大学体验英语听说教程 第四册09

　　Unit 9 To move is the great affair!
Vocabulary Task
Script and Answers
1. A: How was your trip?
B: Awful. My flight was delayed for 30 hours. It really makes my blood boil when this sort of thing happens.
A: Don’t be so angry. You had enough time for the trip.
B: What do you think I could have done otherwise?
2. A: I’m coming to the end of my patience.
B: Why’s that?
A: The travel agency charged me 20% higher than the others, and now the hotel room is filthy¹.
B: You must figure out a way to Make your trip more enjoyable.
3. A: Why are you so upset?
B: I’m falling to pieces. Everything seems to turn against me. First, I tripped over the step to the lobby², then after my visit to the Smithsonian Museum, I found my wallet lost.
A: I’m sorry to hear that.
B: Fortunately, I still have my passport and credit card.
4. A: Sally, did you see the alligators³ on your trip to Florida?
B: Well, they say that alligators live in the swamp⁴ over there, but I didn’t spot any even though I strained my eyes. Worse still, mosquitoes almost killed me. They were really getting on my nerves.
A: You know alligators are an endangered species⁵.
B: Yes, that’s why people are curious to watch them.
5. A: How was your bus trip to New Orleans?
B: Terrible. The old lady sitting next to me kept babbling⁶ on when I wanted to catch up on some sleep so that I could had enough energy for Mardi Gras. I just couldn’t stand her.
A: I hope the parades saved your mood.
B: Yes, indeed. The parades were spectacular⁷. People wearing costumes rode highly decorated floats into the crowds of spectators⁸ lining⁹ the streets. But I became so tired as not to be able to go to the bars in the evening.
Listening Task
2. Listening Activity
1) First Listening
Answers
1. At a friend’s home.
2. Drank beer in a bar with some friends.
2) Second Listening
Answers
1. Kenny called Jamie to say hello.
2. The third rule of college is to never refuse a free place to stay.
3. The speaker said he was moving to San Francisco because there were few crimes.
4. The happy coincidence was that the speaker traveled to Mill Valley and met the friends he saw every day.
Script and Answers to Self-study
To move is the great affair!
We reached the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco about nine hours after leaving Lompoc. After relaxing and taking some pictures Kenny went to a pay phone to call a girl he had met once through a mutual¹⁰ friend during his last co-op tour. He just called to say hi but when she found out we were going to stay in San Francisco for the night she insisted we stay at her place. The third rule of college is to never refuse a free place to stay if you’re away from home (the first and second are to never refuse free beer or free food, respectively) so we jumped back into the car and drove to her place.
Her name was Jamie. She was a steel-blue-eyed blonde with apple cheeks that lived in the top part of a house in the city of Mill Valley, an extremely nice neighborhood just north of San Francisco. When we got there, she and her friend Wray were getting ready to leave because they had already told some other friends and they were going to meet them soon. Jamie told us of some cool places to go that night and said she'd just leave the door open for us. Kenny and I looked at each other then back at her and said, “Are you sure?” She assured us by replying, “Oh yeah, it’s a real safe neighborhood.”
“Safe neighborhood ? ” I thought. In L.A. safe neighborhood is an oxymoron. Imagine a clean city with great weather, air you can breathe, and safe neighborhoods-- I’m moving to San Francisco.
After they left, Kenny and I decided¹¹ to stay in Mill Valley because there were some bars and coffee shops that were within walking distance from where we were. I called some of my co-op friends that were also in town staying with a cousin. Andy answered the phone and I asked him what they were going to do that night. He said, “Oh, we’re going to some place called Mill Valley.”
We met Andy, Mike, Andy’s cousin and her boyfriend and went to a bar called O’Leary’s. The bar had a high class Cheers kind of feel to it. The six of us sat around drinking great beers from micro-breweries until we got sick of the jokes about how we drove twelve hours to see friends we see every day.
On the way back home there was a tourist shop with a Robert Louis Stevenson quote engraved¹² on it that read:
I travel not to reach any particular destination.
I travel for the sake of traveling.
To move is the great affair.
I like this Stevenson guy.
Real World Listening
1. Predict
Answers
□ Put the thumb upwards¹³.
□ Hold a sign.
2. Get the Main Ideas
Answers
1. To travel and to meet people.
2. It depends where you are, what time it is and how many people are with you and whether they are men or women.
3. To have a sign, write on the card the place you want to go to and make the letters quite big.
Script
Try it!
Stacy: Welcome to Backpack Travel! I’m your host, Stacy Goodwin. Today our program is about hitchhiking. Hitchhiking is probably the cheapest method of traveling and it is very popular among young travelers. Many listeners of our program are interested in it. Today we have Dennis Hornyak here to share his hitchhiking experience. Thank you for joining us, Mr. Hornyak.
Dennis: Call me Dennis, please.
Stacy: Okay, Dennis. Do you hitchhike to save money or do you hitchhike for some other reason?
Dennis: I haven’t got any money to save! I’m a student. If I didn’t hitchhike I wouldn’t be able to travel. And I think it’s very important to travel. It’s particularly important for a young person. So really, the answer to your question is that I hitchhike in order to travel and, of course, to meet people.
Stacy: So you don’t feel you’re a beggar?
Dennis: No, certainly not. When I stand by the road I’m saying, I would like to travel with you, would you like to travel with me?
Stacy: Is it easy to get a lift? Do people stop or do you have to wait a very long time?
Dennis: It depends where you are, what time it is and how many people are with you and whether they are men or women!
Stacy: Isn’t it dangerous for a woman to hitchhike by herself?
Dennis: Yes. On the other hand a lot of things are dangerous. It is very dangerous to travel in a car. And, in any case, most people in Britain will be respectful of her right to travel as she wants. But I agree it is a bit more dangerous and I prefer my girlfriend to hitchhike with me or with one of our friends.
Stacy: And is it faster for you if you travel with a woman?
Dennis: Yes, it’s certainly faster.
Stacy: How do you stop the cars?
Dennis: In Britain you just hold out your hand, usually you put your thumb upwards like this. Actually, the best system is to have a sign. You have a piece of white card or better still you have a piece of thin wood or plastic. Then you write on the card the place you want to go to. Or you could write the name of the nearest big town. Make the letters quite big. Experiment to see how big they should be.
Stacy: Any more tips?
Dennis: Well, you learn all kinds of things when you do it. The main advice is, try it! You’ll meet a lot of different people. And you’ll learn a lot about the country.
Real World Speaking
Answer for Reference¹⁴
On the card was the name of the place he wanted to go to.
Self-study
Answers
1-i，2-d, 3-j, 4-b, 5-g, 6-h, 7-a, 8-f, 9-e, 10-c
Or refer to Script in the Listening Task section.

1 filthy   

adj.卑劣的；恶劣的，肮脏的

参考例句：

• The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
• You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发，然后再去买张新的。

2 lobby   

n.前厅，（剧院的）门廊

参考例句：

• As he walked through the lobby,he skirted a group of ladies.他穿过门厅时，绕过了一群女士。
• The delegates entered the assembly hall by way of the lobby.代表们通过大厅进入会场。

3 alligators   

n.短吻鳄( alligator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Two alligators rest their snouts on the water's surface. 两只鳄鱼的大嘴栖息在水面上。 来自辞典例句
• In the movement of logs by water the lumber industry was greatly helped by alligators. 木材工业过去在水上运输木料时所十分倚重的就是鳄鱼。 来自辞典例句

4 swamp   

n.沼泽，湿地；v.淹没，陷于沼泽

参考例句：

• The swamp teems with mosquitoes.这片沼泽地蚊子多极了。
• The water in the swamp is foul.沼泽中的水很臭。

5 species   

n.物种，种群

参考例句：

• Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗？
• This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。

6 babbling   

n.胡说，婴儿发出的咿哑声adj.胡说的v.喋喋不休( babble的现在分词 )；作潺潺声（如流水）；含糊不清地说话；泄漏秘密

参考例句：

• I could hear the sound of a babbling brook. 我听得见小溪潺潺的流水声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Infamy was babbling around her in the public market-place. 在公共市场上，她周围泛滥着对她丑行的种种议论。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

7 spectacular   

adj.引人注目的，出色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• This is a spectacular film.这是一部场面壮观的电影。
• This is the most spectacular financial crash of the decade.这是10年里最引人注目的金融破产事件。

8 spectators   

n.观众，旁观者( spectator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The spectators were wilting visibly in the hot sun. 看得出观众在炎热的阳光下快支撑不住了。
• The policemen asked the spectators to stand well back. 警察要求旁观者靠后站。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

10 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

12 engraved   

v.在（硬物）上雕刻（字，画等）( engrave的过去式和过去分词 )；将某事物深深印在（记忆或头脑中）

参考例句：

• The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
• It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美，背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。

14 reference   

n.提到，说到，暗示，查看，查阅

参考例句：

• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
• I like to have my reference books within my reach.我喜欢把参考书放到伸手可取的地方。