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施心远主编听力教程1第2版 Unit 8 原文及问题详解

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Unit 8 Section 1 Tactics for listening Part 1 Phonetics Jill and Monica go to a travel agency. Jill: We'd like to make a booking (1 for a long weekend holiday, please. Clerk: Where (2 would you like to go, madam? Jill: Paris. Clerk: And where do you want to (3 stay in Paris? Monica: We're not sure. Which hotel would you suggest? Clerk: The Residence Magenta is very good (4 and I recommend you stay there. Monica: What (5 do you think, Jill? Jill: Ok. That’s what (6 we’ll do. Clerk: Would you complete this form, please? Jill: Is it (7 all right if we pay by check? Clerk: Of course, (8 that’s quite all right.
Part 2 Listening and Note-talking A.
It’s got four wheels, and usually carries one person, but it can carry two. Its top speed is around 6 kms an hour, and it weighs about 15 kilos. It costs ￡72. B. This vehicle costs about ￡5,000. It can go up to 160 kph, and can carry four people in comfort. It weighs 695 kilos when it’s empty. There are four wheels. C. These two-wheeled vehicles are very popular with teenagers. They are fast, but much less safe than vehicle A or B. This model has a maximum speed of 224 KPH, and weighs 236 kilos. It can carry one or two people, and costs ￡1,700. it’s
quite cheap.
D. This vehicle, which cots ￡65,000, is commonly used for public transport. It has two decks, or floors, and can carry 72 people when full. Its maximum speed is 110 kms an hour, but it doesn’t usually go faster than 80. It has six wheels, and weighs 9,000kilos. E. This vehicle was built by two countries working in collaboration. It travels at 2, 160 kph- faster than sound-carrying a maximum 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 to produce- it is impossible to say exactly how much. F. "How many wheels?" "Two?
"What does it weigh'?" 'Thirteen and a half kilos." "How much does it cost'?" ￡140 "How many people can it carry'?" "Just one." "Top speed?" "It depends. For most people, perhaps about 25kph.'
A: Listen to the conversation and take notes. B: Fill in the following table with relevant information. Exercise B wheels people Speed(in kph Weight(in 15 kilos Price(in 72 5,000 1,700 65,000 / 140 695 236 9,000 175,000 13.5 A 4 1-2 6 B 4 4 160 C 2 1-2 224 D 6 72 110 E 10 100 2,160 F 2 1 25
pounds Question: What vehicles are they? What’s their name?
Section 2 Listening Comprehension Part 1 Dialogues Dialogue 1: Have You Been to the Theatre Here?
Interviewer: So you're over from the States? Woman: That's right. We've been here about er, two and a half weeks and we've got another three days before we go back. Interviewer: Have you been to the theatre here? Woman: Oh, yes. Theatre, opera, concerts, the lot. We've seen some magnificent things at the theatre, really excellent -- the acting, the stage sets, the whole atmosphere, really, it was fantastic. Interviewer: Which do you think was your favorite play? Woman: It's hard to say. Er, the Shakespeare play, that was brilliant, and then we saw a comedy last night. that was really funny, I loved that. I don't know. It’s been a very entertaining two weeks. I think I've enjoyed most things I've seen. Interviewer: And what's next, then? Woman: The bank! Tomorrow morning I'm going to cash some more traveler’s cheques. You can spend quite a lot of money in London, you know. Never mind, it's been worth it. The most entertaining two weeks I’ve had for a long time. And I think I'll come back next year if I can. If I have enough money left that is!
A: Listen to the interview and answer the following questions. 1. 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 and a half weeks.
B: true or false F F F T
Dialogue 2 Are You Free for Lunch Today? Pay attention to the expressions to give directions.
Stuart: Woodside 8432. Margaret: Hello again, Stuart. What can I do for you? Stuart: Are you free for lunch today? Margaret: Yes, I think so. What time? Stuart: One o’clock? Margaret: OK. Where? Stuart: Lacy’s, in Marston Street. Do you know where it is? Margaret: No. Stuart: Well, you take a 47 bus from the office, get off at Grange Square, cross the road, turn left, take the first on your right, and Lacy’s is a few yards down the road on your left, opposite a church. You can’t miss it. Margaret:But I won’t be coming from the office. I’ve got a meeting at the town hall; I’ll be coming straight from there. Stuart: OK. Then get a number 17, get off in front of the cathedral, walk through the park, then go along the canal to the right and over the first bridge, and you’ll come out opposite Marston Street. Lacy’s is down at the other end on the right. You can’t miss it. Margaret: No, I bet. Did you say one o’clock? Stuart: Yes. Is that OK? Margaret: No, on second thoughts, can we make it a bit earlier? Say a quarter to? Stuart: Quarter to one, OK. Margaret: All right. See you then. Macy’s, in Caxton Street, right? Stuart: No!

Blank filling:
Stuart asked Margaret to have (1 lunch together. They will meet at Lucy’s, in (2 Marston Street at (3 a quarter to one. Margaret can take a (4 47 bus from the (5 office, gets off at (6 Grange Square, (7 cross the road, turns (8 left, takes the (9 first on her (10 right, and Lacy’s is a few yards down the road on the (11 left, opposite a (12 church. However, Margaret won’t be coming from the office. She’s got a meeting at the (13 town hall. She’ll be coming straight from there. Then she can get a number (14 17, gets off in front of the (15 cathedral, walk through the (16 park, then go along the (17 canal to the (18 right and over the (19 first bridge, and she’ll come out (20 opposite Marston Street. Lacy’s is down at the (21 other end on the (22 right.
Part 2 Passage If you ask some people "How did you learn English so well?" you may get a surprising answer: "In my sleep!" These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test methods, which are now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects, of which English is only one. Specialists say that this sleep-study method speeds language learning tremendously. They say that the average person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day and this does not affect his rest in any way. A word of warning, however: sleep teaching will only hammer into* your head what you have studied while you are awake. In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio at intervals* of a fortnight. Each lesson lasted twelve hours -- from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary were given with the student awake. At 11 p.m., a soothing* lullaby* was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio whispered the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a.m. 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 had to go through the lesson again for three hours before his hard-earned breakfast.

Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1-4: A B D D 5-8: C C A B
News Item 1 In many developing countries, weather reports remain trapped in the capital. National weathers have the information, but no way to get it to farmers and other people in rural communities. This is the job of an international project called RANET--Rural Communications using Radio and the Internet. RANET works with national weathers to improve their reach. The project develops networks of satellite receiver systems, community radio stations and other technologies. Communities often are provided with some equipment, but the systems are locally owned and supported. RANET is working to improve communications in countries with limited power supplies. A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary. This news item is about getting weather reports to rural communities.
B: Listen to the news item again and answer the questions 1. The first paragraph. Or the 1st sentence of the 1st paragraph. 2. Rural Communications using Radio and the Internet. 3.RANET aim at working with national weathers to improve their reach. 4. The local communities. 5. Community radio stations and other technologies.
News Item 2 A government report says climate change is already affecting American agriculture. The news report is from the Climate Change Science Program, which brings together the research efforts of thirteen federal agencies.
Much of the East and South now gets more rain than a century ago. But the report says there is some evidence of increased drought conditions in the West and Southwest. Western states have less snow and ice on the mountains and earlier melting in the spring. Grain and oilseed crops are likely to develop faster with increased carbon dioxide the atmosphere But higher temperatures 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 crops. The Department of Agriculture was the lead agency for the new report.
A: Listen to the news item 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 conducted the research. 3.
The Department of Agriculture is the lead agency for the report. 4. Grain and oilseed crops are likely to develop faster if carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing. 5. Horticultural crops such as tomatoes, onions and fruit are more easily affected by climate change.
C: Complete the following form. Much of the East and South: now gets more rain than a century ago. the West and Southwest: have some evidence of increased drought conditions
News Item 3
piezoelectricity [pi:'eizəui,lektrisiti; pai'i:-] n. 【物理学】压电性；压电(现象；压电学

Science has made it possible to harvest energy from the wind, sun and water. All these renewable resources are used today to power an energy-hungry world. But imagine harvesting energy from cr
owds of people moving to and from work every day. That is one of the possibilities of piezoelectricity, the science of gaining power from motion. James Graham and Thaddeus Jusczyk are two graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. They designed a way to capture the energy of people' footsteps. They created a design for a special floor covering that moves a little when people step on it. The movement would create an electrical current that could be captured to provide electrical power. Gathering power from the movements of large groups of people is called "crowed farming." And interest in crowd farming continues to grow.
Exercise A: This news item is about gathering electrical power from the movements of people.
Exercise B: Piezoelectricity: the science of gaining power from motion Crowd farming: gathering power from the movements of large groups of people
Exercise C: 1. graduate students ; 2. capture; 3.footsteps; 4. floor covering; 5. step on; 6. electrical current; 7. captured Section Three Oral Work Part 1 Questions and Answers Radio: Good afternoon. This is Radio Brighton. It’s two o’clock and time for “On the Town” and this is Judy Nash introducing the program. Judy: Hello. I’m here on Palace Pire and it’s a beautiful holiday. The pier is crowed with visitors. Let’s talk to some of them. Where do you come from, sir? Ben: Montreal. Judy: All the way from Canada? Ben: That’s right. Judy: Are you enjoying yourself here in Brighton?
Ben: Yes. It’s a lovely day and there’s lots to do. Judy: How much of Brighton have you seen? Ben: Not very much—we’ve only been here for an hour. Judy: Where are you going now? Ben: We’re going to Royal Pavilion. Judy: And after that? Ben: We haven’t decided yet. Judy: What about tonight? Ben: We’ll probably go to a restaurant and then catch the last train back to London. Judy: Well, thanks for talking to us, and have a good time. Exercise: 1. Where is Judy? She is on Palace Pier. 2. Whom is she talking to? She is talking to a visitor. 3. Where does he come from? He comes from Montreal, Canada. 4. Is he enjoying himself in Brighton? Yes. It’s a lovely day and there’s lots to do. 5. How much of Brighton has he seen? He hasn’t seen much of Brighton. 6. How long has he been there? He has been there for an hour. 7. Where is he going now? He is going to the Royal Pavilion. 8. Which train will he catch back to London? He will catch the last train back to London.
Part 2 Retelling a bad story

One cold winter afternoon, a postman was slowly pushing his bicycle up the hill. He had only one letter to deliver: this was for an old lady who lived at the top of the hill. The old lady had lived alone ever since her daughter had moved to Australia many years before. She always invited the postman in for a cup of tea whenever he took her a letter and told him about her two grandchildren in Australia, whom she had never seen. Just as the postman went towards her gate, a small boy came running down the hill. Suddenly the boy slipped on the icy road and fell. The postman hurried across the road to help the boy. After a quick examination, he found that the boy hurt his leg badly. So the postman decided to send the boy to the hospital first. He carried the boy onto his bicycle and took him to the hospital.
Section Four Supplementary Exercises Part 1 Listening Comprehension Passage 1 Running
When I started running seven years ago, I could manage only about a quarter of mile before I had to stop. Breathless and aching, I walked the next quarter of a mile, then I jogged the next quarter of a mile, alternating these two activities for a couple of miles. Within a few weeks I could jog half way round Hampstead Heath withoutstopping. Soon I started to run up the quarter-mile slope to the top of Parliament Hill, although I had to stop at the top to get my breath back. Eventually I found that I could even manage to get up the hill comfortably. I started to run because I felt desperately unfit. But the biggest pay-off for me was- and still is- the deep relaxation that I achieve by taking exercise. It tires me out but I find that it does calm me down. In those early days I saw few other runners. Now there are many more- and not just the macho* sports freaks*. Men and women of all ages have now taken up running. Some 25,000 runners aged 5 to 85 are attracted each year to the Sunday Times Fun Run in Hyde Park. In the last two years the London Marathon has become the biggest British sporting event — overtaking the boat race and the Derby* in the number of spectators it attracts. When I started to jog I never dreamt of running of a marathon, but in 1982 I realized that if I trained for it, it would be with in my reach, and after a slow, six-month build-up I managed the 26.2 miles in just four hours. A cr
editable performance for a first-timer and a far cry from those days when I had to stop for breath after a quarter of a mile.
1-5: C D B A A 6-9: C C A A
Passage2 Cats in America An old expression says “Man’s best friend is his dog.” Today, however, it seems that cats have replaced dogs as the most popular pets in American homes. Americans have more than 62 million pet dogs. But even more cats—more than 64 million—live in American homes. These pet cats may have long hair or short hair. They are of different colors and sizes. Some are costly animals that take part in competitions. Many more are common American mixtures of several kinds of cats. Most house cats live a good life. They are not expected to work for their food. Instead, they rule their homes like furry kings and queens. They wait for their owners to serve them, Americans are increasingly serious about their cats. These concerns have made the care of cats into big business. Each year, cat owners buy tons of food especially prepared for cats. They buy toys and other equipment. They buy jewelry and clothes for themselves with images of cats on them. Some owners even bury their dead pets in special burial grounds. Animal experts offer several reasons why cats have become so popular as house pets. They say cats need less care than dogs. And cats do not seem to suffer as much as dogs from being alone if the owners are away. Still millions of other people do not like cats at all. They say dogs are better and more loving pets. They say cats do not have much feeling. They believe cats stay with people only to be fed. Cat owners defend their pets against such criticism. They say cats are just much more independent than dogs. A student of animal medicine explains the situation this way: Dog follow you around. They want you to talk to them and play with them a lot of the time. Cats like more space and more privacy. This does not mean they do not love their owners.
Cat owners often like to read about cats. Many books about cats are in American libraries and bookstores. Cats also appear as the heroes of newspaper comics, television programs and movies. Among the most famous is Garfield. He is an orange, striped tiger cat. Garfield eats too much. His owner, John, is always trying to get the cat to lose weight. However, Garfield usually eats what he wants. He often shows more intelligence than his owner.
Listen to the passage and answer the following questions. 1. More than sixty-four million cats live in American homes as pets. 2. American homes keep costly cats in order to let them take part in competitions. 3. They are not expected to work for their food and they wait for their owners to serve them. 4. Americans are increasingly serious about their cats. 5. Cat owners buy tons of food, toys and other equipment. 6. They need less care and they do not seem to suffer a lotfrom being alone when the owner are away. 7. Cats like more space and more privacy. 8. Garfield is an orange, striped tiger cat. He often shows his intelligence and does many clever thi