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听力教程Ⅲ原文Unit13

Unit13

SectionOneTacticsforListening

Part1Spotdictation

Encouragement

"MaybewhenI'mahundred,I'llgetusedtohavingeverythingIdo

（1）takenforgranted,"ayounghomemaker

（2）confidedtoherneighbor."IfBillwould（3）complimentmeonceinawhile,（4）he'dmakemylifemuchhappier."

Fewofusrealizehowmuchweneed（5）encouragement.Yetwemustbask*inthewarmthof（6）approvalnowandthenorloseourself-confidence.

Allofusneedtofeel（7）neededandadmired.Butunlesswehearwordsofpraisefromsomeoneelse,howcanweknowthatweare（8）valuedfriendsorco-workers?

Anyonewhowantstoimprovehisrelationshipswithothersneedonlyshowa（9）sympatheticunderstanding.Thewaytoexpressthisunderstandingandtogiveothersthefeelingof（10）importanceandworthinessboilsdownto*this:

alwayslookforsomethingintheotherpersonyoucan（11）admireandpraise-andtellhimaboutit.

Weeachhaveamentalpictureofourselves,a（12）self-image.Tofindlifereasonablysatisfying,thatself-imagemustbeonewecan（13）livewith,onewecanlike.Whenweareproudofourself-image,wefeel（14）confidentandfreetobeourselves.Wefunctionatourbest.Whenwe

are（15）ashamedofourself-image,weattemptto（16）hideitratherthanexpressit.Webecome/

（17）hostileandhardtogetalongwith.

The（18）effectsofpraisecanbegreatindeed.Praise（19）transformedtheice-cubemembersintowarmhearted（20）humanbeings.

Exercise

Directions:

Listentothepassageandfillintheblankswithwhatyouhear.

（RefertoTapescript）

Part2listeningforGist

Fouroutoffiveofallchildrenwhogotleukemia*in1960died.Nowfouroutofeveryfivesurvive.Thesecretofthismiraculouschangeistherosyperiwinkle*,aforestflowerwhichtribaldoctorshadusedforcenturies.TheUnitedStatesNationalCancerInstitutehasidentifiedmorethan2,000tropicalrainforestplantswithabilitytofightcancer.Infact,about4,000ofalldrugsgivenoutintheUnitedStatestodayowemuchoftheirstrengthtochemicalsfromwildlife,largelyfromtherainforest.

Otherdrugsincludequinine,whichcomesfromaSouthAmericantree,andsufferersfromhighbloodpressuregetrelieffromthesnakeroot*plantfromIndianforests.Thearmadillo*,ofSouthAmericaishelpingusfindacureforleprosy*.

Exercise

Directions:

Listentothepassageandwritedownthegistandthekeywordsthathelpyoudecide.

1）Thispassageisaboutsomewildlifefromforeststhatcanbeusedinthetreatmentofcertaindiseases.

2）Thekeywordsareleukemia.survive:

change.forestflower:

2.000tropicalrainforestvlants,fightcancer.quinine.aSouthAmericantree:

highbloodpressure.snakeroot:

armadillo.leprosy.

SectionTwoListeningComprehension

Part1dialogue

HowtoSucceed

Dario:

IthinkthemostimportantthingyoumusthavetosucceedinItalyiser...ofcourse,youhavetobeambitious,becauseifyouarenotambitiousyoucan'treachyouraim,yourtarget.Andyoumusthavealsoanaturalability*,becauseyoumustadaptyourselfandyourworkander...enjoyyourwork,ofcourse.AndItalianpeopleareusedtoworkingalotandtodoinghardwork.Ofcourseyoumustalsoknowtherightpeoplebecauseifyouwantajobandyoudon'tknowanybodyyouhavetoworkmuchharder.

Interviewer:

Soifyouweregoingtochooseonefactor,Dario,whichonedoyouthinkwouldbethemostimportant?

Couldyouchooseone?

Dario:

Yes,ambition.

interviewer:

Thankyou.

（DialogueB）

Sue:

IthinkthattobesuccessfulinSpainyouneedambition,becauseit'swhatmakesyou

wanttoworkanddosomethingdifferent.AndIthinknaturalabilityisalsoimportant.TobeagoodmusicianandtosucceedIthinkthatyoumusthavesomethingspecial.AndIthinkthatknowingtherightpeopleisimportantbecauseitcansaveyoualotoftime.Youdon'tspendsomuchtimetryingtogetsomethingifyouknowpeoplethatcanhelpyou.

Interviewer:

Whatwouldyousayisthemostimportantthing?

Sue:

AmbitionIthinkisthemostimportant.

（DialogueC）

Taylor:

Ithinkthemostimportantthingsarehardwork,andgoodeducation,andnaturalability.

TheJapanesehaveatraditionalcultureandwethinkthatworkingindustriouslyisavirtue,solazinesscannotbeacceptedbysociety.Andagoodeducation-anyonewhowantstoandwhomakestheeffortcanenterthefamousuniversities,soer...whenweestimatesomeone'sabilitywelookatwhetherhe'sgraduatedfromuniversityornot.Butifsomeonewantstosucceed,ofcourseheneedsambitionandnaturalability.

Interviewer:

Soforyou,whichisthemostimportantfactor?

Taylor:

Oh,inJapan,hardwork,definitely.

Exercise

Directions:

Youaregoingtolistentothreepeopletalkingabouthowtheysucceededindifferentcountries.Takenotesandcompletethefollowinggrid.

Country

Profession

Qualityrequired

Themostimportantfactor

A

Italy

---------

Ambitious,adaptive,communicative

Ambition

B

Spain

Musician

Ambitious,havingnaturalability,being

Ambition

abletoknowtherightpeople

C

Japan

~

Hardworking,well-educated,ambitious,

Hardwork

havingnaturalability

Part2passage

GlobalEconomyofthe21stCentury

1）Themovetowardaglobaleconomyhasbeenfurtherstrengthenedbythewidespreadadoptionofliberaleconomicpolicies.

2）Currenttrendssuggestthattheworldismovingrapidlytowardaneconomicsystemthatismorefavorableforthepracticeofinternationalbusiness.

3）Theworldmaybemovingtowardamoreglobaleconomicsystem,butglobalizationisnotinevitable.

4）Itissimplyworthnotingthatevenfromapurelyeconomicperspective,globalizationisnotallgood.

5）Theopportunitiesfordoingbusinessinaglobaleconomymaybesignificantlyenhanced,buttherisksassociatedwithglobalfinancialcontagionaregreater.

Thelastquarterofthecenturyhasseenrapidchangesintheglobaleconomy.Barrierstothefreeflowofgoods,services,andcapitalhavebeencomingdown.Thevolumeofcross-bordertradeandinvestmenthasbeengrowingmorerapidlythanglobaloutput,indicatingthatnationaleconomiesarebecomingmorecloselyintegratedintoasingle,interdependent,globaleconomicsystem.Astheireconomiesadvance,morenationsandareasarejoiningtheranksofthedevelopedworld.Agenerationago,SouthKoreaandSingaporewereviewedassecond-tierdevelopingareas.Nowtheyboastpowerfuleconomies,andtheirfirmsaremajorplayersinmanyglobalindustriesfromshipbuildingandsteeltoelectronicsandchemicals.Themovetowardaglobaleconomyhasbeenfurtherstrengthenedbythewidespreadadoptionofliberaleconomicpoliciesbycountriesthatfortwogenerationsormorewerefirmlyopposedtothem.Thus,followingthenormativeprescriptionsofliberaleconomicideology,incountryaftercountryweareseeingstate-ownedbusinessesprivatized,widespreadderegulation*,marketsbeingopenedtomorecompetition,andincreasedcommitmenttoremovingbarrierstocross-bordertradeandinvestment.Thissuggeststhatoverthenextfewdecades,countriessuchastheCzechRepublic,Poland,Brazil,China,andSouthAfricamaybuildpowerfulmarket-orientedeconomies.Inshort,currenttrendssuggestthattheworldismovingrapidlytowardaneconomicsystemthatismorefavorableforthepracticeofinternationalbusiness.

Ontheotherhand,itisalwayshazardoustotakeestablishedtrendsandusethemtopredictthefuture.Theworldmaybemovingtowardamoreglobaleconomicsystem,butglobalizationisnotinevitable.Countriesmaypullbackfromtherecentcommitmenttoliberaleconomicideologyiftheirexperiencesdonotmatchtheirexpectations.Clearly,thiswouldbeatougherworldforinternationalbusinessestocompetein.

Moreover,greaterglobalizationbringswithitrisksofitsown.Thiswasstarklydemonstratedin1997and1998whenafinancialcrisisinThailandspreadfirsttootherEastAsiannationsandthenin1998toRussiaandBrazil.Ultimatelythecrisisthreatenedtoplungetheeconomiesofthedevelopedworld,includingtheUnitedStates,intoarecession.Itissimplyworthnotingthatevenfromapurelyeconomicperspective*,globalizationisnotallgood.Theopportunitiesfordoingbusinessinaglobaleconomymaybesignificantlyenhanced,butaswesawin1997-1998,therisksassociatedwithglobalfinancialcontagion*arealsogreater.Still,therearewaysforfirmstoexploittheopportunitiesassociatedwithglobalization,whileatthesametimereducingtherisksthroughappropriatehedging*strategies.

ExerciseAPre-listeningQuestion

Thefollowingtwofactorsmustbetakenintoconsiderationalthoughtherearemanyotherswhichwilldecidethefutureofthedevelopment.Oneisthatthefoodandenergysituationwillbecomeworseandworsewiththeincreasingworldpopulation.Theotheristhatourlivingenvironmenthasnowbeenheavilypollutedasaresultoftheboomingofmodemindustries.Peopleallovertheworldarenowfacingthepressurestopreservetheenvironment.Forexample,rainsofbittertastesometimesmixedwithfinegrainsofsand,blackascoal,havebeenfallingupontheroofs,hillsandfields,riversandlakes.

ExerciseBSentenceDictation

Directions:

Listentosomesentencesandwritethemdown.Youwillheareachsentencethreetimes.

ExerciseCDetailedListening

Directions:

Listentothepassage~andcompletethefollowingsentences.

1）Therapidchangeshavetakenplaceinthepast25yearsintheglobaleconomybecausebarrierstothefreeflowofgoods,services,andcapitalhavebeencomingdown.

2）Thevolumeofcross-bord