施心远听力教程1听力答案

UNIT 4

Section 1 Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics

Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions.

Sam: (1) Who’s that? Jill: (2) That's my sister. Sam: (3) She’s taller than you.

Jill: Yes, and she's three years younger (4) than me! Sam: And who's that?

Jill: That's my grandmother my (5)father’s mother. Sam: What (6) about your other grandparents? Jill: (7) They're all dead now.

Sam: You look very much like (8) your mother.

Jill: Yes, 1 do. Our (9) hair is the same colour, (10) but our eyes are different.

Stun: My father ( l l ) and l look alike, too.

Part 2 listening and note-taking

This table shows the number of commuters* into central London between TOO a.m. and 10.00 a.m. daily. The total number is 1,396,000. Of these, 405,000 travel by underground -- that's 29% of the total, and 28% travel by British Rail -- that's 391,000 people daily. 13 %, 181,000 people, use both rail and underground, and 9%, 126,000 people, travel by bus. That means a total of 1,103,000 people, 79%, on public transport. The remainder use private transport, 237,000 come by car and the rest come either by motorbike or bicycle. This means 4% come by motorbike or bicycle, and 17% by car .

Exercises A: Listen to the conversation and take notes .Write down the total number of commuters into central London between 7.00 a.m.. and 10.00 a.m.. and the number and percentage of people ,traveling by means of public transportation .

┌─────────────────────────┐ │1,396,000

1.103.000. 79% │

Exercise B: Complete the following chart.

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│Means of transportation │ Number │Percentage │ │ (Public) │ │ │ ├─────────────┼─────┼─────┤

│Underground │405,000 │29% │ ├─────────────┼─────┼─────┤

│British Rail │391,000 │28% │ ├─────────────┼─────┼─────┤

│Both rail and underground │181,000 │13% │ ├─────────────┼─────┼─────┤

│Bus │126,000 │9% │ ├─────────────┼─────┼─────┤

│Total │1,103,000 │79% │ ├─────────────┼─────┼─────┤

│Means of transportation │ │ │ │ │Number │Percentage│ │ (Private) │ │ │ ├─────────────┼─────┼─────┤

│Car │237,000 │17% │ ├─────────────┼─────┼─────┤

│Motorbike or bicycle │56,000 │4% │

├─────────────┼─────┼─────┤

│Total │293,000 │23% │ ├─────────────┴─────┴─────┤

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 phoning about the flat

Woman: hello, 2248818

Man: Hello, I'm phoning about the flat.

Woman: Of course. What would you like to know?

Man: Well, first, can you tell me where it is, please? Is it near some shops, and the tube?

Woman: Well, the flat is in Islington, We're only 100 metres from the shops and a five minutes' Walk from the tube. Man: And how much does it cost?

Woman: Three hundred and sixty pounds a month. And you have to pay a month's deposit.

Man: I see, and is it a big flat? How many square metres is it'? Woman: Oh, 1 don't know. There are two bedrooms and a very large living room. Would you like to see it? Man: Yes, when can I come, please?