新编大学英语听力1Unit Ten

[00:00.00]Unit Ten   Man and Animals
[00:05.29]Part one      Preparation
[00:08.03]2. Discussion of "Noah's Ark"
[00:11.63]Directions: Listen to the story "Noah's Ark
[00:17.06]Then discuss in groups the following questio
[00:20.66]If you were Noth, which animal would you not want to take with you? Why not?
[00:28.94]Noah's Ark
[00:30.74]Do you know the story of Noah's ark
[00:33.77]Noah lived a long, long time ago
[00:37.26]He was a good ma
[00:39.06]God told Noah to build an ark and to gather his family and two of every animal( one female and one male ) into the ark because it was going to rain and the world was going to be destroyed.
[00:55.30]So Noah gathered two of every animal including snakes, elephants, giraffes, cows and even skunk
[01:06.02]It rained for 40 days and 40 night
[01:10.24]After the rain stopped, the water dried u
[01:14.52]One year later, Noah let the animals out of the ark
[01:19.67]Some went to Africa, some to Asia, and some to Australia, Europe, and America.
[01:27.88]God Promised never to destroy the earth again with wate
[01:32.41]And as a promise, God gave us the rainbow.
[01:36.91]Part Two     Listening-Centered Activities
[01:42.38]Listen 1
[01:44.40]Exercise 1
[01:46.34]Direction: Listen to the dialog and choose the best answer for each item.
[01:53.83]Fear of Spiders
[01:55.99]W: Why do you think people are afraid of tarantulas?
[01:59.59]M: Well, I guess it's because people are afraid of all spiders, and tarantulas happen to the biggest of all the spider
[02:07.76]And maybe it's also because some spiders really are very poisonou
[02:12.62]In California for example---living in most of the garages in California---you get black widow spider
[02:20.40]which are quite small but they are certainly more dangerous than tarantulas.
[02:25.66]W: But personally you aren't afraid of tarantulas?
[02:29.15]M: Well I shouldn't be frightened of tarantulas, simply because I know that they aren't really dangerous---all they can do is to give you a small bit
[02:38.83]but it's not poisonou
[02:41.21]And yet I must say I don't like to pick them up
[02:44.88]But you see, some people keep pet mice and pet rabbits and wel
[02:50.75]they can give you a much worse bite than a tarantula ever coul
[02:54.56]And yet people aren't frightened of them.
[02:57.52]W: Why do you think people are frightened of spiders?
[03:00.65]M: I don't know---it's very strang
[03:03.82]People are frightened of spiders and they are frightened of snake
[03:07.74]and, well obviously some spiders and some snakes really are poisonou
[03:13.93]But most snakes are harmless, and it's really strange that people are so frightened of spiders because it's quite difficult to find a spider that's really dangerous.
[03:24.84]Exercise 2
[03:27.00]Directions: Listen to the dialog again to check your answers to Exercise 1 and then discuss in pairs the following question.
[03:38.45]Which two of the following animals are you afraid of the most, and why?