新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 7

[05:34.84]In a typical incident, one man stopped, looked, and then put his hands over his eyes and shouted "I didn't see that!"
[05:44.84]About forty people offered to help the thieves, and two people actually sat down next to the car and waited to buy a camera and television set a student was taking from the back seat of his own car.
[06:00.54]The professor wonders whether it's a problem of big cities, or would the same thing happen anywhere.  (234 words)
[06:08.71]1)Who carried out the experiment on the platform and trains?
[06:13.90]2)How could the incidents be described?
[06:19.08]3)Why didn't passengers help those being attacked?
[06:24.01]4)What did 40 people do when the cars were robbed?
[06:28.87]5)What is the conclusion we can get from the passage?
[06:33.84]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again. Fill in the numbers to show whether the following expressions are mentioned in the first experiment ( ) or the second experiment ( ) .
[06:49.21]Practice Three Changes in the World
[06:54.18]Words You Need to Know
[06:56.12]terrorist    hostage    hijack     violate     starve
[07:19.92]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
[07:31.66]Many people say the world is becoming a more dangerous place.
[07:36.37]In almost every area of the world, something bad is happening.
[07:40.87]Many countries are having political problems. Some are fighting wars with their neighbors.
[07:47.17]In others, people are making trouble against their own government and fighting wars.
[07:53.62]Terrorists are taking hostages and hijacking planes to make demands on their government or on the government of another country.
[08:02.29]Some countries are violating the human rights of some of their citizens.
[08:06.76]People in those countries as well as in other countries are against the government.
[08:12.26]Besides political problems, there are also economic problems.
[08:17.41]In some countries, there is not enough food, and people are starving.
[08:22.67]In others, such as the US, unskilled workers are losing their jobs as technology keeps increasing.
[08:30.41]There are also many social problems. In the US, for example, more and more people are getting divorced,
[08:38.72]and children are growing up in single-parent families.
[08:42.61]Many young women are having babies without getting married.
[08:46.32]More and more young people are using drugs. (172 words)
[08:49.74]1)Some countries are fighting against their neighbors.
[08:55.07]2)There are no wars in any countries so far.
[09:00.58]3)Some terrorists are threatening the governments.
[09:05.87]4)In advanced countries, technology is taking away some people's jobs.
[09:12.64]5)The US divorce problem causes many children to live in single-parent families.
[09:20.81]6)Some people take drugs because they are having more babies.
[09:26.64]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions briefly.
[09:36.65]1)How many general kinds of problems are mentioned in the passage?
[09:42.98]2)In some countries, what are people doing to their own government?
[09:49.32]3)Under economic problems, how many phenomena have been mentioned?
[09:56.63]4)In social problems, who have more troubles, middle-aged people or young people?
[10:04.69]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage for the third time and write down the summary of the passage.
[10:15.85]Lesson Two Theft
[10:19.52]Pracitice One Types and Characteristics of Shoplifters   Words You Need to Know
[10:27.26]shoplifter     kleptomaniac     impulse
[10:42.28]disturb     cosmetics     journalist
[11:00.10]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the interview and answer the following questions briefly.
[11:09.89]I:Is there such a thing as a typical shoplifter?
[11:12.98]D:Uh, not really... But there are certain types most shoplifters fall into.