大学英语听说教程 第二册 unit9b

[08:19.98]As soon as the clerk turned around,
[08:23.88]the businessman put three ties in his briefcase
[08:29.28]Two minutes later when the clerk turned,
[08:33.28]the businessman said "I don't like these silk ties
[08:38.87]They are not of good quality"
[08:42.27]The man walked as quickly as possible out of the front door
[08:48.14]Mary followed him.
[08:51.15]When the man was about to step into a magnificent Rolls-Royce
[08:57.44]Mary went up to him and said,"Excuse me,sir,
[09:02.64]would you mind letting me take a look in your briefcase
[09:07.13]The man was seized with terror but soon he calmed down and said,
[09:13.12]"I'm afraid I certainly do mind
[09:17.01]if it's all the same to you.Now go away."
[09:21.79]Mary produced her identity card indicating
[09:26.47]that she was a store detective
[09:30.17]and she insisted on having a look into the man's briefcase
[09:35.37]The man had no way out saying,"Oh,very well.
[09:41.07]Anything to help a woman detective."
[09:44.99]Mary took out from the briefcase 3 silk ties
[09:49.98]"Can you explain"Mary asked.
[09:53.58]"Yes,nothing unusual in that,"the man said.
[09:58.47]"I'll go to attend respectively a negotiation,a wedding and a funeral
[10:06.25]I like to wear differently colored ties on different occasions."
[10:11.34]Question 1)Why was Mary offered the job as a store detective
[10:19.05]Question 2)What would most shoplifters be like?
[10:31.35]Question 3)Why did the man refuse Mary to look into his briefcase
[10:45.36]Question 4)Why were there three ties in the man's briefcase?
[11:02.05]Question 5) Which of the following statements
[11:21.95]is NOT indicated in the passage?
[11:26.16]Listening Passage 2
[11:41.15]Helena Wharton and her sister.Charlotte don't go to school
[11:47.06]Instead they are taught at home by their parents.
[11:52.54]The Whartons are one of the rapidly growing number of families
[11:58.24]in Britain who are dissatisfied with the school system
[12:04.22]The most famous example is probably the Lawrence family
[12:09.84]whose home-taught daughter Ruth
[12:13.52]recently gained a first-class degree at Oxford University
[12:19.92]at the age of 13.
[12:23.50]Until Christmas 1982 Helena and Charlotte Wharton
[12:31.49]went to their local village primary school.
[12:35.88]But Helena,an intelligent,precise and tidy girl,had difficulties
[12:43.59]"I'm slow at writing and thinking like that," she says,
[12:48.97]"I don't like reading aloud;
[12:52.55]I got left behind."
[12:55.84]It was not until Mrs.Wharton met another family
[13:02.42]who were members of an organization called Education Otherwise
[13:08.43]that she realized that it was possible for children
[13:14.02]to be educated at home.
[13:17.91]Their parents believe that parents do not need special qualifications
[13:24.49]"Young children want to learn,"
[13:28.31]Mrs.Wharton says,"You don't teach children at home
[13:34.39]you just allow them to learn
[13:38.21]Education authorities feel that they are the experts
[13:43.41]and the only ones able to teach children
[13:48.00]But mothers will always teach their children more than anyone else
[13:54.30]but in a natural way."
[13:58.30]Question 6)Which is the best title for the passage?
[14:05.01]Question 7)Why don't the Wharton sisters go to school
[14:16.79]Question 8)Who is Ruth?
[14:31.47]Question 9)What is Education Otherwise?
[14:50.38]Question 10)According to Mrs.Wharton,how should children be taught