施心远主编《听力教程》3-(第2版)Unit-13答案
Unit 13
Section One Tactics for Listening
Part 1 Spot dictation
Sister Rivers Build Cultural Bridge Between U.S. and China
The Mississippi is the major river system in the United States, flows almost 3,800 kilometers from a small lake in Minnesota, gathering the waters of 250 other rivers and streams before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.
In mid-May, as spring flowers began to open, about 41 students from a dozen colleges, mostly in the Midwest, explored a section of the river in Wisconsin and Iowa, to learn about the environment, and each other.
The students, from the U.S., China and around the world, came to join the River Spirit Exchange program.
The cross-cultural educational experience - set up by the University of Wisconsin, Madison-based Environment and Public Health Network for Chinese Students - focuses on the Mississippi and China's longest river, the Yangtze.
This three-day get-together featured story-telling, hiking, camping and canoeing, all part of a larger lesson about conservation projects that can be used on both the Yangtze and Mississippi.
After the group met at the Crane Foundation preserve, they headed south to canoe a stretch of the Kickapoo River that winds its way through southwestern Wisconsin before joining the Mississippi. They paddled along a stretch of the
Kickapoo River, where a 20-year preservation venture stopped encroachment by developers and protected the natural setting of the waterway.
The students on the River Spirit Exchange ended their first night with singing and stories around the campfire. Organizers say the success and spirit of this first gathering of students will lead to other trips, including one down the Yangtze.
Part2 Listening for Gist
Four out of five of all children who got leukemia* in 1960 died. Now four out of every five survive. The secret of this miraculous change is the rosy periwinkle*, a forest flower which tribal doctors had used for centuries. The United States National Cancer Institute has identified more than 2,000 tropical rainforest plants with ability to fight cancer. In fact, about 4,000 of all drugs given out in the United States today owe much of their strength to chemicals from wildlife, largely from the rainforest.
Other drugs include quinine, which comes from a South American tree, and sufferers from high blood pressure get relief from the snakeroot* plant from Indian forests. The armadillo*, of South America is helping us find a cure for leprosy*.
Directions: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide.
1. This passage is about some wildlife from forests that can be used in the
treatment of certain diseases.
2. The key words are leukemia, survive, change, forest flower, 2,000 tropical rainforest plants, fight cancer, quinine, a South American tree, high blood pressure, snakeroot, armadillo, leprosy.
Section Two Listening Comprehension
Part1 dialogue
How to Succeed
Dario: I think the most important thing you must have to succeed in Italy is
er ... of course, you have to be ambitious, because if you are not ambitious you can't reach your aim, your target. And you must have also a natural ability*, because you must adapt yourself and your work and er ... enjoy your work, of course. And Italian people are used to working a lot and to doing hard work. Of course you must also know the right people because if you want a job and you don't know anybody you have to work much harder.
Interviewer: So if you were going to choose one factor, Dario, which one do you
think would be the most important? Could you choose one?
Dario: Yes, ambition. interviewer: Thank you. (Dialogue B)
Sue: I think that to be successful in Spain you need ambition, because it's what
makes you want to work and do something different. And I think natural ability is also important. To be a good musician and to succeed I think that you must have something special. And I think that knowing the right people is important because it can save you a lot of time. You don't spend so much time trying to get something if you know people that can help you. Interviewer: What would you say is the most important thing? Sue: Ambition I think is the most important.
(Dialogue C)
Taylor: I think the most important things are hard work, and good education, and natural ability.
The Japanese have a traditional culture and we think that working industriously is a virtue, so laziness cannot be accepted by society. And a good education - anyone who wants to and who makes the effort can enter the famous universities, so er ... when we estimate someone's ability we look at whether he's graduated from university or not. But if someone wants to succeed, of course he needs ambition and natural ability.
Interviewer: So for you, which is the most important factor? Taylor: Exercise
Oh, in Japan, hard work, definitely.
施心远主编《听力教程》3-(第2版)Unit-13答案
