人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高二下11-15听力

[00:02.00]全日制普高英语(必修)高二(下)

[00:03.00]Senior English for China Students' Book 2B Listening

[00:44.22]Unit 11 Scientific achievements

[00:47.89]Listening

[00:48.96]1.Listen to part 1 and complete the chart below.

[00:53.40]"That's one small step for a man,one giant leap for mankind."

[00:58.63]These were the words spoken by Neil Armstrong.

[01:01.66]The first man ever to set foot on the moon.

[01:04.65]Some words become famous,because they are spoken

[01:08.08]when a great new scientific achievement is being announced or made.

[01:12.48]These famous to first words are always beautiful or wise.

[01:16.99]But we remember them because the importance discovery of achievement

[01:21.41]that they belong to.

[01:22.71]Another example of famous first words

[01:25.62]are the words spoken by Alexander Graham Bell.

[01:29.10]When he made the world's first telephone call.

[01:31.83]Mr Bell used his new invention to make a call to his assistance Mr Walson

[01:37.76]when Mr Walson picked up the telephone.

[01:40.66]He heard Mr Bell says"Mr Walson,come here!I want you!"

[01:45.83]Perhaps the most unusual famous first words.

[01:49.28]Or rather "word" is the world's first e-mail message.

[01:53.66]In 1971,an engineer named Ray Tomlinson.

[01:58.38]Sent a message from one computer to another.

[02:01.60]Mr Tomlinson doesn' t remember the exact message.

[02:05.17]But he thinks it may have been: Q-W-E-R-T-Y-U-I-O-P.

[02:11.39]2.Listen to part 2 and complete the sentences below.

[02:16.03]Words can also become famous

[02:18.35]because they are used in important documents.

[02:20.96]The words "We the people"are the first words

[02:24.32]of the constitution of the United States of America.

[02:27.53]Other words have been made famous through stories about great events.

[02:32.14]These stories are perhaps not always true.

[02:35.48]But the words have become part of history anyway.

[02:38.99]One such story is of the Greek scientist Archimedes.

[02:43.14]Archimedes is said to have discovered an important law of physics

[02:47.73]when he was taking a bath.

[02:49.89]Watching the water of his bath on the floor,

[02:53.19]he said "Eureka" meaning"I have found it".

[02:56.73]Of course,perhaps the most famous and important words in the world

[03:01.72]are the first words a baby speaks.

[03:04.50]Proud parents often tell their friends about this important event.

[03:08.95]But mothers and fathers seldom agree on what the first word was.

[03:13.85]Depending on who you ask,that word is either....Well, can you guess?

[03:24.32]Workbook Unit 11

[03:27.22]LISTENING

[03:28.41]You are going to hear about Yang Liwei,

[03:31.17]China's first astronaut.

[03:33.13]Listen to the tape and answer the questions below.

[03:36.39]Part 1

[03:37.47]5-4-3-2-1,we have taken off!

[03:43.64]On October,15th, 2003 Yang Liwei became the first Chinese person in space.

[03:50.05]A Long March rocket carrying the Shenzhou V space capsule

[03:54.37]left China and headed for space.

[03:56.75]The nation was watching as its first space hero

[03:59.93]rose high above the earth.

[04:01.71]For 21 hours,Yang Liwei was in our hearts and minds,

[04:06.31]as he completed the historic commission.

[04:08.77]Although Yang Liwei is a hero

[04:11.54]and deserve the celebration he received,

[04:14.26]the achievement is not the result of one person's work.

[04:18.05]Sending a man into space

[04:20.05]has long been one of the goals of the Chinese space program.

[04:24.13]And thousands of people have worked together to make it possible.

[04:27.77]When Yang Liwei returned to the earth,

[04:30.38]many reporters were waiting to ask him about his experience

[04:34.50]They asked him about his background and training,about his family,

[04:38.95]and about what he had seen in the space.

[04:41.69]Many reporters wanted to know

[04:43.76]if he had seen the Great Wall from space.

[04:46.53]His answer was"no". He hadn't seen it.

[04:50.00]Part 2

[04:51.65]So what did Yong Liwei have to do in order to become an astronaut?

[04:56.08]First,he studied hard in school,

[04:58.46]where he was especially good at maths.

[05:00.78]After graduating, Yang Liwei was trained to be a fighter pilot.

[05:05.37]In order to be successful,

[05:07.38]he had to develop both his mind and his body.

[05:10.57]To become an astronaut,he has to prove that he was strong,

[05:14.66]intelligent and determined to succeed.

[05:17.25]He also had to learn about the earth,the weather, how to recognize stars,

[05:22.58]how rockets work and how to find one' s way in space.

[05:26.83]Young was always good at maths but he had problems with English.

[05:31.85]He knew that he must be good at all subjects,

[05:34.88]if he wanted to be an astronaut.

[05:37.16]So he asked his wife to practise English with him.

[05:40.57]After much hard work Yang succeeded and passed the English test.

[05:45.39]Yang Liwei is a brave man.

[05:48.32]People who have worked with him,say that he knows how to deal with danger.

[05:53.28]Once when Young Liwei was flying a plane,one of the engines stopped,

[05:58.80]Yang stayed calm and with great skill managed to keep the plane in air

[06:05.12]Just as he reached the airport,the second engine stopped too.

[06:09.89]Still calm,he landed safely without power.

[06:13.64]Even though,Young Liwei have returned from space,his mission continues.

[06:18.44]He will continue his work in the space program.

[06:21.55]And will tell people about space and his experience.

[06:25.04]He wants to inspire young people to follow their dreams

[06:28.79]and work hard to make them come true.

[06:36.48]Unit 12 Fact and fantasy

[06:39.71]LISTENING

[06:40.85]1.Write down what Sam and Betty saw, and where and when they saw it.

[06:46.26]Fill in the chart on the next page and make a sketch of what they saw.

[06:50.72]B:What's that over there? S:Where?

[06:53.27]B:Look,Sam!Look!Do you see that over there,in the middle of the lake?

[06:58.50]S:I don't see anything.

[07:00.39]B:My God!Do you see that? S:Where?Where? I don't see.

[07:05.21]B:Look,over there!A bit to the left of that mountain in a distance.

[07:10.87]S:Oh,what on earth is that.It looks like a trunk of an elephant.

[07:16.61]B:Can't be!It's too deep for an elephant.

[07:20.32]And it couldn't swim that far.Er.. It must be...Good heavens! Look over there!

[07:27.43]Like three round wheels.Showing half out of the water.

[07:31.63]S:Have you ever heard of the strange monster that was seen in the lake

[07:35.14]Tianchi,in 1903?

[07:37.69]B:You mean the dinosaur?I don't believe in such rubbish.

[07:41.97]They died long ago.

[07:44.04]S:Well,it could have adapted,couldn' t it?What else could it be?

[07:48.66]B:It's disappearing now.No,wait,look! There it is again.

[07:53.65]Down there,further to the right.Can you see?

[07:56.68]S:I can see it.Oh, this telescope is no use.

[08:00.34]I got it,there we are!

[08:02.79]B:What can you see now?

[08:04.49]S:It's like a huge snake.More than 20 metres long.

[08:13.88]It has to be that, that monster snake or whatever you call it.

[08:18.24]B:It might be a trick of the light.. It could be anything Let me have a look.

[08:23.17]S:What time is it, Betty?Take down the time.

[08:25.90]B:The time?What for? S:We've got to write down the time.

[08:30.59]S:They'll ask us about that later on

[08:32.88]B:It's...er...11:35. S:OK,hold on.It's moving this way. Quick,the camera!

[08:40.91]S:Get the camera. B: There is no time. There it goes!It's gone!

[08:45.21]B:Hey,guys!Did you see that? S:Yeah! Did you get a good look at it?

[08:50.28]S:What did you make of it?

[08:51.73]B:I've heard about people seeing ancient monsters here.

[08:55.41]I wouldn't believe it!But I think we' ve just seen it with our own eyes.

[09:00.34]Were you able to take a picture?

[09:02.30]S:No,I didn't bring my camera.

[09:04.80]B:Do you really believe it was a dinosaur?

[09:07.60]S:I don't know what to believe.

[09:10.24]2.Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions.

[09:19.56]Workbook Unit 12

[09:22.24]LISTENING

[09:23.29]2.Listen to the tape and answer the following questions

[09:27.27]Next turn we'll read two works of fantasy or science fiction literature in class.

[09:32.93]Today is your opportunity to tell me what you think we should read

[09:36.97]and express your opinions.

[09:38.42]Well,we have to read Harry Potter.

[09:40.33]We may,but it depends how the others feel about that.

[09:43.89]Harry Potter,by J.K. Rowling is a good example of fantasy literature.

[09:49.05]But there are other books.Such as The Lord of The Rings.

[09:52.40]Can you explain the differences

[09:53.98]between fantasy literature and science fiction?

[09:56.84]That's a very good question,Susan. Mark what do you think?

[10:00.58]Well,I think if there are things in the book which are not possible,

[10:04.55]then it's called fantasy.

[10:06.02]But travelling at the speed of light or time travel is also not possible,

[10:10.25]and that's called science fiction.

[10:12.09]You are right there, John.

[10:13.90]It's better to say that fantasy is about things

[10:16.87]that are never possible.

[10:18.49]Such as talking animals a magic.

[10:20.84]Science fiction is about things that are not possible now

[10:24.79]but perhaps possible in the future when sciences are more developed.

[10:28.57]But most science fiction are so strange.

[10:31.78]Do you really believe we'll one day be able to travel and

[10:35.75]meet aliens on other planet?

[10:37.90]People thought the same when Jules Verne wrote his books.

[10:41.37]There were no submarines when he wrote 2000 Leagues Under the Sea.

[10:45.99]And when he wrote A Journey to the Moon, many people said he was mad.

[10:50.78]So what else is there to read?

[10:52.87]Well,he wrote books such as the First man in the Moon and The Time Machine.

[10:58.25]And the War of the World,about the aliens try to conquer the earth.

[11:02.54]I'd like to read I Robot,I've seen the movie,

[11:05.68]and I think the book would be very exciting.

[11:08.09]Can we read some science fiction about other topics?

[11:11.74]I mean not about technology or space.

[11:15.32]Sure,we can read Lao She's City of Cats in an English translation

[11:20.90]or other science fiction about social or political sciences.

[11:24.80]How about Fincstain by Merry Sharly? Is that a fantasier science fiction?

[11:30.01]What do you think?

[11:31.58]3.Listen to the tape again and discuss the following questions in pairs,

[11:36.62]using information from the listening text.

[11:45.42]Unit 13 The water planet

[11:49.65]Listening

[11:50.70]There are many poems about the ocean and the life of sailors and fishermen.

[11:55.18]One of the most famous English poems about life on the ocean

[11:58.97]tells the story of an adventurous sea journey.

[12:01.92]Listen to the story and answer the questions below.

[12:05.49]Part 1

[12:06.88]Many great poets have written about the beauty and dangers

[12:11.27]of the seas and oceans.

[12:13.23]In the 18th century, the English poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge,

[12:18.50]wrote a poem called "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".

[12:22.12]In the poem,a mysterious guest

[12:25.33]tells a strange story to the people at a wedding.

[12:29.05]He begins his story by describing how a ship sets out to sea.

[12:34.09]One day,one of the sailors,or mariners, shoots a bird that flies above the ship

[12:40.71]When the other mariners see what he has done,

[12:43.52]they are frightened and angry.

[12:45.86]The bird he is killed is a bird that brings good luck to the ship.

[12:49.87]By killing the bird, the mariner has brought bad luck.

[12:53.98]and death to the sailors.

[12:55.98]Soon,things turn bad the wind dies down and sailors are hungry and thirsty.

[13:02.89]There's water all around them but they can't drink it.

[13:06.46]Because it is too salty.

[13:08.37]"Water,water everywhere. Not any drop to drink."

[13:12.76]The mariners are so thirsty,hungry and frightened

[13:16.25]that they begin to imagine things,

[13:18.61]they think they see monsters walking on the water.

[13:22.44]Part 2

[13:23.84]In the poem,two gods

[13:26.52]argue over what should happen to the ship and mariners.

[13:30.01]Finally,they decide that all must die

[13:33.18]except the mariner who shot the bird. He must live through it all

[13:37.83]and will pay by having to tell the story to all the people he meets

[13:42.22]the rest of his life

[13:43.92]On the ship,the frightened mariner watches

[13:47.01]as the other sailors fall down dead on the ship's deck.

[13:50.73]Left alone on the ship,drifting on the ocean

[13:54.43]the mariner suffers from loneliness and fear.

[13:57.88]"Alone,alone, all, all alone. Alone on a wide wide sea!"

[14:04.35]When the mariner is rescued at last,he must walk around and tell his story.

[14:09.25]This is what the Guest tells the people at the wedding.

[14:12.26]His story told,the ancient mariner says farewell,

[14:15.54]and asks them to learn from his sufferings.

[14:23.16]Workbook Unit 13

[14:26.34]LISTENING

[14:27.51]1.Listen to part 1 of the tape.

[14:30.37]Tick the things which the speaker talks about.

[14:33.09]In order to go diving,you need some equipment.

[14:35.92]First,divers carry on their backs a metal bottle which is filled with air.

[14:40.84]There is enough air to last about 40 minutes.

[14:43.79]Next,divers carry heavy metal weights in a belt around their body.

[14:49.13]Without this heavy weights,they would flow to the surface.

[14:52.59]You see,there is a lot of air in their air bottles.

[14:55.68]and this will bring them up to the surface

[14:57.97]if they didn't have any weights.

[14:59.73]Most divers don't go very deep,mainly, they dive to a depth about 20 meters.

[15:05.80]Then they swim around as they slowly return to the surface.

[15:09.63]Everyone who wants to dive,must first have diving lessons with a teacher.

[15:14.33]There are a few dangers that you have to learn about.

[15:16.76]For one thing,you might have problems with your air bottle

[15:19.71]A diver must know how the equipment works

[15:22.20]and be able to recognize possible problems.

[15:25.09]There are also dangers of types of fish that you must look out for.

[15:29.08]You must be familiar with the environment you would be diving in.

[15:32.35]Before you go on a dive,make sure that you know what you would get into.

[15:36.43]Diving may look easy But if you don' t have the necessary training,

[15:40.54]it can be both difficult and dangerous.

[15:44.34]2.Listen to part 1 of the tape again.

[15:48.21]Fill in the information on the diagram.

[15:51.05]4.Listen to part 2 of the tape.

[15:54.33]According to Victoria,what must a diver always remember?

[15:58.58]Complete the chart below with information from the tape.

[16:02.27]Victoria is a diving instructor at the water sports club.

[16:05.86]She teaches people the skills they need in order to enjoy safe diving.

[16:10.08]We ask her what she tells her students.

[16:12.26]"I love diving,and I want others to try it too."

[16:16.01]Diving isn't really a dangerous sport

[16:18.95]but it's important to understand that safety is very important.

[16:22.96]Most diving accidents happen to beginning divers.

[16:26.38]I tell people to know their limits. If you don't have enough experience,

[16:31.65]you mustn't dive deeper or longer than what you were used to.

[16:36.07]There are two things a diver must always remember.

[16:40.04]Never dive alone, and don't hold your breath.

[16:43.88]If a diver holds his or her breath,

[16:46.98]the pressure difference between the air in their lungs and the outside

[16:51.99]may become so great that it may result in serious lung injuries

[16:57.38]I sometimes tell beginning divers to sing a song while diving.

[17:01.89]This is a simply way to make sure that you are breathing normally.

[17:06.25]And since many people dive while they are on vacation

[17:09.87]I remind them that they shouldn't dive within 12 hours of a flight.

[17:14.68]The difference in pressure may cause dangerous gases to enter the blood.

[17:25.63]Unit 14 Freedom fighters

[17:28.89]LISTENING

[17:29.88]1.Listen to the tape and answer the following questions

[17:33.76]When Martin Luther King,Jr gave his famous speech,

[17:37.64]it was a hundred years after president Lincoln.

[17:40.64]Signed the paper, that gave hope to millions of Negro slaves in 1863.

[17:46.53]But one hundred years later,as Dr King said,

[17:50.25]we still had to face the fact that the Negro was not free.

[17:54.25]He said,one hundred years later,

[17:56.87]the Negro still lives on a lonely island of the poor,

[18:00.45]in the middle of vast ocean of the rich.

[18:03.31]There would be neither rest nor peace in America

[18:06.48]until the Negro is given his Civil Rights,he said.

[18:09.96]He promised that hurricanes of revolution

[18:12.78]would continue to shape the foundations of the nation

[18:15.97]until the bright day of justice would come.

[18:18.70]Then he spoke his famous words:I say to you today,my friends,

[18:23.49]that I still have a dream.

[18:25.57]It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

[18:28.52]I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia,

[18:32.26]The sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners,

[18:36.31]would be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood

[18:40.09]I have a dream that my four children,

[18:42.49]will one day live in a country where they will not

[18:45.02]be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

[18:49.24]He also said,that he hoped that one day the leader of the state,

[18:53.77]whose lips were dripping with promises,

[18:56.44]would make it possible for little black boys and black girls

[19:00.35]to join hands with little white boys and white girls

[19:04.06]and walk together as sisters and brothers

[19:07.46]And if America is to be a great nation,he said,that had to become true.

[19:15.70]Let freedom ring from the mighty mountain of New York

[19:19.21]Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

[19:22.37]Let freedom ring from every hill. From every mountain side let freedom ring.

[19:27.86]When we let freedom ring,

[19:29.52]when we let it ring from every village and every town,

[19:32.48]from every state and every city,

[19:34.80]We would be to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro song:

[19:39.79]Free at last,free at last.Thank God, we are free at last.

[19:45.70]3.A good speech has some characteristics of poetry.

[19:50.05]Listen to the tape again and complete the following sentences.

[19:58.39]Workbook Unit 14

[20:01.15]LISTENING

[20:02.08]2.Listen to the tape and answer the following questions

[20:05.96]What about the living conditions of your family in Birmingham,Mrs Baker

[20:10.78]What were the houses like?

[20:12.29]The houses we lived in were made of wood and mostly in very bad condition.

[20:17.84]We only had two small rooms and no electricity of course.

[20:22.38]What I hated more is about not having electricity.

[20:26.00]and that we couldn' t use a radio.

[20:28.10]It wasn't until the 1940s,that we got a radio.

[20:31.41]Did you feel that as a black person, you are treated in a different way

[20:35.30]from white people when you were a child?

[20:37.71]No,not really.I didn't know many white people any way

[20:41.98]and I didn't consider it strange.

[20:44.16]That I grew up among black people. All my friends are black

[20:48.15]and we seldom left our neighbourhood only as I grew up

[20:51.84]and studied going to school that I become aware that there were certain parks,

[20:56.41]we couldn't go to and certain places where we couldn't swim.

[21:00.83]Did you experience any discrimination as you grow up?

[21:04.02]Was it easy for black people to find jobs?

[21:06.61]Women worked as nurses or teachers but only for black people.

[21:11.19]Some women worked as cooks and people' s homes or in restaurants.

[21:15.30]But there were no black waitresses or salesgirls.

[21:18.54]Black men worked in factories or operated elevators.

[21:22.67]But they couldn't become firemen, policemen or shop assistants.

[21:27.06]They could become doctors,teachers or even headmasters

[21:30.83]but only in the black community.

[21:32.99]Was it possible for black students to enter universities?

[21:36.70]There were cases of black people trying to go to

[21:39.79]state universities in Birmingham.

[21:41.82]But nobody thought they have much of a chance.

[21:44.52]Every possibly excuse was brought up

[21:46.59]to stop black students from entering an university.

[21:50.30]We never knew of any black students going to university in the south.

[21:54.86]Were there any other legal obstacles that African American faced?

[21:58.91]Well,of course.We couldn't vote.

[22:01.57]Even though I was a teacher for more than 25 years,

[22:05.45]I couldn't vote until the late 60s.

[22:08.45]What about the Montgomery bus boycott?

[22:11.50]We were always treated the same as Rosa Park on buses

[22:15.49]anywhere in the south.

[22:16.83]Most of us had to ride the buses.

[22:19.13]We bought a ticket in front of the bus

[22:21.50]and then we were onto the back door to get in.

[22:24.68]A sign marked with the white section ended

[22:27.43]and the black section begin.

[22:29.52]Even worse was when some of the whites would get up,

[22:33.31]some drivers would refuse to move the signs back up

[22:36.83]so that we could have more room and that few more of us could sit down.

[22:41.91]3.Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions.

[22:52.68]Unit 15 Destinations

[22:55.99]LISTENING

[22:57.21]1.Listen to Part 1 and fill in the missing information below.

[23:02.37]It started as a game.

[23:04.19]We'd sit together after dinner and talk about what we' d do,

[23:07.60]if we could travel anywhere we wanted.

[23:07.76]Then one day the game became reality,

[23:12.47]Jennifer told us that she had been chosen,

[23:15.09]by a TV station to take part in a competition.

[23:18.28]She needed our help. Four teams of three people would compete

[23:22.39]and the winners would receive a free vacation.

[23:25.29]The rules were simple.Each team had to decide,where they wanted to go.

[23:30.61]Each team could visit only three places.

[23:32.98]To win the competition,

[23:34.68]the team had to choose interesting destinations,

[23:37.46]and give good reasons for its choices.

[23:39.94]We couldn't wait to get started,we decided to meet next week

[23:43.92]and share ideas.

[23:45.82]2.Listen to part 2 and use the information on the tape

[23:50.68]to complete the role cards below.

[23:53.15]We met again after for about a week.

[23:55.14]Andrew and Emily each had a plan.

[23:57.57]And Jennifer would decide which one she thought was the best

[24:01.28]Andrew was first, Here's what he said: My plan is simply and clear,

[24:05.84]I think we should go on a trip to learn history.

[24:08.22]I think we should go to Greece,Iraq and Mexico.

[24:11.62]Greece is a great place to start.

[24:13.77]Because it is one of the oldest civilisations in the world.

[24:16.64]It used to have the best art and literature,

[24:19.14]and it also is the place where the Olympic Games began.

[24:22.11]The grand temples and other buildings are still there for us to admire.

[24:27.07]Our next stop should be Iraq,the sight of another ancient civilisation.

[24:31.57]The museums there have kept a lot of valuable cultural relics

[24:35.74]from its long history.

[24:37.32]Iraq is also where people think the hanging gardens

[24:40.92]One of the seven wonders of the world once were.

[24:44.15]Finally,we stop in Mexico.

[24:46.10]Where we can see the amazing culture relics left behind

[24:49.45]by the ancient Maya civilisation.

[24:51.60]Many of the old buildings have survived.

[24:54.02]Including the famous Sun Temple, the history of the Maya is also a mystery.

[24:59.31]No body knows why they suddenly disappeared.

[25:02.03]If we go on this trip,we can learn about history and culture

[25:05.66]and see a lot of beautiful places at the same time.

[25:08.71]Emily had a different plan.

[25:10.81]Here is what she said.

[25:12.14]My plan is to go on a nature trip.

[25:15.43]We'll see the best of nature,the trip is exciting, adventurous

[25:20.82]and not too expensive.

[25:22.55]I think that we should go to the Brazil,

[25:25.20]The South Pacific and Greenland.In Brazil we will visit the rainforest.

[25:30.76]The rainforest is full of strange and beautiful plants and animals

[25:35.47]that we've never seen in our life.

[25:37.36]Then our next stop is the South Pacific an island paradise.

[25:42.16]We can see the sea, enjoy the sun,have fun on the beach, and swim in the sea.

[25:49.42]Having experienced these hot places and hot weather,

[25:53.20]we would go to our last stop,Greenland.

[25:56.61]It is an area close to the north pole.

[25:59.54]Greenland is both cool and cold with ice and snow everywhere.

[26:04.60]My trip will take us from green to white from warm to cold

[26:09.73]and we can enjoy the mystery and beauty of nature.

[26:17.62]Workbook Unit 15

[26:20.97]LISTENING

[26:21.99]1.Listen to part 1 of the tape and complete the travel plan below.

[26:27.26]Good morning,what can I do for you?

[26:30.23]Well,we want to go on a trip to Europe. We are not sure where we should go.

[26:35.13]There are so many destinations to choose from.

[26:37.63]I see.Well,first of all,how long do you want to stay in Europe?

[26:43.13]Errr...about two weeks.

[26:45.58]Emmm,two weeks. We do have two-week tours

[26:50.04]that include visits to some of the major cities in Europe.

[26:53.67]For example,the Discovered South tour,starts with three days in Paris,

[26:59.54]then two days in the south of France,

[27:02.59]Followed by two days in Spain and three days in Italy.

[27:07.50]Wow,that sounds exciting.I've heard so much about France and Italy.

[27:12.53]Where in Italy does the tour go?

[27:14.38]You would fly to Rome and spend two days there,then one day in Venice.

[27:19.77]Oh,Venice,that's such a romantic city.

[27:23.84]But that's only ten days,what about the other days?

[27:26.73]We usually arrange ten days,because you need two days to travel to Europe.

[27:31.97]The first day and the last day.That makes twelve days in all.

[27:36.79]2.Listen to part 2 and complete the tasks below.

[27:40.99]I'd like to know more about the activities.

[27:43.84]I like adventures not just sight-seeing.

[27:46.59]Do you have adventure travel tours?

[27:48.44]Yes,as a matter of fact we do.You can go hiking in the mountains in Spain.

[27:54.50]And ride a bike in Southern France.

[27:57.20]In Italy,you can go sailing or climb mountains.

[28:01.16]If you go in the winter,you can also go ski.

[28:04.88]Great!I'd like that.

[28:06.63]I'm interested in history and culture.

[28:09.41]Will we have a chance to learn something about that on the tour?

[28:12.69]Yes,you can visit museums in Rome and Madrid.

[28:16.46]We will arrange short visit to famous buildings,

[28:19.63]historical sights and other places of interest in Paris.

[28:23.65]Our tour guides are experts and can tell you about the history and culture

[28:29.07]of all the places we go to.

[28:30.89]There's even a class you can take as part of the tour.

[28:34.33]In Rome,Madrid and Paris the tour guide will teach you about the language,

[28:39.63]history and culture of the country.

[28:41.98]That sounds wonderful.