大学英语视听进阶4第一单元Words-and-Pictures答案

Unit 1

1A A Writer’s Journey

Before You Listen

1. snow, a clam, autumn

2. loss, sadness, loneliness

3. Answers will vary. Listening Comprehension

Part One

A. 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. d 5. a

B. 1. see the shrine where he is buried; travel parts of the trail he walked

今天，成千上万的人来参观松尾芭蕉的出生地，瞻仰他的圣陵，追寻他走过的一些足迹。

2. whose shape resembles a submarine; with its four water tunnels

渡船驶过外形似潜艇的尼瓦岛，然后驶过凯恩岛及它的四个水洞，以及其他一些岛屿。

3. some divided at one end and overlapping at the other

亦或是有些岛双双，甚至是三个堆积在一起；有些岛在一端分开，而在另一端则又相互重叠。

Part Two

1. Because in this region rocks crash down from the steep cliffs and people have been drowned by the waves and strong currents.

2. Fishermen retrieve fish caught by cormorants by reaching into their throats. It is demonstrated both for tourists and to feed their families.

3. Basho's grave is located in Genjyu-an, a peaceful shrine near Lake Biwa.

4. He got his name from the basho tree, a kind of banana tree.

5. The book contains humor, details of his trip, religious wisdom, artistic descriptions, complaints as well as providing a kind of timeless spiritual map for the traveler.

After You Listen

A. 1. bears little / no resemblance to

2. overlapping the edges

3. flee their countries and go into exile

4. (that are) trained to retrieve game

5. one cannot commence employment

B. 1. Answers will vary.

2. Answers will vary. Sample answers: the Sumidagawa River, where the author was warmly received by Mr. Ichihara; the Umikawa and Himekawa Rivers, which is "the most perilous place in the north" as described by Basho, and the saddest place as well; the Nagara River, where he saw the demonstration of an age-old fishing technique, etc.

On the Poet's Trail

（Part One）文本

In May 1689, accompanied by his friend and follower Sora and carrying only a backpack, writing materials, and clothes, Japanese poet Matsuo Basho walked for five months through the villages and mountains of Japan. This journey resulted in his great work, Oku no Hosomichi or Narrow Road to a Far Province. "It was as if the very soul of Japan had itself written it," said the early 20th-century Buddhist poet Miyazawa Kenji. Today, thousands of people visit the place of Basho's birth, see the shrine where he is buried, and travel parts of the trail he walked. Over 300 years later, writer Howard Norman and National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita decided to follow Basho's route. Here are extracts from Norman's diary of the journey. Basho's masterpiece begins, "Each day is a journey, and the journey itself home." His words are on my mind as I prepare to walk in the footsteps of this great poet, along his narrow road -- the 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) path he followed through Japan over 300 years ago. I, too, have brought writing materials and will keep a journal of my impressions along the way.

September 2, Tokyo

I have arrived in Tokyo to begin my travels north. We are received by Mr. Ichihara of the Oku no Hosomichi network in his library and office near the Sumidagawa River where Basho, Sora, and a few friends in a boat commenced their journey from Edo on May 16, 1689. Dressed in traditional Japanese clothes, Mr. Ichihara bows. He has an open, friendly manner and a contagious intensity of spirit. "Look!" Mr. Ichihara rubs the stomach of Basho's statue. "He was a little chubby when he set out. You'll see, in the statues of him at the end of the Oku no Hosomichi he looks thin and tired, and yet full of knowledge and joy -- and sadness, which all makes sense."

We enjoy a nice Japanese dinner. Early in the evening I hire a boat, which slowly navigates the Sumidagawa River almost to Tokyo Bay -- Basho's path. We pass under the river's many famous bridges, some dating back to Basho's time, and we turn around at the fish market. It is dark now. How could Basho, writing in 1689, have imagined the ten million lights of Tokyo -- or finding it difficult to see the stars because of them?

September 14, Matsushima City

Many people arrive at Matsushima on ferries. The ferries sail past Niwo Island, whose shape resembles a submarine, then past Kane Island with its four water tunnels, and others. Moments off our own ferry, looking around at the shops, hotels, and restaurants of Matsushima, my guide declares that the town is unpleasant to look at. "Too much concrete," he says.

To escape present-day reality (and daydream of the past), I sit down on a bench and read how Basho described Matsushima:

"Now, though it's been only too often observed, Matsushima presents a magnificent vista ... All sorts of islands gather here, steep ones pointing to sky, others creeping upon waves. Or some are piled double on each other, or even triple, and some divided

at one end and overlapping at the other. Some bear others on their backs; some seem to embrace them, as if caressing their offspring ... The feeling: one of intense beauty ..."

A. Multiple Choice.

Question 1. What is this part mainly about?

Question 2. What did Basho's work Oku no Hosomichi or Narrow Road to a Far Province result from?

Question 3. How does Mr. Ichihara describe Basho at the start of the journey? Question 4. Which of the following is NOT true about the Sumidagawa River? Question 5. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase near the end of this part, "Now, though it's been only too often observed, Matsushima presents a magnificent vista"?

B. Dictation and Translation.

1. Today, thousands of people visit the place of Basho's birth, see the shrine where he is buried, and travel parts of the trail he walked.

2. The ferries sail past Niwo Island, whose shape resembles a submarine, then past Kane Island with its four water tunnels, and others.

3. Or some are piled double on each other, or even triple, and some divided at one end and overlapping at the other.

B. Dictation and Translation. Firstly have students listen to these sentences and complete them, and then check answers with a partner. Secondly they can discuss in pairs and try to put the sentences into Chinese, and then check as a class, selecting the best translations.

Part Two文本

On the Poet's Trail

September 21, Niigata Prefecture

We cross the Umikawa and Himekawa Rivers where they run into the sea. Basho called this region "the most perilous place in the north." Today there's a road, of course, high up along the steep cliffs with concrete supports and wire netting to keep the rocks from crashing down. But the names of the passes retain their old warnings, such as koma gaeshi, which means "send back your horses." What happened here? Basically, about 800 years ago a woman tried to flee from a powerful official with her small child along the cliffs. Crashing waves threw them into the sea. Someone observed this and reported that at one terrible moment the currents tore the woman from her child, and suddenly they were pulled in opposite directions, then drowned. It is the saddest place I've ever been.

September 24, Otsu City

Today along the Nagara River I watch how three fishermen in wooden boats have tightened string "necklaces" around six cormorants' necks. Cormorants are birds that can be trained to dive and catch fish, which the fishermen retrieve by reaching into the cormorants' throats. This demonstration of an age-old fishing technique is both for tourists and to feed their families. I watch this for an hour or so, until finally the

cormorants are fed the fish they themselves caught!

We are anxious to get to Genjyu-an, the peaceful shrine near Lake Biwa where Basho's remains lie. A man steps from the modest gift shop to show us the grave itself. Incense is burning. In the small pond there are two turtles. I dip the long-handled wooden dipper in a bucket and pour water over the gravestone. The basho tree (a kind of banana tree from which the poet took his name) is flowering. There is the song of insects and, as if welcoming the evening, the cry of a bird. The train station is close by; there are noises of car traffic, students on bicycles, and crowded streets. I see the man closing up shop. He notices that I am still there. "It's good to say a prayer. It's up to you which one." He bows to me, and then bows to the gravestone. "I'll wait to lock the gate."

In the centuries since his death, Basho has become many things to many people -- wise man, outsider artist, wanderer, and, above all, a great poet. His Narrow Road contains humor (even about himself), details of his trip, religious wisdom, artistic descriptions, and even complaints. At the same time, his book provides a kind of timeless spiritual map for the traveler. Linguist Helen Tanizaki once described Basho this way: "He's like a quirky philosopher tour-guide who pretty much leaves readers alone to experience traveling in those remote places for themselves."

1B A Life in Pictures

Before You Listen

Listening Comprehension

A. 1. a 2. c 3. d 4. c 5. b

B. 1. 100% American

2. fitting in

3. get in touch with my roots

4. essentially record what I was seeing and doing

5. send pictures back to family and friends

6. renew my visa

7. I wanted to be a professional

8. The framing

9. great visual impact

10. read the captions

11. get the right subject at the right time

12. a group of Tajik schoolchildren

13. Passion

14. economic motivation

15. obsessed by your craft

After You Listen

A. 1. amateur 2. passion 3. route 4. concentrate

5. motivate

6. glare

7. ideal

8. anticipated

B. Answers will vary.

Viewing Portrait of a Volcano

Before You View

A. 1. erupts, fumes -- a. 2. crater, glacier -- b.

B. Answers will vary.

Viewing Comprehension

A. 1. passion 2. commence 3. navigate 4. flee 5. route

6. ideal

7. obsessed

8. anticipate

9. concentration

B. Grouping: Group A: Pictures c, d, e.

Group B: Pictures a, b, f.

Describing: Answers will vary. Sample answers: a. A magnificent glacier lies in the shadow of the smoking volcano. b. The acid lake drains through the glacier and the hot water has melted out an unstable ice cave. c & d. Carsten wants to use a rubber raft to demonstrate how big the volcano is. But the acid in the highly acidic volcano lake will destroy it. e. The team navigates through snow, mud, and sulfur fumes ?to the edge of a smoking crater. f. A hot river underneath the glacier. It's somehow unique in the world. There are only very few places where you can find that in the world.

After You View

A. Answers will vary.

B. Answers will vary.