新视野大学英语教材2听力原文+部分答案Word下载.docx

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I’mlearningtospeakanotherlanguage,actually.I’mlearningFrench.I’malsolearning,er,todrive.

W2:

I’mlearningtoplaygolfatthemoment.Um,myhusbandandmysonplaygolf,andwhenwegoonholiday,IfeelthatIwanttobeabletoplaywiththem.

W3:

I’mlearningtospeakSpanish.

W4:

IamlearningArabic.

M1:

Well,I’vebeenlearningtoplaytheguitarforabout50yearsnow.Andit’saconstantprocess,sostilllearningbits,yes.

W5:

I’mlearningyogaatthemoment,andI’mfindingitquitehard.

M2:

ThecoursesI’mtakingare,aretrainingcoursesforleadership,er,negotiation,（and）evaluation.

M3:

I’mlearningSwahili.

W6:

Atthemoment,I’mlearningtopaintanddrawineveningclassesforadults.

W7:

I’mstudyingpart-timeafterwork.

M4:

I’veer,justlearnedhowtoer,doalotofkayaking.

W8:

Iamlearninghowtodesignawebsiteatthemoment.

W9:

I’minachoirsosinging,Iguess,isprettymuchtheonlythingI’mdoingatthemoment.

M5:

Atthemoment,I’mtakingupanewinstrument.It’satraditionalinstrumentfromZimbabwe,andit’scalledthembira.Er,letmeshowyou.

Part3

What’sthemostdifficultthingyou’veeverlearned

Patience,Ithink.

Arabic.

Courage.

Learningalanguageisparticularlydifficultformyself（me）,soprobablylearningtheSpanish.

ThemostdifficultthingIhaveeverlearnedisMandarinChinese.IdiditineveningclassesafewyearsagoandIfounditreally,reallydifficult.

Probablycapoeira,whichisaBraziliandance,martialart,fightthing.It’sacombinationofallofthesethings.Andyes,thatwasverydifficultbecausetherewerelotsofunusualbodymovementstolearn.

Learningtodrivewasthemostdifficultthing.

Well,IlearnedsomeSanskrit,andthat’sgotum,ninecases,twomorethanLatin.It’squitedifficultbymoststandards.

IthinkIfoundFrenchveryhardatschool.

Um,Ilearnedtoplaythetrumpetatschool.Thatwasprettydifficult.Er...andmaybelearningtodrive.Ihatedlearningtodrive.

Listening

P=presenter;

S=Sally

P:

Hi.You’relisteningtoAsktheExpertandintoday’sprogramwe’retalkingaboutlanguagesandhowtolearnalanguage.OurexperttodayisSallyParker,whoisateacher.HiSally.

S:

Hello.

Sally,ourfirstquestiontodayisfromAndy.Hesays,“I’vejuststartedlearningEnglish.MyproblemisthatI’mtoofrightenedtospeak.Mygrammarisnotverygood,soI’mworriedaboutsayingthewrongthing.”HaveyougotanyadviceforAndy

OK.Well,thefirstthingisIthinkAndyshouldpracticespeakingtohimself.

SpeakingtohimselfI’mnotsurethat’sagoodidea.

Iknowitsoundssilly,buttalkingtoyourselfinaforeignlanguageisareallygoodwaytopractice.Youdon’thavetofeelembarrassed,becausenobodycanhearyou.Youcantalktoyourselfaboutanythingyoulike–whatyouhadforbreakfast,whereyou’regoingfortheweekend–anything.Andthemoreyoudoit,themoreyouwillgetusedtohearingyourownvoiceandyourpronunciation,soyouwon’tfeelsofrightenedintheclassroom.Andyshouldtryit.

Hm,Isupposeso.AnythingelseWhatabouthisgrammar

HehasonlyjuststartedlearningEnglish,soheisgoingtomakelotsofmistakes,butthat’snotaproblem.That’showhe’lllearn.Andyshouldn’tworryaboutmakingmistakes.

You’reright.SoAndy,trytalkingtoyourself,anddon’tworryaboutmakingmistakes.OurnextproblemcomesfromOliviainBrazil.Sheisworriedaboutpronunciation.Shesays,“TheproblemisIcan’tunderstandnativespeakers.TheyspeaksofastandIcan’tunderstandtheirpronunciation.”SoSally,anyideasforOlivia

Well,firstofallit’sagoodideaforhertopracticeherlisteningskills.Sheshouldlistento

Englishasmuchaspossibletogetusedtohowitsounds.Listentothenews,listentopodcasts,（and）watchEnglishtelevision.

OK–that’sagoodidea.

Andanotherthingsheshoulddoistofocusonlisteningandreadingatthesametime.IfyoulistentosomethingontheInternet,youcanoftenreadthetranscript.Ifyoulistenandreadatthesametime,it’llhelpyouseewhatthewordssoundlikeandhowthewordssoundwhenanativespeakeristalking.

Great.Thankyou,Sally.Well,huh,I’mafraidthat’sallwehavetimefortoday,butnextweekwe’llbe…

Viewing

N=Narrator;

I=IanDeary;

N:

RecentresearchintothehistoryofIQtestsinScotlandsuggestsyourIQscoremightpredict,toanextentatleast,yourhealthandevenyourlifeexpectancy.

Youhave45minutestodothetest,OK

OK.

BillandDavinaare79yearsold.Thisisthesecondtimethey’vedonethistest.Thefirsttimewasin1932,whenevery11-year-oldinScotlandwasputthroughanintelligencetest.It’stheonlytimethiskindofmasstestinghaseverbeendoneintheUK.TheresultswererediscoveredrecentlyinanEdinburghbasement.Ifyouwanttoknowhowourintelligencechangesaswegetolder,theseresultsareapotentialgoldmine.

I:

Webroughthundredsofpeoplebackandwegotthemtosittheexactsametestthattheyhadsatwhentheywereaged11.Now,thesepeoplearenow79or80yearsold.Wegavethesameinstructions.Wegavethesametest.Andwegavethesametimelimit.

ItwasalittlestickierthanIthoughtitwouldbe.

Iwalkedthroughitquitehappily,quitehonestly.

IfeltImusthavebeenverybrightat11ifIsatthatexamandpassed.

Thereweresomeintriguingresults.Almosteveryonehadabetterscoreat80thantheydidat11.Butsomehadgonefrombeingjustaveragelyintelligenttoamuchhigherlevel.

Now,that’swhatreallydrivesourresearch.We’reinterestedin:

Whyhavethosepeoplewho’vegone（peoplegone）fromIQ100,atage11,upto110or120WhathavetheydonerightWhatcanbetherecipeforsuccessfulagingWe’refindingthatthepersonwithmoreeducation,eventhoughtheyhadthesameIQinchildhood,isdoingslightlybetterinoldage,onaverage.Thepersonwhohadamoreprofessionaljob,inoldage,isdoingslightlybetteronaveragethanthepersonwhohadamanualjob,despitethefactthattheystartedatthesamelevel.Thepeoplewhosmokedhavegotslightlylessgoodmentalabilitythanyouwouldexpect.

What’sevenmoreremarkableisthatthekidswhohadhigherIQscoresat11aretheveryonesstillalivetoday.SoitseemshighIQinchildhoodisgoodforsurvival.

Speakingforcommunication

Role-play

A:

Ah,OK,soweneedtothinkofthebestideasfortakingtests.

B:

Yep.

Er,well,howaboutthisoneIt’sagoodideatostudywithfriendsatthesametimeeachday.

Mm,inmyopinion,thisisareallygoodidea.Youcanmakeitaregularpartofyourdailylife.

Youmeanlikehavingbreakfastatthesametime,lunchatthesametime,studyingatthesametime.

Yes.AndalsoIthinkithelpswhenyoustudywithfriends.

Yeah,I,Ithinkit’smoremotivating.

Andyoucanactuallytalktosomeone,notjustlookatbooks.IfindthatifI’monlyreadingmynotesit’seasytoloseconcentration.Istartthinkingaboutotherthings.Butwhenyouaretalkingtosomeone,itreallyhelpsyouconcentrate.So,yes,Iagreewiththisone.

OK.Anotherideaisnottoeattoomuchbeforetheexam.

Oh,really

Mm,whenIeatalot,Igetsleepy.

Oh,Isee.Ithinkitdepends.Becauseifyoudon’teatenough,youstarttofeelhungryinthemiddleoftheexam.

Mm,that’strue.

Andthenyoucan’tconcentrate.

Yeah,that’strue.

So,I’mnotsureaboutthisadvice,forme.AsIsaid,Ithinkitdepends.Ialwaystrytoeatagoodmealbeforeanexam.I’msonervousthatInevergetsleepy.

Hm.OK.Whatotherideasdoyouhave

Well,there’sonethingIalwaysdobeforeanexam.

What’sthat

Igotobedearlythenightbefore.

Right.

Ialwaystrytosleepforeighthoursthenightbeforetheexam.

Furtherpracticeinlistening

Shortconversations

Conversation1

W:

Itisthethirdtimemypaperhasbeenrejectedbyjournalsbecauseoflanguageproblems.

M:

Youknow,thereisawritingcenteroncampus.IhadnevergotagradebetterthanCforanyofmytermpapersbeforetheyhelpedmeout.

Q:

Whatcanwelearnfromtheconversation

Thewomanshouldseekhelpfromthewritingcenter

Conversation2

YousaidyouwouldchooseSpanishasyoursecondforeignlanguage.WhydidyoufinallychooseFrenchinstead

MygrandfatherspeaksfluentFrenchandhesaysthatFrenchisalanguagethatanytrulyculturedpersonmustknow.

WhydoesthewomanchoosetolearnFrench

ShethinksspeakingFrenchisamustforculturedpeople.

Conversation3

Youseemtohavenoproblemunderstandingnativespeakersnow.HowaboutDr.Brown’sspeechlastnight

Excellent.Butitwasstilltoofastformetofollow,especiallywhenDr.Browntalkedaboutthoseabstracttheories.

Whatdidthemandolastnight

Heattendedaspeech.

Conversation4

ItseemstomethatMelissaisinabadmoodtoday.What’swrongwithher

Melissaforgottobringheridentificationcardyesterdayandshewasnotallowedtoenterthecontest.Youknowshehadpreparedforthecontestformonths.

WhatmadeMeli