新世纪大学英语视听说教程Unit1~Unit5听力原文

Unit 1 Track l-1-OL-1 A. Emily is at the airport. Listen and check the correct box. Josh: Hello? Emily: Hi,Josh?lt’sEmily. Josh: Hi Em. Are you at the airport with Uncle Tim? Emjly: Yes, I’m here, but I don’t see Uncle Tim. Tell me again – what does he look like? Josh: He’s tall, and he’s in his 30s. He has long brown hair. Emjly: 0K… Josh: Oh, and he wears glasses. Emily: No, I don’t see Track l-l-OL-2 B, Listen again. Emily is looking for a man. What does he look like? Circle the correct answers. Track l-1-OL-3 C. Listen again. Who is the man? Check the correct picture. What is didifferentrent about him now? Josh: Hello? Emily: Hi, Josh? It’s Emily. Josh: Hi Em. Are you at the airport with Uncle Tim? Emily: Yes, I’m here, but I don’t see Uncle Tim. Tell me again – 一 what does he Iook like? Josh: He’s tall, and he’s in his 30s. He has long brown hair. Emily: 0K… Josh: Oh, and he wears glasses. Emily: No, I don’t see him … Uncle Tim: Excuse me … are you Emily? Emily: Yes … Uncle Tim? Uncle:le Tim: Hi, Emily. How are you? Emily: Fine! Wow, Unc/e Tim, you look different! Josh,Josh … are you there? Uncle Tim is here. He has short, blond hair now. He looks like Brad Pitt! Track l-l-OL-4 A. Listen to the description of a famjly photo. Then drag the names from the box and drop them on the right person. Emiljo is in his fifties. He is tall – about 182 cm. He is average weight. He has brown eyes. He has short, curly, gray hair. Kathy is in her forties. She is short. She is slim. She has blue eyes. She has long, straight, blond hair. Michael is young. He is tall. He is average weight. He has dark, brown eyes. He has short, curly, blond hair. Alexis and Ashley are twins. They are young. They are average height. They are slim. Alexis has blue eyes, but Ashley has green eyes. They both have long, curly, red hair. Track l-l-OL-5 B. Now listen to these people introducing themselves. Then answer the questions asked. 1. I’m Carrie Brown from New York. I’m an art student and I like listening to music and playing basketball. 2. Hello, everyone. My name is Ann Andrews. I come from Wellington, New Zealand. I’m a teacher and I like shopping and hanging out with friends. 3. Hi, I’mjulia Sanchez. I’m a reporter from Lima, Peru. I like surfing and blogging. 4. My name is Charles Horton, I Iive in Boston, USA. I’m a chef. In my spare time, I like painting and traveling. 5. I’m George Simmel from Berlin, Germany. I’m a fashion designer. I Iike watching films and jogging very much. 6. My name is Kevin Smith. I come from Sydney, Australia. I like cooking and reading detective stories. I’m a finance manager. Track l-l-OL—6 A. Look at the picture and listen to the e-mail message. Then tell which one in the picture is Mr. Ryder. Dear Mr. Peters, Please meet Mr. James Ryder at the ajrport station at 11:00 tomorrow. His flight is UA238 from Los Angeles. He is a tall man in his sixties with gray hair, and he wears big glasses. His meeting with the Marketing Department is at 4:00. Thank you, Kyra Greene Marketing Department Track l-1-OL-7 B. Listen to another e-mail message. Then tell which one in the picture is Tom. Gina- HELP! Can you meet my friend Tom at the airport tomorrow? My car has big problems and I can’t drive it. Tom is coming on flight KX661 from Denver at 11:00. He’s average height and kind of thin, with Iong blond hair and a mustache. Thanks a million! Chris Track l-l-OL-8 A. Now listen to the passage. Do you think Andrew Barn is happy being a celebrity double? Celebrity doubles A group of teenagers is standing outside a hair salon in Manchester, England. Many of them have cameras and are looking in the salon window. Then want to see soccer player David Beckham. A man in the salon looks like Beckham (he has blond hair and Beckham’s good Iooks). But the man in the salon isn’t the famous soccer player. He’s Andrew Barn – a twenty-tvvo-year-old hairdresser, Barn isn’t surprised by the teenagers. People often stop him on the street and want to take his picture. Barrrn is a hairdresser, but he also makes money as a Beckham double. Barn travels all over Europe as David Beckham. Newspepapers often ‘take his photo. It’s an exciting Iife for the hairdresser from Manchester. Today, many companies work with celebrity doubles. The most popular celebrity doubles look like famous athletes, pop singers, and actors. The companies pay doubles to go to parties and business meetings. Doubles are also on TV and in newspaper ads. Why do people want to look like a celebrity? An Anna Kournikova double in the U.S. says,“I can make good money. I also make a Iot of people happy.” Track l-1-OL-9 B. Listen again. Then circle True or False. If a sentence is false, make it true. Track l-l-OL-IO Listen to the story summary. Fill in the blanks with what you hear. Sun-hee makes plans to meet her cousin at the bus station. Then her co-worker calls and asks Sun-hee to teach a a class. Sun-hee agrees to teach the class, She asks Tara to meet her cousin. She tells Tara what her cousin looks like. S. Sun-hee says that he’s in his thirties, He’s average height and heavyset, and he wears glasses. When Sun-hee comes hoiome, she sees that her cousin /ooks very different. Sun-hee asks Tara,“How did you find him?” Tara Iaughs and she shows Sun-hee a sign that says “Sun-hee Park’s cousin.” Unit2 Track l-2-OL-I A. Listen to these three conversations. What is each person doing? Circle the correct answer. Conversation 1 Man: Next, please! Woman: Hi, here’s my ticket. Man: And where are you going today, Ms. Gregory? Woman: Berljn. Man: May I see your passport, please? Woman: Sure, here you-are, Man: And how many suitcases do you have? Woman: Just one. Conversation 2 Man: Too bad it’s our last day in New York. There’s a lot to see. Woman: I know. But at least we’re here-at the Statue of Liberty. Isn’t it beautiful? Man: Yeah, it is. Hey, we need a photo. Excuse me? Man 2： Yes? Man: Can you take our picture, please? Man 2： Sure. Conversation 3 Woman: Welcome to the Ritz Carlton, Shanghai. Man: Thank you. My name is Ian Walters. I have a room for myself and my wife. Woman: Okay. Can I see a credit carc and ID, please? Man: Of course. Here’s my card and my passport. Woman: Thank you. Here are your keys, Mr, Walters. Enjoy your stay. Track l_2_OL2 B. Listen again. Complete the sentences with the correct city. Track l-2-OL-3 A. Listen to some travel tips for Thailand. How many tips are mentioned? Travel tips for Thailand Thailand is a nice country in Southeast Asia, with something for every visitor. There is a lot for you to discover there. But before you go, you should make a plan to help you be better prepared. Here are sonme tips Firstly, the weather in Thailand is hot and humid all year, so you should pack sunglasses, T-shirts, and sandals with you. Secondly, you should buy your plane ticket early. Thailand is a very popular place for a vacation, and the plances are very full. Thirdly, the traffic in this country is very bad and people drive really fast, so you should rent a car. Another tip is that you should drink a lot of water and juice to stay cool. Finally, and this is a very important tip, you shouldn’t take photos outside in the afternoon. It is too sunny and bright. Remember these tips and you will have a great time there. Have fun in Thailand! Track l-2-OL-4 B. Listen again and complete the sentences. Track l-2-OL-5 A. Listen to the first part of a talk about the weather in some vacation spots, Then fill in the chart with information you hear. For each place, write the best time for a vacation and the reason. Watch the Weather! Most people plan their vacations very careffi]ly. They think a lot about plane tickets, passports, and hotel reservations. But they often forget about one important thing – the weather. You should learn about the right time to visit your vacation spot. Here is some information to help you plan your next vacation. . Italy. The weather is sunny all year, but it’s sometimes cold in winter. April and May are warm and beautiful. From June to September, it’s very hot. . Australia. Summer here is from December to April. It sometimes rains, butweather is usually very good. In winter, it snows a little in some places, but most of Australia isn’t very cold. Track l-2-OL-6 B. Now listen to the second part of the talk. Then fill in the rest of the chart＼N协 information you hear. Hong Kong, China. The Weather is hot and very humid here a lot of the year. In July and August, it’s sometimes very windy, and there are bad storms. October and November are warm and not so humid, but in December and January, it gets very chilly sometimes. *Germany. From November to April, the weather is cold, cloudy, and snowy. In spring it’s warm, but there’s a Iot of rain.July and August are usually warm and sunny. * India. You shouldn’t travel to fndia from June to September. There is a lot of rain everywhere. From November to April, after the rainy season, the weather is nice and co01. In April and May, it often gets very hot. Track l-2-OL-7 A. Study the pictures of these items. Then listen to the passage. How are these five things related to each other? In Tokyo, it’s an envelope with $850,000 in cash. At Florida’s Disney World, it’s a glass eye. At a hotel in England, it’s a goat and a false leg. How are all of these things similar? They are unusual things that people Ieave in hotel rooms, in airports, and on city streets. Lrish Martino works in the Lost and Found Center at an airport in a U.S. city. “Sure, we find the usual stuff– cell phones, keys, sunglasses, and wallets,” she says. “But people also forget some weird things at the airport, too.” What does Ms. Martino find? A woman’s false teeth in the bathroom. A mannequin in an airport waiting area.“How do you forget those things?” Martino wonders. Nobuo Hasuda works for the Lost and Found Center in downtown Tokyo. The Center has almost 800,000 items, Three hundred thousand of them are umbrellas! There are also many other things – jewelry and briefcases, snowshoes and musical instruments. Mr. Hasuda keeps the lost items for six months and two weeks. After this time, the finder can take the item. This is good luck for some people. Remember the money belongs to the finder! Track l-2-OL8 B. Listen again. Then complete each sentence with the correct word or number. Rack l-2-OL-9 Listen to the story summary. Fill in the blanks with what you hear. Roberto is packing for a trip and Mike is helping him. Mike asks about the souvenirs that Roberto is bringing for his famjly. Roberto explains that the book is for his niece and the small Statue of Liberty belongs to his father. Roberto says that he’s ready to go, but then Mike finds a teddy bear and asks whose it is. Roberto says that it belongs to him and explains that it was a gift from Claudia so he always travels with it. Mike says he thinks the bear makes a cute travel partner for Roberto. Unit 3 Track l-3-OL-1 A. Listen. What are Ashley and her dad talking about? Check the answer. Dad: Ashley? Ashley: Yeah, Dad! I’m in my room. I’m packing. Dad: Hi, honey. I can’t believe you’re going to college! Ashley: I know. Dad: i: So, what do you want to study? Ashley: Art. Dad: Art?! Come on, Ashley. Be serious. Ashley: I am serious, Dad. Dad: I think you should study business so you can get a good job. Ashley: Business!? Dad: Yes, you’re a smart, organized young woman. It’s perfect for you. Ashley: ; But, Dad … there’s a Iot t can do with an art degree. The business world is very competitive .., Dad: I don’t know, Ashley … Ashley: Come on Dad. Let’s look at the university website. There’s more information there. Track l-3-OL-2 B. Listen again. Complete the sentences. T rack l_3-OL-3 A. Listen to a conversation between two interviewers. What are they talking about? Circle the answer. A: I interviewed Sara Foxx. She likes sales, but wants to work part time. Hmm … I spoke with Jason Gray, and he wants to work at home but likes responsibility. A: Does he want to work full time? Yes, he does. How about Sara? Well, she wants to work part time, but she plans to stay at the sales position for at least two years. And she Ioves people, B: What does she plan to do in two years’ time? A: She expects to go to grad school in the future, but she likes thejob. B: Jason likes the job too. He wants to make a good salary and he Ioves to travel. A: Well, Sara hates to fly. It seemsjason would be the person we need. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have any sales eroPetxe Track l-3-OL-4 B Now listen again. Then fill in the chart below about which descriptions are true for Sara and Jason. Check the boxes. Track l-3-OL-5 A. Listen to the following famous people talking about the right personality needed for success. Do you have the right personality for these jobs? I’m Don Pierce. A good actor works very, very hard. People think that actors spend their time at a lot of parties and nightclubs, but that isn’t true. Actors spend hours – many hours – studying their lines for each movie. And you really have to understand people so that you can understand your character in the movie. I’m Janice. I think the most important thing for a good doctor is being a good listener. You have to understand people and their problems. A good doctor likes to solve problems and always wants to help his or her patients. And you can’t be impulsive – you should always be careful. Sometimes the first answer you think of isn’t the right answer. Doctors need a lot of energy, because they are usually hardworking. Hi, I’m Daniel. To be a success in business, you have to work well with groups of people. At the same time, you need to have strong opinions and be ab/e to explain your opinions clearly. Good business-people always like to make new things and try new ideas. They are very organized, and they work very long hours. Track l_3-OL-6 B. Now listen again. Then fill in the chart below about which things are important for the jobs listed. Check the boxes. Track l-3-OL:7 C. Listen to a recording and complete the following paragraph. Use words from the box. A good athlete is hardworking. He or she practices for many hours before every game. Athletes should also be competitive. They should always think about their team, and how to win. Good athletes are also independent. They practice alone, even when the coach isn’t there. They are very careful about their health, and they don’t do dangerous things. And they are very serious about their sport – it is the most important thing in their life! Track l-3.OL-8 A. Now listen to the passage about four personality types: The Dreamer, The Partner, The Thinker, and The Artist. Which personality type best describe you. The Dreamer A dreamer thinks there is a “right” way to do things. This person wants to ljve in the “perfect world.” A Dreamer is often hardworking and organized. Many are good listeners and like to help others. Many Dreamers work as teachers, lavvyers, and in leadership roles. ThePartner A Partner wants to be in a group. For this person, rules and group harmony are important,丁hese rules lKeep peace in the group. Partners are often serious, careful people. Many do well as teachers, managers, police officers, and politicians. TheThinker For Thinkers, understanding things is very important. They like to solve problems and make new things. Thinkers can also be competitive. They Iike to win. They are independent and often have very strong opinions. Many Thinkers work as scientists, inventors: politicians, and engineers. The Artist Artists want to ‘oe free. They don’t want to follow the rules all the time. Artists like action and are often impulsive. They also like trying new things. Like Thinkers, many Artists have strong opinions. Many artists are creative and do well as musicians, actors, fashion designers, and athlete. Track l- 3-OL-9 B. Listen again. C\rcle D for Dreamer, P for Partner, T for Thinker, or A for Artist for each sentence. Sometimes, more than one answer is possible. Track l-3-OL-10 Listen to the story summary. Fill in the blanks with what you hear. Claudia and Sun-hee are watching a baseball game and start to talk about sports. Claudia says that she plays baseball five or six times a year. Sun-hee says that she often goes swimming and loves to play tennis. She also says that she’s not very competitive and just wants to have fun. When a baseball player invites them to play, Sun-hee as-ks if the game is serious or for fun. The man says it’s for fun, so Claudia and Sun-hee agree to play. But then while she is telling everyone how athletic she and Sun-hee are, Claudia falls ofF the bench! Unit 4 Track l-4-OL-I A. Listen to the first part of this radio interview and circle the correct answers. Interviewer: And welcome back to KPLX radio in Los Angeles. We’re talking this morning with Europe’s hottest singer, Yeliz. Thanks forjoining us. Yeliz: Sure! Hello Los Angeles! Interviewer: So, tell us a Iittle about yourself, Yeliz. Where are you from exactly? Yeliz: I was born in Istanbul, but I live in Scotland now. My dad’s Scottish. My mom’s Turkish. Interviewer: You’re only seventeen. What’s it like being successful at your age? Yeliz: It’s pretty exciting. I get to travel, and meet some interesting people. Track l-4- OIL-2 B. Listen again. Complete the sentences. Check the correct boxes. Interviewer: And welcome back to KPLX radio in Los Angeles. We’re talking this morning with Europe’s hottest singer, Yeliz, Thanks for joining us. Yeliz: Sure! Hello Los Angeles! Interviewer: So, tell us a little about yourself, Yeliz. Where are you from exactly? Yeliz: I was born in Istanbul, but I live in Scotland now.’My dad’s Scottish. My mom’s Turkish. Interviewer: You’re only seventeen. What’s it like being successful at your age? Yeliz: It’s pretty exciting. I get to travel, and meet some interesting people. Interviewer: You’re touring now, but what are your plans for the future? Yeliz: After the tour, I want to take a break. Then, later this year, I plan to make a new CD. Interviewer: Do you have any advice for other young artists? Yeliz: Well, I’d say follow your dreams. Work hard, and you can be successful. Track l-4-OL-3 A. Listen to a talk about how to become successful in business. What are the things you should do or you shouldn’t do? Complete the sentences, If you want to become a successful businessperson, you should do three things. First, you should think about your goals every day. Make plans for today, tomorrow, and next year. Second, you should join a business club. You can learn a lot from the other members, and they can give you good advice. Third, you shouldn’t work every night and every weekend, Sometimes you should take a break, You get more energy and ideas when you relax. And you need a Iot of energy and ideas to make money! Track l-4-OL-4 Listen to a talk about rea/izing dreams. Find your dream We all have dreams, but some people actually make their dreams come true. Their secret? They quit dreaming. And they start doing. Even a very big dream starts with small steps, and small goals. Maybe your dream is to become a doctor. Start by thinking about small goals for yourself. Ask, “What can I do today?” You can’t start medical school today, but you can send e-mails and make phone calls to get information about medical schools. Make a list of schools to call, and then call a few of them every day. What do you need for your dream? Tell friends and family members – many of them can help you. For example, you want to become an artist. You need a Iot of cheap paper for drawing. Maybe your friend’s brother throws away a lot of big