大学体验英语听说教程 第三册03

　　Listening Book 3 Unit 3
Vocabulary Task
Answers/Script¹
A dorm life has some major negatives.
The other students keep me up all night.
And my roommate doesn’t give me any space.
B My new roommate doesn’t drive me crazy.
She never leaves her food for clothes all over the place.
She never takes my things without asking.
C My dad’s rules are way too strict.
He won’t let me use the phone for more than 10 minutes.
And I have to be back by a 9 p.m. curfew.
I know it’s because he’s concerned about me.
Listening Task
2. Listening activity
1) First listening
Answers
1.Sally never cleans anything.
2.The dormitory’s rules are too strict.
3.His mother listens in on his phone conversations.
4.Her brother takes her things without asking.
2) Second listening
Answers
1.She doesn’t take her old food out of the refrigerator.
She leaves her stuff² all over the apartment.
2.She has to be back by 10pm.
She can’t invite friends to the room.
3.His mom listens in on his conversations.
His mom is too nosy³.
4.Her brother borrows her CDs.
Her brother messes up her room.
Script
1.A: Whoa, our place is a mess!
B: Yeah, well, it’s Sally’s stuff. She never cleans anything and leaves her clothes all over the place—blobs of the boohtpaste on the sink, and old smelly fod in the fridge. She doesn’t care that she’s living with other people.
A: Yeah, she’s a total slob!
2.A: Hi, little sister… how’s your first week away at school?
B: Well, I have to say that dormitary living has some major negatives.
A: What? Like having to share the bathroom with a lot of people?
B: Actually, that’s not so bad. It’s just that some of the rules are so strict. Like, we have to be back in the building by a 10 p.m. curfew.
A: Yeah, that sure sounds like dorm life!
B: And we can’t have friends in our rooms!
3.A: Ahhhh! My mom is so annoying. She doesn’t give me any space.
B; What do you mean?
A: I mean, I feel like she’s spying on me all the time. Whenever I try to call someone on the phone, she hangs around listening to what I say.
B: She’s probably just curious.
A: It’s more than curious. Even if I take the phone into my own edroom, she’ll suddenly come in, without knocking, and pretend to be looking for something, just to check up on me. I widh I could move out!
B: What a bummer.
4.A: Harry⁴, have you been listening to my CDs again?!
B: Alice! What’s the big deal?
A: The big deal is that it is so disrespectful to take things without asking. Plus, you mess up my room!
B: Hey, you take my sweaters without asking all the time!
A: Yeah, well… that’s different…
B: I don’t think so.
Real World Listening
1.Predict
Answer
They don’t respect her privacy⁵.
2.Get the main idea
Answers
Things that bother Kara:
Mrs. Johnson visits Kara too often.
Mrs. John watches her while she eats.
Mrs. John wants to know where she is going.
Mr. Johnson tries to hug and kiss her all the time.
Script:
Kara:Steve, remember the older couple that I rent my apartment from?
Steve: Yeah?
Kara: Well, the woman has been coming up to see how I’m doing. At first I was really appreciative⁶, you know, it’s nice to feel that people are concerned when you live alone.
Steve: Yeah, it is nice.
Kara: Now, though, she comes everyday…sometimes more than once! She always brings me homemade soup…
Steve: Homemade soup! That is so great! I wish someone cooked for me.
Kara: Sure, having some home-cooked food is a treat, but she sits and watches me to make sure I eat it! Last time, I had just eaten dinner when she came over and insisted that I finish a whole bowl. She wouldn’t leave until I did!
Steve: Oh, c’mon, you could have it much worse.
Kara: And, everytime I got out she leans out the door to ask where I am going. It’s like I’m 17 again!
Steve: Would you rather have loud neighbors who kept you up all night?
Kara: Well, it’s not only her. It’s the old man,too. He is such a flirt⁷, and I’ve always thought it was cute. Ya, know, an old man, 80 years old, still flirting⁸.
Steve: Uh huh…
Kara: So, today when I got home, he came up to me, gave me a hug…
Steve: yeah, so what…?
Kara: And then, he kissed me on the check…!
Steve: Oh no! Well, maybe you remind him of his granddaughter.
Kara: Well, yeah, but don’t you think it’s kind of weird⁹ for him to kiss me?
Real World Speaking
Answers
The man is complaining that the woman leaves her stuff all over the place. He also complains that the woman always keeps her clothes in the bathroom. He says that she is a messy person. In return, the woman says that the man is a jerk¹⁰. He is so forgetful and so lazy. He doesn’t give her her phone messages and never washes his dirty dishes.

1 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 nosy   

adj.鼻子大的，好管闲事的，爱追问的；n.大鼻者

参考例句：

• Our nosy neighbours are always looking in through our windows.好管闲事的邻居总是从我们的窗口望进来。
• My landlord is so nosy.He comes by twice a month to inspect my apartment.我的房东很烦人，他每个月都要到我公寓视察两次。

4 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

5 privacy   

n.私人权利，个人自由，隐私权

参考例句：

• In such matters,privacy is impossible.在这类事情中，保密是不可能的。
• She wept in the privacy of her own room.她在自己房内暗暗落泪。

6 appreciative   

adj.有鉴赏力的，有眼力的；感激的

参考例句：

• She was deeply appreciative of your help.她对你的帮助深表感激。
• We are very appreciative of their support in this respect.我们十分感谢他们在这方面的支持。

7 flirt   

v.调情，挑逗，调戏；n.调情者，卖俏者

参考例句：

• He used to flirt with every girl he met.过去他总是看到一个姑娘便跟她调情。
• He watched the stranger flirt with his girlfriend and got fighting mad.看着那个陌生人和他女朋友调情，他都要抓狂了。

8 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分

9 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

10 jerk   

n.（口语）笨蛋，性情古怪的人，急拉，肌肉抽搐；v.痉挛，急拉，急推，急动

参考例句：

• Just keep that jerk off me.让那个笨蛋离开我。
• The knife was stuck but she pulled it out with a jerk.那把刀子被卡住了，她猛地一拔，把它拔了出来。