施心远主编听力教程1第2版Unit12听力原文和答案.docx

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施心远主编听力教程1第2版Unit12听力原文和答案

Unit12

SectionOneTacticsforListening

Part1Phonetics

Exercise:

Completethefollowingshortdialogueasyoulistentothetape.Payspecialattentiontotheweakforms,link-upsandcontractions.

[Soundofbusystreet]

Jeff:

Hi,Carl,（I）What’sup?

Carl:

Hey,Jeff.We're

（2）onourwaytoseethatnewcomedyRunningFromtheMob.Wantto（3）gowithus?

Jeff:

I（4）hearit'sreallyfunny.

Carl:

Yeah,it'sgotalotofgood（5）peopleinit.Shouldbegreat.Let'sgo.

Jeff:

Ah,I（6）wishIcould,butI'vegottostudy.

Carl:

Well,maybenexttime.You're（7）missingagoodthing.

Jeff:

Iknow.（8）Gottogo.Seeyou.

Carl:

Bye.

Part2ListeningandNote-Taking

TAPESCRIPT

Exercise:

Completethepassagesasyoulistentoit.

The

（1）firstthingIdoattheofficeisto

（2）openalltheboss’sletters,I（3）answertheeasyonesandI（4）leavethedifficultonesonthe（5）boss’sdesk.Atabout（6）10o’clockImake（7）acupofcoffeeforthebossandformyself.Thentheboss（8）dictateslettersforabout（9）anhour.Ofcourse,Ianswerthephone（10）allday.Sometimesitdoesn’t（11）stop.Ihaveabout（120halfanhourforlunchatabout（13）oneo’clock.ThenIdojobsinthe（140officetillabout（15）fiveo’clock.

SectionTwoListeningComprehension

Part1Dialogues

Dialogue1JobInterview

TAPESCRIPT

MsBrown:

Whatwasyourpreviousjob?

MrWigmore:

IworkedfortheNationalBusCompany.

MsBrown:

Andhowlonghaveyouworkedforthem?

MrWigmore:

I’veworkedforthemforfiveyears.

MsBrown:

Howlonghaveyoubeenanareasalesmanager?

MrWigmore:

Eighteenmonths.

MsBrown:

AndwhatdidyoudobeforejoiningtheBusCompany?

MrWigmore:

Iworkedforachainofhotelsasjuniormanager.

MsBrown:

Thepostyou’veappliedforinvolvesalotoftraveling.Haveyoubeenabroadmuch?

MrWigmore:

I’vebeentomostofWesternEurope,andI’vebeentoeasternEuropeonce,toHungary.

MsBrown:

Whydidyougothere?

MrWigmore:

Thehotelsentmetoattendaconference.

MsBrown:

Isee.Haveyoueverorganizedaconferenceyourself?

MrWigmore:

Yes.Ihaveactually.Why?

MsBrown:

Well,thisjobwouldrequireratheralotoforganizingmeetingsandconferences.

Exercise:

Listentothedialogueandanswerthequestions.

1.Howmanyjobshastheintervieweehadbeforeheappliesforthisjob?

Whatarethey?

（Hehashadtwojobs.HeworkedfortheNationalBusCompanyasanareasalesmanager.Beforethat,heworkedforachainofhotelsasjuniormanager.）

2.Whataretherequirementsforthisjob?

（Thisjobinvolvesalotoftravelingandrequiresratheralotoforganizationmeetingsandconferences.）

3.Doyouthinktheintervieweeisqualifiedforthisjob?

Giveyourreasons.

（Probablyheisqualifiedforthejob.Becausehehasbeenamanagerformanyyearsandhehasbeenabroadmuch.HehasbeentomostofWesternEurope.Heactuallyhastheexperienceoforganizationaconference.）

Dialogue2JobRedundancy

David:

Cheerup,George.What’shappenedtothathappysmileweallknowandlove?

George:

Oh,hello,David.Iwasmilesaway,I’mafraid.

David:

What’stheproblem?

Youlookasifyou’velostapoundandfound10pence.

George:

Decisions,decisions.I’velostmyjob.

David:

Youhaven’t.

George:

Ihave.

David:

Ithoughtyouweredoingsowell.

George:

SodidI.Thenyesterdaytheygaveusalltheofficialletter.Apparentlythebusinesshasbeenlosingmoney,sothey’vedecidedtocloseitdown.

David:

Gracious,when?

George:

Endoftheweek.

David:

You’veworkedthereforquitealongtime,haven’tyou?

George:

Nearlysixyears.

David:

Soyou’reentitledtosomeredundancy*money?

George:

Notalot.Notifthey’vebeenlosingmoney.

David:

Whatareyougoingtodo?

Areyougoingtotryandgetanotherjobinthemusicbusiness?

George:

Well,IthoughtImightstartalittlebusinessofmyown.

David:

That’sagoodidea.Whatsortofbusiness?

Amusicshop?

George:

No.Arecordingstudio.Recordingstudioschargetheearththesedaysandtherearelotsofyoungsterswhocan’taffordthoseprices.Ithought…ifIfindsuitablepremises*…Icouldofferacut-price*recordingservice.

David:

Thatsoundsamarvelousidea.Then,asyougetmorefamous,youcouldincreaseyourcharges.

George:

No,I’dratherencourageyoungmusicianstocomeandmaketheirfirstrecordingwithmeandthenIthoughtmaybeIcouldbranchoutandbecomeanagent.

David:

Ah,Isee.Thenyoucouldselltherecordingmadebyyourprotégés*tothebigrecordcompanies.

George:

That’sthegeneralidea.

David:

Great.Well,ifyoudecideyouneedsomeonetolookaftertheaccountsandmakethecoffee,letmeknow.Imightbeinterested.

George:

OK.Imaytakeyouupon*thatoffer.Bye.

David:

Bye.

Exercise:

Listentothedialogueanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.WriteTorFinthespaceprovided.Discusswithyourclassmateswhyyouthinkthestatementistrueorfalse.

T1.Georgeisusuallyhappyandgay.（David:

…What’shappenedtothathappysmileweallknowandlove?

）

F2.Georgeworksmilesaway.（WhenGeorgesays“Oh,hello,David.Iwasmilesaways,I’mafraid,”hemeansheisnotpayinganyattention.）

F3.Georgehasjustbeentoaninterview.（ProbablyGeorgehasjustbeenbackfromhiswork.）

T4.Georgelooksdepressed.（David:

…Youlookasifyou‘velostapoundand10pence.）

F5.Sincethebusinessisnotdoingwell,thecompanydecidestoreducethenumberofitsworkers.（Sincethebusinessisnotdoingwell,thecompanydecidestocloseitdown.）

T6.ThecompanyjustgaveGeorgeaweeknotice.（thecompanywillbecloseddownbytheendofnextweek.）

T7.SinceGeorgehasbeenworkingforthecompanyfornearlysixyear,heshouldbegivenasortofcompensation.（SinceGeorgehasbeenworkingforthecompanyfornearlysixyear,heshouldbegivenasortofcompensation,whichiscalledredundancymoney.）

F8.Georgeisgoingtolookforanewjob.（Georgeisgoingtostarthisownbusiness.）

F9.Georgethinkshisrecordingstudiocanattractyoungstersbyofferingahigh-qualityrecordingservice.（Georgethinkshisrecordingstudiocanattractyoungstersbyofferingacut-pricerecordingservice.）

F10.Georgewouldstartarecordingstudioratheramusicshopbecausehethinkshecanmakemuchmoremoney.（Thoughrecordingstudioschargetheearththesedays,Georgewouldjustofferanopportunityfortheyoungmusicianstocomeandmaketheirfirstrecordingwithhim.）

F11.George’sambitionistoestablishabigrecordcompany.（George’sambitionistobranchoutandbecomeanagentandselltherecordingsmadebyhisprotégéstothebigrecordcompanies.）

F12.GeorgehasacceptedDavid’soffertobehisaccountant.（GeorgemayconsiderDavid’sofferlateron.）

Part2Passages

Passage1Burglary

（1）

Theoldladywasgladtobebackattheblockofflatswhereshelived.Hershoppinghadtiredher.Intheliftherthoughtswereonlunchandagoodrest;butwhenshegotoutatherownfloor,bothwereforgotteninhersuddendiscoverythatherfrontdoorwasopen.Shewasthinkingthatshemustreprimand*herdailymaidthenextmorningforsuchamonstrousnegligence,whensherememberedthatshehadgoneshoppingafterthemaidhadleftandsheknewthatshehadturnedbothkeysintheirlocks.Shewalkedslowlyintothehallandatoncenoticedthatalltheroomdoorswereopen,yetfollowingherregularpracticeshehadshutthembeforegoingout.Lookingintothedrawingroom,shesawasceneofconfusionoverbyherwritingdesk.

Exercise:

Listentothepassageandchoosethebestanswertocompleteeachofthefollowingsentences.

1.D2.C3.A4.C5.B6.D7.A8.C

Part3News

NewsItem1

TAPESCRIPT

Waterhaslongbeenconsideredimportanttothedevelopmentoflife.Thatiswhyscientistsaresointerestedinfindingwaterinoursolarsystem.Now,theAmericanspaceagencyhasconfirmedthatthereiswatericeontheplanetMars.

Thediscoveryisamajorstepinthesearchfortheconditionsforlifeontheredplanet.ThediscoverywasmadewiththehelpofanAmericanspacecraft,thePhoenixMarsLander.ThespacecraftlandedontheextremenorthofMarsonMay25.OnJune15,itdugaholeaboutsevencentimetersdeepintheMartiansoil.Theholecontainedsmallparticlesofalight-coloredsubstance.Scientistswonderedwhetherthesubstancewasfrozencarbondioxide,saltorwaterice.

ExerciseA:

Listentothenewsitemandcompletethefollowingsummary.

ThenewsitemisabouttheexperimentcarriedoutonMarsbyaspacecraft.

ExerciseB:

Listentothenewsitemagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.TheAmericanspaceagencyhasconfirmedthatthereiswatericeontheplanetMars.

2.ThediscoverywasmadewiththehelpofanAmericanspacecraft.

3.ThePhoenixMarsLander.

4.ItisamajorstepinthesearchfortheconditionsforlifeonMars.

5.ThespacecraftlandedontheextremenorthofMarsonMay25.

6.ItdugaholeaboutsevencentimetersdeepintheMartiansoil.

7.Theholecontainedsmallparticlesofalight-coloredsubstance.

8.Scientistswonderedwhetherthesubstancewasfrozencarbondioxide,saltorwaterice.

NewsItem2

AnAmericanstudyhassuggestedthatmeltingiceintheArcticSeaisthreateningpermanentlyfrozensoil.ThestudyfoundthatratesofwarminginnorthernAlaska,CanadaandRussiacouldincreasewhentheseaicemeltsquickly.Duringsuchperiods,theincreasecouldbemorethanthreetimesgreaterthantheaveragetwenty-firstcenturywarmingratespredictedinearlierstudies.

ThenewstudyistheworkofscientistsfromtheNationalCenterforAtmosphericResearchandtheNationalSnowandIceDataCenter.Thefindin