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New College English II Uint 92

Unit 9Unit 9 Listening- Centered Activities Listening- Centered ActivitiesUnit 9Unit 9 Listening- Centered Activities Listening- Centered Activities

Intensive Listening

Listening I

Listening II

Extensive Listening

Ideal Weight

Tall, Dark, and Handsome

Our Faces and Our Expressions

听力真题实战 02年1月


Listening IListening IListening IListening I

New Words & Expressions

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Tapescript



美人鱼美人鱼给予给予背诵背诵完美的完美的(( 人名人名 )) 莎士比亚莎士比亚

有见识的有见识的使使 ············ 成三倍成三倍

1. 1. mermaidmermaid

2.2. grant grant

3.3. recite recite

4.4. flawless flawless

5.5. Shakespeare Shakespeare

6.6. insightful insightful

7.7. triple triple



天文学天文学使成五倍使成五倍重新考虑重新考虑宇宙宇宙叹气叹气

8.8. astronomy astronomy

9.9. quintuple quintuple

10.10. reconsider reconsider

11.11. universe universe

12.12. sigh sigh


Exercise Exercise 11

Directions:Directions: Answer the following question Answer the following question before listening to the passagebefore listening to the passage..

Do men and women differ in IQ simply because Do men and women differ in IQ simply because of their gender? Give your reasons.of their gender? Give your reasons.

QuestionQuestionQuestionQuestion

No, I don’t think so.No, I don’t think so. People differ in IQ not People differ in IQ not because they are men or women. There are because they are men or women. There are men who are more intelligent than women and men who are more intelligent than women and vice versa. A person’s IQ is not determined by vice versa. A person’s IQ is not determined by his or her gender, but rather by the education his or her gender, but rather by the education and experience he or she has.and experience he or she has.

SampleSample SampleSample


Exercise 2-12-1

Directions:Directions: Listen to the story and rearrListen to the story and rearrange the sentences in chronological ordange the sentences in chronological order er (( 时间顺序时间顺序 ))..

1) One man is amazed and he asks the 1) One man is amazed and he asks the mermaid to triple his IQ.mermaid to triple his IQ.

2) The mermaid asks him to change his 2) The mermaid asks him to change his mind.mind.

3) The mermaid is asked to increase his 3) The mermaid is asked to increase his IQ by five times.IQ by five times.


Exercise 2-22-2

4) One man is doubtful, yet he tells the 4) One man is doubtful, yet he tells the mermaid to double his IQ.mermaid to double his IQ.

5) In order to be set free, the mermaid 5) In order to be set free, the mermaid agrees to grant each of them a wish.agrees to grant each of them a wish.

6) One man is very interested and he asks 6) One man is very interested and he asks the mermaid to quintuple his IQ.the mermaid to quintuple his IQ.

________________________________________________ 5), 4), 1), 6), 2), 3)5), 4), 1), 6), 2), 3)


Exercise 3-13-1

Directions:Directions: Listen to the story again and Listen to the story again and work in groups to answer the questions or work in groups to answer the questions or complete the sentences given.complete the sentences given.

1) What changes do they undergo?1) What changes do they undergo? The first man starts to ______ flawlessThe first man starts to ______ flawless Shakespeare followed by a short Shakespeare followed by a short ____________ and an extremely insightful ________ of it.and an extremely insightful ________ of it. The second man begins pouring out all theThe second man begins pouring out all the mathematical _________ to problems thatmathematical _________ to problems that have _______ scientists of varying fields:have _______ scientists of varying fields: physics, chemistry and astronomy.physics, chemistry and astronomy. The third man becomes a _______ .The third man becomes a _______ .

reciterecite pause pause analysis analysis

solutions solutions puzzled puzzled

womanwoman

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Exercise 3-23-2

2)2) What is the implication of the ending of the What is the implication of the ending of the story?story?

3) What do you think of the implication?3) What do you think of the implication? Explain your answer.Explain your answer.

The ending of the story implies that a woman The ending of the story implies that a woman has an IQ five times that of a man.has an IQ five times that of a man.

TapescriptTapescript

——The third man is greedy, so he is punished The third man is greedy, so he is punished by being turned into a woman.by being turned into a woman.

——Women aren’t five times more intelligent than Women aren’t five times more intelligent than men. It’s just a joke.men. It’s just a joke.

——It’s the revenge of women who consider they It’s the revenge of women who consider they have been treated as being less intelligent have been treated as being less intelligent than men for too long.than men for too long.

——Women are just as intelligent as men. Women are just as intelligent as men.


New Words & Expressions Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Tapescript

Listening IIListening IIListening IIListening II



1. 1. domesticdomestic

2.2. central central

3.3. conduct conduct

4.4. whereas whereas

5.5. stressful stressful

6.6. relatively relatively

家事的；国内的家事的；国内的

中心的中心的

进行进行

然而然而

紧张的紧张的

相关地相关地


Exercise 1-11-1

Directions:Directions: Listen to the interview and Listen to the interview and fill in the following table with the fill in the following table with the information you get from the tape.information you get from the tape.

Women are better Women are better than men at than men at

Possible reasonsPossible reasons

dealing with more dealing with more than one thing 1) than one thing 1) ________.________.

It’s because of the It’s because of the difference in 2) difference in 2) __________.__________.They have to 3) They have to 3) ________________________________________________________. __________________. cope more often with cope more often with more than one thingmore than one thing

their braintheir brainat a timeat a time


Exercise 1-21-2

Women are better Women are better

than men at than men at Possible reasonsPossible reasons

developing 4)developing 4)

________________

____________ .____________ .

From an early age, From an early age,

they are taught to 5) they are taught to 5)

____________________________________

..

Relationships are Relationships are

more 6) _______ to more 6) _______ to

most women’s lives.most women’s lives.

please other people please other people

personal personal

relationshipsrelationships

centralcentral


Exercise 2-12-1

Directions:Directions: Listen to the interview again and discuss the questions in pairs.

1) According to the woman, how do men1) According to the woman, how do men talk about their work and interests? Do talk about their work and interests? Do

you agree with her?you agree with her?

The woman saysThe woman says that men have superficial that men have superficial conversations about their work and their conversations about their work and their interests and that they don’t talk about interests and that they don’t talk about personal feelings.personal feelings.Yes, I agree. Men prefer to talk about Yes, I agree. Men prefer to talk about general things. To be really personal, they general things. To be really personal, they believe, would be a sign of weakness.believe, would be a sign of weakness.

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Exercise 2-22-2

2) What does the woman say about men and2) What does the woman say about men and

football? Do you agree with her?football? Do you agree with her?

She saysShe says that they talk about football as a way that they talk about football as a way

of communicating with each other without of communicating with each other without

saying anything really important.saying anything really important.

Yes,Yes, I agree that men talk about sports a lot. I agree that men talk about sports a lot.

They don’t talk about their personal problems They don’t talk about their personal problems

with other men.with other men.

No,No, I disagree. I have close friends and I think I disagree. I have close friends and I think

we talk about important subjects. We rarely we talk about important subjects. We rarely

discuss football or other sports. discuss football or other sports. Tapescript


Intensive Listening I Tapescript 1

Three guys are out having a relaxing day fishing. Out of the blue, they catch a mermaid who begs to be set free in return for granting each of them a wish.

Now one of the guys just doesn’t believe it, and says: “OK, if you can really grant wishes, then double my IQ.” The mermaid says: “ Done.” suddenly, the guy starts to recite flawless Shakespeare followed by a short pause and an extremely insightful analysis of it. The second guy is so amazed that he says to the mermaid: “Hey, triple my IQ.” The mermaid says: “Done.” The guy begins pouring out all the mathematical solutions to problems that have puzzled scientists of varying field: physics, chemistry and astronomy.


Intensive Listening I Tapescript 2

The last guy is so interested in the changes in his friends that he says to the mermaid: “Quintuple my IQ.” The mermaid looks at him and says: “You know, I normally don’t try to change people’s minds when they make a wish, but I really wish you’d reconsider.”

The guy says: “No, I want you to increase my IQ five times, and if you don’t do it, I won’t set you free,” “Please,” says the mermaid, “you don’t know what you’re asking… It’ll change your entire view of the universe. Won’t you ask for something else… A million dollars, anything?”

But no matter what the mermaid says, the guy insists on having his IQ increased by five times its usual power. So the mermaid sighs and says: “Done.” And he becomes a woman.


Intensive Listening II Tapescript 1M = Man W = Woman

Do you think that women are naturally better at certain things than men?

Well, it seems to me women are much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time. I don’t know whether this has to do with the difference in their brain or whether it’s just how they have to cope more often with more than one thing. For example, it is usually women who work, have babies, look after the babies and take the main responsibility for looking after the home. And maybe it’s practicing all that that makes women better able to do more than one thing at a time.

M:

W:


Intensive Listening II Tapescript 2

Men, it seems to me, can only concentrate on one thing at a time, including boring domestic things like washing the dishes. If a friend of mine who’s a man washes the dishes he’ll find it quite difficult to conduct a conversation at the same time, whereas if I’m doing the dishes I’m always talking to someone, probably cooking something as well, and finding that not too stressful.

Do you think women are more interested in personal relationships than men?

M:


Intensive Listening II Tapescript 3

Generally, yes, though again I don’t know if this is because from an early age they’re taught to please other people, whereas men are taught to please themselves. I think relationships are more central to most women’s lives. For example, I think men don’t have very good conversations with each other, whereas women do. If you listen to women talking, often they’ll be having, after a relatively short time of knowing each other, fairly personal and truthful conversations, whereas men have conversations not about what I’d call real things. They’ll talk about their work in a very superficial way, or their interests in a very superficial way, for example, and football is the —um—, just a sort of way for men to relate to each other without actually saying anything important, it seems to me.

W:


Ideal Weight

Tall, Dark, and Handsome

Our Faces and Our Expressions

听力真题实战 02年1月

Extensive ListeningExtensive Listening


Ideal WeightIdeal Weight

ideal 理想的

file 正式要求

petition 诉状

divorce 离婚

Words You Need to Know for Listening


Exercise

marry/six months

visit/for the first time

marriage/terrible

criticize/quarrel/all the time

lose weight

file a petition/divorce

ideal weight

Directions: Retell the story in the first person of Helen’s mother with the following words to remind you.


TapescriptThe sweet Helen has been married for six months. Her mother visits her for the first time. When Harold, Helen’s husband, has gone to the office to work, Helen’s mother says, “Now tell me, how are you in your marriage?”Helen cries, “Terrible, Harold is terrible. He criticizes me from the early morning till the late evening. He quarrels with me all the time. I’ve already lost ten kilograms in weight.”“Oh, you poor girl. You must file a petition for divorce!”“I will, Mum, I will, but not before three months.”“Why in three months and not at once?” Her mother asked in surprise.“Because I haven’t reached yet my ideal weight of fifty-two kilograms.” (117 words)


Tall, Dark, and HandsomeTall, Dark, and Handsome

guy 家伙

beard 胡须

pants 裤子

Background Knowledge and Hints

You will hear some people at a party talk about other

guests. Who are they talking about?



Exercise

Directions: Listen to the conversations and match

the persons with the corresponding descriptions.

A. with glasses and short hair,

tall, dark, and handsome,

drinking coffee

B. beautiful

in the white dress

with a flower in her hair

[ ]1. Ted Crocker

[ ]2. Jane’s new boyfriend

CC

AA


Exercise

[ ]3. Carlos C. tall guy with glasses, not having much hair left, with the mustache, next to the guy with the dark hair

[ ]4. Margaret D. dark and middle-aged, about 50, going a little bald, having a little beard

[ ]5. the girl talking to the guy’s sister

E. short hair, wearing pants and a dark T-shirt, serious-looking

DD

EE

BB


Tapescript 1

1) A: You know Ted Crocker, don’t you? B: Ted Crocker. Now which one is he? A: He’s over there. The tall guy with glasses. B: The tall guy with glasses? The one with the dark hair, sitting on the sofa? A: No. Ted doesn’t have much hair left. B: Oh. Then he must be the one with the mustache? A: Yeah. That’s him. The one next to the guy with the dark

hair.

2) A: Have you seen Jane’s new boyfriend? B: I don’t know. What’s his name? A: Bill. He’s the guy over there, drinking coffee, see him? B: Oh! The one with glasses and short hair? A: Yup, that’s the one. B: Oh! He really is tall, dark, and handsome, isn’t he? A: Mmm! He certainly is!


Tapescript 2

3) A: What does Carlos look like? B: Well... he’s dark... and middle-aged. He’s about fifty, I guess. A: Oh, I think I do know him. Is he kind of bald? B: Yes, he’s going a little bald. And he has a little beard.

4) A: So, which one is Margaret, anyhow? B: Oh, she’s that woman over there. A: You mean the one with the long hair? B: No, she has short hair. She’s the one wearing pants and a dark T-shirt. See her? A: Oh, that serious-looking person? B: That’s right. Come and meet her. I think you’ll like her. A: Hmm, how about later?


Tapescript 3

5) A: Do you see that girl over there in the white dress, the one with a flower in her hair? B: White dress, flower... Oh, yeah, I do—she’s beautiful. A: Isn’t she talking to your sister? B: Mmm... yes, I think she is. A: Mmm. Let’s go talk to your sister. B: What a good idea! Hey, Sara... (295 words)


Our Faces and Our ExpressionsOur Faces and Our Expressions

Background Knowledge and Hints

People often judge a person by his face. Do you think

you can judge a person’s feelings quite well by his

face? The following passage will help you.


crude 粗鲁的


Exercise

Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the

blanks of the sentences with the information you

get from the tape.

1) How do our mouths hide our feelings?

We can _____ when we are _______ or ________

when we ____________to someone.

2) How do our eyes tell our feelings?

We look _______________________when we are

attracted to someone. Our eyes _____ or look

__________to show our ________

smile anxious not smile

are attracted

a little bit more than usual

soften

thoughtful interest.


Tapescript 1

People’s faces are so important to us. Our earliest impressions are of our mother’s face looking down on us. But we only learn a small amount of information from people’s faces. We also learn how people feel from how they move, from what they say, and from the situation as a whole. And some people’s faces are made so that they seem to be sad when the person isn’t sad, or seem to be ugly and crude when they are creative and intelligent. Look at the person in the picture in “Background Knowledge and Hints”. This is Socrates. Socrates, the Greek philosopher and one of the greatest thinkers of all time, looks... well, how do you think he looks?

Perhaps we give too much importance to the face as a source of information.

It is easier to hide our feelings with our mouths than with our eyes.


Tapescript 2

We can smile when we are anxious or not smile when we are attracted to someone. But we forget our eyes! If we are attracted to someone, we look a little bit more than usual. Our eyes soften or look thoughtful to show our interest. (197 words)


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