全國英語等級考試教材第三級Unit06

[00:00.00] CHAPTER 6 FREE TIME ACTIVITIES [00:13.69]Unit 6 [00:17.06]Free Time Activities [00:22.31]Conversations [00:27.27]Mother asks Helen about her hitchhiking. [00:32.71]Mother:How did your hitchhiking go? [00:36.55]Helen:Oh,it was all right,provided I thumbed the drivers down. [00:43.81]Alec didn't let me at first in case the drivers decided to kidnap me. [00:50.47]But whenever he did it,we had to wait for hours. [00:56.82]Mother:And didn't you have any trouble?Your father and I were very worried. [01:03.69]Helen:No,you needn't have worried,really. [01:08.41]It's all right provided you're patient.And people are very kind. [01:15.55]One couple gave us a lift in the south of ltaly,near Brindisi, [01:22.81]and they wanted to put us up at their house in case we couldn't find rooms in the youth hostel. [01:30.88]We got the boat to Greece from there. [01:34.93]Mother:You went to Greece?You never told us you got so far! [01:41.30]Helen:We didn't tell you in case you got worried... [01:46.16]Steve asks Judy to see the film. [01:52.33]Steve:Hello.Is that judy? [01:56.30]Judy:Yes.Who's that? [01:59.95]Steve:Steve.You know,we met in the pub. [02:04.32]Judy:Oh,of course.Hello. [02:08.37]Steve:Look.I was wondering if you'd like to go to the pictures tonight. [02:13.93]Judy:Well,er...What's on? [02:18.37]Steve:Gone with the Wind is at the Phoenix. [02:23.12]Judy:I've seen that.Rather soppy,I thought. [02:28.69]Steve:Close Encounters is on too. [02:33.05]Judy:I don't know if I want to see that.It doesn't sound my cup of tea. [02:40.21]Steve:Oh,it's not just science fiction,you know.It's got a message. [02:46.69]Well,what about it? [02:50.34]Judy:Well...OK then. [02:54.18]Steve:Fine.See you outside about half past seven. [02:59.54]Judy:OK.Goodbye. [03:03.20]Steve:Bye. [03:06.04]Ruth is asking her children to help her with the housework. [03:12.89]Ruth:Now it's time for cleaning up our house,we need a thorough cleaning, [03:20.33]everybody gets to do something. [03:25.01]Lily:Mum,we should get downtown today,we can't be too late. [03:31.85]Ruth:If everyone gives a hand,we will make it done early. [03:37.52]OK,let's assign tasks now. [03:42.77]Sam,it's your job to clean our two bathrooms,you need to wash the tubs, [03:50.35]basins,both wall and floor tiles. [03:55.70]Roy,you should mow and water the lawn and vacuum all the rooms. [04:02.76]Lily and I will clean the kitchen,and I will keep an eye on the washing machine. [04:10.23]Jimmy,you should put your toys in order to make our house look tidy. [04:16.89]Roy:Can I do it some other day?I am tired from playing soccer yesterday. [04:23.42]Ruth:Sorry,you can't. [04:27.55]If I agree to let you do it some other day, [04:31.91]I'll have to agree Lily to leave earlier for shopping, [04:37.16]if that were the case,who would be left for cleaning the house? [04:43.12]OK,everyone,get down to your own assignment ASAP(as soon as possible) [04:50.48]and we will dine out at noon. [04:54.24]Passage [04:57.61]Perhaps no other thing has such power to lift the poor out of his poverty, [05:06.16]the wretched out of his misery,to make the burden-bearer forget his burden, [05:13.23]the sick his suffering,as books. [05:18.28]They are friends to the lonely,companions to the deserted, [05:24.34]joy to the joyless,hope to the hopeless,good cheer to the disheartened, [05:32.20]a helper to the helpless. [05:36.77]They bring light into darkness,and sunshine into shadow. [05:42.70]We may be poor,socially ostracized, [05:48.34]shut out from all personal association with the great and the good, [05:54.40]and yet be in the best society in the world,in books. [06:00.86]The trend of many a life for good or ill,for success or failure, [06:07.70]has been determined by a single book. [06:12.14]The books which we read early in life are those which influence us the most. [06:19.51]The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, [06:26.48]but from their suggestiveness. [06:31.13]A good book often serves as a match to light the dormant-powder within us. [06:39.07]There is explosive material enough in most of us if we can only reach it. [06:38.07]A good book or a good friend often excites thought in great writers, [06:44.92]even upon entirely dfferent subjects. [06:50.09]We often find in books what we thought and felt, [06:55.65]could we have expressed ourselves. [07:00.02]Indeed,we get acquainted with ourselves in books. [07:05.58]We discover one feature in Emerson,another lineament in Shakespeare, [07:13.16]an expression in Homer,a glimpse of ourselves in Dante, [07:19.50]and so on until we spell out our whole individuality. [07:25.46]True,we get many pleasing reflections of ourselves from fiends, [07:32.30]many mirrored deformities from our enemies, [07:37.45]and a characteristic here and there from the world; [07:42.20]but in calm and unbiased way we find the most of ourselves, [07:48.45]our strength,our weakness,our limitations,our opinions,our tastes, [07:55.29]our harmonies and discords,our poetic and prosaic qualities,in books. [08:03.13]We form many of our opinions from our favorite books. [08:08.69]The author whom we prefer is our most potent teacher; [08:14.62]we look at the world through his eyes. [08:19.17]If we habitually read boods that are elevating in tone,pure in style, [08:26.01]style,sound in reasoning,and keen in insight,our minds develop the same characteristics. [08:34.19]The best books are those which stir us up most [08:39.44]and make us the most determined to do smething and be something ourselves. [08:45.37]Libraries are no longer a luxury,but a necessity. [08:51.32]A home without books and periodicals [08:56.36]and newspapers is like a house without windows. [09:01.41]Children learn to read by being in the midst of books; [09:07.15]they unconsciously absorb knowledge by handling them. [09:12.74]No family can now afford to be without good reading. [09:18.31]"No entertainment is so cheap as reading,"says Mary Wortley Montagu, [09:25.75]"nor any pleasure so lasting." [09:30.32]Good books elevate the character,purify the taste, [09:36.25]take the attractiveness out of low pleasures, [09:41.22]and lift us upon a higher plane of thinking and living. [09:46.78]Whatever you read,read with enthusiasm,with energy, [09:52.95]read with the whole mind,if you would increase your mentalk stature. [09:59.19]Learn to absorb the mental and the moral life of a book, [10:05.15]and assimilate it into your life. [10:09.40]He is the best reader who consumes the most knowledge and converts it into character. [10:16.85]Mechanical readers remember words,the husks of things,but digest nothing. [10:24.21]They cram their brains but starve their minds. [10:29.54]If you are getting the most out of a book, [10:34.09]you will feel a capacity for doing things which you never felt before. [10:39.97]Words and Expressions [10:43.91]poverty wretched misery burden [10:47.70]貧窮，貧困 可憐的，悲慘的 痛苦，不幸 擔(dān)子，負(fù)擔(dān) [10:51.49]suffering dishearten socially ostracized [10:55.56]苦楚，受難 使氣餒，使沮喪 在社交方面 受排斥的 [10:59.64]association trend failure influence [11:03.73]協(xié)會;聯(lián)合;結(jié)交 傾向，趨勢 失敗 影響，改變 [11:07.81]suggestiveness dormant explosive entirely [11:12.05]啟發(fā);建議;暗示 睡眠狀態(tài)的;靜止的 爆炸的，爆發(fā)的 完全地，全然地 [11:16.28]acquaint feature lineament glimpse [11:20.00]使熟悉，使相識 面貌的一部分 特點(diǎn)，特征 一瞥，一看 [11:23.72]individuality [11:25.64]個(gè)性 [11:27.56]pleasing fiend [11:29.93]令人高興的，愉快的 魔鬼，邪惡的人 [11:32.29]deformity characteristic unbiased limitation [11:36.38]缺陷;畸形 特性，特征 沒有偏見的 局限性;限制 [11:40.47]harmony discord poetic prosaic [11:44.29]協(xié)調(diào)，融洽 不一致，意見不合 詩的，詩意的 散文的 [11:48.12]potent habitually elevating tone [11:52.04]使人信服的 習(xí)慣地 振奮精神的 語調(diào);語氣 [11:55.96]style keen insight stir [11:59.78]風(fēng)格;風(fēng)度 敏銳的，鋒利的 洞察力;見識 激起;鼓動 [12:03.61]luxury necessity periodical midst [12:07.58]奢侈;豪華 必要性，需要 期刊，雜志 中間 [12:11.55]unconsciously [12:13.43]無意中，不知不覺 [12:15.31]absorb handle entertainment [12:18.74]吸收 處理;操作 娛樂 [12:22.16]purify attractiveness plane enthusiasm [12:26.43]使純凈 吸引人，有魅力 水平，程度 狂熱，熱心 [12:30.70]stature moral [12:32.97]高度 道德的;精神的 [12:35.24]assimilate consume convert [12:38.67]吸收;徹底了解 消耗，消費(fèi) 使轉(zhuǎn)變，轉(zhuǎn)換 [12:42.09]mechanical husk digest [12:45.12]機(jī)械的，呆板的 外殼，皮;無價(jià)值之物 消化;融會貫通 [12:48.15]cram capacity [12:50.42]填滿 才能，能力 [12:52.69]Exercises [12:56.17]Section I Listening Comprehension [13:01.63]Listen to the record. [13:05.70]Answer each question by choosing A,B,C or D from the four possible choices. [13:14.25]A [13:16.99]Receptionist:Royal Hotel.Good afternoon.Can I help you? [13:23.15]Mr.Brown:Good afternoon.I'd like to book a room,please, [13:28.72]for the twenty-third of December. [13:32.98]Receptionist:Right.The twenty-third of December? [13:37.52]Mr.Brown:Yes,please. [13:41.00]Receptionist:Er,how long for? [13:44.76]Mr.Brown:Two days. [13:48.13]Receptionist:So the twenty-third to the twentyfifth of December? [13:53.77]Mr.Brown:That is correct.Thank you. [13:57.84]Recepotionist:Is that right? Mr.Brown:Yes. [14:01.50]Receptionist:And,er,what time will you be arriving on the twenty-third? [14:08.87]Mr.Brown:Approximately two thirty. [14:13.41]Receptionist:Two thirty P.M.Yes? [14:17.38]Mr.Brown:Yes,indeed.Yes. [14:21.43]Receptionist:And,er,what kind of room would you like,sir?A single or a double? [14:28.88]Mr.Brown:Single,please. [14:32.35]Receptionist:Single room.Right.Could you give me your name,please? [14:38.28]Mr.Brown:Yes,it's Mr.Bown. [14:42.44]Receptionist:Brwon,could you spell that for me,please? [14:47.50]Mr.Brown:B-R-O-W-N. [14:53.67]RECEPTIONIST:B-R-O-W-N. [14:59.13]Mr.Brown:Yes. [15:02.18]Receptionist:Look forward to seeing you.Goodbye. [15:07.15]Mr.Brown:Thank you.Goodye. [15:11.30]B [15:13.94]Because I leave for work very early, [15:18.90]my husband gets our four children ready for school. [15:24.36]One day,I laid out a jumper for my youngest daughter. [15:30.13]Running late,I couldn't find her matching shirt and tights, [15:36.30]so I left my husband a note [15:40.06]explaining they were somewhere in the clean laundry in the basement. [15:45.70]Later,when I called him,I discovered there was utter chaos at home. [15:52.94]Nobody could find anything. [15:57.30]I phoned him again at work and asked if he found everything [16:02.94]for our daughter's outfit. [16:06.50]"Oh,yes,"he replied that he got everything they needed. [16:12.66]Relieved.I asked,"So,was it all where I said it would be?" [16:19.82]"Not exactly,"he answered. [16:23.97]"Where was it then?" [16:27.73]After a short silence,he confessed,"WalMart." [16:33.90]Supplementary Reading [16:37.66]Wrestling with Television [16:41.81]Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the stuggle for survival is how easily [16:48.97]organisms can be harmed by that which they desire. [16:54.25]The trout is carght by the fisherman's lure, [16:59.29]the mouse by cheese,and man by the world's most leisure pastime,television. [17:07.65]Most people admit to having a love-hate reationship with it (the TV). [17:13.29]They complain about the "boob tube"and"couch potatoes", [17:20.06]then they settle into their sofas and grab the remote control. [17:25.94]The amount of time people spend watching television is astonishing. [17:32.18]According to a research,on average, [17:37.53]American adults spend four hours a day in front of the TV- [17:44.09]fully half of their leisure time. [17:48.64]Over a lifetime,that's more than nine years. [17:54.57]Yet,we love to complain that we don't have time [18:00.03]for the things we really want to do. [18:04.00]There are two reasons we end up watching more TV than we know we should. [18:10.84]Peole think they need it and it's easy. [18:15.59]We usually don't realize how many hours we're watching television. [18:21.55]Since it's a passive activity, [18:25.81]with feelings of lowered alertness continuing even after the set is off, [18:32.76]watchers typically find their energy and concentration are low. [18:38.92]Inertia sets in.Hence, [18:43.05]there is no motivation to get up and do something else [18:48.01]once you're planted on the couch. [18:52.45]When you think about other activities(sleep,playing with your kids,hobbies) [18:59.53]that you're giving up by watching television,it can be an eye-opener. [19:05.88]Don't make it easy to be a potato. [19:10.32]Instead of being a passive watcher,there are ways to make TV watching harder. [19:17.56]Most people arrange their living room furniture around the TV. [19:23.30]But you may try to put the TV away in a cabinet, [19:28.66]a back room,or the basement. [19:32.81]Then arrange your couches and chairs for conversation and reading. [19:38.45]If your TV is too big to move, [19:43.21]you can remove the batteries from your remote [19:48.07]so that chnnel surfing must be done manually. [19:52.93]Keep a list of alternate activities taped to the TV as a reminder. [19:59.38]The TV-Turnoff website lists screen-free suggestions like starting a garden, [20:07.42]looking at the stars,or going to a bookstore as options. [20:13.07]You may see TV watching as a way to decompress after your day. [20:19.34]Siince studies have shown that watching television doesn't lower your stress level, [20:26.00]and in fact may increase it,you're better off trying other activities. [20:33.05]Could you do something that is more reacing like yoga, [20:38.51]reading or listening to music? [20:42.38]Benefits fo less TV will be obvious, [20:47.63]if you try life without TV for a week or less and see how you feel. [20:54.18]Every spring during TV-Turnoff Week(April 21-27,2004) [21:03.33]thousands of people give this a try and oftenfind they prefer watching less. [21:10.90]The first few days can be rough, [21:14.74]but,after that initial period,people find freedom. [21:21.12]They get more things done and taht makes them happier. [21:26.37]My husband and I do own a TV, [21:31.43]and I'm working on being more aware of my viewing habits. [21:36.69]Now,before I pick up the remote,I ask myself, [21:41.96]"Is this what I really want to be doing?" [21:46.51]Often I come up with better options and the ON button doesn't get pushed. [21:53.46]After all,I doubt on my deathbed I'll regret that I didn't watch more TV.

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