剑桥国际英语教程 3级听力(8)

R: Remember those guys I told you about?

A: The ones that just moved in next door?

R: Yeah. They had another party, and the noise kept me awake all night.

A: Well, something has got to be done. This has happened every weekend since they moved in!

R: Yeah. Tell me about it. I finally had to call the police.

A: I would have done the same thing. They shouldn’t be allowed to disturb people like that. And anyway, they should have at least inverted you to the party! P94 5 Listening

Listen to people discussing these problems. What solution do they suggest for each problem?

1. people using cellular phones in restaurants

W: I hate it when people use cellular phones in restaurants.

M: Me, too. It’s so unnecessary. It’s just showing off, really.

W: I agree. I think people with cell phones should be asked to leave them at the door – you know, like coats and umbrellas. They can always check their voice mail later to see if there are any messages.

M: Exactly. That’s a great idea.

2. car security alarms going off at night

M: [Car alarm going off] I tell you another thing that drives me crazy – when people’s car security alarms go off in the middle of the night.

W: Yeah. Don’t you hate it when an alarm wakes you from a deep sleep? It’s such an awful sound – and it just goes on and on!

M: I think people who park regularly on the street ought to be required to let their neighbors know their license plate number and their telephone number. Then if their alarm goes off, someone car call them to come down and turn it off.

W: Good idea. At least that way they’d be sure to get woken up, too. 3. telemarketing salespeople calling too often

W: [Phone ringing] And I really hate it when people call me at home and try to sell me stuff. M: Me, too. I think the telephone companies should offer a service that automatically blocks telemarketing calls.

W: That’s an interesting idea. That way, we might pay a little bit more, but we’d have peace. M: Right! P95

7 Conversation A Listen and practice.

Sarah: Health insurance bills, child-care bills, rent! Now that I’m going to school and only working part time, I have a hard time making ends meet. Todd: Health insurance is so expensive, isn’t it?

S: Yeah! My company used to pay for it when I was working full time.

T: And child care isn’t cheep either, is it?

S: No, it’s not. After I pay for rent and groceries, almost all my money goes to pay for my son’s day care.

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T: Your college should provide free day care for students with children.

S: I think so, too. But they don’t have any services like that.

B Listen to the rest of the conversation. What’s Todd concerned about?

Sarah: Oh, listen to me. I’m always complaining, aren’t I? Anyway, how are things with you? Todd: Oh, not bad, but I’m still not sure what I’m going to do after I graduate. S: Yeah, it’s hard to find a job these days, isn’t it?

T: It’s not that. I’m just not sure if going to law school was the right thing to do. S: What do you mean?

T: I only have a few more months before I graduate, and I’m wondering why I did this. I don’t want to be a lawyer. It all seems like a waste of time now.

S: So what are you going to do?

T: Well, I’d like to move to Mexico and open a coffee shop, but I think my parents would kill me. P96

11 Listening

A Listen to people giving their opinions about current issues in the news. What issues are they talking about? Then listen again. What opinions do you hear for and against each issue? 1.

M: I see some students are planning to hold a protest march downtown tomorrow. W: Well, there’s no law against protests, is there?

M: No, no. of course not.

W: What are they protesting about?

M: I think they’re trying to get the university to ban all research sing animal subjects. W: Oh, yeah. I definitely support them. I hate to think of chimpanzees and other animals being used for research. It’s so cruel, and it’s unnecessary as well. I don’t see why animals should be killed just so some professor can publish a bunch of papers and get promoted. M: Well. I don’t think it’s quite as simple as that. The fact is that a lot of advances in medical research on diseases like cancer and AIDS depend on animal research. You simply can’t do that kind of research on humans, so they have to use animals. I’m afraid there’s no other way. 2.

M: I saw a really interesting program on TV last night. It talked about the types of things that record companies have to be careful with when they come out with new CDs. W: What do you mean?

M: Well, they have to be careful not to offend people – especially parents of young kids who might buy a CD that contained violent content or used strong language.

W: How can that be avoided?

M: Well, don’t you remember when that woman – some senator’s wife. I think – made such a fuss over this issue? It’s not really a law, but music companies are now encouraged to put a warning label on albums that describe violence or use strong language.

W: I don’t understand. Doesn’t that reduce the musicians’ freedom of speech?

M: Not really. Musicians still have a right to free speech, but the message on the label says, “Buyer, be careful: If you get upset by violence and ugly language, don’t buy this album.”

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You agree with that, don’t you?

W: I don’t know. I still think the whole thing is ridiculous. Musicians should have the right to say what they want to without having to have a warning label put on their music. I mean, who gets to decide what is considered offensive and what isn’t we don’t need …… 此处隐藏：9774字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……