Unit 59 听力.docx

1、Unit 59 听力Unit 5 languageListening IEvery culture has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions. These are the living speech of a people. The soap expressions in English are just one example.Soap operas are radio and television plays about the problems and emotions in human relations

2、hips.They are called soap operas because the first programs-years ago-were paid for by soap-making companies. Like musical operas, soap operas are not about real people. And critics charge that they do not represent a balanced picture of real life. They note that almost everyone in a soap opera has

3、a serious emotional problem, or is guilty of a crime. And there are several crises in every program.Yet, soap opera fans do not care about what the critics say. They love the programs and watch them every day. Such loyalty has made soap operas very popular in the United States. In fact, A few progra

4、ms are so popular that they have been produced with the same actors for many years.Another expression that uses the word soap is “soap box”. There was a time when soap and other products were shipped in wooden boxes. The boxes were small, but strong. You could stand on one to see over the heads in a

5、 crowd or to be seen in a crowd. Soap boxes were a simple, easy way to make yourself taller if you wanted to give a public speech. Such soapbox speeches usually were political and one-sided. The speakers shouted their ideas to anyone who walked by. Many talked for hours refusing to get off their soa

6、p boxes.Today, you dont need a wooden box to make a soapbox speech. Anyone, anywhere, who talks endlessly about a cause is said to be on a soap box,.Another, quieter way to win support or gain influence is to “soft-soap” a person. This means to use praise or other kind words to get the person to do

7、what you want.Exercise 1. Plays, real people, real life, emotional problem, popular 2. public speech, make themselves taller, political, one-sided 3. soft-soap, praise, kind F F T T T TListening IIA: Do you think learners should try to speak English with a native-speaker pronunciation?B: Thats a dif

8、ficult question to answer. I think the most important thing is to be understood easily. For most learners, its not necessary or desirable to speak like a native speaker. For some learners, for example, those who eventually want to teach English, or be interpreters perhaps, a native-speaker pronuncia

9、tion is the ultimate goal. At least, thats what I think.A: Children often do not want to speak English with a native-speaker pronunciation. Why not?B: In general, children are splendid mimics and imitate strange sounds very easily and well. However, it is true that most children do not want to sound

10、 English when they are speaking English. This may be partly due to shyness but I think the main reason is that most children want to belong to a groupthey dress alike, listen to the same music, share the same opinions and hobbies. Even if a child can speak English like a native speaker, he or she wi

11、ll usually choose not tounless, of course, the rest of the group speaks with a native-speaker pronunciation too.A: What is the main reason why adults find pronunciation difficult?B: Numerous reasons have been offered for the difficulties which many adults find with pronunciation and, no doubt, there

12、 is some truth in all of these. It seems to be the case that children are better mimics than adults. But if an adult really wants to achieve a native-speaker pronunciation, then he or she can. It is NOT the students own language that prevents him or her from achieving a native-speaker pronunciation

13、in English. It is the fact that the adult student has a strong sense of national identity. In other words, he or she wants to be identified as a German or Brazilian speaking English. In my opinion, this sense of national identity is more important than other explanations, such as the greater anxiety

14、 of adults or the effect of their own language habits. Exercise 1 C 2 A 3D be understood easily; necessary, desirable; splendid; prevent, from achieving; anxiety, effectListening III(Dr.Mallard is an expert on bilingual education. She has a show on radio through which she answers questions from pare

15、nts about how to raise their children to be bilingual.)Dr.Mallard: Hello, sir. You are on air.John: Oh, hello. Dr.Mallard?Dr.Mallard: Yes, How may I help you?John: Dr.Mallard, my name is John. My wife Maria and I just had our first baby girl.Dr.Mallard: Congratulations, John. You must be very excite

16、d.John: Yes, we are indeed. Here is why I called. Maria is from Peru, and speaks fluent Spanish and fairly good English, depending on the situation. I am a native English speaker and I also speak almost fluent Spanish. We live in the U.S and communicate in Spanish at home 95% of the time.Dr.Mallard:

17、 I see. Please go on.John: My question is this: how should we communicate in order to ensure the bilingual successof our child?Dr.Mallard: OK. From what you told me I guess you and your wife have already started using mostly Spanish with your newborn girl. Is that correct?John: Yes. I think using Sp

18、anish with her just feels kind of natural to both of us.Dr.Mallard: That is fine, because language uses within a family should be natural: we use the languages to build a family relationship, not to “teach” the languages.John: But is it reasonable to assume that our baby will be exposed to enough En

19、glish in the world outside our house and therefore it will be OK for us to speak to her almost solely in Spanish?Dr.Mallard: Well, in my opinion, yes. And I also believe that your baby will have a lot of exposure to English at home as well. She will listen to not only music and talk on the TV, but a

20、lso relative and friends who are visiting or telephoning. Besides, she may also have English input from you yourself: for example, you may want to sing to her the English-language nursery rhymes that you remember from your own childhood.John: Ok. That really eases my mind. Thank you so much, Dr.Mall

21、ard.Dr.Mallard: You are welcome.Exercise T F F F T T fairly good; ensure, success; natural, family relationship; exposure; visiting or telephoningListening IVTalk show host: Welcome to tonights program. Our guest is Dr. Charles Adams, language learning specialist. His book, Learning a Language over

22、Eggs and Toast is on the best seller list. Welcome.Dr. Adams: Thank you. Talk show host: Tell us about the title of your book.Dr. Adams: First, it is important to establish a regular study program, like planning a few minutes every morning around breakfast time .Talk show host : But, I took Spanish

23、for four years and I didnt become a proficient speaker of it.Dr. Adams: Well , we can become fluent speakers in a matter of a few minutes here and there. We should follow a regular course of study and remember that there is a difference between native fluency and proficiency in a language. I propose

24、 the latter.Talk show host: What are the basic keys you suggest ?Dr.Adams: People must organize their study by setting realistic and attainable goals Some people think they can learn the language in 30 days and become discouraged when they cant. Small steps are the key. Learning five new words a day

25、 and learning to use them actively is far better than learning 30 and forgetting them the next day.Talk show host: Um-hum. You mentioned individual learning styles. Can you explain what you mean by learning style?Dr.Adams: Sure .People have different ways of learning .Some are visual learners who pr

26、efer to see models of the patterns they are expected to learn. Other are auditory learners who favor hearing instructions over reading them. Our preferences are determined by factors such as personality ,culture, and past experiences.Talk Show Host: What is your learning style? Dr. Adams: I learn by

27、 doing. Talk show host: What do you mean by that?Dr.Adams:I know it might sound unusual, but moving around while trying to learn helps me.While I cut up tomatoes and onions for my breakfast in the morning ,I might recite aloud vocabulary to the rhythm of the knife .Talk show host : What is my learni

28、ng style?Dr.Adams : Youre going to have to read my book to find that out. Talk show host : Okay Thank for joining us. Dr.Adams: My pleasure.Exercise 1 C 2 C 3 A 4 B Eggs, Toast;realistic, far better than , forgetting;determined, personality, culture; recite aloudPart 4 Further listening Listening I

29、Language is the most important development in human history.The arts,science,laws,economic systems and religions of the world could not exist without language.Humans havent changed biologically very much for some 40,000 years.however,our ability to communicate has led us form the cave all the way to

30、 the moon. Little is known about the birth of language.Written records that are more than 4,000 years old have been found,but scientist study human beings agree that humans were probably speaking thousands of years before that. Today,most of us learn to talk by the age of three,and for the rest of o

31、ur lives we rarely stop.Even while we are reading or just thinking,we are in a sense talking,if only to ourselves.Language is so much a part of human existence that we will be talking as long as we inhabit the earth.As linguist David Thompson notes,when language dies,so will man.Exercise 1)economic

32、2)religions 3)exist 4)biologically 5)40,000 6)cave 7)Written 8)humans were probably speaking thousands of years before that 9)Even while we are reading or just thinking,we are in a sense talking 10)Language is so much a part of human existence that we will be talking as long as we inhabit the earth Listening IIReceptionist(R) :English language center.May I help you?Caller(C):Yes.Im calling to find out more information about your English language program.R:Well,first of all,the purpose of our program is to provide language-learning oppor