新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 5

[00:00.00]Unit 5:Lesson One Various Jobs
[00:05.36]Practice One Laura's Job
[00:09.14]Words You Need to Know
[00:11.23]essay       repetitive
[00:20.30]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the conversation and answer the following questions briefly.
[00:30.10]In the following conversation Laura, a university lecturer, is talking with Mary about her job.
[00:38.41]Laura:People think university lecturers don't work very hard.
[00:42.66]I only have to do eight lectures a week, so they imagine that I only work for eight hours!
[00:48.53]In fact, I work much longer hours than a secretary in an office.
[00:53.78]I get up every morning before seven-and I hate getting up early-and I never go to bed before midnight.
[01:01.49]I work better late at night.
[01:03.79]Mary:But of course you have much longer holidays, Laura.
[01:07.28]Laura:Oh, I'm not complaining. It's more pleasant to work in the university than in an office.
[01:13.33]I love my work. I like lecturing and I'm keen on doing research.
[01:17.98]I don't like correcting essays very much, but I enjoy talking to the students.
[01:23.88]I'd hate to have to work the same hours every day, and do a boring, repetitive job.
[01:29.53]But I would like to have more time for the things I enjoy doing, apart from work.
[01:34.68]Mary:What takes up most of your time?
[01:37.99]Laura:Reading and preparing lectures.
[01:40.73]Preparing a lecture is like cooking.
[01:43.57]My mother always says it takes two hours to prepare a good meal, and ten minutes to eat it. (202 words)
[01:50.02]1)What do people think of university lecturers?
[01:55.70]2)How does Laura like her own work?
[02:00.24]3)What does Laura think of her job compared with a secretary's in an office?
[02:07.37]4)What does Mary think of Laura's job?
[02:12.08]5)What takes up most of Laura's time?
[02:17.38]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the conversation again and decide what Laura likes to do and what she hates to do.
[02:29.29]Write an "L" for "like" and an "H" for "hate" beside the expressions you hear from the recording.
[02:36.49]Practice Two A Pilot's Job
[02:40.20]Words You Need to Know
[02:42.36]mine     dynamite       Bolivia
[02:55.00]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which choice is the best answer to each of the questions.
[03:04.54]I've been in a lot of dangerous situations. Over in Bolivia, for example,
[03:10.40]I was working for a small airline, and we carried just about everything,
[03:15.05]animals, whisky, dynamite, and, of course, people.
[03:19.51]There were times when I felt I was flying a bomb, not a plane.
[03:24.30]Once I was taking dynamite to the mines.
[03:27.58]Dynamite! Man, I had never seen so much.
[03:31.68]They had even put some on the floor right next to me.
[03:34.92]I was certainly nervous on that trip.
[03:37.62]Well, I was flying over ther mountains when suddenly the engine stopped.
[03:43.20]Well, that time I landed without the plane. I got down all right, but I was hurt.
[03:50.98]I was lying out there for about four days before they found me.
[03:55.33]They told me later that they had almost given me up for dead.
[03:59.65]Anyway, they got me back to the hospital, and three months later I was flying again.
[04:05.84]No, I'm not afraid of flying. But there's a lot to worry about as a pilot.  (167 words)
[04:12.29]1)What is the speaker?
[04:15.60]2)What does the speaker mean by "I was flying a bomb, not a plane"?
[04:22.44]3)How did the speaker feel when flying a plane carrying a lot of dynamite?
[04:29.24]4)What happened once when the speaker was flying over the mountains?
[04:34.64]5)What does the speaker think of his job?
[04:39.07]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and pay special attention to the speaker's account of an accident he once experienced.
[04:52.03]Put the following sentences into the right order according to the recording. Write down the letters only.
[05:00.71]Practice Three Working as a Delivery Boy