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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 U n i t1Warming upM:Youre telling me that youd rather be famous than be respected as a good person?W:Well,I dont know.Its just that I see all these famous people on TV,and,well,its hard not to want thesame thing for myself attention,love from millions of peo
2、ple.M:Love?Do you think people actually love celebrities?I dorVt think so!The public enjoys watching famouspeople get into trouble even more than they like watching them succeed.Besides,being a famousperson means never having time to yourself appearing before crowds,having people follow youaround 24
3、-7.Believe me,it isnt fun.W:You talk as if you know something about celebrity.Were you ever famous?M:You know the old saying,Everyone has his 15 minutes of fame?Well,I expect to have my 15 minutessomeday.But I don*t expect to like itShort conversation1.W:You dont really seem interested in painting p
4、ictures,so why did you apply to this artprogram?M:To be honest,I thought that through art I could become famous.Pretty stupid,huh?Q:What can be inferred from this conversation?2W:You have everything you ever wanted!But why do you look so blue?M:Ah,man,I discovered that all those things money,fame,an
5、d the lot are all empty.And in trying toget them,I ignored my art.Q:Why is the man not happy?aW:Hey,M arty.W h a fs the m atter,pal?W hen you firs t started w ritin g,you did so m uchbetter w ork.A re you bored o r som e th in g?M:I know m y w o rk is suffering,b ut I d o n t know th e reason.I d o
6、n t seem so interestedanym ore.M aybe,as you said,I am bored.W ho know s?Q:What are the speakers talking about?W:Is it true w h a t th e y say a b o u t the dire cto r?D oes h e re a lty w ork fo r art,not fo r fam e?M:T hats w h a t people say and Im inclined to b elieve them.He certainly h a sn t
7、sold o ut tothe ch e a p film com panies.Q:W h a t can be inferred from the con ve rsa tio n?sW:W h a ts on the sch e d u le fo r to n ig h ts show?S o m e th in g fm likely to enjoy?M:Y ou m ig h t like it-a story a b o u t a d a n ce r w ho sells his soul to be co m e fa m o u s andthen kD ses his
8、 friends,fa m ily,and e verything im portant.Q:W h a t is to n ig h ts sh o w about?W:Isnt that the m an w ho w on an A ca d e m y A w ard fo r his cartoon artw ork?M:W h a t?T h a t tra m p?H ey,you know,I th in k you*re right.M an,w h a t happened to him?He w as really fam ous!Q:W h a t happened t
9、o th e a rtist at last?6.W:Look!Look!Look!Look at me,Dad!Fvedone it!Success,money,popularity.Theworld is at the tip of my fingers and I feel like a queen!M:Sweetheart,I think you need to cool down a bit Dontlet all of this success go to yourhead.7 Q;What has happened to the woman?W:Get a grip on you
10、rself!Dont you dare quit your job!You really think you can succeedas an actor?Do you realty think you can become fam ous?M:I dorVt think I need to be fam ous to succeed.Im sure I can get work as an extra andthen maybe move onto m ore interesting roles.Q:What are the speakers talking about?M:Hey,you!
11、W atch out!W heres your head?W alking in front of cars like that?W:Huh?Ah!Oh!Sorry.|m ean.thanks.I just received word from my agent that mybook is to be published.Isnt it wonderful?Sorry I was daydream ing about the fameto come and forgot to tookat the traffic.Q;Where is the conversation taking plac
12、e?1 QW:Thanks for coming in.I loved your work,but I wish it looked more like your previouspieces.M:God!I knew it!C om plaints from my teacher,my mother.even my doctor!And now,my boss?Since I became fam ous,no one will let me change!Q:What is the relationship between the speakers?Long conversationsM:
13、Theres only one thSng in I life worse than being talked about,and that*s not benng talked about.W:That was said by Oscar W SIde,w asnt it?hA:That*s right.Youre pretty smart.W:1 have my m om ents.But Im afraid that I w ont rem em ber anything else for your testtom orrow.M:W e III,lets have a run-thro
14、ugh.First,w hat can you rem em ber about W ilde?W:The basics,obviously-British,1 9th century w riter He was gay,w asnt he?M.ThaVs right.And he actually w ent to jail for it.W:Why?丁 here mustve been many gays in England at the time.Why was he singled out to be put inprison?Or,were the English throwin
15、g all gays in jail?M:No,not everyone.But things were different for Wilde.A famous person,like him,isn*t free to dowhat he likes.People paid more attention to his actions.There were reporters,and everything thathe said and did was watched carefulllfy.W:Yeah?It mightve been better for him if he wasnt
16、famous,M:Maybe,But,then again,if he wasnt well-known,we might not have his wonderful storiies todayWhat are the speakers talking about?Z What did Oscar Wifde say?3,What is the probabfe relationship between the speakers?4,Why was Oscar Wifde treated differently?5,What can be inferred from the convers
17、ation?PassageYou young people go crazy over famous people.Will you listen to me when I tell you yourgeneration is wrong about this?Let me use an example to illustrate my point to you.Marifyn Monroe,you might not even know who she is.Back in my day,when I was your age,she was a big movie star.But she
18、 wasnt born a movie star,no sir.She was a simple girl with beautyand innocence until she went to Hollywood to make movies.Thats right.Instead of living out asimple life of integrity and hard work or trying to develop a respectable name in her profession,shesought fame.Well,Til tell you,she got her w
19、ish.She made her movies AH About Even 1950,Gentlemen Prefer Blondesin 1953,Some Like ft Hot in 1959,and more.She got into trouble throughout drugs,abuse.All of this came crashingdown on her head,and she died at an early age in 1962.Sad,realty.I hope that this exampleshows you the dangers of fame.Bel
20、ieve me,it*s best just to live a simple life,1.What is thespeaker talking about?2.What is TRUE according to what you hear?3.Why did Monroe go to Hollywood?4.When was Some Like it Hot m ade?5.Why is the speaker telfing this story?Taskl 第 12 页 W:How important are friends to you,Bill?M:Thafs kind of a
21、strange question for this settling,dont you thSnk so?W:Wellll,the teacher hasnt come in yet,cllass hasnt begun,and II was just wondering about it.S03what do you think about friends?M:Ive never regarded them as particularfry important.Perhaps thats because II come from a bigfamilty two brothers and t
22、hree sisters,and lots of cousins.Thats whats really important to me.What about you,Emma?W:My situation,you know,is different,so 1 have diifferentiideas.To mefriendship.havirrgfriends,peopllel know I can reallltycount on.to me thafs the most importantthing in llife-ftsmore important even than love-If
23、 you love someone,you can always fallllout of Hoveagain,and that can leaid to a lot of hurt feelings and bitterness.But a good friend iis a friend for lliife.M:In my mind,a friiendiis someone who likes the same things as you do,with whom you can arguewithout losing your temper,even Sfyou don*t alway
24、s agree wiithhim.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1,What are the speakers talking about?W h a t h a s th e m a n a lw a y s th o u g h t?1 W h a t c a nb e iin fe rre d fro m th e c o n v e rs a tiio n?W h a t d o e sth e m a n th in k a b o u t frie n d s?W h e r e
25、 iis th e c onvensatiion ta k in g pi a c e 7Task2 第 13 页 At the age of 41,Clark Gable,one of Hollywoods biggest actors,enlisted in the army,serving inWorld War II,Gables postwar films were,for the most part,disappointing,as was his 1949 marriage.Dropped by both his wife and his studio,Gable venture
26、d out as 3 freelance actor in 1955,quickiiybecoming the highest paid actor in Hollywood,He again found happiness with his fifth wife andcontinued his career in such critical failures as T eschers P e tA released in 1958,In 1960,Gable was signed for the modern Western,The Msfits.The troubled and trag
27、ichistory of this film has been well documented,but,despite the on-set tension,Gable took on the taskuncomplainingly,going so far as to perform several grueling stunt scenes involving wild horses.Thestrain of filming,however,coupled with his ever-robust lifestyle,proved too much for the actor,ClarkG
28、able suffered a heart attack two days after the completion of The Misfits and died in 1960 at theage of 59,just a few months before the biiirth of his first son.Most of the nations newspapersannounced the death of Clark Gable with a four-word headline:The King is Dead 广 Questions 1 to 5 are based on
29、 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 being tragic11 in the passage?5,What can be inferred from the passage?Unit2Warming upM:Ladies and gentle men,novelist and poe
30、t Sandra Marie.W:Thank you,thank you.M:Thank you for joining us.W:Its a pleasure to be here.You knowd watch your show every day.M:Do you re ally?Well,these days there are many people watching you,W:Yes,Ive gotten a lot of attention lately thats true all because of my little book,M:Oh.dont be modest!
31、Your book is amazingly bold,one of the most original pieces offictionive ever read-W:Originality is Simportant for sure,in fact,I think it ns the most important part of being acreative person.Surely,it doesnt make much sense to write something,or do something,that has beendone before or even that is
32、 similar in style to anything else already put out there,M:Well put!Thank you!Sandra Marie.everybodylShort conversationsW: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 so original that people we
33、re realty surprisedby his films.Q:What can be inferred from the conversation?W;Mydranna teacher said Chaplin is an excaitem modal forayouJTg actor to pattern himseff on.y:fdbe hard-pressed to argue with IfiaL The guy was innovative and possessed such a crealive mind.Yeah,try to be tike him.Q:What ar
34、e the speakers talking about?3W:Ive given some thought to entering politics when I get older you know,maybe working behind the scenes to help someoneget a position in government.M:Why not run for office yourself?Are you afraid of standing out as a female politician?Q:What can be inferred from the co
35、nversation?W:I admire her,not because shes a woman in the tough,male world of international politics,but because shes so honest.2.M:Yeah,I feel the same way.Certainly,there arent many people as true to their word as sheis.Q:What does the man think about the politician?sW:You know,our family is reall
36、y special.Many of our ancestors are remembered as great inventors and scientists whocontributed new ideas to society.M:Yes,thats what l*ve also heard from Uncle Marty.He said our family tree was full of geniuses.Q:What are the speakers talking about?6W:Did you see what I made?Its a light bulb thatll
37、 never burn out M:Thats amazing!A thing like that could make you famous.You should contact a patent office 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 Tm not original.M:For sure,thats one criticism that no o
38、ne will hit you with.Your artwork is definitely unique.And I think thats realty important.Q:According to the man,what should be valued above all else?W:What do you think?Is it dangerous to be unlike other people sometimes?M:Nah.I think its more dangerous to be similar to others-thats when you run th
39、e risk of becoming insignificant and forgotten.Q:According to the man,what is dangerous?aM:I suppose IcouldVe been successful by being like other people,but I felt that I should express my own original ideas.And Ithink this is a lesson you should learn.W:Ma says the same thing about her success.I gu
40、ess thinking the same about that is what first brought you two together?Q;What is the relationship between the speakers?W:Fm not saying that your work is poor,just that it lacks imagination.You havent done anything to setyourself apart from your classmates.M:If my assignments look so much like other
41、s,why do you give me lower grades than you give them?Q;What is the relationship between the speakers?Long conversationsLook at you,alldressed up in lo w lie r hat,looking all dapper like Charlie Chaplin,Its not Halloween though-Areyou going to leave the house looking like that?Would you believe that
42、 Im going to a party?If there was a party tonight I wouldve heard about it by now.So whats the deal?rm auditioning for a film,I thought,welllL this Ibok worked well for Chap IS a So you thought itd work for you,I don_t think much of that idea.Why not?Chaplin got a lot of success because of his Littl
43、e Tramp costume.And fve copied it exactly,Chaplin did very well-but thats because the look was originalL He di dnt copy anyone inHW:But look,Im a womaA a woman dressed like Chaplin,Thafs original,isnt it?M:rm afraid not,fmpretty sure that Ive seen other women do the same thing.If you really want to
44、succeed like Chaplindid,you should do what he did.Try to invent and develop something people haverVt seen before,W;I guess youre right.111 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,Bes
45、ides hbeoriginar,what advice does the man have for the woman?5,Where is the conversation takmg place?PassagSome people stand out as tryliy special and one of a kind.Charlie Chaplin,a superstar of silent comedies and oneof the great icons of the 20th-century film,is one of those unique people,Chapin
46、had a rotten childhood and an eartystart on stage,performing even as a child in vaudeville.He went to Hollywood in 1914 and began acting in silentcomedies-By 1915,he controlled most aspects of his films,in which he usually appeared!as a character called simplythe ALittle Tramp*:a lovabfyshabbydiream
47、er with a bushy moustache,bowler hat and cane,Chapin was one of thefounders of United Artists Studios and was one of the first movie makers to have complete control over his features.Hisbest-known films include 1925s The Gold/?4 s力 193化 City Lights,and 1936s Modern Times.Famouslyoutspoken and sympat
48、hetic to communism,Chaplin left the United States in 1952 because of increased politicalpiressun He settled in Switzeirlandi where he and his wife Oona raised eight children,including actress GeraldineChaplin.In 1972 he returned to the United States to accept a special Oscar,and in 1975,he was knigh
49、ted by QueenElizabeth IL1,What 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 firom the passage?2 5-When did the Queen make Chapilin a kniight?Home workTaskl 第 29 页 W;My friends have compared my film to the best of O
50、rson Welles*works.How can you criticize it?M:You.Welles?I,well,urn,I appreciate your confidence in yourselif But you do know who Wellies was,right?W:Nah,I dont watch films by British directors.M:You really dont know who Wellies was at all!Welles was American!Do you even pay attention to my lectures?