新标准大学英语视听说教程3_Units_1-10答案.doc

New Standard College English (Book 3)
Unit 1
Inside View
Conversation 1
Exercise 1
1 Janet is a Chinese student in England.
2 She studies at the University of Oxford.
3 She is in London.
4 Probably she is visiting her friends or doing a tour around London.
5 I can see Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament.
6 She is talking to her friends.
Exercise 2
1 Janet is not going back home to China. (Because she wants to work in London during the long summer holiday and find out what it’s like to live in this busy and lively city.)
2 It is in the middle of summer.
3 Janet is going to work for London Time Off, a website about London.
4 Joe is Janet’s boss.
5 Janet doesn’t know what she is going to do.(Because it is her first day working there.)
6 Joe and Andy do not agree that New York is the greatest city. (Andy thinks London is.)
Exercise 3

Exercise 4
1 Janet wants to find out what the busy and lively city of London is like.
2 Today.
3 Joe doesn’t agree with Andy. (But they argue in a joking way.)
4 It is not as great a city as London.
5 She thinks London is probably the greatest city in the world.
Conversation 2
Exercise 5
5-6-2-3-8-74-1
Exercise 6
1 don’t mind my asking
2 He drives me crazy
3 What do you mean by
4 It’s the last thing
5 we check out new events
6 the musicians or the actors
7 Can I ask you something else
8 we’ve got an interview to do
9 supposed to be on his way
Everyday English
1 (b) 2 (b) 3 (b) 4 (a) 5 (a) 6 (b)

Outside View
Exercise 2
4-5-1-3-2
Exercise 3
1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (c) 4 (a) 5 (a)
Exercise 5
1 Bjoern (b), (d), (f)
2 Wolfgang (a), (e)
3 Pascal (g)
4 Yosma (c)
Exercise 6
1 So that they can learn something about themselves
2 It can lead to a higher self-consciousness.
3 It can lead to happiness.
4 A strengthening of the personality.
5 “Who am I as a person? Am I really happy?”
6 He thinks students can get indications of happiness from teachers.
7 Happiness scientists.
8 They don’t write definitions on the board.

Listening in
Exercise 2
1 (c) 2 d) 3 (a) 4 (b)
Exercise 3
1 tolerant; rounded
2 close to; stand up
3 beauty; generosity
4 an opportunity; beyond the one
5 behaved; selfish
6 pretend; see through
7 arrived in; had to help
8 difficult time; a huge amount of
Exercise 6
1 Joan is an academic counselor at Manchester University.
2 She is talking to a presenter and callers for a radio program.
3 It is important, because their choices of subject are likely to have an impact on their future careers.
4 He wants to work in IT.
5 Not at all. (In Britain each university has a different mixture of courses; some courses can only be found in a few universities.)
Exercise 7
1 strengths; weaknesses; personality; like; subjects; organized; confident; outgoing; a team; working alone
2 future careers; into a particular area of work; chosen field; related industries; leading
3 vocational; graduates; high-flyers; career practical; transferable; recruitment
Unit 2
Inside View
Conversation 1
Exercise 2
The true statements are: 2, 3 and 5.
1 Andy mentions the names of two bridges, not one.
4 Andy saw it go up when he was a child.
6 It is one of the cleanest city rivers today, although it was very polluted in the past.
Exercise 3
1 In Southwark, which is part of London
2 About 120 years old
3 It used to be raised three or four times a day
4 not so often
5 In the late 1980s and 1990s
6 In the 1960s
Exercise 4
1 She’s really impressed.
2 Because they couldn’t go under London Bridge.
3 Just on this side of London Bridge.
4 He remembers that many buildings were damaged from the war.
5 They used to take you to the hospital because the water was so polluted.
6 It is one of the cleanest city rivers in the world.
Conversation 2
Exercise 6
1-(b) 2-(b) 3-(b) 4-(d) 5-(d) 6-(a)
Exercise 7
1 The thing about
2 It’s amazing
3 Let me see
4 Anyway where was I
5 You were telling me about
6 That’s fascinating
7 Let me think
Everyday English
1-(b) 2-(a) 3-(b) 4-(b) 5-(b)

Outside View
Exercise 2
4-3-6-1-5-2
Exercise 3
1 where there is war
2 go to school
3 working in 157 countries
4 has never known peace
5 bringing medicine
6 get an education
7 40,000 kids
8 girls were not allowed
9 50 per cent
10 the mystery about her for 12 years
Exercise 4
1 (d), (g) 2 (e) 3 (c) 4 (f) 5 (a) 6 (b)
Exercise 5
1 (d) 2 (a) 3 (b) 4 (b) 5 (a)

Listening in
Exercise 2
1 her husband
2 a church in the distance
3 her favourite aunt (and uncle)
4 a farm
5 two (the speaker and her brother)
6 about 14
7 20 years
Exercise 3
1 (c) 2 (b) 3 (a) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 (a)
Exercise 6
3-5-1-4-6-2
Exercise 7

Exercise 8
1 Because he thought it would make him grown-up.
2 Because he was lying on the floor screaming and screaming.
3 Because she wanted to go home and she couldn’t get her coat on.
4 Because they used to fight (but actually, they’re just having fun).
5 Because she had short blond hair.
6 Because she had had some good times.
7 Because he wanted to get a job and earn money.
Unit 3
Inside View
Conversation 1
Exercise 2
1. He used to work in a theatre.
2. He moved the scenery between the acts in the play.
3. She saw My Fair Lady.
4. To find out where Andy and Janet are … or to check if they are going to be late.
5. He’s a theatre critic.
6. She has to check the sound level.
Exercise 3

Exercise 4
True statements are 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Conversation 2
Exercise 6
1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (c) 5 (a)
Exercise 7
1. has just been to see
2 Can you tell me something about it
3 Tell me more about
4 It sounds very unusual
5 So it’s family entertainment
6 did I do something wrong
7 Did you remember to
8 Hurry up
Exercise 8
1-6 bbaaaa

Outside View
Exercise 2
The true statements are: 1, 5, 7, 9 and 10.
Exercise 3
1 the most famous
2 broke all the rules
3 looking directly at
4 a sense of movement
5 indicated a real place
6 what is she trying to say
7 covered up one side of her face
8 we’re the subject
9 seemed happier
10 the mystery about her
11 line up between
12 tell a story
Exercise 4

Exercise 5
1 Her portraits and books both tell stories.
2 The character or performer of the images.
3 She is trying to capture a deeper essence of a person.
4 He uses a pinhole camera which requires a very long exposure.
5 She needs to work on the reflections in the water and the face of the boy.
6 He links them together with a string.
7 She tries to capture something about the soul, or essence, of the person.
8 It represents the process of decay.

Listening in
Exercise 2
1 The highlight was seeing the show Nanta.
2 It’s a live show: part theatre, part dance, part music.
3 The music is a mixture of traditional Korean music, percussion and drums.
4 In 1997.
5 Because it’s a non-verbal performance.
6 It’s set in a kitchen.
7 They use knives, dustbin lids and kitchen utensils.
8 Nanta means “random drumming” in Korean.
Exercise 3
The true statements are: 2, 4 and 7.
1 Nanta is a mixture of traditional Korean with a Western style performance.
3 They are preparing food for a wedding reception.
5 They give cooking lessons to the manager’s nephew, not to the manager.
6 They are totally involved but they don’t throw food.
8 They have already appeared
at the Edinburgh Festival.
Exercise 6

Exercise 7
1 (a) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (c) 5 (b)

Unit 4
Inside view
Exercise 2
1 They’re preparing to interview Janet’s friend.
2 The interview is part of a background series to ethnic
restaurants.
3 The London Video Games Festival in Trafalgar Square.
4 It’s very popular. About 100,000 people attended last year.
5 They put up a huge tent where people
6 Because it’s very popular.
Exercise 3
1-5 bdabb
Exercise 6
1 The rise of e-book readers.
2 That you’ll never run out of things to read.
3 He complains that someone is using a mobile phone and he is picking up the signal in the other studio.
4 She feels that she keeps making a mess of things.
5 A report on how technology is changing so fast.
6 Because Joe started the recording before Andy had time to adjust the sound level.
Exercise 7
1 They’re not really like
2 But the trouble is
3 the great thing about them is
4 there is nothing quite like
5 more text messages than
6 it’s my fault
7 Just ignore him

Outside view
Exercise 2
1-6 bcbcdd
Exercise 3
1 wax and feathers
2 got off the ground
3 thrust, lift and control
4 Thrust
5 the tail
6 provide lift, control and thrust, and be light enough
Exercise 4
5-3-2-10-4-1-8-9-7-6
Exercise 5
1 inventions
2 develop and test
3 helped them understand and study
4 the shapes of different wings
5 made the front steady
6 controllable
7 distance and duration
8 1000 test flight
9 flew the first powered airplane

Listening in
Exercise 2
1 Work in office-based jobs.
2 People are not exercising their bodies and they are putting on weight.
3 It is caused by long periods spent sitting at the computer.
4 They ensure staff are sitting correctly at their computers and take breaks.
5 It is caused by several factors: lack of natural air and light, having a lot of electronic devices and air-conditioning.
6 They are installing better lighting and ventilation,
increasing the number of plants and encouraging
employees to take breaks.
Exercise3
1 18 per cent
2 over 40 per cent
3 a/one fifth (20 per cent)
4 over a million
5 roughly 30 per cent
Exercise 6
The true statements are 2, 7 and 8
Exercise 7
1 the amount of the world’s farmland that is
managed intensively
2 the proportion of flowering plants that need to be pollinated in order to bear fruit
3 the number of commercially grown crops that need honey bees
4 the number of bees released by farmers in California to pollinate almond trees
5 the time for a species of wild mango to bear fruit
6 the time for a cultivated species of mango to bear fruit
Unit 6
Inside View
Exercise 2
1. She thinks it’s old.
2. Wood.
3. A thatched roof.
4. A kind of dried grass.
5. They stand.
6. A report on the summer season at the Globe. (As schools have terms, theatres have seasons.)
7. Stratford-upon-Avon.
Exercise 3
1. 1997
2. 1666
3. There are some seats but most people stand.
4. May.
5. About 130 kilometers.
Exercise 4
1 (d) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (a) 5 (c)
Exercise 6
The true statements are: 1, 3, 4, 5 and 9.
Exercise 7
(1) when was Shakespeare born
(2) when did he die
(3) when did he come to London
(4) don’t know exactly
(5) what happened to him later
(6) I reckon there are about
(7) What I think is
(8) I suppose it’s because
(9) I’m really stunned
(10) I guess
Exercise 8
1 (b) 2 (a) 3 (a) 4 (b)

Outside View
Exercise 2
The true statements are: 1, 2 and 5.
Exercise 3
1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (a) 4 (b) 5 (d)
Exercise 4
(1) I don’t like cycling
(2) do something good
(3) sit on a couch
(4) and with two legs
(5) life on the road
(6) throw the bike
(7) It’s been different
(8) performing marvellously

Listening In
Exercise 2
1. New York
2. afternoon
3. 155
4. 30 to 45 seconds
5. none
6. 57
7. 29
Exercise 3
1. there were few injuries
2. catch fire
3. made a successful landing
4. taking in water
5. helped into the boats
6. were taken to hospitals
7. as a hero
8. without any engines
Exercise 6
Paul
1. zoo keeper
2. Al Gore
3. making people take climate change seriously
4. Greenpeace
Clare
5. mum, part-time accountant
6. Melinda Gates
7. co-founding the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
8. Save the Children
Exercise 7
The true statements are: 1, 5 and 7.

Unit 9
Inside view
Conversation 1
1. Example answers
1. The three friends are standing by the bar in a pub, probably discussing what to order. The barman is possibly filling a glass or standing ready for their decision.
2. Probably not. She may in fact be asking for advice as the situation is an unfamiliar one.
3. I am a bit puzzled---- bars usually have more exciting names. The Duke of York sounds odd, but perhaps it is a very old pub.
4. It could be something to do with history or perhaps such names are memorable and are good for business.
2 Answers
The true statements are: 2and 5.
3. Answers
1(b) 2(c) 3(d) 4(c) 5(d)
4. Example answers
1. They look attractive and are memorable, and also they come from a time when fewer people could read easily.
2. They could get their names from the people the first owners liked or wanted to please, features of the building, or they could be references to the location.
3. They illustrate the name.
5. Answers
5-places 2-animals
1-royalty or landowners 7-myths and legends
4- objects 6- jobs
3-symbols taken from the Bible
6. Answers
(1) where was I (what was I saying before)
(2) You sound as if you know something about
(3) where did I leave off (finish speaking)
(4) OK, got you
(5) and let me see(let me think)
(6) My mind’s gone blank (I cannot recall for a moment)
(7) if you’ll excuse me
(8) It was great talking to you
7. Answers
1(b) 2(a) 3(a) 4(a) 5(b) 6(b)

Outside view
1 Example answers
1. It’s the British Royal Family. There’s the Queen and her husband. And look, aren’t these William and Harry? The main Royal Family starts fourth from the left with Prince William and his younger brother, Prince Harry. Slightly to the back, behind her mother, stands Princess Anne, the Princess Royal. The Queen stands next, waving. The lady in white is the countess of Wessex, with just in front of her, her husband, Prince Edward. He is looking over the shoulder of her father, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The tall gentleman in uniform is the Princess Royal’s husband, Rear Admiral Laurence. The Duchess of Cornwall in blue stands next to her husband, Prince Charles, Prince pf Wales.
2. They are royal.
3. Your Majesty, I think for the Queen, for the first exchange and after that Ma’am. For princes Your Highness and after that, sir.
4. Well, they are normal human beings but they live in palaces.
5. The jewels would be nice but all the ceremony must be dull and the lack of privacy cannot be nice as princess Diana knew so well.
2. Answers
Photo 1: Elizabeth
Photo 2: James
Photo 3: George
Photo 4: Victoria
3. Answers
1. It’s used to refer to princes and princesses.
2. It’s used to refer to the Queen.
3. The German sounding name used by the Royal Family before.
4. Te Royal Family’s popular family castle.
5. The Royal Family’s surname after 1960.
6. At the wedding, Charles was recorded in the marriage register as His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, The Prince of Wales.
7. Popular names for royals.
4. Answers
1(b) 2(b) 3(d) 4(a) 5(b) 6(c)

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