现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit3 

Unit 3 Task 1

【答案】

A. 1) F 2) T 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) T B.

1) She takes care of the Jotmsons' children when their mother is sick.

2) When they got to the theater, they found that the G movie wasn’t there any more. The theater was showing an X-rated movie called GIRLS.

3) Since she didn’t know what X meant, she thought a movie about \

fine for little girls. 【原文】

Jack: Did you hear what happened to Helga? She almost lost her job. Mary: I didn't know she had one.

Jack: Well, it's just a part-time job. Helga takes care of the Jotmsons' children when

their mother is sick. Mrs. Johnson hasn't been well lately. Mary: What happened? Why did Helga almost lose her job?

Jack: Well, there was a children's movie advertised at the neighborhood theater last

Saturday. It was one of those G movies, for general audiences.

Mary: I suppose Helga took the Johnson children to the movie. Wasn't that all right? Jack: Yes, but here is what happened. When they got to the theater, they found that the

G movie wasn't there any more. The theater was showing an X-rated movie called GIRLS.

Mary: X-rated movies are really bad, aren't they?

Jack: They're even worse than R-rated ones which teenagers aren't supposed to see.

But Helga didn't know what X meant, and she thought a movie about \would be fine for little girls. Mary: Did the theater let her in?

Jack: No, but Helga tried to make them let her in. The manager had to call Mrs.

Johnson. That's how she almost lost her job.

Task 2

【答案】

A. 1) F 2) T 3) T 4) F 5) F 6) F B.

Judy watched a bit of TV last night. Before the football came on, she switched over just to protest, for she couldn’t bear football, and thus she saw the end of the film The Graduate. When the football came on, she turned over to a programme on foxes. After the foxes, she turned over back to see who won the football, but only saw the beginning of the News. Then she packed up and went to bed. 【原文】

Stuart: What did you do last night then? Did you work all night?

Judy: Yes, I did some work, but I watched a bit of TV ... Got to relax, you know. Stuart: Did you watch the football?

Judy: No, no I didn't. I can't bear football. Stuart: Really?

Judy: Yes. I really hate it. Well, actually, just before the football came on, I switched over just to ... just to protest. Stuart: What did you see then?

Judy: Well, I saw the programme before ... just the end of a film that was on before

the football. It looked quite

good actually. It's a shame I didn't switch on earlier. It was some kind of love story ... with Dustin Hoffman, you know, The erm ... Stuart: The Graduate?

Judy: That's it. The Graduate.

Stuart: Yes. I know. I've seen that. Yes, good film.

Judy: Yes, and nice music. And then, when the football came on I turned over. Stuart: Terrible, terrible!

Judy: I hate it! I really can't stand it. Stuart: It was a great game! Judy: Yes? Who was playing?

Stuart: England, of course. What did you see then, that was more important than football?

Judy: Foxes. Yes, a good programme on foxes. Yes, they spent ages watching these foxes in a house. They were

watching them all night and these little baby foxes. It was tremendous. Stuart: Yes, sounds all right.

Judy: Yes, it was good—better than football ... and then, then I turned over, back to the other channel to see who

won the football, but I missed it and I just saw the beginning of the news and packed up and went to bed.

Stuart: Well, I'm sorry you missed it. It was a good game. Judy: Who did win?

Stuart: England, of course. Who do you think? Six nil. Yes. Judy: Must have been quite good then!

Stuart: Yes, it was good, actually. It was very good.

Task 3

【答案】

A. 1) b) 2) c)

B. 1) F 2) F 3) F C.

Topic: How the movies are produced

Thesis: There are six basic steps that are normally followed in the production of a full-length film.

Steps: First step—finding a property; two types of properties 1) An original story e.g. Star Wars, Back to the Future, Rocky 2) A property from a novel, play, or musical e.g. The Sound of Music, Tess, The Godfather Second step—writing the script; two options 1) The original writer takes part in the production of the script 2) Directors write the scripts themselves 【原文】

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Let's start this introduction to filmmaking with a simple question: How many of you have seen a movie this week? It doesn't matter if it was at the theater or just on your own TV... Uhhuh, just as I thought, almost all of you have.

Of course, most of us love the movies—the magic, the escape that they provide, but most of us rarely stop to think about the process of making a movie. Just what

does it take to get that movie from the idea stage to the final product? What are the decisions that must be made? What problems are encountered? Exactly how does a movie studio go about making a movie? These are precisely the topics that we will be exploring today.

There are six basic steps that are normally followed in the production of a full-length film. I'll outline them for you.

The first step is rather obvious--to make a film you must have an idea.., a story...some topic for the project. The studio must find a property. That's a key word, folks—property, p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y. You all know the common meaning of this word, of course, but in filmmaking the word \has a very specific meaning. A property is the story on which the movie will be based. Okay, it's the story on which the movie is based. You are probably wondering why we call it a property. Well, it belongs to someone; it is that person's \sometimes for quite a large sum of money.

There are basically two kinds of properties. The first is an original story that has never appeared anywhere before—never been in a book, or magazine, or another film. In other words, the story is intended from the very beginning to be made into a movie. Star Wars is one good example of this type of property—you do remember that famous science fiction film, don't you? Another example is Back to the Future—oh, and also Rocky. All of these were based on a story written only for the purpose of making a movie.

Actually though, the majority of properties, for famous films at least, come from novels, plays, or musicals that are already published. Examples of this type of property include The Sound of Music, which was originally a play, Tess, a famous novel, and The Godfather, which was also first a novel. Okay, that's step number one—finding a property.

Well, now we have the property. The next step is to prepare a script from that property. This part of the process can take several months or sometimes even a year or more. It's quite a lengthy and time-consuming process. During this time, the scriptwriter, producer, and director usually work very closely with each other.

Recently, there has been a trend to also have the original writer—the original property owner— take part in the production of the script. This means that if the property is taken from a book or play, the original author of the book or play is involved in writing the script. This is a good trend, I think. Who could possibly know the story better or understand it more clearly than its original creator?

Another option, however, is for directors to write scripts themselves. This often occurs because scriptwriters are not only responsible for the dialog, but they also must specify what kind of camera shots they want used. For instance, in all scenes, and especially long scenes that don't have any dialog, the scriptwriter must describe what the camera should focus on, what should be in the center of the shot, what mood the image should present. Directors have much more experience with camera work and often prefer to write the script themselves for this reason. So that's step number two—writing the script.

Task 4

【答案】

A. 1) a) 2) a)

B. 1) F 2) F 3) T C.

Topic: How movies are produced

Thesis: There are six basic steps that are normally followed in the production of a full-length film.

Steps: Third step—casting the film; two types of casting

1) Building the movie around a famous star Advantages: A famous star is a great asset to the film. It attracts fans automatically. Financial success of the movie depends on how many people come to see it. Disadvantages: Famous star are very expensive. They take attention away from the story itself. They distract the audience. 2) Casting movies with unknown actors and actresses Advantages: Movie centers around the story itself. Make the movie more believable. Fourth step—filming the movie; done in two types of places 1) Soundstages—both pictures and dialogs are recorded. 2) Partially filmed on location—in a real setting. Note: all the scenes with a big star can done first, or all the scenes shot at the same location can be filmed at the same time.

【原文】

Okay, now the script is finished and approved, and we are ready for the next step—a very critical step indeed—the casting of the film.

The success or failure of a movie can depend on the ability of the actors and actresses to convince us that they really are the characters that they are portraying. The producer and the director must choose the cast very, very carefully. This step of choosing the actors and actresses is called casting. Got it? Casting is choosing the actors and actresses, the cast of the movie.

There are, in general, two types of casting. The first and the most common approach is to build the movie around a famous star. It is obvious that having a well-recognized name in the cast is a great asset to the film. Having someone, like Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, or Harrison Ford will automatically attract large numbers of their fans to the movie. And of course, the financial success of the movie depends on how many people come to see it.

Now, there is also a second type of casting, and it has worked very well at times. Although it is true that top stars can attract audiences, they are also very, very expensive. With this in mind, some producers and directors cast their movies with unknown actors and actresses, concentrating on who fits the part the best, not who has the biggest name.

Actually, this approach, as I said, can work quite well because sometimes a big star can actually take attention away from the story itself. In other words, the stars distract the audience! The audience focuses on the star, not on the story. One example of this second type of casting is the movie E. T., which is, in fact, one of the most popular movies of all time.

Unknown child actors and actresses were hired and the movie centered around the story itself. The producer and director probably thought that unknown actors would make the movie more believable. A big star might actually hurt that movie. Well, on to the next step.

After the casting has been completed, the fourth step, filming the movie, can begin. Filming any kind of major motion picture usually takes about six to eight months. Now, you might not know this, but filming rarely takes place in the same order as the story. The reason for shooting in a different time order is that all the scenes with a big star can be done first, or all the scenes shot at the same location can

be filmed at the same time. So what happens is this: The order scenes are filmed in and the order they appear in the movie are almost always completely different. It would be inconvenient and costs would increase dramatically if scenes were filmed in the order that we see them in the finished movie.

The filming itself is done in two types of places. The first is studio buildings called soundstages. They were given this name because both pictures and dialogs are recorded there. These soundstages can be made to appear like almost anything—from a fourteenth-century town to a small hotel room.

In addition to soundstages, most movies are partially filmed on location—in a real setting. On location means that the actors, actresses, film crew, and other necessary personnel must travel to a place like, maybe, a South American jungle or downtown Paris, or wherever, for filming certain scenes.

This makes the movie more interesting and realistic. Indoor scenes can easily be filmed on a soundstage, but scenes that require extensive use of outdoor scenery or use famous places as backgrounds must be done on location to be realistic.

As you can imagine, the costs of filming on location are enormous. People and equipment must be flown to the place, living accommodations must be found, and food has to be provided for a large number of people. There are lots of practical problems like these. The added realism of filming on location adds a lot of expense to a film.

Task 5

【答案】

2) we never fond it difficult to occupy our spare time 3) We used to enjoy civilized pleasures 4) All our free time is regulated by TV

5) It demands and obtains absolute silence and attention 6) Whole generations are growing up addicted to it 7) It is a universal pacifier

8) rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism and violence 9) vast quantities of creative work

10) they can’t keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well

11) becomes a village, is reduced to preliterate communities, utterly dependent on pictures and the spoken word

12) It encourages passive enjoyment 13) It cuts us off from the real world 14) from communicating with each other

15) how totally irrelevant television is to real living 【原文】

“Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television?” How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn’t been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never fond it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies; we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them; we used to go outside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events. We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally. All that belongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the “goggle box”. We rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or that programme. We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal, exchanging the news of the day. A