4. M: More than once, I thought about killing myself after I lost my boyfriend.
W: Just about everyone gets depressed, but you can’t let those feelings get the better of2 you. Q: According to the man, why does everyone experience after a breakup (破裂)?
5. M: You look so happy! What’s going on to make you smile like that?
W: For the first time in years, my sister has found love. I’m going to meet the guy today. Q: Why is the man happy?
6. M: I can help you find your old girlfriend if you can give me more information about her. W: Name, old address…that’s all I can tell you. But maybe it doesn’t matter3. I probably should try to forget her.
Q: Why can the man’s old girlfriend NOT be found?
7. M: Hey, you look great! Am I wrong, or has something changed about you?
W: Something big! I found a man who really makes me happy. He’s brightened up4 my life. Q: What do you know about the woman’s new boyfriend?
8. M: You’ve been writing me letters for years. When are you going to admit your love for me? W: what? Love? No, I’m just being friendly. You think everyone loves you! Q: According to the woman, what mistake has the man made?
9. M: So, what makes you think that your marriage will last, when 50 percent fail?
W: Fifty? Nah, That number is more like 30 or 40 percent. And in my family, there are no divorces.
Q: What is the divorce rare in the man’s family?
10. M: Honey, don’t you have any objections5 to our daughter having a boyfriend?
W: None whatsoever6! Having a boyfriend will teach her how to become a loving wife someday. Q: What is the relationship between the man and the woman? 注释：
1. be supposed to do 应该，有义务
2. get the better of 占?上风，胜过?，打败 be better off ( be well off) 生活好，生活富裕 had better do 应该，最好还是
3. it doesn’t matter --- no matter eg. It’s of no matter. 这无关紧要
4. brighten v. ～ (sth.) (up) 使某人/某事焕发光彩，更愉快，更有希望 eg. He brightened up when he heard the good news. Flowers brighten (up) a room.
5. object to (doing) sth.
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eg. They objected to the plan.
6. whatsoever (whatever) adv.
（用于no+名词，nothing， none等后，以加强语气）
eg. There can be no doubt whatsoever about it. 这件事毫无疑问。 Are there any signs of improvement? ―None whatsoever‖. 有改进的迹象吗？“一点儿都没有”。
Understanding a Long Conversation
Now you will hear a long conversation followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.
W: Another letter. M: For me?
W: Who else? It’s from…
M: Hey, don’t look at that! It’s private1! Give it here!
W: OK! Sorry! I was just a bit curious. You’ve been getting a lot of these letters lately. And they’re always in these pink envelopes. It makes me wonder if you’ve got a girlfriend. That’s all. M: If you must know, yeah, I have a girlfriend. W: I thought so! So, what does she look like?
M: I don’t really know. So far, we’ve only communicated by mail. I’ve never seen her. W: Not much of a girlfriend, then, is she?
M: I think I’m in love with her. Isn’t that what it means to have a girlfriend?
W: Well, that wouldn’t have been enough for your father and me. We wouldn’t have fallen in love without meeting. To be in love, you have to see a person, at least.
M: The love I have for my girlfriend is spiritual2; I don’t have to see her. You wouldn’t understand.
1. Why does the woman want to see the letter? B 2. What does the woman want to know? A
3. According to the man, what doesn’t know? C
4. According to the woman, what must all people in love have? D 5. What is the relationship between the speakers? B
注释：
1. private: personal 私有的，私人的 in private = secret 私下的，秘密地
2. spiritual adj. ①精神上的，心灵的 ②神的，神圣的，宗教的
n. spirit(精神) —— matter(物质) adj. spiritual —— material
material civilization 物质文明 spiritual civilization 精神文明
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Understanding a Passage
Now you will hear a passage followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.
“Going to war was the greatest thing to have ever happened to me,‖ said Albert Thomson, a former1 soldier. Some people might find this strange, especially considering that Thomson lost an arm and the use of both legs in combat. ―Of course, I don’t like the fighting,‖ Thomson said. What he did like is that, by going to the war, he met the woman who would become his wife and the mother of his four children.
On effect of World War II was that it brought many young people from different countries together. When peace was achieved, these young people often fell in love with people of different nationalities2. During World War II, an estimated3 1,000,0000 American soldiers married women from over 50 different countries. In the Pacific, 16,000 of the 1,000,000Americans soldiers married Australian and New Zealand women. Of these, 12,000 went to the U.S. Many of the relationships failed, but some were as happy as Thomson’s.
1. What did Thomson lose during the war? C 2. What did Thomson enjoy about the war? B
3. What is spoken of as a positive effect of World War II? D
4. How many U.S. soldiers married Australian or New Zealand women? B 5. What do we know about these marriages? A
注释：
1. the former?the latter? 前者?后者? ＊former用于（两者之中）的“前者?后者”，如前句中提到的人或事为三个以上时，要表示“前者”之意思，应用the first
＊late 已故的 former 以前的，过去的
2. nationality n.(U.C) 国籍 (C) 民族 eg. Our nationality is Chinese. (√) Our nationality is China. (×)
eg. The Chinese nation includes the Han nationality and all minority nationalities. 中华民族包括汉族和各少数民族。
3. estimate, assessment, evaluation 辨析 ① estimate意为“估计”，强调进行评估得出的结果，常与动词give搭配。 ② assessment意为“估价，评价”，强调估价这一行为，，常与动词make搭配。 eg. Can you make an assessment of the present state of economy? ③ evaluation意为“评价，估价”，常有肯定，正确的含义。 eg. He gave a positive evaluation of our scientific research.
Homework
Supplementary Listening Task 1
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Now you will hear a long conversation followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices. M: Hi, Sandy. How are your finals going?
W: Oh hi, Mike. I finished my last exam this morning. And I also finished my two term papers.1 I finally feel like2 I can see the light.
M: Great! So, how about doing something different for a change? I’ve got two tickets for the new art show at the modern art museum downtown3. Do you want to go with me? W: You’re right. Have you been yet?
M: No, but I’ve heard it’s great. The show was in New York last summer, and in Chicago after that. And next week it goes to Los Angeles. W: Oh. Well, it should be good then.
M: And, besides, next door to the modern art museum is a new Asia art museum. So we could hit4 both of them at the same time --- if you want. W: Ok. When should we go?
M: Well, if you have nothing going on, I’m ready right now. It’s 12:30.
W: That won’t do. I’m starving. Let’s meet after we eat. How about we meet at 1:30 right here? M: Sounds good to me. See you then.
1. How does the woman feel now? A
2. What was the woman’s first response to the man’s suggestion? C 3. Which city is the art show going to next? A
4. What did the man suggest they do after going to the modern art museum? B 5. What time will they meet? B
注释：
1. paper n. ① (U)纸 ② (C)报纸 ③ (C)试卷，考卷 ④ (pl.)文件 ⑤ (C)论文
article, essay, paper, thesis意为“论文”时辨析 article 特指报刊杂志上的文章。
essay 特指文学上的和哲学上的论文。 paper 特指供朗读的论文。
thesis 特指毕业论文，学位论文等。
2. feel like doing 想要，摸上去如同，感觉像 feel up to 觉得能担当
3. downtown adv. 在（或往）城市的商业区 go downtown 去闹区 n. / adj. 城市商业区（的） downtown New York 纽约闹区
a downtown shop 位于商业区的店
4. hit v. ① 打击，命中 ② 到达，达到 eg. I can’t hit the right notes. 那几个高音我唱不上去。
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③ 找到，偶然碰到
eg. If you go now, you’re likely to hit the rush hour. 如果你现在去，很可能会赶上交通高峰。
n. ① 击中，一击 ② 成功的尝试（作品等）
eg. The film was quite a hit in New York. 这部电影曾在纽约轰动一时。 ＊ hit upon / on an idea 想出一个注意 Task 2
Now you will hear a passage followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.
There are approximately1four things in this world that I love. I’ll put them in order 2for you, from first to fourth: No. 1, my family; No. 2, my work; No. 3, my friends; and No.4, my books. On the other hand, there are three things that I hate: No. 1, the suffering caused by war and violence; No. 2, drugs; and No. 3, my ex-boyfriend. And my hate for my ex-boyfriend is growing. By the end of next year, I might hate him even more than drugs.
But how does this happen? I once loved this man. How is it that love can change into3 hate? I think that hate must be grounded4 in love. In many cases, l loved my ex-boyfriend more than I had ever loved anyone else, ever. I suppose that if I hadn’t loved him so much, the bad things that he did to me wouldn’t have disappointed me so much. As it was, every time he did something hurtful to me, he really caused me pain. When he lied to me, I felt as if someone had kicked5 me in the face. When I found out that he was seeing another woman, I felt as though I would die.
1. What does the speaker love better than her job? D 2. How many things does the speaker hate? C
3. Where does the speaker think hate comes from? A
4. What is the main cause for the speaker’s present feeling towards her ex-boyfriend? C 5. Why did the woman feel like she would die? B
注释：
1.approximately adv. 大约，接近 ＊ -im为拉丁语最高级
eg. maximum 最大值 minimum 最小值 ＊ about, approximately辨析 about 原义为“在?周围”，因而纸大概接近，相差可多可少。 approximately 原义为“最接近地”，因而指数量和质量上接近正确，误差极小，可以忽略。
2. in order 整齐，次序井然
out of order 不整齐，次序颠倒，出故障 put in order 整理，检修，按序
三个命令“order / command / direct”+ that从句作同位语时，从句中的谓语动词要用 “(should)”+ 动词原形。
eg. He left orders that nothing should be touched until the police arrived here.
3. change sth. into 将?变成 change sth. For 以?换?
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