新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 8

[10:13.01]Keith:About eight o'clock.
[10:14.81]Paul:Shall we bring anything? Some wine?
[10:17.65]Keith:No, not really. Just bring yourselves.
[10:21.32]Paul:OK. See you around eight then.
[10:24.42]Keith:Great. See you later. Bye. (86 words)
[10:28.56]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the following 5 conversations and answer the question following each of them.
[10:39.50]The following five short conversations are related and involve four people.
[10:46.92]Conersation 1 A:Bruce?
[10:51.10]B:Mm?
[10:52.61]A:Can you come and help me? Please?
[10:54.70]B:Mm... coming.
[10:56.50]A:Can you start making the salad, please? It's nearly eight o'clock. They'll be here soon!
[11:02.04]B:Yeah. Um... What do you want me to do?
[11:04.96]A:Well, here are the tomatoes and the lettuce. Just start cutting it up!
[11:09.56]B:OK. OK.
[11:11.72]A:What are the two speakers doing?
[11:14.75]Conversation  2   B:Hello.
[11:19.90]D:Hi.
[11:20.98]B:Hello. Well, come in.
[11:23.14]D:Thanks. Sorry we're a bit late. You said 7:30, didn't you?
[11:27.49]B:Er... did I? Oh. Yes.
[11:30.01]D:Anyway. I brought some wine. Here you are, Bruce.
[11:33.61]B:Oh, thank you.
[11:35.34]Q:What's the time now?
[11:37.25]Converation  3  A:Would you like something to drink, Tom?
[11:42.04]D:Yes, please. Can I have a glass of wine?
[11:45.02]A:Er... yes, sure. Red or white?
[11:47.69]D:White, please.
[11:49.27]A:OK, a glass of white wine. And for you, Anna?
[11:53.27]C:I'll have a mineral water, please.
[11:55.75]Q:What will Tom have for a drink?
[11:59.14]Conversation  4  A:Well, here it is.
[12:03.49]C:Mm. That looks delicious!
[12:06.30]A:I hope it is! It's something Hungarian. We call it "paprikascsirke".
[12:13.14]C:And what's that exactly?
[12:15.05]A:It's chicken with paprika and cream. I hope you like it.
[12:19.84]Q:Which country does this delicious dish come from?
[12:24.01]Conversation  5  D:Yes... Anna. What time is it?
[12:29.66]C:Oh! It's quarter past twelve!Oh,it's late.
[12:33.62]D:We must go.
[12:34.81]C:Yes, well. Thank you for having us. It was lovely.
[12:39.56]A:Thank you for coming, and it was nice to see you again.
[12:43.63]Q:What are the first two speakers doing?  (248 words)
[12:46.73]Practice Two A Thursday Party
[12:50.62]Words You Need to know
[12:52.70]liquor       champagne       dressing gown       towel
[13:10.52]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and try to answer the following question.
[13:19.63]W:Well, I find what... what... up... upsets me about that is that so many people feel that they need to be drunk in order or reach that point (that... that...)
[13:32.84]I mean... I like... I like a drink as... as... as much as anybody else but... but there seems to be,you know,
[13:40.26]mm... we have to get drunk to have a good time... that has a lot to answer for...
[13:46.38]M:Oh I agree with you because it really doesn't ... You don't need liquor to have a nice time.
[13:52.43]But there's a lovely story which is absolutely true. One of my best friends, David,
[13:57.83]who as I said before is in the theatre business, in fact he's an entertainer,
[14:02.36]he... er... went to a party... he... on a Thursday night with a bottle of champagne and may I now add that he doesn't drink at all now,
[14:11.69]but in those days he used to drink quite heavily. And he knocked on the door of the house that he was invited to,
[14:18.42]a rather grand house, and the lady of the house came down after about five minutes in a dressing gown with a towel round her hair,
[14:27.46]and David said, "Oh... ah... I've come for the party." And she said,
[14:33.14]"There's not a party tonight, that was last Thursday, and you were there!"
[14:38.36](laughter)... That's absolutely a true story.   (236 words)
[14:44.92]What are the two speakers agreed upon?
[14:48.62]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).