新视野大学英语视听说 Unit 6-1

II. Listening Skills
Listening to People Talk About Health
1. M: I haven’t been to see my doctor for a very long time. I’m worried that he’ll be angry     with me for not having a physical examination¹ for so long.
  W: Which is more important, the doctor’s feelings or your health? You’d better go if you want to make sure everything is all right with you.
It seems that the man worries more about the doctor’s feelings than his own health.

2. W: Oh, I’ve got a cold. I’m not used to the cold weather, and it often gets the best of me.     What I need now is some good medicine.
 M: The best medicine is to keep healthy. I promise you that if you get involved with some sort of physical exercise, you’ll get sick a lot less. Why don’t you try joining a gym?
The woman catches cold easily and believes in taking some good medicine, but the man thinks physical exercise is more important.

3. W: Exams are coming up soon. I’ve been so busy with schoolwork that I’ve had a lot of    trouble sleeping.
  M: School is important, but so is your health. Maybe you should talk to a doctor. Doctors see people all the time for this very problem. They can help you.
The woman has been so busy with schoolwork that she has had difficulty² sleeping. The man believes that health is important that she should see a doctor.

4. M: Do you mind if I have a cigarette before we eat?
  W: Well, actually, I do. If you don’t mind, could you smoke outside? If you want to poison³ your body and shorten⁴ your life, that’s your business. But as for me, I want to live long and healthy.
The woman asks the man to smoke outside because she wants to live long and healthy. She believes second-hand⁵ smoke causes cancer too.

5. W: Robert, when we last talked, you promised there would be less television and junk⁶ food, and more exercise in your life. But now you’re becoming quite overweight.
  M: I know it’s bad, but I really like watching TV. After all we should enjoy ourselves while we are young.
  W: But you’re risking your health watching TV so much.
  M: Oh, yes: heart trouble, high blood pressure. But I’d rather die than give up TV.
    The man once promised he would watch TV less, eat less junk food and have more exercise. But he believes it is more important to enjoy himself, although the woman says he’s risking his health watching TV so much.
 

1 examination   

n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查

参考例句：

• Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
• He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。

2 difficulty   

n.困难，费劲；难事，难题；麻烦，困境

参考例句：

• If there is any difficulty,please let us know promptly.倘有困难，请迅速通知我们。
• A little difficulty like this is nothing to us.这点困难算不了什么。

3 poison   

n.毒药；毒害；vt./vi.毒害；投毒

参考例句：

• The bottle is labelled "Poison".瓶上标明“有毒”。
• Don't allow evil thoughts to poison young people's minds.不允许邪念毒害青年。

4 shorten   

vt.弄短，缩小，减少

参考例句：

• Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.小事故会缩短汽车寿命。
• My dress is too long I must shorten it.我的连衣裙太长了，我得把它截短些。

5 second-hand   

adj.用过的，旧的，二手的

参考例句：

• I got this book by chance at a second-hand bookshop.我赶巧在一家旧书店里买到这本书。
• They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。

6 junk   

n.废弃的旧物；破烂物

参考例句：

• I bought this old table in a junk shop.我在旧货店里买了这张旧桌子。
• They cleared out the junk room to make a tiny beds.他们将废品间清理用作小卧室。