新编大学英语听力2 unit7

[00:02.84]Music
[00:05.65]part 1
[00:09.36]3 Sing along
[00:13.82]Directions:
[00:17.46]Listen to the songs and fill in the missing¹ words.Then sing along
[00:24.66]1 Edelweis
[02:17.99]2 DO Re Me
[03:55.04]3 Moon River
[06:52.63]4 Country Roads
[10:08.51]5 Top of the Worid
[13:10.56]6 Yesterday Once More
[17:08.12]Part Two
[17:11.15]Listening-Centered Activities
[17:15.50]Listening I
[17:19.57]Exercise 1
[17:23.96]Directions: Bill, Howard, and Lisa are talking about background music
[17:32.35]Listen to the first part of the conversation and then fill in the blanks
[17:38.69]Then listen again to check your answers.
[17:43.94]On Background Music
[17:48.01]In this conversation, Bill, Howard, and Lisa are talking about background music.
[17:56.40]PART ONE
[17:59.53]Bill: What are you working on now?
[18:03.49]Howard: I've just finished a piece of background music.
[18:08.24]Lisa: Background music? Oh, like the music they're playing here now.
[18:15.05]Howard: Yes. You hear it everywhere--in restaurants, airports,
[18:21.78]supermarkets,department stores
[18:25.92]Bill: In banks, too. I noticed it while we were at the bank today.
[18:32.33]Lisa: Did you? I didn't.
[18:36.00]Howard: You are not supposed to notice it .It's just there, in the background
[18:42.55]It's supposed to influence your attitudes, put you in the right mood.
[18:49.10]Lisa: I'm not sure I like that idea.
[18:53.57]Howard: Well, it seems to work
[18:56.99]Companies pay millions of dollars every year for background music
[19:02.93]It's supposed to give you a better feeling about yourself and the people around you
[19:09.70]Factories use it a lot
[19:13.30]It makes the workers happy, and they work better that way
[19:19.09]In one factory, music increased production 4.5 percent.
[19:26.00]Bill: I should think they'd get tired of hearing music all day.
[19:30.76]Howard: They don't though
[19:33.92]One fellow in San Francisco told me, "If the music stops,
[19:40.58]somebody always runs to the telehone to complain."
[19:45.62]Lisa: Now that I think about it,
[19:49.55]I can't remember when there wasn't background music in restaurants and stores.
[19:55.92]Howard: That shows how young you are
[19:59.99]Actually, it all started during World War II
[20:05.10]when some factories had their own orchestras² to keep workers happy and came
[20:12.26]Now, of course, the music is piped in by a machine,
[20:17.59]and different kinds of music are played at different times during the day
[20:24.25]They play faster music at ten in the morning than at eight
[20:29.90]for instance³, because workers tend to be slower then.
[20:36.06]Exercise 2
[20:39.77]Directions:
[20:42.94]Listen to the second part of the conversation
[20:47.87]and decide whether the following statements⁴ are true or false
[20:55.03]Write "T" for true and "F" for false
[21:00.29]Then listen again to check your answers.
[21:05.00]PART TWO
[21:08.68]Bill: What about restaurants
[21:12.20]Do they play the same music for dinner and lunch?
[21:16.92]Howard: I don't know about that, but I do know that hamburger places play fast music
[21:24.44]When they started playing faster music,
[21:29.16]they found that a customer spent only seventeen minutes eating
[21:35.96]The time was twenty-two minutes before that.
[21:40.61]Lisa: So they have more people coming in and out to buy hamburgers.
[21:45.79]Howard: Exactly.And that's good for busines
[21:51.59]You can see why music has become so popular
[21:56.84]In Los Angeles,for instance,
[22:00.73]thirty different companies are selling background music sevices
[22:06.85]Lisa: I still think there's something about it that I don's quite like
[22:13.12]Howard: I know what you mean, but lots of people would't agree with you
[22:19.16]The Xerox⁵ Corporation⁶ in Rochester, N.Y.,
[22:24.96]spends more than $80,000 a year for background music.
[22:30.76]Prisons use it, and farmers use it to keep their cattle⁷ calm
[22:36.98]It's even supposed to have an effect on plants.
[22:42.35]Listening II

[22:45.73]Exercise 1
[22:50.48]Directions:
[22:54.23]Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks
[22:59.56]Listen again to check your answers.
[23:03.98]Music to Operate by
[23:07.76]More and more doctors are operating to music
[23:13.31]They say it eases⁸ their minds
[23:17.77]One doctor in Chicago says classical⁹ music
[23:23.86]is the only kind that does not interfere¹⁰ while he is operating
[23:29.83]But in another Chicago operating room, the British rock group Pink Floyd can be heard
[23:38.40]And in Washington¹¹, at least one doctor operates to the sound of the Beatles.
[23:46.07]Researchers from the State University of New York at Buffalo¹²
[23:52.15]did a study that seems to confirm¹³ that music helps reduce tension¹⁴ in doctors
[24:00.43]They gave fifty male doctors difficult mathematical¹⁵ kinds of tests.
[24:07.88]The doctors did the test while listening to music they had chosen
[24:14.83]They did a similar test while listening to music that was chosen for them
[24:21.67]They were tested a third time with no music at all
[24:27.36]Each time, a machine measured their heart rate and blood pressure.
[24:34.13]The doctors worked most quickly and calmly
[24:39.53]when listening to the music they had chosen
[24:44.35]They did the worst with no music at all.
[24:49.57]What kinds of music did the doctors choose
[24:54.32]Mostly classical
[24:57.74]But some chose instrumental¹⁶ jazz pieces or Irish¹⁷ folk¹⁸ music.
[25:05.34]There probably is one piece of music
[25:09.69]that should never be played during an operation:
[25:14.88]Brahms' Lullab

1 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

2 orchestras   

管弦乐队( orchestra的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The orchestras, the choruses, the drama and opera casts, will be cut to pieces. 各个管弦乐队、合唱队、戏剧和歌剧的演员名单都将支离破碎。
• In Indonesia, gamelan orchestras play music on gongs, drums, and xylophones. 印度尼西亚，佳美兰乐队用锣、和木琴演奏音乐。

3 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

4 statements   

n.声明( statement的名词复数 )；（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现；（文字）陈述；结算单

参考例句：

• We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
• The report is inconsistent with the financial statements. 这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。

5 xerox   

n./v.施乐复印机，静电复印

参考例句：

• Xerox and Lucent are two more high-tech companies run by women.施乐和朗讯是另外两家由女性经营的大科技公司。
• You cannot take it home,but you can xerox it.你不能把它带回家，但可以复印。

6 corporation   

n.公司，企业&n.社团，团体

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation. 这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• The inflation did the corporation up. 通货膨胀使这个公司破产了。

7 cattle   

n.牛，牲口，畜生

参考例句：

• He has twenty head of cattle on the farm.他在农场养了20头牛。
• On big farms cattle are usually stamped with brands.在大农场，牲畜通常是打烙印的。

8 eases   

安心( ease的名词复数 )； 无病无痛； （限制的）放松； 容易

参考例句：

• Centaury eases cough, bronchitis, inflammation of liver and eye. 咳嗽、支气管炎、肝脏及眼睛发炎有抑制功效。
• When the crisis eases and confidence returns, valuations are bound to recover. 当危机缓解、信心恢复，市值必将反弹。

9 classical   

adj.古典的；古典文学的；正统派的；古典主义的

参考例句：

• This classical poem is hard to understand.这首古诗很费解。
• She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。

10 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

11 Washington   

n.华盛顿特区(是美国首都)

参考例句：

• His birthplace is Washington,but he lives in San Francisco.他出生于华盛顿，但住在旧金山。
• They, together with my father,have gone to Washington.他们和我父亲一起去华盛顿了。

12 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

13 confirm   

vt.证实；确认；v.确认

参考例句：

• I'll call you back to confirm.我会给你回电话确认的。
• I need to confirm my reservation on the next flight.我要确认我预订的下一个航班。

14 tension   

n.(紧张)状态；拉(绷)紧；张力，拉力

参考例句：

• I could feel the tension in the room. 我可以感觉到房间里的紧张气氛。
• Relaxaion is better than tension. 缓和比紧张好。

15 mathematical   

adj.数学的，数学上的

参考例句：

• The solution can be expressed by a mathematical equation.答案可用一个数学方程式来表示。
• Einstein was a mathematical genius.爱因斯坦是数学天才。

16 instrumental   

adj.仪器的，器械的，乐器的，起作用的，有帮助的

参考例句：

• It is an instrumental work.这是一部可以用乐器演奏的作品。
• He was instrumental in catching the criminal.在捉拿那个罪犯的过程中，他起了作用。

17 Irish   

n.爱尔兰语；爱尔兰人；adj.爱尔兰(人)的

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The two volumes of collected Irish Stories are printed.两卷本的《爱尔兰故事集》已经印好了。

18 folk   

n.人们；家属，亲属；adj.民间的

参考例句：

• I am not very fond of folk dance.我不太喜欢民间舞蹈。
• Difficulties help to forge people into able folk.困难有助于把人们锻炼成能干的人。