新编大学英语视听说教程听4- 力原文及答案．视听说4 听力原文及答案Unit 1 Leisure activitiesPart 1 listening oneEver wish you could do magic tricks, or introduce yourself as “magician” at aparty? Imagine, everybody wants to have fun, but nothings' really happening,it's time for you to show one of your new tricks. Here, youcan learn how, andwithout any need for special materials or much practice.A trick with a coin, a handkerchief and a friend:Put the coin on your palm. Cover the coin with the handkerchief. Ask severalpeople to put their hands beneath the handkerchief and feel the coin, to makesure that it is still there. Then take the corner of the handkerchief and pull itrapidly off your hand. The coin has gone! How? You must make sure the lastfriend who feels the coin knows the trick and removes the coin when he seems tobe just feeling it. And nobody knows where it has gone!A trick with a piece of paper and a pencil:Tell your friend that you can communicate your thoughts without speaking toother people. Write on the piece of paper the word No. Don't let your friends seewhat you have written. Say, Now I will communicate this word into yourminds. Pretend to concentrate. Ask them if they know what is written on thepaper. They will say, No! And you say, Quite correct! I wrote No on thepaper!A trick with an egg and some salt:Ask your friends to stand the egg upright on the table. They won't manage todo it. Say that you can speak to the chicken inside. Say, Chicken! Can you hearme? Get ready to balance your egg!When you first get the egg back from your friends, pretend to kiss the egg atthe base. Make the base wet. Then put the base into salt which is in your otherhand. The salt will stick to the egg. Then put the egg on the table. Twist the eggaround a few times as this will arrange the grains of salt. Then it will stand up.Don't forget to thank the chicken.Questions:1.What does the magician ask people to do in the first trick2.What happens to the coin?3.How does the magician prove that he can communicate his thoughts to theaudience in the second trick?4.What is the first step to make the egg stand upright?5.What else is needed to make the egg stand upright? Keys: 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. DPart 1 listening two(The following is an interview from a weekly sports program.) Presenter: Good morning, listeners. Welcome to our weekly sports programaimed at all those underactive youngsters with time on their hands!Listen to what our two guests have to say about their hobbies and howtheir hobbies have made a difference to their lives. Adrienne first, then,Jonathan.Adrienne: I collect very interesting jewelry. I tend to travel a lot as most of myfamily do, so whenever I have a holiday, I like to go traveling. Whenever I travel somewhere, I like to pick up something to remindme of the place that I visited. And, the easiest thing to do is to pick up asmall piece of jewelry instead of getting a poster or a T-shirt that won'tlast. I like the idea of having something small and also, I find wheneverI wear jewelry from somewhere, it's a good conversation piece. Usuallypeople ask you, “Where did you get this?” I then have a storyto tell,and it's a good way to meet and talk to people. It's just interesting. Ihave jewelry that I picked up when I traveled to Thailand, when Itraveled to Africa and when I traveled to Europe. Presenter: Wow! Sounds nice. You'll have to show your collections to us.Adrienne: I'd love to.Presenter: Thank you, Adrienne. Now Jonathan.Jonathan: I prefer canoeing because you've always got the water there forsupport. If you're a good swimmer, have a good sense of balance andstrong arms, you'll like canoeing! The main trouble is transportingyour canoe to the right places—my father takes it on the roof of thecar—or sometimes I put it on the roof of the club's Land Rover.Whatit has taught me most is to be independent. It's just you and the canoeagainst the wind, the weather and the water. It gives you a lot ofself-confidence and it can be really exciting as long as you don't mindgetting soaked, of course! It makes you feel close to nature somehow.Last year, when I was qualified, I began to run my own canoeing center.Presenter: So you are making your hobby work for you. Jonathan: People are usually very skilled at their hobbies. The combination ofinterest and skills is a very compelling reason to choose a particularcareer.Presenter: Then, Adrienne, do you have a similar plan? Adrienne: Yes, I love making beaded jewelry. I've decided to get some formaltraining. I want to learn how to be a jewelry designer. Questions:1. Who is the target audience in the program?2. What is Adrienne's hobby?3. What does Adrienne usually buy when she visits a place?4. How does Jonathan benefit from canoeing?5. What should be the major concern in choosing a career according toJonathan?Keys: 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. BPart 1 listening threeGerry: I've just been to see Gone with the Wind. It was fantastic. Well worthseeing. Have you ever seen it?Judy : No, but I've read the book. I don't think I would like to see the filmreally. It would spoil the story for me.Gerry: Really? Oh, give me a film any day. Honestly, if I had to choose betweenthe film of a story and the book of it, I'd go for the film. Judy : Would you?Gerry: Yes. It's much more real. You can get the atmosphere better. You know,the photography and location shots, period costumes, the right accents.Don't you think so?Judy : Not really. I much prefer to use my own imagination.I can imagine how Iwant it, rather than how someone makes me see it. Anyway, I think youget much more insight into the characters when you read a book. Part ofa person's character is lost on film because you never know what they arethinking.Gerry: True, but I don't know. It's much easier going to the cinema. It takes lesstime. I can get the whole story in two hours but it might take me a week toread the book.Judy : I know, but it's so expensive to go to the cinema nowadays.Gerry: I know, but it's a social event. It's fun. You can go with your friends.When you read a book you have to do it on your own.Judy : All right. Let's agree to differ. I'll get some coffee.Keys:1.1.spoil the story 1.2. and day1.3. Honestly choose the film1.4. Atmosphere photography location period1.5. insight into the characters 1.6. social event1.7. agree to differ2.Films: get the atmosphere better---photography/location shots/periodcostumes/right accenteasiertake less time: two hoursan social event: fun, go with friendsBooks: take more time: one weeknot a social event: do it on your ownbooks: use readers' own imaginationget much more insight into the charactersfilms: spoil the storyexpensivePart 1 listening fourSally Marino gets married. After the wedding, there is a bigparty—awedding reception. All the guests eat dinner. There is a band and, after dinner,everyone dances. Sally's mother and father pay for everything. At the end of thereception, Sally and her new husband cut the wedding cake and all the guests geta piece.Pete and Rose buy a new house. After moving in, they invite their friendsand family to a party—a housewarming party. Everybody comesto see the newhouse. They look at the bedrooms, the dining room, even the garage. Pete andRose serve drinks, sandwiches, and snacks. The party is on a Saturdayafternoon.It is Christmas time. Ted and Sarah Robinson want to see many of theirfriends over the holiday. So they invite their friends to an open house. The hoursof the party are from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. The guests arrive and leave whenever theywant. The Robinsons serve sandwiches, drinks, and snacks. Some guests stay forjust 20 minutes, others stay for 3 hours. About fifty people come to the openhouse.Mr. and Mrs. Todd ask their neighbors to come to an evening party. Theydon't serve much food, just snacks—pretzels, chips, peanutsand many types ofdrinks. No one dances. Conversation is important with people asking questionslike What's new with you?.Keys:1.√2 √32.4.dinner band dances piece2.5. house drinks snacks2.6. Invite arrive fifty/502.7. snacks Conversation new with youPart 4 Listening 1Receptionist: Good morning. Can I help you?Cathy: Er...a friend told me that you have exercise and dance classes here.Receptionist: That's right.Cathy: OK. Can you give me some information about days and times,please?Receptionist: Yes, there are four classes a day, every day from Monday toSaturday with nothing on Sunday.Cathy: Yeah, can you tell me the open hours? Receptionist: The first one is an aerobics class from 8:30 to 9:30 in the morning.Then there's another aerobics class at lunchtime from 12:30to 1:30.Cathy: Right.Receptionist: Then in the evening from 5:30 to 6:30—another aerobics classtoo. And there's a jazz dance class from 6:30 to 7:30. Cathy: Right. And what level are they for? I mean, would they be OK for abeginner?Receptionist: The morning aerobics—8:30 to 9:30—is advanced.All the othersare at the beginner to intermediate level. But let me give you aschedule.Cathy: Thanks. And how much does it cost for a class? Receptionist: You pay a ￡1 entrance fee and then the classes are ￡2.50 eachand ￡3.50 for the jazz dancing. It's there on the sheet.Cathy: Oh, yes, I see.Receptionist: If you become a member, entrance is free and... Cathy: Oh, no, it's OK. I'm only in London for two weeks. Receptionist: Oh, right. That's no good then.Cathy: And I guess you have showers and everything? Receptionist: Yes, sure, and in the evenings you can use the sauna free, too.Cathy: Oh, great. So the next class is at 5:30? Well, I'll see you then.Receptionist: Fine. See you later!Questions:1. Where does the dialog most likely take place?2. How many classes are there every day except Sunday?3. At what time does the last class end?4. How much is the entrance fee?5. Which class will Cathy most probably attend?6. What can we learn about Cathy from the conversation? Keys: 1. A 2.C 3.C 4. A 5. C 6. BListening 2Woman: Why don't we go abroad for a change? I'd like to go to France,Spain, or even Italy.Man: Mm. I'm not all that keen on traveling really. I'd rather stay at home.Woman: Oh, come on, Steve. Think of the sun!Man: Yes, but think of the cost! Going abroad is very expensive. Woman: Oh, it isn't, Steve. Not these days.Man: Of course it is, Juliet. The best thing about having a holiday here inBritain is that it's cheaper. And another thing, traveling in Britain wouldbe easier. No boats, planes or anything.Woman: Even so, we've been to most of the interesting places in Britain already.What's the point in seeing them again? Anyway, we can travel roundBritain whenever we like. There's no point in wasting our summerholiday here.Man: Mm, I suppose you're right. Nevertheless, what I can't stand is all thebother with foreign currency, changing money and all that when we goabroad. I hate all that. And it's so confusing.Woman: Oh, don't be silly, Steve.Man: And what's more, I can't speak any of the languages—you know that.It's all right for you. You can speak some foreign languages. Woman: Exactly. You see, what I'd really like to do is practice my French andSpanish. It would help me a lot at work.Man: Mm, but that's no use to me.Woman: But just think of the new places we'd see, the people we'd meet!Man: But look, if we stayed here, we wouldn't have to plan very much.Woman: I'm sorry, Steve. No. I don't fancy another cold English summer.Questions:1. Where does the man want to spend the summer holiday?2. According to Steve, what is considered important in planning vacation?3. What does Steve find confusing about traveling abroad?4. What will help Juliet in her work?5. What does Juliet think of summer in Britain?Keys:1.C2. B3. D4. C5. BListening 3The game of football may have started in Roman times. It seems that theRomans played a game very much like our modern rugby but with a round ball.English villagers played football in the 16th century and they often hadalmost a hundred players on each side. It was a very common game, which wasvery rough and even dangerous until the early part of the 19th century. In the18th century a Frenchman who had watched a rough game of football in avillage wrote, I could not believe that those men were playing a game. If this iswhat Englishmen call playing, I would not like to see them fighting!From the mid-19th century, it was played in schools in England and soonspread all over Britain and Europe. Until in 1850, it was not possible to havefootball matches between one school and another, because each school haddifferent rules! So set rules had to be made. They were not improved thoughuntil, in 1863, when those who preferred to play with hands as well as feetformed the Rugby Union while the others started the Football Association (F.A.).It was only in 1863 that the first set of rules for all football clubs was agreedupon.Nearly 150 years later, football has become by far the most popular sport inthe entire world. Would that 18th century Frenchman have believed it possible?Questions:1. According to the passage, when may the game of football have first started?2. How many team members were often involved in the game when the Englishbegan to play the game?3. What did the speaker say about the earliest football game in England?4. Why was it NOT possible to have football matches between two schools until1850?5. What happened to football in 1863?Keys:1.D2. D3. A4. C5. CListening 4In one town, there were three longtime friends, Pat, Mike and Bob. Pat andBob were quite bright, but Mike was rather dull.One day as Pat and Mike were walking down the sidewalk together, Pat puthis hand on a solid brick wall and said, Mike, hit my hand as hard as you can.Mike struck a hard blow, but Pat pulled his hand away from the wall just beforeMike's fist hit it. Of course, it hurt Mike's hand very much when he hit the wall,but Pat said, That was a good joke on you, wasn't it? Mike agreed, but was nottoo happy.The following day Mike and Bob were walking in the town square. Mikedecided to play the joke on Bob. He looked around, and seeing no solid object, heplaced his hand over his face and said, Bob, hit my hand as hard as you can.Bob agreed, and as he struck a hard blow with his fist, Mike quickly pulled hishand away and was knocked to the ground, unconscious. After a few minutesMike recovered, and saw Bob worriedly looking down at him. Mike said, Thatwas a good joke on you, wasn't it?Questions:1.Who was NOT clever?2.What did Pat ask Mike to do?3.Who was hurt finally?4.On whom was Mike going to try this joke?5.Where did Mike put his hand when he asked Bob to hit him?6.What happened to Mike after Bob struck a hard blow with his fist?Keys:1.1A2. C3. A4.B5. C6. B2.√2 √5Unit 3 Gender DifferencesPart 1 listening oneThree guys are out having a relaxing day fishing. Out of the blue, they catch amermaid who begs to be set free in return for granting each of them a wish.Now one of the guys just doesn't believe it, and says, OK, if you can reallygrant wishes, then double my IQ. The mermaid says, Done. Suddenly, theguy starts to recite flawless Shakespeare followed by a short pause and anextremely insightful analysis of it. The second guy is so amazed that he says tothe mermaid, Hey, triple my IQ. The mermaid says, Done. The guy beginspouring out all the mathematical solutions to problems that have puzzledscientists in all fields.The last guy is so impressed by the changes in his friends that he says to themermaid, Quintuple my IQ. The mermaid looks at him and says, You know,I normally don't try to change people's minds when they makea wish, but Ireally wish you'd reconsider.The guy says, No, I want you to increase my IQ five times, and if you don't doit, I won't set you free. Please, says the mermaid, you don't know whatyou're asking... It'll change your entire view of the universe. Won't you ask forsomething else? A million dollars or anything?But no matter what the mermaid says, the guy insists on having his IQincreased by five times its usual power. So the mermaid sighs and says, Done.And he becomes a woman.Keys: 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T2.1. set free in return 2.2 extremely insightful analysis2.3 pouring out, puzzled, in all fields2.4 normally, change people's minds, reconsider 2.5 usual powerPart 1 listening two(Dr. Herring, author of a book on language and communication, is beinginterviewed by Bob White, a writer for an academic journal on communication.)Bob White: Good morning, Dr. Herring! We both know that many communication specialists believe that gender bias exists in language, culture and society. Do you think this is really so?Dr. Herring: Yes, I certainly do. How we talk and listen can be stronglyinfluenced by cultural expectations, and these begin during childhood. Children usually play together with other children ofthe same gender, and this is where our conversational style islearned.Bob White: Can you give some specific examples?Dr. Herring: Certainly. We find that girls use language mainly to developcloseness or intimacy as a basis for friendship. Boys, on the contrary, use language mainly to earn status in their group. Bob White: But, in communication through electronic devices like e-maildiscussion groups, there should be no gender distinction if writers' names are not used in the messages.Dr. Herring: One might think so, but in fact, email writing style is morecomparable with spoken language, so basic language styles are still evident.Bob White: I thought e-mail messages were gender neutral! Dr. Herring: No. While theoretical gender equality exists for the Internet, inreality women are not given equal opportunity because of different communication and language styles between the sexes.Bob White: How does that happen? Do you have any hard factsto back upthis impression?Dr. Herring: Yes. I've done a research project using randomly selected e-mailmessages from online discussion groups. I found that femalesuselanguage that is more collaborative and supportive such as Thanks for all your tips on..., Good point. and Hope this helps!. Men tend to use more aggressive or competitive languagesuch as Do you understand that?, You should realize that..., It is absurd to think....Bob White: How great are these gender differences?Dr. Herring: Males write messages using aggressive, competitive languagemore than twice as often as females did, while females use collaborative and supportive language three times as often asmales did. In this study, it is clear that there is a gender differencein e-mail messages just as in other communication media. Bob White: So the attle of the sexes is still with us, even online.Questions:1. According to Dr. Herring, when is children's conversational style learned?2. Which of the following is most similar to e-mail writingin style?3. Why is there still no equality on the Internet?4. What comparison did Dr. Herring make in her speech?Keys: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B2.1. language, culture, society, cultural expectations 2.2 closeness intimacy, earn status2.3 collaborative supportive, aggressive competitivePart 1 listening threeJohn: Cathy, do you think it's appropriate for females to continuously expectguys to behave in a standard gentlemanly fashion like opening car doors?Cathy: Well, I think it would be nice if men could do such things.John: My side of the theory is that we all have to admit that we are living in theworld of change. Right? Sometimes the equation changes if the driver is agirl and the passenger is a guy who doesn't drive. So what happens?Should the girl open the door for the guy or should the guy open the doorfor the girl? Maybe we should just adopt an open your own door policy.Cathy: Yes, I agree, John. But...sometimes it's just a matter of courtesy. Itdoesn't matter who opens the door for whom. Maybe females just shouldnot expect too much. Life isn't a fairy tale after all. John: It's absolutely true. Sometimes I feel that there isn't any difference in theroles both genders can perform. Of course I'm not saying that men cangive birth. Rather what I meant was except for the physical and naturaldifferences between both sexes, there isn't much difference between them.Cathy: But honestly, although I don't expect guys to open doors for me, or topull out a chair for me, I am usually quite impressed if they do so, asmany guys don't do it nowadays. If the guy was walking in front of meand went through the door first, I'd appreciate it if he could hold thedoor and not let it slam in my face.John: Well, if I'm the one walking in front, I will open the door and hold it forthe people behind me, be it a girl or a boy. I actually had the door slamright in my face a number of times though, when the person walkingclosely in front of me didn't hold the heavy glass door and let it swingback in my face. Of course, I tried to hold the door, but it was too heavyand too late. But I think it was more embarrassing for him than me aseveryone was looking at him, while I was rubbing my squashed nose.Cathy: So being a gentleman does not stop at opening doors. There are manyother aspects I believe.Keys:1. T T F F T 2. D A B A BPart 1 listening fourDo you know how you learned to be a woman? Do you know how youlearned to be a man? What makes the difference in terms of gender and our rolesin society? Even when our physical structures are revealed to be really similar,women and men end to play different roles in society. In an article in thelatest issue of Psychology Today, we find a study that reflects how parents offifteen girl babies and fifteen boy babies differed in their descriptions of theirbabies. Despite the fact that objective data such as birth length, weight,irritability, etc. did not differ, when the parents were asked to describe theirbabies, they said that girl babies were softer, littler, more beautiful, prettier, cuterthan boy babies. Based on these facts, we could conclude that parents' attitude isinfluencing their children.Our parents and later our school, television and the Internet are showing us awhole set of expected behaviors that create our patterns. Thus, a simple cartooncan suggest to children how they are supposed to act. Male cartoon charactersare not only more prominent than female characters, but they also portray abroader range of masculine traits. Male characters are powerful, strong, smartand aggressive.Of course roles have been changing over the past decades. Nowadays, womenare not necessarily expected to stay home raising their family and supportingtheir husbands. In the same way, men are no longer expected to be the onlybreadwinners like they used to be; now women and men share theseresponsibilities. But traditional roles still have a big influence.Keys:2.F F T T F2.1 reflects descriptions 2.2 parents' attitudes2.3 suggest, act 2.4 raising their family, supporting their husbands2.5 used to be, share these responsibilitiesPart 4 Listening 1Equal does not always mean he same. Men and women are createdequally but boys and girls are not born the same.You throw a little girl a ball, and it will hit her in the nose. You throw a littleboy a ball, and he will try to catch it. Then it will hit him in the nose.A baby girl will pick up a stick and look in wonder at what nature has made. Ababy boy will pick up a stick and turn it into a gun.When girls play with Barbie dolls, they like to dress themup and play housewith them. When boys play with Barbie dolls, they like to tear their hair off.Boys couldn't care less if their hair is untidy. But for girls, if their hair got cut aquarter-inch too short, they would rather lock themselves in their room for twoweeks than be seen in public.Baby girls find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting theirfaces. Baby boys find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start paintingthe walls.Boys grow their fingernails long because they're too lazy to cut them. Girlsgrow their fingernails long—not because they look nice—butbecause they candig them into a boy's arm.Girls are attracted to boys, even at an early age. At an early age, boys areattracted to dirt.Most baby girls talk before boys do. Before boys talk, they learn how to makemachine-gun noises.Girls turn into women. Boys turn into bigger boys.Keys: 1. 1 hit 1.2 try to catch 1.3 in wonder 1.4 turn…into1.5 dress, play house 1.6 tear…off 1.7 care less 1.8lock, in public1.9 painting their face 1.10 painting the walls 1.11 lazy, cut 1.12 dig…into1.13 boys 1.14 dirt 1.15 talk 1.16 make machine-gun noisesListening 2In order to understand this story, you have to know the nursery rhymeHickory Dickory Dock. In this nursery rhyme, the words in the title have nomeaning. The rhyme goes like this:Hickory Dickory Dock,The mouse ran up the clock.The clock struck one,The mouse ran down!Hickory Dickory Dock.Here is the story:One day I took my seven-year-old son with me to shop for an electric wallclock for the kitchen and found a whole counter full of them on sale at a discountstore. I had trouble deciding which clock to buy. While I held one clock in myhand and looked at another, I asked my son which one he liked better.“The one you're holding with the mouse in it, Mom,” he said.Before I understood his words, a real, live mouse jumped out onto thecounter and ran away. I screamed so loud everyone turned to see what waswrong. I was so embarrassed. I tried to make my way quietly out of the store.Everyone was looking at me. On the way out the door, my delighted son recitedHickory Dickory Dock. What a naughty boy!Questions:1.Where did the story take place?2.Why did the mother ask her son which clock he liked better?3.Which clock did the boy like best?4.Why did the mother feel embossed?5.Why did he boy recite Hickory Dickory Dock?Keys:2.B 2. D3. A4. C5. DListening 3Men, it is said, are generally more aggressive than women and enjoy taking risks.They play fighting games and enjoy dares. More men than women areconvicted for crimes, especially crimes of violence.。