施心远主编《听力教程》3-(第2版)Unit-13答案.pdf

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1、.1/19 Unit 13 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Spot dictation Sister Rivers Build Cultural Bridge Between U.S.and China The Mississippi is the major river system in the United States,flows almost 3,800 kilometers from a small lake in Minnesota,gathering the waters of 250 other rivers and str

2、eams before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.In mid-May,as spring flowers began to open,about 41 students from a dozen colleges,mostly in the Midwest,explored a section of the river in Wisconsin and Iowa,to learn about the environment,and each other.The students,from the U.S.,China and around the world,c

3、ame to join the RiverSpirit Exchange program.The cross-cultural educational experience-set up by the University of Wisconsin,Madison-based Environment and Public Health Network for Chinese Students-focuses on the Mississippi and Chinas longest river,the Yangtze.This three-day get-together featured s

4、tory-telling,hiking,camping and canoeing,all part of a larger lesson about conservation projects that can be used on both the Yangtze and Mississippi.After the group met at the Crane Foundation preserve,they headed south to canoe a stretch of the Kickapoo River that winds its way through southwester

5、n Wisconsin before joining the Mississippi.They paddled along a stretch of the.2/19 Kickapoo River,where a 20-year preservation venture stopped encroachment by developers and protected the natural setting of the waterway.The students on the River Spirit Exchange ended their first night with singing

6、and stories around the campfire.Organizers say the success and spirit of this first gathering of students will lead to other trips,including one down the Yangtze.Part2 Listening for Gist Four out of five of all children who got leukemia*in 1960 died.Now four out of every five survive.The secret of t

7、his miraculous change is the rosy periwinkle*,a forest flower which tribal doctors had used for centuries.The United States National Cancer Institute has identified more than 2,000 tropical rainforest plants with ability to fight cancer.In fact,about 4,000 of all drugs given out in the United States

8、 today owe much of their strength to chemicals from wildlife,largely from the rainforest.Other drugs include quinine,which comes from a South American tree,and sufferers from high blood pressure get relief from the snakeroot*plant from Indian forests.The armadillo*,of South America is helping us fin

9、d a cure for leprosy*.Directions:Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide.1.This passage is about some wildlife from forests that can be used in the treatment of certain diseases.2.The key words are leukemia,survive,change,forest flower,2,000 tropical rain

10、forest plants,fight cancer,quinine,a South American tree,high blood pressure,snakeroot,armadillo,leprosy.3/19 Section Two Listening Comprehension Part1 dialogue How to Succeed Dario:I think the most important thing you must have to succeed in Italy is er.of course,you have to be ambitious,because if

11、 you are not ambitious you cant reach your aim,your target.And you must have also a natural ability*,because you must adapt yourself and your work and er.enjoy your work,of course.And Italian people are used to working a lot and to doing hard work.Of course you must also know the right people becaus

12、e if you want a job and you dont know anybody you have to work much harder.Interviewer:So if you were going to choose one factor,Dario,which one do you think would be the most important?Could you choose one?Dario:Yes,ambition.interviewer:Thank you.Sue:I think that to be successful in Spain you need

13、ambition,because its what makes you want to work and do something different.And I think natural ability is also important.To be a good musician and to succeed I think that you must have something special.And I think that knowing the right people is important because it can save you a lot of time.You

14、 dont spend so much time trying to get something if you know people that can help you.Interviewer:What would you say is the most important thing?.4/19 Sue:Ambition I think is the most important.Taylor:I think the most important things are hard work,and good education,and natural ability.The Japanese

15、 have a traditional culture and we think that working industriously is a virtue,so laziness cannot be accepted by society.And a good education-anyone who wants to and who makes the effort can enter the famous universities,so er.when we estimate someones ability we look at whether hes graduated from

16、university or not.But if someone wants to succeed,of course he needs ambition and natural ability.Interviewer:So for you,which is the most important factor?Taylor:Oh,in Japan,hard work,definitely.Exercise Directions:You are going to listen to three people talking about how they succeeded in differen

17、t countries.Take notes and complete the following grid.Country Profession Quality required The most important factor A Italy Ambitious,adaptive,communicative Ambition B Spain Musician Ambitious,having naturalability,being able to know the right people Ambition.5/19 C Japan Hard working,well-educated

18、,ambitious,having naturalability Hard work Part 2 passage Global Economy of the 21st Century 1.The move toward a global economy has been further strengthened by the widespread adoption of liberal economic policies.2.Current trends suggest that the world is moving rapidly toward an economic system th

19、at is more favorable for the practice of international business.3.The world may be moving toward a more global economic system,but globalization is not inevitable.4.It is simply worth noting that even from a purely economic perspective,globalization is not all good.5.The opportunities for doing busi

20、ness in a global economy may be significantly enhanced,but the risks associated with global financial contagion are greater.The last quarter of the century has seen rapid changes in the global economy.Barriers to the free flow of goods,services,and capital have been coming down.The volume of cross-b

21、order trade and investment has been growing more rapidly than global output,indicating that national economies are becoming more closely integrated into a single,interdependent,global economic system.As their economies advance,more nations and areas are joining the ranks of the developed world.A.6/1

22、9 generation ago,South Korea and Singapore were viewed as second-tier developing areas.Now they boast powerful economies,and their firms are major players in many global industries from shipbuilding and steel to electronics and chemicals.The move toward a global economy has been further strengthened

23、 by the widespread adoption of liberal economic policies by countries that for two generations or more were firmly opposed to them.Thus,following the normative prescriptions of liberal economic ideology,in country after country we are seeing state-owned businesses privatized,widespread deregulation*

24、,markets being opened to more competition,and increased commitment to removing barriers to cross-border trade and investment.This suggests that over the next few decades,countries such as the Czech Republic,Poland,Brazil,China,and South Africa may build powerful market-oriented economies.In short,cu

25、rrent trends suggest that the world is moving rapidly toward an economic system that is more favorable for the practice of international business.On the other hand,it is always hazardous to take established trends and use them to predict the future.The world may be moving toward a more global econom

26、ic system,but globalization is not inevitable.Countries may pull back from the recent commitment to liberal economic ideology if their experiences do not match their expectations.Clearly,this would be a tougher world for international businesses to compete in.Moreover,greater globalization brings wi

27、th it risks of its own.This was starkly demonstrated in 1997 and 1998 when a financial crisis in Thailand spread first to other East Asian nations and then in 1998 to Russia and Brazil.7/19 Ultimately the crisis threatened to plunge the economies of the developed world,including the United States,in

28、to a recession.It is simply worth noting that even from a purely economic perspective*,globalization is not all good.The opportunities for doing business in a global economy may be significantly enhanced,but as we saw in 1997-1998,the risks associated with global financial contagion*are also greater

29、.Still,there are ways for firms to exploit the opportunities associated with globalization,while at the same time reducing the risks through appropriate hedging*strategies.A:Pre-listening Question What will affect the future of global economic development besides political factors?The following two

30、factors must be taken into consideration although there are many others that will decide the future of the development.One is that the food and energy situation will become worse and worse with the increasing world population.The other is that our living environment has now been heavily polluted as

31、a result of the booming of modem industries.B:Sentence Dictation Directions:Listen to some sentences and write them down.You will hear each sentence three times.C:Detailed Listening Directions:Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences.1.The rapid changes have taken place in the past

32、 25 years in the global.8/19 economy because barriers to the free flow of goods,services,and capital have been coming down.2.The volume of cross-border trade and investment results in establishing a single,interdependent,and global economic system.3.The examples of economic development in South Kore

33、a and Singapore show that more nations are joining the ranks of the developed world.4.The move towards a global economy has been further strengthened by thewidespread adoption of liberal economic policies.5.The current trends indicate that the world is moving rapidly to an economic system that is mo

34、re favorable for the practice of international business.6.This world would be a tougherworld for international businesses to compete in if some countries pull backfrom the recent commitmentto liberal economic ideology because their experiences do not matchtheir expectations.7.What we can learn from

35、the East Asia financial crisis in 1998 is that globalization brings risks of its own.8.The writer still believes that there are ways for companies to exploit the opportunitiesassociated with globalizationin the 21st century D:After-listening Discussion Directions:Listen to the passage again and disc

36、uss the following questions.1.Greater globalization brings with it risks of its own.This was starkly demonstrated in 1997 and 1998 when a financial crisis in Thailand spread first to other East Asian nations and then in 1998 to Russia and Brazil.Ultimately the.9/19 crisis threatened to plunge the ec

37、onomies of the developed world,including the United States,into a recession.It is simply worth noting that even from a purely economic perspective,globalization is not all good.The opportunities for doing business in a global economy may be significantly enhanced,but the risks associated with global

38、 financial contagion are also greater.2.Section three News News Item 1 Search planes found a 20 kilometer long oil slick,apparently left by the Air France jet.Flight 447 left Rio de Janeiro bound for Paris on Monday.It carried 228 people.Debris found in the ocean could offer clues on why the four ye

39、ar old airplane went down.A meteorologist with AccuWeather tells VOA that Flight 447 may have encountered 160-kilometer-per-hour winds as it flew into strong storms along the equator.The area is called the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone.Its where the trade winds between the Northern and Southern he

40、misphere meet.U.S.pilots who fly this route say the zones fierce thunderstorms carry moisture lower and therefore often do not appear on radar.Some experts point to severe turbulence or lightning strikes as to the cause.But planes are built to withstand strikes,so pilots say its doubtful that lightn

41、ing would be.10/19 catastrophic.Shortly before it vanished,Flight 447 transmitted automatic messages reporting failures in its pressurization and electrical systems.The Airbus is a fly-by-wire plane,meaning it relies totally on electricity to fly.A:Directions:Listen to the news item and complete the

42、 summary.This news item is about the crash of an Air France jet.B:Directions:Listen to the news again and complete the following outline.The Air Crash Airline and flight number:Air France Flight 447 Number of passengers on board:228 Tim of the accident:Monday Route of the flight:from Rio de Janeiro

43、to Paris Years of service of the plane:4 Possible explanation:1.Flight 447 may have encountered 160-kilometer-per-hour winds as it flew into strong storms along the equator.2.The zones fierce thunderstorms carry moisture lower and therefore often do not appear on radar.3.Severe turbulence or lightni

44、ng strikes may cause the catastrophe.News Item2 It was a nation already vulnerable,the poorest in the Western hemisphere,with a history of lax construction.The International Red Cross says the 7.0 earthquake in.11/19 Haiti leaves close to a third of the population in need of emergency aid.Thousands

45、are feared dead.Haitis ambassador to the United States,Raymond Josephis calling for up to quadruple the amount of U.S.aid to his country,which now stands at about$300 million.He calls on the international community to help as well.The United Nations said Wednesday that more than 100 people are missi

46、ng from its wrecked headquarters.Meantime,aid from around the world is bound for Haiti on its way from a range of countries including Iceland,China and Israel.People have sent their donations to various relief organizations and their prayers,including the Pope.The United Nations reports that the mai

47、n airport in Haitis capital is operational and open to relief flights in the coming days.A:Directions:Listen to the news item and complete the summary.This news item is about the earthquake in Haiti and the international aid.B:Directions:Listen to the news again and answer the following questions.1.

48、It is a vulnerable,the poorest in the Western hemisphere.2.A7.0 earthquake hit the country.3.A third of the population are in need of emergency aid.4.About$300 million.5.More than 100 people are missing.News Item3.12/19 The hardest hit countries are Angola and Namibia,which are experiencing the wors

49、t floods since 1963.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported in Angola,21 people have been killed and an estimated 200,000 affected.It said the number is likely to increase once UN aid workers are able to reach areas that currently are inaccessible because of the floods.Of

50、ficial figures indicate more than 3200 houses have been destroyed,as well as more than 100 schools.It says schools and other public buildings are being used as shelters.So,classes are interrupted.OCHA Spokeswoman,Elizabeth Byrs,told VOA all provinces are reporting widespread destruction of crops and