新编大学英语听力1 unit4

[00:04.03]Exercises 1

[00:07.20]Directions:

[00:10.40]Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions

[00:17.39]with no more than 10 words.

[00:22.25]A Christmas to Remember

[00:26.42]Once there was an old woman who liked to bake cookies

[00:33.44]She didn't have anyone to share them with

[00:38.70]so she just gave them away to the children in the neighborhood

[00:45.58]This went on for several years and the cookies became quite famous

[00:53.57]especially at Christmas-time

[00:58.28]The parents began to like the cookies as much as the children dim 1

[01:05.12]and the old woman's kitchen became very busy, so the children came to help.

[01:14.16]Then one Christmas the old woman became ill

[01:20.68]There were no cookies, and there was no money to pay the doctor

[01:27.98]The children were very sad

[01:32.02]Later they had a bright idea, that was to bake cookies from the old woman's recipe 2

[01:43.14]So the children started a cookie store.Soon they had a very good cookie busines

[01:52.64]with money to pay the doctor as well as to put in the bank.

[01:59.77]After the woman got well.she was asked to become the manager of the store

[02:07.87]selling special cookies for all the holidays of the year

[02:14.50]After the old woman died, the children, now grown up

[02:21.88]kept the cookie business alive in her name.Maybe life is like a Christmas cookie

[02:30.70]The more you share it with your friends,the more you're likely to enjoy it.

[02:39.08]1)  What did the old woman like?

[02:44.12]2)  Why did the children come to help the old woman?

[02:50.86]3)  What happened to the old woman one Christmas?

[02:57.12]4)  How were they able to pay the doctor?

[03:02.66]5)  Who continued the business after the old woman died?

[03:09.83]6)  What does the author compare life with?

[03:16.70]Exercise 2

[03:20.20]Directions:

[03:24.26]Listen to the passage again and retell the story.

[03:30.35]Listening 3

[03:34.45]Exercise 1

[03:37.76]Directions:

[03:41.36]Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions

[03:48.56]with no more than 10 words.

[03:53.28]Saint 3 Valentine's Day

[03:57.67]Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine's Day

[04:05.56]One legend 4 dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empire

[04:13.55]According to the story, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome,

[04:20.75]wanted to increase the size of his army

[04:25.97]He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join

[04:33.85]Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry

[04:41.23]until he had served a certain number of years in the army.

[04:48.32]A priest 5 named Valentine broke the rule

[04:54.48]and secretly married a great many young people

[05:00.53]Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison

[05:09.85]where he remained until his death on February 14.

[05:16.94]After his death, Valentine was made a saint

[05:23.14]and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine's Day

[05:29.47]It became the custom for lovers 6 to send each other messages on this day

[05:37.54]Now Saint Valentine's Day is a time for people to give roses

[05:44.81]or chocolates and to send greetings.

[05:50.21]1)  On which day is valentine's Day celebrated 7?

[05:57.48]2)  Where did the story take place?

[06:03.35]3)  Why couldn't the young men there marry openly?

[06:10.94]4)  Who is the Day named after?

[06:16.24]5)  What did Valentine do in favor 8 of the young people there?

[06:24.23]6)  How was he punished?

[06:29.59]7)  How do people celebrate Valentine's Day now?

[06:36.50]Exercise 2

[06:39.82]Directions