新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)大學(xué)英語(yǔ)視聽說(shuō)教材2unit9-10聽力原文及課后答案 1

第二冊(cè)Unit9Haveyougotwhatittakes?

Insideview

Conversation1

Mark

Look,there’sacareersfaironattheExaminationSchools.Doyouwanttogo?Janet

Whathappensinacareersfair?

MarkTherearelotsofdifferentcompaniesandthey

giveyouinformationaboutcareers…advice,thatkindofthing.

Janet

OK,I’llcome.Youcoming,Kate?

Kate

Yeah,sure.ButI’vealreadydecidedonmycareer.

Mark

Weknow.You’regoingtobeabrilliantlawyer.

Kate

That’stheplan–I’mofftoalawfirmsoonasIgetmydegree.

Janet

You’resolucky.IwishIknewwhatIwantedtodo.

Kate

Didn’tyousaysomethingaboutteaching?

Janet

Yes,I’mthinkingaboutit.I’mquiteattractedtoteaching.ButI’mnotreallysureyet.

Kate

Well,you’vegotlotsoftime.Whataboutyou,Mark?Whatareyourplans?

Mark

I’mgoingtorowforEngland.

Kate

Seriously?

Mark

No.Problemis,Ithinkifyouwanttobesuccessful,you’vegottoplanahead–startingattheageof12.

Janet

Sowe’renotdoingverywell.

Mark

No.

Kate

So?

Mark

Well…I’mthinkingofgoingintobusinessmanagement.It’sapossibility.

Janet

Really?

Mark

Yes.

KateHey,let’sgototheCareersFair.Itmightgiveyousomeideas.

…

Janet

Itwasveryinteresting,wasn’tit?Youwerehavingalongconversationwiththatmanfromthelawfirm.

Kate

Yes.Theysaidthere’sapossibilityofajobplacementasaninternoverthesummer.They’regoingtoletmeknowaboutit.

Janet

Fantastic!

1.Kate’splanistogoofftoalawfirmassoonasshegetsherdegree.

2.Youhavetoplanaheadtobesuccessful

3.Itmightgivethemideas.

4.Kateishavingalongconversationwithamanfromalawfirm.

5.Themansaidshecouldgetajobplacementasinternoverthesummer.

Conversation2

Kate

YouknowthatjobplacementItoldyouabout–they’veaskedmetogoforaninterview.

Janet

That’sbrilliant.When?

Kate

Twoweeks’time…

…

Interviewer

Sowhatmadeyoudecidetostudylaw,Kate?

Kate

Anumberofreasons.Lawinterestsmealot.I’vegotagoodbrain,agoodmemory.AndI’dcertainlyliketodosomepart-timeworkforLegalAid.Andalso,Imustadmit,themoney’sgood.

Interviewer

Well,thosearegood,honestanswers.Certainly,yourCV’sverygood.Iseemtorememberthatyouonlywanttheworkplacementforsixweeks.Isthatright?

Kate

Yes,itis.

Interviewer

Whyisthat?

Kate

Well,tobehonest,I’mplanningtogobacktotheStatesandspendtimewithmyfamily.

Interviewer

That’sunderstandable.Now,tellme,whatquestionsdoyouhave?

Kate

I’vegotsomeideabutobviously,whatI’dliketoknowis,whatdoesthejobinvolve?

Interviewer

Ofcourse.Well,forthefirstfewweeks,yourmainresponsibilitywouldbetoreadfilesandsummarizethem.We’dalsowantyoutodosomeresearchforus.Howdoesthatsound?Ratherboring?

Kate

No,notatall.IthinkI’dlearnalot.

Interviewer

Good,well…you’llbetakingyourfirstyearexamssoon,won’tyou?

Kate

Yes,inafewweeks’time.

Interviewer

Well,providedthey’reOK,Ithinkwecansayyou’rein.

Kate

Thankyou–that’swonderful!

…

Kate

Hey,guesswhat?

Janet

What?

Kate

They’veacceptedme.IstartattheendofJune.

Janet

Welldone!

1.Whyareyouinterestedinlaw?Whatqualitiesdoyouhavethatwillmakeyouagoodlawintern?

2.Fourtosixweeks

3.ShewantssometravelinginEurope

4.Whatsortofworkwillbeaskedtodo?

5.Yes

1.Lawinterestsher.

She’sintelligentandhasagoodmemory.

Goodplay

2.readfilesandsummarizethem

Research

3.endofJune

1.Iseemtorememberthat

2.Isthatright

3.I’mplanningto

4.whatdoesthejobinvolve

5.yourmainresponsibilitywouldbe

6.We’dalsowantyou

7.won’tyou

1.b;2.B;3.A;4.B;5.A

Outsideview

Voice-over

Everyyear,millionsofyoungpeopletaketimeouttohelpothersasvolunteers.Manyofthemdothisduringagapyearbetweenfinishingschoolandstartinginhighereducation.Volunteerslearntosolveproblems,worktogetherasateamanddeveloptheirpersonalities.Communitiesinneedgethelptheycouldn’taffordtopayfor.InBritain,oneofthemainagenciesforvoluntaryworkisRaleighInternational.Itarrangesforthousandsofpeople,agedbetween17and25,tohelpoutintheirowncountryorabroad.Thisgroupof100peoplehasjustarrivedatthebasecampinCostaRica.Inthenexttenweeks,theyaretakingpartinthreedifferentprojects.Oneoftheprojectsisenvironmental,onecommunity-basedandoneanadventureproject.Butfirst,theyhavetrainingfortheconditionstheywillencounter.FortheenvironmentalprojectatCuru,thevolunteersaregoingtohelptobuildanartificialreeffromrecycledmaterials.Thisformsaprotectiveenvironmentforthefishtobreedandfeed.Ithelpsthelocaleconomyofcommercialfishingandprotectsthenaturalreefsfromover-fishinganddestruction.Thecommunityprojectisinoneofthepoorestruralareasintheworld.InthevillageofElPorvenir,volunteersaregoingtomakebricks.They’regoingtohelptobuildastorehousefortheimportantsesamecrop.Iftheyhavemorestorage,thevillagerswillbeabletomakemoremoneyfromsellingsesame.Volunteersalsotakepartinasurvivalactivity.Tomorrow,thisgroupistrekkingtothesummitofCostaRica’shighestmountain,MountChirripo.Attheendofthetenweeks,thevolunteersareproudthattheireffortshavehelpedtoimprovethelivesofthepeopleandtheenvironmentofCostaRicaandNicaragua.

1.17to25

2.100people

3.CostaRica

4.tenweeks

5.environmental

6.community

7.Adventure

1.d;2.D;3.B;4.B.5.A

1.duringagapyear.

2.Communitiesinneedgethelp

3.arrangesfor

4.takingpartin

5.protectiveenvironment

6.breedandfeed

7.buildastorehouse

8.asurvivalactivity.

Listeningin

Passage1

Speaker1

Sohow’sitallgoing?

Speaker2

Well,secondyearexamsareintwoweeks,soit’sallgoatthemoment.

Speaker1

It’snotgoingtoeaseup!SowhatcanIdoforyou?

Speaker2

Well,nextyear’smyfinalyearandIneedtothinkseriouslyaboutmycareer.

Speaker1

Iwouldagreewithyouthere.Let’shavealookatyourfile.You’rereadingEnglish,you’regettinggoodgrades,yougotameritinyourfirstyearexamsandyou’reontrackfora2:1accordingtoyourtutor.Haveyouanyideawhatyou’dliketodo?

Speaker2

I’mverydrawntopublishing.IreadalotofnovelsandI’mquiteagoodcritic.

Speaker1

That’sagoodstart.I’mguessingyou’dliketobealiteraryeditor?

Speaker2

That’sright.

Speaker1

Well,Ishouldtellyouthatliteraryeditingisahardprofessiontogetintoanditdoesn’tpayverywell,unlessyou’reatthetop.Youcouldthinkabitmorebroadlythanjustliterature.Forexample,there’seducationalpublishing,professionalpublishingandthere’salsospecialistpublishing,suchassports.

Speaker2

I’mnotverysporty.

Speaker1

Well,Iunderstandsportmaynotbeyourthingbut…yougettheidea.

Speaker2

Yes,Ido.SohowdoIstart?

Speaker1

Firstofall,youneedagooddegreebutevenbeforethatIwouldcontactpublishersandseeifthey’llofferyouworkexperience.Youwon’tgetpaid,ofcourse,butit’sgoodforyourCVandyou’lllearnsomethingaboutthebusiness.

Speaker2

Right.HowdoIfindoutwhotowriteto?

Speaker1

AllthepublishersarelistedinthePublisher’sYearbook.There’sacopyinthelibraryinthecareerssection,soyoucanusethatforastart.Checkthejobadvertsinthenewspapersandmaybelookatthespecialistpublishingtradejournal,theBookseller.Thathasjobadsaswell.

Speaker2

Thankyou.

Speaker1

TheotherthingyoumightdoischecktheInternet–sometimes,thepublishers’websitesofferinternshipsorjobexperienceopportunitiesfornewgraduates.

Speaker2

I’lldothat.

Speaker1

Oneotherthing.GraduatesstudyingEnglishalwayswanttobeaneditor,they’requiteromanticaboutit,butthereareotherdepartments–marketing,sales,andtheproductionside.Don’tdismissthose.

Speaker2

Thanksfortheadvice,it’sveryhelpful.Butit’sliteraryeditingthatIwanttodo.

Speaker1

Well,Iwishyouthebest.Letmeknowhowyougeton.Andgoodluckwithyourexams.

1.

Thefivepiecesofadvicehecareeradvisergivesthestudentare1,2,4,7and8

2.

1.Thewomanistotakehersecondyearexams.

2.Shewantstodoliteraryediting.

3.Sheisdrawntopublishing,readsalotofnovelsandisquiteagoodcritic.

4.Hetellsheritisahardprofessiontogetintoanddoesn’tpayverywell.

5.ItisverygoodforherCVandthewomanwilllearnsomethingaboutthebusiness.

6.Shecanfinditinthecareerssectionofthelibrary.

7.Sheshouldconsidermarketing,salesandproduction.

8.Shemaintainsthatshewantstodoliteraryediting.

Passage2

Harry

Sohowwasyourfirstdayofteaching,Lucy?

Lucy

Itwasallright–wasn’tasterrifyingasIthoughtitwouldbe.

Harry

Welldone!

Lucy

Yes,IwasfrightenedI’dgocompletelyblankbutitwasOK.Ithinkthestudentswerehappy.It’sthegrammarIfinddifficult,there’ssomuchtocover.

Jessica

It’sextraordinary,isn’tit?WespeakEnglish,wethinkweknowthegrammarandthenwedoaTeachingEnglishcourseanddiscoverwedon’tknowanything.

Lucy

Howlonghaveyoubeenteaching,Jessica?

Jessica

Justovertwoyears.IdidthetrainingcourseandthengotajobteachinginJapan–Tokyo.Itwasaneye-openerreally–thewholethingaboutkeepingface.Youhavetobesopoliteallthetime.

Patrick

Soyou’reteachingEnglishbecauseyouwanttotravel?

Jessica

Yes,that’spartofit,butalsobecauseIenjoyit,Ienjoytheinteractionwithstudents,andalsoit’sagoodcareer.

Patrick

Ifeelthesame.Sowhatdoyouwanttodonext?

Jessica

Marketing,Ithink.I’mgoingtodoayearhere,then–Ihope–getajobatalanguageschoolinLondon,domyMA,thenapplyforamarketingjob.Anyway,that’stheplan.

Patrick

Soundsgood.

Harry

Whataboutyou,Patrick?Wherehaveyouworked?

Patrick

IdidthreeyearsinItaly–DirectorofStudiesinRome.Iwanttospendacoupleofyearshere,thenworkinLondon,hopefullybecomeateachertrainer.Yourturn,Harry.

Harry

Well,I’mnotlikeyouandJessica.I’mjusthappytobehere,inabeautifulcitydoingajobIenjoy.

Jessica

Youdon’tseeteachingEnglishasacareer?

Harry

Well,mythingistravel,forthemomentanyway.

Lucy

Whichcountrieshaveyoubeento,Harry?

Harry

Ididayear’steachinginBrazil–RiodeJaneiro–suchastunningcityandstunningbeaches,Copacabana,andalloverlookedbySugarLoafmountain.

Patrick

Cool.Andthen?

Harry

TwoyearsinMexicoCity…

Jessica

Youshouldbeatravelwriter.

Harry

I’mtoobusytravelling!InfactIjustarrivedfromSpainthreedaysago,fromBarcelona,Iwasteachingprimaryschoolkids.

Lucy

Great!

Harry

Well,we’reallgivingourreasonsforteachingEnglish,sowhat’syours,Lucy?

Lucy

Um-IthinkI’mgoingtoreallyenjoyit,simpleasthat.Andobviouslyit’sgreattobeinItaly.ImeanVenice,whatmorecanyouask?

4.

1.InthemajoreconomieswherethereisademandforEnglish,forexample,China/Japan/SaudiArabia/Europeancountriesandsoon.

2.Itallowsthemtotravelandmakecontactwithlocalpeople.

3.Commerciallanguageschools/school/universities/hotels/classroomteaching/producinglearningmaterials/teachingtraining

5.

1.Harry

2.Harry

3.Patrick

4.Lucy

5.Jessica

6.Harry

6.

1.lucy:enjoyingeverything

2.Jessica:enjoyingtravelling,enjoyingteachingandwantingacareer.

3.Patrick：enjoyingtravelling,enjoyingteachingandwantingacareer

4.enjoyingtravelling

7.

1.a;2.D;3.C.4.A

Unit10Sciencefactor

sciencefiction?

Insideview

Conversation1

Janet：Whatareyoureading,Kate?

Kate：AliceinWonderland,byLewisCarroll.Doyouknowit?

Janet：I’veheardofit,yes,butI’veneverreadit.It’sa19thcenturychildren’sstory,isn’tit?

Kate：That’sright.It’sveryfamous.It’ssetinOxford.Itstartswiththisyounggirlsittingonariverbank.Theinterestingthingis,theauthor,LewisCarroll,hewasanOxfordprofessorandheusedtohaveteawiththegirl’sfamilyonthisriverbank.

Janet：Oh,that’sfascinating!I’llputitintomydiary.

Kate：Isthatwhatyou’rewriting?Iknowyou’vebeenkeepingadiaryalltheyear.JanetIt’sbeenagreatyear.I’vehadsuchagoodtime–soluckytohaveMarkandKateasfriends.FeelI’vebeendoingwellwithwork.Muchhappieraboutaskingquestionsintutorials.

Janet：Myscreen’sgonedark.

Mark：You’reusingthebattery,remember.It’srunout,obviously.

Janet：Itcan’tbethebattery.It’sstillcharged.Ohnoit’sstillblack.Ohdear,Ihopeit’snothingserious.Ihaven’tbackedanythinguprecently.

Kate：That’snotlikeyou,Janet.

Janet：Iknow,butIlostmymemorystick.Ireallyshouldhavebackedthingsup.Howstupidofmenottodothat!SupposingI’velosteverything!

Mark：Letmetakealook.Thepowerisstillon.Andalsotheoperatingsystemstillseemstobeworking…Ithinkithastobethegraphicscard…Butmaybethat’snottheproblem…

Janet：IfonlyI’dbackedthingsup!

Kate

Relax,Janet!We’lltakeittothecomputershopthisafternoon.I’msureit’llbeOK.

Janet：Ihopeso.

2.

Thetruestatementsare1,6and8

3.

1.Thebattery

2.Itcan’tbe,thebatteryisstillcharged.

3.Hermemorystick.

4.Shehasn’tbackedanythingupforawhileandshemaylosethesethings.

5.Theoperatingsystem.

6.Thegraphiccard.

Conversation2

Janet：TellmeaboutAliceinWonderland.

Kate

Itellyouwhat,I’llreadittoyou.

Kate

Alicewasbeginningtogetverytiredofsittingbyhersisteronthebankandhavingnothingtodo:Onceortwice,shehadpeepedintothebookhersisterwasreading,butithadnopicturesorconversationsinit,“andwhatistheuseofabook,”thoughtAlice“withoutpicturesorconversation?”Soshewasconsideringinherownmind(aswellasshecould,forthehotdaymadeherfeelverysleepyandstupid)…

Janet

Kate,Mark,whereareyougoing?You’vegotmylaptop!

Kate

It’sallright,Janet,we’retakingittothecomputershop.We’llbebacksoon.

Mark

It’snotlikeJanettoforgettobackupherwork.

Kate

Sheshouldhavebeenmorecareful.

Janet

Itwasstupidofme,Iknow!Stupid,stupid!

Janet

Oh!Itwasadream!Whatarelief!

Kate

Youweretalkinginyoursleep.

Janet

WhatwasIsaying?

Kate

“Stupid,stupid.”

Mark

I’vesortedoutyourcomputer.

Janet

Haveyou?Oh,thankgoodness!Whatwastheproblem?

Mark

Itwasthegraphicscard,asIpredicted…

Janet

Isthatwhatitwas!I’msorelieved!Thanks,

Mark.

Kate

He’sgreat,isn’the?

Janet：Yes.Soareyou,Kate.

Kate：You’resuchagoodfriend.

4.

1.Katereadsoutfromherbook.

2.KateandMarktakethecomputertobeseento.Thecomputerproblemhasbeenputright.

3.Janetregretsnotbackingupherdatainhersleep.

5.

1.It’snotlikeJanetto

2.Sheshouldhavebeen

3.Itwasstupidofme

4.Whatarelief

5.thankgoodness

6.Whatwastheproblem

7.I’msorelieved

6.

1.b;2.B;3.B;4.A

Outsideview

Voice-over：Whenwetalkabouttechnology,weusuallythinksmall.However,we’regoingtolookatoneofthebiggesttechnologicalmarvelsofthe21stcentury.TheAirbusA380istheworld’sbiggestcommercialaircraft.Newtechnologieswereusedinthedesign,engineeringandmanufactureofthisamazing“superjumbo”.TheAirbusA380isassembledinToulouseinFrance,butpartsoftheaircraftarebuiltinseveralEuropeancountries.TheyarebroughttoToulousebyvariousmeansoftransport.ThisisashipwhichwasbuiltinChinaespeciallytotransportthehugesectionsoftheplane.PartsofthemainbodyarebuiltinGermany.Specialcarbonfibrematerialsareusedtogivetheplanegreatstrengthwithlessweightthanusual.ThewingsaremadeinBritainofthesamecarbonfibrematerial.Theyaremuchlighterthanaluminumandsteel.SeveralpartsoftheplanearebuiltinfactoriesinSpain.Finally,somesectionsarebuiltinFrance,soAirbushasitsownfactoriesinBritain,France,GermanyandSpain.Oneofthemostimportantpiecesoftechnologyforsuchahugeaircraftisthelandinggear.ThisisbuiltinCanadawhereextensivetestsarecarriedouttoensurethatitcanlandunderanyconditions.TheenginesweredevelopedbyRolls-RoyceatDerbyinBritain.Finally,pilotshavetolearntoflytheplane.ThisflightsimulatoratToulouseusesthelatestdigitaltechnology.Nowforthemomentoftruth,with154planesorderedbytheworld’sairlines,thebigquestionwas:“Willitflyatall?”O(jiān)nthedayofthefirstflight,thousandsofpeoplegatheredatToulouseAirporttoseethesuperjumboflyforthefirsttime.Theywerenotdisappointed.Thebiggestairlinerinthehistoryofaviationtooktotheairasplanned.

Topicsmentionedare:1,3,5,6and8

2.

1.France

2.China

3.Britain

4.Spain,Germany,Britain,France

5.Canada

6.Britain

7.France

3.

1.d;2.B;3.B;4.A;4.C

Listeningin

Passage1

Presenter

Couldtechnologicaladvancesbechangingpeople’sidentities–andpossiblyevensocietyasawhole?ThatisthetheorybehindanewbookonthebrainbyProfessorSusanGreenfield.ThebookiscalledTomorrow’sPeople:How21stCenturyTechnologyIsChangingtheWayWeThinkandFeel.Greenfieldsuggeststhatadvancesintechnology,andtheeffecttheyarehavingonourlives,arechangingourveryideaofwhoweare.Inotherwords,theyarechangingouridentity.Andthis,shethinks,isaverydangerousthing.I’mjoinedinthestudiobyDrJaneFerris,ProfessorofNeuroscienceatImperialCollegeLondonandBrianThomas,ProfessorofSurgeryatUniversityCollegeHospital.Let’sbeginatthebeginning.Brian,howdobrainswork?

Brian

Well,abrainisamassofneurons,andtheseneuronsmakeconnectionswitheachother–billionsofconnections–andstoreinformation.Weallhavebasicallythesamebrainstructure.It’swhatwedowithourbrainthatmakesthedifference.Wetakeininformation.Theneuronsinourbrainconnectallthisinformationandmakesenseofit.Sotosomeextent,it’stheinformationwefeedourbrainthathelpstomakeusthekindofpeopleweare–andthat’swhatwecallouridentity.

Jane

AndifIcancomeinhere,childrenandyoungpeoplearenowspendinghugeamountsoftimeonvideogamesthatareoftenviolent,alsoontheweb,andonmobilephones.AndGreenfieldbelievesthattheresultisthatthesetechnologiesmaybechangingthewayyoungpeoplethinkandevencausingchangesintheir

identity.

Presenter

Whyexactly?

Jane

Becausetheinformationthatanindividualreceivesfromcomputergames,forexample,isverydifferentfromreality.Andshefearsthatbecauseofthis,thesetechnologiesmaybechangingoursenseofreality–whatweseeasreal–andmayevenreduceit.Andifthisishappening,theresultmaywellbechangesinourbehaviour.

Presenter

Canyougiveanexample?

Jane

Risk-takingisagoodexample–wemaystarttakingmorerisks.

Brian

Butsheadmitsthere’snoconclusiveevidenceofthis.

Jane

That’strue.

Brian

IagreethatGreenfieldaskssomeinterestingquestions,buttosaythattechnologycaninfluencesocietytothinkandbehavedifferently–weneedmuchmoreresearchbeforewecanacceptthis.

2.

1.presenter

2.BrianThomas

3.JaneFerris

4.JaneFerris

5.JaneFerris

6.BrianThomas

3.

1.intechnology;whoweare

2.isaverydangerousthing

3.allthisinformation

4.youngpeoplethink

5.inourbehavior

6.someinterestingquestions

Passage2

Speaker1

Dowereallyneedcomputers?Aren’ttheymoretroublethanthey’reworth?

Speaker2

Ithinkthat’soneofthestupidestquestionsI’veeverheard!

Speaker1

Ithoughtyoumightsaythat.

Speaker2

Ofcourseweneedcomputers.Howcananyonesayotherwise?They’verevolutionizedourlives.Imean,Idon’tknowwheretobegin,they’vechangedourlivessomuch.Look.Tostartwith,computersmeanwecancommunicat