新编大学英语听力3 unit11

[00:03.31]Heroes
[00:05.90]Part Two
[00:09.14]Listening-Centered Activities
[00:13.10]Listening 1
[00:16.42]Exercise 1
[00:20.02]Directions:
[00:23.33]You are going to hear a news report about a heroic deed of a policewoman.
[00:29.84]Listen carefully and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
[00:37.26]Put "T" for true and "F" for false in the space provided.
[00:44.46]Then check your answers with your neighbor.
[00:49.61]A Hero Inside
[00:53.75]New York citizens were delighted by the heroism¹
[00:58.57]and amazing luck of a local policewoman named Arlene Beckles.
[01:04.12]Last Sunday evening, when the young policewoman was getting her hair done,
[01:10.67]three armed men burst into the hairdresser's,
[01:15.92]emptied the cash register and began to rob the customers.
[01:21.72]Beckles stood up,
[01:25.46]stated that she was a police officer and pulled a gun from under her clothes.
[01:31.40]The robbers began shooting.
[01:35.80]Arlene Beckles wounded all three but was pushed to the floor by one of the robbers.
[01:41.88]His gun went off twice. He and another gunman then fled.
[01:49.22]Police arrived and the third gunman was caught.
[01:54.08]Three days later, all three suspects were in jail.
[01:59.56]Beckles was promoted to the rank of detective. At the honors ceremony,
[02:06.32]she explained that all police officers have "a hero inside".
[02:11.90]Exercise 2
[02:15.47]Directions:
[02:19.18]Listen to the news report again and answer the questions.
[02:25.04]Then check your answers with your neighbor.
[02:29.58]1)Where did this incident take place?
[02:35.27]2)How many gunmen attacked the place?
[02:41.10]3)Who caught the gunmen?
[02:46.36]4)Why was Beckles considered lucky by the citizens?
[02:52.80]5)Why was she promoted?
[02:57.77]Listening 3
[03:01.08]Once a year the city of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,chooses two outstanding citizens.
[03:08.82]These two citizens receive the "Hero of Philadelphia" award.
[03:15.12]To receive this award, a citizen  must first do a heroic deed.
[03:21.67]Then the citizen is nominated² for the "Hero Award".
[03:26.75]Finally, the Philadelphia City Council looks at the nominations³
[03:33.41]and chooses the two citizens to receive the award.
[03:38.81]You are members of the Philadelphia City Council.
[03:43.92]This year you received 613 nominations.
[03:50.11]Last week you chose five finalists. Today you will choose the two winners.
[03:58.64]Exercise 1
[04:02.21]Directions:
[04:06.02]Listen to the descriptions of the 5 finalists
[04:10.38]and fill in the following blanks in note form as the example shows.
[04:17.11]Hero Award Darrell Smith, age 11, elementary student.
[04:24.92]On the morning of April 2, Darrell was playing in Central Park.
[04:31.62]He saw a group of young boys. They were beating up an old man.
[04:37.70]First, Darrell threw rocks at the boys.
[04:42.92]Then he ran to a nearby policeman and told him.
[04:47.57]The policeman caught the boys and saved the old man.
[04:52.82]Sherry Lee, age 33, policewoman, unmarried.
[05:00.10]Ms. Lee is the leader of an anti-cocaine⁴ police group.
[05:06.58]Last year, she and her group arrested more than 50 drug dealers⁵
[05:13.24]and seized more than 5000 pounds of cocaine.
[05:18.60]John Sawada, age 65, accountant, married (five children).
[05:27.92]Mr. Sawada works for the city of Philadelphia.
[05:33.40]During the past year, he discovered his boss was stealing city money.
[05:39.70]His boss fired Mr. Sawada, but Sawada told the mayor.
[05:45.96]As a result, Mr. Sawada got his job back, his boss lost his job,
[05:53.12]and the citizens of Philadelphia saved $500,000.
[05:59.39]Sofia Huffman, age 23, school bus driver, married (one child).
[06:08.86]On the rainy morning of October 29,
[06:13.61]Mrs. Huffman was driving her bus with 34 children to school.
[06:19.73]When the bus went down a hill, the brakes failed. With no way to stop the bus,
[06:27.04]Mrs.Huffman drove the bus into a telephone pole on the side of the road

[06:33.98]This stopped the bus and saved the children, but Mrs. Huffman died in the accident.
[06:41.47]Tom Cook, age 31, unemployed⁶, unmarried and homeless. On the night of October 5,
[06:52.42]Mr. Cook was sleeping on Jackson Street.
[06:57.35]A fire started in one of the apartment buildings there.
[07:01.99]Mr. Cook ran into the building and personally carried seven children to safety

1 heroism   

n.大无畏精神，英勇

参考例句：

• He received a medal for his heroism.他由于英勇而获得一枚奖章。
• Stories of his heroism resounded through the country.他的英雄故事传遍全国。

2 nominated   

adj.被提名的，被任命的 动词nominate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She has been nominated for the presidency. 她已经获得了董事长职位的提名。
• The movie was nominated for an Oscar. 这部电影获奥斯卡金像奖提名。

3 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

4 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

5 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

6 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。