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新视野大学英语视听说3
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II. Basic Listening Practice
Keys: 1.C 2.D 3. A 4.B 5.C

III. Listening In

While the man is wondering why the woman is suddenly getting excellent marks, she says she read an article on studying and remembering. It talks about principles like “Mental Visualization”, that is, creating a picture in one’s mind of what is to be remembered. This reminds the man of the principle of “Association”, which means connecting what one wants to remember with something one is familiar with. Then the woman adds the principle of “Consolidation”, or reviewing one’s notes after class and absorbing the new material into what one has already learned. When the man promise to study sixteen hours a day, the woman recommends the principle of “Distributed Practice”, which favors shorter study sessions distributed over several days. Finally, the woman tells the man that memory is like a muscle, and that it needs exercise.

Task 2: You forget my toast!

Keys: FTFFF

Task3: Memory-Improving Techniques

1. What’s seems to be an especially important way to stimulate one’s memory?
2. What seems to be the best way to focus your memory?
3. How can you concentrate on a pen?

4. How can you relax yourself according to the passage?
5. What is the main idea of the passage?

Kes: 1A 2.C3. D 4.B 5.D

IV. Speaking Out
MODEL 1 It slipped my mind!
Amy: I sent out the invitations to the dinner party.
Bill: That’s good. Now what should we do?
Amy: We’ve got to plan the menu.
Bill: Oh, that’s right. Do you have anything in mind?
Amy: I think I’m going to make the chicken salad we had at the Christmas party. Remember I sled the chef for the recipe?
Bill: Yeah, but did you forget that Linda doesn’t eat chicken?
Amy: Linda? Oh, my gosh! I forgot to invite Linda! It just slipped my mind. She’ll be mad at me.
Bill: Well, everyone forgets something sometimes. It’s not too late yet. I’ll make a phone call. Don’t worry.
Amy: Thanks! You see, I’m getting forgetful. I think I’m getting old!
Bill: Looks like you are, sweetheart

Now Your Turn
SAMPLE DIALOG
A: I’m going to throw a party, and I’ve sent out the invitations to my friends and relatives.
B: That’s good. But don’t forget to invite everyone you should invite.
A: I think I’ve invited everyone. Do you have anybody in mind?
B: Did you invite John? He’s lost his job after recent quarrel with his boss.
A: Oh, my gosh! I forgot to invite him! He’ll be sad, thinking we look down on him. He just slipped my mind.
B: Well, everyone forgets something sometimes. Don’t worry. It’s not too late. Make a phone call right away.
A: Did I forget anybody else that I should incite?
B: There’s yet another person you should invite—Julia. She’s just moved to the city and feels lonely.
A: Oh, good heavens, I forgot all about her. She’s our new friend. You see, I’m getting forgetful. I think I’m getting old!
B: Looks like you are, buddy. You’d better start writing things down if they’re important.

MODEL2 I can’t think of it off the top of my head.
Script
John: Hey, Sue. Do you know what Jack’s home phone number is?
Susan: I can’t think of it off the top of my head. I don’t have my address book on me, and I don’t have my mobile phone with me, either.
John: That’s too bad! I’ve got to find him now. It’s urgent! If I can’t find him today, I’ll be dead!
Susan: You might want to look it up in the phone book.
John: I’ve checked already, but it seems that hid phone number is unlisted.
Susan: Maybe it’s under his roommate’s name.
John: Well, I guess so.
Susan: Well, why don’t you call Jane? She has his phone number.
John: I’ve tried, but no one answered!
Susan: Maybe call his office and ask his secretary.
John: I’ve already tried. She won’t tell me. She says it’s private.
Susan: Oh, that’s right. They usually don’t release private information over the phone.
John: It’s a pity. You usually have a powerful memory, but you can’t help today. What’s wrong with you? Your memory seems to be fading early.
Susan: It’s not my memory is fading. I do have memory for face and names, but a poor one for number and dates

Now Your Turn
SAMPLE DIALOG
A: Hey, do you remember when is the lecture on the value of information by Professor Smith?
B: I can’t think of it off the top of my head. Maybe we can look it up in our notebook, but I don’t have mine with me.
A: That’s too bas! I don’t have it with me, either. Do you remember the number of the lecture hail?
B: Sorry, I can’t think of it off my head.
A: I’m terribly interested in the lecture. I can’t miss it!
B: Well, why don’t you call the dean who arranged the lecture?
A: I’m afraid it’s not very wise to ask the dean directly.
B: Then maybe you can call the office if the department and ask the secretary.
A: I’ve already tried, but no one answered.
B: Oh!
A: You usually have a powerful memory, but you can’t help today. You memory seems to be fading early.
B: It’s nit that my memory is fading. I do have a good memory for faces and names, but a poor one for numbers and dates.

MODEL3 What’s wrong with your memory?
Script
Bill: Hi, honey! My trip to London was wonderful.
Amy: Tell me what thrilled you most.
[The telephone rings and Bill answers it....He hangs up.]
Bill: Er, where was I?
Amy: You were talking about your tour in London.
Bill: Oh, yeah.
Amy: I bet you had a great time.
Bill: Yes, I particularly enjoyed visiting the tower of London.
Amy: How did you get there? By bus or underground?
Bill: Let me see….Sorry, I can’t remember any more.
Amy: What’s wrong with your memory?
Bill: I hope it’s not Alzheimer’s disease. I don’t want to forget my own name.
Amy: I don’t think so. Perhaps it’s just temporary forgetfulness. You’ll be right after a good sleep.
Bill: I hope so. But as this is happening so often recently, I think I must go to see a doctor and get some pills
Amy: It’s not as serous as that. Anyway, I wish you had a good memory for happy events, and a bad one for unhappy things.

Now Your Turn
SAMPLE DIALOG
A: Hey, my trip to Beijing was fantastic.
B: Tell me what thrilled you most.
[The door bell rings and A answer it….A comes back.]
A: Where was I?
B: You were talking about your tour in Beijing
A: Oh, yeah.

B: I bet you had a great time.
A: Yes, I particularly enjoyed visiting the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, though the admission fees were a bit too high for me.
B: What were the fees?
A: Let me see….Sorry, I can’t remember any more.
B: What’s wrong with your memory?
A: I hope it’s not Alzheimer’s disease. I don’t want to see a lot of new people everyday.
B: I don’t think so. Perhaps you only forget things momentarily. You’ll be right after a good sleep.
A: I hope so. But as this is happening so often recently, I think I have to see a doctor.
B: I don’t think it’s so serious. Anyway a bad memory helps you forget your trouble.

V. Let’s Talk
Script
Student: Professor, thank you for graining me this interview. I’m Susan, a reporter from the Student Union magazine. Many students have difficultly memorizing things. Since you‘re an outstanding psychologist, could you give us some tips on how top improve our memory?
Professor: Well, some people have better memories than others, but that’s largely because they are better at creating mental images.
Student: If I’m not good at creating images, what can I do?
Professor: Practice helps. And the mind remembers things better if they are connected with other images. For example, I you have to pick up several items at the grocery store, say, carrots, egg, bananas, and milk, you can create a picture in your mind of a giant carrot, and hanging from it, a banana.
Student: Then I could have a giant milk carton pouring milk over the carrot and banana.
Professor: Certainly. Then what would you do with the egg?
Student: Hmmm. I’d visualize an egg-shaped UFO flying across the sky.
Professor: There you go. The more you apply the ideas, the easier it gets. Besides creating pictures, there’s another technique that is very useful.
Student: What is it?
Professor: Establishing an association. Suppose you are looking for lost keys.
Relax, and let your mind look for all the images connected with those keys--their feel, the sounds they make.
Student: How will that help?
Professor: You might remember the sound the keys made when you placed then in a drawer or cold touch of the keys in your jacket were you left them.
Student: Oh my gosh! I have to run. It’s time my English class. I see an image of my teacher staring at my empty seat in the classroom. Many thanks, Professor.
Professor: Not at all, and good luck with your memory.

Ways of Improving One’s Memory
Examples

Creating images

To remember the items to buy sat the grocery store such as carrots, eggs, bananas, and milk
Images that you may help:
1.a giant carrot and a banana hanging from it
2. a giant milk carton pouring milk over the carrot and banana
3. an egg-shaped UFO flying across the sky

Establishing associations

To find your lost keys
Associations with sound touch that may help:
1. The sound of the keys might remind you of y\having placed then in a drawer.
2. The cold touch of the keys might remind you of them in your jacket.

Discussion
SAMPLE
A: As we just heard from the interview, the technique of associating certainly important in promoting memory.
B: And according to the interview, creating images helps remember things. If your shopping list includes eggs, you might visualize an egg or an egg-shaped UFO flying across.
A: Another important factor in improving memory can be of interest. If you get interested in something, you can remember it better.
B: Yeah. And if you recognize facts into meaningful groups, you can remember them better. For instance, if you want to memorize all the names of American presidents, it is not easy. If, however, you arrange them chronologically into three periods: those before Abraham Lincoln, those between Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, and those after, then the task will be less difficult.
A It is common sense that if you glance at something quickly, you tend to forget it quickly. If you stuffy it slowly, you can remember it better.
B: Another technique is intensive practice or repeating. As a saying goes, practice makes perfect. If you repeat something again and again, you will eventually learn it by heart.
A: But we should not work too hard. When we get tired, our learning efficiency declines. We need breaks so the mind can rest and absorb what has been learned.

VI. Further Listening and Speaking
Task1: The Role Memory Plays in Our Life

1. What is the passage mainly about?
2. Why are foods important in promoting memory according to the passage?
3. To whom is water especially important in maintaining the memory system?
4. What problem can a lack of water cause?
5. Why is sleep important to memory?

Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.D 4.D 5.C

Task 2: Where did the professor go?
Script
This is a true story, while happened to friends of ours in a small town in South Africa. They were a hospitable couple who often entertained their neighbors for drinks, tea or dinner. On this particular spring night, they have invited a retired professor to super. During the evening, it began to pour with rain, and the heavens really opened. Because he had walked there, they offered to put him up for the night. They pointed out that by staying overnight, he did not need to go to out in the bad weather. He agreed on the soundness of that idea, thanked his hosts profusely, and the matter seemed to be settled. But while they were washing the dishes after supper, the forgetful professor disappeared. No one could find him anywhere. Eventually, after40 minutes, the front door bell rang. There was the professor, soaked to the skin. When he was asked what on earth he has been dong in the rain, he replied that because he was going to stay there overnight, he had gone home to get his pajamas and toothbrush.

Task3: How to Remember Names
Script
You just called the TV repair shop, and the voice on the other end of the line tells you, “This is Don Smith”.
About 5 minutes later you tell your wife that “this guy”will be out to fix the TV in the morning. You can’t think of his mane although you know he mentioned it on the phone.
This happens all the time to just about any of us unless we have learned to concentrate and implant a name in our memory, right at the time we hear it. To do this, you must make a habit of repeating the name back to the person. This action will remind you to store the name in your “memory bank” each time you hear someone’s name, and within a short time the “repeating” process can be discontinued
When you meet someone in person, use the same procedure, and in addition, visualize something different, unusual or ridiculous about hid or her appearance, position, or actions that “ties in “with his or her name. Later, you may write the descriptive information on one side of a card and the name in the other side. Look at it repeatedly, see the “picture” in your mind’s eye as you look at the name; or when you see he name, visualize the “picture” you have assigned to the name.
Getting this system to work will require changes in your thinking, and it may take several days or several weeks to become proficient.

News Report
A Dolphin Exhibition
Script
A recent art exhibition in Florida honored the animal often seen as man’s most intelligent friend, the dolphin.
The “Dolphins on Parade” exhibition in the Florida Keys featured life-sized decorates dolphin paintings made of wood and the cost of materials. The dolphins were shown at area business and along the beach. Sponsors paid U.S. $750 to cover the artists’ fee and the cost of materials.
There were more than 100 dolphin themes, including a beer-belly dolphin. They showed the work of local artists, as well as the beach atmosphere the Keys are famous for.
Probably the most unique was special because of its artist, Pandora. Pandora the dolphin painter is area dolphin, art the Dolphin Research center, in Marathon, Florida. The playful artist streaks colors across a dolphin painting holding a brush in its mouth.
The exhibition was held by the Monroe [Florida] Council of the Arts as part of a plan to make the Keys an international arts center. The paintings were to be auctioned off in March, with the money earned going to community art programs.

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II. Basic Listening Practice

Keys: 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.D 5.A

III. Listening In
Task1: On the First Day

Seeing that Jenny has bought the books for the biology class, Harrison says nobody does much on the first day because it’s still add-drop, which means students are changing from class to class. Jenny knows the professor is really good. But Harrison warns her that t