现代大学英语听力1_课堂听力Unit_5.docx

Unit 5Task 1【答案】A.1) a, 2) aB.1) T, 2) F【原文】Stephen: Well, there you are, Mikko. “Passengers Only.” Thats you.Mikko: Mr. Johnson, thank you very much for bringing me to the airport.Stephen: A pleasure, old boy.Petros: He wants to make sure you leave, Mikko.Stephen: Petros! Dont say that! It was a pleasure having him.Petros: Just teasing. See you at Christmas, Mikko.Mikko: Dont forget to come, now. And dont forget some warm clothes and dont Oh, no! I left my tennis racquet behind.Petros: Dont worry. Ill bring it at Christmas. Go on, Mikko. Your planes!Mikko: Mr. Johnson. Erthank you. And um how do you say it? Youve been very, very kind.And Mrs. Johnson. And Penny.Stephen: Thank you very much, Mikko. Nice of you to say so. Now on your way, old boy. You llmiss your plane.Petros: Have a good flight. Bye.Task 2【答案】A.1) c, 2) b, 3) aB.1) F, 2) F【原文】Penny, Buck and Tony took off from Greenhill on June 23rd. They flew east and got to the Pacific in September. On the way there they saw a lot of interesting things.They traveled by camel in the desert. They met some Bedouin people there, and lived with them for a few days.They made films and recordings of dances in the Himalaya Mountains, and on the island of Bali. They flew to the mountain of New Guinea and stayed in a village there.Now they are flying over the Pacific Ocean.Tony: Just look at those islands! Real South Sea islands! Theyre beautiful, arent they?Penny: But look over there.Buck: Oh dear! Bad weather.Tony: Does it often rain like this in the South Seas?Buck: Yes, it does.Penny: We cant fly in this rain. Its too dangerous. Im going to land down there, near that island.Buck: Be careful, Penny.Penny: Of course. Im always careful.Task 3【答案】A.1) b, 2) cB.1) T, 2) F, 3) F【原文】It is the year 1872, Phileas Fogg has just had lunch with some friends at his club in London. The six men sat down at a table and began to play cards. Stuart spoke after the game. “The worlds not very big,” he said. “We can go round it now in three months.”“In eighty days only,” said Phileas Fogg.“You cant do it in eighty days,” replied Stuart.“I can,” said Fogg. “How much do you want to bet?”“Four thousand pounds,” Stuart said.“Only four thousand?” Fogg continued. “I have twenty thousand in the bank. Ill bet all of it.”“Twenty thousand?” Smart asked in amazement.“I wont lose,” said Fogg. “Eighty days is quite enough for me. But you must bet me twentythousand pounds too. Do you accept?”The five men talked together and then answered him. “We accept,” they said. “When do you begin the journey?”“Theres a train to Dover at a quarter to nine. Ill take it.”“This evening?”“Yes, this evening,” Fogg answered.“Today is October 2nd. Ill be back on December 21st at a quarter to nine. And now, lets play a game of cards. Begin please, Mr. Stuart.”Task 4【答案】Greece3252 weeksBought by the tourists On a boatFresh air, plenty of sun and sailing activitiesWales1151 weekThree meals a day Mountain farmhouses Sport, fresh airCosta del Sol, Spain25010 daysNot mentionedLuxury hotelsSunny weatherDestination Cost per Person Time SpanFoodAccommodationSpecial Features【原文】Happy Holidays are offering some good holiday bargains this year. How about an adventure holiday in Wales, for example? It costs 115 per person for a week s holiday. For this price you get good food three meals a day and you sleep in mountain farmhouses. You must also pay for your journey to Wales, of course. If you and your family like sport, fresh air, and a healthy life, this would be a good holiday for you.Perhaps you would rather relax and lie in the sun all day. Then why don t you go to sunnySpain? How about the Costa del Sol? Happy Holidays can take you there quite cheaply. It costs 250 for ten nights in a luxury hotel. This price includes the cost of the journey from London to Spain by air, of course.If you like fresh air, a healthy life and plenty of sun, too, you could go sailing in Greece. You dont need to be a good sailor. You can learn while you are on holiday. During the holiday you live on the boat. You must buy your own food, but food in Greece is quite cheap. And the holiday is not very expensive: 325 per person for two weeks, including the cost of air travel to and fromGreece.Task 5【答案】A.1) F, 2) T, 3) T, 4) FB.1) c, 2) c, 3) b, 4) aC.family, 660, camping, 1499, first-class, swimming pool, night club【原文】Travel Agent: Good morning. Can I help you?Dad: Yes. Good morning. We saw your ad about cheap package trips.Travel Agent: Yes, of course. Well, these are the ones that are left. How many of you er ?Dad: Just the four. My wife and I, and the two children.Child: Mum, can I sit over there and read my comic?Mum: No, you cant. You want to helpus choose, dont you?Travel Agent: Weve just got four family trips left. Er. ranging from 660 for this camping holiday on the French Riviera to 1,499 for a week in Corfu thats a first class hotel with swimming-pool, night club, you know, everything included. So, youknow, something to suit all tastes and pockets.Child: Dad, is it OK if I.?Dad: No, it isnt. Well, I must say, that last one certainly doesnt suit my pocket. Do you think you could tell us what you get for those prices?Travel Agent: Certainly. Well, of course, theres the flight, and transport to and from the air- porter.accommodation, of course. Otherwise, well, it varies a bit. In Copenhagen all your meals are included, you know, because its a guest house, ander.this chalet in Sardinia, for example, is basically self-catering, but there are certain activities like parties andexcursions, ander.theyre included in the price.Dad: That last one sounds very interesting.Mum: What do you mean “interesting”? Whos going to do all the cooking and cleaning? I must say, I rather like the sound of the guest house.Child: Mum, .Mum: No!Travel Agent: Well, actually, madam, there are extra catering facilities provided for all our self-catering holidays, should you need them.Child: Dad, .Dad: Look, do us all a favour and go and sit over there and read your comic, will you? Travel Agent: These are all-inclusive family budget prices I assure you they represent asubstantial reduction on our normal prices. Er. down here you can see your dates for departure and return 18th to 25th of July on all trips except Copenhagen, which is two days earlier, and, by the way, extremely good value for money 300 off the normal price at899.Mum: Oh, really? You know, Ive heard Copenhagen is such a beautiful city.Dad: Well, I dont know. This camping ones obviously out I mean, it says here that theyve got a casino and cinema and all that, but it sounds too much like hard work for me. But what about Sardinia? You know, 975 isnt too expensive.Mum: Mmm. probably nicer for the kids, too you know, warmer, and beaches andall that. Yes, lets take it.Travel Agent: You wont regret it, madam, I c an assure you. Now, I wonder if youd mind just giving me a few particulars.Mum: Jimmy, what are you doing over there? I told you not to read your comic. Come and have a look at the place were going to.Task 6【答案】1) a, 2) b, 3) c, 4) a, 5) b, 6) c【原文】Two people were having dinner in the Waverley restaurant. Here is their conversation:Man: Are you enjoying your meal?Woman: I thought the soup was very nice.Task 7【答案】A.1) b, 2) d, 3) aB.Seven. He lost his way in the forest. He burned his steak. He was woken up by the noises made by the people next to him and couldnt go back to sleep. The pouring rain soaked his tent and he ended up sleeping in his small car. He had all the food stolen. His car was stuck in the mud and he had a flat tire on his way home.【原文】Friend: Hi, Tom. How was your camping trip last weekend?Torn: It was a disaster.Friend: A disaster? What was so bad?Tom: Well, I went camping. But you wouldnt believe the bad luck I had.Friend: Yeah? What happened?Tom: Well, I went to Pine Hills. I got there Saturday afternoon. And the weather was really nice so I went for a hike.Friend: Yeah?Tom: You know that big forest there?Friend: Mm-hmm.Tom: I got lost. I had absolutely no idea where I was.Friend: Lost? Thats too bad. So what happened?Tom: Well, I finally found my way back to the campsite. It was like eight or eight-thirty at night. I was really tired and hungry, so I was going to fix dinner. Id brought along a nice, juicysteak. I was cooking it over the campfire.Friend: That sounds good.Tom: Well, yeah, so I cooked it. Well, I tried to cook it. I really couldnt see much, even with aflashlight. I burned the thing. Burned!Friend: Oh, you burned the steak?Tom: To a crisp. I could hardly eat it. But anyway, I really didn t mind much because I was so tired I just wanted to get some sleep. So I went to bed early. Then, about eleven oclock, the people next to me turned on some music and started to have a party. I couldnt get back to sleep.Friend: Oh, you must have been angry.Tom: I was really angry! Finally, I went over and asked them to mm down the music. Then abouttwo in the morning it started to rain. I mean it poured.Friend: Oh no!Tom: Bad enough that there was water in my tent. I had to sleep in the car.Friend: You slept in the car? But you drive that little.Tom: Yeah, I know. Not real comfortable. But thats not all. I got up in the morning and I foundmy food was gone.Friend: What happened to it?Tom: Animals, I guess. Foxes or raccoons, probably. I had put the food in the tent, but they got it. So I had no breakfast. By that time I figured the weekend was ruined anyway, so I decided to leave.Friend: Yeah.Tom: But my car was stuck. Man! There was so much rain that I was stuck in the mud. I finally found a ranger to help push me out.Friend: This doesnt sound like a camping trip to be repeated.Tom: Thats for sure. Oh, and to finish it off, I had a flat tire on the way home. Friend: A flat tire? Gee, I dont imagine youre going camping again for a while.Tom: Oh, I dont know. I might go again next weekend.Friend: What?Tom; Hey, nobody could have that kind of bad luck two weeks in a row.Task 8【答案】1) It is beautiful and peaceful. There is food fish, coconut and wild bananas. There is fresh water, too.2) The civilized life is too complicated. And the traveling also makes Buck sick.3) The weather is bad. The food is dull. The fresh water is not enough. There are too many insects. He has nobody to talk to and no books to read.4) Some matches, some insecticide, some modern tools such as a good axe, a saw, a hammer and some nails and a radio.【原文】February 12thIve found it at last! This is the place Ive been looking for the island of my dreams! Its beautiful, and it has everything I need: food, fresh water, and peace. The lagoon is full of fish. There are coconut palms and wild bananas. T heres a nice little lake among the hills. And no one lives on any of the islands around here.February 14thIve decided to stay here. Im tired of traveling. I get seasick all the time. And I dont really want to get back to civilization. I want to get away from it all to get back to nature. I want to live the simple life the kind of life that Bills forefathers used to live, without metal and machines and money. Ifthey could live like that, so can I. Im sure Im as clever as they were!February 17thIn a few minutes Im going to go back to the boat. Im going to fetch the things that Bill gave me. Ill bring them back here. Ill sail the boat out to sea. Ill point it towards South America. Then Ill jump off and swim back here. If anyone finds th e boat, theyll think I fell into the water by accident.February 18thSo here I am completely alone on my dream island. Now Ill be able to do what Ive always wanted to do: to get to know myself. Because Ive never been really sure who I am. Ive played too many parts in my life too many roles in films, and in real life, too. Now I have the chance to discover the real Buck Westwood. All my life hes been sleeping somewhere deep inside me dreaming his “great dream” . Now its time to wake up, Buck. Be yourself at last!June 2ndThere was another storm today. It rained hard, and the wind blew away part of the roof. Everything in the house got wet. Its not a very strong house. Im not very good at building houses out of trees and grass and leaves.Theres nothing to eat except coconuts and raw fish. Im tired of coconuts, and I cant cook the fish because the fires gone out. I wish I had some dry wood and some matches.June l0thI dont feel very well. There isnt enough clean water on this island, and there are too many insects. The house is full of ants and flies. Theyre driving me mad! I wish I had something to kill them with!June 15thOh dear! Ive only been on this island for a few months, but it feels like years already. Theres nobody to talk to , and nothing to read. I wish I could get away from here. But how? Ive been trying to build a boat, but I need some modern tools. I wish I had a good axe, a saw, a hammer and some nails.June 16thI must send a message for help. But how? Thats the problem! I wish I had a radio.Task 9【答案】A.1) c e a b d2) c a bB.1) F, 2) T, 3) T, 4) F【原文】Hello! Im very pleased that you have decided to join one of our next London weekends. My name is Diana and I will be your resident guide during your stay in London. We shall arrive at the hotel at about 6:30 on Friday evening. Remember that we are staying at the Y Hotel in Great Russell Street thats on the corner of Tottenham Court Road.After youve got to your room and youve had a chance to freshen up, I hope youll join me for short walk through the West End of London. Leaving the hotel at 7:30 sharp I shall be strolling down Charring Cross Road, turning off through part of Soho to Piccadilly Circus, then through Leicester Square to finish up at Trafalgar Square. On the way w ell pass a lot of the restaurants,theatres and cinemas that youll be able to visit during your stay in the capital. ,The walk should take about half an hour and when we get to Trafalgar square youll be free to go off and do whatever you like. Why not have a quick meal and then see one of the latest films in one of the many cinemas around Leicester Square.If you havent stayed out too late on Friday night, please join me at 9:30 on Saturday morning for a walk through the great parks of Lon