新动力大学英语听力原文-Unit3-4.doc

Unit 3 Offer and Request (1)

Part one
Warming-up activity

Directions: Read out the following tongue twisters after the recording as quickly and clearly as you can.

1. Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.
2. The soldiers shouldered shooters on their shoulders.
3. Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
4. Never trouble about trouble until trouble troubles you!
5. A snow-white swan swiftly catches a slowly-swimming snake in a lake.
6. Bill’s big brother is building a beautiful building between two big brick blocks.
7. If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.
8. Peter Piper pickerd a perk of pickled pepper prepared by his parents and put them in a big paper plate.
9. How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
10. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.

Part two
Statements

Directions: Listen to the statements and complete the statements by filling in the blanks with the missing words.
1. Many university students dislike studying history because there is little to get excited about when historical events are presented in a boring manner.
2. He had worked 30 years for the same company, now he has to retire and return to his hometown.
3. Religious and private schools receive little or no support from the public taxes in the United States. Therefore, they are expensive to attend.
4. The secret of silent reading is to seek out those key words and phrases which carry the thought, and to pay less attention to words which exist only for the sake of grammatical completeness.
5. At about midnight in the moonlight, he saw a lion put his head over a bush and look around him carefully.

Part Three
Short Conversations

1. Study the following before listening.
提供与请求类对话一般涉及对话的一方表示提供帮助，另一方则表示感谢，接受或拒绝；有时一方表示邀请，另一方则表示同意或拒绝。掌握一些相关的常见句型非常重要，比如： would you…? Could you…? How about…? Would you mind …?
2. Listen to the conversations and choose the best answer to the following questions you hear.
1). W: Would you tell me how I can get to the railway station?
M: Sure, let me give you a hand.
Q: What’s the man doing? (C)
2). W: Could you give me a lift?
M: It’s rather crowded, but you can get in.
Q: What’s the man’s attitude? (C)
3). M: Would you like to go to the concert with me tonight?
W: I’d be grateful, but I have to buy some vegetables and then meet my mother at the airport after I finish writing this letter.
Q: What will the woman do first? (D)
4). M: How about a date to the movie tonight, Mary?
W: Sorry, Jack, I can’t. My sister is going to New York to see my mother, and I have to drive her to the station. How about some other time, Jack?
Q: Where will Mary go this evening? (C)
5). W: How about joining us at the party?
M: I’d love to, but I have to go to the bank so I can pay for my ticket to the football match.
Q: What is the man going to do first?

Part Four
Short Passage
1. Study the following before listening.
Rocket n. 火箭 root n. 树根 seed n. 种子 Middle East 中东
Domestic adj. 家养的，驯养的 civilization n. 文明 agriculture adj. 农业
2. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to the flowing questions you hear.
Men sometimes say: ‘ We are better and cleverer than women. Women never invent things. We do.’ It is true that men have invented a lot of useful things: the machines, rockets, and guns, too. But scientists now agree that women invented one very important thing. It has changed history.
At the very beginning, men went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals, sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous. Women had to go out everyday, too. They collected roots, fruits and grasses. Then, one day, more than 10,000 years ago, a woman dropped some grass seeds. She dropped them near her home in the Middle East. They grew and the first wheat was born. The idea grew, too. Women planted roots and fruit trees. Then they could stay at home and look after their children and the animals. Women like baby animals. Scientists think that women kept the first domestic animals: dogs, cows, sheep and goats. That idea grew, too. Then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They built villages and cities. Civilization began. Men began civilization after women invented agriculture.
Questions:
1. Which of the following statements best summarizes the passage? (B)
2. What was women’s invention? (D)
3. What did women do when they went out? (B)
4. When was the first wheat born? (A)
5. According to the passage, who is more important, men or women? (C)

Part Five
True or False Exercises

Directions: Listen to the following passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false, write ‘ T’ for true, ‘ F’ for false.
When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of people walking dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world, but the reasons why people keep a dog have changes. In the old days, people used to train dogs to protect themselves against attacks by other animals. And later they came to realize that a dog was not only hunting, the dogs would not eat what was caught without permission. But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then? Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery. But the most important reason is for companionship. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has not friends to play with. For young husband and wife, a dog is their child when they have no children. For old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people keep dogs has changed from protection to friendship.
F 1. The main reason why people have dogs remains the same.
F 2. In the past, people kept dogs only for protection.
T 3. A dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world both in the past and at present.
T 4. When a child has no friend to play with, he can play with dog.
F 5. For the old husband and wife, they keep a dog because they have no children.

Part Six
Fun time

Direction: listen to the story and put the following sentences in the right order.

One night a hotel caught fire and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes. A young man and an old man stood outside and looked at the fire,
‘ Before I came out,’ said the young man, ‘I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money, People don’t think of money when they’re afraid. When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find. No one will be poorer because I took them.’
‘You don’t know my work,’ said the old man.
‘What is your work?’
‘I’m a policeman.’
‘oh!’ Cried the young man. He thought quickly and said,’ And do you know my work?’
‘No,’ said the policeman.
‘I’m a writer, I’m always telling stories about things that never happened!’
1. The young man claimed to be a writer.
2. People in the hotel ran out in their night clothes.
3. The old man told the young man his profession.
4. The young man got into other people’s rooms and stole some money without being noticed.
5. A hotel caught fire one night.

Right order: 5, 2, 4, 3, 1

Unit 4 Offer and Request (2)

Part one
Warming up Activity

Directions: Read out the following tongue twisters after the recording as quickly and clearly as you can.
1. The sun shines on shop signs.
2. Silly sheep weep and sleep.
3. I wish you were a fish in my dish.
4. Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.
5. Shelter for six sick scenic sightseers.
6. A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.
7. Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.
8. The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
9. There’s a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a same witch.
10. Thank the other three brothers of their father’s mother’s brother’s side.

Part Two
Statements

Directions: Listen to the following statements and complete each statement by filling in the blanks with the missing words.
1. The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is probably why there are more myths about it than any of the other diseases.
2. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war.
3. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society: opportunities for education, employment, and entertainment.
4. Watching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhood.
5. Psychologist now believe that noise has a considerable effect on people’s attitude and behavior.

Part Three
Short Conversations

1. Study the following before listening.
在提供与请求类对话中，有时一方提出一个想法或建议，另一方加以否定，代之以另一个请求与建议，请求与提供交替使用。常见的否定句型有：I’d love to, but… ； I’d like to, but…; I’ll be grateful, but… 等等。 按英，美人士的习惯，无论接受与否都要表示谢意。

2. Listen to the conversations and choose the best answer to the following questions you hear.
1). W: Well, the examination is over now, and we can go out to have a bit of relaxation.
M: Going out is somewhat too tiring, why not come to my home to have a wonderful time?
Q: Where does the man offer to go? (A)
2). M: Let me get you some tea or coffee, but what would you prefer?
W: Just a glass of soda will be OK.
Q: What will the woman want to have? (C)
3). W: Your garden is too dry, and it needs watering. Let me give you a hand to water the flowers first.
M: The garden is dry and I’m drier, would you fetch me some water please?
Q: What will the woman offer to do? (B)
4). M: If the room has a new color, it will be more pleasant. Can I give you any help?
W: Well, thanks a lot, but I’d like to have my room unchanged.
Q: What offer did the man give? (A)
5). W: Would you like me to play a piece of music for you?
M: All right, but the classical one, not the pop.
Q: What’s the man’s response to the offer? (B)

Part Four
Short Passage

1. Study the following before listening.
Arrangement n. 排列， 安排 interaction n. 交互作用，交感
Efficiency n. 效率， 功效 critical adj. 评价的，批评的
Normally adv. 正常地，通常地 correct v. 改正，纠正

2. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to the following questions you hear.
The arrangement of classroom space is important to interaction. Most of us have noticed the importance of the arrangement to efficiency and comfort in our work. College classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking.
Desks in any college classrooms are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher instead of their classmates. Everything important obviously comes from the teacher. But actually, the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interaction among students. The goal should be for everyone to be about to see everyone else.
Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises. Besides, the fixed seats are also helpful for a teacher to remember students’ names and faces. Small classes with movable desks and tables present no problem. Even in large lecture halls, it is possible for students to turn around and form groups of four to six. Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other and see other students’ thinking in developing new modes of critical thinking.
Question:
1. What is the primary purpose of desk arrangement? (A)
2. Why are desks in college classrooms normally placed in straight way? (C)
3. Which of the following does not result from classroom arrangement? (A)
4. How is the new arrangement beneficial for teacher? (B)
5. How could students easily form small groups in lecture halls? (D)

Part Five
True of False Exercises

Directions: Listening to the following passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false, write ‘ T’ for true, ‘F’ for false.
Every color has a meeting. And as you choose a color, you might like to remember that it’s saying something. The color you prefer may reveal what kind of person you are. The same color may mean quite different things in different cultures. In the West, generally speaking, red is livable. Green, on the other hand, stands for hope; Pink is romantic, while brown is serious. White is an easy one – white is pure. Orange is generous. What’s your favorite color?

T 1. Different colors have different meanings.
T 2. The color you like most may tell what kind of person you are.
F 3. One color means the same in different cultures.
T 4. In the West, green stands for hope.
T 5. White means purity.

Part Six
Fun Time

1. Study the following before listening.
Deliver v. 发表，宣布，讲 scribble v. 潦草地写，乱写，滥写

At a dinner party, the speaker, who was the guest of honor, was about to deliver a speech when his wife, sitting at the other end of the table, sent him a piece of paper with the word ‘KISS’ scribbled on it.
Later, the guest seated next to the speaker said in admire, ‘Your wife must love you very much, I see her send you a note of ‘Kiss ’ before you begin your speech.’
The speaker smiled and explained, ‘You don’t know my wife, The ‘KISS’ she gives me stands for ‘ Keep It short, Stupid.’

2. Answer the following questions after listening.
1). What is the honorable guest going to do at the dinner party?
Deliver a speech.
2). Where did his wife sit?
His wife sat at the other end of the table.
3). What was write on the piece of paper given by his wife?
KISS
4). What did the guest seated next to the speaker think?
The speaker’s wife loves him very much.
5). What does ‘ KISS’ stands for according to the speaker’s wife?
Keep It Short, Stupid.