新策略大学英语听力教程第一册unit9 - 第二册unit4听力原文(6)

II. Understanding a Conversation

Listening Task

Directions: Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear.

M: I really had a hard time when Miss Chen asked me questions just now. W: Really? What is the trouble?

M: It took me a lot of time to understand what she meant, so I was embarrassed. W: It doesn’t matter. Maybe you are a little nervous.

M: It’s really far from that. Quite often I couldn’t catch what she says. You know, my listening is so poor. The more I concentrate, the more I get confused.

W: Just relax. Preview the text before class and you will learn better about what the teacher says. After all, she doesn’t use difficult words so often. And you can listen to some other English materials in your spare time. M: What kind of listening materials do you suggest?

W: You can listen to English programs on TV and radio or English tapes. If you have access to the Internet, you can also download relevant listening materials, most of which are free.

M: Oh, I see. But sometimes, it is quite hard for me to understand a single word of English programs. So listening to online materials will only be a waste of time for me. What shall I do?

W: It is not so difficult as you expect. Many programs will be replayed. You can note down the main points at the first time. Gradually you’ll get familiar with the language structure, and you will improve a lot as time goes by. M: I’m a little confident now. Thanks.

III. Understanding Passages

Listening Task 1

Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answers to the following questions.

Have you ever sat in class thinking that you would never understand what the teacher was trying to teach? Maybe the presentation didn’t fit your learning style.

Traditionally, schools present information in two ways—through languages and through formulas involving numbers and logic. Psychologists, however, now say there’s a problem with this. People have different strengths and different learning styles to match these strengths. For example, one person might struggle with information in a paragraph but understand it immediately in a diagram. Another person will struggle with the diagram but not with the paragraph.

Psychologist Howard Gardner of Harvard University says there are at least seven learning styles:

Linguistic: These people learn by using language—listening, reading, speaking, and writing.

Logical: These people learn by applying mathematical formulas and scientific principles.

Visual: These people learn by seeing what they are learning.

Musical: Instead of finding music a distraction, these people learn well when information is presented through music.

Kinesthetic: Movement and physical activities help these people to learn.

Intrapersonal: These people have a good understanding of themselves and can learn best if they can relate what they are learning directly to themselves.

Interpersonal: These people have a good understanding of others and learn well by working with others.

If schools present information all these ways, psychologists say, all students will benefit. Students who have a linguistic or a logical learning style will be able to develop new strengths. Students with other learning styles will learn more and have more success in school—and possibly in life.

Listening Task 2

Directions: Listen to the passage and try to finish the following outline.

Improving your English, like getting better at anything else, means lots of practice. Probably you have already known enough words and grammar in English to make sentences and to understand English. However, it’s quite usual that you go to English class a couple of times a week and the rest of the time you speak Chinese. That is to say, you don’t have enough chances to speak in English. If you could go to an English-speaking country, your English would improve very quickly because you would use it all day, every day. It’s just practice.

Writing, as well as speaking and reading, is an important part of English study. There is no easy way to improve your written English. It takes work.

To improve your writing in English, you should do two things. First, you should try to read English as much as possible. It doesn’t matter what you read, so pick something that interests you. Reading English will show you how English words are used together, how English speakers express themselves and so on, so you can learn a lot from that. Then, practice writing. Ask your teacher if you can do extra writing assignments and write things like short stories. Your teacher can show you where you make mistakes and how to correct them. You can also write some letters to English speakers on the Internet. Don’t worry if you make mistakes because that is how you learn. Besides, work out a plan and obey it. In English we say, “Plan the work, then work the plan.” You need a plan—perhaps you will decide to write in English for 30 minutes each day—and then you need to follow your plan to improve. Listening Task 2

Directions: Listen to the sentences and fill in the missing numbers. 1. The train arrived at 12:15.

2. The woman wants to borrow 248 dollars. 3. His phone number is 232-5205. 4. Next Saturday is August 26th.

5. At the third stroke, the time will be twelve o one and fifty seconds.

6. Midwestern Airlines Flight 641 from New York is now boarding at Gate 5. 7. The average depth of the Pacific Ocean is 12,925 feet. 8. The total area of the place is 720,000 square meters. 9. She ran the race in 14'59\.

10. The population of the country is approximately 32,547,200.

II. Understanding a Conversation

Listening Task

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