施心远听力教程1UNIT-5.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 UNIT 5 Section One 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. Woman 1: Oh did he? I dont (1) believe it! Woman 2: And so I said... Waiter: Yes, what (2) would you like? Woman 2: Oh, I dont know. Just let me (3) have a look at the menu. Let me see ... Woman 1: Erm. Ill have a cheeseburger, chips (4) and a large coke. Woman 2: Ugh! I hate cheese. (5) Ill have a beefburger and chips. Waiter: Anything else? Woman 2: (6) Have you got any orange juice? Waiter: Large (7) or small? Woman 2: Small, please. So anyway, (8) and then l said... Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 1. Prices on a Tokyo stock market rose more than 5%. The Nikkei closed at 17,686 points. 2. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up a modest 14 points to 10.699 -- a fractional gain for the blue-chips. The Standard and Poors 500 index closed 10points higher -- less titan 1%. The technology-weighted Nasdaq composite gained about 40 points over 1%. The US economy may be slowing, but the latest data shows it is still vibrant. US consumer confidence bounced back this month. And sales of existing homes in June rose a surprising 2.8% -- a stronger-than-expected jump. Exercise: Listen to some statements. Fill in the blanks with the correct numbers. Section Two Listening Comprehension Part 1 Dialogues Dialogue 1 With Casual Clothes… Woman: Hey Dan, where are you going? Dan: I’m going to work. Woman: To work? Look at you. You’re not wearing a suit. You’re wearing … well, just regular clothes. Dan: We don’t have to wear suits wear suits on Fridays anymore. There are new rules at work. We can wear whatever we want. Woman: That’s great! Dan: Yeah. And believe it or not, casual clothes are good for the environment. Woman: Good for environment? Stopping pollution? Dan: Yeah. Casual clothes actually stop pollution. Woman: How?