大学英语听力第三册 lesson 2

　　Lesson Two FAMILY(II)
Part B Macro-Listening
(Tapescripts, Notes, Exercises with Key)
Dialogue
How's the Family?
I. Typescripts
Father Hello.
Mary Hello, Dad?
Father Yes... Mary! How are you? Is there anything wrong?
Mary Oh, no. I'm just calling to see how you and Morn are. It's been quite a while since I saw you last.
Father Oh, we're both fine. Your mother is down at the new shopping center shopping.
Mary For a new dress?
Father No, for shoes this time. How's Tom?
Mary He's fine. He likes his work and was given a raise last month. by Mr Davis. We were all pretty pleased about that.
Father Yes, I think you should be. And how are the children?
Mary Well, Billy's home from school today. It's nothing serious, just a bad cold. And it's his birthday, too.
Father Oh, I thought his birthday was May 24th.
Mary No, the 23rd.
Father Well, that's too bad. Tell him we,sent him a present.
Mary All right. Sally's still taking dancing lessons.
Father She must be pretty good by now. I'd like to see her sometime¹. And how's Ted²?
Mary He's OK, too. He loves working on cars and has a part-time job at the garage now.
Passage
Great Changes in Family Life
Tapescript
Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry³. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical⁴ family had many chil- dren. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture⁵ in American life, families became smaller because industry requires⁶ workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families cannot be moved from place to place as smaller families can. So, at present people tend⁷ to have smaller families.
In the future, because of industrialization⁸, a typical family will be required⁹ to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consists¹⁰ only of a man and a woman. A small number of families may take child raising as their chief¹¹ work. At the same time they may also raise other people's children, leaving those families free to move from job to job

1 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 industry   

n.工业；行业；产业

参考例句：

• Britain has lost her leadership in the shipbuilding industry.英国已丧失在造船业的领导地位。
• The city has developed into a center of industry.这座城市已经发展成为一个工业中心。

4 typical   

adj.典型的，象征的，有代表性的

参考例句：

• This is typical Chinese English.这是典型的中式英语。
• It is a typical Persian garden.这是个典型的波斯式花园。

5 agriculture   

n.农学；农业

参考例句：

• Problems also exist in agriculture.农业也存在着一些问题。
• Computers have also begun serving agriculture.计算机也开始为农业服务了。

6 requires   

v.要求( require的第三人称单数 )；需要；想要；命令

参考例句：

• This book requires a great deal of concentration. 这本书需要全神贯注才能读懂。
• Like any other type of equipment it requires regular servicing. 它和其他类型的设备一样，也需要定期检修。

7 tend   

vt.照管，照料；vi. 服侍，招待；注意，留心；走向，趋向；倾向；有助于

参考例句：

• We should tend on customers warmly.我们应该热情招待顾客。
• I tend to prefer have a holiday at seaside.我往往更喜欢在海滨度假。

8 industrialization   

n.工业化

参考例句：

• Industrialization inevitably led to the expansion of the urban working class. 工业化不可避免地导致了城市工人阶级人数的增多。
• Industrialization influences social usages. 工业化影响着社会的习俗。

9 required   

adj.必须的，（学科）必修的v.要求( require的过去式和过去分词 )；需要；想要；命令

参考例句：

• Fluency in French is required for this job. 这个工作要求法语熟练自如。
• A senior certificate with matric exemption is required for entry to university. 上大学需要有中学毕业的资格证书。

10 consists   

v.由…组成( consist的第三人称单数 )；包括；存在于；表现为（常与 in 连用）

参考例句：

• The course consists of ten core modules and five optional modules. 这门课程包括十个必修单元和五个选修单元。
• A molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. 水分子由两个氢原子和一个氧原子构成。

11 chief   

n.领袖，酋长，长官，主要部分；adj.主要的，首位的

参考例句：

• Can you name the chief rivers of China?你能列举出中国的主要河流吗？
• He is my old chief.他是我的老上级。