新标准大学英语视听说教程(2)听力原文_Unit5new

Unit 5-Conversation 1

Mark

:

Have you got your tickets for the play?

Kate

:

What play?

Mark

: The play which OUDS are producing. You know, the

play I'm in at the Oxford Playhouse.

Kate

:

Oh, that play! Well, er ...

Mark

:

What about you, Janet?

Janet

:

What's the play called?

Mark

: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett. You are

coming,

aren't you?

Kate

:

Beckett?

Janet

:

Why not?

Kate

:

Well, um, I'm sure you'll be totally brilliant, Mark ...

but I wish I could understand the play. It doesn't make sense.

Mark

: If only you were more patient, Kate. Beckett's a

fascinating writer. You'll come though, won't you, Janet? You

really ought to see something like this at least once during your

stay in Oxford.

Janet

:

Well, I'm not sure.

Mark:

Oh, come on! Please!

Jan

et: But if Kate doesn't understand the play, there's no

way

I'll be able to follow it.

Kate

:

Do you want to go?

Janet

: Well, I love going to the theatre, and I'd really like to

see

Mark

acting.

And

actually,

yes,

I

think

I

should

see

a

play by Samuel Beckett.

M

a

rk: Good! So you're coming, Janet. I wish you'd come, too,

Kate. It's a really good performance.

Kate

: Well, OK, but I'm only doing it because you're in it.

When is it on?

Mark

:

Next Tuesday to Saturday.

Janet

:

How about going Friday night?

Mark

: That's great. But you'd better get your tickets soon,

because we're expecting a full house.

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Kate

:

Well, what did you think?

Janet

:

It was ... very interesting.

Kate

: Ididn't have a clue what was going on. Absolutely

nothing happened! I don't know why I bothered coming to see

it

Janet

:

I thought Mark was brilliant.

Kate

:

Yes, I did too, of course ...

Janet

:

But I wish I had read the play before I saw it. If only

I had known the story, it might have been easier to follow it.

How long do you think Mark will be?

Janet

: I guess he needs to get changed first. He said he'd

join

us as soon as possible.

Kate

:

Here he is. Hi Mark!

Mark

:

Hi, what did you think? How was I?

Janet

:

It was ... very challenging.

Kate:

It was so- so.

Janet

:

But you were brilliant! Well done.

Kate

:

You were awesome, Mark.

Everyone adored your

performance. Darling, you were to die for!

Mark

:

OK,

OK,

don't

exaggerate. I

wasn't that good!

Anyway, I've got some great news!

Janet

:

Tell us!

Mark

:

We've started talking about next term's OUDS play.

Kate:

What's it going to be?

Mark

:

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare!

Janet

:

Great! And who's going to play Hamlet?

Kate

:

Don't tell me, let me guess!

Mark

:

To be or not to be, that is the question!

Janet

:

I don't believe it. You're going to play Hamlet?

Kate

: Come on, let's celebrate ... from Beckett to

Shakespeare.

Today Oxford, tomorrow, Hollywood!

Unit 5-Outside view

Part 1

Viewer 1

So, what do you guys want to watch?

Viewer

2

Uh, I don't know. What's on?

Viewer

3 How about a documentary on the History

Channel? I

like watching history programmes.

Viewer

2 I don't really like watching the History Channel.

Viewer 1

How about a baseball game? From 1973 ?

Viewer 3

No thanks! How about a cooking show?

Viewer 1

Yeah, I love watching cooking shows.

Viewer

2

What?

Viewer

1

I do!

Viewer

2 Uh, I don't like cooking shows. Uh, let's watch

some music videos.

Viewer 1

This is awful!

Vie

we

r 3

Can you see what's on another channel?

Viewer 1

Yeah, sure. What channel?

Viewer 3

Uh, anything but this.

Voice-over

These television viewers are trying to decide on

a

programme to watch, by clicking on channels, and seeing

what's on. This practice is known as channel surfing. In the

past, it was not difficult to decide what to watch on TV. There

were only three channels to choose from. Cable television has

changed all that. There are so many channels, and so many

different kinds of programmes to watch, many viewers find it

difficult to decide what to watch, even when they are watching

by themselves. This business traveller doesn't like anything.

Many people like a particular type of programme.

Speaker 1

TV programmes I like watching are cooking

shows, um,

comedy shows.

Speaker 2

I usually watch dramas, murder mystery

programmes, quizzes, comedies.

Speaker 3

I like watching talk shows.

Speaker 4

I guess of all my favourite TV shows I'd like

news programmes.

Speaker

5

I like to watch soap operas and news.

Speaker 6

I like to watch comedy shows.

Speaker

7 Well, I like good drama, I like a lot of the

cop

shows, um ... I like a lot of the science fiction shows and

good history.

1

Speaker 8

TV programmes I like to watch are like

sports,

automotive. Discovery, that type of thing.

Part 2

Voice- over

Cartoons

have

always

been

popular.

This brother and sister are watching

their favourite

DVD.

Mum

Turn that down!

Boy

OK, Mum.

Voice-over

He, he turns it down. Now the volume is too

low. For couples, deciding what to watch can require some very

careful negotiation.

Woman

Oh, look! Pretty Woman is on! I love watching

that

movie.

Joe

Pretty Woman! Oh, no, not Pretty Woman!

Woman

Joe,

you know it's my favourite movie. It's on in

five minutes. I'll be

right back. I'm just going to get some coffee.

Joe

I

don't

like

watching

that

kind

of

movie.

Plus

I

don't

like

Julia Roberts. Actually, I really hate that movie.

Voice-over

Joe

realizes that there's a basketball game on

tomorrow night. He

wants to ask his friends over to watch it.

Woman

You're so sweet to watch this with me. I know

you

probably don't want to see it again.

Joe

Oh, sure. I don't mind. There's nothing else on

anyway.

Not tonight,

Viewer 1

Hey, look. Swordfish is on. John Travolta and

Halle Berry?

Viewer 2

No, I've already seen that twice.

Viewer 3

I hate that movie.

Viewer 1

OK. How about The Matrix ?

Viewer 3

That's OK. But I've seen it too many times.

Viewer 2

Yeah, me too. But I love that movie.

Viewer 3

You guys, there's nothing on.

Viewer 2

Yeah, you're right.

Viewer 1

Hey, how about we go out and get some pizza?

Viewer 3

That's a good idea. Turn that off.

Mum

I told you to turn it down. Now I'm going to turn

it off.

Woman

Oh, it's over. I just love that movie! Thanks for

putting

up with it again. I know it's not your favourite.

Joe

That's OK. But tomorrow's my turn. I'm asking

the guys

over to watch the basketball game.

Woman

Oh, that's fine. I won't be here anyway remember?

I' m going to visit my sister?

Joe

Oh, yeah. That's right.

Voice-over

The

business

traveller

seems

to

have

found

what

he was looking for, a programme that puts him to sleep.

And that's all for tonight, folks! Be sure to tune in tomorrow!

Unit 5-Listening in

News Report

A new craze is sweeping the city of Toronto, Canada. More

and more board game cafes are opening in different

neighborhoods.

In some of cafes, customers pay an hourly rate to play tabletop

games; in others a flat fee allows them to play for an unlimited

time. On top of the fee, the cafes also require customers to

purchase food and drinks.

Most cafes offer hundreds of games, varying from classics

like

―

Monopoly

‖

and

―

Battleship

‖

to European strategy

games like

―

Settlers of Catan

‖

and

―

Agricola

‖

. They also

have staff members to teach customers the rules of the game if

necessary. This means that players are more comfortable

exploring games that they haven

’t

played before.

People enjoy going to these cafes because they can try out the

games. It is cheaper than buying the games and then deciding

they don

’t

like them. Also, it

’s

like having a party with your

friends

—

but not at your own house!

1.

What do we learn about board game cafes from the

news report?

2.

Why do people enjoy going to board game cafes?

Passage 1

Announcer1

：

Thanks for the news update. And it's Thursday

evening, time to start planning the weekend,

and time to hear from Jenny with our weekly

update, What's On in Town.

Announcer2

：

Thanks, Mark.

Announcer1

：

What

’

s it going to be Jenny? A weekend in front

of the television, or out on the town?

Announcer2

：

Definitely

out

on the town,

Mark.

It's

a

fun-filled

weekend,

with

something

for

everyone.

For

anyone

who

likes

classical

music, there's Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in

the Westgate Concert Hall on Friday evening.

Announcer1

：

That's the one with that catchy tune

Announcer2

：

I don't think the Southbank Choir will let you

join in with a voice like that! Tickets are

￡

10,

with concessions for students and senior

citizens, and it starts at 8 pm.

Announcer1

：

OK, and what's on at the cinema?

Announcer2

：

I

’

ve got a couple of suggestions. For those of

you who like Chinese movies, there's a

retrospective on Zhang Yimou's films beginning

with The House of the Flying Daggers at the

Arthouse Cinema in North Street. If you haven't

seen, it

’

s amazing. It's on at 7 pm on

Saturday night. And other films showing next

week include Hero, and Raise the Red Lantern.

Tickets are

￡

12, with the usual concessions.

Announcer1

：

How about a Hollywood blockbuster?

Announcer2

：

Not sure Td call it a blockbuster, but the next part

of Lord of the Rings is showing at Globe Cinema.

It's on Friday and Saturday at 7.30 pm,

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