新视野大学英语视听说第四册听力原文.doc

Unit3 Listening Practice 1 1、W: Did you read the paper today? There was an earthquake in Brazil. M: Yes, but it only measured 3.5 on the Richter scale. I dont think there were any casualties. Q: What is the result of the earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale according to the man? 2、W: Im a bit worried about Suzie traveling to southern India. Its the rainy season there, and there may be landslides. M: Suzie can take care of herself; she wont go anywhere too risky. Besides, you can always e-mail her if it makes you feel better. Q: What is Suzie doing? 3、M: Hi, I thought you were on holiday in Asia! Back already? W: We never got there! Our travel agent cancelled our arrangements because the whole region is flooded. We were so disappointed; we wont get another chance to go this year. Q: What is the woman doing? 4、M: Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. Can you believe it? A typhoon hit the east coast and it was chaos. W: I saw it on the news. The flooding and damage were terrible. I dont think anyone was hurt though. Q: What is the consequence of the typhoon 5、W: Did you see that program last night about volcanoes? It was fascinating! M: Yes, the weird thing is the molten lava looks so beautiful, yet its so destructive. And I couldnt believe how far the ash can travel. Im glad we dont have any volcanoes here! Q: What does the man think the volcano is? Listening In task1 Son: Hi, mom, what are we having for dinner tonight? Mom: I havent started yet. Why, have you any requests? Son: How about tsunami for a change -- I dont know what it is, but I heard some Japanese people using the word on the bus the other day. Sounds like a food. Maybe its similar to sushi. Mom: Nonsense. Tsunami comes from Japanese words meaning harbor and wave. If we had a tsunami, it would be the other way around, young man. Son: Why? What is it? Mom: I mean it could swallow you up. A tsunami is an enormous series of very powerful waves. Son: Could you surf on them? Th