大学英语听力第四册 lesson 18

　　PART A Micro-Listening
1. M: Would you like to go boating with me?
W: What a good idea!
Q : What does the woman mean?
2. W: You were very quiet at the meeting.
M: I was really fascinated¹ by what every speaker said.
Q : Why was the man so quiet at the meeting?
3. M: Do you know Maggie? She's a very nice girl.
W: We're from the same town.
O : What does the woman mean?
4. W: In summer Bob plays tennis or golf. In winter he goes skiing and skating.
M: Yes, he's always been very enthusiastic about sports.
Q : What can be concluded about Bob?
5. W: I can't wait to see how Professor Wang will look when he opens our gifts.
M: Neither can I.
O : What does the man mean?
6. M: The service in this restaurant is really terrible.
W: Right. It's high time they got rid of half of the staff here, if you ask me.
Q : What conclusion can we draw from the conversation?
7. W: It's lunch time. Where do you want to eat?
M: What's wrong with the school canteen?
Q : What do we learn from the conversation?
8. M: Will you be working at the Student Club tomorrow night?
W: I'm afraid so. I wish I could get out of it.
Q : What does the woman mean?
9. W: I wonder if I could borrow your typewriter.
M: You certainly could if I had one.
Q: What does the man mean?
10. W: I think I'll send Judy a postcard from Rome when I go there next week.
M: I'm sure she'd be glad to get one. She has a collection of cards from all over the world.
Q : What do we learn about Judy from the conversation?
PART B Macro-Listening
Passage 1
Videodisc Player
Tapescript
During the past several years, many new uses of television sets have been introduced. Video cassette recorders, video games, cable TV, and home computers are becoming popular accessories² for the home TV. The videodisc is the most recent and perhaps the most important of new attachments³.
A videodisc looks like an ordinary record, but it reproduces⁴ pictures and sound. It is designed to play back programs that have been recorded on it. The manufacturers record movies, concerts, and educational programs on the discs.
A videodisc is made of plastic. Its surface is covered with tiny pits that wind around the disc in a coil. The size and arrangement of the pits form a code that represents the recorded pictures and sounds. As the disc spins on the disc player, the player reads the code and translates it into a TV signal which is then shown on the TV screen.
Manufacturers began developing videodiscs in the 1970's. Videodiscs and players have been available for home use since December 1978, and their manufacturers hope that they will become as popular as records and record players. Home entertainment, however, is not the only use for videodiscs. Some companies are developing videodisc system to store computer information and record visual computer programs. Home computers may even be used with video players in the future.
Passage 2
How Does Acupuncture⁵ Work?
Tapescript
Acupuncture has been practised in China for more than 2,000 years, but its use in the Western world is still very new. Several hospitals in the United States are now experimenting with acupuncture as a way of treating pain.
An American journalist who stood beside a patient during an operation in Shanghai recently described the process and its effects. To keep the patient from feeling pain during the operation, four needles were used, each about an inch and a half long. Two needles were inserted under the skin on each side of the patient's neck. The top of the needles were attached to wires which led to a small electrical device.
Throughout the operation the patient talked calmly to those standing⁶ around him, insisting that he felt perfectly⁷ normal.
How does acupuncture work? How is it able to keep a patient from feeling pain? No very satisfactory answer has been given, but there are at least three theories.
Some doctors believe that acupuncture somehow produces an effect upon the central nervous system. Others believe that acupuncture produces a chemical change in the body's fluids. Still another theory is that the needles make contact with an unknown system of energy in the body which travels along certain routes under the skin. The true explanation may be one of these or a combination of more than one. Or it may be something entirely⁸ different.

1 fascinated   

a.被强烈地吸引住，感到着迷的

参考例句：

• China has always fascinated me. 中国一直令我心驰神往。
• The children watched, fascinated, as the picture began to appear. 电影开始以后孩子们入迷地观看着。

2 accessories   

n.附件；附件( accessory的名词复数 )；（衣服的）配饰；从犯；妇女饰品

参考例句：

• a range of furnishings and accessories for the home 各种各样的家居装饰物及配件
• These are indispensable accessories. 这些是不可缺少的附件。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 attachments   

n.（用电子邮件发送的）附件( attachment的名词复数 )；附着；连接；附属物

参考例句：

• The vacuum cleaner has four different attachments. 吸尘器有四个不同的附件。
• It's an electric drill with a range of different attachments. 这是一个带有各种配件的电钻。

4 reproduces   

复制( reproduce的第三人称单数 )； 重现； 再版； 生殖

参考例句：

• The computer reproduces the data as a set of diagrams. 电脑使这些数据再现为一系列图表。
• The original reproduces clearly in a photocopy. 原件复印得十分清晰。

5 acupuncture   

n.针灸，针刺法，针疗法

参考例句：

• Written records show that acupuncture dates back to the Song Dynasty.文字记载表明，宋朝就已经有了针灸。
• It's known that acupuncture originated in China.众所周知，针灸起源于中国。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

8 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。