大学体验英语听说教程 第一册Unit10

Unit 10  My week

Vocabulary¹ Task²

Answers

Play tennis                                Tuesday evenings

Clean my room                         Saturday mornings

Go to the park                          Saturday afternoons

Go to work                              Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Go to school                            Tuesday and Thursday

Watch TV                                Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings

Go to the movies                      Sunday

Eat dinner with friends             Friday evenings

Script³

On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I work at SnoCo Web⁴ Design.

On Tuesday and Thursday I have classes. I go to school at Simmons College.

Tuesday evening, I play tennis at Golden⁵ Racket Club.

Most evenings, I stay at home and watch TV.

On Friday, I usually eat dinner with friends.

I always clean my apartment on Saturday morning.

On Saturday afternoon, I sometimes go to the park.

On Sunday afternoon, I often go to the movies.

Listening Task

1 First Listening

Answers

1.     She teaches on Tuesday and Thursday.

2.     She doesn’t have class on Wednesday morning.

3.     He sleeps late on Saturday morning.

4.     He goes to the park with his friends on Sunday.

2 Second Listening

Answers

1.     It’s a fun job.

2.     We usually drink coffee and just talk.

3.     I rarely⁶ get up before 10 or 11 o’clock.

4.     It’s a good place to relax.

Script

1.    A:     Are you free in the afternoon?             ?

    B:    Hmm. Not on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. I go to work. I teach swimming. I like to swim, so it’s a fun job.            ?

2.    A:     Do you have class every day?

    B:     No. On Wednesday morning, I don’t have any classes. I often meet my friends then. We usually drink coffee and just talk.

3.    A:     Are you busy Saturday morning?

    B:    Well, on Saturday morning I always sleep late. Very late. I usually wake up at 6 o’clock for work, so on Saturday morning I rarely get up before 10 or 11 o’clock.

4.    A:     What do you do on Sunday?

    B:     Well, on Sunday I usually go to the park with my friends. Sometimes we eat lunch there. We often bring a soccer ball. It’s a good place to relax.

Real World Listening

1 Predict⁷

Answer

Friday evening

2 Get the main ideas

Answers

Celia is busy: every morning (she’s at school), three nights a week (working at Cesar’s), Friday evening (she goes to Silver⁸ Gym)

Laura is busy:  Tuesday and Thursday (she works⁹ at the mall), Monday, Wednesday, Friday (she works at KPFA, a radio station), Monday and Wednesday nights (she has dance class), Saturday (she usually goes to Silver Gym)

Script

Celia:          Hey, Laura! How’s it going?

Laura:         Oh, Celia, hi! I’m doing fine. What are you up to?

Celia:          School and work, mostly. I go to school in the morning. And I work three nights a week at Cesar’s…you know, the new Italian restaurant downtown¹⁰. How about you?

Laura:         Right now, I have two jobs. On Tuesday and Thursday I work at the mall.

Celia:          Uh-huh.

Laura:         And on Monday, Wednesday and Friday I work for DPFA, the radio station.

Celia:          Oh, interesting.

Celia:          It’s so good to see you. Let’s get together some night.

Laura:         Sure.

Celia:          How about Monday night?

Laura:         Oh, I can’t on Monday night. I have dance class. How about Tuesday?

Celia:          Oh, Tuesday I work in the evening. But how about Wednesday or Thursday?

Laura:         Mmm…Wednesday I have my dance class again, and Thursday evening I work at the mall. Friday?

Celia:          Actually, every Friday evening I go to my health club. Usually, I swim or lift weights or…

Laura:         Where do you go?

Celia:          I go to Silver Gym on East Main Street…

Laura:         You’re kidding! I go to Silver Gym, too. I seldom go to Friday, though. I usually go on Saturday.

Celia:          Well, do you want to go this Friday night? About 6 o’clock? We can exercise, and then go to dinner or something.

Laura:         Sure. Sounds good. See you then.

1 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。

2 task   

n.任务，工作，作业

参考例句：

• Our task is to supply vegetables all the year round.我们的任务是全年供应蔬菜。
• I repeat that we cannot undertake the task.我再说一遍，我们不能承担这项任务。

3 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。

4 web   

n.网，蛛丝，蹼，织物，圈套，卷筒纸；vi.生蹼，形成网；vt.织蜘蛛网于，使落入圈套

参考例句：

• The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
• You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网？

5 golden   

adj.金的，含金的，可贵的，金色的，贵重的，繁盛的

参考例句：

• My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
• It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚，是恋人们的黄金时光。

6 rarely   

adv.很少，难得；非常地，非凡地

参考例句：

• Such fish is rarely met with in the north country.这种鱼在北方难得看到。
• He rarely comes here anymore.现在他难得来这儿了。

7 predict   

v.预知，预言，预报

参考例句：

• It's hard to predict how things will turn out.很难预测事情会变成怎么样。
• I cannot predict when to meet her again.我无法预测什么时候会再见到她。

8 silver   

adj.银色的，银的；n.银，银币，银器；vt.镀银，变成银白色

参考例句：

• I like taking a walk under the silver moon.我喜欢在银色的月光下散步。
• The family must come together for the parents' silver wedding.全家必须聚会庆祝父母的银婚。

9 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

10 downtown   

n.市中心区，市中心；adj.市中心的；adv.往闹区

参考例句：

• You have to be downtown in a hurry.你得赶快去市中心。
• How often does the bus to downtown run?到市中心的公共汽车多久来一班？