全新版大学英语听说教程 1 Unit03

Unit 3 School Life

Part A

Communicative Function

Expressing Likes and Dislikes

There are various ways to express likes and dislikes.They can be expressed by using verbs,phrasal verbs,adjectives as well as adjectival phrases.

Listen to the tape and complete the following passage with the missing words.

Maggie likes swimming but she doesn't care for skiing.She loves flying on planes and traveling bu train but she hates getting on buses because they are too crowded and dirty.She is not interested in playing the piano and she prefers reading to playing computer games.She loves going to Chinese restaurants and her favourite food is spicy 1 Sichuan bean curd 2.After work she is keen on listening to music.She prefers light music to rock,because light music makes her feel relaxed.She enjoys watching TV in the evening.She thinks a lot of news programs but sitcoms 3 are the last kind of thing for her to watch.

Listening Strategy

Identifying Consonant 4 Clusters

Consonant clusters are gtoups of two or more consonants 5 said together with no vowel 6 in between,e.g./pl/,/br/,/sp/etc.

Listen for the missing words in the sentences you hear and underline the consonant cluster in each sentence.

Example: You hear: I've tried several times but still fail to find my lost watch.

You choose:/tr/

1.I've never been abroad.

2.Mrs Johnson's children usually pray before they eat.

3.The city of Dalian impressed me because it's so clean.

4.The traffic in the city should be better.

5.Mother told Mary not to speak so quickly.

6.I think my listening has improved a lot.

7.What a pleasant idea!

8.The shoe shop is at the corner of the street.

9.After I graduated I got a job in the City Bank.

10.I'm not an English major but I like English a lot.

Part B

Listening Task

Text Accommodation for College Students

Exercise 1:Listening for general understanding

Listen to the tape once and then choose the right answers to the questions you hear.

R: Good morning. Can I help you?

S: Yes, please. I’m a new student and I’d like to have some information about the…em…the accommodation for students.

R: Right. The university provides two types of accommodation, halls of residence and self-catering accommodation.

S: How much does it cost for the self-catering accommodation?

R: For a single room, thirty-seven pounds eighty-six per week, that’s about five forty-one a day. For a double room, it’s fifty-two seventy-eight per week. This will apply throughout this academic year.

S: I’d like to stay in the self-catering accommodation. How far is that from the residence to the university?

R: It all depends. The residences at 36 Elms Road and 110 Palm Road are about one and a half miles from the university main site and the Freeman’s Common House at William Road are half a mile.

S: When do I need to apply?

R: Are you an undergraduate or a postgraduate 7?

S: Undergraduate.

R: Then you should apply for it as soon as possible, since places in university-owned accommodation are limited and if you don’t apply before the end of the month, you are not likely to get a place.

S: Could you possibly tell me what to do, if no vacancy 8 is available?

R: Yes, you may consider private accommodation. The university runs an Accommodation Information Office and its staff will help you.

S: Where is the office?

R: In the Students’ Union Building.

S: Whom can I contact?

R: Mr. Underwood. David Underwood, the manager of the accommodation information office.

S: Thank you very much.

R: You are welcome.

Q1: What does the dialog mainly tell us?

Q2:Which of the following is not included in the dialog?

Exercise2:Listening for details

Listen to the tape once again and fill in the blanks in the following diagram with the missing information.

Speaking Tasks

Pair work

Listen to the dialogues and repeat after the recording 9.Practise the dialogues with your partner,playing the role of A or B.Then work with your partner to create your own dialogues by replacing the underlined parts with your own words.

Dialogue 1

(On campus)

A:I hear you're moving into the new student apartment building,Xiao Chen.

B:Actually,I moved into it last week.

A:Aren't you lucky!I applied 10 for it.But they told me there was no vacancy.

B:What a pity!You should have applied earlier.Places in apartment buildings are always so limited.

A:I guess so.

B:But why don't you rent an apartment near school?

A：Oh,no.I like living on campus.It's more convenient,isn't it?

B：Yes,that's true.Come and see me if you have time,I'm in 302.

A:I will.See you.

B:See you.

Dialogue 2

A:Good afternoon.Can I help you?

B:Yes.I wonder if you have a one-bedroom apartment to rent.

A:Let me check.Yes,we have one.

B:Where is it?

A:It's on Maple 11 Street,near a shopping center and a subway station.

B:Sounds nice.Which floor is it on?

A:Fourth floor.

B:Does it face south?

A:Well,the bedroom faces east and the living room north.But it looks out on a beautiful park.

B:Mmm.Is the living room large?

A:Yes,it's quite big.And there's a small kitchen and a bathroom as well.It's very comfortable.

B:Well,what's the rent per month.

A:800 yuan.

B:Mmm.It's more than I have in mind.Let me think it over.I'll call you back in a day or two.

A:Certainly.

Leisure Time

Quotable Quotes

1.One never notices what has been done;one can only see what remains 12 to be done.

Marie Curie

2.If you have great talents,industry will improve them;if you have moderate abilities,industry will supply their deficiency. Joshuas Reynolds

3.Listening is as important as talking.If you are a good listener,people often compliment you for being a good conversationist. Jesse Ventura

Part C

Additional Listening

Exercise

Listen and give short answers

What College Professors Do

College professors are often believed to lead easy lives of quiet thinking while teaching one or two classes every week. But college professors do much more than go to class. The average professor spends between six and fifteen hours in the classroom weekly. And that same college professor works from sixty to eighty hours a week.

Because they must remain current in their fields, professors spend part of that time reading, reading, reading. That leads to additional hours during which they revise and update their class lecture notes. It takes far longer to prepare notes than to deliver them in class. Professors may spend time conducting experiments, working on college projects, or advising students. They may be writing books, articles, or papers for delivery at conventions.

When not in the classroom or in the office, professors are still working, behind closed doors in committee sessions or at home grading papers and preparing for tomorrow’s classes. To accept this sort of schedule willingly, they must feel strongly about the importance of the college experience.

Part D

Living with Your Roommates

Exercise

True or false

Despite what your parents and others try to make you believe,life at college may not be the best experience you will ever live through.Why?

The simple one word answer is:Roommates.One has often heard about the guy that never sleeps or the girl who always has her friends over or the one who studies all the time and becomes very disturbed by the slightest movement you make.Okay,they are not all that bad.So how do you get them to stop?

You can't do it.It'simpossible.The only way you will be able to live with your roommates is by compromising.If you like to have friends over,but your roommates want to study,take your friends out.If you don't like to listen to music while you are studying but one of your roommates does,ask him to use headphones.Talk about your habits and ask your roommates about theirs.Respect your roommates and your roommates will respect you.

You may not be friends with your roommates by the end of the year but you may be friends with them the year after,when you are no longer rooming together.This is alright though.Sometimes it's too difficult to try to live together and be good friends at the same time.Roommates are not always meant to be your best friends.

Remember:Not only do you have roommates,you are a roommate.Be good to your roommates.