《英语听力教程4》答案及原文

Unit 1 Shopping and Banking Oline

Part I

Getting ready

B. Keys:

1: drop 2: shopping 3: mouse 4: feet 5: retailing 6: street 7: get

8: down 9: third-party 10: online

11:30% 12: malls 13: Britain

14: gift-buying 15:50% 16: net 17: peroid

C. Keys:

1

:

the

site2

:

merchant,

addresses/phone

numbers/call

up

3

:

strict safety measures

Part II

Net shopping under fire

A. Keys:

1

:

delivery,

delivery

2

:

delivery

charges3

:

personal

information,

87%

4

:

returning

goods,

47%

5

:

order,

35%,

dispatch, 87%6 : money back, two

B. Keys:

1 : convenience 2 : choice 3 : obstacles 4 : complete trust 5 :

build consummers' trust 6 : mature 7 : payment 8 : service

Part III

Banking at home

A. Keys:

1

:

limited

opening

hours

2

:

Online

banking

services3

:

getting current information on products 4 : e-mailing questions

to the bank 5 : competing for customers 6 : having no computers

at home

B. Keys:

1

:

It

is

banking

through

the

Internet.

2

:

'Online

banking'

offers convenience which appeals to the kind of customer banks

want

to

keep.

3

:

Banks

most

want

to

keep

people

who

are

young, well-educated, and have good incomes.

Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer Service

B. Keys:

English Good Customer Service(Harrods)

1

:

in

a

pleasant

environment

2

:

Second

to

none

3

:

different

customers, take a look at everything, alternatives, come to sales

assistants 4 : first contact with the customer

American Good Customer Service(Saks)

1

:

human

side,

family,

occasions

in

life,

a

partnership

2

:

repeat business, sales

Part V Do you know…?

Keys:

1 : c 2 : a

、

b

、

c 3 : a

、

b

、

c 4 : c 5 : c 6 : b

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Part I

Getting ready

Unit 2 Hotel or B&B

Part I

Getting ready

B. Keys:

1 : 35%, 60% 2 : 45%, 20% 3 : 60%, 80%4 : 30%, 15% 5 :

50%, 70% 6 : 30%, 20%

C. Keys:

(1)1

:

￡

30/single;

￡

60/double,

children

under

12

2

:

￡

29/full board3 :

￡

28/double+bath, excluded

(2) 1 : hot food, fried egg 2 : coffee, tea, jam, cooked 3 : dinner,

bed and breakfast 4 : the room plus all meals 5 : Value Added

Tax

Part II

A touch of home

Outline I : bed and breakfast, 15 000, advantages over big hotels

II

:

meeting

different

people

III

:

features,

1883,

guests

IV

:

B&Bs not suitable for some people

Part III

Renting a car

A.

Keys:

1

:

three

2

:

Mon.

July

10th

3

:

station

wagon

4

:

$$79.95 5 : $$59.95 6 : 4 p.m. 7 : 10 a.m. 8 : ' free 9 : 12 cents 10 :

$$10 11 : 8% 12 : '$$100

B. Keys: a compact car/a station wagon/ automatic transmission/

current

models/

pick

up/return

the

car/special

weekend

rate/regular rate/ unlimited

mileage/ insurance/ sales tax/ a full

tank of gas/ deposit/ lowest rates.

Part

IV

More

about

the

topic:

What

Type

of

Room

Do

You

Want?

A. Keys:

1: 5 2: 2 3: 6 4: 4 5: 3 6: 1

B.

Keys:

1

:

￡

40,

all

grades

2

:

￡

55,

Sales

3

:

￡

150,

Managerial,

entertaining

private

guest,

the

lake

4:

￡

220,

privacy, country-side, kitchen

Part V Do you know…?

A.

Keys:

(France)Italy,

(2)3,

(3)2,

(4)8

(Loudon,UK)Paris,France, (8)4 B. Keys:

1 : F 2 : T 3 : F 4 : F

5 : T

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Part I

Getting ready

Unit 3 “Planting” Money

Part I

Getting ready

C.

Keys:1

:

Sincere;

Y

2

:

Doubtful;

N

3

:

Sarcastic;

N

4

:

Doubtful; N 5 : Sincere; Y 6 : Skeptical; N 7 : Surprised; Y 8 :

Sincere; Y 9 : Emphatic; Y 10 : Sarcastic; N

Part II

National teach children to save day

A.

Keys:

1

:

Thursday,

April

17

2

:

teaching

children

how

to

save money 3 : 2 500 4 : 5 000 presentations

B. Keys:1: 4; 2: 3; 3: 2; 4: 1

Part III

Credit cards

Keys: 1 : importance 2 : later 3 : The potential disadvantages 4 :

lots of purchases 5 : interest 6 : The benefits 7 : emergencies 8 :

travel

Part IV More about the topic: Gulf Between the Rich and Poor

A. Keys: 1 : 3 2 : 1 3 : 2 4 : so much of their income 5 : ever

larger

houses

and

cars

6

:

social

programs

or

infrastructure

repairs 7 : happier 8 : fewer disputes of work 9 : lower levels of

stress hormones 10 : less often 11 : at an older age

B.

Keys:

1

:

vice

president

2

:

Myths

of

Rich

and

Poor

3

:

positive side 4 : increased prosperity 5 : better off 6 : 30 years

ago 7 : hundreds of gadgets 8 : easier 9 : more pleasurable 10 :

cellular

and

cordless

phones

11

:

computers

12

:

answering

machines 13 : microwave ovens 14 : 3/4 15 : washing machines

16 : half 17 : clothes dryers 18 : 97% 19 : color televisions 20 :

3/4 21 : VCRs 22 : 2/3

23 : microwaves and air conditioners

24 : 3/4 25 : automobile 26 : 40% 27: home 28 : half 29 : stereo

systems

Part V Do you know…?

A. Keys: 1 : Tokyo 2 : Osaka 3 : Oslo 4 : Zurich 5 : Hong Kong

6 : Copenhagen 7 : Geneva 8 :Paris 9 : Reykjavik 10 : London

B. Keys: 1 : The Euro has appreciated against the US dollar. 2 :

Persistent

economic

turmoil.

3

:

Tehran.

4

:

The

economist

team checks prices of a wide range of items from bread and milk

cars

and

utilities

to

compile

this

report.

5

:

Business

clients

use it to calculate the amount of allowances granted to overseas

executives and their families.

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Part I

Getting ready

Unit 4 Loans for the Dream

Part I

Getting ready

B. Keys:

Items

Charities

Items

Theatre and other arts events

Eating out

√

Stocks and shares

Hobbies (DIY

, sailing, etc.)

√

Antiques

√

Food and groceries

√

Cars

Items

Same

Up

D

own Figures

Entertainment

√

2566

Depreciation

√

300

√

——

Secretarial expenses

...

√

Motor expenses

2612

√

——

Audit & accountancy costs

Telephone & postage

√

Half as much as last year

Part II

Raising money for buying a car

A. Keys: 1

：

college 2

：

repairing 3

：

a hundred pounds 4

：

three hundred fifty to four hundred 5

：

interest rates 6

：

an

Ordinary Loan 7

：

24 months

B. Keys: 1

：

X 2

：

√

3

：

7% 4

：

A day-to-day basis

1

：

overdraft 2

：

repay 3

：

lenders in the short term 4

：

pay

interest

on

5

：

collateral

6

：

life

policy

7

：

deeds

of

the

house 8

：

Government Securities 9

：

certificate 10

：

on a

day-to-day basis

Part III

Housing in the U.S.A.

A.

Keys:

1

：

cost

of

housing

2

：

1/4-1/3

3

：

size

and

location 4

：

mortgage 5

：

easy to get things repaired 6

：

mortgage 7

：

condominium

B.

Keys:

1

：

borrows,

mortgages,

shares,

mortgage-based

securities 2

：

They control about half the home loans in America.

3

：

Hiding

the

changes

in

the

value;

Poor

supervision;

Not

carefully reporting its finances.4

：

The price of Fannie Mae has

dropped.

Part IV More about the topic: Consumer Rights

A. Keys:

1: a. merchantable quality

b. fitting for particular

purpose

/seller

c.

as

described

2:

no/

retailer's

responsibility/take to shop 3: item/ too large/ fragile 4: evidence

of purchase/ date of purchase 5: go to court/ sue the seller

B. Keys: 1 : F 2 : T 3 : F 4 : F

Part V Do you know…?

Keys: 1

：

any federal tax 2

：

tax on whiskey and other alcoholic

drink;

farmers

refused

3

：

George

Washington;13000

troops;

defeated

the

Whiskey

Rebellion.

4

：

personal

income

5

：

rejected 6

：

The 16th Amendment 7

：

income

8: taxed at 35%;highest rate 9

：

10

：

no income tax 11

：

7%:

income tax on business 12

：

over 40%: personal income tax 13:

35%: retirement programs 14: below 18%: customs

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Part I

Getting ready

A.

B. Keys:

a. 1 : 8000/half 2 : 4000