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施心远主编《听力教程》3第2版Unit9答案
UNIT9
SectionOne
Part1
SpotDictation
CelebrationsinAustralia,AsiaRingin2010
Oneofthefirstmajorcitiestocelebratethebeginningof2010wasSydney,Australia.MorethanamillionpeoplegatheredalongtheSydneyharbortowatchthecity'sannualfireworksshow,settoboomingrockmusic.
HoursbeforemidnightpeoplearrivedatHarborBridgetostakeoutgoodseatsforthe12-minutedisplay.Thisyear'sshowinvolvedmorethan5,000kilogramsofexplosivedevices.
OthercitiesaroundAsiaandthePacificregioncelebratedwithfireworks,suchasKualaLumpurandHongKong.
InotherplacespeoplemarkedtheNewYearwithoutfireworks.
MillionsinJapanprayedatshrinesforgoodfortunein2010.
InSeoul,SouthKorea,agiantbellwasrung.
InChina'scapital,signsaroundBeijingcautionednottolightfireworkswithintheheartofthecityonNewYear'sEve.
ThisdidnotseemtobotherBeijingresidents,whosaytheLunarNewYearistheirtraditionaltimetocelebratewithfireworks. Thisyearthatholidayisinmid-February.
ManyyoungpeoplewereatbarsandclubsinBeijinguntiltheearlyhoursofthemorning.StillothershadtoworkonNewYear'sEve.Aslate-nightrevelerswaitedinthecoldforascarcecab,twomenunloadedatruckatabakeryonWorker'sStadiumRoad.OneofthemsaidhehopedforgoodhealthforhisparentsintheNewYear.HiscoworkersaidhehopedtospendtheLunarNewYearwithfamilyathishomeinnearbyShandongprovince.
Part2
ListeningforGist
Unlikeairtravel,whichisregulatedinternationally,railtravelisinmanycasescontrollednationally.Thedegreeofsafetyofrailtravelisthereforehighlyvariablefromcountrytocountry,dependingonthedegreeofregulationandthequalityofregulationinthecountryconcerned.InBritainandtheUnitedStatesrailpassengerdeathsworkoutatanaverageoflessthan10railpassengerdeathsperyear.Unfortunately,therailpassengerdeathsperyearstatisticsinthelessdevelopedpartsoftheworldareconsiderablyhigherthantherailpassengerdeathsperyearstatisticsareinthewesternworld.
IntheUKoverthelast25years,therehasbeenanaverageofonetrainaccidentforeverymillionmilesrun.Becauseindividualtrainscarrysuchalargenumberofpassengerscomparedwiththenumberofpassengerscarriedincars,busesandplanes,thisactuallymeansthatthedegreeofriskis,comparatively,onewhichisalmostnon-existent.
Byfarthegreatestcauseofrailwayaccidentsishumanerror,eitherincontrollingorrespondingtosignals.Recentimprovementsinthenumbersofaccidentsareinlargemeasureduetotheintroductionofautomaticandcomputerizedsignalingequipment.Radiocommunicationsystemsbetweendriversandcontrolcentershavealsoprovedinfluentialinreducingaccidents.Withthecontinuingdevelopmentofradiocommunicationsystemsandautomaticsignalingsystemswecanlookforwardtofurtherreductionsinwhatarealreadyimpressivelylowaccidentrates.
Directions:
Listentothepassageandwritedownthegistandthekeywordsthathelpyoudecide.
1.Thispassageisaboutrailtravelsafety.
2.Thekeywordsarehighlyvariable.degreeandqualityofregulation:
BritainandtheUnitedStates.Lessthan10railpassengerdeathsperyear:
lessdevelopedparts.Higher:
UK.Last25years.Onetrainaccidentforeverymillionmilesrun:
cause.Humanerror:
automatic.Computerizedsignaling.Radiocommunicationsystems.Reduceaccidents.
SectionTwo
ListeningComprehension
Part1Dialogue
Adolescence
Interviewer:
So,yousayEric'swhatyou'dconsiderprettystrictbutprettyfair?
So,forexample,whenhetellsyoutodoInterviewer:
something
Jora:
Well,he'sstrictandIgetangrywhenhedoesn'twantmetodostuff.ButafterwardsIcanalmostalwaysseewhyhesaidit,y'know?
Interviewer:
Yeah.
Jora:
Andthere'sonlyacoupleofincidentswhere,well,thatweretotally,y'know,thatIdidn'tunderstandatall.
Interviewer:
Hmm.Notabadrecord.
Eric:
No.Vh,'cosI'msureI'vemadesomemistakes.
Interviewer:
Is...howwouldyoucompareyourmom?
Isshelessstrictthanyourdad?
Mm-hmm.Well,she'slessstrict,butit's,it'slikeIcan'twin,y'know?
Thestuffthatmydad'snotstrictabout,mymom'sstrictabout,and·thestuffthatmymom'snotstrictabout,mydadis.And,well,likemydaddoesn'tletmeseePG-13*orRmovies,butmymomdoes.She,well,sherentsR-rated*movies,andletsmewatchthemandall,butmydadwon'tevenletmeseePG-13.
Eric:
Well,uh,that'snotreallytrue.Itdependsonwhatitis.MyrulewithPG-13iseitherI'vehadtohaveseenitfirstor,youknow,talkedtosomeonewhoItrust...who'sseenit.
Interviewer:
So,yourmom'slooseraboutmovies.Uh,what'sshestricterabout?
Jora:
Chores,junkfood,buyingmespecificthings-
Inter