听力第二册UNIT9

Unit9

Section One

Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent

Policeman:

Can you tell me anything, madam?

Woman:

Well ... erm ... I didn't ... er ... well ... really ... er ... see anything, you

know.

Policeman:

Now you, sir. Did you see anything?

Man:

You see ... I ... nm ... well ... wasn't ... er ... looking ... you see ... at the

time.

Policeman:

Well, Miss, you saw something. Whose fault was the accident, do you

think'?

Gift:

Well, I mean ... it was ... er ... I mean ... it was the lorry's ... er, well ...

fault, I mean

Boy:

Can I ... er ... go now? I mean ... I'm ... I'm ... you know ... late.

Policeman:

All right. Off you go, son.

Man:

You know ... if I can ... erm ... help ... you know ... in any way, I'd be ...

er ... glad, you know, to ... er ... do so.

Policeman:

Thanks very much, sir. I'll get in touch with you if there's anything.

Woman:

Um ... perhaps we can all um ... you know ... well um ... go now.

Exercise:

1. Woman:

I didn't really see anything

2. Man:

I wasn't looking at the time

.

3. Girl:

It was the lorry's fault

.

4. Boy:

Can I go now? I'm lata

5. Man:

If Ican help in any way, l'd be glad to do so.

6. Woman:

perhaps we can all go now

.

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Can Light Affect your Health?

Can light affect your health? Many researchers now believe that it does affect

both your physical and your mental state.

From

daylight,

our

bodies

absorb

vitamin

D

through

the

skin.

Old

people

especially

need

this

vitamin

to

strengthen

their

bones.

Certain

skin

diseases

also

benefit from

exposure to

sunlight.

Less

directly, light

absorbed through the eye can

stimulate hormone* production, which in turn affects our mood.

Recent research has established that some people become depressed in winter,

when the days are dark and most people spend less time in the open air.

These

people

find

that

they

lack

energy,

have

difficulty

concentrating,

and

often

gain

weight

in

the

winter

months,

When

spring

comes,

these

symptoms

disappear.

Reseamhers

have

called

this

condition

SAD

--

seasonal

affective

depression.

The condition can be treated by exposing patients to special lights, known as

full-spectrum

lights.

Ordinary

light

bulbs

produce

light

at

the

red

end

of

the

spectrum,

and

fluorescent lights

are in

the

green-yellow range.

Full-spectrum lights*,

on the other

hand, reproduce more accurately the

effects of natural sunlight. As well as helping sufferers from seasonal depression, this

lighting has

been used to treat patients suffering from jet-lag. It is also being tried as a means of

improving

learning in

school-children in

Russia and America,

and improving the

efficiency of

Japanese factory workers.

If you spend a lot of time in artificial light or indoors, or if you feel depressed

in winter, you should try to spend more time in the open air. Young people need at

least fifteen minutes a day in real daylight in summer, thirty minutes in winter. Old

people, who risk vitamin D deficiency, should spend even longer exposed to natural

daylight.

Exercise A:

1.

Many

researchers

now

believe

that

it

does

affect

both

your

physical

and

your

mental state.

2.

Old

people especially

need

this vitamin to

strengthen

their

bones

.

3.

These

people

find

that

they

lack

energy

,

have

difficulty

concentrating

,

and

often

gain weight

in

the

winter

months.

4.

Full-spectrum

lights

reproduce

more accurately the

effects

of

natural sunlight

!.

5. If you spend a lot of time in

artificial

light or indoors, you should try to spend

more

time

in the

open air

.

Exercise B:

Can Light Affect Your Health?

Many

researchers

believe

that

light

can

affect

both

your

physical

and

your

mental state

. From daylight,

our bodies

absorb

vitamin

D through the

skin

. Certain

skin diseases also

benefit

from

exposure

to

sunlight

. Light absorbed through the

eye

can

stimulate hormone

production, which in turn

affects

our

mood

.

Some people become

depressed

in

winter

, when the days are

dark

and most

people spend

less time

in the open air. When spring comes, these symptoms

disappear

.

Researchers have called this condition SAD --

seasonal affective depression

.

The condition can be

treated

by

exposing

patients to special lights, known as

full- spectrum

lights

. This lighting has also been used to treat patients suffering from

jet-lag

,

to

improve

learning

in

school-children

in

Russia

and

America,

and

the

efficiency

of Japanese factory workers,

Young people need at least

fifteen minutes

a day in

real daylight

in

Summer

thirty

minutes

in

winter

.

Old

people,

who

risk

vitamin

D

deficiency

,

should

spend

even

longer

exposed to

natural

daylight.

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part t Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Brain

A:

A

brain

is

like

a

walnut,

with

two

halves,

a

left

side

and

a

right

side.

The

left-hand side we use for language, we speak with that side, we read, we make sums,

do calculations, keep time, all

the kind of practical sides, and as a result that's the side most people use most of the

time. The

right-hand side is the imaginary side, the side we use for dreaming,

for (urn) enjoying abstract

things maybe like colours and nature, and that kind

of things. It's also the side we use for

drawing. What you must learn to be able

to

see

like

an

artist

is

to

shift

from

the

left

side to

the

right

side,

and

that

is

something everybody can learn.

B:

So how do you move from using one side of the brain to using the other side?

A:

Well, it's just a question of learning to reuse that side, because we all used the

right

side

when

we

were

children,

and

everybody

could

draw

without

worry

everything that they wanted to draw.

And then when you're about 12 suddenly

you

want

to

draw

it

exactly

right,

as

what

you

think

is

exactly

right,

and

discover you can't do it any more, and stop drawing, so you have to learn again to use

your brain in that free and open way.

B:

Why is it that children stop using that side of the brain? What happens to

them at that age to make them stop using both sides of their brain?

A:

They

go

to

secondary

school,

and

they

suddenly

have

to

do

lots

of

homework, lots of mathematical things, and their whole education is geared towards*

using the left side, and the right side is simply not considered important.

Exercise:

F

1. Mathematicians use the right-hand side of the brain a lot, (The left-hand

side we use ... do calculations.)

T

2. There is a special part in the brain that controls language learning. (The

left-hand side we use for language, we speak with that side ...)

T

3. You have to use your imagination when enjoying abstract paintings. (The

right-hand side is the imaginary side, for um enjoying abstract things ...)

T

4. People use left-hand side of the brain for dreaming. (The right-hand side

is the imaginary side, the side we use for dreaming ...)

F

5. Everyone can be an artist if you have learnt to shift from the left side to

the right side. (What you must learn to be able to see like an artist is to shift from the

left side to the right

side, and that is something everybody can learn.)

T

6.

The

best

time

for

human

beings

m

learn

drawing

is

when

they

are

children.

(We

all

used

the

right

side

when

we

were

children,

and

everybody

could

draw without worry every-

thing that they wanted to draw.)

T

7. Children begin to use left-hand side more at the age of 12. (B: ... What

happens to

them at that age to make them stop using both sides of their

brain? / A: They go to

secondary school, and they suddenly have to do lots

of homework, lots of mathemati-

cal things.)

T

8. It seems that something has to be done so that children can develop both

sides of their brain. (,,. their whole education is geared towards using the left side, and

the right side is

simply not considered important.)

Dialogue 2 Do you Believe It?

Interviewer:

Erm, do you believe in spacemen?

Mark and Sarah:

Yes!

Interviewer:

OK, Why do you believe in spacemen?

Sarah:

Because I've heard of lots of people going up to the moon.

Interviewer:

And

how

about

you,

Mark?

Why

do

you

believe

in

spacemen and not in, enMm superheroes?

Mark:

Well, because superheroes, you know they're not true.

Interviewer:

How do you know?

Mark

Because you've never seen them outside the TV

, and none of

your friends have, and because on the titles of the film, it tells you that people made

the film, so you

know that's not true.

Interviewer:

I see. Now how about the tooth fairy*? Why do you believe

in the tooth fairy? Yes?

Sarah:

Because I always end up with money.

Interviewer:

Uh- huh. And how about you, Mark?

Mark:

Same.

Interviewer:

Mhm. And you're sure that it's the tooth fairy that puts the

money there?

Girls:

Yes,

Interviewer:

You don't think it could possibly be anybody else?

Mark, Sarah:

No.

Interviewer:

OK. How about Father Christmas?

Mark:

'Cause

I

don't

believe

that

anyone

else

could

bring

us

presents

at

Christmas time.

I don't

think anyone else would try and jump down the

chimney except Father

Christmas.

Interviewer:

OK.

Why,

do

you

believe

in

dinosaurs

and

or

dragons

Sarah:

Because

1

haven't

seen

any

dragon

bones.

And

I've

seen

lots of dinosaur bones.

Interviewer:

Oh? Where was that?

Sarah:

In museums. Of course.

Mark:

Same with me.

Interviewer:

OK ... ls there anything else you believe in? Yes?

Mark:

I believe a bit in sea- monsters.

Interviewer:

Why is that?

Mark:

Because

they

could

be

the

last

descendants*

of

the

dinosaurs as it says in my

First Book of Facts

.

Interviewer:

Mmm. Do you believe in sea-monsters?

Sarah:

No.

Interviewer:

No? Why not?

Sarah:

Because, erm, I've been to the seaside lots of times, and I

haven't seen a seamonster yet.

Interviewer:

OK.

Mark:

But maybe they're out farther than you've seen. And you

can't see them.

Sarah:

If they're monsters they're big, aren't they?

Mark:

Yes.

Sara_h:

So you'd probably see them, wouldn't you?

Mark:

Yes,

but

if

they

were

so

far

away,

they

were

in

the

middle of the sea, that you couldn't -- you could see them, but you would think they

were just fish, 'cause

they would be so

small, because

you would be so far away from them.

Sarah:

But I haven't ever seen any fish in the sea at the moment.

Exercise

Mark

Things

spacemen

√

superhero

×

es

tooth

fairy

Father

Christmas

√

l

don't

believe

that

anyone

else

could

jump

down

the

chimney

and

bring

us

presents

at

Christ-

mas

time.

The

same

reason.

√

√

Sarah

√

I've

heard

of

lots

of

people

going

up to the moon

Because

I

always

end

up

with

money.

Because you

’

ve never seen

superheroes outside the TV

The same reason

√

dinosaurs

√

sea-monsters

√

Because

they

could

be

the

×

last

descendants

of

the

dinosaurs.

I've

seen

lots

of

dinosaur bones

in

museums.

I've

been

to

the

seaside

lots

of

times,

and

I

haven't

seen

a

sea-monster yet.

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 The Office Lady