全新版大学英语听说教程第一册听力原文.docx

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全新版大学英语听说教程第一册听力原文

全新版大学英语听说教程第一册听力原文

Unit1

PartB

TalkingaboutStudyingEnglish

Hello,mynameisYangWeiping.I’mafreshmanatPekingUniversityandI’mmajoringinchemistry.

Atcollegewehavetostudyaforeignlanguage.IchooseEnglishbecauseIlikelisteningtoEnglishprogramsontheradioandTV.IalsolikeBritishandAmericanpopsongs.SomedayIhopetovisitBritainandtheUnitedStates.

IstartedlearningEnglishseveralyearsagoandI’mgettingbetteratit.Myfavoriteactivityislistening,especiallylisteningtosongsandstories.Mybigproblemis,however,speaking.IfeelnervouswheneverIspeak.AndIneverseemtoknowwhattosaywhenpeopletalktome.ButI’vedecidedtoovercomemyshynessandlearntospeakEnglishbyspeakingasmuchasIcan.

Hi,mynameisVirginiaWang.I’malibrarysciencemajorattheNationalUniversityofSingapore.Inourcountry,Englishisimportant.ItisoneoftheofficiallanguagesandyouhavetobefluenttoEnglishtogetagoodjob.

I’vebeenstudyingEnglishsincehighschool.I’mgoodatreadingbecauseIlikelearningaboutnewthingsandnewideas.TherearesomanybooksandarticleswritteninEnglish.OurtextbooksattheuniversityareinEnglish,too.Iknowwritingisalsoveryimportant,butIfinditrallydifficult.

WhenIgraduatefromtheuniversityIwouldlikeajobinthecitylibrarywhereIcanreadallkindsofnewbooks.

Unit2

PartB

HowtoImproveYourConversationSkills

Tospeaktopeopleinaforeignlanguagerequirescourageandawillingnesstomakeerrors.Somepeoplearesoafraidofmakingmistakesthattheyneveropentheirmouths.Andthat’sthebiggestmistakeofall.Nowifyouhavecourageandarereadytomakeafewerrors,whatdoyousay?

Firstofall,youhavetoopentheconversation.Findinganappropriatetopicishalfthebattle.Sometopics,suchastheweatherandnews,workwell.Butothers,suchasage,moneyorpeople’sappearancedonot.Thefollowingaresomegoodwaystoopenaconversation.

Weather–Itsureiscoldtoday,isn’tit?

News–Didyouhearaboutthatterribleforestfire?

Aconversationinaforeignlanguagedoesn’talwaysgosmoothly.Sometimesyourpartnertalkstoofastandyoufinditdifficulttofollow.Nottoworry,though.Youcanalwaysaskyourpartnertorepeatwhathehassaidortospeakmoreslowly.Forexample,“Excuseme,butcouldyousaythatagain?

Ididn’tcatchit.”Or“Couldyouspeakmoreslowly,please?

”

Attheendofaconversationyouneedtofindawaytocloseitinapoliteway.“Well,Ireallyneedtobegoing,”or“Itwasnicetalkingtoyou”arefrequentlyusedbypeopletoendaconversation.

PartC

SmileWhenYouReadThis

Howgoodisyourmemory?

Answerthesefourquestions:

Whatdidyouhaveforbreakfastyesterday?

WhatclothesdidyouwearlastFriday?

Whodidyoutalktoyesterday?

WheredidyougolastSaturday?

Ifyoucananswerallfourquestions,youmemoryisverygood.

Memoryisimportantforleaninglanguageskills.EducationspecialistsinEnglandwanttohelppeopleimprovetheirreadingabilities.Theywantstudentstorememberthebooksandarticlestheyread.Thespecialistsfoundsomethingtohelp:

facialexpressions.Theygavetenstudentsahappyarticletoread.Fiveofthestudentsreadthehappyarticlewhilesmiling.Fivestudentsreadthehappyarticlewhilefrowning.Thentheyansweredcomprehensionquestionsthesmilingstudentsrememberedmoreofthehappyarticlethanthefrowningstudents.

Thenthespecialistsgavetenstudentsanotherarticletoread.Itwasanangrylettertotheeditorofanewspaper.Fivestudentsreadtheangryarticlewhilesmiling,andfivestudentsreadtheangryarticlewhilingfrowning.Whichgrouprememberedbetter?

You’reright.Thefrowningstudents.

Thespecialistdon’tknowwhyfacialexpressionshelpmemory.Theyarecontinuingtostudytherelationshipbetweenthemindandthebody.Untiltheyfindtheanswer,keepsmiling（orfrowning?

）!

Exercise:

1.Ifonecananswerallthefourquestions,hismemoryisthoughttobegood.（Ihearit.）

2.Thesmilingstudentcouldremembermorehappyarticlesthanthefrowningstudents.（Ihearit.）

3.EducationspecialistfromEnglandhaven’tfoundthebestwaytohelppeopleimprovereadingabilities.（Icannotinferit.）

4.Thespecialistsaretryingtoexplainthereasonwhyfacialexpressionscanhelpmemory（Icaninferit.）

5.Accordingtothespeaker,facialexpressionsmightaffectaperson’smemory.（Icaninferit.）

6.Inthesecondgroupfivestudentswhoreadtheangryletterwhilesmilingrememberedless.（Icaninferit.）

Unit3

PartB

AccommodationforCollegeStudents

R:

Goodmorning.CanIhelpyou?

S:

Yes,please.I’manewstudentandI’dliketohavesomeinformationaboutthe…em…theaccommodationforstudents.

R:

Right.Theuniversityprovidestwotypesofaccommodati