施心远主编听力教程3.docx

1、施心远主编听力教程3UNIT9Secti on OnePart 1Spot Dictatio nCelebrations in Australia, Asia Ring in 2010One of the first major cities to celebrate the begi nning of 2010 wasSydn ey, Australia. More tha n a millio n people gathered along the Sydneyharbor to watch the citys annual fireworks show, set to booming r

2、ock music.Hours before midni ght people arrived at Harbor Bridge to stake outgood seats for the 12-minute display. This years show invoIved more than 5,000 kilograms of explosive devices.Other cities around Asia and the Pacific region celebrated withfireworks, such as Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong.In o

3、ther places people marked the New Year without fireworks.Milli ons in Japa n prayed at shri nes for good fortune in 2010.In Seoul, South Korea, a gia nt bell was rung.In Chi nas capital, sig ns around Beiji ng cauti oned not to lightfireworks within the heart of the city on New Years Eve.This did no

4、t seem to bother Beijing residents, who say the Lunar New Year is their traditi onal time to celebrate with fireworks. This yearthat holiday is in mid-February.Many young people were at bars and clubs in Beijing until the earlyhours of the morning. Still others had to work on New Years Eve. Aslate-n

5、ight revelers waited in the cold for a scarce cab, two menunloaded a truck at a bakery on Workers Stadium Road. One of them said he hoped for good health for his parents in the NewYear. His coworker said he hoped to spe nd the Lunar New Year with family at his home in n earby Shandongprovince.Part 2

6、Listening for GistUnlike air travel, which is regulated internationally, rail travelis in manycases 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 conc

7、erned. 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 per year s

8、tatistics 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 actually

9、means that the degree of risk is, comparatively, one which is almost non-existent.By far the greatest cause of railway accidents is humanerror, either in controlling or responding to signals. Recent improvements in the numbers of accidents are in large measure due to the introduction of automatic an

10、d 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 in what are

11、 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:Brita in and the Un ited States. Less tha n 10 ra

12、il passe nger deaths per year: less developed parts. Higher: UK. Last 25 years. One train accide nt for every million miles run: cause. Human error: automatic. Computerized sig nali ng. Radio com muni cati on systems. Reduce accide nts.Secti on TwoListe ning Comprehe nsionPart 1 DialogueAdolesce nee

13、In terviewer : So, you say Erics what youd con sider pretty strict but pretty fair? So, for example, whe n he tells you to do In terviewer: someth ingJora : Well, hes strict and I get angry whenhe does nt want meto do stuff.But afterwards I can almost always see why he said it, yk now?In terviewer:

14、Yeah.Jora : Andtheres only a couple of incidents where, well, that were totally, yk now, that I did nt un dersta nd at all.In terviewer: Hmm. Not a bad record.Eric : No. Vh, cos rm sure Ive made some mistakes.In terviewer: Is . how would you compare your mom? Is she less strictthan your dad? Mm-hmmW

15、ell, 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 does nt let mesee PG-13* or R movies, but my momdoes. She, well, she rents R-rated* movies, and le

16、ts mewatch them and all, but my dad wont eve n 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, talkedto some one who I trust . whos see n it.In terviewer: So, your moms looser about movies. Uh, whats she stricterabout?Jora : Chores, junk food, buying me