大学英语4视听说听力文本

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The track of this newest roller coaster runs a total length of a little over1, 100meters. The passenger 5 trains measure 6meters wide and 21meters long, large enough to carry 28 passengers at a time. At full capacity, the trains can take 1,600passengers for the ride of their lives each hour. The entire ride lasts for only a total about 2minutes, but you can tell from the exhilarated faces of passengers returning to the boarding dock that they were two of the most thrilling minutes of heir lives. Uint2 II. Basic Listening Practice 3. Script W: Did you hear? Helen got modeling jib! She‘s going to be sashaying down the catwalk. M: Wow, that‘s great! All that walking practice really paid off. And foe once she won‘t be plaining about being so tall. Q: Why did Helen get modeling job? 4. Script M: Julia, e and see the Miss America contest on TV. All those beautiful girls are walking around in bathing suits, so the judges can decide who has the best figure. W: Bah! That‘s the worst kind of exploitation. They are treating women like toys for people to enjoy. I would never take part in this kind of contest. Q: What do the man and the woman think about the beautify contest? 3. Script W: What shall I do? I‘m fat. I want to be slim and beauty, but I‘m fat. I‘ve tried all the new ideas, high carb and low carb, but nothing works. M: Those diets are just fads, popular for a while and then fotten. Just follow the usual diet with fruits, vegetables, fish, water, and get plenty of exercise. Before long you‘ll see results. Q: What has the woman tried? 4. Script W1: I think Lily is really attractive. She‘s half Spanish and has this really sultry look about her. W2: That explains why she tans so well. I‘ve always been jealous of her skin color in the summer. Q: Which of following is true of Lily? 5. Script M: Trust me, it was tight there on the Inter: ―Plastic Surgery Increasing at a Faster Rate Among Men‖. Apparently more and more men are trying to improve their appearance. W: I saw it too on the news. Facelifts, nose jobs, and box to hide wrinkle are now very popular with men. Men say it‘s for business reasons, but we know it‘s vanity. Q: What does the woman think the real reason is that men have plastic surgery? III. Listening In Task 1: A Friendly Stylist Stylist: Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you? Nick: A simple haircut: short on the back and sides. Stylist: Very good. I can, of course, do something fashionable for only $60. Nick: 60 dollars! That‘s highway robbery—twice what I ordinarily pay. Stylist: Perhaps, sir. But your haircuts haven‘t been in harmony with your character. Your hair is at war with your soul. Nick: I‘ve never heard of such a thing. Stylist: If I may say, I‘m an expert at matching hairstyle to personalities. Believe me。 you‘re 6 suffering a ―disjunction‖. Nick: A disjunction? What the devil is a disjunction? Stylist: Your hair does not match you. Nick: This is utter nonsense. However, I‘d like to hear how you‘d solve this socalled problem. Stylist: Your character is artistic, imaginative. But your hair is dull. I can correct that imbalance in seconds. Nick: Okay, let me see what can you do about the… uh… disjunction, as you call it. Stylist: We‘re going to use scissors to create peaks, which we‘ll keep in place with a liberal helping of gel… .This tuft in the back we‘ll braid into a pigtail. Now, it‘s the new you! Nick: I love it. It‘s just like me: imaginative and artistic. Now what are you doing? What‘s wrong? Don‘t you see harmony in my new hairstyle? Stylist: Something‘s preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashionable statement. Nick: For heaven‘s sake, tell me what‘s missing. Stylist: Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair, it will bee a work of art. Streaking will cost you more, but… Nick: Do it. Fet the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid disjunction? Stylist: That‘s… $135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted. Task 2: The Voice Lift Script After the facelift, the forehead tightened, and the (S1) nose job, something still might be revealing your age: your (S2) voice. For patients who think their trembly, hoarse words don‘t (S3) match their newly face and figure, there‘s a procedure that claims to make them (S4) sound younger too: the voice lift. There are two general kinds of voice lifts. In some cases, implants (S5) inserted through an incision in the (S6) neck bring the vocal cords closer together. Doctors also use injections of (S7) fat or other substances to plump up the cords, so that the voice sounds younger. (S8) The voice lift is being more widely known among an aging population, who try to make themselves sound younger. ―I speak in a great deal, or I was shouting, on a particular day, at the end of the day, I would feel exhausted,‖ said Robert Brown, 75, (S9) a retired construction engineer who underwent the voice lift several years ago, ―I don‘t know if I sound younger, but the hoarseness is gone, which is such a great improvement.‖ (S10) Voice lift can also benefit people like performers, lawyers, teachers, and telephone operators who need to have a strong voice and hope to shave years off the sound of their voice. Task3: A View of Happiness Script Men are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to brighten up their appearances at a faster rate than women, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Men‘s use of fat injections to soften deep wrinkles leaped 47 percent last year from the previous year. Women‘s use of the injections fell 36 percent, according to a survey by the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons. Men‘s use of botox injections to eliminate frown lines rose 88 percent, while women‘s botox use fell 8 percent. 7 And for smoo。