施心远主编《听力教程》3第2版Unit9答案Word文件下载.docx

1、Millions in Japan prayed at shrines for good fortune in 2010. In Seoul, South Korea, a giant bell was rung.In Chinas capital, signs around Beijing cautioned not to light fireworks within the heart of the city on New Years Eve.This did not seem to bother Beijing residents, who say the Lunar New Year

2、is their traditional time to celebrate with fireworks. This year that holiday is in mid-February.Many young people were at bars and clubs in Beijing until the early hours of the morning. Still others had to work on New Years Eve. As late-night revelers waited in the cold for a scarce cab, two men un

3、loaded a truck at a bakery on Workers Stadium Road. One of them said he hoped for good health for his parents in the New Year. His coworker said he hoped to spend the Lunar New Year with family at his home in nearby Shandong province. Part 2Listening for GistUnlike air travel, which is regulated int

4、ernationally, rail travel is in many cases controlled nationally. The degree of safety of rail travel is therefore highly variable from country to country, depending on the degree of regulation and the quality of regulation in the country concerned. In Britain and the United States rail passenger de

5、aths work out at an average of less than 10 rail passenger deaths per year. Unfortunately, the rail passenger deaths per year statistics in the less developed parts of the world are considerably higher than the rail passenger deaths per year statistics are in the western world. In the UK over the la

6、st 25 years, there has been an average of one train accident for every million miles run. Because individual trains carry such a large number of passengers compared with the number of passengers carried in cars, buses and planes, this actually means that the degree of risk is, comparatively, one whi

7、ch is almost non-existent. By far the greatest cause of railway accidents is human error, either in controlling or responding to signals. Recent improvements in the numbers of accidents are in large measure due to the introduction of automatic and computerized signaling equipment. Radio communicatio

8、n systems between drivers and control centers have also proved influential in reducing accidents. With the continuing development of radio communication systems and automatic signaling systems we can look forward to further reductions in what are already impressively low accident rates. Directions:

9、Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide. 1. This passage is about rail travel safety. 2. The key words are highly variable. degree and quality of regulation: Britain and the United States. Less than 10 rail passenger deaths per year: less developed parts.

10、 Higher: UK. Last 25 years. One train accident for every million miles run: cause. Human error: automatic. Computerized signaling. Radio communication systems. Reduce accidents. Section TwoListening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueAdolescenceInterviewer: So, you say Erics what youd consider pretty stric

11、t but pretty fair? So, for example, when he tells you to do Interviewer: something Jora: Well, hes strict and I get angry when he doesnt want me to do stuff. But afterwards I can almost always see why he said it, yknow? Yeah. And theres only a couple of incidents where, well, that were totally, ykno

12、w, that I didnt understand at all. Hmm. Not a bad record. Eric: No. Vh, cos Im sure Ive made some mistakes. Is . how would you compare your mom? Is she less strict than your dad? Mm-hmm. Well, shes less strict, but its, its like I cant win, y The stuff that my dads not strict about, my moms strict a

13、bout, and the stuff that my moms not strict about, my dad is. And, well, like my dad doesnt let me see PG-13* or R movies, but my mom does. She, well, she rents R-rated* movies, and lets me watch them and all, but my dad wont even let me see PG-13. Well, uh, thats not really true. It depends on what

14、 it is. My rule with PG-13 is either Ive had to have seen it first or, you know, talked to someone who I trust . whos seen it. So, your moms looser about movies. Uh, whats she stricter about? Chores, junk food, buying me specific things - When you say buying you things, do you mean- Like when we go

15、to the store. She doesnt want to pay for them?t want to pay for things. She wants me to buy my own friends presents, you know, stuff like that So, do you get an allowance? Yeah, I do. So, Jora, what do you think about your dad? Do you think hes a pretty good dad? I mean, how does he compare with you

16、r friends fathers? Urn, my dad is very strict, but hes . hes . , hes pretty good. He . hes very nice and he lets me do just enough so I dont get too angry. Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true （T） or false （F）. l.T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. T 6.F 7. T 8. T Part 2 Passa

17、geA Brief History of BankingWhen did the first banks appear? The first bankers lived more than 2,000 years ago. They were money changers, situated usually at a table or in a small shop in the commercial district, aiding travelers who came to the town by exchanging foreign coins for local money or di

18、scounting commercial notes for a fee in order to supply merchants with working capital. The first bankers probably used their own capital to fund their activities, but it wasnt long before the idea of attracting deposits and securing temporary loans from wealthy customers became an important source

19、of bank funding. Loans were then made to merchants, shippers, and landowners, at rates of interest as low as 6 percent per annum to as high as 48 percent a month for the riskiest ventures! Most of the early banks of any size were Greek in origin. The banking industry gradually spread outward from th

20、e classical civilizations of Greece and Rome into northern and western Europe. Banking encountered religious opposition during the Middle Ages, primarily because loans made to the poor often carried high interest rates. However, as the Renaissance began in Europe, the bulk of bank loans and deposits

21、 involved relatively wealthy customers, which helped to reduce religious opposition to banking practices. The development of new overland trade routes and improvements in navigation in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries gradually shifted the center of world commerce from the Mediterranean region tow

22、ard Europe and the British Isles, where banking became a leading industry. The Industrial Revolution demanded a well-developed financial system. In particular, the adoption of mass production methods required a corresponding expansion in global trade to absorb industrial output, requiring new method

23、s for making payments and credit available. Banks that could deliver on these needs grew rapidly. The early banks in Europe were places for safekeeping of valuable items （such as gold and silver bullion） as people came to fear loss of their assets due to war, theft, or expropriation by government. I

24、n England during the reigns of Henry VIII and Charles I, government efforts to seize private holdings of gold and silver resulted in people depositing their valuables in goldsmiths shops, who, in turn, would issue tokens* or certificates, indicating that the customer had made a deposit at these busi

25、nesses. Soon, goldsmith tokens or certificates began to circulate as money because they were more convenient and less risky to carry around. The goldsmiths also offered certification of value services - what we today might call property appraisals*. Customers would bring in valuables to have an expe

26、rt certify that these items were indeed real and not fakes - a service many banks still provide their customers. When colonies were established in North and South America, Old World banking practices were transferred to the New World. As the 19th century began, state governments in the United States

27、 began chartering* banking companies. The development of large, professionally managed banking firms was centered in a few leading commercial centers, especially New York. The federal government became a major force in US banking during Civil War. A: Pre-listening Question A bank is, actually, a bus

28、iness organization, usually a limited company, which trades mainly in money, receiving and holding deposits and paying sums out of them by order of the customer, lending money at interest, discounting bills of exchange, moving from one place to another, acting as customers agent in buying and sellin

29、g securities, serving as trustee or executor, and performing various extra services for customers, e.g. arranging travel and insurance and advising on tax and investment. B: Sentence Dictation Direction: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times. 1. Situated usually at a table or in a small shop in the commercial district, the bankers aided travelers who came to the town by exchanging foreign coins for local money.2. It wasnt long before the idea of attracting deposits and securing temporary loans from wealthy customers beca