整理新视野大学英语(第三版)视听说教程听力原文.doc

1、学 海 无 涯Unit 1 Life is a learning curve Listening to the world Sharing Scripts H = Hina; W1 = Woman 1, etc.; M1 = Man 1, etc. Part 1 H: I have a full-time job but I like learning new things in my spare time. At the moment, Im studying Spanish. Im enjoying it but Im finding it quite difficult. Today w

2、ere asking people about learning new things. Part 2 W1: Im learning to speak another language, actually. Im learning French. Im also learning, er, to drive. W2: Im learning to play golf at the moment. Um, my husband and my son play golf, and when we go on holiday, I feel that I want to be able to pl

3、ay with them. W3: Im learning to speak Spanish. W4: I am learning Arabic. M1: Well, Ive been learning to play the guitar for about 50 years now. And its a constant process, so still learning bits, yes. W5: Im learning yoga at the moment, and Im finding it quite hard. M2: The courses Im taking are, a

4、re training courses for leadership, er, negotiation, (and) evaluation. M3: Im learning Swahili. W6: At the moment, Im learning to paint and draw in evening classes for adults. W7: Im studying part-time after work. M4: Ive er, just learned how to er, do a lot of kayaking. W8: I am learning how to des

5、ign a website at the moment. W9: Im in a choir so singing, I guess, is pretty much the only thing Im doing at the moment. M5: At the moment, Im taking up a new instrument. Its a traditional instrument from Zimbabwe, and its called the mbira. Er, let me show you. Part 3 H: Whats the most difficult th

6、ing youve ever learned? M5: Patience, I think. W4: Arabic. M2: Courage. W3: Learning a language is particularly difficult for myself (me), so probably learning the Spanish. W6: The most difficult thing I have ever learned is Mandarin Chinese. I did it in evening classes a few years ago and I found i

7、t really, really difficult. W5: Probably capoeira, which is a Brazilian dance, martial art, fight thing. Its a combination of all of these things. And yes, that was very difficult because there were lots of unusual body movements to learn. W1: Learning to drive was the most difficult thing. M3: Well

8、, I learned some Sanskrit, and thats got um, nine cases, two more than Latin. Its quite difficult by most standards. M4: I think I found French very hard at school. W2: Um, I learned to play the trumpet at school. That was pretty difficult. Er . and maybe learning to drive. I hated learning to drive

9、. Listening Scripts P = presenter; S = Sally P: Hi. Youre listening to Ask the Expert and in todays program were talking about languages and how to learn a language. Our expert today is Sally Parker, who is a teacher. Hi Sally. S: Hello. P: Sally, our first question today is from Andy. He says, “Ive

10、 just started learning English. My problem is that Im too frightened to speak. My grammar is not very good, so Im worried about saying the wrong thing.” Have you got any advice for Andy? S: OK. Well, the first thing is I think Andy should practice speaking to himself. P: Speaking to himself? Im not

11、sure thats a good idea. S: I know it sounds silly, but talking to yourself in a foreign language is a really good way to practice. You dont have to feel embarrassed, because nobody can hear you. You can talk to yourself about anything you like what you had for breakfast, where youre going for the we

12、ekend anything. And the more you do it, the more you will get used to hearing your own voice and your pronunciation, so you wont feel so frightened in the classroom. Andy should try it. P: Hm, I suppose so. Anything else? What about his grammar? S: He has only just started learning English, so he is

13、 going to make lots of mistakes, but thats not a problem. Thats how hell learn. Andy shouldnt worry about making mistakes. P: Youre right. So Andy, try talking to yourself, and dont worry about making mistakes. Our next problem comes from Olivia in Brazil. She is worried about pronunciation. She say

14、s, “The problem is I cant understand native speakers. They speak so fast and I cant understand their pronunciation.” So Sally, any ideas for Olivia? S: Well, first of all its a good idea for her to practice her listening skills. She should listen to English as much as possible to get used to how it

15、sounds. Listen to the news, listen to podcasts, (and) watch English television. P: OK thats a good idea. S: And another thing she should do is to focus on listening and reading at the same time. If you listen to something on the Internet, you can often read the transcript. If you listen and read at

16、the same time, itll help you see what the words sound like and how the words sound when a native speaker is talking. P: Great. Thank you, Sally. Well, huh, Im afraid thats all we have time for today, but next week well be Viewing Scripts N = Narrator; I = Ian Deary; W1 = Woman 1, etc.; M1 = Man 1, e

17、tc. N: Recent research into the history of IQ tests in Scotland suggests your IQ score might predict, to an extent at least, your health and even your life expectancy. W1: You have 45 minutes to do the test, OK? M1: OK. N: Bill and Davina are 79 years old. This is the second time theyve done this te

18、st. The first time was in 1932, when every 11-year-old in Scotland was put through an intelligence test. Its the only time this kind of mass testing has ever been done in the UK. The results were rediscovered recently in an Edinburgh basement. If you want to know how our intelligence changes as we g

19、et older, these results are a potential goldmine. I: We brought hundreds of people back and we got them to sit the exact same test that they had sat when they were aged 11. Now, these people are now 79 or 80 years old. We gave the same instructions. We gave the same test. And we gave the same time l

20、imit. M2: It was a little stickier than I thought it would be. M3: I walked through it quite happily, quite honestly. W2: I felt I must have been very bright at 11 if I sat that exam and passed. N: There were some intriguing results. Almost everyone had a better score at 80 than they did at 11. But

21、some had gone from being just averagely intelligent to a much higher level. I: Now, thats what really drives our research. Were interested in: Why have those people whove gone (people gone) from IQ 100, at age 11, up to 110 or 120? What have they done right? What can be the recipe for successful agi

22、ng? Were finding that the person with more education, even though they had the same IQ in childhood, is doing slightly better in old age, on average. The person who had a more professional job, in old age, is doing slightly better on average than the person who had a manual job, despite the fact tha

23、t they started at the same level. The people who smoked have got slightly less good mental ability than you would expect. N: Whats even more remarkable is that the kids who had higher IQ scores at 11 are the very ones still alive today. So it seems high IQ in childhood is good for survival. Speaking

24、 for communication Role-play Scripts A: Ah, OK, so we need to think of the best ideas for taking tests. B: Yep. A: Er, well, how about this one? Its a good idea to study with friends at the same time each day. B: Mm, in my opinion, this is a really good idea. You can make it a regular part of your d

25、aily life. A: You mean like having breakfast at the same time, lunch at the same time, studying at the same time. B: Yes. And also I think it helps when you study with friends. A: Yeah, I, I think its more motivating. B: And you can actually talk to someone, not just look at books. I find that if Im

26、 only reading my notes its easy to lose concentration. I start thinking about other things. But when you are talking to someone, it really helps you concentrate. So, yes, I agree with this one. A: OK. Another idea is not to eat too much before the exam. B: Oh, really? A: Mm, when I eat a lot, I get

27、sleepy. B: Oh, I see. I think it depends. Because if you dont eat enough, you start to feel hungry in the middle of the exam. A: Mm, thats true. B: And then you cant concentrate. A: Yeah, thats true. B: So, Im not sure about this advice, for me. As I said, I think it depends. I always try to eat a g

28、ood meal before an exam. Im so nervous that I never get sleepy. A: Hm. OK. What other ideas do you have? B: Well, theres one thing I always do before an exam. A: Whats that? B: I go to bed early the night before. A: Right. B: I always try to sleep for eight hours the night before the exam. Further p

29、ractice in listening Short conversations Scripts Conversation 1 W: It is the third time my paper has been rejected by journals because of language problems. M: You know, there is a writing center on campus. I had never got a grade better than C for any of my term papers before they helped me out. Q:

30、 What can we learn from the conversation? Conversation 2 M: You said you would choose Spanish as your second foreign language. Why did you finally choose French instead? W: My grandfather speaks fluent French and he says that French is a language that any truly cultured person must know. Q: Why does

31、 the woman choose to learn French? Conversation 3 W: You seem to have no problem understanding native speakers now. How about Dr. Browns speech last night? M: Excellent. But it was still too fast for me to follow, especially when Dr. Brown talked about those abstract theories. Q: What did the man do last night? Conversation 4 M: It seems to me that Melissa is in a bad mood today. Whats wrong with her? W: Melissa forgot to bring her identification card yesterday and she was not allowed to enter the contest. You know she had prepared for the contest for months. Q: W