新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 9

[09:35.53]Lesson Two Food and Health
[09:39.53]Practice  One  Fast Food  Words You Need to Know
[09:45.65]Bachelor of Hamburgerology           fancy         hang round
[10:04.48]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and answer the following questions briefly.
[10:13.69]In the past ten years or so, America's most popular export to Britain has been THE HAMBURGER.
[10:21.76]One very well-known American company, which has restaurants all over the world,
[10:26.90]even has its own "university". Here, if you fancy becoming an expert in the subject,
[10:33.49]you can take a ten-day course leading to the "degree", Bachelor of Hamburgerology.
[10:40.15]If you get really interested in the subject, you can even go on to do your Master's degree-but that takes longer!
[10:47.75]Hamburgers are, of course, fast food:They don't take long to cook and they take even less time to eat.
[10:54.66]Next time you are in one of those fast-food restaurants, look around.
[10:59.52]You'll notice that they aren't usually very comfortable (they don't want to encourage you to hang around for too long).
[11:06.25]And they are normally decorated in bright colours because psychological tests are supposed to show that this makes people hungrier.
[11:14.39]Keen students of English should read the menus in these places.
[11:18.38]If you think you could do with improving your vocabulary, especially adjectives, study them with care. (178 words)
[11:25.08]1)What is America's most popular export to Britain in the past ten years?
[11:31.96]2)How long does it take to get a bachelor's degree of hamburgerology?
[11:37.93]3)Why are the fast-food restaurants usually not so comfortable?
[11:44.30]4)Why are the fast-food restaurants decorated in bright colors?
[11:49.99]5)How can a student of English especially benefit from visiting the fast-food restaurants?
[11:57.95]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F), then correct them where necessary.
[12:12.35]1)One can get his bachelor's degree of hamburgerology from Cambridge University.
[12:19.55]2)A ten-day course can lead one to the "degree", Master of Hamburgerology.
[12:27.14]3)Hamburgers, like all other fast-food, take less time to eat and cook than a dinner.
[12:36.14]4)The concept of fast-food restaurants centers on the time it takes to make and eat the food.
[12:44.50]Practice Two Think Before You Drink
[12:48.67]Words You Need to Know
[12:50.47]breathalyse        crystal         prosecute       conviction
[13:08.98]disqualify       fine        eccentric
[13:21.79]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which is the best answer to each of the questions.
[13:31.94]A lot of countries now have very strict laws about drinking and driving.
[13:37.60]In Britain, for example, the legal limit for alcohol in the bloodstream when driving is 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.
[13:49.73]In other words, if you drink more than about two pints of beer, you shouldn't be driving.
[13:56.64]Of course, the effect of the same amount of alcohol on people of different ages and weights varies quite a lot.
[14:04.24]And if you drink on an empty stomach, the effect will be much quicker because the alcohol is more easily absorbed into the bloodstream.
[14:12.95]If you are stopped by the police and suspected of being drunk, they will breathalyse you.
[14:19.25]This involves your blowing into a bag containing clear crystals.
[14:24.76]If the crystals turn green, this shows roughly that you could be over the limit and you will be asked to go to the police station for a further test.
[14:35.74]If the second test proves positive, you will be prosecuted.
[14:40.81]On conviction, disqualification from driving for a year is normally automatic, together with a fine of up to 400 and/or imprisonment for up to two years.