新发展大学英语听力教程4:城市与乡村生活对比解析

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新发展大学英语听力教程(4)参考答案主要针对大学英语听力教学的第四单元“城市生活或乡村生活”进行了详细的练习和解答。该单元分为四个部分:Pre-listening Activities(预听活动)、Listening Tasks(听力任务)、Task Four Compound Dictation(复合听写)以及Listening and Speaking(听说练习)。 1. Pre-listening Activities 提供了两个主题词汇:apartment(公寓)和contract(合同),这些词汇可能在听力材料中起到关键作用,帮助学生理解相关的社会经济背景和文化环境。 2. Listening Tasks 包含三个任务: - Task One 是理解短对话,涉及十个选择题,考察学生对日常对话的理解能力,如职业选择、居住环境偏好等。 - Task Two 是理解长对话,同样包含选择题,可能涉及更深入的主题探讨,如城市生活的优点与缺点。 - Task Three 是理解三个篇章,每个篇章有五个问题,涉及到对篇章内容的细节理解和主旨把握,内容可能涵盖了城乡生活的对比、就业机会、娱乐设施等方面。 3. 在Task Four Compound Dictation 中,给出了需要学生填写的单词列表,包括backdraws(缺点)、education(教育)、facilities(设施)等,这要求学生具备一定的词汇量和拼写能力,同时通过上下文推断词义。 4. Listening and Speaking 部分,Task 1 提到加拿大的幸福城市多位于东海岸,强调了地理位置和社区氛围的影响。另外,还提到应对严寒的方法——关注人们的温暖和友善,以及信任邻里关系的重要性。Task 2 的具体内容未给出,但提示了长对话学习技巧,如通过歌曲学习英语。 在本单元的学习中,学生不仅需要提高听力理解能力,还要通过不同类型的对话和篇章来深入理解城市和乡村生活方式的特点、挑战以及人际关系在其中的角色。通过这些实践性的任务,学生能够提升听力技能,扩展词汇,并加深对英语语言文化和社会现象的理解。
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Unit1(BOOK4) Part B The Hospital Window Jack and Ben, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. Jack, whose bed was next to the room's only window, was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. But Ben had to spend all day and night flat on his bed. To kill time the two men began to talk. They talked for hours about their wives, families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, and where they had been on vacation. As days went by, a deep friendship began to develop between them. Every afternoon when Jack could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to Ben all the things he could see outside the window. And Ben began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees beautified the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As Jack described all this in exquisite detail, Ben would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scenes. One warm afternoon Jack described a parade passing by. Although Ben couldn't hear the band -- he could see it in his mind's eye as Jack portrayed it with descriptive words. Days and weeks passed. One morning the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of Jack, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. Ben was heart broken. Life without Jack was even more unbearable. How he longed to hear Jack's voice and his melodious descriptions of the outside world! As he looked at the window, an idea suddenly occurred to him. Perhaps he could see for himself what it was like outside. As soon as it seemed appropriate, Ben asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself! He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall! 'What could have compelled my roommate to describe such wonderful things outside this window?' Ben asked the nurse when she returned. 'Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you to live on,' she said. 'You know, he was blind and could not even see the wall.'