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Unit 11 Listening- Centered Activities
Intensive Listening
Listening I
Listening II
Extensive Listening
Talking About College Days
Higher Education Around the World
听力真题实战 03年1月
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Listening I
New Words & Expressions
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Tapescript
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New Words & Expressions
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1. ring
电
话
给······
2. stay up
3. pub
熬夜
4. marketing
酒吧
5. takeaway
市场营销
外卖食物
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Exercise 1-1
Directions: Listen to the telephone
conversation once and decide whether
the statements you hear are true or false.
Write “T” for true and “F” for false.
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T 1) Justin has been working hard for his
exams.
F 2) His first exam was last Tuesday.
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F 3) He wants to tell his mother about the
exam.
KEY
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Exercise 1-2
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T 4) Justin’s mother said that she had never
heard about Lucinda before.
____5)
Justin and Lucinda have been
T
preparing for the exams.
F 6) Lucinda is studying Chinese.
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T 7) Term ends on the 30th.
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T 8) Lucinda will be staying with Justin’s
family during the holiday.
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Exercise 2-1
Directions: Listen to the conversation again
and fill in the blanks with the information you
get from the tape.
Justin is a college/university
________________ student. It’s
Sunday
________ evening and he is ringing/calling
_____________
his mother.
end of the term and Justin’s started
It’s the ____
staying up
preparing for exams
______. He’s been _______
last Thursday. But
late. He had his first exam ____
terribly/badly/poorly .
he thinks he did it __________________
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Exercise 2-2
Lucinda is Justin’s girlfriend. She’s doing
course as Justin. Sometimes
the same _______
study together. They’ve been _______
testing
they ______
each other on economics and marketing.
Justin will be home in two
____ weeks. He asked
stay
his mother if she would let Lucinda _____
holiday because they will
with them in the ________
project together.
do a ________
Tapescript
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Listening II
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New Words & Expressions
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Tapescript
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New Words & Expressions 1
1. scent
气味，香味
2. creep
爬行；蹑手蹑脚地走动
3. timidly
胆怯的，羞怯的
4. be sound asleep 酣睡
5. stoop
俯身，弯腰
6. snatch
攫取，一把夺下
7. apple core
苹果核
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New Words & Expressions 2
8. plot
密谋，计划
9. cruelty
残酷，残忍
10. mutter
小声嘀咕，咕哝
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Exercise 1-1
Directions: Listen to the poem twice and fill
in the blanks with the missing words.
The Bully Asleep
One afternoon, when grassy
Scents through the classroom crept,
laid his head
Bill Craddock ____
slept .
Down on his desk, and _____
The children came round him:
Jimmy, Roger, and Jane;
lifted his head timidly
They _____
sink again.
And let it ____
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Exercise 1-2
sound asleep, Miss,”
“Look, he’s gone ______
Said Jimmy Adair;
stays up all the night, you see.
“He ________
care .”
His mother doesn’t _____
“Stand away from him, children.”
Miss Andrews stooped to see.
“Yes, he’s asleep; go on
let him be .”
With your writing, and _________
chance !” whispered Jimmy;
“Now’s a good _______
hid it.
And he snatched Bill’s pen and ____
Kick him under the desk hard;
“ _____
He won’t know who did it.”
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Exercise 1-3
Fill all his pockets with rubbish—
“ ____
Paper, apple-cores, chalk.”
So they plotted, while Jane
Sat wide-eyed
__________ at their talk.
Not caring, not hearing,
Bill Craddock he slept on;
parted eyes closed—
Lips _______,
Their _______
cruelty gone.
Stick him with pins!” muttered Roger.
“ ______
“Ink down his neck!” said Jim.
But Jane, tearful and foolish,
comfort him.
Wanted to ________
— from The Roundabout by the Sea by John
Walsh
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Exercise 2-1
Directions: Work in pairs to answer the
following questions.
1) Where did the story take place?
In a school.
2) What is the poem about?
The poem is about a boy named Bill
Craddock, a bad boy. He always bullied
others. The children were afraid of him and
hated him very much, but they didn’t dare to
fight him back when he was awake. One day
Bill was very sleepy and fell asleep in the
classroom. The children wanted to seize the
opportunity to take their revenge.
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Exercise 2-2
3) What did the kids do to Bill?
They hid Bill’s pen, kick him under the desk,
filled all his pockets with rubbish, stuck
him with pins, poured ink down his neck;
but Jane wanted to comfort him.
4) Why did they do so?
They hated him and wanted to take their
revenge.
Tapescript
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Intensive Listening I Tapescript 1
Justin is twenty, and is studying away from home in
the north of England. He never writes home, but often
rings his parents on Sunday evening.
Mother: Hello. Bedford 21698.
Justin: Hello, mum. It’s me, Justin.
Mother: Hello, love. How are you?
Justin: I’m fine, but I’m really tired.
Mother: Oh—what have you been doing?
Justin: Well, we’ve just started exams, so I’ve been
staying up late… erm… it was 3 o’clock last
night… yeah, I’ve been studying really hard.
Mother: Of course, it’s exam time. When did they start?
Justin: Last Thursday. We had our first one on
Thursday morning. It was terrible. I don’t want
to talk about it.
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Intensive Listening I Tapescript 2
Mother: OK. What else have you been doing?
Justin: Not a lot. I’ve been working too hard. Sometimes
I go around to Lucinda’s place and we study
together.
Mother: Lucinda? I haven’t heard about her before. Who
is she?
Justin: You know—Lucinda—I’m sure I’ve told you about
her. She’s doing the same course as me. I’ve
known her for ages. We often help each other
with work. Sometimes we go to the pub or cook a
meal together. Today we’ve been testing each
other on economics and marketing. She’s just
gone out to get a Chinese takeaway.
Mother: Oh, yes—when exactly are you coming home?
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Intensive Listening I Tapescript 3
Justin:
In two weeks. Term ends on the thirtieth.
Oh —mum, would it be OK if Lucinda came
to stay in the holiday? Erm… we have to do
a project together.
Mother: That’s fine, love. She’s very welcome to stay.
We’d like to meet her.
Justin: Thanks, mum. Lucinda’s just come back with
the food. I’ll ring again before I come home.
Love to dad.
Mother: Bye, love—and good luck in the exams.
Justin: Thanks. I need all the luck I can get. Bye.
Mother: Take care of yourself and work hard. Bye.
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Intensive Listening II Tapescript 1
The Bully Asleep
One afternoon, when grassy
Scents through the classroom crept,
Bill Craddock laid his head
Down on his desk, and slept
The children came round him:
Jimmy, Roger, and Jane;
They lifted his head timidly
And let it sink again.
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Intensive Listening II Tapescript 2
“Look, he’s gone sound asleep, Miss,”
Said Jimmy Adair;
“He stays up all the night, you see.
His mother doesn’t care.
Stand away from him, children.”
Miss Andrews stooped to see.
“Yes, he’s asleep; go on
With your writing, and let him be.”
“Now’s a good chance!” whispered Jimmy;
And he snatched Bill’s pen and hid it.
“Kick him under the desk hard;
He won’t know who did it.”
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Intensive Listening II Tapescript 3
“Fill all his pockets with rubbish—
Paper, apple-core, chalk.”
So they plotted, while Jane
Sat wide-eyed at their talk.
Not caring, not hearing,
Bill Craddock he slept on;
Lips parted, eyes closed—
Their cruelty gone.
“Stick him with pins!” muttered Rodger.
“Ink down his neck!” said Jim.
But Jane, tearful and foolish,
Wanted to comfort him.
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Extensive Listening
 Talking About College Days
 Higher Education Around the World
 听力真题实战 03年1月
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Talking About College Days
Words You Need to Know for Listening
waist
腰
air-conditioned
装有空调的
demonstration
示威游行
scary
可怕的
arrest
逮捕
ceremony
典礼
skip
跳过，遗漏
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Exercise
Directions: Listen to the conversation and decide
whether the following statements are true (T) or
false (F).
1) 【F 】 Grace is very proud of her hair which is
down to her waist.
2) 【T 】 All of them got arrested once, and that was
not very terrifying.
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Exercise
3) 【F 】They got arrested for something they
believe in and were released because they gave
up their belief.
4) 【T 】 None of them regret that they skipped out
on the graduation ceremony.
5) 【T 】 Three main things have been mentioned in
the conversation.
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Tapescript 1
 The following is a conversation between one woman,
Grace and two men, Martin and Curtis.
Grace: Martin, what do you remember most about our
college days?
Martin: Oh, I remember most?
Grace: Curtis’s hair... down to his waist.
Curtis: I remember how Grace looked. (Wha...) She always
had a flower painted on her face, remember that?
Martin: Oh, yes.
Grace: Now wait. Let’s not forget about Martin and his airconditioned blue jeans. I never saw anybody with
more holes in their jeans than Martin.
Martin: They’re a classic. I still have those blue jeans!
Grace: Still have them? I don’t believe it. That’s incredible!
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Tapescript 2
Martin: And I still wear them, too.
Curtis: You know, I was just thinking about the most important
thing that happened in college.
Martin:The most important thing? You mean, the time we got
arrested?
Curtis: Umm.
Grace: Yeah. You know, that’s my best memory. That peace
demonstration. (Yeah.) You know, somehow getting
arrested for something you believe in isn’t... isn’t scary
at all.
Curtis: No, it isn’t at all. But it did help that there were five
hundred other students getting arrested along with us.
Martin: That’s true.
Curtis: That was a great day, though.
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Tapescript 3
Grace: Hey, you all remember our last day of college?
Curtis: Graduation? What’s to remember? None of us went
to graduation.
Martin: Do you regret that... that after all these years you
skipped out on the ceremony?
Grace: Not me. I don’t think we missed anything that day.
Curtis: No, nothing at all. And that picnic that the three of
us had by the stream, remember? (That was great.)
Drinking wine, playing guitar, singing. Oh, that was
worth more to me than any graduation ceremony.
Martin:That was the best graduation ceremony there
could have been.
Curtis: Mm-hmm.
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Higher Education Around the World
Words You Need to Know for Listening
scholastic
学术的
aptitude
能力
anthropology
人类学
humanities
人文学科
demonstrate
游行
Saudi Arabia
沙特阿拉伯
Kuwait
科威特
Korea
朝鲜
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Exercise
Directions: Listen to the passage and tell whether the following
statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1) Japanese students often have to attend a night school to pass
college entrance examinations.
2) Whether American students can get into college or not depends
solely on S.A.T scores.
3) College life in North America is not so difficult as that in other
countries.
4) Students in the West used to be concerned with politics and
social change.
5) Courses like literature, art and philosophy were popular 20
years ago
1)【 T 】
2)【 F 】
4)【 T 】
5)【 T 】
3)【 F 】
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Tapescript 1
 In many countries, such as France, Greece, and Japan, it is
often more difficult for students to pass the college
entrance exams than to do the course work when they are
actually in college, and students who don’t have much
money are at a disadvantage. Students prepare for these
tests for years in advance. Often, students attend a private
school at night to get ready for them. These private schools
are usually expensive. If their families don’t have much
money, students can’t attend, and they might not pass the
entrance exams without this extra preparation.
 In contrast, students can easily get into an American or
Canadian college—at least more easily than in other
countries. American students take an entrance exam called
the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test). However, colleges do
not consider only SAT scores.
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Tapescript 2
 They
also consider a student’s grades and activities
throughout high school. A student who has done well in high
school will probably get into college.
 What happens when a student finally enters a college or
university? Students in China, Korea, or Japan might find their
college studies easier than high school work. On the other hand,
when American or Canadian students begin college, many of
them discover that they need to work very hard and study
seriously for the first time in their lives—especially if they plan
to go to graduate school. If college tuition is high, they may
need to work part-time to help pay for their education. College
education in many countries (such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait),
by contrast, is free.
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Tapescript 3
 Because of the combination of studies and a job, college
life may be more difficult for students in North America than
it is for students in other countries.
 In the 1960s and 1970s, many students in Europe and North
America demonstrated against the government and hoped to
make big changes in society. College life has been changing
since then, however, and students are not paying much
attention to politics these days. Instead, most students are
interested only in their studies and future job. Twenty years
ago, many college students chose a major in sociology,
anthropology, or another social science. Courses in the
humanities (literature, art, philosophy, and so on) were also
popular. But these days, students all over the world are
majoring in more practical subjects such as business
administration, computer science, and engineering. (395
words)
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