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Script:
Unit1
After 22
years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to
keep love alive in my relationship with
my wife, Peggy. I started dating with
another woman.
It was Peggy’s idea. One
day she said to me, ―Life is too short, you
need to spend time with the
people you love. Y
ou
probably won’t believe me, but I know you love her
and I think that if the
two of you
spend more time together, it will make us
closer.‖
The ―other‖ woman
my wife was encouraging me to date is my mother, a
7
2-year-old widow who
has
lived alone since my father died 20 years ago.
Right after his death, I moved 2,500 miles away
to California and started my own life
and career. When I moved back near my hometown six
years
ago, I promised myself that I
would spend more time with mom. But with the
demands of my job
and three kids, I
never got around to seeing her much beyond family
get-togethers and holidays.
Mom was
surprised and suspicious when I called and
suggested the two of us go out to dinner and
a movie.
―What’s
wrong?‖ she asked.
―I
thought it would be nice to spend some time with
you,‖ I said. ―Just the two of us.‖
―I would like that a lot,‖ she
said.
When
I
pulled
into
her
driveway, she was waiting
by
the
door with
her
coat
on.
Her
hair
was
curled, and
s
he was smiling. ―I told my lady
friends I was going out with my son, and they were
all impressed. They can’t wait to hear
about our evening,‖ Mother said.
Exercise 1
Listen to the recording and choose the
right answers to the questions you
hear
.
1. What would make the
speaker closer to his wife, Peggy?
a. Never dating another woman.
b. Asking his mother to
live with his family.
c. Seeing more of his
mother.
d. Taking his wife and children
to a dinner and a movie.
2. What do you
know about the speaker’s
mother?
a. She has lived a lonely
life for many years.
b. She
has got three children.
c. She does not get on well with her
daughter-in-law.
d. She often goes out with her lady
friends.
3. Which of the following
adjectives best describes Peggy?
a. Understandable.
b.
Caring.
c.
Sympathetic.
d. Friendly.
Exercise 2
Listen again and
complete the answers to the following questions.
1. What was Peggy’s idea? What did she
say to her husband?
She
suggested that her husband spend more time with
his mother
. She said to her
husband,―
Life is
too short,
you need to spend time with the people you love.
Y
ou probably won’t believe me, but I
know you love her and I think that if
the two of you spend more time together, it will
make us
closer
.‖
2. How do you know that the mother was
excited about the date with her son?
1)
When the speaker drove into his mother’s driveway,
she was waiting by the door with her
coat
on and she had her hair curled.
2) She had told her lady friends about
this.
Passage 2
Script:
We
didn’
t go anywhere fancy
,
just a neighborhood place where we could talk.
Since her eyes now
see only large
shapes and shadows, I had to read the menu for
both of us.
―I
used to be the reader when you were little,‖ she
said.
―Then it
is time for you to relax and let me return the
favor,‖ I said.
We had a
nice talk over dinner, just catching up on each
other’s lives. We talked for so long that
we missed the movie.
―I’ll go out with you
again,‖ my mother said as I dropped her off, ―but
only if you let me buy
d
inner next time.‖
I agreed.
―How
was your date?‖ my wife asked when I got home that
evening.
―Nice … nicer than
I thought it would be,‖ I said.
Mom
and
I
get
out
for
dinner
a couple
of
times
a month.
Sometimes we
take
in
a
movie,
but
mostly we talk. I tell
her about my trails at work and brag about the
kids and Peggy. Mom fills me
in on
family gossip and tells me about her past. Now I
know what it was like for her to work in a
factory during the Second World War. I
know how she met my father there, and know how
they
went through the difficult times.
I can’t get enough of these stories. They are
important to me, a
part of my
history
. We also talk about the future.
Because of health problems, my mother worries
about the days ahead.
Spending
time
with
my
mom
has taught
me
the
importance
of slowing
down.
Peggy was
right.
Dating another woman
has helped my marriage.
Dating with My Mother (Part Two)
Exercise 1
Listen to the
recording and choose the right answers to the
questions you hear
.
1. What
does the story mainly tell us?
a. Learning about one’s
family history is more important than
work.
b. One should spend time catching up on
missing links in one’s family history.
c.
Spending time with one’s aged mother is
a rewarding experience.
d. Life will be more
meaningful if you can balance work and family.
2. Which of the following
is true?
a. The
speaker finds his dates with his mother as
rewarding as he had expected.
b. The speaker
cares little about his family history.
c. The speaker knows
nothing about his parents’ past.
d. The speaker
is proud of his wife and children.
3.
What can you learn from the story?
a. The speaker’s marriage
is in crisis.
b. The speaker must be a workaholic.
c. The
speaker’s mother won’t have to worry about her
future any more.
d.
The speaker’s
family life becomes happier after his regular
outings with his mother.
Exercise 2
Listen to the
recording once again. Then complete the answers to
the following questions.
1. What did
the speaker do when he had the first date with his
mother?
He took
his mother out to dinner in a neighborhood place.
2. What did the speaker think of the
date with his mother?
He thought it was
nicer than he expected.
3. How often do
the speaker and his mother meet every month?
A
couple of times.
4. What does the speaker think of
spending time with his mother?
He
thinks that 1) spending time with his mother has
taught him the importance of slowing down; 2)
dating with his mother has helped his
marriage.
Short
Conversations
Listen
to
five
short
conversations
between
two
speakers
and
choose
the
right
answers
to
the
questions you hear
.
1. a. Parents should deal with teenage
drinking seriously.
b.
Parents shouldn’t allow their children
too much freedom.
c.
Children should be aware of the consequences of
too much drinking.
d.
Children should not drink too much.
2.
a. The value of money.
b. How to budget
their expenses wisely.
c. Monthly
allowances for children.
d.
A
good way to spend money.
3. a. Happy.
b. Worried.
c. Unhappy.
d. Proud.
4. a. Her father’s accident.
b. Her father’s injuries after the
accident.
c. Her father’s
poor health.
d.
Her father’s operation.
5. a. Mothers decorate their houses
with flowers to celebrate the occasion.
b. Mothers wear pink carnations on that
day.
c. Children buy their mothers
carnations of different colors.
d.
Children send their mothers flowers and cards.
Unit 2 Coincidence
Script:
Andrew
had always wanted to be a doctor. But the tuition
for a medical school in 1984 was 15,000
dollars a year, which was more than his
family could afford. To help him realize his
dream, his
father, Mr. Stewart, a real
estate agent, began searching the house-for-sale
ads in newspapers in
order to find
extra business. One advertisement that he noted
down was for the sale of a house in a
nearby
town.
Mr.
Stewart
called
the
owner,
trying
to
persuade
him
to
let
him
be
his
agent.
Somehow he succeeded and
the
owner promised that he would come
to him if he failed to get a
good deal
with his present agent. Then they made an
appointment to meet and discuss the thing.
As good things are never easy to
acquire, the time for the appointment had to be
changed almost
te
n times. On
the day when they were supposed to meet at 3
o’clock in the afternoon, Mr. Stewart
received another call from the owner.
His heart sank as he feared there would be another
change of
time. And so it was. The
owner told him that he couldn’t make
it
at three but if he would come
right
then,
they
could
talk
it
over.
Mr.
Stewart
was
overjoyed.
Leaving
everything
aside,
he
immediately set out to
drive to the house.
As he approached
the area, he had a strange feeling of having been
there before. The streets, the
trees,
the
neighborhood,
all
looked
familiar
to
him.
And
when
he
finally
reached
the
house,
something clicked in his mind. It used
to be the house of his father-in-law! The old man
had died
fifteen years ago but when he
was alive, he had often visited him with his wife
and children. He
remembered that, like
his son Andrew, his father-in-law had also wanted
to study medicine and,
failing
to
do
so,
had
always
hoped
that
one
of
his
two
daughters
or
his
grandchildren
could
someday become a doctor.
Exercise 1
Listen to the
story and choose the right answers to the
questions you hear
.
1.
Who are the two main characters in the
story you have just heard?
a. Mr. Stewart and his son.
2.
b.
Mr. Stewart and his client.
c. Mr. Stewart and his father-in-law.
d
. Mr. Stewart’s
father
-in-law and the owner of the
house.
How did Mr. Stewart get to know
the owner of the house?
a. From a
house-for-sale advertisement in a newspaper put up
by the owner.
b. Through the
introduction of Mr. Stewart’s
father
-in-law.
c. They
attended the same medical school.
d.
They lived in the same neighborhood.
3.
What problem did Mr. Stewart have?
a. He had no house to live
in.
b. He had
lost his job.
c. He was disappointed with his son.
d. He did not have enough funds for his
son’s college education.
4.
What is the coincidence
in the story you have just heard?
a. His client’s house was the one that
once belonged to a friend of his.
b.
His client’s house was the one his family once
lived in.
c.
His
client’s house was the one
his father-
in-law once lived in.
d. His client’s
house was the one he once wanted to
buy
.
Exercise 2
Listen to the
story again and fill in the blanks with the
missing information.
The story happened
in 1984. Mr. Stewart, a real estate agent, had a
son whose name was Andrew.
The
young
man wanted
to
go
to
a
medical
school.
But
the
tuition
was
so
high
that
his
father
couldn’t
afford it. In order
to help his son
realize his dream, Mr.
Stewart searched
newspaper ads,
hoping to find extra business. One
advertisement caught his eye. It was for the sale
of a house near
where he lived. But
although he succeeded in persuading the owner of
the house to let him be his
agent, the
appointment time was
changed again and
again. At last, he received a
phone
call from
the
owner,
asking
him
to
go
and
discuss
the
matter with
him
right
away.
Mr.
Stewart
put
aside
everything
he
was
doing
and
left
immediately
for
the
house.
When
he
approached
the
area,
he
found
everything there looked familiar to him. And when
he saw the house, he realized it was
his
father-
in-
law’s
old house. He had
visited it many times years ago when his
father-in-law was still
alive. What a coincidence!
Passage 2
What a
Coincidence! (Part Two)
Script:
When
he
entered
the
house,
Mr.
Stewart
was
even
more
amazed
to
find
that
the
house
was
decorated
exactly
as
he
had
remembered
it.
He
told
the
owner
about
this
and
the
latter
became
intrigued too. However, they were in
for even greater surprises. It so happened that in
the middle
of
their
discussion,
a
postman
came
to
deliver
a
letter.
And
the
letter
was
addressed
to
Mr.
Stewart’s
father
-in-
law! Were it not
for Mr. Stewart’s presence there and then, the
letter would be
returned
as
no
person
of
that
name
lived
in
the
house
any
longer.
As
the
postman
demanded
a
signature on the receipt slip, Mr.
Stewart signed for his long-deceased father-in-
law. Mystified, the
owner urged Mr.
Stewart to open the letter and see what it
contained. The letter was from a bank.
When
he
opened
it,
two
words
immediately
met
his
eye
—
―For
education‖.
It
was
a
bank
statement
of
an
amount
his
father-in-
law
had
put
in
years
ago
for
his
grandchildren’s
education
needs. With the interest it had earned
over the years, the standing value of the amount
came to a
little
over
$$15,000,
just
enough
mon
ey
to cover
the
tuition
of
Andrew’s
first
year
at
a
medical
college!
Another
thing
that
is
worth
mentioning
is
about
the
postman.
The
original
postman,
who
had
worked in
this neighborhood, called
in sick that
day. So the postman, who was new to the area,
came to deliver mail in his place. Had
it been the old postman, the letter would
undoubtedly have
been returned to the
sender, as he knew full well that no person
bearing that name
lived
in
that
house any longer.
The
miracle was a blessing for Andrew. With
the money given to him by his
grandfather he was
able to study
medicine. Now he is a doctor in Illinois.
Exercise 1
Listen to the recording and write down
the coincidences mentioned in the text.
1. The house was decorated exactly the
same as Mr. Stewart remembered it.
2.
Mr.
Stewart
happened
to
be
in
the
house
when
a
postman
came
to
deliver
a
letter
to
his
father-in-law who had
died 15 years ago.
3. The old postman
had called
in sick that day, and the
postman who came in his place was not
familiar with the neighborhood.
Otherwise the letter would have been returned to
its sender.
Exercise 2
Listen to the recording again and write
down answers to the following questions.
1. How did the owner feel about the
fact that Mr. Stewart’s father
-in-law
once lived in the house?
He was
intrigued.
2. What was inside the
letter delivered by the postman?
A
bank statement.
3. What did Mr. Stewart learn from the
letter?
His father-in-
law
had put an amount of money in the bank for his
grandchildren’s education.
4. What was the standing value of the
amount of money fifteen years later?
A
little over $$15,000.
5. What could Andrew do with the money?
He could use the money to cover the
tuition of his first year at a medical college.
6. What do you know about Andrew now?
He is a doctor in Illinois.
Part C
T
est
Y
our Listening
A
Compound Dictation
Listen to the
passage three times and supply the missing
information.
One of the best-known 1)
collections of parallels is between the careers of
Abraham Lincoln and
John
F
.
Kennedy.
Both
were
2)
shot
on
a
Friday,
in
the
3)
presence
of
their wives;
both were
succeeded by a Southerner named
Johnson; both their killers were themselves killed
before they
could be brought to 4)
justice. Lincoln had a secretary called Kennedy;
Kennedy a secretary called
Lincoln.
Lincoln
was
killed
in
the
Ford
5)
Theater;
Kennedy
met
his
death
while
riding
in
a
Lincoln convertible made by the Ford
Motor Company
—
and so on.
Similar
coincidences
often
6)
occur
between
twins.
A
news story from
Finland
reported
of
two
70-year-old
twin
brothers
dying
two
hours
apart
in
separate
accidents, with
both
being
hit
by
trucks while
crossing
the
same
road
on
bicycles.
According
to
the
police,
the
second
7)
victim
could not have known about his
brother’s death, as 8)
officers had
only managed to identify the
first
victim minutes before the second accident.
Connections
are
also found
between
identical
twins who
have
been
separated
at
birth.
Dorothy
Lowe and Bridget Harrison were
separated in 1945, and did not meet until 1979,
when they were
flown
over
from
Britain
for
an
investigation
by
a
psychologist
at
the
University
of
Minnesota.
They found that when they met they were
both wearing seven rings on their hands, two
bracelets
on
one wrist,
a watch
and
a
bracelet
on
the
other.
9)
They
married
on
the
same
day,
had worn
identical
wedding
dresses
and
carried
the
same
flowers.
Dorothy
had
named
her
son
Richard
Andrew and her daughter Catherine
Louise; Br
idget had named her son
Andrew Richard and her
daughter Karen
Louise. In fact, she had wanted to call her
Catherine. Both had a cat called Tiger.
They also had a string of similar
mannerisms (
习惯性的举止
) when
they were nervous.
10) How can we
explain the above similarities?
Unit 3
Courage
Part B
Passage 1
Krimali
(Part One)
Script:
On the
morning of the devastating earthquake that struck
India in 2001, Krimali,
a girl of 17,
had just left home to go to an interview for a
position of a sales
clerk.
She
was
pleased
with
her
green
and
yellow
flowered
dress,
but
felt
something
wasn
’
t
quite
right
about
her
hair.
She
returned
home,
removing
her
shoes
and
leaving
them at the door.
Moments
later, the earthquake struck. Ceilings and walls
in the building shook in
the deafening
noise. Then everything began crashing down.
Krimali
and
her
immediate
family
escaped
serious
injury
but
were
unable
to
make
their
way
out.
The
ceiling
of
an
entire
room
towered
above
the
only
possible
escape
route.
Completely detached on three sides, the
huge slab clung to an outside wall on its
fourth side. To an observer, it could
drop at any moment.
People
were
screaming
and
didn
’
t
know
what
to
do.
Krimali
decided
to
act.
Carefully
she climbed
barefoot up and down the debris until she reached
a point just beneath
the
swaying
ceiling.
About
four
meters
below
were
uneven
pieces
of
concrete,
broken
glass and smashed furniture, all mixed
with sharp spikes of iron. She knew if she
could
manage
to
get
down
to
the
ground
level,
she
could
make
her
way
to
safety.
She
paused to figure out the best way down.
As there wasn
’
t any good
place to jump,
she
just
jumped.
Luckily,
she
landed
in
a
crouch,
her
feet
missing
any
sharp
edges.
Emboldened by her good fortune, Krimali
knew it was up to her to persuade others
to follow.
Exercise 1
Listen to the
passage and choose the right answers to the
questions you hear.
1.
What
does the passage mainly tell us?
a.
A serious earthquake struck India and
many people were trapped in a building.
A young girl behaved courageously
during an earthquake and tried her best to save
people trapped in a building.
Krimali was very brave and managed to
make her way out of a building damaged by a
serious earthquake.
Krimali
remained
calm
when
the
earthquake
struck
while
others
panicked
and
did
not
know what to do.
2.
What can be said about
Krimali?
She was confident and clever.
She was brave but not very careful.
She was willing to take risks.
She was stronger than most girls of her
age.
Exercise 2
Listen again and decide whether the
statements you hear are true (T) or false (F).
1. Krimali wanted to make a good
impression at the job interview. (T)
2. Krimali returned home because her
interview was cancelled. (F)
3.
Krimali came home only to find it destroyed by a
powerful earthquake. (F)
4.
Fortunately, no one was seriously injured when the
building collapsed. (F)
5. The entire
ceiling of a room fell down and blocked the only
escape route. (F)
6. It was especially
risky for Krimali to jump because she was not
wearing shoes.
(T)
7. It
was by mere luck that Krimali landed onto the
ground level without hitting
any sharp
edges. (T)
8. Krimali knew if she
could make a safe escape, others would be only too
willing
to follow her. (F)
Passage 2
Krimali (Part Two)
Script:
Krimali planned to
rescue her family first, but just then she heard a
woman from
two storeys above screaming
for someone to save her two-month-old baby.
“
Throw the baby to
me,
”
Krimali shouted.
“
I can catch
her!
”
The woman
refused. Krimali told the woman to wrap the baby
in bed sheets and then
toss
her
down.
Crying
uncontrollably,
the
mother
wrapped
the
little
girl
but
still
would
not part with her baby. As the mother tried to
decide what to do, Krimali
intently
watched
the
concrete
ceiling
hanging
above
her.
Finally
the
mother
tossed
the
baby.
Krimali
made
a
clean
catch.
A
bright
smile
lit
up
the
woman
’
s
face.
“
I
’
ll
be back!
”
Krimali
called out, hugging the child to her as she
hurriedly picked her
way out to where
survivors had gathered.
She gave up
the baby, then asked if any of the men there would
come back with her
to
help
others
trapped
in
the
building.
No
one
came
forward,
for
they
were
all
afraid
of
that
swaying
ceiling.
But
for
Krimali,
a
small
girl
of
154
centimeters
in
height
and
weighing
about
50
kilos,
her
fears
had
been
lifted
by
what
she
had
accomplished.
On
her
way
back
into
the
ruins,
she
saw
part
of
a
large
door.
It
was
extremely
heavy
but she managed to
drag it to the spot just below the hanging
ceiling. By placing
it
on
the
ruins,
she
created
something
like
a
sliding
board.
With
Krimali
coaching
her,
the
baby
’
s
mother
partly
jumped
and
partly
rolled
down
the
board
to
the
ground
level. Krimali led
her through the debris to her baby.
In
the
hours
that
followed
Krimali
made
countless
rescue
missions
into
the
building,
each
time
in
the
shadow
of
the
huge
ceiling.
Thanks
to
her
courage,
about
two
dozen
men,
women and children were saved.
Exercise 1
Listen to the
passage and choose the right answers to the
questions you hear.
1.
Which
of the following can be a proper title for the
passage?
a. A Lonely
Rescuer.
b.
Mission Impossible.
c.
Mother and Baby Saved.
d.
Krimali
’
s Rescue Missions.
2.
How would you describe
the speaker
’
s attitude
toward Krimali?
a. Neutral.
c.
Approving.
b.
Admiring.
d. Worshipping.
Exercise 2
Listen to the
passage again and answer the following questions.
1. Why did the woman refuse to throw
the baby girl to Krimali at first?
Because she was afraid Krimali might
not be able to catch the baby.
2. Why
did Krimali ask the woman to wrap the baby in bed
sheets?
Because she thought the bed
sheets could somehow protect the baby from being
hurt
if she failed to catch her.
3. Why did the men standing outside the
building refuse to help?
Because they
were afraid of the swaying ceiling.
4.
Why did Krimali make a sliding board?
To make it easier and safer for the
baby
’
s mother to get down.
5. How many lives were saved by
Krimali?
About two dozen.
Part C
A
Passage
Listen to the
passage and choose the right answers to the
questions you hear.
1. Where was the
speaker
’
s office?
a. The 88th floor, north tower.
b. The 78th floor, north tower.
c. The 88th floor, south tower.
d. The 78th floor, south tower.
2. Why did the speaker and others
escape into a corner office?
a. The
corridors were full of flames and everything was
on fire.
b. They heard that the
stairwells were gone.
c. They
didn
’
t want to make their
way down on foot.
d. The corner offices
were safe as the carpets there were fire-proof.
3. What happened to the speaker and
others when they reached the 40th floor?
a. The firemen came up and stopped
them.
b. They were told to stop to make
way for the firefighters.
c. They
stopped to help the firemen carry the heavy
equipment.
d. They came to a complete
stop as a great many people were there.
4. What can be inferred from the
passage?
a.
The
speaker
was
the
last
to
escape
from
the
building
because
he
had
an
artificial
leg.
b. The building
collapsed immediately after the speaker got out.
c. Many people died because they got
trapped in elevators.
d. During the
journey down, many people showed care and concern
for others.
Script:
When
the
first
plane
slammed
into
the
World
Trade
Center
’
s
north
tower,
I
was
already
at my
desk on the 88th floor. Then I felt the whole
building bouncing, shaking. My
instinct
told
me
that
there
was
an
explosion
above
us
and
that
we
should
try
to
get
out, but
the corridors were full of flames.
Knowing that the furniture and the
carpets were fire-resistant, I figured that
everything
wasn
’
t
going
to
burn.
Then
I
heard
someone
yell
that
the
stairwells
(
楼
梯井
)
were gone. So about 40 of us escaped into a corner
office. We put papers and
rags
under
the
door
to
keep
out
the
smoke
as
best
we
could.
We
stayed
calmly
in
the
office for
about 10 minutes, thinking we were safe and
secure. Then someone came
in to tell us
that he had found a stairwell open but we had to
move fast. We all
filed out orderly and
headed for the stairwell.
Going down
the stairs was not easy for me for I had lost a
leg to cancer when I was
16 and wore an
artificial limb. More or less, I used my arms to
get down.
When
we
reached
the
40th
floor,
we
came
to
a
complete
stop.
There
was
a
jam
of
people.
The
firemen
were
coming
up
the
stairs,
carrying
their
equipment.
Some
100
firefighters
must
have
walked
past
us.
Some
of
them
looked
so
young
that
they
seemed
hardly out of high
school. But they were great, assuring us that they
would take
care of everything.
Eventually we kept moving and got out.
The journey down took about 40 minutes.
Unit 4 Marriage
Part B
Conversation 1
A Marriage Agreement (Part One)
Script:
(Tom and
Linda have signed a marriage agreement. Both agree
not to break the rules
outlined
in
the
agreement.
John,
a
reporter,
is
talking
to
them
about
the
agreement.)
John: Tom,
Linda, first I
’
d like to ask
you why you decided to write this unusual
agreement.
Tom:
We
found
that
many
problems
are
caused
when
a
person
has
different
expectations
from
his
or
her
spouse.
We
wanted
to
talk
about
everything
openly
and
honestly
before
we started living together.
Linda: Also we both know how important
it is to respect each
other
’
s pet peeves.
Like,
I
can
get
very
annoyed
if
others
leave
stuff
—
clothing,
papers,
everything!
—
lying around on the floor. It really bugged me, so
we put that in the agreement.
John:
This
is
mentioned
in
Article
1:
Cleaning
Up,
isn
’
t
it?
It
says,
“
Nothing
will
be left on the floor overnight.
Everything must be cleaned up and put away before
going to bed.
”
Tom: Then I
’
ll
know clearly what Linda
’
s
expectations are.
John:
I
see.
What
about
Article
2:
Sleeping?
It
says,
“
We
will
go
to
bed
at
11
p.m.
and
get
up
at
6:30
a.m.
except
on
weekends.
”
I
’
m
sure
some
people
hearing
this
will
think that this agreement
isn
’
t very romantic.
Tom: Well, we disagree. We think
it
’
s very romantic. This
agreement shows that we
sat down and
talked, and really tried to understand the other
person. A lot of
problems occur in a
marriage when people don
’
t
talk about what they want.
Linda:
That
’
s right. When we
disagreed about something, we worked out a
solution
that was good for both of us.
I would much rather have Tom really listen to me
and
understand my needs than give me a
bunch of flowers or a box of candy.
Exercise 1
Listen
to
the
conversation
and
choose
the
right
answers
to
the
questions
you
hear.
1. Which statement
best summarizes the marriage agreement between Tom
and Linda?
a.
It
is
a
set
of
rules
that
will
restrict
their
personal
freedom
to
a
certain
extent.
b.
It
is
a
set
of
rules
that
will
enable
them
to
live
up
to
each
other
’
s
expectations.
c. It is a set
of rules that will prevent them from getting a
divorce.
d. It is a set of rules that
will save their marriage.
2. According
to Tom, what will give rise to problems in a
marriage?
a. Different interests.
b. Different pet peeves.
c.
Different expectations.
d. Different
sleeping habits.
3. What can be
inferred about Linda from the conversation?
a. She is sensible and well-organized.
b. She doesn
’
t
like flowers or candy very much.
c. She
is too practical to be a good wife.
d.
She is quick-tempered and domineering.
Exercise 2
Listen
to
the
conversation
again
and
complete
the
answers
to
the
following
questions.
1. Why did Tom and Linda decide to sign
the agreement?
Because they wanted to
understand each other
’
s
expectations so that potential
problems
could be avoided and they could live happily
together.
2. What is Article 1 about?
Cleaning up. Everything must be cleaned
up and put away before going to bed.
3. What is Article 2 about?
Sleeping. Time for bed: 11 p.m.; time
to get up: 6:30 a.m. except on
weekends.
Conversation 2
A Marriage
Agreement (Part Two)
Script:
John:
Linda, do you spend a lot of time checking to see
if the other person is
following the
rules? Arguing?
Linda: No, not at all.
Tom:
A
lot
of
couples
argue
because
they
don
’
t
understand
each
other
’
s
expectations.
I think we
spend less time arguing than most couples because
we both know what the
other person
expects.
John: What happens if one of
you breaks a rule?
Tom: Well,
that
’
s in Article 13 of our
agreement.
John: Is it? Oh yes,
Article 13: Breaking Rules.
“
If you break a rule, you
must
apologize and do something nice
for the other person to make it
up.
”
Linda: Yeah,
like last time Tom broke the rule of driving.
John: What
’
s the
rule?
Linda: The rule is we must ask
for directions if we are driving and get lost for
more than five minutes.
John: What happened?
Tom:
We were driving to a
friend
’
s wedding, and we got
lost. Linda wanted to stop
at a gas
station to ask for directions, but I thought I
could figure it out.
Linda:
Then
we
drove
forty
miles
in
the
wrong
direction
and
ended
up
being
late
for
the
wedding.
Tom: So I took her out to
dinner. I knew what I should do to apologize.
John:
That
’
s
very
important,
I
think,
knowing
how to
apologize.
By
the
way,
do
you
plan
to
update
your
agreement
at
all?
What
if
things
change
in
your
life
and
a
rule
doesn
’
t work
anymore?
Linda:
We
’
ve thought about that
too. Article 14 states that we must review this
agreement once a year and make
necessary changes.
John: Well, it was
really nice talking to you both. Thank you very
much for your
time.
Tom &
Linda: Thank you.
Exercise 1
Listen
to
the
conversation
and
choose
the
right
answers
to
the
questions
you
hear.
1. How many
articles are probably in Tom and
Linda
’
s marriage agreement?
a. 12.
b. 13.
c.
14.
d. 15.
2. How do Tom and
Linda feel about their marriage
agreement?
a. Linda is not
very happy with some of the articles in the
agreement.
b. Tom thinks some of the
articles in the agreement are too strict.
c. Both Tom and Linda are satisfied
with it.
d.
Both
Tom
and
Linda
are
not
satisfied
with
it
and
they
want
to
make
a
lot
of
changes
to it.
3. What will happen to their marriage
agreement in a year
’
s time?
a. They will review the articles and
make changes to update them.
b. They will sit down and write out a
new agreement.
c. They will not make
any changes to the agreement.
d. They
will not need it anymore, as they are both
familiar with its contents.
Exercise 2
Listen
to
the
conversation
again
and
complete
the
answers
to
the
following
questions.
is stated in the rule of driving?
It
is
stated
that
if
they
get
lost
for
more
than
five
minutes
when
they
are
driving,
they
must stop and ask for directions.
2.
What is Article 13 about? What does it say?
Article 13 is about breaking rules.
The article says,
“
If you
break a rule, you
must apologize and do
something nice for the other person to make it
up.
”
3. What is
Article 14 about? What is stated in the agreement?
It
is
about
reviewing
the
contents
of
the
agreement.
It
states
that
they
must
review
this
agreement once a year and make necessary changes.
Part C
Listen to
the conversation and choose the right answers to
the questions you hear.
Which of the
following is true o
f the woman’s
husband?
He doesn’t share
housework at home.
He
doesn’t know how to put things in
order.
He doesn’t care for
his wife and children.
He’s
lazy and rude.
What do you
know about the woman?
She’s just got a
job.
She earns a lot of
money
.
She does most of the
housework at home.
She has bad
relations with her husband.
What does
the man think of the woman’s
complaints?
He thinks the
woman’s husband is lazy and
messy
.
He doesn’t
want to pass judgment on the woman’s
husband.
He thinks the woman
complains too much.
He thinks the woman
should ask her husband to share the housework.
Script:
M: Ah, come in, Barbara. Take a seat.
How have things been?
W: Oh, much the
same. I still seem to have quarrels with my
husband all the time.
M:
What do you quarrel about?
W: Oh,
everything. Y
ou see, he never thinks of
my feelings.
M: Go on.
W:
Well, I’ll give you an
example.
Y
ou know, when the children started
school, I wanted to go
back to work
again, too. So I got a job. Well anyway, by the
time I’ve collected Gary
and Lucy
from school, I only get home about half
an hour before he comes back …
M: Y
es?
W: Well,
when he gets home, he expects me to run around and
get his tea. He never does anything
in
the house.
M: Mm.
W: And
last Friday he invited three of his friends
to come around for a drink. He didn’t
tell me to
expect them, and I’d had a
long and difficult day. I don’t think that’s
right, do you?
M: Well, I’m
not here to pass judgment. I’m here to
listen.
W: Sorry. And he’s
so untidy. He’s worse than the kids. I
a
lways have to remind him to pick up
his
clothes.
He
just
throws
his
clothes
on
the floor.
After
all,
I’m
not
his
servant.
I’ve
got
my
own
career. Actually, I
think that’s part of the trouble. Y
ou
see I earn as much money as he does.
Unit5
Passage 1
partB
Script:
While
reading
a
magazine,
Ashley
,
a
sixteen-year-old
girl,
came
across
an
article
which
said that antibiotics and other drugs were
discovered in European rivers and tap
water.
This
led
her to think that
such drugs
might also be present
in
the
waters
near
her home in West Virginia.
Ashleyfeared
that
antibiotics
in
the
waters
could
lead
to
resistant
bacteria,
or
supergerms. They can kill countless
people.
She began testing
her area’s river —
the Ohio.
With a simple device she
herself
had
designed, she collected
350 water samples
from the Ohio over
ten
weeks. She taught
herself
to
analyze
the
samples
by
reading
scientific
journals.
It
was
one
of
the
most
scientifically sound
projects for someone her age.
Her experiment was one of the first of
its kind in the United States. It showed that low
levels of
three antibiotics
are
indeed present
in
local
waters.
Ashley’s study won
the
International Stockholm Junior Water
Prize, a
virtual Nobel Prize
for
teenagers. She
won a $$5,000 scholarship and was
re
ceived by Sweden’s Crown Princess
Victoria.
Her
interest
in science came
from
walks
in
the woods with
her
mother. But
it
was the
day-to-day
stuff
—
how
water
comes
to
the
tap,
how
rain
sticks
to
glass,
that
most
fascinated her.
―Science is not a dead thing,‖ she says. ―It’s
happening all around us.‖
By
the
sixth
grade,
she
was
winning
at
science
fairs.
She
has
received
$$70,000
in
prize
money
,
which
she
has
put
aside
for
college.
She
plans
to
attend
Harvard
University
.
―I
want to
make
my own
discoveries, a
nd
not just
read about what others
have done,‖ she
said. Her teachers predict that she will one day
win a Nobel Prize.
Language and Culture Notes
1.
Background information
Y
outh is the golden stage in
a person’s life. At this stage people are
healthy
, ener
getic,
imaginative,
full of
enterprising spirit, and
free
from worries. They
feel as
if they can
accomplish
everything.
And they are ready
to explore, to
learn, to
experience, and to
create.
In
other
words,
they
are
eager
to
do
something
constructive
with
their
lives.
Many
young
people
also
have
a
high
sense
of
social
responsibility
.
They
are
concerned
with
important
global
issues
such
as
environmental
protection
and
anti-smoking. They are
interested in doing volunteer work to help those
in need and to
make
contributions
to
society
.
In
the
United
States,
for
example,
about
45%
of
all
senior high school students did some
volunteer work in 1994. The young people in the
two passages, who have taken the
initiative to discover and deal with problems
facing
society
, are role
models for others to follow.
2.
West Virginia
a state in central eastern U.S.A.
Charleston is its capital.
3.
the Ohio
a
river
1,579
kilometers
long,
flowing
west
from
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania,
to
the
Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois
4.
the
International Stockholm Junior Water
Prize
Held each August
in Stockholm,
it
is an
international
competition that
honors one of
the
world’s
most
outstanding
water
science
research
projects
by
a
young
person
or
group
of
young
people.
The
prize
was
first
awarded
in
Sweden
in
1995
and
internationally
in 1997.
The Swedish Crown Princess Victoria
is
the patroness of this
event.
Only
finalists
in
national
competitions
held
from
March
through
June
qualify
for the
international competition.
5.
a virtual Nobel Prize for
teenagers
The International Stockholm
Junior Water Prize
for
teenagers can be regarded as
the
equivalent to a Nobel Prize for adults.
6.
the day-to-day stuff
the events of ordinary life
7.
science fai
r
an
annual
competitive
exhibition of
science-related projects prepared by
high school
students. All
high schools compete on the local,
county
, or even state level. Prizes are
awarded, and often college-level
scholarships are offered to some of the winners.
The
main objective of
the
science
fair
is to encourage
students to continue their studies
in
science and enter a career in research
or industry
.
Exercise 1
Listen to the
passage and choose the right answers to the
questions you hear
.
1. What
is the story mainly about?
a.
A
science-oriented
girl
who
succeeded
in
discovering
supergerms
in
the
local
waters of her town.
b. A
science-oriented girl who won a Nobel Prize for
teenagers.
c. A winner of an
international prize who has done painstaking work
in antibiotics and
water conservation.
d.
A
young
girl
whose
scientific
experiments
on
the
local
waters
of
her
town
won
international recognition.
2.
Which of the following
best describes the way the speaker tells the
story?
a. Telling the story
chronologically.
b. Telling
the story subjectively.
c.
Selecti
ng factual details which can
forcefully show the girl’s merits.
d. Using many words of
positive meaning to show admiration for the girl.
Exercise 2
Read
the table first. Then listen to the recording and
supply the missing information.
Ashley’s
Experiment
The
experiment
Purpose
Testing
the water of her area’s
river
—
the Ohio.
To
find
out
if
there
were
antibiotics
in
the
waters,
which
she
feared
could
lead
to
resistant
bacteria
or
supergerms
and
thus
endanger
numerous people’s lives.
Procedure
1.
Collected
350
water
samples
from
the
Ohio
over
ten
weeks
by
a
simple
device designed by herself.
2.
Learned
to
analyze
the
samples
herself
by
reading
scientific
journals.
Findings
Low
levels of three antibiotics are present in the
Ohio.
Honor
1. Won
the International Stockholm
Junior Water Prize
scholarship of
$$5,000.
2. Met by
Sweden’s
Crown Princess
Victoria.
Passage 2
Script:
On February 16, 2001, the teenagers
from a youth group called REBEL launched their
advertising
campaign
at
the
Liberty
Science
Center
in
New
Jersey
.
They
worked
on
various aspects of
the
campaign
and even appeared
in
the
―Not
for Sale‖ commercial
on
television and the radio against tobacco
companies.
REBEL
stands
for
Reaching
Everybody
by
Exposing
Lies.
It
is
a
statewide
youth
initiative which fights against tobacco
companies. The movement began in November
last
year.
It
carries
the
message
that
teenagers
no
longer
want
to
be
targeted
by
tobacco companies
in their
advertisements.
The group realized that
one of the biggest
problems that
teenagers face is peer pressure on them to smoke
or do drugs. Therefore,
the
group
is
working
hard to ensure that
their
message reaches all
teenagers at New
Jersey
schools.
When
the
group
was
first
formed,
there
were
only
five
members,
all
eighth
grade
students.
But
by
this
summer
the
group
had
grown
to
close
to
90
members.
At
a
recent
recruiting
party
, a pizza
and pool party
, at the West New
Y
ork swimming pool,
more
than 50 new members were attracted to the group.
―We
don’t
think
that
too
many
people
would
be
interested,‖
said
Jackie,
one
of
its
founding members. ―But
everyone knows our message. They know who we are
now.‖
Exercise 1
Listen to the passage and fill in the
blanks to complete the answers.
1.
What does REBEL stand for?
Reaching Everybody by Exposing Lies.
2.
What is the major action
performed by REBEL?
They
launched an advertising campaign to
call on
youth to
fight
against
tobacco
companies.
3.
What is the aim of the
group?
They intend to
spread the message that teenagers no longer want
to be targeted by
tobacco companies in
their advertisements.
Exercise 2
Listen again and
choose the right answers to the questions you
hear
.
1. When did REBEL
launch their advertising campaign?
a.
November last year.
b. The summer of
2001.
c. February 16, 2001.
d. February 6, 2001.
2. How
many members did REBEL have by this summer?
a. Close to 90.
b. 50.
c. Close to 140.
d. Over 90.
3. Who were the first members of REBEL?
a. Five teenagers from New
Y
ork.
b. Five
students from West New Y
ork.
teenage volunteers from
West New Y
ork.
d.
Five eighth grade students.
4. What did
REBEL do for their campaign against tobacco
companies?
a. They appeared in all the
advertisements for the campaign.
b.
They went from school to school to expose lies to
students.
c.
They were
involved
in
many
aspects of the campaign and appeared
in
the
―Not
for
Sale‖ commercial.
d. They put up ―Not for Sale‖ posters
outside tobacco companies.
5. What did REBEL do recently?
a. They held a pizza and pool party to
attract teenagers to watch their commercial.
b. They held a recruiting party to make
it known that new members are needed.
c. They held a pizza and pool party to
welcome 50 new members.
d. They began a
training program for the 50 new members.
Part C
Test
Y
our Listening
A
Conversation
Listen to the
conversation and choose the right answers to the
questions you hear
.
1.
What’s Jenny most concerned about now?
a.
Linda’s study in
school.
b. Linda’s tuition
for college.
c. Linda’s
scholarship for college.
d.
Linda’s interest in boys and clothes.
2. What does Roger suggest Jenny do?
a. Let Linda get a job first.
b. Urge Linda to pay more attention to
her study
.
c. Have a serious
talk with Linda about college.
d. Send
Linda to a community college.
3. What
do you know about Linda?
a. She shows
no interest in her studies.
b. She
spends a lot of time making clothes.
c.
She hopes to see a bit of real life first.
d.
She doesn’t seem ready
for college.
4. Which of the
following is true?
a. Roger knows Linda
better
than Linda’s mother.
b. Linda wants to go to college but she
can’t get a scholarship.
c.
Jenny will most likely take Roger’s
advice.
d. Linda is actually
quite serious about college.
Script:
Roger: Hi,
Jenny
, you don’t look happy
.
What’s wrong?
Jenny:
Wel
l, Roger, I’ve got a problem.
Roger: What is it?
Jenny:
Y
ou
know
my daughter Linda
is 16
years old
now. And we’ve
begun talking
about
college.
She
says
she
wants
to
go,
but
she’s
let
her
grades
slip
and
no
matter
how
I
urge
her
to
study
,
all
she
seems
in
terested
in
are
clothes
and
boys.
We’re
not
wealthy
, you know. And
it won’t be easy
for
us to afford the tuition
if
she can’t
get a
scholarship.
That
seems
to be
my biggest worry
now. But,
Roger,
is
going
to college
the best choice
for her right now?
Roger
: Do
you mean that she doesn’t seem ready for
college?
Jenny:
Y
ou’re right.
Roger: Then you’d better have a serious
talk with Linda about college.
Jenny: A serious talk with her?
Roger:
Y
es. I
think
it’s quite
normal
for
girls
her age
to be wrapped
up
in
fashion and
dating, but as
a
mother
you
have a
right to expect
her to pay attention
to
her studies
too.
Jenny: Y
es, but how?
Roger: Ask
her
how serious she
is about
college and
how
hard she’s
willing to
work
for
it. Linda
may
be
more committed
than
you realize. But
if
not, tell
her she
should
think about putting
college off
for a
while.
That could
give her the push she
needs to
take her education
seriously
.
Jenny: Sounds
like a good idea.
Roger:
And
if
you
decide
she
should
wait,
she
can
get
a
job,
take
classes
at
a
community college or do an internship
to get experience. She may be just one of those
who need to see a bit of real life
before they settle down.
Unit 6
Part
B
Script:
Interviewer: Welcome to our program,
Sam.
Sam: Thank you.
Interviewer: Sam, how long have you
been a police officer?
Sam: I’ve been a
police officer for thirty years.
Interviewer:
Thirty
years.
And
you’ve
had
different
types
of
assignments
on
the
police
force,
I
guess.
Sam:
Y
eah, I’ve done everything from patrol
to undercover work to detective work, and now I’m
supervising investigations.
Interviewer: Sam, I think most people
would say that being a police officer is a very
stressful job.
Would you agree?
Sam: Yes, it’s definitely a stressful
job. But it depends on your assign
ment.
Interviewer: So, what’s probably the
most stressful assignment you can have?
Sam: I’d say patrol is the most
stressful assignment.
Interviewer: That’s interesting! In
what way?
Sam: Well, I guess
the biggest part of the stress is the fear factor
—
the fear of the unknown.
Interviewer: What do you mean, Sam?
Sam: Well, in patrol work, you don’t
know from moment to moment who you are talking to
or
what their reaction is going to be
to justify your presence. Let’s say, for example,
a patrol officer
stops someone for a
traffic violation. It seems as though that would
be a very low-stress situation.
Interviewer: Y
es, it is a
very low-stress situation.
Sam: But the
truth is, there are more police officers injured
during a routine stop.
Interviewer:
Really?
S
am: Really! That’s
why all police officers are taught from the very
beginning to be aware of their
surroundings. People back over
policemen, people shoot policemen, people jump out
at policemen
—
different kinds of things. So that’s
probably the most stres
sful time.
Interviewer: I see. Let’s take a break
and then we’ll move on to our next
topic.
Sam: All
right.
Exercise
1
Listen to the conversation and choose
the right answers to the questions you
hear
.
1.
What’s
the relationship between the two
speakers?
a. Friends.
b. A
police officer and an
investigator.
c. Two police officers.
d. A
police officer and a
program hostess.
2.
What
does Sam mainly talk about?
a. His job as a police officer.
b. His personal life.
c. How
stressful patrol work is.
d. How police
officers are taught to deal with stress.
a. He is an experienced police officer.
b. He will quit his present job sooner
or later.
c. He is a good supervisor.
d. He enjoys being a police officer.
3.
What do you know about
Sam?
Exercise 2
Listen again and fill in the blanks
with the missing information about Sam.
Sam
has
been
a
police
officer
for
30
years.
He
has
done
everything
from
patrol
to
undercover
work. He has also
done detective work and now he is supervising
investigations.
Sam thinks
being a police officer is a very stressful job,
but it depends on the assignment one has.
In his opinion patrol is the most
stressful assignment and the biggest part of the
stress is the fear of
the unknown.
Conversation 2
Script:
Interviewer: Sam,
you’ve talked about the police
officers’ stressful time. Now let’s move on to the
next
topic.
So
far
as
I
know,
there’s
a
connection
between
stress
and
illness.
Do
you
think
that
there’s a higher percentage of illness
among police officers than in the
gene
ral population? I mean,
do they get more colds or anything? Is
this really true?
Sam:
Y
es,
it
is,
and
the
stress
level
not
only
manifests
itself
in
daily
health
—
whether
or
not
you’re feeling well on any given day.
It also manifests itself in things like
ulcers, heart disease
—
police
officers
tend
to
have
a
higher
rate
of
heart
disease
and
ulcers
than
people
in
other
professions.
Interviewer:
Really? That’s documented?
Sam: Yes, it’s documented. And also the
divorce rate among police officers is much
high
er.
Interviewer: Is
there something that the police department does to
help you deal with this stress?
Sam:
Y
es,
there
are
several
programs
that
most
police
departments
have
in
place.
One
is
an
exercise
program where some part of your day is spent on
some
type of physical exercise. They’ve
found that’s a great stress reducer.
Besides, there’s also a psychological program with
counseling
for
officers
to
help
them
reduce
their
stress.
And
there
are
several
discussion
groups
as
well.
They’ve
found that sometim
es just sitting
around and talking about the stress with other
officers
helps to reduce it. So, those
things are available.
Interviewer: And
what do you do, personally, to deal with the
stress of your job, Sam?
Sam: Well,
during the baseball season, I’m th
e
biggest baseball fanatic, and I will either be
reading
about baseball, or listening to
baseball, or watching baseball.
Another
thing I try to do is to get
some sort
of exercise every day. And then I work hard at
keeping up my personal relationships,
especially my relationship with my
wife. Fortunately I get along very well with my
wife. When I
come back home, I can talk
about my day with her, and then just forget about
it.
Exercise 1
Listen to the conversation and then
you’ll hear five statements based on the
conversation. Write“T”
for a true
statement and “F” for a false one.
1.
The
conversation
is
mainly
about
how
police
officers
can
deal
with
stress.
(
T
)
2.
According to Sam, most police officers enjoy good
health.
( F )
3. According to Sam, the divorce rate
among police officers is higher than that among
people in
other jobs.
( T )
4. Counseling
is the most effective program to help police
officers relieve stress.
(
F )
5.
Sam knows how to reduce his stress.
( T )
Exercise 2
Listen again and complete the answers
to the following questions.
1. What do
most police departments do to help reduce the
stress of the police officers?
They
provide several programs to help police officers
cope with stress. One is an exercise program;
another is a psychological program with
counseling for officers. And there are several
discussion
groups as well for officers
to sit down and talk about their stress with other
officers.
2. What does Sam do to
relieve his stress?
1) He takes a great
interest in baseball.
2) He tries to
get some sort of exercise every day.
3)
He
works
hard
at
keeping
up
his
personal
relationships,
especially
his
relationship
with
his
wife.
Part C
T
est Y
our
Listening
Short
Conversations
You’re
going
to
hear
five
short
conversations
between
two
speakers.
At
the
end
of
each
conversation a
question will
be asked about what you’ve heard. Listen carefully
and choose the
right answer to each
question you hear
.
1. M:
Y
ou look so nervous, Rose. Are you all
right?
W:
Frankly
speaking,
I’m
on
pins
and
needles.
I
have
to
give
a
presentation
to
a
gro
up
of
important visitors this afternoon.
Q: Why does Rose feel nervous?
a. Because she will meet a group of
very important visitors this afternoon.
b. Because she has to deliver a report
in the afternoon but it isn’t ready.
c. Because she is not feeling well.
d. Because she is going to speak before
important visitors this afternoon.
2.
M: Y
ou look so upset, Sue. What’s
worrying you?
W: My son Jack
made me extremely unhappy. He seems to be playing
video games all the time.
Whenever I
talk to him he turns a deaf ear to me.
Q: What’s the woman’s
problem?
a. Her son watches
games all day long.
b. Her son has a
serious hearing problem.
c. Her son
enjoys watching videos a lot.
d. Her
son is addicted to video games.
3. W:
David, you don’t look happy. Anything
wrong?
M:
Well,
you
know,
my
mother
died
three
years
ago.
And
since
then
my
father
has
lived
in
an
apartment
on his own and has very few friends.
Q:
What is David worrying about?
a. He
can’t live with his father.
b. His father has no friends.
c. His mother passed away three years
ago.
d. His father is
lonely.
4. W: Michael, I
don’t know what has happened to Mother. Her memory
seems to be going. I have
to remind her
of almost everything.
M: Don’t worry,
Mary. She’s just getting old.
Q: What do you know about Mary?
a. She’s worried about her sick
mother.
b.
She’s
concerned about her mother’s poor
memory
.
c. She’s
tired of reminding her mother all the
time.
d. She’s going to send
her mother to a nursing home.
5.
W:
I’m
worried
about
sending
my
son
Peter
to
coll
ege.
Y
ou
see,
nowadays
many
college
students behave
rather strangely. They don’t seem to be interested
in their studies.
M: Just a
few. Most students still concentrate on their
studies.
Q: What can you infer from the
man’s response?
a. He
misunderstands the woman.
b. He fully
agrees with the woman.
c. He disagrees
with the woman.
d. He advises the woman
not to worry about her son.
Unit7
Part B
Listening Tasks
Script:
Kenneth:
Hello,
my
name
is
Kenneth
Johnson.
I
have
an
appointment
with
Mr.
Andrew
Song.
Laura: Oh hello, Mr.
Johnson, I’m Laura Lee. We’ve spoken on the phone
a couple of
times. Nice to meet you.
Kenneth: It’s nice to be
here.
Laura: Oh
—
let me take your coat.
Kenneth: Thanks.
Laura: Let
me get you a drink, Mr. Johnson.
Kenneth: Y
es, I’d
lik
e a cup of tea, if possible, thanks.
Laura: Sure. With milk or lemon?
Kenneth: With lemon, please
—
and sugar. Two spoons.
Laura: Right.
(Laura brings
tea to Mr
. Johnson.)
Laura:
Did you have a good trip?
Kenneth: Absolutely no problems.
Laura: That’s good. Y
ou
flew, didn’t you?
Kenneth:
Y
es, that’s right, and then I took a
taxi down here from the airport.
Laura: Oh, that’s good. Kunming can be
a little wet at this time of year … you’ll have
to come back in summer.
Kenneth:
Oh,
I’d
like
that.
I
always
lik
e
coming
to
China.
Miss
Lee,
I
wonder
if
I
could send a fax from here. It’s rather
urgent.
Laura:
Y
es, of course. Shall I show you to the
machine or shall I take it?
Kenneth:
Oh, it would be better if you could take it
—
here’s the
number.
Laura: Fine. Would
you like a newspaper to read
—
or
The
Economist
?
Kenneth: No, it’s
okay —
I can prepare some
work while I’m waiting.
Laura: Right, I’ll get this off for
you.
Kenneth:
Thanks.
Oh
—
one
other
thing.
I
need
to
send
some
flowers
to
my
wife.
Today
is
the
fifth
anniversary
of
our
marriage.
I
think
some
flowers
from
your
beautiful city would be rather
appropriate, don’t you?
Laura: Oh, sure!
Right, I’ll
get you a number of a
florist. I expect you’ll
want to send
a special
message with the flowers.
Kenneth:
Y
es,
I’ll think of
one.
Laura: Oh, here’s Mr.
Song. Andrew, this is Mr. Johnson. He’s just
arrived.
Andrew: Hello, Mr.
Johnson. Pleased to meet you and welcome here.
Kenneth: Thanks.
Andrew: Now
shall we go inside and let me explain the program
to you?
Kenneth: Sure.
Andrew: I think we’ve sent
you an outline
for the day
—
if
you agree,
we could start
with a
video
which explains some of our services and then we
could have a
look at a
few
reports on campaigns.
Kenneth: That’ll
be good.
Exercise 1
Listen
to
the
conversation
and
write
down
answers
to
the
following
questions.
Where are the speakers?
In Mr. Andrew Song’s office.
What is the probable relationship
between Andrew Song and Laura Lee?
Boss
and secretary
.
What is the
purpose of Mr. Johnson’s visit
to
Kunming?
To see Mr. Andrew Song on
business.
Exercise 2
Listen to the conversation again and
choose the right answers to the
questions you hear.
How well
did Laura Lee know Mr. Johnson?
He was a total stranger to her.
She often talked to him on the phone.
He was an old friend of hers.
She had spoken to him on the phone but
had never met him before.
How did Mr.
Johnson like his tea?
With milk and
sugar.
With lemon and sugar.
With two slices of lemon.
With milk and one lump of sugar.
What did Laura do to help Mr. Johnson?
She offered to send an urgent fax for
him.
She bought some presents for his
wife.
She showed him where their fax
machine was.
She ordered some flowers
from a local florist for him.
Why did
Mr. Johnson want to send some flowers to his wife
that day?
It was her
birthday
.
It was their fifth
wedding anniversary.
It was the day
they first met.
It was their engagement
day
.
What was Mr. Johnson
going to do at the end of the conversation?
a. Ask Mr. Song to explain some of
their services.
b. Talk to Mr. Song
about the plan for the day
.
c. Watch a video.
d. Discuss
campaign plans with Mr. Song.
Conversation 2
At
a Business Meeting
Word Bank
Script:
Chairman: Okay
, I think we
should start now. It’s ten o’clock.
V
oices: Okay / Right /
Y
eah.
Chairman:
Well,
we’re
here
today
to
look
at
some
of
the
reasons
for
the
decline
in
profits which has affected this
subsidiary
. Y
ou’ve all seen
the agenda. I’d like to ask if
anyone
has any comments on it before we start.
V
oices: No / It’s fine /
No.
Chairman:
Right,
well,
can
I
ask
Sam
Canning,
Chief
Sales
Executive,
to
open
up
with his remarks?
Sam:
Thank
you,
Bernard.
Well,
I
think
we
have
to
face
up
to
several
realities
and
what I have to say is in three parts
and will take about twenty minutes.
Chairman
:
Er, Sam
… we don’t
have
much time
—
it’s really
your
main points we’re
most interested in.
Jane:
Y
es.
Can
I
ask
one
thing,
Mr.
Chairman?
Isn’t
this
a
global
problem
in
our
market?
Chairman:
Sorry
, Jane, I can’t allow us to
consider that question just yet. We’ll look at
the global question later. Sam,
sorry
, please carry on.
Sam:
Well, the three points I want to make can be made
in three sentences. First, sales
are
down, but only by 5%
more than
for
the
group
as a
whole. Secondly, our
budget
for sales
has been
kept static
—
it
hasn’t
increased,
not even with
inflation,
so we’re
trying to do better
than last year on less money
. Thirdly
—
Jane: That’s not exactly true
…
Chairman: Jane, please.
Let Sam finish.
Sam: Thirdly, the
products are getting old
—
we need a new generation.
Chairman: So
let me summarize that. Y
ou say that
sales are down but not by so much,
that
you’ve
had
less
money
to
promote
sales
and
that
the
products
are
old.
Is
that
right?
Sam: In a nutshell.
Chairman: Does anyone have anything to
add to that?
Jane: Well, on the
question of funding I have to disagree
…
Exercise 1
Listen to the conversation
and choose the right answers to the questions
you hear.
What is the
purpose of the meeting?
To
discuss the causes of the decline in sales.
To discuss the causes of the decrease
in profits.
To discuss ways to promote
sales.
To discuss the funding policy of
the company
.
What can be
inferred from the discussion at the meeting?
Jane disagrees with Sam as to how the
company should spend money
.
Jane
agrees
with
Sam
that
inflation
is
one
of
the
problems
that
cause
the
decline
in
sales.
Sam doesn’t think the sales department
should be
held
responsible
for
the decline
in
profits.
Sam
thinks the best way to increase sales is to
introduce a new generation of products.
Exercise 2
Listen to the conversation again.
Imagine you are taking the minutes and
fill in the form below.
Purpose of meeting:
to
discuss the causes of the decline in
profits
Time:
10:00 a.m.
Chair:
Bernard
First Speaker:
Sam Canning
Position:
Chief Sales
Executive
Main points of his talk:
1. Sales are down but not by too much.
2. The budget for sales
hasn
’
t increased even with
inflation.
3. The products are
old.
Part C
Test Your Listening
A Passage
Listen to the
passage and choose the right answers to the
questions you
hear.
1. Who
do you think might be the speaker?
Manager of the Financial Department.
Manager of the Personnel Department.
Chairman of the Technology Program.
Chairman of the company.
When might be the talk given?
At the beginning of the year.
At the end of the year.
In
the middle of the year.
By the end of
the year.
What can you learn from the
passage?
The speaker feels rather
disappointed with the international consumer
market.
The speaker is very
much worried about the future of the company.
The speaker thinks the company has too
many employees.
The speaker is
satisfied with what the three departments have
done.
Which of the following is true?
America is one of the
company
’
s largest export
markets.
New
technology
is
of
first
importance
to
the
future
growth
of
the
company.
The
new personnel development policy is a great
success.
The personnel department has a
staff of 72.
Script:
This
year
our
company
as
a
whole
has
performed
well
—
especially
in
America,
our
largest export
market.
As
we
see,
on
the
financial
front
the
results
have been very pleasing. Costs have
dropped by 3% and profits are up by
16%.
However,
the
domestic
consumer
market
has
been
very
competitive
and
will continue to be so.
I can say our results in this market have been
rather disappointing
—
just 1% up compared with
last year.
Now
let
’
s
move
on
to
personnel.
Our
policy
of
personnel
development
through
training
and
promotion
opportunities
has
continued
to
be
a
great
success.
We have actually recruited 72 new staff, while 20
have retired
—
so there is a
net balance of 52. The training department has
expanded
considerably
and
moved
into
new
areas
such
as
quality
assurance
and
sales
training.
Finally
technology.
I
think
you
would
be
interested
to
have
an
update
since
this is vital for our
future growth. Over the last year, our research
department has thoroughly tested a new
prototype engine. Results so far
have
looked
promising.
We
have
also
invested
heavily
in
a
European
technology program which links industry
with the universities.
So, those are
the three main areas
—
finance, personnel and technology.
Are
there any questions before I go on?
Unit8
Part
B
Listening Tasks
Passage 1
Script:
Every day
people
in
Hong
Kong get rid of 15 million plastic
bags. They weigh about 600 tons.
This is not including the tens of
thousands of plastic bags people dump at the
beaches and in local
waters, which have
caused serious pollution.
These bags
cost taxpayers over $$70 million a year to deal
with. Some of the bags are destroyed by
burning. The problem with this is that,
when they break down, they release poisonous
chemicals,
which can cause cancer. The
chemical poisons penetrate into the earth.
In order to attract the public’s
attention to the problem of plastic
bags and to reduce the number of
bags
used
at
the
same
time,
the
Retail
Management
Association
launched
the
Use
Fewer
Bags
Campaign. In the first stage of the
campaign, 1,500 retail stores aimed to reduce the
number of
plastic bags given away to
customers by 10 per cent. This has been achieved.
The second stage of
the campaign will
focus on the number of plastic bags given away in
markets.
―Ideally, people going to buy
food in the markets should carry their own
reusable bags, such as
canvas bags,
that can b
e washed,‖ said a campaign
coordinator. She stressed that the campaign had
two
objectives.
Besides
reducing
the
number
of
plastic
bags
used,
she
hoped
that
the campaign
would increase the public’s overall
awareness of environmental problems.
Exercise 1
Listen to the passage and choose the
right answers to the questions you
hear
.
1. What does the
passage mainly tell us?
a. How the Hong
Kong authorities try to protect its environment.
b. Why plastic bags should be replaced
by reusable bags.
c. How people in Hong
Kong try to reduce the number of plastic bags in
use.
d. How Hong Kong handles serious
environmental problems there.
2. What
is the purpose of launching the Use Fewer Bags
Campaign?
a.
To call the
public’s attention to the serious problem caused
by pl
astic bags.
b. To
attract the public’s attention to the problem of
chemical poisons.
c. To
inform the public that destroying plastic bags by
burning causes pollution.
d.
To stop poisonous chemicals from penetrating into
the earth.
3. According to a campaign
coordinator, what should people carry when they go
to buy food in the
markets?
a. Their own plastic bags.
c. Canvas bags only.
b. Shopping
baskets.
d. Reusable bags.
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