施心远主编《听力教程》3_(第2版)Unit_9答案.doc

UNIT9 Section One Part 1 Spot Dictation Celebrations in Australia, Asia Ring in 2010 One of the first major cities to celebrate the beginning of 2010 was Sydney, Australia. More than a million people gathered along the Sydney harbor to watch the citys annual fireworks show, set to booming rock music. Hours before midnight people arrived at Harbor Bridge to stake out good seats for the 12-minute display. This years show involved more than 5,000 kilograms of explosive devices. Other cities around Asia and the Pacific region celebrated with fireworks, such as Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. In other places people marked the New Year without fireworks. Millions in Japan prayed at shrines for good fortune in 2010. In Seoul, South Korea, a giant bell was rung. In Chinas capital, signs around Beijing cautioned not to light fireworks within the heart of the city on New Years Eve. This did not seem to bother Beijing residents, who say the Lunar New Year is their traditional time to celebrate with fireworks.? This year that holiday is in mid-February. Many young people were at bars and clubs in Beijing until the early hours of the morning. Still others had to work on New Years Eve. As late-night revelers waited in the cold for a scarce cab, two men unloaded a truck at a bakery on Workers Stadium Road. One of them said he hoped for good health for his parents in the New Year. His coworker said he hoped to spend the Lunar New Year with family at his home in nearby Shandong province. Part 2 Listening for Gist Unlike air travel, which is regulated internationally, rail travel is in many cases controlled nationally. The degree of safety of rail travel is therefore highly variable from country to country, depending on the degree of regulation and the quality of regulation in the country concerned. In Britain and the United States rail passenger deaths work out at an average of less than 10 rail passenger deaths per year. Unfortunately, the rail passenger deaths per year statistics