剑桥国际英语教程 3级听力(7)

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A: George Michael is coming out with a new CD. B: Who?

A: George Michael. The singer. B: I don’t know who that is.

A: Sure you do. Before he started singing solo, he was in that pop music group during the early eighties. What was it called? Whack? Whoops?

A: Oh, no, no, no. I remember. It was Wham!

B: That was it. Wham! I couldn’t stand them, but I really like George Michael’s music now. 2.

A: Who developed the theory of relativity? B: Oh, uh, it was Charles Darwin.

A: Charles Darwin? Are you sure?

B: Oh, no, Sorry. I wasn’t really listening to you. The theory of relativity? That was Albert Einstein.

A: That’s right. I don’t know why I couldn’t remember that.

3.

A: How long was India under British rule?

B: Um, uh, I have no idea. Let’s look it up. Hmm. Let’s see. Impressionism, improvisation, here we are, India. Hmm. It says that the British took power in 1857. A: Hmm. And when did India gain its independence from Great Britain? B: In 1947. 1857 to 1947 – that’s just over 90 years. 4.

A: Look, here’s an article about John Kennedy, Jr. I think he is so cute! B: You know who his mother was, don’t you? A: Sure. It was Mrs. Kennedy! B: Stop it. Really. You don’t know?

A: No, I don’t

B: It was Jacqueline Onassis. Here first husband was John F. Kennedy, the U.S. President from 1961 to 1963. when he died, she married her second husband. Aristotle Onassis. 5.

A: What was Sigmund Freud famous for? B: He was the founder of psychoanalysis. A: Psychoanalysis, huh? B: Yes. Why do you ask? A: Oh. No reason. P79

5 Listening Success story

A Listen to a business consultant discussing some of the factors necessary for a successful restaurant. Check (√) the factors in the chart she mentions as important.

Consultant: Well, the restaurant business is very competitive, so one factor that’s very important is to develop a concept for the restaurant – a strategy that distinguishes the restaurant form its competitors.

What will make the restaurant different? How will it be better than other restaurants in the

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area?

Another important factor is the location. It’s important to do some research and find out how many cars drive past the site every day, and also how many pedestrians walk by. You want the restaurant to be known to people so it needs to be in a location that’s frequented by business people, local people in the neighborhood, as well as visitors.

Finally, promotion is also crucial. You need to decide how you’re going to attract first-time customers into the restaurant – through radio advertisements, through newspapers or magazines, for example. Or maybe through a form of direct marketing, such as sending out promotional material to potential customers, offering them a free drink or a meal coupon, or something like that. Unite 13

That’s a possibility P80

2 Conversation

A Listen and practice.

Jackie: You asked Beth to be here around seven o’clock, didn’t you?

Bill: Yes. What time is it now?

Jackie: It’s nearly a quarter to eight. I wonder what happened.

Bill: Hmm. She might have forgotten the time. Why don’t I call and see if she’s on her way? A few minutes later

Bill: I got her answering machine, so I guess she must have left already.

Jackie: I hope she didn’t have a problem on the road. Her car could have broken down or something.

Bill: Of course she may have simply forgotten our invitation and done something else today. Jackie: No, she couldn’t have forgotten. I talked to her only yesterday. Let’s just start without her.

B Listen to the rest of the conversation. What happened? Bill: Oh, here comes Beth now.

Beth: Hey, guys. Sorry I’m late. I had an emergency. Jackie: Oh. Nothing serious I hope. Beth: Well, kind of. It was Sally.

Jackie: Sally, your dog? What happened?

Beth: Well, I was just about to leave when she started acting strange. Then she just passed out.

Jackie: Oh, my gosh.

Beth: I panicked. I thought she had died at first. I had to rush her to the vet. Jackie: But is she OK? She’s so cute. I hope she’s all right.

Beth: Yeah, she’s going to be fine. The vet said it was some kind of virus. So he gave her an injection, and I had to leave her with him. I’ll go by later and pick her up. Oh, but guess what! Jackie: What?

Beth: She’s going to have puppies?

Bill: Congratulations! You’re going to be a grandmother! Jackie: Very funny, Bill!

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Beth: Yeah, Bill. Very funny!

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5 Listening Jumping to conclusions

B Listen to the explanations for the two events in part A and take notes. What did happen? How similar were your explanations? 1.

Boy, did you hear the explosion this morning? I bet half the city heard the boom. A lot of people must have though it was a bomb! Those guys from the demolition company sure did a good job. The whole building came down with only one blast. It only took them a few seconds to reduce the school to this. And once the site is cleared, they’ll be able to start work on building the new school. You can be sure it will be a lot nicer than the old one. 2.

I’m so embarrassed! I can’t imagine what people must have thought when they saw me out on that ledge. See, my cat had gone out the window and was too scared to come back in. He was just sitting there on the ledge, crying. I knew I had to go out and get him. So I crawled out the window and picked up the dumb cat. I crawled back, put him inside, and was about to climb back through the window myself when it slammed shut and locked! What a nightmare! I called down to some people in the street for help, and …… 此处隐藏：9477字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……