大学英语听说教程 第二册 unit5b

[07:53.47]and not recognize them.
[07:57.05]I once had to welcome a group of students at the airport.
[08:02.14]I knew an old person,a Madame Dufort,would be in charge of them,
[08:08.54]and when the group appeared,this woman came towards me,
[08:13.84]smiling, and said:David,what a pleasant surprise.
[08:20.32]If I'd been quick enough,I would have said brightly
[08:25.70]How nice to see you,my dear!
[08:29.20]as if she were an old friend, but I just stood there,
[08:34.82]my face getting redder and redder,
[08:39.11]trying to remember her.
[08:42.42]The worst thing about it was that
[08:46.00]she got even more embarrassed than I was,
[08:50.29]and said:You don't remember me,still not giving me the slightest clue
[08:57.68]Fortunately,my wife,who is more quick-thinking than I am,said
[09:03.97]Of course he does,Nicole
[09:07.76]but he's the most absent-minded person in the world.
[09:12.46]Nicole had been a student of mine years before
[09:18.86]but she looked much older,
[09:22.96]her hair was going grey
[09:27.35]and her face had more lines in it than is usual at her age.
[09:32.84]She had got married,too,so her name had changed,
[09:38.25]and I find names easier to remember than faces.
[09:43.03]Question 1)
[09:45.90]What does the speaker consider embarrassing?
[09:50.68]Question 2) Who is Madame Dufort?
[10:02.49]Question 3)
[10:16.59]How did the speaker respond when the woman approached him?
[10:22.08]Question 4)
[10:34.57]Which of the following statement is true?
[10:39.27]Question 5)
[10:46.06]What is easier for the speaker to remember?
[10:50.97]Listening Passage 2
[10:54.65]Kathy was a university student.
[10:58.73]Like most students she had very little money
[11:03.22]but she wanted to buy a car.
[11:07.11]If I can buy one really cheap that works,she thought
[11:12.52]I will save money on bus fares.Then I'll have more to spend on food
[11:19.63]She spent a day looking at cars in the second-hand car stores.
[11:25.51]Most of them were much too expensive,
[11:29.79]but at last she found one for $250.
[11:35.59]The car was rather used and the paint was badly damaged
[11:41.70]but it worked.
[11:44.78]It's got a good engine the salesman said,and the gear box is O.K.
[11:51.58]forget everything else
[11:54.76]Kathy bought the car and drove it out of the car yard.
[11:59.96]Everything was wrong with it except for the engine and gear box
[12:06.23]which worked very well As long as they work Kathy thought
[12:13.13]nothing else matters.The salesman was right.
[12:18.82]Unfortunately,a few days later
[12:23.13]while she was driving to her university,
[12:28.02]a police car drove up beside her and made her stop.
[12:33.42]A young policeman got out of his car and walked around Kathy's car
[12:40.03]He looked at it disbelievingly.
[12:44.03]He make a list of the things wrong with the car.
[12:48.91]It was a very long list.Then he looked inside the car.
[12:55.73]Does your speedometer work?He asked.
[13:00.43]Kathy shook her head It is against the law,miss,he said,
[13:07.33]not to know how fast you are traveling.
[13:11.51]Kathy smiled at him sweetly
[13:15.51]Oh,but I do know how fast I am traveling,she said.
[13:21.41]Up to 30 miles an hour the doors shake.
[13:26.69]Between 31 and 50 miles an hour,the whole car shakes.
[13:33.87]Over 50 miles an hour,I shake.
[13:38.57]Question 6) Why did Kathy want a car?
[13:54.87]Question 7) What kind of car did she buy?
[14:01.27]Question 8) Why was Kathy pleased with the car at first?
[14:09.76]Question 9) Why did the policeman look at Kathy's car disbelievingly?
[14:17.86]Question 10) How did Kathy know how fast the was traveling?