大学英语听说教程 第二册 unit1a

[12:10.96]Agent:You know,you can see some very interesting monuments in Washington.
[12:16.65]The Capital Building is worth a visit that's where Congress meets.
[12:22.24]Lu Yongtao: Oh?
[12:25.35]Agent:And you should see the Lincoln Memorial
[12:29.35]that's that huge statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting in a chair.
[12:35.04]Lu Yongtao:Yes,I've seen pictures of it.
[12:38.75]Agent:Then on your way west,you could stop at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
[12:45.54]It's really something to see!
[12:49.15]Lu:Isn't that the mountain with presidents heads carved into it?
[12:54.95]Agent:That's right.And the Grand Canyon in AriZona is definitely worth a visit.
[13:02.16]It's one of the most popular tourist spots for foreign visitors.
[13:07.64]Lu Yongtao:Well,I'd better not miss it,then!
[13:11.54]Now,is Disney World somewhere on the way?
[13:16.53]I've always wanted to see Disney World.
[13:20.81]Agent:Uh,actually Disney World is in Florida.
[13:25.49]Disneyland is in California,though
[13:29.77]you could stop there on your way from the Grand Canyon to San Francisco.
[13:36.38]Lu Yongtao:Oh gee,I don't know.
[13:40.27]It's really Disney World.I wanted to see.
[13:44.66]Agent:Disneyland was built first,though,so it's more historical.
[13:50.25]And it'll be right on your way.
[13:53.75]I promise you won't be disappointed.
[13:57.75]Lu Yongtao:(rather crabbily):Oh,all right.If you say so.
[14:05.14]4.2 Retelling a Story
[14:13.84]2)Now listen to the following story twice,and as you listen,
[14:20.73]fill in the blanks with the missing information.
[14:25.23]When George's car stopped at the traffic lights,he couldn't start it again.
[14:31.52]The cars behind him began to sound their horns,and the drivers began to shout.
[14:38.52]George got out of his car,apologized and pushed his car to the side of the road.
[14:45.92]But George didn't know how to repair cars,so he was very anxious.
[14:52.13]Then he saw a young man and his girlfriend were standing at a bus stop.
[14:58.12]"Excuse me,"said George to them. "Do you know anything about cars? "
[15:04.33]The girl was about to say something,but her boyfriend interrupted.
[15:10.03]"Leave it to me,"he said, opening the bonnet at the front of the car.
[15:15.93]"Oh dear,it looks very bad." He shook his head and whistled.
[15:23.01]George was a little surprised."Actually...er...the engine is at the back."
[15:31.00]"Oh,"said the young man,"it's a foreign car.In that case, I can't help you."
[15:38.40]"Can I have a look now?"asked the girl,politely.
[15:43.10]She took the cover off the engine at the back of the car,
[15:47.91]asked George for his tool kit,and worked for five minutes.
[15:53.39]The car started immediately.
[15:57.10]"Thank you," said George.
[16:00.21]"Can I give you a lift anywhere?""Yes,"said the girl.
[16:05.41]"To the library.I'm going to get him some books about cars."
[16:14.89]4.3 Note-Taking
[16:23.17]2).As you listen to the passage,
[16:27.77]use the spaces below to take some notes on what you hear.
[16:33.28]Today our lecture is about money--funny money.
[16:38.66]Long ago,people in one part of the world didn't go to an office or a factory to earn money.
[16:46.55]They found their money on the ground.
[16:50.16]The money was large,round,and flat.
[16:55.95]It looked just like what it was a stone!
[17:00.73]Because they were special stones and very hard to find,they were valuable.
[17:07.32] The larger the stone,the more valuable it was.
[17:12.23]Money stones about the size of a dinner plate might buy a fish,
[17:17.43]a baby pig,or some vegetables.
[17:22.13]The richest men had stones too big and heavy to carry around.
[17:27.72]These men left their stones in front of their houses so that everyone could see how rich they were.
[17:34.93]People in some places found their money along the seashore
[17:39.81]red,black,and white shells.But shells were not ready money.
[17:46.29]The women had to break the shells into little pieces,polished them,
[17:52.59]made small holes in them,and strung them on strings.
[17:57.76]One string of shell money would buy food.