新视野大学英语视听说教程 3 Unit 7-2

III. Listening In
Task 1: We should have proper respect for nature!
Script¹
Martha: Do you think most people in your culture respect nature?
Ed:     I think so. Umm…more now than before.
Martha: What do you think is the most serious environment problem in the world today?
Ed:      Today…I think damage to the ozone² layer is a big problem; and another problem is pollution in big cities and things like that.
Martha:  How do you learn about environmental problems?
Ed:      Umm…through school. A lot of clubs promote environmental safely, and some TV programs, too. They talk about environmental safely and stuff³ like that.
Martha:  Do you think students should learn more about the environment at school?
Ed:      I think so. So, as they grow older, they can be more aware of all the problems that are going on. And also to prevent more problems from occurring.
Martha:  If you could create a new law to help the environment, what would it be?
Ed:      A new law for the environment? Umm…I’d probably say that when people throw away their cigarette butts⁴, they have to throw them into the garbage bin⁵, not just throw them everywhere because it’s just littering and I hate that. So they should be fined if they throw them on the floor on the ground.
Martha:  That’s a good idea. What do you personally do to help protect the environment?
Ed:      I’ m so against littering. I never litter. If I see somebody litter, I get really angry. So I always throw my trash into the garbage bin.

 

While being interviewed by Martha, Ed said more people in his culture respect nature ever before. When asked about the most serious environmental problem in the world today, he mentioned the damaged ozone layer and the pollution in big cities.
Ed learned⁶ about environmental problem at school. A lot of clubs and some TV programs promote environmental safely. He believes that students should learn more about the environment at school. Then they can be more aware of all the problems and prevent more problems from occurring.
When asked about a new law he would like to create to help the environment, he said that when people throw away their cigarette butts, they have to throw them in the garbage bin. They should be fined if they throw them on the floor.
Personally, Ed is so set against littering that he never litters. He always throws his trash into the garbage bin.

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 ozone   

n.臭氧，新鲜空气

参考例句：

• The ozone layer is a protective layer around the planet Earth.臭氧层是地球的保护层。
• The capacity of ozone can adjust according of requirement.臭氧的产量可根据需要或调节。

3 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。

4 butts   

笑柄( butt的名词复数 )； （武器或工具的）粗大的一端； 屁股； 烟蒂

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
• The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。

5 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

6 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。