大学英语听说教程 第二册 unit4a

[00:00.00]Listening & Speaking Book 2
[00:05.64]Unit 4
[00:08.54]Turning Failure into Success
[00:12.83]Part II
[00:15.52]Guided Conversation
[00:18.81]2.1 Sample conversations
[00:23.61]1)We all need to make and receive phone calls from time to time.
[00:30.51]Listen to the following conversations,
[00:34.51]paying special attention to the colored parts and their intonation.
[00:40.41]A
[00:42.81]A:Hello,987-6543.
[00:47.80]B:Hello,Anna.Mike here.
[00:51.49]A:Mike,how nice to hear from you!
[00:55.69]B:Yes,long time no see!
[00:59.48]Listen,why don't we get together for a drink on Friday after work?
[01:05.70]A:Great,I'd love to.How about the King Street Pub?
[01:11.29]B:Sounds good.I'll meet you there about 5:30.
[01:16.59]A:Great,I'll be there.See you then.
[01:20.80]B: Bye.
[01:23.88]A: Bye.
[01:29.16]B
[01:31.95]A:Hello?
[01:34.33]B:Hello,this is Bob Adams.Could I speak to Sarah,Please?
[01:40.62]A:I'm afraid you have the wrong number.There's no one here by that name.
[01:46.92]B:Oh!Is this 267-8398?
[01:53.82]A:Yes,but there's no sarah here.
[01:57.71]B:Oh!Oh,well sorry to trouble you.
[02:02.59]A:That's all right.Good-bye.
[02:09.20]C
[02:11.66]A:Shanghai Foreign Language School.
[02:15.44]B:Hello,this is Roy Miller.Could I speak to Mr.James,please?
[02:21.64]A:I'm sorry,but he's in a conference at the moment.
[02:26.83]Would you like to leave a message?
[02:30.15]B:Uh,yes.Could you ask him to call me back as soon as possible,please?
[02:36.84]A:Of course.May I have your name again, please,and your number?
[02:42.95]B:Roy Miller;and my number is 6574-4320.
[02:52.75]A:Thank you.I'll give Mr.James your message.
[02:57.45]B:Thanks very much.Good-bye.
[03:04.14]Part III
[03:10.64]Summary and Discussion
[03:14.04]3.3 Discussion
[03:18.11]1)The conversation you're about to hear
[03:23.23]is slightly different from the text printed below.
[03:28.12]As you listen the first time,
[03:31.72]underline the places where what you hear differs from what's printed.
[03:37.73]Father:So tell me what Eddie's teacher said at your meeting today.
[03:42.82]Mother:She says he's afraid to fail.
[03:46.72]Father:Afraid to fail?
[03:49.93]What's wrong with that?!He's supposed to be afraid to fail!
[03:55.13]Mother:She says fear of failure is destructive.
[03:59.52]She says Eddie's fear of failure is keeping him from doing his best.
[04:05.39]And she says it's our fault.
[04:09.60]She says we need to teach Eddie how to fail.
[04:14.51]Father:How to fail?!Teach him how to fail?!That's crazy!
[04:20.39]Mother:I thought so too,but then she compared it to learning to ride a horse.
[04:27.08]Until you learn to fall,you'll never be a really good rider,
[04:32.59]because you'll always be afraid of falling.
[04:36.87]Father:Hm.So did she have any recommendations for how to teach Eddie to fail?
[04:44.26]Mother:Yes,she made two suggestions.
[04:48.65]First,she said you have to stop telling Eddie it doesn't matter when he fails.
[04:55.26]Father:Me?!I don't tell him that!
[04:59.26]Mother:Yes,you do every time his team loses a football match you say it doesn't matter.
[05:06.55]Father:Well,what am I supposed to say?
[05:10.96]I don't want the poor kid to have a nervous breakdown every time he loses a game.
[05:17.36]Mother:His teacher says that by saying that,
[05:21.46]you're teaching him that his natural feeling of disappointment is unnecessary,
[05:27.65]when its really the best motivation he has to learn something from his failure.
[05:34.55]Father:Hmp.I guess that makes sense.What else did she suggest?
[05:40.77]Mother:That lowering our standards is bad for Eddie.
[05:45.86]Father:Ha!Like when you told him that ugly ashtray he made for you is the most beautiful ashtray in the world?
[05:54.25]Mother:But it is beautiful to me!Everything Eddie makes for me is beautiful!
[06:00.72]Father:I know,I know but even I can see that telling him things like that
[06:07.20]teaches him that he doesn't have to try.
[06:11.41]Mother:But what am I supposed to tell him?
[06:15.12]"That's so ugly,sweetheart, but I love you anyway"?!