施心远主编《听力教程》4第2版Unit00003.docx

1、施心远主编听力教程4第2版Unit00003施心远主编听力教程4-(第2版)Unit-5答案A Listening Course 4施心远主编听力教程4 (第2版)答案Unit 5Section One: Tactics for ListeningPart 1: Listening and Translation1. Stocks, bonds, land-people invest in different things and for different reasons.股票、债券、土地-人们由于不同原因进行不同的投资。2. But all investors share the same

2、 goal.但是所有的投资者都有一个共同的目标。3. They want to get more money out of their investment than they put into it.他们希望通过投资获得比所有投入的资金更多的货币回报。4. The money they invest today provides capital for future growth in the economy.他们今天的投资为将来经济的发展提供了资金。5. Investors have to decide how much risk they are willing to take and

3、for how long.投资者必须决定自己愿意在多长的时间范围内承受多大的风险。Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dialogue The Bank ManagerExercise: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.1. D 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. C Part 2 Passage Stock Market: How it Works Ex. A.

4、 Pre-listening QuestionWhat do you know about stock market in China? The Shanghai Stock Exchange was founded on November 26th, 1990 and in operation on December 19th the same year, and Shenzhen Stock Exchange was established on December 1st, 1990. Ex. B: Sentence Dictation1. A wave of selling trigge

5、red widespread price declines in stock markets from New York to Australia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points in the panicked rush to sell. 2. The stock market is the means through which previously issued corporate stocks, shares of ownership in a corporation, are traded. 3. However

6、, the forces influencing the prices of corporate stocks are quite different from those influencing the prices of goods and services. 4. People and organizations who buy and hold stock do so for the incomes they hope to earn. 5. When Black Monday finally reeled to a close, many a portfolio had lost o

7、ver a fifth of the value it had the day before.Ex. C: Detailed Listening. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. CEx. D: After-listening Discussion1. What is “Black Monday”?On October 19, 1987, a wave of selling triggered widespread declines in stock markets from New York to Australia. That day is “B

8、lack Monday”. On that day, there were hardly any buy orders, and the markets were flooded with sell orders. Over 600 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange-more than twice the NYSEs average sales volume. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of the prices of 30 stocks of major US compa

9、nies lost 22.6 percent of its value on that memorable day, plunging 508 points in the panicked rush to sell. When Black Monday finally reeled to a close, many a portfolio had lost over a fifth of the value it had the day before.2. Do you like to be a broker? Why?Open.Script of Passage: Stock Market:

10、 How It WorksOn Monday, October 19, 1987, a wave of selling triggered widespread price declines in stock markets from New York to Australia. ON that day, now infamous as “Black Monday”, over 600 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange-more than twice the NYSEs average sales volume.

11、 The Dow Jones Industrial Average of the prices of 30 stocks of major US companies lost 22.6 percent of its value on that memorable day, plunging 508 points in the panicked rush to sell.What is the stock market, and how is it affected by the forces of supply and demand? The stock market is the means

12、 through which previously issued corporate stocks, shares of ownership in a corporation, are traded. Stock exchanges are organizations whose members act as intermediaries to buy and sell stocks for their clients. About 80 percent of all stock trading in the United States takes place at the New York

13、Stock Exchange. There are other stock exchanges in the United States as well as in Paris, London, Sydney and Tokyo.How are stock prices determined? The answer, as you might expect, is by supply and demand. However, the forces influencing the prices of corporate stocks are quite different from those

14、influencing the prices of goods and services. People and organizations who buy and hold stock do so for the incomes they hope to earn. The incomes depend on dividends paid to stockholders, changes in the incomes they hope to earn. The incomes depend on dividends paid to stockholders, changes in the

15、price of stock over time, and the expected return compared to the return on alternative investments.On any given day in the stock market, there are orders to buy and orders to sell. The orders to buy constitute the quantity of a stock demanded at the current (or anticipated) price per share, while t

16、he orders to sell constitute the quantity supplied at that price. The chief influence on both the supply of and demand for stocks is the income potential of holding the stock compared to the income potential of holding alternative assets such as bonds, other types of securities, or real property lik

17、e buildings and land.On the New York Stock Exchange, trading in all stocks is continuous. A specialist is assigned to oversee trading in each stock. This specialist is a “brokers broker” who tries to adjust the price of the stock so that quantity demanded equals quantity supplied. However, the speci

18、alist is also allowed to purchase the stock to hold as a personal investment if no buyer can be found. In this way the specialist can exert some influence on the supply of and demand for stocks, and will do so if its profitable.On October 19, 1987, there were hardly any buy orders, and the markets w

19、ere flooded with sell orders. Because of the tremendous surplus of stocks at the prevailing prices, specialists and call clerks lowered prices until quantity demanded equaled quantity supplied. When Black Monday finally reeled to a close, many a portfolio had lost over a fifth of the value it had th

20、e day before.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about the fact that Arctic is the warmest in two millennia.Ex. B: Listen again and fill in the blanks. Scientists have produced evidence showing dramatically that the current temperature rise there is highly unusual

21、. For most of the last two thousand years, the Arctic slowly cooled, a consequence of variations in the Earths orbit. But over the last century, the cooling abruptly reversed, and the region is now warmer than at any time in the 2,000 year record. Writing in the journal Science, the researchers say

22、this shows how quickly the Arctic responds to climatic changes.News Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis item is about WWFs accusation against European toilet and tissue paper manufacturers of contributing to global deforestation by not using enough recycled material.Ex. B: L

23、isten to the news again and answer the questions.1. How many trees are being discarded as tissue paper each day?More than a quarter of a million trees.2. What did the report find?The report found alarmingly low levels of recycled fibers in the vast majority of products by European toilet and tissue

24、paper manufacturers.3. Where are the fibers used by European toilet and tissue paper companies taken from?The fibers are taken from natural forests in South Africa, Asia, Europe and across the Americas.4. What have most of the toilet and tissue paper manufacturers failed to do?Most of the companies

25、have failed to take effective measures to prevent illegal or controversial timber from being used in their products.Script of News Item Two:The international conservation group, WWF, has accused European toilet and tissue paper manufacturers of contributing to global deforestation by not using enoug

26、h recycled material. A spokesman said more than a quarter of a million trees were in fact being flushed down toilets or discarded as rubbish each day.The report found alarmingly low levels of recycled fibers in the vast majority of products and said the fibers were instead being taken from natural f

27、orests in South Africa, Asia, Europe and across the Americas. Using virgin forest to make toilet paper, says the report, is wasteful and unnecessary. The report also warns that illegal and unsustainable logging and conflicts over land rights still exist in many of these areas and that all but one of

28、 the companies have so far failed to take effective measures to prevent illegal or controversial timber from being used in their products.News Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about the warnings from specialists that climate change can drive some species of migrating

29、animals towards extinction. Ex. B Listen to the news and complete the following outlineFindings: Climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction.Reason: Birds, mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migrating patterns. Examples:

30、 1. The spreading Sahara Desert could make it impossible for swallows to make the epic journey from Southern Africa.2. Rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading birds.3. Warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species becoming entirely female.Script of News Item 3Sc

31、ientists are warning that climate change could drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction. A report by European ornithologists and zoologists say that birds, mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migration patterns.This report by ornithologi

32、sts and zoologists warns that global warming will cause increasing problems for many migrating species. For example, the spreading Sahara Desert could make it impossible for swallows to make their epic journey from Southern Africa, and rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading birds. The study even suggests that warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species becoming entirely female. The selection of sex is closely linked to sea temperature. Section FourPart 1 Feature reportS