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施心远主编听力教程3

UNIT9

SectionOne

Part1

SpotDictation

CelebrationsinAustralia,AsiaRingin2010

Oneofthefirstmajorcitiestocelebratethebeginningof2010was

Sydney,Australia.MorethanamillionpeoplegatheredalongtheSydney

harbortowatchthecity'sannualfireworksshow,settoboomingrockmusic.

HoursbeforemidnightpeoplearrivedatHarborBridgetostakeout

goodseatsforthe12-minutedisplay.Thisyear'sshowinvoIvedmorethan5,000kilogramsofexplosivedevices.

OthercitiesaroundAsiaandthePacificregioncelebratedwith

fireworks,suchasKualaLumpurandHongKong.

InotherplacespeoplemarkedtheNewYearwithoutfireworks.

MillionsinJapanprayedatshrinesforgoodfortunein2010.

InSeoul,SouthKorea,agiantbellwasrung.

InChina'scapital,signsaroundBeijingcautionednottolight

fireworkswithintheheartofthecityonNewYear'sEve.

ThisdidnotseemtobotherBeijingresidents,whosaytheLunarNewYearistheirtraditionaltimetocelebratewithfireworks.Thisyear

thatholidayisinmid-February.

ManyyoungpeoplewereatbarsandclubsinBeijinguntiltheearly

hoursofthemorning.StillothershadtoworkonNewYear'sEve.As

late-nightrevelerswaitedinthecoldforascarcecab,twomenunloadedatruckatabakeryonWorker'sStadiumRoad.OneofthemsaidhehopedforgoodhealthforhisparentsintheNewYear.HiscoworkersaidhehopedtospendtheLunarNewYearwithfamilyathishomeinnearbyShandong

province.

Part2

ListeningforGist

Unlikeairtravel,whichisregulatedinternationally,railtravel

isinmanycasescontrollednationally.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

Adolescenee

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,'cosrmsureI'vemadesomemistakes.

Interviewer:

Is...howwouldyoucompareyourmom?

Isshelessstrict

thanyourdad?

Mm-hmmWell,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,talked

tosomeonewhoItrust...who'sseenit.

Interviewer:

So,yourmom'slooseraboutmovies.Uh,what'sshestricter

about?

Jora:

Chores,junkfood,buyingme