新东方听力特训文本
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CD1-01无对话内容
CD1-02
Short dialoge
Sunday's run
listen to conversition between two friends and answer the questions.
Hi, Alison.
Oh,hi, Julian.Have you been training hard for Sunday's run for a cure for breast cancer?
You bet! I have been running three times a week for over an hour each time.It's great. I can't believe I've gotten to this point so quickly! Only six months ago I would run for five minutes and almost collapse in exhaustion.
I hear you. I decided to run in this marathon because I needed a motivator to get myself back into sharp. During my pregnancy I gained a whopping eighty pounds and I'm still trying to trim down. Also, I totally believe in the course.I know so many poeple who have been touched by the disease.
Wow! Eighter pounds! That's nuts! Did you have triples?
No, just a big little boy. He was born 9 pounds, 5 ounces.Hi, Julian, what inspired you to want to run this weekend?
Well, a bunch of my running buddies thought it would be a great idea. We all started running at the same time and when we heard one of the guys' mother was diagnosed with cancer, we thought the marathon was something positive we could do as a group. It should be a lot of fun , and I've been collecting lot of sponsors from the school. So I'll hopefuly make tons of money for the cause.
That's so cool, Julian.Hey, I've got to dash. I'll see you finish line on Sunday.
No. 1:
1.What is the main topic of the conversation? (C)
A. Running and its danger.
B. Pregnancy and weight.
C. Marathon for charity.
D. How to collect money.
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2. What is the main reason for the woman to have the gained a lot of weight? (A)
A. She had a baby.
B. She was diagnosed with cancer.
C. She ate a lot without doing any exercise.
D. She could not go to a gym due to lack of money.
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My listening:
Can't hear the word "Marathon" clearly, so make it a little difficult to understand the meaning, I choose B of question 1 at first listening.
[[i] 本帖最后由 flyingleaf2006 于 2006-7-9 10:01 编辑 [/i]]
CD1-03
Exam scheduleHi, Mabel.
Hi,John.
Could you please give me some information of exam schedule?
I will be happy to. The dates for the first term are December 9 to December 23 . The dates for the second term are April 11 to April 30.
How long are exams?
Exams are normally three-hour long. You must book a room for a three-hour exam.The department will arrange an invigilator. Early next month, there will be a sign up sheet posted on the bulletin board in the faculty lounge. You can choose a square on this draft shedule. The dean then receive it, then draws up the final schedule to avoid students in the Science Faculty having two exams scheduled at the same time.
That's a good idea. So I just have to sign the sheet in the faulty lounge asking when I want my exam.
Yes, it is not at all certain that when the exam will be , but it gives Dean Acheson a place to start. He still have to do most of it manually,consulting his computer to see which students registered in each course have oder exams. Doing an exam schedule is quite complex. Quite often, he consults the schedule from the previous year.
1. What is the conversation mainly about? (D)
A. How to use the faculty lounge.
B. How to avoid clashes with students.
C. How to exam the scheduling computer.
D. How to schedule the exam.
2. In the conversation, what is Dean Acheson's main job? (C)
A. Taking care of the bulletin board.
B. Consulting students.
C. Scheduling the exams.
D. Signing the sheet in the faculty lounge.
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CD1-04
RegistrationAdvisor and student
Hello , are you Aren Beaychamp?
Yes, I am . I am sorry I'm late for my appointment but there was an incident on the bridge and traffic was backed up.
That's okay. I am Rodney Cakdwell.How may I help you?
How are my registration date and time determined?
First year students are mailed a designated date and specific time with their admission letter. For continuing studentes the dates and time for registration are determined by the average from the previous winter session and by the year that the students is in. Are you a first year student?
Yes, I am.
Have you received your admission letter?
Yes, I have.But I also have some questions on how to pay for the courses.How do I pay if I have don't use credid card?
Other options are, by going to a bank and paying the teller on your course confirmation slip, or by coming to the campus and paying in-person at the Students Service Buiding on the third floor.
What is the main topic of the conversation? (C)
A. The traffic accident.
B. How to enter the university.
C. How to register in the courses and pay tuition.
D. How to register and use a credit card.
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[[i] 本帖最后由 flyingleaf2006 于 2006-7-9 10:02 编辑 [/i]] 超级感谢
继续啦
CD1-05
Stress between Work and StudyHi,Stuart.how's school going?
Oh, hi, Lisa. School is really , really tough right now, exams are coming into two weeks.
Geez. Stuart, you sound stressed. Exams, yes, I used to dread this time of year. I used to cram the night befor and hope I was studing the right stuff.
That's the hard part of studing last minutes;you run out of time, have to pick and choose areas of focus and guess what will be on the exams. It's always a bit of a gamble. To add more stess I have a part-time job on top of studing!
Can't you take some time off from your job, Stuart?
No, I need the money to help pay my board. I thougt I was doing pretty well all term balancing school and work, but now I'm finding it's next to impossible finding the time to both study and work. After coming home from my job I have to hit the books for a few hours every night, whether I have the energy or not. Sometimes I just want to go to sleep...I'm so tired1
Well if it's any consolation, Stuart, you know it's not going to last forever. It's like you just have to find that extra energy to get through it all. Before you know it, you've graduated! Twenty years from now you will look back on this time and remember all the fun you had.
No doubt, thanks, Lisa. I know you're right. I'll probaly even look back on my menial job with fondness too.
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CD1-06
A general intelligenceListen to part of a lecture in a phychology class. Then answer the questions.
Today we will look at this problematic concept known as "intelligence". What is it? Is there an "intelligence" that help us to solve all kinds of problems? Or are there different intelligences that help us deal with particular problems and solutions? What do you think?
I think it depends on other things, such as cultural background.
Indeed. There is also a body of research that states mental ability is a function of social factors such as education and not one's inherent biological make-up. The scientific community is devided on the issue. One of the beliefs behind the idea of single entity "inteligence" is the concept of "General Intelligence" or "g". The English psychologist Charles Spearman in the early 20th century made "g" stand for a statistical measures of performance across a variety of tests. He found that the same people who did well in variety of mental tests tended to use a part in their brains that he termed "g".This "g" laid the foundation for the notion of a single intelligence, allowing us to undertake everyday mental tasks. Can you think of any problems inherent in this theory?
Well, for one thing, it seems there are a lot of t mental activities that go on and that we can't always measure their activity so easily.
Ture enough. Nonetheless, a recent study seems to confirm Spearman's theory. Reseach has found that a part of the brain called the "lateral prefrontal cortex" is the only area of the brain to increase in blood flow when volunteers tackle complicated puzzles. However, Spearman's concept is still highly controversial with many people questioning both the the statistical process and the simplistic nature of "g"
1. What is the main topic of the lecture?
2. What is the main idea of Spearman's "g" theory?
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CD1-07
THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN AGRICULTUREWe call the first two decades of the 20th century the golden age of American agriculture. What were the factors that made the periad the golden age of American agriculture? Who can offer some reason?
New strains of crops, improved farming methods, and what about greater use of pesticides and fertilizers?
Absolutely. Technical advances continued to improve productivity. The U.S. Department of Agriculture set up demonstration farms to show how new techniques could improve crop yields. In 1914. Congress created the Agriculture Extention Service, to advice farmers and their families about everyghing from crop fertilzers to home sowing projects. The Department of Agriculture undertook new research . developing hogs that were fattened faster on less greain as well as fertilizers that increased grain production. New hibrid seeds that develped into healthier plants, treatments that prevented or cured plant and animal diseases, and various methods for controlling pets were all introduced around this time. Anything else?
Wasn't there also some kind of population boom around then ?
Good! Farm prices were high as demand for goods increased, and land values rose. Howerver, the good years of the early 20th century ended following World War 2. What was happening then?
Maybe a lot of people, women especailly , were moving from the farm to the cities.
What are the main reasons that made the early 20th century the golden age of American agriculture?
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CD1-08
New York's EconomyThis time we'll talk about the state of New York in the USA. A report by the Fiscal Policy Institute, which is an economic think-tank or committee that generally focuses on issues that affect the quality of life and economic well-being of New York workers, claims that although America as a nation has enjoyed many years of record-setting economic expansion, the same cannot be said about the state of New York. Although median incomes for America as a whold. This led to very little improvement in the workers' standards of living from where they were in the last ten or even twenty years ago. The new analysis by the Fiscal Policy Institute also suggests that there are severe regional differences in New York's ten regions. Case in point, the Upstate economy has not benefited at all from America's booming times. In fact, their economy has been relatively sluggish. At the same time,the Downstate region's economic grouth hinges on Wall Street. and many New Yorkers living in the city's suburbs are still struggling. Looking at government date, we can see that although New York enjoys many resources, these resources do not seem to benefit the state by means of pay or living conditions for New York workers during economic good or bad times in America. Using this same date, we can conclude that in order for all New Yorkers to benefit from the economy , we cannot rely just on grouth. Instead, we nne to analyze the growth and find out how it affects not only the workers, but also their families across the entire state. Clearly , the state must take some responsibility and step in ande help families that are not benefiting from a growing economy.
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SORRY,上面的CD1-08 应该是CD1-011的内容
我是听完一篇打一篇呢，在这下了不少资料，多少也干点活吧 真不错，继续加油啊，期待中．．．．．．应该还有吧？
CD1-08
Consumer Price IndexAnd now class, let's swith gears and discuss a different topic? Consumer Price Index, CPI for short. If you switched on the TV and heard on the news that the CPI in Canada was 2.1%, what does that mean? In a nutshell, it means that Canadian consumers paid 2.1% more than in the previous year for the goods and services included in the CPI basket. Although prices of goods and services rise and fall over time, when prices change too dramatically, they can have negative effects on an economy. In order to tell if an economy is experiencing inflation, deflation or stagflation, we use the CPI as a gauge of the price of goods and services. Believe it or not, when the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistic releases the CPI date monthy, you might ask? Well, the CPI play a role for many key financial decision makers, including individual investors, the Bank of Canada in Canada and the Federal Reserve in the U.S. The CPI helps the Bank of Canada forecast the interest rate policy and other decisions of major banks and corporations. I mentioned the CPI basket before and now I want to expand on what this basket is and how wer get the information. The base-year market basket, which makes up the CPI, comes from detailed expenditure information collected from surveys of thousands of families.The information is not randomly collected, instead, the information is gathered through interviews and diaries kept by participants who have agreed to disclose their buying havits. The basket is divided into eight groups: food and beverages, housing, apparel, transportation, medical care, recreation, education and communication, and other goods and services, and inclues more than 200 categories. Finally, the prices of 80 000 items in the market basket are collected nonthly from thousands of retail stores, wervice establishments, rental units, and doctors' offices.
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CD1-09
Boster Tea PartyOkay calss, I know you must be up to your ear in history, but let's talk about another important event in American history called the Boston Tea Party. On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of American patriots went to the Boston Harbor. The men were dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded three British vessels, the Beaver, the Eleanor, and the Dartmough of th East Indian Company. After they boarded the docked ships, they dumped all the tea that was on the three ships, which amounted to 45 tons or 342 chests with a value of 10 000 pounds, into the ocean. You must be asking yourself why on earth these grown men would dump all that tea in the water. Let's back up and start from the beginning and discover what led to this interesting chapter in American history. It all began when the British East Indian Company had total control of the tea trade between India and the British colonies. To offest this domination of tea, the colonies would smuggle their tea in from Holland. As a result of the Tea Act OF 1773, which was passed by Parliament to save the British East India Company from bankruptcy,the colonies refused to buy British tea, The Tea Act basically elininated all taxes on tea and offered Americans tea at a lower price than that of colonial smugglers. This Tea Act was put in place to save the British East Indian Company from bankruptcy,m but would cause the colonial smugglers to go out of business, Because the patriots feared the Tea Act would create an illegal monopoly, they discouraged people from importing tea, Fearing that some people would continue to buy their tea from the British East Indian Company because it was so cheap, the patriots took control by taking matters into their own hands, The paatriots decided to reject tea shipments and they demanded that tea ships be permitted to returen to England without paying the duty required by law.Over 5 000 townspoeple of Boston and surrounding towns gathered at Old South Meeting House to beg the governor to send the ships back to England, Howerver, the governor rfused and it was on the night of December 16 that 60 men dressed as Mohawk Indians went over to the Boston harbor and boarded the shops and dumped the tea into the Boston harbor. Needless to say, Parliament was furious and reacted by closing the Boston harbor.This event was just the beginning of a long clash between England and the colonies.
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CD1-10
StonehengeMoving on to another ancient discovery, let's discuss the magnificence and mystery of Stonehenge. Theree kilometers west of a town called Amesbury stands a large, tall stone ruin known as Stonehenge. This unique monument has stood for over 5 000 years in an open downland of Salisbury Plain in Southern England.Stonehenge is not a single structure, but consists of a series of earth, wood, and stone structures that were revised and re-modeled over thousands of years. How were the stones moved into place? No one knows exactly, but it is definite that it took a lot of muscle power and numerous men to move these heavy stones in place. The next logical question might be: why was Stonehenge built? Well, to answer this question, we can look at the findings of an 18th century British scholar named William Strukeley who noticed that the horseshoe of great stones and the houseshoe of 19 smaller stones called bluestones opened up in the direction of a midsummer sunrise. He concluded that these stones were placed not accidentally, but deliberately positioned and planned so that on a midsummer's morning the sun rose directly over the Deel Stone and the fist rays shone into the centre of the monument between the open arms of the horseshoe arrangement. This discovery has had tremendous impact on how Stonehenge has been interpreted. Both Stukeley in the 18th century and Sir J. Norman Lockyer, a British astronomer and scientist, in the 20th century, belived that this alignment implied a ritualistic connection with sun worship. Their conclusions led to the belief that Stonehenge was built as a temple to the sun. Nowadays, an astronomer named Gerald Fawkins disagrees with Stukeley and Lockyer's conclusions and instead argues that Stonehenge is not simply aligned with solar and lunar astronomical events, but can be used to predict other events such eclipses. In a nutshell , he believes that Stonehenge was not built as a temple; instead it was built as an astronomical calsulator.
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CD1-11
CD1-11内容为已发的 NEW YORK'S ECONOMYCD1-12
DiscriminationLet's talk about the pros and cons of discrimination in the USA. I'm sure you are thinking to yourself why I have included pros and cons in my opening statement. Aren't there only bad things that result in discrimination? Well, the answer in nost cases is yes. When we discriminate, a negative outcome usually results. However , let's say you are an employer of a business and the goverment has told you that you must hire a certain number of women or a certain percentage of black and white people. This would restrain you from hiring , promoting and firing your emplyees, Okay, let's take a step back and discuss why in some cases individual freedome to choose or discriminate who will work for you can be a good thing. During the past 40 years , the American goverment has put rules in place to increase the protection of the environment and groups such minorities, women, workers and consumers. These new rules have resulted in numerous regulations and new bodiew of law, which in some cases have resulted in extreme policies like the one I described before about an employer not being able to select an employee of his or her choice based on sex or color. As a result, opponents argue that individualism had been lost with these new laws. On the other side of the ccoin, some anti-discrimination proponents argued against the traditional division of occupational roles between men and women, These arguments led to major legal cases, which in turn led to stong requirements to recruit women for jobs usually held by men such as skilled manual and mechanical work on construction sites. The U.S. Congress also allowed the entry of women into the military academies, In fact, a strong effort was made, particularly those directly involved in combat, but also to train women together with men. Another anti-discriminatory example involves the Department of Justice, which began to change the rraditional names of specfic jobas from firemen and policemen fo firefighters and police officers and required local police and fire forces to hire women police officers and fire fighters. Discriminatory exminations snd tests, in both the public and private sextors, wer soon abolished and soon every business was toled to avoid favoring one sexs over another for specific jobs. These new laws resulted in the progress of equiliby, because most occupations were now open to women and noen were closed to people of color.
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CD1-13
The Book of the DeadThe Book of the Dead is the name given by Egyptologists to a collection of chapters made up of groups of spells, incantations, and mummification techiniques. This book was designed to help the deceased live a happy afterlife in "heaven". The book was supposed to be read by the deceased during their journey into the Underworld.It is New Kingdom text, which is similar to many texts found in the pyranmids. The texts found in the pyramids are classified as the Old Kingdome text, and the text found in Egyptian coffins are classified as the Middle Kingdom text.Both texts outline the ceremony performed at the funeral of an important person. The movies have led us to believe that we should not read from The Book of the Dead, but in fact ,the book needed to be read by ancient Egyptians interested in an afterlife. To put it in modern terms, think about how modern religious rituals are run.You go to your place of worship, and rituals and holy texts are read out to you from a book. In Ancient Egypt, these burial rituals weren't immediately read from a book. At first ,they were read directly off the walls of their chambers of a pyramid and later were read directly off the sides of the coffins. The Book of the Dead was read off of papyrus sheets, much as religious rituals today are read out of books. Like some modern day holy books, The Book of the Dead was meant to be relatively cheap to purchase, unlike buying a pyramid or a coffin. This would ensure that any fairly well-off person could buy a hand-written copy of the book and use it on a loved one. if you were an Egypian with a fair bit of money in the Neq Kingdom, you would buy a copy of the book that would have blanks where the name of the loved one should be placed. Then all you had to do was hire someone called a scribe to write the name in all the blank spots.
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[[i] 本帖最后由 flyingleaf2006 于 2006-7-9 09:57 编辑 [/i]] CD1-14 to CD1-21 are the Long Dialogue and the Long Lecture which the texts are long somehow. So I will leap across then and turn to CD2-1 next note. Sorry for that. 好，楼上mm加油．．．．．．．．．． 支持楼主，精神可嘉 LZ真是好人 真是辛苦啊!!!
::p7 thanks
CD2-02
MistakeOh,hi,Doctor Muir. Can I discuss my grade on my term paper with you？
Sure, Anderew. What seems to be the problem?
Well, it's a bit complicated, or rather, kind of embarrassing, to be honest. I made a rather stupid mistake.
O.K. Go on , Andrew..
Well, there's been a terrible mistake. The term paper I handed in was not my final edited version. The paper you marked was not the paper I was overtired, stressed and rushing against the clock, but when I saw the mark on my paper, I quickly realized what had happened. I must have printed an earlier draft at the last mimute, thinking I was printing out the final paper. Doctor Muir, I must be honest with you , maintaining my average is extremely important to me, as this will affect my application to grad school. If my grade doesn't improve I may be forecd to drop the course and re-take it next term , I can't jeopardize my chances.
Well Andrew, that sounds like a terribel mistake. I'm not sure what can be done about it at this point. The paper was dure three weeks ago, and they've all been marked and given back to the students. I must say I haven't run into this kind of situation before. Usually students are asing for extensions or wanting to discuss their grade after the paper has been marked. Let me talk to some of my colleagues about your situation, and we'll go from there.
Thank you , Doctor Muir. I really appreciate this. Should I give you the correct paper today?
No, Andrew let's wait until I talk to some people, I may lost the paper and this will only add to the confusion. Check back with me on Wednesday, and I'll let you know the outcome. Oh, one more thing, Andrew, in the future, I would suggest re-reading papers one last time before submission.
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CD2-03
Emily CarrHello, Doctor Reiner. I would like to discuss my presentation tipic for the 19th and 20th century Art History lecture.
O.K. Marie, what artist have you chosen to discuss?
My presenting topic will be on Emily Carr, the famous West Coast Canadian female painter. I've always thought her life and work intriguing. Not only for being a female painter, I also am inspired by her sense of adventure. Ifind the fact that through her many paintings she has documented a way of life that has all but disppeared for many coastal aboriginal communities interesting.
Well, Marie, the painter Emily Carr sounds like a good choice ,Nobody in the class has picked her yet, and you sound really enthusiastic about her life and work. It should be interesting. Remember, when planning your slides, the presentation should be no longer than ten to fifteen minutes. Please rty and keep to this as we have ten presentations to run through that day.
Thanks, Doctor Reiner. One other thing, do you know if the school' Fine Arts library has a good collection of her work on slide, or do you think I will have to make my own?
Hmmm, from what I remember we do have quite a few of her paintings in our paintings in our slide collction. However, you should check with the Fine Arts librarian. You know how slides can go missing...
That's great! I'll do that this afternoon. Thanks for your time, Doctor Reiner.
Your welcome, Marie, see you in class next week.
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CD2-04
Report on DiskHello, prefessor Tenhaaf.
Oh, hi, Werner. How's it going on your report?
Oh, great,mostly...Uh, these are your office hours, right? Can I have a moment of your time?
Sure, sure. What did you want to talk about?
Well, about my report. Is it acceptable to submit it on disk? I'm having a problem.
Well, I really would prefer it as a hard copy, printed. What's the problem?
For some silly reason my printer stopped working. I'm not very good with computer stuff. I don't know what's wrong with it. That's why I thought I could just hand you a copy on disk.
Well, I'm going to reading and marking this project on a wilderness retreat, in a cabin where there's no electricity. I'm afraid the disk wouldn't be of much use out in the woods. Could you get it printed by one of your fellow students, or at the computer lad? It's a minimal cost.
Oh my goodness, you're right. Ifeel a little ridiculous now that you've pointed that out. Thanks for your time and I'm sorry if I took much of your time.
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CD2-05
Air PollutionAll right, Todd. I can't believe it. This project is almost finished!
I couldn't have done it without you, Christine. I know it's been a ton of work . I'll be glad when we're through.
There's just one area we haven't covered yet, and I think we should be including it in our work.
Oh, O.K. What is it? I hope we don't have to re-write anything.
Oh, no. It's just about the research date on the effects on air quality when bicycle use rises by 10%. I think this is important date to include in our project on "Air pollution and how it affects our quality of life". Who knows? It may actually inspire more people to ride their bikes!
You're right again, Christine. That's important information to include in the project. We've already gathered all the information, so let's input it today.
Sounds great, Todd. Let's do it now so we'll be all for Thursday's presentation.
You said it. As soon as we get this complete, I'm going to pump up my bicycle tires.
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[url]http://bbs.taisha.org/thread-594671-1-3.html[/url] LZ辛苦啦, 严重慰问! 楼主真是民族英雄！！！::p7不过楼主有没有写作第一部分阅读的文本呀？我下了写作的MP3，但是没有文本不好用。学习。 Hi, upstairs, I didn't buy the book about writing. Quite busy recently, I will try to work on it if buy it later.Regards!
[[i] 本帖最后由 flyingleaf2006 于 2006-7-4 00:32 编辑 [/i]] 首先谢谢楼主.
我有个非常善良的朋友帮我记录了CD1长段子的文字, 谢谢我那位极善良的朋友先.
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以下是CD1 15-21的文字:
1-15
Long dialogue, skill 2, report on beluga whales
Listen to part of a conversation between a student and a professor.
Jeff: “hello Dr. Christianson”
Dr. Christianson: “hello Jeff. What can I do for you?”
Jeff: “well I need an extension for my report on beluga whales. Next Wednesday I’m supposed to present in class and hand my report in. but I won’t be ready”
Dr. Christianson: “you had 6 weeks to work on this, and I have a policy of penalizing heavily for late assignments. You lose 20% the 1st day and 10% for each day after”
Jeff: “well my computer broke down and I lost everything. I have taken the computer into the campus repair workshop but they cannot retrieve any of my files. They said I could take it to a computer store downtown, but that to retrieve the information would probably take a while and cost me 400$. I don’t have 400$ to spare. Also the beluga whale specialist at the aquarium who I am planning to interview has been working in Los Angeles on a sea horse project with their aquarium for 6 weeks. He gets back next Monday. His secretary said he would be too busy his 1st week back so I have to wait until the following week. I was hoping to video tape the interview and show parts of it and show it to the class”
Dr. Christianson: “quite the tale of woe you have. I can sympathize with the computer issue though because it happened to me once when I was a student. My computer crashed just as I was on the last page of a 10000 word essay. I hadn’t backed it up or saved it on disk. I assume this will be a lesson to you”
Jeff: “oh yes. I also lost the work I had been doing for another biology course. I had completed about 8 pages”
Dr. Christianson: “well lets look at the calendar and see if there’s an another opportunity for your presentation and report. We are nearing the end of term and I’d like to review the last week of classes”
Jeff: “what about on November 29th?”
Dr. Christianson: “let me see. No that wouldn’t work as Jane Clark is doing her presentation that day”
Jeff: “I’m not sure I can get it finished much sooner as I have to stat writing report from scratch”
Dr. Christianson: “well perhaps I can allow you to hand in your report on November 29th but the presentation must be sooner. Looking at my calendar the only possible day would be November 22nd. Rob Metkaf was supposed to present that day but I understand he was in a serious car accident and had to withdraw from university”
Jeff: “I didn’t know that. I was wondering why he hadn’t been in class this week. Is he all right?”
Dr. Christianson: “I don’t know. I just received an email from the registrar telling me the data and reason for withdrawal”
Jeff: “I would check with Fred. Perhaps he knows more. They were good friends. Maybe some of us could send him a card with flowers”
Dr. Christianson: “that would be nice. So we have arranged for you to present to the class on November 22nd and hand in your report on November 29th. No later than 3pm on November 29th for the report”
Jeff: “okay. I’m going to be really busy over the next few weeks. I still can’t believe my computer broke down. It wasn’t even that old. I think I will to have to give up basketball. I’m just too busy now”
Dr. Christianson: “that is too bad. But you are lucky I am in a good mood today and not penalizing you for your tardiness”
Jeff: “thank you for not penalizing me. I really need to keep my scholarship which means I need to keep my GPA up. If I don’t have a scholarship I will have to take a year off and work”
Dr. Christianson: “is this your 3rd year then?”
Jeff: “I hope to graduate at the end of next year. There is an ongoing NGO project in marine biology in Indonesia that I would like to work on when I am finished. I have a friend there now. There are not a lot of jobs for biology graduates, but I just love the field”
Dr. Christianson: “most jobs require a graduate degree but more and more seem to be opening up”
Jeff: “I hope so. Thanks again Dr. Christianson. I was so worried I couldn’t sleep last night. Good bye”
Dr. Christianson: “goodbye”
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer
1) What is the main topic of the conversation?
2) What is the main reason the student could not sleep last night?
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Long dialogue, skill 3, summer break
Listen to part of a conversation between 2 students.
Sven: “hi Wendy”
Wendy: “hi Sven”
Sven: “only 2 more weeks of classes, 8 schooldays actually then exams start”
Wendy: “yes. I will be glad when exams are over. I get panicky and very stressed at exam time. I find myself eating constantly and I don’t seem to find any time to exercise”
Sven: “exams don’t bother me that much. This year most of the marks for my courses were based on assignments and research projects. I only have 2 exams”
Wendy: “you’re lucky. I have 5. I also need to get good marks over 80% or I wont be able to keep my scholarship”
Sven: “what are you doing for summer break?’
Wendy: “I would like to go to Italy and work at a restaurant in Florence. My uncle owns a restaurant specializing in seafood and he has offered me a job for the summer. In Italy there are lots of English speaking tourists so he would like to have someone fluent in English. It would also be an excellent opportunity for me to practice my Italian. I hope to be a translator one day so I need to be fluent in several languages”
Sven: “that would be a wonderful summer!”
Wendy: “yes I know. I really want to go. The problem is my father had a heart attack 3 weeks ago. He’s out of the hospital now and not in too much danger but he cannot do much around the house. My brother is overseas with the air force so I am the only one to help my mother around the house. It is such a dilemma. I don’t know what to do”
Sven: “yes I could see that would be a very difficult decision. You are only young once though and a chance to go to Florence for the summer sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime”
Wendy: “I’m leaning towards going to Italy but I just feel so guilty. What about u Sven. What are your plans for the summer?”
Sven: “well I have a dilemma too. I would love to go to Nepal and volunteer with an NGO that could use me to instruct local residents in engineering skills. It would be a chance to share what I already know and I think it would be really interesting to spend 4 months in Nepal. However, I don’t find out until next week whether or not I have been accepted into the program. If I do get accepted I won’t be making any money and I need money to return to university for my final year in September”
Wendy: “if you don’t go to Nepal where would you work?”
Sven: “I don’t know. I have had some interviews with some construction companies. There are a lot of new high rises and hotels going up in the south side of the city. There were 3 companies that thought they would have a place for me to do manual labor and the pay is good. None of the 3 companies are unionized but they all pay union wages. I would prefer an office job where I could use the engineering skills I have already acquired. I have applied to several companies for inside work but only 2 have responded to my applications and neither seems very promising. It would look much better on my resume after I graduate if I had work experience in my field. Also many engineering students get hired after they graduate by the company they worked for the previous summer”
Wendy: “I can see your problem. If I get the opportunity to go to Nepal I would probably go. Cant u borrow money from financial aid for your final year?”
Sven: “probably, but I hate to start out with a lot of debt. Engineering fees are rising by 10% next year. It is not an inexpensive faculty to be in”
Wendy: “no. but if u have the opportunity to go to an interesting job in Nepal and be of service I think that would be wonderful”
Sven: “you are probably right. I appreciate your advice.”
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.
1) What is the main topic of the conversation?
2) What is the woman’s main dilemma? 01-17
Long lecture, skill one, journalism, newspapers and journalists
Listen to part of a lecture in a journalism class
“In the US constitution it is stated that the congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech of the press. This puts forth the foundation of journalism in the United States. The government and the press are 2 separate entities. The people who wrote the 1st amendment understood that journalists are human beings and that they can make mistakes. The press even though it is not perfect was to take on the job of government critic with its responsibility to the citizens of America not to the government. At the core of the way in which the press operates is independence. Newspaper owners may support a particular party, but it is becoming more common for a newspaper and its journalists to be totally independent in every way. Unfortunately sometimes this is a goal to work towards and not a description which shows the truth. Staff and the newspaper they represent should show freedom of thought and action. A newspaper must not print stories for the sole purpose of promoting people who support it. Journalists cannot receive money, holidays, or gifts from special groups for favorable news coverage. If a newspaper were corrupt it could not criticize the government for being corrupt. Sometimes things like a free meal or sports tickets are acceptable though, but this is not practice written in stone. There are not really any rewards for the type or amount of freedom that the press enjoys, maybe devotion of the readers in trust. With freedom of the press a newspaper can still report a story in the way it wished. However, it must still adhere to the laws of libel. The basic idea is that there must be truth to what the newspaper prints and the newspaper must be able to show that they are being truthful. It is common for a newspaper to separate its ideas and beliefs from the objective presentation of truth. The news is presented with sources identified when possible. It is only on the editorial page that the newspaper gives its and other staff members or syndicated writers personal opinions. For a newspaper to not sound one sided or closed minded to others it often has a section devoted to letters that people write to the newspaper about how the news is being reported and other versions of the truth if one or several happen to exist. The newspapers reserve the right to edit as necessary so that there is fair presentation. A newspaper must also be sure to remain responsible if it does make a mistake. Correction should be printed in the same part of the newspaper all the time so they are easier to be found. A newspaper must also know when to draw the line when they have crossed the boundary of invading somebody’s private life. It is at this point that the newspaper must look at what it is saying and doing and re-evaluate the situation. Journalists must follow the same laws as does everybody else but must be extremely enthusiastic in uncovering the truth. In doing this they become a type of supervisor or watchdog. Newspapers must be careful of becoming caught up in something called prizeman-ship, presenting stories in a certain way with the sole purpose of the newspaper or the journalist winning a prize. This has happened before. A journalist made up the story and ended up winning the Pulitzer Prize. In the end the journalists revealed the truth and quit her job. The newspaper gave the award back with great humiliation. It is okay for newspapers and journalists to receive prizes, but they should be from people or groups who have no connection to the recipient and they should be without the recipient knowing it. There is the temptation to exaggerate the facts but this must always be avoided. Journalists must always remember this last rule in being a journalist. Above all one must be aware of the possibility that he or she might be wrong, that a mistake has been made. There can be many viewpoints which distort the truth. Journalists must remember when an error is made there is always somebody who is going to be hurt. It is for this that the truth must always be found and never interpreted.”
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you to answer.
1) What is the lecture mainly about?
2) According to the lecture why is prizeman-ship mainly problematic? 1-18
Long lecture, skill 2, geography, American southern coastlands
Listen to part of a lecture in a geography class
“Of anywhere in the united states it is in the southern coastlands that the climate has greatest impact on human geography. There are several factors which affect human activity: humid subtropical, long growing season, mild winter temperatures and warm humid summers. There are 9months or more of potential growth for agricultural crops for almost the whole region of the southern coastland. What is more the average annual rainfall is more than 125cm mostly between April and October when warm temperatures support plant growth and sunlight is plentiful. It is enough rain for most agricultural activities for almost the entire region. These climactic conditions have brought forth 2 important results: farmers can grow their crops until late in the fall without fear of frost as long as agricultural conditions are met. I mean as long as there is fertile soil, control of insect pests and appropriate ground drainage. It has even been possible to harvest 2crops and even more for vegetable farmers. Of greater importance is the fact that there is the chance to produce specialty crops that cannot be produced in other parts of the United States. Although the region where citrus fruits have been produced has slowly moved southwards along the peninsulas interior citrus production. Citrus production has been noteworthy in contributing to Florida’s economy. Of the 7 major citrus growths, in Florida orange and grapefruit are most important. Most oranges, about 80% today, are processed rather than being sold fresh. The processing of oranges has had affects on other parts of the economy as more people are employed in the industry and sales are not limited to the harvest period but continue all year long. The grapefruit is produced in a similar area as the orange, but the demand and output is only about 25% of the orange. These 2 citrus fruits are also grown in south Texas but with irrigation. Production costs for citrus fruits mainly come from harvesting. The fruit must be picked by hand from the trees. During the harvesting season thousands of migrating laborers flock to Florida to do the physically strenuous in the citrus groves. In the mainland United States it is only in the southern coastlands sugar cane production is found. It is in production all year round and needs more than one year to reach full maturity. It is intolerant of frost and needs a large amount of water more than 125 cm per year. Rice has fewer climactic requirements than sugar cane. As long as rice has sufficient water it will mature according to the amount of heat it receives in the summer. In Louisiana and Texas rice is grown with irrigation. Besides specialty crops there are parts of the southern coastlands which are one of the countries main areas for growing vegetables. In the winter urban markets are filled with fresh vegetables grown in Florida and along the southern part of states along the gulf.”
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.
1) What is the main topic of the lecture?
2) According to the lecture what are the main consequences of the warm weather and a lot of rainfall in the southern coastlands?
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