国际交流英语视听说B3U5.ppt

Unit ;Further Listening;Andersen’s “Little Mermaid” is about the daughter of the Sea King, and she must wait to get married until her older sisters have been married—and she has a lot of older sisters! When it’s finally her turn, she goes to the ____________ of the sea, rescues the prince from _____________, and falls in love. She’s not human, however. In fact—she has a tail, so _________________ the prince seems unlikely. It ___________ that in order for the mermaid to become human, the prince must love her with all his heart and marry her, and she must _______________ her beautiful mermaid voice in order to lose the tail. The ___________ tale doesn’t end the way you might expect. The prince does get married, but to a human princess, and the little mermaid becomes a ___________, one of the “daughters of the air”, as a reward for her good _____________ as a mermaid.;Listening 1;Girl: Have you decided what your research paper is going to be about? Boy: Not yet. I’m interested in Akhmatova’s poetry, but I don’t know much about it. Girl: Maybe the professor can recommend some good sources of information. Yesterday she said we could go to her office for help any time today. Boy: But I’m also interested in fiction. Have you read anything by Isabel Allende? Girl: No, I haven’t. She’s a modern-day novelist, isn’t she? Boy: She is, and she’s really popular. Her books have been translated into a lot of different languages, including English. Girl: That’s lucky for you since you don’t speak Spanish!;Boy: Very funny. The problem is—I haven’t read any of her books either, and I don’t think I have enough time before the paper is due. Girl: Didn’t the professor say something about books of literary criticism? Maybe you can just read about Allende. Boy: I’d still have to do a lot of reading. Girl: Well, sure—it’s a research paper. Boy: I think I’ll go with the poet, and I think I’ll go to the professor’s office now. Girl: Good ideas. Now I need to decide on my topic ...;Listening