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13单元答案及原文

UnitoneBusiness

NewsOneProblemsatFiat

ListeningactivityI

1.Y2.Y3.Y4.N5.Y6.Y7.N8.Y

（a）their（b）here（c）It's（d）its（e）than

ListeningactivityII

1.strike2.teachers3.parents4.job5.earn6.part

ListeningactivityIII

1.d2.b3.a4.c

ListeningActivityIV

（a）today（b）father（c）kids（d）days（e）year

1.T2.T3.T4.F5.F6.T7.T8.F

1.c2.f3.a4.e5.d6.b

Script

T1

BRIANBARRON:

Unitedinangeranddespair,thedayasmalltownwentonstrike.UsuallytheirworriesareearthquakesandtheSicilianMafia'ssinisteractivitieshere,butnowFiat,theonlysignificantemployer,isbowingout.Alast-minutereprieveintheformofgovernmentinterventionseemsunlikely.It'sstrugglingwithitsowneconomicproblems,inflationhigherthantherestofEuropeandabudgetdeficit.

T2

BRIANBARRON:

Eventheschoolsareonstrikeasteachersexplainhowparentsarelosingtheirlivelihood.

MAN:

Withoutthisjob,wecannotlive,wecannotearnmoney,sowecannoteat.Itwillbeadisasterforus.Alltheeconomyofthistown,ofthispartofSicilywillbe,er...

BRIANBARRON:

...destroyed.

MAN:

...destroyed,willbedestroyed,yes.

T3

BRIANBARRON:

Atthetownhall,ashowofsolidarityfromlocalbigwigs."They'reimbecilesinchargeofFiat,"saysthemayorofTermini,butthestarkrealityisthatFiat'svastplant,fivemilesfromthetown,haslostmoneyforyears.Itwasthebankswhoblewthewhistletoday.Now,householdsherearewhisperingawordSiciliansloathe:

emigration.

T4

BRIANBARRON:

Asthepastawasdoledouttoday,FrancoDemaknewhisdaysatFiatwereover.Herecalledhisfatherhadtoemigrateforwork.Thenhetoldus,"Idon'twanttocryinfrontofthekids."Tonightangryworkers,who'dblockedFiatforthreedaysthisweek,finallysnapped.Theyinvadedtheirownfactory,whichwillclosebeforetheendoftheyear.Thisisashakencommunityinthethroesofanervousbreakdown.BrianBarron,BBCNews,Sicily.

----BritainBarron,9October2002

NewsTwoJunkEmails

ListeningactivityI

（a）unwanted（b）Millions（c）week（d）daughter（e）texts（f）youngsters（g）invite

1.Prizedrawsandspecialoffers.

2.Onhermobile.

3.Completestrangers.

4.Becausetheywerepremiumratecalls.

ListeningactivityII

1.c2.d3.a4.d

1.a2.a

ListeningactivityIII

1.T2.T3.T4.T5.F6.F7.F8.F

ListeningActivityIV

（a）to（b）up（c）with（d）in（e）for（f）about

1.stop2.genuine3.Can't4.aheadof5.visual6.more7.stricter8.throwthemessageaway

Script

T1

NICOLACARSLAW:

Anotherunwantedtextmessage.Millionsofpromotionarenowbeingsentouteveryweekenticinguswithbogusprizedrawsandspecialoffers.ChrisDerby's14-year-olddaughterreceivedoneofthosesortofunsolicitedtextsonhermobile.

CHRISDERBY:

Iwasangrythatthemessagecompanywastemptingyoungsterstomakephonecallstocompletestrangers,andsecondlytoinvitethemtomakepremiumratecallsunannounced.

T2

NICOLACARSLAW:

Wellsofarthisyear,thetelephoneregulatorhasreceived800complaintsaboutunsolicitedormisleadingtextmessages,andthere'sasimilarnumberofcomplaintsinvolvingfaxes,emailstoo.Thisone,forexample,it'squiteflattering.Youmightbetemptedtoring,butifyoudo,it'sapremiumratenumberthatcostsafortune.

T3

NICOLACARSLAW:

Companieshavebeenfinedbutstillthecomplaintsrollin.BusinesswomanAnnaCoren'sbeenbesiegedbyemailsaskinghertoinvestinabogusbank.

ANNACOREN:

ThismorningIgotveryupset.IcalledtheTradingStandardsandcomplainedaboutit,andtheytoldmethattheyreceivedlotsoftelephonecallsandlotsofcomplaints,andifIwas,er,totakepartinthisdeal,Iwouldhavehadtospendatleast£300outofmymoney,whichIwouldneverseenagain.

T4

NICOLACARSLAW:

Youcanbarcallstopremiumrateservicesandregistertostopunwantedlegitimatebusinesses,butroguefirmsareaproblem.Theregulationscan'tkeepupwiththenewtechnology.

MAN2:

Withthenextgenerationphoneswithvisual,um,content,it'sgoingtobereallyimportantthatconsumershavemorepowerthantheyhavetodaytodecidewhattheywanttoseeandwhattheywanttheirchildrentosee.

NICOLACARSLAW:

Tighterrulesarecominginnextyear,butfornowit'seithercomplainaboutitorbinit.MicolaCarslaw,BBCNews.

---NicolaCarslaw,12November2002.

NewsThreeDisneyinTrouble

ListeningactivityI

1.Y2.Y3.N4.Y5.Y6.N

（a）from（b）every（c）last（d）its（e）has（f）any

ListeningactivityII

1.a2.b3.a4.b

ListeningactivityIII

（a）announce（b）considered（c）jeopardy（d）position（e）hard（f）work

1.c2.a3.d4.b

Script

T1

MICHELLEFLEURY:

MichaelEisnerfacesaroughridefrominvestorsashetriestoaddressthelacklustreperformanceofDisney'sshareprice.Profitshavedroppedeveryyearsince1997,andlastyearactuallylostmoney.Themeparkattendancecontinuesitsdownwardtrend,andABC,Disney'stelevisioncompany,hasthelowestratingsofanyofthebigthreeAmericannetworks.

T2

MICHELLEFLEURY:

LastweekagroupofshareholdersledbyHerbertDentonmettodiscusstheirconcerns.TheywantseechangesinDisney'sboardroom.

HERBERTDENTON:

Therearequiteafewpeopleontheboardwhoarewonderfully,um,accomplishedbutnotincorporateturnarounds.Wehave,youknow,atheologicalleader,wehaveaneducator,wehaveanarchitect,etc,.WhatIthinkisneededinthesetimesandcircumstancesareindustrial,heavy,heavy-dutyindustrygradeturnaroundtypes.

T3

MICHELLEFLEURY:

MchaelEisnerbelikelytoannounceareductioninthesizeoftheboard,buthisownjobisconsideredsafefornow.

PAULKIM:

There'sbeenalotoftalkaboutMr.Eisnerbeinginjeopardy.I,Idon'tthinkthat'sthecase.Ithinkhispositionissecure,atleastforthenearterm.

MICHELLEFLEURY:

Thesearehardtimesformediaexecutives.Manyhaverecentlylosttheirjobs,andEisnermustbewonderinghowlonghe'sgottoworktheDisneymagic.MichelleFleury,BBCNews,NewYork.

---MichelleFleury,24September2002.

Unit2Finance

NewsOneInvestinginBooks

ListeningactivityI

（a）reading（b）combining（c）investing（d）looking（e）seeing（f）enjoying（g）having

Abstract:

A

ListeningactivityII

1.c2.a3.b4.c

（a）really（b）popular（c）Modern（d）haven't（e）first（f）inscribed（g）1525（h）value

ListeningactivityIII

1.should2.shouldn't3.should4.should5.shouldn't

ListeningActivityIV

1.paperback2.adealer3.isBond's50thbirthday4.£5,000to£20,000

（a）read（b）good（c）would（d）idea（e）fan（f）emotions（g）anything

Script

T1

MARCIAHUGHES:

Ifyoulikereading,thennextyearyoucouldtrycombiningyourenjoymentwithsomefinancialplanningbyinvestinginyourfavouritebooks.

WOMEN:

Ithinkalotofpeoplearelookingfordifferentinvestmentsandmoreoversomethingthattheycanactuallyenjoyaswellasjustseeingastatementwithanamountofmoneyinabankaccount,andalsothingslike'HarryPorter',wellevenadultsareenjoyingthat,althoughobviouslyit'sdirectedatchildren.It'sawayofhavingadifferentsortofinvestment.

T2

MARCIAHUGHES:

Ofcourseit'snotjustreallyoldandrarebookslikethesethathavevalue.Adrian,what'spopularareatocollectinatthemoment?

ADRIAN:

Modernfirsteditions,children'sbooks,byfarandawaythemostpopular.

MARCIAHUGHES:

Andyou'vegotonehere,haven't?

ADRIAN:

Well,the'HarryPorter',thefilmsequenceisout,asweallknow,firsteditionofthefirstbook,only300printed.Firsteditionbecauseitgoesnumberingsequencedowntoone,butthisone'sinscribedbyJ.K.Rowling,whichhelpsalot.Thisis£25,000,thisbookis£25,000,publishedin1525,firsteditionof'Hypocrites',publishedin1997.Theyhavethesamevalue.Youpayyourmoney,youtakeyourchoice.

T3

MARCIAHUGHES:

Ifyou'rethinkingofstartingcollecting,whatareafewsimplerules?

ADRIAN:

Buywhatyoulike.Alwaysbuythebestconditionyoucanafford.Don'tbuybooksthataresun-fadedlikethisone.Thesetwobooksarethesamebook,andthisone'sbeenleftinthesun,totallydevalued.That's£120,that's£40,soitreallydoesdevalueit.Don'tbuybooksthathavebeenwrittenin,likethis,unlessit'stheauthorwho'swritten,andifyou'recollectingbooks,don'twriteinthemyourselfunlessyoudoitinpencil.Neverprice-clipabook,itdevaluesitself.So,keeptheminthedark,writeinpencil,don'tprice-clip.

T4

MARCIAHUGHES:

Andneverreadthem.

ADRIAN:

Neverreadthem,readthepaperback.That'sthetrick,andbuildagoodrelationshipwithadealer.Iwouldsaythat,wouldn'tI?

MARCIAHUGHES:

Butit'snotabadideatofindadealer,especiallyifyou'reaJamesBondfan.Nextyear,it'sBond's50thbirthday,andfirsteditionareexpectedtofetchanythingfrom£5,000to£20,000.MarciaHughes,BBCNews.

---MarciaHughes,20December2002.

NewsTwoUseoftheEuroin2002

ListeningactivityI

1.d2.c3.d4.c5.a

ListeningactivityII

1.N2.Y3.N4.Y5.N

1.theyhave2.thatis3.thereis4.Iam5.everythinghas

ListeningactivityIII

1.Theeurohaspushedupprices

2.Theydenyit./theysaytheeurohasn'tpushedupprices.

3.Toprintaone-euronote.

4.Tohelppeoplefeelricher.

（a）complaints（b）euro（c）prices（d）countries（e）note（f）few（g）though

ListeningActivityIV

1.Thewoman

2.CustomersinIreland

3.Theman

4.PeopleinGermany

5.Sweden

6.TheUK

（a）really（b）travel（c）waiting（d）thing（e）region（f）other（g）over

Script

T1

ANGELAGARVE