时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:新编大学英语听力浙大版


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[00:02.92]Well, I've been playing it since I was quite young

[00:08.42]because my father was very keen 1 on it and he used to give me lessons.

[00:14.00]We didn't have to go far to play, so we used to play together quite a lot.

[00:20.45]Unless you have to join a club, it's not an expensive sport.

[00:25.78]You just need a racket and balls.

[00:30.24]When I went to university, I played an hour or so every morning.

[00:36.11]Sometimes it was not easy for us to book a court because it was so popular.

[00:42.44]It was great exercise. It needs a lot of energy. Of course,

[00:49.14]you have to be fit since you do a lot of running and you have to be quick.

[00:55.66]It's not a lot of standing 2 around, it's movement all time.

[01:01.27]It's a sport I like to play and to watch.

[01:05.92]b)I'm Mike.

[01:09.19]I think I've been playing now for nearly forty years, ever since I was a little kid

[01:15.92]and it's always been one of my greatest interests in life.

[01:20.86]When I watch a game I appreciate the athletic 4 skill of the players,

[01:27.44]the strategies 5 of the manager or coach, and the excitement of the uncertainty 6,

[01:34.18]just not knowing how the game's going to go,

[01:38.71]even when a very strong team's playing a very weak team.

[01:44.51]There's always that possibility of a surprise,

[01:49.37]of the unexpected 7 moment changing the game.

[01:54.34]c)I'm Lisa.Well, I've been doing it every winter holiday since I can remember.

[02:02.51]I love doing it because it's a skill that improves every time you do it.

[02:10.32]It's fast and it's exciting and although it's really cold

[02:18.31]you can still get a tan 3 when you do it.

[02:23.24]Of course the scenery's beautiful

[02:27.89]and it's really nice when you're tired to go and have a hot drink afterwards.

[02:35.02]Of course the problem is that it's very expensive and it's really dangerous,

[02:42.86]you can always break a leg doing it, but apart from that, I really like it.

[02:51.04]Exercise 2

[02:55.28]Directions:

[02:58.92]Listen again and decide which of the following descriptions matches which sport.

[03:07.49]Check the answers with your partner.

[03:12.49]Listening 2

[03:16.20]Exercise 1

[03:19.94]Directions:

[03:23.98]Listen to the short talk, and then discuss the following questions in pairs.

[03:30.89]During the thirties and forties, when someone asked a kid who his role models were,

[03:37.73]would often respond with names of baseball players.

[03:43.42]Advertisers trying to sell a product would often turn to baseball stars too

[03:49.97]because the public knew them and loved them.

[03:54.79]Now looking at today's players, the only time you seem to hear about them

[04:01.34]is when they are complaining about their salaries.

[04:06.17]No longer is baseball the great national pastime 8,

[04:11.39]and kids are looking elsewhere 9 for role models.

[04:16.03]Back in the thirties and forties, money wasn't such an important issue.

[04:22.76]Players played baseball because they loved the game.

[04:27.88]They rarely complained about money.

[04:31.94]And they earned nothing in comparison 10 with players today.

[04:37.38]Most players back then were also positive role models both on and off the field.

[04:45.37]They did a lot of things for their neighborhood,

[04:49.73]from visiting sick children in hospital to signing autograhps not for the publicity 11,

[04:57.72]but just out of the kindness of their hearts.

[05:02.47]Parents then could be proud when their child said

[05:07.87]that he wanted to grow up and play major league baseball.

[05:13.45]Today, however,

[05:16.94]most baseball players visit hospitals only when they themselves need care.

[05:24.04]and some of them charge twenty dollars for an autograph.

[05:29.76]In the past players always tried to be positive role models for America's youth.

[05:36.96]It is a totally different story today.

[05:41.50]It seems that you can't get through a week without some baseball player

[05:46.90]doing something stupid or illegal


[05:51.94]If players today would just grow up

[05:56.76]and stop worrying about who's making the most money,

[06:01.66]they would start feeling better about themselves,

[06:06.16]the public would start respecting the game again,

[06:10.80]and kids could start finding 12 some role models on the baseball field again.

[06:17.14]Exercise 2

[06:20.70]Directions:

[06:24.30]Listen to the talk again,

[06:28.19]and work with your partner to decide whether the following statements are true

[06:34.45]or false



1 keen
adj.热心的;敏锐的;激烈的;锋利的
  • There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
  • The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。
2 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
3 tan
n.鞣制革,黄褐色;adj.黄褐色的,鞣皮的;vt.晒黑,鞣(革),鞭打;vi.晒成棕褐色
  • She had gotten a good tan after the holiday at the sea.在海边度假之后,她的皮肤晒得黑黑的。
  • His arms and legs had a dark tan.他的手臂和腿晒得黑黑的。
4 athletic
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
5 strategies
n.策略( strategy的名词复数 );战略;战略学;对策
  • Several steps and strategies have been developed to minimize these risks. 有关人士发展了若干措施和方法以减少这些风险。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
  • Different threats require different strategies. 对付不同的威胁需要不同的策略。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
6 uncertainty
n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物
  • Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
  • After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后,压力开始产生影响了。
7 unexpected
adj.想不到的,意外的
  • I always keep some good wine in for unexpected guests.我总保存些好酒,用来招待不速之客。
  • His promotion was unexpected.他的升迁出人意料。
8 pastime
n.消遣,娱乐
  • Playing chess is his favourite pastime.下棋是他最喜爱的消遣。
  • Baseball is the national pastime.棒球是全民性的休闲运动。
9 elsewhere
adv.在别处,到别处
  • Our favourite restaurant was full so we had to go elsewhere.我们最喜欢去的那家饭店客满了,因此不得不改去别处。
  • I have half a mind to move elsewhere.我有点想搬到别处去。
10 comparison
n.比较,对照;比拟,比喻
  • They make a comparison of New York to a beehive.他们把纽约比作一个蜂巢。
  • This dress is really cheaper by comparison.比较起来,这件衣服确实便宜。
11 publicity
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告
  • The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
  • He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事,只当它是一种宣传手法。
12 finding
n.发现,发现物;调查的结果
  • The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
  • That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。
学英语单词
2'-phosphodiesterase
a cutie pie
abnormal focal length
aggregation of individual preferences
air inlet valve of dredger's deliving pipeline
air-guns
alcala de la selva
archeri
Ariquemes
assinie
Auberger blood group system
Banbayan Pt.
bar rack
be food for worms
between-class correlation
Brachypodium sylvaticum
calex
capon test
carbon steel
catch copy
Central I.
chantha
chromophobic
couchful
day disk
deformational stress
detonation point
deutscheland
drive out of
duramatral
echymose
Elephanta Island
expected yield
fadged
fermentation inhibitor
floating point unit
folded and grooved seam
go hard or go home
half titles
harker lines
hideosities
Higher bid
imperialls
insinuate
iris detachment
Jeans viscosity equation
lactocidin
lbgs
lead metasilicate
left atrium failure
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
lock cylinder
loi-cadre
M.H.R.
macromitrium ferriei
marie dolores eliza rosanna gilberts
membranogenesis
mesh side cutter
Minskian
nodes
nonitemized
normal congruence
observantially
order parameter
pachometers
papular pruritic gloves and socks syndrome
paroxysmal coliky pain
patent licence-agreement
Phulsāri
pioneering work
plain ashlar
plant ledger card
pork fillet
preconising
PSD (power spectral density)
ragtop
relish
residual valency
Santa Maria, I.
satish
scientific data processing
search and seizure
Seawater Quality Standards
sharpness of focusing
side-by-side
Simonart band
Sleepwell
smazes
spherochromatism
starch slurry
stop-and-direction-indicator-lamps
storage cathode ray tube
sweetkin
tabby-cats
teamkillers
tetracontagons
tip clearance area
Tossåsen
uppermost part
us sea
water ejection tube
you're a star