新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 9-1
时间：2018-12-17 作者：英语课 分类：新视野大学英语：视听说教程 4
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II. Basic Listening Practice
1. Script 1
M: Third World countries must improve their economies 2 if they want to raise their citizen’s standard of living.
W: But how can they do that when developed countries control world trade?
Q: Which of the following is true?
2. Script
W: What did Professor Smith mean when he said that when America sneezes, Britain
catches a cold?
M: He meant that what is happening to America’s economy 3 today will have an effect on Britain’s economy in the future.
Q: What did the professor say?
3. Script
M: Your government gives financial subsidies 4 to certain industries, creating unfair competition. This is wrong.
W: But your government sets up import tariffs 5, which have the same effect.
Q: What can we learn from this conversation?
4. Script
M: The price of oil is going through the roof. It is going to cause economic pain all over the world.
W: I think the high price of oil is good. It will make people more careful in using their cars, and also make them seek alternative 6 fuels which will probably be better for the environment.
Q: What do the man and the woman think about the high price of oil?
5. Script
W: Industries that pollute should either be closed down or made to clean up their act. I’m tired of breathing dirty air.
M: It’s not that simple. People need jobs and that means 7 we need industry. Besides, the sunset 8 looks especially beautiful through the smog.
Q: What does the man say about smog?
Keys: 1.A 2.C 3. D 4.B 5.A
- It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
- The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。
- A customs union would integrate the economies of these countries. 关税联盟会把这些国家的经济紧密结合在一起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Economies have peaks and troughs. 经济有高峰，也有低谷。 来自辞典例句
- We must do our best to develop the national economy.我们必须努力发展国民经济。
- The country's economy is not very healthy.国家的经济不很景气。
- European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
- Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
- The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。
- There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.他们别无选择，只有投票赞成。
- She had no alternative but to ask for a few days'leave.实在不得已，她只好请几天假。