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1、新视野大学英语（第二版）听说教程第四册录音文本UnitlShort conversation1W:You dont really seem interested in painting pictures,so why did you apply to thisart program?M:To be honest,I thought that through art,I could become famous.Pretty stupid,huh?Q:What can be inferred from this conversation?2.W:You have everything you ev
2、er wanted!But why do you look so blue?M:Ah,man,I discovered that all those things-money,fame,and the lot-are allempty.And in trying to get them,I ignored my art.Q:Why is the man not happy?3.W:Hey,Marty.Whats the matter,pal?When you first started writing,you did somuch betterwork.Are you bored or som
3、ething?M:I know my work is suffering,but I dont know the reason.I dont seem sointerested anymore.Maybe,as you said,I am bored.Who knows?Q:What are the speakers talking about?4.W:Is it true what they say about the director?Does he really work for art.not forfame?M:Thats what people say.and Im incline
4、d to believe them.He certainly hasntsold out to the cheap film companies.Q:What can be inferred from the conversation?5.W:What*s on the schedule for tonights show?Something Im likely to enjoy?M:You might like it-a story about a dancer who sells his soul to become famousand thenloses his friends,fami
5、ly,and everything important.Q:What is tonights show about?6.W:Isnt that the man who won an Academy Award for his cartoon artwork?M:What?That tramp?Hey,you know.I think youre right.Man.what happened tohim?Hewas really famous!Q:What happened to the artist at last?7.W:Look!Look!Look!Look at me.Dad!Ive
6、done it!Success,money,popularity.The world is at the tip of my fingers and I feel like a queen!M:Sweetheart.I think you need to cool down a bit.Dont let all of this success go toyour head.Q:What has happened to the woman?8.W:Get a grip on yourself!Don*t you dare quit your job!You really think you ca
7、nsucceed asan actor?Do you really think you can become famous?M:I dont think I need to be famous to succeed.Im sure I can get work as an extraand then maybe move on to more interesting roles.Q:What are the speakers talking about?9.M:Hey.you!Watch out!Wheres your head?Walking in front of cars like th
8、at?W:Huh?Ah!Oh!Sorry.I mean.thanks.I just received word from my agent that mybook is to be published.Isnt it wonderful?Sorry I was daydreaming about the fameto come and forgot to look at the traffic.Q:Where is the conversation taking place?10.W:Thanks for coming in.I loved your work,but I wish it lo
9、oked more like yourprevious pieces.M:God!I knew it!Complaints from my teacher,my mother.even my doctor!Andnow.my boss?Since I became famous,no one will let me change!Q:What is the relationship between the speakers?Long conversationsM:Theres only one thing in life worse than being talked about,and th
10、ats not beingtalked about.W:That was said by Oscar Wilde,wasnt it?M:Thats right.Youre pretty smart.W:I have my moments.But Im afraid that I wont remember anything else fbr yourtest tomorrow.M:Well,lets have a run-through.First,what can you remember about Wilde?W:The basics,obviously-British,19th cen
11、tury writer.He was gay.wasnt he?M:Thats right.And he actually went to jail for it.W:Why?There mustve been many gays in England at the time.Why was he singledout to be put in prison?Or,were the English throwing all gays in jail?M:No,not everyone.But things were different for Wilde.A famous person,lik
12、e him,isn*t free to do what he likes.People paid more attention to his actions.There werereporters,and everything that he said and did was watched carefully.W:Yeah?It mightve been better for him if he wasnt famous.M:Maybe.But,then again,if he wasn*t well-known,we might not have his wonderfulstories
13、today.1.What are the speakers talking about?2.What did Oscar Wilde say?3.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?4.Why was Oscar Wilde treated differently?5.What can be inferred from the conversation?PassageYou young people go crazy over famous people.Will you listen to me when I tell
14、 youyour generation is wrong about this?Let me use an example to illustrate my point toyou.Marilyn Monroe,you might not even know who she is.Back in my day.when I wasyour age.she was a big movie star.But she wasnt born a movie star,no sir.She was asimple girl with beauty and innocence until she went
15、 to Hollywood to make movies.Thats right.Instead of living out a simple life of integrity and hard work or trying todevelop a respectable name in her profession,she sought fame.Well.1,1 1 tell you.shegot her wish.She made her movies-AH About Eve in 1950,Gentlemen PreferBlondes in 1953,Some Like It H
16、ot in 1959.and more.She got into trouble throughout一 drugs,abuse.All of this came crashing down on her head,and she died at anearly age in 1962.Sad,really.I hope that this example shows you the dangers of fame.Believe me,its best just to live a simple life.1.What is the speaker talking about?2.What
17、is TRUE according to what you hear?3.Why did Monroe go to Hollywood?4.When was Some Like It Hot made?5.Why is the speaker telling this story?Taskl 第 12 页W:How important are friends to you,Bill?M:Thats kind of a strange question for this setting,don*t you think so?W:Well,the teacher hasnt come in yet
18、,class hasnt begun,and I was justwondering about it.So.what do you think about friends?M:Fve never regarded them as particularly important.Perhaps thats because I comefrom a big family two brothers and three sisters,and lots of cousins.Thats whatsreally important to me.What about you.Emma?W:My situa
19、tion,you know,is different,so I have different ideas.To me friendship.having friends.people I know I can really count on.to me thats the most importantthing in life.Itrs more important even than love.If you love someone,you can alwaysfall out of love again,and that can lead to a lot of hurt feelings
20、 and bitterness.But agood friend is a friend for life.M:In my mind,a friend is someone who likes the same things as you do,with whomyou can argue without losing your temper,even if you don*t always agree with him.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.What are the speak
21、ers talking about?2.What has the man always thought?3.What can be inferred from the conversation?4.What does the man think about friends?5.Where is the conversation taking place?Task2 第 13 页At the age of 41,Clark Gable,one of Hollywoods biggest actors,enlisted in the army,serving in World War IL Gab
22、les postwar films were,for the most part,disappointing,as was his 1949 marriage.Dropped by both his wife and his studio,Gable venturedout as a freelance actor in 1955,quickly becoming the highest paid actor inHollywood.He again found happiness with his fifth wife and continued his career insuch crit
23、ical failures as Teacher*s Pet,released in 1958.In 1960,Gable was signed forthe modern Western,The Misfits.The troubled and tragic history of this film hasbeen well documented,but,despite the on-set tension,Gable took on the taskuncomplainingly,going so far as to perform several grueling stunt scene
24、s involvingwild horses.The strain of filming,however,coupled with his ever-robust lifestyle,proved too much for the actor.Clark Gable suffered a heart attack two days after thecompletion of The Misfits and died in 1960 at the age of 59,just a few months beforethe birth of his first son.Most of the n
25、ations newspapers announced the death ofClark Gable with a four-word headline:The King is Dead.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard.1.What is this passage about?2.When did Gable become a freelance actor?3.What can we know about Gable from the passage?4.What is described as b
26、eing tragic in the passage?5.What can be inferred from the passage?Unit2Short conversations1.W:I dont quite understand what made Charlie Chaplin such a popular movie star.M:Serious?Look at his work and compare it to other films of the time.He was sooriginalthat people were really surprised by his fi
27、lms.Q:What can be inferred from the conversation?2.W:My drama teacher said Chaplin is an excellent model for a young actor to patternhimselfon.M:Td be hard-pressed to argue with that.The guy was innovative and possessed suchacreative mind.Yeah,try to be like him.Q:What are the speakers talking about
28、?3.W:Fve given some thought to entering politics when I get older-you know,maybeworkingbehind the scenes to help someone get a position in government.M:Why not run for office yourself?Are you afraid of standing out as a femalepolitician?Q:What can be inferred from the conversation?4.W:I admire her,n
29、ot because shes a woman in the tough,male world of internationalpolitics,but because shes so honest.M:Yeah,I feel the same way.Certainly,there arent many people as true to their wordas sheis.Q:What does the man think about the politician?5.W:You know,our family is really special.Many of our ancestor
30、s are remembered asgreatinventors and scientists who contributed new ideas to society.M:Yes,thats what Fve also heard from Uncle Marty.He said our family tree was fullofgeniuses.Q:What are the speakers talking about?6.W:Did you see what I made?Its a light bulb thatll never burn out.M:Thats amazing!A
31、 thing like that could make you famous.You should contact apatentoffice as soon as possible and register a claim!Q:What will make the woman famous?7.W:No matter what a person says about me,no one can say that Im not original.M:For sure,thats one criticism that no one will hit you with.Your artwork i
32、sdefinitely unique.And I think thats really important.Q:According to the man,what should be valued above all else?8.W:What do you think?Is it dangerous to be unlike other people sometimes?M:Nah.I think it*s more dangerous to be similar to others that*s when you run therisk ofbecoming insignificant a
33、nd forgotten.Q:According to the man,what is dangerous?9.M:I suppose I couldve been successful by being like other people,but I felt that Ishouldexpress my own original ideas.And I think this is a lesson you should leam.W:Ma says the same thing about her success.I guess thinking the same about that i
34、swhatfirst brought you two together?Q:What is the relationship between the speakers?10.W:Im not saying that your work is poor,just that it lacks imagination.You haventdoneanything to set yourself apart from your classmates.M:If my assignments look so much like others,why do you give me lower gradest
35、han yougive them?Q:What is the relationship between the speakers?Long conversationsM:Look at you,all dressed up in a bowler hat,looking all dapper like Charlie Chaplin.Its notHalloween,though.Are you going to leave the house looking like that?W:Would you believe that Im going to a party?M:If there w
36、as a party tonight,I would*ve heard about it by now.So whats the deal?W:Tm auditioning for a film.I thought,well,this look worked well for Chaplin.M:So you thought itd work for you.I dont think much of that idea.W:Why not?Chaplin got a lot of success because of his Little Tramp costume.AndFvecopied
37、it exactly.M:Chaplin did very well-but thats because the look was original.He didnt copyanyone inHollywood.W:But look,Tm a woman,a woman dressed like Chaplin.Thats original,isnt it?M:Fm afraid not.Tm pretty sure that Ive seen other women do the same thing.If youreallywant to succeed like Chaplin did
38、,you should do what he did.Try to invent anddevelopsomething people havenft seen before.W:I guess youre right.Til go back up to my room and change.1.What are the speakers talking about?2.Why is the woman dressed like Chaplin?3.What can be inferred from the conversation?4.Besides be original”,what ad
39、vice does the man have for the woman?5.Where is the conversation taking place?PassageSome people stand out as truly special and one of a kind.Charlie Chaplin,a superstarof silent comedies and one of the great icons of the 20th-century film,is one of thoseuniquepeople.Chaplin had a rotten childhood a
40、nd an early start on stage,performing even asachild in vaudeville.He went to Hollywood in 1914 and began acting in silentcomedies.By1915,he controlled most aspects of his films,in which he usually appeared as acharactercalled simply the Little Tramp”:a lovably shabby dreamer with a bushy moustache,b
41、owlerhat and cane.Chaplin was one of the founders of United Artists Studios and was oneof thefirst movie makers to have complete control over his features.His best-known filmsinclude19251s The Gold Rush,193Ts City Lights,and 1936*s Modern Times.Famouslyoutspoken and sympathetic to communism,Chaplin
42、left the United States in 1952becauseof increased political pressure.He settled in Switzerland,where he and his wife Oonaraised eight children,including actress Geraldine Chaplin.In 1972 he returned to theUnitedStates to accept a special Oscar,and in 1975,he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.1.What
43、 is this passage about?2.What did Chaplin do when he went to Hollywood?3.What did the Little Tramp look like?4.What can be inferred from the passage?5.When did the Queen make Chaplin a knight?Home workTaskl 第 29 页W:My friends have compared my film to the best of Orson Welles works.Howcan you critici
44、ze it?M:You.Welles?I,well,um,I appreciate your confidence in yourself.But youdo know who Welles was,right?W:Nah.I don,t watch films by British directors.M:You really don*t know who Welles was at all!Welles was American!Do youeven pay attention to my lectures?W:I dont listen to people talk about film
45、s;I make films.Tm a doer.M:You really have to pay attention from now on.Welles first became famous onthe radio,especially for his reading of War of the Worlds in 1938.Threeyears later,he made his first movie,Citizen Kane,in 1941.Other films ofhis include The Magnificent Ambersons in 1942 and The Lad
46、y FromShanghai in 1948.People consider Kane to be his best film.W:That must be the one that looks like my film.M:People consider it not only his best film,but the best film in movie history.Doyou really think your film is that good?W:My mom seems to think so.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the convers
47、ation you have just heard.1.What are the speakers talking about?2.What can be inferred from the conversation?3.Why doesn*t the woman listen to the man more?4.When was Citizen Kane made?5.What is the relationship between the speakers?Task2 第 30 页When Elvis Presley died on August 16,1977,radio and tel
48、evisionprograms all over the world were interrupted to give the news of his death.President Carter was asked to declare a day of national mourning.Eightythousand people attended his funeral.In the summer of 1953 Elvis paid four dollars and recorded two songs forhis mothers birthday at Sam Phillips*S
49、un Records Studio.Sam Phillips heardElvis and asked him to record Thats All Right,in July,1954.Twenty thousandcopies were sold,mainly in and around Memphis.On January 10,1956,Elvisrecorded Heartbreak Hotel”,and a million copies were sold.In the nextfourteen months he made another fourteen records,an
50、d they were all big hits.In 1956 he also made his first film in Hollywood.In 1972 his wife left him,and they were divorced in October,1973.Elvisdied from a heart attack in 1977.He had been abusing his body for severalyears by eating and drinking too much and taking a cocktail of medicines andpossibl