新视野大学英语视听说教程-4 听力练习录音文本和答案
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II. Basic Liste ning Practice
1. Script
M: I'm beside myself with joy. I 'm so lucky. Guess what? I 've won a lit of money
in the lottery.
W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right? Q: What does the woma n mean?
2. Script
W: Mary was furious. Her son wrecked up her car.
M: He shouldn 'have driven a car without a driver ' license. He ‘ still taking driving
less on.
Q: What do we know about Mary ' son?
3. Script
M: Susa n, I hear you're going to marry that guy. Some people think you ' regret it. W: Is that so? Only time tell. Q: What does the woma n imply?
4. Script
M: Mary, I just want to say how sorry I was to lear n of your mother ' pass in g. I know
how close you two were?
W: Thank you. It was so sudden. I 'M still in a state of shock I don 'tknow what to do.
Q: Which of followi ng is true?
5. Script
W: I get furious at work when my opinions aren't considered just because I'm a woma
n.
M: You should air your view more emphatically and dema nd that your vice be heard. Q: What is the woman complaining about? Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. D 4.A 5.D
III. Liste ning In
Task 1: Soft answers turn away wrath.
Mary: Dam! You 'e spilled red wine on me. My new dress is ruined.
John: I' m terrible sorry! What can I do to help? Here ' some water to wash it off.
Mary: Stop splashi ng water on me! Oh, this is so embarrass 'm a mess. in g! I John: Well, you do look a little upset. Please don 'blow 'lose your cool.
'fly off the han dle?
up. Don Mary: Hmm, you ve got the nerve talking like that! Who shouldn This dress cost a fortune.
Some people do look
John: You look really cute when you 're mad. I kid you not.
attractive whe n they are in a rage.
Mary: This is very expe nsive dress. I saved for mon ths to buy it, and now it 's ruined. Look at this sta in!
John: Accidents do happen. Give me your dress, and I 'take it to the cleaners. Mary: Sure! You want me to take it off right here in public and give it to you? I don
eve n know you!
Joh n: This might be a really goof time to get acqua in ted. I 'm Joh n Owen. Mary: Mmm, at least you 're polite. I guess I really shouldn 'have flared up. After
all, it was an accide nt. I'm Mary Harvey.
John: Come on. I 'take you home. You can change your clothes, and I 'get the dress
clea ned for you.
Mary: Now you 're talking. Thanks. You 're a real gentleman.
John: You'd better believe it. I 'm glad to see that you ve cooled down. Feel look
a bite to eat afterward? I 'm starv ing.
Mary: Ok. You 're pretty good. I 'm not nearly as mad. If you can get this stain out,
I 'llbe very happy.
Joh n: I 'try my best. But if I can 'get the sta in out, please don 'let your happ
in ess turn to wrath.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog? 2. Why does the woma n get an gry?
3. What does the man say to please the woman when she looks angry? 4. Why does the woma n say the man is a real gen tlema n? 5. What is the man ' final proposal? Keys: 1D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.C
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Task 2: Big John is coming! Script
A bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. This (S1) owner of the establishment is giving his new hire some instructions on (S2) running the place. He tells the timid man, If you ever hear that Big John is coming to town, (S3) drop everything and run for the hills! He 's the biggest, nastiest (S4) outlaw who sever lived! ” A few weeks pass (S5) un eve ntfully . But one after noon, a local cowha
nd comes running through town (S6) yelling, Big John is coming! Run for your (S7) lives!”
When the barte nder leaves the bar to start running, he is kno cked to the ground by several townspeople rushing out of town. (S8) As he's picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seve n feet tall. He 's muscular, and is grow ing as he approaches the bar.
He steps up to the door, orders the poor barkeep in side, and dema nds, “wa nt a beer NOW!”
He strikes his heavy fist on the bar, splitting it in half. (S9) The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking . He takes the beer, bites the top of the bottle off, and dow ns the beer in one gulp.
As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar, the big man gets up to leave, Do you want another beer? ” the bartender asks in a trembling voice.
Dang it, I don 'have time! ” the big man yells, (S10) I got to get out of tow n! Don ' you hear Big John is coming ?”
Task3: A View of Happ in ess
Script
Dr. Smith has proposed a reas on able, if perhaps somewhat oversimplifies, view of happ in ess. Accordi ng to his theory, happ in ess might be described as a state if bala nee.
And whe n huma n or certa in ani mals achieve that bala nee, they rend to rema in in that con diti on in order to repeat the happy feeli ng.
To illustrate this, we may study two mag nets. Whe n their positive and n egative poles meet, they are comfortably joined, and they remain there. In other words, they have atta ined a bala nee or state of happ in ess. If on the other hand, one of the poles is reversed, and positive pole is presses aga inst positive pole, there is resista nee, in stability, imbala nee a state of un happ in ess.
Ani mals with some degree of in tellige nee seem to find happ in ess in rein forceme nt. Once they have gained one or more of their goals such as food, and water, they lear n to repeat the actions that led to satisfaction of those goals. This repetition or rein forceme nt produces a state of bala nee or sense of happ in ess.
According to this theory, only animals with a significant capacity to learn should be able to experie nee happ in ess. But in truth lear ning can take place through surpris in gly simple short-term action such as scratching an itch, followed by pleasure, followed by more scratch ing, and so on. Thus lear ning can occur with almost no eon scious thought. For human beings, blessed with the ability to reason, goals are not
limited to the short-term satisfact ion of n eeds. In deed, there is a stro ng link betwee n happ in ess and the fulfillment of Iong-term goals. Even if human strive for goals that are more complex and Ion ger-term tha n the ani mals' goals, once those goals are gain ed, happ in ess is rei nforced. 1. Why does the speaker men ti on magn ets ”？
2. Accord ing to the passage, what may ani mals do after they have got food? 3. Which of the following is true according to the speaker?
4. What does the speaker say is special about the goals of huma n bein gs? 5. Which of the follow ing best captures the main idea of the passage? Keys: 1D 2.C3. B 4.D 5.A
IV. Speaking Out
MODEL 1 Don 'let it get to you!
Susa n: You look so an gry. What happe ned?
Chris: Noth ing I ' rather not talk about it. Just don 'task. Susa n: Come on. Relax. Talk to me.
Chris: All right. This morning I took my car to the garage to check the air conditioner.
They only gave it a quick look, refilled it with some Freon, and charged me 300bucks!
Susa n: No won der you 're livid. I ' be mad too if some one ripped me off like that. Chris: Yeah. And they were rude. They said I didn 'know anything about cars, which
I don ' but they didn 'have to be blunt !
Susan: Sounds like you got a raw deal !
Chris: What' worse, as I was leaving, I herd then saying, Don 'trust that guy. He
looks broke. ” When I heard that, I almost hit the roof.
Susa n: Don 'let it get to you. Better ignore them. Chris: I agree. I did man age to keep my cool.
Susan: Well, the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer Protectio
n Age ncy.
Chris: sounds like a good idea.
MODEL2 I'm too depressed. Script
Susan: Chris, I hear you 'e been down in the dumps , so I 'e come to cheer you up . Chris: It' not gong o work. I'm too depressed Susan: Come, on. Tell me what ' on your mind.
新视野大学英语视听说教程4听力原文和答案
