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1、Unit 3Section One Tactics for listeningPart 1 Spot DictationWildlifeEvery ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect (1) dies outfor ever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) extincttwenty years from now. The seas are in danger. They are b
2、eing filled with (3) poison: industrial and nuclear waste, chemical fertilizers and (4) pesticides, sewage. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to (5) live inthe seas. The tropical rain (6) forestswhich are the home of half the earths living things are (7) being destroyed.
3、 If nothing is done about it, they will have (8) nearly disappearedin twenty years. The effect on the worlds (9) climate- and on our agriculture and food (10) supplies- will be disastrous. (11) Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the (12) World Wildlife Fund was founde
4、d - a small group of people who wanted to (13) raise moneyto save animals and plants (14) from extinction. Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large (15) internationalorganization. It has raised over (16) 35 millionfor (17) conservationprojects, and has created or given support to the National Parks
5、 in (18) five continents. It has helped 30 (19) mammalsand birds - including the tiger -to (20) survive. Part 2 Listening for GistMrs. Bates: Hullo. Is that Reception? .Reception: Yes, madamMrs. Bates: This is Mrs. Bates. Room 504. I sent some clothes to the laundry this morning, two of my husbands
6、shirts and three of my blouses. But theyre not back yet. You see, were leaving early tomorrow morning. Reception: Just a moment, madam. Ill put you through to the housekeeper.Housekeeper: Hullo. Housekeeper. Mrs. Bates: Oh, hullo. This is . Im phoning from Room 504. Its about some clothes I sent to
7、the laundry this morning. Theyre not back yet and you see . Housekeeper: They are, madam. Youll find them in your wardrobe. Theyre in the top drawer on the left. Mrs. Bates: Oh, I didnt look in the wardrobe. Thank you very much. Sorry to trouble you. Housekeeper: Thats quite all right. Goodbye. Mrs.
8、 Bates: Goodbye. Exercise Directions: Listen to the dialogue and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide. 1) This dialogue is about making an inquiry about the laundry. 2) The key words arereception. laundry. shirts. blouses. wardrobe.Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dial
9、ogueA UN InterpreterInterviewer: . so perhaps you could tell us how exactly you became so proficient at language learning, Suzanne. Suzanne: Well, I think it all started with a really fortunate accident of birth. You know I was born in Lausanne*, Switzerland; my father was Swiss-French Swiss and my
10、mother was American, so, of course, we spoke both languages at home and I grew up bilingual. Then, of course, I learnt German at school - in Switzerland thats normal. And because I was already fluent in English, my second language at school was Italian. So I had a real head start (有利的开端)! Interviewe
11、r: So thats . one, two, three, four - you had learnt four languages by the time you left school? How fluent were you? Suzanne: Urn, I was native speaker standard in French and English, but Id become a bit rusty* in German and my Italian was only school standard. I decided the best option was to stud
12、y in the UK, and I did Hispanic Studies at university, studying Spanish and Portuguese, withsome Italian, and living inManchester. Then I went to live in Brazil for two years, teaching English. Interviewer: So by this time you must have been fluent in six languages? Suzanne: Nearly. My Italian wasnt
13、 perfect, but I had a boyfriend from Uruguay* while I was there, so my Spanish also became pretty good! Interviewer: And then what did you do? Suzanne: When I was 25 I came back to Switzerland, went to an interpreters school and then got a job in the United Nations when I was 28. Interviewer: And yo
14、uve been there ever since? Suzanne: Not quite. In the first few months I met Jan, a Czech interpreter, who became my husband. We went to live in Prague in 1987 and that was where I learnt Czech. Interviewer: And the eighth language? Suzanne: Well, unfortunately the marriage didnt last; I was very upset and I decided to take a long break. I went to Japan on holiday, got a job and stayed for two years, which was when I learnt Japanese. Interviewer: Thats amazing! And now youre back at the United Nations? Suzanne: Yes. Well, I never really left. I carried on doing wo
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