新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)大學(xué)英語1-outside-view聽力原文

1、新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)大學(xué)英語 1 outside view第一單元Julie:My name's Julie Dearden, and I'm the Director of International Programmes here at Hertford College.Eugene:My name's Eugene Berger, I studied here in Oxford for four years er, studying modern languages at Somerville College.Julie:Oh, there are many Oxford t

2、raditions. Oxford is a very old university, the oldest English speaking university in the, in the world. And so there are many traditions which are associated with the colleges, with the times of the year, and with sport, and with eating, for example.Eugene:Each college is very different um, from um

3、, the others, and it has its own character. Some colleges are very conservative, and some are much more liberal and have a tradition of um, kind of liberal politics. But there are also some specific traditions.Julie:Formal Hall is when we all eat together here in college, the professors and the stud

4、ents. Usually it takes places at seven o'clock in the evening, and the professors sit on high table which is the table over here, and the students sit on common table, which are the tables here. But everybody eats together. It's a very beautiful evening because there are, there's a speci

5、al meal and we eat by candlelight.Eugene:I think er, the traditions that make Oxford so unique are firstly the Oxford Union and er, secondly, May Day. The Oxford Union being a debating society where speakers come from all around the world to address the students and even allow themselves to be quest

6、ioned by the students, making it a very interesting forum.Julie:My favourite is er, May Day. And May Day is the first day of May, and wehave a tradition called May Morning, and on May Morning everybody getsup very early and the students have a celebration. There is a choir whichsings on top of the t

7、ower at Magdalen College and all the people of the townand all the students go to listen to the singing. So it' s very nice.Eugene:The tradition that er, was most important to me was probably Summer Eights. I was a rower. And Summer Eights is a rowing competition, held in May in the summer term.

8、 And in this competition, each college is trying to improve its place which it won the previous year and gradually work its way up the river.Julie:When the students take exams, they must go to a special building and it's called Examination Schools. And also they must wear a special uniform, so t

9、hey wear a gown like mine, a black gown, and they wear a white shirt, and the men wear a white tie and black trousers. The women wear a white shirt and a black skirt or black trousers. And they must wear this uniform, which has a Latin name - sub fusc - and they must wear this uniform in order to ta

10、ke their examinations.Eugene:I think the Oxford traditions lend character to the place and it's such an old institution, it should have traditions, but they can be very inconvenient. For example, sub fusc. This is the uniform that we are required according to the university rules, to wear.Julie:

11、They also wear flowers in their buttonholes, and those flowers are carnations. And they wear different colours, the students wear different coloured flowers for different examinations. So when you take your first exam you wear a white flower, and when you take your second exam you wear a pink flower

12、, and when you take your final examination you wear a red carnation.Eugene:So we have to dress up in a full black suit, starched collar, white bow tie and carry a mortarboard. And to write an exam in the summer heat whilst wearing all that which you're not allowed to take off is um, uncomfortabl

13、e.Julie:I really like the Oxford traditions, I think it's part of our history, and part of um, being a student or a teacher here at Oxford University.第二單元Voiceover:We were lucky to be invited into the kitchen at the Dooky Chase'sRestaurant. Leah has been working in the restaurant for over 50

14、 years. Shetold us about her life and she explained how to make a simple dish called "shrimp Clemenceau".Leah:This is a very simple dish. First you get some shrimp. You can do this dish with chicken or shrimp, but I like it with the shrimp better. So you just brown a little thing .Intervie

15、wer:And, and what's, what's the actual, what's the cooking in?Leah:Butter.Interviewer:OK.Leah:It just cook, so here you get a little cholesterol, but hey, that's it, a little cholesterol. Then you wanna get the garlic. So you see it works two forces. You get the cholesterol, and then

16、 you get a little garlic, cut out on the cholesterol, you see.Interviewer:OK. And where did you, where did you learn all the cooking?Leah:Well, my mother, you know. I'm the top of the line of 11 children, so you get to learn how to cook whether you like it or not. You get to cook that way. Then

17、here you want to add a little mushroom in here, this is just sliced button mushroom. If you like other mushroom, you can do that, we just saut e that in there. You know, at home, when you, you have to cook, everybody had that turn in the kitchen. So this is a dish that is used in several restaurants

18、, but this is my own version. Some people do it different than this, but I like it this way, because I like the . Can you smell the garlic in there?Interviewer:Oh, yeah.Leah:Alright?Interviewer:That smell is very strong.Leah:Uha, and then you want to add your peas. It's very, very simple.Intervi

19、ewer:And did you, did your mum run the restaurant as well?Leah:No, no, my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law had this restaurant before Icame in. And she started it in 41. I came in in 46. So, and I added many things. You have to understand in 41. Now here we can add our potatoes. You see our shrimp is

20、 all cooked there. Just add the potato. You can pre-cook your potatoes. You can boil them, or in this case, we, we blanch them a little bit. In that and just toss together, and you get one, you get just one casserole like here. And you can put a little pepper on it. Give it a good dash of pepper. A

21、little salt. It's very simple, but it's a good dish. And as I said, you can do it with chicken breast or shrimp. You see? Toss it and get it there.Interviewer:And what do you, what do you call the dish?Leah:A shrimp Clemenceau. And I, I really don't know how it got that name, butit's

22、 popular in this area. But as I said, some people do it a little different. You can take wine at this point. You can hit a little wine in there if you like it, but I, I just don't like to kill the taste of the butter and the garlic. I like that a lot. And you can take the parsley, always parsley

23、.Interviewer:That's parsley, isn't it?Leah:Parsley. Uhm. And I'm gonna show you something that all Creoles keep intheir kitchen. You see you get kind of a like a dull look here. But every Creole has this paprika in their kitchen. And give it all a dash of paprika. And you get a little co

24、lor there, you see? A little red color there. And it's very, very simple, great dish to eat. Not hard to make. You see? And you have a good dish.第三單元Teacher:Good morning, class.Students:Good morning.Teacher:What we're going to do today is start off looking at mind maps or mindmapping. Now ha

25、ve any of you heard about mind maps before?Students:Yes . No .Teacher:Yes. Some of you have, some of you haven't. OK. Have any of you actuallyused mind maps in the past?Students:No .Teacher:No? OK. Who can tell me what a mind map is?Student 1:It s a way of thinking.Teacher:It is a way of thinkin

26、g. Mind maps are diagrams which help us to generate ideas, and also to organize or structure our ideas related to a topic. What I'd like to do next is look at some of the uses or the reasons for using mind maps. What are some of the reasons for using mind maps?Student 2:To make a list?Teacher:To

27、 make a list? Yes. We could say to brainstorm ideas. Everyone contributes their ideas as many ideas as quickly as possible, from everyone in a shorter time, er, as, as we can manage. OK, brainstorming is one of the most important um, um, uses of mind maps. What might be another use or another reason

28、 for using mind maps?Student 3:It can help me take notes in the class.Teacher:OK, for the note-taking, a very good reason. Mind maps help us to get an overview or a, a quick understanding about a subject. By using mind maps to collect the main ideas from what the teacher says, you can keep a, a very

29、 general understanding of a topic and understand connections quite easily and um, quickly. What are some other uses of mind maps?Student 4:Preparing for exams?Teacher:OK. Preparing for exams. That's a, a very good reason. We might call this, er, revision. Before an exam, after having studied for

30、 many, many days or even weeks, you might want to capture the, the, the very general understanding about the subject. Are there any other uses that you can think of for mind mapping?Student 5:We can also use it for finding answers.Teacher:For finding answers. That's, that's a very good, good

31、 answer. We could callthis problem- solving. We can use mind maps to, to see other possible alternatives, or options to, to, to solve a problem. OK. Next, I'd like us to talk about some of the advantages or the benefits of using mind maps instead of just writing everything on a piece of paper. O

32、ne of the most obvious advantages, as you can see, is that mind maps are very visual. They give us um, almost a picture, a, a different perspective in terms of a picture, or a diagram of understanding information or understanding connected ideas, which is very helpful for people who like to learn fr

33、om a different way. Are there any other advantages that you can think of for mind mapping?Student 4: It lists the main points.Teacher:They do. They do list the main points. We could call this um, a quicksummary. As you can see, we have main ideas throughout our mind map, not long texts. And in this

34、way, it helps us to grasp the, the key ideas and the key connections for mind maps or for our given subject. Are there any other advantages you can think of?Student 1: To think creatively.Teacher:To think creatively. That's, that's a very good point. We could call thiscreative thinking. And

35、what we mean here is basically thinking outside of the box or thinking laterally. Mind maps are illogical and by being illogical they encourage us to think creatively, you might say.Teacher:Next, I'd like us to think about aspects of design orconstructing mind maps. So far we have completed thre

36、e quarters of our mind map about mind maps. And then I'd just like you to have a look at this mind map and tell me what some of the most noticeable or striking features are that we can talk about.Student 2: There is a centre.Teacher:There is a centre. There is what we call a central word, acentr

37、al word or a phrase. It might also be a sentence or a question. You might have that in the centre of the board andStudent 1:Teacher:Student 5:Teacher:Student 2:Teacher:your related thoughts spiraling or radiating out. What else do you notice about the design of this mind map?There are only words, no

38、t sentences.Exactly. There are many what we call key words as they capture the main thought of, of an issue rather than a long sentence or, or a passage. This helps us to concentrate on the main issues and find connections between these issues as well. What other aspects of design do you notice here

39、?It looks like a tree.It does look like a tree because it has branches. By having branches, it shows how, um, thinking is radiating out or spiraling out from key ideas or central ideas to key words to sub-words and, and so forth. Are there any other aspects of design which you notice in this particu

40、lar map?You used a lot of colours.I did. I perhaps use too many colours. I have used different colour to show the different key words or different aspects of mind mapping. You might like to use different colours to highlight different sections of a mind map or key information. Or you may, you may ch

41、oose to have it all in one colour. It's very much a personal choice, depending on how you like to, to think and, and plan your thinking. You might also like to use images or pictures related to some of the key words. Or you might even use symbols. We'll put a question mark because this again

42、 is a personal choice and how you like to design your mind maps. For example, I might choose to use a thought bubble as a symbol, highlighting or identifying my central phrase, mind maps. This could be a, a feature of my own mind maps. Whenever I design a mind map, I highlight my central thought usi

43、ng aspeech bubble symbol.第四單元Voiceover:It's the most popular means of communication in the 21st century. Nobodywrites letters any more, especially young people. They all use text messaging instead. Officially called SMS - short message service - text messaging is slow to enter, and you can only

44、key in 160 characters. So why is it such a success? The first text message was sent in 1992, but texting only became commercially available in 1995. It has grown incredibly quickly since then. Just look at the graph. In 1999, the number of texts sent reached one billion. Over the next three years, i

45、t grew to 20 billion! So people have now sent billions of texts, and the number continues to rise. It isn't difficult to see why it quickly became part of youth culture.Emily:I use it every day. I don't call a lot of people on it. I just use it for textmessages because it's easy and quic

46、k to send things and arrange things by text.Heidi:Mainly to friends. Sometimes it's useful to get information for work as well.You know, if people want to give you contact numbers or things like that, it's easier than phoning.Andy:I've had my mobile phone for about three years. I mostly

47、use it for justtexting my mates and arranging sort of social meetings with them.Alice:I like texting. I don't really talk much on it except just to make arrangementsbut texting's the biggest thing I do.Male:I probably text message about ten, 15 times a day.Alice:Usually, I don't know, ab

48、out ten. Ten to 15. Fifteen maybe to 20.Voiceover:It isn't just young people who use texting. Companies use it too - foradvertising and promotion. For example, the Orange telephone network has run a text message promotional campaign since April 2004. People text a special number on a Wednesday a

49、nd receive a discount voucher by text. They show this message to any one of 450 cinemas in Britain and get twotickets for the price of one. Why Wednesday? Wednesday has always been the worst day of the week for cinemas. Since the campaign started, cinema attendance has risen on Wednesdays by nearly

50、ten per cent. And, of course, TV uses text message voting to decide lots of things. Texting has been one of the most successful inventions for years.第五單元Voiceover:Finding someone to love isn't easy. For years, single people have lookedfor prospective mates in a few tried-and-true ways. They met

51、in school or at work, through friends or relatives. Or they met by chance in bars, at weddings, or at parties. Today there's a new way to find that special someone. Many people have met boyfriends, girlfriends, fianc s, e husbands, and wives in a way that didn't exist up to about ten years ago. The Internet has completely changed the world of dating. Anyone can look for a match online at one of hundreds of different websites like these.Consultant:There are approximately 150 million sin