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II. Basic Listening Practice
12. Script
M: We offer all kinds of tours and excursions. DO you have anything particular in mind?
W: Not really, we’d just like to e the local sights and have an English speaking guide. It would be good if they were someone local too. My husband is interested in the local stories and folklore.
怎么在家做蛋糕Q: What does the woman mention as one of her preferences?
2. Script
M: Are you joining a tour group when you go to Indonesia?
W: No, I’m going to backpack my way round. I like being independent and eing things at my own pace. B esides, there’s more chance of meeting local people that way. I’ve just got to be careful.
Q: what do the woman want?
3. Script
W: Hey, could you bring your video camera to the kids’ concert tomorrow?
I’d love to capture it on film.
M: No problem. I’ll burn it to a DVD for you afterwards, then you can watch it at home.
Q: How will the woman watch the concert later in the week?
4. Script
W:I can’t find that track I really like anywhere. It’s not on CDs in any of the shops, and I really want it on a CD.
就地解决M: Well, let’s look online. Maybe we can download it, then burn it to a CD.
Q: What does the man suggest doing to get the track?
5. Script
W:Here’s a riddle: You love deep-a finishing in Florida, and you’re crazy about skiing in Canada, but you can’t afford even one vacation home.
What do you do?
M: I buy a share in two holiday homes, so I own a week or more at each place. Timesharing is the way many people afford emingly expensive holidays.
Q: What advice does the man give for people unable to afford expensive holiday homes?
K eys: 1.A 2.A 3. D 4.B 5.C
III. Listening In
Task 1: I’m doing a lot of things on the computer! Script
Barbara: Jack, you’re sitting in front of your computer again! The a and the sand are only steps only away. Why are you wasting the
beautiful holidays? The summer will be over before you know it. Jack: I’m not wasting the holidays
as you say. The computer is a good thing. On the Internet you can go to any part of the world; I can e
everything in the world. It’s more real than reality.
Barbara: But…but you can’t spend your entire summer watching that screen.
You’ll get a big bottom.
Jack: I’m not just watching the screen. I’m doing a lot of things—I’m nding e-mails, I’m learning things, I’m chatting in chat rooms…Barbara: Right! But I’ll bet you’re spending most of your time playing computer games—a time-wasting, mindless activity that I’ll turn
your brain into Chine doufoo.
Jack: No, it isn’t a single mindless pastime. It’s many activities: role-playing games, arcade games, adventure games, strategy
games…
Barbara: I understand the computer is a wonderful thing, but you have to be careful not to get too much of a good thing. Every life
needs some variety in it. It would be a lot healthier if you played
a chess game outdoors, in the park.
Jack: It wouldn’t be the same. In tho games in the park I can’t play against the grandmaster of Moscow, can I? And there are creative
games in the computer, where I can learn city planning and
psychology.
Barbara: Well, what about me? Don’t you think I’d like a little attention? Jack: Now, Baby, that’s no way to talk. After all this time together, you know I love you.
Barbara: I’m not so sure any more. It’s time you made a choice. Is it going to be more me or the computer?
Jack: Well…
1. Where does this dialog probably take place?
2. What do the man like to do according to the dialog?
烟雨寒3. What does the woman mean when she says the man’s brain will turn into
Chine doufoo?
4. What does the man think about a chess game outdoors?
5. What does the woman mean when she says, “Don’t you think I’d like a little
attention?”
K eys: 1.A 2.B 3. C 4.D 5.C
For Reference
1. He says that in tho games in the park he can’t play against the
grandmaster of Moscow. And there are creative games in the computer, where he can learn city planning and psychology,
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2. She asks him to make a choice between her and the computer.
Task 2: A Magician and a Parrot
Script
A magician was working on a deluxe crui ship in the Caribbean. The (S1) audience was different each week, so the magician did the same (S2)tricks over and over again. He felt he could cast a spell over the audience (S3) whenever he wanted to.
There was only one problem: The captain’s (S4) parrot watched every show and began to understand what the (S5) magician did in each trick. Once he understood that, he started shouting in the middle of the show.正好的意思
“Look, it’s not the same (S6) hat!”“Look, he’s hiding the flowers under the table!”“Hey, why are all the (S7) cards the Ace of Spades?”
(S8) The magician was furious. Each time the parrot revealed one of his crets, the audience roared with laughter. The performance he intended to be dark and mysterious turned into a comedy. He was in a rage. (S9) He dreamed of various ways he could do away with the troublesome bird. But
he didn’t dare to touch it. It was the captain’s parrot after all.
One foggy night the ship collided with an enormous iceberg and sank. The magician found himlf on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and the parrot was by his side.(S10) They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for veral days.
After a week the parrot finally said, “Okay, I give up. But I hope you’ll tell me what trick you are going to do with the boat.”
Task3: The Modern Circus
Script
The first modern circus was staged in London in 1768 by Philip Astley, a former English cavalry officer, who performed as a trick ride. Beginning with a visit to Paris in 1772, Astley introduced the circus in cities throughout continental Europe and was responsible for establishing permanent circus in a number of European countries as well as in England. A circus was first prented in 1793 at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg.
By the early 19th century, veral permanently-bad circus were located in larger European citie
s. In addition, small traveling shows moved from town to town in covered wagons in which the performers lived. The traveling shows were usually simple affairs, featuring a fiddler or two, a juggler, a ropedancer, and a few acrobats. In the early circus such performers gave their shows in open spaces and took up a collection for pay; later, the performers ud elaborate shows. In the earlier part of the 19th century a main feature of the permanent circus program was the prentation of grams that included displays of hormanship. Throughout the 19th century the circus evolved in programming and management. Initially, trained hor and hormanship performances dominated circus, but ropedancing, juggling, acrobatic acts, wild-animal acts, and clowning were all introduced within the first few decades. The flying trapeze, an important part of the modern circus, was not invented until 1858, and the street parade and sideshow did not become standard circus events until later in the 19th century. Tents are believed to have come into u in the 1820s, but it is uncertain whether they appeared first in Europe or in the United States.
Nowadays, the entertainment activities offered at a circus are more elaborate, generally consisting of displays of hormanship, exhibitions by gymnasts, aerialists, wild-animal trainer, performing animals, and comic performance by clowns.
27. What was Phillip Astley especially good at?
28. According to the passage, what was true of the early traveling shows?
29. What acts were featured in permanent circus programs in the early 19th
century?
银行准备金率30. When were wild-animal acts introduced?
31. What is the main idea of the passage?
Keys: 1C 2.A3. B 4.B 5.D
For Reference
They are more elaborate, generally consisting of displays of hormanship, exhibitions by gymnasts, aerialists, wild-animal trainer, performing animals, and comic performance by clowns
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IV. Speaking Out
MODEL 1 Would you like to do anything?
Amy:Would you like to go to e a movie tonight, say, The Lord of the Rings? Bill: Thanks for asking, but there’s too much violence in tho blockbusters.
Amy: Then, let’s go roller-skating.
Bill:I don’t really like to now that I’m not so young any more. You know, my knees ache terribly.
Amy:I’m sorry to hear that. Hey, let’s go to e a country singer tonight? Bill: No. I’m not really in the mood.
Amy: Well, would you like to do anything?
Bill: Sure, let’s stay home and watch TV.
Amy:Is there anything worth watching tonight?
Bill: Let me look at the TV Guide first. Well, Survivor’s on Channel 3 at 7:30.
Amy:If I remember correctly, there’s a documentary about animals on another channel.
Bill: Yes, on Channel 10. Do you want to watch it?
Amy: Do you mind if we watch it?
Bill: Well. I really wanted to watch the Rocket game tonight.
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MODEL2 I can’t make up my mind!
Script
John:Hey!
Nora: Hey!
John: I e you’re reading travel brochures. Planning a holiday trip somewhere?
Nora: Once the warms up. I get itchy feet. I think about going places. John: Will this be a trip abroad or some excursion clo to home? Nora: Two tours are offered in May: one to big American cities; one t o Europe. John:Are the whirlwind tours that allow you a few hours in each place?
