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1、新视野大学英语视听说教程第二册 听练习录音文本和答案UNIT1II.Listening Skills1. M: Why don t we go to the concert today?W: I 11 go get the keys.Q: What does the woman imply?2. W: I can t 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 tha

2、t 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: Let s just say that I wouldn t/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 can t find him anywhere.W: The light in h

3、is dorm was on just a few minutes ago.Q: What does the woman mean?l.B 2. B 3. D 4.C5. 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 song again. She couldn t believe it when the audience shouted fo

4、r her to sing it again. The cycle of shouts and songs was repeated ten more times. The singer was overjoyed with the response from the audience. She talked them and asked them why they were so much audience in hearing the same song again and again. One of the people in the audience repl ied, We want

5、ed you to improve it; now it is much better. l.F 2.T3. F 4.T5. 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 beautifuland clear. I guess thatf s why they re so popu

6、lar.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 bel ieve that someone so beautiful would starve herself to death.M: It s a problem everywhere in the world, i

7、ncluding China, I m afraid. Women worry too much about their appearances, and are so crazy about losing weight.W: Well, let s 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

8、 composer whose fame continues to grow more than two centuries after his death. He was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1756. Before the age of four, he had shown great musical talent. His father then decided to let him start taking harpsichord lessons. The boy s reputation as a musical talent grew fas

9、t. 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 the piano, violin and harpsichord, and was writing symphonies and operas. His first major opera was performed in Milan in 1770, when he was only fourteen. At

10、 fifteen, Mozart became the conductor for an orchestra in Salzburg. In 1781, he left for Vienna, where he was in great demand as both a performer and a composition teacher. His first opera was a success. But 1ife was not easy because he was a poor businessman, and his finances were always in a bad s

11、tate. His music from the next decade was not very popular, and he eventually fell back on his teaching jobs for a 1 iving. In 1788 he stopped performing in public, preferring only to compose. He died in 1791 at the age of thirty-five. Although he lived only a short life, he composed over 600 works.

12、1. Which of the following is true of Mozart? D 2. How long has Mozart s 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 Mozart s accomplishments while he was in his early tee

13、ns?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, he s a piano player, isn t he?Laura: No, he s a trumpet player. So, what kind of music do you 1 ike?Bob: I

14、 like listening to rock.Laura: What group do you 1 ike best?Bob: Er, The Cranberries. They re the greatest. What about you? Don t you 1 ike them?Laura: Ugh! They make my stomach turn!SAMPLE DIALOGA: Do you like classical music?B: No, I don t like it at all.A: What type of music do you like?B: I m a

15、real fan of pop songs.A: Who s your favorite singer or group?B: Jay Chou. What do you think about him?A: I can hardly bear pop songs. They are al1 noise to me.Model 2 Do you 1 ike punk rock?Max: What kind of music do you like?Frannie: Well, I liko different kinds.Max: Any in particular?Frannie: Er,

16、I especially like punk rock.Max: Punk rock? You don t seem like the punk rock type.Frannie: You should have seen me in high school. I had my hair dyed blue.Max: Wow, that must have been a sight!Frannie: It sure was. What about you? What s your favorite music?Max:I guess I 1 ike jazz best. Hey, I m g

17、oing shopping for CDs tomorrow. Wouldyou like to come along?Frannie: Sure, (hat sounds great.SAMPLE DIALOGA: What sports appeal to you?B: I like almost every kind of sport.A: Is there anything you 1 ike especially?B: Well, I 1 ike X-sports in particular.A: x-Sports? You don t look like the extreme s

18、ports 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 1 ike t ai chi most. In fact, I m going to buy some books about t ai chi. Why don t you come with me?B: Sounds good. Let s go.Model 3 It just sou

19、nds like noise to me.Philip: Turn down that noise! What on earth is it anyway!Laura: But dadThis is Metallical They* re so cool. They are one of the most famous heavy metal bands.Philip: I don t care. It just sounds like noise to me. I can , t stand it!Laura: I love this kind of music, but if you re

20、ally hate it that much, I 11 out on something else. What do you want to hear?Philip: How about some popular easy-listening music. Maybe something like Celine Dion?Laura: Not her again! Her music isn t very hip any more. I think she is a bore.SAMPLE DIALOGA: That music is terrible! Turn off!B: But, M

21、om, this is Backstreet Boy* s hit song “Get down ! It s really appealing. A: Nonsense. 11 s just noise tome. I can t put up with it anymore.C: It s my favorite music. But if you hate it so much, I 11 hate something you like. What would like to 1isten to?A: What about some old songs of the 1970s like

22、 The White-Haired Girl ?B: Ha-ha-ha-ha. It s not fashionable any longer. I 11 be bored to death.V. Let s TalkThe Origin of the Song “Happy Birthday to YouThe story of the song Happy Birthday to You Began as a sweet one, but later became bitter. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at a kindergarten,

23、 and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school, wrote a song together for the children, entitled Good Morning to Al 1 . When Mildred combined her musical talents with her sister s knowledge in the area of kindergarten education, Good Morning to All was sure to be a success. The sister publish

24、ed the song in a col lection entitled Song Stories of the Kindergarten in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University s Teachers Col lege, a gentleman by the name Robert Coleman published the song, without the

25、sisters permission. He added a second part, which is the fami1iar Happy Birthday to You . Mr. Coleman s addition of the second part made the song popular and, finally, the sisters original first part disappeared. Happy Birthday to You had altogether replaced the sisters original song Good Morning to

26、 All. In 1916 Patty took legal action against Mr. Coleman. In court, she succeeded in proving that hey were the real owners of the song.1. teacher at a kindergarten2. Good Morning to Al13. Happy Birthday to You4. Happy Birthday to You Good Morning to AllPossible Retelling for the Teacher s Reference

27、The story of “Happy Birthday to You“ was a nice, sweet on eat the very beginning, but later turned into a bitter one. There were two sisters: one was Mi Idred Hill, and the other Patty Hill. The former had great musical talents, while the latter had knowledge of kindergarten education. Bu combining

28、their abi1 ities, the two produced a song called Good Morning to All . It was a success, and later published in a collection of songs for kindergartens.Thirty-one years later a man named Coleman publ ished the song without the sisters permission. To make things worse, he added a second part, which i

29、s the present Happy Birthday to You . This new song soon became popular and eventually it replaced the sisters first part altogether. Then, in 1916, Patty took legal action against Coleman. In court she managed to prove that she and her sister really owned the song.VI. Further Listening and Speaking

30、Task 1: KaraokeDalin: It s Mike s birthday on Friday, so a bunch of us are going to go to the karaoke bar. Would you 1 ike to come with us?Laura: Karaoke bar? You have a special place just for singing? In America, bars sometimes have a karaoke night where the customers can sing a song, but we haven

31、t special karaoke bars!Dalin: Really? In China, karaoke is a very popular way for friends ro spend time together. We can 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 don t sing very well.I. F 2. F 3

32、.T 4.T5. 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 modern thing? Not so. In 1896, Thaddeus Cahill Filed a patent on the instrument for transmitting music electronically, and until 1914 he sent music

33、 signals down telephone 1ines with this instrument. And he wasn t even the first. Elisha Gray transmitted music over a telephone 1 ine in 1876, which was the same year the telephone was invented. Gray invented the first electronic music instrument in 1874, calling it the Musical Telegraph . Alexande

34、r Graham Bell also designed an experimental Electric Harp for speech to be transmitted over a telephone line using technology similar to Gray s. Bell was a speech teacher for the deaf. In 1879 he created an instrument to measure hearing loss. That is why the degrees of loudness came to be measured i

35、n bels or decibels.5-4-2-1-3Task 3: Thank You for the MusicI * m nothing special, in fact I m a bit of a bore If I tel 1 a joke, you * re probably heard it before But I have a tai ent, a wonderful thingCause everyone listens when I start to singI m so grateful and proudAll I want is to sing it out l

36、oudSo I sayThank you for the music, the songs I m singing Thanks for all the jov they re bringing Who can 1ive without it, I ask in all honest 1y What would life beWithout a song or a dance what are we So I say thank you for the music For giving it to meMother says I was a dancer before I could walk

37、 She says I began to sing long before I could talk And I ve often wondered, how did it all start Who found out that nothing can capture a heart Like a melody canWell, whoever it was, I m a fanSo I sayThank you for the music, the songs I m singingSpeakingMusical MemoriesTony: Listen! Quick, turn up t

38、he radio! Isn t that “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?”Nancy: Yeah, it is, but what s the big deal?Tony: When I was a little boy, my grandmother took me to see the movie The LionKing. That, s the Elton John song from the movie.Nancy: I still can t understand why it s so important to you.Tony: Because

39、it was the first movie I ever saw with my grandma and because I really loved 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 the song My Heart Will Go On as our song! Whenever I hear it,I think of t

40、hat night.Tony: Oh, I can understand why you love that song! Isn t it interesting all the memories we connect 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

41、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

42、, 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: Don t bl ink. You might just miss it.Q: What does the man mean?1. A 2. D 3.B4. C 5.BIII. Listening InTask 1: Waiting for the New Harry Potter MovieAmy: I m so excited about

43、 finally seeing this movie!Peter: Me too. I m crazy about Harry Potter. Have you heard that J. K. Rowling has added another book to the series?Amy: She s already written Book Seven? I m still waiting for Book Five Peter: I know. Who isn t? At least we have the movies to watch in the meantime. Amy: B

44、y the way, have you seen the trailer yet?Peter: Yeah. It was great! I think the movie itself will be really scary.Amy: It surely will! All that writing on the wall in blood It scares me to death just to think about it!Both the girl and the boy are exc i ted/crazy about the movie and the hero Harry P

45、otter. The boy heard that the writer J. K. Rowling has written the latest book, which is Book Seven, though the girl 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 writ ing on the wall in blood.Task 2: A Grea

46、t ActorThere was once a great actor who could no longer remember his lines. After several years of searching, he finally found a theater that was willing to give him a try. The director said, “This is the most important part, and it has only one line. At the opening you walk onto stage carrying a ro

47、se. You hold the rose to your nose with just one finger and thumb, smell it deeply and then say the line on praise of the rose: Ah, the sweet smel 1 of my love. The actor was excited. All day long before the play he practiced his 1ine over and over again. Finally, the time came. The curtain went up,

48、 the actor walked onto the stage, looked at the audience, and with great emotion said the 1 ine, Ah, the sweet smell of my love. The audience exploded in laughter. Only the director was furious! Ahhhhhh! You damned fool! ” he cried.You, ve ruined my play! You* veruinedme! Fhe actor was puzzled, What happened? Did I forget my line?No! shouted the director. You forget the rose!l.D 2.C3. D 4. A 5. BTask 3: Movie Review