasted twelve hoursfrom 8. to 8 . The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary were given with the student awake. At 11 soothing* lullaby* was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio whispered the less

24、on again into his sleepingears.At 2. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes of revision. Then he was lulled* back to rest again while the radio purred on. At 5 o' clock his sleep ended and he hadto go through the lesson again for three hours befor

25、e his hard-earned breakfast.Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.1-4: A B D D5-8: C C A BNews Item 1In many developing countries, weather reports rnain trapped in th e capital. National weather services have the information, but noway to get it to fanne

26、rs and other people in rural conraunit ies.This is the job of an international project called RANETRural C oranunications using Radio and the Internet. RANET works with natio nal weather services to irnprove their reach.The project develops networks of satellite receiver systems, conrauni ty radio s

27、tations and other technologies. Communities often are pr ovided with some equipment, but the systems are locally owned andsupported. RANET is working to inrove communications in countrie s with limited power supplies.A: Listen to the news iten and complete the following summary.This news item is abo

28、ut getting weather reports to rural communities.B: Listen to the news item again and answer the questionsThe first paragraph. Or the 广 sentence of the 广 paragraph.2. Rural Communications using Radio and the Internet.at3. RANET aim working with national weather services to in5)rove their reach.1 The

29、local communities.5.i Community radio stat ions and other technologies.News Item 2A government report says climate change is already affecting Ameri can agriculture. The news report is from the Climate Change Scien ce Program, which brings together the research efforts of thirteenfederal agencies.Mu

30、ch of the East and South now gets more rain than a century a go. But the report says there is some evidence of increased drou ght conditions in the West and Southwest. Western states have les s snow and ice on the mountains and earlier melting in the spri ng.Grain and oilseed crops are likely to dev

31、elop faster with increas ed carbon dioxide the atmosphereBut higher tenjeratures will increase the risk of crop failures.Also, horticultural crops such as tomatoes, onions and fruit are more easily affected by climate change than grain and oilseed cro psThe Department of Agriculture was the lead age

32、ncy for the new re port.A: Listen to the news itan and complete the following summary.This news item is about the effect of climate change on American agriculture.B: Listen to the news item again and answer the questions.1. It is from the Climate Change Science Program.2. Thirteen federal agencies c

33、onducted the research.3. The Department of Agriculture is the lead agency for the report4. Grain and oilseed crops are likely to develop faster if carbondioxide in the atmosphere is increasing.onions and fruit are more5. Horticultural crops such as tomatoes,easily affected by climate change.C: Ccanp

34、lete the following fonmMuch of the East and South: now gets more rain than a century ago.havethe West and Southwest: some evidence of increased drought conditionsNews Item 3 piezoelectricity pi:* eizaui, lektrisiti; pai* i：-IL【物理学】压电性；圧电（现象n压电学Science has made it possible to harvest energy from the

35、wind, su n and water. All these renewable resources are used today to pow er an energy-hungry world. But imagine harvesting energy from crow ds of people moving to and from work every day. That is one ofthe possibilities of piezoelectricity, the science of gaining pow er from motion.James Graham and

36、 Thaddeus Jusczyk are two graduate students at th e Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology in Cambridge. They designed a way to capture the energ y of people* footsteps. They created a design for a special fl oor covering that moves a little when people step on it. The mo vement would create an electr

37、ical current that could be captured to provide electrical power.Gathering power fran the movents of large groups of people is called crowed farming." And interest in crowd farming continues t 0 grow.Exercise A:This news item is about gathering electrical power from the inovem ents of people.Exe

38、rcise B:Piezoelectricity： the science of gaining power from motionCrowd farming: gathering power from the movements of large groupsof peopleExercise C:1. graduate students ; 2. capture;4. floor covering; 5. step on： 6electrical current; 7. capturedSection Three Oral WorkPart 1Questions and AnswersRa

39、dio: Good afternoon. This is Radio Brighton. It' s two o' clockandtime' for"On the Town” and this is JudyNashintroducingtheprograntJudy:Hello. I*'m here on Palace Fire and it' sa beautiful holiday.Thepieris crowed with visitors.Let* s talk toscsne of them. Where do you comef

40、rom,sirBen:Montreal.Judy:Alltheway from CanadaBen:That's right.Judy:Areyouenjoying yourself here in BrightonBen:Yes.It' s a lovely day and there' s lots to do.Judy:Howmuchof Brighton have you seenBen:Notverymuche* ve only been here for anhour.Judy: Where are you going nowBen: We* re goin

41、g to Royal Pavilion.Judy: And after thatBen: We haven* t decided yet.Judy: What about tonightBen: Ye' 11 probably go to a restaurant and then catch the lasttrain back to London.Judy: Well, thanks for talking to us, and have a good time.Exercise:Where is JudyShe is on P alace Pier.2. Whom is she

42、talking toShe is talking to a visitor.3. Where does he cane fromHe comes from Montreal, Canada.Is he enjoying himself in BrightonYes. It' s a lovely day and there* s lots to do.5.How much of Brighton has he seenHehasn* t seen much of Brighton.6.How long has he been thereHehas been there for an h

43、our.7.Where is he going nowHeis going to the Royal Pavilion,8.Which train will he catch back to LondonHewill catch the last train back to London.Part 2Retelling a bad storyOne cold winter afternoon, a postman was slowly pushing his bicyc le up the hill. He had only one letter to deliver: this was fo

44、 r an old lady who lived at the top of the hill. The old ladyhad lived alone ever since her daughter had moved to Australiamany years before. She always invited the postman in for a cupof tea whenever he took her a letter and told him about her two grandchi 1 dren inAustralia, whom she had never see

45、n.Just as the postman went towards her gate, a small boy came run ning down the hill. Suddenly the boy slipped on the icy road an d fell. The postman hurried across the road to help the boy. Af ter a quick examination, he found that the boy hurt his leg bad ly. So the postman decided to send the boy

46、 to the hospital first.He carried the boy onto his bicycle and took him to the hospital.Section FourSupplementary ExercisesPart 1Listening ComprehensionPassage 1 Runningfthen I started runningseven years ago, I could manage only about a quarter of mile before I had to stop. Breathless and achingI wa

47、lked the next quarter of a mile, then I jogged the nextquarter of a mile, alternating these two activities for a coupl e of miles. Within a few weeks I could jog half way round Hang?stead Heath withoutstopping. Soon I started to run up the quarter -mile slope to the top of Parliament Hill, although

48、I had to st op at the top to get my breath back. Eventually I found that Icould even manage to get up the hill comfortably.I started to run because I felt desperately unfit. But the bigge st pay-off for me was- and still is- the deep relaxation that Iachieve by taking exercise. It tires me out but I

49、 find that i t does calm me down.Now there are manyIn those early days I saw few other runners.more- and not just the macho* sports freaks*. Men and wanen ofall ages have now taken up running. Some 25,000 runners aged 5to 85 are attracted each year to the Sunday Times Fun Run inHyde Park.In the last

50、 two years the London Marathon has become the biggestBritish sporting eventovertaking the boat race and the Derb y* in the number of spectators it attracts. When I started to j og I never dreamt of running of a marathon, but in 1982 I real ized that if I trained for it, it would be with in my reach,

51、 and after a slow, six-month build-up I managed the miles in ju st four hours. A creditable performance for a first-timer and a far cry from those days when I had to stop for breath after aquarter of a mile.1-5: C D B A A6-9: C C A APassage2 Cats in AmericaAn old expression says "Man' s bes

52、t friend is his dog. ” Today,however, it seems that cats have replaced dogs as the most pop ular pets in American homes. Americans have more than 62 millionpet dogs. But even more cats ore than 64 millionlive in Ame rican hemes.These pet cats may have long hair or short hair. They are of d ifferent

53、colors and sizes. Sane are costly animals that take partin coni)etitions. Many more are common American mixtures of sever al kinds of cats.Most house cats live a good life. They are not expected to workfor their food. Instead, they rule their homes like furry kingsand queens. They wait for their own

54、ers to serve them, America ns are increasingly serious about their cats. These concerns havemade the care of cats into big business.Each year, cat owners buy tons of food especially prepared for c ats. They buy toys and other equirxnent. They buy jewelry and do thes for themselves with images of cat

55、s on them. Some owners eve n bury their dead pets in special burial grounds.Animal experts offer several reasons why cats have become so popu lar as house pets. They say cats need less care than dogs. Andcats do not seem to suffer as much as dogs fran being alone if the owners are away.Still million

56、s of other people do not like cats at all. They sa y dogs are better and more loving pets. They say cats do not h ave much feeling. They believe cats stay with people only to befed.Cat owners defend their pets against such criticism. They say cat s are just much more independent than dogs.A student of animal medicine explains the situation this way: Dogfollow you around. They want you to talk to them and play wit h them a lo