大学生综合素质现代大学英语听力2听写1

Unit

1

【原文】

Social customs and ways of behaving change. But they do not necessarily always change for

the better. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few

years ago, it was considered impolite behaviour for a man to smoke on the street. No man who

thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady

was in the room.

The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make

other people feel uncomfortable

—

especially if they are your guests. There is a story about a rich

nobleman who had a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started

to

eat

his

peas

with

a

knife.

Other

guests

were

amused

or

shocked,

but

the

nobleman

calmly

picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make

his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.

Unit

2

【原文】

Undoubtedly, Tibet is one of the harshest places for human existence. It is cool in summer but

freezing cold in winter. In Lhasa, the mildest city temperature may exceed 29C in summer while

plummeting to -16C in winter! Sun radiation is extremely strong in Tibet. The sunlight in Lhasa is

so intense that the city is called Sunlight City. The thin air can neither block off nor retain heat so

that

the

temperature

extremes

can

be

met

in

daytime

and

the

same

night

respectively

in

Tibet.

However it is not impossible to visit the holy snow land. April to October is the best time to visit

Tibet,

out

of

the

coldest

months,

which

are

from

December

to

February

usually.

The

average

temperature

in

north

Tibet

is

subzero

and

winter

arrives

in

October

until

the

following

May

or

June.

July

and

August

are

the

best

time

to

visit

the

area,

enjoying

warm

temperature,

intense

sunshine, beautiful scenery and festive events. May, June and September is the tourist season in

east Tibet. In winter, roads are all blocked by heavy snow. Landslides and rock falls frequently

occur, which will make travel difficult.

Unit

3

【原文】

I

could

hear

the

guard

blowing

his

whistle,

so

I

ran

onto

the

platform

and

up

to

the

train.

Luckily someone saw me coming, a door opened, and I jumped on while the train was moving

out of the

station. “Phew!” I thought. “That was hard work!” I was sure the other passengers

could hear my heart beating; it was so loud, and I was in a cold sweat.

After a while, I recovered, and had a look at the other passengers. The compartment was full,

but

I

was

the

only

one

standing. The people

in

the

carriage

turned

their

eyes

away

as

they

noticed me looking at them; all except one, a beautiful woman sitting in the corner. I saw her

watching me in the mirror. Automatically, I adjusted my tie. She had seen me running for the

train: maybe this was my lucky day after all. I prepared to say hello.

She spoke first, however. “Would you like my seat?” she asked. “You look rather ill.” That

was the day on which I realized I was getting middle-aged.