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.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 don 7 we go to the concert today?W:Ill 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 wouldnyt/t vote for her in the localbeauty contest.Q:What does the woman imply about the singer?5.M:Have you seen Tom?I canfind 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 couldn 7 believe it when the audience shouted for herto sing it again.The cycle of shouts and songs was repeated tenmore times.The singer was overjoyed with the response from theaudience.She talked them and asked them why they were somuch audience in hearing the same song again and again.Oneof the people in the audience replied,i(We wanted you toimprove it;now it is much better.”l.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.FTask 2:The CarpentersW:They play u 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.Their voicesare so beautiful and clear.I guess thats why theyre sopopular.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 beautifulwould starve herself to death.M:Its a problem everywhere in the world,including China,Imafraid.Women worry too much about their appearances,andare 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.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 had shown great musical talent.His father then decided to lethim start taking harpsichord lessons.The hoys reputation as amusical talent grew fast.At five,he was composing music.Formthat time on,Mozart was performing n concerts and writingmusic.By his early teens,he had mastered the piano,violin andharpsichord,and was writing symphonies and operas.His firstmajor opera was performed in Milan in 1770,when he was onlyfourteen.At fifteen,Mozart became the conductor for anorchestra in Salzburg.In 1781,he left for Vienna,where he wasin great demand as both a performer and a composition teacher.His first opera was a success.But life was not easy because hewas a poor businessman,and his finances were always in a badstate.His music from the next decade was not very popular,andhe eventually 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 lived only ashort life,he composed over 600 works.1.Which of the following is true of Mozart?D2.How long has Mozarts fame hsted?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 like M z,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,isn 7 he?Laura:No,hes a trumpet player.So,what kind of music do youlike?Bob:I like listening to rock.Laura:What group do like best?Bob:Er,The Cranberries.Theyre the greatest.What aboutyou?Dont you like them?Laura:Ugh!They make my stomach turn!SAMPLE DIALOGA:Do you like classical music?B:No,I dont like it at all.A:What type of music do you like?B:Im a real fan o f 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 lind rfmusic do you like?Frannie:Well,I like di仟 erent kinds.Max:A几 y in particular?Frannie:Er,I especially like punk rock.Max:Punk v c k?dont seem like the punk rock type.Frannie:You should have seen me in high school.I had my hair-dyed blue.Max:W ow,that must have been a sight!Frannie:It sure was.What about Whats your favoritemusic?Max:I guess I like jazz best.Hey,I,m going shopping forCDs tomorrow.like to come along?Frannie:Sure,that sounds great.SAMPLE DIALOGA: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 like the extreme sports type.B:I have even tried bungee jumping and surfing.A:W ow,you certainly surprised me!B:Then how about you?What kind of sport do you prefer?A:I like tai chi most.In fact,Im going to buy some booksabout tai chi.Why dont you come with me?B:Sounds good.Lets go.Model 3 It just sounds like noise to me.Philip:Turn down that noise!What on earth is it anyway!Laura:But dad.This is Metallical Theyre so cool.They areone of the most famous heavy metal bands.Philip:I dont care.It just sounds like noise to me.I cant standit!Laura:I love this kind of music,but if you really hate it thatmuch,ril out on something else.What do you want tohear?Philip:How about some popular easy-listening music.Maybesomething like Celine Dion?Laura:Not her again!Her music 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!Itsreally appealing.A:Nonsense.Its just noise tome.I cant put up with it anymore.B:Its 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 like TheWhite-Haired Girl”?B:Ha-ha-ha-ha.Its not fashionable any longer.Ill be bored todeath.V.Lets TalkThe Origin of the Song Happy Birthday to You MThe story of the song Happy Birthday to You Began as asweet one,but later became bitter.Two 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 her musicaltalents with her sister knowledge in the area of kindergarteneducation,Good Morning to All“was sure to be a success.Thesister published the song in a collection entitled“Song Storiesof the Kindergarten in 1893.Thirty-one years later,after D r.Patty Hill became the head of the Department of KindergartenEducation at Columbia Universitys Teachers College,agentleman by the name Robert Coleman published the song,without the sisters permission.He added a second part,whichis the familiar Happy Birthday to Youn.Mr.Colemansaddition of the second part made the song popular and,finally,the sisters original first part disappeared.Happy Birthday toYou“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 Rrthday to You Good M)ming 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.There weretwo sisters:one was Mildred Hill,and the other Patty Hill.Thefarmer had great musical talents,while the latter had knowledgeof kindergarten education.Bu combining their abilities,the twoproduced a song called Good Morning to All”.It was asuccess,and later published in a collection of songs forkindergartens.Thirty-one years later a man named Coleman published thesong without the sisters permission.To make things worse,headded a second part,which is the present“Happy Birthday toYou This new song soon became popular and eventually itreplaced the sisters first part altogether.Then,in 1916,Pattytook legal action against Coleman.In court she managed toprove that she and her sister really owned the song.VI.Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1:KaraokeDalin:Its 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 wherethe customers can sing a song,hut we haven V specialkaraoke bars!Dal in:Really?In China,karaoke is a very popular way forfriends ro spend time together.We can select the musicthat ur group enjoys.We mostly sing pop songs.Laura:Do you sing individually or in groups?Singing is not avery in thing,so I don Y sing very well.I.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 aphone line is a really cool modern thing?Not so.In 1896,Thaddeus Cahill Filed a patent on the instrument fortransmitting music electronically,and until 1914 he sent musicsignals down telephone lines with this instrument.And he wasnteven the first.Elisha Gray transmitted music over a telephoneline in 1876,which was the same year the telephone wasinvented.Gray invented the first electronic music instrument in1874,calling it the Musical Telegraph Alexander GrahamBell also designed an experimental“Electric Harp for speechto be transmitted over a telephone line using technology similarto Gray Bell was a speech teacher for the deaf.In 1879 hecreated an instrument to measure hearing loss.That is why thedegrees 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,you re probably heard it beforeBut 1 have a talent,a wonderful thing(Cause 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 Vve often wondered,how did it all startWho found out that nothing can capture a heartLike a melody canW ell,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 Can YouFeel the Love Tonight?”Nancy:Yeah,it is,but whats the big deal?Tony:When I was a little boy,my grandmother took me to seethe movie The Lion King.Thats the Elton John songfrom the movie.Nancy:I still cant understand why its so important to you.Tony:Because it was the first movie I ever saw with mygrandma and because I really loved spending time withher.It is my favorite song of all times!Nancy:The first time Tom and I went on a date,we went to seeTitanic.I always think of the song(iMy Heart Will GoOn as our song!Whenever I hear it,I think of thatnight.Tony: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 remember,the director asked us torehearse 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 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 might just miss it.Q:What does the man mean?L A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.BIII.Listening InTask 1:Waiting for the New Harry Potter MovieAmy:Um so excited about finally seeing this movie!Peter:Me too.Im crazy about Harry Potter.Have you heardthat J.K.Rowling has added another book to the series?Amy:Shes already written Book Seven?IJm still waiting forBook Five.Peter:I know.Who isnt?At least we have the movies to watchin the meantime.Amy:By the way,have you seen the trailer yet?Peter:Yeah.It was great!I think the movie itself will be reallyscary.Amy:It surely will!All that writing on the wall in blood.Itscares me to death just to think about it!Both the girl and the boy are excited/crazv about the movie andthe hero Harry Potter.The boy heard that the writer J.K.Rowling has written the latest book,which is Bookthough the girl is still waiting for Book Five.The boy has beenthe trailer and believes the film will be scary.The girl sha resthat 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 hislines.After several years of searching,he finally found a theaterthat was willing to give him a try.The director said,“This is themost important part,and it has only one line.At the opening youwalk onto stage carrying a rose.You hold the rose to your nosewith just one finger and thumb,smell it deeply and then say theline on praise of the rose:Ah,the sweet smell of my love.Theactor was excited.All day long before the play he practiced hisline 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 the line,“Ah,the sweet smell of mylove.The audience exploded in laughter.Only the director wasfurious!(Ahhhhhh!You damned fool!”he cried.(iYouve ruinedmy play!Youve ruined me!n The actor was puzzled,(Whathappened?Did I forget my line?”No!shouted the director.You forget the rose!Ml.D 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.BTask 3:Movie ReviewsI love movies!And after I see them,I like to comment onthem.These are movies I saw this year I would like torecommend:Among comedies I highly recommend MonsoonW eddingIts an Indian movie.The story is about an Indianwedding.Preparations for the wedding bring out funny and sadsituations touching on love and a past rape.This movie showssome of the wonderful customs of India,and the importance offamily and love.Its great!Among dramas,1 like Adaptation,f.It is an excellent movie!But for me the first part o f the movie was too fast to follow.Ihope to see it again on DVD with captions.“The Pianist“is set in the Second World War.Its about a youngPolish-J ewish 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 Australia,and itsbased on real events.It is about three native girls who areseparated from their families by the racist police who send themto special centers.There the girls are taught practic
