partI getting ready
A the follong words and phases will appear in this unit. listen carefully and study the definitions.
1.graze
2.correspondence school
3.snob
4.on fire
5.reserved
6.descendant
7.commute
8.get fed up with
9.hassle
10.turover
B you are going to hear an interview with a man who has just been to New York.after listening,please read the following statements.if the statement is about what New York is now like,use a "√"for it. if it is not,use a "0"for it.
today Selina Kahn is in the arrial area at Gatwick Airpot checking out today's topic-national steretypes.Selina_
thanks,John. i have with Eric, who is just flown in with Virgin Atlantic from the USA.
that's right. i have just come back from New York.
is it an dangerous as they say?
no, New York isn't dangerous, no more than any other big city,especially if you are careful and don't advertise the fact that you're a tourist.
and is it true what they say about New Yorkers,that they're rude, and that they only care about themselves?
well, i found the poeple were very friendly. hoever, they do have a reputation for not caring about other poeple.i think the reason for this is that life in New York is increadibly stressful. poeple just don't have time to think about anybody else.it isn't that they don't care.
is there anything else you noticed about New Yorkers?
two things i had heard about before i went to New York did seem to be true,though.first id that they are always talking about money and how much things cost.secondly, it's that poeple eat all the time as they go about their daily lives,you know they"graze on the hoof" as they walk about the streets.
thank Eric,and now i have with me ,Sue ,who's been to the south of France---
今天只能写这么多了,下次在继续.也许以后就只写听力中稍难的部分.
