大学英语听力教程 1
Unit 1 Numbers and Calculations (I)
Part One
Warming-up activity
Directions: Study the following proverbs and sayings, and then put them into Chinese.
1. Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
2. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
3. A miss is as good as a mile.
差之毫厘，失之千里。
4. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
5. Two heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
6. Better master one than engage with ten.
会十事，不如精一事。
7. It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。
8. To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.
事事及时做，一日胜三日。
9. One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
10. At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
二十岁时起支配作用的是意愿；三十岁时是机智；四十岁时是判断。
Part two
Statements
Directions: Listen to the following short statements and choose the best answer from the four choices.
1. Mary is the actress who plays the nurse. (B)
2. The quiz is easy for everyone except Tom. (C)
3. As soon as I got home, it started to rain. (D)
4. Jack is a better student than Henry, but not better than Ed. (A)
5. Xi’an cannot compete with Shanghai in population. (C)
Part three
Short Conversations
I. Study the following before listening.
数字与计算机类的对话主要涉及表示时间长短的数，表示价格高低的数，年、月、日数，街道、房间的编号数，电话号码数等。要求掌握各种形式的数的读法，这是辨清数字，进行数字与计算的基础。此外，还包括近音、近形数字辨认等。
II. Listen to the conversations and choose the best answer to the following questions you hear.
1. M: Did you get home when your daughter did at 8:50 last night?
W: No, I was 15 minutes late because of the heavy traffic.
Q: When did the woman get home? (C)
2. M: Jane must be over twenty now.
W: Yes, when Tony left Paris 10 years ago, Jane was already 15.
Q: How old is Jane. (A)
3. M: This black bag is $2.00 and that blue one is a dollar more.
W: The red one is twice as much as the blue one.
Q: How much are two red bags? (D)
4. M: Is this 415 Fifth Street?
W: No, it’s 514 Fourth Street.
Q: What address is the man looking for? (D)
5. M: The roast beef is $18.00 a kilo now.
W: Yes, it’s exactly a half more than it was two years ago.
Q: What was the price of a kilo roast beef two years ago? (B)
Part Four
Short Passage
I. Study the following before listening
mistake / mi’steik/ v. 弄错，搞错
answer / ‘a:ns ə(r)/ v. 应答，接（电话）
tired / ‘tai əd/ adj. 疲倦的，累的
II. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to the following questions you hear.
Mrs. Jone’s telephone number was 3463, and the number of the cinema in her town was 3464, so people often made a mistake and telephoned her when they wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs. Jones answered the phone. A tired man said, “At what time does the new film begin?”
“I’m sorry”, said Mrs. Jones, “but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema.”
“Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?” said the man. “I’m sorry about that. Goodbye!”
Mrs. Jones was very surprised, so he told her husband. He laughed and said, “The man’s wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn’t gear your. Now they will stay at home this evening, and her husband will be happy.”
Questions:
1. What was Mrs. Jone’s telephone number? (B)
2. Who answered the phone when the bell rang? (C)
3. What did Mrs. Jone say when answering the phone? (B)
4. What could the man’s wife hear? (D)
5. What can we learn from the passage? (D)
Part Five
Spot Dictation
Directions: Listen to the following passage twice, and fill in the blanks with the missing words.
Religious and private schools receive little or no (1) support from public taxes in the United States. As a result, they are more (2) expensive to attend. The religious schools in America are usually (3) run by churches. Therefore they are less expensive than private schools. When there is free education (4) available to all children in the United States, why do people spend money on private schools? Americans offer different (5) reasons for doing so. Some parents send their children to private schools (6) because the classes there are usually smaller. In their opinion the public schools in their area are not good (7) enough to meet their needs. Private schools in the United States have different sizes and (8) qualities, and they can offer all kinds of (9) programs to meet the needs of (10) certain students.
Part Six
Fun Time
I. Study the following before listening.
Bin Laden /bin ‘ledn/ (人名) 本。拉登
President Bush /’prezidənt buʃ/ 布什总统
rub /rʌb/ v. 擦
genie / 'dʒini / n. 精灵，妖精
grant /ɡrɑ:nt / v. 满足
fertile / 'fə:tail / adj. 肥沃
amazed / ə'meizd / adj. 吃惊的
Afghanistan / æf'ɡænistæn / n. 阿富汗
Bin Laden, a Canadian, and President Bush were walking down the street when they saw a golden lamp. They rubbed it and a genie came out and said, “I will grant each one a wish, that’s three together.” The Canadian said, “I am a father and my son will be a farmer, so I want the soil in Canada to be forever fertile.” The genie said the magic words and the wish came true. Bin Laden looked amazed, so he wished for a wall around Afghanistan. The genie said the magic words and again the wish came true. President Bush said “Genie, tell me more about this wall,” the genie said, “It’s 50 feet thick and 500 feet tall, so nothing can get in and nothing can get out.” President Bush said, “Wow! That’s a big bridge… Fill it with water!!!”
II. Answer the following questions after listening.
1. How many people are there walking down the street?
Three ----- Bin Laden, a Canadian and President Bush.
2. What happened when they rubbed the golden lamp?
A genie came out and said it would grant each one a wish
3. What was the Canadian’s wish?
The soil in Canada forever fertile.
4. What was Bin Laden’s wish?
A wall around Afghanistan.
5. What was President Bush’s wish?
Fill Afghanistan with water.
Unit 2 Numbers and Calculations (II)
Part One
Warming-up Activity
Directions: study the following proverbs and sayings, and then put them into Chinese.
1. Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
2. Punctuality is the soul of business.
守时为立业之要素。
3. Reading makes a full man and writing an exact man.
读书使人充实，写作是人严谨。
4. One’s life is limited, but learning is endless.
生命有限，学海无涯。
5. Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
6. Better late than never.
迟做总比不好做。
7. Faith will move mountains.
精诚所至，金石为开。
8. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
9. Doubt is the key of knowledge.
怀疑是知识之钥。
10. Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Part Two
Statements
Directions: Listen to the following short statements and choose the best answer from the four chices.
1. I will go to Beijing for our summer vacation instead of Kunming. (A)
2. Tom can’t find his novel, but he’s sure that it will show up soon. (A)
3. The ship is due to arrive at 8. Now it is half an hour late. (D)
4. Diana has two red dresses and Jane has three blue ones. (C)
5. Susan used to travel almost every year. (B)
Part Three
Short Conversations
I. Study the following before listening.
数字与计算类的对话问题形式一般体现为加减计算型，乘除计算型，混合运算法计算型。这就要求在听音时，搞清对话中的数字，哪些是直接按已知条件，通过何种步骤求得问题的结果。
II．Listen to the conversations and choose the best answer to the following questions you hear.
1. M: Don’t you have to go to word at 9:00?
W: No, I start half an hour later today and half and hour early tomorrow.
Q: What time does the woman start work today? (A)
2. M: Did you graduate when your cousin did in 1965?
W: No, I finished school a year after she did.
Q: When did the woman graduate? (D)
3. M: I bought this $200 camera at a 25% discount.
W: It’s a good camera, you are lucky!
Q: How much did the man pay for the camera? (A)
4. W: Excuse me. Did you say these jackets were fifteen dollars?
M: No, I said $50 more than that. Here’s the price on the tag.
Q: How much do the jackets cost? (B)
5. M: When does the next bus leave for New York?
W: Buses leave for New York every half hour. You just missed the nine-thirty bus by five minutes.
Q: When will the next bus leave for New York? (A)
Part Four
Short Passage
I. Study the following before listening.
software / 'sɔftwεə/ n. 软件
figure / 'fiɡə/ n. 数字
generation / dʒenə'reiʃən/ adj. 独立的
blindly / 'blaindli/ adv. 盲目地
II. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to the following questions you hear.
Nowadays, most employees of high-tech industries are below the age of 35, and for newly rising industries such as computer software and the Internet, the figure is below thirty. People at this age are known as generation-X, which is made up of those born between 1963 and 1981.
Compared with those born from 1946 to 1960, Generation-X are very independent, they also have their weak points. Employers often complain that Generation-X is a group hard to manage, because they will not accept orders blindly. In short, Generation-X will not accept strict leadership. They expect their leaders to have a good understanding of the jobs, and most importantly, to treat them as partners, not as employees. As a result, managing Generation-X employees is not only a science but also an art. If the leaders can do well, they may find that the employees they once considered as young, selfish and uncontrollable turn out to be responsible, active team players.
Questions:
1. Generally speaking, how old are those high-tech employees? (A)
2. What is the general name of those young men? (D)
3. What is the main characteristic of those young employees? (B)
4. What do they expect from their leaders? (C)
5. Which of the following sentences is true? (A)
Part Five
Spot Dictation
Directions: Listen to the following passage twice, and fill in the blanks with the missing words.
John was (1) blinded in a car accident several years ago. Last weed he was doing some farming in his garden in front of his house when thunderstorm (2) approached. Since he was standing under a tree, he was (3) struck by lightening. He was knocked down to the ground and woke up several minutes later. Then he (4) struggled back into the house and rested in bed. But when he opened his eyes again, he could see the clock across the room (5) fading in and out. When his old wife returned home, he could even see her clearly.
A doctor (6) confirmed that he has (7) regained his sight from the flash of lightening, but he was (8) unable to explain the occurrence. The only (9) explanation was that he lost his sight in an accident, which could only be (10) restored by another accident.
Part Six
Fun Time
I. Study the following before listening.
present / 'prezənt/ n. 礼物
pleased / pli:zd / adj. 满意的，高兴的
A poor farmer once received a young apple tree as a present from his friend. The farmer was pleased with the present, but when he got home he did not know where to plant it. He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruits. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruits. Finally, he planted the tree deep in his woods, where no one could see it. But, naturally, without sunlight and proper soil, the tree soon die.
II. Answer the following questions after listening.
1. Why didn’t the farmer plant the apple tree in his field?
He thought his neighbor would steal the apples at night.
2. Why didn’t the farmer plant the apple tree near the road?
He thought strangers would steal the fruits.
3. Why didn’t the farmer plant the tree near his house?
He was afraid that his children would take the fruits.
4. Where did the farmer finally plant the apple tree?
In the woods where no one would see it.
5. Why did the apple trees soon die?
Because there was no sunlight and proper soil.
