英语听力教程(第2册)Unit3听力原文1077

Unit3听力原文

PartI

B

Sam:Iwon?tbeabletodotheexamtomorrow.Ijustdon?tfeelthatI?mready.

Counselor:Yousaythatyoudon?tfeelreadyfortomorrow?sexam...whatdoyoufeellikeright

now?

Sam:Well,I?mangrywithmyselfbecauseI?mgoingtohavetoquittheexamand,well,Iguess

I?manxious.Yes,Ifeelveryanxious.

Counselor:Whenyouthinkaboutthisanxiety,whatimagedoyouhaveofyourself?

Sam:Well,IseemyselftryingtoexplaintomyDadwhyIdidn?tmakethegradeonthiscourse...

andIseehimgettingangry...and,well,IstarttofeelI?velethimdownagain.

Counselor:Youdon?tfeelreadyforyourexam,youfeelanxiousandyoudon?twanttoletyour

Daddownagain.TellmeaboutthelasttimeyouletyourDaddown.

Sam:Oh,well,itwasayearago...He?denteredmeforachesscompetitionandIgotknockedout

inthefirstmatch...hewasangrybecausehe?dtoldallhisfriendshowgoodIwas.

Counselor:Whatdidyoutellhim...asanexplanationwhenyoulostthechessgame?

Sam:ItoldhimthatIwasn?treadytoplayinthatleague.

Counselor:Andnowyouarepreparingtotellhimthatyou?renotreadytositthisexamination?

Sam:Yes,IsupposeIam.

Counselor:O.K.Sam,sowhatyouaresayingtomeisthatyoufeelreluctanttotaketheexam

tomorrowbecauseyoudonotlikethethoughtofhavingtoexplainapoorgradeorafailureto

yourfather.Isthatright,Sam?

Sam:Yes.That?sexactlyit.

C

1.A:WhenIreadinEnglish,IalwayswanttounderstandeverysinglewordandsoIspendalot

oftimelookingwordsupinmydictionary.This

makesreadingdifficultformebecausebythe

timeI?velookedupthewordinmydictionary,I?veforgottenwhattherestofthesentencewas

about.That?smytroublereally—Irelytoomuchonmydictionary.

B:Well,whydon?tyoutrytoreadatextwithoutusingyourdictionarythefirsttimeyoureadit?

You?llprobablybeabletounderstandmostofitandguesswhatsomeofthewordsmean.

2.A:IhavetoreadalotofbooksandarticlesinEnglishformywork—I?maconsultantin

businessmanagement.WhatIfindmostdifficultisfindingthemainpointinanarticleora

paragraph.IalwaystrytotakenoteswhenI?mreadingandsosometimesIfindthatI?malmost

copyingoutthewholearticlebecauseIcan?tdecidewhatthereallyimportantpointsare.

B:Itmighthelpifyoureadthroughthebookorarticleveryquicklyfirstjusttogetanideaof

whatit?sabout.Ithinkit?sdifficulttoreadsomethingforthefirsttimeandtakenotesaswell.

3.A:IlikereadingnovelsandshortstoriesinmyownlanguageandinEnglish,butthere

?sone

thingIfindverydifficultinEnglish.I?mneverquitesureifthewriterisbeingseriousornot.

SeveraltimesI?vereadsomethingIthoughtwasseriousandlaterI?vefoundoutitwassupposed

tobefunny.

B:Ihaveexactlythesameproblem.Isupposetheonlythingtodoistoreadasmuchas

possible.Thenonedayperhapswe?llunderstandtheBritishsenseofhumor.

4.A:IhavetoreadalotinEnglishinmystudiesandthisiscausingmeproblems.Ireadtoo

slowlyinEnglish.DoyouthinkIcantrainmyselftoreadquicklyandatthesametimeunderstand

whatI?mreading?

B:Well,therearespecialcoursesinspeedreading,Ithink.Butyoucouldprobablyhelp

yourselfifyousetyourselfatimelimitandtrytoreadasmuchasyoucanwithinthetime.I

?ve

donethatandit?shelpedmealot.

Part

(PartI)

Yes,theteacherIrememberbestwasateacherIhadforFrenchwhenIwasatschool...er...

er...Manyyearsago-moreyearsthanIcaretoremember,I?mafraid.Yes,IstudiedFrenchwith

himfor,um,ooh,letmesee,itmusthavebeenfiveyears,becauseIhadhimwhenIwasinmy

firstyearthere,whenIwasthirteen,andhewasthemainFrenchteachertillIleft.Itwasmainly

becauseofhimthatIwentontostudylanguages

FrenchandGermanatuniversity.Imean,

FrenchwasreallythefirstlanguageIeverlearned.Well,Idon?tcountLatin,becauseInever

managedtospeakanyLatinatall.Er,well,this...thisteacherdidn

makeiteasyatall,butIfoundthatwithhimIreallylearnedalot.

?tmakeiteasy...hedidn?t

WhenIthinkback,I...don?treallyknowwhyIlikedhimsomuch,becausehewasvery

strictwithus.HemadeusworkveryhardImean,lotsofgrammarexercises,vocabularytests,

thatsortofthinger,andhewasn?tveryfriendlyeither,forthefirsttwoorthreeyears.Oh,as

wellasthat,hedidn?treallytrytomaketheclassesinterestingImean,no...novideo,of

course,inthosedays,nocassettes...but,er,wehadafewfilmsinFrencheveryterm.No,infact,

theonlytimewereallypracticedtryingtospeakFrenchwas,er,waswiththewifeofoneofthe

musicteachers,whowasFrench,er,andshegaveusanhour?sconversationclasseveryweek.But,

youknow,becauseofthatmansomepeoplemightsayinspiteofhim...no,thatwouldn?tbe

fair,nobutquitealotofusbegantolikeFranceandtheFrenchalot,and,er,tovisitFrancein

thesummerholidaystoseeitforourselves.

(PartII)

Yes,IthinkwithhimIlearnedthatwhenyoulearnaforeignlanguage...it?s,it...well,it?s

likeopeningadoorora

intoaforeigncountry.Andthat?sgoodforyou,Ithink,

becauseyoubegintoseethatthewaytheydothingsandthinkinyourcountryis,um,isn?t

necessarilytheonlywayor,indeed,thebestway.

It?sfunny,Istillhaveaveryclearpictureofthatteacher.HewasEnglishbuthedidn?tlook

Englishsomehow,,coshehadvery,veryblackhairandverydarkeyes,andheworeglasseswith

blackframes,butyoucouldseehiseyesverywell,andeveryoneintheclassalwayshadthe

feelingthathewaslookingatthem.Andhehadverythick,bushyeyebrowsthatmadehimlook

very,er,veryserious.

Yes,Irememberhewasverymusical

playedthepianoverywellandsang.Now,he

wasquiteagoodrugbyandtennisplayer.Greatfamilyman,too.Hehadthreechildrenandavery

interestingwife.IsupposehemusthavebeeninhisthirtieswhenIknewhim...

Part

ChildrenofaDecade

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Presenter:InthiseditionofourseriesChildrenofaDecadeI?llbetalkingtoJackThompson,

whowasbornin1940,andtoShirleySutton,whowasbornin1930.Firstofall,Jack,thanksfor

joiningus.Perhaps...

Jack:Notatall.

Presenter:Perhapsyou?dtellusaboutyourmemoriesofyourfirstholidayawayfromhome?

Jack:Oh...yes...um...atagetenIthinkitwas,yes,Iwenttostaywithanauntattheseaside.

Well,itwasn?taveryhappyexperience.Ifeltveryhomesickatfirst.

Presenter:Mmm.Andwhataboutyourfirstdayatschool,canyourememberthat?

Jack:Yes,Ican.Er...er...IwasfiveyearsoldandIwantedtotakeallmytoyswithmebut...

er...theywouldn?tletme.IntheenditwasagreedthatIcouldtakemyteddy...er...butonlyon

thefirstday.

Presenter:Oh,Isee.Yourschooldays,weretheyhappyones?

Jack:Well...er...Ididn?thaveaverygoodtimeatschoolIwasn?tverybright,yousee.And

theteachersdidn?tseemtolikeme,but...er...ImadealotoffriendsandsomeofthemIstill

keepintouchwith.OneofthemImarried.

Presenter:Oh,that?swonderful.Well,didyouhaveafavoriteteacher?

Jack:MissRobinson...orwasit...no,itwasMissRobson.Myfirstteacher,that?sright

yeah...verykind.Marvelousstoryteller.

Presenter:Andwhowasyourworstteacher?

Jack:Mr.Goodman,that?sright.WeusedtocallhimGoody.Yeah,hepulledyourearifyou

madeamistakeortalkedinclass.Yeah,myleftearisstillbigger,look.

Presenter:Haha.Perhapsyoucantellusaboutyourlastdayatschool?

Jack:Mylastday,ohyeah,that?semblazonedonmymind.Oh,Iwantedtogetmyownbackyou

seeonoldMr.Goodmanthechapweusedtocall...er...GoodysoIputthisbucketof

waterovertheclassroomdoorbutitfellonhimandhegotsoaked,yousee.Haha.I

anyonesoangry.Oh,itwasagoodone,that.

?veneverseen

Presenter:Thankyouverymuch,Jack.AndnowShirley.

Shirley:Yes.

Presenter:Now,canyoutellmeaboutyourfirstholidayawayfromhome?

Shirley:Ohyes...er...yes...er...attheageofeightitwas.WewentonholidaytotheLake

District.Westayedatalittleguesthouse,justmeandmyparents.Er...Irememberwehad...er...

honeyforbreakfastwith...er...thetoastand...oh...andporridge

Presenter:Thatsoundslovely?Oh,porridge,youhatedit?

Shirley:Haha.

Ihatedit.

Presenter:Well,whataboutyourfirstdayatschool?

Shirley:Well,I...I...Idon?trememberanyspecialincidents...er....Oh,Iwasveryfrightened

andshyatfirst...er...I...Iknowthat,Icanremember,butIsooncametoenjoyschool.

Presenter:Soyourschooldays,weretheyhappy?

Shirley:Ohyes,Ilovedschool!Oh,Iwassorrywhenhalf-termcameand...andwhentheholidays

came.Oh,perhapsthiswasbecauseIwasabitofagoody-goody.

Presenter:Andwhataboutyourteachers?Didyouhaveafavorite?

Shirley:Idid,yes.Irememberherwell,shewascalledMissBrownandshewasourhistory

teacher.Oh,shereallymadehistorycometolife,shereallydid.

Presenter:Werethereanybadmoments?Didyouhaveaworstteacher?

Shirley:Aye,IdidandIcanrememberhernametoo.HernamewasMrs.Sharpeandshetaught

math.Oh,shehadnopatience.Iwasn?tallthatgoodatmathandshealwayssaidtome,

stupidgirl!Itputmeoffmathforlife.

You

Presenter:Oh,whatashame.

Shirley:Iknow.

Presenter:Perhapsyoucouldtellmeaboutyourlastdayatschool?

Shirley:Ohyes,well,I?mafraidIcried.WesangourfavoritehymnattheendofthetermandI

cried.Itbroughtthetearstomyeyes.

Presenter:Oh,andit?sbringingateartomyeyenow.Thankyouverymuch.

Shirley:Thankyou.

Presenter:Andthankyoutoo,JackThompson,thankyouverymuch.Nextweekwe?llbehearing

fromtwopeoplewhowerebornin1920and1910.Sofromme,LibbyFreeman,good-bye.

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hockey

Mrs.Daniels:Oh,hello,youmustbeTracey?sparents?Mr.Thompson:Er,yes.Areyouherclass

teacher,Mrs.Daniels?

Mrs.Daniels:Yes,that?sright.Now,justletmefindmynotes.AsyouknowIdon?tactuallyteach

Tracey,butIdoseehereverydaybeforeclassesbegin.Isthereanythingyouwanttoaskme?

Mr.Thompson:Well,yes,tobehonestwe?reabitworriedaboutherlastreport--shedoesn?t

seemtobedoingaswellasshewas.

Mrs.Daniels:Wellnow,let?ssee.Oh,yes,hermathteachersaysshe?sfindingtheworkmore

difficultnowthatthey?regettingneartotheexams.Mrs.Thompson:Iwasneveranygoodat

math.

Mrs.Daniels:AndDr.BakerfeelsthatTraceyisn?tconcentratingveryhardinbiologylessons.

Mrs.Thompson:Oh,butshereallylikesbiologyandshe?ssogoodatdrawing.

Mrs.Daniels:Yes,buteveninartherteacherthinksshetendstospendtoomuchtimetalkingto

herfriends.Infact,severalofherteachershavetoldmethatsheisn?tgivinginherhomework.Mr.

Brockhascomplainedtomethathehasn?thadasinglepieceofgeographyhomeworkfromherall

term.

Mr.Thompson:Yes,wedon?tknowwhattodoaboutit.Shedoesn?tseemtobeinterestedin

schoolanymore.

Mrs.Daniels:Idon?tthinkweshouldgiveuponher.Tracey?saveryintelligentgirl.InEnglish

hermarksarewellabovetheaverageandherteachersaysshealwayshasalottosayinlessons.

Mrs.Thompson:Yes,that?spartofTracey?strouble.Shetalkstoomuch.

Mrs.Daniels:Well,nevertheless,oralskillsareveryimportantandifwecanallguideherbackto

amorepositiveattitudetoschoolwork,she?lldoverywell.

Mr.Thompson:WellIhopeso.I?mverydisappointedinher.Shewasdoingsowell,especiallyin

EnglishandFrench,andnoweverythingseemstobegoingtopieces.Shecamebottomofthe

classinFrenchthisterm.

Mrs.Daniels:Wellit?snotbecauseshecan?tdoFrenchshejustpreferstochatinEnglish!At

leastshe?sdoingwellinsport.She?sinthehockeyteamandyouknowwehaven?tlostasingle

matchthisyear!

Mr.Thompson:Well,it?snicetoknowshedoessomethingwell.

Mrs.Daniels:Oh,comenow,Mr.Thompson,let?slookonthebrightside.

PartVMemorytest:StudyHabits

Man:Doyoufindthatyougetalotofstudentsaskingyouforadviceaboutrevisiontechniques?

Woman:Well,yes,Imean,theydo,but,whenthey?vegotquitebigexamscomingup,(yeah),you

knowIreallyfinditquiteaproblembecause(pause)(laugh)well,Idon

?thavetorevisemyself

veryoftenthesedays,and...butwhenI...whenIwasatuniversity,ermImean,well,itjust

seemstobeamatterofwhatsuitsonepersondoesn?tsuitanother.(Ohyeah)Imean,because,

well,thegirlIsharedahousewithatuniversity.Nowsheworked,erm,sheusedtogetup

amazinglylate,and,er,shedidn?treallystartworkuntil,er,intheeveningIthink,an?,thenshe

likedtohaverockmusiconreallyloudan?sheusedto,youknow,playrecordsreallyloudright

throughuntilsortofverylateatnight,youknow,intothesmallhours(OhGod!)andIwas,sortof,

wellIwasjusttheoppositeander,well,theonlywayIcouldevergetanyworkdonewastomake

myselfwakeupincrediblyearlyandwell,thenworkabitandhavesomebreakfastand,then,well,

youknow,I?dsortofpotteraboutabitandthenI?dgoanddomyshoppingandthings,wellthat?d

beaboutgettingontowardsmidday,butthenintheafternoonI?dhavearestandwhenIwokeup

I?dthinkabouteatingandIsupp