新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）：听力教程（第3版）2
Unit 4
Section One Tactics for Listening
Part 1 Phonetics
Stress, Intonation and Accent Script
Listen to some short conversations. Has the second speaker finished talking? Tick the right box.
1. A: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the secretary’s office is, please? B: Yes. It’s up the stairs, then turn left, … ↗
2. A: Excuse me. Can you tell me where the toilets are? B: Yes, they’re at the top of the stairs. ↘ 3. A: What did you do after work yesterday?
B: Ah, well, I went for a drink in the pub opposite the carpark. ↘ 4. A: What did you do after work yesterday? B: Oh, I ran into Jane and Tom, … ↗
5. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how the machine works?
B: Certainly. Erm, first of all you adjust the height of the stool, and then put four 10-pence pieces there, ... ↗
6. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how the machine works?
B: Yes. You put 30 pence in the slot and take the ticket out here. ↘
Key
He has finished talking. He hasn’t finished talking.
1 √ 2 √ 3 √ 4 √ 5 √ 6 √ Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking Frog Legs Script
A. Listen to some sentences and fill in the blanks with the missing words.
1. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries.
2. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians. 3. Indian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands.
4. The United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat each year between 1981 and 1984.
5. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the price.
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B. Listen to a talk about frog legs. Take notes and complete the following summary.
People want frogs mostly for food. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries — or at least until they have run out of frogs. But the most famous frog-eaters, and the people who inspired frog-eating in Europe and the United States are the French. By 1977 the French government, so concerned about the scarcity of its native frog, banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians*. So the French turned to India and Bangladesh for frogs.
As happened in France, American frog-leg fanciers and restaurants also turned increasingly to frozen imports. According to figures collected from government agencies, the United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat each year between 1981 and 1984.
So many frozen frog legs were exported from India to Europe and the United States. One of the attractions of Indian frogs, apart from the fact that they have bigger legs than French frogs, was the price. In London, a pound of frozen frog’s legs from India cost about ￡1.75, compared with ￡3.75 for the French variety.
Indian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands, where they protect crops by devouring* damaging insects.
Since the India and Bangladesh frog-export bans, Indonesia has become the major exporter of frog legs to the United States and Europe. But no matter what country the legs come from, one thing is usually constant: The legs once belong to frogs that are taken from the wild, not from farms. Frogs are nearly impossible to farm economically in the countries where frogs are commercially harvested from the wild.
Key
A. 1. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries.
2. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians. 3. Indian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands.
4. The United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat each year between 1981 and 1984. 5. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the price.
B. Frog Legs
People want frogs mostly for food. Many Asian cultures have included frog legs in their diets for centuries. The most famous frog-eaters, and the people who inspired frog-eating in Europe and the United States are the French. By 1977 the French government banned commercial hunting of its own amphibians. So the French turned to India and Bangladesh for frogs. And the United States imported more than 6.5 million pounds of frozen frog meat each year between 1981 and 1984. One of the attractions of Indian frogs was the price. Indian scientists have described as “disastrous” the rate at which frogs are disappearing from the rice fields and wetlands, where they protect crops by devouring damaging insects.
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Since the India and Bangladesh frog-export bans, Indonesia has become the major exporter of frog legs to the United States and Europe. But no matter what country the legs come from, one thing is usually constant: The legs once belong to frogs that are taken from the wild, not from farms.
Section Two Listening Comprehension
Part 1 Sentence Identification Script
Identify each sentence as simple (S), compound (CP), complex (CPL) or compound-complex (C-C). You will hear each sentence twice. Write the corresponding letter(s) in the space provided.
1. I told them what I thought; moreover, I will tell anyone else who wants to know.
2. When the timer rang, she was in the living room talking to the neighbors who had dropped in.
3. Downstairs in a flash, she hurriedly dialed 999, and gave her name and address in clear, concise tones.
4. As a minister’s wife, she has more than her fair share of telephone calls.
5. That polish makes the floor dangerously slick; we will have to be careful until it wears down.
Key
1. C-C 2. CPL 3. S 4. S 5. C-C
Part 2 Dialogues
Dialogue 1 Health Club Script
A. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following chart.
Interviewer: Lorna, you and your husband opened this health club here last summer.
Can you tell me something about the club?
Lorna: Yes, well we offer a choice of facilities — gym, sunbed*, sauna* and
Jacuzzi* — that’s also from Scandinavia — as well as our regular fitness classes, that is. And there’s a wholefood bar for refreshments afterwards.
Interviewer: And does it cost a lot? I mean, most people think health clubs are really
expensive.
Lorna: Actually our rates are really quite competitive. Since we only started last
July, we’ve kept them down to attract customers. It’s only ￡30 a year to join. Then an hour in the gym costs ￡2.50 — the same as half an hour on the sunbed. Sauna and Jacuzzi are both ￡1.50 for half an hour.
Interviewer: And is the club doing well? Lorna: Well, so far, yes, it’s doing really well. I had no idea it was going to be
such a success, actually. We’re both very pleased. The sunbed’s so popular, especially with the over 65s, that we’re getting another one in
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