U4听力原文与答案.doc

UNIT 4 Section 1 Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions. Sam: (1) Whos that? Jill: (2) Thats my sister. Sam: (3) Shes taller than you. Jill: Yes, and shes three years younger (4) than me! Sam: And whos that? Jill: Thats my grandmother my (5) fathers mother. Sam: What (6) about your other grandparents? Jill: (7) Theyre all dead now. Sam: You look very much like (8) your mother. Jill: Yes, 1 do. Our (9) hair is the same colour, (10) but our eyes are different. Stun: My father (11) and I look alike, too. Part 2 Listening and Note-taking This table shows the number of commuters* into central London between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. daily. The total number is 1,396,000. Of these, 405,000 travel by underground — thats 29% of the total, and 28% travel by British Rail — thats 391,000 people daily. 13 %, 181,000 people, use both rail and underground, and 9%, 126,000 people, travel by bus. That means a total of 1,103,000 people, 79%, on public transport. The remainder use private transport, 237,000 come by car and the rest come either by motorbike or bicycle. This means 4% come by motorbike or bicycle, and 17% by car. Exercises A: Listen to the conversation and take notes .Write down the total number of commuters into central London between 7.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. and the number and percentage of people, traveling by means of public transportation. 1,396,000 1,103,000 79% Exercise B: Complete the following chart. Means of transportation (Public) Number Percentage Underground 405,000 29% British Rail 391,000 28% Both rail and underground 181,000 13% Bus 126,000 9% Total 1,103,000 79% Means of transportation (Private) Number Percentage Car 237,000 17% Motorbike or bicycle 56,000 4% Total 293,000 21% Section Two Listening Comprehension Part 1 Dialogues Dialogue 1 Phoning about the Flat Woman: hello, 2248818. Man: Hello, Im