全新版大学英语听说教程 1 Unit03

Unit 3 School Life

Part A

Communicative Function

Expressing Likes and Dislikes

There are various ways to express likes and dislikes.They can be expressed by using verbs,phrasal verbs,adjectives as well as adjectival phrases.

Listen to the tape and complete the following passage with the missing words.

Maggie likes swimming but she doesn't care for skiing.She loves flying on planes and traveling bu train but she hates getting on buses because they are too crowded and dirty.She is not interested in playing the piano and she prefers reading to playing computer games.She loves going to Chinese restaurants and her favourite food is spicy¹ Sichuan bean curd².After work she is keen on listening to music.She prefers light music to rock,because light music makes her feel relaxed.She enjoys watching TV in the evening.She thinks a lot of news programs but sitcoms³ are the last kind of thing for her to watch.

Listening Strategy

Identifying Consonant⁴ Clusters

Consonant clusters are gtoups of two or more consonants⁵ said together with no vowel⁶ in between,e.g./pl/,/br/,/sp/etc.

Listen for the missing words in the sentences you hear and underline the consonant cluster in each sentence.

Example: You hear: I've tried several times but still fail to find my lost watch.

You choose:/tr/

1.I've never been abroad.

2.Mrs Johnson's children usually pray before they eat.

3.The city of Dalian impressed me because it's so clean.

4.The traffic in the city should be better.

5.Mother told Mary not to speak so quickly.

6.I think my listening has improved a lot.

7.What a pleasant idea!

8.The shoe shop is at the corner of the street.

9.After I graduated I got a job in the City Bank.

10.I'm not an English major but I like English a lot.

Part B

Listening Task

Text Accommodation for College Students

Exercise 1:Listening for general understanding

Listen to the tape once and then choose the right answers to the questions you hear.

R: Good morning. Can I help you?

S: Yes, please. I’m a new student and I’d like to have some information about the…em…the accommodation for students.

R: Right. The university provides two types of accommodation, halls of residence and self-catering accommodation.

S: How much does it cost for the self-catering accommodation?

R: For a single room, thirty-seven pounds eighty-six per week, that’s about five forty-one a day. For a double room, it’s fifty-two seventy-eight per week. This will apply throughout this academic year.

S: I’d like to stay in the self-catering accommodation. How far is that from the residence to the university?

R: It all depends. The residences at 36 Elms Road and 110 Palm Road are about one and a half miles from the university main site and the Freeman’s Common House at William Road are half a mile.

S: When do I need to apply?

R: Are you an undergraduate or a postgraduate⁷?

S: Undergraduate.

R: Then you should apply for it as soon as possible, since places in university-owned accommodation are limited and if you don’t apply before the end of the month, you are not likely to get a place.

S: Could you possibly tell me what to do, if no vacancy⁸ is available?

R: Yes, you may consider private accommodation. The university runs an Accommodation Information Office and its staff will help you.

S: Where is the office?

R: In the Students’ Union Building.

S: Whom can I contact?

R: Mr. Underwood. David Underwood, the manager of the accommodation information office.

S: Thank you very much.

R: You are welcome.

Q1: What does the dialog mainly tell us?

Q2:Which of the following is not included in the dialog?

Exercise2:Listening for details

Listen to the tape once again and fill in the blanks in the following diagram with the missing information.

Speaking Tasks

Pair work

Listen to the dialogues and repeat after the recording⁹.Practise the dialogues with your partner,playing the role of A or B.Then work with your partner to create your own dialogues by replacing the underlined parts with your own words.

Dialogue 1

(On campus)

A:I hear you're moving into the new student apartment building,Xiao Chen.

B:Actually,I moved into it last week.

A:Aren't you lucky!I applied¹⁰ for it.But they told me there was no vacancy.

B:What a pity!You should have applied earlier.Places in apartment buildings are always so limited.

A:I guess so.

B:But why don't you rent an apartment near school?

A：Oh,no.I like living on campus.It's more convenient,isn't it?

B：Yes,that's true.Come and see me if you have time,I'm in 302.

A:I will.See you.

B:See you.

Dialogue 2

A:Good afternoon.Can I help you?

B:Yes.I wonder if you have a one-bedroom apartment to rent.

A:Let me check.Yes,we have one.

B:Where is it?

A:It's on Maple¹¹ Street,near a shopping center and a subway station.

B:Sounds nice.Which floor is it on?

A:Fourth floor.

B:Does it face south?

A:Well,the bedroom faces east and the living room north.But it looks out on a beautiful park.

B:Mmm.Is the living room large?

A:Yes,it's quite big.And there's a small kitchen and a bathroom as well.It's very comfortable.

B:Well,what's the rent per month.

A:800 yuan.

B:Mmm.It's more than I have in mind.Let me think it over.I'll call you back in a day or two.

A:Certainly.

Leisure Time

Quotable Quotes

1.One never notices what has been done;one can only see what remains¹² to be done.

Marie Curie

2.If you have great talents,industry will improve them;if you have moderate abilities,industry will supply their deficiency. Joshuas Reynolds

3.Listening is as important as talking.If you are a good listener,people often compliment you for being a good conversationist. Jesse Ventura

Part C

Additional Listening

Exercise

Listen and give short answers

What College Professors Do

College professors are often believed to lead easy lives of quiet thinking while teaching one or two classes every week. But college professors do much more than go to class. The average professor spends between six and fifteen hours in the classroom weekly. And that same college professor works from sixty to eighty hours a week.

Because they must remain current in their fields, professors spend part of that time reading, reading, reading. That leads to additional hours during which they revise and update their class lecture notes. It takes far longer to prepare notes than to deliver them in class. Professors may spend time conducting experiments, working on college projects, or advising students. They may be writing books, articles, or papers for delivery at conventions.

When not in the classroom or in the office, professors are still working, behind closed doors in committee sessions or at home grading papers and preparing for tomorrow’s classes. To accept this sort of schedule willingly, they must feel strongly about the importance of the college experience.

Part D

Living with Your Roommates

Exercise

True or false

Despite what your parents and others try to make you believe,life at college may not be the best experience you will ever live through.Why?

The simple one word answer is:Roommates.One has often heard about the guy that never sleeps or the girl who always has her friends over or the one who studies all the time and becomes very disturbed by the slightest movement you make.Okay,they are not all that bad.So how do you get them to stop?

You can't do it.It'simpossible.The only way you will be able to live with your roommates is by compromising.If you like to have friends over,but your roommates want to study,take your friends out.If you don't like to listen to music while you are studying but one of your roommates does,ask him to use headphones.Talk about your habits and ask your roommates about theirs.Respect your roommates and your roommates will respect you.

You may not be friends with your roommates by the end of the year but you may be friends with them the year after,when you are no longer rooming together.This is alright though.Sometimes it's too difficult to try to live together and be good friends at the same time.Roommates are not always meant to be your best friends.

Remember:Not only do you have roommates,you are a roommate.Be good to your roommates.

1 spicy   

adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的

参考例句：

• The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
• Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。

2 curd   

n.凝乳；凝乳状物

参考例句：

• I'd like to add some pepper to the bean curd.我想在豆腐里加一点辣椒粉。
• The next one is bean curd with crab roe.下一个是蟹黄豆腐。

3 sitcoms   

n.情景喜剧( sitcom的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This is the stuff most stadard TV sitcoms are made of. 这是大多数标注的电视幽默剧所采用的题材。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In most countries, prime-time Monday night television is dominated by sitcoms. 在大多数国家，周一晚上的电视黄金时段都由连续剧所占据。 来自互联网

4 consonant   

n.辅音；adj.[音]符合的

参考例句：

• The quality of this suit isn't quite consonant with its price.这套衣服的质量和价钱不相称。
• These are common consonant clusters at the beginning of words.这些单词的开头有相同辅音组合。

5 consonants   

n.辅音，子音( consonant的名词复数 )；辅音字母

参考例句：

• Consonants are frequently assimilated to neighboring consonants. 辅音往往被其邻近的辅音同化。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Vowels possess greater sonority than consonants. 元音比辅音响亮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 vowel   

n.元音；元音字母

参考例句：

• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
• The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。

7 postgraduate   

adj.大学毕业后的，大学研究院的；n.研究生

参考例句：

• I didn't put down that I had postgraduate degree.我没有写上我有硕士学位。
• After college,Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.大学毕业后， 玛丽想在法学院从事研究工作。

8 vacancy   

n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺

参考例句：

• Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
• The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。

9 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

10 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

11 maple   

n.槭树，枫树，槭木

参考例句：

• Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
• The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red.枫叶染上了秋天的红色。

12 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。