新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 6

[00:00.00]Unit 6:Lesson One Money Problems
[00:05.22]Practice One Money:More or Less  Words You Need to Know
[00:12.42]shareholder      flashy
[00:22.68]Edward Stocker      Vanderholt Communications
[00:36.86]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the statements you hear are true (T) or false (F).
[00:50.18]The chairman of a company in England cut his own salary by just over 16 per cent this year,
[00:57.53]even though the company's profits were up. Amazed staff and shareholders heard him say that he couldn't spend all the 80,000 he had last year,
[01:10.16]so he had decided to pay himself 13,000 less this year.
[01:16.46]"I don't need all that money to enjoy myself," said Edward Stocker, head of Vanderholt Communications.
[01:24.13]"I don't lead a flashy life. I enjoy beer as much as an expensive meal!"
[01:30.00]His employees were glad to learn that he didn't expect them to do the same.
[01:35.22]They would receive a 7.5 percent rise in pay.  (112 words)
[01:40.62]1)The chairman was forced to get less money this year.
[01:46.13]2)The company was earning more money.
[01:50.23]3)What the chairman did surprised his staff and shareholders.
[01:56.32]4)He enjoyed expensive meals.
[02:00.31]5)All the workers would receive more money.
[02:04.96]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with the information from the passage.
[02:15.07]You may read the exercise before listening.
[02:18.38]Practice Two Unpleasant Money
[02:21.66]Words You Need to Know
[02:23.75]civilized     prospects   depressing      logic
[02:44.59]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and answer the Yes/No questions you hear from the recording, pretending you are Henry's brother.
[02:56.76]My brother, Henry, has an excellent job at a bank. I couldn't believe him when he told me that he had decided to give it up.
[03:06.84]Though I tried to make him change his mind, I failed completely.
[03:11.95]"You should reconsider your decision," I said. "You have already spent five years in the bank and you could have a wonderful career.
[03:21.42]You might become a bank manager by the time you're thirty-five.
[03:25.60]"I know," Henry answered. "I've got no complaints with the bank. It's a pleasant job in pleasant surroundings and we keep civilized hours.
[03:37.08]The bank manager told me that my prospects were excellent."
[03:41.08]"Then why do you want to leave?" I exclaimed.
[03:45.04]"It's the money," Henry said.
[03:48.46]"But you're getting a good salary," I answered.
[03:52.85]"I don't mean that," Henry said. "What do I do at the bank? Well, at the monment all I do is to count money. I find it very depressing."
[04:05.77]"What's depressing about counting money?" I asked, unable to follow the logic of Henry's argument.
[04:13.84]"You don't understand," Henry answered. "I enjoy counting my own money,
[04:20.68]but I hate counting other people's!"   (188 words)
[04:23.41]1)Has Henry got a good job?
[04:27.59]2)Didn't he tell you that he was going to give it up?
[04:32.59]3)You believed him, didn't you?
[04:36.44]4)You did try to make him change his mind, didn't you?
[04:41.92]5)Did you succeed in making him change his mind?
[04:47.32]6)Does Henry like counting other people's money?
[04:52.54]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions briefly.
[05:02.44]1)Where does Henry work?
[05:05.96]2)How long has Henry been working at the bank?
[05:10.57]3)At what age might he become a bank manager?
[05:15.22]4)How are Henry's prospects in the bank?
[05:19.68]5)Why does Henry find his job depressing?
[05:24.18]Practice Three On Money
[05:28.07]Words You Need to Know
[05:29.98]primitive      coincide      skull      portable
[05:48.80]Exercise 1:Directions:The passage you are going to hear is about money.