新编大学英语4 视听说原文浙大版文档格式.docx

1、Questions:1. Who was NOT clever?2. What did Pat ask Mike to do?3. Who was hurt finally?4. On whom was Mike going to try this joke?5. Where did Mike put his hand when he asked Bob to hit him?6. What happened to Mike after Bob struck a hard blow with his fist?If you like, you can do tricks at a party

2、and be announced as, The Magician. When everybody wants a bit of fun but nothing really happens, it could be the time to play one of these tricks. You wont need any special materials, nor will you need to practice them very much.A trick with a coin, a handkerchief and a friend:Put the coin on your p

3、alm. Cover the coin with the handkerchief. Ask several people to put their hands beneath the handkerchief and feel the coin, to make sure that it is still there. Then take the corner of the handkerchief and pull it rapidly off your hand. The coin has gone! How? You must make sure the last friend kno

4、ws the trick! Your last friend removes the coin when he or she seems to be just feeling it. And nobody knows where it has gone!A trick with a piece of paper and a pencil:Say that you can communicate your thoughts to people. Write on the piece of paper the word No. Dont let your friends see what you

5、have written. Say, Now I will communicate this word into your minds. Pretend to concentrate. Ask someone if he or she knows what is written on the paper. They will say, No! And you say, Quite correct! I wrote on the paper No!A trick with an egg and some salt: Ask your friends to stand the egg uprigh

6、t on the table. They wont manage to do it. Say that you can speak to the chicken inside. Say, Chicken! Can you hear me? Get ready to balance your egg!When you first get the egg back from your friends, pretend to kiss the egg at the base. Make the base wet. Then put the base into salt which is in you

7、r other hand. The salt will stick to the egg. Then put the egg on the table. Twist the egg around a few times as this will arrange the grains of salt. Then it will stand up. Dont forget to thank the chicken.What does the magician ask people to do in the first trick?What happens to the coin?How does

8、the magician prove that he can communicate thoughts to the audience in the second trick?What is the first step to make the egg stand?What else is needed to make the egg stand?John:Do you feel like going to the cinema, Liz?Liz:Oh.yes.yes, lets do that, John.Well, what shall we go and see?What kind of

9、 film do you like?Well, I like all sorts of films really. My favorite films are like Star Wars, you know, the.the fantasy, special effect ones that you can escape into another world with. Um.I also like mystery films. Do you like mystery films?I really like mystery films, yes, but I dont like horror

10、 films because they give me nightmares.Yes, I know. I dont like horror films either. I tell you, I just think theyre sort of stupid and unbelievable. I do like.um.crime films, you know, ones where you follow the detective and try to guess who the murderer is. Like.like Agatha Christie stories, you k

11、now. And also where you take the side of the criminals. Do you know the ones I mean? You know, where you wonder if youre going to get.if theyre going to get caught. You know, like a bank robbery or something like that.Haha. Do you think theres a film with Robert Redford or Paul Newman in it?Oh, I ho

12、pe not.Cause I really. Oh, dont you like them?Well, I tend to prefer people like Clint Eastwood and.Oh, no! Im not keen on him at all!Really?No. What about a good comedy or a good musical, something like that?No, no, I dont like films like that really. The trouble is there are not many very good one

13、s around these days.Then what shall we go and see?Why dont we ring up the ABC Cinema and find out whats on? Then we can decide.Thats a good idea.but I havent got an evening paper. Thats definitely the thing to do. Gerry:Ive just been to see Gone with the Wind. It was fantastic. Well worth seeing. Ha

14、ve you ever seen it?Judy:No, but Ive read the book. I dont think I would like to see the film really. It would spoil the story for me. Oh, give me a film any day. Honestly, if I had to choose between the film of a story and the book of it, Id go for the film.Would you?Yes. Its much more real. You ca

15、n get the atmosphere better. You know, the photography and location shots, period costumes, the right accents. All that. Dont you think so?Not really, no. I much prefer to use my own imagination. I can imagine how I want it, rather than how someone makes me see it. Anyway, I think you get much more

16、insight into the characters when you read a book. Part of a persons character is lost on film because you never know what he or she is thinking. True, but.well. I dont know. Its much easier going to the cinema. It takes less time. I can get the whole story in two hours but it might take me a week to

17、 read the book.I know, but its so expensive to go to the cinema nowadays.s a social event. Its fun. You can go with your friends. When you read a book you have to do it on your own.All right. Lets agree to differ. Ill get some coffee. （The following is an interview from a weekly sports program.）Pres

18、enter:Good morning, listeners. Welcome to our weekly sports program aimed at all those under-active youngsters with time on their hands! Listen to what our two guests have to say about their own sporting pursuits and how sport made a difference to their lives. Debbie first, then, Jonathan.Debbie:I l

19、ike doing something that gets you out into the countryside. So Im for horse-riding whenever I can! Its quite an expensive hobby, though. You have to pay for the instruction and the hire of the horse and the equipmentand there is quite a lot of that, but I think its a great sport because youre out of

20、 doors and working with animals. I used to be actually scared of horses until I took up riding; now I adore them! When Ive saved up enough money Im going to buy a pony of my own. Another advantage of riding is that disabled people can enjoy it too. Its great fun teaching them to ride; it makes you f

21、eel youre doing something really worthwhile. Its made me more aware of other peoples problems and now I dont worry about my own so much.Thank you, Debbie. Now Jonathan.Jonathan:The trouble with riding is that you can injure yourself if you fall! I dont like that at all! I prefer canoeing because you

22、ve always got the water there for support. If youre a good swimmer, have a good sense of balance and strong arms, youll like canoeing! The main trouble is transporting your canoe to the right placesmy father takes it on the roof of the caror sometimes I put it on the roof of the Club Land Rover. Wha

23、t its taught me most is to be independent. Its just you and the canoe against the wind, the weather and the water. It gives you a lot of self-confidence and it can be really exciting as long as you dont mind getting soaked, of course! It makes you feel close to nature somehow. I hope to run my own c

24、anoeing center when Im qualified.How many guests are interviewed in the program?How do sports affect the guests life according to the presenter?What sports does Debbie enjoy most?What will Debbie do if she saves up enough money?What does Jonathan think of horse-riding?What is required for canoeing?7

25、. What is troublesome about canoeing?8. What can you get from canoeing?The game of football may have started in Roman times. It seems that the Romans played a game very much like our modern rugby but with a round ball.English villagers played football in the 16th century and they often had almost a

26、hundred players on each side. It was a very common game, which was very rough and even dangerous until the early part of the 19th century. In the 18th century a Frenchman who had watched a rough game of football in a village wrote, I could not believe that those men were playing a game. If this is w

27、hat Englishmen call playing, I would not like to see them fighting!From the mid 19th century, it was played in schools in England and soon spread all over Britain and Europe. Until in 1850, it was not possible to have football matches between one school and another, because each school had different rules! So set rules had to be made. They were not formalized though until, in 1863, when those who preferred to play with hands as well as feet formed the Rugby Union while the other