1、新标准大学英语视听说教程2听力材料College culture Unit 1 Unit 1 College culture Inside view Conversation1 Janet ：So this is the Cherwell Boathouse its lovely! And look at those people punting! It looks quite easy. Mark ：Im not so sure about that! Janet, theres something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you. Some pe
2、ople in college are organizing charity events this term. Weve decided to get involved. Janet ：Raising money for charity? Right. In China, people raise money for charity but students dont usually do that. Mark ：Students often do that here. Anyway, were thinking of doing sponsored punting. Janet ：Spon
3、sored punting! Whats that? Kate ：Sponsoring is when people pay you to do something like run a long distance. So people would be sponsoring students to punt. Janet ：What a great idea! Id love to join you! Mark ：Thats why were telling you about it. So thats decided then. Lets make a list of things we
4、need to do. Kate ：Ill do that. One of the first things we should do is choose the charity. Mark ：Yes. And choose a day for the event. And we need to design the sponsorship form. Ive got one here. Kate ：That looks fine, but we must change the wording. Who wants to do that? Mark ：Ill do that. What hav
5、e we got so far? Kate ：Choose a charity. Also a day for the event. Change the wording on the sponsorship form Um We have to decide where the punt will start from. Mark ：Cherwell Boathouse, no question! Its a very beautiful route from here, apparently. Kate ：Im with you on that. Janet ：Me too Convers
6、ation2 Janet ：Im not used to boats Woah! Mark ：Whoops! Kate ：Watch out! You nearly hit me with that thing! Mark ：Sorry! I didnt mean to. OK, were off! Kate ：Maybe I should do the punting. Mark ：Its fine. Ive got the hang of it now give me a chance. Kate ：Well, Id like to have a go. Mark ：Supposing I
7、 do the first hour. Then you can take over for a while, if you want to. Kate ：Yes, great. Janet ：Youre really good at it, Mark! This is fantastic! Its exactly how I imagined life here! Look over there isnt it lovely! Kate ：Yes, it is. Janet ：Kate, everythings organized, isnt it, for8 collecting the
8、sponsorship money? Kate ：Yes, Ive arranged for people to get the money to me by next Friday if they havent paid online. Ill count it all up. Janet ：Good. Wed better have a meeting soon after that, dont you think? How much have we raised? Kate ：About 600. Janet：Fantastic! Im so enjoying this! Mark ：H
9、ey guys, Ive got a suggestion how about moving over to the bank and we can have our picnic! Hey, look, theres Louise and Sophie! Mark ：Whoo Girls Mark! Janet ：Are you all right? Mark ：Er Of course Im all right. Kate, I think its your turn to punt! Outside view V/O Harvard University in Cambridge is
10、one of the best universities in the world. We spoke to Alex Jude, the universitys Head of Communications. He explained that Harvard looks for the best and most talented students from around the world. Alex Harvard actually seeks students from around the world, the best students that we can find, to
11、study chemistry, or study literature, or study government, or business. Our business school is particularly well-known around the world, as is the medical school and law school, so, um, and, and the Kennedy School of government, for the John F. Kennedy School of Government, so, er, we do seek very,
12、very talented students and we have open doors for them. V/O We asked five students at Harvard to tell us what kind of social life they have. Ashley Um, well relaxing is a little hard to do around here, but basically, I mean, I still, I, I live nearby anyway, so I see a lot of my friends, and Um, the
13、res a good social life here if you look for it. I go to the gym, run. So thats what I do. Adam It is whatever you want it to be. Its good. If you wanna go out party, do anything you can. If you wanna sit in your room and study all night like my friend over here, you can also do that. Brian Socially,
14、 like you said, its, its a lot of what you make it. Um, we dont have fraternities here, and so, you know, thats, its obviously not as social. Theres not as many parties as there would be on another campus. Um, but on a Friday or Saturday night, there, there, there will be a party. Usually we end up
15、studying until about 10 oclock. And then we, and then well go out and have fun maybe, or just watch a movie with friends, or, you know, whatever is going on for the night. Jodie Not everyone would agree with me, obviously, but its, I think its a fun place to be. Int. Have you made a lot of friends?
16、Jodie Oh, definitely. Int. ：Mm. Jodie Many. Int. What, what do you do with your friends? Jodie Um, well, I like to go to concerts. Im in three music groups, so I have lots of rehearsals during the week for that. Um, just do, you know, some fun things, on the weekend. V/O We asked the Harvard student
17、s if they use the Internet. Ashley Um, I, I use it a fairly good amount. Um, our library system is online, so I use that a lot. And a lot of my classes, you know, have to do research papers. You can find a lot of information on there, so. Int. So how often do you use it, a week, a day? Ashley Um, I
18、use it probably on more of a weekly basis. Maybe three or four times a week. Brian Oh yes, definitely. We live through the Internet actually. Well, I do a lot of research through the Internet, follow my stocks on the Internet. Um, well, even though e-mail is not officially Internet, we, thats how we
19、 communicate a lot at college, so, through the e-mail. John Um, I use the internet mostly for, er, Id say, sort of leisure purposes. I mean, I play, um, I use it for a lot of, I dont, we dont have TV in my room, so I use it, uh, uh, go to the CNN website, keep up on current events, things like that.
20、 Uh, I also, uh, you know, theres some little games to play over the Internet. Um, just um, I go to to see whats happening, follow the Boston Red Sox, things like that. Um, I think a lot of courses use it to post things, but I, I dont usually use it that much for research, or things. I tend to use t
21、he libraries for such things, so. Unit 4 Inside view Conversation1 Mark ：This is just so crazy! Janet ：What? Mark ：This story Im reading. Kate ：So tell us. Mark ：A man within a wheelchair crossing the road in front of a lorry at some traffic lights. Somehow, the back of the wheelchair got stuck on t
22、he front of the lorry. When the lorry started moving, it took the wheelchair and the man with it! Kate ：Youre joking! Mark ：The driver drove for several miles at 80 kilometres an hour before he stopped at a garage. The man was unhurt because his seat belt had stopped him falling out. Janet ：What a t
23、errible story! Thank goodness the man was all right! Mark ：The police asked the driver if hed realized he had a passenger. The driver said he had no idea at all. Mark ：Do you want to hear another one? A funny one this time. Kate ：Go on. Mark ：A woman reported that her car had been stolen and that sh
24、ed left her mobile phone in the car. The policeman suggested calling the mobile. When he did, the thief answered it. The policeman told the thief that he was answering an ad in the paper and that he wanted to buy the car. And the thief agreed to sell it! Janet ：He didnt! Mark ：So they arranged to me
25、et and the thief was arrested and the woman got her car back. Janet ：A happy ending! Mark ：You get these great stories in the papers I always read them. Conversation2 Voice on radio ：The news at one oclock. Tornadoes have damaged homes in Northern England. There is still no news of missing company d
26、irector, Alan Marsden. Scientists claim that global warming is accelerating. There are reports coming in of more fighting in Mark ：Do you mind if I turn it off? Janet ：Its fine, I wasnt listening. Mark ：Do you follow the news? Janet ：Yeah, I do. But I dont often listen to the radio, I mostly get my
27、news online. Kate ：Do you? Janet ：Yes, I read articles from different papers. Kate ：My dad does that. Mark ：Well, Ive got used to reading real newspapers. Janet ：You should try reading the news online. You get lots of different views, its very stimulating. Mark ：True, it is stimulating. But Ive got
28、into the habit of reading the papers in the JCR in a comfortable armchair, with lots of black coffee. Kate ：Dont either of you listen to the radio? Its a great way to wake up. Mark ：Yeah, I do that. And I download podcasts. And I watch the news on telly. Kate ：Youre a news addict. We all know that.
29、Mark ：You have to be if you read PPE. You have to be really knowledgeable about current affairs. Janet ：You are. Kate ：Well, Im a TV addict. I spend too much time watching the soaps. I love British TV. Janet ：Weve noticed, Kate. Are you going to watch Friends with me tonight? Kate ：You bet! Outside
30、view Part1 Keith ：I saw Robin Williams come to the patio. I made the run, jumped a couple of sawhorses, climbed up a stairway, got in front of him, and said, “Robin, do you mind if I take a picture?” He goes, “After all that, how could I stop you?” V/O Keith Sykes has a long career in journalism, ph
31、otography, and communications. Keith ：Ive taken pictures of a lot of celebrities. Cindy Crawford. Ive taken her picture a few times and, I, I think its impossible to take a bad picture of her. James Garner. Ive photographed famous politicians. I stood in the same position for two hours to get this picture. Photographing these people is uh, an exciting thing for me. When I moved to Los Angeles in 1979 to become editor of a weekly newspaper out there, I was really excited when I started getting these invitations to come to this award show, or this benefit show. I was showing up at all thes
