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大学英语听说教程 第二册 unit6b

2009-11-12来源:和谐英语

[07:51.38]or even because people are particularly interested in it
[07:56.87]but people have to talk about something
[08:01.04]and the weather serves as a convenient subject.
[08:06.06]It's something every body shares and it's a safe topic
[08:11.94]not too personal or intimate The main thing to say
[08:18.52]about the weather in Britain is that its uNPRedictable
[08:24.32]For some people this is interesting,for others it is irritating
[08:31.71]but certainly you can never tell with certainty
[08:36.39]from one day to the next what the weather is going to be like
[08:42.27]Every morning when you wake up is a glorious surprise especially
[08:48.98]if you have planned to go to the seaside
[08:53.37]and you find it is pouring rain or snowing.
[08:58.28]There are weather forecasts on the radio
[09:02.67]and TV and in the newspaper but on the whole nobody believes them
[09:10.66]Because British weather is so uNPRedictable,
[09:15.44]some visitor's get quite the wrong impression.
[09:20.25]Some people spend two weeks in Britain in the middle of a heat wave.
[09:26.26]They come back the next year equipped with bikinis,
[09:31.95]sun cream and shorts to find that it never stops raining
[09:38.25]and the temperature never rises above 10 degrees.
[09:43.44]Questions 1) Why do British people talk about the weather?
[09:51.05]Questions 2)Where can you get an accurate weather forecast?
[10:11.55]Questions 3)
[10:24.46]What is the most outstanding feature of British weather?
[10:30.44]Questions 4) How should visitors to Britain be equipped?
[10:46.11]Questions 5)
[10:57.89]Which would be the best title for the passage?
[11:02.49]Listening Passage 2
[11:19.39]"I kept my secret for five long years,"
[11:23.99]the old woman told the newspaper reporter The year was 1819
[11:31.41]and she was 106 years old.
[11:36.08]The reporter thought she did not look older than 60 or 70.
[11:42.17]The woman was Julian When she was 15
[11:47.87]she had fallen in love with a young soldier,William Golding
[11:53.77]William's army was sent to the West Indies.
[11:58.08]Julian did not want to be separated from him,
[12:02.78]so she dressed in men's clothing and joined another army
[12:08.16]which she knew was also going to the West Indies.
[12:13.15]We will never know how she kept her secret for so long.
[12:18.53]Of course,in those days
[12:23.03]there was hardly any medical examination of young men
[12:28.23]before they joined the army
[12:31.91]It was enough if they had two good arms and legs and were not blind
[12:38.20]She stayed in the West Indies for five years.
[12:42.70]However,in 1733,her lover was ordered back to Europe
[12:49.70]There was only one way she could follow him again;
[12:54.40]Somehow she had to get out of the army
[12:59.10]Julian went to an officer's wife and told her the truth
[13:05.29]By the time Julian got back to England,
[13:09.60]her lover was also there.
[13:13.18]He had been wounded and was in a hospital,close to death.
[13:18.77]She nursed him back to health
[13:22.27]They were married shortly afterwards,
[13:26.16]and lived together in Brighton for almost fifty years
[13:31.57]until Golding died in 1783.
[13:36.77]Questions 6)What secret had Julian kept?
[13:42.78]Questions 7)When did the story take place?
[13:54.77]Questions 8)Why could Julian be accepted in the army?
[14:10.18]Questions 9)What was the requirement if one wanted to be a soldier
[14:29.46]Questions 10)Why did Julian return to England?