新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 6

[11:13.02]Hayseed:You don't have to tell me that. I may come from the country.
[11:17.27]But I'm as smart as you city folks, and I know how much the trip ought to cost.
[11:22.45]Driver:Yes, sir.
[11:23.53]Hayseed:I just won't be cheated. I won't pay you a cent more than I paid the other taxi last week... twenty-six dollars!   (352 words)
[11:33.61]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions briefly.
[11:42.83]1)How far away is the Continental Hotel?
[11:47.83]2)How much does the driver charge?
[11:52.48]3)As an excuse, what does the driver say to ask the young man not to call the police?
[12:00.18]4)Does the young man pay more than be ought to ? If so, how much is that?
[12:08.17]Happy Minute
[12:09.90]Learn the new words by heart, listen to the passage and answer the following questions.
[12:17.10]secondhand     bazaar      principle      triumphant
[12:34.02]1)Why did the customer argue with the writer of this passage?
[12:39.89]2)How much was the change?
[12:43.96]Selling secondhand books at our church bazaar, I got into an argument with a customer.
[12:50.18]He was interested in buying The Pocket Book of Ogden Nash but said it was too much at 35 cents.
[12:58.18]Other paperbacks were selling for 15 cents each.
[13:02.35]I pointed out that the book was in good condition, Nash was a fun poet, and it was for a good cause.
[13:09.98]He said it was a matter of principle. Finally, I agreed to sell him the book for 15 cents.
[13:18.05]Triumphant, he paid with a $10 bill. "Keep the change," he said.
[13:24.89]Lesson Two Money and Honesty
[13:29.06]Practice One The Price of Dishonesty  Words You Need to Know
[13:35.62]ashamed     Ali   Mustafa
[13:48.32]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and answer the questions briefly.
[13:56.28]Once there was a boy called Ali, a poor fisherman's son.
[14:01.03]As he was going home one evening, he saw an old man lying by the side of the road, seriously ill.
[14:08.05]The boy was very kind, and he helped the old man to the nearest hospital.
[14:13.20]The old man thanked the boy and asked for his name and address.
[14:17.38]The boy was ashamed to admit that his father was a poor fisherman, so he said,"My name is Mustafa and my father is a teacher."
[14:26.02]A few days later, the old man died in the hospital, and left all his money to "Mustafa, a local teacher's son who helped me in my hour of need".
[14:36.35]Of course, because Ali had lied, he did not receive any of the old man's money. (131 words)
[14:42.04]1)What did Ali see on his way home one evening?
[14:46.82]2)What did Ali do?
[14:49.96]3)Why didn't Ali tell the old man his real name and address?
[14:55.82]4)What happened to the old man a few days later?
[15:00.86]5)What did the man do before his death?
[15:05.00]6)How do you think Ali would feel when he hear the news?
[15:10.04]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with appropriate words or expressions to complete the summary of the story.
[15:21.74]Practice Two The Price of Honesty
[15:25.96]Words You Need to Know
[15:27.90]unmanned      cash register
[15:36.18]Rockingham     Vermont
[15:44.24]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which is the best answer to each of the following questions.
[15:54.36]What's the price of honesty? $97.50.
[15:59.36]A group of motorists in Rockingham, Vermont, made one gas station manager believe in the goodness of human nature.
[16:06.56]After the clerk at the village station quit midshift, he left a self-service pump unmanned for two hours.
[16:13.58]Yet drivers didn't take advantage of the chance to fill their tanks free of charge.
[16:18.41]Instead, when they tried to go inside to pay and found the station locked, they slipped the exact amount they should pay under the station door.
[16:28.16]Police discovered the situation when they received a call from a worried customer.