英語聽力資料

1、Unit 1 Sports Part AMichael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.He was born on Feb.17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York.He is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 216 pounds.Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls team for the 1984 season.In the 1986 season he shot 3041 points, the third highest score ev

2、er.He was named NBA Slam Dunk Champion（扣籃冠軍）in 1987and won the MostValuable Player Award in 1988,an honor repeated four times in the next ten years to 1998.Jordan guided his team to win six NBA championships during the 1990s,scoring 45 points during the sixth and last game of the 1998 NBA finals.In

3、1999,he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century.Jordan left the NBA at the beginning of the 1993-1994 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball.Since his baseball game wasn't quite as good as his basketball games,he finally gave it up to rejoin the Bulls in 1995.Yet, af

4、ter playing for five more years,he once again announced his retirement in 1999.But he returned for two more NBA games in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards.Part BPeter: Hi Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag?Laura: Hi, Peter. I'm off to the gym.I've got to stay in shape, y

5、ou know.I try to go three times a week, but I'm busy so I can't always make it.Peter: I know more women who work out than men.What's the main reason you work out?For your health, or to look good?Laura: To be honest, for both.With women, good looks are always a very important consideratio

6、n.Peter: If they were honest,most men who work out would admit that they also do it to look better,and not merely for health reasons.Laura: How about you?Do you get any regular exercise?Peter: I do a lot of walking,for exercise and enjoyment sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a time but I never g

7、o to the gym like you do.Laura: Well, walking is good exercise. How about sports?Peter: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball,but it's impossible to get enough people together for a game now.Mostly I just watch sports on TV.Laura: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friend

8、s,and sometimes go swimming and cycling by myself.Peter: Oh, I forgot about that. I go cycling sometimes too.And I often go swimming on vacation, but only recreational swimming.Laura: Why don't you join me at the gym sometime?I can get you a guest pass.Peter: Well, maybe someday, but I'm pre

9、tty lazy about things like that. Questions1. What do you know about Peter?2. Where might the two speakers be having this conversation? Part C1. W: I like playing basketball, volleyball and table tennis.What about you? M: Well, tennis is my favorite sport.Q: What sport does the man like?2. W: You don

10、't like boxing very much, do you? M: It's far from being my kind of sport.Q: What does the man mean?3. W: I think yesterday's football game was quite exciting.What about you, John? M: You said it. But it was a bit long.Q: What does the man think about the football game? 4. W: Do you like

11、 to play chess?M: I like the game, but I don't play it often enough.I'm afraid I'm not a very good chess player.Q: What does the man mean?5. M: I knew the names of all the football players and the dates of all the games in my high school days.But recently I have failed to keep up with fo

12、otball.W: Now you are busy with your golf games.Q: What do you know about the man from the conversation?Unit 2 Food and DrinksPart A1. M: Have you ever been to that big restaurant opposite the school gate?W: Yes, many times.Whenever my friends come to visit me, I'll take them there to eat.2. W:

13、Is there something wrong, sir?M: My wife and I have been kept waiting for nearly an hour for our meal.3. W: Where is the cake I made this morning?M: We ate it, mom. Can you make another one for us?4. W: I hear you like chicken very much.M: Next to beef.5. M: Have you tried this wine before?W: No, ne

14、ver. It's my first time, but it's really to my taste.6. W: John, do you want a soda?M: Soda? I think it tastes like medicine.7. W: Why, the fish is left almost untouched.M: Well, it would be good if it were less salty.8. M: Hi, Sue, would you like to eat out tonight?W: Oh, I'd really lik

15、e to,but my sister may come to visit me this evening.Part BPeter: Hi, Kate.Kate: Hi, Peter. How have you been?Peter: Oh, OK, I guess. And you?Kate: Not too bad. We haven't seen each other for a while, have we?Peter: No, we haven't. So that makes me ask.Do you have any plan for this Saturday?

16、Kate: No, not yet, I don't think so. Why?Peter: What do you think about getting together and going out to dinner this weekend?Kate: That would be great. Do you have any particular place in mind?Peter: Well, I think I'd like to eat something that's not too heavy.I've been eating a lit

17、tle too much lately.Kate: Me too.Peter: I love Italian food, but maybe we should skip that this time.They always seem to serve so much food in Italian restaurants,and you end up eating more than you wanted to.Kate: Chinese food would be good.Peter: Yes, or maybe some Japanese sushi.That style uses a

18、 lot of natural flavors,and not much oil or cream or heavy sauces.Kate: Yes, either of those choices would be good.Let's just meet on Saturday night, and decide then where to eat.Peter: That's fine by me.Part CA: Well, here we are, not too crowded.B: Great! Let's order quickly so we can

19、chat a little.A: OK. What are you in the mood for?B: Something light. I had a huge breakfast and I'm still full.A: There are three salads. Or you could have soup and a sandwich.B: What are you having? A hamburger, I suppose.A: No, actually I ate out last night.We had pizza at Pizza Hut, then a l

20、ate snack at Kentucky Fried Chicken.B: Oh, dear. Well, maybe you should have a salad.A: Yes, I think so. Look, the daily special is spaghetti. That sounds good.B: Oh, the prices are great too. I'll have that as well.A: Now let's decide on drinks.B: I'll just have coffee and a glass of ic

21、ed water.A: Italian food needs red wine, you know.B: But we have to go back to work.A: OK, a Coke for me then.B: Here comes the waitress. Let me order first.Questions1. What is the relationship between the two speakers?2. Where does the conversation take place?3. What will they order?Unit 3 WeatherP

22、art A1. The weather today: a fine day is in store nearly everywhere,with the best of the sunshine in southern and central areas of Britain.A pleasant day, then, with long sunny periods developing.There will be light winds with a maximum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, 64 degrees Fahrenheit.Look a

23、t the outlook for the next few days:it will become mostly cloudy with heavy showers moving in from the west.2. A storm in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin Province,claimed four lives on Sunday.The storm lasted about three hours from around 8 p.m.The winds reached speeds of over a hu

24、ndred miles an hour,causing serious damage and a widespread power failure.Part BAlan: Oh, look at the sky, Michelle! It's starting to get cloudy.Michelle: I see it. I hope it doesn't rain.I thought it was going to be a fine day today.Alan: That's certainly what the department was hoping

25、for when they chose today as the date for the annual picnic.Michelle: You can't have a picnic without good weather.You need sunshine for all the eating and games and entertainment.Alan: Yeah, sunshine but not too much! Do you remember last year?Michelle: I sure do. It was so hot all we did was l

26、ook for shade,look for ways to escape from the sun.Alan: And no one wanted to participate in any of the planned activities.All we wanted was cold drinks. And then we dozed off.Michelle: If there had just been the tiniest breeze to cool us off.Alan: But there wasn't.Just that burning sun, without

27、 a cloud in the sky,and the temperature just seemed to climb higher and higher.Michelle: Well, we don't have that problem this year, apparently.Alan, did you hear the weather forecast? Is it supposed to rain?Alan: I don't know. I didn't catch the weather report.But maybe if it rains,it w

28、ill only be a short shower which cools things off a little.That might not be bad.Questions1. What are Alan and Michelle mainly doing?2. What do you know about Alan?3. What can you infer from the conversation?Part C1. W: It's been freezing for the last few days.M: Yes. And the forecast says there

29、 will be more snow next week,accompanied by strong winds.Q: What will the weather be like next week?2. M: We haven't had such a severe winter for a long time, have we?W: No, and the forecast says it's going to get worse before it warms up. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?3. W: Wha

30、t if it rains hard? What are we going to do?M: I think it will clear up soon.But if it keeps raining, the whole thing will have to be cancelled. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?4. M: How was the weather when you left New York?W: It was very much like the weather in Beijing.You don't h

31、ave to take a lot of clothes. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?5. W: If it is this hot tomorrow,we may have to give up the idea of playing tennis in the afternoon. M: The weather forecast says it will cloud over by noon.Q: What does the man mean?Unit 4 MusicPart A1. Most people like music.

32、 In fact, we are surrounded by it.It's on the radio and television and can be heard in stores and restaurants.However, not everyone likes the same kind of music.2. The manager of the music shop was called Brian Epstein.Because so many people had asked for a record by the Sun,Epstein decided to g

33、o and listen to the group himself.3. Firstly I would like to talk about classical music and its representative composers,then I will move on to jazz music,and finally I will focus on pop music in the last century.4. We listen to exciting music and our hearts beat faster,our blood pressure rises,and

34、our blood flows more quickly. In short, we're stimulated.Part BBackground music may seem harmless,but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it.Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA.Very soon it spread to other parts of the world.

35、Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music.To begin with,background music was intended simply to create a soothing atmosphere.Recently, however, it's becoming a big business.An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost sales or increase fa

36、ctory production by as much as a third.But it has to be the light music.Lively music has no effect at all on sales.Slow music can increase receipts by 34%.This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy.Yet, slow music isn't always the a

37、nswer.The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals,which reduced overall sales.So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving - unless, of course,the resulting indigestion leads to complaints.Questions1.

38、Where was recorded background music first used?2. What was the original purpose of background music?3. What kind of music can have a powerful effect on customers in shops?4. Why doesn't the same kind of music work in restaurants according to the passage? Part CCeline Dion is the youngest of 14 c

39、hildren in a working-class family in Quebec, Canada.Her parents, who both loved music,encouraged her to develop her musical talent.At 12, Celine had composed the song "It Was Only a Dream".Her mother and brother helped her to make a recording of that song and sent it off to an address they

40、 found on an album of a popular French singer.The address was that of Rene Angelil, who became her first conquest,but there would be millions more.Celine's rise from a teenage singer to a pop superstar has been steady,but not without difficulties.Record companies were at first less enthusiastic

41、about investing in a teenager than Angelil,who mortgaged his own home to pay for her first album.But her first two albums won a great success.And by 1983 she became the first Canadian ever to have a gold record in France.In 1990, Celine made her first English language record with Unison but her real

42、 breakthrough in America came when she was selected by Disney to sing the theme song of Beauty and the Beast.The song went to No.1 on the chart and won both a Grammy and an Academy award.In 1996 she performed at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and in 1997 she recorded the them

43、e song for Titanic,and her name became synonymous with the enormously successful film.Celine Dion's favorite theme is love.She sings the depth and the power of love in a great many of her hits such as "Love Can Move Mountains","Because You Loved Me", "The Power of Love&q

44、uot; and, of course,the theme song of Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On".Unit 5 Health Part A5. M: What's the trouble?W: I feel dizzy and my whole body aches.M: How long have you been sick?W: Two or three days now. M: How's your appetite?W: I've got no appetite.The sight of food si

45、mply turns my stomach. What's wrong with me?M: You seem to be generally run-down.Q: What is the mnost probable relationship between the two speakers?6. W: What's the matter, Jack? You look pale. M: Oh, I feel terrible.W: Why? What's the matter?M: I have a splitting headache and a sore th

46、roat.W: Why didn't you tell me?M: I thought they might go away, but I feel worse this morning.I'm aching all over.W: Hmm. You feel warm, too. You must have got a fever.There's a pretty bad flu going around, you know.Q: What's the most probable relationship between the two speakers? P

47、art BD: So what's your trouble?P: Well, doctor, I haven't been feeling well lately.My biggest problem is that I'm having trouble sleeping. D: Have you tried any of the sleeping medications available?P: I've tried one or two, but they don't seem to help.D: How long have you had th

48、is problem?P: Three or four months it's been rather a long time now.D: Are you suffering from an unusual level of stress in your life lately?P: Not more than usual. My biggest worry is the fact I can't sleep.D: Well, some people don't need as much sleep as others.P: But I feel tired all

49、day, so it is a problem for me.D: Have you been experiencing any other symptoms?P: I've also had a lot of indigestion lately.D: Well, you are a little overweight, aren't you?P: Yes. And I've gained about seven kilograms this past year.D: You really should try to lose at least that extra

50、weight.Do you get much exercise?P: No, not very much.D: Physical activity is very important.P: So what do you recommend, doctor?D: I will give you some medications for your insomnia and you門ndigestion.But I also recommend that you begin a regular exercise program.P: But I have neither the time nor t

51、he money to go to a gym.D: You don't need to go to a gym.A simple walking program would be very beneficial for you.I think you'll find that diet and exercise will be very helpful in taking care of your recent complaints.Part C1. W: Jane kept coughing and couldn't go to sleep all night.M:

52、 She must be sick. I hope she's better today.Q: What do you know about Jane?2. M: I haven't seen Jack for ages.W: Neither have I. But I heard he had been in hospital for three weeks.Q: What do you learn from the conversation?3. W: Doctor, I've been suffering from a stomachache for quite

53、a long time.M: Tell me what you usually eat.You know eating properly is very important for health.Q: What does the doctor say about the possible cause of the woman's illness?4. M: How is your son Peter feeling today?W: Much better than yesterday.But he still needs to rest for a couple of days be

54、fore going to school.Q: What does the woman say about Peter?5. M: How is your husband after the operation?W: He's getting better.But he still needs to go to the hospital for a checkup in a week.Q: What does the woman say about her husband?Unit 6 BusinessW: Here we are, Mr. Wang. This is a newly-

55、built building.M: What a fine building! How many floors are there?W: Forty. Our company has offices on four floors in the building.M: Yours is really a big company.W: Yes, it is. The sales office is on the first floor.The marketing and accounting offices are on the second floor.And we have many othe

56、r departments: personnel, research, etc.They are all on the 8th floor.M: Where's the manager's office?W: It's on the 9th floor. Let me show you around.M: Thank you.Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our company.Our company was established in 1999.It is a joint-venture company specializing

57、in sportswear.Most of our products are for young students; some are for adults.All our products sell well both at home and abroad.In recent years,we have expanded our markets from China to Southeast Asia,East Africa, North America, and South America.Part B(The Personnel Department is having a meetin

58、g.Joan Black is the chairperson of the meeting.)Joan: I think John Jeffrey's already been with the company for 20 years.Surely he's not still expecting promotion. Do you agree, Peter?Peter: Well, in my opinion,John's always shown great loyalty to the company.It's time this was reward

59、ed. What do you think, Clive?Clive: It's not just a question of loyalty.Would he be any good at the job?He would need to manage a small team - he's got no experience of that yet.Peter: He never will have any experience unless we give him a chance!Joan: We can't afford to be sentimental.I

60、 don't think he's the man for the job.He's always been a follower, not a leader.Let's move on to the other candidates.Rita Hayden has already shown great personnel management skill,I feel, even if she's? Peter: Oh, come on, Joan! Rita's still learning her trade!We can't afford to take a risk with someone so inexperienced.Clive: I agree with Peter. I favor Susan Pal