1、听说训练4Part A模仿朗读听录音,模仿朗读短文,注意画线单词的发音。短文读两遍。Imagine you could find an explanation for everything in the universe,from the smallest events possible to the biggest.This is the dream which has captivated the most brilliant scientists since Einstein.Now,they think they may have found it.The theory is brea
2、thtaking and it has an extraordinary conclusion that the universe we live in is not the only one.Everything you are about to hear is true,at least in this universe it is.For almost 100 years,science has been haunted by a dark secret that there might be mysterious hidden worlds beyond our human sense
3、s.Imagine you could find an explanation for everything in the universe,from the smallest events possible to the biggest.This is the dream which has captivated the most brilliant scientists since Einstein.Now,they think they may have found it.The theory is breathtaking and it has an extraordinary con
4、clusion that the universe we live in is not the only one.Everything you are about to hear is true,at least in this universe it is.For almost 100 years,science has been haunted by a dark secret that there might be mysterious hidden worlds beyond our human senses.答案：explanation eksplneInuniversejunIvs
5、captivated kptIveItIdbrilliantbrIlIntEinstein aInstaInbreathtakingbreteIkIextraordinaryIkstrdnrIconclusion knklunhauntedhntIdmysterious mIstIrIsPart B听录音回答问题1.听第一段对话,并回答录音提问的第12题。对话仅播放一遍,注意做好记录。M:Hi,Kitty,where are you going for your vacation?W:Paris.Ive been wanting to go there
6、for ages.M:Now your dream will come true.When are you off?W:Next Wednesday evening.M:How are you getting to the airport?Is anybody seeing you off?W:Yes,my brother will go with me to the airport to see me off.Well take a taxi.My plane takes off at 9:15.听提问,回答第1个问题。提问读两遍:Question 1:Where will the woma
7、n go for her holiday?Question 1:Answer 1:听提问,回答第2个问题。提问读两遍:Question 2:How will the woman get there for her holiday?Question 2:Answer 2:2.听第二段对话,并回答录音提问的第35题。对话播放两遍,注意做好记录。M:Hi,Mary.W:Oh,hello,Peter.How are you?M:Im fine.Can you have a cup of coffee with me?W:I cant now.I have an exam tomorrow.I have
8、 to study for it.M:Youre taking a lot of courses this year.W:I might drop some of them.Are you still on the football team?M:Yes,we have a game this Friday.W:Can I come to see you play?M:Yes,of course.W:The weather report said it would be sunny on Friday.M:Great.听提问,回答第3个问题。提问读两遍:Question 3:What does
9、 Peter ask Mary to do with him?Question 3:Answer 3:听提问,回答第4个问题。提问读两遍:Question 4:Why wont Mary go?Question 4:Answer 4:听提问,回答第5个问题。提问读两遍:Question 5:What will the weather be like this Friday?Question 5:Answer 5:答案：1.Question 1:Where will the woman go for her holiday?Answer 1:Paris.Question 2:How will t
10、he woman get there for her holiday?Answer 2:By plane.2.Question 3:What does Peter ask Mary to do with him?Answer 3:Have some coffee.Question 4:Why wont Mary go?Answer 4:She has to prepare for an exam.Question 5:What will the weather be like this Friday?Answer 5:Sunny.Part C故事复述One day,there was a bl
11、ind man sitting on the steps of a building with a sign by his feet,which read,“I am blind.Please help.” He put a hat beside the sign.However,there were only a few coins after a whole morning.A creative writer passed by and saw the poor man.The writer stopped and found that the man only had a few coi
12、ns in the hat.The writer then put some of his own coins in the hat,and decided to help the blind man.Without asking for permission,he took the sign,turned it around,and wrote a new message.He then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man,and left.In the evening,the creative writer returned to th
13、e place and noticed that the blind mans hat was almost full of bills and coins.The blind man recognized the writers footsteps and asked whether it was he that had changed his sign.He really wanted to know what the man wrote on it.The writer smiled and said,“Dont worry.I just changed some words.I am
14、glad that it works.”Actually,what was written on the blind mans new sign was that,“Its spring now,but I cant see it.”梗概:一个盲人在乞讨,但收获甚微。一位作家巧妙地修改了他的求助词,帮助了他。关键词:blind man(盲人)sign(告示牌)coin(硬币)permission(许可)(一)听第一遍,速记以下要点:1.为何收入甚微?2.作家如何帮他?3.改了什么求助词?(二)听第二遍,速记以下细节,并做好复述准备:One day,a blind man However,A w
15、riter In the evening,Actually,the new sign read:(三)复述故事根据速记的内容口头复述故事。答案：One day,a blind man was begging for money.He put a hat in front of him with a sign which read,“I am blind.Please help.” However,he got just a few coins after a whole morning.A writer saw the blind man.He put some coins in the ha
16、t and helped the blind man.He changed the words of the sign and then left.In the evening,the writer returned to the place and found that the blind mans hat was almost full of coins.The blind man thanked for this help and wanted to know what the writer wrote.Actually,the new sign read,“It is spring now,but I cant see it.”Part D问题翻译1.你打算参加明天的英语演讲比赛吗?2.明天的比赛上有多少裁判员?3.你能告诉我举行比赛的时间和地点吗?答案：1.Are you going to attend the English speech contest tomorrow?2.How many judges are there at the contest tomorrow?3.Can you tell me when and where the contest will be held?
