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1、新标准大学英语视听说教程 2 听力原文Unit 1 College cultureInside view Conversation 1Janet ：So this is the Cherwell Boathousiets lovely! And look at those people punting! It looksquite easy.Mark ：Im not so sure about that! Janet, sthseormeething Kate and I wanted to discuss with you.Some people in college are organiz

2、ing charity events thivse tdeercmi.deWde to get involved.Janet ：Raising money for charity? Right. In China, people raise money for charity but students dont usually do that.Mark ：Students often do that here. Anywarye, twheinking of doing sponsored punting：. Janet Sponsored punting! Whats that?Kate ：

3、Sponsoringiswhen people pay you to do something likerun a long distance.So peoplewould be sponsoring students to punt.Janet ：What a great idea!dIlove to join you!Mark ：Thats why were telling you about it.Sso dtehcaitded then. Lsetmake a list of things we need to do.Kate ：Ill do that. One of the firs

4、t things we should do is choose the charity.Mark ：Yes. And choose a day for the event. And we need to design the sponsorvsehip form. I gotone here.Kate ：That looks fine, but we must change the wording. Who wants to do that? Mark ：Ill do that. What have we got so far?Kate ：Choose a charity. Also a da

5、y for the event. Change the wording on the sponsorship form77 / 62 Um We have to decide where the punt will start from.Mark ：CherwellBoathouse,no question!Itsa very beautifulroute from here,apparently. Kate ：Im with you on that.Janet ：Me too Conversation2Janet ：Im not used to boats Woah!Mark ：Whoops

6、!Kate ：Watch out! You nearly hit me with that thing! Mark ：Sorry! I didtn mean to. OK, were off!Kate ：Maybe I should do the punting.Mark ：Its fine. vIe got the hang of itnowgive me a chance. Kate ：Well,Id like to have a go.Mark ：Supposing I do the first hour. Then you can take over for a while, if ：

7、you want to. Kate Yes, great.Janet ：Youre really good at it, Mark! This is fasnteaxsatcitcl!y Ihtow I imagined life here! Look over there isnt it lovely!Kate ：Yes, it is.Janet ：Kate, everythings organized, istn it, for collecting the sponsorship money?Kate ：Yes,Ive arranged for people to get the mon

8、ey to me by next iFfritdhaeyy havent paidonline.Ill count it all up.Janet ：Good. Wed better have a meeting soon after thatt,yoduonthink? How much have we raised?Kate ：About 600.Janet：Fantastic! mI so enjoying this!Mark ：Hey guys,vIe got a suggestion how about moving over to the bank and we can have

9、ourpiic! Hey, look, thserLeouise and Sophie! Mark ：WhooGirl：s Mark!Janet ：Are you all right?Mark ：Er Of courseIm all right. Kate, I thsinykouirt turn to punt! Outside viewV/O （画外音）Harvard University in Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world. We spoke to Alex Jude, the universitsyHead

10、 of munications. He explained that Harvard looks for the best and most talented students from around the world.AlexHarvard actually seeks students from around the world, the best students that we can find, to studychemistry,or studyliteraturoer, studygovernment,or business.Our businessschoolispartic

11、ularly well-known around the world, as is the medical school and law school, so, um, and, and the Kennedy School of government, for the John F. Kennedy School of Government, so, er, we do seek very, very talented students and we have open doors for them.V/O （画外音）We asked five students at Harvard to

12、tell us what kind of social life they have. AshleyUm, well relaxing is a little hard to do around here, but basically, I mean, I still, I, I live anyway, so I see a lot of my friendsU,m,antdheres a good social life here if you look for it. I go to the gym, run. Sotshawthat I do.AdamIt is whatever yo

13、u want it to sbeg.ooIdt. If you wanna go out party, do anything you can. If you wanna sit in your room and study all night like my friend over here, you can also do that. BrianSocially, like you sasi,d,itist a lot of what you make it. Um,wet dhoanve fraternities here,and so, you know, thsa,tist obvi

14、ously not as social.sThneorteas many parties as there wouldbe on another campus. Um, but on a Friday or Saturday night, there, there, there will be a party Usually we end up studying until abouctlo1c0k.o And then we, and thenllwego out and havefun maybe, or just watch a movie with friends, or, you k

15、now, whatever is going on for the night. JodieNot everyone would agree with me, obviously, sb,utI itthink sita fun place to be. Interviewer: Have you made a lot of friends?Jodie : Oh, definitely.Interview.：Mm.Jodie: Many.Interviewer: What, what do you do with your friends?Jodie: Um, well, I like to

16、go to comncienrttsh.reIe music groups, so I have lots of rehearsals during the week for that. Um, just do, you know, some fun things, on the weekend.V/O （画外音）We asked the Harvard students if they use the Internet.Ashley: Um, I, I use it a fairly good amount. Um, our library system is online, so I us

17、e that aAnd a lot of my classes, you know, have to do research papers. You can find a lot of information on there, so.Interviewer: So how often do you use it, a week, a day?Ashley: Um, I use it probably on more of a weekly basis. Maybe three or four times a week. Brian: Oh yes, definitely. We live t

18、hrough the Internet actually. Well, I do a lot of researchthrough the Internet, follow my stocks on the Internet. Um, well, eivsennotthooufgfhicially Internet, we, thasthow we municate a lot at college, so, through the .John: Um, I use the internet mostly fodr,saeyr, sIort of leisure purposes. I mea

19、n, I play, um, I use it for a lot of, tI, dwoendon t have TV in my room, so I use it, uh, uh, go to the N website, keep up on current events, things like that. Uh, I also, uh,ysousokmneowl,ittle egames toplay over the Internet. Um, just um, I go to espn. stohaspepeenwihnagt, follow the Boston Red So

20、x, things like that. Um, I think a lot of courses use it to post thuisnugasl,lybuutseI,itI don that much for research, or things. I tend to use the libraries for such things, so.Listening in Passage 1 Voice-overHi, I m Nick Carter, and this is SUR, your university radio station. This morning we went

21、 aroundcampus to ask freshers now half-waythroughtheirfirst year you finding uni?Here are some of the answers we got.Speaker 1the question,How areIts cool.Ist everything I hoped it would mbev.erIy ambitious, I want to be a journalist and I want to get to the top of the profevsesisotna.rtIed writing

22、for the university newspaper so I ve got my foot on the ladder already.Speaker 2Im working hard and the teaching is as good as I expectveed.maAdned sIome good friends.But I m very homesick.mI Nigerian and my familsy so far away. I went home at Christmas for a month that really helped, but man, I mis

23、s my family so much.Speaker 3“How am I finding uni?Its great.Ist not perfect, nothing is, but,veligkoet,aIbrilliant social life, just brillianvte, maandde Ilots of friends. For the first few months tI djou,st didnreally enough work. But getting good grades.Speaker 4I talked about it with my parentsm

24、 awnodrkIing harder now andActually,veI been quite lonely to be honmesat.biIt shy everyone else seemed to find it soeasy to make friends straight away. But things have been betteryeraehc,entthleyy have. Ive joined a couple of clubs and like, it really helps to get to know people when you have shared

25、 interests. So, yeahIm feeling a lot happier now.Speaker 5Unis great, I love it. My only proabnldemits quite a big problemis money. My parentsare both unemployed so, you know, theytchaenlp me financially. My grantjtust itnsjust not enough for me to live onv,e stoakIen a part-time job as a waitarelso

26、st of people I know, like a lot, have had to do the samte.waIntdotno have huge debts at the end.Speaker 6I love my subject, History,m,anIdmI getting fantastic teaching here. I want to be a university lecturer and that means I have to get a first. I have a good social life but work definitely es me.P

27、assage 2Oxford and Cambridge two universities so similar that they are often spoken of together as “Oxbridge. Theyre both in the UK, fairly near London, and both regularly e top in any ranking of the worlds best universities.The two universities began within a century of each other. Oxford Universit

28、y, now 900 years old, was founded towards the end of the 11th century.In 1209 therewas a disputebetween theuniversitaynd the townspeople of Oxford.As a results,ome of the Oxford teachersleftandfounded a university in the town of Cambridge, some 84 miles away. Ever since then, the two institutions ha

29、ve been very petitive.Unlikemost modern universitiebso,th Oxford and Cambridge consistof a largenumber ofcolleges. Oxford has 39 and Cambridge 31. Many of these colleges have old and very beautiful architecture, and large numbers of tourists visit them.In all UK universities, you need good grades in

30、 the national exams taken at 18. But to get into Oxford and Cambridge,ist not enough to get A grades in your exams. You also have to go for a long interview. In these interviews, students need to show that they are creative and capable of original thinking.Through the centuriesb,oth universitiheasve

31、 made huge contributiontso Britishculturalife. They have produced greatwritersw,orld leadersand politicianCsa.mbridge,in particulahra,s produced scientists whose discoveries and inventions have changed our lives.Among the great university institutions istshemowsotrlfdamous debating society, the Oxfo

32、rd Union, where undergraduates get a chance to practise speaking in publics.eCdaymbcrliudbgeFootlights has produced many first-class edians, while somes omfost efaUmKous actors and actresses began their careers at The Oxford University Dramatic Society, known as OUDS. Thentheres the Oxford and Cambr

33、idge Boat Race, which takes place every year in March or April, and is watched on television all over the UK.So with allthisexcellencein so many fieldsi,ts not surprisintghatthe ambitionof clever students all over the world is to attend either one of these great universities.Unit 2 Mixed feelings In

34、side viewConversation 1Kate ：e in. Hey, Janet. Janet ：Hi Kate, are you busy?Kate ：Yes,Im just doing an essay. Bust girteat to see you. Sowshantew? Janet ：Well, nothing much.Kate ：You look a bit fed up.Wshabtugging you?Janet ：Well, I had a phone call from my parents and it made me feel homesick. It h

35、appens every time they call, and it gets me down.Kate ：Im sorry to hear that. I know how you feel. I love speaking to my mum and dad, but I always feel miserable after the call.Janet ：My dad doesnt say much, and I want to speak to him, but I wish I knew what to say. Kate ：Don t let it get to you. My

36、 dad tdoseasyn much on the phone either. I call, he answersthe phone, and says,Hi, Ill pass you to your motheIrt. s really irritating. Janet ：But I miss him and my mother a lot, and I like to hear his voice. Kate ：Just tell him whatyroeu up to.Janet ：Sometimes I feel as if I made a mistake leaving h

37、ome and ing to Oxford. Sometimes I feel like a moody teenager.Kate ：Try not to worry about it, Jansetn.orImtal to feel like that. I understand how you feel, butI bet everything will be fine next telrlm.geYtouused to it. Hey, whty ydooun do what I do? Janet ：What s that?Kate ：When my dad calls, I ask

38、 him for more money! He usually says no, but at least I get to hear his voice!Janet ：Maybe. I m sorry to take up your time, Kate, but I must go now. Bye!Kate ：Wait a minute!Conversation 2Kate ：I think I may have upset Janet last night. Mark : What happened?Kate ：She came to see me. I was busy doing

39、an essay but I was really pleased dto see her. Shehad a call from home, and said she was feeling homesick.Mark : Poor kid! It must be tough on you guys, living so far away from home.Kate ：I tried to make her laugh, told her not to worry about it, and that it was normal to feel miserable.Suddenlyshe

40、lookedmiserable,and then she got up and said,I must go now and left my room. It was really sudden. IfdelstaiadssiofmeIthing wrong.Mark ：Maybe she was justbeing polite.It was probablybecause she realizedyou were workingand didn t want to disturb you.Kate ：I just wonder if she found it difficult to ta

41、lk about her feelings withme. Maybe I shoul thave tried to make her laugh? Perhaps she thoughtt Itawkaisnng her seriously.Mark ：I wouldnt worry about it. Put yourself in her shoes. How would you feel if you were a student at college in China?Kate ：I know. Thats why I feel bad. If only she had stayed

42、 longer! I wish I could have helped he more.Janet ：Hey, everyone!Mark ：Hi Janet, you look cheerful!Janet ：Yes,Ive just got my essay back. I got an alpha minus! Kate ：What an amazing grade! Well done.Mark ：Im really happy for you, Janet. Janet ：I feel on top of the world!Outside view SebastienHi. I m

43、 Sebastien.Im from Germany. Um, the idea of IQ of a measure of your brain power has been around for a while, but recently sthbeereen this new idea of the EyQour emotionalquotient. And by now, sitactually almost being regarded as more important. If you look at it,businesseswill Well,they willpreferem

44、ploying people with greatEQ. Well,of course,IQcannot be disregarded, but um, EQ does have its importance as well. Uh, I belieIve that, um, mean, people,most peoplewillhave,um, theirbasic meansof municatinwgith otherpeople.Most people are somewhat sociallaydept,and justlikemost people have,you know,

45、a basic general knowledge. But then, what I think really is the difference betweenIQ and EQ, I mean, you can have barainiac , and they will be great at most things they do, but if you justctanget along with him, if you jutstmucnaincate with him, I mean, you know, hes not really that useful.KimHi. Th

46、is is Kimm. oIriginally from Korea, and I was raised in California. And today, we are going to talk about the differences between IQ and IEQQmeaning your intelligence, EQ meaningyour emotions. Now, in When I was, when I was a little, little boy in Korea,I Ihad to take thinkId taken liketwo or threeI

47、Q testsbeforethe age of ten,which iswhen I moved toCalifornia. So, I guess we stress a lot of importance on intelligence, on having great IQ scores after I moved to the States, I learnt how to associate with people, and along the lines that thi word EQ came up, you know, emotional, caringaboIutts basically how you deal with people,how you make people feel,and how people make you feel.I thinktheyre equallyas,asimportant, but it seems that in the Eastern world they kind of stress on that a lot more back in the d