《新视野大学英语视听说教程》（第三册）
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II. Basic Listening Practice
1. Script
M: Amy, sit down, we need to talk. Your mother and I are going to parate.
W: What! Are you crazy? You can’t do that! What will my friends say? I just want to have a normal family.
Q: What is the girl saying?
2. Script
M: Good evening, Mrs. Jones. The manager nt you the ros and his best wishes to y
ou both for a happy anniversary.
W: Thank you. We like the room and the rvice here, and we especially appreciate the manager’s consideration.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
3. Script
W: While I’m scrambling the eggs, could you put the flour into the bowl?长篇玄幻小说
M: You bet, darling. I’ll also turn the oven on so that it gets warmed up.
Q: Where does this conversation probable take place?
4. Script
W: I have a very important meeting tonight, and I’m afraid I can’t miss it.
M: But this evening is the parents’ meeting at school, and I was expecting you’d come to i
t. OK, I’ll phone Dad, maybe he and his girlfriend will come.
Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?
5. Script
W1: So you’re still single? If you’d listened to me and ud the Internet, you’d have a husband by now.
W2: I did u the Internet. I posted an ad that read “Husband Wanted”. There were dozens of e-mail respons. But they all said pretty much the same thing: You can have mine.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
Keys: 1.C 2.A3.B 4.C 5.D
III. Listening In
Task1: Reasons for a Divorce
Script
山东的医学院W: 粤语常用语I’m divorcing my husband.
M: How long have you been married?
W: Thirteen years.
M: Do you have children?
W: Yes, and I have to protect them from any more harm from my husband’s irresponsibility.
M: So, what are your grounds for divorce?
W: Well, first of all, he keeps changing jobs. We’ve had moved four times in thirteen years!
M: And, you believe that will be good grounds for divorce?
W: I do have a right to stability for my children and mylf, don’t I?
M: Aren’t they his children, too?
W: But my husband isn’t fulfilling his duties!
M: Is he paying the bills?
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W: Well, yes, but we just live around the poverty line. Our kids are being tead by other kids at school becau we can’t dress them in good clothes! We have to live in a small department and drive an old car!
M: Does the car run?按虎口有什么作用
W: Yes, but, it looks OLD!
M: Do you yell at him and call him names?
W: Well, he yells at me!
M: So, tho are the reasons to not honor your husband. Are you going to give him joint custody in this divorce?
W: No, just visitation rights.
M: Why?
W: Becau the law permits me to.
M: And, what about the financial demands of this divorce?
W: I’m demanding half of all we have, which isn’t much, and large support payments.
After thirteen years of marriage, the woman wants to divorce her husband, claiming he is irresponsible. When asked for the specific grounds for divorce, she gives the reasons: First, he keeps changing jobs, and the family has had to move four times in thirteen years, but she wants stability for her children and herlf. Second, although he is paying the bills, they just live around the poverty line. Her children are being tead by other chil
dren for not dressing in good clothes. Also, they had to live in a small apartment and drive an old car, though it still 成本控制runs. Wor still, the husband yells at her, though she admits she also yells at him and calls him names. As for the divorce arrangements, the woman will give the husband only visitation rights instead of joint custody. Moreover, the woman will demand half of all they have and large support payments.
Task 2: What four-letter words?
Script
美丽的夜景Dorothy was the only child of her family, born when her parents were mid-aged. They spoiled her badly. At the age of 33 she still lived at home. Her mother and father treated her like a princess. She emed perfectly content with that situation, so her friends were surprid when she announced she would soon get married. People who knew her well said the marriage wouldn’t last long. But for the prent, she and her new husband appeared happy.
As soon as the newly couple returned from their honeymoon, the bride called her mother.
“How does everything go?” her mother asked.
“Oh, Mom,” she began, “the honeymoon was lovely! So romantic! We had a wonderful time. But on our way back, Bob started using terrible language. Stuff I’d never heard before. Really awful four-letter words. You’ve got to come get me and take me home. Plea, Mom!” the new bride sobbed over the telephone.
