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新世纪视听说教程（听力课本）
（第三版）
Book4-Unit1
听力原文
整理者：电气
杨红叶，王雪
Audio Track 4-1-2
第四页
Blake:
What are you working on,
Mary?
Mary:
I
’
m finishing my
paper. It
’
s due tomorrow,
Blake.
Blake:
What
’
s the topic?
Mary:
It
’
s about
Greenland.
Blake:
Greenland. Hmmm
…
t
hat
’
s part of Canada, right?
Mary:
I think
you need to study your world geography, Blake.
Blake:
Well,
isn
’
t it near Canada?
Mary:
Yes,
It
’
s off the coast of
northeast Canada, but it
’
s
part of Denmark.
Blake:
Oh, I didn
’
t know
that. Well, what
’
s your
paper about exactly?
Mary:
In
my
paper,
I
answer
the
question.
“
Is
Greenland
really
green?
”
In
other
words,
is Greenland covered by a lot of plants and tree?
Blake:
Is it?
Mary:
What do
you think?
Blake:
Let
’
s
see
…
Greenland is in the
Arctic Circle-way up north.
It
’
s
cold
…
so
“
Is
Greenland
really green?
”
I
’
d answer probably
not.
”
Mary:
You
’
d
be correct. It
’
s too cold
there. In the north, a lot of the ground is
frozen.
The summer are short, so only
the surface thaws.
Blake:
That sounds tough.
Mary:
It
’
s
hard for the construction industry.
It
’
s not easy to build in
Greenland.
Blake:
It sounds so harsh. Why would anyone
want to go there?
Mary:
There
are
big
mountain
ranges
on
the
coasts.
They
’
re
great
for
hiking
and
outdoor sports. And
there are lots of animals there. You can sometimes
see
whales swimming in the harbors.
Blake:
That
sounds cool! Ok, so if it
’
s
not really a
“
green
”
place, why was it named
“
Greenland
”
?
Mary:
The
first
settlers
wanted
to
attract
other
people.
They
give
it
an
attractive
name.
Audio Track 4-1-4
第
5
页
Jay:
Come in
here, Elise. You should see this show!
Elise: What is it?
Jay:
It
’
s
called
“
The
Titanic
of
the
sky.
’’
It
’
s
about
the
Hindenburg.
a
great
engineering feat.
Elise: The
Hindenburg
…
Jay:
You know, that giant
zeppelin that crashed in -five people died.
.
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Elise: Oh, yeah, I remember now. It was
flying from Germany to the United States. It
crashed as it was landing.
Jay:
Right.
It
’
s so funny looking,
don
’
t you think? It
doesn
’
t look anything like
the
airplanes we have today.
Elise:
That
’
s
true.
Why
would
people
ride
in
a
zeppelin
anyway?
It
seems
so
dangerous.
Jay:
Well,
some
people
called
the
Hindenburg
“
man
’
s
greatest
achievement
in
flight.
”
They
thought it was safe, I guess.
Elise:
Who rode in it anyway?
Jay:
Mostly
wealthy
people.
It
accommodated
between
30
and
40
passengers
and
crew. One person said it was like a
“
flying
hotel.
”
Elise: It
sounds pretty great.
Jay:
Yeah, and it was fast.
That
’
s why people rode it.
They wanted to get to there
destination
faster.
Elise: Why
didn
’
t they just take a jet
plane?
Jay:
Elise1
you know they
didn
’
t have jets back then.
Look, in 1934 it took five
days to
travel from Germany to the US by ship. The
zeppelin could do it in
half that time.
It was speedy.
Elise: Well, maybe
I’
ll sit down and watch a
little bit. Maybe
I’
ll learn
something
…
Audio Track 4-1-9
第
7
页
My
country
has
two
very
famous
buildings
called
the
Petronas
Towers.
The
buildings are made of glass, steel, and
concrete. They were designed by an American
architect, but he used a Malaysian
style. They were finished in 1998, and they were
the tallest buildings in
the
world
at
that time. Each
tower has 88 floors, and is
452
meter
high.
I
really
like
the
Petronas
Towers.
They
show
both
the
modern
and
the
traditional side of my
country.
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Track 4-1-10
第
7
页
Modern buildings: we love them, we hate
them.
The world-famous Louvre Museum in
Paris is almost 500 years old, and it faced
a
very
modern
problem:
there
simply
wasn
’
t
enough
space
for
six
million
visitors
each year. In 1989,
American architect designed a striking glass
pyramid in
the
building
’
s
center
to
be
a
visitor
’
s
entrance
and
shopping
arcade.
But
he
also
started an angry debate. Some people
felt his glass building was a piece of art, like
the
ones inside the museum. Others said
it was just an ugly, modern mistake.
Kyoto, Japan, is the
country
’
s ancient capital,
and the heart of it
’
s
culture. Its railroad
station
was
too
small
for the millions
of
visitors.
In1997, the
city
completed a new
station
in
a
huge
shopping
center,
right
in
the
oldest
part
of
the
city.
Designed
by
Hiroshi Hara, the building also
contains a hotel and department store. Before it
was
built,
critics
said
that
the
high,
wide,
modern
building
would
destroy
the
city
’
s
traditional look. On the other hand,
supporters said it would bring new life into the
.