现代大学英语听力1 课堂听力 Unit 12

Unit 12

Task 1

【答案】

A.

1) She is one of the best chess players in the world, and she is only sixteen-year-old.

2) No. Chess is very difficult for a woman. No one thought she could do well. Her father wanted her to be a secretary.

3) Maybe because she’s alw ays thinking about chess and therefore has few friends.

B.

1) For, through, along, by

2) nine, five, run, against, six, seven, half an hour, 7: 45

【原文】

In the small Swiss town of Brig a young woman leaves a house at five o’clock every morning. For one hour she runs through the town and along the road by the woods. The young woman is sixteen-year-old Karin Meier, one of the best chess players in the world.

Karin is still at school, and has to study, like other people. But at home her life is very different. She gets up early and she never goes to bed late. In fact, she’s usually in bed before nine o’clock. She gets up at five o’clock, goes for a run, then plays chess against her computer from six until seven o’clock. At seven she does yoga for half an hour, then she has breakfast and goes to school at 7:45. She sometimes sleeps in the afternoon.

Karin told us, “In cities, like many other things, it’s very difficult for a woman. No one thought I could do well; my father wanted me to be a secretary!” In some ways Karin has a lonely life. She has few friends, and she’s always thinking about chess. She told us, “In my dreams I play chess. Sometimes I wake up and then I have to get up and play!”

Task 2

【答案】

1) “Reserved” means “slow to show feelings or express opinions”. “Extrovert” means “an active, lively, expressive, cheerful and sociable person”. Here the author uses it as an adjective.

2) Englishmen wear bowler hats, pinstripe suits and carry umbrellas; Scotsmen are mean, hate spending money and drink whisky all day long; Welshmen do nothing but play rugby and sing. And the Irish only exist so that other British people can tell jokes about them!

3) Well, on the whole the speaker does not believe them because there are too many exceptions. However, he agrees that it is great fun to generalize and some generalizations may be true.

4) The generalization that “The British don’t like answering questions about the details of their lives”, and also the generalization that they usually don’t like officials.

【原文】

British people have a reputation of being shy and reserved with strangers. Actually this is not always true. Of course, some are shy and reserved with strangers, and some are shy and reserved with everybody. But others are very extrovert and talk to anybody. This just proves that you shouldn’t make generalizations about people!

But making generalizations about people is great fun. Everybody knows that all Englishmen wear bowler hats, pinstripe suits and carry umbrellas; Scotsmen are mean, hate spending money and drink whisky all day long; Welshmen do nothing but play rugby and sing. And the Irish? Well, they only exist so that other British people can tell jokes about them!

One generalization is probably true. The British don’t like answering questions about the details of their lives. You must never ask them how mush money they earn, or how old they are. Only officials can ask questions like that; that is perhaps why the British don’t really like officials. That’s another generalization.

Task 3

【答案】

1) The American Indians in the northwest of America.

2) When a man wanted to show that he was rich and important, he asked all of his friends to a great feast. He also invited people from other villages. There were games and competitions, and everyone ate and drank a lot. He gave away things to all of the people at his feast. Sometimes he threw things into the sea, or he made a big fire and burned things in front of everyone.

3) Often he had very few things left after the feast, or there was very little food in his house. But he was still rich in the eyes of his people. He was a “big man” now. Everyone looked up to him, because he did not think that valuable things were important.

【原文】

Rich men gave away all their valuable things — but they were still rich! Is this possible?

Until a few years ago, the Indians in the northwest of America had an interesting customs. When a man wanted to show that he was rich and important, he asked all of his friends to a great feast. He also invited people from other villages. There were games and competitions, and everyone ate and drank a lot.

Then the rich man stood up and gave away things to all of the people at his feast. He gave them food, blankets, clothes, tools and all kinds of beautiful and valuable things. Sometimes he threw things into the sea, or he made a big fire and burned things in front of everyone.

In this way a man showed that he was rich, and that he did not carte about valuable things. Perhaps he had very few things after the feast. Perhaps there was very little food in his house. But he was still rich in the eyes of his people. He was a “big man” now. Everyone looked up to him, because he did not think that valuable things were important.

Task 4

【答案】

B.

l) The previous one was just a small grocer’s before, but now Jayne sells all kinds of things. And her shop stays open longer.

2) Before she opened she did a small survey. She asked customers what they’d like to buy and

when they’d like the shop to be open. She was now giving the customers what they wanted.

3) She felt rather tired, but never bored. She found it really exciting and loved meeting people all the time.

【原文】

Jayne Williams is 16 and has just left school. Many school-leavers can’t find jobs, but Jayne has a really good one. She runs her own shop in Drax, a village in Yorkshire. Here she talks to reporter Daniel Tyler.

Daniel Tyler: How did you find this job?

Jayne Williams: Well, I knew the shop because I passed it every day on the way to school. The owners became ill and had to sell up, so my parents helped me to buy the

business.

Daniel Tyler: Have you changed anything?

Jayne Williams: Yes. It was just a small grocer’s before, but now I sell all kinds of things. And the shop stays open longer.

Daniel Tyler: Why did you decide to change things?

Jayne Williams: Before I opened I did a small survey. I asked customers what they’d like to buy and when they’d like the shop to be open.

Daniel Tyler: So you’re giving them what they want?

Jayne Williams: I hope so! I open at 6:30 every morning, when local factory workers come in for papers and cigarettes. During the day 1 sell all kinds of things to housewives:

fresh milk, frozen fish, cooked meat, and so on.

Daniel Tyler: Do you close for lunch?

J ayne Williams: Oh no. That’s a very good time for business. I make sandwiche s to order—ham and egg seems to be the favourite at the moment. And lots of people like to

do a bit of shopping in the lunch hour.

Daniel Tyler: Are you busy after lunch?

Jayne Williams: Yes, during the afternoon I sell a lot of sweets to schoolchildren on the way home. Some of my best customers come from my old school! Then quite a lot of

people call in after work. They may want something for supper, or some

chocolates to take to a friend. I close the shop at 6:00 and go home for my

supper.

Daniel Tyler: That’s a long day. Don’t you get tired?

Jayne Williams: Well, I do get rather tired. But I’m never bored. My friends said running a shop would be boring, but it isn’t. I find it really exciting and I love meeting people all

the time.

Task 5

【答案】

A.

Carpenter, featherweight boxer, Fleetwood Mac.

B.

1) F, 2) T

【原文】

Before the age of twenty Nigel had never played guitar. He worked as a carpenter in the west

of London, and during that time he was also a featherweight boxer. He was good, too, and at a time he was a contender for the title of schoolboy champion of the southeast of the country.

It’s not often that, when a person has become used to living one way of life, he makes a complete change and starts to do something totally different. But in this case, it did happen: he started playing the guitar. A few years later he was playing with several groups, including one of the world’s great rock bands, Fleetwood Mac. He played with them from time to time until the early years of the seventies.

Task 6

【答案】

A.

1) Carl was a happy, friendly man. He had a good job with the government.

2) He was driving a special kind of van called a “security van”.

3) The first man was tall and wore round glasses. There was something strange about his eyes. The second man was tall, too. And he wore dark glasses.

4) He felt something hard in his back. It was a gun and it belonged to the man with dark glasses.

5) Because he looked just like Carl. He had the same face as Carl. But he wasn’t Carl.

B.

1) bend, van

2) out of, rolled down

3) better, a bit

4) early morning light, rather, covered with

5) went, with, over

6) pushed, pulled

【原文】

Carl Eastwood was a happy, friendly man. He had a good job with the government. He drove a special kind of van called a “security van”. Important and valuable things were transported in vans like these. Carl always drove to work the same way. He lived in a small village but worked in Bristol. There are a lot of Government offices in and near Bristol.

That moming Carl came round a bend and saw a dark green van in the middle of the road. There were two men there, too, outside the van. One of them waved to Carl. Carl stopped but didn’t get out of his car. He rolled down his window.

“I wonder if you could help us. Something’s wrong with the engine. Perhaps if you give us a push, it’ll start again,” one of the men said. He was tall and wore round glasses. Th ere was something strange about his eyes. Carl wasn’t sure what it was. But he didn’t think about it. He looked at his watch. He still had plenty of time before he had to be at work.

“All right. I’ll be glad to help,” he said with a smile.

“Do you want me to give you a push with my car?” he asked. “No, that won’t be necessary. I mean, it’ll be better if you and I just push it a bit with our hands. My friend can steer the van,” the other man said. He was tall, too. He wore dark glasses. They looked strange in the early moming light. It was still rather dark and the sun was covered with clouds.

Carl got out of his car. He and the man with dark glasses were behind the van. The other man got inside it, behind the steering wheel. Carl got ready to push. Then he felt something hard in his back. It was a gun and it belonged to the man with dark glasses. “Get into the back! Fast! Or I’ll use this,” he said. He opened the rear doors of the van. There was a third man there, behind them.

Carl saw his face.

“It can’t be. It’s impossible,” he thought. Then everything went black as the man with dark glasses hit him over the head. He and the third man pushed and pulled Carl’s body into the van. They shut the doors. Then the third man got out. He walked over to Carl’s car an d got in. The dark green van drove away. The third man drove away, too, in the direction of Bristol, where Carl worked. He looked just like Carl. He had the same face as Carl. But he wasn’t Carl.

Task 7

【答案】

A.

1) Johnny Mathis is one of the older music millionaires, who made a million dollars a year when he was most popular, in the 1950s. He says, “It doesn’t make sense. Performers aren’t worth this kind of money. In fact, nobody is.”

2) Because no real training is needed to produce rock music. There is no gulf between the audience and the performer. Every boy and girl in the audience thinks, “I could sing like that.” It is

a way for young people to worship themselves.

3) No, records provide only part of their income. Around the world young listeners soon want to see the star in movies, on television, and in person, therefore rock stars also make a lot of money giving performances or acting in movies.

4) About $18,000.

5) It means “to live with only just enough money to live on and nothing for the future”.

6) Because after two or three years riches and fame are often gone. Left with his memories and his tax problems, the lonely ex-performer spends his remaining years trying to impress strangers. New stars have arrived to take his place.

B.

1) unbelievable, rock music, at least fifty, two million, six million

2) a million, from

3) $38,000, $5,000

【原文】

Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to listen to rock music. Forbes Magazine claims that at least fifty rock stars have incomes of between two million and six million dollars per year.

“It doesn’t make sense,” says Johnny Mathis, one of the older music millionaires, who made a million dollars a year when he was most popular, in the 50s. “Performers aren’t worth this kind of money. In fact, nobody is.”

But the rock stars' admirers seem to disagree. Those who love rock music spend about two billion dollars a year for records. They pay 150 million to see rock stars in person.

Some observers think the customers are buying more than music. According to one theory, rock music has a special appeal because no real training is needed to produce it. There is no gulf between the audience and the performer. Every boy and girl in the audience thinks, “I could sing like that.” So rock has become a new kind of religion, a new form of worship. Young people are glad to pay to worship a rock star because it is a way of worshipping themselves.

Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many. In 1972 one of the luckiest was Don Mclean, who wrote and sang “American Pie”. Mclean earned more than a million dollars from recording of “American Pie”. Then, too, like most performers, Mclean writes his own music, so he

earns an additional two cents on every single record of the song.

Records provide only a part of a star’s income. Around the world young listeners soon want to see the stars in movies, on television, and in person.

Neil Young, who performs in torn blue jeans, sometimes sings to an audience of 10,000, each of whom has paid at least five dollars for a ticket. After paying expenses, Young leaves with about $18,000 in his blue jeans at the end of an evening.

How do the rock stars use their money? What do they do when the money starts pouring in like water? Most of the young stars simply thr ow the money around. England’s Elton John gave someone a $38,000 Rolls-Royce automobile and bought himself a $5,000 pair of eyeglasses that light up and spell E-L-T-O-N. He also bought himself two cars, “o ne for each foot.”

Many rock stars live like Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane. Those performers return from a tour, pay their bills, and buy new toys. Then when they need money again, they do another tour. They save no money, buy no stocks and live from hand to mouth.

In the end the rock star’s life is unrewarding. After two or three years riches and fames are gone. Left with his memories and his tax problems, the lonely ex-performer spends his remaining years trying to impress strangers. New stars have arrived to take his place.

Task 8

【答案】

A.

l) It is a book about how to start new friendships.

2)It is very important to give the other person your undivided attention for the first four minutes of your meeting.

3)We should try to appear friendly and self-confident, because in general “People like people who like themselves.”

B.

l) F, 2) T , 3) T , 4) F

C.

1) total honesty, social relationships, contact

2) complain about one’s health, to mention faults, tell the whole truth, opinions, impressions

3) Much of, strangers, family members, friends

4) be treated with care, unpleasant matters, be dealt with

【原文】

When do people decide whether or not they want to become friends?During their first four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. In his book, Contact: The first four minutes, he offers this advice to anyone interested in starting new friendships: “Every time you meet someone in a social situation, give him your undivided attention for four minutes. A lot of people’s whole lives would change if they did just that”.

You may have noticed that the average person does not give his undivided attention to someone he has just met. He keeps looking over the other person’s shoulder, as if hoping to find someone more interesting in another part of the room. If anyone has ever done this to you, you probably did not like him very much.

When we are introduced to new people, the author suggests, we should try to appear friendly and self-confident. In general, he says, “People like people who like themselves”.

On the other hand, we should not make the other person think we are too sure of ourselves. It

is important to appear interested and sympathetic, realizing that the other person has his own needs, fears, and hopes.

Hearing such advice, one might say, “But I’m not a friendly, self-confident person. That’s not my nature. It would be dishon est for me to act that way.”

In reply, Dr. Zunin would claim that a little practice can help you feel comfortable about changing our social habits. We can become accustomed to any changes we choose to make in our personality. “It is like getting used to a new car. It may be unfamiliar at first, but it goes much better than the old one.”

But isn’t it dishonest to give the appearance of friendly self-confidence when we don’t actually feel that way? Perhaps, but according to Dr. Zunin, “total honesty” is n ot always good for social relationships, especially during the first few minutes of contact. There is a time for everything, and a certain amount of play-acting may be best for the first minutes of contact with a stranger. That is not the time to complain about one’s health or to mention faults one finds in other people. It is not the time to tell the whole truth about one’s opinions and impressions.

Much of what has been said about strangers also applies to relationships with family members and friends. For a husband and wife or a parent and child, problems often arise during their first four minutes together after they have been apart. Dr. Zunin suggests that these first few minutes together be treated with care. If there are unpleasant matters to be discussed, they should be dealt with later.

The author declares that interpersonal relations should be taught as a required course in every school, along with reading, writing, and mathematics. In his opinion, success in life depends mainly on how we get along with other people. That is at least as important as how much we know.

Task 9

【答案】

A.

1) An internship is a period of time when students work in the kinds of jobs they might want to have some day.

2) Because they do not yet know what kind of permanent job they want.

3) Because during the internship students can learn about different kinds of jobs. They can learn skills and gain valuable experience. And they can meet important people. Students often describe internships as a chance that happens once in a lifetime.

4) It was established in George Washington University in 1937.

B.

1) American Secretary of State, Actresses, Chairman of the Walt Disney Company

2) the National Museum of American History, provides experience, the Library of Congress, the National Park

3) interested in, the State Department, 700

C.

1) F, 2) T

【原文】

Summer means internships for thousands of American college students. They are working in the kinds of jobs they might want to have some day.

American Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once worked as an intern. Actresses Jodie Foster and Brooke Shields served as interns. So did Michael Eisner —Chairman of the Walt Disney Company.

Experts say at least one-third of all American college students complete an internship before they graduate. Most work at an internship during the summer when they do not attend classes. Some work at an internship during other times of the year. Others do an internship soon after completing college. Some people work for large companies. Some work for small organizations. Some work for the United States government.

Many interns do not earn money at their summer jobs. Some college students get an internship to gain experience in the kind of job they want to get after graduation. Others do not yet know what kind of permanent job they want. So, they may get internships in several different companies or organizations. In this way, they can find out what kind of job they like best. Why are internships so popular? Students can learn about different kinds of jobs. They can do interesting work. They can learn skills and gain valuable experience. And they can meet important people. Students often describe internships as a chance that happens once in a lifetime.

George Washington University in Washington, D.C., has internships at cultural, historical and techn ological centers in the nation’s capital. It is the oldest American studies program in the United States. It was established in 1937.

The university program offers young people a chance to test their interest in history or technology or art. It offers summer work at the National Museum of American History, and the National Air and Space Museum. It also provides experience at workplaces including the Library of Congress, the National Building Museum, and the National Park Service. These programs can satisfy students who are interested in many different subjects — subjects from airplanes to books to buildings.

Many college students compete to get internships with the executive branch of the United States government. They work at the White House where President Clinton’s top advisers have their offices.

Many students interested in foreign policy work for the State Department. Each summer, about 700 students have such internships. Some students work in Washington, D.C., or in New York City. Others serve in several hundred embassies and diplomatic offices around the world.

Task 10

【答案】

A.

Name of the Exhibit: The Eyes of History

B.

1) news services, magazines, newspapers, White House News Photographers’ Association

2) captured, 42nd

3) attending, seventeen, receiving oxygen

4) Tension, loss

【原文】

The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. recently showed 173 new photographs. Some of America’s best news photographers took the pictures. These men and women work for news services, magazines and newspapers. They belong to the White House New s Photographers’ Association. Their exhibit was called “The Eyes of History.”

The Corcoran Gallery exhibit showed some of the top news photographs of the year. These images were made both in and out of the White House.

Time magazine photojournalist Diana W alker says photographers in the president’s house are restricted from some areas. But she had more freedom than many other photographers.

For example, she took photographs of former president Bill Clinton during his final hours in the White House. She was in the Oval Office as Mr. Clinton finished working on some papers. Soon, the only paper on his desk was a letter to the new president. She took a picture as Mr. Clinton looked out the Oval Office windows for the last time. Her picture captured the feelings of America’s 42nd president on an important day in his life.

Other photos in the exhibit showed very different events. For example, Doug Mills of the Associated Press photographed a sailor wounded in the bombing of the Navy ship USS Cole. The ship was attacked last October in Yemen. The wounded man is shown attending a memorial service for the seventeen bombing victims. He sits in a wheelchair, receiving oxygen through a tube. The sailor and his wife press their heads together as they mourn.

Washington Times photographer, Gerald Herbert, also took an emotional picture. He photo- graphed an emergency medical worker in Maryland. This man is holding the hand of an old woman patient as she dies. Tension and loss show clearly on his young face.

A photo by Dudley Brooks of The Washington Post caught a happier moment. His photograph shows the great basketball player Michael Jordan laughing. The picture was taken during a press I conference announcing his new job as an official of the Washington Wizards basketball team.

Exhibit visitors say the White House news photographers’ pictures will continue to live in their memories. And reports say the photographs may be published in a book. Then many more people will be able to enjoy “The Eyes of History”.

Task 11

【答案】

A young mother believed that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughter her tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a slice of fresh brown bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.

Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, “When I was a small girl like you, Lucy, I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.

Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and then said to her kindly, “Aren’t you pleased that you’ve come to live with us now?”

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