新编大学英语听力2 unit12

[00:03.02]Time
[00:05.65]Part Two
[00:08.82]Listening-Centered Activities
[00:13.07]Listening I
[00:16.38]Exercise 1
[00:19.87]Directions:
[00:23.22]Listen to the poem twice and fill in the blanks.
[00:29.02]Around the corner I have a friend.In this great city that has no end,
[00:36.04]Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,And before know it,a year is gone
[00:44.46]And I never see my old friend's face,For life is a swift¹ and terrible race,
[00:52.88]He knows I like him just as well as,in the days when I rang his bell,
[01:00.26]And he rand mine.It's true that we were younger then,
[01:06.38]And now we are busy,tired men,Tired of playing a foolish game,
[01:14.27]Tired of trying to make a name."Tomorrow",I say,"I will call on Jim"
[01:22.87]"Just to show that I'm thinking of him."But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
[01:31.62]And distance between us grows and grows.Around the corner!--Yet miles away,
[01:41.27]"Here's a telegram² sir--""Jim died today."
[01:47.24]And that's what we get and deserve³ in the end.Around the corner, a vanished⁴ friend.
[01:56.86]If you love someone, tell them.Remember always to say what you mean.
[02:04.85]Never be afraid to express yourself.
[02:09.96]Take this opportunity to tell someone what they mean to you.
[02:17.09]Seize the day and have no regrets.Most importantly, stay close
[02:26.30]To your friends and family,for they have helped make you
[02:32.46]The person that you are today and are what it's all about anyway.
[02:40.24]Pass this along to your friends.Let it make a difference in your day and theirs.
[02:49.49]The difference between expressing love,
[02:54.78]And having regrets which may stay around forever.
[03:01.69]Listening II
[03:05.40]Exercise 1
[03:08.89]Directions:
[03:12.28]Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.
[03:18.22]One day an expert on the subject of time management
[03:24.55]was speaking to a group of business students and
[03:30.53]to stress a point, used an illustration⁵ I'm sure those students will never forget
[03:38.23]After I share it with you, you'll never forget it either.
[03:44.21]As this man stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers,
[03:50.54]he said, "Okay, time for a quiz⁶
[03:56.12]Then he pulled out a large, wide-mouthed jar and set it on a table in front of him
[04:04.94]Then he produced about a dozen first-sized rocks and carefully placed them,
[04:12.43]one at a time, into the jar.
[04:16.86]When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked,
[04:24.28]"Is this jar full?"
[04:28.52]Everyone in the class said, "Yes."
[04:33.20]Then he said, "Really?"
[04:37.49]He reached under the table and pulled out a bag of little stones
[04:44.51]Then he dumped⁷ some of them in and shook the jar causing the little
[04:51.53]stones to work themselves sown⁸ into the spaces between the big rocks.
[04:58.26]Then he smiled and asked the group once more
[05:03.34]"Is the jar full?" by this time the class was onto him
[05:11.58]"Probably not," one of them answere "Good!" he replied
[05:19.18]And he reached under the table and brought out a bag of sand
[05:25.30]He started dumping⁹ the sand in
[05:30.48]and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the little stones
[05:37.03]Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?" No!" the class shouted
[05:44.95]Once again he said:"Good
[05:48.66]Then he grabbed¹⁰ a bottle of water
[05:53.02]and began go pour it in until the jar was filled to the top
[05:58.74]Then he looked up at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"
[06:06.73]One eager beaver¹¹ raised his hand and said
[06:11.84]"The point is, no matter how full your schedule is
[06:17.82]if you try really hard, you can always fit some more things into it!"
[06:24.88]"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the poin
[06:31.03]The truth this illustration teaches us

1 swift   

n.雨燕，大滚筒；adj.迅速的，快的，敏捷的，立刻的；adv.迅速地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He is swift to hear,but slow to speak.他听力敏锐，但不善言辞。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery.他康复得相当快。

2 telegram   

n.电报；vt.用电报发送(打电报)

参考例句：

• Will you hand on this telegram to your friend?你把这份电报转交给你的朋友好吗？
• I've got your telegram.我已经收到了你的电报。

3 deserve   

vt.应受，值得；vi. 应受报答，值得受赏

参考例句：

• You really deserve a good beating,you naughty boy.你这个调皮孩子真该打。
• I do not deserve all the praises bestowed upon me.我不配得到这些赞扬。

4 vanished   

adj.消失了的v.消失( vanish的过去式和过去分词 )；突然不见；不复存在；绝迹

参考例句：

• He walked through—and vanished. Poof! Like that. 他走了过去，然后就嗖的一下子不见了。
• The magician vanished in a puff of smoke. 魔术师在一股烟雾中突然不见了。

5 illustration   

n.说明，例证；图解，插图

参考例句：

• Illustration by example is better than explanation in words.用实例说明比用词语解释清楚。
• He used photographs as illustration for his talk.他用照片为他的演讲作图片说明。

6 quiz   

n.智力竞赛；测验，小型考试

参考例句：

• They are having a quiz now.他们正进行小测验。
• He took part in a television quiz and won a prize.他参加了一个电视知识竞赛并得了奖。

7 dumped   

adj.废弃的v.倾倒( dump的过去式和过去分词 )；丢下；随便堆放；释放

参考例句：

• Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea. 太多的有毒废料在向大海里倾倒。
• They dumped his belongings unceremoniously on the floor. 他们粗暴地把他的物品摔到地板上。

8 sown   

v.（在已播种有另一种作物的土地上）套种（晚栽作物）( undersow的过去式和过去分词 )；sow的过去分词

参考例句：

• We sowed our vegetable seed yesterday.Have you sown yours? 昨天我们播下了菜籽，你也播了吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Once you've sown, you just have to trust to luck. 播下种子后，让它听天由命长吧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 dumping   

n.倾销v.倾倒( dump的现在分词 )；丢下；随便堆放；释放

参考例句：

• a ban on the dumping of radioactive waste at sea 禁止向海里倾倒放射性废物
• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 grabbed   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。

11 beaver   

n.海狸，河狸

参考例句：

• The hat is made of beaver.这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的。
• A beaver is an animals with big front teeth.海狸是一种长着大门牙的动物。