新视野大学英语视听说教程第二册听力原文和答案.pdf

UnitlIL Listening Skills1、M:Why dont we go to the concert today?W:Til go get the keys.Q:What does the woman imply?2、W:I cant find my purse anywhere.The opera tickets are in it.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 local beauty contest.Q:What does the woman imply about the singer?5、M:Have you seen Tom?I cant find him anywhere.W:The light in his dorm was on just a few minutes ago.Q:What does the woman mean?LB 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 wasdelighted and sang the song again.She couldnt believe it when the audience shouted for her tosing it again.The cycle of shouts and songs was repeated ten more times.The singer wasoverjoyed with the response from the audience.She talked them and asked them why they were somuch audience in hearing the same song again and again.One of the people in the audiencereplied,uWe wanted you to improve it;now it is much better.l.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5,FTask 2:The CarpentersW:They play Yesterday Once More“all the time on the campus radio.Do you like it?M:I do.I never get tired of it.I like the Carpenters.Their voices are so beautiful and clear.Iguess thats why theyre so popular.W:I like the way their voices blend.There were just two of them,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 so beautiful would starve herself to death.M:Its a problem everywhere in the world,including China,Im afraid.Women worry toomuch about their appearances,and are so crazy about losing weight.W:Well,lets go for lunch before we go to the concert.1.beautiful and clear 2.blend well 3.sister 4.worry too much 5.more importantTask 3:MozartMozart was a fascinating musician and composer whose fame continues to grow more than twocenturies after his death.He was born in Salzburg,Austria,in 1756.Before the age of four,he hadshown great musical talent.His father then decided to let him start taking harpsichord lessons.Theboys reputation as a musical talent grew fast.At five,he was composing music.Form that time on,Mozart was performing n concerts and writing music.By his early teens,he had mastered thepiano,violin and harpsichord,and was writing symphonies and operas.His first major opera wasperformed in Milan in 1770,when he was only fourteen.At fifteen,Mozart became the conductorfor an orchestra in Salzburg.In 1781,he left for Vienna,where he was in great demand as both aperformer and a composition teacher.His first opera was a success.But life was not easy becausehe was a poor businessman,and his finances were always in a bad state.His music from the nextdecade was not very popular,and he eventually fell back on his teaching jobs for a living.In 1788he stopped performing in public,preferring only to compose.He died in 1791 at the age ofthirty-five.Although he lived only a short life,he composed over 600 works.1.Which of the following is true of Mozart?D2.How long has Mozarts 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 Mozarts accomplishments while he was inhis early teens?CVI.Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1:KaraokeDalin:Its Mikes birthday on Friday,so a bunch of us are going to 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 sometimeshave a karaoke night where the customers can sing a song,but we havent special karaoke bars!Dalin:Really?In China,karaoke is a very popular way fbr friends ro spend time together.Wecan select the music that ur group enjoys.We mostly sing pop songs.Laura:Do you sing individually or in groups?Singing is not a very in thing,so I dont singvery well.l.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.FTask 2:When was music first sent down a telephone line?So you think downloading music from the Internet through a phone line is a really cool modernthing?Not so.In 1896,Thaddeus Cahill Filed a patent on the instrument for transmitting musicelectronically,and until 1914 he sent music signals down telephone lines with this instrument.Andhe wasnt even the first.Elisha Gray transmitted music over a telephone line in 1876,which wasthe same year the telephone was invented.Gray invented the first electronic music instrument in1874,calling it the“Musical Telegraph.Alexander Graham Bell also designed an experimental“Electric Harp“for speech to be transmitted over a telephone line using technology similar toGrays.Bell was a speech teacher for the deaf.In 1879 he created an instrument to measurehearing loss.That is why the degrees of loudness 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 talent,a wonderful thing4 Cause everyone listens when I start to singFm 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 MemoriesTony:Listen!Quick,turn up the radio!Isnt that t4Can You Feel the Love Tonight?Nancy:Yeah,it is,but whats the big deal?Tony:When I was a little boy,my grandmother took me to see the movie The Lion King.Thats the Elton John song from the movie.Nancy:I still cant understand why its so important to you.Tony:Because it was the first movie I ever saw with my grandma and because I reallyloved spending time with her.It is my favorite song of all times!Nancy:The first time Tom and I went on a date,we went to see Titanic.I always think of thesong“My Heart Will Go On as our song!Whenever I hear it,I think of that night.Tony:Oh,I can understand why you love that song!Isnt it interesting all the memories weconnect with songs?Unit2II.Listening Skills1.W:From what I can remember,the director asked us to rehearse this a hundred times.M:One hundred times?Is the director out of his mind?Q:What 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:She said she might become a famous movie star.M:Yes,and pigs might fly.Q:What does the man mean?4.M:Although the man often plays a bad guy in movies,in real life 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 might just miss it.Q:What does the man mean?1.A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.BIII.Listening InTask 1:Waiting for the New Harry Potter MovieAmy:Im so excited about finally seeing this movie!Peter:Me too.Im crazy about Harry Potter.Have you heard that J.K.Rowling has addedanother book to the series?Amy:Shes already written Book Seven?Im still waiting for Book Five.Peter:I know.Who isnt?At least we have the movies to watch in the meantime.Amy:By the way,have you seen the trailer yet?Peter:Yeah.It was great!I think the movie itselfwill be really scary.Amy:It surely will!All that writing on the wall in blood.It scares me to death just to thinkabout it!Both the girl and the boy are excited/crazy about the movie and the hero Harry Potter.The boyheard that the writer J.K.Rowling has written the latest book,which is Book Seven,though thegirl is still waiting for Book Five.The boy has been the trailer and believes the film will be scary.The girl shares that view because of the writing on the wall in blood.Task 2:A Great ActorThere was once a great actor who could no longer remember his lines.After several years ofsearching,he finally found a theater that was willing to give him a try.The director said,This isthe most important part,and it has only one line.At the opening you walk onto stage carrying arose.You hold the rose to your nose with just one finger and thumb,smell it deeply and then saythe line on praise of the rose:4Ah,the sweet smell of my love.”The actor was excited.All daylong before the play he practiced his line over and over again.Finally,the time came.The curtainwent up,the actor walked onto the stage,looked at the audience,and with great emotion said theline,“Ah,the sweet smell of my love.The audience exploded in laughter.Only the director wasfurious!Ahhhhhh!You damned foolT he cried.Youve ruined my play!Youve ruined me!”The actor was puzzled,“What happened?Did I forget my line?”No!shouted the director.Youforget 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 thisyear I would like to recommend:Among comedies I highly recommend“Monsoon Wedding”.Itsan Indian movie.The story is about an Indian wedding.Preparations fbr the wedding bring outfunny and sad situations touching on love and a past rape.This movie shows some of thewonderful customs of India,and the importance of family and love.Its great!Among dramas,I like“Adaptation”.It is an excellent movie!But for me the first part of the moviewas too fast to follow.I hope to see it again on DVD with captions.“The Pianist“is set in the Second World War.Its about a young Polish-Jewish pianist,who livesin Warsaw with his family.The Nazis sent his family to die in the concentration camps.He wassafe,but would have died without unusually good luck and the kindness of a few non-Jews.Thisis a powerful movie with thought-provoking themes.aRabbit-Proof Fence is set in the 1930s in Australia,and its based on real events.It is aboutthree native girls who are separated from their families by the racist police who send them tospecial centers.There the girls are taught practical skills,and the government tries to integratethem into white Australian society.They can away from the camp and walked 1,500 miles to findtheir mothers.This is a sad,touching story that you should not miss.He likes to see movies and comment on them.Four.Three.One.Movies Contents and CharacteristicsMonsoon Wedding It is about an Indian wedding.Preparations for it reveal love and a past rape.The movie shows Indian customs,family and love.Adaptation It is too fast fbr the speaker,who wants to see it again on DVD with captions.The Pianist It is about a Jewish pianist in Warsaw.The Nazis sent his family to theconcentration camps.He was safe,and this narrow escape was due to good luck and the kindnessof a few non-Jews.Rabbit-Proof Fence It is about three native girls.Racist police separate them from their familiesand send them to special centers.There they are taught practical skills.The government intends tointegrate them into white Australian society.They ran away from the camp and walked 1,500miles to find their mothers.VI.Furthering Listening and SpeakingListeningTask 1:Only One LinePeter has always wanted to be an actor,but never succeeded because he had a hard timememorizing lines.A friend of his told him about a small part in a play.He promised Peter that hecould do it because hes only have to remember one line.Peter decided to take the part.His onlyline was,“Listen,I hear the guns roar!”Peter practiced and practiced,“Listen,I hear the gunsroar!,On the opening night of the play Peter was very nervous.Backstage,he practiced his line,over and over again,“Listen,I hear the guns roar!Listen,I hear the guns roar!”Finally came histurn,Peter went onto stage.He heard a loud BOOM and cried out in spite of himself,tWHATTHE HELL WAS THAT?memorizing linesremember one lineI hear the guns roara loud boomhis lineTask 2:An Interview with J.K.RowlingQ:How did you get the idea for Harry Potter?A:I was traveling on a train between Manchester and London and the idea for Harry just fellinto my head.At that point it was essentially the idea for a body who didnt know he was a wizard.Q:Did you always plan to write Harrys story in more than one book?If so,how many?A:I always conceived it as a seven-book series because I decided that it would take sevenyears,from age eleven to seventeen,inclusive,to train as a wizard,and each of the bookswould deal with one year of Harrys life at the school.Q:Any clues about the next book?A:I dont want to igive anything away,but I tell you that the books are getting darker.Harry?s going to have quite a bit to deal with as he gets older.Sorry if they get too scary!Q:Of the many things you must have heard people say about Harry Potter,what are some ofyour favorites?A:My very favorite was from a twelve-year-old Scottish girl who came to hear me read atthe Edinburgh book festival.At the end of the festival,the queue for signing was very long.Whenthe girl finally reached me,she said,“I didnt WANT there to be so many people here,becausethis is MY books!”That is exactly how I feel about my favorite books.Nobody else has a right toknow them;let alone like them!LT 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.FTask 3:The Secret of the Next Harry Potter BookThe Harry Potter books rapidly became one of the most in-demand book series among youngreaders and have earned large sums of money.Movies based on the books won several Oscarnominations.Readers are now keen to know the plot of the next book.Harry Potter movie fans will get a long-awaited treat.The movie Harry Potter and the Chamber ofSecret is finally about to come out.This time around,Harry discovers a frightening secret atHogwarts School.Eager readers of the first four Harry Potter books are also trying to discover asecret,the secret plot of the fifth book in the series.Because of the long wait since Book Four,they are guessing many things.Some think that Professor Lupin will die or that Harry and hisfriend Ron may be related!J.K.Rowling herself has only said that Book Five will be shorter and scarier than Book Four.Tomake sure her readers hear only rumors,she locks all her ideas fbr the books in a hidden place.Since the next book does not come out until 2003,for mow Harrys secret is safe with her!l.D 2.C 3.A 4.BSpeakingViews on MoviesInterviewer:Hello,Robert and Richard,Td like to ask you something about movies.Do youprefer going to the theater or watching movies on video at home?Robert:I prefer,personally,going to the theater,because I believe there are certainmovies that come over better when you see them in a large theater.The sound effect is muchbetter.Interviewer:What about you,Richard?Richard:Just the opposite.Its more comfortable to sitat home.Interviewer:ThereTe many different movie genres,fbr example,science fiction,action,comedy,romance.Whats your personal favorite?Robert