大学体验英语听说教程 第一册Unit07

Unit 7  Who’s that?

Vocabulary Task

Answers

1.     Carlos:           grandfather, husband, father

Teresa:           grandmother, wife, mother

Kurt:              father, son, husband

Maria:            mother, daughter, wife

2.     Thomas:         (older) brother, son, nephew

Anna:             sister, daughter, niece

Marta:            aunt, wife

Robert:          uncle, husband

Gabriella:        aunt, wife

Script¹

1.     My grandfather’s name is Carlos. My grandmother is next to him. Her name is Teresa. My father is next to her. His name is Kurt. My mother’s name is Maria.

2.     my older brother’s name is Thomas. My sister is next to him. Her name is Anna. My aunt next to her is my aunt Marta. Her husband is my Uncle Robert.

3.     My other uncle is Uncle Pedro. His wife is my aunt Gabriella.

Listening Task

1 First Listening

Answers

Answers may vary², but should include:

1.     brother, (younger) sister

2.     grandmother, grandfather, grandparents, younger sister

3.     mother, father, son

4.     wife, son, daughter, mother, family

2 Second Listening

Answers

1. my brother Marco           3. looks like father

2. my younger sister           4. looks like mother

Script

1.     A: Oh, is this your brother and sister?

B:   Yeah, that’s my brother, Marco. And that’s my younger sister, Sarah. And of course that’s me in the middle.

A:   I can see that!

2.    A:    These are my grandparents. My grandmother, she’s 81. but my grandfather,      he’s even older, he’s 84.

B:   Wow! But they look so young!

A:   I know, don’ they?

B:   And who is this?

A:   Oh, that’s my younger sister, and that’s our dog next to her. A golden retriever. His name’s Clarence.

3.    A:    Is that your mother and father?

B:   Yeah, and that’s me, of course. Before I got my hair cut short.

A:   You look just like your father!

B:   Yep. I’m definitely³ his son!

4.    A:    This is my wife, my son, and my daughter. We’re at a hotel in Hawaii.

B:   You have a nice family. Your daughter. Looks like her mother.

A:   Yes, everyone says that.

Real World Listening

1 Predict

2 Get the main ideas

Answers

Top row, left to right: mother, grandmother, stepsister, sister

Second row, left to right: stepfather, stepbrother, brother

Script

Tony:        Well, I brought some photos of my family with me. I want to show them to you.

Friend:      Wow, you brought lots of photos. Great!

Tony:        here’s the first one.

Friend:      Let me see. Oh, what a nice family. Is she your mother?

Tony:        Yes, she’s my mother.

Friend:      And who’s in the second picture?

Tony:        Oh, this is my grandmother.

Friend:      Does she live with you?

Tony:        Yep. She lives with us.

Friend:      How about in this picture? Who are the girls?

Tony:        Well, the one on the right is Carla – she’s my sister.

Friend:      And the one on the left is who?

Tony:        Um, that’s Ellen. She’s also my… sister.

Friend:      Oh?

Tony:        And in this picture, this is Lenny and Marty. They’re my brothers.

Friend:      Wait a minute. How many brothers and sisters do you have?

Tony:        Well, it’s a little hard to follow, but I’ll explain. This is my mother. And this is my mother’s husband Evan.

Friend:      that’s your father.

Tony:        No, he’s not my father. My mother and father are divorced⁴. And, Evan is also divorced.

Friend:      Okay.

Tony:       And he married my mother last year. He has two children, also, one boy and one girl. Marty and Ellen. So, actually, Marty is my stepbrother and Ellen is my stepsister.

Friend:      Stepbrother and stepsister?

Tony:        Yeah. That means my mother isn’t their mother, but my mother is married to their father.

Friend:      Oh, it’s a little hard to follow.

Tony:        Well, it really doesn’t matter now. We all just live together and we’re a family.

1 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。

2 vary   

vi.变化，有不同；vt.改变，使不同

参考例句：

• Cherries vary in colour from almost black to yellow.樱桃的颜色由近乎黑到黄各不相同。
• Old people don't like to vary their habits.老年人不喜欢改变他们的习惯。

3 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

4 divorced   

adj.离婚的；分开的；不相干的；脱离的v.与…离婚(divorce的过去式和过去分词)；分离；与某人离婚，判某人离婚

参考例句：

• Apparently they are getting divorced soon. 看样子，他们很快就要离婚。
• Many divorced men remarry and have second families. 许多离婚的男子再婚组成了新的家庭。