教你怎么聽1 Lesson2
Unit two Descriptions
[00:05.69]Number 1 Listen.
[00:10.34]Which person are they describing?Write the correct number.
[00:14.52]1.A:I think she looks frightened.
[00:19.30]B:Yeah,it looks like she's holding up her hand to protect herself.
[00:23.35]A:Yes,it must have been something really scary.
[00:26.93]B:Yeah.probably so.
[00:28.42]2.A:He look like he's just made a score and very jubilant.
[00:28.53]B:Yes,very very happy.
[00:31.06]A:Just like a happy child.
[00:32.47]B:Yes.
[00:33.23]3.A:She looks happy.What do you think?
[00:38.04]B:She looks proud.She looks like something good happened.
[00:41.80]A:Yes.
[00:43.16]4.A:He looks perplexed.
[00:46.21]B:He's thinking about something.
[00:49.06]A:Maybe he can't decide what to do.
[00:51.52]B:Yes,I think you're right.
[00:54.31]5.A:Look at her.
[00:57.47]B:She is angry.
[00:59.20]A:Oh,is she?
[01:00.69]B:Maybe something annoying happened to her.
[01:03.09]6.A:He looks very sad,doesn't he?
[01:08.47]B:Yes,It looks like he's been crying,doesn't he?
[01:12.18]A:There's been some tragedy in his family.
[01:11.18]B:How sad!
[01:12.77]Number 2 Listen to the tape and write as much information as you can in the table.
[01:21.39]Robin:And now that you're here.Why don't you join us for dinner tonight?
[01:26.72]Er-mary and I were going to go just around th corner to this little Spanish place called the Trocdero.
[01:33.04]Carolyn:Oh,that sounds interesting...
[01:34.51]Mary:That would be great.Do come with us.It would be so nice tho have your compary...
[01:40.75]Bart:I would really like that-it's my first evening out and my first meal...
[01:45.37]Robin:It would just be the four of us.Oh,no,because John and Jane are coming,you remember...
[01:51.23]Mary:Oh,yes,yes,I know John and Jane.
[01:53.97]Robin:You probably remember John,don't you?John Cooper?
[01:57.94]Carolyn:No,I don't.What does he look like?
[02:00.55]Robin:Well,you did meet him,actually,at a Chinese evening about two weeks ago,
[02:05.75]he's-um-that rather serious-looking musician,with glasses,you remember,
[02:11.47]wears a suit most of the time,and...and a very attractive wife,Jane.
[02:16.77]Mary:If you don't remember him,you must remember Jane.She's absolutely fantastic.
[02:21.76]Robin:She's tall and slim with this lovely red hair,and she has a super sense of humur.
[02:30.57]Carolyn:And very talkative.
[02:32.11]Robin:He's rather boring,but she is very talking an interesting.
[02:36.65]Carolyn:Yes,yes,I remembe now.
[02:38.82]Robin:Good.
[02:39.79]Number 3 Listen to the four descriptions of objects and identify what is being described in each case.
[02:50.00]1)A:Where does Adrian live?
[02:52.38]B:In Rose Cottage.
[02:54.26]A:Which one's that?
[02:55.83]B:Oh,you know,beautiful old place with a thatched roof,two chimneys and a hedge at the front.
[03:01.97]A:Ah yes,It's got th date it was built on the wall,right?
[03:05.70]B:That's it.
[03:07.19]2)A:Good morning,madam.
[03:10.59]B:Morning.I just came to see if anyone has handed in a bag I left on th number 52 bus last night.
[03:17.51]A:Can you give me a description?
[03:19.75]B:Of course.It's plain blue,quite large with a zip on top.
[03:24.35]B:Um.there's a pocket on the outside and it's got a tear down one side.
[03:31.04]A:Right,I'll just check for you.
[03:33.70]3)A:Um,can anyone lend me their bike for half an hour?
[03:38.41]B:Sure,You can take mine.
[03:40.05]A:Oh,thanks,Paul.
[03:41.65]B:It's the red one with the bags at the back.It's got a little mirror.
[03:46.03]Here's the key to unlock it.
[03:48.25]A:Thanks a lot.
[03:49.43]B:Oh,one of the tyres is a bit flat.You may need to pump it up.
[03:53.90]4)A:International Plastics.Good afternoon.
[03:58.21]B:Hi Connie.It's Geoff.
[04:00.82]A:Hello.What can I do for you?
[04:02.31]B:I think I may have left my raincoat there.It's a plastic one with a hood.
[04:07.95]Er,it's got black stripes on the sleeves and pockets.
[04:12.50]A:OK,I'll have a for you.'
[04:15.08]B:Thanks a lot.
[04:17.07]Number 4 Listen to these people describing some things they have lost.While you listen,take notes.
[04:26.52]Porter:Good afternoon.madam.How can I help you?
[04:30.62]Connie:Erm,well,I seem to have lost my handbag.
[04:34.02]Porter:Oh,I'm sorry.
[04:35.46]Connie:Have you seen a brown bag?
[04:37.60]Porter:I'm afraid,madam,at the present time nothing has been handed in,
[04:42.82]but if you'd like to give me a description.I can write it down.
[04:46.40]Connie:OK,it's,it's a brown bag.
[04:49.49]Porter:Brown.
Connie:And it's,erm,it's leather and it has a flap that comes over top.It's er,a shoulder bag.
Porter:Fine,Have you got anything inside it that would identify it?
Connie:Well,my passoprt's in there and er,my money is in there.I have about fifty pounds.
Porter:I see.
Connie:Erm,my passport an my money erm.Oh,I,have a little address book and my name is in the front.
Porter:Fine.
Connie:Fine.
Porter:I'm Connie McCurdy.I'm in room fifteen.
Connie:Yes,madam.
2.David:Excuse me,can yoiu help me please?I've lost my watch.
Receptionist:Where do you think you lost it?
David:Well,I think I must have left it in the gentlemen's toilets.
Receptionist: Do you know what time?
Divid:Well,it was only about a quarter of an hour ago.
Erm,I think I took it off to wash my hands and I left it on the window hedge just in front h basin,
and I went back to my room and I realised I'd lost my watch so I went back to teh gentlemen's toilets again to see if it was there,
and it disappeared.I wondered if maybe one of tne cleaners had picked it up.
Receptionist: No,did you ask the attendant if he'd seen it?
David:Er,the attendant wasn't there at the time actually.I didn't see anyone else there.
Receptionist: Right,can you give me some details,then,please?
David:Well,it's erm an ordinary sort of watch,you know,not one of these fancy digital things.
Receptionist: No.
David:It's erm..
Receptionist: What make is it?
David:It's wind-up watch.I think it's a Timex.Erm,it;s got the date on it.
Well,you know,a date indicator and a second hand and it's got a,a brown leather strap on it as well.
Receptionist: Right.And what colour's the face?
David:It's a creamy colour.
Receptionist: OK,Well,leave it with me and I'll check with the attendant.
3.Lost Property Officer:Yes,could I help you?
Passenger:yes,I've just come off the last flight and my bag isn't on the baggage thing.
Lost Property Officer: I see,Erm,can you describe the bag please?
Passenger:Yes,it's a hold-all,a green hold-all about this big.Er,it's got a zip across the top and yellow handles.
Lost Property Officer: I see,Well,I'd better make a note of that.H...have you got your baggage claim from?
Passenger:Yes,erm.Here you are.
Lost Property Officer: Right,now you say the bag was green and it's a soft,erm.a soft bag,nylon.
Passenger:Yes,it's nylon.
Lost Property Officer: And with a,with a zip,not straps.
Passenger:That's right,withe a zip.
Lost Property Officer: And,er,handles.Has it got a shoulder handle?
Passenger:No,it hasn't.Well,it did have but it fell off.
Lost Property Officer: I see.
Number 5 Listen to the descriptioins on the tape of how things used tho be two hundred years ago.
I dentify in each case what inventions or discoveries have replaced the things described.
Listen to the example fist.
Two hundred years ago,if you wanted to communicate with anyione at any distance,you used t write to them
and it took days,if not weeks,before you got a reply.
Nowadays,of course,we just pick up
The answer is 'the telephone'.
Of course, two hundred years or so ago people used to keep food, and in particular meat,
from going by salting it.
Nowadays, of course, we've got ...
Imagine living a few hundred years ago when there didn't use to he any safe, cheap, effective drug to treat pain.
We take it for granted nowedays that if you've got a headache or temperature you just take a few...
Until fairly recently, ff you wanted a close shave, you have to take a brash,
work up a lather with shaving soap,
spread that shaving soap over year face and then carofully scrape the bearded ama with a sharp razor
Nowadays, of course, most men use a ...
Two hundred years ago, if you wanted a hot drink, yon used to have to drink it fast, before it cooled.
In contrast, today all you have to do is pour the drink into a ... and take it with you.
Then you can drink it hot at any time you want.
Two centuries ago, if you wanted to get the dust ont of a carpet or rug,
you used to have to take it outside and heat it.
Nowadays, of course, we just ping in a ...
Tall buildings were not really practical two hundred years ago because people used to have to climb so many stais.
