听力教程第三册答案UNIT6

UNIT 6

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Spot Dictation

Wind and Spirit

We

do

notice

the

wind

when

it

seems

(1)

cruel,

when

the

trees

turn

away

from

it,

and

it

(2)

cuts

into

our

hearts.

winds

will

make

men's

(3)

temper

bad

said

George

Eliot.

In

Southern

California,

the

Santa

Ana

is

(4)

associated with an increase in depression and domestic (5) violence.

Scientists have tried (6) without success to identify physiological reasons for

these

(7)

ne

agrees,

however,

that

(8)

dry

winds

like

the

Santa

Ana, the mistral in France and the foehn* in Germany and Switzerland seem to

have (9) negative effects on our mental and physical (10) negative effects.

On windy days, playground fights, (11) suicides and heart failures are more

(12) frequent. In Geneva, traffic accidents (13) increase when a wind called the

bise* blows. At the (14) request of patients, some Swiss and German hospitals (15)

postpone surgery during the foehn.

It is human to ask what is (16) behind the wind. lt is easy to personify the

wind as the (17) breath of God. The act of taking wind into our lungs is what (18)

gives us life. The Jews, Arabs, Romans and Greeks all took their word for (19)

spirit from the word for wind.

But our day-to-day lives are no longer (20 spirit the winds. We do not

identify wind with spirit anymore.

Part 2 Listening for Gist

A cat got on to a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Nairobi yesterday and cost

the company about ?

10,000. One of the 66 passengers heard a strange

when the plane landed in Copenhagen. Mechanics arrived immediately and the

airline company phoned for an animal ambulance. The mechanics found the cat

after eight hours'

work. It had got into

the air-conditioning system in Nairobi.

The plane was twelve hours late leaving for Tokyo, costing the company ?

10,000.

The cat was

quite well after its experience and was given

a large bowl

of milk

and a plate of fish.

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Directions: Listen to the passage and find its topic sentence.

The topic sentence is

yesterday and cost the company about

?

10.000.

Section Two

Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogue

What a Coincidence!

Storyteller: Talking of coincidences, did I tell you about what happened to me

and Jeannie last holiday?

Friend(s):No.

Storyteller: We went on holiday in the States and we went to Mexico. Well, we

were driving down to Mexico City. We were going to spend a few days in Palm

Beach ... see the sea, look up an old friend, you know. As we left there we stopped

at a garage for a car check ... oil, the water, the tires, all that ... petrol. And the

mechanics

spotted

something.

They

said

that

our

fuel

pump

was

not

working

properly and it was quite serious ... it would cost a lot of money ... well, we were

very worried.

Friend(s): Were you insured?

Storyteller: Well, no, we weren't and I didn't have that much money on me, you

know. It was meant to be a cheap holiday. Well, just then, two men drove up and

they said what's the problem? And, do you know? They were mechanics - it was

such good luck. They looked at our car and they said,

with your car. Don't spend money on it. Just forget about it.

were worried, but ... er, I thought ... I'll trust them, I think they're right. So, we

drove

on,

we

crossed

the

Mexican

border

and

had

a

marvelous

few

days

sightseeing there round Monterey.

Friend(s):Oh, oh, brilliant ... jealous ...

Storyteller: And then we went on and on to Mexico City. We drove about forty

kilometers and then we saw a car with the same US number plates as the other

car we'd seen in Palm Beach.

Friend(s): You're joking!

Storyteller: It was parked by the road, and the same two men who gave us the

advice about our car were stuck with their car.

Friend(s): Oh, no!

Storyteller: So, we stopped and asked them what was wrong. And do you know?

Their car had broken down for exactly the same reason: The fuel pump wasn't

working! It was quite extraordinary .

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Directions: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements

are true (T) or false (F)

l.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.F 5.T 6.F 7.T 8.F

Part 2 Passage

Corporate Culture

well the employee

job- search success and failure.

guides how employees think, act, and feel.

amount of time outside the office you're expected to spend with co-workers

is part of the

corporate culture.

truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you

have worked at the company for a number of months.

should be a place where you can have a voice, be respected, and have

opportunities for growth.

Why should jobseekers care about a potential employer's corporate culture?

Aren't there more important factors to consider, such as the job itself, salary and

bonuses,

and

fringe

benefits?

These

factors

are

indeed

important,

but

increasingly

career

experts

are

talking

about

the

importance

of

employee-employer

fit

in

terms

of

culture,

with

the

idea

that

how

well

the

employee

and failure.

What

is

corporate

culture?

At

its

most

basic,

it's

described

as

the

personality of an organization, or simply as

It guides how employees think, act, and feel. Corporate culture is a broad term

used

to

define

the

unique

personality

or

character

of

a

particular

company

or

organization,

and

includes

such

elements

as

core

values

and

beliefs,

corporate

ethics,

and

rules

of

behavior.

Corporate

culture

can

be

expressed

in

the

company's

mission

statement

and

other

communications,

in

the

architectural

style or

interior decoration(

室内装饰

)

of offices, by what people wear to work,

by how people address each other, and in the titles given to various employees.

How does a company's culture affect you? In many, many ways. For

instance:

?

The hours you work per day, per week, including options such as flextime

and telecommuting.

?

The work environment, including how employees interact, the degree of

competition, and whether it's a fun or hostile environment - or something

in-between.

?

The dress code, including the accepted styles of attire* and things such as

casual days.

?

The office space you get, including things such as cubicles*, window

offices, and rules regarding display of personal items.

?

The training and skills development you receive, which you need both on

the job and to

keep yourself marketable for future jobs and employers.

?

Onsite perks, such as break rooms, gyms and play rooms, daycare

facilities, and more.

perk=perquisite n.

特殊待遇，特权；工资外收入

?

The amount of time outside the office you're expected to spend with

co-workers.

?

Interaction with other employees, including managers and top

management.

How

do

you

uncover

the

corporate

culture

of

a

potential

employer?

The

truth

is

that

you

will

never

really

know

the

corporate

culture

until

you

have

worked

at

the

company

for

a

number

of

months,

but

you

can

get

close

to

it

through research and observation. Understanding culture is a two-step process,

starting

with

research before the interview and ending with

observation at the

interview.

If you get a chance to meet with other employees, you can ask some

questions to try and get

a handle on an organization's corporate culture. Such as:

?

What's it really like to work here?

?

What skills and characteristics does the company value?

?

How do people get promoted around here?

?

The bottom line is that you are going to spend a lot of time in the work

environment ---and to be happy ,successful and productive,

you’ll

want to

be in a place where you fit the culture ,a place where you can have a

voice ,be respect and have opportunity for growth .

Exercise A

Pre-listening Question

Many

articles

and

books

have

been

written

in

recent

years

about

culture

in

organizations,

usually

referred

to

as

Culture

The

dictionary

defines

culture

as

act

of

developing

intellectual

and

moral

faculties,

especially through education

social, and

behavioral

norms

of

an

organization

based

on

the

beliefs,

attitudes,

and

priorities of its members

Every

organization

has

its

own

unique

culture

or

value

set.

Most

organizations don't consciously try to create a certain culture. The culture of the

organization

is

typically

created

unconsciously,

based

on

the

values

of

the

top

management or the founders of an organization.

Exercise B Sentence Dictation

Directions:

Listen

to

some

sentences

and

write

them

down.

You

will

hear

each

sentence three times

Exercise C Detailed Listening

Directions: Listen to the passage and complete the following paragraphs

At

its

most

basic,

corporate

culture

is

described

as

the

personality

of

an

organization. It guides how employees think, act, and feel. Corporate culture is a

broad

term

used

to

define

the

unique

personality

or

character

of

a

particular

company or organization, and includes such elements as core values and beliefs,

corporate ethics, and rules of behavior. Corporate culture can also be expressed

in

the

company's

mission

statement

and

other

communications,

in

the

architectural style or interior decoration of offices, by what people wear to work,

by how people address each other, and in the titles given to various employees.

A company's culture affects you in many ways, such as the working hours,

the work environment, the dress code, the office space you get, the training and

skills

development

you

receive,

onsite

perks,

the

amount

of

time

outside

the

office

you're

expected

to

spend

with

co-workers

and

interaction

with

other

employees, including managers and top management.

Exercise D After-listening Discussion

Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.

truth is that you will never really know the corporate culture until you

have worked at the company for a number of months, but you can get close to it

through research and observation.

Understanding culture is a two-step process, starting with research before

the interview and ending with observation at the interview.

If

you

get

a

chance

to

meet

with

other

employees,

you

can

ask

some

questions to try and get a handle on an organization's corporate culture. Such as:

What's

it

really

like

to

work

here?

What

skills

and

characteristics

does

the

company value? How do people get promoted around here?

2.

(Open)

/

Section Three

News

News Item 1

On

his

way

home

from

his

first

official

visit

to

the

United

States,

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari stopped in London for two days of

discussions.

His first meeting was with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at his

official residence.

At a joint news conference, Mr. Brown praised the current Pakistani army

offensive against Taliban targets in the Swat valley.

Because of this, Mr. Brown said Britain is pledging $$18 million worth of

additional

humanitarian

aid

in

the

form

of

food,

water,

shelter

and

sanitation that will directed at those being displaced in the northwest.

In

addition

to

the

aid,

the

prime

minister

said

he

expects

much

more

cooperation between Britain and Pakistan over a wide range of issues.

Mr.

Brown

said

helping

the

effort

to

tackle

terrorism

in

Pakistan

and

improving

health

and

education

there

were

important

priorities

for

his

government.