江南大学食品现代大学英语听力听力原文及答案Unit

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Task 1

【答案】

A.

1) She wanted to see St. Paul

’

s Cathedral.

2) She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike.

3) They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and newspapers.

4) Because she had often read about them and seen photographs of them, who all looked as

if they were wearing a uniform.

5) No, he didn

’

t.

6)

He

used

the

English

saying

“

It

takes

all

kinds

to

make

a

world

”

to

prove

his

opinion.

B.

If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were

one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what

a great splash there would be!

【原文】

Yesterday morning Gretel went to the City of London. She wanted to see St. Paul's

Cathedral. She was surprised to see so many Englishmen who looked alike. They were all

wearing

dark

suits

and

bowler

hats.

They

were

all

carrying

umbrellas

and

newspapers.

When

she

returned

home

she

asked

Mr

clark

about

these

strange

creatures.

must

be

typical

English

gentlemen,

she

said.

I

have

often

read

about

them

and

seen

photographs

of

them.

They all look as if they are wearing a uniform. Does the typical English gentleman still

exist?

Mr. Clark laughed.

many of the men who work in the City of London still wear bowler hate and I suppose they

are typical Englishmen. But look at this.

a photo of a young man.

thing as a 'typical' Englishman. Do you know the English saying 'It takes all kinds to

make a world'? That's true of all countries-including England.

“

Oh,

just

like

the

poem

‘

If

All

the

Seas

Were

One

Sea

’

,

”

Gretel

began

to

hum

happily.

If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea that would be! If all the trees were one

tree, what a great tree that would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a

great splash that would be!”

Task 2

【答案】

A.

1) people were much busier

2) colder than England; minus thirty degrees; last longer

3) much more mountainous; much higher and much more rocky; more beautiful

4) tend to be more crowded

5) the houses; smaller

B.

1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) F

【原文】

John is British but has worked in Japan. Etsuko is Japanese from Osaka, but she is

studying in Britain. In the following passage you are going to hear, they are comparing

life as they see it in the two countries. But before listening to it, think of the two

countries and try to answer the following pre-listening questions.

John: I found that living in Japan, people were busier. They seem to work the whole

day.

Etsuko:

Yes,

that’s

right.

We

work

from

Monday

through

Saturday,

even

in

summer.

You

know, summer in Japan is just horrible.

It’s very, very humid and hot

, and you need to

shower three times a day.

John: So you find it cooler in England?

Etsuko:

Yes, that’s right.

John: Where I was living in Japan, in the North, it was much colder than England,

especially

in

winter,

minus

thirty

degrees

centigrade.

Does

the

winter

in

Osaka

last

longer

than the winter in England?

Etsuko:

No, I don’t think so. December, January, February, March.

John:

Yes. It’s a little bit shorter if anything.

Etsuko:

Ever

since

I

came

here,

I

noticed

that

the

countryside

here

in

England

is

very

beautiful.

John:

It’s much flatter than in Japan.

Etsuko: Yes. Japan is a mountainous country and our cities are full of people. There

are lots of people in a limited flat area.

John:

Yes,

I

found

Japan

much

more

mountainous

than

Britain,

especially

in

the

north.

The

mountains

are

much

higher

and

much

more

rocky.

I

found

it

more

beautiful

than

Britain,

I think.

Etsuko: Yes, if you like mountains.

John: And therefore the towns and villages tend to be more crowded.

Etsuko:

Yes, that’s right.

John:

Yes.

So

because

the

cities

are

more

crowded,

the

houses

tend

to

be

smaller,

don’t

they?

Etsuko:

Yes, they are very compact, and we don’t hav

e a lot of space. In big cities

we have a lot of taller buildings now.

John: Is this a problem because there are more earthquakes in Japan?

Etsuko:

Yes, that’s right and…

Task 3

【答案】

A.

1)

In

the

US,

people

usually

dance

just

to

enjoy

themselves;

they

don

’

t

invite

other

people

to watch them.

2)

Usually eight people dance together.

3)

Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side of the

square.

4) He usually makes it into a song.

5) They wear old- fashioned clothes.

B.

1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T

C.

1) eight people form a square; on each side of the square

2) what they should do; makes it into a song; sings it

3) don

’

t have much time to think

4) old-fashioned clothes

【原文】

Rosa: Why don’t you have folk dances in the United States? Most countries have special

dances

that

the

people

have

done

for

many

years.

The

dancers

wear

clothes

from

the

old days. Everyone likes to watch them dance.

Steve: We have folk dances, too. A lot of people belong to folk dancing groups. But when

they

dance,

they

usually

do

it

just

to

enjoy

themselves.

They

don’t

invite

other

people to watch them.

Rosa: Is there a folk dancing group here?

Steve: I think so. There must be. There’s one in almost every city, and some big cities

have several.

Rosa: What are the dances like?

Steve:

Usually

eight

people

dance

together,

four

men

and

four

women.

When

they

start,

they

form

a

square,

with

a

man

and

a

woman

on

each

side

of

the

square.

That’s

why

it’s

called

square

dancing.

Then

there’s

a

man

who

tells

the

dancers

what

they

should

do. He usually makes it into a song. He sings it while they dance.

Rosa: Oh, that should make the dances easy!

Steve: Yes,

but

they

are

very

fast.

They

don’t

have

much

time

to

think.

I

like

to

watch

them,

though.

The

dancers

wear

old-fashioned

clothes.

That

makes

the

dances

pretty

to watch.

Rosa: I’d like to watch a group dance.

Steve: I’ll take you sometime.

Task 4

【答案】

1) It was a time to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

2) They burned the picture of their kitchen god to bring good luck.

3)

The

custom

said

the

brides

must

wear

“

something

old,

something

new,

something

borrowed,

and something blue

”

to bring good luck.

4)

Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they tried

to use up these things before Lent began.

5)

It was a straw man made by children in Czech; it was a figure of death.

6)

People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into the church

people dressed them up in flowers and ribbons.

【原文】

1) On the evening of February 3rd, people in Japanese families took one dried bean for

each year of their age and threw the beans on the floor, shouting

spirits out!

the beginning of spring.

2) Before the Chinese Lunar New Year in the old days, many Chinese families burned the

picture of their kitchen god to bring good luck. When Lunar New Year's Day came, they

put ancw picture of the kitchen god on the wall.

3)

When

American

women

got

married,

they

sometimes

followed

an

old

custom

in

choosing

what

to wear on their wedding day. The custom said the bride must wear

something new, something borrowed, and something blue

4)

Before

Lent

(a

time

on

the

Christian

calendar),

the

people

of

Ponti,

Italy

ate

an

omelet

made with 1,000 eggs. People could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent,

so they tried to use up these things before Lent began.

5) When winter ended in Czech, the children made a straw man called

figure of death.

They burned

it or threw it

in the river. After they

destroyed it, they

carried flowers home to show the arrival of spring.

6) January 17th was St. Anthony's Day in Mexico. It was a day when people brought their

animals

to

church.

But

before

the

animals

went

into

the

church,

the

people

dressed

them

up in flowers and ribbons. This ceremony was to protect people's animals.

Task 5

【答案】

A.

1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) T

B.

Advantages

Lots of servants to do the work

beautiful clothes to wear

lots of tea parties

life being slower

plenty of time to talk to each other

Disadvantages

Terrible life for servants

very uncomfortable clothes

boring

and

formal

tea

parties

—

often

no

men being invited

much more illness

children left with servants all day

very poor education

no freedom for women

【原文】

Man: Well, I think life used to be much more fun than it is now. I mean, look at the

Victorians. They had lots of servants to do all the work; they never had to do

any cooking or cleaning; they just wore those beautiful dresses and went to tea

parties.

Woman:

You

must

be

joking!

Their

clothes

were

terribly

uncomfortable

and

their

tea

parties

were

very

formal

and

boring.

They

used

to

wear

their

hats

and

long

gloves

even

when

they were eating cakes and biscuits. And men were not usually invited.

Man: Really? Weren't they?

Woman: And think of the poor servants. What a terrible life

—

just cleaning and cooking

for other people all the time!

Man: But you hate housework!

Woman: Yes, I know, but there are lots of machines now to help you with the housework.

People don't need servants.

Man:

Maybe

they

don't,

but

life

then

was

much

slower

than

it

is

now-people

nowadays

are

always rushing, and they never have time to stop and enjoy themselves.

Woman: Life then was fine for the rich, but it was dreadful for the poor. There was much

more illness. They didn't have the money to pay doctors, and they often used to

die of illnesses that don't exist in England now.

Man:

Maybe.

But

people

used

to

talk

to

each

other,

play

the

piano

or

play

cards

together.

Nowadays people just sit in front of the television for hours and never talk to