1、施心远主编听力教程3第2版Unit9答案UNIT9Section OnePart 1Spot DictationCelebrations in Australia, Asia Ring in 2010One of the first major cities to celebrate the beginning of 2010 was Sydney, Australia. More than a million people gathered along the Sydney harbor to watch the citys annual fireworks show, set to boo
2、ming rock music.Hours before midnight people arrived at Harbor Bridge to stake out good seats for the 12-minute display. This years show involved more than 5,000 kilograms of explosive devices.Other cities around Asia and the Pacific region celebrated with fireworks, such as Kuala Lumpur and Hong Ko
3、ng.In other places people marked the New Year without fireworks. 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
4、not seem to bother Beijing residents, who say the Lunar New Year 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 la
5、te-night revelers waited in the cold for a scarce cab, two men unloaded 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.
6、Part 2Listening for GistUnlike air travel, which is regulated internationally, 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 coun
7、try concerned. In Britain and the United States rail passenger deaths 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 pe
8、r year statistics are in the western world. In the UK over the last 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
9、actually means that the degree of risk is, comparatively, one which 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 a
10、utomatic and computerized signaling equipment. Radio communication 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
11、in what are already impressively low accident rates. Directions: 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. L
12、ess than 10 rail passenger deaths per year: less developed parts. 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 DialogueAdolesce
13、nceInterviewer: So, you say Erics what youd consider pretty strict 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? Interviewer: Ye
14、ah. Jora: And theres only a couple of incidents where, well, that were totally, yknow, that I didnt understand at all. Interviewer: Hmm. Not a bad record. Eric: No. Vh, cos Im sure Ive made some mistakes. Interviewer: Is . how would you compare your mom? Is she less strict than your dad? Mm-hmm. Wel
15、l, shes less strict, but its, its like I cant win, yknow? The stuff that my dads not strict about, my moms strict about, 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 let
16、s me watch them and all, but my dad wont even let me see PG-13. Eric: Well, uh, thats not really true. It depends on what 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. Interviewer: So, your moms looser about movies. Uh, whats she stricter about?Jora: Chores, junk food, buying me specific things - Inter
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