simpl听力教程第二册听力原文及答案(施心远)

Unit 1

Section One Tactics for Liste ning

Part 1 Phone tics-Stress,Intonation and Accen t

1.We haven’t got any in dark blue.

2.We can’t make it at nine tomor row.

3.My telep hone numbe r is not 65031609.

4. I don’t like the black jumpe r.

5. He won’t come by the 7:30 train.

(The word or digit in bold has the most stres s)

Exercise:

1.a 2.b 3.a 4.b 5.b

Part2 Liste ning and Note-talki ng

Driving Caref ully

Drive carefully and slowl y when pedes trian s are about,particular ly in crowd edshopping stree ts,when you see a bus stopp ed,or near a parke d mobil e shop.Watchout for pedes trian s comin g from behin d parke d or stopp ed vehic les, or from otherplaces where youmight not be able to see them.

Three out of four pedes trian s kille d or serio usly injur ed are eithe r under fifte en orover sixty.The young and elder ly may notjudge speeds very well ,and may step intothe road whenyoudo not expec tthem.Give them, and the infir m, orblind , ordisab led people,plent y oftime to cross the road.

Drive slowl y near schoo ls,and look out for child ren getti ng on or off schoo l buses.Stop when signa lled to do so by a schoo l cross ing patro l showi ng a Stop-Child rensign. Be caref ul near a parke d ice -cream van—child ren are more inter ested inice-cream then in traff ic.

When comin g to a zebra crossing.be ready to slow down or stop to let peopl e cross.You must give way once they have stepp ed onto a cro ssing. Signa l to other drive rsthat you mean to slow down or stop .Give yours elf more time to slow down or stop onwet or icy roads .Never overt ake just befor e a zebra cross ing.

Exercise A:

1. Drive carefully and slowl y when pedestrian s are about.

2. Three out of four pedestrian s kille d are eithe r under fifte en or over sixty .

3. Be careful near a parke d ice-cream van—child ren are more inter ested in ice-creamthan in traffic.

4.When comin g to a zebra cross ing,be ready to slow down or stop to let peopl ecro ss.

5. You must give way once they have stepped onto a crossing.

Exercise B:

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialo gues

Dialogue 1 Making Arran gements

Mum:Hello.

Tessa: Hi,Mum. It’s me.How are you?

Mum:Oh, I’m fine ,Tessa. I excep t you’re phoni ng to find out how the arran gemen tsfor your party are going?

Tessa: Yes.That’s right .You know, it’s reall y good ofyou and Dad to make all thearrangemen ts while I’m away. I reall y don’t know what I’d do witho ut you!Mum:Oh, there is not that much to do reall y. In fact,your fathe r and I are quiteenjoy ing it

Tessa:Good.So how are thing going?

Mum:Well, let’s see. I’ve alrea dy hired the hall, so that’s OK.

Tessa: Have you found anyon e to do the disco yet?

Mum: No,not ye t,dear.

Tessa:Well,do you think you could do that soon,Mum?It might not be easy.Whatabout the equip ment?

Mum:Well,we’re havin g the sound syste m and recor ds deliv ered by a localcompany next week.

Tessa:Good.That shoul d be all right .What about the bar?

Mum: That’s all under control.We’re havin g the drink s deliv ered next week.Tessa:Great!Have you organ ised the food?Are you cooki ng it?

Mum:What, for 70 people?You must be jokin g!No, I think I’ll have it done by thecaterers* in the villa ge.

Tessa: You’ll do that soon,won’t you?They’llneed a bit ofnotic e.

Mum:Mmm.Of cours e.Now, I had the invit ation s print ed last week.The stati oner’sdid them,but I haven’t had time to send them yet…

Tessa:Oh,Mum,but the party’s in ten days!Send them soon,will you,or we’ll haveno guest s!

Mum:Yes, I’m sorry,dear.Look, I’ll phone every one too. I’ve been so busy with allthe arran gemen ts…

Exercise:

Dialogue 2 Fast Food Surve y

A: Excus e me,do you mind answe ring a few quest ions?

B: No.

A:Umfirst ly,do you ever eat fast food.

B: Yes,yes, I do.

A:What kind of fast food do you norma lly eat?

B:Oh, er you know,burge rs, sandwiches,well somet imes like a pizza or,you know,kebabs*.

A:Oh, right .And how often do you eat fast food ?Every day,more than once a weekor less than once a week?

B: Er,well Monda y to Frida y when I’m worki ng er,yeah every day,um but not…notusual ly at the weeke nds.

A: And what time ofday do you eat fast food?

B:Well,at work as I said,you know at lunch time,um you know, I sort of go out andget a burge r or sandw ich. Sometimes,you know, if, ifI’m going out and I’ve notime to cook in the eveni ngs then I’ll , I’ll send out for a pizza .

A:Oh,right .Do you only eat it as a main meal or do you snack between meals ?

B:No,only as a main meal ,you know lunch or,or in the eveni ng.

A:And what do you think of fast food?Which state ments do you think are true?Um,eithe r “It’s conve nient”

B:Oh,defin itely. I mean, that’s sort of the main reason that I eat it.

A:Right .How about “It taste s good” ?

B:Yeah.Um, I mean,not as good as food like in a , in a good resta urant,but it’s notbad.

A: “It’s good for you” ?

B:No.Sort ofeatin g quick ly and stand ing up. It’s sort of bad for you.The food itsel fisn’t very good for you , you know there ’s not enoug h green s, um you know,vegetables or salad.

A:Mm.How about “It’s an expen sive way of eatin g” ?What do you think ofthat?

B:Oh,yes it is , er but you’re payin g for the convenienc e,you know the speed ofit .Er,well, I certa inlythink that it’s cheap er thanyouknow cooki ng your ownfood.

A: Er,and what about lastl y “It creates litte r.” Do you think that’s true?

B:Yes,yes, it does.Only I , I alway s put mine in a you know in a litte r bin,but erunfortunatelya lot ofpeopl e don’t , umbut inthe packa gingthere is a lot ofpaper invol ved and plast ic and somet imes polys tyren e*.

Exercise A:

Exercise B:

It is conve nient and fast, thoug ht it doesn’t taste as good as food in good a resta urant.However it is bad to one’s healt h because there are not enoug h veget ables. It is alsoquite anexpen sive wayofeatin g, butyou’re payin g forthe conve nienc e.And itcreates litte r becau se in the packa ging there is a lot ofpaper ,plast ic and somet imespolystyren e invol ved.

Part2 Passages

Passage 1 Snack

It’s 3:15 in the after noon and halfthe offic e just stepp ed out* for a coffe e break.Your eyeli ds are start ing to close and 7-11 is just aroun d the corne r.A soda or a bagofchips would be just the thing to perk you up*. So you, too,go out for an after noonsnack.

Sometimes we eat simpl y becau se every one else is doing it.Other times we eat

when we feel tired ,bored or depre ssed. Snack ing for the wrong reaso ns can lead toovereating and unhea lthy diet.

Of cours e, there are times when our bodie s reall y need extra energ y.Here are fourtips to keep your snack ing on the right track.

1.Know why you’re eatin g.Using food to chang e your feeli ngs can be a dange roushabit.An order ofFrenc h fries might distract*you from feeli ng sad for a while ,butit’s only a tempo rary cure.Once the fries are gone, the probl em is still there. If you’refeeli ng lonel y,don’t reach into the refri gerator.Call a frien d. Ifyou’re feeli ng stres sed,take a 10-minut e walk.

2.Find a healt hy pick-me-up*. Ifyou’re truly hungr y,a healt hy snack can give youthe boost of energ y you need. Ifyou like fresh foods,bring a small bag oftomat oes orapples slice s to work whit you .To tame your sweet tooth, try a handf ul of dried fruit.A servi ng ofnuts can be a perfe ct pick-me-up.They have the right combi natio n ofnutrients to give youthe energ yyouneed .Butwaituntil you’re hungr yto findsomething to eat .Plan ahead and bring somet hing healt hy whit you.

3.Eatjust one servi ng.Don’t open up a whole box of crack ers and start munch ingaway. Inste ad,pull out just one servi ng and put away the box.

4.Think of snack s as mini -meals.Eatin g small , healt hy snack can keep you fromstuff ing yours elf at the next meal . Inste ad of eatin g three big meals each day, splitthem into four or five mini -meals.You may actua lly eat less food overa ll.

Use these tips to help youplan snack s ahead oftime .The next time you have asnack attack, tame your hunge r the healt hy way.

Exercise A:a soda or a bag of chips;a piece of cake;a sandw ich;a small bag oftomat oes;a smallbag of apple slice s; a servi ng ofnuts ;a glass oflow-fat-milk; a servi ng ofcrack ers,e tc.

Exercise B:

1.A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.AExercise C:

1.A soda or a bag ofchips would be just the thing to perk you up.

2.Using food to chang e your feeli ng can be a dange rous habit .

3. Ifyou’re feeli ng lonel y,don’t reach into the refri gerator.Call a frien d.

4.A servi ng ofnuts can be a perfe ct pick-me-up.

5.Eatin g small ,healt hy snack s can keep you from stuff ing yours elf at the next meal.

Pass age 2 Tips to Healthy Eatin g and Physi cal Activ ity

Breakfast fills your “empty tank” to get you going after a long night witho ut food.And it can help you do bette r in schoo l.Easy-to-prepare break fasts inclu de cold cerea lwith fruit and low-fat milk,whole-wheat toast with peanu t butte r,yogur t*with fruit ,whole-grain waffl es or even last night ’s pizza !

It’s easy to fit physi cal activ ities into your daily routi ne.Walk,bike or jog to see

frien ds.Take a 10-minut e activ ity break every hour while you read,do homew ork orwatch TV.Climb stair s inste ad oftakin g an escalator or eleva tor.Try to do thesething s for a total of 30 minut es every day.

Snacks are a great way to refue l.Choose snack s from diffe rent food group s—a glassof low-fat milk and a few graha m* crackers, an apple or celer y stick s with peanu tbutter and raisi ns*,or some dry cerea l. Ifyou eat smart at other meals, cookies, chipsand candy are OK for occas ional snack ing.

Vigor ous work-outs*—when you’re breat hing hard and sweat ing—help your heartpump bette r, give you more energ y and help you look and feel best . Start with awarm-up that stret ches your muscl es. Inclu de 20 minut es of aerob ic activ ity, such asrunni ng, joggi ng, or danci ng.Follo w up with activ ities that help make you stron gersuch as push-ups or lifti ng weigh ts.Then cool down with more stret ching and deepb re at h in g.

Being activ e is much more fun with frien ds or famil y.Encourage other s to join youand plan one speci al physi cal activ ity event , like a bike ride or hiking,with a groupeach week.

You don’t have to give up foods like hambu rgers,Frenc h fries and ice cream to eathealt hy.Youjust have to be smart about how often and how much ofthem you eat .Your body needs nutri ents like prote in*, carbohydrates*, fat and many diffe rentvitam ins and miner als such as vitam ins C and A, iron and calci um* from a varie ty offoods.Balancing food choic es fromthe Food Guide Pyramid and check ing out theNutrition Facts panel on food label s will help you get all these nutri ents.

Eat more grain s, fruit s and veget ables. These foods give you carbo hydrates forenerg y,plus vitam ins,miner als and fiber .Besid es, they taste good!Try bread s such aswhole-wheat,bagel s*and pita*. Spaghetti and oatme al are also in the grain group.

Bananas, strawberries and melon s are some great tasti ng fruit s.Try veget ables raw,on a sandw ich or salad.

A healt hy eatin g style is like a puzzl e with many parts .Each part—or food—isdiffe rent. Some foods may have more fat , sugar or salt while other s may have morevitam ins or fiber .There is a place for all these foods.What makes a diet good or badis how foods fit toget her.Balancing your choic es is impor tant.Fit in a highe r-fat food,like peppe roni*pizza,at dinne r by choos ing lower -fat foods at other meals.And don’tforge t about moderation. Iftwo piece s ofpizza fill you up ,you don’t need a third .Exercise A:

People shoul d eat natural foods which do not conta in chemi cal addit ives and whichhave not been affec ted by chemi cal ferti lizer s widel y used in farmi ng today.Eat moregrain fruit s and veget ables.

To keep fit , you shoul d do regul ar physi cal exerc ise every day, such as runni ng,joggi ng,danci ng or ridin g a b ike,etc.

Exercise B:

1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.DExercise C:

1.Breakfast fills your “empty tank” to get you going after a long night witho ut foodand it can help you do bette r in schoo l.

2.Walking,bikin g orjoggi ng is easy to fit into your daily routi ne.

3.You must be smart about how often and how much ofthem you eat.

4.Grain s, fruit s and veget ables give you carbo hydrates for energ y, plus vitam ins,miner als and fiber .

5.To make a good diet you shoul d fit foods together and balan ce your choic es.Part3 News

News Item 1

In China the econo my expan ded at the rate of more than 9%between July andSeptember.The gover nment says China ’s total output goods and servi ces was 9.1%highe r compa red to the same perio d last year . The stron g growt h surpr ises mostexperts. They have expec ted expan sion to slow earlier this year as the effec ts ofdisease SARS curbe d*China’s trans portation and trave l indus try.Experts now saythey expec t the econo my to grow by 8.5%for all ofthis year .China has the worldfaste st growi ng major econo my.

Exercise A:

This news item is about the rapid growth of China’s economy.

Exercise B:

1.F 2.F 3.F 4.T

News Item2

World Trade Organ izati on minis ters are meeti ng in Montr eal*,Canada.The trademinis ters have been debat ing the issue of reduc ing impor t taxes and gover nment aidfor certa in servi ces, espec ially farmi ng.Major agric ultur al expor ters like the Unite dStates,Austr alia and Brazi l want all impor t dutie s cut to an avera ge of 25%. Impor terssuch as the Europ ean Union s, Japan and some devel oping count ries say impor t taxesshoul d be cut by some reaso nable perce ntage based on the count ry.The Unite d State sand Europ ean Union s are under pressure to reach a farmi ng agree ment that otherWTO membe rs can suppo rt. The WTO is also divid ed on the issue ofprovi dingnecessary drugs to poor count ries.

Exercise A:

This news item is about a world trade organization meeting on reducing taxes andgovernment aidfor certain services.

Exercise B:

The trade minis ters have been debating the issue of reduc ing import taxes andgovernment aid for certa in servi ces, espec ially farmi ng.Major agric ultur al expor terslike the Unite d State s,Austr alia and Brazi l want all impor t dutie s cut to an avera ge of25%. Importers such as the Europ ean Union s, Japan and some developing countries

say impor t taxes shoul d be cut by some reasonable percentage based on the count ry.

News Item3

Unite d Natio n’s secre tary Gener al Kofi Annan has sharp ly criti cized wealt hycountries for their trade polic y.His state ments were read in a lette r to deleg atesWedne sday at the World Trade Organ ization meeti ng in Canko n,Mexic o. In the lette rMr Annan urged wealt hy count ries to lower trade barriers* and to appro ve new waysto devel op the world for all count ries.He said the deleg ates decis ion could makediffe rence betwe en life and death for milli ons ofpeopl e.The meeti ng bring s toget herrepresenta tives from almos t 150 count ries. The WTO deleg ates are expec ted todiscuss agric ultur al, trade and other issue s.The deleg ates hope the talk will lead to atrade agreement by the end of 2004.Prote stors have demon strated aroun d the worldagain st the five -day meeti ng.

Exercise A:

This news item is about the WTO meeti ng being held in Mexic o.

Exercise B:

Directions:Liste n to the news item again and answer the quest ions.

1.What has Mr Kofi Annan sharp ly criti cized?

Mr Kofi Annan has sharply criticized wealthy countriesfor their tradepolicy.

2.What did Mr Annan urge in the lette r to deleg ates of WTO meeti ng?

In the lette r Mr Annan urged wealthy count ries to lower trade barriers and toapprove new ways to develop the worldfor all countries.

3.What are the WTO deleg ates expec ted to discu ss?

The WTO delegates are expected to discuss agricultural, trade and other issues.

4.What do the deleg ates hope?

The delegates hope the talk will lead to a trade agreement by the end of 2004.

5.Are there any peopl e who are again st the meeti ng?

Yes,protestors have demonstrated around the world against thefive-day meeting.

Section Three OralWork

How long can anyon e live in Germa ny witho ut a purch ase of eithe r a cold stein

*ofbeer or a clock ? It didn’t take long for the beer ,but my searc h for just the rightclock took a few years .

In my searc h I found a cuckoo clock,an old Frenc h Tic-Tac clock,and a gold timepiece givin g the preci se time anywh ere in the world .Than came the grand motherclock with the lovel y crystal panes*—but still no chimi ng grand fathe r clock.

Suddenly I recei ved a phone call from a frien d. She knew a man whose motherhad to move out ofher home and furni ture was being sold. She asked whether I wasinterested in a very old clock .

I made the trip into the count ryside and found a small Germanhome withlovel yflowe r garde ns.

The famil y greet ed me as a long -lost frien d.We had coffe e and apple cakes and

then we heade d for the attic .

I knew the minut e I saw him—the old grand fathe r.Surel y he would be expen sive! Isaid, “Yes!”

We returned to our coffe e and I asked the big quest ion. “How much?”

I paid 45 Germa n Marks in cash,one large can ofpeach es,a pound of coffe e,and abox of Lipto n Tea.

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

An estimated 135 milli on peopl e have low visio n.40 to 50 milli on other s canno tsee at all .Healt hy exper ts warm that the numbe r ofblind people will incre ase sharp lyas the world population grows,and grows older.They say the numbe r ofblind peoplecould almos t doubl e by 2020.

Yet the World Healt hy Organ izati on says that in eight out often cases ,blind nesscan be cured or avoid ed.October the ninth was World Sight Day.A campa ign calle dvisio n 2020 relea sed*mater ials to help gover nment and healt h worke rs devel opnatio nal plans to preve nt blind ness.

Visio n 2020 is ajoint effortofthe WHO andInter nationalAgenc yforthePrevention ofBlind ness. The goal is to end preve ntion blind ness by 2020. Thecampa ign targe ts four main cause s.

Cataracts cause the lens ofthe eye to becom e cloud y. In most ofAfric a and Asia,cataracts cause at least halfthe cases ofblind ness that can be cured .A simpl eoperation can remov e catar acts*.

Trachoma* is an infec tious disease sprea d perso n-to-person and by insec ts.Trachoma cause s about 15 percent ofall cases ofblind ness.Most ofthe cases are inAfric a. The disea se can be treat ed with antib iotic medicines and an opera tion tocorrect the damag e.

The disea se known as river blind ness is also found mostly in Afric a.Flies spreadthe infec tion.A yearl y treatment ofthe drug Mecti zan can contr ol the disea se.

Final ly, a lack ofvitam in A as a resul t of poor nutrition is the leadi ng cause ofpreventable blind ness in child ren.

Visio n 2020 says that every five secon ds anoth er perso n in the world goes blind.Most blind people live in devel oping, natio ns. India has at least nine milli on.Aboutsix milli on are in China ,and seven milli on in Afric a.Offic ials estim ate that the worldeconomy loses about 28,000 milli on dolla rs each year from curab le blind ness.

A resolution passed by the World Health Assembly in May urges all government sto develop natio nal plans to preve nt blind ness.

Exercise A:

1.The world Sight Day is on October the ninth.

2.The World Healt h Organ izati on says in eight out of ten cases ,blind ness can becured or avoid ed.

3.A campa ign calle d Vision 2020 aims at the prevention of blindness.

4.The blind ness that can be cured or avoid ed mostl y occurs in developing nations.