Lesson 6

PART A Micro-Listening
Numbers Calculation
I.
1. W: What time does the concert start?
M: At 8:30. We still have 25 minutes to get there.
Q : What time is it now?
2. W: Can you tell me what time Flight 318 will arrive?
M: Yes, it was scheduled to arrive at 6 p.m., but has been delayed for an hour and a half.
Q: When is the airplane now expected to arrive?

3. M: When does the next bus leave for Los Angeles?
W: Buses leave for Los Angeles every half hour. You just missed the 9:30 bus by 5 minutes.
Q : When will the next bus leave for Los Angeles?
4. W: I like these chairs. How much are they?
M：They are $ 60 each or $100 for a pair.
Q : How much does one chair cost?
5. W: I just bought this coat at a sale. I paid only $ 240 for it. How do you like it?
M: It's very nice, but my wife bought the same thing for just half the price.
Q : How much did the man's wife pay for her coat?
6. M: We'd like two rooms, a small room and a large room both facing the garden.
W：Very good, sir. The small room is twenty dollars a night, and the large room is thirty dollars a night.
Q: How much would the man pay for the rooms if he and his family stay for three nights?
7. W: How many students took the English test yesterday?
M : About 90, but I / 3 failed.
Q : How many students passed the test?
8. M: I bought this $500 TV set with a 10% discount.
W: It's a bargain. You're so lucky.
Q : How much did the man pay for his TV set?
9. W：Lisa must be over 20 now.
M: Yes, when Tom finished school ten years ago, Lisa was already fifteen.
Q: How old is Lisa now?
10. M: Does this typewriter cost 80 dollars?
W: It used to. But it is twice as much as the original price.
Q : How much does the typewriter cost now?


PART B Macro-Listening
Passage I
What Are Good Manners?
I. Tapescript
People in different countries have different standards for good manners. Before entering a house in some Asian countries it is necessary to take off one's shoes. In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very muddy, this is not done. A guest in a Chinese house never finishes a drink. He leaves a little to show that he has had enough. In a Malay house, a guest always leaves a little food. In England, a guest always finishes a drink or eats up his food to show that he has enjoyed it.
Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do no matter whether he is an oriental or a westerner,
He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tries to help them. He is always kind whether to people or to animals. When he is waiting for a bus, he takes his turn and never pushes to the front of the line. In the bus, he gives his seat to an old person, or a disabled person, or a lady who is standing. When talking to people, he never tells heavy people they are fat, but says that they are losing weight for he knows everyone is diet con- scious and wants to be thin. He never asks people, women in particular, their age. Everyone wants to be young. If he is invited to a dinner party at seven, he is sure to be there by seven, knowing how people respect time and expect everyone to be 'on time' If he smokes, he never lights his cigarette before getting the permission from people around him.
He says 'Please' when making a request and 'Thank you' when he re- ceives something. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated.
Passage 2
Tea Ceremony in Japan
I. Tapescript
The tea ceremony in Japan, or Cha-No-Yu, is a special form of entertainment for distinguished guests. The tradition started in the fifteenth century and has existed for about six hundred years, and it has very special and strict rules that must be followed.
There are many different kinds of tea ceremonies, from the informal to the quite formal. But all Cha-No-Yu ceremonies have one thing in common, that is, guests are invited to enjoy a moment of peace and calm.
Traditionally the Cha-No-Yu takes place in a tea room which is usually not very big. The guests take off their street shoes and put on special bamboo shoes. Then they cross a beautiful garden. They stop for a moment at a rock water basin, where they wash their hands. Then they enter the tea room through a small low door.
The inside of the tea room is very simple but very beautiful. The room is not furnished at all and the floor is covered with a kind of bamboo mats which are called 'tatami'. There are flowers and some traditional decorations like porcelain tea sets of ancient times, landscape paintings, calligraphy, national costumes, etc. The guests sit in the traditional way, on their knees on the floor. In formal tea ceremonies, small cakes are also served. The tea master, a man or a woman, follows a certain procedure in making the tea and then serves it to the guests in turn, starting from the most distinguished. The guests are not supposed to drink the tea at one go. They should sip it bit by bit and at the same time appreciate the designs of the bowl and the dish. From time to time the host and the guests would bow to each other. When the guests finally leave the tea room, put on their shoes and leave the house, they feel happy and peaceful.



Quiz 1

PART A
1. M: Barbara is leaving for Tokyo tomorrow. I'd like to see her off at the airport. What time is her flight?
W: 7:30 p.m. But she's got to get to the airport one hour earlier.
Q : When will Barbara get to the airport?
2. M: How many science courses did you have in high school?
W: I had only one year each of biology and chemistry.
Q : How many science courses did the woman take in high school?
3. W: Excuse me, when will the plane from Miami arrive?
M: Well, it's scheduled to arrive at 8:50 but it will be delayed more than one hour because of heavy fog at the Miami airport.
Q : What conclusion can we draw from the conversation?
4. W: Good morning, Professor Davis. I wonder if I could enrol in your advanced biology course.
M: Have you completed the general biology course?
Q : What does Professor Davis mean?
5. W: You look cold and tired, Jack. How about a cup of coffee?
M: Well. my doctor says coffee-drinking is harmful to my stomach.
Q: What does the man mean?
6. W: Were you studying at Harvard when your cousin got married in 1990?
M: No. I graduated two years before her wedding.
Q : When did the man graduate?
7. M: Was the movie as good as you expected?
W: It was a waste of time and money.
Q : How did the woman feel about the movie?
8. M: Would you like to go on a tour with us on Saturday?
W: I'd enjoy that very much if I didn't have to take an exam next Monday.
Q : What do you know about the woman?
9. M: Do you mind if I open the window?
W: As a matter of fact, I'm feeling a bit chilly.
Q: What does the woman want the man to do?
10. W: Does Tom still smoke?
M: I haven’t seen him smoke since his baby was born.
Q: What does the man imply?
PART C
Passage 1
My wife and I spent two weeks in London last year. We went there in autumn. We think it is the best season to visit England. The weather is usually quite pleas- ant and there aren't too many tourists in October.
We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was convenient as we did most of our sightseeing on foot. Taxis were too expensive; the bus routes were too difficult for us to understand; and my wife didn't like travelling by underground. She said it made her feel shut in.
We went to look at the places which all tourists see. We saw Buckingham Palace, the National Gallery and Piccadilly Circus. We went shopping in Oxford Street and spent too much money. What we liked most, though, was going to the theatre. We don't have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English food is very bad. We didn't think so. It's true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some very good meals.
In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have booked another trip to England for this year. We're going to take our umbrellas, though. I'm sure we'll need them.
Passage 2
Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She taught chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes learnt rapidly, but sometimes they were very slow; and then Miss Richards had to repeat the things many times.
One year, the first class had been studying chemistry for several weeks when Miss Richards suddenly asked, 'What is water? Who knows? Hold up your hind. '
There was silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt sad but then one boy raised his hand.
'Yes, Dick?' said Miss Richards encouragingly. He was not one of the brightest students in the class, so she was glad that this boy could answer.
'Water is a liquid which has no color until you wash your hands in it, then it turns black,' the boy replied with great confidence.
Passage 3
Hello, I was once an airline hostess. Now I'm on my first bus trip and I'm quite amazed at the services offered during the trip. Included are meals on the way, rest rooms, public-address announcements and a uniformed hostess. Just now I introduced myself to the hostess on the bus, and we compared experience on air and ground travel.
At lunch time, she gave out menus offering a choice of sandwiches. As she began filling orders, she found that there weren't enough egg-salad sandwiches. She quickly went to whisper to the driver. The bus soon stopped. The hostess dashed to another similar bus that was all the time following ours, and soon she returned with a box of egg-salad sandwiches. As she passed my seat, she asked, 'Could you do that on a plane?'