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Listen this way听力教程第三册-10

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  Unit 1O A glimpse of the Age
Part Ⅰ Getting ready
A The following words and phrases will appear in this unit. Listen carefully and study the definitions.
1. cosmopolitan1: composed of people or elements from many parts of the world
2. proximity2: nearness in place, etc.
3. endorse3: express approval or support of
4. spectrum4: a broad range
5. derision: laughing at in contempt
6. armada: a fleet of warships5
7. exotic: not native; foreign
8. staggering success: a huge success
9. echo: repeat in imitation
10. HMS: used before the names of ships in the British Royal Navy. HMS stands for "Her Majesty6's Ship" or "His Majesty's Ship".
11. punk music: music marked by extreme and often deliberately7 offensive expression of social discontent
12. obscure: not readily seen
B Listen to some short paragraphs describing some places in Australia. Write the place names on the map.
Built around the shores of one of the world's most beautiful harbors, Sydney is the capital of New South Wales and is the oldest and largest city in Australia. From its beginning as a settlement for British convicts over 200 years ago, Sydney has grown and developed into a dynamic, cosmopolitan city of over 3 million people, and is one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Midway up the east coast of Australia is Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland. With the Gold Coast to the south and the Sunshine Coast to the north, domestic and international airports, Brisbane is an ideal headquarters for a Queensland holiday.
Tasmania is located southeast of mainland Australia. As a major tourist attraction, it has got its diverse and spectacular scenery, unspoilt wilderness8 and heritage. Southern Tasmania is the most populous9 region of the state. Hobart, Tasmania's state capital is in the southeast and boasts historic buildings as well as proximity to regional attractions.
C Listen to the conversation. Supply the missing information about the history quiz.
M: Can you help me with this history quiz?
W: I'll try. What do you need to know?
M:Well, first, when did the Berlin Wall start to come down?
W:Oh, that's easy to remember. It started coming down in 1989.
M: And how long has the United Nations been in existence?
W: Mmm, ... the United Nations has existed since 1945.
M: And when did jazz first become popular?
W:Jazz? Well, I believe it really become popular in the 1920's.
M:Hmm. Now just one more. In what century was Napoleon emperor of France?
W: He was emperor of France in the nineteenth century.
M: Thanks. Gee10, you're great at history.
W: I should be. I'm a history teacher.
Part Ⅱ Australian bicentennial
A Listen to the letter from Australia. Add more key words in notes column. Then with the help of the questions, make an outline of the material.
Letter from Australia. From his home in Hobart in Tasmania, writer and broadcaster Keith McCreal looks back at Australia's bicentennial celebrations.
"I think the first thing that must be said is that you simply can't compress a whole year and a continent into fifteen minutes because all across the country there's been so much to see and do and to hear, and the range as well as the number of activities has been enormous. There've been exhibitions, shows, firework displays, festivals, new roads laid down, to say nothing of a billion dollar new parliament built for the politicians in Canberra. The Australian Bicentennial Authority has spent millions and endorsed11 everything it seems, from the special bicentennial history that we've had written to the bicentennial seminar of the Australian Geranium Society. Most spectacular of all, in the physical sense, was Expo in Brisbane. When they said in Queensland, at the start of this decade, that Brisbane would host a world exposition as its contribution to the bicentennial celebrations, there was a spectrum of reaction from the rest of Australia, ranging from polite silence to openly vocal12 derision. Well, the 'doomsayers' got it wrong. When it ended in late October eighteen and a half million people had been to Expo, twice the number predicted. Funded by private enterprise, it hadn't cost government a penny, and when the Australian newspaper called it a staggering success, in an editorial, it was only echoing what we all thought.
Down here in Hobart we've had bicentennial visits from two queens, our own Elizabeth from Britain and Beatrix of the Netherlands to remind us that Tasmania was named after her Dutch compatriot, Janson Abel Tasman, who landed in 1642, called the island Van Dieman's Land and never returned. The Duke of York came here on HMS Edinburgh, and the Duchess, together with an armada of other warships. We had too a beautiful summer with lovely clear, warm days and it was during that summer that the tall ships came; those beautiful sail trading ships with exotic names from far away. The Captain Maranda from Uruguay, The Shababoman, from the Gulf13, a Polish one, the biggest, with a name we could never pronounce and the Young Endeavour, Britain's bicentennial gift to Australia, with a mixed crew of British and Australian youngsters. They all tied up here for five days and thousands came to see them. Hobart was packed and sunny and happy and on the morning that they left we boarded scores of small boats and followed them down the deep Derwent River to see them off to Sydney. It made a sight never seen before and not again, I think. At least not in our lifetimes."
B Now try this: listen to a more authentic14 version of the letter. Fill in the blanks with the words you hear on the tape.
本题听力原文同上。
Part Ⅲ Grand projects of the age
A Listen to the passage. Try to guess the meaning of the words. Match column A with column B.
As a mighty15 symbol of rebirth, the 102-floor Empire State Building opened in the teeth of the Depression 1931. Built by General Motors executive John Raskob, the building remained for 42 years the world's tallest. A few skyscrapers16 have since soared higher, but none has surpassed its limestone17 majesty.
Chinese people have dreamed of taming the Yangtze, China's longest river, whose floodwaters have claimed the lives of millions. Now people are expecting this $24 billion Three Gorges18 Dam to harness the river, giving the nation a great leap forward as it generates electricity for China's fast growing cities and makes the river more navigable. It is scheduled to be finished in 2009.
Started in 1956, the Interstate Highway System was created by Dwight Eisenhower. The 43 000-mile, $330 billion (and still counting) network is the greatest project ever. It made the U.S. an automobile19 society, created millions of jobs and laced the country with superhighways that increased mobility20, encouraged trade and opened the countryside to development.
Napoleon thought of one, but not until 192 years later would a tunnel under the Channel linking England and the Continent be finished. Beginning on their respective shores, teams of French and English workers used 1000-ton boring machines to dig through the 24 miles of chalk, clearing 20 million tons. The two sides met on Dec.1, 1990 and the Channel was completed in 1994.
Like the Suez Canal that preceded it, the $380 million project — the Panama Canal was an epic21 assault on nature that employed as many as 43 400 workers at a time. More than 211 million cu. yds. of earth and rock were moved to unite the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The canal cut the voyage from New York to California by 7 800 miles when it was completed in 1914.
B Now listen again. Supply the missing information about each item mentioned.
Part Ⅳ More about the topic: Americans from the 1960s to the 1980s
A Listen to the recording22. Complete the outline.
Today, we tell the story about some social and cultural issues of the 1970s and the 1980s.
An economics professor from the United States was teaching in Britain in the early 1980s. One of his students asked this question, "What is most important to Americans these days?" He said, "Earning money". Clearly, his answer was far too simple. Still, many observers would agree that great numbers of Americans in the 1980s were concerned with money. These people wanted the good life that they believed money could buy.
In some ways, the 1980s were the opposite of the 1960s. The 1960s were years of protest and reform. Young Americans demonstrated against the Vietnam War. African Americans demonstrated for civil rights. Women demonstrated for equal treatment. For many, society's hero was the person who helped others. For many in the 1980s, society's hero was the person who helped himself. Success seemed to be measured only by how much money a person made.
The period of change came during the 1970s. For a while, these years remained tied to the social experiments and struggles of the 1960s. Then, they showed signs of what America would be like in the 1980s. There were a number of reasons for the change. One reason was that the United States ended its military involvement in Vietnam. Another was that the civil rights movements and the women's movements reached many of their goals. A third reason was the economy. During the 1970s, the United States suffered an economic recession. Interest rates and inflation were high. There was a shortage of imported oil.
As the 1970s moved towards the 1980s, Americans became tired of social struggle. They became tired of losing money. They had been working together for common interests. Now, many wanted to spend more time on their own personal interests. This change appeared in many parts of American society. It affected23 popular culture, education and politics. In the 1960s, folk music was very popular. Many folk songs were about social problems. In the 1970s, groups played hard rock and punk music instead. Self-help books were another sign that Americans were becoming more concerned about their own lives. These books described ways to make people happier with themselves. The 1970s also saw a change in education. In the 1960s, many young people expressed little interest in continuing their education after four years of study in college. They were busy working for social reforms. Many believed that more education only created unequal classes of people. By the middle 1970s, however, more young people decided24 it was acceptable to make a lot of money. Higher education was a way to get the skills to do this. Law schools and medical schools soon had long lists of students waiting to get in. Politically, the United States went through several changes during the 1970s.
The 1980s were called the Reagan years because he was president for eight of them. During his first term, the recession ended. Inflation was controlled. He reduced taxes. Americans felt hopeful that they could make money again.
Entertainment in the 1980s showed the interests society placed on financial success. The characters in a number of television programs, for example, lived in costly25 homes, wore costly clothes and drove costly automobiles26. They were not at all like average Americans. They lived lives that required huge amounts of money.
A big change in American life during the 1980s came as a result of the computer. Computers were invented 40 years earlier. By the 1980s, computers had become much smaller. Anyone could learn how to use them even children. Millions of Americans soon had a personal computer in their home. They could use it to read newspaper stories, buy things, do school work and play games. Such technological27 improvement and the bright economy filled the Americans of the early and middle 1980s with hope.
Part Ⅴ Do you know ...?
A Listen to the report. Decide whether the statements are true or false. Put "T" or "F" in the brackets.
The photograph shows a man kissing a woman. And it's quite a kiss. He has a bent28 almost over backwards29. The photographer was the renowned30 Alfred Eisenstein, who published the picture on the cover of a nation wide magazine. But since the subject was kissing, it's hard to see their faces clearly. So for 50 years no one could figure out who they were.
It is one of the most famous kisses in American history: a sailor and a nurse in a victory embrace right in the middle of Broadway. The image was captured on 14 August, 1945 by photographer Alfred Eisenstein and printed on the cover of Life magazine. But the kissers whose faces are obscured remained anonymous31 for years. In 1980, Edith Sheng came forward to admit she was the nurse. Although she recognized herself from the minute she saw the magazine's cover, she said she was too embarrassed to tell anyone because she didn't know who the sailor in the picture was.
"I was just standing32 there and I ... grabbed and this is a stranger. But this is a man who fought for us, and who helped end the war."
Miss Sheng says she's received several calls over the past 15 years from men who claimed to be the sailor who kissed her, but she says none of their stories rang true.
But Carols Muscarrela says he didn't have any trouble persuading Edith Sheng that he was the man in Eisenstein's photograph when he met her in July, nearly 50 years after their first encounter. Mr Muscarrela said he didn't even know the picture had been taken because he was shipped out a few days later and didn't return for 3 months. He said his mother saw the picture, however, and was shocked.
"My mother went to visit the doctor's office in Berklin. This is several weeks after the photograph was taken and she picked up a magazine in the doctor's office and she said: 'This is my boy. This is my little boy.'"
When he did learn about the picture, Carols said he didn't come forward to identify himself because he was happily married and really had no interest in the publicity33. But, he says, a friend persuaded him to come forward for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the most famous kiss in American history.
B Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the report.


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1 cosmopolitan BzRxj     
adj.世界性的,全世界的,四海为家的,全球的
参考例句:
  • New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
  • She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。
2 proximity 5RsxM     
n.接近,邻近
参考例句:
  • Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.法律规定禁止近亲结婚。
  • Their house is in close proximity to ours.他们的房子很接近我们的。
3 endorse rpxxK     
vt.(支票、汇票等)背书,背署;批注;同意
参考例句:
  • No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
  • I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。
4 spectrum Trhy6     
n.谱,光谱,频谱;范围,幅度,系列
参考例句:
  • This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
  • We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成,我们已了解不少。
5 warships 9d82ffe40b694c1e8a0fdc6d39c11ad8     
军舰,战舰( warship的名词复数 ); 舰只
参考例句:
  • The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后,敌舰退出了海战。
  • The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。
6 majesty MAExL     
n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权
参考例句:
  • The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
  • Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下,您必须赶快做出决定!
7 deliberately Gulzvq     
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
参考例句:
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
8 wilderness SgrwS     
n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠
参考例句:
  • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
9 populous 4ORxV     
adj.人口稠密的,人口众多的
参考例句:
  • London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
  • China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。
10 gee ZsfzIu     
n.马;int.向右!前进!,惊讶时所发声音;v.向右转
参考例句:
  • Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
  • Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇!我们会赚好多钱啦!
11 endorsed a604e73131bb1a34283a5ebcd349def4     
vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 );在(尤指支票的)背面签字;在(文件的)背面写评论;在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品
参考例句:
  • The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案,开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 vocal vhOwA     
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目
参考例句:
  • The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
  • Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
13 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
参考例句:
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
14 authentic ZuZzs     
a.真的,真正的;可靠的,可信的,有根据的
参考例句:
  • This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
  • Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。
15 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的;巨大的
参考例句:
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
16 skyscrapers f4158331c4e067c9706b451516137890     
n.摩天大楼
参考例句:
  • A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
  • On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。
17 limestone w3XyJ     
n.石灰石
参考例句:
  • Limestone is often used in building construction.石灰岩常用于建筑。
  • Cement is made from limestone.水泥是由石灰石制成的。
18 gorges 5cde0ae7c1a8aab9d4231408f62e6d4d     
n.山峡,峡谷( gorge的名词复数 );咽喉v.(用食物把自己)塞饱,填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 );作呕
参考例句:
  • The explorers were confronted with gorges(that were)almost impassable and rivers(that were)often unfordable. 探险人员面临着几乎是无路可通的峡谷和常常是无法渡过的河流。 来自辞典例句
  • We visited the Yangtse Gorges last summer. 去年夏天我们游历了长江三峡。 来自辞典例句
19 automobile rP1yv     
n.汽车,机动车
参考例句:
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
20 mobility H6rzu     
n.可动性,变动性,情感不定
参考例句:
  • The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
  • Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。
21 epic ui5zz     
n.史诗,叙事诗;adj.史诗般的,壮丽的
参考例句:
  • I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗,而写了这个小故事。
  • They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。
22 recording UktzJj     
n.录音,记录
参考例句:
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
23 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
24 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
25 costly 7zXxh     
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的
参考例句:
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用,左不过贵了些。
26 automobiles 760a1b7b6ea4a07c12e5f64cc766962b     
n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后,就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上,汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
27 technological gqiwY     
adj.技术的;工艺的
参考例句:
  • A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
  • Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今, 随着科技进步,生活节奏不断增快。
28 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
29 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
30 renowned okSzVe     
adj.著名的,有名望的,声誉鹊起的
参考例句:
  • He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
  • She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
31 anonymous lM2yp     
adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的
参考例句:
  • Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
  • The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
32 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
33 publicity ASmxx     
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告
参考例句:
  • The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
  • He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事,只当它是一种宣传手法。
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