大学英语听力第四册 lesson 11

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　　Lesson 11
PART A
1. M: I’d like to see the blue jacket in the window.
W: What size do you want?
Q: Who might be the woman?
2. W: I’d like some cookies and a birthday cake.
M: Do you want the cake decorated?
Q: Where does this conversation take place?
3. W: The faucet¹ in the bathroom is leaking.
M: Why not get Edward to come and have a look?
Q: What does Edward do?
4. W: Excuse me, I'd like to know whether the French dictionary I ordered has arrived.
M: Just a moment, madam. Let me check it for you. Oh yes, it has. That'll be $ 20.
Q : Where does this conversation take place?
5. M: We're going to skate. Do you want to come?
W: Thanks, but it's below zero. I'd rather stay by the fire.
Q : What time of the year does this conversation take place?
6. M: Don't you think we should park the car downtown?
W: I don't think we can find a space.
Q: What is being discussed?
7. W: The Golden Gate sounds like a nice place.
M: You said it. I hear the service there is good and the atmosphere is warm.
Q: Where are the two speakers probably going?
8. W: I've been reading a fascinating book about life in the Old West.
M: I wonder if it's the same one I read last month.
Q: What are they talking about?
9. W: Sports wears are on the second floor.
M: Yes. After we pick out a birthday gift for Mum, we can get some sweaters for ourselves.
Q : Where are the two speakers?
10. M: Stop for a minute, Mary. I want to have a look at the display in the window.
W: There are some books on sale. Why don't we go in and see if we can find something on art?
Q : Where does this conversation most likely take place?
PART B Macro-Listening
Passage 1
How Newspapers Developed
Tapescript
The first newspapers were handwritten sheets which were posted in public places. The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rome in 59 B. C. In the 700's, the world's first printed newspaper was developed in China. The paper was printed from carved wooden blocks and distributed among the citizens. Europe didn't have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.
The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was print- ed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in Lon- don and was published weekly. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (current), which didn't appear until March 1702.
In 1690, Benjamia Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. The paper was called Publick (public) Occurrences², both Forreign (foreign) and Domestick (domestic). The local government, however, didn't approve of the paper and stopped its publication after the first issue, In 1704, John Camp- bell started The Boston Newsletter, the first newspaper to be published daily in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily news- papers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.
Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation³ in the world. The largest circulation for an individual newspaper, however, is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which sells more than eleven million copies every day.
Passage 2
BBC Radio
Tapescript
BBC Radio nowadays provides home listeners with four alternative national channels. Each has a distinct⁴ character.
Radio One, broadcasting some 12 hours daily, offers the public a program of almost solely⁵ popular music.
Radio Two broadcasts over 20 hours a day and provides light music, musicals and even operas, as well as being the principal channel for the coverage⁶ of sports events of all sorts.
Radio Three, on the air some 17 hours a day, is the channel for classical music. It provides classical music, grand opera ,: theater plays, serious news, commentaries⁷ and works of educational, artistic⁸ and intellectual interest.
Radio Four, which is relatively⁹ new, provides its listeners with the principal and most detailed¹⁰ news and information service of BBC Radio. It's on the air for a good 16 hours daily. Moreover, it offers a very wide range of drama talk and entertainment programs as well as broadcasts to schools.