本教程吸收和借鉴了国内外研究生英语听力教学的最新研究成果,汇聚了多所高等院校专门从事研究生英语公共英语教学的一线教师的教学实践经验,旨在培养研究生的英语语言基础与语言交际能力,促进新时期的研究生英语教学。 本教程以适应社会需求的热门话题为主线,提供材料真实、形式多样、生动有趣的听力素材,让学生在具体真实的社会和文化语境中,提高英语听力水平。全书共12个单元,每单元包括Warm—up Exercises,Intensive Listenin9,Extensive Listenin9和Relaxation四部分内容,主要供高等院校的非英语专业研究生英语听力教学使用。 本教材具有如下三大特色: 1.选材新颖——听力材料均选自近几年的国外的有声资料,内容涉及科技、教育、艺术、健康、体育、时尚、社会M题等热门话题,题材、体裁多样,时代感强,可以充分调动研究生英语学习的积极性。 2.编排合理——每一单元所选材料均切合同一主题,根据研究生求新、求鲜、即学即用的求知心理,设计了形式多样的听力题型。全书的课文按录音材料的难易程度编排,循序渐进,由短对话逐步过渡到短文等语篇层次上的听力理解能力训练,形成“坡面”效应,既不会让学生上来就觉得“高不可攀”,也不会觉得过于简单,从而逐步培养学生对所听材料内容的理解、分析、归纳和综合推理的能力。此外,学生在做完听力练习、对照练习答案以后,可以再听一遍录音,跟读本教程所附文字材料,以增加词汇量,拓宽知识面。 3.语音标准——《研究生英语听力教程》的朗读者均为资深语音专家,录音以标准的美国音或英国音为主,语音纯正,清晰流畅。
Unit 1 Science
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 Why Are Some People Left-handed
Passage 2 The End of Time
Passage 3 Telecommunications Satellite Spins out of Control
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening Online Game Trend
Part Ⅳ Relaxation Lie Detector
Unit 2 Health
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 Sleep
Passage 2 Laugh for the Health of It
Passage 3 Holiday Eating——Food for Thought
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening Current Attitudes toward Physical Fitness
Part IV Relaxation Fallacies about Food
Unit 3 Fashion
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 "How to" Books
Passage 2 Converting the Masses: Starbucks in China
Passage 3 Ideas of Home Have Changed
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening The New Music
Part Ⅳ Relaxation Welcome Back, "Oscar"
Unit 4 Food
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 English Food
Passage 2 Chefs
Passage 3 China Has Abundant Food in Stock
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening UN Agencies Call for "Green Revolution" in Africa
Part Ⅳ Relaxation Tea and Health
Unit 5 Holidays
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 Practical Reasons Make Youth Day Holiday in Vain
Passage 2 The History of Thanksgiving in the USA
Passage 3 Bank Holiday DIY
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening Working Christmas Day
Part Ⅳ Relaxation Weak Holiday Sales in the US
Unit 6 Social Problems
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 Brain-damaged Womans Parents Appeal to US Supreme Court
Passage 2 Mistrust Changes Internet User Behavior
Passage 3 Conduct Disorder
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening Breaking the Code for Better Parent-Teen Communication
Part Ⅳ Relaxation Asia Pacific Region Behind in Child Mortality, Sanitation
Unit 7 Travel
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 St. Pauls Cathedral
Passage 2 Wilder Kaisers Slopes Provide Skiing Fun for the Whole Family
Passage 3 Great Basin National Park
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening British Columbia
Part Ⅳ Relaxation Ireland
Unit 8 History
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 The War between Britain and France
Passage 2 Qin Shihuang
Passage 3 Bloody Mary
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening The Historical Significance of American Revolution
Part IV Relaxation American Revolution
Unit 9 Education
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 Better Quality over Quantity for a Masters Degree
Passage 2 Elite Education
Passage 3 Expenditure on Education Should be Increased
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening A New Start——Freshers Week
Part IV Relaxation More Lasers Than Lathes Mark Todays Vocational Education
Unit 10 Art
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 Damien Hirst
Passage 2 Music in the UK
Passage 3 Restoration on Raphaels Masterwork
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening Collectibles
Part IV Relaxation The Brilliant Lessons of Michelangelo
Unit 11 Economy
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 Business Jargon
Passage 2 The Budget
Passage 3 The Credit Crunch
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening Doing Business
Part IV Relaxation Stock Markets Tumble Across the World
Unit 12 Sports
Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises
Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening
Passage 1 David Beckham
Passage 2 Snooker Superstar
Passage 3 The Olympics
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening Sports and Games
Part Ⅳ Relaxation Crazy Competitions Scripts and Answers
Unit 1 Science
Unit 2 Health
Unit 3 Fashion
Unit 4 Food
Unit 5 Holidays
Unit 6 Social Problems
Unit 7 Travel
Unit 8 History
Unit 9 Education
Unit 10 Art
Unit 11 Economy
Unit 12 Sports
Whenever theres a Bank Holiday weekend in Britain, a certain kind of shop always gets verybusy, and its not what you might think————clothes shops or music shops. The British flock to DIYstoresand garden centres and huge numbers of people spend their days off doing homeimprovements instead of relaxing! Doing DIY is very popular in Britain, and there are lots of TV programmes which showpeople how to improve their homes. Some people stick to simple decorating——putting up wall-paper and painting wails. But thereare all sorts of DIY projects that some people decide to take on, from laying new flooring, toplumbing, such as putting in a new shower, or tiling walls. Unfortunately, some people bite off more than they can chew, and start doing a job which endsin DIY disaster. For example, its recommended that anything electrical sl~ould be done by aqualified electrician, but many people ignore this warning and put themselves in danger. There is also a huge market for fiat-pack furniture which you put together yourself with a fewbasic tools. Often people who are not very savvy about DIY find the supposedly simple instructionsimpossible to follow, and its easy to build a piece of furniture which is unstable or just not veryattractive ! Gardening is also popular, and a good way to enjoy the weather on a sunny Bank Holiday. Butits not as simple as planting plants and doing some weeding. More complicated work such asbuilding a new patio or some decking can cause some stress and back-ache! So why do people do it? Who knows, maybe we are so used to working that we arent verygood at relaxing. One things for sure, though a lot of DIY or gardening projects will be startedwith the best intentions during the Bank Holiday weekend, many of them may not get finished!i.1. spend their days off doing home improvements instead of relaxing2. stick to simple decorating3.