大学英语听力第一册 lesson 5

　　Daily Activities I
PART A Micro-Listening
Phonetics Sound Recognition¹
I. Directions: Listen carefully. You will hear ten pairs of words. If the words you hear are the same, write 'S' in the brackets². If different, write 'D'. 10 points
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
7. ________
8. ________
9. ________
10. ________
II. Directions: You will hear ten sentences. In each sentence there is a word which is similar to another word in sound. The two confusing³ words are given in the brackets. Listen carefully and underline⁴ the word you hear. 10 points
1. Please (feel / fill) the bag.
2. I suddenly (feel / fell) ill.
3. Helen has got the (mail / meal) ready.
4. Can you (taste / test) it?
5. Pass me the (soap / salt), please.
6. Tom is (washing / watching) his car outside.
7. Are you waiting for the (bus / boss)?
8. Will you show me the (shirt / suit) you bought yesterday?
9. Is it (cold / gold)?
10. He wanted to (sail / sell) the boat.
PART B Macro-Listening
Dialogue 1
I'm Going for a Walk
I. Tapescript
Bill Hello, Mary. Why are you standing⁵ here in the cold wind?
Mary I'm waiting for a bus, but the buses are very full at this time of the day.
Bill Where are you going? This isn't your way home. You must take a bus from the other side of the street to go home.
Mary But I'm not going home now. I'm going for a walk in the park.
Bill Going for a walk in such cold weather?
Mary I always like to go for a walk before supper.
Bill I see. Then why are you going by bus? Why not go to the park on foot? It isn't very far from here.
Mary Oh, no, Bill. But it isn't very interesting to walk through the street. In fact, it's very boring. So I always take a No. 3 bus to go to the park.
II. Language and Culture Notes
Why not go to the park on foot? is the elliptical form of 'Why don't you...?' The interrogative adverb 'why' can be followed by elliptical sentence which serves as a suggestion.
e.g. Why stop here? meaning: Let's go on!
Why not try again? meaning: Come on, try once more!
III. Exercises with Key
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 10 points
1 What was Mary doing at the beginning of the dialogue?
a. Going home.
b. Waiting for a bus.
c. Waiting for someone.
d. Taking a walk.
2 Where was Mary going?
a. Home.
b. To the bus stop.
c. To the park.
d. To a restaurant for supper.
3 Why did Bill feel surprised when he first heard Mary was going for a walk?
a. Because it was a cold day.
b. Because she was going to take a bus for a walk in the park.
c. Because she was going alone.
d. Because she had not told him about this before.
4 Why didn't Mary like walking to the park?
a. Because the bus service was good.
b. Because the park was too far.
c. Because it was too cold.
d. Because it was uninteresting for her to do that.
5 When did the conversation most likely take place?
a. Early on a cold winter morning.
b. Late on a cold morning.
c. Late in the afternoon.
d. On a cold winter evening.
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following sentences with the words you hear. 10 points
1 Mary, why are you standing _________________?
2 But the buses are very full _________________.
3 You must take a bus _________________ to go home.
4 I'm not going _________________. I'm going _________________.
5 I always like to go for a walk _________________.
6 Why are you going _________________?
7 Why not go to the park _________________? It isn't very far from here.
8 It isn't very _________________ to go through the street.
9 So I always _________________ to go to the park.
Dialogue 2
You Are Asking a Lot of Questions Tonight
I. Tapescript
Paul: Hello, Mrs Taylor. Can you help me? I'm doing my homework and I can't understand this word.
Mrs Taylor: Which one? Oh ... that is difficult. I can't help you right away... I'm watching something on TV.
Paul: Oh? What are you watching?
Mrs Taylor: I'm watching a cowboy⁶ film.
Paul: Can Mr Taylor help me?
Mrs Taylor: No, he can't now, Paul. He's reading.
Paul: What is he reading?
Mrs Taylor: He's reading a magazine.
Paul: What about Kate?
Mrs Taylor: Oh, she can't help you either. She's making a phone call now.
Paul: Oh? Who's she calling?
Mrs Taylor: She's calling her boyfriend ... You're asking a lot of questions tonight, Paul.
Paul: Am I? ... Well, I'm practising my English.
II. Language and Culture Notes
1. This dialogue is held between an English landlady⁷ and a foreign student who is a lodger⁸ at her place.
2. A cowboy film is set in the American West, describing a time between the Civil War and the invention of the automobile⁹. The hero is always a legendary¹⁰ figure in the shape of a cowboy riding through the open country and taking the law into his own hands.
III. Exercises with Key
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and fill in the table with the information you've got from the tape. 10 points
WHAT ARE THEY DOING TONIGHT?
Mr Taylor 1 _________________
Mrs Taylor 2 _________________
Kate 3 _________________
Paul 4 _________________
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 10 points
1 Why does Mrs Taylor say that she can't help Paul right away?
a. Because the word is difficult to her, too.
b. Because she is busy with something else.
c. Because she can't recognize Paul's handwriting.
d. Because she can't see the word without her glasses on.
2 What seems to be the relationship between Paul and Mrs Taylor?
a. Mother and son.
b. Teacher and student.
c. Hostess and guest.
d. The landlady and a foreign student.
3 Why is Paul asking so many questions tonight?
a. He wants to know more about the Taylors.
b. He wants to get closer to the family.
c. He wants to improve his spoken English.
d. He has nothing else to do.
4 Why does Mrs Taylor say to Paul 'You are asking a lot of questions tonight'?
a. She hates being asked about her family.
b. She is tired after a day's work.
c. She hates being interrupted¹¹.
d. She finds his questions difficult to answer.
5 What can you infer¹² from the dialogue?
a. English words are sometimes difficult for native speakers of English to explain.
b. Paul is a hard-working foreign student.
c. The Taylors do not like Paul.
d. Kate's boyfriend is a talkative person.
PART C Oral Practice
I. Directions: Use the structure¹³ 'Why not...?' to make suggestions in the following situations.
Model: A: I'm not feeling well today.
B: Why not take a day off?
Suggested situations:
1. You're feeling cold.
_________
2. Your radio doesn't work.
_________
3. You can't speak English well.
_________
II. Directions: Say a few words about Paul.

1 recognition   

n.承认，认可，认出，认识

参考例句：

• The place has changed beyond recognition.这地方变得认不出来了。
• A sudden smile of recognition flashed across his face.他脸上掠过一丝笑意，表示认识对方。

2 brackets   

n.括弧( bracket的名词复数 )；等级；类别层次；壁架v.把…括在括弧内( bracket的第三人称单数 )；把…归为一类

参考例句：

• Publication dates are given in brackets after each title. 出版日期括于书名后面。
• Put your name in brackets at the top of each page. 把你的名字填在每页上端的括弧内。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 confusing   

adj.混乱的，令人困惑的

参考例句：

• The instructions on the box are very confusing.盒子上的使用说明含混不清。
• It's very confusing to learn a new language.学习一门新语言是很令人困惑的。

4 underline   

n.下划线；加下划线；vt.在…下面划线；强调

参考例句：

• Underline all the sentences you do not know.在你不懂的所有句子下面划一条线。
• Please underline the noun clauses in the passage.请用线画出短文中的名词性从句。

5 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。

6 cowboy   

n.牛仔，牛郎，牧童

参考例句：

• I felt sure I had all the skills to be a cowboy.我确信自己具备当牛仔的一切本领。
• He loved to see cowboy movies.他爱看牛仔影片。

7 landlady   

n.女房东，女地主

参考例句：

• I heard my landlady creeping stealthily up to my door.我听到我的女房东偷偷地来到我的门前。
• The landlady came over to serve me.女店主过来接待我。

8 lodger   

n.寄宿人，房客

参考例句：

• My friend is a lodger in my uncle's house.我朋友是我叔叔家的房客。
• Jill and Sue are at variance over their lodger.吉尔和休在对待房客的问题上意见不和。

9 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

10 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

11 interrupted   

adj. 中断的 动词interrupt的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He could not conceal his annoyance at being interrupted. 他因受扰而难掩怒色。
• She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant. 服务员进来，打断了她的话。

12 infer   

vt.推论，推断；猜想

参考例句：

• People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact.人们通常从已知的事实中推断未知的事实。
• From your smile I infer that you're pleased.从你的笑容，我断定你很高兴。

13 structure   

n.结构，构造，建筑物；v.构成；

参考例句：

• Doctors study the structure of the human body.医生研究人体构造。
• A flower has quite a complicated structure.一朵花的结构相当复杂。