新视野大学英语视听说第三册听力答案(6)

Script

Susan: Hey, Chris. Why so you look so depressed?

Chris: Oh, it?s my brother. You know, he has got a gambling problem. You can?t understand gambling as an addiction unless you?ve been hooked.

Susan: Apparently it?s like being addicted to drugs or alcohol. You just want more and more.

Chris: It?s exactly like alcoholism; it takes over you life. It?s on your mind constantly.

Susan: Yeah, like some horrible disease. But you can get help.

Chris: My brother tried to stop, but he felt restless…bad tempered. His nerves were always on edge.

Susan: Did he try Gamblers Anonymous? It?s a self-help group with experience just like his.

Chris: Yeah, he?s not alone. It?s estimated there are 10 million addicts in America.

Susan: I don?t want to nag him, but isn?t it a question of taking control of his life?

Chris: I see your point, but he?s a compulsive gambler.

Susan: I know. But if he gets help, maybe he?ll get better.

Chris: No doubt. It?ll be tough. Though but worth it.

Susan: Remember the proverb “Better medicine has wholesome effects.”

Now Your Turn

SAMPLE DIALOG

A: Good morning, Mr. Brown, I?m a correspondent with the magazine Health. I heat you?ve overcome your gambling problem. First of all, could you describe your problems in the past?

B: Yeah, I did have serious gambling problems. You can?t understand gambling as an addiction till you?ve been hooked.

A: Could you tell me your feeling at the time?

B: There was a sensation like the one that comes with drugs or alcohol, and I wanted more and

more.

A: How do you compare it with alcoholism?

B: It?s like alcoholism; it takes over your life. It?s on your mind constantly.

A: Did you try to get help?

B: At first I didn?t. I tried to stop on my own, but I felt restless and bad-tempered. My nerves were on edge.

A: I see it?s difficult for a compulsive gambler to overcome the problem. But how did you finally get rid of it?

B: I went to a doctor for help. He made me realize that it was a question of getting hold of my life. He told me that if I thought of it as a disease, I would probably be cured. He also gave me some medicine.

A: I guess it was a thought fight.

B: Yes, though but worth it. Anyway, “Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.”

V. Let?s Talk

Script

Today I?ll be presenting a report on our findings on the condition of the world?s population. It may be a surprise to you that half the people in the world live on less than two dollars a day, and one billion people live on less than one dollar a day.

I?m going to look at poverty and its relationship to population issues. We must work fast if we hope to reduce poverty by half, by the year 2015.

Our survey shows that the first step should be to improve health-care systems. In the world? poorest countries, people are expected to live just 49 years. One in ten children doesn?t reach his or her first birthday. According to our study, poor health and poverty are linked. Women are affected most by poor-care systems, especially pregnant women.

The second job we have to do, as many of you can guess, is to reduce birth rates. We have found that when given a choice, poor people in developing countries have fewer children than their parents dis. A possible reason for this is probably that smaller families have fewer expenses and more chances of increasing their earnings and savings.

Since the 1970s, developing countries with lower birth rates have had faster economic growth. They have had higher productivity, more savings and more investment. Obviously we must encourage family planning and lower birth rates.

Now, here is the third measure we must take: promote education in developing countries. Investing in education, especially for women, can reduce poverty. Educated women have more opportunities to work and a chance to live better. Moreover, they tend to send their children to food schools so that they can climb the social ladder.

Well, any questions? None? OK. Now I?ll talk about the fourth step we need to take…

Measures to Take in Developing Countries

Problems and Reasons for Taking the Measures

1.To improve health care systems In the poorest countries:

1. People are expected to live just 49 years.

2. One in ten children doesn?t reach his or her first birthday.

3. Women are affected most by poor health-care systems, especially pregnant women.

2.To reduce birth rates

1. Smaller families have fewer expenses and more chance of increasing their earnings and savings.

2. Countries with lower birth rates have had faster economics growth.

3. To popularize education

Investing in education, especially foe women, can reduce poverty:

1. Educated women have more opportunities to work and can live better

2. They are more likely to send their children to good schools so that the children will climb the social ladder.

Discussion

SAMPLE

A: To reduce poverty, it is very important to lower birth rates, as the speaker suggested in his lecture.

B: True. Smaller families have fewer expenses and more chances to increase their earning and savings.

A: Moreover, developing countries with lower birth rates have had faster economic growth.

B: It?s equally important to popularize education.

A: Yes, investing in education, especially for women, can reduce poverty. Educated women, you know, have more opportunities to work and a chance to live better.

B: Moreover, they tend to send their children to food school s so that they will climb the social ladder.

A: The speaker also mentions the necessity to improve the health-care system. In fact, poor health and poverty are linked.

B: I agree. If you are not in good health, you can?t work well to get good pay. What?s more, you have to spend lots of money on seeing doctors.

A: Some countries are economically backward, so they try to develop a powerful tourism industry, and in this way they earn a lot of money.

B: I think it is more important for them to develop their national economy. With fast economic growth, many people will shake off poverty.

A: Poverty can be alleviated further by economic aid from rich countries.

B: But I think technological aid from advanced countries can be more significant. With better technology, poor countries can develop faster on their on,. As the Chinese saying goes, it is better to teach someone how to fish than to give him fish.

A: If less developed countries are allowed to export more of their workforce, they can earn more foreign currency.

B: This requires developed nations to lower their tariff barriers.

VI. Further Listening and Speaking

Task1: Held Back Because I Speak Spanish

Script

I was raised speaking English, but I also spoke Spanish at home. When I went to school for the first time, I was enrolled in ESL classes—classes of English as a Second Language. I was also put in the Limited English Proficiency Program. In all these classes, I always got the highest grades. I was the best reader and speaker. There as no reason for me to be in any of those classes.

When my parents discovered that I was in those classes instead of in regular classes with other English-speaking students, they went to the school administration to complain about the discrimination. The school had nothing to say. My parents tried to get me out of the ESL classes, but the school fought it very hard to keep me there. And then we found out why—for every student the school had in the ESL and Limited English Proficiency Program, they would receive$400. This was pretty devastating. The school?s only excuse for keeping me there was because I lived in a Spanish-speaking household, and that I was influenced by the way my parents spoke. My parents were outraged, but I remained in the ESL and Limited English Proficiency Program until I was in the fifth grade.

Then parents transferred me to another school where they had friends. The new school gave me an English proficiency test. I aced it. SO I didn?t have to attend those programs for non-native English speakers. I was finally on the right track and back at the head of the class. The first school I had would have never let me out of those programs or even let me take the test. I was too “Spanish” for tem.

25. What kind of class does the speaker think he should attend?

26. What was the real reason the speaker was placed in a Limited English Proficiency class?

27. What was the excuse the school used to put the speaker in an ESL class?

28. How did the speaker perform in the regular English class?

29. When the speaker described his first school, what were his feeling?

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