新视野大学英语视听说第二册.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UNIT1IL Listening Skillsl.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.Theopera 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 forher in the local beauty contest.Q:What does the woman imply about thesinger?5.M:Have you seen Tom?I cant find himanywhere.W:The light in his dorm was on just a fewminutes 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,theaudience cried,“Encore!Encore!”The singerwas delighted and sang the song again.Shecouldnt believe it when the audience shoutedfor her to sing it again.The cycle of shouts andsongs was repeated ten more times.The singerwas overjoyed with the response from theaudience.She talked them and asked themwhy they were so much audience in hearingthe same song again and again.One of thepeople in the audience replied,“We wantedyou to improve it;now it is much better.l.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.FTask 2:The CarpentersW:They play 44Yesterday Once More all thetime on the campus radio.Do you like it?M:I do.I never get tired of it.I like theCarpenters.Their voices are so beautifuland clear.I guess thats why they5re sopopular.W:I like the way their voices blend.Therewere 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 thatsomeone so beautiful would starve herself todeath.M:Its a problem everywhere in the world,including China,Im afraid.Women worrytoo much about their appearances,and areso crazy about losing weight.W:Well,lets go for lunch before we go to theconcert.1.beautiful and clear 2.blend well 3.sister 4.worry too much 5.moreimportantTask 3:MozartMozart was a fascinating musician andcomposer whose fame continues to grow morethan two centuries after his death.He was bomin Salzburg,Austria,in 1756.Before the ageof four,he had shown great musical talent.Hisfather then decided to let him start takingharpsichord lessons.The boys reputation as amusical talent grew fast.At five,he wascomposing 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 was writingsymphonies and operas.His first major operawas performed in Milan in 1770,when he wasonly fourteen.At fifteen,Mozart became theconductor for an orchestra in Salzburg.In1781,he left for Vienna,where he was in greatdemand as both a performer and a compositionteacher.His first opera was a success.But lifewas not easy because he was a poorbusinessman,and his finances were always ina bad state.His music from the next decadewas not very popular,and he eventually fellback on his teaching jobs for a living.In 1788he stopped performing in public,preferringonly 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 thefour-year-old Mozart?B4.What could Mozart do at the age of six?C5.Which of the following is not mentioned asone of Mozarts accomplishments while hewas 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 aboutWynton Marsalis.Bob:Oh,hes a piano player,isnt he?Laura:No,hes a trumpet player.So,whatkind of music do you like?Bob:I like listening to rock.Laura:What group do you like best?Bob:Er,The Cranberries.Theyre thegreatest.What about you?Dont you likethem?Laura:Ugh!They make my stomach turn!SAMPLE DIALOGA:Do you like classical music?B:No,I don5t like it at all.A:What type of music do you like?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 allnoise 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 thepunk rock type.Frannie:You should have seen me in highschool.I had my hair dyed blue.Max:Wow,that must have been a sight!Frannie:It sure was.What about you?Whatsyour favorite music?Max:I guess I like jazz best.Hey,Imgoing shopping for CDs tomorrow.Would you 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 extremesports type.B:I have even tried bungee jumping andsurfing.A:Wow,you certainly surprised me!B:Then how about you?What kind of sportdo you prefer?A:I like tai chi most.In fact,Im going tobuy some books about tai chi.Why dontyou 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 isit anyway!Laura:But dad.This is Metallical Theyreso cool.They are one of the mostfamous heavy metal bands.Philip:I dont care.It just sounds like noise tome.I cant stand it!Laura:I love this kind of music,but if youreally hate it that much,Ill out onsomething else.What do you want tohear?Philip:How about some populareasy-listening music.Maybe something likeCeline Dion?Laura:Not her again!Her music isnt veryhip any more.I think she is a bore.SAMPLE DIALOGA:That music is terrible!Turn off!B:But,Mom,this is Backstreet Boys hit song“Get down!Its really appealing.A:Nonsense.Its just noise tome.I cant putup with it anymore.B:Its my favorite music.But if you hate it somuch,m hate something you like.Whatwould like to listen to?A:What about some old songs of the 1970slike“The White-Haired Girl”?B:Ha-ha-ha-ha.Its not fashionable any longer.m be bored to death.V.Lefs TalkThe Origin of the Song“Happy Birthday toYou”The story of the song“Happy Birthday toYou“Began as a sweet one,but later becamebitter.Two sisters,Mildred Hill,a teacher at akindergarten,and Dr.Patty Hill,the principalof the same school,wrote a song together forthe children,entitled Good Morning to All”.When Mildred combined her musical talentswith her sisters knowledge in the area ofkindergarten education,Good Morning toAll“was sure to be a success.The sisterpublished the song in a collection entitled“Song Stories of the Kindergarten in 1893.Thirty-one years later,after Dr.Patty Hillbecame the head of the Department ofKindergarten Education at ColumbiaUniversitys Teachers College,a gentleman bythe name Robert Coleman published the song,without the sisters5 permission.He added asecond part,which is the familiar“HappyBirthday to You.Mr.Colemans addition ofthe second part made the song popular and,finally,the sisters“original first partdisappeared.Happy Birthday to You”hadaltogether replaced the sisters5 original song“Good Morning to All”.In 1916 Patty tooklegal action against Mr.Coleman.In court,shesucceeded in proving that hey were the realowners of the song.1.teacher at a kindergarten2.Good Morning to All3.Happy Birthday to You4.Happy Birthday to You Good Morningto AllPossible Retelling for the Teachers ReferenceThe story of“Happy Birthday to You”was anice,sweet on eat the very beginning,but laterturned into a bitter one.There were two sisters:one was Mildred Hill,and the other Patty Hill.The former had great musical talents,whilethe latter had knowledge of kindergarteneducation.Bu combining their abilities,thetwo produced a song called“Good Morning toAir It was a success,and later published in acollection of songs for kindergartens.Thirty-one years later a man named Colemanpublished the song without the sisters5permission.To make things worse,he added asecond part,which is the present“HappyBirthday to You.This new song soon becamepopular and eventually it replaced the sistersfirst part altogether.Then,in 1916,Patty tooklegal action against Coleman.In court shemanaged to prove that she and her sister reallyowned the song.VI.Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1:KaraokeDalin:Its Mikes birthday on Friday,so abunch of us are going to go to thekaraoke bar.Would you like to comewith us?Laura:Karaoke bar?You have a special placejust for singing?In America,barssometimes have a karaoke night wherethe customers can sing a song,but wehavent special karaoke bars!Dalin:Really?In China,karaoke is a verypopular way for friends ro spend timetogether.We can select the music that urgroup enjoys.We mostly sing popsongs.Laura:Do you sing individually or in groups?Singing is not a very in thing,so Idont sing very well.l.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.FTask 2:When was music first sent down atelephone line?So you think downloading music from theInternet through a phone line is a really coolmodern thing?Not so.In 1896,ThaddeusCahill Filed a patent on the instrument fortransmitting music electronically,and until1914 he sent music signals down telephonelines with this instrument.And he wasnt eventhe first.Elisha Gray transmitted music over atelephone line in 1876,which was the sameyear the telephone was invented.Grayinvented the first electronic music instrumentin 1874,calling it the Musical Telegraph”.Alexander Graham Bell also designed anexperimental 4Electric Harp“for speech to betransmitted over a telephone line usingtechnology similar to Grays.Bell was aspeech teacher for the deaf.In 1879 he createdan instrument to measure hearing loss.That iswhy the degrees of loudness came to bemeasured 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 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 ImsingingThanks for all the joy they5re 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 couldwalkShe says I began to sing long before I couldtalkAnd Ive often wondered,how did it all startWho found out that nothing can capture aheartLike a melody canWell,whoever it was,Im a fanSo I sayThank you for the music,the songs ImsingingSpeakingMusical MemoriesTony:Listen!Quick,turn up the radio!Isntthat Can You Feel the Love Tonight?Nancy:Yeah,it is,but whats the big deal?Tony:When I was a little boy,mygrandmother took me to see themovie The Lion King.Thats theElton John song from the movie.Nancy:I still cant understand why its soimportant to you.Tony:Because it was the first movie I eversaw with my grandma and because Ireally loved spending time with her.Itis my favorite song of all times!Nancy:The first time Tom and I went on adate,we went to see Titanic.I alwaysthink of the song My Heart Will GoOn“as our song!Whenever I hear it,Ithink of that night.Tony:Oh,I can understand why you lovethat song!Isnt it interesting all thememories we connect with songs?UNIT2II.Listening Skills1.W:From what I can remember,the directorasked us to rehearse this a hundred times.M:One hundred times?Is the director outof his mind?Q:What does the man imply?2.M:Do you think we have made enoughfood for the party?W:The refrigerator is about to explode.Q:What does the woman imply?3.W:She said she might become a famousmovie star.M:Yes,and pigs might fly.Q:What does the man mean?4.M:Although the man often plays a bad guyin 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 PotterMovieAmy:Im so excited about finally seeing thismovie!Peter:Me too.Im crazy about Harry Potter.Have you heard that J.K.Rowling hasadded another book to the series?Amy:Shes already written Book Seven?Imstill waiting for Book Five.Peter:I know.Who isnt?At least we have themovies to watch in the meantime.Amy:By the way,have you seen the trailer yet?Peter:Yeah.It was great!I think the movieitself will be really scary.Amy:It surely will!All that writing on thewall in blood.It scares me to deathjust to think about it!Both the girl and the boy are excited/crazyabout the movie and the hero Harry Potter.Theboy heard that the writer J.K.Rowling haswritten the latest book,which is Book Seven,though the girl is still waiting for Book Five.The boy has been the trailer and believes thefilm will be scary.The girl shares that viewbecause of the writing on the wall in blood.Task 2:A Great ActorThere was once a great actor who could nolonger remember his lines.After several yearsof searching,he finally found a theater thatwas willing to give him a try.The director said,“This is the most important part,and it hasonly one line.At the opening you walk ontostage carrying a rose.You hold the rose to yournose with just one finger and thumb,smell itdeeply and then say the line on praise of therose:4Ah,the sweet smell of my love.Theactor 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 at theaudience,and with great emotion said the line,“Ah,the sweet smell of my love.Theaudience exploded in laughter.Only thedirector was furious!”Ahhhhhh!You damnedfool!”he cried.Youve ruined my play!Youve ruined me!The actor was puzzled,“What happened?Did I forget my line?”No!shouted the director.You forget therose!”l.D 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.BTask 3:Movie ReviewsI love movies!And after I see them,I like tocomment on them.These are movies I saw thisyear I would like to recommend:Amongcomedies I highly recommend“MonsoonWedding.Its an Indian movie.The story isabout an Indian wedding.Preparations for thewedding bring out funny and sad situationstouching on love and a past rape.This movieshows some of the wonderful customs of India,and the importance of family and love.Itsgreat!Among dramas,I like“Adaptation”.It is anexcellent movie!But for me the first part ofthe movie was too fast to follow.I hope to seeit again on DVD with captions.“The Pianist is set in the Second World War.Its about a young Polish-Jewish pianist,wholives in Warsaw with his family.The Nazissent his family to die in the concentrationcamps.He was safe,but would have diedwithout unusually good luck and the kindnessof a few non-Jews.This is a powerful moviewith thought-provoking themes.“Rabbit-Proof Fence is set in the 1930s inAustralia,and its based on real events.It isabout three native girls who are separated fromtheir families by the racist police who sendthem to special centers.There the girls aretaught practical skills,and the governmenttries to integrate them into white Australiansociety.They can away fr