大学体验英语听说教程 第三册06

　　Unit 6 Choosing a Mate¹
Vocabulary Task
Answer/Script²
A I know he is the one. He’s ready for a lifetime commitment³. He is someone I can really trust.
B I had doubts at first about the relationship. He was divorced⁴ once already but wanted to try again. Then I discovered that we like the same things.
C She swept me away with her personality. She has a great sense of humor⁵. She’s easy to talk to and fun to be with. And she’s my type.
Listening Task
1) First Listening
Answers
1. He’s a 32 year-old white male. He’s divorced. He likes bodybuilding, rock music and dancing.
2. She’s a 34-year-old, African American, single professional. She’s also involved with Greenpeace.
3. He’s a sensitive 28 year-old guy with a great job and good income. He likes bodybuilding, movies and surfing.
4. She’s a single Chinese-American woman in her mid-twenties. She likes long walks on the beach, candle-light dinners and intelligent conversation.
2) Second Listening
Answers
1. He is looking for an attractive woman who likes the same things he does and someone he can trust.
2. She is looking for an African American, single professional man who already has his own life, but wants to share quality time. He has to be honest.
3. He is looking for a man who is fun to be with and knows how to cook. She doesn’t have to be rich.
4. She is looking for a man who comes from a good family and who loves long walks on the beach, candlelight dinners, and intelligent conversation. He also should like to read and have a good sense of humor.
Script
1. Hi! I’m Michael. I’m a 32 year-old white male, I’m divorced, and I want to try again with the right lady. Like bodybuilding, rock music, dancing, and I like to party. I’m looking for an attractive woman who likes the same things I do. And she’s gotta be someone I can trust.
2. I’m Anita, and I’m a 34-year-old, African American, single professional with a major corporation⁶. I’m also very involved with the environmental organization Greenpeace. I’m looking for an African American, single professional man who already has his own life, but wants to share quality time. He has to be honest, above all else.
3. Hi! My name is Jack⁷. I’m a sensitive 28-year-old guy. I’m ready for someone who wants a lifetime commitment. I’m into bodybuilding, movies and surfing! I have a great job with a good income, so you don’t have to be rich, just fun to be with. And you have to be able to cook.
4. My name is Cora, and I’m a single Chinese American woman. I’m in my mid-twenties. If you love long walks on the beach, candlelight dinners, and intelligent conversation, I’d like to meet you. I want a man who comes from a good family, likes to read, and has a good sense of humor.
Real World Listening
1. Predict
Answers
He’s handsome. He’s so funny.
Get the main idea
Answers
He’s handsome.
He looks like a Greek statue.
His clothes are fashionable.
He’s sweet and funny.
He’s easy to be with.
Script
Amy: I know I have a picture of Luis around here some-where. Oh, here it is.
Erika: wow! He’s so handsome! He looks like a Greek statue.
Amy: Yeah, he is very attractive. But I didn’t think so when I first met him.
Erika: You didn’t?
Amy: No. You know what I noticed when I first met him? He has really hairy hands.
Erika: What?
Amy: Yeah. His hands are just really hairy. Plus, his clothes were way more fashionable than I usually like. He just wasn’t my type. And on top of all that, he was shorter than me.
Erika: So how come you went out with him?
Amy: Well, he was just really sweet and funny and I was so comfortable just hanging out with him. And the first time we went out he just swept me away with his personality.
Erika: Really, how?
Amy: He was just really easy to talk to.
Erika: But still, if all those things bothered you, about his hands and all…
Amy: well, you know, none of that was important once I got to know him more. His personality and the way we got along just made it clear to me that he is “the one.”
Erika: So, when’s the big day?

1 mate   

n.伙伴，同事；配偶；大副；v.(使)交配

参考例句：

• Where is the mate to this glove?这副手套的另一只在哪儿？
• She has been a faithful mate to him.她一直是他忠实的配偶。

2 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。

3 commitment   

n.奉献，忠诚，辛劳，委托，实行，承担义务，赞助

参考例句：

• The builder had a commitment to finish the work on time.那个承建商答应过准时完工。
• He made a commitment to pay the rent on time.他保证按时付房租。

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。

5 humor   

n.(humour)幽默，诙谐

参考例句：

• He is distinguished for his sense of humor.他以其幽默感著称。
• American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.美式幽默主要以夸张为基础。

6 corporation   

n.公司，企业&n.社团，团体

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation. 这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• The inflation did the corporation up. 通货膨胀使这个公司破产了。

7 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。