英語聽力教程(第2冊)Unit-3-聽力原文

1、英語聽力教程（第 2 冊）Unit-3-聽力原文Unit 3 聽力原文Part IBSam: I wonbe able to do the exam tomorrow. I justdonfeel that I m ready.Counselor: You say that you donfeel ready fortomorrowexam . what do you feel like right now?Sam: Well, Im angry with myself because Im goingto have to quit the exam and, well, I guess Im

2、 anxious. Yes, I feel very an xious.Counselor: When you think about this anxiety, whatimage do you have of yourself?Sam: Well, I see myself trying to explain to my Dadwhy I didnmake the grade on this course . and Isee him gett ing angry . and, well, I start to feel Ivelet him down again.Counselor: Y

3、ou donfeel ready for your exam, youfeel anxious and you donwant to let your Dad dow naga in. Tell me about the last time you let your Daddow n.Sam: Oh, well, it was a year ago . Heentered mefor a chess competition and I got knoeked out in thefirst match . he was angry because he told all hisfrie nds

4、 how good I was.Counselor: What did you tell him . as an expla nation whe n you lost the chess game?Sam: I told him that I was nready to play inthat league.Counselor: And now you are preparing to tell himthat you re not ready to sit this exami nati on?Sam: Yes, I suppose I am.Coun selor: O.K. Sam, s

5、o what you are say ing to meis that you feel reluctant to take the exam tomorrowbecause you do not like the thought of having toexplain a poor grade or a failure to your father. Is thatright, Sam?Sam: Y es. That exactly it.C1. A: Whe n I read in En glish, I always want tounderstand every single word

6、 and so I spend a lot oftime look ing words up in my dicti on ary. This makesreading difficult for me because by the time I elooked up the word in my dicti on ary, I e forgotte nwhat the rest of the sentence was about. That mytrouble really I rely too much on my dicti on ary.B: Well, why don you try

7、 to read a text withoutusing your dictionary the first time you read it? Youprobably be able to understand most of it and guesswhat some of the words mea n.2. A: I have to read a lot of books and articles inEnglish for my work I m a consultant in bus in essman ageme nt. What I find most difficult is

8、 finding themain point in an article or a paragraph. I always try totake no tes whe n I m readi ng and so sometimes Ifind that I m almost copying out the whole articlebecause I can decide what the really importa nt points are.B: It might help if you read through the book orarticle very quickly first

9、 just to get an idea of what itabout. I think it difficult to read something for thefirst time and take notes as well.3. A: I like reading novels and short stories in myown Ianguage and in English, but thereone thing Ifind very difficult in English. Inever quite sure if thewriter is being serious or

10、 not. Several times Ie readsomething I thought was serious and later Ie foundout it was supposed to be funny.B: I have exactly the same problem. I suppose theonly thing to do is to read as much as possible.The none day perhaps wellunderstand the British sense of humor.4. A: I have to read a lot in E

11、n glish in my studies andthis is causing me problems. I read too slowly inEnglish. Do you think I can train myself to readquickly and at the same time understand what I mreading?B: Well, there are special courses in speedreading, I think. But you could probably help yourselfif you set yourself a tim

12、e limit and try to read as muchas you can with in the time. Iedone that and ithelped me a lot.Partn(Part I)Yes, the teacher I remember best was ateacher I had for French whe n I was at school . er .er . Many years ago - more years than I care toremember, Im afraid. Yes, I studied French with himfor,

13、 um, ooh, let me see, it must have bee n fiveyears, because I had him whe n I was in my first yearthere, whe n I was thirtee n, and he was the mainFrench teacher till I left. It was mainly because of himthat I went on to study Ianguages French andGerman at university. I mean, French was reallythe fi

14、rst Ianguage I ever learned. Well, I don countLati n, because I n ever man aged to speak any Latinat all. Er, well, this . this teacher didn make iteasy . he didn make it easy at all, but I found thatwith him I really learned a lot.When I think back, I . don really know why Iliked him so much, becau

15、se he was very strict withus. He made us work very hard I mean, lots ofgrammar exercises, vocabulary tests, that sort of thing er, and he was n very friendly either, for thefirst two or three years. Oh, as well as that, he didnreally try to make the classes in teresti ngI mea n,no no video, of cours

16、e, i n those days, nocassettes . but, er we had a few films in Frenchevery term. No, i n fact, the only time we reallypracticed trying to speak French was, er, was withthe wife of one of the music teachers, who was French, er, and she gave us an hourcon versati on classevery week. But, you know, bec

17、ause of that mansome people might say in spite of him . no, thatwouldnbe fair, nobut quite a lot of us bega n tolike France and the French a lot, and, er, to visitFrance in the summer holidays to see it forourselves.(Part II)Yes, I thi nk with him I lear ned that whe n youlearn a foreign Ianguage .

18、its, it . well, it likeopening a door or awindowinto a foreign country.And that good for you, I think, because you begin tosee that the way they do things and think in yourcountry is, um, isnnecessarily the only way or,indeed, the best way. It funny, I still have a veryclear picture of that teacher.

19、 He was English but hedidn look English somehow, cos he had very, veryblack hair and very dark eyes, and he wore glasseswith black frames, but you could see his eyes verywell, and every one in the class always had thefeeling that he was looking at them. And he had verythick, bushy eyebrows that made

20、 him look very, er,very serious.Y es, I remember he was very musical played the piano very well and sang. Now, he wasquite a good rugby and tennis player. Great familyman, too. He had three children and a veryinteresting wife. I suppose he must have bee n in histhirties whe n I knew him .Part 川Child

21、re n of a Decadekeep in touch with :保持聯(lián)系soak: 浸泡come to:到達(dá);共計(jì);突然想起put sb. off :使人離開、氣餒bring tears to :使落淚emblaz on:頌揚(yáng)，盛飾decade :十年teddy:婦女連衫襯褲chap :小伙子，小家伙，家伙L(fēng)ake District :湖區(qū)porridge :粥;麥片粥;稀飯incident:事件，事變 goody-goody :會巴結(jié)的人hymn :贊美詩;圣歌homesick: 思鄉(xiāng)病favorite : 中意的worst:最壞的marvelous :非凡的；神乎其神shy:害羞的

22、stupid :笨Presenter: In this edition of our series Children of aDecade ” Ibe talking to Jack Thompson, who wasborn in 1940, and to Shirley Sutton, who was bor n in1930. First of all, Jack, tha nks for jo ining us.Perhaps .Jack: Not at all.Presenter: Perhaps you tell us about yourmemories of your firs

23、t holiday away from home?Jack: Oh . yes . um . at age ten I think it was, yes,I went to stay with an aunt at the seaside. Well, itwasn a very happy experienee. I felt very homesickat first.Prese nter: Mmm. And what about your first day atschool, can you remember that?Jack: Y es, I can. Er . er . I w

24、as five years old and Iwan ted to take all my toys with me but . er . theywouldn let me. In the end it was agreed that I couldtake my teddy . er . but only on the first day.Prese nter: Oh, I see. Your school days, were theyhappy on es?Jack: Well . er . I didn have a very good time atschool I wasn ve

25、ry bright, you see. And theteachers didn seem to like me, but . er . I made alot of friends and some of them I still keep in touchwith. One of them I married.Presenter: Oh, that wonderful. Well, did you have afavorite teacher?Jack: Miss Robinson or was it . no, it was MissRobs on. My first teacher,

26、that right yeah .verykind. Marvelous storyteller.Prese nter: And who was your worst teacher? Jack:Mr. Goodman, that right. We used to call himGoody”. Yeah, he pulled your ear if you made amistake or talked in class. Yeah, my left ear is stillbigger, look.Prese nter: Ha ha. Perhaps you can tell us ab

27、outyour last day at school?Jack: My last day, oh yeah, that emblazoned on mymind. Oh, I wan ted to get my own back you see onold Mr. Goodman the chap we used to call . er .Goody” so I put this bucket of water over theclassroom door but it fell on him and he got soaked,you see. Ha ha.I e never seen a

28、nyone so angry. Oh, it was a goodone, that.Presenter: Thank you very much, Jack. And nowShirley.Shirley: Y es.Prese nter: Now, can you tell me about your firstholiday away from home?Shirley: Oh yes . er . yes . er . at the age of eightit was. We went on holiday to the Lake District. Westayed at a li

29、ttle guest house, just me and my parents. Er . I remember we had . er . honey forbreakfast with . er . the toast and . oh . andporridge I hated it.Presenter: That sounds lovely? Oh, porridge, youhated it?Shirley: Ha ha.Presenter: Well, what about your first day at school?Shirley: Well, I . I . I don

30、 remember any specialincidents . er . Oh, I was very frightened and shyat first . er . I . I know that, I can remember, but Isoon came to enjoy school.Presenter: So your school days, were they happy?Shirley: Oh yes, I loved school! Oh, I was sorry whenhalf-term came and. and when theholidays came. O

31、h, perhaps this was because I wasa bit of a goody-goody.Presenter: And what about your teachers? Did youhave a favorite?Shirley: I did, yes. I remember her well, shewas called Miss Brown and she was our historyteacher. Oh, she really made history come to life,she really did.Presenter: Were there any

32、 bad moments? youhave a worst teacher?Shirley: Aye, I did and I can remember nametoo. Her name was Mrs. Sharpe and taughtmath. Oh, she had no patie nee. I was nall that good at math and she always said to me, Youstupid girl! ”t put me off math for life.Prese nter: Oh, what a shame.Shirley: I know.Pr

33、ese nter: Perhaps you could tell me about your lastday at school?Shirley: Oh yes, well, Im afraid I cried. We sang ourfavorite hymn at the end of the term and I cried. Itbrought the tears to my eyes.DidhershePresenter: Oh, and it bringing a tear to my eye now.Thank you very much.Shirley: Tha nk you.

34、Prese nter: And tha nk you too, Jack Thomps on,thank you very much. Next week we be heari ngfrom two people who were born in 1920 and 1910.So from me, Libby Freeman, good-bye.PartIVSchool reportschool report :學(xué)生成績報告單safety :安全quality :質(zhì)量empowered: 授權(quán);準(zhǔn)許;使能夠involvement :投入，介入guara ntee :保障superior:（級

35、別、地位）較高的；（在質(zhì)量等 方面）較好的；（數(shù)量）較多的；上concentrate :集中comme nt :評論intelligent :聰明的;計(jì)智能的give up on sb:放棄biology :生物學(xué)；生物 well above :好于guide back :保證geography :地理（學(xué)）oral :口頭go to pieces:零散average :平均positive :積極come bottom :打底attitude :態(tài)度look on the bright side :看好的一面hockey:曲棍球Mrs. Daniels: Oh, hello, you mus

36、t be Traceyparents? Mr. Thompson: Er, yes. Are you her classteacher, Mrs. Dani els?Mrs. Dani els: Yes, that right. Now, just let me findmy notes. As you know I don actually teach Tracey,but I do see her every day before classes begi n. Isthere anything you want to ask me?Mr. Thompson: Well, yes, to

37、be honest were a bitworried about her last report - she doesn seem tobe doing as well as she was.Mrs. Dani els: Well now, let see. Oh, yes, her mathteacher says she finding the work more difficult nowthat they re getting near to the exams. Mrs. Thompson: I was n ever any good at math.Mrs. Dani els:

38、And Dr. Baker feels that Tracey isn concen trati ng very hard in biology less ons. Mrs.Thomps on: Oh, but she really likes biology and sheso good at draw ing.Mrs. Dani els: Y es, but eve n in art her teacherthinks she tends to spend too much time talking toher friends. In fact, several of her teache

39、rs have toldme that she isn giving in her homework. Mr. Brockhas complained to me that he hasn had a singlepiece of geography homework from her all term.Mr. Thompson: Yes, we don know what to do aboutit. She doesn seem to be interested in school anymore.Mrs. Dani els: I don th ink we should give up

40、on her.Tracey a very intelligent girl. In Englishher marks are well above the average and herteacher says she always has a lot to say in less ons.Mrs. Thompson: Yes, that part of Tracey trouble.She talks too much.Mrs. Dani els: Well, n evertheless, oral skills are veryimporta nt and if we can all gu

41、ide her backto a more positive attitude to school work, she dovery well.Mr. Thomps on:WellIhope so.Imverydisappo in ted inher.Shewas doingso well,especially inEn glishandFren ch, andnoweverythi ng seems to be going to pieces. She camebottom of the class in French this term.Mrs. Dani els: Well it not

42、 because she can doFrench she just prefers to chat in En glish! At leastshe doing well in sport. She in the hockey teamand you know we haven lost a sin gle match thisyear!Mr. Thomps on: Well, it nice to know she doessomethi ng well.Mrs. Dani els: Oh, come now, Mr. Thomps on, letlook on the bright si

43、de.Part V Memory test: Study HabitsMan: Do you find that you get a lot of stude nts asking you for advice about revisi on tech niq ues?Woman: Well, yes, I mean, they do, but, when theye got quite big exams comi ng up, (yeah), you knowI really find it quite a problem because (pause)(laugh) well, I do

44、n have to revise myself very oftenthese days, and . but whe n I whe n I was at university, erm I mean, well, it just seems to be a matterof what suits one person doesn suit another. (Ohyeah) I mean, because, well, the girl I shared ahouse with at university. Now she worked, erm, sheused to get up am

45、azingly late, and, er, she didn really start work until, er, in the evening I think, an then she liked to have rock music on really loud anshe used to, you know, play records really loud rightthrough untilsort of very lateat night, you know, into the small hours (Oh God!)and I was, sort of, well I w

46、as just the opposite and er,well, the only way I could ever get any work donewas to make myself wake up in credibly early andwell, the n work a bit and have some breakfast and,the n, well, you know,I sort of potter about a bit and then I go and do myshopping and things, well that be about getting ontowards midday, but then in the after noon I have arest and whe n I woke up I think about eating and Isuppose