新编大学英语自主听力 4Unit 8

[00:00.00]8:Lesson One American Education
[00:06.88]Practice  One Sam's Problem   Word You Need to Know
[00:15.52]counselor
[00:17.06]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which choice is the best answer to each of the questions you hear on the recording.
[00:33.70]The following conversation takes place at a high school in Detroit, in the U.S.
[00:42.44]Sam:I won't be able to do the exam tomorrow. I just don't feel that I'm ready.
[00:47.48]Counselor:You say that you don't feel ready for tomorrow's exam... what do you feel like right now?
[00:55.37]Sam:Well, I'm angry with myself because I'm going to have to quit the exam and, well, I guess I'm anxious.
[01:04.01]Yes, I feel very anxious.
[01:06.56]Counselor:When you think about this anxiety, what image do you have of yourself?
[01:12.86]Sam:Well, I see myself trying to explain to my Dad why I didn't make the grade in this course,
[01:20.57]and I see him getting angry, and, well, I start to feel I've let him down again.
[01:27.88]Counselor:You don't feel ready for your exam, you feel anxious and you don't want to let your Dad down again.
[01:37.09]Tell me about the last time you let your Dad down.
[01:41.56]Sam:Oh, well, it was a year ago. He'd entered me for a chess competition and I got knocked out in the first match.
[01:50.02]He was angry because he'd told all his friends how excellent I was.
[01:55.24]Counselor:What did you tell him, as an explanation when you lost the chess game?
[02:01.21]Sam:I told him that I wasn't ready to play in the League.
[02:05.35]Counselor:And now you are preparing to tell him that you're not ready to sit this examination?
[02:11.33]Sam:Yes, I suppose I am.
[02:13.78]Counselor:O.K. Sam, so what you are saying to me is that you feel reluctant to take the exam tomorrow because you do not like the thought of having to explain a poor grade or a failure to your father.
[02:30.80]Is that right, Sam?
[02:32.71]Sam:Yes. That's exactly it.(288 words)
[02:35.77]1)What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
[02:43.69]2)What is Sam's problem?
[02:48.66]3)How do you describe the person talking to Sam?
[02:56.33]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage and complete the sentences with the information you get from the passage.
[03:11.92]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
[03:31.46]1)Sam was worried because he didn't pass the exam.
[03:39.24]2)Sam reported his poor grade to his father.
[03:45.90]3)Sam doesn't want to let his father down.
[03:51.88]4)Sam's father always his high expectations of him.
[04:00.26]5)Sam is always reluctant to take exams.
[04:07.00]Practice Two How to Choose a US University
[04:14.48]Words You Need to Know
[04:16.50]tuition     faculty       catalogue
[04:23.52]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and answer the following questions briefly.
[04:35.15]Do you intend to study at an American university? It takes a long time to get accepted at most American schools,
[04:45.73]perhaps as much as a year. That's why you should start choosing a school as soon as possible.
[04:55.88]It's also a good idea to apply to several different institutions, so that you'll have a better chance of acceptance at one.
[05:07.73]You should start looking for information now, because the more information you have about each college,
[05:17.88]the better choice you can make.
[05:21.26]There are two good ways to get the information you need. One is a general reference book,
[05:32.06]called Guide to American Colleges and Universities. The other good source of information is the catalogue published by each school.
[05:47.18]You can study the general guide in almost any American library. The book has many useful statistics, such as the number of students,
[06:02.16]the average test scores for people accepted to the school, the number of books in the library, and the number of faculty members.