Exercise Directions: Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions. \ 4.Because she wants to stop the conversation like this. Because he knows the girl is lying. Part 2 Passage The Oscar Statuette
1 Industry insiders and members of the press called the award \statuette\stuck.
2. No hard evidence exists to support that tale, but in any case, by the sixth Awards Presentation in 1934, a Hollywood columnist used the name in his column.
3. Walt Disney was honored with one full-size and seven miniature statuettes on behalf of his animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 4. If the statuettes don't meet strict quality control standards, they are
1.They are possibly boyfriend and girlfriend. 2.In a restaurant.
3.\ \That's all\that important, is it?\lucky you found a barrage to repair your car
immediately cut in half and melted down.
5.The large boxes are shipped to the Academy offices via air express, with no identifiable markings.
The Oscar statuette, designed by MGM's* chief art director Cedric Gibbons, depicts* a knight holding a crusader's* sword, standing on a reel of film with five spokes, signifying the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians.
Born in 1928, years would pass before the Academy Award of Merit was officially named \award \The entertainment trade paper, Weekly Variety, even attempted to popularize \
A popular story has been that an Academy librarian and eventual executive director, Margaret Herrick, thought the statuette resembled her uncle Oscar and said so, and that as a result the Academy staff began referring to it as Oscar.
No hard evidence exists to support that tale, but in any case, by the sixth Awards Presentation in 1934, Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used the name in his column in reference to Katharine Hepburn's first Best Actress win. The Academy itself didn't use the nickname officially until 1939.
Since its conception, the Oscar statuette has met exacting uniform standards - with a few notable exceptions. In the 1930s, juvenile players received miniature
replicas* of the statuette; a ventriloquist* Edgar Bergen was presented with a wooden statuette with a moveable mouth; and Walt Disney was honored with one full-size and seven miniature statuettes on behalf of his animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Between 1942 and 1944, in support of the war effort, Oscars were made of plaster. After the War, winners turned in the temporary awards for golden Oscar statuettes.
The traditional Oscar statuette, however, hasn't changed since the 1940s, when the base was made higher. In 1945, the base was changed from marble to metal and in 1949, Academy Award statuettes began to be numbered, starting with No. 501.
Approximately 50 Oscars are made each year in Chicago by the manufacturer, R. S. Owens. If they don't meet strict quality control standards, the statuettes are immediately cut in half and melted down.
Each award is individually packed into a Styrofoam* container slightly larger than a shoebox.
Eight of these are then packed into a larger cardboard box, and the large boxes are shipped to the Academy offices in Beverly Hills via air express, with no identifiable markings.
On March 10, 2000, 55 Academy Awards mysteriously vanished en route from the Windy City* to the City of Angels. Nine days later, 52 of stolen statuettes were discovered next to a Dumpster* in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles by Willie Fulgear, who was later invited by the Academy to attend the
Oscar 2000 ceremonies as a special guest.
For eight decades, the Oscars have survived war, weathered earthquakes, and even managed to escape unscathed* from common thieves. Since 1995, however, R. S. Owens has repaired more than 160 statuettes. %used chemicals on them to polish them and the chemicals rubbed right through the lacquer* and into the gold,\explains the company president. \maybe people stored them someplace where they corroded.\the statuette is made to endure, Siegel offers this sage advice to all Oscar winners: \
Exercise A Pre-listening Question
Every January, the attention of the entertainment community and of film fans around the world turns to the upcoming Academy Awards, the highest honor in filmmaking. The annual presentation of the Oscars has become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' most famous activity. The Oscar Statuette is a knight holding a crusader's sword, standing on a reel of film with five spokes.
Exercise B Sentence Dictation Directions: Listening to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.
Exercise C Detailed Listening
Directions: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.
----I...- 1. There were five original branches of the Academy.
(Because the five spokes on the reel of film signify the original branches of the Academy:
Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians.)
~ 2. The Academy Award of Merit was officially named \
(Born in 1928, years would pass before the Academy Award of Merit was officially named \
----I...- 3. The Academy staff began referring to the Academy statuette as Oscar
because Margaret Herrick said the statuette was like her uncle Oscar. (An Academy librarian and eventual executive director, Margaret Herrick, thought the statuette resembled her uncle Oscar and said so, and as a result the Academy staff began referring to it as Oscar.)
4. Since its conception, the Oscar statuette has met exacting uniform standards. (There were a few notable exceptions. In 1930s, juvenile players received miniature replicas of the statuette and a ventriloquist Edgar Bergen gained a wooden statuette with a moveable mouth. Walt Disney was honored with one
施心远主编《听力教程》3（第2版）Unit 1解答
