急求新视野大学英语（第二版）3的课文原文

急求新视野大学英语（第二版）3的课文原文

Unit3　　II. Listening Skills Understanding Times and Dates　　1. W: Oh, look at the clock. It‘s 5:15. I‘ll be late for Jennifer‘s birthday party! I was supposed to leave at 5 o‘clock. M: Don‘t worry! You still have some time. The clock is twenty minutes fast. Q: What time is it now? 2. W: It‘s 7:50, lazybones, and you‘re going to be late for the meeting. M: God! I was sleeping like a dog. Well, I still have ten minutes. Q: When is the man‘s meeting? 3. M: Thank you, Laura. We‘d like to go to the barbecue with you. What time should we be there W: Some people are coming around 11:00, and we‘re going to play badminton, but we won‘t eat until around 12:30. Q: At what time are they going to eat? 4. M: I knew Dr. Smith‘s birthday was October 26th, but I didn‘t realize it was this Saturday. W: Let‘s give him a surprise party. We could ask him to meet us at his office at 5, and then we could take him to dinner at the restaurant around 5:30. Q: What time does the woman suggest meeting Dr. Smith? 5. M: I just read that Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, when very little was understood about time and energy. W: Absolutely. But when he died on April 18, 1955, people knew a lot more, and nuclear power stations had been built. Q: When was Einstein born? 1.D 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.B III. Listening In Task 1: A Picture I have a picture that sits on my desk in my bedroom. When I have trouble studying, or I‘m worried about an exam, I just take a look at it. It is a picture of my best friends taken years ago when we were in high school. It reminds me of the good time we‘ve shared and the support their friendship still gives me today. Even though our lives have gone in different directions, the bond we created has kept us close. Every week I get a message on my answering machine from one of them, or a letter in the mail with the latest news or vacation photos. I often get e-mail with a joke for the day, or words of comfort about some problems in my life. My friends have shown up for surprise birthday parties, and one of them even traveled two hours from the other end of town just to watchmy first English speech contest. Our friendship has carried me through a lot of difficult experiences, and has enriched the good ones. It is the kind of friendship that outlasts disagreements, changes, and separation. 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.B Task 2: Problem of Meeting People As a foreign student, I have a number of problems, both academically and socially. The biggest one is meeting people. I feel confident about my ability to cope with problems from my studies, but I‘m not comfortable making friends with other students, especially local ones. Perhaps I‘m worrying unnecessarily, but I find it difficult to talk to them and to make friends. The primary reasons is the language barrier. My English is quite standard and forma, and although that helps me with my academic work, I have trouble understanding other students when they are just talking. It seems to me that in order to meet with other students I really need informal, colloquial English. Besides, there‘s the cultural gap. That‘s why it‘s so difficult for overseas students and native English speaking students to really get to know each other. I really want to overcome this difficulty. I guess the best way to begin is to start talking about course work that we share; and then I could suggest going for a cup of tea or coffee. Over coffee we could get to know each other. Another way would be to join a club, like a tennis club or a photo club, because that immediately gives you something in common with other people there. It gives you a starting point to build on. 1. He has both academic and social problems. 2. He fells confident about his ability to cope with his studies. 3. The language barrier is the main reason why he finds it hard to make friends with local students. 4. It is difficult for overseas students and native English speaking students to really get to know each other because there is the cultural gap. 5. Te best way for the overseas students to actually overcome the difficulty of making friends with native English speaking students is to start talking about course work. Task 3: Long Distance Friendships I have quite a few long distance friendships. How do I maintains these relationships? Well, I believe friendship is very important, But I also think friendship really needs tending—like plants in the garden. It‘s important to keep up to date with my friends, something that‘s hard to do with long distances between us. But over the years I have managed to stay very tight with my friends, even though distances separate us. Jane lives in another city, and she‘s not much for writing letters, so we talk on the phone at least once a week, usually for an hour at a time. We take turns calling each other, so I stay close to her through the phone. My phone bills are high, but I consider them just another living expense, like rent. Other friends I e-mail. I have one friend who just isn‘t into writing letters. I‘ve known her for a long time. We‘ve always considered ourselves friends, but over time I‘ve always been in and out of touch with her. But she is always on-line—e-mail is her thing. Since I‘ve gotten an e-mail address, I e-mail her twice a week. Now, I‘m back in good touch with her. She‘ll often sit down and write me e-mail, but she just wouldn‘t do it with pen and paper. E-mail‘s really a great way to keep in touch with friends. 1.maintain 2.tending 3.date 4.phone 5.turns 6.bills 7.expenses 8.e-mail 10.touch