新编大学英语自主听力 1Unit 7

[06:07.09]Practice Three  Good Health
[06:09.86]Words You Need to know
[06:11.27]chest      dizzy       intensive care unit        sausage
[06:27.14]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
[06:39.42]George just turned fifty last week. He's a successful businessman, who owns a large printing company
[06:48.17]He lives in a beautiful home with his wife and two daughters, drives an expensive car and wears the best clothe
[06:57.31]He has everything that money can buy except for one thing, good health.
[07:03.97]It happened one evening as he was leaving the office. All day long he had felt shortness of breat
[07:12.04]Suddenly he was a little dizzy. He can still remember the terrible pains in his chest as he fell. For two weeks George lay in the intensive care unit of the hospita
[07:26.54]Before leaving the hospital, he got his orders from the doctor about what to do after a heart attack. He is now trying to follow them.
[07:36.77]George has to lose weight and exercise each day. He can't smoke or drink. Before work, he must walk one mil
[07:48.43]He can't have his usual eggs and sausage breakfast, and must drink water instead of coffee. For lunch, he can't order the rich French food that he loves so muc
[08:01.46]For dinner, he has to eat fish or chicken and vegetables. Because he hates vegetables, he daydreams about steak.
[08:12.01]Our businessman also has to slow down at the office. At first, he is supposed to work only four hours a da
[08:21.55]He can increase his hours each month, but can never work more than seven hours a da
[08:28.18]After work, he has to exercise at a local health club. George misses the long hours and the excitement of the offic
[08:38.29]How did this happen to him? He's only fifty years old.   (263 words)
[08:43.48]1)  George is a rich man.
[08:46.68]2)  He broke his leg when he was leaving the office.
[08:50.68]3)  He had a heart attack.
[08:53.45]4)  He is tall and thin.
[08:56.33]5)  George is following the doctor's orders.
[09:00.43]6)  He has to exercise every day.
[09:04.14]7)  He likes his new diet.
[09:07.27]8)  The businessman likes his job.
[09:10.40]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and sum up the things under the two headings.Please one read the text and listen again.
[09:25.06]Practice Four  Pet Therapy
[09:28.33]Words You Need to Know
[09:29.84]pet      effect        therapy        society      dolphin
[09:49.14]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which of the following are the advantages of pet therapy. Put a tick (  ) beside them.
[10:01.78]Many people around the world become friends with animals
[10:05.56]Some call their pet animals by human name
[10:08.87]They treat them like members of the famil
[10:11.35]Scientists now are proving what many pet owners already know-pets are good for your health.
[10:18.66]The Delta Society is a research center in the northwestern state of Washingto
[10:25.07]They say animals have a healthy effect on people, especially people who are sick and lonely.
[10:31.80]Several years ago, the Delta Society developed a program called "pet therapy". At least twenty-five hundred people work in pet therapy programs throughout the countr
[10:45.77]They take animals to visit people in hospitals, prisons and private home
[10:51.64]Dogs and cats are taken most often. But other visitors include snakes, rabbits, horses and birds. Some of the animals stay with the people forever.
[11:03.52]The dolphin also has a good effect on people. Scientists at the Dolphin Research Center in Florida in troduce sick people to playful dolphins
[11:15.90]People feed the dolphins, touch them, and ride on the dolphins' backs in the water. In this way, the animals help the patients feel better.