现代大学英语听力1_课堂听力Unit_3

Unit 3 Task 1 【答案】 1) Her hobby is sky-diving. She jumps from an aeroplane and falls through the air. She opens her parachute only when she is very close to the ground. 2) He wants to organize a band. 3) To win. 【原文】 My hobby is sky-diving. Do you know what that is? I jump from an aeroplane and fall through the air. I open my parachute only when I’m very close to the ground. Of course it’s rather dangerous. Perhaps that’s why I enjoy it. I think it’s fun. Very few women do it. But we’re just as good at it as men. I’m very interested in music. In my free time I play and listen to it. I can play the guitar and the flute. I enjoy all kinds of music but my favorite is folk music. Good folk music. I like classical music, too. But I prefer folk music. I’d like to have my own group some day. I love all kinds of sports but my favorite is tennis. But I don’t enjoy watching it. I only enjoy playing it. And when I play I want to win. That’s very important. I hate losing! Task 2 【答案】 A. 1) F, 2) F, 3) T, 4) T B. She was taught where to sit in the aeroplane, how to jump out, how to guide the parachute, and how to land safely on the ground. 【原文】 I made my first parachute jump because I had read an article about it and I had always wanted to try it. Before the jump I went to six training classes. I was taught where to sit in the aeroplane, how to jump out, how to guide the parachute, and how to land on the ground safely. On the big day I was very nervous. The weather was cloudy, but the pilot thought it was all right, so the two of us (the instructor and I) got into the aeroplane with the pilot, and Helen Gray got into the other. (She wanted to take some parachuting photographs.) We took off and climbed to 1000 metres. I was really very frightened waiting for the big moment! Then the instructor told me to jump. I looked out of the open door and saw the ground below. It was the most terrifying moment of my life! I closed my eyes and jumped. It was a great relief when the parachute opened! I looked up and saw the orange canopy. Below me was the landing area. It was really beautiful falling peacefully through the air. I landed well and waited for the instructor. Then we picked up our parachutes and went off to have a coffee and talk about the jump. Parachuting is definitely more exciting than other things I have done before — like mountain climbing and sailing — and it’s more fun, too. I’m going to make my second jump next week. Task 3 【答案】 A. 1) a, 2) c B. a – c – b 【原文】 When I was seven years old, my family grew our first square watermelon. No one had ever seen a square watermelon before, so it became an instant celebrity. People visited our garden to see the unusual fruit, and I even took it to school for show-and-tell. What’s so great about square watermelons? Well, besides their odd shape, the melons stack nicely, fit in the refrigerator, and won’t roll off the table. Whenever people ask how they can grow their own square watermelons, my dad tells them to “use square seeds”. Truthfully, though, my dad discovered the key to square fruit by accident. Every summer we plant a small vegetable garden. To keep the young fruit from rotting on the moist ground, my dad props them on cinder blocks. In 1996, we returned from vacation to find a young melon stuck in the centre of a cinder block. The watermelon had grown inside the block until it was wedged too tightly to remove. “We didn’t want to kill it, so we just left it there,” my father remembers. “At harvest time when we broke the cinder block, we found a perfectly healthy melon — but it was also perfectly square.” Since that summer my family has been growing square watermelons on purpose. Task 4 【答案】 A. Name: Matthew Treharne Age: 10 Hometown: Cambridgeshire, in the east of England Award: a black belt for karate Time of getting this award: this summer Time of starting practicing karate: 6 years ago Reason practicing karate: He liked it and he wanted to be strong Other sport he plays: football and rugby B. 1) He gives his karate shows near his home in Cambridgeshire. 2) He gives the money away. 3) It was used to buy a heart ventilator, a special machine for people with weak hearts. 【原文】 Philip: My special visitor today is Matthew Treharne, one of this year’s Children of Courage. Good afternoon, Matthew. Matthew: Good afternoon. Philip: Where do you come from, Matthew? Matthew: From Cambridgeshire, in the east of England. Philip: Now you’ve got a black belt for karate, haven’t you? Matthew: Yes. Philip: And you’re the first ten-year-old with a black belt? Matthew: Yes, that’s right. Philip: That’s fantastic. When did you start karate? Matthew: Six years ago. When I was four. Philip: Only four? Why did you choose karate? Matthew: Because I liked it. And because I wanted to be strong. Philip: Weren’t you strong? Matthew: Oh no. I had a hole in my heart when I was born. So I was very ill. Then I had a big preparation in hospital. But I was still weak and tired all the time. So I started karate. Philip: Was it difficult at first? Matthew: Well, at the beginning, yes, it was. But my parents always encouraged me to go on. Philip: When did you get your black belt? Matthew: I got it this summer. Philip: What a wonderful fight against a handicap! Now you are strong and a champion! Matthew: Oh, it’s just fun now. I play other sports too. Philip: Do you play football? Matthew: Yes, and rugby. Philip: You give special karate shows, don’t you? Matthew: Yes, I give local karate shows. Near my home in Cambridgeshire. Philip: So you are rich too? Matthew: Oh no. I give the money away. Philip: Do you? Matthew: Yes. I gave ￡1,000 to a hospital in Peterborough. Philip: What did they buy with the money? Matthew: They bought a heart ventilator — that’s a special machine for people with weak hearts. Philip: So they can help other people with problems like yours? Matthew: Yes, and then they can learn karate too! Philip: What a splendid story! Thank you Matthew. And enjoy your special day in London. Matthew: Thanks. Goodbye. Task 5 【答案】 1) On the wall. In his bath. 2) They are constellations. 3) Texas. 4) Through writing, she could express herself and get her troubles out. She could write about things she is reluctant to say in front of people or some serious matters. 5) The first prize in inter-school competitions. 【原文】 My hobbies are collecting stickers and writing songs. I like collecting stickers because some are cool and if I collect enough I can fill up my wall with stickers. I also like writing songs, like “Baby, Don’t Leave Me”, because I always think of them in the shower. My favorite hobby is stargazing, because I think it is a challenge to look for the Big Dipper, Little Dipper, and all those other constellations. I think it is almost like doing a word search because you have to concentrate and look carefully for the constellations. One of our favorite hobbies is looking for license plates of other states. So far, we have seen 22 different states, and we’ve also seen Guam, a territory of the United States. We enjoy this hobby because we usually see Texas, so it’s fun to see another kind of license plate. I have many different hobbies. But my favorite hobby is writing. I have dreams of becoming an author, novelist, or journalist. I enjoy writing stories and poems the most. I love writing because there are so many different styles and because writing is the best way for me to express myself and to get my troubles out. I don’t really like to talk in front of a lot of people or about serious matters. So that’s where writing comes in handy. Dancing is my favorite hobby. I have given three to four stage performances. I have also participated in the inter-school competitions, and I have won first prize for my school. Winning prizes and dancing on stage encourages me to learn more. Task 6 【答案】 A. 1) a, 2) b, 3) a B. 1) F, 2) T 【原文】 David was a young man who worked in an office in a big city. His hobby was fishing, but he didn’t often get a chance to practice it. Then one summer he decided to have a holiday in a beautiful place in the mountains where there were a lot of streams. “I ought to be able to have some good fishing there, “he said to himself. The first morning after he arrived, he walked to the nearest stream with his fishing rod. He saw an old man standing beside the water, so he asked him whether it was a private stream. The old man answered it was not, so David then said to him,”Well, then it won’t be a crime if I catch some fish here, will it?” “Oh, no.” answered the old man. “It won’t be a crime, but it will certainly be a miracle.” Task 7 【答案】 A. 1) b, 2) d B. 1) Because the man was fishing in a small pool of rain-water about five centimeters deep. 2) Joe also thought that he was out of his mind and he pitied him. 3) He was trying to catch some people who are willing to offer him free drinks. 4) Eight. 【原文】 Joe was going to his usual bar before lunch when he saw a poorly dressed man fishing in a small pool of rain-water about five centimeters deep outside it. Joe stopped and watched the poor man for a few minutes. He saw that most of the people who passed by him believed he was mad. Joe pitied the man, so after a few minutes he went up to him and said: “Hello. Would you like to come into the bar and have a drink with me?” The fisherman was delighted to accept his offer and the two men went into the bar together. Joe bought the fisherman a few drinks, and finally said to him, “You’ve been fishing outside here, haven’t you? How many did you manage to catch this morning, if I may ask?” “You are the eighth,” the fisherman answered merrily. Task 8 【答案】 A. 1) d, 2) a, 3) b B. 1) F, 2) F 【原文】 Journalist: Er… roughly, when did you begin collecting badges? Simpson: At my primary school, I think. The teachers used to give out badges to pupils who were particularly good at certain things. So I got a little blue badge with the word “swimming” on it, and then another one I remember — it was green — which had the word “tidy” on it! Ha! Journalist: And have you still got those badges in your collection? Simpson: No… well, I’ve got the swimming badge, but I think I was so untidy that I must have lost the tidy badge years ago! Journalist: And you started collecting badges, then, from that, the age of about nine? Simpson: Er, yeah, I guess so… eight or nine or so. That’s right. In those days — we’re talking about the early 50s — there weren’t so many cars around as there are today. So filling stations didn’t have so many customers. So the petrol companies used to give out badges. I suppose they thought that kids whose parents had a car would keep asking them to go to a particular filling station so that they could get another free badge. My dad bought our first car in 1956 — I think it was a black Ford Popular—and every time I went out with him in it I used to ask him to go to a different petrol station so that I could add more to my growing badge collection. Actually, he was a very shy man, my father, and I’m sure he didn’t like asking for free thingd. Journalist: So petrol company badges were the first ones in your collection, weren’t they? Simpson: After “swimming” and “tidy”, yeah. But soon all sorts of companies started making badges to advertise their products, even cigarette companies. I’ve got one in my collection for Will’s Woodbines — they were the cheapest cigarettes in those days — and on the badge, at the bottom, it says, “Smoked by Millions” — no health warnings in those days. Task 9 【答案】 1) In the United States a university professor is granted a few months of freedom from his duties approximately every seventh year for travel or advanced study. This period of freedom from teaching is called a “sabbatical” leave. 2) Some of the usual duties of a college president are giving speeches, dealing with the government and taking part in various social activities. 3) Dr. Coleman started his sabbatical leave on a farm in Canada, hundreds of miles from his college. Getting up at 4:30 each morning, working 13 hours a day in fields and barns, he prepared himself physically for his next job, digging ditches, in Atlanta, Georgia. After that, the college president washed dishes in a Boston restaurant. During the last ten days of his leave, he worked as a garbage collector. By doing the hard manual labor, Dr. Coleman wanted to remind himself of the common things about people. Therefore he could com to life with the fact that he was just the same as everyone else, not the “powerful” person he might think himself to be after being the college president for too long. 4) After two months of working with his hands, Coleman returned from his unusual sabbatical leave, convinced that the experience had been worthwhile. He had some good things to say about people who do hard physical work. He found that pride and satisfaction came chiefly in the form of praise from co-workers. 【原文】 In the United States a university professor is granted a few months of freedom from his duties approximately every seventh year for travel or advanced study. This period of freedom from teaching is called a “sabbatical” leave. Few sabbatical leaves are interesting enough to be described in national newspapers and magazines. Recently, however, there was an exception. The public learned how Dr. John R. Coleman, president of Haverford College, had spent his sabbatical leave. “I wanted to get away from the world of words and politics and parties — the things a president does,” Dr. Coleman later explained to reporters. “As a college president you begin to take yourself very seriously and to think you have power you don’t. You forget things about people. I wanted to relearn things I’d forgotten.” Telling no one of his plans, Dr. Coleman started his sabbatical leave on a farm in Canada, hundreds of miles from his college. Getting up at 4:30 each morning, working 13 hours a day in fields and barns, he prepared himself physically for his next job, digging ditches, in Atlanta, Georgia. After that, the college president washed dishes in a Boston restaurant. During the last ten days of his leave, he worked as a garbage collector. This unusual sabbatical leave was conducted in great secrecy. Coleman telephoned his family once a week, “just to let someone know where I was and that I was healthy.” None of his students or co-workers at Haverford College knew what their president was doing. On each job he avoided letting people know who he was. “When people would ask me about myself, I’d try to turn the conversation back to them,” he explained. “Some co-workers might have thought I was a little different, a little quiet maybe, but I doubt anyone knew I was a college president.” There was only one employer who sensed something unusual. “At a restaurant in Boston, I had been on the job exactly one hour — I was washing dishes — when the boss came over and said, ‘I’m afraid you won’t do.’ and handed me two dollars. “ “Immediately I asked him why, but he just said, ‘It’s not your work. Sorry.’”  That was the first time in more than 30 years as a job holder that Coleman had heard such words. It helped him understand how a man of his age might feel when he suddenly realized he had lost his job. After two months of working with his hands, Coleman returned from his unusual sabbatical leave, convinced that the experience had been worthwhile. He had some good things to say about people who do hard physical work. “A lot of my co-workers would complain when the work was too heavy,” he said, “but they’d complain a lot more when there was nothing to do.” He found that pride and satisfaction came chiefly in the form of praise from co-workers. Even though pay was important, what brought the greatest satisfaction was knowing that someone had noticed how a job was being done. Task 10 【答案】 I love trees because they have many different shades of green, so many that it’s almost impossible to count. When I paint a picture of a tree I use many shades of green and many more shades of brown. My favorite thing about trees is that they always seem to have a glow around them. I love trees because they always smell so fresh and clean. I like to go to the nursery because I love the smell of trees — it’s so refreshing. It’s a glass of cool water on a hot day, or a damp cloth on a hot forehead. One of my favorite things about trees is that they are fun to climb. I started climbing trees when I was very little. My dad taught me how to climb, along with some useful tips. I especially like to climb my grandpa’s apple tree.