大学英语听说教程 第二册 unit9a

[00:00.00]Listening & Speaking
[00:03.42]Book 2
[00:06.11]Unit 9
[00:09.72]Get Ready for Some Wild Weather
[00:14.11]Part II
[00:16.74]Guided Conversation
[00:20.04]2.1
[00:23.04]Sample Conversations
[00:26.44]1.Everyone makes mistakes!So we all need to know to apologize
[00:34.64]Listen to the following dialogs
[00:39.34]paying special attention to the colored parts and their intonation.
[00:45.32]A
[00:47.62]A:May I come in,Dr.Williams?
[00:51.30]B:Yes,please do.
[00:54.70]A:I'm sorry I was late for class,Dr.Williams,but I overslept.
[01:00.71]B:Well,it's OK this time,but you know it bothers the rest of the class.
[01:07.89]A:Yes,I know,you're right.I won't let it happen again.
[01:13.67]Er;Dr.Williams,I forgot to do my homework.I'm terribly sorry.
[01:21.24]B:Hm.Well,just be sure to make it up
[01:26.73]A:Oh,I will,Dr.Williams.
[01:30.72]B
[01:37.02]A:Hi,Ted,listen I...I'm not exactly sure how to put this
[01:44.44]but that new stereo system you got...
[01:48.51]B:Yeah?
[01:51.20]A:You were playing it very loud last night.
[01:55.30]It kept me awake...
[01:58.60]B:Oh,I'm sorry...
[02:02.20]A:...a couple of hours
[02:05.31]B:I'm sorry,I didn't realize it was that loud.
[02:10.69]A:Well,it was that loud,and it was pretty late,
[02:15.97]and...check with Mary if you don't believe me.
[02:20.67]B:I'm very sorry.I didn't realize it.
[02:25.48]I promise I'll keep it down in the future
[02:29.86]A:Thanks,Ted--we'll all appreciate that.
[02:34.44]C
[02:40.81]A:Waiter,I still haven't got my mineral water.
[02:45.80]B:I'm very sorry,ma'am.Here you are
[02:50.68]A:But there's no ice!
[02:53.87]B:My apologies,ma'am I'll see to it immediately.
[02:59.46]Here's the ice. And your steak.
[03:03.95]A:Excuse me!Waiter!
[03:07.64]B:Is everything all right?
[03:10.96]A:No.My steak is overdone.I asked for it rare.
[03:16.94]B:I do apologize,ma'am.I'll take it back.
[03:22.03]I assure you it won't happen again.
[03:26.11]Part III
[03:35.30]Summary and Discussion
[03:39.09]3.3 Discussion
[03:43.40]2.Listen to the following passage and,as you listen
[03:49.49]fill in the blanks with the missing information.
[03:54.40]Good evening ladies and gentlemen
[03:58.08]and welcome to the evening news for Friday,October 13th.
[04:03.77]Our top story for tonight is:The world is coming to an end.
[04:10.46]No,it's not a nuclear war or an alien attack.
[04:16.37]It's the weather that's gone crazy and is causing the Earth to
[04:22.77]in effect commit suicide.
[04:27.15]Conservation groups have been predicting for decades
[04:32.25]that human beings were going to destroy our planet,
[04:37.73]but they were wrong:
[04:40.95]The Earth has decided to do us in before we do it in.
[04:47.14]Every kind of weather phenomenon known to man
[04:52.44]is raging out of control all around the globe.
[04:57.85]Hurricanes are devastating coastal regions as fires destroy forests
[05:05.35]torrential rains are flooding agricultural areas,
[05:10.54]while ice and snow are wiping out everything else.
[05:15.74]Meanwhile,volcanoes,earthquakes,avalanches and mudslides
[05:23.74]are also under way.
[05:27.24]Scientists agree that there's no refuge anywhere,
[05:32.25]and no way to stop the devastation,
[05:36.33]so you might as well sit back,relax and enjoy the show.
[05:43.30]That's our top story this evening;
[05:47.90]we'll be right back after the commercials,with the latest in sports
[05:54.38]Part IV
[06:03.57]Listening and Speaking
[06:07.07]4.1 Understanding a Conversation
[06:13.26]3.You're going to hear an interview with a hacker.
[06:18.85]Listen carefully to the conversation and as you listen
[06:24.47]find the answers to the following questions.
[06:28.75]Interviewer:Hackers
[06:31.37]those computer fanatics who use their personal computers
[06:36.85]to break into the computer systems of companies,
[06:41.53]organizations,even governments-are more and more in the news
[06:48.84]Who are these people and what motivates them?
[06:53.83]Tonight we're talking with Michael -that's not his real name
[06:59.13]a 23-year-old hacker who broke into the government's defense networks