阜阳师范大学排名-大学生心理素质
《现代大学英语听力
2
》听力原文及答案
Unit
1Unit
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.
must
be
typical
English
gentlemen,
she
said.
I have often read about them 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.
who work in
the City of London still wear bowler hate and I
suppose they are typical Englishmen.
But look at this.
just
as
typical,
perhaps.
It
seems
as
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, w
hat 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 hav
e 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 ca
lled
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
known as
2)
Before the Chinese Lunar New Year in the old days,
many Chinese families burned the picture
of
their
kitchen
god
to
bring
good
luck.
When
Lunar
New
Year's
Day
came,
they
put
ancw
picture of the
kitchen god on the wall.
3) When
American women got married, they sometimes
followed an old custom in choosing what
to wear on their wedding day. The
custom said the bride must wear
new,
something borrowed, and something
blue
4) Before Lent (a time on the
Christian calendar), the people of Ponti, Italy
ate an omelet made
with 1,000 eggs.
People could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products
during Lent, so they tried to
use up
these things before Lent began.
5) When
winter ended in Czech, the children made a straw
man called
of death. They burned it or
threw it in the river. After they destroyed it,
they carried flowers
home to show the
arrival of spring.
6) January 17th was
St. Anthony's Day in Mexico. It was a day when
people brought their animals
to church.
But before the animals went into the church, the
people dressed them up in flowers
and
ribbons. This ceremony was to protect people's
animals.
Task
5
【答案】
A.
1) F
2) T
3) F
4) T
5) F
6) T
7) T
B.
Advantages
Lots of servants to do the work
beautiful clothes to wear
lots of tea parties
life
being slower
plenty of time to talk to
each other
Disadvantages
Terrible life
for servants
very uncomfortable clothes
boring and formal tea parties
—
often no men
being
invited
much more illness
children left with servants all day
very poor education
no
freedom for women
【原文】
Man: Well, I think life used to be much
more fun than it is now. I mean, look at the
Victorians.
They had lots of
servants to do all the work; they never had to do
any cooking or cleaning;
they just wore
those beautiful dresses and went to tea parties.
Woman: You must be joking! Their
clothes were terribly uncomfortable and their tea
parties were
very
formal
and
boring.
They
used
to
wear
their
hats
and
long
gloves
even
when
they
were eating
cakes and biscuits. And men were not usually
invited.
Man: Really? Weren't they?
Woman: And think of the
poor servants. What a terrible life
—
just cleaning and cooking for other
people all the time!
Man: But you hate housework!
Woman: Yes, I know, but there are lots
of machines now to help you with the housework.
People
don't need servants.
Man:
Maybe
they
don't,
but
life
then
was
much
slower
than
it
is
now-people
nowadays
are
always
rushing, and they never have time to stop and
enjoy themselves.
Woman: Life then was
fine for the rich, but it was dreadful for the
poor. There was much more
illness. They
didn't have the money to pay doctors, and they
often used to die of illnesses
that
don't exist in England now.
Man:
Maybe.
But
people
used
to
talk
to
each
other,
play
the
piano
or
play
cards
together.
Nowadays people just
sit in front of the television for hours and never
talk to each other.
Woman: I agree with
you about television; but what about their
children? They left their Children
with
the servants all day. Children hardly ever saw
their parents! And the clothes they had