Listen this way听力教程第二册-18

Unit 18   Review (Ⅱ)

Activity 1   Preferences

A  interviewer is interviewing Sarah on preferences. Listen carefully. What things does Sarah like? Write down her answers in proper places.
   1. School subjects: __________________________________
   2. Places to live: ___________________________________
   3. TV: _______________________________________________
   4. Food: _____________________________________________
   5. Vacations: ________________________________________

Activity 2   Do you believe it?

A  Listen to several newspaper headlines. Write them down.
   1. _______________________________________________
   2. _______________________________________________
   3. _______________________________________________
   4. _______________________________________________
   5. _______________________________________________
 
B  Listen to the news. What information is in the stories? (Tick¹ a or b.) Do you think they might be true? Tick to show your opinion. (Open-ended)
                                              True?
                                              Maybe  Probably not. Impossible
   1. a. Videotape of UFO sports show
         found on earth.                       ____  ____________  __________
      b. People on earth saw a TV sports
         show from a UFO.                      ____  ____________  __________
   2. a. The school was damaged, and many
         students were hurt.                   ____  ____________  __________
      b. The school was damaged, but no
         students were hurt.                   ____  ____________  __________
   3. a. The statue looks like a rock star.    ____  ____________  __________ 
      b. The rock star was Greek.              ____  ____________  __________
   4. a. He stopped eating.                    ____  ____________  __________
      b. He only ate one kind of food.         ____  ____________  __________
   5. a. The elephant performs tricks before
         soccer games.                         ____  ____________  __________
      b. The elephant is a good soccer player. ____  ____________  __________

Activity 3   Inflight service

You are going to hear two people talking on an airplane about inflight service. Listen carefully. Answer the following questions.
   1. How long is the film?
      ___________________________________________________

   2. What is the certificate² of the film?
      ___________________________________________________

   3. How much will the passengers pay to see the film?
      Dollars: ______ Sterling:_________ Francs:________ Marks:_________

   4. What is the title of the film?
      ___________________________________________________

   5. What kind of film is it?
      ___________________________________________________

   6. Where do some of the scenes in the film take place?
      ___________________________________________________

   7. Where is the bar?
      ___________________________________________________

   8. Besides the film and the bar what other service does the plane have?
      ___________________________________________________

Activity 4   Match of the day

A  You are going to hear three sports commentaries³. Decide which sport is being
   1. __________________________________________
   2. __________________________________________  
   3. __________________________________________  

B  Listen to the commentaries again and complete the following sentences.
   1. Onokuni, also known as _____________, is fighting against Fujino shin, whose nickname⁴ is _____________. Fujino shin weights _____________, but Onokuni is _____________ heavier. _______________ wins the fight.

   2. The match is being played in _____________. The two teams are _____________ and _____________. Higuita _____________ from the goal to try to get the ball, but this allows ______________ to __________. So the score is _________, and _________ are almost certain to win. This means they will play in the _____________.

   3. With 80 meters to go, Glenda Walsh is _____________. But _____________ overtakes⁵ her and ________________ . Her time is _____________, which is a good win because it's only her ________________ this summer.

Activity 5   You and your community

You are going to hear part of a radio program called "You and Your Community' Listen carefully and answer the multiple⁶ choice questions.
1. What does the Chief Superintendent⁷ mean by a "jobber"?
   a. Anybody who does jobs free for others.
   b. A workman⁸ who only wants to be paid cash for a job.
   c. Someone who offers to do a job but who probably doesn't finish it.
   d. A builder who advertises jobs "done cheaply" in the newspaper.

2. What does the Chief Superintendent say about young householders?
   a. They are more careful than old people.
   b. They tend to keep a lot of cash in their houses.
   c. Most pay by check for building jobs to their property.
   d. Many are deceived⁹ as easily as old people.

3. Why do the police want people to tell them about "jobbers¹⁰"?
   a. Because it will help them to prevent crimes.
   b. So that they can warn professional builders about them.
   c. Because they want to inspect their work.
   d. So that they can talk to the jobbers about unsolved crimes.

4. What did "jobbers" do to one old person?
   a. They attacked his cat.
   b. They threatened to break up his house.
   c. They did something very unpleasant to his dog.
   d. They tried to make him tell them where his money was.
 

1 tick   

vi.(指钟表等)滴答滴答地响

参考例句：

• The clock goes'tick-tock,tick-tock'.时钟发出滴答滴答的声音。
• They could hear the regular tick of the clock.他们能听见时钟有规律的滴答声。

2 certificate   

n.证书，证明书；vt.发给证明书，认可，鉴定

参考例句：

• She proudly displayed her degree certificate to her parents.她自豪地向父母展示了学位证书。
• No one had seen her marriage certificate.没人看到过她的结婚证书。

3 commentaries   

n.实况报道( commentary的名词复数 )；评论；评注；批评

参考例句：

• The schools produced diligent excerpting from older manuscripts, summarizing, and commentaries. 各学院从古代手稿里作了辛勤的摘录、总结和评注工作。 来自辞典例句
• The schools produced diligent excepting from older manuscripts, summarizing, and commentaries. 各学院从古代手稿里作了辛勤的摘录，总结和评注的工作。 来自辞典例句

4 nickname   

n.绰号，昵称；v.给...取绰号，叫错名字

参考例句：

• She called me by my nickname.她叫我的外号。
• Why do you fasten such a nickname on her?你为什么给她取这样一个绰号？

5 overtakes   

v.追上，赶上，超过( overtake的第三人称单数 )；（不愉快的事情）突然发生；突然降临；（在数量或重要性方面）大于

参考例句：

• The singer has a magnificent organ that overtakes Mary's. 歌手的嗓音绝好，超过了玛丽。 来自互联网
• None is so wise but the fool overtakes him. 智者千虑，必有一失。 来自互联网

6 multiple   

adj.多个(或多项、多种)的；n.（数）倍数

参考例句：

• The number 8 is a multiple of 4.八是四的倍数。
• The most common multiple births are twins,two babies born at the same time.最常见的多胎是双胞胎，两个婴儿同时出生。

7 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

8 workman   

n.工人，工匠，技工

参考例句：

• A bad workman finds much fault with his tools.蹩脚的工匠总是埋怨自己的工具不好。
• There was a workman up the ladder.有一个工人在梯子上工作。

9 deceived   

v.欺骗，蒙骗( deceive的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was absolutely furious at having been deceived. 她受了骗，怒不可遏。
• He deceived people for years until the police got onto him. 多年来他欺骗人们一直到警察识破他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 jobbers   

n.做零活的人( jobber的名词复数 )；营私舞弊者；股票经纪人；证券交易商

参考例句：

• Civil war may mean disaster for other businessmen, but stock-jobbers thrive on it. 别项生意碰到开火就该倒楣，做公债却是例外。 来自子夜部分
• Dupont strongly recommends Solar Simulator to its jobbers and paint shops. 杜邦公司强烈建议太阳模拟器的批发商和油漆店。 来自互联网