新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 4

[16:36.23]They also lived in the same house for a long time.
[16:39.43]They didn't move as much.
[16:41.52]Services were better in the 1950s. Doctors often came to a sick person's house,
[16:49.62]especially if you were "sick in bed". Milkmen delivered fresh dairy products daily to homes.
[16:57.61]There were no self-service gas stations,and attendants used to wash your car windows and check your oil free of charge.  (210 words)
[17:06.40]What are the three main topics in the passage?
[17:10.93]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
[17:24.65]1)Many children today don't come home after school to an empty house.
[17:31.85]2)Children have more toys today than in the past.
[17:37.46]3)In the 1950s there were special films for children with low prices.
[17:45.13]4)People stuck to one job all their lives.
[17:50.82]5)There were no self-service gas stations in the 1950s.
[17:57.77]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage for the third time and answer the following questions briefly.
[18:07.74]1)Why can we say that family relationships in the 1950s were better than today?
[18:16.27]2)Could you give an example to illustrate how families spent their spare time?
[18:23.29]3)Why do people talk less to each other now?
[18:28.62]4)What would one do when he was sick in bed in the 1950s?
[18:34.78]5)What did gas station attendants use to do free of charge in the 1950s?
[18:41.58]Practice Three Royal Life
[18:45.47]Words You Need to Know
[18:47.66]aristocratic       dimension      privileged       engagement
[19:07.86]autograph       pull the wool over one's eyes
[19:19.74]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which choice is the best one to complete the following statement.
[19:30.90]From the moment the world set eyes on Diana, she was the focus of international attention.
[19:37.56]Her beauty, her aristocratic background and her role as the future Queen of England gave the Royal Family a new dimension.
[19:47.03]Her father described her as "the girl who has everything".
[19:51.74]Yet, in becoming one of the most privileged people in the world, Diana gave up many everyday rights.
[19:59.63]Although legally she could still vote, she probably didn't.
[20:04.56]In public she could not express her real feelings and her private life was often interrupted by the press.
[20:13.02]In other words, she had very little "freedom".
[20:16.91]The Princess's engagements were decided six months in advance.
[20:21.59]A day's programme could begin at 9:30am and finish at 3pm.
[20:28.03]Sometimes she went with Prince Charles, sometimes alone.
[20:33.18]When she sat down at her desk she might well find hundreds of requests for autographed pictures or requests to have hospitals named after her.
[20:43.80]The popularity of the Royals was increased by the fact that they were seen to be busy, but couldn't this have been a case of "pulling the Royal wool over our eyes"?
[20:58.31]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and fill in each blank with the information you get from the recording.
[21:08.46]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage for the third time and answer the following questions briefly.
[21:18.90]1)What made Diana become the focus of international attention apart from her aristocratic background?
[21:27.65]2)What did Diana's father describe her as?
[21:32.58]3)How long did her day's program last?
[21:36.94]4)What did people request from her?
[21:41.00]5)What is the writer's attitude toward the Royal family?