大学英语听力第一册 lesson 5

　　Daily Activities I

PART A Micro-Listening

Phonetics Sound Recognition 1

I. Directions: Listen carefully. You will hear ten pairs of words. If the words you hear are the same, write 'S' in the brackets 2. If different, write 'D'. 10 points

1. ________

2. ________

3. ________

4. ________

5. ________

6. ________

7. ________

8. ________

9. ________

10. ________

II. Directions: You will hear ten sentences. In each sentence there is a word which is similar to another word in sound. The two confusing 3 words are given in the brackets. Listen carefully and underline 4 the word you hear. 10 points

1. Please (feel / fill) the bag.

2. I suddenly (feel / fell) ill.

3. Helen has got the (mail / meal) ready.

4. Can you (taste / test) it?

5. Pass me the (soap / salt), please.

6. Tom is (washing / watching) his car outside.

7. Are you waiting for the (bus / boss)?

8. Will you show me the (shirt / suit) you bought yesterday?

9. Is it (cold / gold)?

10. He wanted to (sail / sell) the boat.

PART B Macro-Listening

Dialogue 1

I'm Going for a Walk

I. Tapescript

Bill Hello, Mary. Why are you standing 5 here in the cold wind?

Mary I'm waiting for a bus, but the buses are very full at this time of the day.

Bill Where are you going? This isn't your way home. You must take a bus from the other side of the street to go home.

Mary But I'm not going home now. I'm going for a walk in the park.

Bill Going for a walk in such cold weather?

Mary I always like to go for a walk before supper.

Bill I see. Then why are you going by bus? Why not go to the park on foot? It isn't very far from here.

Mary Oh, no, Bill. But it isn't very interesting to walk through the street. In fact, it's very boring. So I always take a No. 3 bus to go to the park.

II. Language and Culture Notes

Why not go to the park on foot? is the elliptical form of 'Why don't you...?' The interrogative adverb 'why' can be followed by elliptical sentence which serves as a suggestion.

e.g. Why stop here? meaning: Let's go on!

Why not try again? meaning: Come on, try once more!

III. Exercises with Key

1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 10 points

1 What was Mary doing at the beginning of the dialogue?

a. Going home.

b. Waiting for a bus.

c. Waiting for someone.

d. Taking a walk.

2 Where was Mary going?

a. Home.

b. To the bus stop.

c. To the park.

d. To a restaurant for supper.

3 Why did Bill feel surprised when he first heard Mary was going for a walk?

a. Because it was a cold day.

b. Because she was going to take a bus for a walk in the park.

c. Because she was going alone.

d. Because she had not told him about this before.

4 Why didn't Mary like walking to the park?

a. Because the bus service was good.

b. Because the park was too far.

c. Because it was too cold.

d. Because it was uninteresting for her to do that.

5 When did the conversation most likely take place?

a. Early on a cold winter morning.

b. Late on a cold morning.

c. Late in the afternoon.

d. On a cold winter evening.

2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following sentences with the words you hear. 10 points

1 Mary, why are you standing _________________?

2 But the buses are very full _________________.

3 You must take a bus _________________ to go home.

4 I'm not going _________________. I'm going _________________.

5 I always like to go for a walk _________________.

6 Why are you going _________________?

7 Why not go to the park _________________? It isn't very far from here.

8 It isn't very _________________ to go through the street.

9 So I always _________________ to go to the park.

Dialogue 2

You Are Asking a Lot of Questions Tonight

I. Tapescript

Paul: Hello, Mrs Taylor. Can you help me? I'm doing my homework and I can't understand this word.

Mrs Taylor: Which one? Oh ... that is difficult. I can't help you right away... I'm watching something on TV.

Paul: Oh? What are you watching?

Mrs Taylor: I'm watching a cowboy 6 film.

Paul: Can Mr Taylor help me?

Mrs Taylor: No, he can't now, Paul. He's reading.

Paul: What is he reading?

Mrs Taylor: He's reading a magazine.

Paul: What about Kate?

Mrs Taylor: Oh, she can't help you either. She's making a phone call now.

Paul: Oh? Who's she calling?

Mrs Taylor: She's calling her boyfriend ... You're asking a lot of questions tonight, Paul.

Paul: Am I? ... Well, I'm practising my English.

II. Language and Culture Notes

1. This dialogue is held between an English landlady 7 and a foreign student who is a lodger 8 at her place.

2. A cowboy film is set in the American West, describing a time between the Civil War and the invention of the automobile 9. The hero is always a legendary 10 figure in the shape of a cowboy riding through the open country and taking the law into his own hands.

III. Exercises with Key

1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and fill in the table with the information you've got from the tape. 10 points

WHAT ARE THEY DOING TONIGHT?

Mr Taylor 1 _________________

Mrs Taylor 2 _________________

Kate 3 _________________

Paul 4 _________________

2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 10 points

1 Why does Mrs Taylor say that she can't help Paul right away?

a. Because the word is difficult to her, too.

b. Because she is busy with something else.

c. Because she can't recognize Paul's handwriting.

d. Because she can't see the word without her glasses on.

2 What seems to be the relationship between Paul and Mrs Taylor?

a. Mother and son.

b. Teacher and student.

c. Hostess and guest.

d. The landlady and a foreign student.

3 Why is Paul asking so many questions tonight?

a. He wants to know more about the Taylors.

b. He wants to get closer to the family.

c. He wants to improve his spoken English.

d. He has nothing else to do.

4 Why does Mrs Taylor say to Paul 'You are asking a lot of questions tonight'?

a. She hates being asked about her family.

b. She is tired after a day's work.

c. She hates being interrupted 11.

d. She finds his questions difficult to answer.

5 What can you infer 12 from the dialogue?

a. English words are sometimes difficult for native speakers of English to explain.

b. Paul is a hard-working foreign student.

c. The Taylors do not like Paul.

d. Kate's boyfriend is a talkative person.

PART C Oral Practice

I. Directions: Use the structure 13 'Why not...?' to make suggestions in the following situations.

Model: A: I'm not feeling well today.

B: Why not take a day off?

Suggested situations:

1. You're feeling cold.

_________

2. Your radio doesn't work.

_________

3. You can't speak English well.

_________

II. Directions: Say a few words about Paul.