大学英语听说教程 第二册 unit3a

[00:00.00]Listening & Speaking Book 2
[00:05.22]Unit 3
[00:07.92]The Tale of a Cultural Translator
[00:12.41]Part II
[00:15.10]Guided conversation
[00:18.29]2.1 Sample Conversations
[00:23.17]1)Now that we've learned ways of asking for peoples opinions,
[00:29.54]we need to know some good ways to agree and disagree with them!
[00:35.42]Listen to the following dialogs,
[00:39.42]paying special attention to the colored parts and their intonation.
[00:45.01]A
[00:47.31]A:That was a terrible film.
[00:50.99]B:You're right.It was pretty bad.
[00:55.28]A:The plot was impossible to follow.
[00:59.17]B:I couldn't agree with you more.
[01:02.64]A:And the acting was awful,especially the leading actors.
[01:08.02]B:Well,I wouldn't say that.
[01:11.31]I think he did as well as he could under the circumstances.
[01:19.49]B
[01:21.97]A:Good evening,everyone.Today's topic is television.
[01:27.07]Brenda,could we begin with you?
[01:30.88]What do you think of today's TV programs?
[01:35.16]B:Well,if you ask me they're terrible.
[01:39.45]Most of the programs are a complete waste of time.
[01:44.65]C:I agree.But what bothers me most is that there's too much violence on TV.
[01:50.84]D:I think so too.As far as I'm concerned there are too many shootings.
[01:57.92]And the news programs are completely useless.
[02:02.72]They don't tell you anything any more.
[02:07.22]C:Oh,I'm sorry,but I have to disagree.
[02:10.93]I think the news reports are better than ever,especially the sports and financial news.
[02:17.51]B:Well,maybe,but there's more in the world than sports and money.
[02:26.10]C
[02:28.69]A:You know,I think this country's whole problem is overpopulation.
[02:34.91]B:Well,I'm not sure that I agree with you.
[02:39.01]It seems to me that overpopulation is only one of our problems.
[02:44.70]What about unemployment?
[02:47.89]C:That's just what I was thinking.
[02:51.60]Unemployment is a big problem,especially in the big cities.
[02:56.90]A:Yes,but unemployment is just an effect of overpopulation!
[03:02.99]C:How can you say that?
[03:06.38]Unemployment is an effect of high technology,not overpopulation.
[03:12.37]A:Nonsense!If there weren't so many people there wouldn't be any unemployment.
[03:23.18]Part III
[03:25.98]Summary and Discussion
[03:29.87]3.3 Discussion
[03:33.97]Now you're going to take a self-awareness test
[03:38.96]to check your responses to some unusual situations.
[03:44.65]You'll hear the recording twice;
[03:48.83]as you listen,circle your response to each of the questions you hear.
[03:55.91]Hello,and welcome to our Cultural Self-Awareness Quiz.
[04:02.31]Get your pencils ready,and listen to the situations we've prepared for you.
[04:09.03]As you listen,mark the response that best matches your own.
[04:15.11]Don't think too much before making your choices
[04:19.53]your first reaction is the most important.
[04:24.41]Situation One:
[04:27.91]Imagine you're walking down the streets of a foreign city on a pleasant summer evening.
[04:34.21]You've just reached a street corner.
[04:37.79]There's no traffic on the road,
[04:41.18]so although the light is red,you start to cross the street.
[04:46.88]Just as you step into the street,a stranger stops you.
[04:52.57]he doesn't want you to cross against a red light.
[04:57.27]What do you tell him?
[05:00.96]Situation Two:
[05:07.46]Sitting in a cafe in the foreign city,
[05:11.95]you suddenly realize it's on the same street as a famous museum.
[05:17.65]You ask the waiter how long it would take you to walk to the museum.
[05:22.85]He replies,About half an hour.It's a nice day,so you decide to walk.
[05:30.63]Two hours later you finally reach the museum,completely exhausted.
[05:37.24]What are you thinking?
[05:40.35]Situation Three:
[05:46.93]You're at the airport,waiting to check in for your flight home.
[05:52.73]The check in counter opens and as you step up to it with your baggage,
[05:58.53]six people push ahead of you in the line.
[06:02.92]How do you feel?
[06:05.61]Situation Four:
[06:12.22]So many people pushed ahead of you in line that you missed your plane