A: Yeah, maybe. Who knows?
B: Well, I have to run now. I have an appointment with the dean. Bye. A: Bye. Part C
Additional Listening A Passage
Smile When You Read This
Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).Correct the ones that are false.
How good is your memory? Answer these four questions:
What did you have for breakfast yesterday? What clothes did you wear last Friday? Who did you talk to yesterday? Where did you go last Saturday?
If you can answer all the four questions, your memory is very good.
Education specialists in England have been looking into ways to improve our memory of what we read. The specialists found something to help: facial expressions. They gave ten students a happy article to read. Five of the students read the happy article while smiling. Five students read the happy article while frowning. Then they answered comprehension questions. The smiling students remembered more of the happy article than the frowning students. Then the specialists gave ten students another article to read. It was an angry letter to the editor of a newspaper. Five students read the angry article while smiling, and five students read the angry article while frowning. Which group remembered better? You're right. The frowning students. The specialists don't know why facial expressions help memory. They are continuing to study the relationship between the mind and the body. Until they find the answer, keep smiling (or frowning?)! Part D
Test Your Listening A Passage
Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
Many expressions may be used to describe someone who is excited. One such expression is \You can be beside yourself with anger or beside yourself with happiness, although usually not both at the same time! If you are beside yourself, you are filled with excitement. The dictionary tells us that \to\you might hear a husband say, \joy.\full of joy or extremely excited, you may do something strange. You may \prevents something from escaping from a container. A lid on a cooking pot, for example, keeps the heat from escaping. To flip something is to turn it over. So when you \your self-control. Questions
1. What condition does the expression \ 2. What is meant by the expression \ 3. What does the passage mainly discuss?
全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程1 Unit 3 School Life Part A
Communicative Function
Expressing Likes and Dislikes
There are various ways to express likes and dislikes. They can be expressed by using verbs, phrasal verbs, adjectives as well as adjectival phrases.
Listen to the recording and complete the following passage with the missing words.
Maggie likes swimming but she doesn't care for skiing. She loves flying on planes and traveling by train but hates getting on buses because they are often too crowded. She is interested in playing the piano and is fond of reading and playing computer games. At weekends Maggie loves going to Chinese restaurants and her favorite food is spicy Sichuan bean curd. After work she is keen on listening to music. She prefers light music to rock, because light music makes her feel relaxed. In the evening she enjoys watching TV in her own room. She thinks a lot of news programs but sitcoms are the last kind of thing for her to watch. Listening Strategy Identifying Numbers
It is necessary for us to listen for specific words that contain the information we need. This exercise focuses on one kind of required information — numbers.
Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks with the numbers you hear.
1. Remember to put down the zip code when you address the envelope. Mine is 92381.
2. Sally's aunt has just come back from France. Now she's staying at the Park Hotel, Room 2608. 3. Mr. Davis lives at 1540 Water Street.
4. It usually takes about 75 minutes to get to the airport from here. 5. The new coat cost me 156 yuan.
6. The Tower of London is more than 900 years old.
7. Mr. Baker has been working in the City Bank of New York for two years. He now has an annual income of $ 84.200.
8. New York is 1,735 miles away from here.
9. Please get to the Shanghai Museum no later than 9:40.
10. The clock in the reading room must be fast. It's 5:45 by my watch. Part B Listening Tasks A Conversation
Accommodation for College Students Exercise 1: Listening for general understanding
Listen to the recording once and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. R: Good morning. Can I help you?
S: Yes, please. I'm a new student and I'd like to have some information about the ...em... accommodation for students.
R: Right. The university provides two types of accommodation, halls of residence and self-catering accommodation.
S: How much does it cost for the self-catering accommodation?
R: For a single room, ￡37.86 per week, that's about ￡5.40 a day. For a double room, it's ￡52.78 per week. This will apply throughout this academic year.
S: I'd like to stay in the self-catering accommodation. How far is it from the residence to the university?
R: It all depends. The residences at Elms Road and Palm Road are about one and a half miles from the university main site and the Freemen's Common Houses at William Road are half a mile. S: When do I need to apply?
R: Are you an undergraduate or a postgraduate? S: Undergraduate.
R: Then you should apply for it as soon as possible, since places in university-owned accommodation are limited and if you don't apply before the end of the month, you are not likely to get a place. S: Could you possibly tell me what to do if no vacancy is available?
R: Yes, you may consider private accommodation. The university runs an Accommodation Information Office and its staff will help you. S: Where's the office?
R: In the Students' Union Building. S: Whom can I contact?
R: Mr. Underwood — David Underwood, the manager of the Accommodation Information Office. S: Thank you very much. R: You are welcome. Questions
1. What does the conversation mainly tell us?
2. Which of the following is not included in the conversation? Exercise 2：Listening for details
Listen to the recording twice and fill in the blanks in the following passage with the missing information. Speaking Tasks Pair Work
Listen to the conversations and repeat after the recording. Practice the conversations with your partner, playing the role of A or B. Then work with your partner to create your own conversations by replacing the underlined parts with your own words. Conversation 1
A: I hear you're moving into the new student apartment building. B: Actually, I moved into it last week.
A: Aren't you lucky! I applied for it, but they told me there was no vacancy.
B: What a pity! You should have applied earlier. Places in apartment buildings are always so limited. A: I guess so.
B: But why don't you rent an apartment near school?
A: Oh, no. I like living on campus. It's more convenient, isn't it? B: Yes, that's true. Come and see me if you have time. I'm in 302. A: I will. See you. B: See you. Conversation 2
A: Good afternoon. Can I help you?
B: Yes. I wonder if you have a one-bedroom apartment to rent. A: Let me check. Yes, we have one. B: Where is it?
A: It's on Maple Street, near a shopping center and a subway station.
B: Sounds nice. Which floor is it on? A: Fourth.
B: Does it face south?
A: Well, the bedroom faces east and the living room west. But it looks out on a beautiful park. B: Mm. Is the living room large?
A: Yes, it's quite big. And there's a small kitchen and a bathroom as well. It's very comfortable. B: Well, what's the rent per month? A: 800.
B: Mm. It's more than I have in mind. Let me think it over. I'll call you back in a day or two. A: Certainly. Part C
Additional Listening A Passage
What College Professors Do
Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the missing information.
College professors are often believed to lead easy lives of quiet thinking while teaching one or two classes every week. But actually they do much more than that. The average professor spends between six and fifteen hours in the classroom weekly, yet works from sixty to eighty hours a week. Because they must remain current in their fields, professors spend part of that time reading, reading, reading. That leads to additional hours during which they revise and update their class lecture notes. It takes far longer to prepare notes than to deliver them in class. Professors may spend time conducting experiments, working on college projects, or advising students. They may also be writing books, articles, or papers for delivery at conventions. When not in the classroom or in the office, professors are still working, behind closed doors in committee sessions or at home grading papers and preparing for tomorrow's classes. To accept this sort of schedule willingly, they must feel strongly about the importance of the college experience. Part D
Test Your Listening A Passage
Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
Despite what your parents and others try to make you believe, life at college may not be the best experience you will ever live through. Why? The simple one-word answer is: Roommates. One has often heard about the guy that never sleeps or the girl who always has her friends over or the one who studies all the time and becomes very disturbed by the slightest movement you make. Okay, they are not all that bad. So how do you get them to stop? You can't do it. It's impossible. The only way you will be able to live with your roommates is by compromising. If you like to have friends over, but your roommates want to study, take your friends out. If you don't like to listen to music while you are studying but one of your roommates does, ask him to use headphones. Talk about your habits and ask your roommates about theirs. Respect your roommates and your roommates will respect you. You may not be friends with your roommates by the end of the year but you may be friends with them the year after, when you are no longer rooming together. This is all right though. Sometimes it's too difficult to try to live together and be good friends at the same time. Roommates are not always meant to be your best friends. Remember: Not only do you have roommates, you are a roommate. Be good to your roommates. Questions
1. What does the passage mainly tell us?
2. What's the only way you will be able to live with your roommates according to the passage?
3. Which of the following is true?
全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程1 Unit 4 Going to a Party Part A
Communicative Function Controlling a Conversation
In daily communication we often use different techniques to control a conversation. We need to know how to show attention or surprise, how to agree or disagree, how to break in, how to change the subject, and how to bring other people into a conversation. In this part you'll learn some of the ways we use to control a conversation. Listen to the conversations and supply the missing words in the blanks. 1. M: Great party, isn't it?
W: Yeah, super. Everyone seems to be having a good time.
M: They do, don't they? By the way, do you know that girl talking to Jack? W: Who? Oh, that's Mary. She lives in our dormitory. M: She's pretty. Don't you think so?
W: Yes, and clever too. One of the best students in her class, I believe. M: Do you know her well?
W: Quite well. Shall I introduce you to her? M: That'd be nice.
2. M: When are you leaving for Australia, Diana?
W: In just two weeks. And I'm so excited. But there are still one or two things I need to do before I go. M: Like what?
W: Like going to the travel agent and figuring out what to do with my apartment while I'm gone. M: Your apartment? Perhaps you could sublet it. W: Yeah, but who to?
M: Hmm,let me think. Oh, I know just the person. An old friend of mine, Peter Jones, is coming here to do some research this summer, from June through August.
W: That's exactly when I'll be away. Sounds ideal. When could you talk to him about it? M: Well, I'll be calling him later this week, anyway. I'll mention it to him then.
W: Thanks a lot. Come to think of it, Michael, shall we have a get-together with Tom and Catherine this weekend?
M: Good idea! Let's do that. Listening Strategy
Identifying Adverbials of Frequency
Expressions like \ Now listen to the recording and write down short answers to the questions. 1. M: How often do you read China Daily? W: I seldom read it. I only read it once a week. Q: How often?
2. W: Do you play tennis very often? M: Not very. About twice a week. Q: How often?
3. M: Do you often clean your bedroom?