新视野大学英语视听说教程2 听力原文.docx

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Unit1Lifeisalearningcurve

Listeningtotheworld

Sharing

Scripts

H=Hina;W1=Woman1,etc.;M1=Man1,etc.

Part1

H:

Ihaveafull-timejobbutIlikelearningnewthingsinmysparetime.Atthemoment,I’mstudyingSpanish.I’menjoyingitbutI’mfindingitquitedifficult.Todaywe’reaskingpeopleaboutlearningnewthings.

Part2

W1:

I’mlearningtospeakanotherlanguage,actually.I’mlearningFrench.I’malsolearning,er,todrive.

W2:

I’mlearningtoplaygolfatthemoment.Um,myhusbandandmysonplaygolf,andwhenwegoonholiday,IfeelthatIwanttobeabletoplaywiththem.

W3:

I’mlearningtospeakSpanish.

W4:

IamlearningArabic.

M1:

Well,I’vebeenlearningtoplaytheguitarforabout50yearsnow.Andit’saconstantprocess,sostilllearningbits,yes.

W5:

I’mlearningyogaatthemoment,andI’mfindingitquitehard.

M2:

ThecoursesI’mtakingare,aretrainingcoursesforleadership,er,negotiation,（and）evaluation.

M3:

I’mlearningSwahili.

W6:

Atthemoment,I’mlearningtopaintanddrawineveningclassesforadults.

W7:

I’mstudyingpart-timeafterwork.

M4:

I’veer,justlearnedhowtoer,doalotofkayaking.

W8:

Iamlearninghowtodesignawebsiteatthemoment.

W9:

I’minachoirsosinging,Iguess,isprettymuchtheonlythingI’mdoingatthemoment.

M5:

Atthemoment,I’mtakingupanewinstrument.It’satraditionalinstrumentfromZimbabwe,andit’scalledthembira.Er,letmeshowyou.

Part3

H:

What’sthemostdifficultthingyou’veeverlearned?

M5:

Patience,Ithink.

W4:

Arabic.

M2:

Courage.

W3:

Learningalanguageisparticularlydifficultformyself（me）,soprobablylearningtheSpanish.

W6:

ThemostdifficultthingIhaveeverlearnedisMandarinChinese.IdiditineveningclassesafewyearsagoandIfounditreally,reallydifficult.

W5:

Probablycapoeira,whichisaBraziliandance,martialart,fightthing.It’sacombinationofallofthesethings.Andyes,thatwasverydifficultbecausetherewerelotsofunusualbodymovementstolearn.

W1:

Learningtodrivewasthemostdifficultthing.

M3:

Well,IlearnedsomeSanskrit,andthat’sgotum,ninecases,twomorethanLatin.It’squitedifficultbymoststandards.

M4:

IthinkIfoundFrenchveryhardatschool.

W2:

Um,Ilearnedtoplaythetrumpetatschool.Thatwasprettydifficult.Er...andmaybelearningtodrive.Ihatedlearningtodrive.

Listening

Scripts

P=presenter;S=Sally

P:

Hi.You’relisteningtoAsktheExpertandintoday’sprogramwe’retalkingaboutlanguagesandhowtolearnalanguage.OurexperttodayisSallyParker,whoisateacher.HiSally.

S:

Hello.

P:

Sally,ourfirstquestiontodayisfromAndy.Hesays,“I’vejuststartedlearningEnglish.MyproblemisthatI’mtoofrightenedtospeak.Mygrammarisnotverygood,soI’mworriedaboutsayingthewrongthing.”HaveyougotanyadviceforAndy?

S:

OK.Well,thefirstthingisIthinkAndyshouldpracticespeakingtohimself.

P:

Speakingtohimself?

I’mnotsurethat’sagoodidea.

S:

Iknowitsoundssilly,buttalkingtoyourselfinaforeignlanguageisareallygoodwaytopractice.Youdon’thavetofeelembarrassed,becausenobodycanhearyou.Youcantalktoyourselfaboutanythingyoulike–whatyouhadforbreakfast,whereyou’regoingfortheweekend–anything.Andthemoreyoudoit,themoreyouwillgetusedtohearingyourownvoiceandyourpronunciation,soyouwon’tfeelsofrightenedintheclassroom.Andyshouldtryit.

P:

Hm,Isupposeso.Anythingelse?

Whatabouthisgrammar?

S:

HehasonlyjuststartedlearningEnglish,soheisgoingtomakelotsofmistakes,butthat’snotaproblem.That’showhe’lllearn.Andyshouldn’tworryaboutmakingmistakes.

P:

You’reright.SoAndy,trytalkingtoyourself,anddon’tworryaboutmakingmistakes.OurnextproblemcomesfromOliviainBrazil.Sheisworriedaboutpronunciation.Shesays,“TheproblemisIcan’tunderstandnativespeakers.TheyspeaksofastandIcan’tunderstandtheirpronunciation.”SoSally,anyideasforOlivia?

S:

Well,firstofallit’sagoodideaforhertopracticeherlisteningskills.Sheshouldlistento

Englishasmuchaspossibletogetusedtohowitsounds.Listentothenews,listentopodcasts,（and）watchEnglishtelevision.

P:

OK–that’sagoodidea.

S:

Andanotherthingsheshoulddoistofocusonlisteningandreadingatthesametime.IfyoulistentosomethingontheInternet,youcanoftenreadthetranscript.Ifyoulistenandreadatthesametime,it’llhelpyouseewhatthewordssoundlikeandhowthewordssoundwhenanativespeakeristalking.

P:

Great.Thankyou,Sally.Well,huh,I’mafraidthat’sallwehavetimefortoday,butnextweekwe’llbe…

Viewing

Scripts

N=Narrator;I=IanDeary;W1=Woman1,etc.;M1=Man1,etc.

N:

RecentresearchintothehistoryofIQtestsinScotlandsuggestsyourIQscoremightpredict,toanextentatleast,yourhealthandevenyourlifeexpectancy.

W1:

Youhave45minutestodothetest,OK?

M1:

OK.

N:

BillandDavinaare79yearsold.Thisisthesecondtimethey’vedonethistest.Thefirsttimewasin1932,whenevery11-year-oldinScotlandwasputthroughanintelligencetest.It’stheonlytimethiskindofmasstestinghaseverbeendoneintheUK.TheresultswererediscoveredrecentlyinanEdinburghbasement.Ifyouwanttoknowhowourintelligencechangesaswegetolder,theseresultsareapotentialgoldmine.

I:

Webroughthundredsofpeoplebackandwegotthemtosittheexactsametestthattheyhadsatwhentheywereaged11.Now,thesepeoplearenow79or80yearsold.Wegavethesameinstructions.Wegavethesametest.Andwegavethesametimelimit.

M2:

ItwasalittlestickierthanIthoughtitwouldbe.

M3:

Iwalkedthroughitquitehappily,quitehonestly.

W2:

IfeltImusthavebeenverybrightat11ifIsatthatexamandpassed.

N:

Thereweresomeintriguingresults.Almosteveryonehadabetterscoreat80thantheydidat11.Butsomehadgonefrombeingjustaveragelyintelligenttoamuchhigherlevel.

I:

Now,that’swhatreallydrivesourresearch.We’reinterestedin:

Whyhavethosepeoplewho’vegone（peoplegone）fromIQ100,atage11,upto110or120?

Whathavetheydoneright?

Whatcanbetherecipeforsuccessfulaging?

We’refindingthatthepersonwithmoreeducation,eventhoughtheyhadthesameIQinchildhood,isdoingslightlybetterinoldage,onaverage.Thepersonwhohadamoreprofessionaljob,inoldage,isdoingslightlybetteronaveragethanthepersonwhohadamanualjob,despitethefactthattheystartedatthesamelevel.Thepeoplewhosmokedhavegotslightlylessgoodmentalabilitythanyouwouldexpect.

N:

What’sevenmoreremarkableisthatthekidswhohadhigherIQscoresat11aretheveryonesstillalivetoday.SoitseemshighIQinchildhoodisgoodforsurvival.

Speakingforcommunication

Role-play

Scripts

A:

Ah,OK,soweneedtothinkofthebestideasfortakingtests.

B:

Yep.

A:

Er,well,howaboutthisone?

It’sagoodideatostudywithfriendsatthesametimeeachday.

B:

Mm,inmyopinion,thisisareallygoodidea.Youcanmakeitaregularpartofyourdailylife.

A:

Youmeanlikehavingbreakfastatthesametime,lunchatthesametime,studyingatthesametime.

B:

Yes.AndalsoIthinkithelpswhenyoustudywithfriends.

A:

Yeah,I,Ithinkit’smoremotivating.

B:

Andyoucanactuallytalktosomeone,notjustlookatbooks.IfindthatifI’monlyreadingmynotesit’seasytoloseconcentration.Istartthinkingaboutotherthings.Butwhenyouaretalkingtosomeone,itreallyhelpsyouconcentrate.So,yes,Iagreewiththisone.

A:

OK.Anotherideaisnottoeattoomuchbeforetheexam.

B:

Oh,really?

A:

Mm,whenIeatalot,Igetsleepy.

B:

Oh,Isee.Ithinkitdepends.Becauseifyoudon’teatenough,youstarttofeelhungryinthemiddleoftheexam.

A:

Mm,that’strue.

B:

Andthenyoucan’tconcentrate.

A:

Yeah,that’strue.

B:

So,I’mnotsureaboutthisadvice,forme.AsIsaid,Ithinkitdepends.Ialwaystrytoeatagoodmealbeforeanexam.I’msonervousthatInevergetsleepy.

A:

Hm.OK.Whatotherideasdoyouhave?

B:

Well,there’sonethingIalwaysdobeforeanexam.

A:

What’sthat?

B:

Igotobedearlythenightbefore.

A:

Right.

B:

Ialwaystrytosleepforeighthoursthenightbeforetheexam.

Furtherpracticeinlistening

Shortconversations

Scripts

Conversation1

W:

Itisthethirdtimemypaperhasbeenrejectedbyjournalsbecauseoflanguageproblems.

M:

Youknow,thereisawritingcenteroncampus.IhadnevergotagradebetterthanCforanyofmytermpapersbeforetheyhelpedmeout.

Q:

Whatcanwelearnfromtheconversation?

Conversation2

M:

YousaidyouwouldchooseSpanishasyoursecondforeignlanguage.WhydidyoufinallychooseFrenchinstead?

W:

MygrandfatherspeaksfluentFrenchandhesaysthatFrenchisalanguagethatanytrulyculturedpersonmustknow.

Q:

WhydoesthewomanchoosetolearnFrench?

Conversation3

W:

Youseemtohavenoproblemunderstandingnativespeakersnow.HowaboutDr.Brown’sspeechlastnight?

M:

Excellent.Butitwasstilltoofastformetofollow,especiallywhenDr.Browntalkedaboutthoseabstracttheories.

Q:

Whatdidthemandolastnight?

Conversation4

M:

ItseemstomethatMelissaisinabadmoodtoday.What’swrongwithher?

W:

Melissaforgottobringheridentificationcardyesterdayandshewasnotallowedtoenterthecontest.Youknowshehadpreparedforthecontestformonths.

Q:

WhatmadeMelissaunhappy?

Conversation5

W:

Ithinkmytimeatscho