新视野大学英语视听说教程第二册答案及听力录音文本.pdf

新 视 野 大 学 英 语 视 听 说 教 程 第 二 册 听 力 练 习录音文本和答案UNIT1II.Listening Skills1.M:Why dont we go to the concert today?W:ril go get the keys.Q:What does the woman imply?2.W:I can,t find my purse anywhere.The opera tickets are init.M:Have you checked in the car?Q:What does the man imply?3.M:Are you going to buy that pirated CD?W:Do I look like a thief?Q:What does the woman imply?4.M:Do you think the singer is pretty?W:Lets just say that I wouldnt/t vote for her in the localbeauty contest.Q:What does the woman imply about the singer?5.M:Have you seen Tom?I can,t f ind him anywhere.W:The light in his dorm was on just a few minutes ago.Q:What does the woman mean?l.B 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.AIII.Listening InTask 1:Encore!As soon as the singer completed the song,the audience cried,“Encore!Encore!”The singer was delighted and sang the songagain.She couldnt believe it when the audience shouted forher to sing it again.The cycle of shouts and songs was repeatedten more times.The singer was overjoyed with the response fromthe audience.She talked them and asked them why they were somuch audience in hearing the same song again and again.One ofthe people in the audience replied,“We wanted you to improveit;now it is much better.Ml.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.FTask 2:The CarpentersW:They play“Yesterday Once More“all the time on the campusradio.Do you like it?M:I do.I never get tired of it.I like the Carpenters.Theirvoices are so beautiful and clear.I guess thafs why theyreso popular.W:I 1 ike the way their voices blend.There were just two ofthem,brother and sister,right?M:Yes,Richard and Karen I think they were.She died I think.W:Yes,anorexia.It is hard to believe that someone sobeautiful would starve herself to death.M:If s a problem everywhere in the world,including China,Imafraid.W omen worry too much about their appearances,and areso crazy about losing weight.W:Well,le fs go for lunch before we go to the concert.1.beautiful and clear 2.blend wel 1 3.sister 4.worrytoo much 5.more importantTask 3:MozartMozart was a fascinating musician and composer whose famecontinues to grow more than two centuries after his death.Hewas born in Salzburg,Austria,in 1756.Before the age of four,he hadshown great musical talent.His father then decided to let him start takingharpsichord lessons.The boy5s reputation as a musical talent grewfast.At five,he was composing music.Form that time on,Mozartwas performing n concerts and writing music.By his early teens,he had mastered the piano,violin and harpsichord,and waswriting symphonies and operas.His first major opera wasperformed in Milan in 1770,when he was only fourteen.Atfifteen,Mozart became the conductor for an orchestra inSalzburg.In 1781,he left for Vienna,where he was in greatdemand as both a performer and a composition teacher.His firstopera was a success.But life was not easy because he was a poorbusinessman,and his finances were always in a bad state.Hismusic from the next decade was not very popular,and heeventually fell back on his teaching jobs for a living.In 1788he stopped performing in public,preferring only to compose.Hedied in 1791 at the age of thirty-five.Although he 1 ived onlya short life,he composed over 600 works.1.Which of the following is true of Mozart?D2.How long has Mozarfs fame lasted?A3.Which of the following is true of the four-year-old Mozart?B4.What could Mozart do at the age of six?C5.Which of the following is not mentioned as one of Mozartsaccomplishments while he was in his early teens?CIV.Speaking OutModel 1 Do you like jazz?Laura:Hey!Bob:Hello!Laura:Do you like jazz,Bob?Bob:No,not much.Do you like it?Laura:Well,yes,I do.Im crazy about Wynton Marsalis.Bob:Oh,hes a piano player,isnt he?Laura:No,hes a trumpet player.So,what kind of music do you like?Bob:I like listening to rock.Laura:What group do you like best?Bob:Er,The Cranberries.Theyre the greatest.What about you?Dont you 1 ike them?Laura:Ugh!They make my stomach turn!SAM PLE DIALOGA:Do you like classical music?B:No,I dont like it at all.A:What type of music do you 1 ike?B:Im a real fan of pop songs.A:Whos your favorite singer or group?B:Jay Chou.What do you think about him?A:I can hardly bear pop songs.They are all noise to me.Model 2 Do you like punk rock?Max:What kind of music do you like?Frannie:Well,I like different kinds.Max:Any in particular?Frannie:Er,I especially like punk rock.Max:Punk rock?You dont seem like the punk rock type.F r a n n ie:You should have seen me in high school.I had my hairdyed blue.M ax:Wow,that must have been a sight!F r a n n ie:It sure was.What about you?Whafs your favoritemusic?M ax:I guess I like jazz best.Hey,Im going shopping forCDs tomorrow.Would you like to come along?F r a n n ie:Sure,that sounds great.SAMPLE DIALOG-A:What sports appeal to you?B:I like almost every kind of sport.A:Is there anything you like especially?B:Well,I like X-sports in particular.A:x-Sports?You dont look 1 ike the extreme sports type.B:I have even tried bungee jumping and surfing.A:Wow,you certainly surprised me!B:Then how about you?What kind of sport do you prefer?A:I like fai chi most.In fact,Im going to buy some booksabout fai chi.Why dont you come with me?B:S ounds good.Lefs go.Model 3 It just sounds like noise to me.P h i l i p:Turn down that noise!What on earth is it anyway!L a u r a:But dad.This is Metallical Theyre so cool.They areone of the most famous heavy metal bands.P h i l i p:I dont care.It just sounds like noise to me.I cantstand it!L a u ra:I love this kind of music,but if you really hate it thatmuch,ril out on something else.What do you want to hear?P h i l i p:How about some popular easy-listening music.Maybesomething like Celine Dion?L a u ra:Not her again!Her m usic isnt very hip any more.I thinkshe is a bore.SAMPLE DIALOGA:That music is terrible!Turn off!B:But,Mom,this is Backstreet Boys hit song“Get down”!Ifsreally appealing.A:Nonsense.Its just noise tome.I cant put up with it anymore.B:Ifs my favorite music.But if you hate it so much,Ill hatesomething you like.What would like to listen to?A:What about some old songs of the 1970s 1 ike The White-HairedGirl”？B:Ha-ha-ha-ha.Its not fashionable any longer.Ill be boredto death.V.Lefs TalkThe Origin of the Song“Happy Birthday to You”The story of the song“Happy Birthday to You Began as a sweetone,but later became bitter.T w o sisters,Mildred Hill,ateacher at a kindergarten,and Dr.Patty Hill,the principal ofthe same school,wrote a song together for the children,entitled“Good Morning to All”.When Mildred combined hermusical talents with her sisters knowledge in the area ofkindergarten education,Good Morning to All”was sure to be asuccess.The sister published the song in a collection entitled“Song Stories of the Kindergarten in 1893.Thirty-one yearslater,after Dr.Patty Hill became the head of the Department ofKindergarten Education at Columbia Universitys TeachersCollege,a gentleman by the name Robert Coleman published thesong,without the sisters5 permission.He added a second part,which is the familiar“Happy Birthday to You”.Mr.Colemansaddition of the second part made the song popular and,finally,the sisters“original first part disappeared.Happy Birthdayto You”had altogether replaced the sisters original song”GoodMorning to All”.In 1916 Patty took legal action against Mr.Coleman.In court,she succeeded in proving that hey were thereal owners of the song.1.teacher at a kindergarten2.Good Morning to All3.Happy Birthday to You4 .Happy Birthday to You Good Morning to AllPossible Retelling for the Teachers ReferenceThe story of“Happy Birthday to You“was a nice,sweet on eatthe very beginning,but later turned into a bitter one.Therewere two sisters:one was Mildred Hill,and the other Patty Hill.The former had great musical talents,while the latter hadknowledge of kindergarten education.Bu combining theirabilities,the two produced a song called“Good Morning to All”.It was a success,and later published in a collection of songsfor kindergartens.Thirty-one years later a man named Coleman published the songwithout the sisters5 permission.To make things worse,he addeda second part,which is the present“Happy Birthday to You”.This new song soon became popular and eventually it replacedthe sisters first part altogether.Then,in 1916,Patty tooklegal action against Coleman.In court she managed to prove thatshe and her sister really owned the song.VI.Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1:KaraokeDalin:Ifs Mikes birthday on Friday,so a bunch of us are goingto go to the karaoke bar.Would you like to come with us?Laura:Karaoke bar?You have a special place just for singing?In America,bars sometimes have a karaoke night where thecustomers can sing a song,but we havent special karaokebars!Dalin:Really?In China,karaoke is a very popular way forfriends ro spend time together.We can select the music thatur group enjoys.We mostly sing pop songs.Laura:Do you sing individually or in groups?Singing is nota very in thing,so I dont sing very well.1.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.FTask 2:W h e n was music first sent down a telephone line?So you think downloading music from the Internet through a phoneline is a really cool modern thing?Not so.In 1896,ThaddeusCahill Filed a patent on the instrument for transmitting musicelectronically,and until 1914 he sent music signals downtelephone lines with this instrument.And he wasnt even thefirst.Elisha Gray transmitted music over a telephone line in1876,which was the same year the telephone was invented.Grayinvented the first electronic music instrument in 1874,callingit the“Musical Telegraph.Alexander Graham Bell also designedan experimental“Electric Harp for speech to be transmittedover a telephone line using technology similar to Grays.Bellwas a speech teacher for the deaf.In 1879 he created aninstrument to measure hearing loss.That is why the degrees ofloudness came to be measured in bels or decibels.5-4-2-1-3Task 3:Thank You for the MusicIm nothing special,in fact Im a bit of a boreIf I tell a joke,youre probably heard it beforeBut I have a talenl,a wonderful thingCause everyone listens when I start to singIm so grateful and proudAll I want is to sing it out loudSo I sayThank you for the music,the songs Im singingThanks for all the joy theyre bringingWho can live without it,I ask in all honestlyWhat would life beWithout a song or a dance what are weSo I say thank you for the musicFor giving it to meMother says I was a dancer before I could walkShe says I began to sing long before I could talkAnd Ive often wondered,how did it all startWho found out that nothing can capture a heartLike a melody canWell,whoever it was,Im a fanSo I sayThank you for the music,the songs Im singingSpeakingMusical MemoriesT ony:L iste n!Quick,turn up the radio!Isnt that“Can You Feelthe Love Tonight?N a n c y:Yeah,it is,but whafs the big deal?Tony:When I was a little boy,my grandmother took me to seethe movie The Lion King.Thafs the Elton John song fromthe movie.N a n c y:I still cant understand why ifs so important to you.T ony:Because it was the first movie I ever saw with my grandmaand because I really loved spending time with her.It ismy favorite song of all times!N a n c y:The first time Tom and I went on a date,we went to seeTitanic.I always think of the song“My Heart Will Go On”as our song!Whenever I hear it,I think of that night.T ony:Oh,I can understand why you love that song!Isnt itinteresting all the memories we connect with songs?UNIT2II.Listening Skills1.W:From what I can rem em ber,the director asked us to rehearsethis a hundred times.M:One hundred times?Is the director out of his mind?Q:W h at does the man imply?2.M:Do you think we have made enough food for the party?W:The refrigerator is about to explode.Q:What does the woman imply?3.W:SheM:Yes,said she mightand pigs mightbecome a famous movie star,fly.Q:What does the man mean?4.M:A lth o u g h the man often plays a bad g u y in movies,in reallife he has a heart of gold.W:So does a hard-boiled egg.Q:What does the woman mean?5.W:What a beautiful sunset!M:Dont blink.You m ig h t just miss it.Q:What does the man mean?1.A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.BIII.Listening InTask 1:W a itin g fo r th e N e w H a rry P o tte r M o v ieAmy:Im so excited about finally seeing this movie!P e t e r:Me too.Im crazy about Harry Potter.Have you heard thatJ.K.Rowling has added another book to the series?Amy:Shes already written Book Seven?Im still waiting forBook Five.P e t e r:I know.Who isnt?At least we have the movies to watchin the meantime.Amy:By the way,have you seen the trailer yet?P e t e r:Yeah.It was great!I think the movie itself will bereally scary.Amy:It surely will!All that writing on the wall in blood.Itscares me to death just to think about it!B o th th e g irl an d the b o y are e x c ite d/c ra z y a b o u t th e m o v ie an d th e h eroH a rry P o tte r.T h e b o y h ea rd th a t the writer J.K.Rowling has writtenthe latest book,which is Book Seven,though th e g irl is stillwaiting for Book Five.The boy has been the trailer and believesthe film will be scary.The girl shares that view because of thewriting on the wall in blood.Task 2:A Great ActorThere was once a great actor who could no longer remember hislines.After several years of searching,he finally found atheater that was willing to give him a try.The director said,“This is the most important part,and it has only one line.Atthe opening you walk onto stage carrying a rose.You hold therose to your nose with just one f inger and thumb,smell it deeplyand then say the line on praise of the rose:Ah,the sweet smellof my love.The actor was excited.All day long before the playhe practiced his line over and over again.Finally,the time came.The curtain went up,the actor walked onto the stage,looked atthe audience,and with great emotion said the line,“Ah,thesweet smel 1 of m y love.The audience exploded in laughter.Onlythe director was furious!”Ahhhhhh!You damned fool!he cried.“Youve ruined my play!Youve ruined me!”The actor was puzzled,“What happened?Did I forget m y line?”No!shouted thedirector.You forget the rose!”l.D 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.BTask 3:Movie ReviewsI love movies!And after I see them,I like to comment on them.These are movies I saw this year I would like to recommend:Among comedies I highly recommend“Monsoon Wedding”.Ifs anIndian movie.The story is about an Indian wedding.Preparations forthe wedding bring out funny and sad situations touching on love and apast rape.This movie shows some of the wonderful customs of India,andthe importance of family and love.Its great!Among dramas,I 1 ike“Adaptation”.It is an excellent movie!But for me the first part of the movie was too fast to fol low.I hope to see it again on D V D with captions.“The Pianist“is set in the Second World War.Its about a youngPolish-Jewish pianist,who lives in Warsaw with his family.TheNazis sent his family to die in the concentration camps.He wassafe,but would have died without unusually good luck and thekindness of a few non-Jews.This is a powerful movie withthought-provoking themes.“Rabbit-Proof Fence“is set in the 1930s in Austral