高教出版社PTES3书后听力01添加文本

　　Unit 1
Part A
1. W: You seem to take great pride in your daughter. She’s such a successful manager.
M: Yes, she is a wonderful daughter. But I’m proud of her because of her pleasant and attractive personality even more than for her success.
2. M: I ran into David Preston downtown today.
W: Really? Did he say anything about his sister?
M: Yes. She should be leaving Los Angeles very soon, because he husband has taken a job in Alaska.
3. W: Professor Philips seems serious.
M: But he lectures are quite humorous, aren’t they?
Part B Questions are based on the following story 4-6
A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his office. Out of nearly fifty persons who came to apply, the man selected one and dismissed the others.
“I should like to know,” said a friend, “the reason you preferred that boy, who brought not a single letter, not a single recommendation¹.”
“You are wrong,” said the gentleman. “He had a great many. He had a great many. He wipe his feet at the door and closed the door behind him, showing that he was careful. He gave his seat immediately to and closed to that old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions promptly², showing that he was polite and gentlemanly.”
Questions 7-10 are based on the following story
The year was 1912. Mrs. Straus and her husband were passengers on the Titanic³ during its fateful voyage. Not many women went down with the ship. But Mrs. Straus was one of the few women who did not survive for one simple reason: She could not bear to leave he husband.
This is how Mabel Bird, Mrs. Straus’s servant, who survived the disaster, told the story after she was saved.
“When the Titanic began to sink, frightened women and children were the first ones loaded into lifeboats. Mr. and Mrs. Straus were calm and comforting other passengers, and helped many of them into the boats.”
“Then, Mr. Straus begged his wife to get into the lifeboat with her servant and others. Mrs. Straus started to get in. She had one foot on the edge, but then suddenly, she changed her mind, turned away and stepped back onto the sinking ship.
“Please, dear, get into the boat!” her husband urged.
“No,” Mrs. Straus is said to have replied with resistance. “I will not get into the boat. We have been together through a great many years. We are old now. I will not leave you. Where you go, I will go.”
And that is where they were last seen, standing⁴ arm in arm on the deck, this devoted⁵ wife clinging⁶ courageously⁷ to her husband, this loving husband clinging protectively to his wife, as the ship sank.

1 recommendation   

n.推荐（信）建议，优点，长处

参考例句：

• I wrote him a good recommendation.我为他写了一封很好的推荐信。
• This method deserves recommendation.这种做法值得提倡。

2 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

3 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

4 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。

5 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

6 clinging   

adj.执着的；有黏性的；紧靠着的；紧贴着的v.附着于( cling的现在分词 )；抓紧或抱住；坚持；依恋，依附于

参考例句：

• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
• I was very frightened and clinging on like mad. 我很害怕，拼命地向上爬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 courageously   

ad.勇敢地，无畏地

参考例句：

• Under the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the army and civilians in flooded areas fought the floods courageously, reducing the losses to the minimum. 在中共中央、国务院的正确领导下，灾区广大军民奋勇抗洪，把灾害的损失减少到了最低限度。
• He fought death courageously though his life was draining away. 他虽然生命垂危，但仍然勇敢地与死亡作斗争。