施心远主编听力教程4答案Unit 3
A Listening Course 4
施心远主编《听力教程》4 (第2版)答案
Unit 3
Section One: Tactics for Listening Part 1: Listening and Translation
1、Girls score higher than boys in almost every country、 几乎在所有国家里，女孩子都比男孩子得分高。
2、 Differences between males and females are a continuing issue of fierce debate、
男女差异一直就是激烈争论得焦点。
3、 Cultural and economic influences play an important part、、 文化与经济影响起着重要得作用。
4、 But recent findings suggest that the answer may lie in differences between the male and female brain、
但就是最新得发现提示，答案也许在男女大脑得差异。 5、 These include differences in learning rates、 这些包括学习速度上得差异。 Section Two Listening Comprehension Part 1 Dialogue
Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and filling the blanks with the missing information、
Serenading Service was founded three years ago when the singer
施心远主编听力教程4答案Unit 3
realize that British people were desperate for romance、 He thought there would be a clientele for a hired serenader、 The idea came from his studies of Renaissance music, which is full of serenades、 Over the centuries, university students have turned the serenade into an art form for hire、 Usually he is hired by men to sing love songs to women、 Occasionally he is asked to sing to men、
The service is really a form of intimate alfresco theatre with love songs、 He usually wears a white tie and tails and sings amorous Italian songs、 He will carry chocolate hearts or flowers and when there is no balcony available he will sing from trees or fire escapes!
The fee depends on whether a musician comes along or not、 The basic rate is ￡450 but it can cost a lot more especially if he takes a gondola and a group of musicians along、 Some people are so moved that they burst into tears, but some react badly、 They try to find out as much as they can about their clients to avoid unpleasant situations、 They have to be very careful these days because a serenade can be completely misinterpreted、 Part 2 Passage
Ex、 A、 Pre-listening Question
What memory strategies do you know that can help you remember things better?
1) Brain prioritizes by meaning, value and relevance、
施心远主编听力教程4答案Unit 3
2) Your attitude has much to do with whether you remember something or not、
3) Your understanding of new materials depends on what you already know、
4) You can learn and remember better if you can group ideas into some sort of meaningful categories or groups、
5) The brain's quickest and probably the longest-lasting response is to images、
6) Memory is increased when facts to be learned are consciously associated with something familiar to you、 Ex、 B: Sentence Dictation
1、Mnemonics are methods for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall、
2、 Our brains evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli such as images, colors, structures, sounds, smells, tastes, touch, positions, emotions and language、
3、 While language is one of the most important aspects of human evolution, it is only one of the many skills and resources available to our minds、
4、 Association is the method by which you link a thing to be remembered to a way of remembering it、、
5、 Location gives you two things: a coherent context into which you can
施心远主编听力教程4答案Unit 3
place information, and a way of separating one mnemonic from another、
Ex、 C: Detailed Listening、
1、 Mnemonics are tools which can help you to improve your memory、 T、 (Memory tools can help you to improve your memory、 \、)
2、 The fundamental principle of mnemonics is to make full use of the best functions of the brain to store information、
T (The basic principle of mnemonics is to use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information、)
3、 Information we have to remember is almost always presented in different ways、
F (Unfortunately information we have to remember is almost always presented in only one way--as words printed on a page、)
4、 We can do four things to form striking images, which will help to make our mnemonics more memorable、
T ( Use positive, pleasant images; use vivid, colorful, sense-laden images; use all your senses to code information or dress up an image; give our image three dimensions, movement and space、) 5、 There is one basic principle in the use of mnemonics、
F (There are three fundamental principles underlying the use of mnemonics: imagination, association and location)
施心远主编听力教程4答案Unit 3
6、 Association is what we use to create and strengthen imagination、 F (Imagination is what you use to create and strengthen the associations needed to create effective mnemonics、)
7、 You can choose the imagery in your mnemonics as you like T (The imagery you use in your mnemonics can be as violent, vivid, or sensual as you like, as long as it help you to remember、)
8、 You can create associations by linking things using the same stimuli、 T、 (You can create associations by linking them using the same color, smell, shape, or feeling、) Ex、 D: After-listening Discussion
1、 What is the basic principle of mnemonics? Why can we improve our memory by following the principle?
To use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information、
Evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli、 Use these to make sophisticated models of the world、 Our memories store all of these effectively、
However, information is presented in only one way、 Language is only one of the many skills and resources available to our minds、
By coding languages and numbers in striking images,/ can reliable code both information and structure of information、 Then easily recall these later、
施心远主编听力教程4答案Unit 3
