新編大學(xué)英語聽力3(浙大版) 4

[00:00.00] Unit 4 [00:03.42]Science and Technology [00:07.60]Part Two [00:11.27]Listening-Centered Activities [00:15.34]Listening 1 [00:19.04]Exercise 1 [00:22.72]Directions: [00:26.35]Listen to the dialogue [00:30.13]and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear on the tape. [00:36.54]Part 1 [00:39.71]Mom:Well, there are no ifs, ands, and buts about it. [00:45.29]Anna is completely at home with all this technology. [00:51.26]Dad:Isn't it great? She doesn't have the fear of technology that so many of us have. [00:59.54]It's amazing to think that her generation has grown up with VCRs, answering machines [01:09.44]cordless phones, computer games... They take all that stuff for granted. [01:17.90]That's for sure.To think there are kids her age who have never changed a TV channel [01:26.36]without a remote control! Can you imagine? [01:32.38]Dad:I'm sure you're right. Hey-remember our old computer? [01:39.79]Mom:How could I forget it? I don't ever want to see that old dinosaur again. [01:48.00]Dad:Oh, come on. [01:52.07]Mom:Really. It made me so frustrated. [01:57.94]Dad:Well, it's true that new computers are much, much better than the old ones. [02:06.47]But still, it's hard for me to learn programs [02:13.34]Mom:I know what you mean. You know, [02:18.10]I've been thinking that maybe we should take an evening class. [02:24.68]What do you think? We could get a babysitter. [02:29.44]Dad:Wow... [02:32.96]I'm really glad to hear you say that because I've thought a lot about taking a class [02:42.00]but I've always dragged my feet. I don't know why, really. [02:49.38]Part 2 At home after the first computer class [02:55.25]Mom:Look at you! You're really working hard at that computer! [03:01.98]Dad:Nothing could tear me away. You know, if it weren't for our class, [03:10.80]I'd be in a bind right now trying to figure out what to do. [03:17.03]But I'm doing OK. The class really helps. [03:22.39]Mom:That's the truth. I prefer a teacher to an instruction manual. [03:29.34]Hey-did I tell you that I want to get a modem? [03:35.06]I want to get online. Don't you think we've held off long enough? [03:41.80]I want to have e-mail. [03:45.65]Dad:That teacher sure won you over. [03:50.44]A few months ago you didn't even know what e-mail was! [03:57.17]Mom:Well, I have to admit, this whole world of computers is growing on me. [04:04.66]Dad:Sounds like you're apt to go back to school [04:10.38]and get some sort of degree in computers. [04:17.08]Mom:You never know... [04:20.68]1)What are the two people talking about? [04:27.19]2)What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? [04:34.43]3)What brought about a great change in the two speakers' attitude towards computers? [04:43.79]Exercise 2 [04:48.18]Directions: [04:51.64]Listen to the dialogue again and match the phrases and expressions in Column A [05:00.06]with the definitions in column B. [05:04.96]Exercise 3 [05:08.88]Directions: [05:12.48]Listen to the dialogue for the third time and make up a dialogue in pairs. [05:20.36]who feel very comfortable with new technology. [05:25.76]The other person should represent old people who find new technology frightening. [05:33.94]Try to use some of the expressions you have learned from the dialogue. [05:39.95]Listening 2 [05:43.33]Exercise 1 [05:46.68]Directions: [05:50.17]Listen to the talk [05:53.59]and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. [05:59.57]Why Scientific Research? [06:03.56]My favorite question, lately, is why scientific research? [06:09.94]The most basic answer is because I want to contribute something to the society [06:16.38]that I have been taking from all my life, [06:21.31]and I want to help animals somehow. But then the answers become the questions. [06:28.76]What could I possibly contribute, and how will my research help animals? [06:35.21]I had an experience last spring where I was involved in a research project [06:41.76]in which we were trying to determine more about gut size in lacating voles. [06:48.46]Of course, I was really excited to be participating in something like this [06:55.01]that could possibly result in a publication. [06:59.87]We all know how good it looks for an undergraduate to have a publication. [07:05.38]Anyway everything went along very well [07:10.42]until I realized that I was going to have to kill about [07:15.35]20 female voles and their pups. [07:19.34]Every time I had to kill an animal, I felt the tears burning in my eyes. [07:26.08]But I had to fight them back [07:29.60]because scientists don't cry about those silly kinds of things. [07:35.00]After all, we're doing SCIENCE here! Well, [07:40.94]I managed to get through the experiment, and, yes, [07:45.88]my name will be on that publication, but the questions keep puzzling me. [07:52.46]Was I helping animals [07:55.67]or just killing them to obtain data we could use in our publication?

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