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1、UintlIL Basic Listening Practice1.ScriptM:Im beside myself with joy.Im so lucky.Guess what?Fve won a lit of money inthe lottery.W:Yeah?Well,you do know that money is the root of all evil,right?Q:What does the woman mean?2.ScriptW:Mary was furious.Her son wrecked up her car.M:He shouldnt have driven

2、a car without a drivers license.Hes still taking drivinglesson.Q:What do we know about Marys son?3.ScriptM:Susan,I hear youre going to marry that guy.Some people think youll regret it.W:Is that so?Only time tell.Q:What does the woman imply?4.ScriptM:Mary,I just want to say how sorry I was to learn o

3、f your mothers passing.I knowhow close you two were?W:Thank you.It was so sudden.TM still in a state of shock I dont know what to do.Q:Which of following is true?5.ScriptW:I get furious at work when my opinions arent considered just because Fm awoman.M:You should air your view more emphatically and

4、demand that your vice be heard.Q:What is the woman complaining about?Keys:1.C2.B3.D4.A5.DIII.Listening InTask 1:Soft answers turn away wrath.Mary:Dam!Youre spilled red wine on me.My new dress is ruined.John:r m terrible sorry!What can I do to help?Heres some water to wash it off.Mary:Stop splashing

5、water on me!Oh,this is so embarrassing!Fm a mess.John:Well,you do look a little upset.Please dont blow up.Don9t lose your cool.Mary:Hmm,youve got the nerve talking like that!Who shouldnt fly off the handle?This dress cost a fortune.John:You look really cute when youre mad.I kid you not.Some people d

6、o lookattractive when they are in a rage.Mary:This is very expensive dress.I saved for months to buy it,and now its ruined.Look at this stain!John:Accidents do happen.Give me your dress,and ril take it to the cleaners.Mary:Sure!You want me to take it off right here in public and give it to you?I don

7、teven know you!John:This might be a really goof time to get acquainted.Tm John Owen.Mary:Mmm,at least youre polite.I guess I really shouldn,t have flared up.After all,it was an accident.Im Mary Harvey.John:Come on.ril take you home.You can change your clothes,and ril get thedress cleaned for you.Mar

8、y:Now you9re talking.Thanks.Youre a real gentleman.John:Youd better believe it.Im glad to see that youve cooled down.Feel look abite to eat afterward?Fm starving.Mary:Ok.Youre pretty good.Tm not nearly as mad.If you can get this stain out,Tilbe very happy.John:ril try my best.But if I cant get the s

9、tain out,please dont let your happinessturn to wrath.1.Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog?2.Why does the woman get angry?3.What does the man say to please the woman when she looks angry?4.Why does the woman say the man is a real gentleman?5.What is the mans final proposal?

10、Keys:1D2.A3.C4.B 5.C1.What three factors make the woman angry?The man spilled red wine on her dress.Her dress was new and cost a fortune.2.What four steps does the man take to turn the womans fury into delight?First,he praises the woman,saying she looks cute and attractive.Then he offers totake the

11、dress to the cleaners.Seeing the woman is not satisfied with that,he offers totake her home,where she can change her clothes,and then he will get the dresscleaned for her.Finally he invites the woman to dinner by saying,Feel like a bite toeat afterward?Im starving.0Task 2:Big John is coming!ScriptA

12、bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender.This(SI)owner of theestablishment is giving his new hire some instructions on(S2)running the place.Hetells the timid man,“If you ever hear that Big John is coming to town,(S3)dropeverything and run for the hills!Hes the biggest,nastiest(S4)o

13、utlaw whos everlived!A few weeks pass(S5)uneventfully.But one afternoon,a local cowhand comesrunning through town(S6)yelling,“Big John is coming!Run for your(S7)lives!”When the bartender leaves the bar to start running,he is knocked to the ground byseveral townspeople rushing out of town.(S8)As hes

14、picking himself up,he sees alarge man,almost seven feet tall.He5s muscular,and is growing as he approaches thebar.He steps up to the door,orders the poor barkeep inside,and demands,want a beerNOW!”He strikes his heavy fist on the bar,splitting it in half.(S9)The bartender nervouslyhands the big man

15、a beer,hands shaking.He takes the beer,bites the top of the bottleoff,and downs the beer in one gulp.As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar,the big man gets up to leave,tuDo youwant another beer?the bartender asks in a trembling voice.“Dang it,I dont have the big man yells,(S10)“I got to ge

16、t out of town!Didntyou hear Big John is coming?”Task3:A View of HappinessScriptDr.Smith has proposed a reasonable,if perhaps somewhat oversimplifies,view ofhappiness.According to his theory,happiness might be described as a state if balance.And when human or certain animals achieve that balance,they

17、 rend to remain in thatcondition in order to repeat the happy feeling.To illustrate this,we may study two magnets.When their positive and negative polesmeet,they are comfortably joined,and they remain there.In other words,they haveattained a balance or state of happiness.If on the other hand,one of

18、the poles isreversed,and positive pole is presses against positive pole,there is resistance,instability,imbalance a state of unhappiness.Animals with some degree of intelligence seem to find happiness in reinforcement.Once they have gained one or more of their goals such as food,and water,they learn

19、to repeat the actions that led to satisfaction of those goals.This repetition orreinforcement produces a state of balance or sense of happiness.According to this theory,only animals with a significant capacity to learn should beable to experience happiness.But in truth learning can take place throug

20、h surprisinglysimple short-term action such as scratching an itch,followed by pleasure,followed bymore scratching,and so on.Thus learning can occur with almost no consciousthought.For human beings,blessed with the ability to reason,goals are not limited to theshort-term satisfaction of needs.Indeed,

21、there is a strong link between happiness andthe fulfillment of long-term goals.Even if human strive for goals that are morecomplex and longer-term than the animals5 goals,once those goals are gained,happiness is reinforced.1.Why does the speaker mention“magnets”？2.According to the passage,what may a

22、nimals do after they have got food?3.Which of the following is true according to the speaker?4.What does the speaker say is special about the goals of human beings?5.Which of the following best captures the main idea of the passage?Keys:1D2.C3.B4.D5.AHow are humans different from animals in reinforc

23、ing happiness?In the case of humans,there is a strong link between happiness and the fulfillment oflong-term goals.Even if humans strive for goals that are more complex andlonger-term than the animals,goals,once those goals are gained,happiness isreinforced.IV.Speaking OutMODEL 1 Dont let it get to

24、you!Susan:You look so angry.What happened?Chris:Nothing Id rather not talk about it.Just dont ask.Susan:Come on.Relax.Talk to me.Chris:All right.This morning I took my car to the garage to check the air conditioner.They only gave it a quick look,refilled it with some Freon,and charged me300bucks!Sus

25、an:No wonder youre livid.Pd be mad too if someone ripped me off like that.Chris:Yeah.And they were rude.They said I didnt know anything about cars,whichI dont,but they didnt have to be blum!Susan:Sounds like you got a raw deal!Chris:Whats worse,as I was leaving,I herd then saying,Dont trust that guy

26、.Helooks broke.When I heard that,I almost hit the coof.Susan:Dont let it get to you.Better ignore them.Chris:I agree.I did manage to keep my cool.Susan:Well,the best thing you can do is to file a complaint with the ConsumerProtection Agency.Chris:sounds like a good idea.MODEL2 Im too depressed.Scrip

27、tSusan:Chris,I hear youve been down in/hu dumps,so Ive come to cheer you up.Chris:Its not gong o work.Im too depressedSusan:Come,on.Tell me whats oe your mind.Chris:Everything.My girlfriend left me;my dog ran away;my wallet was stolen.Susan:Dont worry.Ill help you solve the biggest problem:finding y

28、ou a newgirlfriend.Chris:Forget it.Anyway,Fm getting bad grades,and I was told that Id have torepeat a lot of courses next year.When I heard that,I almost lost it.Susan:Look,relax.Til help you with those courses.Chris:Yeah,but I also have three weeks laundry to do.,and my room is a pigsty.Susan:Forg

29、et it.Youre on your own.Chris:Come,on.What are friends for?Susan:To keep you in high spirits;not to do your laundry.M0DEL3 You seem to be on top of the world.ScriptNora:Oh,hey,John!John:Hey!Nora:You seem to be on top of the world tonight.Whats up?John:Im so happy Im aboul to burst.Guess what?Nora:Yo

30、uve got me.John:It might be true that misfortunes never come singly,but you can also have a“double blessing95.And thats what I had.Nora:You mean yotTve had two happy events in your life?John:Exactly.You know,I was strong in all subjects except physics.Now Ive finallypassed the test-the one I needed

31、to qualify for a Bachelors degree.Nora：Congratulations!Youd failed it three times.Now wonder youre beaming.Whats theother good news?John：The multinational 1 was dong my field project at offered me a job at a good staring salary.Nora:Wow,wonderful,simple wonderful.John：I feel like celebrating.Shall w

32、e go to a bar?Nora:Why not?Now Your TurnTasklSAMPLE DIALOGA:You look furious.What happened?B:Nothing.Td rather not talk about it.Just dont ask.A:Come on.You shouldnt keep your feeling to yourself.You need to let off somestream.So,talk tome.B:All right.This morning I went to a shop to buy a digital c

33、amera,I only need anordinary one.It is enough for my tours in the summer vacation.Buy they persuadedme to buy a professional camera,which cost three times as much.A:But you were willing to buy for it.Anyway,it must work better.B:You see,I know next to nothing about photography.So they simply tricked

34、 me intobuying an expensive one.A:No wonder youre livid with rage.Fd be mad too if I were robbed like that.Whatare you going to do?B:I already went back to them and asked to exchange it for a cheaper one.A:What did they say?B:Oh,they were rude.They insisted that they hadnt encouraged me to buy aprof

35、essional camera,and that I bought it myself.A:Sounds like you got a raw deal!B:Whats worse,as I was leaving,I heard they say,That guy looks broke.He shouldnt havebought any camera.,A:Dont let it get to you.Better ignore their rude remarks.B:I agree.I did manage to keep my cool.A:Well,the best thing

36、you can do is to file a complaint with the Consumer ProtectionAgency.If they talk to the shop,maybe they will give you a refund.B:Sounds too good to be true.V.Lefs TalkScriptHello,everyone.Today I invite you to join me in an exploration off the causes ofdepression.There ate many factors involved,but

37、 I believe some deserve specialattention.Heredity certainly plays a role.The tendency to develop depression may be inherited;there is evidence that this disorder may run in families.Physiology is another factor related to depression.There may be changes orimbalances in chemicals which transmit infor

38、mation in the brain calledneurotransmitters.Many modern antidepressant drugs attempt to increase levels ofcertain neurotransmitters so as to increase brain communication.While the causalrelationship is unclear;it is known that antidepressant medications do reliever certainsymptoms of depression.Rese

39、archers also study psychological factors.They include the complex developmentof ones personality and how one has learned to cope with external environmentalfactors,such as stress.It is freeqently observed that low self-esteem and self-defeatingthinking are connected with depression.While it is not c

40、lear which is the cause andwhich is the effect,it is known that sufferers who are able to make corrections to theirthinking patterns can show improved mood and self-esteem.Another factor causing depression is ones early experiences.Events such as the deathof a parent,the divorce of the parents,negle

41、ct,chronic illness,and severe physicalabuse can also increase the likelihood of depression later in life.Some present experiences may also lead to depression.Job loss,financial difficulties,long periods of unemployment,the loss of a spouse or other family member,or otherpainful events may trigger de

42、pression.Long-term stress at home,work,or school canalso be involved.It is worth nothing that those living with someone suffering from depressionexperience increased anxiety which adds to the possibility of their also becomingdepressed.Depression-causingFactorsProblem DescriptionSolutionHeredityIt i

43、s inherited and run in families.Physiologychanges or imbalances inchemicals calledneurotransmitters,which transmitinfocmatioo in thn brainAntidepressant drugsrelieve certain symptomsof depression.Psychological FactorsLow self-esteem andself-defeating thinking areconnected with depression.Sufferers w

44、ho makecocrection to theirthinking patterns canshow improved moodaad self-esteem.Early ExperiencesEvent like the death of a parent,the divorce of parents,neglect,chronic illness,and severephysical abuse can increase thelikelihood of depression.Present ExperiencesJob loss,financial difficulties,long

45、periods of unemployment,thn Iocs of a spouse or otherfamily member,or long-termstress may trigger depression.Living with somebodywith depressionThis causes increased anxiety,which adds to the possibility oftheir also becoming depressed.VI.Further Listening and SpeakingTaskl:Reason and EmotionScriptE

46、motion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason;s is suggested by phrasesuch as”appeal to emotions rather than reason”and dont let your emotions takeover”.Emotional reactions sometimes produce consequences or thoughts whichpeople may later regret or disagree with;but during an emotional state

47、,they could notcontrol their actions.Thus,it is generally believed that one of the most distinctivefacts about human beings is a contradiction between emotion and reason.However,recent empirical studies do not suggest there is a clear distinction betweenreason and emotion.Indeed,anger or fear can of

48、ten be thought of as an instinctiveresponse to observed fact.The human mind possesses many possible reactions to theexternal world.Those reactions can lie on a continuum,with some of them involvingthe extreme of pure intellectual logic,which is often called“cold，and othersinvolving the extremes of p

49、ure emotion not related to logical agreement,which iscalled“the heat of passion”.The relation logic and emotion merits careful study.Passion,emotion,or feeling can reinforce an argument,event one based primarily onreason.This is especially true in religion or ideology,which frequently demands anall-

50、or-nothing rejection or acceptance.In such areas of thought,human beings have toadopt a comprehensive view partly backed by empirical argument and partly byfeeling and passion.Moreover,several researchers have suggested that typically thereis no pure decision or thought;that is,no thought is based p