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听力第二册UNIT11

Unit11

SectionOneTacticsforListening

Part1Phonetics-Stress,IntonationandAccent

Receptionist:

Right,...wejusthavetofillinthiscardforyou....Couldyoutellmeyournameplease?

MrSharma:

MrSharma.

Receptionist:

Oh,that'syoursurname,isit?

Right,couldyouspellthatplease?

Sharma:

S-H-A-R-M-A.

Receptionist:

Andyourfirstnames?

Sharma:

KrishnaLal.That'sK-R-I-S-H-N-A-L-A-L.

Receptionist:

Right,dateofbirth?

Sharma:

Aprilthe14th,1941.

Receptionist:

Address?

Sharma:

73GreenhamPark,LondonW5.

Receptionist:

Townandcountryofbirth?

Sharma:

Sorry?

Receptionist:

Imean,wherewereyouborn?

Sharma:

Oh,Iwasborn...inIndia.ButI'velivedinKenyamostofmylife.InNairobi.

Receptionist:

Ah,youhaverecentlyarrivedinthiscountry?

Sharma:

Well,I,IcameonDecember9thlastyear.

Receptionist:

Isee.Right.Well,I'llputyouonDrJones'list.Youhaven'tregisteredwithanyotherdoctor,haveyou?

Sharma:

No.

Receptionist:

No.Right.Well,couldyoujustsignhereplease....That'sit.Right.Thankyou.

Exercise

RegistrationForm

Surname

Firstname

DateofBirth

TownandCountryofBirth

SHARMA

KrishnaLal

April14th,1941

India

Address

73GreenhamPark,LondonW5

TimeofArrival

December9thlastyear

Doctor

DrJones

Part2PredictionandInference

1.Woman:

Wherecanwegetsomechange?

I'llgoandaskthatwoman...

2.Man:

ThetroublewithgoinguptoLondonisthatittakessolong.Imeanifthere'salot

oftraffic...

3.Anna:

Buthowarewegoingtogettoherhouse?

Sylvia:

Well,shesaidsomethingaboutabus,Ithink.Waitaminute.Yes,hereweare."...

anumber32busasfarasBrixtonRoad..."Iwonder...

4.Man.'IcomefromaplacecalledMacclesfield.

Woman:

Macclesfield?

AndwhereaboutsisMacclesfield?

Idon'tthink...

5.David:

Hello,MrsElkins.

MrsElkins:

Oh,hello,David.You'rebackearly.

David:

Yes,classesfinishedabitearly--andIcaughtthetwentypastbus.

MrsElkins:

Welllunchisn'tquitereadyyet,I'mafraid.Ididn'texpect...

Exercise:

l.ifshe'sgotany.

2.itcantakehoursifyougobycarorbus.

3.wherewecatchaNo.32bus.

4.I'veeverheardofit.

5.youfor20minutesorso.

SectionTwoListeningComprehension

Part1Dialogues

Dialogue1Budget

Gary:

Right,asyoucanseefrommyreport,therearequitealotofspecialprojectswecouldchoosebuttheproblemisthecost.ThelatestnewsonthisisthattheFinanceCommitteehasofferedus￡30,000,butonlyifwehavedefiniteproposalsbeforethenextfinancemeeting.So,anysuggestions?

Liz:

Yes,Ithinkweshouldusethemoneytoprovideanewbarinthecommonroom.That's

numberthreeonthelist.Imean,peoplehavebeencomplainingaboutthatoldbarforyears.Let'sfaceit,itreallyisn'tbigenough.

Gary:

Yesitis!

It'sjustthatit'ssoold--itdoesn'tneedtobeanybigger,itjustneedsmodernising.

Liz:

Yes,that'swhatImean.Ithinkthat'sthemainpriority.

Jane:

Well,Ican'tgoalongwiththat,Liz.Therearefarmoreimportantthingsthanbars.Ireally

thinkweshouldgofornumbertwo--thecreche*.That'ssomethingwhichwouldbereally

usefulforlotsofpeople.

Liz:

Well,I'mnotsosureaboutthat.Hardlyanyofthestudentshavesmallchildren,buteveryoneusesthebar.

Jane:

Notheydon't!

It'sonlyaminority.Whataboutthenewbadmintoncourts?

They'donlycost￡25,000,sothatwouldleavequiteabitover.

Gary:

Andthenewcomputersfortheaccommodationoffice...theyoughttobeconsidered...

Liz:

Don'tyouthinkweshouldtrytofindoutwhatthestudentsthemselveswant?

Youknow,

circulateaquestionnaireorsomething?

Gary:

Yes,Ido.

Jane:

Yeah,you'reabsolutelyright.

Exercise:

1.C2.B.3.B4.D5.D

Dialogue2Dating

Man:

Hey,look.IjustgotaletterfromChen.

Firstwoman:

FromChen?

BackinTaiwan?

Man:

Yeah.Guesswhat?

He'sgettingmarried.

Firstwoman:

Gettingmarried?

That'sgreat!

Butwhen--andwho?

Ididn'tevenknowhehad

agirlfriend.

Man:

Hesayshejustmethertwomonthsago.Someoneintroducedthem--a

matchmaker.

Firstwoman:

Amatchmaker?

Secondwoman:

That'snotsounusualinAsia...inpartsofAsia,anyway.Manypeople--when

theywanttogetmarried--haveamatchmakerintroducethem...youknow,to

someoneelsewhowantstogetmarried.Lotsofpeopleactasmatchmakers:

uh

...relatives,friendsofthefamily..,thereareevensomeprofessionalmatchmakers.

Firstwoman:

Really?

Secondwoman:

Yes.Lotsofpeoplegotoamatchmaker.It'sverycommon.

Man:

Sothematchmakerjustarrangesthemarriage?

Secondwoman:

Notexactly.Ehthematchmakerjustintroducesthepeople.Iknowthisseemsunusualtoyou,butactuallytherearealotofadvantages.Bothpeoplefindoutabouteachother’sbackgroundandschools,jobs,money,It’saprettyopenandhonestsystem.Youcan’tlie,Well,mostpeopledon’t

Firstwoman:

ButifChen’sonlyknownthiswomanfortwomonths,doeshereallyloveher?

Howcouldyouknowinsuchashorttime?

Secondwoman:

Remember,they’rereadytogetmarried.Theywanttofallinlove

Man:

Urn...butwhatiftheydon't?

Secondwoman:

Theyusuallydo,but--yes--that'sthedisadvantage.Sometimespeopleget

marriedbutneverreallyfallinlove.Thatcanleadtoabadmarriage.[pause]

Firstwoman:

Youknow,Iguessgoingtoamatchmakerisn'treallyallthatdifferentfrombeingintroducedbyafriend--orsomeoneinyourfamily--likewhentheyknowsomeonetheywantyoutomeet.It'sjustalittlemoreformal.

Man:

Sowhenfriendsorsomeoneinthefamilyintroducesyou,they'reactinglike

matchmakers?

Yeah,Ithinkyou'reright.

Firstwoman:

Uh-huh,Andeverybodyknowswhoeveryoneis.Plusyourfriendsknowwhatyourinterestsare,sotheyintroduceyoutopeoplewithsimilarinterests.Peoplewhoareyourfriendslikeyou,andtheyliketheotherperson,too.It'sthebestofbothworlds.

Man:

Idon'tknow.Theproblemwithfriends--orevenworse,yourmother!

--is...

well,there'spressure."Sowhatdoyouthink.?

"She'sgreat,isn'tshe?

"Iguess

thatIthinkwhoIfallinlovewithisaprettypersonaldecision,Idon'treallywantthepressure.Sortoflike"Thankyouverymuch,butit'snoneofyourbusiness."

Secondwoman:

Ithinkthebestwayisbychance.Youknow,alovematch.Youjustmeetsomeone.Maybesomeoneatschool.Maybesomeonewholikesthesamethingsyoudo.Youlearnmoreaboutthepersonanddothingstogether.Youdate--gotorestaurants,movies.Youknow,justfallinlove.Iliketheideaofmeetingtherightperson...justbychance.

Firstwoman:

Yeah.Butwhatifyoudon't?

Whatifyounevermeet"MrRight"?

Youcouldgoyourwholelifeandneverfallinlove.Thatwouldbeawful.

Secondwoman:

Well,atleastyou'renotinabadmarriage.

Exercise:

1.Lotsofpeopleactasmatchmakers:

relatives,friends,friendsofthefamilyormembersofthe

family.Thereareevensomeprofessionalmatchmakers.

2.Bothpeoplefindoutabouteachother'sbackground.,.andschools,jobs,money.It'sapretty

openandhonestsystem.Theyusuallyintroduceyoutopeoplewithsimilarinterests.

3.Sometimespeoplegetmarriedbutneverreallyfallinlove.Thatcanleadtoabadmarriage.

4.Youlearnmoreaboutthepersonbydoingthingstogether:

yondateandfallinlove.

5.Whatifyounevermeet"MrRight"?

Youcouldgoyourwholelifeandneverfallinlove.That

wouldbeawful.

Part2Passages

Passage1ChangesintheWayWeLive

MorepeopleintheUnitedStateshavewashingmachines,televisions,andcarstodaythantheydidin1946.Theyalsohavemorefearofviolenceandcrime.Whereasoncethenation'sheroesusedtobesoldiersorpoliticians,todaytheyaremorelikelytobefamousfacesfromtelevisionorthemovies,suchasSylvesterStallone*.ThesearejustsomeofthechangesdiscoveredinasurveybytheMarketResearchAssociation.Morethan3,000peoplewerequestioned,andtheresultswerecomparedwithasimilarsurveymadein1946.Inmanycases,thenewsurveytellsuswhatwealreadyknew,suchasthefactthatmanypeoplearebetteroffinamaterialsenseandthatwomenspendmuchlesstimeatthekitchensinkorinthehometakingcareoftheirfamilies.However,wealsolearnanumberofotherthings.Forexample,tastesinclothingandentertainmenthavechangedconsiderably.Peopledressmuchmorecasuallythantheyusedto.Andwhereas"aneveningout"formostpeopleusedtomeanatriptothemovietheater,todayitismuchmorelikelytoinvolvegoingtoarestaurantortoadisco.Somethingshavenotchanged.PeoplestilladorethefilmsofHumphreyBogart*andIngridBergman*eventhoughtheyaremorelikelytowatchthemontelevisionoronvideocassette.Andinspiteofthevarietyofforeignfoodnowavailable,morethanaquarterofthepeopleinthesurveysaidtheystillpreferredamealofsteakandpotatoes.Theonlychangeisthatalargenumberwouldalsolikebeerorwinewiththeirmealinsteadofcoffee.In1946onlyasmallproportion--lessthan10percent--everdrankalcoholwiththeirmeals.Oneofthemostsurprisingthingstocomeoutofthisnewresearchisthelackofambitionamongthemiddle-aged.Manymenandwomen--includingsomebusinessexecutives--feelthatbythetimetheyareintheirlatefortiesorearlyfifties,theyhaveworkedenough.Mostofthemsaidtheywouldprefertoretirethangoonworkingformoremoneyorapromotion.

ExerciseA:

Themembersofatraditionalfamilyarethehusband,thewife,andtwoorthreechildren.Thehusbandisatworkallday,andthewifestaysathomewiththechildren.Shedoesthemostofthehousework,andtakesca