听力教程第三版Unit4施心远学生用书答案

Unit 4

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics

Stress, Intonation and Accent

Script

Listen to some short conversations. Has the second speaker finished talking?

Tick the right box.

1. A: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the secretary’s off ice is, please?

B: Yes. It’s up the stairs, then turn left, …↗

2. A: Excuse me. Can you tell me where the toilets are?

B: Yes, they’re at the top of the stairs. ↘

3. A: What did you do after work yesterday?

B: Ah, well, I went for a drink in the pub opposite the carpark. ↘

4. A: What did you do after work yesterday?

B: Oh, I ran into Jane and Tom, …↗

5. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how the machine works?

B: Certainly. Erm, first of all you adjust the height of the stool, and then put four 10-pence pieces there, ... ↗

6. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how the machine works?

B: Yes. You put 30 pence in the slot and take the ticket out here. ↘Key

Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking

Frog Legs

Script

A. Listen to some sentences and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

1. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries.

2. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians.

3. Indian scientists have describ ed as “disastrous” the rate at which

frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands.

4. The United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog

meat each year between 1981 and 1984.

5. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the price.

B. Listen to a talk about frog legs. Take notes and complete the following summary.

People want frogs mostly for food. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries —or at least until they have run out of frogs.

But the most famous frog-eaters, and the people who inspired frog-eating in Europe and the United States are the French. By 1977 the French government, so concerned about the scarcity of its native frog, banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians*. So the French turned to India and Bangladesh for frogs.

As happened in France, American frog-leg fanciers and restaurants also turned increasingly to frozen imports. According to figures collected from government agencies, the United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat each year between 1981 and 1984.

So many frozen frog legs were exported from India to Europe and the United States. One of the attractions of Indian frogs, apart from the fact that they have bigger legs than French frogs, was the price. In London, a pound of frozen frog’s legs from India cost about ￡1.75, compared with ￡3.75 for the French variety.

Indian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands, where they protect crops by devouring* damaging insects.

Since the India and Bangladesh frog-export bans, Indonesia has become the major exporter of frog legs to the United States and Europe. But no matter what country the legs come from, one thing is usually constant: The legs once belong to frogs that are taken from the wild, not from farms. Frogs are nearly impossible to farm economically in the countries where frogs are commercially harvested from the wild.

Key

A. 1. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries.

2. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians.

3. India n scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which

frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands.

4. The United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog

meat each year between 1981 and 1984.

5. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the price.

B. Frog Legs

People want frogs mostly for food. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries. The most famous frog-eaters, and the

people who inspired frog-eating in Europe and the United States are the

French. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own

amphibians. So the French turned to India and Bangladesh for frogs. And the

United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat each

year between 1981 and 1984. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the

price.

Indian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands, where they protect

crops by devouring damaging insects.

Since the India and Bangladesh frog-export bans, Indonesia has become the major exporter of frog legs to the United States and Europe. But no matter

what country the legs come from, one thing is usually constant: The legs

once belong to frogs that are taken from the wild, not from farms. Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Sentence Identification

Script

Identify each sentence as simple (S), compound (CP), complex (CPL) or compound-complex (C-C). You will hear each sentence twice. Write the corresponding letter(s) in the space provided.

1. I told them what I thought; moreover, I will tell anyone else who wants to know.

2. When the timer rang, she was in the living room talking to the neighbors

who had dropped in.

3. Downstairs in a flash, she hurriedly dialed 999, and gave her name and

address in clear, concise tones.

4. As a minister’s wife, she has more than her fair share of telep hone calls.

5. That polish makes the floor dangerously slick; we will have to be careful

until it wears down.

Key

1. C-C

2. CPL

3. S

4. S

5. C-C

Part 2 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Health Club

Script

A. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following chart.

Interviewer: Lorna, you and your husband opened this health club here last summer. Can you tell me something about the club?

Lorna: Yes, well we offer a choice of facilities — gym, sunbed*, sauna* and Jacuzzi* —that’s also from Scandinavia—as well

as our regular fitness classes, that is. And there’s a

wholefood bar for refreshments afterwards.

Interviewer: And does it cost a lot? I mean, most people think health

clubs are really expensive.

Lorna: Actually our rates are really quite competitive. Since we only

started last July, we’ve kept them down to attract customers.

It’s only ￡30 a year to join. Then an hour in the gym costs

￡2.50 — the same as half an hour on the sunbed. Sauna and

Jacuzzi are both ￡1.50 for half an hour.

Interviewer: And is the club doing well?

Lorna: Well, so far, yes, it’s doing really well. I had no idea it

was going to be such a success, actually. We’re both very

pleased. The sunbed’s so popular, especially with the over 65s,

that we’re getting another one in August.

Interviewer: What kind of people join the club?

Lorna: We have people of all ages here, from small children to old-age

pensioners, though of course the majority, about

three-quarters of our members, are in their 20s and 30s. They

come in their lunch hour, to use the gym, mostly, or after work,

while the youngsters come when school finishes, around half

past three or four. The Jacuzzi’s very popular with the little

ones.

Interviewer: What about the old-age pensioners?

Lorna: They’re usually around in the mornings, when we offer them

special reduced rates —for the Jacuzzi or sauna, plus sunbed,

it’s only ￡2, which is half price, actually. It doesn’t

affect our profits really — only about 5% of our members are

retired.

B. Listen to an extract from the dialogue and complete the following sentences

with the missing words.

Interviewer: What about the old-age pensioners?

Lorna: T hey’re usually around in the mornings, when we offer them

special reduced rates —for the Jacuzzi or sauna, plus sunbed,

i t’s only ￡2, which is half price, actually. It doesn’t

affect our profits really — only about 5% of our members are

retired.

Key

B. Interviewer: What about the old-age pensioners?

Lorna: They’re usually around in the mornings, when w e offer them special reduced rates—for the Jacuzzi or sauna, plus sunbed,

it’s only ￡2, which is half price, actually. It doesn’t

affect our profits really — only about 5% of our members are

retired.

Dialogue 2 Skiing

Script

A. Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions

Simon: This one shows the view from the top of the mountain.

Sally: Oh, it’s lovely!

Teresa: That’s me with the red bobble hat.

Sally: Is it?

Teresa: Yet, it looks kind of silly, doesn’t it?

Sally: Yes, it does rather.

Teresa: Oh, don’t worry. I know it looks ridiculous.

Simon: Look. That’s our instructor, Werner.

Teresa: Yeah, we were in the beginners’ class.

Sally: Well, everyone has to start somewhere.

Simon: Ah, now, this is a good one.

Sally: What on earth is that?

Simon: Can’t you guess?

Sally: Well, it looks like a pile of people. You know, sort of on top of each other.

Teresa: It is!

Sally: How did that happen?

Simon: Well, you see we were all pretty hopeless at first. Every day Werner used to take us to the nursery slope* to practise, and to get to

the top you had to go up on a ski lift*.

Teresa: Which wasn’t really very easy.

Simon: No, and if you fell off you’d start sliding down the slope, right

into all the people coming up!

Sally: Mmm.

Simon: Well, on that day we were all going up on the ski lift, you know, we were just getting used to it, and, you see there was this one

woman in our class who never got the hang of* it. She didn’t have

any sort of control over her skis and whenever she started sliding,

she would sort of stick her ski sticks out in front of her, you know,

like swords or something.

Teresa: I always tried to avoid her, but on that day I was right behind her on the ski lift and just as she was getting to the top, she

slipped and started sliding down the slope.

Sally: Did she?

Simon: Mmm, with her ski sticks waving around in front of her!

Teresa: So of course everyone sort of let go and tried to jump off the ski lift to get out of the way.

Simon: And that’s how they all ended u p in a pile at the bottom of the slope — it was lucky I had my camera with me.

Sally: I bet that woman was popular!

Simon: Oh, yes, everybody’s favourite!

B. Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following passage.

C. Listen to some extracts from the dialogue and complete the following

sentences with the missing words.

1. Teresa: That’s me with the red bobble hat.

Sally: Is it?

Teresa: Yet, it looks kind of silly, doesn’t it?

Sally: Yes, it does rather.

2. Simon: Mmm, with her ski sticks waving around in front of her!

Teresa: So of course everyone sort of let go and tried to jump off the ski lift to get out of the way.

Simon: And that’s how they all ended up in a pile at the bottom of the slope — it was lucky I had my camera with me.

Key

A. 1. They are looking at some pictures.

2. A ski class for beginners.

3. Two.

B. Everyday the coach took them to a nursery slope. They got to the top on a

ski lift. In their class, there was one woman who could never learn how to ski.

She couldn’t control her skis and whenever she started sliding, she would stick her ski sticks out in front of her. People always tried to avoid her.

One day as she was getting to the top, she slipped and started sliding down