新编大学英语听力2 unit2

[00:03.13]Personality
[00:06.48]Part Two
[00:10.12]Listening-Centered Activities
[00:14.72]Listening 1
[00:17.96]Exercise 1
[00:22.28]Directions:
[00:25.49]Listen to the passage and note down the four characteristics of the speaker.
[00:33.77]I am a very sensitive person, and that's good to a point
[00:40.79]I feel everyone should be able to feel or understand what others are going through
[00:48.35]But when you hurt, cry, or are unhappy for people you don't know
[00:56.23]or for a movie that is not real, then I think that's a little too sensitive
[01:03.72]That's the way I am.
[01:07.75]I am a very independent person
[01:13.04]I must do things for myself
[01:17.29]I don't like people doing things for me,or helping¹ me,or giving me things
[01:25.10]It's not that I don't appreciate it, because I do
[01:30.72]I just feel that when someone does something for you then you owe them
[01:37.63]and if there is one thing I don't like to feel it's that I owe anyone anything.
[01:45.34]I think I would be a good friend
[01:50.05]I would do almost anything for someone I like, to share or give anything I have
[01:57.40]I'm very caring and understanding
[02:02.22]People trust me with their secrets,
[02:07.19]and they're right for doing so because I never tell anything that is told to me
[02:13.96]I'm always there to help in any way that I can
[02:19.46]All you have to do is ask.
[02:23.82]I have a love for life and people that make me feel good
[02:30.66]I find fun in almost everything I do(Except housework
[02:36.67]I love to watch people, talk to them, and be around them
[02:43.37]It makes no difference whether I agree or disagree with what they feel
[02:50.89]or how they live or what they look like,or what age they are
[02:56.94]I just love learning² and being aware of everything and everyone around me.
[03:04.79]Exercise 2
[03:08.14]Directions:
[03:11.84]Listen again and complete with details of the four characteristics.
[03:19.04]Listening II
[03:22.82]Exercise 1
[03:26.03]Directions:
[03:29.81]Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true or false
[03:37.44]Write"T" for true and "F" for false
[03:44.42]Interviewer: Angela,
[03:47.56]you were born in Korea but you've been living in Canada for a long time, haven't you?
[03:53.71]Angela: Yes, I was 10 years old when my parents immigrated³ to Canada
[04:00.37]and I've been living here for 20 years now.
[04:05.66]Do you think that belonging to two different cultures has affected⁴ your personality?
[04:11.64]Angela: Yes, definitely⁵
[04:15.60]There are times when I think that I have two personalities⁶
[04:21.47]Depending on where I am and who I'm with, I'm Korean or I'm Canadian.
[04:28.38]Interviewer:  sounds complicated⁷ ,Can you explain what you mean?
[04:34.46]Angela: Well, growing up in Canada when I was going to high school.for example,
[04:41.09]I was known as Angela to the outside world.and as Sun-Kyung at home
[04:48.47]I would wave hello to my teachers,
[04:52.72]but bow to my parents' Korean friends when they visited our home.
[04:58.58]Interviewer: Do different cultures have different ideas as to what is polite?
[05:04.16]Angela: Yes, definitely
[05:07.84]In high school, I was expected to look straight in the eyes of my teachers
[05:14.75]and to talk openly with them.But when Koreans spoke⁸ to me
[05:21.41]I was expected to look at my feet and to be shy and silent.
[05:28.39]Interviewer: Do you think that having two personalities makes you a richer person?
[05:34.04]Angela: Yes, but sometimes I don't know who I am.
[05:39.66]Exercise 2
[05:43.01]Directions

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 immigrated   

v.移入( immigrate的过去式和过去分词 )；移民

参考例句：

• He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。 来自辞典例句
• Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 许多巴基斯坦人移居到了英国。 来自辞典例句

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

6 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

7 complicated   

adj.错综复杂的，麻烦的，结构复杂的

参考例句：

• The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂，我理解不了它的意思。
• This is the most complicated case I have ever handled.这是我所处理过的最为复杂的案子。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。