Unit6-7听力原文

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A Listen to the beginning of a radio show. What is the best title for the show? Check your answer:

Announcer: you’re all familiar with the topic of urban sprawl. Well, in today’s radio show, we will talk to three guests about cities and suburbs. We can prevent urban sprawl by living closer together in cites. Will people in the suburbs want to do that? Or do people in the city want to move to the suburbs? Let’s find out! Let me go to the first person on our panel. Tyra, which do you prefer, the suburbs or the city? Track 4-7-ol-2

B Now listen the rest of the show. Where do the people live now? Where do they want to live in the future? Write S for suburbs or c for city.

Announcer: You’re all familiar with the topic of urban sprawl. Well, in today’s radio show, we will talk to three guests about cities and suburbs. We can prevent urban sprawl by living closer together in cities .Will people in the suburbs want to do that? Or do people in the city want to move to the suburbs? Let’ fid out! Let me go to the first person on our panel. Tyra, which do you prefer, the suburbs or the city?

Tyra: I love the suburbs! I have a big, beautiful house. I don’t ever want to move. But what about urban sprawl? It’s a big problem in our area.

Tyra: I’m sorry about that, but I live in the city before. I don’t like it. Not everyone is suited for that kind of life.

Announcer: What did you like about it?

Tyra: There is no privacy. You can hear your neighbors and smell their cooking. Announcer: Matt, what about you? You live in the city now. Do you want to move? Mattin: Well, I’m in college now and the city is really fun.

Announcer: Think ahead to the future, though. Let’s say ten years from now… Matt: That’s different. When I get married, I think I want to live the suburbs. Announcer: Why is that?

Matt: Well, it’s easy to live in the city when you are young and single. The suburbs are a better place for a family. It’s safer for the kids and they have room to play.

Announcer: Mercedes, it’s your turn. You’ve heard Tyra and Matt. Do you agree with either one of them?

Mercedes: Not really. Announcer: Explain.

Mercedes: Well, I don’t like the suburbs. And I don’t like urban sprawl. The city is too expensive,

but I’m comfortable here.

Announcer: You don’t think it’s too dangerous … or there’s not enough privacy?

Mercedes: Nah. I prefer it here. I get too lonely when I’m in the suburbs. I like the energy of the city.

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A .Listen to a conversation between a mayor and a concerned citizen who’ s complaining about his community. Then answer the question.

Man: Mr. Mayor, I live in this community and I’ve got a complaint. Mayor: well, what seems to be the problem?

Man: A traffic light on High Street s broken. It can cause traffic accidents and put people’s lves in danger.

Mayor: That it’s good for traffic control, I’m sure. Man: No, it’s not, and it’s dangerous.

Mayor: I agree that a broken traffic light is a dangerous issue. We cannot ignore it. Man: What are you planning to do about it?

Mayor: I think we need to have the Department of traffic Control to solve it immediately. Man: Thank you for your help, Mr. Mayor. You’ve got my support in the next election! Track 4-7-ol-6

A You will hear John and Susan talking respectively about the problem area where their neighborhood didn’t score a point (4 Communication B & C) and also about suggestions as to how to fix the problem. Then fill in the blanks with the problem areas they are talking about.

John: One of the areas where our neighborhood didn’t score a point is that we don’t know our neighbors well. This is one of the biggest problems. When we know our neighbors, we’ll pay more attention to our neighborhood. To improve neighborhood safety, I think we should establish block clubs and help organize community events and public safety programs such as neighborhood watch. Neighbors from a street or block can form a club to get to know each other and work together against problems such as vandalism, gang graffiti, and burglaries. We can also agree to look out for all the houses on our street and call the police for help immediately if we see a problem. We can put signs in our windows to show that we are participating in this kind of program.

Susan: Police patrols in our neighborhood are not very frequent. Most of our neighbors made complaints about this to the police department. They should bring community policing into the neighborhoods. Now the police often patrol in cars so they don’t know the people of the neighborhood very well. If they patrol on foot or on bicycle, we can say hello to them when we see them patrolling. That’ll make us feel us safer. At the same time, the neighborhood residents and community agencies should cooperate with the police to prevent crimes, Then we’ll build a safe neighborhood. Track-4-7-ol-8

The shrinking family

Elisa Sanchez is a mother in Monterrey, Mexico. She and her husband are both high school teachers in their thirties.

They have two children. They don’t plan to have more. ―I was one of six children,‖ says Elisa. ―My husband comes from a family of seven. People used to have more children in the sixties and seventies. Now it’s different.‖

Elisa’s husband thinks the lower birthrate s a positive change. ―With a smaller population, there will be less competition. That means there will be more opportunities for young people.‖

Gina is 32 and her mother is worried about Gina’s ability to get married and raise a family in the future. The Italian government is worried, too. In 1958, one million babies were born in Italy. In 1998, it was half that number. The average mother in Italy has her first child at the age of 30. After 30, experts note, there isn’t a lot of time for women to have many children. The population is aging rapidly. Some wonder: Has population control in Italy been too successful? Unit7 , Lesson B Global Viewpoints

In my community

Malinda: There are many things that concern me in my community, but one of the issues that really concerns me is that a lot of people don’t have enough affordable housing. And I think the city should try to make more houses available to people who don’t have a lot of money.

Martin: we need to do something about noise pollution. I live near a fire station, and every time the fire truck leaves the station, all you can hear for about two to three minutes is the siren and the horns.

Natalie: living in a big city, one problem that I see a lot is graffiti. Graffiti on buildings … graffiti on sidewalks … It really bothers me because I’ve lived here all my life and I like to see my city clean.

Global issues

Catherine: I think globally one of the biggest problems that we face is poverty.

Nick: I think global warming is a very serious issue. The oceans are rising as well as the temperatures and something needs to be done about it before it’s too late.

Malinda: one of the biggest issues facing the world today is the spread of HIV and AIDS, and something that I think needs to be done is that we need to do more to educate each other about this disease and how we can help people.

Alejandra: I think that we need to do something about hunger. There are too many people who do not have enough food.

Jennifer: I think that it’s really important that the world get together and help to make sure that all children become educated, that everyone gets a chance to learn and everyone gets a chance to go to school.

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