研究生英语听说教程（引进版）听力原文 Take on Listening:Listening and Speaking Strategies
Lesson 3
Part Two Main Dialogue
Exercise 1 Scanning for the Main Idea
Ruth: Good morning, David, Wow, what happened to you?
David: Hey, Ruth. Boy, do I need coffee. I was up till 2:30 last night for the second night in a row.
Ruth: More trouble with the lovebirds?
David: Yeah, good ole Michael and Betty were at it again all night. Ruth: Were they breaking dishes again?
David: No, I don?t think they have any dishes left after the last fight. They were yelling about his old girlfriend.
Ruth: Haven?t you spoken to them/ I mean, don?t they know they?re keeping you up all night?
David: I think when they?re fighting, they don?t care about anything else. I banged on the ceiling with a broom for about five minutes and they kept yelling.
Ruth: They sound like very selfish people. David: You?ve got that right, Ruth.
Ruth: Why don?t you just call the landlord?
David: He doesn?t care if I?m unhappy. He wants me to move! I?ve lived in the building the longest, and with rent control, I pay half as much as they do. If I move, he can jack up the price.
Ruth: What about the other neighbors? Can?t you all get together and complain?
David: Are you kidding? I have had problems with everybody in that building! Rob and Steve, the people who live next door to Michael and Betty, crank-up the volume of their stereo at all hours of the night. Ruth: That?s terrible.
David: yeah, those two guys are so busy throwing parties that they probably never even hear the fighting.
Ruth: Well, there has to be someone in your building who you like. David: There is Mrs. Anderson, the woman who lives below me. She?s 87 years old, as sweet as can be with a heart of gold. Unfortunately, she?s a little deaf and I?m sure she never hears any of the noise in the building. Actually, as much as I like her, she?s also a problem. Ruth: How so?
David: Her niece phones from out of state every Sunday morning at 6:30 to check on her. The trouble is because she?s deaf, she screams into the phone, and it wakes me up. Ruth: Every Sunday?
David: Yes, and the sound of her voice goes right up through the floor “Hello? Yes, dear. It?s so good to hear your voice.” She?s more reliable than an alarm clock!
Ruth: Wow, that sounds like a real nightmare!
David: It?s not her fault, poor old thing. She?s just very old and her health isn?t good.
Ruth: I?m pretty lucky. The biggest problem I have is the garbage collectors waking me up at 5:30 in the morning three times a week when they empty the cans. But, I can usually fall asleep again after they leave. David: At least your neighbors put their garbage into the cans! Art, the guy who lives next door to Mrs. Anderson, is sometimes such a pig. He ever seems to throw away his garbage. Whenever I walk by his door I have to hold my nose.
Ruth: Maybe you just need to start looking for a new place to live. David: And give up my book? Ruth: Book? What book?
David: I told you about my book, didn?t I? I?m writing a book about a guy who lives in an apartment building with a bunch of crazy people. I hope it?ll be a big Hollywood movie someday.
Ruth: That sounds fantastic, but can?t you write the book in a nice quiet apartment in another building?
David: No way! Every week I get a new idea for a chapter from somebody in the building. If I move now, I?ll never be able to finish the book!
Exercise 4 Vocabulary in Context Narrator: 1. SENTENCE
David: Yeah, good ?ole Michael and Betty were at it again all night. Narrator: CONTEXT
David: Yeah, good ?ole Michael and Betty were at it again all night. Ruth: Were they breaking dishes again?
David: No, I don?t think they have any dishes left after the last fight. They were yelling about his old girlfriend. Narrator: SENTENCE
David: Yeah, good ?ole Michael and Betty were at it again all night.
Narrator: 2. SENTENCE
David: If I move, he can jack up the price. Narrator: CONTEXT
Tom: He doesn?t care if I?m unhappy. He wants me to move! I?ve lived in the building the longest, and with rent control, I pay half as much as they do. If I move, he can jack up the price.
Narrator: SENTENCE
David: If I move, he can jack up the price.
Narrator: 3. SENTENCE Ruth: How so? Narrator: CONTEXT
David: Actually, as much as I like her, she?s also a problem. Ruth: How so?
David: Her niece phones from out of state every Sunday morning at 6:30 to check on her. The trouble is because she?s deaf, she screams into the phone, and it wakes me up. Narrator: SENTENCE Ruth: How so?
Narrator: 4. SENTENCE
David: She?s more reliable than an alarm clock! Narrator: CONTEXT
David: The trouble is because she?s deaf, she screams into the phone, and it wakes me up. Ruth: Every Sunday? Narrator: SENTENCE