新编大学英语听力1Unit Five

[00:03.42]Part Two   Listening-Centered Activities

[00:08.46]Listening 1

[00:10.22]Exercise 1

[00:12.20]Directions: Listen to the first part of the conversation and answer the following questions.

[00:20.30]Sara Smith is from a little town in Australia

[00:24.30]She is visiting her friend He Gang 1 in Hong Kon

[00:28.80]They are on a shopping trip.

[00:31.43]H: Well, here's the store I was telling you about where you can buy really nice silk things to take back to Australia

[00:41.11]You said your sister wanted some skirts.

[00:44.35]S: I know just what I want to get but I realize that I left my traveler's checks at your place and I don't have any money with me.

[00:52.70]H: That's OK. I've got my plastic!

[00:56.30]S: You mean your credit 2 card?

[00:58.14]H: No, my bank card.

[01:00.73]1) Where does the conversation take place?

[01:05.12]2) What does Sara want to buy for her sister?

[01:10.06]3) What is Sara's problem?

[01:14.12]4) How can the problem be solved?

[01:19.06]Exercise 2

[01:21.40]Directions: Listen to the second part of the conversation and fill in the blanks with the information you hear from the tape.

[01:31.12]S: How can you use that in a store? Is it like a credit card?

[01:35.18]H: No, not really. It's a card issued by my ban

[01:40.48]It's the same card I use at the automatic 3 teller 4 machine at the bank.

[01:45.62]S: I still don't understand. We're nowhere near your bank.

[01:49.84]H: Let's go to the cashier 5 and I'll show you how EPS works 6.

[01:55.49]S: What does EPS mean?

[01:57.61]H: Well, it stands for " Electronic Point of Sale".

[02:01.90]S: OK. You just gave the cashier your bank card and she swiped it through her machine. Now what happens?

[02:10.36]H: Now I just have to punch 7 in my PIN on this little thing that looks like a calculator 8.

[02:17.38]S: What's PIN?

[02:18.78]H: A personal identification 9 number.

[02:21.52]S: So now the cost of my sister's skirts has been taken out of your bank accout.

[02:27.20]H: That's right.

[02:28.82]S: Don't you ever worry that someone might take all your money?

[02:32.21]S: Well, they could only do that if they knew my PIN numbe

[02:37.18]It's neat system because you don't have to carry around a lot of cash.

[02:42.86]S: That's neat.

[02:44.41]Exercise 3

[02:46.43]Directions: Listen to the whole conversation again and then role-play the whole conversation.

[02:55.07]Listen 2

[02:57.12]Exercise  1

[02:59.03]Directions: Before you listen to the passage,can you guess from the title what the passage might be about?

[03:11.02]An Unusual Millionaire

[03:13.39]Exercise  2

[03:15.26]Directions: Listen to the passage and then fill in the table with what you hear from the tape.

[03:23.72]An Unusual Millionaire

[03:26.10]I know a man called John Smith who is a very unusual millionair

[03:33.05]What makes him unusual is that he has no mone

[03:37.91]He says the average millionaire never uses money and always gets other people to pay for taxis or drinks

[03:47.66]This is because he is so used to thinking in millions that small amounts of money are not worth thinking about.

[03:57.38]But this does not mean he has no worrie

[04:01.63]On the contrary, the average millionaire worries constantly about his businesse

[04:08.69]His great wealth also makes it difficult for him to be happy and comfortable with other peopl

[04:16.86]Are they friendly because they like hi

[04:19.81]Or do they pretend to like him because they want his mone

[04:24.96]John Smith says he feels very sorry for millionaires

[04:29.64]who, instead of being masters of their wealth, are slaves of their million

[04:36.37]In one way, however, John Smith always behaves exactly like a millionair

[04:43.07]I mean he never has any money and generally manages to persuade someone else to pay for his drinks.

[04:52.75]But unlike other very rich men, he gives back good value for mone

[04:59.48]He is full of jokes and fu

[05:02.90]An evening spent with him is not chea

[05:06.36]because he is usually very thirsty, but he always makes people happy

[05:12.23]He does not give much thought for tomorro

[05:15.43]He is the happiest man I have even me

[05:19.36]Whenever I meet him, he tells me

[05:22.99]"In money I am not rich, but in peace of mind I am a millionaire

[05:30.19]And then the world's richest, penniless man usually adds, with a smil

[05:37.46]"Do you have time for another drink?" How can I refuse?

[05:43.84]Exercise 3

[05:45.92]Directions: Listen to the passage again, and then work in pairs to answer the following questions.

[05:54.42]1)  Why is John Smith "an unusual millionaire"?

[05:59.96]2) Why does the speaker say that John Smith is "the world's richest, penniless person.''