国际交流英语视听说B1U8--Further Listening 参考答案

Book 1

Unit

8

How We Communicate

Unit 8

How We Communicate

Further Listening

Further Listening

Listening 1

A | Read the sentences. Then listen to a talk about baby talk and complete the sentences with what you hear. baby talk when they 1. People all over the world use ____________ talk to babies. rhesus monkeys 2. According to the talk, ___________________ talk to babies in the same way as human beings. 3. Monkeys’ baby talk has the following features: a raised pitch 1) _________________________________; a swooping, sing-song style 2) _________________________________.

Further Listening

Listening 1

1. Why do female rhesus monkeys make unique vocalizations to infants? Example Answers Female rhesus monkeys make unique vocalizations to infants to interact with infants to get their attention. 2. What does “girney” refer to? Example Answers “Girney” refers to a monkey sound.

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Listening 1

3. What else do female monkeys do to get infants’ attention? Example Answers

Female monkeys also wag their tails to get the infants’ attention.4. What is important in a monkey baby talk? Example Answers The intonation is important in a monkey baby talk.

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5. Why don’t monkey moms use baby talk with their own offspring? Example Answers It’s possible that monkey moms don’t use baby talk with their own offspring because they simply don’t need to use it since their babies are not novel to them and they are constantly face-to-face.

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Listening 2

A | Read the questions and answer choices. Then listen to a talk and choose the correct answers.

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Listening 2

B | Read the sentences. Then listen again and complete the sentences with what you hear. 1. It was predicted by Donald Kessler in the 1970s that a collision between two or more satellites was probable. _____________________________________ 2. It can be inferred that the space around the earth would be small pieces of metal full of _______________________ if more collisions between satellites happened.To be continued >>>

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Listening 2

3. An international conference was held to discuss ways to reduce the number of objects in orbit _____________________________________________. 4. The U.N. had advised that countries should not use old satellites for missile target practice ____________________________________________. 5. Such a solution as having a collector satellite to catch __________ space garbage and bring it down into the earth’s atmosphere to ________________________________________________ burn up may be a long way away. _________

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Listening 3

Each year, National Geographic names several new Emerging

Explorers. They receive an award of $10,000. The money supports the work of young people at the beginning of their careers in many fields—biology, engineering, music, and others.Ken Banks is one of the emerging explorers. In pla

ces where people can’t access the Internet, his software lets them send a message or other kinds of information with an inexpensive device: a basic cellular telephone. They just connect the phone to a computer. Then they can send information from the computer without using the Internet.

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Thank You!