英语中级听力Lesson3(课堂PPT)

1、,Listen to This:2 英语中级听力,Lesson Three,Section One:,Task 1: I Dont See It That Way(1):,请答题,Conversation 1 Clerk: Hello, sir. What can I do for you?Customer: Hi. Uh . I have this . uh . cassette player (Mm-hmm.) here that I bought about six months ago. And it just ruined four of my favorite cassettes.

2、Clerk: Oh dear, Im sorry. Customer: So I . um . wanted you to fix it. Im sure it will be no problem, right? Clerk: Your sales slip, please? Customer: Yeah, here it is. Uh.Clerk: Im sorry, sir. Your warrantys expired. Customer: Well, it . uh . ran out ten days ago, but Im sure that youll . youll . fi

3、x the machine for free, because the machine was obviously defective when I bought it. I .Clerk: Im sorry, sir. Your warranty has run out. Theres nothing I can do. Customer: No. No, look. No. I didnt drop it off a building or anything. I mean, what difference can ten days make? I mean you . you can -

4、 Clerk: Sir, Im sorry, we have the six-month rule for a reason. We cant . Customer: Well, but you can bend the rule a little bit.,Section One:,请答题,Clerk: . make an exception for you. Then well have to make an exception for everybody. (Well, but look .) You could say its only a month, its only two mo

5、nths. Customer: I just lost twenty dollars worth of tapes. Clerk: Sir, Im sorry, its too late. Customer: It actually ate the tapes. I mean, theyre destroyed. I mean - Clerk: Well, sir, you knew (I .) when your warranty ran out. You should (Well .) have brought it in before. It was (Well . look .) gu

6、aranteed for six months. Im sorry, theres nothing I can do. Customer: Paying for this is adding insult to injury. I mean, surely youre going to make good on this cassette player. Its . its . its a good cassette player, but its just defective. I mean, I cant pay for this. Clerk: Well, sir, Im sorry,

7、you should have brought it in earlier. Customer: But surely you wont hold me to ten days on this. Clerk: Sir, the rules are the rules. Im sorry, but theres nothing I can do.,Task 1: I Dont See It That Way(2):,4,Section One:,请答题,Conversation 2 Norma: You know, Brian, it doesnt look like youve vacuume

8、d the living room or cleaned the bathroom. Brian: No, I havent. Ugh. I had the worst day. I am so tired. Look, I promise Ill do it this weekend. Norma: Listen, I know the feeling. Im tired, too. But I came home and I did my share of the housework. I mean, thats the agreement, right? Brian: All right

9、. We agreed. Ill do it in a minute. Norma: Come on. Dont be that way. You know, (What?) I shouldnt have to ask you to do anything. I mean, we both work, we both live in the house, we agreed that housework is . is both of our responsibility. I dont like to have to keep reminding you about it. It make

10、s me feel like an old nag or something. Brian: Sometimes you are an old nag. Norma: Oh, great! Brian: No, its just that I dont notice when things get dirty like you do. Look, all you have to do is tell me, and Ill do it. Norma: No, I dont want to be put in that position. I mean, you can see dirt as

11、well as I can. Otherwise - I mean, that puts all the responsibility on me. Brian: Its just that cleanliness is not a high priority with me. There are other things I would much rather do. Besides, the living room floor does not look that dirty. Norma: Brian. Brian: Okay, a couple crumbs.,Task 1: I Do

12、nt See It That Way(3):,5,Section One:,请答题,Conversation 3 Bob: Mr. Weaver, I have been with this company now for five years. And Ive always been very loyal to the company. And I feel that Ive worked quite hard here. And Ive never been promoted. Its getting to the point now in my life where, you know,

13、 I need more money. I would like to buy a car. Id like to start a family, and maybe buy a house, all of which is impossible with the current salary youre paying me. Mr. Weaver: Bob, I know youve been with the company for a while, but raises here are based on merit, not on length of employment. Now,

14、you do your job adequately, but you dont do it well enough to deserve a raise at this time. Now, Ive told you before, to earn a raise you need to take more initiative and show more enthusiasm for the job. Uh, for instance, maybe find a way to make the office run more efficiently. Bob: All right. May

15、be I could show a little more enthusiasm. I still think that I work hard here. But a company does have at least an obligation to pay its employees enough to live on. And the salary Im getting here isnt enough. The rents rising. The price of food is going up. The reflation is high, and I can barely c

16、over my expenses. Mr. Weaver: Bob, again, I pay people what theyre worth to the company, now, not what they think they need to live on comfortably. If you did that the company would go out of business. Bob: Yes, but I have . I have been here for five years and I have been very loyal. And its absolut

17、ely necessary for me to have a raise or I cannot justify keeping this job any more. Mr. Weaver: Well, thats a decision youll have to make for yourself, Bob.,Task 1: I Dont See It That Way(4):,6,Section One:,请答题,A. 1. 1). B 2). A 2. 1). About six months ago. 2). It is defective and has ruined four of

18、 the customers favorite cassettes. 3). Six month. 4). Ten days ago. 3. 1). bend the rule; make an exception for 2). adding insult to injury; make good on 3). brought it in; hold me to; on B. 1. 1). B 2). A 2. 1). F 2). T 3). T 4). T C. 1). Single. 2). Five years. 3). He has been loyal to the company

19、 and worked quite hard. 4). Asking for a raise. 5). Bob does his job adequately, but he doesnt do it well enough to deserve a raise. 6). Take more initiative and show more enthusiasm for the job. 7). To quit his job. 8). Thats a decision Bob will have to make for himself.,Key to Task 1: I Dont See I

20、t That Way(5):,Section One:,Task 2: Marriage Customs(1):,请答题,Here is an extract from a radio talk on marriage customs in different parts of the world by Professor Robin Stuart: Despite the recent growth in the number of divorces, we in the West still tend to regard courtship and marriage through the

21、 eyes of a Hollywood producer. For us its a romantic business. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy asks girl to marry him, girl accepts. Wedding, flowers, big celebration. But in other parts of the world things work differently. In India, for instance, arranged marriage is still very co

22、mmon. An intermediary, usually a married lady, learns that a young man wishes to get married and she undertakes to find him a suitable bride. The young couple meet for the first time on the day of the wedding. In Japan, too, arranged marriages still take place. But there things are organized in a di

23、fferent way. A girl wishes to find a husband, and the girls mother, or an aunt perhaps, approaches the mother of a suitable young man and the young couple are introduced. They get a chance to have a look at one another and if one of them says Oh, no, I could never marry him or her, they call the who

24、le thing off. But if they like one another, then the wedding goes ahead.,8,Section One:,Task 2: Marriage Customs(2):,请答题,In parts of Africa, a man is allowed to have several wives. Now that sounds fine from the mans point of view, but in fact the man is taking on a great responsibility. When he take

25、s a new wife and buys her a nice present, he has to buy all his other wives presents of equal value and, although we are obviously speaking of a male-dominated society, the wives often become very close and so, if there is a disagreement in the family, the husband has three or four wives to argue wi

26、th instead of just one. Now, most listeners, being used to the Western style of courtship and marriage, will assume that this is the best system and the one with the greatest chance of producing a happy marriage. But pause and reflect. Marriage must always be something of a gamble. Going out with so

27、mebody for six months is very different from being married to them for six years. It is true that American women, brought up in the United States, who married Africans and went to live in Africa, have sometimes found it exceedingly difficult to assume the role of the wife of an African living in Afr

28、ica. However, my observations have led me to believe that various forms of arranged marriage have just as much chance of bringing happiness to the husband and wife as our Western system of choosing marriage partners.,9,Section One:,Key to Task 2: Marriage Customs(3):,请答题,A. Professor Robin Stuart; M

29、arriage customs in different parts of the world; romantic business; arranged marriage; on the day of the wedding; arranged marriages; to have a look at one another; call the whole thing off; the wedding goes ahead; several wives; just as much chance of bringing happiness to the husband and wife as t

30、he Western system of choosing marriage partners B. 1). T 2). F 3). T,Section Two:,Task 1: At the Dentists(1):,请答题,Dentist: There we are. Now, open wide. Now, this wont hurt a bit. You wont feel a thing. Patient: Aaaagh! Dentist: Come along, now. Open your mouth. I cant give you the injection with yo

31、ur mouth closed, can I? Patient: I . I . I dont want an injection. I hate needles. Dentist: But it wont hurt you, I promise. None of us likes injections but sometimes theyre necessary. Patient: It will hurt, I know. Dentist: Not at all. Look, I often deal with little children and they never complain

32、; theyre always very brave. Now, open wide.Patient: I dont want an injection. Dentist: But how else can I take out your tooth? It would hurt even more without an injection, wouldnt it? And the reason were taking it out is because its hurting you, isnt it? Once youve had an injection and Ive taken ou

33、t the tooth you wont have any more pain at all. So lets be brave. Open wide. Patient: Aaaagh. Dentist: But I havent touched you yet. What are you shouting for?,11,Section Two:,Task 1: At the Dentists(2):,请答题,Patient: Youre going to touch me. Dentist: Well, of course I am. I cant give you an injectio

34、n without touching you. As soon as youve had the injection your gum will freeze and you wont feel a thing.Patient: How do I know what youll do while Im asleep? You might rob me. Dentist: Now, lets not be silly. You wont go to sleep. We dont do that nowadays. This will just freeze the area around the

35、 tooth so that you cant feel any pain while Im pulling out the tooth. Thats all. You wont go to sleep. You can watch everything I do in that mirror above you. Come along now. Patient: I dont want to watch. Ill faint. Dentist: Then dont look in the mirror. But there wont be a lot of blood. I promise

36、you.Patient: Blood! Blood! Why did you have to say that? I cant afford to lose any blood.Dentist: Now lets not be silly. You cant take out a tooth without losing some blood. Patient: Blood .! Dentist: But its a tiny amount. Youll make it up in a day. Patient: A night.,12,Section Two:,Task 1: At the

37、Dentists(3):,请答题,Dentist: All right, in a night, then. But as I said its only a small amount of blood . Patient: Blood! Blood! Dentist: . and it isnt going to kill you. Patient: Kill! Kill! Dentist: Oh, dont be silly; of course it wont. You cant die from having a tooth pulled out.Patient: Die! Die!

38、Dentist: I shall get cross in a minute. Patient: Cross! Cross!Dentist: Now look, Ive had just about enough of this. You come in here screaming in pain, saying that youve been in agony all night because you bit on a bone or something, and you ask me to do something to stop the pain but the minute I d

39、o try to do something you wont let me. Now, just what exactly am I expected to do? Youre a grown man and Im a very busy lady. I have a lot of patients waiting in the other room and youre taking up my time, which is very expensive. Now, pull yourself together and lets get on with it. Patient: I cant.

40、 Couldnt you just give me some painkillers?Dentist: Well, I could, but that isnt going to solve the problem. On the other hand, perhaps thats the best thing if youre so nervous about me doing the extraction today. Yes, perhaps thats best. You take some painkillers and lets make an appointment for ne

41、xt week when youre feeling less nervous. Now, which day would you like, Mr. .? Sorry I didnt catch your name. Patient: Dracula.,13,Section Two:,Key to Task 1: At the Dentists(4):,请答题,A. 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C B. 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. T,Section Two:,Task 2: Hiccups(1):,请答题,Man: Rose (hic). Rose (h

42、ic). Rosemary. Can (hic) can you (hic) help me?Rosemary: Whats the mater? Oh, youve got the hiccups. Man: Ive had them for (hic) three hours (hic, hic). Rosemary: Oh, there must be something we can do. Now, what are the different remedies for hiccups? Man: Ive tried everything (hic) I can think of.R

43、osemary: Have you tried holding your breath? Man: Ive tried (hic) holding it (hic) but I hiccupped. Rosemary: Well, you obviously havent held it long enough. Man: How can (hic) I hold it long enough when I (hic) hiccup in the middle? Rosemary: Now whats the other thing Ive heard? Now come along, som

44、ething to do with a glass of water. Thats right, you have to drink from the other side of a glass. Have you tried that? Man: Well, how (hic) do you mean (hic) drink (hic) from the other side of a glass? Rosemary: Well, you know how you drink normally . Man: Yes (hic).,15,Section Two:,Task 2: Hiccups(2):,请答题,Rosemary: Then you drink from the opposite side. Man: You mean (hic) you turn the glass round (hic)? Rosemary: You bend over with your head towards the floor, then you put you