全新版大學(xué)英語聽說教程第四冊聽力原文

Unitl

PartBTheHospitalWindow

JackandBen,bothseriouslyill,occupiedthesamehospitalroom.Jack,whosebedwasnext

totheroom，sonlywindow,wasallowedtositupinhisbedforanhoureachafternoontohelp

drainthefluidfromhislungs.ButBenhadtospendalldayandnightflatonhisbed.To

killtimethetwomenbegantotalk.Theytalkedforhoursabouttheirwives,families,their

homes,theirjobs,theirinvolvementinthemilitaryservice,andwheretheyhadbeenonvacation.

Asdayswentby,adeepfriendshipbegantodevelopbetweenthem.

EveryafternoonwhenJackcouldsitup,hewouldpassthetimebydescribingtoBenall

thethingshecouldseeoutsidethewindow.AndBenbegantoliveforthoseone-hourperiods

wherehisworldwouldbebroadenedandenlivenedbyalltheactivityandcoloroftheworld

outside.

Thewindowoverlookedaparkwithalovelylake.Ducksandswansplayedonthewaterwhile

childrensailedtheirmodelboats.Youngloverswalkedarminarmamidflowersofeverycolor

oftherainbow.Grandoldtreesbeautifiedthelandscape,andafineviewofthecityskyline

couldbeseeninthedistance.

AsJackdescribedallthisinexquisitedetail,Benwouldclosehiseyesandimaginethe

picturesquescenes.

OnewarmafternoonJackdescribedaparadepassingby.AlthoughBencouldn，thearthe

band--hecouldseeitinhismind，seyeasJackportrayeditwithdescriptivewords.

Daysandweekspassed.Onemorningthedaynursearrivedtobringwaterfortheirbaths

onlytofindthelifelessbodyofJack,whohaddiedpeacefullyinhissleep.Shewassaddened

andcalledthehospitalattendantstotakethebodyaway.

Benwasheartbroken.LifewithoutJackwasevenmoreunbearable.Howhelongedtohear

Jack，svoiceandhismelodiousdescriptionsoftheoutsideworld!Ashelookedatthewindow,

anideasuddenlyoccurredtohim.Perhapshecouldseeforhimselfwhatitwaslikeoutside.

Assoonasitseemedappropriate,Benaskedifhecouldbemovednexttothewindow.Thenurse

washappytomaketheswitch,andaftermakingsurehewascomfortable,shelefthimalone.

Slowly,painfully,heproppedhimselfupononeelbowtotakehisfirstlookattheworld

outside.Finally,hewouldhavethejoyofseeingitforhimself!Hestrainedtoslowlyturn

tolookoutthewindowbesidethebed.Itfacedablankwall!

'Whatcouldhavecompelledmyroommatetodescribesuchwonderfulthingsoutsidethis

window?'Benaskedthenursewhenshereturned.

?Perhapshejustwantedtoencourageyoutoliveon,'shesaid.’Youknow,hewasblind

andcouldnotevenseethewall.’

Questions:

1.Whatdoesthestorymainlytellus?

2.WhichofthefollowingadjectivescanbestdescribeJack?

3.WhatdidJackdescribetoBenaccordingtothestory?

PartC

AdditionalListening

ShortConversations

Conversation1:

M:Howdoyoulikeyourroommate,Debby?

W:Eversincewemetonthefirstdayofcollege,we，vebeeninseparable.

Q:WhatdoyouknowaboutDebbyandherroommate?

Conversation2:

M:HaveyouheardfromLindalately?Youtwoweresointimateincollege.

W:Well,honestly,Ihaven，theardfromherasmuchasIusedtosinceshemovedtotheeast

coasttwomonthsago.ButI'msurethefriendshipbetweenusisasstrongasitwasbefore.

Q:Whatcanyouinferfromthewoman?sresponse?

Conversation3:

W:Doyoukeepintouchwithyouroldfriendsbackhomenowthatyoudon，tseethemregularly?

M:Frankly,afterImovedtothiscity,I'moutoftouchwithmostofthemexceptafewclose

ones.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

Conversation4:

W:It，spolitetocallafriendbeforewevisit,isn，tit?

M:You'reright.Peopleusuallydon，tlikesurprisevisits.Butclosefriendsoftendropin

oneachother.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

Conversation5:

M:Cathy,itseemsthatyouandSallydoalmosteverythingtogether.

W:That，strue.Yousee,wewerebornonthesameday.Webothmajoredinfashiondesigning.

Andweevenhavethesameloveforusingbright-coloredmaterialinourdesigns.Isn，tit

amazing!

Q:Whatcanwelearnfromtheconversation?

Unit2

PartB

EmbarrassingExperiences(PartOne)

Interviewer:Rob,youwenttoBrazil,didn，tyou?

Rob:Yes,Idid.

Interviewer:So,whathappened?

Rob:Well,Iwentintothismeetingandtherewereabout,er...sevenoreightpeopleinthere

andIjustsaid'Hello'toeverybodyandsatdown.Apparently,whatIshouldhavedoneisto

goroundtheroomshakinghandswitheveryoneindividually.Well,youknow,it'ssillyofme

becauseIfoundoutlateritupseteveryone.Imean,IthinktheyfeltIwastakingthemfor

granted.

Kate:Well,IknowthatbecausewhenIwasinFrancethefirsttime,Ifinishedameeting,

withJGoodbye,everyone!?toallthepeopleintheroom.Therewereabouthalfadozenpeople

therebutIwasinahurrytoleave,soIjustsaidthatandleft.Well,Ilaterfoundout

thatwhatIshouldhavedoneisshakehandswitheveryoneinthegroupbeforeleaving.Now,

apparently,it'sthepolitethingtodo.

Interviewer:Well,peopleshakehandsindifferentways,don，tthey?

Rob:Oh,yes,that，sright,theydo.See,normallyIshakehandsquitegentlywhenImeetsomeone.

SowhenIwenttotheUSforthefirsttime,Ithinkpeopletherethoughtmyweakhandshake

wasasignofweakness.Apparently,peopletheretendtoshakehandsquitefirmly.

Kate:Oh,gosh,youknow,thatremindsme:onmyfirsttriptoGermany,itwasalongtime

ago,Iwasintroducedtothebossinthecompanywhenhepassedusinthecorridor.Well,I

wasn，tprepared,andImean,Ihadmylefthandinmypocket.AndwhenweshookhandsIrealized

mylefthandwasstillinmypocket.Well,thatwas,youknow,verybadmannersandIwasquite

embarrassed.

Interviewer:Andhowaboutusingfirstnames?Haveyoumadeanymistakesthere?

Rob:Oh,yes,Ihave!WhenIfirstwenttoItalyIthoughtitwasOKtouseeveryone，sfirst

namesoastoseemfriendly.AndIlaterdiscoveredthatinbusinessyoushouldn，tusesomeone，s

firstnameunlessyouareinvitedto.Oh,andyoushouldalwaysusetheirtitleaswell.

Kate:Hm,yeah,well,whenImetpeopleinRussia,youknow,theyseemedtobepuzzledwhen

Ishookhandswiththemandsaid'Howdoyoudo?’Well,whattheydowhentheygreetastranger

istosaytheirownnames,soIhadthatallwrong!

Rob:Oh,yes,Iagreewiththat.Rememberingnamesisveryimportant.

Interviewer:Shallwetakeabreak?Whenwecomebackwe'11moveontoournexttopic.

Kate&Rob:OK.

Questions:

1.Whatistheconversationmainlyabout?

2.WhomightbethepeopleRobandKatemetinvariouscountries?

3.WhatcanweinferaboutKateandRobfromtheconversation?

4.WhichcountrieshasKatevisited,accordingtotheconversation?

5.WhichcountrieshasRobvisited,accordingtotheconversation?

6.Whatisthemainmessagethatthespeakerswanttotellus?

PartC

AdditionalListening

AmericanParties

Asyouwouldimagine,Americansmoveaboutagreatdealatparties.Atsmallgatherings

theymaysitdown,butassoonastherearemorepeoplethanchairsinaroom-alittlebefore

thispoint-youwillseefirstoneandthenanothermakesomeexcusetogettohisfeetto

fetchadrinkorgreetafriendoropenawindowuntilsooneveryoneisstanding,movingaround,

chattingwithonegroupandthenanother.Sittingbecomesstaticbeyondacertainpoint.We

expectpeopletomoveaboutandbe"self-starters”.ItisquitenormalforAmericanstointroduce

themselves;theywilldriftaroundaroom,stoppingtotalkwherevertheylike,introducing

themselvesandtheircompanions.Ifthishappens,youareexpectedtoreplybygivingyour

nameandintroducingthepersonwithyou;thenatleastthemengenerallyshakehands.Sometimes

thewomendosoaswell,butoftentheymerelynodandsmile.Amanusuallyshakesawoman，s

handonlyifsheextendsit.Otherwisehetoojustnodsandgreetsher.

Statements:

1.Wecan，timaginethatAmericansdonotlikebigpartiesandtheyprefergoingaroundat

parties.

2.Atsmallpartiestheymaysitdown,butasmorepeoplecome,theywouldstandupandmove

about.

3.ThereasonwhyAmericansliketostandisthattheylikethefreeatmosphereoftheparty.

4.Themeaningof^self-starters^isthatAmericanshelpthemselvestodrinksduringthe

parties.

5.Americansaremoreopen-mindedthanBritishpeopleaccordingtothepassage.

6.Ifawomandoesn，textendherhandtoamanattheparty,heshouldnotshakeshandswith

thewoman.

7.ThepassageshowsauniqueaspectofAmericanculture.

EmbarrassingExperiences(PartTwo)

Interviewer:Let'sgoonwithourtalk.Whatdoyouthinkofbusinesscards,Rob?

Rob:IfoundthemveryusefulwhenIwasinJapannotsolongago.Eachpersoncanclearly

seetheother，snameandthejobtitleonthecard.AndIfoundoutthatyouhavetotreat

businesscardswithrespect.Whatyou，vegottodoisholdthemwithbothhandsandthenread

themverycarefully.WhathappenedtomewasthefirsttimeIjusttookaman，scardwithone

handandputitstraightintomypocket.

Interviewer:Whatotheradvicedoyouhave,Kate?

Kate:Well,onetimeIunintentionallycausedsomeproblemswhenIwasinChina.Well,Iwas

tryingtomakeajokewhenIpretendedtocriticizemybusinessassociateforbeinglatefor

ameeting.Andhewasembarrassed,Imean,hewasreallyembarrassedinsteadofbeingamused.

Nowyoushouldn，tcriticizepeopleinChinaorembarrassthem.Imean,youmustavoid

confrontation.That，sforsure!

Rob:Oh,ImusttellyouaboutthefirsttimeIwasinMexico!IhavetoadmitIfoundita

bitstrangewhenbusinessassociatestheretouchedmeonthearmandtheshoulder.Well,I

triedtomoveawayand,ofcourse,theythoughtIwasbeingvery,veryunfriendly.Apparently,

it'squiteusualthereformentotoucheachotherin,youknow,inafriendlyway.Oh...

oh,andanotherthing,thefirsttimeIwenttoKoreaIthoughtitwaspolitenottolooksomeone

intheeyetoomuch.TheKoreansImetseemedtobestaringatmewhenIspoke,whichseemed,

youknow,abitoddatfirst.InKorea,eyecontactconveyssincerityanditshowsyou，repaying

attentiontothespeaker.

Kate:Oh,well,itseemedstrangebecauseyouBritishdon，tlookateachothersomuchwhen

you，retalkingtoeachother.Imean,youlookaway,youknow,mostofthetime.Ifoundthis

hardtodealwithwhenIfirstcametotheUK,becausepeopleseemedtobeembarrassedwhen

Ilookedatthemwhiletheywerespeakingtome.

Interviewer:Sowhat，sthethingvisitorstoBritainshouldavoidmost?

Rob:Well,Idon，tthinkwe'reallthatsensitive,doyou,Kate?

Kate:Ohoo,well,I'11tellyou,ImadeabigmistakewhenIwasinScotland.Ifoundmyself

referringtotheUKas〃England"andtotheBritishas"theEnglish”.Now,Iknowthatwould

bejustasbadinWales,Iguess.

Rob:Yes,itcertainlywould!

Unit3

PartB

BirthdayCelebrationsAroundtheWorld

Chairman:WelcometothisspecialbirthdayeditionofOneWorld.Yes,folks,we'vebeenon

theairforexactlyoneyearnow,andwethoughtitwouldbeaniceideatohaveaspecial

programdedicatedtobirthdaycelebrationsaroundtheworld.Withusinthestudiotonight

wehaveShaheenHagandPatCane,whohaveaweeklycolumnonbirthdaysintheTorontoDaily

Star.

Shaheen:Goodevening.

Pat:Goodevening.

Chairman:Shaheen,perhapswecouldbeginwithyou.HowarebirthdayscelebratedinIndia?

Shaheen:Well,perhapswe'reallassumingthateveryoneintheworldcelebratestheirbirthday.

Thisjustisn，tthecase.Low-incomefamiliesinIndia,forinstance,simplycan，taffordany

festivities.AndmostMuslimsdon，tcelebratetheirbirthdays.

Pat:IthinkShaheenhasraisedaninterestingpointhere.TheChristianchurch,too,was

activelyagainstcelebratingbirthdays,andinanycasemostpeople,untilacoupleofhundred

yearsago,couldn，tevenreadandwouldn，thaveevenbeenabletospottheirbirthdayona

calendaranyway.

Shaheen:OfcoursesomeMuslimsdocelebratetheirbirthdays.InEgypt,TurkeyandIndonesia,

forexample,therichpeopleinvitefriendsandfamiliesaround.Butnotinsmallvillages.

Chairman:HereinEnglandyourtwenty-firstusedtobethebigone.Butnowitseemstohave

movedtoeighteen.Isthattrue?

Pat:Yes,inmostpartsoftheWesteighteenisnowthemostimportantbirthday.InFinland,

forexample,eighteenistheagewhenyoucanvote,youknow,orbuywines,driveacarand

soon.ButinJapanIthinkyouhavetowaittillyou，retwentybeforeyoucansmokeordrink.

Shaheen:IknowinSenegal,whichisanotherMuslimcountry,girlsgettovoteatsixteenand

boysateighteen.AndinBangladesh,girlsateighteenandboysattwenty-one.

Chairman:That'sinteresting.Imeanisittypicalthataroundtheworldgirlsareconsidered

tobemorematurethanboys?

Shaheen:Yes,Ithinkso,andtherearesomecountries,particularlyinSouthAmerica,which

haveabigpartyonlyforgirls.InMexicoandArgentina,forexample,theyhaveenormousparties

for15-year-oldgirls.

Pat:YouknowinNorwaytheyhaveagreatpartyforanyonewho,snotmarriedbythetimethey，re

thirty.It'skindofembarrassing.Imeanyougetpepperthrownatyou.

Chairman:Pepper?Whypepper?

Pat:rmnotreallysure.

Shaheen:Sodoesthatmeanthatonyour29thbirthdayyoucanstartthinking'GodIbetter

getmarried，?

Pat:Well,rmnotsurehowseriouslytheytakeit.

Chairman:InEnglandwehavequitebigpartiesforyourfortieth,fiftieth,sixtiethandso

on.

Pat:Well,inJapanyoureighty-eighthisconsidered

Chairman:Eighty-eighth?

Pat:...tobetheluckiestbirthday.EightisaveryluckynumberinJapan.

Questions:

1.WhatisOneWorld?

2.Whatisthetopicoftheprogram?

3.WhatdoShaheenHagandPatCanedo?

4.Whydon，tsomepeopleinIndiacelebratetheirbirthdays?

5.AccordingtoPat,whendidpeoplearoundtheworldbegintocelebratetheirbirthdays?

6.WhyistheeighteenthbirthdaysoimportantinFinland?

7.Whycangirlsinsomecountriesgettovoteatanearlieragethanboys?

8.WhichofthecountriesmentionedinthetextareMuslimcountries?

PartC

AdditionalListenings

OneWorldOneMinute

OneWorldOneMinuteisauniquefilmprojectthatinvitesparticipantsineverycountry

aroundtheglobetorecord,simultaneously,oneminuteoftheirlives,oneminuteofourworld.

Sponsorsofthisprojecthavechosen12:48GMT,September11th2002astheoneminutetorecord.

Atthatmomentexactlyayearearlierbegantheterroristattacksthatledtothedeathsof

morethan2,000peoplefromover60countries.Formanythiswillbeatimeofremembrance

andreflection.Andforothersthiswillbeanappropriatetimeforinternationalcommunication,

cooperationandsharing.Itwillofferthemanopportunitytoshareamomentoftheirworld

andtheirlifewithothers,anopportunitytobothtalktoandlistentotheworld,tojoin

withothersaroundtheglobeandcreateatrulyuniquerecordandexperience.Thisistheidea

behindtheprojectOneWorldOneMinute.

ParticipantsarefreetochoosewhatandhowtorecordtheirOneMinute.Somemaywant

totakephotographs,somepaintordrawpictures,whileothersmaywanttowritesomething

andrecordtheirreadings.ThematerialcanbesubmittedtotheprojectorganizersinScotland

viae-mailorpostwithin6weeksofSeptember11th.Allthematerialwillthenbemadeinto

afeature-lengthfilm,whichwillcapturethatOneMinuteofourexistence.

Thefilmwillexploretherichdiversitythatisbothhumanityandourworld.Itwill

allowavoicetoallpeopleregardlessofnationality,religion,race,politicalviewpoint,

genderorage.TherichdiversitythatisHumanityshallbethereforalltosee.

Participantswillnotonlybekeptinformedoftheprogressofthefilmandtherelease

processbutwillbeinvitedtoactivelyparticipatethroughnewslettersanddiscussionforums.

Whenthefilmisfinished,itwillbeshownineverycountryoftheworld,bothincinemas

andonTV.Contributorswillbeinvitedtoattendthepremiereofthefilmintheirrespective

countriesandwillreceiveafullscreencreditonthefinishedproduction.

Statements:

1.OneWorldOneMinuteisaprojectsponsoredbysomefilmmakersinHollywood.

2.Thepurposeoftheprojectistorecordhowpeopleoftheworldmournthedeathofthose

wholosttheirlivesinNewYork，sWorldTradeCenter.

3.Participantsmaycomefromdifferentracesornations,havedifferentreligiousbeliefs,

andmaintainoppositepoliticalviewpoints.

4.Participantsareinvitedtorecordoneminuteoftheirlivesonanygivenday.

5.Participantsareencouragedtomakeshortvideofilmstorecordanimportanteventintheir

lives.

6.Theprojectwillofferpeoplefromvariouspartsoftheworldanopportunitytosharea

momentoftheirlifewithothers.

7.Theorganizersbelievethathumanityisrepresentedbythecolorfulvarietyofpeople5s

lifeallovertheworld.

8.Participantsarerequiredtosubmitwhattheyhaverecordedtoorganizersbye-mailnot

laterthanSeptember11,2002.

9.Allthematerialsubmittedbytheparticipantswillbemadeintoafeature-lengthfilmand

shownonTVandincinemasthroughouttheworld.

10.Thefilmwillbecomeapowerfulmeanstounitepeopleallovertheworldinthewaragainst

terrorism.

Unit4

PartB

HowtoUseanOHP

M:Iwanttousetheoverheadprojectorformypresentation.Couldyoushowmehowtouseit?

W:OK,letmeshowyou.JustwatchwhatIdo.I...I'lltalkyouthroughtheprocedure.

M:Thanks.

W:Right,well.Firstofall,youputtheOHPonthetablehere,about2metersfromthewall

orthescreen.Er...doyouhaveascreen?

M:Er...no.IthoughtI'djustusethewall.

W:Oh,er...well,ascreen，sbetter,butIsupposethiswallwillbeallright.Itissort

ofwhite.Anyway,let，stryit.So,thenextthingyouhavetodoispressthesebuttonsin

andliftthispartupuntilitsnapsintoplace.

M:Isee.

W:Andthenturnitroundsotheheadisfacingtowardsthescreen,Imeanthewall,andnow

wecanplugitin.

M:Right,andyouswitchiton?

W:Yeah.ThenIpresstheswitchhereonthefront...

M:Right.

W:There!Andthelightshouldcomeon.

M:Right,OK.

W:Yeah,thereweare.So,youjustplaceyourtransparencyhereontheglass.

M:OK,there,oh!

W:Oh,no!No,theotherwayup.

M:Ohyes,ofcourse.

W:That，sright,yeah.Andtoraiseorlowertheimageyoumovethisflapupordown...There,

that，sbetter.

M:Right,OK.

W:Andfinally,tofocustheimageyouturnthiswheeltomakeitsharp.Thereweare,that，s

nottoobad.

M:Oh,that，sgreat,yeah.OK,thanks.

W:Oh,onemorething:whateveryoudo,don，tkeepswitchingitonandoff.I'mgoingtoswitch

itoffnow.Now,whenyouuseitinyourpresentation,youshouldleaveitswitchedon,with

apieceofpaperovertheglass.

M:Right,I...er...Idon'tunderstandwhyyouhavetoleaveiton.

W:Well,thereasonwhyyouhavetodothatisthatyoudon，twantthebulbtofail.Thebulb

failseasilyifthemachineisonandofffrequently.Ifitdoes,you，11havetoreplacethe

bulb,whichwillbeveryhotandyoumaynothaveaspareanyway.Sothat，saboutit.Any

questions?

M:Erm...no,thatseemsallveryclear.Thankyouverymuch.

W:You，rewelcome.Oh,andIreallydothinkyouneedtogetascreen,bytheway.Thepicture

wouldbemuchbrighterthanonthatwall,youknow.

M:Oh,OK.Well,I'11askJimifhe'sgotone.

W:Oh,goodidea!Andmakesureheshowsyouhowtoputitup!

M:Iwill.Thanksagain.

PartC

AdditionalListenings

HowtoSendanE-mail

M:Iwouldliketosendane-mailtoafriendofmine.Couldyoutellmehowtodoit?

W:Certainly.First,youchoosethee-mailprogramonyourcomputerandclickNewMessage.

M:Allright.

W:OK?Well,thenyoustarttypingthenameoftherecipient.Theprogramremembersthename

andcompletesthee-mailaddress.Well,ifnot,youlookupthenameintheaddressbookor

contactlist.OK?Well,ifyouwantotherpeopletogetcopiesofthesamemessage,yousend

them'CCs，,whicharecopiesofthemessage.OK?ThenyoupressReturnonthekeyboardand

thenyoutypethesubjectofthemessage.Now,there，snoneedtoputthedatebecausethat

goesinautomaticallywhenyousendthemessage,togetherwiththetime.OK?

M:Oh,yeah.

W:Well,thenyoupressReturnagainandstartwritingthemessage.Now,ifyoumakeamistake,

youjustpressBackspacetodeletethepreviousletterorwordandthentypeitagaincorrectly.

M:Isee.

W:Now,whenyou，vefinished,youreadthewholemessagethroughtomakesureitlooksright

andcontainstherightinformation.Now,ifyoudecideyouwanttochangesentencesaround,

youcancopysentencesandpastetheminotherplaces.

M:And...er...er...howaboutspellingandpunctuation,er...thatcanbecorrected

automatically,can，tit?

W:Well,yesandno.Youcanrunyourspellcheckerandthatmaybringupsomemis-typings

andthingslikethat.Butitdefinitely