现代大学英语听力2原文及答案

Unit 1 Task 1

【答案】 A.

1) She wanted to see St. Paul’s Cathedral.

2) She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike. 3) They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and newspapers.

4) Because she had often read about them and seen photographs of them, who all looked as if they were wearing a uniform. 5) No, he didn’t.

6) He used the English saying “It takes all kinds to make a world” to prove his opinion. B.

If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be! 【原文】

Yesterday morning Gretel went to the City of London. She wanted to see St. Paul's Cathedral. She was surprised to see so many Englishmen who looked alike. They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats. They were all carrying umbrellas and newspapers. When she returned home she asked Mr clark about these strange creatures. \and seen photographs of them. They all look as if they are wearing a uniform. Does the typical English gentleman still exist\

Mr. Clark laughed. \that many of the men who work in the City of London still wear bowler hate and I

suppose they are typical Englishmen. But look at this.\Mr. Clark picked up a magazine and pointed at a photo of a young man. \if there is no such thing as a 'typical' Englishman. Do you know the English saying 'It takes all kinds to make a world' That's true of all countries-including England.\

“Oh, just like the poem ‘If All the Seas Were One Sea’,” Gretel began to hum happily. If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea that would be! If all the trees were one tree, what a great tree that would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash that would be!”

Task 2

【答案】 A.

1) people were much busier

2) colder than England; minus thirty degrees; last longer

3) much more mountainous; much higher and much more rocky; more beautiful 4) tend to be more crowded 5) the houses; smaller B.

1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) F 【原文】

John is British but has worked in Japan. Etsuko is Japanese from Osaka, but she is studying in Britain. In the following passage you are going to hear, they are comparing life as they see it in the two countries. But before listening to it, think of the two countries and try to answer the following pre-listening questions.

John: I found that living in Japan, people were busier. They seem to work the whole day.

Etsuko: Yes, that’s right. We work from Monday through Saturday, even in summer.

You know, summer in Japan is just horrible. It’s very, very humid and hot, and you need to shower three times a day.

John: So you find it cooler in England？ Etsuko: Yes, that’s right.

John: Where I was living in Japan, in the North, it was much colder than England, especially in winter, minus thirty degrees centigrade. Does the winter in Osaka last longer than the winter in England？

Etsuko: No, I don’t think so. December, January, February, March. John: Yes. It’s a little bit shorter if anything.

Etsuko: Ever since I came here, I noticed that the countryside here in England is very beautiful.

John: It’s much flatter than in Japan.

Etsuko: Yes. Japan is a mountainous country and our cities are full of people. There are lots of people in a limited flat area.

John: Yes, I found Japan much more mountainous than Britain, especially in the north. The mountains are much higher and much more rocky. I found it more beautiful than Britain, I think.

Etsuko: Yes, if you like mountains.

John: And therefore the towns and villages tend to be more crowded. Etsuko: Yes, that’s right.

John: Yes. So because the cities are more crowded, the houses tend to be smaller, don’t they？

Etsuko: Yes, they are very compact, and we don’t have a lot of space. In big cities we have a lot of taller buildings now.

John: Is this a problem because there are more earthquakes in Japan？ Etsuko: Yes, that’s right and…

Task 3

【答案】 A.

1) In the US, people usually dance just to enjoy themselves; they don’t invite other people to watch them.

2) Usually eight people dance together.

3) Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side of

the square.

4) He usually makes it into a song. 5) They wear old-fashioned clothes. B.

1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T C.

1) eight people form a square; on each side of the square 2) what they should do; makes it into a song; sings it 3) don’t have much time to think 4) old-fashioned clothes 【原文】

Rosa: Why don’t you have folk dances in the United States Most countries have special

dances that the people have done for many years. The dancers wear clothes from the old days. Everyone likes to watch them dance.

Steve: We have folk dances, too. A lot of people belong to folk dancing groups. But

when they dance, they usually do it just to enjoy themselves. They don’t invite other people to watch them.

Rosa: Is there a folk dancing group here

Steve: I think so. There must be. There’s one in almost every city, and some big

cities have several.

Rosa: What are the dances like

Steve: Usually eight people dance together, four men and four women. When they start,

they form a square, with a man and a woman on each side of the square. That’s why it’s called square dancing. Then there’s a man who tells the dancers what they should do. He usually makes it into a song. He sings it while they dance.

Rosa: Oh, that should make the dances easy!

Steve: Yes, but they are very fast. They don’t have much time to think. I like

to watch them, though. The dancers wear old-fashioned clothes. That makes the dances pretty to watch.

Rosa: I’d like to watch a group dance. Steve: I’ll take you sometime.

Task 4

【答案】

1) It was a time to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring. 2) They burned the picture of their kitchen god to bring good luck.

3) The custom said the brides must wear “something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue” to bring good luck.

4) Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they

tried to use up these things before Lent began.

5) It was a straw man made by children in Czech; it was a figure of death. 6) People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into the

church people dressed them up in flowers and ribbons. 【原文】

1) On the evening of February 3rd, people in Japanese families took one dried bean for each year of their age and threw the beans on the floor, shouting \in! Evil spirits out!\