听力教程第三册Unit 4部分答案 Section One Part 2 Listening for Gist 1. This dialogue is about making an appointment with Dr. Milton. 2. The key words are appointment, Dr. Milton, on duty, a later time 6:15. Section Two Part 1 Dialogue Tunisian holiday for amateur archaeologists Day Activities The first day … midday, … briefing, The second … dawn, … sunrise, … coach, … coves, … walk along the beach, day … recent, … exciting sites, … fishing village, … sunset The third day … enjoy the town, … lovely old town, … resort The fourth day … amphitheatre, … lunch, … ferry, … Islands, … sailing boats, And the fifth … fishermen’s picnic day The sixth day … picnic, … port, … night The final say … capital, … mosaics, … Tunis International Airport Part 2 Passage Exercise B: Sentence Dictation 1. After more than a century of assault by humans, the wolf population had dwindled to more than a handful by the 1970s in Mexico and the American southwest. 2. The program is now about halfway to meeting its goal of a “wild” population of at least 100 wolves covering more than 12,800 square kilometers. 3. Decisions about mating, movement among the 45 captive-breeding facilities and release into the wild are made by a US-Mexican committee of scientists, land owners and others. 4. A wolf with rare genes – until it has successfully reproduced – will never be released because of the high mortality rate in the wild. 5. The recovery program is gradually moving away from freeing captive-born wolves, as the population of pups born free takes off. Exercise C Detailed Listening 1. 1) The research center’s known as : the Wolf Sanctuary 2) Location: in Eureka, 32 Kilometers southwest of St. Louis, the United States. 3) Founding: in 1971 4) Purpose: to restore the endangered Mexican gray wolf. 5) Founder: Marlin Perkins, a world-renowned naturalist and former director of the St, Louis Zoo, and his wife Carol 2. 1) The last seven known wolves were captured in the wild or taken from zoos to begin the breeding program. 2) The first captive-bred litter of Mexican gray wolves produced in the federal program was born at the wild CanidCenter. 3) The first release into the wild took place. Section Three News Item 1 Exercise A This news item is about the New York times winning seven Pulitzer prizes in journalism. News Item 2 Exercise A This news item is about the Smithsonian’s Jazz Appreciation Month. Exercise B Coincides with, performers, promote, assist, Organizers, schools, local museums, libraries, musicians, concert halls, radio stations, presenting, concerts, composers, musicians, Jazz News Item 3 Exercise A This news item is about an African American history museum showing the struggles and contributions of African Americans. Exercise B F T F F T T F T Section Four Part 1 Exercise A This radio program is about singer Norah Jones’ background and her popularity now. Exercise B A Gifted Singer Name Norah Jones Place of growing up Texas Her parents Father: a famous Indian musician Mother: an American woman Place of her establishment New York The feature of her songs A combination of jazz, pop, country folk and soul The name of her new album “Come Away with Me” Part 2 Passage Exercise B Sentence Dictation 1. A blur of gold was spotted through the high, wind-whipped grasses and off we walked toward the lion’s den. 2. He couldn’t stop smiling as we crept closer into the glow of the day’s last light. 3. Just a meter away from the lions a straggling buffalo loped by, but our appearance seemed to distract them and the buffalo got away. 4. Under an open sky we winded our way through cracked sun-baked pathways. Our guides knelt in the sand, pointing out the differences between the various animal tracks. 5. Thrashing in the water a mauve-colored hippo grunted, snapped his giant jaws, and lunged forward. We kept our
distance behind a log on the banks of the river. Exercise C Detailed Listening
1. They experienced the African bush on foot. 2. Seeing lions was a special treat for them.
3. They saw 10 lions sitting in a semicircle in the grass.
4. Kruger National Park stretches for almost 2.5 million hectares, roughly the size of Wales. 5. They stayed in a thatched roof two-person huts with toilets and hot showers. 6. Dinner was served around an open fire.
7. They saw a crocodile sunning on a rock not far from where they had been swimming the day before. 8. They were all on a high from their lion sighting.
