新策略大学英语听力教程3听力原文1-4单元

新策略大学英语听力教程3听力原文1-4单元内容摘要：

d Buresh at the International Rice Research Institute says the service could help farmers in the Philippines increase their yields 产量 and their profits 收益 . Danielle Nierenberg at the Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research group, says the system could also help reduce pollution. The technology could also be copied for crops in other places. Danielle Nierenberg has been traveling across subSaharan Africa. She says the cost of a cell phone there is low enough that most farmers have their own or borrow someone else’s. In Zambia, for example, farmers without bank accounts can use their phones to buy seeds and fertilizers. They can also get information on how much their crop is selling for in city markets. They can decide whether they want to travel all the way from their village to the city, because sometimes farmers get there and prices are too low. Listening Task 2 Directions: Listen to the passage and fill the blanks with the information you’ve heard. The Japanese archipelago is located in an area where several continental and oceanic plates meet. This is the cause of frequent earthquakes and the presence of many volcanoes and hot springs across Japan. Many parts of the country have experienced devastating earthquakes in the past. The Great Kanto Earthquake, the worst in Japanese history, hit the Kanto plain around Tokyo in 1923 and resulted in the deaths of over 100,000 people. In January 1995 a strong earthquake hit the city of Kobe and surroundings. Known as the Southern Hyogo Earthquake or Great Hanshin Earthquake, it killed 6,000 and injured 415,000 people. 100,000 homes were pletely destroyed and 185,000 were severely damaged. As to the earthquake measurement, the Japanese “shindo” scale for measuring earthquakes is more monly used in Japan than the Richter scale to describe earthquakes. Shindo refers to the intensity of an earthquake at a given location. Every household should keep a survival kit with a flashlight, a radio, a first aid kit and enough food and water to last for a few days. Avoid placing heavy objects in places where they could easily fall during an earthquake and cause injury or block exits. Have a fire extinguisher. Familiarize yourself with the designated evacuation area in your neighborhood. Unit 3 Ocean Part I Inclass Listening I. Understanding Basic Skills Listening Task 1 Directions: Listen to the following sentences and try to grasp the meaning of each sentence with falling tone or rising tone. 1. I beg your pardon. I beg your pardon. 2. This is mine. This is mine. 3. Are you ing? Are you ing? 4. What is your name? 5. What an exquisite piece of art. 6. I can’t wait that long. 7. Don’t go back now. 8. I won’t continue the story. 9. Thank you for your ing to see me off. 10. Are you pleased? Listening Task 2 Directions: Listen to the following short conversations and choose the best answers to the questions you hear. 1. W: Where do you want to eat? M: Is there anything wrong with the coffee shop? Q: What does the man mean? 2. M: I’m sorry I’m late, but I just couldn’t help it I got here as soon as I could. W: Well, it’s not soon enough , is it? Q: What does the woman mean? 3. M: Mom, I can’t finish math homework, it’s too difficult to do. W: You know what to do, if there is a problem. Q: What does the woman mean? 4. W: Look. I’m sorry, I didn’t turn up for the match yesterday, Bob. But I couldn’t, I’m afraid. M: Well, it is a bit late to be sorry now , isn’t it? Q: What does the man mean? 5. M: Let’s see if the basketball game has started yet? W: Started ? It must be clear who is going to win. Q: What does the woman mean? 6. W: I hear Jane has been pretty successful in her job. M: Pretty successful? That is understatement of the year. Q: What does the man imply about Jane? 7. W: Mr. Smith’s briefing seems to go on forever. I was barely able to stay awake. M: How could you sleep through that! It is very important. Q: What does the man imply? 8. M: I bought a few books at the new bookstore. Would you like to have a look at them? W: A few ! It looks like you bought out the store. Q: What does the woman mean? 9. W: Do you enjoy majoring in mathematics? M: Enjoy ? If I could choose again, I would study biology. Q: What conclusion can be drawn from the man’s reply? 10. W: Would you like a cup of coffee to help you wake up? M: A cup of coffee? I need three or four. Q: What does the man mean? II. Understanding a Conversation Listening Task Directions: Listen to the following conversation and choose the best answers to the questions you hear. A student is interviewing a weatherman Li Hua. M: Hello, Li Hua. I’m interested in hurricanes飓风 whose matchless 无比的无敌的power and the loss they cause are often reported in TV news. I wonder how a hurricane form. W: OK! In the second half of each year, many powerful storms are born in the tropical热带的 Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea加勒比海 . About half of them generate strong circle盘旋的 winds of 75 miles per hour or more. At first, these great storms travel aimlessly漫无目的 over the sea, hit the coast海岸 and form circling disturbance干扰骚乱 hundreds even thousands of miles out to the sea. M: Is such a circle disturbance called hurricane? W: No. When the conditions are just right, moist air湿空气 flows in at the bottom of such a disturbance, the moisture in the warm air produces rain and with the moisture, the heat is converted into energy in form of strong wind. As the heat increases, the young hurricane begins to swirl旋转 in a counterclockwise 逆时针 motion. M: How long does a hurricane exist? W: Its average life is only nine days. But it is difficult to imagine how great energy it produces in a single day. M: How great? W: The energy released by a hurricane’。