新编大学英语听力1Unit Four

[00:02.12]Exercises 1 Directions: Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions with no more than 10 words.

[00:14.83]A Christmas to Remember

[00:17.28]Once there was an old woman who liked to bake cookie

[00:22.72]She didn't have anyone to share them wit 1

[00:26.32]so she just gave them away to the children in the neighborhoo

[00:31.46]This went on for several years and the cookies became quite famou

[00:37.91]especially at Christmas-tim

[00:41.08]The parents began to like the cookies as much as the children di

[00:46.55]and the old woman's kitchen became very busy, so the children came to help.

[00:53.75]Then one Christmas the old woman became il

[00:58.54]There were no cookies, and there was no money to pay the docto

[01:03.86]The children were very sa

[01:06.49]Later they had a bright idea, that was to bake cookies from the old woman's recip

[01:15.49]So the children started a cookie stor

[01:19.38]Soon they had a very good cookie busines

[01:23.16]with money to pay the doctor as well as to put in the bank.

[01:28.38]After the woman got wel

[01:30.86]she was asked to become the manager of the stor

[01:35.00]selling special cookies for all the holidays of the yea

[01:39.90]After the old woman died, the children, now grown u

[01:45.44]kept the cookie business alive in her nam

[01:49.19]Maybe life is like a Christmas cooki

[01:52.72]The more you share it with your friends,the more you're likely to enjoy it.

[01:59.30]1)  What did the old woman like?

[02:02.47]2)  Why did the children come to help the old woman?

[02:07.30]3)  What happened to the old woman one Christmas?

[02:11.80]4)How were they able to pay the doctor?

[02:15.68]5)  Who continued the business after the old woman died?

[02:21.34]6)  What does the author compare life with?

[02:26.56]Exercise 2

[02:28.39]Directions: Listen to the passage again and retell the story.

[02:35.56]Listening 3

[02:37.75]Exercise 1

[02:39.88]Directions: Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions with no more than 10 words.

[02:50.46]Saint 2 Valentine's Day

[02:52.98]Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine's Day

[02:59.14]One legend 3 dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empir

[03:04.90]According to the story, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of his arm

[03:14.11]He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to joi

[03:20.20]Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army.

[03:29.77]A priest 4 named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great many young peopl

[03:38.48]Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in priso

[03:45.79]where he remained until his death on February 14.

[03:51.12]After his death, Valentine was made a sain

[03:55.66]and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine's Da

[04:00.41]It became the custom for lovers 5 to send each other messages on this da

[04:06.71]Now Saint Valentine's Day is a time for people to give roses or chocolates and to send greetings.

[04:15.67]1)  On which day is valentine's Day celebrated 6?

[04:21.00]2)  Where did the story take place?

[04:25.28]3)  Why couldn't the young men there marry openly?

[04:31.19]4)  Who is the Day named after?

[04:35.18]5)  What did Valentine do in favor 7 of the young people there?

[04:41.34]6)  How was he punished?

[04:45.34]7)  How do people celebrate Valentine's Day now?

[04:50.92]Exercise 2

[04:52.72]Directions: Listen to the passage again and retell the story of the origin of St.Valentine's Day