新視野大學(xué)英語聽說教程3-unit7

1、Designed by AnnybabyDesigned by AnnybabyDesigned by AnnybabyDesigned by AnnybabyDesigned by AnnybabyTry the ImpossibleNow you will hear a monolog about ways of doing things. Listen carefully and complete the following statements according to what you hear.1. The womans great accomplishments include

2、developing technology, starting a business, and _ . 2. One of the reasons the woman has been great is that she always keeps her mind on _ .3. The womans essential values include _ .4. The woman likes to try _ .5. When a person accomplishes the impossible, people will _ . giving money to charitywhat

3、shes doinghonesty and kindnessthe impossibletake noticeDesigned by AnnybabyW: Ill take one more question. OK, the gentleman in the blue shirt.M: Thank you very much. Youve accomplished a lot, developing new technologies, starting your own business, and giving money to charity.W: Thanks, but thats no

4、t a question.M: No, its not. I was just getting to that. Could you tell me how you managed to do so much?W: OK. For one thing, I always stay focused on what Im doing. I dont get distracted easily.M: And another thing?W: I stick to essential values. I think Id put honesty at the top of my list. Kindn

5、ess is also important.M: One more, if you have time.W: I try the impossible. And I recommend this to everyone - listen to what others say. When other people say that something is impossible, try it anyway. If you succeed, people will take notice.Audio Script 聽力原文聽力原文Try the ImpossibleDesigned by Ann

6、ybabyShort ConversationsLong ConversationsPassageSpeechStorySongDesigned by AnnybabyA. Because she wants to become Bill Gates.B. Because she wants to see if she can use both.C. Because she wants to be more productive.D. Because she wants to read about Bill Gates.( ) CW: What? Late again? You know, y

7、oull never become a great person, like Bill Gates, if you dont learn to be punctual!M: Well, maybe I dont want to be great. In fact, I think Im OK with the way I am.Q: How does the man feel?Short Conversations: Great PeopleNow you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conver

8、sation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.Designed by AnnybabyA. Greatness isnt necessary.B. Bill Gates isnt great.C. He is greater than Bill Gates.D. Great people are punctual.( ) DW: What? Late again? You know, youll never become a great person, like Bill G

9、ates, if you dont learn to be punctual!M: Well, maybe I dont want to be great. In fact, I think Im OK with the way I am.Q: How does the man feel?Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible cho

10、ices.Short Conversations: Great PeopleDesigned by AnnybabyA. He has a better job than other people.B. He admires other peoples energy.C. He has a positive personality.D. He can get a person a better job.( ) AM: When I met Michael Jordan, I could feel his energy.He was so positive and energetic.W: Th

11、ats what people always say about him.Ive tried to duplicate those exact qualities in my life.And, you know what? Ive gotten a better job because of it.Q: What do people always say about Michael Jordan?Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen careful

12、ly and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.Short Conversations: Great PeopleDesigned by AnnybabyA. Both speakers think great men stand up for whats right.B. Both speakers admire Martin Luther King, Jr.C. Both speakers behave like Martin Luther King Jr.D. Both speakers think heroes

13、are always right.( ) DM: Some great men, like Martin Luther King, Jr., distinguish themselves by standing up for whats right and never giving in.W: Youre exactly right about great men and about King. He was a real hero.Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?Now you will hear ten short convers

14、ations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.Short Conversations: Great PeopleDesigned by AnnybabyA. To point out that Martin Luther King, Jr. went to jail.B. To point out that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great speaker

15、.C. To point out that Martin Luther King, Jr. got credit for speaking.D. To point out that Martin Luther King, Jr. was an excellent author.( ) BM: Martin Luther King, Jr. is often credited for having been a great speaker, but I think he was also a great writer.Dont you think so?W: Sure. Ive read his

16、 book Letters from a Birmingham Jail. Its impressive. Q: Why does the woman mention Letters from a Birmingham Jail?Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.Short Conversations: Grea

17、t PeopleDesigned by AnnybabyA. Kindness.B. Spirit.C. Freedom.D. Embarrassment.( ) AW: When accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, King said he didnt want to embarrass white people, only to gain freedom for his own people.M: Thats very kind. And I think all truly great people have had similar spirits.Q: Ac

18、cording to the man, what is common to truly great people?Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.Short Conversations: Great PeopleDesigned by AnnybabyA. Kilby invented the microchi

19、p.B. Kilby is not well known.C. Kilby won the Nobel Prize.D. Kilby is well known by the public.( ) DM: Not all great people are famous - take Jack Kilby as an example.W: Right. Kilby invented the microchip, and received the Nobel Prize. But only a small part of the public knows of him. Its very surp

20、rising.Q: What is very surprising?Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.Short Conversations: Great PeopleDesigned by AnnybabyA. The light bulb.B. The microchip.C. The telephone.D

21、. The car.( ) CW: Whats the greatest invention of the last few hundred years?M: Lets see, the light bulb, the car, the phone? No, I think its the microchip. Whoever invented that changed the world more than anyone else.Q: According to the man, which invention changed the world the most?Now you will

22、hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.Short Conversations: Great PeopleDesigned by AnnybabyA. In a classroom.B. In the womans home.C. In a dream.D. In an office.( ) AM: Youve been sitting the

23、re at your desk all day. Dont you think you should go outside with the other students for a while?W: Nah. If I leave this room, even to go home, I might not accomplish my dreams.Q: Where is the conversation taking place?Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversat

24、ion. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.Short Conversations: Great PeopleDesigned by AnnybabyA. Brother and sister.B. Father and daughter.C. Husband and wife.D. Mother and son.( ) BW: Our daughter is going to be the next Martin Luther King, Jr. Im sure of it!M

25、: Well, Im not so sure. But she does spend a lot of time fighting for the rights of others. And thats enough to make a parent proud.Q: What is the relationship between the two speakers?Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose th

26、e best answer from the four possible choices.Short Conversations: Great PeopleDesigned by Annybaby What did the teacher ask the man to do? _ What is the relationship between the speakers? _ What can be inferred from the conversation? _ When did King organize a march on Washington D.C.?A) In 1950 _ W

27、hich of Kings qualities will the man try to develop in himself? _Now you will hear a long conversation followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.A. To write a paper.B. Mother and son.B. The mans father isnt a great man of history.C. In 196

28、3.D. Kings courage.Long Conversation: Learn from a Great PersonDesigned by AnnybabyM: Ive been thinking about a hero to model my life upon.W: Whats this?M: Well, you see, my teacher asked everyone to write a report on a great person. In the report, we have to go into what made the person great and h

29、ow were going to learn from that person.W: I see. Why dont you choose your dad?M: No. Come on, Ma. My subject must be a great person in history, you know, someone like Martin Luther King, Jr. or Abraham Lincoln.W: Ah. OK, then why not Martin Luther King, Jr.? Audio Script 聽力原文聽力原文Long Conversation:

30、Learn from a Great PersonDesigned by AnnybabyW: Ah. OK, then why not Martin Luther King, Jr.? He shaped the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. In 1963, he organized a march on Washington, D.C. that drew 200,000 people demanding equal rights for minorities. When he won the Nobel Pea

31、ce Prize in 1964, he became the youngest recipient ever. I remember watching him on TV and admiring him then. That was years before I gave birth to you and your sister.M: King would make a good subject. And I can say that Im going to model myself on him by being brave, like he was when he went to pr

32、ison for his beliefs.Audio Script 聽力原文聽力原文Long Conversation: Learn from a Great PersonDesigned by Annybaby What is the speaker talking about? _ When did Paul Allen leave Microsoft? _ What part did Gates play in such products as MS-DOS? _ What made Gates the worlds richest man? _ What happened in 200

33、6? _Now you will hear a passage followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.A. Bill Gates.A. In 1983.D. He supervised them.C. The growing price of company stock.B. Gates announced that he would shift his career focus.Passage:Bill GatesDesign

34、ed by Annybaby Bill Gates, the head of the software company Microsoft, is one of the worlds wealthiest men. Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in the 1970s, but Allen left the company in 1983. Gates oversaw the invention and marketing of the MS-DOS operating system, the Windows operating system,

35、 the Internet browser Explorer, and a number of other popular computer products. Along the way he gained a reputation for fierce competitiveness and aggressive business methods. During the 1990s rising Microsoft stock prices made Gates the worlds richest man; his wealth has at times exceeded $75 bil

36、lion, making Gates a popular symbol of the powerfulAudio Script 聽力原文聽力原文Passage:Bill GatesDesigned by Annybabycomputer geeks of the late 20th century. In June of 2006, Gates announced that he would quit in the day-to-day involvement in Microsoft by July of 2008. He said he would remain chairman of t

37、he Microsoft board while focusing on his charitable foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Audio Script 聽力原文聽力原文Passage:Bill GatesDesigned by AnnybabyRadio Program: Microsofts Music BusinessNow you will hear a recording. Listen carefully and complete the following sentences with the word

38、 groups provided. Each word group will be used no more than once. Note: There are two extra word groups. What is the name of this radio program? _ According to the program, what is Microsofts next major goal? _ What company is the biggest player in online music business? _ As a prelude to setting up

39、 its own online music service, what has Microsoft been doing? _ According to Rob Anderly, an industry analyst, will Bill Gates leaving benefit Microsofts music service or harm it? _The Day to Day.To try to go after the online music business.Apple.It has been negotiating licenses for songs.Gates leav

40、ing will benefit it.Designed by Annybaby M1: Back now with The Day to Day. The worlds richest man, the founder of Microsoft, plans to gradually step away from his companys everyday operations. The man, of course, Bill Gates. Microsofts next major goal is to try to go after the online music business.

41、 Apple and its popular iPod and iTunes are now the dominant forces there. Joining us to talk about Microsofts future is John Dimsdale from Marketplace. John, what about Microsofts music hopes? M2: Well, theyve been going after online music customers in sort of a haphazard way for several years now.

42、They partnered with other companies, but like you say, Apple continues to control more than 60% of the online music business. Now Reuters reports Microsofts been negotiating licenses for songs, which would be a prelude to setting up a Microsoft-run online music service. The company also reportedly h

43、as a prototype of the, of the handheld device thats similar to an iPod. Now there is no telling when all of this will be launched, but anytime a company with pockets as deep as Microsoft decides to get into this business, Apple has to take notice.Audio Script 聽力原文聽力原文Radio Program: Microsofts Music

44、BusinessDesigned by Annybaby M1: Yeah, they can call up Netscape if they would like to learn more. Er, Bill Gates says he wants to spend more time on his philanthropic work now. Hows that going to affect Microsoft? M2: Well, overall, Microsofts had its troubles late with its update for the Windows O

45、perating System, they cant seem to compete with Google and some people say that the company has taken its eye off the ball in part because of Bill Gates success. Hes a superstar in the business world, like you said, the richest man; he does lots of work for charities, which could mean that he hasnt

46、had the focus to keep the company on the cutting edge of technologies. Industry analyst, Rob Anderly, says Microsofts music service could benefit from Gates leaving. M3: Its one of those efforts that has been under-funded till now. Er, they just havent put the emphasis behind it that they needed to

47、compete with a marketing and design powerhouse that Apple represents. Thats been very disappointing to Microsoft partners and this is one of the things they may actually get fixed by Bills departure that may in fact now get the funding and focus it needs to really run against Apple and run against A

48、pple hard.Audio Script 聽力原文聽力原文Radio Program: Microsofts Music BusinessDesigned by AnnybabyQualities of Great People Now you will hear a passage. Take notes while listening and then use your notes to finish the tasks.Story: Qualities of Great PeopleThey have courage._They have commitment._They have

49、vision._Designed by Annybaby Greatness. all people want to achieve it, but few people have the qualities that can make it happen. Here, I would like to list for you some of the qualities that make people great. To start off, Id like to tell you about courage. Brave people, like Martin Luther King, J

50、r. and Mohandas Gandhi, faced threats and violence. Both men were killed as a result of the struggles they undertook. They knew that they could be killed, but this didnt concern them very much. They didnt back down. And neither do great people today. Next, theres commitment. Great people are serious

51、 about their work. They focus on it, and they dont allow themselves to become distracted. TV shows, parties, leisure gatherings, nothing distracts great people when they are working. And finally, vision. They foresee important needs, for example, the need for communication over long distances. And t

52、hey meet that need by inventing technologies, such as the phone and the Internet. Audio Script 聽力原文聽力原文Story: Qualities of Great PeopleDesigned by AnnybabyNow listen to the song Running Down a Dream, and think about the meaning of the song.Song: Running Down a Dream 盡管成名已經(jīng)超過二十年，湯姆佩蒂(Tom Petty)與他的傷心人

53、合唱團(tuán)(The Heartbreakers)樂隊(duì)獨(dú)特的風(fēng)格，仍然有如一股清流，在歌壇有著極高的評(píng)價(jià)?，F(xiàn)年逾六十歲的佩蒂，高中學(xué)業(yè)都沒有完成，就開始投入歌壇、自組樂隊(duì)。經(jīng)過一再地變動(dòng)后，他們?cè)?976年正式以Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers的名義出擊，憑著Petty鼻音濃重、近似于Bob Dylan的南方口音，以及他相當(dāng)單刀直入的創(chuàng)作方式，描繪著中產(chǎn)階級(jí)美國人的失落與夢(mèng)想，引起了廣大的注意。Designed by AnnybabyIt was a beautiful day, the sun beat downI had the radio on, I was

54、drivinTrees went by, me and Del were singinLittle runaway, I was flyinYeah, runnin down a dreamThat never would come to meWorkin on a mystery, goin wherever it leadsRunnin down a dreamLyrics: Running Down a Dream (追逐夢(mèng)想追逐夢(mèng)想) Song: Running Down a DreamDesigned by AnnybabyLyrics: Running Down a Dream (

55、追逐夢(mèng)想追逐夢(mèng)想) Im runnin down a dreamThat never would come to meWorkin on a mystery, goin wherever it leadsRunnin down a dreamYeah, Im runnin down a dreamThat never would come to meWorkin on a mystery, Im goin wherever it leadsIm runnin down a dreamI felt so good, like anything was possibleHit cruise con

56、trol and rubbed my eyesThe last three days and the rain was unstoppableIt was always cold, no sun shineYeah, runnin down a dreamThat never would come to meWorkin on a mystery, goin wherever it leadsRunnin down a dreamI rolled on, the sky grew darkI put the pedal down to make some timeTheres somethin

57、g good, waitin down this roadIm picking up whatever is mineSong: Running Down a DreamDesigned by AnnybabyTask 1Task 2Task 3Designed by AnnybabyDesigned by AnnybabyNow you will hear a long conversation followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choi

58、ces.Listening: What Is History?Task 1 What are the speakers talking about? _ What is the probable relationship between the speakers? _ When did Thomas Carlyle live? _ What was Carlyles idea? _ How does the approach of todays historians differ from that of Carlyle? _D. The meaning of history.C. Teach

59、er and student.D. In the 19th century.D. Great men are key to history.A. They focus on the thinking and behavior of groups.Designed by AnnybabyW: What is history?M: Can I answer?W: Well, sure. I didnt expect anyone in the class to have an answer. But, OK, what do you think?M: History is the biograph

60、y of great men.W: Do you know who said that?M: Yeah. Thomas Carlyle in the 18th century.W: 19th century.M: Oh, yeah. Thats right. And if we look at history we can see his point. In the 20th century, history was people like Bill Gates. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was Shakespeare. These men defined