Listen To This 2
英语专业听力讲稿
海南大学三亚学院
外语分院
舒大钟
Listening To This 2
Lesson One Section One:
I. Vocabulary: Repeat each expression after you hear it. Compere: 主持人 Monitor: 监视器 Lane: 小路,小径 Billiant:
Baseball:棒球 Classics:大文豪,艺术家 Fabulous: (惊叹) marathon: 马拉松 Hang out: 徘徊,闲逛 salon: 沙龙
Task 1: This Is Your Life!
Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements. 1. \
a. the most popular programme on British and American television b. one of the most popular programmes on British and American radio c. one of the most popular programmes on British and American television 2. \ a. weekly b. monthly c. daily 3. The programme is recorded in _________. a. studio 4 b. studio 3 c. studio 2 4. The programme begins at _________. a. 6:45 b. 7:55 c. 8:00 5. The subject of tonight's show will be ___________. a. Terry Donovan b. Jason Douglas c. Pauline 6. Camera ________ will be at the studio entrance. a. four b. three c. two
2. True or False Questions.
(1) (T) The person invited to \
subject of the programme.
(2) The subject can meet only friends and relatives from his or her past at the studio. (3) Terry Donovan is the compère only for tonight's show. (4) (F)Jason Douglas will arrive at the studio at eight sharp.
(5) (F)Jason will be sitting in the middle for most of the show.
(6) (T)Usually the guests wait in Room 401 and Pauline tells them when they should enter.
3. Identification. Match each name in Column I with a description in Column II to identify the person.
Column I Column II (1)Jason Douglas a) Jason's English teacher
(2) Terry Donovan (b) the subject of tonight's programme (3) Pauline (c) an actress who worked with Jason in 1974 (4) Susan Fraser (d) the compère (5) Stanley Hooper (e) a director
(6) Maria Montrose (f) the person who waits with the guests in Room 401 (7) Charles Orson (g) Jason's sister
Answer: 1 —(b) 2—(d) 3—(f) 4—(g) 5—(a) 6—(c) 7—(e)
4. Complete the following résumé for Jason Douglas. Name: Jason Douglas Former name: (Graham Smith) Profession: (actor) Date of birth: (July 2, 1947) 1952: (started school)
1958: (moved to Lane End Secondary School) 1966: (went to the London School of Drama) 1969: (left the London School of Drama) 1973: (went to Hollywood)
1974: (were in a movie with Maria Montrose)
Task 2: What Are Your Ambitions?
A. Give brief answers to the following questions? 1. Where is the interviewer from? Answer: Radio Station QRX. 2. Why does he ask these questions?
Answer: For a survey
3. How many people have been interviewed? Answer: four.
4. How many questions does each interviewee answer? Answer: six.
5. What are the questions? Answer: 1) What‘s your name?
2) What do you do for a living? 3) What do you do for fun?
4) What‘s the most exciting thing that‘s happened to you recently? 5) Who do you admire most in this world?
6) What do you want to be doing five years from now?
B. Fill in the following chart with answers that each interviewee gives to the questions. Interviewee 1 Interviewee 2 Suzanne Brown Interviewee 3 Adolfo Vasquez dancer Interviewee 4 Linda Montgomery Student at school Hang out with Friends Question 1 David George Question 2 Professional baseball player lawyer Question 3 Read classics — Dickens, Shakespeare Question 4 Had his first baby Got to run in the Boston Marathon Question 5 His wife Question 6 Be a father of five Running—jogging Watch musical moview Moved to the US Went to a Bruce Spingsteen concert Her dad Has her own Beauty salon Martin Luther King Sophia Loren Win the Boston Marathon Do what he‘s Doing right now
In Your Own Words
A. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions. (1) When does the programme \ a. 10:50. b. 10:15. c. 9:50.
(2) What is the programme about?
a. Patricia will tell stories about some unusual people. b. Some people are invited to tell their unusual stories. c. Anyone can be invited to talk about themselves in their own words. (3) What does Trevor Cartridge do? a. He is a dentist. b. He is a soldier. c. He is an announcer.
(4) Where does he work and live? a. In Paris. b. In Rome. c. In London. (5) What is Trevor's story mainly about? a. How he gave up smoking.
b. How he became interested in hypnotism.
c. His experience as a soldier in the army of Julius Caesar. (6) Where did Trevor live two thousand years ago according to his story? a. In Britain. b. In France. c. In Italy.
B. True or False Questions.
(1) (F)When Trevor decided to stop smoking, he gave it up at once.
(2) (T)Trevor became interested in hypnotism because a hypnotist helped him give up smoking. (3) (F)The hypnotist told Trevor that hypnotism could also help him remember his past life
and, of course, Trevor believed him immediately.
(4) (T)After being hypnotized, Trevor could only remember the night he landed in Britain as a
soldier of the Roman army.
C. Fill in the following chart with information about the journey the Roman army made according to Trevor. Designation: D Company
Number of men: (one hundred or more) Journey from (France) to (Britain) Means of transport: (boat) Weather conditions:; (stormy) Food: (cat food)