新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 10

[16:55.49]Others believed that it had been built by the Danes as a place to elect kings.
[17:01.21]Today, many scientists believe that Stonehenge was an astronomical observatory, calendar,
[17:10.43]and "computer", constructed over centuries by several different groups to serve different purposes.  (135 words)
[17:24.11]1)What is the passage mainly about?
[17:27.92]2)How long did it take to build Stonehenge, according to the scientists today?
[17:35.05]exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and complete the following chart with the information you get from the tape.
[17:45.49]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage for the third time and find the words used in the passage which are paraphrased in italics in the following sentences.
[17:58.81]Change the form when necessary.
[18:01.33]Practice Two Easter Island
[18:04.82]Words You Need to Know
[18:06.80]flourish      yield      interpret      mystique
[18:21.35]testimony      statue     Easter
[18:32.51]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
[18:44.71]Easter Island is one of the hundreds of Pacific islands that were formed from volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago.
[18:59.94]It is, however, the only one of these islands that carries its own mystiques.
[19:06.56]First, it is isolated:It lies two thousand miles from the South American coat and fourteen hundred miles from the nearest inhabited islands.
[19:18.84]But more importantly, it is a place where a mysterious civilization once flourished,
[19:25.86]leaving behind more than a thousand huge stone statues as testimony to its greatness.
[19:34.21]The first Europeans came to the island in 1722, when three Dutch ships landed on Easter Sunday.
[19:42.85]Since that time, thousands of archaeologists have come to Easter Island to study the great stone statues,
[19:51.28]some of which weigh over a hundred tons. The archaeologists' work has yielded many answers,
[19:59.45]but we may never understand all of the history behind these stone faces.
[20:04.38]Even after a century of study, the written language found on the island has not been interpreted.
[20:13.49]In addition, no one knows for certain how the stone statues were transported or even why they were built. (182 words)
[20:26.95]1)Easter Island is the only  Pacific island that has ever been found.
[20:33.32]2)The Dutch were the first Europeans coming to the island.
[20:38.47]3)Archeaologists understand the written language found on the island.
[20:44.74]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions briefly.
[20:53.59]1)When did the first Europeans come to the island?
[20:58.24]2)Can you explain why it was named "Easter Island"?
[21:03.74]3)What does the passage imply about the civilization of the island?
[21:09.04]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage for the third time and fill in the chart with the information you get from the tape.
[21:20.30]Practice Three Abandoned Ships
[21:24.37]Words You Need to Know
[21:26.46]canary     entry    harbor      destination
[21:41.98]log book     freighter      drift      Carribbean
[21:58.57]Havana   Rosalie    Rubicon
[22:10.42]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
[22:21.86]The Rosalie was a French ship. In 1840 it sailed across the Atlantic to the Carribbean.
[22:33.02]But it never got to Havana, its destination. Another shiop found the Rosalie sailing along with all the sails up.
[22:42.67]The ship was in perfect order but there were no people. Not one sailor; no crew at all.
[22:51.89]The only living thing on board was a canary. Nobody knows what happened.
[22:58.04]But it was not only the Rosalie. In September, 1944, the Rubicon, a freighter carrying cargo,