大学体验英语听说教程 第四册13

　　Unit 13 Hold on or give up
Vocabulary Task
Script and Answers
1. A: My Mom just signed up my little sister for the city basketball league. Now she thinks she is really hot.
B: How old is she?
A: She’s only ten, but she really has the hops¹.
B: My little brother has played in that league for two years and made the grade. You should see him shoot the ball. He’ll take his shots from downtown and get nothing but net.
2. A: How are college athletes chosen?
B: Scouts² go to high schools around the country, select the best athletes, and offer them full scholarships. These kids live apart from other students and train, train and train.
A: What happens if their results are less than impressive?
B: Their scholarships are withdrawn³, they either find the money to pay their own tuition or they go home.
3. A: Can you fully⁴ comprehend what being the No.1 pick in the NBA means to you?
B: This is now a new start in my basketball life. This is a new league for me to play for, so it will be a challenge for me.
A: What will you contribute to the team?
B: First of all, I will rebound⁵ for the Rockets. Then basically, I will play defense⁶ for the team. I will also show in the offense⁷ all the skills I can now do.
4. A: I know you’re a movie buff, so here is a little bit of movie trivia for you: What movie is the top-grossing film of all time?
B: Oh, that’s easy. “Jurassic Park” It’s the only film that has grossed over a billion dollars in history.
A: Then, what actress has the most nominations⁹ for an academy award?
B: Katharine Hepburn. She was nominated 12 times and won 3 times.
5. A: I haven’t seen Phil for centuries. I know he is a couch potato. In his free time, he just sits around and watches television.
B: So do I. Actually, watching TV helps me unwind after a long day of work.
A: But it’s easy for you to put on weight.
B: I know.
Listening Task
2. Listening Activity
1) First Listening
Answers
□ He was not strong enough to handle the physical play around the net.
□ His first games in the NBA were less than impressive because he left the floor early for foul¹⁰ trouble.
□ He would never score more than 20 points in a single game.
2) Second Listening
Answers
1. Yao Ming said, “This is the most pressure I’ve ever faced in my life, but it’s something I have to deal with.”
2. Yes, he made it.
3. He scored 20 points in a game against last year’s world champion LA Lakers, and 30 points against the Dallas Mavericks¹¹.
Script
Yao Ming makes the grade
With the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets selected Chinese center Yao Ming. He becomes the first-ever number one pick to come from an international basketball league.
Even before he was chosen as the NBA’s number one draft pick by the Houston Rockets, Yao Ming faced intense media pressure and many critics. Many doubted whether the Chinese superstar would be able to make it in the NBA. Some thought he was not strong enough to handle the physical play around the net. Former NBA all-star Charles Barkley said that he would kiss a TV announcer’s behind if Yao ever scored more than 20 points in a single game.
“This is the most pressure I’ve ever faced in my life, but it’s something I have to deal with,” said Yao.
Before coming to the NBA, the 2.26 meter-tall and 134 kg center was the dominant¹² player in the Chinese Basketball Association. As a 17-year-old rookie, he averaged 10.0 points and 8.3 rebounds¹³ during the 1997-1998 season. Yao has played against elite¹⁴ international talent since being named to the Chinese National Team at age 18. At the 2001 Asian Basketball Championship for men, Yao averaged 13.4 points on 724 shots with 10.1 rebounds and 2.8 blocked shots, helping¹⁵ the Chinese national team win the title, and was voted to the All-star team at the 2002 World Championship.
For a man his size, Yao is surprisingly agile¹⁶. He is also an excellent shooter and passes well. But his first games in the NBA were less than impressive, with Yao leaving the floor early because of foul trouble.
But after he scored 20 points in a game against last year’s world champion LA Lakers, then 30 points against the Dallas Mavericks, his critics were silenced and Barkley was forced to kiss a donkey on TV. With performances like these, it seems like Yao Ming is just starting to feel comfortable in the NBA.
Among the first overall selection in NBA history, Yao stands as the tallest and second-heaviest players ever. Upon entering the NBA, Yao will become the third Chinese player in NBA history, following fellow Chinese National Team members Wang Zhizhi and Mengke Bateer.
Real World Listening
1. Predict
Answer
□ Billy argued with his father and insisted on cultivating his interest in ballet.
1. Get the Main Ideas
Answers
F Billy isn’t supposed to practice ballet because he is the son of a coal miner.
F Billy inherited his innate¹⁷ gift for music and dancing from his mother who encourages him to attend the ballet class.
F Mrs. Wilkinson is Billy’s secret ballet coach.
T Billy fears that other boys would regard him as a sissy or poof because he practices ballet.
Billy
1. Nothing is wrong with ballet.
2. It’s perfectly¹⁸ normal.
3. It’s not for poofs.
4. Some ballet dancers are as fit as athletes.
Father
1. Ballet is for girls, not for lads.
2. Lads do football, or boxing, or wrestling.
3. Ballet is frigging.
Script and Answers to Self-study
Billy Elliot
11-year-old boy Billy Elliot is the son of a (1) coal miner who is fond of boxing. Though he has an (2) innate gift for music and dancing, which perhaps he (3) inherited from his dead mother, his father Mr. Elliot makes him learn boxing at the school club to carry on the family tradition. The ballet coach, Mrs. Wilkinson, discovers that Billy has both the ideal (4) physical condition and a natural talent for dancing and encourages Billy to practice ballet. Billy joins in the ballet class and practices once a week using the time for boxing training, but he (5) keeps it a secret from his father and other boys fearing that they would regard him as a sissy or poof. Having found out what Billy is doing, the angry father bans his practise despite Billy’s (6) protest.
Father: Ballet?
Billy: What’s wrong with ballet?
Father: What’s wrong with ballet?
Billy: It’s perfectly normal.
Father: “Perfectly normal?”
Nanny: I used to go to ballet.
Billy: See?
Father: Aye, for your nanny. For girls, not for lads, Billy. Lads do football, or ... boxing, or ... wrestling. Not (7) frigging ballet.
Billy: What lads do wrestling?
Father: (8) Don’t start.
Billy: I don’t see what’s wrong with it.
Father: You know exactly what’s wrong with it.
Billy: No, I don’t.
Father: Yes, you do.
Billy: No, I don’t.
Father: Yes, you bloody¹⁹ well do. Who do you think I am? You know quite nicely.
Billy: What? What are you trying to say, Dad?
Father: You’re (9) asking for a hiding, son.
Billy: I’m not, honest.
Father: You are, Billy.
Billy: It’s not just for poofs, Dad. Some ballet dancers are (10) as fit as athletes. What about that Wayne Sleep? He was a ballet dancer.
Father: Wayne Sleep?
Billy: Aye.
Father: Listen, son, from now on you can forget about the ballet. You can forget about the boxing as well. I’m (11) busting²⁰ my ass⁸ for those 50 pences, and you’re -- No, from now on you stay here, you look after your nanny. Got it? (Silence from Billy) Good.
Nanny: They used to say I could’ve been a professional dancer, with some training.
Father: Will you shut up? (Nanny is silent)
Billy: I hate you! You’re a bastard²¹.

1 hops   

跳上[下]( hop的第三人称单数 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops. 那麻雀一蹦一跳地穿过草坪。
• It is brewed from malt and hops. 它用麦精和蛇麻草酿成。

2 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

3 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。

8 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

9 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

10 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

11 mavericks   

未烙印的牲畜( maverick的名词复数 )； 标新立异的人，不合常规的人

参考例句：

• And what about the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki? 那达拉斯小牛队和诺维斯基呢？
• And we see it with bringing Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. 而且我们看到它同实现基德向达拉斯小牛队。

12 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

13 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。

14 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

15 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

16 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。

17 innate   

adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的

参考例句：

• You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
• Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。

18 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。

19 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

20 busting   

打破，打碎( bust的现在分词 )； 突击搜查（或搜捕）； （使）降级，降低军阶

参考例句：

• Jim and his wife were busting up again yesterday. 吉姆和他的妻子昨天又吵架了。
• He figured she was busting his chops, but it was all true. 他以为她在捉弄他，其实完全是真的。

21 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。