Part Two
In most cities, large and small, you can eat Mexican or Italian food. And even small towns have a coffee shop serving simple meals, drinks of all kinds—and excellent, freshly made coffee. You sit at the counter, or are served at a table. Service in restaurants and coffee shops is efficient and friendly. Waiters and waitresses often introduce themselves: ―Hi! I‘m Don (or Debbie). What can I get you folks?‖ This friendliness is natural and not entirely influenced by the hope of a high tip. In any case, people usually tip 15% of the check. One of the most pleasant things about waiters and waitresses is that they refill your coffee cup several times for no extra charge. (119 words)
Exercise 1
Directions: Listen to the first part of the passage and complete the following sentences by filling
in the blanks.
Key to Exercise 1:
1) take out, cardboard, plastic, plastic, tight-fitting; 2) board, menu, order, microphone, twenty yards; 3) knives, forks, everything, tray.
Exercise 2
Directions: Listen to the second part of the passage and decide whether the following statements
are true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided.
Key to Exercise 2:
1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T
Exercise 3
Directions: Listen to the whole passage and then choose one of the following two topics to say
something according to the information you get from the passage.
1) Fast-food restaurants in the U.S. 2) Coffee shops in the U.S. Sample:
1) Fast-food restaurants are quite common and popular in the United States. Besides McDonald‘s, there are Burger King, Subway, Wendy‘s, Denny‘s, KFC, and many others. One thing that strikes people is that these fast-food restaurants offer really quick service and people in a hurry like to go to those restaurants. Customers choose their own drinks and can refill their cups when they feel like it. There are also drive-in fast-food restaurants where people don‘t have to leave their cars to get their food, which saves a lot of trouble in parking.
2) Coffee shops, rather than places to provide coffee, are shops that provide simple meals like sandwiches, bagels, bread of different kinds etc. There is also a great variety of drinks for people to choose from. Of course, there is freshly made coffee as well.
Listening III
Words You Need to Know:
baker烤箱 bun小圆面包 chip炸马铃薯片 copper 铜 mutter低声说 Tapescript
1) The big baker bakes black bread.
2) ―The bun is better buttered,‖ Bill muttered. 3) Cheryl‘s cheap chip shop sells cheap chips. 4) You can have: fried fresh fish, fish fried fresh, fresh fried fish, fresh fish fried, or fish fresh fried.
5) All I want is a proper cup of coffee Made in a proper coffeepot. You can believe it or not – I want a cup of coffee In a proper coffeepot.
Tin coffeepots or Iron coffeepots,
They‘re no use to me. If I can‘t have a Proper cup of coffee
In a proper copper coffeepot I‘ll have a cup of tea.
Exercise1
Directions: Listen to the tongue twisters and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. Listen
again to check your answers. Key to Exercise 1:
1) The big, bakes black bread. 2) ―The, is better buttered,‖
3) cheap chip shop sells cheap chips
4) fish, fish fried fresh, fresh fried fish, fresh fish fried, fish fresh fried
5) proper cup of coffee, proper coffeepot, a cup of coffee, proper coffeepot, coffeepots, Iron
coffeepots, proper cup of coffee, proper copper coffeepot, cup of tea
Exercise2
Directions: Work in pairs and practice saying these tongue twisters to each other.
Part Three More Listening
Practice One Peanuts Words You Need to Know:
jar 罐子 peanut花生 guilty 内疚的 confess 承认 lick舔 M&Ms 一种巧克力豆 Tapescript
An old man and a young man worked in office next to each other. The young man had noticed that the old man always seemed to have a jar of peanuts on his desk. The young man loved peanuts. One day while the old man was away from his desk the young man couldn‘t resist and went to the old man‘s jar and ate over half the peanuts. When the old man returned the young man felt guilty and confessed to taking the peanuts. The old man responded, ―That‘s OK since I lost my teeth. All I can do is lick the chocolate off the M&Ms.‖ (106 words)
Exercise 1
Directions: Listen to the short story about peanuts and then decide whether the following
statements are true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided.
Key to Exercise 1:
1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) T
Exercise 2
Directions: Listen to the short story again and choose the best answer to each of the following
questions.
Key to Exercise 2:
1) B 2) C 3) C 4) A 5) C
Practice Two Chili
Words You Need to Know:
chili 辣椒 corn 玉米 pineapple 菠萝 athlete 运动员 carbohydrate 碳水化合物
Tapescript
Dan: Here‘s a quiz on how much you know about chili. Are you ready? Ellen: Okay, I‘m ready.
Dan: Question 1: Where did chilies come from originally? Ellen: Easy! They came from Mexico.
Dan: That‘s right. It came from Mexico and Central America 900 years ago. Question 2: Who
brought chilies to Spain in 1493?
Ellen: I‘ll make a guess… Christopher Columbus?
Dan: Well done. Question 3: What other foods did Columbus bring from Mexico to Spain? Ellen: I have no idea. Uh, maybe corn… or sweet potato?
Dan: Well done. Yes, corn, sweet potato and pineapple. Question 4: Do chilies make you fat? Ellen: Impossible! They are very hot and you can‘t eat many.
Dan: Actually, eating chilies makes some people eat more food. They don‘t realize their stomach
is already full. And the last question: Are chilies good for athletes? Ellen: I have no idea. I‘ll say ?no‘.
Dan: Wrong! A study has found that if you eat chilies before exercise, you‘ll perform better
because you burn carbohydrates better. (170 words)
Exercise 1
Directions: Listen to a dialogue about chili and then decide whether the following statements are
true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided.
Key to Exercise 1:
1) F 2) T 3) T 4) F 5) T
Exercise 2
Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and fill in the missing information. Key to Exercise 2:
1) 900 2) 1493 3) corn, sweet potato, pineapple 4) realize, full 5) exercise, perform better, burns
Practice Three Fast Food Words You Need to Know:
export 出口物品 hamburger 汉堡包 Bachelor of Hamburgerology汉堡包学学 fancy想要 hang round呆着无所事事，逗留 could do with 需要，想要
Tapescript
In the past ten years or so, America‘s most popular export to Britain has been THE HAMBURGER. One very well-known American company, which has restaurants all over the world, even has its own ―university.‖ Here, if you fancy becoming an expert in the subject, you can take a ten-day course leading to the ―degree‖, Bachelor of Hamburgerology. If you get really interested in the subject, you can even go on to do your Master‘s degree—but that takes longer!
Hamburgers are, of course, fast food: they don‘t take long to cook and they take even less time to eat. Next time you are in one of those fast-food restaurants, look around. You‘ll notice that they aren‘t usually very comfortable (they don‘t want to encourage you to hang around for too long). And they are normally decorated in bright colors because psychological tests are supposed to show that this makes people hungrier.
Keen students of English should read the menus in these places. If you think you could do with improving your vocabulary, especially adjectives, study them with care. (178 words)
Exercise 1
Directions: Listen to the passage about hamburgers and choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
Key to Exercise 1:
1) C 2) A 3) B 4) D
Exercise 2