1—5 FTTFF (Please refer to the script for the correction of wrong statements.)
Part II After-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills
Listening Task
1. You will probably agree that the most popular subject of American entertainment is love.
2. Not only do Americans believe in romantic love but they also believe that it is the best basis for marriage.
II. Understanding a Conversation
Listening Task
1. The Golden Gate Bridge.
2. The bridge isn’t golden, but red. It isn’t named for its color. It’s named for the Golden Gate.
3. The Golden Gate is the opening in the land. Water from the sea comes through this opening into San Francisco Bay.
4. Years ago men came to California to look for gold. Many came by ship. They came into the bay through the opening. For them it was a gate to gold. They named it the Golden Gate.
III. Understanding Passages
Listening Task 1 1—4 TFFT
Listening Task 2 1. situated 2. accumulated 3. 760 4. pearl 5. renamed 6. round 7. south-west 8. combined 9. is rested upon the mountains 10. hills in the water, the light of waves, shadow of mists
Unit 8 Dream & Ideal
Part I In-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills
Listening Task
1—5 BBADD 6—10 AABBB
II. Understanding a Conversation
Listening Task 1—4 FFTT
III. Understanding Passages
Listening Task 1
1—4 ACDB
Listening Task 2 1. profits 2. strives 3. sensible 4. founded 5. necessary 6. advice and support 7. profession 8. entrusted with saving people’s lives 9. develop the analytical skills necessary 10. I will realize my ideal if I preserve in this pursuit
Part II After-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills
Listening Task
1—5 ADCBC 6—10 DDCCC
II. Understanding a Conversation
1—3 BBC
III. Understanding Passages
Listening Task 1 1—5 BDABD
Listening Task 2 1. twin 2. care for 3. admirers of all ages 4. charming 5. popularity 6. come close to 7. box office 8. done her share 9. coupled with 10. highest-paid ac
Unit 9 Working
Part I In-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills
Listening Task
1—5 CBDAB 6—10 CBACD
II. Understanding a Conversation
Listening Task 1—5 TFFTT 6—7 FT
III. Understanding Passages
Listening Task 1 1. various 2. add 3. paychecks 4. exploration 5. career-changers 6. uncertainty 7. terrific 8. rub 9. as many key people as possible 10. extremely boring work that no one else wants to do
Listening Task 2 1—4 BDAC
Part II After-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills
Listening Task
1. five 2. 9:10 3. 20 4. 140 5. 8:15 6. 15% 7. 50 8. 100 9. 5 10. 50
II. Understanding a Conversation
Listening Task 1—3 BBD
III. Understanding Passages
Listening Task 1 1—5 FTTTF
Unit 10 Tradition & Custom
Part I In-class Listening
I. Understanding Basic Skills
Listening Task 1
1. a fortnight (14天) 2. fourteen hundred hours (14点) 3. a decade (10年) 4. six o’clock sharp (6点整) 5. ten before nine (9分50点)
Listening Task 2 1. 4 minutes. 2. At 3:45. 3. At 4:00. 4. 1:33. 5. For 16 hours and a half. 6. At around midnight. 7. At 8:00 am. 8. At 10:45 pm. 9. 7 hours. 5. 2 weeks.