《大学体验英语》听说教程第三册听力原文+答案解析.docx

1、大学体验英语听说教程第三册听力原文+答案解析ScriptSharon: Hey, Karen, is that you?Karen: Sharon, wow! I cant believe it! Yes, its me. Gosh, its good to see you!Sharon: You, too! Whats it been? Something like 20 years?!?Karen: Yeah, I cant believe were that old already.Sharon: Life sure has treated well. You look great!Ka

2、ren: Thanks you do too! Whatve you been doing all this time? I remember you couldnt wait to marry Jim and start a family.Sharon: Hah! I never did get married. I was too busy with school and then my job. I dont even know what happened to Jim.Karen: So what do you do?Sharon: I have my own advertising

3、agency.Karen: Come on, Sharon! You?Sharon: Really. I majored in marketing in college and afterwards got a job with an advertising agency. I worked my way up, and when I felt I understood the business really well, I left to start my own agency. Karen: Wow, thats pretty impressive. No wonder you haven

4、t had any time to get married.Sharon: Yeah. So, anyway, what about you? You were the one who was going to travel the world and do your own thing. You didnt want to get stuck being a housewife.Karen: Hah! Youre gonna laugh, but I AM a housewife, and a mother of three.Sharon: Oh, come on, Karen, youre

5、 not serious, are you? What happened to the travel?Karen: Well, I did travel around Europe for a year with some friends. But then I met Stan, and we got married right away. I helped put him through medical school, and then we had our children. I love being able to focus on my family, and when they l

6、eave home, Im going to start my careerif its not too late!Sharon: Its never too lateScriptCesar: TJ, my man! I heard you won the Pro-Am stake-boarding contest last weekend.TJ: Yeah, Cesar, I did a flip on the half-pipe that really impressed the judges.Cesar: You impress me, TJ. Youre something else

7、on that board!TJ: Ah, cmon, stop it, will ya?Cesar: But Ive seen you fly on a skateboard. Its amazing.TJ: Yeah, well, things have been goingood. Youll never believe what the latest is.Cesar: What?TJ: Nike wants me to do a commercial. Theyve been calling my agent.Cesar: Wow! I dont believe that.TJ: Y

8、ou best believe it, my friend. Im going to get some big bucks for doing it, too.Cesar: Youre going big time now. I cant believe I even know you.TJ: Great, huh? Im gonna be on TV!Cesar: Yeah! Pretty soon youre not going to have time for someone like me.TJ: No way, Cesar. You know my friends are impor

9、tant.Cesar: Yeah, but now youre hitting the big time.Everythings gonna change.TJ: You know Im just a regular guy.Cesar: No, youre not.TJ: Yes, I am. Ive got parents and a bratty sister, just like you. I took piano lessons when I was little, and I go to church on Sundays. I like watching cartoons, an

10、d my mom makes me take out the trash. And I worry about not having a girlfriend. See? Im just like everybody else.Cesar: I dont think so. Nobody else I know is doing a Nike commercial. Youre got it made, TJ.TJ: Yeah, but the problem is my parents.Cesar: Whats up?TJ: To really make it big , Ive got t

11、o go on the pro tour ,and the only way I can go pro is to drop out of school ,but they dont want me to. They say Im ruining my future. But I may not get another chance two years from now may be too late.Cesar: So whatre you gonna for?TJ: Ive got to go for it. Im at the top of my game right now ,and

12、thats what counts.Cesar: Yeah, you gotta do what you gotta do.Script Kara: Steve, remember the older couple that I rent my apartment from?Steve: Yeah?Kara: Well, the woman has been coming up to see how Im doing. At first I was really appreciative, you know, its nice to feel that people are concerned

13、 when you live alone.Steve: Yeah, it is nice.Kara: Now, though, she comes every day sometimes more than once! She always brings me homemade soupSteve: Homemade soup! That is so great! I wish someone cooked for me.Kara: Sure, having some home-cooked food is a treat, but she sits and watches me to mak

14、e sure I eat it! Last time, I had just eaten dinner when she came over and insisted that I finish a whole bowl. She wouldnt leave until I did!Steve: Oh, cmon, you could have it much worse.Kara: And, every time I go out she leans out the door to ask where I am going. Its like Im 17 again!Steve: Would

15、 you rather have loud neighbors who kept you up all night?Kara: Well, its not only her. Its the old man, too. He is such a flirt, and Ive always thought it was cute. Ya know, an old man ,80 years old , still flirting.Steve: Uh huhKara: So, today when I got home, he came up to me, gave me a hugSteve:

16、 Yeah, so what?Kara: And then, he kissed me on the cheek!Steve: Oh no! Well, maybe you remind him of his granddaughter.Kara: Well, yeah, but dont you think its kind of weird for him to kiss me?ScriptRachel: So, Susie, how was the plane ride from London?Susie: Oh, I dont knowall I could think about w

17、as getting here and going shopping.Rachel: Hmmm.Susie: Rachel, whats wrong?Rachel: Susie, I thought you came to see me! Isnt that more important than shopping?Susie: Oh cmon, Rachel. Shopping is so bonding!Rachel: All right, Ill take you to the stores. What are you looking fly?Susie: Well, I want a

18、handbag from Prada, and maybe one of their black leather dressesRachel: Oh noSusie: a couple of skirts from Donna Karan, you know, the ones that are really fitted, a pair of jeansRachel: Whoa! How much money do you have, anyway?Susie: Oh, Rachel, you know I save up to come to New York every year to

19、go shopping. Now that youre studying here, I want to go with you. So what are you going to get?Rachel: Are you kidding, Susie? Ive got two words for you: “student budget.” I cant afford to buy any clothing!Susie: Well, youre just a jeans and T-shirt person, arent you? I am going to enjoy myself no m

20、atter how much it costs. Im on holiday. Look, Rachel, Ill buy you something, a new blouse , or skirt, whatever you want.Rachel: Well, I dont want anyone to buy me something I cant afford myself.Susie: Oh, dont worry about that. And, there is no need to thank me. Its the least I can do since youll be

21、 cooking dinner every night while Im here.Rachel: Dinner? What are you talking about?ScriptRichard: Hello?Irma: Hi, its me.Richard: Oh, hi! How was the job interview?Irma: Well, he hired me.Richard: You got the job? The management job? Oh,Irma: No, I didnt say I got the management job. He hired me f

22、or a job in customer service, selling hired me for a job in customer service, selling tours to Asia.Richard: Just customer service? But what about the management position? You were perfect for that job. You can supervise people. You understand the business.Irma: I know. I showed him my resume. I tol

23、d him that I worked in travel management for five years back home, and that I even got a degree in Business Management here in the U.S.Richard: Oh, I cant believe that. Youre perfectly qualified for that management position.Irma: Thats what I thought. Its not fair! Why did I bother going to college

24、here?Richard: Wait, wait a minute. Did he know that you were applying for the management position.Irma: Of course. And you know what he said?Richard: What?Irma: He said that everyone really expects the manager to be someone from the local community. But the person they hired is from New York. And sh

25、es a woman, too, so its not because I am a woman. So that means the problem is my English.Richard: But your English is fantastic!Irma: But Im not a native speaker, and I guess thats what they want for the management job.Richard: Well, you know, you spend a little time at the customer service job and

26、 then you can work your way up to the management positionScriptAmy: I know I have a picture of Luis around here some-where. Oh, here it is.Erika: wow! Hes so handsome! He looks like a Greek statue.Amy: Yeah, he is very attractive. But I didnt think so when I first met him.Erika: You didnt?Amy: No. Y

27、ou know what I noticed when I first met him? He has really hairy hands.Erika: What?Amy: Yeah. His hands are just really hairy. Plus, his clothes were way more fashionable than I usually like. He just wasnt my type. And on top of all that, he was shorter than me.Erika: So how come you went out with h

28、im? Amy: Well, he was just really sweet and funny and I was so comfortable just hanging out with him. And the first time we went out he just swept me away with his personality.Erika: Really, how?Amy: He was just really easy to talk to.Erika: But still, if all those things bothered you, about his han

29、ds and allAmy: well, you know, none of that was important once I got to know him more. His personality and the way we got along just made it clear to me that he is “the one.”Erika: So, whens the big day?ScriptEddie: Hey, whats up with you, Marty? You look kind of bummed out.Marty: You havent heard?E

30、ddie: Heard what?Marty: Kristy and Shawna are moving in with us.Eddie: Yeah, I heard. Simon got transferred to Florida, right?Marty: Yeah, so he and Lily got to go there first and do a whole bunch of stuff. That means that we get stuck with the twin brats.Eddie: Ah, come on, Marty. They arent brats.

31、Marty: Yeah, but you know what its going to mean? Mom and Dad arent going to have any time for us anymore. And its going to get even more crowded here. Just one big happy family!Eddie: Yeah, theres a lot of us now, thats for sure. I hear were going to have to sleep in the living room so that Kristy

32、and Shawna can have our room.Marty: I wish we were back in our old housejust us, Mom and Dad.Eddie: Yeah, sometimes I do, too.Marty: And I wish Mom and Dad wouldnt try to solve everybodys problems.Eddie: I dont think that will change. You know your mom wants to take care of everybody. She doesnt want to say no if