听力题 Indian summer is a short period of extremely fair weather and mild days in autumn. It comes in late October or early November while the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. It has no definite day of beginning or ending.
The pleasant weather follows the autumn''s first period of cold, wintry days. The days become warmer but the nights remain chilly. An Indian summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hue. Indian summer lasts from a week to ten days and sometimes for two weeks. Then winter starts. Indian summer is caused by a large mass of warm tropical air. South winds carry these masses northward. The American Indian enjoyed Indian summer and called it a gift of a favorite God, Cautantowwit, the god of the southwest.
Indian summer is a short period of extremely fair weather and mild days in autumn. It comes in late October or early November while the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. It has no definite day of beginning or ending.
The pleasant weather follows the autumn''s first period of cold, wintry days. The days become warmer but the nights remain chilly. An Indian summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hue. Indian summer lasts from a week to ten days and sometimes for two weeks. Then winter starts. Indian summer is caused by a large mass of warm tropical air. South winds carry these masses northward. The American Indian enjoyed Indian summer and called it a gift of a favorite God, Cautantowwit, the god of the southwest.
听力题 Today it is my turn to give the weekly oral report and the topic that Professor Mary has assigned me is the life of the poet Emily Dickinson. Compared to Walt Whitman who we discussed last week I found Emily Dickinson strikingly different. She seems in fact, to be the complete opposite of Whitman in her life and in her work. I would like to share briefly with the class some of the essential facts of her biography.
Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, barely a decade after Whitman. In her early twenties, for reasons which still remain a mystery, she began to withdraw from ordinary contact with the world. For the remaining thirty years of her life she was seldom seen outside her home. In this respect she was quite unlike Whitman, who loved the great outdoors. Emily Dickinson spent her solitary days corresponding with her friends and writing hundreds of remarkable poems. Notably, I heard a Fly Buzz and the poem we read for today, I''m Nobody. Although she showed some of her poems to family and sent some to her friends, only four were published in her lifetime. Most of them, almost 1,200 poems, were discovered in her room after she died in 1886 at the age of 56.
These poems established her as a major poet. And several modern critics consider her the greatest woman poet in the English language. Ah, that''s about all I have. Are there any questions? If not, we should probably begin talking about Dickinson''s I''m Nobody, the poem Professor Mary assigned for this week''s class discussion.
Today it is my turn to give the weekly oral report and the topic that Professor Mary has assigned me is the life of the poet Emily Dickinson. Compared to Walt Whitman who we discussed last week I found Emily Dickinson strikingly different. She seems in fact, to be the complete opposite of Whitman in her life and in her work. I would like to share briefly with the class some of the essential facts of her biography.
Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, barely a decade after Whitman. In her early twenties, for reasons which still remain a mystery, she began to withdraw from ordinary contact with the world. For the remaining thirty years of her life she was seldom seen outside her home. In this respect she was quite unlike Whitman, who loved the great outdoors. Emily Dickinson spent her solitary days corresponding with her friends and writing hundreds of remarkable poems. Notably, I heard a Fly Buzz and the poem we read for today, I''m Nobody. Although she showed some of her poems to family and sent some to her friends, only four were published in her lifetime. Most of them, almost 1,200 poems, were discovered in her room after she died in 1886 at the age of 56.
These poems established her as a major poet. And several modern critics consider her the greatest woman poet in the English language. Ah, that''s about all I have. Are there any questions? If not, we should probably begin talking about Dickinson''s I''m Nobody, the poem Professor Mary assigned for this week''s class discussion.
听力题F: Bob, Have you seen any movies recently?
M: Yes
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听力题Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
听力题Convention varies from country to country
听力题 This library is an English language teaching and learning library. Unfortunately our resources are limited and so not everybody can join. Teachers of English, university students, and professionals who are in the medical, engineering, and management fields can all join the library. Those from other professions are welcome to apply, but your application will not necessarily be approved.
You must fill in a library application form and put it in the box on the librarian''s desk. Because of the high number of applications we receive each week, you must wait one week. Please bring your student or work card to pick up your library cards. Library application forms which are not picked up within 2 months will be discarded and you will have to reapply.
You may borrow one video at a time. The video must be returned in one week. If you cannot return it on time, please call, otherwise your video library card will be canceled. You may borrow 3 items at one time, i.e. 3 books or 3 cassettes. Items must be returned within one month. You can telephone the library to renew items for another month.
This library is an English language teaching and learning library. Unfortunately our resources are limited and so not everybody can join. Teachers of English, university students, and professionals who are in the medical, engineering, and management fields can all join the library. Those from other professions are welcome to apply, but your application will not necessarily be approved.
You must fill in a library application form and put it in the box on the librarian''s desk. Because of the high number of applications we receive each week, you must wait one week. Please bring your student or work card to pick up your library cards. Library application forms which are not picked up within 2 months will be discarded and you will have to reapply.
You may borrow one video at a time. The video must be returned in one week. If you cannot return it on time, please call, otherwise your video library card will be canceled. You may borrow 3 items at one time, i.e. 3 books or 3 cassettes. Items must be returned within one month. You can telephone the library to renew items for another month.
听力题M: Sue! Imagine running into you at the pharmacy
听力题"Go to the playground and have fun
听力题Music which is (36)__________is individual and personal. That is to say, it can be (37) __________as belonging to a particular composer. It has particular (38) __________, or a style, which are not copied from one another. If you can (39) __________the style of a composer, you will probably be able to tell that a certain composition belongs to him or her even though you have never heard it before.
A basket-maker has the skill of weaving and interweaving his materials to create colorful patterns, and an (40) _________carpenter has the skill of joining together different shapes and sizes of wood to make a beautiful piece of (41)________. These skills may be referred to as "workmanship". (42)_________, in music a composer organizes his (43) __________ and rhythms and combines sounds to create harmony. (44)____________________________.
Good music expresses feelings in a way that is suitable to those feelings. These may be joy, sorrow, fear, love, anger, or whatever. (45) __________________________________.
Good music will stand the test of time. It will not go out of fashion but will continue to be enjoyed and respected long after it is first introduced. (46) ______________________________.
听力题The dog has often been an unselfish friend to man
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听力题M: Have you made any plans to go away during the semester break? I''ve been thinking of skiing.
W: I really haven''t had time to think about my vacation. I''ve been concentrating on getting ready for my exams, especially philosophy. But I''ll probably go to the beach.
M: Why the beach?
W: Well, it would be nice to get away from this cold weather and just lie in the sun and relax after working so hard.
M: It''s true that skiing does require work and you have to get up early and wait in long lines at the chair lifts. Thanks! I think you''ve helped me make up my mind.
W: Now maybe you can use your mind to think of something else, like your studies.
M: Have you made any plans to go away during the semester break? I''ve been thinking of skiing.
W: I really haven''t had time to think about my vacation. I''ve been concentrating on getting ready for my exams, especially philosophy. But I''ll probably go to the beach.
M: Why the beach?
W: Well, it would be nice to get away from this cold weather and just lie in the sun and relax after working so hard.
M: It''s true that skiing does require work and you have to get up early and wait in long lines at the chair lifts. Thanks! I think you''ve helped me make up my mind.
W: Now maybe you can use your mind to think of something else, like your studies.
听力题 Students sitting the National College Entrance Exam are likely to see cell phone signals blocked inside exam sites this year to prevent cheating.
While education authorities said they would use modern technology to tighten management of exam sites, the new regulation didn''t bother the majority of local exam takers. The new regulation, which was issued by the Ministry of Education, suggested cities—especially those with a track record of cheating scandals—equip exam sites with cell phone signal shielding facilities. It means handsets won''t work even if students have their phones on during the exam.
"The city will follow the Ministry of Education''s instruction," said Wang Xin, a publicity official with the Shanghai Education Commission. "But exam site management details have yet to be worked out. Previously, students were only asked to switch off cell phones. However, people could switch their phones to vibration mode."
In June, 18 students in Guizhou Province were disqualified from the exam after they attempted to seek help from teachers by sending exam questions via short message. A popular measure that exam organizers take is to install a microelectronic wave detector. An alarm sounds if a cell phone is found working in the classroom. Officials said it is impractical to simply ban handsets from exam rooms as students can hide them in many places or use other devices.
Students sitting the National College Entrance Exam are likely to see cell phone signals blocked inside exam sites this year to prevent cheating.
While education authorities said they would use modern technology to tighten management of exam sites, the new regulation didn''t bother the majority of local exam takers. The new regulation, which was issued by the Ministry of Education, suggested cities—especially those with a track record of cheating scandals—equip exam sites with cell phone signal shielding facilities. It means handsets won''t work even if students have their phones on during the exam.
"The city will follow the Ministry of Education''s instruction," said Wang Xin, a publicity official with the Shanghai Education Commission. "But exam site management details have yet to be worked out. Previously, students were only asked to switch off cell phones. However, people could switch their phones to vibration mode."
In June, 18 students in Guizhou Province were disqualified from the exam after they attempted to seek help from teachers by sending exam questions via short message. A popular measure that exam organizers take is to install a microelectronic wave detector. An alarm sounds if a cell phone is found working in the classroom. Officials said it is impractical to simply ban handsets from exam rooms as students can hide them in many places or use other devices.
听力题Receptionist; English Language Center
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听力题M: Do you mind if I take notes?
W: Not at all
听力题W: Good afternoon. Melrose Apartments
听力题If you are like most people